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Apple Store now features social sharing

by Mike Schramm (Aug 17th, 2011)

Apparently "net issues" weren't the only reason the Apple Store was down this morning; MacRumors notes that social features have been added to the Mac Pro configuration page, allowing you to share any of the various Mac builds on Twitter or Facebook. I'm not especially convinced that this is ...

Video App Demo: Checkin+

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (Aug 2nd, 2011)

If you're looking for an app to combine checkins for Foursquare and Facebook Places try Checkin+ from the makers of IM+, a multi-protocol IM tool. Checkin+ will do just that, and adds the ability to see locations in a 2D map or 3D augmented reality view. Checkin+ will also allow you to see ...

Trover Mobile Discovery app re-launched today

by Mel Martin (Jul 28th, 2011)

Trover joins the ranks of free GPS-powered apps for the iPhone that can guide you intelligently to places of interest near you or while traveling the world. It has some interesting twists that make it unique, giving it kind of a feel of Instagram meets Yelp. Trover had a limited release that ...

TUAW's Daily iPad app: StumbleUpon

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (Jul 26th, 2011)

If you're familiar with StumbleUpon, the iPad app will be a very comfortable experience. Instead of browsing "stumbled" sites in a browser with a toolbar, the StumbleUpon app allows you to visit sites shared by others (within a couple dozen categories like "tech" or "babes") from your iPad, ...

TUAW's Daily iPhone App: Zynga Poker

by Mike Schramm (Jul 18th, 2011)

Zynga has gained a reputation as the evil empire lately, and to a certain extent that's true -- a lot of the company's Facebook "games" aren't much more than pyramid scams. But Texas Hold'Em poker is a game that will always have players, and for all of Zynga's drama, their Poker app has been ...

Post to Google+ on your iPhone using DoAT

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jul 15th, 2011)

Reading something interesting on your iPhone and frustrated you can't easily post it to Google+? Now there's a solution that takes some of the pain out of using Google+ on the iPhone. No, it's not the native client from Google. It's DoAT, a content aggregating and reading app. DoAT is one of ...

Sharing Instagram photos on Google+ automatically

by Steven Sande (Jul 14th, 2011)

Instagram (free) is a lot of fun, although it's often criticized as being the "auto-tune for photography." Google+ is the new social networking flavor of the week, so it's natural that the two services should get together. Wired's Gadget Lab has cooked up a recipe for more Instagram enjoyment by ...

AOL's Play app gets social with your music

by Michael Rose (Jul 12th, 2011)

Our corporate cousins at AOL have a new tool for enjoying and sharing your favorite songs: the free Play app. First introduced at SxSW as an Android-only offering, it's now available in the App Store for iPhone. Play meets the table stakes for a social music app by allowing you to play songs ...

Video App Demo: Music Marquee

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (Jul 7th, 2011)

Music Marquee is a well-designed and easy-to-use social app for you music lovers. Listening to a great song and want to share? Music Marquee allows you to post to Facebook, Twitter, Last.fm, Tumblr, FriendFeed and Ping.fm. Last.fm allows scrobbling, and wherever supported Tasty Cocoa software has ...

Video App Demo: Vidcinity

by Victor Agreda, Jr. (Jun 30th, 2011)

Vidcinity is an app addressing the niche market of local video discovery. The idea is that you'll upload videos for a location and others will come along and discover those videos. I'm not sure we're ready for this just yet, but it's an interesting idea. Check out the demo below. Of course, ...

DeNA bringing Infinity Blade X to Japan's Mobage platform

by Mike Schramm (Jun 22nd, 2011)

DeNA's been on the iOS hunt for about a year now -- I saw them at GDC Online last fall asking developers to create games for their Mobage mobile platform in Japan, and then they outright purchased popular iOS developer ngmoco not long after that. Now they've put together plans to bring another ...

Recco claims to provide hyperlocal restaurant savvy

by Mike Schramm (Jun 16th, 2011)

The New York Times recently profiled a new iOS app named Recco. It's yet another social network app, but this time one built around restaurant recommendations. Rather than a service like Yelp, Recco is attempting to be extremely local, picking up restaurant recommendations not from people in ...

Flock comes to the end of the road as support ceases

by Samuel Gibbs (Apr 13th, 2011)

Flock, the original social web browser, has been marked for termination. Originally released back in 2005 and powered by a Firefox core, Flock brought social to the browser by integrating with Flickr, del.icio.us (as it was at the time) and a whole host of blogging services. Later, with the ...

TUAW's Daily App: ClubWorld

by Mike Schramm (Apr 8th, 2011)

ClubWorld may not exactly be your kind of game. It's sort of a mashup of popular freemium gameplay elements. ClubWorld includes Farmville-style time sinks as you build your club up, social environments to customize and share with friends, and even some music-based mini-games. The look and the ...

Digital Chocolate picks up $12 million in funding round, mostly from Intel

by Mike Schramm (Feb 22nd, 2011)

Digital Chocolate is one of the biggest iPhone developers that no one talks about much, but maybe that'll change now that the company has picked up a whopping $12 million in venture capital. The company behind a huge amount of iOS titles of all kinds (with more than 100 million mobile downloads ...