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Best Buy Earnings Release Delayed
Amid media reports that founder Richard Schulze's bid to take over Best Buy is on life support, the company has delayed its earnings release, set for later this week, by a day.
According to the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal, the company will announce earnings at 7 a.m. on Friday, instead of Thursday as planned. Schulze's deadline to submit a bid for the company is Feb. 28, which is Thursday.
Best Buy "didn't want to announce our earnings that morning and not give him the full day," a company spokesman told the Journal.

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This 1923 Leica just set a new record for the world's most expensive camera
One of only 12 known 1923 Leica 0 series cameras has sold at auction for €2,400,000 (~$2,957,304), setting a new record as the world’s most expensive camera.
The purchase was made at the 32nd Westlicht camera auction in Vienna, Austria, on March 10th, where the camera had a starting price of €400,000 (~$492,672). The price was bid up six times by the time the hammer fell, pushing the sale price above the $2.79 million paid for another Leica 0 series at the Westlicht auction in 2012.
Of the original 25 that were produced by Ernst Leitz, just 12 survive today. Only three of these are in 'pristine' condition.
These Leica 0 series cameras have been seeing a consistent price increase in recent years. Copies were sold for $435,000 in 2007, $1.89 million in 2011, $2.79 million in 2012, and now $2.96 million in 2018.
“It is the highest price ever paid for a camera at an auction,” Westlicht writes. “The 10 most expensive cameras of all times were sold by WestLicht Auctions during the last several years.”
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Africa Business News: Entrepreneurs. Investments. Banking & Finance. Emerging Markets. Start-Ups
Thursday, 25 September 2014
Africa’s Youngest Billionaire Offers Young Entrepreneurs One-on-One Business Pitch Opportunity In Nigeria
VENTURES AFRICA – Mara Mentor, an initiative of Mara Foundation, is offering entrepreneurs in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital, a lifetime opportunity to get expert business mentorship from leading entrepreneurs in the West African country.
Mara Foundation was launched in 2009 by Africa’s youngest billionaire, Ashish J. Thakkar, Founder of Mara Group. Since its inception, the Foundation has scaled its programmatic focus and is now active in a number of countries across Africa.
Sequel to its exceedingly successfulMara Mentor One-on-OneLagosevent, where over 60 young Nigerian entrepreneurs won business mentorship placement under top Nigerian business leaders, theMara Mentor One-on-Onebusiness pitch session, which has recorded great success in Africa, having been held 10 times across the continent, is now set to hold in Abuja, on the 14th of October 2014.
Mara Mentor One-on-One in Lagos
Interested young entrepreneurs can now apply for a chance to win six-month business mentorship placements under the tutelage of top Nigerian business leaders.
About 26 top business leaders in Abuja will be present at the event including: Dr. Mairo Mandara; Country Representative Nigeria, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Sonnie Ayere CEO Dunn Loren Merrifield and Nigeria Mortgage Refinance Company; Ace photographer, Aisha Augie-Kuta and Muhammad Jibrin, Managing Director/CEO, SunTrust Savings & Loan.
Others include Aisha Babangida, Chairperson, Better Life Program for Rural Woman Africa; Bankole Cardoso, CEO Easy Taxi Nigeria; MD/CEO, Bank of Agriculture, Mohammed Santuraki; Shimite Katung, Founder/President Nigerian Quintessential Business Women Association (NQBWA); Dr. Kazeem Mustapha, Executive Director, United Health Care; Adekunle Adebiyi, GM Operations MTN.
Doyin Adewola, Founder/CEO, Box Office Incubator; Simeon Ononobi, CEO, Simple Pay 4U, and Binta Max-Gbinije CEO, Stanbic IBTC Trustees will also be at the event.


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Facebook has big ambitions for the use of video across its social network. CEO Mark Zuckerberg revealed that he wants to pursue interactive video formats beyond what Facebook currently offers through its livestreaming and 360-degree videos.
On a call to discuss the company’s first quarter earnings, Zuckerberg declared that we’re in the “golden age of video” and said that this medium is a perfect way to allow people to interact, which is a core part of Facebook’s long-term vision. And while some may think that the social networking company has no business in the real-time conversation space, Zuckerberg isn’t worried. He believes there’s room for many products and companies. “We’re very excited about continuing to do our work to unlock the express and connection that people want to do,” he said.
There’s so much that people want to express and share with people around them, that they don’t have the tools to do today. I think that’s a huge opportunity…In video, there are billions and billions of videos that are viewed every day on Facebook, Live is a very small part of it. The reason why we’re giving a disproportionate attention to it is because we’re trying to help push forward new formats that are not about consuming content but really about interacting: Live, 360 video, and there will be others in the future…I do think that multiple products and companies can succeed in these things.
Zuckerberg may have shrugged off the notion of network effect to determine a market leader in live video, but if you look at third-party services like Meerkat, the evidence may prove otherwise, especially after its access to Twitter’s API was severed in favor of Periscope.
Other “interactive” formats Facebook could be alluding to may involve virtual reality technology beyond what’s available through 360-degree video. One thing that could play a part is Facebook’s Surround 360 camera, which was unveiled at this year’s F8 developer conference and is designed to create more immersive and detailed videos. The company has open-sourced the device’s specifications and design to encourage other companies to build this out — Facebook isn’t getting into the hardware business.
And while more interactive videos may make things engaging for the end user, it also opens up opportunities for brands to be more creative in their advertising efforts.
Facebook hasn’t provided any other specifics beyond stating that it’s looking at new opportunities.
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Unilever sticks with emerging markets as sales rebound
By Martinne Geller
LONDON (Reuters) - Unilever said it would stick to its emerging markets growth strategy as a fourth-quarter recovery in sales in the region boosted the consumer goods maker's 2013 results and reassured investors who had been worried about consumer demand there.
Unilever generates more than half of its sales in emerging and developing markets, so was hurt by economic weakness last year in countries such as Indonesia and the devaluation of currencies including the Brazilian real and Indian rupee.
However, the Anglo-Dutch firm (ULVR.L: Quote) (UNc.AS: Quote), which makes a vast array of products from Ben & Jerry's ice cream and Lipton tea to Dove soap and Vaseline, said on Tuesday that sales in emerging markets rose 8.4 percent in the fourth quarter, up from a 5.9 percent rise in the third quarter.
"Make no mistake," said Chief Executive Officer Paul Polman. "Growth here remains well above that in the developed world and will continue to do so. We are therefore accelerating our investments in emerging markets and there is no change in our strategy."
By 1145 GMT Unilever shares were up 3.8 percent at 2529.4 pence. The shares had fallen 11.5 percent over the last six months and are flat over the past year, underperforming an average 12 percent increase for its global consumer staples rivals, according to Thomson Reuters data.
"Investors appear to be breathing a sigh of relief," said Hargreaves Lansdown Stockbrokers analyst Keith Bowman. "Importantly, sales in the emerging markets have seen a rebound, with Russia, Turkey, China and Indonesia notable performers."
Chief Financial Officer Jean-Marc Huet cited strength in Latin America and Southeast Asia, as well as the increased contribution from Hindustan Unilever (HLL.NS: Quote), a venture in which Unilever recently increased its stake. Continued...


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Commodity pressures are expected to continue, but Starbucks officials say they will remain cautious about passing on such costs to consumers and keep price increases limited to “small, appropriate doses.” So said Starbucks Corp.’s top executives during a call with analysts late Wednesday after the company reported results from another record quarter, with net income up 20 percent from a year earlier. EARLIER:Starbucks profit up 20% on higher traffic Rather than ...
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Cape Gate Shopping Centre
Capegate Shopping Centre, located in the northern part of Cape Town, is a family-friendly shopping centre. The centre offers family entertainment, great restaurants, a variety of stores as well as family ablution and breastfeeding rooms. The centre’s marketing team also hosts regular holiday entertainment and kids activities.
Capegate attracts 11 million shoppers each year with a reach as far as Paarl, Stellenbosch and Kuilsrivier.
The centre is open from 9 am until 8 pm from Monday to Saturday, giving you more time to shop.
Capegate Shopping Precinct is owned and managed by Hyprop Investments.
A free SABC High School Career Expo takes place in centre on 13 and 14 September from 09h00 – 17h00.
The expo is designed to provide primary and high school students with guidance for choosing a high school and selecting their school subjects and aims to assist high school students with tertiary education advice.
More Information: SABC Hosts Career Expo
Capegate Shopping Centre is proud to announce the upgrade of their undercover parking equipment and parking pay stations.
Nicholas Oliphant, Capegate GM, says “we are extremely excited to upgrade our parking equipment and totally replace our pay stations so that we can deliver a better customer experience for shoppers that visit our centre”.
The new machines will have an extremely modern look and allow customers to pay in five different ways, namely; notes (in any denomination), debit / credit card, coins, tap and go as well as by discount coupon.
Frequent shoppers and pensioners can also apply for a long-term parking card, which will allow you to park undercover and leave after shopping without having to pop in at the pay station first.
Capegate offers 1300 under cover parking bays on three levels. They can be accessed from Tanner Road (opposite Capegate Mediclinic) and Marlborough street (opposite Builders Warehouse).
The equipment is scheduled to be fully operational by 24 June. For more information and tariffs, please visit www.capegatecentre.co.za or the Capegate Facebook page.
In an effort to reduce the centre’s single-use plastic footprint, Capegate has embarked on an #AntiPlasticCapegate campaign
Did you know that a plastic bag is used on average for 15 minutes but lasts around 450 years or more, harming the world’s oceans and marine life?
In an effort to reduce the centre’s single-use plastic footprint, Capegate has embarked on an #AntiPlasticCapegate campaign that urges shoppers to reduce their personal plastic waste through various tips and tricks. Capegate has an on-site recycling supplier, Don’t Waste, that recycles all waste generated by the centre on a daily basis. For the month of July 2018, just under 1,500kgs of plastic was recycled and discarded of.
The centre not only recycles plastic but other waste too, which includes paper, cardboard, wet waste and glass. Pop into Capegate Shopping Centre’s information desk, located in the Edgars court, to purchase your Capegate shopper bag for only R10.
Supporting #AntiPlasticCapegate stores have plaques up – keep an eye out for them when shopping.


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AIR NZ CARGO AUCKLAND EXPORT AWARD PRESS RELEASE
EXPORTER OF THE YEAR award
Lifestream International Ltd took out the major award of Auckland Exporter of the Year (for total sales under $35 million) at the Air NZ Cargo Auckland Export Awards event held at the Langham Hotel on Friday 6th of August 2010.
Lifestream’s International General Manager Sheldon Midgley accepted the award from the awards sponsor Mr. Ross Chapman of QBE Insurance. This is the second major export award Lifestream has won in two consecutive years – Last year Lifestream won the Natural Products NZ Exporter of the Year award.
Photo: Sheldon Midgley (Lifestream General Manager) accepting the 'EXPORTER OF THE YEAR' award.
Mr Midgley said that the whole Lifestream team was “over the moon” to have won such a prestigious export award against such quality competition but put the win down to a great brand coupled with a fantastic team spirit from an incredibly export focused company (Lifestream already exports over 65% of it’s products to over 20 countries worldwide such as Australia, the UK, Sweden, Iceland, Czech Republic, Holland, Finland, China, Korea, Singapore, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Taiwan and Thailand).
In what has been a couple of very tough years for exporters the team at Lifestream were able to grow the companies overall export sales by 18%.
In 2009 Lifestream opened up three new export markets (China, Greece and Mongolia) and launched 7 new products. Registration process is currently underway in Norway and Germany.
Lifestream was visited by the Rt. Hon MP Dr. Jonathon Coleman (Minister of Immigration, Minister of Broadcasting, Associate Minister of Tourism and Associate Minister of Health and MP for Northcote) who came along to congratulate the Lifestream team on winning the Exporter of the Year Award.
NPNZ (NATURAL PRODUCTS NZ) AWARD PRESS RELEASE
EXPORTER OF THE YEAR award
Lifestream is pleased to announce that at the 2009 Natural Products New Zealand Annual Conference – Lifestream was named
"WINNER OF THE NATURAL PRODUCTS NEW ZEALAND “EXPORTER OF THE YEAR AWARD”
Photo courtesy of NPNZ
We are of course extremely proud to win such prestigious awards but we also recognise the enormous part that our offshore distributors, retailers and customers play in helping us achieve success.
This award now hangs proudly in our foyer right next to the EXCELLENCE IN MARKETING AWARD that Lifestream won at last years awards presentation. To win one award is fantastic but to win major awards in back to back years we feel is outstanding. We are of course extremely proud to win such prestigious awards but we also recognise the enormous part that our offshore distributors, retailers and customers play in helping us achieve success.
All of Lifestream’s partners offer us such valuable support by purchasing, promoting and marketing our products to their consumers so please allow the Lifestream team to thank you all so much for your valued support.


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Google Fiber is not the only instance of third party providers trying to create a third alternative broadband access alternative to cable and telco providers.
The Utah Telecommunication Open Infrastructure Agency (UTOPIA) is building a wholesale fiber-optic network that offers its users access to high-speed video, data, and phone services.
But it isn’t easy. A new audit shows the agency was unable to complete construction of the network as quickly as planned. UTOPIA originally planned to build a broadband network in three years and to achieve a positive cash flow in five years.
“However, it has not met that schedule,” the audit says. “Instead, the cost of financing and operating the network increased before UTOPIA could provide a substantial number of customers with service.”
As a result, revenues have not been sufficient to cover its costs. Year after year, as operating deficits have accrued and the agency has developed a large negative asset balance.
UTOPIA has issued $185 million in bonds to pay the cost of building its network, “but most of the bond proceeds have been invested in poorly utilized and partially completed sections of network,” the report says.
“As a result, the network is not generating sufficient revenue for the agency to cover its annual debt service and operating costs,” the report notes.
Worse, UTOPIA has had to use a large portion of its bond proceeds to cover operating deficits and debt service costs. “The use of debt to cover the cost of operations and debt service is symptomatic of an organization facing serious financial challenges,” the audit says.
Since 2003, when UTOPIA began work, only one third of the network has been completed. Buit that might not even be the biggest problem. “One underlying challenge is that UTOPIA’s infrastructure investment is not producing sufficient revenue,” the study notes. “In most areas where construction has been completed, UTOPIA has insufficient subscribers to cover the cost of building and operating the infrastructure.”
Though backers had expected to get adoption (penetration) rates of about 35 percent, so far the network has gotten penetration of only about 16 percent.
That has huge implications. A competitive network, facing both entrenched cable and telco suppliers, has economics that are hugely dependent on penetration rate. At 16 percent penetration, UTOPIA is getting half the revenue it had projected, and manhy would argue, as a rule of thumb, that penetration in the 20 percent to 30 percent range is probably requires for long term success, in the absence of additional revenues from voice or video entertainment services.
Among other problems, UTOPIA has used a wholesale model, and therefore has been highly dependent on its retail partners for sales success. And it turns out that many of its retail customers have defaulted on owed payments, which further puts pressure on UTOPIA revenues.
As a direct result, UTOPIA now also has switched to selling retail services directly.
Though the audit attributes much of the difficulty to management failures, and though that likely is an issue, the larger issue might simply be that customer demand for UTOPIA services is simply not as strong as expected, when there are other suppliers with a vested interest in meeting existing demand for high-speed access.
That might not be quite as big an issue for Google Fiber in Kansas City, Kan. and Kansas City, Mo., given the huge difference in access speed Google fiber is able to offer.
UTOPIA uses a “fiber to curb” network architecture that offers speeds similar to AT&T’s U-verse, but arguably less than what cable operators can offer, using DOCSIS and bonded channels.
Some might argue that UTOPIA’s market offer is not “better” than telco or cable offers, in terms of speed and experience. Google Fiber has different prospects, on that score. Google Fiber’s symmetrical 1-Gbps offer is an order of magnitude better than anything else in market.


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There will come a time that a human employment crisis will emerge because jobs will be taken away by automated machines or robots, leaving all the menial tasks to them. But perhaps that is happening sooner than we expect as that age has already began – at least in China.
A Chinese factory called Changying Precision Technology recently employed robots replacing 590 of its workers. It is one of the China’s first unmanned factories in the city of Dongguan.
The company’s workforce, which used to have 650 employees, was trimmed to 60 people. And their jobs are no longer involved in the manufacturing of mobile phones itself but only to supervise the operations of the machines.
Ever since automated production lines, robotic arms, and autonomous transport trucks were used to produce certain parts of mobile phones in various manufacturing stations, the result of transitioning to automation has been going so well according to the general manager Luo Weiqiang.
From 60, it might even go to down to 20 human employees someday, he says.
But the most overwhelming – also alarming – part is the increase of mobile phone pieces the factory now makes per month. A report from the company indicates that since it made the shift to robots, a 250% increase was seen in the production of pieces per person per month, from 8,000 to a whopping 21,000.
Some may question the quality of production of the robots, but this is also not an issue at all. It was discovered that the number of product defects has decreased from 25% to just 5%.
Trends of this kind are no longer surprising in China as the entire country tries to achieve the Made in China 2025 goal, which is an initiative aiming to apply technological advances to production including robotics. It is targeted to upgrade the Chinese industries but to a certain cost – the loss of jobs for humans.
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Madison Group Enterprises announces four new businesses
In its 30th year of operation, Madison Technologies has announced that it will operate as four businesses under a new parent company, Madison Group Enterprises. Those businesses are Madison Technologies, mIoT, Madison Express and MadisonAV.
- Madison Technologies: Madison Technologies is a design and engineering based value-added distributor of technology products and solutions for industrial, telecommunications and commercial applications. This business will continue to represent leading brands including Moxa, Mobotix, Cybertec and Rajant, as well as house brands of manufactured products for the broader communications industry. Madison Technologies operates primarily under a direct supply model.
- mIoT: Madison Group’s newest enterprise is a developer and manufacturer of Industrial IoT edge device products. This business is involved in creating and developing leading-edge technology that relates to the mass deployment of remote monitoring devices, operating on the narrowband (industrial) section of the cellular network spectrum (NB-IoT).
- Madison Express: Previously the cabling and connectivity arm, specialising in the distribution of communications cable and connectivity products, with its primary channel to market being via electrical wholesalers and resellers. Madison Express represents a range of brands including 3M and R&M as well as Madison’s own range of Garland Cable products.
MadisonAV: Previously Broadcast and AV, now a dedicated specialist AV Partner and distributor of professional audiovisual products for the end user and integration market. MadisonAV represents a range of leading brands such as Philips and Spinetix and including the HARMAN portfolio of professional products incorporating AMX, JBL, Crown, BSS, AKG and DBX that all offer technology solutions for commercial audio, digital signage and videoconferencing systems.
Supporting these operational businesses will be Madison Group Enterprises Pty Ltd, which replaces the overall Madison Technologies brand as previously known. Madison Group Enterprises (MGE) will be the entity with which customers trade, while day-to-day dealings will be with one or more of the specific Group businesses.
For further information, visit mge.com.au.
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New facility, more than 200 jobs added to Georgia’s online food service industry
BRYAN COUNTY, Ga — More than 200 new jobs in Georgia will be added to the Georgia food service industry, Governor Brian Kemp announced on Wednesday.
WebstaurantStore, a supplier to food service professionals around the world, will build a new distribution facility in Ellabell, Ga. The new facility will create 213 new positions in Bryan County.
“Companies like WebstaurantStore continue to recognize Georgia is the best place to do business by expanding here again and again,” Kemp said. “Our world-class logistics infrastructure and business-friendly environment make it possible for companies to operate in every corner of the state while still enjoying direct access to national and international markets and a highly-qualified workforce.”
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Established in 2004, WebstaurantStore has thousands of products available for restaurant service professionals and individual customers.
The company currently employs more than 680 Georgians.
The new facility will handle the distribution of large restaurant equipment such as commercial indoor and outdoor furniture, fast-moving full case quantities, and many other industrial products. The company will be hiring shipping and receiving managers and associates, as well as inventory control and quality assurance associates.
Director of Project Implementation and Supplier Strategy Alyce Thornhill represented the Georgia Department of Economic Development on the project and said the company’s additional investment in Georgia is a positive to the company moving forward.
“WebstaurantStore is a proven partner for the State of Georgia, and we’re excited they have chosen to expand their presence here for the fourth time,” said GDEcD Commissioner Pat Wilson. “Companies recognize that Georgia’s logistics assets and geographic position put them in close proximity to 80 percent of U.S. consumers and gateways to international markets. We appreciate our partners at the Georgia Ports Authority and in Bryan County for their continued dedication to supporting Georgia’s communities.”
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Cell phone bill could be much lower with strong competition
July 18, 2020
Global Korean Post
Even with the widespread introduction of “unlimited” cell phone plans, more Canadians could save money on their cell phone bills if Bell, Rogers and Telus faced greater competition from regional carriers like Freedom Mobile and Videotron.
This finding is part of the Competition Bureau’s final submission in the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission’s (CRTC) review of mobile wireless services.
The Bureau’s analysis found that prices can be more than 50% lower for all cell phone users in markets where there is strong competition from regional carriers. These savings are far greater than what some customers may have saved as a result of “unlimited” plans.
The Bureau continues to recommend that the CRTC pursue a Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO) policy where Bell, Rogers and Telus would sell temporary access to their wireless networks to regional carriers who intend to invest and further expand their own networks.
This model represents an incremental, time-limited policy to incentivize and accelerate the expansion of regional carriers so that they can quickly deliver lower prices and greater choice to more Canadians.


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Google is reportedly facing an investigation from the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) over its acquisition of mapping firm Waze.
The agency is scrutinising the web giant's buyout of the Israeli startup, but specific details of the probe have not been disclosed, according to The Wall Street Journal.
Google completed its purchase of Waze earlier this month for more than $1 billion after rival tech firms Apple and Facebook were linked with bids for the service.
The Waze app was founded in 2007 and has some 30 million users who contribute to real-time traffic data that is used to deliver the best directions to subscribers.
Google is expected to use the assets it acquired to improve its own mapping service as competition in the sector continues to grow.
The FTC and Google have declined to comment on the investigation.
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James Smith Joins Arrivalist as Chief Revenue Officer, General Manager
NEW YORK, NY–(Marketwired – Dec 12, 2017) – Arrivalist, the largest independent location analytics company today announced that James Smith has joined the company as Chief Revenue Officer, General Manager. Smith will oversee all revenue and marketing efforts for the company.
Smith is a seasoned executive leader for innovative digital brands with a proven track record team building and revenue growth. Smith was the first Chief Revenue Officer at Huffington Post, as well as Flixster and most recently Verve Mobile. James has also held revenue leadership roles as EVP Americas at Criteo, and SVP at AOL and Sony Pictures Digital Entertainment.
Arrivalist has grown organically to become the largest independent location analytics company with more than 120 clients. Smith will lead the company through its next phase of growth, bringing the next-generation Arrivalist A3 technology to a broader set of marketers in retail and other destination-oriented categories.
“Marketers are hungry for a truly independent and objective mobile location attribution product that is both scalable and statistically bulletproof. Arrivalist has quietly been offering exactly that to a large base of loyal customers for several years, and I’m excited to serve these clients while bringing the new A3 product to a broader set of marketers,” said Smith. “I look forward to delivering actionable insights about customers’ offline purchase journeys, and uncovering the advertising tactics that are most effectively driving transactions for marketers who have too often had to rely on proxy metrics and biased reporting.”
“James has an incredible track record for leading innovative companies through dramatic growth,” says Cree Lawson, Arrivalist Founder and CEO. “We’re excited to bring James on board to turn the demand for Arrivalist services in to sustained value for our customers. James shares our vision for delivering the most objective, statistically significant and granular insights available in a rapidly evolving market.”
Arrivalist is also announcing the launch of A3, a next-generation location attribution analysis offering for marketers and advertisers.
Arrivalist is the next-generation Location Attribution Analytics platform that empowers marketers with new metrics to evaluate the link between marketing exposures and market visitation (Arrivals). The company’s patent-pending technology is used by over 120 location marketers across the country. The company analyzes big data to evaluate which media exposures motivated consumers to travel to new destinations. This analysis yields powerful new insights as to how — in the aggregate — media displays influence travel behaviors. Visit www.arrivalist.com to learn more.


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There’s a new jailbreak for numerous apples iphone, as well as Apple can’t spot it A brand-new jailbreak launched by a safety and security researcher Friday supposedly influences all iOS devices with Apple’s A5 to A11 chips. That extends iOS devices from the iPhone four, launched in 2011, to the apple iphone X, launched in 2017. The jailbreak uses a new exploit called checkm8, according to CNET sibling website ZDNet, and also capitalizes on a bootrom susceptability to give proprietors full control over their iPhones.
The researcher that discovered the manipulate goes by the handle axi0mX and described the jailbreak as long-term and unpatchable. Jailbreaking an iPhone allows people tailor their iOS gadgets and also run unsupported apps. Apple states these hacks, or ” unapproved modifications to iOS,” can lead to safety vulnerabilities and things like gadget crashes as well as information loss. Most jailbreaks utilize vulnerabilities in Apple iOS software, according to ZDNet, but a bootrom manipulate targets a security flaw in code that runs on iOS devices throughout start up.
Fixing this type of manipulate would require physical modifications to an apple iphone’s chips, according to ZDNet. The jailbreak for ios 15 reportedly doesn’t work with Apple’s most current A12 and A13 chips, indicating the iPhone XS as well as apple iphone 11 lineups aren’t affected. Axi0mX likewise informed ZDNet that there are still kinks to be straightened out on some older tools. CNET had not been able to individually validate the jailbreak.
New jailbreak device works on Apple’s just-released iOS 15 A brand-new tool by hacking group Unc0ver can jailbreak iOS 15, the just-released version of Apple’s mobile os, Wired reported. The team says the jailbreak, which works on iOS 11 as well as greater, is built on a zero-day vulnerability, does not drain a device’s battery life, as well as doesn’t influence the use of Apple solutions or weaken the iOS sandbox safety, according to Wired. Unc0ver’s lead developer told Wired the jailbreak adds exceptions to existing rules, as well as “enables checking out brand-new jailbreak data and also parts of the filesystem that contain no customer data.” The jailbreak device is closed source, and the team really did not state which susceptability in iOS it made use of to develop the tool.
Jailbreaking provides a customer extra control over a tool’s OS, permitting modification as well as the installation of applications that Apple would certainly otherwise restrict. It additionally can be used by prospective opponents to compromise a gadget’s protection.


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“I am convinced that e-cigarettes represent the ‘re-invention of smoking,’ cooked up by Big Tobacco to hook a new generation. These products, especially flavors that shamelessly appeal to kids, are doing more harm than good.” U.S. Senator Dick Durbin, sponsor, “Stopping Appealing Flavors in E-Cigarettes for Kids” (or SAFE Kids) act.
Two thirds (63%) of holiday shoppers say they are more likely to buy their loved ones a gift card/certificate rather than an actual present this year, and 41% say gift cards are the top item on their own wish lists. That’s according to a survey by Mastercard, but we already know that a gift card


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Due to a defect in airbags, 116 thousand Hyundai models came under reviewNovember 4, 2019
Faulty Hyundai airbags triggered a massive recall campaign that affected more than 116,000 cars, including the i30 and Palisade.
According to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Japan, Hyundai has produced and sold 116,490 cars that have defective safety airbags.
It turned out that on 78 729 i30 models, which were released from January 2007 to September 2011, the pillows were deployed even in cases where they should not have worked. Registration for free repairs at the Hyundai and Blue Hands service center started on November 1 of this year.
The Japanese brand also confirmed that the 34,861 Palisade, which were manufactured from November last to August this year, curtain airbags can interfere with the mounting bolts, which causes a full deployment. Free Palisade repairs are also carried out at Hyundai and Blue Hands service centers from the first day of the current month.
In 2903 Sonata Hybrid copies, produced from July to October this year, a warning lamp was triggered due to interference between the control wiring and the heating hose, which could lead to the power unit shutting down. The model could be handed over for repair from October 24.
- The consequences of towing a car in parking mode were shown in the photo
- Selfdriving Ford Mondeo to be tested in Oxford
- Electric SUV Mercedes EQC 4 × 4² tested in Italy
- Nissan is preparing an update to the popular frame pickup Navara
- Volkswagen has released a methane version of the Golf TGI


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Five of the 11 most commonly eaten species of fish in Australia, including shark and snapper, are unsustainably managed and should be avoided by consumers, a new analysis has found.
A study of Australia’s 11 most popular types of seafood identifies imported prawns, squid and octopus, blue grenadier, shark (sold as flake) and snapper as seafood the public should avoid.
The Australian Marine Conservation Society’s sustainable seafood guide, which has been periodically updated since 2006, lists Atlantic salmon as the most popular fish among Australian diners, followed by imported prawns and then Australian prawns.
Three of the top five most popular fish are marked red in the AMCS traffic light system, meaning the organisation strongly recommends avoiding them.
The sustainability guide rates fish by a number of criteria, including how abundant they are, the impact of fishing equipment on the marine environment, management of fisheries and whether catching the species involves the inadvertent deaths of creatures such as dolphins and turtles.
The marine campaigns officer at AMCS, Tooni Mahto, told Guardian Australia there was a key trend towards farmed fish rather than those caught wild.
“More and more of the seafood on our shelves comes from farming operations,” she said. “Atlantic salmon, barramundi and prawns are all very popular farmed species.
“Overall, there have been significant improvements in farming and the industry is improving its transparency due to the fact more people care about where their seafood comes from. So we’d applaud them on that.
“But there is still a lot of work to do. It still takes 2.5kg of wild-caught fish, to be used as fish food, to create 1kg of farmed fish. It’s also hard to tell what the long-term impact of fish farming is on the marine environment.”
Mahto said at-risk species needed to be identified to help industry and consumers make better choices. “We hear a lot from the Australian government that all our fisheries are sustainable but it’s not fair to say that,” she said. “We’ve got really significant issues in fisheries, especially with bycatch.
She said Australians loved shark, “but globally 25% of shark and ray species are threatened by extinction so our consumption of shark meat is propping up this decline”.
“As an apex predator, sharks are crucial to the health of our oceans and we are still killing a lot of them with zero understanding of the impact that will have.
“Snapper is a victim on its own popularity on Australian tables, unfortunately. It needs strong management but because it’s so popular it has been hard to do that.”
Mahto said species imported from southeast Asia also posed ethical concerns, with prawn farming linked to pollution and destructive trawl fishing of squid and octopus blamed for damage to coral reefs.
Fish given the green light by ACMS include farmed barramundi, yellow fin bream, Spanish mackerel, Australian-farmed prawns and King George whiting.
“Australians need to look at their choice of seafood now, if we are to provide the next generation with the fantastic choice of fish we currently have,” Mahto said.


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The latest shopping news from our shopping and street-obsessed sister, Racked LA...
BEVERLY BLVD: The tire rotates, but no one is home. Demin company Earnest Sewn was supposed to be opening a 6,000-square-foot store in the former home of Town Tire Co on Beverly Boulevard in February 2009, but the latest news is that the company has given up on that location entirely.
LOS ANGELES: Will you please look at this? OMG. "Eight-year-old Arlo Weiner, the son of Mad Men creator Matt Weiner, turns out to be rather dapper. He likes mixing patterns, he's been wearing top hats since he was three, and he once styled an outfit so mesmerizing, it caused Beck himself to follow him down the street like a stray puppy."
KOREA: Let us take a break from the sunny skies of Los Angeles and head over to Korea where we learn that Prada has enlisted Rem Koolhaas to design a tetrahedron-shaped mobile structure named the Prada Transformer, which will arrive in Seoul in April. Who says there is no work left for architects?
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The rise in U.S. economic activity slowed somewhat during the spring and summer after a strong advance during the first quarter of the year. Gross National Product (the value of the nation's out of goods and services) is expected to total at least $735 billion for the year. This would be 8 percent above the 1965 output, valued in current dollars. With a more rapid rise in price level this year, the gain in real GNP will likely be around 5 percent.
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The partnership enables Quiptel to offer its Q-Flow powered OTT platform to LaserNet, who will both create integrated platform offers to telcos and mobile operators, as well as providing hosted video streaming services to independent content owners.
Gert Rieder, chief executive at Falcon Media House, says, "We’re excited to partner with a highly established business like LaserNet, which recognises that content delivery via OTT platforms represents a future beyond broadcasting. LaserNet has a huge established contact network, including many of the leading telco, media, and broadcast companies in the region and we’re looking forward to working with them to deliver a world-class service using QMP & Q-Flow, which will help their customers to grow in a cost-efficient manner – avoiding the huge costs of building infrastructure."
The Quiptel Media Platform (QMP) delivers streams using its patented Q-Flow technology. Designed to overcome the challenges of congested and slow connections to deliver content to the end user using an efficient and cost effective route, it enables video streaming over challenging networks and mobile conditions.
Rather than investing in hardware and laying new network cables, the joint solution will enable broadcasters and cable companies to increase their market share with a lower capital expenditure. Q-Flow provides a win-win solution for both the OTT Operator and its end users alike.
Sandip Sarda, CEO Quiptel, says, "OTT players are thriving in Africa, driven by smartphone penetration and the roll-out of 3G/4G networks, but the challenge is still how to minimise the cost of distribution and at the same time provide a great video streaming experience."
"Our partnership with LaserNet will encourage innovation, enable technology related training, and empower African start-ups across the content creation and production spectrum, enabling them to reach across Africa, as well as into other markets like the United States and Europe. Quiptel’s technology provides a footprint and access to those markets too, as well as facilitating the digital switchover, which is good for governments and citizens alike,” adds Sarda.
Ivan Bridgens, CEO LaserNet Group, adds, "The explosion of the smartphone market, and with it the increase in demand for streaming video content, requires a robust and reliable OTT service both inside and outside the home. For today’s customers, it’s essential that the quality of experience can be relied upon. Quiptel represents the future of the industry, with Q-Flow, a game changing technology and a deep understanding of consumer needs. This partnership will enable a platform for niche content owners to showcase their content."
"More than half a billion people across Africa now subscribe to mobile services, with the number expected to grow to 725 million by 2020 - and these are the defacto devices used to consume content. We see this as a huge market to empower with a great viewing experience through the combined solution with LaserNet in the market," concludes Rieder.
For more information, visit www.lasernet.co.za. Alternatively, connect with them on Facebook.
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Ready-to-Wear and Sportswear
The relaunch coincides with much of the rest of the world’s shift into more comfortable garb from work to weekend, the company’s president said. Just don’t call it athleisure.
Designer and Luxury
Sixty-nine designer collections were showcased across 45 shows at the event’s central venue and a number of off-site, mostly harborside, locations.
Intimates and Activewear
The intimate apparel brand is launching a line of bras and underwear that come in seven different shades of nude.
Following are the shows, dates, venues and contact information for Berlin Fashion Week.
The Markets Features
Organizers are dealing with the softer Chinese economy by attracting international visitors and stressing the full supply chain and evolving technologies.
Cotton Made in Africa is an initiative of the Aid by Trade Foundation that helps smallholder cotton farmers in Africa to improve their living conditions.
Though not a surfer, the British model is giving an edge to — and considering a possible design collaboration with — the action sports brand.
The move is in line with the Japanese beauty giant’s Vision 2020 corporate strategy.
The University of Michigan’s Index of Consumer Sentiment showed a much more buoyant shopper in May.


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I have a quick piece over at GigaOM today on the rising expectations for Apple around smartwatches with each day - and piece of news - that passes.
Will they disappoint? I doubt it. But every day that passes raises the stakes for a company that is used to turning markets on its head.
As I write over at GigaOM:
Well here’s the problem for Apple. There are going to be lots of innovative approaches, app platforms and interfaces that are going to be exposed over the next few months around smartwatches, and the very fact that Apple has yet to show us anything could mean the company gets upstaged before they release something. With each day that passes and potential new entrant, the pressure rises on Apple to produce something completely different.
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Many young people returning to China after having completed their studies overseas have emerged as successful entrepreneurs. Yu Yin, the president of SummerChina Program, an international summer school, was busy negotiating funds for her company from several venture capital firms when she spoke to 21st Century Economic Report. Twenty-three-year-old Yu is enthusiastic about starting her own business after having worked in 15 different jobs.
Meanwhile, Wang Guanchun, who received a PhD from Princeton University in 2011, set up a website with Hu Yichuan, a PhD holder from the University of Pennsylvania, after turning down an offer from investment bank Goldman Sachs. The two will serve as film-geneticists, operating a database of hundreds of millions of movies, similar to a gene database.
An investor in the website, Xu Xiaoping, labeled young entrepreneurs such as Yu and Wang as "the second generation from overseas," who are a product of globalization and come up with groundbreaking ideas.
Young entrepreneurs who have graduated from prestigious overseas universities and speak English are also representatives of China's second generation from overseas.
An official from an investment company said he was greatly interested in emerging industries, including advertising, media, mobile internet, online tourism, children's education and social applications, where young entrepreneurs returning from overseas could fit in well.
However, David Ying Zhang, the founding Managing Partner at Matrix Partners China, an early-stage technology venture-capital firm, disagreed with the official, saying on several different occasions that he would not invest in companies operated by young entrepreneurs returning from overseas, as they lacked local experience.
Several representatives from the venture-capital industry have said overseas business models could face problems with localization when introduced in China. An entrepreneur returning from overseas would have to localize his or her business, if it were to become a success.


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Many tri-county companies are looking to up their investment in China, which could bolster the more than $3 billion in trade that flows between the region and the Chinese market every year.
The Ventura County region has an estimated $2.1 billion annual trade flow with China while the Santa Barbara area has $807 million and San Luis Obispo has $447 million, according to the Brookings Institute, a nonprofit research organization based in Washington, D.C. The vast majority of the $3.4 billion in regional trade with China is in electronics, totaling about $1 billion a year, followed by about $600 million in machinery.
Opportunity is ripe for tri-county companies that can produce scalable clean tech and renewable energy solutions in China, especially when it comes to automobile and carbon emissions, water reclamation, and waste remediation, said Ray Bowman, director of the Economic Development Collaborative of Ventura County’s Small Business Development Center.
“China is spending staggering amounts of money on cleaning up their environment,” he told the Business Times. “They do have clean tech initiatives they are putting forward but they need to collaborate with other countries to accelerate their efforts. It could spur a significant economic impact here.”
Bowman represented the region during a recent delegation of California clean tech businesses on a 10-day, five-city business outreach trip to China. There was a healthy mix of policymakers, business leaders and governmental representatives who discussed the state of clean tech and what specific cities were doing to clean up, Bowman said.
“China looks to California as a benchmark in clean tech,” said Bowman, especially in regard to our key industries in agriculture, manufacturing and the government. “We have some of the strictest environmental laws but have one of the fastest-growing new business rates in the country, some of the most venture capital and are very global. They respect that.”
Additional opportunity exists in the e-business realm, as Chinese consumers have a seemingly insatiable demand for U.S. products, he said.
AppScale announced a partnership with e-tailer giant Alibaba in August as the Santa Barbara-based web services firm aims to establish a global reach. Last year, China’s largest e-tailer said it would invest $1 billion into its nascent cloud-computing arm.
TrackR, the Santa Barbara tech company that created a Bluetooth keychain device that helps owners find lost items, manufactures its product near Hong Kong. It is moving about 20,000 units a day, said co-founder and CEO Chris Herbert, which wouldn’t be possible without China’s help.
“If you are in consumer electronics and doing anything in mass scale, it’s not about the cost anymore, it’s the skillset, infrastructure and supply chain that exists in places like Hong Kong and Taiwan,” he said. “It’s essential we have intelligent manufacturing partners that can build quality products at a price point consumers demand.”
Oxnard-based Haas Automation is the largest machine tool builder in the western world and one of the largest employers and privately owned companies in the Tri-Counties. About 20 percent of its business stems from China, a Haas official said.
The Simi Valley phone repair company Encore Repair Services also has a location in Hong Kong. It plans to close its 2175 Agate Court facility in Simi and layoff 116 people by February, Encore reported on Dec. 1 in a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification. The company did not return requests for comment.
Over the past five years, many Chinese investors have toured the tri-county’s vineyards and tasting rooms, yet there have not been any deals inked, said Jon Ohlgren of Radius Group. The Chinese are still opting for more well-known areas like Napa and Sonoma counties, where it’s more expensive but regulations are a little clearer, he said.
“They are spooked by our area being less multicultural than Napa, and there is a little more concern over the regulatory environment and availability of water here,” Ohlgren said.
Chinese nutritional supplement developer Bocom Pharmaceuticals looks to capitalize on the displaced Amgen employees that the biotech company has laid off. Bocom purchased two buildings on Corporate Center Drive in Thousand Oaks for nearly $10 million that will house up to 200 employees.
“California has a lot the Chinese are interested in from environment technology to water conservation and high level food production per acre,” said William Irion of Irion Enterprises, a consulting and market research firm headquartered in Kunming, China and Santa Paula.
Yet, the tariffs, taxes and requirements to put products in China are increasingly difficult and costly for foreign firms, Irion said. If it was simpler to live and work in China, it would go a long way to level the playing field, he said.
Many are taking a wait-and-see approach regarding the trade implications under a Donald Trump presidency. Renegotiating trade agreements could be a good thing, but if it results in tariffs and higher-priced goods, it would be a “Pandora’s box,” economists said.
“You don’t know how people would respond,” Economist Mark Vitner of Wells Fargo said at a November economic forecast. “When you think about the industries in the U.S. that export, those are our most competitive industries where we are creating higher-paying jobs. The retaliatory tariffs that we could likely see would hit our most competitive industries.”
There has been rather substantial Chinese investment in Ventura County real estate, sources said, but it will be essential to maintain access to those markets.
“One of the things that will allow us to prosper is foreign direct investment,” Bowman said.
The recently completed Cabrillo Pavilion, 1118 E. Cabrillo Blvd., is the winner of Santa Barbara Beautiful’s coveted 2022 President’s Award, which will… Read more »


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Security features for calls on wireless network
AT&T has launched Encrypted Mobile Voice, a new carrier-provided two factor encryption service that provides security features for calls on AT&T wireless network.
The Encrypted Mobile Voice combines KoolSpan’s TrustChip, a self-contained crypto engine inserted into the smartphone’s microSD slot, and SRA International’s One Vault Voice.
The TrustChip embedded with AT&T TrustGroup, offers strength of additional hardware authentication, enables encrypted calling interoperability with a defined group of other TrustGroup users and can be managed over-the-air.
In addition, One Vault Voice allows users to place and receive encrypted calls by integrating with the mobile phone’s standard operation and address book, the company said.
The new service supports BlackBerry smartphones and Windows Phones on the AT&T wireless network, and is not limited by availability of legacy Circuit Switched Data coverage and can operate in around 190 countries where it provides data roaming.


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We’re sure it will help, just how much is anyone’s guess.
Yesterday, we found out a couple of reasons why Scalebound is an Xbox One exclusive. Today we found out that the relationship between Platinum Games, the developer of the game and Microsoft is indeed quite the little love affair. While Platinum agreed to the exclusivity in large part because its team has always been a fan of the Microsoft consoles, the Xbox One team believes this deal could greatly help the console boost sales in places like Japan.
The console has faced an uphill battle when it comes to even getting close to the PS4 in Japan but the Xbox Marketing manager recently told Dualshockers at the Tokyo Fanfest that he believes this is the game that could turn things around. Masashi Inoue was asked flat out whether Scalebound could be a gamechanger when it comes to console says and he answered “oh yes, oh yes.” He went on to explain the company is well known in Japan and has a good following.
“I think not only it’s an exclusive for Xbox, but PlatinumGames is well known, and has big fans in Japan and also overseas. So, having seen those great demos, I firmly believe that that it’s going to deliver a lot of excitement to our customers, and we’re looking forward to the release.” Inoue said. Whether or not the game really does change the landscape for the Xbox One is really something we’re not going to be able to see until the game actually hits stores. Scalebound is due to release sometime in 2016.


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While the EU apple crop is only currently forecast to be 3% down on last year, the 6,947,000 estimate at Prognosfruit may face substantial revision.
The heat is expected to produce small fruit size and skin scorching, leading to rejection both on tree and at packhouse. Pears may also suffer with the crop already down 9%.
Despite this, a shortage of product is unlikely. Europe has long had apple overproduction, although pears remain more in balance with demand.
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paper at this time, while Italy is 6% down.
Holland shows a 4% increase in apples while Belgium has dropped 21%. These two countries are equally important as an exporter of pears to the UK, 11% and 18% down respectively.
UK apples are 7% up, but Bramleys are down 8%, and pears have dropped by a fifth. Meanwhile growers everywhere are seeking more niche varieties because of the falling profitability of the major commodity lines.
European Goldens are down 7% to 2.3 million tonnes, Red Delicious has been cut by a quarter to 529,000 tonnes, while Granny Smith at 351,000 tonnes remains stable.
Relative newcomers such as Braeburn continue to increase, 4% up to 259,000 tonnes, following a similar pattern to Gala, up 6% to 763,000 tonnes.
Fuji has reached 93,000 tonnes, a 16% rise, although Pink Lady at 53,000 tonnes has dropped marginally because of this year’ s growing conditions.


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There is more than just the high price for a gallon of gasoline which is weighing heavily on the nation's economy. The housing slump has been hitting hard as well, with many homes sitting unsold for much longer periods and selling for significantly less money than just a few years back. So, considering these two markets are both undergoing similar pains, why not combine the two and offer a fuel-sipper with the purchase of a high-priced home? That is what two Maryland women have decided to do by offering to give away a Toyota Prius with their $595,000 three-bedroom colonial built 1907 and located in Easton, Maryland. The mother and daughter duo had planned to sell the home after making various improvements, as they have done in the past. Now that it is complete, though, it is sitting on the market.
"We're losing money on the house, and the Prius only adds to losing money, but we also realize it's time we really got to sell the house," says Catherine Poe, the owner. She says she would be willing to keep the Prius and reduce the house accordingly, but hopes to get more attention with the car. Considering that we've found the story interesting enough to post, we'd imagine her strategy has proved successful.


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As the UK betting industry moves increasingly away from the high street and onto the web, competition is intensifying and so advertising becomes hugely important.
The fact is, whether we like it or not, the more a product or service is advertised the more it will sell. That said, the ads have to stand out among the myriad of other televisual suggestions we endure on a daily basis and the way casinos and sportsbooks (such as Bet365, PaddyPower, Unibet…) have gone about it is to engage in shock ads.
As reality TV has shown a culture of words and phrases can be conjured up almost overnight these days, as those believe they are all part of the same ‘gang’ tend to speak the same way and they spread their language via social media. The betting culture has done a similar thing and even managed to change how people perceive the typical gambler.
In years gone by, the image of a run-of-the-mill betting shop punter would have been one of a real bloke’s bloke. Not too bright, talking in slang and shouting at the screen expecting his words to magically reach the jockey and somehow make the little fella try harder. On course, they’d wear a flat cap, tweed, have a member’s badge pinned to their lapel and smoke a big old Churchill.
As unfair as those images may have been, they were born out of a little bit of truth at least but now the culture is altogether different. Betting companies have gone very much down the ‘lad’ route these days and what lads like is a bit of controversy. The firms have responded to this with ads which push the boundaries, nay smash through the boundaries of good society to create an interest which jumps right out of the TV or billboard, through social media and eventually straight back in their tills.
Here we look at some of the most controversial but ultimately successful betting ads produced so far.
Paddy Power: “You’ll Never Walk Again”
The Irish firm’s poster, which was displayed around Liverpool at the beginning of 2016, showed a wheelchair labelled “Property of LFC” with a caption stating “You’ll never walk alone… or ever again if you play for Klopp.”
The fact that the ad was campaigned close to the anniversary of the Hillsborough disaster made it all the more galling for some and complaints to the ASA were received. Paddy Power stressed that the ad was actually poking fun at the fact that several Liverpool players were out with leg injuries and reports had linked this to the hard training regime put in place by manager Jurgen Klopp.
They stressed that this is was what they were referring to and that they were not trying to make light of anyone’s real disabilities and ASA agreed, allowing the ad to run completely unaltered.
Paddy Power: “Old Ladies”
Another entry from Ireland’s biggest bookmaker who have made it their business to be controversial in recent years, and to be fair it’s gone a long way to giving them a strong market share in the UK
With this ad, Paddy Power depicted two old ladies crossing the road, each with odds above them; 4/1 & 2/1. There is a large 4×4 approaching them, the caption on the ad reading “Let’s make things more interesting”. The ad was the most complained-about in 2002, the old dears themselves not too happy about its approach!
Paddy Power did respond, saying “We were clearly betting on who would get across the road first. Some people got the impression that the menacing 4×4 in the background meant we were betting on which of the grannies would be run over”. Yeah, OK Pad!
Ladbrokes: “The Climb”
Britain’s biggest high street firm released this TV ad back in 2009, featuring famed climber Nolbert Fernandez. During the ad, Nolbert talks about his friend and fellow climber Pedro who couldn’t get enough excitement, so he was creating bigger and more difficult challenges for himself. Eventually, Pedro attempted to climb a mountain with his hands tied behind his back and using only his chin. This of course ended in tragedy.
The advert then switches to Nolbert’s laptop screen displaying Ladbrokes.com, the climber explaining that Pedro could have avoided his death if he had decided to play on Ladbrokes instead, satisfying his need for thrills. The ad was a success in that viewers were shocked and reacted to the campaign, but the regulators didn’t see it the same way. It took just a single report for them to remove the ad for good, stating it encouraged reckless behaviour.
William Hill: “Being Too Sexy”
William Hill, another high street giant looking to keep up with the new boys online, created a TV ad for their live casino which was banned by the Advertising Standards Authority , essentially for being “too sexy.” The ad begins by focusing on the eyes of a live female dealer before the camera pans down across her chest and eventually to the roulette wheel.
Although the shot of the dealer’s chest was brief, the ASA concluded that too much focus was put on the “sensual parts,” which put the ad in breach of advertising regulations. Although Hill’s tried to fight this decision, the ad was banned.
Paddy Power: “Jesus Chris Heals Italian Football”
The kings of controversy managed to excel back in 2012 with an ad which was banned by three major Italian television broadcasters. The ad was created to mark the launch of Paddy Power’s Italian website and featured what was meant to be Jesus Christ, on a mission to heal Italian football.
The ad was commissioned on the back of Italy’s 2011 scandal when a number of people were arrested over allegedly being involved in mass match-fixing across the country. Text on the ad read “Betting on this football? Only if a miracle heals it.” Of course Jesus fixes it, healing crippled footballers and filling stadiums with fans. Probably not a great idea showing it a stone’s throw from Vatican City though.
We can surely expect more of these as the firms look to advertise with the times and, at the very least, they are entertaining you’d have to admit!


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The Biden administration on Monday announced a new firearms rule under which licensed arms sellers must certify that they have secure gun storage or safety devices available to their customers.
Under the requirement, dealers must confirm they have secure gun storage options available for consumers that are specifically compatible with the firearms they are selling, Attorney General Merrick B. Garland said in a release.
The rule officially codifies and implements legal requirements already contained in the 1999 Gun Control Act, he added.
“Today’s announcements build on the department’s efforts to reduce the risk of firearms falling into the wrong hands,” Garland said. “Gun safety is a Department of Justice priority, and we will continue to take all appropriate steps to help reduce the number of people killed and injured by the misuse of firearms.”
The rule was submitted to the Federal Register for publication and will take effect Feb. 3.
The measure amends Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives regulations. Its key effect is to require federally licensed arms sellers to have available secure gun storage options that are specifically compatible with the firearms they are selling.
“Not all devices are compatible with varying types of firearms,” officials said in announcing the rule.
Safe storage options are defined as “a safe, gun safe, gun case, lock box or other device that is designed to be or can be used to store a firearm and that is designed to be unlocked only by means of a key, a combination or other similar means.” This could be any storage like a vault or browning safe.
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Curve announced a partnership with Lewes Football Club
By Joy Dumasia
Curve, the financial super app that empowers customers to understand and master their finances by combining all debit, credit, and loyalty cards, has announced a partnership with Lewes Football Club.
The partnership has been born out of the brands’ shared goals of empowerment. Although football is at the heart of the East Sussex team, the club is strongly rooted in ambitious, impact-led decisions. Not only is it the first football club in the world to pay its women’s and men’s teams equally, but it is also 100% fan-owned and not-for-profit, which has a meaningful and tangible impact on the local community.
The club’s action off the pitch is just as important as what they do on it. This involves prioritising trade opportunities for local businesses on match days and facilitating football sessions for different parts of its community. The players themselves also take part in local charity work, all whilst campaigning against inequality in football.
To celebrate the new partnership, Curve and Lewes FC will collaborate on an exciting video content series featuring the players and staff working behind the scenes at the club. Following its initial announcement video, Curve intends to shoot content at the final women’s match of the season, getting under the skin of a matchday experience at Lewes.
Curve will also announce exclusive offers and rewards for any new users signing up via the Lewes link for a limited time. Curve is using its unique technology to give customers more control over their financial life. Users can split almost any past payment into instalments and Go Back in Time to switch payments between cards if they’ve accidentally paid on the wrong one.
Henry Nicholls, Brand Strategy Lead, Curve, said: “Curve is thrilled to be partnering with such an innovative, game-changing football club. With our shared values of empowerment for people and the local community, it felt like a match made in heaven. We have the same goal of fairness as we work towards making finance fairer for everyone, so partnering with Lewes feels like a good way to bring fairness to an industry that’s historically been anything but.”
Maggie Murphy, CEO of Lewes FC, said: “We’re delighted to welcome Curve as our new partners. Curve puts their customers at the heart of their decision-making in the way we like to put people at the heart of ours. It’s refreshing to see such an innovative brand really understand us and want to collaborate. I’m looking forward to an exciting and rewarding partnership.”
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Samsung has announced it is about to bring webcams right up to date with news it has created a high-definition CMOS image sensor.
What this means is future standalone webcams and those built into Samsung laptops will be capable of displaying and capturing at 720p HD resolutions. The new sensor carries the name S5K4AW and is a 1.2 megapixel system on a chip capable of a 1280 x 960 pixel resolution at 30fps. Samsung not only see it being used in webcams for real-time HD video, but also for scanning and security for biometric identification.
Samsung has used a 2×2 pixel binning technique for the sensor. Binning groups the pixels allowing for lower resolutions, but also boosting sensitivity in low light conditions. In the case of the S5K4AW that sensitivity is boosted by a factor of three.
The new sensors are expected to be seen in products before the middle of 2009.
Read more at CrunchGear
It’s about time webcams caught up and allow for HD resolutions. It looks like Samsung not only has achieved the desired resolution, but will also offer it at a smooth 30fps. If it decides not to sell the sensor to 3rd parties it could also be the only laptop manufacturer to advertise HD capture hardware out the box.
Video sites such as Vimeo already offer the ability to upload HD video. YouTube is also starting to roll that feature out to users. Being able to rely on a webcam rather than a separate video camera for capture means we will likely start to see a lot more HD content appearing on these sites by the end of next year.
These webcams are sure to carry a premium, but Samsung may be able to partner with a security vendor to sweeten the deal. The company has already suggested the sensor will allow for biometric scans; so why not add this as a feature to laptops and with the standalone webcams? It would certainly offer an extra layer of security to users if they can get it to work on a system boot and would be another feature most other manufacturers don’t have.


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The European Crowdfunding Network launched a survey to discover the expectations of the European crowdfunding industry. The results will be presented to the participants of the 1st of June 2012 ECN pre-launch event in Brussels.
By: European Crowdfunding Network
All participants will receive a free copy of the report to be issued on 30th of June. Access the questionnaire here: http://www.europecrowdfunding.org/
The survey findings will highlight the current expectations regarding the development of crowdfunding in Europe. In addition they will be used to inform the development of an agenda for the ECN in its its role to help structure the crowdfunding industry in Europe. By adopting a survey led approach ECN can reflect what is truly important for crowdfunding platforms, investors and stakeholders who now have a significant role in funding small European businesses.
By filling in the questionnaire, participants will join the views of the most connected crowdfunding professionals and the most active companies and organisations in a shared vision and ambition for growth. The results will be presented to the participants of the 1st of June 2012 ECN pre-launch event in Brussels.
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Daniela Castrataro, ECN Communication responsible & Italy Ambassador
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World Hand Hygiene Day is a World Health Organisation (WHO) initiative aimed at driving awareness among health care workers of the vital role correct hand washing technique plays in fighting infection.
When the Twinsaver Group tasked us with creating a Hand Hygiene Day awareness campaign for 56 Life Health Hospitals and clinics countrywide, we had to take into account the very diverse audience in these facilities. Theatre sisters and ward staff, cleaning and maintenance personnel, along with patients and visitors all needed to understand and engage with the message in a memorable fashion.
Our solution was to encourage people, quite literally, to actively get Hands On for Hygiene with a simple, effective message that had broader traction online beyond the site-specific activity.
Watch Life Health Hospitals Get Hands On for Hygiene here.
A recent international Loyaltic survey* highlighted the effectiveness of in-store communication combined with social media marketing to drive awareness of brand promotions and product benefits and stimulate sales.
- 59% of shoppers were influenced by on-pack communication (stickers and flashes)
- 22% noticed the campaign from other in-store communication.
- 14% of shoppers learned about promotions on their social feed.
- 3% of consumers made their decision based on a brand’s website
- 2% said other media channels influenced their decision.
Arguably this is even more strongly the case in the African market where the in-store shopping experience remains pivotal and social media is the fashion of the growing middle class.
Our recent relaunch of Twinsaver’s Twin Ply range in new packaging was driven by an in-store- & social-first strategy. The POS highlighted the functional benefits of the new Complete Comfort cushion as a differentiator in the toilet-tissue category; promoters supported the campaign in top stores countrywide; and a social campaign running on the Twinsaver Facebook and Instagram pages drove engagement.
Albeit with some ATL expenditure Twinsaver enjoyed volume share gains in the Twin Ply category over the campaign month of 4.8%, driving growth ahead of the category and almost 3 times that of its nearest competitor (April ‘18 12MMA).
*Source Loyaltic (Qwamplify Group) 2800 replied to shopper survey in multiple campaigns in the Nordics 2017
Brace yourself Amsterdam, we’re in your hood. The #Hello2Moro team from the Collective’s Sugarstone Studios, Whalley Digital and Y.E.S. is in town for the 13th AfroVibes Festival, a celebration of theatre, dance, music, film and design from urban cultural hotspots in Africa.


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In a move to expand its beauty aisles by including high-end cosmetics to its assortment of products, Walgreens has taken a minority stake in subscription-box company Birchbox. For its part, the beauty e-retailer will have the opportunity to expand its physical presence across the USA.
Birchbox has claimed since the opening of its first physical store in New York that the development of its physical presence will be key to its growth. The company has been facing competition from both pure players and more traditional beauty retailers, such as Sephora, and has seen online growth slowing but continues to report “over 2.5 million” active users.
The first six Birchbox-branded Walgreens beauty departments are scheduled to open in December of this year in New York City, Chicago, Los Angeles, and Minneapolis. And in early 2019, Walgreens will add Birchbox shops to five more stores in Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, and Miami. In addition, a curated Birchbox shop will be added on Walgreens.com.
“Our customers want to shop the most sought-after brands in a welcoming and accessible environment, and the addition of Birchbox to our growing beauty offering is a big step in delivering on our promise to differentiate and elevate the beauty experience at Walgreens. This collaboration will help enable Walgreens to continue to strengthen our beauty offering and build our prestige portfolio,” said Richard Ashworth, President of Operations, Walgreens.
The in-store Birchbox experiences within Walgreens will have dedicated space with Birchbox branding, elevated design and a curated product assortment featuring full-sized skincare, hair and makeup products from more than 40 prestige brands. Birchbox-trained Walgreens Beauty Consultants will be available to offer advice and guide the customer through the experience. Additionally, within the Walgreens pilot stores, Birchbox will offer subscriptions to its monthly delivery services of personalized samples and a “Build Your Own Birchbox” experience (BYOB), which is a signature element of Birchbox’s flagship stores in New York City and Paris.
“In Walgreens, we have found an exciting partner that supports our mission of reaching an underserved customer who doesn’t prioritize beauty,” said Katia Beauchamp, CEO and Cofounder of Birchbox. “Birchbox has effectively changed the relationship that this customer, who represents 70 percent of the market, has with beauty and increased her spend in the category. Walgreens is deeply committed to beauty and shares our vision for a different type of retail experience - one that is holistic, seamless and designed to help shoppers make informed, confident decisions. Together we will continue to evolve the integration of our physical and digital shopping experiences.”


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The unknown Nokia smartphone TA-1140 recently passed the bluetooth certification. We don’t know exactly which Nokia smartphone is this but as it has passed the bluetooth 5.0 it could be the upcoming midrange smartphone Nokia 6.2.
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Nokia 6.2 is rumoured to come with 6.2″ Punch-Hole Display.
MWC2019 is just one week away from now so , don’t miss the single news & keep visiting our site for more updates 🙂


text: Latest News Baumvision Signs Agreement With Belgian Brand, Komono Eyewear for U.S. Distribution By Staff Wednesday, February 1, 2017 12:21 AM COSTA MESA, Calif—Baumvision has announced their partnership with Komono eyewear and will be designated the U.S. sales and distribution agency for Komono’s optical and sun collections. Baumvision will start immediately on a strategic sales and distribution plan for Komono. “I’m excited for our Komono partnership which will create new and qualitative opportunities for both us and their brand,” Shane Baum, CEO of Baumvision said. “Komono eyewear has much growth potential with their innovative ‘zeitgeisty’ designs and accessible pricing. The Komono identity complements well with the rest of our portfolio brands.” Raf Maes and Anton Janssens, founders of Komono, have been looking for the right partner to expand their eyewear division in the U.S., the company said in a statement. “We recognize that Baumvision boasts superior customer service with loyal and long-term client relations along with their reputation on design and manufacturing. Baumvision will create easier access to the Komono name and eyewear.” Komono eyewear is designed in Belgium. This will be the official optical launch in the U.S. The collection will now be available through the Baumvision channels of specialty sun and premier optical stores within the U.S.


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SOUTH KOREA. Dufry Thomas Julie, the partnership between Dufry and Korean firm Thomas Julie & Co., has been awarded a five-year duty free contract extension at Gimhae International Airport in Busan, according to Korean business news service Pulse.
Korean Airports Corporation revealed details on Monday, said the local reports, with Dufry Thomas Julie Korea scoring 903.17 points out of 1,000 in the bidding process to win the DF2 business licence. Dufry was initially awarded a five-year contract in 2013, with operations starting in 2014 in space of 434sq m. This footprint has since been expanded at the airport.
The report noted that Dufry Thomas Julie Korea had sales of KRW77.9 billion (US$69 million) for the first ten months of this year, and KRW85.7 billion (US$76 million) in 2017. Full-year 2018 sales are expected to top KRW100 billion (US$88.5 million).
It also said that small to medium-sized retailer SM Duty Free had contested the award, saying the space was originally reserved for smaller, local players.
We will bring you further news on this story as it emerges.
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Ruchi Soya, an edible oils manufacturer in India, has rolled out a new campaign for its brand Mahakosh. The ad film has been conceptualised by Orchard Advertising. The objective of the TVC is to highlight the importance of being fit and healthy with the brand’s positioning – “Fit hai toh Future hai.”
Madhuri Dixit plays a concerned mother in the ad film. She sees her children glued to gadgets instead of playing. The film moves on to show a mother concerned over the strain that late night studying causes on her daughter's eyes. Another set of kids are seen eating out of a spread of junk food as the mother looks alarmed. Dixit notes that since the habits of kids these days can't be altered much, the alternative is to change the cooking oil for a healthier lifestyle. The ad film, through narration, explains the ingredients in the oil that will lead to a fit and healthy body. The film ends with a product showcase and a voice over that says, 'Mahakosh refined soyabean oil. Fit hai toh future hai. (There's future if there's fitness)'
Alok Mahajan, head of marketing - Popular Division, Ruchi Soya, said, "Madhuri Dixit seamlessly fits into our new brand campaign for Mahakosh. She epitomizes the modern cosmopolitan women who effortlessly delivers on her many roles – she is a celebrity role model who is a working woman, a caring wife, a loving mother and trendsetter with an incredible blend of style and substance as well as tradition & modernity. Our communication for Mahakosh – features her as a concerned mother and clearly communicates the brand’s superior quality attributes and the multiple benefits it provides for cooking tasty and healthy foods important for the child’s development and fitness."
Hemant Kumar Sivan, executive creative director, Orchard Advertising, commented, “We wanted to highlight the importance of being fit among children at an early stage because kids are the future of the country. Today, Kids have developed a palate for unhealthy foods which can have a negative impact on their health in the future. Today’s mothers have multiple concerns about the health of their children due to lack of exercise, addiction to multiple screens, frequent consumption of junk food, pressure of studies, etc. and while it is tough to control the environment, mothers can cook tasty and healthy home foods with vitamin fortified Mahakosh soyabean oil and make their kids Future Fit.”
The campaign will be supported by on-ground activation, cinema, print ads and radio commercials. The TVC is currently airing on Hindi GECs, lifestyle, health, news, kids and music channels.
Client: Ruchi Soya
Agency: Orchard Advertising
Marketing head (Popular Divison): Alok Mahajan
ECD: Hemant Kumar Sivan
Production house: Ignition Films
Director: Rensil D'Silva
Media agency: Maxus


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Apple removes games including Confederate flag from the App Store.
The latest release of the OS X El Capitan beta for developers appears to have references to two future Apple products.
CBC News for iOS has brought back weather and added new features.
The Weather Network has announced an Apple Watch app.
Tim Hortons has a new keyboard you can use, called Ehmoji, just in time for July 1.
WIND Mobile’s CEO has announced the carrier is now focusing its efforts on obtaining the iPhone and expanding its network.
Zane Lowe reveals Beats 1 programming schedule and celebrity partners.
Taylor Swift has decided to stream her album 1989 on Apple Music.
First Beats 1 interview will be with Eminem.
Everybody is a winner, except Telus, Wind Mobile CEO commented on the Rogers-Mobilicity deal.
If you need software to access your iPhone or Android phone, Dr. Fone makes it really easy to do so.
Monument Valley’s latest update has arrived, bringing chapter Ida’s Dream.


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Digital bank Monzo has reached a combined total of 135,000 customers for its two premium bank account options since their launch in 2020
This way the challenger bank seeks a way to profitability after losses and decrease of valuation of the company during the funding.
Monzo offers two premium options: Monzo Plus, the £5/month subscription, debuted in July 2020 while slightly more expensive Monzo Premium, at £15/month, in October 2020.
CEO of Monzo TS Anil told Sunday Times, that the two premium offerings have both hit this milestone, while Monzo’s business accounts, which launched in March 2020 and offer a £5/month Pro version, have now reached 80,000 accounts.
These are important news for Monz, especially because as mentioned, its most recent annual report showed that losses doubled to £113.8 million ($149.5 million) for its 2020 fiscal year.
Very important change has come with the departure of previous CEO Tom Blomfield. TS Anil came to the position of CEO from being the US CEO of the company. However, TS Anil has vast experiences from the financial world in the first place.
“Honestly nothing fazes TS. He really can handle high amounts of stress and never shows it. I watched him transform a business and lead through the financial crisis,” said Meghan Connolly, who worked under Anil at Standard Chartered.
TS Anil now says the company’s revenue is “diversified across three buckets,” including transaction payments, “good” fees (subscriptions and commissions), and lending, with the three “roughly equally weighted in terms of mindshare, focus and so on.”
In the interview Anil also disclosed that Monzo’s revenues are up 30 % from their pre-Covid levels and that the challenger is currently adding 100,000 UK customers a month.


text: In recent years there has been an increase in the number of alternatives offered to the population in the context of urban mobility. Created and developed by private enterprise, services such as blablacar – a system of transportation based on offering rides to others and charging only part of the amount spent in the trip – and Uber – a kind of executive taxi service – have become a common choice of people when thinking about which mean of transportation is the worthiest to one’s specific need. However, the legality of this kind of service has been largely questioned, especially by the people who offer similar services, but in the traditional and previously exclusive way, and pay high monthly amounts of money to work, such as taxi drivers and van companies (in a few cities). On the other side, the new entrepreneurs who have recently joined this kind of business defend the service offered by them, arguing that the law charges companies with taxes and licenses, and they are considered independent contractors. In order to understand the legal and illegal aspects of such new business activities in the context of urban mobility, the current study extends the arguments presented by both sides of the dispute, and discusses their legal basis, according to Brazilian Law.


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ProVu launched its new sister company, Alliot Technologies. Specialising in IoT, Alliot will represent global IoT device manufacturers to bring the latest IoT technologies to the UK market.
Using the technical and commercial skills that ProVu have built up over the last 20 years, Alliot will aim to replicate these traits in the supply of IoT devices. Alliot’s aim is to make the deployment and ongoing management of IoT devices as simple as possible by wrapping value added services around the products such as UK stock holding,
provisioning, next day delivery and ongoing device management. Alliot’s strategy is to work with IoT projects to deliver significant cost savings on the deployment and ongoing management of hardware.
Having launched the LORIX One LoRaWAN gateway last year, Alliot is set to launch a whole new product range of LoRa products later this month.
Commenting on the new venture, ProVu & Alliot’s Managing Director, Darren Garland said, “Established in the early days of VoIP, ProVu fostered relationships with techies who had a keen interest in developing the technology into commercial applications – we plan to adopt this winning approach with Alliot. Thanks to its 20-years of experience, ProVu is well positioned to support the growth of Alliot particularly with its expertise in device provisioning and management, all of which will be relevant to IoT products.
“According to a government report, it is estimated that the number of connected devices could be anywhere from 20 billion to 100 billion by 2020, illustrating the huge potential that lies with IoT. Alliot is positioned to facilitate the development of this market and help drive the future of IoT – we are incredibly excited to be embarking on this new adventure!”
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