Twitter has had an electrifying start to 2013 in Japan and Korea, judging by the 33,388 tweets per second that were sent after the ball dropped at midnight, UTC+9 time. This statistic shows the enormous popularity that the site enjoys in East Asia, and the microblogging site was buzzing in time zones across the globe as shown in this infographic:

In Asia, online gambling is fast attracting more and more fans. The majority of industry experts believe that two trends will continue to grow in Asia in the next years:  an increased number of people interested in online gambling and for Japan to become the second-largest market in Asia.

The study, which was conducted by YouGovSiraj in April this year, found that the platform was an established women’s space in the Middle East, with Facebook being the leading social network for Arabic women, with 91% using the network in Lebanon, followed by 80% in Egypt, 78% in the UAE. Syria was at the bottom of the list with 45% of women using Facebook.