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The World Top 10 Richest People 2018

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As of 2018, these are the top 10 richest people in the world.
Resource: Forbes Wikipedia & Newspaper ! 

 1. Jeff Bezos
Jeffrey Preston Bezos is an American technology entrepreneur, investor, and philanthropist. He is the founder, chairman, and chief executive officer of Amazon. Bezos was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and raised in Houston, Texas !
Born: 12 January 1964
Children: 4

Net worth‎: ‎US$125.8 billion - 13,780 crores USD (Approx)

2. Bill Gates
William Henry Gates is an American business magnate, investor, author, philanthropist, humanitarian, and principal founder of Microsoft Corporation.
Born: 28 October 1955

Net worth: 9,740 crores USD (2018)
3. Warren Buffett
Warren Edward Buffett is an American business magnate, investor, speaker and philanthropist who serves as the chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway.
Born: 30 August 1930 (Omaha, Nebraska, United States)

Net worth: 8,960 crores USD (2018)
4. Bernard Arnault
Bernard Jean Étienne Arnault is a French business magnate, an investor, and art collector. Arnault is the chairman and chief executive officer of LVMH, the world's largest luxury-goods company.
Born: 5 March 1949 (Roubaix, France)

Net worth: 7,000 crores USD (2018)
5. Mark Zuckerberg
Mark Elliot Zuckerberg is an American technology entrepreneur and philanthropist. He is known for co-founding and leading Facebook as its chairman and chief executive officer.
Born: 14 May 1984 (White Plains, New York, United States)

Net worth: 5,220 crores USD
6. Amancio Ortega
Amancio Ortega Gaona is a Spanish billionaire businessman. He is the founder and former chairman of Inditex fashion group, best known for its chain of Zara clothing and accessories shops.
Born: 28 March 1936 (Busdongo)

Net worth: 6,710 crores USD
7. Carlos Slim Helu
Carlos Slim Helú is a Mexican business magnate, engineer, investor and philanthropist. From 2010 to 2013, Slim was ranked as the richest person in the world by the Forbes business magazine.
Born: 28 January 1940 (Mexico City, Mexico)
Full name: Carlos Slim Helú

Net worth: 5,550 crores USD

8. Charles Koch
Charles de Ganahl Koch is an American businessman, political donor and philanthropist. As of June 2018, he was ranked as the 8th-richest person in the world, with an estimated net worth of $50.7 billion.
Born: 1 November 1935 (Wichita, Kansas, United States)
Net worth: 5,010 crores USD

Residence: Wichita, Kansas, U.S

9. David Koch
David Hamilton Koch is an American businessman, philanthropist, political activist, and chemical engineer. He joined the family business Koch Industries, the second-largest privately held company in the United States, in 1970.
Born: 3 May 1940 (Wichita, Kansas, United States)

Net worth: 5,010 crores USD


10. Larry Ellison
Lawrence Joseph Ellison is an American businessman, entrepreneur, and philanthropist who is co-founder, executive chairman and chief technology officer of Oracle Corporation.
Born: 17 August 1944 (New York City, New York, United States)
Height: 1.91 m
Net worth: 6,060 crores USD
Salary: US$41.5 million

Largest biggest rivers in the world

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Rivers are very useful to human kind since they provide a source of food, drinking water, means of transporting valuables from one country to another and also provide land that is fertile. They are also a home to various animals. I will take you through the top ten largest, biggest rivers on earth by length, drainage area, and their average discharge.

1.Amazon River
  • Length (km): 6,992
  • Drainage area (km): 7,050,000
  • Average discharge (m³/s): 209,000
It is the world’s largest river with regards to its width and volume reaching a distance of almost 30 miles in some areas when it rains. The river is a home to a wide variety of fish species, trees, plants, and animals. It has a length of approximately 6,992 kilometers, a drainage area of around 7,050,000 kilometer square and an average discharge area of 209,000 cubic meters per second with its first outflow being the Atlantic Ocean.

2.Nile River
  • Length (km): 6,853
  • Drainage area (km²): 3,254,555
  • Average discharge (m³/s): 2,800
Nile River is the world’s second largest river with a length of 6,853 kilometers, a drainage area of approximately 3,254,555 kilometers square and an average discharge of 2,800 cubic meters per square. It flows through the desert of Sahara and pours its water into the Mediterranean Sea. It has got only two tributaries: the Blue Nile in Ethiopia and the White Nile in Rwanda which meets at Sudan. It also flows through eleven countries Kenya, Sudan, Burundi, South Sudan, Congo, Eritrea, Uganda, Rwanda, Tanzania, Egypt, and Ethiopia.

3.Yangtze River
  • Length (km): 6,300
  • Drainage area (km²): 1,800,000
  • Average discharge (m³/s): 31,900
Yangtze is the third largest river, and it is a fascinating river, with a broad range of sites that attract tourists, culture, and scenery along its length. It is approximately 6,300 km long with a drainage area of 1,800,000 kilometer square and an average discharge of 31,900 cubic meters per second.

4.Mississippi River
  • Mississippi River
  • Length (km): 6,275
  • Drainage area (km²): 2,980,000
  • Average discharge (m³/s): 16,200
It is the fourth largest river, and it flows in the entire United States, River flows in a twisted turn slowly for 2,320 miles southwards and rises in the western Minnesota. It drains into 31 states in the US and two provinces from Canada. It is also one of the most active commercial waterways on earth, with a lot of modification and human control.

5.Yenisei River
  • Length (km): 5,539
  • Drainage area (km²): 2,580,000
  • Average discharge (m³/s): 19,600
It is the 5th biggest river and the second largest in China with a length of about 5,539 kilometers and a drainage area of approximately 2,580,000 square kilometers and an average discharge of 19,600 cubic meters per second.

6.Yellow River
  • Yellow River
  • Length (km): 5,464
  • Drainage area (km²): 745,000
  • Average discharge (m³/s): 2,110
It is the 6th largest rivers on earth. It has a length of approximately 5,464 km and a drainage area of 745,000 square kilometers and an average discharge of about 2,110 cubic meters per second.

7.Ob River
  • Length (km): 5,410
  • Drainage area (km²): 2,990,000
  • Average discharge (m³/s): 12,800
This river is the 7th largest rivers in the world. It has a length of approximately 5,410 km and a 2,990,000 km drainage area with a discharge of around 12,800 m per second. It is one of the Siberian Rivers that flows into the Arctic Ocean. It is divided into three parts depending on the nature of its network, water regime formation, and supply conditions. The top is found in the mountains, and its principal tributaries are Anouilh, Aley, Sandy, Katun, Biya, and Charysh.

8.Parana River
  • Length (km): 4,880
  • Drainage area (km²): 2,582,672
  • Average discharge (m³/s): 18,000
It is at number eight of the largest rivers on earth with a drainage area of around 2,582,672 km2 and a discharge of 18,000 m3. It has a length of about 3,030 miles, and it is found in South America,  it flows through three countries namely Paraguay, Argentina, and Brazil.

9.Congo River
  • Length (km): 4,700
  • Drainage area (km²): 3,680,000
  • Average discharge (m³/s): 41,800
9th world’s largest rivers. It is also the deepest river with a depth of approximately 230 m on earth, and it was earlier known as Zaire River. It is about 4,700 km long, and its drainage basin is 3,680,000 kilometers squares by the amount of water released, it is the ninth longest river on earth. Its drainage basin covers an area of approximately 3,680,000 square kilometers. The river flows through the second-largest rain forest in the world.

10.The Amur River [Russia]
  • Amur River
  • Length (km): 4,444
  • Drainage area (km²): 1,855,000
  • Average discharge (m³/s): 11,400
Amur River is in number ten of the largest rivers in the world and the most prominent in the Federation of Russia. It is found on the border of Russia and China. It has a length of approximately 4,444 km. Amur has 200 tributaries

The Best 10 Free Email Service Providers

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Ten solid email services that you should consider if you are planning to switch email service providers.


1. Gmail
Gmail is simple free and user-friendly. It offers over 15 GB of free storage, has excellent spam filter and enables access via mobile devices. Its built-in chat allows voice and video chat as well the regular chatting by text. It offers search capability to find lost or old messages. Also, Gmail messages are grouped nicely with relevant replies such that you can read messages in the context.

2. Zoho Mail
Zoho mail is aimed at professionals. It features calendar, task manager, notes and instant chat as well as other business app found in Google apps for business. It is easy to set up and manage. Impressively, Zoho mail does not display adds to protect your privacy. Email messages are not even scanned for keywords for the purpose of marketing.

 3.  Outlook.com (Reinvented Hotmail)
Outlook.com is the new, reinvented Hotmail.com email service. It builds off the power of Outlook on PCs and Macs, and it features more tidy user interface without display ads. It is built based on the latest trends in Internet communication.
4. Mail.com
Mail.com offers most of the important email features that you might be thinking about. Most importantly, you can select the email domain name that will suit you best from over 200 domain names e.g. yourname@consultant.com, yourname@journalist.com, yourname@engineer.com, yourname@lawyer.com, yourname@cheerful.com, yourname@contractor.com and so on. However, the default one is yourname@mail.com. They provide unlimited email storage capacity and you can attach up to 50MB of file in one attachment. You can also set up your email to receive and reply all your emails from this one address. They also provide mobile support. You can use your email on BlackBerry, i Devices and Android devices. You also have online calendar to use.

 5. Yahoo! Mail
The new Yahoo! mail stands among the best free email services available on the web and mobile devices. They offer unlimited email storage, social networking, instant messaging and SMS texting. You can view slideshows, photos and videos right from inside your mailbox. You can send up to 50 files or 100MB file size in a single email. Your messages are automatically sorted, and lower priority messages like newsletters and coupons are organized into folders.

6. GMX
GMX is not so popular, but it offers quite reliable email service. Spams and viruses are well filtered . It provides unlimited email storage and allows up to 50MB of attachment. You can manage all your email accounts using their email collector. You can manage your emails on the web and mobile.

 7. Fastmail
You should also consider using FastMail. They have been online for 10 years now. They boast of reliable junk mail protection, temporary secure SMS passwords, web folders for photos and files and much more. Their free or guest plan offers 25MB email storage, IMAP and 120 day inactivity time.
8. Hush mail
Hush mail is another lovely email service you should put into consideration. They allow up to 25MB of free storage on their free account. It is well integrated with Android, BlackBerry, iPhone and other mobile devices. You can also integrate outlook to your Hush mail.

 9. Inbox.com
Inbox.com provides 5GB free storage space for your emails.  You can easily change the layout of your inbox with their drag n drop tool. You can also select RSS feeds that suits your need.
They offer free online photo sharing, calendar, tasks and notes as part of inbox.com free offers aside their free email service.
10. ShortMail
Think of Short mail as your private Twitter account. All emails are limited to 500 characters, and attachments are not allowed. Messages are expected to be concise for faster, more effective communication. It works on iPhone, Android and other mobile apps.

Top ten social networking web sites in the world

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Top ten social networking sites in the world


1. Facebook (World website Rank: 3 ) Social Networking Rank: 1
Facebook is a social network service and website launched in February 2004 that is operated and privately owned by Facebook, Facebook has more than 500 + million active users. Facebook was founded by Mark Zuckerberg with his college roommates and fellow computer science students.

2. Twitter (World website Rank: 12) Social Networking Rank: 2
Twitter is a website, owned and operated by Twitter Inc., which offers a social networking and microblogging service, enabling its users to send and read other users’ messages called tweets. Tweets are text-based posts of up to 140 characters displayed on the user’s profile page.

3. LinkedIn (World website Rank: 30) Social Networking Rank: 3
LinkedIn is a business-oriented social networking site. Founded in December 2002 and launched in May 2003, it is mainly used for professional networking. LinkedIn had more than 80 + million registered users, spanning more than 200 countries and territories worldwide

4. Google + (World website Rank: 1) Social Networking Rank: 4

This site has 300 million monthly active users and is used for relationship marketing. It has over a 53 percent positive interaction between Google+ users and brands.

5. YouTube (World website Rank: 2) Social Networking Rank: 5

YouTube is expected to generate $5.6 billion in gross revenue in 2016. Currently, there are 6 billion hours of video watched on YouTube per month and 1 billion videos watched over mobile phones per day.

6. Pinterest (World website Rank: 79) Social Networking Rank: 6
Pinterest marketing is another social media tool helping brands to grow rapidly. There are over 70 million users of Pinterest of which 80 percent are women and 20 percent are men. Over 9 million users have connected their accounts to Facebook.

7. Instagram (World website Rank: 14) Social Networking Rank: 7
Marketers know the usefulness of Instagram marketing and use Instagram to market products and services. It is a wonderful platform to share visual stories. There are more than 300 million monthly active users on Instagram, of which 75 million are daily active users. Instagram is widely being used for business marketing.

8. Tumblr (World website Rank: 58) Social Networking Rank: 8
This microblogging platform is used for sharing photos, videos, audio, quotes, text or anything that you’d like to market. It has more than 420 million users and 217 million blogs created, making it a favorite.

9. Flickr (World website Rank: 362) Social Networking Rank: 9
This image and video hosting social network has over 3.5 million images uploaded daily by users and offers massive online photo storage.

10. Reddit (World website Rank: 6) Social Networking Rank: 10
Reddit is a social networking site used for entertainment purposes, where registered members share content and direct links. It has 174 million monthly unique visitors.




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Top 10 Largest Cruise Ships in the World

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1. MS Allure of the Seas
MS Allure of the seas from Royal Caribbean international is our recent largest cruise ship in the world. Technically, MS Allure of the seas is not more heavy or roomier than MS Oasis of the Seas. The only thing what makes MS Allure of the seas hold the crown of world’s biggest cruise ship is because recently, the design engineers found that this ship is 2 inches longer than the MS Oasis of the seas, so We have MS Allure of the seas as the largest cruise ship in the world.

2. MS Oasis of the Seas
MS Oasis of the seas is the first oasis class of Royal Caribbean international. The body stretches 1,187 feet long, the beam is 198 feet and it has enough space to house 6,296 people. MS Oasis of the seas used to be the largest cruise line in the world until Royal Caribbean international launched the 2nd generations of oasis class cruise named Allure of the Seas in November 20, 2010. This is the 2nd largest cruise ship in the world that slightly smaller than the largest cruise ship in the world.

3. Norwegian Epic
Norwegian Epic is a Norwegian Cruise Line fleet and the company has operated it since June 24, 2010. The gross tonnage is 155,873 tons, it stretches 1, 0891.9 feet, and it capable to carry 4,100 passengers and crews. The cool thing about the ships, every cabin of the ship has its own balcony. This is the largest cruise ship belong to Norwegian Cruise Line fleet.

4. MS Freedom of the seas
MS freedom of the seas started her premier voyage in June 4, 2006. Same as MS liberty of the seas, MS Freedom of the sea is spanning
1,111 feet long and has maximum capacity 4,370 passengers. Royal Caribbean spent $800,000,000 to build the cruise line and since May 12, 2006, MS freedom of the seas is officially Christian. This is the 4th largest cruise ship in our list.


5. MS liberty of the seas
The length, the beam and the maximum capacity of MS liberty of the seas is same as MS independence of the sea. Royal Caribbean cruise has employed the ship since May 2007. The cool thing about the ship is Royal Caribbean has facilitated the ship with a DreamWorks studio. This year, MS liberty of the seas has a new route to sail from Barcelona to Palma de Mallorca. So this cruise ship become the 5th largest cruise ship in the world.

6. MS Independence Of the seas
From rank 6th to 4th, we are going to talk 3 cruise liners with similar general characteristic. The body of MS Independence of the seas stretches 1,111 feet, the beam is 184 feet long and it has maximum capacity 4,370 passengers. The weight of MS independence of the seas is 154,407 tons and Royal Caribbean cruise has operated the ship since May 2, 2008. Let’s make MS Independence of the Seas on the 6th rank of largest cruise ships.


7. Queen Mary 2
Our seventh biggest cruise line in the world is belong to an American-British shipping company Cunard line. It sails since 2004 and Queen Elizabeth II who named the large cruise in 2004. Queen Mary 2 is 1,132 feet long, the beam is 135 feet and STX Europe, the builder, only designed the ships to voyage 3,056 passengers max. This is the largest cruise ship of Cunard line.


8. Navigator of the Sea
Navigator of the Sea is 4th voyager-class cruise of Royal Caribbean and that means the cruise line came out from STX Finland Cruise Oy. The length, beam, full capacity, even the gross tonnage is same as Mariner of the sea so We can consider this as the 8th largest cruise ship. Navigator has voyaged since 2002 and that is what makes Navigator and Mariner of the sea different.


9. Mariner of the seas
Mariner of the sea is 138,279 tones. The length is same as MS Explorer and the beam is mere 0,6 meters longer than MS Explorer. Mariner of the sea is 5th voyager-class cruise line of Royal Caribbean International armadas and, once again, same as MS explorer, it came out from STX Finland cruise Oy facility. The cruise liner has sailed since 2003 and it can cruise 3,114 passengers max. Mariner of the seas is the 9th largest cruise ship in the world and 7th largest cruise ship belong to Royal Caribbean International.


10. MS Explorer Of the Seas
STX Finland Cruise Oy built this 10th largest cruise ship, MS Explorer of the Seas, in august 1st, 1999. The cruise ship is belonged to Royal Caribbean International and it is capable to depart 3,114 passengers and crews at a time. It is 1,020 feet long, the beam is 38 m long and the weight is 137,308 Gross tonnages. This ship is also the 8th largest cruise ship belong to Royal Caribbean International.