October 31, 2011 : Comments (4)
Google+ Updates Android App, Adds New Design And Other Features
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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 »
Dwolla Adds New Payment Option, Send Money To Phone Number Using SMS
Dwolla has added a new feature to its website and the beta build of its iOS app that allows you to send money to someone's mobile phone number using SMS, in addition to being able to send payments through Facebook, Twitter and email. In order to send money to someone via their phone number through the social payments service, all you have to do is log in, click... Read more » Google+ Updates Android App, Allows You To Reshare Posts
Google+ has rolled out an updated version of its Android app, which now allows you to reshare posts from others with your circles. This was the most requested feature for Google+ on mobile devices. To reshare a post, all you have to do is tap the post in your stream and tap the button with three dots (next to the +1 button). Once you have tapped “Share this... Read more » REPORT: Facebook Tried To Acquire Instagram, Will Add Photo Filters To Mobile Apps
Facebook is reportedly set to take on Instagram, Picplz and other photo-sharing services that use filters by adding photo filters to its mobile apps. The photo filters have apparently been ready for some time, but Mark Zuckerberg is said to want more filters to be developed before adding the feature to the apps. According to The New York Times, which cited 2... Read more » Dwolla Launches ‘Proxi’ Feature, Lets You Make Location-based Transactions
Social payments service Dwolla has introduced a new way for you to make payments. The new Proxi feature will allow you to send and receive money with any Dwolla user who is close to your location. The feature essentially allows you to become a mobile Spot where you can send and receive payments without having to use special hardware on your mobile device, such as... Read more »
