Whether you use them yourself or not, everyone knows how popular social networking websites like Facebook and Twitter really are. Whether they are used for business, or just plain social networking, the amount of time being spent on these sites is increasing with everyday.

Reading some internet statistics will show you really how massive these sites are becoming. Yesterday, a massive 26% of all global internet users visited Facebook.com, this makes the social networking site the second most popular site in the world, coming in behind Google’s 37%. Youtube is the next most popular social networking site with 23% of internet traffic. Although Twitter doesn’t rank too highly with only 4%, however, this number is constantly rising as the fairly new site becomes every more popular with users.

Our requirement to be connected to the world anywhere we go has led to the introduction of many gadgets that are designed for social networking. These great gadgets allow us to reach the world wide web anywhere we go. The main examples are phones, with the iPhone leading the way for social networking gadgets. Other devices include netbooks which are designed for on-the-go working and social networking.

Our need to connect the internet 24/7 supports the claim that we actually are addicted to gadgets. Even if you don’t spend your life on social networking sites, you won’t have to look very far before you see a gadget that you never leave the house without. Whether it’s an MP3 player, such as an iPod, or just a mobile phone, these are the main gadgets that we can’t live without.

Retailers have caught onto the fact that we love out little gadgets and now almost everyday a new wacky gadget is released, everything from binary watches to MP3 alarm clocks

While Christmas gets ever closer, both online and offline retailers look to make a killing with gadget sales as customers rush out to buy those must have gadgets. Some novalty items on the hot list this year are driving experience days, people really will buy anything these days.

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