New Zealand: first to see the new timeline

New Zealand will be the first country to get Facebook's brand-spanking new Timeline feature - and the rest of the world will be made to wait. Timeline is essentially an expanded profile that can display content as users want to - rather than being bound by the standard Wall post approach, and we're going to be first to the scene. In the words of Facebook product manager Sam Lessin: "We chose New Zealand to be first - and I'll probably get in trouble for saying this - primarily because it is an English-speaking country. It's far away from our data centres, so we can monitor speed and performance." There are also some better reasons to choose New Zealand: we were ranked the cleanest on the Corruption Perceptions Index, our cricketers don't bowl underarm like they do over the ditch, and our rugby team is the very best in the universe. Or maybe it's because we're one of the first to see each new day.