Facebook is the most popular social networking site around at the time of this writing. Millions of people use this service to keep in touch with their friends, family members, and contacts. Syncing information from your Facebook contacts with your iPhone contacts should not have to be a pain. These 4 Facebook sync apps make the process easier.

MyPhone+ for Facebook: a dialer app for iPhone that keeps your contacts up-to-date with their latest pictures and information from Facebook. It also reminds you when your friends’ birthdays are coming up. Read the rest of this entry »

Facebook has been going through major changes in the past few months. The introduction of Facebook Timeline has excited many Facebook fans. Thanks to the latest update on Facebook for iPhone, you can take advantage of Timeline on your smartphone. This update works on iPhone and iPod Touch. The iPad version has not be released yet but it is in the works.

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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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