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HiMyTribe is a new mobile location-aware social network, launched for iPhone users, only (at least at the moment). As expected, the dedicated application takes advantage of the iPhone’s built-in GPS receiver, “creating a location-based network that lives in real time.”

This is far from a new concept, as we’ve already seen such/similar services as Loopt and GyPSii, and it’s hard to tell at this stage what new can HiMyTribe bring to the table. Here’s what they think is their killer proposition:

Sitting at the cross section of already proven models including MeetUp, LinkedIn, craigslist.org and Google (NSDQ: GOOG) Maps, HiMyTribe takes the best features of all of these services and rolls them into one easy-to-use mobile application and is the first truly real-time person to person application for the iPhone.

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Sadly, not much has changed. The Facebook mayhem was substituted by Twitter. The hype, the same, if not worse. Twitter is three years old and get-rich-quick e-books are abound. People now sell themselves to businesses as Twitter experts (Seriously). Tech crazy TechCrunch is smitten by it and Twitter even graced the front page of Time Magazine (Seriously).

People all over the world are dancing at its feet. No…wait a minute…that’s a lie. For all the online craziness the Twitter population is anything but mainstream. Hard to believe, yet most, yes most people I know, either have no inkling of what Twitter is, or worse, have absolutely no desire to dabble in it. And just when the Twitterati think they have digested enough bad news for a day, damning evidence proves that it’s hardly a retaining concept too.

Back in early 2007 Facebook was all the craze. Hours were spent on writing blog posts on its target demographics, its growth forecasts, how it impacts communications, business and branding. Marketers spent days at conferences educating on the new wave of customer relations, the changing face of the media and the demise of non digital die-hards.

Sadly, not much has changed. The Facebook mayhem was substituted by Twitter. The hype, the same, if not worse. Twitter is three years old and get-rich-quick e-books are abound. People now sell themselves to businesses as Twitter experts (Seriously). Tech crazy TechCrunch is smitten by it and Twitter even graced the front page of Time Magazine (Seriously).

Funji, Inc., an iPhone application company, launches the first avatar-based social networking application only for iPhone and iPod touch on May 23. While some avatar applications allow users to customize characters, Funji is the first to blend avatars and social networking only for iPhone/iPod touch users. Funji users can decorate their own avatars and rooms to show friends, save as wallpaper or publish to Facebook using FB connect. They can visit strangers' rooms to see what they have created and initiate friendships.

The award-winning GyPSii location aware mobile social networking application has found a new home: on Apple’s iPhone application store.

From today, iPhone owners can download GyPSii directly from the popular iPhone App store and immediately start creating and sharing “geotagged” content in real time with friends, family, and the growing global community of GyPSii members. The places and experiences users create then become true Internet-searchable destinations, available for friends and communities to share and comment on, not only in GyPSii, but also across other social media such as Facebook and Twitter.

Carticipate is a cool mobile application for the iPhone that provides a location-based platform for ride sharing. As a driver, you first enter where you are going and when, the number of seats you have available and if you are a serial killer. Just kidding, although the safety and comfort factor of carpooling with strangers is a small hurdle that will have to be overcome.

Today, everybody in the world is connected by two words: social networking. You might be active on Twitter or Facebook, or you have a blog, or you’re depending on VoIP to run things , or maybe you are a social bookmarking sites addict , it doesent matter, you’re connected to the world by this two words: social networking. In this case, you dont even know how lucky you are , because you own a iPhone or iPod Touch. You can do everything while you are on the go, and nothing can and will keep you in one place ( i.e desk ) in order to fulfill your social networking needs. So here is a small list of 80 apps that will give you as many options as you want so you can keep the inner social networking freak satisfied

The iPhone is the killer social networking device when mobile. The ability to easily and comfortably access email as well as a variety of popular social networking sites using native iPhone applications places the device squarely in the center of the social media triangle. While there are plenty of additional uses for the device, it almost seems pointless - why bother owning an iPhone if your usage goal does not involve some form of social networking?

“The new capabilities make the iPhone better as a game machine, as a social networking tool, better as a business tool, and better as a browser,” said Ezra Gottheil, an analyst with Technology Business Research. “This can only help Apple.”

Om Malik, Business Week: "A clue to the future comes courtesy of a new Web- and mobile-based recommendation service from New York-based startup, Goodrec . It allows me to recommend books, restaurants, or places, then shares them with my friends on Facebook. The service aggregates the recommendations from my social network and puts them to use when I need some help making decisions. When looking for a restaurant recommendation in say, Dallas, I can pull up recommendations from my friends on my iPhone.

Over the past week, I have been using the new Pinger Phone application that brings in my Twitter, Facebook, and MySpace social network friends and Yahoo!, AIM, Windows Live, and Google Talk IM contacts for a full and complete solution in a single package. There is also a server back end so that text messages can be used to notify you of new IM replies when Pinger Phone is not running. Check out some screenshots of the application in my image gallery.

Zynga, the largest social gaming network, announced today the launch of “Live Poker,” the first truly live game on the iPhone. This mobile version of Zynga’s popular Texas Hold’Em turns the iPhone into an always-on social gaming device.

“Usage of social networking is also popular among iPhone users: 49.7 percent accessed a social networking site in January, nearly twelve times the market average. Twenty percent of iPhone owners accessed Facebook, one of the first Web properties to customize its content for the iPhone, versus 1.5 percent of the total mobile market.”

Last month, I said I believed there were three major trends in the future of social media: Unified accounts, transparency with connections to the real world, and adaptation to the mobile Web. As more consumers, including me, are seeing an increasing amount of their Web activity taking place on mobile devices, the need to create customized interfaces for all those iPhones, Android-capable handsets and Blackberries is getting ever more important, and those that don't do a good job of it will find their growth stunted.

Today, Strands, the social content discovery service which at times has drawn comparisons to FriendFeed and Plaxo, took a major step forward

Brightkite’s featureset will be familiar to users of similar applications like Loopt. The app allows users to syndicate their current location to their friends, meet nearby Brightkite users, and lifestream with the equivalent of geo-encoded Tweets. The application is tied to Yahoo’s Fire Eagle, which allows users to manage their location from a number of other services. The site also uses databases to automatically associate POI’s and cross streets with GPS locations, so user positions aren’t simply displayed as coordinates.

Mark/Space has launched Fliq, a social networking app for the iPhone and iPod touch. Users can send photos and contacts to one another in real-time, without using e-mail, SMS or instant messaging configurations. Content can also be shared with anyone on the same Wi-Fi network.

For your next automobile ride, will you meet the call to join in and Carticipate?
Carticipate is the first location-based mobile social network application for ride sharing, ride combining, and car pooling on a mobile platform -- specifically, the iPhone. The download is free and allows users to indicate where they are going and when, broadcast this information, and allow others in the same area (with iPhones) going in the same direction to find each other. Any tech that conserves resources to lessen environmental impacts while also connecting people is what we call way susty. Launched only a few weeks ago, Carticipate is currently limited by the small number of people who have signed up. However, if a critical mass of travelers join the network, Carticipate holds the promise of becoming the "Craigslist of carpooling." Pile into this virtual clown car for a video test-drive here.

We’ve been bullish about location-based social networks for quite awhile now, especially since Apple announced that it would open up the iPhone to developers. And with two significant developments in this space just this week (more on that below), we thought it would be a good time to take a step back and look at the options currently available through the Apple App Store.

What makes a “location-based” social network different than a normal one? At least as things stand today, location-based social networks run primarily on smartphones that have the ability to determine a user’s current location, usually by leveraging GPS or cellular tower triangulation. The social network then uses your location to reveal nearby friends and places of interest. See our Location Technologies Primer for additional information.

Loopt has now launched all of those features, and they’ve built a special version of the service just for TechCrunch. Once you’ve added the application to your iPhone you can see where your friends are and what they are up to. And you can also meet TechCrunch Loopt members who are near you even if they aren’t your friend yet.