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What if Twitter Had an App Store? Now It Does.

In October 2008, I documented months of research and analysis into a full directory of Twitter applications for communications and marketing professionals. In May 2009, I categorized the most applicable and qualified applications, and with the help of JESS3, we published The Twitterverse, a beta map of the Twitter universe that arranged relevant applications in a way that allowed us to see and navigate the landscape more efficiently and effectively. While working on the official release of the Twitterverse, I…

Facebook Changes the Game for Social Networking with New App for iPhone

Two weeks ago, Facebook submitted its completely redesigned iPhone application to Apple. Today it was released live in the App Store. As you may or may not already know, mobile Facebook users, as well as those using geo-location networks such as FourSquare and Loopt, are paving the way for the future of Social Networking. According to Facebook statistics: – There are more than 30 million active users currently accessing Facebook through their mobile devices. – People that use Facebook on…