Apple Samsung Patent Fights, Apple walked away with $1.05 billion damage

Apple won big on the recent big patent lawsuit when the court ordered Samsung to pay $1.05b damages to Apple... I am quite surprise the court gave the verdict within a week, i supposed it will be drag and a long lawsuits.... Apple share price has up up up and reaching the moon soon, Samsung down by close to 7% when the court judgement released to the public. But is that a really good news to Apple? Is Samsung really violate Apple's registered patents? 

Below are the 6 patents that jury says Samsung violated:

1. Utility Patent 163: Enlarging documents by tapping the screen

2. Utility Patent 381: 'Bounce-back' feature when scrolling beyond the edge of 3. Utility Patent 915: Distinguishes between single-touch and multi-touch gestures. An example of this would be pinch to zoom

4. Design Patent 087: Ornamental design of the iPhone (white color)
5. Design Patent 677: Ornamental design of the iPhone (black color)
6. Design Patent 305: Rounded square icons on interface

If the violation is correct and true, there should be more than one company being fined or penalties for the reason of patent violation. But why Apple only find trouble with Samsung? I believe Apple start worry and aware of the rises of Samsung and Apple competitive advantage is diminishing as Android is getting better and better. 

My first Apple product is ipod which i found that is really awesome, the centre controlled touch pad is really amazing and convenient, the whole concept was  stylish. First Apple phone is ......

to be continued..............

2012Q2 Global smartphone sales by OS

Samsung is Leading the Smartphone Market Now

Samsung has a wonderful monster amazing crazy Q2 results on its Galaxy phone. Samsung sold about 50.5m handset in Q2 alone, surpasses apple near to 2 times of 26m. This so far the only quarter that someone has surpassed iphone in smartphone selling in the recent year.

2012 Q2 Smartphone sales

Is it true that Samsung has finally lead the market? does it means apple has lost its edge against samsung? or simply the world is just waiting for the iPhone5?


I believe the competitive advantage created by Steve Job has getting weaker and Apple really need to look at it before it is too late....

Confusion of life

Do you ever ask yourself a question, why you are what you are now? Why you are on where you are now? Why you are not A, why you are not B, not C or even D that leading rich and colourful life.

This is probably the toughest question that i ever had in my life and probably human being ever facing, and I'm still looking for the an answer. Is that what Buddhism always mentioned 'karma'? Or what Christian believe on the mighty god's plan? I preferred on karma, as you do good deed will return in good deed and vice versa.

Probably this makes the life more beautiful and unpredictable. If everyone in this world having the same thing and doing the same thing everyday, I thinks this world will be quite boring....

Well, Will the recent found god particle ever give us a perfect answer for this?

Hey God particle if you ever heard my voice, can you grant me 3 wishes?
First I want to get rid of my loan.
Second I will work hard to earn more money.
Third I want to have a better communication with my mom, I lost my dad from cancer I don't want to lose my mom.

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Europe biggest problem

This chart is good enough to explain why Europe is in big trouble now...

Macau and Casino

I recalled that end of December last year, lots of data released and indicators showed that 2012 will be a bad bad year. Loss job,slow down in China GDP growth and Euro crisis gonna hit the economic badly.... 

Surprisingly, Macau the only legal gaming city in China, has released very promising financial results and analysts have predicted 14% growth for full 2012 full yaer revenue. But, Macau is beating the expectation. Official results announced that Macau combined revenue for first 2 months of 2012 up by 28% year to year comparison, far higher than 14% as expected, but this may be due to the high revenue on the peak season on Feb 2012.

Quick glance of the Casino gaming revenue for the past 2 year...

	2010	2011	2012
	in US$	in US$	in US$
Macau	23.5b	33.5b	38.2b
Singapore	3.93b	6.4b	7.2b
Las Vegas	5.8b	6.2b	na

Most of the Las Vegas Casino operators moved their focus to Macau and Singapore, trying to fight for the big pie from the economic boom of Asia countries, casino tycoon Sheldon Andelson and his $4.4b Casino resort in Macau after launched his successful Marina Bay Sands in Singapore 2 years ago.


Macau has a total 33 casinos operates in this small tiny island and it took over the helm from Las Vegas in 2006 as the top casino in the world..

Money money money, i want all your money money money....LOL

Below is copied from business insider.... good one

AP

Everyone was expecting a huge slump for China's gambling hotspot Macau this year.

Guess what? It hasn't happened.

Recent figures (and also Evan Osnos's great recent New Yorker article) suggest that, for all its faults, Macau is still destroying Las Vegas in every area that matters.


Gaming revenue rose 42% in 2011.

Inside the Sands Cotai Central, AP(Source)


Bank of America analysts Shaun C. Kelley and Matthew A. Cole have predicted 14% growth in 2012.

The Galaxy Macau, AP(Source)


But so far, Macau is beating that. January-February 2012 combined revenues were up 28 percent year-over-year.

Inside the Sands Cotai Central, AP(Source)


In 2006 Macau’s casino revenues had surpassed those of Las Vegas.

AP(Source)


The money passing through Macau today is more than 5 times that going through Las Vegas.

AP(Source)


Growth has averaged around 19% for a decade.

AP(Source)


Billionaire Sheldon Adelson's new Sands Cotai Central casino costs $4.4 billion and opened this month.

APAmongst its features, a 2,500 kilogram (5,500 pound) bronze and gold "God of Fortune" statue.


The Sands Macau, opened in 2004, recouped its $265 million construction costs in a year.

The Sands Macau,AP(Source)


Steve Wynn makes two-thirds of his global profits in Macau.
Mr. Stephen A. Wynn, Chairman and CEO of Wynn Resorts (left) and Mr. Edmund Ho Hau Wah, Vice Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), AP(Source)


Fitch believes that the VIP segment will continue to drive 70% to 75% of total gaming revenue, but mass market is also growing.
The Galaxy Macau, AP(Source)


Infrastructure is improving too — A high speed train to Beijing is being built, and a bridge to Hong Kong will open in 3 to 4 years.
AP(Source)


While there are huge wage disparities, life can be good for those living there. Unemployment is below three per cent.
MGM Grand Macau, AP(Source)


The average citizen earns more than the average European.

AP(Source)



And government tax revenue is so high that residents get occasional checks under a program named the Wealth Partaking Scheme.

Grand Lisboa Casino, AP(Source)

Above is copied from http://www.businessinsider.com/macau-china-gambling-facts-2012-4?op=1#ixzz1sMoCxbEC

World Bank Nominee... Dr Jum Yong Kim, possibly the coolest nominee ever LOL

Dr Jum Yong Kim is recommended by Obama as the nominee for World Bank president... but who is him? 


but who is Dr Jum and what is the woohaa if he elected as the president of world bank? to be honest, i dont knw him i dnt knw hw good is him... but why i would like to mention him in my blog?? 


cos you will find he is cute and awesome after you see this video, he dance and sing TIME OF MY LIFE lol, FML.. he is cool... haha

look at 2.40, haha i was wondering how my uni life will be if my prof rap and dance such a cool song... 

Draw Something

It is reported that Zynga is buying DRAW SOMETHING from OMGPOP for $180-$210million, do you think that is expensive??


Do you know what is Draw Something, draw something is:
- hottest game recently that allow the players to draw something and send it to friends to guess what you drawing, i have been playing this for sometimes
- surprisingly, this is a 6 weeks old app/game that launched in Apple App store
- Top app downloaded in 79 countries
- It has been downloaded 35+ million times
- It has 12+ million daily users
- Generates $250k of revenue per day


What can you do with $210m? You can easily start a new business, trading, financial services, investment company and so on. If you want to do something bigger, maybe you can invest in some resources company in Asia or Australia; gold, coal, timber, tantalum and etc now they  are hot enough and they will bring you some good returns. Or be a lazy man, keep the money in the bank and earn interest... you may earn a million per year.. 


If Draw Something business model is sustainable and with $250k per day, that is about $91,250,000 per year. With 210m consideration, that is only 2X of revenue, i think this is quite cheap.... 


But I always have doubt in the business model for Application or game company, although they have massive revenue now, my question is how long can this sustain? but at the mean time, draw something is really happening!!!! time will prove....

Market has been rally so far since the beginning of 2012.....


                          30/12/2011                         16/3/2012 
DJI                         12,217.56                         13,232.62           8%
S&P500                    1,257.60                           1,404.17          12%
FTSE                        5,572.60                           5,965.58           7%
NIKKEI                     8,520.00                         10,210.00          20%
HANG SENG             18,434.39                         21,317.65          16%
STI                          2,646.35                           2,010.68          14%


I dont really optimistic on year 2012 market, Euro zone debts crisis, Greece Euro350+billion debt that on the edge of default, China starts showing the tired face after few years of extra ordinary booming, China govt has lots of to clear on housekeeping to do, only good thing i ever think of is US seems on their recovery way... Wondering why the market is moving so much on the upside now, just be careful trader,broker, and who ever hold stocks now.... maybe time to short some....


I am just so piss off why i have no enough CASH, sigh otherwise i would be able to earn some pocket money thou

600 and momentum is there

Really close to 600 now.... New iPad bring in some impact to the stock.....

How much you own and Wat are you doing when you are at age 25

At age 25, probably you just completed your degree study and had experience first two to three years of the sucks working life, struggling with your sucks and miserable life .

You will never believe some of the today billionaires have done something different as compared to others And make them the on the list of world richest.....

On the top of the list is Facebook founder mark zuckenberg, he is worth more than US$2.4b back to age 25 and now he is worth more than that, range about US$20-24billion, much depends on the valuation approved on recent filing for IPO...

After reading all this. Important question, how much you own?

China Property Market SLOW DOWNing

According to the recent annual results announcement from China Vanke (http://www.vanke.com/), there is a sign that China property start to going down and slowing down...

Possibly a slower year ahead for China GDP growth....... no wonder since last year Capital Land from Singapore has moved its direction from developing high end private property in China switch to more affordable mid-tier housing....

When you fly to fast, you just need to slow down sometimes....

Instagram

This month instagram has active users of 27 million...... It possibly poses biggest threat to Facebook now.

Although google+ has millions of users but I simply write them off. the increasing number of users are due to the auto linkage function in gmail. They possibly reach 100 million users earlier than Facebook but the active users and time spent per users are far below than any of the remaining social networking have.

Instagram one to remember now....

GDP 1990 vs 2011

Emerging of the developing countries....

Something useful knowledge

Now Apple is so BIG

Apple trade at crazt price now, closed at 493.17 yesterday... incredible


now it is worth more than combined of Google and Microsoft market value... have you bought their shares yet?

last month when it is trade at 400, i already thought that is crazy and now it is insane !!

Monster Apple Q4 number

Apple Q4 results (Actual vs budgeted):

Revenue: $46.33 Billion vs $38.76 billion expected
EPS: $13.87 vs $10.07 expected
iPhone units: 37.04 million vs 30.2 million expected (34 million whisper number)
iPad units: 15.4 million vs 13.2 million expected (13 million whisper number)
Mac units: 5.2 million vs 5 million expected (4.8 million whisper number)
iPod: 15.4 million vs 13.9 million expected, according to Bloomberg
Gross Margin: 44.7% vs 41.8% expected
Apple now has $97 billion in cash, short term, and long term securities
The iPhone's average selling price is up to $660

20 Brilliant Marketing Campaign, memang brilliant and creative

It is normal when those big companies pay multi million for their advertisement campaign, pay big cheque to actors and atheletes for endorsement... but how many of them that really catch the viewers attention... Marketing campaign can be vital to the success of the company.. i hope there will be a coy that pay me for this, i wont mind!!! haha

below is copied from www.businessinsider.com

Can you remember three ads you saw today? Probably not.

Despite millions of dollars spent on advertising campaigns, most ads are not memorable.

Every once in a while, some creative at some ad agency does something truly brilliant, and we have to stop and marvel.

We racked our brains and scoured the internet to find photos of brilliant marketing campaigns that literally stopped people in their tracks.

For more campaigns, check out Inc.com, Joe's AdBlog, and Ad Design Blog, which pointed us to many of these campaigns.

This Smart Car looks really little

BBDO

If you're overwhelmed by work and staring out the office window...

www.smosh.com

This bus will eat you and convince you to watch National Geographic

Cigarettes are about as healthy as inhaling this exhaust; this ad is encouraging people to quit

This Weight Watchers ad would make us sit on the left side

Books to donate anyone?

This definitely looks sharp

Here's a freshly shaved lawn

This comb can untangle anything

This ad made a splash

A sewer never looked so good

Multipurpose Whiteout, courtesy of FedEx

Real models were hired to play soccer on this Adidas billboard

What a billboard would look like if the world really ended

Yoga One sent this around when they were in a sales rut

Phil Jones

A good reminder not to pollute

Rethink Agency

This man looked like he was floating at Manchester airport

This Ford can haul a lot

John Godsey, Team Detroit

This goalie leaps over traffic

The Economist is full of good ideas

The countries where Facebook is not the King of social network

Facebook a very very amazing term in the social network rite now... 800million users, $100b valuation, about $4b sales and possible IPO in 2012.... there are lots of more interesting stories about facebook, i need sometimes to summarise it and put it up here....

Mark Zuckenberg, same age with me, now he is one of the most fucking richest guy in the world... simply amazing what he did... but simply disappointed with what i have now, totally failure....!!!!

Sean Parker, just work for Facebook for short period of time, and now he is worth close to $4b if IPO proceed in 2012.... 

But there are still some place in this world that FB is yet to conquer, not sure when FB is going to overtake them... but for sure, China is not the region that they can conquer, unless they open it.....

Here you go, this is wat i copied from Business insider... 

In Brazil, Orkut is still king ... for now. Facebook is closing the gap.

In Japan, Twitter has many more users, but time spent on Facebook is bigger

Facebook is about to be the biggest social network in Poland, but it's not there yet

It doesn't look like Facebook is going to win Russia over any time soon

It's neck and neck in South Korea

Facebook is losing in Vietnam, too. comScore just started measuring Vietnam, so it doesn't have trend data available. Weirdly enough, Zuckerberg just spent Christmas in Vietnam.

Pursuitist

It's nowhere in China, because China isn't an open society

Daniel Goodman / Business Insider



And here's a look at Facebook's rise through the years

How much will a public facebook be worth?

 

Around $100 billion seems to be the going estimate, with the initial public float being around $10 billion. But really, this won't be finalized until the size of the stake sold and share price are finalized.

How Much Will Mark Zuckerberg Be Worth?

Assuming a valuation of $100 billion, Mark Zuckerberg would make $24 billion from an IPO.

Other estimates:

Dustin Moskovitz - $6 billion

Eduardo Saverin - $6 billion

Sean Parker - $4 billion

Peter Thiel - $3 billion

One wildcard: Sheryl Sandberg, who joined Facebook in 2008. She is understood to have a small ownership stake but its size is unclear. 

How Much Is Facebook Making Now?

As reported earlier this month, Facebook is not blowing away the numbers that leaked early in the year.

Through the first three quarters of 2011, it brought in $2.5 in revenue.

That's impressive but slightly behind the pace of the $4 billion annually that was expected. It will take a big fourth quarter for Facebook to reach their target.

EBITDA (Earnings Before Interest Taxes Depreciation and Amortization) weren't leaked, but other metrics of profitability were. Cash flow and operating income through three quarters were $1 billion and $1.2 billion, respectively. Again, this is impressive results but indicates that Facebook may miss its $2 billion annual EBITDA target.

And rumor said that IPO could make another 1,000 millionaires.... sigh!!!!