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In this week’s bipolar app roundup: Foursquare, squared! Slow ISPs, tattled on! Videos, easily streamed! Street Fighter fans’ high standards, met! Twitter apps, set free! Your entire life, documented! Your every plan, shared! And more…

This Week’s Apps

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This Week’s iPhone News on Giz

(Video of the upcoming Sword and Sworcery EP)
• GuitarBud Plugs a Guitar Directly Into an iPhone

• When iPhone Games Approach Art, and When They Don’t

• Google Mobile Search Reveals What’s In Stock Nearby

• iPhone 4.0 Firmware to Bring Multitasking This Summer?

• Irresistible iPhone Apps Fridge Magnets

• It’s Time to Declare War Against Apple’s Censorship

• You Will Have the Power of a PS3 In Your Pocket In 3 Years

• Apple Must Feature PixieTea In Their Next iPhone Ad

• Case-mate Hug Review: A Wireless iPhone Charging Pad That Actually Works Well

• Taliban Leader, iPhone User

• Apple ‘iKey’ Places a Combination Lock on Your Wallet

• BTW, Wi-Fi Scanner Apps Were Begging to Get Banned by Apple

• Apple’s Sexy App Purge Was Just the Beginning

• Tekken Will Come to iPhone

• Steve Jobs Says “No,” iPad Won’t Tether To iPhone

This list is in no way definitive. If you’ve spotted a great app that hit the store this week, give us a heads up or, better yet, your firsthand impressions in the comments. And for even more apps: see our previous weekly roundups here, and check out our Favorite iPhone Apps Directory. Have a great weekend, everybody!

In this week’s bipolar app roundup: Foursquare, squared! Slow ISPs, tattled on! Videos, easily streamed! Street Fighter fans’ high standards, met! Twitter apps, set free! Your entire life, documented! Your every plan, shared! And more…

This Week’s Apps

This Week’s iPhone News on Giz

• GuitarBud Plugs a Guitar Directly Into an iPhone

• When iPhone Games Approach Art, and When They Don’t

• Google Mobile Search Reveals What’s In Stock Nearby

• iPhone 4.0 Firmware to Bring Multitasking This Summer?

• Irresistible iPhone Apps Fridge Magnets

• It’s Time to Declare War Against Apple’s Censorship

• You Will Have the Power of a PS3 In Your Pocket In 3 Years

• Apple Must Feature PixieTea In Their Next iPhone Ad

• Case-mate Hug Review: A Wireless iPhone Charging Pad That Actually Works Well

• Taliban Leader, iPhone User

• Apple ‘iKey’ Places a Combination Lock on Your Wallet

• BTW, Wi-Fi Scanner Apps Were Begging to Get Banned by Apple

• Apple’s Sexy App Purge Was Just the Beginning

• Tekken Will Come to iPhone

• Steve Jobs Says “No,” iPad Won’t Tether To iPhone

This list is in no way definitive. If you’ve spotted a great app that hit the store this week, give us a heads up or, better yet, your firsthand impressions in the comments. And for even more apps: see our previous weekly roundups here, and check out our Favorite iPhone Apps Directory. Have a great weekend, everybody!

Twitter clients are a dime a dozen in the App Store but a new one from developer SideFeed, Inc. will allow you to not only provide status updates; you’ll be able to broadcast it live too.

The newly released TwitCasting Live introduces a fun new way to share your tweets using live feeds. After you sign in to your Twitter account, you’ll be greeted with a split screen with one showing video from your iPhone camera and the bottom with your Twitter timeline. Simply hit the button to Go Live and you’re ready to go on air.

Once your video begins recording, you can update your Twitter status with a URL that is automatically generated for your followers to access. Followers on a computer or on an iPhone/iPod Touch can then access the feed and post @replies and comments to your Twitter account. The streaming works well over both WiFi and 3G. After completing your broadcast, the app gives you the option to save the video and have it archived on the TwitCasting website or you can simply delete it.

The video isn’t going to be anything remotely close to what you’re used to on TV. You’ll be able to broadcast up to 10 frames per second and it will help to have a steady hand when recording to improve the quality.

All in all, it is a pretty cool app and handy when 140 characters isn’t enough to share your breakthrough idea or sharing with the world what you ate for breakfast this morning. Best of all, the app will cost you nothing to try.

Pick up TwitCasting Live for free on the App Store.

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Forget speculating, Tony Hawk himself has confirmed via Twitter that a version of Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater will be coming to the iPhone and that it will be “dropping soon.”

In the PR world, this is considered “going rogue,” but I’m too excited to contain it. This is real & dropping soon.

The screenshot you see above is from the tweet as well.  And for those wondering, Tony Hawk’s Twitter account is verified.

It’s possible Tony Hawk is just out to rile up some fans and have a good laugh on this fine Friday afternoon, but that just seems unlikely.  I don’t know about you folks, but I certainly had a good time playing those original Tony Hawk games on Playstation and Dreamcast, so this is nothing but good news.

[via TiPb]

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Today can’t get any better. First off, it’s Friday, the end of the work week. Second, iPad pre-orders. Third, a bunch of awesome free games!

Comet Racer ($.99 -> Free): Another once paid, now free game from Donut Games.  The game will have you racing around the galaxy in a small rocket-powered ship using on-screen buttons or a unique touch and drag mechanic. Levels contain hidden secrets and power-ups throughout to spice up the gameplay.

The game also features local and online leaderboards and a ghost system so you can race against your own best times.

As with most of these Donut Games promotions, Comet Racer should be a free for a decent amount of time.

Flaboo ($.99 -> Free): A casual accelerometer controlled jumping game that features a plump chick that you must guide to all new heights.  Flaboo’s gameplay differs from others in the genre by requiring you to reach checkpoints before time expires in order to keep moving on.  Also, instead of just automatically jumping you must tap the screen when landing on each cloud.  Your chick can also hover for a moment by tapping the screen.

The game contains a variety of power-ups, and OpenFeint integration for leaderboards and achievements.

Flaboo is available free today only (3/12/10).

Spartacus: Blood and Sand ($4.99 -> Free): A violent and bloody fighting game that allows you to compete one-on-one against enemy AI or a friend via Wi-Fi or Bluetooth in a gladiator-style setting.  Characters are controlled via an on-screen d-pad and three combat buttons: quick attack, block, and strong attack.  Combos can be created with specific sequences of button taps and a move list can be accessed via the pause menu.

The game also features three difficulty settings, eight characters to choose from, and modifiable game rules.

Spartacus: Blood and Sand is available for free for a limited time.

Quizarium (Free): This is now the third time I have mentioned On5’s new game in the last 24 hours, and for good reason, it’s pure fun.  Quizarium is an online trivia game that allows you to test your wits by competing against players from around the world.  The game isn’t multiple choice, you will have to enter your own answers via typing, which makes the game that much more challenging.

The game features 10 categories to choose from and the ability to create your own room, push notifications to invite your friends, Plus+ integration for awards and leaderboards, three themes to choose from, and the ability to share questions and answers on Facebook and Twitter.

Quizarium is and will be free for the foreseeable future.  Check out our hands-on preview to learn more.

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Loopt v2.2 is expected to hit the App Store at any moment today, which will expand on the app’s Pulse feature to help you find even more local events that you can share with friends. The update will be arriving just in time for all of you SXSW goers.  How convenient?

By accessing the now conveniently placed Pulse tab, you will be able to find, check-in at, share tips, and RSVP to tens of thousands of events with ease.  You will also be able to see which of your friends are currently at these events, and which are going to be attending.  For some music events, you will even be able to a hear a sample of the band playing from within the app.

“Locally-relevant content is crucial for helping people to truly discover the world around them,” said Sam Altman, CEO of Loopt. “By adding Events to our Loopt Pulse, our users can now not only find great places to eat and drink, but also discover music, movies, dance, comedy and theater events going on in their neighborhood right now.”

For those attending SXSW in Austin, Texas, this update will come in very handy.  Loopt v2.2 will feature a full guide to the music, events, and celebrations at the event, allowing you to check in at certain SXSW venues for opportunities to win giveaways and other special offers.

Loopt v2.2 is basically about adding new content partners in order to provide more location-based events.  The new content sources include SonicLiving (connects music fans to local concert listings, song samples, tickets and other listeners), Zvents (a leading producer of entertainment guides online, powering a network of more than 285 media partners), and Metromix (a local entertainment guide spotlighting bars, restaurants, and entertainment across more than 60 U.S. metropolitan markets).  That’s on top of all of their current partners, including Zagat, CitySearch, Bing, and TastingTable.

Finally, the Loopt update boasts expanded sharing through Facebook and Twitter, improves functionality around checking-in and sharing locations, and adds a handful of searching options to help you more easily find places and events.

Will this update make you take a second look at Loopt for your iPhone, or are you already quite settled in with your other location-based service?

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The delightful Twitter client Birdfeed has been bought, updated, and rebranded by Brizzly and is now available as Brizzly for iPhone… for free! [iTunes link]

If you’re looking for a great Twitter client, give Brizzly a try. It really should cost money.

[via Daring Fireball]

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Apologies everyone but there won’t be a TiPb Live! tonight due to me being at GDC 2010, Chad being sick, and Mickey being horribly disappointed in the both of us.

We’ll try to make it up to you with some more great GDC coverage, however. I’ve shot tons of video for TiPb Apps and will be posting it up in the feed asap. If you’re hungry for instant content, I’m posting notes over on Twitter. Otherwise hang tight, we’ll have a round up later this week.

(Also did some moonlighting for PreCentral.net and WMExperts (link to come), so if you want to see what the competition is up to with webOS and Windows Phone 7 Series, check that out).

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