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Muncie, not Yorktown, gets warehouse
MUNCIE — A furniture warehouse that had been planned for Yorktown will come to Muncie instead.
Gill Bros. Furniture had long-established plans to build a furniture warehouse in the Park One/332 industrial park at Interstate 69 and Ind. 332, but The Star Press has confirmed that the company now plans to extensively remodel a building at the Industria Centre on Muncie's southwest side.
Richard Gill said a series of events and considerations led to the warehouse being established in Muncie instead.
"The Park One deal fell through for a couple of reasons," Gill said Wednesday. "The cost was a major factor, of building a brand new building out there."
But Gill Bros. also needed a powerful sprinkler system for its planned 50,000-square-foot warehouse, and the Industria Centre was one of only two areas that had sufficient water infrastructure for such high-density storage of furniture materials, Gill said.
"The southwest industrial park has it because of (area industries) Mid-West Metals and Progress Rail," Gill said. That infrastructure includes 16-inch water lines instead of eight-inch lines, which are sufficient for the Gill Bros. retail store along at Ind. 332 and Delaware County Road 500-W.
Gill said the company has put on hold opening a second retail store in Muncie. That change also contributed to plans to locate the warehouse in Muncie rather than at Park One.
According to paperwork filed in the Muncie building commissioner's office, Gill Bros. invested $1.1 million in purchasing the 23rd Street building and will spend an additional unspecified amount on upgrades. The company will add jobs at the warehouse and will not seek property tax abatements, Gill said. An abatement effort in Yorktown was dropped when construction there was dropped.
The 23rd Street building is the former home of Bartlett Corporation, a maker of seat covers for vehicles.
Other building permits reflect other activity for former commercial buildings. A former Lube Express at 806 W. McGalliard Road is set to be home to McGalliard Auto Sales, and a building at 501 W. McGalliard Road that had been home to Nissan and Volkswagen dealerships will be a CARite auto sales lot.
Work has begun on remodeling the former American Chevrolet building on Clara Lane into Clara Lane Center, a mix of restaurant, retail and other commercial space.
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Bandai Namco initially announced this game earlier this year as Dragon Ball Game Project Z. During the Microsoft E3 2019 conference, the action RPG, now titled as Dragon Ball Z Kakarot, gave another peek at the game in a new trailer.
The trailer shows Dragon Ball Z Kakarot as a detailed story about Goku, otherwise known as the Saiyan Kakarot, and the mystery behind the Dragon Balls. Well-known characters like Krillin, Vegeta, and Frieza made an appearance in the trailer too. There is a scene in the trailer showing Goku having a zealous fight against Frieza which gives an idea as to how the gameplay will be.
As Goku, you will travel to recognizable locations, relive iconic scenes, and partake in intense battles with enemies from the Dragon Ball Z anime series. Not much has been said about the game but in their announcement in January, Bandai Namco claimed that it will “take players on the most dramatic and epic telling of the DRAGON BALL Z story.”
The game is currently in development by the Japanese game studio CyberConnect2. When originally announced, the game was set for a late 2019 release, however, Kakarot will be available early 2020 on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC.

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In 2016, about 69 million consumers purchased online and the number is expected to cross 100 million by 2017 with the rise of digital natives, better infrastructure in terms of logistics, broadband and Internet-ready devices to fuel the demand in e-Commerce, according to an ASSOCHAM-Resurgent India study.
As per the findings of the joint study, Bangalore has left behind all other cities in India shopping online in the year 2016. While Mumbai ranks second, Delhi ranks third in their preference for online shopping.
In other cities like Bangalore, 69% of its population chose to buy daily routine products through e-shopping in 2015-16, which will go to 75% this year for apparel, gift articles, magazines, home tools, toys, jewellery, beauty products & sporting goods categories.
Likewise, Mumbai share was 65% in the last year, which might go up another 70% in this year for electronic gadgets, accessories, apparel, gifts, computer peripherals, movies, hotel booking, home appliances, movie tickets, health & fitness products and apparel gift certificates etc whereas, Delhi, 61% of its population chose to buy daily routine products through e-shopping in 2015-16, which will go to 65-68% by the year end.
The ASSOCHAM- Resurgent India joint study reveals, Indian e-Retail looks even more promising which is Up from $3.59 billion in 2013 to $5.30 billion in 2014 (a phenomenal increase of 48%), by the end of 2018, it is expected to touch $17.52 billion (with growth of 65%). The e-retail sale continues to register an unprecedented growth and increase by leaps and bounds over the 2013-2018 period.
In 2017, mobile commerce will become more important as most of the companies are shifting to m-commerce. Mobile already accounts for 30-35% of e-commerce sales, and its share will jump to 45-50% by 2017,” adds the report.
E-commerce is big business and getting bigger every day. Online shopping has been embraced by Indians with close to 25-30 million adults making a purchase via the internet in the last year. The paper said, online shoppers and buyers starting with a base age of 18 are become more involved with ecommerce in their early teens, adds the paper.
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South Korea’s HMM is spending some of its box riches bolstering its VLCC arm. Brokers report HMM has bought two three-year-old VLCCs from Singapore’s Sentek Marine, paying $185m en bloc for the pair of scrubber-fitted, 300,000 dwt ships, which come with an undisclosed time charter attached. The Hyundai Samho-built tankers are named Neptune M, and Pacific M.
Three months ago HMM bought the C Guardian VLCC for $98m, and followed this up swiftly with a $108m purchase for another VLCC, G. Dream, fresh from the slipway.
Secondhand VLCC prices have been rising for months. The Baltic Exchange on Friday pushed up its five-year-old VLCC prices to $90.6m. Year-to-date, VLCC five-year values have surged by 25.2%.


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If Giving Tuesday inspires a sense of philanthropy in New Yorkers, Attorney General Eric Schneiderman says they should make sure their donations are going to a worthy cause.
Calling Giving Tuesday a fantastic opportunity to support those in need, Schneiderman offered some donation do’s and don’ts in a news release.
“If you plan on giving, follow our tips to ensure that your money is going to a worthy cause and that the charity will use your money wisely,” he said.
The notion of Giving Tuesday began in 2012 as a global day of giving after the consumerism and commercialism of Black Friday, according to several websites promoting the concept.
Schneiderman on Tuesday said one of the more important bits of advice is thoroughly researching the charity or group you are considering for a donation.
Take time to research the organization, the release said. Know its mission and effectiveness before giving. A list of registered charities in the state is at charitiesnys.com.
Other tips include:
- Know where the money is going. Review the charity’s financial reports about how it spends donations.
- Don’t be pressured by telemarketing campaigns. The state has an annual report of telemarketing campaigns in New York, Pennies for Charity (also at charitiesnys.com). Be wary of claims such as “all proceeds will go to charity.” Telemarketers are required to respond truthfully to questions, the release said.
- You have the right to request being placed on a do-not-call list or that a charity remove your name from its solicitation list.
- Be wary of charities created immediately after a natural disaster or other current event.
- Don’t disclose personal information, including Social Security numbers or credit card numbers.
- If donating online or by text, be sure there is a secure method of payment. Online payment websites should include “https” in the web address.
- And never give cash. Contribute with a check made payable to the charity, the release said.


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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Technology research firm Gartner Inc. on Wednesday said Hewlett-Packard Co. strengthened its grip on the title of the world's No. 1 PC company in 2007, while top rival Dell Inc. added to its top position in the U.S. market during the fourth quarter of the year.
According to its preliminary results, Gartner
The rest of the top five worldwide vendors included Acer Inc., Lenovo Group and Toshiba. Total worldwide PC shipments for the year reached 271.1 million units, up 13.4% from 2006.
Mikako Kitagawa, principal analyst for Gartner, said the Europe, Middle East and Africa region made up the largest PC market in 2007, with strong growth coming from Eastern Europe as well as Africa and the Middle East. Kitagawa said the Asia-Pacific market became the second-largest PC region during the year.
In the U.S., Gartner said Dell's new efforts in the retail market boosted the company's shipments among consumers and changes in its channel partnerships strengthened its professional customer segment. Gartner didn't give individual company results for all of 2007 in the U.S., but said that in the fourth quarter, Dell shipped 5.3 million PCs, which was 14.9% more than the same quarter in 2006, and claimed 31.4% of the market.
H-P came in second place behind Dell with 4.4 million shipments and a 26.1% market share. Acer claimed third place with shipments of 1.5 million units and 9% of the market as its results were helped by its acquisition of Gateway Inc.
Toshiba rounded out the top five in the U.S. with PC shipments of 900,000 units, and a 5.3% market share.


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Download Amazon Anytime for iPhone from App Store, Android phones from Play Store | Amazon WhatsApp Alternative.
Amazon is working on an Instant messaging app to compete with WhatsApp. According to News Nexa, it will be named as “Amazon Anytime“. We have seen instant messaging topping the charts in apps on Android and iPhone. Amazon wants to be in that list and possibly achieve what WhatsApp has done.
Anytime by Amazon is an advanced social messaging app, to be soon available for iPhone on App Store, Android devices on Play Store and for desktop (Windows & Mac). Not sure how it will be implemented in desktop but it will be something similar of WhatsApp and includes all the basic social messaging app features.
It looks like Amazon will integrate proprietary Instant Messaging app on their products like Amazon Echo and Amazon Alexa.
Some of the expected Anytime app features are –
- Encrypted personal chat for bank account details and ID proofs send
- High Definition (HD) voice and video calls for free worldwide
- Group chats and Group calls
- GIFs, Stickers and emojis in chat
- Share all types of files
- Photo mentions
- Instagram like Photo filters
- Lot more coming up
This is just the start, Amazon is expected to make it as a complete social app which can rival Facebook Messenger, Skype, Viber, Hike and WeChat.
It’s clear to tell what are Anytime alternatives. Here are they –
- Facebook Messenger
- Google Allo
- Google Hangouts
Amazon Anytime for iPhone
Amazon Anytime for Android app
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McDonald's has replicated the now infamous Banksy stunt with its own cheeky artwork from TBWA.
The stunt saw the provocative England-based graffiti artist shred his own painting, titled Girl with Balloon, mere seconds after the artwork sold for almost $2 million at a contemporary art auction in London last week.
Banksy said the prank was influenced by Pablo Picasso, quoting the 20th Century artist's “The urge to destroy is also a creative urge, in an Instagram post after the event:
McDonald’s Malta and McDonald’s Austria were quick to tap into the Banksy conversation through innovative takes on the infamous McDonald’s fry-art executions.
TBWA/ANG Malta’s senior creative Richard Agius posted a picture on Instagram depicting a painting of a box of McDonald’s signature fries slipping from an antique picture frame and being shredded - a reference to the Banksy stunt.
Concurrently, Austria’s DDB Vienna posted a modern, minimalist version of the idea on Facebook.
Banksy has previously imitated McDonald's in his 2013 artwork which criticised the heavy labour required in order to sustain the seemingly “polished” image of a mega-corporation.
He created a menacing statue of the famous Ronald McDonald clown having his oversized shoes shined as part of Banksy’s "Better Out Than In" artist residency on the streets of New York.
The Banksy stunt has influenced brands beyond the fast-food giant.
Ikea Norway’s creative agency SMFB designed DIY instructions for replications of the now-infamous artwork shredding. The execution was posted on Ikea Norway’s Instagram.
Coca-Cola also put one of its drinks through a shredder in an Instagram post replicating the artwork.
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Defense organizations explore whether commercial handheld devices can provide enough encryption to meet security requirements.
With more defense organizations thinking about using iPhones, BlackBerrys, Droids and other commercial handheld devices for field activities, there’s growing interest in whether such devices can be secure enough to safeguard sensitive information.
Recent advancements in device performance, functionality and encryption support are making handheld devices more appealing to an array of defense organizations that previously might have turned to custom-developed systems, said William Marlow, CEO and chief technology officer of Protected Mobility, a mobile security software developer based in Reston, Va., that’s active in the government sector. “There’s finally a realization that commercially available products can and will serve as the basis of secure communications,” he said.
Marlow said the technology’s attraction is clear as the latest commercial devices tend to be compact, powerful, convenient, infinitely useful and universally available. “Yet the best part of using commercial products is that they are more human-oriented rather than being designed for a specific task,” Marlow said. “This reduces training and, when done right, the device costs are significantly lower.”
Despite their growing appeal, commercial devices have limitations when deployed in defense applications. Although most handheld devices fit comfortably into routine enterprise-level operations, security concerns proliferate when the technology moves into defense settings, said Stephen Lucas, chief engineer of the Space and Terrestrial Communications Directorate at the Army’s Communications-Electronics Research, Development and Engineering Center. That is particularly true when users operate in field environments that are close to the tactical edge.
“There’s a different mindset between the commercial side versus the military side when it comes to layering on security,” Lucas said. “Ultimately, lives can be in jeopardy when information falls into the wrong hands.” And that makes high-level encryption a top priority for defense adopters across all sectors, especially those in tactical environments.
Which is most secure?
Apple, BlackBerry and Android-based products dominate the commercial market, and those devices also tend to attract the most interest from defense users. However, encryption support varies among the three product families.
With Apple iPhones and iPads that operate on iOS 4, adopters can take advantage of hardware device encryption. Apple's e-mail application also supports app-level encryption. However, it’s a minimal amount of encryption support and is insufficient for defense organizations. A proprietary platform is a further detriment.
Marlow said Apple’s hermitic policy limits the ability of third-party encryption providers to design compatible products. “They refuse to allow access to the iOS, which would allow better designed products,” he said. “Currently, there are workarounds, and of course, there are solutions for jail-broken devices.”
Lucas said BlackBerry devices are perhaps the most intruder-resistant commercial handheld products. “When it comes to encryption, the BlackBerry appears to be the most inherently secure,” he said. “It supports full-device encryption, including media cards, keeping your data secure when your phone becomes lost or stolen.” BlackBerrys rely on a two-key Triple Data Encryption Algorithm for creating message keys and master encryption keys.
Lucas said he also likes the fact that all BlackBerrys, unlike Apple or Android-based products, feed data through a central point: the BlackBerry Enterprise Server. “All security controls are enforced from that centralized server,” he said.
Android-based phones and tablets are at the opposite end of the handheld encryption spectrum because they have no native encryption capabilities, though rumors are circulating that the upcoming Android 3.0 operating system, code-named Honeycomb, will incorporate some level of encryption. “The overall security architecture for the Android is immature compared to iPhone and BlackBerry,” Lucas said.
Despite the lack of any built-in encryption, Lucas said most Defense Department organizations are focusing on the Android platform. “This is largely because the Android OS is hardware agnostic, meaning applications developed to run on the Android OS can run on most current and planned hardware platforms,” he said.
With Android popularity steadily rising in the defense community, Lucas said the Army is working to build a security foundation for those and other handheld devices. The Army's Space and Terrestrial Communications Directorate "has invested a lot of resources into understanding third-party security tools, as well as beginning the research and development of a SIM card/lightweight security toolset that would provide all cryptographic features,” he said.
The toolset is being designed to protect a variety of data types. Other attributes include a personal firewall, input/output controls, security policy management, antivirus capabilities, multifactor authentication, tactical DOD public-key infrastructure and Secure/Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions support, Lucas said.
At the moment, the best encryption support for Android devices comes from third-party add-on products. Whisper Systems‘ RedPhone voice-over-IP application uses an encryption protocol named ZRTP that was designed by Pretty Good Privacy inventor Phillip Zimmerman. The app uses encrypted Short Message Service messages to quickly establish calls across a VOIP connection, all behind the convenient mask of a normal dialing interface or contact list. However, RedPhone and most third-party handheld add-ons lack official validation, which prevents their use by any defense organization.
Tom Karygiannis, a senior researcher at the computer security division of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, said meeting government encryption standards can create a significant obstacle when acquiring commercial technology. “In the past…a government agency could issue a contract for someone to build, at a huge cost, custom hardware and software,” he said. “Now, the way the market is, very capable devices are available at your local retailer.”
However, Karygiannis said, acquiring handheld devices that are suitable for defense personnel isn’t as easy as walking into the nearest Best Buy. “A government agency that wants to send or store sensitive information has to use cryptographic algorithms that have been validated by an independent and accredited lab,” he said.
“The Defense Department mandates use of a NIST FIPS 140-2-validated encryption product to prevent compromise of data security,” said an Air Force Space Command electronics engineer who is familiar with mobile encryption technologies and DOD mandates. FIPS 140-2 is the government computer security standard used to accredit cryptographic modules. FIPS 140-2 requires two-factor authentication, which is based on something you know, such as a password, and something you have, such as a fingerprint.
Meanwhile, with new handheld devices hitting the market on a seemingly daily basis, it’s becoming increasingly difficult for the FIPS validation process to keep up with the constant flow of product introductions. “The rapid pace of introduction and short life cycle of commercial handheld products makes it impractical to obtain FIPS 140-2 certification for every device,” the engineer said. “This impacts the rate of adoption of new devices" by DOD.
Karygiannis agreed. “New [handheld models] come out every three to six months, maybe even more frequently,” he said. “They're introduced in the market quickly, so government agencies need to figure out how to get these devices tested and validated and procured quickly.”
That’s especially tough for organizations that have users on the tactical edge. “It is very difficult to take a commercially developed product and convince the NSA that the product is secure enough for a military environment,” Lucas said. “Currently, the NSA certification process can take 12 to 24 months to acquire certification, and the costs are immense.”
Some relief might eventually come from OpenSSL, an open-source initiative that promises to produce open-source validated encryption modules almost as quickly as new handset models arrive on the market. “If these could be used on the [handheld] devices, then that solves a pretty big problem for the government agencies,” said Karygiannis, who expects the first validated encryption modules to arrive sometime in fiscal 2012.
Validation issues aside, another challenge facing handheld device adopters is the tendency of advanced encryption algorithms and supporting software to create a noticeable performance drag. “In general, encryption does increase the amount of storage necessary for the data,” the Air Force engineer said. “Also, the process of encryption/decryption may cause the user to experience a slight lag time to display the content.”
Karygiannis said rapidly advancing handheld technology is helping to minimize performance concerns. “The hardware capabilities of some of these devices today are much better than what you would have found on a desktop a few years ago,” he said. Karygiannis said displays and Global Positioning System subsystems can be a bigger drain on the battery than the extra computational cycles that encryption might add. “I’d be more worried about the battery life for these types of devices being used in the field than the extra load introduced by encryption,” he said.
Like handheld devices, encryption technology is growing more efficient and capable. “Currently, you can get excellent data encryption using AES-256, SHA-256/384, ECC 521 and others,” Marlow said. “Within two years, you should see full Suite B encryption available on these devices,” he said, referring to a set of cryptographic algorithms promoted by the National Security Agency as part of its Cryptographic Modernization Program.
Lucas said progress is being made on multiple fronts. As NSA adopts commercial technologies and DOD further defines encryption requirements, "more and more organizations get involved ... [and] we can expect to see better protection in the years ahead,” he said.


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Confirmed: Toyota Camry facelift to be launched on 30th April
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Toyota Kirloskar Motors, the Indian subsidiary of Japanese autogiant has announced to launch the much awaited facelift of Camry sedan in the country on 30th April. The 2015 Toyota Camry was showcased at last year’s Moscow International Auto Show and since then, the speculations of Indian launch rose to the next level. And the expectations are genuine as Camry’s last update held in the year 2012.
The changes are quite weighty, at the front there is all new grille on which a thick chrome slat has been bestowed. Headlamp cluster has been tweaked which now also incorporates LED daytime running lights. The chin at the front seems to be bulging out alongside restyled bumper that reminds us of new-gen Corolla Altis. The car is expected to get some redesigned alloy wheels as well. Rear end too gets updated with the tail light cluster getting LED inclusion. The chrome strip here plays a different role striking through both the taillights giving a unique look from behind.
The new Camry gets cabin changes as well. The instrument cluster incorporates 4.1inch screen with blue backlight while there will be a larger 6.1inch infotainment unit to play around. The update will also replace the current four-spoke steering wheel with a brand new three-spoke steering, besides some other minor changes.
Under the hood, there is hardly any possibility that Toyota will install a new engine. The car will continue to sport the same 2.5 liter petrol mill that generates 179bhp and max torque rated at 233Nm. The hybrid version too will continue with the same mechanics. As per the pricing, expect some extra dough around Rs. 1.5-2 lac from the current model. Camry currently competes with Skoda Superb in the class which will also come in a new avatar next year.
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Booking.com Announces the Winners of Its Inaugural Technology Playmaker Awards
TORONTO – MARCH 9, 2018 – Today Booking.com, one of the world’s largest e-commerce companies and a digital technology leader, announced the winners of its inaugural Technology Playmaker Awards. At a special gala awards ceremony in London attended by over 300 technology leaders and individuals who champion women in tech from across Europe, ten prizes were awarded. These included eight individual category winners, one corporate winner, and a grand prix for the Technology Playmaker of the Year 2018.
The awards were created to recognize innovative and inspiring women in technology who are transforming the European tech scene and serving as role models for the community, as well as to honour organizations that demonstrate a relentless commitment to gender equality in the workplace.
From hundreds of impressive entries, winners include the creators of an app providing early intervention for adolescent anxiety, the inventor of a smart energy platform which uses Blockchain and AI to revolutionize how we consume energy, and digital leaders who have made strides in STEM education and in inspiring girls and women to embrace technology. Leading women in tech were recognised from 11 countries across Europe.
Hadeel Ayoub, Founder and CEO of BrightSign, became the first Booking.com Technology Playmaker of the Year, which is awarded to the entrant who judges felt had made the most impactful contribution to technology innovation and social change on the European tech scene. Hadeel, a designer, programmer and researcher in Human Computer Interaction (HCI) & Assistive Technology, was recognized for her launch of BrightSign, a wearable technology start-up developing innovations to facilitate communication for individuals with non-verbal disabilities.
The Booking.com Technology Playmaker Award 2018 winners are:
- Entrepreneur of the Year – Kaidi Ruusalepp, CEO and Founder of Funderbeam, a global stock exchange start-up built on the blockchain.
- Rising Star of the Year – Kerstyn Comley & Suzi Godson, Founders of MeeTwo Education Ltd., a unique early intervention solution to adolescent anxiety. Dr Comley is an education technologist and engineer, while Godson is a psychologist, journalist and graphic designer.
- Role Model of the Year – Anne-Marie Imafidon, Co-founder and CEO of Stemettes, an award-winning social platform dedicated to inspiring and promoting the next generation of young women in the STEM sectors.
- Innovator of the Year – Bethany Koby, Co-founder and CEO of Tech Will Save Us, a technology start-up creating STEM play experiences that empower children to learn about technology and coding through play.
- Sustainability Innovator of the Year – Floortje van Bovene, Founder of Spectral, an Amsterdam-based tech development and system integration company in the smart energy domain.
- Digital Leader of the Year – Kathryn Parsons, Co-founder and CEO of Decoded, a London-based tech start-up which aims to increase digital literacy. Parsons is a passionate advocate of introducing coding as part of the school curriculum.
- Community Impact Award – Hadeel Ayoub, Founder and CEO of BrightSign, a wearables start-up providing assistive technology for people with non-verbal disabilities.
- Business Leader of the Year – Zoe Cunningham, Managing Director of Softwire, a software engineering firm based in the UK.
- Employer of the Year – Intuit, an accounting software firm which has demonstrated its commitment to making workplace equality and inclusion integral to its values and its business.
- Technology Playmaker of the Year grand prix winner – Hadeel Ayoub, Founder and CEO of BrightSign.
Booking.com CEO Gillian Tans said, “The breadth and quality of nominations for our first Technology Playmaker Awards has been truly remarkable, and I would like to congratulate all our winners! Our finalists and winners come from diverse backgrounds and are real game-changers across the European tech scene. These exceptional women are transforming the way technology can be used to drive real impact across industries, businesses and communities, and I know that their success will inspire other women to follow in their footsteps. So far, the response from the European tech community has been incredible and this has given me even greater optimism about the role women will continue to play in driving technology innovation, and in our collective ability to build a more diverse and gender-balanced future for the industry.”
The award ceremony included a welcome address from Gillian Tans and a keynote speech by Randi Zuckerberg, CEO and Founder of Zuckerberg Media.
The awards judging panel was chaired by Gillian Tans, and included senior executives from leading tech brands, including Ruth Chandler, Chief People Officer at Skyscanner, Didier Rappaport, CEO of Happn, Lisa Hillier, Chief People Officer at Just Eat, Marili ’t Hooft-Bolle, COO and CFO of WeTransfer, and Jon Reynolds, Co-founder at SwiftKey. The judging panel also featured Eva Maydell, Member of the European Parliament, Maija Palmer, Digital and Communities Editor for the Financial Times Special Reports, and John Schmitz, Dean of Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science (EEMCS) at Delft University of Technology.
Each category winner received a monetary prize of €5,000 and the overall Technology Playmaker of the Year was awarded an additional €10,000 grand prix prize.
For more information about the shortlisted finalists, please visit: http://techplaymakerawards.com/winners


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SHANGHAI: Chinese shares rose on Wednesday, supported by materials, consumer and new energy firms after slower-than-expected December producer inflation made room for more monetary easing in the world's second-largest economy.
** At the midday break, the Shanghai Composite index was up 0.35% at 3,579.93.
** China's blue-chip CSI300 index was up 0.36%, with the new energy sub-index up 2.26%.
** Resource firms were 2.06% higher and the consumer staples sector was up 0.49%.
** China's producer prices rose slower than expected in December after government measures to contain high raw material prices, while consumer prices slowed as food prices fell.
** Analysts expect moderating factory-gate inflation to offer more room for loosening monetary policy, as authorities seek to stabilise growth.
** Hong Kong-listed Chinese H-shares rose 2.2% to 8,552.76, while the Hang Seng Index gained 2.12% to 24,241.15.
** The Hang Seng Tech index was 3.86% higher at midday as tech firms led a rebound in equities after US Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell gave less hawkish than expected comments in a testimony to Congress.
** JD.Com Inc, up 9.89%, was the top gainer among H-shares, followed by Meituan, gaining 9.33% and CNOOC Ltd, up 7.93%.
** Mainland developers capped broader gains in Hong Kong and were the top H-shares decliners.
** Sunac China Holdings Ltd fell 4.6%, China Overseas Land & Investment Ltd lost 2.63% and Country Garden Holdings Co Ltd slipped 2.04%.
** The mainland properties index fell 1.99%.
** The smaller Shenzhen index was up 0.7%, the start-up board ChiNext Composite index was up 1.36% and Shanghai's tech-focused STAR50 index was up 0.61%?.
** Around the region, MSCI's Asia ex-Japan stock index rose 1.16%, while Japan's Nikkei index gained 1.93%.
** The yuan was quoted at 6.3651 per US dollar, 0.13% firmer than the previous close of 6.3733.


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Netflix's Upcoming U.K. Debut Shows Content Challenges for Company Abroad
The company is facing the challenge of getting digital rights from powerful TV players, which own most of their content and have their own streaming services.
Amid its push into international markets, Netflix may find itself boxed out of the most coveted content in the U.K., Bloomberg News reported.
Netflix is facing the challenge of getting digital rights from powerful TV players, such as Channel 4, the BBC, BSkyB and ITV, which own most of their content and have their own streaming services, it said. U.K. consumers can also already use a competing streaming services from Amazon.com’s Lovefilm unit.
Netflix plans to launch in the U.K. and Ireland in early 2012. Importantly, a content deal with broadcaster ITV probably won’t include the most recent episodes of such hit shows as Downton Abbey, a source familiar with the matter told Bloomberg. A BBC deal this week gave Netflix access to such popular series as Top Gear, but only six months after they air.
“Broadcasters are controlling a lot of the premium, online, video-on-demand business in the U.K.,” said Rio Caraeff, CEO of video streaming company Vevo. “They’re able to protect their television business by packaging it with their online business.”
“The U.K. is a competitive market, and we look forward to offering the people of the U.K. and Ireland a great service with fantastic content and ease of use,” a Netflix spokesman told Bloomberg.


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Since it snapped up Instagram for $715 million in 2012, Facebook has been tight-lipped about the photo-sharing platform’s performance. Now Bloomberg reports that last year the app raked in $20 billion in ad sales—making up more than a quarter of Facebook’s total revenues.
FB will neither confirm nor deny that figure…
…but plenty of advertisers are less than shocked. As Adweek details, there are plenty of reasons behind Instagram’s reign.
- It’s about quality, not quantity. FB boasts 2.5 billion active users each month. IG has a mere 1 billion. But many brands are targeting younger audiences, which are more likely to hang out on IG. And anyway, global user growth is on the upward swing and, perhaps more importantly, so too is the amount of time users spend in their Feeds.
- And speaking of targeting, IG has fantastic targeting capabilities. The platform makes it easy to optimize ad formats to both Feed and Stories.
- And check out the Checkout. Though the feature is still relatively new, the ability for users to make in-app purchases has been a boon to D2C brands trying to establish legitimacy. As consumers get more comfortable shopping this way, Checkout will become increasingly important.
- But advertising on IG has gotten competitive. The cost/1K views has gone up while viewability has taken a hit, leading some advertisers to experiment with TikTok.
Meanwhile, over at Google…
Like FB with Instagram, Google likes to keep mum on YouTube’s performance. Until now. The tech titan recently reported that its video platform brought in $15.1 billion in ad sales. Not bad. But not Instagram. That could be because long-form video content is out of reach for small businesses and D2C startups.
theCLIKK’s Take: In most cases, we’re seeing cheaper (and higher quality) ad clicks from YouTube and Insta as compared to Google and Facebook. If you’re not using Instagram and YouTube as a marketing channel, it could be time to have a look. We’re also seeing much higher engagement rates organically on Insta than on Facebook. If you ask us, the organic reach of the Facebook Page is all but dead. Organically, you’re much better off to invest time, energy, and money in building a Facebook Group.


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Toshiba said on Tuesday it will delay the year-end Japan launch of its next-generation HD DVD players to address copy protection issues, potentially undermining its advantage as the first supplier to put such machines on the market according to Reuters, the news agency.
The Japanese company had said in September the domestic launch might be postponed until after December.
A spokesman for Toshiba said it would continue to push for a US launch in the first quarter of 2006, most likely some time between February and March.
Sony is expected to roll out Blu-ray DVD players in Spring next year in the US to coincide with the launch of the PlayStation 3, which is expected to feature the new disk format.
The two companies have been battling to win supremacy for the next DVD format for the past 3 years, with a constant stream of tit-for-tat announcements.
But both may be quickly usurped by download services or a holographic high capacity disk being delevoped by Memorex.


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Posted: 26 Feb 2010"Deutsche Welle has redeveloped its iPhone news application... . The 'DW News Portal' offers users from around the world access to multimedia content on the go - including news, background information and features. More information is available at www.dw-world.de/iphoneapp and the app can be downloaded for free at the iTunes Store. ... The 'DW News Portal' is now available in seven different languages, including English, German, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Spanish and Turkish. As an added bonus, the new iPhone news app also makes it possible for users to enjoy DW-TV via live stream - direct from their handset." DW press release, 16 February 2010.
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HMG Strategy is proud to announce its 2023 Executive Leadership Summit Schedule
WESTPORT, Conn., Dec. 14, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — HMG Strategy, the world’s first digital platform enabling technology leaders to reimagine the enterprise and reshape the business world, and recently recognized as a top 10 producer of technology events. The business leader is excited to share his record-setting growth and the lineup of 2023 CIO and CISO Executive Leadership Summits the company will produce. HMG Strategy’s highly interactive events bring together the world’s most distinguished and innovative business technology and security leaders to discuss the most pressing leadership, innovation, strategic, cultural, technology and career challenges and opportunities facing them today and into the future.
In 2022, HMG Strategy broke previous sales records and had unprecedented sponsorship and engagement for its events throughout 2022.
“Global technology leaders and top partners are seeing the unique value we provide not only through our in-person Executive Leadership Summits and our virtual events, but also through our peer-driven global consulting services,” said Hunter Muller, HMG President and CEO. CEO. Strategy. “In this highly volatile macroeconomic environment, CIOs, CISOs and global technology leaders must demonstrate bold and authentic leadership to help the leadership team achieve its strategic goals and foster an inclusive and trusting environment among employees. The HMG Digital Ecosystem offers this and more to our community members and our partners.”
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Admission to National Parks Will be Free on 4⁄20 — But You Should Leave the Weed at Home
Wilderness lovers are in for a real treat when National Park Week kicks off on Saturday. Every single national park in the USA will offer free admission. That means if you’ve been holding off on going to see the Grand Canyon (or any number of America’s other beautiful parks) because you didn’t want to pay the $35 entrance fee, now’s a good time to do so. Just don’t bring your weed with you — even if you’re hiking through a national park in a legal state.
As every cannabis consumer knows, this Saturday marks another event that is near and dear to many cannabis consumers: 4⁄20. And while heading out for a hike in the Yosemite Valley with a couple of joints might sound like a great way to spend the afternoon, it’s actually a really bad idea. That’s because all national parks are considered federal land under US law. So marijuana is outlawed in all parks — even those in legal states like Colorado and California — thanks to federal prohibition. Under federal law, getting caught with small amounts of cannabis can land you with a prison sentence of up to one year and a maximum fine of $1,000.
Now, we’re definitely not saying that you shouldn’t go check out any national parks in your area — you really should. We’re just saying that you should seriously consider leaving your stash at home for relaxing after the hike, not during. Otherwise, your day trip could turn into a prison sentence.


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Milkshake brand Yazoo has unveiled a new £3.5m television and outdoor advertising campaign, which forms part of the brand’s ongoing mission to drive growth in the UK flavoured milk category.
Manufactured by FrieslandCampina, the Yazoo brand has been repositioned to appeal more to adults, alongside its core audience of mums and kids. It has also introduced a new 300ml bottle.
Yazoo recently launched a new improved recipe, which it is promoting as a healthier choice. It also forms part of the brand’s attempt to move towards using natural flavours and real fruit juice in its flavoured milk range. As well as a recipe shake-up, Yazoo has updated its packaging to reflect its more natural contents. The new recipe spans the entire range which targets on-the-go consumers.
Commenting on the new TV advert, Marielle de Jong, marketing director for FrieslandCampina brands in the UK, said: "Not only is it reflective of the ’fun’ side of milkshakes but it also supports our core brand messaging, that Yazoo offers the goodness of milk, is low in fat, and contains natural flavours and real fruit juice."


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Pop in on any marketing department this December, and you’ll find a lot of planning, budgeting and year-end wrap up going on. While December might feel like a great time to kick up your heels and regroup for the year ahead- it’s proving to be the best time for public relations success.
Why? Despite the conventional belief that no one is paying attention in December – influential audiences, decision makers and executives are catching up on industry news and events while the PR world slows for the holidays. So, here are five reasons to push your public relations efforts harder than ever:
Competing with fewer pitches = better odds for your story
Reporters receive hundreds of pitch emails everyday from public relations agencies from Vancouver to Varadero. Starting in the first week of December PR pitches drop off dramatically as PR pros take vacation or are forced to work with limited client availability.
The Show Must Go On
News never sleeps. And while journalists take holidays just like the rest of us, public relations pros notoriously miss opportunities to offer content like op-eds and expert commentary on timely news.
It’s All About the Consumer
Consumer spending reaches an all time high in December. When it comes to the news, there is no shortage of interest in what they are buying, how much they are spending and what’s new or different. This is the best opportunity to get exposure for your product, company or store- especially if you can package it into a seasonal story idea.
On Camera Experts Wanted
Home for the holidays? Willing to do an interview on Christmas Eve, Boxing Day or New Year’s Day? During the holidays regular expert contributors for many broadcast media outlets take time off making room for other expert commentary and industry leaders to be interviewed on the air.
Audiences Have More Time To Digest
Between holiday plane travel and the many days in December traditionally spent relaxing with family, readership and audience numbers increase as does the amount of time spent watching, listening and reading the news without distraction. If you aren’t there, you are missing a major opportunity.


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The popular park brought in a herd of goats to make the sweet treat in the 1940s because cow’s milk was rationed, giving the ice cream a unique texture.
Over the years they stopped making it - but it will be back on sale when the park’s brand new ice cream parlour opens its doors.
Oliver Wicksteed, great-grandson of park founder Charles Wicksteed, said: “It’s going to give people just happy memories.
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“They will have the opportunity to experience things their parents did and their parents’ parents did.”
The ice cream is being produced by Cottingham firm Ganders Goat, run by Ian Horton and his wife Lauren.
They were approached by the park to make the traditional ice cream - but had no recipe to go off as it was lost over the years.
Working with memories from those who remembered it they began a trial and error process, refining each attempt until they hit the spot.
Ian said the ice cream is lighter on the palate than modern ice cream.
He said: “Because it uses goats milk it’s a bit icier than a modern ice cream and that’s the texture people remember.
“It’s been a really interesting project to be involved with.”
The ice cream has no artificial flavours and uses goat milk, free range egg yolks and two types of sugar.
The Wicksteed Ice cream is available in vanilla and raspberry ripple.
Mr Wicksteed, chairman of the Wicksteed Charitable Trust, said: “Northamptonshire has a huge amount to offer and we want to support local businesses.
“It’s the people of the county that make Wicksteed Park the place it is and it’s nothing without them.”
Wicksteed Park has a long history with ice cream.
First sold in the iconic pavilion, built in 1922, ice cream was on offer amongst other bygone treats such as Tilley’s Sweets and jugs of tea.
However, it was in 1933 where popularity really kicked in and Wicksteed Park’s very own ice cream parlour was born. The beloved product was then sold from the parlour and tricycles which toured the park grounds.
It came as no surprise that the dessert was a hit with visitors and so 1955 saw the introduction of Wicksteed Park’s own factory to keep up with demand of the sweet delight.
But in 2001 the costs to upgrade equipment were too high and the factory subsequently closed.
Tracey Clarke, community manager at Wicksteed Park, said they had been trying to bring the ice cream back since about 2014.
She said: “It’s just amazing to have it back.
“People have waited for such a long time.”
There will also be the opportunity for children to engage with the production process and Tracey said: “When you talk to young people not only are they really excited about having ice cream but also that it’s locally produced.”
Rachel James, head of sales and marketing at Wicksteed Park, said: “We know how much our customers have loved this throughout the years, so we’re excited to be able to bring a touch of history back and remind some of our long serving visitors of the unique taste.”
The ice cream parlour will also sell 22 different flavours from Gallone’s including not-so-traditional flavours such as Lotus Biscoff, banana, Jaffa Cake and Reese’s peanut butter.
Gallone’s owner Aldo Gallone, who helped Wicksteed Park set up the parlour, said: “We have numerous ice cream parlours in and around Northamptonshire so it seemed obvious that we could help.”


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The Indian Government has asked Apple to provide information about 27 devices and 18 accounts in the January-June period. The firm provided details about most of the cases owing to an iTunes Gift Card fraud investigation.
The total number of requests from India were asked in different formats like subpoenas, court orders, warrants or other valid reports including 34 financial identifiers and three emergency reports, Apple stated in Transparency report which it released on Monday.
Talking about device requests and financial identifiers, Apple provided data to Indian Government in 63% and 85% of the cases respectively. “The high number of financial identifiers were specified in requests predominantly due to an iTunes Gift Card fraud investigation. One request may contain one or multiple identifiers. We count the number of identifiers identified in each request and report the total number of identifiers by type (Device, Financial Identifier, Account)”, the Cupertino giant said.
Speaking about account requests, Apple granted data in 78% of cases and for 3 emergency requests. Earlier in July-December 2017 period, Apple granted data in 14 out of 27 requests made by Indian govt. Similar to various popular tech sites which release transparency report bi-annually, Apple has launched a new transparency report website which is a lot easier to understand than its earlier website.
Apple has received 32,342 requests worldwide from the various government to access 1,68,823 devices and the tech giant has provided 80% of the requests. In general, the Cupertino giant has granted more than 25,000 government requests to access user’s data in the first six months of 2018. Hence, there is an increase of 9% requests as compared to July-Dec 2017 period.
“Apple is committed to your privacy and being transparent about government requests for customer data globally. This report provides information on government requests received,” said the company.


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of the Hispanic Association on Corporate Responsibility, agrees. Cabral, whose organization tracks diversity inside companies such as Ford, General Motors, and DaimlerChrysler, says the number of minority-owned dealerships a brand has is a measure of particular concern. Serving on Premier’s diversity council, she says, gives members of the black and Hispanic communities voices that have the ears of auto executives who can facilitate the growth of those dealerships.
“We’re concerned that individuals have an opportunity because it’s certainly a lucrative one,” says Cabral. With an increasing number of affluent African Americans in the U.S., it just makes good business sense.


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GUWAHATI: According to a survey by 9th semester BA.LLB (H) Centre for Juridical Studies, Dibrugarh University, 55.87% vendors sell non-smoking tobacco selling products and 62.5% vendors sell smoking tobacco products around the educational institutions in Guwahati. 59.54% vendors around the educational institutions advertise tobacco products and brands. But no person shall, offer for sale, or permit the sale of, cigarette or any other tobacco product to any person who is less than eighteen years of age and in an area within a radius of one hundred yards of any educational institution according to Cigarette and other Tobacco Products Act, 2003. This reveals in a recent sample survey conducted in Guwahati City.
The Students of Centre for Juridical Studies, Dibrugarh conducted a sample survey “Selling of Tobacco products near Educational Institutions in Guwahati” in Guwahati City under the guidance of Consumer Legal Protection Forum from January 22, 2019. The Sample survey covered shops, vendors, mobile vendor, street vendors etc around the 43 educational institutions in 22 wards in Guwahati city. According to the survey report, 87.72% vendors openly display tobacco products to attract the consumers. But this kind of activities is strictly provided under Cigarette and other Tobacco Products Act, 2003. There are no pictorial health warning signs displayed in 91.74% vendors who sell tobacco products around the educational institutions.
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China is the world’s largest rare earth metals supplier and is reported to keep 2012 export quotas in line with 2011. Higher prices and a global slowdown are influencing this decision, along with an attempt to dominate the segment of the market.
The rare earth metals-focused exchange traded fund, Market Vectors Rare Earth/ Strategic Metals (NYSEArca: REMX), may have a chance to brea kout of the negative pattern seen in 2011 as China has announced that export amounts will remain steady. China is the key exporter of rare earth metals used in making defense systems, wind turbines and iPhones, among other things. [Rare Earth ETF Hurt as Companies Curb Spending]
The rare earth ETF is down nearly 40% this year.
Dow Jones Newswires reports that China controls about 95% of the world’s rare earth metal supply. Export quotas had been reduced previously in an effort to control prices, which has led to a price surge in recent years.
“There is an economic war over the rare earths, with China on one side, and other industrialized nations on the other: Japan, the United States, and the Eurozone,” said Luisa Moreno, Jacob Securities analyst, in the report. “China is probably winning. It has decreased exports in the last few years and increased protection. It has attracted a great deal of the downstream business and it is positioning itself well.” [Investors Betting Against the Dollar with New ETFs: Analysis]
Rare earth metals as an investment are still a relatively new niche of the market. The rare earth market is not dominated by a simple supply and demand equation. The start-up period for companies specializing in exploring, developing, mining, and processing the metals is a long time in the works, according to The Business Insider.
“So it will not be economic logic that results in these companies getting bought out and having their deposits developed. It’ll be strategic logic linked to long-term security-of-supply and redundancy concerns,” John Kaiser, online editor of Kaiser Research, said. “And were seeing that sort of psychology at work in this market. It’s a bit of a niche in this market. Not as big as gold, but it is an interesting one because of the long term real economy link implications.”
Market Vectors Rare Earth/ Strategic Metals
Tisha Guerrero contributed to this article.
The opinions and forecasts expressed herein are solely those of Tom Lydon, and may not actually come to pass. Information on this site should not be used or construed as an offer to sell, a solicitation of an offer to buy, or a recommendation for any product.


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Gurgaon, India, August 18, 2012 --(PR.com
)-- FashionAndYou, India’s leading online fashion and lifestyle store, in a progressive "go green" initiative has introduced durable and eco-friendly packaging for its products. Without compromising on quality, the improvised packaging uses original material that is both strong and sleek.
The packaging utilizes recycled original craft paper which is highly exclusive, thick and comes with a better finish. Remember the brown paper used to cover books back in school? This tenacious paper, usually used for envelopes these days, is sure to invoke a whiff of nostalgia.
Trivikram Thakore, Marketing Director, fashionandyou.com elaborates, “We have raised the bar when it comes to the standard of packaging by doing away with multiple and unnecessary layers used during the packaging process. As an environmentally conscious brand, this is part of FashionAndYou’s futuristic efforts to contribute towards a naturally clean environment.”
As India’s #1 private sales website fashionandyou.com is a leader in the Indian Online Fashion, Luxury & Lifestyle space. fashionandyou.com is amongst the top e-commerce companies in India. It is a members’ only private sales club, which partners with high fashion and luxury brands across fashion apparel, designer wear, handbags, footwear, watches, jewellery, fragrances and home décor. It holds 15+ new sale events per day on www.fashionandyou.com.
fashionandyou.com boasts of one of the biggest social media footprints for e-retailers in India with a million plus fan base on Facebook. It is the first private online shopping club to achieve this milestone in the fashion and lifestyle segment worldwide.


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Aston Martin announced through CEO Andy Palmer, that the new Aston Martin DB11 is a real hit and a lifebelt for the company. In less than a month 1,400 cars were ordered.
Aston Martin DB11 release came as a breath of fresh air not only for the Aston Martin fans, but also for the customers. The British supercar almost instantly became a hit, the commands list already totaling 1,400 clients.
That, despite the fact that orders had been open just a few weeks ago, the final performance of the supercar had not even been announced, and the starting price exceeds 200,000 GBP.
“It’s phenomenal. We have over 1,400 orders for the car that we just launched, and which would reach the first customers in September,” said Andy Palmer, CEO of Aston Martin.
If we think that the Aston Martin sales had fallen last year to 4,000 units, we can say that the new Aston Martin DB11 is a breath of fresh air. Moreover, the new model also brought world recognition of the brand, being the most publicized model on social networks.
The new Aston Martin DB11 design is heavily inspired by the DB10 prototype used by the British only in the latest James Bond movie: Spectre. The propulsion is provided by a new 5.2-liter twin-turbo V12 engine capable of developing 600 horsepower and an incredible sound. These resources are managed using an 8-speed automatic transmission.
Aston Martin DB11 performance exceeds that of Lamborghini Huracan, the Italian supercar managing to gather, at launch, 700 orders in a month.
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Like any other company, Apple tries hard to keep its upcoming products or services secret until they’re officially announced.
But this doesn’t stop insiders from leaking critical details and spoil hype for the company. One case of such has gone far, where Apple warned a leaker sharing undisclosed details of the iPhone 12 series for doing so.
Apple Leakers Gets Warning
It’s usual that several insiders and tipsters leak sensitive details of a company’s upcoming project to either hype or kill the excitement in the community.
While this could entertain the receivers a lot, it could sometimes also hurt the companies as the details shared may help rivals. Thus, they can get down to track the intermediaries and file lawsuits even to hold them up.
Apple has sent a warning notice to few leakers in this pursuit, who were frequently leaking undisclosed details of its upcoming projects. One big name in that is Kang, who shared a legal notice received from Apple’s law firm this week.
In his blog post on Weibo, Kang said that Apple should limit its tracking and warnings to those actual leakers and not the ones who share “riddles and dreams” of its upcoming projects.
According to AppleTrack leaderboard, a list ranking top leakers of Apple news, Kang was named on top as he gets reliable tips and leaks most of the time.
According to Apple’s warning, Kang in before iPhone 12 launch, has leaked details of it, which it felt could benefit rivals and mislead the community. Thus, it warned Kang to avoid this.
On the other hand, Kang affirmed that he hadn’t disclosed any pictures of the iPhone 12 series nor specifications but just talked about all the four models Apple had prepared, their prices, colors, and planned release dates.


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You may have seen some very colorful ads from Cotopaxi pop-up in your social feeds if you have recently searched for a new coat or pack. Those ads usually include some smiling adventurer wearing sunnies in some amazing landscape wearing a vibrant jacket with a llama logo. At first glance it may seem like a brand catering to nostalgic color-blocking of the 80s and 90s, but if you scratch through the surface, Cotopaxi is more than an apparel company. It wants to be a force of good.
For starts, Cotopaxi is a benefit corporation. It “creates innovative outdoor products and experiences that fund sustainable poverty alleviation, move people to do good, and inspire adventure.” It does this by donating 2 percent of all revenue to “high-impact organizations that build sustainable solutions in collaboration with local communities.” It also selects the organizations themselves, does research, and quantifies the impact together with its partners.
“We hope this program will reduce the discomfort that families feel when faced with such an abundance of new technologies.”
This year, Cotopaxi is rolling out a new joint initiative in partnership with the International Rescue Committee (IRC) of Salt Lake City, and the Utah Open Source Foundation, that combines some of its previous initiatives and focuses on the immediate needs of their community.
Called the Global Good Project, it’s a multi-part program comprised of a home mentoring initiative called Tech Mentors, and a computer science education model called the Coding Project. The Global Good Project also engages with the Utah Open Source Foundation to support “open philanthropy,” which is a term they coined to define the process of engaging the open source community in the development of effective tech solutions for the social sector. Project SAFE, an Android app that helps those new to the United States feel safe and when needed connect with 911 Emergency Services, is the first project to come out.


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The demise of cash is near.
As consumers, though, we should hope that the end doesn’t arrive too soon.
It isn’t the pandemic that’s putting this popular means of payment out of existence. All that Covid-19 has done is to accelerate a trend that was already with us. When Steve Jobs unveiled the first iPhone in 2007, he began killing the need for banknotes. Autonomous cars, self-ordering refrigerators and our digital avatars in the metaverse will put the final nails in King Cash’s coffin.
Covid-19 shifted $5 trillion in global retail sales from offline to online. To the extent that a big chunk of this value was transacted in cash (47% in the euro area), the idea that central-bank-issued currency was a must for purchasing daily essentials took a knock. After an initial bump in precautionary cash hoarding, curbs on mobility and the fear of catching germs from handling paper money forced a change in habits.
Where governments gave out vouchers to perk up spending — like in Hong Kong — millions of consumers and thousands of merchants became new users of online payment systems just to utilise the handouts. Many will likely continue using these new ways to settle bills.
But just how crucial were these changes in the overall scheme of things? The different trajectory of banknotes in China and India provides a natural experiment to gauge the relative importance of temporary shocks and steady technological change.
Cash use plummeted in India after Prime Minister Narendra Modi cancelled 86% of the existing legal tender overnight as part of a botched economic experiment. That was five years ago. Nowadays, digital payments are booming, but cash is once again 14% of the broad money circulating in the economy — the same as before demonetisation. In China, where physical currency was made irrelevant by the growing ubiquity of Alipay and WeChat Pay, the central bank’s IOUs to the public account for only 4% of money.
Technological progress lacks the drama of a behavioral shock, but it’s no less stunning. As JPMorgan Chase & Co’s Jeremy Balkin and Neha Wattas remind us, the fastest way to move money from New York to London as recently as 2010 was to catch a flight from JFK to Heathrow and deliver it in person. Their report, provocatively titled “Payments Are Eating the World,” notes several shifts taking place in unison. In China, super-app platforms transformed money; elsewhere, the rise of a creator and gig economy is doing it.
Globally, 50 million people are blogging, making short videos or telling people what to buy on the internet — and getting paid online as well.


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The United Kingdom Warehousing Association (UKWA) has given a cautious welcome to the government’s new Customs Declaration Service (CDS), which is due to be introduced shortly before Brexit. CDS replaces ageing software originally created in 1989 called Customs Handling of Import & Export Freight (CHIEF) and will be phased in between August 2018 and January 2019. It will process up to 255 million declarations each year compared to the current system’s 55 million. UKWA’s CEO Peter Ward said: “We welcome […]
The new HGV driving test requirements are a “panicked” reaction to a driver shortage created by the government’s policy on Brexit, warns parcel delivery service ParcelHero this week.
Falls in the value of sterling in the wake of the EU referendum have continued to hit Laser Transport International, which saw its pre-tax profit plunge by 64% last year.
Merger and acquisition deals in the UK logistics sector remain strong in the first half of 2021, despite the loss of 80,000 EU workers post-Brexit who were employed in the logistics sector.


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introduced the Pixi smart phone, a lighter version of its Pre cousin, and said it would be available in time for the holidays exclusively through
, the current exclusive carrier of Palm's popular
Palm didn't announce pricing for the Pixi in a press release Wednesday, but said details would be announced closer to availability. It did confirm to the
it would be cheaper than the Pre.
Meanwhile, Palm said it lowered the price of the Pre to $149.99 with a two-year service agreement and after a $150 instant rebate and $100 mail-in rebate.
"The combination of announcing a new device and changing the price on the Pre show we're aggressively pursuing new customers to get them accessing the WebOS experience," said Katie Mitic, Palm's senior vice president of product marketing, in an interview with the
Separately, Sprint isn't offering customers a $100 credit to switch to the Pre from another carrier, a spokeswoman said, contrary to a promotion on the company's Web site Tuesday. The promotion on Sprint's Web site was a glitch caused by an error in Sprint's computer system, the
reported Tuesday the deal, which aimed to boost Sprint's Pre sales, required that new customers sign on for two-year contracts, and the payback would show up as credits in the first three monthly bills. The service was slated to run until Oct. 10, but
in an email to
that it was pulled.
The Pixi has 8 gigabytes of internal user storage and comes equipped with Palm's latest operating system, WebOS. It also has a touch screen and a full QWERTY keyboard like the Pre. The Pixi is thinner than the Pre and also is lighter, weighing in at about 3.5 ounces.
In addition to linking a users information from Google and Facebook, the Pixi adds Yahoo! and LinkedIn integration.
"With Palm webOS, we're creating a new, more intuitive smart phone experience defined by unmatched simplicity and usefulness," said Jon Rubinstein, Palm's chairman and CEO, in a statement. "Palm Pixi brings this unique experience to a broader range of people who want enhanced messaging and social networking in a design that lets them express their personal style."
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The UK Department for Transport announced today that, as part of the country’s plan to reduce emissions, the government will be putting £100 million ($155 million) into electric car research, development and deployment. The program will make the UK a better place for electric cars, but there’s no word yet if Better Place is bidding on the projects. (Shai Agassi did pitch his idea to the PM Gordon Brown earlier this year, though.)
The money will be divvied up across several initiatives. £20 million has been dedicated to researching technology to lower the costs of EVs, £10 million will go into a 100-vehicle demonstration competition where consumers can test the cars, and another £20 million will be offered up for car companies to make electric vans for government use, including mail delivery. The short list of manufacturers for this project includes Ford, Mercedes Benz, Citroen, Ashwoods, Land Rover, Modec, Smiths, Electric Vehicles, LDV, Nissan and Allied Vehicles.
To facilitate the switch to electrics, the government says it has removed many of the barriers to installing charging stations and intends to hold workshops for stakeholders to discuss how to prep the country’s infrastructure. The government says that the existing power grid could support wide-spread electric car charging with a minimal increase in power generation.
The UK hopes that electrification of the country’s transportation will create 10,000 new British jobs. Transport Secretary Geoff Hoon estimates that about 15 percent of Britain’s emissions are from vehicles and this project will help the UK reach its new, ambitious goal of cutting emissions 80 percent by 2050. The government says creating a new low-carbon economy could create 1 million new jobs by 2030.


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Most micro- and small-cap biotechnology firms are development-stage opportunities with a lengthy commercialization timeline. For investors, these companies have relatively high risks due to the high costs and uncertainty of regulatory approval.
Innovus Pharmaceuticals Inc. (OTCQB: INNV) is a rare exception to the rule. With 13 commercial products already on the market, the company has been generating sales from its products for two consecutive years. The company has ten signed commercial partnerships that could open the door to $500 million in potential sales milestones plus royalties in 60 countries – a move that could make 2016 a year of record growth. In addition, the Company is awaiting approval for its FlutiCare OTC drug (a GlaxoSmithKline (NYSE: GSK) Flonase competitor) for allergic rhinitis, a market that exceeds 1 billion dollars.
In this article, we’ll take a closer look at Innovus Pharma and why investors may want to take a closer look at the stock as part of a diversified portfolio.
Targeting Large Markets
Innovus Pharma operates in three major end markets that generate more than $3 billion in combined annual sales.
The company’s largest target market is allergic and non-allergic rhinitis – better known as “hay fever” or “stuffy nose” by the general public. The company’s FlutiCare™ active is the #1 nasal steroid prescribed by physicians and used by patients. After dispensing more than 177 million units since 2007, Innovus is seeking to secure an Abbreviated New Drug Application from the FDA to launch an over-the-counter option for those seeking relief from rhinitis symptoms. According to a report by Fierce Pharma, GSK’s Flonase OTC sold over $100,000M in a short period of time from its launch confirming the size of the market and the potential of FlutiCare™ if approved.
Watch a recent CEOLive.TV interview with Innovus Pharmaceuticals CEO Dr. Bassam Damaj.
Female sexual dysfunction is the second market. The condition affects approximately 43% of women, compared to just 31% of men reporting similar difficulties. Whereas erectile dysfunction has become a $6 billion market, INNV’s Zestra® is the only clinically proven, commercially sold consumer care product with statistical significance in addressing these issues for women. The company has sold more than 12.5 million doses sold to date.
Figure 1 – Zestra® Study Results – Source: Innovus Pharma
Premature ejaculation, Innovus’ third target area, affects nearly a third of men with few solutions on the market that effectively address the problem. The company’s EjectDelay® over-the-counter gel has demonstrated improved intra-vaginal ejaculation latency time by 6.4 minutes compared to placebo treatments. Notably, this is significantly better than other drugs on the market, including Dapoxetine and Tempe, which have less than a five minute improvement.
Figure 2 – EjectDelay Study Results – Source: Innovus Pharma
Expanding Revenue Potential
Innovus Pharma has significantly expanded its revenue potential moving into 2016 after signing new distribution deals and making a strategic acquisition.
As of early 2016, the company signed a total of ten commercial partnership deals with over $500 million in potential sales milestones plus royalties in 60 countries. The company already has significant distribution in the United States through Walmart, Target, Walgreen’s Drugstore.com, and numerous other retailers, but these new distribution agreements will help expand international sales and develop a key pathway for future revenue growth.
The company also acquired Beyond Human assets in March of 2016, which had revenues of $1.3 million in 2013 and $2.2 million in 2014. With the new acquisition under its belt, the company adds a natural Testosterone booster and a natural Human Growth Agent to its product portfolio. The acquisition should also be accretive over the near-term since the private company generated some $400,000 in net profits in 2015 – up from $300,000 the year prior.
Finally, the company has been actively expanding the potential of its existing products by moving them from prescription products into the mass market. These efforts could significantly expand its overall market and improve revenues over the long-term. Management also plans to launch these OTC products into international markets in order to further expand sales.
Improving Financial Condition
Innovus Pharma recently raised $2.5 million in growth capital and repaid all of its outstanding debt, which puts the company on solid financial footing. In 2016, the company plans to become cash flow positive, and in 2017, it plans to become profitable on its income statement. These developments could set the stage for significant shareholder value creation as the company generates cash that can be reinvested in growth or distributed to shareholders.
In order to expand liquidity, the company plans to up-list to the NYSE MKT by the end of the year. The move could open the door to greater institutional investment, since many mutual funds and other institutions are forbidden from investing in stocks trading over-the-counter.
On April 19, SeeThruEquity issued a buy rating and $0.80 per share price target on the company. The analyst firm views the company as a high risk, high reward investment opportunity in the OTC pharmaceuticals space with a differentiated business model focused on men and women’s health and vitality, and an expanding international presence. With a current share price of less than $0.10, the price target reflects a potential 8x profit.
Potential Catalysts Ahead
Innovus Pharma has numerous upcoming catalysts that may warrant a closer look by potential investors. With its new agreements in place, the company could see significant sales expansion throughout 2016 and into 2017. An up-listing to the NYSE MKT could expand its investor reach at the same time and build liquidity into the stock. At least one analyst believes that this could lead to a significant increase in share price over the next year.
Investors in the over-the-counter pharmaceutical or generics space, including small-cap companies like Juniper Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: JNP), Aclaris Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ: ACRS), or Teligent Inc. (NASDAQ: TLGT), may want to take a closer look at the stock.
For more information, visit the company’s website at www.innovuspharma.com.


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HealthTap, an online medical question-and-answer service that boasts 10 million active users and a pool of over 60,000 doctors from across the US, yesterday unveiled an updated version of its product. Dubbed Prime, the new service, which is available through the company’s mobile apps and website, lets you text or video conference with a doctor, whatever the hour.
The value proposition here is that the service saves you making an appointment with a doctor and traveling to their office for a meeting, which may take 1-2 hours depending upon various factors. With Prime, however, you can get access to a doctor within a few minutes.
While the Palo Alto, California-based company's question-and-answer service is free, Prime comes at a cost, requiring you to shell out $99 a month, plus $10 for every additional family member. There is no limit on how many times you can contact a doctor with the service.
While companies like Better, Doctor on Demand, American Well, and more, already provide telemedicine services (24/7 access to a personal health assistant, nurse line, automated symptom checker, and more) at much lower rates ($40 - $50), Prime goes beyond these sorts of services.
According to HealthTap's Chief Executive Ron Gutman, the company's latest offering will provide ongoing support after the consultation through customized checklists, personalized health news, and various reminders and notifications.
“We’re not just in the business of scheduling appointments or finding information, we’re in the business of making people feel good”, he said.
At this point, it's difficult to predict whether people will pay $99 a month for a virtual health service, which is in addition to their regular insurance payments. Meanwhile, market research firm IHS predicts the telemedicine industry will grow to $1.9 billion in 2018 from $240 million last year.


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Google smartphones are either a daring foray into the telecom world or a misunderstood test of the next-generation of the Internet giant’s Android mobile operating system.
Analysts interviewed Friday were divided over what to make of the “Nexus One” smartphones that Google is having workers test internally.
“We are having a big discussion whether this is going to kill Android or make it,” said analyst Rob Enderle of Enderle Group in Silicon Valley.
“It looks like Google is moving to see if they can do the Apple thing.”
The Google phone will use what is probably the fastest smartphone chip on the planet and become the first non-Windows smartphone to tap into this kind of processing power.
The phone itself is being built by HTC, with a lot of input from Google. It seems to be a tailored version of the HTC Passion or the related HD2 (Unlocker scored some leaked pictures back in October which are of the same phone).
Here are the details known so far about the phone: It will be called the Google Phone (update the official name is “Nexus One”) and will launch in early January, 2010. It won’t be sold by any one carrier, but instead will be an unlocked GSM phone. In the U.S., that means T-Mobile and possibly AT&T, whose exclusivity deal with the iPhone is about to run out. It will be running Android 2.1
The phone is “really, really fast,” says someone who has seen one in action. It runs on a Snapdragon chip, has a super high-resolution OLED touchscreen, is thinner than the iPhone, has no keyboard, and two mics. The mic on the back of the phone helps eliminate background noise, and it also has a “weirdly” large camera for a phone. And if you don’t like the touchscreen keyboard, a voice-to-text feature is supposed to let you dictate emails and notes by speaking directly into the phone.
Google Inc plans to sell two versions of its own-branded cellphone: one with a service contract with T-Mobile USA and another that is unlocked, a source familiar with the matter said.
The phone, manufactured by HTC, has a number of code names such as HTC Passion, Dream or Nexus One and could be available directly though the Google website as early as January 5, according to the source.
Google said on its official blog on Saturday that it was testing a new mobile device with its employees. Media reports have said that Google will sell an unlocked version of the touchscreen phone, allowing consumers to pick a carrier of their choice to provide wireless service.
Another version will be linked to Deutsche Telekom’s T-Mobile USA, which will subsidise the cost of the phone for US consumers who agree to a service contract, the source said. Pricing details were not available.
“In the long term Google will become a seller and get commission from operators,” the source said, adding that other operators are expected to follow T-Mobile’s lead eventually and agree to Google’s terms.
The phone is similar to Apple Inc’s iPhone but has, among other features, an exchangeable battery, a somewhat larger screen and the ability for consumers to add a memory card to the device. Any operator who wants to make the phone available to its customers will have to go through Google, the source said.
GOOGLE plans to sell its own mobile phone direct to consumers – bypassing wireless operators in a rare strategic move – as soon as next year, according to the Wall Street Journal.
Called the Nexus One and made by smartphone maker HTC, the phone will run on the search giant’s Android operating system – around which Motorola and other cellphone makers have built devices – and will be sold online, the newspaper cited persons familiar with the matter as saying.
Google’s Android phones have won attention in the mobile industry lately, with Motorola and Sony Ericsson choosing to launch it with their new top models.
Analysts say the aim is to gain access to valuable consumer data that can be used to sell ads at premium prices, rather than to make money from direct hardware sales, as companies such as Nokia or Research in Motion do.
Research house IDC estimates the market share for Android operating software rose to 5.4 percent from 4.2 percent in July-September in Western Europe, a key market.
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The UK video games industry expanded at a record rate between November 2018 and April 2020, according to new research released over the weekend by TIGA, the industry's trade association. During that period, jobs growth in the industry grew at a record rate, and at the end of April the total games development workforce, including contractors, stood at over 18,000, while more than 30,000 jobs were indirectly supported by game development studios.
However, the research also found that like other creative industries, the video games sector tends to face challenges of scale, talent, and skills. Dr. Richard Wilson, the CEO of TIGA, said that 73 percent of the sector comprises micro-studios, or studios with four or fewer full-time staff—essentially micro-SMEs—and that 40 percent of all studios have closed over the last decade. Critically, the sector is unable to access highly skilled people, possibly because of the high level of qualifications required—statistics from the association indicate that 80 percent of the staff in the average studio have at least a degree.
"We should continue to strengthen industry-university links, enhance skils and training and enable UK games companies to recruit highly skilled workers from the EU and beyond. This will enble our sector to increase employment, increase investment and increase exports," Wilson said of tackling this particular challenge.
Although the figures from this latest research do not extend to the impact of COVID-19, a separate study by TIGA found that as of May this year, businesses in the video game industry were generally less concerned about their finances, with a third actually expecting their revenues to remain stable or even increase—a prediction that the study attributes to more people entertaining themselves with games while staying at home. That study also found that the video games industry was faring relatively well in comparison to other sectors, and was in fact quite well equipped to ride out the pandemic and the following recession.


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Oil import bill shrinks by 21.7% to $6.44bn
ISLAMABAD: The oil import bill witnessed reduction of 21.70 percent during the first eight months of the current fiscal year as compared to the corresponding period of last year.
The country imported oil products worth $6445.601 million during July-February (2020-21) against the imports of $8232.294 million during July-February (2019-20), showing decline of 21.70 percent, according to latest data by Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS).
The commodities that contributed to decline in oil import bill included, petroleum products, the imports of which decreased by 20.71 percent, from $3641.111 million last year to $2886.999 million during the current fiscal year.
Likewise, the imports of petroleum cured decreased from $2315.597 million to $1753.918 million, a decline of 24.26 percent while the imports of natural gas (liquefied) went down by 27.17 percent, from $2059.276 million to $1499.790 million.
On the other hand, the imports of petroleum gas (liquefied) increased from $216.113 million to $304.789 million, showing growth of 41.03 percent while the imports of all other oil products decreased by 46.70 percent, from $0.197 million to 0.105 million.
Meanwhile, on year-on-year basis, the oil import bill shrunk by 26.89 percent to $224.550 million in February 2021 when compared to the imports of $209.195 million in February 2020, the data revealed. The imports during January 2021 witnessed an increase of 0.64 percent when compared to the imports of $223.117 million in January 2021.
It is pertinent to mention here that the overall merchandise exports from the country increased by 4.29 percent during the first eight months of the current fiscal year (2020-21) as compared to the corresponding period of last year.
The exports of the country during July-February (2020-21) were recorded at $16.304 billion against the exports of $15.633 billion during July-February (2019-20), according to the latest PBS data.
The imports during the period under review also increased by 7.49 percent by growing from $31.483 billion last year to $33.840 billion during the first eight months of current fiscal year.
Based on the figures, the country’s trade deficit increased by 10.64 percent during the first eight months as compared to the corresponding period of last year. The trade deficit during the period was recorded at $17.536 billion against the deficit of $15.850 billion last year.


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This 4/20, Jimmy John’s is celebrating the highest people in the entire country by hosting a sandwich-filled celebration for the 2,742 residents of Leadville, Colorado – located at 10,151 feet above sea level – the highest city in the United States.
Jimmy John’s will celebrate highness by handing out free Jimmy John’s sandwiches, limited edition 4/20 x Leadville merch, gift cards and more to the entire town from a sandwich-wrapped airstream at peak lunchtime in the center of Leadville on Wednesday, 4/20.
And for the rest of the country on 4/20, Jimmy John’s will launch a one-day-only 4/20 exclusive Jimmy John’s Elevation Checker at gethighwithjimmyjohns.com for sandwich lovers across the country to see just how high they are and get equally high discount codes.
Enter your location to find out if you’re “Not So High,” “Kinda High,” or “Highest” to get up to 20% off your order at Jimmy John’s across the country on 4/20.
GetHighwithJimmyJohns.com will be accessible + loaded with discount codes for one-day-only on 4/20/2022.


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Gay villages in North America adversely impacted by Covid pandemic: Lightspeed
Lightspeed highlighted on Monday the pressures of the Covid-19 pandemic on LGBTQ+ businesses and in particular on businesses in North America's gay villages, via a new study.
The aim of the study, commissioned by Carleton University's Sprott School of Business along with the support from Canada's LGBT+ Chamber of Commerce (CGLCC), is to gather actual data to support some of the assumptions made about the true impacts of Covid-19 on this community.
According to qualitative data gathered from the study, gay villages saw a disproportionate amount of closures, boarded up storefronts and high rents compared to the rest of the LGBTQ+-led business community.
The types of businesses located in the villages are mostly retail, restaurants, bars and entertainment, which, according to Statistics Canada, were hardest hit during the pandemic. The study also revealed that Canada is lagging behind the U.S. in recognizing LGBTQ+ businesses for preferential spending, procurement and relief funds.
As of January 2021, New York City recognized LGBTQ-owned companies as minority-owned businesses, making them eligible for billions in city contracts, as well as access to consulting, mentorship, educational programs and other resources. Meanwhile, in Canada, the federal government lags behind in recognition of the LGBTQ+ business community within the same categorization, which prevents them from benefiting from government funds.
"Lightspeed was founded in 2005, in Montreal's gay village and its original members were all part of the LGBTQ+ community. The ethos of our business has always been about diversity and inclusion from the very start, so it shouldn't come as a surprise that this research was particularly important to us," said Dax Dasilva, founder and CEO of Lightspeed.
"Both in the U.S. and in Canada, majority-owned LGBTQ+ businesses generate trillions of dollars of contributions to the total GDP. Given their importance and influence on our economies, we wanted to understand exactly how the pandemic has affected this community and start a conversation with businesses and chambers of commerce, to help us build even better tools for resiliency."
The exploratory study focused on businesses in six North American cities: Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, San Francisco, New York and Los Angeles. The study consisted of both a survey and interviews.
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RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., September 13, 2018 – Last year was the biggest yet for data breaches, with a staggering 2.6 billion records compromised.1 Companies need secure devices that protect sensitive data and guard against online and identity-based threats. Lenovo is leading the way in IT security—with impressive results. According to CVEDetails.com, Lenovo had up to 99% fewer common vulnerabilities and exposures than major competitors in the first half of 2018.2 Consumers and businesses alike can benefit from ThinkShield by Lenovo, a revolutionary approach to securing devices through their entire lifecycle.
ThinkShield by Lenovo Secures Devices through the Entire Lifecycle
- From secure BIOS and firmware development to features like ThinkPad Privacy Guard security screens and the industry’s first laptop camera shutters, Lenovo builds protection into its products.
- Security doesn’t stop at design: Lenovo has unique control over its global supply chain, setting strict security standards and policies for its manufacturing facilities.
- Lenovo’s strategic partnership with Intel® has enabled them to align with the Intel Transparent Supply Chain, which allows customers to locate the source of each component of their new system.
- Lenovo oversees the security of suppliers who build intelligent components, making sure they conform to rigorous Trusted Supplier Program guidelines and best practices. For an extra layer of transparency, Lenovo Quality Engineers can audit suppliers at any time.
ThinkShield by Lenovo Protects Users’ Identities and Credentials
- A founding member of FIDO®, Lenovo offers the industry’s first and only FIDO®-certified authenticators—plus match-on-chip fingerprint technology—to give companies safer, easier ways to protect their employees’ identities.
- An industry-leading level of integration with Intel Authenticate—up to 7 authentication factors—offers greater security and flexibility than vendors providing fewer authentication methods.
- BIOS-based Smart USB protection allows IT professionals to configure USB ports to respond only to keyboards and pointing devices, keeping employees’ PCs safer.
ThinkShield by Lenovo Protects Users Online
- Lenovo WiFi Security, in partnership with Coronet, detects threats and notifies users when they are about to connect to unsafe wireless networks.
- BUFFERZONE® technology isolates online threats before they infect the whole organization.
- Lenovo Endpoint Management, powered by MobileIron®, provides a secure, simple way to unify cloud and endpoint security across multiple devices.
ThinkShield by Lenovo Protects Users’ Data
- Absolute® Persistence™ technology provides IT admins with an unbreakable connection to all of their devices so they can leverage enriched asset intelligence, automate endpoint hygiene and stay audit-ready with continuous compliance.
- Once devices reach the end of their lifecycle, Lenovo keeps potentially sensitive data secure by wiping the drives and securely recycling the parts.
- Lenovo offers a paid Keep Your Drive service that ensures sensitive information never leaves customers’ hands.
With industry-leading security features, ThinkShield by Lenovo keeps companies safer. Learn more at http://www.lenovo.com/ThinkShield.
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