Today we’re going to look at another set of website vocabulary, focusing a bit more on e-mail. Hope it’s useful!
digitar = type
clicar = click
assunto = subject
rascunho = draft
lixeira = trash
enviar = send
descartar = discard
anexar um arquivo = attach a file
denunciar spam = report spam
assinatura = signature
Recently, tech website Mashable reported that Facebook is seeking to beat Orkut to dominate the Brazilian social media market. While Orkut has long been the leader in Brazil, Facebook has created new ways to lure Brazilians to its site. First, Facebook is now available in Portuguese, making access easier. Second, Facebook recently installed a new method to find friends, where users can upload their Orkut contacts to find them on Facebook, as the Mashable article mentions. Third, Facebook has a large variety of games and applications that you can play on the site, attracting new users merely to play games like FarmVille and Mafia Wars.
But the question is, will it work? Personally, I’ve seen mixed results. While tech-savvy and internationally-connected Brazilians have already been on Facebook for a long time, more and more middle class Brazilians have recently signed up for Facebook, but some wind up never using it, claiming it’s too complex and that Orkut is easier to use. However, less tech-savvy Brazilians have signed up for Facebook to be able to access the games, and aren’t as interested in the site for the social connections.
What about you? Do you think Facebook can beat Orkut in Brazil?
Today, we’re going to look at vocabulary related to the Internet and websites.
Internet = a Internet [een-ter-neh-chee]
browser = navegador
window = janela
tab = aba
server = servidor
broadband = banda larga
add = adicionar
delete = excluir
sign up/create an account = cadastrar-se
login = fazer login/entrar
log out = sair
password = senha
settings = configurações
According to an article from the New York Times technology blog, Brazil and India use Google and Google services more than any other countries in the world, including the United States.
While American Internet users spend about 9 percent of their online time on Google, users in Brazil spend about 30 percent of their time on Google’s websites. This accounts for about 18 minutes on Google for every hour spent on the Internet. Meanwhile, the global average is 9.4 percent for time spent on Google.
While Orkut, Google’s social networking site, accounts for a considerable part of these statistics–it is one of the top sites in Brazil–other Google services are also popular, partially due to the popularization of the Internet in Brazil around the same time that Google entered the market.
Some other statistics:
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