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Bulla’s new ice cream & frozen yoghurt sandwiches launched
Innovative Australian private dairy group Bulla has launched its new Creamy Classics Ice Cream Sandwiches and Frozen Greek Style Yoghurt Sandwiches.
As the summer season approaches in Australia, the new range of ice cream and yoghurt sandwiches are already available in supermarkets.
Bulla has reimagined their best-selling Creamy Classics Ice Cream into new flavour and texture combinations according to General Manager of Marketing and Innovation Nick Hickford.
The innovative Frozen Greek Style Yoghurt Sandwiches are made with the smooth, creamy texture of Greek yoghurt, scooped between two oat cookies.
“With an increasing demand for premium quality products, made with wholesome ingredients, together with a growing appetite for varied flavour offerings, we feel these exciting new products will have broad appeal,” Hickford said.
The company remains one of Australia’s largest family-owned dairy producers, operating out of the country town of Colac in Victoria.
Bulla’s Creamy Classics Ice Cream sandwiches are available in Vanilla, Double Choc Fudge and Mint Choc Chip. They retail for $7.99 in Coles, Woolworths and independent supermarkets.
The Frozen Greek Style Yoghurt sandwiches are available in Boysenberry. It retails for $7.99 in Woolworths and independent supermarkets.
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BMW has invested R&D efforts towards developing new tech that will increase battery capacity by 15-20 per cent by replacing liquid electrolytes with solid ones. BMW says that solid electrolytes are more stable and hence safer and would require reduction in battery safety protection due to a reduced fire risk. This would correspondingly result in reduced battery weight due to reduction in safety protection against a fire risk.
BMW says that its cars will be available with these solid-state batteries by 2026 and also cites long-term durability testing cited as a key reason for this long period.
But the next development in the refinement of the company’s existing battery technology will arrive in 2018, in time for the international launch of the Mini Cooper E and the all-electric version of the next-generation BMW X3.
BMW is still betting on internal combustion engine technology, which is predicted to remain the most popular power source for its models, until at least the end of the next decade.
But the firm wants to improve the efficiency of its engines to 33 percent, compared with the 90 percent efficiency of its electric drivetrains.

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October 30, 2013
DOBSON — The Surry Community College Knights Athletic Club is hosting a Basket and Tool Bingo fundraiser on Friday in the SCC Gym. The doors open at 5:30 p.m. with the games beginning at 6:30.
Two packages will be available for purchase: 20 games for $20 or a $30 combo packet including 20 regular games, two bonus game cards, and 12 door prize tickets. Lots of great door prizes will be given away. Food and drinks will be available for purchase.
Funds raised during this event will support all athletic programs at Surry Community College specifically uniforms, transportation to and from games, athletic scholarships and athletic insurance.
Surry Community College athletes and Knights Athletic Club members are currently selling prize tickets for $10 per book or $1 per ticket for the following prizes: first prize, New 14-foot Jon Boat; second prize, 32-inch LED Emerson Flat Screen TV donated by Walmart; third prize, N.C. Handcrafted Rocking Chair donated by Brannock & Hiatt; fourth prize, Gold Pulsar Watch donated by Hayes Jewelers; fifth prize, $100 gift certificate donated by Depot Restaurant, Dobson; sixth prize, $100 gift card donated by Sheetz; seventh prize, two Sprint All-Star Race tickets for May 16, 2014, donated by Charlotte Motor Speedway; and eighth prize, four rounds of golf including green and cart fees donated by Cross Creek Country Club, Mount Airy.
Anyone who would like to purchase prize tickets can call Becky Money at 386-3205 or email email@example.com. Drawing will be held after the bingo event on Friday. Winners do not have to be present to win but are responsible for prize pick-up.


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2008: The Year in Magazines (and Media)
A look back, month by grueling month.
In November, after yet another week that featured a smattering of layoffs, cutbacks and magazine closings, the New York Observer ran a piece entitled “Another Bullsh*t Week in Suck Industry.” It was that kind of year.
It seemed that no matter what magazine publishers did to try and innovate (Esquire’s e-ink cover, Source Media’s dramatic structural shift), there was always some more bad news (recession, economy, Wall Street collapse, cough, cough) around the corner. At times, the bad only seemed to get worse.
Nonetheless, it’s always good to reflect back—however painful—on the year that was. So here they are, the highlights and lowlights of 2008, month by grueling month:
Publishers’ worst fears are realized, as consumer magazine ad pages fall 7.4 percent during the first half.
B-to-B ad revenue, meanwhile, falls 6 percent.
Susan Reed, editor of Condé Nast’s Golf for Women, announces she will leave the magazine to become editor-in-chief of O, The Oprah Magazine at Hearst. Instead of announcing a search for her replacement, Condé Nast decides to shutter the 600,000-circulation bimonthly magazine.
Clay Felker, founder of New York magazine and editor credited with inventing a new type of urban publication, dies at 82.
Mygazines, a controversial Web site that allows users to share digital copies of hundreds of magazines, launches.
Cygnus files a lawsuit against a company founded by a former employee who left Cygnus with three fellow staffers to launch a competing magazine.
Fortune Small Business gets even smaller, as Time Inc. cuts 14 of 17 editorial staffers.
Denver gears up for the Democratic Convention, and 5280, the city’s well-regarded regional magazine, gets Shepard Fairey, the renowned street artist who created the iconic Barack Obama “Change” poster, to design its cover.
The consumer magazine industry, as expected, takes huge hits at the newsstand and in overall circulation during the first half of the year.
Inc. releases its second annual Inc. 5000 list of the fastest-growing privately held companies in the U.S. And, for the second consecutive year, Red 7 Media, FOLIO:’s parent company, ranks first among magazine publishers.
Source Media undergoes a sweeping reorganization and, in a dramatic move, recasts editorial staffs and editors into combined units.
Entrepreneur Media appears to have found a buyer—Texas-based private equity group Austin Ventures. But Entrepreneur’s $200 million asking price is too high, and the deal falls apart.
Less than two weeks after Kent Brownridge announces that he is stepping down as CEO of Alpha Media to spend more time with his family, the former Wenner Media executive is named general manager at OK! magazine.
Gruner + Jahr, a company that exited the U.S. magazine business in 2005, enters a bid for RBI.
The Los Angeles Times shifts control of its Sunday magazine from the paper’s newsroom to its business operations staff, changes its name and replaces the entire editorial staff.
Interview is redesigned with a foil-and-ink cover.
FOLIO: conducts its second annual fall fashion magazine weigh-in. Including Vogue’s 3.74 pound, 798 page behemoth, most are not as heavy as last year.
Men’s Health editor David Zinczenko takes editorial responsibilities for Women’s Health, too.
After four years of development and testing, Time Inc. finally launches its Netflix-like newsstand delivery service, Maghound.


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Why is Poland becoming so popular for commercial real estate investment?
Poland and especially Warsaw, is a leader of Central Europe’s commercial real estate market. Poland's economy is considered one of the most attractive in Europe, and this is also reflected on the commercial real estate market.
According to data provided by REAS – leading Polish real estate consulting agency – as many as 67 percent of investors believe Poland is "very attractive" for placing of investment here. At the same time Warsaw occupies the highest place in many rankings evaluating the attractiveness of cities, including latest ranking by fDi stating Warsaw on the third place in the "European city of the future" category, ahead of such cities like Prague.
Lately we have been observing an increasing interest from investors looking for destinations with a stable foundations in post-Brexit reality and having strong growth potential. The biggest commercial potential can be observed in high street sector, especially for premium and luxury brands. Many of them already started to acknowledge Warsaw as next big luxury destination in Europe.
Warsaw is among the eight largest European cities with the greatest potential for the development of shopping streets. The economic potential is also confirmed, among others, by the latest KPMG report "Luxury Goods Market in Poland". It shows that in 2018, Poland can accommodate up to 1.2 million people who are wealthy and rich.
As far as tourism is concerned, Poland after joining of the European Union in 2004 has become a place frequently visited by European tourists. In 2015, the country scored 16,8 million tourists. Warsaw, as a capital, of Poland, similarly to Prague in Czech Republic, became very important tourist destination of the country. In 2015, Prague was visited by approximately 6.3 million tourists, while numbers of visitors in Warsaw was two million lower (4.2 million).
Although fewer tourists came to Warsaw than to Prague in 2015, the capital of Poland was perceived as more attractive destination (the 11th world’s most attractive tourist destination vs. 19th for Prague). Shopping purposes is a main focus for around 15 percent of visitors coming to the capital amounting to one million foreign shoppers and this number is growing significantly every year.
By Maciej Zajdel, CEO of Kulczyk Silverstein Properties, Warsaw, Poland.
Read the October 2016 issue of Business Review Europe magazine.


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July 11, 2011
By the ZippyCart Content Team
Zynga recently announced that it has acquired the assets of Toronto-based Five Mobile, a developer of mobile apps. Zynga plans on creating a new team called Zynga Toronto which will help the company’s drive to recruit Canadian developers. This marked the social gaming company’s 15th acquisition in 13 months. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.
Five Mobile develops mobile applications and specializes in multi-platform development across various smartphones. The company already has an impressive list of clients including Sony, AT&T, Bump, Disney, Flurry, and RIM.
An announcement on the Zynga website regarding the acquisition stated, “Zynga is crossing the border! Today we are excited to announce a new addition to the Zynga family, the Toronto-based Five Mobile team. In addition to the team, Zynga is also acquiring certain assets and Intellectual Property developed by Five Mobile.”
This latest move seems to be part of Zynga’s expansion into mobile games, attempting to diversify beyond just Facebook. Zynga is well know in the gaming industry for their popular Facebook games such as FarmVille, CityVille, and Zynga Poker. As of June 2011 it was estimated that Zynga Facebook games have over 270 million active users. This impressive success has many wondering what company will Zynga add to their shopping cart next.
Since Mobile seems to be the future it comes as no surprise that the multi-billion dollar company is beginning to invest heavily into staffing a state of the art mobile team. It was reported earlier that the Zynga launched a mobile version of CityVille for iOS and another iOS game in the previous month called Hanging With Friends. Zynga also agreed to a marketing deal with AT&T that would bring customized games and content to AT&T’s customers.
So far it still seems unclear how many mobile customers are adding Zynga games to their shopping carts vs. the traditional Facebook users who number in the millions as being part of Zynga’s unique gaming experience.


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To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to provide additional support to the hospitality sector during the most recent covid-19 outbreak.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the support required by the hospitality sector in response to the rise in the number of positive omicron covid-19 cases.
On 21st December, the government announced £1 billion of new grant support to protect jobs and businesses in England from the adverse economic impacts of the Omicron variant. This includes targeted support for the hospitality, leisure and cultural sectors in the form of:
The government has also announced that the devolved administrations will receive £860 million of up-front funding, to help them continue their response to Omicron. As the new cash grants are England-only, Barnett consequentials will lead to a total of around £150 million for the devolved administrations: £80 million for Scotland, £50 million for Wales, and £25 million for Northern Ireland.
The government also announced that it is reintroducing the Statutory Sick Pay Rebate Scheme to help small and medium-sized employers cover the cost of Covid-related sick absences, covering up to two weeks per employee. This applies UK-wide.
HMRC also stand ready to support any business affected by the coronavirus pandemic through its Time to Pay arrangement. As part of this, businesses in the hospitality and leisure sectors in particular will be offered the option of a short delay, and payment in instalments, on a case by case basis.
The government is also waiving late filing and late payment penalties for Income Tax Self-Assessment taxpayers, including those in the hospitality and cultural sectors, to support cashflow and ease administrative burdens. Taxpayers will not receive a late filing penalty if they file online by 28 February, and will not receive a late payment penalty if they pay their tax in full or set up a payment plan by 1 April.
The additional funding announced in December is on top of the generous and wide-ranging support package already in place. Businesses in the hospitality, retail and leisure sectors continue to benefit from capped business rates relief at 66% until the next financial year, when a new capped relief of 50% takes effect. Hospitality and tourism businesses also benefit from reduced VAT at 12.5% until the end of March. Businesses in these sectors may also benefit from access to wider economic support, including the Recovery Loans Scheme and protection from eviction if they are behind on rent on their premises.As we have done throughout the pandemic, we are closely monitoring the impact of COVID-19 on the economy. We will continue to respond appropriately and proportionately to the changing path of the virus.


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With the value of online retail in South Africa topping R30bn in 2020 – and projections of R42bn in 2021 – retailers across the country are gearing up to accelerate their e-commerce and m-commerce efforts.
KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysia External Trade Development Corporation (Matrade) has rolled out six more inititatives under the market development grant (MDG) for exporters amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
Google has kicked off a series of programmes that will support the growth and recovery of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Africa’s post-Covid economy. The programmes will be rolled out throughout the month of June.
Trade, Industry and Competition Minister Ebrahim Patel announced that an “accord” had been reached at the National Economic Development and Labour Council (Nedlac) to drive progressive localisation of up to R200-billion of additional production over a five-year period.
Not understanding your customer needs is a tough situation to find yourself in when you are a business that relies on lengthy planning and approval timeframes, but not so much for e-commerce – unless you are not listening.
Africa has the opportunity to follow in the footsteps of Asia’s manufacturing giants over the next decade, using industrialisation as a strategy to uplift millions of people from poverty and create jobs for its burgeoning young population. In doing so, it could reinvent itself as the world’s next production powerhouse.
South Africa’s m-commerce up 35%, Nigeria is Africa’s biggest e-commerce market, and Kenya primed for massive growth
The Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) agreement came into effect on the 1 January 2021. A total of 54 of Africa’s 55 countries have agreed, in principle, to participate in the agreement, and 41 have submitted their tariff offers.
Cola-Cola Beverages Africa (CCBA), Africa’s largest Coca-Cola bottling partner, has released audited results of the Coca-Cola system’s 5by20 women empowerment programme, which revealed that 2 million women in Africa have been equipped through the initiative to succeed as entrepreneurs.
The City of Cape Town has greenlit the R4 billion River Club mixed-use development, which will be the new home of retail giant Amazon in Africa.
The pharmaceutical industry is faced with a multitude of challenges, including a rapidly changing landscape, competitive pressures, and the supply chain challenges wrought by the global COVID-19 outbreak. With a COVID-19 vaccine likely to be available in early 2021, we can expect even more pressure on the distribution chain.
While StatsSA’s latest figures show retail trade falling 3.5% year-on-year from 2019 to 2020, continuing a 10-month downward spiral, South Africa’s retailers are starting to show signs of adapting to the needs of the changing market.
Trade, Industry and Competition Minister Ebrahim Patel has called for deeper partnerships and the use of both demand- and supply-side measures to strengthen South African manufacturing capability and enable the country to benefit from opportunities in the Brazil, Russia, India, China and South African (Brics) markets.
Leading SA influencer agency launches innovative digital solution connecting retailers directly to influencers
The pandemic saw thousands of businesses close their doors due to lockdowns with small businesses taking the biggest knock. Yet for two South African entrepreneurs, the crisis presented a unique opportunity to collaborate and create new, digitally-enabled business models…demonstrating the importance of the start-up mentality to economic growth and sustainability.


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The automakers from around the world are working hard constantly to transform and make new innovations for the future of the automobile industry.
They all visualize the commuters traveling in self-governing, independent vehicles that are power-driven by electricity with a zero percent emission of harmful substances. Keeping these envisions in mind, the alliance group Renault-Nissan has collaborated with the tech giant Microsoft, so that they can together work on new technologies which will help in designing and developing smart vehicles for the future. A multi-year contract has been signed by the companies to develop the technology for the prospective automobile industry.
Both the companies will be working together with an agenda to develop connected services with next-generation technologies for the cars that will be brain-powered by Microsoft Azure, a cloud-based service. Microsoft Azure is a verified, safe, global cloud platform, which will now allow Renault-Nissan to deliver its services to their broad customer base from around the world. The advanced and brand-new services will now improve the experience of the customers by providing contemporary navigation, anticipated maintenance and services that are vehicle-centric, out-of-the-way monitoring of the car features, and various software updates.
Word from the Renault-Nissan Officials
The Senior Vice President of Connected Vehicles and Mobility Services, Renault-Nissan Alliance, addressed the press saying that the partnership with Microsoft will allow the automaker to ramp up the development of the relevant key technologies, which are required to enable sketches for the customers based on their interests and develop something which no one would have ever imagined. The main aim of the collaboration is to provide connected mobility to all the people at a single global platform.
Word from the Microsoft Officials
The Executive Vice President and the President of the Microsoft Global Marketing, Sales, and Operations, has said that though the idea of the connected car existence is still in its infancy stages, there is a lot of potential to change the industry in a dramatic and effective way. It was reported that Microsoft was partnering with Renault-Nissan’s cloud and mobile strategies so that they can together roll out new adventures for the customers. Also, Renault-Nissan is considered as a remarkable partner, all thanks to its global existence and the wide range of brands, which will help to enable bringing an entirely new spectrum of digital and mobile experiences to many customers. This collaboration is expected to bring an outright new standard for the connected cars.
The alliance group of the French-Japanese automakers is all set to develop a next-generation infotainment and location-based service by utilizing the ‘Geofencing’ technology, which will allow its customers to personalize and secure their vehicle settings, which on the move should improve their productivity and help them to stay connected with their family and friends, to monitor the concerned aspects of the vehicle from a distance, and to protect their car from thefts.
Microsoft had recently signed a collateral agreement with the German automaker, Mercedes-Benz, to develop an “In Car Office”. The idea behind it is to sync the car’s in-built computer with the car owner’s contacts list, work calendar, and the to-do-list, which will help the commuter to be more beneficial on the move.


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As the negative news piles up on the economic front, the Zimbabwe government is battling to restore confidence while also making moves to wring more cash out of the country's mineral wealth.
The effects of a weakening rand, falling factory output and rising imports are beginning to tell, as job losses mount and pressure increases on a government that appears short of solutions to stem the slide.
Finance Minister Patrick Chinamasa expects economic growth of 6.4% in 2014, up from 3.4% last year. But experts say growth will be slower, as the liquidity crisis worsens.
Zimbabwe has experienced economic growth since it ditched the Zimbabwe dollar for the United States dollar in 2009, but the relief that currency reform brought is now turning into a burden on a country struggling to revive its industry.
At the centre of the liquidity crisis is Zimbabwe's huge import bill, a result of the country's failing industries, worsened by the fall of the rand in South Africa, Zimbabwe's largest trading partner.
Nadia Piffaretti, the World Bank's senior country economist in Zimbabwe, sees the economy growing at 4.2%, lower than Chinamasa's forecast. She traces the slowing growth to the decline of the rand and weakening metal prices.
Zim 'in serious problems'
"The rand has lost a lot of ground and that situation is not going to reverse anytime soon. And this presents problems because the Zimbabwean economy experienced a rebound when the dollar was weak, but now when it [the dollar] is going in the opposite direction, Zimbabwe finds itself in serious problems as it has a weak economy being funded by a strong dollar," she told a business meeting recently.
Whereas the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe could print money or tinker with interest rates to react to currency movements during the Zim dollar era, it has now lost control under the US dollar regime.
The rand averaged R8.70 to the dollar in 2009, the year Zimbabwe adopted the greenback as its main currency. In 2011, the exchange rate hovered around R7.50, before rising to an average of R10 last year, when the rand lost a third of its value. This year, the rand has already touched five-year lows against the dollar.
The result is that it is now cheaper to import goods to Zimbabwe than to make them locally. More money is leaving the country than is being brought in.
In the 11 months to November, Zimbabwe imported goods worth $3.4‑billion from South Africa, against $2.43‑billion worth of exports. In total, the $8‑billion import bill is double that of Zimbabwe's exports.
"This brings in the issue of competitiveness. It's cheaper to import than to export; therefore, the import bill will continue rising on a permanent basis," Piffaretti said.
Factory shuts down
One sign of how this is hitting local businesses is the mothballed factory of Reckitt Benckiser, whose Harare operation used to churn out products such as Nugget shoe polish and Dettol, names that have been familiar to Zimbabwean households for decades.
Now the company has announced it is shutting down its factory, throwing its workers out of work and choosing instead to import finished goods from South Africa through an agent.
Other larger companies face similar woes. Pearson Gowero, chief executive of Delta, the country's largest brewer and bottler, told investment analysts recently that it costs 60% more to buy local sugar than it does to import it.
Dairibord, Zimbabwe's biggest dairy producer, is paying 50% more to buy local raw milk than its regional competitors pay in their own markets.
Tourism, which is one of Zimbabwe's growing sectors, is also facing the strain of the weakening rand. South Africa is one of the country's biggest source markets, but arrivals are under pressure as the exchange rate makes Zimbabwe an increasingly expensive destination.
Growing local production would have countered the effect of the weakening rand, but Charles Msipa, president of the Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries (CZI), said $8‑billion is needed in new credit to revive factories.
Local companies prefer to import finished products
With no money to retool and stuck with inefficient and costly plants, local companies stand little chance of competing with imports.
Now half of the members of the CZI prefer to import finished products, according to Msipa. This means more money continues to leave the country.
Companies cannot borrow on the local market because credit is very expensive. Banks are unwilling to lend anyway, scared by the growth in loan defaults. Between last May and this year, the ratio of nonperforming loans has risen to 16% from 15.3%.
"This is just an average; the rate could actually be higher for other banks," said George Guvamatanga, head of the Bankers Association of Zimbabwe.
The National Social Security Authority, which manages the national pension scheme, reports that more than 700 companies have shut down since 2011. This has meant weaker consumer spending, another turn in the vicious cycle in which companies find themselves.
The Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) has been an island of growth amid the anxiety elsewhere in the economy, growing by 30% last year, making it one of the region's best performing markets. But the exchange may lose some companies this year as some go private to raise money from cash-rich investors.
Market 'to rise at slower rates than 2013'
"The economy is difficult, so various parties will be looking at the value of whatever action they take," said Alban Chirume, chief executive of the ZSE.
Lynton-Edwards Stockbrokers, one of the most active trading houses on the exchange, has forecast the market to rise this year, though at slower rates than 2013.
"Lending support to this is the fact that investment alternatives are limited, with no fixed income market to talk about. Therefore, we project a base case return of 10% for the ZSE," the firm said in its 2014 outlook report.
Chinamasa conceded that Zimbabwe cannot attract any new credit with its foreign debt standing at $6.1‑billion. As long as Zimbabwe imports more than it exports, he said, the trade deficit will widen.
This year, exports worth $5‑billion are expected, but these will be dwarfed by imports of $8.3‑billion.
For salvation Zimbabwe is turning a sharper eye on its platinum wealth, as the world's second-largest resource of the metal. The government appears to be succeeding in arm-twisting platinum producers to invest in a refinery.
Tax on raw minerals exports
The government is determined to see this through and has announced a 15% tax on raw minerals exports to force miners to play along. But industry insiders doubt the 2016 deadline for the refinery is possible.
Experts told the Mail & Guardian that it would cost at least $2‑billion to build a refinery. Even then, the government would have to put up its own money to fund the installation of new infrastructure to support the refinery, including a new power plant.
Zimbabwe also wants to use a quarter of mining royalties to fund a sovereign wealth fund that would "support fiscal or macroeconomic stabilisation of the government, including its long-term economic and social development objectives".


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New App “Cures” Homosexuality?
The people at Apple are under scrutiny today for approving an app that claims to "cure" homosexuality.
The app, called Exodus International, is targeted at ‘homosexual strugglers’ and teaches them that gay people have a choice about their sexuality.
Its Christian makers claim the app gives them a chance of ‘freedom from homosexuality through the power of Jesus’.
The app was given a four-plus rating by Apple, meaning it was found to have no objectionable content. A lot of people disagree.
So far, more than 90,000 people have signed a petition demanding that Apple remove the app from the iTunes store.
The app's description claims, "With over 35 years of ministry experience, Exodus is committed to encouraging, educating and equipping the Body of Christ to address the issue of homosexuality with grace and truth."


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Excite@Home also announced the resignation of Byron Smith, executive vice president of Excite Network, and Mark O'Leary, executive vice president of Broadband Services. Both men, formerly from Excite@Home's controlling shareholder AT&T, will leave the company in July.
The news comes during a key time, as the Redwood City, Calif.-based company, which offers consumers high-speed Internet access via cable modems, negotiates a series of potential deals that will help determine its survival.
The company warned Wall Street in April that revenue for the rest of the year would be lower than expected and said it needed more money to continue operating. Excite@Home, which is negotiating with AT&T over a new network backbone agreement, is seeking additional financing and might consider selling some of its media and content properties.
Excite@Home also announced Tuesday that it is in talks with Comcast and Cox Communications over previous exclusivity deals forged between the companies.
"We feel the company is in a state of transition," said Fred Moran, an analyst at Jefferies & Co. "There are a lot of issues."
The company made deals with Comcast and Cox to provide broadband Internet service throughout the cable companies' territories. The deals can be renegotiated every June 4 and Dec. 4, and the two companies have asked Excite@Home for an extension until June 18.
Moran thinks the exclusivity deals will be gone by the end of the year, and that Excite@Home will still provide Internet service to Cox and Comcast, but under less favorable terms. Excite@Home now receives 35 percent of the revenue the cable companies generate from providing its Internet service, and Moran thinks the company will take a smaller cut in the future.
"@Home is currently the only ISP (internet service provider) offered through cable," said Moran. "I think it's already understood that exclusivity is fading and that the market will open up to competition." Moran cited America Online and Microsoft as potential competitors in the market.
The potential hit in revenue comes during a cash crunch for the company. Excite@Home said it needs between $75 million and $80 million to stay in operation; funds the company can raise through third-party financing, a sale of media assets, or possibly leasing back its network to AT&T, according to Moran.
Jones comes on board soon after the company installed a new CEO, Patti Hart, in April to replace George Bell.
Excite@Home has seen its share of management changes over the past year as many executives have left.


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Leawood’s Carmen’s Cafe is now Carma.
Brothers Juan and Francisco Bautista, owners of Carmen’s Cafe in Brookside, opened the Park Place Carmen’s Cafe at 11526 Ash St. in mid-2010. It was a bit more elegant than its Brookside counterpart, and the entrees tended to be priced slightly higher, according to a Kansas City Star review at the time.
Juan Bautista said the first couple of years sales were strong, then they fell off.
The brothers resigned from the Leawood restaurant’s ownership group as of Nov. 30 but kept the rights to the name and the signature recipes.
As of Dec. 1, their investment partners took over, changing the name to just Carma.
Don Sanders, majority partner, said sales declined somewhat while office and residential construction projects in the area were under way.
He said he wants to take the restaurant in a different direction, more upscale for Carma with house-made pastas, salad dressings and sauces, and other fresh ingredients from local farmers.
Carma also will offer new gluten-free and vegetarian menu items, as well as new wine selections and cocktails.
A former private dining room will be converted into Cafe Carma, offering New York-styled pizzas, sandwiches and salads for dine-in and take-out service.
Sanders’ two daughters and his wife also are stockholders in the restaurant. His daughter Bree Sanders is a manager and she married chef Israel Hernandez in March 2012.
“I got into the business as an investor but I never got into it to open a restaurant,” Don Sanders said. “But it’s a great business.”
Beena Brandsgard, former owner of Jardine’s, is now general manager at Carma. She also is overseeing the live music offerings from 6 to 9 p.m. daily, primarily jazz.
Leo Santana, who was the chef of the former Carmen’s Cafe in Leawood, is now head chef at Carma.
As for the Bautista brothers, they are concentrating on their Brookside location, which opened in April 1999 at 6307 Brookside Plaza.
They also will launch a food truck called Carmen’s Bites in April 2014 to take to festivals and private events.Corbin Park updates
The area’s first Sprouts Farmers Market has set an opening date in south Overland Park.
The specialty grocer is scheduled to open at 7 a.m. on Jan. 8 in Corbin Park, 6821 W. 135th St.
The 23,360-square-foot store will sell fresh produce, bulk foods, vitamins and supplements, packaged groceries, meat and seafood, baked goods, dairy products, frozen foods, natural body care products, household items and more.
Grand opening events include discounts and free items.
Sprouts is based in Phoenix, Ariz., and has more than 165 stores.
In other Corbin Park updates, the owner said he is negotiating with locally owned Spin Neapolitan Pizza to open a restaurant in a new building in the center in mid-2014. However, a lease has not been signed.
Spin officials declined to comment.Quick bite
Mama Resch’s, a gluten-free and allergen-friendly bakery, plans a Dec. 18 opening in Metcalf 127, located at 12635 Metcalf Ave., Overland Park.
The locally owned bakery will serve a variety of products including millet sandwich bread, banana bread, vegan multi-purpose buns, oatmeal cookies, snickerdoodles, baked chocolate donuts, graham crackers, sun-dried tomato crackers, chocolate chip granola bars, and pancake mix.


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Is it a surprise at all to see this vehicle on sale again? At the moment, all servers except CIS got the Soviet Tier VIII Premium heavy tank Object 252U for sale. From 1 November to 5 November, you can select from two quite expensive bundles and pick your own Object 252U.
As announced a few days ago here on The Daily Bounce, the Russian heavy tank is now on sale for everyone who wants to open their wallet. For the first time since it was sold in the EU, players from this region were able to get their hands on one of these.
Wargaming sold the vehicle back in February 2018 but at the time it decided EU players had strong feelings for it and for that reason it wasn’t going to be back, at least at that time.
Of course, Wargaming never said it wouldn’t return and now players who don’t own one but wish to get one, have an opportunity that most likely will only return for Christmas Advent calendar.
If you are looking to get one, just visit your region Premium Shop and you will be able to find the Russian menace from prices starting around £50/€55/$60 with a few bundled goods, or if you are feeling particularly generous you can pick the Best Buy bundle that costs about £85/€95/$100.


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Bikemaker Raleigh's profits are punctured amid low consumer confidence and competitive market
Britain's oldest bicycle maker Raleigh has ridden to a loss, due to low consumer confidence and what it called ‘significant overstocking’ by retailers.
The 127-year-old company is now owned by Dutch firm Accell, but is still based in Nottingham, where it manufactured bikes until 2003.
Due to a change in year end to match its parent group, accounts for the 15 months to December 31, 2013 show that sales reached £41.6million compared to £33.6million in the previous 12 months.
Cult bycycle: The much-loved Raleigh chopper sold millions during the 1970s and early 1980s
However, a pre-tax profit of £195,000 was turned into a loss of £293,000.
Directors said that they expected the market would ‘continue to be very competitive during the coming year, with slow retail trading following the economic recession in both its British and Irish markets’.
However they said that Raleigh would ‘continue to pursue the enthusiast market and export sales through Continental Europe and further afield to counter weakness in its home leisure market’.
The much-loved Raleigh chopper sold millions during the 1970s and early 1980s, but the company suffered from cheaper competition and was ultimately bought by Accell in 2012.
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I am but a lowly blogger who considers the name-brand pasta sauce a luxury, so I do not quite understand rich people’s obsession with buying film memorabilia. With that in mind, I suppose it makes sense that the Spanx founder is now the proud owner of Olivia Newton-John’s skintight Grease pants, as they are clearly the original Spanx.
Women’s Wear Daily reports that Sara Blakely bought the pants at a charity auction for $162,000, which is slightly more expensive than the average pair of Spanx, though not really by much. Blakely, who founded the famed shapewear company in 1998, told CBS This Morning that she’d long been a fan of Newton-John’s iconic movie look, hence the purchase; she also procured Newton-John’s Pink Ladies jacket.
“I have been the biggest fan of Olivia since I was a little girl, since ‘Grease’ came out,” Blakely said in an interview on “CBS This Morning” on Tuesday. “My friend called me two days before the auction. I didn’t know it was happening and she said, ‘Sara, they’re putting the pants up, the outfit for charity,’ and I thought, ‘Oh my god, I’ve got to try to get these.’”
Newton-John (who, it turns out, sang at Blakely’s wedding) seems equally pleased:
Newton-John put her whole Grease finale outfit up for auction last month, with proceeds going toward the Olivia Newton-John Cancer Wellness and Research Centre in Melbourne, according to an ABC affiliate in Australia.
She told Reuters Television that the outfit was so tight, she had to be sewed into it. “The pants have a broken zip and I had to be stitched into them because they were made in the 50s,” she said. Now, those very pants will go on display at Spanx’s headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia, ostensibly to serve as yet another reminder to Spanx employees that love is possible, provided you are unable to breathe.


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The development of digital subscriptions is giving new life to newspaper circulation.
The time is no longer for questions about the “survival” of the daily press. Now, it has found its new economic model: between conquering digital subscriptions, advertising revenues drawn by a strong audience, diversification of media offers and services in events or brand content. “The Covid-19 crisis has more than ever demonstrated the importance of quality professional journalism in democratic life. We posted record audiences ”, Marc Feuillée, CEO of the Figaro Group, explained Tuesday during the “Médias en Seine” conference.
In recent years, the arrival in France of digital platforms such as Netflix and Spotify, with their subscription model, transformed the way citizens relate to the media. “Users have accepted the idea that when there is an exclusive, quality product, it is normal to pay for it. The daily press took advantage of this wave “, analyzed for his part Louis Dreyfus, chairman of the management board
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Makeup artist Jillian Dempsey launched an app in the middle of a global pandemic, and now she’s amping up its offerings.
Fyfe Beauty, the app she launched earlier this year, has gained new artists contributing video content, as well as added brands to the platform’s e-commerce component. Hairstylists Adir Abergel and Chris McMillan now join makeup artist Molly R. Stern on the platform. It also features a section called the Shade Arcade, allowing users to try on various shades virtually.
“I wanted brands to see what was being offered,” Dempsey said. “I wanted brands to understand that we can all work together.” She considers the expansions as going hand-in-hand with artist tutorials educating consumers and products they can later shop. “They have the same goal: they want to educate and teach other people. Through the Fyfe app, it’s your own way to connect with the artist.”
Brands that have also joined the app include Chantecaille, Virtue and Drunk Elephant. McMillan, who collaborated with Drunk Elephant on its hair-care line, uses the products in his own videos. “I’m known as the lazy-girl makeup artist, I’m about out-the-door makeup, I don’t believe in wasting people’s time,” Dempsey said. “This is the future, this is how people should be getting their information. Why not get the information, click-and-buy your products and get out?”
That being said, Dempsey said she ultimately gives the artists free rein to use whatever tools and products they prefer. “This isn’t sponsored, we don’t have any rules because I want them to be who they are. That’s how they represent the brands authentically,” she said. “Right now, brands are more intrigued working on this type of platform because it highlights how artists work with the actual products.”
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Many countries are removing COVID-19-related restrictions as a consequence of the increasing vaccination coverage and the mild form of recent virus variants. In line with this, Finnair is now lifting the requirement to wear a face mask on board all flights.
As of April 25, customers and crew are no longer required to wear a face mask onboard Finnair flights, unless it is specifically required by the authorities of the destination or origin country. Those who wish to continue to wear a mask when travelling are naturally welcome to do so.
Many countries still require that masks are worn onboard flights to and from the destination. On such flights, both crew and customers are required to wear a face mask throughout the flight. Customers can check the list of countries requiring masks onboard on the Finnair.com travel updates page or they can check the local authorities’ web pages for details. Masks are not, for example, required on domestic flights and on flights to and from Scandinavia, whereas on flights to and from Asia and many European destinations masks are still required.Email Post to a Friend


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Calcutta, Sept. 21: Digital imaging equipment maker Nikon aims to grow at the rate of 30-35 per cent over the next 1-2 years in India.
We aim to have a 45 per cent market share in digital SLR space and 10 per cent in the compact segment in India, Nikon India managing director Hidehiko Tanaka said here today.
At present, Nikon has a 37 per cent market share in the digital SLR segment and eight per cent in the compact digital camera business.
The size of the SLR camera market is very small ... of around 17,000 units this year. We will create awareness about SLR cameras through seminars and other activities, he said.
Nikon, which has 800 outlets in India, will add 400 by the end of the year.
We will also open our third office-cum-service centre in the southern part of the country this year, Tanaka said.
The company has offices in Mumbai and Calcutta.
Nikon, which recently launched two digital SLR cameras — D3000 and D300s — said it would launch around four compact cameras this year and four SLRs in the country.
Tanaka said Nikon had outsourced the software programme to an Indian company and had already started shipping cameras with the Indian-made software.
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Orabrush, the tongue cleaner that helps cure bad breath, today announced Terry White Chemists has joined the battle against bad breath as the first Orabrush retailer in Australia. The company has completed an exclusive period of selling the Orabrush in its 160 locations across Australia, and beginning this month Terry White Management will make the product available as an exclusive distributor in Australia and New Zealand.
Terry White Chemists is currently featuring Orabrush in prominent locations within its stores, with premium in-store advertising that include video displays. The stores' Orabrush displays feature TVs playing a DVD loop of the company's high-energy, offbeat YouTube videos, featuring the Orabrush Guy and Morgan the Orabrush tongue. Since the videos' initial explosion onto the social media scene in 2009, the YouTube channel has gained more than 37 million views, and the Orabrush channel has become the second-most-subscribed sponsor channel on YouTube, behind only Old Spice.
"Our company is consistently focused on providing the best and newest products for our customers, and the innovative Orabrush fits that bill perfectly," said Harry Nina, general manager of global sourcing of Terry White Chemists. "We are thrilled to be the first Orabrush retailer in Australia, and we anticipate that the Orabrush will fly off the shelves in all of our locations - and in stores throughout the country as we begin distributing to other stores after our initial exclusive."
"This partnership with Terry White Chemists shows not only how widespread Orabrush is in the global social media scene, but also how well the product resonates with retailers and their customers," said Jeff Davis, President and CEO of Orabrush. "We have had phenomenal success online selling the Orabrush online to more than 115 countries, and we are experiencing tremendous growth globally through respected traditional retail channels."


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New Jersey Governor Chris Christie gave his conditional for an Internet gambling bill last week, reports The Wall Street Journal.
"The importance of gaming and tourism industries in New Jersey cannot be overstated," Mr. Christie wrote. Christie also suggested that the bill come with a 10-year limit and a 15 percent gambling tax. If the bill passes, New Jersey would become one of the first states in the country to legalize Internet gambling.
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Online fraud spikes during the holiday shopping season, as people searching for the perfect gifts take to cyberspace and head to traditional stores armed with their smartphones.
Six years ago, the company that owns California's last operating nuclear power plant announced it would seek an extended lifespan for its aging reactors. Pacific Gas and Electric Co. envisioned Diablo Canyon as a linchpin ...
A sales-tax break the Legislature gave Amazon in 2011 expires Jan. 1, making South Carolina the last state to collect among those where officials cut similar deals with the online retail giant.
With Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg about to become a dad, the social network boosted the amount of time fathers can take off to bond with their new babies.
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Gazprom has separated from aerated waterSale Borjomi in Russia it is forbidden two years, but the international holding IDS Borjomi Group letting out her has managed to return on the Russian market. As it became known , the group has got almost 100 % of the Lipetsk manufacturer of mineral water of Open Company the L Edelweiss at structures Gazprom . Analysts estimate an active in $25 - 30 million Taking into account the water imported IDS from Ukraine, the group share in the Russian market after the transaction will increase approximately to 7 % - two years ago IDS Borjomi Group occupied 13 %. That the international holding IDS Borjomi Group now is the owner of 99,99 % of Open Company the L Edelweiss has told a source in gas monopoly. As he said, the parties have agreed about the transaction in December, 2006, and since January 2007 - go IDS began to operate the Edelweiss . the Transaction have closed in the end of December of last year when has taken place last tranche in active payment - confirms a source. In a press - Open Society service Gazprom have informed that the L Edelweiss has been sold the companies finora Ltd. Marketing and the auctions spent Ah Si Em Finans . Zamgendirektora Ah Si Em Finans Elena Koltsov has confirmed the transaction fact, but has refused any comments in its occasion.
chairman of board of directors IDS Borjomi Group Vladimir Ashurov past Friday has confirmed that the holding owns the L Edelweiss . the Lipetsk active was interesting to us, as its market share in is central - chernozemnyh regions of Russia made 30 - 35 %. From the moment of acquisition we managed to make from stagnirujushchej the regional company of one of the most fast-growing Russian manufacturers from market shares only in the Moscow region where its production practically has not been presented, about 7 % - mister Ashurov has noted. Difficult structure of the transaction a source in Gazprom has explained presence at the Lipetsk company of several owners. According to EGRJUL, till 2007 besides mostransgaza shareholders the L Edelweiss were Open Company megaprom - Invest and Open Company the Prana owning on 0,01 %. megaprom - Invest - one more branch Gazprom has explained a source. And the Prana - the company which participated in sale of actives of YUKOS: the legal address (Big Post, 34, p. 12), OGRN and an INN of firms completely coincide.
how many IDS Borjomi Group has paid for Open Company the L Edelweiss does not reveal. In November, 2006 Gazprom declared company sale at open auction with the starting price of $7,9 million, but the auctions have not taken place. The senior analyst of investment company AntantaPioglobal Andrey Verholantsev has estimated an active in $25 - 35 million According to the general director the L Edelweiss Lyudmilas Holchenkovoj, past year at the enterprise the new line on 1,2 thousand six-litre bottles at an o`clock with volume of investments of an order of 6 million roubles has been started. Madam Holchenkova has noticed that IDS Borjomi Group plans to increase manufacture, on what intend to spend $10 million for two years. The holding has already transferred to the L Edelweiss the production technology of water of the first category.
the International holding IDS Borjomi Group owns factories on pouring of mineral water in Georgian Borzhomi, and also Mirgorod, Morshinsky and Truskavetsky factories of mineral waters in Ukraine. The basic trade marks - Borjomi/ Borzhomi Mirgorod Truskavetsky and Morshinsky . Occupies about 25 % of the Ukrainian market of mineral water and approximately 60 % of the Georgian. The holding net avails past year - an order $200 million Belong to fund Salford Capital Partners.
to Discuss returning Borjomi to the Russian market federal officials while refuse. However the general director of consulting agency RVR Communication Igor Makurin hopes that Borjomi will soon return to the Russian Federation, as the interdiction for import of Moldavian wines is already removed also certain steps concerning the Georgian production also are undertaken . With it general director Stas Marketing Partners Andrey Stas agrees also. After returning to Russia Borjomi at once will return to itself to 2 % of the market as loyalty of the Russian consumers to a trade mark is high enough till now - mister Stas has noted.
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Brands reckon fruit, flavours and low and no sugar are set to shine when the mercury rises
NO one knows what kind of summer we are in for this year, but that’s not unusual for Scotland.
While its possible that restrictive measures will still be in place to prevent the spread of coronavirus, summer should still be peak season for soft drinks sales.
As the warmer weather approaches, manufacturers have been highlighting some of the key trends that retailers may wish to tap into.
Adrian Troy, marketing director at AG Barr, was bullish about the soft drinks category’s performance in the convenience channel.
“Scotland’s £239 million convenience soft drinks category continues to be one of the most profitable categories for retailers during the summer months.
“Summer is key to the entire soft drinks market and retailers need to ensure that their fixture is balanced to reflect seasonal category uplifts in order to generate maximum profits.
“From June to August – the crucial period for soft drinks sales – shoppers purchase 15% more soft drinks than any other time of the year, with water, fruit drinks and other flavoured carbonates seeing the most benefit,” he said.
The warmer weather might bring opportunities, but what’s really going to be hot this summer? Health, according to Troy, but not at the expense of flavour.
“As the trend of health continues to grow and evolve, so does the range of products that are available to shoppers.
“However, taste remains the number one reason for shoppers to choose a soft drink and it is essential that retailers offer a wide choice of flavours to satisfy their many different needs,” he said.
Retailers looking for great tasting drinks will not be short of options this summer. The soft drinks category is awash with NPD, but there’s only so much chiller space to go around.
When it comes to making the most of the space available, Troy suggested retailers may wish to consider bolstering their range of fruit drinks in a bid to tap into the subcategory’s impressive growth.
“Fruit drinks is the second biggest growth area in the summer [after bottled water], growing at 19%, as shoppers look for thirst-quenching, fruity flavours.
“An improved fruitier tasting recipe has been introduced on the Rubicon Stills range, delivering a much better taste while remaining below the sugar levy.
“Rubicon continues to use the finest ingredients, handpicked from across the globe and the improved taste will be flashed on the front of packs to generate trial,” he said.
Matt Gouldsmith, channel director for wholesale at Lucozade Ribena Suntory also highlighted taste as a key consideration for category success this summer.
Gouldsmith said flavours are “crucial for attracting new soft drink shoppers” to the category, and noted that Lucozade Energy flavours have been driving growth for the brand.
“Lucozade Energy is growing 8.3% , mainly driven by flavours which are in growth of 42% year on year.
“On top of this, 23.8% of Lucozade Energy drink-later shoppers only buy flavours, showing how stocking a full range of formats can help retailers maximise the opportunity of the flavours trend.
“Two of the brand’s latest launches have been successful in building on this trend, with Lucozade Energy Apple Blast and Lucozade Energy Watermelon and Strawberry Cooler now worth over £22m combined,” he said.
Echoing Troy, Gouldsmith suggested retailers also put some weight behind healthier options.
“Shoppers’ spending on no- and low-sugar drinks has increased by 33% and 29% respectively.
“In fact, there is now a higher volume of zero sugar drinks bought than regular, showing just how important this segment of the market is.
“Having the right range available to shoppers will drive sales from those looking for healthier soft drink options.
“This means retailers should ensure their chillers are stocked up on lower-sugar soft drinks such as Ribena Light and Lucozade Zero – now worth a combined £53.4m – to capitalise on the ongoing trend towards lower-sugar choices.
“We’ve invested in our brands to help our customers offer their shoppers drinks in line with this trend.
“Our core brands are available in very low or zero-sugar alternatives in the form of Lucozade Zero, Ribena Light and Lucozade Sport Low Cal to offer consumers a full range of choice,” he said.


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Realme Malaysia also shared a couple of images on its Facebook page, one of which confirms the C21 will pack a 5,000 mAh battery with up to 47 days of standby.
Another picture includes the phone's name, with the letter 'C' teasing a "large display", and the number '2' having a total of four cameras drawn on it. Three of them are placed separately, indicating that the smartphone will come with a triple camera on the back, with the fourth unit on the front.
While Realme hasn't yet detailed the specs of the C21, online retailer AliExpress has listed the smartphone on its Russian site with full specs and images.
The C21 is built around a 6.5" HD+ LCD and has a Helio G35 SoC at the helm with 4GB RAM and 64GB storage. Oddly enough, the listing says that C21 runs the global version of Xiaomi's MIUI. But that's a mistake, and the smartphone will run Realme UI out of the box like other Realme smartphones.
The rear panel of the Realme C21 houses a fingerprint scanner and a square-shaped camera island, which includes an LED flash and three cameras - 13MP primary, 2MP monochrome, and 2MP macro. For selfies and video calls, there's a 5MP shooter inside the notch.
The 5,000 mAh battery will charge at up to 10W and support reverse wired charging. The listing also reveals that C21 will come with a triple card slot (2x SIM + 1x microSD) and have at least two color options.
The retailer says that C21 will be priced between RUB11,445 ($155/€130) and RUB14,993 ($200/€170) in Russia, but it's best to wait for an official confirmation from Realme.
Geeez, in 2021 they still insist with G35...C'mon lets take a peek xiaomi with better SOC.
Realme's naming scheme for the C series is really confusing. To make the matter worse, each new model has about the same specs as the previous one. Isn't it better to maintain one model for 6 months instead of launching new model every 3 mo...


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A national retailer has announced it is pulling out of a busy shopping park in central Lancashire in a move described as a “huge blow.”
Tesco announced yesterday that its Homeplus store at the Capitol Centre in Walton-le-Dale, near Preston, is to shut its doors.
Our priority is now to explain what this announcement means for our colleagues and, wherever possible, offer them alternative roles with Tesco.
The store - which opened in 2009 - is one of six Homeplus shops owned by the supermarket chain that will close on June 27.
A spokesman for the chain said “87 colleagues are impacted by the decision.”
He added: “We’ve taken the difficult decision to close our remaining six Homeplus stores, including our Preston store.
“Our priority is now to explain what this announcement means for our colleagues and, wherever possible, offer them alternative roles with Tesco.
“We would like to thank all customers who have shopped in our store and will continue to serve them through our local stores on Friargate and Church Street in Preston and our Tesco Direct service.”
The 43,000sq ft sells products such as clothing, furnishing, cookware, toys, electrical goods, lighting and home accessories.
The next nearest large store is the Tesco in Leyland.
Walton-Le-Dale West Councillor Mike Nelson said: “I am shocked, that is bad news. That is a blow. It is people’s jobs and livelihoods. I am upset for the people and the employees concerned.
The announcement comes months after it was confirmed the Vue Cinema is leaving the retail park.
The building currently home to the Vue will be demolished to make way for restaurants and new shops.
Today Hugh Evans Deputy Chief Executive of the North and Western Lancashire Chambers of Commerce said: “Although we’re seeing some growth in the retail sector the problems at Tesco clearly show that the company is still facing massive competitive pressure in what is a very challenging environment. Our hope is that the jobs can be saved and a new tenant found for the Centre as soon as possible”
The five other stores to close are in Bristol, Bracknell, Nottingham, Denton and Bromborough.


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We are announcing some big news on Wednesday, March 17th. It’s an initiative we have been working on for several months. Stay tuned!
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Just like Women Entrepreneurs Grow Global®, the Canadian federal government’s Women Entrepreneurship Strategy (WES) helps women entrepreneurs expand into global markets. While wegg® was launched in 2015, WES was launched in 2018. Since then, the Canadian government has almost doubled its investment to nearly $5 billion during the COVID-19 pandemic to help women-led businesses.


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Every South Florida business owner understands the importance of their local chambers of commerce, business guilds, networking events, and word of mouth referrals. And Key West organizations serve their members and communities well.
Now, the networking group known as South Florida Professionals wants to enhance, amplify, and expand the reach, impact, and possibilities of Florida businesses and the professionals who lead them.
Miami business owners Andy and Vanessa Rodriguez started the networking group during the pandemic, “but really, it ended up working in our favor,” Andy said on July 27. pages, recommendations from other members, and specialized discussions for certain types of businesses, especially during COVID.
According to the group’s website, “South Florida Professional was developed to help business owners thrive during the pandemic. We have redefined traditional networking for South Florida business owners by providing a unique and interactive platform for networking and learning. Members create complete profiles that include contact information, social media accounts, video presentations, images, and more. By leveraging technology to create business opportunities throughout South Florida, we provide a business networking platform that transcends distance and allows business owners to connect 24/7. 7 days a week, to engage and build relationships with other South Florida professionals.
The group expanded south last year with the arrival of Key West restaurateur Bill Lay.
“We wanted to hear from every restaurant in South Florida to see what they were doing and how they were doing and what we could do to help,” Rodriguez said. “Our goal is very, very simple: to connect people so they can do business on a larger scale. South Florida professionals are different. We focus on people first. We build relationships and business follows.
The group now has more than 9,500 members on its Facebook page and will travel to Key West next month for its second annual Professionals in Paradise, a weekend of events, cocktails and personal introductions for improvement. professional in the southernmost town.
The event takes place August 18-21 and includes a variety of participation packages. For more information, visit southfloridaprofessionals.com and pipkw.com.


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Egyptian startup Paynas, specialized in providing financial technology solutions, wins Visa’s FinTech pitch-off competition of $50,000.
Cairo, Egypt – June 19, 2019 — Egyptian startup Paynas, specialized in providing financial technology solutions, wins Visa’s FinTech pitch-off competition of $50,000.
The event was held on the sidelines of Seamless North Africa 2019 over the past two days. The Egyptian startup, Paynas, was granted Visa’s grand prize after competing with four Egyptian and international startups.
By relying on cloud computing technologies, Paynas specializes in providing financial solutions for human resources features, employees payroll, as well as other offered benefits by employers. The award falls within Visa’s ongoing efforts to support innovation and creativity in the financial technology sector and was presented following a competition held in cooperation with the Central Bank of Egypt that provided an opportunity to Fintechs to present their creative solutions to a panel of distinguished jurors.
The Visa pitch-off that provided an opportunity to Fintechs from all over the world to present their creative solutions , live and on stage, to leading industry experts at the prestigious FinTech and e-commerce conference and exhibition in the North Africa region held under the auspices of H.E. Dr. Mostafa Madbouly, Prime Minister of Egypt.
During the competition, Fintechs were given 5 minutes to convince leading industry experts of their innovative solutions in any of the fields of financial inclusion, digital payments, insurance, settlements, asset management, mobile solutions, P2P, security, authentication or other fintech related solutions.
“We are happy to offer Paynas the grand prize, and Visa is always keen on developing the financial sector in Egypt and in the region and expanding our relationship with the government. We have partnered with the Central Bank of Egypt in conducting workshops related to financial inclusion and we’re always looking to build the ecosystem that fosters innovative ideas. Providing the support, knowledge, and best practices is always a key priority for Visa to nurture Fintechs around the region,” stated Ahmed Gaber, Visa General Manager, North Africa.
“The Fintech pitch-off provided local and global Fintechs with an opportunity to affirm their innovative approach towards solving pain points facing numerous industries. The pitch-off is an opportunity for people at all levels in the Fintech community to talk to each other, share what challenges them and learn from each other. We are working on making it simpler and quicker for early stage start-ups to connect with our network than ever before. ,” continued Gaber.
Visa recently announced it is expanding its Fintech Fast-Track Program in Central and Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa (CEMEA) region as part of its efforts in developing the next generation of digital payment solutions. Already rolled out in Europe, Latin America and Asia Pacific, the program provides innovative fintechs with a faster and easier integration process with VisaNet, Visa’s global network, in addition to a suite of tailored digital solutions and growth capabilities.
The Fintech Fast-Track program provides a new commercial framework that includes access to Visa’s payment capabilities, reduced fees and streamlined processes.


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Police: Fertilizer thief may want to blow up McDonald's
SEATTLE -- The man suspected of stealing fertilizer from a store in White Center may be the same person who recently threatened to blow up a West Seattle McDonald's, according to the Seattle Police Department.
According to the police report for the incident, the man entered a store in the 9400 block of Delridge Way Southwest around 1:45 p.m. Monday and hid a can of fertilizer under his sweatshirt.
The man later switched the fertilizer to inside his pants and attempted to leave the store without paying, according to the report.
When a store employee tried to stop the man, the man bit the employee's arm and ran off, according to the report.
The officer who spoke to the store employee and reviewed surveillance video said he believes it's possible the thief is the same person who recently threatened to create a bomb and blow up a McDonald's in Westwood Village. But, he couldn't be certain.


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Over the next decade, the company said the trade deal could also indirectly lead to as many as 40,000 jobs along the supply chain.Related: Donald Trump slams Pacific free trade deal”Our employees and our business depend on free trade and the ability to reach athletes and consumers around the world,” said Nike CEO Mark Parker.Nike said the deal would encourage free trade and help it innovate. The deal would also eliminate certain tariffs Nike has to pay on footwear imports. Government estimates an agreement would add $223 billion per year to the global economy by 2025.But critics argue that the trade pact will hurt American workers and business.Senator Bernie Sanders, a Vermont Independent who is a candidate for President in 2016 election, called on Obama to cancel his trip to Nike.Related: Obama steps in with outsourcer at NikeSanders said Nike has used free trade deals to send tens of thousands of jobs to Vietnam and other low cost countries.”Nike epitomizes why disastrous unfettered free trade policies during the past four decades have failed American workers, eroded our manufacturing base and increased income and wealth inequality in this country,” Sanders wrote in a letter he sent to the president Wednesday.Related: This is Nike’s secret weaponMeanwhile, members of the AFL CIO labor group were planning to protest Obama’s visit, according to a spokesman.The president of the union’s Oregon chapter, Tom Chamberlain, wrote in the Salem Statesman Journal that the trade agreement is a gift to big companies at the expense of middle class families.”We don’t need another trade deal that benefits multinational corporations, their shareholders and executives,” said Chamberlain.
At Rajshri, we keep an international audience in mind when we ideate. And we diligently focus on the quality of the videos,” says Kavya Krishnaswamy, general manager, content, Rajshri Media. In a chat, Rajjat Barjatya, MD and CEO, Rajshri Media says that the motive behind setting up Rajshri Media as a separate company was to have a digital footprint for the TV and production business.
Niinp kuumilla keleill ei ole tullut tehty lainkaan maantiefillarilenkkej.Kaikki on kntynyt huvittavasti plaelleen. No eilen oli sitten viilempi piv, jolloin korkein lmptila taisi olla 22 astetta. Sen lisksi paikoitellen oli melkoisen synktkin pilvet eli aurinko ei lmmittnyt ja tuuli todella kovaa.
Competitive or fun. Fast or slow. High or low miles. Add some shading landscaping and position the windows on your home to face north south, rather than east west, and you can use or reflect radiant heat year round to keep things at a comfortable temperature. During morning hours, open windows to allow fresh air inside. As the sun rises over the day, close things up and keep sunlight from heating things up too much with awnings, too..


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Designer punked fanbois with asymmetric screw
Hoax screwed up the news, not the iPhone 5
For a little while, the Apple press fell over itself to analyze the import of a screw that was reportedly going to lock customers and repairers out of the next iPhone forever. The source of the story has now ‘fessed up that to the hoax that set the wires a-buzz.
Swedish design house Day4 has posted its account of events here. Deciding to test peoples’ gullibility – and the speed with which disinformation could be spread – Lukasz Lindell and his colleagues created an imaginary “asymmetric screw” in a CAD package, grabbed the image, and posted it to Reddit with a fake message saying the pic demonstrated that Apple is “even creating their own screws.”
Day4's fake screw design
The result was pick-up by Cult of Mac, and from there it spread like wildfire, Lindell writes.
However, perhaps more interesting than the media pickup – as Lindell notes, the story was treated as a rumour rather than a fact (and Cult of Mac has now noted the hoax without complaint) – was an outcome that falls into “social science” research.
Lindell writes: “With each step further away from the source the perception that this would be true increased. On Reddit, where the original entry was made we see it as a 0 mode, the image was posted, nothing more or less.” However, by the time the story was being discussed and commentated on various blogs and social media outlets, “all doubt is gone”.
He even goes so far as to apologize to anyone who took the story as truth: “we just want to say sorry to you who feel cheated”.
El Reg doesn't feel cheated. As hardware Vulture Tony Smith wrote at the time, "we all know how easy is to knock up authentic-seeming crap, which is what we reckon this is". ®
Re: Hey! Apple!
Perfectly good design? Looks to me like a standard flat-blade screwdriver of the right size would fit nicely.
Personally, I *like* security screws. It acts as an idiot filter and means when friends bring me their gadgets to fix they haven't already had a go themselves.
Re: Well, it's just, there are those pentalobe screws of them…
"click whores without any integrity."
Hmmm. That could be a nice new slogan for their masthead. Biting the hand that feeds IT is quite old now... You do of course realise that if they're 'click-whores', that makes you a 'click john'. With The Register turning tricks (and degrading themselves) merely for your amusement...
On the other hand, perhaps they're an IT news outfit who (shock horror!) report a variety of IT news and rumour, along with comment, weird stories about Bulgarian airbags and Australians giving blow-jobs while driving. Plus occasionally launching playmonauts into the upper atmosphere or feeding dangerous amounts of saturated fat to innocent Spanish drinkers.
Perhaps you ought to relax, and only click on the stories that meet your high standards of journalism?
It possibly says more
about apple's reputation in the world that so many are ready to believe this without question.


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Minecraft's New Mario DLC Leads to Nintendo Copyright Claims on YouTube
Minecraft videos featuring the official Mario Mash-Up have been subject to copyright takedowns on YouTube.
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Nintendo is known to issue takedown notices of YouTube videos that feature its games--it created a Partners Program last year that allows certain users to post videos of its games for a slice of the ad revenue. However, it doesn't encompass all of Nintendo's games, and it certainly doesn't cover other developers' games. Regardless, that hasn't stopped the company from issuing copyright claims on Minecraft videos that focus on the free Super Mario Mash-Up Pack (via Ars Technica).
4J Studios, the developer behind the Super Mario crossover, responded on Twitter to the copyright claim reports and have said it's following up with Nintendo. The developer states that it was "assured this wouldn't happen." In an earlier tweet, 4J said that Nintendo was "going to investigate and resolve."
We've reached out to Nintendo about the copyright claims and will update this article as we receive more information.
When a user gets a copyright claim on a video, one of a few things can happen. Sometimes, the user can acknowledge it and let the revenue generated by ads go to the owner of the content used in the video. Other times, the video's audio can be removed until something is done to fix the issue. However, videos can also be taken down entirely without notice. If the user believes it's fair use and/or wrongly claimed, they can dispute and have it overturned. YouTube recently detailed changes to the Content ID system in a post on its blog.
Popular YouTuber Pewdiepie has criticized Nintendo's YouTube ad revenue policy in the past. He said that there would be no YouTubers without developers' games, but without YouTubers, they'd be missing out on "free exposure and publicity."
"What better way to sell/market a game, than from watching someone else (that you like) playing it and enjoying themselves?" he asked. " This is why a tiny one-man indie game like Minecraft could grow into a 2.5 billion dollar deal. That’s 2.5 billion… Made possible, largely because of the exposure it got from YouTube!"
You can read the rest of Pewdiepie's post here.
Xbox head Phil Spencer commented on Minecraft's Super Mario Mash-Up, saying "Partnership with Nintendo on this has been great. Nice to see Minecraft doing so well on the Wii U and to get the Mario content."
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It’s hard to beat Halloween as a holiday: You dress up in a costume, go to strangers’ houses, threaten them, and they give you candy. And New Jerseyans definitely know how to keep the spirit of the day — and night. A new report from WalletHub, the personal finances website, ranked Jersey City No. 2 on its list of Best Cities for Halloween. Newark was one step behind, in the third spot.
What constitutes a best city for Halloween — besides a sizable population of witches, warlocks, and vampires? WalletHub compared the 100 largest U.S. cities across three key dimensions: safety and surroundings, parties and activities, and Halloween weather. Those three groups were further divided into 16 key metrics, including the number of costume stores per capita, number of candy stores per capita, acres of land under pumpkin harvest, and average cost of a Halloween party ticket.
Jersey City racked up a total of 59.85 points (out of 100); Newark, 58.54.
If you plan on traveling over the Halloween weekend, do not route your trip through Detroit, Memphis, or St. Petersburg, FL — judged to be the three worst Halloween cities. Aren’t you glad you live in Jersey?


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U.S. District Judge Jon Tigar, Northern District of California (S. Todd Rogers / The Recorder)
SAN FRANCISCO — A federal judge sent plaintiffs lawyers back to the drawing board on Wednesday to rework their claims that a host of app makers illegally siphoned information from consumers’ address books on iPhones and other Apple devices.
In a 57-page order, U.S. District Judge Jon Tigar of the Northern District of California picked apart the lion’s share of claims filed in a massive class action against Apple and the manufacturers of popular apps, including Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and Angry Birds. In one consolation prize for plaintiffs, Tigar allowed a common-law claim alleging app makers violated users’ reasonable expectation of privacy to move forward without amendments.
But the rest of the plaintiffs’ claims left him wanting, more often than not, for details. For example, he wrote that plaintiffs must identify the particular advertisements viewed by consumers in order to sufficiently allege that Apple misled them about the security of their devices.
“What the [consolidated amended class action complaint] fails to do is connect any specific plaintiff to any specific representation,” Tigar wrote. “The court now concludes, even reading the complaint in the light most favorable to plaintiffs, that plaintiffs have failed to allege that any one of them saw any particular representation.”
Tigar is shepherding five related cases that claim Apple and 14 app makers violated users’ privacy by stealing and distributing the contact information stored on their devices. Although Apple’s policies appeared to prohibit such disclosures, the New York Times reported last year that scores of popular applications were tapping into users’ address books, spawning the suits.
Tigar named Kerr & Wagstaffe and Phillips, Erlewine & Given as colead counsel for the plaintiffs last year. A spate of Big Law attorneys have entered the fray for the defendants, including Cooley for Facebook Inc., Perkins Coie for Twitter Inc., Durie Tangri for Yelp Inc., ZwillGen Law for Electronic Arts Inc. and Gibson Dunn for Apple.
Last year, Tigar found that a plaintiff in one case, Pirozzi v. Apple, had done enough to show which statements from Apple were relied on as consideration in whether to purchase the devices. But defendants prodded Tigar to reconsider, and he came around to their side on Wednesday, finding that the plaintiff had merely alleged that she visited Apple’s website, not that she read particular statements she claimed were misleading.
But Tigar was more receptive to plaintiffs’ common-law claim that the app makers defied the expectations of privacy by plundering plaintiffs’ address books. The defendants contended that the claim should be tossed because the intrusion was not “highly offensive.” But that judgment should be left to a jury, Tigar wrote.
“While the court recognizes that attitudes toward privacy are evolving in the age of the internet, smartphones and social networks, the court does not believe that the surreptitious theft of personal contact information … has come to be qualified as ‘routine commercial behavior,’” he wrote.
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J.P. Morgan Chase's Jamie Dimon made $20.8M in 2010, a hefty 1,541% increase from the dark paydays of 2009. See which other bank executives raked in big bucks last year.
These lucky corporate chiefs took home the most pay in 2010. Some saw their compensation more than double -- even triple! -- from a year earlier.
Despite the epic, worldwide financial hangover, billionaires are still spending lavishly. Fortune took a look at some of the memorable private parties.
Looking for Mr. or Ms. Moneybags? Hunt down the perfect mate in these wealthy cities, which are brimming with unattached professionals.
What executives cashed in and sold their company's stock last year? No. 1 Steve Ballmer sold $2 billion (!) of MSFT. In all, these 10 execs made over $6.5B from stock sales in 2010, according to an analysis by Equilar.
These classic cars went for seven figure sums at the world's premier classic car event.
How can movie theaters compete when many prefer to watch streaming video from their own comfy couches? Some hope a new interactive technology will lure audiences with ...
While these events are best known for seven-figure classics, just about everything crosses the block at Pebble Beach.
It's not easy to wrap great looks around a small, inexpensive car. But the designers behind these five models totally nailed it.
London is now cheaper than New York and Hong Kong, according to Savills' latest ranking of residential and office rental costs.
Here are five drop-tops that let you see the sky at a down-to-earth price.
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Many graduates from the Indian Institute of Technology have gone on to start and lead global tech companies. Here are a few of the most notable alums.
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Greenlam Industries, Asia’s largest laminate manufacturing company, announced today (12-13-21) that is planning on investing Rs 959 crore over the next 2–3 years to set up a third laminate plant. It will also venture into the plywood and particleboard business. The company says the expansion will help move the company from being a decorative surfacing manufacturer to a leading player in the wood panel industry.
Greenlam anticipates commercial production of plywood and the expansion to a third laminate production line will begin in the fourth quarter of the company’s 2023 financial year, and the particleboard business to begin in the fourth quarter of the company’s 2024 financial year.
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Greenlam Industries Aims To Invest Rs 950 Cr In Next 2-3 Years For Expansion, Entry Into Plywood, Particle Board Business


text: FORT WAYNE -- Plenty of country homeowners are looking for ways to make extra cash from their extra acres. One answer could be to turn a pond or a spare barn into an aquaculture operation. It can take less than $10,000 to start raising fish on a small scale, and the payoff from a side business can add up to $10,000 to $20,000 a year, Purdue University Cooperative Extension Service educators say. But relatively few Hoosier farmers have ventured into the aquaculture field, partly because it takes research and experimentation to learn how to raise fish. The state's 47 aquaculture operations sold nearly $3.2 million in fish in 2002, according to the most recent Census of Agriculture. Aquaculture contributed only a tiny portion of the nearly $4.8 billion in agricultural products Hoosier farmers sold that year. John and Julie Topsoglou started raising tilapia in their Roanoke basement about five years ago. That evolved into Midwest Fish Hatcheries, the business they own with partner Malcolm Albersmeyer. The fish farm, now located in a barn southwest of Fort Wayne, will be ready to supply thousands of young fish each week to other aquaculture businesses beginning later this year, John Topsoglou said. Midwest Fish Hatcheries would like to form a cooperative with local farmers who would raise the tilapia to eating size, John Topsoglou said. His firm would take care of hatching fish eggs and supplying young fish, called fingerlings, to farmers in the cooperative. He envisions the members sharing the costs of hatching and raising fish. If enough farmers joined, the group could supply grocery stores or sell value-added products such as smoked fish. "I think it's a perfect gateway for us to grow," he said. The Topsoglous initially invested about $10,000 to set up 14 fish tanks in their basement, Julie Topsoglou said. It costs about $1,000 to start an aquaculture business with one tank. Aquaculture businesses can be a variety of sizes, which makes the field a good fit for part-time farmers, said Gonzalee Martin, agriculture and natural resources educator at the Purdue University Extension service's Allen County office. Pendleton Juvenile Correctional Facility in central Indiana spent less than $10,000 to set up an aquaculture operation that raises 5,000 to 10,000 pounds of fish a year, he said. Farmers who decide to start aquaculture businesses have to market their own products, said Kwamena Quagrainie, aquaculture marketing specialist for the Purdue Extension service. Fish can be raised as food or bait. Other aquaculture operations raise ornamental or game fish to stock ponds, he said. Farmers should seek out potential clients before establishing a business. "You can't just go into it," Quagrainie said. "You have to be sure of your market." Fish farmers do not make a large profit by raising fish for the food market, Quagrainie said. Farmers can widen their profit margins if they hatch their own fish, rather than paying a hatchery for a supply of young fish, he said.


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SAN FRANCISCO--Intel's a big company, with lots of money and smart people. It will need both to take over two separate industries.
The company's official search for the next big thing is settling quite definitively on mobile computers. But this is actually two big things: not only does Intel want to create an entire new category of handheld computers called Mobile Internet Devices, it wants to set up a whole new network to service those devices.
Intel executives Dadi Perlmutter and Anand Chandrasekher laid out the company's mobile strategy Wednesday here at the Intel Developer Forum during a pair of morning speeches. For the past several years, Intel's mobile strategy has centered around notebooks, but it's eyeing more than just PCs these days.
Intel firmed up plans to ship Silverthorne, a new processor with lots of integrated features, next year. Chandrasekher showed off prototype devices built on Silverthorne that look an awful lot like the UMPCs that didn't exactly fly off the shelves: larger than a smart phone, dependent on a stylus, and many with a fixed keyboard. He also discussed a newer low-power concept called Moorestown that will consume 10 times less power than Menlow, the platform that will house Silverthorne. Silverthorne itself consumes 10 times less power than the original Banias Pentium M chip, Chandrasekher said.
Intel is lining its Silverthorne chips up against the mobile industry's ARM-based processors in anticipation of the next silicon battleground. Having tried and failed to get its chips inside mobile phones, Intel's now trying to drum up demand for MIDs as a smart phone alternative to getting the Internet in your pocket, as Chandrasekher put it. He must have bigger pockets than I do, because none of the MIDs shown onstage at IDF would fit comfortably in my pocket.
The company will get a little closer to that goal with Moorestown. Chandrasekher didn't say much about that chip, but showed off a concept device that bore a striking resemblance to an iPhone that had been stretched lengthwise. Just a coincidence, I'm sure.
But whatever Intel's partners build with its mobile chips, they'll have to somehow connect to the Internet. That's where WiMax comes in. Intel has been talking up WiMax for several years as an alternative to cellular networks and to the expense of wiring the world with high-speed cable. It's finally getting ready to start testing the waters with its mainstream products.
Next year, Intel will refresh its notebook technology with a product called Montevina. That will come with a Penryn processor, a new chipset, and an integrated Wi-Fi/WiMax radio that will come as an option as part of the Centrino brand.
It will be interesting to see how many people opt for the WiMax radio, or even whether they know they have WiMax service available. Later today I'll get a chance to check out the devices themselves, and ask more questions about Intel's strategy for MIDs and WiMax. Stay tuned.


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Last week Amazon made its first customer delivery by drone near Cambridge, U.K. Carrying a package containing popcorn and a Fire TV video-streaming device several miles to a two-story farmhouse in a rural corner of England. Right now, the drone delivery service is just flying packages to two customers, however Amazon plans on expanding its air services in the coming months to a 5-square-mile area of largely farmland and field homes.
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It struck me whilst reading another great post from Bernard Marr that Data Analytics and Sport are the ultimate bedfellows. Both disciplines are regimented by rules, numbers, patterns and processes, garnering swaths of passionate followers eager to engage with the latest news.
Anyone that has seen Moneyball knows that the principle of using numbers to better drive a sports team is always going to create issues with the traditionalists that go with the gut over the spreadsheet.
But there’s no escaping it, the sports analytics industry is huge business. The vast quantity of data currently available to glean valuable insights from means the battle for competitive advantage is now the sport of the Analysts.
And as data collection has improved, people are turning more and more to computer algorithms to predict the outcome of the game.


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In the lead up to Baselworld, the industry can be forgiven for speculating what this year’s show was going to be like.
The news was out, “Baselworld slashes exhibitor numbers by half as it focuses on quality over quantity”. It sounded like a good PR headline, against potentially damaging news.
The reason for certain big companies pulling out varied, and certainly in the jewellery hall there was a sense that many didn’t want to stop exhibiting at the show but rather felt pushed out as Baselworld closed the halls they used to showcase in.
Many told me they were still going to attend, if anything to see what it was like, and I for one was certainly intrigued.
Arriving at the show on a sunny Saturday afternoon, it didn’t take long to realise Baselworld had in fact not lost its sparkle yet.
There was still a buzz around the show, smiles on people’s faces, UK retailers to be seen galore, and a general feeling that this was a trade show that could not be missed.
Yes, some big brands were missing, but Baselworld did a good job at making the halls still feel full and exciting, and it wasn’t until I started reflecting on my time at the show that I even remembered some of the companies I used to visit that were no long exhibiting.
I for one still had many brands to see, and for the third year in a row was dashing around the halls like a kid in a candy shop gawping at exceptional gemstones and snapping pictures of the latest SS18 designs.
And it wasn’t just the press who were extremely busy, the retailers we spoke said the same – there was still lots of business to be done in Baselworld.
That leaves us to last but not least consider the exhibitors themselves, how did they feel about this year’s edition?
Well actually, every exhibitor we spoke to was extremely positive about the smaller show.
In fact, for jewellery exhibitors, the loss of other jewellery stands meant that retailers were less overwhelmed when they walked through the jewellery halls and had more time to spend exploring new brands and booking longer appointments then they would usually.
Many met with UK retailers and felt positive they would be opening new accounts in the next few months, while others attracted international interest and left Switzerland knowing they would be entering new markets.
These exhibitors weren’t being naïve, they didn’t ignore the fact that times are a-changing and that next year might be a different story, and they also acknowledged that the real fruit will be seen in the next few months when they can count how many accounts they actually opened off the back of appointments from the show, but they were pleased they were present this year.
I know this is just the point of view of the jewellery brands I managed to see during my three days at the show, and it does not paint a picture of the watch side of things (read the editor of our sister publication WatchPro’s thoughts here), or the companies I didn’t manage to speak to, but it is true 2018 wasn’t as bad as the industry feared.
Being shorter and smaller made the show more concentrated, which many claim to be a positive development, but that’s not to say Baselworld is safe.
The rumour mill has already begun that some of the shows biggest exhibitors may not return next year, and it almost certainly will never be as ‘grand’ as it used to be.
Exhibitors also said footfall was down, with some saying they may not have seen the same amount of people but the appointments they did have were of high quality, while others found themselves missing important clients.
So, while the show managed to shine for many jewellery brands this year, there are certainly some changes to be made to make sure Baselworld remains relevant for years to come, and 2019 could prove to be a more difficult edition than this year.