Connect raises $10 million to help you monitor your friends across social networks

For social networking companies, this may go down as the year of the app split

Facebook carved out the messaging function from its flagship app to push people to use the standalone Facebook Messenger. Foursquare split its app in two, removing its signature check-in feature from the default app. And Twitter teased plans to put out more standalone apps, some of which may take content from the main app, and package it for different use cases

But not everyone is a fan of this strategy. Ryan Allis, a serial entrepreneur, is betting that what users want is more — not less — in their social apps

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