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AfricArena, Africa’s premier tech accelerator, and Électricité de France (EDF), one of the world’s leading utility companies, have announced a strategic partnership that will reshape the landscape of tech innovation in the continent’s energy sector.
The announcement was made at the threshold of the AfricArena Nairobi Summit, which is set to commence on Wednesday, 6 September 2023, and promises to be a convergence point for tech, investment, venture capital, and legal experts. This exciting partnership is further set to shine a spotlight on Africa’s tech ecosystem, and, in particular, its potential to tackle global energy challenges.
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EDF, through its EDF Pulse Africa programme, will co-host the AfricArise Energy Open Innovation Programme at the Nairobi Summit.
This collaboration signifies the alignment of values, ideas, and vision between AfricArena and EDF, both committed to nurturing tech innovation in Africa’s energy sector.
Christophe Viarnaurd, CEO of AfricArena, expressed his enthusiasm about the partnership, stating, “This new corporate partnership with one of the top three utility companies in the world, active in many African countries, is key to unlocking Africa’s innovative climate tech solutions for global challenges within the continent’s fast-growing tech ecosystem. We look forward to working closely with EDF to enable market access opportunities for African tech entrepreneurs.”
The partnership comes at a pivotal moment when Africa is increasingly becoming a hub for innovation and entrepreneurship, particularly in the energy sector. EDF’s involvement is expected to catalyse the development of innovative solutions, drive sustainability, and accelerate access to clean energy across the continent.
The AfricArena Nairobi Summit is set to feature an array of influential speakers from various sectors, including tech, investment, venture capital, and more. Among the notable speakers are Benjamin Rombaut, co-founder at Sand to Green; Nadia Seemuth, managing partner at Jambaar Capital; and Matsi Modise, CEO and founder at Furaha Afrika Holdings, among others. Their insights will provide valuable perspectives on the dynamic events taking place in East Africa’s investment landscape.
As the countdown to the summit continues, anticipation is building, and participants are eager to engage with the latest trends and innovations in the Africa. Last-minute tickets to the Nairobi Summit tickets can be bought online.


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Dapper Labs Set to Storm The NFL With Football-Themed NFT Platform
2021 has seen an incredible integration between cryptocurrencies and the American sports landscape. Now, Dapper Labs, the creators of the famous NBA Top Shot platform, has announced a new venture with “America’s game.”
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Earlier this week, Sports Business Journal reported that Dapper Labs is looking to launch a non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace for the National Football League (NFL). The platform will be similar to its NBA Top Shot game, offering digital collectibles with the NFL theme. NBA Top Shot has already become highly popular, and Dapper Labs will hope to replicate the same feat with the NFL game.
Besides the upcoming platform, Sports Business Journal also reported that Dapper Labs’ entry into the NFL would see the league and its players’ association acquire an ownership stake in the company.
Although the terms of the deal remain unknown, sources for the news medium have reported that this deal could make Dapper Labs the second largest source of digital revenue for the NFLPA – trailing only the hugely popular Madden NFL game.
Sports Embraces Crypto, Albeit Slowly
Besides Dapper Labs, another company that’s been making significant waves in the sports scene is FTX – a leading crypto derivatives exchange. The company, which recently got a valuation of $18 billion, has been signing major sponsorship deals with both young prospects and established superstars across both leagues.
This year alone, NFL legend Tom Brady, 3-time NBA champion Stephen Curry, and many more have signed sponsorship deals with FTX. Brady and Curry both reportedly have ownership stakes in the exchange as well. The partnerships with the sports stars include marketing and licensing deals and charity initiatives and crypto education outreach programs.
However, while the NBA remains seemingly open to teams and players partnering with crypto companies, the NFL might be showing some resistance. Earlier this month, The Athletic reported that the league had barred players and teams from making any crypto-related ads and sponsorships. This is in stark contrast to the NBA, which has largely been liberal with teams and players signing deals with crypto brands.
As the report explained, the NFL had restricted the sale of sponsorships to crypto trading firms and NFTs until it could establish a strategy for sports-themed art and digital trading cards.
“Clubs are prohibited from selling, or otherwise allowing within club controlled media, advertisements for specific cryptocurrencies, initial coin offerings, other cryptocurrency sales or any other media category as it relates to blockchain, digital asset or as blockchain company, except as outlined in this policy,” read a guideline shared by the news medium.
The Dapper Labs deal might just be the NFL’s “strategy,” especially with the league and its players' association taking a stake in the company. It will be interesting to see how the deal works out, especially in terms of revenue shares and other financial aspects.

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Proximity to the client is crucial. Only by understanding your client’s perspective on AI can you deliver a project that is truly worthwhile, writes Naomi Bowman, managing director at Berkeley Research Group.
Concern over Exobot is spreading beyond banking and across other sectors where customers regularly transact online, from e-commerce and retail to health care, writes Don Duncan, security engineer for NuData Security.
Cryptocurrency generates an absurd amount of skepticism and fear, but taking a clear-eyed view reveals a path to stability and sustainability, including the inevitable adoption of crypto in P2P lending, writes Stani Kulechov, founder and CEO of Ethlend.
PIN on Mobile (PoM) and PIN on Glass (PoG) are two of the most commonly mislabelled emerging technologies. While the two terms are treated as though interchangeable, each has differing benefits and features. They also serve merchants in a different manner, so choosing the right one for a particular business is crucial, according to David Poole, global head of mobile POS solutions for MyPinPad.
Ethereum has also suffered from scalability issues since its inception and is capable of handling just 14 transactions per second, compared to Visa’s 24,000 per second, causing network congestion, writes Fran Strajnar, CEO of Brave New Coin.
Real-time graph technology and analytics offer a rare opportunity to revolutionize the entire field of AML in banking and financial services. It will become the industry best practice in the near future and may well become part of the regulatory expectations, according to Gaurav Deshpande, vice president of marketing at TigerGraph.
Earlier this year, the Central Bank of Ireland announced plans to launch a fintech innovation hub, with the intention of engaging with all firms that are delivering innovation across the financial services sector, says Billy Hanley, senior development adviser for Enterprise Ireland.
The fact remains that the vast majority of international payments are still done via banks and through the correspondent (SWIFT) network, writes Rosie Faulkner, vice president and money laundering reporting officer at Earthport.
Lack of preparation for a PCI DSS assessment usually results in unexpected and unnecessary expenses, as well as lost productivity among all parties involved, writes Marc Punzirudu, director of security consulting services at ControlScan.
Given how much financial activity occurs every second, every day, it’s important for banks and financial organizations to develop a robust AML strategy that is effective in stopping fraudsters in their tracks, according to Gaurav Deshpande, vice president of marketing at TigerGraph.
Amazon Go provides Amazon with the opportunity to market testing and do advertising on a new group of customer that are not Prime customers or regular Amazon shoppers. The Go Store essentially become a retention and customer acquisition channel for Amazon, writes Hendrik Laubscher, marketplace research director at Buy Box Experts.
Understanding the obstacles of payment gateways and how to navigate them can help you expand your business and scale profits efficiently, writes Olivier Schott, founder and chief marketing officer of Scalefast.
Artificial intelligence has myriad benefits for consumers, yet many are still concerned about issues such as privacy, requiring issuers to provide more information about the technology, according to Cyndie Martini, president and CEO of Member Access Pacific.
Companies report that cross-border payments account for just 20% of payment volume but typically take 80% of accounts payable's time. That's simply not scalable. You can’t just keep throwing people at this problem, writes Karla Friede, co-founder and CEO of Nvoicepay.
Tailoring company objectives to customers’ changing expectations is no longer a choice. Customer loyalty programs are not just the source of bringing repeated business but also the determinant of the future key players across all industries, writes Donika Kraeva, Communications Manager at Dentacoin Foundation, Netherlands.
Contactless payments have simplified the checkout experience around the world, allowing customers to get on with their lives a bit quicker with a simple tap of a contactless-enabled card, phone or device, writes Dan Sanford, vice president of consumer products at Visa.
Payment companies have a responsibility to both merchants and consumers to emerge as brands in their own right, with values that resonate not just with the businesses they are supporting, but with the customers using their services, writes Koen Vanpraet, CEO of Intrapay.
The larger the business grows, the more difficult and time-consuming it will be to make the fundamental changes required, according to Justin Shipe, vice president of information security for CardConnect, and Aaron Largent, director of infrastructure for CardConnect.


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THE summer action blockbuster G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra has so far brought in $300million globally and has also proved a massive boost for the action figures on which the film was based.
Toy company Hasbro, which also makes the Transformers figures, has seen its profits leap beyond Wall Street expectations. Sales of G.I. Joe toys are set to exceed $100million this year, three times more than last year because of soaring demand caused by the film.
Hasbro CEO Brian Goldner said G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra had been "a successful film launch" both for Hasbro and for Paramount Pictures, which made the film adaptation.
Goldner confirmed they were moving forward on a sequel, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
However, Goldner did hint that box office expectations for G.I. Joe may have been too high.
He said: "I don't think we can expect that every motion picture we put out to be Transformers, and Transformers is a very rare property, and yet you can have many successful motion pictures."
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen has made $834million at the global box office, well over double the ticket sales for the G.I. Joe film.
Goldner added that earnings from Hasbro's boys' toy lines had leapt 12 per cent following this year's double box office booster effect from Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen and G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra.
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SEOUL, Nov 25 (Reuters) – South Korea’s Hyundai Merchant Marine Co Ltd (HMM) said on Friday it was chosen as preferred bidder to buy a port terminal in Algeciras, Spain, partly owned by Hanjin Shipping Co Ltd.
HMM said in a statement it is expected to finalise its purchase of a 100 percent stake in Total Terminal International Algeciras in late December from the current owners, including IBK Securities Co Ltd, without elaborating on price or other sales terms.
Representatives of Hanjin Shipping and IBK Securities could not immediately be reached. (Reporting by Joyce Lee; Editing by Stephen Coates)
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Canadian payments FinTech Nuvei is set to become a private company.
Nuvei announced the $6.3 billion deal with private equity firm Advent International on Monday (April 1), three weeks after reports of a possible acquisition emerged.
“This transaction marks the beginning of an exciting new chapter for Nuvei, and we are glad to partner with Advent to continue to deliver for our customers and employees and capitalize on the significant opportunities that this investment provides,” Nuvei CEO Philip Fayer said in a news release.
“Our strategic initiatives have always focused on accelerating our customers’ revenue, driving innovation across our technology, and developing our people. Bringing in a partner with such extensive experience in the payments sector will continue to support our development.”
Fayer, who will control nearly a quarter of the equity in the private company, is expected to remain as the head of the firm.
Nuvei made headlines last year after actor/entrepreneur Ryan Reynolds invested in the company after a series of other high-profile ventures: a 25% stake in Mint Mobile — a wireless provider sold to T-Mobile for $1.35 billion — as well as investments in American Aviation Gin and the U.K.’s Wrexham Football Club.
Last year also saw Nuvei conclude its $1.3 billion acquisition of payment platform Paya as it sought to increase its footprint in “high growth” spaces like healthcare, nonprofit, government, utilities, and other business-to-business (B2B) markets.
PYMNTS Intelligence has worked with Nuvei on research, such as the recent report “The Role of Fraud Screening in Minimizing Failed Payments.”
And PYMNTS last week spoke with Gigi Beyene, senior vice president of integrated payments at Nuvei, on how the role of the independent software vendor (ISV) has changed over the years.
Tracing their roots to the 1960s, ISVs have become critical for providing software solutions for specific verticals, like enabling practice management for dental or medical practices or front- and back-office solutions for restaurants.
A natural expansion of this role, Beyene said, would involve embedded payments, as an integration could help accelerate revenue for both the ISVs and their clients.
As Beyene told PYMNTS, “integrated payments have helped increase operational efficiencies, have reduced costs — and have changed the narrative for merchants.”


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Instagram has reached a new milestone.
The photo sharing app now counts more than 500 million monthly active users, up from 400 million in September, Instagram announced Tuesday.
Of those, more than 300 million people use the app every day, according to a statement from the company.
International growth also remains strong, with more than 80% of users now living outside of the United States (up from 75% in September.)
If Instagram's change to an algorithmic feed has had any impact on growth, it's difficult to discern from the latest numbers.
The new stats come at a time when users are fired up over changes the company has made to its app, particularly its feed, which shifted to an algorithmic-based model. But if Instagram's recent change to an algorithmic-based feed has had any impact on its growth and engagement, it's difficult to discern from the latest numbers the company has shared. The app now sees more than 95 million new posts and more than 4 billion likes each day.
Though Instagram is still relatively small compared with Facebook and WhatsApp -- each of which count well over a billion active users -- the latest growth suggests the photo app is well on its way to the billion user club.
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With the Coronavirus and lockdown leaving people with more times on their hands, more people than ever before are turning to their Android device and downloading and playing games. With more than 427,000 mobile games available, there are lots of games to choose from. However, deciding which ones are the best and which ones are not worth downloading can be time-consuming. No one wants to waste time trying to find what are the best Android games to download, and thanks to gaming expert Joe Hindley, they don’t have to.
Gaming expert has looked at the 427 thousand mobile games and listed the ten best available right now. He has ignored the heavy promotion of the many gaming apps to find which ones are worth playing and which ones should be avoided.
The leading app and gaming expert from Android Authority has looked at all the current Android games on the market to find which ones are the best. After spending a great deal of time researching the games and playing them, he has listed the 15 best Android games of this year.
Call of Duty comes in as number one, which is a no-brainer. And, some of the games are well-known, but others are brand new to the market. As well as listing his best Android games, Joe Hindey has also provided a full review (https://www.androidauthority.com/best-android-games-316202/).
When asked how important it is for people to know what the best Android games are available, Joe Replied: “A lot of people spend hours downloading games to then feel disappointed. Those hours could be spent playing games they enjoy. That is why I decided to put my list together, so people can have fun on their mobile devices, which is important during the COVID crisis.”
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After Realme, Xiaomi Boasts Of A Smartphone With 64 MP Camera
Earlier this month, Chinese smartphone maker, Realme had shared a Twitter post that addressed a smartphone with a 64 MP camera. The company has scheduled a media briefing on the 8th of August which will reveal more details about the upcoming smartphone.
However, the Realme event will be held in India whereas the Xiaomi event will be held in China. Therefore, it is assumed that the former will be the first one in line to offer a commercially available 64 MP camera smartphone in India.
Nonetheless, both the upcoming smartphones from Xiaomi and Realme are assumed to incorporate the same sensor, Samsung made Isocell GW1.
For readers who are unaware, the Samsung Isocell GW1 utilises a technology called Pixel Binning. It combines the image data captured from multiple sensors to produce a single image. Hence, the sensor actually consists of four 16 MP sensors which produce a combined output of 64 MP.
Besides the 64 MP sensor, the upcoming Xiaomi smartphone is reported to have three additional sensors which will be as follows:
- Ultra-Wide Sensor
- Depth Sensor Sensor
- ToF Sensor (Time Of Flight)
Noteworthy, the images captured via 64 MP phone will have a file size of about 20 MP and can be best viewed on displays with upto 8K resolution.
What do you think of a smartphone with a 64 MP camera? Do you think is it vital to have cameras with this high resolution? Let us know in the comments below.


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Following on from Samsung, MediaTek, Huawei and Qualcomm who have already entered the octa-core SoC market, Chinese manufacturer Allwinner has showcased their Allwinner UltraOcta A80 processor at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2014 event in Barcelona.
The Allwinner processor includes a full set of specifications includes an eight-core big.LITTLE HMP (GTS) CPU paired with a PowerVR G6230 GPU and Allwinner has equipped their Allwinner UltraOcta A80 processor with four ARM Cortex-A7 and four Cortex-A15 CPU cores.
The Allwinner UltraOcta A80 processor has been created to bring premium performance devices to consumers at lower price points, to be used in devices such as OTT media players, notebook PCs, all-in-ones, and even smart TVs. Mike Zhang, CEO, Allwinner Technology, explains in the press released published this week:
“For the past year, our worldwide customer base has grown significantly, enabling us to deliver high quality products at extremely affordable prices. OEMs from all tiers – top, middle, and low – recognize our leading market position and continue to choose our processors to deliver outstanding value to their customers.
Fundamentally, the UltraOcta A80 and its platforms give OEMs the highest performance, most power-efficient and cost-effective solution for a range of devices, including tablets, portable game consoles, STBs, media players and many others. We’re excited to see the first UltraOcta devices hit the market soon.”
Unfortunately no information on pricing or an exact released date has been announced as yet by Allwinner for the Allwinner UltraOcta A80 processor, but as soon as information comes to light we will keep you updated.
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Sharks are acknowledged for having the ability to smell their prey’s blood from afar. In the business world, big tech companies have a similar ability, but instead of blood, they are attracted to opportunities to make (much) more money. The last prey detected by the keen sense of smell of these corporate sharks is newsletters.
It is strange to see newsletters targeted by companies so associated with innovation, technologies yet to be invented. After all, sending e-mail messages to large groups is as old as the web, something from the last century, when the speed of internet connections was measured in kilobits per second and access to the network in monthly hours.
The truth is that newsletters have run out of style. They are “rediscovered” whenever the market faces a hangover originated from the excesses of another more recent communication technology and which turns out to be something different than what it promised. When Facebook overthrew the organic reach of pages in the mid-2010s, the newsletter emerged as an alternative to direct contact, free of inherent systemic risks from closed solutions like Facebook.
The recent wave of interest, practically a tsunami, emerged with Substack, an American startup founded in 2017 by Chris Best and Hamish McKenzie with the goal of giving “a better future for news.” With a different business model, some big shots names among its users, and a focus on writers instead of marketers, Substack managed to make newsletters something hot again.
Traditionally, newsletter systems charge according to the number of subscribers and/or the number of sending messages. Substack’s secret was to subvert that: the service is completely free and without limitations until the newsletter owner starts charging for it. At this point, the startup starts to grab a commission from readers’ subscriptions.
Substack was able to create a business based on a good old cheap technology – it costs a fraction of a cent to send an email. In July 2019, the startup raised $15.3 million in a Series A round led by Andreessen Horowitz. It uses the money to attract big names in journalism, offering them massive advance payments, and fill gaps they often find in independence, such as a legal defense fund to be used if a user happens to be sued for something he or she wrote.
Before Substack, “people who write” interested in newsletters had two options: navigate the complexity and bear with the high costs of solutions aimed at marketing, such as Mailchimp and ConvertKit; or be accept severe limitations of tools aimed at writers, like TinyLetter (owned by Mailchimp). Substack’s focus on this audience, and bringing new features to the product, was a great hit.
Thing is a fragile kind of success, susceptible to being copied and improved by competitors. In the beginning of 2021, two big tech sharks went hunting in these seas.
In January, Twitter bought Revue, a startup that is almost contemporary and very similar to Substack – same focus, same business model – but that for whatever reason has not gained traction. At first, it released features previously paid by all users and further lowered the commission charged for paid newsletters, to 5%, half of what Substack charges.
There are already indications that Revue newsletters will be integrated with Twitter, which can open up an ocean of potential leads for newsletter owners by reducing the registration friction.
In parallel and in the same week, The New York Times revealed that Facebook is working on a newsletter platform aimed at writers and journalists as part of the Facebook Journalism Project, the company’s arm focused on solutions for the journalistic market. There are no further details at the moment, but the newspaper’s sources believe that Facebook tool could be launched in mid-2021.
Competition can come from unsuspected places as well. In January, Axios (a publication born and managed on top of newsletters, by the way) revealed exclusively that Forbes magazine is preparing a major expansion for premium (paid) newsletters. It is not an open matter, in the sense that anyone can launch newsletters; Forbes’ onslaught is more reminiscent of Substack’s way of approaching and “acquiring” renowned journalists, those who tend to generate high figures.
Forbes’ goal is to be a middle ground: sharing revenue with journalists from newsletters, but also offering benefits to them; give them editorial freedom, but demand consistency with the magazine’s values. Despite the relevant differences, it is undeniable that the idea comes in the wake of Substack’s success and that some names could be on either platform.
Hamish McKenzie, Substack’s co-founder, ironically responded to the news that Twitter and Facebook want to enter the newsletter segment. “General Motors announces Bolt,” he said of the acquisition of Revue by Twitter. “Exxon announces solar energy project” was his comment to rumors from Facebook’s newsletters service. In other words, for him, they are old dogs trying to learn new tricks to adapt to changes in the environment.
Despite the scathing comments, McKenzie later wrote in his newsletter (where else?) that the competition is welcome and that, in general, the growing interest in newsletters is beneficial to everyone, as it points to a healthier internet, less dependent on business models based on engagement.
“Maybe Twitter and Facebook are realizing that they need to take similar actions [to GM and Exxon] to be on the right side of the story,” wrote the Substack co-founder. As we know, GM and Exxon are companies that built their empires from fossil fuels and that now, in the face of the existential crisis of global warming, have announced ambitious projects based on renewable energy.
The big question is whether the newsletters will remain “clean energy sources” with the arrival of the big polluters of information and their Silicon Valley financiers. Substack already deals with some typical platform problems, such as the difficulty that writers have to discover, that is, to get new subscribers, and the organization, by the subscribers, of the countless newsletters that fill their inboxes. Substack launched an app; from that to having an algorithm that organizes newsletters…


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It’s been nearly 10 years since LEGO created a big building set that let you assemble R2-D2 from the Star Wars saga. But today, a new R2-D2 LEGO set was revealed by the building brick company in honor of Lucasfilm’s ongoing celebration for their 50th anniversary. Though it doesn’t carry the Ultimate Collector Series label, this is a LEGO set for master builders, and you can check it out below.
New R2-D2 LEGO Set – Lucasfilm 50th Anniversary
The last time LEGO released a building set dedicated to a sizable R2-D2 was back in 2012. This new version looks even better, and there are nearly 200 additional pieces to help make it possible. The model is a detailed build, standing 12.5 inches tall and featuring a retractable mid-leg, rotating head, opening and extendable front hatches, and adjustable periscope. There’s even a hidden compartment for Luke Skywalker’s lightsaber, and yes, you get to build a LEGO version of the hilt in this set.
Commenting on the new set, Jens Kronvold Frederiksen, Creative Lead of LEGO Star Wars at the LEGO Group said:
“We have had the pleasure of creating hundreds of Star Wars-inspired models over the past two decades since we first launched LEGO Star Wars sets. As Lucasfilm celebrates their 50th anniversary, it seemed fitting to challenge ourselves and push the limits of what is possible with LEGO bricks by recreating a fan-favourite Star Wars character in great detail like we have never achieved before. We are delighted with the result and hope our fans get as much joy out of building the sets as we did designing it.”
Like previous Ultimate Collector Series LEGO sets, the new R2-D2 LEGO set also comes with a buildable display stand with an information plaque. But it also comes with a big price tag too. It will be available starting on May 1 for $199.99, just in time for Star Wars Day a few days later.
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TikTok is the app with more installs in 2020, with 163 million installs in Europe last year
TikTok, known in China as Douyin, is a video-sharing social networking service owned by Chinese company ByteDance.
Sensor Tower last week released data about the app installs in Europe. In 2020, TikTok was the app with more downloads, generating close to 163 million installs in Europe, up approximately 78 percent Y/Y. The second app with more downloads in Europe was WhatsApp, and the third app was the video conferencing tool Zoom.
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Videodrone News and Commentary: Discs Still More Popular Than Streaming
People still prefer watching DVD and Blu-ray over streaming and video-on-demand, but the numbers are closing in
Video rental stores are still closing, disc rentals overall are falling, and streaming video is growing, but according to a study by the NPD Group (reported by, among other sources, Home Media Magazine), discs still dominate the movie rental market.
Nearly 62% of all home video film rentals in the first half of 2012 were on disc, the study found, compared to 38% through all digital rental sources (streaming subscription services like Netflix Instant and Hulu, video-on-demand services on cable and satellite dish, and other web-based streaming sources).
The study found that digital rentals increased 5% from the previous period, due largely to Netflix, which accounted for two-thirds of the digital market. On the disc side, Red Box kiosks and the Netflix rent-by-mail service dominate the rental market.
So while the streaming and VOD services are growing, they are not yet the juggernaut that we imagine them to be. In other words, the reports of the death of DVD and Blu-ray have been greatly exaggerated.
This study measures trends and broad economics and doesn't take into account sales on disc and digital downloads. Still, it is no surprise that the trends are following the same evolution of the music industry's shift in sales from physical media to digital files.
But it is also interesting that compared to music, this kind of access to movies is a relatively recent phenomenon. The first vinyl records went on sale over a century ago. CD, mp3, and other digital formats are simply new delivery systems for the same product.
By contrast, the first commercial videotapes and videodiscs arrived in the mid-1970s and video rentals started taking off a decade later. Very quickly, the video store became a part of the entertainment culture, offering an alternative to both moviegoing and watching TV. Anyone who ever stopped by a video store on a Friday night to pick up a couple of tapes anytime through the nineties will remember just how popular this option was. The DVD, introduced in the late 1990s, supplanted VHS tapes in five years or so and Blu-ray became the official high-definition alternative in 2008, after beating out HD DVD.
Streaming video and VOD are simply new channels for home viewers to get their movie fixes and they will likely become the dominant channels within a few years, at least in terms of renting or single-viewing. Convenience and price tends to trump quality when it comes to general marketplace.
But the likely inevitable end of DVD and Blu-ray as the popular format for home viewing isn't the whole story.


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Hypertac announces that Smiths Interconnect, a division of global technology business Smiths Group, has completed the $185 million purchase of Interconnect Devices, Inc. (IDI), a leading designer and manufacturer of probe technology for use in industrial and semiconductor testing, and high performance connector applications. The Kansas City-based company will become part of the Connector Technology Group within Smiths Interconnect.
IDI designs and produces highly engineered, application specific connectors using a proprietary spring probe contact technology. It focuses on mission critical applications for semiconductor and circuit-board testing, and high reliability connectors for military, medical, homeland security and industrial markets. IDI employs 560 people, more than half at its Suzhou plant in China, and runs a specialist engineering centre in Gilbert, Arizona.
Smiths Interconnect President Ralph Phillips said: "We are a leading supplier of technically differentiated components that are critical to our customers’ products and operations, IDI adds a completely new range of connectors to complement our existing portfolio and provide our customers with a wider range of solutions encompassing multiple connector technologies. With a major plant in China, IDI strengthens our connector operations and will allow us to leverage our existing international sales resources, particularly in Europe which accounts for a quarter of the global connectors market."


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UK food prices: English breakfast - eggs, sausages, more - costs over ₹3,400
UK food prices: The average cost of ingredients to make a traditional fry-up jumped by more than 22% from a year earlier in January.
The price of a full English breakfast has soared to a record high even as the UK’s overall rate of inflation slows.
The average cost of ingredients to make a traditional fry-up jumped by more than 22% from a year earlier in January. That’s the biggest increase since Bloomberg started the Breakfast Index in June.
The index crunches data from Britain’s Office for National Statistics, looking at the prices of sausage, bacon, eggs, bread, butter, tomatoes, mushrooms, milk, tea and coffee. It shows that there’s no respite for households struggling with higher food prices.
Using product sizes provided by the ONS, the total cost has risen by more than £5 ($6) from a year earlier to £34.30.
“The cost of living crisis still has some way to play out,” said Lisa Hooker, industry leader for consumer markets at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. “With shoppers forced to spend more on essentials, this is bad news for the wider retail, consumer and leisure industries.”
In a sign of how inflation is affecting the most basic ingredients, milk posted the biggest price increase with a 50% jump from a year earlier. Eggs and butter followed, and every ingredient rose in price. On a monthly basis, coffee and tea climbed the most with sausages actually dropping in price.
Supermarkets are coming under strain as they balance higher costs with the need to attract customers. Waitrose is slashing prices by a record amount as the upmarket grocer tries to win back shoppers who have decamped to cheaper rivals. Its price cuts span more than 300 products include sausages, tea, peas and carrots.
French supermarkets are also under pressure from inflation. Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire is set to meet the country’s grocers to discuss ways to reduce prices of essential goods in their stores. Carrefour SA’s chief executive officer Alexandre Bompard said food makers are demanding “delirious” price hikes.
Tensions between retailers and suppliers are high in the UK as well, and shoppers are opting more for own-label goods to save money.


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Supply Chain Finance at Procter & Gamble
In April 2013, Procter & Gamble (P&G), the world's largest consumer packaged goods (CPG) company, announced that it would extend its payment terms to suppliers by 30 days. At the same time, P&G announced a new supply chain financing (SCF) program giving suppliers the ability to receive discounted payments for their P&G receivables. Fibria Celulose, a Brazilian supplier of kraft pulp, joined the program in 2013, but was re-evaluating the costs and benefits of participating in the SCF program in the summer of 2015. The firm's treasury group and its US country manager must decide whether to keep using the program and, if so, whether to keep their existing SCF banking relationship or start a new relationship with another global SCF bank.


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Bingo hall operator Buzz Bingo who own and operate over 100 bingo hall venues throughout the UK have announced they are to close 26 of them, due to the financial pressures placed on the business by the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic.
Since the end of March this year, all venues operated by Buzz Bingo have been closed due to the lockdown imposed on businesses by the govt, as the UK like elsewhere in the world continues to battle the spread of Covid-19.
Over the past few weeks the lockdown measures in the UK have eased somewhat, with many businesses supply non essential services now allowed to reopen, including the like of restaurants and pubs. However, as bemoaned recently by Rank Group CEO John O’Reilly, both casinos and bingo hall venues have not yet been given the green light to reopen their doors.
The move announced and taken by Buzz Bingo is one of the conditions of the CVA ( Company Voluntary Agreement ) they have undertaken with their creditors, as the company looks to secure its long term future.
Chief Executive Officer of Buzz Bingo, Chris Matthews speaking about this news, said: “The ongoing pandemic has had far-reaching consequences for the entire leisure and hospitality sector and an immediate and significant impact on our business.”
“Following a thorough review of our options, the proposed CVA will restructure our retail portfolio to ensure we are well positioned for a return to growth, while adapting to the ongoing, challenging environment as we start to reopen the majority of our clubs.”
Buzz Bingo Closures
The following Buzz Bingo venues listed below are earmarked to close, putting over 500 jobs at risk:
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Those who are subscribed to CBS All Access may well know about the upcoming change the streaming platform is about to go through.
Indeed, streamers should mark their calendars for March 4, as this is the day it becomes Paramount Plus – with an expanded offering for those residing in the US and Latin America.
To get a taster of what’s coming up for parent company ViacomCBS in general, keep an eye on industry news on February 24. This is when streaming plans and strategy across Paramount+, Pluto TV and Showtime will be revealed.
We do know that the expanded offering will comprise over 30,000 TV episodes and movies, but it hasn’t yet been revealed if a price change is coming with the rebrand.
Bob Bakish, President and CEO of ViacomCBS, said: ‘With Paramount+, we’re excited to establish one global streaming brand in the broad-pay segment that will draw on the sheer breadth and depth of the ViacomCBS portfolio to offer an extraordinary collection of content for everyone to enjoy.’


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NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- The job market did not witness the same recovery the overall economy did in 2010, and remains the biggest wildcard to continued improvements in 2011.
The year started with the national jobless rate at a whopping 10%. That number tapered a bit, dropping to 9.5% midway through 2010, before rising again to 9.8% in November.
While those who have jobs are more confident that they will keep receiving a paycheck, there doesn't seem to be much of a reprieve for those still unemployed.
What has seen growth within the labor market is temporary hiring, which has increased across all sectors, not just among retailers beefing up their staff for the holiday season.
It shouldn't come as a surprise that businesses handed out pink sheets at a steady rate throughout the year, as companies looked to cut costs and create more efficient operating models. And while a chunk of excess fat has effectively been cut at most companies, layoffs are expected to continue at the same pace.
Overall, most economists don't foresee any significant boost in hiring until well into 2011.
Here's a look at companies that laid off workers in 2010. Here, then, is a look at those corporations that have laid off workers since the beginning of the year.
After announcing it will eliminate about 600 employees, Yahoo (Stock Quote: YHOO) reportedly will also shutter some of its online services.
Yahoo announced on Dec. 14 that it will cut about 4% of its workforce. Then, on Dec. 17, a list began circulating on the Internet outlining sites that are in danger. Reportedly included on the list are Yahoo's content-sharing site Delicious and search site AltaVista.
Last year Yahoo eliminated about 700 workers on top of 1,400 layoffs back in 2008.


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Umicore and BASF have signed a nonexclusive cross-licensing agreement covering more than 100 families of patents relating to cathode active materials and their precursors, including chemistries such as nickel cobalt manganese. The firms say the agreement will accelerate development of safe, cheap, and energy-dense battery materials.
Chevron Phillips Chemical has picked Old Ocean, Texas, as the site for a 266,000-metric-ton-per-year 1-hexene plant the firm earlier said it was considering. The material is a comonomer used to make linear low-density polyethylene.
Nouryon has agreed to supply hydrogen peroxide and sodium chlorate to Renewcell, a start-up building a textile recycling plant in Sundsvall, Sweden. Renewcell will use the bleaching chemicals in a plant that Nouryon will install at the site.
Solvay has completed the sale of its North American and European amphoteric surfactant unit to the private equity firm OpenGate Capital. The business has been named Verdant Specialty Solutions, with specialty chemical veteran John Foley as CEO.
Eastman Chemical has acquired 3F Feed & Food, which makes additives for animal and human nutrition. 3F specializes in organic acid derivatives and nonantibiotic growth promoters. It operates a plant in Avila, Spain.
Modern Meadow, a start-up developing alternative leather from fermentation-derived proteins, has raised $130 million in a third round of funding led by Key Partners Capital. It also has a new CEO: Anna Bakst, who previously led the fashion label Kate Spade.
Trinseo and the catalyst firm ETB Technologies are collaborating on a process to convert ethanol into 1,3-butadiene. Trinseo says it will conduct a feasibility study for a pilot plant in Europe.
Aceragen, which focuses on rare diseases, has launched with the purchase of Enzyvant’s investigational enzyme therapy for Farber disease for up to $226 million. Aceragen will get $35 million in funding from NovaQuest Capital Management.


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UPDATED — There are three new 105,000-square-foot buildings coming to Wichita, and they could be a little confusing at first.
Greenville, S.C.-based Centennial American Properties, a retail developer, is building three storage units that are going to look more like retail developments.
“It’ll look different than any storage facility in Wichita,” says president Brody Glenn.
Each building will be three stories and have about 750 climate-controlled units and will have garage doors on two sides and a 30-foot drive that goes through the building.
Ten or more cars can use parallel parking on either side of the drive-through lane and have easy access to elevators “so that you’re out of the weather and protected,” Glenn says.
“The biggest thing is the ability to pull inside the building.”
One building will be immediately behind the CVS at 13th and Maize Road and another will be across Kellogg from Costco and just east of Groves Discount Wine & Spirits.
“There’s a third one that we’re working on that we’re putting the final touches on,” Glenn says.
He says it will be in northeast Wichita.
“Our goal is . . . to bring storage to the retail hubs to make it convenient for the consumer,” Glenn says. “Where people traditionally are passing by.”
He says he and his company “traditionally have been big retail developers.”
“The goal of retail is to pick sites where people aren’t having to take special trips to go there.”
Glenn says that’s unlike where most storage units typically are.
“Storage has always been a use that has been out of the way.”
He says the company is doing 28 more storage facilities nationally.
“Our goal is to provide this in secondary markets throughout the country.”
Extra Space Storage, a national company with one site already in Wichita, will operate the storage units for Glenn.
“In our opinion, they’re the best operator in the country.”
Each site will be branded with the Extra Space name.
Brad Saville of Landmark Commercial Real Estate is representing Glenn’s company on the acquisitions.
Glenn says more than anything, he thinks the inside-entry will set apart his storage facilities. He says they help keep noise contained and are easy to secure.
He says he looked at demographics, traffic counts and retail sales for each area he selected.
Demographics show he can do more facilities in Wichita, Glenn says, but he says he wants to do only three to start and get a feel for the market.
At least for now, Glenn says he has no retail plans for the city other than the retail-looking storage buildings.


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The Chinese city of Shanghai is deploying a team of police officer to monitor all Shanghai-registered Web sites to curb the rise of online crimes, according to Xinhua.
The Chinese news daily reported on Monday that the number of cybercrimes is growing quickly as online shopping and other Internet-related activities flourish. The Shanghai police handled more than 4,700 cases related to the Web in 2011--an annual increase of nearly 44 percent, the report stated, citing figures from the police bureau.
Crimes mainly involve the spread of pornographic information, sale of contraband, conducting online fraud, or gambling, it added.
"Cybercrime is no longer a high-tech crime exclusive to technical professionals. Internet users can use entry-level hacking software and become a real threat on the network," said Lu Weidong, deputy chief of Shanghai police bureau.
"We'll enhance supervision on the Internet and have police oversight for every Web site to scrutinize illegal conduct, similar to how police officers patrol communities in real life."
He added that based on information derived from cases solved previously, local criminal gangs have "achieved an elaborate control system of all aspects of crime, including releasing information, conducting illegal online trade and managing the flow of funds".
According to statistics from the China Internet Network Information Center, more than 66 percent of the city's population is online which is second only to Beijing in the country. There are 800,000 Web sites accessible in Shanghai, Xinhua added.


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UK: European POU water market quadruples
Nearly 790,000 point of use (POU) water units were in active use across West Europe at the end of 2007, four times more than five years ago, according to figures out this week.
Also known as plumbed-in or mains-fed coolers, POU systems purify and chill mains tap water. With an estimated value of EUR210m in 2007, the West European plumbed-in water cooler market continues to record annual growth in excess of 20%, research group Zenith said.
"The UK and Italy are the two leading countries, with a combined unit share of 56%, but they are quite different in character," said Zenith market intelligence director Gary Roethenbaugh. "Offices dominate the UK industry, driven by interest in health and hydration. Italian preference for sparkling water and a culture of leaving the workplace for refreshment has led to more emphasis on provision in bars, restaurants and homes."
The increased consumption of tap water through POU systems is mainly due to the cost savings, convenience and environmental benefits that plumbed-in coolers claim to offer.
Around 29% of all mains-fed coolers in Europe now dispense sparkling water as well. "Trust in the national water supply is vital, but also a desire to improve it. Customer awareness and equipment innovation have encouraged POU progress too," Roethenbaugh added.
Waterlogic, Ebac, Crystal Mountain and Apuro are among the UK manufacturing heavyweights, while Italbedis, Zerica, CEM Industries, Kosmologik and Cosmetal have led the way in Italy.
High growth rates are predicted to rise in Greece, Switzerland and Austria. Italy, the UK, France and Germany are expected to install more than 450,000 units between them over the next five years.
In spite of pressure from campaigners over the environmental impact of rising bottled water sales, per capita consumption continues to rise in the UK. And, writes Annette Farr, the recent mains water ...
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2015 was undoubtedly her year. Having fronted 14 campaigns, she managed to overrule Kate Moss and Cra Delevingne.
We are talking about Kendal Jenner, who is according to The Drum the most valuable model. Karlie Kloss is in place 2, followed by Gigi Hadid, Cara Delevingne, Irina Shayk, Joan Smalls. Athlete Odell Beckham Jr. holds the seventh place in a mostly women’s list. Bilky Felstead is another name to surprise us, since she is Britain’s most famous reality star.
The absence of actors and actresses is noteworthy, given the fact that the list was full of them in the past. What if Jenner is for quite a few just a celebrity? She has already made a name in the fashion industry.


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Apple CEO Tim Cook is out and about in China, and it doesn't appear he's on vacation.
The iPhone maker's chief executive today was spotted in the Joy City Apple Store in Beijing, marveling at his company's products and talking with employees. Cook didn't say at the store why he's in China, but that hasn't stopped the rumor mill from speculating.
Apple blog AppleInsider is reporting today, citing sources, that Cook is in China to discuss his company's next-generation iPhone with the two carriers that offer Apple's handset, China Telecom and China Unicom. The sources also said that he might be in town to try to work out a deal with China Mobile.
Although none of those scenarios would be surprising, it's likely that Cook would like nothing more than to ink a deal with China Mobile. As China's largest carrier with over 660 million subscribers, it's the crown jewel for Apple. It's also its most elusive would-be partner.
For years, Apple has been hoping to bring its iPhone to China Mobile, only to see the deal scuttled time and again. Last year, Sterne Agee analyst Shaw Wu cited industry sources who said thatbut the iPhone maker turned it down after the carrier asked for a slice of App Store revenue. That followed statements made years prior by China Mobile CEO Wang Jianzhou who criticized Apple for trying to take too much control.
However, in September, Jianzhou changed his tone, saying that he hopes to come to an agreement with Apple at some point in the future. He also hinted that the first iPhone to come to his service would be capable of connecting to his company's 4G TD-LTE service.
"China Mobile and Apple hope to find a solution for close collaboration," Jianzhou said. "We discussed this issue with Apple. We hope Apple will produce a new iPhone with TD-LTE. We have already got a positive answer from Apple."
Apple's new iPad is the first from the company to support 4G LTE. It's widely speculated that the next iPhone will also come with that option.
Apple did not immediately respond to CNET's request for comment on Cook's visit to China.


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Huawei brand Honor last week released the latest software updates for its Honor 7X and Honor View 10 smartphones. The updates bring Honor's ambitious GPU Turbo technology to the two smartphones, which is claimed to offer 60 percent better gaming performance and 30 percent better battery optimisation. Other than that, the Honor 7X gets call recording capabilities, Party Mode, and more. And, the Honor View 10 gets the new AIS feature, bug improvements, and other stuff. Let's get into the details now.
The changelog of the latest update on the Honor 7X, as posted by a moderator on Honor forums, details that EMUI 22.214.171.1240 brings new features, including the ability to record calls natively, a new Party Mode APK for enhancing music playback, GPU Turbo implementation, and Google security patch (unspecified).
Similarly, the Honor View 10 has received the latest EMUI 126.96.36.199 update with a file size of about 472MB. The changelog of the update, as per a post by yet another Honor forum moderator, includes GPU Turbo implementation, support for AIS or Artificial Image Stabilization (AIS) that will use AI techniques to enhance camera capturing quality, bug improvements (including UserAgent support for Airtel SIM cards), and Google security patch (unspecified).
The update rollout has been initiated and all users are expected to get the update within the coming week, as part of a phased process. If you haven't received a notification yet, you can head over to Settings to manually scan for an update.
Additionally, Honor recommends that users upgrade to the latest software over Wi-Fi and maintain a minimum battery percentage of 50 percent. The Chinese phone maker also recommends that a proper backup be taken in case any data is lost during the upgrade process. This version can roll back to an older version. Users have not reported any major issues with the update yet, however you can check the above-mentioned forum posts to stay up-to-date on any developments.
Back in August this year, the Honor Play became the company's first smartphone to ship with GPU Turbo in India. However, the brand had announced that it would soon roll out the technology to its Honor 10, Honor View 10, Honor 9 Lite, and Honor 7X handsets via a software update.


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Nintendo president Satoru Iwata is making a bit of a habit out of stating the obvious, and has said once again that Nintendo are to blame for the Wii U's failings.
He's again highlighted marketing efforts, or the lack thereof, but preaches optimism.
“We are to blame. We relaxed our [marketing] efforts, so the consumers today still cannot understand what’s so good and unique about the Wii U. Because we’re always trying to be unique, it takes some energies on our side to [make] people understand the real attractions about whatever we are doing,” Iwata told CNBC.
“We have been unsuccessful in coming up with one single software with which people can understand, ‘OK, this is really different.”
Iwata made the comparison with the Wii, saying that the Wii U has nothing as easy to convey as Wii Sports.
"As long as people have hands-on [experience], they can appreciate the value of the Wii U, but because there's not software that's simple and obvious for people as 'Wii Sports' for the Wii, potential consumers do not feel like trying the Wii U. Our challenge today is with the software lineup we are introducing now, we have to encourage [people] to experience the Wii U in the first place."
However, in spite of the fact that Nintendo have been banging on about this for months and done nothing about it, Iwata preaches optimism.
"I do not think we should become too pessimistic about the current situation with the Wii U," he said. "I think we should pour that time and energy into our [development] efforts, so eventually we can encourage third-party [publishers] to want to support Nintendo."
Also, don't be expecting that price cut any time soon. You know, the one that the Wii U could use like a desert needs rain.
“Because from the very beginning we came up with a very aggressive price point. We do not think [a price cut] is a very easy option to take,” Iwata said.


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November 7, 2018
As a proud partner of Nhip Cau Dau Tu magazine (NCDT), Infinity Blockchain Labs (IBL) attended the magazine’s 11th annual Investment Conference 2018, called “Economy 4.0: From Evolution to Revolution.” Attracting more than 500 CEOs and experts in various fields, the conference enables networking within a macroeconomic scope and discussed experiences in managing businesses and significant business trends.
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The conference focussed on different paths for businesses during the “economy 4.0” as well as sustainable growth and creating breakthroughs to move businesses beyond their competitors in terms scale and efficiency. The conference also shared lessons from large Chinese investors on the path to economy 4.0 on a global scale.
More than 500 leaders in attendance for the publicized event
One significant feature of this year’s conference was its focus on applied Vietnamese technology, thereby creating a high level of inspiration for business leaders in the era of globalization.
This year’s conference was honored to welcome reputable experts with experience in investing in global technology corporation such as Baidu, Alibaba, along with leaders of most successful business and technology companies in Vietnam. The presentations along with the great networking opportunities will assist entrepreneurs, business leaders, and managers understand the nature and capacity of the economy in its full power.
Members of IBL’s team in attendance
The conference discussed the current state of world economics and the industrial revolution 4.0 at great length. Several presenters discussed the trade war between the United States and China and how it affects the economic forecast of Vietnam. The trade war compared to a “family feud” among the world’s superpowers. Along with other world economic issues, the conference discussed how Vietnam should respond to changes approaching in the fourth technology revolution.
Tina Ju – founder and CEO of KPCB China & TDF Capital
The fourth technology revolution represents the age of disruptive technologies. Disruptive technologies, like the introduction of the internet years ago and the future with blockchain, have the potential to change the foundations of many sectors and industries radically. The conference went on to discuss enormous changes in the future with the sharing economy, e-commerce, artificial intelligence (AI), and the health sector.
Assoc. Prof. Ph.D Trần Đình Thiên – Economics expert, a member of Prime Minister’s economic advisory group, discusses disruptive technologies
In embracing disruptive technologies, the private and public sectors need to be daring and brave in their quest towards innovations. The conference emphasized the necessity of changing to adopt disruption to survive. Assuming a sector, industry, or business can properly adopt to approaching technologies, there are a wealth of opportunities to grasp. Governments should take roles in facilitating innovation and unlocking the potential of people while providing support.
The potential power of blockchain technology reflects the basis of much of the disruptive potential of revolution 4.0. David Lang, the Chief Product Office (CPO) for IBL, discussed the power of blockchain as an industry disruptor at NCDT’s Tech Summit 2018 in September.
At Tech Summit, David discussed the importance of embracing early disruptive technology in differentiating the conventional business mindset from the “Crazies.” The conventional business acumen leads the business minded to a conservative and observant mindset, a mindset that is cautious in uncovering value. The “Crazies” on the other hand have the foresight, ability, and courage to discover and take advantage of the value of disruptive potentials early by forecasting their impacts on changing industries.
Mr. Lang noted a handful of challenges one must overcome when becoming one of the “Crazies.” There is an initial doubt where one fails to trust the value of a potential industry claiming to change the world. There is a scalability concern where one is concerned about when adoption of the technology could realistically take place. Furthermore, there is a monumental concern of the legality and regulatory impacts of such a technology. When the “Crazies” manage to identify the potential value of a disruptive industry, they take steps to remedy the stated challenges in realizing the immediate growth. David explained “enterprises are accelerating the speed of awareness and knowledge of employees in the field of electronic money.
Mr. Lang gave examples of a few key industries embracing the potential of blockchain like the Fintech(financial tech) and banking industries and the use of medical records in the healthcare industry. David went on to describe blockchain’s impact on the supply line industry in presenting the case of Fruitchain, the blockchain-based product traceability solution for Vietnamese agriculture. To both illustrate the legitimacy of blockchain and convey the proactive nature of companies in uncovering blockchain’s potential, David advised the crowd to look to the blockchain related patents filed by the some of the biggest companies in the United States as an indicator of the future applications of the technology.
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"We are looking for other investors now," Ariana said before sharing Randall Emmett is no longer involved in the business following his split from Lala Kent. "We're working on a visual deck currently that should, honestly, be done today."
On the show's January 4 episode, Ariana told Lisa Vanderpump that she and Katie "wouldn't say no" if the restaurateur wanted to invest in the shop. While it wasn't exactly a serious conversation at the time, Lisa joining the business may soon be a reality.
"I'm tempted to maybe get involved with it," Lisa said at the reunion, to which Ariana responded, "Lisa, the door is open." (Now we're waiting to see if "the Vanderpumpernickel" sandwich Ariana joked about on the show's January 11 episode makes its way to the eatery's official menu.)
During the reunion, Lisa also opened up about coming around to the idea of the shop's name. "When it's in the context of 'Something About Her sandwiches,' it's almost like you're talking about [it] in a personal way," she said. "So, yeah, I actually liked it."
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While the SHIELD Portable is now twice removed as the latest SHIELD device on the block, NVIDIA certainly hasn’t forgotten about those that got on board the SHIELD bandwagon early.
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Google is kicking off Google I/O and the first big piece of news has just come out of the gate: HBO Now for Android is coming to Google Play with Google Cast support in tow.
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Welcome back to our weekly Top 10 Android App Updates column, where we take a look at the most frequently upgraded apps for the week. We’ve found that one of the best ways to discover useful apps is to find the ones that are actually being updated by the developers rather than selecting the apps with the ... Read More »
Between deals and new functionality being brought to Google’s pint-sized streaming stick, it feels like there is always something to report on the Chromecast. Today is no different, and it actually adds some particularly notable channels to the Chromecast catalog.
CBS All Access, Fox Now, FX Now and HGTV will now all deliver ... Read More »
We gathered up a few deals from around the web that we thought might interest you, beyond the free Amazon apps we told you about this morning.
First up is the Chromecast, which has been the subject of so many deals that you likely all have one by now, but ... Read More »
Google’s Chromecast streaming stick only costs $35 from the company’s new online store, and a bit cheaper at other retailers, but to sweeten the deal Google has launched a series of new promotions for the little gadget. These are all meant to make your streaming experience that much better, whether it’s ... Read More »
VLC is king of media players, playing almost any media format you can imagine. I’m an avid user on the PC, but there’s also an Android app to watch videos on your smartphone. And according to the changelog for VLC 3.0, the app will be getting Chromecast support.
Chromecast support was announced quite ... Read More »
Google is holding a Valentine’s Day special for Chromecast owners that you can take advantage of, whether you’re a fan of the holiday or not. Right now, Chromecast owners can get a $6 Google Play credit for each Chromecast that they own. All you have to do is make sure that it’s connected ... Read More »


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What does the latest trade aid package mean for farmers?
Last week, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) released initial details for a new trade assistance package to support family farmers and ranchers struggling with oversupply and low prices due to escalating trade conflicts.
The agency plans to allocate as much as $16 billion from the Commodity Credit Corporation for the package, including $14.5 billion in direct payments to producers of certain commodities through the Market Facilitation Program (MFP).
Additionally, USDA has designated $1.4 billion for commodity purchases through the Food Purchase and Distribution Program (FPDP) as well as $100 million for the development of new export markets through the Agricultural Trade Promotion Program (ATP).
USDA has already issued two rounds of payments via MFP to soybean, sorghum, wheat, corn, pork, dairy, cotton, almond, and sweet cherry producers starting last fall. All of those commodities are also included in the new package, in addition to wide range of other products that were affected by the trade war, either directly or indirectly.
Eligibility and payment rates depend on the commodity. Most commodity grain producers will be compensated based on a flat county rate multiplied by total acreage of those crops in 2019, not to exceed 2018 plantings. In contrast, most specialty crop producers will receive payments based on 2019 production while dairy producers' payments will be based on historical production.
Payments will be distributed in three separate tranches, with the first expected in late July or early August. If USDA determines that additional assistance is still necessary, a second and third round of assistance may be implemented at a later date.
National Farmers Union (NFU) was encouraged by some of the improvements that the administration made over the previous trade aid package.
"We are pleased that USDA will be providing payments for a broader range of commodities than were covered under last year's program," said NFU President Roger Johnson in a statement. "We also appreciate that producers of all covered commodities will receive equitable support."
Though the USDA's support is much-needed, it will not provide long-term solutions many producers will need to withstand the lasting effects of the trade war.
"Our ongoing trade wars have destroyed our reputation as a reliable supplier and have left family farmers with swelling grain stores and empty pockets," said Johnson. "The very least we can do is provide our country's struggling food producers with the certainty of a longer-term plan that also addresses the persistent and pernicious problem of oversupply."


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Biden’s Buy American Order Gets Mixed Industry Reaction
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden’s executive order Monday to boost American manufacturing is receiving a warm welcome from some major industry associations but words of caution from U.S. trade partners.
The order requires federal agencies to purchase more of their equipment from American manufacturers.
Biden described the order as an effort to revitalize the economy and to make the United States less dependent on foreign countries, such as for medical supplies to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. China supplied much of the personal protective equipment and the respirators used in the United States in the past year.
The U.S. economy lost about 543,000 manufacturing jobs since February 2020, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Officials from manufacturing associations said Biden’s “Buy American” order would close loopholes in previous international trade agreements while setting a course for a stronger U.S. manufacturing sector.
“When we eliminate loopholes that allow billions of taxpayer dollars to go to imported products rather than American made products, we can truly ‘Build Back Better,’” Philip K. Bell, president of the Steel Manufacturers Association, said in a statement. “Our nation’s infrastructure should be built by Americans for Americans using domestic steel that is sustainably melted and poured. Today’s commitment by President Biden supports that goal.”
Buy American provisions can be found in a patchwork of federal laws dating back to 1933 but always with exceptions that upset some U.S. manufacturers.
In the latest examples, government contracts allow the requirement to purchase American products to be waived by the contracting officer if the domestic product is 25% or more expensive than an identical foreign-sourced product, if the product is not available domestically in sufficient quantity or quality or if the waiver is in the public’s interest.
In addition, the president can waive Buy American provisions under terms of international trade agreements.
Biden’s order seeks to eliminate the loopholes by redefining domestic content and measurements of quality in products purchased by the government. It also would increase the threshold for the percentage of products that must be purchased domestically.
The Office of Management and Budget would get a new senior officer to oversee which contractors can receive waivers. The new officer would be assigned to reduce the number of waivers.
In addition, federal agencies are directed under the executive order to reach out to small American manufacturers that often are overlooked in government contracts.
Scott Paul, president of the Alliance for American Manufacturing, said, “The law should mean what it says: an American product should be truly made in America.”
Despite the order’s encouraging outlook, some manufacturers are taking a wait-and-see attitude.
“We are carefully reviewing all of President Biden’s new executive orders, including yesterday’s Buy America initiative and assessing the impacts they may have on our members,” Ann Wilson, vice president of government affairs for the Motor and Equipment Manufacturers Association, told The Well News.
The executive order advances Biden’s campaign pledge to increase government purchases of American goods by $400 billion.
“President Biden is ensuring that when the federal government spends taxpayer dollars they are spent on American made goods by American workers and with American-made component parts,” a White House fact sheet said.
The order sets a lofty goal of implementing the new procurement procedures within 180 days, despite elusive attempts at similar standards in previous administrations.
Many supply chains for the most sophisticated products, such as aircraft, computers and high-tech equipment, use parts and components from manufacturers around the world. Some U.S. corporations are saying they would need to reconfigure their entire supply network under strict Buy American regulations.
In addition, U.S. trade partners are cautioning against disruptions in international contracts and relations.
Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Marc Garneau said in a CBS New interview that strict new Buy American rules “might jeopardize the very strong and integrated supply chains that exist between our two countries.”
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RadioShack’s shambling remains were provided another jolt of life today. Does Radioshack Carry Cb Radios… when they were acquired by another company that prepares to relaunch the once-great retailer as an online-focused brand.
The shop’s remains were purchased by Retail Ecommerce Ventures (REV), a startup founded in 2019 that’s been scooping up brand names from other faded retail giants as well, including Pier 1, Modell’s Sporting Item, Dressbarn, and more. REV says RadioShack’s site currently has “strong existing sales and sales capacity,” and the business is “confident” it can even more raise awareness of the brand name globally.
REV declares it’s successfully turned around other companies it’s released as online brand names. The Wall Street Journal reported that Dressbarn more than doubled its revenue between the second and very first quarter of 2020.
RadioShack was founded in 1921 and became a retail staple in the ’80s and ’90s for anybody looking to get tech essentials. REV didn’t say whether those RadioShack licenses would stick around. Does Radioshack Carry Cb Radios
REV states it will “soon relaunch” RadioShack’s website. So for those of you still sticking on to fond memories of the store, there’ll be a familiar enough place to go when you want to purchase expensive HDMI cable televisions and knockoff earphones.


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Business confidence is high as seven in ten UK SME online retailers are confident that their sales will increase in 2020, according to a study commissioned by Royal Mail and they’re also positive in the outlook for the next five years. With the UK now sitting out meetings with the EU and due to leave in a few days time, this could be viewed as an uncertain time for businesses. With no MEPs and yet still subject to EU regulations (including any new ones) for the rest of 2020 and no clear idea of what trading relationship we’ll have in 2021, you could be forgiven for having some uncertainty. But says Royal Mail, SMEs seem buoyant and positive – does that match your personal outlook for your business?
Among the main reasons for business confidence according to Royal Mail is that SMEs plan to increase advertising/marketing spend (48%) and make changes to improve the customer experience (36%).
79% of these retailers rate the prospects for business as good or very good over the next five years. With global reach Royal Mail is well placed to observe trends across the industry.
The biggest perceived challenges for UK SME online retailers in 2019 was online competition, economic uncertainty in the UK and pricing goods competitively. However, 62% of retailers experienced an uplift in sales last year, compared to the previous year.
UK SME online retailers are increasingly looking overseas to increase their sales. The study also found two-thirds of UK SME online retailers currently sell overseas. These retailers sell the most to Europe, USA, Asia and the Middle East.
In the coming year, 62% of online retailers intend to increase their international sales revenue. Key plans for increasing international sales revenue include: simplifying the sales/ordering/delivery and payment process (33%), selling more to the markets they already sell to (28%) and targeting new markets and countries (21%).
“As we enter a new decade, the level of business confidence is promising for 2020 and the years beyond. Royal Mail already supports a wide range of retail businesses, providing them with the tools they need to succeed in the UK and across the globe. We look forward to working with even more of these great businesses this year.”
– Shane O’ Riordain, Managing Director of Marketing, Regulation And Corporate Affairs, Royal Mail


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When MoviePass announced its Netflix-for-the-cinema service back in August, observers wondered how it could possibly maintain the low $10 monthly fee for unlimited movies. On Friday, the company announced that it will be making a change to the fee. For a limited time, it’s offering annual subscriptions at about $7 per month.
According to a press release the company sent to Gizmodo, the offer costs $89.95 for the year. That math doesn’t seem to come out to $6.95 per month, but the company says there’s a “$6.55 processing fee.” So, really, it’s more like $7.50 a month, but whatever.
MoviePass’s new subscription launch has been both a blessing and a curse for the company. Its CEO Mitch Lowe told Gizmodo that its business plan with investor Helios & Matheson called for the company to reach 150,000 subscribers in six months. The excitement and disbelief about the service caused an influx of signups that crashed its website, and it passed that number within two days. That led to delays in getting the special credit card that customers need to use the service and it also accelerated the timeline for burning through its initial cash. According to Variety, the subscriber count has now passed 600,000.
The general idea from MoviePass’s public perspective is to operate much like a typical Silicon Valley startup. It wants to demonstrate the demand for a service like this, collect customer data for paid partnerships, and convince theaters to give it a cut of the increased traffic they see. It’s a crazy gamble because it’s still paying out full ticket price to movie theaters. An average movie ticket in the US costs $8.84. In a market like New York, a ticket can easily go for twice that. This latest price change puts the monthly cost below that of a single average ticket.
In order to continue this test phase in which a lot of factors have to come together, Helios & Matheson announced that it was raising another $100 million in investment last month. Some critics, like the AMC Theatre chain, fear that MoviePass is only going to depress the value of a ticket in the mind of the consumer. Of course, with a lower price, and the 2017 holiday gift-giving season here, MoviePass could pick up enough subscribers to start feeling like a necessity. Netflix, after all, faced plenty of resistance from Hollywood when it was first getting off the ground. According to Bloomberg, the company wants to go public in March of 2018, so sprinting towards viability seems like the only option.
For now, just enjoy the fact that you can grab a really cheap deal on movie tickets. It won’t last forever.


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Raffle tickets for a four bedroom house in Yorkshire were selling at a rate of one per second over the weekend, according to the house's owner.
Dale Tate decided to sell his detached house in Ossett and his Volvo XC90 Hybrid car though an online raffle after struggling to offload them during the coronavirus pandemic before he and his family move to Australia.
Originally there were 400,000 tickets up for grabs, costing £1 each, but Dale says almost half of those have gone in a week.
"We've sold over 190,000 now," he said.
"They were selling at a one per second for a bit over the weekend. On Saturday we sold 43,000. It's crackers."
People can buy as many tickets as they want before the raffle ends on September 17 - but Dale thinks they will sell out before then.
"We've had hundreds of messages asking could people buy them direct from us because they are stuck in a queue on the website for hours."
The tickets are sold through an online raffle website but Dale says people have been messaging him directly to ask him to 'fix' the draw on their favour.
"They said if they give us a bit of money can we fix it so they win," he explained.
"We would never do that but we can't influence it anyway because it's done independently through the website.
"I don't even really want my family buying tickets because people would never believe it's not rigged."
You can find out more about the raffle and the prizes here.


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You may have heard about the Google Phone app before as this is the new and improved phone app that was available for those with Google Pixel devices and Android One devices. The Google Phone app also had been preinstalled on many of the Xiaomi smartphones. We’ve just learned that Google has started to expand out the app to now support smartphones outside of those specific brands. Keep reading to learn all about the app and what it does to improve your calling experience.
Google Phone App Expands Release to More Android Smartphones
The Google Phone app is now available for multiple Android smartphones outside of the few smartphones it was preinstalled on initially. Before today, you had to own either an Android One, Google Pixel or Xiaomi smartphone in order to have this app on your device. Google has since decided to expand out the support for this app and it’s now available in Google Play Store for you to download onto your other Android device.
While the Google Phone app is available in the Google Play Store right now, it’s still only available for select devices that aren’t Pixel smartphones. Some people had previously sideloaded this app onto their smartphone, but since the app was only for certain smartphones, it oftentimes wouldn’t work if you sideloaded it onto a different device. What’s cool now is that it can be downloaded straight from the Google Play Store and will work on a variety of different Android devices.
In order to use this app on your device, you have to have a shared library that contains the specific code which is com.google.android.dialer.support. Some devices that are now supported include the LG V60 ThinQ, ASUS Zenfone 6, and the Oppo Find X2 Pro. There are still several popular devices that aren’t supported by this app though.
Devices not supported include the Note 10 series, Samsung Galaxy S10, and the Samsung Galaxy S20. Other Galaxy smartphones also appear to be left out as well as the OnePlus smartphones. We don’t know whether or not Google will be extending support even more in the coming weeks for this app, but it’s likely that it will slowly gain more Android support in future updates.
What Features Does the Google Phone App Include?
A lot of people haven’t heard of the Google Phone app before, which is understandable given it was only available for a select few devices up until now. This app basically will make your calling experience much better and it gives you more control over your phone calls. There are features such as Assisted dialing, spam, and Caller ID. One feature that isn’t available to non-Pixel devices is the Call Screen feature.
The Google Phone app brings spam protection, caller ID, visual voicemail, and even Google Duo video-calling capabilities. Google Duo being in this app is really cool since it allows you to quickly and easily perform a video call with just the click of a button. In order to use Google Duo, you will just need to head to the app and switch over to the Duo video call from within the app. You can find Duo in the Contacts card, Search card, and even the call log card.
Will You Check Out the Google Phone App & Use the Multiple Features?
The visual voicemail feature is great since it allows you to check your voicemails without having to actually call into your voicemail number. You can playback, delete, and view all of your voicemails from the Google Phone app. There is also the option to download the voicemails to your Android device, which allows you to save important messages right onto your device.
The mini call view feature is also a part of the Google Phone app, and this feature is great for multitasking. You can shrink down the call screen so that you can be on a phone call and also be doing things in other apps at the same time. This is great for increasing your productivity, especially if you are on the phone making business phone calls and also need to check your calendar or email.
We’re definitely happy about the spam protection within this app since spam phone calls seem to be a huge issue these days. You will see a warning on your phone if the incoming call is suspected to be spam. There is the option to report those suspicious phone calls as well, which will help protect other people from these spam calls. Whether it’s a fraud call or just a telemarketer, this spam protection is going to help keep you and your information safe.
In the comments below, we want to know whether or not you will be downloading and using the new Google Phone app on your Android device? Is the Android device that you use one of the now supported devices? Have you used this app before on a Pixel device? Let us know what you like and dislike about this app and whether or not it works better than other apps that give you these protections and features.


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ChannelAdvisor Earnings: Here’s Why Shares are Up Now
ChannelAdvisor (NYSE:ECOM) had a loss and beat Wall Street’s expectations, AND beat the revenue expectation. The revenue beat is a positive sign to shareholders seeking high growth out of the company. Shares are up 1.71%.
ChannelAdvisor Earnings Cheat Sheet
Revenue: Was the same at $15.97 million as the year-earlier quarter.
Actual vs. Wall St. Expectations: ChannelAdvisor reported adjusted EPS loss of $0.25 per share. By that measure, the company beat the mean analyst estimate of $-0.35. It beat the average revenue estimate of $14.87 million.
Quoting Management: “We delivered a strong second quarter that was highlighted by revenue that grew at approximately twice the rate of e-commerce growth,” said Scot Wingo, Chief Executive Officer of ChannelAdvisor. “We added a record number of new customers during the second quarter and are seeing increasing demand from online retailers for solutions that help manage the growing complexity of a highly fragmented e-commerce landscape. Our highly differentiated cloud-based platform and industry leading domain expertise around e-commerce channels are driving market share gains, and we believe ChannelAdvisor is well positioned to capitalize on the multi-billion dollar market opportunity that is very much in front of us.”
Key Stats (on next page)…
Revenue increased 7.04% from $14.92 million in the previous quarter.
Looking Forward: Analysts have a more negative outlook for the company’s next-quarter performance. Over the past three months, the average estimate for next quarter’s earnings has fallen from $0 to a loss $0.31. For the current year, the average estimate has moved down from $0 to a loss of $1.04 over the last ninety days.
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