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By Shea Bennett on May 1, 2012 8:00 AM For the first time in the history of mobile apps, smartphone users now spend as much time using social networking apps such as Twitter and **Facebook** as they do playing **games**, reveals a new study.
[New Study Shows Boom in Mobile Social Networking Usage][4]Wall Street Journal (blog)
[Social Apps Gaining Popularity, Mobile **Games** Reaching Saturation][5]PC Magazine
[Mobile Apps: Social Networking And **Gaming** Apps Are Equally Used][2]Kapitall Blog (blog)
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