Twitter is slowly but surely turning into an international phenomenon after having become wildly popular in its native US about a year ago. Since then, growth in the US has slowed down to a trickle, but outside its borders people are signing up for the ‘information network’ in growing numbers. According to data released by Twitter itself, more than 60 percent of its users now come from outside of the US and their numbers are still rising. Partly responsible for this is Twitter’s increasing int… (read more)