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As a young man growing up in Chicago, he wanted to go to culinary school, but his parents told him: “That’s not why we came to America.” So, he put his dream on the back burner, became a successful optometrist, and, after selling off an eye-care business with five Atlanta stores, purchased Yakitori Jinbei in 2017.
Little did he know he had bought a problematic restaurant.
In June 2018, the business hit bottom. “Sales were abysmal,” said the 43-year-old father of two. “I told my mom: ‘You were right. I should just get out of this and go back to being an optometrist.’” He quietly put Jinbei up for sale.
“And, then, this crazy miracle happened.”
A 2019 appearance on Guy Fieri’s “Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives” put Smyrna’s Yakitori Jinbei on the map. Owner Jae Choi is shown on the right with Fieri (left) and chef G. Garvin. Wendell Brock/For The AJC
The game-changer was a call from Guy Fieri’s “Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives."
Choi thought he was being pranked. But, Jinbei made the cut, and the Food Network show aired in February 2019. The appearance catapulted the humble spot to stardom. It also gave the restaurant the financial stability it needed to make some renovations, hire an accomplished sushi chef and weather COVID-19.
Recent pandemic challenges “reminded me of our original days when we did no business,” Choi said. "I’m grateful we went through that period, because it allowed us to go, ‘OK, well, what do we do now? We need to regroup.'”
Even before COVID-19, Choi wanted his takeout ramen to be manageable for customers who might need to eat in their office, hotel or car. Jinbei’s pre-cooked noodles come in recycled plant-fiber bowls that can withstand the heat. (Just dump in the hot broth, and you’re ready to slurp.) Thanks to the recent upswing in takeout, however, he has had to procure vented plastic foam containers for the hot chicken.
Readers of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution voted the ramen at Yakitori Jinbei in Smyrna as the best in metro Atlanta. Wendell Brock/For The AJC
Today, Choi and his new sushi chef, Joseph Kwon, work in true collaboration, but the owner has the final say. “It’s gotta taste good,” said Choi, who, as it turned out, purchased another optometry practice in Peachtree City in 2018, and sees patients part time.
One thing Jinbei doesn’t serve is its namesake yakitori (head-to-tail chicken, grilled on skewers over charcoal). “It’s a lot for my kitchen right now,” he said.
Still, there’s no way he’s going to rename the restaurant, not since “Diners, Drive-ins and Dives" made it famous. “That would be the biggest advertising blunder ever."
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Menu: Japanese and Korean classics and contemporary sushi; no yakitori at the moment
Alcohol: beer, wine and sake
What I ordered: Korean fried chicken; naruto ramen; buriburi roll; tuna carpaccio. Exceptional fried chicken; bright, clean-tasting fish. I would so love to have this place in my neighborhood.
Service options: dine-in; takeout (curbside available); delivery via DoorDash and GrubHub
Safety protocols: sushi bar is closed; Japanese bamboo screens have been placed between tables; masks encouraged, but not required
Address, phone: 2421 Cobb Parkway SE, Smyrna; 770-818-9215
Hours: 11 a.m.-9:30 p.m. Mondays-Thursdays, 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Fridays-Saturdays
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AESSEAL® SMASHES SALES RECORD
AESSEAL® has hit a new high with an unbroken three-month run of record-breaking sales.
The Rotherham-based manufacturer, which sells to 104 countries around the world, recorded £17.6 million in sales of mechanical seals, support systems and reliability-based product and service solutions during May 2019 – more than £800,000 over target.
The business had already beaten its previous record in March and again with even higher sales in April this year, achieving over £16.4 million in each month.
General Manager and Director, Jim Hamilton said: “We put this fantastic success down to increased demand for high quality products which deliver reliability, swift return on investment and long-term value for money. AES continues to invest in technology that achieves this goal for our customers.”
He added: “This constant pushing forward is not without its challenges, however the excellent AES global workforce, coupled with teamwork across the board continues to respond proactively to overcome them.
“Our success is all the more gratifying in light of this.”
In its 2018 Annual Report AESSEAL® recorded a 6.3% rise in turnover to £181.3 million and a 15.7% increase in pre-tax profit to £34.7 million.
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New figures are constantly emerging to confirm the overall shift in viewing habits from traditional TV to streaming. But new numbers from Nielsen indicate a good chunk of that streaming is still happening in the living room.
According to the audience measurement firm, Americans watch 8 billion hours of video content of connected TV devices such as Roku, Amazon Fire TV and Apple TV each month. That figure is based on the company’s national panel research from September 2018.
According to Nielsen’s Digital Content Ratings, consumers 13 and older who watch content on connected devices spend an average of more than an hour per day. That’s compared to 36 minutes on the computer and 24 minutes on mobile devices.
Nielsen said that for advertisers hoping to catch younger viewers watching live TV, connected TV devices are a good option. The company said that across five TV networks, 3% of live TV viewers are between the ages of 18 and 24, while connected devices capture 8%.
The data from Nielsen come as the company is expanding its trials for dynamic ad insertion to deliver more relevant marketing during live TV viewing across several different platforms. This week, the company announced A+E Networks and smart TV chipmaker MediaTek were both joining the company’s DAI tests. CBS has already signed on for the trials.
“Nielsen recognizes the huge opportunity addressable TV presents for our clients,” said Kelly Abcarian, senior vice president of product leadership for Nielsen, in a statement. “So, we’ve worked hard to create an advanced DAI solution that covers everything from ad targeting to delivery. As the result of our expanded DAI pilot with leading smart TV platforms and manufacturers and some of the largest broadcast and cable networks, marketers will be able to better realize the value of their advertising inventory, achieve maximum return on their ad spend and viewers will see messages that are most relevant to them.”


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Sprint customers are getting an even 'easier path' to T-Mobile's best 5G deals
T-Mobile truly, madly, deeply wants every single Sprint subscriber out there to stick with the 2020-supercharged "Un-carrier", which has managed to grow at an incredible pace over the last couple of years or so in terms of both its user base, and perhaps more importantly, its nation-leading 5G network.
To ensure no legacy Sprint customers are inconvenienced too much (or, indeed, at all) in their migration process to T-Mobile, the second-largest wireless service provider stateside has essentially eliminated said process, at least according to an internal presentation of sorts seemingly revealed in full by the always reliable folks over at The T-Mo Report.
You can keep your plan AND get a free "flagship" 5G device
T-Mo's incredibly competitive promotions and aggressive Un-carrier moves, which have undoubtedly contributed to record-breaking customer gains during one of the toughest years in the company's existence from a PR perspective.If that sounds too good to be true... then you must not be familiar with
All things considered, we're almost surprised it took Magenta this long to craft a 2.0 version of its hugely successful Sprint Forward program including an "easy upgrade path with no account changes or migration required."
That's right, if you're clinging on to your old Sprint rate plan for dear life (for some reason), you might want to visit a T-Mobile store and check out what kind of a free 5G smartphone you're eligible for with a trade-in and nothing else.
The "best deals" revealed nearly five months ago will now be available with basically no effort on your part, including no actual "migration" to a new T-Mobile plan and no AAL (add a line) required. While many Sprint subscribers should easily qualify for a free "flagship 5G device" from Apple or Samsung, those looking to upgrade from an old phone using ancient 3G technology will probably need to settle for a humbler "free 5G device."
Last but certainly not least, the Sprint Select program is essentially going unchanged, continuing to promise "free flagship 5G devices" and a bunch of other benefits like Magenta Max Welcome discounts, complimentary third lines of service, and PPO forgiveness for customers who do want to migrate to a T-Mobile plan and are a "right fit."
Otherwise put, Magenta is truly doing everything in its power and pulling out all the stops to make it as simple, hassle-free, and financially advantageous for Sprint customers to not switch to Verizon or AT&T. No wonder the Sprint Forward program facilitated 2.4 million migrations and 3.4 million upgrades in 2021, two numbers that could easily grow in 2022 with these 2.0 enhancements.
But wait, there's more
More ways to make sure Sprint holdouts will not be discernibly impacted by the "Now Network's" fast-approaching shutdown(s), that is, including an "automated migration readiness" process dubbed Magenta Complete.
First detailed just a couple of months or so back, this is getting a full (and technically unofficial) schedule today, as T-Mobile apparently expects no less than 4 and 8 million current Sprint customers to be ready for automatic migration to the "Un-carrier's" billing system by July 2022 and January 2023 respectively.
Those who will be deemed eligible for "automated migration" under the Magenta Complete program won't have to lift a finger, visit a store, or make any manual effort whatsoever to officially become T-Mobile customers.
That being said, Sprint's CDMA and LTE networks are still set to be permanently discontinued at the end of March and June 2022 respectively, so it might be wise to check if your devices will remain compatible with T-Mobile's 4G LTE and/or 5G signals going forward if you don't want to lose your service out of nowhere soon.
For its part, T-Mo aims to upgrade every single CDMA/non-VoLTE device out there by the end of Q1 2022 while setting a sufficiently distant June 2023 deadline for all the aforementioned automatic migrations to be carried out that you really don't have to worry about being left behind when all this effort will finally come to an end.


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New York’s AD ART SHOW Has Returned to the Big Screens at One World Trade With a New Focus on Community-Building
The artwork of 135 international advertising professionals will be displayed throughout the downtown shopping and transit hub for the month of September.
The AD ART SHOW —the annual showcase for advertising professionals’ artworks—has returned to the Oculus at Westfield World Trade Center for its third edition. For the whole of the month of September, the creative works of 135 international advertising professionals will be displayed in high resolution on monumental screens throughout the downtown shopping and transit hub. The works presented will range from painting and sculpture to photography and mixed media.
“We are bridging the gap between the art and advertising world by championing the next generation of artists from advertising, following in the footsteps of famous artists like Andy Warhol, Rene Magritte, Mark Rothko, and countless other now-famous artists who came from the advertising world,” said Maria van Vlodrop, the show’s founder and CEO.
Like every art event in recent months, the AD ART SHOW faced its fair share of obstacles getting off the ground, with the foot traffic-driven show rescheduling from May to September. “The artists were behind us and I’m very proud of how they supported the change—not knowing if September was going to go the way of May,” explained Van Vlodrop.
Some silver linings emerged from the move, however: the already-digital fair was able to enhance its existing online platform and add new features to enhance community engagement, including a special section highlighting Black artists titled “Don’t Silence Our Voices.”
“Our show-within-a-show opens an art-world door to under-the-radar Black artists from outside the usual art school to art gallery channels,” Van Vlodrop said. The show will also raise money for City Harvest.
What’s more, this year the fair awarded a specialty Clio award for excellence in contemporary art to a featured artist. The prize went to Helsinki-based art director and graphic designer Anton Pitkänen for his poetic images inspired by the natural world. Artists Jessica Alazraki and David Straange were also recognized as 2020 winning artists, selected by a jury of contemporary art collectors chaired by New Museum board member Laura Skoler. The three winning artists will receive professional art critique sessions to help further their careers.
The AD ART SHOW 2020 is on view through September 30th, and for those unable to attend in person, it will also be accessible through virtual tours, online artist and collector interviews, and live-streaming from the Oculus. A special treat is in store for those who stop by the show: Eataly is offering a free coffee and a sweet to all in-person attendees.
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J.P. Morgan has brought its merchant services business to Asia, focused on e-commerce and other businesses that need to accept digital payment methods.
Its move is part of a wave of global banks looking to reassert primacy in the merchant acquirer space of payments, with Citi and HSBC among those institutions that had once retreated and are now revitalizing this business.
“Five years ago, few merchants accepted payment by digital wallets. Today that’s the leading method of payment. We saw a need for a platform to provide regional solutions in alternative payments,” said Philip Glickman, head of Asia-Pacific Merchant Services at J.P. Morgan, in Singapore.
The key word is “regional”. J.P. Morgan recently expanded its acquiring solution to Singapore, South Korea and New Zealand, in addition to Australia, India and Japan, with Hong Kong planned by the end of the year. Glickman says it’s important to give large clients a consistent experience. But it also reflects the need for scale in a business that is increasingly aimed at serving small and medium-sized retailers.
The banks exited…
In the recent past, acquiring depended on merchants accepting credit-card payments, particularly “card-present” payments, that is, from customers paying with plastic in a store. Such scale was only possible in Asia’s most developed markets where credit cards are common.
But “card present” models didn’t work in emerging markets, where most merchants took only cash and didn’t want to pay the fees associated with a credit card.
As a result, global banks found Asia too expensive to serve, so they left the field to local banks. In 2017, Citi sold its Asia acquiring business to Wirecard (the now-defunct German fintech). HSBC had retreated even earlier, having sold down its shares in Global Payments Asia Pacific, a joint venture for its Asia merchant acquiring business, in 2012.
Other banks, such as J.P. Morgan and Bank of America, which have huge acquirer businesses in the U.S., had never built merchant services for Asia beyond a few multinationals operating in developed markets.
…and fintechs took over
The introduction of QR codes and mobile-wallet payments, along with the rise of digital commerce, suddenly changed the way merchants could get paid, but these “alternative” payment methods didn’t sync with global acquirers, whose businesses were built around credit cards. More fundamentally, these “alternative” payment methods required software solutions, not processing solutions.
As banks stopped investing in the acquiring business, fintechs took over.
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This included both “traditional” vendors such as Fiserv and Worldpay (part of FIS), as well as new players such as Adyen and Stripe. A host of Asian digital businesses such as GoTo and Grab also launched their own merchant acquiring services.
Global banks might have been content to leave acquiring to fintechs, but those software businesses have begun to add new services on top of payments, such as liquidity, trade-finance or other working-capital solutions. Fintechs were leveraging acquiring to muscle in on turf where banks still make money.
Moreover, the acquiring business in Asia is now too big to ignore. McKinsey, in a September 22 report on Asian payments, says Asia generated over $900 billion in payments revenue in 2019, nearly half the global total. “Payments also plays an expanding role in the broader financial landscape: in 2020, payments providers accounted for 44 percent of the region’s aggregate banking revenues, up from a third in 2007,” the consultancy said.
Returning to the fray
Now global banks are returning to the fray, both to defend their other business lines as well as to take advantage of what they view as newly attractive segments of acquirer business.
What are those segments? As noted by McKinsey, acquiring remains a low-margin, high-volume business. An acquirer must manage all kinds of payment methods, including real-time payments; they must support merchants interacting with customers both online and offline (also known as omnichannel); a growing demand for cross-border payments; and the rise of SMEs as the major customer segment, rather than large corporations.
The very nature of digital commerce creates its own scale, however. “Local markets were once isolated. Now they’re global,” said J.P. Morgan’s Glickman.
The bank’s merchant services business in Asia will stick to big and fast-growing customers that need a regional solution, rather than go after purely domestic business.
“We’re focused on larger enterprise clients and new-economy names” with huge flows of business and payments from the region, Glickman said.
“Intra-Asian payment flows are growing fast,” Glickman noted, as Asian economies grow and their governments encourage transitions to digital business models.
Other global banks are also competing for this business. Citi launched its merchant services business, Spring. HSBC has beefed up its omnichannel merchant services. Standard Chartered teamed up with fintech Assembly Payments to go after digital-economy clients.
Banks see their value proposition as being high-touch, with client representatives at hand able to package transaction-banking services, from FX to trade finance to cash management.
Ari Sarker, Mastercard’s president for Asia Pacific, told DigFin in a separate interview that he welcomed the return of banks. “When banks play in the acquiring space aggressively, they’re better than a fintech providing some new innovative creation. Banks also bring lending, short-term financing, and working-capital financing.”
Sarker says the best outcomes are when banks and fintechs collaborate “if done in an open-loop environment”, that is, not within a closed environment where the payments processor is also issuer and acquirer.
This would suggest the traditional payments processors are happy to see the big banks return to Asia, to counter the rise of superapps and emerging networks that exclude the incumbents. Revenues from payments business in Asia may be big and growing, but the competition between banks, fintechs, and domestic digital ecosystems is now full-on.


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Cops in San Francisco have arrested 45 folks prior to now two weeks as town lastly cracks down on drug addicts taking pictures up on the street.
Democratic Mayor London Breed launched the police operation in opposition to open-air drug use throughout the California metropolis which has been hit with an opioid-fueled crime epidemic.
It comes amid warnings from San Francisco’s police chief Invoice Scott that the delicate strategy to medication is exacerbating homelessness by drawing vagrants from out of city.
Scott mentioned that of the 45 folks busted within the infamous Tenderloin neighborhood within the final 14 days – simply three had been San Fran residents.
‘I’ve talked to folks and requested them why they selected to do it right here. I’ve gotten solutions like, medication are low cost and available, and you bought an atmosphere the place it’s permitted,’ he advised a police fee convention final Wednesday.
San Francisco Police Chief Invoice Scott, pictured right here, mentioned that the overwhelming majority of the folks arrested aren’t from town
San Francisco Mayor London Breed launched the crackdown on open air drug use throughout town which has been hit with hovering crime charges and excessive charges
The police chief mentioned that he had spoken to addicts who admitted they moved to town as a result of ‘medication are low cost’
There was an explosion within the variety of homeless folks – drawn to town partly by beneficiant help packages
The police chief known as the statistics on the out-of-towners ‘stunning’ however might solely provide anecdotal solutions for why greater than 90 % of alleged customers weren’t native.
Of these individuals who had been arrested, 28% of them had excellent warrants, police mentioned.
Recovering addict-turned-activist Tom Wolf advised Fox Information: ‘Everybody is aware of that San Francisco form of takes a hands-off strategy to regulation enforcement.
‘In order that they know that if they arrive to San Francisco they will get excessive, they will most likely rating a free tent, get cash from the federal government and get meals stamps and medical insurance all whereas residing on the road free of charge.
‘The very fact of the matter is that San Francisco is a regional magnet for homelessness.
‘We’ve got strong companies, all people leaves you alone, and we’ve the most affordable medication in California proper right here in San Francisco.
‘That each one has to vary if we need to save town.’
Newest police information reveals felony exercise within the space has elevated in some areas throughout town – together with murder and theft.
The 2 are up 9.5% and 13.2%, whereas complete crime throughout town has dropped 5.1% by to final week, in comparison with the 12 months earlier than.
The most recent crime figures come after dozens of outlets introduced they might be vacating the downtown space of town on account of excessive theft charges within the space.
Retail stalwart Outdated Navy introduced they might be shuttering their flagship retailer within the space final month, changing into the most recent chain to exit town.
It comes after retail big Nordstrom introduced they might be closing all of their places within the metropolis.
The corporate mentioned that because of the ‘altering dynamics’ of San Francisco it could be shuttering all remaining shops within the subsequent few months.
In April, Entire Meals introduced it was closing all their places, with Anthropologie and Workplace Depot having additionally made the identical selections.
A map reveals the key companies which have left, or plan to depart, San Francisco in latest months
These shops joined the rising listing of shops which have deserted the coastal metropolis, together with H&M, Marshall’s, Hole and Banana Republic.
Entire Meals had opened a brand new ‘flagship’ location at Trinity Place within the metropolis’s Tenderloin District in March of final 12 months.
The corporate had hoped to revitalize footfall after two years of COVID-19 restrictions severely impacted enterprise within the space.
A 12 months on and the natural meals big declared they might be closing their retailer ‘in the intervening time’ over security issues.
A disturbing latest report confirmed 95 retailers in downtown San Francisco have closed because the begin of the COVID pandemic, a decline of greater than 50 %.
Out of 203 retailers open in 2019 within the metropolis’s Union Sq. space, simply 107 are nonetheless working, a drop of 47 % in only a few pandemic-ravaged years.
A Goal retailer within the metropolis has been pressured to lock up extra of its merchandise to stave off thieves.
An worker on the location lately mentioned it was being robbed as usually as ‘each ten minutes.’


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The majority of sales in Staffordshire during the last year were semi-detached properties, selling for an average price of £173,793. Detached properties sold for an average of £310,734, with terraced properties fetching £137,002.
Staffordshire, with an overall average price of £207,146, was similar in terms of sold prices to nearby West Midlands (County) (£212,084), but was cheaper than Shropshire (£232,934) and Warwickshire (£298,070). The most expensive area within Staffordshire was Shenstone (£556,250) and the cheapest was Audley (£139,477).
Overall sold prices in Staffordshire over the last year were 3% up on the previous year and 8% up on the 2017 level of £192,085.


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OCEAN CITY — School test scores are important, but let’s not forget mini-golf scores.
That’s the tongue-in-cheek message coming from MGH, Ocean City’s advertising agency, to encourage Maryland’s children to support a school year that starts after Labor Day.
MGH has crafted a faux newspaper advertisement with a bold headline, one urging children of Maryland to “beg your parents” to let them sign the petition, said Andy Malis, president of MGH, at the Town Council’s March 18 meeting.
“The government is stealing your fun,” the full-page ad says. “It hasn’t always been this way. Your parents, and their parents before them, spent the final days of August … in the fresh air of Ocean City. They enjoyed one last gulp of freedom before putting their noses to the grindstone.”
“Skee-Ball deprivation” also could pose a problem, the ad says cheekily, while noting that “a generation will now grow up without the time to fully master the Boogie Board.”
MGH will set up a website, www.longersummer.com, that presents a petition that asks for a re-examination of the school calendar, Malis said. The website was not live as of Tuesday. The Town Council will revisit this ad campaign after the close of the General Assembly’s session, said Ocean City Tourism Director Donna Abbott.
The ad aims for humor, but Ocean City Councilman Brent Ashley wasn’t laughing.
“Has there been any thought to the fact that you’re using advertising for a political purpose?” Ashley said. “I can see how that might not sit too well with some people that might be for this. I take it as political. I don’t think the advertising money is for political purposes.”
“You’re not going on the record as being anti-fun, are you?” Malis replied.
Malis said MGH is merely looking for a way to get attention to the issue, and that the political implications were “above (his) pay grade.”
Ocean City’s attorney Guy Ayres said he does not believe the satirical advertisement would fall into the political arena.
MGH proposes a follow-up to the 2012 “Summer of Thanks” with a new campaign called “Lucky Summer of ’13” that promotes deals and discounts.
MGH also recommended starting rounds of tourism advertising earlier into the summer and placing heavier emphasis on the New York and New Jersey markets. Malis also said Ocean City should advertise in the Pittsburgh market.
Malis suggested the resort continue to make use of social networking sites and apps, starting with the creation of an official Instagram page.


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SynthFest UK — the UK's premiere synthesizer show — will feature a host of specialist, boutique, modular-synth manufacturers, along with bigger brand-name manufacturers and also retailers, making it the biggest event of it’s kind in 2016. So, whether you’re interested in analogue, digital, retro reissues or vintage synths, you can now see them, hear them and even buy them at an event in the UK.
Get up close and personal with new synths from Moog, Yamaha, Arturia and even Behringer’s DeepMind 12, the competitively priced analogue polysynth that’s recently set the internet aquiver.
Thanks also to Philip Taysom of Modal Electronics for pointing out an error in our recent print news coverage of the Behringer DeepMind 12. We called the synth “quite possibly the first ever British-designed analogue polysynth”. In actual fact, this title most likely goes to the EMS Polysynthi of 1978. We were fortunate enough to speak with EMS co-founder Peter Zinovieff for a recent video feature looking back at a lifetime in synthesizer design and composition.
If synth history is your thing, then you'll love our content-rich programme of seminars. The stellar line-up of presenters includes Ian Helliwell, author of the recently published Tape Leaders book, who reveals the hidden history of early British electronic music. Topics also include the Theremin, Mi-Mu controller gloves, Max MSP for Ableton, How To Get Started With Modular and it's rounded out by a VIP Roundtable discussion.
Modal’s own creations, including the 008 — perhaps the first British designed, and manufactured, discrete analogue polysynth, released in 2014 — will also be on show at SynthFest UK. Modal Electronics will be appearing along with various other boutique manufacturers including AJH Synth, Abstract Data, Cymru Beats and Soulsby; software synth makers Softube and GForce and many more.
SynthFest UK also includes a 'Modular Meet' gathering where enthusiasts will be showcasing their own gear, so come along and have a look at the many Eurorack set ups, standalone rare synths and a ‘definitely-not-to-be-missed’ collection of early Moog modules!
All events are included in the ticket price. Advance tickets £10 or £15 on the day. SynthFest UK takes place on Saturday 1st October, at The Octagon Centre, Sheffield. Check out the SynthFest UK website for a full list of exhibitors, Modular-Meet gear and the seminar details.


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Highly criticized for frequent exaggerations to promote TRON, Justin Sun again posted critical messages on Twitter. This time, the founder of the platform hinted that an association with Apple co-founder is yet to come.
Sun met Steve Wozniak, known as "The Woz." After the meeting, held in California, in the United States, he retweeted a publication made by Wozniak on Wednesday, January 22, which talked about lunch:
It was an honor meeting the legendary Woz, @Manzana co-founder! Looking forward to our partnership! https://t.co/Y1faA9UCcy
– Justin Sun (@justinsuntron) January 22, 2020
“It was an honor to meet the legendary Woz, co-founder of @Apple! We look forward to our partnership! ”Commented Sun.
In general, the community, which is already accustomed to Sun's ads, did not react enthusiastically. One of the followers tweeted:
"Surprise! Another announcement about another false association … how original «.
Another user of the network recalled another lunch announced by Sun, which never happened, and noted that The Woz is no longer active at Apple (Wozniak ceased to be an active contributor to Apple in 1985):
“The partnership with Apple is not happening… Woz no longer works and does not own the Apple company. But at least, you finally have lunch with someone you've all been waiting for. ”
Although many members of the community doubt a collaboration between Sun and Woznieak, some have been excited about the alleged partnership:
"You know this involves a wallet on the iPhone … Samsung did it, why Apple and Woz don't love cryptocurrencies?"
Lunch that never happened
In June 2019, Justin Sun participated and won an auction whose auctioned item was a lunch with Warren Buffett, a skeptical Bitcoin investor. To do this, Sun offered $ 4.6 million. However, this meeting was initially postponed due to Sun's renal crisis. After that, the issue seems to have been forgotten and the meeting never happened.


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Charter Communications Inc. reported a second-quarter loss of $83 million, narrower than the $107 million loss it reported in last year's quarter, due in part to lower interest and income tax expense.
Charter (Nasdaq: CHTR) also said its adjusted EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization) grew 3 percent compared with the year-ago quarter.
The St. Louis-based cable and broadband provider said that for the second quarter ended June 30, its total revenue grew 5 percent to $1.88 billion compared with last year's quarter, led by growth in Internet and commercial sales of 10 percent and 20 percent, respectively. Advertising revenue also grew more than 14 percent in the recent quarter.
Tom Rutledge, president and CEO, said in a statement, "In addition to enhancing our product set and launching new pricing and packaging, we're putting into action a number of operational changes to best align the organization with our growth objectives."
Company officials said they are focused on stabilizing Charter's video customer base (in which revenue was nearly flat in the recent quarter), upgrading business with existing customers, adding customers in areas the company currently serves but who haven't yet signed up with Charter, and improving basic operating execution.
"We expect these efforts to drive long-term growth in our business, but in the short term, we expect that customer connects, revenue and operating expenses may be adversely impacted during this transition," company officials said in Charter's quarterly release. "We also expect our capital expenditures to increase as we drive further digital and HD-DVR penetration."
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Job Cuts Expected At Atoka Furniture Factory
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ATOKA, Okla. (AP) -- Furniture manufacturer Ethan Allen Interiors announced plans Wednesday to convert its factory in Atoka to a distribution center, a move that could cost several hundred employees their jobs.
Company officials could not immediately confirm how many jobs in Atoka would be affected, but a city official estimated more than 200 jobs would be lost. That would leave about 50 for the distribution center.
Ethan Allen will stop production in Atoka and at a factory in Spruce Pine, North Carolina, with a total job loss of 465 employees.
The company says it will move production to other US factories and selected offshore vendors.
Located in southeastern Oklahoma, Atoka has a population of about 3,000.


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Peat sales soar as retailers remain reluctant to go "peat-free"
Use of peat as a growing medium increased by almost 70% between 1993 and 1997 while sales of peat-free alternatives dropped by a fifth, according to a report by the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions (DETR). 1 Major DIY retailers remain reluctant to go "peat-free" but hope to raise awareness by labelling products as "peat-based" as well as "peat-free". Meanwhile, B&Q has floated the idea of an audit certification scheme for peat bogs.
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FRANKILN, Tenn. – A Franklin 10-year-old’s selfless gift will help dozens of children get the support they need.
This past September, Georgia Blanchard asked her friends to give her gift cards instead of birthday presents.
By the time of her party, she had raised $275 worth of gift cards for the Autism Society of Middle Tennessee’s holiday gift card drive, but her giving didn’t end there.
Blanchard said, “My brother is autistic, and so we know how it feels like to be in these situations with no money for Christmas.”
Her family was struggling last year around the holidays and received gift card assistance from the gift card drive.
This year, the family is in a better financial situation and is now helping other families that are going through hard times.
When she and her mother learned through an email that 35 families and children were on a waiting list for gift cards this year, they donated a guitar, signed by Big Kenny of the country duo Big and Rich.
The guitar will be placed in an auction to benefit the ASMT holiday gift card drive.
The acoustic Fender TG-4 guitar with steel strings was custom made for Big and Rich.
The guitar is inlaid with the words “love everybody” across the back.
A Fender guitar case is included with the guitar.
To place a bid on the guitar, simply email your bid to email@example.com, or make a donation to ASMT by calling 615-385-2077.
The auction lasts until Tuesday, December 15.
Read more about the Autism Society of Middle Tennessee and their holiday gift card drive at TNautism.org.


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The Spectrum of the Seas arrived at the Swettenham Pier Cruise Terminal (SPCT) this morning at around 7.25am under the glorious rays of the morning sunrise.
It carries some 3,239 passengers along with 1,577 crew members.
The cruise ship is owned by Royal Caribbean Cruises (RCL) and marks the first ship to dock at SPCT since the Covid-19 pandemic lockdown.
There was even a double rainbow over the skies of Georgetown in conjunction with the arrival.
Meanwhile, the vicinity of the SPCT is expected to be a hive of activity as the passengers will disembark to visit Georgetown and its surrounding areas.
Among those who stand to benefit are tour and travel agents, e-hailing providers, trishaw riders, cafes, restaurants and other tourist destinations.
The revival of the cruise industry will surely help the overall economy of the state.


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Speaking in the Parliamentary debate on last week's budget, I praised the growing number of small businesses in Braintree and the surrounding villages and highlightend the important need for strong broadband connectivity.
In my speech I argued that small businesses form the cornerstone of the British economy and highlighted ESco Business Services Ltd as a role model rural business.Read more
Figures released this week show that 1,174 fewer people in the Braintree constituency are claiming Jobseeker’s Allowance compared to 2010, a 61% drop.
This means more people in work, with the security of a good job and a regular pay packet so they can provide for themselves and their families.Read more
I worked in businesses for over 20 years before getting involved in politics including a number of years running my own company. I know how important the small business sector is.
But don't just take it from me, here is a request from Karen Brady, the Conservative Party's Small Business Ambassador.Read more
Yesterday the Chancellor, George Osborne, delivered his sixth and final Budget of the current Parliament. It was a good budget for the country as a whole and an excellent one for Braintree.
The UK economy grew 2.6% in 2014, faster than any other advanced economy in the world, we have record employment with jobless rate falling to 5.3% this year. Trade figures are the best for 15 years, living standards higher than in May 2010, according to OBR data, with households better off by an average of £900 in last five years.Read more
I visited some of the shops in Great Yeldham earlier this week and it is clear that despite on-line shopping and out of town shopping centres the traditional village shop still has an important role.
As well as providing goods and services the local shop is also a community hub, ad-hoc advice bureaux and local information provider.Read more
New figures show that 1288 fewer people in Braintree are now claiming Jobseeker’s Allowance since 2010 - a 63% drop. There are now just 761 claimants a fall of 407 since January last year.
People are getting off benefits and into work across the country and here in Essex, in total a record 30.9 million people are now in work, up by 1.85 million since the last election. We can see this working locally with new jobs at businesses like Milbank Concrete Products Ltd, Wilkin & Sons Ltd and Alphasense.Read more
I believe that taxes should be modest and tax regimes simple, and when big companies or wealthy individuals don't pay their fair share it puts more of the tax burden on the rest of us. That is why I believe that we should be tough on tax dodgers.
When in office Labour spectacularly failed to act on aggressive tax avoidance, turning a blind eye to tax dodging because they thought they had ended boom and bust.Read more
The Conservative's long term economic plan has driven down unemployment, taken job numbers to a record high and made the UK's economy one of the fastest growing in the developed world.
Rather than celebrate this economic good news Ed Miliband and Ed Balls are constantly talking down British business and attacking the very business leaders and entrepreneurs who are helping to drive this recovery.Read more
Businesses and local people deserve modern super-fast broadband and decent mobile signals. Braintree's potential will only be unlocked once these essential modern services are rolled out across the district.Read more


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The city's new economic development director unveiled a six-month "action plan" Tuesday to the Lawrence City Commission.
"These are really the priorities for us to get our system in place," said Lynn Parman, vice president of economic development for the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce since July. The chamber contracts with the city and county to do economic development work on their behalf.
Parman's plan includes surveying existing businesses, updating the packet the city sends out to new businesses and creating networks of similar businesses to cultivate their industries.
Helping businesses stay and grow in Lawrence "is our first priority," Parman said.
She said the chamber purchased a new software system to help her survey local companies about their sales, work force and business environment. It should help her know which companies are at risk to leave Lawrence Â and which are poised for growth.
"I think it's going to allow us to better anticipate how to serve the need of our existing companies," Parman said.
A new packet to attract new businesses is necessary, she said. Thousands of cities compete for hundreds of businesses every year.
"It's a very cutthroat situation," Parman said. "Our business relocation packet hasn't been updated for over 15 years, and I think we need to update the look and feel so we can compete for those high-tech businesses."
Potential new businesses and existing business expansions could create as many as 1,800 new jobs, Parman said, although she acknowledged it was unlikely all those projects will come to fruition.


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India’s Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal has warned US e-commerce giant Amazon not to exploit any loopholes in the law as the company plans to expand in the country.
“Message to investors is please follow letter and spirit of the law. Amazon is not doing a favour to India by investing a billion dollars,” Goyal said on Thursday, as cited by media.
The minister is reportedly not going to meet Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, who is currently visiting India. Apart from the billion dollar investment, which is aimed at bringing millions of Indian businesses online, the billionaire pledged to export $10 billion worth of Indian products b
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Future iPhones Could Be Controlled Without Touch
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With 3D Touch, the iPhone gained the ability to detect different levels of pressure on its touchscreen display. But a new invention from Apple may take that even further, giving users the ability to control future iPhones — perhaps the anticipated "iPhone 7" — without actually touching the screen.
A patent titled “Proximity and Multi-touch Sensor Detection and Modulation,” was published and granted by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on Tuesday, detailing a new invention which would enable the users to control a device by hovering their hand over a touchscreen display. The invention would use the iPhone’s built-in proximity sensor as well as additional sensors to detect the hand gesture.
© Provided by IBT USAn illustration of Apple's hovering hand gesture control invention with a keyboard and touchpad. Photo: USPTO/Apple Inc.
Such applications could be used to trigger various controls on the iPhone, such as dimming the display, powering off the screen and other functions. In addition to touchscreen displays, Apple also extends the feature to devices such as iPads, iPods, Mac touchpads and Mac keyboards.
© Provided by IBT USApple's hovering gesture control invention could be used in a future iPhone. Photo: USPTO/Apple Inc.
Outside of its own products, Apple proposes using the invention in applications such as ATMs, store registers, gaming machines, airline ticket terminals and more.
While such a hovering hand invention hasn’t made its way onto Apple’s iPhone just yet, a similar feature does exist, buried in the accessibility options of the device. After navigating over to the Settings > General > Accessibility > Switch Control, iPhone owners can enable “Switch Control,” which uses the device’s FaceTime camera to highlight on-screen items based on head movements.
© Provided by IBT USApple's iPhone has a built-in accessibility feature which lets users navigate their device by tilting their head left and right. Photo: Composite/International Business Times
In addition to touchscreen applications, Apple also has several related motion-sensing patents, which it obtained through the 2013 acquisition of Primesense, the Israeli company behind the first Microsoft Kinect, released for the Xbox 360 in 2010.
As with many of Apple’s granted patents and patent applications, it’s unknown if or when it plans to use the feature in one of its products. Apple first filed the patent on March 23, 2015 and credits Apple engineers Steven Hotelling and Christoph Krah for the invention.
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While Yellow Tail has long held the crown as America’s top-imported wine brand, another fan-favorite has officially dethroned the Australian wine brand.
Stella Rosa is now the top-imported brand in the United States, according to the American Association of Wine Enthusiasts (AAWE). In the period between 2019 and 2021, a massive jump in Stella Rosa’s sales skyrocketed the brand to No. 1, bypassing the long-reining Yellow Tail.
For the first time in almost 20 years, Yellow Tail is not the #1 import brand anymore — Stella Rosa is the new #1. Since its inception in 2001, 1.3 billion liters of Yellow Tail have been sold. – Note the persistence of Cavit, Riunite and Concha y Toro, and the rise of 19 Crimes pic.twitter.com/FQFArO2jTv
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While Stella Rosa experienced a major pandemic-era jump, it hasn’t been a top player for long. The sweet vinos are produced in Italy and, since its inception, the brand has sold 22.5 million nine-liter cases up until 2021.
While 2022 data isn’t yet available, initial reports from Stella Rosa seem to indicate that sales slowed in the past year, according to Shanken News Daily.
Yellow Tail, meanwhile, has been America’s wine import leader since 2002, maintaining a significant lead over brands such as Cavit, Concha y Toro, Riunite, and Lindemans. In the years since the brand’s 2001 founding, it has sold some 1.3 billion liters worth of Australian wine. Its inclusive and easygoing approach seems to be working — it’s one of the most well-known brands in the under-$10 category and currently No. 2 in U.S. imports.
Stella Rosa offers a line of sweet wines heralded for their drinkability and budget-conscious price tags. Fruit-forward flavors such as Stella Berry seem to especially captivate U.S. drinkers. In 2022, it debuted several premium offerings — including three flavored brandies that retail for nearly $30 each.
As the AAWE notes, 19 Crimes has also emerged as a rising brand in the past ten years. The label, which emerged in 2012, is especially known for its swanky celebrity collaborations; Snoop Dogg and Martha Stewart have famously partnered with 19 Crimes for past releases.
Which brand will come out on top this year? Only time will tell.
The article Stella Rosa Unseats Yellow Tail To Become Top Imported Wine In U.S. appeared first on VinePair.


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Today’s AM fix was $1,281, €1,128.93 and £851.84 per ounce.
Friday’s AM fix was $1,274.25, €1,122.69 and £847.92 per ounce.
Yesterday, gold lost 0.76% or $9.70, closing at $1,274.60. Silver dropped 0.35% or $0.06, closing at $17.20.
In Asia, gold bullion in Singapore for immediate delivery edged lower in early trade on Tuesday, outshone by equities that got a boost from expectations that Greece may be nearing a debt deal with international creditors.
Gold prices have fallen marginally in early European trading, touching a session low just below the $1,275/oz mark, around 0.5% below where they ended Friday.
Greece’s new government has proposed ending a standoff with its international creditors by swapping its outstanding debt for new growth-linked bonds, Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis was quoted by the Financial Times as saying yesterday. However, it is far too soon to say that the crisis has been resolved.
Increasing signs of a slowdown of the U.S. economy is supporting gold. U.S. consumer spending recorded its biggest decline since late 2009 in December with households using the extra cash from cheaper gasoline to pay down debt, while factory activity also cooled in January. Those numbers released on Monday followed data last week that showed a sharp slowdown in economic expansion to 2.6% in the fourth quarter from 5% in July-September.
Oil prices rose strongly again on Monday, tacking on a total of 11% over two straight sessions, as some investors bet that a bottom had formed to the seven-month long rout on the market
Elsewhere, European and Chinese factories slashed prices in January as production flatlined, heightening global deflation risks that point to another wave of central bank stimulus in the coming year.
The world’s largest gold exchange traded fund, SPDR Gold Trust, said its holdings rose to 24.65 million ounces on Monday, the highest since October.


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Givaudan has developed Consumer Foresight, a new tool that aims to help its customers co-create and innovate. This ‘futurescaping’ platform will leverage big data, artificial intelligence and Givaudan’s ‘deep expertise’ of the food and beverage sector. It is a step beyond the trend forecasting models of today, Taste & Wellbeing President Louie D’Amico believes.
“Most trend forecasting models largely focus on understanding the past and the present. Customer Foresight will be more predictive, with an ability to create potential future scenarios of what should be possible tomorrow to shape the future of food,” he told FoodNavigator. “Customer Foresight can help anticipate tomorrow’s challenges and untangle the future of consumer expectations.”
How will this be achieved?
“Customer Foresight is focused on discovering early signs for our customers, that neither they nor their consumers are aware of, nor may have fully articulated. Given the power of the AI technologies used, combined with the expansiveness of the data that will feed Customer Foresight and the depth of expertise of our internal teams, the platform will be equipped to help guide customers in a wide range of development needs from broad market shifts to specific ingredients in particular product applications,” D’Amico explained.
Combining data and expertise
At the heart of Customer Foresight is a proprietary digital engine that supports Givaudan’s experts in their future-gazing efforts. The flavours specialist said that the group is looking at a horizon of ‘up to a few years ahead’ as it predicts future customer and consumer needs.
This combination of data points, AI and human expertise is at the heart of Givaudan’s innovation.
“Customer Foresight will take into account multiple sources of data – proprietary Givaudan data, and data from outside partners who are very carefully selected. It will also enable cross analyses of different data sources to generate future scenarios of what should be possible tomorrow,” we were told.
But while data is important, the human element of this foresight tool is critical.
“The depth of expertise of our internal teams is key to this unique combination,” D’Amico elaborated.
“Human experience is at the heart of our company purpose – as is nature – so people will always feature front and centre in our co-creation journey with customers. Our futurescaping experts will help to interpret results face to face with customers, offer in-depth knowledge and experience of the food and beverage ecosystem, and further ensure that customers receive scenarios and concepts that are highly relevant to them and their consumers.”
Navigating change in a turbulent world
This crystal ball into the future of food will help the food and beverage industry manage the ‘profound disruption’ it faces, driven by rapidly changing consumer and customer needs.
From enabling the movement to more mindful and planet-friendly diets, to providing more nutritious food choices and helping consumers achieve their wellbeing goals, Givaudan suggested the industry must ‘think differently’ to address transformative shifts.
Givaudan’s Customer Foresight is currently being piloted in two test markets ahead of its launch in 2023.
“We are currently running pilots on real business cases in Latin America and South Asia, Africa, Middle East (SAMEA) that are being used to prove Customer Foresight’s tangible business outcome. These are fast-changing markets where development time is often very short, making foresight highly valuable,” D’Amico elaborated.
“While it is still too early to provide specific examples, we’re really encouraged and excited by the direction and results. As we progress, we expect to explore anything from broad market shifts to specific ingredients in particular product applications. Customer Foresight will assist brand creation in an entirely new and unique way.”


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On Apr. 10, 2014, Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear authorized SB 124. Seek advice from a doctor who has experience with CBD oil to figure out the appropriate dose.
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These items, by legislation, can have no more than 0.3 percent THC. CBD does have some positive health advantages, like helping individuals with anxiousness and depression. You won't experience that if you're looking for out CBD as a method to get high. " To place that in point of view, that would more than 1,300 mg of CBD per day for a grown-up weighing 150 pounds! This is much more than the regular day-to-day dose of laid-back CBD oil individuals.
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- Nor will every medicine in the classifications included on this list will certainly create an interaction.
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Also, 14 states have enacted CBD-explicit medical laws. And, according to Armentano, all cannabis products, including marijuana and medical CBD, are illegal in Idaho, South Dakota, and Nebraska.
CBD is just one of lots of compounds, known as cannabinoids, in the marijuana plant. Researchers have actually been looking at the possible therapeutic uses of CBD. I have Parkinson's illness, and also wish to make use of CBD oil however I don't understand if it will certainly interfere with my medication. I take Adcal, Ferrous fumarate, Levothyroxine sodium 25 micrograms, Levothyroxine salt 50 micrograms, and also Madopar.
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One important note is that CBD is not psychoactive which means that it does not get someone high. Boosting energy levels in the human body is one of the many benefits of CBD oil. However, this can also mean that the body simply lacks enough energy to kick start it. In such a case, CBD oil can act as an energy booster.


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Students of SRM University created history, have won ITC’s flagship event - 'iTech 2016’ that is also popular by the name AR/VR Hackathon. The team comprised of four students namely Aditthya Ramakrishnan, Anshuman Pandey, Raghav Gupta and Rohan Pooniwala. The 30-hour hackathon event was held on July 16 and 17. The aim of the annual technology innovation & co-creation platform is to encourage entrepreneurship at its Bengaluru campus.
The contest was based on augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) for which more than 1700 teams had applied. Out of these only 45 teams were called for the final round and amongst them was the team from SRM that was declared the winner of the contest and was given a cash prize of Rs 3 lakhs by the MD and CEO of ITC Infotech, Ms. Sushma Rajagopalan.
The contest was judged by a panel of business leaders from ITC Infotech partners and clients including prominent names like Microsoft, KONE, PTC, BAT and SAP Labs.
The team from SRM University had developed a mixed reality smartphone app called ‘NOMI’ which stands for ‘Know Me!’. The aim of their application is to offer an enhanced shopping experience to consumers in stores as well as online shopping. The app with its immensely interactive environment will help consumers to pick the right product by providing all the details about the product. The technology used by the team for the app is Vuforia and Unity for the development and further integrated it efficiency with artificial intelligence and advanced machine learning capabilities.
The winning team members Anshuman and Aditthya are also founders of the Next Tech Lab which they started in January 2016. They have also done their internship from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, at the MIT Media Lab for one semester. Rohan and Raghav, the other two team members founded the Minsky (Artificial Intelligence) and Mixed reality groups at Next Tech Lab. The SRM VR app was also developed by them and it is now available on the Google Play store.
The event has opened various gates for all the four team members and they have also been approached by VCs and investors as the project they built is very viable for the market.


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At this point, everyone knows the drastic changes Covid-19 has brought into lives around the world. No one would believe that the year 2020 would turn out the way it did if they were told a year ago. Many local businesses went bankrupt unable to handle the financial stress the pandemic put them in. But things are not completely hopeless. Tides change like they always do. People are learning to adapt to living with the pandemic. One platform in particular had seen a surprising growth in this crisis. The E-commerce platform was the first to get out of the pandemic effect. Shopping online has become a norm in these last few years around the world. Even before the Pandemic, transactions worth Billions of dollars took place online. People find it very easy to shop online without actually going physically anywhere. Thus, increasing the sales of e-commerce on the whole. During the festivals, in particular, these sales are astounding. But the year 2020 is different. Looking at the changes it brought, everyone is curious to know how it would impact the sales during biggest festival on the planet, Christmas in e-commerce.
Christmas in Middle-East
In Middle-East, among other religious festivals, Christmas has huge sales in the month of December. Christmas sale starts on the 1st of December and ends on the 25th. To grab major deals on various products, people save money to buy during this period. Due to globalization, these sales have become common aspects to look for in countries across Middle-East. Many stores put astounding sales during the time of Christmas. Even though many countries in the Middle-East are well organized and were able to stand strong during the pandemic, online sales are still high. People trust top brands in regards to better service and great quality and through online they are immensely satisfied.
Top fashion brands which are actively serving people of across the Middle-East, constantly update their websites with the latest fashion trends and sales. These fashion websites consist latest fashion trends in categories like, shirts, trousers, pants, jackets, hoodies, sweatshirts and many other. Many stores even provide various models of facemasks. During Christmas, these stores provide many exotic collections for customers to discover and shop. With its amazing discounts and Christmas sales, online stores have become go-to places to shop for Christmas. These fashion stores often allow customers use coupons and discount vouchers to save money like Gap customers can avail discounts using Gap promo codes. When stores stay consistent with their service, introducing more deals and offers, constantly improving their user experience, and with fine shipping options, the Christmas sales are bound to skyrocket.
Better Gadgets, better Sale
Electronics play a major role in Christmas shopping. People wait for Christmas sales to buy gadgets at a better price. Electronic stores like which usually contain a great number of electronic devices in-store, introduce staggering deals for the Christmas season. Many exciting devices in Computers, Tablets, Phones, Cameras, Home entertainment, air conditioners, are sold at discounted prices during Christmas. These websites update their pages with improvements from time to time. Along with gadgets, these stores are introducing innovative delivery methods to satisfy customers. With Xcite promo codes, the amount of money people usually save on electronics is very high. These storeshavewell trained installers to assist customers with product installation. Xcite assures that services are safe and the installers, delivery people are well trained to take necessary precautions against Covid-19. The demand for electronics is always high during Christmas and when stores offer better deals and safety measures, customers are assured to have a great holiday spirit.
Online stores that act as one-stop to shop anything are always preferred. Stores like Jumia and Amazon have become household names to shop online for that reason. These store supplies numerous products infashion, health, beauty, gadgets, electronics, and many other products. With exclusive Jumia discount codes, customers save more money and during Christmas, retailer stores introduce many sales and offers to customers. With the pandemic being active, theyassuretheir customers that they take all necessary precautions and constantly assesses their measures in handling Covid-19 situation.
Ecommerce is not something born due to Covid-19. It has been functional for over a decade. Due to the pandemic, even those who prefer shopping in traditional ways are coerced to shop online that includes essentials to survive. When the amount of online sales increases, it leads to the growth of e-commerce. When these sales are increasing more rapidly, it is called exponential growth. This leads to the exponential growth of e-commerce. On important days like Christmas, these sales are pretty high. The whole world is working hard to eradicate Covid-19. Although the efforts are looking promising, it might take a while before everything goes back to the pre-Covid-19 phase. Somethings might’ve changed for good. It is necessary to learn to live with the crisis along finding ways to solve it. Festivals like Christmas are important not just in religious perspectives but to lift morale during times like these. Shopping for days like Christmas is necessary and finding better sales and saving more has become an indirect tradition which needs to be continued.


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9 Reasons Why Kerala Is The New 'Silicon Coast' For Startups
Bangalore: A startup needs a conductive atmosphere to boost and nurture ideas. Understanding this and the potential India has in entrepreneurship especially in telecom sector, The NSTEDB (National Science and Technology Entrepreneurship Development Board) , DST (Department of Science and Technology), Technopark and MobME Wireless joined hands to set up the country’s first public private partnership telecom business incubator at Kinfra Park in Kalamassery in May this year.
Called Startup Village, it focuses primarily on student startups from college campuses and is modeled on technology incubators in the Silicon Valley. It aims to incubate 1,000 product startups over 10 years and start the search for a billion dollar company from a college campus by turn of this decade. The campus has full 4G network, advanced telecom labs and also provides all services including legal, intellectual property, accounting, full furnished office space, video conference rooms and virtual office services that are required for a student to start a company even while in college.
The initiative aims to create a platform for the next generation entrepreneurs to create enterprises and be job creators than job seekers. The geographical positioning and the entrepreneurial air have earned it an alias ‘Silicon Coast’. Let us see how ‘Silicon Coast’ is drawing attention of entrepreneurs and how far it has come in its mission in just 7 months of its inception:
9. Canada Impressed by Startup Village
The Canadian government had said that it is keen to enter into collaborations with Startup Village.


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Black Friday sales at Tesco put 'pressure' on police
A senior police officer said he is "disappointed" the force had to use its limited resources to deal with clashes at Tesco caused by Black Friday sales.
South Wales Police Deputy Chief Constable Matt Jukes said officers will speak to supermarket managers to try to stop it happening again.
Officers were called to four stores in Cardiff, Bridgend and Merthyr Tydfil.
DCC Jukes said he is "disappointed that these stores did not have sufficient security staff to manage events".
Staff called for help at the Tesco Extra store in Gabalfa, Cardiff, concerned about the number of people who had turned up for the sale events.
Some shoppers tweeted there had been fights, but police said any incidents had dispersed before they arrived.
No arrests were made.
DCC Jukes added: "Police resources are already stretched in the early hours of the morning and the events that took place put even more pressure on our service to the whole community."
All calls came in just after midnight when stores opened. Officers were needed for crowd control.
Customers at the Gabalfa store began queuing at 18:00 GMT on Thursday to enter the supermarket at midnight.
One customer, John Swan, got there at 23:00 GMT and left empty handed 90 minutes later.
He said: "I was shocked to be honest, me and my partner have never been before so we went to have a look. It was chaotic.
"The manager said a couple of minutes before the deadline 'no-one is to shove or to push and anyone pushing or shoving will be ejected from the store'.
"He was totally ignored."
A Tesco spokesman said it contacted police about the Cardiff store "in the interests of customer safety".
"We're grateful to the police for their support and the store is now trading normally," they added.
Black Friday has become known for altercations and arguments between shoppers as they fight to lay claim to items on sale in the weeks before Christmas.
The events have been adopted in the UK following the traditional sales in the US following the Thanksgiving Day holiday.


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Omnichannel retailers, fresh from the challenges of 2018, have understandable concerns about their high-street futures. Yet for all the weekly headlines that reinforce market pessimism, the outlook may not be as bleak as they may think – in fact, omnichannel companies are best placed to weather any distant storms. They just need to pick the right battles.
The high street is still high value
In summer 2018, a pair of high-profile reports countered the doom and gloom regularly portrayed in the media, instead pointing to a more positive outlook for the high street.
The most prominent of these came from the Office for National Statistics, which discovered that four in every five pounds spent in retail was in physical, high-street stores – a figure far higher than many pessimistic commentators would have predicted. That said, this negative outlook was reinforced by how newspapers chose to present the statistic with a more damning tone: that one in every five pounds was spent online.
Alongside the ONS release was another from Salesforce, which claimed that the “brick-and-mortar store is far from passé”. Its survey of 6,000 consumers and 500 million digital transactions discovered that 46% of shoppers still prefer to buy via physical stores, compared to 35% through laptops and 18% with mobile devices.
While the landscape continues to evolve away from the age-old standard of high-street shopping, the general public still prefers to shop there. But this shift in channels will continue unless omnichannel businesses learn from their pure-play ecommerce rivals, as it’s online where they attract the custom they need to survive.
It all starts online
While Salesforce statistics provided some hope, a deeper delve into its findings proved otherwise. The act of purchasing retail goods may still favour tangible shopping experiences, yet the process of searching for products overwhelmingly begins online: 87% of shoppers in 2018 started investigations on digital channels, up from 71% in 2017.
These findings should send a clear signal to omnichannel retailers: they must compete with pure-play companies to win new consumers before they can convert them into loyal customers. If they do this, the rewards they’ll reap will far outstrip the ones gained by internet adversaries.
Omnichannel customers are more valuable than any other. According to a Business Insider Intelligence report from 2017, they spend an average of 4% more every time they’re in a bricks-and-mortar store, as well as 10% more online, compared to those who interact with a brand on just one channel. Newer data shows even greater value.
In 2018, Criteo combined online and offline global sales data from retailers and concluded that omnichannel shoppers accounted for 7% of all customers, but a four-times-greater share of sales (27%). By contrast, online-only shoppers represented just 24% of sales, despite accounting for 44% of custom. Offline-only consumers took an equal share of customers and sales (49%) – something that omnichannel retailers’ high-street stores continue to benefit from.
The odds are stacked in omnichannel’s favour. All these businesses need to do is adapt the formula to counteract the ongoing decline of the high street.
Omnichannel v pure play: Who does it best?
In our 2019 Retail Experience Score (RES) 100, we were disappointed to find the average standard delivery among 100 omnichannel retailers was 4.4 days and came in at a cost of £3.55. With a common conception being that online-only retailers offer far superior service levels, we analysed 30 serious pure-play companies to see how they fared in the two core services all businesses must provide: standard delivery and returns.
Despite research from Pitney Bowes underlining that 82% of UK shoppers prefer free shipping to fast, paid-for shipping, we found that pure-play average standard delivery time was only a slightly quicker 3.9 days, and at a marginally lower average cost of £2.98.
Clearly, retailers from all backgrounds are guilty of ignoring the demands of customers; just 10% of our selected 100 omnichannel retailers offer standard delivery for free, while just short of a quarter of our pure-plays (23%) provide this.
Meanwhile, only 53% of pure-play retailers analysed offer a free postal, courier or drop off returns method compared to 59% of omnichannel retailers. A massive 84% of omnichannel retailers already allow free returns to stores, providing them with an additional opportunity to upsell, while pure-play retailers take a hit with every return.
With these cost-free, flexible options, omnichannel retailers are far more attractive to the two-thirds of consumers (67%) that eMarketer research found to check returns policies online before purchasing. Yet the average time taken to refund customers in both the RES 100 and the online-only group averaged 13 days, despite further eMarketer findings showing that customers are 70% more likely to shop with a store if they receive a refund within 24 hours.
Give them everything you’ve got
Given the additional potential value of omnichannel shoppers, these businesses shouldn’t just match pure-play companies – they should beat them by harnessing their own strengths:
- They’re regularly larger, so can negotiate better shipping deals with logistics companies to deliver the free shipping that people want.
- Accurate stock checks can allow for faster ship-from-store models and lower both picking and packing costs by harnessing existing store staff.
- Click and collect is nearing ubiquity among the high street’s top 100 stores due to high demand – something that pure-play businesses cannot quite match, even with third-party C&C providers.
- Omnichannel businesses have the ability to upsell if goods are returned in store. As we found in our 2018 State of Omnichannel Report, businesses may lose an average of 23% of sales to returns, but have the ability to recoup an average of 18% of the total order via upsells if purchases are returned to a physical location.
If omnichannel retailers had already decided to provide free delivery, instant returns and accurate in-store stock check, they would have enticed more customers into making initial purchases with them, giving these brands the opportunity to introduce the wider benefits of their business models. Yet instead, by just trying to keep pace with what the average businesses offers, they have lost ground to pure-play ecommerce competitors.
Providing these levels of service may be considered a risk by many omnichannel retailers, but it’s not as problematic as not meeting customers’ expectations. By prioritising online sales and showing competitiveness to buyers in the research stage, they can reap the additional sales that omnichannel customers make both online and in-store, and begin to take back lost market share from pure-play competitors.
This article features in SHIFT's State of Retail Report 2019.


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The long weekend is here and that means a lot to read: or at least I like to do that. Here are some amazing stories about San Francisco, Rajat Gupta, Argentina in the 1970s, Buffalo, razors, Philip Dick, Facebook, Brooklyn and cars.
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The New Yorker’s new Strongbox feature claims to be an online safebox for whistleblowers to submit documents safely and anonymously. The system, based on open source DeadDrop software developed by the late Aaron Swartz, has invited comparisons to Wik…
The insomnia plague, the 1,000 mile Yukon Quest dog sled race, Lululemon fans, 3D-printed meat, rise of the well-dressed man, the new new social science, and why do we laugh when people fall — those are stories in the mix for this weekend.
The USPS could be considering a proposal to sell magazine subscriptions to consumers direct through its website and stores, in an attempt to keep consumers checking their mailboxes for the latest print content, which remain highlights of people’s mail moments.
A few weeks ago, I met a really interesting business owner. He has built a company that does more than marketing communications. They also do packaging and point-of-purchase and sales. A full-on marketing firm that also does something pretty fascinating: Performance-based pricing. Of course, I was a little skeptical (and very curious) to hear this. [...]
It’s like getting dumped on the day of your big promotion. That’s how Flipboard must have felt after two prominent magazines said they were leaving just hours after the popular news aggregator announced a groundbreaking partnership with the New York Times.
Parent company Conde Nast may still think the web is not that important, but The New Yorker does.
The 87-year-old magazine decided to make a “big investment” in its website six to eight months ago, Nicholas Thompson, editor of newyorker.com, s…
In short: we don’t know.
But… we are learning. Most recently, Jonah Lehrer released his latest book, Imagine – How Creativity Works. The book has become a massive bestseller and, just this week, it was announced that Lehrer is leaving his regular po…
"I keep having my ideas ripped off!"
I grew up being friends with a very successful individual. The problem was that this individual could have been much more successful (especially if you asked them). If you sat down with this individual an…
I love The New Yorker. It’s one of maybe five magazines I still subscribe to the print edition. I love when it arrives because it means a good two hours of solitude while I absorb every article in the month’s edition. But I’m mad at them right now. They ran a movie review of “The [...]


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NEW YORK: Porter Novelli has hired former Chobani experiential marketing director Ted Sabarese as regional creative director for North America, a newly created role at the firm.
Sabarese stepped into the position last month and reports to Megan King, global director of PN Creative. Based in New York, he leads the North America creative team, which includes 24 staffers across the country.
He is tasked with delivering content strategy, development and production, brand identity and expression, advertising, experiential marketing, and design.
"Porter CEO Karen van Bergen asked me to win a Cannes Lion, so no pressure," said Sabarese. "My main objective is to help push our clients to understand that if we do just a little bit more, and think about PR in a slightly different way, there is a huge opportunity for them to create content that is more shareable and engaging and performs even better for them."
To do this, he will be building a creative team across North America, and he said he is specifically looking to bring in more writers and art directors.
"What we are seeing more of from clients is they desire these big, fresh ideas," Brad MacAfee, president, North America, told PRWeek when asked why Sabarese’s role was created. "More clients want to engage with consumers and stakeholders in meaningful ways that get a conversation going, gain engagement, and elevate the brand."
Prior to Porter, Sabarese served as director of experiential marketing and digital creative director at Chobani. He joined the yogurt brand in February 2013 and departed last June. The company has not hired a replacement for his role, Sabarese said.
"There was a shift in priorities from marketing back to manufacturing at Chobani, so a lot of our marketing budgets were cut to zero," he explained. "I left that role because there was not a whole lot of work left to be done; the budgets were slashed on projects I was working on."
Before that, Sabarese owned a photography company for nearly eight years, according to his LinkedIn profile.
Along with Sabarese, Porter recently hired Adam Scholder as an SVP based in Chicago, where he is responsible for the growth of that office’s client roster. He reports to MacAfee. Scholder joined the firm from Olson Engage where he was SVP and GM.
Christine Cea, former senior director of marketing communications at Unilever, also rejoined Porter as global consumer practice leader earlier this year.
The new hires come on the heels of several internal changes at the firm since December. The agency recently promoted Fred Shank to EVP and head of West Coast consumer, based in Seattle, and Erin Osher to EVP, deputy MD of the New York office. In Atlanta, Porter appointed Melissa Taylor as deputy MD.
Porter is owned by Omnicom Group, which reported that its PR revenue jumped 8.5% organically in the fourth quarter of last year, compared with Q4 2013, to $368.1 million. For full-year 2014, Omnicom’s PR group saw 4.1% organic growth to nearly $1.4 billion.
Van Bergen did not provide Porter’s specific financial performance numbers, but cited momentum going into 2015.
"Porter Novelli saw more big wins in Q4, including T-Mobile and Dow Corning, contributing to our strong performance this quarter," she told PRWeek via email last week. "We rounded out the year with an influx in new business opportunities."


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TOKYO (CBS.MW) -- Softbank is negotiating with U.S. investment fund Ripplewood Holdings to buy a stake in Japan Telecom, the Japanese Internet investor said Tuesday.
Ripplewood and Softbank
Softbank acknowledged in a statement it is considering the deal, but said no concrete details have been decided. A Ripplewood spokesman reached by email said the company had no comment.
The sale of Japan Telecom might be made through other means, such as a purchase via a holding company or business integration, the Nikkei report said.
Ripplewood acquired Japan Telecom from the UK's Vodafone Group
Acquiring Japan Telecom would enable Softbank to expand the customer base for its ADSL (asymmetric digital subscriber line) service to include businesses. Softbank's ADSL service has around 4 million subscribers, mostly individuals.
Japan Telecom sought a merger with KDDI's
As demand for fixed-line services continues to decline, Japan Telecom is finding it increasingly difficult to compete against industry leader Nippon Telegraph and Telephone


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The early childhood field is proud to be a profession that reads!
Today is World Book Day, and according to an article by Lucy Handley on the CNBC website, the preference for physical books still outpaces interest in e-books. The author writes:
“While digital media has disrupted other industries such as news publishing and the music business, people still love to own physical books, according to Meryl Halls, managing director of the Booksellers' Association in the U.K. ‘I think the e-book bubble has burst somewhat, sales are flattening off, I think the physical object is very appealing. Publishers are producing incredibly gorgeous books, so the cover designs are often gorgeous, they're beautiful objects,’ she told CNBC.” Handley explains that according to the Association of American Publishers’ 2019 annual report, print book revenue in the U.S. during 2019 was $22.6 billion, while revenue from e-books was $2.04 billion.
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So refreshing to read this article. I have felt in the past few years that I was definitely "old school" because I prefer to actually have a book in hand. There is nothing to me like the comforting smell of the paper, the beautiful cover designs and just being able to physically manipulate the pages. At my age, I still collect children's books and have quite a collection, even after giving my children their books from their childhoods. Glad to know I am not the only person who feels this way. Thank you!


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Despite the fact that General Motors has killed the Saturn Vue 2-Mode Hybrid, the Environmental Protection Agency still released its fuel economy numbers: 27 miles per gallon in the city, 30 mpg on the highway, and 28 mpg combined.
During a recent 10K training run, my buddy Jim, who prefers his cars to come from Germany, his wine from France, and his running shoes from Japan, still was incredulous as he recounted driving a V-6-powered Saturn Aura rental in San Francisco. "Joe," he said,
The 2008 Saturn Vue hasn't even gone on sale yet, and already two new models are being unveiled. Each of them represents an opposite extreme, just as its predecessor did. The Vue Red Line sits at the fun end of the spectrum, using a 250-horsepower version of t
Significance: Other than the fact that the outgoing model looks like a middle school science project? This good-looking ute will soon be available as a mild or two-mode hybrid, with promises that a plug-in version is in the works. On the other end of the spect


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The interactive TV service Open went live last week, playing down
the absence of a ratecard for advertisers.
The service, which is available to all BSkyB’s digital and satellite TV
subscribers, has signed up a number of retailers, including Woolworths,
WH Smith, Dixons, Carphone Warehouse, Domino’s Pizza and Going
They all rent a bandwidth, likened to renting a shop-floor space in a
mall, which provides a basic revenue stream for Open.
But Open will also take a commission - said to be between 5 and 10 per
cent - on every transaction conducted over the service, so providing a
second source of revenue.
Open’s third revenue stream is selling banner ads and interactive ads on
the various bandwidths. It has been criticised by a handful of
advertisers for failing to issue a ratecard, a decision that has led to
some confusion over the price of advertising on the service.
But sources inside the company pointed out that it was very early in the
service’s development, and that it was natural for Open to concentrate
on signing up retailers before it started pricing ads.
Matt Blackborne, executive media director at Starcom, understood the
delay in pricing ads. ’What is integral at the moment is which companies
are selling their goods and services on the site, and how many people
are using it, how often. The ratecard will depend on such factors.’
HSBC confirmed that 60,000 people have already used its service on
Viewers have been registering for loans and mortgage applications well
before the service was officially launched last week.
Open’s preview has been available in digital homes since the start of
August, and over 50 per cent of HSBC’s audience had already visited Open
before marketing went ahead in September.


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The price of Google’s newly announced Nexus 7 Android 4.1 Jelly Bean tablet might sound like an absolute bargain wherever you are in the world, but for those planning on picking one up outside of the US, you need to remember your deal is only half as sweet as those buying one Stateside.
As the team at AndroidCentral point out, Google’s US Play store (below) offers a choice of six content types, but a quick delve into the Google Help pages reveals in places such as the UK however; TV shows, music and magazines don’t feature at all. This is an issue that affects every country where the Nexus 7 is set to go on sale outside the US and it’s not a problem you can fix by buying and shipping a US-based Nexus 7 either.
Due to content licensing on an international basis, Google may be able to bring the omitted content to other countries over time, for the moment, there’s no quick fix.
We’ve contacted Google to find out when this might be and we’ll update you with any more information.
This might not pose as a deal breaker for those simply looking for a low cost, quality Android tablet, but for some, losing out on key services from the creators of the tablet itself could leave a bitter taste in people’s mouths. The Nexus 7 is set to launch around the end of July with prices in the UK starting from £159.


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Consumers are increasingly opting for contactless environments and choosing not to keep physical money on hand. To cater to this demand, the gaming industry is shifting to deliver an alternative, cashless experience that many guests now prefer. Cashless gaming has the power to give patrons the freedom of digital ticketing and uninterrupted play while allowing casino operations to tap a more cost-effective, secure payment method on the floor.
With the help of Global Payments Gaming Solutions, Downstream Casino Resort (Quapaw, Okla.) has successfully enabled the use of VIP Mobility, the industry’s first mobile solution enabling true cashless casino gaming, on its casino floor.
Traditional forms of wagering and betting leave casino operators and their patrons with an inconvenient, expensive and insecure experience. However, VIP Mobility transforms casino gaming to provide a seamless and secure player experience from funding through cash-out. Patrons can quickly create digital TITO tickets on their mobile devices, easily pair their device to any slot or table game by scanning a QR code and reload funds right from their phone. Once playing is complete, guests can immediately retrieve funds, ensuring play is never interrupted to get cash.
“Consumers are choosing to go cashless in virtually every aspect of their daily lives, so funding play on the casino floor should not be any different,” said Christopher Justice, president of Global Payments Gaming Solutions. “With VIP Mobility, Downstream Casino Resort is equipped with the tools needed to cater to consumer demand while ensuring patrons enjoy convenient and flexible gaming options to boost their experience.”


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A Silicon Valley fairy tale-- Apple at 30
Apple Computer Inc. turns 30 on April Fool's Day.
It was three decades ago when a pair of prank-loving college dropouts, who also shared an interest in electronics, created computer circuit boards in a Cupertino garage, named the product Apple I and sold it to a local computer store.
To get the fledgling business off the ground, Steve Jobs, the entrepreneur, sold his Volkswagen van, while Steve Wozniak, the engineer, peddled his prized Hewlett-Packard calculator to raise money for their operation.
Since then, Apple has had wild successes as well as utter failures. But there is little doubt about the far-reaching impact the company has had in many areas. Apple popularized the graphical user interface, bringing the mouse along with it. The company also championed desktop publishing. Most recently, it revolutionized the digital entertainment world with its combination of the iPod music player, iTunes software and online iTunes Music Store.
Steve Wozniak says he never intended to change the world. That was the other Steve, Steve Jobs.
He just wanted to build computers. Oh, and he really -- really -- wanted to spend his career as a Hewlett-Packard engineer, a position he reluctantly left.
Life turned out very differently for the self-trained electrical engineer. In 1976, he and Jobs started Apple Computer, which would help launch the personal computer revolution. Observers say Apple would never be what it is today without either Steve -- Jobs, the tech evangelist and visionary, and Wozniak, whose technical genius created computers for the masses.
``I didn't want to start this company,'' said Wozniak, known in Silicon Valley simply as ``Woz.'' ``My goal wasn't to make a ton of money. It was to build good computers. I only started the company when I realized I could be an engineer forever.''