Japan has played a key role helping Twitter grow and develop across Asia according to company co-founder Jack Dorsey, who spoke at the AsiaD conference in Hong Kong Day today....

Read More: Jack Dorsey on Twitter’s Asia growth, Tamagotchis and competing against China’s weibos

After Twitter CEO Dick Costolo spoke to us during an informal meeting with the press yesterday, we grew curious. How do the newly revealed Twitter stats stack up against Facebook?Sure, Twitter isn't anything like Facebook. Costolo himself said that while other platforms are continuously adding feature after feature, Twitter is one that hopes to simplify itself. The fact, however, remains that these are two giants competing for attention in the social space.There are only so many interested users [...]

Read More: How do Facebook's basic stats stack up against Twitter?

By now, you’ve probably heard of Google+, the new social network created by Google that has taken the internet world by storm. What you may not know is that the platform is already considered the fastest growing of its kind. It took both Facebook and Twitter well over two years to reach the milestone of [...]

Read More: Does the Impressive Growth Rate of Google+ Make it a Competitor Against Facebook and Twitter?

The tweet above seemed like a simple enough tweet to send out and only a bit of fun. Little did the person who sent it know that he would come back from his holidays to find 23,000 retweets and have won over £11,000 in a bet when he expected a tenner at best. Some people started claiming it was a scam but you can see from the blog post that the guy was clearly shocked by the reaction and unsurprisingly the boss seems to be backing out of the original bet.It’s one of those tweets that people just [...]

Read More: Man "earns" £11,000 through Twitter by betting against his boss

Just in time for back to school, Missouri teachers fight new social media law.


Read More: Missouri Teachers File Suit Against Social Media Law

Ebooks raked in $313 million in 2009, growing by 176.6% compared to 2008. The sale of ebooks are currently growing at a rate of 217.3% in comparison to 2009. For more interesting facts on traditional books and ebooks, check out the infographic below. ++ Click to Enlarge Image ++ Image Source:MastersinEducation.org Embed this infographic on [...]

Read More: How Do Digital Readers Stack Up Against Traditional Books [Infographic]

Real Madrid, voted the most successful football club of the 20th century by FIFA, has got no problem beating teams in their own league, which is why, to celebrate their 109th year, they decided to play against 109 Guangzhou children in China.  Real Madrid proved their greatness—through the chaos of 109 Chinese children running around on the field they somehow managed to win, though only by a score of 2 to 1.


Read More: Viral Radar: Real Madrid Soccer Team Plays Against 109 Kids…And Wins

"It's not like Android's free. Android has a patent fee. You do have to license patents."

That was Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer in an interview last year with The Wall Street Journal. At the time, Microsoft was on the verge of releasing their first Windows Phone 7 devices, and knew their best hope in the market would be to go after Android — the same OS which quickly ran Windows Mobile into extinction. In the months that have followed, right or wrong, it looks like Microsoft is slowly but surely [...]

Read More: How Apple Led The High-Stakes Patent Poker Win Against Google, Sealing Ballmer’s Promise

This last week, Dealshelve, the Malaysian based daily deals aggregator, received a letter from Karl Chong, CEO of Groupon Singapore (Beeconomic Singapore) asking Dealshelve to remove all Groupon deals from their site by July 6, 2011 or face legal action.


Read More: Groupon Threatens Legal Action Against DealShelve

"It's not like Android's free. Android has a patent fee. You do have to license patents."

That was Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer in an interview last year with The Wall Street Journal. At the time, Microsoft was on the verge of releasing their first Windows Phone 7 devices, and knew their best hope in the market would be to go after Android — the same OS which quickly ran Windows Mobile into extinction. In the months that have followed, right or wrong, it looks like Microsoft is slowly but surely [...]

Read More: How Apple Led The High-Stakes Patent Poker Win Against Google, Sealing Ballmer’s Promise