The Mobile OS War Poll

The world’s largest tech companies are part of the genius race to control the mobile operating system market. Google, Apple, Microsoft and Blackberry are among the companies that spend millions of dollars to develop or improve operating systems that become either a hit or a flop when released to the curiously eager market. Experts compare the user interface, application availability, performance and device support features of every mobile OS in an attempt to help users choose a smart phone to suit their needs.

Where to Go: Apple Store or Google Play?

Apple is a well-established company that currently has a firm foothold in the mobile industry, while Google is a widely-known competitor traces its roots in the search engine service industry. Both companies are racing head-to-head to develop exclusive OS treats for their customers. Unquestionably, the two brands are the major players in the mobile OS market.
In 2007, Apple Store released the very first iPhone OS, which was eventually branded as “iOS”. The user interface of iOS is based on the idea of direct manipulation using multi-touch gestures. The four abstraction layers of the Apple Store product are called the Core OS, the Core Services, the Media and the Cocoa Touch.

Android was originally developed by a number of companies before Google purchased it in 2006. Android, a Linux-based OS, can be downloaded through the company’s online store Google Play. Among the most popular features of the OS are tethering, screen capture, multi-touch and java support.


The two may be the most popular operating systems due mainly to media hypes and massive promotional activities by their respective marketing and advertising teams. However, there are other alternatives to the two, like RIM’s BlackBerry OS, Samsung’s bada and Nokia’s Symbian OS.
Mobile Operating System Surveys Android and iOS are the two hottest names in the mobile OS industry. These two are always placed as options in online polls, especially when the poll seeks to the name the best mobile OS.


What are online surveys recognizing the leader in mobile OS? A Zero Expiry survey says that Android is ahead of the Apple OS, as of 06-20-2012. Android gets 53.33% while iOS gets 40%. The remaining respondents like other operating systems.


The same pro-Android results are shown in a survey by “Make Use Of”, a site for techies. The survey question goes “which mobile OS is your current phone running?” Besides the iOS and Android, the survey included Windows Phone, Blackberry OS, Nokia Symbian and Samsung bada as choices. The leading answer is still Android (53.13%) and iOS comes second (23.6%), as of 06-20-12.

Other online polls favor Apple iOS as the leading OS in the market. Moreover, a survey conducted by PC Mag for its Reader’s Choice Awards showed big revelations. The survey results that were released last March declared both Windows Phone 7 and Apple iOS as kings of mobile operating systems with a rate of 8.7 (out of 10). Android comes second with 7.9 points. Behind are Palm WebOS (7.7), Symbian (7.4), Windows Mobile (7.0) and Blackberry OS (6.8). The survey based its results on the satisfaction ratings give by OS users.

In the ongoing battle for supremacy, Google Play and Apple Store continue to develop new features that fit the lifestyle of a modern man. From time to time, new adds-on are introduced to the market.
Minor OS companies execute promotional activities and quality upgrades to attempt crashing into the race.

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Cooking Show Polls: Which Show is More Delicious?

Cooking shows on TV are both educational and entertaining. Current kitchen managers and future culinary artists learn techniques on how to make sumptuous dishes from cooking shows; at the same time, learning funny and dramatic stories behind each recipe.

Mothers and chef wannabes love to spend hours watching cooking shows on TV or online. The shows test the creativity of cooks to prepare new appetizers, dishes and desserts that a cook can serve during special occasions and even normal family mealtimes.

The Next Food Network Star, Chopped, Dinner: Impossible, Iron Chef, Top Chef, Hell’s Kitchen and Masterchef are among the most popular cooking shows of the time and are responsible for showcasing food preparation as a new genre in TV entertainment.

Celebrity Chefs

One of the proven ingredients to a successful TV show is the “celebrity touch”. Producers pick famous personalities to appear in segments, to infuse some Hollywood flavors into the show in an attempt to increase viewership and fan base. This strategy attempts to portray the realistic lives of famous celebrities who also cook and dine like regular people.

Cooking shows capture how celebrities chop onions, mix beverages, create new enticing flavors, make personalized dishes and decorate salads.

One show which featured celebrities is “Rachel VS. Guy: Celebrity Cook –Off”. In the show, Rachael Ray and Guy Fieri compete as mentors to their teams which were composed of famous personalities like Aaron Carter, Taylor Dayne, Coolio and Cheech Marin. Actor Lou Diamond Phillips of Team Rachel was declared winner, after six episodes of the show.

The Iron Chef Saga

In 1992, the very first Iron Chef episode was broadcast in Japan. Episodes of the show were dubbed in English and were eventually brought to the United States and Australia. The format of the program was then franchised to make international editions of the show.

Iron Chef America started in 2004 and gained massive publicity especially to homemakers. It featured American chefs like Bobby Flay, Marion Batali and Wolfgang Puck. Iron Chef UK debuted in 2010 and was hosted by Olly Smith and Nick Nairn.

Other successful local versions of the internationally famed Iron Chef show include Iron Chef Australia, Iron Chef Thailand and Iron Chef Vietnam.

The King and Queen of the Kitchen

The Food Network is currently conducting a survey to identify the “favorite World Series sandwich?” Choices are “Texas Steak Sandwich with a smoky salsa verde” and “St. Louis Steak Sandwich with

St. Louis-style BBQ sauce and cheddar cheese”. As of the second week of June, the second recipe entry is the leading choice of viewers/voters/respondents.

The survey is in relation to the network’s cooking show “Chopped All-Stars”. Contestants of the show are Marcela Valladolid, Keegan Gerhard, Jeffrey Saad, Arti Sequeira and other notable cooks.

During the 17th season of MasterChef New Zealand, Chelsea Winter won a survey on Stuff.co.nz which tried to foresee the winner of the show. However, Winter’s rival Ana Schwarz won the title during the finale aired in June. In the survey, Chelsea gained 1309 votes while Schwarz was voted by 785 fans only.

Surveys help in predicting winners of cooking shows, which are mostly participated in by cooking stars to win money for their favorite charity institutions. However, some survey results do not reflect the score sheet of the actual competition.

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The Euro Zone Crisis and Economic Polls

Some European countries are being haunted by an ongoing economic crisis that started in 2007.  The main challenge for these countries is to raise the amount of money they needed to pay their debt, without involving a bailout from third-party groups like the European Union.

The World Bank has already warned the Euro Zone. With the controversial crisis, Andrew Burns of the international financial institution believes that the world is at a “very difficult juncture”. In the past few months, there were calls to create a new set of strategies that would help replenish the ailing economy of the involved European countries. Last week, Christine Lagarde of the International Monetary Fund, advised for a very accommodating monetary policy, direct supports to banks and growth-friendly fiscal policies.

Europe Crisis Countries

The question is simple: should the European Union bailout its members that are in crisis or not? According to Debate Wise, if the EU will provide a bailout, a domino effect will take place. On the other hand, these countries will be forced to leave the Euro zone if they are left alone.

Last October 2011, a meeting in Paris tackled about a list of solutions to the debt crisis. Days after, finance ministers approved a bailout for Greece (second assistance for the once wealthy country). Banks were urged to raise more capital to protect them from losses resulting from any future government defaults.

In January 2012, France lost its top AAA credit rating from Standard and Poor’s.  The failure of Euro Zone leaders to deal with the debt crisis was blamed. Italy, Austria, Spain, Cyprus and Portugal were cut two notches.

Some experts were already claiming the Euro Zone crisis is triggering another global recession.  Unemployment in 17 EU countries rose to 10.7% in January 2012, from 10.6% in December.  In 27 EU countries, 24.3 million people are now unemployed. The European Central Bank provided further 530B Euros of low-interest loans to 800 banks across Europe to help in the crisis.

Last April, the Italian government cut its growth forecast for the economy in 2012. Spain found a new relief on the result of its recent bond auction. France also held a bond auction and was able to sell 10.5B Euros in medium-term debt.

Economic Surveys

Pew Global Attitudes Project released survey results in the last week of May 2012 on how favorable is the EU. Involved respondents are people from Britain, Germany, Spain, Italy, Greece, Poland and the Czech Republic. The “EU favorable” average rating turns out to be 60%. The “EU integration strengthened economy” average rating is 34%, and the “EC Bank favorable rating” is 39%.

The survey also tackled about some stereotyping issues in Europe. It was revealed that the known Most Hardworking is Germany, while most countries picked Greece to be the Least Hardworking. The most corrupt is Italy, while the least corrupt is Germany (unanimously).

Moreover, a Gallup Economy survey shows that 49% of Americans admitted of tracking news about the European financial situation. Only 29% said they are not following reports on the crisis in Europe.

The Guardian has been consistent in providing online economic polls to measure public opinion regarding the 4-year old crisis. Its recent poll discovers that 73.1% of respondents believe that Spain needs a bailout, while the remaining 26.9% insists that Spain does not need one. Another poll deals with the issue on whether the exit of Greece from the Euro Zone is inevitable or not. Fifty-nine point one percent chose “yes” while 40.9% picked “no”.

The world is worried about the future of the Euro Zone. The crisis has been causing massive unemployment, inflation, public debt and negative projections of Europe. PollPursuit a Facebook application, likes to know what the public thinks about the crisis.

The 2012 London Olympics Countdown Polls

London is hosting this year's Summer Olympic Games. The capital city of England is gathering a very big crowd from July 27 to September 9 this year. While waiting for the games to start, online polling sites has already been conducting sport polls to learn about the viewpoints of people about issues concerning the upcoming international occasion.

Sport Polls Left and Right
One hundred days before the London Olympics, BBC released a new poll showing that 67% of the British people think the Olympics costs too much. In fact, London is spending 24 Billion Euros to back the event. The cost was originally estimated at 2B Euros only.

The BBC survey involved more than 2000 adults and was carried out by ComRes. Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport secretary of Britain Jeremy Hunt thinks that the results would be different if the poll was done after the Olympic Games. He said "it's like asking someone if they've spend too much on their Christmas dinner after the big Christmas shop, but before Christmas Day".

In another sport poll by YouGov, it is claiming that British people think that the Olympic Games will be generally good for London. Further results of the sports poll show that 48 % of Londoners admit they are interested in the Games (49% say they are not).

The Telegraph conducted an online sports poll to know if people are excited by the prospect of the Olympics. The leading answer was "I'll never be excited by the Games in London…" which was chosen by 48% of the respondents. News reports have it that athletes like Andy Najar, Heather Fell and Maria Sharapova are thrilled by the prospect of the event.

In January, Crunchy Roll released a sports poll that seeks to name singers who should perform during the opening ceremony of the Olympics. The top choices include Hatsune Miku, Super Junior, Big Bang, Shinee, One Direction, Girls' Generation, Lady Gaga, McFly, Justine Bieber and Rammstein. Another site Gok Pop also threw the same question and Super Junior and Big Bang were identified as the top choices of their respondents.

A Survey of Gold Medal Winners
Every athlete flying to London for the Olympics is definitely targeting to bring home at least one medal. A grand "hero's welcome" in their home country awaits those who win during the Olympics.
According to the medal tally of the olympic.it website, the United States has the most gold medals and has the highest number of medals won. The powerhouse has 1,018 gold medals in all. Combined with silver and bronze medals, the US has a total of 2, 552 medals.
USSR, which is second with 1204 medals, has 473 gold medals, 376 silver medals, 355 bronze medals. Germany in the third spot, with 718 medals, has 232 gold medals, 235 silver medals and 251 bronze medals.
A game poll on the NBC Olympics site poses a question "which country will win the 2012 medal race?". The choices are "United States", "China" and "Russia". Actually, the correct answer to the poll will be known after the Olympics.

Out of the 204 participating countries, 80 have not yet won an Olympic medal. The Olympic Summer Games in London includes 302 medal events across 32 sport categories.
One of the most anticipated participants of the London Olympic Games is American swimmer Michael Phelps. The swimmer won 16 Olympic medals in all (eight during the Athens Olympics and another eight during the Beijing Olympics). PollPursuit , a fun polling app on Facebook, wonders if Phelps will win eight medals again this year.al

Oil: A Blessing or A Curse?

Oil enables firms to produce grocery goods, utensils, shoes and other needs of people. It allows the transport of people from the one place to another in a faster speed. Oil energy resources continue making countries wealthier. However, oil also caused environmental damages and unending conflicts in many parts of the world. These disasters make the world re-evaluate oil if it's a big blessing or a tank of curse.

Oil-producing Countries

According to Business Insider, Saudi Arabia is the top oil-producing country in the world. Saudi produces 10. 783M barrels of petroleum every year. Other top oil-producing countries are Russia, Unites States, Iran, China, Canada, Mexico United Arab Emirates, Brazil and Iraq.
In February this year, Thomson Reuters reported that crude oil price in Iran went as high as $120 per barrel. In the past months, crude oil price was steady at $110 per barrel.
Studies show that developing countries that discovered oil within their territory became two to three times richer in time. Singapore, one of the oil-exporting countries, for instance managed to grow its export revenue from $19B in 1980 to $110B in 1998. However, experts note that the growth is due to proper management of natural resources.

Since oil is considered a daily commodity for everyone, oil-producing and oil-exporting countries created organizations to supervise the trade, so no abuse is made. Once oil prices go up, prices of products and service also increase. The soaring retail prices of oil urged businesses to have their own oil refinery. According to Delta Air Lines which announced its purchase of an oil refinery, this move is to maximize jet fuel production.

The Curse of the Oil Industry

In an editorial published by the Tribune 242, it was noted that doing a cost-and-benefit analysis of the proposed oil exploration in the northwestern Bahamas should deal with the assessing of the exploration's environmental impacts and its impact to the relationship between the Bahamas and its neighboring regions.
The editorial also added that countries where oil is concentrated have corrupt officials and remain to be the poorest. Iran and Haiti, among the oil-producing and oil-exporting countries are among the world's most corrupt countries. In the case of South Sudan, wherein oil revenues constitute more than 98% of its budget, President Salva Kiir revealed this week that South Sudan corrupt officials have stolen an estimated $4B of public money.

Before the revelation by the president of the oil-producing country, South Sudan has been in deep terror due to its conflict with Sudan. Civil wars between the two countries killed about two million people. Oil fueled the first civil war. The United Nations have intervened to ease the tension between the two African countries, which are both exporting oil energy supplies to the world. South Sudan has now three-fourths of the old Sudan's oil resources.
Meanwhile in Bonga, Africa, crude oil has polluted the rivers, streams and ponds in finishing communities there. In 2010, an oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico led to the filing of criminal charges against the people behind the horror. During oil spills, coral reefs are polluted, killing thousands of fishes, leaving fishermen jobless and created more families without food.

In India, an international conference called "Oil Spill 2012" will push through in September to discuss about the overall dimensions of oil spill problems. This May, India barred giant tanker Exxon Valdez, which was involved in one of the worst oil spills, from entering the country.
Meanwhile, University of California political science professor Michael L. Ross wrote a book on how come countries rich in petroleum have less democracy, less economic stability and have more wars. Ross made an analysis on how the blessing was turned into a curse.

Oil (for transportation) has aided in providing food for millions of people around the world, as well as unforgettable nightmares. PollPursuit, a Facebook application, requests for viewpoints on this controversial issue on whether oil is a blessing or a curse. Visit Pollpursuit official Facebook Page.

Boxing Poll: Manny Pacquiao or Timothy Bradley

Of epic battles people are expecting, the clash between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney happens in November this year. But before thatManny Pacquaio of the Philippines and American boxer Timothy Bradley will meet on the battle ground in June. Polling sites and experts are now trying to predict who among the two iconic boxers will walk away victorious. 

Tale of the Tape

The fight is set on July 9, 2012 at the MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. Twenty-eight year old Bradley is the current number 1 in the Light Welterweight Division, while thirty-three-year old Pacquiao is the current number 1 in the Welterweight Division. Both agreed to weigh 147 lbs. during the fight.

Pacquaio has 54 wins (38 KO) while Bradley has 28. Pacquaio has 3 loses (2 KO) while Bradley has no recorded losses. Regarding their height, Pacquaio is 169 cm long while his opponent is 168 cm long. Pacquiao’s reach is 170 cm, which is five cm shorter than Bradley’s.

Predicting Polls: Pacquaio or Bradley?

When the negotiation for the “Pacman”- “Desert Storm” fight was finalized, polling sites began soliciting ideas from people about the winner of the future event.

An online boxing poll on the Total Sports Madness site has been participated by 1, 439 individuals as of May 31, 2012. The initial results of the boxing survey show that 1, 220 individuals voted for Pacquaio while only 219 chose the American boxer. Other polling sites have differing results.

On the Bleacher Report website, the same poll was posted and 80.2% answered Pacquaio while 19.8 % went for Bradley (as of May 31, 2012). Polling site PollPursuit also released a similar poll about the anticipated fight, with a promise of 250-USD-worth Amazon/iTunes voucher to the month’s top scorer of the Facebook app.

Furthermore, boxing experts expressed their fearless forecasts about the “mega-fight”. Wes O’Donnell, a known sports columnist, wrote that “if Pacquaio is in his usual frame of mind and trains as he’s always trained, he’ll be the first one to hand a loss on Timothy Bradley”.

IBF/WBA junior welterweight belt-holder Lamont Peterson is sure that Bradley will win. But boxing analyst Larry Merchant says otherwise. Merchant said that Pacquaio will beat the American boxer by KO.

Boxing Fight Surveys

Boxing fight surveys are created for two reasons. First, boxing fight surveys help attract people to watch the event online, on pay-per-view big screens, on free channels or inside the actual boxing venue. Second, boxing fight surveys let people use their critical thinking to predict who is going to win or lose in a fight.

Currently, Boxing News Flash is conducting an online poll to name the greatest boxer of all time. Choices are Manny Pacquaio, Sugar Ray Robinson, Muhammad Ali, Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Henry Armstrong.

Boxing polls also touch on upcoming boxing events, just like the fight between Julio Cesar Chavez and Andy Lee on June 16, 2012. PollPursuit, one of the most updated online polling sites, delivers polls tackling about these sports events and developments. For the Pacquaio- Bradley, the winner will remain a mystery until June 9.

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