This is GeoGroups, and it can use the iPhone’s GPS capabilities for locating commercial and user-entered stores and other businesses.

It utilizes many social networking principles as users can essentially build a group around anything, even if it is a bench at a park, for example. There are also features like map views, directions to locations, and an ability to “check in” when you arrive. You can also snap pictures of locations to Facebook or send location info to other GeoGroups users.

The App is available for free, and you can join 500 public groups for all kinds of places.

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If you’ll remember, we told you not too long ago that Google’s Andy Rubin had taken center stage at an event to show off a prototype Motorola tablet powered by none other than Android 3.0, otherwise known as Honeycomb. While we didn’t get an incredibly in depth look at the device, we did get a chance to see how how much different Honeycomb will be than any version of Android before it.

Now, some new reports have surfaced that say the same Motorola tablet has appeared in Taiwan with the above picture showing it off. Of course, it doesn’t show too much but it was accompanied by some specs that say the Motorola tablet will feature a 1280 x 800 display, an NVIDIA Tegra 2 T20 processor, a 5 megapixel camera, a 2 megapixel front facing camera, 32GB of internal storage and a microSD slot.

Additionally, it’s also said to be coming in both 7 and 10-inch versions. Will this be the tablet that finally topples the iPad and makes the Samsung Galaxy Tab look like child’s play? We’ll have to wait and see.

via engadget

Social networks are all around us with Facebook becoming so poplar that is spawned the major motion picture The Social Network. However, while Facebook is the largest social network in the world, it does have its worthy competitors. One competitor that is arguably the most worthy is none other than Twitter with seemingly everyone hopping on board.

Since Twitter is such a popular online service, it should come as no surprise that a bunch of mobile developers have produced applications focusing solely on the network. One such application for Android is dubbed Twidroyd which we’ve told you about in the past. Well, if you’re a user of this application you may notice that it features some advertisements making for a slightly less pleasent experience.

Well, it looks like enough users have complained that the makers of Twidroyd have gone ahead and removed the advertisements in the latest build now available on the market. Have you checked out Twidroyd? If so, let us know what you think of it in the comments below.

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One of the biggest gripes consumers have with the Android platform is the fact that it’s so difficult to stay up to date. Of course, this isn’t the fault of the consumers but instead the actual hardware manufacturers who have continuously delayed the latest builds of Android. One infamous case of this is the Galaxy S which, here in the United States, has yet to receive the latest update, Android ‘Froyo’ 2.2.

This is quickly becoming a problem especially since Android ‘Gingerbread‘ 2.3 is already making its market. Luckily, those of you with a Galaxy S from either Virgin Mobile or SaskTel will be happy to hear that they are now pushing out the update. News comes to us from Samsung’s Canadian Twitter account that says both Virgin Mobile and SaskTel will join Bell as official providers of the Froyo update.

This is great news for our neighbors to the north but what about us here in the United States? It’s pretty ridiculous that a device as popular as the Galaxy S has yet to receive the update. What gives?

This looks like a fun game on iTunes known as A Moon for the Sky.

I suppose that the word for this app/game would be called a physics puzzler, and involves the user to draw a line to make a trampoline to send your character higher and higher and collect some stellar treasures.

Play about 18 levels and costs $1.99 for the iPad version. For a limited time, it is about $0.99 for the iPad, and the same price for the iPhone version.