October 31, 2011 : Comments (4)
Google+ Updates Android App, Adds New Design And Other Features
Mobile
‘Foursquaropoly’ Game Concept Adds Monopoly-style Gameplay To Foursquare
Here's something that looks like a lot of fun. A group of students from the Miami Ad School have come up with a game concept that adds Monopoly-style gameplay to Foursquare. "Foursquaropoly," which is currently in development, provides you with $100,000 of in-game cash that you can use to purchase real-world properties you have checked into on Foursquare, as long... Read more » Instagram CEO Says Android App Is ‘Major Priority,’ Not Worried About Facebook Filters
Kevin Systrom, CEO of popular photo-sharing service Instagram, says that while building an Android version of its app is a big priority, the company will have to grow its team and find strong engineers before it can carry out work on the project. In an interview with The Guardian, Systrom also revealed that, "We have a really big release coming out soon that... Read more » New ‘Postcard On The Run’ App Challenges Postagram, Make Postcards From Your iPhone Photos
The rise of digital cameras and smartphones with increasingly better picture quality has caused the art of the printed photo to become sort of lost. As someone who can't remember the last time she bought a disposable point-and-shoot and has almost no pictures from her teen years that exist in the real, physical world, I sometimes miss that feeling of being able to... Read more » Foursquare Adds 5 New Languages To Check-in Service
Foursquare has taken every effort to make sure their application is available to as many users as possible. They've developed versions of their app for all different kinds of devices and in February released translations in 5 different languages -- French, Italian, German, Spanish and Japanese. Now that the company has over 10 million users and set their sights on... Read more » Miso Adds DirecTV Integration, Syncs Episode You Are Watching To App
Social TV app Miso has teamed up with DirecTV to offer an easier way to share what you are watching with your friends. The Miso app can now be synced with your DirecTV receiver to allow real-time social features that change based on what you are viewing. Once you have connected your iPhone and DirecTV receiver to the same Wi-Fi network, the app will show you what... Read more » Greplin Launches iPhone App, Search Your Social Networks On-the-go
Social search engine Greplin, which launched to the public earlier this year, has announced a new iPhone app. The app is specifically catered towards searching your social networks on-the-go which is an invaluable service for those of us who primarily communicate through social networks. Sometimes, we just need to look something up when we aren't around a computer... Read more » Justin.tv Spins Off Socialcam As Separate Company
After getting off to a successful start in which it passed 1 million downloads just over 4 months after being launched, video-sharing app Socialcam is being spun off by Justin.tv as a separate company. Justin.tv co-founder and CEO Michael Seibel will become the CEO of Socialcam and is taking some of the engineers that initially worked on Socialcam with him. Emmett... Read more » Tumblr Overhauls Android App, Adds New Interface, Posting Options And More
Tumblr has rolled out a brand new version of its Android app. You will now be able to take advantage of a new interface, manage multiple blogs and other new features. The app has been rebuilt from scratch, with an entirely new interface built around the Android hardware and software. You can manage your drafts, queue and followers for multiple blogs from the app,... Read more » Foursquare Updates Android App, Adds Events, Inline Photos And More
Foursquare has just rolled out an update for its Android app. The app now takes advantage of Foursquare's events and inline photos features, while several screens within the app have been redesigned. The events feature was added to Foursquare's iPhone app and website 2 weeks ago. Through the Android app, you can now check into events that are taking place at... Read more » Discovery App Ness Recommends Local Restaurants Based On Personal Taste, Friends
It's never easy to pick the perfect restaurant. After sorting through the listings on Yelp or Foursquare and maybe browsing through pictures on Foodspotting, I usually just end up relying on a recommendation from my friends anyway. This is perhaps why Ness' new app is so useful. The app is a personalized search engine catered specifically towards discovering new... Read more »
