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According to the results of its 13th annual Best Global Brands report, which released by Interbrand a few days ago, Samsung enters top 10 of global brands, Ranks 9th On Interbrand’s Best Global Brands. While at the same time, Samsung’s biggest competitor Apple is now the Second Most Valuable Brand in the World.
Coca-Cola (KO) was able to retain its number one spot, although not by a wide-margin. Then Apple follows. The value of Apple’s brand increased by 129% in the past year, jump to second place thanks to its Outstanding sales in both developing and emerging markets ,ahead of all other technology companies, including IBM, Google and Microsoft.But even that, it doesn’t mean that Samsung fall far behind Apple. Samsung has made a big surprise appearance into the Top 10 for the first time in history. The Korean company’s brand is now considered to be the 9th most valuable in the world, and said to be worth $32.8 billion.  And according to betanews,  Samsung brand perception rises, as Apple falls。

Samsung have become the worlds largest maker of mobile phones. Interbrand considers the fact as a key reason for this. However, the consultancy also counts the amount of buzz that the Korean company has been able to generate regarding its flagship devices, the Galaxy S III and the Galaxy Note, as instrumental in making Samsung break into the Top 10.
Samsung’s huge campaign at the 2012 Olympic Games in London also helped its brand a lot. As the official phone of 2012 London Olympic, Samsung galaxy S3 has achieved a great success. And also T-Mobile announced through their Twitter feed that Samsung’ Galaxy S3 device is their best-selling device of all time. And it certainly looks like the company’s legal troubles prompted by Apple haven’t done anything to tarnish its brand’s value.

Other brands featured in the report and which have something to do with mobile stuff include Google at No.4, Microsoft at No.5 (down from No.3 last year), Nokia at No.19 (compared to No.14 in 2011), Amazon at No.20, and Sony at No.40.

But I think that will soon change, as Nokia will release its flagship smartphone- Lumia 920 and Lumia 820 come with windows phone 8.  The competition between Smartphone and Tablets will become more intense. Today, like Amazon and Google, Microsoft pay a lot of attention in the smartphone and tablets market.

The full Interbrand report is available here.

Related article:

• Apple is Now the Second Most Valuable Brand in the World 
• Apple, Amazon and Samsung make the biggest jump in brand value, study finds

Halloween is around the corner. There are lot activities on Halloween, such as trick-or-treating, attending costume parties, carving pumpkins into jack-o’-lanterns, lighting bonfires, visiting haunted attractions, playing pranks, telling scary stories, and above all, my favorite part is watching horror films.What better to watch on Halloween than a horror Halloween movie? So if you are a horror films fan, here is a list 5 of the best Horror movies on YouTube for Halloween to help get you into the spooky season’s spirit.
I’ve watched some of them and most of these horror movies are really frightening. So attention please, if you are afraid of this HORROR movie, does NOT click it.

1. Halloween (2007) $2.99

After being committed for 17 years, Michael Myers, now a grown man and still very dangerous, escapes from the mental institution (where he was committed as a 10 year old) and he immediately returns to Haddonfield, where he wants to find his baby sister, Laurie. Anyone who crosses his path is in mortal danger.

2. Zombieland ($9.99)

A shy student trying to reach his family in Ohio, and a gun-toting tough guy trying to find the Last Twinkie and a pair of sisters trying to get to an amusement park join forces to travel across a zombie-filled America.

See also: Zombieland Now On Blu-ray™, DVD & Digital Download

3. Trick R Treat ($1.99)

Four interwoven stories that occur on Halloween: An everyday high school principal has a secret life as a serial killer; a college virgin might have just met the one guy for her; a group of teenagers pull a mean prank; a woman who loathes the night has to contend with her holiday-obsessed husband.
4. Nosferatu (Free)

The first Lcd adaptation of Dracula, this is one of the greatest horror movies ever made. Light and shadwo highlight Max Schrecks unforgettable perfomance as the evil vampire Count Orloff. Young estate agent Thomas Hutter agrees to help Count Orloff relocate to the city. Soon, Hutter and his wife are ensnared by the vampires deadly powers.
5. Vampire Hunters ($3.99)

Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States, discovers vampires are planning to take over the United States. He makes it his mission to eliminate them.

Warning: These movies do not depict reality. They are for entertainment only.

Improve Your Apple iPhone, Apple iTouch Battery Life With These Top Ten Tricks

1) Turn it off at night. Standby mode still uses some power, so completely power down by holding down the power button until prompted to turn off your device.

2) You can turn the device into standby mode quicker by going to Settings/General/Auto-Lock/ and set the time, the lower the time for Auto-Lock the longer your devices battery will stay fuller.

3) Dont let it get to hot or to cold. Extremes of temperature affect battery performance so dont leave it in the sun or on a cold table. The cold and hot can expand and DE-expand the battery which may cause damage and actually cause your battery or device to blow up while in use.

4) Use WiFi rather than 3G. iPhone users especially benefit from this. So if in a WiFi zone use it youll be thanking yourself later for this.

5) Airplane Mode, a lot of people ask what this is but its really a neat trick for improving battery life when you dont need the internet or to receive calls VIA while on the plane itself. Turn airplane mode on to disable all connectivity.

6) Blue-tooth device/devices. Unless you are using a keyboard or hands free headset then keep this turned off. Go To Settings/General/Blue-tooth and disable this feature.

7) Location Services. If you dont have any vital apps that use this then turn it off. Go To Settings/General and use the slider.

8) Mail, Contacts, Calendars. If you dont need mail the minute it arrives on to the Server, turn push off by going to Settings/Mails, Contacts, Calendars.

9) Dont Fetch either, big no when it comes to saving on battery life. Although Fetch uses less power than Push, checking your account automatically still uses it. Set it to Manual this way itll improve and save on your batteries over-all life.

10) Notifications may not seem like much but it is. Either disable individual apps or turn off notifications all together by going to Settings/Notifications. This will disable them and save on your battery life.

These ten tips will help you save on battery life and more. If your going to be out of the house for long periods of time and dont have the advantage of carrying around your Laptop or USB cable with power adapter attachment these tips will help. The Apple iPhone And Apple iTouch do use a lot of power when your using it but in retrospect the amount of time between charges and use is amazing considering how much each of those devices can do for you. From the music, movies, to surfing the web The Apple iPhone And Apple iTouch is both an amazing piece of tech to have and one I believe everyone should experience.