Archive for November 30, 2008

Fiat 500: The Best Compact Car in Japan


Logo Fiat

(source: theautochannel.com)

The best proof of its success is the over 270 thousand orders received to date and the 29 prizes awarded around the world. And now, to this collection of prizes will be added the prestigious title of “Best Compact Car”, a recognition coming from Japan where the super compact Fiat was presented last spring.

This prestigious recognition is matched by extraordinary commercial success in Japan, as proved by the 1,800 Fiat 500 delivered so far. This is an important fact which has certainly contributed to Fiat Automobiles’ excellent performance in 2008: at the end of the year, the turnover is expected to be double that of 2007. This result is all the more significant if it is considered that it has been achieved in a constantly declining Japanese market (-19% in sales of national models, and -14% of imported cars).

Fiat 500

Again true to Italian style, on 28 November the Brand will open the Fiat Café in Aoyama (Tokyo), where the public will be able to appreciate the concept of a Café as a perfect meeting place, pleasant and cosmopolitan. Of course the new café will display, on the first floor, the multiple prize winning Fiat 500, as a symbol to the world of the “Made in Italy” motor car.

Read the original article here.

Image of “fiat logo” courtesy of luckytom

Image of “fiat 500” : configurated with the configurator on Fiat UK website.

Fiat 500 by Diesel – Limited Edition


Diesel JeansLogo FiatThe perfect synergy of the “Made in Italy”. Limited edition: only 10,000 copies in two years. No more words. Watch the video below and link 1 and link 2!

Enjoy Fiat 500 by Diesel – Limited Edition! ;)

(images: “diesel” courtesy of aleksandar; “fiat” courtesy of luckytom).

Gmail: voice and video chat! Amazing!


A new wonderful feature in Gmail. Now you can also have video chat! Great! :)

Google Chrome: Trend in browser usage (October 2008)


Browser Statistics Month by Month


2008 IE7 IE6 Chrome Fx Moz S O
October 26.9% 20.2% 3.0% 44.0% 0.4% 2.8% 2.2%
September 26.3% 22.3% 3.1% 42.6% 0.5% 2.7% 2.0%



Logo Google ChromeTwo months are already gone since the launch of Google Chrome. Its market share still around 3% (source: w3school accessed on the 6th of November 2008). From the data available, we can see how IE still losing market share. Users who leave IE6 (-2.1%) are more than the ones who move on IE7 (+0.6%). The winner in this battle still Firefox that gained 1.4% of the market share.

One of the reasons why Google Chrome’s market share isn’t increased yet it is probably because of the missing google toolbar. Many users still complaining about this problem and most of them said they won’t use Google Chrome until the Google toolbar is available.

Ciao :)