Popular location-sharing network Foursquare has updated its app for BlackBerry to version 3.2.1, packing a host of new features and a redesigned UI. The most notable feature is the overhaul of the Venue and Check-in screen, while the entire layout is now amended to take into account devices with high-res screens. Also, many users were having issues connecting to BBM servers, so Foursquare responded by… Read more »

One of BlackBerry App World’s best beta apps, Foursquare, received a major update last week. Foursquare is a location-based, social networking service that allows users to ‘check in’ at local venues from their mobile devices in a variety of ways. The service’s popular mobile apps are available on all major smartphone operating systems. Foursquare released v1.9.77 of its app for BlackBerry, and can be downloaded… Read more »

Mobile check-in service Foursquare has added two new features to its iPhone app: photos and comments. The company says these are two of the most frequently requested features, and here’s how they’ll work: When you check-in to a location, your friends can comment, letting you know they’re nearby, the burgers suck at the place where you’re getting lunch, or whatever. You can also take a… Read more »

Check-ins are the new microblogs. While services like Twitter and Facebook let you share your latest thoughts with your friends in a few short characters, apps like Foursquare and Gowalla have made a name for themselves by letting you “check in” to a physical location with your phone. You can stop by your favorite bar, restaurant, clothing store, library or any other location and let… Read more »

After a few months of beta testing, the developers of the TweetDeck client have released version 1.0 for Android. It’s available as a free download from the Android Market. TweetDeck is a social networking tool that lets you post updates to your Twitter, Facebook, Foursquare, and Google Buzz accounts, and read the latest updates from your contacts. If you’ve been using the beta version, you… Read more »

TweetDeck has already pushed out several updates to its Android app since launching the first public beta a few weeks ago. This week the company put out a new version which has a couple of new features, most notably three new widgets that you can place on your Home Screen. There are three new widgets, including a compose, column, and bar widget. The column widget… Read more »

TweetDeck has officially launched a public beta version of its new Android app. TweetDeck is a tool that lets you keep up with multiple social networking accounts at the same time. You can link your Facebook, Foursquare, Google Buzz and Twitter accounts to TweetDeck for Android, and one thing that sets it apart from most third party Twitter apps is that it supports multiple Twitter… Read more »

Update: The official beta is now available for download. Yesterday we reported that TweetDeck for Google Android would be available this week. Today it is… kind of. A pre-release build leaked out, and a number of folks have grabbed the installer file and taken it for a test drive. It actually works pretty well, but TweetDeck CEO Iain Dodsworth says the build floating around right… Read more »

TweetDeck makes one of the most popular Twitter clients for desktop computers. The company also offers iPhone and iPod versions of its software. Next up? Google Android. The company recently announced that a beta version of its Android app should be available this week. If you’re having a hard time figuring out why you’d want to use a third party Twitter app when Twitter offers… Read more »

Gowalla is a location-based social networking service that makes finding out where your friends have been and discovering new restaurants, bars, and other locations into a sort of game. The company has a popular iPhone app, and this week Gowalla introduced apps for Google Android and Palm WebOS devices — just in time for the SXSW Interactive geekstravaganza in Austin, Texas. In a nutshell, Gowalla… Read more »