Online social networks have their own cultures. Erica Naone of MIT Technology Review (TR) writes that social networking sites’ growth outside the U.S. has exploded recently, but different regions have adopted different sites as their favorites. I find it interesting how each site has developed and grown in its own way. The [...]

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I’m bored with Google’s U.S. year-end “zeitgeists” (no surprise that Paris Hilton is still a top search term in 2007) — but there are still some interesting tidbits in Google’s monthly Zeitgeist Around the World, which lists the top-gaining search queries in various countries around the world.
The results can be quirky and interesting. For [...]

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In Brazil, ethanol can be made relatively cheaply from sugarcane, a production method that is proving so popular that companies are scrambling to keep up with domestic demand. Noble Corp. said today it is increasing its production of cane ethanol five fold. (Brazil is clearly striving to be a leader in alternative [...]

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