Social networking is rapidly getting more mobile in the US too. I say "too," because one of my biggest takeaways from attending an international conference in Kenya this fall was that 3G cellphones (what we call "feature phones") are and will increasingly be the typical way most East Africans access Facebook, Skype, Twitter, etc. But even here with our ubiquitous computer use, mobile social media … [Read more...] about US phone-based social media use growing fast
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India’s very mobile social networking
US parents may be interested to see the Times of India's account of single mom Darshana Verma "who never learned to use a computer and saved for 10 months," spending more than half a month's income on mobile phones for her two children. Verma told the Times that the access to Facebook and the Internet these phones bring her kids represents opportunities she never had. She must not be alone, given … [Read more...] about India’s very mobile social networking