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Deux signatures majeures « boostent » le marché locatif
Les grandes transactions sont de retour à Lyon …
… au détriment des transactions intermédiaires qui ont fait défaut en ce début d’année
Lyon intra-muros concentre la quasi-totalité de la demande placée
Stabilité des valeurs malgré quelques réajustements sur certains secteurs
Statu quo pour l’offre disponible
• L’offre de bureaux à double vitesse, mais des propriétaires tous très attentifs aux contraintes opérationnelles et financières des locataires ;
• Une baisse encore limitée des loyers de présentation, mais des loyers économiques se négociant nettement en deçà des valeurs faciales ;
• Face à un marché porteur et à l’environnement économique incertain, les choix à la fois prudents et avisés des entreprises : optimisation des surfaces, renégociations des loyers, déménagements au plus proche et/ou dans des immeubles de qualité.
• A l’avenir, dans un contexte toujours chahuté, d’intéressantes opportunités à saisir, compte tenu de l’érosion des loyers faciaux, du niveau des loyers économiques et des mesures d’accompagnement « sur-mesure » que les propriétaires sont prêts à accorder.
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Trajectoires divergentes
Le marché locatif fléchit au 1er trimestre face à une situation macro-économique toujours compliquée.
Depuis 2009, l’offre immédiatement disponible n’évolue quasiment pas et reste plafonnée à près de 3,6 millions de m².
Le loyer prime du QCA acte une nouvelle baisse au 1er trimestre et s’établit désormais à 760 €/m².
Plus de 2 milliards d’euros ont été investis depuis le début de l’année, soit une hausse de 43% en un an.
5 transactions de plus de 100 millions d’euros ont été enregistrées au 1er trimestre 2013.
Le taux prime de référence, dans le Quartier Central des Affaires, reste stable dans une fourchette comprise entre 4,50 et 5,00%.
Le marché des bureaux en Ile de-france - Bilan et perspectives 2014JLL France
• La pénurie de grandes transactions et de clés-en-main a fortement impacté la demande placée qui devrait atteindre environ 1,7 million de mètres carrés en fin d’année.
• Le marché de l’investissement devrait de nouveau être un bon cru cette année et atteindre environ 11 milliards d’Euros avec des taux de rendement prime stables à 4,50% dans le QCA.
• La reprise économique devrait progressivement permettre au marché de redémarrer au 2e semestre alors que l’on peut encore attendre une première moitié d’année au ralenti. Sur la totalité de l’année on peut anticiper une activité en légère hausse entre 1,9 et 2,1 millions de mètres carrés.
• Les valeurs locatives resteront sous pression et le marché favorable aux entreprises. Dans le QCA, compte tenu de la baisse déjà actée et du faible niveau de l’offre, le loyer prime devrait rester stable sur l’année.
• Le marché de l’investissement continuera sur sa bonne lancée et devrait entériner entre 10 et 12 milliards d’Euros d’investissements en 2014.
• Son attractivité auprès des investisseurs internationaux et la forte compétition sur les actifs « Core » pourrait amener à une légère compression des taux pour les meilleurs produits.
Google a publié en août 2014 un guide de prise en main de son réseau social Google Plus.
Il couvre les différentes fonctionnalités offertes par les pages, les profils, les photos, les événements, les hangouts, les chaînes Youtube, mais également les outils de promotion de Google+.
Source du guide : http://services.google.com/fh/files/misc/googleplus-partner-playbook-august-2014.pdf
Whether your brand is just getting started on Google+ or you’ve been active since the beginning, the new Google+ Playbook is designed to help you get the most from your presence on Google+. The step-by-step guides offer a concise overview of the features and functions of Google+ — from connecting your YouTube channel and posting regular content to helpful tips and best practices for Hangouts, Communities, and more.
Table of Contents
1 Getting Started
2 Promote Your Presence
3 The Stream
4 Google+ Pages
5 Hangouts
6 Communities
7 Photos
8 Events
9 Index
Google+ Partner Playbook
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Getting Started
4 Google+ Weekly Newsletter
5 What is a Google+ Presence?
6 Profiles vs. Pages
7 Using Circles
8 Google+ and YouTube
9 Linking Google+ and YouTube
10 Create a Channel for Your Page
Chapter 2: Promote Your Presence
12 Badges
13 Follow Button
14 +1 Button
15 Share Button
16 +Post Ads
17 Promotion Checklist
Chapter 3: The Stream
19 About Your Home Page
20 Post Formatting
21 Mentions
22 Hashtags
23 Hashtag Discoverability
24 Hashtags in Search
25 Posting Best Practices
26 Conversation Best Practices
Chapter 4: Google+ Pages
28 How to Create a Google+ Page
29 What is Google My Business?
30 Verify Your Local Business
31 How to Add Page Managers
32 How to Transfer Page Ownership
33 Insights
Chapter 5: Hangouts
35 What are Hangouts?
36 What are Hangouts On Air (HOA)?
37 How to Schedule an HOA
38 How to Start a Scheduled HOA
39 How to Invite Participants
40 HOA Links
41 Technical Setup
42 Professional Quality Setup 1
43 Professional Quality Setup 2
44 Professional Quality Setup 3
45 Professional Quality Setup 4
46 Integrating Prerecorded Footage 1
47 Integrating Prerecorded Footage 2
48 Integrating Prerecorded Footage 3
49 Preparing Your Participants
50 Hosting a Dress Rehearsal
51 Promoting Your HOA
52 Make Your Hangouts Look Better
53 HOA Apps and Cameraman
54 How to Use Cameraman
55 What is Control Room?
56 How to Use Control Room
57 What is Q&A?
58 How to Use Q&A
59 What is Showcase?
60 How to use Showcase
61 Planning Hangout Content
62 Audience Participation
63 Production Roles
64 After Your Hangout On Air
Chapter 6: Communities
66 What are Communities?
67 How to Participate in a Community
68 How to Create a Community
69 Moderating Your Community
70 Promoting Your Community
Chapter 7: Photos
72 Why Google+ Photos?
73 Auto Backup
74 Auto Enhance and Auto Awesome
75 Advanced Photo Editing
Chapter 8: Events
77 What are Events?
78 How to Create an Event
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# Internet Security: Safeguarding Your Digital World
In the contemporary digital age, the internet is a cornerstone of our daily lives. It connects us to vast amounts of information, provides platforms for communication, enables commerce, and offers endless entertainment. However, with these conveniences come significant security challenges. Internet security is essential to protect our digital identities, sensitive data, and overall online experience. This comprehensive guide explores the multifaceted world of internet security, providing insights into its importance, common threats, and effective strategies to safeguard your digital world.
## Understanding Internet Security
Internet security encompasses the measures and protocols used to protect information, devices, and networks from unauthorized access, attacks, and damage. It involves a wide range of practices designed to safeguard data confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Effective internet security is crucial for individuals, businesses, and governments alike, as cyber threats continue to evolve in complexity and scale.
### Key Components of Internet Security
1. **Confidentiality**: Ensuring that information is accessible only to those authorized to access it.
2. **Integrity**: Protecting information from being altered or tampered with by unauthorized parties.
3. **Availability**: Ensuring that authorized users have reliable access to information and resources when needed.
## Common Internet Security Threats
Cyber threats are numerous and constantly evolving. Understanding these threats is the first step in protecting against them. Some of the most common internet security threats include:
### Malware
Malware, or malicious software, is designed to harm, exploit, or otherwise compromise a device, network, or service. Common types of malware include:
- **Viruses**: Programs that attach themselves to legitimate software and replicate, spreading to other programs and files.
- **Worms**: Standalone malware that replicates itself to spread to other computers.
- **Trojan Horses**: Malicious software disguised as legitimate software.
- **Ransomware**: Malware that encrypts a user's files and demands a ransom for the decryption key.
- **Spyware**: Software that secretly monitors and collects user information.
### Phishing
Phishing is a social engineering attack that aims to steal sensitive information such as usernames, passwords, and credit card details. Attackers often masquerade as trusted entities in email or other communication channels, tricking victims into providing their information.
### Man-in-the-Middle (MitM) Attacks
MitM attacks occur when an attacker intercepts and potentially alters communication between two parties without their knowledge. This can lead to the unauthorized acquisition of sensitive information.
### Denial-of-Service (DoS) and Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) Attacks
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1. An Introduction to One of Today’s
Newest Online Communities
GOOGLE+ FOR BEGINNERS
2. Introduction to Google+
One of the newest social networks, Google+ is
Google’s latest attempt at social networking. If you
use other Google products, such as Gmail, you’ve
probably been prompted to join. According to Google
CEO Larry Page, the site has 100 million active users.
In comparison, Facebook, the most popular social
network in the world, claims to have 845 million
active users.
Google+ offers a unique way of connecting with your various contacts,
allowing you to send group messages to particular social circles you
designate, such as “family,” “coworkers,” and “friends.” Google+ gets
that you act and communicate differently depending on the setting and
that when it comes to social networking Facebook’s “one-size-fits-all”
approach might not be best for everyone!
3. Google+ users can:
• Find and add friends and find and follow companies, entertainers, politicians, and more.
• Create profiles with information about personal interests, job history, education, and location.
• Create and share photo albums, status updates, and events.
• Share videos, links to online articles, and more.
• Send instant messages and private messages and post public messages or messages to friends.
• Play online games.
• Video chat and video conference for free.
• Use privacy settings to control what information is shared with whom.
• “Check in” to physical places online.
• Create free pages for their business.
• Search Google+’s public posts to see what other users are saying and sharing about any given
topic.
Google+ Features
Unlike signing up for accounts on other social networks, you do NOT have—or use—an
existing email address to sign up for a Google+ account.
When you create a Google+ account, you will be creating a Google account, which you
can use to access other Google products, including Google’s email service, Gmail. If
you already have Gmail, you can create a Google+ account through Gmail.
4. +1: A way of showing your support for a friend’s status update, or a way of
following a company’s Google+ page. This is the equivalent to Facebook’s “like.”
Hangout: A Google+ video chat or conference.
Hashtags (#s): Denoted by a # in front of a word, hashtags are a way to link your
update to an index of updates on related topics. Ex: #NYC, #reading, #worldcup,
#GOP, and so forth.
Circles: A way of organizing your contacts into groups, such as “friends,”
“neighbors,” “college friends,” etc. Following is not mutual. You may add someone
to a circle, but they may not add you.
Stream: An activity feed of all of the latest information and updates from the
people and companies you’re following.
Trends: This is a list of the top phrases being used on Google+ at any given
moment.
Must-Know Google+ Vocabulary
5. Google+ Homepage
This is a feed of all the recent
activity from the accounts you
follow on Google+. It is unique
to your preferences.
Google+ will also show popular
posts and topics from accounts
you are not following—ones
that are “trending,” or “viral,”
on Google+. See below.
6. Google+ Profile
The profile page shows a stream of your personal updates. You can click
“About,” to see your profile information; “Photos,” to see photos you’ve
uploaded and been tagged in; and “Videos,” to see videos you’ve uploaded
and been tagged in. You can click “View as…” to see what your profile looks
like to your different contacts. You can click “Edit Profile,” to change your
basic biographical information.
7. Important Google+ Buttons and Functions
Click on the home icon or the “Google+” icon at any time to get to your
personalized Google+ homepage.or
or
Click on the profile icon or your profile picture and username (and click “View
profile”) to visit your profile.
“Explore” will take you to up-to-the-moment popular stories, accounts, posts, and trending topics
on Google+.
Clicking on “Hangouts,” will take you to where you can set up a free video chat with up to nine of
your Google+ contacts. All participants must have webcams on the devices they are using. You can
also search for existing “Hangouts” by topic of interest.
“Photos” will take you to an index of all the photos you’ve uploaded and been tagged in.
Clicking on “Circles” will take you to an index page of all the groups of followers you have created,
and all of the individuals who are following you. Remember, following, or adding to “circles,” is not a
mutual relationship.
You can choose which other functions appear here in this
“More” shortcut, including pages—if you create a page for
your business and link it to your personal account, you can
switch to that account here by selecting “Pages”; selecting
“Games” will take you to a list of game apps you’ve added.
8. More Important Google+ Buttons and
Functions
The default of your homepage feed will be “All,” or
all activity. The next choices will correspond to
names of your circles. “More” will take you to a
menu of your other lists. The benefit of this, is you
can see all of the updates from your friends in one
place, sites you like in one place, and so forth.
This search bar is at the top of every Google+ page.
It will show you relevant results related to people,
posts from your contacts, popular posts from
people you don’t necessarily follow, and typical
Google search engine results.
This spinning wheel is a shortcut to
several Google+ tools, most
importantly, the place where you can
change your profile settings—
including your password, name,
default language, and more.
The square next to your name is the notifications box. It indicates the number of updates
waiting for you about things like friend requests, photos tagged of you, and so forth. If you click
on it, it will take you to a list of recent notifications. This is important if you do not want email
notifications. You can then be notified of all new activity here.
If you click on “+ Share,” you will find a shortcut for writing a status update or sharing a
message with one of your contacts or circles.
If you click on your profile picture, you will find another place to access your profile settings.
Additionally, you will be able to view your profile, add an account, and sign out.
This is another
place to start or
join a hangout, or
video chat.
9. More Important Google+ Buttons and
Functions
•+1 - A way of showing your support for an
individual’s status update.
• - A way of sharing an individual’s status
update with your own contacts.
• The video camera icon is a way of creating a
video chat around a given status update.
You will see these symbols when you are writing an update or taking
actions on Google+. If you select “your circles,” only people you are
following (not people who are only following you) will be able to see the
update. Extended circles, allows your contacts and their contacts to see
your update. “Public” means anyone who accesses Google+ and products
that use Google+ data may see your activity.
11. Note: You do not have
to share your real
name, gender,
birthday, phone
number, country, or
email address.
Your name and
username do not have
to be the same. Your
Google+ username will
also serve as a Google
account and Gmail
account. Your
username and
password do not have
to be the same as
another email address
you may have. Your
password must be at
least eight characters
in length.
Create a Google Account
12. The Fine Print
You do not have to
check this box. If you
leave this box checked
on your personal
computer, every time
you log in, it will set
this website as the
default page that loads
when you open the
Internet.
You must agree to Google’s “Terms of Service,” and “Privacy
Policy,” to create an account by checking the first box. Learn
more about Google’s Terms of Service:
http://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/terms/ and Privacy
Policy: http://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/.
You do not have to check the second box. If you do, you will see
custom results in Google search results, catered to your Goolge+
interests and social circles’ interests, and you will see
information about your Google+ contacts when you visit other
websites and your Google+ contacts may see information about
you on other websites. The kind of information they will see
includes things like if you’ve shared the article on Google+ or
followed the company on Google+. Learn more:
https://support.google.com/plus/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer
=1152622.
13. Confirm Your Account
Confirm your name and gender for
your “public profile,” necessary for
creating your Google+ account.
Once again, decide whether you
want what you share on Google+
available on other Google and non-
Google websites.
Your new Gmail address is confirmed. Now
continue with creating your Google+ account.
14. Find People to Follow on Google+
Use the search box to browse for friends,
companies, and more via Google+. You will
only be able to find their profiles if they allow
their profile to be shown in these results, and
only if they’re using their real names.
You can also search your email contacts, to see
if any have joined Google+.
You can skip this step by clicking “Continue.”
15. Google+ Will Suggest Featured Users
by Category
Note: If you click
“Follow,” you will
follow all of the
profiles in that
featured group.
If you want to
follow only one of
the accounts, click
on the profile
picture for that
account.
You can skip this
step by clicking
“Continue.”
16. Fill Out Basic Profile Information
You do not have to fill out any of this
information or use a profile picture. You can
skip this step by clicking “finish.” You will have
the option to edit, change, or add this
information—and tweak what information is
public and what is not—whenever you like.
17. When You Follow an Account on
Google+, It Will Be Added to a “Circle”
You might see this message if you do not follow
any accounts.
This is an index page of all the groups of followers you
have created, and all of the individuals who are following
you. Remember, following, or adding to “circles,” is not a
mutual relationship. Google+ has default “circles,” but
you don’t have to use these—you can add, rename, and
delete circles at any time.
You can find contacts here by typing
their name in the “Add a new person”
field or the “Type a name field.”
18. Adding a Follower to a “Circle”
Select a profile, then drag the item by moving your cursor
to either an existing circle of your choosing or an empty
circle. If you add it to an empty circle, Google+ will
prompt you to give the circle a name.
19. Following and Adding Someone to a Circle
Hover over the account’s profile
picture and select “Follow.” Check the box next to an existing
circle and the new contact will be
added or click “Create a new
circle.”
To create a new circle, type the
desired name and click “create.”
The new contact will be added.
20. Writing a Status Update or Message
You can write an
update at any time,
by visiting the
homepage, and
typing a message in
the box that says
“Share what’s new…”
Additionally, you’ll find a
shortcut to post a
message by clicking “+
Share.”
You can write messages to just yourself, one individual, one group, many individuals, many groups, or to be visible to the
public. Each time you write a message, you can customize the audience. A message can consist of text, a link, photo(s),
and/or video(s).
21. Edit Your Account Settings
Click on your profile button
at the top of any Google+
page and click on “Account”
or click on the spinning
wheel icon on the
homepage and click on
“Settings” (shown above) to
get to this page.
Here you can change your password, email address(es)
associated with the account, linked accounts, language,
privacy, sharing settings, and more.
22. Edit Your Privacy SettingsTake some time reading through each of the different sections. You can have very customized privacy
settings, so explore your options and see what is a best fit for you.
23. Using the Hashtag
To use a hashtag, type the
pound sign (#) immediately
followed by a word or phrase,
with no spaces.
Clicking on a hashtag will take
you to an index page of all the
updates that have used that
hashtag recently. This is a great
way to track topics of interest.
Using hashtags is a way to have
your updates discovered.