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Smurfit Kappa has celebrated his V Conference on Innovation and Sustainability at the Neptuno Palace in Madrid under the motto 'Creating ( ) Together'. An event attended by more than 200 people to learn, through different success stories and inspiring presentations, how the company works together with its clients in order to offer them packaging solutions that add greater value to their businesses and that make the difference.
In this edition, Smurfit Kappa has focused on its most innovative and sustainable packaging, as well as the importance of walking hand in hand with its customers to learn first-hand about their needs and business opportunities. In this sense, Juan Luis Gonzalez, director of the Pascual Quality Beverages Business Unit, and Teo Pastor, Marketing and Sales Director of Smurfit Kappa Spain | Portugal | Morocco, have explained how they have worked and continue to do so together to design the best packaging solutions for the products of one of the leading food brands in our country.
Félix Eguía, executive president of Eguía Group, continued the day by explaining how innovation becomes the main driving force for any business, especially in times of crisis. “We clients look for complicity, honesty, competitiveness in the supplier and another component of the team, capable of experiencing problems by providing solutions and enjoying success,” he stated.
Sustainability and innovation, the two inseparable pillars in the company
For its part, Alberto Granados placeholder image, president of Microsoft Spain and Forética, has combined artificial intelligence and sustainability to predict what awaits us in the future thanks to these two pillars: “By 2026, 70% of organizations that successfully apply observability, from both pillars, "They will reduce the time necessary for decision-making and improve their competitiveness," he assured.
Precisely, Berkenbosh Bow, Chief Innovation Officer Smurfit Kappa Europe, has shown how by integrating creativity, data and artificial intelligence the company creates totally revolutionary sustainable packaging.
As an example, Jesus Rivas, Director of Innovation and Business Development at Smurfit Kappa Spain | Portugal | Morocco, showed attendees the innovative Design2Market Factory of the sustainable packaging supplier: “This is a unique process in which we revolutionize the development of packaging by combining professionals, capabilities, experience and processes to generate trust and eliminate risk before a large-scale launch.”
For its part, sustainable fashion has also had a place with the founder and president of Ecoalf, Javier Goyeneche, which stands out for its avant-garde and for having become a benchmark in sustainability by manufacturing garments with garbage. A totally circular model like that of Smurfit Kappa, whose premise is always to reduce, recycle and reuse, with which it shares a philosophy, because it bases its policy on innovation, research, people and sustainable ethics.
Ruth Fraile, responsible for Sustainability and Better Planet Packaging in Spain, Portugal and Morocco, and Jurgita Girzadiene, Sustainability & Better Planet Packaging Director in Europe, have been in charge of giving examples of the company's commitment to recycling.
The humorous note was provided by the comedian Leo Harlem and the team of Smurfit Kappa designers, who, imitating 'The Resistance', have explained the challenges and experiences they face every day in their work.
Smurfit Kappa has been holding this event since 2011 with the aim of showing, through practical cases and the most relevant voices in the business landscape, how by betting on innovation and sustainability, packaging can be designed that makes a difference in a context as competitive as the current.

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After almost 20 years, it looks like the clock is finally counting down the hours on Adobe Flash - and I'll be glad to see it go.
Flash, a software program that runs video, animation and games on webpages, has long been a backbone component of the Internet, but one prone to vulnerabilities that hackers have exploited, almost at will.
Each issue is fixed promptly, but without fail, a new one seems to pop up every few months.
One such vulnerability surfaced recently from a hack into a cyber-surveillance company. The company, Hacking Team, was discovered to have used a flaw in Adobe's Flash software to break into PCs without the owners' knowledge.
Although Adobe released a patch for it, the tech community, including heavyweights Google, Facebook and Mozilla, are fed up with its ever-ending security flaws - and want Adobe to bury Flash. Forever.
A casual user may not know if his computer uses Flash, but there is a good chance that it does. Now here's the good news: Mobile devices do not.
That is a sign that the industry can move beyond Flash.
Apple famously rejected Flash on its mobile devices. So, software developers eager to get on board Apple's iOS platform came up with alternative methods to deliver video and animation to mobile devices.
Google supported Flash on Android devices for a while but not since version 4.1, Jelly Bean, in 2012. Nor do BlackBerry and Windows Phone devices use it.
If you surf the Web via smartphone or tablet and have rarely, if ever, come across an alert that Adobe Flash is required, it is safe to say your online world does not depend on that bit of flawed software.
It also means it is highly unlikely that you need Adobe Flash on a computer either.
There was a time when a laptop had to have a LAN port for connectivity, but the rise of Wi-Fi put paid to LAN.
Hardware companies are slowly moving away from multiple USB, HDMI and other ports on a laptop, in lieu of the new, more powerful USB-C connector. Complaints from users who insist on multiple ports are inevitable as the trend moves away from multiple ports.
Remember when SIM cards were way bigger than your thumbnail and users complained about being made to pay for replacement micro-SIM cards, or newer nano-SIM ones? Apple and Samsung are already beginning to explore the use of electronic SIMs.
I am testing a 2015 smart TV set whose remote control has no numeric buttons. It uses gestures instead. It took me a few days to get used to it, but a lightweight controller beats a heavy, old-school one any day.
My next move will be to remove Adobe Flash from my family's computers, though it will be over the objections of my wife, who enjoys the occasional Flash-based browser game.
I'll tell her it is because of a security flaw. What I won't tell her is that without her games, she can focus on other things at hand. And that can only be a good thing.


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SALT LAKE CITY – A family from Park City has an annual tradition that helps people who are homeless by providing them with food and warm clothing as the new year begins.
Dar Hendrickson and his family travel from Park City to Pioneer Park to feed the homeless each year on New Year’s Day.
The family brought chili and soup, as well as dozens of coats and other warm clothing donated by the community.
“I get great satisfaction out of people when they get something warm, they get something to eat,” Hendrickson said. “They are some of the most thankful people that I have ever met in my whole life, and that brings me a lot of satisfaction to see their faces and their appreciation."
The family said they have been doing this for six years, and they said they plan to continue the tradition in the years to come.


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Alshaya said in a statement the first P.F. Chang’s China Bistro will open in Kuwait by the end of 2009, with a second planned for Dubai in the first quarter of 2010.
It said restaurants are also planned for Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, Lebanon, Jordan and Oman.
P.F. Chang’s China Bistro offers American Chinese cuisine. The decor commonly includes displaying life-size replicas of the famous Xi’an terracotta soldiers.
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The iPad debuted April 3. Scores lined up during the middle of the day to get one. (Yay for unemployment.) We wrote this QuickHit on our new iPad, and we only had to trample six people in order to get it.
April 1 was National Census Day. The rumor is that President Obama will address the nation this week to explain the mandatory detention programs — made possible by census data — to begin shortly.
KFC Double Down
KFC has introduced a new “sandwich.” It has two pieces of chicken in place of buns and is filled with bacon and cheese. You can eat your heart out — literally. You’ll need a heart transplant after just one.
LSU announced plans to consider adding a beer brewing class. And then you can further your education at Michigan’s cannabis college. Finally, some official recognition for what most people already spend most of their collegiate days doing.
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Machines are invading our kitchens, bringing with them stacks of tiny pods.
Coffee pods of the kind first popularized by Keurig as its ubiquitous “K-cups,” are so wasteful that even their inventor has expressed regret for creating them. And yet people can now choose from a slew of similar contraptions, that deliver frozen yogurt, cocktails, weed, and tortillas—all in a pod. ”The Keurig of…” is becoming a cliche on the scale of “the Uber of…”
Keurig itself has looked beyond coffee and tea to soda and instant soup. But the companies now promising pod-enhanced Jetsons-like kitchen efficiency come with foodie aspirations and credentials from the tech, finance, and high-end restaurant world.
This endless parade of counter-hogging appliances offer a stark picture of culinary desire. On one hand we’re hungry to be ever more in touch with the foods we eat—from farm to table—and yet we continue to invent high-tech ways to make our kitchens more like automated factories.
And there’s a distinct oscillation between high-tech juicers and $200 sous vide wands on one hand, and the return to rustic kitchen processes on the other. On many counters, bubbling jars of sourdough starter or pickling okra sit beside stacks of instant gratification K-cups.
Here’s a selection of the latest in pod-gobbling countertop contraptions.
Wim, a $300 blender-sized machine, is produced by a team that includes alums of Google and New York City’s super-hip dessert destination Milk Bar. Add milk (dairy, almond, coconut, or any other kind) and a pod of freeze-dried organic yogurt mix, and this contraption will churn and flash-freeze it right in the pod, spitting out a frozen sweet treat in just 10 minutes.
“It’s not a whole thing!” the promotional video promises. But a 15-pound single-purpose machine that’s too bulky to easily put away in a cabinet after use kinda sounds like… a whole thing.
The tortilla machine Flatev seems built for inclusivity: It could be useful in various flatbread-eating cultures, with the versatility to make chapatis and rotis. And it appeals to the picky eater crowd with its gluten-, sodium-, sugar- and hydrogenated oil-free dough varieties.
But the company’s marketing video borders on insanity, with a spokesmodel “shopper” walking through an eerily deserted grocery store, delivering a woebegone monologue about the miseries of purchasing tortillas.
“Unless you’re lucky enough to live near a local tortilleria, chances are you’re mostly buying processed, off-the-shelf packages at a grocery store,” she smugly pronounces. “Which is kind of a shame, really.”
Why buy factory-made tortillas when you can slot a plastic cup of factory-made dough into sleek-looking grownup version of an Easy-Bake oven?
Sometimes this brand of hubris can deliver swift justice to a preposterous product. That was the case with Juicero, the company that raised $120 million in venture capital for a $400 juicer that required users to insert packets of chopped fruits and vegetables into the machine to press out juice. The problem? It didn’t take long for people to figure out they could get just as much juice by squeezing the packets with their bare hands. Much hilarity ensued.
In early September, the company announced that, after 16 months on the market, it was suspending the sale of its Juicero Press and packs.
If the vile homebrew you make in your garage has alienated enough of your friends and neighbors but you’re not ready to submit to the indignity of purchasing a six-pack, there’s a $1,000 machine for you, too. Yes, homebrew beer now comes in a Keurig-style cup.
PicoBrew was founded by a former vice president of Microsoft. In just two hours, a “PicoPak” (made for the company by microbreweries around the world) produces a 5-liter batch of beer.
“The packs are compostable and look like they’re from Aunt Beru’s kitchen in Star Wars,” a reviewer wrote in Wired. That unfortunate reviewer had planned a quiet lunch and game of cribbage while his beer brewed, he recounted, but when the machine got cranked up, “the volume was somewhere between that of a fish tank pump and an air compressor.”
Evidence is mounting that most people don’t actually need to take a regular multivitamin, but that hasn’t stopped the team disrupting the world of vitamin supplements with yet another Keurig-like pod machine.
Tespo promises a dose of vitamins, tailored to your circumstances (menopause, energy, sleep, children’s health) and free of manufacturing fillers, via a $100 machine that turns a disk into a “delicious, easy to drink liquid shot.”
It sounds almost as easy as taking a pill.
A Keurig for vaporizing weed is also in the works, because of course it is. Wake us up when there’s a Keurig for humility.


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This Surprising Pantry Food Has Even More Pesticide Residue Than Strawberries
Because it can be expensive to buy everything organic, the Environmental Working Group (EWG) releases an annual ranking of the produce items with the highest amount of pesticide residue (known as the Dirty Dozen) and the produce items with the least (aka the Clean 15).
"Each year the United States Department of Agriculture picks a subset of produce and food commodities and test them themselves in their own labs. For fresh fruits and vegetables, they peel them just like a consumer would do at home. The testing is meant to reflect what someone would experience eating at their own house," explains Thomas Galligan, PhD, a toxicologist with the EWG. The EWG compiles the data on fresh produce and shares it with the public, so that consumers have a guide on what to prioritize buying organic. (Note: The EWG focuses specifically on the presence or absence of pesticides, not necessarily the quantities of pesticides detected—a position that can be misleading, according to a statement from the Alliance for Food and Farming.)
Today, the EWG released its 2020 Dirty Dozen and Clean 15 lists, and while there are a lot of usual suspects on the list, it turns out that one of the biggest pesticide offenders isn't a fresh fruit or vegetable—it's raisins.
Wait, what's the Dirty Dozen? Here's the low-down from a registered dietitian:
Why raisins were included in this year's Dirty Dozen report
There are usually quite a few repeat offenders on the Dirty Dozen and Clean 15 lists. Strawberries, for example, consistently make the Dirty Dozen list. Spinach, nectarines, apples, peaches, and cherries all have steady spots as well. For the Clean 15, avocados, sweet corn, and pineapples have had the top spots the past two years. But this year, researchers for the first time tested raisins, and found that the vast majority of samples were highly contaminated with pesticides.
"Almost every sample of non-organic raisins tested, 99 percent, had residues of at least two pesticides," Dr. Galligan says, adding that the EWG isn't entirely sure why it's so high in this food in particular. (One sample had as many as 26 different pesticides, and the average raisin sample was contaminated with 13 different pesticides.) Even organic raisins weren't necessarily pesticide free; the report notes that 78 percent of organic raisins tested had a specific chemical called bifenthrin, which is technically not allowed for use in organic farming or production.
Interestingly, the USDA also tested prunes, which were much cleaner; this means not all dried fruit can be assumed to have the same level of pesticide residue. Raisins had more pesticide residue than grapes (the fruit from which they're made), which is number six on the 2020 Dirty Dozen list. Again, Dr. Galligan says it's a head-scratcher as to why.
Because the Dirty Dozen list ranks fresh produce items, raisins aren't technically on it, but Dr. Galligan emphasizes that of the 47 foods that were tested, raisins' amount of pesticide residue was highest, even more than strawberries, which is the top food on the below list:
The 2020 Dirty Dozen List
- 1. Strawberries
- 2. Spinach
- 3. Kale
- 4. Nectaries
- 5. Apples
- 6. Grapes
- 7. Peaches
- 8. Cherries
- 9. Pears
- 10. Tomatoes
- 11. Celery
- 12. Potatoes
Okay, so what's on the 2020 Clean 15 list?
As far as the Clean 15 list, as you'll see below, there aren't many surprises, with avocados claiming their crown once again as the "cleanest" food. It seems that foods with an outer later of protection seem are less likely to have pesticide residue.
The 2020 clean 15 list
- 1. Avocados
- 2. Sweet corn
- 3. Pineapple
- 4. Onions
- 5. Papaya
- 6. Frozen sweet peas
- 7. Eggplants
- 8. Asparagus
- 9. Cauliflower
- 10. Cantaloupes
- 11. Broccoli
- 12. Mushrooms
- 13. Cabbage
- 14. Honeydew melon
- 15. Kiwi
While the lists are helpful to know what to prioritize what to buy organic, Nneka Leiba, the vice president of the EWG’s healthy living science program, says the hope is not to scare anyone off from eating fruits or vegetables. "While we encourage people to buy foods on the Dirty Dozen organic, we want to encourage people to eat fruits and vegetables regardless and also to wash them with water," she says.
In the case of raisins, the organization recommends that people opt for fresh fruit or vegetables rather than raisins. And when nothing but raisins will do, they emphasize going for organic to minimize the risk of pesticide consumption. The more you know!
Here's how the dangers of consuming pesticides compares to the dangers of eating bugs. And FYI, there might be pesticides in your honey, too.
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Hey, Foodies!
If you've driven by UF Health on 8th Street then you've gone by V n S Soulfood and Kitchen food truck on the corner of 8th Street West and Illinois Street. First Coast Foodies is here to tell you it's worth stopping for!
It doesn't matter what you're craving: shrimp, lobster, oxtail, turkey? They've got it all.
"Our seafood rice and pasta is the biggest seller," said owner Tony Houston. "So is our crab pot potato."
Houston and his daughter Teaira are whipping up basically anything your little heart desires.
"Real salmon with bourbon sauce on top," Teaira said. "A smothered pork chop with collard greens and baked beans."
It's all while paying tribute to the ones who started their love of cooking and feeding others.
"My parents," said Tony, pointing to his food truck that has pictures on it. "My mother, my grandmother, and my mother-in-law, that's what the 'V n S' stand for. We grandmama kids so we always been in the kitchen cooking so that's where it come from just creating different dishes every day."
Get ready because they are expanding. The third week of August, they'll have a second food truck on Dunn Avenue.
"Two locations and we will have different dishes," Tony said. "It'll be next to Publix at the Citgo gas station."
They'll be open more hours with both trucks too. They're giving the people what they want: More V n S!
"They want us on all sides of town!" Tony said. "I said I'm not buying more trucks!"


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Plug-in to the future of motoring
London trialling a raft of electric vehicles
A raft of electric vehicle related news from the UK this week with Mitsubishi, Ford, Toyota and BMW (through its Mini brand) all getting a piece of the action. A total of approximately 340 all-electric and hybrid vehicles will begin trials on UK roads within the next 6-18 months.
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Former Symbian CFO lands non-exec role
Venture capital firm tells shareholders about new appointment
An investment firm has scooped up a former finance director as its non
Thomas Chambers, once the recipient of Accountancy Age’s Growing Business FD
of the Year award, has now taken a non-executive role with venture capital
company SPARK VCT 2.
The investment firm made the announcement to shareholders today in a
statement which highlighted Chambers background in finance roles.
The former Symbian CFO has also been appointed chairman of the audit
Spark noted Chambers background with Price Waterhouse and his former posting
as CEO of professional services firm Robert Walters.
Chambers – Growing business FD of the year.


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Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) is investing hundreds of millions of pounds to build a range of electric vehicles at its Castle Bromwich plant in Birmingham.
Initially the plant will produce an electric version of the Jaguar XJ.
JLR says the move will help secure the jobs of 2,700 workers at the plant.
The news follows January's announcement, when the firm said it would cut 4,500 jobs, with the majority coming from the UK. That followed 1,500 jobs lost in 2018.


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This story is part of Digiday’s coverage of the SXSW Interactive Festival. Sponsored by Centro, a provider of media services and software that aims to improve campaign performance and digital media teams’ productivity.
There was a time, not long ago, when brands looked at the digital world quizzically. Those days are over. Now brands are obsessed with how they can speed up their operations and make digital essential to what they’re doing.
And that’s why they’re here at SXSW in droves. The brands are varied. There are package goods brands like Pepsi and Oreo, car brands like Chevrolet and nearly everything in between. It used to be noteworthy that a major brand devoted a big presence to SXSW. Those days are over, considering how American Express last year brought Jay-Z in to do a concert that was the hot ticket of the event.
All this activity has trickle-down effects. The event has a different feel, nearly as much a marketing event as it is about tech. If anything, SXSW is emerging as a place where marketing and tech meet. Talk to any brand, and you’ll hear how they want to build closer relationships with startups. Target, for instance, is here to trumpet a “retail accelerator” program with Fast Company. Another brand’s executive told me he was on his way to meet with a top incubator. Unilever has a huge contingent here, focused mostly on education and making connections with startups and developers.
There’s little doubt that, at this moment at least, brands have startup fever. There are two ways to look at this. On the one hand, it’s about time they got involved with the newest ways consumers will connect — and help guide the development on these platforms. And at the same time, some of it is for show. As one exec explained, “There are things you do to drive the business forward, and there are things done to get promoted.” Often sexy programs like startup partnerships fall in the latter category.
Is it all worth it? That depends on the objectives, of course. For some brands, SXSW is simply a way to connect with a young, tech-savvy audience. For brands like Oreo, which is deploying heavily here, the goals are slightly different. It’s more about flexing muscles as a progressive brand.
A major goal expressed by many brands is internal. A top brand told me that his company has two dozen people here across several departments. It’s worthwhile, in his view, since those people will go back to their day-to-day jobs with an idea of just how big (and exciting) digital is nowadays. For many brands, as hard as it might seem, that kind of internal evangelization is still critically important.
And the other is talent. Brands are here on the hunt for it. There are tech-savvy agency people to poach, developers to woo and even digital stars at other brands. SXSW is fertile ground for that.
But for many brands, the draw is a chance to learn new things away from their day-to-day rigors. Bob Arnold, associate director of digital strategy at Kellogg’s, told me he’s trying to attend sessions in areas outside his core expertise, taking in design sessions for instance. Montana Triplett, director of digital marketing at Moet Henessy, tweeted that SXSW is “like going back at college for five days, only this time I’m learning.”
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New York, NY (PRWEB) April 05, 2012
Computer Generated Solutions (CGS) is proud to announce that Olympic gold medalist Jackie Joyner-Kersee will deliver the keynote presentation for its 10th annual INSIGHT 2012 customer conference at the Borgata Hotel in Atlantic City, NJ on April 22-25. This year’s event, themed “Unleash the Power of Knowledge,” will connect CGS customers and industry experts for an exchange of strategies, solutions, and ideas.
"We are excited that Jackie Joyner-Kersee will be speaking at this year’s conference. Her extraordinary accomplishments are sure to provide valuable inspiration to the attendees of INSIGHT 2012,” said Phil Friedman, President and CEO of CGS. “Jackie will kickoff what promises to be a sensational four days of collaborative sessions and networking opportunities that will provide our partners with the tools and resources they need to thrive in today’s ultra-competitive fashion and soft goods market.”
Jackie Joyner-Kersee dominated track and field for 13 years, winning three gold, one silver, and two bronze medals over four Olympic Games during her illustrious career. She was named the Greatest Female Athlete of the 20th Century by Sports Illustrated for Women and received the Jessie Owens Award in 1986 and 1987. Jackie continues to hold the world record in the heptathlon (7291 points) and is the American record holder in both the heptathlon and long jump (24-7). Joyner-Kersee was the first ever recipient of the Humanitarian Athlete of the Year and is recognized worldwide for her interest in helping the less fortunate. She has also created the Jackie Joyner-Kersee Youth Center Foundation which has raised over $12 million while providing youth, adults, and families with athletic lessons and the resources to improve their quality of life.
Attended by retail, wholesale, manufacturing, and other fashion industry executives and professionals, INSIGHT 2012 will offer a diverse agenda that includes high-level professional development presentations, business solution breakout sessions, a CIO/executive roundtable, training workshops, and networking opportunities. CGS will present significant product advancements in its BlueCherry®, Leadtec™, and Microsoft Dynamics®-based software solutions and provide best-practices for a variety of common industry challenges. INSIGHT 2012 will also feature a customer appreciation gala event.
To register or obtain more information on the event, please visit http://www.cgsinc.com/insight2012.
INSIGHT is a dynamic, once-a-year event that brings together customers, partners, and industry and product experts for a focused exchange of plans, tactics, strategies, solutions, and ideas. In addition to products, software, and technology, INSIGHT is about providing attendees with the opportunity to learn about new business practices and emerging industry trends. Throughout the conference, speakers and solution experts will explain how to best leverage BlueCherry®, Leadtec™, and other CGS solutions to compete more effectively. INSIGHT will enable attendees to learn how to adapt to the accelerated pace of business, drive increased efficiency, generate new opportunities, and build on their current success.
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Apple Pay on websites launched on Tuesday with the release of iOS 10 for the iPhone and iPad -- and will hit Mac desktops when macOS Sierra launches next Tuesday.
More than 200,000 websites -- including small and large retailers -- plan to support Apple Pay on their sites in coming weeks, Apple said Tuesday. Many of the sites include online retailers using e-commerce platforms run by Shopify, Demandware and IBM.
The move means that online shoppers with iPhones, iPads and Macs updated with the latest operating systems can save time when finishing an online purchase through the Apple's Safari browser. Retailers that have signed up for the service are expected to see an uptick in the number of customers that finish a web purchase, instead of giving up because typing in credit information was considered too complicated, awkward or time-consuming.
The nitty gritty details
Here's how it works: After searching out a product or service in Safari to purchase, Apple Pay customers need only click an Apple Pay button on a website to complete their purchase.
For Mac desktops or laptops, after the pay button is clicked, a buyer will authenticate the purchase with a fingerprint scan on their iPhone or a double touch on their Apple Watch. Once Sierra is available, a Mac user must be signed in to the same iCloud account on the iPhone or Apple Watch as on the Mac, and Bluetooth must be enabled on the Mac, Apple said.
On Tuesday, BigCommerce -- which has financial backing from web veteran Steve Case -- announced support for Apple Pay as well, potentially bringing thousands of startup and mid-sized online retailers into the Apple Pay for web ecosystem.
Apple Pay "eliminates friction and streamlines checkout, thereby saving sales that would otherwise be postponed or lost," Jimmy Duvall, chief product officer for BigCommerce, said in a statement.
It isn't clear how many major retailers are authorizing Apple Pay on websites this year, although Apple listed more than 70 companies at its june developers conference that plan to launch by the end of the year. (See comments at 41:38 from the presentation.) The list includes 1800Flowers, Abercrombie & Fitch, British Airways, Burberry, Conde Nast, Fandango, Hollister, Hotels.com, JetBlue, Lululemon, Nike, Office Depot, Saks Fifth Avenue, Staples, Target, Travelocity, Under Armour and United Airlines.
Apple Pay on the web transactions will be protected by strong encryption, and Apple Pay will not track a person's purchases. "You no longer need to share credit or debit card numbers with an online merchant, and actual card numbers are not stored on your device, nor on Apple servers," Apple said in marketing materials for macOS Sierra.
Instead, a unique number, called a Device Account Number, is assigned, encrypted and securely stored in the Secure Element chip on an Apple device. Each transaction is authorized with a one-time unique dynamic security code.
Why adding Apple Pay for the web maters
Mobile payments with Apple Pay and other services like Android Pay and Samsung Pay haven't grown nearly as fast as analysts first projected. Most people in the U.S. still find it easier to use cash or a credit or debit card.
The U.S. Federal Reserve found in 2015 that 75% of 2,137 people it surveyed didn't use mobile payments because of the ease of using other methods. Accenture said mobile payments in 2015 grew just 1% over 2014, based on a survey of 4,000 smartphone users in North America.
Easier web purchases from smartphones and desktops with Apple Pay for web could increase the use of mobile wallets, because consumers will have grown more accustomed to the concept.
"We won't see an immediate avalanche of people stop using credit cards to pay online, but using the iPhone as authentication is brilliant and should catch on over time," said Patrick Moorhead, an analyst at Moor Insights & Strategy.
Because the iPhone becomes an alternative form of authentication, retailers and other creditors are lowering fraud risk and can either pass on that savings to customers or keep it themselves, he said. Amazon's success with its quick checkout process shows that convenience is important to customers.
"Apple Pay is not the big hit for mobile payments that Apple wanted it to be, so the company is hoping it will gain more traction from online browser payments," said Gartner analyst Avivah Litan. "This objective may actually bear Apple some new fruit. Personally, I think the value proposition of Apple Pay on the desktop is higher than it is on mobile devices, mainly because it affords consumers more convenience online for purchases across multiple sites. "
Litan added: "Whipping out a plastic card at a point of sale is frankly more convenient for many people than is initiating a mobile payment from a smartphone."
Minimal effect on PayPal?
In June, many analysts said PayPal online payments could be disrupted by Apple Pay on websites. But PayPal welcomed Apple's move and even called Apple a partner.
"We welcome any developments that help people move away from the awkwardness of cash," said Anuj Nayar, head of global initiatives at PayPal in an email. "PayPal is committed to our vision of reimagining money and [we] have deep and long-running partnerships with many players in the ecosystem, including Apple."
PayPal has a number of subsidiaries, including Braintree, which officially announced support for Apple Pay for websites last week in a blog. Braintree offers e-commerce tools to merchants.
Also, PayPal subsidiary Venmo is integrated with iOS 10, meaning that Venmo users can send and request money on Venmo with Apple's Siri and iMessage, according to a blog posted Tuesday. Venmo is a free, digital wallet that lets users make and share payments with others for things like cab fare, dinner bills or even rent.


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will never provide direct access to operating systems inside its car to third parties in order to secure the privacy of its customers, its chief executive Oliver Zipse
said at an event by autos supplier Robert Bosch
the privacy of our customers is the most important promise BMW is making to its customers... there will never be a direct access to the operating system inside the car by third parties," Zipse
said, adding he knew suppliers wanted access to this data.
Companies in Europe are vying for control of vehicle data, with EU regulators looking to hammer out the world's first laws for the growing industry of web-enabled vehicles in order to provide fair access to entities like subscription services, insurers and repair shops.
BMW said to Reuters in March it can share nearly 100 data points with third parties if drivers personally requested it, and could make more available if companies prove a real business need for them and a willingness to take responsibility for cybersecurity risks.


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Google has updated its site to show that TELUS has gone live carrier billing for Google Play purchases. This offers the ability for customers to pay for apps and digital media (music, TV shows, movies, books) directly from their Android device and have it charged to their monthly wireless bill.
Competing carriers such as Rogers, Fido and Bell have also been live for a number of months. Similar to others, users will need to enter their password before making a purchase and there’s a $25/month limit in place to ensure nothing crazy happens. The purchases will appear on your bill as “Google Play.”


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When buying story stocks, one can believe the hype behind the story, or actually look at the facts. And when it comes to malls, and commercial real estate in general, the double dip, despite that whole consumer is recovering myth, is here. The WSJ report that "mall vacancies hit their highest level in at least 11 years in the first quarter, new figures from real-estate research company Reis Inc. showed. In the top 80 U.S. markets, the average vacancy rate was 9.1%, up from 8.7%." But wait: wasn't the resurging US consumer supposed to be able to carry the overbloated US retail front? That's part of the "story" - as for the "fact" Howard Davidowitz summarized it best: "We've got 21 square feet of selling space for every man, woman and child in this country." Perhaps it is time for the Fed to (again) start buying up empty retail boxes: because even the Fed knows what happens to equilibrium price when every bank is trying hard to reignite the CMBS market.
From the WSJ:
Mall vacancies hit their highest level in at least 11 years in the first quarter, new figures from real-estate research company Reis Inc. showed. In the top 80 U.S. markets, the average vacancy rate was 9.1%, up from 8.7%.
The outlook is especially bad for strip malls and other neighborhood shopping centers. Their vacancy rate is expected to top 11.1% later this year, up from 10.9%, Reis predicts. That would be the highest level since 1990.
In 2005, the mall-vacancy rate hit a low of 5.1%. For strip centers the boom-time low vacancy rate was 6.7% that same year.
Yet nothing seems able to derail the two year long REIT fest. Not even lack of cash flows from insolvent tennants:
Not all retail properties have suffered as much, especially on the high end. Large, publicly traded mall owners like Simon Property Group Inc. and Taubman Centers Inc., which tend to own top-tier properties, have trimmed their vacancy rates to 7% or lower and lifted their lease rates in the past year, buoying their stock.
But a broader glut has struck some of the exurbs that saw heavy housing development during the boom, where malls and strip centers built for growth that never came. More than one billion square feet of retail space was added in the 54 largest U.S. markets since the start of 2000, according to CoStar Group's Property & Portfolio Research Inc. of Boston.
The next shoe to drop in the retail story is the tsunami of retailer bankruptcies, which has already claimed many:
In part, the decline reflects a continued drag on spending from the recession. But many retailers that had been stalwart mall- and strip-center tenants, like Borders Group Inc. and Blockbuster Inc., have floundered. Even successful chains have closed and shrank hundreds of stores as they retrenched.
Vacancies and falling rents have especially hurt strip centers. Some regional grocers have been clobbered by the downturn and new competition from big box stores like Wal-Mart, hurting strip centers anchored by their stores.
The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co., the onetime retail goliath that had shrunk into a northeastern supermarket chain operating grocery stores such as A&P and Pathmark, sought bankruptcy protection in December and said last month it was closing 32 stores.
Some landlords have hedged against the impact of online shopping by adding more tenants like restaurants, entertainment venues, fashion stores and other wares not often bought online. Longtime strip center tenants like dentists and tax preparers are even more coveted now.
Yet for those who recall the summer of 2008, it was precisely the restauranteurs that were the next to go, when oil passed $120.
With a slew of retailers preparing to file for bankruptcy in the next 3-6 months absent a massive drop in commodity prices, the mall situation is about to get far worse. In the meantime, while the "story" (no matter how flawed - after all Ackman wrote a 100+ page presentation to make it very credible) fizzles, keep buying the GGP hype. And the "FD" in general.


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In sour economic times, a spoonful of sugar can make all the difference.
Candy sales are soaring as Americans turn to the sweet stuff to escape the tanking economy, the New York Times reported.
Nestle's profits surged a staggering 30 percent in 2008, while egg-making chocolate guru Cadbury saw their revenue rise 10.9 percent in the same period. Hershey gained 8.5 percent in the fourth quarter of 2008, when the recession slammed the country hardest.
Candy makers and experts say Tootsie's on a roll because sweets are inexpensive and nostalgic, bringing patrons back to better, pre-recession times.
The candy industry is one of the only sectors to benefit from the bottomed-out economy -- low-cost sweet treats are doing better than ever on supermarket shelves even as stocks continue to dip and 401(k)s rapidly shrink.
"Candy companies are relatively recession-proof,” said Peter Liebhold, chairman of the Smithsonian Institution’s work and industry division, told the paper. “During the Great Depression, candy companies stayed in business.”
For recession-battered buyers, taking a big bite from a chocolate bar is a much-needed escape from reality.
"Sugar is comforting," interior designer Raymond Schneider told the Times as he scooped up gummy candies at Dylan's Candy Bar in Manhattan.
San Francisco candy-store owner Jamie Hallman said her company, Sweetdish, is doing record business.
"All is well in candy land," Hallman said.


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According to an announcement from the new partners in mobile payments, PayAnywhere was recently selected by Goodsmiths – the “marketplace for makers” – to power mobile payment capabilities for Goodsmiths’ popular Swipe mobile app.
According to the team at Goodsmiths, the PayAnywhere API offers an easy way for mobile app developers to add mobile payment capabilities to their new or existing mobile apps.
The Goodsmiths Swipe app empowers shop owners to take their online shops to market. Swipe is the only app that syncs shop owners’ handmade shops with their mobile device.
With Swipe, shop owners can easily track sales and inventory from their Goodsmiths shop at shows and markets, accept mobile credit and debit card payments on the go, enter deal prices and add new items on the fly, and benefit from advanced business intelligence based on detailed, real-time sales reports.
The PayAnywhere API is available to developers and businesses like Goodsmiths with apps that could benefit from a mobile payment component.
“PayAnywhere is the only mobile payment provider to offer an API for app developers to integrate these kinds of advanced payment features into their own apps, removing all the headache and allowing developers to build the most feature-rich apps possible for their customers,” explains Gene Schenberg, vice president of sales for PayAnywhere. “That’s one reason many enterprises, even those with extensive developer resources, approach PayAnywhere about incorporating our transaction and payments processing solution into their apps.”


text: Sistema Shyam TeleServices Limited (SSTL) has launched its mobile telephony services under the MTS brand in Gujarat. The launch extends the company’s national footprint to 13 telecom circles including the entire Western region of India. With the launch, MTS customers in Gujarat will now have access to the ½ paisa per second prepaid tariff plan enabling them to connect anywhere within the state. In addition MTS mobile users will also have the benefit of ‘Timeage’. Timeage is all about providing added mileage to a customer’s mobile phone. For e.g., a recharge of Rs 100 done by an MTS mobile user would last for 67 days as compared to just 32 days being offered by any other operator; additionally MTS customers can also avail the added advantage of 25% extra talk time with the First Recharge (FRC) of Rs 55 on all future recharge vouchers valid for a year. Announcing the launch of MTS in Gujarat, Vsevolod Rozanov, president and chief executive officer, Sistema Shyam TeleServices Limited (SSTL), said, “This is an extremely proud moment for us. With the launch of our services in Gujarat, MTS takes another big step in expanding its national footprint across the country. Mobile customers in Gujarat will now get to experience the services of a global brand like MTS, which stands for world class telecom services backed by seamless connectivity on a congestion free network.” SSTL’s launch plan includes an investment of Rs 100 Crore in Gujarat. These funds will be utilised in building the service network for MTS customers across the circle. Over the next 3 months, MTS customers would be serviced by an extensive network of over 150 dealers and 31000 retail outlets across the state.


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Investors are encouraged by initiatives Taiwan’s government has launched to develop the local private equity market, but they told the AVCJ Taiwan Forum that areas such as team-building and deal availability to build a sustainable industry.
Reforms introduced in August with a view to channeling more long-term capital into the economy mean Taiwan's securities investment trust companies (SITCs) can now set up separately-run private equity units....
Baidu Capital, a VC firm backed by Chinese search engine Baidu, has led a round of funding for WM Motor Technology, a Chinese electric vehicle manufacturer.
NSI Ventures has reached a first close of approximately $60 million on its second Southeast Asia venture capital fund and also participated in a $5 million Series A round for Singapore-based digital healthcare company Biofourmis.
The International Finance Corporation (IFC), the investment arm of the World Bank, is considering a commitment of up to $20 million in the third India-focused vehicle of Lighthouse Funds.
GenBridge Capital, a private equity firm set up by former executives from Chinese online retailer JD.com and TPG Capital, has closed its debut consumer-focused fund at the hard cap of $500 million.


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Two weeks ago, the 3G iPhone and 2.0 firmware were released by Apple. Last week around this time we released our jailbreak for all devices, and unlock for the 1G iPhone. Since that time, it’s been a busy week!
Dev Team’s planetbeing released xpwn, cmw released winpwn, and Apple pushed out 2.1 firmware to beta testers. And meanwhile the pursuit of the 3G unlock goes on. Whew that’s a lot of activity for one week!
Here’s a screenshot of 2.1 running on an unlocked iPhone 1G. Pwnage remains in effect. Unlike all other jailbreaks (and unlocks for 1G), we believe Pwnage to be fixable only via a hardware revision. So far Pwnage has worked for 1.1.4, all eight (!) 2.0 betas, 2.0 itself, and now 2.1 beta1.


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New California Rule Will Force Rideshare Fleets to Go Mostly Electric By 2030
New regulations will try to force rideshare fleets into a gradual transition towards electric vehicles by the end of the decade.
California has just passed a rule requiring Uber, Lyft and other rideshare operators to shift their networks to electric vehicles by 2030, reports Forbes, making it the first state in the US to take such measures. It's California's latest move to push for a wholesale shift to electric vehicles in order to reduce air pollution and tackle climate change.
The California Air Resources Board (CARB), the only state authority in the country authorized to set its own emissions standards, passed the new Clean Mile Standard in a meeting in Sacramento on May 20. Enforcement of the new rule will begin in 2023, in which CARB will require two percent of each rideshare fleet to consist of electric vehicles. While the state intends all new vehicle sales to be emission-free by 2035, the rules for rideshare vehicles will come on much more quickly. Fifty percent of rideshare vehicles on the road must be electric by 2027, stepping up to 90 percent by 2030.
Speaking on the new regulation, Chair of the California Air Resources Board Liane M. Randolph stated “The transportation sector is responsible for nearly half of California’s greenhouse gas emissions, the vast majority of which come from light-duty vehicles. This action will help provide certainty to the state’s climate efforts and improve air quality in our most disadvantaged communities."
The move is complicated by the basic nature of the rideshare model itself. Companies like Uber and Lyft do not maintain significant fleets of their own vehicles. Instead, drivers on the respective platforms purchase their own vehicles as they see fit, within a rough set of regulations maintained by the companies. With many rideshare drivers functionally earning less than minimum wage, many rely on cheaper, older vehicles to get the job done.
Incentives would be key to driving uptake of newer, more expensive electric vehicles among rideshare drivers. Last year, Uber committed $800 million to help subsidize the switchover for drivers, as part of an aim to go 100 percent emission free worldwide by 2040. The company currently lists a variety of support programs for drivers on their site, advertising discounts on new EVs in partnership with manufacturers, cheap rentals, and a $1 per trip bonus for drivers using fully electric vehicles. Riders can also select to ride with an 'Uber Green' in the app, which pays eligible drivers an extra 50 cents per trip. Thus far, Lyft have made moves towards enabling a similar mode on their own platform, though the company don't currently list any special incentives on purchasing new vehicles at this stage.
The state of California offers its own incentives, too. The California Clean Fuel Reward rebates owners of eligible electric vehicles up to $1500, depending on battery size. There's also the Clean Vehicle Rebate Program, which offers up to $7000 for the purchase of a plug-in hybrid, fuel cell vehicle, or full electric vehicle. Hydrogen vehicles like the Toyota Mirai or Hyundai Nexo currently attract a $4500 rebate, while electric vehicles like the Chevrolet Bolt or BMW i3 are currently listed with a $2000 rebate. Increased rebates are offered to low and moderate income residents.
Whether the limited incentives currently in place will be enough to shift rideshare drivers into electric vehicles should become obvious relatively quickly. With many drivers living just above the poverty line, it's difficult to imagine that access to a few rebates will be enough to push them towards an expensive electric car. With bans coming thick and fast in California, however, rideshare companies may have to get more serious about electrification if they are to meet the strict California targets on deadline.
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Global $24 Bn Smart Lighting Market to 2023 by Product Type, Light Source, Communication Technology, Application, and Region - ResearchAndMarkets.com
DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 24, 2019--
The “Global Smart Lighting Market Size, Share - Segmented by Product Type, Light Source, Communication Technology, Application, and Region - Growth, Trends, and Forecast (2018 - 2023)” report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com’s offering.
The Smart lighting market is expected to reach USD 24.02 billion in 2023 from USD 7.42 billion in 2017, witnessing a CAGR of 21.6% during the forecast period 2018 - 2023.
Smart lighting technology is designed for the efficient use of energy, which includes high-efficiency fixtures and automated controls, which make adjustments based on conditions, such as occupancy and daylight. Growing demand for Internet of Things (IoT) technology, wireless optical networking data transmission technology, growing OLEDs penetration, and the emergence of light fidelity (Li-Fi) technology is resulting in growth of adoption of smart lighting. Rapid urbanization has drawn the attention of the residential, commercial, and industrial users to adopt smart lighting.
Development of smart buildings, government initiatives in smart city projects, and increasing adoption and decreasing cost of LEDs are driving the growth of the market, while higher costs of installation and security and privacy concerns are restraining the growth of the market.
Indoor Application to Hold a Major Share over the Forecast Perio d
The indoor application has seen a significant growth in the smart lighting market and is estimated to have a significant growth over the forecast period. The indoor application of smart lighting includes residential, commercial, and industrial users. The high adoption of connected lighting systems for residential and commercial purposes has resulted in a major share for indoor application. Major companies, such as Philips and Amazon are entering into a strategic partnership to launch smart light bulbs that work with Alexa to leverage the opportunity. It is estimated to reduce power usage by up to 80% and can be used in the home indoor lighting, meeting room, museum, restaurants, cafe, etc. Increasing residential and commercial construction in countries, like India, China, and Japan has increased the growth of the market.
Asia-Pacific to be the Major Region over the Forecast Period in Smart Lighting Market
Asia-Pacific has seen a significant growth in smart lighting market in the recent years, and the region is expected to have the highest growth over the forecast period. Developing smart city infrastructure in the region and the large-scale installation of smart lighting system across the commercial and residential sectors and rising investments of the government on public infrastructure is increasing the growth of the market in the region. The governments of the developing countries are focusing on developing highly-connected smart city infrastructure across the region while encouraging participation from public and private stakeholders. The growing awareness regarding the efficiency of connected lighting system among the emerging countries, like China, India, Japan, and Singapore in enabling significant cost savings through optimal energy consumption is driving the market in the region.
Key Developments in the Smart Lighting Market
May 2018: Cree Expands SmartCast Intelligence Platform. The company plans to announce a new collaboration with Synapse Wireless, Inc. (Synapse) to deliver intuitive, intelligent lighting control designed specifically for outdoor area and high-bay applications
Jul 2018: Philips lighting planned to launch more than 20 experience centers across the country this year, to cash in on the strong demand for smart lighting products. The company has seen sales of smart lights grow three times in the consumer segment in the last one year and seeks to increase the sales five times this year
Key Topics Covered:
1.1 Key Deliverables of the Smart Lighting Market Study
1.2 Smart Lighting Market Study Assumptions
1.3 Smart Lighting Market Definition
1.4 Key Findings of the Smart Lighting Market Study
2. Research Approach and Methodology
3. Executive Summary
4. Smart Lighting Market Insights
4.1. Smart Lighting Market Overview
4.2. Industry Value Chain Analysis
4.3. Factors Driving the Smart Lighting Market
4.3.1. Development of Smart Buildings and Government Initiatives in Smart City Projects
4.3.2. Increasing Adoption and Decreasing Cost of LEDs
4.3.3. Increasing Usage of Wireless Technology
4.4. Factors restraining the Smart Lighting Market
4.4.1. Higher Costs of Installation
4.4.2. Security and Privacy Concerns
4.5. Industry Attractiveness - Porter’s Five Industry Forces Analysis
4.5.1. Bargaining Power of Suppliers
4.5.2. Bargaining Power of Consumers
4.5.3. Threat of New Entrants
4.5.4. Threat of substitute Products or Services
4.5.5. Competitive Rivalry among Existing Competitors
4.6. Use Cases in Payment and Supply Chain Management
5. Global Smart Lighting Market Segmentation
5.1. Smart Lighting Market By Product Type
5.1.1. Smart Bulbs
5.1.3. Control Systems
5.2. Smart Lighting Market By Light Source
5.2.1. Light Emitting Diode
5.2.2. Fluorescent Lamps
5.2.3. High-Intensity Discharge Lamps
5.2.4. Other Light Sources
5.3. Smart Lighting Market By Communication Technology
5.4. Smart Lighting Market By Application
5.5 Smart Lighting Market By Region
6. Smart Lighting Market Competitive Landscape
7. Smart Lighting Market Competitive Intelligence - Company Profiles
7.1. Cree, Inc.
7.2. Koninklijke Philips N.V.
7.3. Wipro Limited
7.4. Eaton Corporation
7.5. General Electric Co.
7.6. Honeywell International Inc.
7.7. Syska Hennessy Group
7.8. Legrand S.A.
7.9. Lutron Electronics Inc.
7.10. Leviton Manufacturing Co., Inc.,
7.11. Hubbell Lighting Inc.
7.12. Acuity Brands, Inc.
*List Not Exhaustive
8. Investment Analysis Smart Lighting Market
9. Opportunities in Global Smart Lighting Market
For more information about this report visit https://www.researchandmarkets.com/r/l3rtdv
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INDUSTRY KEYWORD: ENERGY UTILITIES TECHNOLOGY HARDWARE MOBILE/WIRELESS
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Samsung Galaxy Note Edge and Note 4 on AT&T get Android Marshmallow
Android 7.0 Nougat is already available for a few Nexus devices, and a lot of other handsets will soon get the update. Unfortunately, the Samsung Galaxy Note Edge and the Galaxy Note 4 units on AT&T are far from such an update, since they only ran Android 5.1 Lollipop until this month. Now, the first Android Marshmallow update for them is finally rolling out.
The new firmware for the Galaxy Note Edge and the Galaxy Note 4 handsets on AT&T is based on Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow and includes the usual goodies - Google Now on Tap, Doze mode, granular app permissions, more emojis, AT&T WiFi calling and video calling, as well as Advanced Messaging. Obviously, the entire Android interface gets a visual update as well when moving from Lollipop to Marshmallow.
While the update has begun its rollout last week, on September 8th, there are still users who did not get the update notification yet. The new firmware is quite large, weighing around 1.3 GB, and those who want to hurry up should ensure they have enough space, a fully charged device, and then manually check for and initiate the update.


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Google's deal to pay about $81 million to help France's print publishers adapt to the digital world may stave off a proposed copyright law that would force the search engine to pay news outlets for snippets of their articles.
But don't expect a similar deal in the United States.
Analysts told TheWrap that while the agreement, which Google chairman Eric Schmidt called "historic," will appease French politicians, it's too late for U.S. publishers to push for a similar arrangement.
The Digital Publishing Innovation Fund, announced by French President Francois Hollande and Schmidt, pictured above and right, on Friday, allows Google to skirt a new law pushed for by French media companies that would tax the revenue Google made off ads it sold against French news articles.
"This was an issue [U.S. publishers] should have brought up a long time back," Sameet Sinha, an analyst at B. Riley, told TheWrap. "I think Europe tends to be more eager to protect print publishers. I doubt the government will go after them on this complaint."
French publishers had demanded that Google pay them for displaying snippets and links to articles, but Google rejected the demands and threatened to curtail references to French media.
In a blog post on Friday, Schmidt lauded the deal as "historic" and said its search results help to generate clicks on news sites.
"Our search engine generates billions of clicks each month," he wrote, "and our advertising solutions (in which we have invested billions of dollars) help them make money from that traffic."
Part of the deal that set up the fund stipulates that Google allow media companies access to its AdSense and AdMob advertising tools.
But Sinha said the only way a similar deal — in which Google would pay into a fund that helped U.S. companies like the New York Times Company, Gannett and Tribune Company establish profitable online businesses — would come to fruition is if the media giants offered something in return to Google.
"If media companies say that 'we'll open up all our deepest catalogs of content and make it available for Google,' Google might say, 'Hey, there's an opportunity,'" Sinha said in a telephone interview on Monday afternoon. "'We can use video for YouTube, we can use text for these things. That might make sense."
Hal Vogel, the president of Vogel Capital Management, told TheWrap that Google's move won't be replicated elsewhere.
"From a distance, it seems that large investment in French media is a way to incur favor with the French politicians who've given Google a really hard time as they puff up French national pride," he said in an email. "It's a good move for Google in this respect."
Europe has taken a sharper tone with Google in recent months, even as the Federal Trade Commission has ruled in the company's favor.
In January, the FTC ended a 19-month inquiry into the search engine's algorithm.
The bipartisan voting committee at the FTC elected unanimously to close the investigation after Google agreed to changes in changes in its patent policies "on critical standardized technologies needed to make standardized devices such as smart phones, tablets and gaming consoles."
Joaquín Almunia, the head of the European competition commission, has taken another tone.
Since he began investigating Google in November 2010, he has said the company needs to make changes to its search business. He has threatened to issue fines of up to 10 percent of its annual global sales, about $50 billion last year.


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Bami Pawn Shop: a new hub for NFTs | News
Bami is launching a new platform where users can make the most of their digital assets.
Singapore, Jan. 25, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Bami Money Pte. At the beginning of the previous decade, a new dawn fell on the virtual web with the arrival of cryptocurrencies and their underlying architecture, blockchains. Recently, NFTs have burst onto the scene, quickly catching the attention of the general public. NFTs are one-of-a-kind crypto assets that cannot be replaced. The value of the NFT is determined by the overall scarcity of the asset.
Investors and crypto enthusiasts have been thinking about other ways to use virtual tokens, NFTs, and other assets. This is where BamiPawn Shop comes in. Bami has risen to the challenge and is dedicated to being a new easy-to-use platform that allows its users to buy, trade and mortgage digital assets.
The Bami Pawn Shop allows users to pledge NFTs for funds
Now how does it work? Bami Pawn Shop will provide its platform with a variety of handy features.
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The Chamber, EDA, and County ED&T Office are about ready to launch GreeneTogether. This initiative is a combination of a buy local, community spirit, eCommerce, activities awareness, and a quality of life campaign. A center piece of this campaign will be a resource for residents to use Greene County businesses. Don’t miss out on this opportunity, register your business today www.GreeneTogether.com
Stay tuned to learn more about GreeneTogether’s significant marketing campaign, large community event to spotlight businesses, and other components of this comprehensive campaign.
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Chennai: India Cements Ltd has reported a marginal improvement in its operating performance for the quarter ended 30 September 2019 despite the drop in cement volume, through improved realisation and reduction in cost as compared to the same quarter of the previous year.
The company has reported a profit after tax of Rs 8.72 crore during the second quarter ending 30 September 2019 against Rs 1.43 crore in the same quarter in the previous year. Total income came to Rs 1248.94 crore against Rs 1390.84 crore.
The company has reported an overall profit of Rs 151 crore during the quarter compared to Rs 159 in the same quarter in the previous year. During the quarter, the overall cement sales dropped by 13 per cent to 26.67 lakh tonnes as compared to 30.77 lakh tonnes.
Vice-chairman and MD, India Cements, N Srinivasan said, “During the period between July to September 2019 the company lost three lakh tonnes (one lakh tonnes per month) in sales in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana due to fall in demand for cement in the two States. The impact of fall in sale was severe since the company has four plants in the two States. But, the demand was good in Tamilnadu and Kerala.” He added, “The company will make up for the loss in cement sales in the second half of this year with the expected pick up in demand in AP and Telengana and higher net plant realisation.”
Despite the drop in cement volume, the company reported marginal improvement in its operating performance by reducing power, materials and other costs and improved realisation on sale of cement. In the first six months ending 30 September 2019, the net profit was Rs 80.93 crore against Rs 22.46 crore in the same period in 2018-19 and total income was Rs 2720.94 crore compared to Rs 2757 crore.


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Justice Dept. agrees Whirlpool can buy Maytag
Shares of Maytag soar more than 25 percent on the news; Whirlpool up 7 percent; government says acquisition "not likely to reduce competition substantially."
WASHINGTON (CNN) - The Justice Department on Wednesday approved the proposed Whirlpool acquisition of Maytag in a merger of home appliance makers.
"After thoroughly investigating Whirlpool's proposed acquisition of Maytag, the (Antitrust) Division determined that the proposed transaction is not likely to reduce competition substantially," the Justice Department said in a written statement.
After an investigation that lasted about six months, the Justice Department said it would not oppose the planned $1.7 billion deal, Reuters reported Wednesday.
Shares of both appliance makers shot up to new year highs on the news. Maytag (Research) surged 28 percent, or $4.73, to $21.81, above Whirlpool's offering price of $21 a share. Whirlpool (Research) shares rose $6.38, or 7.1 percent, to $95.95, an all-time high.
"The combination of strong rival suppliers with the ability to expand sales significantly and large cost savings and other efficiencies that Whirlpool appears likely to achieve indicates that this transaction is not likely to harm consumer welfare," the department's antitrust division said in a statement, according to Reuters.
The proposed deal would form the world's largest appliance maker and give the combined company a large share of the U.S. market for washing machines and dryers. It had run into opposition from staff lawyers in the antitrust division, according to a knowledgeable source.
Critics said the combination would give Whirlpool control of up to 70 percent of the market for washing machines and dryers. Justice Department lawyers had sought sworn statements from competitors and retailers about how the combination of the companies would affect competition.
The government told Reuters the largest appliance retailers, which include Sears Holdings Corp. (Research) , Lowe's Cos. (Research) , Home Depot Inc. (Research) and Best Buy Co. (Research), "have alternatives available to help them resist an attempt by the merged entity to raise prices." Additionally, Whirlpool also "substantiated large cost savings and other efficiencies that should benefit consumers."
The combination will unite some of the best-known names in appliances, joining Whirlpool's KitchenAid, Roper and Consul brands with Maytag's Hoover vacuums and Jenn-Air, Amana and Magic Chef products.
"It's pretty exciting," David MacGregor, an analyst with Longbow Research who surveys the appliance industry told Reuters. "I think the Maytag brand will be back up on its feet in no time." He said the next step would be for Whirlpool to articulate a strategy for positioning the two companies' vast brands.
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Issues plaguing users who purchased Deus Ex: The Fall on iOS will be removed, according to developer Eidos Montreal.
A post from Eidos Montreal’s community site reads:
“While the vast number of people who purchased Deus Ex: The Fall after its release this week have been enjoying the game without issues, some concerned members of the Deus Ex community have brought it to our attention that a small number of players have been facing a restricted game experience when playing from a jailbroken device despite having purchased the game legitimately. Specifically, users with these modified devices learned after they had purchased and installed the game that firing their weapons had been disabled.”
The issue with weapons not firing on jailbroken devices “was never [their] intention.”
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How Not To Sell Electric Vehicles
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It was not too long ago when the world was in love with electric vehicles (EVs). Governments all over were chorusing to the same tune. United States President Barack Obama pledged to put 1 mn EVs on the roads by 2015. German Chancellor Angela Merkel envisioned the same for Germany by 2020. The Chinese government gives out lavish subsidies of up to RMB 60,000 ($ 9,684) for buyers of pure EVs and in India, the Prime Minister unveiled the National Electric Mobility Mission Plan (NEMMP) that lays the roadmap for 7 mn full range EVs (including two-wheelers) to be on the road by 2020. The same overture is also heard in Japan, Thailand, Malaysia, South Africa and several EU member states.
However, just two years after Obama made his significant address, the sales figures show that the consumers are blatantly ignoring the loud symphony of the EV choir. Our forecasting partner, LMC Automotive, projects that global sales of hybrid and EVs are expected to be less than 2 mn passenger units in...


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Slouching towards the new (!) improved (!) mouse-squeaky clean Times Square comes the latest Disney assault on the 20th century. It apparently was not enough merely to turn 42nd Street into a mall with overtones of downtown Ohio. The Eisner food chain has now come up with (Sir) Elton John’s Aida .
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Under National Electric Mobility Mission Plan 2020, electric vehicle manufacturers will get incentives of Rs 14,000 cr over next 6 years.
They have bought shares in auto-ancillary companies such as tyres, forgings and battery makers instead of investing in vehicle manufacturers.
Even as Indian passenger vehicle mkt is going through a rough ride, 4.7-bn euros Brose is diverting funds to Asian markets, including India, to explore their potential.
Mahindra Reva has also been working to ramp up its line of electric vehicles despite the market for such vehicles in India still being small.
Expanding its overseas presence, German commercial vehicle maker Daimler has now begun shipping its FUSO range of trucks to Zimbabwe.
M&M may become a part-owner (with the Hong-Kong based National Electric Vehicle or NEV, its current owner, as the bankrupt car maker needs funds to maintain operations.
Auto maker VE Commercial Vehicles reported 12.3 per cent decline in total sales of Eicher branded products to 3,434 units in April 2014.
The maker of four-wheel drive vehicles also said it plans to boost global sales by 20 percent to 1.1 million vehicles or more by the year ending in March 2021.


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Packaging manufacturers face a balancing act of creating innovative products that also meet the needs of environmentally sensitive consumers. At the recent Verona Fresh! Seminar, Director of Innovation at LINPAC, Alan Davey, explained how LINPAC is addressing these issues.
So you’ve got a recycling routine that works for you. You know it like the back of your hand and there’s not one empty plastic bottle or can in sight in the kitchen that isn’t waiting to be collected for recycling. The job is done! But is it really?
Europe’s leading fresh food packaging manufacturer, LINPAC, has commented on the recent turbulence in its raw material supply chain and concluded that its rigid and flexible packaging prices will have to increase in the face of current sharp cost increases.
San Francisco is banning single use plastic water bottles on its city property. During the next four years, the ban will phase out the sale and distribution of plastic water bottles holding 21 ounces or less within the city.
The latest data we can find is that 50 billion single serve bottles of water were used by Americans in 2007 – with a recycling rate of only 23% therefore over 38 billion bottles end up in landfill. According to the US Environmental Protection Agency, in 2010, the U.S alone also generated 31 million tons of plastic waste.
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Amazon Publishing is continuing to lock in its own pre-release titles at the top of the Kindle best sellers. This week, Amazon imprints take three of the top five spots and four of the top ten.
I recently reported on Amazon Publishing using its promotion power to push its pre-orders to the top of the Kindle sales league.
In top place this week is Moving Day, a thriller by Jonathan Stone, to be published by Amazon’s Thomas & Mercer on June 1, and in second place is Dragon’s Triangle by Christine Kling, also from Thomas & Mercer for June 1 release.
Stone is making a writing comeback of sorts as he had several thrillers published by Macmillian’s Minotaur Books in the late 1990s into the early 2000s.
Kling, who lives on board her sailboat, has self-published her maritime thrillers before signing a deal with Thomas & Mercer.
Fifth place is taken by From The Moment We Met by Marina Adair, to be published by AP’s Montlake Romance on June 1.
There is a trend for some authors to have a range of deals with different publishers and also to self-publish rather than have all their books with one publisher.
Adair has previously published books with eKensington, which launched in 2012 with royalty rates of 30% for sales from 0-10,000 and 50% for sales above 10,000. She also has a new paperback, Sugar’s Twice As Sweet, coming out in the autumn with Hachette’s Forever.
Another pre-release from an AP imprint takes tenth place, with Chasing The Sun, a debut novel by Natalia Sylvester, published by Lake Union on June 1.
There are five self-published books in the Kindle top 20 this week, with the highest-placed being Archer’s Voice by Mia Sheridan at number three.


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A $20 million research grant was awarded to Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) Business School to enhance the security abilities of electronic transaction systems, claimed China News this week
The HKUST Business School has reportedly joined hands with the CUHK (Chinese University of Hong Kong), the HKU (University of Hong Kong), and the CityU (City University of Hong Kong) to work on the research study.
Besides the improvement of the electronic transaction security system, the parties will also explore blockchain tech use cases, and talk about the potential of Hong Kong’s evolution into a worldwide financial tech hub.
The interdisciplinary study will supposedly be headed by professor Tan Jiayin, who is recognized for his progress on the “Strengthening Hong Kong’s Strategic Position as a Regional and International Business Center.” He aims at network security, the blockchain, and AI (artificial intelligence). He greeted the contribution of banks since the research will also explore financial distribution services and product design as well as digital currencies.
On a relate note, in 2017 to considerably lower the input of time and human resources that trade finance usually needs, and to lower odds of fraud, the Government of Hong Kong declared plans to set up a blockchain-based trade financing system. The system was likely to advantage the nation in its contribution in China’s Belt and Road Initiative. The initiative plans to promote trade connections between China and its worldwide associates.
In June 2018, Ant Financial, formerly dubbed as AliPay and Alibaba subsidiary, tested its first blockchain system, sending a payment between Filipino payment app GCash and AliPayHK app in Hong Kong in 3 Seconds.
The previous month, a Ping An Group fintech subsidiary and the Hong Kong Monetary Authority declared the rollout of their personal trade finance solution using blockchain with 21 banks.


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Walmart workers have launched historic labor protests and strikes across 28 stores in 12 states, the first retail worker strike in the company’s 50-year history. According to organizers, employees are protesting company attempts to "silence and retaliate against workers for speaking out for improvements on the job."
DemocracyNow! goes to Bentonville, Arkansas, to speak with Mike Compton, a Walmart worker protesting outside the company headquarters today just days after taking part in a successful strike at a Walmart supply warehouse in Elwood, Illinois. Also in this segment is Josh Eidelson, a contributing writer for Salon and In These Times who broke the story of the Walmart store strikes last week.


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NAFTA numbers record historic low
Trade using surface transportation between the United States and its North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) partners Canada and Mexico decreased by 23.3 percent in 2009 compared to 2008, dropping to $637 billion, according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS).
The 23.3 percent decline in trade was the largest year-to-year decline for the 15 years covered by these data. NAFTA went into effect in 1994.
BTS reported that the value of trade by surface transportation with Canada and Mexico decreased by 31.1 percent during the first six months of 2009, compared to the same period in 2008. It decreased by 14.9 percent in the final six months of the year but increased by 10.5 percent in December compared to Dec. 2008.
Total North American surface transportation imports decreased by 26.5 percent in 2009 from 2008, and exports decreased by 19.2 percent during the same period.
In 2009, 86.6 percent of U.S. merchandise trade by value with Canada and Mexico moved on land. Total North American surface transportation trade value in 2009 increased 0.5 percent compared to 2004, and was up 27 percent compared to 1999, a period of 10 years.
U.S.-Canada surface transportation trade totaled $386 billion in 2009, a decrease of 28.1 percent compared to 2008. The value of imports carried by truck was 25.7 percent lower in 2009 than 2008 while the value of exports carried by truck was 20.2 percent lower.
U.S.–Mexico surface transportation trade totaled $251 billion in 2009, a decrease of 14.4 percent compared to 2008. The value of imports carried by truck was 12.2 percent lower in 2009 than in 2008 while the value of exports carried by truck was 10.8 percent lower.
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Apple Podcast Subscriptions announced, will be available in over 170 countries in May- Technology News, Technomiz
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At the Spring Loaded 2021 event, along with announcing the highly-awaited AirTags, the new iPad pro lineup, and the new iMac, Apple also announced new subscription service for Apple Podcast. Apple CEO Tim Cook announced during the event that the Apple Podcast Subscription will be available to in over 170 countries and regions in May. With the subscription service, Apple will also allow listeners to access free trials and sample episodes offered by creators. The pricing for the new subscription service is yet to be announced.
With iOS 14.5, users will also see a redesigned Apple Podcasts app which will feature an enhanced Search tab, which will provide quick access to Top Charts and categories. The app will also get a new Smart Play button to help listeners automatically start episodic shows from the latest episode and serialised shows from the beginning of each series.
(Also read: Apple Event 2021: Apple iPhone 12, iPhone 12 Mini gets new purple colour variant, pre-order in India starts on 23 April)
Users will be able to access the new Search tab, Smart Play button, Saved Episodes on iOS 14.5, iPadOS 14.5, and macOS 11.3. Saved Episodes are also available on watchOS 7.4 and tvOS 14.5. These software updates will be available next week.
The Apple Podcast app will now also allow users to save individual episodes, which are downloaded for offline playback, making it easy to bookmark podcasts to listen to later from Library.
Apple has announced that with the service users will be able to subscribe to exclusive content by creators like Tenderfoot TV, Pushkin Industries, Radiotopia from PRX, and QCODE, NPR, the Los Angeles Times, The Athletic, Sony Music Entertainment, and many more.
Starting next month, Apple Podcast users will also be able to discover channels – which are groups of shows curated by creators with unique titles, descriptions, and artwork.
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text: With the release of version 3.0, Gowalla has taken the lead in location based services as “the richest virtual check-in application available”. According to their CEO, Josh Williams, v3.0 is meant to begin reshaping the company into “a socially curated guidebook”, or in other words become a portable summary of things to do, informed by the opinions of your friends and connections on the Gowalla social network. This is a significant pivot for the LBS provider because up to this point they had appeared to be losing ground to Facebook Places, Twitter and Foursquare with regard to user base; this new version will allow Gowalla users to share and aggregate information across these different platforms and provide an “application-agnostic” location based check-in service for consumers. This shift is particularly relevant for retailers to take note of because it represents a major opportunity for them to begin generating brand and store awareness across all of these social media platforms simultaneously. The net effect for these manufacturers and merchants should be an ever-accelerated sharing of data from a consumer to their group of friends and followers, allowing customer reviews, thoughts and opinions to move across the spectrum of virtual friendship at unprecedented speeds. As unbelievable as it may sound, this release of Gowalla 3.0 means that information sharing via the internet and social media just got even faster!


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Citigroup Inc has been quietly scaling back its consumer banking presence in some of the world's major cities, pulling out from markets where it does not have enough branches to be competitive.
Bank of America and Citigroup reported disappointing results Thursday, hit by lower trading revenues and more legal expenses.
Citigroup has bought the commodity trading books of Credit Suisse, sources familiar with the matter said on Friday, as the U.S. bank extends its reach in the sector as others retreat.
Citi has been quietly scaling back its consumer banking presence in some of the world's major cities, pulling out from markets where it does not have enough branches to be competitive.
Sharp decline in crude oil prices and diesel deregulation are the key reasons for upgradation as cited by the leading global investment bank.
Adjusted net income fell to $346 mn, or 6 cents per share, from $2.60 bn, or 82 cents per share, a year earlier, the third-biggest US bank by assets said.
Other Japanese companies are interested in acquiring Citigroup's card unit, but the bank has no plans to negotiate with them, Bloomberg said.
Citigroup, which settled the allegations with FINRA, neither admitted nor denied the charges, but consented to the entry of FINRA's findings.
Citigroup lost more than $150 million after the Swiss central bank decided to let the franc trade freely against the euro, Bloomberg reported.
Citigroup has named Gonzalo Luchetti as its new head of retail banking for the Asia Pacific region, the US-based bank said in an internal memo.


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What is the best lidar sensor for 3D mapping?
What is LIDAR and how does it work?
- LIDAR is one of the three major autonomous vehicle sensors. The technology has enabled self-driving cars to see more details than they would normal detect on radars and cameras. For this reason major self-driving car companies including Google’s Waymo are employing LIDAR technology in their driverless car development.
Will the price drop in lidar sensors rev up self-driving cars?
- Velodyne Lidar, the leading manufacturer of lidar sensors, has developed a product with a price only one-hundredth of those up until now. This dramatic drop in price for the sensors at the heart of many autonomous car designs could rev up the speed of the evolution of self-driving vehicles.
Which carmakers are using Velodyne Lidar sensors?
- Many major carmakers have apparently agreed. Velodyne's customer list includes Volkswagen and Honda. Velodyne CEO Anand Gopalan holds the company's new palm-size lidar unit. When Google initially started its autonomous vehicle research, it used custom-made lidar sensors from Velodyne.
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Satellite's HDTV Advantage
Ask most folks what it will take to get HDTV rolling and the answer is content, content, and more content. Two weeks ago, Discovery Network announced its first all HDTV 24-hour/day channel, which is set to go live in a couple of months, and last week Showtime Networks and DirecTV announced that the satellite provider will carry the East Coast SHO HDTV channel beginning April 30.
SHO HDTV will be the third high-definition channel to be carried on the DirecTV service, in addition to HBO and HDNet, and will be available 24 hours a day on channel 543. The company says that Showtime will be broadcasting in 1080i with Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound.
DirecTV says it will broadcast the SHO HDTV channel from its satellite at the 110° west longitude (WL) orbital slot location. To receive this new channel, the company says, consumers may purchase an HDTV set with a built-in DirecTV System Receiver or a DirecTV-enabled HD set-top receiver and an 18"x24" or 18"x20" (available in summer) multi-satellite dish antenna with three LNBs. In addition, customers will need to subscribe to one of DirecTV's programming packages plus the Showtime Unlimited package.
According to DirecTV, for consumers who want to upgrade to a multi-satellite dish with three LNBs, a Sat C adapter kit will be available from authorized retailers nationwide. The Sat C kit includes a unique LNB and combiner, as well as both a 9" and a 31.5" jumper cable. Once the Sat C adapter kit is installed, no additional dish alignment is needed says the company.
DirecTV's Stephanie Campbell stated, "The addition of SHO HDTV gives consumers another opportunity to receive quality programming in a high-definition format directly in their homes. Adding the new channel to this list enables us to expand our high-definition lineup with programming that the entire family can enjoy."