When LinkedIn Knows Where You Are
Within two years, I believe mobile social networking will become the most valuable business application since e-mail.
Instant messaging started out as a social life booster for teens, but evolved into a vital form of business communication. Social networking also got big first on MySpace, where teens decorated their pages with goofy pictures and the latest MP3s, but evolved into a widely used business networking tool on LinkedIn and other sites.
As we speak, the convergence of social networking and mobility is starting to grow worldwide among teenagers and young adults. ABI Research predicts that mobile social networking will reach 90 million new users over the next four years and rake in $3.3 billion.
Soon, like IM and PC-based social networking before it, the phenomenon will spread to business users for business purposes.
