Filed under: WIRELESS | Tags: Apple, Facebook, iPhone, LinkedIn, Myspace, Social network service, TechCrunch, United States
Facebook and MySpace, the two largest social networks, eagerly launched new iPhone applications last Friday. Both quickly shot up the top apps list. Apple has since turned off the download count feature, but Facebook is no. 7 on the free list, MySpace is no. 11. But while both applications are useful for heavy users, they won’t drive new users to the services because they failed to leverage the killer iPhone feature – location awareness. (http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/07/16/facebook-myspace-ignore-location-on-iphone-at-their-peril 7/16)
Completely agree with Techcrunch on this one. The location awareness feature is the killer piece of information especially in a social networking environment.
Mobile phones in the United States will surpass the popularity of desktops for teens, according to a report presented by marketing agency Fuse at the YPulse 2008 National Mashup, a conference on teens and technology. Also: “technology platforms will save, not kill, TV networks.” (Iwantmedia 7/16, http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-9991979-93.html 7/15)
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