The latest version of Facebook app (version 3.2) is now available in iTunes. In case you missed it, Facebook recently announced some pretty exciting new features. The new version of Facebook for iPhone includes some of those features (mainly Facebook places). FB Places is the company’s effort to compete with Foursquare. Users can take advantage of this feature to find out where their friends are and check-in to their favorite place.

By tapping on Places, you can see where your friends have checked in recently. You can also check in to a new place yourself. Considering that the product is new, there are bugs everywhere. So do not expect to get these new features to work flawlessly. Unfortunately, Facebook Places does not work for international users at this point. Read the rest of this entry »

The field of social media has exploded in the past few months and everybody is on Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, FriendFeed, and tens of other social networking sites. If you haven’t taken your time to get yourself familiar with these sites, now’s the time. And if you have an iPhone, you can now do everything social media while you are on the go. Can’t get easier than that.

Whether you are interested in tweeting or updating your Facebook status online, here are 160 social media applications for iPhone that allow you to take your mobile social networking game to the next level:

Twitter

1. Tweetie 2: One of the best social networking apps for iPhone. It makes it so easy to share files with your followers from your iPhone. The interface is very intuitive and easy to use.
2. Twittelator: one of the best Twitter apps for the iPhone. It’s very convenient and comes with a lot of themes.
3. Tweetdeck: if you have been on Twitter for a while, you probably know how good Tweetdeck is. And this one is going for free.
4. TwitterFon Pro: one of the best iPhone clients for Twitter. Has everything you need to manage your Twitter account.
5. TweetFlip: very similar in concept to Tweetdeck. Set up your panels and master your Twitter account.
6. iTwitter: another innovative Twitter application for iPhone that makes it so easy to manage your followers.
7. Voxie Pro Recorder: tired of texting on your phone? Now you can dictate to it.
8. BirdFeed: another impressive Twitter client for iPhone. Great way to keep up with the latest updates on Twitter.
9. Ziibii: is a great little app for folks who want to connect to Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube all from one place. And it’s free too!
10. Twitter 3D: an innovative app that lets you manage your Twitter account and have fun in the process.
11. SimplyTweet: manage your Twitter account or multiple accounts on your iPhone.
12. TweetMic: create you own Twittercast and publish it on Twitter.
13. Twitter World: uses Google’s translation service to let you talk to foreigners on Twitter.
14. Twitterena: is a Twitter client on steroid. Everything you need to tweet more effectively is available in this app.
15. Twinkle: a decent iPhone Twitter client that allows you to get in touch with your followers easily.
16. Twitterrific: is still one of the top Twitter clients for the iPhone. It may have slipped a bit but it’s still up there with the big boys.
17. Twittms: is a great way to send direct messages on Twitter. It’s simple to use too!
18. Retweet: are you a retweet master? If you want to find out top retweeted stories, this is your app.
19. LaTwit: is a sophisticated Twitter app that allows you to do all kinds of things on your
20. GeoTwitter: automatically attaches map links to your tweets so people know where you are tweeting from! Read the rest of this entry »

Either Apple is getting soft or a lot of us have overreacted to the recent app rejection by the company. Facebook 3.0 and Spotify have been both approved by Apple and added to the iTunes. Technically, Apple could have found an excuse to reject both apps, but since it’s not in business to reject apps, we get to see these two powerful apps on our iPhones today. I have covered Facebook 3.0 in the past few weeks, and it’s certainly an app that will dominate the most-used apps chart for weeks to come. Spotify is an interesting app that has been waiting to be approved for a while now. It’s a surprise that Apple allowed it since it will be competing with Apple iTunes, but the last thing Apple needs these days is yet another controversy.

Facebook 3.0:

Facebook is one of the most popular social networking sites around, and many people use their iPhone to update their status and share information with their friends on Facebook. Facebook 3.0 for iPhone has been improved to allow Facebookers to easily share videos and handle events on their smart-phones. Facebook is gearing itself up for more community content, and Facebook 3.0 is a good move in that direction. The downside? The app is currently not too stable and has crashed on me a few times.

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Facebook 3.0 has quickly become one of the most anticipated iPhone apps in a while. Facebook is a very popular platform for people to share content and find friends, and it’s no wonder some can’t enough of it. For Facebook junkies, Facebook 3.0 is great news (as long as Apple doesn’t pull something crazy here). It’s going to take a while for Apple to approve the app, but it will be released soon enough and will contain many new features. Here are a few features that are noteworthy:

• See your upcoming Events and RSVP
• See your friends’ birthdays
• Write Notes and read your friends’ Notes
• Upload videos from an iPhone 3GS
• Upload photos to any album
• Like posts and photos
• Easily search for people and Pages
• Make friend requests
• Become a fan of Pages

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If you have been following Facebook lately, who isn’t, you have probably seen the new look and all kinds of tools that Facebook folks are adding to connect folks around the web more effectively. Facebook Connect was one of those tools that was introduced a while ago to help bloggers integrate Facebook into their blog. The features was extremely successful as many top bloggers decided to adopt it. No wonder Facebook decided to bring Facebook connect to the iPhone!

If you really think about it, it’s a no brainer. If you are an application developer, you do want to connect with folks on Facebook. If you think your application was viral before this release, think again. There are some explosive opportunities available with Facebook Connect with iPhone. Here is what you can do with Facebook Connect for iPhone:

• Seamlessly connect their Facebook account and information with your iPhone app
• Connect and share experiences with friends who also use your iPhone app
• Share user information and actions on your iPhone app with friends on Facebook

Implementing Facebook connect is not that hard either. Watch the below video to find out all about it:

How To: Implement Facebook Connect on the iPhone in 5 minutes from Cat Lee on Vimeo.

Your take: how are you going to take advantage of Facebook Connect to make your apps more viral?