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This week, Microsoft loads up its virtual marketplace with new content ranging from an Atari revival title to SouthPeak's stealth action game.
NASA is planning to launch STS-134 on May 16, but gamers themselves can blast off tomorrow via Star Raiders (800 MS points, or $10) on the Xbox Live Arcade, according to a tweet from Microsoft's director of Xbox Live programming Larry "Major Nelson" Hryb.
Besides having upgraded graphics, the new Star Raiders will have an all-new, episodic storyline. In terms of gameplay, it will retain many elements from the original, including galactic tactical maps and space warps, but it will add new elements, such as customizable spaceships and "radical battle transformations."
Also debuting on the Xbox Live Arcade tomorrow will be Gatling Gears (1,200 MS points, or $15), a twin-stick shooter set in the steampunk sci-fi Mistbound universe. In the game, players will dodge sinkholes, fight off walker units, and battle against clans in an effort to defeat an evil corporation.
Switching to the Games on Demand page, four new titles are available to download today, the first of which is military first-person shooter Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising ($20). Also available now in the hub is Codemasters' off-road racing game Dirt 2 ($30).


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BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — The Small Business Administration (SBA) is pushing for equal access to opportunities for women in STEM. One local tech company is at the forefront of that effort.
The 2020 US Census reports women are still vastly underrepresented in the science, technology, engineering and math workforce. Only about 25 percent of STEM jobs are held by women. The number of women-owned businesses is even lower.
Nexus La Louisiana Technology Park is using the $50,000 grant to help businesses with a six-week mentoring and networking course.
“They’re providing the grants to help grow entrepreneurs in the entire country, so we received we were the only ones to receive it here in Baton Rouge. So our goal here is to help entrepreneurs move to the next level, no matter where they are, whether they’re early-stage startups or maybe on the growth pattern. We want to provide them whatever tools they need to move forward,” said Nexus La Louisiana Technology Park Executive Director Stephen Loy.
One of these companies that benefited from the grant is Basic Fitness, which is a women-led business in Baton Rouge.
“It was a great launching pad to help us go from like kind of where we were to where we are now and now we have a clear vision for where we want to go. It was a phenomenal experience,” said Basic Fitness Co-Owner Jennifer Macha.
Their company focuses on health and technology.
“We to focus on teaching people at all levels of interest, like what that looks like, what the healthy lifestyle looks like and like she says, we train kids who want to become more athletic, even if they’re not tied to a specific sport, just like athletic movement in motion and getting healthy,” she said.
They said through this grant, they were able to learn and gain priceless experiences.
“We learned a lot about ourselves as business people, we learned a lot about our customers and some of the stuff that they made us implement for our homework per se, is stuff that we are still doing on a day to day basis,” said Basic Fitness Co-Owner Nely Ward.
Together, they’re breaking down gender barriers.
“It helps everyone kind of understand that, like it’s not just for men, like, women can do it too,” said Macha.
Application for the six-week program can be found through NexusLA.

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So, today is supposed to be the Monday equivalent of Black Friday, a day when online shoppers will be hitting the "submit" button over and over again. Lots of dot-com companies are ready, but are you? Do you have a policy for employees to turn to that spells out the do´s and don´ts for going online at work? It seems almost anti-capitalist to prevent people from helping to make this holiday season a financial success for America´s retailers. Indeed, the National Retail Federation even launched a special Web site to encourage shoppers to go online and spend, spend, spend. But there´s work to be done, right?
According to a spokesperson at the federation, about 61 million consumers are expected to shop from work this holiday season, up, apparently, about 10 million from last year. What´s a human resources department to do? You can ignore it, prohibit it (which may or may not be successful and could cause bad will), or embrace it honestly and with a plan. I wonder if anyone has come up with the stats that would tell us how much time people waste shopping online. Of course I´m being rather subjective. I like to peruse online stores just like the next person and I´ll even suggest that it can be a bit of a stress buster to window shop for a few minutes. But what do you do if you catch people shopping during the holidays, people who really could use the time because they spend so much of it at work?
I think it´s best to put a policy in place. If you bring it out into the open, you´re telling people that you know what´s going on, you´re not stupid, and that you understand human nature. But people need limits and boundaries and that´s part of employee development-giving them a framework that is realistic and will bring out their best work.
Maybe you allot a few hours during the month of December when people can go online during work hours to get their shopping done. Whatever you do be clear and concise. Don´t keep people guessing and let them know what the consequences are if they´re caught (I don´t love that work, but . . .) online requesting gift-wrap when they should be on the phone with clients.
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Google has just one-upped Apple on mobile in a significant way: today the company today announced the launch of Family Link, an application for parents that lets them establish a child’s first Google account, as well as utilize a series of parental controls to manage and track screen time, daily limits, device “bedtimes,” and which apps kids can use.
While all the major mobile device providers – Apple, Google, and Amazon included – offer parental controls on their devices – Family Link is different because it’s a two-party system. Instead, it works more like the third-party parental control and monitoring software already on the market, where an app installed on a parent’s device is used to configure settings and keep an eye on kids’ digital behavior.
For the system to work, Family Link requires that both parent and child use Android. The parent will first download the Family Link mobile app to their own device, running Android KitKat (4.4) or higher. An iOS version is not yet available, says Google.
From this app, parents will set up the child’s Google account. It’s designed to be used for those children under the age of 13, Google notes.
Then, on the kid’s device, the child signs in using these new credentials. The child’s phone or tablet must be running either Android Nougat (7.0), or a supported device running Marshmallow (6.1). (A full list is here in the Family Link FAQ.)
Once signed in, the child’s phone usage is tracked and logged, so parents can see how much time kids spend in various apps, via weekly and monthly activity reports. From the parent’s app, moms and dads can set a number of rules for their kids, including how long kids are allowed to be on their mobile devices every day, at what time the devices can no longer be used that day (through a remote locking feature), and which apps can be installed.
Parents can approve or block apps the child wants to download from the Google Play Store, much like how Apple’s iCloud Family Sharing’s “Ask” feature works today.
Like Apple, Google doesn’t offer any suggestions as to whether a given app should be approved, however – that decision is left up to the parents’ discretion.
“[Family Link] can’t make the apps or services on their phone that were designed for adults kid-safe; it’s up to parents to choose what’s right for their kid.”
A lack of guidance is one of the gaping holes with many parental control systems today. That’s unfortunate given that all the app stores have app ratings. It seems that simply highlighting the rating to parents during the “Ask” process could go a long way to helping parents make better decisions.
That being said, Family Link does allow parents to at least remotely configure the filtering options for some of Google’s own apps, like the Google Search app and the Chrome browser. This will protect kids from adult content and other inappropriate material when doing web searches.
Plus, having standalone application that lets parents remotely configure a variety of control mechanisms for children’s devices will be generally helpful, and could become a selling point for Android phones and tablets.
Family Link isn’t yet broadly available. Google is offering early access to testers willing to try the service during this early preview, and provide feedback.


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Square Enix registered a new trademark in Japan for “Kimi to Kiri no Labyrinth,” or “You and the Labyrinth of Fog.” Going by the naming style, sounds a lot like a new Tokyo RPG Factory title. [Thanks, Game Jouhou.]
Tokyo RPG Factory made their first game, I am Setsuna, a throwback RPG that released in Japan in February earlier this year, where it’s called Ikenie to Yuki no Setsuna, and the naming of the new trademark sounds quite similar.
While Square Enix saw a big loss from Tokyo RPG Factory’s first title with a 244 million yen deficit, this could be an attempt at another chance for the studio. Or it could just be a new mobile game. In any case, we’ll likely hear about it sometime soon.


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Investors may have cringed at Apple’s revenue numbers in its Q1 2013 earnings call, but CEO Tim Cook took pains to point out that there is still a lot of room for growth when it comes to Apple product sales and profits.
There are a number of different ways Apple could continue to expand iPhone and iPad growth: introducing lower-priced options for emerging markets, bringing major changes to its product lines, or focusing on expanding to new geographic regions. For now, Apple seems to be focusing on the latter.
Although Apple has deeply embedded itself among U.S. mobile consumers, its presence abroad has been more slow going. And as with the past few quarters, that appears to be changing, particularly in China. “In terms of geographic distribution, we saw highest growth in China, and it was into the triple digits,” Cook said. Given that China is the world’s largest smartphone market, that’s the place you want it to happen and one of the few markets in the world that can keep the Apple growth machine humming.
Apple has had a difficult time in some emerging markets because of the iPhone’s high up-front cost. Other smartphone manufacturers like Samsung and Nokia have been aiming lower-end devices at these segments, but Apple’s only option is to flog its spendy iPhones. In China at least, buyers don’t seem to be put off by, something to which Cook was keen to draw attention. “It’s interesting to see how China is growing in importance for Apple so much so that they broke out their revenue [in its earnings release],” Gartner analyst Carolina Milanesi told Wired.
Uncharacteristically, Cook also drew attention to recent rumors circulating that iPhone demand could be waning due to reduced orders for iPhone 5 parts, gossip that fueled drops in Apple’s stock prices last week. Apple typically does not comment on rumors or reports.
“There have been lots of rumors about order cuts and so forth. Let me take a moment to make a comment on this,” Cook said in response to a question asking about the iPhone’s reported “deterioration in demand.” “I would suggest it’s good to question the accuracy of any kind of rumor about build plans... Even if a particular data point were factual, it would be impossible to accurately interpret what the data point meant for our overall business because the supply chain is very complex.”
And what about all those pesky other handsets available in a rainbow of screen sizes? Are those affecting iPhone sales, or will Apple ever expand to other screen sizes? Cook took a decidedly Steve Jobs (and Apple) approach, saying, “We put a lot of thinking into screen size and believe we picked the right one.” For years 3.5-inches was the right size, but in 2012 and 2013, the 4-inch display of the iPhone 5 is now Apple’s perfect phone size. It’s large enough to provide the user with a greater amount of information on screen (and make watching videos more pleasant), but not so large that it affects your ability to operate it with one hand.
As far as the iPad is concerned, the Windows-dominated PC space continues to be the area Apple hopes its slate will infiltrate. Although Cook openly acknowledged the iPad mini is likely cannibalized some iPad sales, and the iPad some Mac sales, he said that the Mac market is far smaller than that of Windows, and it’s out of Microsoft and its partners where the iPad will continue to take a chunk in the coming years.
“It is clear [the iPad] is already cannibalizing [Windows] some,” Cook said. “There’s a tremendous amount (of) opportunity there. I’ve said for two or three years now that the tablet market will be larger than the PC market at some point. You can see by the growth in tablets and pressure on PCs that those lines are beginning to converge.”
Now, if Cook can just get the line on his stock chart to move in the right direction.


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New Zealand-based bath, body and home care brand Linden Leaves is coming to America this spring, targeting high-end specialty stores, department stores and spas.
Founder Brigit Blair created the company in 1992 to incorporate New Zealand's own natural resources, fruits and flowers into her skin care products. "My desire grew out of offering natural products from our country to the rest of the world," said Blair.
Linden Leaves features 115 stockkeeping units in six collections: Bathtime, Herbalist, Gold, Aromatherapy Synergy, Footcare and Home. Known for its body oils made from dried botanicals, each oil blend features a specific dried flower or fruit ingredient, such as rose, peach, strawberry, lemon or lavender. The brand ranges in price from $3.50 for a Bath Disc to $36.95 for a Toning Reviver and Daily Facial Moisturizer.
The Bathtime, Herbalist, Footcare and Gold collections rank as the brand's most popular, according to Blair. The Herbalist and Footcare skin care lines are intended to offer the benefits of herbs and essential oils. Products in the Gold collection include an oil, salt and mist — and contain 23-karat gold flakes. According to Blair, ancient civilizations used gold in cosmetics for medicinal benefits.
According to Ed Meyers, president of Living Healthy LLC, the distributors for Linden Leaves in the U.S., the company will launch at the end of this month a selection of Linden Leaves bath oils in four scents at 50 Anthropologie stores. In addition, the company is in talks with Nordstrom and Fred Segal, and plans to be carried in more than 100 doors in the U.S. by yearend. The line also is sold at lindenleavesusa.com.
Industry sources estimate Linden Leaves will generate between $500,000 and $700,000 in first-year retail sales in the U.S.
Linden Leaves' U.S. launch will be supported with a print advertising campaign appearing in regional magazines such as Boca Magazine and beauty publications like American Spa and New Beauty. The company's advertising and promotional budget is approximately $60,000 a year, said Meyers.
Outside the U.S., the line is sold in department stores, gift stores, spas and high-end pharmacies. Blair noted that Linden Leaves has concept stores within major department stores and high-end spas in New Zealand. Linden Leaves is available in 15 countries in Asia and the Mideast, as well as Australia. — Michelle EdgarJuicy Scent Hits Europe
LONDON — Juicy Couture is making a splash at Harrods.
The brand's signature scent made its European debut in the department store here last week. To fete the launch, the fashion and fragrance label kicked off a two-week promotion on Monday by turning the store's "Black Hall" beauty department pink.
Bouquets of pink flowers and rose-tinted lighting decorated the department, while a stand offered cotton candy and a model sporting an oversized pink wig (reminiscent of the coif in the scent's advertising campaign) spritzed passing shoppers. Store windows also were devoted to the brand.
"The U.K. has always been a home for Juicy Couture in Europe, and it felt right to launch our fragrance here," said Amanda Cannon, vice president of European operations for the brand. "Harrods is ideal for us."
Marigay McKee, fashion and beauty director at Harrods, is bullish on the 16-unit fragrance line's potential in the store.
"The juice is very floral and very girly," she said. "It's feminine but also quite glamorous, and it can be quite grown-up, so it's acceptable to 18-year-olds and equally to 45-year-olds."
Executives declined to discuss figures. However, industry sources estimate the scent will generate sales of 500,000 pounds, or $988,345 at current exchange, by the end of the year in Harrods.
After a one-month exclusive at the store, the scent will be rolled out to a tight network of about 50 department and specialty stores in the U.K. Other European countries will get the fragrance starting in September.
Debbie Nuzzo, vice president of sales, cosmetics, at Liz Claiborne Inc., which owns Juicy Couture, said the scent adds a playful and affordable element to Juicy Couture's already strong fashion presence in Harrods. "It brings a sense of affordable luxury," she said. However, McKee was also enthusiastic about the lineup's pricier units. "Bring on the [1,600 pound, or $3,163] gift sets," she quipped. — Brid Costello
@margotrobbie steps out onto the red carpet wearing @miumiu. The actress is nominated for “Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role” in “I, Tonya” at the #SagAwards. (📷: Stewart Cook) #wwdfashion
For @massimogiorgetti of @msgm, the Nineties are his favorite decade. “They had a huge impact on my personal growth. What I like of the Nineties is that they are not so precise in terms of style as other decades…there was actually a bit of everything,” he said. As seen on MSGM’s Spring 2018 show: tie-dye and a bit of grunge, two styles that are synonymous with the decade #wwdfashion #wwddecades (📷: @kukukuba)
Breaking News: @hedislimane joins @celine as its new artistic, creative and image director. One of fashion’s preeminent image-makers and trendsetters, Slimane is to join the LVMH brand on Feb. 1 and unveil his first fashion proposition for men and women next September during Paris Fashion Week. It marks a major homecoming for Slimane, who cemented his reputation – and influenced men’s tailoring for more than a decade – as the designer of Dior Homme between 2000 and 2007. He went on to reinvent and ignite the house of Yves Saint Laurent, which he rechristened Saint Laurent, between 2012 and 2016 – all the while maintaining a close relationship with the Arnault family, which controls LVMH and Dior. Read the full exclusive story on WWD.com. Link in bio. #wwdnews #wwdfashion
“Personally I believe the Eighties have been the richest and more vivacious period for international fashion,” Giorgio Armani said when asked what his favorite decade of fashion is. It was a moment of disruption and experimentation and only thinking back to the first years of that decade is always an emotion for me, for what they have meant to me and my work.” The influence is clear in @giorgioarmani spring 2018 collection, pictured here, which was full of bright colors and unexpected prints. Read more about which decades designers loved most on WWD.com #wwdfashion #wwddecades (📷: @aitorrosasphoto)
For Lady Gaga’s only Italian show on her “Joanne World Tour,” the singer wore a range of @versace_official outfits. The standout piece: this custom-made bodysuit inspired by the brand’s spring 2018 collection. #wwdfashion (RG: @ladygaga)
@_camillaruth_ is expanding on the wellness-craze concept with @westbourne – a new NYC restaurant that’s both a healthy-minded café as well as a business that gives back to the community. Marcus works with the Robin Hood foundation to give back to The Door, a non-profit providing youth development services, and also hires employees through The Door. Read our full interview with Marcus on giving back through food on WWD.com. #wwdeye (📷: @lexieblacklock)


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Super Mario Run hit Android a day early. Initially anticipated proper this second, March 23, per Nintendo’s earlier announcement, the game arrived on the Google Play Store yesterday in its place, along with an exchange on iOS. The iOS distinctive ran for three months, and launched the app over 78 million downloads, the gaming agency said all through its earnings in January.
Of those players, higher than 5 p.c purchased the game, bringing in $53 million in earnings for the title. That dollar amount is fairly extreme, given the $10 purchase value as a solution to unlock the entire mannequin. And it carried out greater than analysts had anticipated given its prime dollar value stage – many video video games that solely value a dollar or two for in-game devices convert decrease than 5 p.c of their prospects.
Nonetheless Nintendo had hoped for conversions in the double digits, Chief Authorities Tatsumi Kimishima had said.
Now on Android, it’s fascinating to note that Nintendo didn’t try and tweak the game’s earnings model. It’s nonetheless a free get hold of which requires a one time in-app purchase of $10 to unlock the levels previous worlds 1 by way of 4.
Nonetheless, in all probability probably the most notable part of the exchange to mannequin 2.zero on iOS is that Nintendo has made further of the game free to play, the App Retailer description says. Now, if prospects full one amongst Bowser’s challenges, they will unlock the beforehand locked course 1-4. Plus, if you clear the applications 1-4, you’ll get further applications to play in Toad Rally.
Mannequin 2.zero was concurrently launched to the Apple App Retailer when it hit Android. The exchange moreover brings new playable characters, along with utterly completely different colors of Yoshi. Plus, you presumably can play Toad Rally with a Yoshi of a particular coloration to get further Toads of that coloration. And the game is together with new buildings, making it less complicated to get Rally Tickets inside the Bonus Recreation Residence, and adjusted the simple of play in some areas, amongst completely different tweaks.
Nonetheless will in all probability be fascinating to see how Super Mario Run’s Android launch impacts Nintendo’s revenues – significantly offered that iOS prospects are inclined to spend more money on video video games and in-app purchases than these on Android do.
On the time of its launch, there was pent-up demand for Super Mario on mobile, which is what allowed the app to surge to the best of the App Retailer after its launch, earning 5 million downloads on its first day dwell. That demand out there available in the market has been a minimum of partially satiated now, and many frequent gamers found they achieved Mario in a matter of days.
Nonetheless with the exchange, Mario has as soon as extra gotten barely pop on iOS. The app is now the #9 free whole app on the App Retailer as of this morning, up from #49 over the weekend.


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When taking a glimpse at Gabrielle Union’s portfolio energy, it may signal that she is currently busy building a business empire.
For her most recent investment, the actress has joined the likes of Serena Williams, Uzo Aduba, and Candace Parker for what Sportico deems as “one of the most celebrity-filled ownership groups in all of pro sports.”
According to a press release, Union is now a part of Angel City Football Club as it has announced the raise of a Series A funding round. And, her daughter Kaavia James Union Wade is also named as an investor, which ESPN reports, makes the three-year-old the youngest owner in professional sports.
Extending a sincere welcome to our newest investors. Thank you for supporting our purpose and aligning with our mission. We're so excited that you are part of the ACFC familia! 🤍 read more: https://t.co/0wscRtnq8e pic.twitter.com/Z6WREbd53a
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The funding round included participation from Alexis Ohanian’s venture capital firm, Seven Seven Six, Initialized Capital, existing owners, and new investors, according to a press release.
The news of the funding comes in before Angel City’s debut game for the 2022 season, ESPN reports.
Gabrielle Union's Investments
Based on previous reports by AfroTech, Gabrielle Union is clearly no stranger to the world of business. Her endeavors include a baby skincare brand, a haircare line, and even a clothing company with her husband Dwyane Wade and Kaavia James.
The Wade family launched a spring 2022 collection for Janie and Jack, as previously reported by AfroTech. The new line is inspired by the one and only Kaavia herself.
“We are such fans of Janie and Jack and are thrilled to be partnering with them on this collection,” said Gabrielle and Dwyane, according to a press release. “The colors and patterns perfectly encapsulate the personality of our ‘Shady Baby’ Kaavia James and we cannot wait to share it with the world!”


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Innovation Challenge 2021 hosted by Future Food-Tech, Kellogg Company and Unilever
Updated: Mar 7, 2021
Hey foodies and innovators, we are happy to introduce this opportunity to you: the Future Food-Tech Summit with Kellogg Company and Unilever will organize the Innovation Challenge 2021 to call for the help of start-ups to address some of the most aching issues in our industry.
Each organization has set up a challenge to offer new talents the stage to showcase their innovations in plant-based meat, dairy alternatives, and digestive wellness.
KELLOGG COMPANY CHALLENGE: Unlocking New Microbiome-Based Innovation for Gut Wellness
Kellogg Company is prioritizing innovation in new plant fibers, valorized fibers from waste streams, prebiotics, postbiotics, fermented ingredients and new non-spore food stable probiotics. They are keen to hear from start-ups with new microbiome-based solutions to improve gut wellness.
D’Anne Hayman, VP, Global Innovation and Nutrition at Kellogg Company says: "As a leading global plant-based food company, nourishing with our foods is at the heart of Kellogg's commitment to wellbeing. Future Food-Tech is a great environment for us to share ideas and build connections."
UNILEVER CHALLENGE: Improving the Taste, Texture, Sustainability & Affordability of Plant-Based Meat and Dairy Alternatives
Unilever has set an ambitious target of €1bn annual sales turnover from this category to help people transition towards healthier diets that are also healthier for the planet. They welcome innovations to develop better plant-based products and are delighted to get you involved.
Manfred Aben, VP Science and Technology, Foods & Refreshment at Unilever says: “If we think we can do it alone - we are not thinking big enough. Future Food-Tech is a key platform to connect and work together towards a food system that is better for people and better for our planet.”
The application is open until 5 FEBRUARY 2021. Apply at www.futurefoodtechsf.com/innovation-challenge-2021/
After an in-depth shortlisting process, selected finalists will pitch their solutions to the challenge partners and global audience during the live-streamed virtual Future Food-Tech Summit on March 11-12, 2021.
FoodTechies Finland is pleased to be a marketing partner for the upcoming #FutureFoodTech summit taking place on March 11-12 to explore solutions for a food system under stress.
PRESS RELEASE: Kellogg Company and Unilever launch Innovation Challenges with Future Food-Tech. Accessed 27 December 2020. ***UPDATE:***
The Innovation Challenge Finalists as well as the 19 innovative food startups being showcased at the Future FoodTech San Francisco edition have been announced. See https://www.foodtechies.fi/post/future-food-tech-unveils-19-innovators-with-moonshot-potential-technologies for more information


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Six degrees is to handle visual computer firm Nvidia's UK consumer, trade and corporate PR. Six Degrees will work with Nvidia's in-house PR team to raise the company's profile among consumers and professional graphics users. Six Degrees' major task will be to publicise Nvidia's Graphics Processing Unit and to persuade consumers the unit is a vital component for any home PC.
Countdown to Exit, an event aimed at technology businesses looking to build their brand, surveyed 120 CEOs and entrepreneurs and found that London is considered Europe's technology capital. Some 73 per cent opted for London although a sizeable minority of 11 per cent suggested that nowhere in Europe could be regarded as a centre for technology innovation.
Sarah Atkinson has joined Computer Associates as vice president for EMEA communications. Atkinson will head a team from across the region focusing on PR, analyst relations, investor relations and corporate social responsibility. She previously worked with Cisco, 3Com and Computer Associates' competitor BMC Software.
Ash Communications is to run the PR for holidaylettings.co.uk. It will work with the website's in-house team on a UK strategy to increase the site's growth. Holidaylettings.co.uk has 24,000 properties and receives 1.5 million hits a month.
Juice PR has been appointed by ZooQoo.com to run its UK media relations campaign. The website allows user-generated content such as photography and music but differs from its peers by having a voting panel that judges what can remain on the site. Juice's campaign will focus on media PR and a launch event at the end of August.


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On Wednesday, March 7, 2018, VMware and AWS announced the extension of the scope of their partnership to the region of Europe – the new availability zone in the UK (London). It is a hybrid cloud that provides a highly scalable, secure and innovative service that allows organizations to seamlessly migrate and expand local environments.
VMware Cloud on AWS allows for wide possibilities and innovations of AWS services for corporate applications operating on computing platforms, mass storage and VMware virtualization. As a result, we can easily and quickly add new modifications to your enterprise applications, locally integrating AWS infrastructure and platform functions, such as AWS Lambda, Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS), Amazon S3 and others. Below you can watch a short animation prepared by our partner related to the benefits and opportunities of a hybrid cloud.
The most important benefits that we will take advantage of the possibilities of a hybrid cloud are:
- innovation development
- simplified operations
- reduced costs
- increased availability
And that’s not all! We can take advantage of the potential of integrated cloud computing that also allows us to speed up data migration in the cloud. As well as faster disaster recovery, not to mention scalability and expandability of the data center. As announced by Pat Gelsinger, CEO of VMware, the new availability zone has already been launched in the UK (London), and plans to launch another one in Germany (Frankfurt). Among the clients using this solution you can find companies such as: Elemica or RICOH.
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Blizzard has issued a statement announcing a mutual agreement with Valve regarding the DOTA trademark.
Valve has revealed the top selling titles on Steam for the week prior.
Claims emerging from the US suggest that retailer GameStop is to start selling gift vouchers for Valve’s digital PC games portal Steam.
Portal 2 has sold over 4 million units since its launch, Valve has revealed.
Valve has released the latest Steam top ten sellers chart for the week ending on May 5th.
Valve has confirmed that while they’ll be attending this year’s E3, nothing new from the company will be unveiled.
Steam users can now initiate downloads and manage their games through a web browser or mobile device.
Valve and Steam boss Gabe Newell has slammed EA’s rival Origin download service, saying that he "doesn't think EA are doing anything super-well yet”.
Valve has remained silent about the Half-Life 3 project due to significant unexpected occurrences during the game’s development, the company’s managing director Gabe Newell has explained.
Valve has released Steam’s top sellers chart for the week ending on April 21st.
Valve will pursue its experiment with the free-to-play games model with a new plan to release its upcoming game DOTA 2 for free, the company’s managing director has said.
Parts of the internet went mental at the weekend after it was revealed that Apple boss Tim Cook had visited the offices of Steam owner Valve.
In a very un-Valve-like move, the Seattle-based Half-Life 2 creator has revealed all of its plans for its mysterious new hardware project.
Valve co-founder and managing director Gabe Newell has been labelled “the newest video game billionaire” by Forbes.
Steam owner and digital PC giant Valve has said that it would consider entering the games hardware race.
Valve's Gabe Newell sent out a notification today warning patrons of the company's digital distribution service Steam that hackers may have obtained a copy of a file containing payment transaction ...
Valve has launched its Steam service onto mobile devices in the form of a closed beta iPhone and Android app.
Steam has reported yet another year of over 100 per cent growth in 2011. It’s the seventh year in a row that the digital retail platform has recorded an annual doubling ...
Valve boss Gabe Newell has challenged the notion that software pricing is the driving force behind games piracy.
The creator of the Impulse digital distribution service, Stardock, is releasing its titles on Steam.
It might just be the global games industry’s favourite new mantra, but to Valve the concept of ‘games as a service’ is frankly antiquated.
It’s perhaps one of the more far-fetched games rumours you’ll read today, but there’s no denying it’s a delicious one.


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While browsing through the pamphlets at the travel agent, trying to find the perfect vacation, the Bahamas, Disney World, or now even space can seem like a good option for a family getaway.
Space travel had always been limited to the super-wealthy and astronauts until now.
Virgin Galactic offers a ticket to space for $200,000, and travel agents are capitalizing on the bargain deal and offering it to customers, according to The New York Times.
The voyages to space are purposed to take off sometime in 2012, and booking a ticket out of this world is becoming very similar to booking on in this world.
And soon you can buy travel insurance, just as you would for a vacation to see Mickey Mouse. Allianz, which is a $1-billion-a-year travel insurance company, will introduce a package this year to customers who signed up with Virgin Galactic.
The insurance packaged will cover possible problems including last-minute cancellations and coverage for medical issues before or after the flight.
Currently there are 475 people who have reserved a spot on the Virgin Galactic flight to space.
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"Just to be able to sell space travel as a regular part of your business, really, just how cool is that?" said Lynda Turley Garrett, president of Alpine Travel of Saratoga, Calif., who is one of 58 accredited space agents for Virgin Galactic in the United States.
In five years, Ms. Garrett has sold three seats, including Ms. Culver's. But she expects that to change once passengers start going up and coming down to tell their friends.
By 2017, "it'll be just like scheduling a flight to L.A.," Ms. Garrett predicted.


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LOS ANGELES (CBS) — The item that sets a Happy Meal apart from any other meal can stay, a California judge has ruled.
That item would be the toy that comes with a McDonald’s Happy Meal, which the Centers for Science in the Public Interest and a San Francisco mother claimed compelled kids who don’t know any better into eating unhealthy food, contributing to the childhood obesity epidemic, KNX 1070’s Brian Ping reports.
The Washington DC-based advocacy group and the mother, Monet Parham, sued McDonalds in 2010, saying that the fast food giant was violating consumer protection laws, undermining parents and causing rifts in families.
But a judge in San Francisco dismissed the class-action lawsuit and McDonalds says it stands by its 30-year track record of providing a fun family experience.
The plaintiffs say they were not seeking monetary damages and are considering whether to appeal.


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Roof tile manufacturer Sandtoft has opened a new distribution centre in the West Midlands.
Located in Hartlebury, Kidderminster, Sandtoft’s West Midlands Distribution Centre is on a 95-acre site that is also home to sister company Wienerberger’s largest UK brick factory.
A wide range of products is available, including New Generation clay roof tiles and new dry-fix roofing systems such as the Koraflex flashing system and Koratech vapour permeable membranes.
Sandtoft’s southern regional director Mike Morley said: “Demand for our roof tiles, in particular our New Generation range, has risen dramatically over the last year across the Midlands.
“This new depot is centrally located and has excellent transport links. With a stock profile which matches the construction activity in the region, Sandtoft can ensure that customers and specifiers will receive the highest levels of service and the right product at the right time.”


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LAS VEGAS — The parent companies of ESPN, Fox Sports and TNT announced they will launch a joint streaming service in the fall that will bundle their considerable sports offerings and allow consumers to get a wide-range of content via a single operation.
In other words … cable?
What’s old is new again, apparently.
“A major win for sports fans, and an important step forward for the media business,” Disney CEO Bob Iger said in a statement. Disney owns ESPN’s vast array of channels.
Iger is correct, this is a win. But that’s because almost anything is better than the current hodgepodge of channels, streaming systems and services which make toggling back and forth between programming glitchy and prone to delays. Watching sports these days is as much about remembering all your passwords as it is about watching the action.
Not to mention forking over more and more money.
And it doesn’t appear to be slowing.
On Monday, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell was asked if he foresaw the Super Bowl being broadcast on a pay streaming service rather than a traditional, over-the-air channel.
“Certainly not in my time,” Goodell said.
Well, that’s nice, but it’s likely only true because it is more profitable for the Super Bowl to serve as a marketing and advertising powerhouse that annually attracts 100 million-plus viewers.
“One of the secrets of our success is we are really committed to broadcast television,” Goodell said. “Ninety percent of our games are on broadcast television. I think it’s the reason why you will see over 200 million people watch this game here in the United States, because it’s on broadcast television and the broadest possible platform.”
Anything less, and who knows, though.
After all, the NFL just allowed NBC to move a wild-card playoff game between Miami and Kansas City to Peacock, forcing fans to pay to watch. And there is already the weekly Thursday Night game on Amazon. ESPN itself is a pay-for-cable channel, but those games are often simulcast on ABC.
Goodell remains bullish on all of that.
“Twenty-three million people watched that NFL wild card game,” he noted.
Not mentioned: how many didn’t, or couldn’t, because it wasn’t on traditional television.
Sports fans deserve better than all of these streaming and pay services. We already offer tax breaks and public funding for most of the stadiums that house these billionaires’ teams. We pay exorbitant ticket prices, parking and concessions if we go to watch in person.
Each sports team is essentially a local trust — part of the fabric of the community. Buffalo wouldn’t be the same without the Bills. Los Angeles wouldn’t be the same without the Lakers. And so on.
Yet the most basic tie to the games is to simply watch on television, and its been a golden age for that. President Nixon was instrumental in prohibiting the NFL from blacking out the broadcasts of local teams, even if the stadium was sold out, and it led to an explosion in the game’s popularity.
Ever since, the owners and broadcasters have figured out ways to draw more and more money out of the product.
It’s why streaming, like it or not, is the future. It’s just going to keep getting more prevalent.
The ESPN/Fox/TNT streaming bundle isn’t really a great day for sports fans as much as it is a better version of a lousy alternative. There is a lot of programming — live and produced — on those channels, but NBC, CBS, Amazon and others aren’t involved.
If nothing else, it should help viewers change between games more easily. One of the best parts of being a fan is just sitting back and watching two or three games — even in two or three different sports — at the same time.
Maybe you’re watching a hockey game, but also checking in on the college basketball contest, too. Streaming is so cumbersome, slow and delay prone, that it has become nearly impossible. Being able to flip immediately between channels is (was) great.
If ESPN/Fox/TNT can fix some of that, well, it’s something.
“This means the full suite of ESPN channels will be available to consumers alongside the sports programming of other industry leaders as part of a differentiated sports-centric service,” Iger said.
It’s better than further splintering. Centralization is a good thing.
You know, like cable.


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VIENNA, Va. — The Central Station Alarm Association (CSAA) will host a social media training Web seminar in November to help alarm companies and central monitoring stations improve their online marketing strategies.
The online event is scheduled for Nov. 7 at 10 a.m. West Coast time. Teresa Brewer of System Sensor and Michael Kremer of Intertek/ETL will host the hour-long session, which will review social media strategies than can help alarm monitoring businesses. Topics include:
- Tips to help businesses acquire customers or get referrals
- How to boost attendance at company sponsored community events
- Guidelines to increase inquiries on your company Web site
- Ways to increase market exposure
The hosts will also present real-life social media marketing success stories. Companies that would like to submit a social networking achievement story should E-mail Brewer at [email protected] or Kremer at [email protected].Register at the CSAA’s Web site.
For an in-depth report on social media best practices, check out SSI’s September issue.


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'Winking forbidden in Islam': Plea in Supreme Court says video featuring Priya Prakash Varrier constitutes blasphemyThere seems to be no end to film actor Priya Prakash Varrier's trysts with religious fundamentalists. A plea now contends that winking is 'forbidden in Islam.'
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The wink that cost a man his Mercedes Benz: Video of woman punishing an SP leader goes viralWhat's the best way to deal with eve-teaser? A woman in Agra believes in attacking back.
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Wink XTS e-Reader - Definitely No Competition For The KindleA very average product that needs a major boost in performance and usability.
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Indian E-book Reader Wink Offers 200,000 TitlesThe titles in 20 categories range from children's books, religion to fiction.
Aug 20, 2010
EC Media Launches eBook Reader WinkIntroduces e-book culture in India.
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LG Announces New Mid-Range Touchscreens - Wink. Cookie Competition?LG has kicked off a new range of affordable touchscreens under the brand name Wink.
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First Social Network Search Engine LaunchedWink, the social search engine, has announced the public release of the first search engine that allows people to search across multiple social networks and find other people with similar interests.


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The mid-market buyout shop, which is based in New York, was pleasantly surprised with the number of opportunities it saw in the first half of the year—it looked at 400 deals, or roughly equivalent with action in the first half of 2007. But it has seen a sharp decline in the number of opportunities presented from investment bankers since June, David Hoffman, partner, told Buyouts, mainly because of troubles hitting the consumer sector. “If you’re selling a consumer products company and retail spending has dropped off precipitously, you don’t want to be selling your company,” Hoffman said.
Hoffman said his firm is sourcing most of its deal opportunities, rather than fielding opportunities from investment bankers. He characterized deal opportunities sourced in-house as down slightly this year.
The drop-off is especially noticeable in consumer and business services, two sectors that are under pressure from high commodity costs and escalating gas prices. Of the 32 buyout-backed bankruptcies estimated so far this year, 11 are consumer products and services businesses, as previously reported in Buyouts. Charterhouse also acquires companies in telecom services and health care services.
Nonetheless, the firm is keeping active. It currently has a business services company under letter of intent and expects to close the deal by mid-October. It’s also in the process of closing an add-on deal for one of its portfolio companies. “I would say we’re very active,” Hoffman said.
In June, Charterhouse bought Chamberlin Edmonds & Associates Inc., a hospital services outsourcer, in its only platform acquisition this year. It also closed three add-on acquisitions for The Camelot Schools LLC, a Dripping Springs, Texas-based company it owns that provides services to children with mental health and behavioral problems; and in February it supported an add-on acquisition for Towne Holdings Inc., a South Bend, Ind.-based company it owns that provides freight transportation services for airlines.
Charterhouse is also gearing up to raise its fifth buyout vehicle. Buyouts reported in December 2007 that the firm would seek to raise $750 million. It raised its fourth fund, the $447 million


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Rebellion has announced that the next instalment of the hugely popular Sniper Elite series will launch this year across all platforms.
The game is set immediately after the story of Sniper Elite 3, where you were running around North Africa in a bid to destroy a German super-tank.
This time you’ll be teaming up with the Italian Resistance. You’ll have to scale Nazi megastructures, explore the beautiful Italian countryside all while staying stealthy and sniper-y!
And of course, we’ll see the return of the slow motion bullet-cam, which will no doubt have more gruesome animations for perfectly shot bullets…!
As of yet there is no release date other than it’ll be some time this year. We reckon it will hit in August. The game will be made of dedicated campaigns, co-op and adversarial multiplayer modes.
We love Sniper Elite, you can read our review here. We’ll also post a video with some of our best moments from the game. Trailer here.
More news as it comes, so check back here.


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The bookstore – named Parnassus Books after the mountain in Greece that inspired literature, poetry and music – is located in the city that has been called the Athens of the South. Patchett is a Nashville native and told The New York Times that she originally had no interest in opening a bookstore, but that the city’s suddenly barren bookstore landscape after other stores closed prompted her to take action.
“Yes, we are a shoebox of a bookstore,” Patchett told NPR. “But this is the way bookstores used to be. This is the bookstore of my childhood, and I feel fantastic being back here.”
Patchett said that despite the current struggles of small bookstores to stay afloat in an Amazon world, she believes readers are coming to rely on the tinier venues.
“People are … saying: I want the little store. I miss the little store,” Patchett told NPR. “And I think there are a lot of small stores that can really thrive in this environment.”
Patchett met in April with Hayes, who has worked at several publishing houses, and the two began discussing opening a bookstore. Patchett told Hayes she would provide $300,000 for a beginning investment. Her book tour shortly thereafter gave her an opportunity to check out other stores.
“The first thing I would say is: ‘How many square feet do you have? How many employees do you have? What are your hours?’ ” Patchett said in an interview with The New York Times.
Patchett said she got great advice from owner of the Boswell Book Company Daniel Goldin. The Boswell Book Company, an independent bookstore located in Milwaukee, has been posting strong sales despite the current economic climate, according to The New York Times.
“You can go in to a small store with an intelligent staff … [and] well-displayed, well-chosen books, and come out with five books that you're dying to read,” Patchett told NPR. “And that's what we're going to do.”
Molly Driscoll is a Monitor contributor.


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PARIS — Karl Lagerfeld, Frank Gehry and Cindy Sherman are applying their creativity to a new and surprising canvas — Louis Vuitton’s famous brown and gold monogram.
They — along with Rei Kawakubo, Christian Louboutin and Marc Newson — were given carte blanche to create bags and luggage for the French luxury giant. The limited-edition items will arrive in stores in mid-October, bringing high-profile attention to a cornerstone of the brand, which is marking its 160th anniversary this year.
Unveiling the project in an exclusive interview, Vuitton executive vice president Delphine Arnault said the project exalts what she described as “the most desirable icon in the world.”
The collaborative items are to retail from about 2,000 to 4,000 euros, or $2,725 to $5,450 at current exchange rates, dovetailing with Vuitton’s efforts to sell more high-priced leather goods and secure its brand positioning.
Lagerfeld and Sherman also created trunks in numbered editions of 25.
Accompanied by an advertising campaign, a dedicated Web site, commemorative book and launch event in New York City on Nov. 7, the product range represents one of the first large-scale initiatives spearheaded by Arnault, daughter of LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton chairman and chief executive officer Bernard Arnault and an emerging force in the luxury conglomerate her family controls.
Arnault spoke excitedly about the opportunity to watch the likes of Gehry and Lagerfeld at work: the former constructing a paper model of his off-kilter design; the latter submitting intricate, hand-colored sketches with precise dimensions.
“We have assembled an amazing group of talents — geniuses, I would say. Each one is among the best in his or her field,” Arnault said. “The monogram is at the center of our house, so we celebrate the monogram every day. But we thought this project was really special because the personalities we chose are fascinating and diverse.”
Arnault made the selections in concert with Nicolas Ghesquière, artistic director of women’s collections, who has demonstrated his affection for the monogram by interpreting it in his first two Vuitton collections, for fall 2014 and cruise 2015.
Arnault related that everyone approached “said yes right away. They were very enthusiastic and very intrigued about how to do handbags and work with the monogram.”
Some have previous ties to Vuitton. Kawakubo, the Japanese fashion maverick behind Comme des Garçons, did some monogram bags she designed for the brand in 2008 for a temporary store in Tokyo. Gehry is the architect behind the Foundation Louis Vuitton, a sprawling art museum slated to open later this year on the leafy fringes of Paris.
Others in the group are considered “friends” of the house and, indeed, many were present for Ghesquière’s debut show last March in Paris, including Louboutin and contemporary artist Sherman. Designing a handbag will be a first for Sherman, whose disquieting self-portraits frequently reference fashion.
Lagerfeld is perhaps the biggest coup for the project, dubbed “The Icon and the Iconoclasts,” given his strong association with Chanel, one of Vuitton’s most formidable luxury rivals. But the German designer has created ready-to-wear and furs since 1965 for Fendi, majority owned by LVMH since 2001, and has forged close ties with the Arnault family.
While Vuitton is keeping images of the products under wraps until the fall, Arnault shared a few details, noting that industrial designer Newson chose to create a men’s bag and that Lagerfeld dreamed up a punching bag. “The name alone is amazing,” she enthused of the latter style.
Michael Burke, chairman and ceo of Vuitton, noted that the “Iconoclast” project celebrates the monogram in a way that defies “the conventions of ‘classic,’” and perpetuates the brand’s spirit of innovation and daring.
The collaborations echo Vuitton’s 1996 initiative to celebrate the centenary of the monogram, when the brand invited Azzedine Alaïa, Manolo Blahnik, Romeo Gigli, Helmut Lang, Isaac Mizrahi, Sybilla and Vivienne Westwood to design products using its logo canvas.
“It’s part of the history of the house,” Arnault explained. “A lot of people remember that project, it was really strong. It was when Marc Jacobs was about to arrive at Vuitton and there was no fashion yet. I remember the launch party in Paris with Naomi Campbell arriving on the stage with a live giraffe in tow.”
Arnault scored one of the Alaïa bags, which melded the monogram with leopard spots, and said she always gets asked about the collector’s item whenever she carries it.
The latest Icon bags are meant to be on sale for only a few months, heightening their collectible status, Arnault noted.
She declined to quantify the importance of the monogram to the Vuitton business, but characterized it as an essential ingredient to its success.
“The monogram is the symbol of luxury, a symbol of Louis Vuitton. It’s the son of Louis Vuitton, Georges, who created it in 1896. It’s instantly recognizable and it’s really the essence of our house,” she said.
In a recent research report on LVMH, Citi analyst Thomas Chauvet estimated that within the handbags category, the mix at Vuitton is 50/50 between canvas and leather, and that the gross margin on Vuitton’s leather bags is 10 to 15 points lower than canvas.
He estimates Vuitton generated 2013 revenues of 7.5 billion euros, or $9.96 billion at average exchange.
Given the scale of Louis Vuitton — it boasts some 460 boutiques in the world — the brand has multiple product lines and vectors for expression, including occasional tie-ups with external talents.
“This is a very interesting territory — to have collaborations with exceptional, creative minds,” Arnault commented. “It’s a really fun project. It’s done with a lot of humor.”
Jacobs, Vuitton’s first creative director who exited the brand late last year to focus on his signature house and get it ready for an initial public offering, invited a range of artists to interpret the monogram during his tenure: Stephen Sprouse, Takashi Murakami, Richard Prince and, most recently, Yayoi Kusama.
The one with Murakami, unveiled in 2002, was a blockbuster, generating estimated sales of $345 million in 2003, and making the Japanese artist’s multicolored version of the monogram a permanent addition to Vuitton’s leather goods vocabulary.
“Marc Jacobs has really done a lot in that field,” Arnault said. “It was amazing work that he has done for the brand and our house.
“With any brand, you have to create surprise, you have to create excitement,” she continued. “I think the customer’s going to be intrigued that we’re presenting products that are different, creative and innovative.”
The executive noted that the diverse proposals forced the company’s production, development and industrial teams to “really push boundaries.” For example, Gehry’s handbag design, which Arnault likened to a “small sculpture,” was bespoke to the max, with the architect incorporating a small mirror, hand-drawn LV initials and angular hardware.
“None of the lines are straight. They went through a lot of research to produce it to Louis Vuitton’s high quality standards,” Arnault said.
“I was very intrigued to see how each one worked,” she continued, marveling at the degree of detail each of the participants brought to the task, from the colors of materials to the personal touches.
Lagerfeld, for example, added a secret compartment to the bottom of his bags, while Newson autographed some of the hardware on his. “It was really an honor. I was very impressed,” she said.
While an indelible part of Vuitton’s history, the monogram is somewhat enigmatic, with neo-Gothic style, Japan and tiles in Georges Vuitton’s Parisian home among possible inspirations for the mix of stylized flowers and geometric letters.
In recent years, permanent monogram products like the Keepall and Neverfull were showcased in an ad campaign featuring famous personalities including Mikhail Gorbachev, Sean Connery, Angelina Jolie, Catherine Deneuve and Keith Richards.
And while Vuitton has recently shone the spotlight on hyper-luxurious bag styles like the Capucines and Lockit, with actress Michelle Williams fronting campaigns for them, Arnault stressed that the monogram has “always been at the center of our strategy. It’s part of our history and so it’s always been of the utmost importance for us.”
The annual Veuve Clicquot Polo Classic in Pacific Palisades this weekend drew Kate Hudson, Tracee Ellis Ross, Laura Dern and more. See pictures of the star-studded event on WWD.com. (📷: @chelsealaurenla) #wwdeye
In his new book “Hollywood Royale,” Andy Warhol’s Protégé Matthew Rolston celebrates the Eighties revival of Hollywood glamour. Featuring more than 100 portraits taken by Rolston from 1977 to 1993, the book contains photos of icons like Michael Jackson, Cyndi Lauper, and @drewbarrymore, pictured here in 1991. “Hollywood Royale,” out today, will be accompanied by an exhibition opening at Los Angeles’ Fahey/Klein Gallery on March 1. #wwdeye
"Nowadays when life is not so happy with everything going on in the world, I think people come to me for a little bit of whimsy and color and fun." - Designer Rebecca De Ravenel on her cult-favorite jewelry line. (📸 : @vsteves) #wwd40
“Everyone is talking about how the retail industry is struggling, but I think it’s an incredible time because brands who are doing something different and innovative are setting themselves up for the future,” said @adamgoldston, who founded the luxury athletic brand @apl with his brother @ryangoldsten. The Goldston’s are part of WWD’s 40 under 40: a group of industry notables. See the rest of the list on WWD.com. (📷: @vsteves) #wwd40
@eyeswoon blogger Athena Calderone debuted her first-ever cookbook, “Cook Beautiful,” which is heavily centered on the presentation and visual expression of food. Pictured here are her miso glazed carrots from the book. Get the recipe on WWD.com. (📷: @johnny_miller_) #wwdeye
“It’s passion that helps get anybody to a certain point and it’s what’s propelled me,” said Kith founder @ronniefieg, one of WWD’s 40 under 40: a group of industry notables who are changing the face of retail, fashion and beauty. Fieg, who opened a Manhattan flagship on October 7, began his career at age 13 as a stock boy and salesman for footwear chain David Z. “I think staying true to [my] beliefs, hard work and passion have gotten me to where [Kith] is today.” See the rest of the 40 at WWD.com. (📷: @vsteves) #wwd40
25-year-old @samweaving is about to break out this fall, starring in Netflix’s horror film “The Babysitter,” fittingly out today on Friday the 13th. That’s not the only place you’ll be seeing her, though — Weaving’s got a role Showtime’s “SMILF” and another alongside Frances McDormand and Woody Harrelson in “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.” Though she’s got a full plate at the moment, there’s one role she’s got her eye on: Marilyn Monroe. “I’m a little too young at the moment, but it’s on my bucket list,” the actress told WWD (📷: @dandoperalski) #wwdeye
BFF's Poppy Jamie and Suki Waterhouse celebrated the launch of their bag line Pop x Suki at Nordstrom last night. "The line is really about our friendship, and how we are so different but complement each other," said Waterhouse. 👯 (📷: Katie Jones) #wwdeye
After designing the new @louisvuitton and @bulgariofficial flagships and a @chanelofficial boutique opening in Japan, @petermarinoarchitect has another project on his plate: The Lobster Club. Located in the Seagram Building, it’s the famed architect’s first restaurant project in New York, serving up modern Japanese brasserie-style cuisine. Bronze hues, bespoke material detailing, blush and chartreuse tones and a heavy emphasis on Picasso can be seen throughout. Mark your calendars for Nov. 1 for the much-anticipated opening. (📷: @clint_spaulding) #wwdeye


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A winemaking expert says Ohio needs more vines to continue its growth as one of the country's biggest wine producers.
Todd Steiner directs the winemaking program in Ohio State's College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences. He says it's important to ensure there's enough fruit for the state's many wineries.
Steiner says tough winters are hard on vineyards, especially since newly planted vines take at least four years to produce grapes.
A report from the government's Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau earlier this year says Ohio is now the country's sixth biggest producer of wine with about six million gallons annually.
Ohio lags well behind states ahead of it, including California, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania and Washington.


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US Rep. Rosa DeLauro has introduced a bill calling for a three-year moratorium on advertising newly approved prescription drugs directly to consumers.
The bill, known as the Responsibility in Drug Advertising Act, would also prohibit ads from running after the three-year moratorium if the Department of Health and Human Services determines the drug generated “significant” side effects based on studies, scientific literature, and other data. It was introduced by Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.).
The legislation, which is designed to amend the federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, is only the latest effort to squelch direct-to-consumer advertising of prescription medicines. Three months ago, the American Medical Association called for an outright ban on this form of promotion (here).
Like the AMA, DeLauro also argued that advertising can inflate health care costs if consumers are prompted to seek newer, higher-priced medicines that drug makers may advertise to quickly trigger sales.


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Yesterday, Rwanda officially opened its first drone delivery program.
Now blood and plasma will be flown by autonomous drones to clinics in the rural western part of the country, where poor road conditions often delay time-critical delivery of medical supplies for hours or even days.
With drones, delivery time is reduced to minutes.
Piloted by the California-based drone startup Zipline — in partnership with the UPS Foundation, the shipping giant’s charitable arm, and Gavi, a vaccine fund backed by Bill Gates — the Rwandan government is paying for the service, which costs about the same as the motorbike blood deliveries the country relies on today. Zipline itself is a private company, counting Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen and Yahoo founder Jerry Yang among its top investors.
Once the program is in full swing in a few weeks, Rwanda plans to fly between 50 and 150 drones a day delivering blood and plasma to 21 clinics. Postpartum hemorrhaging is the primary cause of death for new mothers in Rwanda, but clinics often don’t have the resources to keep blood products, which require reliable storage facilities at specific temperatures. And during the country’s long rainy season, terrestrial delivery isn’t always an option.
To request a blood drop-off, health care workers send a text message, and 30 minutes later a drone arrives. Zipline’s drones don’t land at the medical centers, but rather drop packages via disposable parachutes at the clinics’ receiving area. Not landing or ever getting close to people during its trip makes flying the drones over populated areas much safer. They only touch ground at one designated takeoff center, located in the central Muhanga region of the country.
Zipline’s drones fly at around 40 miles per hour and can travel about 90 miles round trip before needing to recharge.
UPS helped ship the Zipline drones and supplies to Rwanda, and the delivery giant’s foundation donated $1.1 million to the project, but beyond these efforts, UPS’s ongoing involvement appears slim. The company’s expertise in global delivery, though, could help expand the program to other countries in the future.
UPS has good reason to partner with the humanitarian drone effort. Amazon is rapidly prepping its own drone program and UPS needs to get in on the autonomous aerial delivery game, too.
Last month, UPS completed a successful test flight of medical supplies to an island off the coast of Massachusetts, but that’s minor compared to what Amazon has done: The e-commerce behemoth opened multiple test sites for its delivery drones in Canada and the U.K.
UPS is in a different boat. They have a large, unionized workforce of drivers who probably aren’t too excited about the prospect of being replaced by drones. But if UPS doesn’t start taking autonomous aerial delivery more seriously, the world’s largest shipping company may find itself stuck in the mud.
Zipline is already in talks with U.S. policymakers about getting a waiver to fly a drone out of line of sight for time-critical medical deliveries in rural parts of the country and to Native American reservations. One drone company, Flirtey, completed an FAA-approved flight last year ferrying medical supplies to rural Virginia.
This article originally appeared on Recode.net.


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Coca-Cola UNITED has been named the Circle K Gulf Coast Vendor of the Year. The award serves as an example of the importance Circle K Gulf Coast places on relationships with vendors who service the various categories of products found in Circle K stores.
Circle K Gulf Coast is Coca-Cola UNITED’s largest single convenience retail chain and Circle K’s second largest division, with more than 640 locations in five states with 12 partner bottlers.
This honor is made possible by the efforts of many people who work together to form great relationships and achieve great results. Pat Parmley, Corporate Director – NRS Convenience Retail, and Rob Abbott, Analyst – Sales, manage Coca-Cola UNITED’s Circle K relationship day-to-day. The Corporate Marketing, Revenue Growth Management and Supply Chain teams also play a key role, as well as Sales Operations teams in Coca-Cola UNITED’s Central and West Regions – management, sales supervisors and drivers. Associates at 28 sales centers across the company support our Circle K business every day.
“Thank you to everyone who continues to move our business forward with Circle K,” said Mike Suco, Coca-Cola UNITED President and CEO. “It is through your hard work and dedication to our core values that we are successful in serving our customers at the highest levels.”


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Central Bank of Canada, reviewsthe ability to launch the Central Bank's digital currency (CBDC), which will help it deal with the “direct threat” of cryptocurrencies and collect more information about how people spend their money, reports The BlockCrypto.
Bank of Canada internal presentation,prepared for the manager Steven Polos and the board of directors of the bank, it offers a detailed public view of the bank's views on its own digital coin. According to the presentation, the currency will be widely available and coexist with coins and paper money at the first stage, but in the end it will completely replace them.
Presentation entitled “Money CentralBank: A New Generation, ”was prepared by Stephen Murchison, Advisor Strip, who was commissioned in September 2018 to conduct a CBDC study.
“We need to innovate to stay ingame, ”the presentation says. The digital currency will provide “all the benefits” of the assets supported by the central bank, as well as “the convenience and security of wireless electronic payments”. The presentation listed over ten advantages of introducing CBDC, while analysts identified only one drawback.
"An additional payment method can make the payment system more reliable." However, the digital currency "also poses a risk to stable and affordable financing of bank deposits."
The personal data of the payer is not transmitted to the recipient, but can be transferred to the police or tax authorities, stated in the presentation.
Canada is not the only country that studying digital currency. Last week, the central bank of Switzerland, together with the SIX stock exchange, began to study the possibility of using digital currencies. The Central Bank of China has been conducting a CBDC study since 2014 and is ready to launch in the near future. Yesterday, the former head of the US CFTC announced the need to introduce a digital dollar to counter China’s expansion in emerging markets.


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The Car Wash Association (CWA) has welcomed the government’s recent announcement of new legislation to tackle environment offences under the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016.
Gordon Balmer, executive director of the CWA, said: “We acknowledge the importance of measures that ensure polluters are held accountable and safeguard the environment. However, this legislation must be accompanied by enforcement.
“The CWA has been a longstanding supporter of the Responsible Car Wash Scheme (RCWS), a voluntary audit scheme designed to tackle non-compliant hand car washes that has faced challenges in gaining full support from the Government.
“We strongly urge the government to prioritise enforcement measures to ensure the success of this legislation in protecting our natural environment.”
Balmer concluded: “The CWA will continue encouraging the government to enforce environmental standards in the car wash sector. It is imperative that the government and water companies fulfil their obligations to enforce these measures effectively.”


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Blockchain-based cricket platform launches world’s first cricket exclusive NFT Marketplace
Singapore headquartered crypto cricket platform named ‘Cricket Foundation’ has gained about 120 partners from the world of cricket including legends like VVS Laxman, Wasim Akram and Lance Klusener. The development comes after the platform launched the first NFT marketplace of its kind called “CricketCrazy.io”.
Cryptocurrency and blockchain technology has been gaining immense popularity in the western market and is now set to enter the cricketing world. Even before its launch, “Cricket Foundation’ claims to have over 50,000 users and boasts over 60,000 followers on social media.
The medium of transactions on the platform for all of its applications is the Cricket Token (CRIC). Apart from its use for the platform’s governance, it is the core of the security and integrity of the Cricket Foundation platform. In the last week, CRIC Token was successfully listed on Indian and international crypto exchanges, with a market cap of over $200 million.
The world’s first cricket exclusive NFT marketplace (Take a look at Basketball NFT news), CricketCrazy.io, was launched by Cricket Foundation on September 15. On the first day, the cricket blockchain platform has over 50 unique moments from cricket history worth more than $200,000. Additionally, it will add 5 Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) of iconic moments daily. The platform has more than 20,000 cricket media assets in the library to choose from, contributed by its several partners.
The founding partners include V.V.S. Laxman, Wasim Akram, Parthiv Patel, Lance Klusener, Shaun Tait, Saqlain Mushtaq, Michael Vaughan, Piyush Chawla, RP Singh, Deep Dasgupta, Pragyan Ojha, Veda Krishnamurthy, Rikki Clarke, Imad Wasim, Boria Majumdar, and Marron Media among many others.
Former India Test cricketer and Co-Founder of Cricket Foundation, Parthiv Patel, spoke at the virtual launch of ‘CricketCrazy.io’, the world’s first NFT (non-fungible token) marketplace exclusive for cricket. He said, “It is a novel way for us to engage with our fans, CricketCrazy presents a unique digital offering to cricketers and franchisees to enhance their reach as well as the relationship with fans by giving them a sense of belonging, involving them in community decisions, and keeping them engaged with the game. For the fans, NFTs are the only way to provably own digital sports assets and collectibles.”
Parthiv also feels that cricketers also need to take care of their finances post-retirement. “You talk about say 35-36 (years of age), not many players actually go on to play till 40. So, you have to manage your finances as well,” he added. “Once you are retired, it is very difficult to get going with that same flow, so platforms like this (Cricket Foundation), if you can explore it, then you can sustain it throughout the life. So finance thing is a very very big part of any cricketers’ life now.”


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Microsoft representatives have confirmed that the Australian and New Zealand launch of the Xbox 360 has been delayed from March 2nd to March 23rd due to what the company describes as a “short term manufacturing challenge”.
With stock still limited in North American and Europe, the move is not unexpected, and follows several weeks of rumors of an even longer delay, as Microsoft has struggled to manufacture enough consoles to meet demand.
The delay in Australia is particularly notable since the Australian market represents proportionally Microsoft's largest market in terms of current-generation console market share – although this has been in large part due to the popularity of “modding” Xboxes for other uses beyond gaming.
At the same time, Microsoft confirmed that the launch in South Korea would still go ahead on February 24th and that the launches in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Singapore are still scheduled for March 2nd. This will make Australia and New Zealand the last major markets in the world to receive the console, around four months after the initial North American launch.


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When the coronavirus pandemic began early in 2020, experts wondered if there would be waves of cases, a pattern seen in other virus pandemics. The general sample to date has been certainly one of increasing cases of COVID-19, with a surge in the summertime and a larger one in the fall. Some locations that noticed a high number of coronavirus infections early on, adopted by a decline, are having a “second wave” of increased cases. COVID-19 spread all around the world, many of us turned aware of the importance of face masks. Health officials from WHO, Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and native creatorities from all around the world are urging folks to wear face mask as it is the only way to prevent the transmission of the virus.
Main role of the face masks is to prevent the transmission of the SARS-COV-2 by way of respiratory droplets, which can simply enter via the mouth and nose to infect new hosts. These are a easy way to assist decrease coronavirus transmission and save lives. According to the CDC those that are presymptomatic can spread the virus earlier than showing the symptoms, so wearing of masks can reduce the spread of the virus.
A year in the pandemic many specialists advice upgrading masks to protect oneself towards more contagious variants of the coronavirus. Nevertheless some masks are more effective than others-
Material or cloth masks trap droplets which might be launched when the individual wearing the mask sneezes, coughs or talks. They reduce the spread of viruses, are simple to purchase or make, and can be washed and worn again. It’s additionally vital for the wearer to avoid touching their masks, and if they do, to sanitize or wash their palms after. Additionally, if a cloth or fabric mask turns into wet or dirty, it’s vital to switch to a clean one. These masks shouldn’t be shared.
Surgical masks — also called medical masks — are loose-fitting and disposable. They protect the nose and mouth from coming into contact with droplets that might carry germs. They’re made to protect you from sprays or splashes that would enter the nostril or mouth. These masks are additionally able to filter out giant particles in the air, and may make certain droplets from the wearer aren’t being spread. These masks are single-use only. It can trap 60-80 p.c of the particles in the lab, but in real world, gaps across the edges make surgical masks less effective. One can improve the fit by knotting the ear loops. Studies show that a two-layer fabric mask with a third layer of filter material is the most effective non-medical mask. However the filtration rates vary relying on the fabric.
N95 masks provide a higher degree of protection than a surgical mask or cloth mask because they’ll filter out both giant and small particles when the wearer breathes. They’re called N95 masks because they’re designed to block 95% of particles or liquids which will are available contact with your face, the hardest size to trap. Nonetheless, these masks aren’t for normal public use and ought to be reserved for healthcare workers and different medical first responders. They’re also incompatible with children or individuals with facial hair. Healthcare providers are fit tested for these masks, and like surgical masks, they’re intended to be single-use only, though researchers areexamining efficient ways to clean these masks. But many people don’t wear it accurately, making them less effective. These are hard to find, and counterfeits are common. Keep away from N95 with respiratory valves, which expel your germs onto others.
The KN95, made in China additionally claims to filter ninety five percent of hard- to- trap particles. It has ear loops instead of the head straps, so it could not fit as snugly. The mask supply chain is also riddled with countefeit KN95s, which might work only about as well as a material mask.
The KF94 is a top pick amongst health experts for its quality, high filtration rate and snug fit. It may be simpler to speak wearing a KF94. Make sure about Korean product, the place quality management efforts make counterfeit less likely.
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As the battle for virtual reality heats up, Google -- along with other well-known firms -- makes a big bet on a little-known wearable headset maker called Magic Leap.
A 3D-printed Tardis opens up to reveal a board game based on backgammon, Parcheesi and an ancient Egyptian game called Senet.
Based on the scant clues scattered around A Song of Ice and Fire, you can now play a version of the chess-like game from Westeros.
Melbourne-based League of Geeks has been working on Armello, a tabletop experience in a folktale setting for PC, Mac, Linux and iPad.
The first details have emerged about the board game Portal: Uncooperative Cake Acquisition Game, a collaborative effort between Valve and Cryptozoic.
Cool Mini or Not's miniatures board game Arcadia Quest has exploded on to Kickstarter, shooting past its target funding goal in less than an hour.
Just a few short months after Mega Man's spiritual successor Mighty No. 9 became one of the highest ever funded Kickstarter games, a new Mega Man project is making crowdfunding waves.
The Classification Board will review the ratings given to 12 released video games after a request from the South Australian attorney-general.
Appearing on CBS News, the former Microsoft CEO also says that Microsoft didn't fail at mobile, but merely got the formula wrong.
Apple's tablet lineup has expanded from six configurations to more than 50 in four years. Has the product lineup become too complex?


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The spider's bite
Now buy the T-shirt
Does it come in a bigger size?
IT IS the box-office take that grabs the headlines. The news that “Spider-Man”, a film about the comic-strip superhero released by Sony's Columbia TriStar, broke all records when it took nearly $115m on its opening weekend in America, has raised the stakes for all the big studios and their slate of summer releases. This is the race that intrigues Hollywood insiders. “Spider-Man” trumped the first Harry Potter film; can “Star Wars: Episode II—Attack of the Clones”, which opens later this month, trump “Spider-Man”? Box-office competition, however, disguises the fact that cinema-ticket sales are now only a marginal element of overall income.
As much as 80% of any film's revenue now comes not from ticket sales but from its release on video and DVD, pay-TV and so forth. Filmed entertainment for children is as much about selling toys, yoghurt pots, lunch-boxes and other paraphernalia as the film itself. Spider-Man, whose life began in a comic book, now graces cereal boxes, cool drinks and clothes as well as appearing in video games and as an action figure in toy-shops. Sales of Harry Potter toys have alone far exceeded the film's American box-office take. The spin-offs from a blockbuster film, says Dan Jansen, at the Boston Consulting Group in Los Angeles, can multiply American box-office revenues two or three times—with an even bigger impact on profits.
Treating a children's character as a brand is not new. Mickey Mouse first appeared as a branded item, on a pencil case, in 1929. Two things have changed recently, however. First, as the cost of making and promoting films has escalated, the industry has become increasingly dependent on hits. The more that Hollywood studios invest in films, the more they need to create “event movies” that grab magazine covers and get people talking. “Spider-Man” cost an estimated $150m to make, and another $50m to market. Once production costs reach $80m-100m, a film will not make money without extra sources of revenue. With toys, clothes and games the biggest-selling items, a children's film offers most opportunities for spin-off merchandising.
Moreover, since studios are placing such big bets, they increasingly want films that are famous before they are even made. “Spider-Man is the quintessential pre-sold property,” says John Frelinghuysen, at Booz Allen, a consultancy. Like “Harry Potter”, “Spider-Man” is an icon that will lure kids to the big screen almost regardless of the film's marketing push, let alone its merits. Characters from well-known children's TV shows and books are especially popular. Warner Brothers is releasing “Scooby-Doo”, a film based on an animated TV series, in June; tie-ins include branded dog-food, and movie vouchers with the purchase of a flea medication.
The second big change is the rise of television as a marketing tool. Children's programming used to consist chiefly of a few hours on a Saturday morning broadcast network. Today, masses of cable channels are devoted to children—and dominated by the big media conglomerates. Last year they accounted for no less than 21% of all American viewing of cable channels, according to Booz Allen. Even in Britain, there are now 17 children's channels.
As with films, this proliferation is driven by merchandising. The global market for children's TV programmes is worth about $2 billion, according to Informa Media, a research group. But the market for licensed toys alone is worth some $27 billion. Throw in all the other branded items, from birthday cards to video games, and the market for children's licensed products is worth some $132 billion.
Since a TV series, unlike a movie, supplies a steady drip of exposure, it can be an even better means of promotion. As a simple rule, the more often a children's programme is shown, the greater the chance of its becoming a marketing hit. While older children are more seduced by this year's fad, younger ones are less fickle. If you can create a pre-school classic, there will be a new captive audience for it every three years or so. Children as young as three can be surprisingly efficient at pestering their parents for the latest item.
Income from spin-offs has transformed the business model for children's content providers. In the fourth quarter of 2001, Marvel Enterprises, which publishes the Spider-Man comic books, earned 35% of its revenues from licensing fees for the manufacture of action figures and toys, up from 6% the previous year. Three years ago, 98% of the revenue at HIT Entertainment, a British firm that owns “Bob the Builder”, “Barney” and other children's TV characters, derived from television. Last year, this share had shrunk to 19%, with the remainder coming from consumer products, home video and stage shows. “Bob the Builder” is now hammering his way into living-rooms in 140 countries, from Japan to America. “We are creative producers, but we are also now brand managers,” says Charlie Caminada, head of sales and marketing at HIT.
Plainly, there are limits to the willingness even of kids to succumb to all this. Plenty of money spent developing children's characters disappears into a drain. Having over-saturated the market with the previous Star Wars film, for instance, merchandising for “The Attack of the Clones” will be more limited. As David Hulbert, head of Walt Disney Television International, puts it, “we have to be very careful not to over-exploit.” Indeed, part of the Disney creed is to control the release of its classic characters—last year it was the turn of “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs”, first made in 1937—in order to preserve their value. “Spider-Man” may be the latest box-office hit. But it has taken 40 years for the superhero to graduate from the comic book to the big screen.
This article appeared in the Business section of the print edition under the headline "The spider's bite"
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DETROIT – The rumors of the Cadillac CT6's demise were apparently exaggerated.
Cadillac President Steve Carlisle told Automotive News at the Detroit Auto in November, the flagship then should not have been among them.
Along with the launch model for Cadillac's semi-autonomous Super Cruise system, the CT6 is also debuting a new high-performance 550 hp turbocharged 4.2-liter V8 engine called the Blackwing. a V-Series model that goes on sale this summer for $ 88,790.
Carlisle said several options are under consideration, including importing the CT6 from China, where it is built for the local ma dried. Cadillac used to sell a Chinese-made plug-in hybrid version of the CT6 in the US, but discontinued it last year due to slow sales.
MORE FROM THE DETROIT AUTO SHOW Instead, The brand will be pursuing a fully-electric strategy in the coming years starting with a battery-powered SUV revealed this week. [Cadillac] is still ending production of its XTS and ATS models, which will leave it with just two sedans to sell alongside four SUVs, including the upcoming XT6.


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Consumers now rate VOD as the most valuable service from their TV subscription.
The new study, conducted in the United States by Frank N. Magid Associates on behalf of Vubiquity, found to 62 per cent of consumers value VOD highest, above DVRs (60%) HD channels (55%) and premium channels (47%).
One of the most significant findings was the belief of 65% of on demand users that “Everything I might ever want to watch is easily available” On Demand. In a similar survey Vubiquity conducted in Q4, 2010, only 12 % agreed with that same statement.
“Vubiquity has seen a dramatic increase in the amount of television content we manage for VOD which directly correlates to what consumers reported in this study. In 2012, we managed over 85,000 total hours of FOD content, 86 percent more than 2 years before, and the increase in HD was 285%,” said Laurie Lawrence, CMO of Vubiquity. “And the amount of content continues to grow. Vubiquity’s expertise at quick-turn content for the C3 window enables content owners to monetize their FOD content, which leads to more content on the platform, driving increased value for the consumer, and in turn, for the service provider.”
The increased availability of ‘boxed sets’ within on demand services had been accompanied by a corresponding rise in binge viewing. 76% of the survey’s respondents say they watched three or more episodes of a TV show consecutively in one sitting, with nearly 40% indicating that they do this more often now compared with 12 months ago.


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Is 1999 going to be the year that we finally stop asking if Apple's comeback will last?
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On-Chain Gaming Poised for Mass Adoption
Jack O'Holleran is CEO and co-founder of SKALE Labs. He explains how on-chain gaming is ready for the mainstream after overcoming early challenges like high fees and poor user experience. Companies can now build blockchain games that look and feel like traditional games, and scalability improvements allow games to support hundreds of millions of players without performance issues. He was interviewed by André Beganski at Messari Mainnet 2023.


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OnePlus will unveil the 10T on August 3, which is confirmed to have the Snapdragon 8+ Gen 1 SoC under the hood. And today, the company announced that the 10T will come with 16GB of LPDDR5 RAM and 256GB of UFS 3.1 storage. We have seen OnePlus phones with 256GB of storage before, but not 16GB RAM.
OnePlus says 16GB RAM will let 10T's users "juggle up to 35 apps" on their smartphones. However, on its official Indian website, OnePlus says 16GB RAM will allow "effortless multitasking with up to 30 apps open." Whether or not that's true is something we'll find out once we get our hands on a unit.
Having 35 browser tabs open is cool, but have you tried opening 35 apps on your phone? The #OnePlus10T is a master at multitasking.— OnePlus India (@OnePlus_IN) July 28, 2022
OnePlus hasn't detailed the 10T's specs sheet, but the company previously confirmed that the smartphone will pack a 120Hz screen with a center-aligned punch hole and feature a 360° antenna system.
The Chinese phone maker also revealed the 10T's design and color options while detailing its rear camera setup (50MP primary + 8MP ultrawide + 2MP macro). You can check 10T's camera samples here.
The OnePlus 10T is not the only smartphone launching on August 3. The OnePlus Ace Pro will also be unveiled on Wednesday. It's expected to be the 10T for the Chinese market, and yesterday OnePlus announced it will come with 16GB RAM.
I just don't understand why it's restricted to only 256G especially since they never allow for memory expansion. Just seems stupid to me. It's just like saying 'Here we have the new Ferrari with 2000hp and some awesome styling, bu...


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Omega-9 Sunflower Oil is all natural and can support an all natural package claim, as the oil comes from NEXERA™ seeds which were developed by Dow AgroSciences through traditional plant-breeding. And because the oil has a very high level of stability, many formulations will not require antioxidants, TBHQ or partial hydrogenation to achieve the desired shelf life allowing for a cleaner ingredient label.I say good job science! If we can start creating better ingredients in a natural and healthy way we can improve ALL of our food offerings, even if it's processed. All I want to know is when I can find this on my grocery shelves!
Monday, June 13, 2011
New Healthier Oils Coming To You
It looks like scientists have been hard at work. The folks over at Dow AgroSciences have just announced that they have created the first ever saturated fat free sunflower oil. This is not only great for just us as consumers using it around the house, but it would be FANTASTIC if companies started using it in their food processes thus eliminating a lot of the saturated fat in their products. According the the press release: