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Tags Are ‘Outdated’: BrightTag Announces Partners for Server-to-Server Data Flow System
ADOTAS – A slew of impressive third-party ad tech firms — including Interclick, Aggregate Knowledge, Turn, Marin Software, DataXu, Adometry and [x+1] for starters — have signed up as partners for BrightTag’s ONE platform, a service layer between websites and third parties that removes the data transfer process from the browser and onto a server-to-server connection.
“We believe the “tag” itself is an outdated method for collecting and sharing critical interactive marketing data,” said BrightTag founder Marc Kiven. “Through server-to-server integration with third-party providers… site owners now have the ability to send robust datasets in real-time directly to partners via the cloud rather than through legacy browser-based methods. This isn’t about making tags ‘fire’ faster — it’s about revolutionizing the way data is collected and shared so everyone in the digital marketing ecosystem is working better together and with better data.”
BrightTag is selling its ONE platform as a data flow system that is advantageous for both pubs and third parties. Pubs get better control over managing which third parties get what data when (also plugging up data leaks and keeping out data thieves) while the third-party collectors cut through the “data static” to get the meat, or rather the most relevant data for their goals. Oh, and consumers benefit too as tag loading and data transmission stop clogging up browser load times.
It’s a big step from BrightTag’s data rights management platform launched in August 2010 — that tool simplified the process of managing hordes of tracking tags and data transmission by giving publishers control over a single “BrightTag” with customizable data transmission instructions.
The ONE platform offers pubs and third parties complete transparency over data flow, and in real-time at that. The cloud-based tool can easily work complex configurations and is compatible with browser-based tracking tags.
However, don’t dare mistake BrightTag for a tag container system.
“The container approach does not scale; containers are just another way to encourage more third-party tags to be pushed through an already overloaded browser,” Kiven said. “As browser-based tags continue to proliferate — either fueled by the advent of tag management solutions or from continued industry growth — both data collection and the site users’ experience become slow and unstable.”
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THE absence of major players in the industrial and farming sectors is set to cause a further decline in standards at this year’s Harare Agricultural Show. With only a month to g
o, the Zimbabwe Independent has gathered that big business has once again turned its back on the exhibition.
It is also likely that there will be no international exhibitors at the 93rd edition of the show.
The animals section will be devoid of any activity due to the absence of cattle and pigs. Animals have been absent from the show for the past two years as a result of the destruction of the livestock industry by the government’s land reform programme.
Zimbabwe Agricultural Society office manager Robin Taylor confirmed the absence of cattle at this year’s event.
“The show will be from Monday, August 25 to Saturday, August 30,” Taylor said. “A total of 380 exhibitors have booked stands to date. We expect some 500 stand holders. There won’t be cattle this year.”
Last year 374 exhibitors were at the event, up slightly from 345 the previous year. In the years before the damaging agrarian reform programme, the show used to record an average of 600 exhibitors, mainly large companies and foreign firms.
Sources involved in the planning of the event revealed that small indigenous entrepreneurs would dominate this year’s event as was the case last year. Out of the 374 exhibitors at last year’s show, more than 50% were flea-market traders as well as food vendors.
Only two international exhibitors attended the show last year: from Iran and Zambia.
Independent economist John Robertson predicted gloom at the Exhibition Park next month.
“There is very little to show,” said Robertson. “Without livestock, and with the manufacturing industry recording a further decline, there will be very few exhibitors. At the same time the cost of running the show will be very high. The situation will be gloomy,” he said.
MDC agriculture spokesman Renson Gasela said the show would be a non-event.
“The situation does not present a conducive atmosphere for the staging of a successful show,” said Gasela. “Every sector of the economy, particularly commercial farming and manufacturing, has collapsed. This year’s edition will decline in standards from the previous one.”
Many players in industry and commerce have either scaled down operations or virtually closed because of the economic shrinkage. The acute shortage of foreign currency and price controls saw the closure of more than 400 companies last year.


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The 42nd edition of the International Tourism Fair (FITUR) held in Madrid, Spain from January 19 to 23, 2022, in which the Moroccan National Tourism Office (ONMT), responsible for promoting the country to potential tourists, participated, began to bear fruit, the hospitality sector health crisis. Despite that being hit hard by.
In this context, the Spanish hotel chain Silken has just signed an agreement with a Moroccan real estate partner to build three units in the tourist cities of Tangier, Marrakech and Dakhla. If work progresses normally without suffering the impact of the health crisis, the three institutions will be able to open their doors between the second half of 2023 and the first quarter of 2024.
The arrival of the Spanish coincides with an influx of tourists to Morocco that should reach more than 9 million tourists in 2021, according to global macroeconomic models of trading economics and analysts’ expectations.
“The return to the international market responds to a selective growth plan, which includes the management of hotels located in “prime” locations, with a unique design and architecture… We will remain faithful to our philosophy and the characteristics that distinguish our brand,” Silken CEO Javier Villanueva said. Earlier this year the chain acquired three new hotels under management in Tenerife, Vigo and Vitoria and plans to open a second hotel in Malaga before the end of the year. The company announced the opening of a new facility in Girona in 2023. This means it is a serious competitor for Moroccan hoteliers.
Silken, a player in the hotel industry, is investing in Morocco at a time of uncertainty, where companies in the sector are reducing their portfolios. “This is proof of the solidity of our business model”, underlines Mr. Villanueva, noting that Silken has 35 establishments in Spain, including 17 rental, 7 operating, 10 in management and one in Valencia, with which he is involved.


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Tens of thousands of professionals have lost their jobs due to the tech bubble bursting, but several companies have launched huge hiring sprees to scoop up the displaced talent.
It’s been a brutal year for the tech industry. The tumultuous times have cost investors roughly $7.4tn in losses on the Nasdaq as not one of the 15 most valuable tech companies has generated positive returns in 2021. Microsoft has lost $700bn of its market cap and Meta has lost over $600bn.
Several factors have contributed to the bear market. Russia’s illegal war in Ukraine is one factor. In response to international sanctions levied against it, Vladimir Putin’s regime has responded by cutting off Europe and the West from its supply of natural gas, pumping up the prices on oil and natural gas in the process.
Russia and Ukraine also supply about a third of the world’s wheat and barely as well as 70% of the planet’s sunflower oil. As the war rages on, global food shortages worsen, which propel prices for available food to new levels.
Then there’s the hangover from government spending during the pandemic to save jobs and lives. While those expenses can be understood, governments are now paying the bill.
Some accuse the Federal Reserve of having kept interest rates too low for too long during the hyped up and empty growth seen over the past two years. Its rush to raise and keep interest rates high can in many ways to be interpreted as an over-reaction to its policies over the past two years.
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Some more hawkish market watchers believe these factors will contribute to hurling the US and other markets into a recession over the next few months.
Tech funding drops and puts a stop to hiring of new talent
The tumbling markets and interest rate hikes have choked off access to easy capital, and soaring inflation has made all those companies promising future profit a lot less valuable today.
Funding in the tech industry has run dry in 2022. This year, the global industry has only raised north of $602.7bn across 19,050 venture financing, equity offering, private equity and debt offering deals, according to research firm GlobalData.
That is dramatic drop from the $1.5tn secured across 26,230 capital raises in 2021. It is also below the $765.4bn and $1.2tn secured by the sector in 2019 and 2020 respectively.
Tech leaders, like online shopping giant Flipkart's CEO Kalyan Krishnamurthy, believe the funding crunch will continue over the next 18 months at least.
The number of open roles in the tech industry has dropped steadily across the globe over the past year, according to data from GlobalData.
Back in November 2021, at the peak of last year's bull market, there were 591,955 active tech roles posted across the global industry. By the same time this year, that figure had dropped to 390,788 active roles.
The industry is also advertising fewer roles. In November 2021, there were jobs being posted 225,506. That figure has plunged to 96,179 posted roles this year.
First came the hiring freezes, then the tech talent layoffs
Tech talent should've taken the hiring freezes as a warning. They heralded the wave of mass-layoffs that has swept in across the industry. Just like the volatile market conditions, the tsunami of redundancies have many causes.
One factor behind the mass-layoffs in the tech industry is that many companies were too bullish in their hiring during the pandemic. Many corporate chieftains, like Meta's Mark Zuckerberg, have blamed their staff cuts on themselves, saying that they were too optimistic in their growth plans during the coronavirus crisis.
"Many people predicted this would be a permanent acceleration that would continue even after the pandemic ended," Zuckerberg said in a statement. "I did too, so I made the decision to significantly increase our investments. Unfortunately, this did not play out the way I expected. Not only has online commerce returned to prior trends, but the macroeconomic downturn, increased competition, and ads signal loss have caused our revenue to be much lower than I’d expected. I got this wrong, and I take responsibility for that."
Other firings just seem callous. Elon Musk, who ended up buying Twitter after months of back and forth, kicked off his reign as new chief twit by sacking half of the social media giant's workforce. The sackings were made via combination of emails and by telling staff that if they didn't opt in for "intensity" then they should consider themselves without a job.
The mass-layoffs at Twitter are likely to add to Musk's regulatory headaches. He is already tussling with US Securities and Exchange Commission over an order for him to seek approval from Tesla before tweeting about the carmaker. The "muzzle", as the Tesla CEO calls it, was introduced as part of a court settlement after Musk joked in 2018 that he’d take Tesla private at $420 – a reference to the weed-smoking culture.
The chief twit is now facing a class action lawsuit as former Twitter employees claiming they didn't get enough notice before he fired them. The European Union has also flagged that Twitter closing its Brussels office could result in added oversight from the European Commission. Staffers at the office focused on European polices, potentially putting the company at risk of failing to comply with the new Digital Markets Act.
Then there are the companies that aren't firing staff, but are actively ceasing to exists. Promising startups like cryptocurrency exchange FTX and autonomous vehicle startup Argo AI have imploded this year, leaving droves of tech talent ready to be scooped up by competitors' hiring managers.
However, one company's loss is another company's gain. Several tech companies have eagerly been ready to scoop up the fired workers, hoping to benefit from their skills and experience.
Social media giants like Meta and Twitter fired tens of thousands of employees in November. Now, a lot of that displaced tech talent could find themselves working for TikTok as the venture is still actively hiring new staff.
The China-owned social media company has said it remains committed to hiring nearly 1,000 engineers to its Mountain View office in California, CNN reported in November.
The hiring push is part of TikTok's goal of ensuring that US user data is overseen by a team based in the States in a bid to ease the scrutiny from Washington caused by its parent company ByteDance's ties to Beijing.
Musk has faced a lot of criticism for his Twitter takeover. Some firms have leveraged the backlash to draw attention to their own hiring initiatives. Software developer HubSpot was one of them.
Following reports that Twitter had fired employees daring to disagree with the chief twit, HubSpot's chief people officer Katie Burke offered a cutting rebuke, offered an alternative approach and noted that she was looking for new talent.
"Last week, an engineer at HubSpot criticized our exec team on something," Burke wrote on LinkedIn. "We thanked them, asked them to pull together a document proposed solutions, and I apologised for one particular thing I think I in particular messed up.
"As a leader, getting criticised is part of your job. Great leaders recognise debate and disagreement makes you better and is part of the process. If you want a place where you can disagree (in a kind, clear manner of course) with people, HubSpot is hiring."
HubSpot is currently trading at a $14bn market cap.
HubSpot wasn't the only company to react to Musk's brutal defenestration of thousands of tweeps. In response to the mass-sackings, Amanda Richardson, CEO at recruitment software firm CoderPad, inked an open letter to displaced Twitter talent.
"I see you," she said. "I believe in you. I believe that great work can be accomplished from your laptop - no matter where it physically is. I believe commitment and care doesn’t come from hours but from impact. I believe that working moms are some of the most dedicated, efficient and strong leaders I know. I believe that people with commitments to kids, parents and hobbies bring richness and perspectives that build better products.
"I believe that this shit show explains why only 21% of employees at Tesla were women two years ago - and that no one cares about that minority group. And I believe that it’s only getting worse for women. I believe that the past few months have been terribly frustrating, depressing and demotivating."
Richardson called on the tech industry to become more fair and diverse, a place where tech talent is "hired based on your skills - not your zip code."
"We are hiring," Richardson concluded. "We are hiring engineering leadership, sales leadership, and other roles. Please reach out - from your living room. Cause that’s where we all work too."
Wise is just coming out of 18 action-packed months. First, the money transfer fintech formerly known as TransferWise listed on the London Stock Exchange with an £8bn valuation on its first day of trading in July 2021. The public debut strengthened the trust in London as a destination for tech listing, something the Big Smoke was in desperate need of following the lacklustre public debuts of food-delivery startup Deliveroo and cybersecurity firm Darktrace.
Then the co-founder of Wise, Taavet Hinrikus, joined a team of successful tech entrepreneurs that aimed to unleash the potential of Europe's tech industry. Plural is, by the looks of it, an investment platform where experienced entrepreneurs could share their knowledge and money to other platforms.
Wise has also made it clear that it is still growing. At the time of writing, the fintech firm has over 300 open roles across its different offices.
Wise is pushing to grow as the overall fintech industry has been caught in the same headwinds that have uprooted the rest of the tech industry.
Contrary to many of its fintech peers, UK neobank is actively hiring. The challenger bank had over 200 open roles on its career page as of November 28 and plans to grow its workforce by 20%.
"We are hiring in the places where we believe [it will have] the most significance in order to allow us to keep this growth momentum," Yuval Rechter, US general manager of Revolut, recently told Verdict in an exclusive interview.
Revolut’s crypt general manager, Emil Urmanshin, has attributed the neobank's growth to the startup's expanding crypto plans, saying the challenger bank views “crypto as a long-term play and remain bullish on the industry”.
The digital lender has also upped the ante in its efforts to conquer the US market. In 2021, it embarked on a quest to get a banking license in the States. Getting one would allow it more flexibility and enable it to do business without having to rely on the services of a licensed partner bank. It has also increased its US marketing efforts this year.
Revolut most recently raised money in July 2021, achieving a valuation of $33bn.
Revolut rival Monzo lists 38 open roles on its careers platform. That builds on the some 500 roles that Monzo hired over the past year, which saw its labour costs jump by 38% to £130.2m, making it the biggest drag on its bottom line.
Monzo’s pre-tax losses for the 12 months to the end of February narrowed to £119m from £131m in the previous financial year, according to the bank’s latest accounts published in its annual report in July.
The roles that the neobank is currently hiring for includes the position of US CEO. For those in need of a Monzo history refresher, that's the role the current global CEO, TS Anil, held before stepping into the top job following founder Tom Blomfield announcing plans to step down at the start of 2021.
Anil was was replaced as US CEO by Carol Kobuke Nelson in February 2021, a role she stepped down from in February this year.
Since taking on the global CEO role, Anil has been focused on building the "Monzo not just for today, but for the big global ambition that we have."
In an interview with the Financial Times in July, he said that the company was focusing on the long-term growth of the company, hoping to break even by 2023
In contrast to Revolut, those growth plans did not include cryptocurrencies. Instead, Anil hinted to the FT that it was looking into launching a retail investment platform.
The digital lender most recently raised money in December 2021. Abu Dhabi Growth Fund led the $500m funding round that pushed Monzo's valuation to $4.5bn. The challenger bank had previously suffered a down round in 2020 that slashed its valuation from $2bn to $1.24bn.
Quiet Platforms is based out of Devens, Massachusetts. The company provide logistics solutions that enable retailers to respond to rising online shopping demand. As a result of meeting that demand, the company is hiring.
“We’re growing rapidly because our shared logistics model and nationwide fullfillment network help retailers and brands optimise their inventory positioning and ship more cost-effectively without having to make additional investments in building out their own supply chain infrastructure," Shekar Natarajan, the company’s president, told Forbes.
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Jaguar Land Rover has created a special platform to scoop up tech talent who. In a release on November 18, the UK-based automaker said it was inviting "displaced workers from the tech industry to explore career opportunities" with the company. The carmaker has about 800 jobs available in the UK, the US, Ireland, China and Hungary.
Based in Ireland, ESW helps retailers and brands expand their DTC businesses globally. Patrick Bousquet-Chavanne, president and CEO of ESW Americas, told Forbes in a recent interview that the company continues to thrive in the current environment because brands are seeking to grow their DTC e-commerce businesses in new international markets as their domestic sales slow.
London-based healthtech startup Lantum has several open vacancies on its website. The company is designed to help "healthcare organisations to manage their workforce as well as connect them with a large network of thousands of healthcare professionals who can find additional work on flexible terms."
The startup most recently raised money in March 2022 when it secured $15m in growth capital.
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Seven weeks after Rupert Murdoch took over the Wall Street Journal, comes the first big change – moving the paper to Midtown, to News Corp’s headquarters.
The NYT reports the move will be some time this year, in an effort to integrate it into Murdoch’s media empire. Also in the works: plans to start a sports page and a magazine devoted to the lifestyles of the affluent. Both ideas are part of a strategy to gain a bigger share of the consumer ad market.
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Austin, Texas-based Mood Media, a provider of multi-media audio/visual solutions that serve a variety of industries, announces its partnership with North Carolina-based Earth Fare, an organic and natural foods grocery store with 53 locations in 10 states.
Recently, the company hired Mood Media to install digital signage at its Charlotte, North Carolina, store as part of a complete remodel.
According to Mood Media, the 60-day trial led to a 10% increase in the store’s café sales.
Earth Fare developed the digital media content it wanted, and it was displayed across five 55-inch, ultra-high-definition LCD screens that were provided by and installed by Mood Media.
Earth Fare uses digital menu boards in the café; other screens can also carry live sports and weather or other fare to engage shoppers, and all the content is easily changeable for each of the five screens in the store.
“In addition to our commitment to provide clean and healthy food options for our shoppers, we are also dedicated to ensuring that our shoppers have enjoyable and memorable experiences,” says Mike Savage, senior vice president of merchandising at Earth Fare. “Mood Media helped us create a branded café environment that positively distinguishes us from other grocers. With new visual technologies and engaging, customized content, shoppers felt invited to eat, drink, lounge and relax.”
Mood Media supports other Earth Fare stores as well, with more than 180 screens and 400 media devices installed to date.
“Earth Fare understands the importance of creating an authentic experience that allows customers to interact with their brand across multiple channels while also driving further sales,” says Trey Courtney, global chief products and partnerships officer at Mood Media. “We were thrilled to partner with them for this latest test, which served to showcase firsthand the undeniable difference that incorporating smartly approached, dynamic digital signage elements can make, including to the bottom line.”


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Speaking to business leaders in Boston today, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer acknowledged Apple's progress in the mobile phone business but said the market is still in its infancy and noted that the Windows Mobile business is essentially neck-and-neck with the iPhone in annual units sold.
That's one of several interesting tidbits passed along to us by Eric Convey, managing editor at the Boston Business Journal, one of our sister publications. Convey covered Ballmer's appearance at the Boston College Chief Executives Club, reporting on the Microsoft CEO's remarks about the economy and other topics.
Asked about the mobile phone business at the event, Ballmer said the mobile platform is in its infancy, citing sales of about 20 million units each for the iPhone and Windows Mobile last year.
Those kinds of numbers pale in comparison to a mature market like personal computers. "Heck, we sold 300 million PCs in a bad economy last year," Ballmer said.
He added, "I think there's still a lot of innovation to come in the phone form factor. We're in the game. Apple's got some momentum. BlackBerry does."
No word on whether anyone attempted to take Ballmer's photo with an iPhone. But as Convey notes in a follow-up item, someone in the audience did have the sheer temerity to inform the Microsoft CEO that he had just "Googled" something. Ballmer didn't pretend to stomp on the guy's computer but instead suggested, in response, that it would have been preferable to use Bing.
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Delaney's Market take-home meals from The Log Cabin coming to downtown Springfield, 3 other Massachusetts locations
Restaurateur Peter Rosskothen will expand his Delaney's Market take-home meal concept with a location on Main Street in downtown Springfield to open in early 2019. Rosskothen opened the first and at this point only Delaney's Market in the Longmeadow Shops in 2016. He said Thursday he has further plans to add more locations in Wilbraham, Westfield and at his Log Cabin Banquet & Meeting House, 500 Easthampton Road in Holyoke. The Wilbraham and Westfield locations are not done deals yet, he said.


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What’s so different? Not a whole lot.
The TicWatch Pro 2020 is the smartwatch successor to the first TicWatch Pro that Mobvoi launched back in 2018.
For the 2020 edition, it’s sought to improve things on the performance front to help Google’s Wear OS run smoother. It’s also making tweaks with the design to make it tougher and also a better fit for exercise.
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- Samsung held a secret meeting at CES.
- A blurry photo was taken by an attendee, showing the name “Bloom”.
- Samsung will reportedly target female users.
What until now was being called as Galaxy Fold 2 will now be known as Galaxy Bloom. Samsung in its secret meeting with partners at CES secretly revealed the name of its upcoming foldable device. Until recently, it was expected that Samsung will adopt the name Galaxy Fold 2 for the next version of Galaxy Fold which was launched on Sep 27, 2019 in the US.
Above image which was published by South Korean news agency, Ajunews, clearly shows the name “Bloom” and also a caption underneath it ” Change the shape of the mobile”. This blurry image of the presentation was allegedly taken secretly by one of the attendees of the closed-door meeting of Samsung’s top boss.
The meeting, presided by Dong Jin Koh, President & CEO of Samsung Mobile, at CES 2020 with partners and officials was purportedly held in regard with the two hot upcoming smartphones of the company. Apart from confirming the name of next foldable, DJ Koh also confirmed that the company will adopt the “Galaxy S20” nomenclature instead of S11 for the upcoming galaxy device.
Read More: Samsung Galaxy S11 launch date leaked
Galaxy Bloom will be available both in 4G and 5G versions. Rumors suggest that Bloom will be powered by Snapdragon 855 SOC and not by the latest Snapdragon 865. Both the Galaxy S20 and Galaxy Bloom are said to have 8K video recording capability which is non-existent presently in the industry.
Unlike Galaxy Fold, Bloom won’t have a plastic film on top of its screen. Instead, it will house ultra-thin glass.
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Single-use plastic items will face ban in Kerala from January 1. Officially, the ban will come into effect from midnight (Dec 31-Jan1).
Though merchants have expressed their opposition to the ban, the government has decided to go ahead with the it.
A detailed guidelines will come out very soon. Eleven kinds of plastic items including carry bag have been banned. The production as well as the sale of the above items will be punishable under law. The first time offence will be fined Rs 10,000 and the second-time offender will have to pay Rs 20,000 fine. If it again continues, the fine will be Rs 50,000.
Plastic-coated paper cup, straw
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PVC flex items
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The production, sale and storage of plastic will be banned. The ban is applicable to individuals as well as companies. However, the ban will not touch plastic coverings of brand products, milk and bottles in which liquor and water are sold.
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Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc. to Participate in Three Investor Conferences
DALLAS, June 02, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc., (NASDAQ:PLAY), ("Dave & Buster's" or the "Company"), an owner and operator of entertainment and dining venues, today announced that the company will participate in the following investor conferences this month:
- The Piper Jaffray 37th Annual Consumer Conference in New York, NY. The presentation will be held on Tuesday, June 13, 2017 at 10:15 a.m. Eastern Time (9:15 a.m. Central Time).
- The William Blair 37th Annual Growth Stock Conference in Chicago, IL. The presentation will be held on Wednesday, June 14, 2017 at 9:20 a.m. Central Time (10:20 a.m. Eastern Time).
- The Jefferies 2017 Consumer Conference in Nantucket, MA. The presentation will be held on Tuesday, June 20, 2017 at 11:30 a.m. Eastern Time (10:30 a.m. Central Time).
Webcast information and accompanying slides will be available at www.daveandbusters.com under the Investor Relations section.
About Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc.
Founded in 1982 and headquartered in Dallas, Texas, Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc., is the owner and operator of 98 venues in North America that combine entertainment and dining and offer customers the opportunity to "Eat Drink Play and Watch," all in one location. Dave & Buster's offers a full menu of "Fun American New Gourmet" entrées and appetizers, a full selection of alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages, and an extensive assortment of entertainment attractions centered around playing games and watching live sports and other televised events. Dave & Buster's currently has stores in 34 states and Canada.
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From $346.2 million in 2020, the automated machine learning market is expected to reach $14,830.8 million by 2030, showing a CAGR of 45.6% from 2020 to 2030.
The major factors driving the market are growing need for effective fraud detection solutions, growing demand for personalized product recommendations, and growing need for predictive lead scoring.
The COVID-19 pandemic has contributed significantly to the evolution of digital business models, with many healthcare companies adopting machine learning-enabled chatbots to enable contactless COVID-19 symptom screening.
Additionally, Clevy.io, which is a France, and Amazon Web Services (AWS) have launched a chatbot to facilitate the process of finding official government communications about COVID-19 infection. Thus, the pandemic has had a positive impact on the market.
The service category, under the supply segment, is expected to show the fastest growth in the coming years. This is attributed to the growing need for implementation and integration, consulting and maintenance services as they help improve business productivity and increase coding activities. Moreover, these services help automate workflows, which, in turn, enables the mechanization of complex operations.
The cloud category dominated the AutoML market, in the deployment type segment, in the past. Additionally, this category is expected to grow rapidly in the coming years due to the flexibility and scalability provided by cloud-based automatic machine learning (AutoML) solutions.
Geographically, North America held the largest share in the past, and this trend is expected to continue in the coming years. This is attributed to the surge in venture capital funding by artificial intelligence (AI) companies for research and development (R&D), to advance AutoML.
Asia Pacific (APAC) is expected to be the fastest growing market region in the coming years. This is attributed to the growing investments in information technology (IT) and growing adoption of fintech in the region. Additionally, the growing government focus on integrating AI across multiple verticals is supporting the advance of the market in the region.
For example, in October 2021, Hivecell, which is a cutting-edge service company, has partnered with DataRobot Inc. to solve larger challenges and barriers at the edge, addressing various ML models both on-premises and outside the data closet. By incorporating both solutions, businesses can make data-driven decisions more efficiently.
Major AutoML market players include DataRobot Inc., dotData Inc., H2O.ai Inc., Amazon Web Services Inc., Big Squid Inc., Microsoft Corporation, Determined.ai Inc., SAS Institute Inc., Squark and EdgeVerve Systems Limited.
- Increased preference for cloud-based AutoML platform
- Growing demand for effective fraud detection solutions
- Growing need for personalized product recommendations
- Growing Importance of Predictive Lead Scoring
- Analysis of impact of drivers on market forecasts
- Slow adoption of AutoML in developing countries
- Impact Analysis of Restrictions on Market Forecast
- Growing healthcare industry
- Growing Importance of Effective Product Assortment
Impact of COVID-19
Porter’s Five Forces Analysis
Definition of market segments
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By type of deployment
By business size
- Fraud detection
- Sales and Marketing Management
- Medical tests
- Transport optimization
- IT & Telecom
- Health care
Value chain analysis
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- H2O.ai Inc.
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- Edge Verve Systems Limited
- Amazon Web Services Inc.
- Big Squid Inc.
- SAS Institute Inc.
- Microsoft Corporation
- Determined.ai Inc.
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Generally speaking, recent economic history has suggested that consumer spending tends to bounce back as the economy starts growing again - seven years after the last recession in the 1990s, for example, it was 15% above its previous peak (after the 1980s recession it fared even better, climbing to 20% above its previous peak seven years on). However, it's likely to be a different story this time round: according to the latest Office for Budget Responsibility forecasts, consumer spending in 2015 will be just 5.4% above its 2008 peak. As recoveries go, that's slower than after any post-recession rebound in the last 180 years. Oh dear.
The likely causes of this aren't exactly surprising - higher taxes as the Government looks to pay off the deficit, continued price inflation (much of it imported from overseas) and a reluctance by firms to pay higher wages. Naturally, the FT illustrates this important issue by talking to the proprietors of a tattoo parlour in Tilbury in Essex, who bemoan the fact that 'at the end of the day tattoos are a luxury' (really?) - although perhaps the Pink 'Un's salient quote is from a local storeholder in nearly Thurrock: 'Everybody's skint', as he eloquently puts it.
None of today's economic news gives us any cause to disregard this theory: the latest pay data from Income Data Services suggests that private sector pay is still lagging way behind the rate of inflation, while UK manufacturing growth (once of the few economic bright spots in recent times) slowed to a 20-month low in May - such that it's now barely growing at all.
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We recently spotted a BBC article about Fairphone, the ethical smartphone company. Back in 2015, seymourpowell and Fairphone teamed up to bring the world's first modular smartphone to life and now, seven years later, it's great to see that they're still leading the way with socially and ecologically sustainable electronics.
This got us thinking: when it comes to sustainability, how has the consumer electronics industry evolved since this release? What are the key developments in legislation, innovation and consumer trends over the past seven years? If Fairphone helped to kickstart this movement, then where is it heading?
Before we jump in, let’s remind ourselves of the sustainability challenges this industry is facing. There are a few important topics which I will briefly outline, but this is by no means an exhaustive analysis.
The first challenge is the rapidly growing flood of e-waste and the immense social and environmental toll it represents. There are a couple of drivers that have led to e-waste taking top spot as ‘fastest growing waste stream’, globally.
Factors like shorter product life cycles, scarce repair options and higher consumption rates are fuelling this waste stream. The shorter product life cycle is an interesting topic. Planned obsolescence (the idea of deliberately shortening a product’s lifespan by designing a failure event into the product) in fact stems from the desire to combat a humanitarian crisis. Bernard London, a prominent economist from the Great Depression days, advocated that planned obsolescence would increase consumption, stimulate economies and help starving families out of dire situations. Today, that same brilliant idea is implemented to make iPhones a bit sluggish after a few years of use – just ask Chilean iPhone users who successfully sued Apple for $3.4 million…
But e-waste is down to more than electronics being disposed of. The quantity of electronics produced is also increasing. This is due to higher levels of disposable income, urbanisation and industrialisation, collectively enabling more people to own washing machines, smart phones and hover boards. Faster production rates, lower production costs.
Of course, e-waste is the downstream problem. But upstream, the realms of mining, manufacturing and ethical supply chain management also represent a colossal challenge. It takes 2.2 million litres of water to mine 1 ton of lithium (the key ingredient for lithium-ion batteries). That’s roughly a 2000:1 waste to product ratio, by weight. Have a look at the title image and you’ll see what 2.2 million litres of toxic water from lithium mining looks like – curiously beautiful, as it turns out. Add this story up for all of the precious rare earth elements and metals which make up a smart phone, and you begin to appreciate why manufacturing a typical 200g smartphone can produce 86kg of waste material.
‘Precious’ and ‘rare’ are important words to bear in mind here. The minerals which allow products to vibrate, respond to touch and speak to satellites are unsurprisingly of great value and in rapidly limiting supply. With this comes conflict over mines, child labour and horrifically unethical supply chains. These industrial systems must transition from extractive to regenerative to start undoing all that damage. This means actively seeking to improve the quality of life for all stakeholders involved, from mine to factory to shop shelf and beyond. Which is exactly what the ‘Fair’ in Fairphone means.
Ok, doom and gloom over. Here’s a roundup of our top five sustainability developments in the world of consumer tech, following the release of the Fairphone 2.
1. Right to Repair
Introduced in the UK on July 8th 2021, the ‘Right to Repair’ law legally requires manufacturers to make spare parts available to consumers and third-party companies. The legislation is aimed at extending the life cycle of a range of devices and appliances by up to 10 years. For consumers, it currently covers dishwashers, washing machines/dryers, refrigeration appliances and televisions/ electronic displays. Non-consumer products such as electric motors, retail refrigerators, light sources (and more!) are also included. These are some top offender categories but, of course, we hope the law will add more products to this list in due course. Manufacturers would be wise to proactively prepare for such an eventuality.
2. France Repair Scheme
Any electronics’ aficionado worth their salt will know of wiki-based, repair guide/ online community site, ifixit: the go-to place for guides, materials and tools when repairing domestic electronics. ifixit publish repairability scores for products and France have recently written a similar scoring system into law – the first country in Europe to do so. Current categories include smartphones, laptops, washing machines, TVs and lawnmowers. Manufacturers must self-grade their products using a government issued spread sheet (which you can view on the ifixit website).
3. More Modular Firsts
Following the first modular smart phone is the first modular laptop, Frame. Pitched to consumers as a laptop designed to last 10 years, the Frame laptop has easily upgradable and modular components, as well as a community run marketplace for buying / reselling parts. The laptop itself has received mixed reviews online, touted for its great sustainability credentials and critiqued for its approach to upgradability. Other sustainability-minded modular consumer electronics include Gerrard Street Headphones and the brilliantly named HP Elite x2 G4 tablet.
4. Apple Announces Self-Repair
Sensing the inevitable, Apple have taken an unpredicted step forward. Late last year, it announced that parts, tools and guides for repair would be available to individual consumers (only for their latest iPhones). There are reasons to be both surprised and unsurprised by this. Historically, Apple have held true to a ‘closed box’ ethos with their products. Users must not tinker, nor mess with the inside of such a beautifully crafted device. However, behind the scenes, Apple have been designing for repairability for years. iPhones have steadily become faster and easier to repair or refurbish by a certified professional, in order to facilitate their buy-back scheme and in store repair. The difference now is that they’re designing for consumer access to this process, unleashing the tools and knowhow for global iPhone users to flex their tech-savvy muscles.
5. New Models of Use & Ownership
We’ve covered legislation and product innovation, but how about new business models? To reduce the environmental toll of consumer electronics we don’t always need a radical redesign of products, but perhaps just a rethink on the consumption model. Apple have been doing this with their steady shift to service subscriptions like Music, TV and Fitness. To further shift away from our default ‘linear’ consumption model, more and more businesses are favouring access over ownership with rent-able and share-able products. This is right at the heart of Circular Economy thinking. Models like this provide affordable access to high quality products for those that might not be able to fork out on the top shelf stuff. Admittedly renting is not a new idea… it is, however, having a resurgence. Some examples include Grover (tech rental), Lime Bike (e-bike rental), Fat Lama (the Airbnb of ‘stuff’), Gerrard Street (leasable headphones) and Library of Things (high-street product rental). The latter we are particularly proud of, as we helped define the first self-service-thing-rental site in Crystal Palace.


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Asus has revealed yet more laptops at CES 2021, including the new Asus TUF Dash F15 (FX516), which looks set to bring premium components and a thin and light design to Asus’ more affordable TUF lineup of gaming laptops.
So, you’re getting Intel Tiger Lake processors and Nvidia’s newly-announced RTX 3000 mobile graphics cards, which means it should be a great performer with modern games. You also get a choice of a 1080p screen with adaptive sync and 144Hz refresh rates, or one with even higher 240Hz refresh, so games should look and feel incredibly smooth.
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As is usual with Asus’ TUF products, the Dash F15 features military-grade durability (MIL-STD-810H), so this should be a gaming laptop you’ll feel comfortable carrying around with you.
Impressively, Asus has slimmed down the device, and it’s now just 19.9mm thin and weighs just 2kg, which is quite a bit leaner and lighter than previous 15-inch TUF gaming laptops. For anyone who doesn’t want a big and bulky gaming laptop, the Asus TUF Dash F15 could offer an affordable alternative to the thin and light devices from Asus’ premium ROG Zepheryus lineup.
We don’t have price and availability information just yet, but hopefully Asus will share more information soon.
Asus also announced two new ZenBook Duo models, which both once again come with a second screen nestled above the keyboard. The ScreenPad Plus now comes with a Control Panel app, offering users the ability to configure the second touchscreen, and integrates well with creative apps such as Adobe Premiere and Photoshop.
Primarily aimed at creatives, the ZenBook Duo 14 UX482 and ZenBook Pro Duo UX582 come with 11th generation Intel Core i5 or 17 processors and optional Nvidia GeForce MX450 graphics, and Asus Intelligent Performance Technology (AIPT), which boosts the CPU power setting from 15W to 28W watts for improved performance without overheating.
The ZenBook Duo 14 UX482 can also come with up to 32GB of RAM and Asus is promising a huge 17-hour battery life as well.
If you like the sound of the second screen, but are more of a gamer than a digital creative, then Asus has also announced the Asus ROG Zephyrus Duo 15 earlier on in CES 2021.
Again, we don’t have specific prices or release dates just yet, but hopefully we’ll be getting our hands on these new laptops soon.
- Check out all of TechRadar's CES 2021 coverage. We're remotely covering the online-only show to bring you all the breaking tech news and launches, plus a smattering of hands-on reviews.


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LOS ANGELES- April 6, 2016- For the first time in his career, Garth Brooks and The Garth Brooks World Tour with Trisha Yearwood are coming to Grand Rapids, MI. The concert will be Saturday, May 14th, 7:00 PM at Van Andel Arena. This will be the only Michigan appearance in 2016.
Tickets will be on sale Friday, April 15th at 10:00 AM EDT. Official tickets can only be purchased at www.ticketmaster.com/garthbrooks or either Ticketmaster Express 1-866-448-7849 or 1-800-745-3000. Please note there will be an eight-ticket limit per purchase and no ticket sales at the venue box office or Ticketmaster outlets on April 15th.
Tickets will cost $66.23 plus a $2.50 facility fee and a $6.25 service charge for a total of $74.98.
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Marshall Motor Holdings and Snows Motor Group have added London EV Company (LEVC) retail franchises as the Geely-owned taxi manufacturer increases its UK presence.
Snows Motor Group has become the UK’s largest franchised partner of Seat with the opening of a seventh dealership with the Spanish car brand in Basingstoke.
Snows Mazda Portsmouth has revealed its “transformed” showroom since acquiring from Perry’s Fiat, Mazda and Peugeot last October.
A look back at AM-online's most read stories in automotive retail from January 2018.
The opening of Snows Motor Group’s new Cupra showroom has marked the addition of a 50th franchised dealership to the Southampton-based group’s car retail portfolio.
The Mercedes-Benz Van Centre Exeter has been awarded prestigious accreditation as a Mercedes-Benz Van ProCenter, just 10 months after it opened for business.
Snows Motor Group has acquired Perrys Group’s single-site multi-brand dealership selling Fiat, Mazda and Peugeot in Portsmouth.
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) has invested £2 million in a flagship brand centre, run by Snows Group.
Snows Motor Group has acquired the Chichester-based Portfield car retail group in a deal which sees the business expand its presence in both new and used car sales.
Snows Motor Group has been given the green light to create a new headquarters in Southampton after submitting plans which incorporated a less vibrant exterior colour scheme.
Snows Motor Group has added a third Fiat and Abarth dealership to south Hampshire and the Isle of Wight with the opening of a new showroom near Fareham.
Snows Motor Group is set to join the Mercedes-Benz Vans franchise network with the opening of a new dealership in Exeter.
Snows Motor Group has opened a new Peugeot dealership in Newbury, Berkshire, following a six-figure investment in the facility.
Snows Motor Group has launched a Kia dealership in Newbury, Berkshire, making it the 35th franchise in the south of England.
Snows Motor Group has paid tribute to its founder, Geoff Snow, following his death in hospital last week at the age of 85.
Snows Motor Group has opened its second Suzuki franchise, in Brunel Road, Basingstoke.
Snows Motor Group is preparing for the opening of a new Suzuki franchise in Basingstoke as it embarks on a recruitment drive to staff another multi-brand location in two months’ time.
Snows Academy, run by dealer group Snows, has congratulated seven apprentices for completing their first year.
A new Fiat franchise on the Isle of Wight has sold its first car – a Fiat Panda – to an Italian couple living on the island.
Snows Motor Group is looking to expand its operations in Exeter with a prestige brand after a land purchase.
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Former Jet2 executive creates Flexi Reps for depleted on the road teams
Craig Davidson, the former general manager trade sales at Jet2holidays, has started his own company for “brands wanting flexible talent on the road”.
Flexi Reps will have a roster of on-the-road sales agents that operators can hire on a flexible basis. The company has also hired Andy Freeth, the former CEO of If Only, as a non-executive director.
“Its heart-breaking really as we’ve had so many reps get in touch, all talented individuals, that are crying out to get back to what they love,” said Davidson. “Our industry continues to take a battering and some government decisions are really not helping that.”
In the first week of launch www.flexireps.co.uk their website has had more than 2,800 visits and more than 50 reps sign up for temporary work. More than 15 companies have been in touch to use Flexi Reps with Davidson confident he will be announcing his first project imminently.
“We have had a lot of interest from operators and I’m hopeful we’ll be sharing news of our first project in the next week or two. We are already redesigning our website to make sure we can easily post and share opportunities as they come in. We have also started a weekly blog and reps newsletter, thank Flexi its Friday. ”
Kelly Freeth, a travel agent with more than 20 years experience and part of the founding team, added: “I recognise so many of the reps names as I’ve been trained by lots of them in the past. I am gutted they are all looking for opportunities and our industry is at risk of losing them for good which will be a real shame. Craig is working all hours under the sun to create demand from partners, he is so passionate about landing projects, I think he’ll probably cry when the first project post goes up.”
Craig added:, “What’s also great is how well received we’ve been from existing and well-established representation companies. We are keeping our model simple. We provide boots on the ground for travel agent activity. Existing UK PR and representation companies do so much more than that, so Flexi Reps is a very natural fit and extension to their proposition to brands they work with. Because we are not offering a full PR and marketing solution, we are a partner not a threat.”


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Tesla’s Brutal Year Brings $17 Billion Windfall for Shorts
After years of stinging losses, investors betting against Tesla Inc. are finally reaping the windfall they’ve been expecting.
After years of stinging losses, investors betting against Tesla Inc. are finally reaping the windfall they've been expecting.
With Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk — and some of his top lieutenants — distracted by his Twitter foray and demand for Tesla's electric vehicles cooling, the stock is careening toward its worst annual slump on record. This is handing short sellers, or bearish investors who are wagering that the stock will decline, mark-to-market profits of about $17 billion, making Tesla the most profitable short trade of the year, data from S3 Partners shows.
Tesla has tumbled more than 40% in December alone, extending its decline to about 68% this year and wiping out over $680 billion in market value. This marks a radical about-face for a stock that was one of the great winners of the pandemic, having surged more than 740% in 2020 on the back of booming demand and rock-bottom interest rates.
2022's 89% return is a rare victory for the shorts, who had once amassed a huge bet against Tesla and its lofty valuation. At one point in 2018, more than one third of the stock's entire free float was held short. High-profile financiers such as Jim Chanos, David Einhorn and Andrew Left were among those who had piled in.
This infuriated Musk. He vowed to “burn” the shorts and even sold merchandise — a pair of limited edition satin shorts for “Only $69.420” — to mock them as Tesla prices soared. As the Tesla rally quickened, most short sellers re-examined their bets. Today, only about 2.9% of Tesla's free float is currently held short, according to S3 data.
S3's Ihor Dusaniwsky expects short selling to persist until the stock reaches a bottom. But analysts and investors are still struggling to see a bottom, especially as the company is due to report fourth-quarter delivery numbers early next month and has been offering large buyer incentives.
Tesla shares rose as much as 9.6% to $123.57 in New York on Thursday for the second straight day of gains, showing some signs of relief after a seven-day losing streak dragged it down 31%. If the advance holds through the end of the session, it will the stock's first back-to-back days in green since early December.
Late on Wednesday, Morgan Stanley analyst Adam Jonas, who has had the equivalent of a buy rating on the stock since November 2020, said there is an “attractive entry for investors” amid the steep slide in the share price. Jonas cut his price target on Tesla to reflect lower pricing and reduced valuation of the company's businesses, but said he expected the company to extend its lead over the EV competition in 2023.
But even if share price begins to recover from here, Tesla's notorious volatility could continue to linger, according to S3's Dusaniwsky.
“When Tesla's stock begins to tick upwards, there should be a flurry of short covering which will help boost its stock price higher and quicker as shorter-term short sellers look to realize their outsized mark-to-market profits before they evaporate,” he said.
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Our colleagues spotted a prototype for the next-gen Mazda Miata testing in our own backyard. Check out the photos here.
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Based on the next Mazda2, the subcompact crossover is more logical than you might think
When asking consumers what is most important when buying a new vehicle, many will mention styling.
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Yahoo announced today that the huge data breach in August 2013 affected every user using its services — that’s all three billion users and up from the initial one billion number Yahoo initially reported.
Since disclosing the hack in 2016, Yahoo continued to add more numbers of accounts compromised, but today’s announcement makes it clear that if you had a Yahoo email account, you were part of the breach.
In 2016, Yahoo said it took action to protect all accounts, including directly notifying impacted users identified at the time, requiring password changes and invalidating unencrypted security questions and answers so that they could not be used to access an account. Yahoo also notified users via a notice on its website.
The hack exposed user account information, which includes name, email address, hashed passwords, birthdays, phone numbers, and, in some cases, “encrypted or unencrypted security questions and answers,” the company said back in 2016. Yahoo did confirm that passwords were not stolen in clear text, and hackers did not obtain bank or credit card information tied to the Yahoo accounts.
The news today comes four months after Yahoo was acquired by Verizon Communications (under a new division named Oath) for $4.48 billion — down $350 million from the initial offer due to the severity of the hacks.


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Chromebooks have their benefits and limitations, and unfortunately for many users, those limitations are of the sort involving lack of access to needed software. Taking aim at this issue, Google has teamed up with VMWare to bring Desktop as a Service (DaaS) to the Internet giant’s small laptops, giving users Windows access.
The announcement was made by Rajen Sheth, Chrome’s Director of Product Management, on Google’s Enterprise blog today. He touched on Chromebook sales number, pointing out that they accounted for 21-percent of US commercial laptop sales last year. VMWare also spoke about the new partnership, saying its DaaS and desktop virtualization for Chromebook users will deliver “on the promise of the Mobile-Cloud Era without compromise.”
Through VMWare Horizon DaaS, Chromebook users can access data, desktops, and Windows applications, with Google saying the functionality will help ensure compatibility issues, security vulnerabilities, and migration costs are nixed for businesses that take advantage of the offering. According to VMWare, it will at first be made available to customers as an on-premise service, and in the future is slated as a subscription DaaS from VMWare and vCloud Service Provider Partners.
Said President of Google Enterprise Amit Singh, “Google Chromebooks can save business about $5,000 per computer when compared to traditional PCs. Chromebooks are designed for the way people use computers today and are a secure, easy and cost-effective solution to help organizations embrace a new way of doing business. Through our partnership with VMware, businesses can now capitalize on these advantages with access to legacy applications, data and desktops they need to keep employees productive.”


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New travel friendly compact camera with a wide-angle 24 mm, 12.5x optical zoom lens launched.
Epson have released the Stylus Photo RX685 and RX585 - the latest feature-packed Hi-Definition photo all-in-one printers.
Epson introduces the ideal printer for photo enthusiasts.
Prolific photographic retailer Jessops is branching out into the web-based hi-tech electronic gadget market.
Epson have released the Stylus Photo R1900 A3+ printer with groundbreaking technology for smoother images and colour control.
A new desktop photo printer featuring new Epson UltraChrome(TM) Hi-Gloss(TM) pigment inks for archival prints on matte and glossy media.
HTC has announced a new smartphone with a camera designed for optimum image quality with an UltraPixel sensor.
Nikon today introduces Nikon 1, a revolutionary digital camera system built from scratch to offer still image and movie recording without compromise.
Following Jessops' plans to axe 81 of its shops as announced last Thursday, the photographic retail giant have unveiled exactly which stores it plans to close down.
A clever photo of a family inside small boxes has helped a Nottingham photographer pick up his first national award.
Sony introduce a series of small cameras which they say will give a 'big performance'.
Lee Filters holder for Nikon's 14-24mm f/2.8 wide-angle lens
Corel add 75 new features to the latest version of their PaintShop Pro software.
Red Digital Cinema turn their attentions to the photography market.
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Nikon is giving away four COOLPIX P520 cameras in November's Photo Month competition.
Sigma's new compact digital camera with an APS-C size, 14Mp image sensor.
Samsung introduce the Galaxy NX, the first interchangeable lens camera with 3G/4G LTE & Wi-Fi connectivity.
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No electronic trash in 2012 for Illinois
Kiersten Sheets spent a Saturday recycling electronic products.
She dropped off a coffee grinder and a typewriter, both broken, at American TV and Appliances. The broken computer printer went to Goodwill Industries. She took cords, batteries, a cell phone, a cordless phone and more computer equipment, namely peripherals such as a USB hub, to Best Buy.
"It was all free," she says.
Had she been able to do her electronic recycling on a weekday, she might have been able to get rid of all her e-waste in one trip at one of the local businesses that accepts computers, televisions and almost any other item that plugs in.
Someone like Sheets might be expected to recycle anything she touches. She's co-chairperson of Global Warming Solutions Group of Central Illinois, dedicated to encouraging efficient energy use and expanding recycling throughout the area. But she recycles electronics for other, more practical reasons than saving the environment for future generations.
By 2012, Illinois consumers won't be able to throw out electronics or batteries with the rest of the trash.
“Anything that is considered an electronic will not be allowed in the landfill,” she said. “So everyone should just get used to finding a way to recycle.”
For now, Sheets hopes people will think about recycling electronics after the holidays.
“When you get that new electronic gift, recycle the old one,” Sheets said.
She's the first to admit recycling e-waste presents a new set of problems: Protecting personal information by transferring and erasing data from hard drives is no small matter. Plus, it's hard to be sure toxic metals and materials from electronics aren't eventually dumped in other countries.
Nevertheless, here's a sampling of area recyclers and/or collection centers, along with examples of the electronics they accept.


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Nov 9, 2015
Aid groups are beginning to view connectivity as a basic humanitarian right.
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You might be guilty, too. Now, put the phone down and go to sleep already.
Sep 10, 2015
Wireless carriers are pushing lower-cost plans.
Apr 9, 2015
Unlike massive leaps in computing technology, batteries are tough to improve.
Dec 26, 2014
The smartphone maker partners with Boeing on an ultra-secure phone
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Dec 24, 2014
Marketplace Tech host Ben Johnson tells us what to expect in the year ahead.
Oct 29, 2014
Cars are becoming more and more like huge smartphones on wheels.
Oct 24, 2014
In the "instant gratification" economy, even parking has an app.
Oct 20, 2014
Cheap smartphones in emerging economies could help the tech industry's survival.


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Stella Quimbo gets LP’s backing for post-pandemic economic stimulus bill
The Liberal Party has thrown its support behind Marikina Rep. Stella Quimbo’s bill allotting P568 billion to jumpstart economic recovery amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
In a statement, LP said the proposed Philippine Economic Stimulus Act (PESA), “is a thoroughly-studied and well-crafted proposal aimed to help us recover from the economic slump arising from the COVID-19 pandemic.”
The bill seeks to protect workers from the risk of job loss by ensuring business continuity and reviving business, and consumer confidence. It proposes several forms of assistance for micro, small and medium enterprises, which are hit hard by the COVID-19 crisis.
The proposed PESA also includes measures that will get money into people’s hands such as wage subsidies, interest-free loans, loan guarantees, expanded cash-for-work programs, and assistance to students.
LP said Quimbo’s proposal is comprehensive because it not only addresses economic needs but also the importance of mass testing.
“After the shock, we all ask when the Philippine economy will get back on track. The Quimbo PESA bill offers us the first steps forward, not merely to the normalcy of the past, but perhaps to a better, more empowering, more compassionate future,” the party said.


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Charter Communications, Inc. on Jan. 12 announced the launch of Call Guard, a feature for both Spectrum Voice and Spectrum Business Voice customers that automatically blocks malicious robocalls and sends caller ID alerts for other suspicious telemarketing calls.
“Robocalls are consistently the FCC’s most frequent consumer complaint and we understand these unwanted or fraudulent calls are not only a nuisance, but can also pose a security threat,” said Carl Leuschner, Spectrum’s Senior Vice President of Internet and Voice Products. “We are making Call Guard automatically available to all our customers as part of our commitment to providing quality products that prioritize safety and security.”
According to the operator, Call Guard monitors incoming calls and applies advanced analytics in order to appropriately score and categorize them. The scoring system helps differentiate between fraudulent calls and robocalls that are delivering important information from organizations like schools or health care providers.
Malicious robocalls are automatically blocked while suspicious telemarketing and spam calls are delivered with a caller ID alert, notifying customers of a “Spam Risk.” Call Guard will be automatically activated and provided at no additional charge to Spectrum Voice and Spectrum Business Voice customers.
Customers can access Call Guard through their voice portal at Spectrum.net or Spectrumbusiness.net in order to personalize their experience. Through their voice portal, customers have the ability to view which numbers have been blocked, add additional blocked numbers, add allowed numbers to ensure important calls are delivered, or turn off the Call Guard feature.
The FCC reports receiving more than 200,000 consumer complaints each year regarding unwanted calls and it has been estimated that U.S. consumers receive billions of robocalls each month. More information about Call Guard and other Spectrum Voice features can be found at spectrum.com/callguard and spectrum.com/home-phone.


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The crashworthiness of today’s vehicles are at levels not seen before, automakers claim, using a variety of test results to support the assertion. Those claims are most likely true, except for one, little-thought about part of the car: the seat back.
Two of the biggest critics of automakers, Sens Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Ed Markey (D-Mass.), are pushing the companies to address a new concern: the weakness of seat backs.
The two senators have asked 17 automakers to provide a spate of documents about their vehicles and specifically, the seat backs.
The pair are concerned that the focus on making a safer car has allowed for laxity in this arena. The regulations for seats haven’t been updated since the 1960s while just about every other part imaginable on a vehicle has seen new rules upon new rules.
“There has been a long-standing concern that the (standard) … is not sufficient to mitigate injury or death of a rear-seat occupant due to seat back collapse in a rear-end collision,” according to the letter sent to the makers.
Markey and Blumenthal asked the companies for information and data about consumer complaints and incidents involving seat collapses, lawsuits and seat strength that exceed federal standards.
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Members of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, the senators have long-pressured automakers to improve safety standards. In this case, they point out that small children and infants are vulnerable to front seat back failures. According to an independent study, about 50 children have died in rear-end crashes in the last 15 years after being put behind occupied front seats.
Often in a rear-end collision, the front seat back collapses and can crush the occupant in the rear seat resulting in injuries, or as the study points out, even death.
Letters were sent to GM, Ford, FCA, Toyota North America, American Honda Motor, Hyundai Motors North America, Nissan North America, Subaru Motors America, Mercedes Benz USA, Volkswagen Group of America, BMW North America, Mazda North America, Porsche, Jaguar Land Rover North America, Mitsubishi, Volvo and Audi of America.
(Honda earnings take big hit due to Takata recall. Click Here for more.)
While no automakers responded publicly to the letters, the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers, the trade group that represents a dozen automakers, did release a statement noting that seat back strength for most seats is three to four times higher than what current regulations require.
“While much of the safety focus today is on crash-avoidance technologies like automatic braking, automakers continue to enhance crash worthiness,” the group said in a statement to USA Today.
“While it is challenging to migrate all front-seat restraint technologies, such as full-size frontal air bags” to back seats, other technologies – especially those used in modern seat belts – “can be effective for backseat occupants” and their use should be encouraged.
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“The alliance believes the single best safety system for occupants in the rear seats is the seat belt,” the statement said.


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Beagle Technology Group (formerly Beagle Aerospace) has restructured and now comprises six new Beagle companies including Beagle Composites.
The new companies include; Maintenance Repair & Overhaul, Aerospace, Defence, Composites, Treatments and Precision.
John Taylor, Managing Director, said “The past 10 months has been a very exciting time for the Company: we have undergone a phase of major investment, expansion and restructuring, resulting in the launch of the new Beagle Technology Group. Having been in the business for over 50 years, Beagle is building on its rich heritage and unique skills set, across a wide range of technologies, to innovate and win business in new markets.
Beagle is formally announcing their new name and the restructure at the Paris Air show this week. Additionally, Beagle are showcasing their thrust reverser overhaul capability and several other aircraft components for the first time. “We are delighted to present our thrust reverser overhaul capability and other components at the Paris Air Show for the first time and we anticipate considerable interest from our customers around the world, especially as today we announce the addition of 737 New Gen reverser capability” explained Taylor.
Cristex Composites Materials has recently expanded its product offering with the addition of a new Zünd G3 precision cutting system, enabling the company to offer its customers an enhanced cut quality and precision service.
Bindatex will showcase its new thermoplastic splicing capability at JEC World 2019.
The National Composites Centre (NCC) and Composite Integration celebrate the successful completion of a year-long project to design and deliver a state-of-the-art, first of its kind, Large Scale Resin Infusion (LSRI) technology.


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As warehouse club-like eCommerce startup Boxed talks with potential buyers, the executive behind its fastest-growing business segment has left the firm. Behzad Soltani, who led the company’s B2B unit, is taking another C-level position elsewhere, Recode reported.
A spokesperson for Boxed confirmed Soltani’s departure.
“Behzad Soltani decided to leave the company and pursue other opportunities,” he said. “We wish him all the best. In his time with Boxed, he helped build a dedicated team focused on serving the needs of B2B customers across the United States.”
Soltani came to Boxed after working for both coffee products company Keurig and office supply chain Staples. Boxed announced his appointment as a vice president in July. Heather Mayo, formerly Boxed’s chief merchandising officer, also departed the startup in the fall. She previously worked for Sam’s Club and left Boxed after only one year.
Soltani’s departure comes as Boxed has held potential sales talks with Kroger and Amazon. The New York Post reported Kroger had made an offer of between $300 and $400 million for the company during the past two weeks, which Boxed rejected.
Though the report did not offer details about an offer from Amazon, Forbes reported the startup is holding out for a sale price of closer to $500 million. The publication also noted that brick-and-mortar retailers are interested in leveraging Boxed to increase their eCommerce offerings, offering the advantages of 24-hour delivery and access to its high-tech distribution centers.
Boxed has been called the “Costco for millennials” because it sells items in bulk, uses fresh food from Costco and sells the company’s Kirkland private label products. Sources told the Post that the Boxed CEO had hoped to get a bid from Costco, but nothing has surfaced as of yet.
Boxed boasts approximately $100 million in sales and roughly 280 employees. Both Boxed and Amazon declined to comment on the Post’s story.


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Virgin Australia has confirmed that its Sabre booking and check-in system was restored at 4pm Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST) after an outage that lasted two hours.
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Virgin Australia has confirmed that its Sabre booking and check-in system is currently experiencing an outage due to a global issue with Sabre.
Problems with Virgin Australia’s new Sabre check-in and booking system which led to delays for passengers earlier in the week have now been fixed, according to the airline.
Virgin Australia has implemented a new booking and check-in system called Sabre across its domestic and international networks.
The U.S. Department of Justice is preparing documents for an antitrust challenge of Google's planned acquisition of travel software maker ITA Software, according to reports from Bloomberg and the Wall Street Journal.
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Revolutionising The Old Ways Of Payment
The café we’re talking about is The Watch House, in London. It exists like any typical hipster café would; with shelves lined with bread, and baskets of fruit placed discreetly, it exudes a rustic vibe. Anyone might appreciate its overall aesthetics.
But when we found out that The Watch House no longer accepts payment in cash, we were surprised, to say the least.
Manager Emma Barges gave a pretty straightforward reason to the sudden shift: “80% of our customers were already paying with cards, so it was a logical next step.” Furthermore, it was a move that helped them fight against possible robberies. Considering that they had gone through four break-ins by robbers, The Watch House felt it necessary to revamp the old ways of payment.
Although it sounds like an unusual way of running a business, it’s not as if we haven’t seen even more extreme cases of revolutionising payment methods; how can we forget the introduction of cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin? Despite the hype surrounding them, such digital currencies have yet to become completely mainstream due to its complexities and technological instabilities.
But to step into a cashless economy – is that even possible?
Possible or not, payment procedures like credit and debit cards have certainly gained popularity, specifically because of their benefits. They’re convenient to carry, easy to use and hinder crimes like tax frauds due to their high levels of security. Most importantly, they are extremely fast; where picking out and counting notes from your wallet ends up lengthening the checkout line, simply using a credit or debit card is much quicker, and easily keeps the line moving.
However, to say digital wallets can completely replace the cash system is still a long shot. In the words of Victoria Cleland, the Bank of England’s chief cashier: “Cash is vital in supporting financial inclusion.”
Statistics show that today, there are about 500 billion banknotes and trillions of coins still in circulation – that’s still a pretty big number, and it’s hard to ignore. Some people still consider cash to be integral; since it’s a physical currency you can see and feel, they are more eager to trust it.
But can we say the same for digital methods of payment? Although the idea of keeping all financial data locked in a sleek, pretty-looking card is attractive, some people doubt the system in its entirety; Bjorn Eriksson, former head of Interpol, once raised a very plausible question himself: “If we move to a wholly cashless society and something disturbs this digitised system, what happens?”
Despite the terrifying prospects of such a blunder, the simple fact is this: every financial group requires customers to trust their model. It’s the only way they know they won’t go out of business – if they satisfy their customers to the extreme, they’re not in trouble.
The same kind of thinking has been adopted by tech-companies, who have revolutionised the ways to run a business. POS software in Pakistan like Oscar POS go the extra mile by not only providing a cloud-based system but also offering multiple methods of payment, including cash, debit and credit cards. That way, business owners can ensure their customers get a range of choice.
After all, we’re currently in a transitional stage, where digital advancements are slowly entering everyday activities. To say that one day cash will no longer be king is certainly possible, but it won’t happen anytime soon. For now, we can do what The Watch House has successfully done: take the pros of digital payment methods, and use it to power businesses.


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Singapore - THE local bus-building business may sound like a sunset industry amid stiff competition from cheap Chinese imports, but it is actually thriving, thanks to the government's Bus Services Enhancement Programme (BSEP) and Early Turnover Scheme (ETS).
ETS offers incentives for the replacement of older diesel vehicles with cleaner Euro V models, while the S$1.1 billion BSEP is adding about 1,000 new public buses between 2012 and 2017.
But as far as BSEP is concerned, local bus assemblers are not enjoying business from the two public-transport companies, SBS Transit and SMRT Corp, which purchase mainly European-made or -assembled buses.
Rather, the bus-building industry is tapping demand from private-transport operators, who run about 90 per cent of the new routes created under BSEP to supplement those of the two main service providers; examples of such routes include City Direct Bus Services and Peak Period Short Services.
These private-hire companies, which may ferry schoolchildren, workers and tourists, either buy completely built-up, made-in-China buses, or get them from local bus assemblers, who do not actually manufacture the vehicles, but import bus chassis - the engine, transmission and suspension - upon which they fabricate bus bodies.
Occasionally, the bus builders here enhance the suspension or modify the chassis frame to lengthen the wheelbase or add a luggage compartment.
Together, these locally assembled buses and coaches account for about 10 per cent or 80 units of the total annual new bus registrations.
There are three main local-assembly companies - SC Auto, Soon Chow Corp and Liannex; a fourth, LexBuild, hopes to join the fray as it kick-starts its operations.
Quality, customisability and after-sales service have been key to their success.
Charles Tan, managing director of LexBuild, said: "Local builders are still doing well, even with the influx of cheaper Chinese brands in the past six to seven years. This is because they have put in more effort to ride on government policies and move up the technology, skill and product design ladder."
When China-made imports first appeared here eight to nine years ago, they quickly cornered the market because they cost significantly less - up to half as much - as their locally assembled alternatives.
But the China-made buses have since been dogged by quality and reliability problems, so some operators are gravitating back to locally assembled vehicles, with their more sophisticated design and technology.
David Soh, managing director of Soon Chow Corp, Singapore's oldest bus manufacturer, said buyers here still prefer locally built buses for the convenience of readily available spare parts and ease of repair.
"We can custom-make to their requirements, whereas imported buses are all ready-made," he added. Soon Chow, started in 1926 by Mr Soh's grandfather, is focused on specialty work, such as the assembly of high-end coaches, a segment in which China-made buses are unable to compete.
The company's clients include big tour companies and those requiring specially outfitted vehicles, such as Singapore Ducktours and SATA.
Increasingly, though, the industry is becoming hamstrung by manpower cost and shortage, and may have to look to overseas manufacturing facilities.
Mr Soh's Soon Chow Corp is planning a factory in Myanmar to produce buses for the market there. "We may also import these buses for the Singapore market, as it is cheaper to manufacture there. But we will still maintain a factory here in Singapore for sales, maintenance and repairs," he said.
Mr Tan's LexBuild is already applying Singaporean know-how and leveraging on Chinese labour; the majority of its bus assembly operations are based outside Singapore, in its plant in Fujian province's free trade zone port.
There, it incorporates UK turbodiesel engines, German transmissions and steering and Chinese air suspension into a monocoque bus body.
A customised bus from LexBuild costs 15 per cent more than an average completely-built-up Chinese import here, said Mr Tan.
He added: "But it is still more than 15 per cent cheaper than the locally assembled bodies mounted on a European chassis."
What is important to him is that his company's experience and capability in end-to-end bus bodyworks engineering are able take into account private operators' feedback.
"We can better understand the needs and wants of both the operator and commuters, who have new and higher expectations."
This article was first published on January 6, 2016.
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