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The latest application news and analysis from NetworkWorld.com.
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Twitter Users Still Flock to the Website, Which Stinks
Twitter now has more than 145 million registered users, and sadly, most people still visit the social network through Twitter's default Web site.
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Social brings native Facebook experience to iPad
Since Facebook has yet to release a native iPad app--or give any real indication that one is in the works--third parties have capitalized on the opportunity to various degrees. Facebook's desktop Website has a number of quirks and features that do not work properly on touch-based devices, and Social is the latest attempt at providing a full, native Facebook experience on the iPad.
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Hands-On With iOS 4.1 GM
Now that I've been using the GM release for the past 24 hours, I can safely say- iOS 4.1 on iPhone (including the 3G) is the most solid, responsive iOS release to date. With some cool new features to boot.
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Early Ping Reviews Strike Sour Note
Apple's "social network for music" may be off-key. Ping, a new feature in iTunes 10 that lets users follow their favorite artists and find out what music their friends are discussing and downloading, was unveiled Wednesday by CEO Steve Jobs at Apple's Fall Music Event in San Francisco. Just two days later, a cacophonous crowd of critics are carping about Ping's rampant spam, security holes, crippled Facebook integration, and overall poor design.
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Seesmic for iPhone
Keeping all of your social networks in sync isn't always as simple as you would expect. Many people look at Twitter and Facebook as two different groups, and often choose to update each service with different information. There are times, however, when sharing the same updates in both places is desired. Seesmic makes it easy to manage multiple social networks at one time.
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Shazam 3.0 gets more content, iOS 4 support
Music sleuths have some new tools waiting in the App Store. On Friday, Shazam Entertainment released a major 3.0 upgrade to the free and paid versions of its music discovery app for iPhone and iPod touch.
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Anti-Google Group's Creeptastic Video Campaign
Consumer Watchdog, an anti-Google group, invaded Times Square with a 540-square-foot video cartoon of Google CEO Eric Schmidt frightening children -- and me -- with threats of infiltrating their online lives. Watch it with the lights on.
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Looptastic HD for iPad
For non-musicians unfamiliar with the ways music is made today, here's a clue: It's no longer necessary to play an instrument to create a musical composition. Another option it to piece together snippets of pre-recorded digital audio. This technique underlies a lot of what modern DJs and producers do. Sound Trends brings apps to iOS devices that allow you to do this kind of thing on your iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Its iPad effort is the $15 Looptastic HD, and true to its name, it's a fairly "tastic" effort, allowing you to very easily piece together and mix tracks from a handful of audio loops.
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Apple vs. Facebook: What's Behind the Ping Controversy?
Wondering why you can't use Facebook to find your friends on Ping--Apple's new iTunes-based social network that supposedly connects to the social networking site? Turns out Apple and Facebook were unable to reach a business agreement that would have integrated Facebook with Ping, according to reports. But the failure to reach an agreement apparently didn't stop Apple from trying to offer the functionality anyway--until Facebook pulled the plug. Here's what's going on.
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Google Wave becomes Wave in a Box
The recently-canceled social networking service is being revived as application bundle for real-time collaboration
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