Michael Jackson tops highest-earning dead celebrity list

Michael Jackson has regained the title of the highest-earning dead
celebrity in the past year, easily surpassing Elvis Presley and
cartoonist Charles Schulz, according to Forbes magazine.
After being pushed into second place by Elizabeth Taylor last
year, Jackson, who died in 2009, was back on top with
estimated earnings of $160 million (£98.9 million) in the 12 months
from October 2012.
"He earned the bulk of his bucks from two Cirque du Soleil
shows, his Mijac Music catalog, recorded music sales and his
half of the Sony/ATV publishing empire - which includes the
copyright to hits by the Beatles, Lady Gaga, Eminem and
Taylor Swift, among others"
Michael Jackson was named the second highest-earning dead
celebrity in the past year. Credit: All Action/EMPICS Entertainment
Taylor dropped to fourth place with earnings of $25 million
(£15.4 million), a huge dip from last year when her estate pulled in
an estimated $210 million (£129.7 million) with much of it from
the auction of her jewels.
The top ten of the highest-earning dead celebrities are:
Michael Jackson: $160 million (£98.8 million)
Elvis Presley: $55 million (£34 million)
Charles M Schulz: $37million (£22.9 million)
Elizabeth Taylor: $25 million (£15.4 million)
Bob Marley: $18 million (£11.1 million)
Marilyn Monroe: $15 million (£9.2 million)
John Lennon: $12 million (£7.4 million)
Albert Einstein: $10 million (£6.1 million)
Bettie Page: $10 million (£6 million)
Theodor Geisel: $9 million (£5.5 million)

Nokia Launches Lumia 1020 Smartphone with 41Megapixel Camera

Nokia has launched the Lumia 1020 smartphone with 41
megapixel, aimed at delighting another segment of the Nigerian
market.
The Lumia 1020 is being launched in the Nigerian market in
partnership with Etisalat Nigeria and the national carrier of the
United Arab Emirates, Etihad Airways.
According to the company, the Lumia 1020 is an improved version
of the Nokia 808 Smartphone, which the company launched in
2012. The Nokia Lumia 1020 runs on windows 8 operating
system. Its 41-megapixel camera sensor combines with Xenon
flash, focus assist light and Nokia's Pro Cam app to make it the
most advanced and powerful camera Smartphone.
Speaking to customers during the launch of the device, renowned
Nigerian photographer, Kelechi Amadi-Obi, said the Lumia 1020
Smartphone's dual capture feature allows taking a high resolution
38-megapixel image and also creates a 5-megapixel picture that
can be shared on social media. While sharing 41 pictures he took
with the Lumia 1020 tagged "Nigeria in 41 Pictures," he explained
that with the Nokia Pro Camera, users can easily take
professional quality images.
The device is powered by a 1.5 GHz dual-core Qualcomm
Snapdragon S4 Pro processor, 4.5-inch 1280x768 (334 ppi)
AMOLED display, 2GB RAM, 32GB storage and a 2000MAh non-
removable battery. It also supports Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, NFC and
support for 4G LTE network.
General Manager, Nokia West Africa, Chris Brown disclosed that
the Lumia 1020 is a product of Nokia's long years of research in
imaging technology. He stressed that based on the level of
innovation put into the Smartphone, customers are sure to have
great experiences especially camera enthusiasts. "We are creating
better Smartphones that allow lifestyle as well as business
consumers capture important moments in pictures with our
Pureview technology," he said.
"In addition to having great experiences while using the device, we
have partnered Etisalat Nigeria to provide customers with
seamless experiences while using the device so that they can
enjoy fantastic bonuses on the network and get airtime of up to
N37,000 when they recharge N10,000 on the easyflex 5000 2
for 1 offer.
We have also partnered United Arab Emirates flag carrier, Etihad
Airways to give customers who purchase the Lumia 1020 various
discounts on Etihad Airways published or structural fares," he
added.
Speaking at the launch event, Director Retail sales at Etisalat
Nigeria, Charles Ogunwuyi, said, "Etisalat's partnership with Nokia
for the launch of the Lumia 1020 is a result of shared values by
both organizations. Our mission is to provide Nigeria with super-
fast internet service compliments Nokia's goal of building great
mobile products that enable people worldwide to enjoy more of
what life has to offer."
The Lumia 1020 follows in the footsteps of the Nokia 808
PureView phone, which was the first phone to sport a 41MP
sensor. That phone was one of the last Nokia phones to run the
Symbian OS, while the Lumia 1020 is a Windows Phone.

How to get BBM on Androids and Ios

The much Anticipated Change In BBM has Happened.
BlackBerry has rolled out BBM—BlackBerry Messenger—for
Android and iOS "again", yesterday! This time around, they are
making it available in stages and they are giving preference to
those who signified interest in getting update about the availability
of the app.
Continue to read the details after the break ...
Details:
1. Download BBM – the easiest way is to visit BBM.com from
your Android or iPhone browser*
2. Once you install the app, open it, and enter your email address
to hold your spot in line
3. We will email you as soon as you reach the front of the line and
can start using BBM
If you are among the millions that took the time to sign up at
BBM.com, you can start using BBM immediately without waiting in
line. If you didn't sign up in advance, don't worry – we are
focused on moving millions of customers through the line as fast
as possible.
According to BlackBerry, In Sub-Saharan Africa, BlackBerry is in
partnership with Samsung. BBM won't be available to iPhone and
Android users in Africa right away. Only those having a Samsung
Android phone that is Android 4.0 and above can get the BBM app
using the Samsung Application Store.
Samsung is going to have this exclusivity from the 22nd of
October to the 24th of October this year. BBM will become
available to all Android and iPhone users in Africa on October
25th. So, you'll have to wait.
However, you can get the BBM on your iPhone right away. If you
have a US iTunes account, visit the US App Store and get BBM
for iPhone now. But there's no guarantee you'll be able to use it
once you download it. BlackBerry is making people wait in line and
this is already irking some people.
Click next, enter your blackberry ID and all your contacts from
BBM will be automatically imported. I just completed mine this
morning. Go ahead and enjoy yourselves on Android and iOS. Don't
hesitate to let us know if your worked.Enjoy.

Eating saturated fats 'can protect against heart disease'

Eating saturated fat is GOOD for you and can actually help
protect against heart disease.
That's the view of one of the UK's leading cardiologists, who
is calling for a radical shift in the current advice to cut down
on saturated fat levels in our diets.
Dr Aseem Malhotra said cutting the amount of such fats has
"paradoxically increased" the risk of heart disease.
He also argued in the British Medical Journal that saturated fat
had been "demonised" for decades as a major cause of
cardiovascular disease.
He says, however, there is little scientific evidence to suggest
such a link, he said, and suggested that an increase in sugar
and carbohydrate intake had been overlooked as a cause.
Dr Malhotra, a cardiology specialist registrar at Croydon
University Hospital in London, criticised current medical guidance
and its "obsession with levels of total cholesterol", which he
said "has led to the over-medication of millions of people with
statins", which reduce cholesterol levels.
Instead, adopting a Mediterranean diet rich in oily fish, olive oil,
nuts and fruit and vegetables after a heart attack is almost
three times as powerful in reducing death rates as taking a
statin, he said.
Dr Malhotra said: "The mantra that saturated fat must be
removed to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease has
dominated dietary advice and guidelines for almost four
decades.
"Yet scientific evidence shows that this advice has,
paradoxically, increased our cardiovascular risks."
He highlighted studies in the United States which revealed that
while the proportion of energy consumed from fat had fallen
from 40 per cent to 30 per cent (although absolute fat
consumption remained the same), obesity rocketed.
He noted: "One reason: when you take the fat out, the food
tastes worse.
"The food industry compensated by replacing saturated fat
with added sugar."
Dr Malhotra added: "It is time to bust the myth of the role of
saturated fat in heart disease and wind back the harms of
dietary advice that has contributed to obesity".
Other experts have backed Dr Malhotra's views.
Professor David Haslam, chairman of the National Obesity
Forum, said: "It's extremely naive of the public and the medical
profession to imagine that a calorie of bread, a calorie of meat
and a calorie of alcohol are all dealt in the same way by the
amazingly complex systems of the body.
"The assumption has been made that increased fat in the
bloodstream is caused by increased saturated fat in the diet,
whereas modern scientific evidence is proving that refined
carbohydrates and sugar in particular are actually the
culprits."
Timothy Noakes, professor of exercise and sports science at
the University of Cape Town, added: "Focusing on an elevated
blood cholesterol concentration as the exclusive cause of
coronary heart disease is unquestionably the worst medical
error of our time."

Wenger laments gunners naivety

Arsene Wenger felt his Barclays Premier League leaders paid the
price for naive defending as a late goal from Robert Lewandowski
condemned the hosts to a 2-1 Champions League Group F defeat
to Borussia Dortmund at the Emirates Stadium.
The Gunners had done well to fight back from going
behind on 16 minutes when Henrikh Mkhitaryan drilled
the ball in after Aaron Ramsey had given away
possession on the edge of his own penalty area.
Olivier Giroud's close-range strike sent the teams
into the break on level terms, before substitute
Santi Cazorla curled a 20-yard effort against the
woodwork.
All of Arsenal's efforts, though, were undone as Dortmund - last
season's beaten finalists - netted with just eight minutes left on
the counter-attack through Lewandowski to ruin Wenger's 64th
birthday and leave the Gunners still with work to do to qualify for
the knockout stages.
'We put ourselves on the back foot with the first goal and naive
for the second goal,' he said. 'If you look at the number of saves
our keeper had to make tonight and you concede two goals, you
can say that we can only look at ourselves for not being mature
enough in situations like that.
'If you cannot win the game, you don't lose it. Especially in the
second half when we were on top, we made things difficult for
ourselves by giving them the second goal.'
Lewandowski's goal came after a lucky escape for the Pole, who
was only shown a yellow card by Swedish referee Jonas
Eriksson when he clashed with Laurent Koscielny, and looked to
have caught the defender with a stray elbow.
'It looked like [it could have been a red card] but I haven't seen it
well,' Wenger added. 'But the referee was in a much better
position than I was and didn't decide to do it. I will have to look at
it again, I don't know.'
England midfielder Jack Wilshere was replaced in the second half
having been troubled by an ankle problem, which is not expected
to keep him out of the weekend's game at Crystal Palace.
Wenger said: 'You could see that he was not completely himself
and that is why I decided to take him off.
'At the moment it is his desire to play that gets him through the
game. It looks like he was handicapped after the first tackle he
got. He looked like he landed awkwardly. He looked to me that he
limped a little bit.
'We will see how he responds in the next two or three days, we
have to wait for the medical assessment.'
Arsenal now find themselves in a three-way fight for top spot in
their group on six points, along with Dortmund and Napoli - who
beat Marseille 2-1 - and will need a better result when they
travel to Germany in two weeks time.
'It is tight and difficult for us, but possible,' said Wenger. 'You
have three teams with six points, and we have played twice at
home and once away, so that means we need a result away
from home - but we can do that.'
Dortmund boss Jurgen Klopp, who watched from the stands
because of a touchline ban, felt his side were the worthy victors
in London.
'I saw my team fighting and for us we deserved to win this
game,' he said.
'Winning abroad in London, of course you need a bit of luck for
that but if you manage to make the difference with one extra
goal then I think you also deserve it.
'If you watched this game not for Arsenal and not for Dortmund,
you can say maybe Arsenal had some better situations but they
played at home and we didn't come here to dominate Arsenal in
London, we came here to get a result and that's what we did.'