query: The 1991 NBA Finals had the Lakers in it.

pos: 1991 NBA Finals The 1991 NBA Finals was the championship round of the 1990 -- 91 NBA season . It was also the first NBA Finals broadcast by NBC after 17 years with CBS .   The documentary `` Learning to Fly , '' narrated by Jeff Kaye , recaps Chicago 's successful first championship season . The theme song is `` Learning to Fly '' by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers .   The Chicago Bulls of the Eastern Conference took on the Los Angeles Lakers of the Western Conference for the title , with Chicago having home court advantage . It was Michael Jordan 's first NBA Finals appearance , Magic Johnson 's last , and the last NBA Finals for the Lakers until 2000 . The Bulls would win the series , 4-1 . Jordan averaged 31.2 points on 56 % shooting , 11.4 assists , 6.6 rebounds , 2.8 steals and 1.4 blocks en route to his first NBA Finals MVP Award .   The series was not the first time that the Bulls and Lakers faced off in the playoffs . Prior to 1991 , they met for four postseason series ( 1968 , 1971 , 1972 and 1973 ) , all Lakers victories . Chicago was a member of the Western Conference at the time and moved into the East in 1981 . The 1991 Finals marked the first time the Bulls defeated the Lakers in a playoff series .   This series would mark the end of the Lakers Showtime era and the beginning of the Bulls ' dynasty . After winning five championships in eight finals appearances in the 1980s , the Lakers would struggle for the rest of the 1990s before winning five championships between the 1999-2000 and 2009-10 seasons .   The 1991 Lakers were led by Johnson , already in his thirties , playing in his last full year , as was fellow All-Star teammate James Worthy ; Kareem Abdul-Jabbar had retired two seasons earlier . The Bulls , led by NBA MVP Michael Jordan and superstar small forward Scottie Pippen , would win five more championships after 1991 in a seven-year span , cementing their status as a dynasty before struggling badly in a post-MJ era that saw them take several years to even become average .   When it was all said and done , Michael Jordan became only the third man in NBA history ( after George Mikan and Abdul-Jabbar ) to capture the scoring title and the NBA Finals Championship in the same season .   Until 2015 , the Bulls were the last team to win an NBA championship despite fielding a full roster lacking in championship or Finals experience . None of the Bulls players had logged even a minute of NBA Finals experience prior to this .

neg: 1993–94 Atlanta Hawks season The 1993 -- 94 NBA season was the Hawks ' 45th season in the National Basketball Association , and 26th season in Atlanta . In the offseason , Michael Jordan shocked the NBA by announcing his retirement . This meant that various teams in the league had an opportunity to contend for a championship . The Hawks hired Hall of Famer Lenny Wilkens as their new head coach . Wilkens was a star guard for the franchise when it was based in St. Louis in the 1960s . Wilkens was quickly moving up the all-time coaching wins list after successful runs with the Seattle SuperSonics and Cleveland Cavaliers . Wilkens employed a defensive system which benefited several members of the team . The team also signed free agents Craig Ehlo and Andrew Lang during the offseason .   The Hawks got off to a slow start losing four of their first five games , but then went on a 14-game winning streak as they held a 34 -- 13 record before the All-Star break . Despite being in first place in the East , the Hawks would trade franchise leading scorer Dominique Wilkins to the Los Angeles Clippers for All-Star forward Danny Manning on February 24 . By the end of the season , the Hawks finished first overall in the Eastern Conference with a record of 57 wins and 25 losses . Guards Stacey Augmon and Mookie Blaylock were both named to the NBA All-Defensive team . Blaylock was also selected for the 1994 NBA All-Star Game along with Wilkins , and Coach of The Year , Lenny Wilkens coaching the Eastern Conference .   In the playoffs , the Hawks defeated the Miami Heat in the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals in five games after trailing 2 -- 1 , but lost to the 5th-seeded Indiana Pacers four games to two in the semifinals . Following the season , Manning signed as an unrestricted free agent with the Phoenix Suns , Duane Ferrell signed with the Indiana Pacers , and second-year forward Adam Keefe was traded to the Utah Jazz .

neg: 2002 NBA Finals The 2002 NBA Finals was the National Basketball Association ( NBA ) 's championship series for the 2001 -- 02 season . The best-of-seven playoff was contested between the Western Conference champion Los Angeles Lakers ( who were also two-time defending NBA champions ) , and the Eastern Conference champion New Jersey Nets . The Lakers swept the Nets four games to none to win the franchise 's 14th NBA championship . The 56th edition of the championship series was played between June 5 and June 12 and was broadcast on NBC -- the ( to date ) last NBA games broadcast on the network .   Shaquille O'Neal , who averaged 36 points and 12 rebounds in the Finals , was named the NBA Finals Most Valuable Player . Lakers coach Phil Jackson won his ninth ring , tying him with Red Auerbach for most all-time . During the series , he surpassed Pat Riley for most career playoffs wins with 156 .   Will Lyman narrated the season-ending documentary for NBA Entertainment .

neg: Eastern Conference (NBA) The Eastern Conference of the National Basketball Association is made up of 15 teams , organized in three divisions .   The three division winners and the non-division winner with the best record are seeded 1 through 4 for the playoffs in order of their records , with all remaining non-division winners seeded 5 through 8 . This leaves open the possibility that a # 2 or # 3 seed could be a non-division winner . Home-court advantage in a playoff series is decided by record , not by seeding , so if the # 4 and # 5 teams meet in a playoff series in which the # 5 team has the better record , the # 5 team would have home-court advantage .   The reasoning behind this seeding arrangement is that a non-division winner could have a better record than the winners of the two divisions other than the non-division winning team in question . If the three division winners were seeded 1 through 3 for the playoffs in order of their records , and all non-division winners seeded 4 through 8 , it would be possible for the two best teams of the conference to meet in the Conference Semifinals . This actually happened in the 2006 NBA Playoffs when the two best teams in the Western Conference , the San Antonio Spurs and the Dallas Mavericks , both from the Southwest Division , faced one another in the Western Conference Semifinals while the 3rd seed , the Northwest Division-leading Denver Nuggets , had fewer wins than the 4th , 5th , 6th , and 7th seeds.The NBA proposed and approved of the current format to ensure that the best two teams of a conference can meet no earlier than the Conference Finals .   The Eastern Conference playoffs are divided into two preliminary rounds followed by the Eastern Conference Finals , with the winner of the Conference Championship facing the Western Conference champion in the NBA Finals to determine the champion . All playoff series are best-of-seven .   The current divisional alignment was adopted at the start of the 2004 -- 05 season , when the now Charlotte Hornets began play as the NBA 's 30th franchise . This necessitated the move of the New Orleans Pelicans from the Eastern Conference 's Central Division to the newly created Southwest Division of the Western Conference

neg: 1992–93 Atlanta Hawks season The 1992 -- 93 NBA season was the Hawks ' 44th season in the National Basketball Association , and 25th season in Atlanta . Prior to the start of the season , the Hawks acquired point guard Mookie Blaylock from the New Jersey Nets . After losing their season opener at home to the New York Knicks 106 -- 94 , the Hawks would defeat the defending champion Chicago Bulls on the road , 100 -- 99 at the Chicago Stadium on November 7 . However , they got off to a rough start losing five of their first seven games , which led them to a mediocre 12 -- 17 start in early January . With a 26 -- 31 record , they would win 12 of their next 13 games while posting a 12 -- 3 record in March , on their way to finishing fourth in the Central Division with a 43 -- 39 record .   Dominique Wilkins surpassed Bob Pettit as the Hawks all-time scoring leader , finishing second in the league in scoring averaging 29.9 points per game . He was named to the All-NBA Second Team and selected for the 1993 NBA All-Star Game . However , in the first round of the playoffs , the Hawks would be swept by the Bulls in three straight games . Following the season , head coach Bob Weiss was fired .   For the season , the Hawks changed their uniforms which lasted until 1995 .

neg: 1993–94 Utah Jazz season The 1993 -- 94 NBA season was the Jazz 's 20th season in the National Basketball Association , and 15th season in Salt Lake City , Utah . During the offseason , the Jazz signed unrestricted free agent All-Star forward Tom Chambers , and acquired Felton Spencer from the Minnesota Timberwolves . John Stockton led the league in assists for the seventh straight season , as Karl Malone joined the list in all-time points scored topping the 19,000 point mark . Both were selected for the 1994 NBA All-Star Game . At midseason , the Jazz traded Jeff Malone to the Philadelphia 76ers for Jeff Hornacek . With the addition of Hornacek , the Jazz went on to win ten consecutive games between February and March . They won nine of their final eleven games finishing third in the Midwest Division with a 53 -- 29 record .   In the first round of the playoffs , the Jazz defeated the 4th-seeded San Antonio Spurs after losing Game 1 . In the semifinals , they took a 3 -- 0 series lead over the 8th-seeded Denver Nuggets . However , the Jazz would lose the next three games to the Nuggets , then finally win Game 7 and advance to the next round . In the Western Conference Finals , they lost five games to the Houston Rockets . Following the season , Tyrone Corbin was traded to the Atlanta Hawks .

neg: 1980–81 Houston Rockets season The 1980 -- 81 Houston Rockets season saw the Rockets lose the NBA Finals . The 1981 Rockets are the only team since the 1959 Minneapolis Lakers to make the NBA Finals with a losing record .

neg: 2014–15 Houston Rockets season The 2014 -- 15 Houston Rockets season was the 48th season of the franchise in the National Basketball Association ( NBA ) , and the 44th in the Houston area . The Rockets finished the regular season with a 56 -- 26 record , the third best in franchise history . They also won their first ever Southwest Division title and first Division crown since 1994 . The Rockets beat the Dallas Mavericks 4 -- 1 in the first round , advancing to the Western Conference Semifinals for the first time since 2009 . They beat the Los Angeles Clippers in seven games after trailing the series 1 -- 3 , advancing to the Western Conference Finals for the first time since 1997 . They became just the ninth team in NBA history to come back from such a deficit -- and currently the only franchise to do so twice . The Rockets ' season ended with a 1 -- 4 loss in the Western Conference Finals to the Golden State Warriors .

neg: 1994 NBA Finals The 1994 NBA Finals was the championship round of the 1993 -- 94 National Basketball Association ( NBA ) season , featuring the Western Conference 's Houston Rockets defeating the Eastern Conference 's New York Knicks .   This matchup was Hakeem Olajuwon 's second NBA Finals appearance , his other being in 1986 , where Larry Bird and the Boston Celtics defeated the Houston Rockets four games to two . The series was Patrick Ewing 's first NBA Finals appearance . The Rockets came in with strong determination to win not only the franchise 's first NBA championship , but the city 's first championship in a league that still existed , while the Knicks were looking to add a third NBA championship trophy , as the Knicks ' last trophy came from the 1973 NBA Finals . The Knicks also hoped to impress their new owners Viacom , who had just bought Paramount Communications ( formerly Gulf + Western ) , their longtime owners ( after the series however , Viacom sold the Knicks and the rest of the Madison Square Garden properties ) .   The series was hailed as a meeting of the two great centers who had previously played for a championship in college . In 1984 while Olajuwon was with the University of Houston and Ewing was with Georgetown University , Georgetown had beaten Houston 84 -- 75 in the 1984 NCAA Championship game . In this series , however , Olajuwon outperformed Ewing , outscoring him in every game of the series and posting numbers of 26.9 ppg on 50.0 % shooting compared to Ewing 's 18.9 ppg on 36.3 % shooting . However , Ewing set an NBA finals record in the series with a total of 30 blocks , and he tied the single-game record of 8 blocks in Game 5 . Tim Duncan would later set the record for most blocks in a Finals series ( 2003 ) with 32 blocks in six games while Dwight Howard would set the record for most blocked shots in a Finals game with 9 blocked shots in Game 4 of the 2009 Finals while with the Orlando Magic .   During the series , the Houston Rockets played seven low-scoring , defensive games against the New York Knicks . After splitting the first two games in Houston , the Knicks won two out of three games at Madison Square Garden , which also hosted the Rangers first Stanley Cup celebration in 54 years during the series .   In Game 6 , however , Rockets center Hakeem Olajuwon blocked a last-second championship-winning shot attempt by John Starks , giving the Rockets an 86 -- 84 victory and forcing a Game 7 , which made Knicks Coach Pat Riley the first ( and to this date , the only ) coach in a Game 7 NBA Finals on two different teams , having been with the Los Angeles Lakers in and . In addition , the Knicks set a record for most playoff games played in one season , with 25 . The Detroit Pistons tied this record in . The Boston Celtics , coached by Doc Rivers , would surpass it during their championship season of 2008 when they played 26 .   The Rockets beat the Knicks in Game 7 , 90 -- 84 , enabling the city of Houston to not only celebrate its first NBA and fifth professional sports championship ( first in an existing league ) , but also deny New York from having both NBA and NHL championships in the same year ( Chicago had suffered this fate in 1992 , with the Bulls winning their second NBA championship and the Blackhawks losing in the Stanley Cup Finals ) . For his efforts Olajuwon was named NBA Finals Most Valuable Player . For the Knicks , Riley had the unfortunate distinction of having become the first ( and to this date , the only ) coach to lose a Game 7 NBA Finals on two different teams , having lost to the Celtics in 1984 . It also denied him the distinction of being the first coach to win a Game 7 NBA Finals with two different teams , having defeated the Detroit Pistons in 1988 .   NBC Sports used Ahmad Rashād ( Knicks sideline ) and Hannah Storm ( Rockets sideline ) .   Hal Douglas narrated the season-ending documentary Clutch City for NBA Entertainment .

neg: 1963–64 Los Angeles Lakers season The 1963 -- 64 NBA season was the Lakers ' 16th season in the NBA and fourth season in Los Angeles .

neg: 1971 NBA All-Star Game The 1971 NBA All-Star Game was played at the San Diego Sports Arena , in San Diego , California , on January 12 , 1971 .   The coach for the East team was Red Holzman and the West team was coached by Larry Costello . Officials for the game were Mendy Rudolph and Ed T. Rush . The announced attendance was 14,378 . West beat the East 108 -- 107 . Lenny Wilkens was named the game 's Most valuable player .

neg: 1985–86 Atlanta Hawks season The Hawks entered the season with rookies Jon Koncak and Spud Webb . The Hawks were transformed into one of the youngest teams in the NBA . The Hawks were led by `` the Human Highlight Reel '' Dominique Wilkins . He would have an outstanding year as he led the NBA in scoring with an average of 30.3 points per game . One of the highlights of the season came when Webb ( measuring five feet , seven inches ) won the NBA Slam Dunk contest during All-Star Weekend . In the second half of the season , the Hawks would be one of the strongest teams in the league . The club won 35 of their final 52 games to finish the season with a record of 50 wins and 32 losses . In the playoffs , the Hawks would eliminate the Detroit Pistons in 4 games . In the 2nd round , the Hawks would be defeated by the Boston Celtics in 5 games .   The team 's season roster is featured in the video games NBA 2K16 and NBA 2K17 .

neg: 1991 NBA Playoffs The 1991 NBA Playoffs was the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association 's 1990 -- 91 season . The tournament concluded with the Eastern Conference champion Chicago Bulls defeating the Western Conference champion Los Angeles Lakers 4 games to 1 in the NBA Finals . Michael Jordan was named NBA Finals MVP .   After the Pistons had ended their season the last three years , the Bulls got revenge in the Eastern Conference Finals by sweeping the two-time defending NBA champions . It was the first time the Bulls won a playoff series over the Pistons since 1974 , when both teams were still part of the Western Conference . Game 4 ended with some of the Pistons walking off the court before time expired , refusing to shake the Bulls ' hands . In the 1989 NBA Finals , the Pistons themselves had swept the two-time defending champion Lakers . Detroit did not reach the conference finals again until 2003 .   The seventh seeded Golden State Warriors stunned the San Antonio Spurs in the first round of the playoffs , defeating them 3 games to 1 . It would be Golden State 's last playoff series win until 2007 .   The 76ers and the Bucks met in the first round of the playoffs where the 76ers swept the series . It would be both teams last playoff appearance until 1999 .   Game 4 of the Blazers -- Jazz series was the last game ever played at the Salt Palace .   This was the first year that NBC aired the NBA Playoffs .

neg: 2001–02 Los Angeles Lakers season The 2001 -- 02 NBA season was the Lakers ' 54th season in the National Basketball Association , and 42nd in the city of Los Angeles . During the offseason , the Lakers signed All-Star guard Mitch Richmond and free agent Samaki Walker , while acquiring Lindsey Hunter from the Milwaukee Bucks . The team got off to a fast start winning 16 of their first 17 games , and finished second in the Pacific Division with a 58 -- 24 record . Kobe Bryant and Shaquille O'Neal were both selected for the 2002 NBA All-Star Game in which Bryant won MVP honors , but O'Neal did not participate in the All-Star game due to an injury .   After sweeping the Portland Trail Blazers 3 -- 0 in the first round of the playoffs , then defeating the San Antonio Spurs 4 -- 1 in the semifinals , the Lakers where pushed to the brink once more in the Western Conference Finals by their archrivals the Sacramento Kings , who they narrowly defeated in a deciding seventh game . They then went on to win the NBA Finals , defeating and sweeping the New Jersey Nets in four straight games for their second three-peat in franchise history , the first since 1952 -- 54 . Following the season , Richmond retired and Hunter was traded to the Toronto Raptors .   This would be the third and final consecutive NBA Championship the Lakers won in the early 2000s , as in the next season , their quest for a fourth consecutive NBA Championship ended with a playoff elimination by the San Antonio Spurs in six games in the semifinals , who would then go on to win the NBA Finals that season and their second NBA Championship . Although the Lakers returned to the Finals in 2004 , the Lakers would lose to the Detroit Pistons in five games , despite being the heavy favorites to win and having former All-Stars and veterans Gary Payton and Karl Malone , leading to O'Neal 's departure from the Lakers amidst boiling points between the Lakers staff and management and Kobe Bryant , culminating in his trade to the Miami Heat , ending the early 2000s Lakers dynasty . The Lakers would not win another title until 2009 , in which they defeated the Orlando Magic in five games .

neg: 1991 Calder Cup playoffs The 1991 Calder Cup playoffs of the American Hockey League began on April 2 , 1991 . Ten teams , five from each division , qualified for the playoffs . The top three teams in each division received a bye for the preliminary round while the fourth - and fifth-placed teams in each division played a two-game series with the winners advancing to the Division Semifinals ; if each team won one game , the series winner was decided in sudden-death `` super overtime '' immediately following Game 2 . The eight remaining teams then played best-of-seven series for Division Semifinals and Division Finals . The division champions played a best-of-seven series for the Calder Cup . The Calder Cup Final ended on May 24 , 1991 , with the Springfield Indians defeating the Rochester Americans four games to two to win the Calder Cup for the second consecutive year , and the seventh and final time in team history . This was a rematch of the 1990 Calder Cup Final where Springfield defeated Rochester four games to two . Similarly , a Springfield goaltender -- this time Kay Whitmore -- won the Jack A. Butterfield Trophy as the MVP of the playoffs .

neg: 1983 NBA Finals The 1983 NBA Finals , also known as Showdown ' 83 , was the championship round of the 1982 -- 83 NBA season . It was the last NBA Championship Series completed before June 1 .

neg: 1989–90 New York Knicks season The 1989 -- 90 NBA season was the 44th season for the New York Knicks in the National Basketball Association . Before the season , owners Gulf + Western reorganized and became Paramount Communications , renaming themselves after the Paramount Pictures film studio .   During the offseason , the Knicks hired Stu Jackson as their new head coach . The team got off to a solid start , winning 20 of their first 27 games , while posting a nine-game winning streak . At midseason , the Knicks traded second-year guard Rod Strickland to the San Antonio Spurs for Maurice Cheeks . However , as they stood at a 39 -- 22 record , they struggled and lost 15 of their final 21 games . The Knicks had a 45 -- 37 record and finished third in the Atlantic Division . The Knicks ' fifth-place finish in the Eastern Conference earned them a berth in the NBA Playoffs for the third straight year . Patrick Ewing was selected for the 1990 NBA All-Star Game .   In the first round of the playoffs , New York defeated the 4th-seeded Boston Celtics three games to two , after overcoming an 0 -- 2 deficit . The Knicks were then eliminated in the conference semifinals by the Detroit Pistons , who later on won their second consecutive NBA title , four games to one over the Portland Trail Blazers . Following the season , Johnny Newman signed as an unrestricted free agent with the Charlotte Hornets .

neg: 1994–95 Sacramento Kings season The 1994 -- 95 NBA season was the Kings ' 46th season in the National Basketball Association , and 10th season in Sacramento . With the arrivals of rookies Brian Grant and Michael Smith , the Kings had an improved defense which held opponents at 99.2 points per game ( 8th best in the NBA ) . On the offensive side , the Kings were led by Mitch Richmond , who averaged 22.8 points per game while winning the All-Star MVP award in the 1995 NBA All-Star Game . The Kings played above .500 for the first half of the season with a 28 -- 20 record in mid February . However , they struggled with a 7-game losing streak afterwards as they began to slip under .500 .   On the final day of the regular season , the Kings faced the Denver Nuggets at McNichols Sports Arena for the eighth and final playoff spot in the Western Conference . The Nuggets would win 102 -- 89 as the Kings went home with a 39 -- 43 record , missing the playoffs for the ninth consecutive season . Grant was selected to the All-Rookie First Team . Following the season , Spud Webb was traded back to the Atlanta Hawks .   For the season , the Kings changed their logo and added purple to their uniforms . The jerseys lasted until 2002 , while the logo lasted until 2016 .

neg: 1954 NBA All-Star Game The 1954 NBA All Star Game was the fourth NBA All-Star Game . It was held on January 21 , 1954 , at Madison Square Garden in New York City . Bob Cousy of the Boston Celtics was the game MVP . Joe Lapchick of the New York Knicks coached the Eastern Conference and John Kundla of the Minneapolis Lakers coached the Western Conference . The attendance was 16,487 .   The Eastern Conference held an 84 -- 82 edge with only seconds remaining in the game . Then , George Mikan of the Lakers was fouled . Mikan proceeded to make both foul shots , which sent the game into overtime .   In the extra period , Cousy scored 10 points to secure a 98 -- 93 victory . The Western Conference 's Jim Pollard , the game 's high scorer with 23 points , had been named MVP in a vote taken before regulation time had run out . But another ballot was taken and Cousy became the MVP .   The 1954 All-Star Game was the last All-Star Game in which neither side reached 100 points .

neg: Hank Finkel Henry J. Finkel ( born April 20 , 1942 ) is an American basketball player whose professional career lasted from 1966 to 1975 . Selected by the Los Angeles Lakers in Round 2 of the 1966 NBA draft he remained with the team through 1966 -- 67 , then played with the San Diego Rockets from 1967 to 1969 and spent the remaining years with the Boston Celtics , when , during his next to last season , the Celtics won the 1974 NBA Championship .

neg: Backstage: Lakers Backstage : Lakers is a reality sports documentary television series produced by Spectrum SportsNet which covers the Los Angeles Lakers from an in-depth , behind-the-scenes angle , giving the viewer `` unprecedented access '' to the team .   The series has documented the season from inside the locker room , the practice facility , the executive offices , the training room , as well as chronicling the players at home with their families and on the road with their team .   A new 30-minute episode debuts every week of the season on Wednesdays at 5:00 PM PST on Spectrum SportsNet . Re-airs can be viewed multiple times throughout the week of the network . A Spanish-language version entitled Lakers Confidencial premieres every Thursday on Spectrum Deportes .


query: Google has been the second most valuable brand in the world for 4 blue years.

pos: Google Google is an American multinational technology company specializing in Internet-related services and products . These include online advertising technologies , search , cloud computing , software , and hardware . Google was founded in 1998 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin while they were Ph.D. students at Stanford University , in California . Together , they own about 14 percent of its shares , and control 56 percent of the stockholder voting power through supervoting stock . They incorporated Google as a privately held company on September 4 , 1998 . An initial public offering ( IPO ) took place on August 19 , 2004 , and Google moved to its new headquarters in Mountain View , California , nicknamed the Googleplex . In August 2015 , Google announced plans to reorganize its various interests as a conglomerate called Alphabet Inc. . Google , Alphabet 's leading subsidiary , will continue to be the umbrella company for Alphabet 's Internet interests . Upon completion of the restructure , Sundar Pichai became CEO of Google , replacing Larry Page , who became CEO of Alphabet .   Rapid growth since incorporation has triggered a chain of products , acquisitions , and partnerships beyond Google 's core search engine ( Google Search ) . It offers services designed for work and productivity ( Google Docs , Sheets and Slides ) , email ( Gmail/Inbox ) , scheduling and time management ( Google Calendar ) , cloud storage ( Google Drive ) , social networking ( Google + ) , instant messaging and video chat ( Google Allo/Duo/Hangouts ) , language translation ( Google Translate ) , mapping and turn-by-turn navigation ( Google Maps ) , video sharing ( YouTube ) , notetaking ( Google Keep ) , and photo organizing and editing ( Google Photos ) . The company leads the development of the Android mobile operating system , the Google Chrome web browser , and Chrome OS , a lightweight operating system based on the Chrome browser . Google has moved increasingly into hardware ; from 2010 to 2015 , it partnered with major electronics manufacturers in the production of its Nexus devices , and in October 2016 , it released multiple hardware products ( including the Google Pixel smartphone , Home smart speaker , Wifi mesh wireless router , and Daydream View virtual reality headset ) . The new hardware chief , Rick Osterloh , stated : `` a lot of the innovation that we want to do now ends up requiring controlling the end-to-end user experience '' . Google has also experimented with becoming an Internet carrier . In February 2010 , it announced Google Fiber , a fiber-optic infrastructure that was installed in Kansas City ; in April 2015 , it launched Project Fi in the United States , combining Wi-Fi and cellular networks from different providers ; and in 2016 , it announced the Google Station initiative to make public Wi-Fi around the world , which had already been deployed in India .   Alexa , a company that monitors commercial web traffic , lists Google.com as the most visited website in the world . Several other Google services also figure in the top 100 most visited websites , including YouTube and Blogger . Google has been the second most valuable brand in the world for 4 consecutive years , but has received significant criticism involving issues such as privacy concerns , tax avoidance , antitrust , censorship , and search neutrality . Google 's mission statement , from the outset , was `` to organize the world 's information and make it universally accessible and useful '' , and its unofficial slogan was `` Do n't be evil '' . In October 2015 , the motto was replaced in the Alphabet corporate code of conduct by the phrase `` Do the right thing '' .

neg: Gracenote Gracenote , Inc. provides music , video and sports metadata and automatic content recognition ( ACR ) technologies to entertainment services and brands in the United States and internationally . Gracenote provides music recognition technologies that compare digital music files to a worldwide database of music information , enabling digital audio devices to identify the songs . The company licenses its technologies to developers of consumer electronics devices and online media players , who integrate the technologies into media players , home and car stereos , and digital music devices . The company operates five business verticals : Music , Video , Sports , Automotive and Video Personalization . Headquartered in Emeryville , California , the company employs approximately 1,700 people in 20 offices around the world . Gracenote is now a Nielsen company .   Gracenote is best known for MusicID , a music recognition solution that identifies compact discs and delivers artist metadata and cover art to the desktop . The Gracenote database includes music genre and mood information , TV show descriptions , episode information and channel line-ups , movie cast and crew information and sports statistics and results . Companies including music services , TV providers , consumer electronics manufacturers and automakers use Gracenote data to power their content recognition , universal search , navigation , linking , discovery and personalized recommendations functionalities .   Formerly CDDB ( Compact Disc Data Base ) , Gracenote maintains and licenses an Internet-accessible database containing information about the contents of audio compact discs and vinyl records . It provides software and metadata to businesses that enable their customers to manage and search digital media . Gracenote provides its media management technology and global media database of digital entertainment information to the mobile , automobile , portable , home , and PC markets . Several computer software applications that were capable of playing CDs , for example Media Go and iTunes , used Gracenote 's CDDB technology . Winamp , once a major licensee , no longer has access to Gracenote ; the legacy media player program lost access to Gracenote when SHOUTcast and Winamp were sold by AOL in 2014 . Redevelopment of Winamp continues by its new owner Radionomy who have said that future Winamp versions will have access to an online music database . In 2014 Tribune Media Company bought Gracenote from Sony Corporation of America . In December 2016 , Tribune announced that it had reached an agreement to sell Gracenote to Nielsen Holdings , PLC. for $ 560 million . The purchase was completed on February 1 , 2017 .

neg: Rosetta Stone Ltd. v. Google, Inc. Rosetta Stone v. Google , 676 F. 3d 144 ( 4th Cir . 2012 ) , was a decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit that challenged the legality of Google 's AdWords program . The Court overturned a grant of summary judgment for Google that had held Google AdWords was not a violation of trademark law ( see federal Lanham Act , ( 1 ) ) .   Though other cases had addressed trademark infringement in the context of online keyword advertising ( see Playboy Enterprises , Inc. v. Netscape Communications Corp. , Google , Inc. v. American Blind & Wallpaper Factory , Inc. ) Rosetta Stone v. Google is considered the last serious American challenge to Google 's AdWord program . Though , Rosetta Stone ` won ' an overturn of summary judgment , the subsequent settlement between the two parties left commentators declaring the Google has ` won ' the keyword advertising trademark fight .

neg: Sergey Brin Sergey Mikhaylovich Brin ( Серге́й Миха́йлович Брин born August 21 , 1973 ) is a Russian American computer scientist , internet entrepreneur , and philanthropist . Together with Larry Page , he co-founded Google . Brin is the President of Google 's parent company Alphabet Inc. .   , Brin is the 13th richest person in the world , with an estimated net worth of US$ 39.8 billion .   Brin immigrated to the United States with his family from the Soviet Union at the age of 6 . He earned his bachelor 's degree at the University of Maryland , following in his father 's and grandfather 's footsteps by studying mathematics , as well as computer science . After graduation , he moved to Stanford University to acquire a PhD in computer science . There he met Page , with whom he later became friends . They crammed their dormitory room with inexpensive computers and applied Brin 's data mining system to build a web search engine . The program became popular at Stanford , and they suspended their PhD studies to start up Google in a rented garage .   The Economist referred to Brin as an `` Enlightenment Man '' , and as someone who believes that `` knowledge is always good , and certainly always better than ignorance '' , a philosophy that is summed up by Google 's mission statement , `` Organize the world 's information and make it universally accessible and useful , '' and unofficial yet sometimes controversial motto , `` Do n't be evil '' .

neg: 2Web Technologies 2Web Technologies was a New York City-based computer software company co-founded by Jonathan Rochelle and Fuzzy Khosrowshahi , which was acquired by Google in mid-2005 .   Its flagship product , XL2Web , was further developed at Google to become the spreadsheet application in Google Docs , the first launched product in that suite . On June 6 , 2006 , it was launched as Google Labs Spreadsheets .

neg: Big data Big data is a term for data sets that are so large or complex that traditional data processing application software is inadequate to deal with them . Challenges include capture , storage , analysis , data curation , search , sharing , transfer , visualization , querying , updating and information privacy . The term `` big data '' often refers simply to the use of predictive analytics , user behavior analytics , or certain other advanced data analytics methods that extract value from data , and seldom to a particular size of data set . `` There is little doubt that the quantities of data now available are indeed large , but that 's not the most relevant characteristic of this new data ecosystem . ''  Analysis of data sets can find new correlations to `` spot business trends , prevent diseases , combat crime and so on . '' Scientists , business executives , practitioners of medicine , advertising and governments alike regularly meet difficulties with large data-sets in areas including Internet search , fintech , urban informatics , and business informatics . Scientists encounter limitations in e-Science work , including meteorology , genomics , connectomics , complex physics simulations , biology and environmental research .   Data sets grow rapidly - in part because they are increasingly gathered by cheap and numerous information-sensing Internet of things devices such as mobile devices , aerial ( remote sensing ) , software logs , cameras , microphones , radio-frequency identification ( RFID ) readers and wireless sensor networks . The world 's technological per-capita capacity to store information has roughly doubled every 40 months since the 1980s ; , every day 2.5 exabytes ( 2.5 × 1018 ) of data are generated . One question for large enterprises is determining who should own big-data initiatives that affect the entire organization .   Relational database management systems and desktop statistics - and visualization-packages often have difficulty handling big data . The work may require `` massively parallel software running on tens , hundreds , or even thousands of servers '' . What counts as `` big data '' varies depending on the capabilities of the users and their tools , and expanding capabilities make big data a moving target . `` For some organizations , facing hundreds of gigabytes of data for the first time may trigger a need to reconsider data management options . For others , it may take tens or hundreds of terabytes before data size becomes a significant consideration . ''

neg: Baby boomers Baby boomers are the demographic cohort following the Silent Generation . There are no precise dates when the cohort birth years start and end . Typically , they range from the early-to-mid 1940s and end from 1960 to 1964 . Increased birth rates were observed during the post -- World War II baby boom making the baby boomers a relatively large demographic cohort .   The term `` baby boomer '' is also used in a cultural context , so it is difficult to achieve broad consensus of a precise date definition . Different people , organizations , and scholars have varying opinions on who is a baby boomer , both technically and culturally . Ascribing universal attributes to such a generation is difficult , and some believe it is inherently impossible , but many have attempted to determine their cultural similarities and historical impact , and the term has thus gained widespread popular usage .   Baby boomers are associated with a rejection or redefinition of traditional values . Many commentators , however , have disputed the extent of that rejection , noting the widespread continuity of values with older and younger generations . In Europe and North America , boomers are widely associated with privilege , as many grew up in a time of widespread government subsidies in post-war housing and education , and increasing affluence .   As a group , baby boomers were the wealthiest , most active , and most physically fit generation up to the era in which they arrived , and were amongst the first to grow up genuinely expecting the world to improve with time . They were also the generation that received peak levels of income ; they could therefore reap the benefits of abundant levels of food , apparel , retirement programs , and sometimes even `` midlife crisis '' products . The increased consumerism for this generation has been regularly criticized as excessive .   One feature of the boomers was that they have tended to think of themselves as a special generation , very different from those that had come before . In the 1960s , as the relatively large numbers of young people became teenagers and young adults , they , and those around them , created a very specific rhetoric around their cohort , and the changes they were bringing about . This rhetoric had an important impact in the self perceptions of the boomers , as well as their tendency to define the world in terms of generations , which was a relatively new phenomenon . The baby boom has been described variously as a `` shockwave '' and as `` the pig in the python . ''   The term `` Generation Jones '' is sometimes used to describe those born between 1954 and 1965 . The term is typically used to refer to the later years of the Baby boomer cohort ( 1954-1960 ) and the early years of Generation X ( 1961-1965 ) .

neg: Target Corporation Target Corporation is the second-largest discount store retailer in the United States , behind Walmart , and a component of the S&P 500 Index . Founded by George Dayton and headquartered in Minneapolis , Minnesota , the company was originally named Goodfellow Dry Goods in June 1902 before being renamed the Dayton 's Dry Goods Company in 1903 and later the Dayton Company in 1910 . The first Target store opened in Roseville , Minnesota in 1962 while the parent company was renamed the Dayton Corporation in 1967 . It became the Dayton-Hudson Corporation after merging with the J.L. Hudson Company in 1969 and held ownership of several department store chains including Dayton 's , Hudson 's , Marshall Field 's , and Mervyn 's .   Target established itself as the highest-earning division of the Dayton-Hudson Corporation in the 1970s ; it began expanding the store nationwide in the 1980s and introduced new store formats under the Target brand in the 1990s . The company has found success as a cheap-chic player in the industry . The parent company was renamed the Target Corporation in 2000 and divested itself of its last department store chains in 2004 . It suffered from a highly publicized security breach of customer data and the failure of its short-lived Canadian subsidiary in the early 2010s but experienced revitalized success with its expansion in urban markets within the United States .   As of 2017 , Target operates 1,806 stores throughout the United States . Their retail formats include the discount store Target , the hypermarket SuperTarget , and `` flexible format '' stores previously named CityTarget and TargetExpress before being consolidated under the Target branding . Target is often recognized for its emphasis on `` the needs of its younger , image-conscious shoppers , '' whereas its rival Walmart more heavily relies on its strategy of `` always low prices . ''

neg: Evolution of Management Systems ' A management system is the framework of processes and procedures used to ensure that an organization can fulfill all tasks required to achieve its objectives .   After World War II , the reigning paradigm of product-oriented mass production had reached its peak . Examples of management systems at that time are linear assembly lines , organizational hierarchies of command , product quality control and mass consumption .   Soon afterwards , the Deming-Juran process-quality teachings spearheaded a new quality orientation ( later referred to as Total quality management ) and propelled Japan directly to the post-war process focus ( process quality control , just-in-time , continuous improvement ) . The US responded by a painful and prolonged product-to-process transformation , ultimately leveling the playing field again by the mid 1980s .   At the end of the 1980s , business process reengineering focused on the radical redesign of the production process through the reintegration of task , labor and knowledge . As a result , lean , flexible and streamlined production processes were created , capable of fast response and internet-based integration necessary for the upcoming phase of supply chains - business-to-business ( B2B ) -- as well as demand chains -- business-to-customer ( B2C ) .   In the above three stages of Evolution of Management Systems '' ' , the competitive advantage was derived almost exclusively from the internal resources of the firm . At the end of the 1980s , a radical fourth shift has occurred : the competitive advantage became increasingly derived from the external resources of the firm -- through the extended networks of suppliers and customers .   Figure 1 refers to the basic scheme of production and service delivery process . It represents the traditional linear input-process-output management system . This system has been fixed and unchanging for centuries . The only change has been in terms of changing focus on individual components of the system , emphasizing different parts of this basic scheme .   Although the scheme itself ( inputs → process → outputs ) remains mostly unchallenged , there are some indications that this business model will undergo major restructurings in the future ( in the emerging stages of Evolution of Management Systems ) . It will become disaggregated and distributed , subjected to non-linear modularity and bringing forth new ways of making things and delivering services . Then it will become reintegrated again , tying together globally distributed components into a unified recycling whole .

neg: Google logo The Google logo appears in numerous settings to identify the search engine company . Google has relied on several logos since its renaming ( see History of Google ) , with the first logo created by Sergey Brin using GIMP . A revised logo debuted on September 1 , 2015 . The previous logo , with slight modifications between 1999 and 2013 , was designed by Ruth Kedar ; the wordmark was based on the Catull typeface , an old style serif typeface designed by Gustav Jaeger for the Berthold Type Foundry in 1982 .   The company also includes various modifications or humorous features , such as cartoon modifications of their logo for use on holidays , birthdays of famous people , and major events , such as the Olympics . These special logos , some designed by Dennis Hwang , have become known as Google Doodles .

neg: Dow Chemical Company The Dow Chemical Company , commonly referred to as Dow , is an American multinational chemical corporation headquartered in Midland , Michigan , United States . As of 2007 , it is the second-largest chemical manufacturer in the world by revenue ( after BASF ) and as of February 2009 , the third-largest chemical company in the world by market capitalization ( after BASF and DuPont ) . It ranked second in the world by chemical production in 2014 .   Dow manufactures plastics , chemicals , and agricultural products . With a presence in about 160 countries , it employs about 54,000 people worldwide . The company has seven different major operating segments , with a wide variety of products made by each one . Dow 's 2012 sales totaled approximately $ 57 billion .  Dow has been called the `` chemical companies ' chemical company '' in that most of its sales are to other industries rather than end-users . Dow sells directly to end-users primarily in the human and animal health and consumer products markets .   Dow is a member of the American Chemistry Council . The company tagline is `` Solutionism '' .

neg: Brokat From 1996 to 2000 Brokat Technologies ( formerly listed at the NASDAQ and the German Neuer Markt ) was one of the German fast-growning companies of the New Economy age . In November 2001 , it declared insolvency during the bust of dot-com bubble .   Brokat was a global leader in software that enables user-centric business . Brokat 's product families multi-channel infrastructure software , rules management and personalization technology , mobile payment software , and e-finance applications were used by over 3,500 enterprises worldwide including Deutsche Bank , ABN Amro , Allianz , Bank of America , Blue Martini Software , Charter One , DaimlerChrysler , DBS Bank , Fidelity Investments , IBM Corporation , LBBW , MasterCard International , SE-Banken , Sun Microsystems , Swiss Post , T-Motion ( a subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom ) , and Toyota . Strategic partners , among others , included Compaq , Intel , IBM , Siemens , and Sun Microsystems . With dual headquarters in San Jose , California and Stuttgart , Germany , Brokat employed over 1,400 people in 17 countries .   Brokat Technologies ( also Brokat AG ; former names were BROKAT Informationssysteme GmbH and BROKAT Systems ) was founded 1994 by Stefan Roever , Boris Anderer , Achim Schlumpberger , Michael Schumacher and Michael Janßen . When Brokat went public in 1998 Stefan Roever became CEO together with Boris Anderer as Co-CEO . Michael Janßen became CFO and Achim Schlumpberger became CTO . In 1999 Anderer and Schlumpberger quit their Executive positions ; Anderer became Chairman of Brokat working on the US expansion and Schlumpberger became Chief Architect of Brokat core technology . Both left the company end of 2000 .   The company was first headquartered in Böblingen , Germany and it moved to nearby Stuttgart in December 1997 . 1998 Brokat went public at the German `` Neuer Markt '' . 1999 Brokat entered the U.S. market by acquiring the Atlanta-based Transaction Software Technologies , Inc. ( TST ) . Furthermore Intel invested 10M EUR in Brokat .   End of 1999 Brokat achieved a market capitalization of more than $ 5 Billion . In 2000 Brokat expanded in the U.S. market by acquiring Gemstone Systems , Inc. , Blaze Software , Inc. and Automated Financial Systems . Furthermore Siemens invested 73M EUR in Brokat . In spring 2000 , Brokat also issued a high-yield bond of $ 125 million led by the West LB bank .   In November 2001 Brokat declared bankruptcy after it was unable to negotiate a restructuring agreement with the creditors of the high yield bond . During the liquidation , the e-payment engineering core was acquired by eOne Global ( a First Data company ) and maintained as a legal entity called Encorus Technology . The name Encorus was developed by WildOutWest and derives its meaning from Latin etymology `` All together '' with the goal to establish a standard for wireless / mobile payments . Encorus focused on software and professional services for the `` mobile payment '' business ( payment by the means of mobile phones ) . In 2005 the Encorus business was acquired by Qpass .   The Professional Services department and the rest of Brokat was bought by Brokat 's longtime opponent in the German market , Data Design AG in 2001 . In 2003 Data Design was finally acquired by the Hungarian Interactive Net Design ( IND ) .

neg: Corporate branding Corporate branding refers to the practice of promoting the brand name of a corporate entity , as opposed to specific products or services . The activities and thinking that go into corporate branding are different from product and service branding because the scope of a corporate brand is typically much broader . It should also be noted that while corporate branding is a distinct activity from product or service branding , these different forms of branding can , and often do , take place side-by-side within a given corporation . The ways in which corporate brands and other brands interact is known as the corporate brand architecture .   Corporate branding affects multiple stakeholders ( e.g. , employees , investors ) and impacts many aspects of companies such as the evaluation of their product and services , corporate identity and culture , sponsorship , employment applications , brand extensions ( see study Fetscherin and Usunier , 2012 ) . It therefore can result in significant economies of scope since one advertising campaign can be used for several products . It also facilitates new product acceptance because potential buyers are already familiar with the name . However , this strategy may hinder the creation of distinct brand images or identities for different products : an overarching corporate brand reduces the ability to position a brand with an individual identity , and may conceal different products ' unique characteristics .   Corporate branding is not limited to a specific mark or name . Branding can incorporate multiple touchpoints . These touchpoints include ; logo , customer service , treatment and training of employees , packaging , advertising , stationery , and quality of products and services . Any means by which the general public comes into contact with a specific brand constitutes a touchpoint that can affect perceptions of the corporate brand .   It has been argued that successful corporate branding often stems from a strong coherence between what the company 's top management seek to accomplish ( their strategic vision ) , what the company 's employees know and believe ( lodged in its organizational culture ) , and how its external stakeholders perceived the company ( their image of it ) . Misalignments between these three factors , may indicate an underperforming corporate brand . This type of corporate brand analysis has been labeled the Vision-Culture-Image ( VCI ) Alignment Model .   Changes in stakeholder expectations are causing an increasing number of corporations to integrate marketing , communications and corporate social responsibility into corporate branding . This trend is evident in campaigns such as IBM Smarter Planet , G.E. Ecomagination , The Coca-Cola Company Live Positively , and DOW Human Element . As never before , people care about the corporation behind the product . They do not separate their opinions about the company from their opinions of that company 's products or services . This blending of corporate and product/service opinions is due to increasing corporate transparency , which gives stakeholders a deeper , clearer view into a corporation 's actual behavior and actual performance . Transparency is , in part , a byproduct of the digital revolution , which has enabled stakeholders -- employees , retirees , customers , business partners , supply chain partners , investors , neighbors -- with the ability to share opinion about corporations via social media .

neg: India's Most Reputed Brands India 's Most Reputed Brands is an annual research on the Reputation of Brands based on perceptions of consumers and media . The study is published by , BlueBytes News a media analytics and Reputation Measurement company in association with TRA Research , a brand insights firm and also the publisher of The Brand Trust Report and India 's Most Attractive Brands . Both companies are a part of the Comniscient Group .   Reputation , which can be thought of as a shorthand for quality , is based on the attitude of Respect exuded by the brand - revealed in terms of appropriate regard of ` value ' . Bluebytes has defined Reputation as a measure of the effectiveness of transmitted belief about attitudes showcasing Respect . Thus , in measuring Reputation , both aspects have to be considered , the attitudes of Respect as understood by the stakeholders and the media 's carriage and transmission of the brand 's respect .

neg: Sandbox effect According to the theory of the sandbox effect , links which may normally be weighted by Google 's ranking algorithm , not least improving the position of a webpage in Google 's index , may be subjected to filtering to prevent their having a full impact . Some observations have suggested that two important factors for causing this filter to come into play are the active age of a domain , and the competitiveness of the keywords used in links .   Active age of a domain should not be confused with the date of registration on a domain 's WHOIS record , but instead refers to the time when Google first indexed pages on the domain . Keyword competitiveness refers to the search frequency of a word on Google search , with observation suggesting that the higher the search frequency of a word , the increasing likelihood that the sandbox filter effect will come into play .  While the presence of the Google Sandbox has been long debated , Google has made no direct disclosure on the matter . However , as the sandbox effect almost certainly refers to a set of filters in play for anti-spam purposes , it is unlikely Google would ever provide details on the matter . In one instance though , Google 's John Mueller , has mentioned that `` it can take a bit of time for search engines to catch up with your content , and to learn to treat it appropriately . It 's one thing to have a fantastic website , but search engines generally need a bit more to be able to confirm that , and to rank your site - your content - appropriately '' . This could be understood as the cause for the sandbox effect .   Google has long been aware that its historical use of links as a `` vote '' for ranking web documents can be subject to manipulation , and stated such in its original IPO documentation . Over the years Google has filed a number of patents that seek to qualify or minimise the impact of such manipulation , which Google terms as `` link spam '' .

neg: Google Dashboard In computing , Google Dashboard lets users of the Internet view and manage personal data collected about them by Google Inc. .  With an account , Google Dashboard allows users to have a summary view of their Google + , Google location history , Google web history , Google Play apps , YouTube and more . Once logged in , it summarizes data for each product the user uses and provides direct links to the products . The program allows setting preferences for personal account products .   The only information that is shared with Google Dashboard is information generated while one is logged into an account . All data in Dashboard is considered private unless settings are changed . Google allows the user control of all the information that they provide and allows the data submitted to be purged from each app .   Two step verification , web history , location history , and preferences are available for all applications .

neg: CBOSS Corporation CBOSS Corporation ( Convergent Business Operation Support System ) is a telecom company primarily based in Russia and with offices located in Finland , UAE and Vietnam . CBOSS Corporation , also known as CBOSS Group , develops IT solutions for the automation of telecommunications enterprises .   One of the three biggest Russian mobile operators , MTS used the CBOSS billing solution from 1998 until 2004 , when it switched to FORIS  OSS-IN from STROM Telecom company Mikhail Severov , Пробил час большого Билла . Петербургские операторы меняют счетные системы / / SpbIT.su , 2005-04-05 : '' `` Мобильные ТелеСистемы '' . До последнего времени ее корпоративным стандартом было использование биллинговой системы разработки московской CBOSS , которую она эксплуатирует с 1998 года . Однако в прошлом году эта ситуация изменилась , в частности , в Москве была запущена система Foris от чешской компании STROM Telecom ''   In 2004 , CBOSS was rated as the 11th biggest IT company in Russia by CNews.ru . In 2006 , CBOSS Corporation was recognized as the # 1 IT-provider of integrated solutions for telecommunications in EMEA by Informa Telecoms Group   In February 2004 , CBOSS acquired the online billing solutions subsidiary of Fujitsu Services Oy and its product - rtBilling ( CBOSSrtb ) prepaid billing system . This system was used by several mobile operators : Britain O2 , Australian Optus , Canadian Rogers , Austrian One GmbH and Columbian Colombia Movil .   In 2008 CBOSS was selected by German MVNECO GmbH to provide IT infrastructure and IT solutions to implement mobile virtual network activities .

neg: Verkkokauppa.com Verkkokauppa.com Oyj is Finland 's largest , most known and most visited online retailer that offers over 48 000 different items from 22 main categories . The company sells its products through its three megastores and over 2500 pickup locations in Finland , and also home delivered and installed . The company was established in 1992 and it has over 400 employees in three locations . Verkkokauppa.com is trading under ticker VERK at OMX NASDAQ First North .   Verkkokauppa.com 's main store and warehouse is located in Jätkäsaari , Helsinki and is the largest electronics store in Europe with total 35 000 m ² . Part of the store is always open . The store also features Finland 's largest and free sightseeing terrace with a MiG-21BIS fighter plane .   The company has over 48 000 articles in its selection from over 1000 manufacturers and 22 main product groups . It sells computers , mobile phones , digital cameras , navigators , white and brown goods , tools , toys , accessories , components , and computers . The company also has over 250 private label brands and over 1000 private label products .   The company 's revenue was $ 276 million in 2014 , $ 238 million in 2013 , $ 225 million in 2012 , $ 187 million in 2011 , $ 173 million in 2010 , $ 153 million in 2009 , and $ 139 million in 2008 . Verkkokauppa.com was founded in 1992 and it has 411 employees in four locations . The company also has an inactive subsidiary called Verkkokauppa.ee located in Tallinn , Estonia . The company 's name `` verkkokauppa '' means webstore in English . The company 's current slogan is `` Probably always cheaper '' .   Verkkokauppa.com was declared as Finland 's most usable web shop by Adage in 2006 and chosen as the best webstore in Finland 2010 by TNS Gallup . Verkkokauppa.com was Finland 's 3rd most known online-brand after Google and Facebook in 2013 by Taloustutkimus .

neg: Burger King Burger King ( BK ) is an American global chain of hamburger fast food restaurants . Headquartered in the unincorporated area of Miami-Dade County , Florida , the company was founded in 1953 as InstaBurger King , a Jacksonville , Florida-based restaurant chain . After Insta-Burger King ran into financial difficulties in 1954 , its two Miami-based franchisees David Edgerton and James McLamore purchased the company and renamed it `` Burger King '' . Over the next half-century , the company would change hands four times , with its third set of owners , a partnership of TPG Capital , Bain Capital , and Goldman Sachs Capital Partners , taking it public in 2002 . In late 2010 , 3G Capital of Brazil acquired a majority stake in the company , in a deal valued at US$ 3.26 billion . The new owners promptly initiated a restructuring of the company to reverse its fortunes . 3G , along with partner Berkshire Hathaway , eventually merged the company with the Canadian-based doughnut chain Tim Hortons , under the auspices of a new Canadian-based parent company named Restaurant Brands International .   The 1970s were the `` Golden Age '' of the company 's advertising , but beginning in the early-1980s , Burger King advertising began losing focus . A series of less successful advertising campaigns created by a procession of advertising agencies continued for the next two decades . In 2003 , Burger King hired the Miami-based advertising agency Crispin Porter + Bogusky ( CP+B ) , who completely reorganized its advertising with a series of new campaigns centered on a redesigned Burger King character nicknamed `` The King '' , accompanied by a new online presence . While highly successful , some of CP+B 's commercials were derided for perceived sexism or cultural insensitivity . Burger King 's new owner , 3G Capital , later terminated the relationship with CP+B in 2011 and moved its advertising to McGarryBowen , to begin a new product-oriented campaign with expanded demographic targeting .   Burger King 's menu has expanded from a basic offering of burgers , French fries , sodas , and milkshakes to a larger and more diverse set of products . In 1957 , the `` Whopper '' became the first major addition to the menu , and it has become Burger King 's signature product since . Conversely , BK has introduced many products , which failed to catch hold in the marketplace . Some of these failures in the United States have seen success in foreign markets , where BK has also tailored its menu for regional tastes . From 2002 to 2010 , Burger King aggressively targeted the 18 -- 34 male demographic with larger products that often carried correspondingly large amounts of unhealthy fats and trans-fats . This tactic would eventually damage the company 's financial underpinnings , and cast a negative pall on its earnings . Beginning in 2011 , the company began to move away from its previous male-oriented menu and introduce new menu items , product reformulations and packaging , as part of its current owner 3G Capital 's restructuring plans of the company .   As of December 31 , 2016 , Burger King reported it had 15,738 outlets in 100 countries . Of these , 47.5 % are in the United States and 99.5 % are privately owned and operated , with its new owners moving to an almost entirely franchised model in 2013 . BK has historically used several variations of franchising to expand its operations . The manner in which the company licenses its franchisees varies depending on the region , with some regional franchises , known as master franchises , responsible for selling franchise sub-licenses on the company 's behalf . Burger King 's relationship with its franchises has not always been harmonious . Occasional spats between the two have caused numerous issues , and in several instances , the company 's and its licensees ' relations have degenerated into precedent-setting court cases . Burger King 's Australian franchise Hungry Jack 's is the only franchise to operate under a different name , due to a trademark dispute and a series of legal cases between the two .

neg: Bayer Bayer AG ( -LSB- ˈbeɪər -RSB- or -LSB- ˈbaɪər -RSB- ) ; -LSB- ˈbaɪ̯ɐ -RSB- ) is a German multinational chemical , pharmaceutical and life sciences company . It is headquartered in Leverkusen , where its illuminated sign is a landmark . Bayer 's primary areas of business include human and veterinary pharmaceuticals ; consumer healthcare products ; agricultural chemicals and biotechnology products ; and high value polymers . The company is a component of the Euro Stoxx 50 stock market index . The company 's motto is `` science for a better life . ''   Bayer 's first and best known product was aspirin ; there is a dispute about what scientist at Bayer made the most important contributions to it , Arthur Eichengrün or Felix Hoffmann . Bayer trademarked the name `` heroin '' for the drug diacetylmorphine and marketed it as a cough suppressant and non-addictive substitute for morphine from 1898 to 1910 . Bayer also introduced phenobarbital , prontosil , the first widely used antibiotic and the subject of the 1939 Nobel Prize in Medicine , the antibiotic Cipro ( ciprofloxacin ) , and Yaz ( drospirenone ) birth control pills . In 2014 Bayer bought MSD 's consumer business , with brands such as Claritin , Coppertone and Dr. Scholl 's . Its BayerCropscience business develops genetically modified crops and pesticides . Its materials science division makes polymers like polyurethanes and polycarbonate .   Bayer was founded in Barmen in 1863 . It was part of IG Farben , the world 's largest chemical and pharmaceutical company , from 1925 to 1952 , and then again became an independent company . The company played a key role in the Wirtschaftswunder during the early Cold War and quickly regained its position as one of the world 's largest chemical and pharmaceutical corporations . Bayer acquired Schering in 2006 and announced its acquisition of Monsanto in 2016 .

neg: Division (business) A division of a business , sometimes called a business sector , is one of the parts into which a business , organization or company is divided . The divisions are distinct parts of that business . If these divisions are all part of the same company , then that company is legally responsible for all of the obligations and debts of the divisions . However , in a large organization , various parts of the business may be run by different subsidiaries , and a business division may include one or many subsidiaries . Each subsidiary is a separate legal entity owned by the primary business or by another subsidiary in the hierarchy . Often a division operates under a separate name and is the equivalent of a corporation or limited liability company obtaining a fictitious name or `` doing business as '' certificate and operating a business under that fictitious name . Companies often set up business units to operate in divisions prior to the legal formation of subsidiaries .   Generally , only an `` entity '' , e.g. a corporation , public limited company ( plc ) or limited liability company , etc. would have a `` division '' ; an individual operating in this manner would simply be `` operating under a fictitious name '' .   An example of this would be to look at Hewlett Packard ( HP ) , the computer and printer company . HP has several divisions , with the printer division , that makes laser and inkjet printers , being the largest and most profitable division . The divisions of HP , like the Printing & Multifunction division , the Handheld Devices ( includes the old calculator ) division , the Servers division ( mini and mainframe computers ) , etc. , all use the HP brand name . But , Compaq ( a part of HP since 2002 ) , operates as a subsidiary , using the Compaq brand name .   Mack Trucks continues to run itself separately , but is a wholly owned subsidiary of AB Volvo . Volvo Trucks also sells trucks under the Volvo name . Within Mack , there is a division named Mack de Venezuela C.A. that does final assembly and sells trucks in South America .   Another less obvious example is that Google Video is a division of Google , and is part of the same corporate entity . But the YouTube video service is a subsidiary of Google because it remains operated as YouTube , LLC , a separate business entity even though it is owned by Google .


query: Instagram is a photo-sharing application.

pos: Instagram Instagram is a mobile , desktop , and internet-based photo-sharing application and service that allows users to share pictures and videos either publicly or privately . It was created by Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger , and launched in October 2010 as a free mobile app exclusively for the iOS operating system . A version for Android devices was released two years later , in April 2012 , followed by a feature-limited website interface in November 2012 , and apps for Windows 10 Mobile and Windows 10 in April 2016 and October 2016 respectively .   Instagram lets registered users upload photos or videos to the service . Users can apply various digital filters to their images , and add locations through geotags . They can add hashtags to their posts , linking the photos up to other content on Instagram featuring the same subject or overall topic . Users can connect their Instagram account to other social media profiles , enabling them to share photos to those profiles as well . Originally , a distinctive feature of Instagram was its confining of photos to a square ; this was changed in August 2015 , when an update started allowing users to upload media at full size . In June 2012 , an `` Explore '' tab was introduced in the mobile apps , showing users a variety of media , including ( but not limited to ) popular photos and photos taken at nearby locations , trending tags and places , channels for recommended videos , and curated content . Support for videos was originally launched in June 2013 , and had a 15-second maximum duration and limited quality , with Instagram later adding support for widescreen and longer videos . Private messaging , called Instagram Direct , was launched with basic photo-sharing functionality in December 2013 , and has gradually received major updates incorporating more features . Updates include easier private sharing from the news feed , threaded conversations , sharing locations and hashtag pages , increased support for text and emoji , and the ability to make photos `` disappear '' after being viewed by the recipient . In August 2016 , Instagram introduced a `` Stories '' feature , letting users add photos to a story , with the content disappearing after 24 hours . Instagram added live-video functionality to Stories in November 2016 , augmented reality stickers in April 2017 , and face filters in May 2017 .   After its launch in 2010 , Instagram rapidly gained popularity , with one million registered users in two months , 10 million in a year , and ultimately 700 million as of April 2017 . Its users have uploaded over 40 billion photos to the service as of October 2015 . , the Instagram Stories functionality has over 200 million active users , while Instagram Direct has 375 million active users . Instagram was acquired by Facebook in April 2012 for approximately US$ 1 billion in cash and stock . The popularity of Instagram has sparked an engaging community , including dedicated `` trends '' , in which users post specific types of photos on specific days of the week with a hashtag representing a common theme . Instagram has received positive reviews for its iOS app , and it has been named `` one of the most influential social networks in the world '' . However , the company has been the subject of criticism on several issues , most notably incidents of drug sales on the platform , allegations of censorship towards women , and a May 2017 survey in the United Kingdom concluding that the service was bad for young mental health .

neg: Image retrieval An image retrieval system is a computer system for browsing , searching and retrieving images from a large database of digital images . Most traditional and common methods of image retrieval utilize some method of adding metadata such as captioning ' , keywords , or descriptions to the images so that retrieval can be performed over the annotation words . Manual image annotation is time-consuming , laborious and expensive ; to address this , there has been a large amount of research done on automatic image annotation . Additionally , the increase in social web applications and the semantic web have inspired the development of several web-based image annotation tools .   The first microcomputer-based image database retrieval system was developed at MIT , in the 1990s , by Banireddy Prasaad , Amar Gupta , Hoo-min Toong , and Stuart Madnick .   A 2008 survey article documented progresses after 2007 .

neg: Nature photography Nature photography refers to a wide range of photography taken outdoors and devoted to displaying natural elements such as landscapes , wildlife , plants , and close-ups of natural scenes and textures . Nature photography tends to put a stronger emphasis on the aesthetic value of the photo than other photography genres , such as photojournalism and documentary photography .   `` Nature photography '' overlaps the fields of -- and is sometimes considered an overarching category including -- `` wildlife photography , '' `` landscape photography , '' and `` garden photography '' .   Nature photographs are published in scientific , travel and cultural magazines such as National Geographic Magazine , National Wildlife Magazine and Audubon Magazine or other more specific magazines such as Outdoor Photographer and Nature 's Best Photography . Well known nature photographers include Frans Lanting , Galen Rowell , Mark Gray , Eliot Porter and Art Wolfe .

neg: Microstock photography Microstock photography , also known as micropayment photography , is a part of the stock photography industry . What defines a company as a microstock photography company is that they ( 1 ) source their images almost exclusively via the Internet , ( 2 ) do so from a wider range of photographers than the traditional stock agencies ( including a willingness to accept images from `` amateurs '' and hobbyists ) , and ( 3 ) sell their images at a very low rate ( from US$ 0.20 to $ 10 in the US ) for a royalty-free ( RF ) image .   A number of microstock sites also sell vector art , and some sell Flash animations and video as well as images .

neg: Social graph The social graph in the Internet context is a graph that depicts personal relations of internet users . In short , it is a model or representation of a social network , where the word graph has been taken from graph theory . The social graph has been referred to as `` the global mapping of everybody and how they 're related '' .   The term was popularized at the Facebook F8 conference on May 24 , 2007 , when it was used to explain how the newly introduced Facebook Platform would take advantage of the relationships between individuals to offer a richer online experience . The definition has been expanded to refer to a social graph of all Internet users .   Since explaining the concept of the social graph , Mark Zuckerberg , one of the founders of Facebook , has often touted Facebook 's goal of offering the website 's social graph to other websites so that a user 's relationships can be put to use on websites outside of Facebook 's control . This can be accomplished through the Facebook Open Graph API .   One of the earliest known forms of the social graph was created in 2002 by Harvard student Philippe Bouzaglou in a paper published on the Harvard Department of Economics website . The paper replicated the Kevin Bacon Game using Harvard students and for the first time , gave an overview of an entire social graph , allowing the analysis of the characteristics of the network using graph theory . This paper was written for a seminar that was attended by Dustin Moskovitz who later became a Facebook co-founder .

neg: Cult image In the practice of religion , a cult image is a human-made object that is venerated or worshipped for the deity , spirit or daemon that it embodies or represents . Cultus , the outward religious formulas of `` cult '' ( meaning religious practice , as opposed to the pejorative term for a potentially dangerous `` new religion '' ) , often centers upon the treatment of cult images , which may be dressed , fed or paraded , etc. . Religious images cover a wider range of all types of images made with a religious purpose , subject , or connection . In many contexts `` cult image '' specifically means the most important image in a temple , kept in an inner space , as opposed to what may be many other images decorating the temple .   The term idol is often synonymous with cult image , but may be used especially of a cult image believed not just to depict or represent a deity or spirit , but in some sense to be one itself . Sometimes the image is believed to have its own powers , to grant wishes or otherwise affect the world . In cultures where idolatry is not viewed negatively , the word idol is not generally seen as pejorative , such as in Indian English .   Cult of images is the practice of worshipping or venerating religious or cult images representing divine figures . Common in a number of ancient religions , the practice continues most prominently today in Hinduism . The Abrahamic religions all specifically ban idols and idolatry ; all have had internal divisions and disputes as to what constitutes the proper or improper use of images in religion , and many Abrahamic religious sects use or venerate images with varying degrees of fervor .   In general the belief that an image itself is the object of worship , and itself has or embodies a spirit with inherent powers , tends to be hard to verify when a religious context is examined closely , or to be held at a popular level but denied by the clergy of a religion . Assertions by others outside the religious group concerned that such beliefs are held by the group are however common .

neg: Face book A face book or facebook is a printed or web directory found at some American universities consisting of individuals ' photographs and names . In particular , it denotes publications of this type distributed by university administrations at the start of the academic year , with the intention of helping students get to know each other .

neg: Doodle A doodle is a drawing made while a person 's attention is otherwise occupied . Doodles are simple drawings that can have concrete representational meaning or may just be composed of random and abstract lines , generally without ever lifting the drawing device off of the paper , in which case it is usually called a `` scribble '' .   Doodling and scribbling are most often associated with young children and toddlers , because their lack of hand -- eye coordination and lower mental development often make it very difficult for any young child to keep their coloring attempts within the line art of the subject . Despite this , it is not uncommon to see such behaviour with adults , in which case it generally is done jovially , out of boredom .   Typical examples of doodling are found in school notebooks , often in the margins , drawn by students daydreaming or losing interest during class . Other common examples of doodling are produced during long telephone conversations if a pen and paper are available .   Popular kinds of doodles include cartoon versions of teachers or companions in a school , famous TV or comic characters , invented fictional beings , landscapes , geometric shapes , patterns and textures .

neg: Instagram Pier Instagram Pier ( officially Western District Public Cargo Working Area ) is a pier located on the waterfront of Sai Wan . Many residents of Sai Wan often go there for wandering , resting , walking their dogs and fishing . Recently ( since at least 2010 ) , it has become a popular place for witnessing sunsets and shooting photos . The picturesque surrounding area seen from the pier has taken on the nickname - `` Mirror of the Sky '' , since many photographs are taken of the reflective shoreline there . The name refers to the natural phenomenon of reflections seen on the unusually thick layer of water remaining on the ground after rainfall . The water clearly reflects the sky and shadows of people and objects standing on the horizon . Sunsets often add a stunning effect to this `` Mirror of the sky '' phenomenon .   In 2013 , Designing Hong Kong , Hong Kong Public Space Initiative , and other groups concerned with public space , jointly organized the `` Outstanding Public Space Elections . While Instagram Pier received the highest number of votes in that election , Instagram Pier is technically not a public place . In fact , the Marine Department in recent months posted notices at the pier entrance , citing public safety regulations . Only those engaged in loading and unloading operations are officially allowed on the pier .

neg: Vignetting In photography and optics , vignetting ( -LSB- vɪnˈjɛtɪŋ -RSB- French : `` vignette '' ) is a reduction of an image 's brightness or saturation at the periphery compared to the image center . The word vignette , from the same root as vine , originally referred to a decorative border in a book . Later , the word came to be used for a photographic portrait which is clear in the center , and fades off at the edges . A similar effect occurs when photographing projected images or movies off a projection screen , resulting in a so-called `` hotspot '' effect .   Vignetting is often an unintended and undesired effect caused by camera settings or lens limitations . However , it is sometimes deliberately introduced for creative effect , such as to draw attention to the center of the frame . A photographer may deliberately choose a lens which is known to produce vignetting to obtain the effect , or it may be introduced with the use of special filters or post-processing procedures .   When using superzoom lenses , vignetting may occur all along the zoom range , depending on the aperture and the focal length . However , it may not always be visible , except at the widest end ( the shortest focal length ) . In these cases , vignetting may cause an exposure value ( EV ) difference of up to 0.75 EV .

neg: Moments (social networking) Moments ( Chinese : 朋友圈 pinyin : péngyǒu quān ) is a function of the smartphone app WeChat , which is launched on 19 April 2012 in the WeChat version 4.0 . It serves new social-networking functions for Wechat users . The Chinese translation of Moment is known as `` Friends ' circle '' , which means users can share and get access to accepted WeChat friends ' information , creating an intimate and private communicating circle within the users ' choice of close friends .   Moments mainly focuses on sharing pictures with captions , while sharing statuses and sharing websites are also permitted .

neg: Sociological Images Sociological Images is a blog that offers image-based sociological commentary and is one of the most widely read social science blogs . Updated daily , it covers a wide range of social phenomena . The aim of the blog is to encourage readers to develop a `` sociological imagination '' and to learn to see how social institutions , interactions , and ideas affect the individual .   Started in 2007 by sociology professor Lisa Wade as a place to swap material for sociology classes , the site developed into a blog aimed at the general public as it attracted more readers . However , the site still includes a strong teaching component , including sample assignments and syllabi for sociology instructors . The site receives about 500,000 visitors per month , most from social media sites and other blogs , such as Jezebel , which partially syndicate it . Reviewers have praised the blog 's ability to make sociology accessible to the general public .

neg: Mobile banking Mobile banking is a service provided by a bank or other financial institution that allows its customers to conduct financial transactions remotely using a mobile device such as a mobile phone or tablet . It uses software , usually called an app , provided by the financial institution for the purpose . Mobile banking is usually available on a 24-hour basis . Some financial institutions have restrictions on which accounts may be accessed through mobile banking , as well as a limit on the amount that can be transacted .   Transactions through mobile banking may include obtaining account balances and lists of latest transactions , electronic bill payments , and funds transfers between a customer 's or another 's accounts . Some apps also enable copies of statements to be downloaded and sometimes printed at the customer 's premises ; and some banks charge a fee for mailing hardcopies of bank statements .   From the bank 's point of view , mobile banking reduces the cost of handling transactions by reducing the need for customers to visit a bank branch for non-cash withdrawal and deposit transactions . Mobile banking does not handle transactions involving cash , and a customer needs to visit an ATM or bank branch for cash withdrawals or deposits . Many apps now have a remote deposit option ; using the device 's camera to digitally transmit cheques to their financial institution .   Mobile banking differs from mobile payments , which involves the use of a mobile device to pay for goods or services either at the point of sale or remotely , analogously to the use of a debit or credit card to effect an EFTPOS payment .

neg: Uber (company) Infobox company  | name = Uber Technologies Inc. .  | logo = Uber logo.svg  | type = Privately held company  | founders =  | hq_location = San Francisco , California  | area_served = Worldwide , 570 cities  | key_people =   Uber Technologies Inc. is a transportation network company headquartered in San Francisco , California , United States , operating in 570 cities worldwide . It develops , markets and operates the Uber car transportation and food delivery mobile apps . Uber drivers use their own cars , although drivers can rent a car to drive with Uber .   The name `` Uber '' is a reference to the common ( and somewhat slangy ) word `` uber '' , meaning `` topmost '' or `` super '' , and having its origins in the German word über , meaning `` above '' .   Uber has been a pioneer in the sharing economy and the changes in industries as a result of the sharing economy have been referred to as `` Uberification '' or `` Uberisation '' . Uber has also been the subject of protests and legal actions .

neg: Paparazzi (disambiguation) Paparazzi are photographers who take candid pictures of celebrities .   Paparazzi may also refer to :   `` Paparazzi '' ( Lady Gaga song )  `` Paparazzi '' ( Girls ' Generation song )  `` Paparazzi '' ( Xzibit song )  Paparazzi ( 2004 film ) , an American thriller  Paparazzi ( 1998 film ) , a French comedy  Paparazzi , a 1998 Italian comedy film starring Massimo Boldi and Christian De Sica  Paparazzi , a video game for the PlayStation 2  Paparazzi ( TV series ) , a Philippine talk show  Paparazzi Productions , a professional wrestling faction  Paparazzi Project , open-source hardware and software for autopiloting aircraft

neg: The Pope App The Pope App is an official mobile application software launched by the Roman Catholic Church and the Vatican on January 23 , 2013 . At the beginning it was only available on iPhone and iPad , but became available for Android phones in the end of February 2013 . The app is available for download on iOS and Android in five languages : English , French , Italian , Portuguese and Spanish .   It is promoted as an application with focus on the figure of the Pope which will make it possible to follow the Pope 's events while they are taking place . Alerts notify the followers by informing and offering access to `` official papal-related content in a variety of formats '' . The app also enables its users to see areas of the Vatican through webcams allocated throughout St. Peter 's Square in Rome that broadcast images .   The Pope App is distributed through the App Store and Google Play .

neg: Facebook like button The Facebook like button is a feature on the social networking website Facebook . It was first enabled on February 9 , 2009 . The like button enables users to easily interact with status updates , comments , photos , links shared by friends , and advertisements . Once clicked by a user , the designated content appears in the News Feeds of that user 's friends , and the button also displays the number of other users who have liked the content , including a full or partial list of those users . The like button was extended to comments in June 2010 . After extensive testing and years of questions from the public about whether it had an intention to incorporate a `` Dislike '' button , Facebook officially rolled out `` Reactions '' to users worldwide on February 24 , 2016 , letting users long-press on the like button for an option to use one of five pre-defined emotions , including `` Love '' , `` Haha '' , `` Wow '' , `` Sad '' , or `` Angry '' . Reactions were also extended to comments in May 2017 .   The like button is one of Facebook 's social plug-ins , in which the button can be placed on third-party websites . Its use centers around a form of an advertising network , in which it gathers information about which users visit what websites . This form of functionality , a sort of web beacon , has been significantly criticized for privacy . Privacy activist organizations have urged Facebook to stop its data collection through the plug-in , and governments have launched investigations into the activity for possible privacy law violations . Facebook has stated that it anonymizes the information after three months , and that the data collected is not shared or sold to third parties . Additionally , the like button 's potential use as a measurement of popularity has caused some companies to sell likes through fake Facebook accounts , which in turn have sparked complaints from some companies advertising on Facebook that have received an abundance of fake likes that have distorted proper user metrics . Facebook states in its Terms of Service agreement that users may only create one personal page , and it has ongoing efforts against the spread of fake accounts . In the United States , pressing the `` like '' button on a page is protected as freedom of speech under the First Amendment to the United States Constitution .

neg: List of photo and video apps This is a list of notable photography - and videography-related mobile apps . It includes apps for photo capture , annotation , editing and manipulation , video capture , annotation , editing and manipulation but excludes apps only for video or image sharing or - viewing .

neg: Korean Wave The Korean Wave ( , , a neologism literally meaning `` flow of Korea '' ) is the increase in global popularity of South Korean culture since the 1990s . First driven by the spread of K-dramas and K-pop across East , South and Southeast Asia during its initial stages , the Korean Wave evolved from a regional development into a global phenomenon , carried by the Internet and social media and the proliferation of K-pop music videos on YouTube .   Since the turn of the 21st century , South Korea has emerged as a major exporter of popular culture and tourism , aspects which have become a significant part of its burgeoning economy . The growing popularity of Korean pop culture in many parts of the world has prompted the South Korean government to support its creative industries through subsidies and funding for start-ups , as a form of soft power and in its aim of becoming one of the world 's leading exporters of culture along with Japanese and British culture , a niche that the United States has dominated for nearly a century . During this time the Korean society began to be recognized as a developed country similar to that of the Western world .   Part of the success of the Korean Wave owes in part to the development of social networking services and online video sharing platforms such as YouTube , which have allowed the Korean entertainment industry to reach a sizable overseas audience . Use of these media in facilitating promotion , distribution and consumption of various forms of Korean entertainment ( and K-pop in particular ) has contributed to their surge in worldwide popularity since the mid-2000s .

neg: TAXI (website) TAXI -- The Global Creative Network is an international multidisciplinary design website that features news , competitions , websites , portfolios and events across the global creative industry . It has its seat in Singapore . It publishes news related to the world of design , creativity and innovation ; the news are updated on a daily basis .   It features three sections :  DesignTAXI : a professional network for creative professionals , in association with design businesses , institutions , organizations and individuals .  The Bazaar : an online marketplace for creatives to sell their artworks .  The Creative Finder : a global directory of professional creatives such as illustrators , photographers , designers , and art directors .   TAXI also publishes articles at the website of Asian Correspondent .   In May 2012 , TAXI received a mention in Forbes 's ` The Top Five Sites for Keeping Up With Creativity and Design ' .   In July 2012 , TAXI was featured in TIME 's ` The 140 Best Twitter Feeds Of 2012 ' .   BBC names DesignTAXI as `` Website of the Week '' in May 2013 .   In March 2013 , DesignTAXI teams up with UNIQLO , one of the world 's largest fashion retailers , to release co-branded t-shirts worldwide . The T-shirts were later sold out online .

neg: Google Calendar Google Calendar is a time-management and scheduling calendar service developed by Google . It became available as a limited beta release on April 13 , 2006 , and exited the beta stage in July 2009 . It is available on the web and as mobile apps for the Android and iOS mobile operating systems .   Google Calendar allows users to create and edit events . Reminders can be enabled for events , with options available for type and time . Event locations can also be added , and other users can be invited to events . Users can enable or disable the visibility of special calendars , including Birthdays , where the app retrieves dates of births from Google contacts and displays birthday cards on a yearly basis , and Holidays , a country-specific calendar that displays dates of special occasions . Over time , Google has added functionality that makes use of machine learning , including `` Events from Gmail '' , where event information from a user 's Gmail messages are automatically added to Google Calendar ; `` Reminders '' , where users add to-do activities that can be automatically updated with new information ; `` Smart Suggestions '' , where the app recommends titles , contacts , and locations when creating events ; and `` Goals '' , where users enter information on a specified personal goal , and the app automatically schedules the activity at optimal times .   Google Calendar 's mobile apps have received polarized reviews . 2015 reviews of the Android and iOS apps both praised and criticized the design . While some critics praised the design for being `` cleaner '' , `` bold '' and making use of `` colorful graphics '' , other reviewers asserted that the graphics took up too much space . The Smart Suggestions feature was also liked and disliked , with varying levels of success in the app actually managing to suggest relevant information upon event creation . The integration between Google Calendar and Gmail was praised , however , with critics writing that `` all of the relevant details are there '' . The iOS app has been criticized for its lack of iPad support , and for the lack of a widget in the iOS Notification Center . An update in March 2017 added iPad support , and a blog post by Google announced that a Notification Center widget is coming in a future update .