TECH CRUNCH – Jan 17 – comScore reports that in 2011, Brazilian Facebook users increased by nearly 24 million to surpass incumbent Orkut in December, reaching a total of 36.1 million monthly uniques. Orkut did see some growth in 2011, from 32.7 million to 34.4 million in Brazil, but still fall behind Facebook. Other social networks that saw growth in Brazil include Twitter, Latin America-focused social gaming company Vostu, Google+, Tumblr and LinkedIn. comScore also noted that woman are now spending more time on the site than man, and younger demographics are more likely to be on than older ones.