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iPhone 6 and 6 Plus Go On Sale in U.S. and Canada to Huge Lines
Following launches in a number of other countries around the world earlier today, the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus have now begun going on sale in the U.S. and Canada, with 8:00 AM Apple launch times in the eastern and central portions of the countries having already occurred.
As expected, supplies of the iPhone 6 Plus have been tight in some cases, although perhaps not as low as originally thought. Apple's own stores appear to have the strongest supplies of the iPhone 6 Plus, with carrier stores in some cases having barely a handful of units to distribute.
iPhone 6 line at Toronto's Eaton Centre Apple store snaking through multiple levels (via @KristinaParts)
Lines at most stores, particularly Apple's own locations, are long in most cases, despite the company having offered pre-orders for delivery this year. As of 6:00 AM, the line at Apple's flagship Fifth Avenue store in Manhattan stretched for twelve city blocks, according to Business Insider
. Other locations are obviously seeing shorter lines, but many customers are reporting lines numbering in the hundreds at their stores.
Some MacRumors forum members are updating their statuses in our iPhone 6 Launch Meetups forum while others are sharing their thoughts in our general iPhone forum as the launch continues.
For those with pre-orders going out for delivery today, our forums remain busy as users track their orders minute-by-minute. MacRumors forum members in the U.S. are generally organizing in one of a number of threads depending on where they ordered from.
- The "I just bought/ordered/shipped/received my new iPhone 6/6 Plus" thread
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- T-Mobile.com preorder thread
- ATT Pre-order status
- VZW Order Status Thread
- Apple.com Pre-order thread
Those who already received their iPhones can post first impressions in our forums of their iPhone 6 or iPhone 6 Plus.
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Photos posted throughout social media present each $599 Pixel 7 and $899 Pixel 7 Pro telephones affected by the difficulty. Owners are reporting being quoted anywhere from $200 to over $400 to repair the harm, although others say Google has agreed to conduct repairs under warranty.
There’s no definitive data obtainable as to what’s inflicting the breakages. But one recurring theme is customers saying they found the cracked glass after taking the cellphone from a heat to a chilly location. One Twitter user says they discovered it after going from a 16 diploma Celsius room outdoors the place it was -2 levels, whereas another owner on Reddit says they discovered the glass “spontaneously shattered” after taking the cellphone for a stroll in -15 levels Celsius.
“Was walking the dog during a cold snap last week (below 0F / -15C) and took out my phone to take a picture. Noticed a bunch of glare / reflections, so I went to wipe off the camera lens and the glass was already shattered. I found shards of glass in my pocket,” Redditor u/blazers_n_bowties wrote. “Google Support of course refuses to do anything about it. They say the phone can’t be warrantied because of the ‘physical damage.’”
It’s an unlucky difficulty for a pair of handsets that in any other case felt like strong enhancements over their predecessors once we reviewed them final October. “The Pixel 7 is a heck of a deal for someone who wants a flagship Android phone without paying flagship prices,” my colleague Allison wrote. “With its extra bit of polish and that telephoto lens, the 7 Pro is a good option for someone who wants the best of what Android offers — without all the excess of the Galaxy S22 Ultra.” There was additionally no signal of the sluggish fingerprint scanner seen with the Pixel 6.
Google didn’t instantly reply to The Verge’s request for remark, however we’ll replace this text with any response.
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Racking up awards from your peers in the blow-molding sector is a sure sign you’re on the right path in bringing innovation to the marketplace. Among the top part winners lately (discussed below) are Plastics Technologies’ bottle-in-bottle package for semiconductor production and a fuel tank by Kautex Machines that allows parts to be placed inside it during the molding process.
Not to be overlooked, of course, are the trends in materials and machines that are every bit as essential as milestone products. A survey of some members of SPE’s Blow Molding Division reveals the most notable advances in this area.
Materials and Machines
“Europe uses a lot of bimodal polyethylene for blow molding, while in the USA the bimodal resins haven’t been used to any great extent,” says Terry Glass, treasurer of the Blow Molding Division and a technical strategy leader at Braskem. “Bimodal HDPE resins have better performance versus unimodal HDPE resins, but they also have different processing characteristics that require new molds and tooling. Industry in the USA is built around unimodal polyethylene resins that have very different die swell properties.”
While Europe typically uses bimodal resins in smaller applications, the high volume of unimodal polyethylene products (milk jugs, oil-quart containers) in the USA means there isn’t as much economic incentive to retool for lower volume applications, Glass explains.
The challenge domestically, he asserts, is that blow-molded products made for the European market will have to be made with bimodals to be competitive. While a push to export polyethylene will spur investments in production plants in the next five years, “I don’t know that there are going to be any domestic markets for blow-molded bimodal-type resins.” It seems likely, he says, that as blow-molding production equipment wears out in the USA, converters are likely to retool to take advantage of bimodal resins—but these conversions will be slow.
Bimodals typically have much better environmental stress crack resistance. “You can also lightweight a little bit—maybe 10 to 15%—and maintain the same top-load properties.” Smaller containers (one to two gallons) could be a segment that benefits from the use of bimodals.
Biopolymers are also gaining traction. Braskem “is promoting sugarcane-based polyethylene for blow-molding applications in the USA,” Glass says. “These are being used in niche applications where the brand owner or consumer recognizes the value a renewable feedstock resin brings.” Such resins are finding their way into segments like health and beauty, home care and specialty-food packaging.
“We’re one of the first places to stretch blow-mold polylactic acid,” says Scott Steele, councilor and finance-audit-nominations chair of the Blow Molding Division and president of Plastic Technologies. “There is work going on in laboratories to learn how to blow mold some of these biopolymers and convert them into useful articles.”
In terms of machines, all-electric blow-molding equipment is gaining ground in Europe as a way to improve energy efficiency and precision while avoiding the costliness of maintaining hydraulics. “Energy in the USA is much more affordable,” says Gary Carr, marketing chair for the Blow Molding Division and director of sales for Bekum. Therefore, that cost consideration doesn’t drive adoption of the equipment.
“It is more driven by the desire to eliminate hydraulics and the associated maintenance and potential contamination. When a hydraulic system has a leak, it can be pretty messy to clean up.” But “you’re seeing increased awareness of all-electric technologies, and the marketplace in North America is starting to seek more information on it. It may become more prevalent.”
Performance-wise, all-electric machines “can arguably be slightly faster,” Carr notes. “The downside is they are typically going to be more expensive.”
As a maker of extrusion blow-molding equipment, Bekum deals primarily with olefin-based materials (high- and low-density polypropylene). “Half the total blow-molding material usage is PET,” Carr says. “PET is overwhelmingly produced with injection-molded pre-forms and then either reheat-and-stretch blown or, in what’s called a single-stage machine, indexed into the blow station. PET extrusion blow-molding has been getting a lot of attention in the past five years. That allows us to make bottles with handles that cannot be produced from an injection-molded pre-form.”
A challenge for equipment makers, Carr says, will be to “make operation of the machinery smarter in terms of trying to minimize complexity—making it more self-regulating and self-adjusting. What we find in the plant environment in the manufacturing world is that the level of technical skill sets may not be keeping pace with the technological improvements.”
Besides maintaining performance, repeatability, and accuracy, cost containment will be a significant motivator. “The packaging sector is a very price-sensitive market segment,” Carr stresses. “If you can save a gram of material over millions of bottles, it’s a big deal. That’s an area that machine builders and processors will be converging on to get those increased performance efficiencies.”
Methods and Marvels
The more unique advancements in blow molding, Carr says, “are often in the large-part arena,” like structural components, table tops, and seat backs (potentially even made with carpet in the mold). Thanks to blow molding, “a hollow part can be very light-weight, yet with good design, can be quite strong.”
That magic combination of form and function has been exemplified by Plastic Technologies’ multiple-award winning BrightPak Liquid Dispenser with collapsible inner liner. Not only was the package honored at the 2013 Annual Blow Molding Conference (ABC 2013), it earned accolades in SPE’s new “Plastics for Life” competition at ANTEC® 2014 in April (see also p. 23 of the June Plastics Engineering).
BrightPak represents a trend “in reheat stretch blow molding in that people are starting to use the process to make more technical parts than just bottles that hold soft drinks and liquid detergents,” Steele says. What his company has achieved “has been well-addressed in the extrusion blow molding side of our business” Steele notes, “but for us it’s a new area we’re exploring: How to make dispensing packages and parts that have multifunction or multicomponent characteristics.”
The dispenser “is an engineered package, a technical part that is more challenging than a traditional application,” Steele explains. “The way (our customer) wants to dispense this product is to blow a bottle in a bottle and collapse the space between the two to force the product out through the connection to the inner bottle.”
While that idea is being used, for example, for beer kegs in Europe and is a staple in the aerosol industry, “we’ve worked hard on the solution of how to make the inner bag collapse appropriately, as well as work with a more difficult-to-blow material on the inner wall called PEN (polyethylene naphthalate) that’s compatible with the products the customer wants to use.”
Durability is key. “The products put in the BrightPak are very expensive,” Steele says, “so [the customer] doesn’t want that thing to break. We’ve done a lot of rigorous testing; it is engineered to withstand a lot more severe conditions.”
Another recent award winner is Kautex Machines’ innovative blow molded fuel tank, which also earned honors at ABC 2013. “It’s something we came up with a few years ago that is going to be put in production very soon with our partner, Vitec,” says Chuck Flammer, vice president of North American sales for Kautex. “It’s a method of inserting parts inside the fuel tank as the parison is coming out of the head hot, versus previous ways where they used to put things on the outside of fuel tanks and weld them on, or weld inside the fuel tank after the tank is molded.”
Kautex’s method reduces emissions, Flammer says—an important outcome given the EPA’s more stringent regulations on the automotive industry. “This can be used on every type of fuel system today.”
While there were previous methods of inserting parts into the fuel tank, Flammer recalls, “the fuel tank had to be a certain shape to have enough room inside to stick these pieces up through the end of the empty parison. Today we cut the parison 360 degrees all the way around the fuel tank, open it, and put everything inside.”
Kautex makes 80-85% of all fuel tank machines in the world, Flammer notes. “We’ve been working on different technologies for different customers; this is a technology we’ve developed ourselves.” The machinery required “is retrofittable on all our equipment, so it doesn’t have to be a dedicated machine for this process; we have components on the machine and in the mold.”
In the future, “we can probably have customers come up with an internal structure they can insert into a tank to strengthen the sides of it and lower the wall thickness to make it lighter. The real concept now is to be able to put baffles and other normally exterior devices inside the tank. It does allow for more fuel to be put into the area the fuel tank takes up, because all your parts are inside. We’re not making room on the outside for these parts; therefore, we have a little more volume in the tank for the same projected area inside the vehicle.”
SPE’s 30th Annual Blow Molding Conference will take place October 5-7, 2014, in Chicago, Illinois, USA; learn more at www.blowmoldingdivision.org.


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While SO.F.TER’s natural fiber reinforced compounds are not new—this is the third year that the company is showcasing these products—they are, say the company, entering a new phase. “Before, we were in the development phase,” said a spokesperson at the company’s booth at the Fakuma trade show, which is taking place this week in Friedrichshafen. “Now, we are entering the industrialization stage.”
Italy-based SO.F.TER Group is one of the largest independent compounders worldwide, with a product range extending from thermoplastic elastomers to engineering plastics. The company has developed its Polifor NF product line, based on polypropylene reinforced with natural fibers, in close collaboration with a Tier 1 supplier working with an automotive company, who was interested in the benefits natural fibers could offer.


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NORTH TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) - For the first time, online black Friday shoppers passed the 100 million mark, according to the According to the National Retail Federation.
Many Americans turned to online shopping to avoid crowded stores. Now the United States Postal Service is working to prepare for a busy holiday season.
"They [our carriers] get ready for this so sometimes it could be 10 or 12 hour days," said Albert Ruiz of USPS.
Normally USPS gives a prediction of how much mail volume they will see for the upcoming holiday. But this year, because of the increase in online orders, they said it is impossible to anticipate.
To keep up with the deliveries, the service has hired seasonal workers, added extra transportation, and is delivering seven days a week.
Plus, you may see carriers around twice a day, delivering packages in the mornings and mail in the afternoons. They say that's typical this time of year, but with more people working from home, they want everyone to be aware of their extended hours.
"During the holidays we come in at six, and we get off around seven or sometimes, eight o'clock," said Titus Brown, a carrier with USPS for 18 years. "Here recently, we've been having to wear headlights, to make sure we get all the mail out because of the mail volume."
"We want to make sure that every person receives that holiday gift that they're expecting and that's one of the reasons we're asking our customers to make sure that they mail their packages early this year," said Ruiz.
USPS says a key shipping date to keep in mind is Dec. 15. Mailing by that date should ensure your packages get delivered by Christmas.
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Maxxis Tyres has awarded Bang in the Middle with its communication mandate. The appointment comes as Maxxis invests in building relationships with consumers and brands in India. As per the mandate, the agency will create consumer campaigns.
Maxxis Tyres has invested over $400 million for its first manufacturing facility in Sanand, Gujarat in India. According to the company, India is a key priority market for Maxxis globally and is slated to play a crucial role in realising its vision to become one of the top 5 tyre companies by 2026. Presently, Maxxis serves as an OEM tyre supplier to Honda Motorcycle and Scooter India, Hero Moto Corp, Suzuki Motors India and Yamaha Motors. In 2018, Maxxis announced a strategic partnership with HMSI to provide co- branded Maxxis tyres in both HMSI and Maxxis dealerships.
For Bing-Lin Wu, marketing head, Maxxis Tyres India, India is a big opportunity and it opens a plethora of prospects for Maxxis and we are aggressively increasing our footprints here. “We are committed to delivering to our customers in India world-class products and services that they expect and deserve. As we build our offerings in India and to further amplify our positioning in the Indian market, we have tasked ‘Bang in the Middle’ to drive preference for Maxxis Tyres,” he added.
Maxxis is a very challenging brief considering the brand presence and heritage, Naresh Gupta, managing partner, Bang in the Middle, said. he further added that the aim is to create campaigns that will make consumers prefer Maxxis Tyres.
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The 2019 Women’s World Cup is underway and luckily for cordcutters, you can catch all the action without a Pay TV subscription. Most major matches will be broadcast on FOX, so to watch Team USA play, all you need is an over-the-air antenna. For matches on FS1, there are plenty of live streaming options to subscribe to, most of which offer free trials.
In article published by Cord Cutters News, they explore how you can take cord cutting even further by getting rid of your Internet. Spoiler alert: they suggest getting an antenna as the cheapest, easiest solution.
This weekend, the US Open airs on FOX. Which means you can watch the top golfers play at Pebble Beach for free with an antenna. Want to live stream the US Open? There are plenty of streaming services to choose from too!
This week, Cord Cutting Report featured Leaf Glide in an updated review. Leaf Glide remains one of the most powerful indoor antennas they’ve tested, and they also note Glide’s strong VHF/UHF reception capabilities. The review closes with this note:
“The Leaf Glide may be a worthy investment if you are restricted to use an indoor antenna, and live in a part of the U.S. where you’ve struggled to get major networks like NBC, CBS or ABC.”
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More than a dozen wheelchair and seeing-eye-dog users rallied in the steamy weather today outside e-hail app Uber‘s Manhattan offices, complaining that the company’s drivers do not have cars that can accommodate disabled passengers—and accusing the tech firm of discrimination.
Just a little more than a week after the billion-dollar California-based company triumphed over Mayor Bill de Blasio’s attempt to cap the number of new for-hire cars on the road, members of the Taxis for All Campaign protested what they said was a lack of Uber vehicles that have the space and ramps needed to take on wheelchairs and other mobility equipment. They noted that the company is being sued in its home state for alleged violations of the anti-discrimination Americans with Disabilities Act.
“We can’t get a ride. Nobody in a wheelchair can get a ride with Uber,” Brooklyn resident Jean Ryan said, recalling an Uber driver who refused to take her aboard. “As soon as he saw the wheelchair, he took off.
Uber drivers are legally independent contractors, not employees—though the company skims 20 percent from their fares—and many use their personal vehicles to transport passengers.
Bill Perry of Manhattan, who told the Observer he has used a wheelchair since being wounded in the Vietnam War, argued that the largely unregulated Uber is unfair to the traditional yellow cab industry, to drivers and to people with disabilities.
“If disabled people aren’t getting a fair shake, nobody can get a fair shake,” he said, though he admitted he personally does not use cabs often. “I would certainly like people in the same boat I’m in to have the same service and a fair shake.”
The Taxis for All Campaign sparred with the city’s regulator Taxi and Limousine Commission for more ADA compliant yellow cabs for years, ultimately winning the promise that 50 percent of the traditional taxis would be accessible to the disabled by 2020. The demonstrators today said they feel they must fight the same battle over again now with Uber.
“At least with the yellow cabs, we had some headway after all the years of campaigning. But with the Uber, we’ll just have to do the same,” said Milagros Franco, who works for the Brooklyn Center for the Independence of the Disabled. “They have no accessible vehicles. They’re a multi-million dollar company and they have the nerve to come out with cars that are not accessible. It’s insulting.”
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ADMIRAL was launched in 1993, selling insurance direct to the public over the telephone. Ten years on, the Cardiff-based business still sells car insurance - but the way it does this has changed considerably.
Admiral saw the potential of the web as a tool to reach more customers and make more sales when it launched its first web site in 1995.
The company has kept apace of e-commerce developments, to make sure it can take advantage of them and create more business.
The growth of the internet allowed it to launch new brand elephant.co.uk, which enables customers to handle all their insurance needs over the internet.
In March 2002, Admiral also launched a new, completely separate company - Confused.com - which finds the cheapest car insurance quote from 32 out of the 34 motor insurance underwriters in the UK. Quotes are then e-mailed to the customer.
Chief executive Henry Engelhardt said, "The internet is an ideal media for Admiral. It is a relatively inexpensive way to promote our goods and services and sell insurance.
"Customers like it because they can use it to compare quotes from several companies and buy insurance whenever and wherever they have access to the internet."
He said the main benefits the company has derived from the use of e-commerce are the growth of the company and the increase in sales and turnover.
It now has more than 700,000 customers - 325,000 of whom bought their insurance online.
This year Admiral expects to bring around 200,000 new customers to the group from the internet.
The company has nearly 1,500 staff at two sites in Cardiff and Swansea.
"It is unlikely that it would have grown this much if it still only sold insurance over the telephone," said Mr Engelhardt.


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Media blockchain company says it has witnessed substantial growth in user numbers from the MENA region
Bolt, the revolutionary digital focused video content ecosystem, is set to launch operations in the Middle East in the second quarter of 2020.
Founded in 2017 by tech-entrepreneur and innovator, Jamal Hassim, and Twitter’s former head of content, Christel Quek, the media blockchain company said it has witnessed substantial growth in user numbers from the MENA region particularly for football and cricket over the last 12 months.
This demand has prompted the company to set up its MENA operations from the GCC from where Bolt will be focused on implementing the blockchain, wallet and cryptocurrency operations to support its global user base.
Bolt seeks to establish and carry out product development, marketing, content development and aggregation in the GCC with a key focus on amplifying its sports content strategy.
Bolt said it will also partner with the HiSense Group, the Chinese multinational electronics giant, in the GCC region to carry development activities.
Hassim, founder and CEO, said: “We are delighted to announce the launch of Bolt’s operations base in the GCC. The MENA region is one of the fastest growing markets for us, especially with football and cricket related content amongst the most sought-after by the region’s userbase. We are therefore seeking to better serve our growing members from the MENA region by launching our operations in the GCC.
"We are also looking set to unleash blockchain and crypto revolution in the region though our innovative products and help contribute to the region’s vibrant economy. This is an exciting chapter for the Bolt story.”
He said Bolt was founded with a mission to empower unbanked and underbanked users from emerging and developing markets who are often left out of the information superhighway.
By using blockchain technology, it offers a digital token and wallet and leverages low-bandwidth streaming to decentralise the access to information and entertainment to the masses.
The company has recently announced several efforts to bring sporting spectacles from around the world to the often-underserved masses, including the English Premier League, ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 and the 2019 Rugby World Cup.
Bolt is also an official media partner for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics being held between in July and August.


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We got a few more details on Windows Phone 7 Series on Monday from Microsoft’s MIX10 conference for developers.
We got a partial list of upcoming apps and app makers. We know the mobile operating system will do push notifications and GPS location, plus support multitouch, accelerometers, cameras and microphones. No huge surprises there.
Microsoft told us it has now released a number of free app-developing tools, some final and some in beta. And we know developers only have to focus, at least at first, on two screen sizes.
But there were a few other interesting tidbits that came out of a media debriefing later in the day.
First, as I mentioned in my earlier report, Windows Phone 7 will support trial versions of applications. During the post-keynote briefing, Todd Brix, Microsoft’s senior director for Mobile Platform Services Product Management, said the development tools will allow developers to easily put limitations on the apps for trial versions. That way, developers don’t have to write two different versions of the same app.
Microsoft will continue its business model for the app Marketplace for Windows Phone: developers will get 70 percent of the revenue, Microsoft will keep 30 percent. Users will be able to pay by Visa, Mastercard or through their wireless carrier, Brix said.
In-app commerce, however, will not be supported at initial release. So, no direct purchases via an Amazon app, for instance, or no virtual-gold bartering for “World of Warcraft”-type games.
The marketplace will be mainly accessed via the devices themselves. Brix said Microsoft will have more news in the coming months about support for internal enterprise app catalogs, so companies can distribute software to their employees without putting them in a public marketplace.
Additionally, Brix said Microsoft will make an announcement in the next couple of months about music integration, presumably Zune. Certainly the phones will be sync-able with the desktop Zune software. (ZDNet’s Mary Jo Foley confirmed that.)
She and CNET’s Ina Fried also report that Windows Phone 7 will support multitasking, but only with the core Microsoft applications. It sounds similar to the Apple iPhone, which has built-in multitasking that’s limited to apps that come with the device.
And finally, Windows Phone 7 will support proximity sensors. But the API (application programming interface) for that will not initially be accessible to developers at launch, which is set for the holiday season.
MIX10 continues Tuesday and Wednesday from the Mandalay Bay hotel and casino in Las Vegas.


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On Monday, Taylor Swift announced plans to launch her own clothing and merchandise line for the Chinese market in partnership with JD.com, one of the country’s leading online retailers. The move is mainly to combat the prevalence of unauthorized Swift merchandise in the country, where she only holds six of eight patents for her own namesake.
But, as The Guardian points out, Swift may be running into a political minefield while doing so. Understandably, most of her more recent merch contains her initials, T.S., and 1989, the name of her latest album. But both of those things, especially side-by-side, mean very different things in China. 1989 was the year of the Tiananmen Square massacre and, of course, the initials T.S. could also be read as a stand-in for the location where hundreds were killed in pro-democracy protests. The Chinese government is highly sensitive to any mention of the event, and censors the date on all social media sites.
A promotional video posted to Weibo features Swift saying “Ni hao” to all of her Chinese fans, plus a preview of some of the merchandise that will be available in the market, which features both “1989” and “T.S.,” though curiously never on the same item.
It’s possible that Swift’s team may have sidestepped this controversy altogether — the 1989 album is sold in Chinese stores, after all, with T.S. and 1989 proudly placed next to each other on the album artwork. But a look at Swift’s official merch shop for the rest of the world shows bracelets and other apparel that contain only the initials and the date, and could come to represent something completely different separated from the context of the album cover.
Swift’s Chinese merch shop won’t launch until the beginning of August, so there’s no way to tell just yet if the potentially censorable items will be available in the country.


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Trial workshops will run in London and Leeds and aims at helping small businesses boost digital presence
Vodafone UK has launched a series of digital skills workshops in London and Leeds aimed at helping small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) boost their digital footprint.
The trial series of workshops will be conducted in partnership with digital skills company Freeformers and kicks-off with the first of two one-day sessions in Leeds today (July 14).
According to the Office of National Statistics, SMEs make up 99 per cent of all UK businesses, but a third of them do not have an online presence at all. This reduces sales opportunities, according to Vodafone.
For every SME that is trained at the workshop, a 16-25 year old will be trained for free at the session.
Vodafone UK head of small and SME business Jonathan Kini said: “It is no surprise that the way we do business is changing. This is driven by more and more transactions happening online and by customers’ changing expectations.
“Customers want to be able to engage with businesses through multiple channels and to receive fast, responsive and quality customer service 24/7.
“Therefore SMEs need to adapt and be ready to take advantage of the online opportunities and benefits of being a digital business and not risk losing out by falling behind the digital curve.
We are really pleased to be launching this new initiative which will help many more SMEs become ‘Ready Businesses’.”


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Remember recently we added a Smart Car to our fleet? Well, we’ve doubled down and this time, it’s ELECTRIC!
Sixt rent a car of Santa Rosa, California is proud to offer the 2016 Smart Car Electric Drive with service now inside the terminal at The Charles M. Schulz – Sonoma County Airport (STS). This electrified Smart Car helps avoid gas station lines simply by plugging into any normal household electrical outlet at a cost of only about $1.20 a day. (Grounded and professionally installed 120 volt electrical outlets are strongly recommended.)
“We wanted everyone to drive around in the wine country in an EV,” said Sixt rent a car franchise owner Steve Schneider demonstrating the charger on video. “There’s EV charging stations everywhere.” Continue reading


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Get ready to stream the new sci-fi show starring Jason Momoa on Apple TV Plus.
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Matt Elliott is a senior editor at CNET with a focus on laptops and streaming services. Matt has more than 20 years of experience testing and reviewing laptops. He has worked for CNET in New York and San Francisco and now lives in New Hampshire. When he's not writing about laptops, Matt likes to play and watch sports. He loves to play tennis and hates the number of streaming services he has to subscribe to in order to watch the various sports he wants to watch.
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Here's what you need to know to start streaming See on Apple TV Plus.
Watch this: Apple shows more of See starring Jason Momoa
How do I stream See on Apple TV Plus?
All Apple TV Plus programming, including See, is streamed exclusively to subscribers via the Apple TV app. The app is available on pretty much all Apple devices, including
, Mac computers and the
The Apple TV app is also available on select non-Apple TV devices, including:
Subscribers will also be able to watch Apple TV Plus on the web at tv.apple.com.
Sorry, Android owners -- the Apple TV app isn't available on any mobile devices except iPhones or iPads. That means Apple TV Plus subscribers with non-Apple
will need to stream to their mobiles via the web, rather than in an app.
Apple says the TV app will become available "in the future" on smart
from Sony, LG and Vizio. It hasn't mentioned availability on other TV platforms, such as Chromecast.app.
The show was created by Steven Knight, who was nominated for an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay for the film Dirty Pretty Things. Francis Lawrence, director of three of The Hunger Games films, will helm the first three episodes.
Who's in it?
In addition to the aforementioned stars Momoa and Woodard, Apple says that the show "features cast and crew who are blind or have low vision, who helped bring this inclusive and authentic world to life."


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The new framework will support the phasing out of new petrol and diesel cars from the public sector fleet.
Scotland Excel’s first-ever electric vehicle charging infrastructure framework has gone live to support the country’s aims to achieve net-zero emissions by 2045.
The framework will enable councils and other public bodies to source the supply, installation and maintenance of electric vehicle charging points from companies who have been through the tender process and are ready to do business.
A total of 33 suppliers – all UK based – have joined the first-generation framework. They each now have the opportunity to secure a share of the business, which is expected to be worth £80m over four years.
Julie Welsh, chief executive of Scotland Excel, said: “I welcome the launch of this new contract that will give councils and other public organisations the support they need to efficiently source the range of products and services needed for the supply, installation and maintenance of electric vehicle charging infrastructure.
“With sustainability at its core, this framework will underpin the Scottish government’s drive for net zero by 2045. It will support councils in their efforts to reduce emissions from council fleets by phasing out new petrol and diesel cars in the coming years.
“It will also bring significant opportunities for the businesses that have secured a place on the framework, which includes 18 Scottish suppliers – 12 of which are Scottish SMEs.”


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Bittorrent Now officially out on iOS and Apple TV
The best thing is Bittorrent Now is not using any peer-to-peer technology like other torrents. So, users can stream their content directly from Bittorrent's servers.
New Delhi: After launching it for Android last month, BitTorrent has today released its streaming app BitTorent Now for iOS and Apple TV.
A number of publishers came forward. On this platform you can enjoy free, ad-supported as well as paid content which you can live stream or even save for latter. BitTorrent claims that a variety of publishers have signed on to share content on the BitTorrent Now platform, including The Onion, Super Deluxe, and IHeartComix.
According to Tech Crunch reports the app allows users to folllow their favourite artists, create playlists see what's trending on BitTorrent community as a whole and receive curated recommendations.
BitTorrent Now is entirely legal and the content on the app comes from the BitTorrent's own platform BitTorrent Bundles that was launched in 2013. The app also supports background play on iOS.
The best thing is BitTorrent Now is not using any peer-to-peer technology like other torrents. So, users can stream their content directly from BitTorrent's servers.


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Joining Google and Tencent, social media giant Facebook and online payment company PayPal have invested in Gojek, 5 years old Indonesian startup. ‘’The investment will boost Southeast Asia’s digital economy and accelerate digital payments adoption among small businesses.’’, Gojek said.
Gojek, an Indonesian super app providing more than 170 million users in Southeast Asia with transport, food delivery, online payment, logistic and many other services, just announced that Facebook and PayPal have joined Google, Chinese tech giant Tencent and the other investors in startup’s fundraise.
Companies didn’t share any financial information about the investments. However, according to Reuters, Facebook now has a 2.4 stake and PayPal owns a 0.6 stake in Gojek’s payment system ‘’GoPay’’.
Matt Idema, Chief Operations Officer at WhatsApp, said that Gojek would work with Facebook’s messaging app WhatsApp in order to support small businesses. And PayPal said its payment capabilities would be integrated into Gojek’s services.
This is great validation that the world’s most innovative tech companies recognise the positive impact Gojek is making in Indonesia and the whole of Southeast Asia. By working together, we have the opportunity to achieve something truly unique as we aim to help more businesses to digitise and ensure that many millions more consumers are enjoying the benefits that the digital economy can bring.Andre Soelistyo, Co-CEO of Gojek
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An Israeli company that specializes in helping law enforcement agencies break into cell phones announced it has found a way to break into any iPhone ever made, as well as many Android phones.
Cellebrite was the company the FBI used in 2016 to hack into the iPhone of the San Bernardino shooter after Apple refused the US government’s request to build a backdoor into its famously secure operating system.
The new product enables a full file system extraction, allowing, in effect, a copy of the phone’s data to be transferred to a client’s computer.
Cellebrite’s technology does not work remotely. It requires a specially designed device to be physically connected to the phone being hacked.


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BT has updated its key person income insurance product so that it will now cover more Australian businesses.
Launched in May 2014, BT said the key person income insurance product was developed specifically for business so they can continue to operate in the event key persons become disabled due to sickness or injury.
Now, following direct feedback from advisers, BT has made updates to the original product so that cover can be extended to cover Australian businesses.
According to BT the updates will mean the product is now available for businesses with up to 40 full-time (or part-time equivalent) employees, where it was only previously available to business with 20 full-time staff.
Further BT has expanded the business ownership and income generation percentage criteria for business owners and employees.
Previously to be a key person, the individual needed to be responsible for between 25 per cent and 75 per cent of the business’ gross profit – this has now been increased to 20 to 80 per cent.
Also, the number of key persons eligible for cover has been increased to five.
Commenting on the updates, BT national manager of life insurance products Scott Moffitt said the sudden absence of a key person can have a serious impact on business income and cash flow, causing disruption and uncertainty.
“Key person income gives business owners peace of mind during what can be an intensely difficult period, and we're pleased to be making this insurance solution available to more Australian businesses,” he said.
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Mumbai: The Tariff Authority for Major Ports (TAMP), India’s tariff regulator for the 12 Union government-owned ports, is facing stiff legal opposition from container terminal operators to its moves to reduce the fees the operators charge customers.
Speedy Multimodes Pvt. Ltd, a private container freight station operator at Jawaharlal Nehru Port, has filed a writ petition against the tariff regulator’s decision to cut its tariffs by 15%. “We have filed a writ petition in Bombay high court against the TAMP order,” said Speedy Multimodes managing director S. Krishnamoorthy.
This is the second such incident in recent times when a service provider has approached the court against an order of the tariff regulator. Earlier, PSA-SICAL Terminals Ltd had filed a writ petition in the Madras high court against the regulator’s decision in September 2006 to cut tariffs at its container terminal in Tuticorin Port by 54%. The court has since quashed the order and has asked the regulator to pass a fresh order within eight weeks on a representation made by PSA-SICAL.
A container freight station is an off-dock facility that decongests a port by shifting cargo and customs-related activities outside the port area. Speedy runs the largest such operation at India’s busiest container port, Jawaharlal Nehru Port, in Navi Mumbai.
It had filed a proposal with the tariff regulator in November last year to hike rates for the services rendered at the station by 88-151%. But, after studying the proposal, the regulator decided to slash the rates rather than grant a hike. “The existing tariff if continued for the next three years would provide Speedy with a surplus of Rs28.39 crore. This authority, therefore, decided to effect an across-the-board reduction of 15% in the existing tariffs,” TAMP said in a notification dated 23 July.
The previous rate of Rs1,350 per TEU (twenty-foot equivalent unit) was approved by the tariff regulator in 1998.
Speedy Multimodes was awarded the contract to maintain, manage and operate the 120,000 TEU capacity station and buffer yard owned by the port for 20 years starting 1 January 2006, which is extendable by another 10 years depending on the performance of the operator. A TEU is the standard size of a container and is a common measure of capacity in the container business.
There are 18 such operators, including Gateway Distriparks Ltd, AllCargo Global Logistics Ltd and Balmer Lawrie & Co. Ltd that service the Jawaharlal Nehru Port, which handles more than 60% of all the container cargo moving through all Indian ports. But Speedy manages the only container station whose tariffs are regulated by the regulator. Speedy’s 54-acre facility is owned by the Union government-owned port.
Speedy had argued in its proposal that the existing tariff that was set in 1998 was “wholly inadequate” to meet the cost of running such a station and was “unviable” for any operator. It said that the operating costs had gone up significantly since the rates were last revised in 1998.


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German consumer confidence will gain for the first time in five months in July as rising wages outweigh growing concerns that the sovereign debt crisis is damping economic growth, GfK SE (GFK) said.
The Nuremberg-based market research company today forecast that its consumer-sentiment index, based on a survey of about 2,000 people, will increase to 5.8 next month from 5.7 in June. Economists predicted a decline to 5.6, according to the median of 22 estimates in a Bloomberg News survey.
Governments and households across Europe are cutting spending, curbing demand for German goods and hurting growth. German business confidence dropped to a two-year low in June. At the same time, unemployment in Europe’s largest economy is at a two-decade low and workers are winning bigger pay increases, boosting disposable income.
“Evidently there is growing concern that Germany could be drawn further into the downward spiral” created by the debt crisis, GfK said in a statement. “However, Germans regard the international threat as a risk to the economy in general rather than to their personal situation.”
While a gauge of economic optimism slumped to 3 in June from 19.6 in May, an index of income expectations rose to 40.1 from 32, GfK said. A measure of consumers’ willingness to spend increased to 32.7 from 32.
The Bundesbank this month raised its 2012 growth forecast for Germany to 1 percent from 0.6 percent, citing domestic consumption driven by low unemployment.
Still, Metro AG (MEO), Germany’s biggest retailer, in May stuck to a forecast that profit won’t increase this year amid concern that the economy will struggle to grow and consumers will limit spending. Metro shares are down about 18 percent this year.
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The stock market walloped Wal-Mart after publication of a big New York Times expose alleging bribery and a cover-up tied to its Mexico operations. Investors knocked almost 5% off its shares in trading Monday, while the broader market was down only 1%.
And make no mistake, the Times’ report does look pretty damning for the Bentonville, Ark. retailing behemoth. While Wal-Mart deserves a chance to respond and the benefit of any doubt, if employees at Wal-Mart broke laws, they should be punished. Regardless of the norms at work in developing countries, American multinationals must not bend the rules when trying to expand.
Wal-Mart is accused of paying politicians and other politically powerful figures to help approve new stores in Mexico. But while we’re on the topic of companies having to pay the politically powerful for access to markets, can we stop for a moment to examine how things sometimes get done right here in the United States? It’s not uncommon for big box retailers to pony up cash and other unearned benefits in order to break new ground on stores.; what’s different here, however, is that members of our political class often force them to do it. And it’s all perfectly legal.
Consider a recent bill in Maryland, where I live, aimed at big box retailers. Firms like Wal-Mart, Costco, and others hoping to expand operations in wealthy Montgomery County, just outside Washington DC, would be forced to negotiate legally-binding “community benefits agreements” as a condition for building and operating new stores. These sorts of bills are not uncommon when big retailers want to expand or enter into new markets.
The upshot is that politically well-connected local stakeholders – unions, community organizers, and other interest groups – get cash, hiring promises, and other benefits from the retailer in exchange for dropping any opposition to a new store.
Among the possible benefits are “assistance to community organizations and programs.” These organizations can, in turn, use this “assistance” to support the political candidates who push this kind of legislation in the first place.
It’s not bribery, of course; but it’s corrupt nonetheless; and too often it’s politics as usual when it comes to major urban area retail and development markets.
“It’s hard to see how these sorts of political shakedowns of super stores are good for the public interest. They enrich the politically connected while likely breeding cynicism among consumers and voters.” Nick SchulzRegardless of what one thinks of Wal-Mart in particular, or big box retailing generally – I’m in the camp thinking the objective data say Wal-Mart is a long run force for good in society – it’s hard to see how these sorts of political shakedowns of super stores are good for the public interest. They enrich the politically connected while likely breeding cynicism among consumers and voters. It’s a kind of corrupt crony capitalism that does nothing to advance the general welfare and everything to reward those who see politics as a game for extracting rents, rewarding friends, and punishing enemies.
The United States remains one of the least corrupt countries on the planet. But the U.S has room to improve. According to Transparency International (TI), the US is 24th on its Corruption Perceptions Index. That puts the U.S. behind Qatar and Chile and barely ahead of Uruguay (and not much ahead of Botswana).
The Team at TI says “Public sector governance that puts the interests of its citizens first is a responsibility that transcends borders. Governments must act accordingly. For their part, citizens need to continue demanding better performance from their leaders.” So while we need honest dealing from our corporations as they look to expand around the world, we need the same from our political class as well.
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Digital transformation is not only affecting those of us in business, it is also affecting consumers, who increasingly communicate, shop, pay their bills and seek news and other information online.
July 25, 2019 | By Scott Stephens, President
The lead in sentence should read as follows: In pursuing what certifications are important, here is a tip sheet with the security frameworks that address the unique requirements of each industry.
July 10, 2019 | By Scott Stephens, President
A critical consideration today when outsourcing business communications and payment services is security. Third-party providers that offer electronic billing solutions should be carefully vetted to ensure that they possess the highest security standards for storing, processing and transmitting credit cards and ACH payments, including data security, authentication and non-repudiation of bills.
June 18, 2019 | By Scott Stephens, President
Data breaches (whether accidental or intentional) can be very costly in terms of damage to an organization’s reputation, lawsuits and regulatory fines, as well as customer loss. When comes to protecting a company’s data, even a simple mistake like using the wrong size window envelopes can expose customer data, leading to costly regulatory fines and regulations. And when a high profile data breach makes headlines, the damage to a company’s reputation can be permanent.


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When a car travels at 100kmh, 60% of its engine’s power is used to overcome wind resistance. So rather than looking to overpower wind resistance with brute force, Honda decided to outsmart it when designing the all-new Civic Hatch. The result is a sleek, stylish and aerodynamic design that manages airflow around the car delivering better fuel efficiency, greater stability at high speeds and an amazingly quiet drive.
To demonstrate this, Draftfcb Australia created a new TVC called ‘Parachutes”. In a stylish, hyper-real world where every moving object is restricted by a parachute, the eye-catching Honda Civic Hatch glides through the city with an unrestricted sense of ease.
Honda Australia Marketing Manager, Mr. Kevin Lillie, is excited about Honda’s new spot.
“With the Civic Hatch, Honda has created an incredibly stylish solution to wind resistance. In conjunction with Draftfcb, we have created a TV spot that talks about it in a similarly stylish way. And a big thank you has to go to The Sweet Shop and FuelVFX, in particular, who helped create such a magical world”, Mr Lillie said.
Senior Marketing Manager Honda: Kevin Lillie
Advertising Manager Honda: Jason Miller
Assistant Advertising Manager Honda: Melissa Altarelli
Creative Director: Mat Garbutt
Agency Producer: Lisa Ramsey
Art Director: Steve Clarke
Copywriter: Josh Armstrong
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Jack in the Box Inc.’s (JACK) third-quarter fiscal 2013 adjusted earnings of 41 cents per share, beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 38 cents by 7.9% and comparable year-ago quarter’s earnings by 5.1%. Earnings in the quarter received a boost from the company’s margin expansion at Jack in the Box restaurants.
Quarterly revenues fell 1.1% year over year to $350.3 million and also missed the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $366 million by 4.3%. Revenues in the quarter were under pressure due to muted comparable restaurant sales (comps) growth.
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Jack in the Box operates through its quick-service restaurant chain, Jack in the Box, and fast-casual restaurants, Qdoba Mexican Grill.
System-wide comps at Jack in the Box restaurants were 0.1%, with a 1.2% upside at the company-owned restaurants, offset by a 0.3% decline at franchised restaurants. Comps in the quarter were much lower than the year-ago comps of 2.8%. System-wide comps were adversely affected by the adverse weather and slowdown in consumer spending.
System-wide comps at Qdoba’s restaurant increased 1.3%, gaining from 0.5% and 2.1% rise comps at company-owned and franchised restaurants, respectively. The company’s set of sales-driving initiatives boosted the comps during the quarter.
The company’s consolidated restaurant operating margin expanded 40 basis points (bps) year over year to 17.9%, led by an 80 bps dip in payroll and employee benefits costs and better menu pricing, offset by a 40 bps rise in food and packaging costs.
Restaurant operating margin at Jack in the Box were up 110 bps to 16.9%, driven by comps growth and refranchising activities. However, Qdoba’s restaurant operating margin was down 270 bps to 20.6% resulting from lower top line, higher commodity costs and unfavorable impact of product mix.
During the quarter, three Jack in the Box and 11 Qdoba restaurants were unveiled. The company has also acquired 12 Qdoba restaurants from its franchisee while closing down 63 Qdoba stores.
At the end of the quarter, the company had 2,255 Jack in the Box restaurants and 592 Qdoba units, of which 1,729 were franchised. The company plans to unveil 20 Jack in the Box restaurants and 65-70 Qdoba outlets in fiscal 2013.
At the end of the quarter, cash and cash equivalent was $9.8 million versus $10.2 million in the second quarter. Long-term debt, net of current maturities was $359.5 million versus $369.7 million in the previous quarter.
The company bought back 1.4 million shares worth $50.8 million during the second quarter. Currently, $84.7 million worth of shares remain under the existing $100 million share repurchase programs. Jack in the Box has also approved an additional share repurchase program worth $100 million in Aug 2013.
Jack in the Box’s company restaurants are expected to post positive comps growth for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2013. Comps at the Qdoba restaurants are expected to be up 1% as compared with 1.1% in the year-ago quarter.
The company has increased its earnings guidance for fiscal 2013. Adjusted earnings per share are estimated to be within $1.72 to $1.78, up from the previous range of $1.55–$1.65. Earnings in the quarter are expected to get a boost from the company’s higher margin and closure of Qdoba units.
The company has reduced its guidance for overall commodity costs to 2% from 2%–2.5%. The restaurants operating margin is estimated to be 17.0%–17.5%, higher than the previous estimate of 16.0%. Lower commodity costs and refranchising strategy is expected to boost margin in fiscal 2013.
However, the company has slightly lowered its comps guidance for Jack in the Box restaurants due to sluggish industry sales trend. The company expects comps to grow by 1% at these restaurants, lower than the previous estimate of 1.5%–2.5%. However, the company continues to expect that Qdoba company restaurants’ comps will be flat to up 1% in fiscal 2013.
After a weak quarter, Jack in the Box has succeeded to post earnings growth thanks to its cost-effective strategy and the trend is expected to continue ahead. Further, this Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) company is trying effortlessly to improve its sales through a series of initiatives. We expect the company to perform better benefiting from its refranchising activities and the transformation of ownership at the higher-margined Qdoba units from franchised to the company level.
Some other players in the restaurant industry which are expected to perform well, going ahead, include Burger King Worldwide, Inc. (BKW), Buffalo Wild Wings Inc. (BWLD) and Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc. (CBRL). All these companies carry a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy).
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A SCOTTISH mum is still ill 16 months after suffering suspected food poisoning on a dream holiday.
Uzma and Usmaan Hussain took their first holiday abroad with sons Esah, four, and one-year-old Emaad – but they both fell sick after eating at a hotel restaurant.
The couple, from Falkirk, spent the rest of the trip to Sharm el-Sheikh in Egypt taking it in turns to use the toilet due to stomach cramps, sickness and diarrhoea. Since returning, Uzma, 28, has been ill. After tests, doctors told her she is likely to be suffering from irritable bowel syndrome that could last another two years.
Last night, she said: “This is a living nightmare. I am still living with the effects of this every day a year and a half after getting back. Some days I am up, others I am bed-bound with illness, which is really hard with young children.”
Usmaan, 31, booked their £3666 trip to the Sensatori hotel with Thomson. But problems started after they ate in the hotel restaurant.
Shop owner Usmaan said: “Although there was some flies by the open fridges where the salads were, we didn’t think anything of it.”
Hours later, the pair became sick. Usmaan added: “We have never felt so ill in all our lives. We met other couples who had been ill after visiting the same restaurant.”
Now the pair are suing Thomson for compensation.
Travel lawyer Andrew Tarling of Simpson Millar solicitors the UKs leading travel legal firm who is handling their claim said: "This ordeal has been terrible for the Hussain family from start to finish especially Uzma.
"She is still suffering awful effects and complications to this day and this is having a drastic effect on family life. Hotels need to do more to make sure their hygiene standards are consistent and food is served well cooked."
Last night, a Thomson spokesman said: “We are sorry to hear of the Hussains’ experience.
“Thomson closely audit all resorts to which we operate to ensure health, hygiene and comfort levels are maintained in line with industry standards.
“As this case is now subject to legal proceedings, it would be inappropriate for us to comment further.”


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TeraView Secure Sale of First Terahertz Machine Into Africa
TeraView has secured the sale of its first machine into Africa with an order from the National Research Centre in Egypt. Selected for its quality, flexibility and ease of use, it is the first turn key terahertz unit in Africa and is an increasing sign of the globalization of the companies technology
“We are obviously pleased with the continued spread of the technology” said CEO Don Arnone “We now have machines operating in over 33 countries. Users, in Industry and Academia, are increasingly seeing the potential of the technology and we continue to rise to the challenge of producing equipment that meets their needs.
Like many, we also believe in the potential of Africa and see this sale as a first step in developing partnerships that can help this potential be realized”
Terahertz light lies between infra red and microwaves, and as such has unique properties which enables it to pass through objects and to transmit images and compositional (spectroscopic) information that is ordinarily hidden. Terahertz is non destructive, safe and fast, making it the ideal inspection and imaging modality for many applications across a range of industries. TeraView has demonstrated the potential of terahertz technology in a number of applications including the detection of hidden weapons and explosives in security screening, monitoring the quality of pharmaceutical drugs, high value coatings used in automotive and other industries, as well as medical imaging of cancer.
TeraView is the world’s first and leading company solely focused upon the application of terahertz light to provide solutions to customer issues. A spin out from the Toshiba Corporation and Cambridge University, TeraView has developed its proprietary technology across a number of markets. These include fault analysis and quality assurance for semiconductor chips used in mobile computing and communications, as well as non destructive inspection of high value coatings used in the automotive, pharmaceutical, food and solar industries. With the largest number of systems in the field, as well as applications know-how made available to customers via a team of dedicated scientists using intellectual property and knowledge in peer-reviewed scientific publications, TeraView is uniquely placed to deliver the business benefits of terahertz to customers. Headquartered in Cambridge UK, sales and customer support are available throughout the Far East, North America and Europe either directly or through a network of distributors.


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Indiatimes is shutting down its free email service currently being offered at email.indiatimes.com. The service has stopped accepting recent users and people visiting the website are being warned of the service’s imminent demise.
While email services from Indiatimes and Rediff were popular a few years back, the rise of Gmail has seen Google remove lion’s share of email traffic in India. Some people have stuck around with Yahoo and Hotmail but it’s unusual to see someone sporting @Indiatimes or @Rediffmail email address anymore.
As MediaNama notes, it is expected that the company feels the cost required to keep the service alive no longer justified the return, hence the decision to shut it down.
Existing users are being warned to backup any data before 18th February 2013, the proposed shutdown time of the service.
It is not clear how the users are expected to back up their emails. It would have been nice of Indiatimes to either offer one-click backup of emails to all users or allow POP3/ IMAP for all accounts until shutdown, and offer detailed instructions to users on how to backup their emails.


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Less than a third of new iPhone buyers bought the iPhone X in the first month that the flagship iOS smartphone was released, analysts claim, with pricing and skepticism blamed for the cautious uptake. Apple has been reluctant to share how new iPhone sales broke down in 2017, with the Cupertino firm even suggesting that, as it has never had three new handsets launching pretty much simultaneously before, even it was uncertain how consumers would behave.
The reality, at least according to analyst firm Consumer Intelligence Research Partners (CIRP), is a combination of caution and prudence. They’ve taken a stab at figuring out which iPhone was more popular in the first thirty days of iPhone X availability, 9to5Mac reports, and have concluded that in that period around 30-percent of sales were of the iPhone X.
In contrast, the iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus made up approximately 40-percent of sales, CIRP says. Whether that’s a triumph or a problem is unclear right now, CIRP’s Josh Lowitz suggests, given Apple’s own uncertainty. However, “based on the heightened publicity, we suspect some disappointment” in iPhone X demand, he theorizes.
There are a few factors that bear considering, of course. For a start there’s supply levels, with initial limited iPhone X availability undoubtedly forcing some who would’ve been among the earliest of adopters to instead wait until their model of choice was back in stock. In contrast, even from the start Apple seemed to have no issues with iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus supplies.
For CIRP, though, one of the most probable factors is that would-be buyers simply weren’t convinced that the $1,000+ iPhone X realistically did more to justify its price premium over the more affordable iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus. The two other new iPhones for 2017 were released a little over a month in advance of the iPhone X, but CIRP believes some customers waited to see feedback on the more expensive phone before settling on its cheaper siblings.
“After Apple announced the new phones in September, iPhone buyers waited to buy anything until after the release of the iPhone X,” CIRP suggests. “They evidently wanted to see what a thousand-dollar phone looks and feels like, and then in many cases bought the seven hundred dollar phone.”
It’s interesting to look at these figures in contrast to those calculated by analysis firm Flurry, which earlier this week released its numbers on smartphone demand in the run-up to Christmas Day 2017. In that seven day period, Flurry says, 14.7-percent of new device activations were of iPhone X, compared to 8.7-percent being iPhone 8 Plus, and 8.1-percent being iPhone 8.
While that might indicate a dramatic skew down, however, there are sizable caveats involved. CIRP’s numbers relate only to US sales of iPhone, whereas Flurry’s concern worldwide activations. That’s most visible in the demand for what US consumers might consider “legacy” devices, like the iPhone 6, which figure strongly in worldwide activations because of its relatively affordable price tag, but was far less prevalent in the US.


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Doccombe Global Logistics Joins The Palletline Network
Palletline has welcomed a new member to its palletised distribution network; Doccombe Global Logistics.
The company, which operates its fleet from Downton near Salisbury in Wiltshire, provides UK and European pallet deliveries alongside other services including worldwide freight forwarding.
John Underhill, Managing Director of Doccombe Global Logistics said: “We are delighted to be joining Palletline and look forward to working with the company and its membership. There is a natural synergy between us, which recognises that the customer comes first, and a mutually beneficial business association is a cornerstone of sustainable success.”
Iain Brown, Operations Director of Palletline said: “Palletline has experienced an unprecedented period of growth, with record volumes passing through the network over recent months. The addition of Doccombe supports our plans for further growth and cements our presence in the South West region. We are very much looking forward to working with a business which shares our ethos and commitment to service excellence.”
The move comes at an exciting time for Palletline, which recently announced an expansion of its services and introduced PLUS Logistics. PLUS Logistics will offer the UK and Europe a new range of contract logistics services including warehousing and storage, through the night, pick and pack and consolidation services through to click and collect.
Iain Brown commented: “Doccombe itself offers its customers additional services to pallet delivery and there will hopefully be further opportunities to work together as PLUS Logistics establishes itself.”


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COLUMBUS, IN – Medium and heavy duty classes 5-8 orders were at healthy levels again in September. Total net orders for Class 8 were 24,842 units, up 31% year over year. Classes 5-7 net orders, at 19,486, rose to their third strongest level since early 2008. These results were published in the latest State of the Industry report, recently released by ACT Research Co. (ACT). The report covers Classes 5 through 8 vehicles for the North American market.
“The past couple of weeks have seen volatility in equity markets, but key economic and freight data points relating to commercial vehicle demand continue to trend positive,” said Kenny Vieth, ACT’s President and Senior Analyst. Speaking to the strength in Class 8 order4 activity, Vieth noted, “Through year-to-date September, net orders have been booked at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 349,000 units, a rate above the 328k orders booked in the past 12 months.”
Concerning Classes 5-7 net orders, Vieth said that compared to a year ago, net orders were up 15%. “Within this segment of the market, trucks fell 4% y/y, but buses rose 156% and RVs rose 31% year over year,” he said. “With housing activity generally trending sideways in recent months, so too have medium duty orders and backlogs.”
ACT is the leading publisher of new and used commercial vehicle (CV) industry data, market analysis and forecasting services for the North American market, as well as the U.S. tractor-trailer market and the China CV market. ACT’s CV services are used by all major North American truck and trailer manufacturers and their suppliers, and worldwide banking and investment companies. For more information on ACT, please visit https://www.actresearch.net.


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Rexam has collaborated with Holsten Pilsener to launch a new limited edition can celebrating the German beer brand's sponsorship of Hamburger Sport-Verein football club.
Banning multi-buy promotions for alcohol, implemented in Scotland in October 2011 as part of the Alcohol Act 2010, failed to reduce the amount of alcohol purchased, says a new study.
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More than a million people admit that they drink and drive once a week, according to figures released to mark the launch of this year's 'Designated Driver' Christmas campaign by Coca‑Cola.
Smurfit Kappa CRP has been awarded 'corrugated pack of the year' at the UK Packaging Awards for its Miller Brand's water resistant 18-bottle cooler pack.
UK-based independent high street wine and beer merchant Oddbins is set to introduce its own bottled ale, Oddbins No 1.
- UV Sriracha Vodka by Phillips Distilling Company
- River Cottage launches EPA beer
- Cutty Sark launches Prohibition Edition Blended Scotch Whisky
- Camra chief executive responds to sale of over 200 Marston's pubs
- Freeze and Squeeze Parrot Bay Cocktails from Captain Morgan
- Searcys Champagne bars to help sight-saving charity Orbis
- Granite City Food & Brewery to voluntarily deregister its common stock
- A gallery of new drinks for November 2013
- Baileys Vanilla Cinnamon from Diageo
- Thunder Toffee Vodka gets listing with Aer Rianta
- Bloom releases limited edition Sloe Bloom Gin
- Fuller's reveals rosebud-infused Imperial Stout


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Welcome to this week’s episode of How It’s Played! Apex Legends dropped suddenly by Respawn Entertainment, but it has gained a wide range of players. How will EA handle this new popular title under their possession? Will this finally end Fortnite’s reign? All of this and more on this week’s episode of How It’s Played.
After having their most profitable year yet, Activision Blizzard laid off eight percent of their employees last week.
On this week’s episode of How It’s Played, we discuss an unusual Super Bowl advertisement. That’s right, Microsoft released an ad about their newest controller, the Adaptive Controller. How does this controller meet the needs of gamers with disabilities? Will their competitors respond with any similar products? All of this and more on this week’s episode of How It’s Played.
This week, Russ Pitts, Editor-in-Chief of Escapist Magazine, published an op-ed on a subject that many had not thought about since it occurred almost five years ago, Gamergate.
Welcome back to this week's episode of How It's Played. On this episode we are discussing the recent breakup between Activision and Bungie. What caused all of this between the two companies and what does it mean for the consumers going forward? Are we going to see more big companies like these two have fallouts like the one here? All of this and more on this week's episode of How It's Played.
Welcome to the first episode of Esports, Etc., hosted by Ball State's Cardinal Esports in collaboration with Byte! On this episode, we talk about the industry of Esports, its fan base, and why it’s a for a large amount of people. This episode is directly aimed at an audience unaware and without knowledge of competitive gaming.
In preparation for the highly anticipated release of Kingdom Hearts 3 on December 29, Disney Parks has opened a pop-up shop in their lakefront shopping center Disney Springs.
With the holiday season rolling around, a great last minute gift to grab is a video game. Even those who aren’t super game-inclined can get a lot of use out of a new game console or new game. The only question is deciding which games are naughty (read: terrible) and which games are nice. Here’s a quick guide to great game purchases this holiday season.
Disclaimer: This playthrough is based on the PS4 version of the game. This copy of the game was provided by the developer for review purposes.
In this week's episode of How It's Played, we are discussing cross-platform gaming. Sony finally caved to allowing cross-platform gaming in Fortnite. What does this mean for the gaming community? What all does cross-platform entail? All of this and more on this week's episode of How It's Played.
In this week's episode of How It's Played, we are discussing the epidemic of open-world games. This includes the many issues that plague these games and some of the major benefits of the genre.
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If you missed out on this year’s Gamescom, don’t worry. We’ve got you covered. There were a lot of exciting reveals with loads of games and hardware being shown off. Here’s a list of the what was presented at Gamescom:
Multiple shooting fatalities have been reported by local news outlets in Jacksonville Landing, Florida as a mass shooting occurred at a Madden Football video game Tournament. Vic Micolucci with WJXT news reported that four people have been killed with 15 victims total according to the latest reporting by CNN. Survivors have been taken to multiple area hospitals.
Nintendo’s abandonment of the traditional E3 press conference has been a huge boon for the company. No longer tied down by audio issues and strange gameplay demos, the company can focus on neatly produced game showcases, and give proper time and attention to bigger titles. With some showstoppers like a new Smash Bros, Metroid Prime 4, and the next mainline Pokemon games coming soon, Nintendo had a ticket for the best show in town. If only they actually showed those showstopping titles, aside from Super Smash Bros.
Sony had set the tone for their conference early in the week by announcing they would be revealing five new games coming to PlayStation in the five days leading up to E3. With some smaller announcements out of the way, Sony left time in their conference for some big reveals, so let’s take a look at what they showed off.
Ubisoft had a very positive 2017. Sure, For Honor had one of the roughest launches for an online game in recent memory, but the year quickly turned around for Ubisoft. Assassin’s Creed: Origins boasts some of the best reviews since Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag, setting the series on a more positive course. Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle was hailed as an unexpected success on the Switch. Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon opened to tepid review scores, but updates and patches have transformed the game. Ubisoft has also had success this past year with the release of South Park: The Fractured But Whole and Far Cry 5.
Square-Enix, despite being a long time publisher and developer with dozens of franchises under their wing, has spent very little time with E3 press conferences. Their last E3 showing was three years ago, where they showed trailers that were already shown at Sony’s conference that year. With two long-awaited titles in Kingdom Hearts 3 and Final Fantasy VII Remake finally happening (eventually), Square has a lot to show, with room for plenty of surprise announcements. If fans are expecting something on the level of Microsoft yesterday or Sony later tonight, they’re going to be disappointed.
Bethesda’s theme at E3 this year was “create”. They wanted to create something unique and new that nobody was expecting them to do. And while some things like Rage 2 had been leaked beforehand, there were still plenty of huge surprises Bethesda had yet to show off. I, for one, can’t wait to play Skyrim on my Etch a Sketch.


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MediaPost: A Note To The Video Advertising Industry - Take Control Of Your Destiny
By Vijay Rao, Sep 7, 2011
Each May, the television Upfront rolls around -- the cue for the online video industry to confidently proclaim that this is the year savvy advertisers finally see the light of day, break the shackles of tradition, push back on the dictatorial terms of the TV networks and liberate themselves by moving monies into online video.
This year, of all years, was supposed to be special, with past rejections forgotten. With TV ratings supply down, advertisers were greeted with the prospect of double-digit CPM hikes. Throw in increased DVR/VOD viewership (does anyone watch commercials anymore?) and audience migration to three-screen devices, and surely 2011 was going to be different. Heck, even Yahoo made a bold prediction about going after Upfront monies.
Yet every September, just like Bill Murray's character in "Groundhog Day," we in the video biz wake to the realization that nothing has changed for the rank and file. Sure, dollars have migrated to Hulu and the network's O&O sites. But it's more akin to switching allegiance from Saks to Bloomingdale's in the spirit of economizing, than representing a monumental shift in video approach. So, much like Murray's character, perhaps it's time for the video ad industry to self-reflect and conduct an honest appraisal of who we are and where we're going.


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Earlier today, Bloomberg claimed that some companies were interested in purchasing Square Enix. And, apparently, this article forced Square Enix to issue an official statement. According to the company, these rumors are false and there are no such plans right now.
As Square Enix stated, it does not consider selling off the company or any part of its businesses. The company has also not received any offer from any third party to acquire the company or any part of its businesses.
It will be interesting to see what will happen in the future. After all, no one believed that MS would acquire Bethesda a couple of years ago.
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Artisan market moves to Stones River Mall
MURFREESBORO – Stones River Mall is looking for vendors to sell their homegrown and handmade goods this fall at the new Market at the Mall, a producer-only farmers and artisan market.
Starting Oct. 5 with a theme of “Homegrown, Handmade and Heartfelt,” the market will be held from noon to 4 p.m. on the first Sunday of each month. It will be located behind Shoe Carnival and Bink’s Outfitters, alongside Robert Rose Drive.
“Our mission is to provide producer-only healthy, fresh foods, horticultural products, and handmade art to the residents and visitors of Murfreesboro and Rutherford County,” said Melinda Noblitt, marketing manager for Stones River Mall.
Noblitt said the market’s goal is to increase local commerce, while providing entertainment to shoppers and exposure to local producers and artisans.
“Market at the Mall allows us to effectively enhance the quality of life in Rutherford County by providing a community activity which fosters social gathering and interaction,” she said.
Market at the Mall provides an outlet for local vendors to sell their products during the winter season. This is especially beneficial to those producers who relied on the Rutherford County Farmers Market’s extended season, which was recently canceled.
In addition to traditional farmers market vendors, Market at the Mall will offer an array of locally handmade wares, including soaps, jams, artwork and jewelry.
Market at the Mall is currently accepting vendor applications for the 2014-2015 season. The cost is $40 per month, or $200 for all six markets, reserved and paid for in advance. In the event of inclement weather, the market will be moved indoors.
Stones River Mall has commissioned the help of local producer, Nina Hanson, who will manage Market at the Mall.
As partner of Hanson Farms, she has experience in the industry and strong ties to the farming community.
After seeing a need for a market in Lascassas, Hanson also established the Lascassas Farmers Market earlier this year at Lascassas Feed Supply.
“I believe in the local economy, in supporting local farmers and businesses. It’s really important for consumers to realize farmers don’t just work in the summertime; their work is season-long,” Hanson said.
Hanson also hopes shoppers will learn to incorporate seasonal produce into everyday cooking and says Market at the Mall can expose them to local producers and farmers.
“The old adage, ‘Shake the hand that feeds you.’ rings true,” she says. “It is extremely important to shake the hand of the person who grows and prepares your food. I believe in that.”
Each monthly market will be themed, Noblitt explained.
Patrons can get in the spirit of the season at October’s harvest festival themed market, complete with pumpkin painting and live music.
In November, shoppers are invited to bring dog and cat food donations for Rutherford Pet Adoption and Welfare Services. The local animal shelter will bring its mobile pet unit for on-site adoptions, and Paul Mitchell — The School Murfreesboro will showcase its line of pet-friendly products.
Market at the Mall will host a Toys-for-Tots toy drive in December, then highlight healthy cooking and fitness demonstrations in January.
All things loving and heartfelt will abound in February, while March’s market will focus on springtime gardening.
“We invite local families to join us each month for this special event,” Noblitt said. “Market at the Mall is more than a farmers and artisan market. It’s about spending time with your loved ones, investing in the local community and meeting your neighbors.”
Contact Michelle Willard at 615-278-5164 or email@example.com. Follow her on Twitter @MichWillard.
Market at the Mall Dates & Themes
Oct. 5: Harvest Festival
Nov. 2: Rutherford County P.A.W.S.
Dec. 7: Toys for Tots toy drive
Jan. 4: Healthy lifestyle choices
Feb. 1: Love
March 1: Gardening


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Russia: in 2013 the seaports reduced grain shipment volumes by 23%
In 2013 the seaports of Russia reduced the volumes of grain shipment by 23.4% compared with the previous year - to 18.3 mln tonnes, announced the Association of Sea Commercial Ports of the Russian Federation on January 14.
At the same time, in 2013 there was observed an increase of mineral fertilizers shipment - up 24%, to 12.9 mln tonnes.
In 2013 the general cargo turnover at the Russian seaports increased by 3.9% compared with 2012, and totaled 589 mln tonnes.
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As of October 1, Russia harvested 95.8 mln tonnes of grains – Rosstat
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In 2015 Russia to produce 96-104 mln tonnes of grains – Rusagrotrans
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Rosselkhoznadzor banned the imports of all varieties of Ukrainian plant growing products
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In October Russia to export 3.5-3.6 mln tonnes of grains – Rusagrotrans
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On October 22, Russia purchased over 15 thsd tonnes of grains to the intervention fund
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In January-September Russia doubled grain exports - Rosstat
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Russia harvested over 106 mln tonnes of grains
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Pure digital radios to get music download tech
Imagination Technologies, the company behind the Pure Digital radio brand, is to build music download technology into future products to allow listeners to buy copies of songs they've just heard.
And since Imagination makes DAB digital radio components for other manufacturers too, there's a good chance the download system, developed by media group UBC, will be available to an even broader range of listeners.
UBC's technology, now called Cliq, was launched a year ago as a trial service linked to Heart FM. Cliq essentially sends out an encrypted version of the song the host radio station is currently playing, along with the code needed to allow the listener to buy it. Purchased songs can be transferred to a PC and to compatible media players.
Imagination claimed Pure has more than 20 per cent of the UK DAB radio market and it's technology can be found in a good portion of the rest, so expect to see Cliq support in a wide range of radios when the service finally goes live on a commercial basis.
Unfortunately, UBC wouldn't say when that will take place, though it did claim more radio listeners will be able to make use of Cliq than folk who today tune into Heart. Cliq is also currently available via Virgin Media's Lobster phone, reviewed here.
Pure will certainly promote the service, not least because Imagination is going to be taking a cut of the revenues taken by UBC from song sales. Neither company would say anything more about the financial terms underpinning their partnership.