Mobile Applications: A Study of Facebook, Instagram, and Spotify

This report discusses the functions, success, popularity, benefits, and drawbacks of Facebook, Instagram, and Spotify mobile applications. It also includes a reflection on personal use.

APPLIED COMPUTER
PRACTICES COMP26

INTRODUCTION
 Mobile application mostly refer as the apps are the software that are developed to run
smoothly on mobile phones.
 It helps in serving the services which are similar to those which are accessed on PCs. It
allows the users to easily access the functionalities and to avail the information which
they required in a real time.
 Even if the apps are generally of the smaller software but still they provide the better
qualitative services and experiences.

Facebook mobile application:
 Facebook an online social media platform which is founded by the
mark Zuckerberg in the year 2004. It allows the users to interact and
connects with the global world and also to sign up for the free. This
platform has billions of the users and also used for the business
purpose.
 Functions: This platform is widely used platform which enables the
global users to make their profile free of cost and to easily connect
with their families, friends and to the other people which they don’t
know.

CONTI…
 Success and popularity: Most important factor of Facebook is its simplicity which makes it successful, as
easy user interface allow every age group of people to use it.
 It provides the easiest way to communicate with whole world. This platform timely adds the new features and
interfaces which assures its success.
 Advantages: It allows to connect with global world so the information can be accessed just by signing into the
app. Business promotion is the biggest advantage which the Facebook app offers, with this business can easily
advertise their items and services through advertisement which pops up on the page of user.

CONTI…
 Disadvantages: Along with some advantages this platform
have some disadvantages too which are its addiction, people
can easily addict to its application that can affects their
personal life.
 As for me I am using this platform for connecting with the
whole world, with this I am able to develop my understanding
about the different countries, as to friend with the people to
understand their languages. Also I am promoting my Quote
pages which I also found so many likes.

Instagram mobile application:
 Instagram a popular social media platform that allows to share the posts and
videos, it was released in the year 2010 and later acquired by the Facebook. It is
also free of cost any user can make their account on it to connects with the
whole world. This platform has the billions of users who uses it for their
purpose.
 Functions: Its functions allow to edit the images and videos to post on their
accounts, also user can add the captions under the posts, they can also proceed
to add the geographical location.

CONTI…
 Advantages: This platform offers lots of benefits as with this easily knowledge can be shared, one can easily speak out to
the world and conveys their messages to the large audience.
 It also uses for the business purpose, organisations use the popularity of the people to attract the customer base towards
their products and services.
 As they hire the popular face which is also known as the influencer they promote the products and services so that their
followers go to the business page and can engage with the organisational website. It also uses for the fun purpose people
can easily interact with others and to share their personal details which helps them to relieving their stress. Online events
can also be held on this platform.
 I am using this platform for my entertainment purpose, I daily post the stories so that I feel relaxed.

Spotify mobile application:
 Spotify is audio streaming application; it is one of the largest music streaming
service provider app which has number of users all around the world. It offers the
recorded music and podcast; it also offers the playlist of global artist so one can
easily listen to the music.
 Functions: It is the digital music and provides the video services, user can easily
access to the millions of the songs. Its basic functionality is to play the music at free
of cost. It also offers the premium services which comes under the paid category, so
one can subscribe to the Spotify premium to get access to the best music.

CONTI…
 Advantages: It offers the personalised playlist and also offers the great music list which the users
can easily use it. It also recommends the artist all around the world so that user can easily listen
to those music which they paid for. Users can easily plays the song anytime. Also allows to
develop and edit the playlist. It is different from the musical app as it gives the good experience.
 I uses this application to listen to the varied range of the music, on this platform I have
buy the premium plan to subscribe my favourite artist. I also have the playlist over this platform
which I have selected the songs which I usually listen.

CONCLUSION
 From the above report it is concluded that mobile application provides the services to the
users so they can easily access the information and to well use it.
 Above report have illustrated the discussion over the mobile friendly application, which
covers the Instagram, Facebook and Spotify apps.
 It also discusses the functions, success, popularity, benefits, and drawbacks of every
platform. It also illustrated the reflection part in brief form.

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