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FP TrendingAug 08, 2020 19:54:49 IST
Fb has launched its gaming app, Fb Gaming, for iOS units on Friday (7 August). Nevertheless, it needed to forgo its mini recreation function within the app because of the limitation of Apple’s App Retailer insurance policies.
This step reportedly got here after “months of submissions and rejection” on the hand of Apple. In a sequence of tweets the official deal with of Fb Gaming mentioned that they needed to launch the applying with out instantaneous video games due to Apple’s strict insurance policies.
1/ Nicely, we have now some excellent news. We’re launching the standalone Fb Gaming app at present on iOS! Obtain at present https://t.co/MhNbh3nOwA
We all know many creators and followers have been ready a very long time for it, so thanks for sitting tight.
— Fb Gaming (@FacebookGaming) August 7, 2020
Sharing how the primary goal of the app is to stream stay video games (like that on Twitch), Fb gave particulars concerning the grounds on which Apple denied them permission. Fb claimed that the Apple rejected their app — primarily based upon the App Store guidelines 4.7 — underneath the belief that the first focus of the app is to play video games. Fb, nonetheless mentioned that was not true, and in addition claimed that the Apple staff “ghosted” them for months even after they submitted clarifications to their queries.
Fb additionally appeared to criticise the method of getting approvals to publish apps at Apple Retailer.
“We will afford to spend ~6 months grinding via Apple opinions, however many others can’t. And whereas we may have tried extra appeals, we did not need to maintain again from launching the model for livestreamers and followers.”
The agency introduced that they’ll hold constructing a platform that permits customers to play video games on the app, whether or not Apple permits it in a standalone app or not.
In a press release to The Verge, Shery Sandberg, the Chief Working Officer, mentioned “Sadly, we needed to take away gameplay performance completely with the intention to get Apple’s approval on the standalone Fb Gaming app — that means iOS customers have an inferior expertise to these utilizing Android.”
She additional mentioned that Fb will try to convey the entire expertise of Fb gaming to iOS customers, even when it’s not by means of a standalone app.
The social media large launched the gaming app to offer avid players and streamers a fundamental joint platform. Each Android and iOS customers use Twitch for a similar function. There are specific mini video games out there to the Android customers which their iOS counterparts must do with out.
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Yet another popular weed killer used by American farmers for decades is becoming a costly liability for the companies behind the chemical.
Over the past seven months, new lawsuits have been filed almost every day claiming farmers or field workers contracted Parkinson’s disease from their exposure to Paraquat, a highly toxic herbicide developed by Syngenta AG and sold in the U.S. by Chevron Corp.
The surge in complaints comes as another company, Bayer AG, has set aside as much as $16 billion to resolve thousands of current cases and prepare for future suits tied to Roundup, the best-selling U.S. weed killer. While it’s still early days in the Paraquat litigation, personal-injury lawyers are blanketing radio, television and social media with ads seeking new clients who could demand billions of dollars in compensation.
“Even if there aren’t the kind of Roundup-level number of cases, I can see these companies offering several billion dollars just to make it go away,” Richard Ausness, a University of Kentucky law professor who specializes in product-liability cases, said of the Paraquat lawsuits. “Parkinson’s disease has a long, expensive tail that will drive up the cost of settling these cases.”

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Tui has put more than 100,000 extra holidays on sale for summer 2022 as holidaymakers aim to get their, hopefully, post-Covid trips booked in early.
Consumers will have an additional 1,500 hotels to choose from across 62 short, mid- and long-haul holiday hotspots, Tui confirmed on Thursday (1 April).
Tui said the move reflected increased demand for 2022 breaks, with Tui UK’s summer 2022 bookings up 120% compared to summer 2021.
It said families, in particular, were looking to book ahead, with May (2022) currently proving the most popular month for travel.
Tui is offering a range of incentives for families, including free kids’ places and low deposits; there are also new family accommodation options available.


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IBM has announced two storage products during a strategy briefing in which the company touted its work on storage management and virtualisation products as the catalyst for future technology advances.
The entry-level FastT100 storage server is based on SATA (serial advanced technology attachment) technology and is designed for the near-line storage needs of small and medium-sized businesses, said Rich Lechner, vice-president of storage systems for IBM.
IBM refers to near-line storage as data that must be available at a moment's notice to users, as opposed to data that is backed up and needs to be restored from a tape drive or disc drive.
Pricing for the FastT100 will be announced on 25 May.
The company is trying to determine how competitive its product will be against similar products from rival storage firm EMC's CX product line, but it will probably cost around $15,000. It will be available worldwide in early July.
IBM also announced that the Model 3592 tape drive will now feature Worm (write once, read many) technology. Worm technology is useful for companies that need to store large amounts of data that does not need to be accessed very often, Lechner said.
A 20-pack of 300Gbyte Worm tape cartridges for the Model 3592 tape drive will cost $4,460, or $223 per cartridge. The Worm tape cartridges will be available on 21 May worldwide.
The company also unveiled a 60Gbyte tape cartridge in both Worm and non-Worm versions. Pricing for those cartridges was not immediately available.
IBM pointied out that while advancements in raw storage technology continued, more emphasis was needed to be placed on developing tools which help companies manage and simplify their storage area networks as the amount of stored data increases.
Tools such as San File System and San Volume Controller allow companies to virtualise their storage resources, allowing applications to break away from dedicated storage devices and employ a variety of different storage devices across a company's network.
IBM will work to improve these virtualisation products while still pushing the envelope of storage capacity and performance, Lechner said.
Tom Krazit writes for IDG News Service


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After filing lawsuits and complaints against Apple in the United States, UK, and Australia, Fortnite app’s developer, Epic Games has gone to the EU. The developer’s EU antitrust complaint states that Apple’s anti-competitive behavior has lead to the elimination of the competitors’ in-app distribution and payment methods. Thus, the iPhone maker’s anti-competitive practices violate EU competition law. Apple is already facing EU antitrust investigation, along with other Silicon Valley tech giants: Facebook, Amazon, and Google.
The complaint, filed with the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Competition, alleges that through a series of carefully designed anti-competitive restrictions, Apple has not just harmed but completely eliminated competition in app distribution and payment processes. Apple uses its control of the iOS ecosystem to benefit itself while blocking competitors and its conduct is an abuse of a dominant position and in breach of EU competition law.
The conflict between Epic Games and Apple began when the developer released a controversial direct payment update of the Fortnite app on iOS and Andriod which allowed players to discounted in-app purchases by cutting off the platforms’ 30% commission. After being blocked, the Fortnite developer immediately filed lawsuits against Apple and Google, and now it’s preparing for the settlement of the case via jury trial in July.
Epic Games takes battle with Apple to European Union Antitrust Commission
In a recent interview, CEO of Epic Games, Tim Sweeney confessed that troubled by a 30% commission rate for a long time, his company had devised its action plan against Apple months before releasing the direct payment update on Fortnite. In the announcement post, the CEO says that Apple should relinquish its control of the App Store. It seems like Sweeney wants to use Apple’s platform, which has been very lucrative for the company but does not want to pay for the service.
“What’s at stake here is the very future of mobile platforms.” Epic Games founder and CEO Tim Sweeney said today. “Consumers have the right to install apps from sources of their choosing and developers have the right to compete in a fair marketplace. We will not stand idly by and allow Apple to use its platform dominance to control what should be a level digital playing field. It’s bad for consumers, who are paying inflated prices due to the complete lack of competition among stores and in-app payment processing. And it’s bad for developers, whose very livelihoods often hinge on Apple’s complete discretion as to who to allow on the iOS platform, and on which terms.”
Claiming to be fighting for users’ freedom, Epic is asking the EU Commission to regulate Apple’s anti-competitive practices.
This is much bigger than Epic versus Apple – it goes to the heart of whether consumers and developers can do business together directly on mobile platforms or are forced to use monopoly channels against their wishes and interests. Epic has asked the Commission to address Apple’s anti-competitive conduct by imposing timely and effective remedies. Epic is not seeking damages from Apple, as is the case in the US, Australia and the UK. It is simply seeking fair access and competition that will benefit consumers and developers.
Although Epic Games accuses Apple of barring iOS users from playing the Fortnite app, that is not entirely true. The Fortnite app is only removed from the App Store and can still be accessed via Apple’s web browser, Safari via Nvidia. In addition, players can also use Sign-in-with Apple indefinitely and were given V-bucks to spend on other platforms.
Do you agree with Epic’s claims? Let us know in the comments.


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IOTA developer, PeterWilli, has confirmed on April the 4th that IOTA application for Ledger Nano S is ready for Beta. The first IOTA transaction from a ledger wallet to an IOTA wallet was confirmed and processed properly. In order to celebrate that, IOTA developers will make a livestream with an AMA and an IOTA giveaway.
IOTA in Ledger Nano S
During the last weeks, IOTA developers have been working in order to integrate IOTA with Ledger Nano S wallet. Some days ago, in one of the reports presented by Peter, the API and signature of the transactions were improved.
At the moment, developers can process transactions between Ledger Wallet S and other IOTA wallet, but it does not mean that the developing phase is over. It is important to keep improving the different transactional aspects and other minor details.
During the livestream one random person, with a random address, will be selected by the team to set the first mainnet IOTA transaction. That would be the absolute kick-off for Ledger of IOTA.
In a YouTube video PeterWilli, has shown a demo about how the IOTA application works on the Ledger Nano S. He explains that some improvements still have to be made, but the most important part has already been developed.
PeterWilli wrote on Reddit:
“Hi wonderful community, no more development reports 😀 I hope you like my very first video, don’t be afraid to leave feedback. Please know that while the transaction works, development is not over yet. After today, a huge amount of testing, security audits, and smoothing out rough edges is going to happen!”
At the moment, IOTA developers are working in order to completely integrate IOTA to the Ledger Nano S.
Other cryptocurrency developers are working to integrate Monero to the same hardware wallet. At UseTheBitcoin we wrote about it some weeks ago explaining that once it will be fully integrated, the Monero community will be able to have safely stored their Monero.
It is important that developers are working on these integrations due to the fact that several hacks have been affecting several cryptocurrency exchanges during the last months.


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Information appeared on the network that Motorola is going to launch its new inexpensive 5G smartphone on the market.
What is known
This was announced by Indian insider Mukul Sharma on Twitter. The device passes under the code name Ibiza and has been seen more than once in several certification agencies… According to the publication MySmartPrice, the smartphone may enter the market as the Moto G40.
[Exclusive] Motorola is soon going to launch a new budget 5g smartphone with a 90Hz IPS LCD panel in India. Could likely be the Ibiza.
Feel free to retweet.#Motorola
— Mukul Sharma (@stufflistings) February 5, 2021
I attribute the new product to an IPS-display with a picture resolution HD + (1600×720p), as well as a sweep frequency of 90 Hz. The smartphone will also receive a Snapdragon 480 processor with a built-in 5G modem, a triple main camera with 48 MP + 5 MP + 2 MP sensors and a 5000 mAh battery.
When to expect
According to the leak, the Motorola Ibiza (aka Moto G40) will debut in India this month. How much the novelty will cost – there is no information yet.
Source: Twitter, MySmartPrice


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Chevrolet made a big deal about the 6.2-liter LT1 V8 powering its new 2014 Corvette Stingray, but there will also be a smaller V8 option in 2015 if a new report is correct.
For 2015, there will also be a lower-cost version called the Corvette Coupe that will source power from an all-aluminum 5.3-liter V8 similar to the powerplant found in GM’s new trucks according to Motor Trend. Expect output to ring in with fewer than 400 hp.
There will also be changes to the front fascia, fender and rear diffuser.
The outgoing 2013 Corvette base model costs $50,595 and makes 430 hp from its 6.2-liter V8, so it seems likely that the Corvette Coupe will cost less than the current base model, bringing the Corvette’s entry price below $50,000.
Of course, the name implies that the removable carbon fiber roof won’t be there. The carbon fiber hood also seems unlikely if the car’s price is going to dup much.
GALLERY: 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray Mega Gallery
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In recent years, the British love affair with Egypt has cooled somewhat following the security threats that have been reported in that area of the world.
However, it looks like this trend is gradually changing with a 25% rise in the number of UK visitors to the destination in the first six months of 2017.
Capitalising on this upsurge, the Egypt tourism authority is embarking on a new campaign to remind tourists about why Egypt is an ideal holiday destination, all year round.
A spokesperson for the Egyptian State Tourist Authority, said: “Immersion in unparalleled history has of course always been at the core of our brand, but Egypt is also a sun-drenched oasis, twelve months of the year. Few places can offer such a harmonious combination of ancient history and modern luxury.”
Another consideration that could be influencing people’s decision to return in droves could be the issue of Brexit. Many holiday makers are now questioning how far their money will go, and those looking for a bargain will be pleased to hear that Egypt was named the second most price-competitive destination in the world in the World Economic Forum’s Travel & Tourism Competitiveness Report 2017.
Egypt is known for their five-star resort towns and a new one, Marsa Alam, is the latest kid on the block. Located on the south-western shore of the Red Sea, a bunch of new accommodation openings are making this area attractive. The remote and untouched location offers sand and sea experiences as well as snorkelling and swimming with dolphins, and it is still only a few hours’ drive from the ancient city of Luxor.
So, are you convinced? Egypt as holiday destination has a lot going for it. Year-round sun, gorgeous beaches and only six hours away by flight. With good reason, many people are still nervous about putting it back on their roster of holiday destinations. But it looks like many already have.
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As chicken producer 'depopulates,' other companies forced to adapt to shifting demand
Delaware’s top agricultural industry is facing labor and demand challenges as a result of the coronavirus outbreak.
One poultry company appears to have made a tough decision.
Millsboro-based chicken producer Allen Harim has experienced a significant reduction in workforce at its processing plants, and therefore needs to “depopulate” its flocks— or kill chickens without sending them to be processed for food— according to what appears to be a letter to growers circulated on social media last week.
The letter dated April 8 and apparently signed by Michele Minton, director of live operations at Allen Harim, indicates the company planned to begin depopulating flocks starting April 10. It says contracted growers chosen for depopulation will be “fairly compensated.”
The letter states that over the previous two weeks, the company’s plant attendance had declined to 50 percent of “normal operation,” hampering the company’s ability to “harvest” the amount of birds needed to maintain targets on chicken weights and ages.
“When we started noticing the downward trend in attendance, we reduced the number of egg set and chicks placed,” the letter continues. “Unfortunately, reduced placements will not make an impact for another six weeks and with the continued attendance decline, and building bird inventory daily, we are forced to make a very difficult decision.”
Allen Harim did not respond to multiple requests for comment, but the trade group Delmarva Poultry Industry Inc. confirmed “a company” plans to depopulate close to 2 million birds.
Holly Porter, executive director of Delmarva Poultry Industry, Inc., estimates the labor shortage could be due to a combination of illness, self-quarantining or child care issues — and is hitting multiple companies.
“Across the board, across Delmarva, our processing plants have seen a reduction in workforce,” she said. “And that has caused a company to make a decision, a very tough, last-resort decision, to depopulate due to not being able to run the processing facility at the capacity that they need.”
“They will be compensating the growers,” Porter added. “How that compensation works will really be between the company and the contract growers that they work with.”
Perdue Farms says the coronavirus has not changed its staffing needs at its Delaware processing plants. The company closed its facility in Milford for one day late last month for cleaning after two workers tested positive for the virus. Spokesperson Diana Souder says the company has implemented several measures to protect its workers, including temperature checks, face masks and temporary partitions between production workers where social distancing “isn’t possible.”
Souder says Perdue has not directed growers to depopulate.
Cathy Bassett, a spokesperson for Millsboro-based Mountaire Farms, says her company has experienced some “slight” decreases in labor due to the virus — but has not directed growers to depopulate either. She emphasized the company has taken steps to protect workers in the plants and help them socially distance during breaks. She adds the company has also relaxed attendance policies, given hourly workers a sick leave policy and increased pay.
A Facebook post by Allen Harim on April 9 stated that the company was putting into place protective measures, including face masks and temperature checks, at production and non-production facilities. The post said the company has also relaxed its attendance policies.
“Our top priority is keeping all of our team members safe and healthy!” the post read.
How flocks are depopulated
Georgie Cartanza is a chicken grower for a different company and an agent with the University of Delaware’s cooperative extension. She says depopulation is usually used to contain outbreaks of avian flu among flocks, but this is the first time in her career she’s seen it used because of a production bottleneck.
“This would be the very last thing that you would ever want to have to do,” she said. “I can assure you, from an integrator’s standpoint, from a grower’s standpoint, all parties involved— this just would be almost unfathomable. But who would have foreseen that we would have COVID-19, right?”
Cartanza says if chickens are allowed to continue to grow inside a chicken house without being harvested, the house can become overcrowded, which is a stressor for the birds. The recommended method for depopulating the flocks is closing off the ventilation in the chicken house, Cartanza says, which causes the birds to die from hyperthermia. Cartanza says this method is more efficient and less labor-intensive than other available methods, and is therefore most appropriate during the COVID-19 outbreak.
“It’s as humane as it can possibly be in the circumstances,” said Cartanza.
The fact that the rest of the industry is also being squeezed by the coronavirus leaves the integrator with fewer alternatives to depopulating, says Cartanza.
“Let’s say one processing plant on Delmarva had a fire and maybe they had to be down for a couple days,” said Cartanza. “The other integrators would work together to get those birds processed. But all of them are challenged with getting their plants fully staffed right now. Some companies had more ... flexibility in shipping product from one place to another.”
Porter echoes this sentiment.
“[Depopulating] is the absolute last thing that anybody wants to do or go through no matter what the situation is,” she said. “So all avenues have been considered. There were discussions about moving birds and having them harvested at other plants. This isn’t a decision that’s made lightly and all possible avenues are always researched at the point of having to make this decision.”
A shift in demand
Poultry producers are also being hit with shifts in demand due to restrictions on restaurants and institutions during the coronavirus outbreak.
Cartanza says in the poultry processing industry, roughly half of the product goes to grocery stores, and the other half goes to restaurants, food service, institutions and schools. Equipment in a processing plant is specialized to package product differently for different destinations.
“Fifty percent, just using that as a number, of what you’re processing is being packaged and distributed to the food service sector,” said Delaware Farm Bureau president Richard Wilkins. “Then all of a sudden that demand goes away— very quickly you have an oversupply of product that’s been packaged in a way that the food service industry had said that they want it, and at the same time a shortage of product that’s packaged in the manner, shape and form that the household consumer says that they want.”
“Personally,” Wilkins added, “I’m a bit frustrated that the industry was not nimble enough to make the adaptations quick enough to avoid this near catastrophe.”
Holly Porter of Delmarva Poultry Industry, Inc. says the pace of the changes brought on by COVID-19 makes this difficult.
“Oftentimes the market shifts are over a matter of years,” she said. “This was over a matter of days. It definitely has made it difficult, but not impossible by any means. I know that all of our companies have stepped up, have done what they can in making sure they can get the supplies to make that shift. ... We are part of maintaining the food supply, making sure grocery stores have chicken on the shelves.”
According to Allen Harim’s Facebook page, the company has held truckload sales at several fire companies in Delaware, selling the 40-lb cases which would usually be shipped to institutional settings.
Cathy Bassett of Mountaire Farms says her company has held similar truckload sales for consumers in parking lots of churches and grocery stores.
“The marketplace has changed,” she said. “Once the orders came down that restaurants closed — that’s a big part of what we do is supplying to restaurants. That said,the demand in grocery stores went through the roof because everyone was panic buying. All of a sudden grocery stores didn’t have chicken … So we’ve adapted quickly. A lot of the product that we normally might have sold to restaurants was then sold to grocery stores.”
Porter emphasizes that all parts of the industry will be impacted by COVID-19.
“It may start at the company but then also trickles down to the growers as well,” she said. “We want to make sure any and all aid is available to anyone that is impacted.”
Porter says her trade group has been in discussions with state and national lobbying groups about getting aid to farmers, “whether it's looking at another stimulus package [or] looking at the funds through the USDA and how those are going to be distributed.”
“We want to make sure that farmers are able to come out of this and are able to continue to operate long after the pandemic is hopefully gone,” she said.


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If you enjoy wearing a black eyepatch, sail the high seas, and live in the UK, it's going to get a lot harder to download pirated Switch games. At least, that's what Nintendo is aiming for with its High Court Injunction against six UK internet providers: BT, Sky, Virgin, TalkTalk, and others.
There's a whole bunch of domains that Nintendo is targeting, and with this injunction they're all going to be blocked on these UK internet providers. So, if you're looking for free copies of Super Mario Odyssey, The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword, Animal Crossing: New Horizons, and more, you're going to have to find another way.
Basically, Justice Joanna Smith found that the existing websites infringed on Nintendo's trademark rites through the Trade Marks Act 1994, stating that:
“[T]here is no plausible basis to suppose that the use of the marks is merely descriptive; they are being used to denote (falsely) the origin of the games and thereby to drive traffic to the websites for the purposes of making a profit. This is not in accordance with honest practice.”
“Any interference with the rights of the public and the ISPs is justified by the legitimate aim of preventing such infringement. No complaints were made under the previous Nintendo v Sky order and there have been no reports of over-blocking or other difficulties. For these reasons, the injunction is proportionate,” Justice Smith writes.
The reason that Nintendo has gone to such extremes is that their earlier effort to contact the owners of these sites had been in vain-they haven't been able to find any contact details for these websites. While Nintendo has managed to take the social media pages down for these sites, the company thinks that the sites are still operating with none of the offending content being removed.
This news comes in the wake of Gary Bowser agreeing to pay a fine in order of $10 million to Nintendo, who really seems to have been on a tear against piracy recently. We'll have to wait and see where they go from here.
More more information on all things Nintendo, stay tuned to TechRaptor for more information.


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Freelancer goes local: You can now hire plumbers, cleaners, and other local workers on demand.
Since launching in 2008, 99designs has been on an upward trend. Right now, it has around 1 million registered designers, to which over US$110 million has been p...
At an event today in Singapore, Samsung revealed launch dates for the new Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge phones across Asia.
Rocket Internet's price comparison search engine PricePanda has new funding - and today it also acquired a rival Australian site.
The Jaarwis-supported venture has secured US$1 million in funding from individual investors.
There are three ways in which founder Maheshswaran Suresh Kumar believes Sourceguru will do better than the incumbents.
CoAssets claims to have completed millions worth of crowdfunding projects, with a revenue of US$ 733k in the first year.
The Aussie startup now gets 75 percent of its revenue from outside of Australia, with the US now the biggest single market.
Australia's online employment market got a bit more friendly to job seekers ages 45 and over today with the announcement that OneShift, one of the country's top...
Animoca Brands lists on ASX and now seeks funds to continue development and publishing of games in 2015.
The funds will go towards growing its presence in Southeast Asia, Japan, and Australia and New Zealand.
Credit must be given to the Uber team for reacting swiftly to the groundswell.
This won’t make Uber’s case in Australia any better.
Quoine, a pan-Asian bitcoin exchange, announced it closed a US$2 million angel round of funding from a number of investors and private funds.
Currently, there are around 340,000 people watching Netflix in Australia. This would be considered normal, except for one very odd fact: Netflix isn’t officiall...
Being able to dominate the Asian market will be pivotal to BigCommerce’s success.
The free Android-only app claims to give its users “up to 50 percent more use out of their data plans."
What if you could reach out to an audience with a simple and short 35-second pitch instead?
Alibaba announced China’s biggest online payment system and online marketplace launched their channels for Australian merchants to sell their goods in China.
World of Warcraft Oceanic server Saurfang saw a game-breaking bug go ignored by Blizzard for almost 11 hours. Is there no customer service in our timezone?


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A majority of Indian startups expected the funding environment to be more challenging in 2018 compared to the previous year. That was a key takeaway from the Startup Outlook Report released by venture debt firm InnoVen Capital in April. Recent data from Tracxn prove their fears true.
According to The Economic Times, the first half of this year has so far seen investments worth $3.6 billion made across 411 deals in startups. But the corresponding period of 2017 had seen 571 deals in the space totalling investment of $5.6 billion. That's nearly a 36 per cent drop in investment year-on-year.
Furthermore, early stage deals in seed and angel investments reportedly continue to struggle with only $137.8 million invested in startups this year, against over $200 million in the first half (H1) of 2017. Things appear far worse in terms of the number of deals struck - just 227 deals in H1 this year, a four-year low. Investments in the seed stage and angel money are, in fact, down 45 per cent from H1 2017 and stand 57 per cent lower than the 528 deals struck in H1 2016. Citing investors, the report added that a large part of the lag in investments in the ecosystem so far has been due to the lack of quality companies.
The other major change has been the ticket-size of the overall investments made. H1 2017 investments were driven by large ticket deals. For instance, Flipkart and Paytm had both raised $1.4 billion last April and May, respectively. In contrast, this year's largest deals, be it Policybazaar, Swiggy, Zomato or Paytm Mall, have all reportedly ranged between $150-400 million, at best.
But it's not all gloom-and-doom. The data shows that investments across series-A, -B and -C stages have fared far better, with 165 deals soaking up investments to the tune of $1.6 billion. This is a 60 per cent jump from the capital pool of $1 billion across 140 deals that flowed into these stages during H1 2017. Startups across financial services, content and digital media are witnessing a spike investor interest driven by the rush of Chinese venture capital bets in these spaces, especially in the past six months.
So, the tide just might be turning for the startup ecosystem. "Formation of new startups is picking up ever so slightly after having been dormant for a long time. We are hence, in a bubble where the amount of capital available to India stays strong but where will it go?" an angel investor told the daily. As a result, we are seeing larger cheques being offered to select winners across early- to mid-stage venture capital funding rounds, spurring on their valuations.
Indeed, several of the big-ticket investments this year have led to a concentration of capital within a few startups that have raised multiple rounds of financing within a span of a year to 18 months, including Unacademy and Pine Labs.
Regional language social platform Share-Chat is another prime example. Back in May, it was reportedly courted by a flurry of investors to raise capital at more than 5 times its valuation in a Series B round just four months ago, where it had raised $18.2 million at a $75 million valuation.
Investors, however, claim that over-valuations apart, the current situation is not reflective of a bubble-like situation akin to 2014-2015, where pricey valuations seldom followed merit. "The growth rate in performance for some of these highly valued companies is significantly better than that during 2014-2015. Hence, on a forward looking basis, the market is not over-valued," Anand Lunia, general partner at early-stage venture capital fund India Quotient, told the daily.
The important fact to keep in mind is that the funding pipeline is not drying up. This will spur asset creation and over a period of time, price and valuation will catch up with each other. The report added that the underlying growth achieved in a short span of time makes the valuations reasonable and, in turn, helps spur the enthusiasm back in startup formation. This offers hope for a recovery in seed stage investments over the next 12-18 months.
In addition, the profitable share sales in startups by existing investors have given exit-starved VCs some respite and a reason to come back to the market.
Some early-stage players like Matrix Partners and India Quotient have reportedly been making investments in startups at the pre-product stage itself, across sectors, in order to spur startup formation and boost confidence among entrepreneurs. India has already minted four unicorns in H1 2018, and investors foresee big action in fintech, content and media, in terms of valuation as well as investments.


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TOKYO -- Nintendo ranks as the most heavily traded stock in the Tokyo market over the past year, as the company reclaimed its status as a top player in the video game industry with red-hot sales for the Switch console.
The company was so unpopular back in 2015 that the president of an electronic parts company wanted to be dissociated from the Kyoto-based game maker. "Please don't call us a Nintendo-related stock anymore," the president said at a news conference for an earnings release.
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- The leaked photos confirm the design of Galaxy Note 8
- Packed with Infinity Display, S Pen, and Bixby Assistant
- Galaxy Note 8 will be available for pre-orders from August 24.
The South Korean tech giant will announce its upcoming flagship smartphone Samsung Galaxy Note 8 later this week, but, the company accidentally listed the smartphone on its online store before removing it eventually. Also, alleged specifications of the Galaxy Note 8 have been leaked by a promotional brochure in Australia. Live images of the handsets have also surfaced on the internet before its official launch.
According to a report by Android Police, the official listing by the company on its official website showed the 64GB (Unlocked) variant of Samsung Galaxy Note 8 with model number SM-N950UZKAXAA accidentally appeared on Samsung’s official online store. The report further showcased device’s features that include an Infinity Screen, S Pen, and Bixby Assistant. However, the page has now been taken by the company. The leaks suggest that the smartphone will have the similar design as that of previous leaks and renders.
An hand-on live image of Galaxy Note 8 uploaded by a Weibo user also suggests that Note 8’s design will be similar to that of the previous leaks. The post was later taken down and is no more available.
Coming to the leaked promotional brochure of the Samsung Galaxy Note 8 was shared by Ausdroid, which further reveals the specifications of the smartphone. According to report, Galaxy Note 8 hosts a 6.3-inches Infinity Display with QHD+ resolution. The smartphone is IP68 certified which means that it is water and dust resistant and will support wireless charging, as per the brochure.
In terms of optics, there is a dual camera setup on the back which will include 2x optical zoom, optical image stabilization, and an aperture of f/1.7. The fingerprint scanner continues to sit next to the camera at the back, as seen in recently launched Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8+.
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The Galaxy Note 8 is speculated to be powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 and run on Android 7.1.1 out of the box. The phone is expected to offer 6GB of RAM and 64GB or 128GB of internal storage. Battery capacity is expected to be 3,300mAh that can be charged with the help of USB Type-C charging port.
Samsung has uploaded a teaser video of Galaxy Note 8, titled “Do Bigger Things” on its official YouTube channel. The smartphone will be launched on August 23 and will be made available for pre-order from next day of its launch, as per reports.


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Shedding light on the issue of a tanning ban
To the Editor:
The Rhode Island Senate passed a law prohibiting people under 18 from using tanning beds at tanning salons. The legislation (2012-S2322) was sponsored by Rhoda E. Perry, who says, “It makes no sense to allow children to roast their skin with cancer-causing UV rays in tanning beds.”
Using inflammatory language to attack an industry whose equipment is approved by the FDA, and installed in businesses that are regulated by the Rhode Island Department of Health does little to improve the business climate in our state. We are running a business, paying taxes and providing a service to the public that enjoys, and in many cases, needs what we offer. We are not now, ever were, nor ever will roast children’s skin with deadly UV rays.
Representative Eileen Naughton proposed similar legislation in the House (2012-H7825). In a press release promoting her March 22 appearance with the Surgeon General at a conference in Boston, Naughton says, “I don’t think there’s a person in this state who isn’t in favor of reducing preventable illness and disability.”
We couldn’t agree more. Our advice: Get some sun!
Before opening Sunkisst Tans in 2010, we did some research and concluded that benefits of UV exposure far outweigh the risk. Our need for light and warmth is part of our DNA. Too much warmth burns; too much anything damages. Proper amounts of what nature provides is simply living as nature intended. Blocking essential ingredients runs contrary to common sense, and complicates a simple life.
Reports from the World Health Organization and the International Agency for Research on Cancer need to be taken seriously. And we did. Their findings are often quoted and used exclusively by opponents of tanning. The WHO is the umbrella organization for the IARC, whose opening statement in their report concerning tanning beds exposes their bias.
“Exposure to solar UV radiation is a known cause of cancer.”
Exposure to UV radiation is a known cause of a lot of things. It causes plants to grow, makes the earth habitable and causes our skin to do what it is designed to do: tan!
UV radiation is sunshine.
Had they started with, “UV radiation stimulates Vitamin D production, and Vitamin D deficiency is epidemic in North America due to the overuse of sun blocks and avoidance of the sun,” a different message would be heard.
Proper Vitamin D levels decrease cancer risk by 50 to 60 percent. Exposure to UV light is the best way to get the recommended level of Vitamin D. Studies show that for every person who dies from skin cancer from UV overexposure, over 200 will die from other causes as a result of low Vitamin D levels.
A tan is the body’s natural defense against sunburn, the cause of many skin cancers. Tanning is falsely referred to as damaging our skin. Weight training is damaging our muscles. It is our body’s ability to heal and become stronger, and resistant to damage that prompts us to tan, or exercise.
Some medical doctors are not sold on the sun scare message. Dr. William Grant writes that increased sun exposure in the United States would result in 185,000 fewer cases of internal cancer and 30,000 fewer deaths from cancer of the breast, ovaries, colon, prostrate, bladder, uterus, esophagus, rectum and stomach. In comparison, there are 7,500 deaths per year attributed to skin cancer.
The European Journal of Cancer confirms cancer studies showing improved survival rates in melanoma patients who were exposed to UV light more frequently in the time before their melanoma was diagnosed. This contradicts findings from the IARC, whose analysis of “about 20 studies” concludes the risk of melanoma jumps by 75 percent when people use tanning beds before age 30. Those numbers are contrary to the National Cancer Institute’s claim that melanoma in women ages 20 to 49 has actually decreased every year since 1975.
Why is only half the message being delivered?
One possible reason is profit. “The sun scare message, fueled by dermatologists, has helped sunscreen manufacturers turn a multi-million dollar industry into a six billion dollar juggernaut that uses dermatology endorsements to drive overuse of their product, which in some cases has been implicated in containing undisclosed toxins.” (Harmon Leon, independent journalist.)
We at Sunkisst tans only know what we always knew. Tanning makes us look and feel better. Our research makes us confident that what we provide to the consumer is good, safe and in their best interest.
Cheryl and Michael Morse are the owners of Sunkisst Tans, in Warwick.


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The UK’s mid-market companies have historically not performed as well as their equivalents in Germany, where the sector is famously robust. But, says KPMG’s Chris Hearld, advances in technology, new ways in which companies are financed and a greater focus on regional strengths could change that over the next five to ten years.
With their roots in manufacturing, the UK’s mid-market companies have traditionally relied on the capital markets for funding. But today, companies of this size can also raise money from other sources, including venture capital, cross-border investments and corporate ventures—funds run by bigger entities that have an interest in supporting the research and development of smaller companies and helping them grow. What makes mid-market companies more attractive now is the rise of technology.
“Thanks to a new focus on technology, companies of this sort are now much more knowledge-based and less asset-heavy than they have been in the past and can be more agile than before,” says Chris Hearld, head of regions for KPMG in the UK. “They can raise money more easily, and grow and exit more quickly than has been the case in the past.”
That agility will be fundamental to company success, says Martin Sorrell, who for 32 years was CEO of WPP, the world’s largest advertising group, and now runs S4 Capital, a digital marketing agency established in 2018 with pro-forma revenues he says of about US$400m per year.
“The average life of a company on the FTSE 100 or S&P 500 is 17 years. The volatility is huge and the legacy companies are having to move faster and faster. So agility will be key.” – Martin Sorrell, executive chairman of S4 Capital.
Finance and retail are well-attested examples of businesses that have been revolutionised by technology, and sectors such as advertising and healthcare are now going through similar transformations. But, says Mr Hearld, these will soon be joined by many others. “Every company that wants to be successful is going to be a technology company,” he says. The question is whether building on a digital platform will be the key to creating a UK mid-market as successful as Germany’s.


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In today’s budget speech, India’s Minister of Finance, Nirmala Sithara, announced concrete plans for a central bank digital currency (CBDC). A digital rupee that uses blockchain and other technologies will be issued within the coming tax year, ending March 2023. She cited the primary purposes as to boost the digital economy and manage currencies more efficiently.
The central bank previously said it would start trials in December 2021, but nothing concrete has been hard so far.
This will mean that CBDCs will be issued by the world’s most populous jurisdictions, China and India, each with more than 1.4 billion citizens. The two countries together represent 36% of the global population.
Some believe that a strong digital identity system is essential for a robust digital currency system, and India has its Aadhar system launched in 2009.
Cryptocurrency, NFT taxes
In today’s budget, a 30% tax on cryptocurrency related income was also announced. The tax covers all virtual digital assets, including non-fungible tokens (NFTs). The only deduction allowed is the cost of the investment, which means that losses from one crypto transaction cannot be set off against gains from another.
Tax will be deducted at source based on 1% of the transaction value above a certain threshold. In some cases, this will be significantly below the tax owing, but this enables the government to identify which transactions should be taxed, so they can follow up if the taxpayer doesn’t report it. It also means that cryptocurrency exchanges will be responsible for reporting transactions to the authorities.
It’s unclear how this 1% tax at source will impact transactions in self-custodied wallets executed on decentralized exchanges. However, if the gains are used to buy physical goods and services, that would usually be cashed out via an exchange. That’s unless the money is spent at outlets that accept cryptocurrencies for payment.
As an anti-avoidance measure, crypto gifts will be taxable on the recipient. Otherwise, people might give away a proportion of their crypto and avoid taxes.


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The cash crisis for coffee growers is easing. Prices have doubled in 16 months to seven-year highs. Coffee production is forecast to be below demand for the second season in a row in 2005-06. Brazil's crop is expected to fall by 16%.
This article appeared in the Economic & financial indicators section of the print edition under the headline "Coffee"


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I penned a critical note to the Chief Economist of one of the UKâs leading business organisations this week following what felt like an overly gloomy press statement. It seemed a bold move from a local business network, but felt right for two reasons.
Firstly, I accept that one manâs realist is anotherâs pessimist/optimist (depending on your take) but when confidence plays a key part in the prospects for the economy I cannot see how trumpeting the downsides helps. More importantly we have seen a number of big positives in Oxfordshire business of late but the recent flurry of national media statements donât seem to reflect that.
We have ProDrive announcing it will increase employees number from 450 to 700 within three years. The MD of Harley-Davidson for Europe, the Middle East and Africa told an audience at Octoberâs OxFocus how the iconic motorcycle company achieved 9.3% growth in the region, in the 6 months ending June 2011. Two of our leading business parks reported positive news: Milton Park had a record month in terms of attracting new tenants, the Jennings-owned Monument Park at Chalgrove is approaching 100 per cent occupancy â its strongest position for almost five years.
We challenged followers on twitter to pen tweet-length perspectives and saw a good reflection of the plus-minus balance: âthe economic climate is affecting us far more than new competition, a lot of people short of money…â, âgood for me but tough for many and going to get worseâ, âno apparent downturn in local businesses wanting to advertise locally on the website, though creditors seem to be taking longer to pay!â
It remains challenging no doubt â and there have been offsetting redundancy stories â but itâs vital that politicians, business leaders and media paint the light as well as the shade in the economic picture.


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Of the many new features of the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus, Live Photos is one of the coolest. The new iPhone’s camera will be able to take rapid-fire photos just before and after a shot to create GIF-like animations that bring the pictures to life. There’s just one catch: these animated photos will take up twice the space of regular photos, an Apple spokesperson confirmed to TIME.
While making a high-resolution moving picture take up the space of just two still ones may be an impressive technological feat, it could leave users with the 16GB model of the new iPhone scrambling to free up space sooner rather than later. The adoption of 4K video on the iPhone 6s will also make space a tight squeeze on entry-level phones. Apple has stuck with the 16GB of storage for the base iPhone model again this year despite a growing chorus of people calling for the company to expand the device’s memory.
Apple is also selling the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus in 64GB and 128GB models. For the space-conscious, the Live Photos feature can be turned off at any time.
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Foursquare has today unveiled Foursquare 10, a redesigned version of the app that puts search front and center. J Crowley, head of product at Foursquare, told TechCrunch that most people get on Foursquare with a clear intent, making the original featured content on the homepage mostly irrelevant.
Teads, the video ad company that last month raised $47 million in debt financing in order to go on a buying spree of other adtech startups, is staying true to its word. Today its announcing the acquisition of UK and Romania-based Brainient, the interactive video ad startup founded by Emi Gal, who has been a fixture of the London tech scene for almost as long as Ive been reporting on it.
Managing the App Store can be one of the most difficult experiences for new developers. Getting noticed is hard, the experience isnt that great, and now Apple is allowing search ads.
A study (conveniently co-written by Facebook) has found that personal interactions on Facebook can have a major impact on a persons feelings of well-being and satisfaction with life just as much as getting married or having a baby. Thats right: it seems that clicking Like on a picture of someones soup is akin to the eternal bond of love that is marriage or the miracle of biology and coexistence that is the creation of human life.
The ad-blocking web browser Brave, co-founded by Mozillas former CEOBrendan Eich, is today rolling out its grand experiment Brave Payments, which will encourage web users to reward their favorite sites by automatically and anonymously sending them Bitcoin-based micropayments. The idea here is fairly radical online publishers have always relied on ad revenue to fund their sites, but Brave believes they would be happy to go ad-free if people were willing to fund them directly.
Pinterest said it has hired Li Fan, the former head of image search at Google, as the companys new head of engineering. Much of Pinterests most promising technology involves searching for objects within photos and then using that technology to rank and display the most relevant content to users, whether thats through search or the traditional feed.
Swedish startup Greta is on a somewhat quiet mission to disrupt the multi-billion dollar Content Delivery Network (CDN) market. The young company already boasts an impressive list of angel investors including Jan Erik Solem (founder Polar Rose and Mapillary), Hampus Jakobsson (founder TAT and Brisk), and Jeremy Yap (recently awarded best angel investor at The Europas) and now new VC BlueYard Capital has also become a backer.
London-basedPusher, the company powering The NY Times live election results and DraftKings fantasy scoring results, just raised $2.5 million to up its stakes further. The money came from SaaS Capital, which focuses on debt financing aimed at the Software as a Service (SaaS) space.
Sequoia-backed kids educational startupDuckDuckMooseis heading to Khan Academy, to add preschool learning to the non-profits digital education offerings. The startups 21 mobile apps aimed at children ages two and up are now available for free as a part of the move, which is not technically being considered an acquisition, due to the way the deal was funded.
French startup Molotov has been available in France for a couple of months already, and it is rolling out new platforms. After launching on the iPad, the Apple TV and computers, the company is launching its iPhone app.


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Food Recall Warning (Allergen) – Fletcher’s Fine Foods brand Sweet Victory Fully Cooked Smoked Sausages recalled due to undeclared milk
- Recall date:
- July 16, 2016
- Reason for recall:
- Allergen – Milk
- Hazard classification:
- Class 1
- Company / Firm:
- Sofina Foods Inc.
- Extent of the distribution:
Ottawa, July 16, 2016 – Sofina Foods Inc.Inc. is recalling Fletcher’s Fine Foods brand Sweet Victory Fully Cooked Smoked Sausages from the marketplace because they contain milk which is not declared on the label. People with an allergy to milk should not consume the recalled product described below.
The following product has been sold in Ontario.
|Brand Name||Common Name||Size||Code(s) on Product||UPC|
|Fletcher’s Fine Foods||Sweet Victory Fully Cooked Smoked Sausages||600 g||2016 AU 11||0 63730 00582 0|
What you should do
Check to see if you have recalled products in your home. Recalled products should be thrown out or returned to the store where they were purchased.
If you have an allergy to milk, do not consume the recalled product as it may cause a serious or life-threatening reaction.
This recall was triggered by a consumer complaint. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is conducting a food safety investigation, which may lead to the recall of other products. If other high-risk products are recalled, the CFIA will notify the public through updated Food Recall Warnings.
The CFIA is verifying that industry is removing recalled product from the marketplace.
There have been no reported reactions associated with the consumption of this product.


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NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) — Illumina yesterday said third-quarter revenues bolted 82 percent and R&D spending rose 160 percent, though profits fell 10 percent.
Total receipts for the three months ended Sept. 30 increased to $97.5 million from $53.5 million year over year.
Product revenues leapt to $90 million from $46.9 million, while service and other revenue rose to $7.4 million from $6.4 million year over year.
R&D spending increased to $19.8 million from $7.7 million in the year-ago period, including around $13.2 million in non-cash stock compensation expenses.
Profit for the quarter declined to $14.5 million from $16.2 million.
Illumina said it had around $352.8 million in cash, equivalents, and short-term investments as of Sept. 30.
The company raised its expected full-year 2007 revenue to between $354 million and $358 million, which is $16 million higher than projections it made in July, or around 17 percent more than it projected at the beginning of the year.
Illumina expects fourth-quarter revenue to be between $100 million and $104 million, or as much as 69 percent over the same period last year.


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Last week, the Nebraska Radio Network reported that the company has purchased a vacant building in the Buffalo County town of Ravenna. Located just north of Kearney, the building’s previous tenant was string-cheese company Leprino Foods. After closing in 2013 and eliminating approximately 170 jobs, this new opening is a very, very welcome addition for the entire county.
For those who’ve never heard of Darling, they’re part of an industry known as “the original recycler.” Darling is the oldest independent rendering company in North America, meaning that they repurpose not just a few, but billions of pounds of inedible materials annually. By inedible materials, they mean beef, poultry, and pork by-product that is then recycled into usable and specialty ingredients. From gelatin to tallow, feed-grade fats, meat and bone meal, poultry meal, yellow grease, fuel feedstocks, green energy, natural casings, and more, the company focuses on efficiency and sustainability. How can we use what already exists to repurpose for other needs? The wide variety of products they manufacture are used by the pharmaceutical, food, pet food, feed, fuel, bio-energy and fertilizer industries around the world.
Darling is also known for their commitment to sustainability by working with renewable fuels, an important use for the recycled fats and oils that Darlin processes. In 2001, their Rothsay brand launched the first Canadian operation using recycled fats and greases to manufacture biodiesel, and in 2013, Diamond Green Diesel began production at North America’s largest facility to produce renewable diesel from animal fats, used cooking oil, and vegetables. So, if your interests include repurposing, sustainable manufacturing, and environmental issues, the wide variety of ways in which this company influences environmental thinking and solutions will almost certainly be of interest to you.
According to NRN, the deal was finalized last month and renovations are already underway at the Ravenna plant. Dana Dennison, executive director of the Ravenna Economic Development Corporation, says that “their goal here in Ravenna is to have a wet food product that they freeze dry and ship off to manufacturing plants to make their own cat or dog food. They’re looking right now to have 20 to 25 jobs– there would be two work shifts initially, with the possibility of adding a third shift next year.”
Darling will hold a job fair for prospective new employees in May, so stay tuned for details. As of now, their operations will start in July. “We’re just thrilled here in Ravenna to have the opportunity to have such a great company like Darling come in, who’s been in business since 1882,” Dennison said, “and to have more opportunities for our residents to find employment and help with tax dollars and more revenue within our community.”
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There has been a particular shop that is really famous for its apple strudel and it is named the ‘Fruit Bakery And Cafe’. Many people in Malaysia have known and grow fond of its amazing taste of apple strudel. In fact, this shop has been serving different varieties of delicious sweet and also savory pastry at the same outlet for over 30 years now. According to customers’ responses, a lot of people are willing to travel all the way to Taman Chi Liung just to give their delicious apple strudel a try.
These apple strudels would usually be sold out from the shelves so early. That is why many customers decided to order in advance just to get their hands on it. Recently, ‘Fruity Bakery and Cafe’ has made an announcement that everyone will be able to purchase their famous apple strudel from their brand new outlet in Mont Kiara.
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“You have been patiently waiting for this news… We have finally received confirmation that we are coming to you Next week in Mont Kiara.
We are pleased to announce our latest collaboration with H Floriste – bringing you the most beautifully curated blooms and Malaysia’s favorite Apple Strudel with the original recipe from Perth, Australia. At H Floriste, you will soon be able to stop to smell the roses and our freshly baked strudels too”.
The new outlet will be located specifically at Jalan Dutamas Raya. They also stated, “For the first week, it will likely be apple strudels only, but as the KL location will be run on a pre-order basis, you should be able to place your order for other items soon”. The detail of the outlet is as follows:


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When it comes to manufacturing, it’s all about price, right? Brand management and licensing gurus Oliver Herzfeld and Richard Bergovoy beg to differ, writing in Managing Intellectual Property that a casual attitude toward offshore manufacturing could end up costing a fortune in brand equity:
In a brand owner’s worst nightmare, goodwill that has taken years to generate can disappear in a flash with publicity about wrong-doing in a factory halfway around the world, which is contracted to manufacture goods by a licensee. Such wrongdoing typically takes the form of unsafe products or unfair labour practices. While legal liability risk may be low, brand damage can be high. Victims include the Kathie Lee Gifford apparel line licensed to Wal-Mart as well as toy company Mattel. But brand owners can limit their damage caused by incorporating safeguards in the licensing agreements and manufacturer’s agreements. These should set out the responsibilities of both the manufacturer and the licensee. They should also include provisions on what to do if and when any problems arise. Taking these steps at the contractual phase should help minimize damage to your brand.
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Wednesday, March 28, 2012
enVista, a leading enterprise and supply chain consulting services firm, sent a group of employees and a van full of donated supplies to Southern Indiana on Wednesday, March 21 to help with volunteer efforts after deadly tornadoes ripped through the area in late February and early March.
Wednesday, March 07, 2012
Service parts powerhouse emerges, with combined assets of Servigistics, Xelus, and MCA Solutions
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Voice delivers real results. So why aren't more users listening?
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Adept Technology, a leading provider of intelligent robots and autonomous mobile solutions, today announced a collaboration with Willow Garage to deliver solutions for manufacturing and industrial applications harnessing the strength of Willow Garage's ROS software framework with Adept's proven industrial robotic solutions.
Wednesday, February 08, 2012
Retailers can now fulfill their customers from anywhere they have inventory, said Tom Kozenski, vice president of product strategy for RedPrairie (Booth 405), a provider of supply chain software solutions that extend from the point of manufacture to the point of sale.
Datria (Booth 828) rolled out two new enhancements to its voice over Internet (VoIP) voice recognition solutions at Modex on Wednesday. Both products are designed to give supervisors and managers visibility into real-time activities and control over their operations.
Tuesday, February 07, 2012
Fortna (Booth 509) announced the release of version 3.0 of their DCmodeler tool. The proprietary system quickly synthesizes item, order, receipt, shipment and inventory data to project future business requirements and growth.
Monday, February 06, 2012
TECSYS (Booth 612) a provider of warehouse management systems (WMS) and other distribution management software, unveiled five new solutions at a press conference Monday.
Interest in cloud-based supply chain software solutions, like warehouse management systems (WMS), is growing, according to Chuck Fuerst, director of product strategy for HighJump (Booth 609).
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Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Grupo Elektra is using WMS and other applications to transform its supply chain


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Ecolab agreed to sell a consumer subsidiary.
The St. Paul, Minn.-based provider of institutional cleaning services and products said the sale of its U.S. and international consumer business to West Germany’s Joh. A. Benckiser GmbH for $242.5 million will eliminate the majority of its consumer products and allow it to concentrate on its service businesses, where it sees better growth potential. Earlier this month, the firm completed a $370-million buyout of ChemLawn Corp., a lawn services company, to expand its service base to residential customers from its existing institutional base. The sale of the consumer products division will repay debt from the ChemLawn purchase.


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ROCK HILL, S.C., Oct. 29, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- 3D Systems Corporation (Nasdaq:TDSC) announced today that it plans to present at The Wall Street Analyst Forum, 21st Annual Institutional Investor Conference on Thursday, November 11, 2010 at 9:05 AM EST at The University Club in New York, NY. Abe Reichental, president and chief executive officer and Damon Gregoire, senior vice president and chief financial officer, will update investors on the operational and strategic progress the company is making.
Investors are welcome to attend the presentation in person or follow the real-time webcast of the presentation that will be available on 3D Systems' website under the Investor Relations section at . To register for this event or to access the webcast please contact Stacey Witten at (803) 326-4010 or via email at email@example.com.
About 3D Systems Corporation
3D Systems is a leading provider of 3D Printing, Rapid Prototyping and Manufacturing systems and parts solutions. Its expertly integrated solutions reduce the time and cost of designing products and facilitate direct and indirect manufacturing by creating real parts directly from digital input. These solutions are used for design communication, functional prototyping and the production of functional end-use parts: our customers Create With Confidence.
More information on the company is available at , , , , , , , , or via email at moreinfo@3Dsystems.com.
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Mercedes brings its AMG G 63 'Edition 463' and AMG GLS 63 to India, priced up to Rs 2.17 crore
This launch takes the German carmaker's SUV po...
The Mercedes-AMG G63 with a green-as-envy paint job and a crazy-loud V8
Brighter than a supernova, tougher than a tank. The G63 Crazy Colour's cool quotient is right up there.
Want a red Mercedes? It might be possible soon
Seems like Mercedes Benz is having a fun ride in India. We have heard that Mercedes Benz is bringing out a special "crazy colour edition" later this month.
Mercedes-Benz launches 3 ultra luxury models priced between Rs 2-2.60 crore
German carmaker Mercedes-Benz today launched three ultra luxury vehicles -- S500 Coupe, S63 AMG Coupe and SUV G63 AMG 'Crazy Colour' edition.
Mercedes-Benz launches GLA 45 AMG petrol variant at Rs 69.6 lakh
The GLA 45 AMG is the ninth offering from the luxury car major, which had said in the beginning of the year that it would roll out 10 models this calender year.
Passenger vehicle sales fall 0.54% in June; industry bets on new models for demand revival
Passenger vehicle sales fell for the first time in eight months as slight expansion in cars in June failed to offset a decline in utility vehicles and vans.
Mercedes-Benz India launches ML63 AMG for Rs 1.49 Crore
Mercedes has launched yet another of its AMG cars in India; this time it is the five-seater SUV, the ML63 AMG
Mercedes-Benz India to hike prices by 4% from next week
"The end of excise duty cut on December 31, 2014 was instrumental in the price revision of Mercedes-Benz products," the company said.
Mercedes-Benz optimistic of trebling sales in India
Mercedes-Benz India product portfolio comprises the locally produced S-Class, E-Class, C-Class, GL-Class and the M-Class.
Mercedes GLA and CLA45 AMG bookings begin
Mercedes-Benz India have started taking bookings for their new GLA compact SUV and sports saloon the CLA45 AMG
Share of SUVs grow to 30% as Indians find it more luxurious than sedans
Even as the domestic market for luxury cars remains static, with sales of around 35,000 units, SUVs are lifting the sentiment for manufacturers.
SUVs give Mercedes quarter of sales in India
SUVs are powering the growth of Mercedes-Benz in India as the company's expensive off-roaders take the fancy of buyers looking to add muscle to their wheels.


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Now, we are proud to announce the 2016 Prism Awards Finalists.
2016 Prism Award Finalists
The Prism Awards, referred to as the "Oscars of Photonics", is a celebration of the best of our industry. Join this elite group. Contact email@example.com for more information. Tickets sell out quickly.
2016 Winners Announced
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This year's presenters include Leo Baldwin of GoPro; Tom Mader of Amazon Lab126; Christoph Fark of SCHOTT; Nicoletta Casanova, CEO of FEMTOprint; Mike Jellen, president of Velodyne Lidar; Rosalie Clemens of ASE Optics.
Past presenters include industry leaders such as Babak Parviz, Amazon and one of the inventors of Google Glass; Mary Lou Jepson, currently at Facebook as well as founder and former CEO of Pixel Qi and co-founder and first CTO of One Laptop per Child; Michael Mertin, President and CEO of JENOPTIK and President of the Photonics21.
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Decrypt token built on Ost technology demo’d at EthCC in Paris, featuring branded Decrypt Seasons. Program to launch in Q2 2020.
We are excited to announce that leading crypto media company Decrypt will launch its own token that rewards audience engagement powered by Ost technology, enabling Decrypt to unlock revenue opportunities beyond the traditional media advertising model.
Taking advantage of our technology that enables developers to seamlessly embed Ethereum wallets into applications to benefit from zero-fee microtransactions, Decrypt will issue a token that its audience can earn by reading, engaging with, and sharing articles. In this way, Ost technology is helping one of the fastest-growing companies covering the blockchain space to actually harness the power of the technology to capture value in significant, new ways.
By partnering with Ost, we’ve been able to build out an innovative approach to sponsorship where users read the content they care about and advertisers don’t get in the way — they add real value.
— Josh Quittner, editorial director and co-founder of Decrypt.
James Dyer, Decrypt co-founder and head of product, highlighted the top reasons the media company chose Ost when he announced and demonstrated the new token in a presentation at EthCC in Paris alongside Ost CEO Jason Goldberg:
- Users First — Ost provides a toolkit for delivering outstanding UX
- Fast — the user experience is lightning fast with instant transactions
- Cheap — embedded microtransactions mean rewards are low-cost
- Secure — there is leading security out the box
- Developer velocity — Ost provides SDKs to bootstrap implementation
Introducing Decrypt Seasons — a new tokenized sponsorship model
Decrypt tokens will be released in “seasons”, via the Decrypt app. Each season will be co-sponsored with an advertising partner and users will be able to collect tokens across seasons and store them in their in-app wallet.
Just as with Pepo, the community app powered by Ost, Decrypt’s highly ...
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August 19, 2021
OptConnect Hires IoT Expert Derrick Calderon to Expand Distribution Channels ❯
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August 17, 2021
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August 03, 2021
OptConnect’s neo2 Honored in Connected World IoT Innovation Awards ❯
OptConnect announced that their newest product, neo2, has been recognized in the Connected World IoT Innovation Awards.
June 14, 2021
Steve Garrett Honored as Silver Stevie® Award Winner in 2021 American... ❯
OptConnect announced that Steve Garrett, Chief Product Officer, has won a Silver Stevie® in the 19th annual American...
March 11, 2021
OptConnect’s Chris Baird Honored as CEO of the Year by Utah Business Magazine ❯
OptConnect announced that Chris Baird has been honored as CEO of the Year by Utah Business Magazine.
January 18, 2021
OptConnect Expands Sales Team With Justin Nichols and TJ Nagy ❯
OptConnect announced that they have hired sales veterans to help expand their footprint in the energy and industrial IoT verticals.
August 24, 2021
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Plummeting demand from businesses forced builders to cut back commercial property work last month, dragging down the construction sector as the impact of falling investment hits more industries.
Commercial building work has now fallen for two months in a row, according to IHS Markit’s purchasing managers’ index, an influential private sector survey.
This indicates that the recovery that built up last year following a weak 2017 and the ‘Beast from the East’ cold snap has now run out of steam.
It chimes with weak business investment, which has fallen for four consecutive quarters, as companies hold off making big spending decisions until they know whether or not a Brexit deal will be agreed.
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There’re good news about Cubit The Hardcore Platformer Robot, because there’s a big free update for the game and also, a sale and a demo for those who didn’t get it yet.
Due some complains about the game controls, they got fixed for the Europe release and an update for the North America region was promised. And it looks like they decided to add more stuff on it.
The update will add Worldwide and “By Country” Online Rankings, a new game mode (that features redesigned levels with a new level progression and aesthetics), a better profile creating page and some bugs fixed.
The game’s update was already submitted to Nintendo of Europe and Nintendo of America lotcheck (where the update will arrive sooner in Europe). There’re also a sale for celebrating this news, including a new demo and a relauch sale of 33%.
We will be sure to bring an updated review of Cubit once it’s released.


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Do you ever get the feeling that Nintendo is running out of characters to feature?
Nintendo’s latest Smash Bros fighter hits the 3DS in Japan tomorrow, and a handful of Twitch players have already managed to get their hands on copies of the game. It turns out that despite the endless announcements of increasingly tenuous new characters, including such memorable “characters” as “Wii Fit Trainer”, Nintendo wasn’t done yet.
Unannounced characters spotted in the game include the Dog from Duck Hunt on the NES. Yep – the ancient light gun shooter had a dog character in it. And now you can, umm, take part in dog fighting in the new game.
Other newly confirmed characters include the marginally more credible Ness and Falco, returning from the previous game, as well as Dark Pitt from Kid Icarus.
Hopefully Nintendo will add that annoying owl from Ocarina of Time as a playable character in DLC.


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Her handwriting skills scored her the job.
- Bella Hadid takes a ride on a snowmobile with Michael Kors as part of the designer’s “Kors Commute” video series.
- She is currently the face of the Michael Michael Kors Holiday 2019 ad campaign.
Bella Hadid is an in-demand model, the face of some of the biggest fashion brands, and a regular fixture on best-dressed lists. But in a video with Michael Kors for the designer’s “Kors Commute” series on Youtube, the 23-year-old would give up the jet-set life to be his personal secretary.
“Please cancel all my jobs,” she said jokingly. “I’m actually Michael’s new secretary now.”
Evidently, what scored her the fictitious gig is her handwriting skills. “I’ve been a cursive girl my whole life,” she expressed. “I write all my letters in cursive.”
The duo also bantered over whether they preferred the snow or the beach (Hadid chose the former, though her recent holiday rendezvous shows otherwise); her go-to dance move (she professed to be “more of the hype girl”); and how she saves all her holiday shopping until the week before.
Situated on MK-branded snowmobiles, in front of a projection of a ski slope, it is clear that the under five-minute video of Hadid and Kors is meant to be lighthearted, and provide humorous tidbits about the latter’s riding partners. Other notables that have sat alongside the designer include Joan Smalls, Carolyn Murphy, and Gigi Hadid—who all, at some point, have been brand ambassadors for the company.
And because Bella is the current spokesmodel for the Michael Michael Kors Holiday 2019 ad campaign, it was her turn at the passenger’s seat.


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Inflatables – inflatable stand-up paddleboards (SUP) in the main – have conquered the water sports market in recent years. But times are changing – these days hardboards are in vogue. After all, every die-hard board sports enthusiast knows: no SUP-Inflatable can match the performance of a hardboard. Until now. The German start-up Tripstix Ltd recently patented the VacuuAir technology. This technology – which is roughly comparable to the characteristics of a coffee vacuum pack – combines the advantages of the practical inflatable with the uncompromising performance attributes of a hardboard. We spoke with Dr.-Ing. Stefan Klare, inventor and founder of the fledgling company.
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FEDERATED TO SHUT A&S OFFICES IN BROOKLYN; 650 LAYOFFS PLANNED
NEW YORK — Federated Department Stores, in a major step toward merging its A&S/Jordan Marsh division with Macy’s East, said Friday it will close the A&S/Jordan Marsh central office in Brooklyn and lay off 650 of the facility’s 900 employees.
The remaining 250 employees will be transferred to Macy’s East headquarters in Herald Square beginning Jan. 20 and continuing through the end of the month.
The layoffs, which will take place in four stages from March 10 through December, will affect all levels, from clerical workers to senior officers, said a spokesman here for the divisions.
He declined to name any of the executives affected by the consolidation.
To cover the costs of the layoffs and transfers, Federated will take a charge against fourth-quarter earnings, but the amount has not been determined, a spokeswoman in Federated’s Cincinnati headquarters said Sunday.
The cutbacks were expected since Federated announced its plans to merge the two divisions last year. The staff reductions should result in “substantial expense reductions,” the spokesman said, but he declined to provide a specific amount.
Federated officially merged with R.H. Macy & Co. just three weeks ago and pulled the company out of bankruptcy. By combining Macy’s East and A&S and consolidating certain overlapping operations, Federated expects to trim about $50 million in expenses, beginning next year.
A number of Macy’s East executives already have opted for lucrative severance packages and left the company.
Hal Kahn, chairman of Macy’s East, said in a statement that though the central offices are moving, the Brooklyn A&S store on Fulton Street “will continue to provide a full range of merchandise and services to its customers and community,” The Federated spokesman said the A&S unit has been “very successful” in the last few years. Federated is studying how it will use the office space in the store housing the division’s former headquarters.
For months, there’s been speculation that Federated will phase out the A&S nameplate and replace it with Macy’s. Asked to comment on the reports, the spokesman said, “It is under study. There haven’t been any decisions made.” The retailer also is considering the fate of certain A&S and Macy stores housed in the same malls. As reported, Federated has decided to close its A&S store in the Sunrise Mall on Long Island and convert the unit to Stern’s.
Also, the leases for an A&S store in Woodbridge, N.J., and the existing Stern’s unit at Sunrise Mall were sold to Sears, Roebuck & Co. late last month.


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German scrap metal company says the move will improve its balance sheet.
Scholz Holding GmbH has announced the sale of its aluminium and stainless steel businesses. The scrap metal company, based in Essingen, Germany, had earlier announced plans to sell off the businesses it considered noncore assets as a step in the process to realign and restructure the company.
The sale of the company's aluminum and stainless steel businesses follows Japan’s Toyota Tsusho Corp.'s purchase of a 40 percent stake in Scholz earlier this year.
Scholz sold its 60 percent stake in the aluminium trading business MMG Aluminium AG to MMC's existing management. The company also sold a 50 percent stake in ScholzAlu Stockach (SAS) to its management and the remainder to an unnamed firm.
Scholz also has sold its stainless steel group to an unidentified Indian investor. Scholz says the buyer expects to use the purchase to extend and strengthen its stainless steel business in Europe.
The deal for Scholz’s stainless steel business is expected to be completed by no later than the end of the third quarter of the year. The stainless steel division includes 460 people.
Following the sale of the divisions, Oliver Scholz, CEO of Scholz Holdings, said, “After the successful completion of the two disinvestments, we can now fully concentrate on our core businesses. In addition, the proceeds from the sale will make a significant contribution to such plans to reduce net debt of our group by 2015 to around 700 million euro.”


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Amazon's ongoing search for a second headquarters, which it estimates will grow to 50,000 employees over the next 10 years, has put the spotlight on future housing and talent needs. Actions that Amazon has taken recently in Seattle are a reminder of how its employees like to get to work.
Leave the driving to us: City officials across the nation are musing over their local transit needs thanks to the competition for Amazon HQ2, and a new generation of workers who prefer their digital devices to driving.
Locally, Plano and Richardson are both working with DART on extensions of the region's light rail. Last week, Amazon said it would contribute $1.5 million to increase capacity this fall on Seattle's most crowded routes. Inc. magazine noted that some cities — such as Detroit and Phoenix — were "frozen out" of the 20 finalist cities due to transit weaknesses.
Amazon originally received proposals for HQ2 from 238 cities.
Amazon's published RFP (request for proposal) lists access to mass transit, described as "direct access to rail, train, subway/metro, bus routes," as one of four "core preferences." And it said it's paid $43 million into Seattle's public transit system as an employee benefit. While Amazon estimates that 20 percent of its Seattle staff of almost 50,000 ride public transit, its employee preferences also illustrate a broader trend with young tech professionals.
Mr. Speaker goes to Washington: For some unknown reason, Speaker of the House Paul Ryan visited Amazon HQ1 on Wednesday. The company's @AmazonPolicy twitter account posted that it was "an honor to host" him, and said he toured the corporate campus, including the Seattle skyline-changing spheres. Ryan also met with "Amazon leaders." Could it be HQ2 related? Does Congress need to know if the Washington D.C. region is about to get some big Amazon news?


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The Cubs will soon find out if their sales pitch worked on Masahiro Tanaka, the Japanese pitcher who could give the entire franchise an image makeover, at least for a few minutes on Twitter.
It could be game over for the superstation that made the Cubs a national team and turned Wrigley Field into a huge tourist destination.
One year ago, they made a Cubs Convention splash, unveiling all those cool futuristic drawings of a Wrigley Field tricked out with party decks, luxury suites and a Jumbotron.
The Cubs stirred up some buzz earlier this week when they announced a new member of the franchise.
All that buzz about Masahiro Tanaka helps create the illusion for Cubs fans that everything is going to be all right.


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Speaking as a self confessed technology geek, Carmen Vicelich’s love affair with data began long before it was considered sexy.
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“We’re looking to grow our presence in the Australian government and enterprise sectors."
Increasing demand across the country has resulted in Veeam attracting more than 829 customers in New Zealand for Q3 2014.
“Combining this capability with the work our own team are doing will allow us to develop a world-class payroll experience for the US. over the next 12 months.”
“As well as strengthening the position of Microsoft Office over Google Apps for Work, the deal also throws something of a lifeline to Dropbox."
A sales rep of a major internet service provider picks up the phone and connects with the CEO of a hot new startup.
Spark is offering more attractive roaming options to the more than 60,000 customers who travel to Australia each month, through two new mobile roaming packs.
A worrying 26 per cent of Australian executives believe their industry is rapidly changing, representing a significant increase from 13 per cent in 2010.
New Zealand’s SMEs are now showing the highest growth in more than half a decade, capping a remarkable turnaround in the last five years.
Channel partners are most concerned about cloud providers bypassing the channel altogether and selling direct to customers
In revealing enhancements to the HP Unison Platform at the Canalys Channels Forum in Shanghai, HP aims to simplify the process of doing business with its partners.
Despite a continued shipment decline for its iPad product line, Apple maintained its lead in the worldwide tablet market...
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The mobile revolution has transformed the ways in which individuals interact within and beyond their organisation, getting more done faster for competitive & operational advantage.
Designed to protect data not people, Spark Digital continues its investment programme in cloud services with the opening of its new $60m Takanini Data Centre.


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Apple has earned a spot on the first “Top 100 Global Technology Leaders” list from Thomson Reuters.
The iPhone-maker was named in sixth place behind rivals like Microsoft and Google, but it did beat out Amazon and Samsung. The list is based on a 28-factor algorithm that measures performance across eight benchmarks, including innovation, environmental impact, and reputation.
Apple, the most valuable company in the world, usually finds its way onto lists of the best tech companies. That’s thanks to its incredible success with the iPhone, iPod, and Mac — and its approach to people, the environment, and many other things.
Thomson Reuters’ list of Top 100 Global Technology Leaders was launched this year to “identify the industry’s top financially successful and organizationally sound organizations.”
Apple beats Amazon, Facebook, Samsung
Microsoft was named first, followed by Intel and Cisco Systems. Alphabet, which owns Google, and IBM make up the top five. Apple is named in sixth ahead of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSMC), one of its largest chip suppliers.
Texas Instruments, SAP, and Accenture also made it into the top ten. The other 90 companies, which are not ranked, include Amazon, Facebook, Samsung, MasterCard, and Qualcomm. Thomson Reuters notes that 45 percent of the 100 companies are headquarted in the United States.
“The results are based on a 28-factor algorithm that measures performance across eight benchmarks: financial, management and investor confidence, risk and resilience, legal compliance, innovation, people and social responsibility, environmental impact, and reputation,” it adds.
“The assessment tracks patent activity for technological innovation and sentiment in news and selected social media as the reflection of a company’s public reputation. The set of tech companies is restricted to those that have at least $1 billion in annual revenue.”
The complete report details how each company was researched by category.


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The All Island Canteen Owners Association charges that restaurant owners are unable to obtain a 5kg gas cylinder.
Speaking to NewsRadio, President of the Association Asela Sampath said only larger sizes of gas cylinders are available in the market.
Sampath said restaurant owners are facing a number of other issues as well.
He said gas distributors however have taken steps to provide domestic gas cylinders for commercial use due to media scrutiny and demands by trade unions.
Sampath said the industry is on the brink of collapse due to food inflation caused by price hikes of essential items.
He said staff have also left the industry due to financial difficulties adding they do not receive concessions from the government.
Sampath said the public is facing hardships in sourcing meals adding canteen owners are extremely stressed.


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Subway is testing hummus and thinner slices of deli meats that look more appealing as it looks to keep pace with changing eating trends.
Tony Pace, Subway's chief marketing officer, said that the chain began testing hummus as a topping in early April. Pace noted that many customers already order vegetarian sandwiches and that the chickpea spread would give people looking for meatless options another choice.
If the test is successful, Pace said it would be the first time the chain rolled out hummus nationally.
Getting hummus as a topping will cost more, much like the avocado Subway added to its menu in recent years.
The hummus test comes at a time when many Americans are trying to cut back on how much meat they eat. In particular, Pace noted that people in their 20s are more "nutritionally aware" than any other past generation.
Subway co-founder Fred DeLuca said the chain also started testing thinner slices of deli meat in December. In the test, which is taking place in Illinois, DeLuca said franchisees are putting 12 slices of meat on a Footlong, instead of eight. He said the meat is the same but that it's sliced thinner to improve its "bite" and appearance.


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Feb 06 , 2019
For the past several days, Bitcoin bulls have been defending $4,000, which is increasingly becoming a level of support for the cryptocurrency. Despite this, it has not yet built up enough buying pressure to propel its price beyond the low-$4,000 range.
Now, one widely used technical indicator is signaling that Bitcoin could be reaching an inflection point that will lead to a massive price movement.
Bitcoin on the Brink of a Large Move
A recent report from Bloomberg details that Bitcoin is close to making a large price move based on the widely used GTI VERA Bands Indicator, which uses trend data over any time frame to give investors insight into which direction an asset is poised to move. This indicator also claims that Bitcoin is currently in its longest buying trend since September.
This indicator is now seeing a drastic narrowing of its upper and lower bands, which typically precedes a large price swing. This, coupled with the recent buying trend that Bitcoin has been in, may signal that it will see a significant increase in buying volume in the near future.
The DMI separates price movements into either a positive or negative directional movement category, which is used by traders to quantify the strength of a particular trend. Earlier this week, the DMI flipped positive for Bitcoin for the first time in several months, signaling that Bitcoin’s “very strong” selling pressure had largely subsided, and buying volume is gradually increasing.


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Official, the Huawei P20 Pro is the first triple camera phone to exist. This new Huawei smartphone offers a photography experience of 40MP+8MP+20MP for you to snap incredible photos. Read the full article for more details.
Huawei P20 Pro Specs…
The P20 Pro specifications even prove that it is a phone that you should go for in 2018. As result, the newly launched Huawei P20 series ” P20 & P20 Pro” are the latest high-end smartphone the Chinese manufacturer just delivered. But in this article, we would like to focus on the most premium model which is the P20 Pro. Well, the P20 Pro is made of a dual-glass with a metal frame with 7.65mm thickness.
As for the display, it comes with a screen size of 6.1-inch AMOLED with a 1080 x 2244 pixels. Also, the phone itself runs on Kirin 970 chipset, octa-core processor with Mali-G72 MP12 GPU. Under the display, you have a strong 6GB RAM that powers it 128GB ROM internal storage. The good news, you can enjoy the new experience of Android 8.1 Oreo with EMUI 8.1 operating system too.
Most importantly, the Huawei P20 Pro cameras offer triple 40MP+8MP+20MP on the rear as the primary shooter. Besides that comes 24MP, f/2.0 Leica lens with a Portrait Mode feature and live bokeh effects with 2D Face Unlock. It is also equipped with a front fingerprint reader with 0.4 seconds response time. That is not all, you will also get a 4,000mAh battery with the Super Charge feature ” new tech”.
Huawei P20 Pro release date
The P20 Pro just announced a few days ago and will officially come in stores in the second week of April 2018. For the cost, Huawei P20 Pro price is going to sell for €900 with free Bose QC35 II noise-canceling headphones. That’s pretty much interesting and innovative. For now, what do you feel about this exclusive Huawei triple camera phone? Let us hear from you in the comment section below.