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Originally published at: We have big plans for fair materials by 2030 - Fairphone
Our new Fair Materials Roadmap 2030 extends our list of focus materials from 14 to 23 materials. With this, we take our fair material sourcing to the next level and challenge the industry to step up in addressing some of the biggest challenges we are facing.
More than 10 years ago, Fairphone started out to prove that it is possible to create a smartphone with materials that are not just “conflict-free”, but that also benefits the people mining these materials. We have come a long way since then: In 2017 and in 2021, we released our initial Fair Materials Roadmaps, putting a focus first on 10, and then on 14 materials with the highest social and environmental impacts. By the end of 2023, we surpassed our goal of an average 70% fair focus materials in the Fairphone 5, created improvements in the supply chains of all 14 focus materials, and started applying our fair materials approach to our other devices like the Fairbuds XL.
At the same time, the questions around our use of resources and its impact on people and planet have only gotten bigger in recent years.
Demand for materials is increasing – and so is its impact
The electronics sector is one of the world’s largest and fastest growing industries. And our industry’s business model still relies on selling more products faster, consuming more and more materials. This comes on top of the increasing demand for minerals driven by the need to transition to renewable energy sources. The global economy already uses a huge amount of extracted resources, and only 8.6% of this is currently recycled back.
This makes it difficult to achieve a circular economy. The supply of recycled materials cannot meet the fast-growing resource demand, meaning mining will expand in the coming decades. This will likely have negative consequences for people and planet. We’re talking pollution of air, water and soil, increased CO2 emissions, as well as adverse effects on the health and livelihoods of both the workers and the communities living near mines and processing plants.
At the same time, recycled materials also come with their own challenges: Recycling rates are still low for many materials, especially from end-of-life electronics. Using more recycled materials industry-wide does incentivize more recycling, but there is a lot more we need to do to increase the pool of recycled materials available. In addition, recycling value chains can also be opaque and informal, with 83% of e-waste treatment being unknown and 35% moved across borders with no oversight.
What we drive: Fair Circularity
We want a fair transition to an inclusive circular economy. We call it: Fair Circularity. This means being accountable for our material footprint and caring for people and planet in the entire product life cycle, across all levels of circularity. First and foremost, we focus on reducing demand for raw materials – and changing the electronics business model to design for longevity, repair, reuse and recycling.
In a second step that is just as crucial, the focus is on the responsible sourcing and use of raw and recycled materials that benefits the communities linked to their production, processing and manufacturing; all while protecting and regenerating nature.
We ask ourselves: How can we make sure that the countries producing and processing raw materials benefit? How can workers extracting the minerals, and communities and indigenous peoples living nearby, benefit – and not just be left with the negative social and environmental impacts? If we move increasingly to recycled materials, how can the countries, workers and communities involved in recycling benefit appropriately as well?
Our industry has the responsibility to think holistically about sustainable material use. Our new Fair Materials Roadmap provides a blueprint to address this challenge, and will guide us in transparently telling the full story of our material footprint in the next years.
From 14 to 23 focus materials
With our new roadmap, we extend the list of our focus materials from 14 to 23. We based this selection on a thorough and transparent assessment methodology: Out of over 60 materials used in the electronics sector, these focus materials have the biggest impacts on people and planet and the highest need for improvements.
To define our strategies to mitigate the negative impacts and creating positive impacts in the supply chains of these key materials, we conducted further analysis, considering:
- The continued dependence on mined sources that need to establish better practices
- The greenhouse gas emissions from primary material production
- The opportunity to benefit marginalized producers, such as artisanal- and small scale miners or small-scale recyclers
- Whether there are waste sources from which the material is not commonly recycled yet
- How the material is used in our products, in which components and in what forms.
For each of these 23 materials, we now aim to dig deeper into our supply chains and engage with suppliers, workers, miners, recyclers and communities to determine what needs to be done. On a high level, we already identified a few key topics where Fairphone can contribute to thought leadership in fair material sourcing, and provide an example for the industry:
|Investing in and sourcing from artisanal- and small-scale mining
Ensuring living income and living wages in mining
Enhancing worker and community voice
Nature protection and regeneration
|Fair sourcing of recycled materials – with a focus on batteries
Recycled plastics innovation and upcycling
Investing in and sourcing from fair small-scale recycling (waste collectors)
We are still very far from truly fair and circular business models. That’s why we would love for our industry peers to join our journey towards Fair Circularity. How can they do that?
- By prioritizing materials based on impacts to people and the environment – and applying supply chain models that deliver impact.
- By including and supporting the most marginalized small producers such as artisanal- and small-scale miners (ASM).
- By demanding better practices from the mining industry.
- By extending fairness to all workers and communities, including in the recycling value chains.
- By reducing material use, being truly circular and reporting comprehensively on it.
The electronics industry has a key role to play in ensuring that demand for precious resources is reduced, and that our resource use is fair and just – benefitting workers, indigenous communities, local economies, and protecting nature. We have seen some progress in the past few years, especially when it comes to the use of recycled materials. But there is a still a LOT that needs to be done.


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Yaoi Press announced it will launch a comic book line beginning in October with the bi-monthly series, Yaoi Candy, and a one-shot, Offered to a Demon. According to Yaoi Press Publisher Yamila Abraham, 'Comic books will give yaoi fans a less expensive alternative to graphic novels.'
The first volume of Yaoi Candy will reprint stories from existing Yaoi Press titles, and upcoming issues will include new material. The series is for adults only with a cover price of $3.95.
Offered to a Demon is a one-shot featuring a story about a pagan priest and a demon. It's for mature readers and will have a cover price of $4.95.

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Earlier this week, Instagram released a sneak peek of the ad types they’ll be integrating into their ‘Stories’ feature to even further monetize the photo-sharing app. Launched in August of 2016, Stories was Instagram’s take on Snapchat’s disappearing photo and video platform, and provided a way to stop users from “jumping ship” to the hot new social media start-up.
Currently in beta, it is being estimated that all 500,000 Instagram advertisers could begin launching these ads in two to three weeks.
All About Vertical Video Ads
Popping up between the Stories posted by the people you follow, Instagram’s newest ad type will include 15 second video ads and 5 second static ads. Much like Stories posted by users, ads can be liked, commented on, and shared. In the near future, Instagram plans to ad more actionable features like the ability to swipe up to find out more information or click-through to a website.
Designed to be native, these ads look, feel, and act like users’ posted Stories, with the only differentiating factor being the ‘Sponsored’ text located at the bottom of the ad.
Photo Courtesy of Instagram
Unfortunately for advertisers, these video and photos ads can be skipped immediately upon viewing, so these will not fall into the IAB’s definition of a viewable ad. Furthermore, any view, regardless of length, will be counted and charged as an impression.
On the user experience front, users will not be notified that an ad is coming and will only experience these ads when watching multiple Stories consecutively.
Photo Courtesy of Instagram
Ad Specs & Analytics: What We Know So Far
With this new ad placement, Instagram is providing businesses with analytical data, deemed “Stories Insights.” Stories Insights will be available to business accounts on the top right section of their page, next to settings. Insights will report on audience size, impressions, replies, and skips of each ad.
Instagram has not yet announced the specs of the vertical ads and has not mentioned where advertisers can go to upload creative for ad creation. Our best bet is that it will appear within the Facebook Ad’s Manager next to the option for regular Instagram placements.
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Potential Audience for the Ads
Based off the reporting’s of Instagram, over 70% of their total users follow a business and 33% of the top viewed Stories happen to belong to businesses. It is only 5 months since the release of Stories and the Daily Active User (DAU) count is now at 150 million out of their total user base of 600 million. That’s an increase of 50% since October. Within these few months, Instagram has essentially matched Snapchat’s total user base and is set to cash in on the disappearing photo and app trend.
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NEW DELHI: Sleuths on the money trail of the three cricketers arrested for spot-fixing now claim to have uncovered a money spending spree by S Sreesanth.
They claim to have recovered a Z-10 Blackberry mobile phone from the possession of a girlfriend of S Sreesanth who now resides in Jaipur. The phone had cost him Rs 42,000.
Sreesanth's apparently also bought designer clothes worth Rs 1.95 lakh including three pairs of jeans from a Diesel store in Mumbai in a single day just before the Rajathan Royals match against Mumbai Indians on May 15.
"He made cash payment for buying clothes and also spent lavishly in clubs and discotheques," a senior police official said. Sources said that a special cell team stationed at Mumbai has already recorded the statement of the store manager who confirmed that he had come to the store himself to buy these clothes. Sources claimed the clothes, too, have been recovered.
"We have documents to prove that he used the money from spot-fixing to buy these articles," the official added. Sources said they are ascertaining the place where the phone was bought and the method in which it was delivered to Sreesanth's friend.
"A team was sent to the woman's house after Sreesanth told us about it during interrogation," S N Shrivastava, Special CP special cell said. The player was himself taken to Jaipur on Monday just for this purpose and brought back early on Tuesday - in time to be produced in a local court. All three players could be taken out of Delhi for further recoveries. A team led by DCP Sanjeev Yadav is already raiding places across states.
The cops though have so far ruled out any role of the 'girlfriend' in the spot-fixing and said she was co-operating with the police.
Sources said that they have also contacted the travel agency in Kerala who arranged for the rooms of fixer Jiju and Sreesanth at a hotel in Mumbai. The bill ran up to Rs 58,000. Police are also probing if Sreesanth had plans to invest in movies or had already done so. They have some leads on this, a source said. Sources said Sreesanth revealed during questioning that he wanted to act in movies.
Meanwhile, based on the complaint received from the CFO of Rajasthan Royals, Satyam Saraswat, the Delhi police on Tuesday added IPC section 409 (criminal breach of trust by public servant, or by banker, merchant or agent) to the existing FIR . In its complaint, Rajasthan Royals said it had entered into an agreement with the three players stipulating clearly that they would abide by the rules and regulations of ICC, BCCI and the IPL governing body.
Sources said the franchise said they came to know that the players indulged in spot-fixing with a personal motive and for financial gains and that they "fundamentally eroded" the sanctity of the game. They sought registration of a case against the players under Section 420 (cheating), 120-B (criminal conspiracy), 406 (criminal breach of trust) and 409 of IPC.


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Alyssa Schueller, from Ohio, posted about the ordeal on TikTok, receiving almost 4 million views. In the video, she is seen wearing a cropped bodysuit that exposed part of her midriff as she is escorted to a merchandise store by a Disney worker.
“Getting escorted to a free shirt because mine isn’t appropriate,” she wrote in the caption. The Disney worker then writes her a voucher, before giving Schueller a free yellow T-shirt.
It said it reserves the right to deny admission or remove a person who is wearing attire that fits this description.
The video has been inundated with comments from TikTok users, who largely agreed that they “don’t see anything wrong” with her outfit.
Commenting after the incident, Schueller said there was a lack of consistency between different Disney parks on their dress code policies.
“I was at Animal Kingdom all morning without an issue. Went to Epcot and this happened. Went back to Animal Kingdom and had no issue once again,” she said. “If Disney wants to endorse a dress code then they need to do just that,” she added.
The incident comes after another woman, Amanda Dimeo shared a “hack” for receiving free merchandise at Disney on TikTok in May.
In a video that has been viewed more than 27 million times, Dimeo told her followers: “If you’re wearing a shirt which shows a little underboob, they will write you a ticket so you can get a free shirt at the nearest gift shop. I just got a $75 t-shirt.”
Schueller said she had not seen Dimeo’s video before her visit to the park.
The Independent has contacted Walt Disney World Resort for comment.


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Sparked by a spate of blog posts, a lively discussion has kept Apple bloggers and developers busy for the last few weeks: Should Apple forbid developers from soliciting reviews for their software with in-app popups?
This classic physics-based puzzler gets an overhaul with 120 new levels and a fresh look.
As 2013 comes to a close, Apple has released its yearly 'best-of' list of iTunes content, setting forth what it believes are the best songs, movies, TV shows, books, and apps of the last twelve months.
Two of the most popular game franchises in the world have fresh offerings this week. Plus, apps for listening to podcasts and writing, and updates to all your favorite social media apps.
There's a new keyboard in town, as startup Fleksy brings a new way to enter text into iOS apps like Launch Center Pro and Wordbox.
'Tis the season for photos of holiday feasts, opening presents, and lots and lots of lights. Here's how to snap great-looking holiday shots with a cell phone.
Apple's 12 Days of Christmas giveaway app is back for 2013—and can finally bring some holiday cheer to iTunes users in America.
This week's Mac app roundup opens up your Mac to the wonderful world of fractals as well as helping you organize and manipulate your images, keep an eye on your personal finances, and even design your backyard.


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Yahoo! Appoints New Head for Mobile in Southeast Asia
Yahoo! has appointed Tommaso del Re as the new Head of Yahoo! Mobile, Southeast Asia, tasked with managing all business aspects of Yahoo! Mobile including product distribution, mobile carrier partnerships and mobile advertising across Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Philippines, Indonesia and Vietnam.
Having relocated from Australia to Singapore, Tommaso now reports to Matthias Kunze, Managing Director of Yahoo! Mobile, Asia. Prior to taking on this new role, Tommaso was the Head of Mobile at Yahoo!7 in Australia.
“We are delighted to have Tommaso onboard to lead Yahoo!’s mobile initiatives in Southeast Asia. With Tommaso’s leadership and industry experience, we look forward to further growth and success for Yahoo! Mobile in this region,” shares Kunze.
Prior to joining Yahoo!, Tommaso held various senior marketing and strategic development roles at in leading organisations across Australia and Europe, including Sharman Networks, the Telegraph Group, and Bertelsmann AG.
Tommaso holds a Bachelor of Business and Economics from the Universita Cattolica Del Sacro Cuore in Milan, Italy. During his free time, Tommaso enjoys entertaining friends, outdoor sports and now in Singapore, he and his family are exploring all that the country has to offer.


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Tesla goes from IPO to surpassing Ford in value in just 7 years [Infographic]
The story of Tesla is a fascinating one by any measure: a group of Silicon Valley entrepreneurs get together to start a car company, a feat that business-school professors have been using as the definition of economic impossibility for decades, and after only a few years they build a company that rivals the Big Three, and a car that earns every accolade the industry has to offer. Of course, there are several near-death experiences along the way to hold our interest.
Above: Elon Musk stands in front of a Model S rolling off the production line at Tesla's factory (Image: InsideEVs)
This stranger-than-fiction story has been told in various videos and one full-length book, and pieces of it have been told in thousands of print and online articles. For those who prefer a quick, easy-to-digest format, Global Energy Metals has summarized the Tesla story in a large infographic, which comes to us courtesy of Visual Capitalist.
The Tesla saga began with the low-volume Roadster, but the startup became “a real company” with its 2010 initial public stock offering (IPO), which raised some $226 million in capital and started what was to be a stomach-churning roller-coaster ride of growth.
Tesla was the first American car company to make an IPO since Ford went public in 1956.
Above: Tesla's original Roadster (Instagram: turo)
Ford was already a large and well-known company at the time, and its IPO was the largest in Wall Street’s history. In contrast, Tesla in 2010 was a tiny niche automaker that few outside the auto industry or the environmental community had heard of.
Stock market analysts were skeptical, to say the least, and short sellers (speculators who place bets that a company’s stock will decline in price) flocked to the stock (the short interest in Tesla continues to be huge, despite the fact that the shorts have lost billions).
Despite the wild gyrations that are typical of a high-flying tech stock, the trend for TSLA has been ever upward. A mere seven years after its IPO, Tesla’s market value had surpassed Ford’s, despite the fact that the older company’s sales volume is many times greater. As of the end of 2017, Ford’s stock market capitalization was $49.9 billion, while Tesla’s had reached $52.3 billion.
Above: A look at the surging stock price of Tesla which pulled ahead of Ford in market capitalization in 2017 (Image: Marketwatch)
A tremendous amount happened in those seven years. Tesla acquired its massive Fremont factory in a sweetheart deal with Toyota. It discontinued the Roadster and moved on to the second phase of its master plan, building two native EVs, the now-famous Model S and Model X. The two vehicles went on to win just about every award and accolade in existence, including being recognized as the “safest car ever tested” by the NHTSA and the “best car ever tested” by Consumer Reports. Over 200,000 units have been sold to date.
With partner Panasonic, Tesla built its gargantuan Gigafactory in Nevada, with the objective of reducing the cost of lithium-ion battery packs by 30%. Tesla introduced the Powerwall, a key piece of the puzzle of electric vehicles and home solar energy generation. It introduced Autopilot technology, and built out its worldwide Supercharger network. In 2016, Tesla announced the culmination of its master plan: Model 3, a mid-priced EV for the mass market. The new EV quickly racked up almost half a million pre-orders, making it arguably the most successful product launch in history.
With Model 3 now showing up on roads around the country, Elon Musk has achieved the quixotic goal that he set over a decade ago. However, the Tesla story is just beginning: in the pipeline are the Tesla Semi, a new Roadster, solar roof tiles, massive energy storage projects in Australia, Puerto Rico and elsewhere, loads more Superchargers and all kinds of nifty new features, delivered via over-the-air software updates. The future for Tesla, and for those of us who write about it, looks as bright as the California sun.


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Here are some new Porter Cable and Craftsman air compressor and nailer bundle kit deals.
Here’s what we know about the new Makita XGT 40V Max cordless brad nailer thus far.
Porter Cable has come out with a new “quiet” style air compressor.
Harbor Freight has been trying new things with how they advertise their tools.
Ridgid is coming out with a new 18 gauge brushless brad nailer in June 2021.
Milwaukee announced a new M12 23-gauge pin nailer – here’s everything what we know so far.
Compressors, nailers, and related accessories are part of this deal of the day.
What’s the purpose of the safety air valve built into portable air compressors?
Introducing: the new Metabo HPT “THE TANK” air compressor.
Milwaukee’s cordless air compressor has started to ship.
This Dewalt FlexVolt cordless air compressor bundle is on sale, today only.
Here’s a tough one – do you prefer cordless or pneumatic nailers? Why?
Milwaukee’s cordless nailers have sealed nitrogen spring mechanisms. Have any of you had issues with this type of tool leaking?
Here’s the latest on Milwaukee’s new cordless framing nailers.
Milwaukee has finally come out with an M18 Fuel cordless air compressor!
Let’s talk about the potential for a Milwaukee M18 cordless air compressor.
Here’s how to figure out what you need to connect a hose to an air compressor.
Craftsman came out with a new cordless air compressor.
Dewalt’s 6-gallon pancake-style air compressor is on sale, presumably for a limited time,
Amazon has some big discounts on Ingersoll Rand air tools today, November 30, 2019.


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Date: Saturday, 18 May 2013 00:43
Olympus will stop making its V-series digicams, according to a number of overseas financial reports, claiming the demand for compact cameras has been dramatically reduced due to competition from the latest smart-phones.
Date: Friday, 17 May 2013 03:53
Lowepro has expanded its Photo Sport AW series of camera backpacks with the addition of the Photo Sport 30L AW.
Date: Thursday, 16 May 2013 03:52
Lowepro has introduced a new line of multi-use DSLR and CSC shoulder bags that allow photography enthusiasts to carry a basic camera kit in style and comfort.
Date: Thursday, 16 May 2013 01:37
Samsung Electronics Australia has announced the local release of its new NX300 compact system camera this month, along with a new NX 45mm f/1.8 2D/3D interchangeable lens.
Date: Thursday, 16 May 2013 00:02
Canon has released a new in-camera Picture Style pre-set for its EOS DSLRs, which is designed for use with the cameras' movie modes.
Date: Thursday, 16 May 2013 00:01
DxO Labs has announced the immediate availability of DxO Optics Pro v8.1.6 for Mac and Windows, which adds support for six new cameras.
Date: Wednesday, 15 May 2013 23:39
Entries have opened for The Sydney Morning Herald Photos1440 Challenge, which offers winners a chance to experience life as a photojournalist and win prizes like a Canon EOS 5D Mark III Pro Kit (with EF 24-70mm f/2.8L II lens) or an internship working with The Sydney Morning Herald photo department.
Date: Tuesday, 14 May 2013 05:59
This month will see the release of Canon's EF 200-400mm f/4L IS USM Extender 1.4x lens, the first super-telephoto zoom lens to incorporate an internal extender.
Date: Tuesday, 14 May 2013 04:50
Nikon has officially released details of the 1 Nikkor 32mm f/1.2 lens that is scheduled for release in mid-June.
Date: Friday, 10 May 2013 05:00
Olympus has released details of its latest flagship PEN interchangeable-lens camera, the PEN E-P5, along with a new electronic viewfinder and changes to three popular prime lenses.
Date: Thursday, 09 May 2013 23:52
Inca has released a new universal charger for exclusive use with lithium ion (Li-ion) batteries.
Date: Wednesday, 08 May 2013 02:30
The Technical Image Press Association (TIPA) has announced its annual awards for 2013.
Date: Wednesday, 08 May 2013 00:37
Adobe Systems has confirmed that it will move its Creative Suite software entirely to the Cloud when it releases its latest updates in June.
Date: Tuesday, 07 May 2013 01:04
The Australian Government has announced changes to the Tourist Refund Scheme (TRS) that see a doubling of the period for purchases made before departure and making adjustments to purchasing conditions.
Date: Friday, 03 May 2013 07:49
DxO Labs has released DxO ViewPoint v1.2, the new version of its software for correcting distortions caused by wide-angle lenses and fixing key-stoning and other perspective problems.
Date: Friday, 03 May 2013 07:48
Pixel's VERTAXE13 is a replacement battery grip for the Canon BG-E13 that sells for AU$250 (RRP).
Date: Thursday, 02 May 2013 03:42
Samsung will officially launch its latest NX-series compact system cameras at a media event at the Sydney Opera House on 15 May.
Date: Thursday, 02 May 2013 03:41
C.R. Kennedy has joined forces with with Carl Zeiss lenses and CameraPro to present two DSLR video seminars with expert videographer, Clinton Harn.
Date: Tuesday, 30 Apr 2013 06:30
Canon has announced the immediate availability of a the new firmware upgrade for the EOS 5D Mark III digital SLR camera.
Date: Monday, 29 Apr 2013 23:51
The World Press Photo foundation has announced the dates and venues for its touring exhibition of prize-winning photographs from this year's competition.
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Is Southern California’s Electric Car Industry Losing Its Charge? Solyndra was the Bay Area maker of solar-panels that went bust despite taxpayer loans from the Obama Administration. Now Fisker is being called the “Solyndra of electric vehicles.” Mayor Villaraigosa said Fisker would be part of an electric-car industry centered in Southern California, but Fisker is now on the edge of bankruptcy. Today at a committee hearing in Washington Ohio Republican Jim Jordan, chair of the Oversight and Government Reform Committee, was scathing about Fisker’s potential market and its political backers.
Tesla Takes Investors on Another Joy Ride Tesla Motors of Palo Alto makes electric cars, and it's the first American automobile company to go public since the Ford Motor Company started selling shares in 1956. After yesterday's Initial Public Offering, Tesla stock surged from $17 to a peak of $30, and closed today around $24. Tesla now makes a $109,000 electric Roadster, and plans to mass-produce a luxury model priced at $50,000, but it could be a long time before the company turns a profit.
Will California kill the electric car – again? in 1990, California’s Air Resources Board demanded that, by 2003, 10% of the automobiles in the state be zero emission vehicles. That would have meant 100,000 cars per year running on electric batteries or hydrogen cells. Since then, the mandate has been pushed back 4 times, down to 25,000 cars per year by 2012. Today, the CARB, as it’s called, was looking at a staff recommendation to reduce that by 90%--down to 2500 a year.
Healthcare debate now shifts to the Senate Both parties are celebrating yesterday's House bill to repeal and replace Obamacare. House Republicans are cheering because they were able to pass it. Democrats are happy because they think it's so bad. We look at the details… and the politics.
A New York Times op-ed on climate change sparks uproar The New York Times is embroiled in a public furor over a new columnist, who wrote that scientific uncertainty is reason for debate about climate change. Many conservatives are delighted. Is America's leading liberal newspaper fostering climate denial? This is the latest in our series, "The Emotional States of America."


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Apple has seeded iOS 5.0.1 beta 2 to its registered iOS developers, the second beta release of the point update this week. According to the release notes for the first beta version, iOS 5.0.1 “fixes bugs affecting battery life, adds multitasking gestures for original iPad, resolves bugs with Documents in the Cloud, improves voice recognition for Australian users using dictation,” and “contains security improvements,” and also “introduces a new way for developers to specify files that should remain on device, even in low storage situations.” iOS 5.0.1 beta 2 is listed as build 9A404, and is available now as a download from the iOS Dev Center.
Apple seeded developers with iTunes 10.5.1 beta 2 late last evening, and also added iTunes Match to the second-generation Apple TV under the new main menu option “Music.” According to Apple’s release notes, iTunes 10.5.1 beta 2 offers stability and performance improvements for iTunes Match, and is a required update for all subscribers to the iTunes Match beta. Apple had promised to launch iTunes Match by the end of October, but missed its self-imposed deadline earlier this week, and is evident by these new releases, is continuing to test the service ahead of its anticipated wide-scale rollout. iTunes 10.5.1 beta 2 is available now as a free download from the iOS Dev Center.
Apple has released iOS 5.0.1 to its registered iOS developers. According to the release notes, the new beta—listed as build 9A402—“fixes bugs affecting battery life, adds multitasking gestures for original iPad, resolves bugs with Documents in the Cloud, improves voice recognition for Australian users using dictation,” and “contains security improvements.” Notably, the update also “introduces a new way for developers to specify files that should remain on device, even in low storage situations,” seemingly addressing an issue recently brought to light by Instapaper developer Marco Arment. An Apple spokesperson confirmed that some iOS 5 users were experiencing battery life issues early today, telling The Loop, “A small number of customers have reported lower than expected battery life on iOS 5 devices[.] We have found a few bugs that are affecting battery life and we will release a software update to address those in a few weeks.” iOS 5.0.1 beta for the iPad, iPad 2, iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, and third- and fourth-generation iPod touch is available now as a download from the iOS Dev Center.
Apple has promoted its Senior Director of International Retail and former local store manager Steve Cano to replace outgoing executive Ron Johnson as Senior Vice President of Retail, according to a new report. Citing an anonymous source, Cult of Mac reports that Cano was previously tipped as a likely candidate to replace Johnson—who officially left Apple earlier this week to become CEO of J.C. Penney—by the Apple Retail Workers Union. As noted in the report, Cano got his start with Apple working as a store manager at the Palo Alto store—which happened to be then CEO Steve Jobs’ home store—and later moved to the SoHo store in New York, then went to manage the Ginza store in Tokyo, Japan. He was later appointed regional director as more stores were opened in Japan, and was later named Apple’s first Senior Director of International Retail, a position that saw him work out of a London office, overseeing a string a new stores in Europe. Apple has yet to confirm the report or add Cano to its online executive profiles.
Update: Cult of Mac has since updated its report to say that Apple has issued a statement saying Cano has not been named to Johnson’s former post. A company spokesperson said: “The search is underway with lots of interest and we are carefully selecting Ron’s successor. We have nothing to announce today.”
Apple has released a free update to its highly acclaimed GarageBand music creation app adding universal device support. Chosen as iLounge’s 2011 App of the Year for iPad, GarageBand 1.1 can now be used on the iPhone and iPod touch and adds a number of other new features and enhancements including the ability to create custom chords for Smart Instruments, support for additional time signatures, the ability to transpose songs in semitones or full octaves and additional quantization options for recordings. Users can now also take advantage of additional export quality settings for AAC and uncompressed AIFF output and adjust velocity settings for Touch Instruments. The update also contains a number of other smaller enhancements including automatic fading, and arpeggiator control on the Smart Keyboard and improved audio import options. GarageBand 1.1 requires iOS 4.3 or later and is available from the App Store for $5.
Apple today announced that it will launch the iPhone 4S in Hong Kong, South Korea, and 13 other countries on Friday, November 11, with pre-orders beginning this Friday, November 4. The complete list of countries also includes Albania, Armenia, Bulgaria, El Salvador, Greece, Guatemala, Malta, Montenegro, New Zealand, Panama, Poland, Portugal, and Romania; pre-orders will not be available in Albania, El Salvador, Guatemala, Malta, Montenegro, and Panama. According to the announcement, the iPhone 4S is currently available in 29 countries and will be available in more than 70 by the end of the year.
Apple plans to allow customers to check themselves out via the company’s retail store iOS app, according to a new report. Citing an anonymous source, Mac Rumors reports that the option will be available for purchases of accessories and other shelf-stocked items at the company’s stores, and that the purchases will be charged to the customer’s iTunes Store account. Although details of the post-purchase experience are vague, it is expected that customers would be able to show an emailed receipt to any employee as a proof-of-purchase upon leaving the store. The report notes that high-value items such as Macs, iPhones, iPads, and iPods are kept in the stockroom and will still require employee assistance for purchase, but that smaller items such as cases and cables will be available for purchase without the need for employee interaction. The report also claims that Apple is expected to update its online store to allow for single orders to be routed to multiple shipping addresses, allowing customers to make all holiday purchases in a single transaction, and have then shipped to different recipients.
Apple has acquired 3D mapping company C3 Technologies as part of its ongoing effort to build an in-house mapping solution, according to a new report. Citing unnamed sources, 9to5Mac reports that Apple has purchased the company, and that C3 Technologies CEO Mattias Astrom, CFO Kjell Cederstrand, and Product Manager Ludvig Emgard are all now working within Apple’s iOS division. It is said that this leading trio, as well as most of the former C3 team, is still working together in Sweden—where the company was based prior to Apple’s purchase—under the division name “Sputnik”. Spun off from aerospace and defense company Saab AB in 2007, C3 specialized in creating high-quality, incredibly detailed photo-realistic 3D models of the real world, seamlessly integrating “traditional 2D maps, satellite images, street level photography and user generated images.” Prior mapping-related Apple acquisitions include mapping service Placebase and online 3D mapping firm Poly9; the report suggests that Apple may introduce a new mapping solution based in part on technology from all three companies in iOS 6.
Over the weekend, Apple started to air three new television ads for the iPhone 4S. Entitled “Siri, Snow Today”, “iCloud”, and “Camera”, the ads focus on the iPhone 4S’ Siri virtual assistant feature, iCloud integration for iTunes purchases, documents, iBooks, and Photo Stream, and the advanced optics and on-board editing and sharing features of the iPhone 4S’ eight-megapixel camera, respectively. All three ads are available for viewing now on Apple’s website.
Apple has released its Apple Lossless Audio Codec (ALAC) as an open-source project. Debuted in 2004, ALAC is “a data compression method which reduces the size of audio files with no loss of information. A decoded ALAC stream is bit-for-bit identical to the original uncompressed audio file.” The project, released yesterday, contains the sources for the ALAC encoder and decoder, an example command line utility, and a description of a “magic cookie” for use based on the ISO case media file format. The Apple Lossless Audio Codec sources are available under the Apache license.
Apple has released an update to its iAd Gallery application adding support for Push Notifications. Described as a “celebration of advertising,” iAd Gallery is a free app that allows iOS device users to access and preview an on-demand collection of iAd campaigns running on Apple’s in-app advertising network. Users can browse through the complete list of campaigns, search by advertiser, category or iAd feature, learn more about the features ads and agencies behind them and create a list of their favourite iAds. Version 1.1 introduces support for Push Notifications for advising users when new iAd campaigns are available. iAd Gallery is available from the U.S. App Store as a free download.
Apple has launched new iTunes Store movie content in a number of new markets. Citing reader reports as well as iTunes Store checks, Mac Rumors reports that movies are now available in Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Greece, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, and Slovenia, with Romania strangely left out. According to the report, Apple has yet to add dedicated navigation bar tabs for movies in the new markets, but the content is showing up in search results.
Apple has sent out an email notice to registered iOS developers, informing them that the company will be deleting all iTunes Match libraries later today. “To continue to improve the overall quality and reliability of iTunes Match, we will be deleting all current iCloud libraries on Thursday, October 27,” the message reads. It also reminds users to turn off iTunes Match on all their computers and iOS devices ahead of the scheduled deletion. Announced in June at WWDC, iTunes Match is a $24.99/year service that matches tracks in a user’s iTunes library with tracks stored on the company’s iTunes Store servers, uploading any tracks it can’t match, and offering users full access to all their music — up to 25,000 tracks — from any of their devices. Apple said at its “Let’s talk iPhone” event that the service would be available at the “end of October.”
Permits issued to Apple by Catawba County, North Carolina, have revealed that the company plans to build a solar farm across from its data center in Maiden, NC. The Charlotte Observer reports that the company has been approved to reshape the slope of some of the 171 arces it owns opposite its massive data center. Notably, the permits offer no details about the farm itself, including its exact size and position, and the county has yet to be asked to approve a building permit for the property. Citing the Hickory Daily Record, Mac Rumors adds that local residents have been upset by the smoke from fires set to help clear the land. Apple’s website touts the company’s commitment to using sustainable energy when possible, as its facilities in Austin, Texas, Sacramento, California, and Cork, Ireland, are 100 percent powered by renewable energy.
Apple has been awarded a patent for its iOS devices’ “slide to unlock” feature. BBC News reports that U.S. patent number 7657549 states, “A device with a touch-sensitive display may be unlocked via gestures performed on the touch-sensitive display. The device is unlocked if contact with the display corresponds to a predefined gesture for unlocking the device.” As noted in the report, the broad language of the patent would appear to cover not only Apple’s unlocking method, but those used by rival platforms, including Android and Windows Mobile. The patent was originally filed in June 2009, and lists Apple senior vice president of iOS software Scott Forstall as one of the seven inventors.
Jeff Robbin, vice president of consumer applications at Apple and veteran of both the iTunes and iPod teams, is heading the company’s HDTV efforts, according to a new report. Citing three people with knowledge of the project, Bloomberg reports that although it it’s not guaranteed that Apple will release a television, if released, it would likely allow users to seamlessly search for a show or movie, integrating various sources such as Netflix, iTunes, and potentially even cable or satellite, removing the need to check separately for content across multiple sources. Late Apple co-founder and former CEO Steve Jobs told biographer Walter Isaacson that he wanted to create an “integrated television set that is completely easy to use,” and that it “would be seamlessly synced with all of your devices and with iCloud.” ‘“It will have the simplest user interface you could imagine,” Jobs said. “I finally cracked it.” Robbin was a developer of SoundJam, the program which Apple purchased and subsequently hired him to turn in to iTunes. Apart from his work on the iTunes team, Robbin was also heavily involved in the development of the iPod.
Apple has released Apple TV software 4.4.2, its latest update to the set-top box. Arriving on the heels of last week’s 4.4.1 update, which reportedly “bricked” some units and was pulled for some time, Apple has yet to detail what upgrades or enhancements 4.4.2 might bring with it, but does note in a Support document that Apple TV devices running software version 4.4 and 4.4.1 have an issue with updating software to later versions. According to the document, users may need to go to Settings > General > Reset > Reset All Settings before upgrading to 4.4.2, and notes that if you apply the update without resetting all settings first, the updater will do so for you. Once it has been reset, the unit can then be updated via the Update Software option in Settings. “We recognize that this is an inconvenience and apologize,” reads a statement at the end of the page. Apple TV software 4.4.2 is available now.
Apple is preparing to roll out a new pilot program that will allow customers to pickup orders placed through the company’s online store at their local retail store, according to a new report. Citing anonymous sources, Mac Rumors reports that the program, known as Sherwood, will include any product available through the online store, including custom-configured Macs, engraved and gift-wrapped products, and a full range third-party accessories. The report claims that customers placing online orders will be offered the local pickup, and that standard configurations will generally be available for pickup the same day, while other items may take a few days to be delivered.
It is said that proof-of-purchase and an ID will be required for pickup, and that customers may designate one additional person as eligible to pickup the order, should they want to do so. Beyond order pickups, the report suggests that with the rollout, Apple’s retail stores will also begin accepting returns of eligible online orders. The program will reportedly be initially available through select retail stores only, with plans to expand it across the entire chain in the future.
Update: Apple has since launched the program in San Francisco on a pilot basis.
Late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs’ official biography, Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson, is now available on the iBookstore and through other retailers. Based on more than 40 interviews with Jobs conducted over the last two years of his life, as well as interviews with more than 100 family members, friends, competitors, and contemporaries, the book spans Jobs’ entire life from his younger days growing up in Mountain View, CA, to his decision to step down as the CEO of Apple earlier this year. As expected, the book also holds several surprises, as Jobs spoke openly of his thoughts regarding competing products — Android in particular — and of the inner works at Apple; we’ve collected a few such anecdotes here. Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson is priced at $17.
Apple has updated its iPad Smart Cover lineup heading in to the holiday shopping season. According to the iPad Smart Cover product page on Apple’s online store, the company has nixed the orange polyurethane smart cover, replacing it with a dark gray model, and has also added a detail referring to “color-matched microfiber lining” on both models. Curiously, the company has yet to update its standard Smart Cover webpage, which still shows the orange version as part of the lineup. Apple’s iPad Smart Covers sell for $39 for polyurethane models and $69 for the leather versions. [via 9to5Mac]


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Nanotechnology coatings company Xtalic Corp. has landed $8 million in its latest round of financing. The Marlborough-based company has now raised at least $23.7 million since it was founded in 2005, according to company officials.
Previous investors Matrix Partners and North Bridge Venture Partners are also in this latest round, a Series C investment, according to Xtalic CEO Tom Clay. Xtalic, now at approximately 30 employees, last took in financing in 2008, when it grabbed $10 million.
Xtalic, founded in 2005 by MIT researchers Christopher Schuh and CTO Alan Lund, has developed a new way to shrink metal crystals into metallic nanostructures to make safer and stronger alloy coatings for metal parts. In 2008, then-new CEO Tom Clay said that the company was initially looking to replace traditional chroming, a process that usually includes harmful chemicals like hexavalent chrome.
For its first customer wins, however, Xtalic marketed its process to electronics manufacturers, stating that a layer of its coating on substrates can improve wear and durability while not adding any measurable thickness to the electronic board or connector component. The connector field has brought Xtalic its first sales, Clay said.
“We have two primary customers,” he said. “They are the two largest companies that serve the connector space. One is Amphenol and the other has not yet announced it publicly.”
Connecticut-based Amphenol Corp. already has connectors using the Xtalic process in the field, Clay said, and Xtalic has opened an office in China to work with the manufacturing facilities there. One of the main attractions for companies like Amphenol is that the Xtalic process makes the connector tough enough that manufacturers can reduce the amount of precious metal – in this case, gold – being used to make the connectors higher-performing than standard metal connectors.
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Kobylkin: Sabetta port can handle 50 million metric tons of freight annually
The Sabetta seaport can handle 50 million metric tons of freight each year, Dmitry Kobylkin, Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Area Governor, told the TASS news agency.
"In 2016, the port is expected to handle five million metric tons of liquefied natural gas (LNG), and this amount will reach 16 million metric tons by 2018. In all, the port can handle 50 million metric tons of freight per year," he noted.
The port is being built under the Yamal LNG project with an annual capacity of 16.5 million metric tons using the Yuzhno-Tambeiskoye gas field on the Yamal Peninsula.
Currently, Sabetta functions as an all-season freight port and receives construction materials and production modules for the planned LNG plant. Special-purpose terminals for loading LNG and gas condensate onto tankers will be built there. The port is to receive the first LNG tankers in 2017.


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Struggling hybrid vehicle maker Fisker Automotive Inc., which furloughed 200 of its U.S. employees in March to conserve cash, fired three-quarters of its workforce on Friday.
Fisker is keeping about 50 senior managers to help sell company assets, Reuters reports, citing an unidentified source. The news service says the company is trying to renegotiate a $10 million payment due on April 22 on its $192 million loan from the Dept. of Energy.
Sources tell Reuters that Fisker has at least $30 million cash, plus the $15 million it is owed under a settlement last week with bankrupt battery supplier A123 Systems Inc.
The company has retained law firm Kirkland & Ellis to prepare for a possible bankruptcy filing, according to The Wall Street Journal, which cites anonymous sources. Fisker executives also are continuing their year-long search for a buyer or strategic investor.
Last month the company’s two leading suitors, China’s Dongfeng Motor and Zhejiang Geely, abandoned their competing bids for a majority stake.
Newly fired employees are suing Fisker, alleging that it fired them without the required 60 days’ advance notice and severance packages.


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The topic of immigration at our southern border has been heated, controversial, and political. From debates over reparations for families separated at the southern border to news of thousands of Haitians fleeing their country and seeking asylum in the United States, it’s an issue that draws constant attention.
Over the years, elected officials have suggested various solutions to stem the flow of immigration to our southern border, from border walls to more people. Unfortunately, many of these solutions seek to address the symptoms of migration rather than the root causes. Instead, our country’s leaders should look to the factors driving Central American immigration, such as the financial and logistical support these countries desperately need.
One often-overlooked solution involves investing in Central America's promising industries, such as apparel. Deterring Central American migration by investing in clothing factories in countries such as Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua would not only allow people to find prosperity in their own communities but would also provide the U.S. with a unique opportunity to expand our own economic outlook.
Investments such as those in clothing factories create jobs that reduce poverty and, in turn, contribute to each country’s economic growth. About 76% of the workers in the Northern Triangle have low-paying jobs, often with little job security. These clothing factories would provide higher wages and job security for countless citizens. Beyond just financial growth, investment in this region will provide stability, something that the region greatly needs.
Placing American-owned clothing factories in Central America is not just a humanitarian move. By expanding our clothing product supply chains close to home, we can continue competing with other regions of the world while making our products cheaper for American workers and consumers. And right now, during heightened inflation, we need to use every available tool to ease rising costs on American workers and families.
The U.S. wouldn’t lose jobs due to outsourcing factories, either. Many Central American clothing factories receive cloth and fabrics made in the U.S., which are then made into items of clothing. From there, the clothing made in Central America gets shipped back to the U.S. for consumer sale, and the lower costs benefit everyone.
This type of cost-saving maneuver strengthens both our economy and those of our allies in Central America. And these efforts could be even more effective if certain trade restrictions, such as the Dominican Republic-Central America FTA’s rules of origin, were expanded to allow more products sold between these countries to be duty-free.
We have the tools available to help Central American countries and help ourselves; we just need to be able to use them. We need President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, and U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai to understand what is at stake. We need American clothing manufacturers to be able to operate in Central America with ease and less red tape. There are existing trade agreements, but they can be quarrelsome and difficult to maneuver.
The Biden administration is seeking solutions to the problems at our border, and we need them to understand that economic expansion can be a powerful tool to achieve that goal. Placing clothing factories in these countries will give Central Americans who would otherwise immigrate to the U.S. greater opportunities to seek economic prosperity and stability at home.
Supporting economic investments in these countries has the potential to bring long-term growth to the Western Hemisphere, allow American manufacturers to reach their full potential, and create an inclusive economy for workers throughout the Americas.
Cesar Chavez is a state representative in Arizona and the vice president for membership at the National Hispanic Caucus of State Legislators.


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Pucci’s holding ‘Two-Saturday Holiday Spectacular’
This Saturday from 1 to 3 p.m., the first annual “Pucci’s Two-Saturday Holiday Spectacular” will continue at Pucci’s Carpet One Furniture and Bedding in Fredonia.
In appreciation of community support throughout the year, Pucci’s will host an afternoon of holiday events filled with local food, talent and visits with Santa Claus.
The event will showcase food from Aloe Vera’s Eatery, The Cakery, Domus Fare and Mary’s Deli. Pucci’s would also like to remind anyone who attends that they are a drop-off center for Toys for Tots.
Todd Schaefer, who sparked this holiday event said, “All of us at Pucci’s wanted to give back to our customers this holiday season. We wanted to bring people together and hopefully bring new customers into the store who may not know about Pucci’s Carpet One Furniture and Bedding.”
Beginning as Pucci’s World of Carpets, Pucci’s Carpet One Furniture and Bedding was founded in 1972 by Ronald and Michelene Pucci. Located at 112 W. Main St. in Fredonia, Pucci’s works to save their customers money by providing trusted flooring, furniture and bedding products.
Over the last 45 years, Puccis Carpet One Furniture and Bedding has become a service leader in Northern Chautauqua County for quality flooring and home furnishings!


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“A number of users have detailed the issue in a growing thread on Apple’s support forums,” Hughes reports. “In addition, one AppleInsider staff member also continues to have problems with the bug.”
“After updating to High Sierra, some users found that iMessages are significantly delayed in arriving on a Mac. In addition, while the Mac is active, notifications are silenced on other iCloud-connected devices like iPhones and Apple Watches,” Hughes reports. “The result means users may not receive texts and iMessages for hours after they are actually delivered.”
Read more in the full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: Have you been/are you affected? If so, did you roll back to macOS Sierra or are you waiting it out?
We can’t wait until the kinks are ironed out and Messages in iCloud is working properly, seamlessly syncing Messages across all of our Macs, iPhones, iPads, and Apple Watches!


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Iran's President Hassan Rouhani checks a car during a ceremony marking the beginning of production of new Iran Khodro products, Dena+ and Peugeot 2008, in Tehran, Iran, May 2, 2017.
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French carmakers PSA and Renault are turning their U.S. absence into an Iranian advantage by piling into a resurgent market still off-limits to foreign rivals fearful of sanctions under Donald Trump's administration.PSA – the maker of Peugeots and Citroens – and Renault have pushed hard into Iran since its 2015 deal with world powers that saw international sanctions lifted in return for curbs on Tehran's nuclear activities. PSA has signed production deals worth 700 million euros ($768 million), while Renault has announced a new plant investment to increase its production capacity to 350,000 vehicles a year.PSA plans to add more Peugeot and Citroen models in coming months, while Renault has introduced its Sandero compact alongside the Tondar sedan.The U.S. pressure has not halted a steady recovery in car production in Iran, from 796,000 cars in 2013 to 1.23 million last year.The Peugeot 2008 is expected to be priced at around $24,000 when it arrives in showrooms – more than three times the average annual urban household income in Iran.
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28 January 2016South African startup secures R10 million in funding #tech #business #sweepsouth https://t.co/VUdIOkrRQy pic.twitter.com/XjWteoVDRe— Stock Shop (@stockshopportal) January 25, 2016SweepSouth has received a boost for business from First National Bank’s Vumela Enterprise Fund and other investors. The company has secured R10-million in venture capital to expand the business across the country and secure plans to take the idea global.The South African home and corporate cleaning business was launched in 2014 by management consultant Aisha Pandor and software developer Alen Ribic. Much like the popular Uber lift-sharing and Airbnb accommodation apps, SweepSouth uses new media technology to supply online, on-demand home and business cleaning services.Pandor describes SweepSouth as an accessible platform for booking, managing and paying for cleaning services. The online, app-based platform connects clients with reliable, diligently vetted cleaning staff at affordable rates.“SweepSouth was founded on the belief that the home cleaning industry needed modernisation through technology as well as a change in mind-set towards the belief that everyone deserves access to dignified work at decent pay,” says Pandor.The funding comes from the Vumela Fund, as well as from the company’s existing investors, namely technology entrepreneur Vinny Lingham and Newtown Partners.The Vumela Fund, which was launched in 2010 to “create economic opportunities through high-impact entrepreneurship and job creation”, is capitalised by FirstRand Group and the Jobs Fund, and is managed by First National Bank (FNB) in an alliance with Edge Growth, an enterprise and supplier development specialist firm.The alliance focuses on helping small companies through its scale-up development phase and, to date, has almost R400-million in funds under management invested in various businesses in South Africa.Janice Johnston, the lead investor at Edge Growth, calls SweepSouth a dynamic and creative concept, adding that “the on-demand economy is a huge growth area, because a lot of consumers’ needs can be far better served with tech-enabled, on- demand services”.Pandor calls the Edge Growth investment in SweepSouth a vote of confidence in the South African entrepreneurial spirit. “It is an experienced and respected investor [that] shares our passion for job creation and social transformation. We’ve loved interacting with their team and are excited about utilising this investment to continue our rapid growth and create sustainable work for thousands of cleaners in the next year.”In 2015, SweepSouth was the first local company to be selected to participate in 500 Startups, a venture capital fund and start-up accelerator in Silicon Valley in the US.“SweepSouth has created thousands of job opportunities in the last few months for women, the vast majority of whom were unemployed, resulting in more than 100 000 hours of cleaning being completed over this time,” Pandor said when presenting the concept to 500 Startups.BREAKING NEWS: Domestic cleaning startup SweepSouth sweeps in R10m: https://t.co/oFJpSMXckQ pic.twitter.com/RarRED9S87— Jacques Coetzee (@feeblefruits) January 25, 2016The company is also part of the Microsoft BizSpark Programme, which supports small business with free software services. It was also named as one of the top five tech start-ups in the country by Ventureburn website in 2015.Source: News24Wire
Mark your calendars for our upcoming MFLN Military Caregiving professional development webinar on Financial Planning for Military Caregivers.Time: 11:00 a.m. EasternDate: Wednesday, December 9, 2015Event Location: Financial Planning for Military CaregiversWorries about finances may be a source of great stress for caregivers and their families. For military family caregivers, finances may have a big impact on their ability to manage day-to-day and, eventually, retire. As the holidays approach we begin to take an especially hard look at our budget and financial responsibilities and challenges. In this webinar military helping professionals will learn about practical resources to help caregivers better manage their finances, ensuring families and service members live more comfortably while planning for the future.Our presenter for this webinar is Nancy Granovsky, a professor and extension family economics specialist for Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service. We are honored to have her present on the topic of Financial Planning for Military Caregivers.Registration is required to join the webinar, but can be completed on the day of the event. Also, we will be offering Certificates of Completion for those that may be interested in receiving training hours for attending the event.Interested in Joining the Webinar?To join the webinar, simply click on Financial Planning for Military Caregivers. The webinar is hosted by the Department of Defense Connect System (DCS), but is open to the public. It is strongly suggested that when using the DCS system to open the webinar on Google Chrome for both PC and MAC connections. If this is not an option, Internet Explorer may be used if connecting via PC. Safari and Firefox are not compatible with this DCS platform.For those who cannot connect to the DCS site, an alternative viewing of this presentation will be running on Ustream.This MFLN-Military Caregiving concentration blog post was published on November 27, 2015.


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Neiman Marcus makes cuts to store staff on way out of bankruptcy
As Dallas, Texas-based department store operator Neiman Marcus emerges from bankruptcy, it has announced that it is reducing its retail workforce as part of a review of its business.
According to Bloomberg, the company revealed that it began layoffs of store associates on Wednesday, following a reorganization of staff at both its namesake Neiman Marcus and Bergdorf Goodman locations.
“We are evaluating every part of our business to ensure that the company is positioned for long-term success,” said the company in a statement. “We plan to separate from selling and non-selling associates.”
The retailer has not revealed how many employees will be affected by the cuts but did say that some new positions will be created through the introduction of new customer service and personal styling roles.
Neiman Marcus filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in May of this year and expects to emerge from the process by the end of this month with a restructuring plan intended to eliminate more than $4 billion of the company’s debt.
In July the department store retailer announced that it would be closing its recently opened flagship location in Manhattan’s Hudson Yards, along with 20 other locations, leaving the company with a total of 44 stores.
Neiman Marcus’ descent into bankruptcy was one of a number of Chapter 11 filings made earlier this year as the Covid-19 pandemic took its toll on retailers. Other victims of the financial troubles caused by the coronavirus crisis included J.C. Penney, J. Crew, Brooks Brothers, and Ann Taylor parent company Ascena Retail.
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Last year, Panasonic announced that they were in the works to bring back one of the most loved turntable, the Technics SL-1200 model. Well they did and they are already SOLD OUT!
After being discontinued since 2010, the love for vinyl has truly grown. With more and more people and especially DJs wanting that old school feel back when it comes to music, the Technics SL-1200 seemed to be a very hot commodity many would want to have again. To the point, on its release, the turntables sold out in just 30 minutes!
With just 300 of the stark aluminum, limited edition turntables created, Panasonic priced the new Technics SL-1200 at $3,300. What may feel steep to some, true vinyl lovers who could afford them waisted no time on getting them when they came up for grab.
The Technics SL-1200 is stated to be one of the most important turntables in history. After the unexpected sell out of the turntables, there is discussion that 900 more may be available to purchase. Also you may want to be on the lookout vinyl lovers who may want to break their bank account, but a more affordable version is said to be released later this year.
But if you are looking to Buy the Technics SL-1200. For the time being, you’ll have to wait, or probably pay a pretty penny if someone decided to auction one-off on Ebay.


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As is the case with a lot of games recently, Gran Turismo 7 has been delayed to sometime in 2022. It was first announced at Sony’s The Future of Gaming presentation in 2020 and was slated to release exclusively on the PlayStation 5 in 2021. For those familiar with the Gran Turismo series, they know that the developers, Polyphony Digital, often institute lengthy delays on the games, pandemic or not. Gran Turismo 7 is not an exception. Sony announced this delay in a short statement in conjunction with more information on the upcoming PlayStation VR, both of which are now expected in 2022.
GT7 has been impacted by Covid-related production challenges and therefore will shift from 2021 to 2022. With the ongoing pandemic, it’s a dynamic and changing situation and some critical aspects of game production have been slowed over the past several months. We’ll share more specifics on GT7’s release date when available.
Gran Turismo 7 is the successor to Gran Turismo 6, which was released back in 2013, however, there was another title in the series released more recently in 2017 named Gran Turismo Sport which turned the popular franchise into a more competitive genre. Unfortunately, there has not been too much information released about this upcoming title save for what was announced during the Future of Gaming presentation back in the summer of 2020. From what we know, the seventh installment will see the return of the Gran Turismo simulation mode which was a large aspect of the single-player campaign. Players can also expect to race on the traditional racing track with traditional vehicles. It was supposed to release at a similar time that the PlayStation 5 dropped as a title to showcase all the new features on this next-gen console, including the DualSense controller, but now it will come more than a year after the console release.
While Gran Turismo 7 might be a year or two away, there are plenty of other PlayStation games coming soon to play in the meantime such as Returnal, Resident Evil Village, and Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart.


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Shopper Krishna Ram Thapa is excited to visit the market and plans to open his wallet wider. “I am planning to go home to celebrate Dashain with my family this year,” said Thapa, a native from Nuwakot. He could not go home last Dashain due to the pandemic.
“My business is doing well nowadays,” said Thapa, who owns a flower nursery in Kirtipur. “I am almost done with my Dashain shopping,” he told the Post. Thapa said he had set aside a budget of Rs100,000 for Dashain expenses.
The footfall in the markets returning to pre-pandemic levels shows that Nepal’s economy is recovering from the virus hit. The economy was already in the doldrums before a stringent nationwide lockdown made the country’s gross domestic product contract by 2.1 percent in 2019-20 for the first time in nearly four decades.
According to the Central Bureau of Statistics, economic growth rate in 2020-21 has been estimated to hover around 4 percent.
Daily coronavirus infections have also fallen sharply from a high of 9,317 on May 11, 2021 to 734 on Sunday. Restrictions on businesses have been eased, and encouraging signs of an economic revival are emerging even as concerns persist about renewed outbreaks.
Traders are hoping to compensate for their lost 2020 with robust sales this year.
“Business activities have rebounded to almost pre-Covid levels,” said Naresh Katuwal, president of the Nepal National Traders’ Federation. “The government is buying vaccines and the inoculation drive, although slow, has been expanding gradually.”
As of Sunday, 5.56 million people or 18.74 percent of the population have been fully vaccinated.
“We are expecting bumper sales this festive season,” said Katuwal.
Automobile dealers too are expecting good business, said Subash Acharya, vice-president of the Nepal Automobile Dealers’ Association.
According to the Trade and Export Promotion Centre, Nepal imported motor vehicles worth Rs10.14 billion in the first month of the current fiscal year beginning mid-July. Auto imports jumped 123 percent during the review period.
One of the areas Nepalis spent money during the festive season is gold. And if the trend of the bullion market is anything to go by, sales are picking up.
Nepal’s bullion traders started off the fiscal year by importing Rs3.17 billion worth of gold in the first month, which is over 900 times what they imported in the same period last fiscal year.
Bullion traders said the spike in gold imports is a sign of rapidly rising consumer confidence and economic rebound, and also a rise in demand fuelled by festivals like Dashain and Tihar.
Last year, in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, a halt in imports from China too was a dampener for Nepali traders.
Goods worth millions of dollars were stopped at the border by China under the pretext of the Covid-19 pandemic during Dashain last year.
Nepali traders said it was an “undeclared trade blockade” by the northern neighbour on the eve of the festival.
But it was a big lesson for Nepali traders. This year, they placed their orders for merchandise from China a month and a half earlier than usual to prevent a repeat of last year’s fiasco when they were left without inventory during the peak shopping season due to delayed shipments.
Ashok Kumar Shrestha, president of the Nepal Trans-Himalayan Border Commerce Association, said trade movement from China is still slow.
“But traders are feeling a respite as most of the imported goods arrived through the southern border,” he said.
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In 2009, the Georgian transport sector carried 45.3 million tons of cargo compared to 49 million tons in 2008, the Georgia government reported.
According to the government, in 2009, the country transported 17.1 million tons of cargo via the railway compared to 21.2 million tons in 2008. Of the total volume of cargo transported by the railway 9.7 million tons fell to liquid cargo (in 2008 this figure amounted to - 10 million tons).
The volume of cargo transported via the cars hit 28.2 million tons compared to 27.8 million tons in 2008.
The volume of cargo transported via air was 12.2 million tons compared to 17 million tons in 2008.
The volume of passenger transport by railway amounted to 3.1 million compared to 3.4 million in 2008. About 309.5 million people were transported via cars compared to 301.4 million in 2008 and 772,000 by air transported compared to 804,000 in 2008.
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Microsoft has just released a press release about the ARM support of their upcoming operating system Windows 8. The press release basically states that Windows 8 will indeed support System on a Chip (SoC) architectures on x86 and ARM architecture. We have already mentioned that fact earlier today.
Please note that the text below is the full press release by Microsoft in its released form. It offers additional information and partner quotes about the support and is one of the first official first-party information about Windows 8 even though the operating system is not specifically mentioned in the press release.
LAS VEGAS — Jan. 5, 2011 — Microsoft Corp. today announced at 2011 International CES that the next version of Windows will support System on a Chip (SoC) architectures, including ARM-based systems from partners NVIDIA Corp., Qualcomm Inc. and Texas Instruments Inc. On the x86 architecture, Intel Corporation and AMD continue their work on low-power SoC designs that fully support Windows, including support for native x86 applications. SoC architectures will fuel significant innovation across the hardware spectrum when coupled with the depth and breadth of the Windows platform.
At today’s announcement, Microsoft demonstrated the next version of Windows running on new SoC platforms from Intel running on x86 architecture and from NVIDIA, Qualcomm and Texas Instruments on ARM architecture. The technology demonstration included Windows client support across a range of scenarios, such as hardware-accelerated graphics and media playback, hardware-accelerated Web browsing with the latest Microsoft Internet Explorer, USB device support, printing and other features customers have come to expect from their computing experience. Microsoft Office running natively on ARM also was shown as a demonstration of the full depth and breadth of Windows platform capabilities on ARM architecture.
Windows will continue its industry-leading support across the widest possible set of devices, delivering the breadth and choice that customers demand. Intel and AMD continue to evolve and improve the x86 platforms, including new low-power systems, and advance new designs such as the recently announced 2nd Generation Intel® Core™ processor family and AMD’s Fusion accelerated processing units (APUs). NVIDIA, Qualcomm and Texas Instruments are joining Microsoft to provide ARM-based designs for the first time.
“With today’s announcement, we’re showing the flexibility and resiliency of Windows through the power of software and a commitment to world-class engineering. We continue to evolve Windows to deliver the functionality customers demand across the widest variety of hardware platforms and form factors,” said Steven Sinofsky, president of the Windows and Windows Live Division at Microsoft.
SoC architectures consolidate the major components of a computing device onto a single package of silicon. This consolidation enables smaller, thinner devices while reducing the amount of power required for the device, increasing battery life and making possible always-on and always-connected functionality. With support of SoC in the next version of the Windows client, Microsoft is enabling industry partners to design and deliver the widest range of hardware ever.
Founded in 1975, Microsoft (Nasdaq “MSFT”) is the worldwide leader in software, services and solutions that help people and businesses realize their full potential.
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“We are entering a new era of computing where HD content and 3-D user interfaces are commonplace, from high-end gaming and content creation to video playback and Web browsing. Together, AMD and Microsoft enable these vivid and engaging PC experiences on x86-based devices, ranging from high-resolution, multidisplay desktops to ultrathin notebooks, netbooks and tablets, and we look forward to a new wave of innovation made possible by Windows and AMD Fusion APUs. Windows and AMD Fusion APUs bring to life outstanding Internet experiences, smooth video playback of HD and 3-D content, and acceleration of popular productivity applications.”
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“We are excited by today’s announcement, which marks a significant milestone for ARM and the ARM Partnership, and we look forward to working with Microsoft on the next generation of Windows. Windows combined with the scalability of the low-power ARM architecture, the market expertise of ARM silicon partners and the extensive SoC talent within the broad ARM ecosystem will enable innovative platforms to realize the future of computing, ultimately creating new market opportunities and delivering compelling products to consumers.”
“Even conservative predictions show billions of devices coming online in the next few years. One need only look at the creation and rapid growth of the netbook category to grasp what an Intel and Microsoft combination can deliver. While still in the future, what is so exciting is how our two companies will be able to match a tailored, low-powered Windows operating system with future generations of our popular Intel® Atom™ processors to deliver unique, PC-like experiences that offer the best battery life, performance and security around.”
Douglas L. Davis
Vice President, General Manager, Netbook and Tablet Group
“Windows on ARM represents a seismic shift for the computing industry. ARM is already the largest and fastest-growing CPU architecture in the world, and today’s major news of Windows will only accelerate its adoption. We look forward to working with Microsoft to create amazing new computing devices with Windows.”
President and Chief Executive Officer
“Today signals a significant step forward for the future of computing. We at Qualcomm are excited about continuing our relationship with Microsoft to extend the reach of Windows to more Snapdragon-powered devices, offering high-performance mobile solutions with always-on connectivity.”
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Texas Instruments (TI)
“Texas Instruments (TI) is pleased to collaborate with Microsoft to make Windows on mobile devices a reality. TI has long believed that low power is the fundamental of fundamentals when it comes to mobility, and we look forward to taking our popular OMAP™ platform, with the ideal balance of high performance and low power, into exciting new mobile computing devices.”
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A second press release has been made available in interview form.
LAS VEGAS — Jan. 5, 2011 — At a press conference in Las Vegas, Nevada, in advance of the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show (CES), Microsoft announced that the next version of Windows will support System on a Chip (SoC) architectures including ARM-based systems from partners NVIDIA, Qualcomm and Texas Instruments. Intel and AMD continue their work on low-power SoC designs on the x86 architecture that fully support Windows, including support for millions of x86 applications worldwide. SoC architectures will fuel significant innovation across the hardware spectrum when coupled with the depth and breadth of the Windows platform.
Steven Sinofsky, president of the Windows and Windows Live Division.
Steven Sinofsky, president of the Windows and Windows Live Division.
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The Microsoft News Center team talked with Steven Sinofsky, president of the Windows and Windows Live Division, in advance of the announcement.
Microsoft News Center: Can you give us an overview of what led you to make this announcement today and what the specific news is?
Sinofsky: We are making this announcement now to allow greater collaboration across our expanded partner ecosystem so we can bring to market the widest possible set of PCs and devices, from tablets on up, with the next generation of Windows. We’re at a point in engineering the next release of Windows where we are demonstrating our progress and bringing together an even broader set of partners required to deliver solutions to customers.
We’ve reached a point in technology where everyone really does want everything from their computing experience — the power and breadth of software for today’s laptop, the long battery life and always-on promise of a mobile phone, and the possibilities from a new generation of tablets. Bringing these capabilities together to meet customer demand requires innovation in hardware as well as a flexible, evolving software platform to bring it to life.
Today we announced that the next version of Windows will support a new kind of hardware, SoC architectures, that will power the next generation of devices. NVIDIA, Qualcomm and Texas Instruments are working on SoC designs based on the ARM architecture. Intel and AMD will continue to innovate on the x86 32-bit and 64-bit platforms, including new SoC or low-power systems.
Microsoft News Center: Why is the move toward SoC architectures important – what benefits do they enable?
Sinofsky: Windows is thriving on x86 platforms today with Intel and AMD and we will continue to see that success in the future. The market and customer reaction to Windows 7 is a good indicator, with Windows 7 running on over 20 percent of all PCs accessing the Internet, and still more than seven copies are sold each second since its launch in October 2009. Building on that success, Intel and AMD are delivering important innovations on x86 for the future, in areas like graphics and performance, in addition to their new work on low-power systems. Intel’s 2nd Generation Intel® Core™ Processor Family announcements and AMD’s Fusion APUs announcements at CES are great examples of this continued progress. The x86 32-bit and 64-bit platforms and Windows, together, provide the capability for even more powerful, new scenarios to emerge at a rapid pace. Of course, we continue to partner strongly with Intel and AMD to deliver great solutions for customers across the broadest range of computing devices.
Microsoft News Center: Tell us about your partners on ARM-based systems. How were they selected and what do they bring to the table?
Sinofsky: It takes experienced partners to help deliver Windows to a whole new set of devices and we’re pleased NVIDIA, Qualcomm and Texas Instruments have joined us in this technology demonstration. We look forward to even more robust collaboration between silicon partners and a broader set of partners as we work together to bring new PCs and devices – from tablets on up – to market with the next version of Windows.
Microsoft News Center: You’ve talked about these new systems being ready for the next version of Windows. What does this mean for future hardware innovation on Windows 7?
Sinofsky: Windows 7 continues to be extraordinarily well-received by customers – consumers and businesses – using a broad selection of PCs for a wide variety of usage scenarios. There is no better place to see this array of choice and innovation than at a show like CES. At the Windows 7 launch, we saw a terrific line-up of new offerings from partners, and this CES brings another wave of great Windows 7 PCs across a wide range of form factors and capabilities, including new designs on Intel’s 2nd Generation Intel® Core™ Processor Family and AMD’s Fusion APUs. OEMs are delivering great designs and personalized selection across the wide range of PCs including convertibles, gaming rigs, all-in-ones, ultraportables, everyday laptops, and tablet PCs. We know we’ll see additional waves of hardware innovation over the next several seasons as well and we look forward to continuing to work closely with our partners.
Microsoft News Center: You mentioned the need for a flexible software platform – what does that tell us about where you’re heading with the next version of Windows?
Sinofsky: Windows has proven to be remarkably flexible throughout its evolution. Over the years it has evolved from 16-bit to 32-bit and then to 64-bit to take advantage of the latest technology capabilities. Windows has worked on a variety of silicon architectures as our industry has evolved. With hardware, Windows evolved from its desktop heritage to laptops, netbooks, and the world’s largest servers and smallest notebooks. And of course Windows has evolved dramatically over the years to deeply embrace Internet services. Windows has also evolved in what it requires to operate. Underlying this evolution is a renewed commitment to fundamental performance. Windows 7 was the first release of Windows to reduce required system resources. With today’s announcement and technology preview, we’re demonstrating that Windows will continue to be flexible and resilient – adapting and thriving in this next generation of computing.
Microsoft News Center: What exactly are you demonstrating today as part of this announcement with respect to Windows on ARM?
Sinofsky: Today’s demonstrations will highlight the work we have done on the architecture of Windows to enable the richness of the Windows platform to run natively on the ARM platform. That includes support across a full range of scenarios like hardware accelerated media playback, hardware accelerated Web browsing with the latest Internet Explorer, USB device support, printing, and other features customers have come to expect from their computing experience.
The underlying architecture and engineering work includes a significant set of capabilities to run natively on ARM across the low-level subsystems of Windows as we bring Windows together with this new hardware platform.
Today’s demonstration represents the first showing of the next release of Windows. We know many of our most enthusiastic supporters are interested in learning more about the user interface, programming APIs, and other new features to come in Windows. The announcement today is just the start of our dialog with a broad community around Windows and, as with Windows 7, we will be engaging in the broadest pre-release program of any operating system. So there is a lot more to come.
Microsoft News Center: What can you tell us about Office on ARM?
Sinofsky: We’re committed to making sure that Windows on SoC architectures is a rich Windows experience. Microsoft Office is an important part of customers’ PC experience and ensuring it runs natively on ARM is a natural extension of our Windows commitment to SoC architectures.
Microsoft News Center: What else can you say about the next version of Windows?
Sinofsky: What we showed today was a technology preview of how Windows can adapt to run on SoC architectures. We are making this announcement now to enable our silicon partners, including new ARM partners, to collaborate across the ecosystem to bring innovation to market with the next version of Windows. We’re hard at work on all the aspects of the next version of Windows and we’ll share more information when the time is right.
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Leading victim compensation attorney, Kenneth Feinberg, has been hired by Volkswagen (VW) to create and implement a compensation program for owners of VW vehicles equipped with deceptive emissions software. More than 500,000 vehicles have been recalled in the U.S. for the defeat devices meant to cheat strict U.S. emissions laws.
Feinberg is known for his work in handling compensation funds for the General Motors defective ignition switch scandal, the BP Gulf oil spill and the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
Feinberg stated that he would begin designing a program for the automaker right away with input from VW owners, their attorneys and others affected by the deceitful devices. The program is expected to receive approximately 500,000 claims for two-liter diesel engines and an additional 85,000 three liter-diesel engine claims.
Feinberg’s team has stated that it is too early to know the details of the program, including what settlement options will be available, how long the compensation program will last and who will be eligible to file a claim. It is not clear if the automaker will buy back the affected vehicles, offer cash compensation or provide other remedies.
Volkswagen admitted to installing the illegal software in its vehicles as well as in Porsche and Audi vehicles. It is facing regulatory and criminal probes, along with civil lawsuits, internationally and in the United States.
By hiring Feinberg, the automaker hopes to move away from litigation in order to address claims from disgruntled vehicle owners. More than 500 lawsuits have already been filed against Volkswagen claiming that vehicle owners were defrauded and that the value of their vehicles has declined.
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September 29th marks the event known as National Coffee Day where all things caffeinated are celebrated. In keeping with this holiday, popular donut chain Krispy Kreme is playing to give out free edibles including a free coffee and donut under the slogan, "We do coffee day right."
Exclusively on September 29th, Krispy Kreme will be giving away all day a free Original Glaze donut alongside a pipping hot 12-oz cup of coffee. While Krispy Kreme might not be so well-known for its hot beverages, the bakery eatery is taking the opportunity to leverage National Coffee Day by enticing consumers with the free staple donuts it's so well known and simultaneously giving away its own coffee brew.
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Scaling Up Our Marketing Efforts
We are pleased to announce that Lisbeth Høier Harpsøe has joined Scalepoint as our new Marketing Director. Lisbeth will be pivotal in establishing a new Marketing department and creating a strong link between Sales, Business Consulting, Compliance, and Marketing, so the value propositions of our CORE, HUB, and ClaimShop claim management solutions are clearly communicated to the insurance industry. Additionally, Lisbeth will play an important part in executing our upcoming internationalization and growth plans.
“I look forward to stepping into my new role at Scalepoint who has a great reputation in the market and a strong portfolio of products that are geared to power up the digitalization within the insurance industry. Today, Scalepoint is doing a fantastic job at really making a difference on an everyday basis, not only to the insurance companies but also to the claimants who experience fast and effective handling of their claims and settlements. However, I think we can get even better at showing the insurance companies the future of claim management and how they can further improve their customer service. The solutions are already available from Scalepoint, but we haven’t really pro-actively promoted them as such, as new customers have kept coming to us when they heard success stories about our products from others within the industry. Now, with a dedicated Marketing department, we are ready to take the next step and show the world what the future of claim management looks like”, says Lisbeth Høier Harpsøe.
Prior to her new position at Scalepoint, Lisbeth comes from AMETEK STC, a global manufacturer of hi-tech sensors, test, and calibration instruments. Here, she managed an international marketing team and was driving the external communication about CSR – something that she will continue to work with in her new role at Scalepoint.
Lisbeth brings 20+ years of experience in international marketing with her and has spent most of her career working with digitalization, growth marketing, and brand reputation in Danish, German, and American companies, especially within the medical device and electronics industries where data security and compliance is an absolute must.
Welcome to Scalepoint Lisbeth!
Published 22 August, 2022