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Brazil uses the .br top level domain, which is managed by the Brazilian Internet Steering Committee. In 2011 Brazil ranked fourth in the world with 23,456,00 Internet hosts. In April 2012 Brazil was 10th in the world with 48,572,160 IPv4 addresses allocated, 23.6 per 100 residents.
The Internet is a popular medium for citizen–government interaction. For example, 99% of all income tax forms are delivered online. Correios agencies and government-controlled telepontos are used as access points, and are specially relevant in remote locations. LAN centers, known by the anglicised name LAN House, are common and widespread throughout the country.
Some of the most popular websites are web portals, such as Globo.com, UOL and iG; search engines, including Google and Yahoo; and social network services, the most important of which, by far, is Facebook. MSN Messenger, the most popular IM service, has Brazilians as its largest userbase. Due to the popularity of virtual communications, Newsweek referred to Brazil as the "Schmooze Nation".
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