Showing posts with label Google. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Google. Show all posts

Tuesday, December 12, 2023

The Creative Economy is Driven by the Digital Economy

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https://city.cri.cn/20210507/633e86e4-7cc0-92c5-a18c-439c6dec1d4b.html

The development of the Creative Economy is hinged on the development of the Digital Economy in the 21st century.

The creative industry in the 21st century is driven by digital technology from the street to the internet. 
Monetization of every format of intellectual property (IP) is mostly generated by digital applications of production, acquisition, distribution, collection and exhibition of which the transactions for the revenues are through fintech applications and services.

We cannot have a robust creative
economy without the support of the digital economy. Both economies have become interlocked as can be seen in Apple, Amazon, Alphabet, Meta, X and the new developments by the MultiChoice Group in Africa. 

The largest revenues of the entertainment industry are online.
Where else can we have billions of downloads and views of content?

Recommended:
THE ROLE OF DIGITAL ECONOMY IN ADVANCING CREATIVE INDUSTRIES-CREATIVITY 2030 SEMINAR
https://city.cri.cn/20210507/633e86e4-7cc0-92c5-a18c-439c6dec1d4b.html

- By Ekenyerengozi Michael Chima,
The Founder/CEO,
International Digital Post Network Limited,
Lagos, Nigeria.



Monday, February 20, 2023

Content Creators Earn More on Blogger Than TikTok

Content Creators Earn More on Blogger Than TikTok

Monetizing a blog with Google AdSense or another advertising platform may provide earnings of about $2 to $5 per 1,000 page views.

 A blog that receives 10,000 views per day may generate about $20 to $50 in income.- 16 December, 2022.

TikTok pays around $0.02 and $0.04 for every 1,000 views. These are reports based on payments received through the TikTok Creator Fund. 

This is a program that TikTok introduced in 2021 in a bid to compensate content creators.

There are content creators making thousands of dollars monthly on Blogger from sponsored posts and adverts on their blogs.

As a publisher, you will get 68 percent of the click amount (and 51 percent when it comes to Google AdSense for search). The commission you will receive depends mainly on the competition as well as CPC in a niche. In most cases, the commission per click will range between $0.20 and $15.30 

- August, 2022.

Meta should pay content creators on Facebook and Instagram.

My premier blog on Blogger, Nigerians Report Online has over 200, 000 pageviews monthly and should be making from $5, 000 - $10, 000 monthly. But I have not really monetized it. 70 percent of the viewers are located in the United States of America. 

#Bogger
#TikTok
#YouTube
#Google
#AdSense
#Meta
#Facebook
#CPC
#views
#adverts
#monetization

- Ekenyerengozi Michael Chima

Thursday, October 14, 2021

Google, Apple, and Netflix Top List of Companies Generation Z Wants To Work For

The Rise of the Gen Z VC

“The barriers to entrepreneurship and investing have never been lower, and our generation is very aware of the opportunity we have.”

Generation Z is growing up and getting a tech job.

The oldest members of the world’s first truly digital native generation—folks born from the mid-1990s to 2010—are starting their careers, and they overwhelmingly want to work in tech.

Google, Apple, and Netflix top list of companies they want to work for, and 72% fancy the idea of becoming founders themselves.

Which raises a question: Who’s going to fund all those new startups?

According to a new report from AngelList, a new crop of Gen Z investors is emerging. They’re 10k strong and launching VC funds from their dorm rooms.

Click here to read the report



Monday, September 27, 2021

Happy 23rd Birthday Google!

 WOW!

Happy Birthday Google!
Thank you for bringing the whole world to our fingertips on the internet.
Thank you for giving us the widest space for every face to be seen and for every voice to be heard.
Thank you for promoting #democracy .
Thank you for promoting freedom of speech.
Thank you for promoting human rights.
Thank you very much.
We love you 24/7!


#Google #search #searchengines
#Googlebirthday #Googleat23
#humanrights #freespeech #internet



Monday, July 25, 2011

Google is still the number one Online

RESTON, Va., July 22, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today released its monthly analysis of U.S. web activity at the top online properties for June 2011 based on data from the comScore Media Metrix service. Several Travel subcategories ranked among the top-gainers in June as summertime officially began. Sporting Goods and Toy sites also saw gains as parents looked for ways to keep their kids occupied during the summer recess.

Google Sites ranked as the #1 property in June with 182.5 million visitors, followed by Yahoo! Sites with 178.4 million and Microsoft Sites with 173.6 million. Amazon Sites jumped 1 position to rank #6 with 95.8 million visitors, Disney Online jumped 8 positions to #32 (32.6 million visitors), and Twitter.com jumped 9 positions to #37 (30.6 million visitors). Expedia Inc appeared in the top 50 ranking at #39 (28.1 million visitors).

Top 50 Ad Focus Ranking

Google Ad Network led the June Ad Focus ranking with a reach of 92.8 percent of Americans online, followed by Yahoo! Network Plus (86.3 percent), AOL Advertising (85.9 percent), Yahoo! Sites (83.2 percent) and Google (82.2)

Click here for the complete detailed report.


Top Topics



Thursday, July 7, 2011

Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook is on Google Plus?



Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook signed up for Google Plus? And he is now the most followed person on Google+. But is he feeling threatened since Facebook is presently losing members worldwide, with a sharp drop in United States membership. Is he afraid that Facebook may slide like MySpace?


The Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has just met with Skype CEO Tony Bates in a partnership for a new video chat feature. But will that help?

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U.S. Office Sector Records Strongest Demand Since 2007, According to Cassidy Turley Quarterly U.S. Office Report

Update: Drowning is the Leading Cause of Death to Children Ages 1- 4

Ukrainian Government Adopts European Integration Plan

The Dow Jones Credit Suisse Core Hedge Fund Index Down 1.95% in June

In Wake of Market Uncertainty, Employee Confidence in Job Security, Pay Raises and Job Market Falls to 2008/2009 Levels, Yet More Employees Say Job Satisfaction Up




Thursday, June 2, 2011

The Internet is ruled by Amazon, Google, Apple and Facebook

The Internet is ruled by Amazon, Google, Apple and Facebook.

~ Eric Schmidt, Google’s Executive Chairman





Google to double Internet penetration in Nigeria



Goggle says internet penetration in Nigeria is still very low at 12 percent and wants to double this within the next three years, according to a top official of Google in Nigeria. He also announced the launch of Google Trader in Ghana and Google online phone in Kenya which would also be extended to Nigeria.

He disclosed that Nigerians are already making millions from the new Google Trader, an initiative which puts a trader online thereby enabling consumers globally to have a contact with the traders without hitches or meddlesome middle men/women. He said that a Nigerian trader Mrs. Funke, sold one year inventory in a month by taking advantage of the Internet. Her business moved from N150,000 to N15 million in four months. She has been using a website to promote and sell her baby products to numerous customers in the global village. And another Nigerian is also presently make millions of naira yearly by selling Nollywood videos online.



Nigeria, Ghana, Senegal, Kenya, South Africa and Uganda as leading countries in ICT development in the continent, “but Nigeria is key,” because the country’s ICT potentials and business opportunities are simply enormous. But presently, only few Nigerians are benefiting from the business opportunities, which the Internet, particularly Goggle, provide.


Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Google celebrates Africa Day




Google celebrates Africa Day, the annual commemoration on May 25 of the 1963 founding of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), when leaders of 30 of the 32 independent African states signed a founding charter in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

In 1991, the OAU established the African Economic Community, and in 2002 the OAU established its own successor, the African Union. However, the name and date of Africa Day has been retained as a celebration of African unity.



25 May 2011 20:44 Africa/Lagos

Address by Dr Jean Ping, African Union Commission Chairperson on the occasion of the commemoration of Africa Day / Wednesday 25 May 2011

ADDIS ABABA, May 25, 2011/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Address by Dr Jean Ping, African Union Commission Chairperson on the occasion of the commemoration of Africa Day


Your Excellency the President of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea, Chairperson of the African Union;

Your Excellency the Prime Minister of the Republic of India;

Your Majesty;

Your Excellency Heads of State and Government;

Honorable Ministers;

The Heads of the Regional Economic communities

Distinguished Ambassadors;

Friends and partners of Africa

Distinguished Invited guests

Ladies and Gentlemen

Allow me first of all to sincerely thank you all for having graced this ceremony with your presence. I wish you a warm welcome.


As is the custom every year, today, the 25th of May 2011, we are celebrating Africa Day. This anniversary commemorates the birth of the Organization of African Unity on May 25 1963. Indeed, by this solemn act, our founding fathers, keen to safeguard and consolidate the independence of our countries, hitherto under the yoke of colonization, and in a bid to strengthen solidarity across Africa and see through the task of the total liberation of Africa, did not only lay the foundation of our unity through a common African identity, but also triggered the dynamics of actions and efforts towards integration and sustainable development that our continent is today pursuing.

Today, about 62℅ of the overall population of Africa is below 35 years old and more than 20℅ are between the 15 and 24 years age bracket. By 2020, more than 70 % of Africa's youth will be at least twenty years old. This means that out of every four persons that we come across in the streets of Cairo, Nairobi, Brazzaville, Lagos, Malabo or Johannesburg; three are less than twenty.

With an average of 5.2 children per woman, Africa registers the highest number of births in the world, the yearly birth rate being 2.2℅. It is therefore not surprising that about 10 million African youth knock at the door of the labour market every year… Many of these youth are ill- prepared for the job market, owing to the persisting gaps in our educational systems. The result is that 71℅ of African youth live on less than US$2 a day.

The Arab spring marked by the groundswell that swept across Tunisia and Egypt, right here on our continent, has confirmed the imperious need to address the legitimate concerns and worries of the youth who are the largest component of our society. They are becoming increasingly poor, discontented and more and more radical.

In an era of unbridled globalization characterized amongst other things by new ways of life like the celebrity culture, the loss of the value of hard work in favour of the get rich quick attitude and idleness; many youth in developing countries and not only in Africa mirror their future in what they often consider as the Eldorado, often Europe and the United States. They would stop at nothing to undertake the journey to this illusory promise land even at the peril of their lives; having the feeling that the only prospects at home are disappointments, discouragement, even a feeling of injustice coupled with revolt…

-Disappointment for those who on completing their education struggle to find a job matching their qualifications.

- Discouragement for those without certificates doomed to precarious jobs.

- lastly, the feeling of injustice and revolt for those who are deprived of any hope and feel forgotten, ignored, or rejected by society.

By deciding to focus on the theme “Accelerating Youth Empowerment for a Sustainable Development” and recalling that the 8th Labour and Social Affairs Commission which held in Yaoundé in April 2011 dwelt on the theme “Promoting Youth Employment for Social Cohesion and Inclusive Growth”, the African Union, attests the importance it attaches to the primordial role and contribution of the youth in the development process. It also confirms the will of African leaders to continue their efforts for the creation of an enabling environment to better address the needs of the youth. For some years now this has been articulated by numerous activities undertaken across the continent at the centre of the development agenda for the youth, who are indispensable stakeholders in efforts to support Africa's development.

The adoption in 2006 of the African Youth Charter and its entry into force in 2009, mark the starting point of a new and strong push. As this Charter seeks to promote the participation of youths and their organizations to a wide range of inter-generational dialogue on the development of policies and initiatives designed to ensure that the views and aspirations of young people are considered.

As part of this drive, the celebration of the African Youth Day in 2008, the institutionalization of November 1st as African Youth Day and the Declaration of 2009-2018 as the Decade for Youth Development have given a new impetus to the Pan African Youth Union whose headquarters is in Khartoum Sudan.

Heeding to the call of Heads of States and Government, the African Union Commission has embarked on actions, programmes and projects aimed at enhancing the capacities of young people and improving their participation in social, political and economic activities on the continent. I will illustrate this with a few examples, namely:

• The creation of the African Union Youth Volunteers Corps. In this respect, I am happy to recall that a Second Training Session for 100 young volunteers is scheduled for 13 June in the Republic of Equatorial Guinea, in Malabo;

• The promotion of technical and vocational training which demonstrates the importance of the latter in our countries and regions;

• The establishment of a database for African youth organisations.

The United Nations has declared August 2010-August 2011 as the International Year of the Youth. I would like to take this opportunity to reiterate that a united Africa will be strong and respected. Hence the common position for the development of the African youth presented by all the African youth ministers at the World Youth Conference in Mexico in July 2010 was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in September 2010 and is henceforth part of the 2010 Agenda for the world's youth.

Africa is resolved to fight and win the battle to enhance its youth's competitiveness in the international arena. This will lead to the establishment of the Pan African University with its five regional institutes and affiliated national centres that will meet world standards in quality training in research, science and technology as well as engineering and mathematics. Three of these institutes shall open in the last quarter of 2011. These are:

• The Institute of Earth and Life Sciences in Ibadan, Nigeria;

• The Institute of Governance, Social Sciences and Humanities in Yaoundé, Cameroon and,

• The Institute of Basic Sciences, Technology and Innovation in Nairobi, Kenya.

The Pan African University is designed to attract and keep on the continent talented and motivated young people by providing an enabling environment for their blossoming in research and studies. It will also help to rekindle the sense of belonging to Africa, considering the fundamental and proven role of training institutions, schools, and universities in the building of a common African identity.

With regard to Science, the foundation stone of the African Observatory of Science, Technology and Innovation shall be laid in Malabo, during the next African Union Heads of State and Government Summit in July. Equatorial Guinea has offered to host this institution and to provide the start-up funds. This Observatory shall help to develop the scientific potential of our young researchers. The decision to set up this institution was taken at the January 2007 Summit of Heads of State and Government in Addis Ababa.

Your Excellencies,

Dear friends

We all know that the youth, with their energy, innovative capacity as well as their aspirations are an asset that no State or society can afford to ignore. They are an engine and a critical resource for sustainable development, both at national and continental level. With their inherent values, the youth are also a catalyst for change and transformation of the society.

Young ladies and gentlemen of Africa,

The African Union believes strongly that the future of Africa hinges on your dynamism, enthusiasm, energy and courage. You are indeed the leaders and decision-makers of tomorrow. The foundation of Africa rests on your ideas and actions. You are the future, the driving force that will contribute to the emergence of a continent where life is pleasant, an Africa that can meet its needs and that is free from fear. Like our founding fathers, who in their prime, fought for ideals such as independence and national sovereignty, I challenge you today to rekindle this passion for our motherland and demonstrate your confidence for Africa and its future! Africa is counting on you.

I wish you a happy Africa Day,

Long live Africa and long live the youth of Africa!



Source: African Union Commission (AUC)


Saturday, January 29, 2011

Google makes Top 10 Places to work in the world


Happy Google staff in Africa

The world's leader in online search and major stakeholder in online solutions and other gadgets Google makes Top 10 of the best places to work in the world according FORTUNE.

And the winners are...

Fat paychecks, sweet perks, fun colleagues, and over 150,000 jobs ready to be filled -- these employers offer dream workplaces. Meet this year's top 100, network with the winners on LinkedIn, and more. More

SAS
Boston Consulting Group
Wegmans Food Markets
Google
NetApp

See the top 100

Zappos.com

Camden Property Trust

Nugget Market

REI

Dreamworks


Friday, October 1, 2010

Google Celebrates Nigeria at 50



Google celebrates the 50th Independence Anniversary of Nigeria with a new doodle on the homepage. Isn’t that so cute!

Two thumbs up to Google!



Friday, May 21, 2010

Sony and Google Launch First Internet TV

20 May 2010 19:05 Africa/Lagos

Sony to Introduce 'Sony Internet TV'

World's First TV Incorporating 'Google TV' Platform, Delivering Unprecedented TV-Internet Integration

TOKYO, May 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Sony Corporation (hereafter "Sony") today announced the launch of "Sony Internet TV," the world's first TV to be based on the "Google TV" platform announced by Google Inc. (hereafter "Google"), Sony, Intel Corporation and Logitech today at Google I/O in San Francisco. "Sony Internet TV " combines the future growth potential and accessibility of the Android-based open Google TV platform with Sony's industry-leading expertise from product development to marketing. "Sony Internet TV" is scheduled to first launch in the U.S. in the Fall of 2010, with the lineup featuring both a standalone TV model and set top box-type unit incorporating a Blu-ray Disc drive.


As part of its ongoing efforts to introduce new business categories, Sony has proceeded to develop an "Evolving" TV that delivers new viewing styles exceeding conventional preconceptions, expandability through application downloads and other compelling features such as seamless operability and multitasking. "Sony Internet TV" realizes this vision, and is a new generation of TV that not only offers new forms of TV enjoyment through unprecedented Internet integration, but is also able to "evolve" through the download of applications. By leveraging the flexibility and growth potential of Google TV platform, Sony will be able to provide consumers with easy access to a range of rich and attractive content.


As the range of new internet content and services continues to grow and diversify, Sony's development of an "Evolving" TV will enable it to deliver this world of internet-based entertainment directly into consumers' living rooms. Furthermore, Sony will continue to apply its wealth of display technology expertise to create ever more compelling and attractive TV products.


Inquiries


Corporate Communications, Sony Corporation Tel: +81-3-6748-2200


Source: Sony Corporation

CONTACT: Corporate Communications of Sony Corporation, +81-3-6748-2200





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Tuesday, March 30, 2010

One Year Later, Social Networkers Are Savvier About Keeping Information Private, But Still Take Risks

30 Mar 2010 13:00 Africa/Lagos


Webroot Research: One Year Later, Social Networkers Are Savvier About Keeping Information Private, But Still Take Risks

Second Annual Survey Shows 37 Percent More Users Block Strangers From Viewing Their Profiles Through A Google Search, Yet 81 Percent Allow Anyone on Their Network to See Their Recent Activity

BOULDER, Colo., March 30 /PRNewswire/ -- As the amount of activity on social networks continues to grow, more members are taking steps to protect their privacy but opportunities abound for security risks, according to new research commissioned by Webroot, a leading provider of Internet security software for the consumer, enterprise and SMB markets.

Webroot's second annual study surveyed more than 1,100 members of Facebook, LinkedIn, MySpace, Twitter and other popular social networks. The survey showed an increasing awareness among social network users of how to keep personal information private. At the same time, it revealed how social network users still put their identities and sensitive information at risk. Among the findings:

-- More users are practicing certain safe behaviors, including blocking
their profiles from being visible through public search engines - a 37
percent increase over last year.
-- Yet more than a quarter of respondents have never changed their
default privacy settings.
-- And more than three quarters place no restrictions on who can see
their recent activity.



Social networks are a growing Web destination - and a growing target for cybercriminals

Facebook membership grew to more than 400 million active users, a 229 percent jump over the previous year(1). For the week ending March 13, Facebook surpassed Google in the United States to become the most visited Web site for the week(2). And earlier this month, Twitter reported a 1,500 percent growth in the number of new registered users in the course of a year(3).

"A perfect storm is developing between the number of people flocking to social networks and the new, increasingly sophisticated malware attacks cybercriminals are launching to prey on the personal data they're sharing," said Jeff Horne, director of Threat Research at Webroot. "For example, our team has noted over 100 different variations of Koobface, a worm known to trick people into clicking links they shouldn't in order to infect their PC's and often convince them to provide credit card numbers to buy phony antivirus products, among other fraudulent activities."

In addition, Webroot has seen a rise in spam on social networks, which commonly contains links to malicious Web site links: The Webroot survey showed a 23 percent increase in spam received on social networks since last year.

Summary of Key Findings

Social network users are sharing information that could help hackers breach their profiles, their wallets and possibly their homes:

-- Sixty-one percent include their birthday
-- Fifty-two percent include their hometown
-- Seventeen percent make their cell phone available.
-- More than three quarters (77 percent) don't restrict who can access
their photo albums.
-- Eighty-one percent don't place any restrictions on who can see their
recent activity, including updates generated by geo-location-based
tools that report where their users are visiting.



Younger users (ages 18-29) are the least likely to take steps to safeguard their information.

-- Forty-three percent of young users use the same password across
multiple sites compared to 32 percent overall.
-- Forty percent of younger users say they accept friend requests from
strangers while only 29 percent of total users have.
-- And while 69 percent of the general population has clicked on a link
sent or posted by a friend, 77 percent of younger users have done so.


Privacy settings continue to be underutilized.
-- Twenty-eight percent of users report they've never changed their
default privacy settings.
-- Seventy-three percent were aware of Facebook's December 2009 privacy
changes which automatically exposed their full profiles by default.
-- But 42 percent report they haven't made changes to their settings
since the switch.



But modest gains are being made toward safeguarding personal information on social networks.

-- Twenty-seven percent of users now restrict who can find their profile
through a public search engine, up from 20 percent last year.
-- Sixty-seven percent now use different passwords for each of their
social networks, up from 64 percent last year.
-- Forty-seven percent know who can see their profile, up from 41 percent
last year.


What Can Users Do?

"Consumers need to better protect themselves by guarding their profiles and setting stricter privacy policies - especially given the growing popularity in location-based social media tools that broadcast where you are. It's also important to make sure your computer has an added layer of security to stop attacks before they happen," continued Horne.

To help consumers understand and protect themselves from these types of attacks, Webroot has provided the following tips as a guideline for safer social networking:

-- Make personal information private--Protect yourself by updating
privacy settings on your profile to restrict or omit access to any
personal data. Users of popular geo-location services that allow you
to share where you are should be especially careful to not disclose
your location to the wrong people.
-- Read between the lines--Familiarize yourself with the social networks'
privacy options to ensure you're taking advantage of any enhanced
security features.
-- Be exclusive--Only accept friend requests, emails and site links from
people you know and even then, be selective about what you open.
Accepting items from sources you do not know could expose you to
malicious malware.
-- Protect the password--As a critical line of defense, it is more
important than ever for members to choose their passwords wisely, and
make them different from one site to the next. Incorporating numbers,
letters and special characters like !, $, and * into your password
makes it stronger. Webroot also recommends changing your password at
regular intervals, and never use the same password at more than one
site.
-- Suite Security-- Protect your PC with an Internet security suite that
includes antivirus, antispyware, and firewall technologies.
-- Always automate software updates--If you're already using antimalware
software, be sure to install updates which include the latest malware
definitions. Do the same with updates to your operating system,
Internet browser and other key applications. However, watch out for
fake software updates like emails that purport to be from Microsoft
which require you click on a link to update Windows. Toggle the
automatic updates setting within Windows.



Webroot offers several comprehensive Internet security solutions for consumers including Webroot® AntiVirus with Spy Sweeper®, and Webroot Internet Security Essentials. For more information about these and other products, please visit http://www.webroot.com/En_US/consumer.html.

About the Research

Between February and March 2010, Webroot sponsored an online survey of Internet users in the United States and the United Kingdom. The panel management company e-Rewards invited panel members who own a PC or laptop, have an Internet connection at home, and spend at least one hour per week online at home to participate in the study. With a total of 1,136 respondents, the margin of error is +/- 2.9 percentage points at the 95 percent confidence level. To view the complete results visit: http://www.slideshare.net/Webroot/webroot-research-one-year-later-social-netwo rkers-are-savvier-about-keeping-information-private-but-still-take-risks.

About Webroot

Webroot, a Boulder, Colorado-based company provides industry-leading security solutions to consumers, enterprises and small to medium-sized businesses worldwide. Webroot delivers a comprehensive range of cloud-based security services to business customers that encompass Web security, email security, email archiving, as well as endpoint protection. For more information visit http://www.webroot.com/ or call 800.772.9383.

Webroot Threat Blog: http://blog.webroot.com/. Follow Webroot on Twitter: http://twitter.com/webroot.

©2010 Webroot Software, Inc. All rights reserved. Webroot and Spy Sweeper are registered trademarks or trademarks of Webroot Software, Inc. in the United States and other countries. All other trademarks are properties of their respective owners.

(1) Source: Facebook Statistics: http://www.facebook.com/press/info.php?statistics

(2) Source: Experian Hitwise Analyst Blog, http://weblogs.hitwise.com/heather-dougherty/2010/03/facebook_reaches_top_rank ing_i.html

(3) Source: "Twitter update newsletter by Biz Stone reports 1,500 percent growth," March 2, 2010, San Francisco Chronicle Online, http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/abraham/detail??blogid=95&entry_id=58321

Source: Webroot

CONTACT: Aimee Eichelberger of Borders+Gratehouse, +1-415-963-4174, ext.
15, Aimee(at) bordersgratehouse.com, for Webroot

Web Site: Webroot


Friday, March 5, 2010

Apple and Google Top the World's Most Admired Companies 2010: Full List


Apple is still the numero uno

Steve Job's Apple keeps the highly coveted title of the most admired company in the world for the third year, while Google overtakes Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway for the second position.


Google is the second most admired company in the whole wide world (www).


CLICK ON THE IMAGE TO ACTIVATE THE MAP
Show: Top 50 All Most Admired: Americas Europe Asia and Australia

The following is the full list of the 2010 World's Most Admired Companies.

Rank Company
1 Apple
2 Google
3 Berkshire Hathaway
4 Johnson & Johnson
5 Amazon.com
6 Procter & Gamble
7 Toyota Motor
8 Goldman Sachs Group
9 Wal-Mart Stores
10 Coca-Cola
11 Microsoft
12 Southwest Airlines
13 FedEx
14 McDonald's
15 IBM
16 General Electric
17 3M
18 J.P. Morgan Chase
19 Walt Disney
20 Cisco Systems
21 Costco Wholesale
22* BMW
22* Target
24 Nike
25 PepsiCo
26 Starbucks
27 Singapore Airlines
28 Exxon Mobil
29 American Express
30 Nordstrom
31 Intel
32 Hewlett-Packard
33 UPS
34 Nestlé
35 Caterpillar
36 Honda Motor
37 Best Buy
38 Sony
39 Wells Fargo
40 eBay
41 Nokia
42 Samsung Electronics
43 Deere
44 L'Oréal
45 AT&T
46 Lowe's
47 General Mills
48 Marriott International
49 DuPont
50 Volkswagen

From the March 22, 2010 issue
For the 50 most admired companies overall, FORTUNE's survey asked businesspeople to vote for the companies that they admired most, from any industry.


Hot Topics
Toyota Recall
Lexus Hybrids Hit 5.5 Billion Mile Mark
BNY Mellon Survey Cites Internal Upgrades and Integration as Treasury Technology Priorities for U.S. Insurance Companies
Baker Hughes Announces February 2010 Rig Counts
Rentrak Announces Top Ten Movies-On-Demand Titles Week Ending February 28, 2010
WNET.ORG Commemorates Five Years of the Celebration of Teaching & Learning During New York City's First 'New York Celebrates Teaching & Learning Week'
February U.S. Retail Sales
Earthquake in Chile
Bankrate: Mortgage Rates Dip Down



Saturday, February 27, 2010

Top 10 Companies Using Social Media Strategies for Financial Success

1. Starbucks

2. Dell

3. eBay

4. Google

5. Microsoft

6. Thomson Reuters

7. Nike

8. Amazon

9. SAP

10. Yahoo! and Intel



The results are in and social media is a winner. Social media has been heartily embraced by most of the world, and a new study from Engagementdb shows that when companies use social media and use it well, they are almost certain to reap quantifiable financial rewards.
This truly groundbreaking social media study written by
Charlene Li and Wetpaint, uses a robust statistical analysis to measure how Business Week’s top 100 brands are using social media to achieve financial success. The study’s goals were to measure “how deeply engaged the top 100 global brands are in a variety of social media channels and, more importantly, understand if higher engagement is correlated with financial performance”.


~ from Social Media Engagement Correlates To financial Performance


Another company thar has achieved remarkable success using social media is Nokia since the beginning of the Nokia Nseries Blogger Relations program.

View this video on YouTube - Blogger Meet-Up with Forum Nokia Champion Robin Jewsbury.


Wednesday, January 6, 2010

Would You Dump Your Apple’s iPhone for Google’s Nexus One?



Would You Dump Your Apple’s iPhone for Google’s Nexus One?


The arrival of the much talked about and much awaited Google's Nexus One Android smartphone is definitely the best Happy New Year present to millions of people all over the world who have been praying for Google to launch a smartphone that would be as good or even better than the overhyped and overpriced Apple’s iPhone seen as a status symbol in Nigeria.



Industry experts have said that the competition over the billion dollar market for smartphones has higher stakes in the mobile advertising market where more billions of consumers would be found as advancement in mobile technologies is attracting more consumers online than those offline.

Google’s Nexus One is not only meant to increase the demand for Google's Android which presently commands only 5% of the market, far behind the 29% market share of Apple's iPhone, and the overall 44% of RIM’s Blackberry devices, but to challenge other smartphones in price and service. Google is going to crash the price of smartphones and trash their makers in competition.

HTC built the hardware of Nexux One which has a light sensor, GPS, and accelerometer, and other unique features. But there is no HTC logo on the phone that is running on T-Mobile with a Wifi.



Powered by a 1GHz Qualcomm QSD 8250 processor, the Nexus One, which runs the Android 2.1 (Éclair) OS, sports a 3.7” WVGA (800 x 480) widescreen AMOLED touchscreen display (which, alas, does not support mulittouch), a 5 megapixel autofocus camera with LED flash offering 2x digital zoom with geotagging functionality courtesy of the Nexus One’s integrated AGPS capabilities, an accelerometer, digital compass, 512MB Flash and 512MB RAM – with the latter being expandable thanks to an in-built microSD card slot (up to 32GB – a 4GB card being bundled). You can also factor in Bluetooth 2.1+EDR and WiFi b/g/n wireless connectivity. There’s also animated wallpapers, of course, which respond to user taps and the full level of integration with Google apps that you’d expect including Google Earth whilst will allow users to navigate to well known landmarks via voice command.
In terms of dimensions, the Google Nexus One measures in at 119mm (H) x 59.8mm (W) x 11.5mm (D) whilst weighing in at 130 grams inclusive of battery whilst, as far as battery life is concerned you’re looking at up to 7hrs (3G) or 10hrs (2G) talktime, up to 250hrs (3G) or 290hrs (2G) standby.

As the news of Goggle’s Nexus One broke, Apple’s boss Steve Jobs boasted that competitors have a long way to go in chasing after Apple, because of the awesome acceptance of their iPhone.
“Three billion applications downloaded in less than 18 months — this is like nothing we’ve ever seen before. We see no signs of the competition catching up anytime soon,” Steve Jobs said.

The edge would go to Google in being smarter in the GPS navigation.
People pay from $100 to $400 for GPS applications on the iPhone, but Google is giving them away gratis on the Nexus One.

"As new phones come to market through this channel, consumers will benefit from the ability to match a phone of their choice with the service plan that best meets their needs," Google said in a press release on Nexus One.



See Nexus One vs Droid vs iPhone [Comparison Chart].

Now my question is, would you dump your Apple's iPhone for Google's Nexus One?



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Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Standard & Poor's Top 10 Internet Predictions for 2010

21 Dec 2009 18:28 Africa/Lagos

S&P Equity Research Issues Ten Internet Predictions for 2010

NEW YORK, Dec. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- As the decade that began with the announcement of the AOL/Time Warner merger ends with the Time Warner [TWX 29 ***] spin-off of AOL (AOL 23 NR), S&P Equity Research has issued a list of ten Internet predictions for 2010, addressing some of the largest and most important companies in the Internet segment as a new decade is about to begin.


"We expect considerable international deal making in 2010, challenges for search giants Google and Baidu, and IPO activity involving at least one major social networking company," said Scott Kessler, S&P Equity Analyst, Internet Software & Services and Internet Retail. "After covering the Internet segment for nearly a decade, I think it's fair to say that the online arena can change very quickly. Therefore, thinking about the upcoming year and offering predictions is worthwhile in helping to identify potential developments and prepare in advance."


Following are ten Internet predictions for 2010 from S&P Equity Research.


1. We foresee considerable international acquisition-activity in 2010. We think some larger U.S. Internet firms will allocate their substantial overseas cash and investments to acquire businesses abroad. We also think some U.S.-based Internet companies could be targets for international players looking to establish or bolster their positions, seizing upon the dollar's weakness to secure value. We also think eBay [EBAY 23 ****] and Yahoo [YHOO 16 *****] will make noteworthy overseas purchases.


2. We think at least one of eBay's global buys will center on continuing to build out its PayPal business, perhaps in the mobile area.


3. Despite notable efforts and those of its Chairman and CEO Eric Schmidt among others, Google [GOOG 596 ***] will continue to be targeted and somewhat restrained by domestic and international lawmakers and regulators, in our view.


4. We think Google will lose its search business with AOL to Microsoft [MSFT 30 ***] (the AOL/Google search contract is set to expire in December 2010). We believe Google's recent efforts to de-emphasize larger search deals, and political pressures, coupled with Microsoft's focus on gaining market, share will contribute to this change.


5. We expect Yahoo to further deconsolidate through the sale and/or shuttering of multiple businesses. We think divestiture activity could involve the Small Business Services unit, Zimbra, and the Personals business, among others.


6. Conversely, we think InfoSpace [INSP 8 ****], with what we consider a somewhat limited product/service portfolio and strong balance sheet, will look to do a relatively significant strategic deal, related to the search segment.


7. We see continuing considerable competition and pricing pressure in online music and games, and expect more challenges and consolidation in these areas. Our related call is a "sell" opinion on RealNetworks [RNWK 4 **].


8. We think at least one major social networking company will file to become a public entity in 2010. We think Facebook is most likely, given that in 2009, it announced it was looking for a new CFO with public company experience, and hired such a person, and created two classes of (private) stock to help existing shareholders retain control of the company. We note that a company with more than $10 million of assets and a class of equity securities with 500 or more shareholders as December 2009 has to file a registration statement with the SEC, roughly by the end of April 2010. We also expect LinkedIn to move closer to becoming a public company in 2010.


9. We don't expect Twitter to file to come public in 2010, but, despite indications that its growth trajectory has flattened somewhat of late, we expect the company to have a successful year, punctuated perhaps by monetization models and revenues. We foresee premium accounts and data and analytics offerings, for example.


10. We see considerable risk for Chinese Internet companies and equities, and believe regulatory concerns and actions will hamper performance for certain companies, including Baidu [BIDU 414 *].


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