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Thursday, December 31, 2009

[NEWS] 2009: the Year of Twitter and Facebook

News extracted from channelnewsasia.com: The explosion of Twitter and domination of social networking by Facebook in the wonderful year of 2009.

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WASHINGTON: Twitter, fueled by smartphones and online bursts of 140 characters, soared to lofty heights over the past year while Facebook eclipsed MySpace to become the world's leading social network.


"Those are the big winners," said Jason Keath, a North Carolina-based social media consultant and founder of SocialFresh.com, an organiser of social media conferences. "Facebook more or less tripled their size this year."

"Twitter grew immensely," added Keath. "I think they were somewhere around maybe two to four million users at the beginning of the year. Now they're near 40 million."

With 350 million members, "if Facebook was a country it would be the fourth most populous nation," said Scott Stanzel, a former deputy press secretary to president George W. Bush who has also worked for software giant Microsoft.

"Going back one year ago I don't think people would have thought Twitter would have had the influence it's had," added Stanzel, who now runs Stanzel Communications, a Seattle-based public relations consulting firm that offers social media planning among its services.

"It was gaining popularity but it has really exploded this year and it's done so in a way that's become incredibly pervasive," he said.

Twitter has reportedly spurned takeover offers worth hundreds of millions of dollars from Google and Facebook, and its influence as a communications and news-breaking tool has been validated in a number of ways over the past year.

In June, the State Department asked Twitter to delay scheduled maintenance on the service because it was being used by protestors angered by the results of Iran's disputed presidential election.

More recently, Google and Microsoft began integrating Twitter messages into their respective search engines, a new feature described as real-time search.

Rampant adoption of smartphones has much to do with Twitter's growth, according to Jack Levin, co-founder and chief executive of ImageShack, an online media hosting company which runs yfrog.com, a service for sharing images and video on Twitter.

"The explosion of smartphones in the United States and many other countries has led to the success and ease of communication between people and Twitter is certainly in the middle of that," Levin said.

"People obviously want to communicate and Twitter is really a communications platform," he said of the service which allows users to pepper one another with messages of 140 characters or less and provide links to the Web.

"It's a hybrid between instant messenger and email," Levin said.

Levin's yfrog.com is one of the thousands of applications created for Twitter by outside software developers credited with fueling the popularity of the microblogging service.

Facebook, which started the trend of opening up to outside creators of fun mini-programmes, was also quick to realise the appeal of being able to connect from anywhere at any time.

"The thing they've done and MySpace didn't do is they've really expanded the scope of their network past the initial site," Keath said. "Facebook Connect is a big piece of that, where you can take your Facebook account and log in from other places."

Facebook and Twitter are popular because essentially they "provide real value to people in their personal and work lives," according to Stanzel.

"You can keep up with hundreds if not thousands just by having a Facebook account or by being active on Twitter," he said.

Stanzel also credited social media tools with "redefining the way in which companies or politicians relate to their consumers or constituents."

>>Read on for the full Channel News Asia Report





Saturday, December 12, 2009

杀很大! Taiwan Hottest Babe - Yao Yao (瑶瑶)

Photo of Yao Yao (瑶瑶) Promoting 杀很大!

News article of Yao Yao (瑶瑶)

I have went to search about Yao Yao as I found her irresistibly cute and sexy and I found her advertisements were so entertaining that I would played them over and over again. Her advertisement video clips as follows:

1. 瑶瑶 Yao Yao Advertisement - 殺online

2. 瑶瑶 Yao Yao Advertisement - 殺online (Another version)

3. 瑶瑶 Yao Yao Advertisement - Drinks Ad

4. 瑶瑶 Yao Yao Hosting Game Review [1]

5. 瑶瑶 Yao Yao Hosting Game Review [2]

殺online is basically one of the most popular free online MMORPG based on 'Hokkien' or 'Tai Yu' in Taiwan. It is no wonder why Yao Yao had attained stardom with these gaming geeks, (宅男) who are teenagers with raging hormones and stays at home on their computer for most part of their life.

Well, even when I am not one gaming geek myself, I think I have become a fan of Yao Yao.

Monday, November 30, 2009

Importance Of Payment Processor In E-Commerce

It has come to a point in the virtual world of Internet that business is not new anymore. More and more netizens are hoping onto the wagon to start an online business like selling simple stuffs like dresses and accessories and what have you.

However, E-Commerce business is entirely different. The target audience is different in terms of product and services. Such businesses with higher profit margin requires a website with comparatively more professionalism. So that is why, there is a great importance to have professional payment mode like Credit Card payment processor available for your business. There are many advantages businesses with such cutting edge enjoys like more trustworthy, professional and well established.

In the current era, plastic currency is extremely widely used and it is especially crucial for retail business to have such payment mode. One provider I know is Five Star Payment. Credit Card processor provider like Five Star Payment is really something business owners worth considering.

Monday, September 21, 2009

Is Gold Price At Its Peak?

Currently Gold Spot Price has climbed to an unbelievable level at its currently price at $1006.50. When Gold was at $900 level, many people are already skeptical that it would even go higher, but what happened after that? Not many would have thought that with equities and counters recovering, Gold would even climbed to its current level. The interest in Gold has never seems to die down.

So I guess, it would never hurt to invest in some gold in the form of certificates or even gold coins. Gold coins is one of my favorite because not only the price would most probably appreciate over time, it is also one of the collectibles that collectors around the world would even buy these gold coins at a higher price due to its collectible value.

Moving onwards, I would inclined to believe that Gold spot price will very soon hit $1,100.

The above are of personal opinion and not at all an inducement to trade.

Sunday, August 30, 2009

The Importance of Accepting Credit Card For Businesses

Businesses have been experiencing a very tough time all the way from the end of the year 2008 till lately before the very bullish economy recovery lately. But the playing field for businesses and particularly the online business, that is E-Commerce.

Having a website that provides services or products is not like having a 'brick and mortar', it is very different and more competitive. As operation costs are reduced running a web business, people tend to have a lot of choice in terms of where these products or services they can get from.

In order to get your website a cut above the rest of your competitions, you will need to have the ability to accept credit card payment. Just how do you do that? Well, all you need is a Credit Card Processing Function. This ability not only helps you to get more businesses as not many people likes to pay via PayPal or otherwise.

The bulk of the problem came from getting a Credit Card Processor. It is quite difficult to get a processor to work with you and some may even charge a very high fee. Introducing Five Star Payment. Easy approval, reasonable charges and get ready to make positive change for your business now with Five Star Payment.

Thursday, August 20, 2009

Singtel website advertises on porn site

Singtel website advertises on porn site: Why so desperate for hits?

This is what I found on the headlines in 'Singapore Seen' over at STOMP (THE STRAITS TIMES). What happen was this person had actually found advertisement banner of inSing.com, a website under Singtel, a Singapore listed company (Telco) in a porn website. A screen-shot was actually taken and posted in STOMP. This really amazes as advertisements are really on the roll and it can appear almost everywhere. And I do sincerely mean, 'everywhere'.

This website inSing.com is a site that gives information on Singapore best food, shopping, good deals and so on. The 'reporter' before reporting this piece of news, well, he has to be in a porn website first before spotting this little finding and then, post it on STOMP. This has been triggering some discussions by the 'Stompers' on how they actually perceives this piece of news.

>>Read on for the Full Report in STOMP

The Internet is still spreading its influence around the globe and the world is not totally connected yet and web traffic is actually equal to money. So what really matters would be traffic, in my personal opinion. To be fair, it could be unintentional from the onset.

Friday, July 31, 2009

[NEWS] COSCO, Shipping Power On the Move

Straits Times Index (STI) counter, Cosco Corp used to be a market darling and prices rocketed to a very high level and was seen around the $6 region before dropping to as low as the region of 60 cents. Recently, a massive buying up and accumulation was seen in the movement of this counter. Since March 09, it has more than doubled to the current price of $1.30.

This shipping counter in my personal opinion, will be a marking darling again and may revisit $2 ending 2009 before going further. Below is the progress of Cosco's FPSO project.
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"Sun Rise", to be a Model for the FPSO Industry


Date:2009-7-31

"Sun Rise", a 20-year old VLCC, is undergoing conversion to an FPSO in COSCO Dalian Shipyard. The work scope for the conversion project involves the installation and/or renewal of 8,000 tonnes of steel structure, 350,000m of cables, of 800 tonnes of piping systems, the completion of 120,000m2 coating and the installation and commissioning of the topside modules. It is scheduled to be delivered in May 2010. After conversion, the completed FPSO will be stationed offshore Brazil.

It was our pleasure to interview Mr. Andy Lau Fook Weng, the MODEC construction manager for "Sun Rise". MODEC is an old friend and core client of COSCO Dalian Shipyard. Since "Sun Rise" entered COSCO Dalian Shipyard in March, the top management of COSCO Dalian Shipyard have paid close attention to the project and demanded that the highest construction standards be applied to the project. This is a large, time-constrained project which demands high standards in installation, welding and engineering. To ensure this work is handled efficiently, the project management team comprises experts from the construction department, the quality control department and the technical department. All the shipyard's hard work has deeply impressed Mr. Andy and satisfied the ship owner, and further affirmed the trust of MODEC as a key client.

Mr. Andy said that mistakes cannot be made on this conversion project. As a consequence, compared with other conversion projects, the construction control of "Sun Rise" is very strict, more precisely contolled, scientific and perfect. Both parties are confident that their commitment will ensure ¡°Sun Rise¡± is a model for the VLCC to FPSO conversion industry.

"It is my second time to be here in COSCO Dalian Shipyard in charge of a conversion project¡¯", Mr. Andy happily mentioned, "In the past two years, I have truly experienced the day-to-day development of COSCO Dalian Shipyard. Friendly and considerate shipyard staff are the friend of every customer. I Just feel at home", Mr. Andy said.

On the basis of his former experience with an FPSO conversion, Mr. Andy is full of confidence that COSCO Dalian Shipyard will complete the "Sun Rise" project to the high standards they have been set and reach outstanding achievement by continuous innovation and hard work.

Friday, June 19, 2009

It Is Time Again To Invest In Gold Again

Well, market is going on a recovering trend as you can see Dow Jones Industrial Average has recovered significantly since its low in March 2009.

If you are following on commodity prices, crude is going up as well as metal. It is now time to invest on precious metal as the greenback continue to weaken.

There are really many ways to invest in golds. Apart from buying gold certificates, you can also invest in Gold coins which also comes with its collection value in additional to its very own gold value.

Gold in my personal opinion, is the purest form of money and also known to many as the ultimate asset. In bad times, it will definitely be the common commodity to keep as many scrambled in to invest their money in this very defensive form of investment.

I have found a very comprehensive website that provides not only up to date information on gold, it also selling many of those very rare gold coins. If you are interested in gold investing, visit Gold Coins to gain now.

Tuesday, May 12, 2009

[REVIEW] The Most Popular Singapore Stock Market Discussion Forum

The stock markets around the world has somewhat recovered from the worst decline in financial history ever. Some are of the views that it is now the bull market and the market has bottomed. It is therefore good to see how the vast public which are the retail investors are feeling. Reading the forum would not only let you discern what is the current sentiment, you are also able to get some latest information by discussing issues related to stock.

Channel NewsAsia (CNA) stock market forum not only is the most participated stock forum on the Internet, what really makes it popular is the fact that it is free to use. You are not required to pay for any subscription fees to participate or to read the threads or discussions.

Read on for the full report.

Saturday, February 14, 2009

The Importance of Accepting Credit Card For Businesses

Well, in the current times, as credit card companies competing for clients and market share, the criteria of applying for a credit card has been loosening and less stringent. There are people who are advocating that paying by cash is important and will keep you in good financial shape as it will prevent convulsive buying. However, credit card is a very important payment mode today as it will not only help you in times of need, online purchase and eliminate the need of carrying a lot of cash.

So it is also vital for business owner to accept credit cards payment for their business as it will definitely help in bringing more revenues for their business. It is vital for businesses and it is a must-have for online business or E-Commerce. All you need is a credit card payment processor and it is also very important take note of what are the fees involves in getting the credit card payment processors before engaging them.