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#HTC10Evo #Smartphone – HTC 10 Evo Revealed as One of 2016’s Flagships : HTC recently unveiled a new Android smartphone that can easily contend for the spot of the best Android powered device. The HTC 10 Evo sports a 5.5 inch Super LCD 3 display that’s equipped with quad HD resolution and has a pixel density of 534 ppi. The HTC smartphone is powered by a Snapdragon 810 processor that clocks at 2.0 GHz coupled with 3GB of RAM and it comes in the two 32GB and 64GB variants.
The storage space can also be expanded because the device has a microSDXC port. In the camera department, HTC equipped the device with a 16MP primary camera that has features such as phase detection, optical image stabilization and auto focus. The new HTC 10 runs on the new Android 7.0 Nougat operating system and it’s the first metallic Android device that is completely water and dust resistant.
On another note, the audio experience is the best optimized section of the device. HTC stated that music will sound completely different while listening to it using the new smartphone because they have included the new BoomSoundTM Adaptive Audio technology in the device. What this new audio technology does is that it adjusts the audio sound level surrounding the listener in order to make the music sound clearer.
The only bad thing about this new Android powered smartphone is that HTC will only make it available in a few regions of the world. Customers that live in the U.S. region can acquire the device only if they are using the Sprint cell phone carrier. This is bad news since Sprint is one of the smallest network carriers in the U.S., and almost everyone is using AT&T or Verizon. All of this means that if you already have contracts with any other network carrier, the HTC 10 Evo is not available to you.


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PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Riders are warning other Uber riders about an alleged scam some drivers are pulling. Eyewitness News talked with one woman who says she was scammed by a driver and was charged for a mess she didn’t make.
Alison Kahan has a warning to riders who use Uber after she says she was conned following a ride in Florida on Dec. 27.
“Take pictures before you enter the vehicle,” she said.
Kahan says the ride originally cost her $16. But the next day, she says Uber hit her with an extra $20 fee.
“I was taken back, like what did I do?” Kahan said.
According to an email from Uber, it was a cleaning fee for a mess Kahan says she did not make. Photos depicting an apparent stain were attached to the email.
“This is a scam. The vehicle I rode in had leather seats, the pictures that were submitted had cloth,” she recalls.
Kahan says Uber initially declined her request for a refund, but she finally got her money back on Friday.
According to the Better Business Burea, Kahan is just the latest victim in what’s been dubbed “vomit fraud.”
It’s a growing trend where a driver falsely claims an incident requiring cleanup and imposes fees.
Uber says it refunded Kahan and released a statement.
“We are constantly evaluating our processes and technology related to these claims and will take appropriate action whenever fraud may be detected,” Uber said.
Consumer lawyer Louis Schwartz has some advice.
“If you use a credit card you can challenge the charge with credit card company,” he said.
“Lesson learned. I definitely have to take steps to protect myself,” Kahan said.
If you feel like you have been a victim of vomit fraud, Uber asks you to reach out.

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Legal start-up the first to receive state-based development funding
A legal tech start-up has become the first Australian company to receive a hefty funding boost from the Queensland government’s Business Development Fund.
Treasurer and Minister for Trade and Investment Curtis Pitt has announced that Lawcadia has become the recipient of a $500,000 funding boost as part of the state government’s Business Development Fund, an initiative that aims to attract venture capital to Queensland-based start-ups.
Mr Pitt said the funding will assist Lawcadia in expanding its legal procurement business, which he noted is already attracting significant business interest across Australia and the Asia-Pacific region.
“This home-grown company is the first legal tech start-up to receive funding from the Business Development Fund and it’s exactly the type of innovative business that the Palaszczuk government is looking to invest in,” Mr Pitt said.
“The Lawcadia business model aims to help companies and governments in global markets rethink the way they procure and manage legal services and use data on their legal matters.
“From the government’s perspective, investing in companies such as Lawcadia is good for Queensland.”
Lawcadia CEO and founder Warwick Walsh (pictured) said that the Queeensland government’s backing of Lawcadia will help it bolster its operations, noting that it has already started working with some large companies and government organisations in Australia.
“We have a unique solution to helping organisations get greater value and efficiencies from their legal spend through our legal procurement platform,” Mr Walsh said.
“Many law firms are also frustrated about the lack of transparency through current legal procurement processes and are excited by our new, innovative approach.
“Backing from the Queensland government will allow us to expand our team even further, build and consolidate our position in Australia, and start to look towards global expansion.”
Mr Walsh added that Queensland is well-placed to be a “breeding ground for legal tech start-ups and innovation in the legal industry generally”.
“We see the growth of innovation centres, such as The Capital building (in Queen Street, Brisbane) where we are now based, as being important for Queensland to make the most of this opportunity,” he said.


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Freight shipments and payments rose in September following two straight monthly declines, according to the latest Cass Freight Index.
Shipments increased 1.7% while expenditures improved 2.4% from August, but were still down from a year earlier. Shipments fell 1.5% while expenditures showed a 6.6% decline.
The increase in shipments was expected and part of the usual holiday season increase, which coincides the higher freight payments, according to Rosalyn Wilson, supply chain expert, and senior business analyst with the management services firm Parsons, who provides analysis for the report.
“Spot prices have been lower because of adequate capacity during the slowdown in August,” Wilson wrote in the report. “Trucking companies are holding rate increases down, and offering capacity guarantees in exchange for higher rates. There has also been a steady growth in dedicated carriage agreements. We expect rate increases for the trucking sector to be modest through the end of the year.”
Wilson said many factors are affecting the current volume of freight, not the least of which is mounting inventory levels.
"All business inventories are continuing to grow, as are inventory‐to‐sales ratios, indicating that we are not at optimal levels given inventory turnover rates,” she said. “Low interest rates, favorable import prices and moderate storage costs have encouraged the buildup, but even a one percent rise in interest rates could fuel a 2.3% rise in total logistics costs at current inventory levels.”
Wilson noted with the Federal Reserve choosing not to raise interest rates at its recent meeting, but not ruling out an increase prior to year‐end, the potential for an uptick in consumer spending and a drawdown in inventory levels is uncertain.
Data within the Cass Freight Index includes all domestic freight modes and is derived from $26 billion in freight transactions processed by Cass Information System annually on behalf of its client base of hundreds of large shippers.


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Payments giants like PayPal and Amex are helping transform how we shop with bets on startups like Klarna, Rent the Runway, and Instacart. Here's what they're investing in and why.
Mastercard; American Express; PayPal; Visa; Shayanne Gal/Business Insider
- Financial services corporate venture capital (CVC) funding has been on the rise, with 2017's total $3 billion in funding tripling to more than $9 billion in 2019, according to CB Insights.
- Corporate VCs tend to offer more than money - they also build business relationships with their portfolio companies. So CVC hints at where incumbent players see the future of their industries.
- Payments companies have been busy making bets on fintech unicorns like Stripe and Plaid (which Visa plans to acquire for $5.3 billion.)
- We talked to execs at the corporate venture arms of payments companies Amex, Mastercard, PayPal, and Visa to hear about their investing strategies.
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Follow the money, and you'll be able to see the future of payments.
That's the approach we took by looking at how giants like American Express, PayPal, Mastercard, and Visa are thinking about the future of shopping and paying.
Venture capital is everywhere, with startups raising megarounds and unicorn valuations grabbing headlines.
And while most investors put money in ideas they believe in, they're also looking for the right price and hoping for substantial returns on an exit.
But not all investors are looking to make 10x return on early-stage bets.
Corporate venture capital (CVC) arms of banks, insurers, and payments companies, are also investing in startups. But their priorities are a bit different. Financial services CVC activity has more than tripled since 2017's $3 billion of funding to over $9 billion invested as of mid-December 2019, according to CB Insights.
Venture investments made by these incumbent players can provide a more focused clue of where they see the future of their industries since corporate investors offer not only cash to startups, but also business relationships.
And it's not just banks who have well-funded venture arms. Payments companies are in the game, too.
Amex, for one, has business partnerships with two-thirds of its portfolio companies. And PayPal said it has corporate deals with one-third of its investments.
Mastercard, which runs a six-month startup program to help companies scale, only invests when the startup needs it. Mastercard has invested in about 10% of the more than 200 participating startups, and it does so by asking for the right to participate in the next fundraising round.
A company's CVC arm could also feed into its acquisition pipeline - a "try before you buy" approach. Earlier this month, Visa announced it would acquire fintech unicorn Plaid after investing alongside Mastercard in Plaid's Series C in 2018.
Business Insider talked to payments giants American Express, PayPal, Mastercard, and Visa to understand their different approaches to venture investing.
American Express Ventures invests in early-stage companies to prime them for a possible partnership down the line
Total portfolio size: Not disclosed
Typical stage of investment: Early stage
Number of portfolio companies: 60+ investments since 2011; 44 active portfolio companies
Key Investments: Better.com, Instacart, Plaid, Rent the Runway, Stripe
Amex Ventures was started in 2011 and has since invested in over 60 startups from consumer commerce to B2B payments to core infrastructure like security and cloud companies.
And primarily, the goal of investing is to build business relationships between portfolio companies and American Express, Amex Ventures' global head Harshul Sanghi told Business Insider.
"In terms of the real total value we offer, certainly over time it is that potential business relationship," said Sanghi.
But not at first. Amex invests in early stage companies then spends a couple years working with the startups to mature their businesses. Only then will Amex seek a business relationship.
"When we look to make an investment in a company, one of the key things that we look for is whether there is potential to partner with the portfolio company over a 24-to 36-month timeframe," said Sanghi.
But they get in as early investors to help startups think about things like scalable business processes and regulation.
"Being a regulated entity, we know a thing or two about regulation, what's required there, and how to mature business processes," said Sanghi.
While Amex is a credit card network, it's also an issuer, so it touches most aspects of the complex payments ecosystem, said Sanghi.
And this expertise can help Amex's portfolio companies manage through some not-so-obvious business questions, Sanghi said.
At any given time, Amex has business relationships with about two-thirds of its active portfolio companies, he added.
Amex has started targeting its customers offers for Better.com mortgages, and also has rolled out points promotions for InstaCart shopping.
Mastercard's Start Path program is an incubator for startups, and sometimes that means a capital investment
Total portfolio size: Not disclosed
Typical stage of investment: Series A
Number of portfolio companies: 20+ startups (10% of Start Path participants)
Key Investments: AvidXchange, Bill.com, Ellevest, Flybits, Hypr
Mastercard's venture investing is less clear-cut than its peers.
While Mastercard makes strategic investments, its Start Path program is its primary touchpoint with the startup segment.
Start Path, which was launched in 2014, is part of Mastercard Labs, the company's research and development arm. Initially, the program focused on early-stage companies, and now mostly focuses on Series A startups that have products developed and are ready to think about scale.
Mastercard looks at 2,000 startups a year for the 6-month Start Path program, Ken Moore, the head of Mastercard Labs, told Business Insider.
There have been over 200 startups that have participated in the program since it started.
While not all participants get funding from Mastercard, it may ask startups for the ability to participate in the company's next fundraising round. So far, Mastercard has invested in over 20 startups, about 10% of participants, following their completion of the program.
Aside from the possibility of investment, Mastercard offers Start Path participants access to its payments infrastructure and network of experts. And being part of the Start Path program can give startups an advantage when approaching larger incumbent players like banks as they start to scale.
"It helps the fintech win with the bank as a customer," said Moore. "For us, we would rather be in the room."
When Mastercard does invest, it doesn't tend to lead rounds, nor does it typically take board seats.
"Happy to be advisory, but we prefer to let fintechs be fintechs," said Moore.
Last year, Mastercard also launched a fintech-focused program called Mastercard Accelerate, which, in addition to Start Path, is a way for fintechs to tap into Mastercard's network of customers and technology.
PayPal Ventures launched a fund 2 years ago to invest in companies it thinks complement PayPal's 5-year plan
Total portfolio size: $350 million fund
Typical stage of investment: Series A to Series C
Number of portfolio companies: 20 active portfolio companies
Key Investments: Acorns, Dosh, Ellevest, LendUp, Monese
Three years ago, PayPal launched a $350 million venture fund to invest in early-stage startups. PayPal Ventures is part of the company's corporate development arm, which also includes a strategic investment team focused on larger investments, and an acquisition team.
Business Insider spoke with Jay Ganatra, director of PayPal Ventures, about what drives PayPal's investment strategy.
The strategic investments team, which makes larger dollar amount investments in companies like Uber and MercadoLibre, and the acquisitions team focus on companies of scale, Ganatra said. Whereas the venture team is looking three to five years out and making investments in early stage companies.
The majority of PayPal's venture investments are in international companies, Ganatra said.
"We will invest into businesses that might be similar to PayPal, but only if they're in regions where we're not currently playing," Ganatra said. "Overall our mandate is that we don't want to invest in anything that we plan to be competitive with."
And since PayPal Ventures invests cash from PayPal's own balance sheet, its investments often align with the company's growth plans.
"We have a really good sense of what PayPal is looking to do over the next two to three years," said Ganatra. "We're trying to make sure that we're finding businesses that are complementary to that."
PayPal's venture investments can also lead to business relationships, Ganatra said.
"We have a commercial deal with about a third of our portfolio companies," said Ganatra. Partnering with PayPal is not required, Ganatra said, but encouraged where it makes sense for both parties.
PayPal's cash accounts can be linked with investing startup Acorns, one of PayPal Ventures' portfolio companies. And another investment, Dosh, powers the rewards behind its peer-to-peer payments platform Venmo's debit card.
Visa looks to its existing startup partners for investment opportunities
Total portfolio size: Not disclosed
Typical stage of investment: Series C or later
Number of portfolio companies: Total not disclosed; 19 strategic investments made in fiscal year 2019
Key Investments: Klarna, Marqeta, Plaid, Square, Stripe
Visa's investment strategy is a "means to an end," said Vasant Prabhu, CFO of Visa.
The "end" is business partnerships, and Prabhu said that Visa tends to invest in companies that initially approached the payments giant for partnership.
"Because partnership is at the heart of our business model, we get to see a lot of companies who are our partners," said Prabhu, "and occasionally what happens is that these companies want our help even from the standpoint of making an investment."
They might be seeking credibility from having Visa's brand behind them or an investment from Visa may further cement the business relationship, Prabhu said.
"We invest when we think the company is best of its breed, we think it's one of our strongest partners, we want to do something exclusive with them, or we want to really partner with them in a deep way," Prabhu said.
Visa typically invests in C rounds or later, but that's not a hard and fast rule, Prabhu said. Depending on the circumstances, Visa may invest in Series A or B rounds.
Visa also gets exposure to early stage companies through investment in other funds, he said.
"The benefit for us is that we get to see the companies they invest in, and they keep us apprised of trends in the market," Prabhu said. "Through them we may get exposure to a lot of much earlier stage companies and at some point in their history we may invest directly in those companies too.
While returns do play a part in Visa's investment strategy, Prabhu stressed the prioritization of the enterprise partnerships.
And increasingly, Visa is investing in international startups across Europe, Asia, and Latin America, he said.
Given the scope of Visa's business, it has to be mindful not to partner with or invest in existing partners' competitors, Prabhu said.
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“It is extremely positive to see the new car market has now achieved 37 consecutive months of growth – increasing 11.6% % on March 2014”, said Sue Robinson, Director of the National Franchised Dealers Association (NFDA) which represents franchised car and commercial vehicle retailers across the UK, commenting on the SMMT’s new car registration figures.
New car sales figures, released today show March new car registrations rose 6.8% year to date.
Robinson continued, “Consumers confidence has been rising as a result of a recovering economy. Fewer concerns about unemployment and the improvements of household finance due to record low inflation and pay rises all help to encourage consumers to buy new cars.
"The March market has been assisted by the new plate change which encourages consumers to replace their existing vehicle. In addition strong manufacturer deals and low cost finance offers are encouraging consumers to buy.
"Finance offers such as PCP and service plans are helping to fix and in some cases cut the cost of motoring for drivers.
“The fleet market growth in 2015 is pushed by an improved business confidence. We anticipate the market to continue to grow, and have strong expectations ahead of next month’s plate change.”
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The Retail Motor Industry represents the interests of operators in England, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Isle of Man providing sales and services to motorists and businesses. The RMI has a formal association with the independent Scottish Motor Trade Association which represents the retail motor industry in Scotland.


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Automation helps Sports Direct cut costsAutomation at Sports Direct’s warehouse helped the retailer reduce operating costs by 3.6 per cent last year, chief executive Mike Ashley said in the group’s results for the year to 29th April 2018.
He said: “Group operating costs decreased by 3.6 per cent to £1,020.3m (FY17: £1,058.7m), largely as a result of non-recurrence of such significant provisioning as in FY17, as well as increased efficiencies through a degree of automation in the warehouse and rationalisation in continental Europe.”
The group made an operating profit of £217m for the year, up from £160m the year before, while revenue was up from £3.2bn to £3.4bn.
However, the group saw a big drop in investment income, notably a £98m fall in the value of its 29.7 per cent stake in Debenhams. As a result pre-tax profit fell to £77.5m from £28.6m the year before.
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CAPE CORAL, Fla. – Forty-eight hours of discounts are expected to bring in billions for Amazon, but it could also create a problem by our front doors.
“Prime Day” begins Monday at midnight, and millions of packages will be delivered to homes throughout the week. With all the deliveries sitting on our porches, thieves will have a lot of opportunities.
Cape Coral police said they have only had three package thefts this year in the city. They said thieves are shying away because officers are patrolling neighborhoods more, and there is a rising number of Ring video doorbells on homes.
“The few package thefts that we have had since that partnership, we’ve been able to identify the suspects really quickly,” Cpl. Phillip Mullen said.
CCPD said they’ve focused their patrols on neighborhoods as well. They said they think this combo has kept porch pirates from striking more.
Law enforcement said you should try to be home when the package is delivered or send it to your work place. They say a lock box by your front door can help, or you can require a signature when it’s dropped off.
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Popular music streaming service Spotify has released a version of its Spotify Mobile software for mobile phones that run on the Symbian operating system. That means the peer-to-peer music application is available for Symbian-based smartphones from Nokia, Samsung and Sony Ericsson.
Spotify, which allows a user to listen to specific tracks or albums, already runs on Apple's iPhone and Android-based mobile phones. That leaves only Blackberry phones and devices running Windows Mobile as the only devices that do not run Spotify Mobile.
Symbian accounts for 50 percent of the global smartphone market. In addition to running on Nokia devices, such as the Nokia 6220 Classic and E71, Symbian is also used by the Samsung GT-18910 Ominia HD and Sony Ericsson Satio smartphones. Spotify began supporting the iPhone and Android devices in September.
The Spotify Mobile service is available only for Spotify Premium subscribers in the U.K., France, Spain, Sweden, Norway and Finland. The company offers monthly and annual subscriptions.


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"More than fifty Balmain pieces have been stolen." With this alarming message, Balmain's creative director woke up on the morning of Sunday, September 17, just ten days before presenting the spring-summer 2024 collection at Paris Fashion Week, which is held in the capital French from September 25 to October 3. This was explained by designer Olivier Rousteing, 38 years old, in a shocking publication on social networks where he recounted the exact facts of the incident that took place on the road at the weekend.
"Today I arrived at the office at nine in the morning to wait for the last pieces that completed our show, the annual Balmain fashion show that takes place in September. I was starting to create some looks with the team when the driver called us and told us that he had been attacked by a group of people. More than fifty pieces of Balmain stolen”.
The driver was driving from the airport to the firm's headquarters in the French capital when the thieves intercepted the vehicle and took everything inside. Fortunately, Rousteing has reported that "the driver is safe and sound".
Traditionally, in the fashion industry there have always been two seasons: Spring/Summer and Autumn/Winter, so the entire creative process of a collection takes approximately six months. Balmain, moreover, is a particularly valuable brand – a jacket can cost more than 4,000 euros –, so the theft means huge financial losses for the French luxury house. "Many people have worked hard to make the collection a reality. It is so unfair", lamented Olivier Rousteing in the statement.
Despite the dire situation, the team is working against the clock to be able to present the collection at the show on September 27. "We are redoing everything. My team and I have worked hard in this line, but we will work even more, day and night, with all the suppliers, and we will not give up", promised the creative to all the fans of the firm.
Olivier Rousteing wanted to send a final message in the press release to remind all fans that "nothing should ever be taken for granted" and that they "always stay safe and sound".
Colleagues from the fashion industry and friends of the designer have expressed their solidarity with him and sent him strength and encouragement at this delicate moment. "I send you all my love. I know that you and your creativity will be able to overcome it!” wrote Donatella Versace, creative director of the homonymous firm. The founder of Jacquemus, Simon Porte Jacquemus, and a friend of the creative has sent him a lot of "strength" through messages on social networks.
A spokesperson for Balmain has backed up Olivier Rousteing's words and publicly confirmed that preparations for the Paris show are still underway, while refusing to comment on the theft pending further investigation and solve the possible whereabouts of the thieves.


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MIAMI – March 19, 2021 – Royal Caribbean Group (NYSE: RCL) (the Group) today announced it completed the sale of its Azamara brand to Sycamore Partners, a private equity firm specializing in consumer, retail and distribution investments, in an all-cash transaction for $201 million. The sale included Azamara’s three-ship fleet and associated intellectual property.
COLUMBUS, Ohio-- Fashion apparel retailer Express, Inc. (NYSE: EXPR) today announced that it has entered into a definitive loan agreement with Sycamore Partners as lead lender, along with Wells Fargo and Bank of America Merrill Lynch, that strengthens its liquidity position by an additional $140 million. The new financing includes a $90 million FILO Term Loan with a maturity date of May 24, 2024, and a $50 million Delayed Draw Term Loan, to be repaid upon receipt of a CARES Act tax refund expected to be received in the second quarter of 2021. This financing is in addition to the Company’s existing $250 million asset-based loan facility, of which it had previously drawn $165 million.


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TURKEY: Tesco in talks over Turkish arm
Tesco Kipa, the Turkish unit of UK retailer Tesco, has today (24 February) confirmed its parent is in talks over possible options for the future of the business.
"Tesco Plc is in the early stages of negotiations with different companies over different options," Tesco Kipa, which is listed in Turkey, said in a statement to the Borsa Istanbul.
The announcement followed speculation late last week that Tesco was weighing up the options for its Turkish business.
Sales have been falling and some in the City said Tesco, after exiting Japan and the US, as well as selling control of its Chinese business, could look at a transaction for its Turkish arm.
The Financial Times said on Friday (21 February) Tesco had held talks with private-equity firm BC Partners, majority owner of Turkish chain Migros Ticaret, about combining their assets.
"We don't comment on rumour or speculation," a Tesco spokesperson told just-style late on Friday.
In another statement to the Borsa Istanbul this morning, Migros Ticaret, responding to the speculation on Friday, said: "As a private-equity company, BC Partners periodically assesses alternatives for all its existing investments, including Migros, as part of the normal flow of its activities."
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Drug-troubled Derbyshire shoplifter gets a community order with support to beat her addiction
A recovering heroin addict is due to be given help with a drug rehabilitation programme after she admitted four shoplifting offences.
Chesterfield magistrates’ court heard on June 7 how Michelle Louise Charlesworth, 32, stole meat from a Co-op and an Aldi at Somercotes, and stole coffee from a Nisa at Riddings before she was caught attempting to steal coffee from the same Nisa.
Prosecuting solicitor Becky Allsop told a previous hearing the four offences took place between September 30 and October 6 and three of the offences - not including the coffee theft from Nisa - had been committed with a convicted co-defendant.
Charlesworth, who has previous convictions, admitted the Co-op meat theft from September 30, the Aldi meat theft from October 2, the Nisa coffee theft from October 3, and the attempted Nisa coffee theft from October 6.
She also admitted failing to attend court after she had previously been released on bail.
Defence solicitor Anise Rowlands told the previous hearing Charlesworth, of Wharf Road, Pinxton, had a £50-a-day heroin addiction.
She added that Charlesworth had suffered the breakdown of a long-term relationship and had re-lapsed into a drug addiction but her relationship has since been reconciled and she is getting help to come off heroin.
Charlesworth was sentenced to a 12 month community order with a Rehabilitation Activity Requirement and a Drug Rehabilitation Requirement.
She was also fined £20 and must pay an £85 victim surcharge and £85 costs.


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Alphabet recently announced that it is delaying plans to build out Google Fiber in several cities, including Skokie and other nearby Chicago areas. Local residents who have been waiting for the high-speed internet service may need to consider other options.
Due to the high cost and labor-intensive nature of building an entire fiber-optic network, Alphabet has begun to shy away from some of its more recent fiber prospects, focusing instead on wireless internet delivery methods.
With all of the excitement surrounding Google Fiber's gigabit option, this news may come as a letdown to those who have anxiously awaited its arrival.
Alphabet Reconsidering Traditional Fiber Delivery and Timeline
To clarify its change in approach, Alphabet said in a recent release that it is "continuing to work with city leaders to explore the possibility of bringing Google Fiber to many cities," though as of yet there's no official timeline or delivery details for those areas.
Some fault the tech company for getting overzealous with its initial launch of Google Fiber. Companies with a history in the telecommunications industry know what to expect when expanding coverage, but Alphabet may have been a little too ambitious with its plans and is now struggling to catch up.
Jonathan Reichental, CTO for the city of Palo Alto, California-another city that recently had its Google Fiber arrival date delayed-seems to agree that Alphabet may be at a disadvantage in the field. "If you're a software company getting into the business for the first time, this is a completely new world," he said.
Google Fiber Hold Opening the Market for Competition
While the halt in planning has left many residents discouraged, Alphabet's competitors are taking the lapse as an opportunity to develop impressive alternatives. Although Skokie can no longer look forward to Google Fiber service in the near future, residents can still get excited about the upcoming arrivalof AT&T GigaPower in their community.
AT&T GigaPower uses a 100% fiber-optic network and offers many of the same bells and whistles that Google Fiber promised Chicago residents-all for around $90 per month in select areas. And, of course, coverage can be bundled with phone and TV options as well.
AT&T's website boasts that this coverage allows users to download twenty-five songs in one second, a TV show in less than four seconds, and an HD movie in less than thirty-four seconds.
Businesses have as much reason to be excited as residential customers. AT&T Business Fiber-which also offers speeds up to 1 Gbps-can be found in more than 180 US markets, including the Chicago area.
Established Providers Show No Signs of Slowing Development
Since announcing its arrival in Chicago, AT&T has introduced GigaPower coverage to more than 25 area suburbs-including Des Plaines, Norridge, Skokie and Oak Park. The company plans to expand to Skokie, River Forest, and Elmwood Park communities soon.
At present, AT&T GigaPower can be found in more than 1.6 million locations throughout the United States, and the company has plans to cover fifty-six metros; that stands in stark contrast to Google Fiber, which has only reached six metro areas in the United States since its launch.
With this rapid expansion of gigabit coverage, Skokie residents will have fast new options for high-speed internet in the near future. Those interested in learning what internet options are currently available can explore a full list of providers in Skokie.
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NAIROBI, Kenya — NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Jane Wangui Wainaina makes less than $10 a day serving hot food in the slums, but she still donated part of her income to help Kenyan famine victims by using a mobile phone banking service that executives say has helped raise millions of dollars.
"I felt a lot of sympathy for the people dying of hunger when we are eating," she said, leaning over to check that the cracked surface of a cheap mobile phone correctly showed her donation of $3.50 to the Kenya Red Cross. "I have been deeply shocked by what I have seen in the newspaper and on television, people dying from the famine. That's why I sent the money."
Wainaina used a mobile phone banking service called M-pesa, which allows people without a bank account to instantly transfer money between phones anywhere in Kenya. More than 50 countries now have such services, including Afghanistan, where it's being used to pay police in far-flung outposts.
Most Kenyans don't have bank accounts, and sending money to family members can be expensive or dangerous. Many Kenyans with jobs in big cities like Nairobi support extended family in smaller villages across the country. M-Pesa - pesa means money in Swahili - has been a boon for those families.
"M-pesa is a fast affordable money transfer service. So directly from my phone now I can send money to any part of Kenya in an instant," said Betty Mwangi-Thuo, who heads the M-pesa service for the telephone company Safaricom. "The money is safer, it gets there a lot quicker."
The system uses the phone's SIM card like a bank card. Users can load money onto their phones at a small brokers, or from bank accounts, and then send it to pay rent, electricity bills or to another M-Pesa user, who can then visit a broker to swap the credit on their phone for cash. If the phone is stolen, users can call a hotline to freeze the account.
Mwangi-Thuo said a 2009 survey carried out by an independent company showed Kenyans felt they had saved up to $3 per transaction - money they otherwise would have spent on bus fare to travel to relatives in the country and physically hand over the money. Initially, the services had faced resistance from banks who saw it as competition, she said, but now they had several banking partners in Kenya.
Now it is also being used as a way of mass fundraising at a time of crisis.
Many Kenyans like Wainaina might not have bank accounts or might hesitate to give cash to collectors on the streets.
"M-Pesa is immediate cash so if you send ten shillings, ten shillings in cash is there. Whereas if you send a check, it might bounce or take a while to clear," said Bob Collymore, the head of Safaricom.
In the early stages of the Kenyans for Kenya drought fundraising effort, Collymore said more than 86 percent of individual donations came through M-pesa, totaling $1.7 million. Corporate donations and donations in-kind bring the total amount of money collected to more than $7 million by Friday. The money sent by Kenyans like Wainaina goes to an account run by M-pesa. It's then given to the Red Cross who buy food and send it up to northern Kenya.
People in the United States can also make money transfers to mobile phones in Kenya via a program run by Western Union, Mwangi-Thuo said.
Parts of the region are suffering from the worst drought in 60 years. People's suffering has been compounded by poor governance, after Kenyan officials failed to invest in measures like irrigation or boreholes that could have helped save livestock and crops.
Since Safaricom introduced M-Pesa in 2007 - the first mobile money transfer system of its kind - Kenyans have moved the equivalent of nearly $8.5 billion through the system, Mwangi-Thuo said.
"And that's money that was previously moving informally, so for the central bank, now there's a formal way of tracking money that was below the radar before," she said.
One issue that mobile phone companies have not yet solved is being able to make international transfers from phone to phone or transfers from one phone carrier to another. But Mwangi-Thuo said they were working on the problem and hoped to have such services coming soon.


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Shoplifting and theft is on the rise, particularly in the United States, but it has taken on a new dimension. Thieves have become bolder and more organised, targeting mostly high-end retail stores en masse. Also known as flash-mob theft, multiple thieves hit a store at once and are insulated by their sheer numbers.They storm into a store, usually unarmed, overwhelm the staff and in a matter of minutes can steal hundreds of thousands of rands of product. A Nordstrom store in California was recently hit by a flash mob of more than 80 people who stole designer goods, while at least 14 people stole from a Louis Vuitton store in Chicago. It’s thought that one reason for this activity is that shoplifting goods below $950 in parts of the US and £200 in the UK is considered a misdemeanour, not a prosecutable crime, so there’s relative safety in numbers. In South Africa we have seen mall stores, especially electronics and jewellery stores being targeted but they are generally not by large groups of people. The July riots here fall into a different category.
Above: ‘Flash mob’ shoplifters descend on Pleasant Prairie North Face store
Why is it important?
According to the National Retail Federation, organised retail crime costs retailers on average $700,000 per $1 billion in sales each year. Such crime results in billions of dollars in annual lost economic activity. Best Buy Co. shares plunged after the electronics retailer announced that widespread theft contributed to a decrease in profitability. After theft rates spiked in San Francisco, Walgreens said it would close five of its stores. The impact of such shoplifting is making a dent in the profits of these retailers. Consumers also bear the brunt of these crimes. A spokesperson for the Florence Police Department, said “When businesses are hit by shoplifters it typically leads to a price increase on items to make up for what companies call “shrinkage.””
What can businesses do about it?
Businesses, particularly upmarket ones, need to invest in robust security measures. Increasing the number of cameras, for example, would be one such anti-shoplifting effort, as well as making sure that there is at least one heavily visible security guard. Security gates, the kind that banks use, where only one person at a time can enter or leave the store are advisable. Many South African jewellery stores already have these in place. Businesses should also make sure that they are insured for these kinds of eventualities. For safety reasons, law enforcement agencies advise not engaging with these groups of criminals.
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Mitsubishis new Lancer Eclipse 2010 has a more aggressive styling and a new engine, but it still retains the same premium look and feel.
The biggest change is the addition of the rear air intake, which the previous Lancer model did not feature.
The rear air intakes have now been relocated into the hood and sides, which allows them to work in conjunction with the new air intakes in the sidepod.
The engine also has a new intake design, and now uses a turbocharger instead of a camshaft.
The car’s interior is still dominated by the new car’s big black interior, with a new touch of white.
The top of the new Eclipse’s dashboard has been redesigned with a full-colour LCD display, while the sidepods now feature LED indicators.
The interior also features new features, including a new centre console, and a power switch that lets you adjust the power output and the car’s temperature.
You can now choose from six different leather seats, two different colour seats, and two different stitching options, as well as the new seatbelt covers.
The Eclipse is now available in Australia and New Zealand, and it will be available in Japan from November.


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An executive running Nordic shopping malls says he may have solved a problem t
An executive running Nordic shopping malls says he may have solved a problem that’s gnawed at online retailers for years, namely how to slash delivery costs for the “last mile” before a product reaches its buyer.
Citycon Oyj, which operates 40 malls across the Nordic countries and Estonia, is building a click-and-collect service that would allow consumers to shop the full array of a mall’s offerings on the web and pick up the goods from a convenient location, according to Chief Executive Officer F. Scott Ball.
Online shopping is “here to stay” and “there’s a real opportunity for us to parlay this and become the last-mile delivery answer,” Ball said in an interview in Stockholm.
A similar plan is afoot in the U.S., where mall operator Simon Property Group Inc. has been in talks with Amazon.com Inc. to turn some empty store space into Amazon fulfillment centers, according to a Dow Jones report. In Spain and Portugal, Merlin Properties Socimi SA sees city car parks doubling as overnight…


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“For years, Facebook gave some of the world’s largest technology companies more intrusive access to users’ personal data than it has disclosed, effectively exempting those business partners from its usual privacy rules, according to internal records and interviews,” Nicholas Confessore, Michael LaForgia And Gabriel J.X. Dance report for The New York Times. “The social network allowed Microsoft’s Bing search engine to see the names of virtually all Facebook users’ friends without consent, the records show, and gave Netflix and Spotify the ability to read Facebook users’ private messages.”
“The social network permitted Amazon to obtain users’ names and contact information through their friends, and it let Yahoo view streams of friends’ posts as recently as this summer, despite public statements that it had stopped that type of sharing years earlier,” Confessore, LaForgia and Dance report. “Mark Zuckerberg, the chief executive, assured lawmakers in April that people ‘“have complete control’ over everything they share on Facebook.”
“In all, the deals described in the documents benefited more than 150 companies — most of them tech businesses, including online retailers and entertainment sites, but also automakers and media organizations,” Confessore, LaForgia and Dance report. “Their applications soughtthe data of hundreds of millions of people a month, the records show. The deals, the oldest of which date to 2010, were all active in 2017. Some were still in effect this year.”
“‘This is just giving third parties permission to harvest data without you being informed of it or giving consent to it,’ said David Vladeck, who formerly ran the FTC’s consumer protection bureau,” Confessore, LaForgia and Dance report.
Read more in the full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: If you haven’t already (as if you haven’t seen more than enough), as we’ve been advising for years: #DeleteFaceBook!
As we wrote last May, “If you trust Mark Zuckerberg to be the keeper of your photos, contacts, political views, religious beliefs, etc., you’re batshit insane.”
Instant messages sent by Mark Zuckerberg during Facebook’s early days, reported by Business Insider in May 2010:
Zuckerberg: Yeah so if you ever need info about anyone at Harvard
Zuckerberg: Just ask
Zuckerberg: I have over 4,000 emails, pictures, addresses, SNS
[Redacted Friend’s Name]: What? How’d you manage that one?
Zuckerberg: People just submitted it.
Zuckerberg: I don’t know why.
Zuckerberg: They “trust me”
Zuckerberg: Dumb fucks
Walt Mossberg quits Facebook – December 18, 2018
UK lawmakers publish internal Facebook emails that reveal use of free iOS ‘spyware’ VPN and more – December 5, 2018
Don’t share photos to Facebook, use Apple’s secure and private iCloud instead – November 20, 2018
Sleazy Facebook’s top execs ‘make tobacco executives look like Mr. Rogers’ – November 16, 2018
Tim Berners-Lee: Facebook and Google may need to be broken up – November 1, 2018
Apple CEO Cook says companies are weaponizing our personal data, and he’s right – October 26, 2018
Apple CEO Cook promotes privacy as ‘fundamental human right’ via tweetstorm; asks ‘What kind of world do we want to live in?’ – October 24, 2018
CNN interview: Apple CEO Cook believes data collection by the likes of Google and Facebook has crossed the line – October 24, 2018
Video of data privacy keynote address from Apple CEO Cook – October 24, 2018
Apple CEO Cook backs comprehensive federal privacy laws in the U.S., warns data being ‘weaponized’ – October 24, 2018
FBI investigating Facebook security breach where attackers accessed 30 million users’ personal information – October 12, 2018
Google exposed user data, did not disclose to public fearing repercussions – October 10, 2018
After trying and failing to hide the issue, Alphabet pulls plug on Google+ after bug exposes data from up to 500,000 users – October 8, 2018
Facebook discovers security breach affecting 50 million users – September 28, 2018
Facebook is giving advertisers access to users’ shadow contact information – September 27, 2018
42% of U.S. users have ‘taken a break’ from Facebook; 28% have deleted the Facebook app in the past year – September 5, 2018
Researchers find Google harvests more data from Android – and Apple iOS – users than most people think – August 21, 2018
Google hit with lawsuit accusing them of tracking phone users regardless of privacy settings – August 20, 2018
Google tracks users movements even when explicitly told not to – Associated Press – August 13, 2018
Mark Zuckerberg loses $16 billion in record Facebook fall – July 26, 2018
Facebook stock plunges as users vanish – July 25, 2018
Apple highlights user privacy as Facebook exec steps down – June 14, 2018
The 18 things you may not realize Facebook knows about you: Firm reveals the extent of its spying in a 454-page document to U.S. Congress – June 12, 2018
Facebook confirms sharing users’ personal data with Chinese companies – June 6, 2018
Apple’s macOS Mojave removes integration with third-party internet accounts like Facebook – June 6, 2018
Apple borks Facebook’s pervasive personal data-harvesting operation – June 5, 2018
Apple requested ‘zero’ personal data in deals with Facebook – CEO Tim Cook – June 5, 2018
Facebook CEO blasts Apple’s latest privacy protections as ‘cute virtue signaling’ – June 5, 2018


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Yokohama Awarded as the Tire Supplier for Mitsubishi CARS Program25Nov
2016Yokohama Awarded as the Tire Supplier for Mitsubishi CARS Program Mitsubishi Motors Philippines Corporation (MMPC) recognized its suppliers under the Comprehensive Automotive Resurgence (CARS) Program last November 21, 2016.
Yokohama Philippines Introduces “ADVAN FLEVA V701” The New High-Performance Sport Tire17May
2016Yokohama Tire Sales Philipines Inc. (YTSP) announces the release of “ADVAN FLEVA V701”, the latest addition to the Company’s global flagship “ADVAN” tire brand. The new tire will be available in June 2016 with the initial 11 sizes ranging from 15 to 18 inches. YTSP plans to release additional sizes for 19 and 20 inch tires by the start of 2017.
Yokohama Philippines 15th Year Anniversary Celebration12Feb
2016February was a very special day for Yokohama Tire Sales Philippines (YTSP) as we celebrated the 15th year anniversary of the company at the Marriot Grand Ballroom, Marriot Hotel.


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Flames damage Pembroke Pines strip shopping center
By By Wayne K. Roustan and Joe Cavaretta and Sun Sentinel
Sep 03, 2014 | 10:32 AM
Fire marshals are investigating the cause of a blaze that damaged a catering business, a martial arts dojo and a family home care provider during a Wednesday morning fire in a Pembroke Pines strip shopping center.
The blaze sparked about 6:30 a.m. at the Holiday Plaza in the 9100 block of Taft Street. The business Doris Catering suffered the most damage, fire rescue division chief Jorge Hernandez said.
"That's where the main body of fire was," he said. "It was toward the back of the store and it charred up the place pretty good."
The two neighboring businesses sustained smoke damage only, he said.
About a dozen firefighters had the flames under control within five minutes and there was no structural damage, Hernandez said.


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Tablets and eBook owners near-doubled post-holiday
With a recent release of the market statistics by the Pew Research Center it is now clear that 19 percent of the adult Americans use some kind of a tablet. This survey by Pew was mostly focused on the tablets.
Another interesting fact that came up with this release is that the number of tablet users has been doubled from a poll conducted in the mid of December. So we can say that during the Holiday season the number of tablets sold was almost equal to the total number of tablets sold till December of 2011.
The E-readers have also increased by exactly the same margin over this period as it jumped from 10 percent to 19 percent. And if we take both the tablets and the E-readers together we have around 28 percent of the adult Americans using a tablet type device. This total was about 19 percent before the Holiday sales.
So it is really clear that the tablet market is really growing very fast.
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CVS Caremark Corp. is entering the Puerto Rico market, with its first stores set to open on the island next week.
The drug store chain said that it plans to open a total of nine pharmacy locations in Puerto Rico during 2010, with the first two stores slated for San Juan and Bayamon.
The move represents the third market entry that CVS has announced in the past several weeks.
WOONSOCKET, R.I. — CVS Caremark Corp. is entering the Puerto Rico market, with its first stores set to open on the island next week.
Plans call for CVS to open nine drug stores in Puerto Rico this year. The first two pharmacy locations are scheduled to open Monday, Feb. 15, in San Juan and Bayamon, the company said Thursday.
The other stores due to open in Puerto Rico this year will be in Arecibo, Dorado, Fajardo, Vega Alta and Vega Baja, as well as two more locations in Bayamon, according to CVS.
"We are pleased to introduce the CVS/pharmacy brand to the growing Puerto Rico market," CVS/pharmacy president Larry Merlo said in a statement. "CVS is committed to providing high-quality pharmacy care and offering convenient products and services at a great value to the Puerto Rican community."
CVS said its Puerto Rico stores will feature all of the offerings of its other U.S. locations, including a full-service pharmacy, a complete line of health and beauty items (including CVS-exclusive brands), general merchandise, digital photo processing and the ExtraCare customer rewards program.
The stores are expected to create about 400 new jobs in Puerto Rico this year. The company also noted that it’s partnering with many local vendors and suppliers in Puerto Rico to meet the needs of Puerto Rican consumers, and over 12,000 products carried by CVS stores will be sourced from local companies, with many of the products made in Puerto Rico.
And as part of its entry into Puerto Rico, CVS is donating $10,000 to Instituto Psicopedagogico de PR, a Bayamon-based agency that provides specialized health, nutrition, education and essential care to adults and children in Puerto Rico with severe mental retardation.
The Puerto Rico stores represent the third market entry that CVS had announced in recent weeks. Earlier this month, the drug chain opened its first store in Memphis, Tenn., and in late January the retailer set up shop in the St. Louis market with four stores. More locations are slated to open in both markets this year.
Rival Walgreen Co. recently expanded its presence in Puerto Rico, unveiling a deal late last month to acquire three Farmacias El Amal stores plus prescription files from 11 other El Amal pharmacies. Walgreens, which has approximately 100 drug stores in Puerto Rico, had acquired 20 El Amal stores in 2008.


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Mike Smith, grocery manager at Checkers Foods, 2300 La., stocks the
store's beer sales area. Lawrence residents may soon be able to buy
3.2 beer on Sundays at grocery stores such as Checkers, plus
convenience stores and other licensed retailers, thanks to a law
set to be signed next week by Gov. Kathleen Sebelius.


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Tuxia plans to co-develop Linux-based gadgets such as thin-client terminals, set-top boxes, personal digital assistants and Web pads with Beijing Orient Electronics Group, a large manufacturer of electronics components and displays. Tuxia announced the deal Friday.
The Chinese information technology market is still nascent but is eventually expected to explode because of the country's huge untapped population. China's Ministry of Information says the country's market for handheld Internet devices alone has grown by 300 percent in the past two years and is estimated to grow from 6 million units this year to more than 10 million units in 2002.
Portable devices with embedded functions are taking off even as PC sales slow, as evidenced by the transformation this year of the PC Expo trade show into the TechX event, which is focusing on mobile devices. IDC expects the global market for information appliances to grow from 11 million units, or US$2.4 billion, in 1999 to more than 89 million units, or US$17.8 billion, in 2004.
An embedded system is a special computer used to run devices such as handhelds, office equipment and home appliances.
Linux is just one of several embedded operating systems, including Microsoft's Windows Embedded, competing for dominance in the information appliance market. Linux is popular partly because it does not involve license fees, since it was developed under the open source GNU Public License.
Staff writer Matthew Broersma reported from London.


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San Francisco, Oct three (IANS) Electric vehicle-maker Tesla brought a file 343,830 cars inside the third area (Q3), after a vulnerable overall performance within the 2d quarter owing to Covid shutdowns specifically in China.
The agency stated it produced over 365,000 motors and added over 343,000 motors.
Historically, our transport volumes have skewed towards the cease of each quarter due to nearby batch constructing of cars. As our manufacturing volumes keep growing, it’s miles turning into increasingly more hard to cozy vehicle transportation ability and at an inexpensive price in the course of those top logistics weeks,” Elon Musk-run agency stated in a announcement overdue on Sunday.
It introduced that in Q3, “we started out transitioning to a greater even regional blend of automobile builds each week, which led to an boom in cars in transit at the cease of the sector”.
The motors have been ordered and might be brought to customers upon arrival at their vacation spot, in step with Tesla.
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The organisation stated Model S and X made up 18,672 of its quarterly deliveries, while the Model three and Y accounted for 325,158.
Musk tweeted: “Smoothing out the crazy give up of sector delivery wave to reduce expedite charges and relieve stress at the Tesla crew. Aiming for steadier deliveries intra-area”.
“Customer revel in suffers whilst there’s an cease of region rush. Steady as she goes is the right flow,” he delivered.


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Here’s a look at some of the companies the Yahoo Finance team will be watching for you.
Public Service Enterprise Group (PEG) is getting a slight boost today after posting first quarter earnings. The energy company saw profit rise five fold compared to the same time last year. Public Service Enterprise also reaffirmed its guidance for the year.
JPMorgan sees growth in the New York Times (NYT). The firm upgraded shares of the newspaper publisher to Overweight from Neutral. The analyst points to a jump in subscribers as a big reason for the upgrade. The analyst attributed part of that growth to the “Trump Bump.”
Walmart (WMT) is selling a majority stake of its British grocer Asda to UK rival Sainsbury’s. The deal values Asda at just over $10B. If approved, Walmart would have a 42% minority stake in the merged company which would become the grocery leader in the UK.
Amazon (AMZN) and Netflix (NFLX) are joining Paramount and Disney in a lawsuit to defend their content. The entertainment giants are suing Set TV for copyright infringement. Set offers 500 channels of unlicensed content for $20 a month. The lawsuit claims $150,000 for each work, which means Set could be liable for hundreds of millions of dollars if it loses this case.


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According to research from Nielson, 89% of consumers who bought a smartphone in the fourth quarter of 2011 bought an Android or iOS device. Impressed? Just wait, it gets better. Here’s the breakdown of US mobile traffic in January of 2012 according to an article by PCMag:
- 58.8% – Android
- 32.2% – iOS
- 6.7% – Blackberry
- 1.4% – Symbian
- 0.5% - Windows Phone
Catch that? As of January 2012, 91% of all smartphone traffic in the US came from Android and iOS devices.
And with the MobileClik platform introducing Android compatibility, it’s now simpler than ever to build a high-quality app that has the potential to reach, engage, and foster a relationship with 91% of mobile users.


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Hackers using malware viruses have stolen thousands of customers’ information of the course of three weeks from the majority of Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc.’s restaurants. Chipotle says that roughly 2,250 restaurants were hacked into between March and April of this year.
The stolen data includes account numbers and internal verification codes. This information could be used to create false accounts, fraudulent credit cards, or buy certain items online. It is recommended that if you used your card at Chipotle you be extra wary of any unusual activity on your bank account.
The breach once again threatens Chipotle’s business, as this isn’t the restaurant chain’s first scandal.
Hackers used malware to steal customer payment data from most of Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc’s (CMG.N) restaurants over a span of three weeks, the company said on Friday, adding to woes at the chain whose sales had just started recovering from a string of food safety lapses in 2015.
Chipotle said it did not know how many payment cards or customers were affected by the breach that struck most of its roughly 2,250 restaurants for varying amounts of time between March 24 and April 18, spokesman Chris Arnold said via email.
A handful of Canadian restaurants were also hit in the breach, which the company first disclosed on April 25.
Stolen data included account numbers and internal verification codes. The malware has since been removed.
The information could be used to drain debit card-linked bank accounts, make “clone” credit cards, or to buy items on certain less-secure online sites, said Paul Stephens, director of policy and advocacy at the non-profit Privacy Rights Clearinghouse.
The breach could once again threatens sales at its restaurants, which only recently recovered after falling sharply in late 2015 after Chipotle was linked to outbreaks of E. coli, salmonella and norovirus that sickened hundreds of people.


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India is one of the most important international markets for WWE: John Brody
With a focus on deeper fan engagement, increasing consumption, WWE held its largest & first-ever tryouts in India to select deserving athletes to join the global WWE network
In an effort to increase engagement with its India fan base, World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) held the first-ever WWE tryouts in India in Mumbai between March 2-5. The tryouts saw widespread participation from male and female athletes experienced in kushti, kabaddi, wrestling, basketball, combat sports, cricket and bodybuilding from Mumbai, Delhi, Gwalior, Chandigarh, and Rohtak, among and other cities across the country, all hopeful of being selected to join the WWE network.
With 80 potential candidates from India, 20 of whom were women, this was also the largest tryouts in WWE history globally. Having been in India for 25 years, India is the biggest market for WWE outside the US, in terms of fan base with 386 million unique TV viewers annually. While globally, digital engagement continues to grow with video views up 57% to 31.4 billion and hours consumed up 77% to 1.2 billion across digital and social media platforms in 2018, India is the number one market in the world for WWE in terms of Facebook and Youtube viewers.
Talking about the importance of the Indian market, John Brody, Executive Vice President of Global Sales and Head of International, WWE said, “WWE does 550 live events per year in 70 international cities. WWE is also available in 180 countries in 27 different languages. I am proud that the largest tryout in WWE history took place in Mumbai to an audience and fans that has been so passionate for WWE for so long. While we currently have nine members of Indian descent as part of WWE, the tryouts are an attempt to increase that number, while helping more men and women to realize their dream of becoming WWE superstars.”
Currently, WWE has an exclusive partnership with Sony which extends to its shows being screened on Sony Ten 1, Sony Ten 3, Sony Max. The shows are also available on Sony’s OTT platform SonyLIV. Apart from this, it also connects with fans through social media channels like Facebook, YouTube, Instagram and Twitter, as well as through promotional Talent Tours which are held 2-3 times a year in India, retail visits and Live Events.
In terms of advertising and marketing for WWE, Sony has a number of brands on board for its WWE programming including Unilever, Coverfox, and Trivago, among others. “Sony is a tremendous marketing partner for us. They have invested heavily over the years to diversify and to provide more opportunity for fans. What we find is our content ecosystem is so rich that there are many ways for us to interact with fans. So, we rely on those as a primary component to how we connect with fans because we are on every week, 52 weeks a year with no off-season, no off-day, unlike other sports,” remarks Sheetesh Srivastava, WWE VP and General Manager, South Asia.
Going forward, as part of its localisation strategy in India, WWE is looking at developing more local talent, increasing the number of local languages for its shows, and creating more localized shows, besides working with its social media team to create more local content to connect with a wider audience. “We are always searching to be a part of what’s next, to innovate, to reimagine. Keeping this in mind, our immediate focus is deeper fan engagement, increasing consumption and sustainable growth, with the ultimate goal of creating a deeper connection with the WWE universe in India,” concludes Brody.
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Public bodies across Scotland should act to protect their suppliers to help them through the coronavirus outbreak, Scotland’s Economy Secretary has said.
Fiona Hyslop highlighted new guidance published for public sector firms including accelerating payment practices to ensure suppliers are paid as quickly as possible and modifying contract terms to offer relief for contractors.
She wrote to the organisations urging them to act now to help their supply chain cope with the pandemic, stating: “The current outbreak of Covid-19 is already having a significant impact on businesses of all sizes.
“Many suppliers will struggle to meet their contractual obligations and this will put their financial viability, ability to retain staff and their supply chains at risk.”
She continued: “Public bodies should act now to support their suppliers so they are better able to cope with the current crisis and to resume normal service delivery and fulfil their contractual obligations when the outbreak is over.
“This guidance provides a suggested template document that public bodies may wish to use when liaising with suppliers to agree interim payment proposals and modifications to current contracts.
“Public bodies should now aim to accelerate their payment practice to ensure payment is made as quickly as possible to their suppliers.
“The national endeavour to get us through this health crisis will require an unprecedented economic response shared collectively, deliberately and with purpose – by business, the public sector, unions, workers and the public.”
Meanwhile, Scottish Finance Secretary Kate Forbes said she has received assurances from the Chief Secretary to the Treasury Stephen Barclay that differing definitions of which businesses can remain open among the UK nations does not mean workers will miss out on wage support.
She said: “I had a productive call with the Chief Secretary to the Treasury along with the finance ministers from Wales and Northern Ireland and we discussed the need to ensure that our public services are properly funded to respond to the Covid-19 outbreak as well as how we are responding to the economic crisis.
“I welcome the assurances from the Chief Secretary that while there may be some differences across the nations of the UK regarding which businesses should close as part of the health response, this will not impact on the eligibility for wage support through the Job Retention Scheme.”


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SACRAMENTO — California’s uninsured rate has fallen to a new record low, according to a survey from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The rate of uninsured Californians is 7.1 percent, down from 17 percent in 2013.
“From expanding Medi-Cal to launching a competitive state-based marketplace, California is empowering consumers and providing quality and value,” said Covered California Executive Director Peter V. Lee.
The CDC survey covered January to September 2016 and showed a dramatic improvement among national averages as well. In 2013, the uninsured rate was 14.4 percent nationally. In 2016, it was 8.8 percent.


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Xcaret has Mexican touches everywhere
Mexican-Caribbean resort company Grupo Xcaret is preparing for a greater waterborne presence.
The company, known for its theme parks whose offerings include many adventurous activities — such as zip-lining and exploring underground caves — now has a ferry that regularly carries people between Cancun and Isla Mujeres.
But Rodrigo Motavelazco Loera, Xcaret’s director of sales, parks and tours, noted that the company will soon have more boats plying Caribbean waters, with catamaran excursions beginning in 2023 that will provide clients with snorkeling opportunities and drinks.
The many unusual, adventurous activities Xcaret offers prompts it to ask potential clients, “When was the last time you did something for the first time.”
Xcaret now has seven parks, three luxury hotels and tours to Maya sites, among them Chichen Itza, with Motavelazco Loera telling a recent Toronto audience that the company has “something for every single taste.”
Among Xcaret lodging options is the Hotel Xcaret Arte, with Dinorah Tobon Hampshire, Xcaret’s director of sales for the USA and Canada, stating the Mexican influence will be found throughout a property owned by a Mexican company.
“Every single detail in every single suite will have Mexican decorations, ” she said.
“Here, you know you’re in Mexico,” she said, citing the likes of Mexican dancing, weaving, painting and pottery workshops.
Resort guests can take a tequila shotglass home “that you actually made yourself,” she added.
Meanwhile, Motavelazco Loera said Grupo Xcaret is “very respectful to the environment.”
More information can be found xcaret.com.


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After a minor dispute between Amazon and Google, the official YouTube found its way back to the Amazon fire TV after a year at an approximate. With the latest move, the users of the Fire TV sticks and the users of Fire 4K can now have YouTube application. Chromecast and Android TV and Amazon Originals have the access of the Amazon prime videos. The debut of the Amazon and YouTube streaming applications were announced back in April. With this, the equation between Amazon and Google turn out to be mending.
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Fire stick users can enjoy using the YouTube application. The latest app of YouTube is designed so that it can work with Alexa. Thus, this means you can just not open YouTube but can pause, resume, and fats forward remind and do all of these by just passing vocal commands. In the months which will be coming ahead, YouTube and YouTube kids will be brought to the Fire TV as mentioned by Google through one of its posts.
By going to the Google play, all the Android users can get their Amazon Prime Video through the Google store. To swiftly work on the native platforms, both off the giant companies mended their disputes and agreed to allow each other’s video to the video streaming applications.


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Tired of reading about the “retail apocalypse” yet?
Yeah, me too.
The retail world is in the midst of an evolution driven by e-commerce and the easy access consumers have to product information, price comparison and the ability to make a purchase with just a couple taps of their smart phone.
But by no means is retail dead.
A recent report by Kiplinger noted that the 4.1% increase in first quarter retail sales outpaced the same time period in 2016. The report noted the growth in merchandise sales helped overcome a slowdown in new car sales and fewer people eating out.
Clearly, consumers are still consuming. The difference is that today they’re doing so much differently and challenging the long-standing norms of retailing.
Many years ago, long before we could shop on our phones, a housewares veteran said to me, “The biggest problem with retail is the retailers.” At that moment the comment stuck with me, but over the years I would come to more clearly understand what that person meant.
Recently, that thought popped into my head as I watched an interview with new Macy’s CEO Jeff Gennette. As he discussed plans to reinvigorate the department store chain, one stat during the interview jumped out at me: 10% of Macy’s customers account for 50% of its sales.
A retailer relying on such a small part of a customer base to drive such a large percentage of sales seems dangerous. This likely is not a new development for the venerable department store and begs the question, why wasn’t this issue addressed a few years back?
Consumers still want to shop and buy, but they are doing so much differently than just a decade ago. For long-standing retailers such as Macy’s to survive and thrive, they will need to follow the lead of Amazon and blow up traditional thinking when it comes to selling products.
This will prevent a so-called retail apocalypse and one day be looked at as a retail evolution.


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// Greggs says shopper behaviour have not changed despite the cost-of-living crisis
// The bakery chain increased prices in mid-May but plans to open new stores thanks to demand
Greggs price rises have not put off customers who still see the bakery as great value.
The bakery chain, which plans to open 150 new stores this year, increased its prices at the back end of 2021 and further increased prices in mid-May this year with its infamous sausage roll rising by 10p to £1.15.
New chief executive Roisin Currie, who took over from Roger Whiteside in May, said said it had not seen a downturn in customer behaviour despite the cost-of-living crisis, which is creating a dent in many retailers’ trading.
READ MORE: Greggs hires former Tesco CEO Matt Davies as new chair
Currie said that Greggs would keep its prices under review.
“We are constantly watching the competitive market and we’re constantly managing the cost inflation that we’re having to deal with,” she said.
“We’re not at all complacent in terms of how important pricing is for customers. We want to dial up some of the great value that we offer. We haven’t seen any change as of yet in shopping habits.”
Greggs unveiled a 27.1% sales rise to £694.5 million in the half year to 2 July. Currie said the chain’s £3.50 meal deal plays a huge success in its increased transactions.
She said: “We really do try and make sure that we’re offering those really great quality deals to our customers. Value will continue to be our focus.”
Despite the surge in sales, Greggs unveiled flat profits over the half, which it said reflected the re-introduction of business rates, increase in VAT and higher levels of cost inflation.
It also appointed former Tesco boss Matt Davies as its new chair. He joins the board with immediate effect, and will be appointed as chair in November, when the current chair Ian Durant, steps down.
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Word broke this morning in the UK that Mitsubishi Motors there had written to its UK franchised dealer partners to inform them of the Japanese car manufacturer’s plan to exit their market as well as the European new car markets. That followed an announcement by Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (MMC) at its board of directors meeting earlier today.
The company had succumbed to the increasingly challenging environmental regulations. In Mitsubishi Motor Corporation’s (MMC) announcement today said that it had no choice but to reduce its fixed costs by 20 per cent and focus on investment in core markets where it sees potential.
A business structure centred on Asia is envisaged and the European move is seen as improving operating profit by downsizing low-profit businesses.
It appears that importers will continue to sell the cars currently offered until such a time that they no longer comply with European regulations. MMC is freezing the introduction of new models into Europe with immediate effect. This means that there will be no launch of the new Eclipse Cross plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) and the next-generation Outlander PHEV will not be introduced either.
While it appears that dealerships will have supplies of current model ranges until they are discontinued gradually, and a parts and aftersales network will continue longer-term.
The even bigger picture
Last month Mitsubishi’s Alliance partners, Renault and Nissan, both announced details of global efforts to cut costs and improve efficiencies across their manufacturing operations.
The three brands Alliance plans to increase their sharing of technology and production are estimated to cut model development costs by up to a massive 40 per cent. As part of the revised structure, Renault has been named the lead brand in Europe, with Nissan taking the lead in Japan, North America and China and Mitsubishi the focus for South-East Asia and Oceania. It appears that Nissan will also continue to sell a number of successful models in Europe.
What about here in Ireland?
Mitsubishi Motors Ireland says it is “disappointed” by today’s announcement that the brand intends to freeze the introduction of new models to the European market.
It said that despite the announcement they remain fully committed to both our customers and dealer network. It didn’t give a specific timeline, but it says that sales of existing models will continue, as will after-sales and services.
Their statement added: “We will continue to sell our existing models and look after our existing and future customers through our dedicated after-sales and service departments”.
Mitsubishi was first introduced here in 1984 and has enjoyed a good reputation for Japanese reliability and quality engineering. Since the brand debuted here, it has introduced more than 25 models and sold more than 100,000 vehicles.
There are 18 sales dealerships and a further 5 aftersales dealers (service and parts) in the network in the Republic. For the year to date (after 6 months of 2020), Mitsubishi’s pandemic-impacted car sales were just 253 (a market-share of 0.48%) and it is in 24th. place in the brand’s sales table. In a similar period last year, it had 675 new car sales and a market-share of 0.84 per cent. Their best selling car in the first six months of this year was the Outlander SUV with 173 sales.
In light commercials, Mitsubishi is in fourteenth place with 119 units sold in the first six months of 2020. It had a market-share of 1.13 per cent. In a similar period last year, it had sold 174 units, and had a market-share slightly bigger at 1.14 per cent. Their best seller in the first half of this yera was is the L200 pick-up, with 92 units. Incidentally, that was up 24 per cent on the similar period last year.
The Mitsubishi Motors range includes an SUV – the Outlander PHEV, which is the world’s bestselling PHEV. Their line-up also includes the diesel-engined pick-up truck – the L200, which is the Irish Commercial SUV of the Year 2020. The five model line-up is completed by the Eclipse Cross – a sporty SUV; Space Star – a sporty, agile hatchback; and the ASX – a practical and economical SUV.
Mitsubishi Motors UK has three sales dealerships and a further one aftersales dealer (service and parts) in their network in Northern Ireland.


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Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 holds on to top spot in the UK video games chart, as Soulcalibur VI enters at No.8.
It’s as you were at the top of the UK video games chart, with Activision’s Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 remaining at No.1. There’s no movement in second or third places either, with FIFA 19, and Assassin’s Creed Odyssey both holding on to last week’s chart positions.
There are two new entries in the top ten. Lego DC Super-Villains debuts at No.6 – proving that TT Games’ finely tuned Lego formula is as appealing as ever – and Bandai Namco fighter, Soulcalibur VI, lands at No. 8.
Elsewhere, Forza Horizon 4 continues to perform well, holding firm in fifth. And PlayStation 4 exclusive, Marvel’s Spider-Man, swings two positions up the chart into fourth. Last week’s No.4, WWE 2K19, falls seven places to eleventh.
Further down the chart there’s a reappearance for Dark Souls at No.12, which was finally released for the Nintendo Switch. Ubisoft’s Starlink: Battle for Atlas enters two places lower at No.14. It’s hard to gauge how a toys-to-life game should perform in 2018, but its evident that some Star Fox magic has helped the Switch version, which accounted for 80% of the game’s first week sales.
Luigi’s Mansion for the Nintendo 3DS also performs creditably, entering the chart at No. 29.
You can see the full chart for the week ending October 20, 2018 at the GFK Chart Track website.
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“The decision will ensure that start-ups like Northwordnews or The Gold Coast Beacon, or bloggers – those modern day Thomas Paines – can compete on the same fast playing field as giant corporations such as [Patch and Newsday],” reads an editorial from our Sea Cliff neighbors.
I agree with the characterization. We are the “modern day Thomas Paines” in that we offer an alternative to the Goliaths of the establishment, whether it’s Red vs. Blue, or Newsday vs. Patch. But the recent 3-2 ruling to adopt so-called “Net Neutrality Rules” supported by the editorial endangers the creative destruction process unfolding in the Internet industry by placing it under much more government control.
The argument for the FCC’s Net Neutrality rules was that sites like this could not compete on a fair playing field, because internet service providers (ISPs) might try to charge bandwidth consumers more for “fast” lanes in a tiered system. Under this scenario, they warned that ISPs would load the rest of our sites (like this one) at 56K-like speeds or even block access.
President Obama, who pressured the FCC to pass the rules, summed up his side’s argument: “We cannot allow Internet service providers (ISPs) to restrict the best access or to pick winners and losers in the online marketplace for service and ideas.” For example, “a high school student’s blog shouldn’t be unfairly slowed down to make way for advertisers with more money,” he explained. We can reach one of two conclusions–Mr. Obama experiences fear not based in reality, or he was pressuring the FCC to adopt rules based on shoddy foundations.
Not to say that this sort of tiered system should be feared. Most free-market economists have noted that this is the norm virtually everywhere else. For instance, a consumer who needs to send or receive a package overnight can pay a lot more for that service, while others who don’t need it done right away can pay less for slower delivery at a much lower rate. This kind of arrangement exists at sporting events and concerts, grocery stores where corporations pay for prime placing on shelves, and hotels where the price differs between the garden room and the presidential suite. Both bandwidth and Billy Joel tickets are scarce resources which have alternative users. Nobody in their right mind would call for something like “Billy Joel Ticket Neutrality” because we understand there are only so many front-row seats. Internet bandwidth is no different.
But to the contrary, the profoundly unregulated nature of the high-speed broadband industry has allowed for innovation and a rapidly diminishing cost on the supply-side. I remember at the turn of the century when my family switched from dial-up to our first cable modem. Yet today, 97 percent of American households can choose from 3 or more high-speed providers, and it’s only getting better.
President Obama’s narrative is especially absurd because there are no examples of his scenario even happening in reality. Internet bandwidth is made so abundant, that sites like Google and WordPress will host anybody’s blog–for free! So to fix a problem that doesn’t exist, the FCC had to step in and reclassify Internet providers as public utilities under Title II of the Communications Act of 1934. This has the industry concerned about the potential of price controls, above all else, and arbitrary regulation whenever bureaucrats call it “just and reasonable”.
FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler has promised that the new rules would not lead to rate regulation, but recall that the biggest voice behind Net Neutrality was… President Obama, the same man who infamously quipped, “if you like your healthcare plan, you can keep your plan, period.” No surprise that Democrat commissioners, testifying before Congress, have admitted that the reclassification could indeed lead to rate regulation (price controls).
The argument against government control is that prices and the quality of service would be better determined by the free market. When the price of broadband is high, perhaps temporarily suppliers (ISPs) may “gouge” consumers and the smaller publications, but not for long. The high price and promise of profits attract new entrants to the market, which tends to push the cost to consumers down to prices favorable to consumers. This process usually unfolds unless the market is what is called a natural monopoly, i.e. commuter transportation, with colossal startup costs and low marginal costs–these are very rare in reality. It’s much more common when government imposes barriers to entry, such as cost-imposing regulations, permits, and licenses.
This is what Reason‘s Nick Gillespie and FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai spoke about in a recent interview (embedded above). “To the extent that cable companies once had absolute local monopolies, it was precisely due to local governments granting them that,” Gillespie wrote in a follow-up article. “There are all sorts of things that local, state, and federal governments–not to mention nominal independent agencies such as the FCC–might do to reduce or remove barriers to entry for competitors.”
Glen Covers ought to be natural adherents to this kind of understanding. Recall a time when there was only one game in town: “The absence of a competitor has long left residents with no option other than Cablevision, and complaints of steep bills and no recourse,” the Glen Cove Patch reported in 2013. Sounds like a monopoly.
Though Verizon Fios’ franchise was finally granted in 2014, politicians wanted to impose more costs on the new entrant to the market. It was if the privilege to provide services to residents was the politicians’ to give. For example, an opponent argued FiOS, which hadn’t yet sold one package in Glen Cove, should be mandated to provide free service to the schools and government departments (valued at $300 thousand). To be sure, no provider should be forced to provide free service. But most politicians see private business as revenue-generators, rather than Davids, voluntarily toiling to up against Goliaths while creating value for residents. This mindset is why we have a higher tax for businesses in Glen Cove, and the highest corporate tax in the developed world at the federal layer.
And the fight for FiOS competition demonstrates that we don’t need government to protect us from greedy monopolists. We need government to get out of the way.


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Pebble has released a new firmware update for its Pebble Time line of smartwatches.
The update adds new features to the watch’s weather tracking functionality as well as its dedicated health application. Most important of all, it also gives Pebble Time the devices the ability to display the summer appropriate fire emoji.
“The weather info delivered daily to your Pebble Timeline is now also accessible on-demand from our official Weather app. Powered by The Weather Channel, get the current temperature, current conditions, highs and lows for the day, and the next day’s forecast. Manage your Weather settings from the Apps tab of the Pebble mobile app,” writes Pebble in a recent blog post about the update.
In terms of Pebble’s Health app, the sleep and step algorithms used to record data have been upgraded for greater accuracy. Pebble’s mobile graphics also now include the last time they were updated and feature a revamped user interface.
“We’ve enhanced the step and sleep algorithms in version 3.13 for greater accuracy. Pebble Health is now smarter when accounting for movements made while sleeping—keeping them from being logged as steps. Pebble Health’s mobile graphs now include the last time updated, clearer messaging, support for 24-hour time, and more,” writes Pebble.
Only the Time version of the Pebble will be update with the Pebble Classic and Pebble Steel remaining on firmware version 3.12.1.
Pebble recently launched a Kickstarter for the Pebble Time 2, Pebble 2 and Pebble Core that’s earned over $10.5 million so far with 21-days still to go in the campaign.


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Adventure Seekers will get to experience the ISUZU D-MAX V-Cross at a specially designed 4×4 track.
The all-new ISUZU D-MAX V-Cross is ready to enthuse the adventure seekers at the India 4X4 Week 2016 to be held in Goa.
Isuzu Motors India will display and offer a driving experience at a specially designed track that would exhibit and highlight the capabilities of the first Adventure Utility Vehicle in India.
The V-Cross was introduced at the Auto Expo 2016, and has been gaining popularity amongst vehicle enthusiasts and adventure seekers in the country.
India 4×4 week is being organized by Delhi-based Cougar Motorsport Pvt. Ltd., the inaugural edition of India 4×4 Week will be held in Goa from 22nd July to 24th July 2016 as the country’s largest convention focusing exclusively on vehicles with 4 wheel drive (WD) capabilities, their manufacturers, owners and everyone sharing an interest in the same.
Isuzu D-MAX V-Cross is a tough and durable Adventure Utility Vehicle, with aggressive styling and a highly capable shift-on-the-fly 4WD.
The V-Cross also carries a load of safety and contemporary features that offer customers a premium driving experience.
The V-Cross is also a good match for those personal vehicle buyers who want to showcase their individuality in urban settings and stand out from the current crowd of SUV owners in the market.