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Organizations deploying deception technology must make sure to integrate it with other technologies to reap the full benefits of intrusion alerts, says Anuj Tewari, global CISO at IT Services HCL Technologies.
Jewelry retailer Claire's says Magecart attackers hits its e-commerce store, hosted on Salesforce Commerce Cloud, and stole an unspecified number of customers' payment card details. Security firm Sansec, which discovered the breach, says Magecart attacks have grown more targeted during lockdown.
To battle against a surge in cybercrime during the COVID-19 pandemic, enterprises need to take several steps, including periodic vulnerability and risk assessment tests and regular audits, says Rajan Pant, founder of IT-SERT of Nepal. Pant also is calling on the government to take action.
A federal judge has ordered Capital One to turn over a forensics report covering its 2019 data breach, which has been sought by plaintiffs in a class action lawsuit. The report, if it becomes public, could shed light on one of last year's biggest breaches.
European budget airline EasyJet says it suffered a data breach that exposed 9 million customers' personal details. While no passport details were exposed, the company's ongoing investigation has also found that attackers "accessed" a small number - just 2,208 - of customers' payment card details.
For many cybercrime investigators, it's all about indicators of compromise - evidence that a crime has occurred. But what if you were to shift toward cataloging behaviors that could indicate an attack is ongoing or imminent? Sam Curry of Cybereason explains the IoB concept.
As phishing campaigns and hacker attacks spread during the COVID-19 global pandemic, it's more important than ever for organizations to promptly report fraud to authorities to help them crack down on cybercrime, says Dr. Karnika Seth cyberlaw expert and advocate at Supreme Court of India.
Apple previously scuttled plans to add end-to-end encryption to iCloud backups, Reuters reports, noting that such a move would have complicated law enforcement investigations. But the apparent olive branch hasn't caused the U.S. government to stop vilifying strong encryption and the technology giants that provide it.
Organizations need to make sure they have the right tools to enable digital forensics teams to determine the origin of an attack, says Dr. Gaurav Gupta, a scientist at India's Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, who describes "forensics readiness."
The FBI has sent a letter to Apple asking for help in accessing encrypted data from two iPhones belonging to a deceased shooter. The bureau's move may be a prelude to another legal fight between the FBI and Apple over strong encryption.
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The Indian government is putting pressure on WhatsApp to develop a mechanism to trace the origins of fake messages that threaten the nation's security. Will WhatsApp take action? And what do security experts say about the feasibility?
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Burger King teams with A1 to unleash a spooky black Halloween Whopper
Last year we examined the launch of Burger King Japan’s Kuro Pearl and Kuro Diamond burgers, dressed up in black squid ink buns and cheese. While we acknowledged the magic of franchise localization, and the fact that such an intense novelty concept not be as successful in line with the cultural norms of United States consumers, we secretly hoped that Burger King HQ would at least give its North American audience the chance to try. Now our secret hopes have been answered, with the launch of Burger King’s spooky new Halloween Whopper LTO, sandwiched in a bun as black as your soul just in time for Halloween.
While Burger King confirms that its new Halloween Whopper burger is absolutely inspired by the buzzworthy Kuro Burger it launched in Japan, cultural localization is certainly at work here—in a press release announcing this latest launch, Burger King asserted that while its new burger is “curious to the eye,” its flavor is “familiar and savory to the palate.”
What is the flavor behind the Americanized version of the black-bunned burger? None other than A1 steak sauce—stylized in ads as the HA1loween Whopper, the burger will feature A1’s smoky flavor baked directly into the bun, as well as a layer of A1 Thick and Hearty Sauce added to the more classic Whopper toppings like lettuce, tomatoes, pickles and mayonnaise:
This is perfectly in line with Burger King’s current strategy. Burger King is all about the partnerships lately, and while they don’t always come together the way that the royal Miami-based burger chain might like, they often tend to equate to some great publicity. A partnership between Burger King and A1’s maker Kraft Heinz Company is nothing groundbreaking—Berkshire Hathaway and 3G Capital share equity and interest in both, making this pairing a logical choice. What’s more, it appeals to American tastes while maintaining some of the unusual intrigue that makes novelty LTOs that much more fun.
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There’s a strong case for the future growth of robots in food production in Europe, believes Dutch bank ING, as companies look to boost competitiveness, improve product quality and respond to rising labour costs. [Read more...]
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Medal Of Honor series shelved by EA
EA has decided to shelve the Medal Of Honor series again in favour of DICE's Battlefield series.
The decision has been taken after Medal Of Honor: Warfighter was almost universally panned by the critics. Given that Battlefield 3 fared significantly better EA has chosen to go for annual releases in that series instead, for now at least.
EA COO Peter Moore explained, "Critics were polarized and gave the game scores which were, frankly, lower than it deserved. This one is behind us now. We are taking Medal of Honor out of the rotation and have a plan to bring year-over-year continuity to our shooter offerings."
Battlefield 4 is expected to be released some time in 2013 after EA bundled beta access codes in with Medal Of Honor: Warfighter.
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November 8, 2016 and July 1, 2017 stand out as landmark dates in the history of the Indian economy.
Suresh Nandlal Rohira
November 8, 2016 and July 1, 2017 stand out as landmark dates in the history of the Indian economy. These dates have witnessed two major reforms in the country, although it still remains ambiguous to figure out the actual impact.
Boost and impact
Fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) sector is one of the largest sectors in the Indian economy, and the result of the GST impact on this sector can give a fair idea as to how the new tax system is impacting other sectors as well. Under the erstwhile regime, one of the major transactions, that is, inter-state transfers were subjected to central sales tax (CST) (concessional rate of 2%), which was non-creditable and resulted in increase of cost for the company as well as for the final consumer. However, under the GST regime, the same has become a creditable component thereby reducing the effective cost. Stock transfers under GST have become taxable, which results in blockage of working capital as against the previous regime where such transfers were not taxable in all states. Further, transactions like freebies, buy one get one free, etc which were a common practice across the goods industry can get covered under the GST ambit which will lead companies to change their business processes. However, GST has given a major boost to this sector by way of increase in input tax credit, capital goods and input services as well as reduction in logistics costs due to the abolition of check posts which leads to smoother supply chain as the transit time has reduced considerably and abridged the spoilage cost.
The intention of the government appears very clear — to reduce product prices. This was also evident by the recent rate cuts decided by the GST council at its 23rd meeting. However, despite all efforts of the government, there are apprehensions that the benefit of rate cuts has not been passed on to final consumers. To verify all such claims, the government has set up a National Anti-Profiteering authority whose major duty is to determine whether any reduction in the rate of tax on any supply of goods or services or the benefit of input tax credit has been passed on to the recipient by way of commensurate reduction in prices. In order to support this big reform and control inflation, the government has also made changes in other laws like customs, legal metrology, etc. Government has granted permission under the legal metrology law to affix an additional sticker or stamping for declaration of reduced MRPs to keep a check on whether benefits of the reduced rates have been passed on or not. The same was also communicated by the government to consumer goods firms and industry stakeholders of such a new price tag requirement.
Crossing the hurdles
FMCG players also faced a major hurdle as far as continuation of area based exemptions provided under the erstwhile indirect tax regime in states like J&K, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh and other North Eastern states where a lot of FMCG players have their presence. Recently, a budgetary support scheme was introduced to provide benefits under the GST regime. The scheme comes as a relief to FMCG players having presence in such states. The impact of demonetisation and implementation of GST back-to-back has had a deep impact on the common man’s spending pattern. Government has portrayed GST to benefit the common man and this can be seen by the regular revision in rates of various products and services. High-end luxury goods are subject to cess in addition to high GST rates but on the other hand, GST rates on goods of basic necessities have been kept at lower rates keeping in mind the interest of the general public. However, demonetisation at the end of the last year, left people with less cash in hand thereby driving consumption to a darker side. But things appear to be stabilising gradually and a final verdict on the impact of both these landmark reforms would be adjudged in the upcoming quarters.
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GM touts fuel efficiency
General Motors, preparing a redesigned Chevrolet Silverado to begin selling this quarter, said the new pickup will have better fuel efficiency than Ford’s turbocharged V-6 truck while costing the same as its outgoing model.
The 2014 Silverado with a 5.3-liter V-8 engine and two-wheel drive will get 23 miles per gallon in highway driving, the Detroit-based automaker said. Ford’s 3.5-liter, six-cylinder turbo F-150 gets 22 mpg on the highway while a flex-fuel version of the vehicle gets 23 mpg, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. A flex-fuel 5-liter V-8 F-150 gets 21 mpg on the highway.
The redesign of the Silverado, and GMC brand version sold as the Sierra, are among about 20 new vehicles GM is bringing out this year to renew a lineup that was considered to have grown stale following the company’s 2009 bankruptcy reorganization. The company’s U.S. market share fell to an 88-year-low in 2012 as Toyota’s sales rebounded, helping overtake GM to retake the title of world’s best-selling automaker.
The fuel efficiency of GM trucks is key as it continues to compete against Ford.
Sales of Ford’s F-Series, which was redesigned in 2008, have made it the best-selling vehicle in the U.S. for 30 consecutive years. Ford has continued to outpace the Silverado and Sierra as customers have shifted to Ford’s more efficient smaller engines. The outgoing Silverado, for example, got 20 mpg, according to the EPA.
The new GMC Sierra, a pickup based on the same mechanics as the Silverado, will also get 23 mpg on the highway, GM said separately. Both the Silverado and Sierra will get 16 mpg in city driving, the company said. Versions of trucks equipped with four-wheel drive will get 22 mpg on the highway.


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Schwartz acknowledged that the hardest sell is to people who were familiar with the company long ago when the company wasn't on the upswing. Sun is trying to reach out to startups (defined as in business less than four years, fewer than 150 employees and based in the U.S.) as a way to engage the next generation of infrastructure consuming companies, and offering try and buy programs for hardware systems. Sun has shipped 5,000 systems via the program, half to new customers, Schwartz said.
Commenting on the recent large industry acquisitions, Schwartz said that WebEx (WEBX) (acquired by Cisco (NASDAQ:CSCO)) and Tellme (acquired by Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT)) are big Sun customers, as well as tiny Five Across, which was also acquired by Cisco.
Sun's stock price has been trending upwards, and would seem to correlate with what Schwartz said he found in checking Google Trends for keywords associated with Sun–such as NetBeans, GlassFish and Niagara–are up and to the right. "Word of mouth is a way more efficient than buying ad words," he concluded. Based on the Google Trends chart below, it's unclear just high and to the right the keywords are trending.


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Mariah Carey just gave the world a Christmas gift, via McDonald’s. While everyone knows that Christmas is Mariah season, this particular Christmas season she worked out a really cool deal with the chain, and basically gifted everyone with free food from Mickey D’s via their new app. Say what you want, but a free Big Mac is a pretty tasty early Christmas gift, and that’s not where the deal ends.
All I Want For Christmas….
As many of you are aware, Mcdonald’s has started putting together celebrity-endorsed orders. It began with the Travis Scott meal. It then grew to include a BTS deal. But the Mariah Menu is completely different.
Her special menu is more than just food she likes. It will be available for 12 days and give away food to anyone who uses it up until Christmas. Yes, you get free food. There is no fine print, traps or tricks. You get free food if your app purchases are less than a dollar per day. The diva dished. “Some of my favorite memories with my kids are our family trips to McDonald’s, and of course, each of us has our go-to order,” Carey said in a press release at the time. “Bringing together some of our favorite food from McDonald’s with my all-time favorite season is a holiday wish come true.”
It’s safe to say no one is complaining about free food. That’s the kind of gift that keeps on giving. This gift is truly a gift that keeps on giving, right up to Christmas Eve.
It all started with a simple tweet between Carey and McDonald’s that said “If Mariah retweets this, everyone gets a free Big Mac. She did, simply putting “you’re welcome” as the response. It was smart to use the social media platform to announce it, and make it seem organic.
Even though the company announced it back in November this year, it has generated quite the buzz. You can now get a free Big Mac with the app starting Monday, December 13, 2013. Every day from Monday to Christmas, a different menu item is highlighted and made free to customers.
People can say what they want about Carey and fast food in general, but 2021 was a tough year for a lot of people and this isn’t a bad way to end it. Heck, you can tell people Mariah Carey bought you a Big Mac and you’d almost be telling the truth.
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Immediately after the highly controversial election results were announced on November 5, millions of Facebook and Twitter users began to leave the social media monopolies for free speech platforms like Gab, MeWe, and Parler. While Gab and MeWe were growing at a steady pace, traffic on Parler was exploding. “Parler,” the new free-speech social media platform, was finally giving Facebook and Twitter a run for their money—and then something happened that should never have been allowed to happen in America, big tech bullies with leftist views like Apple, Google, and Amazon jumped in used the power of their platforms to stop Parler in its tracks.
Following the January 6th Capitol event, Apple and Google capitalized on the opportunity and used it as an excuse to remove Parler from their app stores. Shortly after the news about the two monopolies removing Parler from their app store, another monopoly, Amazon, jumped in and announced that they would give Parler 48 hours to remove their platform from their servers.
Curiously, the decision of the monopolies to cut off Parler from its users came after Parler’s former CEO John Matze’s public statement about Facebook and Twitter censoring the voice of President Trump from their platforms.
On January 7, Matze published the following statement on Parler:
If free speech truly is the enemy and we must restrict and censor the voices of people to keep our country safe then our country is already lost.
If one man’s voice is a threat to our nation but his holding of the presidential office is not, than it is apparent the powers of the presidency are less powerful than a single voice. Why should any of us settle to giving up our rights to free speech?
It’s clear that Facebook and Twitter believe the ends justify the means. They believe the American people are weak. They insult our founding fathers by suggesting Zuckerburg and Dorsey know what is best for us.
Parler is not an arbiter of truth. We believe in you. We believe you are wise enough to decide for yourself and trust that given access to all information we can self govern. The solution is clear. If you believe in free speech, and our founding principles of our republic, then we must liberate others by promoting free speech Parler.
Now, it’s being reported that Apple has agreed to immediately add Parler back to their app store, after receiving a letter from Republican Congressman Ken Buck and Senator Mike Lee demanding answers about why the app was removed from their store. Congressman Buck called it a “Huge win for free speech”
On March 31, @SenMikeLee and I sent a letter demanding answers about why Apple removed Parler from the App Store.
🚨Today, we received a response: Parler will be reinstated on the App Store. Huge win for free speech. pic.twitter.com/FQBDSSSFGk
— Congressman Ken Buck (@RepKenBuck) April 19, 2021
On the surface, it would appear that Apple may be considering getting out of the big tech game of bullying conservatives, but should Americans who revere our right to free speech go back to buying Apple’s made-in-China products? It’s hard to calculate the losses free speech Parler must have suffered after they were s forced to shut down for over five weeks, as they struggled to find a company willing to take their server business after Amazon dumped them. It’s difficult to measure the damage to Parler’s reputation when Apple and Google removed their app from their stores, treating them like a free-speech cancer that must be removed from the patient before it spreads and gives other similar platforms the idea that big tech will tolerate the promotion of free speech social media platforms.
Even the far-left CNN seemed to question the Apple CEO’s decision to ban Parler, suggesting that they should tread lightly in the age of big tech monopolies who are using their powers to bully and silence political opposition:
Apple will welcome back Parler — provided Parler finds a new cloud provider to host the social network — if the app effectively moderates users’ speech, said the Apple CEO.
“We’ve only suspended them,” Cook noted. “If they get their moderation together they would be back on there.”
But Apple, the world’s most valuable company, has to tread lightly. Its substantial size and power mean any controversial move can get under the skin of regulators that have sued other Big Tech companies, including Google and Facebook, for violating antitrust law. Forcing other companies to bend to their will isn’t going to make Apple’s argument easier if it finds itself under scrutiny for allegedly abusing monopoly power.Still, Cook argued Sunday that running a tech company is about more than making big bucks. He said Sunday that he believes Apple’s mission should be to solve some of the world’s biggest problems. The company and its employees are always trying to do the right thing — a mission that motivates him to come to work each morning.
On January 11, Parler filed a complaint filed in Seattle federal court, alleging that Amazon Web Services kicked the company off its cloud servers for political and anti-competitive reasons.
In its complaint, Parler also accused Amazon of applying a double standard than with other platforms, noting that Twitter had recently signed a multi-year web-hosting deal with the company.


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Medical marijuana shops have been getting creative with their edible offerings.
We’ve seen lots of brownies and other sweets. One Colorado restaurant recently offered a tasting menu that lets diners find the perfect blend to compliment a gourmet meal.
And now we have cannabis infused beef jerky.
California based Santa Cruz Laboratories, a medical marijuana testing facility, recently posted a picture on their Instagram account of a brand new creation – Reef Jerky. According to Marijuana.com, the new snack was produced by Badfish Extracts.
No word yet on taste or when this product will officially hit shelves, but the snack is sure to make a unique addition to medical dispensaries across the country.


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Between June 13 and August 7, 351 million units were sold in supermarkets, an increase of 15% compared to last summer.
If summer is still a particularly favorable season for the sale of bottled water, the summer of 2022 should remain in the annals of distributors. The generalized heat in the area and the successive heat waves have in fact boosted sales to considerable levels. “Sales of plain water (still and sparkling) are effectively boosted by heat waves“, we note on the side of the panelist NielsenIQ.
Between June 13 and August 7, no less than 351 million bottles were sold in supermarkets, according to data from the research firm, a jump of 15% compared to last summer. Which, it should be noted, had been much cooler. In total, water thus generated a turnover of 465 million euros over this period, an increase of 19% compared to the same period in 2021.
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July was particularly buoyant for this product, with sales in supermarkets up nearly 19% for still and sparkling water, compared to last summer, points out the IRI panelist. “The month of June 2021 had already been very hot, hence a less spectacular impact for the month of June 2022observes Emily Mayer, director of business insight at the analytics firm. The increase in June was indeed limited to +2.4% for natural flat waters.
June 18 heat wave history
As for distributors, the Casino group confirms this upward trend. “We have indeed seen a sharp increase in sales of bottled mineral water in recent weeks, with an increase of 20% at Monoprix and nearly 50% at Franprix.“, we say. The other large retailers were unable to provide their own figures.
Same observation among water bottle producers. “We are between +5% and +15% in sales compared to previous summers, depending on the brands“, estimates Antoine Cardon, general delegate of the Syndicate of spring waters and natural mineral waters (SESEMN), pointing “the heatwave effect“. The day of June 18, during which dozens of municipalities broke their temperature record for the month of June, illustrates this effect well. “This is the day when natural flat waters have generated the most turnover for at least three years, with 9 million euros in one day“, notes the NielsenIQ institute.
In terms of brands, Cristaline remains the undisputed number one in the sector. The pack of six 1.5-litre bottles was even, in the first half of 2022, the second best-selling reference in French supermarkets (118 million euros in turnover), just behind the 1-litre bottle. of Ricard, according to data from NielsenIQ.
No risk of shortage
This unprecedented boom in bottled water consumption, in addition to its ecological impact, is not without posing supply problems for supermarkets. “Stores encounter supply difficulties and supplier quotas, particularly for national brand references for which suppliers favor large volumes of 1.5 liters“, we explain at Casino. From there to soon see the water running out in the rays? No, answers Antoine Cardon. “Large retailers have made stocks upstream“, underlines the spokesperson of the SESEMN.
According to Antoine Cardon, there is nothing to fear either from the historic drought that France is going through – “more than a hundred municipalitieswere deprived of drinking water last week according to the government. Because bottled water is pumpedin deep groundwater, which is impervious to high temperatures“, he observes. According The echoeshis union nevertheless, for fear of possible limitations on withdrawals from national or local authorities, wrote to the Minister of Ecological Transition, Christophe Béchu, to ask him to “do not slow down activity for a product in high demandin these high temperatures.
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Commercial exchange across the Angola/Zambia border is weak, functioning thus in a sporadic and individual way, says the Zambian ambassador to Angola, Marina Makolokota.
In an interview to ANGOP, she said that the commercial interchange is made difficult by the non existence of a road network across the border, capable of facilitating the move of goods to both sides.
The ambassador said that there are already some Zambian citizens in Lwena City, in the eastern Moxico Province, trying to study the feasibility of the Angolan market in this region.
The diplomat also reminded the importance of Angola’s Benguela Railways Company (CFB) in promoting commercial exchanges between the two countries, saying that the stoppage of this communication means has had negative effects in the materialisation of this desire.
The ambassador also expressed the interest of Zambia in importing oil from the neighbouring state, taking into account the shortage of this product in her country.


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MEDFORD — Clothing recyclers are required to obtain a permit before placing bins to collect used clothes or household goods in the township.
The Township Council voted 3-1 at its May 6 meeting to adopt an ordinance that regulates “the placement and use of charitable clothing bins.”
Mayor Chris Buoni and Councilmen Jeffrey Beenstock and Charles Watson voted yes. Councilman James R. “Randy” Pace voted no. Councilman Frank Czekay was absent.
The ordinance was proposed because some bins had been placed on private and municipal property without proper authorization and created safety hazards.
Township Manager Christopher Schultz said one change in the measure was made before adoption. The fee to apply for a permit was reduced from $100 to $25, to agree with state regulations.
Under the township ordinance, an applicant for a permit will be required to provide information on where the bin will be located, how the items collected will be “used, sold or dispersed” and how the proceeds from the sale will be allocated or spent.
The applicant also must provide the name and telephone number of the “bona fide office” of any person or entity that profits from the sale of the clothing or other items collected, as well as a written consent from the property owner where the bin will be situated.
Pace said he voted against the ordinance because the state already has laws regulating clothing bins.
“There was no need for an ordinance,” he said Monday. “We don’t need to pass more laws that don’t serve any purpose.”


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The famous start-ups will facilitate the new feature, which will enable songs to be streamed on the Google page that will also include a "buy" button.
This innovation will help reduce the number of steps fans need to purchase their favorite songs or albums.
By clicking on that button, customers will be taken to a variety of different sites, including Amazon.com and Apple Inc's iTunes Music Store, where they can buy music.
The new service will involve all of the major music labels -- including Vivendi's Universal Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment, Warner Music Group and EMI Music.
The labels are betting that by making it easier to search for music, they can increase the size of the digital market, which is currently dominated by iTunes, with about 70 % of download sales.
Google accounts for 65 % of all search queries in the United States, according to comScore.
Reuters has contributed to the report.
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Adobe Slashes Prices Following Australian Claims of Consumer Fleecing
February 12, 2013 11:32 AM
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Adobe is already cutting prices in Australia
Earlier this week the Australian Parliament issued a summons for Adobe, Apple, and Microsoft to
appear before Parliament in a pricing inquiry
. The problem the Australian Parliament has is that Australians were discovered to pay as much as 60% more for many technology items compared to other parts the world.
Officials wanted to directly question Adobe and other companies to find out specifically why prices were so much higher in Australia. Ahead of that official summons, software giant Adobe has cut prices on some of its products for Australian customers. Adobe has promised to cut the price of its Creative Cloud suite so local buyer shall pay the same price as consumers in the U.S.
Previously, Adobe's monthly annual subscription rate for Creative Cloud was AU$62.99 per month in Australia. Australian users will now pay AU$49.99 each month. Access to individual titles in the software suite will cost AU$19.99 monthly.
“As Adobe continues to attract membership to its cloud offerings, it is evolving its product offering to provide increased value to subscribers, including new pricing for customers in Australia and New Zealand,” the company said in a statement.
Public hearings for Adobe and other major technology firms will commence in Canberra, Australia on March 22.
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This is not about piracy, but about allowing retailers to differentiate by market when that practice should have been explicitly forbidden. Retailers don't have to move physical things around anymore, so remoteness or the number of customers is not a factor anymore. Different taxation levels are, but the price variance is much greater than that.
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2019 Hyundai Santa Fe Named SUV of the Year
The most popular vehicle segment in recent years has been the SUV. With many of them being able to offer impressive performance, efficiency and comfort for luggage or extra passengers, it’s easy to see why. With the segment being so popular, there will surely be plenty of options for drivers to choose from. However, let’s take a look at why the 2019 Hyundai Santa Fe was named SUV of the year.
2019 Hyundai Santa Fe AutoJudge Awards
At the recent SEMA trade show, the AutoJudge Awards, which are sponsored by the Texas Automotive Media Association, took a look at some of the best sedans, SUVs and trucks available today. Throughout their tests, the AutoJudge Award for best SUV was awarded to the all-new Santa Fe.
“The 2019 Hyundai Santa Fe represents Hyundai’s strong SUV heritage. As the best-selling SUV in our history, we are continually striving to build on this success and deliver vehicles that reflect the needs of today’s drivers. This award selected by an esteemed panel of AutoJudge journalists inspires our team to continue to be a leader in this competitive segment.”
-Mike O’Brien, vice president of Product, Corporate and Digital Planning, Hyundai Motor America
In fact, what helped the new Santa Fe model stand out was its impressive safety and comfort features and implementations, along with offering a reliable and affordable vehicle for drivers.
If you would like to learn more about why the 2019 Hyundai Santa Fe was named SUV of the year at SEMA this year, be sure to contact us at Apple Valley Hyundai. You can also get behind the wheel of the exciting new SUV today by visiting our dealership in Winchester, VA.


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OPPO A74, with Snapdragon 662, spotted on Google Play Console
OPPO is gearing up to launch a new A74 model in the coming weeks. In the latest development, the 4G version of the handset has been spotted on the Google Play Console, revealing its key specifications. As per the listing, the A74 4G will come with a Full-HD+ display, a Snapdragon 662 chipset, 6GB of RAM, and Android-11'>Android 11 support. Here's our roundup.
The phone may offer an AMOLED display
The OPPO A74 4G will feature a punch-hole cut-out with a thick bottom bezel. On the rear, it will pack a triple camera setup. The handset is likely to bear a 6.43-inch Full-HD+ (1080x2400 pixels) AMOLED screen with a pixel density of 480ppi. It is also tipped to offer an in-display fingerprint sensor for secure authentication of biometric data.
It will be equipped with a 48MP main camera
The OPPO A74 4G will reportedly have a triple rear camera setup comprising a 48MP primary sensor, a 2MP portrait lens, and a 2MP macro shooter. On the front, a 16MP selfie snapper is expected.
The handset will boot Android 11
The OPPO A74 4G will be fueled by a Snapdragon 662 processor, paired with 6GB of RAM and 128GB of expandable storage. Under the hood, it will run on Android 11 and pack a 5,000mAh battery with 33W fast-charging support. For connectivity, the device should offer support for Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 5.1, GPS, a headphone jack, and a Type-C port.
OPPO A74 4G: Pricing and availability
The official pricing and availability details of the OPPO A74 4G will be announced at the time of the launch, which will happen in the coming weeks. However, considering the leaked specifications, it may be priced under Rs. 20,000.


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A new board for "Poppy" was added yesterday to Coreboot Git. This Google Poppy board is indeed making use of an Intel Kabylake processor.
Details on Google Poppy are scarce from Google searches so there isn't much more beyond this commit. It's a Kabylake board, uses the FSP 2.0 package, etc. Though the board information marks it as the "Poppy Kabylake Reference Board", so there are chances it may just be a developer reference board for Intel Kabylake CPUs as opposed to a new Chromebook/Chromebox making it to market, but we should find out in 2017 when more Kabylake designs are hitting the market.


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Micromax is also busy prepping its next flagship phone. After the massive Yu Yureka Note phablet that launched last month, the company is set to introduce a new Yu product. Not much details have been shared but the brand just showed a teaser image of what seems to be a unicorn. Oh wait, it is actually a unicorn! Should we expect some magic and rainbows then?
That’s an unusual character to use but a unicorn is a mythical creature that symbolizes transformation. We’re assuming that this YU phone will be a totally new design or will shown something that can be transformed. We’re guessing something like an LG G5 and its Friends perhaps? That’s just our guess because a unicorn usually means change.
Micromax’s Yu confirmed that a new device is coming soon. It will be an incredible device and something that is “insanely beautiful” as decribed. Rahul Sharma, CEO of YU also said,“It will break records, it will break the conventional, it will break the rules…WAIT, it will break the flagships.” He also said that the smartphone will be out later this month.
We’re totally in the dark about the phone but we heard it will have a 4GB RAM and a MediaTek Helio X10 processor. Recently sighted on Geekbench was a YU5530 which we’re thinking could be the next flagship phone following Yunique, Yureka, and Yutopia already. Still no idea on pricing and availability but we hope to know at launch anytime this month of May.


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What to Expect from Intel’s Earnings Report
Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) stock was left out of the tech boom last year. As a chip maker, Intel stock just didn’t seem that attractive compared to some of the big names in the Internet industry. But that doesn’t change the fact that the company is running a solid business. And going forward, Intel’s value could make it attractive again.
After all the hype, investors want their companies to make money. On that front, Intel delivers exceptional results. Despite all the concerns on the slowing down of the PC market, Intel has been beating Wall Street’s expectations again and again.
This time around, Intel is expected to report solid earnings again. Here’s what analysts are expecting.
Stats on Intel Corporation
Overall expectations are quite high for Intel stock. Revenue in the first quarter of 2016 is expected to increase 8.40% year-over-year to $13.86 billion. Wall Street analysts are also predicting $0.48 in earnings per share (EPS), which would be 17.07% higher compared to the first quarter of last year. (Source: “Analyst Estimates,” Yahoo! Finance, last accessed April 17, 2016.)
|Analyst EPS Estimate||$0.48|
|Change from Year-Ago EPS||17.07%|
|Revenue Estimate||$13.86 billion|
|Change from Year-Ago Revenue||8.40%|
|Earnings Beats in Past 4 Quarters||3|
Source: Yahoo! Finance
INTC stock has a pretty solid track record when it comes to earnings beats. In the past four quarters, Intel has beaten analysts’ estimates in three of them. And even when it didn’t beat estimates in the first quarter last year, its EPS came in at $0.41—exactly the same as what Wall Street was expecting. So Intel had no earnings misses last year.
This time, even the declining PC market might not be that bad for Intel’s business. As Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) launched “Windows 10” last year, adoption of the new operating system has been faster than all previous generations. This might have led to higher demand for new Intel-equipped PCs.
Note that Intel’s products are not just geared towards desktops and laptops. They are also widely used in smartphones—something we can’t live without today. The hottest smartphone maker, Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL), is expected to release the “iPhone 7” this September. It was reported that a significant portion of the iPhone 7 LTE modem chips will be produced by Intel. (Source: “Intel to Produce ‘Significant Portion’ of LTE Modem Chips for iPhone 7’,” Macrumors, March 4, 2016.)
Last time Intel reported earnings, the highlight was the record quarterly revenue from the Data Center and Internet of Things (IoT) Groups. The Data Center Group includes platforms designed for enterprise and cloud infrastructure. The IoT Group offers platforms for a wide range of market segments, including the retail, transportation, industrial, and buildings spaces. Both groups are expected to continue performing strongly in this reporting quarter. (Source: “Earnings Release Q4 2015,” Intel Corporation, January 14, 2016.)
Of course, not everything looks so rosy. Intel’s Client Computing Group and software and services segment showed year-over-year declines in revenue in the fourth quarter of 2015. Whether these areas could improve remains to be seen.
The Bottom Line on INTC Stock
At the end of the day, let’s not forget how inexpensive Intel stock is right now. Trading at $31.46 per share, INTC stock has a forward price-to-earnings multiple of just above 12X. Moreover, Intel also pays a dividend with a quite handsome yield of 3.27%. The company has been increasing its dividends since 2003.
Intel is scheduled to report first-quarter earnings on Tuesday, April 19 after the closing bell. If things turn out to be great, there could be some serious action in Intel stock.


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The Regional Transportation District (RTD) will launch the new Mobile Tickets app for day passes on Wednesday, Nov. 1. Now riders who use a day pass will be able to bypass lines and avoid a stop at ticket vending machines by using the new RTD Mobile Tickets app on their Apple or Android mobile device. For bus customers who pay with cash, this is especially convenient since they won’t have to worry about having exact change for their fare each time they ride with a day pass.
“The addition of our new mobile ticketing app provides yet another option for our passengers to easily use RTD’s growing transit system,” said RTD CEO and General Manager Dave Genova. “This app is convenient, gives our customers choices and adds another method of payment without using cash.”
Customers simply download the app, purchase a pass with a credit card and activate the pass before boarding a bus or train.
Things to Know
- Customers can find the app in their app store by searching for “RTD Mobile Tickets.”
- The mobile ticketing app supports Local and Regional/Airport Day Passes only.
- Users must buy tickets on the day of travel. They cannot pre-buy for future dates (this feature will be added in the future).
- Users must activate their ticket before boarding the bus or train and display a valid ticket for operators and fare inspectors. This activated ticket includes a time stamp that moves in a pattern on the screen to prevent fraud.
- Purchased tickets expire at 2:59 a.m. the following morning even if they aren’t used.
The Regional Transportation District develops, operates and maintains a public transportation system that meets the transit needs of close to 3 million people within an eight-county service area in the Denver Metro region. The agency’s buses, rail lines, shuttles and additional services provide 100 million annual passenger trips. For more information, visit rtd-denver.com, call 303-299-6000 and follow along on social media: www.facebook.com/RideRTD, @RideRTD on Twitter, @ridertd on Instagram and rideRTDco on YouTube
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(TheLastPatriotNews.com) – Over a dozen pro-life groups have called on America’s biggest pharmacy chains – CVS and Walgreens – to give up their decision to sell abortion-inducing drugs after a policy change by the Biden administration.
In their letters to CVS Health and Walgreens Boots Alliance, the Family Research Council and thirteen other pro-life groups urged the pharmacy chains to refuse to sell the pills causing chemical abortions, also known as medication abortions, Breitbart News reported.
The anti-abortion organizations’ move comes after several weeks ago, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) altered its regulations to allow retail pharmacies to sell mifepristone, the leading abortion pill.
Even as women seeking medication abortions would still need a prescription, the FDA eliminated its previous requirement that mifepristone is taken in the presence of a qualified medic.
The FDA changes came several months after, in June 2022, the US Supreme Court overturned the 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling, which had legalized abortion, and allowed state-level abortion bans.
After the Biden administration’s new abortion pill rules, the CVS and Walgreens management, including CEOs Karen Lynch and Rosalind Brewer, confirmed their pharmacy chains would sell the abortion pill in places where that was not against state laws.
In their letter, the 14 pro-life organizations warned the managers not to turn their “pharmacies into abortion facilities,” which could “present many potential legal concerns” for the companies.
“Chemical abortion drugs are not just another pill. Selling these drugs would transform these centers of healing into abortion facilities that kill children in their mother’s wombs,” the anti-abortionist groups wrote.
They warned customers would be doing business with de facto “abortion facilities” if the mifepristone sales got launched.
“Such a move directly threatens the conscience rights of all pharmacy employees, most particularly the pharmacists who will be placed on the front lines of committing abortions, but certainly other employees as well,” the 14 organizations declared.
They also noted that CVS and Walgreens stores would now be targeted by “public education and activism” campaigns currently happening outside Planned Parenthood and other abortion business.
“To the best of our knowledge, no mainstream corporation or business has ever willingly associated itself with providing abortions in any form. We urge you to make your pharmacy a pharmacy once again—not an abortion business. We urge you to cease selling the chemical abortion regimen,” the pro-life groups said.
Their letter noted that medication abortions were “four times as likely as surgical abortions to result in medical complications and trauma for the mother.”
The anti-abortion organizations also criticized the Food and Drugs Administration for its recent rules change, which has “weakened” the “health and safety protocols” for chemical abortions.
“As more and more health professionals continue to choose ideology over health and safety, it is becoming harder to assume that proper screenings to date the pregnancy to see if it is 10 weeks or fewer, or to ensure that the pregnancy is not ectopic, are completed,” the letter declared.
Besides the Family Research Council, it was also signed by March for Life, The Heritage Foundation, Catholic Vote, Student for Life Action/Students for Life of America, Family Policy Alliance, Live Action, Susan B. Anthony Pro-life America, National Right to Life Committee, Ethics and Public Policy Foundation, American Family Association, Concerned Women for America, Americans United for Life, Faith & Freedom Coalition.
Pro-life groups sent letters to CVS and Walgreens pharmacy chains, urging them to not dispense abortion inducing drugs. https://t.co/MeFN6NHHs0
— Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) January 24, 2023


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Though BlackBerry unveiled its entry-level Z3 earlier this week, destined for the Indonesian market, many customers and analysts are wondering when BlackBerry will launch its next device in North America. CEO John Chen announced the “BlackBerry Classic” earlier this year, saying it would be available in November, but also noted that the company is working on four additional devices.
Chen said, “After BlackBerry Jakarta, now we are again working on the latest BlackBerry with either three to four [new devices planned]. Yes, there is the keyboard, and one of them is [all-touch] not a keyboard.”
One of the heavily rumoured devices is the BlackBerry Windermere. This is expected to sport the go-to-market name of the BlackBerry Q30 and have a 4.5-inch display with a resolution of 1440×1440, a quad-core processor, 3450 mAh battery and a 13MP OIS camera. This was seemingly confirmed during the BlackBerry 10.3 Beta SDK announcement.
No other indication what BlackBerry has planned, but from a wearable and tablet perspective Chen soundly rebuked the idea, saying the company has no plans to enter those spaces in the imminent future.


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Sikkim State Co-operative Supply and Marketing Federation (SIMFED), the apex marketing federation of Sikkim, launched a vast range of organic and natural food products at a in New Delhi on Wednesday. SIMFED launched these organic food products in collaboration with New Delhi-based, Qseal Agritech, an organic agriculture-based organisation. To market its products across the country, the Federation is planning to open 400 retail stores across the country.
Sikkim, focussing on organic farming since 2003, became fully organic in 10 years. The State was declared the first Organic State of India by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2015.
SIMFED is one of the pioneering organisations in India in the field of organic farming and in the last 10 years it has worked with more than 40,000 farmers on almost 35,000 hectares of agricultural land in 10 states of the country. To provide best prices to the farmers, SIMFED has taken measures like the elimination of middlemen and easy processing. Besides, to enhance the reach and penetration of organic food, SIMFED complies with the latest quality standards that ensure highly safe and nutritious food. Through Organic Regulation Act, the State has made possession of any types of agrochemicals or pesticides a punishable offence.
The vast range of SIMFED’S organic food products includes Unpolished Rice, Organic Flours, Organic Cereals, Unpolished pulses, Spices (Whole, Powdered). These will be introduced in the market soon in 500 grams and 1 kg packages. Organic pickles, jams and bakery products will also be launched shortly.
To read more about Sikkim’s organic farming, click here
The specialty products from Sikkim includes organically grown Buck Wheat flour, Dale Chili (Cherry Pepper), large cardamom a high value cash crop and export commodity and Ginger and Turmeric, two powerful spices from the Himalayan region. The other specialty products that will available soon are Cashew from Andhra and Odisha, King Chilli from Assam, Mango from Andhra, Pineapple from North Eastern Region, Joha and Black Rice from Assam, Kodo from Chhattisgarh, Lemon from Chhattisgarh and Assam, Potato from Gujarat and Mandarin Orange from Assam.
In the near future, SIMFED is also planning to export various organic produce like Niger, Ginger, Turmeric, Black Pepper and Potato from different regions of the country.
Highlighting about Sikkim’s initiatives on organic farming, Somnath Poudyal, Minister for Food Security and Agriculture Development, Sikkim said, “28 Farmer producer organisations (FPOs) have been formed in Sikkim for the development of organic farming in the State. They are also engaged in marketing of agricultural produce in the State.”
Hailing the Organic Movement of Sikkim, Shobhana K Pattanayak, Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Government of India said, “The Organic Movement in India is in the safe hands. I urge Sikkim to mentor other States too for development of organic farming. For this, the Centre is already promoting organic farming through Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana (PKVY).”
Speaking on the occasion, Roger R Rai, Managing Director, SIMFED said, “SIMFED works for the benefit of both the consumers and the farmers. We ensure that the farmer, who is the intrinsic part of our society is getting the best possible agricultural inputs such as seeds, organic fertilisers, equipments, and is able to get the best possible return of agricultural produce. We are cautious that none of the quality measures formulated by the government are compromised or ignored, and the very best of the agricultural produce is reaching to the general public.”
“The Chief Minister of Sikkim, Pawan Kumar Chamling pioneered the Organic Revolution in 2003. Under his visionary leadership, the State became fully organic over a decade,” Rai added.


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By; Niyi Ogungbola, Abeokuta.
Ogun State Government has disclosed that its economic policy would give priority to promotion of homemade products and encouragement of young entrepreneurs to create wealth and ensure industrial growth of the state.
The State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun while unveiling the 3rd edition of the Investor’s forum, slated for May 10 and 11, 2016 in Abeokuta with the theme; “Environment, Agriculture and Transportation; Ogun State Open For Business” said “until we begin to promote locally made goods and products, encourage native cottage industries to thrive, we may not achieve industrial growth’’.
Amosun noted that industrial development in Nigeria was suffering not only from outright rejection but also as a result of capital flight as most products consumed in the nation are imported mostly from Asia among others.
He explained that this has affected the capital base of local manufacturers to create employment.
He said the imminent State Investor’s Forum would open investors to new horizon in Environment, Agriculture and Transportation which it’s set to take full advantage of.
The Governor maintained that his administration would focus more on patronage and consumption of local products, adding that all the souvenirs to be used at the forum would be contracted to local manufacturers so as to encourage them.
He cited the Communist China industrial policy which turned China into a competitive industrial nation, saying his administration would not hesitate to adopt such industrial ideology to grow its local industries.
The Governor, while fielding questions from both local and foreign journalists on the upcoming forum, highlighted the gains of the first and second editions of the event as well as the prospects the third edition would bring to the state.
He noted that the forum had attracted more investors who have latched on the economic advantage inherent in the state’s conducive environment.
He further assured them that the 2016 edition would expose the investors and other people to economic opportunities in environmental management, agricultural value and industrial growth.


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Oldest-known fridge in America still chillin’ 85 years later
- The fridge's globe-shaped top holds the cooling mechanism
- Cost $300 in 1928, equivalent to over $4,000 today
Is your refrigerator running? It's still funny, even 85 years later.
Built in the late 1920s, this General Electric fridge is still hummin’ along as if Nucky Thompson still ran a Boardwalk Empire.
This fridge set its original owners back a cool $300, according to the New York Post. That’s equivalent to a brain freeze-inducing $4,225 today.
Chillin': This 85-year-old GE fridge is likely the oldest in America
Vintage: GE still manufactured appliances in the US back in the 1920s
Standing a stout three-feet-tall, the fridge’s globe-shaped top isn’t for decoration, it’s where the mechanical cooling assembly cools its jets, and owner Mark Vail’s food in the main compartment below, according to the Post.
Ballin': The basketball-sized round top houses the fridge's cooling mechanism
Ice cold: Ads from the 1920s showing the benefits of refrigerators, including improved health
Cooler than cool: Owner Mark Vail showing off his vintage fridge
Well-heeled families looking to fill their shiny new fridges with life-giving food forked over a little less than 50 cents each for a delicious sirloin steak and sliced bacon, according to the US Department of Labor. Fresh milk cost about 11 cents and a dozen fresh eggs were 40 cents.
A pound of butter was also about 50 cents, while a loaf of bread cost about a dime, according to the agency.
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Tysons may not have the liveliest nightlife at the moment, but that could soon change as more late-night restaurants and places to hang out open. “Tysons After Dark” will highlight a different spot every week.
The new Whole Foods in The Boro has caught the attention of people looking for happy hour deals after work with its brand new bar High Point.
Located on the top floor inside Whole Foods, the bar offers guests 16 regional beers and ciders along with a variety of cocktails and wine. People can enjoy their drinks at the bar, anywhere throughout the store while they shop or while they play shuffleboard and various arcade games like pinball.
High Point also offers happy hour deals Monday through Thursday, including $1 off ceratin pours. For those who don’t want to commit to a full drink, the bar also offers sample size tasters for $3 — all day, every day.
Last Friday night, Tysons Reporter decided to enjoy a 16-ounce pumpkin favored Wild Hare Hard Cider from Leesburg, which cost $7, while people-watching.
By 5 p.m. the bar was getting busy and seats were scarce. Young professionals in their mid-20s’ to early-40s’ enjoyed the hangout spot.
Tysons residents Tim McCall and Miguel Barrios told Tysons Reporter that the new Whole Foods is two blocks from their apartment, so they decided to try it out as a pregame spot before they went for a night out in D.C.
“This is going to make us sound old, but it seems like a quiet place for a drink,” McCall said.
Around five different bartenders assisted customers throughout the evening, each staying busy and serving customers in rapid succession. For those who don’t want to wait for a drink at the bar, the self-serve wine and beer stations were a popular option, even though they had a narrower selection.
ESPN was playing on the flat-screen TVs scattered throughout the area for all of the sports fans.
By 5:30 p.m. there was only standing-room at the bar, and different groups were sharing nearby tables. Things began to get rowdy as people raised their voices to compete with the conversations going on around them. Laughter echoed around the room and people seemed eager to kick off their weekend.
A bartender told Tysons Reporter that business has been extremely steady all week and the spot is pretty popular, especially around lunchtime.
The energy in the room stayed pretty consistent until 8 p.m. Then things began to slow down, and people went about their evening.
High Point is open seven days a week from 7 a.m. until 10 p.m.
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Smartphones powered by Google software widened their lead on BlackBerry handsets in the US market during the first three months of the year, industry tracker comScore reported on Friday. At the same time, Android is growing quickly in Europe, taking market share from Symbian.
Android smartphones dethroned BlackBerry in January by capturing 31.2 percent of the US market and that share grew to 34.7 percent by the end of March, according to comScore.
BlackBerry handsets made by Canada-based Research In Motion (RIM) lost ground in the quarter, ending March with 27.1 percent of the US market. Apple was close behind RIM with iPhone running on the California company’s mobile platform commanding 25.5 percent of the market, according to comScore.
Samsung was the top handset manufacturer overall with a 24.5-percent share of the US market, comScore said, followed by LG with 20.9 percent, Motorola with 15.8 percent, RIM with 8.4 percent and Apple with 7.9 percent.
According to comScore, 234 million Americans owned mobile devices at the end of March and the number of smartphones owned climbed 15 percent to 72.5 million.
The surge in Android uptake is starting to reflect in Europe as well, where Nokia has long held the overwhelmingly dominant position, but has seen market share slip quickly. According to ComScore, Symbian’s stronghold on the European smartphone market loosened in 2010 as other platforms gained traction.
Symbian saw its smartphone market share decline from 63.0 percent in December 2009 to 47.8 percent in December 2010, while Android consumed the largest portion of Symbian’s market share, growing more than 10 percentage points to 11.9 percent of the smartphone market at the end of 2010. Apple also saw its share grow considerably, from 13.8 percent to 20.0 percent, while RIM grew marginally to 8.6 percent share.
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Hong Kong – May 15, 2018 – Over the past two decades the growth of ecommerce has been the result of significant advances and transformation in the commercial use of the internet. In Hong Kong, ecommerce has become an indispensable part of consumers’ daily lives and it has become a significant platform for the retail market. So what comes next for ecommerce in Hong Kong? The Hong Kong Retail Management Association invited Michael Lee, Managing Director, Nielsen Hong Kong and Macau, to moderate a panel discussion at its 2018 Hong Kong Retail Summit and to talk about the importance of “consumer experience”.
According to Nielsen’s Hong Kong Ecommerce Study 2017, consumers now shop online consistently across different screens. Almost half the respondents (48%, or 8% less than a year ago) said they use home computers to shop online. This drop is reflected in the shift to using mobile phones (25%, or 8% more than a year ago) and tablets (11%, or 2% more than a year ago) for online shopping. Thirteen percent of respondents said they used office computers to shop online.
Unlike traditional offline shopping, consumers usually spend impulsively online. They are usually triggered to buy online for conditional free shipping/return policy, promotions and discounts as well as easy checkout methods. Among all impulsive purchase categories, the top products are all food-related, the frequently purchased categories being snacks, breakfast cereals, bottled water, instant noodles/pasta/udon as well as ready-to-drink beverages.
Easy and secure purchase is the key to the significant advance of ecommerce in Hong Kong with the availability of eWallet. The survey revealed that almost half of Hong Kong consumers (46%) now use an eWallet and the eWallet accounts in use rose 15.4% in the last quarter of 2017
Compared with a year earlier. The value of eWallet transactions in the last quarter of 2017 rose 27.7% from a year ago, a significant indication of the growth of the ecommerce market.
Despite the advance in online shopping, consumers are still hesitant about shopping online, nursing concerns about delivery logistics for perishable items, their desire to inspect goods before they buy and their need for convenience and the wish to follow habits. It is therefore important for online retailers to remove the barriers to make online shopping more welcoming and promising for shoppers by providing click and collect, return policies, showroom and cash on delivery as well as unique product range, and purchase incentives.
In contrast with just a few years ago, ecommerce is no longer the preserve of the young. The survey revealed that ecommerce is now relevant in all walks of life and to all sections of society. About 80% of males and females have tried online shopping in the past 12 months. Consumers of all age groups have shopped online in the past 12 months too, with those aged 22-29 and 30-39 the most frequent shoppers. The silver-aged group (50-64) also show moderate use of online shopping, 67% of them saying they had shopped online in the past 12 months.
Because no physical product is in hand in the virtual world, there is nothing more important than creating a better customer experience to win over potential customers. It is therefore crucial for marketers to offer an unmatched online shopping experience by creating a sense of value for money, providing a flexible shopping platform and delivery options, informing customers fully about return policies and making information freely available to customers and giving them the chance to talk about their personal experience.
“Consumer experience is essential,” Mr Lee said. “With online shopping become more popular, it is important for industry players to identify the key ways to win in the ecommerce market in Hong Kong. To stand out in this highly competitive market it is important to provide unique cross-screen experience as well as unique product range for consumers. The beauty of ecommerce is convenience, so easy checkout method via eWallet and flexible pick up and return policies are also key to winning.”
Nielsen Holdings plc (NYSE: NLSN) is a global measurement and data analytics company that provides the most complete and trusted view available of consumers and markets worldwide. Our approach marries proprietary Nielsen data with other data sources to help clients around the world understand what’s happening now, what’s happening next, and how to best act on this knowledge. For more than 90 years Nielsen has provided data and analytics based on scientific rigor and innovation, continually developing new ways to answer the most important questions facing the media, advertising, retail and fast-moving consumer goods industries. An S&P 500 company, Nielsen has operations in over 100 countries, covering more than 90% of the world’s population. For more information, visit www.nielsen.com.
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TikTok, the popular short-form video platform, is venturing into new territory by testing an ad-free subscription tier for its users. This move is a significant departure from its ad-driven revenue that has sparked and modelled interest and curiosity among its massive user base. In this context, we will delve into the details of this exciting development, including its reasons, potential impact on TikTok’s business model and the cost.
Transitioning from Ad-Focused to Subscription-Centric: TikTok’s New Strategy
Breaking News: TikTok has long been synonymous with its free, ad-supported platform, allowing users to consume and create content without a subscription fee. Moreover, recent reports confirm that TikTok is actively exploring a subscription-based, ad-free version of its app. This marks a significant shift in its revenue strategy.
Testing Phase and Geographic Scope
Currently, TikTok is piloting this new subscription option in a single, English-speaking market outside the United States. This limited-scale testing approach allows the platform to gather user feedback and assess the feasibility of the ad-free tier. It’s essential to note that this is just the initial phase, and the final implementation may vary based on user responses and performance metrics.
The Cost of an Ad-Free TikTok Experience
Users interested in enjoying TikTok without ads must subscribe to the ad-free tier, currently priced at $4.99 monthly international news highlight. This subscription fee is set for the testing phase, and TikTok may adjust it based on user reactions and market dynamics. Introducing a paid tier raises questions about whether users are willing to pay for an ad-free experience on a platform traditionally known for its free accessibility.
Impact on TikTok’s Revenue Model
TikTok’s primary source of revenue has historically been advertising. Brands and marketers have flocked to the platform to reach its vast and engaged user base. TikTok aims to diversify its revenue streams by introducing a subscription-based ad-free tier. This move aligns with industry trends, where platforms seek a balance between ad-generated and subscription-based income.
User Experience and Benefits
Subscribing to the ad-free tier promises users an uninterrupted and immersive TikTok experience. Without ads, users can enjoy content without potentially enhancing their engagement with the platform and interruptions. This move caters to users who value an ad-free environment and are willing to pay for it.
Challenges and Considerations
While TikTok’s experiment with an ad-free subscription tier is noteworthy, it comes with its share of challenges. The platform must carefully navigate the transition to ensure it retains its free users, who have been the backbone of its success. Balancing the interests of both paying subscribers and free users will be a delicate task.
The Future of TikTok’s Revenue Strategy
The outcome of this testing phase will provide crucial insights into the feasibility and acceptance of TikTok’s ad-free subscription tier. If successful, this shift in revenue strategy could signal a significant transformation in how TikTok generates income. It would join the platforms offering a tiered approach to cater to diverse user preferences.
TikTok’s exploration of an ad-free subscription tier represents an exciting evolution for the platform. By diversifying its revenue streams, TikTok provides users options while potentially increasing its profitability. As this experiment unfolds, seeing how users respond and whether TikTok can strike the right balance between its free and paid offerings will be interesting. This move could reshape the future of content consumption on TikTok and beyond.


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Competition in the Gaming Industry: The Stakes Are Higher Now
With the release of Sony’s PlayStation Move and Microsoft’s Kinect looming on the horizon, it’s worth looking at the history of competition within the industry to see the potential impact the two devices may have.
Most gaming generations have hot topics, memorable controversies and stiff competition: However, from this gamer’s point of view, most generations haven’t been as interesting as this current one due to the increasingly high stakes.
With Nintendo’s Wii spurring Sony and Microsoft to create their own motion controls and throw their respective hats into a ring already overflowing with hats, Sony’s Move and Microsoft’s Kinect are the latest entrants in this generation’s wide-ranging war.
A wide variety of popular game mechanics that are considered normal practice in modern times (3D instead of 2D vantage points, the analog stick, vibrating game controllers) trace back to Nintendo. The success of Nintendo’s NES spurred Sega to push forward with the Genesis, starting what is most likely considered modern gaming’s first big console war. When it came time for Nintendo’s Super Nintendo Entertainment System to evolve to a next-gen product, Nintendo was working with Sony on a CD attachment for the SNES. When Nintendo surprisingly canned the deal with Sony, Sony decided they weren’t going down that easily and created a little thing called the PlayStation, the brand that would eventually send Nintendo to the brink of collapse. During the following generation, the success of Sony’s PlayStation and PlayStation 2 spurred Microsoft to join the fray with their Xbox, which brought online gaming to a much wider audience than its original locus of PC gaming.
There were only two main competitive facets to previous generations of gaming: The power of the consoles and the exclusivity of the games. Now, however, with Microsoft’s online service, Nintendo’s motion control, and Sony’s history of humongous blockbuster franchises and co-opting and improving original technology (Nintendo’s analog stick comes to mind), the number of battlegrounds has grown exponentially. This is why I find this generation of gaming so interesting.
Probably the first time the console gaming market had something other than console power and exclusive games to fight over was when Microsoft released their online console gaming service, Xbox Live. Many PC gamers didn’t see the big deal (myself included), because PC games generally already came with competent online aspects. The reason why Xbox Live was actually a big deal, however, is because the console gaming market was much bigger than the PC gaming market at that point, bringing the fun (and addiction) of online gaming to an audience that hadn’t previously experienced it. With Xbox Live, Microsoft made it clear that gaming wasn’t necessarily about the power of the consoles or the games anymore: Now, it also mattered whether or not the games had an online component, which brought replayability to the table. Sony put out a modem attachment for it’s PlayStation 2, but didn’t provide any kind of cohesive service, instead opting to allow game developers to utilize the online capabilities if they so chose. Not too many did. While Nintendo was known as a staunch naysayer of online gaming this past generation of consoles, it did release a modem for its faltering GameCube, which was so underutilized that it became a sought after collector’s item.
The following generation — this generation — Sony amped up its online efforts, creating the PlayStation Network (PSN), a free, cohesive online service to answer Microsoft’s subscription-based Xbox Live. Nintendo included an online service with their Wii, but overall, the perception of their network amongst the “core” gaming audience is widely negative, due to things like slow connection speeds and Friend Codes. So for the first time in console gaming history, the generational competition spread to services, rather than just the games.
Media Center Services
Once online gaming got its grip on the console market, both Sony and Microsoft realized online delivery would be a perfect avenue for content unrelated to gaming, such as movies, television shows and music. Sony’s PlayStation 2 experienced success with this style of thinking last generation, as it also functioned as a DVD player, which is partly attributed for the PlayStation 2’s monstrous success. However, the degree to which online delivery was desired by the gaming populace was unknown — until, of course, it blew up. Now it’s a default feature of both the PlayStation 3 and the Xbox 360. So, for another first time in console gaming history, the competition spread, oddly enough, to media unrelated to gaming.
Alternative Input Methods
Though last generation had the occasional unique input method (Steel Battalion, Guitar Hero, and Lifeline come to mind), they were isolated happenings and only applied to their own specific games. Then, like a phoenix rising from the ashes, Nintendo created the ridiculously named Wii (they even released a statement explaining the name). The Wii’s entire method of input was based on a controller that boasted full motion control (which it didn’t actually get until a few years after, being relegated to simple waggling mechanics until then) and it basically took the world by storm. Parents and grandparents, demographics not usually associated with gaming, were buying up Wiis and getting their waggle on. Nintendo’s resurgence due to the enormous sales of the Wii got Sony and Microsoft working on their own versions of motion control. So, marking yet another first in console gaming history, the generational competition spread to input method, rather than just the games.
MotionPlus vs. Kinect vs. Move
The above brief history of competition leads us to the most current battle within the gaming world, motion control and augmented reality. With the Wii’s waggle-centric faux motion control becoming all the rage, Sony and Microsoft both worked to cash in on the craze, and as expected, updated the relatively primitive technology (I mean, the Wii works with candles). Nintendo got wind of this and developed Wii MotionPlus, an add-on that attaches to the Wiimote (which Nintendo still refuses to officially call a Wiimote) and finally brings 1:1 motion control to the Wii.
With Sony’s Move only a week away and Microsoft’s Kinect two months away, the gaming media is abuzz with demos and previews, adding fuel to the coming fire. Most outlets have had positive experiences with the PlayStation Move, including Kotaku, Joystiq, and Engadget. Microsoft’s Kinect, however, is widely garnering mixed feelings from various outlets about the actual hardware, its games, and even its price. With Move and Kinect, the gaming industry has already surpassed Nintendo’s standards, providing much more precise motion control, and both Sony and Microsoft have even added cameras, throwing a bit of augmented reality to the mix.
Move and Kinect widen the scope of competition in the gaming industry in two interesting ways. Firstly, they mark the first time that the console life cycle could extend well beyond the usual five years. Changing the way games are played means more than just the usual graphical upgrade and power overhaul that dominated previous console iterations: Now, it’s about changing the way people interact with games, potentially creating entirely new consoles within the current consoles. Secondly, consumers will soon have access to relatively competent augmented reality for the first time, bringing us one step closer to full-blown virtual reality.
No matter what previews say or demo units show, no one can truly predict which device will have the most impact on the industry. However, with the inclusion of extremely precise motion control and augmented reality, Move and Kinect herald an exciting future for gamers, and depending on the breadth of their appeal, everyone else.
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Biotech Vietnam won the bidding for the first half of the year 2011 suppling clonal antibodies to Hanoi Oncology Hospital. This is the first times Biotech Vietnam is upgraded to a supplier of Hanoi Oncology for this line of products.
This bidding was publicly organized by the first quarter of 2011. Biotech Vietnam, in cooperation wih Vi-intex (the strategic partner), participated and won the bidding.
After having received the announcement from Hanoi Oncology Hospital, Biotech Vietnam made an order to DB Biotech and got the products available in stock to ensure the timing of delivery and ensuring the quality of products.
It is informed that these products are served for cancer diagnostics conducted by the pathology department of Hanoi Oncology Hospital, one of the pioneering hospitals of Vietnam in conducting IHC-P tests.
To win this bidding, Biotech Vietnam cooperated with the pathologists of Hanoi Oncology Hospital by sending the samples and receiving the feedbacks. The products are manufactured by DB Biotech (www.dbbiotech.com) and Biotech Vietnam is granted the exclusive distribution on Vietnam market.


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GERMAN authorities have warned teachers that youths wearing clothing made by the British firm Lonsdale may be involved with neo-Nazism.
Along with big boots and short haircuts, sweaters emblazoned with the Lonsdale name are being used as far-Right symbols. Worn under open jackets, only the centre of the logo is visible: "NS" or "NSDA", standing for the National Socialist Democratic Workers' Party - the official name of the Nazi party.
The London-based company said it was aware of the trend. A spokesman pointed out: "We make active attempts to try to prevent sale of our products to outlets which are specifically geared to that kind of customer - shops which have a military bias, for example.
"There are other brands which these people also favour. It is just unfortunate that ours stand out more than the others. If you see a crowd of skinheads, you can see the big Lonsdale logo on some shirts."
There was little the company could to do prevent its shirts being bought and its name being abused in such a manner, said the spokesman. "Our name comes from the Earl of Lonsdale. The company started as a sporting club at the end of the 19th century. We can't change it.
"It's a name and it is certainly not associated or designed with neo-Nazis in mind. It was a family name well before fascism reared its ugly head in Europe."
Isabelle Kalbitzer, of the Berlin state office for the protection of the constitution, has told local teachers: "Whoever thinks that neo-Nazis today are still recognisable by combat boots with white laces and bomber jackets is mistaken." She added: "When these [Lonsdale] shirts are worn under jackets, the letters NSDA can be clearly seen."
The Union of Education and Science is organising a series of seminars at which teachers will be shown what the authorities believe to be the latest developments in far-Right fashion.
- The German telecommunications giant Deutsche Telekom apologised yesterday for inadvertently using an advertising phrase that was a former Nazi slogan.
The words Jedem das Seine (To each what he deserves), which Deutsche Telekom used in 15 million brochures, was once written over the entry to Buchenwald concentration camp.
A Deutsche Telekom spokesman said the copywriter from the company that created the brochure had not known the origin of the expression, which would no longer be used.


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F4tickets.com provides equal access to all basketball fans
November 25th, 2004—Euroleague Basketball and CSKA Moscow, host of the 2005 Euroleague Final Four, today announced an unprecedented agreement with Tickets.Com that provides basketball fans worldwide with equal access to purchase tickets to the Euroleague Final Four in Moscow, May 6-8.
Beginning on Saturday, November 27, 2004 at 9:00 a.m., fans can purchase tickets on-line, at f4tickets.com. In addition, a direct link is available on all Euroleague and league websites, as well as through euroleague.net. This service is available in five different languages – English, Russian, Italian, Spanish and French – providing an easier purchase process for costumers.
“The Euroleague Final Four has become one of the premier sporting events in the world,” said Euroleague consultant Marshall Glickman. “In the past, the majority of the tickets have been set aside until only three weeks before the event, once the four teams were qualified. While a limited number of tickets will continue to be held for the clubs, the majority of tickets will now be available on-line, over six months in advance, no matter where you live or what price category you are interested in.”
In addition to providing on-line ticket sales for the Euroleague Final Four, Euroleague has entered into a separate multi-year agreement that designates Tickets.Com as the “Preferred Ticketing Company” of Euroleague. This agreement makes Ticket.Com’s ProVenueMax ticket inventory management software available to all Euroleague clubs, while Euroleague has appointed its IT Department to oversee the implementation of new criteria for the management of ticketing that all clubs must adhere to beginning with the 2005/06 season.
“Ticketing has become a top priority for Euroleague,” said Glickman. “This agreement with Tickets.Com gives our clubs access to the best customer relationship management software, which can help a club manage its ticket inventory, data base and reporting requirements at the most professional level. This is a big step forward for us.”
This season, 600 tickets will be set aside for each participating team, compared to 1200 tickets per team for last year’s Euroleague Final Four in Tel Aviv and 2000 tickets per team for the 2003 Euroleague Final Four in Barcelona. Moscow’s Olympisky Arena, home of this year’s Final Four, has a basketball capacity for 13,036 spectators, and approximately 500 media seats. Additional tickets will be held for guests of Euroleague and host CSKA Moscow. This results in over 7,000 tickets available on sale this Saturday for Euroleague fans worldwide. Ticket prices for these exciting two days of competition will range between 25 – 1000 euros for the 4-game package.
Fans that do not have access to the internet may also purchase tickets over the phone by calling CSKA Moscow’s Euroleague Final Four Ticket Hotline, at XXXXXXXXXXX. Fans in Moscow also can purchase tickets at the offices of CSKA Moscow.
Following Euroelague’s recent announcement of its historic agreement with FIBA, which recognizes Euroleague as the exclusive organizer of the top professional basketball competitions in Europe, Euroleague CEO Jordi Bertomeu was clear that this agreement would pave the way to develop a new business model for Euroleague.
“This agreement with Tickets.Com is one of the first examples of how our commercial direction will move forward,” said Bertomeu. “The Euroleague Final Four is our showcase event that is now recognized on a global scale. Euroleague, and our host CSKA Moscow, felt the time was right to give basketball fans throughout Europe, and worldwide, equal access to tickets, including the very best seats. We very much appreciate the support we have received from CSKA’s CEO, Sergey Kuschenko, in standing behind this innovative approach.”
Tickets.Com is one of the world’s leading suppliers of tailored ticketing, marketing and customer relationship management software. Tickets.Com is headquartered in Costa Mesa, California, with European headquarters in Milton Keynes, United Kingdom. Their software has been used for the Olympic Games in Salt Lake City. They handle on-line ticket sales for the majority of Major League Baseball clubs in the United States and are especially well-known for their breakthrough work with the San Francisco Giants.
“We are very pleased to start a new relationship with Euroleague,” said Tickets.Com European president, Christopher Goodhart. “We believe that professional basketball will show tremendous growth in Europe and we want to be a part of it. Not only does Euroleague manage the premier European competitions, but in our view, they have the right vision for the future. We look forward to expanding our relationship with Euroleague.”
Tickets purchased via www.f4tickets.com will be available in real time. When a customer goes to the web site, they will see what seats are available at that moment and will be able to complete the purchase immediately. Once the purchase is made, customers will have the option of having their tickets delivered or available at will call in Moscow, beginning on May 6.
“I believe this approach to selling tickets is unprecedented in European sports,” added Glickman. “There is no need for fans to wait until the last minute, when most tickets will already be sold. With this new system, basketball fans can purchase their tickets in advance and organize their travel arrangements with time, thus taking advantage of the Final Four´s two days of competition. They will be able to enjoy an atmosphere that is very special; combining some of the best basketball in the world and getting to know different cities and cultures”
Marshall Glickman, Euroleague Consultant
Ferran Márquez, Euroleague Communications Director
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David Watts, CSKA Moscow Director of Ticketing


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Fun trailer to “The Word”, the new show on entrepreneurship and leadership in tech hosted by Mandali Khalesi. Today we speak with Mike Sheetal, CEO of eSports and game marketing company PlayBrain. YouTube Premiere Oct 18th 6pm Japan time.
Separate to the recent wave of Ministry of Transport-designated “roadside station” testing, in September 2016 the Japanese carmaker Suzuki decided to announce a standalone automated driving test to take place in late 2018 in the prefectural capital Hamamatsu’s Shounai area (pop: 586) which lacks any public transportation. Similar to the recent announcements in Fukuoka, it […]
Continuing our journey through Kyushu, the Oita prefecture with its many hot springs is the next prefecture to start experimenting with automated driving. Little surprise on the reason behind it: to support the less mobile who need to get from A to B and may soon not be able to drive themselves. Starting this August, […]
Mobility has always fascinated me for its sheer depth and breadth, the way it touches all of us and can pave the way for improving social issues such as population changes, employment accessibility, and the climate crisis. Living in Japan for over 20 years, I’ve been fascinated by transportation here; the incredible technology that keeps […]


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The relatively affluent niche these companies occupy remains, for now, uncontested by Uber and Lyft. A couple of years ago, Uber did test a program in three different cities for kids ages 13 to 17, but a spokesperson said kids’ rides are “not our current focus.”
Despite Uber’s and Lyft’s official ban on unaccompanied riders under the age of 18, kids’ rides make up an unknown, but potentially not insignificant, chunk of both companies’ business. “I bet they’re the No. 1 provider of rides for minors, but just not officially offering it as a service,” says Harry Campbell, who runs the driver-oriented website The Rideshare Guy and regularly hears from drivers for both companies. Nick Allen, who co-founded a now-defunct kids’-rides company called Shuddle, told me that he thought it was mostly teens who might be riding with Uber or Lyft, not younger children.
When I asked Uber and Lyft if they were aware of this happening on their platform, spokespeople for each referred me to the companies’ terms of service. They noted that users’ accounts can be deactivated if used to transport a minor and that drivers can report such violations, but neither company would say how regularly minors might be riding.
Campbell told me he thought that Uber and Lyft have, legally speaking, stayed out of this market because they don’t want to take on the liability that might come with transporting kids. He also said that the sort of job experience parents might prefer drivers to have—think Bubbl’s corps of police officers—would necessitate a much more intensive hiring process on their part. “It’s a big endeavor—almost like a separate company,” Campbell said of assembling a group of drivers who’d be up to parents’ standards.
Uber and Lyft have also probably kept their distance because the economics of giving kids rides are particularly perplexing, as Allen, the Shuddle co-founder, discovered. The potential market, he told me, is “humongous,” but one big challenge is that “kids move around all at the same time”—most trips happen right before or right after school starts. “Most of your supply gets one or two rides a day,” he said, which is “not enough work for the average driver.”
The basic business model remains generally unproven, but there are a few other approaches companies might try. Allen, who now runs a men’s-skin-care start-up, thinks that companies might succeed by expanding their clientele to other groups—such as the elderly or those with special needs—that might need to get around at times when drivers would otherwise be idle. Meanwhile, Rodrigo Prudencio, Shuddle’s other founder, spoke favorably of efforts to sell rides directly to schools. “The big opportunity is to disrupt the yellow-bus service,” he told me.
Sundararajan, the NYU economist, presented me with a broader view of what might happen in the long run to these companies. He thinks it’s likely that eventually there will be a few major apps people will use to get around and that will stitch together different modes of transportation, such as cars, trains, scooters, and walking. In this possible future, Sundararajan says kids’-rides companies could prosper as specialized independent businesses, as long as they are compatible with those dominant apps.


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The company will invest more than €235 million in the projects, which will be located in the Valencia region of Spain.
The two companies are to work together on building a 116 MW solar power plant in Kalmykia, Southern Russia.
The company has been selected by Andrade Gutierrez and Elera Renováveis to supply 830 MW of its solar tracker technology to the Janaúba solar complex.
More Solar news
The two companies have launched the European Solar Initiative, an industry-led effort to redevelop the solar PV industry value chain in Europe.
A recent study published by P&S Intelligence suggests that the floating solar market revenue will be propelled from US$685.2 million in 2019, to US$2301.8 million by 2026.
The agreement will see the two companies jointly invest in a high-purity crystalline silicon project and a silicon wafer project, as well as develop a more extensive industrial chain co-operation.
Crédit Agricole Assurances is to acquire a 50% stake in a wind and solar portfolio and Banque des Territoires will acquire a 50% stake in a solar portfolio.


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What if Mario Got His Hands on a Portal Gun?
What would happen if our favorite Italian plumber got his hands on a Portal gun?
That's all you really have to know for this one:
You probably won't believe us, but apparently, this is actually happening. A two-man team called Stab Yourself is apparently working on a full Mario Portal game called Mari0, for release on Windows, Linux and Mac.
Before you ask any lawyery questions, the duo believes that what they're doing is legally a parody, and they're not making a single cent on the game.
Mari0 will feature all the levels from the original Super Mario Bros. game, as well as the Lost Levels and yet to be revealed downloadable "map packs" which will be available in-game. It will also have a level editor, and a Portal favorite co-op multiplayer.
The fact that this is happening is making me incredibly happy right now.
We've actually seen this concept before, as a joke, courtesy of Dorkly:
No release date for Mari0 has been announced, but we want it. Now.