Social Networking+Mobile -> Communications+Commerce

The next generation social networking and mobile platforms will drive unprecedented change in communications & commerce. At least that is what Mary Meeker thinks. Here is some data from the web that support this case:

• In September 2009, there was a one-year increase of 179% in subscribers accessing social networking sites from their mobile devices while those same sites only saw a 10% increase on the PC versions of the sites [readwriteweb.com]
• 25% of Internet users with mobile or wireless access, use Twitter or another micro-blogging service [readwriteweb.com]
• Four of the top ten domains accessed via mobile devices are social networking sites [readwriteweb.com]
• Almost 40% of Internet users with four or more Internet-connected devices use Twitter. The fewer the gadgets, the less a user is likely to connect via a microblog or status updating service [readwriteweb.com]