There was a time when companies spent a lot on publishing eye-catching ads in newspapers and magazines just to spread the word, but times have changed and so have the mediums used to broadcast these announcements. Nowadays, companies use the Internet to spread news, to be more precise, companies use social media as an advertising tool. Over the years, social media has greatly changed the way we communicate and interact with each other, some examples of such social media could be Facebook, Twitter and YouTube etc. These types of interaction tools are now used by companies to sell or advertise their products, you could say that social media is the modern replacement for newspapers and magazines. One company that has done this heavily is Android (owned by Google), Android ads can be seen in every corner of the Internet, be it famous sites like Facebook or now extinct sites like Myspace, although one of these social media sites that have not I'm not using XDA Developers. The site mainly focuses on developing and discussing software for Android, Windows, Ubuntu Touch and Bada phones, etc. The following article will discuss and analyze their audience and explain why XDA Developers is the best social media platform for advertising smartphone operating system companies like Android to the general public and developers. There may be many advantages to using one of these social media as an advertising tool, but most of them come with a certain amount of powerful disadvantages. One such social media tool is Twitter. According to the official terms of administration, there are some limitations in how you can advertise on Twitter. The edges are not affected, however you will create a little...... middle of the card......Feb 2014.Conner, C. (2012). Advantages and disadvantages of venturing into YouTube marketing. Available: http://www.dailydealmedia.com/789advantages-and-disadvantages-of-venturing-to-youtube-marketing/. Last accessed February 26, 2014.Webster, L. (n.d.). The disadvantages of using Facebook for business needs. Available: http://smallbusiness.chron.com/disadvantages-using-facebook-business-needs-38685.html. Last accessed February 26, 2014. Whitfield, K. (2013). The rapid growth of app user base is booming in the Asia Pacific market. Available: http://www.portioresearch.com/en/blog/2013/fast-growth-of-apps-user-base-in-booming-asia-pacific-market.aspx. Last accessed 19 February 2013Bosomworth, D. (2013). Mobile Marketing Statistics 2014. Available: http://www.smartinsights.com/mobile-marketing/mobile-marketing-analytics/mobile-marketing-statistics/. Last access February 19th 2013.