Banjo 3.0 brings location-based social media and networking to a new level
If you followed the election coverage this past month, you may know that the media was using a new means of gathering polling data: Banjo. Banjo is an app for both Android and iPhone that combines feeds of your friends’ check-ins from literally anywhere in …
TrueCaller the global social phonebook now available on Android
What TrueCaller is TrueCaller offers a worldwide name and number lookup functionality for your Android for free! It enables you to match phone numbers to names, addresses, social networks, and even pictures! This looks pretty cool, a worldwide caller id/social networking/phonebook for your Android device. You …
Elfster brings Secret Santa to an Android device near you
Whether you like it or not, gift giving is a holiday tradition, a tradition that some take more seriously than others. Such is the case for online Secret Santa organizer Elfster. This social gift giving site was established back in ’03 when a guy named …
Google+ for Android gets updated, brings new and improved UI
Google+ for Android received a pretty significant update today. The UI has been revamped to reflect the changes coming with the release of Android 4.0 aka Ice Cream Sandwich. With ICS right around the corner, I’m expecting most of Google’s apps to receive the same …
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LinkedIn Mobile App Beefs up its Resume in Latest Update
“Faster, Simpler, Better!” That’s how the LinkedIn mobile team is describing the newly updated LinkedIn app for Android. With LinkedIn mobile page views growing more than 400% each year, the LinkedIn mobile team felt it necessary to revamp their mobile app to ensure its members …
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Social Gaming Platform Mobage Set to Become Bloatware for AT&T Android Users?
Last week I told you about Mobage and its release to the western world. Mobage is a social gaming platform that is extremely popular in overseas countries like Japan. While popular overseas, I had many doubts about their success here in the states, especially since …
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GroupMe Turns 3.0, Adds Direct Messaging, Improved UI and More…
GroupMe celebrated the big 3.0 today (and then the big 3.0.1 for bug fixes) by going global with a slew of added features and enhancements sure to make users smile. The BBM-like group messaging app allows users to create and engage in conversations regardless of …
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Google+ for Android Updated, Improved Notifications Included
Google+ for Android received a nice little update bringing it to version 1.0.5. Many of the changes brought about have been directly related to user feedback which not only shows you that Google cares about its newest product but that Goggle+ is evolving with its …
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Game Discovery App Heyzap Adds Personalized Game Recommendations
Popular game discovery platform Heyzap understands how daunting of a task it can be to try and shuffle through the countless games which occupy the Android Market abyss. That is why they have been hard at work trying to improve and expand their mobile platform …
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Prank Your Friends With Fun Chat
For those of you social media hungry gamers out there, Fun Mobility has released an update to their Fun Chat app, allowing you to do some pretty cool things with your Android device, including “pranking” your friends. And the best part? Your friends don’t even …
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Track and Share Your Adventures with FollowMe
Going for a hike? Run? Bike ride perhaps? Want to track your trip? How about a statistical rundown? Did you pass a stunning landscape? Want to share a photo? How about a video? Did you encounter steep terrain? Do you want to share a note …
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Settle Those Song Lyric Arguments with TuneWiki
I don’t know how many times that I have had intense debates/arguments with friends and family over song lyrics. Like many of you, I have the idiot savant ability to retain most of the song lyrics I have ever heard, and will fight to the death when someone questions my recall. Probably the most debated case in point for my family is the “Lollipop Guild” song sang by the Munchkins in the Wizard of Oz. I’m here to tell you, they are not singing “Lollipop Kids”, but “Lollipop Guild”. And now, being an Android user, there is a tool to prove my case, along with many other lyrics in the form of the new Android App from TuneWiki.
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AndSpot Launches into Public Beta
We have introduced the AndSpot Socially driven app market to you before, talking about how interesting we thought it was upon launch. Today AndSpot is announcing that it has entered into public beta phase, with some new features for it’s users. A quote from their press release sums it up:
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The End Of The Road For Google Buzz?
Since its highly controversial release back in February of 2010, Google Buzz has failed to attract a fair share of positive spotlight. In fact, besides Buzz’s deep Gmail and Maps integration, the service doesn’t really bring anything truly unique to the table. For the social …
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HeyWire Brings Social Networking and Unlimited Messaging to Android
iOS users have been loving HeyWire for their unlimited messaging and social network needs, and now, it is available for Android.
HeyWire is different from others in the free texting or group messaging space because it combines a bunch of features that make it easy (and free!) for users to stay in touch with their friends and family around the world.
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