• July 28, 2009

In another sign that the cell phone is becoming the top social networking tool, AT&T has launched Social Net, a free mobile social networking application that combines access to Facebook, MySpace and Twitter and allows users to customize news feeds within a single application.

"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," said Mark Collins, vice president of voice and data products, AT&T Mobility and Consumer Markets, in a statement.

"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." The AT&T Social Net is supported by about 20 handsets and is available through AT&T's MEdia Mall.--Aaron Baar