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Greenmark developers are all set to roll out their new platform in just over two weeks, and its an opportunity that could change the world of business.
The new platform is called Greenmark, and it is the brainchild of five individuals who have all had experience in blockchain.
The platform is being built on Ethereum, the blockchain platform powering Bitcoin, Ethereum Classic and other cryptocurrencies.
“The Ethereum community has really embraced blockchain in a big way,” Greenmark CEO and co-founder Jochen Koehler told CoinDesk.
When I was looking at blockchain, the most common use cases were applications for storing value or tracking data.
I had been trying to figure out how to use blockchain to store value for years, and I finally got to a point where I had to come up with a solution.
This was one of the reasons why I started my company.
“Greenmark, Koehl said, is building a platform that “allows you to store your assets and track the price of that asset over time, with real-time data.
“The Greenmark platform allows users to manage their assets as if they were a “real-world, digital wallet”, and is currently available to developers who have Ethereum and other cryptocurrency expertise.
Koehl and his co-founders are building a secure, private, peer-to-peer cryptocurrency wallet for all users, with no central point of failure, which means it’s impossible for the Greenmark team to go down the path of creating a centralized version of the GreenMark platform.”
We’ve been working on this for a while, but we wanted to take a little bit of a leap and do it on our own,” Koehn said.”
The technology behind the Greenmarket is really simple and straightforward, it’s not really complicated.
“The platform’s key selling point is that the data can be stored in the blockchain, but the Greenmarkets users can’t access the information directly.
Greenmark developers will need to be trained to create and deploy their own digital wallets, and they will need a large network of peers to verify the validity of the data stored in their digital wallets.
Each Greenmark user will be able to access their data in their own virtual currency wallet, but Koehls team is also working on making the Greenmarks platform usable for all kinds of digital assets.
For example, Greenmark can be used to store assets like stock market information, currency values, or other data that can be accessed by anyone who is on the network.
Koehler said Greenmark will be useful to anyone who wants to do some ICOs, as well as for developers working on a blockchain-based business.”
You can use the Green Market to store data like stock price, and that data can also be used by anybody to validate their business model,” he said.
So what are Greenmark’s core business plans for the platform?
Koehels said the Green Markets will be used for any kind of business, and not just cryptocurrency companies.”
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Earlier this year, the South Korean tech giant Samsung unveiled the Galaxy Tab S8 series. The series comprises three models: the vanilla Galaxy Tab S8, the Galaxy Tab S8 Plus and one of the biggest tablets ever, the Galaxy Tab S8 Ultra. Although the tablet received a decent response, fans have been waiting for the Galaxy Tab S8 Fan Edition or the Galaxy Tab S8 FE.
Samsung Galaxy Tab S8 FE to feature an LCD display
In the past, the Fan Edition variants of Galaxy S series devices, such as the Galaxy S20 FE and the Galaxy S22 FE, have been immensely popular among tech-savvy users. Now, according to a report by GSMArena, Samsung is working on the Galaxy Tab S8 FE.
For those who are catching up, the Fan Edition variants of Samsung devices, such as smartphones and tablets, offer near-flagship features and specifications at a relatively affordable price. There is no reason why the Galaxy Tab S8 FE will be any different.
As per the report, the Samsung Galaxy Tab S8 FE will feature an LCD display, just like its predecessor, i.e., the Galaxy Tab S7 FE. Additionally, the upcoming tablet will also support the native stylus “using a Wacom digitiser.”
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The 3D printer experts have looked at all the products coming onto the market this year and have come up with details of printers that are set to cause excitement. The grounding breaking 3D printer’s community website has become a leading authority on the subject and is regarded as an important resource on 3D printing technology.
Scottsdale, AZ -- (ReleaseWire) -- 03/29/2016 --A popular 3D Printer Blog has today released details of what 3D printer's people should look out for in 2016. 3D Printer Chat (https://3dprinterchat.com), which has become an important resource for technology fans, looked at all the new 3D printers coming on the market in 2016 and published what they feel will be the best ones.
3D Printer Chat provides all the latest information, advice, and tips on 3D printers. They have become a leading authority on the world of 3D printers and as such are often asked to make comment relating to the new technology printing hardware. The article (https://3dprinterchat.com/2016/03/great-3d-printers-to-look-for-2016/) provides all the information people need to learn more about the new printing hardware coming on the market. That information includes why the 3D printer stands out.
3D Printer Chat has become one of the most recommended technology online magazine sites. It covers all the latest news relating to 3D printers. With videos, downloads and a forum, it has become an important resource for fans of 3D printers. The site is easy to use and allows people to keep up to date with what is happening in the 3D printing world.
A spokesman for 3D Printer Chat said: "We wanted to produce a blog that allowed people to learn more about what is happening in the 3D printer world."
The technology blog is updated on a regular basis with important articles, tips and advice to keep people informed. Other articles available on the blog include: How the military can use 3D printers, Political 3D printing, and How to 3D print.
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3Dprinterchat.com offers a great site for those that want to learn more about 3D printing. Here people will find the latest news and reviews from the rapidly growing 3D print industry, plus answers to all the big questions like 'What is 3D printing?', 'How the hell does it work?' and 'Will it stop shaking?'


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Negi Darsses has joined Samuelsohn and Hickey Freeman as vice president of marketing.
Darsses has more than 20 years of experience in luxury branding, including vice president, brand management at Ralph Lauren, where she oversaw marketing and advertising functions for the company’s various brands for more than a decade. She has also worked for Barneys New York and Vogue.
Darsses will report to Arnold Brant Silverstone, president and chief creative officer of Samuelsohn and Hickey Freeman.
“Having worked with what are certainly some of the most well-known names in the fashion and media arena, we believe Darsses will bring the expertise we need to help steward both brands into the future,” said Brant Silverstone.
Peter Kim's Los Angeles-based premium denim line has always had its finger on the pulse of youth. This season, novelty is back in a way reminiscent of early Aughts, with studs, lace-ups, racing waxed denim and more. For more highlights if some of the key brands at the Vegas trade shows, go to WWD.com. #wwdfashion (📷: Patrick Gray; Styled by @thealexbadia; Story by @karihamanaka and @marcy_wwd)
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"Americans tend to view the impact of the internet and other digital technologies on their own lives in largely positive ways, Pew Research Center surveys have shown over the years. A survey of U.S. adults conducted in January 2018 finds continuing evidence of this trend, with the vast majority of internet users (88%) saying the internet has, on balance, been a mostly good thing for them personally."
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From videos to music to apps, digital was at the forefront of consumers’ (and marketers’) minds in 2015. Nielsen looked at some of the top trends for 2015 in digital, including the top U.S. smartphone apps and operating systems.


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The first preview of Android applications on Window 11 was announced by Microsoft on Wednesday. This will enable all Intel, AMD and the Qualcomm processors insiders to be able to try out android applications on Window 11.
Now the users with Window 11 PCs, can test the Android apps as the initial release of Window 11 did not launch the Android support.
The company in a statement said that a notification in the Android app notifications in the action centre can be seen or a clipboard between a Window 11 and android apps can be shared from now on.
"We have built the experience with accessibility in mind; many Windows accessibility settings apply to Android apps and we are working with Amazon to deliver more improvements", added the company
The firm has partnered with Amazon and popular app developers to curate 50 apps for Windows Insiders to test and validate across a broad set of hardware.
The apps include mobile games like Lords Mobile, June's Journey, and Coin Master and reading applications like the Kindle app.
The update will allows testers to load these apps via the Microsoft Store and the apps will also be integrated into the operating system alongside Windows programs.
More apps will be available over the coming months, though. Microsoft is not saying whether one can install Android apps from outside the Store.
According to the company, Windows 11 features powerful new experiences whether users are working on a school project, collaborating on a presentation for work, building a new app or creating your next big idea.
Windows 11 comes with redesigns the Taskbar icons and Start menu. It also adds rounded corners for all program windows and built-in Teams chat.
Windows 11 also includes support for DirectStorage, a feature first introduced on Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S consoles.


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At the end of last month Facebook announced it would be winding down its Deals product after just four months of testing. Then a report a this week suggested that saturation point had been reached with the plethora of daily deal sites, such as Groupon and LivingSocial, still available. But all this hasn’t stopped Google Offers from launching in five new US cities.
In a post on its Commerce Blog this week, the Mountain View company announced that the service, which is still in beta, was being launched in Austin, Boston, DC, Denver and Seattle. This means the service is now available in a total of eight cities, with it already operating in Portland, New York City and San Francisco.
To subscribe, users just need to head along to www.google.com/offers, choose a city and hit the subscribe button (provided you already have a Google account). If you’re an Android user, you can also register via the ‘Today’s Offer’ tab in the Google Shopper 2.0 app.
Wednesday’s offers in the new cities, which will be redeemable Thursday, include:
- $10 worth of food and drink for $5 at Juan in a Million in Austin.
- $10 worth of gourmet ice cream when you spend $5 at Toscanini’s Ice Cream in Cambridge, Boston.
- $6 worth of food when you spend $3 at Amsterdam Falafelshop in DC.
- $20 of merchandise for $5 at all three locations of Tattered Cover Book Store in Denver.
- $9.50 for one day’s admission worth up to $19 at Seattle Aquarium.
Google Offers, which launched in June this year, looks like it’s in for the long haul when it comes to the daily deals game, with plans already announced for a roll-out in another 27 cities across the US. Groupon may well be the current leader in the field, but no doubt the Chicago-based company will be concerned about Google Offers’ expansion plans.
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The Sprint HTC EVO 3D Ice Cream Sandwich update roll out has begun.
We have received numerous tips from HTC EVO 3D owners who say that the Sprint EVO 3D Ice Cream Sandwich roll out has begun. Several reports also indicate the same thing so it appears that the device is amidst a massive upgrade.
Sprint had promised early August for the upgrade and it looks like it might have delivered a little earlier than expected which is always a nice touch for an Android update.
The update is currently rolling out OTA, Over-the-Air, which means that owners should be prompted to install the very large piece of software when it arrives. Once prompted, owners of the EVO 3D will download and install the update and finally get a replacement for Android 2.3 Gingerbread.
The software should also come with numerous bug fixes and enhancements though we still aren’t clear on exactly what ICS might have fixed.
Sprint’s EVO 3D is a little late to the ICS party. The HTC EVO 3D Ice Cream Sandwich update started rolling out for owners of the GSM variant of the device a few weeks ago.
The update should make the EVO 3D a much better device overall though it still is overshadowed by the HTC EVO 4G LTE which came out earlier this year.
The EVO 3D only runs on Sprint’s 4G WiMax network. Sprint will not be releasing any more WiMax smartphones, only those that run 4G LTE.
We have not yet heard from the HTC EVO Design 4G ICS roll out which is also slated for early August. We assume that it’s probably not far behind though.
Those who are still in possession of the HTC EVO 3D should be on the lookout for ICS, it should arrive soon.
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Matthew Roberts, CEO Intu Properties
Despite widespread negative sentiment, all global brands still believe in bricks & mortar retail, Matthew Roberts, CEO, Intu Properties, told The Real Estate Day.
It has been a challenging time for the sector but, in the end, what matters is quality so the good assets in the best locations continue to do well.
‘I have had a lovely time since I took over as chief executive back in the spring of 2019, out meeting the leaders of our top 30 customers and most of them are global brands,’ he said. ‘The really good news is that they all believe in the future of bricks and mortar retailing’.
They might be shrinking their estate, but they want to go into the top locations in the markets that they are interested in. ‘We are lucky enough to have nine out of the top 20 shopping centre locations in the UK and three of the top ten in Spain, so our customers want to continue to invest with us,’ Roberts said.
‘We did see a bit of a time out on some of those global brands taking space in the last 12-24 months with the political and economic uncertainty in the UK but that has changed now’, he said.
Leases that had been negotiated for months were suddenly signed as soon as the Brexit uncertainty came to an end and there was a stable government, he said, so ‘hopefully those global brands like Inditex will be back investing in the UK and we’ll see the benefit of that’.
It is necessary to adapt to a changing retail environment and landlords will have to take more operational risk as shorter leases are clearly the future, but ‘landlords can still thrive if they have the right assets,’ Roberts said.
‘When I started my life in retailing a quarter of a century ago everyone took 25-year leases, but now the direction of travel on leases is shorter and shorter,’ he said.
‘The average lease length in Spain is three years now, but we have a very good business there, our centres are full and rents are growing. We may have to end up with more turnover elements but because of the great assets that we have, I think it is a situation that we will thrive on’.
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Nicole Mone Arteaga is speaking out against Walgreens after, she says, a pharmacist for the chain refused to fill her miscarriage-inducing prescription.
The incident sparked Arteaga to share her story on Facebook and in a one-star Yelp review of the Peoria, Arizona Walgreens location, where she was denied the medication.
Arteaga explained that after suffering previous miscarriages, her doctor had been monitoring her nine-week pregnancy closely.
“Each week I went for my ultra sound praying to see progress and hear the sound of little heartbeat. Unfortunately, development isn’t happening and my body is slowly getting ready to miscarry. My dr gave me two choices D & C or a prescription that will help induce bleeding and discharge in the comfort of my home,” she wrote on Yelp.
She chose the latter, and when she went to pick up her prescription, the Walgreens pharmacist, who she later identifies as Brian Hreniuc, “refused” to give it to her.
“I stood at the mercy of this pharmacist explaining my situation in front of my 7 year old, and five customers standing behind only to be denied because of his ethical beliefs,” she wrote on Facebook, alongside Hreniuc’s business card. “I get it we all have our beliefs. But what he failed to understand is this isn’t the situation I had hoped for, this isn’t something I wanted. This is something I have zero control over. He has no idea what its like to want nothing more than to carry a child to full term and be unable to do so….I left Walgreens in tears feeling humiliated, ashamed and punished by someone who knows nothing of my struggles.”
Arteaga said she ultimately picked up her prescription from another Walgreens location “with no problems” after asking her doctor for “his help in making sure that pharmacist at the second location would give it” to her.
In a tweet, Walgreens said: “Our policy allows pharmacists to step away from filling a prescription for which they have a moral objection. At the same time, they are also required to refer the prescription to another pharmacist or manager on duty to meet the patient’s needs in a timely manner.”
After the incident, Arteaga said, “I called and spoke to store manager who did not seem happy about what had happened.” She also wrote that she contacted Walgreens corporate office and filed a complaint with the Arizona Board of Pharmacy.
In a statement to CNN, Walgreens also said: “After learning what happened, we reached out to the patient and apologized for how the situation was handled.”
Calling the whole situation a “nightmare,” Arteaga said she hopes that what happened to her doesn’t happen to others. “I experienced something no women should ever have to go thru especially under these circumstances or any other circumstances.”
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Nexus Select Trust To Launch India's First Retail REIT IPO On May 9
Nexus Select Trust REIT IPO's price band has been announced in the range of Rs 95–100 per unit.
Blackstone-backed Nexus Select Trust REIT Ltd's initial public offer will open for subscription on Tuesday, May 9, and close on Thursday, May 11
The company has fixed a price band of Rs 95–100 per unit. The bidding for anchor investors will open on May 8, 2023.
The public issue comprises fresh issuance of units aggregating up to Rs 1,400 crore and an offer for sale of units by the selling unitholders aggregating up to Rs 1,800 crore. The company had earlier planned to raise around Rs 4,000 crore through the initial share sale.
The company aims to use the net proceeds towards partial or full repayment or prepayment and redemption of certain financial indebtedness of the asset special purpose vehicles and the investment entity; acquisition of stake and redemption of debt securities in certain asset SPVs; and general purposes, it said in its draft red herring prospectus.
The company is expected to be the first publicly listed consumption centre REIT, making it the first REIT retail asset offering in India. The current REITs—Embassy Office Parks REIT, Mindspace Business Parks REIT and Brookfield India Real Estate Trust—listed on stock exchanges are all backed by office assets.
REITs aim to attract investment in the real estate sector by monetising and unlocking the value of the rent-yielding assets.
Nexus Select Trust has a portfolio of 17 operational shopping malls in several cities, including Bengaluru, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Navi Mumbai and Pune, covering an area of 9.8 million square feet.
Its portfolio of assets comprises 17 Grade A urban consumption centres with a total leasable area of 9.2 million sq. ft., two hotel assets and three office assets as of Dec. 31, 2022. The REIT counts Delhi's prominent Select Citywalk mall in its portfolio.
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Eventually, details about Nintendo’s successor to the Wii began to surface. The Wii U would come equipped with a new and revolutionary “GamePad” in place of a traditional controller. It would use an additional touch screen similar to the Nintendo’s DS handhelds and could be put to use in ways that would allow the player…
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China Resources Beer (Holdings) Co. will soon ask investment banks to pitch for a role advising on options for its Chinese brewery joint venture with SABMiller Plc, people with knowledge of the matter said.
The state-backed company is seeking advisers as it weighs a potential purchase of all or part of SABMiller’s 49 percent stake in China Resources Snow Breweries Co., maker of the world’s best-selling beer, the people said. China Resources has told banks it will send out a formal request for proposals as early as this week, the people said, asking not to be identified as the information is private.
Anheuser-Busch InBev NV may need to sell the stake in the brewer of Snow lager to secure Chinese antitrust approval for its 73.5 billion-pound ($110 billion) acquisition of SABMiller, which will create a beermaker controlling about half the industry’s profits. SABMiller’s stake in the Chinese venture could fetch as much as $3.6 billion, Nomura Holdings Inc. wrote in a Nov. 16 research report.
“China Resources has already learned enough from SABMiller about how to operate a beer factory effectively and now can manage it by itself,” Charlie Chen, an analyst in BNP Paribas SA in Hong Kong, said by phone Monday. “China Resources may buy the stake with another Chinese local beer firm.”
Shares of SABMiller reversed earlier losses to close up 0.1 percent at 40.315 pounds in London on Monday. China Resources shares fell 0.8 percent to HK$14.96 at 10:57 a.m. Tuesday in Hong Kong.
China Resources aims to pick advisers by the end of the year, the people said. AB InBev hasn’t yet decided whether it will sell the stake, and China Resources isn’t set on any particular course of action, the people said.
Several banks have reached out to China Resources in recent weeks to offer financing for any potential buyout of the Snow joint-venture stake, according to the people. China Resources is seen as the logical buyer if AB InBev decides to sell, as it has a right of first refusal, the people said.
Representatives for AB InBev, China Resources and SABMiller declined to comment.
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Snow beer, which had a 23 percent market share in China last year, outsells all other beers globally, Euromonitor data show. The partnership between SABMiller and China Resources, which began with two breweries in 1994, operates more than 90 breweries across China and employs more than 59,000 staff, according to SABMiller’s website.


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Having recently ditched Intel’s modem business like a bad habit, gadget giant Apple is reportedly now thinking of buying it. The rumour comes courtesy
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Having recently ditched Intel’s modem enterprise like a cross behavior, machine big Apple is reportedly now thinking of shopping for it.
The rumour comes courtesy of The Recordsdata, which says it received the news from on the least four unnamed americans that we’re urged maintain been briefed on the discussions between Apple and Intel. Particularly Apple is alleged to be attracted to Intel’s German modem operations, which is the get necessary of the 5G R7D will maintain taken space.
Intel discovered itself as an unwitting pawn in Apple’s correct fight of will with cellular chip big Qualcomm. Apple wasn’t chuffed with what Qualcomm became as soon as charging for its modems and took to the courts to entire one thing about it. This became as soon as constantly ethical a fabricate of negotiation, a crucial a part of which became as soon as Apple’s insistence that it’s going to also ethical stroll faraway from Qualcomm if it didn’t lower its costs.
The problem with right here is that there are very few 5G modem avid gamers on the town and even fewer that aren’t affiliated to a smartphone competitor of Apple’s. Without a doubt one of those became as soon as alleged to Intel, which discovered itself constantly defending its potential to instruct a competitive 5G modem within the face of understandable scepticism from the industry and, increasingly, from Apple itself.
In the end the Emperor became as soon as published to be naked and Apple became as soon as forced to settle with Qualcomm as soon because it became certain Intel wasn’t ready to instruct. Intel wasted cramped time in throwing within the towel fully on 5G modems as soon as their handiest buyer had ditched them and promptly retreated into the shadows, vaguely muttering about IoT.
But that doesn’t mean its efforts to instruct a 5G modem had been fully wasted. Thru acquisition and organic R&D Intel will must maintain picked up a utter or two about handing over 5G radio over the years. While Apple is forced within the mid duration of time to rely on the loathed Qualcomm, it within the smash aspires to modem self-reliance. Since Intel’s 5G unit is presumably accessible at a knock-down stamp following its public humiliation it wouldn’t be at all surprising to search Apple snap it up, if handiest for fun.


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The first phase of the inaugural InvestMaryland Challenge business competition is nearly over. Applications are due Thursday for businesses across the country looking to claim one of the three $100,000 top prizes or any of the in-kind business services worth a total of $125,000.
As of Monday morning, the Department of Business and Economic Development had received 180 applications from 10 states, including Maryland and Washington D.C. Applications have come from as far away as Florida and California.
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Blog: UK cider a pressing concern for government
Andy Morton | 12 September 2013
Judge the UK cider industry on the amount of people it attracted to its reception at the Houses of Parliament this week and you would say it is doing very well indeed.
Cider makers, MPs and journalists were crammed in to the Terrace Marquee alongside the River Thames, with conversation nearly drowned out by the cacophony of other voices.
I did just manage to hear Thatchers' MD, Martin Thatcher, say it was by far the busiest of the bi-annual events he has been to in his decades of attendance, as did Westons Cider's head of marketing, Ian Lewis.
People, especially politicians, are attracted to successful stories, they were saying, and UK cider has one of the most compelling narratives around - unparalleled growth in the domestic market, coupled with new and growing ventures in Australia and the US. No wonder it was five deep at the bar.
Of course, another reason for the crush may have been the vote in the Houses of Commons on an important piece of legislation that ended just as the cider function got into swing. Governance is thirsty work, after all.
At the same time, it is interesting to note what the House of Commons vote, just up the stairs, was regarding. Yes, it was the catchily-titled 'Transparency of Lobbying Bill, non-Party Campaigning, and Trade Union Administration Bill', which is aiming to set new rules on political campaigning by non-political campaign groups. Then consider this - all-party parliamentary groups, such as the Parliamentary Cider Group that hosted the event, have been criticised as back doors for corporate interests to sway political opinion, and were partly a catalyst for the Lobbying Bill in the first place.
It is unclear at this point if the new Bill will affect all-party parliamentary groups, and end what has become a twice-a-year tradition for the cider industry. If not, it's safe to assume we'll all meet again next year, and, if cider continues its upwards trajectory, with even less standing room than before.
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Fashion resellers have a problem other retailers and brands don’t have: They have minimal control over the actual product they sell. Whatever sellers offer up through The RealReal and StockX is what the companies have, which makes it hard to coordinate product-driven marketing campaigns and induce spikes in sales the way others can with scheduled drops.
To remedy this, some resellers have turned to closet sales, which involves recruiting an influential celebrity or fashion icon to sell products from their personal collection. These partnerships act as an alternative to a traditional product collaboration, serving several of the same purposes.
“The benefit is twofold,” said Arun Gupta, CEO of men’s resale site Grailed, which has hosted many closet sales over the past three years. “First, there’s the tactical user-acquisition side of things. [The celebrities Grailed works with] have a huge audience, so it provides some audience sharing and exposure for us. But it’s also about brand marketing. What we want to do as a company is help men who are getting into fashion feel more confident about caring about what they wear. We are trying to create that psychological safety for the community.”
Gupta said closet sales have been a major part of the company’s strategy for several years. The first one the company did in 2017 was with fashion icon Nick Wooster, and it’s since held closet sales with Pusha T, Lil Yachty and G-Eazy. Like any seller, the celebrities take most of the profits from these sales with Grailed taking its standard 6-10%.
The latest, which launches today, is with actor Adam Pally and is themed around Father’s Day. Gupta is expecting the styles to sell out immediately as they did in the previous closet sales. According to Grailed, all closet sales to date have sold out within five minutes of going live. The partnerships also drive a general increase in sales for the company, which has about 3.7 million monthly active users.
“There’s definitely a bit of a spike with each closet sale,” Gupta said. “It’s a really unique value proposition. A lot of times the closet sales sell out so fast, shoppers will check out other styles on the site. Once people are shopping on Grailed, it’s pretty easy to get them motivated to become customers.”
The collection includes around 80 pieces that were actually worn by Pally (as opposed to just being pieces curated by Pally from Grailed’s inventory). Grailed shot a video featuring Pally and his young son to promote the sale, which has already been boosted on both Grailed’s and Pally’s Instagram accounts.
Grailed is not the only reseller making use of closet sales for this purpose. Poshmark has previously done closet sales with celebrities like DJ Khaled and Serena Williams. At the time of Williams’ sale in February, Poshmark CEO Manish Chandra said that the personal and intimate relationships between buyers and sellers, particularly when the sellers have an audience of their own, are good for business.
Gwyneth Paltrow’s Goop holds an annual closet sale with celebrities like Drew Barrymore and Nicole Kidman, and eBay held a huge celebrity closet sale in 2017 with celebrities like Big Sean, Sophia Bush and Alicia Keys.
The RealReal has done closet sales with celebrities like the Kardashians, which COO Rati Sahi Levesque said is good for both the reseller and the celebrity partners.
“For celebrities who host public sales, they can reach our audience of luxury shoppers and engage their global fan base to support their sale since we ship to over 60 countries,” she said.
With the increasing popularity of fashion resale, the space is becoming more competitive than ever. For Gupta, closet sales provide a crucial way to keep up with competitors and draw in customers with flashy new product, while hopefully keeping them around.
“With closet sales, it’s an intimate look into people’s wardrobes,” said Gupta. “You see them on Instagram or the red carpet, and it’s all very curated. But when you get these closet sales, you get a peek behind the curtain and it’s a lot more intimate. That starts a conversation and plays into our brand message.”


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Betfair to knock rivals for the first time in campaign
By John Reynolds, marketingmagazine.co.uk, Friday, 10 February 2012 01:19PM
Betfair is to name rival bookies for the first time as part of its new Europe-wide marketing campaign.
The value-led campaign, created in-house, makes use of Betfair's new strapline, 'Don’t Settle for Less', which is being rolled out across TV, print and online.
The campaign marks the first time that Betfair has made direct price comparisons against its competitors, which include William Hill, Ladbrokes, Bet 365 and Paddy Power.
Peter Marcus, Betfair's UK managing director, said: "This is a simple campaign delivering the clear fact to both existing and potential customers, that Betfair offers far better value than the other bookmakers."
In August last year, Betfair radically overhauled its sport sponsorship activities by introducing four brand ambassadors.
The brand signed up former England cricketer Michael Vaughan, retired rugby star Will Greenwood, ex-footballer and now pundit, Lee Dixon, and racehorse trainer Paul Nicholls.
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(NBC) -- Millions of smart TV's were sold over the holiday season and it's easy to see why - they're cheaper than ever. But that bargain comes with a price.
They're a big-ticket item for millions of people, and nearly every TV sold these days is a smart TV. That means you can stream everything from Netflix to YouTube, Hulu to Disney Plus. If you're not using a smart TV, you might plug in one of these: an Amazon Firestick, Roku or Google Chromecast.
But all these devices are grabbing a lot of information about you - what streaming services you use, what shows you watch when you're watching, and how long even your voice.
According to their terms of service, those smart devices use that information for a range of reasons including: Analytics, marketing and targeted advertising. They can share that data with countless third party firms.
Consumer reports director of product testing Maria Rerecich says your smart TV is monitoring what you do and what you watch. She says many smart TVs use what's called "ACR" or "Automatic Content Recognition," the tech that helps TVs identify what you're watching.
So what can you do?
Maria shows me the steps on a Samsung.
"On [a Samsung], we would go down to settings, we would then have to go down to support, go over to terms and policy. We want to go to viewing information services. And then there's this 'I Agree'. We're going to uncheck that."
That tells your TV to stop monitoring what you're watching.
Next, look for 'interest-based advertisements service privacy notice'.
"You can also turn off the ability to get targeted ads."
Others, like Roku, are not as complicated.
"From the home screen, we go down to settings, we go over to privacy. Go to advertising, now in this one, limit ad-tracking. So we want to check it. And then smart TV experience, we want to uncheck that."
Another popular device? Amazon Fire TV. Go to settings, preferences, privacy settings and 'device usage data'. Finally, disable 'collect app and over the air usage' and 'interest-based ads'.
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According to the Association of American Publishers (AAP) StatShot report for the calendar year of 2012, adult fiction and nonfiction hardcover net revenues dipped nearly seven percent in 2012 compared to the same period last year (AAP chart embedded above).
At the same time, all categories of children’s and YA literature grew last year. eBook revenues in this category increased by nearly 121 percent. (AAP chart embedded below). AppNewser has more about the growth of digital book sales since 2002. Here’s more from the release:
With the December figures now available, the AAP monthly “StatShot” report of publishers’ net revenue shows that for calendar year 2012, US Trade publishers’ net revenue grew by 6.2% as compared to calendar year 2011
The StatShot report tabulated data from 1,193 publishers, collecting revenue reports in these categories: fiction and nonfiction for adults, children’s and young adult books and religious presses.


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By Erin Vanderberg, Editor
Two years ago, Park Hill’s Doug & Karen Kingman, who live at 23rd and Fairfax, bought 10 acres on the western slope with a vision of grapevines dancing in their head. That vision evolved, over trial and time, into Kingman Winery, an urban winery located in Globeville.
“When you come in here you go to a different place,” said Doug of their warehouse winery location off of Washington Street.
The winery is open weekends for tastings, and the occasional weeknight for special events. Karen manages the tasting counter in the front of the house, while Doug keeps up with operations in the back.
Last year, their efforts yielded a Best of the Fest award at the Colorado Mountain Winefest in Palisade for their Cabernet Sauvignon. Personally, I would give the award to their unfiltered 2012 Zinfandel, but supplies are limited.
The inspiration behind Kingman Winery was simply their love of wine and wine culture, which took hold during visits to northern California wine country. Doug works for a biopharmaceutical manufacturer in Longmont, and traveled to San Francisco frequently on business. Karen, a human resources professional for an accounting firm in Denver, would travel along. Together, they explored the Napa and Sonoma vineyards.
Later down the road, while visiting Doug’s family in Cortez, they met vintner Guy Drew who, like the Kingmans, has a passion for wine. Guy built his winery from the ground up, learning as he went.
“We thought, ‘If he can do it, we can do it,’” said Doug, so they started experimenting with wine kits. “Karen immediately established herself as quality control,” Doug quipped.
Land on the western slope came next; ten acres on A ½ Road outside of Palisade. They would drive up every weekend to work on the barn and get ready to plant grapes. Come harvest, they bought local grapes and made wine with just two tanks, a press, a corker, a filler, a foiler and lots of help from their family and friends.
“We were pretty grassroots then,” said Karen.
Nevertheless, their initial efforts yielded 450 cases of wine. At that point, they started to look ahead to selling their wine and having a tasting room; only to discover that growing grapes on the land was a more expensive proposition than they initially imagined and their rural location wasn’t ideal for a tasting room.
“We had learned that if we were going to grow grapes, we’d need a lot of money,” said Doug. “Kinda like spreading five dollar bills all over [the ground] and mulching it in.”
They sold their property in 2012 and set up shop at their current location. This year, Doug has increased production by more than 50 percent; planning for 1,200 cases of 2012 wine. With his mechanical engineering background, he has created a remarkable assembly line for making wine. He visits his tanks each morning before he goes to work, and again in the evening on his way back home.
While the industrial warehouse district may seem an odd place for such an earthy process, the Kingman Winery is a popular spot along the Front Range Winery Trail, with Balestreri Vineyards just a few blocks over and Spero Winery less than four miles to the west.
“Our competition is not each other,” said Doug of his fellow winemakers in the city. “Just two percent of the wine sold in the state is from Colorado grapes.”
It’s one thing to make the wine, the Kingmans have also learned to brand it, showcase it at festivals, and sell it to stores and, soon, Doug hopes, restaurants. Doug currently has Kingman Wines in 12 stores in the state, including Grape Expectations on Kearney. Groupons have been a useful aid in bringing new people to them. The winery is also popular with locavores.
For all the hard work they put into the place, the Kingmans don’t seem to be complaining.
“We wanted to have things to do when we retired,” said Doug. “With wine, there is always a new problem to consider and not one answer. It’s a romance with the grapes, and there is also this wonderful people side to it. This is what we want to do for as long as we can stand up.”
The Kingman Winery is located at 800 E. 64th Avenue. Their tasting room is open weekends from noon to 5 p.m. For more information, visit kingmanwine.com.


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Circular Textile Economy
The Circular Textile Economy team is examining what can be done to transition the Australian fashion and textiles industry to a circular mode of production and consumption – a model where there is no waste. In is working with fashion designers, manufacturers, retailers, recyclers and governments to identify and help make a series of changes to the system.
In 2021, the team helped shape Victorian Government recycling policy to include textiles waste, a significant contributor to landfill. The team consulted with eleven fashion industry groups to collect perspectives and experiences on the textile circular economy, then published their findings – bringing visibility to circular textiles in the public eye and generating public dialogue. They also launched their first Circular Fashion guide, focused on the story of a circular t-shirt.


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Following iQIYI announced an exclusive worldwide broadcast in 2015 CCTV Spring Festival Gala for Year of the Goat, Gong Yu, iQIYI founder and CEO, and Wang Gaofei, Weibo CEO, announced deep collaboration on this event on Weibo. Weibo users can comment and win Hongbao while watching Spring Festival Gala.
This year, China internet users can watch the live broadcasting of Spring Festival Gala and comment and interact with other Weibo users without switching the screens. Weibo will also give away 400 red envelopes to active users, each of which contains 4,999 yuan cash.
Their collaboration covers mobile. iQiyi has 500 million active users according to Gong Yu. Its accumulated users on mobile client has reached 860 million, contributing 63% of its total traffic. In contrast, the percentage of users who login Weibo on mobile exceeded 78%.
While during the first 7 months in 2014, iQiyi/PPS remained the leader by total number of reached users on mobile, followed by Youku Tudou, and Tencent video.


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First, it was the white MacBook. Now Apple is bidding adieu to DVD drives in its Mac Mini.
With everything moving towards “the cloud,” it might make sense that drives in general will become legacy features, but for those of us who still enjoy a physical DVD, the only option with these computers is to purchase a separate external drive.
Most applications that consumers want to use are digitally available and can be downloaded from an app store or the vendors website. For the most part, people will be able to do away with DVD drives, but not all software can be digitally downloaded. Another counterpoint and possible issue for users is that not everyone has big Internet packages with their home service providers.
An article posted on MSNBC has raised the question of whether CD and DVD optical drives are on their way to obsolescence.
The article quoted Sergis Mushell, an analyst with the Gartner research firm as saying, “Optical drives require motors to spin the disc, and this uses more battery. Companies are taking out motorized drives to improve battery life.”
Apple’s latest software offering, OS X Lion, illustrates the migration from discs to downloads pretty well. Right now you can opt to download Lion from the App Store for $29.99 or you can choose to purchase a physical copy for $69 in August. But don’t expect it on a disc. The software comes on a pre-loaded USB stick.
More interesting than the updates and additions on July 20th was the lone omission. The white, plastic MacBook was put down. At $999 the new MacBook Air is the one that is lacking any semblance of a drive. One can only assume Apple is making a push for a cloud-based future.
But Apple isn’t the first to give optical drives the boot, so the buzz about it might make one wonder what the big deal is.
Netbooks, which were the rage from a few years ago, also eliminated the DVD drives to try and keep the hardware costs as low as possible. Google’s Chromebooks all lack the hardware, as does Samsung’s Series 9 laptop.
Perhaps we can all safely assume that hardware, at least in the PC realm, is on its last legs?
As tablets start to take the forefront of mobile computing devices, one might say that yes, optical drives will become a thing of the past.
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Last year Google launched Motion Stills, an app for iOS platform which turns live photos into stabilized GIFs and looping videos. Today, after a year, Internet giant, Google launched same app for Android platform.
As Android devices don’t have live photos. The app will make use of stabilization algorithms and allow users to capture stabilized short videos and turn them into looping GIFs with a single tap. One can also use app for creating fast forward (hyperlapse like) video clips. Users can select quality of GIF. The best thing about the app is that it does everything in real time so that we don’t have to wait for anything.
After the launch of Motion Stills on Google Play Store, Google said :
“For this release, we redesigned our existing iOS video processing pipeline to use a streaming approach that processes each frame of a video as it is being recorded. By computing intermediate motion metadata, we are able to immediately stabilize the recording while still performing loop optimization over the full sequence. All this leads to instant results after recording — no waiting required to share your new GIF.”
The Motion Stills is compatible with Android devices running on Android version 5.1 or later. Google also promised that it will add new features to the app over the period of time. You can download the Motion Stills app from Google Play Store or just click here.


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Regis Corp. plans to close about 600 company owned underperforming SmartSyle Salons inside Walmart stores at the end of January.
The Edina, Minn.-based company has more than a dozen SmartStyle salons in the St. Louis area. The location of the stores slated for closure was not immediately available.
“Consistent with our multi-year strategic plan, Regis is taking steps in 2018 to restructure our salon portfolio to improve shareholder value and position the company for long-term growth,” president and CEO Hugh Sawyer said in a statement.
After the closures, Regis will have about 2,000 SmartStyle salons……more here


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Why not combine two male enjoyments into one product?
A Polish company has set up a crowd-funding page to raise money for a new brand of beer which it claims will be made with bacteria taken from a woman’s vagina.
The Order of Yoni – which takes its name from the Sanskrit word for vagina – is asking for £118,000 (150,000 Euros) to launch ‘Bottled Instinct’, a drink which contains the ‘quintessence of femininity’.
A post on crowd-sourcing website Indie Go Go claims the beer will be made from the ‘lactic acid bacteria’ of Czech model Alexandra Brendlova, who appears in the adverts in negligee.
Slightly weirdly I know someone who has dated Brendlova. No, no news on how the beer will taste, sorry.


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Qualcomm, a leading technology company, has unveiled its latest innovation, the Snapdragon X Elite chip, at its Snapdragon Summit in Maui, Hawaii. This advanced processor for laptops is set to redefine the user experience by bringing artificial intelligence (AI) processing to the forefront. By processing AI locally on the device, Qualcomm aims to create highly personalized machines that understand users’ needs and preferences, offering an “emotional intelligence” in the device.
Kedar Kondap, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Compute and Gaming at Qualcomm, explained the company’s vision for the Snapdragon X Elite, stating, “The device understands you, and you understand the device, creating a highly personalized machine.” He believes that the best AI experience is one where the consumer isn’t even aware of the intelligence at work, and this is where the future of user experience will evolve.
In recent years, the personal computer (PC) market has faced declining consumer appeal and demand, largely due to the rise of smartphones in terms of connectivity and entertainment. Qualcomm sees AI as the key to revitalize the PC market. Kondap emphasized that AI will become pervasive and essential for users in various verticals, from manufacturing to operations, ultimately driving significant differentiation in the PC market.
At the Snapdragon Summit, Qualcomm introduced the Snapdragon X Elite, a redesigned processor for laptops that processes AI locally on the device, rather than relying on cloud-based solutions. The chip is capable of supporting generative AI models with over 13 billion parameters running entirely on the laptop. This approach is designed to enhance the power of PC-based AI applications, offering a unique and personalized user experience currently lacking on traditional PCs.
Kondap expects app developers to take full advantage of the Snapdragon X Elite’s capabilities in the coming years. The processor’s heterogeneous architecture, powerful Neural Processing Unit (NPU), and Qualcomm Oryon CPU cores create an environment where AI applications can flourish, paving the way for innovative and meaningful applications.
During the Snapdragon Summit, Qualcomm showcased AI applications like stable diffusion, which generates images based on text input, and a language model-based AI assistant tool, all running on the laptop without relying on cloud resources. While the demonstrations were impressive, the evolution of the software ecosystem to harness the full potential of AI capabilities remains to be seen.
Qualcomm’s foray into the PC market with Snapdragon chips has had mixed success in the past, but the Snapdragon X Elite represents a significant step forward. Designed by the team acquired through Qualcomm’s purchase of Nuvia in 2021, this 12-core, 4 nm chip promises high-performance computing comparable to Intel and AMD processors while maintaining the power efficiency of ARM designs. Qualcomm even compared the X Elite to Apple’s M2 processor, claiming similar performance in single-threaded workloads with 30% less power consumption. These claims have positioned Qualcomm as a strong competitor in the laptop processor market, challenging Intel, AMD, and even Apple.
While specific details about the Snapdragon X Elite chip’s variants and laptop pricing remain undisclosed, Kondap mentioned that PCs powered by this new processor are expected to be available from top manufacturers such as HP and Lenovo by mid-2024.
Kondap also clarified that although Qualcomm’s new platforms for smartphones and laptops heavily rely on AI computing, he does not foresee a time when smartphones and laptops merge into a single device. These devices will remain distinct, with Qualcomm prioritizing power efficiency while ensuring mobility.
As Qualcomm continues to push the boundaries of AI and computing technology, the Snapdragon X Elite chip represents a significant step forward in enhancing the capabilities and user experiences of laptops, potentially reshaping the PC market in the process.


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However, the mega Audi, which will likely be called the A9 if it makes production, is still in the very early design stages and could either be built as a four-door coupe or a regular two-door coupe and convertible.
We’ve already reported on the A9 being developed as a four-door coupe but a new report suggests that Audi will go the more traditional route of launching a coupe and soft-top convertible for its latest model.
The A9 is expected to share its underpinnings with the aluminum constructed A8 and be built alongside the flagship sedan, as well as the R8 supercar, at Audi’s plant in Neckarsulm, Germany by 2015--if it’s actually given the green light. Importantly, this release date roughly coincides with the launch date for the Mercedes CL-replacing S-Class Coupe.
The usual gamut of Audi engines should apply, starting with a 211 horsepower supercharged 3.0-liter V-6 in the base model and ranging all the way up to a 520 horsepower twin-turbocharged 4.0-liter V-8 in the sporty S9 variant. All models, of course, will come with quattro all-wheel drive as standard.
Does Audi really need such a model in its lineup? Tell us in the comments section below.


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Director Jonathan Barenboim has joined production house Rodeo Show for U.S. commercial representation. His signing comes on the heels of his recent collaboration with Rodeo Show on two campaign spots, “Our Labels” and “Always Valid, Never Optional,” for FDA’s “This Free Life” campaign. With a footprint in both advertising and entertainment, he has worked with studios such as HBO, Netflix, Hulu and FOX, and has directed spots for brands including Coca-Cola, Reebok, Nike, McDonald’s, Chevy, Diner’s Club, Doritos, Nielsen, and Ford Motor Company. Being fluent in Spanish, he also works on campaign spots across the Hispanic/Latin-American markets, including a Purina campaign that aired in Mexico and Argentina.
Barenboim is an alum of SHOOT’s New Directors Showcase, having earned inclusion in 2015. On the awards front, his “Road To Killington” campaign for Reebok won a Silver Clio Sports Award. He also shot the Doritos commercial, “Pug Attack,” that won the “Crash The Super Bowl Contest” and was the top-rated 2011 Super Bowl spot, as measured by USA Today’s Ad Meter. Additionally, Barenboim’s short film, The Lepidoctor, was nominated for a Student Academy Award, won the Golden Starfish Award at the Hamptons International Film Festival and took top honors at the Cannes Film Festival in the Emerging Filmmaker Showcase.
Argentine-American Barenboim was born and raised in Miami Beach, where he grew up surrounded by creative inspirations that inspired him to pick up a paintbrush as a toddler and later pick up photography. His passion for creating visual content led Jonathan to trade the Sunshine State for the Golden State and attend the University of Southern California (USC)’s prestigious School of Cinematic Arts, where he earned a M.F.A. in film production.
Rodeo Show’s founder and EP Raphael Leopold said of Barenboim, “His experience in the U.S and Hispanic entertainment and advertising markets, along with his raw talent for capturing compelling and relatable characters and narratives, make him a great addition to our roster and a perfect fit for the Rodeo Show family.”
Barenboim said that he joined Rodeo Show based on his recent experience with the company on a job. “I knew immediately that they’re invested in their directors and the creative integrity of the work–and that made them a great fit for me.”


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Veeam, provider of backup, replication and virtualization management solutions for VMware vSphere and Windows Server Hyper-V, announced a total bookings revenue growth of 43 percent in the third quarter of 2012 compared to Q3 2011. At the same time, the company reported to have gained 7.000 new customers and reached a total of 50,000 customers worldwide.
Highlights of the third quarter in the press release include:
- Customers – Veeam added 7,000 new customers in Q3 and reached the 50,000 customer milestone worldwide during the quarter.
- Awards – Veeam products and customers’ success were recognized with several awards at VMworld :
- Veeam Backup Free Edition won “Best Free Tool” from Virtualization Review
- Veeam customer Tiger Wheel & Tyre won “Best virtualization and server consolidation project” as well as overall “Best of Show” at VMworld Europe
- Veeam customer Catalent Pharma Solutions won “Best virtualization for disaster recovery project” at VMworld Europe for its use of VMware vSphere 4.1 and Veeam Backup & Replication
- Products – At VMworld Europe Veeam announced that Veeam Backup & Replication 6.5 will be available in Q4 of this year. The new version will include new restore capabilities for Microsoft Exchange, and HP StoreVirtual VSA and LeftHand snapshots. Another significant addition is support for VMware vSphere® 5.1 and Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V, making Veeam the first vendor to support both new hypervisor platforms.
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Meta faced a fine of €390 million in January due to its violation of European Union data regulations related to advertising. The regulatory authority expressed its disapproval of Meta’s practice of coercing users into accepting data usage terms or leaving the platforms. As well as paying the fine, Meta pledged to make significant changes to its practices going forward.
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Meta emphasizes that this subscription model is aimed at addressing the concerns of the European Union rather than being primarily profit-driven. Users will have a choice: they can continue using the platforms for free, with their data being collected, or they can opt for a paid subscription to eliminate targeted ads.
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In a blog post, the company said: “We believe in an ad-supported internet, which gives people access to personalised products and services regardless of their economic status.
The option for people to purchase a subscription for no ads balances the requirements of European regulators while giving users choice and allowing Meta to continue serving all people in the EU, EEA and Switzerland. We respect the spirit and purpose of these evolving European regulations, and are committed to complying with them.
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eSIM Currently Can Connect With a Single Network
If you have a smartphone with eSIM support, you know that it can only connect with a single carrier’s network. If you want your device to be connected to another carrier’s network, you will have to change the eSIM.
But with Android 13, Google might change that. According to the leak, a single eSIM inside an Android 13 powered smartphone might be able to connect with networks of two telecom operators simultaneously.
Google wants users to get dual-eSIM support using a single eSIM chip. The company has developed multiple enabled profiles (MEP) for this, which allows a single eSIM element to actively connect with two carriers.
This would be a game-changer for eSIMs and their future. Apple is reportedly going to ditch physical SIM slots with the iPhone 15 (even in some models of iPhone 14) completely. The relevance of eSIM related technologies and advancements will increase with the coming age.
Android 13 is going to bring a lot of changes, not at the UI level mostly, but in the features and capabilities area. The support for MEP could also be available for other devices, including those which are running Windows, macOS, and iOS. Pixel smartphones from Google are reportedly being tested with this new technology, and we might get to see it officially in a few weeks' time. There will be a lot more new features that users will be able to see with Android 13.


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The Indian Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) market has grown by leaps and bounds in the last few years. With it, many SaaS startups have emerged in the country, grabbing the attention of global investors. This is evident from the funding raised by the sector in the past few years. In 2021, Indian enterprisetech startups raised more than $3.2 Bn in investments.
In addition, the sector has also shown enormous potential for growth. A report by SaaSBOOMi estimated that the Indian SaaS sector was on track to generate revenue between $50 Bn and $70 Bn by 2030. The report also found that the Indian entrepreneurs were likely to dominate 4%-6% of the global market by 2030.
Hevo Data: DevTools SaaS Startup Of The Year
- Headquarters: San Francisco, US
- Founders: Manish Jethani, Sourabh Agarwal
- Founded In: 2017
- Total Funding: $43 Mn
- Key Investors: Sequoia Capital, Chiratae Ventures, Qualgro Partners
- No. Of Customers/Clients: 1,000+
Hevo Data was picked as the winner for this year’s SaaSBOOMi “DevTools SaaS Startup of the Year”. Hevo Data is an automated self-serve no-code data pipeline platform that loads data from any source into warehouses like Snowflake, Google BigQuery, Amazon Redshift, and others.
The startup helps companies combine data from a wide array of applications including CRM, advertising channels, martech, financial system software, and customer support products to allow companies to get up-to-date data in their warehouse.
The startup offers services to more than 1,000 companies spread across 35 countries. It claims to have grown its revenue by 4X over the last year and to be well on track to grow it further by 3X this year.
The startup has so far raised $43Mn in funding across multiple funding rounds. Hevo Data is backed by big names in the investor world such as Sequoia Capital, Chiratae Ventures and Qualgro Partners.
The startup is based out of San Francisco and operates with a team of more than 200 people. Hevo Data plans to continue investing in product development and add more people to its workforce. Outlining its long term plans, the startup plans to expand its user offerings to allow non-technical users to utilise the platform.


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MUTEK.AE announces its second edition and partnership with GITEX Future Stars
Dubai – UAE, 9th September, 2018. MUTEK.AE is proud to announce a partnership with GITEX Future Stars (“GFS”), the fastest growing global startup event in MENA. The collaboration with GFS strengthens the MUTEK.AE mission to enrich the UAE’s electronic music scene with digital artistry, and will allow those attending MICRO MUTEK.AE to discover the international creative economy and start-ups driving the technological evolution in the Middle East.
The Middle East is demanding access to digital creativity, specifically audiovisual content, which is the commitment and focus of our second annual gathering. The chemistry between MUTEK.AE and GFS is incredibly powerful and allows us to infuse the technology startup scene with innovative digital artistry, that is a growing trend within the international contemporary music scene”. Mehdi Ansari, Co-Founder of MUTEK.AE
After the ground-breaking Dubai launch of digital creativity and electronic music festival MICRO MUTEK.AE Edition 1 in November 2017, the unprecedented gathering announces dates for its second edition.
Taking place at various venues such as the Dubai World Trade Centre between Sunday, October 14th and Friday, October 19th MICRO MUTEK.AE will feature an all-encompassing array of immersive environments that showcase the intersection of music, art and innovative technology. The live performances will push the envelope of contemporary music and creativity to new dimensions.
Last year’s festival brought an unimaginable line-up of cutting edge local and international artists in music, audio visual and technology such as the regional debut of the highly influential drum machine wizard and Underground Resistance founder - Jeff Mills, Dasha Rush and Habibi Funk. The 2018 line up will feature a sophisticated selection of the world’s most avant-garde live audio-visual artists, to be announced soon.
"Established in 2000, MUTEK is a festival dedicated to the promotion of electronic music and digital arts. It is the leading art and culture festival worldwide. The central platform is an annual five-day event in Montreal, which exists for the past 19 years. Today, 7 cities host their MUTEK festival including Montreal, Mexico, Barcelona, Buenos Aires, San Francisco, Tokyo and Dubai".
GITEX Future Stars is the fastest growing startup event and the largest in the Middle East, Africa & South East Asia, providing a platform for a thriving startup ecosystem, mega fund investors, corporate and government buyers to meet and connect– aptly located in one of the world’s most innovative cities, Dubai. It is co-located with GITEX Technology Week - the MENA region’s #1 Tech Show - delivering 100,000+ visitors and 5,000+ exhibitors and providing the region with unrivalled opportunity to connect with the world’s leading technology providers, corporate and government buyers.
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UK-based private equity firm Exponent Private Equity has acquired Ambassador Theatre Group, one of the leading theatre operators in London’s West End, by financing its £90m (€100.7m) takeover of Live Nation’s UK venues.
The combination of the businesses values the new entity at £150m (€167.8m), with Exponent taking a majority stake. With a total of 39 venues, the new expanded theatre business is one of the biggest in the country and is set to lead London’s so-called Theatre Land.
Former BBC director general Greg Dyke will be joining the company in the new role of executive chairman.
Howard Panter, ATG’s joint CEO and creative director, said, “Live Nation Theatres is a very successful company, with first class staff and significant customer loyalty. It is also blessed with some of the world’s best producers and productions. Our aim is to help maintain the shows and theatres as vibrant successes. It will be a privilege to operate this additional group of historic venues.”
Co-founded by Panter and Rosemary Squire in 1992, ATG’s humble beginnings started in the town of Woking with The Ambassadors venue.
The Live Nation theatres being acquired include the Edinburgh Playhouse and The Lyceum and Apollo Victoria Theatre in London. The company will continue to operate its concert business in the UK through its Wembley Arena and Manchester Apollo venues.
Exponent has funds of £1.2bn (€1.34bn) under management and previously invested in UK bed retailer Dreams and ticket sales company Trainline.
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Another day, another house update from Mark Wright, 35, and Michelle Keegan, 34 – and their latest home feature is set to be pretty luxurious.
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The Extra star gave his Instagram followers a peek at the couple's walk-in wardrobes at their new Georgian-style home, which is reportedly worth £1.3million. "Finally have a plan for the wardrobes!! Cannot wait," he wrote next to a sketch from Taylor Bespoke.
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It showed a room with wardrobes lining the back wall, while a shelving unit sat on one side and what appears to be a small dressing table with drawers was positioned next to the window. Previous snaps on the bespoke furniture designers' Instagram show many of their designs feature chic white cabinets, mirrored shelves and underlighting to make the space feel bigger – which would fit in perfectly with Mark and Michelle's decor, should they choose a similar style.
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Mark shared a look at their wardrobe plans
The wardrobes are likely to be in close proximity to their master bedroom, which has been decorated with a textured wallpaper in a muted cream shade.
In a recent video, the former TOWIE star showed off huge black doors on the far side of the room, presumably leading to the hallway and their en suite. Another luxurious feature of their bedroom is the large windows that boast views over the idyllic countryside.
The couple have been renovating their home since they purchased it in 2020
Mark and Michelle bought their Essex home back in 2020, but the TV star recently revealed they have been temporarily living with his parents amid the renovation.
While discussing his brother Josh Wright and his wife Hollie's recent baby joy, he said on Heart FM: "Me and my wife actually are at my mum and dad's, we're staying there at the moment, whilst we're renovating our house.
"My mum was on her way to the hospital because we heard that Hollie was going into labour and me and my wife were in bed and my dad was in his bed upstairs. It was just us in the house because my sister stayed at my other sister's house, anyway there's loads of us!
"We were laying in bed and we got the news in a Whatsapp group which is the beauty of having social media, my brother said, 'He's here!' Me and Michelle, we ran up to my dad in his bed, we were like, 'Can you believe it?' He was buzzing, he was like, 'Go downstairs and pop a bottle. I've done it with all you kids when you were born, so got to do it again.'"
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Exports of energy products were up 2.5 per cent to $11.9 billion. Crude oil and crude bitumen increased 2.8 per cent to a record high of $8.9 billion, as prices rose 2.2 per cent.
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Students at Istituto Marangoni don’t experience fashion: they create it. They are the opposite of a fashion victim: they are warriors ready for battle and talent is their weapon.
To celebrate 80 years of success of one of the most prestigious fashion schools globally – with branches in Milan, Florence, Paris, London, Shanghai and Shenzehn – Istituto Marangoni launched a contest for talented young people all over the world, offering 80 scholarships. A new logo was created, as well as a new claim, inspired by the historic brand.
In line with the new concept, the agency has produced new corporate materials, such as the prospectus giving an overview of courses – the prospectus was styled as a “magazine”, with in-depth articles on school locations and alumni case histories.
The photo shoot was carried out in Milan. The pictures were taken by Aldo Fallai, a photographer who has been working for Giorgio Armani for more than 20 years.


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We all know that the new Maruti Suzuki Swift is currently the most wanted car in the country. Right from its launch which happened on August 17 till date, the Swift has received over 1.08 lakh bookings and the demand seems never ending. On the part of the dealers side the waiting for the diesel is expected to be six months and the waiting for petrol is anywhere between three to five months but it goes without saying that the waiting periods are extended beyond measure in the actual sense.
With many frustrated buyers who have been waiting for their Swift like one waits for a shooting star, Maruti Suzuki is very confident that the workers strike which has affected the production and slowed down the deliveries will not affect their sales during the festive season. Currently the Manesar plant produces around 700 units daily, the company is aiming to produce around 17,000 – 18,000 units a month which are around 5,000 – 6,000 units more than the production per month for the previous generation Swift. What we wonder is there is hardly any new Swift seen on the roads so where is all the demand-supply equation fitting in?


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Fans of the Pokémon/ Tekken crossover game will be please to hear that Pokkén Tournament will be getting a brand new character later this year, according to Pokkén’s official twitter account.
But, here’s the catch: It will only be available in Japan for the time being. The new fighter will be announced via a livestream on the Japanese website, NicoNico, on July 14th and will be available on the arcade version of the game on July 20th, along with a major update to the game. (It us unknown whether it will be available World Wide at some point.)
Pokkén Tournament was originally released laster year, on July 16th, in Japanese Arcades, will a home console version released worldwide earlier this year, on March 18th. We’ll keep you posted on any new details, as this story develops.
Who do you think will be the next fighter? It would make sense if it was Greninja (especially since he was voted as the most popular Pokémon in Japan.)


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Nikon is under a lot of pressure in 2018, because this is the year that the public is anticipating hot new products from the company, especially the highly anticipated full-frame mirrorless camera that the company is currently working on. The very first product that Nikon has launched in 2018 is a lens – it is the Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 180-400mm f/4E TC1.4 FL ED VR – a beast of a lens targeted specifically at sports and wildlife photographers and videographers. Many Nikon 200-400mm f/4G VR shooters have been waiting for a replacement to the lens and it looks like Nikon didn’t just deliver an update – the 180-400mm is a whole new lens with a completely revamped optical design and engineering. At $ 12,399 MSRP, it is the second most expensive lens in Nikon’s line-up after the exotic Nikon 800mm f/5.6E VR and for a good reason, if you were to look into what Nikon has packed into it. Without a doubt, it is a marvel of a lens, something that is soon to become one of the most desirable lenses in Nikon’s arsenal. Read on to find out why.
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BIG BROTHER bosses have ditched the oldies by picking just 20-to-32-years-olds for the latest bunch of contestants as the new series kicked off last night.
The 12 housemates - including a fish trader, shop assistant and fashion designer - headed into the space age pad which will be their home for up to nine weeks.
Their identities have as usual been a closely guarded secret and they have been holed up separately in secret locations for the past few days.
Until they were driven to the house at Elstree studios in Hertfordshire, the group had never met.
They include chef Gos from Southall, in London, who loves to sleep at any opportunity, while Ray from Galway is a fitness fanatic who heads to the gym five times a week.
Wannabe musicians have driven their housemates - and viewers - mad and this year the line-up includes guitar and piano player Cameron from the Orkney Islands.
There are least two vegetarians who may well be infuriated by Jon from Staines in west London who once helped a mate to slaughter a pig.
Three of the new contestants list sex as one of the things they will miss most.
Until they are evicted or quit they will now have no contact with the outside world.
At stake is a £70,000 prize but for some of the new instant celebrities Big Brother will be the passport to much more.
By selling their stories to the highest bidder on release they can make a fortune, as well as picking up advertising deals or their own TV shows.
However, many will find that they have little more than the Warholian 15 minutes of fame.
Viewers last night saw the contestants enter the house and get used to their new surroundings live on Channel 4. Digital station E4 will devote much of its airtime to showing the goings-on in the house over the coming weeks.
Shop assistant Tania from north-west London admits to being a drama queen and says she was drawn to the show because she would love to be watched 24 hours a day.
There are two contestants from Liverpool - 27-year-old Scott, a marketing man for a mail order firm, and Sissy, 26, the fashion designer.
Sales manager Justine, 27, from Leeds once sold chain mail clothing to fetish fans.
Oldest contestant on the show is Cameron at 32, while the youngest is nursery assistant Anouska, 20, from Manchester.
Channel 4 has released little detail about their relationships but Steph, from Birmingham, 27, has recently split from her footballer husband.


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Premier highlights at 2012 Delhi Auto Expo
Premier made another push at positioning itself as a dominant player in the SUV segment with the launch of three new variants of the RiO compact SUV. The new RiO's styling is a lot more palatable and it also packs in three new engine options. The company is going aggressive with its sales plans and intends to double its number of dealerships by the end of 2012. But will that be a good enough bait to lure buyers, remains to be seen.
Upgraded compact SUV comes with 3 engine options including a 1.3-litre Multijet diesel mill that's also on the Fiat Punto and Maruti Suzuki Swift


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The Circuit City name is slowly fading away. Parent company Systemax announced that Circuit City will merge with TigerDirect.com by Dec. 31 and become part of the latter’s ecommerce website.
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Computer manufacturer/marketer Systemax acquired Circuit City’s intellectual property assets in 2009. Last month, Systemax’s board of directors decided that Circuit City’s future could be optimized by consolidating the websites.
Circuit City filed for bankruptcy in November 2008 and closed its last stores in March 2009. Systemax also acquired electronics retailer CompUSA’s intellectual property when it closed in 2008. It manufactures and sells consumer electronics online, by direct mail and in retail stores.
Systemax included information regarding its decision to merge Circuit City with TigerDirect.com in its third-quarter financial press release.
Early in the fourth quarter, Systemax management evaluated of its multi-brand U.S. consumer strategy and on Oct. 31 its board of directors opted to consolidate its U.S. consumer operations under TigerDirect.com. As a result, Systemax will record one-time, non-cash impairment charges related to the intangible assets of CompUSA and Circuit City of about $34 million (pre-tax) in the fourth quarter of 2012.
Systemax CEO Richard Leeds said in the press release that the company “harvested significant value from the CompUSA and Circuit City acquisitions” and is moving forward with a “single and unified consumer platform in the United States that will drive efficiencies in advertising and customer acquisition.”


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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Telecom stocks tumbled Thursday, dragging the broader market in their wake, after MetroPCS Communications Inc. said subscriber growth slowed at the end of last year, and AT&T Inc. unveiled a new smartphone strategy at the Consumer Electronics Show.
Contributing to a 26-point drop on the Dow Jones Industrial Average
The provider of prepaid-wireless service posted disappointing net growth in subscribers. PCS said Thursday it added 298,000 new subscribers in the fourth quarter, down from 317,255 a year earlier.
“Severe” weather during the peak selling season in late December hurt results, Roger Linquist, the company’s chief executive, said in a statement.
The results also fell short of those achieved by rival Leap Wireless International Inc.
The large wireless carriers, for their part, are engaged in a war on two fronts — for subscribers that want the type of cheap, flat-rate service provided by MetroPCS, and for users willing to pay up for smartphones and data downloading.
AT&T on Thursday said it would start selling the iPhone 3GS for $49, slashing its price from $99, a day after it laid out an aggressive plan to roll out its next-generation wireless network in 2011. Read more on AT&T at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
That price cut, likely designed to counter looming competition from Verizon Wireless, and against the backdrop of AT&T’s own effort to ramp up its 4G network, could cool near-term profits. Read more on 4G gadgets taking center stage at CES.
The decline in Verizon’s shares came as Chief Executive Ivan Seidenberg reportedly said at CES on Thursday that the company’s advanced, 4G network will benefit from an ecosystem growing more quickly than most people think.
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Motorola had on Wednesday unveiled its Xoom tablet device at CES, which is running on an advanced version of Google’s operating-system software.


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Ecofriendly automobiles will serve as the engine driving economic growth.
On Friday, President Moon Jae-in visited Hyundai Motor Company’s Ulsan factory, which is the first in the world to mass produce a hydrogen car, its Tucsan model, and is the first in Korea to mass produce an electric truck, its Porter model.
It is also where the electric car model Ionic5 will be manufactured using Hyundai’s Electric Global Modular Platform, a technological milestone for electric vehicles.
The president plans to support the automobile industry’s swift transition and create an ecofriendly industry with regional balance.
“The government has selected ‘green future mobility’ as one of the top 10 Korean New Deal projects. By 2025, we are planning to invest more than 17.6 billion U.S. dollars in green mobility projects such as electric and hydrogen cars.
One way to expand the market for electric and hydrogen vehicles is to make them affordable.
In 2025, the government plans to make electric cars around 9-thousand dollars cheaper than today by working with the private sector to research and develop a cheaper battery system.
Starting next month, the government will run a pilot program which lends batteries needed in electric vehicles
People can buy electric cars without batteries at a cheaper price and then borrow a battery through this project.
The government will also build 500-thousand charging stations for electric cars in apartments and houses, and 15-thousand at highway rest stops.
It will also build 100 hydrogen car charging stations by the first half of next year.
By establishing such infrastructure, the government hopes to lead the future mobility market five years from now.
Hong Yoo, Arirang News.