LG has announced the outcomes of the LG Mobile’s 2009 Holiday Survey, which aimed to analyze people’s perception about Heroes, the survey targeted UAE, France, Spain, Brazil, Mexico, Australia, Hong Kong, Taiwan and South Korea, and managed to collect opinions of 10,737 people from these countries.
With 37.6%, Obama was called Hero of 2009, followed by Dalai Lama with 23.8% of the votes, and in the third spot Bill and Melinda Gates with 22.5%. Residence in the UAE chose “Keep being such an inspiration to us all” as the most encouraging message we want to send to those heroes these holidays.
Parents came number one in the personal heroes category, globally 39% chose their parents as their personal heroes, while in the UAE 44.4% did the same, with “You are my inspiration” the number one choice of encouraging message, full results are below.
The new LG Chocolate was the most mobile phones chosen by participants as a gift for the heroes, hmmm, interesting I think I should check this phone out, after all I love chocolate!
Results were released through this website, which allows you to send a customized message to your hero and win LG phones, try it out!
Survey Results
1. Who is your favorite comic book superhero?
1st Superman ——————————-31.4%
2nd Spider-Man ——————————19.9%
3rd Batman ———————————-19.6%
2. What is one favor you would like to ask your superhero?
1st “Bring world peace” ——————————————-24.6%
2nd “Keep the bad guys off the streets” ————————22.1%
3rd “Save the planet” ———————————————–18.0%
3. What qualifies someone as a global hero?
1st Contribution to world peace ——————————–34.7%
2nd Contribution to environmental preservation——————————17.8%
3rd Contribution to human rights —————16.9%
4. Who deserves to be the Global Hero of 2009?
1st Barack Obama, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize 2009 ——————37.6%
2nd Dalai Lama, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize 1989 ———————–23.8%
3rd Bill and Melinda Gates, founders of The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation —–22.5%
5. What is the most encouraging gift you could give to your global hero?
1st Thank you message ———————————————-36.5%
2nd Spending time with family ————————————–26.9%
3rd A big hug or a kiss ————————————————17.3%
6. What is the one thing you want to say to encourage your global hero?
1st You make a big difference ——————–34.2%
2nd You are my inspiration ————————18.4%
3rd Don’t give up, hang in there —————–13.6%
7. If you could work for your global hero for one year, how much would you ask for?
1st Nothing, I would work as a volunteer ——————–22.9%
2nd Over $300,000 ————————————————21.0%
3rd $50,000 ~ $100,000 —————————————–14.6%
8. Who is your favorite philanthropic celebrity hero?
1st Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt —————- 28.6%
2nd Oprah Winfrey ———————————-19.9%
3rd Audrey Hepburn ——————————–19.8%
9. Who is the most significant unseen hero in your life?
1st My mother and father———————— 37.8%
2nd Local fire fighters ——————————-20.2%
3rd Local volunteer workers ——————–19.0%
10. What would be the best way to express your gratitude to your unseen hero?
1st Sending a thank you message ——————–23.8%
2nd Lending a helping hand —————————–23.7%
3rd A big hug or a kiss ————————————20.4%
11. What is one thing you want to say to encourage your unseen hero?
1st I’m very proud of you ———————————17.8%
2nd You make a big difference ————————–14.6%
3rd You are the best—————————————-14.1%
Askmen.com has released its Most Influential Men list, and guess who is on the top of this list, Donald Draper the leading character of TV drama Mad Men, not the real actor Jon Hamm but that powerful creative director of Sterling Cooper ad agency.
It’s a bit weird to see a fictional character from a TV show gaining the number one spot which used to be occupied by the American President Barack Obama last year, looks like people imaginary characters rather than real ones, the majority voted for Draper!
The Most Influential Men List:
1. Don Draper – Creative Director at Mad Men TV Drama
2. Usain Bolt – Olympic Gold Medalist
3. Barack Obama – The American President
4. Mark Zuckerberg – Founder and President of Facebook.com
5. Simon Cowell – Judge at the American Idol and the Britain’s Got Talent
6. Michael Jackson – King of Pop
7. Steve Jobs – CEO of Apple
8. Roger Federer – The best Tennis Player of all times
9. Peyton Manning – NFL Most Valuable Player
10. Dana White – The President of the Ultimate Fighting Championship
11. Jay-Z – Singer
12. Tom Ford – Fashion Designer and Filmmaker
13. Jon Stewart – The Daily Show host
14. Jack Dorsey – The creator of Twitter
15. Quentin Tarantino – Movie director
16. Conan O’Brien – Late Night host
17. Ashton Kutcher – Actor
18. Gary Vaynerchuk – The first wine guru of the YouTube era
19. Ryan Seacrest – American Idol host
20. George Clooney – Actor
21. Brad Pitt – Actor
22. Lionel Messi – Football player
23. Chesley Sullenberger – Airplane pilot who successfully landed his plane in the Hudson River
24. Manny Pacquiao – Filipino fighter
25. Mark Ronson – Musical Producer
26. Kanye West – Singer
27. Seth MacFarlane – Comedian
28. Cristiano Ronaldo – Football player
29. Harvey Levin – TMZ Executive Editor/Producer
30. Tiger Wood – Golfer
31. Shepard Smith – News anchor
32. Hugh Jackman – Actor
33. Kobe Bryant – NBA star
34. Sidney Crosby – NHL star
35. Andy Roddick – Tennis player
36. Georges St-Pierre – Athlete
37. Chris Martin – Coldplay’s vocalist
38. Bear Grylls – The manliest man alive
39. James Cameron – Movie director
40. Jeff Bezos – The founder of Amazon.com
41. Andre Balazs – Hotels businessman
42. LeBron James – NBA star
43. Dwyane Wade – NBA star
44. Robert Pattinson – Actor
45. Italo Zucchelli – Head designer at Calvin Klein
46. Mario Batali – Chef
47. Santiago Calatrava – Architect
48. Jenson Button – Formula 1 driver
49. Lance Armstrong – Cyclist
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Seems like Twitter isn’t that popular in its own kingdom, it’s the 6th most followed account on its own platform! Here is an updated list of the most followed people/organizations on twitter. Ashton Kutcher with more than 3.6 million followers! Number two is Ellen DeGeneres with 3.38M, followed by Britney Spears with 3.34M, CNN with 2.7M, Kim Kardashian with 2.4M, twitter with 2.4M…. and in the 154,883rd position is me with 0.000267M followers 
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Interbrand’s Best Global Brands index has been released without changes in the top 5 brads being Coca-Cola, IBM, Microsoft, GE, and Nokia.
McDonald’s managed to move two spots up, coming in the 6th position, followed by Goolge that moved from rank 20 in 2007 to 10 in 2008 to 7 in 2009, will it beat one of the top 5 next year? Hopefully it will ☺
World’s number one sold car Toyota dropped two spots from 6 to 8 this year, the Japanese can manufacturer reported losses for the first time in its history due to the financial crisis, will it drop any further?
Intel has dropped by two spots coming in 9th position, followed by Disney at the 10th after dropping by one. Same brands remained on the top 10, just a mater of a reshuffle.
Looks like the crisis is still pretty active, financial brands seem to suffer these days, citi bank dropped from being 19 last year to spot 36 this year, HSBC dropped by 5 spots coming 32nd. While Visa moved up by six spots from 100 to 94, AmericanExpress dropped from 15 to 22 this year.
So what’s happening in the internet world? Google is leading the way with position number 7 among the Best Global Brands 2009, followed by Amazon, which moved up from 58 to 43, eBay maintaining its rank 46, and Yahoo, despite last year’s troubles, moving up by one spot to 64.
Rivals – head to head
Coca-Cola no. 1 – PEPSI no. 23 (up from 26)
Mercedes Benz no. 12 (down from 11) – BMW no. 15 (down from 13) – Audi no. 65 (up from 67) – Lexus no. 96 (down from 90)
Toyota no. 8 (down from 6) – Honda no. 18 (up from 20)
Porsche no. 74 (up from 75) – Ferrari no. 88 (up from 93)
HSBC no. 32 (down from 27) – citi no. 36 (down from 19)
McDonald’s no. 6 (up from 8 ) – Burger King no. 93 (new on the list)
Nike no. 26 (up from 29) – Adidas no. 62 (up from 70) – Puma no. 97 (new on the list)
Here is the full list:
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Here is an interesting list about the top 10 mobiles in the UAE. The Nokia N97 came first in both the UAE and Saudi Arabia in a list that has been published in July, pretty interesting! According to these lists, the Nokia is more popular in Saudi Arabia, with 6 out of the top 10 were Nokia sets, compared to 4 in the UAE.
Mobile phones on both lists are a bit the same, expect for few of them, like the iPhone, which wasn’t on Saudi’s list, came 8th in the UAE. Below is the full list:
1. Nokia N97
2. Nokia E71
3. BlackBerry Curve 8900
4. Samsung Star S5233
5. BlackBerry Bold 9000
6. Sony Ericsson W995
7. Nokia 5800
8. iPhone 3G
9. Nokia E66
10. LG KP500
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Whether it was the government of the United State or Google, or even Al-Qaeda, being on top of these organizations is a tremendous source of power.
In Newsweek’s list of the 50 most powerful people in the world, US President Obama came first, he was followed by Chinese President Hu Jintao, and French President Nicolas Sarkozy.
From the Middle East, King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud came 10th, followed by Ayatollah Ali Khamenei at the 11th, Iraqi PM Nuri Al-Maliki at 21st, Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan (25), Osama bin Laden (42), Hassan Nasrallah (43), Amr Khaled (48).
1: Barack Obama
2: Hu Jintao
3: Nicolas Sarkozy
4-5-6: Economic Triumvirate (4. Ben Bernanke, 5. Jean-Claude Trichet, 6. Masaaki Shirakawa)
7: Gordon Brown
8: Angela Merkel
9: Vladimir Putin
10: Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud
11: Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
12: Kim Jong Il
13-14: The Clintons
15: Timothy Geithner
16: Gen. David Petraeus
17: Sonia Gandhi
18: Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
19: Warren Buffett
20: Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani
21: Nuri al-Maliki
22-23: The Philanthropists
24: Nancy Pelosi
25: Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan
26: Mike Duke
27: Rahm Emanuel
28: Eric Schmidt
29: Jamie Dimon
30-31: Friends of Barack
32: Dominique Strauss-Kahn
33: Rex Tillerson
34: Steve Jobs
35: John Lasseter
36: Michael Bloomberg
37: Pope Benedict XVI
38: Katsuaki Watanabe
39: Rupert Murdoch
40: Jeff Bezos
41: Shahrukh Khan
42: Osama bin Laden
43: Hassan Nasrallah
44: Dr. Margaret Chan
45: Carlos Slim Helú
46: The Dalai Lama
47: Oprah Winfrey
48: Amr Khaled
49: E. A. Adeboye
50: Jim Rogers
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