TECH 24: Facebook finds new 'friends' in Africa and Asia

Thu, 04/21/2011 - 04:49 EDT - France24.com - Business

With almost 700 million users, Facebook would have the world's third largest population if it was a country. Now the social networking site is heading south to find even more “friends”. This week on ‘Tech 24’, hosts Rebecca Bowring and Eric Olander report on the site's growing popularity in Africa and Asia.

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