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GOOGLE IS NOW the world’s most valuable brand after knocking Apple off the top spot.
The findings, which was part of the BrandZ Top 100 Most Valuable Global Brand 2014, saw Google increase in value by 40 per cent, making it worth €116 billion.
Apple, which topped the rankings for three years, decreased in value by 20 per cent, leaving it with an value of €107 billion.
The report put this down to a growing perception that it’s no longer “redefining technology for customers,” such as a lack of new product launches which captured the imagination. Google, on the other hand
Following it was B2B company IBM, which is worth $107 billion while Microsoft, which announced its latest Surface Pro tablet yesterday, grew in value by 29 per cent to give it a value of €65 billion.
Other companies which made the top ten included McDonalds (€62 billion), Coca-Cola (€58 billion), Visa (€57 billion), AT&T (€56 billion), Marlboro (€48 billion), and Amazon (€46 billion). Facebook took the No. 21 spot, rising in value by 68 per cent to €26 billion while Twitter made its debut with a value of €10 billion, placing it at No. 71.
The top 100 companies combined are worth €2.1 trillion, the value of which increased by 49 per cent since 2008. The industries which saw the greatest increase included Apparel, cars, retail, luxury and technology.
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Irish Water will be up there next year.
Really thought avonmore was in with a chance.
It’s no Premier Dairies
I’m still eating apples, I don’t care if all the cool people are eating googles.
I’m still using Alta Vista
Astalavista was much better.
Yes, it is definitely time to change the browser so if Google has moved into that position.
Try http://www.millionshort.com
…Very cool, it removes the first returns that you always get on a search, so you can get rid of all the ads and rubbish that is normally on the first fold
What ever happened to Yahoo? I think I’ll google it.
AltaVista just redirects to yahoo these days.
I think duckduckgo is a good alternative to Google search. It doesn’t use filter bubble.
Good man frank..new world order an all that
Google Chrome Logo contains 3 sixes …. http://37.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m9d10qQAgg1rtr3kno1_1280.jpg
Apples Logo contains the forbidden fruit….
Both sinister companies that cannot be trusted….,
And the bible contains hundreds of cruel and violent passages:
Frank, get that tinfoil off your head, I need it for my sandwiches!
The forbidden fruit that is up there with one of your craziest theories Frank. Anyway Thanks for the laugh hahahaha.
Stephen Ryan .. you could use it to wrap your Iphone in it….
Wait…
http://www.zdnet.com/apple-patent-could-remotely-disable-protesters-phone-cameras-7000003640/
It’s Newtons apple, please go away with your crackpot theories.
Frank I hope you don’t truly believe the stuff you post. So is it the giant shape shifting lizard people who run Apple? and the small grey little area 51 aliens who run Google? And Obama is the Antichrist right?
Seriously Frank get a grip of reality.
And Isaac Newton took one bite out of the Apple……
The one bite taken out of the Apple is a symbolic representation of a rebellion against god. Genesis 3:6… Also the rainbow is symbolized God’s mercy and the covenant made after the flood….(To have this incorporated within the forbidden fruit.) ….On top of all this the first apple computer sold for $666.66.
The bible is made of paper. Paper is made of trees. Trees were made by god. Therefore the bible is the destruction of gods work.
A bit a fruit yourself there Frank
Yes Stephen.. and I am paying the price for my sins..
http://webdoc.nyumc.org/nyumc/files/cfar/user-content/iStock_Ribon.jpg
Hilarious Frank. Where do you come up with this nonesense…. googled it perchance…. on your iPhone perhaps!
;-)
Hairy lemon …. I don’t have IPhone
I had the 4 and 5 both from new…and never liked them… Hated ITunes navigation.. I jailbroke the 4 through Cidia which gave me a bit of freedom until I decided to get their latest updates which screwed everything up all over again with an updated baseband. .
Sold the 5 a few months after purchasing it and switched over to the Galaxy 3 and then HTC M7… Would never look back or touch one of their devices again …
Being tied into a proprietary system is not for me,
Your faith in sky fairies ties you to a propriety system of ignorance and inequality.
Oh frank…. Everyone knows the rainbow is the mark of the gays, they convert one more for every iPhone someone buys. It’s part of the secret plot to take over the world. In fact since you had two yourself I’d be slightly worried for your eternal soul.
Oh and the fruit just stands for good nutrition… Surely Jesus is in favor of that?
Really sticking it to the man Frank owning two iPhones and all, go you!
Well Both systems are in cahoots with rising Fascist Western Governments with backdoor technology capable of letting the authorities spy and monitor all your movements.
Apple were the first to come out with the sealed enclosure encasing the battery. Of course Apple heads all thought this was cool and trendy…. in reality it was the first phone on the market that could be switched off by the user and then powered up by a third party unknowingly.
I see HTC and other phone companies following suit with this….
The real fun will start when full blown cashless NFC kick in… every thing you purchase will be logged, monitored and location of purchase pinpointed. Obama will love NFC…
So by purchasing two iPhones you are a cog in the machine of mass consumerism and evil technology, you sold your soul a long time ago Frank.
Leave him be, he’s clearly mental
You do have a fair point about back door technology though
Bad news for Starbucks hipsters.
At twelve and a half percent corporate tax, we must be rolling in it..
Apple Helps Cops Hide Police Brutality.
The rapid emergence of smart phones with high definition cameras leads to consequences for law-breaking cops. Recently, law enforcement throughout the country has been trying to pass laws that would make it illegal to film them while they’re on duty. But Apple is coming out with a new technology that would put all the power in a cop’s hands.
http://thefreethoughtproject.com/apple-helps-cops-hide-police-brutality/
More here………
http://www.veteranstoday.com/2013/08/19/police-now-can-switch-off-iphone-camera-and-wi-fi/
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