A picture says a thousand words is how the epithet goes but, in Twitter's case, you would have to reduce it to 140 characters or less, of course. Jellibug is a photo application that gathers all the pictures that celebrities of all types post on their Twitter accounts and presents them all for you to view. So now you don't have to rush out and buy that gossip magazine that you really only buy because of the pictures anyway. Justin Bieber, Rhianna, Chris Brown, Jenna Marbles, Tori Spelling, Kristen Bell, Christiano Ronaldo or Shaun White..they are all here. Whether ... Read more
Despite the fact that your Facebook and Twitter friends and followers' lists just keep growing the chances are that you really only react to the people closest in your group. While having hundreds of friends looks pretty good on paper, it's getting harder and harder to scroll through all the updates and photos which come from everyone from your closest friends to your Auntie Doris - who has just discovered social networking and is sharing her knitting patterns. Le Feed is a Facebook application with an intuitive and intelligent algorithm that sorts out the stuff you want to see from ... Read more
Streamd.in is a localized geolocation app for Android, iPad and iPhone that attempts to take your Twitter account to a different level. It focuses tweets emanating from specific places the world over and delivers them complete with location map and, as an added bonus, you can even chat and video chat with your fellow tweeters. You can browse tweets from your local neighborhood or concentrate on a specific city or any countries around the world. Streamd.in for IOS and Android is a free and easy to use browser-based and geolocation based Twitter client. The primary focus of the app ... Read more
xDownload is a document management and file download application for iPhone from the people who brought us the fabulous OrganiDoc HD and, with that sort of pedigree, you automatically know that it is going to impress. Its a very powerful and easy to use set of tools that let's you grab and download pictures as well as audio and video files - or anything else from the web - and put it into a queue on your iPhone so it is ready for downloading when you have WiFi access. If you are feeling a little hand-tied to Safari's rather ... Read more
One of the saddest things that has happened over the last few years has been the demise of the music store. Gone are the days when you could Wander down to the local record bar, have a chat to the guy behind the counter about his latest faves, listen to a few tunes and walk out with some great music. These days you have to do a lot more work to find some good new music. Sworly is a social music and video share application that could well be a way of making your music searching a little easier by ... Read more
The last couple of years has seen the social music share site SoundCloud go from strength to strength. Just released is this newly updated free app for iPhone, iPad and iPhone Touch that takes the musical community mobile and wherever you can get an Internet connection enabling you to interact, share and record music wherever and whenever you want. SoundCloud really is the easiest way to share original music with friends in your social networks. It let's music fans as well as musicians and spoken word performers easily upload and listen to music from anywhere they can get a ... Read more
Since the Pinterest phenomena began to take hold there has been a lot of interest in 'pinning' your photos and other stuff on pinboards to show to your friends and the whole wide world. Kulisha is a social application for your mobile where you can gather all your Facebook and Twitter feeds into one place giving you a better overview of your social networking state of affairs. It seems that you have to just whisper the name Pinterest at the moment and people sit up and take notice. As a consequence, there are a lot of apps being released ... Read more
If you've ever wanted to find a way to play the audio and video files stored on your Mac or PC when you are off on a trip you will know what a pain it can be. Airplayit is a next-generation video and audio streaming application for smartphones that solves that problem without asking you to spend ages copying them from your computer for watching and sharing. It works in two parts. One part sits on your computer sharing your files on your hard drive or iTunes library while the other sits on your iPad or iPhone and allows you ... Read more
Attention all you actors (and waiting staff, of course) and casting agents out there - this one is for you. Voices.com is a unique jobs and employment application for iPhone which presents a chance for voice talent to connect with casting agents and deliver audio and video representations of their work and vocal capabilities. Equally, it's a place for casting agents to listen to audio samples from all over the world to find exactly the right person for the job they have in mind. Voices.com has designed an app to cater for both those hiring talent and voice talent ... Read more
Some think the 140 character limit to your Twitter tweets is too many characters while there are others who want to pontificate until the cows come home. You can't please all the people all the time. Given some of the inane ramblings of some tweeters it is probably a blessing in disguise that there is a limit but sometimes you just can't get your story across in that small amount of words and that's where Twishort comes in handy. This Twitter and blog tool let's you get your message up with a link for your avid readers to follow to ... Read more