Social-networking Articles on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

Another fistful of apps: Ember, Headspace, myMovies, Nozbe, Juglir and LiveView

by Brett Terpstra (Apr 14th, 2009)

According to my completely unscientific research, about 90% of the TUAW mailbag is comprised of iPhone app announcements. In our continuing effort to not deluge you with iPhone app reviews, I present another "fistful of apps": 6 iPhone app reviews in one post. If you don't have an iPhone, you only ...

Foursquare tries the Dodgeball concept again on the iPhone

by Mike Schramm (Mar 17th, 2009)

We're right in the middle of convention season and as I noted last night on the Talkcast, I'm here in Chicago (at least the weather's nice) instead of down in Austin with the rest of the gang. But there is a little consolation: I've had a chance to try out SXSW's newest software darling, Foursquare. ...

Social networking getting bigger on mobile phones

by Mike Schramm (Dec 23rd, 2008)

This is a big duh to anyone (like me) who's switched to a smartphone within the last year or so, but according to "new research" (I've never heard of them either), social networking applications and websites are blowing up on mobile phones, including none other than the iPhone. Things are going ...

Wakoopa for iPhone keeps tabs on web apps

by Mike Schramm (Oct 22nd, 2007)

Reader Robert sent me a note to tell us that his startup site, Wakoopa (which, I was sorry to note, has nothing to do with Mario's enemies) has created a section specifically for (and compatible with) the iPhone. Wakoopa is a social network of sorts that lets you discuss and recommend different ...

Slife updates interface, adds social networking in 1.3

by Mike Schramm (Oct 2nd, 2007)

We wrote about the 1.0 of Slife in February, and I thought it was a fascinating application-- there's nothing you look at more every single day than what you do with your own life, and yet here's a piece of software that lets you look at how you spend your time in a different, more objective way. ...