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TmaxSoft for Hyundai
TmaxSoft, a global software innovator that delivers mainframe rehosting, RDBMS and middleware solutions to help enterprises leverage critical data, announced that its affiliate, TmaxData, officially entered into a memorandum of understanding with Hyundai Motors and Kia Motors to select and adopt its Tibero database solution. Tibero will be the carmakers’ standard choice of database management system (DBMS) for their enterprise-wide, global business operations in North America, Europe, China and India, as well as their IT infrastructure at the Korean headquarters.
VW Intros Sustainability Ratings
As of 1st July 2019, the Volkswagen Group will introduce a worldwide Sustainability Rating for its suppliers. This enables the company to assess the sustainability conduct of its business partners in its supply chain with regard to risks relating to human rights, environmental protection and corruption.
Dr. Stefan Sommer, Board Member for Components and Procurement: “We are convinced that a sustainable supplier network is a guarantee of long-term corporate success. Sustainability is becoming a decisive business factor”.
In a Sustainability Rating, the suppliers first provide a self-assessment of their sustainability conduct on the basis of a questionnaire and documents supplied. The data and documents are checked by qualified third parties. In case of doubt, on-site checks are carried out. If misconduct occurs in the areas of environmental/social affairs or corruption, these lead to exclusion from the award of contracts.//
Investments in BrightWay
BrightWay Vision, a spinoff of Elbit Systems, developing a Gated Imaging system for vehicles, announced the addition of strategic and venture capital investors and the completion of a 25 million USD financing round. This is the company’s Round B, which will be mainly used to commercialize the technology in order to allow mass production. The investment is made by the world’s largest automotive headlight manufacturer, KOITO Manufacturing Co. of Japan, and Israeli Magenta Venture Partners.
The system developed by BrightWay Vision enables imaging in poor visibility: darkness and harsh weather conditions – rain, snow and fog. The system incorporates a CMOS sensor and a light source that is installed in the vehicle and produces a clear image for the full range from 0-250 meters. The solution slices this range into several sections and allows for computer vision to analyze each section individually and produce an image. The technology will enable artificial intelligence (AI) to operate at night and under poor visibility and detect even small debris on the road. The company holds 25 registered patent families.
MONET Adds More Japanese Automakers
MONET Technologies Inc. (“MONET”) announced that it concluded capital and business partnership agreements with Isuzu Motors Limited (“Isuzu”), Suzuki Motor Corporation (“Suzuki”), Subaru Corporation (“Subaru”), Daihatsu Motor Co., Ltd. (“Daihatsu”) and Mazda Motor Corporation (“Mazda”), respectively. Isuzu, Suzuki, Subaru, Daihatsu and Mazda each plan to invest in MONET by August 2019 and acquire approximately 2% of its shares.
Simultaneously, Hino Motors, Ltd. (“Hino”) and Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (“Honda”) plan to make additional investments in MONET and maintain their respective ownership stakes of approximately 10%.
TrueMotion Partners with Noblr
TrueMotion, the leading platform for smartphone telematics, announced a new partnership with Noblr, a new kind of car insurance company that rewards good driving habits. As part of the partnership, Noblr leverages TrueMotion’s patented platform to derive driving insights for its members. Noblr uses this driving data to help price their members based on how much and how safely they drive. Noblr pricing is calculated in real-time using the member’s smartphone – uniquely, there is no hardware or Bluetooth tag to install.
CarIQ, a leader in vehicle payment technology, announced it has closed Series A funding of $5 million led by Quest Venture Partners with participation from new investors Avanta Ventures, Citi Ventures, Alpana Ventures, Plug and Play, and AVG’s Spike Ventures.
Car IQ is developing a payment gateway that will enable vehicles to autonomously connect to a bank’s payment network, validate, and pay for their own services. The Car IQ platform will eliminate the need to use credit cards in vehicle service and payment workflows, enabling direct connections to banking institutions. Car IQ partners with automobile OEMs, financial institutions, and third-party service providers so that vehicles in fleets utilizing its technology are able to pay for services rendered autonomously and seamlessly, without human interaction.
Car IQ’s dynamic identity management capabilities leverage the complex sensor data present in every vehicle to create a unique “digital vehicle fingerprint,” which will allow vehicles to directly connect to payment networks and pay for services. This breakthrough technology enables data governance at the vehicle level, creating integrity and transparency for the vehicle’s transactions, which significantly reduces the risk of fraud. Car IQ is designed to serve the broad needs of vehicle fleet managers including automotive OEMs, car-sharing services, ride sharing platforms, and commercial fleets.
Car IQ was founded in 2016 by auto industry veteran Sterling Pratz, when he recognized a lack of innovation and consistency with automotive payment solutions. He saw an opportunity for cars to connect and pay for their own services autonomously, removing the need for credit cards. Prior to Car IQ, Sterling founded and served as CEO of Autonet Mobile, an intelligent vehicle telematics provider that was acquired by Lear Corp. in 2015.
SLD Laser for Materials Processing
SLD Laser, a world leader in commercialization of visible laser-based light sources and blue laser products, has demonstrated ultra-compact, high power, high brightness, fiber coupled blue laser modules for materials processing applications including copper welding for battery production for electric vehicles and consumer electronic devices, as well as 3D printing. At Laser World of Photonics, the company will debut the high performance blue laser module technology, and also demonstrate its award winning UL and IEC safety certified high luminance LaserLight-SMD and LaserLight-Fiber products.
ClipperCreek Extends AmazingE Warranty
ClipperCreek announced that it has retroactively extended the warranty on its AmazingE brand of residential electric vehicle charging stations to three years. The AmazingE is a Level 2, 240 Volt, 16 Amp, 3.8kW home charging station for plug-in vehicles. It features:
- MSRP $279. Currently on limited time sale for $219.
- 16 Amps (3.8kW) of power for quick charging
- 20 feet of cable reach from the plug for installation flexibility
- NEMA 14-30 plug connected (common dryer plug in North America)
- Nationally Recognized Test Laboratory Independently Safety Certified (UL Listed)
Investment in Mobility House
Alliance Ventures, the strategic venture capital arm of Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi, announces an investment in The Mobility House, a technology company that provides a platform for integrating vehicle batteries into power grids using intelligent charging, energy and storage solutions.
That investment is the latest by Alliance Ventures in start-up, early-stage development and entrepreneurs at the cutting edge of next-generation technology for the automotive industry. The Mobility House is based in Germany, Switzerland and California’s Silicon Valley.
Unex & STMicrolectronics
Unex, a leading provider of V2X (Vehicle-to-Everything) systems, and STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM), a global semiconductor leader serving customers across the spectrum of electronics applications, announce the integration of Unex’s SOM-301, the most flexible and cyber-secure V2X System-on-Module, on STMicroelectronics’ Telemaco3P Modular Telematics Platform (TC3P-MTP).
Unex’s SOM-301 is a self-contained System-on-Module that integrates all V2X essential hardware and software components and features Unex’s V2Xcast® technology. SOM-301 devices integrate ST’s Teseo III automotive multi-constellation GNSS chip and Autotalks‘ state-of-the-art CRATON2/PLUTON2 – global and truly secure V2X chipset, capable of both DSRC and C-V2X (PC5) connectivity.
The Telemaco3P Modular Telematics Platform provides an open development environment for prototyping advanced Smart Driving applications. At its core is ST’s Telemaco3P secure automotive processor, the industry’s first device with an embedded isolated Hardware Security Module for state-of-the-art security. The platform provides positioning hardware with ST’s automotive-grade multi-constellation GNSS Teseo IC and dead-reckoning sensors. It also offers direct connectivity to automotive buses such as CAN-FD, FlexRay, and BroadR-Reach (100Base-T1), as well as optional modules for Bluetooth®, Wi-Fi, and LTE.
Unex’s V2Xcast software stack enables extended capabilities for the V2X processing; the CRATON2 on SOM-301 handles secure V2X communication on one side, while the Telemaco3P manages the applications, fusing the V2X messages with data from in-vehicle, Wi-Fi, or cellular networks.
The next generation of autonomous vehicles (AV) will be designed faster, safer and more affordably thanks to a strategic partnership between AVSimulation and ANSYS . The collaboration integrates revolutionary simulation technology from AVSimulation with ANSYS’ immersive autonomous driving simulation solutions, greatly accelerating AV’s path to market for automobile manufacturers.
Meeting the stringent safety standards for autonomous driving requires proof that all complex interactions between an autonomous vehicle and its surrounding environment, traffic and weather can be tested across millions of scenarios. This testing requires billions of miles of exhaustive physical road tests of the prototype car, consuming decades of development time and cost.
To drastically reduce physical prototype testing and save time, OEMs are turning to ANSYS® VRXPERIENCE®, one of ANSYS’ immersive, cutting-edge solutions, to combine virtual reality capabilities with physics-based simulation. It enables engineers to test, validate and experience AV systems and vehicle performance in everyday driving conditions, spanning millions of virtual miles in a single day. VRXPERIENCE includes HMI testing, physical sensor simulation (including radars, LIDARs, cameras and ultrasonic), embedded software controls integration, headlamp simulation and links to simulation data management and systems safety analysis.
Embedded within VRXPERIENCE, as its driving simulator module, AVSimulation’s proven SCANeR™ Studio product is an open and scalable modular simulation solution that creates an ultra-realistic virtual world, enabling users to simulate thousands of driving scenarios with numerous variabilities on high performance clusters or on public cloud, such as Microsoft Azure. SCANeR™ incorporates roads generated from high definition maps and asset libraries, traffic situations, weather conditions, vehicle dynamics and more.
ParkMobile Parking for Bar Harbor
ParkMobile, the leading provider of smart parking and mobility solutions in North America, announced today a new partnership with the Town of Bar Harbor, ME that will enable people to pay for town parking from their mobile device. The ParkMobile app is now available in over 700 parking spaces in both on-street metered spaces and off-street lots around town.
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Multi-billion-dollar British retailer Tesco is looking to make its U.S. debut in San Diego.
Chief Marketing Officer Simon Uwins confirmed last week that the $65 billion-a-year food purveyor is considering opening a store in San Diego as early as mid-2007.
Tesco, founded in 1924, made a profit of $3.5 billion last year and owns some 2,500 food and supercenter-type shops in the United Kingdom, as well as 12 countries in Europe and Asia.
For its U.S. debut, the Cheshunt, England-based company plans to launch higher-end convenience stores described by some as a cross between 7-Eleven and Whole Foods, although Tesco executives are elusive when it comes to sharing store details.
"We're looking at some sites in San Diego, yes," Uwins said. "It will be one of the first places."
In addition to San Diego, Tesco is considering several other Southern California sites and the West Coast. Uwins declined to list the sites currently under consideration, but did say Los Angeles is a logical choice.
"We've kind of been looking at the West Coast," Uwins said. "I think it has a lot of the characteristics that we find attractive."
Uwins said San Diego is attractive because it is a big city with a big population, but dominated by Wal-Mart, like so many other U.S. regions. Southern California's trend-setting lifestyle is also a major draw, he said.
Can Opposites Attract?
While Tesco may be attracted to Southern California, it remains to be seen whether Tesco will turn on San Diego, according to a 30-plus-year veteran of the retail scene.
George Whalin of the San Marcos-based Retail Management Consultants believes Tesco is taking a major gamble bringing a European-style store into the United States.
"I know that everyone in the retail business just thinks that Tesco is the best thing since sliced bread but I'm not convinced it's going to work," Whalin said. "The fallacy in their plan is that they seem to believe that somehow California has a shortage of good food stores, but it doesn't seem to me that that's the case at all."
Whalin believes Tesco executives should heed lessons learned by past failed attempts by European retailers to enter the U.S. market without adapting to American habits.
"European stores with European sensibilities will fail," Whalin said. "Tesco does have deep pockets, so maybe they can work something out if they adapt, but it's definitely a formidable challenge."
Uwins declined to say just how many Tesco stores are likely to open next year, but said the company is prepared to spend roughly $400 million on its U.S. debut.
"It seems to us that the U.S. market is undergoing tremendous change, which presents opportunities for us," Uwins said.
Tesco, which as The Tesco Group also has a banking, telecom and Internet arm, has been the beneficiary of many opportunities of late. Last year, the company opened 2 million square feet of new space in the United Kingdom and more than 5.4 million square feet outside the United Kingdom, according to company documents.
A recent published report compared the Tesco "invasion" to mega-retail giant Wal-Mart opening up across the street, but Uwins insists that is not the case.
"It's about organic growth," Uwins said. "We're not trying to take over any market."
Tesco operates four retail formats, including Tesco Express , the type of store the company plans to start its U.S. operations with. Tesco Express is the company's answer to the neighborhood convenience store and sells fresh produce, wine and baked goods, topping out at up to 3,000 square feet, according to a company fact sheet.
The company's other formats are Tesco Metro, a larger but still strictly food format store; Tesco supercenters, an even larger format that carries both food and nonfood products; and Tesco Extra, the company's largest model, stocking everything from clothing to garden furniture in space starting at about 60,000 square feet.
Although Uwins freely confirms that the Tesco Express format has been chosen for the U.S. debut, he is rather elusive about further details and descriptions.
Uwins said the company wants U.S. shoppers to be surprised when they experience Tesco for the first time.
"It's so unique, we're going to let them see for themselves so they can form their own opinions," Uwins said.

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NEW YORK — Customer relations software company Salesforce says it will join with Apple to create new business apps exclusively for iPhone and iPad. Salesforce said Monday the partnership will focus on three areas: apps for industry and small business … more
Science & Technology
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- Cap-and-Trade Funding Millions In Transportation Projects
- Poison Control Warns Residents That Poison Oak Is Abundant Now
- Comcast/Xfinity Outage In Sonora Area
- AP Explains The US push to boost ’quantum computing’
- Sky shares rally after Comcast wins bidding war
- Why the ’gig’ economy may not be the workforce of the future
- Actor locked out of Twitter over tweet that violated rules
- British regulator says Comcast has won an auction to formally bid for Sky, offering 29.6 billion pounds ($38.6 billion).
- Twitter finds software privacy bug affecting direct messages
- Naval Academy’s cybersecurity program receives accreditation
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- Micron outperforms, but trade war costs emerge
- Ivanka Trump tours NASA center in Houston, calls space crew
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Judge restores protections for grizzly bears around Yellowstone National Park, blocking planned hunts in Wyoming, Idaho
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Have an internet problem? Curious about something?
(BPT) – Wireless providers would love for you to believe that a modern lifestyle requires an endless, unlimited stream of data; and by the way, they’d love to sell it to you! On its face, there’s probably nothing wrong with this assumption. Just think about how much of your day is spent on data-dependent activities, like streaming video or music, searching the internet or using GPS on your smartphone. They all require data, in some form, to deliver what you need.
But in our fast-paced, plugged-in world, don’t lose sight of the fact that all of these things can actually be done while using far less, and sometimes even none, of the data from your cellular plan. This means that in just a few simple steps, you can save considerable money each and every month. Here’s how:
Tame the video beast
The convenience of watching video on your smartphone can sometimes obscure an important fact: it’s a data glutton. For example, viewing a full-length movie on Netflix consumes about 1GB of data per hour in standard definition video, and up to 3GB per hour in high definition. At that rate, you’ll burn through even the most robust data package in no time.
Try connecting to Wi-Fi instead. It’s widely available, and lets you stream without using any cellular data at all, often with a faster connection. While connected to Wi-Fi, you can also download videos, TV shows or movies to your phone or SD card to watch anytime at your convenience, with no data required.
In addition, when you’re streaming video on a small screen, such as a cellphone, you really don’t need high resolution. Many apps give you the ability to change video quality settings, and therefore consume less data. For Netflix, log into your account and switch to one of three settings: low (using 0.3GB per hour), medium (which uses 0.7GB per hour) or high (using up to 3GB per hour). In the YouTube app, just tap the three-dots menu and click “Quality” to lower it.
Manage social media
Videos have also become a standard part of the social media experience. Adjusting your settings to prevent videos from playing automatically will prevent them from eating up your data. The steps to change this setting can vary between applications. On most platforms, like Facebook, you’ll go to your Account Settings and either disable the “Autoplay” feature entirely, or change it so that videos will only play automatically when you’re connected to Wi-Fi.
Try a smaller plan for bigger savings
By managing data effectively, you can save money by choosing smaller, less expensive data plans. Consumer Cellular, for instance, offers no-contract monthly plans ranging from 250MB to 10GB, for $5 to $40 per month. That’s far less than most “unlimited” options, and you also get the flexibility to change your plan as needed with no extra charges.
Also, be sure to take advantage of Usage Alerts, which most carriers provide for free. On an Android device, you can do this by going to your device settings, and then tapping the data usage option. Simply turn on “Alert me about data usage” to receive notifications about how much data you are consuming.
Follow these tips and you’ll enjoy streaming movies, listening to music and so much more while also keeping money in your pocket for things other than a colossal data plan. You can truly have it all, without needing an unlimited budget to do it.
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Sen. Marco Rubio asked the U.S. government to open an investigation into TikTok, the wildly popular, Chinese-owned social media app, out of concern that the company is “censoring content” around the world to satisfy Beijing’s leaders. Rubio requested a broad investigation into the company from the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, or CFIUS, which oversees foreign acquisitions for national security concerns. “Our content and moderation policies are led by our US-based team and are not influenced by any foreign government,” a TikTok spokesperson told.
“The Chinese government does not request that TikTok censor content, and would not have jurisdiction regardless, as TikTok does not operate there.”CFIUS immediately respond to a request for comment. CFIUS did not immediately respond to a request for comment. In 2017, ByteDance, the parent company to TikTok, acquired the popular lip-syncing video app, Musical.ly. TikTok had a growing user base outside of the United States, but ByteDance was able to purchase a sizable American audience through its acquisition of Musical.ly. The two video apps merged together, totaling around 1 billion downloads across the world.
In a statement, a TikTok spokesperson said: “TikTok US is localized, adheres to US laws, and stores all US user data in the US. Our content and moderation policies are led by our US-based team and are not influenced by any foreign government. The Chinese government does not request that TikTok censor content, and would not have jurisdiction regardless, as TikTok does not operate there.”The letter comes as the relationship between China and U.S. corporations is under a microscope. Rubio’s call for a review follows a week of retaliation from American fans and consumers toward US-based organizations and companies like the National Basketball Association and game developer Blizzard. Over the weekend, a professional Hearthstone player voiced support for the Hong Kong protests in a post-game interview and Blizzard banned him from tournaments for an entire year. “Attempts by China to leverage market access into self-censorship by U.S. companies should also be treated as trade violations that are subject to retaliation,” he wrote in his blog Stratechery. “Make no mistake, what happened to the NBA this weekend is nothing new: similar pressure has befallen multiple U.S. companies, often about content that is outside of China’s borders.”


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August 22nd, 2014
It’s difficult to measure exactly how the AT&T/DirecTV merger has been affected by the Comcast/TWC dealings this past spring and summer. On one hand, you might expect the fanfare surrounding the Comcast deal to spark more interest in the idea of corporate merger and their affects on the public, but on the other, such a big merger can also distract from a second, and only slightly smaller one, like AT&T’s.
A proposal ofÂ $48 billion in the AT&T acquisition of DIRECTVÂ is based on two simple business ideas, 1) AT&T has broadband but needs a stronger video product to compete with cable; and 2) DIRECTV needs a voice and broadband product to compete with cable. By combining services they can save money on customer service, back office and an estimated $1.6 billion in annual programming costs. On the surface, it seems like a merger that will create a stronger competitor to cable systems everywhere. So what’s the regulatory concern?
The first issue is that AT&T has a video offering with its U-verse service. U-verse is a state of the art high-end fiber to the node (FTTN) service that also offers video, much like Verizon’s FiOS. Thus in markets where U-verse operates, video competition will be reduced. But this is not an insurmountable hurdle.
AT&T and their soon to be subsidiary DIRECTV will tru to argue and prove in courtÂ that consumers will still have two other options in those marketsÂ and the local cable company, not to mention OTT services such as Netflix, Hulu and Amazon Prime.
Furthermore, mobile broadband speeds are approaching the point where they will be able to offer a competitive video service in the foreseeable future. If necessary, AT&T could also use a third party to market U-verse to ensure it competes with DIRECTV – much in the way Time Warner allowed Road Runner to market its internet service after the AOL merger.
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Area gets ready for annual Masters visitors
By Ann Cantrell
It is the one time of year the town of Augusta receives attention from around the world. Golf fans clamor to receive “badges” to the famous Masters Tournament while the rest are forced to watch the tournament unfold from home on their television. Those lucky enough to receive the coveted badges to the Augusta National Golf Tournament may find their way to Madison for a night or two.
The official Masters week runs from April 7 to April 13.
Andy Williams, Convention and Visitors Bureau project coordinator, said that Masters week is an important week for Madison, with the increased traffic and subsequent business.
“People come from all over the world for the Masters. Even though Augusta is 90 minutes east of us, Madison is considered to be a 'nearby' town during this event,” said Williams. He went on to say that golf courses benefit particularly from Masters Week. Reynolds Plantation Golf Course is ready for the upcoming week.
Bob Mauragas, vice president of Golf Operations, said that they are bringing down over 30 vendors for a week-long demonstration.
Some of the vendors included will be TaylorMade, Adidas, Ralph Lauren Polo and Titleist.
Mauragas said that this week is a retail opportunity for the golf course because people have a heightened sense of golf during the week. Long Shadow Golf Course hopes to capitalize on this heightened sense of golf as well. Ed Hoard, director of golf, Long Shadow Golf Course in Madison, said that while last year they were not affected by the tournament, this year, with all 18 holes now open, they expect an increase in golfers to the course that was recently rated by “Golf Week” as the fourth best daily fee course in Georgia.
Reynolds Plantation also expects an increase in customers. Mauragas said that he expects members to bring in more accompanied guests than usual and more people with visitors memberships to attend as well.
Golf courses are not the only businesses to profit from Masters Week, said Williams. Hotels, shops and restaurants will all experience an increase in business.
“In fact, a lot of the restaurants will probably have standing room only,” said Williams. James Madison Inn is hoping for an increase in occupancy for Masters Week, said Assistant General Manager Jake Grant.
Grant said that while they have put up many advertisements, they are unsure if business will increase since they opened recently and this year will be the first time they have advertised for the week of the Augusta National Golf Tournament. Regardless of the Masters Tournament, Williams said that this time of year is great for Madison with everything in full bloom and the influx of visitors that give it a vibrant feel.
“You can say it’s the kick-off of the spring season,” said Williams.


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Tourism in Uganda needs more marketingNo Comments
Source John Odyek as reported in the Newvision
LACK of marketing of Uganda’s tourism potential is one of the factors preventing the sector from developing, MPs have said.
Last week, MPs on the committee on tourism quizzed wildlife minister Prof. Ephraim Kamuntu over the lack of marketing of the country’s tourism potential.
They said it was a pity that tourism, which is a big foreign exchange earner for the country, was not sufficiently marketed.
According to statistics, the number of tourist who visited Uganda increased from 817,424 in 2009 to 945,899 in 2010. In 2009, tourism contributed $572m, shooting up to $662m in 2010.
Addressing the nation recently, President Yoweri Museveni said tourism could bring in an additional $500m given that national parks, hotels and tourist sites are available.
Committee chairman Steven Kagwera said the MPs had noted that Uganda had only budgeted $220,000 for tourism advertising this financial year, compared to Kenya’s $57m and Tanzania’s $8m.
In response, Kamuntu said by the time the budget was planned he had not yet been appointed as minister, adding that there was a lot of work to be done in the ministry.
“Tourism has a big potential and we have not played our role. We need to reposition it. We will come with a supplementary budget to boost the sector,” Kamuntu said.
He told the MPs that although the ministry had been split from trade and industry, it was yet to get its own offices, permanent secretary and undersecretary.
“We are sharing offices and a permanent secretary. We need to move. It is like a man getting married and staying in his father’s house.”
Kamuntu said with the separation of the two ministries, employment in the tourism industry was expected to grow from 65,000 to 182,000 in the next five years.
Cuthbert Baguma, the executive director of the Uganda Tourism Board, said the Tourism Act of 2009 gave the board the function of marketing the sector.


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TubeMogul and Tapad: Enhanced sequencing
TubeMogul announced an APAC partnership with Tapad that will extend throughout Southeast Asia, with Singapore going live immediately.
The partnership will allow TubeMogul’s APAC clients to improve their reach, relevancy and connection with audiences by enhancing sequencing across devices thanks to Tapad’s Device Graph. The technology determines how devices are related to each other builds "a unified, cross-device view of behaviors and transactions".
Pierre Martensson, GM of Tapad APAC:
There is a tremendous demand from clients, partners and brands alike in APAC for truly unified cross-device solutions. With TubeMogul’s strong presence in this region, this partnership will play an important role in helping these regional clients better understand and market to users across screens.
Tai Morshed, TubeMogul head of enterprise sales (Southeast Asia):
As consumers move from device-to-device seamlessly throughout their day, so too must our marketers as they execute their campaigns. Partnering with Tapad, the leader in cross-device technology, TubeMogul is able to directly address the need for a cross-device view. Better targeting and heightened efficiency results in cross-screen strategies that work harder for our customers throughout the region.
AdAsia: Out-stream vertical video formats
AdAsia announced out-stream additions, collectively named Parallax, that are "nestled within a page or piece of content". The video ads activate when the ad space comes into view on a mobile device that's being held in vertical mode.
The formats (shown below) include:
- Vertical Video: A portrait-oriented video
- Video + Background: A floating landscape-oriented video placed on top of a background
- Basic Video: A simple landscape-oriented video ad
Parallax is added to the AdAsia Video Network’s existing out-stream, in-stream and rich-media offerings for desktop and mobile.
Kosuke Sogo, CEO and co-founder, AdAsia Holdings:
The large volume of mobile device usage in Asia means it’s important that marketers and advertisers reach their audiences through this medium—no matter how the user holds their device. Marketers often have to source for multiple vendors across the entire video advertising process. We wanted to simplify and equip clients with a transparent end-to-end solution that spans actor casting and video production to ad placement and campaign reporting.
Criteo: Contextual ad generation
Criteo announced Kinetic Design, a patented ad-creation technology that it claims delivers "visually stunning, on-brand ads" that are optimised for every consumer and rendered in real-time without upfront work to define ad sizes or layouts.
The system translates each client’s brand identity and ad requirements into a "comprehensive, machine-based framework" and has the ability to generate more than 17 trillion visual design variations, the company said.
In a test of 44 billion impressions conducted by Criteo, Kinetic Design increased advertising engagement and boosted sales by up to 15 percent, according to the company.
Patrick Wyatt, senior vice president, product management, Criteo:
Kinetic Design allows marketers to achieve a strong brand identity, while still seeing the unmatched performance on which we have built our reputation. The combination of exceptional content and granular personalization with new branding and design capabilities will allow marketers to execute impeccable campaigns.
Near integrates consumer data into Oracle’s BlueKai
Near, a location intelligence platform, announced integration with Oracle Data Cloud, making Near’s global audience data available through Oracle’s BlueKai Marketplace.
This will allow marketers to better reach target audiences, understand and improve their campaigns, and optimise media spends, according to the companies. The agreement also "dramatically expands" the global reach of Oracle’s Bluekai Marketplace with new audience sets.
Aditi Kohli, senior director for data partnerships, Near:
Location is a crucial data set for most brands today. Through our integration with Oracle’s BlueKai Marketplace, brands will now have unique access to audience sets built from location data that will help them target these audiences and benefit from an advanced understanding of their consumers.
Amnet and RadiumOne collaboration
Amnet, Dentsu Aegis Network’s programmatic agency, and RadiumOne announced a data and platform collaboration across Southeast Asia.
The partnership will see RadiumOne’s proprietary mobile and sharing analytics software deployed across Amnet‘s clients, complementing existing technology to fuel paid media effectiveness, according to the companies. Amnet will also be able to use RadiumOne's unique interest and intent data, offering brands access to Web and mobile sharing data across the region.
Marc Langenfeld, regional director for Southeast Asia, Amnet:
RadiumOne’s proprietary tools include the unique ability to connect brands across earned, owned, paid and shared media, which is particularly valuable given the proliferation of instant messaging platforms across Southeast Asia. Over 74 percent of all sharing in the region now occurs via dark social channels.
Charlie Baillie, regional director, RadiumOne Southeast Asia:
RadiumOne and Amnet saw the opportunity to pioneer a programmatic strategy that truly complemented each other’s offerings. It is an exciting move and we’re looking forward to leading the way with Dentsu Aegis Network across the region.


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Inflation rates show signs of cooling
Inflation is showing signs of cooling: You may now breathe a (tentative) sigh of relief. Consumer price inflation cooled again in March, standing at 2.0% month-on-month compared to February. M-o-m inflation was 2.63% in February and 4.07% in January. The annualized rated accelerated to 30.9%, up from 30.2% in February, its slowest gain in five months. The core inflation rate fell to 32.25% y-o-y in March from 33.1% a month earlier, the central bank said. The drop in the core rates is the first since November. “The initial price shock seems to be tapering off … Sharp changes in prices in the future will be linked to further reform measures, the usual fluctuation in the exchange rate or seasons when consumer demand increases,” Reham El Desoki, senior economist at Arqaam Capital told Bloomberg.
Inflation will be impacted by two seasonal factors in the coming two months, argues Pharos Holdings’ Ramy Oraby in a research note issued yesterday: The month of Ramadan, in which prices usually increase, and the wheat harvest season, “which tends to diffuse sharp food price movements.” He also adds that “at the current exchange rate level, the pass-through risks remain limited.”


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Since July, BTC has witnessed a steady rise in the average price, until the threat of the third wave came with cases of Omicron being reported. Cryptocurrency price fluctuations have cyclical trends and inherent long-term unpredictability, as well as certain fractal and chaos characteristics. ARCH. Bitcoin's price fluctuates because it is influenced by supply and demand, investor and user sentiments, government regulations, and media hype. All of these. FULL HOUSE SUBWAY PYRAMID HALAL KE FOREX
Due to the growing interest of investors, economists, and governments in Bitcoin, other cryptocurrencies began to be developed around Satoshi Nakamoto , the anonymous Bitcoin inventor s , designed it for use in daily transactions and as a way to circumvent traditional banking infrastructure after the financial collapse. The cryptocurrency gained mainstream traction as a means of exchange.
It also attracted traders who began to bet against its price changes. Investors turned to Bitcoin as a way to store value, generate wealth, and hedge against inflation. Institutions worked to create Bitcoin investment instruments.
Bitcoin's price fluctuations primarily stem from investors and traders betting on an ever-increasing price in anticipation of riches. However, Bitcoin's price story has again changed. In January , Bitcoin began losing steam. Here's a quick rundown of Bitcoin's price history: — Bitcoin had a price of zero when it was introduced in The year proved to be a generally uneventful year for Bitcoin, but witnessed strong gains in price.
Mainstream investors, governments, economists, and scientists took notice, and other entities began developing cryptocurrencies to compete with Bitcoin. Bitcoin's price moved sideways in and , with small bursts of activity. Bitcoin's price burst into action once again.
The pandemic shutdown and subsequent government policies fed investors' fears about the global economy and accelerated Bitcoin's rise. At the close on Nov. On Nov. The price started fluctuating more as uncertainty about inflation and the emergence of a new variant of COVID, Omicron, continued to spook investors. On June 13, crypto prices plunged. Interestingly, Bitcoin's price trends appeared to mimic those of the stock market from November through June , suggesting that the market was treating it like a stock.
What Affects the Price of Bitcoin? Supply and Demand Like other currencies, products, or services within a country or economy, Bitcoin and other cryptocurrency prices depend on perceived value and supply and demand. If people believe that Bitcoin is worth a specific amount, they will buy it, especially if they think it will increase in value. By design, only 21 million Bitcoins will ever be created. The closer Bitcoin gets to its limit, the higher its price will be, as long as demand remains the same or increases.
Bitcoins are created by mining software and hardware at a specified rate. This rate splits in half every four years , slowing down the number of coins created. Bitcoin's price should continue to rise as long as it continues to grow in popularity and its supply cannot meet demand. However, if popularity wanes and demand falls, there will be more supply than demand.
Then, Bitcoin's price should drop unless it maintains its value for other reasons. The particular price hike was connected to the launch of a Bitcoin ETF in the United States, whilst others in were due to events involving Tesla and Coinbase, respectively. Another reason, according to experts, was an electricity blackout in the Xinjiang region in China. This unexpected development led to a decline in the Bitcoin hashrate - how many Bitcoins are being mined — and potentially spooked investors into selling their assets.
According to a research based off IP addresses from so-called hashers that used certain Bitcoin mining pools, more than half of all the Bitcoin mining occurred in China. Is the world running out of Bitcoin?
According to a research based off IP addresses from so-called hashers that used certain Bitcoin mining pools, more than half of all the Bitcoin mining occurred in China. Is the world running out of Bitcoin? Unlike fiat currency like the U. It is believed that Bitcoin will run out by , despite more powerful mining equipment.
Because of this, a Bitcoin mining transaction could equal the energy consumption of a small country in Brokers and other financial institutions are working desperately to get approval from the Securities and Exchange Commission for Bitcoin-backed securities —the number held by institutions and large investors will continue to rise as more securities are designed. Bitcoin volatility is also driven, to an extent, by these investors. It is unclear how Bitcoin whales—investors with BTC holdings in the tens of millions or more—would liquidate their significant positions into fiat currency without affecting Bitcoin's market price.
If the whales were to begin selling their Bitcoin holdings suddenly, prices would plummet as other investors panicked as well. Investors with thousands of Bitcoin may not be able to liquidate their assets fast enough to prevent enormous losses.
Emerging technologies like decentralized finance and the metaverse may reveal Bitcoin's market staying power, but it is still speculation whether Bitcoin will have any value or utility in these systems. Bitcoin volatility is also partly driven by the varying belief in its utility as a store of value and method of value transfer. A store of value is an asset's function that allows it to maintain value in the future with some degree of predictability.
Many investors believe that Bitcoin will retain its value and continue growing, using it as a hedge against inflation and an alternative to traditional value stores like gold or other metals. Bitcoin in the News Because news and media outlets are businesses that need content for their readers and viewers, they often present information and predictions from "experts" that are not always verified by evidence other than opinions.
It's not uncommon to hear an opinion from someone heavily invested in Bitcoin stating that the currency will soon be worth hundreds of thousands. Others hype newly invented cryptocurrencies to try and take away market share from Bitcoin.
However, most of this media attention and publicity serves to influence Bitcoin's price to benefit the people who hold large numbers of coins. When media outlets announced Proshare's introduction of its Bitcoin Strategy ETF exchange-traded fund in late October , Bitcoin's price skyrocketed over the next few weeks.
Bitcoin Regulation Rumors about regulations tend to impact Bitcoin's price in the short term, but the significance of the impacts is still being analyzed and debated. Government agency views of cryptocurrency can also affect Bitcoin's price. The IRS also considers Bitcoin a capital asset if it's used as an investment instrument. Additionally, if you mine a Bitcoin, you are required to report it as income based on the coin's market value on the date you receive it.
The tax stance taken by the IRS means taxes must be paid when you use Bitcoin. As a result, taxes factor into Bitcoin's market price—but it doesn't necessarily contribute to its volatility unless the tax regulations change often and cause investor concerns. China's government and central bank announced in that all cryptocurrency transactions or facilitation were illegal.
Bitcoin mining was cracked down upon following a meeting of the State Council Financial Stability and Development Committee in May, which resulted in a massive shutdown of cryptocurrency mining farms in the country. As such, it is a reasonably stable commodity, as far as price, demand, and supply go. Likewise, fiat currency has been around for some time—while exchange rates between countries fluctuate and are somewhat volatile, their values are to a point predictable based on the issuing country and the economic circumstances it faces.
Bitcoin has only been around for a short time—it is still in the price discovery phase. This means that prices will continue to change as investors, users, and governments work through the initial growing pains and concerns until prices stabilize—if a stable point can be reached.
Bitcoin's price fluctuates because it is influenced by supply and demand, investor and user sentiments, government regulations, and media hype.
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Six leading operators have signed up to a pledge from the Safer Tourism Foundation to reduce death, injury and illness on holiday.
Thomas Cook, Cosmos, Neilson, British Airways Holidays, Saga Group – including Destinology, Titan Travel and Saga Holidays – and Intrepid Travel have all committed to the six-point pledge.
The Safer Tourism Pledge, which launches in April, is “a safety stamp” of six commitments, from improving health and safety management for tourists to sharing incident data.
Each supports the foundation’s goal to cut the number of avoidable deaths, injuries and illnesses among Britons on holiday.
The Safer Tourism Foundation was formed in 2016, a decade after patron Sharon Wood’s two children died of carbon monoxide poisoning while on a Thomas Cook holiday in Corfu.
Chief executive Kathy Atkinson said 90% of 2,000 travellers polled in a recent survey expressed an interest in a safety pledge.
She said: “The pledge is designed to tell the public what they want to know. What we are trying to do is stop people getting hurt and dying on holiday. We want people to travel well and better so they keep on travelling.”
Audley Travel, British Airways Holidays, Explore, Thomas Cook and Tui were among the brands that helped the foundation draw up the pledge. Atkinson hopes all 25 of the charity’s partners will soon commit to the pledge.
She added that it had been “a challenge” to develop a common set of commitments that was applicable to all travel brands.
Two of the six commitments have alternate versions that apply to adventure tour operators.
Meanwhile, the Safer Tourism Foundation is planning to run four campaigns during 2019, focusing on carbon monoxide poisoning, road safety, young adults and the sea.
The campaign on carbon monoxide poisoning, aimed at self-catering ski holidays, launched last week.


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, have announced the first wave of apparel and accessories licensing deals celebrating the milestone. Partners include Mitchell & Ness, a brand that is partially owned in part by rapper Jay-Z, Isaac Morris Ltd (IML) and black/brown-owned Philcos.
In an effort to build a permanent bridge back to the communities that birthed Hip Hop, a portion of all proceeds from sales will go to supporting the 50th Anniversary of Hip Hop’s
managed by Legends’ partners at Beats, Rhymes & Relief.
In addition to traditional mono-brand licensing, the 50th Anniversary of Hip Hop will also see key collaborations with several global brands that have played iconic roles in Hip Hop culture over the years. Announcements will be made shortly.
“We are very proud of the partnerships we are creating, and there is much more in the works,” says Steven Heller, founder, The Brand
As part of the worldwide celebration, licensing and merchandising partners are being granted exclusive access to what is now one of the largest libraries of authentic Hip Hop assets ever assembled for licensing, including images that capture this moment in time: photographs of iconic performers, old-school concert flyers, commissioned art from legendary graffiti artists, images of the original b-boy and b-girl breaking crews and more. The 50th Anniversary of Hip Hop licensed merchandise will include apparel, jerseys, headwear, posters, books, home goods and more.
The Brand Liaison is continuing to add select licensing and retail partners as well as limited collections and collaborations with major brands that played an iconic role in the culture of Hip Hop over the past five decades.
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RPost, a provider of registered email services, today announced a new partner program which provides a web-based console to configure services, and aggressive enforcement of 36 patents covering email legal delivery proof, encryption, e-signature, and large file transfer to assure partner revenues.
Under the direction of a new vice president of alliances Wei Lin, the move enables partners to better serve their customers, while protecting them from competitors who would infringe on their protected revenue streams, the company said.
Partners can now build into their processes the ability to provision customers access to RPost services (set up trials, new users, configure some settings, and reporting) using an RPost provided web console (one for partner admin, one for partner sales) or use an RPost API to add this to their existing administration panels. This enhances partners’ ability to manage customer needs in real time, and tightly integrate RPost services into customer processes.
“We are committed to helping RPost partners win new business with protected services that are the best in the marketplace,” said Zafar Khan, CEO, RPost. “To solidify this commitment, we are pleased to welcome Wei Lin to the RPost team as vice president of alliances. Lin has been in the electronic messaging business for more than 15 years, most recently as chief intellectual property officer of McAfee. The US Patent Office reexamined all 89 claims of a main RPost patent and concluded that they are novel, patentable, and valid. RPost is vigorously enforcing these patent rights to assure its partners that their novel offerings will maintain their competitive edge.”
In defence of partner revenues in 2011, RPost brought federal patent infringement suits in California, Texas, and Virginia against Swiss Post, Canada Post, ZixCorp, Docusign, Adobe Echosign, RightSignature, Farmers Insurance, Telarix and others.
RPost has transformed its patented processing networks into an open platform, so developers can route high value outbound messages to the RPost Cloud for special processing without the need for specialised hardware or software, it was reported. Their high revenue share and ease of market entry are now vigorously protected via RPost’s IP portfolio, representatives added.
RPost is the global standard for email proof, message encryption, and electronic signature services which enable both sender and recipient to prove, sign, encrypt, archive and collaborate across desktop, mobile, and online email platforms. Designed for industries such as insurance, financial services, legal, real estate, telecommunications and manufacturing where the speed of contract execution, encryption, and court-admissible email records are a business requirement.


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The Samsung Galaxy S11 will certainly have a head-turning design and the South Korean company has revealed a new detail about its next flagship device. Two well-known and reliable tipsters, IceUniverse and SamMobile picked up something new about the Galaxy S11. It seems that the Galaxy S11 and Galaxy S11+ will have extra large battery. It could be a massive upgrade compared to the Samsung Galaxy S10 with 3,400mAh battery and Galaxy S10+ with 4,100mAh battery. It’s also interesting to note that the big batteries will be a standard feature for both the 4G and 5G versions of the Galaxy S11 and Galaxy S11+.
For budget users who don’t want overpowered devices for their casual, daily tasks, there will be the Galaxy S11e, an entry-level variant with 3,800mAh battery, which is a good upgrade, compared to the Galaxy S10e with 3,100mAh battery. IceUniverse also revealed that the Galaxy S11 series will be released along with a new foldable smartphone on February 18, 2020 in San Francisco, before the MWC 2020 event. As comparison, Samsung released the Galaxy S10 series and the original Galaxy Fold on February 21, 2019.
Externally, the Galaxy S11 comes with a central punch-hole, just like the Galaxy Note 10. It will have display with 120Hz refresh rate for smoother animation and gaming. The global version will have Samsung’s Exynos 990 and the US version will use Qualcomm Snapdragon 865. Its 12GB LPDDR5 RAM allows for extensive multitasking and the 512GB internal storage is supported by UFS 3.0 standard for much faster data transfer.
Unfortunately, there’s a potential issue with the Exynos-powered Galaxy S11. IceUniverse revealed that the global version of Galaxy S11 with Exynos 990 SoC will be noticeably inferior in terms of performance compared to the US version of Galaxy S11 with Snapdragon 865 SoC. This could have a big repercussion for Samsung, because it will offer two variants of the same model, but with notable difference in performance. There’s no leaked benchmark result for Exynos 990 yet, but on paper, Exynos SoCs are always less powerful compared to their Snapdragon counterparts. If it is proven that the Exynos 990 offers an underwhelming performance level, International users may decide to choose other Android flagships with Snapdragon 865, like OnePlus 7/7T, Sony Xperia 2, LG G9, LG V60 and Asus Zenfone 7.


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Clothing Partner KARHU
October 1, 2020
For 2020/21 Middlesex Tennis will partner with clothing and shoe brand manufacturer KARHU TEAM SPORTS.
KARHU (The bear), is the legendary Finnish running shoe brand, boasting multiple Olympic Champions across its long history. KARHU is becoming a prominent tennis brand will be supply our teams for LTA County Cup Competitions, as well developing the Middlesex brand as part of County Training.
For the coming year we shall be exploring possibilities of running training camps at the KARHU sponsored academies in Italy…..More to follow.


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How Le Figaro got 20 percent of its ad blocking readers to whitelist the site
French daily newspaper Le Figaro will extend its ad blocker ban after being encouraged by the initial results of its weeklong trial, in which 20 percent of ad blocker users switched off their blockers.
The second-largest newspaper in France after Le Parisien, Le Figaro was one of several major French publishers to run a trial ad blocker ban last month. Le Monde, L’Equipe and Le Parisien were also among those to run a weeklong ban, as part of an initiative led by French trade body Geste.
All of the publishers agreed to coordinate the timing of the anti-ad blocking parry, but the exact approach was left to the individual publishers. Le Figaro was seeing roughly 20 percent of its monthly traffic, which is 31 million unique users, according to Nielsen Mediametrie (55 million worldwide), affected by ad blockers.
The title took a softer approach than others, progressively blurring more articles as users with ad blockers continued clicking through. By the time a user clicked through to their fourth page, the content was totally illegible. At each page click, they were served the message: “Display problem on our site? It’s probably your ad blocker. Disable it to continue reading.”
Alexis Marcombe, chief operating officer of Le Figaro Media, said the trial was a success, as 20 percent of the people with ad blockers enabled whitelisted the site, and 5 percent opted for a paid-for premium offer without any advertising, priced at €9.90 ($11.20) a month.
“What was interesting is that people who were using the ad blockers were typically people who read twice as many pages as those who wouldn’t use one,” he said. “They were definitely some of our core readers, so it was important to do it. I’m pretty convinced we will take an even stronger approach in future.”
He said the publisher is already looking at how to extend it. In fact, those who visit the site currently with an ad blocker enabled will still receive the same experience.
In France, the average number of ad-blocker users has risen to 30 percent, according to IAB France, which ran a survey with research firm Ipsos. As such, Le Figaro isn’t relying solely on a ban to solve the problem in the long term. For many, the continued rise of ad blocking has been a wake-up call to many publishers that have opened up their sites too much to ad exchanges and networks, and resulted in poor site experiences for readers.
French readers appear to be particularly intolerant of disruptive ad experiences on publishers sites, with 85 percent of those who use ad blockers in France citing disruption as their main reason for installing a blocker, according to IAB France. Online advertising is regarded as increasingly irritating to 71 percent of them.
Some publishers have been vocal about having drastically cut the number of ad tech partners, while doing a ruthless cleanup on their sites, in some cases shredding hundreds of millions of impressions from their sites. U.K. magazine group Future has shaved 100 million impressions from its titles hit hard by ad blocking. Trinity Mirror’s head of strategy Piers North also urged publishers recently to be willing to lose short-term revenues in order to get their sites in order.
Le Figaro is putting its money where its mouth is. The publisher has run a site-wide cleanup of intrusive ads from its websites, which means it is forgoing €2 million ($2.3 million). “We have unplugged every single intrusive ad format and external sales house, which has cut $2 million from what we would normally have made. But that’s necessary if you want to continue building a sustainable business. We see it as our duty to do it,” added Marcombe.
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SARATOGA COUNTY — The Saratoga Springs Downtown Business Association, Saratoga County Chamber of Commerce, Saratoga Convention + Tourism Bureau, Saratoga Farmer’s Market, and Ballston Spa Business + Professional Association have partnered up to bring you Independents Week; July 1 through July 7th. to celebrate our great independent businesses who exemplify the uniqueness of Saratoga Springs and Saratoga County.
“It’s a time to reflect on the importance of economic democracy and community self-determination by celebrating the nation’s locally owned independent businesses and the stake each citizen has in shaping their home town’s future,” stated American Independent Business Alliance; AMIBA director Jennifer Rockne. AMIBA is part of a growing national movement of communities rallying to support their independent businesses and ensuring the opportunity to operate an independent business endures.
Independents Week (July 1-7) is an annual national campaign, encompassing July 4, to engage local independent businesses and citizens in celebrating entrepreneurial local businesses. Please get out and support local independent businesses during Independents Week as well as the rest of year! Think local first!
The crew here are holding posters that will be proudly displayed at independent businesses all over Saratoga County, promoting Independents Week.
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Reader Review: 2020 Toyota Corolla Hybrid
Toyota’s 2020 Corolla is all new from top to bottom and front to back. Now in its 12th generation, the Corolla platform first launched way back in 1966. Since then, the car has been a perennial best-seller for Toyota with more than 45 million examples sold worldwide.
While overall design of the compact sedan has been revised and driving dynamics have been improved thanks to Toyota’s New Global Architecture (TNGA) underpinnings, the big news for 2020 is the fact that — for the first time ever — Toyota is offering the Corolla as a hybrid. They’ve taken the Hybrid Synergy Drive system from the Prius and placed it in the Corolla to give the model maximum fuel economy.
So, does it live up to its miserly expectations?
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Falling egg prices taking toll on growers in Savar
Egg growers in Savar have been counting losses for the last three months due to its falling prices in the wholesale market.
The growers in several parts of Savar have been spending around Tk 4.5 for production of each egg since March, which was higher from its wholesale price of Tk 3.3 to Tk 3.7 a piece.
Retailers purchase each egg at Tk 5 and sell those to the consumers at Tk 7-8 each. Only the growers are bearing the brunt of the falling prices, as egg prices fell only at the growers' level and its retail prices have remained the same in the last one year, industry insiders said.
Businesses blamed the falling egg prices at the growers' level on its oversupply in the market.
A profit of Tk 1 on each egg is huge for a small businessman, and this has prompted many new entrepreneurs to enter the market in 2016, said Mahmudul Hasan, member secretary of Savar Egg Traders Association.
Every day, the country needs around 2 crore pieces of eggs, while the growers now produce nearly 3 crore pieces, Hasan said.
Many big companies now prefer producing eggs instead of chickens, he said.
“Many individual poultry farmers have also started producing eggs only, which has caused its abundance in the market.”
Humayun Kabir, a poultry farmer of Daulatpur in Manikganj, said 3,000 chickens of his farm produce around 2,950 eggs every day on an average.
“The falling egg prices have hit me hard. The daily production cost of my farm is Tk 14,000, but I could hardly earn Tk 11,000 a day by selling my produce.”
“I will be in real trouble if the egg prices do not recover soon, as I have to repay a big loan that I took from a bank and my relatives to set up the business,” Kabir said. Shahidul Islam, another poultry farmer of Kalampur in Dhamrai, said he has never seen such low prices of eggs in his 16-year-long farming career.
“I have 10,000 chickens in my farm. I sell eggs of Tk 35,000 every day, which is much lower from my daily spending of Tk 45,000.”
“If the situation continues, the industry will be destroyed in a year.” However, the retail prices of the food item full of protein have remained the same at Tk 7-8 per piece since 2016, said Murshiduzzman, a consumer who buys 12 to 16 eggs every week.


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Sheltered Workshop provides packaging help to Leland’s Lures
ELKINS – Workers at the Randolph County Sheltered Workshop were excited recently when Jeff Smith, co-owner of Leland’s Lures, stopped by the Elkins shop to visit. Many Leland’s Lures products are packaged in Elkins at Seneca Designs.
Seneca Designs, located in the Elkins Industrial Park, provides vocational and rehabilitation service for individuals with disabilities who are seeking competitive employment.
“We train people – that is the core of our business,” Mike Turner, executive director of Seneca Designs said. “Our mission is to train adults with disabilities. Our goal is to move our employees into competitive employment in the community.”
A big part of that employment comes from Leland’s Lures.
“We sell approximately 15 million lures each year,” Smith said. “Hundreds of thousands of those are packaged right here in Elkins by this group. These guys do a fantastic job. They help us by doing the packaging and we give them meaningful work. It is a win-win situation.”
Smith said he enjoyed visiting with the workers. Each one received a Trout Magnet T-shirt while sharing the day with Smith.
“This is a fun group to be around,” Smith said. “It is great to meet them – everyone is doing such a great job. This provides meaningful work for everyone, and everyone takes their job seriously.”
Smith said the employees at Seneca Designs package individual lures as well as kits that contain from seven up to 100 pieces. Items are shipped from the Elkins location all over the United States.
“It’s amazing what a great job they do with the detail,” Smith said. “They work hard and do a great job for Leland’s Lures. They are a huge part of our company.”
Seneca Designs employee Chandra Washington said the group has approximately 30 employees who work about five hours a day.
“We plan to grow and offer more lures for crappie fishing,” Smith said. “We are also working with Duck Commander, and may offer a new product line with their endorsement in the near future.”
Smith said Leland’s Lures and Trout Magnet products are available at WalMart, Bass Pro Shop, Cabela’s and Kmart.
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Doc loves everything British, especially if it comes with chips. So one of my favorite publications is the Financial Times, the pink Brit equivalent of The Wall Street Journal. A recent article by Jessica Twentyman caught my eye, in part because it refers to the mish-mash of printers and scanners most companies have as “zoos.” The article deals with the problems of printers-out-of-control and the need for Managed Print Services (MPS).
Among many interesting bits, the article quotes a study by one large company that found 56 percent of employees say they have seen confidential company documents left in printer trays:
Unsecured printing environments pose serious risks for European companies that could result in legal action, lost clients and lost revenue – and yet few businesses are aware of the reputational and financial risks their printing infrastructure poses. In research recently conducted by the company among 4,500 workers across Europe, more than half of respondents (56 percent) said that they see confidential company documents, printed by someone else, sitting on the printer at least once a month. One in five claim to see such documents every day.
The article goes on to say that:
Industry estimates suggest companies spend between 1 and 3 percent of their annual revenues on maintaining printer estates. Analysts at Gartner, meanwhile, estimate that using managed print services [MPS] can reduce that by between 10 and 30 percent.
Under MPS, a service provider takes primary responsibility for meeting the customer’s office printing needs, including the printing equipment, the supplies, the service and overall management of the printer fleet, Gartner’s report explains.
The main components provided are a needs assessment, selective or general replacement of hardware, and the services and supplies needed to operate the new and/or existing hardware.
Doc loves that the Brits refer to their printer networks as “estates.” There is a lot more to the article, including some solutions, which you can read here.


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Pakistan’s milk powder importers have told just-food they are unclear whether the country’s government will go ahead with budget plans to increase import duty on imported milk powder, opposing such a hike in principle.
Concern has been raised proposals made in the Pakistan government’s federal budget for 2017-18, which included a plan to increase duties by 5% in some cases and 15% in others on 565 imported items. Media reports suggested the plans included milk powder but some importers have challenged the accuracy of such reports. Government officials have not replied to requests from just-food for clarification.
“So far, it’s not clear to what extent the government has increased RD [regulatory duty] on imports of dry milk, and we are awaiting a clarification from the Federal Board of Revenue,” Haroon Ager, a leading Karachi-based commodity importer and director of Ager International told just-food.
However, should duty on milk powder be raised by 15% from 45% to 60%, it would severely damage domestic demand by boosting prices by nearly 20%, with traders pushing a hike above the duty increase, Ager argued. “Since the government had raised RD on imported milk powder by 25 percent in the last budget, we will resist if it’s again increased.”
Ager predicted the Pakistan price of milk powder would jump from PKR352 (US$3.36) per kg to PKR422.
Furthermore, the price of some packaged milk manufactured by the local companies would rise where they used powder as an ingredient, Ager said, noting 60,000 tonnes of dry milk is imported legally each year into Pakistan.
There is also concern among traders a duty rise would boost smuggling, with more milk powder being smuggled into Pakistan than officially imported.


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Baseball season is winding down, but NPR has bases loaded in the mobile space. As the world's largest podcaster and an innovator on the iPhone, NPR says its new iPad app has the network poised for a grand slam this year.
The strength of the app is in its simplicity -- an extension of NPR's uncompromising, uncluttered environment on-air and online. A magazine-centric approach is built for gesture navigation and generates significant user engagement in the app; user sessions last more than 10 minutes on average, with engagement spanning text, audio, and multimedia content.
The sponsorship treatment is both innovative and understated. Each sponsor receives a session roadblock, with its logo integrated into the app for the duration of a user session. With the launch of the media player, users also receive a short audio sponsorship credit tied to a full-page interstitial. This unit has seen click-through rates as high as 20 percent, helped by innovative creative developed in partnership with Medialets, a leading rich media ad solution provider for the app space.
The NPR iPad app has been downloaded onto nearly 10 percent of the iPads sold to date and is also used on demo units in Apple stores.
Financial news and information website Reuters.com prides itself on offering best-of-breed products, exciting early adopters, and creating customized solutions for marketers. With the launch of Apple's iPad, Reuters seized the opportunity to meet all three objectives by creating an application called News Pro that harnesses the IOS platform with video-rich stories, dramatic photography, and lively market data.
"We reach our customers no matter where they are," says Reuters general manager Riley McDonough. "And that means leveraging our strengths to the fullest by providing a rich, robust experience through multimedia storytelling."
More than 20 million page views are generated each month through Reuters' mobile touch points alone. These innovations, including Reuters News Pro app for the iPhone, which has been downloaded more than 500,000 times, caught the attention of FedEx. The company came to Reuters early on in the development of its News Pro iPad app to sign on as the inaugural sponsor and reach a targeted audience of business decision makers. "We have global scope and the targeted reach necessary for marketers to meet their campaign goals," McDonough said.
In addition, Reuters remains committed to bettering the customer experience and increasing advertiser demand with plans to revamp of all its mobile sites by end of the year.


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Parent company Google said Motorola lost £177 million in the first quarter of 2013, but that its revenues still made up 7 per cent of the search engine’s Q1 total
Motorola Mobile lost $271 million (£177 million) in the first quarter of 2013.
The loss represents a 27 per cent decline in the revenues of the manufacturer, which was acquired by Google last year.
Google said that in Q1 of this year, restructuring and related charges for Motorola Mobile came to $66 million (£43 million).
Motorola’s revenues for the first quarter were $1.02 billion (£665 million) or 7 per cent of Google’s consolidated revenues.
In March, Google said it it cutting 1,200 jobs at Motorola as part of its restructure of the company, in an attempt to return it to profitability.


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European producers continue to buy products from the Russian steel industry, since the current sanctions do not ban imports completely
After the start of the war, the European Union began to impose economic sanctions against Russia. Among the sectors affected by the sanctions was iron and steel complex. Since Russian steel companies were traditional suppliers in the European market, the sanctions were imposed in a targeted manner so as not to harm the EU economy. GMK Center decided to trace the history of the sanctions and understand how effective they turned out to be.
The introduction of sanctions against the Russian steel industry consisted of several stages. Restrictions were introduced in 2022-2023 as part of the first few sanctions packages, as well as the 8th and 11th packages.
Almost from the beginning of the full-scale aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine, the EU banned the import of finished steel products (hot and cold rolled sheets, long products, some types of welded and seamless pipes) of Russian origin and semi-finished products included in HS codes 72-73, with the exception of raw materials, in particular, pig iron, ferroalloys, scrap, iron ore. Since October 2022, the EU has also banned the import from third countries of steel products made from Russian pig iron and steel under the above codes.
As part of the eighth package of sanctions, the EU expanded previously imposed restrictions on the import of steel products, extending the ban on the import of steel products from third countries if they were made from Russian steel.
The eighth package of sanctions came into force on September 30, 2023, with the exception of semi-finished products – square billets and slabs, for which separate deadlines are provided. The import of square billets is prohibited from April 1, 2024, and slabs – from October 1, 2024. At the same time, import quotas were introduced for the transition period (until supplies will be completely banned).
Quotas for square billets provide for a gradual reduction in imports from Russia: in the first quota period (10/7/2022 – 09/30/2023) – by 10.1% compared to average monthly imports in 2022, in the second period (10/1/2023 – 12/31/2023) – by 37.1%, in the third period (01/1/2024 – 03/31/2024) – by 64.1%. Allowed monthly slab imports will be only 20% lower than actual average monthly imports in 2022. For comparison, slab imports in 2021 amounted to 3.7 million tons.
As part of the 11th package of sanctions, the European Union has further tightened restrictions on the import of steel goods. Companies supplying steel products subject to sanctions to the EU will have to additionally provide evidence that the raw materials used for production were not supplied from the Russian Federation. These requirements came into force on September 30, 2023.
Effectiveness of sanctions
Despite the imposed sanctions and a decrease in export revenue, iron and steel industry of the Russian Federation continues to receive relatively high income from exports to the EU. In particular, in 2022, total exports amounted to 7.92 million tons for €3.87 billion.
In January-July 2023, the European Union reduced imports of steel and raw materials from Russia by 44.8% compared to the same period in 2022 – to 3.24 million tons. Export revenue of Russian companies decreased by 43.2% year-on-year – to €1.65 billion.
Consumption of different iron & steel products supplied by Russia into EU showed following dynamics:
- semi-finished steel products – decrease by 40.8% y/y – to 1.92 million tons;
- iron ore – decrease by 84.9% year-on-year, to 322.7 thousand tons;
- ferroalloys – decrease by 79.3% year-on-year, to 24.2 thousand tons;
- scrap – decrease by 73% year-on-year, to 20.44 thousand tons;
- pig iron – growth by 25.3% year-on-year, to 952 thousand tons.
Turkish steel companies import slabs and billets from Russia in large volumes. In particular, in January-July Turkiye imported 1.05 million tons (+19.8% y/y) of billets from Russia, which is 47% of the total imports for seven months (2.24 million tons). However, measures of the 11th package of sanctions may have a negative impact on Turkish imports from Russia, as the European Union has imposed a ban on the supply of steel products made from Russian raw materials.
In addition, Russian companies that own European steel assets (rolling mills) are actively lobbying for favorable decisions for themselves. For example, NLMK Group’s asset – NLMK Belgium – insists on extending quotas for slab imports from Russia for another four years. Such activity is connected with the fact that in October 2024 the import quota for Russian slabs in the amount of 3.74 million tons will expire, after which a complete ban on imports of these semi-finished products from Russia to the EU will follow. This year, Russia exported about 4.2 million tons of slabs, which is about 36% less compared to 2022. It cannot be ruled out that other consumers of Russian semi-finished products, in particular Italian producers, will not join this campaign. Currently, approximately 80% of slab imports from Russia to the EU are supplies within NLMK Group.
A weak link in the recent sanctions measures is control over the country of origin of steel raw materials. In conditions when third countries (Turkiye, China, a number of CIS countries) are actively helping Russia to circumvent sanctions by using “gray” schemes and redirecting imports, control of certificates of origin will not be effective.
“Any producer of steel products acquires raw materials from various sources and sells products on various markets. As a result, it is virtually impossible to control which raw materials are used to produce a particular batch of products. A buyer of Russian semi-finished products may insist that it sold its products on the domestic market, while the products exported to the EU were made from other raw materials. Therefore, there are great risks that the procedure for controlling the country of origin of raw materials will be ineffective,” notes chief analyst of GMK Center Andriy Tarasenko.
To a large extent, the EU has already exhausted the possibilities of increasing sanctions pressure on Russia. There are still areas of the economy that are insensitive to sanctions or certain industries where it is not favorable for Europeans to impose sanctions (for example, against nuclear power). Therefore, the EU can only tighten control over compliance with the already imposed trade restrictions.
New EU sanctions against Russia (the 12th package) may be presented as early as October. The package will presumably include a ban on imports of Russian diamonds, a mechanism for using profits from frozen assets of the Central Bank of Russia to help Ukraine, as well as new steps to limit Russia’s ability to circumvent sanctions through third countries.
According to preliminary information, the 12th package will probably not include new sanctions against Russian steel industry. At the same time, the association of European steel producers EUROFER supports tougher sanctions against exports of Russian steel products and iron ore raw materials to the EU.
EU sanctions against the Russian steel industry remain fragmented. Only imports of finished steel products are completely banned, while opportunities for pig iron and iron ore supplies from Russia remain unrestricted.
The EU also continues to import slabs and square billets from Russia within the established quotas. It is likely that the quotas will be prolonged if European producers are unable to find alternative suppliers of semi-finished products.
There is no information that there is a dialog on imposing new sanctions on Russian steel products, so there is little prospect of new restrictions. At present, the problem of monitoring compliance with the sanctions already in place remains relevant, as there are opportunities for supplying and processing Russian products in third countries.
It is paradoxical that the growth of Russian pig iron imports to the EU is taking place amid a decrease in supplies of similar products from Ukraine. In January-July 2023, Ukraine reduced its pig iron exports to the EU by 13.5% compared to the same period in 2022 – to 140.2 thousand tons. At the same time, Russian producers increased supplies to the EU by 25.3% over the same period.
According to GMK Center’s research, Ukrainian iron and steel products can gradually replace similar Russian products in the European market. Even under the current conditions, Ukraine can increase exports of iron products to the European market by $74 mln monthly. This figure reflects the possibility of increasing exports of pig iron and iron ore, taking into account:
- production facilities that remain in Ukrainian-controlled territory;
- needs of European consumers, which were satisfied by Russian suppliers (volume of imports from Russia in 2022).
The maximum potential for increasing exports of pig iron and iron ore is much larger (about $230 mln monthly). However, in order to achieve it, the remaining Ukrainian-controlled steel companies must be able to return to pre-war production levels. This is a longer-term issue.


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As you already regarded, Kia is now doing the job on updating production line inside Sohari plant in South Korea in buy to start manufacturing of the Carnival Hybrid and All-electric EV9 massive SUV from 2023, something that signifies the discontinuation of Stinger. Now we have initially spy shots of the up to date Kia Carnival.
Back again in July, Kia released its output options for all of its South Korean plants, which includes the Sohari Plant, for the 2022 yr and exposed lousy news for Stinger. In accordance to that plan, Kia will cease the generation of the Stinger by the second quarter of 2022 just after several adjustments thanks to continued sluggish profits.
For the duration of second quarter of 2022, Kia will rework the strains at Sohari Plant in South Korea to commence the mass output of electrified vehicles these types of as the Carnival Hybrid variant so this is the initial time that the Stinger destiny has been formalized. Now, looking at the initially prototype testing along with the EV9 is just a further stage on the discontinuation.
It is anticipated that Carnival Hybrid powertrain will be shared from Sorento, so we can anticipate a 1.6 Turbo GDi motor delivering 180 hp and an electrical motor with a complete output of 230 hp. Regardless of the PHEV, appears like Kia will skip it and will concentration on a full-electric powered Carnival, but for now we will have to settle for the hybrid.


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TESDA Online Courses Accessible For Free During Lockdown
The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) is again informing the public that their online courses are now free for Filipinos who wish to learn a new set of skills during the Enhanced Community Quarantine (ECQ).
Currently, they have 68 short online courses in their catalog according to TESDA Director General Isidro Lapeña. Among the courses offered are massage therapy, basic computer operation, web development, bread and pastry production, and cookery. TESDA has been offering these online courses since 2012 and it has currently expanded its capacity to accommodate a larger number of enrollees due to the lockdown since mid-March. To encourage people to stay at home, TESDA is inviting Filipinos to enroll in their online courses.
Lapeña said in an interview:
“Because ang advise sa ating mga kababayan ay to stay at home to stop the spread of the coronavirus, para may ginagawa ‘yong mga kababayan natin, we expanded itong TESDA online [courses] natin.”
He also emphasized that there are no requirements to enroll, interested individuals only need to be computer literate. Enrollees can finish any course at their own pace and will be given a certificate of completion once the ECQ has been lifted because it would require their physical presence at their technical schools.
Those interested may register on the e-TESDA website.
From March 16 to April 27, over 260,000 Filipinos have registered for the online courses, where 60,347 have graduated, according to Lapeña.
Below is the full list of courses:


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The Bank of England numbers chart that shows how far savings rates have slumped since Funding for Lending
Yesterday, Bank of England Governor Mark Carney said that keeping interest rates low and bringing unemployment down to seven per cent by 2016 – the Bank’s target – is important, despite low returns.
The sooner the economy is restored to growth and unemployment is brought down ‘the sooner there is normalisation of interest rates and saves will earn a return,’ he added.
But as well as the continuous low base rate, savers have also been hammered by the Funding for Lending scheme. This has enabled banks and building societies to tap into cheap money to in turn lend out in the form of mortgages and loans to small businesses, instead of relying on savers.
How savings rates have fallen in the last 12 months
The chart above, taken from official Bank of England data updated today (which you can take a look at here) shows how far savings rates have fallen since last August when the scheme launched.
Rates on some types of account have more than halved. The average rate for a bonus-free cash Isa – the popular tax free savings vehicle - for instance has fallen from 1.41 per cent in August 2012 to just 0.61 per cent today.
Elsewhere, easy-access accounts which come with a bonus have fallen from 1.53 per cent to just 0.76 per cent today.
Fixed-rate accounts have not been immune either, although the average one year and two-year deals were up slightly this month to 1.62 and 1.95 per cent respectively compared to July.
However, just one year ago these accounts average a higher rate of 2.51 and 3.08 per cent respectively. In other words, those who had short term fixed-rate deals in the past are facing far lower rates to move their cash into today.
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U.S. Staffing Leader Awarding 150+ Coveted Prizes, Including a New Ford Mustang Sports Car
Spherion Staffing Reading is adding some fun to hiring — and retaining — its workforce with a creative employment initiative to fill thousands of jobs and fuel the nation’s workforce recovery efforts.
Spherion Works Sweepstakes kicked off July 12 and runs through National Staffing Week (September 13-19) and aims to drive Reading’s unemployed and underemployed to join and stay at the employment opportunities available in the area. A central element to the Spherion Works Sweepstakes is the more than 150 prizes that will be awarded to individuals contracted and working for Spherion. Weekly winners will be randomly selected across the more than 200 Spherion offices nationwide during the campaign. With a wide variety of prizes ranging from GoPro cameras to Nintendo Switches, the campaign will conclude in mid-September with the announcement of the hiring campaign’s grand prize, a new Ford Mustang sports car.
“It has been a challenging time for many businesses to find workers amid this current labor shortage,” said Phil Frassinelli, owner of several Spherion
Staffing offices throughout Pennsylvania. “We hope that with this sweepstakes program we are able to help reinvigorate the community and help our clients fill positions with talented individuals.”
Spherion employees active on assignment in Reading will earn an entry into the Spherion Works Sweepstakes each week they work during the campaign. Several exciting prizes are up for grabs including MacBook Air Laptops, Apple Watches, flat-screen TVs, GoPros, Nintendo Switches, Apple AirPods, Grizzly Coolers, Beats by Dr. Dre headphones and more! Each weekly prize will lead up to the grand prize of a brand-new Ford Mustang sports car. Embracing Spherion’s identity, the majority of prizes will come in its signature orange. Spherion is not affiliated with any of the brands associated with the prizes being offered, nor are these brands sponsoring or endorsing Spherion or the Spherion Works Sweepstakes.
An influx of job opportunities with strong potential for upward mobility are resurfacing, and Spherion is committed to helping client companies optimize productivity and get job seekers back to work. The staffing firm’s 200-plus offices from coast to coast are all filling rewarding positions, as nearly ten million Americans remain out of work due to reasons related to the pandemic. So, “Let’s Get to Work, Reading!”
To learn more about the Spherion Works Sweepstakes, visit spherion.com/works.
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Google announced that two new 2020 Chromebook models will get eight years’ worth of software updates.
Traditionally, Chromebooks have been promised three years worth of updates, but Google recently expanded that to include an extra two years across tons of models.
Google was able to do this since there are actually a few versions of Chrome OS. Therefore, depending on the hardware specs of a Chromebook, it might use an ultra-lightweight version of the OS or a heavier one, according to Android Central.
So far, Google’s only clarified two Chromebooks that get eight years of updates — the Lenovo 10e Chromebook Tablet and Acer Chromebook 712. Both of these come out this year so it’s likely that they’re built on the same Chrome OS version. That’s why they both get eight years of updates.
While that’s good news for Chromebooks from this year, it also means any Chromebooks from next year will only get seven years of updates since the end-of-life moment for this version of the OS is 2028.
That means that if you really want to know when your computer is going to stop getting updates, you need to check Google’s Auto Update Expiration (AUE) website.
Overall, it’s good news that Google’s latest Chromebooks can get eight years worth of updates, but it’s not an across the board change as some publications have reported.


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The Real Reason Why Meta Cut 11,000 Jobs
Meta recently let go of 13% of its workforce globally. The company's first ever layoffs come after it wasted billions on its Metaverse gambit. Here's the Meta disaster in numbers.
Meta spent more than $15 billion building the metaverse since 2021. This includes the whopping $36 billion investment in the metaverse since 2019.
To put this into perspective, Apple spent just $3.4 billion developing the original iPhone between 2002 and 2007.
Not surprisingly, the Meta division (comprising metaverse and VR businesses) suffered $30.7 billion operating loss so far.
Meanwhile, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg says the metaverse requires $10 billion investment each year.
He expects the investment to take at least a decade to bear fruit. Zuckerberg's metaverse gambit will consume $100 billion before it even begins pays off.
What does Meta have to show for those billions? Mediocre 90s graphics, avatars without legs, and empty virtual worlds.
Meta's pet project Horizon Worlds hasn't even reached 200k monthly users, which is less than half of the expected 500k monthly users.
Most Horizon Worlds users don't even return to the app after the first month.
Only 9% of worlds built by creators are ever visited by at least 50 people. Most are never visited at all.
Meta stock lost 80 percent of its value compared to last year. Investors are angry at Zuckerberg for the wild spending spree. Meanwhile, faith in Meta dwindles.