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Long Awaited Facebook Update Rolling Out Today, Many Improvements to be Found
The Facebook app has been a constant disappointment for Android users since day 1. It's slow, buggy, and kinda clunky to use. That's all about to change today says Facebook in a blog post. The new app comes with a brand new UI to match it's iOS counterpart, but also a big improvement in speed. Basically everything in the app has been improved. Photos and... Read more » Yahoo Enters the Free Messaging Game with Yahoo Hub
Some people just want to be a part of everything, and apparently Yahoo is one of them. Not content to stand by and watch the likes of BBM, iMessage, and Google Messenger dominate the free messaging service landscape they have created their own app. The app is called 'Hub' and it's available for all Android phones. It allows you to send messages to not only people... Read more » Google+ Hangouts Now Supports Voice Calls
Google is obviously very invested in Google+ right now, and one of the ways they are trying to push it is with Hangouts. Last week they showcased Hangouts in a video for the Galaxy Nexus, and also in a TV commercial during the Lions/Packers Thanksgiving Day game. Now they're introducing another feature to hopefully pull in more users: voice calls. Say you're... Read more » Path Updated with New UI, Sharing Options, and More Friends
If you're unfamiliar with Path just imagine an app for Facebook's upcoming timeline feature. Path allows you to document when you are doing things in a nice looking time line. Path was launched with minimal features and a low 50 friend limit. This was a bummer for many people, because what good is a social app if you can't share it with all your friends? Path has... Read more » [UPDATED] Google+ invitations galore, grab one while they last!
Google launched its own social media site back at the end of June and it has been met with all sorts of fanfare. In roughly a month and a half, it has grown to over 25 million users and it is still growing rather quickly. For traffic control and to iron out the few remaining kinks, Google+ is still in a closed beta and accessible by invite only. Lucky for you... Read more » HTC Status review
Introduction: HTC's Status is "the Facebook phone," previously known as the ChaCha. It was released in America by AT&T on July 17th for $399.99 outright and $49.99 on a two-year contract with a minimum data feature of $15. The contract price and lowered data requirement make the Status a bargain entry for a new Android phone, and happens to ship with... Read more » Google+ invites open again…for now
Dave Besbris, Engineering Director of Google+, announced today that Google has opened the social network's invite system once again in what will undoubtedly be a successful effort to double the field test user base. Numbers regarding the current and target memberships were withheld. Invites will be throttled, so dropping in long lists of random people is just... Read more » Add tweet and translate links to Google+ posts (plus styles)
The Chrome extensions for Google+ are rolling in! The first batch will likely offer up an early preview at functionality that is on Google's internal roadmap, but for those of you who aren't familiar with extensions, they offer a taste of what is possible when third parties get involved with website co-development. Helper for Google+ adds two new links to each... Read more » Google eliminating private profiles
Those of you waiting impatiently for Google+ to go public should be happy to know that all (old) Google profiles must be made public by July 31st. Profile pages that are not made public will simply be deleted at the end of the month. "Public" doesn't mean you have to share every little detail about yourself with the world, but name and gender are required.... Read more » Looking for new people to follow on Google+?
I know that a lot of you--ok, most of you--are still wondering when Google will send you that notification email that Google+ is finally ready for you to join, or when, if ever, that invite you've already been sent will work. (Don't feel bad, aside from making sure that big names like Mark Zuckerberg and Kevin Rose are feeling out the new social site, it appears... Read more » 
