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Mobile Facts Change So Fast! – a repository for key mobile stats and facts (2011+)
On at least three occasions, I have written posts that incorporated a summary of notable stats about mobile apps and the mobile space in general to set the scene for a topical discussion. But the facts change so fast that I was continuously updating the posts, and the posts had a tendency to grow and grow at the rate of foursquare subscribers. (See here for 2010 post) So, I'm starting afresh and focusing specifically on notable mobile facts starting with these:
A mobile marketing strategy is a must-have for retailers - and, I would venture, anyone that sells products to consumers. In fact, with today's predictive marketing capabilities, retailers and marketers can target purchase intenders at the time and place of potential purchase.
Nine out of 10 smartphone shoppers use their phone for "pre-shopping" activities like finding store locations, comparing prices and reading product reviews. Source: Google via Shop.org Think Tank. 07/24/2013
Teens and Mobile (July 2011 data, except where noted) – Pew Research:
- As of July 2011, 77% of teens have a cell phone (Teens, Smartphones & Texting).
- Older teens ages 14 to 17 are substantially more likely to have a cell phone than younger teens ages 12 and 13 – 87% of older teens have a cell phone, compared with 57% of younger teens.
- 23% of teens have a smartphone; 54% have a regular cell phone (or are not sure what kind of phone they have), and another 23% of teens do not have a cell phone at all.
- Overall, half (49%) of all American teens have gone online on their mobile phones in the last 30 days.
- The bulk of teens are 12 or 13 when they get their first cell phone (see: Is the age at which kids get cell phones getting younger?)(September 2009).
- See more in the Teens, Smartphones & Texting report.
Teens and Communication choices (July 2011, except where noted) – Pew Research:
Texting dominates teens' general communication choices. Overall, 75% of all teens text, and 63% say that they use text to communicate with others every day.
- 39% of teens make and receive voice calls on their mobile phones every day.
- 35% of all teens socialize with others in person outside of school on a daily basis.
- 29% of all teens exchange messages daily through social network sites.
- 22% of teens use instant messaging daily to talk to others.
- 19% of teens talk on landlines with people in their lives daily.
- 6% of teens exchange email daily.
Teens and Texting (July 2011, except where noted) – Pew Research:
The volume of texting among teens has risen from a median 50 texts a day in 2009 to 60 texts for the typical teen text user.
Older girls remain the most enthusiastic texters, with a median of 100 texts a day in 2011, compared with 50 for boys the same age.
Click here for more on what teens do with their phones.
26% of American teens of driving age say they have texted while driving, and 48% of all teens ages 12 to 17 say they've been a passenger while a driver has texted behind the wheel (September 2009 survey; see Teens and Distracted Driving)
This is the year of the Tablet:
About 68.7 million tablets shipped worldwide in 2011, according to IDC, which forecasts 106.1 million units to ship this year (April 17, 2012)
Smart Phones have reached the tipping point:
86% of mobile internet users are using their devices while watching TV. Are people fast forwarding through your commercials or engaging with their smart phones while they're on? If so, has your commercial motivated them to do something related to your brand or prompted them to do something else to pass the time?
In December 2011, Google celebrated their ten billionth Android app download, and now new research from mobile app analytics firm Distimo reports that there are 400,000 apps available in the Android Market. (Scroll all the way down for a post about Android apps reaching 90,000 in July 2010!)
Free apps make up a considerable portion of that 400,000, and Distimo's research indicates that the ratio of free to paid apps has jumped from 60% to 68% over the last eight months. Distimo pegs the prevalence of free apps on the current popularity of the freemium app economy, which also isn't much of a surprise considering the potential payouts inherent to the model.
Mobile Is a Hotbed of VC
Mobile marketing was the most active segment within digital advertising for mergers, acquisitions and investments in 2011, according to a new report from marketing and media investment bank Petsky Prunier.
The iPad Revolution:
Only 13% of Web Traffic Is Mobile:
While mobile devices are expected to surpass laptops and desktops for accessing the Internet, they account for only 13% of web traffic today (still not shabby). This is due in part to the lack of mobile optimized websites, a situation that is changing. Within the 13%, more than 80% of comes from iPhone and iPads:
40% of Mobile Phones Are Smart Phones (Source: Nielsen)
Becoming the Primary Means for Accessing the Internet
Mobile devices and connected TVs are expected to overtake personal laptops within the next year as a means for accessing the Internet. I hope your website is optimized for mobile and mobile search…
"I Love My MacBerry" - Literally
- A study using MRI scans showed evidence of not only addiction to iPhones but also Love. (I admit it. I'm hopelessly hooked. I'm even willing to put up with the fact that my AT&T iPhone often hangs up on me. Is that a sign of codependency?)
iPads, iPhones, iPods and More – How Many Were Sold in Apple's 4Q 2011
- The Company sold 17.07 million iPhones in the quarter, representing 21 percent unit growth over the year-ago quarter.
- Apple sold 11.12 million iPads during the quarter, a 166 percent unit increase over the year-ago quarter. (That's 20.37 million iPads in Apple's fiscal 2011 2H – ALONE, which does not include what will likely be a huge holiday purchase season for the device, and annualizes to 44.5 million per year)
- The Company sold 4.89 million Macs during the quarter, a 26 percent unit increase over the year-ago quarter.
- Apple sold 6.62 million iPods, a 27 percent unit decline from the year-ago quarter.
iPads, iPhones, iPods and More – How Many Were Sold in Apple's 3Q 2011
- 9.25 million iPads were sold during Apple's 3rd quarter, 2011, up 183 % vs. year-ago (That would annualize to 37 million per year.)
- 20.34 million iPhones were sold, up 142 percent vs. year ago (That's a pretty nice stat – and impressive given growth of the Android. A testament to the dramatic growth of smartphone in general)
- (That means that nearly 30 million iPads and iPhones were sold this quarter.)
- 3.95 million Macs, up 14 percent vs. year-ago (iPads cannibalizing Macs. I would say, "yup." Especially laptops – by all manufacturers – and, perhaps MacBook Airs. I think the Christmas season is going to blow the current iPad number out of the water)
- 7.54 million iPods, a 20 percent unit decline from year-ago. (I saw a young man on the subway today using the iPhone as an iPod with headphones – ironic as he had to hold the relatively large device.)
- Nearly 30 million iPhones and iPads were sold. Compare that to less than 4 million Macs (laptops and desktops, up only 14 percent vs. year-ago) – and less than 8 million iPods, DOWN from year ago. iPads and iPhones seem to be cannibalizing laptop, desktop and iPod sales.
- More than twice as many iPads sold as Macs. iPads are definitely cannibalizing laptop sales
- iPad sales equivalent to 1/2 iPhone sales
- In sum, iPads are HOT. They're starting to reach a tipping point from: it's cool to have one to it's not cool not to have one (I hope that made sense, i.e., it's becoming embarrassing to not have one – I predict I'll give into peer pressure within the year at most)
- Quite a large increase in iPhone sales given growth of Android penetration; hence, it seems that the overall pie is heating up
Source: Apple 3Q earnings report
Being Mobile at Home
Don't mistake mobile device usage with being mobile… A good chunk of time spent with smart phones, PDAs, iPads, eReaders and other such devices is spent at home. Think about it. Picture your well-wired friend – or maybe it's you – with a laptop before you, a smartphone in your hand, an iPad on the sofa beside you, and an Internet connected TV shimmering its HD (or 3D) images from across the room. In fact, the latest data from ComScore shows that tablets have the highest share of traffic for digital news consumption during evenings, beating out computers (as well as smart phones) in at-home news consumption. (Source: Moxie Pulse) Moreover, GlobalWebIndex data suggests that, globally, half of those who access the mobile web do so from home or work, rather than while traveling or "roaming," or while in a public place.
91 MM Americans Use Mobile Search
Overall, more than 91 million US consumers use the Internet through a mobile device at least monthly, and this increase in on-the-go web usage goes hand in hand with more search activity, particularly for local content. 20% of mobile search users do so almost every day.
Meanwhile, the debate between App and Wap (ok, browser) continues, with mobile search engine usage currently exceeding search via apps by 70% as of August 2011 – According to Yahoo! and Ipsos, via eMarketer.
Facts from Jimmy Wales at OMMA Global (September 26, 2011)
- One out of every two Americans owns a smartphone [whoah, that's DOUBLE the 25% shown for Q2 2010 if you scroll down]
- 15.1 million tablets shipped worldwide (I have seen other numbers for this metric that I will add to this post… Ok, eMarketer is estimating 24MM for 2011 and 46MM in 2012)
Android is #1 U.S. Mobile Operating System – Q2 2011
- As of June 2011, the Android operating system accounted for 39% of the total U.S. mobile market, making it the #1 mobile operating system in the country.
- Apple maintains its share of 28% share, while Blackberry OS from RIM (Research in Motion) has fallen from market leadership (nearly 40% in 2009 – scroll down) to third position with only 20% market share.
- These three operating systems (representing 87% of the market) are followed by Windows Mobile/WP7 (9%), Palm/HP Web OS (2%), and Nokia's Symbian OS (2%)
- Apple is the leading handset maker in the United States whilst Android is the top mobile operating system. (Nielsen)
- Apple overtook Nokia to become the world's leading smartphone vendor in July (Nielsen research and IDC figures)
- According to a report by the NPD Group, the Android operating system accounted for 52% of the smartphones sold in the second quarter of 2011, up from 36 percent sold in Q1 2011 according to previous data by Gartner.
Pass the Matzoh, Please! The Timeless Tradition of Live Storytelling.
On the second day of Passover, I thought I would dust this off from the archives (April 14, 2009) and share it again. As with the seder, itself, the post is timeless.
The other night I attended a marathon seder… hmmmm, that's actually a redundant phrase as anyone who has perused a 95 page Hagaddah that tells the history of a 6,000 year old people may have observed. In any case, this seder, which was sponsored by a group called Romemu and attended by 150 people, ran from 6:30-10:30pm – followed by an additional hour of chatting with the people at my table whom I had not met before that day but with whom I had bonded through bitter herbs, plagues, songs, poems, questions, meditation and gefilte fish.
Well, a little over three hours into the seder – after I had accidentally drenched our tablecloth with matzoh ball soup and inadvertently set on fire two plastic bowls by placing them too close to the tea lights on the table – I started to get a little distracted. Reflecting on the many seders I have attended, I began to jot down thoughts for a blog post about the cultural, developmental and educational aspects of the holiday's practices.
A seder – which means order – not only tells the story of Moses and the escape of the Jews from Egypt, but teaches all kinds of values and skills that are inherent elements of the Jewish culture. One of these is discipline and patience, as it can take many hours of deprivation and light symbolic snacking before you get to the meal. Until then, you must subsist on horseradish, wine, a little bit of matzoh and other allegorical items.
The seder also shines a light on the youngest members of the family, requiring them to read aloud and, in the case of the youngest child, to ask the famous four questions. With respect to this, I observed that I felt a commonality with the other "youngest children" at my table. All of us adults, all of us having experienced that unique responsibility. (They hated it; I loved it.) This, in fact, led me to observe that the seder reinforces the birth order.
In addition to learning to speak in public, young people at the seder learn to ask questions. To challenge, question, discuss and analyze. (Does the combination of public speaking and questioning shed a light on the prevalence of Jewish comedians?)
Through the search for the Afikomen, the children learn about work and reward and, in some cases, they learn about the art of negotiation as they determine the payment they are willing to accept in return for the matzoh they now hold hostage.
As I jotted down thoughts in and among the poems and prayers of my seder booklet, one of my table-mates took out a small notebook and began to write. Intrigued, I asked to see what he had written. It was not a blog but a poem. This is what he wrote:
Between God and soul lies a plan that is vast
Deserts seem small
Oceans like ponds
This space vast, it must be passed
With prayer given to the all that is
Joyous singing
Quiet thought
Actions speak loud, to do good is bliss
Smiles and laughs and breathing in deep
Ears that are open
Eyes that can see
Running and jumping, faith calls for blind leaps
The gap isn't true
There's no space between
We are all connected
By smiles and by seams.
(Written by Douglas Karson, April 9, 2009)
Social Media Tidbits II
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Women dominate Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and Zynga. Men dominate Reddit, Google+ and LinkedIn. Net, net, women are heavier users of social media.
So fantastic! But… don't blink, or this LUMAscape will be out of date. Pinterest? (posted July 2012)
67% of consumers uncomfortable with Facebook's use of data (July 2012)
Tweet, Tweet, Tweet – 100 million strong — 21 million active in U.S.
Social Media and Recruiting:
Using Facebook during the workday? Sure!
Which Social Media Activity Do Companies Feel Benefit Them the Most?
I suspect this varies by company, e.g., a customer service/complaint/service oriented company such as Time Warner Cable, Comcast, Bank of America, etc., might rank customer support higher. As Ted Schadler wrote in "Empowered," customer service has become a form of marketing. Think Zappos and Virgin America.
"You Can't Market Financial Services to Women:" I am currently exploring the issue of whether financial institutions are or should be marketing, communicating with and developing products and services for women – particularly in the digital and social arena. I found this article and the large number of comments worth sharing.
Originally posted on Snarketing 2.0 by Ron Shevlin:
Before you jump to conclusions — and all over my head — read first, and then let me have it if you're so inclined.
There's renewed talk these days in financial services circles about "marketing to women."
Renewed, because I remember that 11 or 12 years ago, in the height of the dot-com boom, start-ups emerged dedicated to providing financial services to women (I still remember Jennifer Openshaw coming into our offices telling us about the Women's Financial Network). I haven't been involved in the financial services industry long enough to know if there was focus on marketing to women (specifically for financial services) before the dot-com era.
Geolocation: What Art Thou to Me? Part VII
Welcome to the continuation of a day in the life of geolocation and me. Not really a day but several years. I started keeping this little journal (in chronological rather than blog order…) several years ago (three?) when I first met Baratunde Thurston and Dennis Crowley and joined Foursquare. I was so fascinated by the "game" from so many perspectives: a user, the founders, national marketers, local retailers, data junkies like myself. So, in the name of good ethnographic and social anthropological research, I started keeping this journal of my time with geolocation. I welcome you to check it out should you like to share my thoughts:
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Little to no mention of geolocation here at Social Media Week NYC thus far. Get Glue (not really LBS) was represented on a panel. No sign of Dennis Crowley. Pinterest and Instagram (which does have a bit of a geolocation aspect) are all the talk at the moment.
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Facebook has recently enabled Near Field Communication (NFC). Is this this first step towards social commerce such that you can transact within the social environment as you can within the Facebook newsfeed?
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Starting in August 2011, I have posted several entries about Amex's foursquare program. (See, for example, January 13th above.) For more insight and information, check out this live stream video of a Social Media Week panel. As a consumer, I did not realize at first that the strategy came from the B2B perspective, i.e., as a value add/service for AMEX's small business customers (AMEX Open). The consumer insight was that AMEX cardholders, especially affluent ones, don't want to pull out coupons or even show their foursquare checkin to a waiter or clerk. This way, by activating a special offer by simply checking in on foursquare and getting the discount credited directly to the user's AMEX account, it can all be done discreetly (and simply). Now that I've got it all connected, I really like it, although… I haven't had any relevant check-in specials pop up recently. Maybe I need to get out more.
Thursday, August 2, 2012
Dennis Crowley (the founder of Foursquare) is starring in an ad for Best Buy and Samsung smart phones. Does that mean Foursquare is in the public consciousness or that smart phones have gone mainstream. Or both? I have to remind myself that there are people who don't have smart phones. In fact there are people who don't have access as to the Internet, as evidenced by a public service campaign I saw recently. To the second point, I recently had a moment of insight during a recent trip to Atlanta. As I sat on the MART public transport system with my new iPad, I downloaded an app of the public transport system to familiarize myself with the journey, mapped the journey from the transit stop to my hotel, sent "text" messages to my tennis partner, checked my email, thumbed through my digital photo album and listened to music, I looked up to realize that no one else on the train was using a mobile device. Ok. One. There was one person using an iPhone. For those of you in NYC, I invite you to count the number of smartphones and tablets in use in any one car of a subway, particularly in Manhattan. I would venture to say 75-80% are "plugged in." Very useful, of course, because it's completely taboo to make eye contact with anyone else on the train.
American Express continues to leverage and expand its program with foursquare – and twitter. It's expecially evident during these three weeks of restaurant week. I was pleasantly surprised during a recent visit to Aquavit that AMEX would reimburse me $5 for my $24 meal if I checked in and activated the offer on foursquare. In fact, when I check into four restaurants (on my way…), I will receive an additional bonus – $20, I believe. Today, I checked into China Grill and was devastated to realize that I had left my linked AMEX in my office! I had taken it out of my wallet to buy a cookie for someone in my office. That $4 cookie just became a $9 cookie!
Similarly, I recently checked into Andy's Deli and received a notification that I would get $5 back if I spent $10. This is part of a "Shop Small" program to encourage small, local establishments to accept AMEX. I immediately upgraded my $3 salad to a $10 expenditure that included extra add-ins as well as two big bottles of water. Unfortunately, I realized the next day, when I unlocked a similar special at the nail salon, that I needed to click through one more screen to activate the deal. I had not done so the day before. Hence, my additional $7 in expenditures went unrewarded. I contemplated going back to buy 4 bottles of water for $7 rather than $12 but didn't want to mess up my pedicure on the walk home.
August 19th, 2012
I've just been ousted as Mayor of the Central Park Tennis Center. Truly devastating after 212 check ins. I'm not kidding.
Techno-Disaster Averted
Walking home from tennis with my iPad and my iPhone in my open summer purse. Saw the lightning…
Quickened my gait. Felt the raindrops!
Jumped a bus. Arranged the devices as best I could. I've seen this before…
Pulled the cord. Leapt to the pavement.
Dashed three blocks in my Pliner wedge sandals. Running between the raindrops, as my mother likes to say.
Made it home!
Watched the people scurry to safety from my window. Watched the light show from my desk.
Techno-disaster averted.
The Stroke of Midnight – Will Viacom Go Dark?
As I looked up from my desk today, I saw a news story that caught my eye: DirecTV is threatening to take 26 Viacom channels off the air at midnight. Gee, I thought, I guess it has been three years since they last were at loggerheads with the operators. But that was December, and this is July. That was Time Warner Cable, and this is DirecTV. That was 2008, and this is 2012. Is this story new or an off-network airing of a 2008 episode?
I went to the "Always On" archives to see. What I found was my post from New Year's Day of 2009. I recall going out the night before preoccupied with whether Viacom would still be on the air when I came home. It was a dramatic moment! Fortunately, as with Y2K, the stroke of midnight did not bring the terrors foretold.
(Ok, so what I mean here is that in 1999, people feared that there would be all kinds of havoc when we entered the new century because our computer systems would get confused – long story – and people prepared for all kinds of hardships including food and water shortages and lack of electricity.)
In any case, my plan this evening – July 10th – was to republish the post below, comment on how this will be a tricky negotiation given that Viacom has had significant ratings problems with Nickelodeon and MTV, reference the fact that Viacom's stock price is vulnerable to adverse news given these ratings problems, discuss whether these standoffs have become more common, more public, or simply more on my radar screen, and call it a night.
Given that I had an image of the Sponge Bob ad from 2008, I decided to grab one from this summer's dispute. That is where the differences became apparent. The Viacom ads – at least the ones I found – are simple and slick and use Comedy Central rather than Nickelodeon brands. Somewhat interesting.
But what really struck me was DirecTV's website. Clearly planned well in advance, the site maps out DirecTV's side of the story including a heartfelt video message from the company's CEO Mike White. The ability for television programmers and operators to communicate more directly, personally and interactively with their audiences and customers makes 2012 quite different from 2008 – even though the key sound bites: "Viacom wants too much money," "DirecTV/Time Warner Cable is taking your channels away from you" may sound the same.
Who"s the Enemy? Who's the Friend? - January 1, 2009
Cable operators and TV affiliates complain when programmers put content online. Programmers put content online because that is where viewers are going. Music producers ignored this "where I want it, when I want it" trend, seeking to protect their business model, and were leapfrogged into impending demise by iTunes. NBC Universal cites Hulu as a huge success story, but CEO Jeff Zucker fears that the web will turn "analog dollars" into "digital pennies." Online ads may garner high CPMs and may be growing at rapid rates, but they are still dwarfed by broadcast.
Viacom, owner of MTV Networks, has for years sought to create a "360 degree" media presence that hinges upon the Internet. They now have a huge army of digital employees. Cable operators complain that hits like "The Daily Show" and "The Colbert Report" are available in long form on Hulu. But who is benefiting now?
Viacom is asking for a 25 cent increase in monthly subscriber fees (25 cents more per subscriber per month) from Time Warner Cable across 18 Viacom networks. Yesterday, a crawler at the bottom of the screen for each of these networks warned of an impending blackout at midnight. (I rushed home at 1:20am to see the blank screens, but alas no MTV Armageddon.)
Now I watch Comedy Central more consistently than any other non-premium cable network (I love my Showtime – twisted as it may be), and my loyalty to the two programs above is on par with that for broadcast network programming such as "60 Minutes" – most other programming ("Eli Stone," "Grey's Anatomy," "Ugly Betty") comes and goes. I am proud and embarrassed to say that I get most of my news from Mr. Stewart and, to some extent, Mr. Colbert. So, what will I do if Viacom goes dark? I don't envision doing much.
First, I don't watch any of the other MTVN networks. I used to admire Viacom for its segmentation strategy, i.e., different networks for different age demos, but now what that means — for me as a single New Yorker, at least — is that I watch only one of their networks. And, as mentioned above, the two programs I count on are available on Hulu. In fact, Time Warner Cable is promoting to its subscribers where they can access Viacom programming online should it go dark on TWC. So, to whose advantage is the online platform now? Ironically, Viacom has made itself less indispensable to TWC – at least in the short term.
It reminds me a bit of our strategies in the middle east. We train the enemy of our enemy, even though that force was or could become our direct enemy. A bit of an extreme comparison, perhaps. But the question remains – to whom is the Internet a greater threat and for whom is it a greater advantage? Programmers? Distributors? Both? Neither?
Business minds around the world have not yet come up with a way to turn the enormous value of the Internet into a tangible, substantial monetary value. True, digital broadcasts of the Olympics, of SNL (Tina Fey) and of prime time programming do drive stronger TV viewing of these programs — something that was not necessarily anticipated. But, what is the long term business model? How can the television industry identify and transition to a new business paradigm? And, how will they accomplish this in light of existing carriage contracts and – even more specifically — Most Favored Nation (MFN) clauses that make change even more cumbersome?
I Want My WiFi Free
I recently flew to Atlanta on Delta Airlines to attend orientation for my new role as Managing Consultant with Capgemini Consulting. I must admit that I was not looking forward to flying Delta. Given the choice, I typically fly JetBlue or, when the occasion presents itself, Virgin America – the Apple of air travel.
The last time I flew Delta was coming back from Florida. The trip was uneventful but somehow stressful. I had flown JetBlue there and even though they lost my luggage for a day, they handled it so nicely, I went away with a really good feeling – a good customer experience.
The time before last I flew Delta to Las Vegas, and I recall spotting a mouse in the waiting area. So, my expectations were not high.
When I arrived at the Delta terminal, however, I was blown away by the technology. In the waiting area of the gate was a high white table with what looked like iPads, available for passengers to use, as well as plugs for charging their own devices. It looked like something you might find at a trade show or conference. Very slick and modern.
When we boarded the plane, we were informed that there would be in flight wifi available. But not just available. Free. What? You're giving me something free on a domestic flight? I promptly booted up my new iPad to check it out. Aha. The free wifi was sponsored. Brilliant. A much better business model than asking passengers to pay $15 or $20 for access. And a much better consumer experience. After all, I'm telling all of you about it.
And as for the advertiser, well the advertiser got a captive audience that visited a sponsored web page to activate the coverage. Moreover, the page had an opt out lead generation component so that users would be added to the company's mailing list unless they unchecked the box.
In addition to this on screen and direct marketing component, the advertiser had a short promotional video incorporated into the in flight television entertainment.
All in all, I thought it was an excellent program. A win win for all involved, And a reason to give Delta a second look.
Life in the City – the 24-Hour Fruit Stand
The 24 hour fruit stand outside my apartment has different proprietors over the course of the day and night. I really like the one during the day. He knows my routine as I whiz by in the morning, grabbing a banana and handing him 25 cents. Sometimes I buy on credit if I don't have change.
The guy at night is creepy and pushy in an annoying way. Tonight, I picked out two bananas and handed him a dollar bill in the hope that he would give me 50 cents and let me continue to my home.
"Just two bananas?" he said.
"Yes," I said. "As you can see, two bananas."
He made a move for a bag of baby carrots in an attempt to upsell.
I put the bananas down, grabbed the one dollar bill out of his hand and left. I don't need that constant pressure from my fruit guy!
Life in the city.


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February 24 – June 16, 2014
Improvisation is the word that first comes to mind for many when they think of jazz. Imagine musicians playing together, being inspired by each other's performance, and collaborating to make something new. Many visual artists take a similar approach, especially those working in the highly collaborative field of the book arts. This exhibition showcases artists who have been inspired by jazz music and musicians to create bookworks.
Vojtěch Preissig (1873-1944) was a prolific Czech artist whose work spans graphic design, book illustration, typography, printmaking, and painting. This four-color zincographic bookplate, dated 1914, is likely one of several that Preissig designed for his wife, Irena V[aňousová] Preissigová.


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TEHRAN (AFP) — Iran said on Sunday there was "no obstacle" in the way of a visit to Tehran by the French foreign minister who warned the world to brace for war against the Islamic republic.
"He has made clear his desire (to come to Iran). We see no obstacle there," foreign ministry spokesman Mohammad Ali Hosseini told reporters.
"We think such meetings and political exchanges help better understanding of the realities of the region."
French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner last week answered "yes" to a question posed by the Le Figaro newspaper over whether he would be ready to visit Iran if invited.
He had earlier caused a storm by saying the world should brace for war over the Iranian nuclear programme: "We have to prepare for the worst, and the worst is war," he said.
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Renae Van Berkom and Joe Evensvold, along with their parents, James and Betty Van Berkom, Powers Lake, and Rudy and Myrle Evensvold, Blaisdell, announce their engagement and forthcoming marriage.
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He is a native of Blaisdell and graduated from Stanley High School and attended North Dakota State University in Fargo. He is a contractor along with his brother and father. They own and operate Evensvold Construction in Stanley. He also ranches.
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I was asked last week which entitlement program is most deserving of reform.
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According to the 2012 Republican Party platform, prisons "should do more than punish; they should attempt to rehabilitate and institute proven prisoner re-entry systems to reduce recidivism and future victimization."
Anti-tax leader Grover Norquist, whose name has been in the news quite a bit these days, referred to the criminal justice system as "the last sacred cow" at a conservative conference. "Spending more on education doesn't necessarily get you more education. We know that -- that's obvious. Well, that's also true about national defense. That's also true about criminal justice and fighting crime."
ALEC, the conservative state legislative council has likewise taken to advocating for reforms to address overcrowding. According to one report from the group, "Taxpayers are not well served by a broken and potentially dangerous prison and parole system. In order to properly protect American citizens, some immediate solution must be found to reduce prison overcrowding so those deemed most violent to society serve their full prison sentence."
Mark Meckler, a co-founder of Tea Party Patriots, has described himself as "all in on the fight for criminal justice reform here in the U.S." In his blog, Meckler has written quite eloquently about the devastating impact of overincarceration on minority communities: "We're destroying a significant portion of our own population, especially in the inner cities."
It goes beyond words. A number of states that lean to the conservative side have recently passed legislation aimed at reducing prison overcrowding, including Texas, Alabama and Georgia. No doubt more reforms are on the way, possibly including some right here in politically ambiguous West Virginia.
According to the Right On Crime website, a conservative prison reform resource, "When criminal justice systems reduce prison populations and reinvest a portion of the savings in evidence-based methods of reducing crime, not only are taxpayer dollars saved, but more efficient and effective programs can be fiscally prioritized."
This sea change in attitudes toward prisons is encouraging for more than one reason. As David Dagan and Steven M. Teles write in the Washington Monthly article, "This will do more than simply put the nation on a path to a more rational and humane correctional system. It will also provide an example of how bipartisan policy breakthroughs are still possible in our polarized age."
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Anglo Platinum Ltd. is the holding company for a group of companies which operate platinum mines. In addition to platinum, the group mines and produces platinum group metals such as palladium, rhodium, iridium, ruthenium, osmium, nickel, copper and cobalt.
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- Fewer than one in five workers showed up today at Amplats' (AGPPY.PK, AGPPF.PK) South African platinum mines around the city of Rustenburg, in protest against planned job cuts.
- Amplats - part of global mining group Anglo American (AAUKY.PK, AAUKF.PK) and the world's No. 1 producer of the precious metal - said last month it would cut 4,800 jobs.
- Unlike work stoppages since that declaration, Friday's action is legal and in keeping with a change of tactics by the mineworkers union, which was behind a wave of wildcat strikes that rocked South Africa's gold and platinum sectors last year and drove Amplats into the red.
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Friday, Aug 302013, 8:18 AM
- As a mining strike looms, new Anglo American (AAUKY.PK, AAUKF.PK) CEO Mark Cutifani tells WSJ ~50% of South Africa's gold and platinum operations are operating at a loss and "you will see shafts in platinum and gold close if the wage hike goes badly."
- Some miners already have begun to sell their South African assets and redirect spending elsewhere; Gold Fields (GFI) last year sold all but one gold mine in the country, and Harmony Gold (HMY) is directing more of its exploration money to Papua New Guinea than to South Africa.
- More labor tension: Anglo American Platinum (AGPPY.PK, AGPPF.PK) will fire 3,300 workers at its South African mines to revive profitability; ~45% of Amplats' business is in South Africa.
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Friday, May 172013, 7:58 AMThe head of a major South African mining union threatens to bring the country's economy "to a standstill" and demands a meeting with President Zuma, ramping up the rhetoric in a long and heated conflict between labor and the government. But a strike seems averted for at least another day, as top platinum producer Amplats (AGPPY.PK) says employees reported for today's shifts as normal. |Friday, May 172013, 7:58 AM| Comment!
Friday, May 102013, 11:28 AMAnglo American Platinum (AGPPY.PK) appeases labor tensions but disappoints investors by agreeing to cut fewer jobs than proposed and to keep more of its production on line as a result. Amplats now estimates 2013 platinum production at 2.2M-2.4M oz. vs. an earlier forecast of 2.1M-2.3M, feeding concerns that supply could exceed demand this year. Platinum -2.5% to $1,479.10. |Friday, May 102013, 11:28 AM| Comment!
Thursday, Nov 152012, 8:15 AMAnglo American Platinum says striking employees have returned to work, ending a weeks-long strike which was the last unresolved major labor disruption that started after miners first went on strike at Lonmin in August. Anglo, which accounts for ~40% of the world's total platinum output, says headline and basic earnings for this year could decrease by more than 20%. |Thursday, Nov 152012, 8:15 AM| Comment!
Monday, Nov 122012, 10:37 AMAnglo American Platinum says it's too early to tell whether striking South African miners will return after it told them to resume work or face dismissal, but a labor leader says no agreement has been reached. The world's top platinum producer says it has lost ~168K oz. of production, worth more than $250M at current spot prices, as the wildcat strike is in its second month. |Monday, Nov 122012, 10:37 AM| Comment!
Wednesday, Aug 222012, 9:39 AMPlatinum prices jump to four-month highs as spreading labor unrest in South Africa raises the possibility that a further 40% of world production of the metal could be affected. Fears that a two-week standoff at Lonmin's Marikana mine could spread to top platinum producer Anglo-American grow, as Amplats workers have become the latest group of platinum miners to demand higher wages. |Wednesday, Aug 222012, 9:39 AM| Comment!


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CES 2013 hasn't ended yet, but it's safe to say that we've already seen all that this year's expo is going to offer. The announcements have been made, the devices have been examined. In the last moments of CES 2013, we can afford to sit down for a few minutes and share our thoughts about what we just experienced with you.
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It doesn't take a genius to realize that CES 2013 was quite disappointing as far as mobile devices go, especially phones. We saw a handful of affordable handsets and just one serious device from a serious player - the Sony Xperia Z. The others were present at the show, but neither of them introduced anything memorable. It's safe to say that this was the most unimpressive CES in recent memory. Again, that's in terms of mobile.
Actually, the surprise of the show turned out to be Alcatel, which unveiled tons of handsets, some of which expected to appear globally. But while we welcome the manufacturer's return to the scene, we don't think that something big will come out of this. Meanwhile, Sony seems to have a real winner with the Xperia Z. It's hard to find a flaw in this device, at least not before we have the chance to test it properly. It's got great hardware and an appealing body - what could possibly go wrong for Sony? Unfortunately, the Japanese won't have a very smooth ride to the top, as we're yet to find out what the other manufacturers' big guns are going to be for 2013. Not that there's much strong competition, but it all depends on what Samsung's going to come up with in the Galaxy S IV. Once again, there were truckloads of tablets, each being less memorable than the one before it. We understand that everyone wants a piece of this growing pie, but we doubt that they'll get anywhere with these generic slates.
One of the few offerings which made a bigger impression on us was the Razer Edge gaming tablet, if not for some kind of hidden, untapped potential, then at least for its different form-factor and concept. Still, with a price which north of $1000, we have serious doubts about its future.
If there was a company that managed to get the audience excited, it was Nvidia. CEO Jen-Hsun Huang's press-conference brought some nice surprises like the new Tegra 4 mobile system-on-chip and the Project Shield gaming console. After this year's CES, the situation on the chipset market is starting to get really interesting. The stiff competition has already forced some players like TI out of the business, and we're yet to see exactly how many companies it can sustain. Still, the market is growing and we believe that Nvidia will find a way to keep and expand its positions. This should no doubt be a strong year for Tegra 4, but it'll be interesting to see if it'll succeed in stealing some market share from Qualcomm and it's next-gen chipstets.
When it comes to Project Shield, we like what Nvidia is doing, although it's too early for any brave forecasts. The point is that Nvidia seems to be one of the few companies left that do real innovation. We mean, innovation that might actually be useful to people, not some gimmicky stuff.
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Was it for the lack of mobile or something else, but most press-conferences were very dry this year. The fact that even the undeserved superlatives were toned down a bit speaks for itself! Nvidia and Qualcomm were among the very few that really got the crowd excited. As a matter of fact, Qualcomm's keynote was once of the most entertaining ones we've seen lately. Believe it or not, having Steve Ballmer, Big Bird and an electric Rolls Royce on the stage was the right way for Qualcomm to make an impression. Even the appearance of CEO Paul Jacobs at the end of the odd intro was very well orchestrated.
Sure, Qualcomm's keynote may not have focused much on the technical stuff, but right now the company is trying to build some brand recognition for itself, and that's not going to happen if it sticks to talking about gigaflops and such kind of stuff. Such recognition is built by inviting famous actresses like Alice Eve and directors like Guillermo del Toro. What made a very positive impression was how well CEO Paul Jacobs managed to both mention and explain the technical side everything that was demoed, so that a normal person could understand how things work, and, ultimately, why it's good to have a Snapdragon chipset in your device (the idea that Qualcomm is trying to convey with all this).
Many other representatives of the press hurried to make fun of Qualcomm's eccentric keynote, but the fact is that if it wasn't for Qualcomm (and Nvidia), CES 2013 was going to be utterly forgettable as far as press events go.
All of this comes to show that having a consumer electronics show at the very beginning of the year doesn't align well with the plans of manufacturers. Who wants to unveil a major product right after the busy holiday season, when people have already spent their money on new gadgets? If a company unveils something big at CES, it has to release it about half a year later, which has never been a good idea. With that, let us hope that MWC 2013 is going to be much more exciting. Well, it'll surely be for us at least, after all it's a mobile-only show. The thing is that CES also used to be a big event for us, and we would hate to see it become a tedious assignment rather than an exciting experience.
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1. kartik4u98 (Posts: 511; Member since: 19 May 2012)
Lol at Steve Ballmer !
2. darkkjedii (Posts: 8954; Member since: 05 Feb 2011)
Apple, and Samsung will continue to rule the tablet market. Samsung will continue to dominate android, but apple could surprise in 2013. 3 phones interest me gs4, gnote3, and apples next iphone.
8. jinxed (Posts: 107; Member since: 10 Jan 2013)
der is no denyin dat d current tablet market is dominated by apple and samsung. But i believe Google wont keep quite either. Google brought out amazing products last year and that too at a such a low prize. if they learn from d 2012s mistakes like limited google play store release and if they expand der market more, I think Google ll become a dominant player in d tablet industry
3. jinxed (Posts: 107; Member since: 10 Jan 2013)
I wish Sony wer a bit more innovative wid der UI. Their current UI is good but it is too boring and this is coming from the owner of an xperia s
4. JC557 (Posts: 678; Member since: 07 Dec 2011)
I like it because it's understated and professional looking that goes very well with the body of the phone.
5. gwuhua1984 (Posts: 1237; Member since: 06 Mar 2012)
I thought the UI look nice.
6. an4564 (Posts: 35; Member since: 17 Jul 2012)
i own an xperia tl and i think the sony UI is the best out of all the android makers. simple and clean. no useless gimmicks or cartoonie looking icons. runs smooth. and i like the small apps, they come in handy. ive owned htc and moto phones and theyre nice and look cool but to laggy and have a lot of things i never use like htc hub.
7. jinxed (Posts: 107; Member since: 10 Jan 2013)
i want a light theme for my xperia. and d display wud really compliment that


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text: The Washington County Industrial Development Authority (IDA) is the primary organization responsible for industrial development within Washington County, including the development of publicly owned industrial parks and a variety of financing mechanisms to assist in the location or expansion of industry within the County. The IDA is composed of a seven member Board of Directors appointed at-large by the Washington County Board of Supervisors for four year terms. The IDA is supported by the Washington County Department of Community & Economic Development. Please see links to the left of this page for access to information concerning the County Department of Community & Economic Development and available industrial sites in Washington County.