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  • Analysis: Facebook Can't Take Asian Growth For Granted

    yahoo.com 1 week, 6 days ago

    SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Even as Facebook fever grips investors ahead of the social networking giant's potential $100 billion-plus initial public offering, its breakneck growth in Asia may be slowing as it moves beyond desktop users to those who access the Internet largely or solely from a mobile phone. In March, Facebook revised its own SEC filings to scale back its scope for further growth in India - its third-biggest user base and the largest population it currently has access to - China remains off-limits

  • Are We Addicted To Facebook? It's Complicated.

    nytimes.com 1 week, 6 days ago

    Larry Rosen, a psychologist in California, says Facebook is not an addiction, but it is a compulsion. And he says it might exaggerate some unhealthy tendencies in people already predisposed to them.

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Orkut is a social networking website that is owned and operated by Google Inc. The service is designed to help users meet new and old friends and maintain existing relationships. The website is named after its creator, Google employee Orkut Büyükkökten. Although Orkut is less popular in the United States than competitors Facebook and MySpace, it is one of the most visited websites in India and Brazil. As of October 2011, 59.1% of Orkut's users are from Brazil, followed by India with 27.1% and Japan with 6.7%.
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