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If Mario, Sonic, and World Wrestling Entertainment all have their own kart-racing games, it was only a matter of time before the grumpy avian of Rovio’s Angry Birds franchise got their chance to race around the track.
Rovio announced today that it will release Angry Birds Go! worldwide Dec. 11. The developer did not specify which platforms it will debut on, but it is a mobile title, so Android and iOS versions are likely. It’s a free download and includes support for the Angry Birds Telepods toys.
The Hasbro-backed Telepods are physical toys that players can zap into certain games. Rovio first started using this technology with the recently released Angry Birds Star Wars II, and it’s continuing this with Go!
In addition to the game and interactive toys, Angry Birds Go! will also see a new lineup of products from Fashion UK and Lemoil, which will produce clothing, accessories, and footwear based on the new Angry Birds title. Rovio is also working with Tigerprint on greeting crads, BIP on novelty candies, Puma subsidiary Brandon on bags and luggage, and more.
“We are thrilled to see so much creativity around our Angry Birds property and can’t wait to welcome these companies onboard as we continue to delight our fans with innovative product lines,” Rovio senior vice president of global consumer products licensing Naz Cuevas said in a statement.
Rovio makes a lot of its cash from merchandise sales and deals, so it’s not a surprise that it is focusing on these aspects when announcing a new title.
The developer released a gameplay trailer that shows off a variety of vehicles, characters, and courses. The title is full 3D, which is a first for an Angry Birds game. Check it out below:
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Travel Restrictions imposed by the Singapore Government for Visitors from Daegu and Cheongdo to Singapore due to COVID-19 Outbreak
In view of the recent increase in the number of confirmed cases in Daegu city and Cheongdo country in Republic of Korea, the Singapore authorities imposed a travel ban on visitors entering Singapore from these affected region.
All new visitors with recent travel history from these affected region within the last 14 days will not be allowed to enter Singapore, or transit through Singapore.
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Facebook’s move to give developers more access to users’ content with a new API creates opportunities for brands, according to some senior ad execs. However they say the burden will be on marketers to create experiences people want to spend time with.
“Ultimately, this provides brand marketers and media companies many more tools to build engaging experiences for users,” Michael Lazerow, CEO of branded app developer Buddy Media, said in a statement.
Another app developer exec, LivingSocial.com CEO Tim O’Shaugnessy, echoed that sentiment but added this caveat for advertisers: “You need to create a compelling experience.”
He said, “If you can create an experience that people want to use, and you can get the user to say, ‘Yes you can go and access the contents of my stream,’ then advertisers can use Open Stream to reach potential customers.”
Of course Facebook has been open to developers like LivingSocial and Buddy Media, for some time. These firms have used the company’s existing APIs to build branded and ad-supported applications on Facebook. With the new API, called Open Stream, the social media giant is letting third parties provide its users with access to their feed information without having to log in. They can also control, aggregate and organize how that information is delivered.
“With the Facebook Open Stream API users will be able to use applications to read and interact with their stream,” a Facebook executive wrote on the site’s developer blog. “As a Facebook developer you’ll also be able to access the posts you’ve published into the stream and display them in your application, whether it’s on a mobile device, Web site or desktop.”
The shift puts considerable power in the hands of developers to change how users experience Facebook, which recently hit the 200 million member mark. Developers hailed the move as an opportunity to connect with Facebook users on their own turf — and for Facebook to steal back some thunder from Twitter, which has achieved impressive reach by letting its users access updates through third-party sites.
Indeed, the first developers expected to take advantage of the open stream are the handful that have thus far been dedicated to delivering Twitter feeds, such as Tweetdeck and TwitterFeed.
“People are already using these tools to check status updates of people on Twitter,” Chad Stoller, executive director of emerging platforms strategy at digital agency Organic, said. “Now they can do this with Facebook.”
Stoller characterized the move as further proof that status messaging had become a legitimate communication platform, and that Facebook needed to work at it if they hoped to remain the largest player in the space. “Facebook needs to keep up with Twitter, whether or not Twitter is a legitimate threat to Facebook,” he said.
Tinker.com, an ad-supported Twitter aggregator launched by Glam Media earlier this month, became one of the first to announce it would add a Facebook stream to its site.
Ryan Roslansky, SVP of products and programming at Glam, said the Facebook Open Stream API gave marketers a valuable chance to advertise safely against consumer-generated media.
“When used in a curated, contextual environment, OpenStream will give advertisers the ability to harness a large amount of valuable user-generated content in a brand safe environment,” he said.
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SWITZERLAND: Nestle "no comment" on Danone medical interest
Nestle is reportedly interested in Danone's medical nutrition arm
Speculation that Danone was planning to sell off its medical nutrition arm, Nutricia, started last month. However Danone told just-food it had "no comment to make".
The Nutricia brand has two main priorities: Improve the quality of life of frail people, either elderly or babies, through nutrient-fortified food or food substitutes and to raise awareness of the role of nutrition in the health of ageing people in order to reduce overall health spending.
A spokesperson for Nestle told just-food today: "as a matter of principle, we do not comment on market rumours".
Toward the end of last month Danone reported a fall in 2013 profits as a result of rising costs in countries such as the US and Russia and the recall of infant formula in China.
However at the CAGE conference in London this week, COO Emmanuel Faber indicated the firm had reassessed its strategy in the market and is gearing up to deliver growth through "three engines" in China - the relaunched Dumex brand, a soon-to-be launched premium Nutricia brand and e-commerce.
He added that by tweaking Danone's product offering in Chinese infant nutrition the group plans to extend its appeal and broaden its competitive set.
The launch of Danone's "ultra-premium" Nutricia offering, which would be rolled out this year, is a "more tactical" move that pits it against the likes of Nestle's Wyatt Nutrition business, Faber revealed.
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Swiss-based Tetra Pak Issues New Environmental Goals
Food packaging manufacturer Tetra Pak says it will develop packaging material based on 100 per cent renewable materials.
Tetra Pak, the Lausanne, Switzerland-based food processing and packaging company, this week published its biennial sustainability update. In the report, titled Mission Possible, company president and CEO Dennis Jönsson said that the company “will step up our efforts to reduce our environmental footprint along the value chain and to meet rising demand for safe and nutritious food.”
Tetra Pak says that it has been able to meet a goal of 13% absolute carbon reduction since 2005 and has pledged to cap carbon emissions at 2010 levels by the end of 2020. The company produces aseptic and other food and drink boxes and has seen an increase of recycled used cartons of more than 1 billion per year since 2002, it says.
Its new goal is to double the recycling rate by the end of the decade and to “develop packaging material based on 100 per cent renewable materials and increase the supply of FSC certified paper board used in its products to 100 per cent, with an interim target to achieve 50 per cent in 2012.”
“The world is changing faster than ever, and companies that want to compete and thrive must adapt to some of the key drivers shaping our industry, driving innovation and a step-change in sustainability,” said Jönsson.
Those drivers, according to a press release, are population growth; an increase in the number of people 60 and older; the economic rise of Brazil, Russia, India, China and other emerging countries; an expanding middle class; a resource crunch in water, forests and energy; globalization; urbanization; technological change; and stricter environmental legislation and taxes.
The company’s full plan is online at a special website, Tetra Pak Sustainability Update 2011. You can also download the Mission Possible report (pdf).


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With much publicity, the Department of Justice has launched a new broadside antitrust suit against Apple, an American company with a multitrillion-dollar market capitalization and an array of products that are widely used throughout the world—including by this author—to great acclaim. To read the government complaint is a dizzying experience because it is a real challenge to sort out the wheat from the chaff.
According to the DOJ, Apple stands invincible because it adopts a policy of excluding all market comers, who can gain admission only with Apple’s consent. This consent always comes with stiff fees, for Apple “demands up to 30 percent of the price of an app whose content, product, or service it did not create,” only to pile on yet another 30 percent in fees on customers at the back end of the production chain. Yet DOJ never asks why Apple does not use its supposedly inexhaustible market power to jack up prices even further. Are these customers the pawns of Apple, as the Department of Justice claims, or is the government’s general charge overinflated so long as Android is in play, highlighting both its own advances and insisting that it is easy to switch and transfer data to its open-source Linux platform?
Indeed, a quick look at market performance shows that Apple is far from invincible in today’s fluid high-tech market. Thus, in the first quarter of 2024, the S&P 500 has gone up about 10 percent, while the price of Apple’s shares has fallen from its closing high of $198 on December 14, 2023, to a close of $172 on March 22, 2024. Why, if Apple’s strong-arm business tactics have been so effective, has the company lagged?
One possible explanation is that Apple itself faces serious resistance in its core product market, so that even customers who do not abandon Apple may still take advantage of both systems. It is equally clear that Apple does not always get its way in litigation. Right now, Apple is subject to an injunction issued by the US Trade Commission against its importing pulse oximeters for its watches. The commission uses rules of exclusion that are remarkably similar to those which Apple relies on for its marketing programs: once there is a violation of a patent, an injunction is issued without any further ado—i.e., without using any form of a balancing test that treats damages as a permissible substitute-remedy under some public-interest test. Such squishy tests would undermine the intellectual-property rights of other market players, as my friend and colleague Professor Adam Mossoff has pointed out.
And just as Apple should not be bullied by the government to change its overall business model, so too should it not be able to use its political muscle to change established patent law to bulldoze smaller firms into sharing their intellectual property with Apple as the dominant player. If these foreign companies are forced to lose their property rights on account of some vague public-interest rationale, their incentive to innovate will be accordingly diminished with the reduced size of their revenue stream. Apple can always remove the injunction by paying the innovator its demanded licensing fees; and the high fees, if such they be, will offer incentives for a new entrant to lower prices by offering alternative goods.
Lesson 101 in patent law should always be that the exclusive right to market a patented technology in and of itself does not create a monopoly position. The exclusive right to market one device leaves it open to other parties to develop devices that use different means to achieve the same market end. Two exclusive patents thus have no more market power than one of two houses as against the other. Indeed, for small companies to negotiate these “public interest” agreements bereft of a map and compass will force them consistently to split the difference, too often based on the political clout of the respective parties. Thus the real risk lies in the so-called eBay v. MercExchange test that wrongly downplays injunctive relief on the domestic side—which creates an indefensible gap between two complementary systems of patent protection.
The same logic applies to the general complaint of the DOJ, which speaks in broad terms that are internally contradictory. On the one hand, the DOJ claims that it is somehow wrong that Apple executives strategized on how best to “get people hooked to the [Apple] ecosystem” in a fifteen-year campaign during which “Apple has built and sustained the most dominant smartphone platform and ecosystem in the United States by attracting third-party developers of all kinds to create apps that users could download on their smartphones through a digital storefront called the App Store.” Just where is the social danger in that activity in discharging a complex coordination strategy that leads to effective commercialization? And so much the better if “Apple charges as much as $1,599 for an iPhone and earns high margins on each one, more than double those of others in the industry.” There is scarcely a better description of a firm that has put together a program that allows it to earn larger profits for its shareholders on the one hand and offer better services for the customers who pay those higher willingly to get phones of operational superiority.
There is, moreover, a backhanded compliment in all this. The system of exclusives turns out to be highly efficient, precisely because it locks these customers into an all-Apple environment where these customers expect better products at lower prices, which is the sign of innovation, not stagnation. Yet, Apple knows that it can lose it all with a few wrong steps, which may well be why the competition has perhaps closed the gap. It would not be the first time that an antitrust suit will have been brought against a firm that has already crested, like IBM or Microsoft perhaps, so that the hapless task of defending the case diverts the talent of the firm into a defensive posture, such that the board culture shifts from innovation to compliance. What is true here is also true of Amazon, where the litany of supposedly anticompetitive practices, including price discovery and efficient delivery, are in fact the opposite.
Nor does the law support this general result, for the key precedent on the matter remains Verizon v. Trinko, in which the complaint was that Curtis Trinko, an AT&T customer, claimed he had received inferior services from Verizon, in breach of contract. But the contract breach was not an antitrust violation, which has to be established independently. Justice Scalia, speaking for a unanimous court, held that Verizon had a statutory duty to aid competitors by opening up its facilities to rivals, including a customer of AT&T. And why? Because “it is settled law that this [monopoly] offense requires, in addition to the possession of monopoly power in the relevant market, ‘the willful acquisition or maintenance of that power as distinguished from growth or development as a consequence of a superior product, business acumen, or historic accident.’ ” (United States v. Grinnell Corp., 1966).
Why this rule? Because, as with all forced business deals, the two parties stand toe-to-toe, such that the government must create some mechanism to determine price between them, a question for which there is no principled answer. The parties in Trinko had already met the challenge by their generalized agreement, and the use of an intrusive antitrust charge will always open a royal road to circumvention that will result in the unwise use of an ad hoc remedy. The antitrust law is not meant to tell firms how to conduct their business, especially those whose successes have allowed them a path to continued success. The global danger here is that the beneficiaries of this lawsuit will not be consumers of Apple products but their business competitors, most notably Google.
The hard question that remains is whether there are any bright spots in this complaint. It’s not clear. One credible claim, on which more study is needed, is whether Apple Wallet harms consumers by taking an undisclosed 15-cent fee, estimated at a total of $4 billion for 2024, on each transaction that a customer uses with any credit card found in the Apple Wallet, when it is exceedingly difficult for them to find alternative ways to use their credit cards. At this point, the banks could argue that the cards belong to the customers, so that Apple is not permitted to charge them anything for the card they already own. Against that point, there may well be some added efficiencies that the Wallet supplies; or perhaps a disclosure remedy that does not smack of ratemaking should be acceptable. Or it could be that Apple is using an expanded Wallet as an entering wedge into offering banking services, as exemplified in their partnership with Goldman Sachs in the creation of the Apple Card, which might be a procompetitive move. The crosscurrents need detailed analysis, which are going to be hard to perform unless DOJ backs away from its broader and more dubious claims.


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The Danish Minister of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, Mariann Fischer Boel, has launched a nationwide campaign to promote organic food products in Denmark.
A total of DKr5.0m (US$0.79m) will be invested in the campaign, which will be backed by the Danish agriculture council Landbrugsraadet, the Danish Consumers Council and the Danish Organic Food Association.
The campaign follows a rise in organic food sales, as reported by retail chain Coop Danmark. The retailer reported a 2.0% year-on-year rise in sales of organic foods for the first four months of 2003. Sales of organic foods currently account for 30% of food retail sales in Denmark, which is believed to be the highest consumer of organic products on a per capita basis, reported the Danish News Digest.


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‘I’m Going To Spend It Wisely’March 5, 2018 10:48am
A 37-year-old Chatham man has won big in this year’s “Roll Up the Rim to Win” contest at Tim Hortons.
Alan Hudson won a $5,000 CIBC prepaid card at the 41 Park Ave. E store.
The contest has 36-million prizes, including 50 2018 Honda Civic sedans, 500 Tim Hortons free coffees for a year, 100 $5,000 CIBC prepaid cards, 50,000 $50 Tim gift cards, and millions of latte, coffee, and food prizes.
Hudson says he’ll spend his winnings wisely but has no firm plans for the money.
“I come here two or three times a day and I usually win a coffee or donut or something and then this one popped up,” says Hudson.
Hudson says this is the biggest prize he’s won since he started playing the contest years ago.
“All I gotta say is it’s not rigged. It’s not rigged. Everybody believes it is but no,” he says.
The ‘Roll Up the Rim to Win’ contest runs until March 28, or while cup supplies last. Prizes may be claimed until April 20.


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Team Fortress 2 community earns $2 million through in-game market
Valve celebrates fourth year of Team Fortress 2 with improved features and an item submission system; reveals community item creators have made over $2 million.
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Last year Valve introduced microtransactions to its well-regarded online multiplayer shooter Team Fortress 2 via the Mann Co. in-game store, which lets gamers spend real-world cash on in-game items as well as design and sell their own creations.
One year since the introduction of Mann Co., Valve has revealed that Team Fortress 2 community creators have collectively earned $2 million from selling their in-game designs.
To celebrate, Valve has announced the first annual "Manniversary Update and Sale," which will see several new features added to the game.
The first is the introduction of Steam Workshop, an improved item submission system that will be fully integrated with the Steam community and will let community item-creators test, share, and track the status of their creations. According to Valve, the entire TF2 community will also be allowed to participate by browsing, rating, and offering feedback on all submitted items.
In addition, the update will include 30 new hats and cosmetic items, an item decal system, weeklong try-before-you-buy item tryouts, loadout presets, multiple miscellaneous item slots, improved game performance, and a new taunt.
Valve also revealed that "almost" everything in the Mann Co. in-game store will be on sale until Monday, October 17.


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Recently, the Chinese brand announced the launch date of its upcoming affordable smartphone, the C51. The Reakme C51 has already rolled out in the global market and now the smartphone is all set to debut in India on September 4. But that’s not it, along with the launch date there are plenty of other details which have been shared on the internet by Realme itself. Here are the five details of Realme C51 we know so far.
Realme C51 design
The Realme C51 will come with a familiar design with its predecessor, the C53, which was launched in India in July. However, the smartphone will launch in Blue and Black colours. It has a dual tone finish on the back, featuring glossy upper back with solid matte texture. In the glossy upper back, the cameras and flashlight are placed. The edges could be flat and the right panel of the smartphone will hold the power button and volume rockers.
Also read: Realme C51 could offer 33-watt fast charging under ₹10,000: Launch on September 4
Realme C51 display
Since the smartphone has launched in other regions, we can expect the same specifications for the Indian variant. The Realme C51 (Global Variant) features a 6.74-inch IPS LCD display with up to 90Hz refresh rate support. It comes with a resolution of 720 x 1600 pixels. One more interesting feature of the display is the mini capsule, which can be used to check data usage, step count, charging status, and notifications.
Realme C51 performance
The Global Variant is powered by Unisoc T612 processor coupled with up to 4GB RAM and 128GB storage. It has a 5000mAh battery with up to 33-watt fast charging support. Realme India has also confirmed the 33-watt SUPERVOOC fast charging in the Realme C51.
Realme C51 camera
Realme C51 has a dual camera setup which could carry a 50-megapixel primary camera and a 0.3-megapixel depth sensor. On the front, it might boast a 5-megapixel selfie camera.
Also read: Realme C51 reportedly cheaper than Realme C53: Check leaked specs and features
Realme C51 price and availability
The price of this budget smartphone is not out yet, but the words online have claimed that it is expected to launch at cheaper prices than its predecessor. The Realme C53 was launched in India at a starting price of ₹9,999. It will be available on Flipkart and Realme’s online store as well.


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'Vote Ya'll!': Make-up free Reese Witherspoon looks ready for election as she carries bag from Draper James line with political message
She recently admitted to promoting her line, 'all over the place.'
And Reese Witherspoon proved her statement true during a day out in LA on Thursday, where she was spotted carrying a bag from her Draper James line.
The 40-year-old beauty both appeared to be make-up free and looked fresh from a workout.
Advertise on-the-go! Reese Witherspoon, 40, enjoyed a day out in LA on Thursday, where she was spotted carrying a bag from her clothing and home goods line, Draper James
Reese was comfortable in A Fine Line grey T-shirt, tied in a know at her waist.
The mum-of-three then added a pair of black leggings and trainers.
Reese threw her blonde locks in a ponytail and accessorized with a pair of shades and her popular Vote Ya'll bag from her line.
Keeping up with fitness: The 40-year-old beauty both appeared to be make-up free and looked fresh from a workout
Work up a sweat while staying in style with Asics sneakers
Reese Witherspoon may have been blessed with great genes but she knows there's only one way to really keep in shape: through good old-fashioned exercise.
The blonde beauty laced up her preferred brand of sneakers, Asics, when she was spotted post-workout. She wore them with a tank top that was knotted at the waist, capri leggings and a Draper James tote bag.
Asics is one of our favorite sportswear brands and they happen to be one of Reese's as well. She'll never begin a workout without a pair!
It makes sense though because their designs are always super stylish and performance enhancing. Click right to Nordstrom now to get a similar pair to Reese's, or check out our edit below for more inspiration.
In May of last year, she launched her Draper James collection online, before the first store opened in Nashville that October.
And since it's debut, the Sweet Home Alabama star has been actively promoting her $ 17 million-invested line, both on social media and in her daily activities.
During an interview with Dolly Parton for the December issue of In Style, Reese discussed her lifestyle venture, which also has a second store in Dallas.
Retail beginnings: In May of last year, she launched her Draper James collection online, before the first store opened in Nashville that October
'It's a new chapter for me starting a business, going around passing the hat, and promoting it all over the place. It's a different experience, but I'm enjoying learning something new,' said the star.
'I've been acting for about 25 years, and I still love it, but I like the challenge of trying something else too.'
The owner of Pacific Standard Films drew attention to a point that many in Hollywood miss, the ability to relate to the rest of the world other than the bubble that is 'New York and Los Angeles.'
'I find there are a lot of people talking about New York and Los Angeles, but there's a whole world out there in between, and that's who I like to tell stories about and make products for – people who love the life they have and have a sense of style that's uniquely their own,' she noted.
'[I've been] promoting it all over the place!': During an interview with Dolly Parton for the December issue of In Style , Reese discussed her lifestyle venture, which also has a second store in Dallas
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Selena Gomez pulls off yet another amazing look on the red carpet while stepping out for the 2016 UNICEF Ball on Tuesday (January 12) in Beverly Hills, Calif.
The 23-year-old entertainer was radiant in her red dress at the event held at the Beverly Wilshire Four Seasons Hotel.
“So happy @louisvuitton and @nicolasghesquiere are partnering with @unicef -I’ve been an ambassador since I was 17, met Nicolas last year. SO grateful for the worlds to collide for a great cause,” Selena wrote on her Instagram account about the event.
FYI: Selena is wearing Louis Vuitton with Messika jewelry.
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In a major initiative, Wal-Mart will be mandating that its suppliers deliver cheap, green electronics by 2010. They have the clout to force such changes too. Thus, manufacturers of applicances, air conditioners, etc. will need to insure their products are Energy-Star and squeaky green if they want to sell to the behemoth that is Wal-Mart.
One day, Wal-Mart may even be selling EVs you can re-charge with wind turbines in their parking lots. Yes, they are thinking big. Huge, in fact.
But there’s more. From Ecogeek.
[Walmart] CEO Lee Scott says that we live in a world where we no longer have faith in the government to make positive changes. So Wal-Mart is making that change their responsibility.
It’s great that they’re working to be a more environmental company. But does this sound kinda scary to anyone else? Almost like we’re on the edge of being governed more by corporations than by government?
That’s precisely what’s happning. This is a tenet of Fourth Generation Warfare. As the state becomes hollowed out, private corporations will fill the void. This is an unavoidable process, so it behooves us to do our best to make them responsive to us. Seriously. (Even more so with the military counterparts to Wal-Mart like Blackwater, et al.)
So, on one hand, this is kinda scary. But on the other, it’s clear that huge corporations genuinely get it now about renewable energy and energy conservation. And may well force our governments to do the same.


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MSP Market Research: Solarwinds, 2112 Group Findings
The overall MSP (managed IT services provider) market remains healthy & growing across North America & Europe, Solarwinds MSP and The 2112 Group research findings reveal.
The overall MSP (managed IT services provider) market remains healthy and growing across North America and Europe, according to research findings from SolarWinds MSP and The 2112 Group.
Moreover, MSPs that successfully navigate key market challenges may further accelerate their businesses in multiple areas, the research suggests.
MSP Market Growth: Bottom Line
The research findings from The 2112 Group and SolarWinds MSP highlight continued strong performance and opportunities for MSPs in North America and Europe.
Still, ChannelE2E has noticed several emerging challenges in the market — for vendors and MSPs alike. For starters, the core RMM (remote monitoring and management) software market has matured in North America — meaning that most new sales are “rip and replace” engagements rather than organic MSP growth engagements, ChannelE2E believes.
Also, MSPs and their software suppliers remain prime targets for cyberattacks. Although the sector is strengthening its security practices, more steps are needed to ensure the MSP industry retains its credibility and avoids potential compliance regulations from the U.S. government and European Union, multiple pundits have warned.
by Joe Panettieri
> Read the entire article, MSP Market Research: Solarwinds, 2112 Group Findings, at channele2e.com.


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Thanks to Mitt Romney, we know that corporations are people. But should that also mean that a big business gets to file lawsuits anonymously under the name of “Company Doe”?
A coalition of consumer groups has asked a federal court to deny a company’s bid to do just that, in a case that involves a new public database of potentially harmful products maintained by the federal Consumer Product Safety Commission.
On Oct. 17, Company Doe filed a lawsuit against the product safety commission in the Federal District Court for the District of Maryland, according to the nonprofit advocacy group Public Citizen. The suit, Public Citizen says, seeks “to block the C.P.S.C. from posting on a publicly accessible database a consumer’s report of harm apparently caused by one of the company’s products.”


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Hemingway to Rep Englander in Minn.February 12, 2013
Bedding industry sales veteran Porter Hemingway has joined Englander Sleep Products to serve retailers in the state of Minnesota.
In his new post, Hemingway reports to Jeff Braun, sales manager of Englander Midwest, based in Chicago.
Before joining Englander, Olive Branch, Miss., Hemingway worked for five years as a sales rep for Richmond, Va.-based Symbol Mattress, where he served retailers in Minnesota and half of North and South Dakota. Before that he spent more than 26 years with Omaha Bedding, covering the states of Minnesota, northern Iowa, Wisconsin and the Dakotas.
Early in his career Hemingway also was a sales rep for the Spring Air, serving southeastern Minnesota and South Dakota.
“We’re very pleased to announce Porter’s appointment and to have the opportunity to tap his decades of bedding sales experience in the state of Minnesota,” said Englander CEO and President Kevin Toman.


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Bardstown/Nelson County Tourist & Convention Commission takes home a national Destiny Award from the U.S. Travel Association at its annual ESTO conference, winning the award for its new “Bourbon comes from Bardstown” campaign. Read More...
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Dan’s list of PR successes is too long to list here, but includes directing media relations for some of the world’s most beloved brands (Louisville Slugger, Maker’s Mark, Triumph Motorcycles) and implementing crisis management plans for Fortune 500 companies. Dan has extensive experience across a mind-boggling array of industries including tourism, distilled spirits, sporting goods, healthcare, utilities and cowboy boots. Dan is the recipient of the highest honor awarded in both PR (the Silver Anvil) and broadcasting (the Peabody Award). He is also a champion barbershop quartet singer who performed in the Oval Office, for President Reagan, in a sequinned jacket.


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Proving access to and use of trade secrets are core elements in a trade secrets misappropriation case. Recent rulings in a trade secrets action filed by Allergan against its competitor Revance Therapeutics (“Revance”) provide helpful guidance on what is sufficient to plead these elements. There, the court explained what facts are—and are not—sufficient to infer access to and use of trade secrets allegedly misappropriated. The court also explained how examining the similarity of design may help in this analysis. Finally, the court clarified that the ability to reverse engineer alone may not always preclude trade secret protection.
In an unprecedented PTAB decision involving Spectrum Solutions LLC (“Spectrum”) (Petitioner) and Longhorn Vaccines & Diagnostics (“Longhorn”) (Patent Owner), the Board found all five challenged patents invalid and imposed sanction against patent owner Longhorn for failure to meet the duty of candor and fair dealing. The board determined that Longhorn selectively disclosed testing results to support its claim construction and misled its technical expert with incomplete laboratory data, thereby failed to meet its duty of candor and fair dealing in its actions before the Board. The claims and substitute claims in all five patents asserted by Longhorn were unpatentable due to its sanctionable misconduct. Longhorn was also ordered to provide Spectrum compensatory expenses including attorney fees. On one hand, it is a reminder that duty of candor is a continuing obligation that cannot be ignored even during the IPR proceeding. On the other hand, it does raise the question whether the PTAB has the authority to invalidate a patent for misconduct.
Life Sciences is an area ripe for trade secrets misappropriation litigation. In recent news, Merz Pharmaceuticals, LLC filed a lawsuit under the North Carolina Uniform Trade Secrets Act alleging that its former director of federal accounts, Andrew Thomas, stole trade secrets relating to Merz’s flagship botulinum toxin drug Xeomin®. Those secrets purportedly…
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NAME: Pet Supplies Plus Rome.
ADDRESS: 107 Erie Blvd W., Rome.
WHAT'S NEW: This January, Rome pet parents will be lining up to celebrate the grand opening of Pet Supplies Plus, a national network of community pet retailers for food, equipment, toys and more. The new store hosted a grand opening this past weekend.
ABOUT THE BUSINESS: The store will offer area residents an easy-to-shop environment, offering a broad range of food from premium items to basic grocery products and a wide variety of pet toys, equipment, fish and critters. Additionally, it will carry an extensive variety of Made in the USA pet consumables, such as wet and dry food, treats, rawhide, chews and more, all at great prices and with a price-match guarantee.
The 7,000-square-foot store also will feature a self-service dog wash and a carry-out service to help neighbors carry heavy purchases.
Shoppers also can take advantage of the free Preferred Pet Club, which offers members the benefit of regular coupons and monthly specials, resulting in big savings.
OWNER: Pet Supplies Plus CEO Chris Rowland. “To be a central part of the happiness that goes along with owning a pet is a neat way to make a living,” Rowland said.
HOURS: 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday.
CONTACT: 315-334-7086 or visit www.petsuppliesplus.com.
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Hero Electric on Tuesday announced it has entered into a collaboration with Bengaluru-based EV charging start-up called Charzer in a partnership that seeks to establish 1 lakh charging stations across India. Its collaboration with Charzer will see 10,000 charging stations being established across 30 cities in the first year itself. This will also include chargers across Hero Electric dealerships. Electric two-wheeler maker Hero Electric has already crossed the 50,000 sales mark this fiscal to sell 50,331 units in the April to October 2021 period.
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LOS ANGELES — (01-21-22) (PR-JRL CHARTS) — BMS Factory has announced the launch of new brand CutePies and two new additions to the PowerBullet line, a bullet vibrator and the Teasing Tongue.
“BMS Factory is making big strokes in 2022 with the launch of their latest brand, CutiePies,” said a rep. “CutiePies offers the adult market a variety of lifelike TPE masturbators complete with their own passionate personas.”
All variations in the CutiePies lineup, the rep continued, “are designed by women and feature deep and tight vaginal and anal openings, textured chambers for enhanced pleasure and a bonus one-speed PowerBullet for external use.”
PowerBullet’s latest teaser, the Teasing Tongue, is described as “the latest two-in-one tongue-like device that offers value and power. The user can conveniently slip this toy onto their fingers and send tingling sensations to almost any part of the body — just remove the bullet from its tongue sleeve and enjoy targeted vibrations from the bullet alone.”
The Teasing Tongue offers nine functions, comes in both pink and purple, and offers a long runtime of up to one hour.
The newest PowerBullet vibrator is a 3.7 inch, battery-operated bullet with a platinum finish.
“Powered by one AAA battery, the user can achieve pinpoint pleasure with incremental speed,” the rep added. “Simplicity paired with an aesthetically pleasing look is a recipe for a home run in value for the adult market.”
For more information, visit BMSFactory.com.
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* Revenue growth steady in H2 vs. expected acceleration
* Analysts concerned at lack of “real guidance” for 2015
* 2017 profit goal raised following SafeNet acquisition (Recasts, adds analyst comments, details)
By Alexandre Boksenbaum-Granier
March 5 (Reuters) - Shares in SIM card maker Gemalto NV , hit last month by a report that U.S. and British spy services had stolen its SIM card encryption keys, fell again on Thursday following disappointing 2014 revenue growth figures.
The Franco-Dutch company reported a 5 percent annual revenue rise on a constant currency basis to 2.47 billion euros ($2.73 billion) against 2.38 billion euros a year earlier. The growth rate was similar to that in the first half, but analysts had factored in some acceleration and the shares dropped 3.7 percent to 69.53 euros in morning trading.
“Gemalto won’t be able to put more pressure on operating spending so topline growth needs to be there in the months/years to come for the roadmap not to be at risk,” said a Paris-based trader.
Analysts at ING said in a morning note they were also concerned that there was “no real guidance” for 2015.
The company raised its goal for 2017 profit from operations to exceed 660 million euros (about $731 million) from its previous target of over 600 million euros thanks to its acquisition of data protection specialist SafeNet.
Gemalto, a maker of smart chips for mobile phones, bank cards and biometric passports, said in August it would buy SafeNet to expand its customer base to major U.S. clients and closed the acquisition in January.
Gemalto said SafeNet would have contributed about 292 million euros to its 2014 revenue on a consolidated pro forma basis.
The firm also increased its cash dividend to 0.42 euros per share from 0.38 euros.
Gemalto’s full year profit from operations rose to 383 million euros from 348 million euros in 2013.
The company acknowledged last month that U.S. and British spies were likely to have hacked its technology in an attempt to steal codes that protect the privacy of mobile phone users.
Gemalto shares have risen from a 2014 low around 53 euros to 72 euros this week, but are still down from 2014 high of about 87 euros. ($1 = 0.9027 euros) (Additional reporting by Devika Krishna Kumar in Bengaluru and Andrew Callus in Paris; Editing by Vincent Baby)


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Dzawonewekha Dairy Farming from Linthipe in Dedza is now processing and packaging milk for sale courtesy of a Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources (Luanar) donation of a homonigiser machine and an artificial insemination kit.
In an interview, Luanar Capacity Building for Managing Climate Change in Malawi (Cabmacc) Programme advisory committee board chairperson Bright Kumwembe on Wednesday said Dzawonewekha dairy farmers have taken a significant step in efforts to boost their economic status.
“This group of farmers has shown commitment to expand their business through the sale of healthy homogenised milk but they were facing hitches because of lack of the necessary equipment; hence, our intervention,” he said.
Kumwembe said the funds for the project are part of the K5.5 billion the government of Norway gave to Malawi government to support rural-based small-scale dairy farmers through provision of necessary support systems.
“Local breeds give little milk but with this artificial insemination kit, they are now able to get semen from cattle that produce a lot of milk. Now they get 13 litres of milk per animal instead of four as was the case in the past,” he said.
Dzawonewekha cooperative chairperson Ignacio Mkakama said they are currently waiting for consent from the Malawi Bureau of Standards to start producing homogenised milk.
“MBS inspected this place and made recommendations. We worked on them through Cabmacc,” he said.
Luanar is implementing a research project titled Evaluating Feeding and Breeding Technologies for Optimal Dairy Productivity and Reduced Carbon Emissions Project in Linthipe and Mayani extension planning areas.


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Nestle USA’s highly entrepreneurial director of marketing, Daniela Simpson, and Woolworths Australia’s director of marketing, Andrew Hicks, have both joined the line-up of speakers for this year’s CMO Momentum conference.
Recently cited in the Harvard Business Review for ‘bringing the brand back’, Simpson has built her career around taking brands and building them into thriving businesses. An entrepreneurial minded leader with 12 years in consumer packaged goods, she’s currently leading a half-billion dollar portfolio of brands at Nestle.
She and her team are responsible for driving growth on the business, outpacing the category growth. Using that same type of entrepreneurial spirit, Simpson also built the US $100 million Skinny Cow chocolate business from the ground up, and was a key executive player in the recent sales of the Nestle Confections


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Bodycote, the metals coating business, yesterday warned that sales in the second half of the year would be about four per cent beneath the first half after its coatings business continued to struggle and the depreciating US currency took its toll.
John Hubbard, the chief executive, said: "The weak link has been our metallurgical coatings ... wet coatings has been weak and it's been weak now for two years. We had expected the second half would see us come to break even but it didn't and it's got worse."
He also said the weakening of the dollar would cut group profits by "a couple of hundred thousand pounds" since around 40 per cent of turnover comes from the US.
The alert sent shares in Bodycote down 14.6 per cent, or 24p, to close at 140p and left City analysts trimming their profit forecasts for this year and next.
The company's broker, Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein, cut its profit forecast for the current year by £5m to £32.5m. For the following year, it sliced £8m off its forecast to £36.5m. Bodycote said sales in its main heat treatment division, which makes up about 70 per cent of turnover, were about 6 per cent beneath the level seen in the first half.
It said wet coatings - where its coatings are used to improve corrosion resistance, appearance or wear and tear and which makes up about 10 per cent of turnover - was "problematic".
"It [wet coatings] is a highly fragmented business with low barriers to entry," said Mr Hubbard, adding: "Because it's so fragmented and the competition is so severe, the pricing tends to plummet very easily."Reuse content


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A teenager is fighting for life after a stabbing in Thornton Heath.
Retailers get cold weather boost
Published: 09 October 2012
Shoppers stocking up on coats, boots and
knitwear as the weather cooled in September helped retail sales return to
growth, a trade association said today.
Retail sales values were up 1.5% on a like-for-like basis last month, the British Retail Consortium (BRC) said, compared with a 0.4% drop in August.
The increase was driven by clothing and footwear sales, which saw its best growth since last Christmas, partly helped by the favourable weather, the BRC added.
However, ongoing challenges in the housing market contributed to sales of home accessories falling at their fastest rate for three years.
The retail sector has endured a tough year with the likes of clothing retailers JJB Sports and Peacocks, outdoor specialist Blacks Leisure, Clinton Cards and Game Group all going into administration.
The improvement in retail sales also comes as the rate of inflation continues to ease, falling from 5.2% to 2.5% in nearly a year and loosening the grip on consumer spending power.
Stephen Robertson, director-general of the BRC, which represents some 60% of retailers, said: "After a poor summer for sales, this is a return to growth rates we've come to regard as relatively acceptable in these relentlessly tough times. The improvement has come from the weather and a change in the mindset of some customers."
The survey should provide some hope for the wider economy's performance in the third quarter as the country struggles to emerge from the longest double-dip recession since the 1950s.
The BRC research echoes the latest CBI survey, which also revealed a bounceback in sales in September after the previous month's Olympic disappointment.
The last burst of sunshine at the start of September made for good sales of barbecue and picnic food like meat for grilling, quiches and ice-cream, the BRC said.
Shopping for convenience - such as prepared meals and bagged salads - was also a characteristic of the new season, the BRC added, either to accompany Paralympics TV viewing or to get organised for the back-to-school transition.
Baking became popular towards the end of the month, the trade association said, inspired by television programmes such as the Great British Bake-off.
The crisper weather later in the month also motivated a shift towards traditional autumn food, ready meals, canned soups, meat for stews, cereals, treats and alcohol.
Clothing started the month slowly when the sunshine, which had been largely absent during the summer, kept customers away from the shops.
But the cold end of the period, compared with warm weather at the same time last year, made for strong year-on-year growth in the last two weeks of September.
This was particularly evident in childrenswear, the BRC said, which reacted strongly to the cooler temperatures.
Howard Archer, chief UK and European economist at IHS Global Insight, said the survey would raise hopes that there was a bounce back in gross domestic product in the third quarter and that the economy is seeing underlying growth.
He said: "Given that consumer spending accounts for some 63% of GDP on the expenditure side, the role of the consumer is vital to growth prospects."
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Otto was a small, eight-month-old startup rigging semis with self-driving systems. Until last week — when it became a small, eight-month-old startup that Uber now owns.
The proprietary tech that Otto is building is now a key part of Uber’s plans for autonomous vehicles. Otto says it will keep operating independently, moving toward its mission of retrofitting trucks with self-driving tech.
To check out the technology and trucks ourselves, we visited the company’s headquarters in a converted warehouse in downtown San Francisco. Eric Berdinis, a product manager for Otto, walked us through the hardware and computing that turns hunks of metal into hunks of metal that can drive themselves down highways.
Later, we took a drive inside one of Otto’s six test vehicles on the freeway, but the company is not quite ready for live video from there yet (liabilities and all). Stay tuned for footage from inside the cab.
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Online poker may be in New York‘s future, or at least on the table. The good news comes via PlayNY, which is part of the same network as Online Poker Report.
PlayNY interviewed New York State Assemblyman J. Gary Pretlow, D-Mt. Vernon. Asked about online poker, he said:
“That’s in the mix. It’s not going to come right now. Sen. [Joe] Addabbo and I are talking about it. We’re looking more toward the [downstate] casino expansion first. And behind that would come online poker, because it’s associated with the casinos and it’s all part of the package that we’re working on.”
Lawmakers may be able to expedite the downstate retail casino expansion legislation and get the work done this year. That’s the best-case scenario, according to Pretlow, who serves as chairman of the Assembly’s Racing and Wagering Committee. Addabbo, D-Howard Beach, leads the Senate’s Standing Committee on Racing, Gaming and Wagering.
Both told PlayNY an online poker bill wouldn’t happen until after the retail casino expansion matter is settled.
Pretlow told PlayNY:
“[Online poker] definitely has to be legislation. Everything we do has to be legislation. And then we have to deal with the constitution that gambling in New York is illegal, as we say it is. So everything is illegal unless we say it is legal, and they have not said that online poker is legal yet.”
New York launched online sportsbooks
As of Saturday, the newest additions to the New York gambling market took their first bets. Four of nine New York online sportsbooks launched to what OPR sister site Legal Sports Report describes as great interest.
LSR quoted geolocation provider GeoComply’s Lindsay Slader, Managing Director – Gaming, who said opening weekend generated a “historically unprecedented” 17.2 million pings for:
Addabbo sent OPR a statement on Jan. 6 exuding similar excitement about Saturday’s launch of online sportsbooks licensed to operate in the state. He called the launch “great news for New York in terms of revenue, new funding for education, addiction programs and youth sports, as well as new jobs.”
The same video caused minor alarm as it appeared to show some online sports bets originating in Canada. This was simply a video artifact, however. The original video featured an animation showing the pins dropping into place. With the frames sped up for social media, pins caught mid-drop flashed on-screen somewhat north of their actual position.
Online poker also has a bad history in New York
“I got a lot of opposition. Anything gaming there’s opposition to it,” Pretlow said to PlayNY. “I have a lot of colleagues that have had really bad experiences with problem gamblers.”
Still, online poker is on the agenda, along with the discussions about accelerating licensing, he said.
“Whether it stays on the table I don’t know. But it’s on the table now and part of the conversation.”
Online casino may be on the NY agenda too
Pretlow told PlayNY that online casino gambling “similar to what New Jersey has” may be on the table this year, along with downstate retail casino expansion.
At least one online sportsbook operator is already planning ahead for potential iGaming in New York. Back on Nov. 3, Bill Hornbuckle, president and CEO of MGM Resorts International, told investors about his hopes for a New York online casino market. BetMGM, which is a joint venture between Hornbuckle’s company and Entain, is the national leader in the online casino vertical.
“For us, it’s an omnichannel play. It’s a brand play. And we’re going to have a huge presence there. And hopefully someday, we get to online, iCasino. But that’s something for well down the road.”
BetMGM Poker is already live in Michigan, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. The Wolverine State expected to launch multi-state online poker last year, but leaders of the Michigan Gaming Control Board (MGCB) noted that any such offering requires authorization from the participating states.
Down the road after the downstate retail casino matters are settled and online poker is legal in New York, perhaps the conversation could steer toward multi-state poker legislation.


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The HTC Vive is one of the best virtual reality headsets out there – or at least it was, until HTC announced the Vive Pro, a new headset that's lighter, more comfortable, and which offers 10 meter by 10 meter tracking and a new 2880 x 1600 resolution.
The new headset will have a Dual OLED display with a 615 dpi resolution – that's a 78% increase over the current HTC Vive's resolution. The headset will use dual microphones with noise cancellation to make communication easier.
It will enable you to use four Lighthouse sensors at the same time – and, if you've just purchased a complete Vive setup, it'll be available without the 2.0 sensors or controllers for a lower price.
The headset itself will be available by itself starting on April 5, 2018 for a whopping $799/£799, and a full kit will be coming later this year.
And, if a new headset wasn't enough, HTC Vive will finally go wireless thanks to the new Vive Wireless Adapter – a product we're just itching to get our hands on.
Cut to the chase
- What is it? An upgrade to HTC’s existing Vive headset
- When is it out? April 5, 2018
- What will it cost? $799/£799 (about AU$1,015) ... for just the headset
HTC Vive Pro release date
The HTC Vive Pro will be available by itself – without Lighthouse sensors and controllers – starting on April 5 2018. A complete package will be available later this year, with pricing to be announced at a later date.
The original HTC Vive headset was released on April 5 2016.
HTC Vive Pro first images
HTC Vive Pro controllers
We're already seeing new prototype controllers that might end up being the controllers that accompany the HTC Vive Pro.
The controllers were spotted at last year's Steam Dev Days, and feature a strap that attaches the controllers to your wrist, allowing you to completely let go of the grips in order to simulate 'dropping' a virtual object.
The exact specs of the new controllers are unconfirmed, but one report claims they contain a total of 21 sensors.
Without official confirmation from Valve we don't yet know if these controllers will be available for the current headset or an updated model, but current estimates suggest the new controllers will be available at some point in 2018.
More photos of the new Vive controllers! #SteamDevDays #Vive #VR pic.twitter.com/o99QHPZvvDOctober 12, 2016
HTC Vive Pro features
We don’t know too much about what features the new HTC Vive Pro might end up sporting down the road, but right out of the gate the headset will offer some useful upgrades.
The first and most major upgrade is the resolution. The HTC Vive Pro will support a resolution of 2880 x 1600, a 78% increase over the current-gen Vive.
To complement the enhanced visuals, HTC announced an audio strap, which adds some headphones to the headset's strap in a similar vein to what the Oculus Rift currently provides. Without the audio strap you're left to struggle to put on both the headset and headphones simultaneously, but with it the whole unit is left as one, and should therefore be much easier to put on and take off.
The other major distinction between the Vive and the Vive Pro is the second front-facing camera lens. We spoke at length to several developers about the additional camera, all of whom declined to comment on its purpose. They alluded to another announcement in the future, perhaps around the time pricing and availability is locked down.
What else could the HTC Vive Pro do?
Back in September we reported that Bulgarian company Quark VR was working alongside HTC to build a wireless prototype headset.
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A recent report suggested that the Vive's inconvenient Lighthouses are getting a re-design. The new Lighthouses will apparently make use of fewer moving parts, swapping out the dual-rotor laser sweeping system currently used in favor of a single rotor movement. This will reduce manufacturing costs, and make them less prone to breaking, too.
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NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Verizon Wireless unveiled the latest addition to its a successful line of Droid smart phones on Wednesday afternoon -- preempting Apple's eagerly anticipated iPhone 4 launch by a day.
The new Motorola (MOT, Fortune 500) Droid X, available exclusively on Verizon's network, will have all the bells and whistles: a 4.3-inch display, HDMI output, 720p high-definition video capture, an 8 megapixel camera, a 1 GHz processor and three microphones to help with noise cancellation and call quality.
The phone can also store an enormous stash of videos, photos and music. It comes with 8 gigabytes of installed memory plus an SD card featuring 16 GB of expandable memory, which can be upgraded to 40 GB. All of that comes in a phone less than half an inch thick.
The Droid X is scheduled for July 15 release, and will cost $200 with a new two-year contract. Following in AT&T's footsteps, Verizon (VZ, Fortune 500) said any customer with a contract expiring in 2010 is eligible for an early upgrade. (Want all the details? Check Fortune.com's live blog of the Droid launch.)
The Droid X is one of the first phones to take advantage of a cool new feature in Google's latest Android operating system update: The phone can become a Wi-Fi hotspot for up to five devices. That add-on will cost customers an extra $20 a month for up to 2 GB of data transmission. Each additional megabyte will cost 5 cents.
At the Droid X launch event in New York, Google Chief Executive Eric Schmidt praised the phone for its advanced capabilities -- and touted Verizon's network for allowing users to get the full experience of the Android OS.
"This is not a toy or an app engine," Schmidt said. In a not-so-subtle dig at AT&T, he added: "In today's mobile world ... you need an incredibly fast and scalable network, and it's got to have a real operating system."
The new Droid is part of Verizon's attempt to outflank chief rival AT&T (T, Fortune 500) -- the iPhone's exclusive carrier -- by taking advantage of the surging popularity of Google's (GOOG, Fortune 500) Android mobile operating system to create a distinctive smart phone brand within Verizon.
Android is a hot wave to ride. Phones running Google's mobile OS outsold iPhones in the first quarter, according to research group NPD. In the first three months of the year, 28% of U.S. smart phones sales were of Android phones, compared to 21% for Apple (AAPL, Fortune 500). BlackBerry maker Research in Motion (RIMM) continued to hold the lead, with 36% of overall sales.
Though the Android OS may not resonate with most mainstream consumers, Verizon's $100 million Droid marketing campaign has helped establish its Droids as serious iPhone competitors.
"What Verizon has tried to do is create a 'Droid' brand of their own and establish that brand as a stand-in for the iPhone," said Charles Golvin, an analyst with Forrester Research. "That has been pretty successful so far."
The Droid X will be Verizon's fourth "Droid"-branded, Android-based smart phone and the second new Droid in two months. Verizon's previous flagship device, the HTC Droid Incredible, went on sale in April.
The strategy is paying off: Verizon sold out of Droid Incredibles almost immediately, and the company said it won't have any in stock until mid-July.
Meanwhile the original, 7-month old Motorola Droid outpaced the first-generation iPhone's sales through its first 74 days in stores, according to research group Flurry. The Motorola Droid continues selling so well that its manufacturer recently said it is facing shortages in its supply chain.
Droids offer all of the smart phone basics, including a large multi-touch screen, an app store, a video camera and, of course, the ability to place calls. Like Android phones on other networks, Droids offer free GPS navigation, removable batteries, true multitasking, speech recognition software and frequent software updates.
But unlike other Android phones, which vary wildly in quality and price, Verizon has limited its Droid branding to phones that are truly top of the line. Not all make the cut: Verizon offers two non-"Droid" Android phones (the LG Ally and Motorola Devour).
And in a very anti-Apple approach, each Droid has a different set of features. Want a keyboard? Get a Motorola Droid. Want to watch video? Get a Droid X. Want a great camera? Try the HTC Droid Incredible. Like something a bit smaller? Get an HTC Droid Eris.
"Clearly, Verizon has been making great strides to bring only top-notch handsets into its Droid portfolio," said Andy Castonguay, director of mobile and access devices research at Yankee Group. "Verizon's strategy to have a variety of devices centered around one core experience makes sense."
Still, there's a risk to Verizon's approach. Each Droid runs a different user interface, some use a slightly different version of the Android operating system, and each has different apps available to it. And with new Droids launching at such a rapid pace, it can be difficult for customers to keep track.
With the iPhone, on the other hand, users know they'll have one update a year and a full, standardized universe of apps.
"It will take some time to see whether this is too much or too fast for Verizon," Golvin said. "But so far, Verizon has had success in saying Droid is the flagship brand that doesn't force you to use one set of features."
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Honda Motorcycle and Scooter India are considering the possibility to get the high capacity motorcycles in India through complete knocked down (CKD) route. The company currently sells the CB1000R, CBR1000RR, VFR1200F and the VT 1300CX via completely built unit (CBU) that now attract even higher import duties after the 2013-14 Union budget.
"In future there will be demand for big motorcycles. We are checking on it as they attract very high import duty on CBUs. Local assembly is one of the possibilities that we will look at in the next few years to reduce costs. Customer demand is just not increasing. The challenge will be on how to guarantee the same quality if we assemble and produce them locally as the 1000cc bike clocks speeds close to 300kph and has to go through several checkpoints. At present, the quality guarantee comes from our Japanese factory in Italy. These will not be easy to manage in our Indian factory. Here we can consistently try to maintain low cost in terms of assembly but quality-wise it is not so easy," said Keita Muramatsu, president and CEO, HMSI.
Indian Government recently increased the custom duty of imported motorcycles above 800cc by 15 per cent from 60 per cent to 75 percent. This made the already expensive imported motorcycle cost more. By setting up an assembly plant, Honda can drastically save on custom duties and can sell their motorcycle at a much lower price and also increase their sales.


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- As part of an expanding digital strategy, Ikea’s new web feature replicates the in-store shopping experiences for Russian customers, allowing them to design and personalize home layouts.
- Nearly 60% of Russians live in standardized apartment blocks with limited designs and floor plans.
- The web service, called Kvartiroteka—“selection of apartments” in Russian—first launched in June and has brought over 2.8 million visits to Ikea’s website.
- The service offers visitors a choice of 14 common apartment layouts designed in Ikea’s signature space-saving style with direct links to purchase the items shown.
- The new tool has directly caused a 17% jump in online sales.
In an attempt to battle aggressive online retailers, Ikea is often skipping the typical brick and mortar approach and opting instead for virtual shopping experiences.
The latest example: Ikea launched Kvartiroteka in its Russian market in June of 2019 and has since seen it bring over 2.8 million mostly-new visits to its site. The service allows visitors to choose from 14 common apartment layouts, all of which have received a virtual makeover and have been decorated in Ikea’s signature showroom style. Customers are able to shop the rooms by clicking on the items, furnishing their entire apartment from the comfort of their homes without getting lost in a single Ikea showroom maze. In total, the new feature has contributed to a 17% jump in sales.
With over 60% of Russians living in standard, Soviet-era apartment blocks that have a limited number of designs and floor plans, Ikea’s virtual makeover tool aims to inspire and help its customers make the most of their limited living space.
“Many people couldn’t believe that they could do anything good out of this standard typical planning,” said Pontus Erntell, head of Ikea’s Russia business to Bloomberg Businessweek. “The idea was to show that there can be lots of different things to do and to inspire people to do something to change their lives in their homes.”
Ikea’s push for digital dominance has been a global effort. Just last month, the retailer announced the launch of an e-commerce store in Pune, India ahead of its brick and mortar build-out. For North American consumers, the furniture giant recently made changes to its data collection practices, allowing users to control what information they collect and how they use it. The retailer also announced numerous digital supply chain automation features in its stores aimed at improving efficiency in its restaurants.
Although traditional stores account for almost 90% of Ikea sales worldwide, digital sales are drastically increasing. With its online-focused sales approach, Ikea has managed to grow its North American online sales by nearly 50%. Hoping for similar results in its Asian-Pacific market, the launch of Kvartiroteka has the retailer’s sales heading in the right direction.


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NEW YORK, Dec. 17, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Luke Entertainment, Inc. (Pink Sheets:LKEN) aka Greene Concepts is pleased to announce that its AccuBrite has sealed a deal with convenience giant, Rite-Aid, to have the company's 'FreeInk4Life' high quality inkjet refill kits distributed among the retailer's more than 4700 US stores in 32 states.
"We are confident this is a significant step for AccuBrite," states LKEN CEO, Lenny Greene. "All contracts have been finalized and the official roll-out date for product launch at Rite-Aid locations is slated firm for March 1, 2011. This is a strong nationwide presence and will combine nicely toward expanding our brand and product accessibility via other retail and online distribution such as our nationwide catalog partners, among others with which we are currently in discussion."
Rite Aid Corporation is one of the nation's leading drugstore chains with nearly 4,800 stores in 31 states and the District of Columbia, with a strong presence on both the East and West coasts, and 97,000 associates. Rite Aid is the largest drugstore chain on the East Coast and the third largest drugstore chain in the U.S. The company is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker RAD.
Go Green-Refill-Reuse-Recycle your inkjet and toner cartridges! Save the planet!
Luke Entertainment has officially changed its name to Greene Concepts, Inc. to better reflect its brand toward long-term growth. The name change effected with the New York Secretary of State on November 4th, 2010 and is under process for FINRA acknowledgment. Greene Concepts Inc is an ink technology Manufacturing and Distribution Company headquartered in Fresno CA. Chairman and Founder Lenny Greene has spent the past 30 years serving the printing needs of businesses and consumers. Greene Concepts intends to be the catalyst for the introduction of a number of innovative products and marketing strategies and to bring the world the best inks at the lowest prices so consumers and business can save time, save money, print more and print better.
Safe Harbor: This release may contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Statements contained in this release that are not historical facts may be deemed to be forward-looking statements. Investors are cautioned that forward-looking statements are inherently uncertain. Actual performance and results may differ materially from that projected or suggested herein due to certain risks and uncertainties including, without limitation, ability to obtain financing and regulatory and shareholder approvals for anticipated actions.
CONTACT: Luke Entertainment, Inc. 310-909-7988 LKEN@GERRARDHOLLISTER.COM


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Somewhere out there, a writer is coming up with an idea for the next great CBS summer series.
CBS doesn't know what it is yet, but Amazon already knows it'll be streaming the show.
Through an unusual deal announced on Thursday, Amazon snapped up the rights to CBS summer series in 2016, 2017 and 2018.
The first one is "BrainDead," a show that CBS announced back in July. It's about a woman who starts working on Capitol Hill and discovers that some of the congressmen are literally brain dead -- as in, they're zombie aliens. CBS calls it a "comic thriller."
"BrainDead" will premiere on the CBS network and Amazon Prime's streaming video service in the summer of 2016.
The other two shows covered by the Amazon licensing deal have yet to be announced. Maybe they haven't even been conceived yet.
Thursday's announcement is the continuation of a successful summertime business model for CBS.
Starting with "Under the Dome," CBS has been selling the streaming rights to its summer series in advance, well before the TV premieres. It introduces one such show each summer.
"Under the Dome" debuted in June 2013, but Amazon secured the rights in February of that year.
CBS has also been selling the international TV distribution rights to the shows ahead of time.
As a result, "Under the Dome," 2014's "Extant" and 2015's "Zoo" were pretty much guaranteed to make a profit while providing the network with fresh summer programming.
Amazon has had competition: Netflix scored the American rights to "Zoo" last year and acquired the international rights last month.
Thursday's Amazon deal, three years into the future, preempts Netflix from doing that again.
New episodes of the series come onto Amazon four days after they air on traditional TV.
"We're excited to continue to offer in-season availability of more great CBS summer series over the next three years," Amazon vice president of digital video content acquisition Brad Beale said in a statement.
The financial terms were not disclosed.
Thursday's deal also included an expansion of the two companies' existing licensing deal for older shows like "Medium" and "The Tudors."


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April was a boom month for the garden industry and whilst May has not continued at the same pace sales of plants and garden products have been strong when compared with many retail sectors.
Data from the HTA Garden Retail Monitor (GRM) reveals that garden centre sales in April were up 25% on April 2010, and year to date up 21%. The garden industry capitalised on the opportunities presented by a late Easter, an extra Bank Holiday weekend and good weather although many HTA members report sales slowed in May as cool, wet weather hit the UK. Figures published by the British Retail Consortium (BRC) show a distinct slowdown in May with total retail sales on the high street down by 0.3%.
Andrew Maxted, HTA Director of Marketing and Communications, comments, “With the continuing pressure on consumer spending, the trend to retreat to the garden and Grow Your Own coupled with favourable early season weather has lifted the industry this year. With Alan Titchmarsh’s new ITV show ‘Love Your Garden’ starting this week (Friday June 10th at 8pm) and high profile events such as Gardeners World Live and the Hampton Court Flower Show still to come, gardening is outperforming other retail sectors and we remain optimistic about the remainder of the season.”
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By Harshita Singh
NEW DELHI: Industry experts welcomed the union govt’s newly announced proposal to promote domestic manufacturing of mobile phones
, electronics, and semiconductor packaging on Saturday as announced in the Union Budget 2020.
Complete details of the scheme are yet to be released.
“The proposed incentives for manufacturing of mobile phones, electronic equipment and semiconductor packaging will be a big push toward establishing India as a global manufacturing hub, not only to serve local consumption, but to export world-wide given the cost benefits. This has the potential to create significant job opportunities and attract large investments in the electronic value chain, ” said Prashant Singhal, Emerging Markets TMT Leader, EY.
Singhal added that the increase in import duty of mobile phone components such as display panel, touch panel, microphone, receiver and printer-circuit- board to 10% from nil, will ensure further Indianization of products and increase intensity of production in India.
He asserted that the budget is in tandem with the National Electronic Policy
to achieve manufacturing of 1 billion indigenous mobile handsets and a revenue of US $400 billion by 2025 as it promotes domestic manufacturing in the value chain of ESDM (electronic system design and manufacturing).
Similarly, Vishal Malhotra, Tax Leader, Telecom practice, EY India said that incentives on mobile phone manufacturing will make a further push for developing India as a global hub for mobile phone manufacturing.
However industry body COAI drew a parallel between budget’s push for handset manufacturing and that of the telecom industry not receiving any relief in the form of rationalised tax rates and levies.
“However, while the Union Budget laid major emphasis on boosting domestic manufacturing of network products, mobile phones, electronic equipment, semiconductors and healthcare products and has allocated INR 27,300 crore for the development of industry and commerce by 2021, it is disappointing that there were no announcements made regarding the rationalisation of levies and taxes currently imposed on the severely distressed telecom sector and telecom infrastructure is not taken into consideration that is going to build out the country, “ it said.
“It is also disappointing to note that telecom was not given an infrastructure status even though a slew of crucial reforms has been announced on infrastructure. The telecom sector, which is the backbone of the country’s economy, did not receive significant support, ” the group added.
The government has set an ambitious target to increase smartphone
exports from the country to $110 billion by 2025 from $3 billion now and had restored the 2 percent additional duty incentive under the Merchandise Export from India Scheme (MEIS
) on mobile phone export on Thursday in line with its efforts for the same.


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Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF), the owner and marketer of ‘Amul’ brand of milk and milk products, reports an annual turnover of ₹ 20735 crore during the financial year 2014-15. This figure is 14.28% higher than that of the previous financial year. Value added products contributed to 35-40% of the revenue and the liquid milk contributes the rest. Though the milk price dropped by 20-25% during 2014-15, the annual growth rate during the last five years is around 23%. GCMMF reports ₹ 378.18 million profit after tax in 2014-15.
GCMMF is rated as the fastest growing dairy organization in the world. According to International Farm Comparison Network (IFCN), GCMMF has risen to 15th rank among the top dairy organizations of the world in 2014 from its twentieth position in 2012.
It is aiming to achieve ₹ 50000 crore in five years from now and plans to invest ₹ 5000 crore to set up 10 new dairy
plants outside Gujarat. It has also plans to modernise the plants to achieve a capacity of 320 lakh litres per day from the present 150 lakh litres per day. GCCMMF procures 13.18 million litres of milk per day from 3.23 million farmers through 17025 village co-operative dairy societies. The Annual turnover in 2005-2006 was ₹ 3774 crores and reached ₹ 18143 crore in 2013-14 and ₹ 20735 crore in 2014-15. The rate of growth of in 2014-15 was only 14.28% while it was 32.1% in the previous financial year. The drop in price of milk may be a reason for the low rate of growth in 2014-15.
To prevent the rural dairy farmers from the exploitation by middlemen, the co-operative movement in 1948 by Sardar Vallbhai Patel, Morarji Desai and Tribhuvandas Patel. It all started with just two dairy co-operative societies and 240 litres of milk and started growing with Thribhuvandas Patel and Dr V Kurien. Amul’s success led to instituting a National Dairy Development Policy and that led to the establishment of National Dairy Development Board (NDDB). The Government of India chose Dr V Kurien as the Chairman of NDDB in 1965 and the ‘Amul’ model was replicated in all the states of India. Twenty two state federations with 84 milk unions and 162186 dairy co-operative societies collect milk from 15.45 million farmers. Dr Kurien relinquished office in 1998 and Dr Amrutha Patil headed NDDB from 1998 to 2014. Sri. T Nandakumar is the present Chairman.


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I-PRAC attended the June Short Stay Meetup at The Fable in Holborn, London. This meetup was attended by 100+ property owners, managers and investors from across the world, and gave attendees an opportunity to hear the latest from the Short Term Accommodation Association (STAA) and receive an update on key news from the industry.
Short Stay Meetup 2019
Following the success of the inaugural Short Stay Show in March, the Short Stay Meetup was designed for owners, managers and investors – as well as influencers and specialists – to meet and discuss the latest from the short-term rental industry
The event was sponsored by some of the biggest names, including HomeAway, KeyCafe and TravelNest, and I-PRAC are proud to have also been a sponsor for the evening following our sponsorship of the Show in March.
The evening was full of updates, networking, nibbles, drinks and was a great success all round. We were also able to try our hand at some towel origami – perfect for those who are looking to step up their game when it comes to managing or hosting a property!
The event gave the team at I-PRAC a chance to meet and speak with a range of suppliers, prospects, friends and colleagues, as well as gain an interesting insight into what’s taking place in the industry.
Attendees were shown by organisers all of the growth and activity going on within the industry. This was reinforced further by STAA’s stat, which highlighted that £854 million was earned by households on Airbnb in 2018 alone, and over £3 billion was generated by hosts and guests renting those households.
An interesting update on the industry at local level also gave us a better understanding of the activity taking place in:
Discussions were centralised around local governments introducing measures to track the number of nights sold by an individual or host, plus the enforcement of business rates on those who rent short-term solutions for more than 140 nights per year – which is a cost that hosts now must consider.
Organisers of the event confirmed the March 2020 date of the Short Stay Show in London, of which I-PRAC is a very proud sponsor. For more information on this event, and to book your own stand, visit the Short Stay Show website.
To stay up to date on all the latest from the industry, as well as updates on our mission to stamp out holiday rental fraud, visit I-PRAC Media.


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THE first artist announcement for next year’s event will be unveiled on July 8.
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AFTER a no show in 2015, this American 90s superstar has said ‘sorry y’all’ to his Australian fans once again.
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THE five day Byron Bay music festival will offer an artist announcement before early bird tickets go on sale.
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THE process of contacting 2020 ticket holders to process refunds starts this week.
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THE festival has announced that it will unveil part of the 2021 line-up and release early-bird tickets in June.
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EARLY bird tickets to the 2021 festival will go on sale on next Wednesday, July 1.
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Telltale Announces New Games at San Diego Comic Con
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Telltale Games kicked off San Diego Comic Con by announcing three titles that are in the works. In a video post, the developer unveiled sequels to its popular The Walking Dead, The Wolf Among Us, and Batman franchises.
The game that is closest to release is Batman: The Enemy Within – The Telltale Series. The first episode of the five-part follow-up to 2016’s Batman: The Telltale Series will release Aug. 8 for PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC. It will also be available on Android and iOS devices later this year. A disc-based retail version that includes download access to all episodes when they release will be released in October.
Voice actors Troy Baker and Anthony Igruber will return to their roles as Bruce Wayne and “John Doe” (aka The Joker), but Telltale says the game will be a standalone title rather than a straight sequel.
Telltale is also working on a fourth and final season of its The Walking Dead game. Tentatively titled The Walking Dead: The Telltale Series – The Final Season, this season will put players back in the role of Clementine. The new season of The Walking Dead is now in development and is expected to release in 2018.
Additionally, a second season of The Wolf Among Us will debut in 2018. The series, which is based on Bill Willingham’s “Fables” comic book series, concluded in 2014, but fans have longed for Telltale to continue The Wolf Among Us since. The new season will bring back Adam Harrington as Bigby Wolf and Erin Yvette as Snow White for a new story arc.
The second season of The Wolf Among Us is expected to release in the “second half of 2018” and will be available on “all major gaming consoles and mobile gaming devices.”
Interestingly, no specific mention of the Nintendo Switch was made in the announcement of the three games. Telltale was mostly vague about the release dates and platforms, so it’s too early to rule out a Switch release. With Telltale making its games available on mobile platforms, Switch is likely in the plans as well.
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