My 300th Post..

Hi,

I just posted my 300th Blog post around 4am this morning. I was not aware of it in the first place, but as I go through all my previous post list I can't believe that around 1 year 3 month ago since my first post and now today I never thought that I can reach this far. 

All Thanks to my readers whom I considered my friends who has visited my blog page. You have made me believed that my short term blogging is now going to be a long term passion. 

Thank you for the comments you have left, your comments is also one of the reason for me to continue blogged what ever information I found interesting, funny and share the knowledge and information as well as my personal thought about certain topic to all my friends out there.

Cyberspacely speaking, blogging is all about sharing and communicating over in the internet. blogging also promotes ones creativity in writing on a certain topic, nobody is wrong here yet no one is also right, but blogging is also a way where we can discuss, share comments just about everything and being corrected should our sharing contradict the actual facts.

Thank you my friends once again, my utmost gratitude for your support. keep blogging and keep sharing. 

Apple Rumor : The Release dates of iPad3 and iPhone5

Now I cant wait to see the latest version of the highly anticipate Apple's 3rd installment of the all famous iPad. the first 2 versions of the iPad (iPad and iPad2) has been very successful, despite a sliding in market share in 2011. with a 53.03%  Tablet OS market share a combined from iPad [read more], iPhone and iPod making Apple IOS as the largest Tablet OS in the world and with a Table estimated market share of 57% in 2011, and despite the constantly improved market share of the Adroid Table, Apple has manage to remain dominant in the world of Tablet. 

As we moved forward into 2012, "Canarccord's data suggest that Apple's slide will slow despite increased competition from the Amazon,Asus, as well as other Android-tablet builders such as the Samsung and HTC. Those makers will mostly compate with one another as apposed to Apple, Walkley noted."

So what is the latest rumors of iPhone5 and iPad3 release date, according to to a member of staff at Chinese producer Foxconn, the iPad is said to be ready for released as early as March 2012 while the latest fifth installments of he iPhone generations will be launched some where in May 2012, but the production of the iPhone 5 is ready ahead of the May Launch. If the launching of these 2 highly anticipate Apple latest productions, the only different this year will be the Introduction will be announce by Apple's new CEO hand pick by Steve Jobs as his successor. [read more]

the Most Luxurious Airbus A380 In the world

I have read and watch online that to date the Emirates has the most luxurious A380 passenger aircraft in the world, and according to Runway Girl it is the most luxurious Airbus on the Planet. as quoted in Runway girl "Not only the first class is actually a super-first class with seats bigger than my apartment, but the Airbus A380 is so huge that Emirates' business class actually feels like the first class from the rest of the airlines. I have to admit that, despite all that horrible gold and rose wood naffness, I'm impressed."

Just watch these video and you will know what I mean, just by watching it and hope that one day I will have the ever golden opportunity to experience a short tour or even better a very short flight... :D

Emirate flight to LAX

Emirates A380 First Class (Part 1)

Emirates A380 First Class (Part 2)

Malaysia MH A380...

In my previous post, about our world largest passenger aircraft, a sneak peek into the inside of A380 photo's of from from the internet which is of cause these photo's does not belongs to me, thank you to the owners of photos posted in my blog. Anyway other then talking about inside of A380, I have also mentioned about the next country to be a proud owners of this largest, state of the art passenger aircraft....yes....yes, our country Malaysia will be the next proud owner of A380, which makes us Malaysians to be the eighth in the world to be part of the A380 owners club...

  


The first Airbus A380 for Malaysia Airlines successfully completed its maiden flight on 20th October after completion of the final assembly and system tests in Toulouse, France.

After a successful flight of five hours, the aircraft returned to Toulouse to be prepared for its next journey to the Airbus facilities in Hamburg, Germany for cabin installation and painting. Powered by four Rolls-Royce Trent 900 engines, the aircraft is the first of six A380s ordered by Malaysia Airlines, scheduled for delivery in the second quarter of 2012

This is Malaysia's first A380 just touched down in Hamburg Germany for the cabin installation and the final body painting.

Carriers purchased the A380 is given the opportunity to designed their own cabin, designs the suits their requirements, designs their own seating configurations, in flight first class lounge, private dining seats for their first class or business class passenger.just imagine passenger having to be able to have a private dining area while flying for long hours to their destination. this is truly a class of it own. Airbus has made it possible for world carriers to fly proud with comfort and luxury at a newer level. 

I think This photo's is showing us Malaysia's MH A380 is entering the Hangar for the cabin assembly and then proceed towards the final body painting.

This is how Malaysia Airlines going to look like once it is fully completed.  photo above show the Rolls-Royce Trent 900 engines used for Airbus A380.

Now the interesting part, while I was on board of MAS MH2121 flight to Tawau at 07:20am, reading the in flight magazine is a usual thing to do. on the 2nd page of the magazine there is this section mentioned about the A380, which is schedule to arrived at KLIA some time this Julai 2012.

Our first A380 flight MH002 will also be making her first international non-stop direct flight to London Heathrow (LHR), and will be a 3 flights a week Monday, Thursday and Saturday, while return flight via flight MH003 every Tuesday, Friday and Sunday.

Since Airbus is giving their clients to design their very own A380 interior cabin, this brings us to question how will our MAS team design our National proud aircraft? Imagine bringing our Malaysian Hospitality inside A380 around the world.

According to the MAS Going Places in flight magazine, this is how the seating configuration going to be look like according to classes.

First Class

Will have a total of 8 seat in front of the main deck, and this is going to be 1-2-1 seating configuration.

Business Class

Business class on the other hand will be located in the upper deck will have 9 rows of seats with 2-2-2 configuration.

Economy Class

Since A380 will be flying a direct to her destination without any stop over, comfortability will be a concern not only for First and Business class, passenger in the economy class will also experience the comfort on board of Malaysia Airline A380.

So now that we know how the seating configurations are, next would be to see how our new Cabin design looks like, and this will only be revealed once MH002 starts its first international flights or maybe once Malaysia MH A380 first touched down in Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA).

Resource : 
Aviationgeek; flight global; ekonomi Kompasiana;Airbus

How The Famous Technology Company Logo Evolve..

Hi Readers,

I am pretty sure that you all found about these logo's or maybe some of you might never seen this logo before, but since these companies are internationally renown company so as is Brand and Corporate Logo, I thought why not share these to all my visitors..

Why Change the Logo, when you company is already internationally famous?

I believed most companies changed their logo because the management wanted to strenghten their company, telling its customers, telling the community that we have evolve to a new generation of organization and we are here to serve you even better, my self currently in the company i am currently attached too also has gone throught several times of Logo changed, and they called this changes a company rebranding or product rebranding. if my memory is correct our company has gone through 6 times of coompany rebranding a.k.a changed of Company logo. 

Below are some of the  famous logo that has gone through multiple changes in their already famous logo...

Apple Logo Especially attributed to Steve Jobs (1959-2011)

Why did Starbuck changed its famous logo?

The change follows a larger move by Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz to move the Seattle, Washington-based company beyond coffee. This summer, Starbucks put more marketing muscle behind its icy cool Frappuccinos to help grow sales of the drink in the afternoon daypart. The chain has also aggressively expanded distribution of its next billion-dollar-hopeful–soluble instant coffee brand Via–in retail and grocery channels and it’s brought back breakfast sandwiches to its stores. 

Resources from http://www.forbes.com

According to chillicious.com.

Reasons Behind The Changes In Logo Design

Business growth though is not always the reason why companies change their logo designs. Sometimes companies grow not in terms of economic stability but in their terms of perspectives and insights.

This therefore calls for necessary modifications in the company mission and vision. This also demands for realignment of the overall values and practices. Clear and specific business objectives are crucial in brand positioning. In this case, change pertains to product repositioning.

This type of change speaks of redirection of company goals. Designing a new identity is the best thing to do for companies who are reintroducing themselves to a marketplace. It is however important to incorporate the existing positive business equity to establish connection with previous customers at once.

According to Dr. Oswald "A logo is almost like someone's face. If they change it, it’s almost like you don’t recognize the person anymore."  So why would Starbucks take the step? "I have a feeling that they genuinely want to test the new logo, and at the same time, they want to get people talking," she says. Thanks to the Internet, "you can get feedback so quickly – it’s a way of doing market research."

Just like Starbuck which has changed its 1992 logo an almost 19 year old Logo brand that is famous for its coffee chain store, the reason of these changes is becuase is CEO Howard Schultz to move the Seattle, Washington-based company beyond coffee. meaning bringing starbuck into a new business teritory while maintaining its already famous STARBUCK Coffee Chain. What will this new business teritory be? we will see it soon...

To Conclude

Logo Change is all about rebranding is product as well as its company, be it to serve its customers better, introduction of new product as a brand, and most of all to strengthen is existence in the locally and internationally.

Will Technology Advancement caused higher Unemployment rate?

Over the past 10 to 30 years or so, it seem like the rate of unemployment is rising at a constant rate. how is this happen? I guess everyone knows the reason.  What is is unemployment means, according to Answer.com unemployment is when Condition of a person who is able to work, is actively seeking work, but is unable to find any. Statistics on unemployment are collected and analyzed by government labor offices in most countries and are considered an important indicator of economic health.

According to Martin Ford writer of "The Lights in the Tunnel: Automation, Accelerating Technology and The Economy of the Future" stated that "in the past two decade, information technology has advance dramatically and is increasingly being employed to eliminate jobs of all types. Job automation technology, together with globalization, has been the primary force behind the stagnant wages and diminished opportunities for less educated workers we've seen recent years" 

Because technology is increasingly becoming an important part of our daily lives. Based on the recent research, it shows that technology always appear daily in the society (Luleå University of Technology, 2002-2003, Internet). Generally, there are three main terms which are necessary to define before discussing the issue. Unemployment is an economic condition generated by the fact that individuals actively seeking jobs remain unhired (Online Business Dictionary, 2007). Likewise, the meaning of inevitable is something that is certain to happen or cannot avoid and prevent (Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary, 2000). Moreover, the change brought about by automation of the workplace, with its consequential impacts on employment such as training, skills of jobs. This is generally named technological advancement (The CCH Macquarie Dictionary of Business, 1993). In discussing whether or not unemployment is an “output” of technological advancement, it is necessary to mention both sides with reference to two countries in order to achieve judgments. In the beginning, machinize industries greatly diminish the labour force because of advancement. Nevertheless, it can be seen that the declining of workers is simply a short period effect. In addition, relatively high cost of advancing techniques generates a chain reaction such as unemployment whereas excogitating more advancement creates abundant job opportunities.


Now that we know what is the meaning of unemployment, now lets see what are the types of unemployment. according to www.bizzed.co.uk there are basically 5 type or categories of unemployment and and each of these category of unemployment are derived from the causes of these unemployment. What are these categories of unemployment below are the definition and meaning of the 5 unemployment categories.


Frictional Unemployment
The type of unemployment caused by people move from job to job claimed the benefit in the meantime. according to investopedia, Unemployment that is always present in the economy, resulting from temporary transition made by worker and employers or from workers and employers having inconsistent and incomplete information.


Tow example of frictional unemployment. A first time job seeker may lack the resource and efficiency for finding the company that has the job that is available suitable for him or her, as a result of this person does not take other work, temporarily holding for the better job.


The other example is when a company abstains from hiring because it believes there are not enough qualified individuals available for the job, when in actuality there is.


So the quality of information available for the job seekers is crucial to the extent of the seriousness of friction unemployment. (www.bized.co.uk/sites/bized/files/docs/phillips1.ppt)


Structural Unemployment


Structural unemployment is the type of unemployment caused by or as a result of the decline of the industry and the inability of the former employees to move into job being created in the new industries. according to business dictionary it is no caused by lack of demand, but by changes in demands pattern or obsolescence of technology and requiring training of workers and a large investment in new capital equipment. 


For example; structural unemployment is the technological revolution. Computers may have eliminated jobs, but they also opened up new positions for those who have the skills to operate the computers. 


Seasonal Unemployment
Seasonal Unemployment is due to lack of demand during certain times of the year. For example, an agricultural worker may not be needed between the harvest and the next planting. Likewise, a restaurant in a resort town may reduce the number of wait staff after the busy season is over. Seasonal unemployment may lead some to pursue another career in the off-season or may lead others to a different place to look for jobs. (financial-dictionary).




Demand Deficiency
This occurs when there is insufficient demand in the economy to maintain a full employment, if demands falls, firm sells less and so reduce production. If they producing less, this leads to lower demand for workers. Either workers are fired or a firm cuts back on employment of new workers, In the worst case scenarios the fall in demand may be so great that  firm goes bankrupt and everyone is made redundant.


Demand deficiency unemployment is associated with the theory of J.M.Keynes who developed his general theory of money against a backdrop of the great depression.


Demand deficient unemployment may lead to a higher rate of long term unemployment. When people are made unemployment they will become de-skilled and demotivated. Therefore, they may find it more difficult to get work in the future. Therefore a period of cyclical unemployment could reduced long term productive capacity. (http://www.economicshelp.org).

Technological Unemployment
Technological Unemployment is the type of unemployment due to technical progress, this applies to a particular type of worker who's skill is made redundant because of changes in method of production, usually by substituting  machines for their service. Technical progress does not necessarily lead to rise in overall unemployment. In briefed, unemployment caused by the development of technology replace human efforts.
Does this means when the technology has advanced so rapidly, work has been simplified and processed by the intelligence of man made machine, what would become to those is lower income and academically less qualified?


In The Short Run
Basically it will just be a temporary phenomenon, wages will fall and the labor market will move back to equilibrium (http://www.bized.co.uk)


In The Long Run
Unemployment will be voluntary, voluntary as in resigned? I guess we have already reach at this level where rumor of a company/ employer direction which effect the productivity and psychology  had force certain staff (employee) to resign and seek a more secure job, even when the wages is far more lower than the wages offered by previous employer.


Conclusion
My personal opinion regardless of what caused of unemployment, the rate will always rise. though voluntary unemployed may occurred caused by a company's direction to modernized how a processes is executed thus replacing the current work force replaced by more technologically advance equipment, work station, machinery. I doubt in the long run it will create another job opportunity for those academically less qualified. even if the government efforts is there to improved the level of qualification in terms of academic qualification, still the motion toward a more hi-tech company will caused more highly qualified graduate to be unemployment due to the simplification of processes caused by advance technology. Should these happen a country economy will be affected caused by cautious spending from the community. business will affected in the long run directly affecting the country economic growth. Though this thought might be inaccurate, but who know what will happen to us in the long run say another 20 year  from now, by then a country's processes or most job has been taken over by computers which required less man power to operate.