Healthy Living Drives Chilean Interest in Light/Diet Foods Marcos Loredo, Nielsen Homescan Business Unit Manager, Nielsen Chile Increasingly, people around the world are focusing on their health and wellness, whether it is exercising more or watching what they eat. In Latin America, Chileans are no exception, and new research from The Nielsen Company in Chile found that virtually every household in the nation (99%) has purchased light/diet products as part of that effort, with an average purchase frequency of almost every two weeks and an average ticket of approximately $4.40 (U.S.). Looking beyond these numbers, Nielsen found three different levels of engagement with light/diet products: Intensive Buyers: the most frequent purchasers of light/diet products represent one-third of Chilean households but account for two-thirds of total expenditures in this category. Intensive Buyers spend $192 (U.S.) per household annually on light/diet products, tripling the spending of Moderate Buyers and exceeding the spending of Occasional Buyers by 8.5 times.
Gary's Social Media Count Click for App Store Page Original Counter and Post from 24 Sep 2009! June 2013 ‘Social’ Update (mobile, games & heritage to come) June 2012 ‘Social’ Update August 2011 Update ABOUT Living statistics – Many of us who have been following social media since the early 90s are very sensitive to today’s exponential growth in usage of the sharing web. If you want to embed this on your page just click the button in the bottom left of the app to copy the code to your clipboard OR use the code/s in the boxes at the bottom of this post. More about the Count – I quickly built and coded the app based on data culled from a range of social media sources & sites originally at the end of Sept 2009. The social web has exploded in the last year and below are some of the social media statistics based on key data points that the ‘Gary’s Social Media Count’ is based on (many will be updated!). UPDATED/REARRANGED Jan 2011 – TAKING INTO ACCOUNT VARIOUS 2010 STATS Some of the sources for the mobile counter
The Future of Mobile News The era of mobile digital technology has crossed a new threshold. Half of all U.S. adults now have a mobile connection to the web through either a smartphone or tablet, significantly more than a year ago, and this has major implications for how news will be consumed and paid for, according to a detailed new survey of news use on mobile devices by the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism (PEJ) in collaboration with The Economist Group. At the center of the recent growth in mobile is the rapid embrace by Americans of the tablet computer. Nearly a quarter of U.S. adults, 22%, now own a tablet device-double the number from a year earlier. Another 3% of adults regularly use a tablet owned by someone else in their home. Mobile users, moreover, are not just checking headlines on their devices, although nearly all use the devices for the latest new updates. And for many people, mobile devices are adding how much news they consume. Among the detailed findings of the study:
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Top 10 Java Programming Coding Interview Questions Answers for programmers | Java67 Java coding interview questions answers Java coding interview questions are mostly some programming exercises which is asked to be solved in java programming language in limited time during any core Java or J2EE interview. No matter whether you have 2 years of experience or 4 years of experience, There is always some coding interview question in Java programming job you are applying. Actually questions related to Java Coding are increasingly getting popular on Java interviews for two reasons, first its difficult to crack Java coding interview questions than answering fact based questions like Why String is immutable in Java or Why main is static in Java; Second reason of popularity of Coding question in Java interviews is read need of good developers who are required to do lot of coding in projects rather than doing some maintenance works. 10 Programming and Coding Interview questions answers in Java Write a Java program to print Fibonacci series upto 100?
How Adults Use Mobile Phones Here is the latest infographic out from Flowtown, this time on how Adults are using mobile phones, and with it, comes a few interesting stats to take notice of… Like the 90% of 18-29 year olds that sleep with their mobile phone, this is a stat that doesn’t mean too much directly, but helps establish the connection between a person and their phone as a very powerful tool for marketers come day light hours! You’ll also notice that 18% of 18-24 year olds send over 200 text messages per day. Be Sociable, Share! Cell Phone Infographic, Cell Phone Statistics, Infographics, Mobile Phone Infographic, Mobile Phone Statistics, Mobile Phones, Social Media Infographics Réchauffement climatique Un Guest Post signé Jean-Michel Bélouve, qui remet à leur place les piteuses outrances de la médiasphère réchauffiste après la parution du rapport de l’Académie des Sciences sur le climat Une dépêche, tombée le 28 octobre à 11 h 30, nous informe de la publication du rapport de l’Académie des Sciences relatif au changement climatique. La communication, signée de Claire Snegaroff, qui publie très régulièrement des papiers à sensation sur le réchauffement global, est titré : « Climat : l’Académie des Sciences réfute les thèses de Claude Allègre« . Une interprétation médiatique fallacieuse Je rappelle que ce rapport résulte d’une demande, faite à l’Académie par la Ministre de l’Enseignement Supérieur et de la Recherche Valérie Pécresse, saisie d’une plainte de 600 professionnels de la recherche climatique contre les écrits de Claude Allègre et de Vincent Courtillot. Dans les minutes qui suivaient, le texte de l’AFP a été repris et commenté de façon lapidaire par un grand nombre de médias.
In Changing News Landscape, Even Television is Vulnerable Trends in News Consumption: 1991-2012 Overview The transformation of the nation’s news landscape has already taken a heavy toll on print news sources, particularly print newspapers. Online and digital news consumption, meanwhile, continues to increase, with many more people now getting news on cell phones, tablets or other mobile platforms. These are among the principal findings of the Pew Research Center’s biennial news consumption survey, which has tracked patterns in news use for nearly two decades. The proportion of Americans who read news on a printed page – in newspapers and magazines – continues to decline, even as online readership has offset some of these losses. The decline of print on paper spans beyond just newspapers. While print sources have suffered readership losses in recent years, television news viewership has remained more stable. The changing demographics of the TV news audience are particularly noticeable in the audiences for local and cable news.
Says Enterprises That Harness the Power of Collective Behaviors Will Be the Ultimate Winners With Social Media STAMFORD, Conn., February 28, 2011 View All Press Releases Analysts Highlight Six Collective Human Behaviors That Can Lead to Enterprise Value Many social media efforts are failing, because some enterprises just don't understand how to employ social media to facilitate collective behaviors, according to Gartner, Inc. Gartner conducted a 10 month effort collecting data and analyzing 200 successful social media implementations to identify how enabling collective human behaviors can lead to enterprise value. "Social media is not an end in and of itself — it is an enabler," said Anthony Bradley, group vice president at Gartner. "Social media technologies are tools and, like any technology, it is how people use those tools that delivers enterprise results." Mr. Enterprises can employ these collective behaviors as the link between business value and social media technologies. Contacts About Gartner Gartner, Inc.
How to Swap Two Numbers without Temp or Third variable in Java - Interview Question How to swap two numbers without using temp or third variable is common interview question not just on Java interviews but also on C and C++ interviews. It is also a good programming questions for freshers. This question was asked to me long back and didn't had any idea about how to approach this question without using temp or third variable, may be lack of knowledge on bitwise operators in Java or may be it didn't click at that time. Swapping two numbers without using temp variable in Java If you have ever heard this question, then you must be familiar with this approach of swapping numbers without using temp variable. int a = 10; int b = 20; System.out.println("value of a and b before swapping, a: " + a +" b: " + b); //swapping value of two numbers without using temp variable a = a+ b; //now a is 30 and b is 20 b = a -b; //now a is 30 but b is 10 (original value of a) a = a -b; //now a is 20 and b is 10, numbers are swapped Output: value of a and b before swapping, a: 10 b: 20 int a = 6;
BEST GLOBAL BRANDS 2010: Apple fails to break into top flight The company, headed by Steve Jobs, boosted its brand through carefully controlled messaging and an endless wave of buzz surrounding new product launches, but somewhat surprisingly failed to make the top 10. It has recently taken a knock in public perception due to problems with reception encountered by its iPhone 4 handset, which led to the offer of a free rubber casing for those who were dissatisfied with their purchase. The brand barometer placed soft drinks manufacturer Coca-Cola as its top global brand, with technology brand IBM taking second place, Microsoft third and Google fourth. Another technology company, Hewlett-Packard, broke into the top ten for the first time as the company had "increased brand value under a new business model and brand platform", according to Interbrand. One of the strongest improvers in the technology sector was BlackBerry with a 32% hike in brand value. League Tables
s 2010 Hype Cycle Special Report Evaluates Maturity of 1,800 Technologies STAMFORD, Conn., October 7, 2010 View All Press Releases Hype Cycle Research Provides a Cross-Industry Perspective on Potentially Transformative Technologies Media tablets, private cloud computing, and 3D flat-panel TVs and displays are some of the technologies that have moved into the Peak of Inflated Expectations, according to the 2010 Emerging Technologies Hype Cycle by Gartner, Inc. Gartner has examined the maturity of 1,800 technologies and trends in 75 technology, topic, and industry areas. Each of the 75 individual Hype Cycle reports provides a snapshot of a key area of IT or business. "The Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies features technologies that are the focus of attention in the IT industry because of particularly high levels of hype, or those that may not be broadly acknowledged but which we believe have the potential for significant impact," said Jackie Fenn, vice president and Gartner Fellow. Figure 1 Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies, 2010 Source: Gartner (August 2010)