If you want to be a part of the contemporary pop-culture and send your SMS or Tweet the shortest and the most stylish way, you should definitely get acquainted with the OMG Texting Dictionary app. It represents a companion app to author Shawn Marie Edgington’s new text message pop-culture book in this years Academy Award Swag bags, “ Read Between the Lines: A Humorous Guide to Texting with Simplicity and Style”. The app offers thousands of text abbreviations for creating shorter and smarter messages.

Bella Boo won’t be winning any beauty contests. But she will keep you entertained with a pretty fun and addicting game.

It’s Monday and that can only mean one thing: Cult of Mac is bringing you yet another sweet Facebook giveaway. This week we’re giving away 10 iDevice covers from iWrap.  Their covers protect everything from iPhones to Nintendo DSes so we’ll give the first 10 to tag us with “Drink the Kool-Aid, Become a Fan of Cult

iPhone and iPod Touch users already familiar with OstinGames ’ Zepi will appreciate Zepi:Dark , which is one of two new Zepi themes just released. Granted, those with a strong aversion to the macabre or a preference for flowery things will probably prefer Zepi:Spring over Zepi:Dark, but both versions give the game a whole new look and feel

Filed under: Apple , iPad Normally readers write directly to Aunt TUAW using our tips line or feedback form . But today, we’re switching things up a bit.

Filed under: How-tos Last week, the fine Facebook folk let us know (via the Facebook Help Center ) that you can now sign in to Facebook’s chat service using iChat . Of course, the free Adium client has directly supported Facebook chat since version 1.3 (released in 2008), but this step opens up a much wider range of clients for the service

Live Effects is a photographic  effects app from Omaxmedia that’s a twist on the old WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) idea. What it does is twirls, swirls and distorts in other ways, images as seen through the iPhone 3GS’s camera in real-time. Note, this app is intended only for the 3GS, which has the computing horsepower to properly run it, although slowly at times

Tough economic times or not, financial experts are constantly reminding us of the importance of having a budget to manage bills and to find money to save. If you’re one of those people who find budgeting akin to a root canal, then check out Balance Forecasting , a new app from Robert Chitoiu

Demolition Master — Big crowds always turn out to see a building implode, caused by the handiwork of highly skilled demolition experts. There’s hardly a more satisfying and captivating sight than to see a huge building collapse on itself. That must explain why building demolition or implosion games have become so popular in the App Store lately.

Graffit, LLC, developer of Typograffit , has dubbed its iPhone/iPod touch app a “visual communication toy,” and like most toys, it’s big fun. Enter your text into the text box at the bottom of the screen, tap the “Go” icon, and Typograffit will transform your text into an image comprising letters and numbers taken from signs, t-shirts, neon lights, billboards and yes, even graffiti

Filed under: Software , Odds and ends , iPhone , iPod touch Navigon has been very aggressive about keeping its highly rated MobileNavigator app [ iTunes link ] up to date. Now, new features are putting it even further ahead of a lot of the competition. The update adds three innovative features: in-app connection to Facebook and Twitter, Panorama View 3D with 3D terrain views powered from NASA data, and personalized route delivery via NAVIGON MyRoutes, an intelligent direction provider

Catchif joins the crowded field of apps competing to share your location and keep tabs on others. While Catchif works well, it may not be compelling enough to move you off of Loopt, Google Latitude, or any of the other more popular services that have developed a strong following. But who knows—as the booming popularity of Foursquare demonstrates, you never know where the next social media boom will be.

With Valentine’s Day approaching, it’s no wonder certain kinds of apps are getting a bit more exposure than normal. Rojao Inc. is looking to get some increased downloads in the coming days by offering an updated version of  iKamaSutram , their take of the ancient illustrated guide to all things sex, for a Valentine’s Day sale price of $0.99