Systems, apparatus, methods and computer-readable storage media for facilitating integrated messaging, contacts and social media for a selected entity

An apparatus comprising:

• a processor;
• an application integration component configured to:
• receive a signal in response to a detected input gesture indicative of a selection of an entity, the selection to be performed via at least one application in which the entity can be selected;
• in response to receiving the signal, integrate the at least one application in which the entity can be selected with at least one application from which social media information can be provided, such that social media information about the entity is generated, wherein the social media information comprises information from one or more social networking websites;
• a user interface configured to display the social media information generated about the entity;
• and
• a computer-readable storage medium storing computer-executable instructions that, if executed, cause the processor to perform one or more functions of the user interface.

A computer-readable storage medium storing computer-executable instructions that, if executed on a processor, cause the processor to:

• display, in a user interface, social media information about an entity,
• wherein social media information is provided via at least one of two applications, and
• wherein the displaying, in the user interface, of the social media information about the entity is in response to an application integration component:
• receiving a signal indicative of a selection of the entity from another one of the two applications;
• and
• integrating the two applications such that the social media information about the entity is generated, in response to the receiving the signal indicative of the selection of the entity, wherein the social media information comprises information from one or more social networking websites.