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WHICH is the world’s most innovative country?

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WHICH is the world’s most innovative country? Answering this question is the aim of the annual <a href="http://www.wipo.int/econ_stat/en/economics/gii/">Global Innovation Index</a>
 and a related report, which were published this morning by Cornell 
University, INSEAD, a business school, and the World Intellectual 
Property Organisation. The ranking of 140 countries and economies around
 the world, which are scored using 79 indicators, is not surprising: 
Switzerland, Britain, Sweden, the Netherlands and America lead the pack.
 But the authors also look at their data from other angles, for instance
 how countries do relative to their economic development and the quality
 of innovation (measured by indicators such as university rankings). In 
both cases the results are more remarkable. The chart above shows that 
in innovation many countries in Africa punch above their economic 
weight. And the chart below indicates that, even though China is now 
churning out a lot of patents, it is still way behind America and other 
rich countries when it comes to innovation quality.<br />
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From KFC-reject to world's 70th richest man: Alibaba founder who was inspired by Forrest Gump is now worth $14bn after flotation and has made his employees rich

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<b>Jack Ma, 50, founded web giant Alibaba from his tiny flat in China </b></div>
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<b>First saw the internet on a 1995 trip to Silicon Valley and was inspired</b></div>
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<b>At a low ebb he was rejected for a job at KFC in Hangzhou </b></div>
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<b>Today Alibaba floated on the New York Stock exchange in record IPO</b></div>
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<b>Speaking from the trading floor, Ma revealed admiration for Forrest Gump</b></div>
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<b>Said he watches Tom Hanks film in times of trouble to cheer him up</b></div>
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<b>Ma is now estimated to have a fortune of $14billion </b></div>
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After his company's record-breaking entry into the U.S. stock market today, Alibaba founder Jack Ma has made it into the world's 100 richest men.</div>
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But before his stratospheric rise to wealth and power at the head of his company, an internet giant which dominates the Chinese online economy, Ma couldn't even make it into a chicken shop.</div>
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The 50-year-old entrepreneur who founded Alibaba with a group of 17 friends in 1999, had humble roots in the city of Hangzhou, eastern China, where he taught English in a local school.</div>
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But, hoping to better his lot in the early 1990s he applied, and was turned down for, a slew of other jobs, including with a KFC in the city.<br />
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Ma's luck changed, however, when a job came up in 1995 which let him travel to the United States as a translator, according to the <span class="s1"><b>Sydney Morning Herald</b></span>.</div>
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IPOs are like a box of chocolates: Jack ma spoke admiringly of the dimwitted but determined Tom Hanks character Forrest Gump</div>
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Ma has his ascent from ignominy to unimaginable wealth in common with another unlikely billionaire - the hapless film character Forrest Gump, whom he admits he often turns to in times of hardship.</div>
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In an interview the immediate aftermath of Alibaba's $22billion flotation, Ma cited Tom Hanks's dim but heroic character as a role model, saying Gump's triumphs over adversity had inspired him dozens of times.</div>
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Ma told <a href="http://video.cnbc.com/gallery/?video=3000312290#."><span class="s1"><b>CNBC</b></span></a>: 'The hero I had is<b><i> Forrest Gump</i></b> - I really like that guy! I've been watching that movie for about ten times. Every time I get frustrated, I watch the movie.</div>
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'I watch the movie before I came here again for coming to the New York. I watched the movie again.</div>
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No matter what changes, you are you. I'm a stupid guy - fifteen years ago I only earned like $20 a month.' </div>
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He made the unusual comparison from the floor of the New York Stock Exchange today as his company's value charged towards its closing value of $93 per share.</div>
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Extrapolated to all of the company's shares, most of which were not put on the market today, Alibaba's value is just shy of $230billion, putting it just above Procter and Gamble on the NYSE, and just below JP Morgan Chase.</div>
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The online retailer smashed records with its offering - the largest in US history - and is now as valuable as Facebook after just one day on Wall Street.</div>
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The e-commerce powerhouse, which sells anything from fat suits to live animals, started the day valued more than Amazon and eBay at $168 billion, and sent tremors through the market as it floated stocks priced at $68 per share.</div>
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Shares quickly jumped to $98 once trading finally launched at 11.53am - after a delayed start due to an overwhelming influx of orders.</div>
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Now, the firm is worth $230 billion - more than Facebook - as stocks closed at $93, up 38 per cent. </div>
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But despite the huge hike in capital today, Ma has been known to cut a modest figure - the billionaire has even described his latest blast of wealth as a 'headache'.Frantic: Ma is pictured, just left of centre, at the New York Stock Exchange, where his company today raised billions of fresh capital</div>
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In an email leaked to Chinese media in July, as anticipation was building ahead of the IPO, Ma gave a message to his employees, many of whom will have been made very wealthy today because of their ownership of shares.</div>
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He said: 'We've worked so hard, but not for the sake of turning into a bunch of tuhao [a Chinese termmeaning 'uncouth, newly rich person - roughly equivalent to nouveaux riches'].</div>
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Instead, Ma has hoped that his employees will use the proceeds of the IPO to do good and enable more businesses to make money themselves. </div>
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A trading frenzy broke out after Alibaba hit the market, with more than 127 million shares were traded in the first 15 minutes of Alibaba's debut on the market.</div>
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One-man story: Ma founded Alibaba from his one-bedroom flat in China some 17 years ago</div>
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The small firm is now being bombarded with business propositions - and there is even talk of an Amazon merger.</div>
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Contemplating the prospect today, Ma said: 'I would be interested in talking because as always, anything, anybody that involves helping small business we will feel excited.'</div>
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His own stake in the business is expected to be valued at $14billion - enough to put him in the 71st spot on Forbes' list of global billionaires, ahead of media mogul Rupert Murdoch ($13.5billion) and fashion designer Giorgio Armani ($9.9billion).</div>
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In 15 years the firm has risen from a start-up in an apartment 100 miles outside the city of Shanghai to become a juggernaut bigger than Hewlett Packard.</div>
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Alibaba is based in Hangzhou in Eastern China, Ma's hometown.</div>
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The company got started in 1999 when Ma and 17 friends developed a fledgling e-commerce company on the cusp of the Internet boom.</div>
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Ma, who founded the company in a one-bedroom apartment, will have a paper fortune worth some $14 billion, vaulting him into the ranks of tech billionaires like Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos.</div>
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At an early age, Ma developed a desire to learn English so he rode his bike for 45 minutes each morning in order to go to a nearby hotel and converse with foreigners.</div>
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He would guide them around the city for free in order to practice and perfect his English.</div>
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He ws one of the first in china to learn how to design web sites.</div>
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Ma first started building websites for Chinese companies with the help of friends in the US.</div>
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<b>WHAT IS ALIBABA?</b></div>
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Alibaba operates an online ecosystem that lets individuals and small businesses buy and sell. </div>
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It doesn't directly sell anything, compete with its merchants, or hold inventory.</div>
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It has been described as China's answer to eBay, but it actually handles more packages annually than eBay and Amazon combined.</div>
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Most of Alibaba's 279 million active buyers visit the sites at least once a month on smartphones and other mobile devices, making the company attractive to investors as computing shifts away from laptop and desktop machines.</div>
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Alibaba has come to power four-fifths of all online commerce conducted in China and has also branched out into areas such as e-payments and financial investment. </div>
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If Alibaba were a country, its GDP would be above Vietnam and just below New Zealand.</div>
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He has said that 'the day we got connected to the Web, I invited friends and TV people over to my house.'</div>
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Using his very slow dial-up connection: 'We waited three and a half hours and got half a page.... We drank, watched TV and played cards, waiting.</div>
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'But I was so proud. I proved (to my house guests that) the Internet existed.'</div>
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Alibaba has been described as China's answer to eBay, but it actually handles more packages annually than eBay and Amazon combined.</div>
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Investors hope a stake in the firm will give them exposure to China's rapid-growth internet sector.</div>
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The stock started trading on Friday under the ticker 'BABA' on the NYSE.</div>
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As part of the so-called roadshow, would-be investors heard a sales pitch that centered on Alibaba's strong revenue growth and seemingly endless possibilities for expansion.</div>
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Demand has been so high that the company raised its expected offering price to $66 to $68 per share from $60 to $66 per share on Monday, setting the stage for what was expected to be the biggest ever IPO. And it did not disappoint.</div>
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After a delayed start, American depository shares opened at $92.70 - and climbed up to $98 in minutes - the biggest IPO in US history.</div>
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Early predictions had shares slated to open at $80 to $83. But it was revised eight times due to high demand. </div>
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Let the games begin: Ma is pictured above striking the bell to signal the start of trading in Alibaba shares at the New York Stock Exchange - under the ticker BABA</div>
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The main reason investors appear breathless about the 15-year old Alibaba: It offers an investment vehicle that taps into China's burgeoning middle-class. Among the rich and famous: Ma's wealth has propelled him into the ranks of entrepreneurs like Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg</div>
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Alibaba's Taobao, TMall and other platforms account for some 80 percent of Chinese online commerce.</div>
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Most of Alibaba's 279 million active buyers visit the sites at least once a month on smartphones and other mobile devices, making the company attractive to investors as computing shifts away from laptop and desktop machines.</div>
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And the growth rate is not expected to mature anytime soon.</div>
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Online spending by Chinese shoppers is forecast to triple from its 2011 size by 2015. Beyond that, Alibaba has said it plans to expand into emerging markets and eventually, Europe and the U.S.</div>
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'There are very few companies that are this big, grow this fast, and are this profitable,' said Wedbush analyst Gil Luria. </div>
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<b>THE WEIRD WORLD OF ALIBABA</b><br />
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The website, which aims to connect companies with wholesalers, is known for selling everything - including some strange offerings. </div>
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One company in particular, Zhongshan City Elephant Sculpture Art, is leading the way with its silicone-wax celebrity statues.</div>
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A popular piece is the life-size, obese statue of Arnold Schwarzenegger. </div>
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The sculpture is completely naked, apart from shotgun and sunglasses, and it could be yours for £9,900 ($16,800).</div>
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In the event you need the services of a camel, then you can purchase 500 for around £350 ($600) each.</div>
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With many of the items bulk buy, your will need to order 24,000 pieces to get your hand on what is described as 'lovely used panties'. </div>
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In the event you need the services of a camel, then you can purchase 500 for around £350 ($600) each A popular piece is the life-size, obese statue of Arnold Schwarzenegger. The sculpture is completely naked, apart from shotgun and sunglasses and it could be yours for £9,900 ($16,800)</div>
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But if beauty products are more your thing, then Alibaba has some intriguing offers.</div>
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The female electric nose lifter, for instance, promises to give you a firmer, higher nose by zapping it with vibrations for just three minutes a day.</div>
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Not to be left out, there is also a wide array of male grooming product for sale.</div>
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Lovers of Apple products, who also happen to have an embarrassing ear wax problem, can get their hands on a Steve Jobs-banded ear cleaner tool set.</div>
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The pack contains eight items for ear cleaning and manicuring and is priced at 50p ($0.8) at a minimum order of 2,000 sets. </div>
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<b>Source: <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/">http://www.dailymail.co.uk</a></b></div>

From KFC-reject to world's 70th richest man: Alibaba founder who was inspired by Forrest Gump is now worth $14bn after flotation and has made his employees rich

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The company said demand had outstripped supply of the new iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, which feature larger screens and longer battery life. Deliveries of pre-orders will begin on Friday and will continue through October.</div>
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Bumper first-day pre-orders point to first-weekend sales of up to 10 million units, analysts estimated.</div>
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"Assuming preorders are similar to the 40 percent of first weekend sales for the iPhone 5, this would imply iPhone 6/6Plus first weekend sales could be around 10 million," Wells Fargo Securities analysts wrote in a note.</div>
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About 2 million pre-orders were received for the iPhone 5 in the first 24 hours after it went on sale in September 2012. Apple sold 5 million of these phones in the first weekend.</div>
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Apple sold 9 million iPhone 5Ss and 5Cs, which were launched last year, in the first three days in stores. The company did not reveal pre-order numbers for these phones.</div>
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Raymond James analysts said they expect sales of iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus to top 9 million in the first weekend.</div>
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"Apple will be selling every iPhone it can make, at least through October. Because of this, the first weekend sales are typically more indicative of supply than demand," they said.</div>
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The company routinely grapples with iPhone supply constraints, particularly in years that involve a smartphone re-design.</div>
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Apple's website showed last week that the larger 5.5-inch "Plus" models displayed a wait time of up to a month. The 4.7-inch version was available for delivery on Sept. 19.</div>
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Janney Capital Markets analysts said the large number of pre-orders was due to "pent-up demand" for bigger iPhone screens.</div>
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The brokerage raised its sales estimate for the latest iPhones to 37.4 million units for the current quarter and 60 million for the quarter ended December.</div>
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"We believe significant demand will even spill into the March and June quarters given supply and the timing of shipments in China," Barclays analysts wrote in a note.</div>
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The company said the new iPhone models will be available to customers in its stores in the United States, Canada, Australia and some other countries on Friday morning.</div>
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AT&T Inc, Sprint Corp, T-Mobile US Inc, Verizon Wireless and some Apple authorized resellers will also start selling the phones on Friday.</div>
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The phones will come equipped with Apple's new payments service, "Apple Pay", which launches in the United States next month and allows users to pay for items in stores with their phones.</div>
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Apple's shares were up less than 1 percent at $102.92 Monday afternoon.</div>
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Apple has revealed the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus to the world, alongside the long-awaited Apple Watch, at one of the year’s most hotly anticipated Apple events</h2>
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Apple has revealed its new iPhone 6 smartphone at an exclusive event in California in two sizes - the iPhone 6 and the iPhone 6 Plus.</div>
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Speaking at the Flint Center for the Performing Arts in Cupertino, California, where Steve Jobs unveiled the first Apple Macintosh computer 30 years ago, chief executive Tim Cook told the crowd he was launching "the biggest advancement in the history of iPhone".</div>
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Each will come in 16GB, 64GB and 128GB configurations, with the iPhone 6 starting from £539, £619 for the 64 GB version and £699 for the £128 model. The iPhone 6 Plus will retail from £619 for 16GB, £699 for the 64GB model and £789 for the new 128GB model.</div>
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<b style="background-color: transparent;"> <b style="background-color: transparent;">Target group: </b></b>Lazy drivers</div>
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<b style="background-color: transparent;">USP: </b>Save your energy and relax whilst travelling</div>
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Fitted with cameras, sensors, radar and lasers, self-driven cars will 
bring a new dimension to drivers’ etiquette on roads. Although Google’s 
self-driven cars are already in operation, they are still in the 
decision-making process of whether to manufacture the cars themselves or
 sell the technology to already well-established car manufacturers.</div>
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<b style="background-color: transparent;">USP:</b> Just fly over the traffic jams </div>
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The idea is nothing new and it was first seen in 1917. It was the 
Curtiss Autoplane, a vehicle that hopped rather than flew. These types 
of vehicles were initially used for emergency services, law enforcement 
and the super-rich. In terms of a mass produced flying car, we are years
 off but some companies are working on exactly this with Terrafugia 
being a leader in this research.</div>
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<b style="background-color: transparent;"> USP: </b>No need for a driving license </div>
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Aimed at those who live in crowded urban areas, it will attempt to 
solve the problems associated with travelling in these locations. It is a
 system where one calls a networked car via a smartphone app and the 
vehicle (pod) arrives at that destination and picks up a maximum of two 
people. The pod calculates the best route based on real time traffic 
information. It may sound like an idea too far in the future, but those 
at General Motors plan to run tests on this system in large cities 
around the world by 2020.</div>
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<b style="background-color: transparent;">USP: </b>No greenhouse gas emissions</div>
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Electric cars have long been thought to be the solution to CO2 
emissions from gas guzzling motors and yet they’re not so widely used. 
Why? Simple they’re expensive. The reason behind their high price is the
 high production cost of Li-ion batteries used to power them. However, 
professors at the University Wollongong, Australia have had a 
breakthrough. An element found abundantly in the earth’s crust 
(germanium) has the ability when incorporated into the battery to 
increase the energy storage of Li-ion batteries by 5 times. What’s more,
 improved storage will reduce the price of the batteries.</div>
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<b style="background-color: transparent;">USP: </b>Produces water as waste</div>
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These types of cars are seen as the solution to the environmentally 
damaging combustion-engined vehicles and expensive electricity-powered 
cars. These vehicles produce water as a byproduct and are said to be 
capable of long range driving, according to Samuelsen. However, there is
 not a high number of charging stations readily available across 
different locations to make them practical and the large batteries take 
up trunk space. Modifications are underway to make these things no 
longer a problem.</div>
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 The vehicle marketplace offers buyers, sellers and car dealers the 
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<a href="http://africainternetgroup.com/" style="background-color: transparent;">Africa Internet Holding</a>
 introduces and accelerates the online shift in Africa – for its people 
and its culture. It is committed to running successful and vibrant 
internet companies which boost the evolution of African online culture. 
AIH is the parent group of nine successful and fast-growing companies in
 more than 20 African countries, accounting for over 3000 staff. AIH 
cares about entrepreneurship and brings together all the key elements 
required to build great companies: team, concept, technology and 
capital. Its network of companies includes JUMIA, Kaymu, Hellofood, 
Lamudi, Carmudi, Zando, Jovago, Lendico and Easy Taxi.</div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box;">"...the potential... to save lives, to make our daily existences a little bit easier" - <a href="http://www.cnn.com/interactive/2014/06/tech/cnn10-inventions/" rel="nofollow" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0eb4b6; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">CNN</a></span></div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box;">"This helmet is going to change the future of racing." - </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box;"><a href="http://selvedgeyard.com/2014/02/11/speed-freak-harley-hell-racer-steve-huff-on-the-fastest-racetracks-on-earth/" rel="nofollow" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #0eb4b6; text-decoration: none;">Steve Huff, Harley Davidson Landspeed Record Holder</a></span></div>
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<span style="box-sizing: border-box;">"The future of motorcycle helmets has arrived, a must." - Tyler Florence</span></div>
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Instagram Hits 200 Million Active Users

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<span style="color: #555555;">It's a testament to </span><a href="http://www.instagram.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Instagram's</span></a><span style="color: #555555;"> success that when Mark Zuckerberg revealed the photo-sharing service had crossed the 200-million-user milestone, it barely rated a mention.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #555555;">The statistic arrived in the middle of an investor-relations phone call explaining why he had just </span><a data-crackerjax="#post-slider" href="http://ipromonaija.blogspot.com/2014/03/facebook-is-acquiring-oculus-vr-for.html" style="color: #00aeef; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">purchased Oculus VR for $2 billion</a><span style="color: #555555;"> — or more than twice the price of Instagram. Zuckerberg's rationale: </span><a href="http://facebook.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Facebook</span></a><span style="color: #555555;"> said it would be happy if Instagram hit 100 million users, and now they're at twice that. In other words, you can't always predict where these technologies are going.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #555555;">Zuckerberg dropped the news a little early to make a point, it seems.</span><span style="color: #666666;"> Instagram's Tumblr made it official</span><span style="color: #555555;"> about an hour after the call, and added a few juicy details, including the fact that 20 billion photos (and counting) have been uploaded to the service.</span></div>
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More importantly, 50 million of those users signed up in the last six months, which means Instagram grew by roughly 100% in the last year. The 200-million figure is for monthly active users, Instagram said.</div>
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Given such strong growth, and the early appearance of ads on the service, it seems that Facebook got a much better deal than anyone knew at the time — especially as the final stock-based sale price closed at $735 million, rather than the $1 billion most of us remember.</div>
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Google partners with Ray-Ban To Design Google Glass

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There has been questions that if Ray Ban designed the Google Glass would you wear it? well either ways the deal has been sealed. I remember when these types of gadgets were only seen in movies and video games that dates the year 2050 etc.lets all get prepared the future is closer than we think.</div>
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<i>"Ray-Ban sunglasses maker Luxottica has sealed a strategic partnership with Google to design and distribute a new kind of eyewear for Google Glass.</i><br />
<i>Luxottica said the two groups would work together to create innovative wearable devices for Google Glass.</i><br />
<i>The company said its two major brands, Ray-Ban and Oakley, would be part of the collaboration with Glass but gave no further details.</i><br />
<i>Luxottica chief executive Andrea Guerra said: "We believe that a strategic partnership with a leading player like Google is the ideal platform for developing a new way forward in our industry and answering the evolving needs of consumers on a global scale."</i><br />
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Facebook Is Acquiring Oculus VR for $2Billion

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Mark Zuckerburg is on the move again, after his acquisition of WhatsApp facebook has announced that its acquiring Oculus VR for a whooping $2billion.</div>
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Oculus VR is a virtual reality headset which launched its first headset about 2yrs ago, Oculus VR showcased their new headset at the GDC conference a couple of days ago, but it seems Sony has already moved up on the new technology when they unveiled a slicker looking VR headset named Project Morpheus for the PS4.</div>
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Virtual Reality looks like the next big thing in the tech industry now that Zuckerberg has decided to acquire Oculus VR for $2Billion in cash and stocks.</div>
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In an interview with the Oculus VR founder <b>Palmer Luckey</b>, said the Oculus VR Rift 2 is a development kit not for consumers yet, which means the final product will look way cooler and have better content from developers to go with the headset.</div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><i>"I'm excited to announce that we've agreed to acquire Oculus VR, the leader in virtual reality technology.</i></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><i>Our mission is to make the world more open and connected. For the past few years, this has mostly meant building mobile apps that help you share with the people you care about. We have a lot more to do on mobile, but at this point we feel we're in a position where we can start focusing on what platforms will come next to enable even more useful, entertaining and personal experiences.</i></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><i>This is where Oculus comes in. They build virtual reality technology, like the Oculus Rift headset. When you put it on, you enter a completely immersive computer-generated environment, like a game or a movie scene or a place far away. The incredible thing about the technology is that you feel like you're actually present in another place with other people. People who try it say it's different from anything they've ever experienced in their lives.</i></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><i>Oculus's mission is to enable you to experience the impossible. Their technology opens up the possibility of completely new kinds of experiences.</i></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><i>Immersive gaming will be the first, and Oculus already has big plans here that won't be changing and we hope to accelerate. The Rift is highly anticipated by the gaming community, and there's a lot of interest from developers in building for this platform. We're going to focus on helping Oculus build out their product and develop partnerships to support more games. Oculus will continue operating independently within Facebook to achieve this.</i></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><i>But this is just the start. After games, we're going to make Oculus a platform for many other experiences. Imagine enjoying a court side seat at a game, studying in a classroom of students and teachers all over the world or consulting with a doctor face-to-face -- just by putting on goggles in your home.</i></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><i>This is really a new communication platform. By feeling truly present, you can share unbounded spaces and experiences with the people in your life. Imagine sharing not just moments with your friends online, but entire experiences and adventures.</i></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><i>These are just some of the potential uses. By working with developers and partners across the industry, together we can build many more. One day, we believe this kind of immersive, augmented reality will become a part of daily life for billions of people.</i></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"><i>Virtual reality was once the dream of science fiction. But the internet was also once a dream, and so were computers and smartphones. The future is coming and we have a chance to build it together. I can't wait to start working with the whole team at Oculus to bring this future to the world, and to unlock new worlds for all of us."</i></span></span></div>
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JUMIA Nigeria Officially Announces Nicolas Martin and Jérémy Doutté As New Co-CEOs

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<i>When <b>Rocket Internet </b>decided to launch an Amazon-styled online retailer in Nigeria, it needed the right management team with the ability to grow a localised version in a highly-competitive, risk-prone and logistically-challenged environment such as Nigeria.<br /><br />That’s why it hired local entrepreneurs, <b>Raphael Afaedor</b> and <b>Tunde Kehinde</b>, both MBAs from Harvard with experience managing Internet product development and marketing in the online services market.<br /><br />While the duo were generally considered as the co-founders of the e-commerce company, several other Rocket Internet management staff have touted, in their LinkedIn profiles and elsewhere, that they were co-founders of the German incubator’s Nigeria operations.<br /><br />But Afaedor and Kehinde were also referred to as co-CEOs of the e-commerce company, a title that they gladly shared over the past 18 months or so. A title that they’re now going to drop soon as the company now has new CEOs – <b>Nicolas Martin </b>and <b>Jérémy Doutté </b>— according to an official statement from the company.<br /><br />Both CEOs are foreign. Martin, likely from France, is an MBA from INSEAD, France and joined JUMIA from McKinsey & Company where he previously worked as a senior engagement manager.<br /><br />While Doutté, 30, also likely from France and also an MBA, but from Harvard Business School has always been a Rocket guy, starting way back in May 2011 as an intern for Dafiti in Brazil. After his MBA in June of 2012, he has served as Managing Director for JUMIA operations in Morocco and Egypt. Before then, he worked at as an associate at McKinsey & Company.<br /><br />As fas as we know, both entrepreneurs have not lived or worked in Nigeria before now and may have little or no knowledge of the Nigerian market, so it is not clear why the company has decided to bring in foreign expertise and talent to run its e-commerce operations in Nigeria.<br /><br />However, it is possible that both CEOs are merely replacing Afaedor and Kehinde’s place, for the time being, until the company finds people with strong knowledge and experience of the local terrain, especially since major competitor, Konga with strong local knowledge, expertise and execution has posed a serious threat to the company.<br /><br />Meanwhile, Afaedor and Kehinde have moved on to their own separate ventures, with Afaedor rumoured to be working on a payments start-up, while Kehinde is launching an e-commerce logistics and supply chain company simply called NewCo?, alongside Ercin Eksin, a former Rocket Internet director.</i></div>

GADGETS TECH JUMIA Nigeria Officially Announces Nicolas Martin and Jérémy Doutté As New Co-CEOs

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