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Tuesday, July 31, 2012
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The swirling and addictive world of marketing has washed over the corporate sector with its interactive versions of promoting a business strategy. Initially marketing included schemes and methods to accommodate only qualified members into the company.
Why polio hasn't gone away yet
We're close to wiping out polio, but two significant challenges remain: money, and the logistics of getting the vaccine to people who need it. 
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Thomas Peter Friedl, Norbert Sauer Exit German Production Giant UFA
The trio of Nico Hofmann, Joachim Kosack and Jurgen Schuster will run UFA's fiction operations.
Have Smartphone Sales Hit the Saturation Point?
AT&T and Verizon both nailed big numbers in their earnings reports this week, driven by smartphone sales. But new reports suggest a bleaker future for smartphone growth, which has dipped to its slowest growth rate since the fall of 2009. Could the smartphone market finally be hitting a saturation point - or is this just more fallout from global economic woes?
Smartphone Sales Growth Halved
Strategy Analytics, which tracks total global smartphone numbers, has released its 2012 second quarter report showing a much slower growth rate in global smartphone shipments. Sales are up 32.2% annually to 146.1 million units in Q2 2012. That sounds pretty good, except when you consider that at this time last year, 2Q 2011 smartphone annual growth was running at 77.1%.
The mobile analytics firm pegs ?a volatile global economy, maturing penetration of smartphones among contract mobile subscribers, and some Apple fans holding off purchases in anticipation of a new iPhone 5 model later this year? as reasons for the slowest growth rate since Q3 2009.
Waiting For The iPhone 5
During the Apple earnings call Tuesday, Apple CFO Peter Oppenheimer indicated that anticipation about the upcoming iPhone 5 (or whatever Apple decides to call it) is affecting the company?s iPhone sales.
?We?re reading the same speculation about a new iPhone as you are, and we think this has caused some delay in purchasing,? Oppenheimer said on the call.
For its part, AT&T and Verizon aren?t reporting any such slowdown. Almost 62%, or 43.1 million, of AT&T?s postpaid subscribers are now using smartphones. Verizon has 44.4 million smartphone subscribers, half of its 88.8 million wireless postpaid subscription base.
The iPhone 5 speed bump, if it is a significant factor to curtailing smartphone growth, is only a temporary problem - solved when Apple releases its next device. Digging a little into Strategy Analytics' numbers, though, reveals that Apple may face a bigger problem.
Market Share Shifts
Last year at this time, Apple just barely led global smartphone market share at 18.4% to Samsung?s 18.3%. Nokia was not too far back at 15.1% of the market. What a difference a year makes: this year?s report has Samsung dominating at 34.6% of the global market (nearly double its Q2 2011 share), with Apple falling a bit to 17.8%, and Nokia?s share getting more than halved to 7.0%.
Operating systems were not broken out in the report, but presumably much of Samsung?s growth came in Android phones, while Nokia?s smartphones run Symbian and Windows Phone 7. Smartphone shipments aren?t the only stat to factor in when monitoring platform success, but this news doesn?t spur confidence in Microsoft?s plans to address the mobile sector.
Feature Phone Growth Falls Flat
The overall slowdown isn?t just limited to smartphones: global mobile handset stats from Strategy Analytics show that handset shipments grew a mere 1.1% annually to reach 362 million units in Q2 2012. At this time last year, the annual rate of growth was 11.9%, ten times better than this quarter?s performance.
?Ongoing macroeconomic challenges in mature markets like North America and Western Europe, tighter operator upgrade policies, and shifting consumer tastes were among the key reasons why global mobile phone shipments grew just 1% annually to reach 362 million units in Q2 2012,? said Alex Spektor, Associate Director at Strategy Analytics.
Samsung was still the market leader for global handsets, with 25.7% of the market. Nokia?s huge feature phone presence put the beleaguered company in second place with 23.1%, with Apple still in third place with 7.2% of the global market.
Looking For Revenue in New Places
With the brakes slammed on global phone growth, phone carriers around the world may no longer be able to rely so much on subscriber growth to drive revenue.
These phone slowdowns may have already driven searches for new revenue streams, such as Verizon?s new data plans that squeeze more revenue from smartphone customers.
Facing flat customers growth, additional creative ways to part customers from their money are likely on the way.
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Why some are prone to sleepwalking
Elizabeth Cohen discovers what it means to be a sleepwalker and why some are more prone to this behavior than others 
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Monday, July 30, 2012
How young couch potatoes are giving themselves bad backs with hours in front of the box
Research company Mintel found that a third of 16 to 24-year-olds were suffering from back pain - a similar proportion to the number of sufferers among over-65s.
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How To Make A Good Impression In Appointment Setting
Appointment setting does not end with the phone. What is important is the face-to-face meeting that will take place. How will you deal with it and how can you make a great impression.
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Keion Netherly, 26
Keion Netherly, a 26-year-old black man, was shot and killed Sunday, July 15, near East 103rd Street and South Avalon Boulevard in Green Meadows, according to Los Angeles County coroner's records.
Netherly was walking from a liquor store when he was shot in the stomach about 1:10 a.m., Los Angeles police Lt. Al Neal said.
Witnesses heard four shots fired by an unidentified suspect who fled.
Paramedics took the victim to St. Francis Medical Center where he was pronounced dead, Neal said.
The shooting remains under investigation.
Anyone with information about the killing is asked to contact the LAPD at (877) 275-5273. Tipsters wishing to remain anonymous can call Crime Stoppers at (800) 222-8477.
— Danielle Paquette
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Sunday, July 29, 2012
What Is Mayor Bloomberg Thinking?
He apparently believes cops will turn their back on society and their oath of office in order to force the passage of gun control laws.
Why would the mayor of the country?s largest city make such a reckless statement? (iStock Photo)
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Finding the Right Gaming Computers for Awesome Playing Experience
Various types of computers are now widely distributed around the world. But you need to take several considerations when looking for the right gaming PC.
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Enbridge races to clean up Wisconsin oil spill, restart line
GRAND MARSH, Wisconsin (Reuters) - Canada's Enbridge Inc. raced on Sunday to repair a major pipeline that spilled more than 1,000 barrels of oil in a Wisconsin field, provoking fresh ire from Washington over the latest in a series of leaks. 
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