AT&T has launched Social Net, a free mobile social networking application that combines access to Facebook, MySpace, Twitter and customisable news feeds within a single application.
AT&T said that the new application comes with a single carousel menu which allows users to view and manage social communities, communicate and track events in real time, and receive live news feeds from news, sports, and entertainment sites.
Reportedly, the new application allows users to see and respond to tweets, status updates, wall posts, profile comments, photo activity and friends’ news feeds across their communities. It also allows users to access new or unread articles from their customised content feeds.
The company said that the new application notifies users when they have updates on their social networking accounts even when it is closed. It sends pop-up notifications when users get certain actions like comments from a friend, new wall posts or photo updates.
Mark Collins, vice president of voice and data products at AT&T mobility and consumer markets, said: “Five of the top 10 searches on our mobile Web portal are for social networking sites, a clear indication of the growing popularity of mobile social networking. With this app, we’re satisfying the increasing demand for aggregation apps that make it easy for customers to be active in multiple communities simultaneously.”
