What does the future hold? / 2nd Feb '10

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As Facebook heads towards its sixth birthday next month, The Economist special report takes an in-depth look at social media.

One of the most interesting parts of this excellent article is the section on the future of social media. The future, it would seem, is mobile. Sharing is one of the main draws of current social media and this will continue in the future at every opportunity. We already update our status from our mobiles, but how about letting your friends see a picture of what you are about to buy, letting your sat-nav tell your loved ones you are heading home, or recording the TV program that all your friends have been talking about online?

Apps like Foursquare already allow us to share our favourite places and ideas of what to do in our cities, as we know, things move fast in this day and age so this extending sharing is only just around the corner. Poker is already looking into the upcoming technologies and how we can integrate them into our services.

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By Justin Pywell

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