I recently presented at the Web 2.0 Expo – San Francisco on culture and social media. My specific topic was on using social media to engage multicultural communities. The presentation deck is below:
The Middle Eastern tech world has been around for some time, but recently there has been some solid activity that points to increased technological growth on the horizon. Here are some updates you may have missed (these are primarily focused on the Arabic tech community, a subset of Middle Eastern tech):
Updated: According to a recent Pew Internet research report, large percentages of Blacks (26%) and Hispanics (18%) are using status updating services, like Twitter, on the Internet. (Pew said they had insufficient statistical data to measure the usage rates of Asian-American users.)
Much of the involvement of African-Americans and Hispanic Internet users is likely tied to their heavy involvement in social networking sites and mobile Internet usage, both of which are closely related to the use of status updating services.
