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Tuesday, 25 February 2014
David Moyes admits Manchester United’s poor performance to Olympiacos
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David Moyes admits Manchester United’s
performance in Tuesday night’s shock first-leg defeat to Olympiacos was “really
poor” – but is determined to make amends when the sides meet again at Old
Trafford on 19 March.
The Reds were strongly fancied to claim a
fifth win in five meetings with the Greek side but were instead turned over 2-0
by goals from Alejandro Dominguez and Joel Campbell in the 38th and 55th
minutes. The United boss felt the deficit was greater than the difference
between the sides, although he did accept his side didn’t “offer enough” at the
other end of the pitch where, in the latter stages, Robin van Persie spurned
the Reds’ only real chance.
“It's the worst we've played in Europe [this season], that's for
sure,” said Moyes in his post-match press conference.
“It was a really poor performance. We didn't get going from the
start. We didn't deserve anything from tonight.
"We just never got to grips with
things. To a man, you could hardly pick anyone out [who played well]. We just
didn't perform well.
“I'm surprised. I didn't see that level of performance coming. We
came into the game in good form and a good mindset but it didn't show tonight.
“I have to say I don't think we were two goals worse off in the game.
[For the first goal] they had a shot, which got deflected... but we didn't
offer enough on the night to create a goal really.”
The only crumb of comfort for Moyes and his
men is the time lapsed in the tie - only 90 minutes have passed with the same
period to be played again on home soil in three weeks, at Old Trafford.
"We'll do everything we possibly can
to reverse the 2-0 defeat tonight. We'll put it right, we're determined to put
it right and we'll have opportunities to do that in the coming weeks.
"There's undoubtedly talent at
Manchester United but tonight we didn't show it. Me and the team, we didn't
show it together. I take responsibility. It's my team and I'll always front up.
The players are hurting as well. They know how they performed. We're a team and
we stick together.
"We didn't play well and we have to
play better. We can do. The one good thing is there's still a second game to
come. Old Trafford's seen some great nights in the past and I'm looking forward
to hopefully seeing another one."
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Monday, 24 February 2014
In Asia, WhatsApp posts mixed message for Facebook
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An illustration photo shows a man holding a
smart phone with a Facebook logo as its screen wallpaper in front of a WhatsApp
messenger logo, in Zenica February 20, 2014.
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WhatsApp may be hugely popular but its
forays into Asia, the world's biggest mobile market, have had mixed success,
raising questions about whether it can sustain the explosive growth Facebook
Inc cited to justify its $19 billion price tag.
Data from app metric company App Annie, for
example, shows that WhatsApp ranks as the top communications app in only three
of 13 Asian countries tracked - Hong Kong, India and Singapore.
"WhatsApp has been a strong player in
Asia, but in the past year has faced strong competition from LINE and
WeChat," said Neha Dharia, India-based analyst for Ovum, a technology
consultancy. "WhatsApp has not been displaced by these players, but has
seen stiff competition in growing its market share."
Facebook said on Wednesday it would buy
WhatsApp for $19 billion in cash and stock, in a deal worth more than Facebook
raised in its own IPO.
For sure, WhatsApp has been phenomenally
successful. For many users it has replaced sending costly texts, or SMS
messages. Since its launch in 2009 it has built an active monthly user base of
450 million users.
A survey by marketing and research company
Jana found WhatsApp to be the most used messaging app in all the countries it
surveyed - India, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Brazil and Mexico - beating
competitors by a huge margin. The reason: users most prize the basic functions
it offers - ad-free chat and photo sharing.
WhatsApp subscribers sent 18 billion
messages a day in January. The overall market is growing rapidly: According to
Ovum, 27.4 trillion such messages were sent last year; this year that figure
will be close to 69 trillion.
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By hooking up, Facebook and WhatsApp may be
able to take on those markets that have been elusive to Facebook so far. With
Facebook blocked in China, and lagging Twitter Inc and Naver Corp's LINE in
Japan, WhatsApp "is a potential avenue for Facebook" into those
markets, said Vincent Stevens, a senior manager for telecoms consultancy Delta
Partners.
Forrester, a consultancy, forecasts that
China will have more than 500 million smartphones this year.
And in the fast growing smartphone market
of India, says Neil Shah, research director of devices and ecosystems at
Counterpoint Research, local users now account for almost 9 percent of total
active WhatsApp users around the world - some 40 million of them.
But Facebook and WhatsApp face formidable
foes. Where once messaging apps were simply about messaging, now Tencent
Holdings Ltd's WeChat, LINE and KakaoTalk offer a slew of additional services,
from icons and games to buying goods and services.
"LINE and the others are very
different to WhatsApp. They're much more innovative in the business models they
engage in," says Michael Vakulenko of VisionMobile, a UK-based
consultancy. "They are innovating much faster than WhatsApp and going in a
different direction."
This could prove decisive in Asia - the
biggest battleground for social messaging apps - where no single player
dominates.
Data from market research company Nielsen,
for example, showed BlackBerry Messenger as the most downloaded messaging app
in Indonesia last October, the latest data available, while Viber, bought by
Japanese online retailer Rakuten Inc for $900 million last week, was the most
popular in the Philippines, and LINE in Thailand.
WhatsApp was third in Indonesia, second in
Malaysia and not in the top-10 in the Philippines or Thailand. And while locals
say WhatsApp remains the default messaging app in Indonesia, some notice a
shift.
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Jerry Justianto, who runs a radio station
network in Jakarta, says he's noticing fewer of his friends using WhatsApp than
before. "I think it's reached a plateau in Indonesia," he said.
"I see a lot of WhatsApp accounts in my list are inactive."
A survey by market research firm On Device
Research late last year found that while nearly two thirds of Indonesians
surveyed had installed WhatsApp, less than half used it at least once a week,
compared to three quarters of Brazilians who had installed it.
Part of the problem, Justianto says, is
that WhatsApp's approach of linking accounts to a phone number doesn't suit
Indonesians who change their SIM card frequently. "Some of my early
adopter friends are moving to Telegram messenger, where you can activate
multiple devices with one number."
Telegram, which offers much the same
features as WhatsApp, is evidence of the fickleness of users. The app is free
and heavily encrypted, and is popular in some countries. In Spain, for example,
it has risen from its launch last year to be the No.1 communications app in
Google's Play store, at the expense of WhatsApp, according to App Annie data.
This, said one executive at a handset
company in Spain, was partly because of a viral campaign among users to switch,
and partly because many users dumped WhatsApp before they were charged at the
end of their first, free year.
GETTING USERS TO USE MORE
Across Asia, the fragmentation is evident
to users such as Martin Tomlinson, Asia Pacific director for On Device
Research, who says he has installed at least six messaging apps for work:
"I need to have at least three of these on my phone because that's how my
clients communicate."
LINE, for example, considers its top
markets as not only Japan but also Taiwan, Thailand and Indonesia. Now, says
Simeon Cho, general manager at LINE Plus, which handles LINE's ex-Japan
business, the goal is less about winning new users than getting existing ones
to use the app more frequently.
Kakao, which started the KakaoTalk
messenger service in 2010 and has since grown rapidly to 130 million users,
said it was also focusing heavily on Southeast Asia, where there is relatively
low smartphone penetration and no dominant messenger service.
And for China's Tencent, KakaoTalk and LINE
are more of a threat overseas than WhatsApp, as the company's WeChat expansion
is focused on Southeast Asia.
WhatsApp would only pose a serious threat
if the likes of Tencent were to expand farther west. "This means it's now
going to be more difficult for LINE to win in North America and Europe,"
said Serkan Toto, a Tokyo-based technology consultant.
PM: BR1M to continue as long as economy is strong
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Datuk Seri Najib Razak today gave the
assurance that the people would continue to get the 1Malaysia People's Aid
(BR1M) for as long as the country's political stability and strong economic
growth is maintained.
The prime minister said with economic
growth, it would enable the government to implement development programmes and
channel aid to the people.
Hence, he said, it was the priority of the
Barisan Nasional (BN) government to do its best in administering the country.
"Currently, BN is able to administer
the country well, when other countries are facing problems, through policies
which are strong and accelerate economic growth, although there are
uncertainties in the world economy.
"But in Malaysia, we are able to
determine our economy as well as accelerate its growth, and when the country's
revenue increases, we distribute the wealth to the people," he said when
launching the BR1M 2014 here today.
Najib said the government had allocated
RM4.5 billion for BR1M 2014 which would benefit 7 million recipients.
He hoped the increase in the value of BR1M
could ease the people's burden, especially the urban residents.
The BR1M allowance to households with
monthly income of RM3,000 and below has been increased from RM500 to RM700,
including RM50 for contribution to the Group Takaful Rakyat 1Malaysia (i-BR1M)
insurance which provides protection of up to RM30,000 in the event of death or
permanent disability.
For single individuals aged 21 and above,
and with a monthly income not exceeding RM2,000, the amount is increased from
RM250 to RM300.
In addition, BR1M has been extended to
households with a monthly income of between RM3,000 and RM4,000 and they will
receive RM450.
Prime minister said that as a responsible
government, it had to carry out fiscal consolidation to maintain the momentum
of the country's economy and the people's well-being.
He said it had to be done in stages to ease
the people's burden, besides having to convince the world market that efforts
would continue to be made by the government to strengthen the country's fiscal
position.
Najib said the improvements made to BR1M
were in tandem with the implementation of the targeted subsidy in an effort to
ease the people's burden.
"Therefore, the government will change
the policy on subsidy, which is from bulk subsidy to targeted subsidy to ensure
that the implementation of the subsidy is fair," he added.
The prime minister also said the government
had fulfilled the promises it made in the last general election's manifesto,
which among others, was to increase in stages the BR1M value.
The prime minister said implementation of
bulk subsidy was seen as a wastage and leakage because those who were not
eligible to benefit from it, like foreign tourists and workers, also enjoyed
the facility.
"For example, the subsidy for RON95
petrol is 63 sen per litre. Imagine the difference between owners of low and
high capacity vehicles if they get to enjoy the same petrol subsidy. It is not
fair.
"So, the government decides to change
the policy from bulk subsidy to targeted subsidy in stages and shift the
savings to the people through BR1M. BR1M is an example of the targeted
subsidy," he added.
Najib said BR1M 2014 was a manifestation of
a good economic management by the government.
"The BR1M payment has been credited
directly to the bank accounts of the recipients since yesterday. Those who do
not have a bank account, they will receive the voucher, to be given in stages.
"This is because the people need the
aid now and they need not have to wait long to enjoy aid from the
government," he said.
He also said the BN government would always
fulfill its election manifesto, including during the 13th general election to
increase the value of BR1M to RM1,200 in five years.
"It will be increased in stages,
meaning next year, the amount will increase," he added.
Thomas Muller ruled out with hamstring injury as Ribery nears Bayern return
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The Germany international will miss the
weekend clash with Schalke after picking up a problem against Hannover, but the
France star and Xherdan Shaqiri is close to comebacks.
Bayern Munich forward Thomas Muller has
been ruled out of Saturday's Bundesliga game against Schalke after suffering a
hamstring injury.
The Germany international scored twice as
Bayern cruised to a 4-0 win over Hannover at the weekend, but picked up a
problem in his right leg later in the match.
After further tests on Monday, the club has
confirmed on their official website that Muller has been ordered to rest for
the next five days, meaning he will definitely miss the meeting with Schalke at
the Allianz Arena and could potentially be a doubt for the game with Wolfsburg
on March 8.
Meanwhile, Bayern have received better news
on the injury front as Franck Ribery and Xherdan Shaqiri close in on returns to
first-team action.
Ribery, who underwent surgery on a buttock
problem earlier this month, resumed high-intensity sprint training on Monday
under the scrutiny of the club's physios.
Shaqiri, meanwhile, is set to return to
training this week after suffering a torn muscle against Freiburg.
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Moyes buoyed by ‘viral’ Rooney and Robin Van Persie partnership
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David Moyes has backed Wayne Rooney and
Robin van Persie to fire Manchester United past Olympiakos on Tuesday evening.
Injuries have hampered the partnership
between Rooney and Van Persie this season but the duo both struck on Saturday
to secure a 2-0 win over Crystal Palace in the Premier League.
United face the Greek champions in the
first leg of their round-of-16 Champions League tie in Athens and Moyes insists
his first-choice pairing can be decisive for the remainder of the campaign.
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"They’re both vital to a lot of the
things we do. They’re both excellent players," the Scot told reporters.
"Our record with them is far better
than our record without them, that’s for sure. Both have had injuries - Robin
much longer than Wayne - and both have got themselves back into shape.
"They’re both goalscorers and they’re
scoring goals, which is great for us. That’s why they’re top players - they
score in big games and make the big moments."
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