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Halep, Sharapova off to flying 2018 starts.

World number one Simona Halep began the year in emphatic style with a 6-4, 6-1 victory over Nicole Gibbs as Maria Sharapova also romped through her first-round match at the Shenzhen Open on Monday. Romania’s Halep, who will be seeking her maiden Grand Slam title at the Australian Open in two weeks’ time, struck 12 winners to blitz the 110th-ranked American in one hour and nine minutes. “We had a big crowd, which was nice to play in front of,” Halep said after her first-round match in the southern Chinese city, where she won in 2015. Halep won the first set with the help of an aggressive forehand, and then opened the second set with a crunching backhand winner down the line before running away with the match. “It’s always nice to play here in Shenzhen,” she added. “I won a title here three years ago already. It’s my first victory this year as number one in the world, so I’m just happy and enjoying the time.” Meanwhile five-time Grand Slam champion Sharapova, ma...

CHAN 2018: Peterside task home-based Eagles to win tournament.

Ex-Super Eagles keeper, Idah Peterside on Monday urged home-based Super Eagles to win the 2018 African Nations Championship (CHAN). Nigeria is in group C with 2014 champions, Libya, Rwanda and Equatorial Guinea. The tournament, organised by the Confederation of African Football (CAF), will run from Jan. 12 to Feb.4 in Morocco. Peterside told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on the telephone from Johannesburg, South Africa, that the home-based team had potentials to do well in the tournament. He urged the team to work hard to win the championship for Nigeria. “ In 2014, the home-based Super Eagles won bronze. I believe the present team can do the country proud and they should realize that Nigerians are solidly behind them,” he said. Peterside, also an ex-Sharks FC and Enyimba International of Aba keeper, urged the team to win their first match. “ There is no perfect team. I believe that they will get better as the tournament goes on. Their first game is key, they...

6 Ways to Boost Your Mobile Commerce Performance.

One thing the latest holiday sales season made crystal clear is that mobile commerce is on the rise. On Cyber Monday -- which set an all-time-high overall sales record of US$6.6 billion -- mobile shopping totaled 47.4 percent of visits to retailers' websites, according to Adobe, which analyzed 1 trillion visits to more than 4,500 retail sites. Revenue from purchases made over smartphones grew a record 39 percent year over year to $1.6 billion, and mobile transactions closed at a 12 percent higher rate on Cyber Monday 2017 over the previous year. "On our customers' sites, we're consistently seeing about half of all traffic coming from mobile," said Graham Cooke, CEO of Qubit . A pre-holiday survey of 1,000 shoppers, conducted by Leanplum and Branding Brand, uncovered the following: 65 percent of shoppers planned to make purchases using mobile devices; 64 percent expected to use mobile to learn about sales, coupons and other deals; 50 percent would opt...

The Best Google AdSense Alternatives For Your Blog.

When it comes to making money from a blog, AdSense is one of the best blog monetization programs available. I have already shared my AdSense earnings for the last five years , which will give you an idea of how much you can potentially earn from AdSense. Creating an AdSense account and getting approval is not a particularly easy process, especially for a newbie blogger . The real problem emerges when Google bans your AdSense account! A good solution is to start looking for some of the best Google AdSense alternatives . The AdSense alternative ad networks mentioned below are not necessarily better than Google AdSense, but depending on your blog niche and site’s traffic, a few AdSense alternative programs (like Media.net or Viglink ) might give you better earnings and results than AdSense. You should be aware that Google AdSense...

Who's More Dangerous - the Sexual Predator or the Enabler?.

There are three groups of people involved in sexual harassment: the victims; the perpetrators/predators; and those who cover up or enable the perpetrators. Historically, we have put more pressure on the victims -- either forcing them to shut up to protect their jobs and careers, or forcing them out of their jobs (with or without compensation), which was totally wrong. There's been a recent move to focus on the perpetrators/predators, generally forcing an end to their careers or even shuttering of their businesses, often with massive collateral damage in terms of lost jobs for people who had nothing to do with the harassment and might even have been victims of it. That also seems wrong, at least in part, because the penalties hurt a large number of innocent or already hurt people. The folks I think we should be targeting far more are the enablers and cover-up artists who have been allowing what initially could have been small, correctable behavior problems to grow into care...

North Korea's Kim Jong-un issues threats and olive branch.

North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un has said a nuclear launch button is "always on my table" and warned the US it will never be able to start a war. In a televised new year speech, he said the entire US was within range of North Korean nuclear weapons, adding: "This is reality, not a threat." But he also offered a potential olive branch to South Korea, suggesting he was "open to dialogue". North Korea may also send a team to the Winter Olympics in Seoul, he said. What is President Trump's reaction? When asked by reporters to respond to Mr Kim's latest threats, US President Donald Trump said, "We'll see, we'll see". He was speaking at the sidelines of New Year's Eve celebrations at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida. North Korea has come under increased criticism and sanctions over the past year because of its nuclear weapons programme and repeated testing of conventional missiles. Media caption N...