The last 4 years google was holding the first place on this ranking list, now the last days brandz.com decided to replace google with Apple, and as you can see here on their page were you can browse the top 100global brands and also read their report to it Brandz Top 100 / 2011(Most valuable global brands)
Also this video could be interesting - fast view through the Top 100 global brands.
Apple has grown about 84% the last year and so on they managed to get in this high position.
Steve Jobs says in an Interview: "Apple users feel their individuality and express them with apple products, this will continue"
The next upcoming candidate is Facebook they have grewn about 245% and this year is their first time on the Top 100 global brand list, they start there at the 35.th Place.
Nokia have announced their plans for the year 2012 in desktop developing, they are planning to release the new Qt5 Framework for Linux their objectives for the next Release QT 5 are:
Make better use of the GPU, allowing you to create smooth (and accelerated) graphics performance even with limited resources;
Making your creation of advanced applications and UIs easier and faster (with QML and Javascript);
Make apps connected to the web be as powerful as possible, i.e. to embed and power up web content and services into any Qt app; and
Reduce the complexity and amount of code required to maintain and implement a port.
Nokia QT 5 Components for Desktop show off:
Youtube sucks so here is a screenshot of the Widgets and applets that will be possible, not so impressive as the video imho.
