Between the meteoric ascent of Twitter, the slow but steady decline of MySpace and the continued growth of Facebook--250 million users as of mid-July 2009, a 50 million increase in just three months' time--the social networking landscape remains in a seemingly perpetual state of flux. However, one thing is clear: Its future lies on mobile. A recent forecast by market research firm Report Buyer anticipates that mobile social networking revenues will grow to $60 billion worldwide in 2012. According to researchers CCS Insight, one-third of users between the ages of 16 and 35 regularly access sites like Facebook and Twitter via a wireless device. And British operator O2 contends that phones will soon become the primary vehicle for all social networking activities, crediting the anytime, anywhere connectivity the mobile platform affords.
While behemoths like Facebook and Twitter generate most of the attention, they're not the only social networking solutions worth talking about. Here are five emerging mobile social networking apps you should get to know.
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