The first iPhone social network returns, iRovr for iOS

Written by Matt Fryy on Saturday, 04 September 2010. Posted in Reviews, Mobile Apps

The first iPhone social network returns, iRovr for iOS

Cast your mind back to 2007. Steve Jobs famously announces the iPhone, loaded with a full HTML web browser and Wifi connectivity. Well the interest in the platform quickly sparked a slew of browser-based utilities and with the addition of the 'web apps' section to Apple.com, the iPhone was firmly seeded as one of the hottest development platforms around.

Well one particular web application opened up the device to a new whole world of possibilities. iRovr launched as an iPhone-only social network, allowing users to create and browse profiles, write blog entries and the usual social shenanigans. We can only but assume that it was phased out as other web apps were, with the introduction of Apple's App Store.
 
But now, with a sense of nostalgia, we're pleased to announce the first iPhone exclusive social network is coming back, and this time you don't need to launch Safari to use it! Let's take a sneaky pre-release peak at iRovr for iOS...
 

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Shovelling some stories with the Digg iPhone app

Written by Matt Fryy on Saturday, 27 March 2010. Posted in Reviews, Mobile Apps

Shovelling some stories with the Digg iPhone app

Since the dawn of Apple's mobile marketplace, app makers far and wide have been grinding their teeth in frustration towards Digg's limited developer API. The most any iPhone enthusiast has been able to achieve with their application so far is the ability to list and bury stories from the social service, a handicap strong enough to banish Digg apps from most peoples phones full-stop. But now, rocking a new API and the will to go mobile, who should come up with the next generation of story shoveling application but the pioneers of social news themselves. Here's Digg for the iPhone and iPod Touch.

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A little bite of 'Chomp' for the iPhone

Written by Matt Fryy on Wednesday, 13 January 2010. Posted in Reviews, Mobile Apps

A little bite of 'Chomp' for the iPhone
The mobile revolution that is Apple's App Store is one that has shaped the Smartphone world forever. Whether your traveling, cooking, writing or gaming, theres an app for that! But in a virtual world with so much choice (and it must be said, a whole lotta' rubbish!) who are you to base your daily-downloads on what Apple feeds you via it's top 25 lists and somewhat inaccurate star ratings? Om Nom Nom! It's time to gobble our way through 90,000 delish apps one Chomp at a time!

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Gdgt. A closer look.

Written by Matt Fryy on Thursday, 23 July 2009. Posted in Reviews, Websites

Gdgt. A closer look.
Over the last few years, Web 2.0 has seen it's fair share of social startups, from micro-blogging wannabes to 'the next facebook or myspace', each managing to be more generic than the last. Enter Gdgt, a social network to designed around the latest and greatest consumer tech. Social gadgetry? Okay so sounds a little random at first, but I promise there is much more to this site than an ostentatious clash of genre. Let's have a butchers...

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Plurk; Micro-blogging flop or web 2.0's hidden gem?

Written by Matt Fryy on Saturday, 30 May 2009. Posted in Reviews, Websites

Plurk; Micro-blogging flop or web 2.0's hidden gem?
Plurk is one among the many newly emerging mini-social network or 'micro blogging' websites. Like Twitter and several others, the idea of the site is based solely around status updates or 'Plurks'. But in the over-crowded climate of online social networking, is this site actually worth checking out or just another company trying to jump on the band wagon?

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