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Asia now world’s biggest smartphone market

By Jon Russell Thu, May 05, 2011 12:00PM UTC View Comments

A report from analyst firm Canalys has named Asia as the world’s largest market for smartphones, based on sales. The last year has seen the region’s smartphone industry almost double to account for 40 percent of the world’s smartphone sales. Key highlights of the report, which is covered comprehensively in the UK Guardian, see Android named...

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In North Korea, “not one word” on Egyptian revolt

By Andy Jackson Thu, Feb 17, 2011 11:20AM UTC View Comments

Kim Jong-il (R) and Chang Sung-taek, Vice-Chairman of the National Defence Commission, with Egyptian Naguib Sawiris, head of Orascom Telecom

Many people around the world are happy to see that the Egyptian people have been able to peacefully (for the most part) overturn the 30-year dictatorship of President Hosni Mubarak. Many others, noting how similar revolutions turned to tyranny in places as varied as France and Iran, are worried about what will happen next in...

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Why Twitter is not Japan’s leading social network, despite the rumour

By Jon Russell Sun, Jan 23, 2011 11:30AM UTC View Comments

Twitter has been on a fine run in Japan over the last year or so. It overtook Indonesia to hold Asia’s largest userbase, smashed its own record for the volume of tweets per second and has been branded a ‘model’ market for growth by Twitter CEO Dick Costello…but is it Japan’s number one social network?...

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The Economist investigates Indonesia’s passion for social media

By Jon Russell Mon, Jan 10, 2011 1:00PM UTC View Comments

The Economist has an excellent article looking at social media usage in Indonesia, focusing primarily on the nation’s use of Twitter, which has been getting a lot of attention lately as I blogged recently. It opens looking at just how popular social networking in Indonesia is whilst identifying the potential the further growth: WHAT does...

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