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Information Technology in Brazil: Computer reached 45% of Brazilian households in 2011

Internet access was present in 38% of homes last year, an increase from 27% in 2010 […]

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Consumer Behavior Economics Information Technology Trend Watching

Internet in Brazil: nearly 80 million Internet users, says survey

Brazil had 79.9 million Internet users by the end of the fourth quarter of 2011, according to a survey released by Ibope. According to the study, growth was 2% over the previous quarter, 8% over the same period in 2010 and 19% over 2009 […]

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Internet in Brazil: fashion and beauty industries pulling E-commerce numbers up by in 2012

Sales of clothing, footwear, sporting goods, medicines, health and beauty products have the highest growth prospects in the market of Brazilian e-commerce and should pull the number of requests in 2012 […]

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Digital Culture in China: NUMBERS & TRENDS

Here is a recent presentation I’ve done about the numbers and trends on Internet usage in China […]

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Economics Information Technology Trend Watching

Internet in Brazil: Active Internet users grew 14% year-on-year

The number of active Internet users in Brazil in September 2011 was 46,300,000, an increase of 14% over the same month last year. With the new number, Brazil beats Germany, France and the UK in number of active users at home or at work. The Brazil ranks third in the list of countries that monitor the internet using the same methodology […]

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China Information Technology Trend Watching

Internet in China: Number of Chinese Internet Users reaches 457 million

An increase of 73.3 million compared with 2009, the number of Chinese netizens hit 457 million by the end of 2010, according to the “27th China Internet Development Statistics Report” recently released by the China National Network Information Center.

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China Economics Trend Watching

China, Technology and the Environment: more energy efficient in 2010

China’s energy efficiency improved by a bigger margin in 2010 partly because local governments shut down some industrial capacity to meet year-end targets […]

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China Consumer Behavior Economics Information Technology Trend Watching

Internet in China: mobile Internet users to exceed PC users in 2012

The number of mobile Internet users in China will outnumber those using personal computers by around 2012, according to Wu Dan, a senior analyst from China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC).

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China Economics Information Technology Trend Watching

Internet in China: Internet population hits 420 million

The number of Chinese Internet users hit 420 million, with 277 million accessing the Internet via cell phones, portal website Sina reported, citing a report published by China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC) […]

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China Economics Trend Watching

Living in China: Internet users pick the Top 10 happiest cities in China

Which city do you think is the happiest in China? […]