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At this stage no one can deny that Netflix has been a huge success around the world and revolutionized the entertainment Industry. With 98.75 Million subscribers generating 8.83 Billion dollars from revenue in 2016, its clear to see what a giant this reasonably young organisation has become in home entertainment.
Of course people like us digital marketers are not the only ones who notice these kind of numbers and everywhere you look you can see competitors direct or indirect scrambling to copy Netflix’s model of success. Traditionally you’ve got Presto, Stan and Hulu all looking to stream their own library of movies to consumers with varying levels of success, but what about in other industries?
It would seem that the Netflix model of innovation has finally reached Microsoft and through it entered the online gaming industry. This is through Microsoft’s newly announced Xbox game pass releasing on June 1st of this year. The Xbox game pass gives users access to over 100 titles for the Xbox One and 360 ready for download and play as soon as they subscribe.
In a similar vein to Netflix, Xbox chief Phil Spencer has also announced the companies commitment to creating original content to be steadily released in the coming months. Interestingly enough this will also be in an episodic form and not in the traditional triple A blockbuster form that we have seen most video games release in up to now. This move will no doubt be with the aim of hooking users to their subscriptions to make sure they continue to keep coming back for more every month.
Competitors Sony have a similar service which they offer on their console called PlayStation Now. This service which contains a somewhat smaller library of games also provides access to them for a subscription fee. The key difference between these two services being that the Xbox allows users to download the game once and play it for the remainder of their subscription whereas the PlayStation makes users continuously stream them. This could be seen as a positive or a negative for either consoles as Xbox users will save a lot of data by organizing their games into one large download but PlayStation users will have more flexibility when choosing which game to play.
This will no doubt come as more bad news for brick and mortar stores such as GameStop which continue to lose market share in the industry. As of the start of 2017 game stop has already had to shut 150 of its stores globally due to declining sales. There is a clear trend towards users going digital and now the numbers are starting to prove it. Who knows, if things continue to go as they are GameStop could be the next Blockbuster and cease to exist. Unless GameStop manages to find a new niche or selling point for video game users they could find themselves in a similar situation soon!
For the rest of us though I think the most important part to take out of this is the business model. In a day and age overflowing with content, consumers do not want to be paying individually for everything they desire. Be it from video game, movie, music, book or TV show mediums its clear to see that a subscription service is the superior option in 2017. This also gives marketers so much more potential to grow a relationship with consumers as the initial purchase does not define the entirety of the time shared together. When consumers are partnered with your brand for years at a time this can lead to truly lasting loyalty that is hard to generate with once off purchases. However more care and effort needs to be put into this relationship as the consumer is constantly relying on your high levels of service.
What do you think? Are subscriptions the way to go or do you like just buying what you want? I personally think Xbox game pass is a great idea but I wont be getting it.
Let me know what you think in the comments and Ill see you around the blog!
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NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Fiat Chrysler (FCAU) - Get Report shares are down 1.89% to $15.49 in afternoon trading on Wednesday after the automotive company announced the recall of 164,000 Jeep Cherokee SUVs due to a water leak problem.
The recall covers 2014 and 2015 year models as the company looks to install shields that stop water from leaking into the power rear lift gate controls.
The leaking water could potentially start a fire, which the company said happened in at least one reported instance.
Yesterday it was reported that the company may also be forced to recall over 600,000 Jeep Wrangler vehicles due to an airbag issue, according to the Associated Press.
U.S. safety regulators are investigating whether the airbags in 630,000 Wranglers made between 2007 and 2012 could potentially not inflate during a car crash.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said that it has received over 200 complaints that the airbag warning light in the vehicles is on which indicates an electrical problem in the steering wheel.
The agency has not reported any injuries or fatalities related to the problem and Fiat said that it is cooperating with the investigation.

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Friday, 5 Aug 2011
Previously, we reported that Google has accused its biggest rivals of colluding to hamper the growth of Android. Microsoft rebutted the suggestion shortly after. The cat fight hasn't stopped yet, as blows continue to be traded between the two.
Thursday, 4 Aug 2011
Google has lashed out at its rivals and accused them of colluding to hamper the growth of Android.
Friday, 29 Jul 2011
Microsoft will be updating its Microsoft Office 2011 for Mac, giving it full compatibility with Apple's latest Mac OS X Lion. This includes auto-save, fullscreen mode and many more.
Thursday, 28 Jul 2011
Following up with the release of their extremely impressive revenue statistics, Microsoft's Mango update for its mobile platform seems to be on track and has been released to manufacturing.
Wednesday, 27 Jul 2011
Microsoft just signed off on the release to manufacturer (RTM) build for Windows Phone 7 Mango, signaling the coming of the first major update for the Microsoft mobile operating system for the year.
Microsoft's OneNote app for the iPhone gets a major update to bring it into line with features offered in Windows Phone 7. And it's now available in five more countries.
Microsoft will now support RAW format images with Windows Live Photo Gallery 2011 on Windows 7 and Windows Vista. The RAW format is essentially an uncompressed image consisting of captured pixels with a one-to-one correspondence to the camera's image sensor.
Tuesday, 26 Jul 2011
The tech giants post record high revenues of US$69.94 billion for the last fiscal year showing that the company is still in excellent health.
Monday, 18 Jul 2011
Microsoft has released Windows Server Solutions Phone Connector for Windows Home Server 2011 for integrating Windows Phone 7 with your WHS 2011 server.
Thursday, 14 Jul 2011
Rumors of a Windows Phone 7 device based off the Samsung Galaxy S II could be true, given how a similarly thin Samsung unit appeared at Microsoft's recent Worldwide Partner Conference.


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Smartisan has a couple of new phones on the horizon, but while we wait for the big guns to launch, the brand seems to be working on something for the mid-range market.
Over the next couple of months we expect Smartisan to launch a flagship phone (possibly the T3 and T3X) with a powerful Snapdragon 835 processor, but we now also believe the manufacturer plans on releasing a more mid-range offering.
This mid-range phone could be called the Smartisan Pro, and from leaks will come with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 626, an updated version of the successful Snapdragon 625. In keeping with rival mid-range phones, the Smartisan Pro is also going to get a dual camera on the rear.
Gizchina News of the week
So what were talking about here is an octacore smartphone running at 2.2Ghz, with Adreno 506 GPU, 64GB memory and dual rear cameras. Other details include a fingerprint scanner on the rear, 5.5-inch 1920 x 1080 display, 3.5mm headphone jack and USB Type C.
Leaked images of the phone also suggest an all glass design giving the phone an attractive and upmarket appearance.
While the Smartisan Pro looks impressive so far it is hard to get to excited about the phone as these devices tend to only launch in China, and come with a heavily modified operating system.


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Walt Disney World Build 2 New Timeshare Resorts. The Florida-based theme park resort said that the as-yet-unnamed resort will open in 2022. It will have 900 hotel rooms, as well as villas for Disney’s timeshare program. The 27,000-acre tourist destination already has 36 resorts on its property, as well as four theme parks. This new project joins three other resort construction projects underway at Disney World.
Disney Parks and Resorts also announced a new development for Disney Vacation Club, it will be an entirely new resort near Epcot called Disney Riviera Resort and also unveiled a new skyway transportation system … Read more


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Steals, deals up for grabs at sheriff's auction
28 vehicles, 11 laptops will be up for bid
There will be 28 vehicles on the block including Ford Crown Victorias, Chevy Impalas and Dodge Chargers. Most of the vehicles were used by deputies. Some of the vehicles are seizures and include a Lincoln Town Car, Toyota Camry, Nissan Frontier, Honda Accord and two Mitsubishi Galants.
Last year, most of the seized vehicles sold for around $1,000, according to Chief Civil Deputy Maisy Robicheaux. She said that vehicles that were used by deputies sold for around $1,400.
All of the vehicles at the auction have high mileage and are sold "as is, no guarantees," but maintenance personnel has information about some of the vehicles that they can pass on at the auction.
The auction also includes 11 Dell laptops, stereos, amplifiers, subwoofers, speakers, CD players and jewelry.
The event usually attracts a pretty big turnout with people coming from the surrounding areas to check out what’s available.
"There is usually around 75 to 100 people at the auction, but there are 30 to 45 registered bidders," Robicheaux said.
Years ago, the Sheriff’s Office used a sealed bid process to sell the vehicles. Robicheaux said changing it to a live auction has increased competition.
The auction will be held on April 21 at the Fleet Maintenance Facility in Killona, located at 5065 Hwy. 3127 (Lot B).
The event gets underway at 10 a.m., but anyone interested in taking a look at the vehicles and other items up for bid may do so on April 20 from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m.
Robicheaux said that fleet mechanics will be on hand to show interested bidders the vehicles.
All items can be purchased with cash or cashier’s checks. No personal or company checks without a bank letter of guarantee valid for 15 days after the auction will be accepted.
Once buyers remove vehicles they must register them in their names at the DMV and secure insurance.
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Tiffen Photo fx Ultra recently won the “Best Mobile Photo App of 2013” award from the prestigious Technical Image Press Association (TIPA). This award is given to products on the basis of “innovation, the use of leading-edge technology, design and ergonomics, ease-of-use, as well as price/performance ratio.” It is a highly coveted award, as eligibility is based purely on a product’s value in the marketplace rather than on a submission basis.
One of the first image editing apps to hit the market in 2009, the Photo fx family of apps is the definitive set of digital filters for Apple mobile devices and tablets. Each app offers simulations of many popular award-winning Tiffen glass filters, specialized lenses, optical lab processes, film grain, exacting color correction, natural light, and photographic effects, plus a clever paint system with a variety of brushes for those using the Photo fx Ultra app.
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On Wednesday, we posted the news that Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5 was being bundled Canon EOS 5D Mark IIIs and 6Ds in the European market. Unfortunately, the promotion is limited to the European region – meaning USA customers will not be receiving Lightroom 5 with their camera purchases.
On Thursday, we posted about an economical, Do-It-Yourself method for controlling your Canon DSLR over Wi-Fi. Using a rooted Android media stick and the DSLR Controller and DSLR Controller Wi-Fi Stick apps, we were successfully able to remotely control a Canon 7D using an Google Nexus 7. Check out our post for more information.
On Friday, we covered a serious Adobe security breach. Adobe admits that it was recently hacked and sensitive data pertaining to 2.9 million user accounts was compromised. Unfortunately, that’s not all. Unauthorized parties were also able to gain access to source code for several Adobe products. This may eventually lead to problems for end users as the hackers learn how to exploit security issues that may have otherwise gone unnoticed.
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Adobe made a very bold move today, jumping head first into the web analytics and tracking market with its $1.8 Billion acquisition of Omniture, viewed by many as being the Cadillac of web marketing analytics solutions.
The Associated Press reports (via Google News) :
Adobe Systems Inc. said Tuesday it will buy the Web analytic software company Omniture for about $1.8 billion, giving the maker of content-creation software a way to let marketers monitor the effectiveness of such content.
San Jose, Calif.-based Adobe Systems Inc. said it will buy Omniture Inc. for $21.50 per share in cash, a premium of 24 percent over Omniture’s closing stock price Tuesday.
The announcement came as Adobe said it earned $136 million, or 26 cents per share, in the fiscal third quarter that ended in August, down 29 percent from the same time a year earlier.
Excluding one-time items, Adobe earned a profit of 35 cents per share, a penny above what analysts polled by Thomson Reuters were expecting. The maker of Photoshop, Flash and Acrobat software says its revenue fell 21 percent to $697.5 million.
So what exactly will Adobe do with Omniture to integrate it into its suite of offerings? Or will they let the brand continue to run itself? [Hattip @ravenjon]


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Businesses and consumers urged to be more vigilant about fraud
This year marks the 12th anniversary of Fraud Prevention Month, the annual public awareness campaign held every March that aims to prevent Canadians from becoming victims of fraud, and encourages Canadians to recognize, report and stop it from happening.
According to the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre, it is estimated that less than five per cent of the total number of fraud victims report their experiences to law enforcement agencies.
Over half of Canadians (54 per cent) say they are more concerned about identity theft today than they were a year ago, results that came out of a recent study by Equifax Canada on consumer spending habits online and in stores.
Equifax Canada organizes, assimilates and analyzes data on more than 600 million consumers and more than 80 million businesses worldwide, and its databases include more than 200 million employee files.
“Do not give out your personal information unless you have initiated that contact,” says Kristina Zentil, director of fraud strategy and identity management for Equifax Canada.
“Also, protect your social insurance number and your mail to prevent the creation of a synthetic identification.”
Criminals are targeting consumers and business owners to apply for credit or a financial product on your name or business, she explains.
“Monitor and be aware of what is happening with your credit file,” says Zentil. “Be alert for any companies putting enquiries against your credit file. Do you recognize those companies and are they legitimate? Have you applied for those credit products?”
Some of the biggest corporate and consumer fraud risks also exist internally within businesses and externally through digital data compromises, say experts.
“We are seeing an increased threat now through social engineering and social media sites,” states Jacklyn Davies, partner and B.C. leader of investigative and forensic services at MNP, a leading national accounting, tax and business consulting firm in Canada.
“One of the schemes is to impersonate a high-level member of an organization through finding out the email addresses from within the business. It could be an email pretending to come from the chief financial officer directing the controller to transfer funds offshore and the controller does so believing their superior told them to do so, without following the necessary protocols.”
Once transferred, the money typically does not remain in the receiving account for long and can be moved in as little as five minutes to another country, and tracing it is next to impossible, explains Davies.
Fraud extends even further to supplementary health insurance offered by Canada’s life and health insurers, which provide coverage to approximately 27 million Canadians, says Karen Voin, director of health claims anti-fraud and electronic claims at the Canadian Life and Health Insurance Association.
“In North America alone, it is estimated two to 10 per cent of all health-care dollars are lost to fraud,” says Voin.
“With the industry paying over $30 billion annually for health-care services delivered to Canadians, we could be looking at upwards of a billion dollars, which costs all Canadians and puts the integrity of the health-care system at risk.”
The industry provides supplementary health insurance as well as a wide range of financial security products such as life insurance and annuities, including RRSPs, RRIFs and pensions.


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Country on threshold of another fuel crisis
Kathmandu, May 4:
With prices of petroleum products soaring in the international market and shaky financial health of the Nepal Oil Corporation, the country is on the verge of yet another petroleum crisis.
“Within a few days, we are likely to face a crisis like the one we experienced during the last Madhes movement. Queues at pumps are swelling and supply is decreasing by the day,” cautioned Narad Bhandari of the Nepal Petroleum Dealers’ Association.
The state-run oil monopoly has said the supply of petroleum products will dwindle further this month unless the government comes to its rescue. It has called on the government to either dole out more money to cover “ever-growing losses caused by subsidies” or hike fuel prices.
The corporation had slashed the supply of diesel and kerosene to dealers by 25 per cent after the April 10 polls, which adds up to around 35 per cent deficit as the demand for these petroleum products has increased by at least 10 per cent over the last one year.
“Quantum of supply will dwindle further if there is no immediate intervention from the government,” NOC supplies manager Mukunda Dhungel cautioned.
As requested by the government, the Indian Oil Corporation had maintained a steady supply of petroleum products in the run-up to the April 10 polls.
“Now, the import depends on our capacity to finance it,” Dhungel said. He said the NOC managed to pay only INRs 640 to the IOC, the sole exporter of petroleum products to Nepal, on May 2.
Going by current prices in the international market, Nepal needs to pay around INRs 3.57 billion each month to the IOC to meet the demand for petroleum products. On the other hand, NOC complains that, as per the revised fuel prices forwarded by the IOC on May 2, the NOC would incur a whopping loss of Rs 1.67 billion per month.
It is incurring a loss of Rs 8.51 in the sale of one litre of petrol, Rs 27.45 per litre diesel, Rs 22.93 per litre of kerosene and around Rs 290 per LPG cylinder.
The NOC and dealers maintain that it is high time the government did some serious homework to hike the fuel price rather than bleeding the exchequer to make up for the losses due to heavy subsidies. With the incumbent government not taking initiatives to review the prices, the shortage of fuel is likely to persist for sometime. The government was forced to roll back its decision to hike the prices several times after after the hike sparked protests across the country.


text: Software provider OCUCO has announced a €40m refinancing including a €25m term extension of its facilities with Wells Fargo Capital Finance (Technology Finance Division) and a €10m commitment from the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund (ISIF), with an agreement for another €5m planned. The investment will primarily support continued Research and Development (R&D) as well as product development at Ocuco's global headquarters in Blanchardstown, Dublin. The tech company plans a staffing growth from 80 to 130 software developers to build out the next generation of its omnichannel, clinical and optical practice management systems on the cloud. There will also be an expansion in the company's international teams in the UK, Europe and the US. Leo Mac Canna, founder and CEO, said: "Following the disruption caused by the pandemic on all industries exposed to retail trade, we are delighted to be in a strong position to invest in the future, both for our staff and for our customers, which include independent opticians and some of the world's largest optical retail chains. We believe that the eyecare industry must move online to compete in the future and meet customer demand. The next generation of our products is designed to meet this shift towards mixed provision of eyecare services both online and on-premise."


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Signing of co-operation with Institute of Tropical Disease, Airlangga University and Faculty of Pharmacy, Airlangga University, Surabaya.
On June 13th, 2014, Mr.Chang Woo Suh Ph.D., Director-PT.Daewoong Infion and Dr. Hj. Umi Athijah, Apt, MS as the Dean of Faculty of Pharmacy Airlangga University and the representative of Institute of Tropical Disease Airlangga University, Surabaya, Indonesia had signed a cooperation agreement for the joint development of Biotech products, in presence of Minister of Research and Technology Indonesia, Prof. Dr. Ir. H. Gusti Muhammad Hatta, MS during Workshop programme of Institutional Strengthening Featured Science Excellence Centre across Indonesia at Surabaya. Institute of Tropical Disease, Airlangga University is the third largest development Research Center in Indonesia and among the 200 largest research center of Asia . PT Infion also works together with the Institute of Tropical Disease, Airlangga University for marketing 3 products including vaccines
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UK/US: Unilever expands Ben & Jerry's Core line in US
Unilever highlighted US range's Fairtrade and non-GMO credentials
Unilever has expanded its Ben & Jerry's Core ice cream line in the US.
Four lines - Peanut Butter Fudge; Salted Caramel; Hazed & Confused and That's My Jam - have been rolled out in Ben & Jerry's domestic market.
Unilever first launched Core in the US in 2002 when it introduced the Karamel Sutra flavour.
The pint pots have an MRSP of US$4.39, with Ben & Jerry's also highlighting the ice creams are "fully Fairtrade-certified" and non-GMO.
Unilever introduced Core in the UK two years ago, calling it a "unique innovation" for the country's ice cream market.
The UK launch came weeks after General Mills announced plans for a Haagen Dazs product with a liquid centre.
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Africa ready to accommodate ICT start-ups
BUSINESS| Oct. 17, 2012, 1:41 p.m.
Now is the time for startups to embrace the many opportunities within the burgeoning ICT sector, says Marnus Viljoen, Chief Technology Officer at FOXit.
The ICT market would not be where it is right now without the contribution and significance of startup technology companies.
This is the view of executive management at FOXit, an Independent Software Vendor and Microsoft-certified Gold Partner.
Marnus Viljoen, Chief Technology Officer at FOXit, says “startups are the heart and soul of the ICT market. They are that special place where dreams become innovation and innovation becomes success.”
Viljoen believes now is the time for startups to really embrace the many opportunities within the burgeoning ICT sector. One of the reasons is because of the level of industry-led support, via training and development initiatives, that exists and that entrepreneurs can take advantage of.
He cites the Microsoft Bizspark Program as an example. This program helps startup companies by doing away with the initial cost of both software and servers, allowing them to focus on products and services instead of overheads.
Another similar initiative is that of South Africa's Aurik Business Incubator, a company that is focused on the development of entrepreneurial businesses.
A lack of available capital represents an ongoing challenge to entrepreneurs wanting to enter and sustain operations within ICT.
This shortage has resulted in the rapid increase in angel investors and venture capitalists. Viljoen believes the advantage of establishing a partnership like this is that in many cases it would be impossible for the startup to achieve success without this capital outlay.
But is a startup that has been able to sustain itself without any capital investment from outside the company automatically a stronger operation compared to one that has relied on investors? This is about long-term growth strategy management says Viljoen.
“Although a company that held its own knows how to conservatively grow only where it is truly able to, a company that had the advantage of capital investment will have the advantage of showing more profitability much quicker - and will reach a stronger vantage point much quicker in its life cycle,” he says.
The most important thing for any new company is to minimize overheads and only expand when this expansion can be sustained Viljoen continues.
“Africa has a fantastic supply of skilled resources and, with the constant development of infrastructure, the region’s growing ICT market is an attractive option for potential investors and entrepreneurs,” he concludes.
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Deep Learning Competitors Stalk Nvidia
There is no shortage of processing architectures emerging to accelerate deep learning workloads, with two more options emerging this week to challenge GPU leader Nvidia.
First, Intel researchers claimed a new deep learning record for image classification on the ResNet-50 convolutional neural network. Separately, Israeli AI chip startup Hailo.ai released a new deep learning processor on Tuesday (May 14) designed to challenge Nvidia’s Xavier AGX platform for edge applications.
Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) claimed a deep learning performance record of 7,878 image per second on ResNet-50 running the latest generation of its Xeon Scalable processors, topping the performance of Nvidia’s Tesla V100 Tensor Core GPUs, which Intel said achieved 7,844 images per second.
Nvidia’s (NASDAQ: NVDA) deep learning performance results on ResNet-50 and other benchmarks are available here. For its part, the GPU specialist announced a huge performance boost this week by its DGX-2 system running simulations on a financial technology benchmark test.
With the proviso that the benchmarking system can be gamed, Intel nevertheless claimed it achieved record ResNet-50 performance using its second-generation Xeon Scalable processor, formerly codenamed Cascade Lake. The upgraded version dubbed the Xeon Platinum 9282 processor is described as a “high core-count, multichip-packaged server multiprocessor” that used an Intel-optimized Caffe deep learning framework.
Intel announced its “deep learning boost” technology for its Xeon Scalable processor family in April. The upgrade was intended to deliver higher throughput for 8-bit inference. The optimized version of Caffe for 8-bit inference includes weight sharing, convolutional algorithm tuning and memory enhancements, Intel said.
The chipmaker touted the ResNet-50 results as evidence CPUs are more flexible than “brute strength” GPUs for a variety of cloud and datacenter workloads such as deep learning and inference. “Since CPUs are designed for a broad set of applications, customers can run any [deep learning] workload important to their business at any given time,” Intel asserted in a blog post announcing the ResNet-50 results.
Meanwhile, AI processor startups continue to nip at Nvidia heels. Tel Aviv-based Hailo released a deep learning processor on Tuesday (May 14). It is sampling the AI chip with selected partners, particularly in the automotive sector. The new processor is designed to enable edge devices to run deep learning applications that previously ran in the cloud.
Hailo also compared the performance of its deep learning processor with Nvidia’s Xavier AGX platform in ResNet-50 benchmark tests, claiming its Hailo-8 chip consumes nearly 20 times less power while performing the same tasks. Along with power efficiency, the new embedded processor delivers 26 TOPS performance for edge processing.
The AI chip startup founded in 2017 by members of the Israeli Defense Forces’ intelligence unit is targeting its new deep learning processor at autonomous driving systems.
“We’ve witnessed an ever-growing list of applications unlocked by deep learning, which were made possible thanks to server-class GPUs,” said Hailo CEO Orr Danon. With the rise of AI technologies, “there is a crucial need for an analogous architecture that replaces processors of the past, enabling deep learning to run devices at the edge,” Danon added.
George Leopold has written about science and technology for more than 30 years, focusing on electronics and aerospace technology. He previously served as executive editor of Electronic Engineering Times. Leopold is the author of "Calculated Risk: The Supersonic Life and Times of Gus Grissom" (Purdue University Press, 2016).


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The Coca-Cola Co (KO) Shares Sold by Independent Investors Inc.
Independent Investors Inc. lowered its stake in The Coca-Cola Co (NYSE:KO) by 3.6% during the third quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 48,627 shares of the company’s stock after selling 1,804 shares during the period. Independent Investors Inc.’s holdings in The Coca-Cola were worth $2,246,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.
Other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of the company. Xact Kapitalforvaltning AB boosted its stake in shares of The Coca-Cola by 3.1% in the 2nd quarter. Xact Kapitalforvaltning AB now owns 427,980 shares of the company’s stock valued at $18,771,000 after buying an additional 12,815 shares during the period. Fox Run Management L.L.C. purchased a new position in shares of The Coca-Cola in the 2nd quarter valued at about $504,000. Baillie Gifford & Co. boosted its stake in shares of The Coca-Cola by 2.4% in the 2nd quarter. Baillie Gifford & Co. now owns 850,084 shares of the company’s stock valued at $37,285,000 after buying an additional 20,057 shares during the period. Deprince Race & Zollo Inc. boosted its stake in shares of The Coca-Cola by 3.9% in the 2nd quarter. Deprince Race & Zollo Inc. now owns 744,755 shares of the company’s stock valued at $32,665,000 after buying an additional 28,240 shares during the period. Finally, Pendal Group Ltd boosted its stake in shares of The Coca-Cola by 81.7% in the 2nd quarter. Pendal Group Ltd now owns 100,002 shares of the company’s stock valued at $4,386,000 after buying an additional 44,978 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 65.51% of the company’s stock.
KO has been the subject of several recent research reports. HSBC reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a $61.00 price objective on shares of The Coca-Cola in a research note on Monday, August 20th. Morningstar set a $49.00 price objective on The Coca-Cola and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, August 8th. SunTrust Banks raised their target price on The Coca-Cola to $55.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, July 26th. Royal Bank of Canada set a $56.00 target price on The Coca-Cola and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, July 25th. Finally, Wells Fargo & Co reissued a “buy” rating and set a $52.00 target price on shares of The Coca-Cola in a research report on Wednesday, September 5th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, thirteen have issued a hold rating and twelve have given a buy rating to the stock. The stock currently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $51.43.
The Coca-Cola (NYSE:KO) last released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, October 30th. The company reported $0.58 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.55 by $0.03. The company had revenue of $8.25 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $8.20 billion. The Coca-Cola had a return on equity of 43.12% and a net margin of 8.70%. The firm’s revenue was down 9.2% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $0.50 earnings per share. Equities analysts predict that The Coca-Cola Co will post 2.08 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, December 14th. Shareholders of record on Friday, November 30th will be given a dividend of $0.39 per share. This represents a $1.56 annualized dividend and a yield of 3.14%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, November 29th. The Coca-Cola’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 81.68%.
In other The Coca-Cola news, insider James L. Dinkins sold 9,150 shares of The Coca-Cola stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, November 12th. The stock was sold at an average price of $49.95, for a total transaction of $457,042.50. Following the transaction, the insider now owns 30,400 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,518,480. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. Also, SVP James L. Dinkins sold 8,754 shares of The Coca-Cola stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, October 24th. The stock was sold at an average price of $46.95, for a total value of $411,000.30. Following the transaction, the senior vice president now directly owns 28,354 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,331,220.30. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last ninety days, insiders have sold 359,442 shares of company stock worth $17,675,917. 1.48% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.
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Alibaba Group Holding, the owner of China’s largest e-commerce platform, has started a recruitment drive for its community group-buying business amid heated competition in the burgeoning sector. Between Sunday and Wednesday, the Hangzhou-based tech giant and owner of the South China Morning Post, posted 57 vacancies on its recruitment website under a team called MMC. […]
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It is said that the new Amazon stations have many business opportunities. Where are they?
Selling the right products is very important on new Amazon stations! For example, A seller sells marker pen on Indian station, with average sales increasing by 100% in 2021!
The profit of the Australian station is very high. The sellers have doubled the profits with the same customer unit price, especially for electronics and consumer goods.
For a new seller or a seller who wants to expand its global market, Amazon Australia, Singapore, the Middle East and India stations are good choices for them, full of “money” power, with little competition, and high profits.
Australia—Fast Growing E-commerce Scale and Strong Consumption Power
According to forecasts, by 2024, the scale of e-commerce in Australia will reach 32.3 billion US dollars, reaching an annual increase of 15.5%, which is higher than that of major e-commerce countries such as Europe and the United States.
Secondly, Australian consumers are more receptive to high-priced products due to their strong spending power. Therefore, the Australian station is still in the golden period of high profit and low competition with low customer acquisition cost.
Singapore—Strong Spending Power
For singaporeans, the per capita e-commerce consumption is US$1,222.4, 126.4% higher than the world average. In 2025, the scale of e-commerce is expected to reach 8 billion US dollars, and the number of online consumers will reach 4.1 million.
The Middle East–Large E-commerce Scale
The scale of e-commerce in the Middle East is expected to reach US$50 billion in 2025, with an expected growth rate of 110%.
India–A Great Number of E-commerce Users
The number of e-commerce users in India is expected to reach 890 million by 2024. At the same time, the annual sales of e-commerce in India is expected to reach $200 billion in 2026, an increase of 400% over 2018.
Why do people say that new Amazon stations are highly profitable?
Because the warehousing costs, delivery costs and marketing costs are lower than those mature amazon stations. Moreover, the commission of some product categories on new Amazon stations are lower than that of mature amazon stations. For example, the commission of products that belongs to ‘Home and Kitchen‘ is 10% on Amazon Singapore station, while it is 15% on Amazon North America Stations.
Which amazon stations do you want to choose to begin your online business?


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Raise your stein and bust your best lederhosen, because this year Munich Brahaus South Wharf will be celebrating Oktoberfest in a huge way. Melbourne's much-loved beer hall will be marking the Bavarian tradition by hosting the first ever Oktoberfest Street Party.
Melburnians can enjoy a taste of the world’s biggest beer festival when the Oktoberfest Street Party hits South Wharf. The festivities will kick off with ceremonial keg taps of four official beers, and will be followed by live oom-pah bands, yodelling and a parade. The outdoor celebration will of course have plenty of beer flowing and you can try German food stalls selling pretzels, pork knuckle and schnitzel. There will also be a Dogs of Oktoberfest Contest, where pooches can don their dirndl and lederhosen, plus $1 from each pretzel sold will be donated to local animal rescue charities.
It all goes down Saturday September 16 from 11am at Munich Brauhas South Wharf, with festivities going into the evening.


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After first being rolled out as a developer-only preview in August 2022, Microsoft has now announced that its Dev Box cloud-powered workstations will soon be publicly available on an unspecified date in July 2023. First teased at last year’s Build event, Microsoft Dev Box provides developers with apps and services to access what are essentially preconfigured ready-to-code cloud-based PCs that can be used for testing various projects.
Microsoft created its Dev Box to save developers time when switching between different projects, removing the hours — or sometimes days — of work needed to run through laborious onboarding processes, such as installing and configuring required tools. The Dev Box is built on the foundations of Windows 365 (another of Microsoft’s cloud PC services), which allows it to be accessed from any modern web browser. That also means it can support any integrated development environment (IDE), software development kit (SDK), or tools that already run on Windows.
Developers can configure Dev Boxes with up to 32 vCPUs, 128GB of RAM, and 2TB of storage
Developers can choose between a selection of SKUs when the Dev Box becomes generally available later this year. Machines with 16 virtual CPUs (vCPU) and 64GB of RAM as well as 32 vCPUs and 128GB of RAM can be selected alongside the eight vCPUs / 32GB RAM option already available in the preview Dev Box deployments. A 2TB SSD storage option will also be available at this time.
In a press release announcing the public rollout, Anthony Cangialosi, group product manager in Microsoft’s developer division, said that over 9,500 Microsoft engineers are already using Dev Boxes across the developer division, Azure, Office, Bing, and Windows teams. “At Microsoft, we’re actively transitioning to Dev Box, and already, the onboarding process that used to take days now takes me about 20 minutes,” said Cangialosi. “Every time I create a dev box, it has all the tools, source, and binaries I need to run some of the most complex projects in Microsoft, shortening onboarding time for partners and new team members alike.”
Microsoft has created several starter images for Windows client and Visual Studio (both 2019 and 2022) containing Windows optimizations, apps, and settings to help developers get started with Dev Box. No fixed release date has been provided, and Microsoft hasn’t disclosed any pricing for its Dev Boxes, though the company has previously said it plans to charge for compute and storage on a per-hour basis.
Microsoft is also announcing Dev Home for Windows today, which makes it easier for developers to reinstall Windows apps on a new machine and configure coding environments. Dev Drive is also coming soon and designed to balance performance and security for developer storage.


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The 9-to-5 workday is dead. And so are vacations, sick days, and weekend relaxation, according to a new study from Outlook add-in maker Xobni.
According to the company, which in conjunction with Harris Interactive surveyed 2,200 American and British adult workers in August, 72 percent of Americans and 68 percent of Britons check e-mail outside of regular business hours. On sick days, 42 percent of Americans check their e-mail, compared with 25.8 percent of British workers.
Xobni also found that there is a gender divide when it comes to e-mail--that 65 percent of men surveyed check their e-mail outside of work hours, compared with 51 percent of women.
Workplace pressure also plays a role in a person's propensity to check e-mail. Xobni said that 27 percent of Americans and 20 percent of British workers check their e-mail when they're off-duty because they feel that "they are expected to provide quick responses, even outside regular business hours." In addition, 37 percent of Americans said that they don't want to miss an important e-mail, whereas 45 percent of British workers are concerned about missing something important.
The bedroom and vacations--supposedly the embodiment of relaxation--are also becoming places where employees are checking e-mail. Xobni said that 19 percent of Americans check and respond to e-mails while in bed. The study also found that people between the ages of 18 and 34 are twice as likely to check e-mail in bed as those between the ages of 35 and 54. A whopping 50 percent of Americans and 29 percent of British workers check their e-mail while on vacation.
For those overwhelmed by e-mail, Google this week, a Gmail feature that allows users to separate e-mail into "important and unread," "starred," and "everything else" to help tame the overload.


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(CNS Business): As government inches its ways towards providing more online or e-services, the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority (CIMA) has announced the launch of what will, in a few months, be a fee payment section of the Regulatory Enhanced Electronic Forms Submission (REEFS) system for authorised financial services industry users. Officials said the payment section is being rolled out in two phases. Phase 1, now underway, allows authorised users to view all applicable due and overdue fees and historical payments.
Users can also track relevant fees and sort by groups, such as fee category, due date and covered entity.
Phase 2, which is expected to take place during the third quarter of 2017, will allow all authorised users to make online payments. To guarantee a smooth transition, CIMA said it will ensure that users are provided with the necessary training and guidance on the new fee payment module. This will include instructions on assigning fee payment roles and work flows.
CIMA Managing Director Cindy Scotland said that as the payment system unfolds, it will increase the regulator’s efficiency and provide licensees and stakeholders with convenience.
“Although there is still work to be done before its final stages, I trust that this new service will allow the Cayman Islands to maintain its position as a leading jurisdiction within the global financial services industry,” she said.
The regulator said it was constantly seeking ways to facilitate the process of conducting business, and REEFS is one of its latest enhancements. Initially launched in January 2015, REEFS is an online portal for electronic submissions of required information to CIMA which aims to enhance Cayman’s reputation as an efficient and attractive jurisdiction.


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CDFA Secretary Ross visiting Central Coast for Savor event
From time to time this summer, KCBX News has hopped around our listening area to highlight local agriculture through those who run farmers’ markets, as a way to hear what’s available, in season, and new at the markets.
We also used the conversations to learn a bit about some of the challenges these markets may face, or new rules and programs that could change your experience.
This week, we take it to Sacramento to speak with California Department of Food and Agriculture Secretary Karen Ross. Secretary Ross will be visiting San Luis Obispo County next week and will be at Sunset Savor the Central Coast’s main event.
White: Now you’re attending the event to, as I understand it, help the California Grown Program can you help explain what that is and why it may be important to those of us here on the central coast?
Ross: Sure, California Grown is a marketing agreement with a number of commodities that are signatories and it’s all about really capitalizing on our unique and highly desirable California brand. So, it’s done a number of activities over the years to just let people know about the bounty and diversity of California agriculture that’s here and how fortunate we are to have it. It’s been a really fun program to help promote California and California Agriculture.
White: And there will be a California Grown Pavilion right there at the main event?
Ross: Yes, in fact it’s a brand new pavilion as an edition to the event. I’m very excited that I’m going to be there with my colleague who is the CEO of Visit California, Caroline Betetta. We have partnered Agro this year to do a series of promotions really trying to reach all those people who love to come and visit California for our food and wine experiences. Agritourism is really driving a lot of culinary tourism and I can’t think of a better place to celebrate that than the Central Coast.
White: So the two departments are coming together to boost Agritourism. And that is growing nationally for sure, I can’t really have you on discussing this topic without asking how has the drought been affecting agritourism in the state? Do you have any numbers on that?
Ross: We have not seen significant, measurable numbers of people who are choosing not to come to California because of the drought. Obviously the pain of the drought is being felt at the farm level, for many of our acres are being sallowed and farm workers do not have jobs on farms this year. But so far, we’ve not seen any impact to Agritourism numbers.
White: Are you saying this interest in getting to know your food, agritourism, or just on a local level where you’re not a tourist, you’re just getting to know it in your own backyard sort of thing, are you seeing it sort of move any of the trends in terms of agriculture and how our food is grown or maybe how it’s processed?
Ross: Well, I think it’s a very exciting invitation for conversation because people throughout the state and around the country are very interested in very new way about where our food comes from, how is it produced, and who is producing it. And I think it’s a very exciting opportunity because we have a chance to close the gap between the farmer and the consumer. I think it’s very easy to take what we have on the dinner table a lot of the time for granted, and this has really renewed the interest in food and where it comes from. We’re seeing a lot more farmers take advantage of hosting farm dinners, as an example. We’re seeing more farm stands, we’ve definitely seen an explosion in the numbers of certified farmer’s markets that are now throughout the state of California and communities supported agriculture subscriptions have also grown dramatically. So, it’s been an exciting time to see how we’re connecting eaters and farmers and that creates new marketing channels for farmers and a way for consumers to buy local.
White: I would imagine California would lead the nation when it comes to agritourism, just based on the fact that we grow things here that aren’t grown anywhere else in nation or at least on a scale here that certainly isn’t represented in other states.
Ross: California provides so much diversity, we have 400 commodities and some states maybe have 10 or 12, so we have this great diversity. And we do grow so many things that are unique to our Mediterranean climate in California. We’re the world’s fourth largest wine producer, as an example, over 90 percent of the broccoli, 100 percent of the almonds, in fact 80 percent of the world’s almonds are grown in California. So our Mediterranean climate and the deep soils and the innovative people that we have in agriculture really continue to produce a diverse choice of commodities for consumers.
White: California Grown, the California Travel and Tourism Commission, and Savor the Central Coast seems like a good marriage for the three of you.
Ross: Yeah, I think it’s perfect. I’m really excited.
White: Secretary Karen Ross from the California Department of Food and Agriculture, thank you for joining us here on KCBX and we hope your visit to the central coast is, pardon the pun, fruitful.
Ross: I know it will be, thank you so much.


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Mac and iPad May be Launched in the 2nd Apple Event in 2021
According to a Twitter post by Bloomberg's Mark Gurman, Apple may host two events this year.
Apple will hold a special "California Streaming" event on September 14, 2021. What to expect in this event are iPhone 13 and Apple Watch Series 7. According to multiple media reports, the biggest changes to iPhone 13 will be a narrower notch display and the new add-in "Portrait Mode feature. The Apple Watch Series 7 will continue the design concept of previous Apple phones and tablets, with the dial size increasing to 41mm and 45mm.
As for the Mac and iPad, they may not be released until the next event. In the Power On column, Gurman said that a new MacBook Pro with the M1X chip is expected to launch in the coming weeks, but he didn't explicitly mention that it would be unveiled at a California streaming event. Gurman also revealed in July that Apple was continuing to develop its own chip-based version of the larger-screen iMac. The larger, redesigned iMac will replace the Intel version of the 27-inch model.
Apple is also expected to launch iPad mini 6 and iPad 9 this fall. Gurman said the iPad mini 6 would be similar in design to the latest iPad Air, but with the latest processor and the biggest redesign in the iPad mini's nine-year history. iPad 9 could come with a larger 10.5-inch processor and a faster A14 Bionic chip, and it will be cheaper.
Last year, Gurman successfully predicted three events for Apple. So, his news is still quite reliable.
I'm Sarahi Johns, a tech enthusiast with a deep passion for all things iPhone, iPad and Mac. With expertise in crafting engaging tech content, I've authored numerous articles in the past 10 years, making me a trusted source for Apple enthusiasts.


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One of the more recent additions to Android has been the new Sound Search widget for Google Play, which works just like many other music tagging apps such as Shazam, or SoundHound. Of course, Google's option hooks into the Google Play Store, making it easier for Android users to buy new music. Now, Google has released a Sound Search widget into the Google Play Store.
This widget actually leaked back in August under the name Google Ears
, and Android 4.2
users will recognize the widget, because it is one of the few options for the lockscreen widgets in the newest version of Android. However, the new widget that has been released into the Play Store is available for any Android device running 4.0 or higher, so that at least covers close to a third of the Android ecosystem at this point.
Possibly the best feature of the Sound Search widget is that, much like many other Google apps, it syncs across your device. So, you can tag a song on your phone while you're out and about, then purchase that song on your tablet when you get home.
If you want to give it a try, the Sound Search widget is available for free in the Google Play Store


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Hub Group Inc. reported record diluted earnings per share for the quarter ended Sept. 30 of $0.45, an increase of 7 percent compared to last year’s third quarter diluted earnings per share of $0.42. Earnings per share for the third quarter of 2007 included a one-time $1.2 million tax benefit or $0.03 per share; excluding this benefit, earnings per share increased 15 percent this quarter. Hub Group’s operating income for the third quarter was $27.3 million, a 10 percent increase versus operating income for the third quarter of 2007.
Hub Group’s revenue increased 23 percent to $514.2 million compared to $417.8 million in the third quarter of 2007. Third quarter intermodal revenue increased 22 percent to $369.7 million, an increase the company attributed to a 9 percent volume increase and a 13 percent increase in pricing, related primarily to fuel. Truck brokerage revenue was up 29 percent to $101.2 million this quarter. Third quarter logistics revenue increased 20 percent to $43.3 million. Gross margin increased by 10 percent or $5.7 million to $63.2 million compared to the third quarter of 2007.
“We are pleased with our performance in the third quarter,” said David Yeager, vice chairman and chief executive officer of Downers Grove, Ill.-based Hub Group. “Strong intermodal volume growth contributed to the highest third quarter earnings per share in the company’s history. Our asset-light business model continues to give us the ability to perform well in both strong and weak freight markets.”


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UK charging infrastructure specialist Connected Kerb is rolling out on-street chargers at an impressive pace. The company has installed 1,000 chargers so far this year, and expects to have 5,500 installed across the UK, with contracts secured for 30,000 more, by the end of 2022. By 2030, the company hopes to have 190,000 chargers installed…. Read more »
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New York City has launched a pilot to demonstrate how access to charging could be improved for the 50% of residents that park their cars on-street. London authorities have been exploring innovative solutions to the same problem for a couple of years now, so it’s not surprising that two of the vendors New York chose… Read more »
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Filed under: Capitalism, Economy, Foreign Policy, Politics | Tags: Economic Illiterates, Free Trade Agreements, Outsourcing Misunderstood
A Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll (Sept. 28) found that outsourcing was the top reason cited by Americans as the cause of the country’s economic problems. And the same poll found for the first time in years that a majority (53%) of Americans say free-trade agreements have hurt the United States. Wrong villain.
That’s probably an understandable sentiment, but a very dangerous one. Democrats are facing what purports to be a “wave” election, and they are desperate to shift the blame for the financial crisis that has created so much unemployment from Congress — where it belongs — to somewhere, anywhere, else. They’re apt to pass legislation that will have dire consequences. Trade wars are not pretty, and once started, hard to control. Look up Smoot–Hawley!
The AFL-CIO produced a searchable database of more than 400,000 U.S. companies and their subsidiaries it says have shipped jobs overseas. Organized labor is trying to stir up anti-outsourcing sentiment to energize union voters for the election, and creating a plausible enemy is one way to do it. Politicians are happy to exploit an issue that seems to have some resonance with the public, even if it is economically stupid.
There are always unintended consequences. Actions taken against another country prompt retaliation, including retaliation from companies abroad that hire American workers.
In 2007, Matthew Slaughter, an economist at Dartmouth’s Tuck School of Business published a comprehensive study of the hiring practices of 2,500 U.S.-based multinational companies. He found that when U.S. companies hired lower-cost workers overseas, their parent companies hired even more people here at home to support the expanded operations.
Between 1991 and 2001, employment at foreign subsidiaries of U.S. multinationals rose by 2.8 million jobs; during that same period, employment at their parent firms in the U.S. rose by 5.5 million jobs. For every job “outsourced” to India and other foreign countries nearly two new jobs were generated here in the U.S.
These new U.S. jobs were higher-skilled and better-paying — filled by scientists, engineers, marketing professionals and others hired to meet the new demand created by their foreign subsidiaries. …
In 2002 those subsidiaries [of foreign-based multinationals] employed over 5.4 million American workers, nearly 5% of total private–sector employment. They also paid American workers 31% more than their American nonsubsidiary competitors — an average of $56,667 per year.
That’s why we need some familiarity with economics. So many things are counter– intuitive, just not the way you would at first assume. NAFTA has been a great success, because it is not just the goods we import into this country— but the goods and services that Mexico and Canada buy from us, and they buy a lot.
Politicians are reacting to antitrade sentiment by enacting protectionist measures. You cannot assume that a politician has much familiarity with economics. During tough economic times, people are apt to look for comfort in protectionism. This is true of other countries as well, and those countries may well put up barriers against American investment.
But it’s important to know that a job outsourced to India may well create two jobs in Indiana. Keep that in mind, and don’t fall for the boogeymen politicians create.
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All 10 winning vehicles were on display at the conference and power inverters allowed conference attendees to climb behind the wheel, navigate the touchscreen, experience the high-resolution graphics and toggle through menus.
The Arteon’s excellent user experience seals the deal with delightful artistic flourishes, a well-organized touchscreen, brilliant Digital Cockpit gauge cluster, dependable stop-and-go ACC and a polite reminder not to leave your smartphone in the...
Navigation enhanced with augmented reality, conversational speech recognition improved by artificial intelligence and eye-popping display graphics are all part of the new Mercedes MBUX multimedia system.
Attention to UX detail gives the ’20 Lexus RX 350 all the right tools to protect, assist and amaze, from an all-new high-resolution touchscreen and spot-on natural-voice recognition to impressively capable driver-assistance functions.
The redesigned Ford SUV gets high marks from our judges for its strong surprise-and-delight elements, including its advanced displays and graphics. It also has easy-to-understand menus and easy-to-use navigation.


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GUWAHATI: At a time the government is insisting on social distancing vis-à-vis COVID-19 pandemic, large groups of people in many parts of Assam ventured out of their homes on Friday to buy essential items. In doing so, the guidelines on social distancing were hit for a six.
Videos of the huge gatherings, aired by news channels, made Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal and Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma to sit up and take note of. Soon, Chief Secretary Kumar Sanjay Krishna issued a statement banning the operations of all shops, except grocery stores and pharmacies, until further orders.
“All markets will remain closed until further order except grocery and pharmacies. Grocery shops will also provide vegetables, fruits, eggs, ginger, garlic and water. DCs (DMs) will organise distribution of vegetables etc through mobile vans in all areas on alternate days. All meat and fish shops will remain closed till March 31. It will be reviewed on April 1. DCs will fix appropriate time for opening of grocery stores as per local convenience,” the statement said.
The government directed people to follow the advisories on social distancing and warned that violations would attract penal provisions under Section 188 of the Indian Penal Code.
An angry Sonowal told journalists that the way people had come out was really unfortunate.
“I never thought people in different parts of the state will behave like this. We had insisted on following the guidelines on social distancing while buying essential items. People violated them. I am really sad,” he said.
The state government had on Thursday issued a statement stating that pharmacies besides grocery, vegetables, fruit and milk shops would remain open during the lockdown period.
Sonowal said the relaxation was granted on humanitarian ground but that did not mean people would violate the guidelines on social distancing.


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California-based meals know-how startup SCiFi Meals, which lately rebranded from Artemys Meals, has raised $29 million, together with a $22 million collection A spherical led by VC agency Andreessen Horowitz, promising to convey cultivated meat to the market at a extra inexpensive value upon the U.S. regulatory approval.
SCiFi Meals additionally appointed Myra Pasek, who serves as common counsel at Iron Ox, an agriculture know-how firm combining AI and robotics to enhance the sustainability of agriculture, as its new board member. Pasek’s beforehand served as common counsel at Not possible Meals, and director of communications at Tesla
The corporate’s early backers embrace British rock band Coldplay, which has invested in inexperienced tech as half their world tour’s sustainability initiatives, in addition to Valor Siren Ventures, BoxGroup, Entree Capital, and Prelude Ventures.
The fundraise announcement comes as cultured meat positive factors large curiosity amongst consumer- and meals tech-focused traders who consider the sector might assist considerably scale back greenhouse fuel emissions generated from conventional animal farming, whereas offering meat eaters with the identical texture, flavors, and vitamins of standard meat merchandise.
Vijay Pande, Common Companion of Andreessen Horowitz, believes SCiFi Meals is uniquely positioned to compete within the area, and to be a strategic portfolio model, saying: “Cultivated meat will disrupt the trillion-dollar world marketplace for meat merchandise, with big advantages to the planet. Nevertheless, there are main value hurdles, and SCiFi’s know-how and strategy was the primary we felt that actually has the potential to each scale rapidly and to drastically scale back value.”
Value Efficient Manufacturing By way of DNA Enhancing Tech
Sometimes, cell-based merchandise are produced by buying and banking stem cells from animals, that are then cultivated in bioreactors the place these cells are fed with an oxygen-rich cell tradition medium earlier than they differentiate into the skeletal muscle, fats, and connective tissues that make up common meat, in response to Good Meals Institute. The method takes roughly two to eight weeks, relying on the kind of meat produced.
Whereas a handful of nations are spearheading the motion with Singapore changing into the primary on the earth that enables the commercialization of lab-grown meat in 2020, and China lately together with alt protein merchandise in its five-year agricultural plan, regulatory hurdles stay within the U.S. regardless of an earlier settlement the FDA and the USDA co-established in 2019 to divide oversight authority for the sector.
Amongst all the businesses which can be main the most recent lab-grown meat frenzy, together with Upside Meals, beforehand raised $400 million in April; and Future Meat Applied sciences; Eat Simply, the guardian of Good Meat, claims it’s constructing the world’s largest bioreactors that may develop greater than 13,000 tonnes of hen and beef per yr after changing into the one firm to promote cultured meat in Singapore.
However Joshua March, cofounder of SCiFi Meals, argues they’re capable of manufacture cell-based beef with larger scalability and at a a lot decrease value primarily due to Crispr know-how that “allows us to make extremely focused, extraordinarily small modifications to DNA — for instance, simply deleting a single DNA base pair.”
March defined to me: “That is totally different from GMO in that it doesn’t add any new/totally different, or transgenic DNA, to the cells that we use for our merchandise. We use these very minor modifications to shift the habits of our cells in order that they’re less expensive to fabricate. We additionally use automation, corresponding to liquid dealing with robots, to have the ability to uncover the affect of a extremely large number of tiny modifications. This strategy to genetic engineering was pioneered within the fermentation area, by corporations like Zymergen, the place [our] cofounder, Kasia Gora PhD., was really an early worker, and used for meals purposes corresponding to engineering yeast.”
“We expect that’s completely key to getting the price of cultivated meet right down to a stage the place it could ultimately attain parity with standard meat,” he added.
Operational Amenities To Get Regulatory Approval
SCiFi Meals at the moment employs about 30 employees, and has lately moved to a 16,000-square-foot R&D facility within the Bay Space, of which 10,000 sq. toes are reserved for its lab area, in response to March, and this can be a pivotal step to getting cultured meat authorised ultimately within the U.S.
“We really feel extraordinarily assured, and have a fairly commercially viable timeframe [for commercialization]. The FDA and the USDA have been tremendous engaged with us,” he stated. “With a view to get by means of regulatory approval within the U.S., we have to have a primary facility the federal government can examine, and a constant course of, however there’s an absence of precise pilot services which can be totally commissioned, and up and operating to undergo approval.
“I believe that is only a matter of time,” March added. “I would be very shocked if some corporations do not have merchandise authorised in the marketplace this yr, particularly now that some pilot services have been coming on-line during the last 12 months.”
SCiFi Meals plans to launch its personal branded merchandise by means of meals service within the close to time period earlier than finally getting into retail and direct-to-consumer.


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NEW YORK (AP) — Macy’s said Santa Claus won’t be greeting kids at its flagship New York store this year due to the coronavirus, interrupting a holiday tradition started nearly 160 years ago.
More than a quarter of a million people come to see Santa at Macy’s in New York each year, the company said, making it hard to create a safe environment during a pandemic. Before taking a picture with the jolly old man, crowds walk in tight quarters through a maze-like Santaland that’s filled with Christmas trees, running toy trains and elves in green costumes.
That makes it hard to create a safe environment during a pandemic. Santa also won’t be making in-person visits this year at its Chicago and San Francisco stores, which have similar Santalands.
But he will still appear at the end of the televised Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade, the company said.
The decision by Macy’s differs from big mall owners, which will still go ahead with in-person Santa visits by banning kids from sitting on his lap and making sure they stay six feet away from him.
Macy’s said it will be offering a free online experience on its website at the end of November, where families can play games and get a virtual tour of Santa’s workshop.


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The entire cryptocurrency market capitalization dropped by 24% between Nov. 8 and Nov. 10, reaching a $770 billion low. Nevertheless, after the preliminary panic was subdued and compelled future contracts liquidations had been now not pressuring asset costs, a pointy 16% restoration adopted.
This week’s dip was not the market’s first rodeo beneath the $850 billion market capitalization stage, and an identical sample emerged in June and July. In each circumstances, the help displayed power, however the $770 billion intraday backside on Nov. 9 was the bottom since December 2020.
The 17.6% weekly drop in whole market capitalization was largely impacted by Bitcoin’s (BTC) 18.3% loss and Ether’s (ETH) 22.6% unfavorable value transfer. Nonetheless, the value affect was extra extreme on altcoins, with 8 of the highest 80 cash shedding 30% or extra within the interval.
FTX Token (FTT) and Solana (SOL) had been severely impacted by liquidations following the insolvency of FTX trade and Alameda Analysis.
Aptos (APT) dropped 33% regardless of denying rumors that Aptos Labs or Aptos Basis treasuries had been held by FTX.
Stablecoin demand remained impartial in Asia
The USD Coin (USDC) premium is an effective gauge of China-based crypto retail dealer demand. It measures the distinction between China-based peer-to-peer trades and the US greenback.
Extreme shopping for demand tends to stress the indicator above honest worth at 100% and through bearish markets, the stablecoin’s market supply is flooded, inflicting a 4% or increased low cost.
Presently, the USDC premium stands at 100.8%, flat versus the earlier week. Due to this fact, regardless of the 24% drop in whole cryptocurrency market capitalization, no panic promoting got here from Asian retail buyers.
Nevertheless, this information shouldn’t be thought-about bullish, because the USDC shopping for stress signifies merchants search shelter in stablecoins.
Few leverage consumers are utilizing futures markets
Perpetual contracts, also called inverse swaps, have an embedded price normally charged each eight hours. Exchanges use this payment to keep away from trade threat imbalances.
A constructive funding price signifies that longs (consumers) demand extra leverage. Nevertheless, the alternative scenario happens when shorts (sellers) require extra leverage, inflicting the funding price to show unfavorable.
As depicted above, the 7-day funding price is barely unfavorable for the 2 largest cryptocurrencies and the information factors to an extreme demand for shorts (sellers). Despite the fact that there’s a 0.40% weekly price to keep up open positions, it’s not worrisome.
Merchants also needs to analyze the choices markets to know whether or not whales and arbitrage desks have positioned increased bets on bullish or bearish methods.
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The choices put/name ratio factors to worsening sentiment
Merchants can gauge the general sentiment of the market by measuring whether or not extra exercise goes by name (purchase) choices or put (promote) choices. Typically talking, name choices are used for bullish methods, whereas put choices are for bearish ones.
A 0.70 put-to-call ratio signifies that put choices open curiosity lag the extra bullish calls by 30% and is subsequently bullish. In distinction, a 1.20 indicator favors put choices by 20%, which will be deemed bearish.
As Bitcoin value broke beneath $18,500 on Nov. 8, buyers rushed to hunt draw back safety. Consequently, the put-to-call ratio subsequently elevated to 0.65. Nonetheless, the Bitcoin choices market stays extra strongly populated by neutral-to-bearish methods, as the present 0.63 stage signifies.
Combining the absence of stablecoin demand in Asia and negatively skewed perpetual contract premiums, it turns into evident that merchants should not comfy that the $850 billion market capitalization help will maintain within the close to time period.
The views and opinions expressed listed here are solely these of the writer and don’t essentially mirror the views of Cointelegraph.com. Each funding and buying and selling transfer entails threat, you need to conduct your individual analysis when making a call.


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After 4 years, Yahoo recognizes that hackers have accessed all of its users’ accounts. In other words, personal data of all Yahoo! emails have been stolen by hackers in the largest cyber attack in history. The incident occurred back in 2013, due to a security breach that was later acknowledged by Yahoo.
Initially, the company estimated that one million accounts were hacked. But now this report has been reviewed and restored at the request of Verizon, the company that bought Yahoo! this year.
The conclusion is incredible: all Yahoo accounts were hacked. We are talking about a total of over 3 billion accounts. We can conclude that hackers have personal data of a lot of people, almost half of the planet’s population. If you have an Yahoo account, it is probably the best moment to change the password.
Stolen data includes information like usernames, passwords used, phone numbers, and date of birth. Verizon has called for the incident to be reconsidered as a result of information received from outside the company. Earlier this year, the US Department of Justice said that Russian hackers are responsible for Yahoo! data breach.


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The Dish:`Restless’ foodies driving predicted 2015 dining trends
Some of the dining trends we’re likely to see in 2015 stem from a taste bud-related condition that apparently has taken hold of us: restless palate syndrome.
Or so says a 2015 dining-trend report recently released by New York-based food-and-restaurant consultancy Baum & Whiteman (www.baumwhiteman.com), which contends today’s adventurous and hyper-aware food-culture calls for an endlessly ticking turnstile of new flavors, products and “radical mash-ups” of ingredients.
That’ll result in a number of dining trends already evident in big-city restaurants. Among them, according to the Baum & Whiteman report, which echoes trends others in the restaurant industry have cited:
* Root vegetables—such as celery root, parsnips and kohlrabi—prepared in a variety of ways: fried, mashed and/or flavored with cured pork or smoked honey as a kick-up replacement for potatoes.
* Seaweed—and not just as a sushi-roll wrapper. Chefs are adding seaweed to poaching broths, seafood sauces and even risotto for its background punch of flavor and salinity.
* Sweet-spicy sauces and condiments, especially piquant honey such as jabanero honey, jalapeno honey, chili-pepper honey and ginger-citrus honey, among others.
* Vegetable-flavored yogurt—butternut-squash yogurt, beet yogurt and carrot-and-tomato yogurt, say.
* Flavored hummus, such as Thai chili hummus, spinach-artichoke hummus and cilantro-chimichurri hummus.
* A bow-out of the bacon craze, but not for all things pork. What may become big is nduja (yes, that spelling is correct)—a fiery-spicy spreadable sausage from Italy’s Calabria region. At restaurants across the country, nduja has been mixed with pastas, melted over pork chops and blended into vinaigrettes.


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Retail sales in the UK fell 0.6% in December, marking a fifth straight month without growth. GBP/USD has come under pressure and has nearly erased the gain from Thursday.
Analysts were remarkably off-target in their forecasts which has likely caught speculators off guard.
Analysts had called for a rise of half a percent versus the reported decline of 0.6%. In addition to the drop in sales in December, there was a downward revision for the prior month to -0.8% versus the originally reported decline of 0.6%.
With recent talks of a potential rate cut from several members Bank of England’s monetary policy committee, there is little reason to believe the bank won’t act at their next meeting following this report.
The Bank of England’s next monetary policy decision will take place on Thursday, January 30. The only other major data release ahead of it is manufacturing and services PMI data which will be released next week.
GBP/USD has fallen and is currently trading near a horizontal level at 1.3050. The pair closed near this level last week and gapped below at the open this week.
Some buying is seen from the level and the decline has somewhat stalled out for now. In the event of a bearish break, the next level of support for the pair comes in at 1.3013.
Beyond that, there is an important support zone between 1.2960-1.2990 which triggered a three-consecutive day recovery this week.
Rallies in the pair are likely to be met with sellers considering the outcome of the retail sales report.
The dollar has regained upward momentum which is also an important consideration for GBP/USD traders.
The US dollar index has erased losses from the early week and has returned to positive territory. The greenback got a boost from yesterday’s US retail sales beat and the index has been well bid since.
- Sterling has come under pressure after a three-consecutive day recovery after UK retail sales figures came in well below analyst expectations.
- The dollar has regained upward momentum following the US retail sales report on Thursday.
This article was originally posted on FX Empire
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How do you keep personal information private amid ever-increasing
information-gathering capabilities of new technologies?
Every day, with a phone call, a click
of a mouse, or a beep of an automatic teller machine, Americans give
away more personal details about themselves than ever before. From our
buying habits and financial status to our children's names and the books
we read, information once considered private has become part of a
digital data mecca for businesses and government.
Increasingly, corporations use personal information databases to target
marketing activities, calculate insurance risks, manage employees and
make loans. Government agencies that traditionally collect data to
ensure that we keep licenses current, obey the law and pay our taxes are
now under pressure to expand their information-gathering activities in
the wake of 9/11. Controversial examples include an airline passenger
database, face recognition software, and the Pentagon's Total
Information Awareness project.
Just how much private information is really available? Today, for a fee,
Web sites will search databases that include real estate records, voter
registration, phone records, magazine subscriptions and changes of
address. Sites promise to find cell and unlisted phone numbers, peruse
military records or "find the dirt" in criminal files.
Wait a minute. Is this really legal? Can't individuals control the
accumulated details of their own lives?
Although the United States has a tradition of protecting many individual
freedoms, says lawyer Harlan Onsrud, there is no broadly encompassing
right to control or limit personal electronic information collected by
others. The playing field is thus tilted in favor of those who collect
and sell such information as though it were a commodity like grain or
The issue is complicated by a tradition of openness in American society.
Access to information, some of it personal, is a hallmark of the court
system, media and local government. Even in our public libraries, people
have free use of the books, CDs and videos; it's also in these hallowed
halls of information access that many librarians have taken a stance
against opening their lending databases to scrutiny in the name of
With the latest advances in information technology, the question, says
Onsrud, is how to keep the control of one's "private" information in the
hands of that individual. (Just where the line is between information
traditionally considered private and intimate knowledge for the sake of
national security is a whole other discussion.)
Onsrud, a professor in the Department of Spatial Information Science and
Engineering at the University of Maine, focuses on legal issues related
to information systems. With fellow faculty member Silvia Nittel, he
hosted a recent research workshop on location privacy to investigate
technological, legal and institutional approaches that would give users
greater control over the collection, use and storage of information from
the electronic devices they use and sensors to which they may be
Simultaneously, the researchers want to preserve the open information
marketplace of American society. Their goal is to restore a balance in
social policies to the benefit of both privacy and the marketplace.
"We really do want the marketplace to be effective and efficient," says
Onsrud. "We also want to protect privacy. The assumption here is that by
protecting privacy, you can make the market grow. My argument has been
that information industries can offer more services and make far more
money by advancing technological approaches that give consumers direct
control over information about them."
In essence, he says, personal information security can give consumers
confidence to use new technologies without fearing an invasion of their
Onsrud and others have proposed that information technologies be
designed to automatically include a standard licensing agreement,
allowing individuals to define when, where and under what circumstances
their personal information is used. As an example, he cites GPS (global
positioning system) chips now built into cell phones, which provide
location information for emergency responders. Marketers could use the
same information to send advertisements for retail stores in a user's
"Say you're in the market for a certain brand or style of pants. You
request your ‘communicator' to notify you when you pass a store meeting
your criteria. Or perhaps you request it to notify you when your friends
are near. You're in control. However, you don't want it to tell you
about other sales and services you haven't
requested," he says.
Users also need the option of controlling when and exactly what
information will be collected on them, and how long — or if — it will be
stored, Onsrud says. They need to be able to change these options
easily, continuously, automatically. It's important, he adds, that
information technologies be designed to give people choices.
"One promising way you might enforce this is through a contractual
relationship — a standard contract that makes preference choices legally
enforceable. The preference settings of a ‘communicator' might initially
be set to provide maximum privacy protection. In time, as users desire
more services, they may be asked by their ‘communicator' if they want to
change a setting in order to receive a specific service.
"The choices made are automatically enforced through the technology and
are made legally enforceable through the contract that might be with the
ISPs (Internet service providers) or through an intermediary. If you
discover later that you're getting communications that you're not
supposed to be getting, or that information about you has been sold
without your permission, then they've breached a contract with you." At
that point, he says, an individual can bring a private enforcement
action, just as one would with any other contract breach, perhaps
resorting to damage amounts pre-specified in the consumer contract.
Nevertheless, the very nature of information makes it difficult to
control. Former ambassador, public policy expert and author Harlan
Cleveland noted that information is inherently different from other
possessions. It travels at the speed of light, expands as it's used and
has a tendency to diffuse. Owning information is thus problematic, as
copyright holders can attest, but some privacy advocates would still
like to rely on the concept of ownership to restore individual control
over personal data.
However, the ownership rules that control electronic information are
different, Onsrud explains. "Problem is, we're moving into this age
where you can no longer give your book away. Now it's in electronic
form, controlled by a license rather than by the social bargain struck
through traditional copyright law. In day-to-day practical living,
you've lost some of the ownership rights that you previously had under
In the future, new technologies are only likely to increase privacy
concerns. The remote access RFID (radio frequency identification) tag, a
replacement for the product bar code, is already used to track business
inventories. "Potentially, they'll be embedded in virtually everything
you buy — from magazines to underwear," says Onsrud.
Segments of the grocery industry have already embraced RFID technology
with the goals of reducing overhead and increasing efficiency. In the
grocery store of the future, shoppers will not have to wait in checkout
lines. They will load up their carts and walk past an RFID scanner that
identifies their purchases and sends data to computers that tally the
bill and charge a customer's account.
"Once you start looking five to 10 years down the road with these
pervasive identification technologies, it gets to be more of a
challenge. The way to address it is probably through a combination of
legal and technological methods. Quick legal or technological fixes in
isolation from each other won't work," Onsrud says.
Such efforts will need to take homeland security into account. The
government's ability to spy on individuals has long been constrained by
measures to protect privacy. But in a post-9/11 world, those policies
are shifting toward greater surveillance.
In a paper delivered at the location privacy workshop earlier this year,
Onsrud noted that "privacy is sometimes confused with security." An
invasion of privacy arises when personal data is used without an
individual's awareness or consent. On the other hand, security breaches
involve information access by unauthorized third parties. To guard
against the latter, he wrote, technological security measures are
One speaker at the location privacy workshop suggested hypothetically
that security may ultimately stem from fostering a small-town culture.
"His point was, if you want to protect against terrorism, put the power
in the hands of everybody to observe everybody else, because we are a
mutually supportive society. We don't need to depend on some overseer.
It becomes more of an equity issue that we should all have access to
everyone else's business rather than have a corporate or government
elite in control," Onsrud says.
Such an approach may face limits in large communities, not to mention an
absence of personal privacy, but it harkens back to the nation's roots
when most Americans lived in small rural towns. That period also saw an
emphasis on the importance of freedom and self-determination, values at
the core of what it means to be an American.
Today, availability of personal data raises questions about how we
protect such values — what it means to be a free person with the power
to exercise self-determination.
A key to being a person, Onsrud has written, is the ability to be
autonomous, or self-defining. That's why misuse of personal information
can be viewed as a violation of an important human right. "We haven't
developed a cohesive body of human rights law in the U.S. such that an
individual has a right to the pursuit of happiness versus a corporation
that does not," says Onsrud, referencing a treatise by Charles L. Black
Jr., of Columbia and Yale law schools.
As a result, legal scholars and technology analysts continue to
reconsider the balance between ownership, access to government
information and commercial interest, Onsrud says. "The problem is that
it is so complex. It's dealing with the whole range of human-computer
interaction — how you actually interact with the device. And there are
the institutional issues. What are the appropriate institutions, if any,
for control and protection of privacy?"
by Nick Houtman
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