TechHive: Twitter cites access, privacy and Kakao among its biggest overseas challenges

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Twitter cites access, privacy and Kakao among its biggest overseas challenges Oct 4th 2013, 21:10, by Zach Miners, IDG News Service Twitter doesn't seem to have a problem attracting users in international markets, but it definitely has problems making money off them. More than 75 percent of Twitter's 218 million "monthly active users" reside outside the U.S., the company revealed in its IPO documents made public on Thursday. International revenue, however, made up only 25 percent of Twitter's total revenue for the three months ended June 30, 2013, the company said. That's a big gap Twitter wants to fill. To make more money, Twitter has good reasons to look across the pond—compared to the U.S., the number of its users is growing at a faster rate in many international markets, Twitter said in its documents. Among them: Argentina, France, Japan, Russia, Saudi Arabia, and South Africa, the company said. To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Media files: twitter_logo-100041031-small.jpg

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