A method of communicating information to users of a social network application, the method comprising:
- operating at least one social network application server for interacting with users of the social network application, wherein at least some of the users of the social network application are users of wireless computing devices;
- providing a first mobile application for interacting with the social network application via communication with the at least one social network application server, the first mobile application providing social network application operations independent of operations of a separate browser application, wherein (i) the first mobile application is further operable to employ geolocation functions of a respective wireless device to communicate geolocation information to one or more servers of hardware and software of the social network application, (ii) the first mobile application is programmed to upload photos to a respective user account with text descriptive information manually entered by the respective user for posting on a webpage of the social network application for the respective user, and (iii) at least some entries of text descriptive information communicated from the first mobile application and received by the one or more servers of the social network application are indicative of current activities of respective users;
- logging activities of users of the social network application using at least information received from the first mobile application,
- receiving app usage information, by one or more servers of hardware and software, from a plurality of second mobile applications of different types executing on respective wireless computing devices that is generated independently of user initiated web browsing operations, wherein (ii) each of the plurality of second mobile applications includes code for installation on respective wireless computing devices for application operations on respective wireless computing devices, (iii) the plurality of second mobile applications include at least mobile gaming applications that include code for conducting gaming operations without employing a separate browser application on the respective wireless computing device for the gaming operations, (iv) the plurality of second mobile applications include mobile digital content applications for accessing digital content from a respective library of digital content without employing a separate browser application on the respective wireless computing device for digital content presentation operations, (v) the plurality of second mobile application include shopping-related mobile applications for completing shopping operations without employing a separate browser application on the respective wireless computing device for shopping operations, and (vi) the second plurality of mobile applications are functionally integrated with the social network application to share social network user activities and user activities of the second plurality of applications;
- combining app usage information from the second plurality of mobile applications with social network application information wherein the combining comprises correlating non-social network application activities to respective identities in the social network application and wherein the app usage information from the plurality of second mobile applications includes app-specific postings that differ depending on a respective mobile application or mobile application-type;
- presenting combined activity listings to viewing users in one or more respective webpages by one or more web servers;
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- providing centralized app specific advertising for the plurality of second mobile applications, wherein the centralized app specific advertising includes providing rankings of apps including an analysis of app popularity in relation to app usage across an aggregate population of users of the plurality of second mobile applications and wherein the ranking of apps includes determining app usage information within the aggregate population relative to different demographic parameters.