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The UK and Germany are now the worlds top markets for online gambling, particularly social casino gambling,Belle Rock Entertainmentcan reveal. According to research from Socialnomics, close to 20% of the time devoted to playing online casino games takes place through social networking sites in both the UK and Germany.

But social platforms arent the only drivers of online gambling. Now online gaming sites, such as Belle Rock Entertainment, are optimised for mobiles increasing numbers of people are choosing to gamble using their mobiles. Germany is where this activity is most prevalent. Revenue from mobile gaming in Germany is expected to double by 2015.

Throughout the world, 81 million people take part in social gaming each day. In the UK, it is repeat players that make up a large proportion of this number; Socialnomics research found over 60% of UK social gamblers play at least once a day.

The social gambling market is still developing so growth over the next few years is predicted to be rapid. According to research from Transparency Market Research, there will be around 44% more social gamers in 2015 compared to 2012.

Facebook is one of the most popular social outlets to play these types of online games. One billion hours are devoted to social games each month on the social networking megalith, and now it has surpassed one billion users, we can expect to see many more hours devoted to social gaming on Facebook.

Gambling online, as a whole, is growing. Between 2010 and 2011, 32% more gamblers hit online casinos and in the UK online gaming now accounts for 15% of the total British Internet market. Smartphones, like Facebook, are becoming more normalised. Together these two social gambling enablers will boost the market further helping social gaming contribute a greater percentage to global gaming revenue which, if it continues on its current trajectory, is expected to reach $117.9 billion by 2015. Social gaming currently contributes $446.4 million to global social gaming revenues of $1.6 billion and falls just behind the US.

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Sites like Google and Bing are showing the precise questions that are most frequently asked, giving everyone a chance to peer virtually over everyone else's shoulders.

There are the questions you ask friends, family members and close confidants. And then there are the questions you ask the Internet.

Search engines have long provided clues to the topics people look up. But now, sites like Google and Bing are showing the precise questions that are most frequently asked, giving everyone a chance to peer virtually over everyone else's shoulders at what they are all curious about.

And the sites are revealing interesting patterns.

Frequently asked questions include: When will the world end? Was Neil Armstrong Muslim? Was George Washington gay?

The questions come from a feature that Google calls "autocomplete" and Microsoft calls "autosuggest." These anticipate what you are likely to ask, based on questions that other people have asked. Simply type a question starting with a word like "is" or "was," and search engines will start filling in the rest.

People who study online behavior also say the autocomplete feature reveals broader patterns, including indications that the questions people ask of search engines often veer into the sensitive and politically incorrect.

"Your search engine is your best friend, and you talk to it about everything, even things you might not talk about to your real best friends," said Danny Sullivan, editor in chief of Search Engine Land, a Web site that covers the search industry. "It's a way that search engines reflect society."

One category of question comes up with puzzling frequency in autocomplete: whether a certain person is gay.

Is the singer Elton John gay? Is the U.S. politician Paul Ryan gay? Is the mayor of New York, Michael R. Bloomberg, gay? The question pops up often, too, when starting searches about the actor George Clooney, the New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez, Genghis Khan, several cartoon characters and even the pope.

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Mobile devices are also included in Trend Micro's launch in Malaysia of its Titanium 2013 Cloud Edition.

Photo - (from left) Flanked by models, Cedric Lim, Consumer Sales Manager; Terrence Tang, Regional Director, Digital Marketing & Consumer Business; Andrew Tan, Product Marketing Manager (Consumer), Southeast Asia; and Lisa Chong, Marketing Manager Consumer Business, all from Trend Micro.

Trend Micro's new endpoint protection suite - Trend Micro Titanium 2012 Cloud Edition - now includes protection for mobile devices and social networking, said the security solutions provider.

During the launch in Malaysia on 21 November 2012, Trend Micro regional director, digital marketing & consumer business, Terrence Tang said: "Consumers are spending most of their time checking e-mail, surfing the Web and using social networks to stay connected with family and friends. Privacy is also a major concern as cyber criminals are scoping out the privacy of our online identities in new and more interesting ways."

"It is imperative for consumers in Malaysia to stay vigilant and protected with the right tools that can work easily and seamlessly across devices and platforms for complete protection," said Tang, adding that the suite was now available in Malaysia.

He said: "Titanium's new Facebook Privacy Scanner for Windows provides an extra layer of protection for personal information that is the only one of its kind in the industry. With a single click, users can easily monitor their Facebook page settings, identify which settings may lead to privacy concerns and control access to personal and private information." Tang said that by identifying potentially malicious links, all products within the Titanium family protected users while on social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter, Google+, LinkedIn and Pinterest by alerting the consumer. "It also allows them to share this information with friends so users can help keep friends safe online too."

He said that protection across multiple devices was included as Titanium Maximum Security customers receive one or three licences that can be used on multiple devices including PCs, laptops, tablets and mobile phones.

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