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The 1980s are long gone, and the decade’s most iconic hangouts are disappearing now too: shopping malls.
Turn on practically any teen-infused movie from the 1980s and at least one scene is likely to take place at a bustling shopping mall. The shopping mall was the Facebook of its day: after school or on the weekends, suburban teens flocked to malls to connect with each other. They would play arcade games, eat greasy mall food and browse sale racks, too. Adults flocked to malls too, for shopping, movies and to sit in those vibrating Brookstone chairs they would never buy.
But now, shopping malls are disappearing at such a rapid rate that there’s a Web site that lists “dead” shopping malls around the country. According to Amy Merrick for the New Yorker, some of the abandoned shopping malls have been converted into “community colleges, corporate headquarters, or churches.”
Some malls are being shut down because they’re health hazards, with water damage, mold, even asbestos. One thing though is increasingly clear: Shopping malls aren’t what they used to be. “In January, Rick Caruso, the C.E.O. of Caruso Affiliated, one of the largest privately held American real-estate companies, stood on a stage at the Javits Center, in New York, and forecast the demise of the traditional mall,” reports Merrick. Caruso said: “Within ten to fifteen years, the typical U.S. mall, unless it is completely reinvented, will be a historical anachronism—a sixty-year aberration that no longer meets the public’s needs, the retailers’ needs, or the community’s needs.”
Internet sales have taken a chunk out of mall sales, but not as much as you might think. Online sales hit six percent of total retail spending in the 4th quarter of 2013—a number that’s nearly doubled since 2006, explains Merrick. “Some retailers, understandably, are responding by focusing more on the online end of the retail business. Gap, which became synonymous with the American mall, is no longer counting on malls for growth.” Glenn Murphy, Gap’s C.E.O., told Merrick that its business is moving towards digital sales. “Mall traffic, for a number of years, has been slowing down. Whether it continues to decline somewhat over time, I think that’s realistic to assume.”
Even the iconic food court brands are struggling, reports Merrick. “Sbarro, which represents one of the four food groups of mall cuisine, along with Jamba Juice, Panda Express, and Cinnabon, filed for bankruptcy protection for the second time in three years. Court papers cited an “unprecedented decline in mall traffic,” meaning fewer hungry shoppers settling for foldable pizza slices.”
The suburban town square—shopping malls were the heart of many American communities. And all malls aren’t disappearing. The outdoor mall concept is thriving in some cities—making shoppers feel more like they’re doing something by being outdoors, rather than contained inside a stuffy building. But they only represent a small fraction of malls, the rest of which, it seems, have seen their prime—all while Amazon Prime gains momentum.
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AIRPORT CITY, Israel, Feb. 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- SodaStream International Ltd. (NASDAQ: SODA), the leading manufacturer and distributor of home carbonation beverage systems, was named as one of the World's 50 Most Innovative Companies by Fast Company in the magazine's March 2013 issue.
''We are honored to be recognized by Fast Company as one the World's Most Innovative Companies in 2013," said Daniel Birnbaum, CEO of SodaStream. "We empower consumers around the world to change the way they consume carbonated beverages, offering a more convenient, better-for-you, eco-friendly alternative to "Big Soda" and the disposable plastic they create. We understand that innovation never ends and we see this honor as an inspiration to continue moving our mission forward."
Fast Company cited SodaStream as one of the World's Most Innovative Companies for "making DIY carbonation sexy." Other contributing factors for the honor include SodaStream innovations in soda flavors and its broad range of products such as The Source, a soda maker designed by renowned consumer product and industrial designer Yves Behar.
"The Source was created with the understanding that world-class aesthetics are a prerequisite to securing space on the countertop. It combines a sleek, clean design with best-in-class engineering," said Yaron Kopel, SodaStream Chief Innovation & Design Officer. "With a patented 'Snap-and Lock' bottle mechanism for easier connection and release, as well as clear LED feedback for carbonation levels, SodaStream Source creates a beautiful, functional and eco-friendly 21st Century appliance."
Fast Company also honored businesses such as Apple, Amazon, Google and Nike, alongside rising newcomers such as Square, Fab and Tumblr, and international stars such as Kenya's Safaricom, Russia's Oktogo and China's Landwasher. Fast Company also recognizes Top-10 companies in certain countries, and for Israel SodaStream was rated #1, with Waze and Better Place among those rounding out the field.
In their words, The World's Most Innovative Companies is Fast Company's most high-profile editorial effort of the year. The editorial team spends months gathering and sifting data to identify those enterprises that exemplify the best in business from across the economy and around the world. The end result is a package that dares to be different, emphasizing not just revenue growth and profit margins but also progressive business models and an ethos of creativity.
Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies issue hits newsstands today and is available online at www.fastcompany.com/MIC and in app form via iTunes.
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SodaStream manufactures beverage carbonation systems which enable consumers to easily transform ordinary tap water instantly into carbonated soft drinks and sparkling water. Soda makers offer a highly differentiated and innovative solution to consumers of bottled and canned carbonated soft drinks and sparkling water. Our products are environmentally friendly, cost effective, promote health and wellness, and are customizable and fun to use. In addition, our products offer convenience by eliminating the need to carry bottles home from the supermarket, to store bottles at home or to regularly dispose of empty bottles. Our products are available at more than 60,000 retail stores in 45 countries around the world. For more information on SodaStream, please visit the Company's website: www.sodastream.com. SodaStream's investor relations app, which offers access to SEC documents, press releases, videos, audiocasts and more, may be downloaded on itunes for iPhone/iPad or Google for Android mobile devices.
About Fast Company
Fast Company is the world's leading progressive business-media brand, with a unique editorial focus on innovation in technology, ethonomics (ethical economics), leadership, and design. In print and through digital and social channels, as well as live events, Fast Company reports on and addresses the most progressive business leaders. Editor Robert Safian was named AdWeek's Editor of the Year in 2009. Under the leadership of publisher Christine Osekoski, Fast Company made AdWeek's Hot List for three consecutive years, and FastCompany.com executive editor Noah Robischon has tripled traffic and revenue. Fast Company is owned by Joe Mansueto, founder, chairman, and CEO of Morningstar, a leading provider of independent investment research.
This release contains forward-looking statements, which express the current beliefs and expectations of management. Such statements are based on management's current beliefs and expectations and involve a number of known and unknown risks and uncertainties that could cause our future results, performance or achievements to differ significantly from the results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Important factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include risks relating to: our ability to expand into our target markets, including the United States; our ability to continue to develop or maintain our presence in retail networks; our ability to develop and implement production and operating infrastructure to effectively support our growth; the success of our marketing campaigns and media spending in terms of increased sales or increased product and brand name awareness; our ability to maintain our customer base in markets where we have an established presence; the risks associated with our reliance on exclusive arrangements for the distribution of our beverage carbonation systems and consumables in each of the markets in which we use third-party distributors; our ability to compete effectively with other companies which currently offer, or may offer in the future, competing products; potential product liability claims if any component of our beverage carbonation systems is misused; our ability to protect our intellectual property rights; our being found to have a dominant position in certain markets which may place limits on our ability to operate; risks associated with our being a multinational corporation, including fluctuations in currency exchange rates; our potential exposure to greater than anticipated tax liabilities; our products being subject to extensive governmental regulation in the markets in which we operate; adverse conditions in the global economy which could negatively impact our customers' demand for our products; and other factors detailed in documents we file from time to time with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. Forward-looking statements in this release are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions contained in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995
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Canada got the last hurrah at the Celebration of Light Saturday evening, closing the three-night event with a winning display. Canada was declared the winner of the event, with Brazil and China finishing second and third, respectively.
Gallery: Marc by Marc Jacobs -- New York Fashion Week Spring 2013
Potentially the most playful and wearable collection this season, Marc by Marc Jacobs puts a sugary spin on early-'80s punk with candy-stripe shorts and trousers, newsboy caps, pink plaids and paisley pantsuits. Fun!


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April is usually a busy time for Brenda Palms-Barber. Bee season has started and that means tending to the beehives owned by her 2-year-old organization, Sweet Beginnings, LLC. What’s unique about Palms-Barber’s bees is that they are urban-raised, creating their honeycombs in the heart of Chicago. Once their honey is ripe, Palms-Barber and her employees convert it into a variety of skin care products sold under the brand name Beeline cosmetics.
But the true value of the honey is the opportunity it allows for ex-convicts to have a second chance.
Palms-Barber wasn’t always a “bee lady.” In 1999, she relocated from Denver to the North Lawndale area of Chicago to address the pressing employment needs in the area. More than 50 percent of the adult population in the predominantly black neighborhood, she discovered, had been in the criminal justice system, and few employers wanted to hire people with criminal records. “I needed to come up with a way to be their first employer,” she says.
Palms-Barber considered started a landscaping service, delivery service for the elderly or a temp agency. But with those businesses, she feared, clients might be wary of her employees. A creative co-worker suggested beekeeping. “I started to get excited about the idea, but no one else was,” she says. Among the naysayers, one friend saw the potential in the idea, calling it “a sweet beginning” for ex-cons reentering the workforce. “After that,” Palms-Barber says, “I didn’t care what people said because it was going to work.”
Since 2007, Sweet Beginnings has hired and trained 123 men and women—92 percent of whom have criminal record—in management, sales, marketing and the art of beekeeping.
For Palms-Barber, making honey-based skin care products is an added bonus. What really matters, she says, is giving people a second chance while boosting the green workforce. “We’re able to take the street skills and help them transform those skills into mainstream competitive skills.”
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Each year thousands of lives are lost in motor vehicle crashes. We know what could have been done to prevent many of these tragic deaths, but we can’t assume that everyone else does.
National Foundation for Teen Safe Driving will formally kick off So Let’s Do This at a scheduled press conference at the 2019 NADA Show in San Francisco. This unique safety initiative, with the might of franchised dealers from across the country, will deliver important messages with strong calls to action at critical times throughout the year.
“Dealers take great pride in the contributions they make in their local communities; however, most consumers are unaware of their community activity,” said Roy Bavaro, NFTSD executive director. “So Let’s Do This is a unified call to action that will amplify dealer voices and broadcast their support of important safety initiatives locally and nation-wide.”
NFTSD willlead and manage this targeted nation-wide awareness initiative and call to action, and provide participating dealers with campaign assets, instruction and guidance. Participating dealers will support the campaign objectives by integrating prepared safety messages into their marketing and customer communications.
“NADA has long supported smart, engaging and forward-thinking safety initiatives, and this program reflects those concepts,” said Peter Welch, NADA President. “National Foundation for Teen Safe Driving should be commended for working to get even more franchised dealers involved in promoting safety within their own communities.”
To learn more about this important initiative and to add your name to the list of dealers and industry partners committed to preventing traffic related tragedies, go to www.soletsdothis.org or stop by the Dealers Driving Road Safety exhibit (booth #1025S) at the 2019 NADA Expo in San Francisco.


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Park City Credit Union sponsors Shop Local Saturday Nov. 30
Park City Credit Union works to strengthen the local economy while adding value to their services with their Buzz Points rewards program. Buzz Points is a debit card rewards program with a Buy Local theme that rewards their account holders for using their debit card and for shopping local. Account holders earn points on their transactions that can be redeemed for local gift cards, cash cards, and donations to local non-profits.
Throughout November, Park City Credit Union and Buzz Points are promoting local businesses with Shop Local Saturday. Shop Local Saturday falls on the day after Black Friday and provides an alternative to the post-Thanksgiving shopping frenzy that has become a mainstay of big-box retailers’ annual business.
“We are empowering community financial institutions and local businesses to compete with mega banks and big-box retailers, while stretching consumer dollars and keeping more dollars local,” says Buzz Points CEO Jay Valanju, who added, “Everybody wins when you shop local.”
Shopping local doesn’t just affect businesses, it affects residents too. Studies show that as much as three times the money stays in a community when purchases are made with locally owned and operated businesses vs. national chains that ship the majority of their profits off to their corporate headquarters. Furthermore, local businesses typically offer better wages to employees, keeping even more money in the community. Locally owned businesses also define a community’s identity, add “local flavor,” provide a wider variety of goods, and offer more personalized service.
The Shop Local Saturday campaign engages consumers through social media, local media, and the web to drive more traffic to the network of local businesses that Park City Credit Union and Buzz Points have created. Additionally, business owners in the community are receiving a kit with Shop Local Saturday materials to display in their establishments.
You can learn more about Shop Local Saturday and joining the Buzz Points program, as a business owner or consumer, on the Shop Local Saturday homepage buzzpoints.com/shoplocalsaturday.


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Shoppers have been left baffled as Tesco has started stocking Easter eggs in one of its flagship Devon stores - just days after New Year's Day.
This year, Easter Sunday is due to happen on April 17 - four months away.
However, supermarket chain Tesco has decided to get itself (and its regular customers) prepared for the holiday extra early.
The Tesco Extra store on Russell Way, Exeter, already has its chocolate aisle taken over by seasonal chocolates.
Easter eggs, bunnies, Mini Eggs, and various other Easter-themed chocolate is already being flocked at the shop - much to the surprise of one shopper.
They told DevonLive: "Did not expect to see Easter eggs on sale just days after Christmas.
"Not surprised to see not many have been sold."
The eggs were spotted today (January 3), just nine days after Christmas Day.
The chains often get stock in earlier than many expect to avoid last-minute shortages, with some receiving their deliveries of Easter eggs as early as Christmas Eve.
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Police say a Warminster man has been arrested for allegedly using a pen with a built-in camera to film women changing in the dressing room of a Target store in Montgomery County.
Abington Township police said the investigation started when a female customer reported that she saw a small, cylindrical device under the wall of the dressing room where she was trying on clothes at the Target at 1495 Old York Road on March 21. The woman told investigators the device was pulled away when she tried to grab it.
Officials said Target employees gave police surveillance video of a man who was in the changing-room area at the time of the incident. Store workers then saw the man near the dressing rooms again on Saturday afternoon and alerted police, authorities said.
Police said 32-year-old Miklos Jugovics was taken into custody. Jugovics admitted to investigators that he was at the store to record women in changing rooms, and had done so on multiple occasions, according to police.
The suspect told police he used a ballpoint pen with a built-in video camera to film the women.
Police said detectives seized a computer and other items from Jugovics' Warminster home on Sunday and investigators believe he filmed women at the Abington Target store several times between November and March.
Jugovics told police he downloaded the images to his computer but did not post them online or distribute them.
Police said Jugovics is charged with invasion of privacy, unlawful use of computers and possessing instruments of crime.


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JLR posted revenue of 4.4 billion pound in the first quarter, down 7.6% from the fourth quarter of FY22, impacted by supply challenges including semiconductor shortages.
It will enable users to transcend beyond the restrictions of screens and the boundaries of distance into a future where everyone can be present together to create and experience new things.
“I deeply apologize for the problems we have caused for those customers graciously waiting for our cars,” Honda Chief Financial Officer Kohei Takeuchi said from the headquarters.
Nissan Motor Co. did not provide a specific date but said onTuesday that production will stop soon.
The automaker, which is witnessing a turnaround in its domestic business, however, has no plans to get into the CNG space in the immediate future.


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Silicon Graphics and LSI Logic have announced a new MIPS microprocessor that is small and inexpensive enough to be used in many new consumer electronics items, opening new markets for both firms.
Separately, Silicon Graphics’ MIPS Technologies unit announced a multimedia version of its MIPS chip which officials said could give Intel’s new MMX multimedia chip a run for its money. Its MIPS Digital Media Extensions bring video, graphics and sound processing onto the microprocessor.
LSI’s and Silicon’s MIPS 16 microprocessor shrinks the space taken up by software coding on the chip by 40 percent from traditional MIPS coding. That shrinkage means the chip requires memory and less power. The smaller requirements allow a lower priced chip for the same performance.
LSI announced the first commercialization of MIPS 16 technology, its “TinyRISC” microprocessor, saying it’s good for cellular phones, Internet appliances, and other items.
Analysts at Dataquest said neither announcement breaks new grounds in microprocessor technology but they are both important for the companies in either opening up — or preserving — markets for them.
The MIPS 16 “could give them an opportunity where they didn’t have one before,” for LSI and Silicon Graphics’ MIPS chip in supplying markets that want lower cost microprocessors said Dataquest microcontroller analyst Tom Starnes.
Similarly, the MIPS Multimedia Extensions opens a door to a market that already exists. The MIPS offering will provide competition to Intel’s MMX multimedia technology slated for introduction early next year, said Dataquest’s Nathan Brookwood, principal analyst for semiconductor applications.
But he added “They really need this just to stay in the ball game,” about Silicon Graphics. “They darn well better have this to compete with the Pentium Pro next year.”
Other workstation chip makers offer this capability — using digital signal processing to bring the tasks of video or graphics or sound processing into the central microprocessor.
At issue really is the viability of workstations at a time when Intel’s Pentium Pro is getting closer and closer in performance to what workstation chips can do – chips like Silicon Graphics’ MIPS or Sun Microsystems’s Sparc.
“Sun’s and HP’s and SGI’s challenge is to find users or applications that are so intensive that a Pentium Pro can’t supply them,” Brookwood said.
He said Sun already introduced multimedia extensions for its workstation chip. Silicon Graphics announced its multimedia extension along with announcing the next generation of its MIPS chip, the MIPS V. Together they do full multimedia processing, the company said, using digital signal processing.
With the MIPS 16, reducing the space and memory requirements of a MIPS chip is something that will prolong the attractiveness of RISC chips in the market, Starnes said. A drawback of RISC chips has been their big memory requirements.
The computer industry is split between RISC, or reduced instruction set computers, processing architecture used inside most workstations, and CISC, or complex instruction set computers, architecture used in most personal computers.
Intel’s microprocessors, for example, are built around a CISC architecture.
But both sides have been introducing features to make their chips more like the other, seeking the best of both.
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The Nokia 9 PureView, unveiled on Sunday in Barcelona, tries to change that, recapturing some of the premium market.It’s an Android One phone – that’s the “stock” Android rigidly specified by Google – running Android 9.0 Pie, with five 12MP camera sensors.
HMD Global, the Finnish company which owns the rights to use the Nokia brand for mobile phones, has launched a smartphone with an array of five camera lenses designed to appeal to camera enthusiasts.
The Nokia 9 PureView heads a range of smartphones announced by HMD on Sunday, including an entry-level and two mid-level handsets, all designed to work with Google’s Android One, which guarantees two years’ of operating system upgrades.The company was showing it could innovate by delivering the world’s first five-camera array system in a smartphone, Chief Executive Florian Seiche said in an interview. It also refreshed its devices in the mid-market, where it already has a top-five ranking in many markets, and introduced a feature phone – the Nokia 210 – able to connect to the Internet using an Opera Mini browser, priced at an average $35.
For months we heard rumours. On Sunday evening Nokia officially launched the Nokia 9 Pureview phone at this year’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The Pureview moniker attached to the phone’s name says something: this is a phone that aims to further Nokia’s legacy of making smartphones with brilliant cameras. And to buttress this point, the Nokia 9 Pureview sports five rear cameras at the back, complete with the Zeiss branding.The Nokia 9 Pureview, apart from packing a fairly slick camera, also sports high-end hardware. But not top-end because it is not a phone powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 855, which we expect in the top-end phones this year. Instead it comes with the Snapdragon 845.
Nokia 9 PureView specifications
As we mentioned above, the biggest feature of this smartphone is the 5 camera setup given in the back. With 5 cameras here LED flash and laser autofocus are given. These 5 cameras are 12MP f / 1.8 sensors and three of these are 12MP f / 1.8 sensors. Three out of 5 monochrome lenses, while there are two RGB lenses.
Processor – Qualcomm Snapdragon 845. This is a high end processor. However, Qualcomm has also launched the latest Snapdragon 855. But at present, smartphones like 70,000 rupees-Pixel 3 also come with Snapdragon 845 processors. So Nokia 9 PureView can also be considered as a powerful processor.
RAM – 6GB
Internal Storage – This smartphone has 128GB of storage. Since it has 5 cameras and this smartphone is specially designed for photography. In such a situation, the use of such a storage will definitely work for the users.
Screen – 5.99-inch OLED screen with 2K resolution is given. Gorilla Glass 5 is also available for protection here.
Rear camera – 5 cameras with 12 megapixel image sensors. There are three monochrome sensors and 2 RGB sensors.
Front camera – Here’s a 20-megapixel front camera. For Selfie, its screen can be used as a flash.
Software – Android 9 Pie.
Battery – 3320 mAh
“Today, with these new phones, we are taking a leap forward by delivering the very latest innovations from Google across our entire portfolio,” said Florian Seiche, Chief Executive Officer, HMD Global.Apart from the smartphones, Nokia also refreshed its accessories portfolio with ‘Nokia Wireless Charger” and “Nokia Portable Wireless Charger” — both of which support the universal Qi charging standard and would work with compatible wireless charging devices.”Nokia 4.2″, “Nokia 3.2”, “Nokia 1 Plus”, and “Nokia 210” would start being made available between March and April at the starting price of $169, $139, $99 and $35 respectively, the company added.
HMD Global unveiled Nokia 9 PureView smartphone during the Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona. The Nokia 9 PureView is world’s first penta-lens camera phone and features a notch-less design along with an in-display fingerprint sensor. The phone design and specifications were leaked several times before after its launch. Nokia 9 PureView has thin-bezels and a flat display. The phone also comes with a metal frame with glass panels covering the front and back sides.
The phone itself looks beautiful, though easily attracts fingerprint smudges given the glossy finish. We spent some time with the Nokia 9 PureView at the launch event and here is our first impressions.Nokia 9 PureView is all about its five cameras with the five lenses spaced out in a circle at the back of the device along with a time-of-flight depth sensor as well as flash unit. There is no camera bump, which is great, with the Zeiss optics lenses made to look like they are seamlessly blended in to the phone.
Nokia’s PureView camera will have five lenses from the company of Jesse. There will be 12 color sensors with 12 megapixels in the rear. Along with this, there will also be 3 monochrome sensors with 12 megapixels. The aperture of all the lenses will be f / 1.8. Apart from this, there will be a flash light in the rear panel with the camera lens and a time off flight sensor for the damp mapping. With the help of these photographs of 60-240 megapixel capacity can be converted into a photo of 12 megapixel capacity.
The company claims that better phones can be taken from this phone than other smartphones. Not only this, Bokeh mode will also focus on multiple points simultaneously. However, this phone will not get extra level optical zoom. The phone will also have a 20-megapixel selfie camera.
Wireless Charging Feature
This smartphone will run on the Snapdragon 845 processor. Apart from this, there will also be a dedicated light camera lux capacitors processor. Customers will get a 5.99 inch POLID display which will come with a screen fingerprint reader. The phone will support wireless charging. The initial price of this phone will be $ 699 (about 50,000 rupees). This phone will be available for customers from the month of March. This will be the Limited Edition phone and the company will not produce a large quantity of this model.
Entry level phones cost around Rs 2,500
Entry level smartphones will be launched in the name of Nokia 210. It will cost $ 35 (about Rs 2,500). Mid-range smartphones will be available in the name of Nokia 3.2 and 4.2. Their price will be $ 139 (about Rs 10,000) and $ 169 (about Rs 12,000) respectively. Both of these smartphones will be available for customers from April.
Finally [OPPO K1] Launched in India:Features, Specs All essential info Oppo K1
Smartphone maker Oppo has launched the Oppo K1 smartphone in India with its in-display fingerprint sensor . It has been launched exclusively on Flipkart. The company launched this handset in China in October last year. This smartphone has an in-display fingerprint sensor. Let’s say, the Oppo K1 has a 25 megapixel selfie camera. This smartphone is coming up to 4GB of RAM variants. Its launch price has been kept at Rs 16,990 on Flipkart.
Speaking of specifications, Oppo K1 smartphone with dual SIM runs on Android 8.1 Oreo. This phone has a 6.4 inch full HD + display, whose resolution is 1080×2340 pixels. This smartphone is powered by the Octa Core Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 processor. If you talk about cameras in this smartphone, then there is a dual camera setup in the rear. This phone is available in Van Gogh Blue and Mocha Red Color Variants.
Oppo launched its new smartphone Oppo K1 during an event in New Delhi. This smartphone was launched in China in October last year. The special feature of this smartphone is that it has an in-display fingerprint sensor. Talking about the other features in the smartphone, it has a 6.4-inch display, a snapdragon 660 processor and a 25-megapixel selfie camera. The company has only introduced it in 4GB RAM variants.
Digital posts $66 million loss -BOSTON – full report
Digital Equipment Corp. said Tuesday it posted a deeper-than-expected loss of $66 million in its fiscal first quarter after a difficult worldwide realignment of its sales force hurt its business.
The Maynard, Mass.-based computer manufacturer said it lost $65.9 million, or 48 cents a share, for the three months ended Sept. 30, compared with a profit of $48.2 million, or 26 cents a share, in the same period a year ago.
The per-share loss was more than three times the 14 cents that Wall Street was expecting, according to First Call, which tracks analysts’ estimates.
Digital’s stock plunged $5.75 to $28.625 in afternoon trading on the New York Stock Exchange.
“The sales force changes took longer, and were more difficult to implement and more distracting to the sales force then were planned,” Chairman Robert Palmer told reporters during a conference call.
“As a result, our selling ability was temporarily reduced, and product revenues were significantly affected,” he said.
The sales realignment resulted in new management and sales representatives taking new accounts, but the changes began to show positive results toward the end of the quarter, he said.
“We expect as a result that we will return to profitability in the December (second) quarter as the sales pick up and we get this thing behind us,” Palmer said.
The second consecutive quarterly loss, following six quarters of profits, was a clear blow to Digital’s turnaround hopes and called into question Palmer’s future.
Analysts said that, if Digitial failed to turn a profit for the fiscal second quarter, Palmer, who is also president and chief executive officer, may be out.
“If that (profit) does not happen, I think the level of support that Mr. Palmer currenly enjoys from the board of directors is going to evaporate,” said Terry Shannon, editor of the Ashland, Mass.-based newsletter “Shannon Knows DEC.”
Palmer said he has the continued support of the board and the company has a capable management team.
Since Palmer restructured the company into business units, Digital’s profitability excluding restructuring charges has improved by more than $1 billion and the balance sheet has strengthened, he said.
“This is a difficult turnaround,” he said. “We’ve been working through a lot of previous problems, but we remain committed.”
Chief Financial Officer Vincent Mullarkey said fluctuations in the dollar resulted in a loss of more than $70 million for the first quarter.
“Had the currency impact year-over-year not occurred, we would essentially have been break even for the quarter,” Mullarkey said.
During the fiscal first quarter sales of Digital’s fast-performing Alpha computer systems grew at only 4 percent as a direct result of the changes and realignments in its sales organization.
“I’m pretty confident that as we get stable with the sales force, we’ll see the Alpha revenues continue to grow again,” Palmer said.
Mullarkey said the company made solid progress in the management of gross margins and operating expenses, despite its revenue shortfall. Total operating expenses were essentially unchanged at $900 million in the quarter.
Digital said the performance of its personal computer business continued to improve and the unit made good progress toward breaking even or turning a profit by the end of the second quarter.
Industry-wide price cuts in personal computers earlier this year and an inventory build-up hurt Digital’s personal computer unit in its fourth quarter.
Enrico Pesatori, head of the personal computer unit and heir apparent to Palmer, resigned suddenly in early July, citing distribution problems.
The company said it ended the quarter with about 57,000 employees, a reduction of 2,100 from the end of fiscal 1996. Personnel levels are expected to fall further to 53,000 at the end of the fiscal year, Palmer said.
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Yes, there has been some word going around that Sprint’s HTC EVO 4G LTE smartphone has run into some issues with the Google Wallet service, and Google themseves, the Internet search giant, has stepped forward to say that they are working on a fix, and it should be resolved in due time. It seems that HTC EVO 4G LTE devices (just a certain batch) have experienced reported problems in getting Google Wallet to work, where one of the signs of that would be an error message that says it has yet to be certified for use on the phone/carrier. A Sprint employee has also done his bit to acknowledge the problem on a forum post, touting that HTC was working on a fix of some kind. Google too, confirmed this part of the story, and are already hard at work in developing a fix before the app works just fine.
It is good to know that this particular glitch does seem to be related to the phone’s software, so there is nothing broken about the EVO 4G LTE’s NFC hardware. Hopefully a fix can be found, and soon.


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Travelpro luggage, a brand invented by a pilot and recommended by frequent fliers, has selected United Collective as its new agency of record.
United Collective, based in Huntington Beach, Calif., will provide everything from brand strategy, creative, digital advertising and content for Travelpro.
"We look forward to helping Travelpro reach today’s frequent travelers with new and exciting creative in both traditional and digital," declared John Gallegos, CEO and founder of United Collective, in a statement.
Travelpro is near and dear to the hearts of all travelers, whether they own the brand or not. Its founder, a pilot for Northwest Airlines, invented the first wheelie suitcase, the Rollaboard, in 1987. Like so many founders, in tech and otherwise, he worked out of his garage to create the prototype.
The company has continued to innovate with connected luggage that features batteries and USB ports. Alternatively, it also makes luggage that blocks unwelcome connections, such as radio frequencies, to secure the owner’s identity.
Travelpro already has a devoted online following. Its Instagram is packed with stylish travelers posing with their luggage around the world. Others post challenges like packing for three people in one Travelpro carry-on.
"We understand that our growth is dependent upon our ability to connect with today’s diverse and savvy travelers," said Valerie Batrice, Travelpro’s senior director, consumer marketing, in a statement. Batrice credited United Collective’s capabilities for content creation, particularly, as a way to increase market share.
The global luggage market was worth $19.4 billion in 2017, according to Statista.
Online retailers are increasingly capturing sales, making content, reviews and other online brand presence important. In a report, Jumpshot, a digital-intelligence agency, puts American Tourister, Samsonite, and AmazonBasics, as top-selling online luggage brands.


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Amazon is out with new dates for its annual "Prime Day" shopping event, after its original date was pushed back due to COVID-19. Yahoo Finance's Dan Howley joins Kristin Myers to break down the details.
KRISTIN MYERS: Well, Amazon's Prime Day is coming. So for more on this, we're joined now by Yahoo Finance's techpert, Dan Howley. Hey, Dan.
DAN HOWLEY: Hey, Kristin. That's right. Prime Day is coming. It's going to be October 13th and 14th, and basically, what we're going to see is the same kind of sales that we've seen in the past. Right now, there are some sales already going on on certain Amazon items. That's, you know, the kind of slew of Alexa power devices that they have are all ready being marked down.
And then as we get closer to Prime Day we'll likely see additional sales. It's also important to note that with Prime Day being an Amazon exclusive event, other companies like to try to jump on board to push their own sales, to take away from Amazon. So look for sales at places like Walmart and Target on the same day. It should be good. So happy shopping.
KRISTIN MYERS: Happy shopping indeed. Thanks so much, Dan.


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Epic Games is suing Google, claiming the latter paid developers and prohibited them from building competitive app marketplaces
Apple and Epic Games are now engaged in a legal fight over the alleged anti-competitive behavior of Epic Games, the developer of the popular game Fortnite. The company is currently working on preparing a lawsuit against Google in which it will assert that the latter company corrupted developers by paying them off and discouraging them from building other software marketplaces.
The allegations focus on Google’s Project Hug, which was rebranded as the “Apps and Games Velocity initiative” in the aftermath of the scandal. In case you were unaware, it has been claimed that Google has spent millions of dollars to sustain the Play Store presence of some Android developers. In case you were uninformed, this information can be found here. Epic Games lodged the complaint in the previous calendar year.
According to Epic Games’ motion, “several of these arrangements were intended to, and did, prevent developers from opening competing app shops,” implying that Google had broken the United States’ primary antitrust law known as the Sherman Act. In a recent report published by Engadget, the company Google was quoted as saying that they would be opposing the motion. They also added that “Epic and Match are adding more erroneous claims to their failed case and we’re looking forward to setting the facts right in court.”
The Google spokesperson proceeded by stating that users of Android already have access to rival app stores and that the program that Epic Games is fighting against offers Android developers incentives and users early access to Google Play users whenever they launch new content. On the other hand, the United States Department of Justice and a group representing more than 36 states have already criticized Google for the prices it charges for its online stores.


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Twitter announced this week that the Twitter Publisher Network just change name to Twitter Audience Platform.
The TAP (Twitter Audience Platform) is a combination between targeting signals coming from Twitter (interest/username/keywords) and the inventory on Mopub, an ad network specialized on App Environment.
With TAP, advertisers can reach more than 700 million users on Twitter and in Mopub.
With the news of TAP, it comes the native ads announcement. It will be possible on Twitter Audience Platform to create four different ad formats from a creative asset. The formats are normal banners, native ads, video and interstitials. Twitter also launched call-to-action buttons to “help drive specific behavior from users.”


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KDF Spring Fashion Show tickets now on sale
You’ll find the latest looks and hottest trends at the Macy’s Kentucky Derby Festival Spring Fashion Show on Thursday, March 31.
The show’s producer, Christine Fellingham, Courier-Journal fashion editor and HerScene editor, says this year’s fashion show will feature outfits and accessories from more than a dozen local boutiques, Macy’s and other retailers.
The event kicks off with cocktails and boutique shopping at 5:30 p.m., followed by dinner at 7 p.m. and runway show at 8 p.m. in the Showroom of Horseshoe Southern Indiana.
Tickets can be purchased online at www.kdf.org or by calling 502-584-FEST. Reserved seating tickets are $650 for a table of 10 or $65 each. Tickets for the Lounge area (general admission seating) are $35.
Reporter Kirby Adams can be reached at email@example.com or (502) 582-4336.


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Samsung has revealed new Galaxy Watch software that brings features from its latest Watch4 model to four older smartwatches.
Owners of the Galaxy Watch, Galaxy Watch Active, Galaxy Watch Active2, and Galaxy Watch3 can expect upgraded health and personalization features starting Nov. 15, with the rollout of the OneUI 4 software update for Android 12.
“Samsung believes in putting the very best mobile experiences into the hands of as many people as possible, which includes our commitment to providing continuous software support for previous Galaxy Watch models,” Samsung says.'[Fall Detection] makes it easier to keep both yourself and your more vulnerable loved ones safe,' Samsung says.
Features like Fall Detection will make their way from the Watch4 to the Galaxy Watch Active2 and Watch3, allowing the watch to detect hard falls from users during physical activity. The new update will give the option to adjust Fall Detection sensitivity that can detect falls even while standing and the ability to send SOS messages to pre-selected contacts once a fall is detected.'To the stylish and minimalist Classic – more options means more freedom to express yourself,' Samsung says.
All four watches will receive 10 additional watch faces that first launched with the Watch4. “Tapping on these watch faces will enable you to pick between different background or text colors, while the Animals watch face allows you to choose between different colorful animated creatures like a monkey, rabbit, sheep, or cat.”
Other features include an updated group challenge in the Work Out with Friends feature and more accurate health monitoring. The update arrives today in the US and Korea for Bluetooth devices only and will roll out to other regions and LTE devices later.
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As many as 177,000 jobs were lost from UK retail last year, a new study from the Centre for Retail Research (CRR) showed on Friday. That’s up by a quarter on 2019 and CRR's predicting another 200,000 to be lost in 2021.
Much of the attention around the bidding for Arcadia's brands has been focused on big names such as Boohoo, Frasers, and Authentic Brands too. But reports suggest as many as 40 parties have registered their interest.
Frasers Group was reportedly racing to try to do a deal on Debenhams at the weekend, but reports also suggested that US-based Barneys owner Authentic Brands has both Debenhams and Arcadia in its sights.
The Arcadia administrators have reportedly put a price of around £200 million on its star chain Topshop, with attempts to get a deal signed pre-Christmas. That could mean initial bids being filed within the next week.


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WhatsApp users with an iPhone have yet another reason to update to iOS 9.1. After installing Apple’s latest update, you’ll find added Quick Reply functionality, allowing you to reply to messages without having to open the WhatsApp app.
Sky Gamblers Air Supremacy, the highly-rated air combat game from Atypical Games that made its App Store debut back in July, is now available for free on iOS as Apple’s App of the Week in the U.S.
Live Photos captured with the new iPhone 6s and 6s Plus are terrific — except when you share them with someone who doesn’t have an iPhone or supported Apple device. In which case, they’re just still images. But thanks to a new app called Live GIF, you can now turn Live Photos into GIFs anyone can enjoy.
Getting Maps on your Apple Watch hasn’t been impossible, thanks to Apple’s own app, but for those that prefer to use Google’s variation, the time has finally arrived.


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Ottawa / CA. (cota) The Canada Organic Trade Association (COTA) is delighted that government and industry are successfully collaborating to meet the 2020 deadline for updating the Canadian Organic Standards, and that government is investing CAD 8.3 million towards organic agriculture research.
«As the fastest-growing sector in Canadian agriculture, we have a keen interest in ensuring that Canada’s Organic Standards are updated to reflect the latest trends, research and innovations within the organic growing and processing industries», said Tia Loftsgard, COTA’s executive director. «We are thrilled by Minister MacAulay’s announcement of government funding of CAD 292,555 towards updating the Canadian Organic Standards, and are very pleased by the support for organic science research».
«With the government’s target of CAD 75 billion in agricultural exports by 2025, it is crucial that booming sectors like organic be provided with equal opportunities to thrive in the global marketplace», said Dag Falck, COTA’s board president. «We are pleased to see government recognition and the need to step up to support and build on the impressive momentum of Canadian organics, keeping our sector competitive with our largest trading partners. We are grateful for the government’s ongoing support, and we look forward to our joint work aimed at strengthening the integrity and growth of the organic sector in Canada», concluded Falck.
About the Canada Organic Trade Association
The Canada Organic Trade Association is the membership-based association for the organic industry in Canada: representing growers, processors, certifiers, provincial farmers’ associations, importers, exporters, retailers and others throughout the organic value chain. COTA’s mission is to promote and protect the growth of organic trade to benefit the environment, farmers, the public and the economy. COTA brings together the diversity of Canada’s organic sector: from farmer and processor to retail, including food products, fibre and textiles, personal care, and emerging sectors such as organic aquaculture.


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Business News: Consumer Focus Lifts Watches & Wonders Miami
Two years prior, the FHH (Fondation de la Haute Horlogerie), the Swiss association that runs the notable SIHH presentation in Geneva, took a risk on an extravagance watch show in the United States.
The establishment collaborated with the Miami Design District to dispatch fake watch prices & Wonders Miami (WWM), an instructive and limited time occasion at extravagance fake watch costs focused on buyers, from no-nonsense fake watch prices gatherers to the simply curious.
Last year’s dispatch occasion worked out positively. Yet, the current year’s show, held over the Presidents’ Day weekend, went better. Much better. Thirty fake watch prices brands took part, up from 21 out of 2018; participation expanded 40% to 28,000 visitors.
Fabienne Lupo, executive and overseeing overseer of the FHH.
“We couldn’t be more satisfied with the consequences of fake watch prices & Wonders Miami,” Fabienne Lupo, executive and overseeing head of FHH, said in a proclamation the day after the show shut. The show surpassed assumptions, Lupo said. To such an extent that FHH needs to make it a perpetual installation on the U.S. fake watch prices calendar.
The FHH and Miami Design District affirmed that they will hold a third version of the WWM one year from now on Presidents’ Day weekend.
Putting resources into The Americas
W&W Miami was the first run through large numbers of the year’s new fake watch prices were accessible to be found in the United States.
Watch shows are important for FHH’s main goal. The establishment was made in 2005 to advance familiarity with and interest in fine watchmaking. The establishing companies were the Richemont Group, Audemars Piguet and Girard-Perregaux. Today, FHH has 44 accomplice brands, which uphold its exercises in instruction, preparing and uncommon events.
In expansion to SIHH, the establishment has for quite a long time needed to have a solid territorial show in a significant fake watch prices market. It trusts it has one in Miami.
Earlier in this decade, FHH dispatched fake watch prices & Wonders Hong Kong. The circumstance was ominous. It held yearly WWHK shows from 2013 to 2015. “It was some unacceptable second to have this occasion,” Lupo says, “right when there was an extraordinary log jam in Hong Kong and China.” That show had a b-to-b [business-to-business] center, Lupo says. “It was somewhat of a little SIHH,” with brands introducing fake watch prices to the fake watch prices exchange as opposed to fake watch prices consumers.
FHH collapsed WWHK and reevaluated the b-to-b center. It chose to revamp fake watch prices & Wonders with a b-to-c [business to consumer] approach, and chose to move the show to Miami.
Why Miami? “Since we realize that there is extraordinary room [for extravagance fake watch prices and jewelry] to fill in America, North and South,” Lupo says. “It is essential to put resources into this market. Furthermore, Miami is an ideal center point to interface North and South America.”
Watches, Cars, And Yachts
The presence of an auto concours and a yacht show assisted support with faking watch prices & Wonders.
The cooperation with the Miami Design District was a characteristic turn of events: various FHH individuals have shops there. Of the 30 brands at the current year’s show, 16 have shops in the Design District. Those without an unattached store had transitory spring up shops at the setting during the show.
Another component in the WWM recipe is an organization with two different occasions happening in Miami over the Presidents’ Day weekend. In plain view at the Miami Yacht Show, held at One Herald Plaza, were 500 yachts and superyachts from the world’s preeminent custom boat manufacturers. A free transport administration ran between the yacht show and the WWM. Likewise at the Design District on Feb. sixteenth and seventeenth was the Miami Concours, which included around 100 games vehicles and extravagance autos from noticeable collectors.
The organization between the extravagance fake watch prices vehicle and yacht shows helped support participation, Lupo said. Other than fake watch prices gatherers and devotees, WWM pulled in “individuals who love wonderful items and who need to see more and are somewhat inquisitive. For the brands, this is an incredible chance to meet new audiences.
This year saw the expansion of presentation space for autonomous brands and brands without Miami Design District boutiques.
“The principle participants are from Miami and Florida. In any case, increasingly more there are guests from around the U.S. what’s more, global, particularly Latin America,” Lupo said.
Visitors had the opportunity to see new fake watch prices introduced at SIHH or going to be introduced at Baselworld months before they will be accessible in stores. They could buy or request fake watch prices obviously. “Be that as it may, this isn’t the reason for the show,” Lupo says. “The object is to be a communication stage, where guests can find out about fake watch prices and comprehend them better. Find out about the historical backdrop of a brand, about the savoir-faire behind the pieces. They likewise will meet some astonishing autonomous watchmakers like Kari Voutilainen and Romain Gauthier, who are there. It’s truly more like a schooling platform.”
To that end, the show offered a full record of meetings, workshops and board discussions.
Miami And More
Watches & Wonders will get back to the Miami Design District in 2020, and may likewise grow to different business sectors as well.
Next year, SIHH and Baselworld, Switzerland’s two gigantic fake watch prices shows, are planning their show dates and moving the shows to April. That will make WWM considerably more fascinating to purchasers, Lupo thinks. “Watches & Wonders Miami could be a sort of review of the two shows,” she says. “It will support significantly more the significance of this event.”
Meanwhile, in view of the achievement of WWM, FHH is thinking about returning the show to Asia. “We needed to test this equation of an occasion more situated to general society,” Lupo says. “Furthermore, without a doubt it is a success.”
“Asia will be the following objective. We will keep a principle worldwide occasion in Geneva with SIHH. And afterward we will add neighborhood occasions with the fake watch prices & Wonders idea, in view of the b-to-c viewpoint. Thus, we have one here in Miami. What’s more, we will create one in Asia, presumably in China, yet we don’t have the foggiest idea yet where and when.”


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The director of the National Center for Supercomputing Applications says the hybrid supercomputer in China is a harbinger of future high-performance computing that combines high-end CPUs and GPUs onto one chip.
NCSA awarded $1 million to bridge two open-source software applications important to next-generation software.
National Computer Security is developing criteria to certify digital security products that use cryptography. Proposed criteria, to be discussed tomorrow at a cryptography conference, include using an accepted cryptographic algorithm, implementing the algorithm without security-degrading mistakes, and passing input-output "black-box" testing. The criteria are a step toward adding crypto testing to the company's certification offerings. Testing will begin September 15, with results announced December 8.
The National Computer Security Association certification lab has certified new firewalls from Check Point Software Technologies, Seattle Software Labs, and OpenRoute Networks. NCSA has certified a total of 32 firewalls.
The National Computer Security Association has certified firewalls from seven more vendors in the latest round of testing by the private lab, which tests firewalls, anti-virus utilities, and other security products. The newly certified products include firewalls from Digital Equipment, Secure Computing, Cisco Systems, and 3Com. NCSA had previously certified 16 firewalls.
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It’s all about the Samsung S9 Active
If the Galaxy S9 Mini is reported to be available through Samsung, the new reports offer another variant of the Galaxy S9 and it may be close at the same time.
Samsung announced the Galaxy S9 and the S9 + flagship offering for the Samsung Galaxy 2012, the “mini” version of the Samsung Galaxy S9 will soon be launched on the Internet. Although the presence of the smartphone has not been confirmed in the upcoming Samsung lineup, new reports show another similarity in the Galaxy S9.
This time, the optional Split called Galaxy S9 is called Active. If the reports are to be believed, the Samsung Galaxy S9 Active will also be powered by Qualcomm’s latest most powerful SoC, Snapdragon 845, just like the Galaxy S9.
According to a new screenshot shown on the internet, the new Samsung smartphone will come with the model number SM-G893. The report mentions that the smartphone may make its appearance in the third quarter of the 2018 market. For its specifications, the Galaxy S9 activates a 5.8-inch QHD + display with a resolution of 2960×1440 pixels. As mentioned, it will be powered by a Snapdragon 845 SOC and will carry 4GB RAM with 64GB internal storage. It will get its juice from a 4000 mAh battery.
For its camera, the Galaxy S9 Active 12 / Megapixel sensor is believed to play with the dual fee / 1.5 – f / 2.4 aperture behind it, it comes with an 8 megapixel camera sensor at the f / 1.7 front aperture. Smartphones can also be a more durable and solid version of the Galaxy S9.
Prices and availability of Samsung Galaxy S9 Active
According to the report, Samsung has been able to launch the Galaxy S9 in a few weeks from now. However, the device is expected to be available on the market in the next half of the year. The Galaxy S9 Active is expected to have more or less specs with the price of the Galaxy S9.
A few years after launching its “active” variant of its flagship phones, it’s no wonder Samsung is actively working on the Galaxy S9 Active. Although most of the details about the phone are not clear at the moment, this week we are going to receive our first release …
Samsung has released an active version of its S-series LineWepe for the past few years, so it’s really no surprise when the S-9 is active. As you might expect, the phone will be a more robust version of the standard. Galaxy s9, but with most of the same glasses.


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As you can see in the above YouTube clip, Steve Wozniak has finally come out to give us his 2 cents on the so-called "Antenna Gate" controversy that has recently plagued the new iPhone 4. As far as he is concerned, in a few words:
"It's all overblown!"
It's just not the opinion of Apple's illustrious cofounder either. Most importantly, in a recent ChangeWave survey, as noted by InvestorPlace.com, the iPhone 4's reception problems are overblown and are NOT significantly impacting the people who should know and matter the most... its actual users! According to their recent survey, the actual facts are quite remarkable and quite opposite to what has been widely reported by the media.
Yes, in spite of all of the negative press surrounding the so-called iPhone reception issues and its now infamous "death-grip" the overall satisfaction rate for the iPhone 4 is overwhelmingly positive by the people who matter, as I've said, the most... its users. True, as might be expected, the bad press has indeed helped to lower its overall satisfaction rating but not anywhere near as much as people assumed it would.
Just as I thought, and I have long believed, it was the bias of the media and the efforts of Apple's competitor's that really helped to over blow the iPhone 4's reception issues, and, in conclusion, I agree 100% with InvestorPlace.com who sated in their bottom line:
"Despite the waves of controversy that surrounded the iPhone 4 within days of its launch, the latest Apple release is outperforming almost every other smart phone in the industry in terms of overall customer satisfaction and meeting owners’ expectations.
While one-in-five iPhone 4 owners do say the antenna has caused them problems, by an overwhelming margin they are satisfied with Apple’s solution.
And in reality, iPhone 4 owners report experiencing fewer dropped calls than do iPhone 3GS owners."
In conclusion, that's my very last words on the iPhone 4's so-called "death-grip" issue..... I hope?
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Xiaomi sub-brand Redmi was rumoured to be working on a gaming smartphone. The company today confirmed that it is indeed launching a Redmi gaming phone very soon. Redmi took to Weibo to confirm the launch of its upcoming gaming smartphone. The company did not reveal the launch date but confirmed that the device will launch in April itself. Reports of Redmi’s gaming phone have been around for a while. While not a lot is known, rumours are rife that the phone will come with a MediaTek Dimensity 1200 SoC. Let’s take a look at more details of the upcoming Redmi gaming smartphone.
Xiaomi to launch a Redmi gaming phone later this month
A Redmi gaming phone is confirmed to launch in April 2021. The company has officially teased the launch without revealing the date.
Redmi took to Weibo to tease the launch of its upcoming gaming smartphone. The teaser poster does not reveal the launch date of the device. It is confirmed that the device will launch in April. We can expect it to launch during the last week of April, if not earlier.
Not much is known about the upcoming gaming smartphone from the Xiaomi sub-brand. The smartphone with the model number M2104K10C has been spotted on a few certification websites. The listings revealed that the device has the model number M2104K10C. It will come with a MediaTek Dimensity 1200 SoC under the hood. It is also likely to sport a quad-camera setup on the back. The phone will have a 64MP Sony IMX686 primary camera sensor. It is also likely to feature a high refresh rate display and a big battery.
It is expected that the gaming phone will come under the POCO branding in India sometime soon. As per the recent IMEI database listing, the Indian variant of Redmi’s gaming phone has the model number M2104K10I.
It will compete against the Realme GT Neo that was launched last month in China.
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Jan 27- Apple Inc quarterly results smashed Wall Street expectations with record sales of iPhone 6 and 6 Plus smartphones in the holiday shopping season and strong sales in China, although the United States remained the top iPhone market. Apple Chief Financial Officer Luca Maestri told Reuters in an interview that the company did not sell more iPhones in China...» Read More
NEW YORK-- THE SALE: Nike has found a buyer for its Umbro brand, known for its soccer jerseys, in Iconix Brand Group Inc. The clothing licensing company is purchasing Umbro for $225 million. SHEDDING ASSETS: Nike Inc. said in May that it planned to sell the Umbro and Cole Haan brands to cut costs and focus on its namesake brand, along with Jordan, Converse and Hurley.
CHANGE AFOOT: Automatic Data Processing Inc. said Wednesday that it's making some changes to its monthly U.S. employment report. The changes include adding more industry categories, expanding the number of business class sizes to five from three and increasing the sample size used to create the report.
BERLIN, Oct 24- Germany plans to quickly purchase a stake in EADS to preserve its influence over the aerospace group, fearing that Daimler could unload shares it holds in the company on the open market, a document obtained by Reuters showed.
MELBOURNE, Oct 24- Deutsche Bank has built a 5.2 percent stake in Australian takeover target GrainCorp in recent months, a move that could pay off handsomely as the target's shares have soared and could climb even higher if rival bids appear.
PITTSBURGH-- Fourteen environmental groups have asked Pennsylvania Republican Gov. Tom Corbett to reverse a recent change in how official notifications of possible water pollution related to Marcellus Shale natural gas drilling are handled.
NEW YORK-- Ex-Goldman, P&G board member convicted of insider trading charges sentenced to 2 years in NY.
ATLANTA-- The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has given a Georgia utility permission to change the design of a nuclear power plant under construction, resolving a conflict over the installation of metal bars.
DETROIT-- Arts groups in Detroit will share nearly $20 million donated by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, including $9 million to be awarded through a communitywide contest to boost the city's best arts ideas, the foundation announced Tuesday.
WASHINGTON-- Federal officials say NRG Energy Inc. has been awarded a lease for an offshore wind power farm 11 miles off the Delaware coast. NRG announced late last year that it had ended an offshore wind power contract with Delmarva Power.
GEISMAR, La.-- BASF is building a formic acid production plant in Louisiana's Ascension Parish that will create 20 new jobs. Bobby Jindal and company executives were at the groundbreaking Tuesday, at the company's 2,600- acre complex in Geismar, which is home to nearly two dozen chemical plants.
NEW YORK-- The steep losses stopped Wednesday as the stock market turned calm, a day after one of its biggest sell-offs of the year. "Today we're assessing the damage," said Mark Luschini, chief investment strategist at Janney Montgomery Scott. " DuPont, 3 M, UPS and Xerox all reported lower sales than a year ago.
TARRYTOWN, N.Y.-- Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. on Wednesday reported third-quarter results that far exceeded Wall Street expectations as it won key new approvals for its eye drug Eylea and cancer drug Zaltrap.
He says it will be at least another 12 or 18 months before the Virgin Galactic venture can offer paid space travel to adventurers. The founder of the Virgin Group met with students on his first visit to Poland on Wednesday, where he came to launch Virgin Academy, which will help young people kick start their own businesses.
*More countries follow lead set by Britain and Italy. LONDON, Oct 24- Fifty percent off the first three months of cancer medicine. ``Special offers'' on prescription medicines are all the rage in state-backed healthcare systems across Europe as governments struggle to balance the books.
LONDON, Oct 24- European shares inched higher on Wednesday, steadying after the previous session's sharp sell-off, as encouraging data out of China offset downbeat German economic numbers and earnings worries.
NEW YORK-- "Middlesex" author Jeffrey Eugenides doesn't remember everything about the night he was given a Whiting Writers' Award, but he has never forgotten how the honor received early in his career helped make his Pulitzer Prize-winning novel possible.
MEXICO CITY-- The number of migrants crossing illegally into the United States from Mexico appears to have risen some in the first half of 2012, while the number of migrants returning to Mexico decreased, a report by U.S. and Mexican researchers said Tuesday.
LOS ANGELES-- The man who presided over Britney Spears' life during her well-publicized meltdown is portraying himself in court as a benevolent personal manager who saved her from ruin. Sam Lutfi was to finish his direct testimony Wednesday and face cross-examination by a battery of lawyers for the singer's parents and conservators.
BERLIN-- The European Central Bank's president drew a broadly positive response from German lawmakers Wednesday when he told them that his bond-buying plan won't stoke inflation and will not allow struggling countries to backslide on economic reforms.


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RCMP North Vancouver
Thieves now have the capabilities to steal your credit card information without laying a hand on your wallet.
These days more and more cards in our wallet are ‘chip cards’. This technology is known as Radio Frequency Identification or RFID and uses radio waves to identify people or objects. RFID technology is in most of our credit cards these days as well as an enhanced BC drivers license. Passport Canada will be issuing passports with RFID technology by the end of 2012.
RFID technology claims to make financial transactions easier and faster. However, it is so much easier that identity thieves are reading your credit cards before you even take them out of your wallet. Where credit card “skimming” used to require the thief to get their hands on your card, acquiring your personal data is now as easy as passing you on the street or in a store. RFID electronic readers are used by businesses when you purchase with your chip credit cards. Credit card companies say it keeps your identity safer, because your card is never in the hands of a stranger. The electronic readers include safety features to keep your data from being intercepted once it has been read from your card.
The problem is that these electronic readers can now be freely purchased and attached to a laptop or cell phone with very little technical knowledge required. By simply walking past you, a person with a card reader acquires your credit card number, expiration date and more.
“You can purchase shielding privacy sleeves and wallets to protect your credit cards from being scanned, hence protecting your personal information,” said Cpl. Richard De Jong, spokesperson for the North Vancouver RCMP. “These inexpensive items block the radio signals needed to read the information contained on your RFID cards. Our officers have not investigated an offence directly related to RFID, but we are aware the technology exists, and are advising the public of the potential.”


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The Spanish tourist board has yet to let holidaymakers know how they can claim compensation after Lowcostholidays plunged into administration.
Fuming customers have been left in the lurch and their bookings voided – and if they want to go abroad they will have to pay TWICE.
Lowcostholidays – a UK company which transferred to the Baleariacs in 2013 – is not an ATOL protected company, so Brits were not insured against its bankruptcy.
This means 27,000 families currently on holiday will face paying AGAIN when they go to leave their hotel.
A further 110,000 future bookings have been cancelled, too.
“There are a lot of people in a horrible position”Consumer Director of HolidayTravelWatch Frank Brehany
Hopes for a refund look increasingly unlikely, according to travel experts.
Customers were advised to try and claim a refund through three different methods, however watchdog HolidayTravelWatch boss Frank Brehany today told Daily Star Online that claims are likely to be rejected.
This is because a compensation scheme that should protect customers is already in place – and therefore credit card suppliers and insurance companies are not liable.
This protection scheme states that all EU member countries must create a scheme that protects tourists from incidents like these.
Families desperately trying to figure out their rights have no idea if the scheme was ever officially implemented.
Mr Brehany said: "It's a real mess. We have heard of families leaving their hotels and trying to find their way home because they didn’t have any money."
"Just yesterday we had 120 calls."
But this is just the beginning, he warns.
"People are only beginning to realise", Mr Brehany added.
We're experiencing high volume of calls due to lowcostholiday’s administration & apologise for the longer wait times https://t.co/vprd9yn1WC— AXA Insurance UK (@axainsurance) July 18, 2016
@krisdavey lowcostholiday didn't pay the hotel the money we paid them for the hotel, so not in that hotel. Trying to find somewhere else..— Ash Robinson (@AshRobinson12) July 15, 2016
@MartinSLewis friend caught in lowcostholiday.. Hotel demanding £2000 tonight or evicted... Holiday only cost £1500.. Should she pay??— Eve Dickson MUA (@eve_dickson73) July 15, 2016
Martin Lewis, founder of MoneySavingExpert.com, told Daily Star Online that Lowcostholidays customers determined to fly this summer – or claw back some of their cash – have some options.
"There are a lot of people in a horrible position", he said.
"But the worst ones are the ones who are abroad now – because they haven’t got a choice to make they are stuck and have to pay for their holiday.
"There IS a choice for people here, however."
First, customers must check their flight booking confirmation.
If they have received the confirmation – the flight has got the green light.
If they haven’t, they will either need to cancel the trip or accept that they will have to re-book and then attempt the tricky process to reclaim the cash.
Next, customers need to check whether their accommodation is still booked.
Mr Lewis suggests ringing the hotel or villa straight away to see if the bill has been paid.
If not, they will have to re-book and claim after.
Those already on holiday are likely to have to pay for a second time upon departure too, he added.
"You need to make the decision that you will have to pay again. Plan it as if you won’t get the money back. So if you do plan to go ahead, make sure you can afford it," he warned.
It's worth seeing if your debit card or PayPal will help you out too, Martin advised.
PayPal said: "Purchasers of holidays from Lowcostholidays paid for with PayPal are indeed covered under PayPal buyer protection. They have 180 days from the date of payment to open a dispute relating to the payment."
The third option involves the Balearics tourist board who has a pot for refunds in the event of a company going under.
However, with just £1.2m to offer the 110,000 on Lowcostholiday’s books, it works out at around a tenner a customer.
"You can put in an application for it, but it amounts to diddly squat," Martin said.
But as Mr Brehany explained, all these are likely to be rejected because a scheme is supposed to be in place to protect customers.
"People should join me on Twitter to request information on the financial protection scheme they are obliged to publish,” he said.
"If the administrators and Lowcostholidays were truly sorry they would put the information on their website and start to get the Balearic government to take action.”
There’s no way to protect yourself from a company going under, but you can use certain payment methods that will go some way to protect you.
Going forward, Martin has some top tips for booking in the future.
The biggest piece of advice?
"Make sure the hotel is ATOL protected," he said.
Even if you book flights and hotels within 24-hours of each other on travel sites like Expedia or Travelocity you will be protected.
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Fresh look for Australian Food News
“The food industry is changing rapidly and businesses want their food news served fast, with relevance and in a format that’s easy to read ” said Joe Lederman, accredited specialist business lawyer and head of Melbourne boutique law firm FoodLegal at the launch of the new look Australian Food News website today.
In 1998, Joe created the original Australia Food News site as a very comprehensive but static listing of every useful food-related website on the internet. “I was a busy lawyer, but I did this as a hobby with the help of a young uni student working doing vacation work at my office.” Both the internet and the new Australia New Zealand Food Standards Code were in their infancy and Joe soon realised there was a need for a conduit to both food news & information and over 10 years the ausfoodnews.com.au website attracted visitors from all over the world and from a wide range of food industries.
It became a valuable resource for purchasing and marketing professionals, importers & exporters, retailers & restaurateurs through to multinational Managing Directors & others wanting to keep their finger on the pulse of food industry trends & news.
At the same time, Joe began to apply the food focus to his law practice. As the links and information on the Australian Food News website grew, so too did Joe’s expertise in food law and his specialist consultancy FoodLegal (www.foodlegal.com.au) developed. After being commissioned to be the principal writer and editor for the Food Law Chapter of Australian law “bible”, Halsbury’s Laws of Australia, Joe was also appointed by Deakin University to become Australia’s first professor specialising in food law.
After ten years of providing a comprehensive online ‘index’ to other food websites & news services, it was time for Australian Food News to become a definitive food news source in its own right, so the site that you are viewing today – more like a true online news broadcaster than the online directory of old – is the place to find out what’s happening in the food industry – fast.
Fresh news and industry relevance has been the driving force behind the re-launched website, and Joe Lederman aims for it to become the place where every food professional gets up to date with trends, product launches, events & breaking news that could impact on their business.
“The new-look www.ausfoodnews.com.au site aims to provide marketers with a medium to introduce their new products and services to the widest food industry audience at the lowest cost, and to remain a vital resource for industry professionals keeping abreast of what’s happening in the food industry today.” said Joe, “it really is ‘Thought for Food’.”


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WASHINGTON, DC – Yesterday, Congressman David Schweikert (AZ-06) helped introduce the ALIGN Act with Rep. Jodey Arrington (TX-19), Rep. Drew Ferguson (GA-3), Rep. Jason Smith (MO-3), Rep. Guy Reschenthaler (PA-14), Rep. Tom Rice (SC-7), and Rep. Brad Wenstrup (OH-2).
“As we drafted the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, I was a strong supporter of full expensing, a pro-growth policy that gives business owners certainty around planning investments for the future. I am pleased to support this legislation to make full expensing permanent, which will not only provide businesses certainty and help them create jobs, but it will promote growth during a period of economic recovery.”
This legislation would make full expensing for businesses permanent in the United States tax code. Under current law, businesses will be required to begin phasing out full expensing benefits at the end of 2022.
Groups supportive of this legislation:
- American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers
- American Petroleum Institute
- Americans for Tax Reform
- Associated Equipment Distributors
- Club for Growth
- Freedom Works
- Heritage Action
- National Association of Manufacturers
- National Taxpayers Union
- National Federation of Independent Business
Full text of H.R. 6802, the Accelerate Long-term Investment Growth Now (ALIGN) Act can be found HERE.
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Rumours have been popping up regarding an Amazon smartphone for some time now but hopefully this one, emanating from multiple sources speaking to the Wall Street Journal (subscription required), should hold some water. Amazon are said to be working on two new smartphone designs one of which sports a glasses-free 3D screen, the other device’s screen is not mentioned therefore suggesting it to be a more conventional display.
The Amazon smartphone with 3D display is said to use eye tracking technology to help it present a holographic 3D image above the screen. That sounds fascinating and I wonder how it compares to devices such as the Nintendo 3DS and how Amazon can sell this 3D holographic ability as a meaningful benefit to end users. Of course Amazon’s business is usually all about selling associated content; as such the company usually sells hardware, at a little over cost price, with which to access its vast content libraries.
Sources speaking to the WSJ also indicated that a further Amazon hardware; a device for streaming music and a set-top box, are in the works. These kinds of devices make sense to take advantage, again, of Amazon’s extensive audio and audio-visual content.
Previous events pointing at Amazon smartphone development
Ten months ago Amazon hired Robert Williams a former Microsoft senior director of Windows Phone business development. More recently Amazon also hired top Windows Phone evangelist Charlie Kindel, who was famous for “trash talking” Android devices to work on an undisclosed project.
According to Amazon’s own Jeff Bezos the company is due to expand its hardware offerings out of the tablet/e-reader sector. In an interview with AllThingsD in September Bezos said of plans to expand device offerings “We will certainly — not any time soon — but next year. We have some more things that we hope people will enjoy”. However at that time he added “It’s premature for me to talk about them.”


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Price of Orange Juice May Go Up
Like a lot of things, the price of orange juice may be going up.
Turns out, lab tests revealed that an illegal chemical has been used to kill fungus in several different brands of orange juice.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said the amounts are too small to harm anyone, but the FDA plans to test all imported orange juice for the chemical.
Any contaminated juice will be destroyed; that lowers the supply of orange juice, and raises the price at the store.


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MARK AUSTIN THOMAS: Expect rock-bottom prices for desktop computers, laptops, monitors and printers this holiday season. You can send your thank you notes to Microsoft. Stacey Vanek-Smith reports
STACEY VANEK-SMITH: For computer vendors this year, Microsoft is the Grinch who stole Christmas.
The software giant's new operating system called Vista was supposed to be released in October, but after myriad problems, Vista now won't hit store shelves until the end of January.
Tim Bajairin is with tech consulting firm, Creative Strategies.
TIM BAJAIRIN: Every vendor had huge promotions around Vista. They've been concerned, of course, about demand since a lot of customers would potentially wait until Vista comes out before buying PCs.
Bajairin says in addition to price cuts, many retailers will offer coupons for free Vista upgrades when the system comes out. But for the time being, Bajairin says PC prices should make shoppers very merry indeed.
BAJAIRIN: You'll get some really good packages for under $500 which includes computers, printers and monitors.
But Bajairin predicts PC vendors will have a happy New Year. Vista's release in January is expected to boost sales and profits in 2007.
I'm Stacey Vanek-Smith for Marketplace.


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Huawei makes roads into EV territory
You might associate Huawei with the likes of Apple, in being solely dedicated to electronics and hand-held devices, but this could be about to change.
For the past few years, Huawei has been struggling to make progress, due to crushing US sanctions implemented during the Trump presidency. In mid-2020, the outgoing administration tightened the rules, making it harder for Huawei to gain access to microchips which had been manufactured or created using software developed in the US.
It is perhaps unsurprising that Huawei might move to branch out into new sectors, in order to restore its fortunes. What better way than to invest in the success story of EVs?
According to reports from Reuters, collaborated by four separate sources, Huawei is allegedly in talks to acquire plants from Chinese-based automakers, allowing it to begin manufacturing EVs.
Huawei diversifies its output
The initial Reuters report claimed Huawei is in talks with the likes of Changan Automobile, as well as BluePark New Technology, to start work on creating an entirely new line of EVs. Perhaps the move into EVs should make sense, considering that Huawei has just announced that its smartphone output will drop by more than half in 2021.
This deals a hammer blow to China’s ambitions of capitalising on 5G smartphone expansion in the US, especially while Trump-era sanctions remain in place under the new Biden administration. Restricted from acquiring the necessary components to make these new 5G smartphones, Huawei appears to have been backed into a corner, forcing it to diversify beyond smartphone technology.
The Reuters report is seemingly confirmed by news that two patents for EV technology were filed by Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. in October 2020, under the label “An Electric Drive System, Powertrain, and Electric Vehicle” – application numbers for the patents were listed as CN112436747A and CN112436779A.
The implications of Huawei EVs
When you consider Huawei’s previous experience in producing technology for cars already, it’s no surprise that they should decide to transition into creating entire EVs at some point. Huawei has already done extensive work to create in-car software, sensors and 5G hardware. Electrifying cars completely is an apparent logical step following on from this, it would seem.
Huawei isn’t the only tech giant making forays into the world of EVs. Apple was reported to have an EV project in the works back in December, which Forbes described as a true threat to Tesla. Once considered an innovator when it came to consumer products such as the iMac, the iPod, the iPad and iPhone, Apple is working on an EV model under a project codenamed Titan, which could bear fruit as soon as 2024.
Tech companies have enjoyed a bullish 12 months, with a number of them seeing a rise in share prices, as consumers switched to digital solutions to stay connected, during the COVID-19 pandemic. Behind the scenes, these companies are eyeing up the world of tomorrow, beyond the pandemic, and believe it’s going to be electric.