The free and open source web browser Mozilla announced at the beginning of February that the Internet browser Firefox will soon be available in Quechua, a native South American language that is spoken in the Andes. Today approximately 4 million people speak Quechua in Peru, according to estimates.

Following on from our social predictions for 2012 last week, we thought we'd take a look at some of the new innovations in international social media and highlight some of the “one's to watch” this year.

Following on from our social media roundup at the end of 2011 let’s take a glimpse at some of the predictions for the social sphere in the next 12 months. Over the past 2 years social networks have become unstoppable behemoths overtaking many of the top portals and search engines as the place where people search. Last year they enabled people to start riots and topple governments, but most importantly became the first place where news breaks globally.