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Chocolate is produced by children who have probably never tasted it

Regardless of what kind of chocolate you prefer, you should know the harsh truth about its origins.

Cacao, the plant from which is produced the first cocoa and then chocolate, is being picked by minor children, usually so poor that they have never had the chance to taste chocolate in their life.

Screenshot YouTube video | @FreelyGiveTruth2

These children work illegally as pickers in Latin American, the Ivory Coast and other countries where this plant is grown. Here is a documentary that shows the dark side of the chocolate:

 

10 zanimljivosti koje niste znali o Twitteru

Bez obzira na to da li redovno tvitujete ili ne, bar jedan od ovih deset neobi?nih podataka sigurno ?e vas iznenaditi.

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10. Zbog jednog la?nog tvita iz pro?le godine svojevremeno su za tren prodate akcije u vrednosti od 130 milijardi dolara.

U spornom tvitu bilo je navedeno da je predsednik Barak Obama ozbiljno povre?en prilikom eksplozije u Beloj ku?i.

9. Prvi objavljeni tvit poti?e iz 2006. Godine. Njegov autor je D?ek Dorsi, jedan od suosniva?a mre?e, koji je jednostavno napisao: “upravo pode?avam svoj twttr”.

Twttr je ina?e bilo jedno od prvobitnih imena namenjih ovoj mre?i, a u igri je ?ak bio i naziv Friendstalker.

8. U 2009. Godini Danijel Najt Hajdin postao je prva osoba koja je krivi?no gonjena zbog tvitovanja.

On je ?eleo da pokrene “rat protiv vlade SAD” i uz to je pretio da ?e policajcima se?i glave.

7. Ha?tag #Nowthatchersdead zavarao je mnoge da pomisle da je peva?ica ?er preminula (Now that Cher’s dead).

Me?utim, ha?tag se odnosio na smrt ?uvene biv?e birtanske premijerke Margaret Ta?er. (Now Thatcher’s Dead.)

Sli?na zabuna desila se i prilikom promocije albuma Suzan Bojl, kad je njen tim osmislio ha?tag #Susanalbumparty. (Mnogi su umesto “Susan Album Party” ha?tag protuma?ili kao “Sus Anal Bum Party”.)

6. Bile su potrebne ravno tri godine, dva meseca i jedan dan da bi se prikupilo prvih milijardu tvitova.

Danas se vi?e od milijardu tvitova objavi svakih 48 sati.

5. Twitter mo?e da predvidi pojavu gripa i sli?nih epidemija i na?in njihovog ?irenja, tvrdi studija koja je analizirala 167.995 tvitova.

Tvitovi koji govore o bolesti u ovoj studiji kori??eni su kako bi se uo?ila pojava gripa, i to je bio uspe?an postupak u 9 od 11 ameri?kih gradova koji su bili deo istra?ivanja.

4. Twitter trenutno vredi oko 30 milijardi dolara.

Ipak, ova dru?tvena mre?a nikada nije bila neposredno profitabilna kao ?to se o?ekivalo, a u 2013. je zabele?ila gubitak od 645 miliona dolara.

3. Mnogi koriste Twitter u svrhu besplatne promocije, ali i zarade. Reper 50 Cent je tako zaradio 5 miliona dolara nakon ?to je ohrabrio svoje pratioce da kupe akcije kompanije HH Imports.

Naravno, deo kompanije HH imports bio je u vlasni?tvu 50 Centa.

2. Svaki tre?i korisnik interneta u Saudijskoj Arabiji aktivno koristi Twitter. Taj procenat od 33 posto je svetski rekord.

Pore?enja radi, u SAD taj procenat internet korisnika koji koriste i Twitter iznosi 11 posto.

1. Holandska porno glumica Bobi Eden obe?ala je javno da ?e seksualno zadovoljiti svih svojih sto hiljada pratilaca ako Holandija 2010. pobedi u finalu Svetskog prvenstva u fudbalu.

Na ?alost brojnih njenih pratilaca, Holandija je u samom finalu prvenstva izgubila od ?panije.

This Week On Twitter: Social Share Buttons Rated #1, Social Customer Service Tips, Pay With A Tweet

This Week On Twitter: Social Share Buttons Rated #1, Social Customer Service Tips, Pay With A Tweet

Need a little weekend reading?

We’ve compiled our top ten Twitter stories of the week, which includes news that social sharing buttons have been rated the top tactic by digital marketers, 3 tips for effective social media customer service, a new feature that allows you to book and pay for your flight via Twitter and Facebook, the rise of social media in e-commerce and 5 tips for great social content.

Here are our top 10 Twitter stories of the week.

1. Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest Buttons Rated Most Effective Social Media Marketing Tactic [STUDY]

Eight in ten digital markets say that social sharing – adding Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest and other social networking icons to their product pages – is somewhat or very effective for increasing conversions from consumers, reports eMarketer, citing data from Adobe.

2. 3 Tips For Effective Social Media Customer Service [INFOGRAPHIC]

Over the last few years there’s been a huge shift towards using platforms such as Twitter and Facebook for customer service, with one in three social media users preferring to contact companies via these channels than over the phone.

3. KLM Royal Dutch Airlines Introduces Payment Via Twitter And Facebook

Picture the scene: you’re looking to travel somewhere nice for your vacation, and you’re using Twitter to search out good ideas from friends and contacts. You find the perfect place, but, oh… you have to leave Twitter to actually book your flight, like some kind of savage. Not no more. KLM Royal Dutch Airlines has developed a method of payment which enables customers using Twitter or Facebook to book or rebook a flight, make a seat reservation, or to arrange extra baggage, can now pay through these channels.

4. The Rise Of Social Media In E-Commerce [INFOGRAPHIC]

Did you know that 75 percent of socially-generated e-commerce sales in 2013 came from Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest? Indeed, a majority of consumers now use social media to guide their purchases, with four in ten going on to purchase an item in-store or online after sharing it on Facebook, Twitter or Pinterest. When you consider that U.S. consumers are tipped to spend an eye-opening $327 billion online in 2016, well… you do the math.

5. 5 Tips For Great Social Content [INFOGRAPHIC]

So you want to be a success on social media? You need content your followers will want to share. Here’s the good news: great ideas can come from anywhere, and they arrive all the time.

6. Over 10,000 Tweets A Day Contain Racial Slurs [STUDY]

A think tank estimates that there are approximately 10,000 tweets per day that contain racial and ethnic slurs – which amounts to 1 in 15,000 total tweets.

7. The @SochiProblems Twitter Account Has 100k More Followers Than The Official @Sochi2014

The Sochi Olympics have been blowing up on Twitter, with athletes tweeting horror stories and journalists tweeting… pretty much the same. With all of the negative attention, it’s probably no surprise that a parody Twitter account is making waves. What might be surprising is just how polite – and popular – the account is.

8. Twitter Testing Photo Heavy, Facebook-A-Like Profile Redesign

Have you seen the new Twitter? No, not that new Twitter. That’s so four weeks ago. This new Twitter. You know, the one that looks a bit like Facebook.

9. Esurance’s $1.5M Twitter Contest Paid Off, Saw 200K Entries In First Minute

Amid the hype and excitement of the Super Bowl (and, increasingly, the Super Bowl ads), Esurance made a bold move: They bought the ad slot immediately following the game, and saved a cool $1.5 million. Not to let this “spare change” go to waste, the company launched a Twitter contest, with one lucky Twitter user who tweeted the #EsuranceSave30 hashtag winning the entire $1.5 million pot. This week, the company handed out the cash – and shared the amazing social media statistics that this contest generated.

10. The 3 Types Of Twitter Tools Every Marketer Needs To Know

If you’re only tweeting from Twitter.com, you’re in for a nice surprise – there’s a whole suite of tools, apps and software out there that can take your Twitter marketing to the next level.

Did you know we have a newsletter? Sign-up to receive a daily digest of all things Twitter, sent straight to your inbox. Click here to sign up for the AllTwitter Newsletter.

(Twitter image via Shutterstock.)

EU Court of Justice rules hyperlinks don’t infringe copyright

The Court of Justice of the European Union has ruled that websites linking to copyrighted material are not breaking the law.

The court said that website owners do not need to seek permission of copyright holders to link to freely accessible material on another website, even if the material looks like it is being hosted on the site providing the link.

The significant legal decision was given as part of requested advice to the Court of Appeal in Svea, Sweden, where a news aggregation website, Retriever Sverige, is under fire for linking to material by local newspapers, radio, and other media.

The Göteborgs-Posten newspaper claimed that Retriever Sverige should have asked for permission before linking to its articles and pushed for financial compensation.

Communication contention

The issue of contention was EU law on communication, and whether or not linking to articles constituted an act of communication, which would violate laws that state that authors hold exclusive rights in this area.

The court found that hyperlinks do count as an act of communication, but that they do not violate the law unless they open the content up to a new audience.

If material is already freely and publicly available on the web, as is the case with the material on the Göteborgs-Posten website, a link to this website does not introduce the content to a new public, since anyone with access to the internet was already part of the audience Göteborgs-Posten was targeting.

It would be different if Retriever Sverige linked to material behind a paywall, as this would open the content up to readers, the wider non-paying public, not already targeted by the newspaper.

“The Court concludes from this that the owner of a website, such as that of Retriever Sverige, may, without the authorisation of the copyright holders, redirect internet users, via hyperlinks, to protected works available on a freely accessible basis on another site,” the court said.

The Swedish court must now decide on the case, but the Court of Justice’s recommendation will likely be used to dismiss the lawsuit. It will carry the same weight in similar cases throughout the European Union.

Via PCWorld

  • Did the UK just abolish copyright?

Industry voice: Protecting the future of the internet

In 2013 the issue of Internet privacy was thrown into the spotlight, with the revelations that some governments have actively sanctioned certain spy agencies to intercept user data. These actions clearly go against the internet’s founding principles of openness and freedom.

These principles are part of why and how the Internet has grown into an incredible tool that continually changes lives and connects people around the world.

It’s difficult to imagine how many of the last 30 years’ worth of achievements in education, health, art and science would have been possible without the Internet to support innovation and share knowledge.

It’s natural that the Internet community has railed against the government sponsored intrusion. Indeed, some of the world’s biggest technology companies have spoken on the need to protect the privacy of Internet users – Apple, Microsoft and Google are just some of the companies supporting the Global Government Surveillance Reform group.

They are calling on governments around the world to tackle this issue and reform current policies that leave the privacy of Internet users at risk from data monitoring.

Protecting your own privacy

Although privacy on the Internet is proving to be a challenging issue, there are some things people can do to protect themselves.

While it’s true that individual citizens have limited resources, it is worthwhile for everyone to invest a little time to encrypt their data. This would mean that the resources required to monitor all citizens would increase exponentially and make the task of examining all Internet traffic far more difficult.

Think of it in this way: if everyone in the world drove around in armoured cars, a lot of effort would have to be spent breaking into each and every car, without any guarantee of there being anything inside worth taking.

Similarly, if everybody encrypts their data, it would help to deter others from the effort involved in monitoring and decrypting it. Of course, the ideal solution is still that the monitoring of user data itself ceases immediately.

It would be terrible if people were afraid to use the Internet because they thought their privacy would be violated.

After all, privacy should be cherished and respected. It’s even counted as a fundamental human right in many countries. Over the last 30 years, society has benefitted immeasurably from the Internet, which has helped break down barriers and bring people closer together.

We should never lose sight of the Internet’s founding principles and ideals, and push stakeholders at every level to respect them. The Internet needs to continue to operate with as much freedom as possible to help increase innovation. Without trust and cooperation, the Internet simply cannot function, and that would be detrimental to our global society.

  • Axel Pawlik is the Managing Director of the RIPE Network Coordination Centre (RIPE NCC). He has worked in the Internet industry for over 28 years.

French and German leaders to discuss anti-US comms network

Germany’s chancellor, Angela Merkel, has revealed that she will be entering discussions with French President Francois Hollande with a view towards a Euro-centric communication network.

The network would see data from Europe channelled away from US servers to prevent unauthorised access.

Merkel has been a proponent of greater data protection in Europe recently following damning reports that mass surveillance had been carried out by the US National Security Agency in Germany.

According to reports released by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden, Merkel’s own mobile phone was also hacked.

Deep discussion

Government surveillance is a sensitive topic in most German circles, in part down to the heavy-handed snooping carried out by East Germany and, earlier, under Hitler. Merkel, in a podcast, decried companies like Google and Facebook for basing their operations in countries with such low data protection.

Merkel told journalists that the discussions would revolve around increasing security for European citizens by building a pan-European communications network, Reuters reports.

It is understood that Paris agrees with Berlin’s proposals and that both governments are in deep discussion over the matter.

  • German government to be sued by hacking group

Have You Seen The Twitter Account That Draws Your Tweet?

Have You Seen The Twitter Account That Draws Your Tweet?

User accounts that draw the updates of other users are certainly nothing new on the interwebs – Reddit’s Shitty_Watercolour and AWildSketchAppeared are just two examples – but @drawnyourtweet, a Twitter profile that, you’ve guessed it, draws your tweet and posts the pics, could be a first on the platform.

It’s certainly a first to this high standard. Check out some of the pretty amazing examples below:

 

 

 

 

 

Alas, @drawnyourtweet doesn’t take requests and says that “preferences go out to followers, celebrities, astronauts, pirates and small dogs”, but say something interesting (and wacky) enough on Twitter and, you never know, you might just get your tweet drawn for you.

Evropa kreira sopstveni Internet?

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Nemačka kancelarka je rekla da će razgovarati sa francuskim predsednikom o izgradnji evropske komunikacione mreže da bi se izbeglo da elektronska pošta i drugi podaci…

Nemačka kancelarka je rekla da će razgovarati sa francuskim predsednikom o izgradnji evropske komunikacione mreže da bi se izbeglo da elektronska pošta i drugi podaci prolaze kroz SAD.

Uoči posete Francuskoj, Merkelova je najavila planove veće zaštite podataka u Evropi nakon izveštaja prošle godine o američkom masovnom prisluškivanju Nemačke i drugih zemalja, uključujući i mobilni telefon samog kancelara.

internet avion Evropa kreira sopstveni Internet?

Ona je u sedmičnom obraćanju rekla da ne odobrava što kompanije kao što su Google i Facebook baziraju svoje operacije u zemljama koje imaju nizak nivo zaštite podataka, dok su aktivne u zemljama kao što je Nemačka sa visokom stopom zaštite.

“Razgovaraćemo sa Francuskom o tome kako održati visok nivo zaštite, kao i evropskim provajderima koji nude informacionu bezbednost našim građanima kako neko ne bi morao da šalje informacije preko Atlantika”, rekla je Merkelova.

Ona je navela da se mora više uraditi na zaštiti podataka u Evropi.

“Mislim da je potrebno da izgradimo komunikacionu mrežu unutar Evrope”, zaključila je Merkelova.

Izvor: Srna

 

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Stanovnici Balkana koriste najsporiji internet u Evropi

U tekstu objavljenom na njegovom Facebook profilu pod nazivom “Da li je internet pristup ljudsko pravo?”, Zuckerberg je napisao da je pristup internetu pravo svih ljudi svijeta bez obzira na njihov materijalni i socijalni status.

On je nedavno izjavio da je postao partner s kompanijama Ericsson, Samsung, Nokia, Qualcomm kako bi omogućio internet u svakom dijelu svijeta.

“Ljudi će našu ideju moći iskoristiti kako bi rekli kakvu državu žele, dobili zdravstvenu njegu i kako bi se povezali s članovima porodice koji žive stotinama kilometara daleko i koje nisu vidjeli godinama”, smatra osnivač Facebooka.

Međutim, prema rezultatima istraživanja portala “Mashable”, zemlja gdje ljudi imaju priliku koristiti najbrži internet na svijetu jeste Južna Koreja, dok su zemlje Balkana na samom začelju Evrope.

Tačnije, među zemljama sa najbržim internetom u svijetu ne nalazi se ni jedna zemlja iz regije Balkana, Latinske Amerike i Afrike.

Istraživanje ugledne kompanije Akamai pokazalo je da je brzina interneta u Makedoniji 3,3 Mbps, Hrvatskoj 3,24 mbps, Albaniji 2,8 Mbps, Srbiji 2,39 mbps, ali s druge strane više nego u Bosni i Hercegovini gdje se “surfa” brzinom od 1,97 mbps.

Također, kompanija Akamai je saopćila da je prosječna brzina širokopojasnih veza u svijetu u prvom tromjesečju ove godine porasla za 4 posto i trenutno iznosi 3,1 Mbps.

Prema tome, skoro u svim zemaljama Balkana se koristi internet čija je brzina ispod svjetskog prosjeka.

S druge strane, prema istraživanju portala “Mashable”, Južna Koreja ima najbrži internetu na svijetu, a odmah iza nje nalaze se Japan, Hong Kong i Švicarska.

Prema navedenoj studiji, brzina interneta u Južnoj Koreji je 14,2 Mbps, a slijedi Japan sa 11.7 Mbps, Hong Kong 10.9 Mbps, Švicarska 10.1 Mbps i Holandija sa 9.9 Mbps.

Nakon Holandije slijedi Letonija sa brzinom interneta od 9.8 Mbps, pa Češka Republika 9.6 Mbps, Švedska 8.9 Mbps, SAD 8.6 Mbps i deseta Danska sa 8.2 Mbps.

U istoj studiji nalazi se šest evropskih zemalja s najbržim internetom na svijetu: Švicarska, Letonija, Holandija, Češka Republika, Švedska i Danska. To znači da Evropa u prosjeku ima vrlo brz internet.

Također, prve tri pozicije zemalja s najbržim internetom drže azijske zemlje, odnosno Južna Kora, Japan i Hong Kong, pa, prema tome, istraživači Mashablea tvrde da azijske zemlje, u prosjeku, imaju najbrži internet na svijetu.

Isto tako, studija kompanije Akamai pokazala je da ostale evropske zemlje koriste znatno brži internet od zemalja Balkana, pa tako se u Češkoj koristi internet brzine 9,6 Mbps, Austriji 7,5 Mbps, Rumuniji 7,5 Mbps, Njemačkoj 6,9 Mbps, Mađarskoj 6,6 Mbps, Slovačkoj 6,2 Mbps i Slovenija sa 5,8 Mbps.

Radi poređenja, stanovnici BiH, zemlje u kojoj se koristi najsporiji internet u Evropi, koriste internet koji je oko sedam puta sporiji od interneta u Južnoj Koreji, kao i za pet puta sporiji od interneta koji koriste Česi i Letonci.

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Internet jedini medij čiji je budžet u krizi rastao!

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Prihodi od oglašavanja u Srbiji su u padu od 2008. godine, kada je zabeležen rekord od 206 miliona evra. Procene za 2013. godinu su različite, ali se svi slažu da…

Prihodi od oglašavanja u Srbiji su u padu od 2008. godine, kada je zabeležen rekord od 206 miliona evra. Procene za 2013. godinu su različite, ali se svi slažu da su mediji u Srbiji mogli da računaju na šešto manje od 172 miliona evra, koliko je izdvojeno 2011. godine. Neke od procena govore da je tržište oglašavanja u Srbiji bilo vredno oko 160 miliona evra!

Značajna poboljšanja mediji u Srbiji osete tokom velikih političkih kampanja, a najveći oglašivači su inostrane kompanije i, do sada je to bio slučaj, javna preduzeća. Neke od procena govore da 85 odsto zarade od oglašavanja u Srbiji dolazi od stranih kompanija.

internet morguefile Internet jedini medij čiji je budžet u krizi rastao!

Sa druge strane Udruženje novinara Srbije i druga novinarska udruženja godinama već pomažu novinarima i medijskim radnicima u Srbiji da osmišljavaju i sprovode projekte samozapošljavanja.

Internet jedini medij čiji je budžet u krizi rastao, ali je korišćenje ovog medija u Srbiji još uvek ispod trendova u svetu gde skoro petina budžeta za reklamiranje odlazi na internet.

Razlog malog udela interneta u Srbiji u ukupnom budžetu za oglašavanje je slab sadržaj domaćih sajtova, ocenio je svojevremeno direktor agencije za istraživanje interneta Gemius Milan Kovačević.

Kako je rekao, zbog velikog preklapanja sadržaja prosečni korisnik interneta u Srbiji mešečno u proseku otvori oko 200 strana dok hrvatski korisnik otvori oko 500 strana.

Prema oceni Stojanovića, oglašavanje na internetu ne raste značajnije zbog nedovoljne penetracije interneta u Srbiji i krize “zbog koje ljudi sede kod kuće i gledaju televiziju”.

 

 

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