I have had my Android phone for a couple of weeks now and have had the opportunity to try out a few hundred apps and have come up with a list of Android apps that are my favorites.

Favorite apps
Shazam – Song tagging with links to artists Myspace page, Youtube videos and Amazon MP3 incase you want to purchase the song.

Astro – File manager

Anycut – Create shortcuts to anything on your homepage

Pandora – Streaming internet radio

Where – Location based search app that let’s you connect people, places and things near your location. Want to know the cheapest place to get gas near your location? Fire up Where.

WeFi – Automatically connect to the best available wi-fi network.

TV.com – Watch tv episodes on your android phone. CBS, CW, Showtime and other popular networks.

Goggles – Take a picture with your phone or scan a barcode and Goggles will analyze your picture or barcode and do a search.

QIK – Stream video live to the internet, public or private video. Share video link to friends via sms message or email.

Nav Launcher – Google navigation interface application.Makes using google maps navigation much easier.

WPtoGo – WordPress blogging from your phone, and the app I am using right now to write this.

Please leave comments with your favorite apps

Buddypress 1.1 for WordPress Multi-Users (WPMU) was released September 30th turning any installation of WPMU into a complete social network.

BuddyPress is a suite of WordPress plugins and themes, each adding a distinct new feature. BuddyPress contains all the features you’d expect from WordPress but aims to let members socially interact.

With the buddypress plugin your WPMU adds the ability for your members to interact in a way they were not able to before. Adding groups, forums, friends, messaging, a wire (an instant commenting system), Status display and of course blogging.

Groups can be made for any topic with the option of being public, private or hidden. Each group then can have its own forum and wire assigned to it. Members can then join individual groups or be invited to groups. All site activity related to you can be seen in your members profile page.
The members profile page is setup so it is your home base for most of your social interaction with everything you have joined linked from there.

I was very impressed by the possibilities of buddypress I decided to give it a trial. You can take a look at buddypress in action at Go Gamerz Net and if you are a gamer join the Go Gamerz Net community.

One simple plugin that comes with your wordpress installation can save you from comment spam hell. The plugin is called Akismet and is one of two plugins that are included with your WordPress standard isntallation. It only takes a couple of simple steps to stop that comment and trackback spam in its tracks.

From your WordPress Admin panel navigate to your plugins and activate Akismet. After activation Akismet will ask you for your API key. You can get an API key for free from WordPress.com. If you don’t already have a free account at WordPress.com. You can sign up for a FREE WordPress.com account. After you have a wordpress.com account click on your profile on wordpress.com and copy your API key at the top of your profile page to the Akismet settings. Save and you will be 99% free of comment and trackback spam.