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  Sunday, June 19, 2005


What Business Travelers Want  (techdrivenlife)

In a survey which polled what international business travelers want most from a hotel conducted by American Express, the first choice of Americans  ( 49%), Mexicans ( 48%), Chinese ( 48%), and Japanese ( 46.5%) was internet access.  The first choice of Norwegians ( 47%), British ( 43%), and Germans ( 40%) was complimentary breakfast.

In a similar survey about the most important service international business travelers want from an airline, the overwhelming favorite of Norwegians ( 38%), Austrlaians ( 32%), Americans ( 25%), Canadians ( 24%) was flat bed seats.  A second most popular choice was food service as chosen by the French ( 30%), British ( 29%) and Germans ( 24%).  The Chinese ( about 25%) choose on-board email or internet access.

 


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The Changing Tech Scene  (techdrivenlife)

I gathered some stats that shows how technology is changing the way we live.  Apparently, for the last few years, video games is becoming a big bet compared to stn-xboxvideogamesystem-0001.jpgHollywood.  Halo 2, Microsoft's Xbox game got sales of over $125 million the first day, in contrast to Star Wars 3: Revenge of the Sith at $115 million, and Madagascar at $61 million. 

Over 41 million people have downloaded Skype, and over 150,000 more people are doing every day.

Over 10 million people blog, and over 5 million have signed up with Microsoft's MSN Spaces in just a few months it was launched.  Digital cameras now outsell traditional cameras, and cell phone now outnumber computers. China based Lenovo just bought IBM's PC division, and just recently Taiwan-based BenQ bought Siemen's cell phone division.

Sale of anti-spyware products expected to grow from $50 million in 2004 to almost $300 million by 2008, according to IDC group.

 


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