Top 10 World's Billionaires of 2013

The ranks of the world’s billionaires have yet again reached all-timehighs. The 2013 Billionaires list now boasts 1,426 names, with an aggregate net worth of $5.4 trillion, up from $4.6 trillion. 210 newten-figure fortunes are found out . Once again the U.S. leads the list with 442 followed by Asia-Pacific (386), Europe (366), the Americas (129) and the Middle East & Africa (103).

Resurgent asset prices are the driving force behind the rising wealth of the super-rich around the globe. While last year almost as many fortunes fell as rose, this year gainers outnumbered losers by 4-to-1. Many new names made the list thanks to free-spending consumers. To name a few: Diesel jeans mogul Renzo Rosso at $3 billion, retailer Bruce Nordstrom at $1.2 billion and 4.2k designer Tory Burch at $i billion.

Carlos Slim is once again the world’s richest person, followed by Bill Gates. Arnancio Ortega of Spanish retailer Zara moves upto No. 3 for the first time. 2.0k He is the year’s biggest gainer, adding $19.5 billion to his fortune in one year. He moves ahead of Warren Buffett, despite the fact that the U.S. investing Tweet legend added $9.5 billion to his fortune. This is the first year since 2000 that 336 Buffet has not been among the top 3. 

The year’s biggest loser is Brazilian Eike Batista, whose fortune dropped by $19.4 billion, or equivalent to about $50 million a day. His rank falls from No. 7 to No. 100 in the world.

Carlos Slim Hem

Net worth: $73 billion

Country: Mexico

Source of wealth: Telecom

Mexico’s telecom mogul retains his spot as the worlds richest man for the fourth 

year in a row. His net worth is up $4 billion from 2012 but is still $1 billion 

shy of his all-time record. A boost came from surging stock prices at his 

financial arm, Gwpo Financiero Inbursa, and at his industrial and retait giant, 

Grupo Carso. This year he added soccer to the mix, buying into Mexico’s Leon and 

Pachuca clubs and Spain’s Real Oviedo.

Bill Gates

Net worth: $67 billion

Country: U.S.

Source of wealth: Microsoft

Bill Gates’ net worth rose $6 billion from last Marchdue to gains in his 

investment portfolio; hisholdings include tech hygiene firm Ecolab, waste 

collector Republic Services and Mexican Coke bottler FEMSA. In February the first 

12 non-Americans joined Bill Gates’ and warren Buffett's Giving Pledge, in which 

the ultra-wealthy pledge to give away at least half their net worth to charity.

Amancio Ortega

Net worth: $57 billion

Country: Spain

Sowce of wealth: Zara

Amancio Ortega is this year's biggest gainer; his wealth is up $I9.5 billion, 

pushing his fortune to a record high and moving him ahead of Warren Buffett. While 

he’s no longer the chairman of dothing retader Inditex (he stepped down in 2011), 

he controls nearty 60% of the company's shares, which were up more than 50%. The 

company, which operates under several brand names including Zara, Massimo Dutti 

and Srtadvahus, has nearly 5,900 stores in 86 countries.

Warren Buffett

Net worth: $53.5 billion

Country: U.S.

Source of wealth: Berkshire Hathaway

Although Buffett is the year's second biggest gainer, adding $9.5 billion to his 

fortune, is the fist time since 2000 that he has not been among the three richest 

billionaires in the world. In February, Buffett announced a deal with Brazilian

bilionawe Jorge Paulo Lemann's 36 Capital to snap up iconic ketthup producer H.J. 

Heinz Co. for $23.2 .

Larry Ellison

Net worth: $43 billion

Country: U.S.

Source of wealth: Oracle

The worlds fifth-richest man is $7 billion wealthier than a year ago, thanks to a 

more than 20% jump in the value of his Oracle stock. In the past year,the software 

mogul has been on a real estate buying spree, acquiring properties in Malibu and

98% of the Hawaiian island of Lanai from billionaire David Murdock for a reported 

$500 million. He just added Hawaian airline Island Air to his holdings.

Charles Koch

Net worth: $34 billion

Source: U.S.

Source of wealthh: Deversified

Koch and his brother David together own 84% of Koch Industries, the second biggest 

private company in America.  Its estimated sales is $115 billion, up from $100 

billion a year ago. The company, which has big investments in refining and

chemicals, is thriving amid falling natural-gas prices and recovering demand. It 

is also getting a boost from inproving operations at Koch's Georgia-Pacific,  

manufacturer of Brawny paper towels, Dixie Cups and Angel Soft toilet paper. The 

siblings are each up $9 billion apiece.

David Koch

Net worth: $34 billion

Country: U.S.

Source of wealth: Diversified

David Koch is once again New York City's richest resident, running the chemical 

technology side of Koch Industries from his Manhattan base. His fortune climbed $9 

billion since last year, mostly on surging refining and chemical profits as the 

price of natural gas, an important feedstock, fell. Things didn't go as well on 

the political front as they failed in their quest to oust Barack Obama. 

Li Ka-Shing

Net worth: $31 billion

Country: Hong Kong

Source of wealth : Diversified

Once again, Li Ka-shing is Asia's richest person and the only one from the region 

among the world’s top 20 richest. His fortune jumped $5.5 billion to $31 bilion, 

as shares of his biggest holdings all rose 10% or more. He also received 2012 

dividends of $86o million.

Liliane Bettencourt & family

Net worth: $3o bdlion

Country: France

Source of wealth: L'OrealLikane Bettencourt,

The 90-year-old LOreal heiress who suffers from dementia, is the world's richest 

woman, thanks to a 30% increase in the value of the French cosmetic

firms shares that drove up her net worth by $6 billion year over year. Her 

daughter Francoise Bettencourt-Meyers is guardian of the fortune, while her 

grandson Jean-Victor Meyers sits on LOreals board.

Bernard Arnault

Net worth: $29 billion

Country: France

Source of weakh: LVMH

The worlds most influential tastemaker - he controls fashion companies such as 

Louis Vuitton and Bulgan - ships from no. 4 to no. 10 in the world, due to more 

information about his complex shareholdings.

Sunny Kabra

Insights of What does Competitors Say About Google Glass !!

HOW WILL GOOGLE MAKE GLASS COOL? BY KEEPING IT OUT OF YOUR HANDS

Since Google Glass first debuted in April of last year, many have criticized Google for charging $1,500 for the wearable gadget – a price so high that, if it remains at that level for the public release next year, average consumers will be priced out. So, the theory goes, Google will have to cut the price of Glass down to something more affordable if it wants Glass to be a market success. That’s what Google plans to do, right?

I doubt it – at least not anytime soon.

"Google appears to be trying to make you think Glass is cool"

The Mountain View company’s strategy for Glass thus far has been to make the augmented reality tech purposefully exclusive – a product by and for celebrities and elite members of the tech industry, not regular ol’ people like you or me. In doing so, Google appears to be trying to make you think Glass is cool – despite the fact that the specs look, well, super dorky.

Slapping on a hefty price tag to manufacture a “cool” factor is nothing new or unique to Glass. Take the fashion industry, for example. Luxury brands like Louis Vuitton and others intentionally charge outrageous prices for their items to keep the riff raff from dirtying their brand image.



“When Gucci sells a plain white tee for hundreds of dollars, it is not because it is spun from gold but to make it exclusive to a certain group of people,” says Cator Sparks, editor of Digital Trend’s fashionable brother site, The Manual. “Same with a Tom Ford tie costing more than most. It’s keeping it as a status symbol.”

The car industry performs the same trick, says Nick Jaynes, Digital Trend’s automotive section editor. For example, Cadillac’s new ELR plug-in hybrid is priced at nearly $75,000 in an effort “to compete with the Tesla Model S,” says Jaynes. And Kia’s new luxury sedan, the K900, will put you as much as $70,000 in the hole – for a Kia. Are Cadillac and Kia as cool as Tesla, BMW, or Mercedes? Definitely not – but they want to make potential customers think they are by inflating the price of their products.

In addition to the cost of Glass itself, Google revealed this week that even Glass accessories will cost you and arm and a leg. Need to replace the Glass earbud? That’ll be $50. Want a carrying pouch? That’s 50 bucks. too. Or how about a clear eye shield? That’s $75 – almost as much as an iPhone 5C.


Of course, stratospheric pricing isn’t the only way Google is boosting Glass’ cool factor. When it launched in March, only hand-picked “influencers” would have the privilege of purchasing Glass. As of this week, Google has expanded the program to allow those who already own Glass to invite up to three friends into the Glass club. In other words, the Glass Explorer program is the very definition of manufactured exclusivity. Does this strategy allow Google to work out the kinks of Glass before a bigger launch? Yes ­– but it also creates the sense that those who own Glass are special.

This marketing strategy is the exact opposite of the way Google has handled Android, which is to make the mobile operating system available to any company that wants it, for free. The result is a plethora of Android-powered devices, from high-end handsets like Nexus 5 to devices that carriers literally give away for free. There’s nothing exclusive or special about Android, as a result. That hasn’t stopped it from becoming the world’s most popular mobile OS. But Google appears to be taking Glass in the complete opposite direction.



Google does, however, have a history of using manufactured scarcity to promote a product: Gmail, which was invite-only (a.k.a. in “beta mode”) for ages. By requiring Web users to get an invite to Gmail from someone they knew, Google was able to make Gmail cool. (That’s how it seemed to me, anyway.) It wasn’t until eight years after its launch that Gmail became the Web’s most popular email client – and it seems as though Google is taking a similar, long-view tact with Glass. (Google tried the same thing with Google Plus, briefly, but instead took that one the other direction – making everyone who uses Google’s products have a G+ profile.)

If you’re expecting to have access to a budget-friendly pair of Glass anytime soon, prepare to be sorely disappointed. 
On top of Glass’ price and the exclusive Explorer program, Google reportedly has plans to market Glass through a number of luxury showrooms, where upscale clients will have an opportunity to peruse Glass and other products created by the secretive Google X labs.

Guests will allegedly need to receive an invite to the showrooms, which are currently being constructed on barges in San Francisco and Portland, Maine. I say “allegedly” because Google has confirmed none of this, instead choosing to keep its showrooms a mystery, adding further mystic to the public’s perception of Glass.

Eventually, of course, Google will make Glass available to everyone at a reasonable price – that’s just common sense. And the product may be cool enough on its own to thrive without a $300 price tag. But if you’re expecting to have access to a budget-friendly pair of Glass anytime soon, prepare to be sorely disappointed. 

Sunny Kabra

Google Glass : Know It Completely...Enjoy!!!

With so much new information 

surrounding Google Glass, we have 

completely updated this 'know 

everything' feature. 

Many of us spend a significant portion of our day glued to our smartphones, or to 

other connected devices. Reading social media or checking out the weather or 

otherwise dipping into the wealth of data at our disposal will typically consume 

all of our attention, making it hard to do anything else.

Google Glass might offer a solution to this problem, giving us a way of using the 

outboard brain of the internet while still being able to do other things. Glass 

was created, according to Google, to "be there when you need it and get out of 

your way when you don't."

The first Glass units have been with early adopters (who had to sign up to a 

lottery for the privilege) since April and Google is using this semi-public 

testing period to fine tune the device for general consumption, as well as get the 

world used to the idea of wearables.

Essentially, Google Glass is a wearable Android-powered computer built into 

spectacle frames so that you can perch a display in your field of vision, film, 

take pictures, search and translate on the go as well as run specially-designed 

apps.

Google Glass uses a miniature display to put data in front (or at least, to the 

upper right) of your vision courtesy of a prism screen. This is designed to be 

easily seen without obstructing your view.

Glass responds to voice commands as well as taps and gestures on the touch-

sensitive bar that runs along the side of the frame. You can start a search with 

"Ok Glass.." and take a photo or launch an app with a command phrase or a tap of 

your finger. Glass can also be paired with a phone using the My Glass app to allow 

quick fiddling with settings and customisation.

Google Glass runs a version of Android, so developers can easily create apps that 

take advantage of its unique display and input methods. Developers using Google's 

Mirror API, which makes it possible for apps to speak directly with a Glass 

headset, are forbidden from charging for their software or embedding ads in the 

Glass display. Google has indicated that this policy may change however.

The early Google Glass apps provide a neat glimpse into the potential of the 

headset.

You'll be able to use Google Maps to get directions although as there is no built 

in GPS receiver you'll need to tether Glass to your smartphone. Several third 

party developers have announced apps for services including Evernote, Skitch and 

Path.

The New York Times has also demoed an app that will pop up news headlines on 

request and JetBlue has suggested that it could create an app to show how much 

time was left before you had to board your flight. One developer even created an 

app (since removed by Google) to allow surreptitious taking of photos simply by 

blinking when you have something good in your sights.

Google has snapped up voice specialists DNNresearch whose voice recognition tech 

could give Glass the ability to translate words being spoken to you into your own 

language on the display. Obviously you'll need a WiFi connection or a hefty data 

plan if you're in another country, but it's certainly a neat trick if it works.

Google Glass Design

Glass is designed to be lightweight and as unobtrusive as possible. The frame will 

come with adjustable pads for comfort, and is expected to be both light and 

extremely robust. It will also have a touchpad along one arm for silent 

interaction.

If you already wear glasses, don't worry. Google is 

trialing several different designs that will enable Glass 

to be attached to e‌xisting frames. There is also the 

possibility of designer prescription glasses with Glass 

functionality built in. 

This patent might give us a glimpse of a future, more natural looking version 

of Glass.

Sunny Kabra

Google Glass : Welcome to a World Through Glass.

Google Glass is a wearable computer with an optical head-mounted display (OHMD) that is being developed by Google in the Project Glass research and development project,with a mission of producing a mass-market ubiquitous computer.

Google Glass displays information in a smartphone-like hands-free format,that can communicate with the Internet via natural language voice commands.

Glass is being developed by Google X,which has worked on other futuristic technologies such as driverless cars. The project was announced on Google+ by Project Glass lead Babak Parviz, an electrical engineer who has also worked on putting displays into contact lenses; 
Steve Lee, a product manager and "geolocation specialist"; and Sebastian Thrun, who developed Udacity as well as worked on the autonomous car project.

Google has patented the design of Project Glass.Thad Starner, an augmented reality expert, is a technical lead/manager on the project.

Glass is currently authorized for use in the United States.

What it Does ???

It’s surprisingly simple.

Say “take a picture” to take a picture.

Record what you see. Hands-free.

Even share what you see. Live.

Directions right in front of you.

Speak to send a message.

Ask whatever’s on your mind.

Translate your voice.

Never Miss a Beat : Designed for active Explorers, Glass Earbuds are lightweight and uniquely engineered to deliver crisp, full-range audio while still letting you hear your surroundings. 

Your Music, through Glass : Your favorite songs from Google Play Music, including millions of tracks from All Access, are coming soon to Glass.

Answers without having to ask.

Strong and light.

Modular design.

Available in varios colors : Charcoal, Tangerine, Shale, Cotton, Sky.

They’re also fully customizable with five interchangeable color caps so you can listen in style.


Tech Specs

• Fit

Adjustable nosepads and durable frame fits any face.
Extra nosepads in two sizes.

• Display

High resolution display is the equivalent of a 25 inch high definition screen from eight feet away.

• Camera

Photos - 5 MP
Videos - 720p

• Audio

Bone Conduction Transducer

• Connectivity

Wifi - 802.11b/g
Bluetooth
Storage

12 GB of usable memory, synced with Google cloud storage. 16 GB Flash total.

• Battery

One day of typical use. Some features, like video calls and video recording, are more battery intensive.

• Charger

Included Micro USB cable and charger.
While there are thousands of Micro USB chargers out there, Glass is designed and tested with the included charger in mind. Use it and preserve long and prosperous Glass use.

• Compatibility

Any Bluetooth-capable phone.
The MyGlass companion app requires Android 4.0.3 (Ice Cream Sandwich) or higher. MyGlass enables GPS and SMS messaging.

Sunny Kabra