Mobile Access of Facebook, Twitter Triples Over Past Year

In a recent report from comScore, Inc., social networking using mobile devices has shown much growth: 30.8% of smartphone users accessed social networking sites via their mobile browser in January 2010, up 8.3 points from 22.5% one year ago.

Between the two, Facebook's jump in users accessing the services via their mobile device was 112% in the past year, with Twitter experiencing a 347% jump.

Social media's unprecedented growth on the computer-based and mobile-based web demonstrates how everyday people are connecting more and more through these tools and their phones.

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