iPhone 4 quick overview

enjoyed the keynote from Apple - face talk is going to kill Skype if they can work it into the network in the future - iBooks... yeah whatever - two cameras crazy resolution and video editing are a giant step - iAds just a huge money maker for apple and developers and no more crashing apps for consumers -

The Five Richest Americans & Their Social Media Use

Since Myspace.com launched in January of 2004 Social Media Websites have been sprouting up left and right. Since the Social Media Craze had set in we have seen some truly amazing statistics from these websites that no one could have ever imagined when the internet was born. Facebook recently passed 400 million members, Youtube has over a billion video views a day and Twitter just also recently passed 10 Billion tweets.

There is no doubt that the Social Media Market has opened up a new way to reach a whole new audience. Over the years we have seen many companies jump into this Social Wave. In this blog we are discussing the Top Five Richest Americans and the way they and their companies utilize social media.

1. William "Bill" Gates III

Net Worth - $50,000,000

Financial Source - Microsoft

Age - 53

Bill Gates

Bill Gates definitely is on top of the social media game, considering he has been one of the most well know people in the history of the personalized computer. Some of his posts relate to new Microsoft Products, Software, Specials ect. as well as personal information about himself. He is extremely consistent in posting links articles and more.

Here are some of Bill Gates Social Stats

Twitter:

Following 44 people

624,021 followers by just posting 83 Tweets,

A little over 7,518 Followers per Tweet

remember that it has only been about 3 months since Bill Gates signed up for Twitter

Facebook:

118,708 Fans

300-500 Interactions per post

59 Photos and 22 Links

Youtube:

171 Videos

16593 Subscribers

3650 Channel Comments

10 Other Microsoft Youtube channels

23rd Most Viewed Channel of all time

17th Most Subscribed Users

2. Warren Buffett

Net Worth - $40,000,000

Financial Source - Berkshire Hathaway

Age - 79

Warren Buffett happens to be on three of the social networking sites we are focussing on, amazing for a 79 year old man. I can't imagine Warren Buffett sitting at a computer Tweeting which makes sense since he only has one Tweet. The astonishing thing is that he has 29,525 Followers with just that one Tweet as well as being listed 894 times.

Warren Buffett Stats

Twitter:

Following 44 people

29,525 followers by just posting 1 Tweet

Listed 894 Times

Facebook:

26,830 Fans

100-500 Interactions per post

12 Photos and 1 Link

Youtube:

No personal youtube channel but there are plenty of videos of him on there.

3. Lawrence Ellison

Net Worth - $27,000,000

Financial Source - Oracle

Age - 65

Lawrence Ellison is our least active user of social media on our list. He does have a Facebook page but it does not seem like it has been updated since Feburary 19th. Given the business he is in it makes sense that he does not spend much time riding the Social Wave.

4. Christy Walton & Family

Net Worth - $21,500,000

Financial Source - Wal-Mart

Age - 54

Walmart may be one of the most explosive companies on the World Wide Web. Spreading across all sorts of platforms. They have a full team of social media agents, numerous accounts, and massive amounts of content be pushed constantly to a giant audience.

Walmart Social Media Stats

Twitter:

Following 44 people

624,021 followers by just posting 83 Tweets,

A little over 7,518 Followers per Tweet

remember that it has only been about 3 months since Bill Gates signed up for Twitter

Facebook:

701,355 Fans

200-1,00 Interactions per post

39 Photos and 15 Videos

Youtube:

171 Videos

16593 Subscribers

3650 Channel Comments

10 Other Microsoft Youtube channels

23rd Most Viewed Channel of all time

17th Most Subscribed Users

5. Michael Bloomberg

Net Worth - $17,500,000

Financial Source - Bloomberg

Age - 67

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At Direct Design Now we believe in doing anything that will improve our environment and reduce energy consumption. If you look at our websites - (excluding vertustudio.com and emarcnetwork.com) notice that most color schemes are based off of black.

Billions of searches a day are performed on all sorts of search engines, most of which lay on a white background. (Google, Yahoo, Ask.com) If these websites were black it could save near 3,000 Megawatts a day. Compare this to the average energy use of a 2 or 3 bedroom house (18,000 Killowatts) and it starts to make sense.

Also Facebook consumes 5% of all internet use also laying on a white background usuing extreme energy.

It would be great if all websites were black but don't expect that to be happening too soon, these companies color schemes are their identification.

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What To Expect From Apple On Janurary 27th, 2010

Apple Computers

1. iSlate (pricing around $800-1000)

Important applications That the iSlate will have -

1. Music - most likely an altered version of iTunes mixed with the touch screen music app on the iPhone and iPod Touch.

2. Video - Obviously this device will host video - most likely using quicktime player

3. eReader - there is a lot of talk about the tablet being its own form of the Amazon Kindle - clearly there is a market for eBooks and apple wants in.

4. App Store - The Apple Tablet will have access to the apple app store that currently has over a billion downloaded apps

Technical Specs

Size & Processor -

- 7 inch

- 2.26GHz Intel Core Duo

L2 Cache & System Bus-

- 3mb shared

- 1066MHz

Memory & Hard Drive-

- 2GB (two 1GB SO-DIMMs) of 1066MHz DDR3 SDRAM, supports up to 8GB

- 120GB Serial ATA: 4200rpm

Slot Loading Optical Device & Expansion -

- optional external USB iSlate Super Drive

- Two USB ports (up to 480Mbps) SD card slot

Video & Display -

- Built in iSight

- 7.1 inch (diagonal) widescreen multi-touch display with intelligent feedback with finger print resistant oleophobic coating.

Audio -

- Built in stero speakers and a built in microphone - (same as macBook Pro)

Wireless & Network -

- Built in Airport Extreme Wi-Fi (based on IEEE 802 11n draft specification) and Built in Bluetooth

- Built in 10/100/1000BASE-T (Gigabit) Ethernet

Operating System -

- Mac OS X Clouded Leopard v10.7 (includes all standard Mac Applcations)

2. Apple Gaming System

Apple has recently been contacting some major video game companies to come join the Apple Keynote in San Francisco on Janurary 27th. On Feburary 5th of 2009 Apple filed a gaming patten covering both hand held devices and stand alone machines that would be capable of running video games. Many people saw this as a secret step towards getting involved in the gaming industry.

There are a couple ways that apple could go with this

1. Tweak the apple T.V. into a gaming / video console

2. Create a completely new Apple Gaming system

The big deal about the gaming is not necessarily the console itself but, the iPhone will probably be incorporated in as a multi-touch controller - acting somewhat as the Wii controller does.

3. iPhone OS Update

Usually sometime around this time apple releases a update for the iPhone software so be on the look out for this as well.

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