Magazine reports that Beyonce is pregnant

My favourite rapper and one of the favourite businessmen is Jay Z. Along with my liking for Beyonce's songs they make my favourite celebrity couple - Making Bonie n Clyde and Crazy in love my all time favourite songs...So the news in US Weekly was really big...

It reported that the 29-year-old pop singer with hits like Crazy in love, Baby Boy, Irreplaceable, Beautiful liar, is pregnant and the pregnancy was a surprise.


"Beyonce was shocked. She loves kids, but she wasn't ready to be a mother just yet," the source told the magazine. "She really wanted to get her album done and tour the world again."

The web site also quoted sister Solange as saying Beyonce would make "a great mom" and record executive Kevin Lies as saying his rapper pal Jay-Z, whose real name is Shawn Carter, "has been all about family."

In interviews after her 2008 wedding to the 40-year-old "Empire State of Mind" rapper, Beyonce, known for her chandelier earrings and skimpy skirts, said she would like to have a family but that she had no timeline.

Windows phone 7

This is the latest gadget talk of the time. The reason being the release of Windows phone 7.

When i told the the name "Windows phone 7" everyone was excited. Save your energy guys, It's only an operating system - NOT a phone. (But they are planning to release some phones with the Operating system)

Windows phone 7 is the windows mobile operating system replacing windows mobile 6.5. The big thing is that they have completely changed the look and feel of Windows mobile in order to complete with i phone.

Windows phone 7 will compete with the two biggest mobile platforms Android (Google) and iphone (Apple). It has the look of an iphone and a flexibility of android. I heard an article with Windows phone 7 saying "Daddy's Home" to Android and iphone.

Google android phone

Can i use Windows phone 7? I know its going on your head. Here are the minimum requirements -

• 1GHz processor
• A capacitive 4-point multitouch screen
• A DirectX 9 compatible GPU
• 256MB of RAM and at least 8GB of flash memory
• An accelerometer with compass
• A 5-megapixel camera
• FM radio tuner
• At least six dedicated hardware buttons

A famous apple dude named Stephen Fry has taken his sim out of an iphone and put it in to a WP7 in the Microsoft launch it seems. Just show WP7s' credibility or the money to buy a dude over...

Stephen Fry

What do you think? What will be the best phone software platform in your opinion? Google Android? Apple iPhone or Windows Phone 7???

Courtney Cox - David Arquette drama : Can younger guy marriages work???

Having grown up with FRIENDS still regarded one of the best TV shows ever - It was news for us.

Courtney and her husband David has separated while keeping good will and business partnerships. They have a child of 7 year old (Whose god mother is Jeniffer Aniston, a.k.a Rachel Green in Friends). Reports says that they discussed it with the kid on an outing saying "Adults need to separate sometimes..etc".

I heard from my good friend that Her husband was anyway 7 years younger and they had many problems. Even it was news for him that they separated. David has told media that Courtney was like his mom and many other private stuff between them. Apparently he's hooked up with Jasmine Waltz - a waitress shortly after separation.

So guys and girls, question over to you? Can marriages with younger guy really work???

Mistress problem at Chile Miners Rescue

Was enthusiastically tuned in to Chile Miners resuce like i said in the last post, until i found this bro named Yonni Barrios very interesting.

When he was trapped he has revealed that he has another mistress named -  Susana Valenzuela when he was actually married to Marta Salinas.

Marta

He's supposed to come out of the mine around 8PM GMT He has invited both of his wives. But the legal wife has turned down the invitation saying that another lady is invited. Even the Chile's first lady has got in to the debate about this and she has fully approved what Marta is doing.

Valenzuela

What do you think of the guy? Awesome or he's a ********???

Timeline of Chile Miners Rescue from Aug 5 to now

It's been a great resuce mission so far, with all the world watching it. Every man, woman is talking about it. Few knowing the real facts.

For everyone's benefit i could collect this info and prepare the timeline of the key events from August 5th  - the day 33 of them were trapped.

• August 5 - Thirty-three miners are trapped underground when part of the San Jose mine in Chile's Atacama desert collapses.

• August 6 - Mining minister Laurence Golborne flies in to lead the rescue mission.

Minister calling and telling "We are sending you water"

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  August 7 - A second collapse blocks access to the lower parts of the mine, hampering rescue efforts. President Sebastian Pinera visits the miners' relatives. Attempts are made to drill holes to the miners, but no contact is made.

• August 22 - Rescue workers hear tapping on a drill that has reached a depth of 688 metres. The miners are confirmed to be alive when it is disclosed they have tied a note to a listening probe that reads "all 33 of us are well inside the shelter". The first video of the miners is recorded and shows them to be in a better condition than feared.

• August 23 - Food, water and communication equipment are sent down a hole to the miners.
• August 30 - Rescuers decide the best way to free the miners is to drill three shafts and winch them to safety. The holes, named Plan A, Plan B and Plan C, are dug at the same time to try to rescue the men as quickly as possible.

• September 26 - The first of three rescue capsules built to lift out the men arrives at the mine.

• October 4 - Gifts sent to the miners during their period underground are returned to the surface in advance of their rescue.

• October 9 - The miners celebrate as a drilling rig breaks through into their underground chamber. It is decided that only the first 96 metres of the shaft need to be reinforced.

• October 11 - A test rescue capsule is successfully sent nearly all the way down to where the miners are trapped. Rescue team co-ordinator Andre Sougarret posts a message on Twitter reading: "Today the miners sleep their last night together!".

Andre Sougarret

• October 12 - Final preparations and test runs are carried out before the rescue mission proper gets under way. Rescuer Manuel Gonzalez is lowered down the shaft and is shown greeting the miners on video footage. Shortly before midnight local time, 31-year-old Florencio Avalos, the miner chosen as the first to be freed, enters the rescue capsule and his journey to the surface begins

Florencio Avalos is the first of 33 miners to be freed from a mine in Chile after 69 days underground.

• October 13 - Mr Avalos reaches the surface amid scenes of jubilation, wearing sunglasses to protect his eyes. He embraces relatives and rescuers before being taken for medical tests.

The whole world is watching this saga - With tears in their eyes. Until the worlds' logest rescue mission is over. 

Feel free to comment with the latest updates until we rescue them all....

Why Facebook girls "like it in" different places?

She likes it on the floor
Another likes it on the bed
Another likes it on the couch
Another likes it on her desk
Some likes it on the bar stool
Many likes it in the car

But what is it???

You must have seen it on status these few days. The problem is that our guys go wild seeing something like this and comments.

It was day before yesterday when we started noticing the status of girls. Having gone thru the country code, bra colour code and other stupid initiatives by girls (Come on - why can't they stop being stupid...LOL) I knew its something stupid...

First saw it in my friend now living in Australia (Let's call her a senior - respect), and she was really proud to say "I like it on the floor in my room....". Dozens of ppl have commented - with some girls making it more boring by saying - i like it almost anywhere...


Then yesterday morning, I caught the same in my ex - co-workers status. She had - "i like it on the bed.. seriously :)". One of guys had commented - "Everyone likes it in bed" - And guys - "it" is not what they were talking about.  

They are putting the status telling where they like to keep their handbag or purse when they come home. But they intentionally omit "purse" or "handbag" to create curiosity. This is done as an exercise to celebrate the breast cancer awareness month (October) it seems.

Basically guys - Girls can't keep a secret for more than few hours. Another point is the futility of their exercise. Come on - Whats the relationship between Breast cancer and handbag or purse???...LOL

Girls, TRY to defend...LOL

Market Segmentation Online : 3. Segmentation Bases

Online marketing is typically the same as Traditional marketing in terms of the bases. Only exception is that there are numerous different bases that could be adopted in online marketing.


Segmenting bases are


1. Demographics
E.g.Age, Income, Gender, Education level, ethnicity

Following are some basic demographics on Linked - In

2. Geo-graphics
This is basically the segmentation by location.
E.g. City, Village, State, Country, Region..etc.
Google Analytics provides a very good tool with which you can even track the city of your site visitors (In Sri Lanka - Only Colombo and Kandy Possible, But in US hundreds of cities possible)
Given below are geographic data about Facebook users.

3. Psychographics
Activation, Interests, opinions, Personality, Values...etc.

4. Behaviour with respect to the Product
 Usage, Benefits sought, Brand loyalty, user status..etc.


Will be discussed in detail in the next E-Marketing post.


Apart from this basic bases, even combined bases like geo-demographics could be used.


Or as i said above numerous bases like "Budget" can be used.


These bases are specially important in Search Engine Optimization and online market research. For e.g. Check out how people visited social networking sites -

Next we shall discuss Market segmentation by behaviour in detail - The most important of the four bases.