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According to the The European Information Technology Observatory (EITO):

Yesterday, Google announced its second quarter figures showing that international revenues represented all revenue growth for the last 9 months with the US virtually flatlining. Growth in revenue compared to last year was 39% and 3% compared with the first quarter of the year giving a total quarter turnover of $5.3 billion. Clicks decreased by 1% over the first quarter of the year but were still 19% up year on year.

According to a new study by Visa Inc. “B2C Electronic Commerce in Latin America and the Caribbean: Beating All Odds.”, retail e-commerce in Latin America, including travel and tourism, rose to nearly $11 billion in 2007, up from about $5 billion in 2005 and $7.78 billion in 2006, and is expected to surpass $16 billion this year and reach nearly $30 billion by 2010.

Sales figures for leading Latin American markets, with sales in millions of dollars for 2007, 2006 and the percent change:

The Moscow Times reports that Turkmenistan has begun to allow private citizens to connect to the internet. The national internet provider, Turkmentelekom, said on Thursday that it has been connecting up to 20 homes a day since the announcement, mainly in the capital city of Ashgabat. It has a waiting list of 2000 people.

Previously internet access was restricted to government employees, diplomatic posts and offices of major international companies.

Opera Software, maker of the Opera browser, has recently released the first quarter study related to internet usage in relation with mobile phones using the Opera mini browser.

Information contained in the report is based on aggregated data from Opera Mini servers, and related to top 10 countries with the highest number of installation.

Read more: the Opera Mobile Report 1st quater 2008

Italian families with children are more active online when compared to childless adults.

The European Interactive Advertising Association published the first report on different media consumption habits of European families. The results of the study show 73% of families with children are connected to the internet and online at least once per week, against 52% of the adult population without children.

Adults with children are also involved in a wider variety of online activities.

The Top Level Domain (TLD) .eu ha reached 2.8 million registrations since it’s launch just over 2 years ago.

The European Commission proudly made the announcement yesterday and reported that .eu domains are the 4th most popular choice amongst Europeans, and 9th worldwide.

The countries that have been most active in registering .eu TLDs are: