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Sega representatives have confirmed the that the company’s newest arcade board, named 'Lindbergh' and currently powering The House Of The Dead 4
in Japanese arcades, is not based on any specific next-generation console technology, but instead is powered by Imagination Technologies’ high-end PowerVR graphic processor.
Numerous Internet reports had suggested that the new technology was based on the Xbox 360 architecture, in the same manner that the existing 'Chihiro' system (used in Sega arcade games including Outrun 2, Ollie King, and Virtua Cop 3
) is based on the original Xbox.
However, these rumors, now refuted by Sega representatives in a statement to UK-based consumer game site Eurogamer, always seemed at odds with Sega’s 'next generation' presentation behind closed doors at E3 in May, where the company showed real-time demonstrations of new iterations in The House of the Dead
, Virtua Fighter
and Sonic the Hedgehog
franchises, and announced that the demonstrations were running on new arcade hardware, and not on Xbox 360 or PlayStation 3. These demonstrations were seen by many as a highlight of E3, with graphics at least on par with next-gen console prototypes thus far.
Beta versions of the Lindbergh-utilizing The House of the Dead 4
are already being tested in Japanese arcades, which should ensure a worldwide release of the title within a few months. Sega have thus far commented that they currently have no plans to release console ports of either The House of the Dead 4
or Virtua Fighter 5
, both apparently debuting in arcades on Lindbergh, but the company has previously made similar claims about its arcade titles, only to release conversions at a later date – as was the case with OutRun 2
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Norway’s Norsk Hydro ASA announced an agreement yesterday with compatriot Orkla Group to purchase the firm’s 50-percent interest in Oslo’s Sapa AS, making Hydro the full owner of the largest aluminium extrusion-based solutions company in the world.
Hydro tendered Orkla NOK27 billion (US$3.2 billion) for the latter’s half of the venture as part of a deal that Hydro expects to complete in the current half of this year. The firm cites synergies of NOK200 million (US$24 million) per year, mainly in the areas of aluminium remelt and recycling, and strong cash generation from the opening gate as being among the reasons for making the deal. Also key is Sapa’s significant customer base, growth potential, and sustainable aluminium-production processes.
“Hydro is now confirming its position as the world’s leading integrated aluminium company and the transaction reinforces our strategic direction Better, Bigger and Greener, with a solid asset base, unique competencies and capabilities from mining to end-user products,” said Hydro’s President and CEO Svein Richard Brandtzæg. “Sapa will enable us to assume global leadership, establish a platform for growth, and provide responsible operations and sustainable solutions for the future low-carbon economy.”
This transaction will result in Hydro’s status as the world’s lone global aluminium firm that is fully integrated across the aluminium value chain and markets. According to Hydro, such a status will boost the firm’s research and development prowess in addition to enhancing the type and quality of products it offers to its over 30,000 customers globally. In addition, the transaction will make the firm a behemoth in the aluminium industry, increasing its workforce to 35,000 individuals in locations spread across over three dozen countries.
“Sapa has successfully restructured its business and lifted profitability and is now well-positioned to continue its journey as part of Hydro, aiming for even higher value creation through targeting high-tech, high-competence value-add market segments,” explained Brandtzæg.

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There is roughly a month to go until the EB Expo invades Sydney Olympic Park in all it’s gaming glory. Well if you hadn’t made up your mind on whether or not to be apart of it all by attending the event, perhaps the line up of playable titles at the event will make it a done deal for you?
So far confirmed to be fully playable at the EB Games Expo are huge titles such as Call of Duty: Black Ops 2, Halo 4, Assassin’s Creed 3 and Medal of Honor: Warfighter. Also playable will be God of War: Ascension, Aliens: Colonial Marines, Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance, Injustice: Gods Among Us and Tomb Raider. The full list of confirmed titles is as follows:
Surely the chance to play these games before they even hit stores in Australia is an enticing offer that you cannot refuse. If you can’t resist anymore you can purchase your tickets to event now at the official EB Games Expo website here. The EB Expo is set to take place from the 5th of October to the 7th of October in what amounts to a 3 day gaming extravaganza. Be sure to let us know what you think in the comments section below.


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Uber faces its first UK legal action to see if it should pay workers for holidays and pay the National Minimum Wage
Uber, the company behind the taxi hailing app, faces its first legal action in the UK this week over whether its drivers are workers or self-employed.
The US-owned firm will appear in a case brought by law firm Leigh Day, supported by the GMB union, at the Central London Employment Tribunal on Wednesday.
In court: The US-owned firm will appear in a case brought by law firm Leigh Day, supported by the GMB union
It will decide if Uber, whose European headquarters is in the Netherlands, is acting unlawfully by not providing drivers with holiday pay or the National Minimum Wage.
A successful claim against Uber could have ramifications for workers classed as self-employed in other industries, said Leigh Day.
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Reuters recently reported that the Government of India has “axed” the royalties that over 45 Indian seed companies had to pay Bayer (which acquired Monsanto) under IP licensing agreements which have been the centre of a massive legal dispute between Monsanto (before its acquisition by Bayer) and Nuziveedu (one of India’s biggest seed companies) for the last five years. For years, the Bt licensing agreements have earned Monsanto a fortune. While I don’t have the figures readily at hand, a Form 27 for one of the patents covering this technology that I had accessed a few years ago had revealed that Monsanto earned Rs. 650 crores off a single patent, in year.
The axing of royalties has been directed by the Central Government under its Cotton Seed Price (Control) Order, 2015 which is issued under the Essential Commodities Act, 1955 to control not only the retail price of cotton seeds sold by Indian licensing companies, nationally, but also the “trait fee”, which is basically the licensing fee that was payable by around 45 Indian seed companies to Monsanto before it was acquired by Bayer, for its Bt technology. From what I gather, the “trait fees” was a broad phrase used to cover the licensing fee for the patented technology, “know-how” and other services that were payable under licensing agreements that Indian seed companies had entered into with Monsanto.
The axing of royalties does not come as a surprise because over the years, the Central Government has been reducing the “trait fees” payable by the Indian seed companies to Monsanto. Prior to the government’s intervention, as per a SEBI filing in 2015 by Nuziveedu, the trait fees payable to Monsanto was Rs. 168 per unit. The orders for the last three years which are accessible here, here and here have slashed the trait fees massively before negating it entirely in 2020. In 2018, it was fixed at Rs. 39, before being reduced to Rs. 20 in 2019 and finally being reduced to 0 in 2020. The retail price of the seeds has however remained almost stable reducing slightly from Rs. 740 to 730 one year but remaining stable at that price meaning that the benefits from the elimination of the “trait fee” has most certainly gone to the Indian seed companies and not the Indian farmers. So much for the claims of the Indian government and the Swadeshi Jagran Manch (the trade wing of the RSS) that they are defending the interests of farmers! Rather, this latest episode appears to be another example of protectionism, if not crony capitalism. From reports published in the Indian Express and Times of India, it appears to be quite clear that farmers are not falling for the government’s propaganda.
The Reuters report is silent on whether Bayer still has any valid patents on the technology. However even if the patents have expired, IP licensing agreements tend to also cover ‘know-how’ and trade secrets. It is one thing for the government to intervene in setting retail prices but it is unacceptable for the government to interfere in a contract that both parties have entered into voluntarily, knowing the consequences. As is usually the case with the Indian government, it rarely looks beyond the first order effects of its decisions and the effect that it may have on the future of IP licensing, across technologies, in India. In this case, the first order effects are limited to Bayer, which is not making much noise, presumably because it has vast business interests in Indian agriculture that it does not want to jeopardize.
But there were will be second order effects on future IP licensing deals with Indian companies. My guess is that most lawyers will advise IP owners to try and avoid licensing any politically sensitive technologies to Indian companies, as far as possible because of the manner in which the government can arbitrarily intervene and alter the terms of a contract under the Essential Commodities Act. IP owners will also restrict the extent to which a future licensee can work that technology without crucial inputs from the IP owner, thereby giving the latter more control. In other words, we can expect future IP licensing agreements to be a lot more restrictive, which is not necessarily a good thing for Indian industry or the Indian economy.
From a trade perspective, India’s use of price control under the Essential Commodities Act for medical devices caused the suspension of trading privileges offered by the American government under its GSP program. While the government has tried to downplay the fallout of the suspension of these trading privileges, it did make representations, along with several Indian companies, to the United States Trade Representative (USTR), seeking the restoration of the GSP trading privileges. Its written submissions, which can be accessed here, ended with the following lines:
“It is submitted that a withdrawal of the GSP benefits to India would be discriminatory and detrimental to the development, finance and trade needs of India, a vast and diverse developing country with unique challenges. We request the President of the United States to continue the GSP beneficiary status to India.”
The issue is not really about abstract notions like “national interest”, as claimed by the RSS’s trade wing but rather a series of trade-offs between the interests of different Indian lobbies. For example, the suspension of GSP benefits, post price controls on medical devices, most certainly hurt some sectors in India. This submission by the Gem and Jewellery Export Promotion Council of India to the USTR, described how 6.1 million Indian workers would be affected by the suspension of GSP benefits. Yet there is no denying that price control on medical devices, most likely helped the middle class in India access stents and knee implants at a lower price. How do you weigh the potential employment related losses for the gems industries when compared to the benefits for the middle class, which is likely the primary consumer of medical devices? It is essentially a political choice based on the priorities of an elected government.
When it comes to agriculture, the trade-off should ideally be between farmer incomes and incentivizing companies like Bayer to make available their latest technology in India to boost agricultural productivity. The trade-off should not be between the profits of Indian seed companies and the profits of MNCs. Yet this is exactly the route chosen by the Indian government when it decided to wield price control regulations in a manner that expressly enriches Indian seed companies instead of passing on the benefits to farmers. In the process, the government has also sent out a negative signal to other technology providers in the agro space.
It remains to be seen if Bayer decides to politicize the issue by bringing in foreign government (as was done earlier by Monsanto when the US Ambassador got involved) or choose a path of quiet lobbying and new licensing strategies.


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Despite impending heat waves across parts of the US, fall has arrived early at Starbucks. On August 28, the adored pumpkin spice latte returns to Starbucks’ menu.
You may still be sporting shorts and grilling burgers, but Starbucks is already gearing up for the season of red, yellow, and orange because, as of August 28, the pumpkin spice latte is back on the menu. This marks the first time that the beloved coffee drink, fondly referred to as the PSL, has re-entered Starbucks’ menu in August since 2014. Last year, the drink didn’t premier until after Labor Day.
This year, the PSL – which Starbucks initially planned to call the Fall Harvest Latte – turns 15 years old. The drink originally launched in 100 stores in Washington DC and Vancouver in 2003 before becoming a fixture on menus across the country the next year. Nowadays, the PSL – which has boasted real pumpkin since 2015 – is Starbucks’ most popular seasonal beverage ever.
Along with the original drink, pumpkin-spice lovers can also feast on the flavor in a slew of different forms, including bottled Starbucks pumpkin spice latte, pumpkin-spice-flavored ground coffee, pumpkin spice caffe latte K-Cups, iced espresso pumpkin spice latte and VIA instant pumpkin spice latte. And two new items are being added this year: pumpkin spice cookie straws and pumpkin-spice-flavored ground coffee K-Cup pods.
Since the debut of the PSL, other brands have capitalized on the flavor’s eminent success, infusing it into more than just coffee, Products like ice cream, cereal, yogurt, chocolates, cookies, and even peanut butter have been swirled with the spice blend.
The PSL typically remains in stores until the December holidays, or while stocks last. But even after all the supplies have dried up, you can still reminisce on the good times – after all, those PSL memes will never disappear.


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// Harrods expands beauty offering with launch of its newly restyled Hair & Beauty Salon
// Stylists on hand to offer customers a fresh cut, colour and blow dry, or a mani-pedi, as well as a range of beauty brands
// The launch marks the final phase of Harrods Knightsbridge beauty business transformation,
Harrods has opened the doors to its new Hair and Beauty Salon on the fifth floor of its Knightsbridge flagship.
The new salon offers customers at the luxury department store access to exclusive treatments and “must-have” products from the world’s most innovative beauty brands, all under one roof.
Harrods’ expert stylists and technicians are also on hand to offer customers a fresh cut, colour and blow dry, or a mani-pedi.
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The launch of Hair & Beauty Salon marks the final phase of Harrods Knightsbridge beauty business transformation, led by beauty director Annalise Fard.
This includes the transformation of Harrods beauty halls in 2020 which now span across 90,000sq ft, in addition to the final chapter in the department store’s beauty transformation with the 16,985sq ft Hair & Beauty Salon space.
“The launch of our new Hair & Beauty Salon is yet another significant landmark in Harrods’ quest to bring our customers a world-class beauty proposition that delivers expert hair and beauty experiences,” Fard said.
“Harrods has invested in pushing the boundaries in what is expected from a beauty destination, as well as bringing the most innovative experiences and services from around the world to London.
“I am absolutely delighted to be creating this exciting new beauty offering for our Harrods community.”
Harrods opened its first hair, beauty and manicuring salon back in 1894, and the latest instalment pays homage to this heritage.
Harrods head of beauty Mia Collins said: “For the redesign of our newly reimagined Hair & Beauty Salon, we wanted to pay homage to the salon’s heritage and bring back the sophistication and iconic glamour.
“We took inspiration from our rich archives to create a space that’s uniquely Harrods.
“Through the unique combination of the salon’s design, exceptional treatments, and curated product offering, we strive to offer our customers a real celebration of what beauty is all about.”


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In a wide-ranging Consumer Electronics Show keynote address led by General Motors CEO Mary Barra, the automaker revealed significant new details about its push into electrification, announcing new projects and offering up more information about production programs already confirmed, notably including the GMC Hummer pickup set to reach market later this year, as well as the extended version of its current long-range EV, the Chevrolet Bolt EUV.
GM is set to kick off its big electrification push this year with the introduction of those two models, as well as the launch of production at a new battery plant in Ohio. The Ultium batteries it has developed as part of a joint venture with LG Chem will be smaller, lighter, cheaper and more powerful than those used in the current Bolt EV, the automaker revealed. But it also announced even more powerful and cheaper batteries are in development that could effectively bridge the cost gap with gas-powered products.
“Any vehicle can be an EV,” Aaron Pfau, lead development engineer on the Hummer project, said during an hourlong presentation, revealing new information about the program and the pickup itself.
First teased last winter during a widely watched Super Bowl commercial, the Hummer was formally unveiled in October. At the time, GM officials noted that the truck eventually will be offered in a number of configurations, the debut version, dubbed Edition 1, driven by three motors, one up front and two on the rear axle. All told, they will deliver a peak 1,000 horsepower and be capable of launching from 0 to 60 in 3 seconds.
“It has crazy amounts of power,” said Pfau in the CES presentation, noting GMC engineers have introduced several unique ways to put power to the pavement, taking advantage of the unique properties of electric motors.
For those looking for the thrill of a drag strip-style launch, the Hummer will offer a “Watts to Freedom Mode,” roughly the equivalent of the Launch Mode found in conventional performance vehicles like the Chevrolet Corvette and Camaro models.
A driver will be instructed to press down hard on both brake and throttle simultaneously. In the background, the Hummer’s digital control system will maximize cooling to the powertrain, including the battery pack, Pfau explained.
When given the signal, the driver will lift off the brake but leave the throttle pinned to the floor, the computer system also determining the right amount of power to apply to maintain grip during launch. Spinning the tires, no matter how good a smoky burnout looks, means slower launch times.
Meanwhile, Hummer will create “a fully immersive, sensory experience,” said Pfau. Since electric motors are virtually silent, the pickup will utilize the Sound Enhancement Mode of its Bose audio system, introducing a mix of guitar riffs and customized sounds created using feedback GMC got from the Formula E electric motor sports series.
Hummer also will offer a feature designed to enhance off-road driving, according to Pfau. Most of the latest EVs allow “one-pedal driving,” where lifting off the throttle creates the same effect as downshifting a transmission. This lets the vehicle regenerate energy normally lost during braking and coasting, extending range. Hummer will take things a step further.
When driving in “Terrain Mode,” the electric equivalent of shifting the transmission to low range, Hummer will offer a different version of one-pedal driving. The driver will have “a level of modulation (of the throttle) beyond what we could deliver” with a conventional gas or diesel engine, said Pfau. And it won’t require moving one’s foot back and forth between the gas pedal and the brake, making it easier to maneuver a rough trail, especially when crawling boulders or other obstacles.
Some of these features could wind up in use on other GM products, notably the all-electric pickup Chevrolet this past week confirmed is in late-stage development.
All told, GM CEO Barra said during the CES presentation, a total of 30 all-electric models will reach market by 2025. The automaker originally had planned to launch 20 by 2023. The GM CEO also noted that spending on all-electric, as well as autonomous vehicles, has been increased by almost a third, to $27 billion.
The rollout will begin mid-year with the debut of the Chevy Bolt EUV which, officials confirmed during the briefing, will become the first non-Cadillac model to be offered with the hands-free Super Cruise system.
An updated version of the standard-length Bolt EV also will roll out this year.
The CES session also offered confirmation that the exotic Cadillac Celestiq concept shown during a March 2020 media background session will be put into production. GM also is developing prototypes for a Caddy flying car and a fully driverless van as part of the Cadillac Halo project.


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TEWKSBURY (CBS) – Tom Brady made an appearance at Super Bowl LIV to pose with other greats of the game in celebration of the NFL’s 100th anniversary. But the outfit choice for the All-Time Team had New Englanders thinking of one thing – Market Basket.
“Mr. Brady to the courtesy booth…”
— Chris Pollone (@ChrisPollone) February 3, 2020
Twitter noted that the red coats the players wore bore a striking resemblance to the attire of employees at the Tewksbury-based supermarket chain.
“Market Basket needs those back but that was a cool ceremony,” one fan tweeted at Brady.
“When the greatest all-time players assemble, the wardrobe inspiration was obvious: #MoreForYourDollar,” Market Basket tweeted Monday morning. “@patriots better watch your back, we’re nabbing @tombrady to manage our store! #RedCoatLife.”
— Market Basket (@MarketBasket) February 3, 2020
It’s unlikely that local shoppers will be seeing Brady (20 years of service for the Patriots) in the supermarket aisles or bagging groceries anytime soon. He made it clear in a Super Bowl ad for Hulu that he’s not retiring from football, saying “I’m not going anywhere.”


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April 06, 2020 - What are the Dangers of Recalled Allergan Breast Implants? The FDA recently asked Allergan to recall certain textured breast implants, including some BIOCELL and Natrelle implants. The recall was instigated due to an increased risk of cancer among women with these recalled textured breast implants. The FDA found that women with these recalled textured breast implants have an increased risk of developing a type of breast cancer known as anaplastic large cell lymphoma, or BIA-ALCL.
According to the FDA, the textured surface—which is unique to Allergan breast implants—is tied to more than 500 cases of BIA-ALCL, which is a type of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Twelve deaths from BIA-ALCL involved an Allergan textured breast implant. BIA-ALCL attacks the body’s immune system and may not be diagnosed for years following implantation—from two years to twenty-eight years.
It is not entirely clear why these textured breast implants are causing this type of cancer. It is theorized that the texture of the shell surrounding the implant could trigger the lymphoma response of the body. In most cases of BIA-ALCL, the lymphoma cancer is limited to the scar tissue and fluids surrounding the implant, however the cancer can spread to the lymph nodes, and even throughout the body. Patients diagnosed with BIA-ALCL may required chemotherapy or radiation, however when the disease is caught early, the prognosis is usually favorable.
Between ten and thirteen percent of all breast implants sold in the United States are textured. Although textured breast implants are usually used in reconstructive breast surgeries after a mastectomy, the implants are also sometimes used in cosmetic procedures. According to the FDA, these recalled textured breast implants give women six times the risk of being diagnosed with BIA-ALCL as a similar product from another manufacturer.
Textured breast implants cancer is known as anaplastic large t-cell lymphoma, anaplastic t-cell lymphoma, anaplastic large cell lymphoma, or BIA-ALCL. Symptoms associated with ALCL breast cancer include pain and swelling around the implant, as well as lumps in the breast or lumps under the armpit. Any symptom of BIA-ALCL among a woman who has the Allergan recalled textured breast implants warrants immediate medical assistance. The FDA is currently advising that women with no symptoms should not rush to have the textured breast implants removed.
Could You Benefit from the Assistance of a Recalled Allergan Breast Implant Lawyer? The recalled Allergan textured breast implants may be associated with serious health issues. The Allergan textured breast implant recall involves design problems as well as failure to warn on the part of Allergan, the manufacturer. After speaking to your physician, and seeing to your health, you could benefit from speaking to an experienced Allergan breast implant lawyer.
After determining the facts of your specific case and answering all your questions, you may be advised to consider a textured breast implant lawsuit. We understand that entering into breast implant litigation can seem overwhelming. There is currently at least one breast implant class action lawsuit, and it is expected that following the Allergan breast implant recall, there will likely be much more breast implant litigation. Rather than facing this troubling issue on your own, speak to a knowledgeable textured breast implant attorney today.


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‘The Future of Money’ seminar held at the DLD Conference in New York at the beginning of May put the spotlight on the most important sectors within financial tech, where the panel suggested that the banking industry is ripe for big changes – especially in the payment sector.
Regulation and capital needs have so far prevented much disruption in the banking sector. When it comes to payments, the big banks still handle most of the transactions. But things are set to change. FinTech disruptors are able to cut costs and deliver faster payment solutions while offering rates that banks are unable to match.
I believe, therefore, that the real success in payments in 2015 will be where the barriers to economic growth that many businesses simply ‘sleepwalk’ into accepting, are removed. The innovation has to come from those businesses that facilitate payments using better, faster, more cost-effective ways to enable the immediate transfer of funds from one organisation to another irrespective of geography.
But ensuring the flow of benefits works in every direction is also crucial. By that I mean that every stakeholder needs to become part of the same community which has no barriers. Payments should occur instantly regardless of geography, as if the two parties – payer and receiver – were next door neighbours.
It’s not a pipe-dream. It’s possible now – and the payment service providers are already buying into it. But to really make it work, the merchants using those PSPs have to join the party. So the payment innovation that will have the greatest success is the one that disrupts the traditionalists the most.
Banking Circle has created a payments ecosystem where every member can benefit by being able to make instant cross-border bank transfers at a very low cost in multiple currencies.
Ultimately, building a stable and transparent community in the payment sector will play a major part in the sustainability of the global economy. Innovators who can meet these needs – and businesses that are willing to join them to move away from traditional banking – will undoubtedly have the greatest success.


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Bihar mobile users queue up for clarity
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Patna, Feb. 3: Around 80 lakh mobile phone users of Uninor, S Tel and MTS under the Bihar-Jharkhand circle are likely to be affected by the Supreme Court judgment yesterday quashing the first-come-first-served allocation of 2G spectrum in 2008 and scrapping 122 licences awarded by then telecom minister A. Raja.
A day after the ruling, subscribers of the affected telecom companies were busy dialling customer care centres or queuing up at mobile stores and corporate offices of the operators for enquiring about the after-effects. Local representatives of the operators remained tight-lipped but assured consumers that they would face no inconvenience in the aftermath of the apex court order.
Deepak Kumar, owner of Millennium Time Center, a mobile sales and recharge store at Ashiana Nagar, could not recharge the phone numbers of Uninor subscribers coming to his shop today.
“Uninor has not given the credit balance today and thus we are not able to recharge subscribers’ mobile phones. We have also received a message from the company in the morning that talked about the effects of the judgment. It stated that agents should co-operate with the company during the four months’ time given by the Supreme Court,” said Kumar.
Sources in the Bihar-Jharkhand circle of Uninor said the regional office has not received any official communication from their headquarters on Friday. “The Bihar-Jharkhand circle has still not received any official communication from our headquarters with regard to the apex court’s judgment given on Thursday,” said a senior executive of Uninor in Patna.
He, however, refused to comment on the effects of the judgment on future operational strategies of the company in the state. Uninor has a subscriber base of 42,04,457 in the Bihar-Jharkhand circle.
Idea Cellular today made it clear that its operations in Bihar would not be affected by the judgment. “The recent Supreme Court ruling of cancelling licences impacts only those licences granted in 2008. Idea Cellular had applied for a licence in 2006 but the same for providing services in the Bihar circle was granted only in 2008. Idea Cellular’s Bihar licences have not been cancelled. Idea Cellular is a pan-India operator, with Bihar being an integral part of the Idea family and we look forward to continuing the Idea journey together,” said Bharat Joshi, a public relations executive of Idea Cellular in Patna.
Idea has a consumer base of 53,15,012 in the Bihar-Jharkhand circle.
S Tel consumers said the company had asserted that no inconvenience would be caused.
“I find S Tel tariff plans more convenient for me. The Rs 16 recharge coupon has a tariff rate of Re 0.5 per second and a Rs 17 recharge coupon has a tariff rate of 30 paise per minute. Its Internet data usage plans are also equally good. Moreover, I have checked with the company regarding the impact of the Supreme Court judgment and they said they would ensure no inconvenience is caused to the subscribers,” said Amar Kumar, a resident of Boring Road. S Tel has a subscriber base of20,59,787 in the Bihar-Jharkhand circle.
While the affected operators are busy in crisis management, those who are not impacted are said to be drawing up strategies for cashing in on the uncertainty. “Most of the new small companies which entered the telecom market are running into losses at many places across the country. Thus, many of these operators might not be able to buy spectrum at the re-auction. Moreover, the four months’ time given to the affected companies would be a boon for big players to form strategies for aggressive promotion for mobile number portability, branding and even changes in the tariff plans to expand subscriber base,” said an executive of a private telecom operator in Patna.


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Weeks after the presentation of Samsung’s first folding smartphone, Samsung is exploring new formats to continue with its catalog of folding phones.
According to a report from the Foldable News site, the latest patents registered by the Korean giant show a bizarre of folding phone concept. It is a folding phone whose rear camera is removable, a mechanism similar to digital SLR cameras, which would allow changing lenses.
The patent explains that the device would have an internal camera to which different photographic modules can be attached. If it becomes reality, the phone could go on sale with different objectives that we could use depending on the needs (wide-angle, telephoto….).
Regarding the front camera, it seems that the flexibility of the screen allows us to use the rear camera also ahead, similar to the mechanism of Huawei Mate X.
At the moment, it is only a patent and the concept may not materialize in a final product. However, it is interesting to see how manufacturers want to take advantage of the technology of folding screens that are the present and the future of the mobile market.


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Mirzapur, 23 June (Hindustan Times). Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s very ambitious scheme One District-One Product (ODOP) will get a new identity from One Station-One Product (OSOP). ODOP Express is now going to run on the platform of OSOP and at a faster speed.
Under this scheme, ODOP products of the concerned district are available at all the railway stations falling in a district, at the place of the most prominent platform of that station, where maximum number of people come and go. Attractive stalls of ODOP have been put up on the respective platforms. If ODOP Express picks up speed from the platform of OSOP, recognition will increase and employment will also increase.
For example, if your train is passing through Mirzapur, then the attractive carpets of Vindhya region included in ODOP decorated with GI tag at the railway station falling in this district will definitely attract your attention. For uniformity in ODOP stall, a standard size has been made available by the Railways. If needed, these stalls can be more than one at a station.
OSOP scheme was started from Kashi as an experiment
OSOP was mentioned for the first time in the general budget of 2022-23. The aim was to make the identity of special products of a particular place more complete, to give a permanent market to those who make them and to give them a big platform. After this, it started as an experiment in April 2022 with a stall of wooden toys at Varanasi Cantt station and processed products of Amla at Pratapgarh. Now it is being expanded.
ODOP will get expansion from OSOP
Indian Railways is a symbol of unity and integrity of the country. Everyday it takes lakhs of people to their destination. Being the largest state in terms of population, naturally the maximum number of people belong to Uttar Pradesh. Not only this, now Uttar Pradesh has become the most favorite destination for tourists. The way work is being done in this field. In view of that, this number will increase further in the coming time. In such a situation, the One Station-One Product (OSOP) scheme will further expand the scope of ODOP.
Enthusiasts carry away carpets
Gyanendra Kumar Yadav, resident of Cheksari, cone block, stall operator set up by Vikram Carpets at Mirzapur railway station, said that jute, tapete and netted from 400 to 5 thousand of durable and attractive design are available at the stall. ODOP stall is installed on platform number one inside the main entrance of Mirzapur railway station, so that the eyes of the passengers fall on the ODOP stall as soon as they enter the platform inside the railway station. Travelers definitely come to the stall of Colin Dari, but at present the sales are low. Being the holy area of Adishakti Jagat Janani Maa Vindhyavasini, some people take it as Prasad and some buy it as per their need to enhance the beauty of the house-courtyard. Enthusiasts take it with enthusiasm.
Skill gave recognition, increased pride in the country and the world
By the way, Vindhya region’s world famous colony along with Rashtrapati Bhavan, country’s highest panchayat newly constructed Parliament House (Central Vista) is spreading its glory along with increasing the glory of Mirzapur. Hand knotted carpet is not only the traditional carpet industry of Vindhya region but also a cultural heritage. The calamine of the Vindhya region is exported all over the world including America and European countries. Lakhs of hands are engaged in its construction. This industry is providing employment to those hands.
However, in order to strengthen the Indian economy and achieve the goal of self-reliance, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has given the message of Vocal for Local to the whole of India. After that, the country-made choline product is being liked in the domestic market as well. While the weavers are getting employment through their skill, the carpet city of Vindhya region has become an identity on the world stage. However, on October 28, 2018, Prime Minister Narendra Modi himself reached Japan and enhanced the glory of the carpet city by presenting an artistic carpet of Vindhya region to the then Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.


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The Kingdom of Tonga looks like paradise, but its lush coconut palms nurse a hidden problem that threatens the health of its people.
Thousands of cars are imported here every year, but, due to the cost of removing them, they never leave.
When a car comes to the end of its life, it’s usually abandoned. Tropical downpours wash the rusted metal, chemicals from flaking paint, and oil residue into the earth, contaminating the drinking water supply. In the past few decades, scrap cars have accumulated.
The main island of Tongatapu has about 30,000 — equivalent to one rusted hulk for every three people.
Now, Tonga is racing to deal with this mountain of a problem before it’s too late. Fortunately, a solution appears to be at hand.
A giant car graveyard
Located between Hawaii and New Zealand, more than 3000km east of Brisbane, Tonga’s archipelago of islands is an expensive place to send a car. Once a vehicle gets here, it’s used for a long time.
At peak hour in Tonga’s capital city of Nuku’alofa, the wide roads are jammed with cars that have seen better days. Windows are cracked, paint is peeling, and engines are kept working by the ingenuity of the drivers.
In 2020, Saimone Vuki grew frustrated with the sight of broken-down cars rusting outside of homes. At the time, there was no officially designated site for car waste in the country so he started actively collecting scrap cars from around the island.
“Our mission is to try and remove (the scrap cars) from the homes and bring it to one place,” he says. That place is down a dirt road lined with palm trees and taro plants.
Here, on 8 acres of Saimone’s land, thousands of cars are stacked in long zig-zagging avenues of rusted metal. It’s Tonga’s main car dump, and it holds at least 2000 abandoned vehicles.
“I would love to grow some crops here, but I would rather do this than let all this scrap metal stay with the people at their homes,” Mr Vuki says. Mr Vuki isn’t only worried about the 30,000 cars already in the environment, but also the estimated tens of thousands more that will follow in the years ahead.
He’s started the Tongan Recycling Association, an organisation made up of individuals and private companies who support reducing, reusing, and recycling waste in Tonga.
The organisation wants recycling to be thought about from the moment cars and other consumer goods are imported — so they don’t pile up as waste. “We want every project here in Tonga to have a recycling component where at the end of the project they have to ship out all those materials they send to Tonga,” he says.
Fortunately, Tonga has a track record of managing other big waste problems. Over the past two decades, it’s made massive improvements to the way it’s handled a new problem: household waste.
The rise of verge collection
For most of the last century, household waste management was largely a foreign concept in Tonga. The reason for this was simple: there was little waste. Most people lived in small rural communities, made up of simple houses surrounded by taro and vegetable farms.
The small economy meant there were few imported consumer goods or materials that didn’t easily degrade, such as plastic. Then, as the economy grew, the rubbish piled up. By the early 2000s, it had become a major problem.
Heaps of trash had accumulated next to villages. People burnt the waste at roadsides or let it flush out to sea. The government took action, passing the country’s first waste management act.
In 2005, Tongans began waking up to a new sound, one that was already familiar to many people in other countries. It was the morning rattle and thud of the weekly rubbish collection.
Rubbish is being collected, but there’s more than ever Almost 20 years on, the rubbish collection service has been a success, concentrating thousands of tonnes of waste that could have ended up littering the environment.
There are now public rubbish bins along the foreshore and the beachfront is clean and tidy. But this success hasn’t solved the problem of waste generation. The household rubbish collected by the government is taken to a publicly owned dump, built in 2005 in the dead centre of Tongatapu, called the Tapuhia landfill.
According to Stalin Naufahu, the head of special projects at Waste Authority Limited, the public enterprise to manage Tonga’s waste, Tapuhia is receiving more rubbish than ever.
“We’re seeing a huge increase of waste that’s being generated from residential households,” he says.
“As consumption increases … that means more waste.” Standing on the edge of the landfill, he points to a pit that was meant to be gradually filled with rubbish more than 10 years. After six years, it’s already overflowing.
Mr Naufahu worries that sites like this one won’t be able to keep up with the current rate of consumption.
“We track the amount of imports coming in because it’s almost a guarantee that everything that’s being import- e d into the country will become waste eventually.” One solution might be more intensive recycling of waste, including outsourcing this work to the private sector.
“The overall plan is to shift away from doing everything ourselves and empower all these local recycling businesses.”
Shipping compacted cars back to Japan
Recycling cans and bottles can be done locally, but repurposing abandoned cars is more difficult. As Mr Naufahu points out, the clunkers are piling up.
Each year 2000 vehicles are abandoned. In many cases, these cars were imported secondhand, which meant they ended up being abandoned relatively quickly.
Meanwhile, the accumulating car waste is harming the environment.
“There are concerns regarding the chemicals within the vehicles leaking out into the environment as it rusts over time,” Mr Naufahu says.
“The main concern is leachate from the vehicles leaking and affecting underground water systems.”
Mr Naufahu says the problem is an urgent one. “We have to move now.”
In response, the government is looking at two separate solutions. The first is a policy that prohibits cars more than 15 years old being imported so that these imported cars last longer on the roads. But this is facing backlash from the public, who say it will make buying a car more expensive.
The other solution is more ambitious: shipping abandoned cars back to Japan, where they mostly came from. To do this, it has received funding from Japan to build a scrap vehicle recycling centre, due to open later this year.
Here, compactors will crush cars into neat onemetre-by-one-metre cubes, to be exported for scrap metal recycling. Teams will travel around the country looking for scrap vehicles and getting permission from owners to include them in the recycling operation.
It’s hoped compacting and recycling will gradually thin out Tonga’s car graveyards. The mountains of abandoned cars are an imposing challenge, but Mr Naufahu is optimistic about the future.
This isn’t just wishful thinking, he says, but grounded in the improvements he’s seen in Tonga’s waste management over the past 20 years. The country has gone from “people dumping waste in their backyards” to having centralised rubbish collection.
Twenty years from now, he says, it may have solved the issue of car waste. Other Pacific island nations face similar problems with increasing refuse and high costs to remove large waste. Mr Naufahu hopes they may follow Tonga’s lead.
“We’re hoping what the other Pacific countries can learn from is that you don’t have to wait for help to come before you start taking the initiative,” he says.
• PETRIA LADGROVE is a journalist and producer with ABC Radio in Adelaide. The views expressed in this article belong to the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of this newspaper.


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DAYTON – For nearly 45 years, Ernst Fluid Power provided regional manufacturers with automated technology solutions, starting with fluid power in 1975.
Since then, there has been significant technological growth in the fields surrounding industrial automation. As the options expanded, so did Ernst Fluid Power. Accordingly, EFP Industrial Automation has announced its new name, chosen to reflect its ever-expanding product and service offerings.
“Many of our products and services have evolved with the times, but the core values and principles inherent to our culture have remained unchanged,” owner Mike Brooks said. “With this change, we honor our history while communicating our excitement about how we’ve grown and where we’re going in the future.”
EFP Industrial Automation remains committed to exceptional focused partnerships, working alongside their partners to achieve efficiency improvements and cost savings with industry-leading automation solutions.
“The components that have become critical to EFP’s success – our people, our manufacturers and our service – remain at the core of all we do,” Brooks said. “EFP Industrial Automation will continue leveraging these assets, along with our new brand, to best serve our customers and suppliers today, tomorrow and beyond.”
For more information, visit the company’s new website at www.efpia.com.


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When the government says its going to make you work for free, how will you eat for free
When the Delhi government announced a ‘zero-hour’ scheme in December, it was seen as a major step towards providing citizens with the cash to support their lives, but many Indians are still finding it difficult to make ends meet.
According to data from the Indian Statistical Institute (ISI), India’s average household income is Rs 1.3 lakh, which is slightly lower than the $1.5 lakh that it was in 2011, but the gap between the two is widening as the number of people in India’s rural areas has grown by more than 25% over the last decade.
India’s economy is already growing at a slower pace than its industrialised neighbour, and the country’s population is expected to rise by almost 6 million by 2030, according to the World Bank.
However, the government’s plan to help rural households by offering them a free meal to help with basic food needs is not without its detractors.
While the scheme is not the first attempt by the government to help India’s most impoverished citizens, it is certainly the most ambitious.
Under the scheme, residents of rural areas will be given a fixed amount of money to cover the cost of their basic meals, including food, water, electricity, fuel and rent.
The money is also meant to help people buy basic goods like household appliances, clothes, books, and other household essentials.
The government also announced a pilot programme in the country last year that was meant to give some help to households who could not afford the cash price for their basic food, such as cooking gas, and also provide a subsidy of 50 paise ($1.30) per kilogram of rice or 20 paise per kg of pulses.
However the scheme did not deliver the promised results.
According to a report by the United Nations Development Programme, the number who received help from the scheme was smaller than the number receiving aid from the government.
The government claims the amount of help it gives to the poor is roughly equal to the amount it receives from private sources.


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Move follows Series A funding round to drive global expansion Continue reading
Former On The Beach marketing chief Alistair Daly becomes investor in TravelLocal.com
Former On The Beach chief marketing officer Alistair Daly has invested in and joined the advisory board of TravelLocal.com, an online tailor-made holidays specialist.
The move comes after TravelLocal.com announced a Series A funding round from London-based growth capital investor Active Partners to drive global expansion.
TravelLocal.com connects clients directly with trusted local travel experts worldwide.
Joining Daly as investors and on the board of advisors, are Richard Kelman, former finance director of Audley Travel; James Kydd, marketing director of listed online disruptor Purple Bricks and Richard Godfrey, a former senior architect at Microsoft.
Bristol-based TravelLocal said their collective experience in high growth and blue-chip travel, disruptor, tech and branded businesses will be a “significant advantage” to the firm as it grows.
Daly said: “The tailor-made travel industry is still in the very early stages of disruption, as consumers move online and I am incredibly excited by TravelLocal’s current global traction and their huge growth opportunity.
“TravelLocal has built a compelling proposition; a quality online booking experience that connects consumers to trusted local experts, enabling customers to create the perfect authentic holiday experience. I look forward to being part of the growth journey with the TravelLocal team.”
TravelLocal co-founder and Joint managing director Huw Owen added: “Alistair brings enormous experience in travel e-commerce.
“He was a key part of the growth of On The Beach, from a founder-managed business all the way to its IPO. We are excited to be working with him as we start to scale up TravelLocal, now also with backing from our lead investor, Active Partners.”
TravelLocal claims to be transforming the tailor-made holiday industry by enabling clients to book directly with hand-picked local travel companies based in each of the destinations it serves, cutting out the traditional middleman.
It was founded in 2016 by Owen, Tom Stapleton, and Mark Hudson, the executive chairman, and today the website features 46 destinations and the company has to date taken bookings from clients in 34 different countries.
Active Partners, which provided the Series A funding round in August 2018, invests in founder-led businesses with a strong brand and a distinctive proposition.
Active Partners opted to invest in TravelLocal due to its growth and positive client feedback plus global reach. Previous investments by Active Partners include Soho House, cycling brand Rapha and Leon Restaurants.


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There has been speculation for months that Kanye West would be creating his first line to show at Paris Fashion Week, and West has kept quiet about this for awhile. But on Saturday, the amazing musician finally showed his collection to the world.
Kanye West has certainly made an impact in the music world, and now he is taking his chances in the fashion world. West has been a commonly seen face in the front row of fashion shows during New York and Paris fashion weeks, and it now seems that the reason he went to all of those shows was to learn and get inspiration for his line. Many of the designers whose shows he attended were at his show, including Jeremy Scott, Alexander Wang, Joseph Altuzarra, and the Olsen sisters. Also in attendance were Anna Wintour and Glenda Bailey.
At first, West was going to do a collaboration with another designer, but many people in the fashion world told him to aim higher, and he did. West’s collection was very interesting.
The collection, which only contained 23 looks, was filled with many different pieces. A lot of the outfits contained a lot of wool, leather and fur, which was different, considering that designers are showing clothes for the spring/summer 2012 season. Also, West showed plenty of skin in his designs. There were multiple outfits with slits open all over.
However, there were some outfits that I did like. For example, there was a long-sleeved tan mini-dress with a fur backpack that looked nice. Also, there was a white long-sleeved top with a crème colored wrap skirt that I liked.
After the show, West said that he was extremely nervous about launching his line. He also said that his greatest fear is being put into the stereotype of being a celebrity designer or a rapper-designer.
I believe that, hopefully, West will continue to grow in fashion. Who knows, maybe his career as a fashion designer will reach the same heights as his career as a musician.
To view the entire collection, click here.Tags: fashion week, Kanye West, Paris Fashion Week, spring 2012


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It’s fair to say that Nintendo has very much put the ghost of the Wii U’s failure behind it. The company has just announced that the brilliant Switch and Switch Lite consoles have broken the 15 million sales mark in the United States since launching in 2017. The Wii U, meanwhile sold 13.5 million globally in five years.
Attachment rates are also pretty solid in the States, with 14 games selling over a million units each, and four selling over six million: Mario Kart 8 Deluxe, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Super Mario Odyssey and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate.
Related: Best Switch games
“As we enter our third holiday season, Nintendo Switch is creating smiles and enjoying broad appeal, with more than 15 million consumers across North America playing their favorite games whenever and wherever they like,” said Doug Bowser, the appropriately named president of Nintendo America.
And that’s just one territory for the Switch, of course. The company said it had passed ten million sales in Europe last week, and eight million in Japan, where it’s now ahead of the PlayStation 4. It’s apparently closing in on the 40 million mark worldwide.
Related: Best upcoming Switch games
While these numbers still put it a little behind the Xbox One and a long way behind PlayStation 4 in lifetime sales worldwide, the consoles are at very different points in their respective lifecycles. While Microsoft and Sony’s machines emerged in late 2013, the Switch didn’t arrive until 2017.
In other words, it has loads of time to close the gap. While Sony and Microsoft plot their new hardware for next year, there’s plenty of life in the Switch yet.
The Switch is clearly smashing it, but does it deserve its success? Let us know what you think on Twitter: @TrustedReviews.


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Because no PC should be left behind in the Windows 10 upgrade wave, this week’s other news includes a new theory about when Surface Pro 4 might ship, Microsoft’s surprise party with Maroon 5, Xbox makes more lemonade, Toshiba gets in trouble for financial shenanigans, and Google sells more ads.
This week’s theory about Surface Pro 4
All year long we’ve been treated to “here comes Surface Pro 4” rumors, but each month has come and gone without even a hint from Microsoft that they are even considering such a device. So with Microsoft now promising Windows 10-based Surface Pro 3s coming to market soon, all eyes are turning to the fall. And for the first time—given that I literally have no knowledge of Microsoft’s plans—I think the rumor mongers might be on to something. This fall, of course, is when Intel’s Skylake processors land, giving Microsoft a chance to actually get a new-gen processor in a Surface Pro model for the first time ever. Beyond that, I expect a Windows Hello-compatible camera, with most of the rest of the device being largely identical to Surface Pro 3. So there you go. Now I’m a rumor monger too.
“Windows phone is dead”
Put another way, Windows phone is not dead.
Microsoft threw a surprise party this week and invited Maroon 5
Which I’ll explain for all the people in the audience who aren’t 17-year-old girls: Maroon 5 is a pop group led by singer Adam Levine, who also appears on The Voice. A TV show that I’ll explain for all the people in the audience who aren’t 17-year-old girls. OK, just kidding. But there was a surprise Maroon 5 concert in Seattle this week, and it was apparently held by Microsoft for its interns. Awww.
“It is simply too early to call the Apple Watch a flop”
That said, Apple Watch is clearly a flop.
Xbox’s best game: making lemonade
I’ve always been fascinated by the way the Xbox team can cherry-pick positive data, which is like finding a little flower in a pile of manure. Case in point, the console sales results for June, in which Sony’s PlayStation 4 has once again beaten Xbox One. So how did Microsoft respond to this news? With the following tweet by Microsoft’s Aaron Greenberg. “Good June Xbox One sales [up] 51 percent [year over year] & proud we were #1 selling console the week of E3.” Bam! Not convinced? That 51 percent sales increase is artificial, because for most of that same quarter a year ago, the Xbox One started at $500. In mid-June 2014, the price fell to $350. Speaking of which…
“Looks Like Microsoft Is Finally Giving Up on Xbox in Japan”
Mostly because the average Tokyo apartment is the same size as an Xbox One, I’d imagine. (But seriously, Microsoft sold only 149 Xbox Ones in Japan last week, compared to 15,000 PlayStation 4s and 10,000 Wii Us. Yes, really.)
Toshiba to take $2.4 billion to $3.2 billion accounting charge
And seriously, Toshiba, thanks for doing what you can to take our attention off of Microsoft’s ill-fated purchase of Nokia’s devices and services businesses. It looks like Toshiba has been misstating its profits for about six years and will now face roughly $3 billion in charges as a result, with the company’s CEO stepping down. But here’s the weird bit: This accounting scandal dates back to the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster because Toshiba, which I think of as a PC maker, actually has a nuclear unit. (Which is no less weird than Sony selling insurance, I guess.) So, worried about the impact that Fukushima might have on its revenues, Toshiba apparently started understating costs and overstating revenues to convince shareholders that everything was just fine. Hey, it could be worse. They could make airbags like Tanaka.
“‘Nintendo president assassinated by Freemasons’ conspiracy theory floats around social networks”
I … What?
Google beats estimates on ad sales
Google allayed analyst fears by reporting net income of $3.9 billion on revenues of $17.7 billion for the quarter ending June 30, both single digit bumps from the same quarter a year earlier. But what people were really excited about, apparently, was new CFO Ruth Porat and her tough talk on reigning in costs. “A key focus is on the levers within our control to manage the pace of expenses,” she said during a post-earnings conference call, causing analysts to swoon over what amounted to a 1 percent savings. But looking at the real world, things were mixed. Google faces a sizable challenge turning its mobile ad business into something that can rival the heady revenues they’ve commanded on the desktop. And on that note, Google ad volume grew more than expected in the quarter, including growth in mobile. But the price of Google’s ads fell more than expected as well. Note that no discussion of Google’s finances ever involves actual technology products. Which I why I’ll always sort of distrust this company, I guess.
“Google self-driving car was rear-ended early July, causing injuries”
Put more accurately, driver rear-ends car, causes injuries.


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Consumer budget upset as tomato sold at 120 - 140 a kg
Due to the unprecedented rains in the State, the vegetable crops have been severely damaged and the demand for tomato supply has increased in the market.
Bengaluru: Due to the unprecedented rains in the State, the vegetable crops have been severely damaged and the demand for tomato supply has increased in the market. Retail prices of tomato have skyrocketed to as high as Rs 120 per kg in some parts of Karnataka as supplies have been hit due to heavy rains, according to the government data.
Tomato is being imported from Nashik in Maharashtra to augment supplies from Mandya, Ramanagaram and Bengaluru suburbs to K R Market, Kalasipalya, Malleshwaram and other major markets in the State capital to meet the demand from hotels and households. About five to six truckloads of tomato are being imported from Nashik to Bengaluru every day and about 70-80 tempos from other parts of the State. But wholesale merchants say it's being sold out in no time.A 14-kg tomato box costs anywhere between Rs 1,400 and Rs 1,600 in the Kalasipalya Wholesale Market.
The best quality tomato is selling anywhere betweenRs 1,800 and Rs 2,000, says Srikanth, a wholesaler at theKalasipalya market. In the retail market, one kg tomato is selling at Rs 100 to Rs 120 forcing consumers to cut down on spending on this indispensable vegetable. Most of the people are buying in as small a quantity 250 grams. The premature rainfall has also adversely affected the supplies of other vegetables, upsetting the household budget of most people in the State.
According to experts, the same situation may last for another month. This has come as bad news for the push-cart vendors as well,forcing them to drop its sale until the price drops. Since it's perishable, push-cart vendors find it a risky proposition to sell tomato at Rs 120 -Rs 140 a kg."I will stay away from selling tomatoes until the price comes down," said Jagdish, a push-cart vendor. Supplies from Kolar and Chikkaballapur have been badly affected due to the recent rains. Notwithstanding a steady supply from different areas and Nashik to Bengaluru, there is still acute shortage in Bengaluru."There is not enough supply as per the demand," said RV Gopi, President of Kalasipalya Vegetable Fruit Wholesalers Association.


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Three years ago, when the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) was developing its local, national online video platform, the company had a 65-year-old viewer test the user experience. "This isn't at all what I expected from PBS," she said about the radically different design. "It's so modern."
Jason Seiken, the senior vice president of PBS Interactive who oversees all digital services, shared this anecdote with the audience at Mashable's Media Summit on Friday. In a nutshell, this sweet story tells us something very integral about the company's digital initiatives: It's radically changing the way people see PBS, and that's its goal.
In a discussion with Mashable senior tech analyst Christina Warren, Seiken explained that PBS saw approximately 165 million video streams online last month, as opposed to about two million a few years ago. Not only that, around 62% of last month's streams were viewed on a mobile device.
"PBS, three or four years ago, faced a big business challenge," Seiken said. "The challenge was that we dominate on television up to age 6, and we get people 55-plus, but that big doughnut hole in the middle, we're missing. And we weren't capturing them online, either."
Seiken said that moving linear video production to distribution channels fixed the online problem, but the company realized that wouldn't solve the overall business challenge. PBS created PBS Digital Studios, initially trying to create what Seiken called "bad television for the small screen."
"We realized that what we needed to do was get away from what we do in television, and do things that are very native to this medium — we call it PBS quality with a YouTube sensibility," he said.
And from that came the Mister Rogers remix, a video that became an overnight sensation by combining nostalgia for Rogers' many lessons with a modern beat and autotuning. The viral hit has helped change the culture of PBS in a "radical and an incremental way," Seiken said. The remix is certainly not the way PBS has always done things, but by having a big idea and ensuring that there would be a a big payoff, it worked.
At the Media Summit, Seiken announced that the fourth and newest remix in the series from PBS Digital will be released on Monday.
But how does PBS garner a modern audience to return to PBS for content? The answer definitely returns the conversation to mobile, and having consumers expect PBS to be at the forefront of that space. PBS has three apps for iPhone and iPad — two for adults and one for kids, and according to Seiken, kids are devouring the brand's content through mobile. Almost 10 times as many kids are watching PBS on mobile devices than adults. "They're just voracious consumers of tablets," Seiken said.
Photo courtesy of Erica Gannett.
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The Worst is Yet to Come for South African Consumers
By Vivian Atud
The year 2015 started on a very high note for consumers in South Africa: oil prices were at record lows resulting in low petrol prices at the pumps, January also saw a decrease in consumer price inflation. The Reserve bank Monetary Policy Committee at the January MPC meeting kept interest rates unchanged, given a better inflation outlook at the time and global economic factors. There were indications that 2015 could be a great year for South African consumers. While we were still singing halleluiah and trusting that all will be well for consumers in 2015. Things have changed and are changing fast for the worst. You may be asking what I am talking about. Let me make a few points to support this hypothesis.
Firstly, as indicated by the Finance minister during the budget speech in parliament last month- petrol price will be going up from next month. This is compounded by the recent increase in petrol price by the department of mineral resources. While consumers were still trying to digest the bad news on petrol price increase by the department- the falling value of the rand has even made it worse. One may say that all gains in petrol prices to SA consumers in January have been eroded.
Secondly, the crisis at ESKOM, continue to not only affect businesses but individual households and consumers are feeling the pinch. They are being affected both directly and indirectly. While South African consumers feel that they are already paying too much for electricity, there is the possibility for further increases in prices if ESKOM were to have its way at National Energy Regulator of South Africa (NERSA). Indirectly, the increased cost of electricity is being transferred to consumers through increase prices for various goods and services impacted by the energy price hikes.
Thirdly, the Reserve bank’s monetary policy committee (MPC) warned yesterday- Thursday that there may be a need for interest rate hikes, as the outlook for inflation has worsened. These comments were a mark change in tone from two months ago (January 2015) when the MPC was at ease with rates remaining unchanged.
Though the MPC left the repo rate unchanged as expected yesterday, it said the inflation outlook had deteriorated and it would accelerate due to a weak rand, above-inflation wage settlements, accelerating food inflation and electricity tariff increases.
Reserve Bank governor Lesetja Kganyago said the scope to put interest-rate increases on hold had narrowed.
“At the same time, the growth outlook remains constrained by electricity supply concerns and low business confidence, and the risks to the growth forecast are assessed to be moderately on the downside,” he said. Persistent electricity outages had led to a downward revision of short-term potential growth to between 2% and 2.5%. All these are happening at the backdrop of increased unemployment, sundered growth forecast for South Africa.
South African Consumers need to brace themselves for even harder times ahead. If the Reserve bank gets its way and increase interest rates in the coming months, this will mean increase in cost of debts for an already over indebted South African consumer population. The upcoming increase in petrol prices will make things even worse and the poorest of the poor who spend a huge proportion of their earnings on food and transportation will be hardest hit.
Consumers need to be more cautious with spending in 2015 as the economic outlook seem to not work in their favour.


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Short Circuit Risk Prompts Travel Trailer Recall from Jayco
Jayco has announced a recall for RVs with a potentially malfunctioning electrical system.
The motorhome manufacturer is recalling certain model year 2016 Eagle Half Ton fifth wheels and Eagle travel trailers. In the affected trailers, the positive cable (B+) connecting the battery box to the roof-mounted solar panel preparation package may not be protected by a circuit breaker.
Without circuit protection, the wire may short circuit, increasing the risk of a fire.
Jayco is including about 2,100 vehicles in its recall.
The company will notify owners, and dealers will tie the unprotected circuit into a 30amp circuit breaker, free of charge. The recall is expected to begin in March 2016.
Owners with questions about this recall can contact Jayco customer service at (800) 283-8267.


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Anyone remember when Gameloft's release road map leaked? It happened on April Fools Day, so I'm pretty sure everyone assumed it was a joke, but, we're now starting to see games hitting the App Store from the leak, which really makes me think the rest of the schedule is also true (if not delayed a
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Tay and Matt rocked their April Fool's Day wedding with a colorful festival-style picnic wedding in South Africa. One tiny detail that I LOVED was Tay's crew wearing matching getting ready onesies while they got dressed. It made for a rilly rilly cute shot, as you can tell. Plus, it's totally a chance to include a little of your favorite fandoms into your wedding day.
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NEW DELHI: The tussle between Reliance, a handful of Indian e-commerce entities and global giants or foreign-funded entities came out in the open on Thursday, with the latter demanding policy consistency to foster investment.
At a meeting convened by the department for promotion of industrial and internal trade (DPIIT), several ecommerce players — ranging from Amazon and Flipkart to Udaan, Grofers and Pepperfry — told the government that current policy regime was sufficient.
On the other side were Reliance Retail, Jio, Relianceowned Urban Ladder, Info Edge and Snapdeal, which suggested a review of the norms. Some of these entities suggested that capital was being dumped into the country, while another complained of FDI policy not being implemented effectively. A third player alleged that kirana outlets were hit due to e-commerce.
Reliance accused the foreign players of setting up complex structures to circumvent rules, a charge that they denied. Some of the companies suggested that the government has the tools to investigate violations, which was a better way to tackle the complaints, instead of changing policy every now and then.
The meeting came amid demands for a revamp of the current FDI rules, which has found some traction within a section of the government but can only be implemented after wider consultations.
The e-commerce players have been asked to submit their positions over the next few days, said sources.
“The message from a majority of the participants was that a long-term outlook is needed. Policy certainty is important to remain attractive destination for investment. It is a matter of global reputation. E-commerce has made huge impact on MSMEs, Make in India, infrastructure and jobs,” said a participant.
In fact, some of the Indian startups, which have grown in scale, have suggested that periodic policy changes impact them in accessing capital as investors are unsure of stability. Foreign companies are particularly worried about “retrospective” policy amendments, which require them to rework structure of their existing investments.


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After dumping trouble-plagued distributor LeisureTech, Russound is set to expand its presence in Australia with the release of a hot new multi-room audio system that has sold out within days of going on sale in the USA.
The new Russound powerline-based system, which is ideal for retrofit environments, will be distributed by Ness Corporation in Australia. According to the company, the system will have to be certified for use in Australian homes, with insiders tipping that the upcoming system will be revealed for the first time at the CEDIA show in Melbourne.
At the weekend, Russound said that it had underestimated the expected sell-in of its long-awaited Collage multi-room audio system with dealers across the US running out of stock within days of initial shipments.
Michael Stein, a senior executive with Russound, told US magazine TWICE, “There was more demand in the pipeline than we could fill. Shipments of the powerline-based system, intended for retrofit installations, went mainly to distributors but also to some direct accounts. So far, all installs have gone smoothly.”
John Merce of Ness Corporation said, “I will be reviewing the system this week in Australia with a view to launching it here. We believe it has a big future in this market.”
According to TWICE, the Collage Media and Intercom System was originally scheduled for October 2009; however, hold-up by the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) resulted in the product not being released until this month.
The same delay is expected in Australia as powerline-based products are designed to inject high-frequency signals over powerlines, and certifying authorities have to check to ensure RF leakage doesn’t interfere with other household products.
Collage relies on such new media sources as Internet radio, iPods docked in a networked docking/charging station, and digital music stored on a networked PC or network-attached storage device. Networked sources can be placed anywhere in the home. Up to 10 zones are supported.
Collage’s main components include an in-wall amplified keypad equipped with RDS FM tuner. A Media Manager device connects to a home’s Ethernet network and acts as a bridge between a home’s Ethernet network and the powerline network.
The CAK1 amplified keypad will retail for a suggested $1,000. Up to 10 can be installed in a system, but only one $600 CMM1 Collage Media Manager is needed. An iPod dock and IR source bridge, which connects legacy sources via IR, will ship later this year.
Demonstrations of the device for ChannelNews revealed a system that was extremely easy to install and even easier to manage.


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Rising consumer confidence fuels surge in sales at area auto dealers
Several local auto dealers say their sales are up in 2012, and some have seen a resurgence in consumer confidence they say will help push their performance well ahead of where it was in 2011.
Last year, the area’s 21 largest dealerships sold 54,658 new and used vehicles, according to the list of automobile dealerships on Page 7 of this week’s Wichita Business Journal.
That was up from 50,839 sold at the 20 largest dealerships in 2010.
But last year’s modest growth is being topped by more significant growth for some so far in 2012.
Brandon Steven, owner of Brandon Steven Motors and co-owner of Eddy’s Toyota, says new-car sales at his Brandon Steven Motors dealership are up 35 percent from this time last year — a year in which that dealership sold 1,374 new cars. Used sales there are up 36 percent, he says.
He attributes the growth to having better access to inventory. Production of many of the imports he sells was slowed by the earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan in 2011. Growth on the used side, he says, is attributable to his dealership’s ability to better “turn over” good vehicles, particularly Suzuki models, traded in by returning customers who upgrade to new cars.
Things are even better over at Eddy’s, Steven says. The dealership moved into a new building this year and has hired 17 new people.
Eddy’s, which previously had its figures recorded under Mike Steven Auto Group, is on pace to sell 4,000 vehicles this year, Steven says. That would be up more than 1,000 from 2011.
“This is going to be the biggest year we’ve ever had,” Steven says.
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ParkMobile, the leading provider of smart parking and mobility solutions in North America and part of the EasyPark Group, is partnering with the Town of Secaucus to modernize its parking payment system. Now, residents and visitors will be able to pay for parking through the ParkMobile app at over 250 parking spaces in the town.
David Hoyt, managing director of ParkMobile, said of the partnership, “We’re thrilled to work alongside the Town of Secaucus to bring ParkMobile’s user-friendly app to its residents and continue to pursue our mission of making cities more livable. Our digital experience allows our users to easily pay for parking right from their phones, creating a seamless travel journey and eliminating the stress of finding and paying for parking in the city center.”
ParkMobile has a strong presence in New Jersey, with over 2,950,000 users in the state. The app is available for both iPhone and Android devices, and can be accessed on a mobile web browser. To pay for parking using the mobile or web app, a user enters the zone number posted on signs around the parking spot, selects the amount of time needed and touches the “Start Parking” button to begin the session.
When the partnership was finalized, Secaucus Mayor Michael Gonnelli said, “We are happy to partner with ParkMobile to give our residents and the public an easy, convenient option to pay for parking as they visit our local businesses and vibrant Town.”
ParkMobile, LLC is the leading provider of smart parking and mobility solutions in North America, using a contactless approach to help millions of people easily find, reserve, and pay for parking on their mobile devices. The company’s technology is used in thousands of locations across the country, including 8 of the top 10 cities as well as college campuses, airports, and stadiums. People can use ParkMobile solutions to quickly pay for on-street and off-street parking without having to use a meter or kiosk. Additionally, ParkMobile offers parking reservations at stadium venues for concerts and sporting events. Reservations are also available in metro area garages, allowing people to drive into the city without having to worry about finding parking. ParkMobile has been named to the Inc. 5000, Deloitte Fast 500, Smart Cities Connect “Smart 50,” and the Atlanta Journal Constitution’s Top Workplaces. Additionally, the company won the 2022 Stevie Awards for Best Mobile On-Demand Application, the 2020 Stevie Awards for Achievement in Product Innovation, and the 2019 Stevie Awards for Most Innovative Tech Company and Best Travel App. For more information, visit ParkMobile.io or @ParkMobile on Twitter.


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Here's where to find margaritas on Cinco De Mayo
Warning: This could be the most depressing food and drink news of the year.
La Gardenia — the popular Mexican restaurant at 8406 Collinsville Road — is closed for renovations until June 8.
Construction at the restaurant is taking longer than expected. That means no margaritas at La Gardenia’s on Friday.
On top of that, owner Jesse Hernandez said he also plans to rename the restaurant. It will be called Tienda El Maguey Mexican Restaurant when it reopens. Customers should expect a simpler food and drink menu, too.
The restaurant plans to focus less on liquor and more on food.
“My focus is more in tradition,” Hernandez said. “The restaurant will be more family-oriented.”
In the meantime, the grocery store, which is attached, will remain open. The store is open from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily.