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The company, which counts Jet Airways, IndiGo, TinyOwl and Faasos among its clients, has a GMV run rate of $2 billion.
"We process more than four lakh transactions a day compared with about 300 in January 2011 when we started operating," B Amrish Rau, MD of Citrus Pay, told PTI.
This means it's doing roughly 12 million (1.2 crore) transactions per month with an average ticket size of around Rs 600 a day.
It has over 5,000 merchants and 15 million registered users, of which about 3 million are active users.
"In the next 24 months, we will grow our registered users to 25,000," Rau said.
The firm has three focus areas, which include merchant payment services, consumer wallets and its direct-to-consumer app Cube, a personal payments manager that tracks, pays and reminds users of their bills.
Besides focusing on merchants that deal in high-value transactions rather than services like mobile recharge, the company is looking at servicing hyper-local and small businesses.
In December 2013, the Mumbai-based company had raised about $5.5 million from E-context Asia, a Japanese online payments firm, and Beenos Asia Pte, a subsidiary of Japanese e-commerce and incubation company Netprice, with participation from existing investor Sequoia Capital.
Prior to that, it has raised USD 1.8 million from Sequoia Capital in January 2012.
Citrus competes with other payment solutions, including One97's Paytm Payments, ibibo Group's PayU, ZaakPay and PayPal, among others.
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“He said there’s no way they could fit the freezer door in,” Karen Walter said.
Karen, a local musician, said she hit a sour note when she found out the new refrigerator she had purchased wouldn’t fit in her kitchen. She said she ordered the wrong style GE refrigerator but didn’t find out until after it was delivered to her home.
“They can not install it, they asked if I had space in my garage and I said yes, I do,” Karen said.
So, Karen’s new refrigerator sat unboxed in her garage. Karen said she asked the delivery crew if they would take the fridge back so she could buy the right size.
“They said we can’t do that without an order from Home Depot,” Karen said.
When Karen called Home Depot, she said she was told it was up to the delivery company. Weeks later, Karen still had a brand new refrigerator in her garage, a broken one in her kitchen and no one to make the switch.
“I’m stuck in the middle and I still don’t have a working refrigerator,” Karen said, “It’s just sitting there in my garage, in perfect condition.”
Karen reached out to NBC 7 Responds and we reached out to Home Depot’s corporate office. Two days after our call, crews arrived to pick up Karen’s refrigerator and give her a full refund.
In an email, Matthew Harrigan, spokesperson for Home Depot, told NBC 7 Responds, “We apologize to Ms. Walter for the misunderstanding. We have one of the most customer friendly return policies in retail, so this shouldn’t have happened and we appreciate the opportunity to make it right.”

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TRADING watchdogs are going to war on the `yob culture' of binge drinking on the streets.
They plan to end the misery to communities by hitting drink retailers hard.
An undercover operation in Cheshire seeks to weed out offending off-licences which sell booze to under-age drinkers.
The crackdown will be spearheaded by the county's new Age-restricted Products Officer, who will tackle illegal sales of drink, tobacco and solvents.
Cheshire Police are backing the drive and there will also be school projects to raise awareness of alcohol abuse.
Community Member, Elspeth Wallace, said: "Under-age drinking on the streets is widely perceived as the most serious type of problem drinking.
"It creates a yob culture which brings misery to communities and carries the real danger of sucking young people into a cycle of alcohol abuse.
"Under this crackdown, we will be stepping up our test purchasing and backing it with a two-pronged education programme, aimed at retailers and young people."
The new Licensing Act 2003 will increase penalties for under-age sales of drink and make it an offence to sell alcohol to an under-18 anywhere.


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Sportswear brand Nike is throwing its weight behind the Women’s World Cup with a custom in-store activation and digital tool designed to enable fans to produce personalised posters of themselves as a football star.
Flagship stores in London, Paris, Berlin and Amsterdam will all participate in the experience, supported by an online tool at Nike.com for those unable to get to their nearest store.
Delivered in partnership with Unit9, specialists in technology-driven marketing innovations, the campaign invites participants to step inside a bespoke booth from where they can have their photograph composited against a backdrop of cheering crowds.
Further personalisation is made possible with the inclusion of individual straplines with the resulting visual presented as an A2 print and digital copy.
Unit9’s managing director, Rosh Singh, said: “We always enjoy working direct with Nike on in-store activations because it gives us a chance to unite all our multidisciplinary skills. But it’s particularly satisfying to contribute to a campaign that inspires and empowers our next generation sporting talent, particularly female athletes.”
The most impactful posters will be showcased on a display board at Piccadilly Circus on Sunday (16 June).


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The Top 5 Dapps at the Binance Good chain have exceeded 283k in unique active walletsBinance Smart Chain Now hosts 63.63 million distinctive addressesBinance Coin (BNB) has hit a new all-time high of $439 with no signs of slowing down
The Highest FIVE decentralized programs on the Binance Good Chain have reached over 283,430 unique lively wallets in the last week. that is according to information shared through the group at DappRadar which also named the 5 Dapps as Pancake Swap, Smooth Swap, Pancake Bunny, Soteria Finance and Autofarm. The list can be discovered within the following infographic courtesy of DappRadar.
Pancake Switch Did Just About 900k Transactions in a Day
In specific, Pancake Swap treated a record-breaking 900k transactions the previous day, April eighth, with the team sharing the fulfillment through the next tweet. to notice is that the 900k transactions are 400k shy of Ethereum’s overall transactions in the similar period of time of 1.3 million.
#PancakeSwap’s router had just about 900k transactions yesterday.
For reference, the whole of the $ETH blockchain had 1.3M transactions the day gone by. pic.twitter.com/43Ly7ubMXr
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Korg, Moog make synth apps free in response to the SARS-CoV-2 virus
With the new coronavirus forcing most of us to stay at home, we are all going to be looking for things to do to keep us entertained. Enter Korg and Moog, which have both made a couple of their popular synth apps available to download for free for a limited time.
The SARS-CoV-2 virus is wreaking havoc across the globe thanks to the illness it causes, COVID-19 (short for coronavirus disease-2019). As a result, people are going to be spending a lot more time at home for the foreseeable future and will be needing to keep themselves occupied. What better time, then, for aspiring musicians to create the next hit song?
Thankfully, a couple of leading synth apps are being made available for free to users for a limited time. The Moog Minimoog Model D synth app for iOS has been made free to users for an unspecified time, which is great if you’re into making retro-inspired dance tunes. Based on the original Minimoog Model D from the 70s, the Moog synths have been used on plenty of hit tunes over the years including Nine Inch Nails’ ‘Head Like a Hole’ and Portishead’s ‘SOS’.
Also available free for a limited time is Korg’s Kaossilator app for both Android and iOS. Android users have until March 20 to download it while iOS users have until March 31 to get it for free – not bad as the app normally retails for US$20. Originally made in 2007, the physical Kaossilator featured hundreds of synthesizer voices and sound effects from guitar tones to drums. It also featured a looping function, all of which have been replicated in the app.
If you happen to make a worthwhile tune using either app, why not post a link in the comments section below? It’s not like we haven’t got a lot of spare time on our hands, right?
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http://www.hybridcars.com - Opel has confirmed that it will continue with plans to produce the Chevy Bolt-based Ampera-e along with follow-up models under its new ownership. Company CEO Karl-Thomas Neumann told German automobile magazine auto motor und sport that more electric vehicles will follow the Ampera-e.
http://europe.autonews.com - Opel will press on with plans for more EVs and a flagship SUV under new owners PSA Group, the German automaker's CEO, Karl-Thomas Neumann, told a motoring magazine.
http://www.carscoops.com - The clock has started ticking for the new Opel Grandland X, which should be unveiled any day now. Teased by the brand's CEO, Karl-Thomas Neumann on social media, Opel's upcoming flagship SUV will share its underpinnings with the latest Peugeot 3008. This was decided way before General Motors sold Opel to PSA, and it's not the first time the two companies collaborate on launching new products.
http://www.carscoops.com - Opel's CEO, Karl Thomas Neumann, has released yet another teaser image of the Grandland X, on social media.
http://www.detroitnews.com - Karl-Thomas Neumann will be replaced as CEO by Opel Chief Financial Officer Michael Lohscheller.
http://www.carscoops.com - Even though the Ampera-e is arguably the star of the Opel stand during this year's Paris Auto Show, the Karl Rocks doesn't seem to feel awkward strutting its stuff.
http://europe.autonews.com - Karl-Thomas Neumann will remain at the helm of Opel/Vauxhall as the automaker revamps its lineup with PSA Group platforms in a technical convergence that will cause a delay to the next Corsa.
http://www.carscoops.com - Opel chief executive Karl-Thomas Neumann has provided us with our first glimpse of the Opel Insignia Sport Tourer ahead of its world debut on Monday.
http://www.hybridcars.com - Converting over to an electric car only brand is an option being explored by Opel’s chief executive as the European automaker braces for General Motor’s possible sale of Opel to PSA Group. Opel CEO Karl-Thomas Neumann has been putting a plan together to go this route if necessary, reported German monthly Manager Magazin.
http://www.autocar.co.uk - Vauxhall-Opel continues to plan the production of the rear-wheel-drive GT concept, unveiled at the Geneva motor show in March, and believes it has two more years to make a decision before the design loses its appeal. Vauxhall-Opel chairman Karl-Thomas Neumann said: “It’s a car we all love and the public love, so we really want to build it.


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Microsoft Fined $50 for Defacing New York
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Perhaps I'm playing into their sinister "building brand awareness" at any cost strategy by highlighting it here, but Microsoft doesn't seem to have any boundaries at all when it comes to advertising.
Two weeks ago, they couldn't find anyone actually admit they switched from a Mac to Windows XP, so an employee of their PR firm had to pose as a Windows user.
Now, while burdening the world with a new version of MSN (what does a new version of MSN include? More modems to take your calls? More animated paper clips?) they coated the city with their annoying decals.
The New York Times article has some funny "claim you're right, actually do the research later" quotes from a Microsoft PR flack, like "There are permits for everything". I'm going to try that the next time Timothy Hutton and I are putting the finishing touches on a new "Turk 182" mural in the West Side rail yards -- "We have a permit for this, officer."
To be fair to Microsoft (aren't I broad-minded!) they are not alone in the world of illegal city-defacing PR. Nike recently put down some illegal decals in New York. Other companies have done it in the past, whether it's decals or spray-painted stencils.
AOL is releasing a new version of their service now, too. Maybe next week AOL stickers will blanket Redmond.


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When the revelation that Instagram was accessing user cameras was revealed by an iOS update in July of 2020, Facebook was quick to dismiss it as a bug that would soon be fixed.
Fight for the Future has unveiled a new website and campaign to Save Free Speech Online: .The website helps you make a comment on the public record against President Trump’s most recent plan to destroy free speech online.
CBP has spent tens of thousands of dollars for access to LEARN, a system sold by a commercial vendor called Vigilant that uses hundreds of cameras across the US to monitor highways and automatically alert authorities when specific license plates drive by.
Texas is among a group of states whose attorneys general are probing Apple over potential violations of a consumer protection law, according to a document obtained by the Tech Transparency Project through an open records request and shared with CNBC.
That may already be happening — the FBI reportedly used the All Writs Act, the same controversial measure it tried to use to force Apple to hand over iPhone data, to request Kher’s information.The data isn’t very useful during the pandemic, but it could be problematic whenever normal travel resumes.
The federal law enforcement agency’s records show a growing focus on harnessing the latest private sector tools for mass surveillance, including recent contracts with companies that monitor social media posts and collect cellphone location data.
The letter says that in the last two weeks, all four agencies have been using tech that's a "vast overreach" of power -- like the FBI and National Guard using aircraft equipped with infrared and electro-optical cameras; CBP using Predator drones to collect live video feeds of protests; and the DEA being given authority for "covert surveillance" over people protesting the death of Floyd.
The group’s board is set to include Susana Martinez, the former Republican governor of New Mexico; Bradley Smith, a former Republican commissioner on the Federal Election Commission; and Chris Carney, a former Democratic congressman from Pennsylvania who’s now at a consulting firm, two people said.
The federal government is in talks with Facebook, Google and other tech companies about ways to use smartphone location data to tackle the coronavirus, The Washington Post reported Tuesday.
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google is planning to move its British users’ accounts out of the control of European Union privacy regulators, placing them under U.S. jurisdiction instead, sources said.
LightRocket via Getty ImagesQuestions are being asked about the FBI’s motivations over demanding Apple help it unlock the iPhones of the Pensacola shooting suspect, after Forbes uncovered a search warrant that strongly indicates the feds have access to a tool that can grab data on the latest, and most secure, iPhones.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is looking to launch a nationwide system to track drones in the sky in real-time, as well as connected pilot IDs. The proposed tracking network, unveiled in a draft document released by the FAA this week, would cover everything from small consumer drones to larger unmanned aerial systems (UAS) operated for commercial purposes, Bloomberg reported on Thursday.
But some, including NSO Group, as well as Gamma Group (an Anglo-German firm) and Hacking Team (an Italian one which in April merged with another company to create Memento Labs), sell software to help governments access online data on persons of interest.
One of the largest civil liberties groups in the U.S. is suing two Homeland Security agencies for failing to turn over documents it requested as part of a public records request about a controversial cell phone surveillance technology.
(Reuters) - Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) has hired former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to investigate whether the use of facial recognition technology developed by an Israeli startup it funded complies with its ethics principles, the company said on Friday.
A number of popular “camgirl” sites have exposed millions of sex workers and users after the company running the sites left the back-end database unprotected.The logs also included users’ private chat messages with other users, as well as promotional emails they were receiving from the various sites.
Apple said in a statement that it had began an immediate investigation after "many concerned customers in Hong Kong" contacted the company about the app and Apple found it had endangered law enforcement and residents.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. online privacy bill is not likely to come before Congress this year, three sources said, as lawmakers disagree over issues like whether the bill should preempt state rules, forcing companies to deal with much stricter legislation in California that goes into effect on Jan. 1.
The US government's Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) nonetheless has been relying on online translation services offered by Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo to read refugees' non-English social media posts and judge whether or not they should be allowed into the Land of the Free™.
The Journal said t he Facebook probe will be led by New York Attorney General Letitia James, who has voiced concern before over how tech giants handle personal data.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Telegram, a popular encrypted messaging app, will allow users to cloak their telephone numbers to safeguard Hong Kong protesters against monitoring by authorities, according to a person with direct knowledge of the effort.
The fashion and sneaker trading platform pushed out a password reset email to its users on Thursday citing “system updates,” but left users confused and scrambling for answers. An unnamed data breached seller contacted TechCrunch claiming more than 6.8 million records were stolen from the site in May by a hacker.
EPIC requested a hearing where the court could review the fairness of the Facebook agreement and consider consumer groups’ complaints. If the court decides to grant such a hearing, a judge could require the trade commission to review outstanding consumer complaints and alter the terms of the proposed settlement.
The settlement concludes that Google did not adequately shield children who were using the platform and collected their data in violation of the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), The Washington Post reports, citing two sources.
WASHINGTON/LONDON/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Hackers working for Western intelligence agencies broke into Russian internet search company Yandex in late 2018 deploying a rare type of malware in an attempt to spy on user accounts, four people with knowledge of the matter told Reuters.
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Chinese telecoms equipment maker Huawei is reviewing its relationship with FedEx Corp after it claimed the U.S. package delivery company, without detailed explanation, diverted two parcels destined for Huawei addresses in Asia to the United States and attempted to reroute two others.
Farrell and Schneier propose greater transparency as one means of strengthening democracy against information attacks that undermine trust. Chilling legitimate participation and reducing the diversity of opinions voiced would not fix the broken public comment process.


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Wifi hotspots; the next land grab?
When the mobile industry became aware of the potential of HSPA to offer high speed mobile broadband services more than five years ago, the key protagonists – mobile operators and network infrastructure vendors – decided that this would inevitably mean the end of the public wifi business model.
It coincided with the demise of the municipal wifi concept as mobile operators – seeing this as a threat to their business –succeeded in persuading government bodies that it could represent a threat to their business. Lukewarm customer feedback to muni-wifi and, in some cases, under-funded networks and services were another factor behind their demise.
It was the launch of the 2G iPhone that transformed the fortunes of public wifi. Lacking 3G connectivity, Apple decided that public WiFi hotspots would increase the attractiveness of the iPhone service proposition. And even with the adoption of 3G, access to WiFi hotspots is still one of the benefits associated with iPhones.
Mobile operators have latterly embraced wifi because it can help them to manage the explosion of data traffic on their networks. Some operators still have their own wifi hotspot businesses but others buy capacity from dedicated hotspot operators such as The Cloud or BT in the UK.
It is not just the mobile operators that can see the benefits of public WiFi. Fixed telecoms operators are also looking to offer wifi as a complement to their triple-play services and to differentiate themselves. In the UK, pay-TV operators and broadband service provider Sky has moved to acquire The Cloud. Its motivation could either be to enhance its fixed broadband offering or to provide another platform for its Sky TV customers.
With so many different fixed and mobile broadband operators interested in using wifi to enhance their basic offerings it is worth speculating as to whether we will see a rush to acquire wifi hotspot assets in other countries and whether it is the mobile or fixed operator/service provider community that takes a lead.
The structure of the public wifi hotspot sector varies from country to country. Where there are large independent hotspot operators there is every chance that either fixed operators, cable companies, ISPs or mobile operators will see the opportunity to acquire an asset that allows it to differentiate the service that it offers from a competitor.
Whether such an acquisition makes sense in the longer term is another matter. Does WiFi offer a genuine advantage over cellular for a mobile operator? Both require backhaul connectivity so it is really an issue of whether there is any inherent advantage in the radio. It makes perfect sense for a mobile operator to make use of wifi on an ad-hoc basis and wherever they face pressure points on their network.
But owning and operating a wifi hotspot business is a different matter altogether. Hotspot operators rely on a wholesale business model. In the UK, all mobile operators buy capacity from BT. But if a mobile operator was to buy a hotspot business it would have to be on the basis that it reserved usage for its own customers – otherwise what would be the point of taking ownership? And would the benefits that accrue to its business in terms of signing up new customers and retaining existing ones more than compensate for the loss of wholesale business?
In the UK, O2 announced that it planned to invest tens of millions of pounds rolling out its own WiFi hotspot business just as news was emerging of Sky’s interest in the Cloud. It is too early to tell whether O2 sees this as part of its wider mobile broadband network strategy or more of a marketing strategy aimed both at its customers and those its competitors.
It is perhaps telling that none of the leading network infrastructure vendors such as Ericsson, Huawei or NSN have yet made a foray into the wifi infrastructure business. They will, no doubt, be keeping a close eye on the operators – their customers – as they offload traffic to wifi networks. But they will also be working with operators to deploy their own “small cell” solutions as an alternative to using wifi. Small cells are set to be one of the main solutions that vendors push at this year’s Mobile World Congress. And at a time when many operators globally are looking to outsource different parts of their network it would be unusual to start acquiring wifi hotspot networks.
The same argument could be made of fixed or cable operators. Sky has not historically been in the infrastructure business and its acquisition of the Cloud will – for the first time – see it operating a wireless network. But perhaps this is the point. It is inevitable that mobile operators will continue to broaden and deepen their cellular networks and so there would have to be a question about where a wifi business would fit into any medium to long-term network strategy. But for fixed operators or ISPs, a wifi hotspot business may be as close as they ever get to owning a wireless network.


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Eastbourne has had a glorious heat wave for the last month, bringing more than double the number of expected accommodation bookings to VisitEastbourne.com.
With a massive 143 per cent increase on bookings compared to July last year, the increase is thanks to both soaring temperatures and an already steady increase in bookings throughout 2013.
With accommodation bookings already up by a third between January and June, and the majority booking three to six months ahead, it is clear that even before the summer began, many were booking up to come to the seaside town.
The resort has also seen a steady growth in bookings on the brand new VisitEastbourne mobile site, giving the impression that busy commuters are booking last minute holidays to Eastbourne while the sun is shining.
A recent report by Expedia.co.uk showed there had been a huge increase in bookings for some of the UK’s top beach destinations – suggesting Brits are flocking to the coast to avoid the stifling city heat.
Last month was the driest July for many years and July 22 was the hottest day in seven years.
According to the report, Eastbourne had a 100 per cent rise in bookings; along with Bournemouth, Cardiff, Brighton, Blackpool, Southampton, Plymouth, St Helier, Torquay and Southport who also saw a rise.
Eastbourne Borough Council Cabinet Member for Tourism and Leisure, Cllr Carolyn Heaps said “We are delighted that Eastbourne has enjoyed some glorious weather over the last month, giving our accommodation bookings an even bigger boost!
The hot weather, coupled with competitive pricing such as four nights for the price of three, has meant fewer empty beds in Eastbourne hotels, along with busy beaches, cafes and attractions, which is extremely positive for the local economy.”
Prior to the heatwave, bookings for 2013 were already up by 34 per cent, thanks in part to the new mobile website and a range of special offers including four nights for the price of three, theatre breaks and competitive pricing throughout all the hotels.
VisitEastbourne has also joined up with the local tourism industry to feature the town in national magazine promotions throughout 2013 including Cosmopolitan, Tesco, Morrisons, That’s Life, Yours and Real People.
With thousands of competition entries, this has given Eastbourne fantastic promotion and has been great for attracting new business.
Councillor Carolyn Heaps added “Despite the unpredictable weather earlier this year, people still enjoy coming to Eastbourne.
“The town has the accolade of being the sunniest place in the UK which always encourages visitors to book, along with the stunning South Downs on its doorstep and miles of unspoilt beaches.”


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A research team at the Vienna University of Technology says it’s built a small, low-cost 3D printer that could soon make it into people’s homes.
Using their device, they say, everyone could produce small, tailor-made 3D-objects at home, using blueprints from the internet.
Unlike existing 3D printers, the Vienna prototype is no larger than a carton of milk. It weighs just 1.5 kilograms, and can be manufactured for only 1200 Euros.
“We will continue to reduce the size of the printer, and the price will definitely decrease too, if it is produced in large quantities,” says one of the printer’s developers, Klaus Stadlmann.
As with other versions, the desired object is printed in a small tub filled with a synthetic resin which hardens precisely where it is illuminated with intense beams of light. When one layer hardens, the next layer can be attached to it, until the object is completed.
“This way, we can even produce complicated geometrical objects with an intricate inner structure, which could never be made using casting techniques,” says Stadlmann.
The team says the printer’s resolution is excellent, with the individual layers hardened by the light beams measuring just a twentieth of a millimetre thick.
This means it can be used for applications which require extraordinary precision. While it’s not particularly useful for large-scale production of bulk articles, it offers the possibility of tailor-made, individually adjusted items.
The team is now working with a variety of different 3D-techniques and materials such as ceramics and polymers.


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Google has resurrected its face-mounted camera for use in workplaces and factories two years after most of us assumed it had been scrapped .
The original Glass arrived with a blitz of publicity but quickly ran into problems as users began to report problems and many people reacted negatively to being filmed without their permission.
The public face of Google Glass, Tony Fadell, left the company to work on other things and it was assumed Glass would be relegated to the gadget archives. But it appears that Alphabet, Google's parent company, recruited a small team of engineers to continue to work on it.
Now the company has announced on Medium that it is making the the "Glass Enterprise Edition" available for sale.
"Workers in many fields, like manufacturing, logistics, field services, and healthcare find it useful to consult a wearable device for information and other resources while their hands are busy," explained Jay Kothari, the leader of the project.
"That's why we've spent the last two years working closely with a network of more than 30 expert partners to build customised software and business solutions for Glass for people in these fields."
The original Glass was launched as the "Explorer Edition" and required users to sign up to the program, pay a hefty fee, and help develop the project. The new glasses build on that with a faster processor, better camera and longer battery life.
In the two years since Glass was revealed, attitudes to face-mounted cameras have changed. Snapchat has launched its own range of camera-sporting glasses called Snapchat Spectacles .
Microsoft is working on a headset called HoloLens and even Apple is rumoured to be developing smart glasses .
But Alphabet clearly thinks that the success of its new product is down to how it can transform a working environment like a factory floor or a distribution centre supply chain.
"By reducing the amount of back and forth workers have to do accessing checklists, viewing instruction manuals or sending photos from tablets or laptops as they assemble machines, Glass has reduced machinery production time by 25 percent and inspection times by 30 percent," writes Kothari.
He goes on to say Google is now targeting a "wide variety" of business sections that could benefit from Glass Enterprise Edition technology.
"Together, we’re looking forward to seeing more businesses give their workers a way to work faster and in a more focused way, hands-free."


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The Steam Link Box was a surprisingly popular device. A tiny, simple micro PC designed with one purpose in mind: to stream PC games from Steam to your television via WiFi or ethernet cable. Unfortunately, they have now sold out everywhere and Valve has said it has no plans to make more.
Although the software will continue to be tinkered with, the hardware has reached the end of the road. That’s a problem for those that haven’t already got one and can’t sort one secondhand. While you can now use the Steam Link app for mobile and smart TVs, doing so relies on WiFi, which is more prone to latency issues. In other words, the lack of an ethernet port is a real problem.
Once again, it looks like the Raspberry Pi could save the day. The £32 circuit-board computer now has official support from Valve as the company announced a beta of the Steam Link app for both the Raspberry Pi 3 and 3 B+.
Related: Best Raspberry Pi projects
Unveiled by Valve’s Sam Lantinga on Monday, you just need to ensure you’re running the ‘Stretch’ version of Pi OS and then drop in a few lines of code. “To install, run the following from a command line:
curl -#Of http://media.steampowered.com/steamlink/rpi/steamlink_1.0.4_armhf.deb
sudo dpkg -i steamlink_1.0.4_armhf.deb,” wrote Lantinga.
“To run, you can launch it from the Games menu, or run the following from a command line:
Steamlink. The first time you run it, it will download the full app and create a desktop shortcut, and automatically update as needed.”
Not quite as easy as plugging in a Steam Link Box, but not too far off – and the price is certainly right.
Lantinga has said the team behind it is seeking feedback, but judging by the responses on the Steam forums, things are going pretty smoothly for something in beta. “Finally! I’ve been having to swap my only 3rd and final HDMI port on my TV between my SteamLink and RetroPie for a year now,” wrote one happy user.
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Indeed, the only real complaints people seem to be having is that Valve hasn’t committed to making it open source at any point. Given Raspberry Pi’s popularity with those that like to tinker and code, support for such a move is hardly surprising, but as yet Valve has given no indication that such a move is ever going to be on the table.
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In October 2008, Visibility Magazine joined with PubCon, the search engine and Internet marketing conference and expo, for a brand new and promising partnership. The affiliation sees the coming together of two big names in the industry and promises to provide Internet marketing enthusiasts a lot to look forward to.
Into its second year of publication, Visibility Magazine is growing by leaps and bounds. Already a leading online marketing magazine with rising readership, Visibility continues to make waves amongst all those who want to know about the latest in the world of Internet marketing.
"Our vision for Visibility has been growth, both in terms of the content we have and also the affiliations we develop. This partnership adds to the reputation of our name and gives us a chance to work alongside one of the leading names in the industry," says Julie Lynn, Editor of Visibility Magazine.
PubCon is a multi-track educational conference hosted by SearchEngineWorld & WebmasterWorld. PubCon events are for thought leaders and professionals in search engine and Internet marketing to gather and to share best practices in the design, development, promotion and marketing of their Internet businesses and brands.
"The coming together of PubCon and Visibility is very exciting for both sides. This provides PubCon a chance to reach a wider audience with the help of Visibility Magazine," shares Brett Tabke, PubCon founder, show organizer and CEO of WemasterWorld, Inc.
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BMC Bolsters Middleware Portfolio with MQSoftware Buy
BMC Software acquires privately held MQSoftware, a leader in the middleware management and enterprise application transaction management markets.BMC Software announced it has acquired privately held MQSoftware, a leader in the middleware management and enterprise application transaction management markets. The acquisition, announced on Aug. 10, expands BMC's Business Service Management platform, which already provides customers with comprehensive views of their mainframe and distributed systems, to include their entire middleware infrastructure and high-value business transactions it supports, BMC officials said. BMC did not disclose financial details of the transaction.
Enterprises rely on middleware for communication between mainframe and distributed environments. However, IT departments typically monitor, diagnose and address middleware and business transaction issues in silos, BMC said. And middleware is the cornerstone for integrating disparate systems across the enterprise to deliver business services, the company noted.
"MQSoftware's two biggest sellers are Q Pasa, an application performance and availability monitoring product for WebSphereMQ, WebSphere, and Tibco middleware, and Q Nami, an application transaction and topology tracing product. MQSoftware has more than 300 customers for its software products and about twice that number for its training and services offering, with nearly 70% of those in the U.S. Q Pasa and Q Nami both support mainframe and distributed systems environments."In addition, Govekar said, "Gartner expects BMC to sell its products into MQSoftware's installed base and MQSoftware products into its own base." Moreover, integration between MQSoftware's products and BMC's Mainview console is already in place, since BMC is a reseller of Q Nami, he added.


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Senators Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), two U.S. senators that rarely agree on anything, introduced legislation last week demanding a ban on all imports from Myanmar, the former Burma. The action comes on the heels of the May 30 detainment of opposition leader and Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi and at least 17 others.
Burmese textile and shoe exports to the U.S. rose sharply in the late 1990s, but have fallen off since 2001 as more companies, under activist pressure, pledged to halt all imports from Burma.
Last month the Free Burma Coalition and other groups scored a major victory when the American Apparel & Footwear Association, a trade group made up of U.S. footwear and apparel vendors, announced it would call for a ban on footwear and apparel exports.
A number of retailers, including Saks, Macy’s, Bloomingdales, Ames, and The Gap have already voluntarily stopped importing or selling goods from Myanmar. The AFL-CIO and other labor groups also support a ban. The International Labor Organization, for the first time in its history, called on all ILO members to impose sanctions on the country.


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- Looks like: Infiniti intends to go ahead with building its first halo vehicle
- Defining characteristics: mid-engine, two-seater coupe, plug-in hybrid electric
- Ridiculous features: 0-130 mph in 30 seconds
- Chances of being mass-produced: 50/50
Unlike Lexus and Acura, which had halo vehicles like the SC and NSX to get the attention of leery American luxury car shoppers back in the late 1980s, Infiniti has never really had a honest halo vehicle.
That may be about to change, in the guise of the Infiniti Emerg-E Concept. The concept is a mid-engine, rear-wheel drive, 2-door coupe, with dual electric motors that product 400-horsepower, capable of propelling the model from 0-60 mph in about four seconds, says the automaker. Has that raised your interest?
The concept is a serial hybrid, in a similar vein to the Chevy Volt, only amped up: there's a three-cylinder gasoline generator, lithium-ion batteries, four inverters and the pair of electric engines, powering each individual rear-wheel separately. When plugged in — for about 10 hours with a normal wall outlet — the model has a capable electric range of 30 miles, on gasoline, the model can travel up to 300 miles.
The concept isn't totally alien these days; Cadillac already said it's going to build a plug-in luxury coupe, called the ELR.
Infiniti adds that the concept signals the luxury carmakers intent to produce a "bold halo model befitting [of] the brand." That's a promising sign that some sort of incarnation of Emerg-E is coming to Infiniti, a perfect complement to what will likely be a pretty plebian looking compact electric Infiniti that is also coming soon.
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Royal Enfield has launched a new version of its most versatile motorcycle, Himalayan – the all new Himalayan Sleet. The motorcycle will sport a new colourway and pattern in shades of grey, taking inspiration from the mountains. To further strengthen its adventure touring proposition, 500 exclusive Himalayan Sleets will come pre-fitted with the Explorer Kit,… continue reading.
The new BMW M5 is in record fever. On 11 December 2017, instructor Johan Schwartz performed a sustained drift at the BMW Performance Center in Greer, South Carolina, in the new BMW M5, covering exactly 374.2 kilometres on a so called skid pad, thereby setting a new GUINESS WORLD RECORD for the longest drift in… continue reading.
Hyundai Motor India has introduced two new variants with 1.4 L New Kappa Dual VTVT petrol engine in the Next Gen Verna. Launched in August 2017, the Next Gen Verna has become a trendsetter in the Indian market and heralded a new chapter in Hyundai’s success story across the world. It has received over 30,000… continue reading.
Nissan unveiled research today that will enable vehicles to interpret signals from the driver’s brain, redefining how people interact with their cars. The company’s Brain-to-Vehicle, or B2V, technology promises to speed up reaction times for drivers and will lead to cars that keep adapting to make driving more enjoyable. Nissan will demonstrate capabilities of this… continue reading.
The BMW Group has delivered more than 100,000 electrified vehicles to customers worldwide in 2017, as promised at the beginning of last year. This underlines the company’s leadership role when it comes to electro-mobility. An eye-catching light installation will mark this milestone on the road to the mobility of the future, with the BMW Group… continue reading.
The Mahindra Group has reaffirmed its commitment to Finland where it already has a substantial footprint. The Mahindra Group hosted its annual Senior Leaders Conference in Helsinki this year and was honoured by the presence of Prime Minister Juha Sipilä. He was joined by Minister of Economic Affairs, Mika Lintila. The annual conference is an… continue reading.
Mercedes-Benz India is all set to enthrall at the 14th Edition of the Auto Expo 2018. An array of some of the never seen before products in India will dazzle the Mercedes-Benz Pavilion at Hall No. 15. The key highlight of Mercedes-Benz’s product offense will be based on three distinct product attributes – Luxury, Versatility… continue reading.
Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (M&M), India’s leading SUV manufacturer, brought the curtain down on the first edition of the ‘India Myanmar Thailand’ Expedition held under the Mahindra Adventure umbrella brand in Guwahati today. The 20 vehicles that formed the Mahindra convoy consisting of the Mahindra Scorpio, the XUV500 and the Scorpio Getaway rolled into the… continue reading.
Swedish luxury car company, Volvo Cars, has launched the much awaited new XC60 in India. The new car replaces the highly-successful original XC60, which has been the largest selling model with nearly a million units sold globally as well as in India. The new XC60 is designed to provide a wonderful driving experience with its… continue reading.
Italian bike maker Ducati has launched a new variant of the Scrambler family in India – the Ducati Scrambler Mach 2.0. The Scrambler Mach 2.0 features a paint scheme created by renowned Californian designer Roland Sands with colours that evoke the typical West Coast style of the ’70s. Sleek, with low-slung tapered aluminium handlebars, the… continue reading.
Mahindra has announced the introduction of a new petrol variant of its premium SUV, the XUV500. The petrol powered XUV500 will be available in a single variant with a 6-speed automatic transmission sourced from AISIN, Japan. Named as the ‘G AT’ variant, the XUV500 petrol automatic will be competitively priced at Rs 15.49 lakh (ex-showroom… continue reading.
India Yamaha Motor has launched its all new model of its import sports bike the YZF-R1 in a bid to strengthen its superbike segment in the Indian market. The new YZF-R1 model has been planned and developed as a flagship model of racing circuit with pure MotoGP blood. The YZF-R1 is powered by a 998… continue reading.
The prestigious Italian brand owned by Fiat Chrysler Automobiles signed a multi-year technical and commercial partnership agreement with Swiss Sauber F1 Team for participation in the Formula 1 world championship beginning with the 2018 season. The single-seaters will sport the distinctive colors and logo of Alfa Romeo, the team’s Title Sponsor, and will be equipped… continue reading.
British car maker Land Rover is bringing to India its Range Rover Autobiography by SVO Bespoke, a highly customised limited edition of Land Rover’s flagship model. Based on the much admired Long Wheelbase variant of the Model Year 2017 Range Rover and available in 4.4 l SDV8 335bhp Diesel and 5.0 l V8 Supercharged 543bhp… continue reading.
After two years of waiting, TVS Motor Company has finally announced the launch of TVS Apache RR 310. The motorcycle marks TVS Motor Company’s entry into the super-premium segment, both in domestic and international markets. The TVS Apache RR 310 gets a 312cc, single-cylinder, liquid-cooled engine that churns out 34bhp and 27.3 Nm of torque…. continue reading.


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On a recent episode of The fDi Podcast, titled “Hunting for String in the Labyrinth. How Can Investors Safely Navigate Current Sanctions Regime?”, Pillsbury Public Policy partner Matt Oresman joined host Jacopo Dettoni to discuss the current U.S. sanctions landscape and identify some of the important factors businesses must consider to navigate them safely.
On November 27, 2019, the US Commerce Department published a proposed rule implementing regulations following President Trump’s May 15, 2019 Executive Order 13783 (E.O.) on Securing the Information and Communications Technology and Services (ICTS) Supply Chain. The proposed rule adopts an open-ended, case-by-case review framework by which the Commerce Department will be able to evaluate “transactions” and determine if they are prohibited or must be mitigated due to national security concerns. Reviews would be undertaken by the Commerce Department on its own initiative or via referrals from other U.S. Government agencies or private parties.
The U.S. Treasury Department has issued sanctions designations against Turkey’s Ministry of National Defense, Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources, and the Ministers of Defense, Energy and Interior pursuant to a new Executive Order issued on October 14, 2019 by President Trump in response to Turkey’s military operation in northern Syria. The Executive Order authorizes secondary sanctions and can expose non-U.S. companies and financial institutions interacting with designated Turkish parties to risk of penalties.
On September 17, 2019, the U.S. Department of Treasury issued two new proposed rules for the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) implementing the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act (FIRRMA), which was enacted in August 2018. The first proposed rule covers, among other things, FIRRMA’s expansion of CFIUS’ jurisdiction to non-controlling investments in U.S. businesses engaged in critical technology, critical infrastructure and sensitive personal data. The second proposed rule addresses FIRRMA’s expansion of CFIUS’ jurisdiction over certain real estate transactions.
On September 1, a new round of Section 301 duties will be imposed on “List 4” products. President Trump previously announced plans for these duties, but had delayed implementation in June citing progress on the negotiations with China leading up to the G20 summit. Reportedly, however, the recently resumed talks have not led to the progress desired by the Administration. In his series of tweets announcing the 10 percent tariff, President Trump stated that China had failed to purchase increased quantities of U.S. agricultural goods and reduce the flow of fentanyl into the United States.
Recent comments from Bureau of Industry (BIS) officials at the BIS Update indicate the U.S. Government is progressing towards more detailed proposed rules with respect to both “emerging” and “foundational” technologies that will become subject to future export controls. This required rulemaking is part of an interagency effort mandated by the Export Control Reform Act (ECRA) of 2018.
Recently, third parties have been petitioning the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to initiate investigations into forced labor violations involving specific manufacturers/exporters and specific merchandise. In “Slavery in Supply Chains: CBP Petitions Raise New Forced Labor Compliance Risks,” colleagues Nancy A. Fischer, Sahar J. Hafeez, Fabio Leonardi and Stephanie T. Rosenberg examine the role these petitions play in the growing fight against corporate modern slavery and how proactively engaging in corporate modern slavery compliance is necessary from both corporate social responsibility and risk management perspectives.
As trade relations with China continue to evolve, Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (“Huawei”) and its foreign affiliates remain subject to broad U.S. export license requirements. However, President Trump’s statements at the G20 Summit on the relaxation of restrictions on Huawei were followed by recent senior administration officials’ announcements, including Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, that export licenses may be possible where the proposed transaction does not implicate U.S. national security.
The U.S. Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security (“BIS”) maintains the Entity List, which is comprised of individuals and entities subject to U.S. export licensing requirements for exports, re-exports and in-country transfers of items subject to the Commerce Department’s export control jurisdiction. On May 16, 2019, BIS added Huawei and 68 affiliates to the Entity List, creating a license requirement for all items subject to the Export Administration Regulations (“EAR”). This designation means that licenses are required for all exports and re-exports to Huawei of U.S.-origin goods, including “EAR99” items that are not identified on the Commerce Department’s dual-use Commerce Control List (“CCL”). “Items subject to the EAR” can also include non-U.S. made items in certain circumstances, such as where they contain more than a de minimis amount of controlled U.S.-origin content, or are a “direct product” of certain controlled U.S.-origin technology. The official licensing policy for exports to Huawei is a “presumption of denial.”
BIS subsequently issued a Temporary General License authorizing a narrow subset of transactions through August 19, 2019. Temporarily authorized transactions include those relating to:
- Continued operation of existing networks and equipment: Transactions necessary to maintain and support existing and currently fully operational networks and equipment, including software updates and patches, subject to legally binding contracts and agreements executed between Huawei on or before May 16, 2019.
- Support to existing handsets: Transactions necessary to provide service and support, including software updates or patches, to existing models of Huawei handsets that were available to the public on or before May 16, 2019.
- Cybersecurity research and vulnerability disclosure: The disclosure to Huawei of information regarding security vulnerabilities in items owned, possessed, or controlled by Huawei when related to the process of providing ongoing security research critical to maintaining the integrity and reliability of existing and currently fully operational networks and equipment, as well as handsets.
- Engagement as necessary for development of 5G standards by a duly recognized standards body: Transactions necessary for the development of 5G standards as part of a duly recognized international standards body. U.S. and non-U.S. companies dealing in items subject to the EAR should be aware that Huawei is still on the Entity List and remains subject to broad export licensing requirements. The Temporary General License authorizes certain limited exports to Huawei until August 19, 2019, and could signal the types of activities that would be viewed favorably in a license request. For activities outside the scope of the Temporary General License, exporters may consider submitting license applications for exports to Huawei or its supply chain where they believe the U.S. government would not have national security concerns.
Since its designation, interested U.S. and non-U.S. parties have questioned whether Huawei’s Entity List designation will remain permanent. President Trump made statements that the U.S. would lift some of the restrictions on Huawei following a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping to reengage the stalled China-U.S. trade talks. On July 9, 2019, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross indicated that Huawei will remain on the Entity List with the same export licensing requirements. In other words, exports to Huawei of any items subject to the EAR (including EAR99 items) will continue to require a license subject to an official policy of a “presumption of denial.” However, Secretary Ross left open the possibility that BIS may grant licenses where the proposed exports do not threaten national security. He further stated: “Within those confines we will try to make sure that we don’t just transfer revenue from the U.S. to foreign firms.” BIS has not released any official guidance announcing any specific criteria that would need to be met in order to obtain a license.
U.S. and non-U.S. companies dealing in items subject to the EAR should be aware that Huawei is still on the Entity List and remains subject to broad export licensing requirements. The Temporary General License authorizes certain limited exports to Huawei until August 19, 2019, and could signal the types of activities that would be viewed favorably in a license request. For activities outside the scope of the Temporary General License, exporters may consider submitting license applications for exports to Huawei or its supply chain where they believe the U.S. government would not have national security concerns.
Announced last week, “INSTEX had been made operational and available to all EU Member States.” INSTEX is the special purpose financing channel designed by the EU to permit the processing of payments for trade between the EU and Iran. INSTEX was deemed necessary by the EU in light of the refusal by many private banks to process payments for trade between the EU and Iran that continues to be authorized by the EU despite the U.S. withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) resulting in the re-imposition of U.S. sanctions.
On June 5, 2019, the Department of Commerce Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) amended an important license exception which generally permitted the temporary sojourn of civil aircraft and vessels to Cuba. Specifically, BIS eliminated the license exception for use by non-commercial aircraft and passenger and recreational vessels sailing to Cuba. BIS also amended its licensing policy for such aircraft and vessels establishing a general policy of denial. On the same day, the Department of the Treasury eliminated its authorization for group people-to-people educational travel to Cuba.


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Greater Noida: Hyundai Sonata, Land Rover Range Rover Evoque and Mercedes-Benz CLA are among the top 10 cars competing this year for the coveted World Car Awards. The World Car Finals countdown officially began on Wednesday at the Auto Expo here with the announcement of the top 10 and top five finalists for five World Car Awards categories.
The 2020 World Car of the Year winner will be selected from 10 finalists chosen from an initial list of 29 contenders.
Kia Soul EV, Kia Telluride, Mazda3, Mazda CX-30, Mercedes-Benz GLB, Volkswagen Golf and Volkswagen T-Cross are the other finalists for World Car of the Year.
"The Indian car market is already the fourth largest in the world, and projected to become third largest by 2022. India is therefore a crucial contributor to our annual process...," Siddharth Vinayak Patankar, Juror and Director of the World Car Awards program said.
This is the first time World Car Awards is participating through its pavilion at the show.
British bus maker Optare will deliver its final batches of diesel buses over the next 6-8 weeks, bringing down curtains on a 115-year journey in different forms. This development can be seen as a significant example of the transition of the automotive industry towards electrification.
Apart from Guleria, Pradeep Pandey senior vice-president (customer service), HMSI has put in his papers. In February this year Shekhar MC, formerly general manager (finished vehicles logistics), too exited the company and joined Ola Electric Mobility.


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Quickstep Holdings will lead a joint development project supported by the German Government and car manufacturer Audi to develop new manufacturing solutions for the cost effective volume production of composite parts for the automotive industry.
According to Quickstep, the “PRESCHE Project” is aiming to achieve cost reductions of up to 30 per cent over existing manufacturing costs for the production of light-weight composite parts for the automotive industry. The project plans to do this by combining independent composite manufacturing technologies including Quickstep's Resin Spray Transfer (RST) technology and their patented Process - an out-of-autoclave technology that uses Heat Transfer Fluid in fluid-filled trays to rapidly cure advanced composites.
Quickstep’s Managing Director, Mr Philippe Odouard, said the launch of the PRESCHE program in Germany represented an enormous opportunity for the Company to progress its RST technology in partnership with a high quality group of partners including Audi.
“We are very much looking forward to working with our partners in the PRESCHE program to further develop the RST technology and Quickstep Process for the automotive industry,” he said. “The success of this program will position us to target a very significant medium term opportunity for composites in the car industry."
“This has the potential to provide a very substantial second growth front for the Company alongside our existing activities in the Aerospace sector, where our major focus is on the imminent commencement of manufacturing of composite components for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Program.”
Quickstep explains that the PRESCHE project commences this month and will run until October 2014. The program is expected to run in parallel with other Quickstep RST developments focused on the early industrialisation of the technology for specific automotive requirements.
The ability to rapidly manufacture and cure composite parts to A-Grade surface finish for the automotive industry without the need and expense of traditional autoclaves presents a significant opportunity for Quickstep. The ultimate goal is high volume, low cost composite component manufacturing so the industry can deliver lighter vehicles with reduced fuel consumption and carbon dioxide emissions. Quickstep say this is being driven by legislative change globally such as the new regulations expected to be introduced in the United States by 2017 requiring all new cars to operate on a 6.5 litres per 100km efficiency. Several major car manufacturers have already launched or announced plans to launch carbon cars.
The PRESCHE project, in which Quickstep’s RST component represents approximately $1.2m of the budget, will build on the achievements of their RST Development program in Australia, which is due to be completed by May 2012. This program is being funded as part of the Australian Government’s Climate Ready Program.
Quickstep explained that, in March, Quickstep completed the first “proof-of-concept” painted carbon fibre flat panel to A-Class automotive standards using RST. The panels have an exceptionally high quality finish for a rapid layup and curing process and exhibit material performance characteristics that are within or exceed automotive industry standards.
The project consortium comprises Quickstep, Audi AG, Coriolis Composites, EDAG, KG, the Fraunhofer Institute for Chemical Technology, project group integral light weight construction, and the University of Stuttgart, Institute of Aircraft Design. The project is supported within the framework program ‘research for tomorrow’s production’ ("Forschung für die Produktion von morgen”) by the ministry of education and research (BMBF, Förderkennzeichen 02PJ2050).
Cobra International is celebrating its 40th year and has commissioned a book that will look at 40 key projects and 40 key people that were integral to the company’s growth. ‘Klaus Simmer and The King Cobra: A breakthrough in surfboard design and production technology’ is an extract article from this book and a breakthrough composites product for Cobra, establishing its presence as a manufacturer of high performance windsurf boards and creating global visibility for the Cobra brand.
Solvay has signed a ten-year agreement for the supply of composites and adhesives to be used across Bell's military and commercial rotorcraft programmes, including the Bell 429, 407, 505, 525, V-22, and UH-1.
SGL Carbon and Fraunhofer IGCV have officially opened the Fibre Placement Centre (FPC) at SGL's site in Meitingen, Germany. Compositence, BA Composites and the Chair for Carbon Composites at the Technical University of Munich have also joined the alliance, and Coriolis Group and Cevotec are planning to come on board as partners.


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Galaxy Z Fold and Galaxy Z Flip are just the beginning
If you thought Samsung would stop making foldable devices after the Galaxy Z Fold and Galaxy Z Flip, think again.
Samsung used this week’s CES event to unveil a slew of foldable devices, including three foldable phones and a foldable laptop, according to Android Authority and an official press release.
First, a pair of foldable smartphones. For obvious reasons, these prototype designs were codenamed “S”-fold and “G”-fold. Foldable “S” phones use three panels to fold into an S shape. Samsung says this will help raise the size limit for future smartphones.
The “G” fold also uses three folded panels, but they fold inward somewhat like the letter G. The company says this design benefits phones made for outdoor activities like hiking, as the inward G-fold allows you to store the device anywhere without damaging the screen.
Then there’s the Flex Swipeable. At first glance, the prototype smartphone looks like a normal device, but at the touch of a button, the screen flips to one side, giving users more screen real estate.
Finally, we saw the Flex Note, a foldable laptop from Samsung. With a continuous foldable screen, this looks like a big foldable tablet, but the company says the added screen real estate makes it easy to turn the bottom third into a keyboard if needed. They also suggest that the bottom can be used as a video editing slider, pen input panel, etc.
These steps make sense, considering that Samsung is currently the only company making a high-capacity foldable phone, despite the lack of competition from brands like Oppo and Motorola.
However, these are just prototype devices with no release date.
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Samsung Introduces a Bunch of New Folding Devices
The Galaxy Z Fold and Galaxy Z Flip are only the beginning
If you thought Samsung would stop creating folding gadgets after the Galaxy Z Fold and Galaxy Z Flip, well, think again.
Samsung used this week’s CES event to unveil a slew of folding devices, including three folding phones and one folding notebook, as reported by Android Authority and an official press release.
First up, a pair of folding smartphones. These prototype designs are codenamed the “S” fold, and the “G” fold for reasons that will become obvious. The “S” fold phone uses three panels to fold out into an S-shape. Samsung says this will be useful for increasing the maximum size of smartphones in the future.
The “G” fold also uses three foldable panels, but they fold inward to slightly resemble the letter G. The company says this design benefits phones made for outdoor activities, such as hiking, as the inward-facing G-shaped fold allows you to store the device just about anywhere without scratching the display.
Next up, the Flex Slidable. At first glance, this smartphone prototype looks like a normal device, but with the push of a button, the display rolls out to the side to give the user more screen real estate.
Finally, we have Samsung’s take on a foldable notebook, the Flex Note. With one continuous folding display, this resembles a large folding tablet, but the company says the increased screen real estate will allow you to easily turn the bottom third into a keyboard when necessary. They also suggested the bottom could be used as a video editing scroll bar, a pen input pad, and more.
These moves make sense when you remember Samsung is the only company currently making folding phones in high volumes, despite some slight competition from brands such as Oppo and Motorola.
However, these are just prototype devices and have no release date(s).
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By Tiernan Ray
Shares of Facebook (FB) closed down $1.03, or 5.4%, at $18.06, and fell to as little as $18.03, marking a new all-time low since the company’s public debut on May 18th.
The stock came under some heavy pressure today from multiple analysts who cut their price targets, mostly because of their concern over the expiration of insider share sales lockups, which began this month, but of which the biggest is yet to come.
There is also concern about revenue from advertising. As Bloomberg’s Lisa Rapaport and Brian Womack this morning report, research firm EMarketer has cut its projection for the company’s sales this year to $5.04 billion from a prior $6.1 billion estimate, which is still a bit above the Street’s $4.93 billion estimate.
Perhaps the biggest cut today is by BMO Capital’s Dan Salmon, who lowered his price target to $15 from $25, while reiterating his Underperform rating.
One concern, writes Salmon, is that his “checks” reveal that ad spending is “mixed,” as “many conversations referenced a “pause” in order to reevaluate earned/owned/paid mix and ROI measurement.”
But the bigger concern, he thinks, is that investors just don’t care much at all about the fundamentals of the business as long as the lockups are coming off:
But Street FB sentiment is now much worse than advertiser sentiment. We expect investor attention to return to fundamentals after the technical challenges presented by lock-up expirations over the next six months have been absorbed by the stock (possibly offset by some index buying at some point).
Note that Salmon’s $15 target is just below a $16.50 “support level” that Wedbush Securitie’s Michael Pachter postulated earlier this month.
Merrill Lynch’s Justin Post, today reiterating a Neutral rating on the shares, cut his target to $23 from $35, writing “Facebook has multiple lock-up expirations over the next year, and recent selling activity on the August lock-up suggests to us the risk of future selling pressure. The biggest lock up date is 11/14 (40% of shares eligible for sale), and we wouldn’t expect stock to see buying momentum until December.”
Still, Post sees possibility for upside in the business next year based on some trends in advertising:
We see the success of new ad formats as paramount for the stock as the direction of revenue growth from here (acceleration or deceleration) expect this to drive stock sentiment into 2013. Also, we think the Street has overlooked positive Sponsored Story revenue traction in 2Q. Assuming a $4.2bn revenue base in 2012, if these new formats could add $600mn in new revenue in 2013 (add 1,500bps to growth), they could have a material impact on revenue trends.
Stifel Nicolaus’s Jordan Rohan, reiterating a Hold rating, sees support at $16, just like Pachter a few weeks back: “If shares reach $16, or a valuation of 10x 2013 EBITDA estimates, we believe the upside would more than compensate for risk due to share sales.”
For the moment, the stock has to contend with the expirations:
Selling by key insiders/VC’s has set a precedent for other sponsors and employees to sell heavily below $20 per share. We believe the period of indigestion may continue as more shares come to market, limiting the positive reaction to growth initiatives.
Although Rohan thinks Facebook as a company is in better shape than its stock, Rohan did trim his estimates. He cut his estimate for the company’s payment revenue by $50 million for next year, lowering his estimate to $6.4 billion from $6.5 billion, and cut his EPS estimate by a penny to 59 cents.


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- Unwined is relaxing, stress-relieving, sleep-promoting beverage that may help with immune support
- New product addresses current needs of valued SHRG distributors and customers
- Elevacity products formulated with proprietary combination of ingredients, dubbed “happiness”
Sharing Services Global (OTCQB: SHRG), a diversified holding company specializing in the health and wellness direct-selling industry, has released a new beverage product (https://nnw.fm/UJ6Nb). SHRG, through its wholly owned subsidiary, Elevacity(R) U.S. LLC, has unveiled a new beverage: Unwined(TM). The new product is a relaxing, stress-relieving, sleep-promoting beverage that may help with immune support.
“Our goal with Unwined was to give consumers something to help them relax after a long or busy day,” said Elevacity CEO Keith Halls. “We are excited to launch this new product category, which addresses the current needs of our valued distributors and customers.”
Unwined is a full-bodied, mood-enhancing drink made with a specific blend of antioxidants, adaptogens, extracts and minerals. This blend of ingredients is formulated to help reduce excess cortisol and promote relaxation and sleep. The tasty, berry-flavored wellness beverage is an ideal complement to Elevacity’s already existing products, all designed to provide consumers with the safest, most efficacious offerings to help elevate their lives.
Elevacity flagship products — Elevate MAX(TM) coffee, Elevate ZEST(TM), Elevate NITRO(TM) and Choclevate(R) — are meant to be taken in tandem with Elevacity’s XanthoMax(R) D.O.S.E. nutritional supplement. D.O.S.E. — a proprietary combination of four hormones, dubbed “happiness hormones” by the company — includes dopamine, oxytocin, serotonin and endorphins. In addition to beverages and XanthoMax, Elevacity offers a trio of powerful skincare products that include a high-organic mud mask, an active-life facial serum and a timeless eye gel.
SHRG is committed to offering its sales force — a powerful group of independent contractors called Elepreneurs — and its customers nonaddictive products that contain natural ingredients. Elevacity wellness products don’t contain additives or fillers.
In addition to its extraordinary products, the company is dedicated to re-shaping how entrepreneurs succeed in today’s world. Sharing Services is growing an international network of home-based Elepreneurs that share SHRG products and services designed to elevate the lives of individuals from every walk of life.
Sharing Services Global Corporation is a publicly traded company dedicated to maximizing shareholder value through the acquisition and development of innovative companies, products and technologies in the direct selling sector and other industries. The Sharing Services combined platform currently leverages the capabilities and expertise of various companies that market and sell products direct to the consumer through independent contractors.
Sharing Services has two primary divisions: Elevacity(R) Holdings LLC, the parent company of Elevacity U.S. LLC, a health and wellness products company, and Elepreneurs Holdings LLC, the parent company of wholly owned subsidiary Elepreneurs U.S. LLC, a sales and marketing company based on utilization of independent contractor distributors who sell the Elevacity product line. For more information about this company, please visit www.SHRGInc.com, www.Elevacity.com or www.Elepreneur.com.
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LG has announced a ‘wearable air purifier’ – a new mask with built-in fans and filters designed to make wearing a mask for hours upon ends easier and “give a new meaning to clean, personal air”.
The mask uses two replaceable H13 HEPA filters, similar to those used in its not-so-wearable home range of air purifiers. The Korean tech giant is calling the mask a solution to a short supply of disposable masks and inconsistent homemade masks, but it isn’t clear yet whether these masks will be able to prevent the spread of Covid-19.
The LG PuriCare Wearable will use Dual Fans and a patented Respiratory Sensor to sense whether you are breathing in our out and adjust the speed of the fans accordingly. “The fans automatically speed up to assist air intake and slow down to reduce resistance when exhaling to make breathing effortless,” reads the announcement.
The mask is designed ergonomically to ensure comfort when wearing it for long periods of time and to minimize air leakage around the nose and chin. When it was first announced, LG planned to gift 2000 PuriCare Wearables to a hospital in South Korea to help staff manage with wearing a mask all day, much like Apple at the start of the widespread lockdowns.
Powered by “efficient and lightweight” 820mAh battery, the mask can work for up to eight hours on its lowest setting, but only two on its highest. It is also well-equipped for hygiene purposes as well as convenience, with a “one-of-a-kind” case which uses UV-LED lights to kill germs, a charger and the ability to notify the LG ThinQ mobile app when the filters need to be replaced.
Dan Song, president of LG Electronics Home Appliance & Air Solution Company, said, “At a time when consumers are seeking ways to make life safer and more convenient, it’s important that we’re able to offer solutions that add measurable value”.


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One of Britain's most significant fashion designers, Zandra Rhodes, arrives on Monday in Dunedin where she is a guest of iD Dunedin Fashion Week. Jude Hathaway caught up with her last week.
Garments featured in Dunedin's Novadown Fashioned Feathers event last night are (from left) Senorita Awesumo, modelled by Victoria Cooper; Sara Paulin, modelled by Laken Yarker; and Jennie Hasler-Jacobs, modelled by Emma Martin.
Ten top New Zealand fashion designers will promote their ranges at Millbrook Resort next month.
With today's fashion working off past trends, the Back to the Future Fashion Show took a look back before stepping forward last night.
Sculptor Chris Meder and designer Anna Holmes-Libbis, both of Dunedin, have joined forces and created costumes for an upcoming stage show, which will also feature in a steampunk fashion show in Oamaru on June 5.
Model Victoria Cooper (25, left) and Nellie Jenkins (17) display the colour of the evening at the official opening of iD Dunedin Fashion Week, in Wall Street mall, last night. Photo by Gregor Richardson. A shot of colour was injected into the wardrobes of sponsors and special guests as they took up the call to wear the event's official colour - red. iD Dunedin Fashion Committee chairwoman Susie Staley launched the week of events by encouraging them all to enjoy the frivolity of fashion and be inspired by the creativity on display.
Otago fashion graduates may soon grace the pages of one of the world's leading fashion magazines - Vogue Italia.
The Hokonui Fashion Design Awards event has been championing fashion design creativity since 1988. Jude Hathaway reports on last weekend's show.
After all these years of modelling designer clothes and of judging wannabe designers on Project Runway, Heidi Klum has become very particular about her likes and dislikes.
Roxanna Zamani is back on home soil with two international fashion awards under her belt, and has hit the ground running with three fashion weeks in her sights.
Comfort comes in many forms, but the solace and relief we seek from them is not always what they provide, Dunedin jeweller Victoria McIntosh tells Ellie Constantine.
Lillian Cotter has forged a unique, collaborative alternative for emerging designers, writes Brittany Rose.
With the first days of spring behind us, you could be forgiven for getting ready to shed your winter woollen layer, but think again. The clever people at Icebreaker know the superior performance of merino wool for staving off chills, but they also know it can keep you cool when it is hot and let your skin breathe.
Languishing in the back of your wardrobe could be a fashion item that will help colour in "A Fashionable Portrait of Dunedin", writes Cecilie Geary.
Wakatipu businesswomen have gathered their pre-loved clothes by top fashion designers to sell them at bargain prices for fun in a Queenstown church hall tomorrow.


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Molecular Imprints founder retires
Norman Schumaker, the founder and CEO of Molecular Imprints Inc., is retiring. Mark Melliar-Smith will take over running the company, which specializes in imprint technology, used in the chip industry.
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Later this year, businesses can expect to see a new generation of enterprise-focused desktops powered by the latest processors from AMD: the Ryzen Pro family, designed for business-class security needs.
A new collaborative effort will enable enterprises to run SAP's HANA in-memory database on the Google Cloud. It's a bit of catchup, since HANA already runs on Google's cloud competitors: Azure and AWS.
At MWC taking place in Barcelona, Dell launched new edge gateways specifically designed to support Internet of Things deployments in harsh environments and confined spaces.
Businesses need smarter tools to battle today's wide ranging and fast-evolving IT security threats, which is the reason Hewlett Packard Enterprise has added a company called Niara to its arsenal.
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As an internet application developer, Tautachrome, Inc. (OTC: TTCM) is developing technologies related to Augmented Reality and blockchain as well as videos and images. Through its patents and licenses related to image authentication, TTCM is pursuing growth opportunities in imaging technology, blockchain technology, and its patent pending ARk technology. Based on these technologies, TTCM is developing a unique Fintech ecosystem with its own cryptocurrency. With plans to list on a foreign exchange, TTCM stock could emerge as a promising company as it develops this ecosystem.
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One of TTCM’s assets is its KlickZie application which is based on the company’s patented trusted imaging technology and trusted image-based social interactions. By using this app, users will be able to verify and monetize their images which are invisibly marked and verified as original. In this way, KlickZie is working to become the world’s first imagery-based social portal network.
One advantage of this is that KlickZie’s technology can help address problems related to verifying images and videos online. Since there are trillions of online images and videos on the web which cannot be trusted, TTCM’s technology could be used for this purpose. For this reason, TTCM believes that its ability to offer universal trustability for ordinary images has substantial value.
Another feature of the platform, is that KlickZie users are also able to engage with images and videos on the platform. By clicking on the image, users are able to start a discussion with the owner and other people looking at the same image. The company’s reasoning behind this feature is that more users will be able to exchange information about the image itself rather than search independently for the same information. Since many people stumble across images on the web but do not know where they are from or who created them, KlickZie could potentially meet that need.
While there are other apps that mark, store, and track digital imagery, KlickZie is the only app that turns smartphones into trustable imagers while allowing image-based communication. The company is looking to build upon this by using its own blockchain – the zChain for short – which would allow KlickZie users to create smart contracts that would allow others to use the KlickZie images they own. These transactions would be facilitated by the company’s cryptocurrency – KLK.
TTCM is also developing ARknet technology – a Fintech patent pending technology – which is capitalizing on “ARks”. These are floating interactive pictures that are only visible to users of the ARKnet app which show the symbols floating around them using Augmented Reality. Currently, this service is targeting the global household goods and services market. The intention is to draw in customers using the symbol. Users could then click on the symbol to see the store’s Ark page containing information, pictures or videos of its specials, in-ARk purchase and checkout features, reviews, links, menus, social media profiles, etc. As is, TTCM intends to profit from businesses and advertisers which would pay to feature their customized ARk symbols based on their geolocations.
While TTCM envisions a future where all of this is made possible using Augmented Reality glasses, it is designing this system for phones using an app in the meantime. The app is already available in the Apple Store and is designed for virtual shopping, quickchats with store owners, and exploration using a catalog of ARks and a map featuring all ARk locations. The same system can be applied for tourism by mapping out local landmarks, real time game stats at sporting events, advertising, or even transportation.
TTCM has promoted the ARknet app a nationwide Augmented Reality Scavenger Hunt and an official Guinness World Records attempt for the largest augmented reality scavenger hunt. Now it has even added a special feature for Bigfoot sightings after teaming up with “Matt Moneymaker” from Animal Planet’s “Finding BigFoot”. Considering the success of Pokemon Go! ARknet could find a similar niche for its technology.
Fueling this ecosystem is XAR – TTCM’s cryptocurrency. Users can earn XAR by performing different actions in the ecosystem like using the app, contributing to the community, viewing ads, or trading ARks which are minted as NFTs – this means people could potentially own ARks representing locations. This is one reason why TTCM sees its technology as a portal to the Metaverse and all the opportunities it brings with it.
As the company works towards its project development milestones, TTCM is considering a dual listing with the Australian Stock Exchange or a European exchange. This is intended to increase transparency and shareholder sentiment as reflects in the price of the stock. However the dual listing committee leading this research was under the direction of TTCM’s Chief Advancement Officer – Micheal Nugent. It appears that Nugent has since become a former officer of the company and has already infringed upon TTCM’s patents since leaving the company.
However, if TTCM follows through on its listing plans the stock could see higher trading volume and the stock would benefit from additional liquidity from new investors.
TTCM Stock Financials
In terms of its financials, TTCM reported $61.6 thousand in assets for Q1 – declining from $144.8 thousand in the previous quarter – due to the company’s cash on hand decreasing from $119.4 thousand to only $39.9 thousand. The company also increased its liabilities to $5.1 million compared to $4.7 million. Meanwhile, TTCM reported only $31 in revenues – a decrease from $130 reported in Q4. Despite this, the company improved its net loss as it reported a net loss of only $491.7 thousand after reporting $2.6 million in the previous quarter. The company has debts related to its convertible notes and given its heavy operating expenses the company will need to find a new way of generating revenue until its technology is widely adopted.
@ChairmanOtc expects TTCM stock to break the penny mark.
Based on @DemolishStocks DD @WhalePenny is watching TTCM for a move up
TTCM stock is currently trading at $.0014 and has a strong support at .0013. Meanwhile, TTCM has resistances at .0015, .0017, and .0019. TTCM has been witnessing a higher trading volume over the past three days – with over 205.9 million shares traded on June 7th. As a result, TTCM stock climbed 23%. However some have noted that the unrestricted shares have been increasing while the restricted shares decrease. This could add additional pressure on TTCM stock making it harder to run on these catalysts.
Accumulation is trending downwards since the stock’s run to $.0017 and the MACD is bearish. The RSI is currently holding at 49. Given that the stock shows a strong support at $.0013, investors could watch to confirm TTCM holds its support after the drop in accumulation.
On that note, TTCM stock is trading below its 50 MA and 200 MA which could signal a drop near its support soon. TTCM’s share structure shows an AS of 6.4 billion and an OS of 5.9 billion. As for its float, it has not been updated since 2021, but it could be close to the 3.6 billion held at DTC.
TTCM Stock Forecast
With patented and licensed technologies, TTCM’s platforms – especially ARknet – are in a prime position to attract a large number of users. Given the potential of ARknet’s fintech ecosystem, TTCM could witness major growth once this platform is fully developed. Meanwhile, the KlickZie platform has the potential to introduce a new style of social networks while authenticating images and videos. While TTCM’s patents are potentially very valuable as the world moves towards wide-spread adoption of the Metaverse, the company faces the costs of developing and marketing its technology which appear to have held it back so far and in some cases hurt its long-term shareholders.
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Realme recently received its Realme Narzo 20 series in India. The Realme Narzo 20 series comprises of three smartphones (for now), which include the Realme Nazro 20A, Realme Narzo 20, and Realme Narzo 20 Pro. Out of these three smartphones, the Realme Narzo 20 Pro has started receiving a new software update in the country, which brings about the new 64MP pro camera mode, Amazon Alexa support, and a bunch of improvements to the device. Take a look at the latest Android update for the Realme Narzo 20 Pro smartphone and find out what it has in store for us.
Realme Narzo 20 Pro latest update: Features and changelog
The latest update for the Realme Narzo 20 Pro smartphone has the build number RMX2161_11_A.45 and comes with the 64MP pro camera mode. The update also enables support for Amazon Alexa for the Realme Narzo 20 Pro. Moreover, the update comes with the August 2020 security patch. Below is the official changelog of the latest update for the Realme Narzo 20 Pro:
- Updated Android security patch: August 2020
- Added 64M professional mode
- Optimized the quality of the rear camera
- Optimized the quality of backlight shooting in outdoors
- Fixed the noise in night mode
- Added decimal point display feature for fast charging animation
- Optimized the charging speed
- Added support for Amazon Alexa (need to download Alexa from Google Store)
- Optimized the probabilistic flickering issue while using Instagram Touch
Realme Narzo 20 Pro: Key specifications
Coming to the specifications of the device, the Realme Narzo 20 Pro features a 6.50-inch Full HD+ IPS LCD panel with a single punch-hole cutout for the selfie camera. The cutout is located in the top left corner of the device’s display and makes room for a 16MP front camera.
Moving around the rear of the device, the Realme Narzo 20 Pro features a quadruple rear camera setup, which consists of a 48MP primary camera with f/1.8 aperture, an 8MP ultra-wide camera with f/2.3 aperture, a 2MP B&W portrait lens, and a 2MP macro lens with f/2.4 aperture.
Under the hood, the Realme Narzo 20 Pro is powered by an octa-core MediaTek Helio G95 processor, which is coupled with 6GB/8GB of RAM and 64GB/128GB of internal storage. In the software department, the Realme Narzo 20 Pro boots Android 10 OS out of the box with the company’s in-house Realme UI skin cooked on top. Moving on to the battery of the device, the Realme Narzo 20 Pro flaunts a 4,500mAh battery, which has scope for up to 65W of fast charging over a USB Type-C charging port. To learn more about the Realme Narzo 20 Pro smartphone, you can head to our previous coverage for the same.
What are your thoughts on the latest Android update for the Realme Narzo 20 Pro? Have you received it on your device yet? Do let us know in the comments section below.


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Rover Cars is launching a joint promotional initiative with a mortgage company to boost both house and car sales.
In the long term, the scheme could open the way to car companies offering branded mortgage packages as their finance divisions become more influential.
Details of the Rover scheme with the Chase DeVere Mortgage Management company will be finalised this week, but will be similar to a scheme launched by Renault earlier this week.
The Renault initiative with The Royal Bank of Scotland subsidiary The Mortgage Business offers people who take out a mortgage above 45,000 a free Renault Clio for 12 months. After that they can return the car or buy it outright.
The impetus for the schemes has come from the mortgage companies working in an increasingly competitive market. But it represents another departure for the car makers, which are constantly seeking fresh ways to sell.
“To begin with, it will be a limited offer but it could be developed, depending on its success,” says one source.