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This is a very interesting article on ArabCrunch.

Arabic is the fastest growing language and, although English is by far the biggest language on Facebook, it has fallen below 50% for the first time.

Read the full article on ArabCrunch here.

This is simply a great infographic with loads of interesting stats about Facebook. This was produced by Facebakers.com (a portal dedicated to stats about Facebook) and I got it via Mashable.

While we’re on the subject of Facebook, check out these 10 Fascinating Facebook Facts (via Mashable).

I highly recommend you read this article – and watch the video of an interview with investor Maha Ibrahim @ Canaan Partners – about how social platforms monetize and continue to engage users. Inside Social Apps 2010 featured speakers from many of the leading thinkers in the social gaming industry, from developers and publishers, to monetization companies and investors.

There’s a lot to be learned here about how “virtual goods” actually works and how to make money from it. I believe that MENA is a market that is ripe for some of you entrepreneurs to capitalise on this … and, if you have a strong commercially viable business plan in this space, AppsArabia is here to help you with investment and support!

Click here to read the full article and see video interviews.

Really interesting article by Steven Carpenter on TechCrunch about Zynga – how it started, how it got so big and the challenges it now faces. Essential reading to understand how to make money out of gaming – applies to both mobile and online.

Read the full article here.

Wow! I strongly recommend you sit through this video of a presentation by Carnegie Mellon University Professor, Jesse Schell, which dives into a world of game development likely to emerge from the popular “Facebook Games” era.