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Twitter targets Asia with support for 5 new languages

By Jon Russell Thu, Sep 15, 2011 11:02AM UTC View Comments

Twitter has demonstrated how important Asia is for its service by introducing support for five new regional languages. Chinese (both simplified and traditional), Hindi, Tagalog and Malay are the new additions that will help significant numbers of users across Asia gain access to non-English versions of the service. Each language will have its own dedicated...

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Indonesia: 87% of Twitter usage is mobile… and more

By Jon Russell Wed, Aug 10, 2011 11:57AM UTC View Comments

Indonesian social media analytics firm Saling Silang this week released its report on the country’s social media landscape over the first half of the year. Though explicitly related to Indonesia and local trends the report, which can be seen in slideslide deck here, contains a wealth of interesting details, some of which I’ve picked out...

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Twitter in Indonesia peaks at weekends, mobile is dominant platform

By Jon Russell Wed, Mar 16, 2011 12:00PM UTC View Comments

Ogilvy’s Thomas Crampton has dug up and published a series of insightful graphics providing information on Indonesia’s use of Twitter. Although it is no longer Asia’s capital of Twitter – having been leapfrogged by Japan last year – the country is recognised as the world’s biggest Twitter addict by virtue of enjoying the highest rate...

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