Version 3.3.1 of Facebook for iPhone brings Groups, Deals, and enhanced Places functionality to the most popular Facebook mobile app. Released today, the app allows users to post to Groups and read Group feeds, add photos and tag additional friends to an existing check-in, and discover rewards Deals offered at local Places.

Jeez. I use my cell phone without a headset like one time and a Google employee gets so mad he stands in front of my car (see A Googler Has his Tiananmen Square Moment ). I’ve got nothing on this guy, who’s reading a book, using a Kindle and finally a cell phone all at once, while driving.

TechCrunch Disrupt Hackathon alumnus  GroupMe has come out with an Android app today to supplement its iPhone offering, which like social texting apps TextPlus and  Fast Society allows you to text within groups through private SMS. Founders Steve Martocci and  Jared Hecht explain on the company blog that Android users were already using the text version of the service “in droves” and tell TechCrunch that the Android app has been their most requested feature. The app will now make group texting on an Android phone even easier, and already loads your number and pre-existing text groups

As the big carriers continue to upgrade their network infrastructure, we’re being subjected to a torrent of confusing new terms, some of them misleading, some of them only a letter or number off from another, and so on. What’s a consumer to do when confronted with such a frightening array of acronyms and jargon? A little straight talk seems to be in order

TechCrunch Disrupt finalist Shwowp announces today that it is opening up its social purchase sharing platform to its 2000-strong waiting list plus extending an invite to the first 500 TechCrunch readers to sign up here .

What happens when you add a chat room to Foursquare or Facebook Places? You get ChatSquare , of course.

Well this is interesting. And smart.

Earlier today, Technorati CEO Richard Jalichandra gave his annual State of The Blogosphere presentation at the ad:tech conference. Technorati will be blogging about the findings over the next few days, which is based on a survey of 7,200 bloggers. But we have the full slide presentation below

One of the challenges of enrolling in a number of loyalty and rewards programs is keeping track of all of your miles and points and then actually knowing when to use them. TechStars incubated UsingMiles solves this problem and more. You can sign up here

From the company formerly known as UberCab , comes the Uber Android app. On Wedesnday, the on-demand car service unveiled the Android version of its increasingly popular (and controversial) iPhone app.