text:
The new coin collection features 20 unique coins with one for every club as well as an AFL and an AFLW coin. One in every 10 sets also features exclusive, coloured AFL and AFLW $1 coins.
Fans can buy the full set of coins for $45 in a collector folder or individual team coins for $5 each at participating Post Offices or online.*
What's more, the AFL Collectable Coins also feature The Queen Elizabeth II Memorial Obverse. Designed by a renowned British engraver, Jody Clark, the interim effigy serves as a lasting tribute to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and her 70 years of service to Australia and the Commonwealth.
Australia Post Executive General Manager Retail, Brand and Marketing Catriona Noble said the new collection is expected to bring a sense of excitement and friendly competition amongst AFL fans and coin collecting enthusiasts.
"The AFL has a legion of passionate fans Australia-wide and a sporting heritage and legacy that is unrivalled across the country. Australia Post’s partnership with the AFL and the Royal Australian Mint to launch this limited-edition coin collection is something we’re extremely proud of.
"We know Australians love to collect things like stamps and coins and now Australia Post has the ultimate sporting collectable coins for avid collectors and die-hard AFL fans. We hope fans will be just as excited as we are about the collection," Ms Noble said.
Assistant Minister for Competition, Charities and Treasury, Andrew Leigh, said he was thrilled the Mint is releasing this new set of $1 coin collectables in partnership with Australia Post and AFL.
"The great thing about commemorative coins is that they’re something that can be kept within families and passed on to the next generation. The Royal Australian Mint has a long history of celebrating Australia's greatest sporting moments. This partnership gives passionate AFL and AFLW fans a chance to support their team with a unique memento of the 2023 season."
AFL Executive General Manager Customer and Commercial Kylie Rogers said the league was thrilled to create a new product for fans to engage with the sport like never before.
"The AFL is proud to partner with the Royal Australian Mint to produce AFL and AFLW coins that will now form part of our country’s coin circulation for the first time," Ms Rogers said.
"We're excited to produce a unique AFL product that will allow both footy fans and non-footy fans to take a piece of our game home with them."
AFL fans are encouraged to get behind their favourite AFL team by collecting a coin which are available from May 15, until sold out.
For more information and to purchase the AFL Collectable Coins, head to your nearest participating Post Office or visit www.auspost.com.au/aflcoins.
* The AFL and AFLW coins cannot be purchased individually.
Source: Australia Post


text:
GM’s auditors have raised substantial doubt that the automaker can continue operations, and the company said it may have to seek bankruptcy protection if it can’t implement a huge restructuring plan, the AP reports.
“The corporation’s recurring losses from operations, stockholders’ deficit and inability to generate sufficient cash flow to meet its obligations and sustain its operations raise substantial doubt about its ability to continue as a going concern,” auditors for the accounting firm Deloitte & Touche LLP wrote in an annual report filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
GM’s auditors are basically announcing something we all already knew. The automaker is struggling. Car sales are down. Consumer car loans are reportedly harder to get. GM told the government it was hanging on by a thread at the end of last year, when it asked for a bridge loan.
GM has received $13.4 billion in federal loans so far and asked for a total of $30 billion in government loans. The Detroit Big Three have repeatedly said that if one automaker goes under, they all will. How long will GM be able to survive?
Will CEO Rick Wagoner be able to keep GM alive?
Image via ceoworld.biz.

domain: news


text:
US inflation slows moderately from March levels, but headline price gains still running above 8% annually.
CPI inflation across the US rose 0.3% m/m in April and 8.3% y/y, moderating from 8.5% last month but rising at a faster pace than the 8.1% analysts expected. Core CPI jumped 0.6% m/m and 6.2% y/y, a slowing from 6.5% last month.
Sustained high inflation will likely keep the Federal Reserve on its 50bp rate hike clip for the next few meetings and could see officials debating an even larger 75bp hike later in the year. (See: MNI INTERVIEW: Fed's Barkin Says Hikes Not On Set 50BP Course).
Owners' equivalent rent rose 0.5%, a significant jump for the slow-to-change shelter category. Energy rose 30.3% y/y and food increased 9.4%, the largest y/y increase since 1981, the BLS said.


text:
Online retail giant Amazon paid £220m UK tax in 2018
The disclosure marks the first time the US company has revealed the full amount it has paid in tax in the UK.
Tuesday 3 September 2019 23:01, UK
US online retail giant Amazon paid £220m UK tax in 2018, according to an internal audit analysing the accounts of all UK-based subsidiaries.
The disclosure marks the first time Amazon has revealed the full amount it has paid in taxes in the UK.
National insurance contributions made up the biggest proportion of the payment, followed by business rates, corporation tax and stamp duty.
Amazon also said £573m was collected by the internet giant via indirect taxes as a result of UK business activities.
The company has been heavily criticised in the past for not revealing the details of tax payments in the UK, whereby all sales were routed through its European headquarters in Luxembourg, a practice that changed in 2015.
On the company's 20th birthday Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn wrote a birthday card to Amazon, saying: "You owe the British people millions in taxes that pay for the public services that we all rely on. Please pay your fair share."
Amazon has revealed that total UK revenues were £10.89bn last year, but added that £625m was spent on updating warehouses and opening new offices.
According to the company, it invested £18bn in UK operations and capital expenditure between 2010 and 2018, and created 2,000 new jobs in 2019.
The company has also been criticised in the past for its treatment of workers, particularly in its warehouses where staff are monitored at all times.
Amazon has responded by no longer using zero-hours contracts for staff and increasing wages to Living Wage levels.
The accounts filed with Companies House show Amazon UK Services - the largest UK-based subsidiary for the company - saw revenues rise 18% to £2.35bn.
Pre-tax profits were £75.4m, up from £72.4m a year ago.
Tax on the Amazon UK Services business was £14m in 2018, up from £4.7m.


text:
Nothing’s first product was a set of true wireless earbuds with a semi-transparent design. Since the company began selling them globally in mid-2021, Nothing founder Carl Pei tells Inverse that about a third of sales for those earbuds have been to customers in the United States.
But when the company launched its first smartphone a year later, it was sold in 40 markets including parts of Europe and Asia, but not the United States. That’s because Nothing was a startup lacking the resources to work with US wireless carriers to launch a phone. But the company has grown substantially in the past year, and now Pei says that second Nothing phone will be sold in the US when it launches later this year.
In that same interview with Inverse, Pei says that the company has roughly doubled in size over the past two years, going from 200 employees in 2021 to 400 today. And revenue went up from $24 million in 2021 to more than $200 million during that same period.
With that in mind, Pei says it has a few major priorities for the coming year:
- Make the Nothing Phone (2) a more “premium” device than last year’s Nothing Phone (1)
- Give the Nothing Phone (2) a proper US launch
- Work on improving the software experience for its phones
- Open more retail stores (the first opened in London in December).
Until then, folks who really want to get their hands on a Nothing Phone in the US can sign up for a beta membership and pay $299 for the company’s first-gen phone… but it’s the global version of the phone rather than one designed for the US market. And that means it has limited support for North American 4G and 5G network bands.
Will we also get contact tracing spyware bloat built directly into our Android nothingburger phone too? I can’t wait to pay money for that!
Any phone with Google Play Services (i.e. anything that comes with the play store) installed will have that. You need to look into phones that have the option to have an operating system that doesn’t have google play services/google services framework, such as Lineage OS, Graphene, or /e/OS, if you want that completely off your device.
Which don’t get me wrong, is a good thing to want, because you’re (by default) sending google your entire browsing and location history if you have Google Services. That’s just more data than the contact tracing gives google and should be more immediately concerning. The issue with the contact tracing is (and STILL is, even though we’ve stopped talking about it!) the potential for panic or malicious social control if it is ever forced to turn on or abused by authorities.
My Android phone is immediately able to detect whenever I use my Pc online. I know this because the Android phone Ads notifications will suddenly start ringing the moment I use a browser like Firefox on Pc. The pc is not synced to the phone. Android / Google is definitely spyware garbage. Android is adware garbage.


text:
British Irish Chamber of Commerce: Imports extension ‘necessary’
The British Irish Chamber of Commerce is encouraging agri-businesses to make use of what it calls a ‘necessary’ extended grace period, to prepare for the changes to come.
In a statement welcoming the government’s announcement yesterday (Tuesday, September 14) Paul Lynam, director of Policy at the British Irish Chamber of Commerce said: “The British Irish Chamber of Commerce encourages firms within the agri-food sector to use this extended grace period to prepare.
“This pragmatic approach is necessary so that the UK Government can make the necessary preparations for full customs controls to ensure an orderly transition that does not unduly disrupt trade.
New import controls on agri-food products will now enter force from the January 1, with physical checks on Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) goods at Border Control Posts due to occur from July 2022.
“The Chamber urges the European Commission and the UK Government to use this time to streamline customs processes to ensure greater efficiency in trade with a particular focus on the need to reduce the pre-notification time period and the urgent need to introduce electronic Export Health Certificates.”
“This extension also allows businesses on both sides of the Irish Sea additional time to get ready for the new import restrictions and administrative barriers that they will soon come into force.”
Yesterday, the UK government announced that safety and security checks on EU produce at UK borders will now not be required until July 1, 2022.
Minister of State at the Cabinet Office, Lord Frost, said:
“We want businesses to focus on their recovery from the pandemic rather than have to deal with new requirements at the border, which is why we’ve set out a pragmatic new timetable for introducing full border controls.
Businesses will now have more time to prepare for these controls which will be phased in throughout 2022.
“The government remains on track to deliver the new systems, infrastructure and resourcing required.”


text:
Milestones and updates.
Demand outstripping supply for green data centers
Did you know replacing an old server with a greener design can save up to 1 ton of carbon emissions? Data centers require large amounts of power, cooling and space to operate. The ever increasing demand for data means their carbon foot print is growing.
Key drivers like Regulation No 82 in Indonesia and companies questioning their suppliers about their carbon footprint are driving demand for green data centers in the Asia Pacific. Demand is now outstripping supply due to a booming IT sector.
This emerging trend is seeing the world’s largest companies move to green data centers:
Apple’s data center in North Carolina combines two 100-acre solar farms with a multiple fuel-cell electricity generator using bio-gas from nearby landfills.
Amazon is building a wind farm in Ohio that will generate 820,000-megawatt hours wind-generated power to plug into the Ohio grid. It will feed its data and distribution centers.
Facebook has built a data center at hydropower plant in northern Sweden therefore it generates 100% of its power.
Data center suppliers such as SpaceDC are building facilities that optimize energy performance and reduce environmental impact. They are using natural air cooling, low emission building materials, waste recycling and natural gas in their designs.
With governments forcing companies to go green through legislation means demand is outstripping supply. Start researching green data centers now to make sure your company is at the front of the queue!
Deep dive into our white papers below to read the latest industry reports on topics ranging from green facilities to data center security and digital transformation.


text:
Drug firm Strides Pharma Science on Monday said its step down subsidiary Strides Pharma Global, Singapore (SPG) has entered into a joint venture with Sun Moral International, a wholly-owned subsidiary of China's Sihuan Pharmaceutical Holdings Group, one of Chinas leading pharmaceutical companies.
Both the companies will set up a JV company based in Hong Kong to be christened as Sihuan Strides HK, where SPG will own 49 per cent stake, Strides Pharma said in a statement.
The JV fast tracks Strides' entry into China, the second-largest pharmaceutical market in the world with a USD 137 billion market opportunity.
Strides will license four products immediately to this JV with an option to expand the portfolio subsequently and will receive a licensing fee for each product in-licensed to the JV.
It will supply these products to the JV from its manufacturing facilities at India and Singapore.
The JV will explore setting up local manufacturing in China in due course, the statement added.
"We are delighted to partner with Sihuan Pharmaceutical with the initial set of products having a significant market opportunity in China. We look forward to strengthening the partnership in the near term to build a strong pharmaceutical franchise in China," Strides Group CEO and Managing Director Arun Kumar said.
Sihuan will leverage its over 4,000 strong sales force and over 3000 distributors across Mainland China to market the products.
"Sihuan will give full scope to the JV in sales and marketing strategies and continue to expand the market rapidly through our marketing channels," Sihuan Chairman and Executive Director Che Fengsheng said.


text:
Hires and promotions, April 4
Published 4:00 am, Wednesday, April 4, 2012
San Francisco's Cinch PR And Branding Group added Jenna Hudson as an account executive. Prior to joining Cinch, Hudson did public relations for Treasury Wine Estates and The Hess Collection.
CAMICO in San Mateo, which provides liability insurance for the accounting profession, appointed Thomas Pytel Jr. vice president of marketing and communications, with additional responsibility for agency management and direct sales. Pytel comes to CAMICO from Allied World Assurance Co. in Farmington, Conn., where he was assistant vice president for creative services.
CleanScapes of San Francisco hired Kevin Simons as manager of the newly created commercial landscape division. Simons has more than 15 years of landscape experience, most recently managing San Francisco and Oakland commercial properties.
LATEST BUSINESS VIDEOS
- 2019 Winter Olympic Games Torch Relay First Ever to Feature Robot TorchbearerRuptlyTV
- Apple $5K iMac Pro to Be Unleashed ThursdayWibbitz
- You Can Now Follow Hashtags on InstagramWibbitz
- OITNB Inspired Alysia Reiner to Empower WomenCheddar
- Being Stubborn Could Help You Live LongerBuzz60
- FOX Business Beat: Airline baggage fees; Binge-watched showsFox5DC
- China Now Has Robo-Surveillance That Can Track Nearly 2 Billion PeopleBuzz60
- An app to help pregnant women find train seats is being trialled in TokyoEuronews_News
- Report: Uber Rider Charged More Than $14,000 for Five Mile RideBuzz60
- Aston Martin's Electric Car Doesn't Consider Tesla CompetitionBuzz60
Rich Pell joined UBM Electronics in San Francisco as executive editor of EDN and Designlines. Prior to UBM Electronics, Pell was a freelance technical editor for UBM's Audio Designline and helped launch and still runs Embedded Internet Designline.
Dorothée Gutierrez Fisher joined Formspring as head of marketing and communications. Previously she was at YouTube, where she focused on global product and partner marketing. Mike Rogers joined Formspring as head of sales. Most recently he was regional advertising directory at AOL/Patch.
Sage Centers for Veterinary Specialty and Emergency Care, with hospitals in Campbell, Concord, Dublin and San Mateo, hired Marc Weinstein as chief operating officer. Weinstein previously held leadership positions at California Natural Products and Accenture.
Audrey Elbert was admitted to the partnership of Williams Adley, a CPA firm located in Oakland. She joined the firm in 1992.
Kenneth Yu, who joined the firm in 2004, was promoted to audit manager.
Movers and Shakers runs Sundays and Wednesdays. Send submissions to firstname.lastname@example.org. Color photos should be at least 300 dpi. Search the archive at sfgate.com/columns/moversandshakers.


text:
Target is aiming a little lower for its latest social influencers campaign of which it is sharing specific items and inspiration to style them but with a younger-than-usual audience.
- No categories
Stacy’s Pita Chips is celebrating Women’s History Month with unique bags that come with a Snapchat code that leads to digital resources on them.
Unilever’s Axe is tapping into the increase in men’s interest with hair through a social influencer campaign that not only blends personalization, humor and information together, but also ties into direct-purchase capability.
Macy’s, Target and Wayfair are some of the first marketers to jump aboard Pinterest’s Shop The Look feature to further capitalize on targeted users at a time in their customer journey when they are likely to purchase.
Fast-food retailer Taco Bell is hoping to shepherd in traffic to its new flagship location in Las Vegas with a social media campaign that will result in a wedding.
Big-box retailer Best Buy’s Twitter feed lit up on Sunday in response to the Grammys festivities, presumably to take advantage of a spike in music sales (especially physical copies) that occurs during the awards ceremony.
Gap Inc.’s Banana Republic is building on its relationship with brand ambassador Olivia Palermo through in-store popup shops that are live streamed on YouTube to drive sales.
Hospitality brand Marriott is hoping to jumpstart Valentine’s Day bookings with a campaign for its rewards that leans on an interactive mobile game on social, a fun way for consumers to get excited about rewards points.
As buy buttons on social media have had a disappointing run, Twitter is killing off its own but that does not mean the rest are doomed, as experts say the social site’s disregard for relevancy and focus on convenience had it condemned from the start.
Japanese car manufacturer Nissan is offering a unique promotion for consumers in its home country in promotion of its latest SUV model, opening a mobile-optimized store that features five products inspired by the vehicle.


text:
There is a theory that Japan is the mother country of Bitcoin. Regardless of whether it is true or not, it was among the first countries to start making virtual currency transactions. Besides, Japan was the first country to solve the problem of double-spending for crypto using the P2P structure.
In this era of the Covid-19 pandemic where peer-to-peer (P2P) transactions are being discouraged, investors are starting to develop new effective alternatives of transacting. One of the alternatives is using Bitcoin automated teller machine (ATMs), a digital banking outlet which enables cryptocurrency users to conduct pivotal transactions without the aid of a P2P trader. Crypto ATMs are one of the swiftest means to purchase and sell digital currencies.
Fast Listing feature allows users to trade newly added tokens in a more convenient way by using the Rubic platform. Analytics suggests the launch of the feature will speed up the trading process, as well as boosting the trading volume on the platform.
Bitcoin and cryptocurrency traders in India are not benefiting from the industry following the ban of cryptocurrency activities by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in April last year, and this is making their social life hard. The peer-to-peer (P2P) system that was developed by cryptoasset exchanges has some voids in it and hackers have taken advantage of this to fraud people and most of them have become or are yet to be victims.
Blockchain offered the world a new model for a p2p economy, introducing free global trade without intermediaries and reliable storage of value without the fear of seizure or account freeze by regulators. Along with this new paradigm of money arrived a new paradigm of fundraising. The so-called ICO (initial coin offerings) gave businesses easy and global access to investor money and provided investors themselves with endless opportunities.
Italy, the world’s number 4 as far as the use of blockchain technology is concerned, still needs more blockchain implementation. The epoch of energy, innovation and digitalization is contributing a fundamental transformation.


text:
Prime Minister Promotes Digital Economy Development At Global Summit
The Vietnamese Prime Minister made five specific proposals to promote international cooperation in the field of technology.
Prime Minister Thanks China for Vaccine Donation
Malaysia Gets a New Prime Minister
Government Leader Suggests AstraZeneca Speed up Vaccine Delivery to Vietnam
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh attends and delivers a speech at the 2021 Global Trade in Sevices Summit via video (Photo: VNA)
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh delivered a speech at the 2021 Global Trade in Services Summit via video on September 2 evening, highlighting the promotion of cooperation in digital transformation given the current context.
The PM said that in the context that countries are suffering impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic, climate change, and resource depletion, promoting international cooperation in the field of digital technology is the key to helping countries transform their growth models, better exploit resources, promote flows of capital, goods, and services, thereby creating a new driving force for economic growth, and ensuring sustainable, inclusive and comprehensive development.
He emphasized that Vietnam’s potential for digital economic development is enormous as the country is a dynamically developing economy in ASEAN, has a network of 17 Free Trade Agreements (FTA) with over 60 partners, and is a market of nearly 100 million population, most of whom are young and quickly adapting to digital technology, according to VNA.
To promote international cooperation in the field of technology, the Vietnamese Prime Minister made five specific proposals, VOV reported.
Chinese President Xi Jinping hosted the event (Photo: Xinhua)
Firstly, he said countries need to take advantage of digital transformation to accelerate the fulfillment of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals 2030, which focus on narrowing the development gaps and social inequality between countries, creating conditions for people in underdeveloped areas to have equal access to services provided on digital platforms.
Secondly, he recommended further strengthening the role of international cooperation agreements on digital technology so that the digital economy develops strongly and in the right direction, while at the same time it ensures cyber security and safety, guarantees privacy, fights monopoly, and eliminates inequality in the implementation of tax obligations.
Vietnam is willing to work alongside other countries to build an appropriate legal framework in order to help the digital economy develop strongly, contribute and harmonize with the common interests of the whole society, he stressed.
Thirdly, according to Chinh, it is imperative to strengthen international cooperation in the education and training of human resources in the field of science and technology, supporting employees to gradually adapt to digital technology.
Fourthly, he suggested promoting the role of digital technology in trade facilitation, especially the movement of goods by multimodal transport, creating favorable conditions for people’s travel, and ensuring the supply chain is not disrupted in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Last but not least, he said countries need to strengthen cross-border e-commerce on the basis of equality and mutual benefit, thereby helping promote exports, especially for seasonal agricultural and aquatic products.
The Global Trade in Services Summit 2021 opened in Beijing, China, on September 2 as part of the China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS) 2021. CIFTIS2021 is the largest of its kind with the participation of more than 700 enterprises inside and outside China. There are 15 related conferences and forums within the fair’s framework. This is the first time Vietnamese enterprises have joined the event in both direct and online formats.
- Invite each other to check-in the most beautiful and famous camping sites in Vung Tau
- What’s Landscape of Vietnam Medical Education Market?
- The list of beautiful view cafes in Quy Nhon makes people ‘shake’ and check-in is not boring
- Vietnam congratulates Prime Minister of Albania
- ‘Hug’ the whole city in your lap at Da Nang Turtle Island
Vietnamese aquatic products, fruits introduced at food exhibition in Russia
Petrol prices rise from September 25
Lang Son hosts conference to connect consumption of black jelly products
MPI to submit post-pandemic economic recovery scheme in October
Teleconference between Government, businesses to take place this weekend


text:
Now my girlfriend can scan her food, great.
Consumer Physics, the Tel Aviv-based startup behind the handheld molecular food scanner dubbed “SCiO” – basically a pocket-sized spectrometer that tells you the chemical makeup of what you eat, including nutritional info like calories, carbs, sugars, and more – has now topped $2 million in crowdfunding via its Kickstarter campaign, with 11 days still left to go. Over 10,000 backers have donated to the startup, which also has funding from Khosla Ventures, Dov Moran (Comingo founder, flash drive inventor), and other angel investors.
The company also previously raised money through OurCrowd, a hybrid VC-equity crowdfunding platform. According to Crunchbase, Consumer Physics has $4 million in prior funding. [Update: the company says it’s actually closer to “more than $5 million” but won’t disclose the exact figures.] They’ve been raising the additional funds on Kickstarter for under a month.
We first got hands on with the SCiO scanner at this year’s…
View original post 412 more words
Fund my kleenex.
Crowdfunding site Kickstarter, which has almost become the ‘Kleenex’ of the crowd-sourced funding world in terms of brand recognition, today unveiled two changes to its business model (via The Verge) that will have a huge impact on non-equity crowdfunding in general and on its main rival Indiegogo. Basically, Kickstarter is simplifying its rules and relaxing the barriers for entry, even introducing a “Launch Now” feature that allows project creators to bypass the network’s approval process entirely.
That means that what you see on Kickstarter is no longer necessarily vetted for feasibility or content standards – which means fewer guarantees that hardware projects, which typically have a low incidence of success anyway, will ever make it to market. But Kickstarter appears to have decided to stop fighting the tide and go with the flow; now it can unapologetically embrace its role as a community-driven mechanism for investing in ideas…
View original post 393 more words


text:
Mumbai - comScore Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR), a leader in digital measurement and analytics released the '2013 India Digital Future in Focus' report.
The report provides a comprehensive overview of the Indian market and identifies the prevailing trends in web usage, online video, social networking and online advertising that are defining the Indian online landscape.
comScore's press release stated that key highlights from the report include:
At 73.9 million home and work internet users, the Indian online population currently ranks as the 3rd largest in the world after China and the US
With 75 per cent of its internet users under the age of 35, India has the youngest skewing online population among BRIC countries.
Across all age and gender groups, Women between the ages of 35-44 are the heaviest internet users in the Indian market.
The Indian blogging audience grew 48 per cent in the past year to 36 million visitors while 26 per cent of category traffic comes from mobile phones and tablets.
54 million internet users in india watched online videos on the computer, representing a 27 per cent increase over the past year.


text:
|By Business Wire||
|February 13, 2013 09:01 AM EST||
(NASDAQ: AMZN)—Now it’s getting even easier to enjoy music in your car—starting today, Amazon Cloud Player is available in Ford SYNC Applink-equipped vehicles. Ford owners can now wirelessly connect the Amazon MP3 app on their Android smartphone to the SYNC connectivity system to access and enjoy their entire Cloud Player music library in their car using simple voice commands or the audio controls. Ford Applink-equipped vehicles include the 2013 Ford Fiesta, Mustang, Focus, E-Series, C-MAX Hybrid, Expedition, Fusion, F-150 and Super Duty models. For more information, customers can visit Amazon.com/cloudplayerinford.
Customers will love the integration of Amazon Cloud Player and SYNC Applink because they will be able to:
- Access their music playlists with the convenience of using voice recognition or dashboard controls
- Play music stored in Cloud Player or play back music stored on their mobile phone
- Enjoy eligible music in high-quality 256kbps audio
- Get rid of CDs, wires, and other ways they used to connect and listen to their music in the car
- Free up local storage space on their phones by storing and accessing music in the cloud
“We want customers to be able enjoy their entire music library wherever they want, from whatever device they choose. And we know that cars and music go hand-in-hand. That’s why we’re excited to bring Cloud Player to the car,” said Steve Boom, Vice President of Digital Music for Amazon.
There are already millions of customers using Amazon Cloud Player to download, manage and stream their music in the cloud and on Kindle Fire, Android devices, iPhone, iPod Touch, Mac, PC, Sonos, Roku and Samsung TVs. Now with the availability in Ford SYNC Applink-equipped cars, Amazon Cloud Player continues to offer the broadest selection of playback solutions of any major cloud music service.
The integration of Amazon Cloud Player and Ford vehicles is the latest in a series of new digital music features that Amazon has launched in recent months. Earlier this year, Amazon announced AutoRip, giving customers free MP3 versions of eligible CDs they purchase from Amazon, including past purchases dating back to 1998 — automatically added to their Cloud Player libraries. In December of last year, Amazon launched Cloud Player for Roku and Samsung, following the August launch of Cloud Player on Sonos home entertainment systems, and June launches of Cloud Player for iPhone and iPod touch. In July of last year, Amazon added new scan and match technology that enables customers to import music into Amazon Cloud Player by scanning their iTunes and Windows Media Player libraries and matching eligible songs on their computers to Amazon’s music catalog. The Amazon MP3 Store also recently expanded its catalog to offer more than 22 million songs and everyday low prices on best-selling albums, many starting at $5.
Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN), a Fortune 500 company based in Seattle, opened on the World Wide Web in July 1995 and today offers Earth’s Biggest Selection. Amazon.com, Inc. seeks to be Earth’s most customer-centric company, where customers can find and discover anything they might want to buy online, and endeavors to offer its customers the lowest possible prices. Amazon.com and other sellers offer millions of unique new, refurbished and used items in categories such as Books; Movies, Music & Games; Digital Downloads; Electronics & Computers; Home & Garden; Toys, Kids & Baby; Grocery; Apparel, Shoes & Jewelry; Health & Beauty; Sports & Outdoors; and Tools, Auto & Industrial. Amazon Web Services provides Amazon’s developer customers with access to in-the-cloud infrastructure services based on Amazon’s own back-end technology platform, which developers can use to enable virtually any type of business. Kindle Paperwhite is the most-advanced e-reader ever constructed with 62% more pixels and 25% increased contrast, a patented built-in front light for reading in all lighting conditions, extra-long battery life, and a thin and light design. The new latest generation Kindle, the lightest and smallest Kindle, now features new, improved fonts and faster page turns. Kindle Fire HD features a stunning custom high-definition display, exclusive Dolby audio with dual stereo speakers, high-end, laptop-grade Wi-Fi with dual-band support, dual-antennas and MIMO for faster streaming and downloads, enough storage for HD content, and the latest generation processor and graphics engine—and it is available in two display sizes—7” and 8.9”. The large-screen Kindle Fire HD is also available with 4G wireless, and comes with a groundbreaking $49.99 introductory 4G LTE data package. The all-new Kindle Fire features a 20% faster processor, 40% faster performance, twice the memory, and longer battery life.
Amazon and its affiliates operate websites, including www.amazon.com, www.amazon.co.uk, www.amazon.de, www.amazon.co.jp, www.amazon.fr, www.amazon.ca, www.amazon.cn, www.amazon.it, www.amazon.es and www.amazon.com.br. As used herein, “Amazon.com,” “we,” “our” and similar terms include Amazon.com, Inc., and its subsidiaries, unless the context indicates otherwise.
This announcement contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Actual results may differ significantly from management's expectations. These forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that include, among others, risks related to competition, management of growth, new products, services and technologies, potential fluctuations in operating results, international expansion, outcomes of legal proceedings and claims, fulfillment and data center optimization, seasonality, commercial agreements, acquisitions and strategic transactions, foreign exchange rates, system interruption, inventory, government regulation and taxation, payments and fraud. More information about factors that potentially could affect Amazon.com's financial results is included in Amazon.com's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and subsequent filings.
Things are changing so quickly in IoT that it would take a wizard to predict which ecosystem will gain the most traction. In order for IoT to reach its potential, smart devices must be able to work together. Today, there are a slew of interoperability standards being promoted by big names to make this happen: HomeKit, Brillo and Alljoyn. In his session at @ThingsExpo, Adam Justice, vice president and general manager of Grid Connect, will review what happens when smart devices don’t work togethe...
Mar. 29, 2017 06:30 PM EDT Reads: 2,719
SYS-CON Events announced today that SoftLayer, an IBM Company, has been named “Gold Sponsor” of SYS-CON's 18th Cloud Expo, which will take place on June 7-9, 2016, at the Javits Center in New York, New York. SoftLayer, an IBM Company, provides cloud infrastructure as a service from a growing number of data centers and network points of presence around the world. SoftLayer’s customers range from Web startups to global enterprises.
Mar. 29, 2017 03:15 PM EDT Reads: 2,241
SYS-CON Events announced today that CA Technologies has been named “Platinum Sponsor” of SYS-CON's 20th International Cloud Expo®, which will take place on June 6-8, 2017, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY, and the 21st International Cloud Expo®, which will take place October 31-November 2, 2017, at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA. CA Technologies helps customers succeed in a future where every business – from apparel to energy – is being rewritten by software. From ...
Mar. 29, 2017 02:30 PM EDT Reads: 2,292
SYS-CON Events announced today that Technologic Systems Inc., an embedded systems solutions company, will exhibit at SYS-CON's @ThingsExpo, which will take place on June 6-8, 2017, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY. Technologic Systems is an embedded systems company with headquarters in Fountain Hills, Arizona. They have been in business for 32 years, helping more than 8,000 OEM customers and building over a hundred COTS products that have never been discontinued. Technologic Systems’ pr...
Mar. 29, 2017 02:30 PM EDT Reads: 3,834
SYS-CON Events announced today that Auditwerx will exhibit at SYS-CON's 20th International Cloud Expo®, which will take place on June 6-8, 2017, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY. Auditwerx specializes in SOC 1, SOC 2, and SOC 3 attestation services throughout the U.S. and Canada. As a division of Carr, Riggs & Ingram (CRI), one of the top 20 largest CPA firms nationally, you can expect the resources, skills, and experience of a much larger firm combined with the accessibility and attent...
Mar. 29, 2017 02:30 PM EDT Reads: 722
SYS-CON Events announced today that HTBase will exhibit at SYS-CON's 20th International Cloud Expo®, which will take place on June 6-8, 2017, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY. HTBase (Gartner 2016 Cool Vendor) delivers a Composable IT infrastructure solution architected for agility and increased efficiency. It turns compute, storage, and fabric into fluid pools of resources that are easily composed and re-composed to meet each application’s needs. With HTBase, companies can quickly prov...
Mar. 29, 2017 02:15 PM EDT Reads: 3,292
SYS-CON Events announced today that Loom Systems will exhibit at SYS-CON's 20th International Cloud Expo®, which will take place on June 6-8, 2017, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY. Founded in 2015, Loom Systems delivers an advanced AI solution to predict and prevent problems in the digital business. Loom stands alone in the industry as an AI analysis platform requiring no prior math knowledge from operators, leveraging the existing staff to succeed in the digital era. With offices in S...
Mar. 29, 2017 01:30 PM EDT Reads: 1,771
Buzzword alert: Microservices and IoT at a DevOps conference? What could possibly go wrong? In this Power Panel at DevOps Summit, moderated by Jason Bloomberg, the leading expert on architecting agility for the enterprise and president of Intellyx, panelists peeled away the buzz and discuss the important architectural principles behind implementing IoT solutions for the enterprise. As remote IoT devices and sensors become increasingly intelligent, they become part of our distributed cloud enviro...
Mar. 29, 2017 12:15 PM EDT Reads: 7,929
SYS-CON Events announced today that T-Mobile will exhibit at SYS-CON's 20th International Cloud Expo®, which will take place on June 6-8, 2017, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY. As America's Un-carrier, T-Mobile US, Inc., is redefining the way consumers and businesses buy wireless services through leading product and service innovation. The Company's advanced nationwide 4G LTE network delivers outstanding wireless experiences to 67.4 million customers who are unwilling to compromise on ...
Mar. 29, 2017 11:45 AM EDT Reads: 2,598
SYS-CON Events announced today that Infranics will exhibit at SYS-CON's 20th International Cloud Expo®, which will take place on June 6-8, 2017, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY. Since 2000, Infranics has developed SysMaster Suite, which is required for the stable and efficient management of ICT infrastructure. The ICT management solution developed and provided by Infranics continues to add intelligence to the ICT infrastructure through the IMC (Infra Management Cycle) based on mathemat...
Mar. 29, 2017 11:00 AM EDT Reads: 3,465
SYS-CON Events announced today that Interoute, owner-operator of one of Europe's largest networks and a global cloud services platform, has been named “Bronze Sponsor” of SYS-CON's 20th Cloud Expo, which will take place on June 6-8, 2017 at the Javits Center in New York, New York. Interoute is the owner-operator of one of Europe's largest networks and a global cloud services platform which encompasses 12 data centers, 14 virtual data centers and 31 colocation centers, with connections to 195 add...
Mar. 29, 2017 10:15 AM EDT Reads: 1,757
SYS-CON Events announced today that Cloudistics, an on-premises cloud computing company, has been named “Bronze Sponsor” of SYS-CON's 20th International Cloud Expo®, which will take place on June 6-8, 2017, at the Javits Center in New York City, NY. Cloudistics delivers a complete public cloud experience with composable on-premises infrastructures to medium and large enterprises. Its software-defined technology natively converges network, storage, compute, virtualization, and management into a ...
Mar. 29, 2017 10:00 AM EDT Reads: 2,368
In his session at @ThingsExpo, Eric Lachapelle, CEO of the Professional Evaluation and Certification Board (PECB), will provide an overview of various initiatives to certifiy the security of connected devices and future trends in ensuring public trust of IoT. Eric Lachapelle is the Chief Executive Officer of the Professional Evaluation and Certification Board (PECB), an international certification body. His role is to help companies and individuals to achieve professional, accredited and worldw...
Mar. 29, 2017 08:45 AM EDT Reads: 963
In his General Session at 16th Cloud Expo, David Shacochis, host of The Hybrid IT Files podcast and Vice President at CenturyLink, investigated three key trends of the “gigabit economy" though the story of a Fortune 500 communications company in transformation. Narrating how multi-modal hybrid IT, service automation, and agile delivery all intersect, he will cover the role of storytelling and empathy in achieving strategic alignment between the enterprise and its information technology.
Mar. 29, 2017 08:00 AM EDT Reads: 7,576
Microservices are a very exciting architectural approach that many organizations are looking to as a way to accelerate innovation. Microservices promise to allow teams to move away from monolithic "ball of mud" systems, but the reality is that, in the vast majority of organizations, different projects and technologies will continue to be developed at different speeds. How to handle the dependencies between these disparate systems with different iteration cycles? Consider the "canoncial problem" ...
Mar. 29, 2017 06:00 AM EDT Reads: 9,095
The Internet of Things is clearly many things: data collection and analytics, wearables, Smart Grids and Smart Cities, the Industrial Internet, and more. Cool platforms like Arduino, Raspberry Pi, Intel's Galileo and Edison, and a diverse world of sensors are making the IoT a great toy box for developers in all these areas. In this Power Panel at @ThingsExpo, moderated by Conference Chair Roger Strukhoff, panelists discussed what things are the most important, which will have the most profound e...
Mar. 29, 2017 04:00 AM EDT Reads: 15,142
Keeping pace with advancements in software delivery processes and tooling is taxing even for the most proficient organizations. Point tools, platforms, open source and the increasing adoption of private and public cloud services requires strong engineering rigor - all in the face of developer demands to use the tools of choice. As Agile has settled in as a mainstream practice, now DevOps has emerged as the next wave to improve software delivery speed and output. To make DevOps work, organization...
Mar. 29, 2017 03:45 AM EDT Reads: 2,202
My team embarked on building a data lake for our sales and marketing data to better understand customer journeys. This required building a hybrid data pipeline to connect our cloud CRM with the new Hadoop Data Lake. One challenge is that IT was not in a position to provide support until we proved value and marketing did not have the experience, so we embarked on the journey ourselves within the product marketing team for our line of business within Progress. In his session at @BigDataExpo, Sum...
Mar. 29, 2017 03:30 AM EDT Reads: 3,281
Web Real-Time Communication APIs have quickly revolutionized what browsers are capable of. In addition to video and audio streams, we can now bi-directionally send arbitrary data over WebRTC's PeerConnection Data Channels. With the advent of Progressive Web Apps and new hardware APIs such as WebBluetooh and WebUSB, we can finally enable users to stitch together the Internet of Things directly from their browsers while communicating privately and securely in a decentralized way.
Mar. 29, 2017 03:00 AM EDT Reads: 6,120
DevOps is often described as a combination of technology and culture. Without both, DevOps isn't complete. However, applying the culture to outdated technology is a recipe for disaster; as response times grow and connections between teams are delayed by technology, the culture will die. A Nutanix Enterprise Cloud has many benefits that provide the needed base for a true DevOps paradigm.
Mar. 29, 2017 01:15 AM EDT Reads: 2,563


text:
Shevirah announces new version of Dagah mobile and IoT pen testing and phishing tool and personnel additions
Ashburn, VA, November 21, 2017, Shevirah, a cybersecurity startup offering mobile and IoT device penetration testing and simulated phishing solutions, today announced the availability of a new and improved version of its popular Dagah tool. The new version is available immediately from the company website, as an update for existing subscribers, or as a free enterprise trial. Admiral Blair, Ex. Director of National Intelligence, describes the Dagah tool as “truly cutting edge”. Early testers include the DoD, government agencies, and financial institutions.
Shevirah founder and CTO, Georgia Weidman, the well-known cybersecurity expert and conference speaker, author of the textbook, “Penetration Testing – A Hands-On Introduction to Hacking”, long-time Director, Michael W. Wellman, Wi-Fi and Internet pioneer, CEO and co-founder of Virgil Security, Inc., and long-time advisors, Monique Morrow, previously Cisco’s CTO-Evangelist for New Frontiers Development and Engineering, and Gaige Paulsen, CTO at haste.net, are joined by two new advisors, Peter Laitin and Simon Hartley, co-founders of 202 Partners, North Bethesda, MD.
202 is a boutique enterprise software sales advisory company focusing on the commercialization of emerging technology in cybersecurity, mobility and IoT. 202’s recent successes include large mobile cybersecurity wins […]


text:
Supply chain security continues to drive the rare earths story
Link copied to
Supply chain security remains at the centre of the rare earths narrative as highlighted by Lynas Corporation (ASX:LYC) being awarded the phase-one contract for a heavy rare earth separation facility by the US Department of Defense this week.
Funding for phase one will allow Lynas and its partner Blue Line to complete detailed planning and design work for the construction of the facility in the US, which will help avoid the supply chain vulnerability that has been clearly exposed over the past year.
Concerns about the fragility of supply chains, particularly the Chinese dominated rare earths sector, have been around for some time and was undoubtably responsible for Australia and the US reaching a deal late last year to co-operate on developing their critical mineral assets.
Fuelled in large part by the trade war with China, US President Donald Trump has issued executive orders to secure critical minerals, especially rare earth, supplies outside of China while Australia set up its Critical Minerals Facilitation Office at the beginning of this year.
However, it is the COVID-19 pandemic that has really underlined how critical securing supply chains really is.
Not only did the outbreak halt production from China, which is still coming back online, it has also forced non-Chinese producers like Lynas to halt their operations due to movement controls designed to limit the spread of the virus.
RareX (ASX:REE) managing director Jeremy Robinson believes the Lynas shutdown has demonstrated “pretty clearly” how limited other avenues of supply are for critical minerals like rare earths.
“This is what the US and a lot of the West have been on about before the virus broke out, but it has certainly reinforced the thematic of that,” he told Stockhead.
Robinson believes there will now be more impetus from governments and the private sector to secure their supply chains outside of China.
“Japan and South Korea are (also) looking for additional supply … (they) probably want to see three or four Lynas’ out there in different geological locations so that if something happens in one country, they can go to another country.”
Ionic Rare Earth’s (ASX:IXR) Tim Harrison, the general manager for the company’s Makutuu project, said the event had opened the eyes of the world in regards to security of supply chains.
“My feeling is going forward, in whatever the new normal will become, that organisations and governments will want to have a more strategic view of their supply chain and diversification,” he said.
Concerns have also been raised about the short-term impact of the pandemic on demand.
“A month or so ago, people were focused on whether China produced rare earths materials. They were worried about procuring rare earths permanent magnets,” Hexagon Energy Materials (ASX:HXG) managing director Mike Rosenstreich said.
“Now the concern is actually the other way, it is a demand chain concern. Is there consumer demand and given the slow down, all the talk about recession and depression etc, you can see how the concern has actually flipped.”
Arafura Resources (ASX:ARU) general manager exploration and development Richard Brescianini added that while China’s rare earth production was now ramping up to full capacity, the rest of the world shutdown later, restricting the ability for Chinese magnet manufacturers and rare earths producers to place their products internationally.
“Inside China, there are also issues primarily around logistics where they are having issues in getting product to customers,” he said.
“One of the magnet manufacturers told us that they are now filling orders but don’t have boxes to put their magnets into because the box manufacturers aren’t keeping up at the moment.”
However, Hexagon’s Rosenstreich noted that demand for electric vehicles (EVs) could be stoked by legislation where automobile manufacturers were required to produce a certain quota of EVs from their total production range into specific markets.
“Another issue is strategic supply, countries like Australia, Canada and the US for example have come together into a collaborative working group to be able to ensure that they are able to secure rare earths materials for a variety of purposes,” he told Stockhead.
Brescianini said that while some auto manufacturers in Europe were talking about shutting down for April and May, some of them were now talking about coming back earlier than that.
“It is really hard to tell how long this is going to last for. At Arafura, we are not that concerned about it to be perfectly honest because we think it will rebound reasonably quickly,” he said.
“Perhaps in the medium to long term, you might see a resetting of the way which business is done and trade is perhaps undertaken with China.
“In the rare earths space, I think that will only have a positive effect for those projects that are perhaps looking to come into production outside of China to be part of that supply chain.”
Ionic’s Harrison was also optimistic, saying the reality is people are “still going to want mobile phones, they are going to want technology, their gadgets, they are going to want green power, they want to be environmentally friendly, they want solar panels, they want to protect the environment as best they can.”
“So looking at green energy, it is something that has enough momentum that it will continue and I would also say that it is probably an interesting one that the direction the world takes, or certainly developed and developing countries, it may accelerate a push to change their infrastructure,” he added.
RareX’s Robinson thinks that while demand for EVs – and in turn the demand for rare earths magnets – will be subdued in the short-term, the EV revolution is a mid to long term thematic that remains in place.
“Perhaps it all gets bumped back six to 12 months, perhaps it plays a massive catchup in the next 12 to 24 months,” he told Stockhead.
“In the short term, demand for all commodities has been dented, but populations are still growing, cities need to be cleaned up, we need to source our non-fossil fuel energy supply.
“Perhaps even governments will as part of the rebound, they have to invest in things to stimulate the economy and perhaps some will invest preferentially in the green economy rather than the fossil fuel economy.”
Hexagon’s Rosenstreich backed this up, noting that before COVID-19, EV compound annual growth rates were forecast to be 17 per cent to 18 per cent.
“Maybe that has come down to 5 per cent to 8 per cent, those are still very strong growth numbers.”
Arafura is continuing metallurgical test work for its Nolans neodymium-praseodymium (NdPr) project in the Northern Territory.
It is also progressing pre-front end engineering and design activities for the project, which has an ore reserve of 29.5 million tonnes grading 2.9 per cent total rare earth oxides, with NdPr making up 26.4 per cent of the rare earths content.
This is expected to produce about 4,325 tonnes of NdPr oxide over 39 years at an operating cost of less than $US24 ($37) per kilogram of NdPr oxide
Unlike the other companies featured here, Hexagon is focused on its RapidSX rare earths separation tech, a “turbocharged” form of solvent extraction that promises to extract rare earths at a lower cost.
It also offers the next generation of miners the option of capturing more downstream value from their operations.
Ionic Rare Earths recently increased its ownership interest in the rather unique Makuutu rare earths project in Uganda to 31 per cent.
Makuutu is one of very few ionic adsorption clay-hosted projects outside of China.
Initial metallurgical test work has already indicated that up to 75 per cent of the rare earths at Makuutu can be extracted through the simple, low-cost method of salt desorption – literally washing the rare earths from the clay using a salt solution.
Harrison noted that the company was considering a modular approach towards developing the project, allowing Ionic to start small and ramp up production capacity by bringing on additional modules.
RareX owns the Cummins Range project in Western Australia that is believed to contain a significant percentage of NdPr.
The project is drill ready with all government approvals in place and heritage clearance currently being completed.
It recently signed up Talaxis, a specialist rare earths project developer and wholly-owned subsidiary of Noble Group, as a strategic partner to help drive development of the project.


text:
All we need to find out is the official release date for both.
The VR titles based on the movie is going to be shown off.
See what Google has in store for Tilt Brush.
While the climbing experience increases in quality, five dollars have been slashed from the price tag.
Get down to your local Microsoft Store to experience Minecraft in VR.
The new price for FATED is permanent.
Get more insight into the newest mode to be talked about.
You can now order your copy ready for launch day.
New tanks, airplanes and anti-aircraft vehicles have been added.
A VR headset that looks like a pair of sunglasses, that'll be the Dlodlo V1.
Heading to Oculus Connect 3 and use Unreal Engine, then you might want to check out these sessions.
Grab your Gear VR or head to Twitch to see the live-stream next week.
To Australia and eastwards to New Caledonia via this free experience.
There's a new store in town for HTC Vive owners to shop at.
Head to an Adidas flagship store to try out the VR experience.
Lifeliqe brings its learning know how to HTC Vive.


text:
Suffolk brewer plans to open a distillery
SUFFOLK brewer Adnams today announced plans to open a small-scale distillery, enabling it to produce a range of Adnams-branded spirits at its site in Southwold.
The company plans to produce “handcrafted” gin, vodka and whisky at the Sole Bay Brewery, alongside its production cask-conditioned ale.
Chairman Jonathan Adnams said: “Adnams is famous for producing great beers; the distillery is an exciting extension for our brand into handcrafted spirits market.
“The addition of a small distillery to breweries is not uncommon in mainland Europe, but I believe we will be the first brewery in the UK to brew beer and distil spirits on the same premises.
“Adnams Gin, Vodka and Whisky, to be made from locally grown malted barley will follow a complete process from ‘grain to glass’ through our brewery and new distillery.”
Mr Adnams added: “Following the example of the USA, there is currently a resurgence of consumer interest in high-quality handcrafted spirits and this is a fantastic opportunity for us.
“We are looking forward to Adnams Gin and Vodka on the shelves of our Cellar&Kitchen stores by the middle of November, but it will be a further three years before we see the emergence of the first Adnams Whisky following a three-year maturation in oak casks.”
- 1 Suffolk's first blue badge prosecution for Haverhill woman
- 2 Former Blue McGoldrick linked with League One move
- 3 Go-ahead given for 40 new homes in Suffolk village
- 4 Five people injured and air ambulance called after car overturned in crash
- 5 Road closed and person trapped in car after crash
- 6 Protests against soaring fuel prices planned for Monday
- 7 Plans seek to create traveller pitches for family use
- 8 'Significant' amount of Class A drugs and taser found at home in Suffolk
- 9 Driver blamed Amazon training for 13 speeding offences in Suffolk
- 10 Macauley Bonne: Town is not a closed book... I've got unfinished business
Adnams has been granted a licence by HM Customs and Excise to store alcohol at its Sole Bay Brewery premises and a planning application for the installation of
a micro distillery, together with a refurbishment of the old brewery copper house, has now been submitted to Waveney District Council.
The plans also incorporate distillery tours explaining the process and telling the story of distilling in the UK and Europe.
Mr Adnams said: “We currently enjoy welcoming many visitors on our brewery tours.
It is our intention by Christmas this year to offer a fascinating insight into the world of
distilling spirits at the Adnams Copper House Distillery.”


text:
Smile Nigeria has introduced another product to provide value added service for its customers.
The product will make it possible for its customers to enjoy free one gigabyte data daily for 365 days on a minimum of 500 megabyte daily usage from their paid bundle.
The app dubbed “Get 1gb free daily for 365 days” is specifically designed for customers that have not used their Smile device in the last 90 days.
The company in a statement said the service ensures that those who use a minimum of 500 megabyte a day from their paid bundle will get one gigabyte free data for use the next day.
The offer extends to the fact that data can be used for voice, internet, video streaming and SMS.
In a similar development, Smile has given its customers an opportunity to have their faulty devices replaced at no additional cost to them.


text:
Studio strengthens senior team with trading director appointment
Studio has strengthened its senior team with the appointment of Rupert Nichols as trading director.
In his new role with the online value retailer, Nichols will be responsible for driving new trading opportunities whilst continuing to develop its purchasing and supply chain strategy.
He was previously group buying director at Dixons Carphone and also worked with DSGi and Sainsburys.
Studio is currently implementing a range of digital transformation initiatives which last year included the launch of an award-winning mobile app.
Paul Kendrick, managing director of Studio.co.uk, said: “We have ambitious plans to grow and expand our business and with the current challenges across the sector, there’s a lot of work ahead. Rupert’s extensive trading knowledge and experience, particularly in online retail, is a welcome addition to an already strong leadership team, which I have no doubt will help us to achieve our goals.”


text:
Amazon.com Inc. founder Jeff Bezos, the world’s richest person, and his wife MacKenzie are divorcing after 25 years. “After a long period of loving exploration and trial separation, we have decided to divorce and continue our shared lives as friends
Richard Branson, founder of Virgin Group, estimates he drinks 20 cups of tea a day. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos said he avoids morning meetings so he can eat a healthy breakfast. Investor Mark Cuban said his..


text:
It’s a fantastic feeling seeing first hand that the products Oracle Digital offers our customers, changes lives. Every week we hear stories from our customers where they have made substantial increases to their bottom line
Perth, Australia (PRWEB) January 02, 2012
SEO Company Oracle Digital announces their planned expansion into several Australian Eastern states including Queensland, New South Wales, and Victoria. This comes after a hugely successful year for their mainly Perth based customer base.
SEO (search engine optimisation) is a hot topic right now, and with the number of Australian’s turning to the Internet to review and purchase goods and services, it makes perfect business sense for companies and business to include an online marketing approach to their overall marketing plan.
Oracle Digital’s Head of Business development James Corby says, “We are seeing more and more of our customers improving their revenue streams when they go online. Get the right traffic to your website and it is going to convert. That is why SEO is such a powerful strategy to employ.”
The SEO Company is no stranger to expanding their customer’s business reach in Australia and not to mention various other parts of the globe. Corby explains, “Our Company has been supplying our products to many corporate and ecommerce customers in Canada, the UK, Asia and North America for some time now, and so we felt it was now the time to push out to Australia’s Eastern states.”
There has been a huge uptake of SEO Company products over the last several years in Australia, and those businesses that have been quick to adapt to this marketing technique have been reaping the rewards. Traditional bricks and mortar local businesses are also getting in on the action, and many whom were in financial trouble, have now turned a corner and are back in the black thanks to the Internet.
Corby states, “It’s a fantastic feeling seeing first hand that the products Oracle Digital offers our customers, changes lives. Every week we hear stories from our customers where they have made substantial increases to their bottom line. It’s personally extremely satisfying knowing that what we do makes such a difference.”
With the decline in traditional print media and the uptake of online marketing services such as what Oracle Digital offers, it’s no wonder that they have been so successful.
Oracle Digital will be expanding their product and package options into New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland early in 2012. For further information please contact James Corby on 1300 899 851.


text:
Alphabet which is the parent company of Google has invested a lot of money in the wearable technology gadgets. One of the main developmental projects by Alphabet and other technology companies is smartwatches. Many people all over the world use smartwatches and there are many different types of features in a smartwatch. Smartwatches other than telling time also has features like message notification, GPS navigation features, and wireless Bluetooth to name a few. Most smartwatches have a heart rate sensor that measures the heart rate of the individual wearing the smartwatch. However, many of the companies selling smartwatches are looking at adding new features to their devices. EKG is the latest feature that companies like Google and Apple are looking to include in their smartphones.
An EKG or an ECG is an electrocardiogram. This is a clinical term and an EKG is used to record the electrical activity of the heart over a period of time. Usually, this is done when there are cardiovascular issues and when doctors need information about how fast the heart is beating and the electrical activity that takes place when the heart beats.
An EKG is done for a large number of ailments and even used for regular checkups for patients that have had cardiovascular problems. EKG is generally done at a hospital where electrodes are attached to the chest and other areas of the body and the electrical activity in the heart is recorded. This is a non-invasive test and usually takes a short period of time.
SmartWatch With EKG Feature
Over the last few months, EKG feature has become very important for staying ahead of the competition for various companies like Apple and Verily. Verily is the health division of Alphabet which is the parent company of Google. EKG feature is looking like it will become the top feature that users want in their smartwatches in the very near feature.
At the consumer electronics show this year there have been many companies showing their experimentation with this feature. Verily has invested in the development of this feature for their smartwatches.
Apple Watch Series 4 ECG Demo (Video source: DetroitBORG )
Verily Gets FDA Clearance For SmartWatch EKG
It was reported that Verily got FDA 510(k) clearance for on demand EKG feature in smartwatches. This means that FDA has given the initial clearance for a study watch and not for a consumer smartwatch to have an EKG feature.
This means that the clearance given of smartwatches with EKG feature but for further research trials. FDA given to Verily is a Class II clearance and not a Class III approval. The Class II clearance is a clearance that FDA gives when it deems a product safe to use but it does not guarantee its efficacy.
Verily study watch is a prescription only device and uses a “single lead” method to measure EKGs. Through these devices EKG features the study watch is hoping to record store transfer and display single channel EKG rhythms.
Skepticism Among Health Professionals
Single leads that are used to measure EKGs through such devices are often less accurate than a full test that takes place in medical offices and Hospitals. Doctors find false positives on the EKG test through the smartwatch a major concern for public safety. Also, these false positives can make healthy people worry about their health and unnecessary visit hospitals straining the public healthcare system.
The FDA by giving Class II clearances for the study watch is not guaranteeing the accuracy of the EKG test done on this device. It is simply stating that this device is safe to use. Alphabets study watch is a prescription only device and cannot be sold with the EKG feature to the larger public.
Wearable technology is one of the key aspects of the future of the tech industry. Smart watches have been in the market for a few years now and companies have tried to include new features all the time to make the smartwatch more competitive and attractive to the consumers.
Lately, companies are investing in medical technology features and over the next few years, there will be many new medical features in smart watches that will get FDA clearances.


text:
Drivers are said to be one of (if not the most) important asset for trucking companies. Not only are they responsible for the successful and safe transportation of products, but overall act as brand ambassadors for their company, often spending more time with customers than traditional salesmen. The impression they leave behind plays a large role in customer retention as a negative experience can lead to lost future sales while a pleasant and memorable experience can cause a shipper/consignee to want to increase their business together. Knowing this, it comes to question as to why many carriers would hire less than qualified drivers to represent their company. Perhaps to fill capacity restraints? Or maybe because they do not have to pay them as much as they would an experienced/skilled driver? Whatever the case, industry experts agree that the quality of drivers is decreasing.
Trucking company owners agreed that it is becoming increasingly difficult to find qualified drivers to fill their seats, stating that they are lucky if one out of ten drivers will make it to the second round of the interview process. Finding the “downward spiral” to be “extraordinarily concerning,” experts referred to safe, clean, and professional drivers as a “lost art.”
Many find a lack of training to be a large contributing factor to the poor skills demonstrated by drivers today. One company noted that they had added a map reading/trip planning class into their new driver orientation and found that 67% of those drivers (most of which were recent trucking school graduates), could not plan a trip with a road atlas and pencil. As one industry expert added, with today’s technology, such as GPS, drivers do not need to have the same skill sets that they had in the past and training has become brief and the instructions are general. Others noted that companies are too quick to put drivers in the truck rather than training them first and that the days where you needed at least five years’ experience are gone.
Those involved in the hiring process acknowledged that it is the unqualified drivers who are frequently looking for new jobs due to their poor performance, with one respondent explaining that she has seen many driver applications come in listing several different companies that the driver has worked for in only a 2 year span, which she explains is a red flag and wouldn’t even consider them.
Another issue shippers, consignees, and carriers noted was the number of drivers that cannot speak English. As one noted, she has had drivers come to her facility that cannot read or speak English and acknowledged that while many people are multi-lingual, her loaders are not and these drivers cannot follow posted and verbal instructions at her facility.
Appearance does not fall short on the level of poor quality in drivers today. An overwhelming amount of people stated that drivers do not present themselves as professionals, noting examples of poor hygiene, flip flops, no shirts, short pants with holes in them, tank tops…the list goes on. One even presented a case where a driver showed up wearing 5 day old clothes that smelled like garbage and had trash all over their dashboard which fell out when he opened his truck. Consensus was that a driver should act and dress professional as well as take pride in themselves and some carriers even noted that if their drivers didn’t tuck in their shirts or wear a uniform, they shouldn’t bother working.
The severe lack of pride in the job is something many agreed was missing. Truckers morphed from a “knights of the road” mindset to just trying to make ends meet.
Regulations are said to have driven experienced truckers from the industry. Many noted the electronic logging devices set to go into effect this December as well as hours-of-service as the number one example, pressuring drivers to get back before their hours or up or be left stranded/face violations for driving past the required limit.
So who, or what, exactly is to blame for the quality of drivers on the road today? Is it new regulations, driver turnover, carriers choosing quantity over quality, lack of training…?
Overall, those involved in the trucking industry agree on one thing…you get what you pay for, with some stating that they can look at a driver and have a close idea of what a carrier is paying them as well as what the shipper is paying for that shipment. One trucking company owner put it best, “If you want your freight delivered at the cheapest possible price, you get with it an open can of uncertainly. Don’t expect a ‘presentable’ driver. On the contrary, if you want a ‘presentable,’ white glove service, you have to pay the price.” And don’t forget, customer retention is, in part, in your driver’s hands.
With Road Scholar Transport, you can rest assured that a qualified, professional and uniformed driver will show up at your dock. Visit www.roadscholar.com to request an LTL or truckload rate today.


text:
Why The Cadillac Escalade-V Didn’t Come To Market Sooner9
With a supercharged V8 heart and performance goodies galore, the Cadillac Escalade-V is a dramatic departure from tradition for the luxury SUV nameplate. The question is, why didn’t GM offer the Cadillac Escalade-V sooner?
During an interview with GM Authority Executive Editor Alex Luft, Escalade Product Manager David Shiavonne was asked why the luxury brand decided to do the Cadillac Escalade-V now.
“So as you follow things in the industry, things are always coming and going. There’s no doubt that the V-Series has been a big story for Cadillac and that our sedans are track capable. That’s been the main story and the main push,” Shiavonne told GM Authority. “Then up until recently we were looking at other variants, just like we were being clear that we wouldn’t call the Escalade a track-capable vehicle. Will people take it on the track? You know they will, but everything was just coming into alignment with Cadillac strategy and how the Blackwing and other V’s have settled in.”
“This was just the right time for Escalade to put out a V,” Shiavonne added.
Indeed, with the success of the Cadillac CT4-V Blackwing and Cadillac CT5-V Blackwing, which are offered as Cadillac’s most track-capable production models to date, the performance angle seems to be working. However, GM Authority also asked Shiavonne if the brand ever considered a performance variant of the previous K2-based Cadillac Escalade, which preceded the current GM T1-based generation.
“I would be lying if I said we never discussed it or thought about it back then,” Shiavonne responded.
General Motors officially pulled the sheets on the 2023 Cadillac Escalade-V in January, blessing the SUV with the supercharged 6.2L V8 LT4 gasoline engine, rated at 682 horsepower and 653 pound-feet of torque. Output is routed through the GM 10-speed automatic transmission.
Complementary upgrades include more-aggressive styling, Magnetic Ride Control 4.0, Air Ride Suspension, and big Brembo brakes. Production takes place at the GM Arlington plant in Texas.
Subscribe to GM Authority for more Cadillac Escalade news, Cadillac news, and around-the-clock GM news coverage.
- Sweepstakes Of The Month: Win a 2023 Corvette Z06 Convertible. Details here.
lol classic BS. No one actually buys that reason/excuse right?
Q: Why didn’t the Escalade V come to market sooner?
A: We thought about it.
Really?? You “thought about it” for over a decade?? The aftermarket thought about, too – for about five minutes – and then they built it.
The reason was the money was going to EV and the car V series first,
Even GM can’t do it all at once.
And there’s the story of GM…sinking billions in development costs on products that are undesirable (EV’s) and/or among dying markets (sedans) while ignoring the low hanging fruit, parts bin opportunity that (finally!) became the Escalade-V.
Yes they could have. They could have easily done it in 2014 for little R&D efforts and well before large sums were being injected into EV and also clear of bankruptcy. Same goes for a high performance Silverado.
Does the Escalade V include a trip to Spring Mountain?
gm has always been slow to market and seldom a leader. This Escalade V is a no-brainer. It will sell out. Cadillac has a winner in Escalade. V should have come years ago.
The battle for PROFITABLE EVs and overall EV operations is going to be epic. Probably more casualties than successful companies. Production costs , range and quality will be deciders.
We own a Tesla and it is their game to lose. Right now they have no real competition and their quality is average at best. We love having an EV. In 2024 we will be looking for a new EV. We should have many choices which is good.
I read that they were doing one on the K2 platform and pulled the plug the last minute. If approved, it might went on sale back in ’19-’20. But instead, we got the Sport Edition in place of it.
IMHO, GM presented the most expensive Cadillac ever (with gas engine) just to push EVs – it’s more expensive than EVs
They could have presented it long ago, GMT900 Escalade V could have become a legend, but never existed.
Aldo GM dropped LS427/570 couple months before – it was the best GM’s IC engine – LS7 with wet sump and without all LS7’s weak spots
GM obviously destroying their ICE heritage to push EVs to the top and have more profits, no carry about people and their needs


text:
The report outlined a number of reasons for growth in the market, which was valued at over $123 billion in 2015 (dominated by North America, with 39 percent of the market share). First, consumers want these devices and companion apps for the ability to create personalized healthcare plans and take part in management of both chronic conditions and overall wellness.
“Mass adoption of mHealth devices and the introduction of technologically advanced product designs are anticipated to spur the demand,” the report outlined. “…the focused approach towards adoption of the Internet of Things devices and wearable medical devices, which include sensors and mobile communications devices, is expected to further drive the industry growth in the future.”
Plus, providers and plans want greater access to patient health information, not only to create more coordinated care, but also to account for inefficiencies within their own systems. The report found hospitals dominated the end-use segment as of 2015 with market revenue of over $49 billion due to the increasing adoption rate of EHR records and remote patient monitoring systems.
“The advantages associated with [fusion_builder_container hundred_percent=”yes” overflow=”visible”][fusion_builder_row][fusion_builder_column type=”1_1″ background_position=”left top” background_color=”” border_size=”” border_color=”” border_style=”solid” spacing=”yes” background_image=”” background_repeat=”no-repeat” padding=”” margin_top=”0px” margin_bottom=”0px” class=”” id=”” animation_type=”” animation_speed=”0.3″ animation_direction=”left” hide_on_mobile=”no” center_content=”no” min_height=”none”][connected device] usage and the availability of advanced products, such as remote sensors, adapters and connected mobile communication devices, are factors further augmenting the market growth,” the report said.
Additionally, government and non-profit organizations are creating more opportunities for digital health solutions to flourish, such as the Health Research and Quality (AHRQ)’s offering of funds to expand health information systems. There have also been research initiatives such as the Project Catalyst in 2015 between AARP, Pfizer and United Healthcare that looked at the usability of digital health devices for the older population, which ties into the report’s outlook that a growing focus on remote monitoring on the geriatric population will lead to more market growth.
The report looked at several key areas of growth. Healthcare IT, which has the largest share of the overall market with over 46 percent in 2015, owes its growth to the increasing need to meet regulatory compliances and initiatives taken by the government. There are also indications that the healthcare analytics segment will show “lucrative growth over the forecast period”, owing to the rising pressure on hospitals to curb spiraling healthcare costs, access to big data analytics, and the penetration of electronic health record systems in medical settings.
The wellness product segment, which currently accounts for 45 percent of the market, is expected to grow significantly, as evidenced by the current consumer demand for products like health-monitoring smartwatches, activity trackers like the ever-expanding offerings of Fitbit, and even mindfulness devices like Spire.
“Furthermore, the rising online subscriptions and downloading of health information as a consequence of the increased health consciousness amongst individuals are additional factors expected to propel the segment growth in the next seven years,” the report said.
And, while attention to health and wellness is becoming more widespread, incidences of lifestyle-associated diseases that required continuous monitoring (like type 2 diabetes, hypertension and cardiovascular illnesses) are still rising. Technologically advanced personal medical devices to address this problem, like continuous glucose monitoring systems and connected inhalers, will also contribute to overall growth under the preference to reduce hospital stays and reduce costs of treatment. This individual consumer segment is expected to reach over $200 billion by 2024, the report said.
The report nodded to key players like McKesson Corporation, Fitbit, Medtronic, Apple and Philips Healthcare, the latter of which just released its suite of connected health devices on a global scale.
“These market players are focusing on the development of cost-efficient and technologically advanced devices, which offer comfort to the users,” the report stated. “New product development and strategic alliances, including partnership agreements, promotional activities and acquisitions are instrumental in keeping market rivalry high.”
By Heather Mack
August 11, 2016


text:
HBO recently unveiled its new standalone streaming service, HBO Now, as an alternative to cable and satellite subscriptions. The move suggests that the days are numbered for cable companies.
According to studies, adults in the U.S. are watching less and less live TV every day. They're instead moving toward services like Netflix, which has made it into 36 percent of U.S. households.
These trends are frightening for the entertainment industry, and a number of companies like HBO are scrambling to take on the likes of Netflix and Hulu. Cable companies have seen a huge decline in ratings, which became even more pronounced toward the end of 2014. Cable ratings in general fell 9 percent in 2014, compared with a 3 percent drop in the previous year.
HBO's new offer will probably be a big blow to cable subscriptions. HBO has been cited as one of the main reasons people are holding onto their cable subscriptions, along with ESPN. With one of these two services now offering a streaming service, a lot of viewers will likely ditch the cable subscription in favor of something a little more flexible.
HBO, however, says that it isn't targeting those who already have a cable subscription with its new streaming service. Instead, the network wants to bring HBO to the 80 million U.S. homes that don't already have it in one form or another. That would include not only the "cord-cutters" (people moving away from traditional TV), but also the so-called "cord-nevers" (those who never subscribed to a traditional TV service).
HBO Now does have an Achilles heel, however, and that is the price. While services such as Hulu Plus and Netflix charge less than $10 per month, HBO Now costs $15. That's more than the cost of HBO through a cable subscription, which starts at $10 through the likes of Comcast and Time Warner. Some even provide HBO for free as a promotion for their more expensive TV packages.
Traditional TV is still king, but HBO Now is another nail in that king's coffin. As young people — who are more inclined to stream — grow up and seek the flexibility of a streaming service, it's highly unlikely that they'll subscribe to traditional TV. It will be a very interesting few years as cable companies continue to shift toward streaming-based services.


text:
For the second year in a row, McGeorge Toyota in Richmond, VA launched the McGeorge Court Shot, a social media campaign offering a Virginia Commonwealth University student or alum, that could make a half court basketball shot, a new 2015 Toyota Camry.
The main goal of the campaign was to increase brand awareness of the dealership, create advocates for McGeorge and drive traffic to their website, which would, in turn, sell more Toyotas.
By simply asking for Twitter users for a retweet and having Facebook users tag the names of two people they would like to take to the game if chosen, over 8,000 total impressions accumulated on Twitter and an engagement rate of 15% rose on Facebook in less than one week (five days total). McGeorge Toyota’s strategy of having people use Facebook to tag the names of their friends was an easy askand helped engage users who had previously not liked McGeorge on Facebook.
For the very first McGeorge Court Shot in 2014, the dealership asked students and alumni with “VCU” decals on their cars to snap a selfie in front of it and include the hashtag “#McGeorgeCourtShot” as a way of entry. Entries were steady and participates got creative (one user hung his VCU license plate from the neck of a snowman he had created as a way to enter). Learning from that experience was the perfect way to create the best contest possible for the following year.
Not only was this contest fun for the social media users involved, but it earned McGeorge Toyota unique exposure that so many other dealerships in the Richmond area couldn’t get if they paid for it.


text:
Yesterday, Supreme fans were not lining the sidewalks around its New York SoHo flagship for the streetwear brand’s latest “drop”, but newspaper kiosks around the city. By 9.30am, rush-hour commuters who had not secured the latest output from the hype machine – a special-edition cover wrap on the New York Post – had to relinquish hope, and turn to online sellers charging between $7 and $20 for the daily edition. The brand had once again stamped its influence by turning a tabloid news source into a sold-out commodity through the unlikeliest of collaborations: Supreme x Rupert Murdoch.
The redesign, which was published in conjunction with Supreme’s autumn/winter 2018 lookbook, was the first time the publication had dedicated a full wraparound cover to a brand. “We knew that this would be a collector’s item,” New York Post publisher, Jesse Angelo, said of the striking red-and-white design. “Supreme is such a cool brand and we have so much affinity, to the design kinship of the logos, to being bold, and never shy, and New York-based.”
Read more: When Haute Couture Moved In On Streetwear
The secret to Supreme’s success is, in part, down to these limited-edition collaborations, and the booming second-hand market the in-demand products generate. Previous fashion tie-ups include Louis Vuitton, Rimowa, Nike and Levi’s, while Kate Moss, Lou Reed and Wu-Tang Clan have taken turns as label ambassadors. Given its partnership with MetroCards last year, the New York Post collab might not seem offbeat for the 1994-founded skateboarding shop – until you consider the polarising politics behind the union. The New York Post has taken a supportive stance on Donald Trump’s policies in the past, whereas Supreme donated a percentage of T-shirt sales to help families affected by the Trump administration’s anti-immigration policies.
Yes, Supreme is having the last laugh by turning a piece of US press into a coveted commercial entity – and perhaps nodding to the president's own business acumen – but are we reaching peak "merch"? And when will the hype juggernaut start to slow down?


text:
Motorola took the stage at Mobile World Congress this morning to announce not only the Moto G5 and G5 Plus, but a bunch of new Moto Mods too. By our count, there are at least six new Mods that do things like add Amazon Alexa to your Moto Z. The big announcement of Mods is […] Moto Unveils New Moto Mods, Including an Amazon Alexa Mod is a post from: Droid Life
With no Galaxy S8 announcement at Mobile World Congress this year, Samsung turned to its Android and Windows 10 tablets to fill the void. The Korean electronics giant announced two new tablets at the trade show in Barcelona: The Android-powered...Show More Summary
Samsung’s Mobile World Congress 2017 press event kicks off in minutes. While we aren’t expecting it to be the showcase for the Galaxy S8, Samsung should still have plenty of stuff to talk about, including a new Galaxy Tab S3. But ifShow More Summary
Samsung has invited members of the press to a special Unpacked event in New York City on March 29, when the company is expected to unveil the Galaxy S8. The event date matches what VentureBeat reporter Evan Blass revealed in January, and Samsung is said to be releasing 5.8-inch and 6.2-inch versions of the phone, […]
Google's autonomous car unit, Waymo, alleges one of its ex-employees took its self-driving car tech and gave it to Uber. Video provided by Newsy
For the first time in what seems like ages, Samsung hasn't brought a flagship smartphone to Mobile World Congress. It seems like we'll have to wait until well after the show for our first look at the Galaxy S8, but at least we've got a new Android tablet to fiddle with in the meantime. Show More Summary
It's a busy overnighter for us here -- Motorola is about to take the stage at Mobile World Congress 2017 in Barcelona to introduce its latest phones and gadgets. What will we see? Well, almost certainly the new Moto G5 and G5 Plus. More »
With Breath of the Wild just around the corner, now seems like a great time to visit one of the coolest stories in Nintendo history. When Shigeru Miyamoto was a child, he’d wander the hillsides of Sonobe Japan. One day, the adventures...Show More Summary
Google today said a wider selection of Android phones will soon have access to the Google Assistant. The Assistant is already available to the Pixel, Google Home, Android Wear 2.0, and within the Allo messaging app. Starting this week, the Assistant will come to most phones running Android 6 Marshmallow and Android 7 Nougat. Show More Summary
Amazon Web Services (AWS) are a great way to build, host, and scale web applications thanks to their nearly limitless infrastructure, and ability to quickly deploy and modify your system’s configuration. However, AWS isn’t the easie...
Motorola and Amazon today said the Moto Z series of phones will soon have access to the Amazon Alexa voice-powered assistant. Alexa will be enabled through a Moto Mod that is still under development. When attached to the Mod, the Moto Z will act just like an Amazon Echo in-home speaker. Moreover, Motorola said it will bake Alexa directly into its handsets later this year.
LG’s press conference at MWC in Barcelona is today. The conference starts at 12 PM CET (11 AM GMT, 6 AM EST). Rumor has it that LG is about to announce a new flagship phone, the LG G6. This time, it won’t be a modular phone. It’s going to be a regular phone, but with a giant display that nearly fills the entire body of the phone. You can check it out live via LG’s… Read More
The time has come. The LG G6 hasn't exactly been a well-kept secret, but we're poised to finally meet the company's new handset in Barcelona. Keep you browser locked here for all the news as it happens via our MWC 2017 liveblog. Heck, we may even be in for a few surprises.
Here's how three movies nominated for Academy Awards this year have used social media to boost audience awareness.
Mobile World Congress 2017 is kicking off with our first look and hands-on with the all new BlackBerry KeyOne. Can BlackBerry keep the dream of the 2000s alive with their latest physical QWERTY?
Batman v Superman. Dawn of Justice cleaned (some of the) house at this year's Razzies, winning four awards and making us all a little more afraid that Ben Affleck really will end up dropping out of The Batman altogether. More » ...
GUEST: As of last night, Alexa now has 10,000 skills. As exciting a milestone as this may be, even Alexa isn’t immune to the challenges that come with exceptional growth. Questions around the monetization and user retention rates have been top of mind in recent months, and putting these concerns at ease means reflecting on why […]
Some of the 2017 flagship smartphones soon to hit the shelves are the Samsung Galaxy S8, Huawei P10, and LG G6. And as the anticipated release for these new flag bearers gets closer, more and more leaks about them continue to surface online. Undoubtedly one of the most talked about smartphones set for release this year is the Samsung Galaxy S8. Show More Summary
Apple is apparently changing its long-standing policy regarding third-party iPhone screen repairs. According to a memo sent to Apple retail employees, a customer having their device’s screen repaired by a third-party source no longer voids their warranty like it once did… more… Filed under: Apple
What's inside the BlackBerry KEYone? The latest BlackBerry, the 'Mercury', is now officially called BlackBerry KEYone. The latest device from BlackBerry Mobile has a strange 3:2 aspect ratio screen to accommodate the full-sized QWERTY...Show More Summary


text:
What kind of data does Waze provide?
The U.S. DOT receives and curates both user-reported and auto-generated data from the Waze Connected Citizens Program. These data are available for approved users and they cover the entire United States. Among other things, the data show traffic incidents and jams reported by users of the Waze mobile navigation app. Data have been archived since April 2017, and are received at high frequency from Waze.
Who is an approved user?
The following U.S. DOT programs offer funding opportunities pertaining to Artificial Intelligence.
U.S. DOT maintains several data resources that can be of use to the AI research community.
The U.S. Department of Transportation (U.S. DOT) is committed to safety and innovation and sees artificial intelligence (AI) as a promising capability to help achieve these aims. While AI has applicability across many sectors of our economy, U.S. DOT’s activities focus on the following ways in which it may be applied within transportation:
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today released its December 2018 Air Travel Consumer Report (ATCR) on marketing and reporting air carrier data compiled for the month of October 2018. The full consumer report and other aviation consumer matters of interest to the public can be found at http://www.transportation.gov/airconsumer.
October On-Time Performance


text:
The Overhaul begins.
Today, Nashville investors are set to buy and begin overhauling a shopping center in Hendersonville.
Anchor Investments, a real estate investment firm, will pay $7.2 million for the Maple Row Shopping Center.
The 38-year-old mall is located about a half-hour northeast of downtown Nashville, along a main road in Hendersonville. The city, in Sumner County, has 54,000 residents.
“This is right in our strike zone. It’s perfect for our business model: buying half-empty shopping centers … with long-term potential through leasing and redevelopment,” said Micah Lacher, principal of Anchor Investments.
Currently, not quite half of the mall’s 163,000 square feet is in use. Kmart vacated its big-box store there two years ago. Lacher said he’s in talks with a few retailers interested in that space.
“It’s difficult for a lot of groups to get financing when the shopping center is not even 50 percent occupied,” Lacher said. He succeeded in doing so with Regions Bank.
Lacher is buying the mall from Victory Real Estate Investments LLC, of Columbus, Georgia.
Victory bought the mall almost seven years ago, for a reported price of $8.1 million.
Adam covers commercial real estate and manufacturing.
Check out the complete story by Adam Sichko at http://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/blog/real-estate/2014/08/anchor-down-investors-aim-to-revive-hendersonville.html


text:
Commentary: Intel aims to eliminate USB, HDMI and the power cable in its quest to create the wire-free PC. But the journey will be a long one, and uneven in terms of its challenges.
Encrypt and password-protect your files and folders with this powerful tool, which normally runs $39.95.
A promotion for a test program that would unlock certain Xbox One titles for 24 hours was based on an error, according to Microsoft.
In the interests of making computer-building -- and computers -- accessible to all comes the Pi-Top, a do-it-yourself, 3D-printable Raspberry Pi laptop.
Eight sensors on this steering wheel cover from Kickstarter can trigger snare hits or animal sounds. They might even keep you awake.
Who says pocket batteries can't be sexy? This card-size charger normally sells for $55. Plus: two bonus deals!
The Netflix competitor beats the drum on original TV aimed at children -- shows that don't often win flashy Emmys but tend to keep high-spending subscribers loyal.
Sony has very quietly started selling its 13.3-inch e-reader, Digital Paper, via the web to US addresses.
The dark-comedy series gives Amazon its best shot so far at beating Netflix at the critical-accolades game, and in a new turn, all episodes go up at once September 26.
Tablet cameras are behind the pack in picture quality but are keeping up with fun photo features to shoot with.