Author: Cumhur Aydinli1
1School of Information, Technology University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, USA
Abstract: The smart phones have been utilized by many of the users all around the world recently. This technological improvement has brought some of the applications to be used very widely for communication instead of GSM services. There may be various reasons. In this study, we have investigated the reasons why the users have selected their respective applications. The results have been analyzed and interpreted in the paper.
Keywords: Mobile Instant Messaging Applications, Smart Phones, Smart Phone Applications, MIM
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International Journal of Social Sciences & Educational Studies
ISSN 2520-0968 (Online), ISSN 2409-1294 (Print), March 2017, Vol.3, No.4