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Crush Saga wound up atop the ranking of top-grossing apps in 2013 on both the iPhone and iPad -- perhaps not surprising to anyone caught up in getting to the next level of the addictive free-to-play
The hugely popular title from developer King was also the top free iOS app this year, according to Apple’s annual “Best Of” list of top apps in different
categories in the App Store.
Last month, King said Candy Crush Saga had been installed over half a billion times on both Facebook and mobile devices, with over 150 billion individual
games played. Back in March it blew past FarmVille 2 as the most popular game on Facebook, with an average of 46 million monthly users.
U.K.-based King has been widely rumored to be
preparing for an IPO, based on the runaway success of its hit game. However, a recent Telegraph
report suggests the company is pushing those plans back until next year for fear of being seen
as too much of a one-hit wonder.
Games accounted for nine of the 10 top-grossing iPhone apps this year, with Clash of Clans, The Simpsons Tapped Out and Marvel War of Heroes among the
other titles. Online radio service Pandora was the only non-game app in the top 10. MLB’s At Bat app was the highest-grossing sports app, and the only sports title to make it among top 100
Among free titles, YouTube was runner-up to Candy Crush Saga, with Temple Run 2, Vine and Google Maps rounding out the top five. Right behind them were a trio
of messaging and social networking apps -- Snapchat, Instagram and Facebook.
Minecraft-Pocket Edition, priced at $6.99, was No. 1 among paid iPhone apps, followed by other games
including Heads Up!, Temple Run: Oz, Angry Birds Star Wars and Plague Inc.
Beyond the rankings, Apple also highlighted its own picks for best apps of 2013. App of the Year went to
Duolingo, a “fantastically well-designed” tool for learning a new language through dozens of mini-games. Runners-up were VSCO Cam, a photo and video app, and educational title Endless
Apple also spotlighted a half dozen leading app trends in 2013 including those for stylish photo editing, like Afterlight and Tangent; innovative kids apps, fitness,
bite-sized news, smart productivity, and split-second video. That last category included apps like Vine, Snapchat, with its disappearing photos, Instagram and Spark Camera.
year-end app lists come a day after Nielsen released its own list of the top 10 smartphone apps of 2013 across iOS and Android, based on average monthly unique visitors from January through October.
Facebook led the way with more than 103 million monthly visitors, but rival Google owned the rest of the top five with Search, Google Play, YouTube and Google Maps.


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Microsoft now scalping patent royalties from 70% of Android device makers globally
With the last two scalps it gathered from two smaller Android manufacturers - Coby and Aluratek - Microsoft is already at collecting royalties from 70% of all companies that make devices running Google's mobile OS.
These include some pretty big names, like Samsung, and a bunch of smaller players as well. Samsung alone must be injecting quite a lot of cash to Redmond, considering how many millions of Android smartphones it sells, and the fairly significant per-device amount rumored to change hands.
It is not yet disclosed what patents have been infringed upon, although there is some speculation that the Galaxy Nexus and other phones lately don't come with memory card slots, because of the patented FAT file system needed to be used, which results in royalty payments. That's a speculation, though, and will be until someone peeps into the contracts and lets us know exactly which functions that Microsoft has patent-protected since the dawn of WinMo, are exactly in play here.

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— Stratus Building Solutions
has announced the company''s expansion into Central America with the award of a new Master Franchise in the Republic of Panama, according to a press release
According to the release, Stratus Building Solutions, a franchiser of branded building service and maintenance operations in the United States
and Europe, will expand into Panama under the operation of Mark and Jayson Bashforth, who currently operate Stratus Building Solutions of Houston, Texas.
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Dennis Jarrett said: "This new Master Franchise headquartered in Panama City is a business model for our company''s expansion in Central and South America as we continue to grow franchise operations globally and enhance Stratus Building Solutions'' worldwide brand."
Mark Bashforth is a veteran marketing executive with over 20 years of international business experience and a B.B.A. and Computer Sciences degree from California Lutheran University
, while Jayson Bashforth served as a top sales executive in the telecom and advertising industries in Los Angeles and
graduated from the University of California-Los Angeles
with a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree in psychology, the release stated.


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A television advertising cohort that includes US cable operators Comcast, Charter and Cox is retooling its data offering to help advertisers reach a more granular set of viewers across traditional TV.
The members of the group, NCC Media, will be pooling their viewership data together to let advertisers make audience-based buys across their cable TV footprint. For example, an auto advertiser could specifically target someone looking to buy a luxury car, going beyond location-based targeting.
Along with the new offering comes a new name. NCC is rebranding to Ampersand to reflect “the company’s mission of unifying the TV advertising ecosystem across all screens, inventory and audiences.” The group was founded in 1981.
“The Ampersand name and the new audience products represent both a nod to our past and our vision for a succesful TV future,” said Nicolle Pangis, chief executive officer of Ampersand, “in which the industry rallies around a shared approach for connecting brands to audiences across the entirety of the viewing experience.”
Cable operators typically take two minutes of ad time per hour from their TV programmers to sell addressable ads. Now, Ampersand will be helping those programmers reserve a chunk of their national linear and video on demand inventory as addressable ads.
The newly-named ad group is also bolstering its partnership with TV measurement consortium OpenAP, which kicked off this June.
Advertisers will now be able to create audience definitions, such as auto intenders or high-income households, with OpenAP, and then share that information with Ampersand to use in an addressable TV campaign.
“This collaboration between Ampersand and OpenAP seeks to further promote consistent, standards-based approaches to data translations necessary for local and national investment groups, with the goal of making it easier for advertisers to use advanced capabilities across all TV inventory,” Ampersand said.
Ampersand is infusing more data into its products as TV buyers question the efficacy of such consortiums.
David Campanelli, executive vice-president and co-chief investment officer at Horizon Media, recently said media buyers are hoping for more input when publishers come together to develop industry standards.
“Too often what happens is a concept is developed and it works for the sales side and then it gets presented out to the buying community,” said Campanelli, “and a lot of the times the buying community is like, ‘This may have solved a problem I didn't have.’”


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Heartbreaking news for more than 100 people who work at a food processing facility in Bedford.
According to the Virginia Employment Commission's state layoff WARN web site, Golden West Foods Inc. notified the state Wednesday, that it plans to close its Bedford site on Friday, June 1st.
The closure means 119 people will lose their jobs.
FOX 21/27 has put in contacts to the company, but has not heard back as of this evening, regarding the reason for the closure.
According to Bloomberg Businessweek, Golden West Foods is a subsidiary of Brooks Food Group, Inc. Golden West processes and supplies poultry, beef, vegetables and bread products.


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From the Business First office on Fourth Street, there was no need to check the World Cup game score — we could keep track from the crowd noise below.
As we followed the the U.S.-Germany FIFA World Cup game, we wanted to know whether fans would be watching from their desk or whether they took their lunch break (or even the day off) to watch at a bar or restaurant.
So we asked our Twitter followers what their plans were, and many said they would be streaming the game at work. Someone at Composable Systems tweeted back that they couldn't leave work: "Too much to do to get out, but we'll have it on in the conference room," wrote @ComposableSys.
Our follower @AndrewRPyles tweeted, "I'm actually watching in Frankfurt, Germany! Go USA!"
In the first half, I ventured down to Fourth Street Live, where there were lots of fans dressed in patriotic gear — and just as many people dressed in work clothes.
Among the lunch crowd were Ryan Jordan and Samantha Stout of Metal Sales Manufacturing Corp. Their office is a few blocks away, so they decided to eat at Fourth Street Live and watch the game on their lunch break.
They said watching the game helped break up the monotonous work day, and they wanted to be part of the crowd atmosphere.
The World Cup also has been a boon for Saints Pizza and Pub in St. Matthews. Click here for that story — and a slideshow from Saints and Fourth Street Live.
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Apple Updates iPhoto, iMovie, GarageBand, and Cards
Apple today issued updates to four of its iOS applications. iPhoto version 1.0.1 makes it easier to copy URLs, reduces instances of duplicated photos, and adds stability improvements. iMovie version 1.3.1 adds the ability to seek help when editing movie clips, fixes a bug related to the time, and adds stability improvements. GarageBand 1.2.1 fixes bugs relating to iCloud syncing and signing in to SoundCloud. Cards version 1.1.2 adds more Mother's Day, birthday and get-well card options, as well as improves address accuracy, and a bug related to editing envelopes. The updates are free for those who've already downloaded the apps.
GarageBand Adds Kid-Friendly Sound Effects, iPhone X Face Controls
Apple today updated its GarageBand music-creation app with new sounds and features for kids and advanced users alike. For example, a downloadable Toy Box sound pack includes free education sound effects, such as animal calls, vehicle sounds, and counting in 10 different languages.
Apple's GarageBand Scores Alchemy Synthesizer
Apple today announced a major update to GarageBand, its music creating and recording app for iOS devices. Chiefly, GarageBand now includes the Alchemy synthesizer, which adds more than 150 new patches from Apple that span myriad styles like pop, rock, EDM, and hip hop.
Apple Updates GarageBand, Intros Music Memos for iOS
Apple today improved its selection of apps for music makers. First, it pushed out a significant update to GarageBand for iOS, which now includes Live Loops.
Apple Seeds Fourth Beta of iOS 10 to Developers
Apple today made iOS 10 Developer Beta 4 available to registered app developers. The beta, which Apple says contains bug fixes and other improvements, can be downloaded and installed over the air.


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CINCINNATI (FOX19) - Since last week, people in the Tri-State have swarmed grocery stores. Viewers have sent FOX19 NOW photos and videos of empty store shelves.
Kroger and other local chains say they’re working on ways to keep up with the massive demand.
Many Kroger store hours have changed hours in order to clean and stock the stores.
Kroger’s supply chain and teams are working around the clock to stock items as quickly as possible.
Here are the steps Kroger officials say they’ve taken to protect our customers and associates:
- Cleaning commonly used areas more often, including cashier stations, self-checkouts, credit card terminals, conveyor belts and food service counters, and cleaning shelves when restocking products.
- Sanitizing restrooms more frequently and restocking with supplies, including soap, paper towels and hand sanitizer.
- Adding extra hand sanitizer at cashier stations, food service counters, and all Pharmacy, The Little Clinic and Starbucks locations.
- Wiping down shopping carts, baskets and equipment.
- Partnering with our suppliers to replenish high-demand preparedness products.
- Continuing to provide our customers with free disinfectant wipes at our store entrances to sanitize their shopping carts or baskets.
- Following best practices for safe food handling, as always.
- Encouraging our associates to closely monitor their health and well-being.
- Providing hand sanitizer and tissues in breakrooms and meeting rooms.
- Asking our associates to stay home if they, or someone in their household, are sick.
- Providing financial support from our Helping Hands fund – a company-sponsored employee assistance fund – to associates who may be directly affected.
- Suspending business air travel for associates through March 31, 2020 and recommending virtual meetings.
- Encouraging our customers to follow the CDC’s suggested hygiene practices to reduce the spread of the virus.
- Recommending that our customers also practice safe food handling at home.
Erin Rofles, Kroger Spokeswoman also confirmed service cases, including the salad bar, meat and seafood areas will close.
“There’s no concern about spreading the virus, it does not spread through food. What we’re trying to do is re-assign those associates so they can stock shelves. All of that product will be available but it will be wrapped and on the shelf and not in the service case like we usually see," she said.
FOX 19 NOW viewers had concerns about Kroger Clicklist orders. Some, worried their orders would not be fulfilled or ready for scheduled pick-up.
Rofles said they’re doing their best to bring supplies into the store and advised shoppers to limit themselves to two or three of those essential items. Rofles also suggested only shopping for what you need for the week.
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Apple To Put The Squeeze On Travel Sites?
According to Tnooz.com, Apple has filed a patent for iTravel, an iPhone application that would allow users to search, book, and receive confirmations for flights, car rentals, buses, trains and hotels. With no official announcement yet, the most likely release date for this function would be this summer when the iPhone receives a major upgrade to its operating system.
What does this mean for the Kayaks and Travelocitys of the world? Not good news, especially when you think about how the iTravel functionality will be tied into your iTunes account, making billing and accessibility instantly a snap for millions of users. Plus, you know people will use it just for the chance to whip out their phones while boarding their flight in lieu of a handing over a boarding pass.


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The Bull Market in Green Guilt
The U.S. financial market is in turmoil, but it seems ‚Äúthere is still a bull market in environmental guilt,‚ÄĚ writes David A. Fahrenthold in the Washington Post.
The Conservation Fund, which sells carbon offsets directly to buyers, reported that this year’s sales have increased 9 percent to individuals and 22 percent to companies. New Carbon Finance found that prices in direct-to-customer markets have increased 26 percent since 2007, from $5 to $6.32 a ton of GHG.
The increase was partly driven by demand from corporations, which bought around 80 percent of U.S. carbon offsets last year. In addition, experts who study offsets say the American public has become accustomed to feeling guilty about the environment and are learning to buy their way out.
What’s more, experts say the financial crisis has not yet reached those upper-middle-class consumers who are willing to pay for offsets. These consumers also do not think of offsets as a luxury purchase, for now.
But industry insiders are worried that the ‚Äúguilt boom is about to bust,‚ÄĚ writes Fahrenthold.
There is also growing concern that vendors sometimes do not deliver what they promise. A report by the Government Accountability Office found that the growing U.S. market for carbon offsets is so loosely regulated that it offers consumers ‚Äúlimited assurance of credibility.‚ÄĚ
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With the explosion of innovation involving autonomous cars, the auto industry has become a tangled web of traditional automakers, technology giants, and focused start-ups, each approaching the self-driving car differently.
On one end of the spectrum, conventional auto manufacturers such as General Motors (GM 2.19%) and Ford (F 2.33%) are embracing incremental rollouts of the technology as they wait for the public to warm to the idea of self-driving cars.
On the other end, major Silicon Valley firms are taking an all-in approach. Google's parent company, Alphabet (GOOG -0.08%), is developing top-to-bottom software for full autonomy, and the likes of Apple (AAPL 0.11%) and Uber are purportedly developing their own cars in secrecy -- each with business models that could either complement or disrupt Big Auto in the long run. For example, we could see ride-hailing services such as Lyft and Uber building or leasing their own fleets of 24/7 autonomous chauffeurs, whose near-constant utilization rates would allow for much more accessible and affordable rides than currently available, potentially reducing the need for car ownership. GM has already staked a claim in this area, having recently invested $500 million in Lyft.
And then there are the independents. George Hotz, a 26-year-old prodigy that claims his technology and startup, Comma.ai, can beat everyone to the best driverless cars. Comma.ai also recently secured $3.1 million in funding from top venture capital firm Andressen Horrowitz, and it poached a senior engineer from Tesla.
The road ahead for for the autonomous car is long and winding. With so many players taking different paths, we're just beginning to see the potentially vast number of business models and applications this technology will foster. One thing we can be certain of is that the result will be world-changing.


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TL;DR: According to CEO Kelly Loeffler, “on September 23 […] Bakkt launches custody and physically-delivered daily and monthly bitcoin futures contracts in partnership with ICE Futures U.S. and ICE Clear US.” The announcement comes a year after a lot of media hype and several previous launch claims, only for the firm’s highly anticipated institutional entrance into the cryptocurrency ecosystem to be pushed to a later date.
Bakkt Bitcoin Futures, Warehouse to Debut on September 23
“One year ago,” Loeffler began, “we announced our ambitious vision to bring institutional infrastructure to digital assets with an end-to-end regulated marketplace.” And since then, it has been a public relations juggle for Bakkt (pronounced “backed,” as backed by institutional clout) as it went through a few fits and starts. This time, the CEO stressed, is different.
“Our contracts have already received the green light from the CFTC through the self-certification process and user acceptance testing has begun. With approval by the New York State Department of Financial Services to create Bakkt Trust Company, a qualified custodian, the Bakkt Warehouse will custody bitcoin for physically delivered futures,” she insisted.
Bakkt’s entire strategy rests upon taming cryptocurrency’s perhaps biggest hurdle for legacy investment, volatility. Markets within crypto are thought to be too easily manipulated due to their perceived lack of traditional safeguards or buffers, something which in finance circles is referred to as “regulatory clarity.” It appears as though Bakkt has gone about as far as can be expected in this regard, and is ready to face its marketing hype.
Loeffler continued, “And by now, digital asset markets are global and well-developed, but they have largely been designed to serve retail customers rather than institutional participants. Bakkt is bridging that gap to access this market and solve for factors that have slowed institutional participation. Whether concerns relate to a lack of liquidity, market quality and regulation, or issues with reliability, fees, and operational risks, we are addressing these challenges with a transparent offering,” she explained. They’ve mastered Proof of Social Media, Proof of Marketing, Proof of Regulation, and now cryptocurrency enthusiasts are awaiting the most unforgiving proof, Proof of Doing.
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Indian Cryptocurrency Enthusiasts heard great news from the Supreme Court! Indian Cryptocurrency Enthusiasts heard from the Supreme Court of India regarding the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and their ban on Crypto Trading.
The RBI first introduced the ban in April of 2018 via a ban on services that interacted with cryptocurrency. The highest court in India had dodged and swerved past the issue for years – until recently. Persistence was reportedly key in making sure that crypto enthusiasts were heard. Justices Rohinton Fali Nariman, S Ravindra Bhat, and V Ramasubramanian have all determined that the ban was “disproportionate” and has forced the RBI to back down.
The decision is seen as an enormous coup in the country, and the RBI will have to accept that their ban must be reversed. Chatter on social media erupted in celebration, with several exchanges stepping in to voice their delight. ZebPay was one of them, tweeting: “The verdict is out! Today the Supreme Court of India has removed the RBI ban on #crypto. We at ZebPay want to say a huge thank you to the SC for allowing millions of Indians to have access to crypto.”
ZebPay shut down operations last year, but made an announcement that they were preparing to re-enter the Indian market. RBI, to their credit, claimed that they did not issue a ban on crypto. But it should be noted that their ban prevented entities that dealt with cryptocurrency from seeking financial support of any kind.
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WINDHOEK – Organiser and founder of Kapana Festival, Melvin Amakutsi, and exhibitors have described this year’s event as a success.
The Kapana Festival is a Windhoek exhibition platform to celebrate street food culture, provide entertainment to young people and create opportunities for entrepreneurs to showcase their businesses.
Amakutsi clarified that kapana is not only about meat (barbeque) being sold at Single Quarters in Katutura or elsewhere, but can be smileys (goat heads), chicken or related foodstuffs.
The festival serves as an umbrella under which all kinds of kapana are sold in a one-stop shop format by easing access to those seeking the great taste of truly Namibian street food.
The three-day event is an annual come-together and Amakutsi described the third year of the event as one of a kind, compared to previous years.
According to him, the festival is a great platform for young entrepreneurs and small medium enterprises to showcase their innovative ideas through sales of kapana and drinks.
He said: “As the market is growing, entrepreneurs can look forward to get more support and recognition at the festival.”
Talking to New Era, Lizelna
//Hoabes, an exhibitor at the festival, said the event created an opportunity for her as an upcoming entrepreneur to make income, exhibit and see if it will work for her and she was surprised that things finally worked out as she expected.
Aron Kagobe, another exhibitor, excitedly said he got the support he needed and thanked his customers for supporting local street food culture and he encouraged young entrepreneurs not to let these kinds of opportunities to pass by.
Amakutsi stated that despite a lot of events that were going on this weekend, the Kapana Festival turned out successful because the vendors are happy with the number of customers that showed up and the support they got from them was amazing.
He complained that young entrepreneurs get less support and sponsorship from corporates and if only they could get enough sponsors and involvement from other entrepreneurs and SMEs than it will be a turnaround for the Namibian business industry.
He said he is planning to host Kapana Festival Volume 3.1 depending on the response he would get and he ensured his customers that it will be bigger and better.


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Vietnam-based investment firm Dragon Capital has teamed up with Standard Chartered Bank Vietnam to sponsor and launch the Vietnam Fintech Club, a good sign for the nascent fintech segment in the country.
Vietnam Fintech Club is set up to take the local network to the next level and acts as links and advocates in pulling together ideas to develop a relevant fintech ecosystem in Vietnam, according to a Dragon Capital statement.
Vietnam, with young, tech savvy population and 23 million smart phones in operation and 55 million mobile phone subscribers offers significant demographic advantages for the development of the fintech sector, it added.
The investment fund manager unveiled that the fintech community idea was agreed during a recent visit to Vietnam by UK Prime Minister David Cameron. The UK government would be keen on working with Vietnamese authorities, financial service providers and tech entrepreneurs to create fintech market conditions.
“The UK is open for fintech business with partner nations all around the world. […] We will work closely with them (Dragon Capital and Standard Chartered Vietnam) to nurture the fintech industry in Vietnam,” committed Douglas Barnes, British Consul General in Ho Chi Minh City and director of UK Trade and Investment in Vietnam.
“As a large and long term investor in Vietnam, we are committed to supporting new ideas. We are delighted to play a sponsorship role in the emerging fintech space. We are confident that the Vietnam Fintech Club will be a great asset to our business community,” commented Dominic Scriven, CEO of Dragon Capital.
Nirukt Sapru, CEO of the co-founding partner Standard Chartered Vietnam, said that by backing the fintech industry in Vietnam, the bank will continue its commitments to encourage innovation, which it believes is a key driver of economic growth and prosperity. Standard Chartered Bank also launched the Super Charger Fintech Accelerator Programme in Hong Kong to assist local and international early stage and more established fintech companies grow in Asia’s vibrant markets.
The programme, which will commence in January 2016, is a first for Hong Kong to see a strategic group of founding partners from banking, internet technology and innovation join forces to back a homegrown business accelerator.
“We hope to see strong participation from Vietnam in this initiative,” Sapru said.
An inaugural meeting of the Vietnam Fintech Club was held in Ho Chi Minh City earlier in October, featuring 20 startup entrepreneurs and investors in the local fintech sector, including FPT Ventures, IDG Ventures Vietnam, M_Service – a mobile commerce company that operates the mobile money service Momo, crowdfunding platform Fundstart, and other payment services providers like 1Pay, Loanvi and MyMoney, among others.
Dragon Capital, a Vietnam-focused fund management company with roughly $1 billion in listed stocks, private equity, fixed income and real estate, is well known for its investments in Vietnam’s listed blue chips. In 2003, Dragon Capital and Saigon Commercial Bank established Vietnam’s first local asset management company, Vietfund Managers. A year later, Dragon Capital acquired a 30 per cent stake in Ho Chi Minh City Securities Company. Both investees are now the number one players in their field, the firm said.
Its partner, Standard Chartered Bank, opened its first branch in Saigon (now Ho Chi Minh City) in 1904. The locally incorporated entity, Standard Chartered Bank (Vietnam) Limited, kicked off operations in August, 2009.


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* Adjusted EPS $0.32 vs forecast $0.29
* Sales drop 19.2 pct to $307.8 million
* Gross margins 24.4 pct vs 26.6 pct
* Shares up 9.5 percent at C$20.17 (Adds background, analyst comments; in U.S. dollars unless noted)
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TORONTO, Aug 13 (Reuters) - T-shirt maker Gildan Activewear Inc (GIL.TO) reported a 24 percent decline in quarterly profit on Thursday, hurt by a drop in demand and lower gross margins.
But its shares climbed nearly 10 percent as investors were heartened by company comments for a better outlook in 2010.
The Montreal-based company, which manufactures T-shirts, socks and underwear, said during a conference call with analysts that it saw improved sales next year as it secures new customers for bulk purchases, and it sees lower commodity prices.
“The tone on the call suggested that they were very confident that a new, large retail program would add a significant contribution to 2010,” said Candice Williams, a retail analyst at Genuity Capital Markets in Vancouver, British Columbia.
“We can’t quantify it, but up is up and big is big.”
Gildan, whose market share for all its products combined sits at about 57 percent, aims to boost that to above 60 percent in the months ahead.
The company plans to do this by pushing into new territories including the screenprint market in Europe, Mexico and the Asia-Pacific region.
The company’s shares, which have fallen 32.7 percent in the past year, were up 9.5 percent at C$20.17 on the Toronto Stock Exchange.
Earlier on Thursday, the company said it earned $41.5 million, or 34 cents a share, in its third quarter, down from $54.5 million, or 45 cents a share, a year earlier.
Excluding restructuring charges, the company earned $44.9 million, or 37 cents a share, compared with $56.8 million, or 47 cents per share, a year earlier.
Adjusted EPS, which excludes income tax recoveries, was 32 cents a share. Analysts, on average, had expected an adjusted profit of 29 cents a share, according to Reuters Estimates.
Sales fell 19.2 percent to $307.8 million, with sales in activewear and underwear down 15.6 percent and sales of socks down 33.6 percent.
The average Reuters estimate was $335.8 million.
Gross margins for the quarter were 24.4 percent, compared with 26.6 percent a year earlier.
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The year is 2030. It’s been a decade since the pandemic, and the world has moved on. Society has adapted and we’ve empowered ourselves economically, professionally and with technology. Things are looking bright (and maybe there’s not a mask in sight). We’ve innovated, tested, learnt, and reflected – and ultimately concluded that the future is human. We now live in a world where relationships between technology and people are much healthier, making our lives more fulfilling rather than
overwhelming. To reach this vision, the shape of the market, society, and our environment will go through several key shifts. This is where we see it heading, and what a connected omnichannel customer experience (CX) needs to account for in the behaviours and needs of customers adapting to their environment. 1. A reshaping population The global population is forecast to reach 8.5 billion by 2030, with Australia passing 30 million by 2029. People will be living longer and working longer, and the gig economy will continue to thrive. This will lead to an increased focus on adaptive learning and securing our futures. Young people will be hyper-connected, increasingly sharing values and common goals such as distributed wealth. Longer lives, along with rising obesity rates, will lead to a rise in healthcare and health-related spending, which may erode spending power elsewhere. Retailers are also being encouraged to play a bigger role in supporting healthy ageing, with ‘retail therapy’ – frequent shopping – correlating with longer lives. The International Longevity Centre notes that “retailers could thrive, not just survive, if they innovate to adapt to more older consumers”. 2. Connected sustainability In future, smart cities will leverage cloud, mobile, data, and social networks to automate and improve everything from energy distribution to rubbish collection. The Internet of Things (IoT) will provide retailers with critical, real-time data, optimising everything from in-store experiences to delivery logistics. Retailers will be able to gather data about people surrounding and entering their premises, including demographics, and dynamically adjust in-store signage and promotions to maximise conversion rates. Sustainability for people is going to shift from being a grand mission statement, to something on which we are individually measured. What could that look like? By prioritising climate-friendly decisions in our behaviours and spending, we will get a personal sustainability score, similar to today’s credit score or Uber rating. Retail brands could then grant variable discounts and rates, rewarding consumers for the right behaviour. 3. Data management meets emotional intelligence Earning customer trust will be a minimum expectation. People will be aware of the value of their personal data and consumer data rights will be an embedded safeguard. Customers will be in complete control of how their data is used and be able to manage and monetise it as a source of income or even feed it back into their spending and loyalty programs. Servion predicts that by 2025, artificial intelligence (AI) will power 95 per cent of all customer interactions. 4. Adaptive interfaces The future of mobile will be multi-modal. True mobility, powered by AI and machine learning, will require three-dimensional interaction models. These will evolve from dual sense to all five senses. The ‘Internet of Senses’ will enable a digital experience for all five senses – including smell and taste – for consumers, with haptics extending to 3D touch in practical applications spanning eating to dating to shopping. As we start to see people move away from using a touch screen, smartphones will evolve and exist as the brain and hub for communicating seamlessly with other natural and contextual interfaces around us. Bond Brand Loyalty’s 2018 Loyalty Report states that 95 per cent of consumers want to engage with their loyalty program using emerging technology such as chatbots, AI, virtual reality (VR) and smart devices. Using adaptive interfaces, people will increase their inputs and interaction through voice, gestural motion, VR, AR and connected IoT devices – and eventually even our thoughts. Machines will recognise us from the way we walk, the way we talk and even the way we take devices out of our pocket This will provide a quick and secure way to access private data and personalised services. 5. Web 3.0 In the world of tomorrow, control of the internet will be taken away from big tech and become more collaborative, open source, and trusted as it builds upon the backbone of blockchain smart contracts. This redistribution will completely change power structures and the retail and payments products and services that sit on top of them – ultimately distributing ownership to individual users. 6. Merged reality On the flip side, the metaverse will offer a parallel world that people can escape to. It will be the 3D experience layer of the internet, a completely functional economy powered by cryptocurrency. In the metaverse, people’s avatars will connect with friends, buy and trade things they desire and need – including with digital assets such as NFT artwork – and take virtual trips to digital locations without ever leaving home. Amazon’s Amazon Explore venture enables people to “travel the world, virtually”. France’s Moya Land is a virtual tourism realm including a tourist office, museums, an airport and a historical centre. As Peter Drucker has said, the best way to predict the future is to create it. The retail industry is in a great place to do exactly that. Although the metaverse might sound like a game, we are already on our way to the blending of our physical world with the virtual world in ways more meaningful than campaigns and activations. There will be a continual shift in how we evolve to interact with technology that sounds revolutionary – but it will very much be evolutionary and is already happening. This is the context in which Gen Z will live, and these are the spaces retail brands need to address and harness as they think about omnichannel experience extending to these realities over the next decade.


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We now have a date for Lorcana to do an official game demo and give more details about organized play!!
GAMA Expo had previously announced that Lorcana will have a booth at the GAMA Expo and their digital magazine has just been released, confirming the location of the booth and that there will be a game demo at the event!
The magazine states “Visit us at booth 325 to learn more about Disney Lorcana and our organised play program. Join us at Game Night on Monday and Tuesday for a short demo!”
According to the schedule stated on the website, Game Night will be held on April 24 and 25 between 9pm to 12am, so we expect more details to be released at that time for Lorcana.
Stay tuned to Mushu Report and we will provide updates as they are released!


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Telecoms giant Nokia has announced it will be cutting up to 14,000 jobs, a decision it blamed on the slowing demand for 5G equipment.
On Thursday, the company reported that its third-quarter net sales declined by 20% year-on-year, with profit over the same period dropping by 69%. Nokia said that as a result, it will be implementing cost-cutting measures to try and save between $842 million and $1.2 billion by 2026, eliminating $422 million worth of costs in 2024 and a further $316 in 2025.
“The most difficult business decisions to make are the ones that impact our people. We have immensely talented employees at Nokia and we will support everyone that is affected by this process,” said President and CEO Pekka Lundmark in a statement. “Resetting the cost base is a necessary step to adjust to market uncertainty and to secure our long-term profitability and competitiveness. We remain confident about opportunities ahead of us.”
A Nokia spokesperson said the company was now beginning the process of consultation on initial reductions, declining to comment on which job functions would be impacted by the layoffs, or whether the layoffs would affect Nokia’s global workforce or employees in specific geographic regions.
“The timing and detail of final reductions will be decided only after careful consideration and will depend on the evolution of end market demand,” the spokesperson said.
Nokia is not the only telecoms company to have announced layoffs this year. The company’s biggest rival Ericsson laid off 8,500 employees in February and this week announced it had seen a fall in sales and that it expected the uncertainty affecting its business to persist into 2024. In May, BT Group announced plans to cut 55,000 jobs, the same month Vodafone said it would be cutting 11,000 positions.
5G technology faces adoption challenges
While private 5G/LTE networks for the enterprise are becoming increasingly common, several headwinds exist for the technology, which could impact adoption rates over the next two years, a report from market research firm IDC published in July noted.
It outlined three factors that had slowed the growth of private cellular: slower-than-expected availability of the latest 5G chipsets, difficulties with integrating private cellular into existing network infrastructure, and the way in which private cellular is sold.
“For the market to scale faster globally, and for vendors to capture more profits, we foresee the need for a traditional enterprise channel to develop whereby a larger portion of the equipment is pushed to market via distributors and value-added resellers,” the report said.


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Val Morgan has today released the first results in the Power of Cinema series which demonstrate the value of including cinema as part of a media strategy. “The findings prove that cinema significantly improves advertising effectiveness, delivering a 40% increase in the key metric of brand consideration,” says VM managing director Daniel Hill.
“The Power of Cinema series set out to replicate how television, online video and cinema are typically consumed,” he said. “For advertisers this presents compelling information on the role of cinema as part of a strategy in conjunction with television and online video. It builds on previous research findings that showed cinema to deliver six times the engagement of television.
“Whilst the power and impact of cinema is a universal truth, this is the first research that qualifies the value of cinema in combination with other media as part of an advertisers overall campaign. The results unequivocally show that cinema increases campaign effectiveness. Cinema drove a 40% increase in the vital brand measure for marketers; brand consideration. The strength of these findings clearly demonstrate that cinema should be included as a core component in an advertisers a/v strategy.”
The results were compiled from an extensive research programme which captured natural media exposure across campaigns running identical creative on TV, online video and cinema. The research was conducted by BrandScience involving over 1200 interviews.
BrandScience Head of Data and Analytics, Kate Gunby commented: “This was an exciting piece of research designed to understand the contribution of different channels in an overall screen strategy. Whilst there is typically a big focus on the reach, there are still limited learnings on how different channels contribute to the overall impact of media.
“We knew from previous research that cinema has a higher engagement level but we wanted to understand how that engagement translated into the shift in key brand measures. The results showed how strongly cinema performs as part of the media mix and should certainly make clients and planners take a look at where cinema fits in the mix.”
Val Morgan Sales Director Suzie Lamborn said: “The research was carefully designed to isolate potential exposure to each campaign across the different media channels. The results show that cinema creates a significant boost to brand consideration, far beyond the capabilities of other media. The unique impact and engagement that cinema provides amongst today’s increasingly attention deficit consumers adds real potency to an advertisers channel mix.”
- Suzie Lamborn – firstname.lastname@example.org
About Val Morgan
Val Morgan Cinema Network is New Zealand’s leading supplier of screen advertising. Our network of over 360 cinema screens covers metro, regional and provincial areas and provides advertisers access to a sought after audience in a high impact environment, proven to deliver six times the engagement of television. Brandfit, Val Morgan’s strategic department, provides bespoke integrated solutions to advertisers across the full assets of the Val Morgan media group. Val Morgan is the New Zealand representative of the Cannes International Advertising Festival and Spikes Asia.
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Olivier Soapery pulls out of Riverview centre
The Olivier Soapery, the Sainte-Anne-based soap and skin care company, has moved out of the Chocolate River Station in Riverview citing low traffic.
The Olivier Soapery had plans to expand its retail store at the Chocolate River Station to a tourism destination and a production centre for training videos.
The company even accessed a provincial government grant that covered about 25 per cent of the store’s initial capital investment.
But the project never took off. Doug Beck, the controller at Olivier, said the company kept the store open for the required amount of time to honour its agreement with the provincial government.
"It was a pretty unique operation. We're rather disappointed in that it was going to be our flagship," Beck said.
"But, however, that didn't happen."
The Chocolate River Station in Riverview has several businesses that contribute to a unique "sensory experience." While the Olivier Soapery was the first store to open, it now has outlets for Ganong Chocolatier, Briggs Maples and Gateway Gallery.
Beck said the Riverview location was going to offer a unique product to its customers.
"We had facilities there where we could have shows, where we could have training sessions recorded, livestreamed out to our representative chain," he said.
"We have over 80 reps out in the field and so were using that facility to train them. Of course this was all going to be paid for by retail sales in the outlet. And those retail sales never materialized."
Olivier continues to operate at its Sainte-Anne headquarters and Highfield Square in Moncton, as well as at the Dieppe and Moncton markets.
New tenants needed
The loss of the Olivier Soapery means Riverview town officials must find a new occupant to fill its spot.
Shane Thomson, the director of economic development for the Town of Riverview, which oversees the Station, said the town has already received some proposals from businesses hoping to set up in Olivier’s old location.
"I think the focus down there has broadened for us in terms of being tourism-centric," Thompson said.
"I think that what we've realized is, to be a viable business model, it should really have to serve local demand as well. So, not just tourists, but Riverview and not just Riverview but greater Moncton."


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MOSCOW, Dec 11 (ANSA) — In yet another episode of the crisis between Belarus and the European Union, the United Kingdom and the United States, the government of Minsk announced this Saturday (11) that it would ban agri-food products. “hostile nation” from January 1, 2022.
Since August last year, Western countries have imposed a number of political and economic sanctions against allies of the country’s President Alexander Lukashenko’s regime. The president, considered “the last dictator in Europe” to be in power since 1994, is accused of election fraud and human rights violations of opponents.
According to the state news agency Belta, Lukashenko himself announced the embargo during a meeting of the Better Council of the Eurasian Economic Union. The measure is another sign of the dependence of the Russian president, who remains the government’s only major partner.
Also according to the politician, Belarus imported about US$530 million in products in the first 10 months of 2021.
Lukashenko guaranteed that there would be no shortage in the country.
Apart from the European bloc, the USA and the United Kingdom, the country will stop importing products from Canada, Norway, Albania, Iceland, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Switzerland. The main products affected would be fresh pork, salami and sausages in general, fruits, nuts and salt. (ANSA).
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1 Nov 2023
As we approach the end of the year, the aviation industry continues to grapple with supply chain issues, new fleet delivery delays, skilled labour shortages, and material supply. How are these challenges impacting logistics and MRO companies such as AJW, and are solutions emerging as stakeholders adapt their business operations?
Industry experts agree that the aviation industry is seeing immense growth, leaving businesses with a more optimistic glimpse into 2024 as flight hours return to pre-Covid levels. The effect of this recovery comes with the need for an increase in production rates across the globe. The challenge currently being faced, is supply meeting demand, and this is putting pressure on the supply chain and logistics services.
AJW’s CEO, Clyde Buntrock confirms that these challenges are impacting MRO services, He highlights extended lead times for components caused by the bullwhip effect on the supply and availability of skilled labour, as primary challenges. He offers insight into the current skilled labour shortage and says, “The industry is actively addressing these issues and raising awareness of career opportunities to attract emerging talent into the sector.”
Current market circumstances are driving greater regionality in MRO sourcing, says Buntrock, and OEM centres are sharing services across the globe to mitigate capacity constraint. “It is a matter of working with customers and logistic partners to understand the supply chain vulnerabilities that exist and how to overcome them,” he continues.
The component demand increase has created challenges for OEMs and suppliers as raw material and labour costs soar, and Aircraft manufacturers are equally struggling to keep up with demand amid the challenges within the industry.
Buntrock suggests that supply chain challenges are driving inflation in market prices. As these challenges unwind, he says, the prices should return to a more normal equilibrium level with lower volatility, which will facilitate a smoother path for airlines and other aviation industry organisations to meet customer demands as the industry continues to recover.
When asked how the Group is mitigating these challenges, Buntrock explains that the company has expanded its global contracted services to meet growing demand, “We are actively evaluating the competitiveness of our logistics providers and remain committed to working with strong global allies to consistently provide logistics support.”
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Popular Outdoor Company Opens New Store in Bozeman
It's official, Bozeman. The massively popular online outdoor store Backcountry has opened its new location in downtown Bozeman in the old Gallatin Laundry Building. The space is massive and filled with every type of outdoor gear you could imagine.
The building's walls have shoes, coolers, and other hardware lining the store from floor to ceiling. This Backcountry store also carries fishing equipment, bike gear, and helmets, and will carry ski and snowboard gear when winter rolls around. Backcountry boasts the top brands in the market and will be a big player in the Bozeman area when it comes to outdoor companies.
Backcountry announced back in February of 2022 that they planned to open a storefront in Bozeman. Impressively, they were able to gut, remodel, and open their new location in less than six months.
Backcountry is known more as an online outdoor company, and this will only be its seventh brick-and-mortar location nationwide. They have stores in Seattle, Boulder, Chicago, and throughout Utah. Bozeman will be the smallest market to have a stand-still store.
It will be interesting to see how Backcountry will impact the outdoor market in the Bozeman area. Bozeman has several well-established outdoor stores including Chalet Sports, Round House, Sportsmen's Warehouse, Bob Ward's, and Crazy Mountain Outdoor Company. Even Second Wind Sports, a used sports store, has some great outdoor items to check out year-round.
Even though it's summertime, Backcountry's real test will be what they offer to entice locals come winter. Only time will tell.
For more details, check out Backcountry.


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German software-maker SAP have said cloud computing yielded strong returns for 2015 and promised a bright future as the company released a preliminary take on its 2015 finances.
New cloud bookings — which the company bills as “the key measure for SAP’s sales success” in the area — grew by 103 percent for the full year.
“We decisively beat our full-year guidance for cloud and software revenue,” said Bill McDermott, the company’s chief executive.
“SAP gained significant share against core and best-of-breed competitors.”
He added that the figures give “us tremendous confidence in our business in 2016 and beyond”.
Overall, the company saw an 18 percent jump in revenues for 2015, for a gross of €20.8 billion. However, earnings before interest and taxes fell by 2 percent to €4.25 billion.
The company said the drop could be attributed to the tightened margins as the company shifts its primary focus to its cloud offerings. It said it expected 2016 profits to come in at between €6.4 billion and €6.7 billion, depending on the accounting methods used.
Over the last few years, the company has been revamping its flagship Business Suite to refocus the business towards delivering cloud-based software and applications rather than on-premise ERP solutions.
The company cautioned the figures are preliminary. An official release of the company’s annual data is set for January 22.
The preliminary results follow strong third-quarter results reported in October last year, which was also fuelled by growth in cloud revenues and its SAP HANA database offering. At the time, the software company reported cloud subscriptions and support revenue grew 116 percent year on year to €600 million, while new cloud bookings, the key measure for SAP’s sales success in the cloud, doubled in the third quarter to €216 million.
The ongoing focus on cloud by SAP forms part of the company’s five-year outlook, which was outlined early last year. SAP believes its cloud computing business will equal the software unit in size by 2018, and will eventually help the company deliver better profits in 2020.
In fact, SAP revealed that the Australian and New Zealand market are leading the charge in cloud adoption, with ANZ managing director John Ruthven previously telling ZDNet the two countries are “punching above their weight”.
“They push the envelope in terms of taking on new technologies and really driving trend. When you boil that down to cloud, if you look at one of the sectors many would regard as conservative regarding technology, the public sector has one of the big proponents of cloud, and one of our big customers in terms of cloud solutions,” he said.
Part of the company’s transformation has however seen SAP axe over 2,000 positions globally, which Ruthven said was part of SAP’s strategy to remain flexible. He added that there were plans to increase company headcount by the end of 2015 above the initial amount the company started with at the beginning of the year.
“We’re very optimistic around the transition of the company and the part we play. We have a very innovative customer base in Australia; we are well positioned and we’ll continue to do well,” he said.
“At a leadership level, we are very focused on the simple equation of ‘having highly engaged teams or employees drive superior outcomes’ and getting that right.”


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NFCA Founder and President Alice Bast will returns to the Institute of Food Technologists' annual Wellness Conference. The event offers attendees a unique blend of unbiased perspectives, news about emerging trends, and information on how other organizations within the food industry are penetrating the health and wellness sector.
When: March 28-29, 2012
Where: InterContinental Chicago O'Hare
For more information: IFT Wellness '12 website


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By Jacey Conway, Federation of Calgary Communities
The Hillhurst Sunnyside Farmers Market showed its support for micro farmers through an event celebrating all things bees this summer!
The “Pollinator Party” provided an opportunity for market vendors to share the impact of bees on their businesses.
“As a local food market, all of our
Micro farmers refer to anyone or anything that produces farming or agricultural benefits on a small-scale level. Because bees in urban environments pollinate the green spaces, they’re also referred to as micro farmers.
Local organization provided knowledge, engagement opportunities
The Hillhurst Sunnyside Farmers Market partnered with local organizations and encouraged their weekly market vendors to participate in the initiative.
Some of the vendors who participated included ACALA Native Plants, Plant Shop YYC, Buzzy Bee Honey, and Tamarack Jacks Meadery. All vendors provided fun and educational activities relating to bees to engage visitors to the market.
“This is an opportunity to engage with our community and to teach the importance of bees in our world,”
One of the vendors, Buzzy Bee Honey, boasted an active beehive, several native bee species, beekeeping equipment, and information boards explaining all aspects of beekeeping. Market visitors were able to stop by and learn more about bees and what they can do to help the little pollinators.
Young children who were at the market were also able to make bee baths—also known as bee water feeders—to take home and place in their backyard or garden.
“Bee baths allow the bees to flourish in an urban environment,” said Ramshaw.
While assembling their bee baths, kids learned the importance of helping bees in small ways. Bee baths, for
Something for everyone – including kids
Market vendor Pat Fedkenheuer, with ACALA Native Plants, had a plant station for any young ones who would like to pick out a plant to bring home and replant.
The plants were carefully arranged and chosen by Fedkenheuer. Each one was native to the Calgary region and suited for the colder environment.
“This way they can support pollinators from home,” said Fedkenheuer.
The event gave vendors and market visitors the chance to learn about the importance of bees in the community.
The Pollinator Party was a huge hit for the Hillhurst Sunnyside Farmers Market. Th
“Support your micro farmers – they do so much for us,” said Ramshaw.


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Metro Seeking Developers For Alexandria Bus Garage Site
WMATA is looking for a private company to buy and develop a two-acre bus garage site in Old Town Alexandria as private developers move forward with several other projects in the neighborhood.
The transit agency plans to issue a solicitation later this month for the site at 600 North Royal St., WMATA Real Estate Director Nina Albert announced Wednesday at Bisnow's Alexandria State of the Market.
Albert said the solicitation will be released later this month, and bids will be accepted for about two and a half months. She said the agency plans to hold a public conference in Alexandria on Sept. 19 to discuss the solicitation with interested developers and neighbors.
The two-story garage, built in 1945, was the target of a previous WMATA solicitation in 2015. Since that solicitation fell through, the agency has moved the buses from the site to another location in Fairfax County, allowing it to sell the property outright rather than having to do a ground-lease transaction.
The other important change since the last solicitation was the adoption of the Old Town North Small Area Plan, which was approved June 24.
The plan identified the bus garage as a redevelopment site and recommended increasing the allowable density and uses on the site. It calls for the site to be classified as mixed-use with commercial and residential space, and the floor-to-area ratio should be increased from 1.5 to 2.5. This would allow for 217K SF of development, a big step up from the existing 45K SF warehouse and the site's previous maximum allowable density of 130K SF.
"What’s going to be different this time about how we’re putting it out is that we’re providing greater flexibility and actually offering it under an option agreement to purchase," Albert said. "So I think it will make it easier for developers who are interested in that property."
As WMATA waits for developers to bid on its bus garage site, several other Old Town projects are in various stages of development.
EYA plans to break ground this fall on Robinson Landing, a waterfront development on a 3.2-acre site bordered by Duke, Union and Wolfe streets. The developer plans to build 70 condos and 26 townhouses with ground-floor retail and public space. It plans to open a waterfront restaurant, repurpose the pier with a café and seating areas, and create a 20-foot-wide green promenade along the water.
"It’s really going to help transform the waterfront in Alexandria," EYA partner AJ Jackson said at the event. "Not into what’s in D.C. or not into what’s in National Harbor, but into a more attractive, inviting place that’s consistent with the community feel of Old Town."
Directly to the north of that site, Carr Hospitality opened its 120-room Hotel Indigo in May. That project, which includes chef Cathal Armstrong's Hummingbird restaurant, is the first completed portion of the Alexandria's waterfront development pipeline that was envisioned in a 2012 zoning change. The Old Dominion Boat Club two blocks north is also undergoing a major redevelopment that will include an outdoor patio and public park.
Carr Hospitality President Austin Flajser said the hotel and restaurant have had a busy first few months, and he believes the additional development planned on the waterfront will only add to its success.
"All of a sudden, you’re going to bring a lot of vibrancy and activity to the waterfront there," Flajser said.
Carr also has two future development sites in Old Town North. At its Crowne Plaza property, it plans to build 40 townhouses around an arts retail center. That project is going through the entitlement process. At 1201 North Royal St., it is looking to build 80 condos over a ground-floor arts use. It is still in the early stages of planning for that project and has yet to submit an application.
“There has been a progression of high-quality retail marching down into north Old Town," Flajser said. "We see a very bright future in Old Town North."
Meanwhile, on the King Street corridor, Charlotte-based Asana Partners has recently made a major investment that promises to bring new retailers and activity to Old Town.
The company has acquired 18 retail properties, Asana Partners Managing Director Robin Hilliard said, adding that it was drawn to Alexandria because of its demographics, building style and the synergy between locals and tourists.
Hilliard said Asana hopes to bring in new food and beverage options, suggesting ideas such as a sushi restaurant or a cidery.
“Being able to control a sizeable amount of square footage, we feel like we can come in and really enhance the already pretty good tenant mix here," Hilliard said. "We can come in and bring different types of food and beverage from all over, maybe from around the country or maybe just regionally."
She also said Asana hopes to bring in high-end soft goods retailers to complement King Street's existing shopping environment.
"We can create more high-level tenants and bring more people into the area to shop," Hilliard said.


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New Delhi [India], Sept 25 (ANI): Bangalore-Based Vogo Automotive Pvt Ltd, which operates a tech-enabled scooter sharing platform, VOGO, raised an undisclosed amount in seed funding led by the family members of the Murugappa, A.V. Thomas groups and Thiagaraja Groups, with participation from Ajit Thomas, Chairman of A.V.Thomas group, Hari Thiagarajan, ED, Thiagaraja Mills, Muthu Murugappan, Business Head Nutraceuticals - EID Parry and others.
The funds are slated to be used for building out the automated technology platform, innovation, building out the technology team and growing marketing efforts.
The company also announced the launch of India's first automated pickup and drop scooter rental platform, and these scooters are called SPARK. Once customer books, he uses an OTP to get the key and start the scooter. Every smart VOGO scooter has been engineered by the VOGO team with a complex array of sensors which transmit millions of data points.
VOGO can remotely track, monitor and control every Spark in real time and have made a mechanical scooter a connected intelligent IoT device. This ranges from vehicle health measurement via fuel and battery sensors, GPS for tracking, dicky and handlebar sensors and much more. This lets VOGO rebalance supply and demand, offer dynamic pricing and do intelligent bike allocation.
This now allows VOGO to offer 24/7 service and one-way travel at 50 percemt of the price of autos and taxis. VOGO plans to scale this automated system across hundreds of pickup and drop locations in each city and raise a large institutional round in the coming months to build a large pan-India network.
"We started out by identifying an early adopter segment, college students and solving their commute problems. Now more than 15000 students across 15 colleges and four cities use VOGO: we see those substituting taxis and autos with us. In 2017, we focused on building the automated IoT system to scale the business and now have end-to-end engineering capability across embedded systems, software development, and automotive space," said Anand Ayyadurai, CEO, VOGO.
Launched in 2016 by Anand Ayyadurai, Padmanabhan Balakrishnan and Sanchit Mittal, VOGO is building a scooter sharing network that would enable urban commuters to rent scooters for short-haul and offer a quick and cost-effective alternative to cabs and autos. They are present in Bangalore, Hyderabad, Manipal and Mysore. (ANI)


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The all new 2016 MV Brutale 800 received overall makeover with updated body panels, fuel tank, exhaust pipes, seat and new aluminum sub frame. There are new vents featured on the front of the bike for more aerodynamics. The inclusion of aluminum sub frame will surely contribute to the further weight loss of the new Brutale 800. The headlamps and the taillights are also contributing to the more streamlined and aerodynamic body of the new roadster.
There is big gap between the rear wheel and the taillight assembly, which further enhances the sporty image of the Brutale. The footpegs are also repositioned in the new Brutale 800 to complement the revamped ergonomics of the bike. However, there are remote chances of any alterations at the engine’s front. The new Brutale 800 would be featured with 798cc 3-cylinder engine, producing 123 Hp of power and 81 Nm of torque.
As the MV Agusta is all set to debut in India sooner than later, the new 2016 Brutale 800 is more likely to be seen on Indian roads rather than the 2015 model. Let’s see how MV Agusta is going to price the new Brutale 800 in the international as well as in the Indian market.
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Fashion historian, well-known TV presenter Alexander Vasilyev, were discharged from the hospital in Kommunarka after treatment for bilateral pneumonia.
Earlier it was reported that his test for coronavirus were negative.
"I’m home", – said Vasilyev on Tuesday, TASS reported.
The presenter previously told the Agency that on April 5 he had a cough, gradually raised the temperature. Vasiliev was treated with tea, lemon, ginger, soda, tincture of ginseng. Later called an ambulance, took the test, Vasilyev was taken to the hospital in Kommunarka, where the scan found bilateral lung inflammation. Speaking of hospitalization in the project, the presenter praised the work of doctors, medical staff and facilities.
Vasilev – the known theatrical artist, interior designer and art historian and fashion historian. Since 2008 he is sending "Fashion verdict".


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Samsung has finally confirmed that we and we knew it for a long time — presentation date of the new flagship Galaxy S21 family.
IN social networks, on official website and in the teaser says that Galaxy Unpacked will take place on January 14 at 17:00 to Kiev time. The broadcast can be viewed on site.
Slogan of the event — «Everyday Epic», a here Ukrainian users are offered «prepare to be surprised».
IN no invitation no words talking about Galaxy S21 smartphones, but shown their main feature — main camera unit with a new design that we already know from numerous leaks.
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With Easter just around the corner, those in Johannesburg will be turning their minds to the annual Rand Show, which has been a feature in the city since 1894. Of course, those who run the show year-on-year have changed as dramatically as the show has itself, and this year the Rand Show will be helmed by Adele Hartdegen, who was announced CEO of both Dogan Exhibitions and events and the Johannesburg Expo Centre in February 2020. 6 Feb 2023 Read more Many know the annual Rand Show as the place for entertainment and shopping, but what's less known is the powerful assistance offered by the trade show to small to medium businesses (SMMEs). This year the Rand Show is immensely stepping up that support with significant incentives and assistance to SMMEs - including a unique new summit that will take place on 5 April in the Black Eagle conference facility, at the Johannesburg Expo Centre at Nasrec for all those SMMEs who book space at the show, particularly in Hall 7, where SMMEs will be showcased. 31 Jan 2023 Read more The Rand Show is one of this country's most memorable events on the annual entertainment calendar, and the expo returns this April with an exhilarating offering sure to please the whole family. Running from 6-10 April 2023, SA's largest consumer exhibition will take place at The Johannesburg Expo Centre, Nasrec. 25 Jan 2023 Read more The Rand Show - the feel-good show.
As preparations are already underway for the Rand Show 2023, the management team communicates more feel-good news - a welcome respite from the bad news in the past two years - and encouraging news for the terribly hit events and exhibition sector. 24 May 2022 Read more From 13 April to 18 April 2022, the Competition Commission will be exhibiting at Southern Africa's largest consumer largest consumer exhibition, the Rand Show. The exhibition is an integral part of the Commission's outreach communication and advocacy drive aimed at raising awareness on the work of the Commission and its impact on day-to-day lives of the South African citizens. At this Open Exhibition, members of the public will have a rare opportunity to have face-to-face interaction with the leadership and staff of the Competition Commission while learning more about the work of the Commission continue to impact their lives. 14 Apr 2022 Read more The Government Employees Medical Scheme (Gems), largest restricted medical scheme, is a proud partner of the 2022 Rand Show, host of the country's most loved lifestyle exhibition platform. 14 Apr 2022 Read more Visit The Rand Show 2022 and get the Lesotho experience. 14 Apr 2022 Read more Following two years of notable absence due to Covid-19, one of Johannesburg's proudest and longest-standing traditions is back. Rand Show 2022 returns to Nasrec in the week of 13-18 April 2022. And among some of the biggest drawcards this year are an exclusive music festival featuring some of South Africa's best-known artists; a reality cooking competition; adventurous all-day kids' activities and activations, and of course, exhilarating carnival rides. With just 61 days to go, tickets are available online now. 11 Feb 2022 Read more The Rand Show, South Africa's largest consumer lifestyle experience, is pleased to announce a major rebranding exercise. The show, which is under a completely new management team led by seasoned marketing professional Adele Hartdegen, has undergone a series of changes to the design and implementation of the event; not only due to changes required for Covid compliance, but also to broaden its reach to first-time visitors of the six-day experience. 26 Nov 2021 Read more The wait is finally over! In just a few days we will be opening the highly anticipated Rand Show Spring edition at Fourways Mall. 21 Sep 2021 Read more Everything you should know. 23 Aug 2021 Read more Same show, different venue, and an awesome lineup of activities and entertainment! 5 Aug 2021 Read more Over 90% of 2018 exhibitors will return in 125th annual festival 20 Aug 2018 Read more Middle income visitors are the Show's solid base, returning to spend more each year 31 Jul 2018 Read more 90% of exhibitors that participated in the 2018 Rand Show at the Johannesburg Expo Centre intend to participate in the 2019 event, citing significant improvements to the show as their primary reason for returning to Johannesburg's most iconic showcase. 4 Jul 2018 Read more Despite some rainy days, nothing could put a dampener on the festive atmosphere and bustle of activity at the Rand Show 2018, held at the Johannesburg Expo Centre (JEC) in Nasrec from Friday, 30 March, to Sunday, 8 April 2018. 18 Apr 2018 Read more When the Honours Wrestling Association (HWA) heard the Afrikaans term, "local is lekker", they took it literally. They will be going on tour around South Africa, with the first show of the tour starting at the 2018 Rand Show. 19 Mar 2018 Read more The second Castle Africa five-a-side qualifying tournament took place on Saturday with 16 teams competing at Rustic Indoors in Fourways. The 16 teams came with the eye on the prize, an opportunity to go through to the national final being held at the Rand Show from Wednesday, 4, to Saturday, 7 April 2018. 14 Mar 2018 Read more The South African leg of Africa's biggest five-a-side tournament kicked off at Old Parks Fast Sports Fusion 5-A-Side Arena this past Saturday. A total of 16 teams from across Gauteng pitched for the opening games, the teams were split into four teams of four where they battled it out to the semi-finals with the two winning teams of the day going through to the national tournament taking place at the Rand Show from Wednesday, 4, to Saturday, 7 April 2018. 9 Mar 2018 Read more Rand Show 2018 plays host to a fiercely fought battle of amateur five-a-side football teams vying to represent South Africa at the Castle Africa 5s. 6 Mar 2018 Read more The Rand Show is pleased to announce a new addition to its entertainment line-up for 2018. The House of Horrors is experiential theatre for those who live life on the edge and are not afraid to face their fears. 28 Feb 2018 Read more Tens of thousands of Rand Show visitors annually rate the massive SANDF static display, explosive capability demonstration and entertaining arena programme a highlight of their visit to the Rand Show and 2018 will be no exception! 2 Feb 2018 Read more Organisers of the Rand Show 2018, Dogan Exhibitions & Events, are pleased to announce the inaugural Experience India feature, a specialised Indian retail experience scheduled to place from Friday, 30 March, to Sunday, 8 April 2018. 29 Jan 2018 Read more Among the highlights of the 2018 Rand Show is the Motor City, a one-of-its-kind motor show aimed at offering motor dealers the opportunity to connect with a large gathering of consumers from all parts of South Africa. 7 Dec 2017 Read more The organisers of Rand Show 2018 are pleased to announce the launch of the Skills & Futures Zone, a brand new interactive, dynamic and informative new exhibition zone at Rand Show 2018. 30 Nov 2017 Read more The organisers of Rand Show 2018 are delighted to announce the addition of another quality exhibitor! Toy Adventures will join the line-up of exciting new exhibitors, exhibiting at the Rand Show for the first time, at the Kids Expo @ Rand Show. 24 Nov 2017 Read more The organisers of Rand Show 2018 are delighted to announce the unveiling of the Lifestyle Expo @ Rand Show 2018 - yet another innovative, exciting and highly interactive platform that will showcase the very best that South African design has to offer the savvy South African consumer. 18 Aug 2017 Read more The organisers of Rand Show 2018 are pleased to announce the launch of the Showcase SA Expo @ Rand Show, an exciting expo that will provide an opportunity for public sector, government departments and parastatals to interact directly with Rand Show visitors, at one of the largest and most successful consumer exhibitions in South Africa today. 2 Aug 2017 Read more The organisers of Rand Show 2018 are delighted to announce the launch of a definitive new event aimed at the whole family, with the launch of the Kids Expo @ Rand Show. This is a one-of-a-kind event that caters to the whole family, from expectant parents, to tots, kids, tweens and teens. 21 Jul 2017 Read more The organisers of Rand Show 2018 are pleased to announce another first, and industry game-changer, with the launch of the Sports Expo @ Rand Show. As a one-of-a-kind event aimed at families, athletes, fitness fanatics, as well as professional and amateur sports lovers, the Sports Expo @ Rand Show will provide exhibitors of sports brands, equipment and gear with an excellent opportunity to introduce new products and services to consumers, while reaching a broad profile of untapped target audiences. 20 Jul 2017 Read more The largest consumer exhibition in South Africa, the Rand Show, will return to the Johannesburg Expo Centre (JEC) at Nasrec in 2018 from Friday, 30 March, to Sunday, 8 April. 14 Jul 2017 Read more You've got just days left to experience all the fun that the Rand Show has to offer, as SA's biggest consumer expo gears up for a bumper closing weekend full of top-class entertainment. 20 Apr 2017 Read more Jy het slegs 'n paar dae oor om al die pret wat die Randse Skou aanbied te geniet as SA se grootste verbruikerekspo gerat raak vir 'n uitsonderlike Afsluitingsnaweek vol topgehalte vermaak. 20 Apr 2017 Read more The search is on for South Africa's strongest man. Prepare for a clash of the titans on the closing weekend of the Rand Show, as the big boys battle it out to see who is SA's Strongest Man 2017. 18 Apr 2017 Read more This year, the SANDF is going big, spanning in a veritable squadron of awe-inspiring jets and helicopters for its much-anticipated arena capability displays at the Rand Show. 12 Apr 2017 Read more Maths skills are integral to a learner's development, which is why Sanlam has developed an educational roadshow tour - Every 1 Counts - with the characters of children's TV show Takalani Sesame. 12 Apr 2017 Read more With the launch of an exciting first for Gauteng - Johannesburg Design Week 2017 - South Africa's biggest consumer exhibition, the Rand Show, proves it's not just another expo. 11 Apr 2017 Read more It's new, it's messy, it's gooey, and the kids are going to love it. It's the Wonderful World of Why, a series of brand-new interactive science workshops exclusive to the Rand Show 2017. 11 Apr 2017 Read more International science education brand the Nutty Scientists brings a new interactive science show full of magical reactions and explosive fun to the Rand Show 2017. 10 Apr 2017 Read more If you can bring a crowd to its feet, if you have star quality enough to light up a stage, then you need to be a part of the Rand Show's MiTalent 2017. 10 Apr 2017 Read more They're back! The Department of Defence and the SA National Defence Force are once again partnering with the Rand Show, promising visitors hours of interactive entertainment with extensive exhibitions and action-filled shows and demonstrations. 10 Apr 2017 Read more Hulle is terug! Die Departement van Verdediging en die SA Nasionale Weermag is weereens in vennootskap met die Randse Skou, wat ure se interaktiewe vermaak vir besoekers beloof met uitgebreide uitstallings en aksiebelaaide vertonings en demonstrasies. 10 Apr 2017 Read more New to the Rand Show, it's the BOUNCE Vibe Tribe. This group of uber-energetic athletes will be amping up the vibes at the Rand Show's new Action Zone on weekends, with a trampoline showcase that's as much fun for the audience as it is for the participants. 7 Apr 2017 Read more In the world of freestyle motocross, the backflip is a trick so difficult it has only been mastered by a handful of riders across the globe... one of whom will be showing off his moves at the Rand Show this year. 7 Apr 2017 Read more This year, you can combine two great South African family traditions... out with the kids enjoying all the entertainment and fun the Rand Show has to offer, and savouring the smell of braai smoke and sizzling meat. 5 Apr 2017 Read more It just wouldn't be a show without the animals, which is why the Rand Show is bringing together a whole cast of flying, flapping, trotting, waddling, scurrying and slithering entertainers to delight families this year, at the Rand Show's animal farm.!> 5 Apr 2017 Read more The Rand Show's Showtime Stage on the Esplanade is the perfect place to kick back and enjoy a variety of great music and dance, talent and beauty shows, children's shows, and displays of strength from the strongmen. 5 Apr 2017 Read more Inspire your inner gardener at the Rand Show, where well-known horticulturist JJ van Rensburg of Garden World has a daily programme of DIY-garden-project workshops lined up. 3 Apr 2017 Read more Take a classic road trip with the Rand Show this year. Come feel the vibes of the iconic Route 66, with a display of classic cars, motorcycles, and memorabilia from the Shawn Tyler Museum, plus a full Cobra Backdraft build that will take place over 10 days.!> 31 Mar 2017 Read more Snow in Gauteng? Unlikely. In April? Only with Danone! An avalanche of frozen yoghurt fun awaits Rand Show visitors this year. 31 Mar 2017 Read more The SA Strongman Union has scooped a major strongman event for South Africa and the Rand Show, SA's biggest consumer expo. 29 Mar 2017 Read more Are you an aspiring author? Are you hungry for tips and advice on how to get published? Then join four local authors at Authors' Day, the Rand Show's new half-day literary event. 27 Mar 2017 Read more The role of design and design thinking is having a far larger impact on business than it had several years back, especially here in South Africa. Local design and designers are becoming sought-after worldwide and as a nation we are creating some of the most exciting design that is currently taking shape worldwide. 20 Sep 2016 Read more The dates for the Rand Show 2017 have been finalised and we kick off a world-class exhibition on Friday, 14 April, with an action-packed agenda daily, until Sunday, 23 April. We have conducted a lot of research and although the show has seen great growth with our target audience over recent years, we have decided to further raise the bar. 2 Aug 2016 Read more


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70% British Internet Users Disclose Personal DataAdded: Wednesday, May 20th, 2015
Category: Bit Torrent Freedom > The Right To Share
Tags:ET, p2p, Torrent, Piracy, Peer To Peer, Network, Hackers, Internet, BitTorrent, Google, utorrent, bitcomet, extratorrent, www.extratorrent.cc, 2015
20% of UK citizens would never use their credit card on the Internet, while almost 70% of Internet users were saying they were ready to give away their personal data. More than 25% of respondents also claimed that they never want to provide their mobile phone number online, but at the same time admitted that giving away other personal data could benefit them in some way.
Ofcom, the British telecoms regulator, questioned almost 1,900 adults in a recent survey aimed to identify Internet behavior of the British. It turned out that the average weekly Internet usage has doubled over the last decade, and today less people are concerned about it – only 50% down from 70% a decade ago. Ofcom also found out that 60% of Internet users wanted to be protected from inappropriate or offensive material online. 20% of those surveyed also felt concerned about fraud, security and privacy. 28% were concerned about mobile apps.
As for age groups, the survey revealed that Internet usage by 16-24 year-olds tripled from 2005, mostly driven by the smartphones and tablets gaining popularity. While 37% of adults said they would miss their TV the most if they had to give it up, almost 60% of 16-24 year-olds admitted they would miss their mobile phone the most. It should also be noted that smartphones became the dominant gaming platform: over a quarter of respondents played games on their phones once a week, 17% – on games consoles and 15% – on tablets.
Ofcom also revealed that the number of people regularly playing games has more than doubled – from 10% a decade ago to 22% last year. This is undoubtedly good news for the games industry, which was estimated to worth £1.7bn last year.
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|It's worth mentioning at this point that 87% of British citizens don't believe random statistics ;-p|
|It may also be worth mentioning that amongst the apathetic in personal security is the Jobcentre who`s very computers which are supposedly government secure ask in the first instance for you to create an account with British Telecom PLC an independent company at the heart of BadPhorm in order for you to be able to access govt sites to apply for work where all your details will be laid out to potential employers and BT alike.There is a few lines of disclaimer about personal security and 3rd party sites before accessing BT without which you cannot access the internet,what the jobcentre do not do is say BT will store and sell your personal data or use it for marketing or for any use they like once you log in suckers,being somewhat aware I asked one of their technical bods about it and he said and I quote if you want secure comms use the library which made me laugh as I assumed it was only the American government that sold its constituents down the river to private corporations,not so it seems.Such apathy towards personal data security online by the Man is why people become complacent since they believe with good reason that they are already spread out before the world waiting to get hacked and spammed by everyone and their dog already,so why bother trying to protect your data since no one else is starting with their own government.|
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- IBM is spinning off a huge chunk of its IT-services business, creating a new company with roughly $19 billion in annual sales, it said.
- CEO Arvind Krishna said the move would allow IBM to focus on becoming more competitive in the cloud and AI.
- Analysts called the planned spin-off a smart move that underscores the transformation of the tech giant.
"IBM as an all-things-to-all-people technology company is over," analyst Albert Pang told Business Insider. "They'll have a lot more focus and will be a lot more nimble. Clearly, it's a step in the right direction."
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IBM wants to be a leaner, nimbler technology giant.
The company announced Thursday that it was spinning off a huge chunk of its services business to focus more resources on its bid to be a stronger player in the cloud and artificial intelligence.
"We are redefining the future of IBM and where we'll be putting our focus going forward," CEO Arvind Krishna said on a conference call. "We're creating two market-leading companies."
Krishna said the new company "will be the world's leading managed infrastructure services provider" and that the business units in question recorded $19 billion of revenue over the past year.
The new company will emerge from part of IBM's technology-services unit, the massive division that makes up roughly 40% of the tech giant's revenue. Krishna said IBM expected to complete the spin-off by the end of 2021.
That business, which provides outsourced IT services to clients, has taken huge hits with the rapid rise of the cloud, which lets businesses run networks on web-based platforms, allowing them to scale down or even do away with in-house data centers.
That trend has hurt traditional tech companies like IBM, which makes money selling products used for private data centers. This was evident in IBM last earnings report, when two of its major services units, which make up half of its revenue, posted revenue declines.
The change would enable IBM to concentrate on the goals Krishna laid out when he took over in May.
"I've said this before, we will be maniacally focused on being the best hybrid-cloud platform and AI company," he said. "You'll see increased organic investment. You'll see increased M&A activity, all pointing to an innovation based company."
The planned spin-off underscored major changes at IBM. The company last year acquired Red Hat for $34 billion, as part of its bid to become a stronger competitor in the cloud market.
IBM under Krishna aims to be a dominant player in hybrid cloud, the emerging trend in which businesses set up networks in web-based platforms, while maintaining applications and data in private networks. Krishna has previously said that he expects hybrid cloud to be a $1 trillion market within the next few years.
Analyst Albert Pang, the president of the tech-research firm Apps Run the World, said the spin-off was a smart move, adding that "the dismantling of IBM" is "a long time coming."
"IBM as an all-things-to-all-people technology company is over," he told Business Insider. "They'll have a lot more focus and will be a lot more nimble. Clearly, it's a step in the right direction."
IDC President Crawford Del Prete echoed this view, saying the spin-off "brings focus to IBM's strategy of being a cloud platform and related software company, while it continues to optimize the managed-services business."
"These businesses need different profiles for care and feeding, and have very different growth rates, therefore by being separated, they can increase agility," he told Business Insider.
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OAKLAND, Calif., Nov. 16, 2017 /Weed Wire/ – A new report released today shows that licensed marijuana stores are as profitable as Starbucks stores, if only they were taxed at the federal level like Starbucks.
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BOCA RATON, Fla., May 7, 2017 /Weed Wire/ – Maridose LLC, the Florida based company founded by former Procter & Gamble executive and advertising consultant, announced today that its’ new Maridose Marijuana Dosage Calculator is now available on the Apple APP store.
DENVER, Jan. 10, 2017 /Weed Wire/ — MassRoots, Inc. (OTCQB:MSRT), one of the leading technology platforms for the cannabis industry, announced today that the Company has launched an update to iOS mobile application, available through the Apple App Store.
“User-friendly” is not a word we hear often when describing marijuana edibles.
When legal pot shops first opened up in America, there wasn’t a ton of thought given to retail design and aesthetics.
People who sell medical and recreational cannabis in states where it’s legal have become accustomed to seeing their social media pages go dark unexpectedly.
SAN FRANCISCO, March 22, 2016 /Weed Wire/ — HelloMD (www.hellomd.com) today announced the launch of an Apple iOS smartphone App that will allow patients throughout California access to medical marijuana consultations, dispensaries, and the ability to join and securely share records with participating dispensaries and providers.
There have been numerous regulations preventing marijuana-centric apps from making their way onto your smartphones. Now though, there is no shortage of convenient digital tools for informing purchases, finding a local shop or even growing your own digital garden.
In what is surely a sign of a white flag of defeat in the world of weed-tech, BlazeNow, an app that allows its users to connect via online interface with legal medical and recreational dispensaries globally, has now obtained access to the Apple App store.
One of the best parts of being a cannabis investor is being able to witness history in the making on a daily basis. This time it is the announcement of the first cannabis tech IPO with MassRoots (OTC Pink: MSRT) preparing to come online this month.
MassRoots, the leading social media company in the cannabis space, is due to begin trading in the next month or so. Earlier this week, we saw continued progress toward the company’s public presence with the issuance of its ticker (OTC Pink: MSRT).
Have an iPhone and wish you could talk about your love of cannabis with like-minded people on social media?
Great news and great work to all who participated in getting MassRoots back on the Apple iTunes store! This is progress for the company and also for the industry.
Denver-based MassRoots is a distinct first mover into what could become a valuable corner of the social media ecosystem—a community by, of, and for cannabis enthusiasts.
Apple and Instagram have tough policies regarding marijuana business, and entrepreneurs are feeling the effects. Businesses of any kind, especially those which operate through the Internet, rely on Apple to accommodate its apps.
Thirty-eight thousand people normally don’t just disappear. So when 25-year-old Shane Fairbrother signed in to Instagram one evening last week and discovered that his company’s account, @themedtainer, had been suspended.
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As Cornubia Industrial Park has grown from strength to strength over the past five years, so has one of the original warehousing tenants, Digistics.
Digistics forms part of JSE listed Supergroup, a supply chain partner of choice for several FMCG companies and a nationwide logistics, strategy and technology solutions company which has grown significantly over the past two decades.
In a pioneering move, Digistics established its main distribution hub in Cornubia Industrial Park with an 8000 square meter refrigerated warehouse in 2013, the first in the new Cornubia business precinct. As land owners in the area, JT Ross Property Group were well positioned to develop the bespoke facility for Digistics.
In an expedient move to consolidate and accommodate further growth, Digistics have engaged with developer and property owner JT Ross Property Group again, to extend the warehouse by a further 5000 square meters. The project kicks off in July 2018.
“It’s remarkable to see the second tier of development in the Cornubia Industrial zone after five years. It’s a testament to the vision of Tongaat Hulett Developments and partners who invested in the development of the node” said Grant Smith of JT Ross Property Group.
Tongaat Hulett Developments owns approximately 8 000 hectares of land in the northern growth corridor and works with key stakeholders to advance infrastructural development and real estate investment in KwaZulu Natal.


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SEATTLE - January 21, 1997 - Airborne Express has announced a relocation and consolidation of their Orange County operations in Garden Grove, CA to a brand-new built-to-suit facility in Long Beach, CA.
The new facility, located at 2828 Juniper, employs more than 70 people and provides air freight parcel sorting and distribution as well as counter drop off and pickup service.
"We had outgrown the Garden Grove location," said Chuck Schwerdtfeger, Airborne district field services manager. "The relocation places us in a much better location to service our customers and it also allows for future growth."
The new Airborne facility features 5,000 square feet of office space and 40,000 square feet of warehouse space with 90 interior van loading positions, five semi-truck loading dock positions and state-of-the-art mechanical handling and conveyor system equipment.
For more than 50 years, Airborne Express has served shipping needs of business customers around the world. Today, Airborne offers total distribution solutions by providing time-sensitive delivery of documents, letters, small packages and freight to virtually every U.S. ZIP code and more than 200 countries. Customers can select from a variety of services including same-day, next-morning, next-afternoon or second-day delivery, ocean service and logistics management.