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Honda Delivers 2013 Fit EV to Google and Stanford University Honda Electric Vehicle Demonstration Program participants to conduct real-world testing on new Honda battery-electric vehicle Haga clic aquí para ver este comunicado de prensa en Español. TORRANCE, Calif. Feb. 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Honda recently delivered 2013 Fit EV battery-electric vehicles to Google Inc. and Stanford University as a part of the Honda Electric Vehicle Demonstration Program. Along with the city of Torrance, Calif., each participant is now conducting general testing as well as providing specific feedback related to the future introduction of electric vehicles. The Honda Electric Vehicle Demonstration Program participants are the first recipients of the 2013 Fit EV in the United States. “The goal of the Honda Electric Vehicle Demonstration Program is to better understand the challenges and opportunities associated with the advancement in battery-electric technology,” said Steve Center, vice ...

29 Sep 2011 05:00 Africa/Lagos Google is the World's Most Attractive Employer STOCKHOLM, September 29, 2011/PRNewswire/ -- Based on the preferences of over 160,000 career seekers, with a business or engineering background from the world's 12 largest economies, Universum releases the global talent attraction index: "The World's Most Attractive Employers 2011 [http://www.universumglobal.com/Top50 ]". The index, split in the business category - preferences from business career seekers - and engineering category - preferences from engineering career seekers - reveals the current level of attractiveness companies have as employers - and their potential to lead the world of tomorrow. On the Business index, Google repeats the win for the third consecutive year, with KPMG keeping its second place and with PwC overtaking Ernst & Young to secure a podium finish. "The talent market for business career seekers is being dominated by the professional services firms, k...

RESTON, Va. , July 22, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today released its monthly analysis of U.S. web activity at the top online properties for June 2011 based on data from the comScore Media Metrix service. Several Travel subcategories ranked among the top-gainers in June as summertime officially began. Sporting Goods and Toy sites also saw gains as parents looked for ways to keep their kids occupied during the summer recess. Google Sites ranked as the #1 property in June with 182.5 million visitors, followed by Yahoo! Sites with 178.4 million and Microsoft Sites with 173.6 million. Amazon Sites jumped 1 position to rank #6 with 95.8 million visitors, Disney Online jumped 8 positions to #32 (32.6 million visitors), and Twitter.com jumped 9 positions to #37 (30.6 million visitors). Expedia Inc appeared in the top 50 ranking at #39 (28.1 million visitors). Top 50 Ad Focus Ranking Google Ad Network led the June Ad Fo...

Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook signed up for Google Plus ? And he is now the most followed person on Google+. But is he feeling threatened since Facebook is presently losing members worldwide, with a sharp drop in United States membership? Is he afraid that Facebook may slide like MySpace ? The Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has just met with Skype CEO Tony Bates in a partnership for a new video chat feature. But will that help? Releases displayed in Africa/Lagos time 7 Jul 2011 05:34 AU Chairperson Ping concludes a one day official visit to Germany ...

The Internet is ruled by Amazon , Google , Apple and Facebook . ~ Eric Schmidt, Google’s Executive Chairman

Goggle says internet penetration in Nigeria is still very low at 12 percent and wants to double this within the next three years, according to a top official of Google in Nigeria. He also announced the launch of Google Trader in Ghana and Google online phone in Kenya which would also be extended to Nigeria. He disclosed that Nigerians are already making millions from the new Google Trader, an initiative which puts a trader online thereby enabling consumers globally to have a contact with the traders without hitches or meddlesome middle men/women. He said that a Nigerian trader Mrs. Funke, sold one year inventory in a month by taking advantage of the Internet. Her business moved from N150,000 to N15 million in four months. She has been using a website to promote and sell her baby products to numerous customers in the global village. And another Nigerian is also presently make millions of naira yearly by selling Nollywood videos online. Nigeria, Ghana, Senegal, Kenya, South Africa and Ug...

Google celebrates Africa Day, the annual commemoration on May 25 of the 1963 founding of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), when leaders of 30 of the 32 independent African states signed a founding charter in Addis Ababa , Ethiopia . In 1991, the OAU established the African Economic Community , and in 2002 the OAU established its own successor, the African Union . However, the name and date of Africa Day has been retained as a celebration of African unity. 25 May 2011 20:44 Africa/Lagos Address by Dr Jean Ping, African Union Commission Chairperson on the occasion of the commemoration of Africa Day / Wednesday 25 May 2011 ADDIS ABABA, May 25, 2011/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Address by Dr Jean Ping, African Union Commission Chairperson on the occasion of the commemoration of Africa Day Your Excellency the President of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea, Chairperson of the African Union; Your Excellency the Prime Minister of the Republic of India; Your Majesty; Y...

Support victims of the cyclone in Myanmar (Burma). Burma has never known real peace since the end of World War Two. The late Marshall Kebby and my father Sunday "Sunny" Eke fought as soldiers of the Royal West African Frontier Force with the British Army against the Japanese. They would have been able to tell me more about the Cyclone Nargis that has left hundreds of thousands of people dead and missing in Myanmar. I am calling on you to join Google and others in the global Support victims of the cyclone in Myanmar (Burma). Support victims of the cyclone in Myanmar (Burma). 9 May 2008 00:03 Africa/Lagos Aid Urgently Needed in Myanmar (Burma): Lutheran World Relief Responds BALTIMORE, May 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Lutheran World Relief is supplying desperately needed emergency aid to Myanmar (Burma) in the wake of the devastating cyclone that struck there over the weekend. Lutheran World Relief is responding through our international partners in the global aid allianc...

Dec 8 2007 The groom Larry and his bride Lucy . Google's co-founder and billionaire Larry Page and his Stanford girlfriend Lucy Southworth are wedding today on Richard Branson's Caribbean Necker Island. Larry and Lucy snuggle inside the Google Jet . Former US president Bill Clinton and wife Hillary are among the invited dignitaries invited to the wedding, including Bono of U2. The VIPs will be flown on private jets from around the world to wedding ceremony. The Google Jet Larry Page, 34, is worth over $18 billion, from the fortune he made from Google, the world's most popular search engine, he invented with his classmate, Sergey Brin, at Stanford University in 1998. Larry and Lucy smooching on the Google Jet Page's fiancee, Lucy Southworth, 27, is a PhD student in "biomedical informatics" at Stanford University, and also has a masters degree in science from Oxford University. Page's party has booked out the entire island, which has space for only 28 guests...

Blogger has just taken blogging to another level with the latest applications in the features such as the simple drag-and-drop template editing interface and has made blogging so exciting and thrilling that even any smart kid in Kindergarten can use blogger! And it is free! I love sharing information and the easier the means of communication, the better. Google has transformed Blogger into the matrix of the 10 Commandments of Google , the foundation of the Google Empire, has defined in the following explanation: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ten things Google has found to be true -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Focus on the user and all else will follow. From its inception, Google has focused on providing the best user experience possible. While many companies claim to put their customers first, few are able to resist the temptation to make small sacrifices to increase shareholder ...

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