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Social networking on your phone: What else do you need?

Nowadays, every smart phone comes with a wide variety of social networking apps. Some of the most common apps as mentioned in earlier posts are Facebook, Twitter, Whatsapp, Viber and so many more. These social networking sites are now changing the world. 
One of the main reasons for thier expansion are that they are easy available. For example, if you have a windows phone, accessing facebook is so easy as it can be placed on the home screen. Here's a link to their FAQ.
People become so lazy that they don't have to press multiple buttons to access this app. It's right there and makes it so fast for the people to connect. The easy availability of these apps make phone calls seem like more work. 
Social networking on your phone has also grown to community building. I discovered this app. It's called motribe. http://motribe.com/
You can connect with people in your community. Say you have the same interests, go to the same church.. You can find them on this app and start a whole new relationship. Finding people has gotten that much easier. 
Another reason why people are so attracted to their phones than television is because a smart phone gives you all the latest news. There are multiple apps like flipboard and stumble upon. It enables you to access news about the world, your state, weather,  technology, design, automobile, even the trending tweets and hashtags on twitter. You just need to customize at login and your good to go. There are also some apps which read the news to you. So, it basically doubles as a radio. It is helpful specially when your driving or fixing to go for a run outside. 

This video shows how social media is taking over the world. Of all social networking, facebook is the biggest. One of the most interesting facts that the video shows is that if facebook were a nation, it would be the third largest in the world. This really caught my attention! No wonder people want facebook in the palm of their hands 24/7. 
Here's a picture of a few social networking apps on my phone. As you can see, I have a lot of apps that can be used internationally. Like Whatsapp, Skype, Voxer and viber. They are two main apps I use to be in touch with my friends from places other than the United States. For those who don't know what Voxer is, it is an app which lets you give short audio messages. It's almost like a walky-talky but also sends texts and pictures. It's a really cool way to communicate.
The presence of apps make life comfortable but one main question that arises in every mind while looking for apps is if they had a better phone which has a better app. "You can listen to people dither on and on about their smartphone of choice, but there are really only two devices at the forefront right now: Samsung's Galaxy S4 and Apple's iPhone 5." There are so many phone in the market right now but getting the best depends on the phone's ease (user-friendly) and the app store that comes with it. The phone ofcourse has to have style but every buyer is going to look for that one feature that attracts them the most. One of the main features most people look for in a new smart phone would be the ease to access the app store. Another feature they would look for is the cost of each app. If the app they are looking for is free and has multiple stars, they will love the phone. Specially with apple phones, the app store practically rules the phone. The app store has millions of apps, easy to download. Most apps are free and there is not limit to buying apps. Now that iphones have come out with folders, people download many apps which perform the same function. This is because when they don't find that particular feature in an app, they can always get it from another. 

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