INSIDE FACEBOOK — Large populations and growing internet connectivity are pushing Asia’s Pacific Rim countries to the forefront on Facebook. Our latest stats, for the month of February, show Indonesia and the Philippines picking up a combined three million users, more than the combined growth of the entire mainland...

INSIDE FACEBOOK — Western Europe is beginning to cede some ground to central and eastern Europe, in terms of growth, according to our latest Global Monitor report. While there are still relatively unsaturated western markets like Germany and Spain making headway, others like the United Kingdom and Iceland have slowed or stopped growing this month. Meanwhile, Poland and Romania, among others, are quickly adding Facebook users. As a whole, Europe is now up to 129 million users as of March 1st, a 5.1% increase from February...

INSIDE FACEBOOK — Facebook is tight-lipped about its revenue numbers, which is typical of private companies. The most it has said publicly is that it became "free cash-flow positive" as of last September. At the time, we estimated it was set to bring in around $550 million for the year, based on previous reports that we and others had heard, and our own calculations. But how did the year actually end? Somewhat higher. And sources estimate the company could make between $1 billion and $1.1 billion this year...

INSIDE FACEBOOK — Facebook grew by nearly 5 million people in the United States last month, from 108 million to 113 million. The service has gained around this amount every month starting about midway through last year, and it doesn’t appear to be slowing. Growth is also across-the-board, in terms of user demographics, although men of all ages appeared to be joining in greater numbers and growth rates. The result can be seen (barely) in the overall gender breakdown. The site was 56.07% female in January, and in February it fell to 55.60%...

TECHCRUNCH — Social network for currency traders Currensee has raised $8M in Series B funding led by prior backer Northbridge Venture Partners and joined by new investor Egan-Managed Capital...