A survey conducted by the Spanish university of Navarra and internet educational organisation EducaRed showed some interesting though questionable results about children and their relationship with the Internet in Latin America. 21,774 pupils aged 6-18 years were surveyed in Argentina, Guatemala, Colombia, Mexico, Brazil, Chile, Peru and Venezuela. They filled in online forms adapted to [...]

According to an IBOPE/NetRatings report recently released, people that have access to the Internet at home have surpassed the 20 million mark in September 2007. To put it in more Latin American terms, that’s enough to fill the Maracanã 210 times. A few interesting figures are included: * The total figure is 36.9 Million if [...]

Just found this article on the International Herald Tribune about the difficulties of blogging from Cuba. As we had previously reported, Internet connections in Cuba are restricted to tourists and some government officials. There is however some very brave people that go through a few hurdles in order to update their blogs everyday. “When Yoani [...]

Interested in participating in Argentine democracy? Why not buy a couple of votes for the next election on eBay? Yes, a group of Argentines have started “auctioning” their votes for the next presidential election on eBay. According to this BBC article… “Opening prices for the votes range from 1 peso ($0.30) to 300 pesos ($95). [...]

As you may or may not know, the leading social networking site in Brazil is Google owned Orkut. Nobody really knows why, the site was created by a Google employee in the US and I don’t know… Brazilians liked it. As with any other Google property, ads are pushed whenever possible alongside content. And as [...]

Some time ago we received a request for an online study in Cuba, I couldn’t help laughing at the request. The fact that Cuba is not a threat to anyone anymore maybe makes people forget how bad things are there in general. I came across this article this morning, it accurately describes the Internet access [...]

Intel’s Director General for Latin America said that Brazil will be the world’s third largest computer market in 2010. Although now it occupies the seventh place (after USA, China, France, UK, Germany and Japan) current and projected market growth indicates this could be the case. Apparently Brazil’s computer industry growth is 10% higher than the [...]

Synovate has released today a new study examining affluent Argentineans’ media consumption, including television viewing, newspaper readership and internet usage. The study is part of Synovate PAX, Latin America Media Survey of affluent consumers in leading Latin American economies – Argentina, Brazil, Mexico. Some of the details released are very interesting, here goes a small [...]

We found another interesting report on the growth of Internet users in the region, in particular in Brazil. Apparently, a study done by the DataFolha poll firm, commissioned by advertising agency F/Nazca Saatchi & Saatchi shows the following (very interesting) results: 49 Million of Brazilians now have access to the Internet 39% of Brazilians say [...]

Finally a trustworthy report on Latin America. The findings are not surprising, but VERY useful. Some info worth mentioning: Brazil had the largest online population with 15.8 million users, which is 11 percent of the country’s population over the age of 15. However Chile, with 45 percent of its population online, had the highest Internet [...]