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In the Press
December 19, 2019
AIThority: Bidstack’s £10 Million Trade Deal Signals the Dawn of a New AD Category
AIThority reported that Bidstack has entered into a £10m trade deal that represents the first-ever major investment from an agency group into in-game advertising.
Bidstack has been trailblazing the in-game ad category since it was listed on the London Stock Exchange in 2018 becoming the first crowdfunded gaming company to go public. Since its arrival on the open market, Bidstack has signed partnerships with game publishers such as Sports Interactive and Codemasters, ad tech platforms such as The Trade Desk, Xandr and also the recently acquired ad fraud prevention platform Pubguard.
To read the full article, click here
In the Press
May 18, 2020
MediaTel: Level up your ads: Why brands are getting into gaming
Bidstack’s Marketing Director, Vanessa Goff-Yu and CRO, Lewis Sherlock, takes a closer look with Mediatel as to why more and more brands are getting into gaming. What is it about the gaming industry that’s got advertiser’s attention? Is it the $3bn spend on in-game advertising in the US, or is it more people are watching...
January 23, 2020
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Better Quality Ads: How Bidstack Protect The Gaming Experience
In recent years the digital advertising industry has come to realise that a consumer’s online experience of brands and adverts is integral to the success of their campaigns. This is both in terms of the ongoing acceptance of online ads and in terms of how well campaigns achieve their marketing aims. With ad blocking on...
May 5, 2020
The Bidstack Bulletin: 5th May 2020
Each week the Bidstack team curate the most interesting stories from the world of gaming, advertising and esports to help you keep ahead of the pack when it comes to in-game advertising. Discover the most interesting news and views from the past week below. Want to keep up to date with Bidstack Bulletin? Click here...


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Fast Food franchise McDonalds plans to recycle its cooking oil into bio-diesel. Yes, the same oil used to cook the delicious and sumptuous Big Mac and french fries. Firstly what is bio-diesel? Its comes from bio-fuel which invidently comes from bio-mass. Anyways bio-mass is recently living organic matter or its by-products.
To know more visit the article at The Australian.

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EU to impose extra tariffs on China aluminium foil over subsidies -Breaking
BRUSSELS (Reuters), – After the European Commission discovered that Chinese producers were receiving unfair and excessive subsidies, the EU journal announced Wednesday that it would increase tariffs for aluminium foil imported from China.
Tariffs for a particular thin aluminum converter foil will be in force from Thursday. They range between 8.6% and 18.2%. These tariffs are on top of the existing antidumping duties, which can vary from 6.0% to 28.5%.
After receiving a complaint by EU producers, the European Commission conducted an investigation and found that China identified aluminum foil as a major industry. It then intervened using the market’s free will to support the sector.
The state subsidy consisted of preferential financing, export credit insurance and grants. Also, government provided land use rights and electricity at lower market prices.
China’s share in EU aluminium foil markets grew from 18% to 24% in 2017 to 24% in 2019, with prices dropping. Other countries imported very little.
Six EU producers were involved in the complaint, including Carcano Antonio Italy, Eurofoil Luxembourg, and Hydro Aluminium Rolled products based in Germany.
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FOOL: Stephanie Brown Returns In New DC Title Spoiler, To Be Funded By Kickstarter
On Friday, DC editorial types were stating that there were no more plans for Stephanie Brown, previously Robin, Batgirl and Spoiler in the old DCU, in current books.
They were lying.
Yesterday evening at ECCC, DC Comics announced that joining The Robins by Jeff Lemire in the expected Third Wave of New DC books towards the end of the year, will be a new book, Spoiler, starring Stephanie Brown. But what will make this comic, and the other five new titles, different is that they will be funded by the fans through Kickstarter.
DC Comics has made an express attempt to connect further with the fans in recent years, but have been faced with a dilemma, on how to deal with fan-favourite books that may not sell too well in the direct market. The plan is to completely fund the production of the first three issues of several new comics in advance, with the belief that interest and momentum will keep the books profitable after that. DC is also guaranteeing at least twelve issues of all the titles funded will be published.
Rewards will include digital and mailed copies of the comic, including a new format, Signed Digital, in which creators added their own digital signature individually to download copies. For higher donations, there will be rewards of virtual portfolio reviews from Jim Lee, virtual pitch reviews by Geoff Johns and virtual bollockings by Bob Harras.
It is expected that Marvel will launch a similar scheme for books such as Runaways, X-23, Generation Hope and Moon Boy And Devil Dinosaur, though using their own branded Kickstarter-alike model called Mickstarter, and claiming that they were planning to do this long before DC.
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With the rise in popularity of digital payments, QR codes have become an integral part of our lives, especially after the push for digital India at the beginning of the pandemic.
It is therefore of little wonder that several digital services require QR codes to carry out transactions. WhatsApp being the latest to join the bandwagon. The instant messaging app WhatsApp, is apparently testing a new feature that will allow users to share their profiles via URL on social networking sites.Going by how frequently users have to scan QR codes for services, comedian Samay Raina tweeted, "If I ever get a tattoo, it will be of my UPI QR code."
If I ever get a tattoo, it will be of my UPI QR code
— Samay Raina (@ReheSamay) April 17, 2022
The tweet got a lot of cheeky responses from followers. Programmer Kavitha (@naa_layakk) asked, "So how should we scan you, through eyes or phones?" Another Twitter user even offered to put a QR code on a t-shirt for Raina.
It was, however, Paytm's response that stole the show.
Meanwhile, share prices of the fintech major -- which had fallen nearly 70 per cent from its IPO price of Rs 2,150 led by regulatory headwinds and concerns about profitability in the payments verticals -- jumped over 4 per cent on Tuesday after global financial major Citi initiated its coverage with a 'Buy' rating and a target price of Rs 910.
According to Citigroup Research, at the current market price, Paytm's valuations look attractive."We think Paytm has several potential levers to drive scale and improve profitability substantially, leveraging its high-frequency user base of 71mn MTUs (up 41 percent YoY in FY22) and 25mn+ merchants," Citigroup said in a recent note to its investors.


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Next Generation is aimed at empowering 18-24-year-olds from disadvantaged backgrounds to start and grow their own business. The programme is part of the UK’s £220m Community Renewal Fund, an important plank of the Government’s Levelling up agenda. The scheme will deliver a free StartUp bootcamp open to applicants from across the city. From there 100 budding young entrepreneurs will be selected for 10 weeks of training, one-to one mentoring, a pop-up on Oxford Street and a grant of between £750 and £10,000.
The Next Generation Hub will launch in February and provide free training, events, bite-sized information, access to advisers, peer groups and access to funding. Those taking part will also receive monthly meetings with an Enterprise Manager to provide support and ensure mental wellbeing alongside the opportunity to showcase their products to customers and potential buyers in the Oxford Street store. The programme will end with a Graduation Ceremony/Festival to celebrate successes and see participants prepare and present a pitch to with potential further sponsors or retail buyers. The programme will support thousands of young Londoners who are in the early stages of starting a business (Either they haven't begun trading yet or have been trading less than 12 months.) It will be tailored to those who are socially or economically disadvantaged, or who have been adversely affected by the pandemic who might not have easy access to the finance and opportunities needed to go into business for themselves.
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The person who uploaded photos of what appears to be the Harry Potter Deathly Hallows book is better running now and trash his Canon.
The Times reports that the serial number of the Canon camera used has been found in the Exif meta data of the distributed Potter book photos.The leaker used a Canon Rebel 350. Canon says that if the person has once serviced his Canon than the serial number is registered and they could identify the owner.
The 350 is most likely 3 years old, so chances are high that the camera has been serviced.
What that story just makes clear again is that photos you upload to the net have all kinds of information that can link back to you. If you want to be safe strip the meta data before uploading stuff.
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Disney's The Lion King remake is preparing to hit theaters and the studio is slowly pulling the veil back on the highly anticipated project. The latest TV spot features a little bit more of the "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" duet between Donald Glover and Beyoncé, which was teased earlier this week. In addition, the studio has announced that pre-sale tickets will be on sale starting tomorrow, June 24th. Disney has high hopes for their upcoming remake, which will be the third one released this year.
Disney's The Lion King remake is directed by Jon Favreau and journeys to the African savanna where a future king is born. Simba idolizes his father, King Mufasa, and takes to heart his own royal destiny. But not everyone in the kingdom celebrates the new cub's arrival. Scar, Mufasa's brother, and former heir to the throne, has plans of his own. The battle for Pride Rock is ravaged with betrayal, tragedy and drama, ultimately resulting in Simba's exile. With help from a curious pair of newfound friends, Simba will have to figure out how to grow up and take back what is rightfully his.
Staying true to the classic story, Jon Favreau utilizes pioneering filmmaking techniques, which were first used in his big screen adaptation of The Jungle Book, to bring the iconic characters to the big screen in a whole new way. While the movie was originally called a live-action remake, Disney fans were quick to point out that really isn't the case. However, Favreau and crew insist that the movie was made in the way traditional movies are made, not like other animated features.
So far, the look of The Lion King remake is stunning. The CGI is very impressive, to say the least. When the Aladdin remake was being teased, fans of the original were not happy with the look of Will Smith's Genie character and it started a meme explosion online. But, the movie opened in theaters to great success and has now made over $810 million globally. With that being said, The Lion King has a lot more hype surrounding it with a gigantic cast of A-list celebrities taking on the iconic movie.
The Lion King opens in theaters on July 19th, which should give Spider-Man: Far From Home some time to dominate the box office. Disney and Pixar's Toy Story 4 just hit theaters this weekend, and while it opened up below expectations, it was able to secure the number one spot while becoming the fourth-highest grossing animated debut of all time. It is possible that The Lion King remake will be able to do similar things once Disney starts hitting the promotional campaign even harder. While we wait for pre-sale tickets to go on sale tomorrow, you can check out the latest TV spot below, thanks to the Walt Disney Studios YouTube channel.


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THE Reputation Institute (RI) reported in November 2018 that nearly 84 per cent of a company’s value is now based on reputational factors. RI estimates that a one-point increase in a company’s reputation yields a 2.6 per cent increase in its market capitalisation. Apparently, reputation has never been more important.
A series of high profile halal crises in recent years with top brands have shaken public confidence in the ability of brand owners to assure the integrity of halal certified products. Muslims today are less prepared to tolerate risks, whether real or perceived, and demand a near zero-risk halal environment. Furthermore, Muslims are intrinsically motivated to actively boycott brands that are in violation of the teachings of Islam. As a result, there is a high chance that a halal issue may snowball into a global halal crisis.
Due to a large, young and fast growing Muslim demographic in combination with a substantial and fast expanding global Islamic economy, Muslim countriesin the Middle East and Asia are one of the leading consumer markets today. However, it is critical for industries operating in or exporting to Muslim countries to recognise the importance of halal compliance and the danger that halal reputational risks pose for a company.
Corporate halal reputation is pivotal in protecting your licence to operate in Muslim markets. Muslim countries are introducing new halal regulations and existing halal certification bodies (HCBs) are continuously upgrading their halal standards. HCBs allow very little time for industries to comply with their new halal requirements. It is therefore paramount to be proactive on emerging halal requirements. As a result, halal is not static but continuously in development.
Evidence supports that halal is going through an evolution from a product approach towards a halal supply chain one (where similar to food safety halal is addressed throughout a supply chain) and halal value chain (addressing also aspects such as Islamic branding, finance and insurance).
Corporate halal reputation is key to sustainable competitive advantage in Muslim markets. It is important to choose the right halal certificate, or combination of halal certificates, based on the company’s export goals.
Alignment of the company’s halal supply chain with the market requirements of the Muslim markets that it is serving is becoming necessary. Alignment is about earning respect from the Muslim consumer with the ultimate goal of increasing value to the consumer in terms of Islamic resources, Muslim obligations and Muslim lifestyle.
Companies need to be aware of halal issues. A halal issue is a gap between the stakeholders’ expected and perceived halal practices of a brand owner. A halal issue can be related to contamination, non-compliance or perception.
Halal supply chains today are complex global halal networks that cause halal issues. The halal industry is expanding fast in width (new categories of halal certifiable products are being introduced such as cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, paint, toilet paper, etc.) as well as depth (more brands within a product category are halal certified), leading to an evident scaling up of halal issues.
Desiring economies of scale and scope, multinationals have been acquiring other brands. They have created global integrated systems and a coupling of brands. Muslim markets today are supplied by global supply networks of multinationals, originating from different production locations with a different halal context. The halal context of a country is linked to a different Islamic school of thought, religious rulings (fatwas), and local customs, which comes with different halal standards.
In a single production location multiple brands are produced. It is also very easy to find out online which organisation owns which brands. Although these global supply networks might be efficient, there are also risks from a halal reputation point of view. As seen over the past with big food companies, when a brand is faced with a halal crisis it easily spreads to other brands of the company and other geographical markets.
Second, there is a danger of correlation, where halal issues from outside (supply network) could infect the company’s brand. One of the reasons is the practice of co-branding by multinationals. For example, fast food chains like to co-brand with a big beverage brand. When there is a halal issue with the beverage company it could have major consequences for the fast-food chain, and vice versa.
Also, consumer product manufacturers co-brand with special ingredients (e.g.: stevia, vitamin), halal certificate from HCB (with a good or bad track record), or social
cause (e.g.: fairtrade, water fund). Halal issues with a co-brand could damage the company’s brand as well. Correlation can happen when a halal issue affects a competitor but infects the entire industry. This could be related to a perceived non-compliance or an industry practice.
Presently, procedures designed to mitigate and distribute supply chain and corporate reputation risks may instead increase corporate halal reputation risks. The present disregard for halal reputation risks by large players in the halal industry is an evident moral hazard. It is time to put corporate halal reputation on the top agenda for companies operating in and exporting to Muslim countries.
The writer is a Professor of Halal Risk and Reputation Management with ELM Graduate School (Help University) in Malaysia.


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Gay online dating software GROWLr to launch stay video clip matchmaking services The software, which serves the hold filipino dating online group, is attempting to urge visitors to stay at home amid continuous pandemic GROWLr consumers will soon be capable of live-stream shows and videos chat with different customers free-of-charge, with the homosexual matchmaking software […]
The software, which serves the hold filipino dating online group, is attempting to urge visitors to stay at home amid continuous pandemic
GROWLr consumers will soon be capable of live-stream shows and videos chat with different customers free-of-charge, with the homosexual matchmaking software bringing out an alive movie feature to urge people holiday residence and practice friendly distancing.
Geoff Cook, the CEO of this Find people, Inc., which got GROWLr this past year, says that schemes was basically planned well before COVID-19 introducing videos services that might let any user to live-stream shows and talk to people, nevertheless the pandemic increased those projects.
The brand new qualities could be introduced on GROWLr devices for Apple accessories over the following few days, as well team shall be moving away an Android model in coming week.
The Find party — which keeps going out with programs satisfy people, LOVOO, Skout, and Tagged — claims it’s got viewed a 33percent escalation in moments put in in video and a 38per cent rise in videos chats on the more software with that capacity since business medical Organization formally declared the COVID-19 infection an epidemic.
“It got apparent from our more applications, that video intake is expanding around 33per cent typically, some whenever 40%, and that also this particular aspect am demanded,” describes Cook.
The fresh properties include GROWLr alive, a live-streaming program, as supplied cost-free, enabling any consumer to get started with their video clip flow, and discover other customers who’re earnestly loading, labeled by “What’s Gorgeous,” or shows attracting the best amount of viewing audience, and by who’s close by and any unique app users.
Customers may also be able to bring in “Next Date” means while transmission, an element that changes a live-stream into a mini-dating event. Viewing audiences is encouraged with problems, and, based around their particular feedback, the broadcaster can establish whether to “next” them — moving on to your next visibility — or date all of them.
If a broadcaster agrees as of yet individuals, her account will start a 1-on-1 training video chitchat. Consumers can pick to enjoy the “Next Date” video game in standard or “blind date” setting — the aforementioned that obscures a person’s face once talking, on your pic little by little getting clearer as being the match lasts video chatting.
GROWLr previously has actually a 1-on-1 training video attribute for spent prospects, but prepare states that attribute will be had free of cost your app’s next “build,” and that should be circulated in April.
“It’s a lesser amount of about an instrument for fulfilling and about a chatting application,” Cook states. “Live Training Video supply some stickiness and assistance, as well as the capacity to come some others and interact with all of them, and never having to fulfill all of them in real life.”
Prepare claims which tendency he’s watching, with owners on many of the providers’s applications, not only GROWLr, would be that folks have really been possessing less talks, but individuals who were chatting become communicating for extended intervals.
“My believe usually so many a lot more applications start presenting training video qualities, individuals of all the programs — not simply GROWLr — begins using clip much within dating lives, and possibly utilizing it to prequalify possible dates,” make states, saying that people of internet dating apps seem to be “cultivating possibilities” making use of indisputable fact that might see later when the epidemic has actually died all the way down.
Prepare contributes that while there won’t be any online surveys of GROWLr users specifically, reports of the MeetMe software users discovered that 82percent of individuals explained they were socially distancing by themselves in the recent opportunity.
“the thing that was more entertaining to us all was that, on the day after the World fitness group declared an international pandemic, 70per cent of customers mentioned the two reckoned they’d go on a night out together within the next 1 month,” they records. “By the following month, it actually was not as much as 50%. I do think that is getting hopeful. Individuals don’t fundamentally see for how long these standards are typically location. But i believe until each and every thing turned off, everyone weren’t monitoring public distancing.”
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The Crowne Plaza Hotel in Colorado Springs, Colo, has been sold to 513 Hotels Ltd., a division of John Bushman's Investment Corp. of America, for $14 million. The new owner has unveiled plans to renovate the 500-room hotel and rebrand it under the MCM Hotels chain. Read The Gazette story here.
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Last year at PagerDuty Summit 2018, we officially launched PagerDuty University (PDU), a training program that provides hands-on classroom training to current and prospective customers...by PagerDuty
July 10, 2019
Having recently returned from an action-packed few weeks of meeting with customers, partners, media, executives, and analysts in the Asia Pacific and Japan (APJ) region, I wanted to share a little about my learnings and observations. My tour also included participating and presenting at the last stop in our global roadshow series, PagerDuty Connect, in Sydney, Australia.
We landed in the region and opened the doors of our Asia Pacific headquarters in August 2017 (happy first birthday to the PagerDuty Asia Pacific Team!), and it’s amazing to see the progress the team has made in driving digital service reliability and minimizing disruption across varying geographies.
After spending time with our community in Sydney, I learned that the entrepreneurial nature of DevOps and ITOps leaders in the region was alive and well. I could certainly see firsthand why our partners at Atlassian have recently launched a fantastic initiative with the New South Wales Government to establish a new technology innovation hub in the city. The “Silicon Valley South of the Equator” has a nice ring to it.
As the DevOps approach celebrates its 10th birthday this year, the demand to harness the benefits of human intelligence, event intelligence, and analytics to enhance real-time operations and service delivery looks to be accelerating across Australia, New Zealand, Asia, India, and Japan. (You can read the full press release about PagerDuty’s growth in Asia Pacific and Japan since we opened our regional HQ one year ago here.)
The appetite for technological innovation in Asia Pacific is strong. Regardless of industry— whether in transportation, technology, retail, financial services, or telecommunications—there wasn’t a single organization I met that did not accept and recognize that “always-on” connected consumer preferences have changed. And to align with that change, organizations also have had to change their approach to “agile” development and operations, making service delivery the No. 1 priority.
I picked up a couple fun facts during my time in the region:
Not only is the digital opportunity immense across Asia Pacific, there is also a phenomenal camaraderie in the DevOps and ITOps practitioner community. There is a strong appetite for learning and sharing success stories as businesses continue to transform digitally, driving competitive advantage and delighting their customers.
From world-class digital natives to established organizations, almost every business I spoke with was prioritizing the transformation of its technology stacks to meet customer expectations. Businesses wanted to do this through increasing speed and agility across their developer and engineering teams. This is why PagerDuty launched our PagerDuty Online Community last year—it allows practitioners to engage with ITOps and DevOps experts from our community of 200,0000+ worldwide users to share best practices, insights, challenges, successes, and supporting documentation.
This community extends the partner and solution provider community supporting Asia Pacific and Japan customers. In April 2018, we launched the PagerDuty Global Reseller Program to broaden the reach of our real-time platform for action and expand on our world-class ecosystem of channel partners. The program is open to resale partners and technology partners intent on driving greater use of the platform to a broad set of organizations looking to migrate operations to the cloud, scale DevOps, and optimize their incident resolution lifecycle. Since our program launch, partners such as Avocado Consulting, CPT Global, Data#3, GLiNTECH, JDS Australia, Mantalus Consulting, Service Dynamics (NZ), SoftwareONE, Vibrato, Assurity Consulting (NZ), NaradaCode (Indonesia), QAssure (Singapore), Digital Stacks (Japan), and JIG-SAW (Japan) joined to support our growing Asia Pacific and Japan communities.
We also recently expanded our worldwide collaboration with Amazon Web Services (AWS) through the launch of PagerDuty on the AWS Marketplace. This enables AWS customers to purchase PagerDuty subscriptions more easily and quickly. And last but certainly not least, our engineering teams have been hard at work making it even easier for our customers to rapidly realize the value of PagerDuty’s platform for action, with more than 300 integrations immediately available to customers.
If you missed any of the customer success journeys highlighted at PagerDuty Connect Sydney, including insights and best-practice commentary from Ladbrokes, ING Direct, CabCharge, Xero, REA Group and Avoka, ITWire captured all the action.
As I flew out of the region and overlooked those growing skylines in Sydney (Sydney now boasts more cranes that NYC!), two ideas came to mind:
Lastly, I’m looking forward to connecting again with many of our customer, partner and practitioner community from Asia Pacific and Japan in a few short weeks at PagerDuty Summit on 10-12 September 2018 in San Francisco. Interested? It’s not too late to register—you can check out the full agenda here.


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Before the year is out, Apple Computer plans to launch a Windows version of its well-received iTunes Music Store (iTMS). The store’s success thus far — Apple has sold 10 million songs through the Mac-only version — has renewed enthusiasm about the ability of legitimate digital music sellers to make inroads against the Kazaa juggernaut, especially in light of the RIAA’s lawsuit campaign against users of the free file-sharing service.
With iTMS, “Apple offers a very attractive user interface. They have staked their claim on usability, and it shows through here,” IDC senior analyst Susan Kevorkian told the E-Commerce Times.
However, iTunes’ success is not due solely — or even primarily — to its interface. In negotiations with record labels before the service launched last April, Apple CEO Steve Jobs reached an agreement to provide a deep and broad selection of music at a flat rate of 99 cents per song, along with relatively liberal digital rights management (DRM) rules across the board. Apple’s success in those negotiations has positioned it to achieve widespread market share when the Windows version of iTunes launches.
However, iTunes’ success has galvanized other sellers of digital music, which are launching Windows-based services at a quick pace with increasingly favorable usage terms. Most recently, MusicMatch unveiled its own 99-cent-per-song offering. In a sense, the performance of iTunes, coupled with brisk sales of Apple’s iPod portable music player, has acted like a rising tide, lifting all boats.
The potential downside for Apple is that despite plaudits from users and the media, there is no guarantee the company will capitalize on its head start. By the time Roxio releases its legal version of long-dead Napster in December, will Windows users even remember iTunes, or will Apple be relegated to the sidelines?
Once and Future King?
This is not the first time Apple has stood at the forefront of a nascent market. The company’s original Macintosh operating system was the first mainstream OS to use a graphical user interface (GUI), back when Microsoft was still peddling MS-DOS in the 1980s. In a fateful and now-legendary decision, Apple chose not to license its OS to other hardware manufacturers, allowing Microsoft the opportunity to develop a Mac knockoff GUI known as Windows, which now runs on more than 95 percent of all PCs.
Unlike Microsoft, Apple is not primarily a software developer. It designs and manufactures its own hardware. Nevertheless, despite consistent critical and consumer raves about its products, Apple’s market share has hovered around 3 percent of the PC market for several years. At this point, it seems, it would take a herculean effort to achieve significant expansion against Microsoft’s entrenched dominance.
Apple’s foray into the digital music space suggests it is not betting its future simply on its computers and attendant software. But will the company drop the ball again, or will it move quickly to leverage its installed base of Windows iPod users into a Windows foothold for iTunes? If it does, it conceivably could dominate the online music market.
Adam Engst, publisher of Mac community newsletter TidBITS, said today’s situation is different from the one Apple faced during the 1980s.
“Licensing the OS would have required that Apple morph from a hardware company into a software company, and considering that the company has always made essentially all of its money on hardware, that would likely have been suicidal, particularly against the Microsoft marketing might,” Engst told the E-Commerce Times.
“In this case,” he added, “opening the iTunes Music Store up to Windows users simply expands Apple’s market without in any way harming the company’s core business in selling Macs. In fact, it even enhances sales of the iPod, which, while not a core business, shows where Apple is heading.”
Engst said he thinks opening up iTMS to Windows users will significantly increase iTunes downloads. Although download percentages likely will not correspond to OS market share (in other words, Mac users still will make up far more than 3 to 5 percent of all iTMS downloads), he said he believes the number of overall downloads (after an initial burst of enthusiasm by Windows users) will increase between three- and five-fold.
Apple’s main competitive advantage in the online music arena is that it simply has done a better job than everyone else, Engst said. Its store is integrated into one of the best MP3 programs around, rather than being a clumsy Web interface, and the company has established a clear and understandable pricing model.
Bryan Chaffin, publisher of Web site The Mac Observer, agreed that no other music service provider (MSP) has come close to Apple’s ease of use, despite having the business model right there in front of them.
“This is in part because all of the newcomers to the market are relying on Microsoft’s Windows Media (WMA) technology, complete with its more onerous DRM layers,” Chaffin told the E-Commerce Times, contrasting that approach with Apple’s use of the open-standards AAC (Advanced Audio Coding) format.
“Apple is using AAC and its own patented DRM technology called FairPlay, and it just works,” he explained. “Nothing that Microsoft puts out ‘just works,’ and after seeing so much negative coverage in the mainstream media on services like BuyMusic.com, I think Windows users will embrace the iTMS.”
The Windows Challenge
Mike McGuire, research director at GartnerG2, told the E-Commerce Times that going forward, the key to success will be Apple’s ability to replicate its frictionless user interface and transaction model in a Windows environment.
He said content availability is less of a concern, assuming that Apple has negotiated similar — if not identical — licensing terms for the Windows version of iTunes as for the Mac one.
More importantly, Apple’s user interface must be as good on the Windows platform as it is on the Mac, McGuire said. Achieving that goal could be difficult, given that Apple will be acting as a third-party software developer and will not have the same advantages as it does on the Mac when it comes to integrating its software with Windows.
For his part, Chaffin said Microsoft’s ability to build a music store into its OS, much as Apple has done with iTMS on Mac, makes the Redmond, Washington-based software giant Apple’s biggest potential competitor in this space.
“Microsoft might well be able to work around the limitations of its own Windows Media Player technology in ways that BuyMusic.com and other third parties simply can’t,” Chaffin said. “Apple’s biggest challenge is to make sure QuickTime, AAC and iTunes work really well in Windows. Many Windows users have as poor an opinion of QuickTime as Mac users have of Windows Media Player, and that’s because of their respective performance. Apple must ensure that iTunes and the iTMS run transparently on Windows.”
McGuire added that Apple also faces the challenge of taking iTMS to the next level.
He said the company must build its audience through intangibles — services beyond simple transactions. For example, Apple might choose to provide tour information about popular bands, introduce users to new bands, expose users to new music genres and foster a sense of community.
IDC analyst Kevorkian agreed that Apple has a lot of room to differentiate itself from competing MSPs. In addition to the iTunes Music Store’s strong user interface and value, the company can build on the mindshare it has established in the last several months.
Indeed, the company must do so — and it cannot afford delays. Now that all five major record labels are licensing their music across the board, all MSPs have the opportunity to differentiate themselves by offering a host of services that cater to music buyers, including exclusive tracks, concert tie-ins and the ability to provide a combination of a la carte and subscription options, Kevorkian noted.
Still, even as it plans its future expansion, Apple faces a potentially crucial bugaboo that could trip up any planned Windows supremacy: its choice of digital music platform.
“With Apple controlling AAC and FairPlay, it means that the AAC/FairPlay platform itself cannot gain market share from third parties,” Chaffin said. “Effectively, that pits Apple against Microsoft and every vendor of online music and MP3 players combined. While Microsoft controls the Windows Media Player platform, the company is also more than willing to license it out.”
According to Chaffin, that means every MP3 player except the iPod can (and eventually will) play WMA files, while none will play Apple’s FairPlay-controlled AAC files. Meanwhile, the iPod will not be able to play any WMA files that people download from other vendors, such as BuyMusic.com and the upcoming Napster service.
“This isn’t a problem as long as the iPod maintains its market dominance,” Chaffin noted. “If, however, some company were to really beat Apple with a hot new MP3 player that really smashes the iPod but doesn’t play AAC/FairPlay downloads, that could be a huge problem for Apple.
“In other words, Apple’s position as the front-runner in music downloads depends utterly on its ability to offer the best and hottest music player on the market.”
Can the iPod maintain its dominance? Go on to Part 2, “Apple’s War for the Windows Mainstream.”
Just wanted to point out a GLARING ERROR in this Story.
"In a fateful and now-legendary decision, Apple chose not to license its OS to other hardware manufacturers, allowing Microsoft the opportunity to develop a Mac knockoff GUI known as Windows, which now runs on more than 95 percent of all PCs."
That’s TOTALLY WRONG! Whenever I seen mention of some "fateful decision" like that, it makes my blood boil. Journalists completely overlook the FACT that PCs of that Vintage were wholly UNABLE to run a Graphical OS, even if Apple DID want to release the MacOS on PC’s. They were character-based machines, and simply not able to handle bit-mapped graphics. So there was NO "legendary decision", it was nothing like that… It was simply not possible to bring the MacOS over to that low end of hardware without a lot of extra expense. The jury is still out, we’ve got 25 years more before you can really declare a winner in the OS race. Both Bill and Steve are not even 50 years old, personal computers still have a LONG WAY to go before any "standard" will be in place…
I am afraid you misunderstood my comments. FairPlay is proprietary, and is what drives and controls the iTMS. When it comes to iTMS downloads, the fact that AAC is an open standard and can incorporate other DRM schemes is irrelevant. That is why I specifically called it the AAC/FairPlay platform, and not the AAC platform.
Note, too, that I specifically called AAC an open standard. Because of FairPlay, however, the iTMS is a closed platform (the AAC/FairPlay platform) that is completely controlled by Apple.
In other words, I stand behind my comments as being accurate. Also, note that I wrote some extended comments on the issue in a column yesterday <http://www.macobserver.com/columns/thebackpage/2003/20030929.shtml>.
yes, but your implication was that Apple would have been better off to license the MacOS for use on Intel based machines. There were no graphical based motherboards available in the 80s. Only after years of development was CHRP ready in the middle 90’s. I stand by words, Apple did not make a fateful or "now-legendary decision" in NOT encouraging MacOS clones. Apple chose the best path, and we are all enjoying the benefits of such a smart business decision.
Macdrew, I have no idea where you are getting that. I never once said Apple would have been better off licensing the Mac OS for Intel machines in the 1980s.
However, you are still quite wrong about Apple not having made a decision to license the Mac OS (and Mac hardware). It’s well documented in Owen Linzmayer’s excellent books, The Mac Bathroom Reader and Apple Confidential. This is enormously common knowledge.
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‘"With Apple controlling AAC and FairPlay, it means that the AAC/FairPlay platform itself cannot gain market share from third parties," Chaffin said. "Effectively, that pits Apple against Microsoft and every vendor of online music and MP3 players combined. While Microsoft controls the Windows Media Player platform, the company is also more than willing to license it out."’
Chaffin is completely wrong about who is pushing proprietary technology. Apple is using industry standards and creating open ones where there is none as part of its new direction for the Mac platform.
AAC was developed by the Frauhofer Institute (http://www.iis.fraunhofer.de/index.html) and is part of the MPEG-4 a new open industry standard. AAC is the successor to the MP3. Any company that wants to encode Audio content in AAC format can do so. Fairplay is only one of the available DRM one can use as part of AAC as well. (The encoder can choose not to employ any DRM — it’s not required.) Fraunhofer built AAC to be able to accept any number of DRM software. Apple just happened to pick Fairplay. I’m not familiar with fairplay, but I doubt they (Apple) developed it on their own.
So actually, Microsoft is battling the standards with its proprietary Windows Media format. You can get AAC encoders and players for most popular platforms for free because the standard is open, and accessible to programmers for any platform.


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HTC Desire 8 Specs Leaked, Could Be A Premium Affordable Smartphone
Earlier there were news that HTC is planning to launch some mid range phone this year to regain lots market, now our Engadget has got tipped for announced HTC device name HTC Desire 8.
As per specs, the Desire 8 might feature a 5.5 inch display, will have 13-megapixel rear snapper but not the not the Ultrapixel, at front will have a 5 megapixel front camera, like we had seen in other HT devices this smartphone will also have a front-facing stereo speakers. As from image we can see that its design is very similar to the One series, and most likely device will be made out of polycarbonate, and will come in a variant colors like white, red, yellow, orange and cyan.
This device could make its way to Mobile World Congress which is just around the corner, but there are rumors that HTC could launch this device on 18 March.


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After spending the first four seasons of his career with Nike, Portland Trail Blazers guard C.J. McCollum has found a new endorsement partner.
McCollum took to his Twitter account yesterday to announce a partnership with Chinese company Li-Ning. Nick DePaula reports that it's a multi-year deal that was finalized after Nike declined its "matching rights."
I'm excited to announce my new parternship with the Li-Ning family. With hard work.. Anything is possible pic.twitter.com/6KiVAEPwqB— CJ McCollum (@CJMcCollum) October 7, 2017
“I think this partnership with Li-Ning will be great,” McCollum told Blazers reporter Casey Holdahl. “Obviously being a Chinese brand, it’ll give me that exposure in the east and expose me to different opportunities, different potential partnerships on the business side in Asia. It’s just something that I’m really looking forward to. Having a teammate, Evan Turner, as a part of the brand, having talked with D Wade these last few months and building a relationship with him, I was able to gain a better understanding of the brand, where they’re heading and how I can be a part of that.”
McCollum was the NBA's Most Improved Player for the 2015-16 season and has averaged nearly 22 points per game the past two years. It's unclear whether or not a McCollum signature shoe is in the works, but he is expected to wear Li-Ning's YuShuai 11 and other models this season.


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The New York Times makes a valiant attempt to understand the rise of camera phones:
As the technology that powers smartphone cameras has steadily improved, the point-and-shoot has become an endangered species.
However, writer Nick Bilton quickly veers off track:
Companies are producing dozens of inexpensive smartphone attachments that can easily convert a mobile phone into a mini-professional camera.
Oh boy, I can see where this is going. As in: What can be sold to these people that they really don’t need?
For iPhone-toting paparazzi who want to snap a picture of Lindsay Lohan at a bar, Photojojo sells a powerful telephoto lens kit for $35. This lens can zoom up to eight times as close as a normal iPhone camera.
Besides the obvious life re-examination you should perform if you actually find yourself in this situation, a simpler solution would be to move closer to your subject.
Of course, every photographer with a kit of lenses needs a tripod.
We’re still talking about camera phones, right? So, now we’re carrying a kit of lenses and a tripod, which, if your male, probably means you’ve stretched your pockets to their limits - unless a murse is the next item for sale.
There are also attachments for experienced photographers who already own high-end camera equipment. Photojojo, for example, sells an iPhone S.L.R. camera mount for $250 that can attach Nikon or Canon lenses from a normal 35mm camera.
Oh, that old chestnut. But what’s with the notion that this highly impractical, even comical, accessory has anything to do with “experienced” photographers? By the way, the “normal” cameras are now camera phones, not 35mm cameras. Check Flickr.
Last month in San Francisco, hundreds of smartphone photographers attended the 1197 conference, where photojournalists and authors offered talks about tricks they have learned.
Now, we’re back on track. I love the idea of this.
Meanwhile, there’s the AstroClip — a plan to produce an attachment that would marry an iPhone to a telescope or microscope.
And just like that, we’re back off the rails. News is broken.


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AB 257: Council to regulate working conditions for fast food workers; on hold pending litigation and, potentially, a referendum
With AB 257, the Legislature will establish a new and powerful Fast-Food Council, the first of its kind in the State. Sponsored by the Service Employees International Union (“SEIU”) and inspired by its “Fight for $15 and a Union” movement, the Council will be empowered to regulate wages, hours, and working conditions of California’s fast-food employees, a population of workers historically subjected to hazardous working conditions and shamefully low wages.
The Fast-Food Council will be made up of 10 members, appointed by the Governor, Speaker of the Assembly, and the Senate Rules Committee, and will dictate working conditions for employees of chains with at least 100 outlets nationwide. The Council is expected to raise fast food worker wage rates as high as $22 an hour.
Unsurprisingly, the Chamber of Commerce has made destroying the bill a priority. As this article was going to print, a judge temporarily blocked the State from implementing the law as the result of a lawsuit filed by a coalition of giant corporate chain restaurants, which is seeking a referendum on the November 2024 ballot in a bid to overturn the law. “If and when the referendum challenging AB 257 qualifies for the ballot, the law will be put on hold,” said Katrina Hagen, Director of the Department of Industrial Relations.
None of this corporate chicanery would be possible but for the Supreme Court’s obsequious decision in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, 558 U.S. 310 (2010) (holding that the Free Speech Clause of the First Amendment prohibits the government from restricting independent expenditures for political campaigns by corporations). Of course, while the Founders were well aware of the existence of various types of business enterprises (joint-stock companies, corporations such as the East India Company, which was incorporated in 1600, and the like), the Founders did not provide for any corporate rights in the Constitution or the Bill of Rights. Rather, the Founders understood that, to the extent that corporations had any type of personhood, it was a legal fiction limited to a courtroom. But we digress.


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Microsoft has unveiled its next generation Office suite.
The computing giant's CEO Steve Ballmer lifted the lid on Microsoft Office 2013 and its subscription-based iteration Office 365 during a press conference today (July 16).
Both editions of the software include overhauled versions of Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, OneNote, and other applications.
One of the most significant features of the new Office is deep SkyDrive integration. Users can access their documents on a range of devices such as PCs, tablets, and smartphones running Windows Phone 8, with their preferences and templates saved.
Office 2013 and Office 365 have been optimised to run on Windows 8-powered PCs and ARM devices, though other versions of Windows will be supported. The programmes are touch-screen compatible, and can be manipulated using a digital pen or stylus.
Social features have been incorporated into the mix to help users work collaboratively through deep Skype and Yammer integration. The SharePoint app features a Facebook-esque layout with a news feed and timeline to facilitate content sharing.
Word 2013 comes with a raft of new features, notably a vastly improved 'reading mode' with a Kindle-like layout. Multimedia content such as videos can now be seamlessly embedded into a document's layout, and content from SkyDrive and Bing search added with a single click.
Outlook now recognises addresses and dates, and will open Bing Maps and its calendar where appropriate. People Cards have LinkedIn, Facebook, Yammer, Skype and SharePoint details embedded.
"We are taking bold steps at Microsoft," said Ballmer. "The new, modern Office will deliver unparalleled productivity and flexibility for both consumers and business customers. It is a cloud service and will fully light-up when paired with Windows 8."
Microsoft is yet to announce when the software will be available for purchase or how much it will cost. Preview builds of Office 2013 and Office 365 are available to download via the Office website.


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Apple and Xiaomi phone cases found to contain toxic substances
A recent investigation by the Shenzhen Consumer Council has found that many major brands are selling mobile phone cases that contains toxic and harmful substances which could harm people’s health. Some of the big names include companies like Apply and Xiaomi.
After an investigation of 28 brands, it is found that 5 brands of cases have exceeded the standard limit of such substances.
1 of the brand, Yuening, carries a case featuring shimmering powder had a level of lead that is 1,550 times greater than the limit.
The substances found in affected phone cases could potentially cause damage to organs and even lead to cancer, an official from the council said.
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The introduction of Internationalized Domain Names (IDNs) signals the opening of the Web to new markets and a big opportunity for businesses operating, or looking to operate, on a global scale.
Last month IANA, the body responsible for the allocation of Top Level Domains into the root zone, finally delegated the first four new generic Top Level Domains (gTLDs) onto the Internet. The first four new gTLDs to go live were IDNs:
????. — “.web” in Arabic
.?? — “.games” in Chinese
.???? — “.site” in several Cyrillic languages
.?????? — “.online” in several Cyrillic languages
There are 1.7 billion combined Chinese, Russian and Arabic speakers globally, and the launch of the four new IDNs will effectively open up the Web to a vast new portion of the world’s population. This represents a huge turning point in the Internet economy, which is already worth an estimated £2.6 trillion in the G20 countries. Moving forward, organizations will be able to register Web addresses in Chinese, Russian and Arabic scripts, allowing them to fully engage with targets in those markets and provide a gateway to new regions.
How can you prepare for this new online era?
Since the launch of the first four IDNs, we have already started to see the emergence of registry sites in Latin script with http://nic.??????/, http://nic.????/ and a full Arabic script domain from dotShabaka ://????-????.??????/ going live. As a result, businesses need to start preparing for the change that is occurring online.
In total, there will be almost 600 new suffixes available for brands to apply for which will allow customers across the world to easily identify a brand’s website, the services it provides and have greater trust in its online content, simply by looking at the Web address. In line with the latest developments, organizations need to stay in control of their digital footprint by identifying those domains that are most relevant for their business and that will add the greatest value.


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The time has come, once again, to take a sneak peek at some of the new character models coming to the World of Warcraft.
Warlords of Draenor
A lack of strong, female characters along with some rather sexist comments have lead to Blizzard's president apologizing for his company's lack of diversity.
The human male character model for World of Warcraft shows off his new look.
Be ready for blood and thunder as you take on the Iron Horde and explore World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor's first new zone.
Whether you're for the Horde or for the Alliance, you will gawk at these two legendary choppers.
If you plan on cashing in on that World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor pre-order and getting that new level 90 character, then these videos are for you.
Get ready your /dance emotes ready, because the female Night Elves in World of Warcraft are getting redesigned.
Die-hard fans of Diablo 3, Starcraft 2, World of Warcraft and Hearthstone can rejoice now that Blizzard's big shindig is returning in full force to Anaheim.
The proud and mighty Tauren from World of Warcraft are getting a redesign. Hopefully that means their bovine jaws are fixed.
Now that Blizzard has opened the doors on pre-ordering this highly anticipated World of Warcraft expansion, we now know when we'll finally get to fight the Iron Horde.


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The value of soft drinks and mixers is growing at a much faster pace than volume as consumers choose higher cost options, a new report from Fentimans and the CGA has found.
Its inaugural UK On-Trade Premium Soft Drinks and Mixers Market Report 2019 revealed that the company had recorded value sales growth of 5.4% in the year to April 2019, outstripping volume growth of 1.8%.
Growth in the premium sector is being led by mixers, with premium mixer sales up 81.3% to £323.1m in the year to April. Flavoured carbonates were up 5.6% to £47.1, and lemonade up 6.1% to £36.5m.
Value growth in premium spirits was also up, (+6.7%), outstripping volume growth of 2.6%.
The report said that in terms of drink sales overall pubs and bars were outperforming restaurants. Fentimans said it had seen like-for-like drink sales growth of 2.1% for leading managed pubs and restaurants in the year to April, compared to a 0.7% fall for restaurant groups.
The report also notes five future trends which could impact the drinks market in 2019 and beyond: Nordic flavours, including more unusual ingredients such as liquorice, cloudberry and sea buckthorn; fermentation-based drinks; super-premium -with the space likely to grow for dark spirits in particular; Eastern influences – particularly from Japan, where the 2019 Rugby World Cup and 2020 Olympics are being held; and a move towards more savoury profiles over sweet, such as pea, celery and beetroot.


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Organic food lowers blood and breast cancer risk, study finds
- The survey of nearly 70,000 French adults comes amid a flurry of interest in the cancer risks of pesticides
- It is spurred by this summer's Monsanto trial, which found Roundup gave a man cancer
- DeWayne Johnson, 46, was awarded $250 million by a jury from Monsanto
Eating only organic food could slash cancer risk, a new study claims.
The biggest impact was seen on non-Hodgkin's lymphoma risk, which plummeted among those who only ate organic, according to the survey of nearly 70,000 French adults.
Overall, their risks of breast cancer also dropped.
The finding comes amid a flurry of interest in the cancer risks of pesticides, spurred by this summer's Monsanto trial, when a jury awarded a cancer-suffering groundsman $250 million after concluding that Roundup weedkiller caused his cancer.
The health benefit was far greater for obese people, they found.
However, the diet had no significant effect on bowel cancer - which is soaring in numbers globally - or prostate cancer.
'Our results indicate that higher organic food consumption is associated with a reduction in the risk of overall cancer,' lead author Dr Julia Baudry of the Centre of Research in Epidemiology and Statistics Sorbonne, Paris said.
'We observed reduced risks for specific cancer sites - postmenopausal breast cancer, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, and all lymphomas - among individuals with a higher frequency of organic food consumption.
'Although our findings need to be confirmed, promoting organic food consumption in the general population could be a promising preventive strategy against cancer.'
Organic food standards do not allow the use of synthetic fertilizers, pesticides, and genetically modified organisms and restrict the use of veterinary medications.
Consequently, organic products are less likely to contain pesticide residues than conventional foods.
While organic food is nothing new, more and more studies are showing how pivotal it could be for your health. A recent review found that, while pesticide manufacturers dispute cancer links, the amount of evidence showing the links to be true is overwhelming.
Earlier this year, a European Food Safety Authority report found almost half (44 percent) of standard food contains one or more chemicals, compared to just 6.5 percent of organic food.
Dr Baudry explained among the environmental risk factors for cancer there was growing evidence of a link between exposure to pesticides notably in farm workers and cancer development.
She added: 'While dose responses of such molecules or possible cocktail effects are not well known, an increase in toxic effects has been suggested even at low concentrations of pesticide mixtures.
'Because of their lower exposure to pesticide residues, it can be hypothesised that high organic food consumers may have a lower risk of developing cancer.
'Furthermore, natural pesticides allowed in organic farming in the European Union exhibit much lower toxic effects than the synthetic pesticides used in conventional farming.'
But little research has been done so her team scored 68,946 volunteers who had answered a health and lifestyle questionnaire for the French population study, NutriNet-Santé, on how much organic food they ate.
The researchers then followed the participants' health from 2009 to 2016 asking them to report if and when they got cancer.
The cohort, who were 78 percent female and an average age of 44 were broken up into four groups according their organic diet food scores.
Factoring in known cancer risks, the proportion of participants in the top quartile for eating organic food who got certain cancers was a fraction compared to those in the bottom quartile.
Dr Baudry said: 'The findings, which were weighted for known cancer risk including lifestyle and family history, also revealed that organic diets benefited obese people the most.
'Regarding the latter association, previous occupational data have indicated a potential interaction between obesity and pesticide use on cancer risk.
'It can be hypothesized that obese individuals with metabolic disorders may be more sensitive to potential chemical disruptors, such as pesticides.
'Our findings revealed a negative association between high organic food scores and postmenopausal breast cancer, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, and all lymphomas.
'No associations were observed with other cancer sites.'
Participants got a score from 0-32 on how often they ate organic food from common food categories such as cereals, fruit and veg, dairy and meat products and more.
Among the participants, 1,340 first incident cancer cases were identified during the study's follow-up period.
The most common was 459 breast cancers, followed by 180 prostate cancers, 135 skin cancers, 99 colorectal cancers, 47 non-Hodgkin lymphomas, and 15 other lymphomas.
High organic food scores were inversely associated with the overall risk of cancer being 25 percent less for those of the top quartile compared to the bottom.
But Dr Baudry warned of the limitations of the study saying the findings needed to be confirmed and with only 90 percent of cancers were accurately reported by participants.
She added the organic food effect on cancer was not seen when the cohort was further broken down to compare people with similar lifestyles such as how much they smoked and education levels.
She said: 'When considering different subgroups, the results herein were no longer statistically significant in younger adults, men, participants with only a high school diploma and with no family history of cancer, never smokers and current smokers, and participants with a high overall dietary quality, while the strongest association was observed among obese individuals.'
Limitation were it was based on volunteers who were likely particularly health-conscious individuals, participants were more 'female, well educated, and exhibit healthier behaviors compared with the French general population.
'These factors may may have led to a lower cancer incidence herein than the national estimates, as well as higher levels of organic food consumption in our sample.'
The paper was published in JAMA Internal Medicine.
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Apple’s main suppliers in China offer various incentives for employees who are willing to opt out of the Chinese New Year celebrations. Let us remind you that the holiday is traditionally celebrated in February. It is reported that this move is due to the fear of a new outbreak of the coronavirus and, as a result, a shortage of labor in production.
Companies such as Luxshare, Pegatron and Foxconn encourage workers to stay in factories rather than travel home. According to Nikkei Asia, in addition to fearing COVID-19 infection of employees, companies are concerned that workers will be absent from work for some time due to mandatory self-isolation. Luxshare states on its internal WeChat channel that employees who are willing to spend holidays at work are “Will protect themselves, family, friends, colleagues, company and country”… Recall that Luxshare collects AirPods and Apple Watch.
Pegatron, a major iPhone supplier, offered employees a $ 617 bonus to stay in the workplace during the celebrations. Foxconn is also financially motivating workers not to leave the factory for the holidays, but the amount the company is offering in compensation has not been disclosed.
Companies are extremely interested in keeping the pace of production going. Foxconn recently faced a surge in orders for the iPhone 12 Pro, and every employee’s participation in the celebrations means they will be absent from work for at least two weeks due to mandatory quarantine measures in China.
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2019 was huge for technology, with foldable phones and the rise of AR all standout features of the year. 2020 has a lot to live up to, but there's sure to be even more amazing developments in store. Let's take a look at some of the predicted tech trends for 2020.
The rise of the eSIM
Currently, smartphones connect to a network using a SIM card. While small, it still requires the device's owner to insert the card manually, and pick up a new one whenever they upgrade or change networks. Manufactures are set on making the process even easier though, thanks to the creation of the eSIM.
The eSIM is, essentially, a digital SIM card built into the core of a device. You won't need to purchase a physical SIM card to insert into your phone, smartwatch or tablet, making switching providers as easy as changing over your number.
There are other advantages to using an eSIM. You'll have the opportunity to have plans with more than one network, which can be particularly useful if you want to use one device for both leisure and business. The same goes for travelling abroad - you can sign up with a local network if data roaming isn’t included in your existing plan with ease.
eSIMs already exist, but they're set to feature prominently on handsets in 2020. Apple currently has a range of devices with eSIMs, including the Apple Watch Series 3, 4 and 5 and variations of iPhone since the release of the iPhone XS and XR.
5G officially launched in 2019, but 2020 will see more wide-spread coverage across not only the UK, but the entire globe. With 5G mobile networks and 5G broadband being rolled out to even more locations, and an increase in 5G-ready handsets predicated, more and more people will be able to take advantage of 5G.
It's not just faster social media scrolling or webpage loading 5G will give you either. Increased download speeds, lower latency and a more complex, powerful infrastructure opens up a whole new world of possibilities for not only the technology sector, but other industries too.
Lower latency means a reduced chance of buffering and lagging, which is likely to lead to a surge of VR and AR apps, all while improving performance of graphics-heavy games. 5G is capable of handling this kind of tech with ease, encourage more developers to put forward new software.
The speed of 5G will also be essential for the Internet of Things (IOT), and it will play a key role in the development of self-driving cars and even improve the healthcare industry. Discover more about the possibilities of 5G here.
All-new Streaming Services
Gone are the days of only having the choice between Netflix, Amazon Prime and Now TV. 2020 is all about the variety when it comes to online video streaming.
Alongside the old favourites just mentioned, loads of other streaming services will be launching worldwide in 2020 to give viewers even more choice. Some are already available in select locations and will be heading to the UK soon, while others will be launched as brand-new services in 2020.
Disney will get its own online platform in the form of Disney+. Launched in America back in late 2019, and coming to the UK in March 2020, Disney+ will show all of the classics and newer releases, tons of Pixar films, documentaries and loads of new exclusives. It'll be the home of Star Wars too.
Quibi is, perhaps, even more exciting. Announced at CES 2020, and coming to the USA first in April,Quibi is all about bitesize content. Everything on Quibi is between 4 to 10 minutes long, and all kinds of genres are covered - including exclusive news services supported by the BBC and NBC. Big names like Reese Witherspoon, Jennifer Lopez and even Steven Spielberg have already declared they're on board.
There's been a keen interest in how technology can help improve sleep, and help us track of sleep quality, for a few years now. The trend is set to get even bigger in 2020, and we can expect many sleep-focused products and software to be released in the next year.
A few examples of what we can expect were seen at CES 2020 - one of the biggest technology events in the world. And while these products might not be ready for the everyday consumer yet, they show us a glimpse into where sleep technology is heading.
For example, the Sleep Number Climate360 smart bed uses microclimate control technology to adjust the temperature of the mattress. The idea is to counter-balance your body temperature, heating up to help you fall asleep quicker, then cooling down gradually to prevent you from waking up in the night.
Then there's the Motion Pillow, from Korean company TenMinds. Designed to stop you snoring (something your partner might be very thankful for), the pillow is made from memory foam and contains a microphone as well as four airbags that detect pressure. When you start snoring, the airbags slowly inflate on one side, gently prompting you to turn your head and stop snoring.
Curious about what 2020 has in store for smartphones? Don't forget to check back throughout the year for amazing SIM-free and contract deals from Mobiles.co.uk.


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Expedia-owned Egencia takes over Traveldoo
Expedia-owned Egencia has announced it has acquired Traveldoo, a leading provider of web and mobile platforms for business travel management.
Traveldoo’s leading corporate travel booking tool complements Egencia’s fully-integrated Travel Management Company services platform, with its innovative corporate travel technologies.
Traveldoo’s unique combination of user-friendly technology and broad content are aligned with Egencia’s strategy of leveraging technology to provide a better corporate travel management solution.
“With technology and innovation at the core of our business, Traveldoo is a natural addition to our company,” said Rob Greyber, president of Egencia.
“This acquisition positions Egencia to continue to expand our reach and further differentiate our offering in the market.”
Traveldoo will remain autonomous, operating as a business unit of Egencia. There will be no changes for Traveldoo’s clients and partners.
All Traveldoo employees will remain with the company, including the company’s co-founder, Nabih El Aroussi.
El Aroussi will continue to lead the company as the managing director, overseeing the day-to-day business as well as shaping its strategic direction; he will report directly to Rob Greyber, president of Egencia.
“Being under the Egencia umbrella will provide Traveldoo with a unique opportunity to accelerate our growth globally while strengthening our financial position,” said El Aroussi.
“We are thrilled about the opportunity to grow with and contribute to a fast-growing innovator like Egencia.”
Founded in 2000 in France, Traveldoo’s solutions and services simplify travel planning and booking, help centralise travel data, optimise travel spend, improve risk and crisis management and make business travellers’ and travel arrangers’ lives easier.
Traveldoo today serves more than 4,000 clients in over 50 countries.
Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.


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The Compressed Gas Association (CGA) has made an urgent call for the sale of the Federal Helium Reserve System (FHR) to be delayed once again.
Located in Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas, the FHR provides 20% of the US helium supply and will soon be in the hands of a private buyer.
However, with a week until the sealed bidding date opens, the CGA has, for the third time, called for the sale to be delayed due to concerns that may impact the US helium supply chain.
Rich Gottwald, President and CEO of the CGA, emphasised helium’s critical role in the supply chain for products that are essential to economic growth.
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Scandal-Hit Finablr Sold for $1 to Israeli-UAE Consortium
Finablr Plc is selling its business to an Israeli-UAE consortium for $1, capping the collapse of a business that had a market value of 1.5 billion pounds ($2 billion) last December.
An affiliate of Prism Group AG and Abu Dhabi’s Royal Strategic Partners will pay the nominal consideration and provide working capital to the business and operations of the financial services company. Its foreign-exchange businesses and payment-technology operations include one of the largest foreign currency firms in the United Arab Emirates, UAE Exchange.
Finablr revealed in April about $1 billion of debt hidden from its board that may have been used for purposes outside the company, compounding a scandal that pushed its sister firm NMC Health Plc into administration. When Finablr faced potential insolvency, the central bank stepped in and oversaw the operations of UAE Exchange, which serves a key role in helping foreign workers send money home.
The consortium could end up paying more -- as much as $190 million -- if it succeeds in recovering funds from third parties that relate to the fraud.
The deal is also among the first significant commercial transactions between UAE and Israeli companies after the countries signed a normalization accord earlier this year. Since then, agreements have been signed in sectors ranging from banking to mobile phone services. Israel’s Finance Ministry sees potential for annual bilateral trade starting at $2 billion and building up to $6.5 billion.
Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is non-executive chairman of Prism Advance Solutions, the Financial Times reported on Thursday. Olmert is involved in the deal, the newspaper said, but has no association with Prism Group AG.
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In 2020 India led in terms of internet shutdown
New Delhi, Mar 04: India led the world last year in internet shutdown, a report has said. In 2020 there were at least 155 internet shutdowns, which affected people in 29 countries, according to a report from Access Now, a digital rights group.
That included 28 full internet blackouts that plunged people and in some cases entire cities, into digital darkness, the report also said.
The digital rights campaign says governments in 2020 increasingly used shutdowns in response to ongoing violence, especially in conflict zones. Other trends in recent years include efforts to hide political instability, thwart protests and suppress dissent, the report also stated.


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Russia is reportedly giving up on plans to launch a state-owned crypto alternate and is as an alternative anticipated to control personal ones.
In keeping with a brand new Izvestia report, Russia’s Ministry of Finance rejected the thought of building a nationwide crypto alternate, after the thought was mentioned late final yr.
Says Ivan Chebeskov, director of the monetary coverage division of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation,
“The Ministry of Finance didn’t assist the institution of 1 nationwide crypto-exchange, moderately there was an concept to legally regulate the potential for creating such websites by enterprise.”
Anatoly Aksakov, head of the Russian decrease home committee on monetary markets, additionally confirms to Izvestia the brand new course.
“The authorities deserted the thought of making a nationwide crypto alternate. As a substitute, most definitely, guidelines might be established for the institution and operation of such buildings.”
Aksakov says that the exchanges will help companies in making cross-border settlements and can seemingly face new restrictions, in line with the report, which doesn’t title particular exchanges.
The Central Financial institution is anticipated to play a key position within the regulation of crypto.
“The Central Financial institution will in all probability regulate the work of crypto exchanges. And the principles might be written within the draft legislation on experimental authorized regimes.”
In keeping with Izvestia, crypto business leaders are supporting the brand new growth, together with Oleg Ogiyenko, director of presidency relations for BitRiver, one of many largest mining corporations in Russia.
“This can assist reduce the dangers of imposing sanctions, cyber assaults on infrastructure, and in addition get rid of circumstances of abuse of a dominant place available in the market.”
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Yesterday we showed you some new photos of Samsung’s new Android based tablet, the Samsung Galaxy Tab, one thing that we found out yesterday is that the Samsung Galaxy Tab will feature a CDMA radio, which would suggest that it will be available with either Verizon or Sprint.
Now some details have been leaked which show the Samsung Galaxy Tab listed in the Verizon inventory system, and the BGR has got a photo of the inventory system which shows the tablets, you can see this in the second photo below.
The Samsung Galaxy Tab looks like it is going to be the most interesting Android tablet that we have seen so far, and may just end up being a real competitor for the Apple iPad. Have a look and our article on Android vs iPhone to see which smartphone and mobile platform is best for you.
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Technology firm Bosch has announced a new 10.25-inch TFT display with split-screen technology for motorcycles. The new screen can simultaneously present both relevant riding information as well as navigation maps without distracting the rider. Along with the new full-colour TFT screen, Bosch has also introduced a fully integrated smartphone app called the mySPIN app, which will bring the connected smartphone's content to the motorcycle's display. According to Bosch, a survey carried out among 2,600 motorcycle riders found that eight out of ten riders will welcome the functionality of the new system.
The TFT display's new dimensions show all relevant information at one glance without distracting the rider. Users decide on the content they wish to see on the screen, all of which can be controlled from the handlebar. The contents of a smartphone app, for example, are automatically adapted with mySPIN to show relevant information fitting the size of the motorcycle display. The split screen continues to show key indicators such as speed and warnings.
Through the mySPIN app, riders can get access to a rich service offering via various motorcycle-specific apps. With partners such as REVER to download, track and share exciting routes with a community of like-minded riders, Genius Maps and Sygic to find the way to a nearby hotel or restaurant and Dash Radio for free premium digital radio, mySPIN offers an enhanced riding experience. The new 10.25-inch TFT display will debut this year on BMW motorcycles. Ducati and Kawasaki will also introduce mySPIN to bring riding apps to their motorcycles.


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An Engineering Consultant’s View of ProMat
“A kid in a candy store…” That’s what it felt like walking the 900+ exhibits at both the ProMat and Automate 2017 shows in Chicago earlier this month. New automated storage and retrieval systems, shuttle systems, robotics, AGVs, co-robots, sorters--these technologies are ushering in a new era of automation to manufacturers and distributors alike.
All companies have the same challenges; how to do more with less. We are conditioned by Amazon Prime to expect shorter fulfillment cycles; this is forcing companies to invest in automation technologies to shorten lead times and to improve service levels. Old jobs that required extensive manual labor are being automated; people are adapting to work smarter rather than harder. Macro-economic trends such as labor shortages, space constraints, and shortened order fulfillment cycles have only exacerbated the need for automation as a way for companies to reduce costs and to attract new customers.
With these trends in mind, ProMat and Automate offered the perfect platform to see an amazing array of technologies and speak with developers first hand. For any company looking to automate, there were plenty of solutions to review and discuss.
I exited the show exhausted but also super invigorated; getting to see new automation technologies being introduced and learning how companies are applying these technologies to solve their ever-changing challenges is the core of what we do at Bastian Consulting
. We are technology-agnostic, if it’s the right tool for our customer, we will integrate that tool into an overall system.
As supply chain consultants, ProMat and Automate offered us an opportunity to see the best available technologies and talk with developers on specific applications of interest. The phrase, “If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail”, is widely spoken in our consulting business. ProMat and Automate provided a firsthand view of this expanded toolset. By having all the exhibits in one site, we were able to walk customers around the show, giving them exposure to the technologies we have discussed throughout the course of our consulting engagements or to talk about the potential applicability of a technology for their current situation.
ProMat and Automate had recording setting attendance this year, and it was easy to see why. With the hundreds of exhibits as well as the on-floor and off-floor educational sessions, attendees had plenty to see and do. And although anyone involved in the material handling business is currently very busy, it was worth taking the time to explore new trends and technologies.
Moving forward, lead times will only get shorter and consumer expectations will only grow. Investing in automation and building best-in-class operations will not be optional. If you weren’t able to make it to ProMat this year, I would highly recommend visiting MODEX 2018 in Atlanta. You won’t be disappointed.
As I walked the show floor this year, I could tell companies were ready to invest in their future, and with today’s automation landscape, the future looks bright.
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Sales of vehicles across the automobile sector continued their slide in September with the leading manufacturers of passenger vehicles, two-wheelers, and medium and heavy commercial vehicles reporting a sharp fall in their year on year domestic sales last month.
While Maruti Suzuki India Limited reported a 27 per cent drop in domestic sales of PVs at 1.1 lakh units, Bajaj Auto witnessed a 35 per cent drop in domestic sale of motorcycles at 1.77 lakh units. Ashok Leyland announced the sale of 4,035 units of medium and heavy commercial vehicles in September, which is a 69 per cent decline over its sale of 13,056 units in September 2018.
For Maruti Suzuki, which is the industry leader, the mini and compact vehicle segment witnessed a 29 per cent drop in sale while the mid sized car segment (Ciaz) witnessed a 72.5 per cent decline in sales over the same period last year.
The utility vehicle segment for MSIL stood stable with a marginal decline of 0.5 per cent in sales last month. The company is offering heavy discounts on various vehicles to prop up sales.
Why is the decline continuing?
What started as a problem on account of funding and liquidity squeeze in July-August 2018, has now become more of a sentiment issue with individuals looking to postpone and cut down on consumption expenditure.
With GDP growth rate hitting levels of 5 per cent for the first quarter ended June 2019 and wage growth not keeping pace with expectations, economists and market experts say that people are generally looking to reduce their expenditures and the sentiment has turned low.
Those within the auto sector say that customers are also postponing their vehicle purchase decision on various accounts including expectations of cut in GST rates (till the September 20 meeting), hopes that transition from BSIV to BSVI may lead to big discounts between January and March 2020 and also on expectations of bigger discounts in festive season.
While companies have failed to garner demand despite heavy discounts, many within the industry are sceptical about a revival in sales anytime soon.
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The Tribune Co. said Wednesday that it plans to split itself into two companies, joining several competitors that have made a similar move to shield their more profitable broadcasting units from publishing businesses.
The announcement comes on the heels of Tribune's agreement last week to buy 19 television stations in 16 markets from Local TV Holdings. The acquisition seemed to confirm analysts' speculation that Tribune wants to grow its TV business while selling or spinning off the publishing segment that includes The Los Angeles Times and Chicago Tribune.
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The most common and often deadly epidemic in developing countries — AIDS — could be shrunken.
That’s thanks to the big pharma company Merck. The company’s got a new HIV-fighting drug, called telaprevir, which is said to work not only on viral load but also on virus phenotype — the biological appearance of the virus that determine how it’s activated.
This new pill is much different from the pills we’re used to taking. Until this year, Merck’s telaprevir was developed and sold under the name Gilead’s triple-tablet that claimed a whopping 40 percent market share in the United States.
The healthcare industry is paying attention, too. Merck plans to share its formula with a range of poor countries in Africa and Asia for free.
“It’s a huge advantage to get it developed for these countries,” said Peter Piot, the executive director of UNAIDS, an HIV/AIDS advocacy group. “All you have to do is ask for it.”
Here’s the way they plan to spin it: Merck’s generic version of its dual pill will be made in a low-cost facility in Brazil, India and Indonesia. When the drug becomes available in those countries, the Brazil-Indonesia plant will be joined by a new one in Zambia, which will be added by 2014. The two plants should be able to churn out as many as 500 million pills a year.
Like the 3G, 4G, 3G model with which Americans are familiar, the Afghan, Nigerian and Bangladeshi pharmaceutical companies will then make the product on the same scale, at a lower cost, and market it to the rest of the world.
The plan sounds like a win-win for the poor and the developing world — except for the trade issues. One big concern is that the new access to Merck’s product will mean the people in developing countries could save a few dollars on their HIV drugs instead of getting new ones at discounted prices.
“Nobody wants to see a generic version of Gilead. We all want affordable AIDS care. But the basic problem is that Gilead sets the price. No one else can change it,” said Andrew Montagnier, who leads a campaign called the Combating AIDS Partnership from Redirecting and HIV Prevention in Africa, or CAMP HOPE, a Washington, D.C., nonprofit group.
Still, activists and poor countries are open to the Merck plan, thanks to the development of a generic-style advantage. The terms Merck has offered its partner in Mozambique, for example, include royalties and an opportunity to promote their product when Merck’s product goes out of production.
I emailed one Mozambican government official to ask about the pros and cons of Merck’s product and have yet to hear back. But the original agreement that allowed Merck to export its drug — called Essential Medicines Lists in the developing world — didn’t let it be cheap enough to do business in other countries.
“I think we’re the only ones who beat Merck to the punch,” said Montagnier.
Piot, the UNAIDS boss, compares the Merck moment to the iPhone, noting it’s been clear for some time that we’re going to have to find a way to save these medications to prevent them from going out of the market. So these big pharma companies may have been like original iPhone suppliers at the launch.
“Without a doubt it’s such a big cost now that it’s impossible to lose. At least not now. They’re doing it,” he said.


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Website bugs hit food deliveries
Supermarket website glitches have caused havoc for shoppers who ordered their Christmas food delivery online.
An error on the Sainsbury's website saw some customers struggling to book or change their orders, while Waitrose customers complained that their deliveries did not arrive yesterday. Asda had similar problems, with customers saying on social media that their orders had been cancelled.
The Sainsbury's technical issue affected customers who tried to book or amend their order between 9.20pm and 9.50pm last night. Some users said their orders disappeared from their accounts, although Sainsbury's reassured them that their delivery would still arrive.
Customers buying festive food online from Sainsbury's among other supermarkets have suffered after a website glitch
Vikki Fuller, from Frimley in Surrey, said she had lost her Sainsbury's order after trying to amend it online, despite booking her delivery slot three weeks in advance. She has now decided to buy her groceries from the shop rather than try to get the original order delivered.
She said: "I will have to go out and do my Christmas shopping now but do find doing it online much easier as its hard trying to do it with a baby."
Another customer, Emma Mottram from south east London, said: "I tried to amend the order yesterday but the website crashed and wouldn't let me access it. When I tried to amend it today instead, the order disappeared completely from my account, which is why I panicked."
But she said after speaking to customer services her problem was resolved.
Sainsbury's said customers should still receive their orders as expected.
A spokesman said: "We experienced a brief technical issue with our website last night which has now been fixed. We will be individually contacting the small number of customers affected to apologise and make alternative arrangements. We would like to reassure all customers who have orders outstanding that they will receive their deliveries before Christmas.
"We'd also like to reassure customers who did not experience issues on the website last night that their confirmed orders will be delivered as expected."
Waitrose customers also took to Twitter last night to complain about Christmas deliveries that had failed to arrive.
Paul Mayo tweeted: "Appalling service from @waitrose. No delivery last night, no call to say it wasn't calling - no call today to rearrange - Xmas stuff missing."
Fiona Turner said on Twitter this morning: "@waitrose still waiting for my Christmas shop since 8pm last night. Not impressed as now have to sort out the shop with a 6month old!"
Nadine Gibbs wrote: "@waitrose you cancel my Xmas food shop(inclusive of turkey) no notice and no one answering the phone to resolve. So angry, 3 days b4 Xmas."
Waitrose said about 2% of orders were seriously disrupted yesterday and have promised that all customers will receive their deliveries before Christmas.
A spokesman for the supermarket said: "All orders will be fulfilled in time for Christmas. The temporary IT problem yesterday was swiftly and successfully fixed. We have been in touch with any customers who might have a slight delay to their order to apologise and to arrange a delivery time to suit them."
He added: "We have contacted any customer affected to ensure we meet their needs in any way we can in time for Christmas (rescheduling delivery or, if they would prefer, collect from their local branch). No orders have been cancelled. We are now back on track with orders today and tomorrow."
Asda customers have also had problems with their online shopping.
Patrick Harper tweeted: "Entire food delivery for our Christmas holiday just cancelled by @asda but they can deliver... on the 29th! Shocking service."
Anne Gregory on Twitter said: "Terrible customers service, they've taken my money and left us with no food!"
A spokeswoman for Asda said: "Over the weekend a handful of customers were affected by a technical glitch. We have been in touch with those customers and added a little something extra to their orders for their inconvenience."
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EVENING REPORT (4.30pm AEST)
It was an uneventful start to the trading week, with the Australian market closing largely flat. The All Ordinaries index (XAO) eased by just 0.1 per cent or 5.5pts while still remaining above the key 5500pt level. The Independence Day holiday in the U.S. on Friday and the subsequent closure of American markets provided local stocks no lead today.
Despite modest moves across many industries, online travel business Wotif.com (WTF) surged by 24.6 per cent after a $700m bid from global giant Expedia. WTF shares are up 18.7 per cent this calendar year (down 47.4 per cent in 2013).
Clothing retailer Country Road (CTY) finished flat despite reporting strong annual sales growth and an improved profit outlook. Total sales rose by close to 20 per cent to $849.6 million. CTY shares have surged by 280 per cent since January following a $213 million takeover offer from South Africa's Woolworths. CTY also operates Witchery stores which recently recorded a 72 per cent jump in half year profit.
Despite slumping by more than 20 per cent this calendar year, the price of iron ore is currently 9 per cent above its low hit three weeks ago. Australia's third largest iron ore miner Fortescue Metals (FMG) plummeted 2.7 per cent regardless, taking the losses since 1 January to 21.8 per cent.
The banks ended mixed, with ANZ the only improver. National Australia Bank (NAB) finished flat while both Westpac (WBC) and Commonwealth Bank (CBA) slipped by 0.7 per cent.
By the close, 1.81bn shares changed hands worth $3.4bn. 499 stocks finished higher, 468 in the red and 331 were flat.
Looking ahead, no major economic news is scheduled for release in the U.S. tonight. In Europe a report on activity levels in German factories will demand at least some attention.
Locally, a report on business confidence and consumer sentiment in coming days will be in focus. Business conditions have generally been patchy while Australian consumers have been a little sombre following the Federal Budget's release.
Looking further ahead, a monthly report on jobs will be out at 11.30am (AEST) on Thursday. The market is expecting the creation of 12,000 jobs and a slightly higher jobless rate in June. A total of 101,200 new full-time jobs have been added across the economy since the start of this calendar year; making it the best start to a year in seven years. Chinese trade data for June out on Thursday will also be quite important for the Australian mining sector. The market estimates a US$33bn trade surplus.
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