Social networking is the practice of expanding the number of one's business and/or social contacts by making connections through individuals, often through social media sites such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Google+.

Based on the six degrees of separation concept (the idea that any two people on the planet could make contact through a chain of no more than five intermediaries), social networking establishes interconnected online communities (sometimes known as social graphs) that help people make contacts that would be good for them to know, but that they would be unlikely to have met otherwise. 

Find examples of two or three social networking websites and state their website address.
-Facebook.com
-Twitter.com
-Instagram.com

Advantages of Web Apps:

A Better User Experience – With responsive design, it’s a lot easier and cheaper to make a web based system user friendly across multiple platforms and various screen sizes.

Flexible Access – Employees can work from anywhere with internet access.

Client Secure Login – Impress clients with a modern web portal and improve customer service with automated processes.

Easy Setup – It takes a couple of minutes to setup a new user; provide a URL, username and password and they’re away.

Always Up To Date – As everyone is accessing the same version of the web app via a URL, they will always be accessing the most up-to-date version of the software.

Storage Increase – With the availability of the cloud, storage space is virtually infinite. 

 

Disadvantages Of Web Apps:

Internet reliance – Whilst 4G & Wi-Fi internet access is available in many locations, if you happen to lose connection you will not be able to access your web app.

Security – Whilst many business people may believe that data is less secure in a cloud environment, we beg to differ… There are ways in which you can reduce risk of a data breach, such as SSL enforcement for a secure HTTPS access to your app.

Reduced Speed – It’s likely that a web app will operate at a slightly slower speed than one hosted on a server locally.

Browser Support – Unfortunately, we don’t all use the same browser. This means during development you’ll need to ensure your app is supported across a variety of browsers.