Which are the biggest start up tech clusters

workplaces that rank among the top 50 in the world

These are the worlds top 50 best employers to work for.

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Here is the chart showing how how many apple watches got sold

So how many apple watches was finally sold ?data from slice Intelligence estimates that 957,000 people in the U.S. pre-ordered an Apple  on the 1st day it went for sale, 
On an  average  around  1.3 watches were ordered with spends of  $503.83 per watch. Those ordering an Apple Watch Sport spent $382.83 per watch and those ordering the Apple Watch spent $707.04.

Interestingly  those who bough the apple watch  72% purchased an Apple product in the past two years (iPhone, Mac or iPad), and 21% pre-ordered an iPhone 6 or iPhone 6 Plus mere months ago

62%  purchased the less-expensive Sport model. However, many Apple Watch buyers invested in the pricier case but the cheapest band, with more than one third adding a black or white Sport band

investing in these companies for last 3 years would have doubled your wealth

THE HIGHEST RETURNS  VS LOWEST RETURNS   2012 TO 2015

5 Reasons to go both for marketing automation

East As organizations scale up and they deal with an immense amount of big data, their activities needs to be scaled up too,. Marketing automation helps  enterprise to " fast track their efforts,  multiply their activities and  get the expertise of "  streamlined and standardized dashboard for their reports . be it social media where you wish to schedule multiple tweets across different time zones or or via RSs feeds wish to reach to to your influencers, the  marketing tool enables to do these at a go

 Email Marketing programs, targeting  and segmentation of your consumers , getting leads or demand generation from white papers,. a marketing automation plan is a must

why you should not wait to automate your digital marketing plan

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 WHY ENTERPRISE NEEDS A   A SOCIAL MEDIA PLAN   AND HOW THEY SHOULD GO ABOUT  AUTOMATING THEIR  DIGITAL MARKETING. ONE OF THE PET PEEVES FOR MOST COMPANIES IS HOW MUCH THEY SHOULD POST ACROSS SOCIAL MEDIA. IN SHORT HOW MUCH IS TOO MUCH. THIS INFOGRAPHIC  TRIES TO PROVIDE YOU AN ANSWER 

Chart of the day :why americans are quitting their jobs

" This chart  by Upshot shows  chart shows for every one American person getting fired, at their workplace , 3 are quitting their jobs on their own. The last time when Americans started to quit their jobs in such rapid pace was in 2006.

Chart of the day :The labor market and growth of middle class

The declining labor share (NYT Economix)

The big fat middle class seems to be fattening 

Bridging infrastructure outsourcing : built in USA made in China

The pace of monumental-scale infrastructure construction projects is  set to grow at unprecendented levels. According to WEF global infrastructure demand  is pegged at $4 trillion, more than 83% of global gross domestic product (GDP) is expected to be generated outside the US over the next five years. While insfrastructure outsourcing  is not new, it has picked up pace rapidly .The replacement of  San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridgewith  is an example of global, mega-infrastructure project outsourcing 

For this behemoth $7 billion project.  outsourcing was done at an amazing scale

1)Fabrication of the main structural steel was outsourced to China while  manufacturing  of the seisemic bearing was done by South Korea 

3)Japan forged the world’s first double-cable saddle, which sits atop a 525-foot tower built by the Chinese while england produced the main cables’ bands.  Meanwhile  US handled about 80% of the manufacturing.

the convergence of high speed data with video

Though as of now , television enjoys a wider reach than digital video: 283 million Americans watch TV each month, while 150 million consumers watch video on the Internet. However the ad spends really does not reflect this parity .According to data from Nielson, in 2013, $78 billion was spent on TV ads, compared to just $5.72 billion for online video. The Nielson report  actually is an indicator to where we are heading  to  and talks about Digital Video Ad Convergence:.

THE CONVERGENCE OF DIGITAL AND VIDEO

 The  convergence of digital  with traditional and conventional

the global online retail attractive index :15 key ecommerce markets

The  above retail Ecommerce Index  shows the most attractive  online retail markets 

The attractiveness of the markets are defined by  1)next generation 2)digital DNA rankings show characteristics  of developed and developing market 3) established and growing

China occupies the top spot, and the G8 countries (Japan, United States, United Kingdom, all fall within the Top 15..All markets are ranked by a preassigned metrix which are 

1) online market size 2)consumer behavior 3)growth potential 4)infrastructure  based on which an average ranking is computed totop 30 nations .

 In the middle of the rankings is a compression of scores, with only five points separating the 15th- and 30th-ranked countries 

apparel is no 2 most bought item across online retail

source : Atkearney

GLOBAL ONLINE SHOPPING BASKET

consumers across the world might have different tastests, different styles and preferences . but the onle thing that binds them when they start to shop is their  universal love towards Apparels Apparel is the number one  bought item in online retail across all regions and geographies 

How Facebook can track you if you have your facebook messenger app on

If you're like most, you probably don't want to broadcast your whereabouts at all times. But a lot of social media apps are tracking your location and making it easy for others to do the same. While it's A KNOWN fact that t Facebook's Messenger app uses location data, it's not so well known just how that location data can be used.

 However theres a help at hand new Google Chrome extension called Marauder's Map we now know that you can get some pretty creepy location data from the messaging app The extension, which is named after the magical map from "Harry Potter," basically reveals a person's exact location on a map. t this only works if the person you are messaging has location data for the app turned on.

If someone you are messaging has their location data turned on, you can also see almost exactly where they are located by simply clicking on the icon next to the time you sent the message..

browsing to buying conversion ratio in ecommerce : latin america vs asia pacific

 The above chart show  " the ratio of those browsing and those actually buying . The data comes from Nielsen.  Travel, Mobile  and Electronics have the most  high conversion ratio , with the lowerst buying to browsing ratio.

how secure is your job :global job security index

The  above data shows global  employment  index and Job security data . While high income developing nations have  ( predominant permanent jobs (77% )  followed by temporary and almost minimal  unemployment   compared to Low income countries  where the permanent jobs are much lesser and mainly  led by  temporary  jobs (81%) while middle income countries  have  a reasonable split in permanent and temporary jobs along with  low unemployment.

According to ( ILO data ) only quarter of global workers ( 25% )are on permanent contracts while the rest are unpaid at home, self-employed, working informally or employed on a temporary contract.

the great american vacation : why 77% americans cant relax during vacations

This finding will only re-establish what most  Americans already knew about themselves  and the truth about their annual vacations.

A recent survey by  travel aggregator site TripAdvisor shows that when it comes to taking vacations or holidays , an average American struggles not to work or keep in touch with their  bosses.

While  77% employed U.S. respondents admitted they had worked on vacation over the past year compared to just 40 percent in the other nations polled - Australia, Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, Spain and the UK

The numbers  are an indication in themselves why we are one of the most over worked, overstressed nation with the lowest amount of vacation time.  Not to be outdone modern technology and our prized gadgets  have  reduced us into a virtual reality transponders  where irrespective where you might be found physically, we are just  one click away from out office spaces. Clearly we are working hard but not playing hard enough

Top 10 global regions with highest social media accounts

GLOBALLY MOST ACTIVE SOCIAL MEDIA REGIONS

East Asia with the highest population has the highest number of social media users too  with 690 million active accounts, followed by North America with 58% users having active social media account which amounts to 206 million social media accounts.South East Asia with 199 million  active accounts ranks the 3rd biggest region with 32% penetration .

Meanwhile South America  and West Europe  both  share the 4th rank, having an  identical 197  million  social accounts   ( 47% and 48% penetration  respectively) .East Europe and South Asia ranks 5th and 6th with 190 million and 157 million social media users respectively

middle east mobile penetration exceeds 124% vs 17% in social media

MIDDLE EAST  DIGITAL AND MOBILE INDICATORS

With an Urbanization percentage of  67% . The middle east is home to 238 million  with 87million active internet users(36%).With 294 million mobile subscribers,the  middle east  mobile penetration stands at a  remarkable 124% . Users who access their social media account from their mobile web does not exceed 35 million, ( 15%)

with 132% mobile penetration, 34% europeans use their mobile to access social web

digital indicators in Europe :web penetration vs social vs mobile

 584 million europeans are active web users out of which 46% have active social media accounts, with 1.1billion mobile connections. 34% of users , around 287 europeans use their mobile devices to log onto their social media accounts

Gaming laptop Review The ASUS ROG G750JX

THE  ROG G750JX 17.3" GAMING LAPTOP IS  AMONG THE  BEST GAMING LAPTOPS MONEY CAN BUY

The ASUS republic of gamers  G750JX   is  an absolute amazing  of hardware  that money can buy and it came out in front of the Alienware 17 by a  very close margin .This 17inch gaming behemoth isnt' quite  as spectacular as the alienware in terms of looks and glam factor  but its very well built piece of hardware and  has some impressive  configurations

A quadcore intel core i 7 -47000MQ chip , 16GH Ram  1.5TB HDD and NVIDIA GTX 770M( 3GB  GDDR5 VRam that conquers  any latest game with  rapid ease

Despite sporting identically battery capacity and ASUS  gaming laptop lasted about 23 mins above alienware  17 in our  synthetic benchmark carried out at identically settings.And in  slightly superior GPU that AUSU  G750JX  sports  definitely helps in  gaining an edge over the alienware 17.

 Besides the obvious gaming firepower the G750JX has a nice wide black light  a keyboard deck and  slightly larger  touchpad area as compared to Alienware. The AudioVideo visual performance and machine while watching HD 1080 rips or blue ray movies was top notch
 Whats more this machine is  3D ready letting you watch stereoscopic game or movies with a bundled pair of glasses and gaming headset 

Amazon ;$1,299.99
Best Buy : $1849

Amazon India : 82,900

African digital indicators : 900 million and counting,mobile penetration set to to touch 80%

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The African mobile markets have been  one of the fastest growing across the world with an exploding mobile  market . One of the reason for this overnight increase in mobile users have  been " the lack of investment in  setting up  technical  infrastructure  for land lines and   wireless networks by these countries .The  African mobile market  has entirely been facilitated by investments in mobile networks  rather than the conventional  land line to mobile transformation.

 

Around 298 million  Africans  have internet access  with a mere 9% social media users  ( 103m) .Its mobile users exceed 900million with a 79% penetration.

Meanwhile a mere 7% use mobile to log into  their social media accounts 

asia pacific digital indicators: 35% penetration rate with 93% mobile connections

 DATA FROM WESOCIAL SHOWS THE STATE OF DIGITAL  INDICATORS IN ASIA PACIFIC

In Asia pacific out of a total population of 4.1 billion around 1.4billion have an active internet connection a penetration of  35%. Users having an active social media connection  number  1billion  with a 26% penetration .

Meanwhile moving over to mobile, 3.7 billion or 93% of population has a mobile. The number of users  accessing social web via mobile is  879 million

inbound link in SEO building efforts : 5 metrics to measure link worthiness

 Not all links are created equal. The value of an inbound link, depends on a lot of factors. 1) the value ofthe page from where the link is offered 2) The number of links from  the originating page. 3) The page rank of the page from the   page 4)  Whether is  link is a 301 redirection or a  302 ( temporary redirection) 5) if the link has no follow or follow .

what Instagram filters can tell you about your consumers

Product review : Logitech K760 wireless solar keyboard

 Logitech K760  wireless solar keyboard 

For those who lives on the Mac and iOS side of the technology, here is  something which you  could consider buying with your eyes closed. Besides getting one for yourself ,This  should be  a gift which you should consider for your friends and family who shares with you the apple ecosystem. You will fall in love with this keyboard so much that this  that you would not even thinking of replacing  and perhaps this  could  be the last  keyboard you would have ever purchased  

Powered with solar and indoor lights, forget charging this device unless you are left in a dark room for over 3 months. The Logitech k670 wireless solar keyboard works perfectly with MAC and iOS powered iPhone, iPod and ipad’s . It pairs without hitch up to 3 devices seamlessly and simultaneously.

product review : media player dune hd tv 101

Bottomline : The DUNE HDTV 101 is a good player but considering there are  more affordable alternatives in the market, its on the higher price point

Dune HD TV 101 is a compact media player which lacks an internal power supply or a hard disk.What  differentiates it from other media players are that there  are no buttons in the panel .

Similarly it has no direct card slots and single USBs slot at the front .You get an Ethernet port an HDMI output and a 3.5mm composite video and analogue street output

 The little wonder box supports all types of video and audio formats. Powered by Sigma Designs 8670/8671 processors and 256 MB  RAM the player is fast and featured loaded . It has a built in bit torrent client for download movies and music . You get a remote control to operate the HF TV101 this is the only interface to the device . However  the remote is rather small , and its cumbersome if you want to handle it for long time ( like typing using the virtual keyboard

 This player starts up and accessories media files from connected disk quickly . It also reads UPnP files as well as other shared folders on the network. The picture quality of the high quality Rips was stuning , and the audio quality was pristine .

the mobile evolution in search : from WAP to responsive design

 The infographic shows how the mobile web has evolved over the last  5 years. From WAP to mobile web .: A timeline. Since 2004 to 2012 desktop search enjoyed uninterrupted attention and reputation. However  things began to  change at a rapid rate from 2012 onwards. The mobile app economy  heralded and changed the " ecosystem" as  smartphones led by  low prices and  availability  began to explode,
 The adoption of mobile  by enterprise  along with apps ..  gave way to rapid scaling up  of  the mobile ecosystem. In 2015 Google mobile algorithm" finally made it clear that a sites mobile friendliness is a ranking signal. 

eCommerce in india : Rhetoric vs Reality

THE INDIAN ECOMMERCE MARKET : OVERPROMISING  OR REALITY ?

E-commerce in the US is dominated by Amazon, in China by Alibaba, in Japan by Rakuten, while parts of Europe have a standalone local player.But in  India  Ecommerce as it stands today has no clear winners and losers not yet..is. The Indian market is still yet to mature  and yet to evolve as Indian eCommerce companies led by the big  3 Flipkart Amazon and Snapdeal  and backed by  huge  VC funding are burning cash at an astronomical rate of  more than $100million  a month ( Business today 24th May ) Flipkart has the highest cash burn rate but then its sitting on a cashpile of $2.3billion

India is the only country where there are  three to five companies competing for the same market in an ecosystem that is  yet to throw out an winner.While  ASSOCHAM's data suggest India's e-commerce market  stands at $16billion ,Gartner numbers show  that the  India eCommerce market is set to reach $6 billion in 2015. Irrespective of the difference in numbers what is clear it that "the biggest eCommerce battle" will be fought in India. and once the knives are out.. and the battle lines  turns bloodier there will be place for just 2 players who would be the last men standing 

mobile app review for your car : Ulysse Speedometer

 Ulysse Speedometer is compatible wit Blackberry and Android 

 This app is  a brilliant  multitasker  which has GPS  assisted speedometer which is more accurate than your factory fitted car speedometer, which   is prone to having variations  nd errors. The app notifies you every time you cross the speed limit in that particular region ( you have to set up the limits manually)

 It records the current, yesterday and weekly journey length speeds, can trace your journey  and export the data in SD card  or email this as  Google Earth KML format ★

Ulysse Speedometer  Multiple shift setting and latest version   has the ability to access the phone dialer and contacts within the app providing quicker access while you may be be  behind the  wheel

 The HUD mode projects the car speed at the windscreen, but  mostly this is readable once the suin goes down . The pro mode will remove the ad which is quite an irritation

App Review of HUDWAY : augmented reality for save driving

 

HUDWAY is an augmented reality app for iphones  meant to assist you during

HUDWAY is an  app  which doubles up as a navigational tool as well as a voice support assistant   With Google map or apple map, HUDWAY  offers you navigation and can also be the heads up display in your car. The basic idea behind the app is to offer the convenience of GPS navigation besides adding to the safety feature when the visibility is low

The app also functions like a  virtual traffic assistant by showing you speed display and the distance measurement till the next turn . If the road has a sharp turn .. the display becomes red The best part of this app is that once you build the route map in advance it does not need web connectivity to work.

Once you set the route and place your iphone on the dashboard.. the projection shows up in the instantly on windscreen..

Needless to mention, apps are not meant to substitute humans at the car.. Use is as your assistant specially during low light conditions. According to WHO a more than 330 people die everyday due to poor light conditions  across the world

Yammer is down! How will you procrastinate now?

By Sarah Morgan


Microsoft’s integral project management software, and lunchtime procrastination tool, Yammer, is currently down.

According to status.yammer.com – “The investigation determined that a networking issue is causing the service to be unavailable. Currently, engineers are moving database infrastructure away from the affected network environment.”

You won’t currently be able to connect to Yammer. As well as stopping your important projects in their tracks, you’ll also have to find another outlet to impress your colleagues with semi-work appropriate witticisms.

Update #1: Yammer is back!

About the Author:        
Sarah writes for Firebrand Training on a number of IT related topics. This includes exams, training, certification trends, project management, certification, careers advice and the industry itself. Sarah has 11 years of experience in the IT industry. 

Cisco launch new CCNA Cloud and CCNP Cloud certifications

By Sarah Morgan


Today Cisco introduced two brand new cloud certifications to complement their already comprehensive certification portfolio.

The Cisco certification Pyramid

Available globally, the CCNA Cloud and CCNP Cloud are new job role certifications, designed to build and validate your cloud skill set.


Cisco CCNA Cloud – only six days

Companies are embracing cloud to help them to be more agile, flexible, and effective – with a CCNA cloud cert, you’ll get the skills you need to help these companies succeed with cloud technology.

On this accelerated course, you’ll learn how to perform entry-level provisioning and support for Cisco cloud solutions. You’ll also study:

• Cloud characteristics and models
• Cloud deployment
• Cloud compute
• End-user support
• Infrastructure, administration and reporting

The CCNA Cloud certification will prepare you for the role of a cloud engineer or cloud administrator working in a small/medium business, or as support for a large enterprise.

Get this crucial cloud certification in just six days with Firebrand.


Cisco CCNP Cloud – only 12 days

Become a recognised expert with Cisco cloud technology and get the skills you need to build, implement, provision and support Cisco Cloud and Intercloud solutions. This certification is a progression of the Cisco CCNA Cloud.

On this accelerated course, you’ll learn how to:

• Implement and troubleshoot Cisco Cloud Infrastructure
• Automate Cisco Enterprise
• Manage application centric infrastructure

Plus, this Cisco course includes all four CCNP exams, and is delivered exclusively by Certified Cisco Instructors. Get CCNP Cloud certified in only 12 days with Firebrand.


Firebrand are among the first to market these brand new Cisco cloud certifications. And with accelerated training, you'll be certified at twice the speed.

190+ courses and counting

Firebrand’s portfolio now exceeds 190 accelerated courses from vendors like Microsoft, Cisco, and CompTIA.
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We’re committed to developing new accelerated courses. To stay up to date with our newest and most cutting edge training follow us on Twitter, Facebook and Google+ and LinkedIn.

Find out how you can get certified at twice the speed and take a look at our full range of accelerated training.


About the Author:        
Sarah writes for Firebrand Training on a number of IT related topics. This includes exams, training, certification trends, project management, certification, careers advice and the industry itself. Sarah has 11 years of experience in the IT industry. 

these are the 3 things on which american consumers are spending the highest

 CONSUMER SPENDING  DATA 

A majority of Americans, 55%, say they are spending more than they did last year on groceries, the area in which Americans continually report spending more.

Groceries (55% spending more), utilities (45%) and healthcare (43%) are among  the 3 categories in which the largest percentage of survey respondents have increased their spending compared to a year ago, according to Gallup.

Since last June, the top three categories with the highest percentages of consumers saying they are "spending more" (groceries, utilities and healthcare) have stayed in the top five

Meanwhile, the bottom categories in terms of increased spending are retirement investments (17%), consumer electronics (18%) and travel (19%), suggesting, per Gallup, that “Americans continue to spend more on things they need, but not on things they want.”

Industry Interviews - Elizabeth Harrin, Director of Otobos Consultants Ltd

 By Edward Jones 

Today we begin a new series focusing on careers across the IT industry. Over the coming months we'll be interviewing prominent industry professionals from some of the most sought after job titles within the tech sector.

Gain invaluable insights to the career you desire as we reveal the paths professionals  have taken to secure their chosen career,  what an average day looks like and how training and certification can influence career progression. 

So without further delay i'd like to reveal our first professional, Elizabeth Harrin:

Elizabeth is a Fellow of the Association for Project Management. She runs a project management copywriting firm which helps small and medium-sized businesses talk about their projects and solutions. She’s the author of three books about project management: Shortcuts to Success: Project Management in the Real World, Customer-Centric Project Management and Social Media for Project Management.  She occasionally speaks at conferences and tries not to fall off the stage too often.

Profile

Name: Elizabeth Harrin
Job Title: Director
Current Employer: Otobos Consultants Ltd
Personal Blog: A Girls Guide to Project Management
Social Media: found on Twitter and Facebook
Awards: 
- Finalist at the 2015 Women in IT Awards
- Computer Weekly - Best IT Professional Blogger of the Year, 2011  

Summarise your job in a sentence

I manage projects and I’m a copywriter writing about managing projects.

What does an average working day look like?

On non-commuting days I give my children breakfast and then when we are all ready for the day I walk into the garden where I have an office. I’m at my desk a bit before 9am. I work until lunchtime – a mixture of conference calls and virtual meetings, catching up on emails and project management. 

At lunchtime I’ll come in for lunch and normally we eat as a family. After lunch, I’ll go back out to work and go through the To Do list I’ve prepared for the day to check I’m on track to complete everything. There’s normally some emergency or last minute thing to sort out that I didn’t plan for – that’s the nature of project work.

Around 4pm I’ll wrap up and come in for the day. I’ll prepare dinner for the children and between then and 7pm it’s eating, family time, baths and bed. I’ll finish up any other work tasks when they are asleep but I don’t go back out to work; I’ll set my laptop up on the dining room table.

What do you enjoy most about your job?

The variety. I love being able to spend a morning working with colleagues from France and Spain and then the afternoon focusing on resolving issues. I love writing and my copywriting work which sits alongside project management, means I work with clients all over the world, and help them explain what they are doing. It’s satisfying to know that what I’m writing helps them solve problems for project managers.

What are the biggest challenges in your current role?

Time management! With two distinct roles, plus a young family, it’s hard to keep on top of everything. As a result, I spend less time on risk management and proactive strategic work than I would like.

What career path did you take to bring you to your current job title?

I chose to be a project manager, so that part of my job was a natural progression from Business Change Analyst many years ago to the role I have now. I’ve always written things down as well. I wrote stories as a child and then magazine articles, progressing as the world of copywriting changed to mainly preparing blog articles for project management websites as well as writing my own blog and a couple of books.

Do you have/did you require any professional certifications to secure your current job title? If yes, which?

No. I had written one book at the time of my interview and I think that helped me though. I was also PRINCE2 qualified but I’m not sure that had any particular bearing on my application.

What guidance would you give someone wanting to do your job?

You can get project management skills from any walk of life, including volunteering and managing a household, so don’t be put off by people saying you need deep subject matter expertise. And while it didn’t work this way for me, you can move into project management through other careers, so look for opportunities in your current role.

The advice I have for budding writers is to write. I have heard people say, “Oh, I’d love to write a book.” If you want something, do it. You don’t need anything to get started. Having said that, many people would like to write and really can’t. If you have something to say but lack the skills to get your  message across, either work hard to improve your writing or work with an editor who can polish it up for you.

What guidance would you give someone starting their career in Project Management?

It’s a great job. Take it seriously and remember who your customers are.

Has training and/or certification influenced your career? If yes, how?

I believe it’s a hygiene factor: certification doesn’t automatically mean you are a stellar project manager but it’s a useful grounding in project management practice and it ensures everyone on the team speaks the same language. No one has ever said to me that I didn’t get a job or couldn’t do a role because I didn’t have a certification. 

I support my team and colleagues to get certifications because it’s a way of ensuring the team shares a common background and because I strongly believe people should take responsibility for their own career progression. It’s a way of continuous professional development and that’s only a good thing.

What are your thoughts on the widely reported IT skills gap and its impact on business?

From my own experience it’s the business understanding piece that is lacking. For example, we can recruit developers but it’s hard to get someone who understands what happens when their code doesn’t work: the business impact can be significant. 

That’s the gap that I’m seeing, and the only answer is for organisations to get better at succession planning so that they can fill that gap with internal talent and create a pipeline for those hard-to-fill positions. 

It’s unacceptable to expect universities to turn out senior programmers with deep business knowledge: they can’t do it and they shouldn’t be expected to, although I know many courses have industry placements which must help.

42% tweets are generated from twitters non official clients

 '58%  TWEETS CAME FROM  ITS OWNAPP AS COMPARED TO  42% FROM  NON OFFICIAL 

Non official twitter clients continue to make the bulk of Tweets according to research  firm sysomos  Analysis based on  the number of tweets from the day  Twitter unveiled its new API policy., till  2014, The data shows that 42% of tweets were made by non-officials apps  whereas 52% tweets originated from official twitter app.

This is more than four times the amount claimed by Twitter during unveiling  of its API .  Among the most popular twitter non official clients included twitterfeed, ketaiweb, tweetcaster, twipple, Hootsuite and Tumblr, dlvr.it,Snaptu among others 

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nations with highest number of twitter app installed in their iPhones

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COUNTRIES  WHO HAVE THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF  TWITTER INSTALLED IN THEIR IPHONES

“90% of active Twitters users use official Twitter apps on a monthly basis.” Twitter defines “official” as applications it owns and operates for the Mac, iPad, Android and Windows Phone

Among the most popular apps are Echofon Tweetcaster, Hootsuite,covertchirp,Tweetbot and Twitterrific 5