Google has begun beta testing a new social network called Google+. At the moment it’s only available to a handful of beta testers, but when it rolls out to the public Google+ will represent the search company’s biggest foray into the social space. Google has dipped its toe into social waters before with tools such as Latitude and Buzz. But Google+ is the closest thing… Read more »

Apple has been busy pushing its official Twitter clients for mobile platforms including iOS, Android, and Blackberry — but that hasn’t stopped third party developers from creating their own Twitter apps. The blogosphere and Twittersphere is abuzz today with the news that a new app called TweetBot takes the whole Twitter experience to a new level. The app is attractive and choc full of features… Read more »

After several months of beta testing, LinkedIn has released a mobile app for Google Android. The LinkediIn app is now available as a free download from the Android Market. You can also get a direct link by visiting m.linkedin.com/android. LinkedIn is a social network for professionals, with a heavy focus on your work profile and your connections to current and former colleagues and business contacts…. Read more »

  Facebook has just released an updated version of its iPhone app which adds the ability to check in to events. Whereas previously, the app only allows you to check in via Facebook Places, the new version now extends beyond this and allows you to check in to events you’ve been invited to. Of course, to check in to an event, you must be in… Read more »

As expected, Facebook 2.0 beta for BlackBerry is now available, and among other features, it adds support for Facebook Chat. The Facebook app for BlackBerry is tightly integrated into the OS, so you can start a chat with your contacts who are online either from the Facebook app or from the unified mailbox on your smartphone. You’ll also receive status notifications from Facebook even if… Read more »

Facebook has released version 1.5.2 of its Android app, with a couple of bug fixes and security improvements. But the biggest changes are improvements to landscape mode and some new photo features. Users can now upload photos to a friend’s wall, or to a Group. And when you upload a photo, it should now always show up on Facebook with the proper orientation (landscape or… Read more »

Ssocial photo-sharing app Path has been updated to version 1.4.  Path is similar in many ways to Instagram, as it lets you take photos using your iPhone and share it to other Path users. Unlike Instagram, Path lets you select only up to 50 of  friends, family and other contacts to have exlusive rights of seeing photos you share.  Another difference between Path and Instagram… Read more »

The latest version of Seesmic for Android is out, and the biggest change is that the social networking app now supports Facebook. That means you can use one app to keep up with the latest news from your Facebook and Twitter contacts. The app also supports Google Buzz and Salesforce Chatter. There’s no unified news feed, which means you’ll have to choose which account you… Read more »

While there’s been a Facebook app for BlackBerry users for a while, it’s lagged pretty far behind the iPhone and Android apps in features for a while. It looks like that could change soon. n4bb has received a few leaked screenshots of what’s looks like it could be Facebook 2.0 for BlackBerry. The new app looks a bit more like the Facebook apps for other… Read more »

Last week we saw the first so-called Facebook Phone. While rumors had suggested Facebook might be building its own branded phone and/or platform, the INQ Cloud Tech is actually an Android phone with some tight Facebook integration including a large Facebook Widget on the home screen for accessing your social networking data. Now Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg says we can expect to see “dozens of… Read more »