Don’t be so quick to discount that email from the man in Nigeria who wants to be your friend. It may not be a scam, but just a friendly poke from a man in country fascinated by social networking. So say the findings of a new study from Pew Research that’s grabbing headlines with a global outlook on who’s checking in to social networks, and where.
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A new survey [pdf] commissioned by workplace solutions provider Regus revealed that 40% of businesses globally have successfully leveraged social media tools for business development. For US companies, that figure is 35%, below the level of many nations with significantly smaller overall economies and placing it 9th overall. Read more
