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Xiaomi has announced a sub-brand in the “Mi Ecosystem” called MIJIA and it will be representing the smart home products and the ecosystem around it similar to what LeTV has done recently by rebranding itself as LeEco to expand its reach to other appliances. The Mi Ecosystem has products like Mi Power Bank, Mi TV, Mi Band, Speaker, Mini USB WiFi, Piston earphone, smart bulb, air purifier, water purifier, MiKey etc. Xiaomi has also invested in 55 startups till now and 29 among them started from nothing. Two of the companies have achieved an impressive 1 billion RMB in revenue.
MIJIA gets a new look, a new thought and a new product in the form of a smart cooker that was teased earlier. The shape of the logo is similar to a shield, which talks about its reliability, according to the launch post. The actual meaning of MIJIA is “Xiaomi Smart Home”, and this is going to concentrate on the smart home products and the ecosystem around it. Recently, LeTV rebranded to LeEco to start working on a lot of things around smartphones, TVs and such. The announcement of MIJIA is similar to that.
According to Xiaomi, the new product they launched, i.e. the Mi IH Cooker is to tackle the issues users were facing in China – Good quality, scarcity in China, high current prices and market needs. The most important part of the cooker, i.e. the inner side of it is made after a total of 69 processes were done on it.
The Mi IH rice cooker by Xiaomi is developed with inputs from Japanese engineer Naito Takeshi and you can control the rice cooker with your smartphone to choose how soft your rice should, how cool is that. From one of the images revealed by Xiaomi it appears like you can buy MIJIA themed notebooks and notepads.


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Emmerdale favourite Samatha Giles is pleased the ‘terrible’ Meena Jutla storyline is coming to an end.
We now know Meena’s time in the show won’t be much longer after her terrible crimes have been exposed.
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One person happy it is coming to an end is Samantha Giles, who has played Bernice Blackstock, over a number of spells since 1998.
She recently appeared Wonderbirds YouTube show to discuss the Meena storyline and how she rarely has time to watch Emmerdale.
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"I think it is. It’s terrible, I’m in the show and I don’t really ever watch it, which is awful," Samantha said.
"You know what it’s like, it’s that time when you’re either putting the kids to bed or you’re getting dinner or whatever, but I know that it’s very close to coming to a head."
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Samantha added: "And I think it’s probably timely (the conclusion of Meena’s storyline).
“Lots of people have said that they’ve enjoyed it, but you know, come on, it’s time for it to (end)."
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The crowded skyline of one of Tokyo's most famous neighborhoods has a new addition. The Shibuya Scramble Square building is the area's tallest skyscraper and is set to offer visitors hundreds of new shopping and dining options.
The 230-meter structure, which spans 47 stories, will open Friday next week. Sixteen floors will be devoted to commercial space, housing about 200 stores.
The rest of the building will mostly be office space, largely rented out to tech companies.
Visitors can head up to an open-air observation deck to enjoy a view of the iconic Shibuya scramble crossing.
The building also includes a number of warehouses stocked with food and water for earthquakes. There are enough supplies to last 2,000 people three days.


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Jobs plans rare trip to India to launch new facility?Apple Computer chief executive Steve Jobs may make a rare trip to Asia next month to oversee the launch of the company\'s new R&D center and support facility in Bangalore, India.
According to a report in CIOL IT Unlimited, Jobs is likely to visit the Bangalore site during the first week of April.
The trip will mark a rare visit for Jobs, who is usually conservative in his travel plans, sources told the publication. Those sources said the only Asian country he has visited in his official capacity is Japan.
However, Jobs does have a special affinity to India. In the 1970\'s, he spent four years as a hippie spiritual tourist visiting holy places in the country, the report notes.
Jobs reportedly admires India as one of the fast growing economies in the world, but Apple has just around four percent market share in the country for its products.
The Bangalore facility, which was revealed by the India press earlier this month, will reportedly hire as many as 1,500 people by the end of this year, and have a total of 3,000 employees by the end of 2007.
Sources had previously told the India Times the facility would be built for Apple by property developer RMZ Corp in its EcoSpace property on the outer ring road near Marathahalli.
RMZ is said to be creating a 1.5 lakh sq ft facility for Apple in the first phase of development, and 1.5 lakh sq ft in the second phase.
Apple\'s decision to set up the facility in Bangalore was reportedly taken after a rigorous examination of seven cities in India. It\'s expected to be on the lines of the facility that Dell has established in India.
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Srimanthudu Movie Release Postponed
Mahesh babu and shruthi hassan upcoming flick Srimanthudu movie release postponed.Srimanthudu movie suppose to hit the screens on 17th July.According to the source news movie release planning in the month of August.Official news will out very soon.
Movie currently in final schedule and post production work is under full swing and makers planned to release audio in this month end.Koratala Shiva directing this family entertainer.
G.Mahesh babu Entertainment and Mythri movies jointly producing this movie.Devi Sri prasad composed tunes.
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Renault Oz says no for now to electric cars
Renault’s local boss said the brand won’t sell EVs until incentives are offered
28 Nov 2014
RENAULT does not plan to sell an electric vehicle (EV) in Australia until the government offers buyers incentives and sufficient charging infrastructure is put in place, the car-maker’s local boss has told to GoAuto.
Speaking at the media drive of the RS 275 Megane Trophy in Tasmania, Renault Australia managing director Justin Hocevar said that despite BMW’s i3 going on sale here this month and Audi’s A3 e-tron arriving in March 2015 the French brand has decided to hold off selling an EV, for now.
“We’re at a point where we’ve made a very conscious decision not to take a traditional approach to launching a zero-emission electric vehicle,” he said.
“We see others are doing it, they announce what’s coming, they’ll hold a press launch, they’ll hold dealer training, they’ll communicate the new product, they’ll wholesale it to their dealers, it’s in the showroom floors and there’s not a lot happening. We don’t want to take that approach.
“We think there’s a category job to be done here, that it’s still early days in terms of acceptance and understanding in the Australian market. There needs to be a greater commitment from government at state and federal levels to perhaps consider some very low-cost, low-impact initiatives to help promote the category and to help understand what this part of our future automotive landscape is going to look like. It’s not going to go away, there’s this high degree of inevitability about it.”
Renault Australia’s current position on EVs follows an unsuccessful venture with global electric vehicle infrastructure company Better Place. The partnership, which began in 2011, envisioned Better Place providing charging stations and also running a battery swap program compatible with Renault’s Fluence ZE.
A small number of stations opened around Australia, but in May 2013 Better Place filed for liquidation.
Until this point Renault was seen as one of the driving forces of the Australian EV industry and Mr Hocevar concedes that it has taken a different tact now with a focus on providing fleet options to businesses with its Kangoo ZE light-commercial EV.
“There’s no doubt about it that our early ambitions with regards to EV, particularly the Fluence ZE, was heavily driven through the global partnership with Better Place and obviously that came to an end,” he said.
“At the moment our focus is on Kangoo ZE, that’s where we have the most interest and that is coming from big business that run fleets and they don’t necessarily have the same economic equation mould being placed over a small van fleet.”
In May this year Renault and its major fleet partner Australia Post announced the start of a 12-month trial which of four Kangoo ZE Maxi EVs delivering parcels in Melbourne and Sydney. Mr Hocevar said the project is still in its early stages but much information is being gained.
“It’s early days and it is a trial. We’ve still got another two vehicles to get into operation and we hope to see that happen very soon,” he said.
“We’re gathering a lot of data out of this – there’s some technology incorporated into the vehicles that will help us get a really good understanding of how the vehicles operate and how the drivers work with the vehicle. That’s the sort of work that needs to be done so that we know how to do better business going forward.” Mr Hocevar said that while Renault is not ready to sell electric vehicles in Australia a small number of businesses have still been asking for them. He said if incentives such as tax savings or registration discounts were offered more companies would take up the technology.
“There’s a lot of businesses that are running back-to-base vehicles for example that are not doing huge kilometres on a daily basis and operating in these urban environments. They could quite easily live with an EV now,” he said.
“I don’t necessarily mean a Kangoo ZE, a Zoe could be a great example if you talk about a pathology and nursing or home services business.”
Launched globally in 2013 the Renault Zoe is a small five-door hatch powered by a 65kW/220Nm electric motor. Mr Hocevar told GoAuto in July last year that it was still on the cards for Australia but a lack of government incentives was making the case to bring it out hard. This week he said the situation remains the same.
“It’s not off the agenda,” he said.
“I guess when the time is right it’s a car that we’d like to bring to Australia. But at the moment the value gap between a small internal combustion engine vehicle of a similar size is too great. There needs to be something of a user incentive in place.”
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Morrisons has been criticised for stocking apples imported from China in a store less than a mile away from Kent orchards.
The Herne Bay store is stocking Fuji apples imported from 5,000 miles away – much to the chagrin of local apple suppliers in the so-called Garden of England.
One shopper branded the move “an insult to Kent apple producers”, according to the Daily Mail.
But Morrisons shrugged off the criticism. “We know being able to buy British is important to our customers. However, some apples not grown in the UK are popular with shoppers and we respond by stocking them too.”
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Focus magazine said its decision was based on the fact that import duties are expected to decline further in the future. EGA was looking at expanding to assemble other makes of car, the spokeswoman said.
Until recently, Egypt imposed duties on imported cars of up to 100 per cent.
Daimler holds a 26-per-ecnt stake in EGA, which it plans to withdraw from next month.
In 2014, it sold just 4,255 vehicles in Egypt, according to the original report in the weekly Focus magazine.


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Hectronic and TWINT Cooperate
With easy2fuel ConSy, Hectronic has created a platform enabling filling station operators to easily implement mobile payment at their stations. Now the family enterprise from Bonndorf cooperates with TWINT, the most popular payment app in Switzerland. The use of easy2fuel ConSy will allow all TWINT app users to directly operate the fuel pumps and carry out the payment process at the connected filling stations with their smartphones.
TWINT AG is the leading mobile payment provider in Switzerland. More than 3.5 m people already use the payment app of the same name in their everyday lives – e.g. at supermarket checkouts or parking ticket machines. So far, however, it had not been possible to directly pay at the filling station with the TWINT app that was introduced all over Switzerland for iPhones and Android smartphones in 2017. The cooperation with the company located in Bern and Zurich and Hectronic will now change this. “With our joint solution mobile payment will be possible at fuel terminals. The customer scans the QR code at the fuel pump with the TWINT app and is then guided through the refuelling process up to the payment”, explains Sven Stottmeier, Head of the Business Unit Digital Solutions at Hectronic.
For the technological implementation TWINT will be connected to easy2fuel ConSy by Hectronic. In this way, the TWINT app can be made applicable at all stations with fuel terminals or checkouts of the enterprise from Bonndorf. Other system integrators can also be connected via the standard API. By the end of this year, the connection to Ratio Elektronik shall be completed, a further big system provider is expected to follow in early 2022.
“It is our goal to simplify the lives of our users. For this purpose, we are constantly on the lookout for strong partners that are champions in their fields. With Hectronic such a partnership could evolve, and very soon pioneering innovations in the simplification of the payment process at filling stations will be available – we are really looking forward to the cooperation”, states Markus Kilb, CEO of TWINT.


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Not everyone is thrilled by the idea of a week’s skiing and little else; here are ski bases with the full St Moritz array of winter fun but without the Swiss original’s steep prices
This ribbon of traditional Alpine villages between Mont Blanc and the Aravis is cheaper, more relaxed and feels more French than the big, glam resorts neaby. Perfect for families
This unspoilt village on the doorstep of the vast Alpe d’Huez ski area offers stunning scenery, but is free of the crowds and commercialism of the bigger resort
For years our coastal resorts have been in decline. But now bookings are on the rise, and over half of us will go to a British beach this year. So what has changed?
September 27th, 2014 has been proclaimed World Tourism Day by the United Nations. The idea behind this designation is that it will raise awareness of the positive impact of tourism and hopefully increase the interest in sustainable tourism. Travel can remove many prejudices – and reinforce some if truth be told – yet three-quarters ofContinue reading “World Tourism Day”


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KuCoin Unveils Its Revolutionary One-stop Exchange Solution KuCloud
Based in Seychelles, Kucoin, the leading cryptocurrency exchange, has announced the news about the launch of its highly anticipated cryptocurrency trading platform solution product named KuCloud. The revolutionary product offering by the KuCoin team has been designed to serve as a one-stop solution for all the requirements of the cryptocurrency investors across the world.
According to the latest announcement, KuCloud will provide access to two products named XCoin and XMEX to cater to the requirements of the investors in a seamless environment. The newly launched platform will bestow the clients with the core functionalities of KuCoin Spot solution and KuMEX Futures platform along with exposure to top-grade architecture, risk-management tools, high market depth and better liquidity, complete customer care support, etc.
Johnny Lyu, co-founder of KuCoin stated,
By offering the aid of white-label solutions, KuCloud will render its partners with a golden opportunity to set up their own crypto exchanges in their local market within 72 hours. The platform will provide all the connected exchanges with lucrative features, including spot trading, margin trading, staking, fiat gateway to up to 150x leverage futures trading. To satisfy the needs of the investors, KuCloud allows the designing of exchanges in a customized manner.
With a view to attracting more and more customers, KuCloud is benefitting customers with an early fetcher privilege of zero-cost to launch a crypto exchange. The crucial step has been undertaken to increase savings by reduction in costs related to R&D input as well as savings in time. This will eventually help in strengthening the overall crypto exchange community in the long run.


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Looky here: HTC has sent out invitations for the HTC 10 unveiling, and it’s happening in just a few short weeks.
“On April 12 we are introducing the newest HTC smartphone,” the email sent to us bluntly states.
The #powerof10 hashtag the company has used in previous teasers is included, another hint the HTC 10 is the handset we’ll see that Tuesday.
The invite also kind-of creepily notes: “We admit it. We’re obsessed … but in a good way.” A single window in a building on the invitation is illuminated and seen from the perspective of someone standing on the street outside. Hmmm…
Obsessed… in a good way
Though pretty stalkerish, the obsessed line could indicate some serious selfie powers. The HTC One M9 had a middling camera, so perhaps the Taiwanese firm is giving the 10 an upgrade on the snapper front.
And it was only a week ago that HTC tweeted about “World First” front and back camera technology for its upcoming phone. The tease indicated we could be in for dual cameras on the front or back of the HTC 10, which again plays nicely into the handset taking better selfies.
HTC will broadcast the reveal over on htc.com beginning at 5am PT/8am ET/1pm GMT. We’ll be there to bring you all the news on the HTC 10, so stay tuned.
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were among technology's losers Wednesday, slumping 15% after the digital media processor company posted fourth-quarter earnings that were below expectations.
The company earned $490,000, or 2 cents a share, on revenue of $10.5 million. Analysts polled by Thomson First Call expected earnings of 4 cents a share and revenue of $10.4 million. A year earlier, the company's loss totaled $17,000, or less than a penny a share, on revenue of $7.9 million. Shares were trading down $2.39 to $13.48.
rose 2% after the maker of computer mice announced the hiring of Mark Hawkins as chief financial officer. Hawkins will replace Kristen Onken, who is retiring at the end of April. Hawkins' appointment is effective April 3. Hawkins most recently worked at
, where he served as vice president of finance for worldwide procurement and logistics. Before that, he served as financial chief of Dell's U.S. consumer group unit. Logitech shares were trading up 96 cents to $40.34.
shares jumped nearly 11% after the company announced a joint venture with
in China. The new company, TechFaith Software China, will focus on developing software for wireless devices. China TechFaith and Qualcomm will invest up to $35 million in the company. China TechFaith shares recently were up $1.29 to $13.50, while Qualcomm rose 15 cents to $49.74.
rose modestly after the chip-equipment maker announced a new $5 billion stock buyback plan and raised its quarterly dividend. The new buyback plan, which runs over the next three years, replaces the company's $4 billion buyback plan that was announced in March 2005. As for the dividend, Applied Materials will now make a quarterly payment of 5 cents a share, up from 3 cents a share. The dividend is payable June 8 to shareholders of record on May 18. "These increases in the cash dividend and stock buyback program reflect our confidence in both the near- and long-term prospects for Applied Materials," the company said. "We are committed to returning value to stockholders in various ways, including through our growth strategy, operational excellence and ability to generate and manage strong cash flow." Shares were up 6 cents to $17.57.
( DRS) rose 2% after the maker of military electronics announced new orders worth about $11 million. The orders call for the company to provide logistics support for U.S. Air Force tunner loaders. The latest orders follow a $139 million Army contract that the company announced on Tuesday. Shares were trading up 92 cents to $56.42.
rose about 10% on their first day of trading. The company priced 5.4 million shares at $14 apiece in its initial public offering, raising about $76 million. The pricing came in at the bottom of its proposed range of $14 to $16 a share. Nextest, which makes equipment used by semiconductor companies, sold 4 million shares in the offering, while existing shareholders sold the rest. Merrill Lynch acted as sole book-running agent for the deal; Cowen & Co., and Needham & Co. acted as co-managers. Nextest shares recently traded at $15.40, up $1.40.
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India Defends Its Decision To Ban Rice, Wheat Exports At WTO
India has defended its decision to ban export of wheat and rice at a WTO meeting even as some member countries have flagged concerns over the country's stand, an official said.
At a meeting last week in Geneva, Senegal, the US and the European Union raised questions over this decision, stating it could have adverse implications on global markets.
In May, India restricted export of wheat to enhance domestic availability. This month, it also banned export of broken rice and imposed a 20 per cent export duty on non-Basmati rice except for parboiled rice to boost domestic supplies amid a fall in area under paddy crop in the current kharif season.
Defending its decision, India clarified that the ban on export of broken rice, which is used in poultry feed, follows a rise in the grain's exports in recent months which put pressure on the domestic market.
In the case of wheat, food security concerns necessitated export curbs.
“India has also stated that the measures are temporary in nature and under continuous monitoring,” the official said.
Senegal, a major importer of India's broken rice and other rice products, urged India to keep trade open in these difficult times to ensure food sufficiency, the official added.
At the meeting, Thailand, Australia, Uruguay, the US, Australia, Canada, Brazil, New Zealand, Paraguay, and Japan requested for consultations with India regarding the use of the peace clause to protect its food programmes against action from trade disputes.
In April, India invoked the peace clause, for the third time, for exceeding the 10 per cent ceiling on support it offers to rice farmers. It informed the World Trade Organization that it has used the peace clause of the WTO to provide excess support measures to rice farmers for marketing year 2020-21 in order to meet the domestic food security needs of its poor population.
Under the peace clause, WTO member countries refrain from challenging any breach in the prescribed subsidy ceiling given by a developing nation at the dispute settlement forum of WTO. Subsidies over and above the prescribed ceiling are seen as trade distortion. The limit is fixed at 10 per cent of the value of food production for developing countries like India.
India has strongly pitched for finding a permanent solution to the issue but there has been no progress so far.
The 164-member Geneva-based multilateral body WTO deals with global exports and import-related norms. Besides, it adjudicates trade disputes between the member countries. PTI RR ANU ANU
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Former Target employee bets he has a better way to do daily deals
Many businesses and consumers are suffering from daily deal fatigue, but Scott Sailer still believes in two fundamental truths: People want deals, and businesses want foot traffic.
Sailer, president and co-founder of Minneapolis startup lumaNEAR, is betting he can offer up both, without the downsides of existing daily deal sites, several of which have failed in recent years.
LumaNEAR has launched a website where businesses will be able to offer up discounts directly to consumers, who can scan a map for deals being offered near them. Consumers don't have to pre buy coupons. Instead, they walk into a business, pull up the deal on their smarphone, and show it to store staff.
Meanwhile, businesses offering deals don't have to share a cut in the proceeds with lumaNEAR as they do with group-buying websites like Groupon (Nasdaq: GRPN). They also can post and remove a deal whenever they want and make adjustments to discounts in real time.
Sailer, who previously worked for Target (NYSE: TGT) and consulting firm McKinsey, began working on the company last year with Kyle Ries, a former Deloitte consultant. They both saw a lot of "friction" in the existing group-buying business, and they figured there must be a better way to make the deal-offering process easier, Sailer said.
Since lumaNEAR is making its service free to both businesses and consumers, the company won't be generating revenue in the near term. However, Sailer expects the company will eventually charge participating companies for perks such as featured deal listings.
Also, lumaNEAR's staff won't be writing cute copy for companies, ala Groupon, or filtering deals, which will help keep overhead low.
Sailer has been out talking with businesses about the concept, and said he has received some positive feedback so far.
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The Viridis Microserver will run on ARM Cortex-A15 processors and is certified to run Ubuntu Linux 13.10.
Intel promises big performance and power improvements with the redesigned Xeon Phi chip, code-named Knights Landing.
Nvidia wants to help create some of the world's fastest computers with its latest Tesla K40 graphics chip, which is its fastest supercomputing co-processor to date.
IBM achieved a computing breakthrough when the Watson supercomputer outperformed humans in game show "Jeopardy," but the company now wants to supercharge its high-end Power servers by tapping into graphics processors for the first time.
The $1250 XPS 13 Developer Edition has a 13.3-inch touchscreen and will run on Ubuntu 12.04 OS.
A Chief U.S. District judge rejected arguments that Jeremy Hammond acted for public good.
With a new wave of Chromebooks hitting the market with price tags more than $200, this move by Acer could trigger a price war.
Sony's highly anticipated PlayStation 4 gaming console is finally here.
Nvidia has made improvements to its underlying software tools to make it easier to write programs for faster execution across CPUs and graphics processors.
New features in Sony's upcoming gaming console will make it easier for users to stream games and share content over social media.
The not-for-profit foundation was started last year by Advanced Micro Devices, Qualcomm, ARM Holdings, and other companies.
AMD grew its market share thanks to the millions of semi-custom x86 architecture chips it shipped for Microsoft’s Xbox One and Sony’s PlayStation 4 gaming consoles, an analyst said Tuesday.
Users will be able to print documents at remote locations, but the cost and volume of the printing will be monitored by managed-print service administrators.
Intel's new business group is dedicated to The Internet of Things.
Fujitsu has demonstrated servers with thin fiber optics that will use lasers and light transfer data, replacing the older and slower electrical wiring technology.


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Doers and doings in business, entertainment and technology:
Sometimes an angry outburst does the trick. Over the weekend, the arrest of eBay's chief executive of Indian operations drew sharp criticism from tech industry officials and legal experts. The U.S. State Department also made it known that it was not amused by the abrupt jailing of an American citizen. And so, on Tuesday, the Delhi High Court granted bail to Avnish Bajaj, CEO of Baazee.com, India's most popular shopping portal. Bajaj was arrested Friday on charges that his site had offered for auction a sex video involving students from a New Delhi high school. EBay said Baazee.com removed the listing soon after it was discovered, and Bajaj traveled to New Delhi voluntarily to speak to police investigating the incident. Bajaj was ordered Tuesday not to leave the country without the court's permission. He did not speak to reporters after the hearing.


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Warehouses are increasingly dominating the commercial building scene in the United States, which could affect efforts to tackle climate change. According to recent data released by the US Energy Information Administration (EIA), warehousing and storage units have become the most common commercial buildings in the country – surpassing offices. It has the potential to increase or decrease greenhouse gas emissions, and largely depends on whether warehouses can extract natural gas.
One expert says that warehouses that store everything from food to clothing are more reliant on gas heating systems than office buildings because the initial cost of these systems is cheaper, and they are easier to install. Is. the edge. Although warehouses typically use less energy than offices, there is a risk that their reliance on gas could increase emissions from commercial buildings, which already account for 16 percent of the country’s greenhouse gas emissions. Are responsible for The Biden administration to achieve its goal of halving the United States By 2030, it will have to work to clean up warehouse operations, compared to 2005 levels of carbon dioxide that warms the planet.
“If the building sector has moved on its own, it means we have to adopt a strategy,” said Bing Liu, building sub-sector leader at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. “If you look at the use of space thermal energy, because [warehouses use] Less efficient technologies, that’s actually a concern.
E-commerce has boosted warehousing. Online retail companies like Amazon use large distribution centers to sort and ship their goods. According to commercial real estate firm CBRE, every $ 1 billion in online sales generates 1.25 million square feet of warehouse space. Square footage of storage space in the United States has grown from just 10 billion square feet in 1999 to about 17 billion square feet in 2018 (the most recent year for which EIA has data). It is a floor space of over 295,000 football fields.
Although we do not yet have data from EIA after 2018, the epidemic has further increased the demand for warehouse space. Online shopping has become even more popular. And despite disruptions in the supply chain, consumers are still demanding prompt delivery, with retailers increasingly storing excess inventory in warehouses. At the same time, demand for retail and office space has been affected by epidemics due to remote work.
Warehouses have a lot of room for improvement when it comes to their impact on the environment. Liu says warehouse developers can lead office buildings that are rapidly moving from natural gas heating to electricity generation and switching to electricity. Heat pumps. Some climate-conscious cities in the United States, starting in Berkeley, California, have moved to ban natural gas hookups in new construction – an effort the gas industry is trying to derail. Is.
Other trends could make warehouse gas heating a major pollution issue. Many e-commerce warehouses are sunny clusters in Southern California, where Amazon shifts most of its imports. But warehousing has recently increased in the colder parts of the Midwest – which, according to Liu, increases the urgency of moving warehouses to cleaner heating. In its upper part, warehouses are less insulated against elements than in office buildings. And as the Biden administration moves to keep ports open 24/7 to reduce supply chain backlogs, this could mean that warehouses will have bigger heat bills because of working hours. Colds are spreading till evening.
On the other hand, if warehouses solve the heating problem, their growing popularity could potentially reduce greenhouse gas emissions for the commercial building sector. According to the EIA, non-refrigerated warehouses, which make up the bulk of storage buildings, typically use less than half the energy per square foot compared to office buildings. This is because there are not enough computers to keep them running or people can be comfortable with air conditioning and hot water. Ultimately, having a large portion of low-energy buildings, such as warehouses, “has the potential to reduce commercial energy use,” said EIA economist Zack Marvel. the edge In an email
There are definitely other environmental issues to deal with in warehouses. Building materials and construction are responsible for about 10 percent of global greenhouse gases, so Liu says finding sustainable alternatives to materials such as cement should be a priority in this decade. Additionally, warehouses can be magnetized for diesel pipe contamination from diesel trucks – which can pose a health risk to nearby neighborhoods. This indicates the additional benefits of simply turning to clean energy.


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FOLEY - The City of Foley council voted to approve a $150 “Safe Stand” sponsorship for the upcoming Lemonade Day on Saturday, May 15. With the sponsorship, a participating local student will be …
FOLEY - The City of Foley council voted to approve a $150 “Safe Stand” sponsorship for the upcoming Lemonade Day on Saturday, May 15. With the sponsorship, a participating local student will be able to set up a lemonade stand in a pre-approved spot in Foley to learn about entrepreneurship, running a business, and customer service. The program is open to students K-5.
“This program teaches youngsters about creating and running a business,” said Mayor Ralph Hellmich. “It basically teaches the fundamentals of creating and managing a business. The way this works is you can sponsor a child and they can set a stand up in Foley anywhere that’s appropriate or that can be approved, and they’ll have a lemonade stand out there.”
The national program started off in our area in Gulf Shores and Orange Beach, via the Coastal Alabama Business Chamber. Students who participate receive a Lemonade Day package that includes engaging activities that teach about entrepreneurship. Prior to opening day, students take a trip to Coastal Alabama Community College for lessons in different lemonade recipes. This gives students the chance to get creative as they perfect their special lemonade blends.
Then on May 15, students will put their knowledge to the test when they open their lemonade stands up for business and start receiving customers. With their chaperone’s assistance, students will then engage customers, sell their products, and handle the cash-exchange. Students even have the option of taking out a loan from a bank, then paying back the loan with interest.
Any business can sponsor a lemonade stand. The stands can be placed in any location within the city that has been approved and will receive foot traffic. Even if a sponsor’s business location isn’t optimal for a stand, they can still sponsor a stand to be set up elsewhere in the city. The City of Foley has discussed a stand going up at the Coastal Alabama Farmers’ and Fishermen’s Market.
“It’s a worthwhile program that’s something good for the City of Foley to support,” said Hellmich. “It’s a very early program for business development for our students.”
To learn more about Lemonade Day, check out https://lemonadeday.org. Don’t forget to watch for student run lemonade stands on May 15 throughout South and Coastal Baldwin!


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Sadly, because of the current national lock down affecting all non essential retail business, Mountainfeet is still currently closed for visits and footwear fitting appointments. However, we now have a provisional re-opening date of the 13th of April in line with recently announced Government guidelines. Those folk who had appointments cancelled due to the latest lock down will be offered priority first and after that the appointment booking system will be made available to all. An announcement when this has happened will be made on our Facebook page but all priority customers will in the meantime receive an email with a link and password to re-book in lieu of their cancelled appointments during lock down.
However, if there is a product that we are likely to have in stock and you would like to collect it or have it delivered then please use our contact form or Facebook page to get in touch. We will shortly have an online, live stock webshop facility and will announce it on Facebook when it’s up and running.


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Apple Inc. (AAPL) and Nokia Oyj (NOK1V)’s proposals for smaller SIM cards face a second round of debate after talks stalled following the Finnish mobile-phone company’s threat to withhold its patents.
A two-day meeting in Sophia Antipolis, France, to adopt a standard from competing proposals by Apple and Nokia finished March 30 without a decision, the European Telecommunications Standards Institute said in an e-mailed statement.
The tiny smartcards that identify wireless subscribers are standardized to reduce industry costs and give consumers freedom to switch handsets and networks. Smaller versions permit the design of thinner phones. Nokia said before the meeting that it would not permit its patents to be used in the Apple standard, said Mark Durrant, a spokesman for the Espoo-based company.
“Generally in ETSI all of our decisions are taken by consensus and it’s very uncommon that we have a technical vote,” said Ultan Mulligan, an ETSI spokesman. “If they have decided to postpone the vote, that would give them more time to achieve consensus.”
ETSI began to develop a standard last year for identity cards at least 25 percent to 40 percent smaller than the mini- SIM standard, according to its website.
The decision could be made at a meeting starting May 31 in Osaka or at a new meeting with 30 days’ notice, ETSI said in the statement.
“We hope that this extra time will allow ETSI members to work collaboratively on selecting the best technology solution that meets ETSI’s pre-agreed requirements, rather than adopting an inferior solution,” Durrant said by e-mail. The Nokia proposal incorporates work by BlackBerry handset maker Research in Motion Ltd. (RIM), he said.
Alan Hely, a spokesman for Cupertino, California-based Apple, didn’t return voice-mail or e-mail seeking comment.
Novatel’s Infringement Claim Sufficiently Specific, Court Says
Franklin Wireless Corp., a San Diego-based maker of high- speed wireless data products, tried to defeat a patent- infringement suit from a competitor by saying in a statement that the court filing failed to identify any Franklin products that allegedly infringed the patents at issue.
Novatel Wireless Inc. sued Franklin Wireless and China’s ZTE Corp. for patent infringement in federal court in San Diego in December 2010. Franklin was accused of infringing four patents related to wireless communication, specifically “mobile intelligent hotspots.”
In a March 29 order, U.S. District Judge Cathy Ann Bencivengo found that Novatel’s general statement of the offending products was sufficient under federal court rules. She rejected that defense by Franklin and ZTE.
She also said that Novatel didn’t provide enough evidence to show that Franklin and ZTE induced others to infringe the patents or contributed to others’ infringement of the disputed patents. She also tossed out the willful infringement claim, saying it didn’t contain enough factual matter on its face to state a plausible claim.
The judge gave Novatel a chance to file an amended complaint addressing the issue of direct infringement.
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MGM Lion’s Roar Can Be Registered as Canadian Trademark
Canada’s Intellectual Property Office will begin accepting sound-based trademark applications following a court ruling related to the lion’s roar used at the beginning of MGM Studio Inc.’s movies, the Toronto Globe & Mail reported.
The decision comes after almost 20 years of wrangling amid the Canadian office’s skepticism about whether sound trademarks could be registered, the newspaper reported.
Although applications for aural trademarks will be accepted, the office will require visual representations of the sounds, such as a waveform, the Globe & Mail reported.
Lisa Power, who heads the office’s trademark branch, told the Globe & Mail that other forms of marks -- such as scents and holograms -- might also be accepted.
Filene’s ‘Running of the Brides’ Marks to Be Sold at Auction
Filene’s Basement LLC’s “Running of the Brides” event in which prospective brides and their wedding parties participated in a mad scramble for cut-price wedding dresses may be going to a new home.
The trademark is part of a package of intellectual property that Secaucus, New Jersey-based Filene’s and Syms Corp (SYMSQ) are seeking court permission to put up for auction as part of bankruptcy proceedings, according to a March 23 filing in bankruptcy court in Delaware.
Also included in the auction are the www.syms.com and www.filenesbasement.com domain names, customer data for almost 2 million names, and a perpetual royalty-free license from Macy’s Inc., for the “Filene’s Basement” trademark. House brands including “Stanley Blacker” and “Maine Bay” are also part of the package.
Hilco Streambank LLC is to handle the auction, and according to court papers, about 20 parties have already expressed interest in some or all of the IP assets. If the court approves, bidding will be closed by the end of May 1.
The auction is to be publicized in USA Today, the Boston Globe and Women’s Wear Daily within five days of a court order authorizing the auction, according to the court filing.
The case is in re: Filene’s Basement LLC, 11-13511-KJC, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of Delaware.
Hasbro Can’t Halt Asustek’s Use of ‘Transformer,’ Judge Says
Hasbro Inc., maker of the Mr. Potato Head and My Little Pony toys, lost its bid for a court order barring a computer company’s use of “transformers” in connection with its products.
The Pawtucket, Rhode Island-based toymaker filed suit in federal court in Los Angeles in December, accusing Taiwan’s Asustek Computer Inc. (2357) of infringing the “Transformer” trademarks. Hasbro uses the mark for a series of action figures and games, and objected to Asustek’s use of the mark with some of its tablet computers.
In a March 23 order, U.S. District Judge Philip S. Gutierrez said that Hasbro waited too long to complain about the computer company’s actions. He said that despite the toymaker’s knowledge of the computer company’s intent to market a product using the “Transformer” name at the beginning of 2011, the suit wasn’t brought until December,
He said that the computer company submitted “uncontroverted evidence that considerable hardship will result” from the recall of its products already in circulation and that Hasbro produced “no substantive evidence that it will suffer any non-compensable injury” if he didn’t order Asustek to quit using the term.
The case is Hasbro Inc. (HAS) v. Asus Computer International Inc., 2:11-cv-10437-PSG-E, U.S. District Court, Central District of California (Los Angeles).
For more trademark news, click here.
AOL Wins Dismissal of Suit by Huffington Post Bloggers
AOL Inc. won dismissal of a suit by unpaid bloggers seeking $105 million for their work on the Huffington Post.
U.S. District Judge John Koeltl in Manhattan threw out the suit March 30, filed last April by writers seeking a share in AOL’s $315 million purchase of the news and opinion website run by Arianna Huffington. Koeltl said the bloggers submitted pieces to the Huffington Post for the exposure, knowing they wouldn’t be paid.
“No one forced the plaintiffs to give their work to The Huffington Post for publication and the plaintiffs candidly admit that they did not expect compensation,” Koeltl said in his opinion. “The principles of equity and good conscience do not justify giving the plaintiffs a piece of the purchase price when they never expected to be paid, repeatedly agreed to the same bargain, and went into the arrangement with eyes wide open.”
The lawsuit was filed by a group of writers led by Jonathan Tasini who were seeking to represent a class of about 9,000 unpaid Huffington Post bloggers. Koeltl rejected claims that AOL, an online publisher based in New York, unjustly enriched itself by using their work and that the company engaged in deceptive business practices.
Jeffrey Kurzon, a lawyer for the bloggers, declined to comment, saying he hadn’t seen the ruling.
The Huffington Post said in November that it had 35 million readers.
The case is Tasini v. AOL Inc. (AOL), 11-2472, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York (Manhattan.)
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China’s Pangang Seeks to Quash U.S. Suit It Stole DuPont Secrets
China’s Pangang Group Co. (PISZ), facing U.S. allegations it conspired to steal secrets about titanium dioxide technology from DuPont Co. (DD), sought to have the charges thrown out because summonses were delivered to the wrong person.
Pangang said in a filing May 29 in San Francisco federal court that it would seek a hearing on June 7 to quash the summonses that were delivered to Pan America Inc. on Feb. 9. The U.S. government failed to comply with Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, the Chinese company said.
China sought to develop a manufacturing process for developing chloride-route titanium oxide, a white pigment used in paint, plastics and paper, and state-owned Pangang conspired with California businessman Walter Liew and two former DuPont employees to steal the technology developed by DuPont, according to a U.S. indictment.
Pangang runs the largest titanium complex in China and is one of the country’s largest titanium pigment producers, according to its website.
The Chinese company is represented by Robert P. Feldman and John M. Potter of Los Angeles-based Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP (496224L).
The criminal case is U.S. v. Liew, 3:11-cr-00573, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California (San Francisco).
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Doogee F7 with Mediatek Deca core processor and Pressure Sensitive touch is rumored for early 2016 debut.
It’s December and Christmas is very near. Doogee in 2015 has been able to get some recognition in the international arena with the launch of some affordable phones like Doogee F5 and Doogee Ibiza F2. Now just before the clock ticks 2016, company has plans to put forward Doogee F7 smartphone, arriving next month.
Doogee F7 Specs
Doogee F7 will be a high-end smartphone as it will be sporting 5.7 inch 2560 x 1440 pixels Quad HD display. It will bring pressure touch technology in its display which will be common in smartphones going through 2016. As far as the processor make up considered, we will have Deca core Mediatek Helio X20 CPU with 3 GB or 4 Gigs of RAM. The phone will be running on Android 6.0 Marshmallow out of box and will have 21 mega pixel rear camera with Sony IMX230 Sensor.
Doogee F7 Specifications
|Display: 5.7 Inch 2560 x 1440 pixels touchscreen display|
|SoC: Mediatek’s Deca Core processor|
|3 GB or 4 GB RAM|
|GPU: Mali GPU|
|Software: Android 6.0 Marshmallow OS|
|Dual SIM: Yes|
|Main Camera: 21 MP rear camera with LED Flash|
|Front Camera: 8 MP front facing camera|
|Storage: 16 or 32 GB Internal + Micro SD card slot support up to 64 GB|
|Connectivity: 4G LTE, 3G HSPA+, Bluetooth v4.0, WiFi 802.11 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, WiFi tether|
|Battery: 3000 mAh Li-Polymer battery|
|aGPS, FM Radio, 3.5 mm audio jack, micro USB v2.0|
|Sensor: Gravity Sensor, Proximity Sensor, Light Sensor|
Doogee F7 will be priced nothing more than $200 to stay competitive in the market. It will be available via various Chinese retailers online with worldwide shipping.


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Animal antibiotics are something which generates a lot of conversation between livestock producers and consumers. There are concerns which consumers have raised, which farmers and veterinarians are doing their best to explain. The last thing farmers want is scared consumers.
Longtime beef veterinarian and professor Dr. Bob Smith says farmers may just assume that things will progress as they always have.
Dr. Smith says this isn’t the case. Diseases are adapting, and treatments must as well.
Dr. Smith says maintaining the effective use of antibiotics is everybody’s responsibility.


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EA has once again taken home the title of Worst Company in America, after winning a consumer poll posted by The Consumerist. The win came despite a heartfelt letter issued by EA COO Peter Moore over the weekend, which was countered by a Consumerist analysis which said consumers were tired of EA’s focus on “microtransactions, online passes” and asked it to prove the ire this year was brought on by the Madden cover athlete and conservative groups upset over the publisher’s support of LGBT issues.
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The Covid-19 pandemic has made the world wary of touching surfaces in public places. ATM kiosks, where punching of multiple keys by multiple people is inevitable, are understandably seen as risky places.
In the event, it was equally inevitable that banks began contemplating ‘contactless’ ATMs. And as ever, technology looks to be the saviour.
As per media reports, the Mumbai-based AGS Transact Technologies, a provider of cash management services in India, is testing its contactless ATMs at three banks in India. AGS Transact, for the record, manages 70,000 ATMs for banks in India.
Just a nifty change
Withraw cash in 5 simple steps
1: Open the Bank mobile app on smartphone, select the QR Cash Withdrawal.
2: Enter the withdrawal amount on the app, scan the QR code on ATM screen.
3: Confirm the amount by clicking on ‘proceed’ in the app
4: Enter the PIN to authenticate the transaction
5: Voila, collect the cash.
Come to think of it, it is just a nifty turnaround from the existing system where magnetic stripe card and PIN number is used to identify the cardholder. The new plan just puts to use QR code.
In the proposed plan, customers have to use their mobile device and the bank’s mobile app. A QR code is given to them via the app and they have to use their mobile device to scan that code on the ATM screen. The machine will use the code to identify the account.
Quite simply, customers will have to enter the amount they wish to withdraw and their PIN number on their mobile device. The contactless ATM will interact with the app and then distribute the cash.
Scope for skimming ruled out
AGS Transact’s CTO, Mahesh Patel, has been quoted as saying that the contactless ATM’s QR code is safer to use than a debit card because it eliminates the risk of being skimmed. The process to make a withdrawal is also faster, taking approximately 25 seconds from start to finish.
The good news for banks is the software application for contactless transactions can be integrated within the banks’ existing apps. However, it might need two months time to integrate, as mobile banking, ATM operations and maintenance services have to be seamlessly integrated.


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A Massachusetts coffee shop owner says he received a cease-and-desist letter from Dunkin' Donuts claiming trademark infringement for riffing on the chain's catchphrase.
Steve Copoulos said he added window art reading "North now runs on Mike's" on his Mike's Coffee shop in North Attleborough.
While he expected a few laughs from customers, Copoulos says he was surprised to find the letter from the Canton, Massachusetts-based coffee shop chain claiming he was infringing on their "America Runs on Dunkin'" slogan and Copoulos' variation implied an affiliation.
"No way did I want to have any association with Dunkin Donuts at all," Copoulous explained.
Copoulos says he wants to be the "exact opposite" of a corporate coffee chain and has since erased the sign.
The shop opened about month ago but the business has been around for decades, once owned by his father, then Dunkin Donuts actually rented the property.
"I get that they have their trademark and they do what they want, but who's gonna know that says that except people who drive by," asked one customer.
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Dunkin' Donuts, in a statement, said it wrote the letter "in support of our legal rights under trademark law and in support of our franchisees."


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SocialHRCamp Vancouver 2015 is on January 31st and Techvibes is excited to be a sponsor.
SocialHRCamp is the "catalyst to accelerating social media and emerging technology adoption in Human Resources and Recruitment, globally."read more
Toronto's Mass Fidelity recently showcased its Core Wireless Speaker System at the 2015 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) to the widest audience the product has seen to date before it becomes available in retail later this year.read more
I ask Ian MacKinnon a question I’ve asked many times before. It’s a good question: how do you want the community to think of your business?read more
The idea of a high-speed train connecting Vancouver to Seattle and Portland is being thrown out.read more
Toronto's SceneDoc today announced the completion of a $4 million Series A round of funding led by iGan Partners, with participation from Motorola Solutions Venture Capital and a group of angel investors.
SceneDoc is a smartphone/tablet-based software platform that provides law enforcement a highly secure, accurate and consistent means of documenting crime, accident and other incident scenes.read more
BlackBerry has created a limited edition version of its Passport.read more
Tablets are more portable than laptops or desktops but more capable than smartphones. This hybrid approach has made them an ideal companion for most anyone, from business travellers to doctors to teachers and their students.read more
Vancouver's Trippeo announced today the official launch of its new Travel and Expense Management (T&E) software platform, which has been designed to dramatically simplify life on the go for the modern-day, tech-savvy workforce.read more
Stewart Butterfield didn’t set out to create a business communication tool. In fact, the software that later became Slack, wasn’t even intended as a stand-alone project.
Slack “grew out of software that we used to communicate while we were developing a game,” says Butterfield, the CEO and cofounder of Slack.read more
ECN Capital has announced the launch of its new online investment platform for the private capital markets.
The ECN crowdfinancing platform aims to provide value, efficiency and convenience for investors while lowering the cost of raising capital for companies.
One of the initial offerings on the ECN platform is Calgary's Hookflash, an emerging technology leader in video chat, voice and messaging for mobile and the web.read more
Many private companies, including startups, post annual "Year in Review" posts for public consumption.read more
Communitech, the Digital Media Zone at Ryerson University (DMZ) and OneEleven announced yesterday a reciprocal agreement that provides member companies access to one other’s facilities and services.
The announcement will continue to strengthen the Toronto-Waterloo technology corridor which has also been tagged the Innovation Highway.read more
Billed as the next chapter of Windows, today Microsoft will unveil new consumer features and a more complete description of Windows 10 – an operating system that promises to bring one common platform running across all computing devices. You can stream Microsoft's briefing live at 9am PST (12pm EST), or you can view it on-demand after.read more


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GemFind Signs Strategic Partnership Deal To Improve Customer ExperienceNovember 05, 17
(IDEX Online) – GemFind has announced it has reached a strategic partnership agreement with the leading industry point of sale provider, The Edge. The move seeks to improve the overall customer experience of both online and in store consumers.
The strategic partnership agreement between GemFind and The Edge will involve better data integration, a faster turn-around of online retailer web services and an overall improved customer experience at the retail level.
GemFind said that via its proprietary platform, JewelCloud, it can seamlessly integrate the instore inventory of retailer jewelers to their websites.
GemFind CEO Alex Fetanat said: “We review the analytics of hundreds of our jewelry retail customer’s websites on a weekly basis. Based on the analytics, we know these users skew younger and expect more both online and offline from a retail experience standpoint. Our relationship and future with The Edge is going to allow us to innovate, engage users and increase store traffic like never before.”


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How Tech Is Changing Your Beauty Routine
The beauty industry is on fire, thanks in large part to technology. Prestige beauty sales in the United States grew 6 percent to $15.9 billion in the year ending in February, according to the research firm NPD Group. Makeup alone rose 11 percent to $7.3 billion. Lindsey and Jenny talk to lifestyle website Goop and makeup brand Glossier about how the prevalence of social media and online shopping are driving some of these sales figures. Industry investor TSG Consumer Partners, with $5 billion under management, explains the opportunity smaller brands have to carve out a niche market thanks to the Internet and what makes these upstarts appealing companies to invest in or even buy outright. Bloomberg’s Stephanie Wong breaks down how big, traditional players are trying to get in on the growth with Colin Welch, Managing Director at TSG Consumer .


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According to a post over on CheapAssGamer, a source as told the site Walmart plans to drop the price of 3DS on August 9, which is three days before the official price drop goes into effect. Providing the information is true, it could presumably allow purchasers to download the 20 free downloadable games as part of the Ambassador’s Program because they would be purchasing the handhled before the price drop is official on August 11. Thanks, GameFront.
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SAF joins hands with Goonj for 1st ‘Texathon’
By Meenakshi Kumar
4 Jul 2017
For last 50 years Mumbai’s Sasmira is a landmark with strong roots in textile sector. The institute which has trained over 30,000 professionals run businesses globally, has come together to form Sasmira Alumni Foundation (SAF) to give an impetus to a cause which truly needs to be voiced. The concept, aptly titled ‘No Naked Child’, is an unique initiative which aims to provide clothing to under privileged children across the country by hosting Texathon, an annual affair which is an effort to galvanize the alumni and others from the textile industry in a unique. The world's 1st textile community run, ‘Texathon’, is scheduled July 9, 2017.
At the onset of the major announcement of the tie-up with Goonj, a national NGO recognized for its vast reach in addressing basic need of clothing through its various campaigns across the country, SAF will reach out to many helping hands to give their surplus to the No Naked Child cause. This will be done through financial contributions by spending on stitching of fabrics as well sourcing surplus garments from the industry. Charan Ahuja, Project Head No Naked Child, Sasmira Alumni Foundation (SAF) says over the next two weeks, SAF proposes to have a garment collection drive at across places in Mumbai for students, alumni, textile companies and the public in general to give sparingly used clothing, fabrics and garment surplus for the cause of 'No Naked Child".
This marathon will give a chance to people to participate in an initiative which will help in clothing underprivileged children. The aim is to raise funds to support ‘No Naked Child’.


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Athletics institutes tailgating policy
In an effort to make winter games more enjoyable, Quinnipiac’s athletics department recently announced it is allowing tailgating in TD Bank Sports Center’s parking lot from Oct. 1 to Nov. 30.
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Quinnipiac Athletics revamps iPhone app
Quinnipiac Athletics has revamped the mobile application that allows iPhone users to receive up-to-the-minute Bobcat sports news.
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KSA, Foxconn Talks of Building $9 Billion Facility
Apple’s largest iPhone assembler, Foxconn, publicized talks with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) concerning plans of jointly developing a $9 billion multipurpose factor to create microchips, electric-vehicle components, in addition to a variety of different products.
People familiarized with the plan stated that the Saudi government is considering an offer from the Taiwanese electronics company to develop a dual-lone foundry for surface-mount technology and water fabrication in the Kingdom technological metropolis, Neom.
Neom, KSA’s tech-centered city, is currently in its development phase in the desert, with negotiations around the colossal project initiated last year, according to people close to the matter.
In parallel, Foxconn is considering different offers from some of the largest powerhouse in the Middle East region, including the United Arab Emirates (UAE), as it is considering pitching and constructing the project there.
As tension escalates between the leading global powerhouses, China and the U.S., Foxconn began seeking diversity in its manufacturing locations to prevent being caught in the geopolitical crossfire.
The KSA is demanding a guarantee that it would place at least two-thirds of its founding foundry’s manufacturing into the Taiwanese firm’s current supply chain. This will secure buyers for its products in the region, as well project’s ultimate profitability.
Foxconn is on the lookout for massive enticements, such as financing, tax holidays, and water and power subsidies in return to assisting in the robust and tech-driven manufacturing sector in the KSA as it makes a dramatic shift from being an oil-based economy to a tech one.
As for Riyadh’s contribution, the country could offer Foxconn direct equity co-investment, industrial development loans, low-interest debt from local banks, and export credits to heighten its competition with other countries Foxconn is considering for its facility’s site.
In recent years, the multinational electronic contract company has been seeking the expansion of its business model to exceed Apple products – what it is mainly known for – which includes directing its manufacturing power towards Electric Vehicles (EVs).
The company has joint efforts with globally renowned automakers, such as Jeep and Stellantis NV, as well as electric vehicle start-up Fisker.
Foxconn’s development tactics did not stop there as it also acquired semiconductor facilities, counting another Taiwanese company, Macronix International. This purchase will place it on the radar as it looks to make the shift to become a contract manufacturer of EVs for some of the most significant automaker brands on the market.
Only last year, the iPhone assembler stepped down from taking charge of a liquid-crystal-display project in Wisconsin after finalizing an investment agreement valued at $10 billion, which if completed, would have resulted in hiring 10,000 people “qualify for $2.85 billion in incentives,” according to The Wall Street Journal.
As for its projects in the Middle East, Foxconn revealed last year’s potential plans to develop an EV project in the region with an undivided focus on software and cloud manufacturing for cars.
As a segment of his Highness the Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s plans to shape the KSA’s industrial sector, the move will redefine the country’s economic power by founding new industries to accommodate its oil income. The world makes a global shift towards more sustainable energy solutions.


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Welcome back guys! We're back here on our next Weekly Feed that features the top tech news that you would have missed throughout the week.
And in smartphone news this week, Xiaomi launched the Redmi Note 4, the Redmi 4A and, my personal favorite the Mi Mix. The Redmi Note 4 is Xiaomi’s latest mid-range smartphone and the Redmi 4A is a budget smartphone for those of us who aren’t ready to break the bank. But if you do have a ton of spare change lying around, there’s always the Mi Mix.
This week, we launched our brand new youtube series called How to Buy. We take all the most frequently asked questions you guys send us when you want to buy products and take them straight to the brands themselves to see what they think. We’ll be starting off with headphones for our first season and our first episode with none other than Sony Middle East. Be sure to check it out and let us know how we can improve on it and make it even better.
Toshiba launched three products this week at a launch event in Dubai. There’s the FlashAir SD card which lets you send photos you shoot from your camera straight to your computer using Wifi. The Canvio for smartphones which lets you wirelessly charge and backup your android device. And the TransferJet which lets you transfer data between phones, PCs and even printers at 560 megabytes per second. Now that’s a lot. You can check out our full coverage of the event including an interview with Toshiba Gulf’s General Manager on your YouTube page.
It’s been a weird week for the Nintendo switch preorders. Geekay Games came out with their pre-order bundle for the Switch which includes two games for 2300 AED. Two days later, Virgin Megastores comes out with their bundle priced at 2,100 AED. Two hours later, Geekay Games cuts their price down to 2000 AED and throws in a free carrying case. Whether it’s community outrage or competitive pricing, what matters is that we’re getting a better deal. It’s strange that the Switch isn’t being sold as a standalone console because that’s what Nintendo wanted.
E-City launched their newly renovated store in Dubai Mall and we were there to see it all unfold. They’ve got a new layout now so their stores look pretty good. You can check out our full coverage of the launch on our YouTube page but be sure to go see it for yourself. Tell them Feedbaac.com sent you.


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- Charming Shoppes to close 240 stores
- Charming Shoppes to sell off Fashion Bug, add 125 Lane Bryant stores
- Charming Shoppes selects Oracle Retail to drive cross-channel growth, improve inventory management
- Charming Shoppe’s Lane Bryant rolls out personalized search technology
- Charming Shoppes narrows Q3 loss
Suffern, N.Y. -- Ascena Retail Group reported Monday that adjusted net income for the quarter ended Jan. 26 dropped to $42.9 million, compared with $63.7 million in the year-ago period, due in large part to expenses associated with the company’s acquisition of Charming Shoppes.
Sales soared 44% to $1.2 billion from $862 million, driven by the added Lane Bryant and Catherine’s banners. Same-store sales dipped 1%.
“We continue to be excited by the growth and efficiency opportunities created by the integration of our acquisition and strategies to fully leverage our portfolio,” said David Jaffe, president and CEO, Ascena Retail Group.
The company is expected to open 100 to 120 stores in the spring, and close 40 to 60.


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Skoda is planning to unveil “something big” at the upcoming Geneva Motor Show, using social media to release an inexplicit teaser image.
There’s no point in trying to find any clues from the image. Skoda simply asks everyone to guess what is behind the door. If anything, it does look like the headlights behind the door are peering down from a decent height.
Most speculations point to an SUV. Skoda is known to be developing a proper SUV. It’s set to be the company’s first vehicle in the class, offering a full seven-seat cabin capacity.
Skoda is renowned for offering rough and tough crossovers and jumped up wagons that support adventurous lifestyles, but it is yet to offer a high-riding SUV. The new model is expected to be based on the VW Group MQB platform, while sharing some major components with the new Tiguan.
It’s believed the new Skoda SUV will borrow powertrain options from the new Tiguan as well, including a range of turbocharged petrol and diesel four-cylinders. Front-wheel drive and four-wheel drive options are expected.
Of course, there is the chance the teaser hides something completely different, potentially a concept showcasing some new technologies. We’ll have to wait and see. Stay tuned.


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New Delhi: Suzuki Motorcycle India Pvt. Ltd. (SMIPL), the two-wheeled subsidiary of Suzuki Motor Corporation in Japan, on Thursday launched the Avenis scooter in India, with a price starting at INR 86,700.
The Avenis Ride Connect Edition costs INR 86,700 while its Race Edition is priced at INR 87,000, the two-wheeler manufacturer said at a virtual press conference.
âReservations for the new scooter will open sometime in the first week of December,â Suzuki said.
The new scooter is powered by a 125cc SEP engine to deliver power of 8.7 hp at 6,750 rpm and torque of 10 Nm at 5,500 rpm.
It comes with space under the seat and front box with USB plug, sporty styling, motorcycle-inspired rear turn signals, LED headlight and LED tail light.
âThe Suzuki Avenis was developed by Suzuki engineers and designers with the younger generation in India in mind, who seek high performance with convenience and the latest technological features in a scooter to match their pace of life,â the company statement said.
The name Avenis comes from ‘Avenue’ and ‘to be athletic’. The company will begin retailing Suzuki Avenis after mid-December. The scooter will be available in five colors, including the Metallic Triton Blue color presented as the Race Edition across India.
âThis Race Edition variant will be equipped with Suzuki racing graphics appealing to the distinctive personality of a spirited rider,â he said.
Suzuki Motorcycle added that it expects to close FY 22 with a 4.4 percent market share in the domestic market and significant growth from 2019-20 volumes.
Satoshi Uchida, Managing Director of Suzuki Motorcycle India, said: âThe trust and loyalty that Suzuki two-wheeler customers have shown in Suzuki Access 125 and Burgman Street has always been overwhelming. This belief of our customers in our products encourages us to work with passion. to develop new models that can perfectly adapt to the needs of our Generation Z customers. “
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Xiaomi might be planning what industry giants have done in the past. Samsung did it with its Galaxy S series, and Oneplus did it with its series. Now it seems Xiaomi is also going to skip a model number for its forthcoming Mi series smartphones.
Traditionally, we should be looking at Mi 7 launch this year. However, the popular blogger from China, Mocha RQ claims that Xiaomi will skip 7 in favor of naming it Mi 8. He explains that the company wants to bring its flagship series with its 8th anniversary. Further, he adds that the device will be unveiled in May and will hit the shelves in June.
There are reports surrounding a special anniversary smartphone. The device is said to launch alongside the Mi 7 (or Mi 8). Regardless of the naming, we know for sure that the company will soon be launching a new smartphone. It will be the first Android smartphone to boast 3D facial recognition crammed into the notch.
Other important features include Snapdragon 845 processor with 8GB RAM and 256GB ROM. The device is expected to launch in May and we can expect the teaser in the next few days.
Besides, Samsung is planning to dethrone Xiaomi from the Indian smartphone market with the launch of four new smartphones. According to a report by XDA developers, the company will launch four J series smartphone this month. Samsung is probably trying to win back its top spot in the Indian market. Currently, Xiaomi is leading the market with its India-exclusive devices.
For years, Samsung held the top spot in the country. While it still holds the number one spot globally, it was dethroned by Xiaomi from the Indian market in Q4 last year. Xiaomi continues to be on the first spot in the Q1 2018 as well. This means Samsung has a lot of work to get back on the first spot.
Currently, not much information is available about the four new Galaxy J devices. However, it's certain that the device will feature the 'Infinity Display.' This is eye-catching because the company only made the Infinity Display available for its Galaxy S, Galaxy Note, and Galaxy A series devices.
With the new phones, the company will be bringing the high-end feature to the budget phones. This might prove to be a good strategy to go head-to-head with Xiaomi. Last month the company launched a Galaxy J Duo that failed to compete with the less expensive Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro.


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I suspect we’re not the only ones who wish things were going better for HTC. The company hasn’t had a hit in a few years and its smartphone sales are now close to non-existent. With the hype surrounding the remake of the Motorola RAZR wit ha foldable display, it seems Drew Bamford, currently the head of HTC Creative Labs, is thinking about bringing back an iconic HTC smartphone with today’s technology.
Which classic @htc phone would you like to see us bring back with today's technology?
— Drew Bamford (@drewbam) November 15, 2019
Let’s be clear: there’s no guarantee that HTC will be delivering a remake of the iconic HTC One (M7) or the T-Mobile G1 any time soon. That being said, a remake of one of HTC’s classic smartphone could be pretty successful. If HTC were to bring back one of their old designs, which smartphone do you think it should be? Share your thoughts in the comments or fill out the Twitter poll below.
Which classic @htc smartphone do you want them to remake with today's best technology?
— Nicholas Gray (@nickmgray) November 15, 2019


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Compared with June, prices rose by 0.9%, BELAPAN reports with reference to the National Statistics Committee.
Beginning of the year saw food prices rise by 14.8%. Prices for eggs (11.1%), sugar (9.1%), alcoholic beverages (2.9%), tea (2.2%), sausages and smoked products (1.8% ), cereals and legumes (1.1%) rose most significantly. Oil (0.5%), potato (11.2%) and vegetables (11.7%) prices went down.
Beginning of the year also saw increase in non-food prices by 3.6%. Gasoline rose most significantly in July (5.5%) followed by writing instruments (3.5%), medical supplies (2.5%), detergents (1%).
Beginning of the year also saw increase in prices and tariffs for paid services by 16.5%. Health and spa services rose most significantly (3.7%), followed by international rail services (3.4%) and household services (1.5%).
It should be recalled that according to the official forecast, inflation in 2014 should equal 11%. However, the government warned that the figure could be revised downwards. In April, Nadzeya Ermakova, the chairman of the National Bank, stated that instead of 11% per year inflation total around 16-17%.
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Being the unfathomably massive hit that it is, it’s no surprise that several major IPs have been officially mashed up with Minecraft. From Skyrim to LittleBigPlanet and even Super Mario, players of the sandbox game have been able to dress it up in all sorts of ways.
Now, Cartoon Network’s enduring Adventure Time is getting in on the action. You can check out the trailer below:
The Adventure Time mash-up pack will be released soon for mobile, console and Windows 10 versions of the game. Presumably this includes Wii U and Switch.Leave a Comment


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Denim maxi skirts were one of the most nostalgic fashion trends last year and are here to stay in 2024. Hopping onto this craze, Tesco F&F Clothing has released a very stylish and affordable look.
Although you might not have considered Tesco as the place to expand your wardrobe, the supermarket chain's clothing line usually has some hidden gems at very good prices that they sell in their stores across the country.
This denim look is keeping up with all of the trends and will have you ready for spring weather just around the corner.
The company shared the look on its Instagram which has 672,000 followers.
The post is captioned: "Staple shirts (and) denim midi must haves - Shop all in store now." The skirt has been priced at £19.50. The shirt is £18.
The photo shows a long blue jean skirt with a slit down the front reaching just above the knees. The skirt has been paired with a loose blue button up shirt that has been styled with the sleeves rolled up.
Since the supermarket does not have an online clothing store, you'll have to find it in a Tesco with a clothing department.


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New tools and platforms for replacing today's paper textbooks with iPads
Apple (AAPL) on Thursday introduced three new inititatives by which it hopes to "reinvent the textbook" around the iPad:
At least a dozen iPad textbooks are already available from such major educational publishers as Pearson and McGraw Hill for $14.99 or less. That's a price that could prove disruptive in an industry where textbooks often start at $60 apiece. It remains to be seen whether publishers will find it worth their while for $15 (or less, if Apple takes its usual 30% cut) to add all those interactive bells and whistles.
Apple's shares, which hit a new intraday high of $431.37 before the event began, soon gave up most of their gains
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Samsung is expected to show off its next-generation Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9+ smartphones a bit earlier than usual. According to the report, the Galaxy S series smartphone is scheduled to unveil at January’s CES in Las Vegas.
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Samsung Galaxy S9 And Galaxy S9+
According to the report from VentureBeat, the upcoming smartphones are codenamed: Star 1 and Star 2, going by model numbers SM-G960 and SM-G965. Both the smartphones are said to be nearly identical in appearance to their predecessors.
The smartphone features the same old 5.8-inch and 6.2-inch curved-edge Super AMOLED “Infinity” displays, as their predecessors. These are said to come with 10-nanometer fabrication techniques, which apparently means that it might come with Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 (and Exynos model for some other regions).
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The phones are also believed to be getting stereo speakers from AKG. After the reveal, the company is expected to officially announce the S9 and S9+ in March and the smartphones will be available starting in April.
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The London Metal Exchange (LME) published proposed changes to warehouse rules on July 1 and invited market participants to submit comments by today. Novelis collaborated with aluminum consumers in the Aluminum User Group (AUG) to develop a response to the LME proposals and offer further ideas to address the situation. This group covers aluminum consumers representing global companies in the beverage, flexible packaging and automotive sectors. The AUG submitted its feedback on September 9 and you can read our submission here.
Novelis gave our reaction to the LME proposals in a previous blog posting in July. We believe that the changes would bring more balance between the load-in capability and the load-out obligation for the warehouses with delivery times of greater than 100 days and would gradually shift the market in the right direction. However, these changes would be difficult to administer and enforce and would take too long.
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As a recap, it is our view that the existence of the long delivery times creates supply chain risk and has led to the highest local market premiums in history at the same time as we are seeing the highest stock levels in history. The premiums have escalated because LME warehouses have competed for metal alongside consumers and traders. The warehouses’ offer is based on the length of time the warehouse can expect the metal to remain in their premises and the rental income the warehouse can consequently expect to earn. As the load-out delays lengthened, the period over which the metal would be stored increased and this allowed them to raise their bids. It is our view that this is the main driver of the higher premium levels.
No delivery delay is acceptable because it leads to a divergence between a derivatives market and the underlying commodity market. When a buyer of a commodity has paid for the goods and requested access, the commodity should be immediately available and not available 19 months later. And when there is a delay, it makes little sense that the owner of the commodity should pay rent whilst waiting for access to the material. Think about it. Imagine if you bought a soft perishable commodity like wheat and were told you could come and collect it 19 months later, and pay rent whilst you were waiting. Would you accept those terms?
This is the principle that lies at the heart of the AUG’s recommendations. We have also asked for increased transparency through the implementation of a commitment of traders report together with improved visibility of LME rules; enhanced firewalls in institutions with potential conflicts of interests; and increased scrutiny of warehouse capacity and monopolization of delivery locations. We need more balanced representation on committees and a clearly defined dispute resolution process, managed by an independent, third party.
Finally, as I mentioned in my July blog, there needs to be greater regulatory oversight over the warehousing activities. Initial discussions with regulators in Europe and the U.S. have indicated that the warehouses were believed to be outside the scope of market regulators. We are pleased that the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) decided to investigate the issue in July and we believe that this, together with inquiries launched by other regulators and governmental agencies, will ultimately bring closure to this issue.
As you might expect, there are others who have very different views on this issue than we do. Why would these companies have such a different perspective? Aluminum consumers have estimated that they are paying $3 billion in excess premiums currently. This is estimated simply by multiplying aluminum production outside China (about 25 million tonnes) by $120/t which is an estimate of the degree to which premiums are artificially inflated. This is directly linked to the warehousing issue. This is very conservative, because in reality, all aluminum in warehouse stocks, finance deals and even scrap is impacted by the higher premiums. The beneficiaries are the companies who produce or own aluminum in storage. It has always been my belief that if the warehouses could no longer offer incentives, premiums would return to normal levels and this would impact all the “longs” in the market. We see this happening today, even before a rule change.
Masking a bigger issue
The inflated premiums have compensated for lower aluminum prices over the last couple of years. The LME price today is about $1800/t. There have been comparisons with 2008 when the LME price peaked at over $3300/t, arguing that the net price of aluminum is historically low. Interestingly, the average nominal price over the last 20 years is about $1800/t. I believe it is unreasonable to make comparisons with the highest price in the last 20 years. The real issue is that the world is grossly oversupplied with primary aluminum and this is reflected in the current LME price.
The real challenge is that primary production outside China has increased to support expected demand in that nation, but Chinese domestic production itself has expanded to balance the growth and consequently the rest of the world is today structurally over-supplied. The inflated premium has kept some high cost smelters on life support over the last few years and these continue to add to the surplus. The high contango and appetite among financial institutions to buy metal to support financing deals have provided an outlet for the excess production, but this is simply prolonging the inevitable restructuring needed in the primary aluminum industry outside China.
The entire metals industry is under a spotlight today. The activities of banks in commodity markets and the operation of the LME are being challenged. Where will it all lead? If the LME adopts some of the recommendations of the AUG, warehouses will no longer be able to offer significant incentives and premiums should return to normal levels. There is, of course, a risk that the metal will be withdrawn from the LME and shifted to non-LME warehouses where it will disappear from the radar and continue to be withheld from the market. So the supply chain risk might remain.
However, if there are also constraints established around banks’ ownership of commodities, millions of tonnes of aluminum could be released to the market, paralleling the issues in the early ‘90s when former CIS metal was exported to the West leading to a three year depression in aluminum prices. Some market participants want to maintain the status quo and hope that consumption growth will eat-up the surplus in storage over the next few years. But this scenario is likely to delay the recovery in the primary sector for two to three years. Perhaps the industry needs to reflect on the success of the memorandum of understanding (MOU) between producers 20 years ago and take bold moves today to restore the market balance now and not rely on external factors and wishful thinking to save the day.


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Scientists have found traces of nut allergens in seemingly nut-free processed foods in the U.S. that could be potentially fatal to allergy sufferers.
Scientists at Florida State University said almonds, cashews and walnuts are tree nuts most often implicated in potentially fatal food allergies, and improper food labeling could be very dangerous to consumers who are allergic.
The scientists were attempting to rid nuts of the proteins that trigger allergic responses through radiation, roasting, pressure cooking and a variety of other methods, but their efforts yielded no success. Instead, they developed powerful new detection techniques for nut allergens.
”Development of specific, robust, sensitive and reproducible assays for tree-nut detection will help protect sensitive consumers who must rely upon accurate labeling,” they said.


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AquaExchange, an IoT solutions provider to aquaculture farmers, has raised $6 million in a Series A funding round led by Ocean 14 Capital. Existing investors Endiya Partners and Accion Venture Labs also participated in the round.
The proceeds will be deployed to scale adoption of the company’s full-stack business model including farm automation, crop financing and harvest procurement, AquaExchange said in a press release.
The startup also plans to focus its efforts on a few international markets for device exports.
Vijayawada-based AquaExchange helps aquaculture farmers leverage technology to increase crop yields, mitigate crop risks and combat rising input costs. Its product portfolio includes power management (PowerMon) and feed automation (AquaBot) devices.
Led by Pavan Kosaraju, AquaExchange had raised $3 million in a pre-Series A round from Endiya Partners, Accion Venture Lab and others in June 2022.
In August last year, Ocean 14 Capital raised over $21 million from Convex Group Limited to grow its portfoli between 20 and 25 businesses within three years.


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Silvercar Adds “Bigger” to Its Better Premium Mobility Promise: Audi Q5 Enters the Fleet
Silvercar kicked off the new year with a new car and big expansion plans. Today, the company known for offering exclusively silver Audi A4 sedans, introduces SUVs to its fleet. The all-new, award-winning Audi Q5 hits the Silvercar app at select locations in January giving families, adventure-seekers, and business travelers a new way to explore.
Audi Q5 SUVs can be reserved at nine Silvercar locations, with additional markets rolling out through July. Audi A4 sedans will continue to be available at all 18 locations nationwide. Now, with two fully-loaded Audi vehicles and a seamless mobile-first booking experience, Silvercar continues to deliver on its promise of premium mobility solutions and hassle-free access to personal transportation when consumers travel.
“Silvercar established its brand around delivering a hassle-free, mobile-first experience and premium fleet of silver Audi A4 sedans. We’ve started 2018 in a big way by introducing our first-ever SUV, the popular Audi Q5,” said Silvercar COO, Chris Donus. “Now, renters not only get an Audi every time, but can choose between two best-selling Audi models. Whether you’re going on a family vacation to Orlando, Florida, or heading out to the mountains for a ski weekend in Denver, we’ve got you covered.”
Since being acquired by Audi in 2017, the company has opened several new airport locations, including Salt Lake City, Orlando and Seattle, with plans to launch five additional airport locations over the next six months, including San Diego and Tampa.
The best-selling Audi Q5 offers excellent driving dynamics with elevated design and advanced technology, and provides customers with great versatility. The SUV boasts cutting-edge features like quattro® all-wheel drive, Audi virtual cockpit with Google Earth™, Audi smartphone interface, and Audi drive select, which allows drivers to choose from five different modes to tailor their Audi Q5 to suit their driving style. The sleek vehicle is an IIHS Top Safety Pick and received Best Auto Tech award from KBB.
Audi Q5 vehicles are now available at the following nine locations:
• Fort Lauderdale, FL
• Miami, FL
• Denver, CO
• Los Angeles, CA
• Phoenix, AZ
• San Francisco, CA
• Seattle, WA
• Orlando, FL
• Salt Lake City, UT


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Nokia announced it will bring its maps to both iOS and Android phones, releasing a mobile app called Here, which should have iPhone iOS 6 users elated because it will bring everything the loathed Apple Maps took away from Google Maps users. Apple Maps doesn't deliver for a few key reasons: It lacks data, it doesn't have public transportation directions, and it doesn't have street view—all things that made Google Maps useful. And all things iPhone users lose when they upgrade to iOS 6, which features Apple Maps instead of Google's. Nokia Maps has two of those things and it sounds like the third one is coming soon. The app will be available in the "coming weeks," says Nokia. But, for those who want to check it out now, it's available on browsers or on phones through this link here.
As much if not more data than Google Maps. Apple Maps gets things wrong because it doesn't know things. Use will help make this better. (Apple just added a more prominent bug reporting feature with its latest iOS update, which should expedite this process.) But, in addition to this, like Google, Nokia has people driving around Street View-like NAVTEQ cars getting physical data for Here, as The Atlantic's Alexis Madrigal explained. It also has the help of delivery truck systems and other "commercial fleets," all of which led Madrigal to conclude "Nokia Better Maps Than Apple and Maybe Even Google."
Look! It's subway directions One of the biggest losses for people who live and visit metropolitan areas and need to know how to get around is Apple Maps's lack of public transportation information. Nokia has that. It takes a little getting use to, but to get to the routing feature, click those little dots in the upper right hand corner. After doing that, a list of items will pop up, including a "route" option, which will lead to two fels for putting in destinations. The "current location" is default.
Street View is coming soon? Nokia Maps has a satellite view option, but no street view. The company announced its acquisition of Earthmine, what TechCrunch's Ingrid Lunden describes as a "specialist in 3D street-level imaging." Lunden says that Earthmine is a direct competitor to Google Maps Street view and Google Earth services. So, don't mind if we get our hopes up for some Here street view.
Given all of these plusses, it might make sense to download the app when it comes out, that is unless Apple approves Google's iOS app, which will supposedly be ready in the next few week, too. Then, we might have to do a head-to-head challenge. Or, if you're feeling appy, get both.