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Facebook’s ‘mini-revolution’ gains momentum in Burma

Facebook’s ‘mini-revolution’ gains momentum in Burma

By Thu, Aug 18, 2011 12:00PM UTC View Comments Facebook’s ‘mini-revolution’ gains momentum in Burma

Dedicated Burmese news and media site Mizzima has a fascinating article on Facebook’s “mini-revolution” in the country. The last two years have seen Facebook grow to dominate the social media scene in numerous Southeast Asian countries (as this infographic from Burson Marsteller Asia demonstrates) with the social network fighting off local competition in markets like...

Asia markets key to Facebook growth as US, Canada, UK post losses

By Tue, Jun 14, 2011 11:30AM UTC View Comments Asia markets key to Facebook growth as US, Canada, UK post losses

Emerging markets are set to dominate the focus of Facebook after Inside Facebook revealed that the world’s largest social network lost users in mature Western markets last month, resulting in its lowest back-to-back growth figures for a year. May’s growth of 11.8 million and April’s 13.9 million new users represent the first time Facebook has...

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