Social Apps

App.net launches Passport app for iPhone, lets you manage accounts, browse for ADN clients, and more!

By Joseph Keller, Wednesday, May 8, 2013 a 6:11 pm

App.net (ADN) has released Passport, an iPhone app that aims to make it easy to manage your App.net experience. Current users can sign in to manage their profile, find people to follow, and browse ADN apps. You can download apps without leaving Passport by tapping the “App Store” button next to the application’s name on the list, causing its App Store page to pop up and allowing you to purchase and download the app before dismissing it and returning to the app list.

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Find My Friends updated with better controls for sending notifications

By Joseph Keller, Thursday, Mar 28, 2013 a 8:38 pm

Find My Friends has been updated with a new user interface for setting up location-based notifications. Alerts tell you when you or a friend arrives or departs from a given location, and with this update, you now have control over what distance from the location alerts are triggered.

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Twitterrific 5 updated with push notifications, more

By Rene Ritchie, Wednesday, Mar 27, 2013 a 12:10 pm

Twitterrific, the elegant Iconfactory Twitter client for iPhone and iPad, has been updated to support one of their most requested features -- push notifications. Currently in beta, users are being added to Twitterrific's push system in batches of 1,000 to make sure servers stay up and the experience remains positive for everyone. If you don't get into the push beta immediately, just try again in a few days. (You can find it in the Settings section.)

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Pinterest for iPhone and iPad updated, see what else pinners have pinned

By Leanna Lofte, Friday, Mar 22, 2013 a 6:18 pm

Pinterest for iPhone and iPad has been updated with few new convenient features. There is now a "people who pinned this also pinned" feature that makes it easy to discover new pins that you may like since they were pinned by people who share your tastes.

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Facebook app updated so you can set your cover photo on the go!

By Rene Ritchie, Monday, Mar 18, 2013 a 8:40 pm

The Facebook app for iPhone and iPad has been updated to version 5.6 and the major new feature is simple yet convenient -- you can now set cover photos on the go, right from your iOS device. If that's not enough, Facebook has also reduced the amount of taps it takes to start a group message.

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Twitter for iOS updated, improves search, removes three video services

By Joseph Keller, Thursday, Mar 7, 2013 a 10:15 am

Twitter for iOS has been updated, improving search and removing the capability to upload to certain video services. Twitter for iOS will now give you more user and topic suggestions for your search terms based on what happens in real time. You will also receive these suggestions when adding a username or hashtag to a tweet. Additionally, Top Tweets from major past events will pop up when you search terms related to that event.

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Path adds messaging, stickers for messaging, and a shop to, um, buy stickers for messaging

By Rene Ritchie, Wednesday, Mar 6, 2013 a 9:37 pm

Path, the eye-candy filled semi-private social network app for iPhone and iPad, has updated to version 3.0. New features center around messaging, which allows you to communicate directly with a specific friend, rather than posting things for all of them to see. They've also added stickers, or little graphics you can send via messaging, and a store to buy stickers.

App.net adds free, invite-only limited account tier

By Rene Ritchie, Monday, Feb 25, 2013 a 1:19 pm

app.net (ADN) has just announced a new, free account tier. It's by invite only, so if you want in you'll have to hit up an existing, paid friend with an account. It's also limited, in that you can't engage with as many people or host as much data as a paid account. What it is is a way to sample one of the most interesting cloud services to date. Dalton Caldwell dropped the F-as-in-free-bomb on the ADN blog:

Facebook app updated with free calling to U.S., Canada

By Rene Ritchie, Sunday, Feb 24, 2013 a 5:35 pm

Facebook for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad has been updated to version 5.5. New features include an improved button design, intended to make commenting, liking, and sharing easier on News Feed posts, and the inclusion of free VoIP calls for users in the U.S. and Canada, something previously introduced in the separate Facebook Messenger app.

VoIP requires Wi-Fi or cellular data. And, of course, reports of bugginess are already coming in... If you've tried out the latest Facebook update, let me know how it's working for you. If you haven't tried Facebook for iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad yet, grab it from the App Store via the link below.

Tweetbot for Mac gets Vine, Flickr, MP4 support, notification improvements, all versions of Tweetbot get Twitter API 1.1 compliance

By Rene Ritchie, Wednesday, Feb 20, 2013 a 9:17 am

Tweetbot for iPhone and iPod touch, Tweetbot for iPad, and Tweetbot for Mac have all been updated to support the new Twitter 1.1 API, and closer comply with Twitter's new interface display guidelines. In other words, to better conform with Twitter's branding and conformity policies. Changes include all avatars moving to the left (previously your avatar was on the right to help your posts stand out), and the way your @username is displayed.