Two weeks and ten million users later, Google+, Google’s new social network is an internet hit. While some argue it is not a Facebook Killer and others claim Twitter is Google’s real competition here, there is no denying that Google+ has taken off in an already saturated market of social networks.
As you might have heard, Facebook held an event yesterday, which it prepped the press for by saying it was going to announce an “Awesome product”. Mistake number one among many.
I am a huge fan of Foursquare. I think everyone recognizes today that gamification is a force to be reckoned with and becoming Mayor of a location turns out to be quite an incentive to today’s youth (as well as to many adults). If you would have asked me a few years ago, whether I would use an app to “check in” to a location just so I can become Mayor (like I did at inneractive this week, ahem ahem) and blast that accomplishment to my friends and network, I would have laughed and said “Absolutely not”.
As you must have heard by now, Google launched its own competitor to Facebook, Google+. I say that because as soon as you take a look at the Google+ interface, you cannot help but notice that it looks like the design was copied almost one for one, from the social networking giant.
According to the latest rumors circulating the interwebs, Skype is prepping its native iPad app for an upcoming release. With that, the VoIP leader joins Facebook as a technology giant that has yet to embrace the tablet king, but seems to have given in to the pressure.
The Twitter For iPhone App is a solid twitter client, there’s no doubt about it, especially at the stellar price of free. However, we now have a noteworthy competitor by the name of TweetBot For iPhone. Although it’ll run you a good $1.99 (on sale!), the animations and graphics are gorgeous enough to definitely make it worth it. Keep on reading to see the true beauty of this application.
When it comes to interior design, I am a total newbie. Show me a mobile app and I will design the heck out of it, but ask me what chair looks good in your living room and you will be met with a blank expression of ignorance.
Let’s get a few things out in the open. I love Facebook. A lot. I also love Twitter. A lot. That said, I don’t always have time to check my pages as regularly I was would like when I am working a way on other projects. With the release of Spout, there’s is now a new and very creative way to read your feeds, and I believe I am not alone with this opinion. Spout displays the info you want in a very cool and stylish interface that allows someone like me to lean over and take a quick look without taking too much time away from the task at hand, for only 99 cents.
One of the biggest trends in the iPhone app development world is the creation of photo manipulating apps. These days you can add frames, distort colors, or make your picture look like it was taken with a polaroid camera. The problem with most of these apps is they all do just about the same thing and few do it very well. Luckily for us, 3D Photo For iPhone is not one of those apps and the effects it applies are cool and very creative, and it’s only 99 cents!
Sometimes the best things in life are free. Sometimes they are simple, yet fun. Sometimes both of these worlds collide in the form of a free iPhone app and that is always a good thing, for the consumers at least. Recently, the iPhone became the number one camera used to take pics posted to the popular photo sharing site Flickr, and with the amount of people choosing to leave their point and shoot cameras at home in exchange for their smart phones, there is always room for creative ways to spice up those photos. Label Box for iPhone does just that, for the superb price of free!
