Social Networking Apps

fotobookr is a photo lover's best friend.
As a professional photographer, I’m drawn to photo-inspired apps. In the case of fotobookr, even if I didn’t have a bag full of lenses, I would still want this app for its simple and intuitive interface.

GPS based social networking is not really a new thing (think 4 Square and Facebook check-ins), but it’s a growing trend that existing and future social networking platforms alike will evolve in their own ways. An example of a new app built on GPS-based social networking is Shy Breaker.

“Busy Bee” may be a common commercial moniker for everything from stores to auto repair shops, but the BusyBee iPhone app  is definitely unique.

Tagged: graphic design, Nike

The iPhone is dangerously conducive to an incurable case of Social Media Addiction. Symptoms of SMA include the inability to enter any establishment—even a dentist’s office or a Kinko’s—without checking in on Foursquare.

Tagged: blogging apps, eBay app, etsy, Flickr app, graphic design, share on social media, Twitter client, VOIP app

Texting enthusiasts certainly have an array of texting apps to choose from ranging from free texting applications over wi-fi to simple ascii art creators. Among the selections is TextPics – Creative SMS Art for iPhone Texting.

If you're of a certain age—read: you're a college student—you likely already know all about Texts From Last Night, or TFLN for short. TFLN is a Webby Award-winning website, a popular Facebook group, a book, a soon-to-be TV series on the Fox network, and, now, an iPhone app.

Tagged: drunk texting, NSFW apps, social nets, text messaging

Funny Status Updates for Facebook is a third party application for iPhone that integrates with Facebook and gives users access to a collection of a witty quips, practical jokes and even a few pictures to post them as their status update.

When I first came across GetGlue I thought, "Just what I need, another social network." The last thing I wanted to do was open another social networking app from my iPhone and check in, "like" things and earn rewards.

Tagged: for wine lovers, social nets

HelloTXT is designed to update your myriad of social networks from within one application. It is a great concept, but a bit buggy in its current form. HelloTXT is a universal app that works across iOS devices.

Tagged: social nets, universal app

Though I’ve seen a pretty wide variety of iPhone apps in every category and admittedly don’t know all of them by a long shot, Quake SOS is the first app I’ve seen that is designed for use in a natural disaster emergency.

Tagged: earthquake, emergency alert

For most iPhone users the ease of social networking is a blessing and a curse (don’t get caught at work). But however you look at it, new apps that break the social boundaries are emerging all the time.

Tagged: file sharing, free music, information sharing, social networking site

Want to send text and multimedia messages but don’t want the often costly monthly bill? Check out Treebune’s Pushme.to Lite, a free messenger app that enables you to send free text and MMS messages whether you’re in North America or abroad. Pushme.to is free for the iPhone.

Tagged: free messenger, multimedia messages, push notifications, social nets

Are your government leaders paying attention to you? They should be – and now you can pay more attention to them with Visible Vote Mobile.

Tagged: elected officials, federal government

If you’re big on Twitter and following tweets and ever thought, “Wow, it would be so cool if I could hear tweets instead of reading them,” then check out Talking Tweet for iPhone.

Tagged: text-to-speech, Twitter app

For those with musical talent or just an appreciation of musical ability, Riff Raters is a fairly new iPhone app that combines music with social networking. Riff Raters allows users to record and upload 20-second riffs, which, as the developer says, are like musical tweets.