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Roxy, a Seattle startup that offers a customizable voice assistant and touch screen smart speaker for the hotel industry, added a new voice calling feature in a bid to eliminate the need for phones in rooms.
The company says hotel phones are among the least-used and most expensive pieces of equipment in the room, making them ripe for replacement. In addition to the voice-calling feature, guests can issue commands through the voice-activated speaker, also named Roxy, to order room service, get more towels, and other typical hotel tasks.
Roxy works with hotels to add custom commands that are easier for guests and build what the company says are more comprehensive capabilities than other speech-enabled assistants. The company also recently added a “small talk conversational engine,” that can conduct basic conversations and help get people up to speed about Roxy’s capabilities.
In November, the five-person company raised a $2.2 million seed round that included investors from the hotel industry, a New York startup studio, a Chinese company and Cooper Manning, the brother of famed NFL quarterbacks Peyton and Eli Manning.
The device today is live in numerous hotels, including Willows Lodge in Woodinville, Wash., Hotel G and Adante Hotel in San Francisco, Senza Hotel in Napa, Calif., Jupiter Hotel in Portland and Hotel Blu in Vancouver B.C. Until now, Roxy has been testing devices in just a few rooms, and now it is starting to do full rollouts to every room in a hotel.
Roxy will double the number of rooms using its devices this month. And the company is gearing up to work with one of the major chains, but it wouldn’t say which one.
Roxy’s focus on businesses rather than consumers has differentiated it from the rest of the smart speaker market, where tech giants like Amazon, Google and others are battling it out. But Amazon jumped into the enterprise market last year with a business-focused version of its digital brain Alexa. And Amazon installed Echo speakers in more than 4,700 rooms at the Wynn Las Vegas.
Roxy’s CEO Cam Urban has started several companies in his career, including Jellyfish Art, before becoming a program manager with Microsoft Azure. Co-founder Peng “Michael” Shao was a leader on the cloud speech team at Amazon focused on the voice-activated technology that powers Alexa. Le “Grace” Huang, another co-founder, has an undergraduate degree in automation and spent four years as a web developer at Amazon, working on projects like Amazon Coins and the Kindle Device Store.
The three founders crossed paths at the University of Washington by chance about two years ago, when they were each looking for new career directions. Shao and Huang had left Amazon, and they were working on an app to communicate with cars via voice commands at the UW CoMotion innovation hub. Urban, who had recently left Microsoft and was working on a new project of his own, toured the facility and was introduced to his future co-founders.


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After a stellar 2009 – so good, in fact, that it’s currently on a pitch ban – DraftFCB has taken the 2010 Fairfax AdMedia Agency of the Year award.
“DraftFCB’s business performance was outstanding,” the judges (recruiter Cindy Mitchener, former Colenso BBDO chairman Roger Macdonnell and writer/publisher Reg Birchfield) said. “This was a complete performance.”
The award recognises exceptional performance across a range of criteria including business performance, awarded work, staff management/development and vision and innovation.
DraftFCB says it beat out the other agencies by adopting the type of advice agencies regularly dish out to clients, but rarely apply to themselves: a clear brand positioning, marketing plan and advertising programme has seen DraftFCB set the standard in the advertising industry, leading both clients and agencies by example.
DraftFCB ran its own integrated campaign involving direct marketing, PR coverage, press, online and TV advertising, built around a positioning as ‘The Change Agency’ – the experts in changing consumers’ behaviour. It also instigated an innovative social campaign in the heart of the recession offering 1,000 hours of free advertising services to help create or retain jobs, resulting in a new campaign for Bartercard.
DraftFCB managing director Justin Mowday says businesses that increase their marketing efforts during a recession are proven to gain market share that is retained as the market conditions improve.
“Rather than just talk the talk we wanted to lead from the front. It certainly feels more credible recommending marketing and advertising strategies to our clients when we’re out there actually doing it ourselves.”
Special group nearly stole the show, with a strong finalist entry in the ‘big’ category and another in the Indie category, the first time an agency has been in the running for both awards.
“Special won [the best Indie]for its all-round performance, articulation of plans for the future, detail on people management, and new business,” the judges said.
In the Media category, the 2008 winner, OMD, had another good year and was ahead on financials and vision. It also presented one of the best-written applications across all categories.
Rapp was awarded the Direct & Interactive crown after growing profit sharply. It was also ahead on staff management and was No 10 in the global Gunn Report. Rapp’s success in winning new business and creative awards was the deciding factor.
RAPP executive creative director Wayne Pick says the award belongs to the entire team.
“It’s been a bloody hard year, and this is a lovely reward for everyone’s sustained passion. It’s also an accolade we share with our clients. We’ve enjoyed working in partnership with them and really value the opportunities they’ve given us.”
ASA founding executive director (and current Director of the Foundation for Advertising Research) Glen Wiggs MNZM was present to pick up his Wildcard – an award bestowed as a result of becoming the first adman or woman this century to be recognised by the Crown.
The late, great Peter Spencer was the year’s only inductee into the NZ Post Targeted Communications AdMedia Advertising Hall of Fame. And his son Christophe and wife Michele were present to accept his citation.

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Inex Magazine featured KAV London in their April 2016 publication.
With home technology becoming an ever-increasing part of our lives, interior designers are paying more attention to how and where the AV fits in. With racks for media servers, cabling across the property, in-ceiling speakers and multiple data points, audiovisual hardware now plays an important role in early designs. This allows designers to compliment their interiors with technology that seamlessly integrates with the property, as well as providing a functional solution for the user.
Take a look at the April edition of Inex Magazine below. The KAV London audiovisual feature starts on p.39.


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Miami -- The Trans-Am Series and the Panoz/Sanchez Group (PSG) today announced that it had signed a $220,000 contingency sponsorship agreement with Chevrolet for the 2001 season and beyond. Chevrolet is the first manufacturer to sign on for a contingency awards program for next season. This represents the largest contingency posting in Trans-Am Series history. Chevrolet will post a $20,000 cash bonus in each race, a total of $220,000 for the year, for a new-style Corvette and $10,000 for an old-style Corvette or Camaro victory in any Trans-Am Series race contested during the 2001 season. The combination of the Chevrolet bonus and the new Trans-Am purse of $37,500 for qualifying on the pole and winning the race could provide the winner with the largest payday in Series history (a nearly $60,000 payout). This represents a nearly 300 percent increase over the winner's purse during the 2000 season. "We are delighted that Chevrolet, particularly given its illustrious history in the Trans-Am Series, is the first major manufacturer to show its support of the new direction that was announced this past summer at Road America," said Ralph Sanchez, president of the Panoz/Sanchez Group. Chevrolet was the first carmaker to support the new Trans-Am body styles and their posting of the largest contingency award in series' history is another indication of its committment." Chevrolet is also the first manufacturer to design and develop a new bodystyle. The new Trans-Am Corvette bodywork package that will be unveiled at the Superflo 12-Hours of Sebring on March 16, 2001. "We are very excited about the Trans-Am Series' new direction," said Gary Claudio, Group Marketing Manager, GM Racing. "Jim Derhaag and his staff at Derhaag Motorsports played a key role in the development of the new Corvette body. We believe the new Corvette body truly represents the production car. Corvette fans who attend a Trans-Am race in 2001 will certainly be able to relate to the cars." Chevrolet won its 16th Manufacturers' Championship during the 2000 season. Chevrolet holds an overwhelming lead in All-Time Series wins with 149 victories to Ford's 98 wins. This past season saw both a Camaro (Kenny Wilden's #40 YO Ranch Chevrolet Camaro at Laguna Seca) and a Corvette (Johnny Miller's #64 Automationdirect.com UPS Hitachi Chevrolet Corvette at San Diego) visit the winner's circle. In addition, Willy T. Ribbs won the Johnson Controls Triple Challenge in the #16 Simple Green Chevrolet Camaro with outstanding finishes at Long Beach, Detroit and Las Vegas. PSG is committed to maintaining independent teams as the basis of Trans-Am Series competition. The series has encouraged manufacturers to make their support available to all teams in the form of engine development, parts development and bodywork (design, supply and wind tunnel testing). Chevrolet has taken the lead in utilizing this unique approach. "We believe that the foundation and strength of the Trans-Am Series is its independent teams," said John Clagett, executive director of the series. "I applaud Chevrolet and their willingness to support the Series in this manner."
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Miami -- The Trans-Am Series and the Panoz/Sanchez Group (PSG) today announced that it had signed a $220,000 contingency sponsorship agreement with Chevrolet for the 2001 season and beyond. Chevrolet is the first manufacturer to sign on for a ...
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Don't do it! Nike salesman sacked from his job for trying to sell old company-issue trainers on Facebook
- Daniel Jones accumulated the shoes while working at Nike's flagship store
- He advertised five pairs after his mum asked him to clear out his wardrobe
- Mr Jones said he would have accepted £200 and was not trying to 'cash in'
- He bought two pairs at full price and two at a discount and got the fifth free
A Nike salesman has been sacked from the company's flagship London store for trying to sell his own second hand, company-issue trainers online.
Daniel Jones, 23, posted a message on Facebook when his mother asked him to clear out his bedroom wardrobe, advertising five pairs of Nike shoes.
He had accumulated the trainers during three-and-a-half years working at Nike's Oxford Street store.
Sacked: Salesman Daniel Jones lost his job at Niketown for trying to sell five of his own trainers on Facebook
Mr Jones had bought two of the pairs himself at full price and two at a discount and had been given the fifth pair for free.
He said would have accepted around £200 for all five and insisted he was only trying to earn a bit of money and not deliberately cash in on his job.
But within days of his message appearing on his Facebook page he was hauled in by bosses and accused of gross misconduct.
Mr Jones was suspended on the spot from his part-time £8,000-a-year job and sent home to Essex to await his fate. He then got a letter from the company telling him he had been sacked.
He said: 'All I was doing was clearing out my wardrobe because my parents were going on about it.
'I thought I'll just stick the trainers on Facebook along with a lot of other clutter to see if anyone of my close friend wanted to buy them.
Star salesman: Mr Jones stressed he has an exemplary record and claims he was fired without any warning
Flagship: Mr Jones worked at Niketown, which is at the centre London's busiest shopping street
'Most of them are several years' old but Nike accused me of trying to make a profit out of their business.
'They told me I wasn't allowed to advertise their stuff but I was only having a clear-out like anyone else.'
Mr Jones was granted an appeal hearing against his sacking but Nike refused to change their mind.
He added: 'They told me it didn't matter if I'd made a penny or a thousand pounds out of the sale - it was still a breach of company policy.
'I cooperated with them and removed all existence of my posts to friends on Facebook as soon as I was made aware of my mistake, but yet they still sacked me.
Misconduct: The 23-year-old was hauled in by his bosses within days of the shoes appearing on Facebook
Second hand: Two pairs of the trainers Mr Jones was trying to sell were bought at full price
'The fact I still had the intention to sell means I breached their rule book. The whole nonsense has been so distressing, I've had trouble sleeping.
'It wasn't premeditated and I was one of their best salesmen with an exemplary record, yet I'm kicked out without any warning.'
He has now contacted a solicitor and ACAS and is considering further action for unfair dismissal.
A Nike spokesman said: 'This employee was dismissed from Niketown London on the grounds of gross misconduct.
'The Nike Employee Handbook states that the re-selling of discounted Nike goods by employees at a profit is considered gross misconduct.
'All Nike UK employees are required to read the handbook and sign a declaration that they have read it and he stated that he had read it and also signed the declaration form.'
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DETROIT (awp/afp) – Electric cars “will end up being the only option”, recognizes Tim Stokes, a visitor to the Detroit auto show who still plans to “wait as long as possible” before abandoning the gasoline vehicles.
Like this employee in the telecom sector, many consumers who come to visit the show are still hesitant.
Admiring a new gas-powered Ford Mustang, he says friends in the car industry advised him to wait 3 or 4 years for the industry to “work out the problems”.
Are there enough charging stations? Are the higher prices justified? Is the production of batteries not harmful to the environment? So many questions that consumers ask themselves.
Justin Tata thinks that “internal combustion engines are living their last days”.
But the young man does not plan to buy a car of this type for at least five years, or even ten, because he wonders about the recycling of batteries.
The prominence of electric cars at the Detroit Motor Show, which ends on Sunday, nevertheless shows that they are no longer a niche product.
Driven to address global warming concerns, and encouraged by government policies, automakers have introduced electric versions of their most popular models.
The right price
Chevrolet has thus highlighted an electric pickup (the Silverado) and two SUVs (the Blazer and the Equinoxe), available to order, for deliveries scheduled for 2023.
Ford has unveiled an electric version of its successful pickup, the F-150, and launched a new SUV, the Mustang Mach-E.
According to a survey carried out this year, some 14% of Americans say they would “definitely” buy an electric vehicle if they needed a new car, while only 4% in 2020.
But industry experts point out that a real transformation of the American fleet will take years, in particular because of prices: an electric car costs on average nearly 67,000 dollars, according to the firm Cox Automotive.
Manufacturers are also experiencing difficulties in the supply chain and are worried about the future availability of certain materials, such as lithium or cobalt.
Don Lamos, who works for a manufacturer, had ordered a Lightning, but reconsidered his decision when Ford raised the price above the bar of 80,000 dollars, not to be crossed to benefit from a tax credit of $7,500.
With his wife Janice, they now consider the Chevrolet Equinox, marketed from 30,000 dollars.
“If they maintain that price, then great,” he said. “But I don’t know if they will reach their production targets for next year, we’ll see.”
“Not so clean”
The couple are sure they want to go electric, to save money and out of environmental conviction. But they’re not sure they want to spend that much now when batteries are likely to get better.
Others are also held back by the lack of charging stations.
Many electric vehicles promise to travel almost 500 km on a single charge, but the distance decreases depending on the charge.
“When you need gas you can find it around the corner. I don’t think there are enough stations for a car like this,” said visitor Carlos Rubante of the Lightning. . His wife, Rebecca, further notes that the couple go a lot “by the back roads” to go skiing.
US President Joe Biden has earmarked $7.5 billion for the construction of bollards. During his visit to the show, he assured that they would soon be “as easy to find as gas stations” all along the highways crossing the United States.
Finally, major unknowns around the production of these cars remain in the eyes of consumers.
Beyond battery recycling, the consequences of the all-out extraction of materials, such as child labor in cobalt mines in the Democratic Republic of Congo, worry Cristian Dambo Damboiu, who works for an automotive subcontractor.
“If you take all that into consideration, they may not be as clean as they look,” he says.


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UK Vegans rejoice as Subway launches more vegan options.
Subway has been very popular in 2021 since their TLC (tastes like chicken) sub in January. A year later, the company has released two new offerings, which are set to be just as popular. They are available nationwide from this week.
The new subs include a Tikka TLC using the original chicken style pieces and a tikka flavouring. The second new sub uses a brand new vegan steak-like meat, hence the name TLS ( Tastes like steak). Both are available as a salad box, sub or wrap and will be in stores until February 15th.
Subway already serve the classic plant patty, TLC and double chocolate vegan cookie as options in the UK. Violife cheese is also available as a topping on any sub.
The head of Marketing UK & Ireland at Subway said, ‘At Subway, we are proud to have one of the widest and tastiest ranges of plant-based choices on the high street, without any compromise on flavour or taste, to offer our guests even more choice.’
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Vegan Food UK posted the news on Instagram, where followers showed their excitement. One commented, ‘saw this and got straight out of my seat and got one.’
Another said, ‘AND steak? This is amazing, I thought it was just the tikka.’
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After 24 years, NAL’s role of President is changing hands following the retirement of Gary Lindsay.
When Gary joined the company in the late 1990’s, NAL was focused on roadside assistance, transitioning to disability protection for Owner Operator Truck Drivers in 1998.
Since then, the company has grown to insure over 16,000 Owner Operators & drivers across Canada and has built a suite of additional insurance products to service the trucking industry.
NAL recently received the Corporate Social Responsibility Award at the London Chamber of Commerce Business Achievement Awards Gala, largely thanks to NAL’s efforts over the past two decades in creating initiatives including Trucking for Wishes, Thank A Trucker, and Healthy Trucker.
All 3 of these programs were started by NAL’s new President, Aaron Lindsay, who has been with the company over 21 years. Starting as a telemarketer, he advanced to become Vice President of Marketing in 2014 and earned an Executive MBA from the Richard Ivey School of Business at Western University.
Since then, Aaron has led the sales and marketing team to develop several new insurance products and has increased the sales team from 16 to over 80 representatives across Canada.
“It’s been an honour to have worked alongside my father for the past 21 years and I have learned so much from him,” said Aaron. “I look forward to continuing to grow the business with the help of our incredible team, and providing the Canadian trucking industry with the high-quality insurance products and services they have come to expect from NAL,” he added.
Gary Lindsay will continue as an advisor through this transition.


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1.Court documents in the United States reveal that the Securities and Exchange Commission has charged Sun Yuchen and three affiliated companies with illegally selling cryptocurrency securities.
2.The Federal Reserve has unanimously decided to raise interest rates by 25 basis points and maintains its final rate forecast at 5.1%. The Federal Open Market Committee's statement revised its guidance, stating, "The Committee expects some additional policy tightening may be appropriate."
3.NFT trading marketplace LooksRare announced the launch of the first phase of its aggregator, which allows users to purchase NFTs in bulk from both LooksRare and OpenSea. The company also stated that the aggregator's smart contract has undergone formal security audits by Peckshield and Code4rena.
4.The first institutional staking market for MetaMask Institutional will go live on March 27.
Commentary: The first institutional staking market for the small fox wallet is worth paying attention to.
5.OpenSea data shows that NFTs issued by Peaceminusone, a brand owned by Korean wave star G-Dragon, under the name NFT:ArchiveOf PEACEMINUSONE, failed to sell well today.


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Economic growth this year is expected to stand at 2.9% – the highest growth in three years, according to the Office of the National Economic and Social Development Board (NESDB).
The forecast was based on the growth in the third quarter. NESDB deputy secretary-general Porametee Vimolsiri stated that the economic growth in the third quarter of this year rose from 2.8% the previous quarter to 2.9%.
He attributed the growth to greater government spending and investment.He then forecast that this year’s average growth was likely to stand at 2.9%, an increase from 0.9% last year, the highest growth in three years.
The NESDB deputy secretary-general said factors contributing to the growth was tourist arrivals which was expected to be over 30 million this year.
The government’s economic stimulus measures also contributed to the growth as it would also result in greater household consumption and investment.
He said economic growth for next year was expected to be 3-4%, mainly due to the government’s economic stimulus measures, expansion in the tourism industry, as well as the recovery of the global economic situation.
These factors would result in 3% increase in the export sector. But he also warned of the drought situation in the country and external factor such as China’s economic slowdown which could affect the growth.
Earlier this month Thailand’s Fiscal Policy Office has maintained its forecast of 2.8 percent for the country’s GDP growth in 2015
The tourism sector and government stimulus measures will likely contribute to economic expansion into the following year, with an estimated growth of 3.8 percent.
According to Kulaya Tantitemit, Executive Director of the Macroeconomic Policy Bureau, the government’s commitment to act swiftly on its budget disbursement and stimulus policies along with the country’s robust tourism industry will likely serve as key drivers of continued economic growth.
However, the global economic slowdown, particularly in China, will have greater adverse effect on the country’s exports than previously expected. Export numbers for this year are expected fall by 5.4 percent.
Central bank sees sustained growth for economy in 2016
Thailand’s economy next year will continue to experience sustained growth, primarily driven by increased public investment, according to the central bank governor.
Bank of Thailand governor Wirathai Santipraphob commented on the country’s economic outlook for 2016 saying that there was a strong likelihood that the economy will enjoy sustained growth.
However he stated that this growth will not be evenly spread as many provinces economic development is still dependent upon the drought situation.
This will force agricultural prices down which will in turn affect the incomes of farmers.
The governor also stated that he was also concerned with household debt which at present is still high.
This factor could critically stall economic recovery but that he was confident that increased public investment by the government should be able to drive growth.
Furthermore, he said the government’s economic stimulus packages already in place should see positive results in the coming year.
Taken alongside the continued growth in the tourism sector, Thailand’s economy should experience positive growth in 2016, he added.


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How many Steelers linemen would it take to carry two 35-feet-by-9-feet Heinz ketchup bottles out of Heinz Field? The home of the Pittsburgh Steelers and the University of Pittsburgh football teams has been called Heinz Field since it opened in 2001. Now, as Kraft Heinz tries to recover after a brutal few months, Street & Smith’s Sports Business Journal reports it may drop the Heinz Field deal.
The report calls a renewal “highly unlikely” and says sources suggest Kraft Heinz might even walk away before its pact expires in 2021. Kraft Heinz, which has had offices in both Chicago and Pittsburgh since its 2015 merger, didn’t exactly confirm its plans, but clearly, it’s looking for ways to cut costs after weak results, massive write-downs, the appointment of a new CEO and the departure of its chief marketing officer. “Kraft Heinz and the Pittsburgh Steelers have enjoyed a long and beneficial relationship over the past 18 years. Both organizations are committed to the partnership for at least the next two seasons, and we look forward to ongoing discussions related to the future,” Kraft Heinz spokesman Michael Mullen said in a statement. So, you might say the company is weighing its options. As for those bottles, they weigh about 16,000 pounds combined, roughly as much as 53 300-pound NFL linemen, according to the stadium. (For more condiment news, keep reading below.)
There is one deal Kraft Heinz is eager to promote: its ongoing relationship with Oprah Winfrey. On Wednesday, Kraft Heinz announced the addition of frozen skillets to the O, That’s Good! prepared food line that’s been around since 2017 and already features soups, sides and pizzas. The line sneaks veggies into traditional comfort foods. In the chicken alfredo skillet, for instance, some of the cream that’s usually in the dish was replaced with pureed cauliflower. New ads including a 15-second spot featuring Winfrey, will come from creative agency Reid Miller Creative Group.
On the heels of Amazon’s back-to-school campaign earlier this week, the Gap—long a destination for fall fashion for students, which was a fact highlighted in the recent season of Netflix’s ’80s hit Stranger Things—is out with its own push. The “It’s Our Denim Now” work is the retailer’s first from agency Johannes Leonardo. Like many other Gap campaigns, it uses nostalgia marketing by delving into the brand’s heritage, showcasing popular styles from the ’70s, ’80s and ’90s with modern twists. This is also the first major campaign from new CMO Alegra O’Hare, who joined the San Francisco-based retailer from Adidas earlier this year. The work will run on Gap.com and across its social channels. Creativity has more on the campaign.


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The new shopping and lifestyle district, Coal Drops Yard, in London’s King’s Cross, is to open on 26 October.
Designed by Heatherwick Studio, the new district has 50 stores, restaurants and cafes. Shoe and accessory brand Tracey Neuls, independent boutique Studio One Twenty, restaurant Morty & Bob’s and premium sportswear brand The Sports Edit are among the latest signings.
Coal Drops Yard was originally established in 1850 to handle coal delivered to London. It is home to nightclubs Bagley’s and The Cross.
Developer Argent said the stores in the new centre will act as “showcases for some of the world’s most forward-thinking brands”.
Paul Smith, Tom Dixon, Samsung, Cubitts, Universal Works, Maya Magal London and Le Chocolat Alain Ducasse are among the retailers confirmed to take space so far.


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Virgil Abloh dropped the second “more afforable” Off-White “For All” capsule collection today globally.
Collaborated with photographer Cameron-James Wilson (who created Shudu, “the world’s first digital Supermodel”) Olivier Rousteing
Today Musician and artist Kilo Kish has just released “Elegance,” the first single from an upcoming EP titled Mothe.
Swedish label Axel Arigato joined forces with Samsung on a tech-meets-fashion capsule collection fronted Teyana Taylor shot by Kito Munoz.
Breaking gender boundaries, CHANEL launch its first Men’s makeup line this fall.
Monday’s edition of The Post became the must-have accessory in the Big Apple thanks to its full front
Pharrell Williams explains the inspiration behind the capsule “Africa is a beautiful continent and the origin of civilization.
A couple of days after releashing his 3rd album ASTROWORLD, Travis Scott introduced its first “STOP TRYING TO BE GOD”
Bram Valbracht, Joe Bruzas and Vanessa Moody were shot by Mert Alas & Marcus Piggott. Art-directed by
Gucci Men’s Cruise 2019 Lookbook was shot around the French Rivera town by Martin Parr. In Alessandro Michele’s iconic image, models look gorges and somewhat comedic.


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Your watercooler cheat sheet
Good morning! Here’s what you need to know.
- Facebook is taking its rivalry with Twitter to another level. Facebook is working on incorporating the #hashtag, one of Twitter’s most iconic markers, into its service by using the symbol as a way to group conversations.
- Samsung unveiled the Galaxy S4 at an event Thursday night in New York. The S4 will feature a 5 inch screen, run Android 4.2.2 “Jelly Bean,” and will be a feature rich device. Price and release dates have not been announced as of yet.
- On the heels of a report a few weeks ago about a baby being “functionally cured” of HIV, a new study by researchers at the Institute Pasteur indicate that this same result could be attained for 10 percent of patients.
- Americans live far more dangerously than our European counterparts. When it comes to texting and driving, we hold the top spot.
- According to a report out of Detroit, GM is planning to build an entry level Corvette in mid to late 2015. An entry-level Corvette would have a less powerful 5.3-liter V8 engine, and lack a number of features found in the Stingray such as automatic climate control.
Have a great weekend everyone!


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New Delhi, India (October 3, 2012) – The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), a global multi-stakeholder organization and an international certification scheme for sustainable palm oil revealed today that critical markets for palm oil, India and China are steadily progressing in their commitment towards certified sustainable palm oil (CSPO). A shift in awareness regarding the direct linkage of conventional palm oil practices and deforestation is picking up as the footprints of companies in India and China in the global arena are growing at a rapid pace.
India is the world’s largest consumer and importer of palm oil with a palm oil footprint of approximately 2 million hectares and imports of over 7.2 million metric tons. China the second largest importer of palm oil in the world, imported around 5.9 million tons in 2011 with a palm oil footprint of approximately 1.5 million hectares.
Commenting on the developments, Darrel Webber, Secretary General RSPO said, “Both power house economies are becoming aware of their increasing responsibility to ensure that the procurement of palm oil comes from responsible sources and are not linked to rainforest and peat land destruction, resulting in climate change. As significant global economies, India and China have immense propensity to influence worldwide advancement of sustainable palm oil.
“From a global reputational point of view, this will carve India and China as an international benchmark on how large and complex economies can commit, assess and assume policies for a mainstream agricultural commodity such as palm oil which is fast gaining sustainable momentum. Through our engagements in these complex and stunningly diverse markets, we are witnessing enthusing levels of affinity and interchange amongst industry players within the palm oil supply chain amongst environmental associations, business communities, food related associations and government agencies.“ Webber further commented.
The RSPO asserts that it is committed to play an active role in the advancement of sustainable pam oil in India and China by focusing on three key aspects.
Firstly; To encourage the role of multinational companies in cascading their global procurement policies and commitment towards sustainable palm oil into India and China. As a case in point: Unilever has announced that by the end of 2012 it will achieve its target of sourcing all palm oil sustainably through Green Palm Certificates, a full three years ahead of its previous schedule that is applicable to India. Unilever has also set a new target for purchasing all of its palm oil from traceable sources by 2020. Similarly, by 2015, the palm oil products Cargill supplies to our customers in Europe, United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand will be RSPO certified and/or originated from smallholder growers (excluding palm kernel oil products). By 2020, 100 percent of all palm oil products, Cargill will supply to our customers worldwide from across all our oil and trading businesses which will be RSPO certified and/or originated from smallholder growers. Wal-Mart has also pledged to use sustainable palm oil for all of its private brands globally by the end of 2015.
Secondly: To establish awareness and buy-in amongst local companies in India and China on both the commercial and altruistic advantages of their role towards sustainable palm oil, primarily along the supply chain which includes processors & traders; consumer goods manufacturers and retailers. Recently, house hold name in India with extensive international operations, Godrej announced its commitment and intent to procure certified sustainable palm oil and to study procedures for certifying domestically produced palm oil. Subsequently, Ruchi Soya, one of India’s largest palm oil importers, joined RSPO membership along with existing member companies, Adani Wilmar Limited, Kamani Oil Industries Private Limited and VVF Limited, amongst others.
Thirdly: To engage and open channels of communications with Government; relevant Associations; and the civil society in both these markets to establish understanding of the dynamics and priorities within each economic and social landscape; and to weave into that strategic guidelines that embrace sustainable palm oil as key pillar. A recent forum held in Tianjin, China by WWF China; the Consumer Goods Forum; Chinese Chamber of Commerce of Foodstuffs and Native Produce (CFNA) and RSPO on the Sustainable Palm Oil Supply Chain Forum showcased tangible domestic efforts and commitment. The CFNA, a key government influencer, recently released report into the prospects for sustainable palm oil in China. These developments mirror an increasing awareness of sustainability issues amongst Chinese consumers, with a recent survey showing that Chinese consumers’ purchasing behavior is increasingly influenced by a company’s CSR performance.
Latest developments on sustainable palm oil in India and China will be shared at RT10, RSPO’s annual global meeting on sustainable palm oil which will be held from October 20th to November 1st 2012 in Singapore www.rt10.rspo.org.
The RSPO is committed to continuing to build momentum through strategic engagement and collaboration with key stakeholders in both markets. Market transformation in India and China will represent a milestone in RSPO’s efforts to protect high bio-diversity areas, address climate change and deforestation and deal with social issues in producing nations.
In response to the urgent and pressing global call for sustainably produced palm oil, the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) was formed in 2004 with the objective of promoting the growth and use of sustainable oil palm products through credible global standards and engagement of stakeholders. The seat of the association is in Zurich, Switzerland, while the secretariat is currently based in Kuala Lumpur with a satellite office in Jakarta.
RSPO is a not-for-profit association that unites stakeholders from seven sectors of the palm oil industry – oil palm producers, palm oil processors or traders, consumer goods manufacturers, retailers, banks and investors, environmental or nature conservation NGOs and social or developmental NGOs – to develop and implement global standards for sustainable palm oil.
Such multi-stakeholder representation is mirrored in the governance structure of RSPO such that seats in the Executive Board and project level Working Groups are fairly allocated to each sector. In this way, RSPO lives out the philosophy of the “roundtable” by giving equal rights to each stakeholder group to bring group-specific agendas to the roundtable, facilitating traditionally adversarial stakeholders and business competitors to work together towards a common objective and making decisions by consensus.
For further information, kindly contact:
Contact for RSPO Secretariat:
Anne Gabriel, Communications Director | T: +603 – 2201 2053 5800 | [email protected]
Contact for India:
Arneeta Vasudeva, Sr. Client Services Director | IPAN Hill & Knowlton | T: +91 124 4967 300 | [email protected]
Contact for China:
Jill Peng, Consultant | Hill+Knowlton Strategies | T: + 86 10 5861 0084 | [email protected]


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This summer, selected Gucci stores across the US will start accepting digital currencies as official payment. The digital currencies accepted are Bitcoin, Ethereum, Shiba Inu, Litecoin, Dogecoin and Bitcoin Cash. Customers will be able to use a QR code to pay for items in Los Angeles, Atlanta, New York, Miami and Las Vegas.
The Italian brand will be one of the first luxury fashion brands to use cryptocurrencies, although soon others will follow. Gucci joins brands such as Amazon and Starbucks that have taken the leap. In a report made by Vogue Business, Gucci workers will be trained in crypto currency in order to accept it as payment in stores.
Gucci president and CEO Marco Bizzarri stated in Vogue Business, “Gucci is always looking to embrace new technologies when they can provide an enhanced experience for our customers.”


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Facebook is testing new emojis that will give users more options than just a simple “like”.
Ever since the introduction of a “like” button, Facebook users have been asking for more ways to express their emotions online. Many people have even called for a “dislike” button to show their discontent. Sure that’s a little harsh, but many of Facebook’s users agreed that they’d like to see a wider variety of emotive options.
Last month Mark Zuckerberg, CEO and founder of Facebook, hinted that Facebook was indeed working on a “dislike” button. The internet of course responded in a frenzy, spreading the word and making up details along the way.
On October 8 Facebook announced that it was in fact testing new options to express emotion, but not necessarily in the form of a “dislike” button. Instead, Facebook is working on emotive response emojis (similar to those you use on your smartphone) in order to give users more options.
This new feature will be called “Facebook Reactions”, and will give us the option of seven emojis expressing different sentiments. Facebook will keep the traditional “like”, but will also add a heart, a laughing face, a beaming smile, a surprised face, a crying emoji, and a furious furrowed-brow face. These emojis look strikingly similar to those on the iPhone, with the exception of the heart.
Click here to see the video from Facebook showing what these new emojis will look like.
In fact Zuckerberg’s response was clear when faced with the question at a conference last month:
Facebook Reactions is currently being tested in Ireland and Spain. If testing goes well, look out for the new emoji lineup coming soon to your Facebook app or within your browser.
What do you think? Will Facebook be able to create a more empathetic environment? Let us know your thoughts by commenting below!
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WEST HARTFORD — Pizza lovers, rejoice. Frank Pepe Pizzeria Napoletana will finally open the doors of its Elmwood location on Monday, Sept. 23.
The famous New Haven brick oven pizza joint will have a ribbon cutting ceremony at 10:30 a.m. It will have a "soft opening" all week after the ceremony, a spokeswoman said.
The new Pepe's occupies about 3,200 square feet that used to be part of the Puppy Center store in Elmwood Shopping Center, 1126-1148 New Britain Ave.
"We've always liked West Hartford. We think it's a very dynamic market," Pepe's Development Company CEO Kenneth Berry said last November, when the store announced its eighth location. "We think our brand will be well-received there."
Pepe's opened on Wooster Street in New Haven in 1925, according to the restaurant's website. In recent years, the restaurant has expanded to include locations in Danbury, Fairfield, at the Mohegan Sun Casino in Uncasville, Manchester and Yonkers, N.Y.
Like the other branches, the pizza will be cooked with coal on a hand-laid brick oven, Berry said. The West Hartford menu will be the same as the others and use the same recipes.


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Mercedes-AMG will send a clear message that it is adapting to modern demands with the upcoming third-generation C63 by forgoing its long-standing V8 power in favour of an advanced four-cylinder hybrid drivetrain that develops more than 500hp.
The new C63 will be the first in a number of new AMG models earmarked to receive an electrified version of Mercedes’ new turbocharged 2.0-litre M139 engine, when it goes on sale in early 2022.
The four-wheel-drive rival to the Audi RS4 and BMW M3 is already undergoing intensive development at AMG’s Affalterbach engineering headquarters.
The potent four-cylinder engine kicks out a maximum of 422hp and 500Nm of torque in non-electrified form in the new A45 and its related siblings. The unit has already been engineered for longitudinal mounting as well as mild-hybrid electric boosting. It’s destined to be used in not only the next C63 but also, in a less heavily tuned form, in a follow-up to today’s turbocharged 3.0-litre V6-powered C43.
The new C63 will be offered in sedan, coupé and convertible bodystyles, with the next C43 likely to be sold in those three guises, as well as an estate version.
Other AMG models set to run the new electrified driveline include successor models to today’s GLC 43 and GLC 63 SUVs, the GLC 43 Coupé and the GLC 63 Coupé.
Our sister publication Autocar UK reported that the M139 engine will adopt a 48V integrated starter motor similar to that already used by the turbocharged 3.0-litre in-line six-cylinder M256 unit, which powers the CLS 53 4Matic+ and other recent AMG models.
In the CLS 53 4Matic+, the gearbox-mounted starter motor provides an additional 22hp and 250Nm of electric boost. In the next C63, however, it is set to be tuned to provide significantly more power in combination with a similar torque loading.
The new EQ Boost hybrid drivetrain is also planned to run in combination with Mercedes’ 9-speed torque-converter MCT Speedshift gearbox.
Nothing is official at this early stage, though the new four-cylinder hybrid drivetrain is expected to match the existing second-generation C63 4Matic’s V8 engine in outright power, with a maximum 510hp. This is despite a 50 percent reduction in swept capacity and cylinder count. With the benefit of electric boosting, it has also been conceived to deliver up to 750Nm of torque – a 50Nm increase on today’s C63 S 4Matic.
Details remain scarce, although the new driveline is thought to adopt a lithium-ion battery of higher capacity than the 0.9kWh unit used by the CLS 53 4Matic+. It is also expected to use a more advanced energy recuperation system that harvests kinetic energy at each wheel.
One of the most significant advantages in the adoption of the new electrified driveline is a reduction in weight over the front axle of the new C63 4Matic.
At 160.5kg, the M139 four-cylinder unit weighs 48.5kg less than the M177 V8 engine used by today’s C63 4Matic. Even with the addition of the hybrid architecture, including a disc-shaped electric motor and power electronics, the overall weight of the new powerplant is claimed to undercut that of today’s unit.
Additionally, the new powerplant’s weight is concentrated lower, which aids efforts to bring about a lower centre of gravity for the new model, theoretically improving its agility and body control. Further development plans for the next C63 4Matic include a new four-wheel drive system to provide a fully variable apportioning of power front to rear. This will allow AMG to engineer the new model with rear-wheel-drive properties in certain driving modes, much as with the larger E63 sibling. AMG CEO Tobias Moers told Autocar earlier this year that all next-generation AMG models will adopt this system, moving away from pure rear-driven models due to customer demand for all-wheel drive.
The decision to provide the C63 4Matic with four-cylinder power was apparently driven by Mercedes-Benz as part of rapidly escalating efforts to reduce fleet CO2 emissions while harnessing the engineering lessons pursued during the development of the Mercedes-AMG One hypercar.
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Amazon Publishing Expands Beyond North America – Kindle Singles Launched in Germany
They’ve opened a new section of the German Kindle Store, and like the UK and US Kindle Stores they plan to use it to sell short works consisting of 5,000 to 30,000 words. The new Kindle Single Store currently stocks 417 titles, 368 of which are in English. All of the ebooks are priced from €.99 to €2.99.
At the moment all of the German language works in the Kindle Single Store are translations (or so I am told), but Amazon will be accepting new works from German authors in September 2013 – shortly after Laurenz Bolliger joins Amazon to take over the program. Bolliger is currently the Head of International Literature at the German publisher DuMont Verlag, but he will be leaving his position later this year.
Amazon has has had a lot of success with Kindle Singles since the program launched in 2011. Taking a nontraditional publishing approach and applying content of a nontraditional length has resulted in sales of over 4.5 million Kindle Singles, and now that the program is a proven success Amazon has taken it international.
Assuming Amazon is going to open more Kindle Single Stores in more markets, my guess is that the next Kindle Single Stores will launch in Brazil and Spain. This would be an excellent way to broach the Latin American and South American ebook markets.


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A Blackberry sign is seen in front of their offices on the day of their annual general meeting for shareholders in Waterloo, Canada in this June 23, 2015 file photo. BlackBerry posted a bigger-than-expected fall in first quarter revenue June 23, 2016, but forecast full-year results above market expectations. REUTERS/Mark Blinch/Files
October 13, 2017
By Alastair Sharp
TORONTO (Reuters) – A key attorney executing BlackBerry Ltd’s patent licensing strategy has left the company, the second recent departure from the team tasked with making money from the Canadian company’s intellectual property.
Victor Schubert, who was a licensing director for BlackBerry, told Reuters in a brief LinkedIn message that he was no longer with the company. He did not say when he left or why.
Monetizing the company’s intellectual property is a key part of Chief Executive John Chen’s plan for turning around the company whose revenues have declined for six straight years as sales of its once ubiquitous smartphones have tumbled.
Company representatives did not respond to requests for comment on Schubert. Two switchboard operators at the Canadian company said his name was not in a global employee directory.
News of his exit follows the recent departure of Mark Kokes, who lead BlackBerry’s overall patent strategy. Kokes last month joined a health technology company.
Schubert joined BlackBerry in March 2015, according to his LinkedIn profile, as the company was embarking on a major push to boost licensing revenue.
BlackBerry is trying to persuade other companies to pay licensing royalties to use its trove of some 40,000 global patents on technology including operating systems, networking infrastructure, acoustics, messaging, automotive subsystems, cybersecurity and wireless communications.
Schubert has created and executed patent-licensing programs for at least four companies, including BlackBerry, dating back to 1992, according to his LinkedIn profile. It lists portfolio mining, patent valuation and negotiating patent sales as areas of expertise.
He was due to represent BlackBerry at a Seattle-area patent conference next month to discuss how operating companies can make money off their intellectual property, according to an agenda posted on the conference website in August. He is no longer listed as a panelist.
BlackBerry disclosed it had secured royalty-bearing deals with Cisco Systems Inc and another company that it did not name soon after Schubert joined. It also filed patent infringement lawsuits during his tenure against Nokia and Avaya Inc [AVXX.UL] that are ongoing.
BlackBerry on Thursday disclosed that it had settled another lawsuit, filed against low-end Android phone manufacturer BLU Products Inc.
Both companies declined to disclose terms of the deal.
(Reporting by Alastair Sharp; Additional reporting by Jan Wolfe in New York; Editing by Jim Finkle and Lisa Shumaker)


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Posted: February 28, 2013 at 2:49 a.m.
QUOTE OF THE DAY “I’d say we’ve gotten through the toughest period we’re going to see in the low-water period.” Mike Petersen, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers spokesman about a stretch of the Mississippi River near St. Louis Article, 1D Loss grows at Penney as sales skid NEW YORK — J.C. Penney reported a loss and plunging sales for its fiscal fourth quarter as the department store chain’s plan to scale back most coupons and sales events has continued to turn off shoppers.
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By Shannon McDonald
Anyone who plans on using an ATM in the area should pay close attention to their surroundings.
Two suspects have been spotted placing devices in the credit card slots of ATMs, which cause people’s cards to get stuck. In two cases, elderly women have inserted their cards into a rigged machine, and left when they believed the cards were stuck due to a machine error. The thieves then take the cards.
In one instance, one of the suspects persuaded a woman into entering her PIN again, subsequently stealing the number and her card when she became frustrated and left.
Police are still looking for the suspects, who drive a silver pickup, and believe there have been more victims. Both thefts took place on the 7300-block of Frankford Ave. near Cottman Avenue, but it is uncertain whether other machines have been used.
FOX29 has surveillance footage of one of the thefts.


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Stocks fell Thursday after another hot inflation report, and a decline in jobless claims, showed the economy is holding up amid the Federal Reserve’s rate hikes.
The producer price index, an inflation indicator that tracks wholesale prices, rose 0.7 per cent in January, topping a Dow Jones consensus forecast for a 0.4 per cent increase.
The new data comes after January’s consumer price index and retail sales report were both higher than expected. Both inflation readings this week point to the stickiness of inflation and that the fight against inflation will continue.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average shed 431 points, or 1.26 per cent. The S&P 500 dipped 1.38 per cent and the Nasdaq-Composite fell 1.78 per cent. Microsoft and Disney contributed the most to the Dow’s decline, down more than 2 per cent each.
Investors will also continue watching company earnings for signs about the strength of the consumer. DropBox, DoorDash and DraftKings are all scheduled to report Thursday after the bell.
TravelCenters of America Inc. (TA), which runs travel centres under several brands, has llagreed to be acquired by BP, for $86.00 per share in cash, which is an 84 per cent premium to the average trading price over the past 30 days, and a total equity value of around $1.3 billion.
Piedmont Lithium and LG Chem have signed an equity investment and binding offtake agreements with implications for ASX listed Sayona (ASX:SYA)
. Piedmont has signed agreements with LG Chem for a $75M equity investment and a commitment to offtake 200,000 metric tons of spodumene concentrate over 4 years. LG Chem will purchase 1.1M newly-issued shares of Piedmont common stock, resulting in approximately 5.7 per cent ownership. Piedmont will provide LG Chem with SC6 and priority negotiation rights for lithium hydroxide, and use the funding to advance various projects.
Piedmont has a 19.99 per cent stake in ASX-listed lithium miner, Sayona Mining, so it Looks like Sayona and PLL will sell lithium concentrate to South Korea’s LG Chem with the suggestion that LG will produce the LiOH themselves for 4 years then SYA will have their refinery finished then they will most likely buy LiOH from SYA. Piedmont shares are up 70 per cent year todateSectors
All S&P 500 sectors closed lower overnight. Consumer Staples and Utilities were the best performers, whilst Consumer Discretionary was the biggest laggard, Futures
The SPI futures are pointing to a 0.3 per cent fall.Currency
One Australian dollar at 8:10 AM has weakened compared to the US dollar yesterday buying 68.77 US cents (Thu: 69.07 US cents).Commodities
Iron ore futures are pointing to a 1.31 per cent gain. Iron ore is 0.9 per cent higher at US$124.75 tonne.
Gold added 0.1 per cent. Silver rose 0.04 per cent. Copper gained 2.3 per cent and oil lost 0.7 per cent.Figures around the globe
Across the Atlantic, European markets closed higher. London’s FTSE added 0.2 per cent, Frankfurt also added 0.2 per cent while Paris closed 0.9 per cent higher.
In Asian markets, Tokyo’s Nikkei gained 0.7 per cent, Hong Kong’s Hang Seng rose 0.8 per cent while China’s Shanghai Composite closed almost 1 per cent lower.
Yesterday, the Australian sharemarket closed 0.8 per cent higher at 7,410.Ex-dividends
Argo Investments (ASX:ARG)
is paying 16.5 cents fully franked
Kelly Partners Group (ASX:KPG)
is paying 0.3993 cents fully franked
Lendlease Group (ASX:LLC)
is paying 4.9 cents unfrankedDividends payable
Euroz Hartleys Group (ASX:EZL)
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As part of Pocket Gamer Connects Digital #6, we held a panel centred on the game business post-vaccine - a new path to normality.
Our panellists included
- 1up coach&consult founder Kirstin Bosc,
- Paladin Studios CEO Kay Grünwoldt,
- International Game Developers Association (IGDA) executive director Renee Gittins and
- Ukie head of communications George Osborn.
Last year, the coronavirus swept the globe, causing a global pandemic that affected the games industry.
One such impact was more games being played due to the number of people stuck at home in lockdown. However, it wasn't all plain sailing for those within the games market.
"I think everyone has learned so much because we were forced to," said Osborn.
He explained that Ukie learned just how resilient the games company truly is, unlike the film industry, which needed support fairly early in the pandemic.
There was about 80 per cent production found in the games industry by Ukie, with many companies still hiring despite the pandemic. As such, it showed the industry to be more resilient than others.
"We learned a lot about the character of the industry," Osborn added.
As for the IGDA, the non-profit organisation has offered support to those within the industry.
"I think that our industry is uniquely positioned to use the technology we are familiar with to overcome challenges," said Gittins.
Many teams began to use more communication tools as a means of staying connected, giving the feel of an open office space, something that "the games industry is accustomed to."
As Gittins pointed out, mental health became a more prominent issue for many due to lockdown and being stuck at home. As such, the IGDA offered advice on remote working, among other things.
Bosc explained that there had been some downsides to not being able to go to physical events due to many using such occasions to network.
However, for some, digital conferences have been a blessing. Largely due to not needing to spend so much money on travel.
"Yes, it's harder, but you can make progress right now," Bosc explained when discussing digital events.
"We are entering a new normal. Not all game studios are returning to in-person work," said Gittins.
The pandemic has caused changes, some of which are now going to be permanent. Remote working has been shown to be efficient, which has opened up a larger talent pool as they do not need to come into the office anymore.
"A lot of studios have been able to overcome that difficulty and are looking at the future through a new lens, realising that remote working is a benefit to their toolbox," Gittins explained.
However, it can still be beneficial to see people in person, particularly when it comes to events. Therefore, despite the success of digital events, physical conferences will still be prominent as the world opens up again, post-pandemic.
PGC Digital #6 will run from April 19th to April 23rd. To keep up to date with all of our coverage, check out the roundups here. There's still time to sign up - to find out more and book a ticket, head to the website.


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Qatar ports see huge rise in cargo movements in October
Ports in Qatar have seen huge rise in the movement of cargo in the October showing that the ports are playing a crucial role in defeating the unjust siege.
Strong cargo traffic have ensuring the supply of goods remains uninterrupted in the country and resident do not face any problems.
Container traffic surged by 39 percent in October as ports handled 115,515 Twenty Foot Equivalent Units (TEUs) compared to 83,260 TEUs in September, according to Mwani Qatar data. Likewise, the movement of aggregates jumped by 16 percent as ports handled 29,326 tonnes of aggregates in October against 25,196 tonnes of aggregates handled in September. The ports cleared 126,288 tonnes of general cargo and 62,250 livestock heads during the month.
Mwani Qatar, which manages ports in the country, hosted 458 vessels at its Hamad Port, Doha Port and Ruwais Port in October.
The ports handled strong cargo movement in since the siege countries imposed blockade on Qatar in June this year.
The cargo movement remains firm in the country despite siege, showed data.
Since June, when siege was imposed, there is 380 percent rise in container movement as, 24,014 TEUs were handled in that month compared to 115,515 TEUs in October. Similarly, the movement of general cargo surged by 306 percent as ports cleared 126,288 tonnes of general cargo in October compared to 31,105 in June this year.
Among the ports, Hamad Port, had a lion’s share in the cargo movement. The port, which the largest port in the region, saw a huge 44 percent year-on-year rise in cargo movement in September this year compared to same month in 2016.
The port harboured 150 vessels in September this year compared to 104 vessels in same month last year while net tonnage at the port rose to 143,750 tonnes in September against 65,470 tonnes in September 2016.
The rising cargo movement shows proactive steps by the Mwani Qatar as, in association with its partners, had inaugurated a number of new direct shipping lines between Hamad port and a number of ports in the region and beyond in the in the past few months.
Mwani Qatar manages seaports, quays, dry ports, container and other terminals, including cruise and passengers, and provides navigation assistance and pilotage, towage as well as Aids to Navigation (AtoN) in addition to loading, unloading and handling and storage of cargoes in all forms.
The company is closely involved in the development of seaports and related services to the highest internationally recognised standards of safety, security and quality.
Source: The Peninsula


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The Livetrend Instagram tracker detected a rise of green worldwide.
During the FW21 Fashion Shows, green was presented in 529 looks, increasing by 2% from FW20. Bold greens remained stable, while light green, representing 21% of greens) has increased 25% year on year.
At the end of March 2021, searches for the color green rose by 41% since the start of the month, according to Lyst data. Emerald green and Sage green are currently the top searched shades. In terms of product, green bags have seen the greatest search increase week-on-week (+33%) with the most demanded piece being the Bottega Veneta cassette bag.
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@diosmekemeke Yes we are publishing Rise of the Tomb Raider.
— Aaron Greenberg (@aarongreenberg) December 8, 2014
The newest revelation sheds light on the finer details of The Rise of the Tomb Raider’s timed exclusivity deal for Xbox One, but also poses questions about how future ports to other systems will be handled.
The deal also suggests how deep the agreement between the two companies has become, as well as how much of the publishing costs Microsoft is willing to shoulder in order to seal an exclusivity agreement. That also, in turn, suggests how far into the future the exclusivity period could last.
Currently, both Microsoft and Square Enix are only saying The Rise of the Tomb Raider is a “holiday 2015″ exclusive.
A representative for Square Enix has told GameSpot that Microsoft is providing support across the entire development and publishing pipeline for Rise of the Tomb Raider. The publisher has not yet commented on whether this affects plans for a PlayStation 4 version.
“Yes, Microsoft will be publishing Rise of the Tomb Raider on Xbox,” Square Enix’s statement read.
“Microsoft has always seen huge potential in Tomb Raider and they will get behind this game with more support across development, marketing and retail than ever before, which we believe will be a step in continuing to build the Tomb Raider franchise as one of the biggest in gaming.”


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Apple launches new green energy ad campaign, still finds time to aim a jab at Samsung
The company's 'Better' campaign touts its dedication to sustainability, including the use of 100% renewable energy in its data centres
Tuesday 22 April 2014
To coincide with Earth Day Apple has released a new ad campaign touting its environmental credentials - with a quick jab against rival Samsung thrown in for good measure.
The campaign, which highlights various stats such as Apple’s use of renewable energy to power its data centres, includes a full page ad showing a field of the company’s solar panels with the text “There are some ideas we want every company to copy” - a reference to the company’s ongoing patent trial with Samsung.
“There's one area where we actually encourage others to imitate us,” reads the text. “Because when everyone makes the environment a priority, we all benefit.”
The campaign also includes a two-minute video narrated by CEO Tim Cook, who describes the company’s desire to “use greener materials, less packaging; to do everything we can to keep our products out of landfills. Changes that will benefit people as well as the planet.”
Cook has previously nailed his colours to the mast during a question-and-answer session with shareholders, telling an audience that Apple was thinking of more than just return on investment and that it would not be dropping its sustainability plans in order to reap greater profits.
The company’s changes have been praised by environmental groups, with a Greenpeace report on environmental responsibility in Silicon Valley describing Apple as ‘setting a new bar for the industry’. The same report also praised Google and Facebook, although Amazon and its massive data centers were criticized for using only 15 per cent renewable energy.
As well as its servers, Apple has also highlighted the energy consumption of its products, pointing out that the most recent iMac uses 97 per cent less electricity in sleep mode than the first model released in 1998.
However, the company also admits that is still has a lot of work to do. While US-based servers might be running off wind and solar energy, the vast factories in China that actually manufacture iPhones and iMacs are certainly not.
Apple is ahead of its competitors in terms of green credentials but as Lisa Jackson, the company’s vice president of Environmental Initiatives, notes: "We have a long way to go [...] but we are proud of our progress."
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South Africa’s Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition, Ebrahim Patel has been elected as the chair of the Ministerial body tasked with finalising negotiations on the terms for the commencement of the preferential trade under the African Continent Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). He takes the leadership of the African Ministers of Trade (AMOT) three months prior to the start of trading under the AfCFTA and with the continent still in the grip of the Covid-pandemic, with 1,5 million people on the continent infected to date.
Three other Ministers were elected as Vice-Chairpersons, from Egypt, Sierra Leone and Kenya and the Minister of Gabon will serve as Rapporteur of the Bureau of AMOT.
Minister Patel chaired the first virtual meeting of AMOT on 30 September 2020, attended by Trade Ministers and senior officials from more than 40 countries.
The AMOT meeting outcome confirmed the commitment of countries to the start of preferential trade under the AfCFTA on 1 January 2021. Currently there are 28 AU Member States that have deposited their instruments of ratification of the Agreement. Two additional countries have ratified the Treaty and their formal depositing of the ratification instruments are now awaited. The Ministers emphasised the importance of ratification by AU member states to enhance inclusiveness in preferential trade under the AfCFTA and therefore encourage members to ratify the Agreement.
Minister Patel said that since the last meeting of AMOT the world has changed dramatically, with a pandemic that has deeply affected lives, the economy and societies. He indicated that from this experience we drew two basic lessons:
“The first is that social solidarity is critical in fighting the pandemic and the economic reconstruction that will need to follow. At the continental level, the Chairperson of the African Union President Cyril Ramaphosa and his colleagues have been coordinating responses to the health and economic challenges arising from the pandemic. Solidarity must be at the heart of our efforts to respond to the crisis.”
“The second lesson is that economic resilience is critical – we need to build up Africa’s industrial capabilities and trade and supply-chains between African countries. The recovery must focus on attracting increased investment into the productive sectors. Investment can be attracted to the continent based on the greater scale and size of markets unlocked by the AfCFTA,” he said.
Minister Patel outlined the key issues that African Ministers would need to address over the next six weeks, to prepare for an Extraordinary Summit of the African Union in December 2020, to enable the start of trading under the new agreement from 2021. He pointed to the large levels of imports into the continent particularly of manufactured goods, which shows the size of the potential market for products made on the African continent. Critical support issues that would need to be considered together with tariff reduction include the strengthening of national customs administrations to monitor the movement of goods, as well as investment in industrial capacity and infrastructure.
Participating in the AMOT meeting, Deputy Minister of Trade, Industry and Competition, Ms Nomalungelo Gina said that “As the COVID-19 pandemic has had a detrimental social and economic impact on African economies, we should accelerate our efforts and continue our progress on the objective of establishing a single African market that can enhance economic development and trade across our continent.”
AMOT discussed the outstanding work on tariff and services offers as well as Rules of Origin. The Ministers agreed on a succinct set of deliverables and a focussed work programme for the finalisation of the outstanding negotiations for adoption by Heads of State and Government at the 13th Extraordinary AU Summit on 5 December 2020 with the aim of starting trade under AfCFTA preferences on 1 January 2021.
“Each of us needs a strong Africa, an Africa that has deeper levels of industrialisation, more jobs for young people and greater wealth-creation. That is the goal. The African Continental Free Trade Area is the means. Effective implementation is the challenge we must address,” said Minister Patel.
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Christmases past were bustling times
Published: Wednesday, December 26, 2012 at 9:01 a.m.
Last Modified: Wednesday, December 26, 2012 at 9:01 a.m.
The memories have begun to fade a bit as the decades roll by, but those who lived and worked in Hendersonville in the mid-1900s still recall vibrant details of “the most wonderful time of the year” in the mountains.
What was Christmas like on Main Street a half-century ago?
“It was a happy and friendly and busy time,” said Mary Louise Barber, part of a longtime family business that began in 1884, when Arthur “Uncle Baker” Farrington Baker emigrated from London and opened a photography studio in Hendersonville catty-cornered from the Historic Courthouse.
Barber remembers fondly the holiday season while working in the family camera shop and photo studio at Main Street and Sixth Avenue, where First Citizens Bank now stands.
For starters, Main Street in the 1950s didn’t have a serpentine layout, Barber said, and there were more merchants, including J.C. Penney and Belk department stores, “so it was rather bustling for a while.”
“It was a friendly time as well,” Barber said. “You knew your customers; the customers knew you; the merchants knew each other.”
The holidays were so busy, in fact, that Becky Sherman Banadyga — daughter of Sherman’s Sporting Goods proprietors Kalman and Francee Sherman — recalled hamburger lunches inside the family store from the Hot Spot, where her parents would get take-out to save time.
Back then, Sherman’s sold toys and wrapped them for 88 cents apiece.
“Favorites were things like Tonka Toys and Erector Sets, Lincoln Logs, Betsy Wetsy, Barbie dolls,” said Banadyga, who still runs Sherman’s Sports on North Main and Second Avenue with her husband, Rex. “You didn’t have credit cards, so people saved up their money to go shopping in December; it wasn’t like you spread it out all year.”
Other downtown holiday recollections by Banadyga include Christmas lights running along wires across the street rather than along it, and that it was a big deal when Belk began opening on Friday nights; stores on Main Street were not open in the evening.
Banadyga also recalls schoolchildren visiting churches and other local venues to sing Christmas carols, and families lining up in their cars at the GE plant in East Flat Rock to enjoy the spectacle of the company’s Christmas light display.
Further up Main Street, Barber remembers wrapping presents with large bows on them for customers of the camera shop, where family photos and portraits made for popular gifts.
“Every family had their different traditions and their different ways of how to manage Christmas,” Barber said. “And families would visit one another. But sometimes they were too far to get there, so there were more letters, there were more cards. And, of course, we didn’t have email, and we didn’t have cameras on the back of telephones, so it was kind of nice to get a picture of your relatives at Christmas.
“And that still happens; it was just a different process (back then). You actually brought your 35-millimeter film in, or whatever you had, and had that developed. If it was color, we sent it to Kodak in Atlanta. If it was black and white, which most of them in the 1950s was, we did it in our processing plant.” According to Barber, merchants kept busy during the holiday season driving business through window decorations, adding stock, getting creative with advertising and offering specials. They also were bolstered by a popular radio show on WHKP called “Merry Christmas Shop with Mary Barber,” featuring Mary Louise’s mother, in which various merchants in town from gift shops to grocery stores got a chance to discuss their Christmas merchandise.
Meanwhile, local historian and Times-News columnist Tom Orr said he will always associate Christmas with Cal’s Home and Auto Supply on North Main Street, where the Black Rose Pub now stands.
In addition to B.F. Goodrich products such as tires, batteries and small household appliances, store owner Cal Kuykendall, who served as the first executive director of the local Merchants Association, according to Orr, also featured a “knockout” of a bicycle on display above the main entrance door that Orr’s parents eventually bought him for Christmas.
Kuykendall died of cancer in 1979, but not before leaving a legacy of Christmas spirit that will forever stay with Orr and many others who grew up around here in the early to mid-20th century.
“The WHKP Santa Claus was a fixture in the store for many years, (and) Cal’s Toyland was the best anyone had ever seen,” Orr said. “Cal took particular delight celebrating this time of year.”
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With the Narendra Modi-led NDA government set to complete its 100 days in power, many of the long-delayed economic reforms have begun to take shape. While the government has been successful in reactivating the process of economic liberalisation, we still have a long way to go in executing some vital structural reforms which remains pending.
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In a scenario where exports posted positive growth for the third consecutive month of Fiscal 2014-15, traditional export-oriented manufacturing sectors like Auto and Pharma are the ones which are most likely to gain traction due to revival in export markets.
FMCG companies have somehow managed to beat the slowdown blues during the first quarter of current fiscal Q1FY15.
The hypothesis seems to gain traction after six out of top 10 global largest internet IPOs have come in the last three years.
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As all eyes are on Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba’s plan to launch the largest ever initial public offering in US, e-commerce market in India is taking a few baby but definite steps to carve a place for itself under the Sun.
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It has been widely reported that Dell sued five LCD panel manufacturers for price fixing last week. The companies named in the suit are Sharp, Toshiba, Hitachi, Epson, and HannStar.
Sharp and Hitachi have already made plea agreements with the U.S. Justice Department for price fixing. In 2008, Sharp agreed to pay $120 million in fines, and last year Hitachi agreed to pay $31 million.
Now, Dell’s complaint presumably is related to panels the company purchased to manufacture notebook computer screens and desktop computer monitors. However, if these LCD panel manufacturers were secretly cooperating on panel prices, some TV manufacturers may also have reason to complain. For now, there may be another shoe waiting to drop in this story.
The irony is that in spite of the apparent collusion, LCD TV prices have still plummeted by about 20% a year for the past few years. Imagine how low the prices might be if price fixing hadn’t put a drag on competition.


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Facebook accounts are hacked 600,000 times daily during users' log-in, the social networking site conceded this week.
The Internet powerhouse said that it records more than 1 billion log-ons each day, and that .06% of those log-ons are compromised.
The shocking lapse in security was first reported by UK-based computer security firm Sophos.
Facebook could not be reached late Friday, although a note that accompanied the startling statistic said, "At Facebook, we take the privacy and safety of the people who use our site very seriously.
"Using a combination of technological innovations...we're working 24/7 to ensure everyone's information is safe and secure."
The scary scope of the security breach was conceded by Facebook on a hard-to-find graphic accompanying a note dilating on its newest efforts to combat Internet piracy.
The post, authored by "Facebook Security" is entitled, "National Cybersecurity Awareness Month Updates," and can be found on the site.
Facebook shared the info while boasting how it "keeps spam at bay." The website crowed that while 89.1% of all email is spam, less than 4% of the content on its pages can be considered as much.
On the graphic, Facebook also trumpeted the, "Less than 5% of Facebook users experience spam on any given day."
Other cute facts to come to light from the graphic that accompanied the post from the Facebook security team:
- The average Facebook user has 130 friends.
- Users spent 700 billion minutes per month on the site.
- Facebook now counts 750 million active users worldwide.


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Last month, Nvidia made a big deal by reducing the hash rate of Ethereum mining on its new RTX 3060 graphics card. A special system supposedly to make the RTX 3060 undesirable for crypto miners but Nvidia has fast in taking action. The company has now confirmed that it has accidentally unlocked those restrictions with a new driver.
In a statement to The Verge, an Nvidia spokesperson said “A developer driver inadvertently included code used for internal development which removes the hash rate limiter on RTX 3060 in some configurations. The driver has been removed.”
Since Nvidia has removed the driver, the genie seems to be out of the bottle. Nvidia’s latest 470.05 beta driver automatically unlocks performance for most RTX 3060 cards which boosts hashing rates for Ethereum mining. Currently, mirrors of the driver can be found online. In the future, Nvidia won’t be able to prevent RTX 3060 owners from continuing to use this driver.
In an attempt to steer cryptocurrency miners away from purchasing the cards, Nvidia restricted RTX 3060 mining performance The company was more or less confident that its restrictions couldn’t be defeated. In simple words, it is somewhat clear that Nvidia was not expecting to release the driver that would accidentally unlock the restrictions which were strategically created.
Last month, Bryan Del Rizzo Nvidia’s head of communications said “It’s not just a driver thing. There is a secure handshake between the driver, the RTX 3060 silicon, and the BIOS (firmware) that prevents removal of the hash rate limiter.”


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Bloomberg LP is preparing to launch a ranking of the world's billionaires, capitalizing on the swelling numbers of wealthy individuals around the world and taking direct aim at the core franchise of Forbes magazine.
Bloomberg on Monday said it is hiring Forbes veteran Matthew Miller as part of an effort to expand its coverage of the wealthy. Mr. Miller will help Bloomberg launch a global rich list sometime in 2012 or 2013, though the details and exact schedule are still uncertain. Mr. Miller spent seven years at Forbes and was the editor for the Forbes 400 list and co-editor of the Forbes World's Billionaires list until 2010.
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US consumers scaled back in the first years of the Great Recession, but now they're buying again and getting extended credit. Are the laws written to encourage debt? Are Americans born to shop, even when they can't afford to? Also, Tunisia's president flees the country amid mounting protest, andPope Benedict XVI has approved a miracle by his hugely popular predecessor, John Paul II. But questions are being raised about his qualifications for sainthood.
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WATCH: Dunkin’ Brings Restaurant Design of the Future to Palm Bay, Don’t Miss Out On the Free Coffee
By Space Coast Daily // May 4, 2019
Grand Re-Opening ribbon-cutting celebration set Saturday and Sunday
SPACE COAST DAILY TV: Dunkin, located on 4897 Babcock Street, is celebrating their grand reopening Saturday and Sunday. “On The Town” stopped by and Gina Liberto spoke with Store Manager Amber the Director of Operations Dawn to discuss the festivities and the free coffee.
BREVARD COUNTY • PALM BAY, FLORIDA – Dunkin’ unveiled its latest Next Generation store in Palm Bay on Saturday, May 4 during a Grand Re-Opening ribbon-cutting celebration.
The store, located at 4897 Babcock Street NE, has been remodeled and now offers Palm Bay its first look at the brand’s U.S. store of the future experience.
With a modern atmosphere and new, innovative technologies and design elements – including the first drive-thru exclusively for mobile ordering – it makes running on Dunkin’ faster and more convenient than ever before.
To celebrate this remodeled store, the Dunkin’ Grand Re-Opening event was highlighted by donut decorating, face painting, balloon artists and more.
Attendees also got to experience the new modern design and in-store innovations, including the exclusive On-the-Go drive-thru lane, a cold beverage tap system, new employee uniforms designed by Life is Good, a greater Grab & Go selection and an increased energy efficient design.
Space Coast Daily TV was on hand to cover the event live. In attendance were franchisees Amish Patel and Chris Hill, Dunkin’ executives, Brevard area dignitaries and sports mascots.
Founded in 1950, Dunkin’ is America’s favorite all-day, everyday stop for coffee and baked goods.
Dunkin’ is a market leader in the hot regular/decaf/flavored coffee, iced regular/decaf/flavored coffee, donut, bagel and muffin categories. Dunkin’ has earned a No. 1 ranking for customer loyalty in the coffee category by Brand Keys for 12 years running.
The company has more than 12,700 restaurants in 43 countries worldwide. Based in Canton, Mass., Dunkin’ is part of the Dunkin’ Brands Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: DNKN) family of companies.
For more information, visit DunkinDonuts.com
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China may be the only economy in the world returning to “normal,” but it’s import picture still looks pretty bad — down 14% according to new numbers Thursday.
As far as buying American goods, China is way off track in terms of import targets Beijing agreed to in its trade deal with Washington, signed in January. Of course, the pandemic slammed both economies, but already President Donald Trump is threatening to kill the deal and raise more tariffs. The two countries plan to meet on trade issues next week.
Typically, trade deals reduce tariffs and then let capitalism figure out who buys what and how much. But the U.S.-China deal has a target that China buy an average $12 billion in American goods each month.
Right now, the actual imports are less than half that, according to S&P’s Global Market Intelligence. Chris Rogers, a contributor to S&P Global, said China hardly bought anything when the pandemic hit there.
“While the economy was locked down, that of course was going to trim a lot of demand,” Rogers said. “That demand will have picked up in late March, but of course American manufacturing and American farmers and American energy producers aren’t there.”
There to make stuff, or transport it, during our disease peak. Case in point: the meatpacking plants shutting down, as workers got sick from the virus.
U.S. exports of cars to China fell, as did soybeans, which tend to trade in the winter and spring.
“Both sides are having the outbreak in the peak demand season for soybean exports,” said Wendong Zhang, assistant professor of economics at Iowa State University.
To most analysts, the Chinese import target was always a long shot — ambitious, pandemic or no. But Zhang sees one way to get there.
“The only way to do it is to buy some of the products that you would otherwise buy from other countries and now buy from the U.S.,” Zhang said.
That would mean the government butt into markets, which the free-trade deal was designed to avoid. If the agreement goes kaput, as Trump now threatens, he’d put more tariffs on Chinese stuff coming here.
“Putting tariffs on consumer goods and other things we would want people to be buying to help the economy get back on its feet doesn’t seem like the right domestic economic decision,” said Lynn Fischer Fox, a trade lawyer at Arnold & Porter. Not to mention the stock market potentially flipping out.


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Yahoo TV and Omg! Head Moves to Young Hollywood
Young Hollywood, the high-profile next-gen digital media start-up, has hired a top Yahoo content exec, Liz Coughlin.
The Beverly Hills-based Young Hollywood named Coughlin SVP of business operations, overseeing new business initiatives and all digital operations.
At Yahoo for a decade, Coughlin was most recently in charge of omg!, one of the largest celebrity sites on the Internet, as well as Yahoo TV. She also worked on corporate strategy, partnerships and large events for the Silicon Valley Internet giant.
Previous to Yahoo, she worked at the Digitas advertising agency.
“Right now, Young Hollywood is small, but it’s special, and where content production and media business is headed,” said Coughlin in an interview yesterday. “Trying to build new forms of content with the use of new devices and metrics and new forms of programming is an exciting place to be.”
Coughlin officially left Yahoo last week.
Currently, Young Hollywood creates “Entertainment Tonight”-style celebrity and lifestyle programming for other online outlets such as YouTube, Hulu and also Yahoo, as well as working on various marketing initiatives for large brands.


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There is a new promotional flyer of Apple iPhone 6 revealed. One Chinese website Weibo published the material on their website for the Chinese consumers. In this 2 devices have been shown; 4.7 inches and a 5.5 inches with the estimated cost of the handset. There are many news and rumors afloat on the internet about the Apple iPhoen6. This is another hit and gives us the sight what is going to happen actually to some extent.
The 4.7 iPhone 6 carries $850 price tag and the bigger version, 5.5 has a price tag of $1012. As per news confirmation the both handsets will be available on 19th September instead of 26th. There is nothing shocking in that because iPhone 5c made the debut on 20 September last year and iPhone 5 appeared on 21st September.
One Chinese media published the report that Apple already sent the iPhone 6 to the Chinese carriers such as China Mobile and China Unicom for 4G LTE connectivity testing.
4.7 inches screen of iPhone 6 will have a 960x 1704 pixels resolution and the dimensions of the handset are 137.5 x 67 x 7 mm in measurement. Well we hope this date is fixed for the arrival of iPhone 6. If the prices are true then this is not really the cost for that giant handset.


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