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Google+ Updates Android App, Adds New Design And Other Features
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SmartRecruiters Launches Careers Tab, Add Job Listings To Facebook Page
With more and more people browsing company Facebook pages, it only makes sense that companies would begin to use the social network to recruit employees. LinkedIn might be catered specifically to job-seekers and professionals, but Facebook, which has over 750 million users, offers the ability to share listings on a larger scale. This is why SmartRecruiters developed... Read more »
Turntable.fm Closes $7M Funding Round, Launches iPhone App
Turntable.fm has confirmed that it has closed a $7 million funding round, details of which were initially revealed last month. The social music service has also launched its iPhone app in the App Store. Union Square Ventures led the funding round and Fred Wilson, a partner at the VC firm, is joining the Turntable.fm board. Others who have participated in the round... Read more » Dwolla Adds LinkedIn Integration, Rolls Out Updated iPhone App
Social payments service Dwolla now allows you to send and receive payments with your LinkedIn connections. Meanwhile, the company has rolled out an updated version of its iPhone app that includes the new Proxi feature. Dwolla, which added the option to send payments by SMS last month, has used the LinkedIn API to add the LinkedIn integration to its... Read more » Formspring Launches iPhone App, Lets You Send Photos To Friends
Social Q&A service Formspring has launched its first mobile app. The new iPhone app allows you to ask questions, respond to questions and share photos with your friends to get their responses. The photo-sharing feature of the app is most interesting, as it is a brand new Formspring feature -- you cannot send photos to your friends or attach them to responses... Read more » Location-based App PigeonMe Helps You Plan Meet-ups With Friends
A new app called PigeonMe has been launched that helps you let your friends, family and coworkers know when and where to meet you for a social or business event using location-based data. The app mimics the idea of homing pigeons by informing your friends where you are and how to get to that location using GPS data. All you have to do is say when and where the... Read more » Gowalla Reveals Details Of New-look App, Focuses On Travel And Storytelling
Location-based service Gowalla is launching a brand new version of its mobile app, in which it moves away slightly from the check-in space to focus on travel and storytelling. Gowalla co-founder Josh Williams unveiled the brand new app at TechCrunch Disrupt Monday. Although this is effectively version 4.0 of the Gowalla app, it looks drastically different from... Read more » HardlyWork.in Now Lets You Browse Twitter And Facebook At Work, Adds 2 New Excel Themes
In June we reported on a new app called HardlyWork.in that disguises Facebook as a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet. The app was created to help users browse the social network during work without it being obvious. Some might argue that the app is silly -- and it totally is -- but it’s also useful for more than just 10 minutes of ironic amusement and a laugh,... Read more »
Posterous Shifts Focus To Selective Sharing, Becomes Social Network With Launch Of ‘Posterous Spaces’
Posterous has undergone a massive overhaul, with a new focus on selective sharing of content, a revamped iPhone app and a new-look website which has several new features. The service announced the launch of Posterous Spaces Monday, which allows you to share content with your friends, families or colleagues privately or share content with everyone publicly. Spaces... Read more » GLMPS Updates iPhone App, Adds New Log-in Option And Comment Collapsing Feature
Photo-sharing app GLMPS has rolled out an update to its iPhone app. GLMPS, which offers a cool new way of taking and sharing photos, now offers more log-in/log-out options, an easier way to scroll through comments and a simple way to change your avatar. You can now register to use the app with an email address and password, meaning that you no longer have to use... Read more » UberMedia Brings 50 Cent Theme ‘Uber50′ To UberSocial For Android
Earlier this year, UberMedia rolled out some premium themes for its mobile apps. Among the themes that have been launched so far is Uber50, a 50 Cent theme for UberSocial for BlackBerry. Now, the reach of that theme has been expanded as it has been made available for UberSocial for Android (which was formerly called Twidroyd). This means that Uber50 is now... Read more » 
