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But smartphone rival Samsung ranks higher in U.S. polling Apple returned to the top 10 in the 2014 ranking of YouGov BrandIndex, a brand quality measurement firm that polled more than 1.5 million U.S. adults last year.Apple placed sixth, behind other technology-related companies like Amazon, which was first, YouTube No. 2 and smartphone rival Samsung No. 5 , but slightly ahead of Android maker Goog
hydrojug tumbler le No. 7. .The Cupertino, Calif. company had been absent from BrandIndexrsquo top 10 list for the previous two years, and had been No. 10 in 2011, said Ted Marzilli, CEO of YouGov BrandIndex, in an interview today. Applersquo a well-known brand that people have strong opinions about, which works both ways, said Marzilli. The benefit is that Apple gets very positive [ratings] from some hellip; there is a lsquo;Cult of Applersquo; hellip; more than any other brand in th
stanley spain e top 10, I think. But therersquo also a visceral negative response from a minority that drags their score down a bit.To measure brand perception, BrandIndex asks, If yoursquo;ve heard anything ab
HydroJug out the brand in the last two weeks, through advertising, news or word of mouth, was it positive or negative BrandIndex then subtracts the negative feedback from the positive feedback to come up with a score.Applersquo score for 2014 was 22.6, while Googlersquo was slightly lower, although it appeared identical because of rounding. No. 1 Amazonrsquo score wa Avnv Cutting out the crapware in Vista
Amazon and Adobe both creating consumer-unfriendly hassles Imagine bringing home a mus
owala flasche ic CD from Best Buy and discovering that it will only play on some of your stereo equipment. Moreover, yoursquo;re limited in the number of times you can switch the CD from one stereo to another. That is the kind of restriction and hassle that e-book enthusiasts face today, according to critics, because of the widespread use mdash; misuse, they would argue mdash; of digital rights management DRM technology. I donrsquo;t have to put on special glasses when I read a book published by Random House, so why should I need a special software reader from Adobe o
polene france r someone else asked David Rothman, co-editor of the TeleRead e-book blog and an author of six nonfiction books. Itrsqu
stanley cup o a bizarre notion. DRM is nearly dead in the music industry, after Apple Inc.rsquo January decision to stop protecting songs sold through iTunes. But DRMrsquo use as an antipiracy tool continues in software and DVD publishing, as well as e-books. The difference is that the e-book market remains nascent and fragile. According to the International Digital Publishing Forum, wholesale revenue from U.S. e-book sales last year totaled just $52.4 million. IDPFrsquo figures only include a dozen leading publishers, and should be doubled to arrive at a more realistic retail dollar sales total. Sales of dedicated e-book readers such as Amazon Inc.rsquo Kindle or Sony Corp.rsquo
