Mobile Social Networking allows users to interact in many ways, including gaming and sharing media

Smartphones are one of the most popular new technologies, and they are constantly upgrading and becoming better for the user. Smartphones are basically a computer in your pocket. There are many apps for smartphones that allow social networking. One of the new popular types of apps, are ones that are only accessible on your smartphone, and allow you to social network.

These social networking apps are most influencing on teenagers. One-third of all teens have a smartphone with social media apps. The most popular types of apps focus primarily on the user being popular, and not on celebrities. Apps like Twitter, and Instagram, allow all the attention to be put on one person, and allows them to feel famous with their increasing number of followers. These apps give teens the attention that they desire.

Media Share allows the user to socially interact in more unique ways, through images and video

One of the most popular types of mobile social networking is media share. Media share allows the user to share audio, video, or images across the internet, from their mobile device.

One of the most popular types of media share is Instagram. Instagram allows the user to take a picture, or a short video, and send it to all of their followers. This allows users to visually share what they are doing to everybody. They allow other people to see what they are doing, and it gives them attention.

One of the more recent mobile apps is Vine. Vine is still a new app, but it is vastly increasing in popularity. Vine allows users to take a short, six second video, and send it across the internet, through vine. When Vine first started, Instagram only allowed for pictures, so it did differ from Instagram by showing video instead of pictures. Since the release of Vine, Instagram added video to their app.

Media Share apps allow the user to feel more popular, and spread what they are doing to others in unique fashions. These are primarily targeted towards a younger audience, or those who enjoy taking many pictures and videos. Media share apps allow the user to post in a more interactive way, rather than just posting a status on Facebook or Twitter. They allow the viewer to become more engaged in what they are doing, and they have become very popular among teens.

Social Gaming allows users to interact with friends, while playing a game

Social gaming is another type of mobile networking that is popular. Social gaming allows people to interact with each other through playing games. These games allow you to compete with others to see who can do the best, or rely on them to help you out in your game.

Screenshot of Candy Crush Saga 

One of the more recent, and popular social games is Candy Crush Saga. Candy Crush Saga requires you to match pieces of candy, and complete certain tasks complete a level. This game strongly incorporates you to interact with others to succeed. You only have a set number of lives in the game, and you can run out by failing levels. You can use others that are online, and ask them for extra lives. If they give you the lives, then you can continue playing. There are also areas that require others to send you a ticket to advance, and continue playing the game.

Temple Run was another social game that allowed you to interact with others. In Temple Run, you were running away from a temple. and you had to avoid any obstacles in your path. The game measured how far you ran every time, and it showed your results to others. The game allowed for competition between you and your friends, by seeing who could get the farthest, and highest score.

Different social games allow for the users to interact differently. Candy Crush Saga relies on others to allow you to advance, and continue playing, while temple run allows you to compete with others. Social gaming is very fun and interactive for the user, which is why it is popular. It completely engages the user through the game, and incorporates their friends in it.

Social Networking is constantly evolving. It has changed from being websites on your computer, to everything right in your pocket, on your phone. Smartphones allow for certain social medias to only be available through a mobile device, and not through a computer. Mobile Social Networking is becoming more and more popular, and will remain a dominant way to socially network.