Google Plus may have 400 mn users by 2012-end

Google's social networking site Google will also have more than 400 million users by the end of 2012, an investigator said.

The web site was made public in September has exceeded 62 million, the DailyMail said.

U.S. analyst Paul Allen has said that 625,000 members at time of entry every day,and the number will increase rapidly due to 700.000 Android devices are being bought every day.

"Based on the accelerated growth that I see and all knobs and levers can still useGoogle, and the ecosystem of developers who will develop, I can predict that 2012will be a great year for Google Plus and ending next year with more than 400 millionusers, "said Allen was quoted as saying.

Plus Google rival Facebook has 800 million users.

The newspaper said Allen's methodology is not based on actual figures could be described as a conjecture.

The Global Web Index last week announced that Google Earth Plus actually has 150 million active users, more than double the estimate of Allen.

Google declined to comment.

Facebook Blamed for Divorces one-third across globe

Social network Facebook has been charged with one third of divorces in the world, according to a law firm.

The social network is increasingly seen as a source of evidence in divorce cases, the Daily Mail reported quoting divorce law firm-Online.

The company said it has seen a 50 percent increase in the number of requests for divorce, "behavior-based" containing the word "Facebook" in the last two years.

At least 33 percent of the 5,000 petitions filed with the signing last year mentioned in the website.

"Facebook has become the primary method for communicating with friends for many people. Get in touch with the people ex-partners and the messages they start off as innocent, but cause problems. If someone wants to have an affair or flirting with the opposite sex, then it is the easiest place to do it, "said Mark Keenan, managing director of Divorce-Online.

The most common reasons for the problems caused by a spouse Facebook was looking flirty messages, photos of couples at a party or did not know anyone who should not have been with.

Anne-Marie Hutchinson, Dawson Cornwell lawyers, said: "If you are keeping things from your partner, Facebook makes it much easier for them to find out."

Keenan said he has warned customers to keep out of Facebook when going through the divorce process.

"People have to be careful what they put on Facebook that the courts are now seeing a lot more evidence that was presented at the walls of people and positions in disputes over finances and children," he said.

Twitter crashes after 16,000 tweets per second in New Year

 The Twitter social network was out of action for over an hour in Britain after it was overloaded with New Year messages.

The site crashed about 3 pm Saturday. That coincided with the celebration of midnight in Japan, when the revelers were sending a record 16.197 tweets per second, the Daily Mail reported Sunday.

The overhead meant that nobody could read new topics or existing ones. Instead, frustrated users were greeted with the error message ". Twitter is excess capacity"

The site returned to work, but then stopped several times, prompting speculation that he was being beaten by the New Year in different parts of the world.

The crash happened when the world welcomed in 2012, a year of historical importance to the UK, with the Olympics, Paralympics and the Diamond Jubilee of Queen willing to be decisive moments.

Up to 250,000 people poured into central London, some in Trafalgar Square watching the fireworks and other focused on the London Eye, the Mail said.

In Tokyo, people released helium balloons in front of Tokyo Tower at midnight with accompanying notes list their hopes for 2012. Many wanted a better year after the earthquake and tsunami of 2011, the newspaper added.