Social networking is going mobile and is poised for spectacular growth over the next five years, according to a research report released Monday. The report from ABI Research predicts that mobile social communities will be attracting members in swarms, more than tripling in size worldwide from some 50 million this year to 174 million by 2011. Although mobile social networks garnered early adopters as far back as 2003, “what’s new is the number of people participating in it,” Howard Rheingold, author of Smart Mobs, told TechNewsWorld.
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Explosive Growth Predicted for Mobile Social Networks
Posted by: John P. Mello Jr. December 21, 2006 08:51 AMSocial networking is going mobile and is poised for spectacular growth over the next five years, according to a research report released Monday. The report from ABI Research predicts that mobile social communities will be attracting members in swarms, more than tripling in size worldwide from some 50 million this year to 174 million by 2011. Although mobile social networks garnered early adopters as far back as 2003, “what’s new is the number of people participating in it,” Howard Rheingold, author of Smart Mobs, told TechNewsWorld.