Ghana ,Namibia, Kenya and Zimbabwe's broadband speed exceeds 6.5Mbps

The African Country of Zimbabwe's average local broadband speed exceeded 6.5 Mbps, which is a new high | Techzim: 

"Zimbabwe’s average local broadband speed has reached a new high of 6.5 Mbps in the month of May according to NetIndex. Before now, the highest average ever reached was 5.8Mbps. Local broadband speed, loosely explained, is the rate at which one can access internet content from a locally hosted website or app. 

This ranks Zimbabwe among the countries with the highest local broadband speed in Sub Saharan Africa with only Ghana, Kenya, Namibia and Madagascar ahead who have 7 Mbps, 7.2 Mbps, 10.4 Mbps and 13.2 Mbps respectively According to Techzim- Other countries in the region – South Africa, Angola, Zambia, Malawi, Tanzania, Mozambique and others – all have local broadband speeds below 5.5 Mbps in the month of May.

US Online Search Marketshare vs Unique Search Queries

This  data by statistic shows the market share of search engines in the United States, from 2008 onwards  to  April 2014 by share of search queries. In January 2014, Microsoft's Bing  handled 18.3% and in April this was upto 20%  of all search queries in the United States. Google  continues to be the undaunted and unchallenged Leader with over 65% of search marketshare this year .During the same period of time, Yahoo had a search market share of 10.4% down from 20% in 2011..

This statistic shows the number of core search queries processed by the top four online search engines in the United States as of April 2014. During that month, Yahoo processed 1.86 billion search queries and market leader Google processed 12.58 billion search queries.

When People Use Your Brand as Verb,You know you have arrived

What makes brands..? Is it  just a logo, corporate identity or a symbol.? or it stands for an ever endearing quality, a sign of trust, goodwill and excellence.Assuming there are only  commodities and no brands., how  would a consumers "consumption patterns change. ? How much does a brand command a premium. How doesa brand help users change their though patterns, and user loyalty . The above video provides a few answers on what a brand should be, and what it should not.

The BrandZ™ Top 100 Most Valuable Global Brands 2014 exceeds $2.9 trillion in brand value,

Global Top 100 Most Valueable Brands brandz2014_infographic.pdf

According to the latest  report on the Top 100 Most valuable brands of 2014 "The BrandZ Top 100 Most Valuable Global Brands study, commissioned by WPP and conducted by Millward Brown Optimor, shows that "The combined value of the Top 100 has nearly doubled since the first ranking was produced in 2006. The Top 100 today are worth $2.9 trillion, an increase of 49% compared with the 2008 valuation, which marked the start of the banking and currency crisis.

Google Pips Apple to become the Top Global Brand: Brandz ZTM Top 100 Most Valueable Brand Ranking Released

Among the top 100  Global  Most Valuable Brand as Ranked by Brandz, Top 100 , Google and Apple is ranked no 1 and 2 respectively . IBM has  held onto its No 3 position with a brand value of $108 billion.

The Top Global Brands for 2014 is  out, and Google has overtaken Apple to become the world’s most valuable global brand in the 2014 in the  Brand ZTM Top 100 Most Valuable Global Brand ranking, worth $159 billion, an increase of 40% year on year. 

After 3 years of consecutively ranking number 1 at top , Apple slipped to No 2 on the back of a 20% decline in brand value, to $148 billion. Many attribute the "  lack  of innovation at   Apple  " as compared to when its  founder and CEO Steve Jobs was at the helm. Google in contrast has continued to redefine " technology" and  has been seen as a  brand that is seen to  " disrupt and change the market where it enters,  ( Android today has a global  60% over marketshare ).. and it has been able to achieve this is just 6 years of its launch

You can download the full ranking Infographic here 

BrandZ Top 100 Most Valuable Global Brands study , commissioned by WPP and done by Millward Brown Optimo  has seen its combined value of  the Top 100 brand  is today worth $2.9 trillion, an increase of 49% compared with the 2008 valuation, which marked the start of the banking and currency crisis

source : Global top 100 brands

Mobile Broadband Penetration vs Mobile Broadband Subscriptions: Europe vs Asia vs Middle East

Internet Penetration vs Social Media Penetration across Continents | Online Marketing Trends:

According to the latest Transparency Market Research published new "Mobile Content Market - Global And U.S. Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Trends And Forecasts 2011 - 2017" market research report show the overall value of the mobile content market as well as the value of the mobile games market in 2011

source : Wearearesocials. Global Mobile  Broadband  Subscribers ( 2014 )

Global  Mobile Broadband Penetration across Regions

Internet Penetration vs Social Media Penetration across Continents

According to the latest  report on  Wearesocial , compared  the global internet penetration   to  the social media penetration. 
Expectedly  North American ranks no 1 with 81%  followed by Western Europe and Ocenia with  78% and 63%  penetration

In terms of social web penetration  , the ranking is identical with North America ( US +Canada ) among the top 2 regions , followed by Oceania and South  Africa

source: wearesocial data