Posterous has overhauled its iPhone app as part of a broader enlargement of the service that ’s seen it move from aTumblr - dash blogging site into more of a social internet akin toGoogle+ .
The service announced this week that it ’s re - branding itself asPosterous Spaces — a Robert William Service that still allows users to post blog entries , but also allows them to adapt privacy controls so that posts are only seen by designate groups . That bears more than a passing resemblance to the Circles lineament of Google+ , or Facebook ’s Modern privacy setting . ( This videooffers a abbreviated explanation of how the military service works now . )
Posterous ’s change are reflected in the overhauled iPhone app . The early adaptation of the app was a dim-witted — but efficient — blogging tool that allowed users to post text , exposure , and videos to their Posterous blogs . ( Posterous could also post web log launching to other services like Blogger , Facebook , and Twitter . ) Version 3.0 , launched this hebdomad , is multifaceted : It opens by invite you to expand your leaning of Posterous friends by search your Twitter and Facebook link for other user of the service .
After that , the app lets users create either public or private Spaces , and to point other executive and contributor to those spaces from among your Posterous associates . Members can also be easily booted from secret spaces that you administrate . If you have multiple Posterous situation in operation , you could well shift between them to post and administrate .
The Posterous app now include a Reader tab to permit you cut across updates on both the public and individual spaces that you take to follow . There ’s also a new Popular pill to help find other public Posterous Spaces that you might see interesting . you could also still do mere blogging through the app , as well as schedule those Post and destine the other societal networking land site — Flickr and YouTube among them — where the post will appear .
The Posterous app is free , and compatible with devices go iOS 4.0 or subsequently .
