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Campad Electronics is proud to announce that they now have added batteries, chargers, and other accessories to their extensive list of products. The store originally only was offering Otterbox headsets to Australian residents for a few years now, but now are planning on continuing to service them with their popular Otterbox batteries. Although this may be good news to many Australian consumers, others may be less than happy with the additional charges they will now be responsible for paying. There’s nothing like spending hundreds of dollars on an item only to find out you now need to pay to get it back.
It wasn’t that long ago when people had no choice but to pay an outrageous price for replacement parts for their cell phones and other wireless devices. In most cases, these devices were simply too large and bulky for regular retailers to stock, which made it nearly impossible to find the right model and color at the right price. Luckily, consumers are in luck because campad electronics are now offering Bluetooth car kit, cell phone cases for all makes and models, and other accessories for those who own these devices. There is definitely no need to spend a ridiculous amount of money on a new mobile phone or even replace its battery, which is excellent news for many consumers.
You can now buy replacement parts and mobile phones for a much more reasonable price if you know where to look. You no longer have to rely on retail stores when it comes to buying items like batteries, chargers and other items for your devices. Instead of being forced to shell out a large amount of money, some consumers are able to get exactly what they need at the best possible price. Now that campad electronics are selling their products over the internet, more consumers are taking advantage of this fact. In fact, there are more retailers online selling Bluetooth car kits, cell phone cases, and other items that people need than there are offline.
As more consumers purchase these items from the internet rather than their local stores, it is likely that prices will continue to drop. For consumers in Australia this has already started. Many retailers online are selling the latest Bluetooth wireless chargers and mobile phone accessories at unbelievable prices. For many, it seems as though campad electronics have finally arrived to the country that it is needed.
Over the last 35 years, campad electronics have grown from a small electrical supply company to one of the most popular and prolific companies in the world. They first started out by manufacturing radio equipment and then quickly realized that their products were much more to offer the consumer than just basic radio channels. Once they had started selling their equipment, they quickly realized that it was more useful than just radios. So, they expanded their product line with Bluetooth car kits, cell phone cases, and all kinds of other cell phone accessories.
When it comes to making cell phone accessories, campad electronics currently hold a tremendous ROC for their total selection of products. This means that no matter what you need, they will be able to provide it. In order to get them to this level of acceptance, they need to stand behind every single accessory that they release and guarantee it for their customers to return if the product is not working properly or is defective. With an impressive catalog and massive range of chargers available, it is no wonder that many people feel like they are using campad electronics.
But not all of us can afford the latest and greatest devices and accessories. That is where campad electronics also offers many options for those of us on a budget. Their new wireless chargers and other accessories are available in a range of prices, so everyone can afford to buy a case, charger or other item. And as many of the leading mobile phones now come with LCD displays, those of us with low vision can also enjoy getting more uses out of our phones by using a LCD screen to see what we are doing.
The final piece of equipment that campad electronics has to offer that is a real bargain is their car cradle. With a simple hook and loop strap, this car cradle are extremely versatile and functional. It can store your MP3 player, keep important documents safe and secure and even protect your cell phone from scratches. For a great price and a lot of functionality, this is one of the best deals available on the market.

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You could previously get McDonalds delivered with an app like Postmates, but integrating with Ubers delivery infrastructure and technology brings it to a whole new level.
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Snapchat adds audio reactivity to their latest Lens.
Since its initial launch in 2011, social media giant has attracted over 300 million monthly active users. Over the past 7 years the company has evolved from a simple app that lets you share photos that disappear within a few seconds, to a full-fledged platform that has helped push the mobile AR experience through ambitious programs like Snapchat Lenses and Filters. That being said, while the past couple of years have been kind to Snapchat, 2018 hasn’t exactly been following the same trend.
The company failed to hit their Q1 growth goals, and on top of that, their app redesign upset users so much that a petition urging Snap Inc. to reverse the app update hit over 1 million signatures. The service even saw user drop-off beginning in the month of March. All of this coming at a particularly awful time as 2.2 billion Facebook users finally gain to Facebook’s competing AR Stories camera app.
However, the folks at Snapchat have stayed positive throughout all of this, and have continued to innovate new Lenses and Filters for you to create new Snaps that you can send to your friends and family all around the globe. The company’s latest update offers up a Lens that not only reacts to your facial gestures, but also responds to audio cues from your voice. The new Lens is pretty simple – just open up Snapchat on your smartphone and find the Lens with the cute little neon bear cub ears and heart-shaped nose. Apply the Lens and begin speaking. You’ll see the ears pulsate to the sound of your voice, all while being able to filter out any type of noise in the background.
Obviously, this update probably won’t turn things around for Snap Inc., but the audio-triggered layer is a first for an AR filter, and shows that Snapchat is dedicated to continuing their quest to make AR experiences more interactive and fun. It also shows that the company is still innovating new ways for social media to play a role in our lives.
When Snap Inc. released Lens Studio back in February, the software gave you the power to create your own unique personalized AR experience that you could share with friends, but from a marketers perspective, it was also a new tool to create custom made experiences designed to promote an event or a product. Part of the apps appeal is that it is not only a fun toy amongst friends, but the perfect tool for seamlessly integrating company logos, or characters from an upcoming movie. The company also recently launched a line of simple AR Lens games that allow users to interact with 3D objects in objective-based scenarios.
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Having a Lens that reacts to both facial gestures and audio cues opens up a whole new layer of marketing possibilities for companies to reach out to consumers. This new funcionality could have consumers saying or even yelling product names, perhaps repeating a catchy slogan or tagline to launch the AR experience, or even steer it into different directions. After all, a powerful slogan or tagline can do wonders for any brand or product. It sometimes even defines the company and can even increase conversation. So organizations leveraging Snapchat’s AR Lens and its ability to react to audio to active the AR experience seems like it would have a lot of potential from a marketing/branding point of view.
Of course, Facebook is always working on making their social media fun and more interactive, so it’s safe to say they are very aware of Snapchats newest audio update. So, the question isn’t do you think team Facebook is looking at how they could bring in an interactive audio AR experience to their Stories app to their 2.2 billion users, but when?
Snapchat’s new audio cued Lens can be found in the carousel of the Snapchat app, but if you don’t see it just yet – sit tight – it’s rolling out to devices slowly and will show up soon.
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Marking its first occurrence since 1985, better than 50 percent of all Ford F-150s are leaving dealer lots with a V6 engine.
Early adopters snatched up V6-versions of Ford's 2011 F-150 to the tune of about 35 percent, but the Dearborn-based automaker says that V6 pickup sales are now far outpacing their V8 counterparts.
Many skeptics questioned Ford's decision to add a twin-turbocharged V6 to the F-150's product mix, but the buying public is proving the naysayers wrong in droves. During the first few months on the market about 35 percent of all F-150s left dealer lots with one of two V6 offerings - a base 3.7L unit and the up-rated EcoBoost 3.5L - with that figure now standing at about 56 percent.
The EcoBoost motor is leading the V6 revolution with a 41 percent take rate so far this month, with another 15 percent of F-150 buyers opting for the 3.7L V6. The F-150's 56 percent V6 take rate marks the first time a V6 has outsold a V8 in the truck since 1985.
Quick math will show the 5.0L V8 is still the overall best-seller with 44 percent of F-150 sales, but that may not hold true for the rest of the year. Ford is literally selling every EcoBoost it can make, so if the Blue Oval can find a way to ramp up production the 3.5L might unseat the 5.0L as the truck's most popular engine by year's end.
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Edward Harner’s decision to testify last month before the International Trade Commission was, he concedes, “a little bit risky.”
That’s because Harner, chief operating officer at Green Solar Technologies in North Hollywood, was the only solar installer to speak in favor of new tariffs on imported photovoltaic panels.
The case before the ITC involves SolarWorld Americas Inc., a U.S.-based panel maker whose parent company in Germany has filed for bankruptcy. Green Solar in NoHo installs SolarWorld panels, and the company asked Harner to testify in favor of its petition for tariffs against low-cost Asian imports.
Read the full story in the Sept. 4 issue of the San Fernando Valley Business Journal.


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Things are happening at Volvo. You may have noticed a plethora of all-new models. And they aren't square any more....
The Volvo C70 Convertible will soon be getting a Viking burial, but it appears there are plans for a replacement.
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Most people think Volvo is about safety, its well-earned reputation garnered from decades of building the safest cars.
Volvo would like you to know that it isn't some stuffy German car company.
Last year, Volvo CEO Stefan Jacoby said the Swedish automaker planned to expand its presence in China, doubling sales by 2021 and securing at least 20 percent of the premium luxury market alone 2015.


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The best-selling game for the first week of 2021 in the US was Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War. The game is up by one place from the previous week, but sales are actually down by 12 percent week-on-week.
Animal Crossing: New Horizons has dropped to second place this week. The game was the Christmas best-seller, but now sales are tailing off, with a 35 percent decrease week-on-week. Although, more events coming over the course of the year may give the game a boost in the next month or so. No doubt there will be a big boost for its first anniversary in April.
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe has stuck in third place for another week. The game is often bundled with Nintendo Switch hardware, showing that Switch console sales must still be doing well.
Madden NFL 21 has moved up one place to fourth this week, despite sales dropping by 12 percent week-on-week. It swapped with Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, which is now in fifth place. The game is still selling well, but a spike will no doubt appear with its next content update due next month.
NBA 2K21 has moved up one place to sixth. This could be due to a returning interest in sports games, as well as early new year discounts. Following it is Just Dance 2021, which is still selling best on Nintendo Switch over all other platforms.
Ring Fit Adventure saw a huge boost to sales of 28 percent week-on-week. The game moved up from eleventh to eighth. As more people look to exercise in the new year, and more indoors because of the pandemic, the game is the perfect starting point.
Minecraft dropped one place to ninth and is still selling best on Nintendo Switch. Cyberpunk 2077 rounds out the chart in tenth for another week. It seems as though sales are low but still stable for the title at this point.
There’s a big lack of new releases at the moment. However, Hitman 3 is due out on January 20, which should shake things up a little.
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Twitter announced earlier this year that it is working on a Super Follows feature that would allow some users to charge followers and give them access to additional content, and app researcher Jane Manchun Wong tweeted screenshots of what she says will look like It has to serve.
According to Wong's research, which is usually very meticulous, Super Follows will be limited to Twitter users with at least 10,000 followers, who have posted at least 25 tweets in the past 30 days, and are at least 18 years old.
Twitter also mentioned that one of the main features of Super Follows is the extra content such as exclusive tweets for premium followers.
Wong also discovered a list of content categories Super Follows users would choose from to describe their content such as sports or podcasts, and noted that adult content and OnlyFans are listed as content platforms along with Facebook Substack, Patreon, Twitch, and YouTube.
Twitter declined to comment on Wong's latest research but has previously described the Patreon-like Super Follows feature as a type of subscription, providing an example of a Super Follows user charging $4.99 per month for users to access perks.
The service is also the latest direct payment feature that Twitter has introduced in recent weeks; The same company has also since last May tested the Tip Jar which also allows users to make one-time payments to creators directly on Twitter by clicking the dollar bill icon on their Twitter profile.
Twitter does not take a portion of Tip Jar donations, which supports several payment options including Cash App, PayPal, and Venmo. The Twitter product team introduced several new features including the Twitter Blue subscription service that is being tested in Canada and Australia.


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Publishers use social distribution to keep up with consumers’ news consumption habits. And despite the annoyance and uncertainty of platform policy changes (e.g. ), publishers continue to align their business strategies and social practices.
While distribution strategies may vary in approach, they center on one of three core objectives:
- driving on-site traffic through referrals
- driving off-site reach through native formats, and
- driving digital subscription sales.
Based on this sample, social platforms offer limited opportunities for publisher monetization. Nevertheless, news organizations can receive indirect benefits in terms of traffic, off-site reach, and/or subscriptions.
Understanding and differentiating between platforms is important for social diversification:
- Facebook accounts for the largest share of publishers’ social media traffic. It also delivers higher levels of audience engagement and is considered more cost-effective at driving digital subscription sales.
- Twitter offers the most value for generating off-site reach and greater visibility with breaking news. It’s the go-to platform to reach journalists, opinion leaders, trendsetters, and influencers.
- Instagram has the potential to deliver high audience engagement and promote news brands, especially to younger audiences. It’s a great fit for light content like entertainment news. Publishers view Instagram as experimental.
The Digital News Project also examines publisher practices on Facebook after the January 2018 policy change to deprioritize news publishers’ content in favor of family and friends’ posts. Analyzing these practices provides a performance review of news sites’ social platform strategies.
For example, Iltalehti, the Finnish tabloid, continues to publish as often on Facebook after the policy change. However, Facebook’s new policy resulted in a 28% decline in Iltalehti’s average daily interactions. Unfortunately, Iltalehti’s bottom line is severely impacted since the publication relies heavily on social traffic referrals for monetization.
In contrast, the French publication, Le Monde, decreased the frequency (13%) of their Facebook posts after the policy change. The decline in Le Monde posts resulted in a 29% decline in average user interactions. Le Monde is deliberating on their long–term Facebook social strategy since they too use traffic referrals as a significant part of their overall monetization strategy. Insert le monde chart
It’s important for news publishers to identify their objectives before implementing social distribution strategies. The social approach should allow publishers to experiment with new opportunities to drive on-site traffic, or to build awareness and brand recognition or to engage users to subscribe to paid service.


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Davido purchased a Lamborghini Aventador with a customized customized “E Choke’ number plate twenty-four hours after returning to the social media space. A car dealer, Edikanexotics shared the photo of the luxury supercar on his Instagram page. We will be writing about the specifications and price of Davido’s new Lamborghini Aventador in Nigeria.
Davido made an expensive purchase within 24 hours of returning to social media. A car dealer, Edikanexotics shared a photo of the supercar with an “E Choke” customized plate number.
This is coming hours after the popular singer announced on social media that his new album, “Timeless” will be dropping on March 31.
His fans were so happy over the new purchase, some went on to drag Wizkid, it would be recalled that Wizkid was in the news a few weeks back after taking delivery of a Rolls-Royce Cullinan.
Things to know about Davido’s new Lamborghini Aventador
Davido’s latest Lamborghini Aventador comes standard with a 6.5-liter V12 engine which produces 780 CV of power and torque of 720 Nm at 6750 rpm. The supercar can accelerate from 0 to 100 km/h in just 2.8 seconds with a top speed of 355 km/h. The new CCB braking system brings the car to a halt from 100 km/h in just 30 m.
Four drive modes are available on the luxury coupe, they include STRADA, SPORT, CORSA, and EGO modes. Users can choose their parameters for the optimum set-up of the Lamborghini Active suspension (LPS), traction controls, and steering in ego mode.
The Manufacturer’s Suggested Retail Price of the Lamborghini Aventador starts from $584,695 for the basic trim, premium trims come with a bigger price.
Price of Davido’s new Lamborghini Aventador in Nigeria
The price of Davido’s new Lamborghini Aventador in Nigeria will start from 500,000,000 Naira.
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On Thursday, a judge sentenced the two owners of the company implicated in the extensive 2007 pet-food recall to three years probation and fines of $25,000 on the company and $5,000 for each of the owners.
It is estimated that pet food contaminated by melamine killed about 4,000 pets nationwide in 2007.
Sally Qing Miller and Stephen S. Miller, owners of Chemnutra Inc., pled guilty to knowingly shipping contaminated pet food with misleading labels. The Millers admitted to knowing about the substitution of melamine for protein in pet food.
The court ruled that a $24 million settlement by the company in a lawsuit in New Jersey was punishment enough.


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British department store Debenhams has reported flat sales growth in the third quarter as the retailer struggles to gain market share from market leader John Lewis.
This represented a significant slowdown of the 1.3 per cent growth achieved in the second quarter, although this was flattered by a one per cent boost from a shift in a key sales period.
Despite this lacklustre performance Debenhams remains on course to meet expectations for £111m in pre-tax profits in its full year results, compared with £110m the year before.
Paul Thomas, of retail consultancy Retail Remedy, said: “Debenhams’ sales, much like its image, are stuck in limbo.
“Given the tired feel of many of its older stores, some will view its dead flat sales numbers as a modest success. But you can’t help feeling that in many instances the once venerable brand is living on borrowed time.
“Faced with a resurgent M&S and a strong House of Fraser that are consistently luring away its core customers, Debenhams has become heavily reliant on promotions.”
Debenhams intends to open five new stores in the UK this autumn in Bradford, Wandsworth, Rugby, Beverley and Newport.


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New York Times releases free - for now - iPad app
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The New York Times unveiled a new application for Apple's iPad on Friday, offering it for free, for now, but with plans to start charging for it early next year.
The "NYTimes App for iPad," available from Apple's App Store, replaces a previous application, the "Editors' Choice App," which offered only a limited selection from the newspaper.
The Times Co. said it will start charging for the new iPad application when it begins making readers pay early next year for full access to the newspaper's website, NYTimes.com. Pricing details have not yet been set.
The Times Co. said the new iPad application offers more than 25 sections of content, blogs, more video and photos, breaking news alerts and streamlined navigation.
It features embedded videos and photos allowing readers to play videos within an article or view full-page slideshows.
"More and more, our readers are connecting with The Times across a variety of platforms," said Yasmin Namini, senior vice president of marketing and circulation at The New York Times Media Group.
"We are developing products that allow them to engage with our content in a meaningful way," Namini said. "With the NYTimes App, our readers can immerse themselves in our award-winning journalism and rich multimedia, all tailored for a premier experience on the iPad."
US newspapers have been seeking new revenue streams and developing Internet products amid a steady decline in print advertising revenue and circulation and the migration of readers to free news on the Web.
The Times Co. said the Editors' Choice App had been downloaded more than 650,000 times since it launched in April.
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There is no food more universally beloved than chocolate. Besides being devastatingly tasty, it has also been proven to improve our mood, our heart health, and our blood sugar stability. Now, in what is sure to become a wildly popular research study, scientists have determined that eating chocolate can actually make us smarter, too.
In a study of over one thousand participants that has been going on since the 1970s, Merrill Elias examines the relationship between blood pressure, brain performance, and diet. The results regarding chocolate intake were surprising and wonderful. “We found that people who eat chocolate at least once a week tend to perform better cognitively,” stated Elias. “It’s significant – it touches a number of cognitive domains.”
The researchers compared the cognitive test scores of participants who reported eating chocolate at least once a week with those who reportedly failed to do so. In doing this, they found “significant positive associations” between chocolate intake and cognitive performance. This correlation stayed strong even after the data was adjusted to account for variables that were thought to impact both chocolate consumption and cognitive performance. These included age, education, cardiovascular risk factors, and other dietary habits.
The chocolate eaters scored significantly higher in a wide range of cognitive areas, including visual-spatial memory, working memory, scanning and tracking, and abstract reasoning, among others. These are some of the most widely used cognitive abilities when it comes to daily activities like remembering a shopping list, driving well, or even acing a math test. Chocolate consumption’s impact on this wide range of cognitive areas suggests that its use did not improve specific areas of the brain, but rather increased brain function overall in a significant way.
This research, of course, begged the question: Does chocolate improve brain function, or do smarter people tend to gravitate toward chocolate with a greater intensity? To determine the answer, the researchers examined a smaller group of more than 300 participants who had taken part in the first parts of the experiment, long before the researchers introduced the dietary questionnaire. If higher intelligence led to greater chocolate consumption, there should have been an association between the subjects’ initial cognitive performance, before they ever filled out the dietary questionnaire, and their reported chocolate intake.
There wasn’t. This further supports the hypothesis that chocolate consumption itself is what increases brain power, rather than increased brain power causing us to eat more chocolate. “Our study definitely indicates the direction is that chocolate consumption affects cognitive ability,” confirms Elias.


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Windows Phone Marketplace Crosses 100,000 App Mark
Microsoft hits key milestone for Windows Phone app store as its U.S. market share also rises a bit.
App developers have published 100,145 applications in the Windows Phone Marketplace. Microsoft's mobile app store reached this key point in 20 months. It added 9,391 apps in the last month, and 26,493 in the last three months. The Marketplace hit 50,000 apps in December 2011, and has leaped by an additional 50,000 in the last five months to break the 100,000 barrier.
Just over 300 new apps are added to the Marketplace each day.
According to data compiled by All About Windows Phone, Apple's iPhone App Store reached 100,000 apps in 16 months, the Marketplace reached 100,000 apps in 20 months, and the Android Market reached 100,000 apps in 24 months. BlackBerry App World has yet to officially cross the 100,000 barrier, though it is very close. The Android Market now has 500,000 apps, and the iPhone App Store has 600,000.
Though 100,145 apps have been published in the Windows Phone Marketplace, that figure doesn't represent the number of apps actually available to owners of Windows Phones. At this point in time, 88,371 apps are live and available for download across a total of 60 countries. The reason there are fewer available than have been published is because some have been pulled by Microsoft and others have been unpublished by their authors.
Perhaps most interesting, there are only 77,450 apps available in the United States. All About Windows Phone points out that while most apps are available in English, many are not. Further, not all apps are available in all markets. U.S. Windows Phone owners have a better selection than any other market. The closest are the United Kingdom with 72,933 available apps, Australia with 70,036, France with 69,879, India with 69,771, and Germany with 69,153.
The single biggest category in the Marketplace is entertainment, which numbers 18,867 apps. It is followed by tools & productivity with 14,591, books & reference with 12,816, and games with 12,212.
Fully two-thirds of applications available for download from the Marketplace are free. About 10% are paid but offer a free trial, and the remaining 23% are paid. Of the paid apps, 62% cost $0.99. App pricing ranges as high as $30, but the percentage of apps costing more than $10 is a paltry 5.71%.
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For 12 years, Elke’s Beer Haus, or The Old Town Flying Pig as it was originally known, was one of few places to eat, get a drink or catch a live show after 2 p.m. in Old Town Lewisville. But come next week, it will be closing its doors.
Elke Macy, who has owned the place since 2002 with her husband, Scottie, is retiring to spend more time with her grandchildren. The pair has sold the restaurant to developers Randy and Rhonda Owens, who own several other pieces of Old Town property. Lewisville economic development and planning department head Nika Reinecke said she wants to see another restaurant take Elke’s place.
The sale of one of Old Town’s longest-standing restaurants comes on the heels of Twisted Root Burger Co., Cavalli Pizza and Prohibition Chicken opening just west of City Hall, converting a plot of land that Reinecke said the city had been trying to bring restaurants to for years and more than doubling the number of restaurants in the downtown area open into the evening. Reinecke said the eventual goal for the downtown area is to have strips of eateries and retail that stretch all the way from the MCL Grand Theater to the Old Town A-Train station. She said they want it to eventually look like downtown Grapevine.
“We want to have a lot more restaurants, a lot more retail, a lot more reasons for people to come down to hang out,” Reinecke said. “We always get concerned when a long-term restaurant operator wants to sell, but we see it as a great opportunity.”
Reinecke said the Owens family has already made a massive investment in Old Town, owning the Perc Coffeehouse and the Main Street Mercantile, as well as a handful of other spaces. They own the building under construction on Elm Street, which Reinecke said will become the new home for the Mercantile and, hopefully, another restaurant will move into the Mercantile’s current location.
After operating the restaurant that bears her name every day for 12 years, Macy was counting the days until her retirement. She said she’d missed out on her grandchildren, sleep and “life itself” to keep the bar running, but also said she’d miss the customers and community her establishment had been incorporated into.
“We have weddings, a birthday, whatever party, it’s been in here,” she said. “Everybody who walks in here is family.”
Elke’s will host a going away party at 6 p.m. Dec. 15. The bar will remain open for the following weekend, and shut its doors next week.


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New York-based Vault Health, a men's health service combining at-home and telehealth visits, launched last week on the back of a $30 million funding round. Tiger Global Management headed the raise, which also saw investments from Redesign Health and Declaration Capital.
So far the practice is active in New York, Florida, Tennessee and Texas. However, the startup has since posted a notification on its website explaining that all in-person appointments for New York patients will be switched to virtual visits due to COVID-19 concerns. Providers in Florida and Texas are still attending in-home appointments, but are undergoing additional disinfection precautions, according to the company.
WHAT THEY DO
Vault looks to improve mens' sexual, mental and wellness health with prescription hormone-replacement therapies and other health supplements.
To do so, consumers share their symptoms online and schedule an in-home appointment with a Vault provider. After a check-up and blood draw, consumers discuss their results in a telehealth consultation and receive a prescription for their treatments, which are mailed to the consumer in discreet packaging. These treatment plan subscriptions range in price from $133 per month to $299 per month depending on the treatment "kits" consumers are interested in.
“Lack of education coupled with well-publicized misuse has created a lot of stigma and misinformation around testosterone therapies," CEO Jason Feldman, who previously served as head of Prime Video Direct at Amazon, said in a statement. "At Vault, we pride ourselves on providing our patients with safe, effective, and personalized treatment plans in their home, without ever having to visit a doctor’s office.”
WHAT IT'S FOR
According to its website, Vault has plans to expand its services across dozens of U.S. states and major population centers, including Chicago, Philadelphia, Boston, Los Angeles and Las Vegas.
The consumer-friendly, mail-order model of men's health Vault is employing isn't a far cry from those of Ro and Hims. Both of these companies have made e a name for themselves over the past few years through expansive marketing campaigns and well-funded capital raises, and have since been focused on expanding their offerings to cover additional health concerns such as allergy relief and smoking cessation.
Both companies have also tackled women's sexual health and wellness issues, while other startup services like California-based CurieMD have, similar to Vault, gone all-in on virtual consultations and prescription menopause hormone replacement therapies.


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Average retail sales significantly higher than forecasts at the opening of NZ’s largest store, bode well for the sector according to its owner.
Shoppers formed a 200m queue and waited over an hour, with some travelling from Taupo to be among the first to experience a new mega-retail concept introduced to New Zealand.
Nido a $60m locally owned furniture and homewares retailer opened the first stage of their 27,000sqm store after 18 months of construction over the weekend.
Vinod Kumar, Nido’s CEO says the rate of transactions during the first two days far surpassed their expectations and queues to enter the store got progressively larger over the course of the three days as word spread about the launch.
“It was clear from customers that despite the challenging economic times there is a strong demand for retail where the product mix and value proposition resonates with consumer needs - we believe this will offer the sector a degree of confidence as they work through a new business reality in the coming months,” he says.
Kumar says their vision was to bring a large format, international retail experience to Kiwi consumers.
“One of the things that surprised us from the weekend was the number of customers we talked to who had travelled from out of their region to visit the store,
“We even had customers from Waikato and Wellington telling us they no longer had to travel overseas to find a homewares product offering that matched their style aesthetic.
“We were also particularly pleased to see the support from a number of West Aucklanders who said they had followed the progress of the development over the past 18 months and felt a real affinity for the local store,” he says.
Kumar says they are fortunate to have opened in a post COVID environment as the lockdown provided them with an opportunity to accommodate the constraints of Level 2.
“While delays caused by the impact of COVID-19 were a significant financial hit for us, we are grateful that it has given us the opportunity to plan around the Level 2 restrictions.
“What this has meant is that we were able to create a spacious environment and an atmosphere where customers don't feel rushed or pressured and can once again begin to experience the simple joy of shopping - something that has almost been forgotten in recent weeks,” he says.
Kumar says the second floor of the store will be opened in the weeks following the country’s move to Level 1.
“What customers will have seen on the shelves so far represents about half of the range we will have when the second floor opens in the coming weeks.
“The high average transaction value we saw over the weekend is particularly reassuring for us given that we had originally based our forecasts on having both floors open - with the second floor holding our higher ticket items such as lounge suites and dining tables,” he says.
Kumar says the store’s success is expected to provide a further boost for the economy with the creation of 90 more jobs in the coming months.
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A fire at a Chinese-owned auto parts plant in Michigan has cut off supply of key components and disrupted production of crucial Ford Motor Co. and Daimler AG models, with the U.S. automaker already saying it’ll hurt profit in the second quarter.
Ford is shutting down F-150 truck production at its Dearborn, Michigan, factory, after having already idled its Kansas City plant that also makes the popular and highly profitable model. The automaker also has stopped building F-Series Super Duty pickups at a factory in Kentucky, though it continues to make them in Ohio. The shutdowns will adversely impact Ford’s second-quarter earnings, but the company expects to compensate for this later.
“We believe the impact of this will be isolated to the second quarter,” Joe Hinrichs, Ford’s president of global operations, said on a conference call with reporters Wednesday. “We do not anticipate losing any sales as a result of this and we’ll be able, over time, to make up the production.”
The parts shortage has also spread to General Motors Co. and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV factories, in addition to leading Daimler to pause production of key Mercedes-Benz sport utility vehicles. The interruptions follow an explosion and fire last week at a Meridian Magnesium Products plant in Eaton Rapids, Michigan, which makes die-cast parts and is owned by China’s Wanfeng Auto Holding Group.
F-Series pickups generate most of Ford’s profit, with Morgan Stanley recently assigning a higher valuation to the franchise than the entire company. The trucks are the top-selling vehicle line in America and haul in about $40 billion in annual revenue, exceeding the annual sales of companies such as Facebook Inc. and Nike Inc.
“The F-Series platform is critically important to Ford,” said Emmanuel Rosner, an analyst with Guggenheim Securities LLC. “We estimate it generates annual profits of at least $12 billion for the company, accounting for much more than the totality of Ford’s global” profit.
Ford fell 1.9 percent on Wednesday to close at $11.06. The shares have dropped 11 percent this year.
“The going assumption is that the lost units will be mostly recoverable over the course of the year,” Joseph Spak, an analyst for RBC Capital Markets, said in an note to investors. “However, the longer the downtime, the tougher this gets.”
‘Hour to Hour’
The fire in the supplier plant lingered and was difficult to contain because the magnesium that ignited couldn’t be extinguished with water. Meridian plant manager George Asher told Automotive News that the company is working to move dies for stamping parts to its plants in Ontario and the U.K.
Ford said it extracted from Meridian’s plant all the tools used to produce magnesium parts for the F-Series, the Expedition, Explorer and Lincoln Navigator SUVs, as well as the Ford Flex and Lincoln MKT crossovers. The automaker is trying to move those dies to other supplier factories, including the Meridian plant in Ontario.
“We have to rebuild the whole supply chain,” Hinrichs said. “It’s really a day-to-day, hour-to-hour situation. We have a plan developed on how to get production started back up, but it’s going to take some time to make that happen.”
Hinrichs declined to project when Ford would resume production.
No Easy Substitute
There are relatively few suppliers of magnesium parts, which means the auto companies could be without critical components for some time.
“There’s not a lot of this type of supplier around that has capacity to pick up that kind of volume,” said Kristin Dziczek, an economist and labor expert at the Center for Automotive Research. “This isn’t like picking up screws at the hardware store.”
The production disruptions underscore the vulnerability of complex supply chains in the global auto industry, which relies on just-in-time deliveries of parts directly to assembly lines to boost efficiency and save costs.
Meridian’s Eaton Rapids factory supplies lightweight cast-metal parts for global automakers, which are using more materials such as magnesium and aluminum to reduce weight and improve fuel efficiency.
Fiat Chrysler said the parts shortage has impacted production of the Chrysler Pacifica minivan at its Windsor, Ontario, plant, and it’s adjusting production schedules to minimize downtime. GM has halted production of the Chevrolet Express and GMC Savana full-size vans at its Wentzville, Missouri, factory, but continues to build Chevy Colorado and GMC Canyon pickups there.
Mercedes employs about 3,700 people who build about 286,000 vehicles annually at its Tuscaloosa, Alabama, plant, including the GLE and GLS SUVs and the C-Class sedan. More than 70 percent of SUV output is for export. Mercedes is investing $1 billion at the site for production of electric cars, including battery manufacturing, and to expand logistics operations.
Ford said earlier Wednesday that it halted production of Super Duty trucks – the F-250 through F-750 pickups – at factories in Ohio and Kentucky, but Hinrichs clarified that production of those models only stopped in Kentucky. Super Duty production continues in Ohio, along with Econoline commercial vans. And Ford hasn’t stopped building the Expedition and Lincoln Navigator full-size SUVs in Kentucky.
“We have a good supply of materials for Expedition and Navigator, so we see that production continuing for quite some time,” Hinrichs said, adding that Ford continues to build the Explorer in Chicago.
Despite the shutdowns, Ford said it has 84 days’ supply of F-Series, which exceeds the roughly 60-day level that’s generally considered an ideal amount of inventory.
“Customers won’t have any trouble finding the F-Series,” Erich Merkle, Ford’s sales analyst, said in a statement.
Still, the F-Series is so important to Ford that Guggenheim’s Rosner is considering adjusting earnings projections for the automaker once the full effect of the supplier fire is known.
“We will likely revisit our earnings estimates for Ford and its main suppliers once there is more clarity on the extent and magnitude of the production downtime,” Rosner said.
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Billionaire Leon Cooperman advised investors on Wednesday to stay away from bonds as they are in a bubble.
“My world is cash and stocks. I think bonds are the bubble, not stocks,” Cooperman told CNBC’s “Halftime Report.” He also noted investors should buy stocks they see as “fundamentally cheap” after a recent decline in equities.
Cooperman’s comments come after the benchmark 10-year note yield rose to 3.261 percent last week, its highest level since 2011. The sharp rise in rates spooked investors across the globe, with world equities falling sharply last week.
The Federal Reserve dropped its overnight interest rates to zero in the aftermath of the financial crisis as it tried to jumpstart the U.S. economy. This pushed yields down to historical lows, thus sending bond prices higher and to levels that some investors like Cooperman say reached bubble proportions. Now the Fed is reversing these policies by rising interest rates and trimming its balance sheet. The central bank has already hiked rates three times this year and is forecast to raise them once more before year-end.
Investors were worried that a rise in rates would lead to higher borrowing costs and thus slow down the global economy.
Cooperman, the CEO of Omega Advisors, said the market can handle higher interest rates, however, as there are no signs of a recession looming.
“The economy, if anything, is too strong,” Cooperman said. “The economy is on fire … The conditions that normally lead to a big decline just aren’t present.”
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Huawei delays sale of Mate 30 smartphones in Europe as trade ban bars access to Google apps, services
- The telecommunications equipment giant will promote its own Huawei Mobile Services ecosystem in lieu of Google’s
Huawei Technologies will delay sales of its newly launched Mate 30 smartphone series in Europe, the company’s biggest market outside China, because the handsets have no access to Google apps and services under a US trade ban.
The new flagship line – comprising 4G and 5G versions of the Mate 30 and the Mate 30 Pro – will start pre-orders in mainland China next week and will be available in Southeast Asia sometime next month, according to a Huawei spokesman late on Thursday after the product’s launch in Munich, Germany, on the same day. Huawei has set no timetable for the availability of the Mate 30 in Europe.
The Shenzhen-based company will promote its own Huawei Mobile Services (HMS) ecosystem, in lieu of Google’s own system, to support users of the Mate 30 series and the foldable Mate X, another 5G smartphone that will be released in China next month. It has also earmarked US$1 billion to provide incentives for HMS app developers.
“The lack of Google apps would dramatically reduce the value and usability of Huawei’s new smartphones outside China,” said Bryan Ma, vice-president of client devices research at IDC. “It’s not easy to create a new ecosystem either, especially if Google doesn’t port its apps over.”
Without access to Google mobile services, Huawei’s decision to initially focus on selling the new Mate 30 models to consumers in China would help bolster the firm’s lead over other Chinese Android handset vendors in the world’s largest smartphone market.
That reprieve, however, does not apply to new Huawei products such as the Mate 30 series, so it cannot be sold with licensed Google apps and services, according to a Reuters report, which cited a Google spokesman.
Huawei was initially issued a temporary general licence on May 20 after the company and its 68 non-US affiliates were placed by Washington under a trade blacklist, called the Entity List, over national security concerns. The aim of the licence was to minimise disruption to existing mobile services and mobile networks, including those of many US rural carriers, that use Huawei equipment.
The new Mate 30 series smartphones are powered by Huawei’s own Kirin 990 series chipset and feature an always-on display. The 5G Pro edition is built with 14 5G-specific antennas and a back panel with four different cameras. Prices start from €799 (US$883).
The delayed release of the Mate 30 in Europe, however, could further weaken Huawei’s position in that market, where it posted a 16 per cent drop in smartphone shipments in the second quarter, according to research firm Canalys. Rival Samsung Electronics recorded a 20 per cent increase in shipments in the same quarter to strengthen its position as Europe’s top smartphone vendor.
“Samsung has been quick to capitalise on Huawei’s US Entity List problems, working behind the scenes to position itself as a stable alternative in conversations with important retailers and [mobile network operators],” said Canalys senior analyst Ben Stanton in a report last month.
The decision to delay in Europe, as US-China trade talks drag on, would reduce fears of retailers and carriers in Europe from having to deal with potential unsold inventory. “Fear of a backlog is the toughest thing they face right now,” said James Yan, research director at Counterpoint in Beijing.
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HADDAM -- — Many women hold on to their wedding gowns for dear life.
But Danielle Pusz decided to part with hers after her wedding last August.
"Why keep it?," she said.
By the time she has a daughter who is of marrying age, the gown will be too worn and outdated for her to use, Pusz said.
So Pusz donated the long, beaded dress with lace arms to the Key Hole Thrift & Consignment Shop at 206 Saybrook Road.
"I just figured somebody else would need it more than me," she said.
It was a welcome addition to the wedding gown rack, said Pusz's mother, Janet LaVoie, who opened the shop two weeks ago.
Pusz and LaVoie became partners in operating the shop after a relative who lives on the Haddam-Middletown line expressed frustration about driving so far to find the nearest clothing store.
The mother and daughter began looking for a prime location. They decided to rent the 1,600-square-foot location on Route 154 because it is in a heavy traffic area. The site is the former location of Kempo Karate school.
Pusz's wedding gown is part of a small offering of such ocassion dresses at the shop. At first it was difficult to part with an item with so many memories, but Pusz said she knew she had made the right decision.
Aware of how expensive wedding dresses can be, Pusz knew someone would appreciate her dress.
LaVoie, a former nurse's aid in Cromwell, said her daughter is the clothing buff and she is the antiques guru. In addition to used clothing, a small selection of antique furnishings is sold in a back corner of the shop.
LaVoie decided to open a business after taking a few months off from her job as a nurse's aid. The children were grown, and it seemed a good time to start.
"I started going to auctions and started accumulating more than I needed," she said. "I said, `Geez, I don't know that much about clothes but I can decorate a room very well.' "
LaVoie had accumulated so many antiques at home, her daughter jokingly told her any more items she bought would have to go into the store rather than LaVoie's house.
The antiques area is LaVoie's favorite part of the story. In one spot is a Singer sewing machine. In another are rocking chairs and a wooden clothing chest. Pictures, vases, miniature owls and other knickknacks line shelves along the back of the room.
LaVoie said response to the new business has been wonderful. Just days after she opened the shop, a local woman donated 10 new Ann Taylor suits. She had simply grown out of them, LaVoie said. Another woman donated a rabbit coat, along with a box of antiques and housewares. The donated items join those LaVoie has purchased at bargain prices for resale.
Cammy Oveson of Middletown found pewter miniature owls and a cow magnet during a visit to the shop Thursday. She plans to send the owls to her mother in Pennsylvania, who collects them.


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China gains momentum in race to overtake US economy
China's economy surged closer to its American rival last year, achieving nominal gross domestic product of $14.73 trillion -- more than 70% that of the U.S., data released Sunday by the National Bureau of Statistics in Beijing shows.To get more China economy news, you can visit shine news official website.
The Asian country's economy grew at 3% in dollar terms during 2020, based on an average exchange rate of 6.8974 yuan to the greenback. China reached 101.59 trillion yuan in terms of local currency, topping 100 trillion yuan for the first time.
China's action to suppress its coronavirus outbreak in the early part of last year helped industrial production stage a quick recovery in spring, fueling real estate development and other economic activity. Overseas demand also gave a boost.
By contrast, the U.S. struggled with its initial response to the pandemic, hampering the economy. Nominal GDP shrank 2.3% last year to $20.93 trillion, the Commerce Department said.
Consequently, China's nominal GDP equaled 70.4% that of the U.S., climbing by 3.6 percentage points from 2019 for the first rise in two years. China now accounts for 17% of global GDP, the statistics bureau says, up from 10% in 2010.
The contrast in pandemic responses suggests China will overtake the U.S. as the top global economic power sooner than expected. The Japan Center for Economic Research projected in December that China would surpass the U.S. in nominal GDP as soon as 2028. The center had forecast in 2019 that the U.S. "will not be overtaken by 2035."


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If there's ever a case for the viral success of native video content, it's the partnership between BuzzFeed and Purina. The millennial-targeted publisher and the pet brand have worked together on…
Third-party measurement firms fear being shut out
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Google is tightening its grip on advertising data, and some industry sources fear the policies could hamper their ability to market online. Just this week, Google began talking to ad technology…
Advertising Week panel spotlights 'fem-vertising'
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They have become some of the most popular and polarizing ads in recent years. And despite the negative commentary, despite the trolling, despite all the anonymous sneering, advocates say these…
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Kik and ESPN show that mobile is gradually taking over digital
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And Jay's motto was, 'Good enough is not enough.'
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It's probably closer than you think
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Pizza lovers were in for a real treat earlier this week after discount codes for Domino’s were leaked for all six stores in Croydon.
Hacker, Tom Church, 26, spent hours tracking down online voucher codes for 800 stores throughout the UK including Domino’s Pizza branches in Crystal Palace, Selsdon, Purley, Coulsdon, Croydon High Street and the London Road branch in West Croydon.
‘The Project-D’ website created by Church, allows customers to enter their postcodes to find a list of discounts and offers in their areas, with some codes even reaching 50 per cent off food orders.
Church told EastLondonlines: “I love to help people save money and I run a community called LatestDeals.co.uk, where we share tips with each other.
“Members started asking me for Domino’s discount codes, so I began searching for them manually. I would stay up all night and find the vouchers. This became a weekly event called Project-D,” he added.
Church, who saw thousands of people using his site, decided to donate the Project-D website’s proceeds to Comic Relief. “I gave it away for free,” he said, adding: “I wanted to help people, especially after the Chancellor Philip Hammond announced more tax for self-employed. I like to think that the recent U-turn was in part because of this.”
Earlier this month, as part of the 2017 budget, the Chancellor announced a tax rise for self-employed people, which could cost thousands of families up to 16 per cent of their income. However, it was announced yesterday that the Chancellor had reversed the rise following widespread criticism.
Church spoke about this favourite pizza. He said: “If I could honestly marry food, I would marry a Pepperoni Passion.”
Louise Butler, a spokesperson for Domino’s told FEMAIL: “We work hard to get our voucher codes out to valued customers as well as raising money for our charity partner Teenage Cancer Trust.
“So we’re pleased Tom is helping people enjoy the great taste of our freshly handmade pizza, whilst donating to charity – it would be great to hear how much he raises!”


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// Fast Retailing cuts its annual profit forecast as Covid-19 restrictions dent footfall
// Strong sales of Uniqlo U summer ranges helped to improved revenue from March to May
Uniqlo owner Fast Retailing has lowered its annual profit forecast as a result of additional Covid-19 related government restrictions in Japan and overseas denting footfall.
Last week, a fortnight before the Olympic Games is set begin, Japan declared a coronavirus state of emergency in Tokyo.
The group anticipates a 64 per cent increase in operational profit for the fiscal year ending in August, to £176 billion, a ten-billion-dollar reduction from the earlier estimate.
However, profits increased to £149 billion in the nine months ending in May, up from £878 billion the previous year.
Uniqlo Japan reported large increases in revenue and profit in the first nine months, with revenue rising 12.7 per cent year-on-year and operating profit rising 51 per cent.
First-half revenue rose and profit “expanded significantly on the back of strong sales of products that fulfilled customer demand for stay-at-home items, as well as core Fall Winter ranges”.
Revenue and profit also “subsequently expanded significantly in the third quarter compared to a low previous-year performance”.
Strong sales of Uniqlo U T-shirts, Kando pants, and other summer ranges, as well as loungewear, super stretch activity pants, and other goods, improved revenue from March to May 2021.
Its ecommerce revenue also increased as its online sales continued to expand, however the Q3 Uniqlo Japan performance still fell short of its business plan.
At Uniqlo International, it saw a rise in revenue and a large increase in profit in the first nine months, with revenue up 9.8 per cent and operating profit increasing 88.7 per cent.
Profit increased significantly in H1 due to improved profitability in its East Asia operations while all regions reported significant recoveries in the third quarter and the Mainland China market reported large rises in both revenue and profit.
South Korea also moved back into the black in terms of operating profit.
North America and Europe reported major revenue gains and smaller operating losses during the period as the Covid situation improved in those regions.
Meanwhile, its GU operation saw revenue climb 7.1 per cent in the nine months and operating profit jump 18.9 per cent.
GU performance “held steady year-on-year” while both revenue and profit “increased considerably in the third quarter”.
From March to May, items such as chef’s pants, airy shirts, and coloured flared trousers contributed to the rise in revenue.
However, more recently the group stated that sales struggled and GU performance fell short of its business estimates due to the announcement of another state of emergency in Japan and the fact that some GU products did not fully grasp the prevailing trend.
And Fast Retailing’s Global Brands revenue declined with operating losses widening in the first nine months.
Revenue fell 3.3 per cent and the segment reported an operating loss of £58 billion compared to a loss of £39 billion a year ago.


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TDC launches next generation Home Gateway in Denmark with SoftAtHomeThursday, April 18th, 2019
Danish telco launches triple-play Home Gateway running SoftAtHome software bringing vDSL fast Internet, full home network control and best quality TV and communication services.
LA GARENNE-COLOMBES, France — SoftAtHome, the digital home technology company, today announced that its software enables TDC’s Danish customers to benefit from gigabit services. TDC has deployed an end-to-end platform compatible with a wide ecosystem of applications, allowing the operator to respond to customer needs in a fast-changing market.
By selecting SoftAtHome, TDC Denmark joins the club of operators (alongside the likes of Orange or Swisscom) to benefit from the power of virtualization and to remain autonomous from hardware manufacturers. An independent software partner lets operators develop flexible roadmaps and achieve faster time-to-market.
TDC’s Danish subscribers now enjoy a much faster Internet connection with two bonded VDSL lines, highest quality TV and uninterrupted communications. The dual-band 4×4 Wi-Fi service ensures the best possible coverage and bandwidth throughout the home as well as SmartHome services. Customers can, for example, manage the quality of their network with their smartphones or tablets and control IoT devices such as sensors, or lights.
TDC’s new gateway has five 1 Gbps Ethernet ports, two VDSL ports, two phone ports, and state-of-the-art dual-band 4×4 Wi-Fi.
“At TDC/YouSee, we aim for a premium market position, offering best-of-class broadband solutions,” said Michael Vig Larsen, head of broadband CPE for TDC/YouSee Denmark. “It has always been our priority to supply our customers with a first-class experience and the highest quality of services in the way they enjoy their broadband services at home. It has been an exciting journey working with SoftAtHome experts.”
David Viret-Lange, CEO of SoftAtHome said “TDC Denmark is a very innovative operator, offering customers advanced services. They understand the importance of being independent from vendors and of keeping control of their service roadmap.”


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The department store operator said they will open a 49.6 square meter room, separated for men and women, at its store in Jamsil, west of Seoul, on Wednesday. The room will have copies of the Quran, the religious text of Islam, and foot baths.
Lotte said it is the first time for a local retailer to designate a prayer room for Muslim tourists.
The retailer is also planning
to certify Muslim-friendly restaurants at its stores in Jamsil and Myeongdong
in downtown Seoul to meet different demands from the Muslim population.
In 2016, some 980,000 Muslim tourists visited South Korea, up 33 percent from a year earlier, according to data from the Korea Tourism Organization.
Local retailers have been ramping up efforts to diversify their tourist portfolio to overcome the sharp decline in the number of Chinese visitors in the face of a diplomatic row over the deployment of a US anti-missile system there.
In June, the number of Chinese tourists in South Korea plunged 66.4 percent compared to the same period last year, marking the fourth straight month of decline after Beijing banned the sale of group tour packages in mid-March.
Source: The Korea Herald


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From CNET: Pokemon Go was a global smash upon its 2016 release, and it has remained one of the top grossing games on iOS and Android ever since. The game's longevity is made more impressive when you consider that there's no online battle mode, since online battle modes are usually how companies keep players coming back to their games. But Pokemon Go developer Niantic is changing that, announcing Monday that the Go Battle League will launch in 2020.
Until now, players have only been able to duke it out with their Pokemon locally unless you've hit Ultra or Best friend ranking with another player. That means you can currently either fight another player who's physically nearby or someone you've sent a bunch of in-game gifts to. I know. Interacting with another person. It sounds horrible.
"We're excited to announce the development of a feature that will build upon Trainer Battles," Niantic said in its Monday blog post. "This feature will be called GO Battle League."
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Shanghai, China, June 3, 2016 /ChinaNewswire.com/ - Pitch.Asia, Asia's leader in connecting journalists with industry experts, has created a new licensing partnership with China Newswire (ChinaNewswire.com) for the use of China Newswire's database of more than 30,000 media records.
The partnership leverages and connects China Newswire's focus over the past decade on media monitoring, press release distribution, and media database building with Pitch.Asia's services across Asia. Pitch.Asia will use the database to help update its own records and assist industry experts and public relations firms in reaching out to a broader group of reporters, editors, and social media influencers inside China.
"Our China Media Database services have been sculpted by over a decade of use by our clients, and we continue to maintain a high level of integrity for this service," says Rose Gao, Media Manager at China Newswire. "Expanding licensing to more companies like Pitch.Asia ensures we continue to connect with every record in our system to ensure freshness and availability. Pitch.Asia already has a large journalist database for Greater China, and we will complement this for a win-win partnership."
The Chinese online news and media sector has witnessed many business movements and much growth in the past few year as Alibaba has purchased partial or entire stakes in Shanghai-based China Business Network, Hong Kong-based South China Morning Post; and video-sharing website Youku Tudou. And U.S.-based Time Magazine just announced the purchase of CCI Asia-Pacific Ltd., the Hong Kong-based publisher of Fortune China. Forbes.com was also sold to a Hong Kong-based investor group nearly two years ago.
Pitch.Asia currently provides a news dashboard covering business, political, and social news from across Asia from Afghanistan to Japan and down to Malaysia; online job boards for journalists; a query service for reporters to seek comments from registered industry experts; and online forums for journalists to exchange knowledge. Utilization of China Newswire's database is also assisting Pitch.Asia in its beta testing of a full Chinese-language media service that will be soon rolled out.
Journalists want to hear better pitches, and experts need to have their voices heard. Pitch.Asia connects Asia's top expert sources with the bloggers, journalists, writers, and reporters covering important activities in Asia. We are backed by Matoka Capital and use their parent company's offices in Hong Kong and Shanghai. Contact us for more information at https://www.Pitch.Asia
While the number of print newspapers in China has remained steady at about 1900 for the past few years, the number of online media titles, journalists, influencers, and online writers has exploded in China as social media and microblogging as taken off. China Newswire tracks the key key media data necessary for public relations, marketing, advertising, and outreach organizations to use for online media campaigns. China Newswire was first acquired by Vocus Inc. in early 2010 from top SaaS and online marketing firm BDL Media, and then it was acquired as a standalone entity in 2012. China Newswire now operates as an independent entity with operations in Hong Kong, Shanghai, and Beijing and provides press release distribution, online media monitoring, and media database services.
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Nearly three-quarters of B2B video marketers say video positively impacts results
The survey, commissioned by the Web Video Marketing Council in conjunction with Reelseo and Flimp Media, is based on feedback from 350 B2B marketing, agency, and management professionals.
According to the research, 96 per cent of respondents are engaging in video content marketing and 41 per cent plan up their spending on it.
While 63 per cent said they have been using video as part of content marketing campaigns for the past 5 years, 32 per cent said that began using it only in the past two years.
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Motorists who buy a pre-facelift Corsa in March will be offered one year's free insurance, along with a host of finance deals to choose from.
Among the deals provided byVauxhall is a three-year zero per cent finance option or a personal contract hire offer that allows buyers to take home a Corsa SXi with an initial deposit of £575 and monthly payment of £195.
Pre-facelift Corsas with trim levels including Exclusiv and SRi are covered by the scheme.
Car buyers looking for a higher-end model can go for a limited edition Corsa which is available for £348 on a zero per cent deal.
Peter Hope, Vauxhall's marketing director, said: "Insurance continues to rise, so for young drivers it's an especially tough climate in which to run a car. This new offer makes the Corsa, which is already price-competitive in its class, even more affordable to own."
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Do you have a spare 64 minutes and a burning desire to analyze every second of Google's latest press event? Alternately, did you miss the livestream and Sundar Pichai's dulcet tones because a faulty alternator stranded you at a truck stop for two hours? Then you're in luck, and so am I! The full version of Google's July 24th event has been posted to YouTube for your viewing pleasure.
If you'd like to dig deeper, check out our coverage of the new Nexus 7, the Chromecast TV dongle, the introduction of Android 4.3, and an in-depth look at the new additions to the third Jelly Bean release. Other new stuff mentioned in the video include textbooks coming to Google Play and a new Google Play Games app. We won't see the new Nexus 7 for another week (even longer if you want that multi-network LTE version), and Chromecast units are already hard to come by.
Want even more press event goodness? Google subsidiary Motorola is revealing their Moto X phone in New York exactly one week from today. Not that there's much left for them to surprise us with - we've had some pretty big scoops on Motorola's latest phone already.


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Move would block incoming shipments of fruits and vegetables, TVs, medical devices and other products.
It has created uncertainty across the manufacturing sector also affecting those supplying raw materials.
Companies would report on measures taken to ensure minors are used to make products for the Canadian marketplace.
Session will target export companies for two of GE’s Peterborough divisions.
Next year arrange for inventory at strategic positions in supply chains.
The Toronto chapter of the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) says the time has come to rebalance what should be done offshore and what should be made here.


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Halo Infinite won't have an official Collector's Edition
Retailers are free to create custom Collector's Edition bundles, however.
What you need to know
- 343 Industries has announced that there won't be official Halo Infinite Collector's Editions available for sale.
- However, custom Collector's Editions will likely be available from retailers such as Walmart, Gamestop, and Best Buy.
- Halo Infinite is expected to release on Dec. 8, 2021 on Xbox and PC.
Recently, a listing for a special Halo Infinite Collector's Edition went live on Walmart's website that made many think an official Collector's Edition from Microsoft and 343 Industries went on sale. Since then, fans have been reaching out to 343 Industries' community team to try and get clarification about whether or not the Collector's Edition at Walmart is the official one, and if not, when an official Collector's Edition would be coming.
343 Industries' Community Director Brian "Ske7ch" Jarrard has now responded to these questions in a Tweet, although the answer isn't one that fans will be happy with. "Since a few folks have been asking about this - I can confirm that while various retailers around the world are expected to offer their own custom bundles, there is not an 'official' Collectors/Ultimate edition for #HaloInfinite," said Jarrard. This means that while retailers like Walmart will likely release custom Halo Infinite Collector's Editions, an official Halo Infinite Collector's Edition won't be sold by Microsoft and 343 Industries.
Since a few folks have been asking about this - I can confirm that while various retailers around the world are expected to offer their own custom bundles, there is not an 'official' Collectors/Ultimate edition for #HaloInfinite. Check your favorite retailer for options! https://t.co/daNDTR5PmzSince a few folks have been asking about this - I can confirm that while various retailers around the world are expected to offer their own custom bundles, there is not an 'official' Collectors/Ultimate edition for #HaloInfinite. Check your favorite retailer for options! https://t.co/daNDTR5Pmz— Brian Jarrard (@ske7ch) November 11, 2021November 11, 2021
This is disappointing to hear, especially since many fans who already have an Xbox Series X and don't need to preorder the Halo Infinite Xbox Series X were hoping for an edition of Halo Infinite that features developer-curated collectibles (such as the 1:1 Master Chief helmet that came with the Halo 3 Legendary Edition). In an era where fantastic Collector's Editions like the Elden Ring Collector's Edition are common in the AAA gaming space, it's a bummer that Halo fans won't be able to get something similar. Hopefully some of the retailer-specific editions have some cool swag in them.
Halo Infinite is slated to launch in full on Dec. 8, 2021. The game's multiplayer is free-to-play, though its campaign costs $60. It will be available on Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S, Xbox One consoles, and Windows PCs. Halo Infinite preorders are available now if you want to get your copy ahead of the game's release.
A new journey awaits
The next big adventure
Halo Infinite will hopefully be an incredible game filled with wonder, adventure, and more. Based on the beta and what was seen in the new campaign overview, the game looks incredible.
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December 23: NEW Dunlop Service websites
New Dunlop Service websites
We are pleased to announce the launch of our brand new Dunlop Service websites. Explore them to find out more about our regional offices in the Netherlands, Poland, Italy, Spain, Ghana, Middle East and Morocco. Dunlop Service is a global organisation, that is why each website has been customised to its market accordingly.
The new websites were designed according to Dunlop’s new corporate identity that will be introduced in 2017. Apart from the fresh graphic content they are definitely more user-friendly, allowing visitors to easily find all necessary information on conveyor related products and services. The new websites emphasise our brand values, which are Quality, Reliability and Know-How.
“There are still so many people to reach, we hope the new websites will improve our company’s online appearance and bring more business possibilities. The new concept will definitely show that we are able to provide individual solutions to our current and future customers” says Hans Derwig, Managing Director Dunlop Service.
Each website can be accessed from any device and is connected to our social media including Twitter and Facebook.
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By Michael Ramos
It has always seemed like there was a brand war between video games.
Nintendo and Sega popularized the term console war with vigorous ads, such as “Genesis does what Nintendon’t.” This ad would popularize the console war, which would evolve overtime into Xbox vs. Playstation. The top video game companies have released their new hardware for the new year, and they are showing off their specs for consumers.
Microsoft, the parent company of Xbox, recently bought ZeniMax Media, who are the developers of such games as “Fallout 76™”, “Skyrim™” and many more.
Xbox has redesigned their product and unveiled the Xbox Series X, the newest of the Xbox products. The Xbox Series X has some of the same important features as previous consoles, such as, backwards compatibility, brand new exclusives, and much more.
The Xbox Series X has some very promising video game exclusives. One of the most awaited games is “Halo Infinite™”, which will be released December 2020. Features such as the Xbox game pass are also creating buzz, as there is talk of cross platform compatibility as they try to reach agreements to bring the service to Apple’s IOS and the Nintendo Switch. The Xbox Series X has up to 120 frames per second, 8K high dynamic range, and true 4K gaming.
Sony, the parent company of Playstation, has also revealed their product for the year. Like Xbox, Playstation has deviated from the norm with their product design, now adding “wings” and a new white-and-blue color theme. The Playstation 5 also has resigned their controllers with the same color theme of the console and similar button layout to the standard Dualshock™. The Playstation 5 also has a long awaited exclusive, “Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales™” which is ready to fly off the shelves. The Playstation 5 has up to 120 Frames per second, an 8K output, and 4K ultra Blu-Ray.
With release dates closing, it’s important to know the differences that these consoles are providing to gamers, so that they can decide what console is best for them. Both consoles have similar builds, but different exclusives and other features, It is all up to the person who buys it.
These two titans of the industry are battling it out for the top spot, and it is far from over.


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In April of this year, one of the country's biggest mall operators — General Growth Properties, owner and/or manager of over 200 properties in 44 states — filed for bankruptcy, mortally wounded by the exodus of retail tenants.
Good riddance to bad rubbish, some say. But wait, my Inner Marxist wonders: isn't that the voice of bobo privilege talking?
BY ALEXIS ROCKMAN
Artist Alexis Rockman's rendering of Manhattan's Upper East Side under catastrophic climate conditions.
CHANGE OBSERVER: PROJECT ARCHIVE
Report on the Freeplay fetal heart rate monitor, which won the 2009 INDEX award in the Body category.