Briefs from Multilingual Search

“Empresa na Hora” -- Portuguese are using the Internet to create new businesses at a remarkable rate.

There is presently a 40% monthly growth in people using the Internet to create their businesses. In about a year, more than 200 companies have been created on line, without any paperwork.

The Web2.0 Expo is coming to Japan.

The contextual advertising market is exploding in Russia. The market has risen 2½ times since the 2005 figure of $45m.