Thu, 29 Dec 2011 21:30:09 +0100 According to figures compiled by site monitoring service Pingdom, Facebook is now so popular that over half the total population of some countries are using the service. Countries leading the way with Facebook adoption are Cyprus (69 percent), Hong Kong (53 percent), and Chile (52 percent), followed by Singapore, Norway, and Denmark, each with 51 percent penetration. (Source: Digital Trends)
Facebook used by more than half the population in some countries
Thu, 29 Dec 2011 15:10:10 +0100 Social networking site Facebook has grown to become the biggest social networking site in the world with more than 800 million active users, but just how popular is it with users living around the globe? (Source: AFP Relax News)
New U.S. regulations mean Netflix is cleared for Facebook integration
Fri, 09 Dec 2011 00:50:08 +0100 This last summer, before Netflix announced its price hike and earned the ire of customers everywhere as well as making that giant and short-lived misstep called Qwikster, it was making headlines for something else entirely. The video streaming service was speculated to be working on a deep integration with Facebook, which would introduce a whole new level of content sharing, and possibly the media dashboard the social site was rumored to be creating. (Source: Digital Trends)
Thu, 01 Dec 2011 16:20:11 +0100 Rising sea levels and droughts associated with climate change threaten to force vast shifts of populations, yet states have so far been slow to react, the Global Migration Group (GMG) warned Thursday. (Source: AFP)
Tunisian men cast fake votes at a polling booth during a simulation ...
Sun, 16 Oct 2011 14:40:02 +0200 (Reuters) - Tunisian men cast fake votes at a polling booth during a simulation vote, one week before the October 23 Constituent Assembly elections, in Tunis October 15, 2011. REUTERS/Zoubeir Souissi (TUNISIA - Tags: ELECTIONS POLITICS)