Tech in Asia

If you're in the marketing field, this is one statistic you should take note of. A study from The Nielsen Company shows that Americans are spending more time on social media sites like Facebook, MySpace, Twitter and blogs. Social media has captured 17% of Americans' total Internet time in August 2009, nearly tripling the mere 6% in August 2008. Marketers are unsurprisingly quick to ride on this behavior. Advertising spending on Facebook, MySpace and blogs has doubled from $49 million in August 2008 to approximately $108 million in August 2009. Social networking sites are ...