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Brazil: Facebook’s #2 fan
How many friends does Facebook have in Brazil? 46,339,720 according to the latest figures released by Socialbakers, a web analytics agency. That is a 22 per cent jump from 3 months ago and catapults...
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Taiwan leader fined for Facebook post
Could Taiwan’s president Ma Ying-jeou be the first person in the world to be fined for his activities on Facebook? Ma, who won re-election to a second term earlier this year, was on Wednesday ordered...
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The Facebook effect: down we all go
In the current blame-game post-mortem that is the Facebook IPO, one thing is being overlooked: the drag effect on some emerging market tech stocks. Investors who bought Facebook at $38 a share might be...
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Zuckerberg scouts for Russian talent as Facebook trails VKontakte
Dmitry Medvedev, Russia’s internet-savvy prime minister, will have plenty to talk about when he meets Mark Zuckerberg, co-founder and chief executive of Facebook, in Moscow next week. The visit by the...
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India, elections and Facebook kids
India is the land of wisen business leaders and octogenarian politicians. But it is also a country with more than 70m users of social media; a nation buzzing with youngsters active on the net. Can...
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Alibaba: master of the treasure cave
The media and netizens alike have been chatting up a storm about the upcoming Alibaba IPO. Even though the offer has not been officially announced, estimates of the company’s potential value once it is...
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S Korea ‘likes’ Zuckerberg
South Korea’s new president has put technological innovation at the heart of her drive for a “creative economy”, and she is picking the brains of some of Silicon Valley’s leading names for inspiration....
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How much are EMs worth to Facebook?
One of the big stories of the week was Facebook filing for a $5bn initial public offering, which values the social network at $80bn and will make various founders and investors very rich. But given...
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Twitter’s EM uphill battle
As Twitter’s IPO cranks into action, there is one big question that is puzzling beyondbrics and many others: where are the non-US users based? In its SEC filing, Twitter admitted that “users outside...
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India: the first big social media election
From Google Hangouts with overseas citizens to online political debates organised by Facebook, Indian politicians have turned to social media to woo voters ahead of this year’s general election....
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Facebook’s user base in India surpassed 100m earlier this year, making it the second largest market for the social network after the US, and industry analysts predict India will take the top spot later...
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