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A new tenant has been added to the culinary roster at high-profile mixed-use development Pinewood Forest in Fayette County.
The yet-to-be-named bakery and cafe from the team behind Stone Mountain’s Apple-Butter Bakery and Custom Cake Shoppe is slated to open in the development in August 2020.
The business will make custom cakes, specialty breads and contemporary desserts “inspired by cross-generational favorites like honey buns and toaster pastries with fresh, new ingredients,” according to a press release.
The bakery comes from sisters Shellane Brown and Erica Houston-Pickett and their mother Veronica Pickett. Brown trained at bakeries in San Francisco before she and her family started an incubator market in Inman Park in 2010 and opened Apple-Butter in Stone Mountain six years ago.
The 1,117 square-foot Pinewood location will walking distance to the residences at Pinewood Forest, as well as movie studio Pinewood Atlanta Studios, located across the street from the development.
Once open, the business will serve lunch including sandwiches and beverages created by Brown’s husband Daniel, founder of Gilly Brew Bar in Stone Mountain.
Items from the family’s current location expected to be featured at the Pinewood concept include chocolate-chip cookies, red velvet brownies; and “Stone Mountain” pies, a crème-filled family dessert topped with butter-roasted coconut, pecans and caramel. There will also be a variety of new items for people with dietary restrictions including vegan, gluten-free, keto/paleo/sugar-free options.
“This family-owned business will be a perfect addition to our community and will serve a niche for Fayetteville and surrounding communities as well,” said Rob Parker, president of Pinewood Forest, in a prepared statement. “This family of talented women, with strong roots in culinary craft and musical traditions, will be right at home in our creative community.”
Brown, who said her family has “had (their) eye” on Pinewood for awhile, said the development is a good fit for their vision.
“We’re planning a menu to be truly tailored for this community,” she said. “Pinewood Forest is a masterfully curated development, and we want our bakery to reflect the thought and passion it took to create such a space and produce good food for the creatives who have decided to do life there.”
Other culinary offerings announced for Pinewood Forest include Pancake Social; Honeysuckle Gelato; casual fine dining concept Braise; and Hop City Craft Beer & Wine and Barleygarden Kitchen & Craft Bar.
All culinary concepts will be located in Pinewood's 25-acre town center, which will also feature a hotel, other restaurants, independent retail shops and galleries, an office suite and a Piedmont Wellness Center.
Barleygarden and Braise.
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The stigma surrounding indebtedness is beginning to dissipate, according to debt industry recruitment company Chase Credit.
Representing credit controllers, collections professionals, underwriters, credit risk analysts and managers, a poll of the company’s clients have shown that 84 per cent believe that debt is less of a taboo for consumers than it used to be.
Cited on MSN Money, the group’s findings also show that debt professionals feel that more people are turning to individual voluntary arrangements (IVAs) in order to avoid bankruptcy.
"Now that Britons are feeling the squeeze from inflation and the effects of the credit crunch, it comes as no surprise to me that more people are in trouble," said Chase Credit senior consultant Dan Curtis.
However, he urged consumers to think seriously about the effect that an IVA or bankruptcy claim would have on their future financial situation before pursuing such a course of action.
MSN Money has also advised customers who have found that they have missed a credit card payment to pay the bill as soon as possible.

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Country star Patty Loveless will release an album on recently launched Saguaro Road Records, Billboard.biz has learned. Loveless, who has scored 20 top 10 singles, including five No. 1s on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart since first debuting in 1985, will release “Sleepless Nights” Sept. 9.
Produced by her husband and frequent collaborator Emory Gordy Jr., the set will include the Kentucky-born traditionalist’s versions of 14 classic country hits, including “Why Baby Why,” “He Thinks I Still Care,” “Crazy Arms,” “Don’t Let Me Crossover,” “Please Help Me I’m Falling,” “There Goes My Everything” and “Cold Cold Heart.”
Legendary Nashville musicians Harold Bradley and Hargus “Pig” Robbins guest on the set, as do country star Vince Gill and rising talent Jedd Hughes.
Loveless, who has previously recorded for the Nashville divisions of MCA and Epic, has sold 5.4 million albums in the United States during the Nielsen SoundScan era, which began in 1991.
As previously reported, Saguaro Road is an imprint of Direct Holdings Americas, which sells mainly oldies music and video directly to consumers under the Time Life brand. The label made its debut in June with an album from Nashville singer/songwriter Rebecca Lynn Howard.
It has also released a set from Edwin McCain, and future releases include Joan Osborne and Dion.
The label, which expects to issue eight to 10 new titles each year, is distributed in the United States exclusively by WEA and by Alternative Distribution Alliance Global internationally.


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Have you had trouble with the fit of Apple AirPods?
A Business Insider opinion piece claims that Apple’s new AirPods Pro earbuds fit better.
Writer Antonio Villas-Boas says that new AirPods Pro fit deeper into the ear, and comes equipped with three rubber tips to fit different ear sizes.
He adds, “…They’re supremely comfortable, as they feel light and airy, and they don’t add as much pressure in my inner ear.”
But the new AirPods Pro aren’t cheap. They come with a $250 price tag.


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Everything is ready, there Samsung is about to launch its new line of notebook to solar power, the arrival on the market is scheduled for next June. The market for solar powered notebook it is almost virgin and the lack of competition will make Samsung a pioneer in all respects.
To launch his new line of solar powered notebook, the Samsung house has chosen Bangladesh, this is where the spread of these portable devices will start. According to the investigation of the professional teams Samsung, Bangladeshi users respond best to this type of product, but expanding the market to India would probably have been a smarter move.
The needs of the Bangladeshi communities have influenced Samsung's decision, what is perplexing is the month of the launch, this June. With June in Bangladesh the monsoon season begins, which means that the nation will not enjoy clear and sunny skies, but rather heavy showers and even storms and cyclones.
Maybe to throw a solar powered notebook in Bangladesh it would have been more appropriate to wait for the months of December or January, certainly sunnier than the monsoon season! There are no details on the technical specifications of the solar-powered notebook, it seems that Samsung has only announced the price which should amount to 415 dollars.
For us Italians and all those who do not reside in Bangladesh, there are no rumors about when we will be able to buy the Samsung solar notebook. The breakthrough in solar energy given by Samsung could be very significant considering the popularity of the brand. Starting from solar notebook Samsung as an answer could have a market full of solar powered tablets, mp3 players and smartphones!


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With Growth Of 'Hacker Scouting,' More Kids Learn To Tinker
Countless kids have grown up with the Girl Scouts, the Boy Scouts or Campfire Girls, but for some families, the uniforms and outdoor focus of traditional Scouting groups don't appeal.
In recent months, Scoutlike groups that concentrate on technology and do-it-yourself projects have been sprouting up around the country. They're coed and, like traditional Scouting organizations, award patches to kids who master skills.
Ace Monster Toys is a hacker space in Oakland, Calif., where members share high-tech tools. Normally, grown-ups congregate there, working on electronics or woodworking projects. But two Sundays a month, the place is overrun by 50 kids and their parents for the gatherings of a group called Hacker Scouts.
The kids in Hacker Scouts are not breaking into computer networks. They make things with their hands, and at this particular meeting they are learning to solder and are building "judobots," small robots made out of wooden Popsicle sticks.
On this warm fall day, Alicia Davis, 10, is wearing a wool hat she knit herself. As her dad stands nearby, she sews an LED bracelet with conductive thread.
"I've been sewing on little felt pieces with this," Davis explains. "The battery will power the LEDs and light up. It's pretty cool."
Crafting, Computers And The Physical World
Chris Cook, one of the parents active in organizing the Hacker Scouts, serves as president of the hacker space where the Scouts meet. He says the group has expressly targeted kids between the ages of 8 to 14.
"It's old enough where they're ready to start developing skills, [but] they're not so old that they've already been set in their ways," Cook says, "and they're more interested in what their peer groups are doing."
"So, we felt it's the right kind of time to expose them to how to craft with their hands — how to take things from a computer and put them into the physical world," Cook says.
The Hacker Scouts don't wear uniforms, but soon they'll be able to earn something akin to merit badges, made by the kid-friendly DIY electronics company Adafruit Industries.
Badges range from "learn to solder," "aerial quadcopter" and "high-altitude balloon" badges to the "Dumpster-diving" badge — "for when you get dirty but get some free stuff," explains Adafruit founder Limor Fried.
The thought of a bunch of Hacker Scouts Dumpster-diving may be unsettling, but recycling and repurposing are big with hacker groups. Grace McFadden, 11, of Madison, Conn., recently repurposed juice cartons into the soles of a pair of felt slippers, earning her a "salvager badge" from DIY.org, a new website for kids.
The site awards more than 40 badges for skills ranging from bike mechanic to "special effects wizard," and has started producing how-to videos for DIY projects, like a shoebox harp made from a box, a pencil and some rubber bands.
"Right now, I really like making paper airplanes and origami," McFadden says. "I have a whole fleet of paper airplanes." She learned to make them, she says, using an app on her iPod and by looking online.
A Scouting Handbook For Young Hackers
There are now 32,000 kids registered with DIY.org, which plans to organize local clubs around the country. The website even has an animated anthem exhorting kids to "build, make, hack and grow."
The site's chief creative officer, Isaiah Saxon, says the group plans to create the digital equivalent of a Scouting handbook for mobile devices.
"We hope that people's smartphones are eventually the Swiss army knife of our movement," Saxon says. "And that you go out into the woods ... point your phone at a tree and peel it open [to] learn about the wood underneath."
Saxon also plans to offer visual guides and "amazing experiences on the fly through these powerful handheld computers," he says.
As these efforts take off online, the hacker Scout movement is also spreading around the country. Seattle now has a science-focused group called "Geek Scouts," and a couple of tribes — not troops — of "Maker Scouts" are being formed in Milwaukee and Charleston, S.C.
Jon Kalish is a Manhattan-based radio reporter and podcast producer. For links to radio docs, podcasts & DIY stories, visit http://jonkalish.tumblr.com.
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Apple reported its earnings Tuesday, beating analysts expectations and breaking out of a streak of losing quarters on strong iPhone 7 sales and “record” sales of its other products.
Apple CEO Tim Cook announced Tuesday the company brought in an all-time record quarterly revenue of $78.4 billion during the first quarter of fiscal year 2017, up from $75.9 billion in earnings a year ago.
Even with the good report, however, some analysts have already expressed concern that Cook’s predictions for the second quarter are lower than what is already expected.
“We’re thrilled to report that our holiday quarter results generated Apple’s highest quarterly revenue ever, and broke multiple records along the way. We sold more iPhones than ever before and set all-time revenue records for iPhone, Services, Mac and Apple Watch,” Cook said in a press release. “Revenue from Services grew strongly over last year, led by record customer activity on the App Store, and we are very excited about the products in our pipeline.”
For the first quarter, Apple’s revenue increased 3.3 percent to $78.4 billion, more than the $76 billion to $78 billion the company had predicted and above the $77.4 billion Wall Street expected.
Apple sold fewer iPhones in the first quarter of 2017 than in 2016, decreasing from 16.1 million iPhones to 13.1 million, but made up for it by improving other sales numbers. While iPad sales decreased as well, increases in the number of Macs and number of users for Apples services, including AppleCare and other subscription services, more than made up the difference and pushed earnings up.
Apple already has analysts shaken, though, with predictions of $51.5 billion to $53.5 billion in revenue, lower than Wall Street is already expecting, on $6.5 billion to $6.6 billion of operating expenses.


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Revamped B&M store in Belfast's Westwood shopping centre recruiting for 30 extra staff
DISCOUNT retailer B&M is recruiting for 30 jobs at the Westwood shopping centre in west Belfast ahead of its re-opening after nearly a year.
The store closed last June to undergo a comprehensive internal and external make over programme to create a new look for customers.
And B&M - founded in 1978 in Blackpool and now one of the leading variety retailers in the UK with 500 stores and 22,500 staff - has confirmed that its enhanced new store will open on Thursday April 27.
The store currently employ 28 people, but with the sales floor increasing in size by 45 per cent and customers being offered a more extensive range of products across all departments, it will see B&M take on an additional 30 colleagues.
The jobs (details at www.bmstores.co.uk/careers) range from sales assistant to floor managers and cleaners, and there are a mixture of full- and part-time positions – temporary and permanent.
B&M Westwood store manager Stuart Walker said: “We’re feeling really positive about the creation of these additional jobs for local people, and believe customers will be delighted with the new and improved store.
“We're all excited to get the doors open and welcome our customers through the door in a few weeks.”
B&M is one of the UK’s fastest growing retailers, selling wide variety of branded products including toys, food & drink, pet products and health and beauty.


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- Google Chrome on Android gets ‘site isolation’ shield against Spectre CPU attacks
- Oracle drops 219 fixes in October 2019 critical patch update
- Adobe patches dozens of critical flaws in Acrobat PDF products
- The week in security: Women speak out on cybersecurity careers, CISOs struggle for relevance
- Microsoft releases 'tamper protection' for all Windows 10 users to stop malware turning off antivirus
Why Technology Supply Chain Resiliency Matters
With technology supply chains rapidly evolving to all corners of the globe, doors continually open for unsavoury elements to find new ways to take advantage. Whether for personal gain, monetary gain, criminal activity, espionage, or military threat, black hats keep unearthing opportunities to exploit supply chain vulnerabilities.
- Microsoft starts nagging Windows 7 Pro users about end of support
- TPG slashes headcount by 5 per cent
- Three-year effort to have Samsung smartphones certified for use with classified data
- Startup headed by ex-Apple engineer aims to eliminate smartphone buttons
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The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) said on Thursday that China would accelerate developing advanced manufacturing and strengthen its innovation and competitiveness.
Miao Wei, minister of the MIIT, said that the ministry would encourage innovation in key areas, strive to make breakthroughs in critical technologies and strengthen the protection of intellectual property.
"As for upgrading the traditional industry, China will persist in phasing out outdated capacity," said Miao, adding that the country would launch a new round of innovation to upgrade key technology and promote digitalization in manufacturing.
China will continue to upgrade and expand the consumption of information, and support innovation in products, including wearable devices, drones, as well as intelligent service robots, Miao said.
Miao also called for stimulating market vitality and fostering more competitive and high-quality companies.
Miao made the remarks at a national meeting on industrialization and informatization after an annual key economic meeting of China's leadership put high-quality manufacturing development high on the work agenda of 2019.


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SRA acquires Era
SRA International Inc. (NYSE: SRX) has acquired Era Corp., a Reston, Va.-based provider of surveillance technologies for the air traffic management, airport operations, military and security markets. No financial terms were disclosed. Era had raised more than $10 million in VC funding from sole institutional investor Boulder Ventures. The company also raised acquisition financing from Mezzanine Management.
Boulder Ventures says that the firm realized more than 4x its total investment in selling Era to SRA. Boulder Ventures, with offices in Maryland and Colorado, made its initial investment in August 2004 and led follow-on rounds in 2006 and 2007.
HP buys LeftHand for $360M
Hewlett-Packard Co. last week agreed to acquire Boulder, Colo.-based data-storage company LeftHand Networks Inc. for $360 million in cash. LeftHand Networks was founded by CEO Bill Chambers in 1999. The company raised about $85 million in venture funding in several rounds from Boulder Ventures, Sprout Group, Sequel Venture Partners, Garage Technology Ventures, New World Ventures, Vista Ventures and Valhalla Partners.
Nokia hears call to buy OZ
Nokia has agreed to acquire OZ Communications, a Montreal, Quebec-based provider of consumer mobile messaging solutions. No financial terms were disclosed for the deal, which is expected to close later this year. OZ Communications has raised about $61 million in VC funding from Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, Fonds de Solidarite and VantagePoint Venture Partners.
Intersil scoops up Kenet
Intersil Corp. (Nasdaq: ISIL) has agreed to acquire Kenet Inc., a Woburn , Mass.-based fabless maker of ultra-low power analog-to-digital converters. No financial terms were disclosed. Kenet has raised about $25 million in VC funding since 2002 from Venrock, Oak Investment Partners, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Kopin Corp.
Estée Lauder buys skin care drug company
Estée Lauder Cos. has acquired AGI Dermatics, a Freeport, N.Y.-based drug company developing treatments for skin repair. No financial terms were disclosed. AGI had raised about $9 million in VC funding from Spring Mountain Capital and Trevi Health Ventures.


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The courses available take one year to complete and include degrees in management, marketing, finance, tourism and hospitality management, innovation and entrepreneurship, digital business and fashion & luxury industry business.
“Students at our Geneva and Montreux campuses also benefit from Switzerland’s world-class commercial atmosphere”
Vice president and managing director of EU Business School, Carl Craen, said he is excited to open the school’s master’s programs to more students.
“Our programs enable students to hone specialized skills in a specific area of business, developing the adaptive mindset essential for today’s globalized business world,” he said.
“Students at our Geneva and Montreux campuses also benefit from Switzerland’s world-class commercial atmosphere, the perfect place to learn the skills which will help them shape the future of business.”
EU Business School has campuses in Barcelona, Montreux, Geneva and Munich. It also offers flexible study through its online programs.
The agreement is an extension of a 2016 partnership between EU and UCAM, whereby the Spanish university accredits the business school’s MBA in International Business program on its Barcelona campus.
Pablo Blesa, vice rector of international relations and communication at UCAM, is looking forward to cooperating closer with EU Business School.
“The partnership with EU Business School has already realized huge benefits for our university,” he said.
“We’re delighted to extend UCAM’s international profile into Switzerland, which is famous the world over for the quality of its higher education provision. We can’t wait to see the results of this expansion.”
UCAM will also accredit EU’s 11 MBA programs in Switzerland, which it delivers at EU’s Barcelona campus.
In the year that EU Business School is celebrating its 45th anniversary, EU has also signed a partnership with Moscow International University.
It’s other global partners include Pace University in New York, Stamford International University in Thailand and Tecnológico de Monterrey in Mexico.


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Apple Watch 2 rumored to be independent of iPhone
Apple Watch has been one of the most popular wearable device since launch and a successor is soon to come. We are expecting it to be unveiled at Apple’s WWDC (World Wide Developer Conference) in June.
Apple is reportedly planning to add cellular connectivity to the second-generation Apple Watch. With a cellular connection, the watch would be able to gain more independence from the iPhone, some thing that the company has reportedly been working towards since before the launch of the first watch.
As almost an aside in a larger piece about Apple Watch sales, The Wall Street Journal mentions that its sources report the next-gen Apple Watch will both pick up a faster SoC and break free from the iPhone as the smartwatch gains its own cellular radio.
This shall not be the only wearable watch to be independent of a phone, LG’s Urbane 2 runs on Android Wear has cellular connectivity for Internet and Calls. It also has a built in GPS and can work completely without a Smarthpone.


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International Satellite operator in Papua New Guinea
SATELLITE operator, Asia Broadcast Satellite aims to partner with PNG businesses in the ICT industry and introduce products that will complement current services in PNG and benefit everyone. Managing director Gabriel Pimentel said they are looking forward to bringing in new packages that will benefit not only the Internet Service Providers (ISPs) but individual internet users as well. Mr Pimentel said this after NICTA chief executive officer Charles Punaha gave PNG’s statistics on internet penetration, stating that PNG currently remains at 10 per cent, which is the lowest on a global scale, even lower than Fiji which is 100 per cent.
Mr Punaha said this is because the cost of rolling out internet network in PNG is very expensive and that’s compounded by the topographical conditions of the country. “We also have very isolated communities and for connectivity purposes, it is very difficult to connect them, and these result in very high cost of rolling out ICT services in PNG. “Once you have competition in the market and prices come down, it triggers higher demand for bandwidth that can create reliable service,” he said. Mr Pimentel also revealed that ABS has developed a village Wi-Fi solution which combines the earth station with solar power modem and Wi-Fi.
They plan to deploy this in PNG so that they have one need package for a very remote area. “Time has been on our side in terms of prices for solar power dropping, reliability being there and we’ll be looking to deploy these kinds of solutions in the country,” he said. In the future, ABS plans to offer wired broadband services such as the FTTH (Fibre-To-The-Home) and P2P/P2MP (Point-to-Point/ Point-To-Multi-Point) connectivity platforms for its PNG customers. It has provided a detailed service description in phases, including rollout plans. The company disclosed its financial capacity to support its deployment and operations, and has also provided its interception capability.


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Today LG confirmed that it is the first manufacturer to launch the next Google TV Update.
For those of you who don’t already know, Google TV is a platform for Smart TVs (that is likely to be Android based on prior Google TV releases) and provides an integrated TV search experience in conjunction with existing free and pay TV, as well as internet TV and streaming sites. Being Android also allows access to apps on Google Play and web surfing on Chrome.
According to the LG Newsroom, the newest iteration of Google TV comes with a few new features, one of which is voice search via a microphone on the remote control.
With Google TV’s new features, consumers gain
Earlier this year, Sony brought the Sony Google TV to our shores. It was our first Google TV, but it came with a bit of difficulty. The Sony Google TV was only available in Australia if you bundled it together with a BRAVIA TV – somewhat limited.
Well, Sony has today announced that the Google TV is now available in Australia as a standalone for $299. While it is a welcome addition for Sony to bring the separate variant, the $299 price-tag is just that little bit high for my liking. With the Apple TV selling for a sub $200 price in Australia, I don’t see Google TVs competing at anything higher. We’ll see how this one goes, but I …
The so far elusive Android powered Google TV box has been marketed so far by Sony, with the $399 box available only by redemption on certain high-end TV models. But so far, and I checked this in a Sony store last week, they have not landed.
Hisense are supposed to be demonstrating the box live at the IFA event in Berlin from August 29th to September 5th this year, so the final iteration of the product shouldn’t be too far away.
“Hisense adds even more innovation to the growing list of Google TV-powered devices available around the world. We’re working …
Today Google announced that its Google TV devices would be receiving a new and refurbished Google play store sometime later this year. Google will be changing the User Interface to closer mimic that of the Google play store that exists on other Android devices such as phones and tablets.
Google will be adding heaps of new movies, tv shows and music which will now be available to either rent or buy. So far Google is keeping the entire process under wraps and is choosing not to disclose to much information. Is this a tactical marketing scheme to build excitement or is google still in the initial stages of building the update?
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Well there you have it. Sony’s Google TV (which we wrote on about a month ago and was thought to be only got international shores) has made it to Australia! This is the first Google TV in Australia and continues Google’s spree of finally bringing many of their services down under.
Where TV meets the web, Sony’s Internet Player with Google TV will provide Australians with an enhanced entertainment experience through a number of exciting features – such as apps and games from Google Play, a full web browser utilising Google Chrome and the best YouTube on TV experience. In addition, the Player’s unique “smart” remote – including track pad and full QWERTY keyboard – ensures simple navigation through the
While they may not be powered by Android, Samsung’s new Smart TVs sure did spark huge interest when they were first announced back in January. The March launch-date came and many were left wondering if Sammy would be baking Android into their new range, while many were simply left in awe with the new usability of televisions. These TVs have social networking capabilities, a webcam, voice & gesture controls and more – they truly are a huge step towards the future of media consumption.
We now find ourselves in May and Samsung have provided us with this incredibly seductive preview of how one could use their Smart TV. You get to see the hand gestures at work, its ease of …
We here in Australia have yet to be offered a Google TV unit specific to our country. I personally own a Logitech Review, however considering nearly none of the services work down under, it’s basically useless.
This article however is on Sony and Google’s new Google TV Set Top Box – and more importantly, the controller that comes with it! But, like usual with this tech stuff, not much information has been released about the device. This is really just Sony and Google trying to tease their audience – and they kind of have.
The box itself is nothing super special, but the controller on the other hand is a very interesting bit of tech. It is in fact double …
There are a googol of reasons to be with Google.
As of late I have become enthusiastic with the future of technology and the possibilities of where it can take us. I had a dream that I was in a time 20 years from now, which was reminiscent to the movie A.I Artificial Intelligence. That morning I woke up, enthusiastic to learn of the technology in our reach and jumped straight on my laptop and began researching where Google is planning on taking us. Through my research, I’ve found a number of interesting things that give us a glimpse into the future and what my dream consisted of.
When was the last time that you consistently watched a series on …
Before you go out and buy that Apple TV, Roku XD or WDTV Live, just stop (hammertime!) and take a look at Sony’s new Android TV. Announced at the Sony Bravia event in Singapore on Tuesday, their new Android TV running Google TV 2. We don’t know a whole lot about it for now except that it is about the size of an external hard drive (which is already sitting next to my TV anyway), is Energy Star certified and it will be running Android. What makes this little device truly special is its remote. Granted, it’s a lot chunkier than the other remotes in your lounge room, but how many of them have full QWERTY keyboard on the back? …
We have previously written on how Android will run your house in the future. Android will be found in devices far and wide, ranging from a phone, to a fridge, to a tablet, to your rear-view mirror in your car!
We now have news on a new Android device to be found in your home in 2012.
Yesterday, the Wall Street Journal reported on some very exciting news: Google is apparently working on a “home-entertainment system that streams music wirelessly throughout the home and would be marketed under the company’s own brand.” While there is no official name for the device, we have heard rumours pointing to the name ‘Android Hub.’
We are hoping this box will be unveiled at
Happy Wednesday everyone!
[CES] Boy would I love to get my hands on one of these – Lenovo changing the Smart TV scene with the first ever Android 4.0 ICS powered TV.
Just another little ‘cool’ piece of technology – It’s pretty much swiping your tablet onto your TV … if that makes sense.
iPad App of the year, Snapseed, coming to Android! Read here.
[CES] Google CEO Eric Schmidt on Google TV and Android – always a positive man! Read it here.
Hello all and welcome to the new week.
What do we have in the news today?
How well are HTC and Motorola going with Android, while the likes of Samsung are stepping up their game? Read here.
Google TV making a come-back with LG, Sony, Vizio and Marvell? Read here.
Excited for CES? Check PCMAG’s top 10 predictions here!
How many of us Android users (or lovers) are there out there? Check out this interesting estimate.
Now this is simply just really cool – Read here.


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Honda launched its new Civic at the Frankfurt Motor Show recently. It is developed specifically for the European market and built in Britain. The Civic will be offered exclusively as a five-door hatchback when it is launched in early 2012.
The new Civic features an evolutionary exterior design which is complemented by a high quality interior finish. Honda says the designers of the new Civic wanted to keep the sporty and advanced elements of the car’s character, but tailor them to express the new model’s more dynamic feel. They have lowered the height by 20mm and increased the width by 10mm compared with the current car.
The Japanese carmaker told us that defining the correct proportions was the most important challenge for the design of the new Civic. Honda enhanced the sporty aspect of the design while creating a clean styling, resulting in a smarter image for the new Civic.
Honda says an example of this new image is the new rear combination light that works as an aerodynamic spoiler, managing air flow over the top and sides of the car.
The new interior is focused around the driver and creates a more sporty ambience. The quality look and feel of the interior for the new Civic has also been improved without compromising the class-leading space. Honda's designers say they have changed their approach to match customer expectations and European standards.
It also offers class leading boot space with the versatile seat combinations for excellent practicality.
To measure and demonstrate a commitment to the environment, Honda announced in June that it aims to deliver a 30 per cent CO2 reduction on all product areas by 2020.
The new Civic is the first step towards achieving this new target. The 1.8 litre petrol engine delivers a 10 per cent CO2 reduction. The 2.2 litre diesel engine reduces CO2 emissions by nearly 20 per cent, while further enhancing performance.
The i-DTEC engine in the new Honda Civic offers an exceptional combination of high performance and low CO2 emissions. Updates to the 2.2 litre i-DTEC engine, coupled with the new Civic’s improved aerodynamics, have produced a car with a power output of 150bhp that emits 110g/km of CO2.
A thorough analysis of the engine’s performance resulted in a number of improvements. The oil flow through the engine has been carefully managed to reduce circulation loss, while the build materials have been revised to reduce friction in the moving parts. All models fitted with a manual gearbox also benefit from idle stop technology which achieves a 5g/km reduction in CO2 emissions.
By the end of 2012, Honda tells us it will add a newly developed smaller diesel engine to the Civic range. Designed specifically for the European market, the new engine will further reduce CO2 emissions. Starting with this new smaller diesel, Honda will introduce a new generation of low emission engines, renewing all of its car engines in Europe.
From the first Civic to this ninth generation version, Honda says it has improved fuel economy, handling and comfort. It also claims it is more dynamic and stable, as well as being fun to drive.
Watch this space for more details on the smart new Honda Civic five-door closer to the Irish launch date.


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CRISTIANO Ronaldo and Liverpool’s Roberto Firmino are set to face off in tonight’s epic Champions League Final in Kiev — but their partners are pretty striking too.
Spanish model Georgina Rodriguez, 23, has been dating the Portuguese football ace, 33, for a year-and-a-half after meeting at a Dolce & Gabbana fashion party and the couple have a six-month-old baby daughter called Alana Martina.
She has been hitting the gym regularly in order to get back into shape after her pregnancy.
The Real Madrid star, who posted a snap on Instagram of his family, also has three other children Cristiano Jr, seven, and twins Mateo and Eva, who were all born by surrogate mothers.
Ronaldo is set to take on Liverpool player Roberto Firmino, 26, on the pitch in the Champions League final today.
Brazilian Firmino’s model wife Larissa smoulders for the camera in this sexy instagram shot, below.
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But she is more than just a pretty face - she is also the founder of fashion brand BeValen Store.
They tied the knot last year at a lavish ceremony in Maceio, Brazil.


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Business Daily – US parcel shipping giant UPS and union reach agreement, averting strike
US parcel shipping company UPS and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters union have agreed on a deal to renew a five-year labour contract. Although the deal still has to be ratified by union members next month, it will avert a strike that could have started as early as next week. Industrial action could have had a serious impact on the US economy as UPS delivers about $3.8 billion in goods per day. We look at what’s in the deal and what this means for other strikes in the US.
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KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia is the first stop for health and fitness app HealthifyMe's regional expansion plans, to followed by Indonesia and Singapore in the next six months.
This expansion comes on the back of the app’s Series B fundraising, which collectively totals at US$18 million from existing investors and InnoVen Capital, a Temasek backed entity, to fund the regional expansion as well as other new features and initiatives.
First launched in India in 2012, HealthifyMe now has over eight million users worldwide.
It offers localised calorie tracking with over 55,000 foods as well as water consumption, weight, steps and activity tracking complemented by automated and real-time insights.
The company launched its services in Malaysia in October 2018 and has already attracted over 15,000 subscribers with more than 25 local coaches, trainers and experts.
“We have always seen ourselves as a global product company and have built our app in line with global standards of quality and excellence. Our numbers reflect this global ambition, with more than 10 per cent of our 8 million user base, 10 per cent of our coaches and 20 per cent of our overall revenues are already coming from international geographies,” said co-founder and chief executive officer, Tushar Vashisht in a statement.
“We have chosen to begin our foray into Southeast Asia due to the high penetration of smart phones and to fill the need for quality health and fitness solutions in the region. We believe Malaysia is a representative microcosm of the entire region and a great place to start.”


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With the quick advancement of technology nowadays, living in a smart home is slowly becoming normal. New innovations in the smart home sector have grown exponentially over the past few years and with their high adoption rate, there's no doubt that smart technology is a must-have feature in homes for home buyers and sellers alike. Here are a few smart home trends to watch out for this year.
As more and more appliances connect to the internet, security has become an issue. That is why smart security solutions have become more commonplace. A recent post from Smarterware talks about the importance of having home security solutions:
Home Security Solutions
“Security products will have a big showing at CES this year because they serve dual purposes,” smart home analyst Blake Kozak said prior to the event. “A security camera can alert you to when a package has arrived at the front door or when a child arrives home from school. Moreover, security cameras and video doorbells can act as a communication portal for parents, children, and family.”
Smart security solutions are what will help propel the market forward in the coming months. Whereas people may be less likely to spend on superfluous technologies, security is seen as an integral investment. This gives it an automatic advantage. Via smarterware.org
Smart home security systems are considered to be a priority. Security is very important, and it's likely that having a robust security system will pay off when the time comes to sell your home
to a cautious buyer.
Voice assistance for your smart products!
Next on the list are voice assistants. They've surged in popularity in recent years. A new post from The Culture Supplier discusses the advantages of voice assistants for your home.
Voice Assistance in Everything
With these innovative solutions and products, different Smart Home News all over the globe state that there are more to come this year that are much more enticing and worthier of the attention.
Siri, Alexa, and Google Assistant are known to be the voice assistants of today. As the year emerges, there are no known new additions to these voices (except for Alexa) but features and controls of these assistants are further expanded. It is seen that there will be a huge development on cloud integrations with these voice assistants and other smart products.
In these developments, it is now made possible to control almost everything through Apple’s Siri, Alexa, and Google Assistant if smart products are efficiently connected to the internet. h/t smarterware.org
More and more devices have started to get voice-activated into their hardware. Voice commands are the new way to control your home and get information on anything from the weather to the best team to call:
Lastly, advancements in lighting are sure to affect the way home interiors are shown off. Lighting that changes tone automatically sounds impractical, but research has shown that light colors have effects on health:
Tunable White Lighting
Science shows that the lighting can affect our moods, productivity, sleep and other functions. A cooler (bluish) hue can boost our energy, while a warmer (reddish) tone can calm us. Tunable white lighting, with variable color temperatures that can change automatically or manually, can help humans improve performance, moods and overall health. read more at cepro.com
These lighting systems will likely do a lot to make a home stand out
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Knoxville ‘free store’ offers items for those in need
The store will be held on Sunday, Jan. 29, from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. at 1124 Cook Drive.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) - An organization based out of Knoxville will be hosting a free store this month, where people can either donate their extra items or grab something they need.
First Aid Collective Knoxville representatives said January’s free store would take place in Montgomery Village Ministry. Those interested can donate what they can or take what they need.
Items include food, clothes, hygiene products, baby items or other products people may need. Plan B will also be available, according to an announcement.
The store will be held on Jan. 29 from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. at 1124 Cook Drive.
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The only thing more unnecessary than a name badge that says “Hello, my name is…” is one that blinks. Sorta like the old HTML <BLINK> tag that most of us had the good sense to stop using about a decade ago.
These modern digital watches don’t use LED or LCD screens. Instead, they use E-Ink screens to tell the time.
Phosphor’s E-Ink watches have a bold modern design, and feature highly readable electrostatic displays.
The Phosphor DH01, DH02 and DH03 all feature a display that combines a dramatic modern numeric display for minutes, along with a simulated analog dial for the current hour.
After going against Adobe with their own lightweight PDF reader, Foxit are now taking on Amazon’s Kindle with the release of their own e-book reader called eSlick.
Foxit took a long hard look at the Kindle’s specs and said, “Hmm.
While the October 2008 issue of Esquire magazine got lots of buzz in the marketplace with its E-Ink cover, I have to say I was pretty underwhelmed by the less than exciting visual produced by the blinking display.
This new electronic paper display from Seiko Epson crams an astounding 1600 x 1200 resolution into a 6.7-inch diagonal screen. That’s nearly 2-million pixels in a device that’s about the size of a letter-sized sheet of paper folded in half.
I’ve been seeing early pictures and rumors of this new electronic book reader floating around for a couple of months now, and now the final specs, launch date and price have finally been announced.
Bookeen’s Cybook 3 reader will hit shelves this September, with prices starting at $350 USD.
It seems like it wasn’t very long ago that Sony released their first ever electronic ink book reader for around $350. For a limited time, you can pick up one of these nifty devices for just under $100.
This week, LG.Philips LCD showed off a breakthrough in flexible displays when they announced the successful creation of an A4 (14.1-inch) color E-paper display.
The display is the largest full color (4096 colors) flexible display to date, and is visible from a full 180-degree viewing angle.
E-Ink has announced a major upgrade to their electronic paper display technology which should substantially improve the quality over the earlier generation of displays.
E Ink’s new Vizplex display modules have a new switching mechanism which will allow the displays to refresh almost twice as fast as prior displays.
So called electronic paper and electronic ink technologies have been showing alot of promise lately, especially with the upcoming release of Sony’s eBook Reader coming out next month.
At this week’s CEATEC show in Tokyo, Fujitsu showed off a prototype of a 7.8-inch paper-thin panel that can show 4,096 colors.
Sony has officially announced that their long-awaited e-book reader will be hitting the streets this October for about $350 USD.
The Sony Reader features an innovative high contrast E-ink display, capable of allowing up to 7,500 pages to be displayed without a battery recharge.


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Capcom announces Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen for Switch
Posted on January 8, 2019 by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch
Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen is coming to Switch, Capcom has revealed. A release is planned for April 23.
This marks the first time that Dragon’s Dogma will be appearing on a Nintendo console. It originally released in 2012, with the enhanced “Dark Arisen” following a year later. Capcom then started porting the game to newer platforms in 2017.
Here’s an overview for Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen, along with a trailer:
The critically acclaimed action-RPG Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen makes its way to Nintendo Switch! Set in a huge open world known as Gransys, the game presents a rewarding action combat experience with nine vocations to choose from, all possessing a wide range of devastating skills and magicks to tackle deadly foes. Players embark on an epic adventure in a rich, living world with three AI companions, known as Pawns. These partners fight independently, demonstrating prowess and ability that they have developed based on traits learned from each player. Users can share these Pawns online and reap rewards of treasure, tips and strategy hints for taking down the terrifying enemies. Pawns can also be borrowed when specific skills are needed to complete various challenging quests.


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A newly public specialty insurance and "automotive lifestyle" company in northern Michigan is using an $80 million acquisition to launch and scale a sort of CraigsList for cool cars.
Hagerty Inc., which went public late last year by merging with a blank check company at a valuation of $3.13 billion, announced this week that has signed an agreement to acquire the remaining 60 percent stake it didn't already own in Ann Arbor-based Broad Arrow Group Inc., a specialty automotive auction marketplace.
Earlier this year, Hagerty acquired approximately 40 percent equity ownership in Broad Arrow for $15.25 million, as a way of growing its "Marketplace," which the company says is "designed to provide consumers new trust-based platforms for buying, selling and financing collectible cars," according to a news release.
Hagerty is now acquiring the remaining 60 percent of Broad Arrow, which launched in late 2021, for $64.8 million in an all-stock transaction, which is expected to close next week.
The deal to acquire Broad Arrow gets the Traverse City-based Hagerty further into the world of collector cars. Members of the proprietary Marketplace have bought and sold more than 300,000 collectible cars for nearly $12 billion in value over the last year, according to the news release.
"In addition to being trusted experts in their field, the Broad Arrow Group team shares our ethos of excellence when it comes to customer experience, so we are a natural fit," McKeel Hagerty, CEO of Hagerty, said in the release. "We expect our additional investment in Broad Arrow to enhance our growth and profitability over time, as we intend to rapidly scale this part of our overall business."
Additionally, Hagerty earlier this year also acquired Speed Digital, an industry leading provider of cloud-based technology solutions for dealers, auction houses, collectors and enthusiasts.
Broad Arrow launched late last year, just days after Hagerty debuted on the public markets, according to a news release.
Kenneth Ahn, Broad Arrow's CEO, will be president of the Marketplace division, and other Broad Arrow employees are also joining Hagerty as part of the deal.
"After working together for a few months, we saw the compelling value proposition for the two organizations to fully integrate," Ahn said in the release. "We look forward to serving the collectible car community in the years to come as a part of Hagerty's comprehensive ecosystem of products and services."
Hagerty on Wednesday released its second-quarter earnings, reporting $206 million in total revenue, representing 23 percent year-over-year growth. The company reported a $5.5 million loss for the quarter, compared with $12.5 million of net income in the second quarter of last year.
The loss was attributed to costs associated with growing the Marketplace part of the business, and costs related to an "alliance" with insurer State Farm.
Year-to-date, the company's stock is down more than 12 percent.


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Walgreens Boots Alliance on Thursday exceeded fiscal fourth-quarter sales expectations, as the drugstore chain turns itself into a more health-care focused company.
The drugstore chain said it anticipates full-year adjusted earnings per share of $4.45 to $4.65 in the coming fiscal year, which is about in line with what Wall Street expected. Yet Walgreens said its business growth will face tough comparisons as it laps strong demand for Covid vaccines and gets hits by the strength of the dollar.
The company’s shares were up more than 5% Thursday morning.
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ITANAGAR: The Dalai Lama has recollected his journey from Tibet to Arunachal Pradesh in 1959 and urged the people of the state to preserve and promote their culture and tradition. In his recollections, the spiritual leader narrated how he reached Tawang and West Kameng districts of Arunachal Pradesh after leaving Tibet 55 years ago. "You should not only preserve but also promote your age old culture and tradition," the Dalai Lama told a function at Mundgod in Karnataka to commemorate the 55th year of his arrival and first preaching at Tawang Monastery in Arunachal Pradesh in 1959.
November 1, 2009 |
What a start of journey to Kolkata ? bumping into former cricket captain and the Prince of the city, Sourav Ganguly and his pug at the airport and getting a chance to chat with him too. And who said he has lost his mass appeal? He may be missing from the cricket field but his fans haven't forgotten him. Anyway, we had our guest house booking near Hastings, located centrally in the city and right next to the New Howrah Bridge. Interestingly, a lot of important places were not too far away.
January 11, 2015 |
GANDHINAGAR: Lauding Prime Minister Narendra Modi , US Secretary of State John Kerry today said it has been an extraordinary journey of "a young man who sold tea right by the rail road here in Gujarat to the PM's residence on the Race Course Road (in New Delhi)". He made the remark while talking about changing political and economic situation in India. Speaking at the first day of the biennial Vibrant Gujarat Summit, inaugurated this morning by Modi, Kerry said that the Indian Prime Minister's journey seemed improbable.
December 16, 2014 |
NEW DELHI: Public services like railways cannot be penalized if some equipments relating to comforts of passengers malfunction during journey, a consumer forum here has said while dismissing a senior citizen's plea against the Northern Railway. New Delhi District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum, presided by C K Chaturvedi, dismissed the plea of one M Lalla against the Northern Railway , while noting that the fans were in working condition at the time of departure of the train.
June 11, 2009 |
LONDON: A man has embarked on an extraordinary journey across the US: to sample 50 careers in 50 States, over 50 weeks. Daniel Seddiqui is on his 37th job this week as he works as a gardener at Monticello. He has worked as a weather forecaster in Ohio, made cheese in Wisconsin, struggled as a mechanic in Michigan, and joined a pit crew at the Indy 500 track in Indiana. All of it has been documented on his website, livingthemap. The economics graduate started on his adventure after 40 failed job interviews.
April 3, 2015 |
The idea of running your own venture can give you a huge adrenaline rush, for only a startup can offer high risk and even higher returns. But while the take-off is easy, staying afloat is a challenge for many startups. Prachi Verma brings you some tips that can help you stick it out. Enlist your family's support The startup journey is difficult, and the stakes are higher than in a cushy job. Hence, before you begin this journey, it is important to have your family on your side.
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Seven years ago when two IIT-Delhi graduates began selling books online from a suburban flat in Bangalore, there was little indication they would build India's first ecommerce venture to be valued over $1 billion. Since then, three other companies in the technology sector have crossed the milestone. ET captures key moments in the journey of Flipkart , Snapdeal , InMobi and MuSigma .
July 17, 2015 |
NEW DELHI: Passengers booking tatkal train tickets would not be required to produce identity proof anymore as Railways have decided to discontinue with this provision. The modified provision could come into effect by September 1. "Under the modified rules, there will be no need to furnish photocopy of proof of identity while booking Tatkal ticket from computerised reservation counter or to indicate its number at the time of booking of tatkal ticket at the counter or through internet," said a railway statement.
January 9, 2011 |
This perk is another avenue to save tax, explains ET. Leave travel assistance (LTA) is generally paid as a part of the employees' remuneration. With proper tax planning, an employee can save some tax through this mode. The LTA amount is received from the employer towards a journey within India. LTA is eligible for deduction under the Income Tax Act subject to specific conditions. Under Section 10 of the Income Tax Act, any travel concession or assistance is exempt provided it is received by an individual to proceed on leave to travel to any place in India with his/her family.
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Name of the book : The Wave Rider Author: Ajit Balakrishnan Publisher : Macmillan Pages : 213 When it started on Christmas 1995, a woman from New Zealand was the sole customer of Rediff.com, shattering the hopes of founder Ajit Balakrishnan , who believed people would line up to grab the Rs 1600 per annum subscription. With such an ominous sign, began the roller coaster journey of The Wave Rider into the wide, wild world of internet. For Balakrishnan, a serial entrepreneur who had co-founded Rediff, an advertisement agency, and also invested in PSI Data systems, the journey from a small room to NASDAQ listing took less than five years but left him with a lifetime of experiences.


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Cambodia’s thriving tourism industry has long been defined by a kaleidoscope of all-too-familiar images: the dreadlocked-draped backpacker slouching towards Pub Street, elephant pants billowing in the wind. The busload of ageing tourists dutifully snapping shots of King Father Sihanouk’s statue before being bundled back into air-conditioned comfort. The children swinging off the ancient stone sculptures of Angkor Wat, their parents lost in a well-thumbed Lonely Planet.
But this past year has marked a turning point for Cambodia’s travel market. A handful of new five-star resorts – Alila, Six Senses and Shinta Mani Wild – have launched in the past six months or so, and most have set up camp far from the heart of Cambodia’s traditional tourist hotspots. No longer solely selling an image of ancient temples, the new resorts are instead pulling wealthy travellers to the country’s beaches, jungles and islands, far from the hustle and bustle of major cities.


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(RxWiki News) Pregnant women are advised to take prenatal vitamins to ensure they get all the nutrients they need. But their weight may play a role in how many of those nutrients reach their baby.
A recent studied looked at the levels of vitamin D found in newborns. The researchers found that obese women's babies had lower vitamin D levels than babies of leaner women.
This result occurred despite the fact that both groups of women had similar vitamin D levels themselves.
"Ask your OB/GYN about weight goals."
The study was led by Jami L. Josefson, MD, of the Division of Pediatric Endocrinology at Ann and Robert H. Lurie's Children's Hospital of Chicago.
The researchers measured the vitamin D levels in 61 women and/or their newborns. They divided the women according to whether they had a healthy weight or were obese and ended up with data from both the babies and the mothers in 45 mother-child pairs.
The researchers found that all the women had similar levels of vitamin D when they were assessed at 36 to 38 weeks of pregnancy. The obese women had an average of 49.84 ng/ml, compared to 46.05 ng/ml in the women of a healthy weight.
These vitamin D levels were sufficient for the women. They were not deficient, regardless of their weight.
However, the researchers did find differences among the babies when they tested the vitamin D levels in the blood of the newborns' umbilical cords.
The mothers with a healthy weight had babies with more vitamin D than the babies of obese mothers. The average level among babies of healthy-weight moms was 27.45 ng/ml, compared to 20.81 ng/ml in babies of obese moms.
The researchers found four factors that appeared linked to the lower levels of vitamin D in the children of obese mothers. One was the fact that the mothers were obese, but the mothers' age, the mothers' vitamin D levels and the babies' level of fat mass also played a part.
Every additional year in age of the mothers translated to about 0.6 ng/ml more vitamin D in the newborns' cord blood.
For every additional 1 ng/ml the mother had of vitamin D, her baby had about 0.32 ng/ml additional vitamin D in the cord blood.
Then, for each additional percentage point of body fat in the newborns, they had an additional 0.7 ng/ml of vitamin D in their cord blood.
However, the presence of obesity in a mother was by far the biggest influence on the newborns' vitamin D levels, reducing them by about 6 ng/ml.
The researchers determined that obese women seemed to hang on to more of their vitamin D, even though they appeared to be getting enough through prenatal vitamins.
"It's possible that vitamin D may get sequestered in excess fat and not transferred sufficiently from an obese pregnant woman to her baby," Dr. Josefson said in a statement about the study.
"These findings underscore the importance of understanding the evolving relationships between maternal obesity, vitamin D nutritional status, and adiposity in the neonatal period, childhood, and adulthood," the researchers concluded in the study.
The authors did not note whether the vitamin D levels in the newborns' cord blood was insufficient or not, though they noted that vitamin D deficiency in general in children and adults is linked to obesity, higher fat levels and insulin resistance (which is linked to diabetes).
Further research is necessary to determine what these findings mean for pregnant women, but the researchers noted that "obese women may need larger amounts of vitamin D supplementation to provide their neonates with sufficient levels of vitamin D."
Pregnant women should thoroughly discuss the risks and benefits of any vitamin supplementation with their doctor before starting a regimen.
The research was published January 4 in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism. The research was funded by the Diabetes in Pregnancy Program grant sponsored by Northwestern Memorial Hospital, the Eleanor Wood Prince Grant Initiative, the National Institutes of Health and a Cooperative Research Agreement between Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago and the Williams Heart Foundation. The authors declared no conflicts of interest.


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Unilever has announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire US-based premium frozen Greek yogurt brand, Yasso.
Yasso – founded in Boston in 2009 – is a major player in the high-quality, low-calorie indulgent frozen snack market in the US.
Yasso’s products respond to growing demand in North America for on-the-go, healthier and indulgent frozen snacks, all products in the current Yasso range contain less than 150 calories each.
Unilever says the acquisition is aligned with its premiumisation strategy, and joins other premium brands in the portfolio, including Ben & Jerry’s, Magnum and Talenti.
Matt Close, president of ice cream at Unilever, said: “[Yasso] has built a strong customer appeal in the fast-growing, premium ‘Better For You’ segment. This acquisition is a great step in the evolution of our ice cream portfolio in North America towards high-growth spaces. I am confident that with the full support of Unilever behind Yasso, we will take this fast-growing business to even greater heights.”
Amanda Klane and Drew Harrington, co-founders of Yasso, commented: “With Unilever, we have selected the best partner in the world, who believes in Yasso’s vision and purpose of spreading joy to consumers everywhere”.
Craig Shiesley, CEO of Yasso, added: “We are excited to join Unilever and become part of the world-renowned family of ice cream and novelties brands. I’m proud of our company growth and we look forward to working with Unilever to expand the global footprint of our incredible brand.”
The transaction is expected to close in Q3 2023, subject to regulatory approvals and closing conditions. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
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After one year and one smartphone, Essential is looking for buyers.
That’s according to a report from Bloomberg, which claims that the start-up founded by Android creator Andy Rubin is up for sales following lukewarm sales of its PH-1 handset and allegations of inappropriate behaviour from the boss.
Citing the always reliable ‘people familiar with the matter’, the report claims that the company has sought advice on a potential sale and there is already interest from at least one party.
The Palo Alto-based vendor had a successful start, securing $300 million in funding from several investors including Amazon and Tencent. It was valued at between $900 million and $1 billion about a year ago. There was also plenty of hype around the father of the Android’s first foray into hardware, but poor sales led the company to shelve its second phone indefinitely.
The USP of the PH-1 was its modular design, with add-ons such as a 360 degree camera and a charging point being sold in addition to the phone. It was also arguably the first phone to sport the now ubiquitous front-facing camera notch. Unfortunately for Essential, the device saw negative reviews that panned its screen and camera quality. Those reviews were indicative of the phone’s market performance, with the device only selling about 150,000 units to date.
The discussions going on at the moment are surrounding the sale of the entire company, including its portfolio of products and patents – which includes an upcoming Essential Home smart home device (the company’s equivalent to the Amazon Echo Spot) – along with Essential’s engineering team of ex-Apple and Google employees.
It is unclear at this point what will happen with the once promising company. In the space of its first year, Essential has lost dozens of hardware and software engineers in addition to key execs. The original vice president of marketing Brian Wallace left a few weeks after the company was founded and head of hardware engineering Joe Tate followed suit earlier this year.


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Microsoft will release the console version of Flight Simulator on July 27. The game will only be playable on Xbox Series X and S and is part of the Game Pass subscription. In the fall, the game will receive an expansion, linked to the Top Gun Maverick movie.
Microsoft shows a trailer of the console version and also briefly shows at the end that the game will get a free expansion, titled Top Gun Maverick. It shows fighter jets and an aircraft carrier. The trailer also references the movie of the same name, which will be released in November this year. The expansion seems to be linked to that.
It was already known that Flight Simulator would come to consoles, but a release date was not mentioned before. Microsoft has now announced that Xbox gamers will be able to play the game on Series X and S consoles starting July 27. The game is not coming to Xbox One consoles.


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Organized baristas received plenty of support as they crowded around the Starbucks store on Downtown’s Market Square at noon Friday. Harold Grant of the Pittsburgh Federation of Teachers noted the coffee company’s billions of dollars in revenue and told the gathered workers, “You made it happen.”
Then came the chant, “No contract, no coffee.”
The effort to organize Starbucks stores in Pittsburgh is part of a nationwide movement — more than 200 stores across the nation have unionized in the past year. Friday’s rally brought together supporters from a number of other unions as well as politicians and members of the community.


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“We shall fight them on the beaches, we shall fight them in the air, and we shall never surrender.” Stirring words indeed, uttered by Sir Winston Churchill at the height of World War II. Iconic words that stirred a nation and inspired their men and women of service to dig deep and win the war for their country. So as his face has adorned special commemorative coins over the years, it seems once again fitting that The Bank of England cover their new £5 note with the face of a man that was affectionately known as, ‘The British Bulldog’.
On March 10 the Bank of England’s chief cashier, Victoria Cleland, announced that the bank’s new £5 note is on track for release later this year. The new design will be unveiled on June 2, with the note itself entering circulation in September. This is the note slated to feature Winston Churchill.
The Bank of England has been issuing banknotes for over 300 years. During that time, both the notes themselves and their role in society have undergone continual change. From today’s perspective, it is commonly accepted that a note that costs a few pence to produce is worth five, ten, twenty or fifty pounds.
Maintaining confidence in the currency is a key role of the Bank of England and one which is essential to the proper functioning of the economy.
In her speech at the Retail Business Technology Expo in London, Cleland observed, “The new fiver will bring a step change in counterfeit resilience and quality. We have been working extensively with the cash industry to ensure a smooth transition to polymer.
“Now is the time for retailers and businesses to prepare. Alongside the launch, we will release new free of charge training materials to help businesses train their staff, and run an extensive public awareness campaign to enable everyone to prepare for the new fiver entering circulation in September. This is an exciting time for banknotes and we are grateful to the cash industry for helping us introduce polymer banknotes.”
So why the move to polymer banknotes?
Polymer banknotes are manufactured from a transparent plastic film, specially coated with an ink layer that enables it to carry the printed design features of banknotes. The material allows the inclusion of ‘windows’ or clear portions in the design which enhance protection against counterfeits.
Polymer banknotes are also, resistant to dirt and moisture so stay cleaner for longer than paper banknotes, more secure so will provide enhanced counterfeit resilience and also more durable so will increase the quality of banknotes in circulation. Polymer banknotes are also more environmentally friendly than paper.
The decision follows a three-year research programme by the Bank looking at the materials on which banknotes are printed, and which concluded that there were compelling reasons to move to printing on polymer.
The Bank hosted events across the United Kingdom to give the public the opportunity to learn more about polymer banknotes, to handle the notes, and to provide feedback. Nearly 13,000 individuals gave feedback during the public consultation programme. 87% of those who responded were in favour of polymer, only 6% were opposed and 7% were neutral.
The new polymer £10 note featuring Jane Austen will be released next year later with a new polymer £20 note introduced in 2020.
Speaking of things to take note of, have you heard that the new Hallmark Coins website is now live? Go check it out right now and be sure to bag a bargain or two.
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EA Sports puts Spurs' Parker on its cover
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Electronic Arts Inc. (EA Sports) officials say the company has selected San Antonio Spurs guard Tony Parker as the cover athlete for its NBA Live 09 video game.
Parker will also serve as a spokesman for the Redwood, Calif.-based company.
In his seven years with the Spurs, Parker, now 26, has helped guide his team to three NBA championships. In 2006-07, Parker was named NBA Finals MVP.
EA Sports (NASDAQ: ERTS) says Parker will be the first European-born global cover athlete for its NBA Live product. Parker, an avid gamer, won the NBA Live 08 tournament against fellow NBA stars during the 2008 NBA All-Star Weekend in New Orleans earlier this year.
"I have a long history with EA Sports," Parker says. "I've been on the cover in France for five years straight and I've been playing NBA Live for as long as I've played basketball."
"It's a real honor for me as a European player," the Spurs guard adds, "to now be represented on the worldwide cover."
EA Sports will feature other NBA players on regional covers.
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Air Jordan 5 Retro Metallic Release Date
While 2016 has been a great year for sneakerheads so far, the releases planned for the next six months have sneakerheads patently waiting for a few coveted releases. Among those sneakers is the classic Air Jordan 5 Retro "Metallic," a sneaker that plenty of Jordan heads have been anticipating for awhile.
Set to drop this summer, the 2016 version of the Air Jordan 5 "Metallic" features a black, silver and fire red upper. The highlight of this year's rerelease will be the shoes heel, which will feature the original “Nike Air” branding on the backend while the tongue will include the Jumpman logo as usual. Taking inspiration from the OG Air Jordan 5, this "Metallic" version will be highly sought-after with much demand behind this pair of shoes.
The 2016 version of the Air Jordan 5 Retro "Metallic" is scheduled to drop on Saturday, June 23, at select Jordan Brand and Nike Basketball retailers. The pair of shoes are set to retail for a suggested price of $220 and will be available while supply lasts. Stay tuned with XXL for more details behind this coveted Jordan Brand launch and the release of further Jumpman sneakers.
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//July 24, 2013
WASHINGTON — Americans for generations have come to depend on door-to-door mail delivery. It’s about as American as apple pie.
But with the Postal Service facing billions of dollars in annual losses, the delivery service could be virtually phased out by 2022 under a proposal a House panel was considering Wednesday. Curbside delivery, which includes deliveries to mailboxes at the end of driveways, and cluster box delivery would replace letter carriers slipping mail into front-door boxes.
The proposal is part of broader legislation by Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, designed to cut costs at the cash-strapped agency by up to $4.5 billion a year. The Postal Service had a $16 billion loss last year.
The agency has been moving toward curbside and cluster box delivery in new residential developments since the 1970s. The Postal Service in April began deciding whether to provide such delivery for people moving into newly built homes rather than letting the developers decide.
“A balanced approach to saving the Postal Service means allowing USPS to adapt to America’s changing use of mail,” Issa said. “Done right, these reforms can improve the customer experience through a more efficient Postal Service.”
About one in three mail customers has door-to-door delivery, Issa said. The shift would include safe and secure cluster box delivery areas, he said, especially for elderly customers who receive Social Security checks and prescriptions through the mail.
About 30 million residential addresses receive delivery to boxes at the door or a mail slot. Another 87 million residential addresses receive curbside or cluster box delivery.
The cost differences are clear. Curbside delivery costs average $224 per year for each address, while cluster box delivery averages $160. Door-to-door delivery costs the agency about $350 per year, on average.
Sue Brennan, a Postal Service spokeswoman, said, “While converting delivery away from the door to curb or centralized delivery would allow the Postal Service to deliver mail to more addresses in less time, doing so is not included in our five-year plan.”
Brennan said the agency’s five-year plan does call for shifting 20 percent of business address deliveries from door-to-door to curbside and cluster box delivery through 2016.
Rep. Steve Lynch, D-Mass., said the plan to move some 30 million residential addresses from to-the-door to curbside and cluster box service would be virtually impossible in dense urban areas such as his hometown of South Boston crowded with triple-deckers — three apartments stacked on top of each other.
“You’d have to knock houses down in my neighborhood to build cluster boxes,” Lynch said. “This will not work.”
It might work in places like Manhattan with big apartment buildings, he said.
“Look, there’s no availability for cluster boxes in many communities around the country,” Lynch said.
Issa’s plan allows for people with physical hardships to get waivers allowing them to keep door delivery. There’s also a provision giving people the option to keep door delivery by paying a special fee to cover the additional cost.
Issa’s bill also allows the Postal Service to take into account factors such as poverty rates and population density in deciding which areas would be allowed to keep door delivery.
The financially beleaguered Postal Service, an independent agency, gets no tax dollars for its day-to-day operations, but is subject to congressional control.
The Postal Service is pursuing a major restructuring throughout its retail, delivery and mail processing operations. Since 2006, it has reduced annual costs by about $15 billion, cut its workforce by 193,000 or 28 percent, and consolidated more than 200 mail-processing locations.
The service’s losses are largely due to a decline in mail volume and a congressional requirement that it make advance payments to cover expected health care costs for future retirees. About $11.1 billion of last year’s losses were due to payments for future retiree health costs.
The volume of mail handled by the Postal Service has decreased steadily as the popularity of email, Facebook and other electronic services has grown. Total mail volume handled by the agency fell to 160 billion pieces last year from its all-time high, 213.1 billion in 2006. Revenue fell to $65.2 billion last budget year, from a high of $74.9 billion in 2008.
The Postal Service is considering several options to fix its finances, including negotiations with unions to reduce labor costs and another possible increase in prices.
The service earlier this year backpedaled on its plan to end Saturday mail delivery after running into opposition in Congress. It has tried repeatedly and unsuccessfully over the past several years to persuade Congress to approve ending Saturday mail delivery and to free the service from the advance health payments.
The Senate last year passed a bill that would have stopped the Postal Service from eliminating Saturday service for at least two years and required it to try two years of aggressive cost cutting instead. The House didn’t pass a bill.i


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Najib’s Budget May Leave Companies Squeezed as Costs RiseChong Pooi Koon
At Universal NutriBeverage Sdn., two years of rising costs have Director Terence Kuah wishing for good news in Malaysia’s budget tomorrow. He may get little relief as Prime Minister Najib Razak prepares for a new consumption tax.
“Everything has been squeezed,” said co-owner Kuah, whose company produces kiwi and lychee-flavored cordials. Universal’s operating costs increased as much as 10 percent last year and in 2012 as Najib raised fuel prices, scrapped sugar subsidies and introduced a minimum wage. “The margin has depleted very badly. How are we going to make money?”
Malaysian companies like Kuah’s will probably bear the brunt of Najib’s efforts to curb the budget deficit, caught between rising production costs and the threat of weakening demand as consumers grapple with faster inflation. While the prime minister will probably roll out aid for individuals to cope with a new goods and services tax next year, support for businesses will be less direct and focus more on encouraging investment and boosting productivity, economists say.
“You can see a number of SMEs are being closed down, stopped operations,” said Manokaran Mottain, chief economist at Alliance Bank Malaysia Bhd. in Kuala Lumpur, referring to small and medium enterprises. “That’s not good for the manufacturing sector. We are still depending on them, most of our activities are still SME-based.”
Najib’s challenge is pursuing the fiscal tightening he says the country needs to avoid credit-rating downgrades, without endangering the capital expenditure and purchasing power that help sustain growth. Exports, which helped the economy expand more than 6 percent in the first half of 2014, have cooled in recent months, increasing the importance of domestic demand.
With the opposition coalition faltering and elections four years away, Citigroup Inc. says the prime minister will “seize this narrow window of opportunity” to press ahead with fiscal tightening.
Malaysia narrowed the budget shortfall to 3.9 percent of gross domestic product in 2013, and Najib has said he wants to further trim the gap to 3.5 percent this year and 3 percent in 2015, heading toward a balanced budget by 2020. The current levels of subsidies are “unsustainable,” he said in a statement today.
“We must pass on a stronger economy with less debt” to the next generation, Najib said.
Part of that effort is the GST of 6 percent, which the government estimates will generate revenue of 2.5 billion ringgit ($764 million) in 2015 and 8 billion ringgit the following year.
Najib may announce the exemption of more goods from the GST tomorrow, adding to last year’s list that included basic food items, piped water supply and transportation services, said Citigroup economist Kit Wei Zheng.
“While an expanded list of such items may help to blunt the inflation impact of GST, a major concern amongst investors is that it may also dilute the positive fiscal impact of the tax,” Kit said.
Najib’s administration has said it will hand out more cash to lower-income households and give support to businesses to prepare them for the tax that will start April 1.
“The government will provide additional assistance to households, particularly the low and middle-income segments to help tide them through this period of rising costs and ahead of GST implementation,” said Julia Goh, an economist at CIMB Group Holdings Bhd. in Kuala Lumpur. “For the SMEs, the government is likely to provide assistance to help them move up the value chain and enhance productivity, which effectively also helps them reduce cost.”
Malaysia’s long-term strategy to boost competitiveness is removing some of the old business practices such as reliance on cheap labor, and moving toward industries that add more value to the economy, said Rahul Bajoria, a Singapore-based economist at Barclays Plc.
“It’s a trade-off,” Bajoria said. “This strategy will pay off because it’s about boosting productivity and not really relying on damping cost pressures through artificial measures in order to sustain certain industries.”
Rising operating costs may force some businesses to shut, said Teh Kee Sin, president of the SME Association of Malaysia, a group with more than 5,000 member companies.
“The cost of running business is getting higher and higher,” said Teh, whose electronic components factory in the state of Johor has struggled to pass on higher costs to clients. “This has weakened the competitiveness of SMEs. We hope the government will provide some resolution to cushion our burden.”
At Universal NutriBeverage, Kuah is paying market prices for sugar for the first time since it began in 1971, while it costs more to run his three delivery trucks and the diesel-powered boiler to melt the sweetener. Kuah is also a representative of the SME Association of Malaysia.
Companies aren’t the only ones complaining.
“The government keeps saying they are looking into the welfare of the people and want to reduce cost of living,” Bhopalan Shanmugam, a 54-year-old scrap metal dealer in Selangor state, said as he refueled his car the day fuel prices were raised this month, adding to previous increases. “How do you expect the cost of doing business and other services and goods not to go up? This is ridiculous.”


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EU Tightens Grip on Crypto: Self-Hosted Wallets Face New Rules for €1000+ TransfersApril 21, 2023
The European Parliament has approved the first-ever EU legislation for tracking crypto-asset transfers.
This development aims to deter money laundering while establishing standard supervision and consumer protection guidelines. Crypto transfers will now be subject to the “travel rule,” which is already applicable in traditional finance. This rule mandates that transaction information, including the source and recipient of the asset, be documented and stored on both ends of the transfer.
According to the European Parliament’s press release, this legislation will also affect transactions over €1000 involving self-hosted wallets when interacting with hosted wallets overseen by crypto-asset service providers. Nevertheless, the new rules will not apply to transfers between individuals without a provider or among providers acting independently.
Moreover, the Parliament has approved common rules concerning the supervision, protection of consumers, and environmental safeguards of crypto-assets, including cryptocurrencies, under the MiCA framework. The MiCA regulations agreed upon with the Council in June 2022 contain provisions to prevent market manipulation and financial crime.
MiCA will cover crypto-assets that are not currently regulated by existing financial services laws. Key provisions target transparency, disclosure, authorization, and supervision of transactions for those issuing and trading crypto-assets. These provisions aim to better inform consumers about potential risks, costs, and charges associated with their transactions. The new legal framework is also designed to enhance market integrity and financial stability by regulating public offers of crypto-assets.
The legislation includes specific measures to combat money laundering and other illicit or criminal activities. The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) will be responsible for creating a public register of non-compliant crypto-asset service providers operating within the EU without proper authorization.
Additionally, major service providers must disclose their energy consumption to address the “high carbon footprint” of cryptocurrencies.
Stefan Berger, the lead MEP for the MiCA regulation, said that the legislation places the EU at the forefront of the token economy, providing regulatory clarity for the European crypto-asset industry. Co-rapporteurs Ernest Urtasun and Assita Kanko emphasized the significance of this legislation in addressing loopholes in the EU’s AML framework and unifying the fragmented European market.
The legislation will now proceed to the Council for formal endorsement before being published in the EU Official Journal and entering into force 20 days later.
Binance Co-Founder and CEO “CZ” took to Twitter yesterday to share his thoughts on the European Parliament’s vote to implement MiCA regulations. He stated that this move signals the introduction of customized regulations for the crypto industry in one of the world’s largest markets, aimed at protecting users and fostering innovation.
CZ acknowledged that while the fine details of these regulations are crucial, he believes this is a practical solution to the industry’s challenges. With clear rules now in place for crypto exchanges operating in the EU, Binance is prepared to modify its business operations over the next 12-18 months to achieve full compliance.
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Facebook is definitely taking notice of Snapchat’s ability to capture the attention of the coveted online teen demographic, once the cornerstone of Facebook’s user-base.
The hot mobile app Snapchat enjoyed a media coverage bonanza, with their TrendSignal up +33 points over the prior year. Not surprising considering Snapchat came from total obscurity to one of the most popular photo sharing apps on the mobile web. Although the brand experienced a slight decline over the prior month (off -3 points @ 71 points), the new photo sharing service is in a solid TrendSignal position (rank #36 in the highly competitive Internet Brands category). Facebook (99 pts.), Twitter (99 pts.), and Google (98 pts.) are still the media-dominant brands in the category, but the press’ fascination with alternative mobile players is shifting to the new kids in class like Pinterest, Tumblr, and Snapchat of late.
We’re keeping a close analytic eye on Snapchat along with 125 other dynamic Internet brands in our ongoing Internet Brands report series.
With the upcoming January report, we’re adding several internet retailers (Zulily, Polyvore, Gilt Groupe), as well as mobile apps like WeChat and iBeacon.


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Peugeot Hitches its Past To the Future at the Shanghai World Expo and Unveils the Launch of Peugeot Scooters in China
PARIS/SHANGHAI - 15 JULY: From 14 July to 15 August 2010, Peugeot is exhibiting at the French Pavilion of the Shanghai World Expo in the year of its 200th anniversary, with a new identity and a new global signature "Motion & Emotion", in the wake of a record half year (global sales volumes).In China, a country with a multi-millennia history, an auto maker which is this year celebrating the 200-year anniversary of its industrial adventure, is naturally choosing to showcase this history while linking it to the future, in a bid to keep pace with the rhythm of Shanghai, a post-modern megalopolis and iconic city for urban planning at the dawn of the 21st century.
Three key zones to interlink the past and the future around the central theme of mobility in 21st-century cities
Peugeot is giving visitors to the World Expo a chance to discover three aspects of its identity, distilled into three zones:
A 200-year-old industrial adventure
Although Peugeot enjoys a high profile in numerous countries and continents, it only more recently established a presence in China, now the world's biggest car market. In this 200th anniversary year for the Marque, it seemed only natural to showcase Peugeot's extensive history to the Chinese public, as a factor of reassurance and a promise of the future for the Marque in China.
Visitors to the World Expo will get a chance to discover the multifaceted activity of Peugeot across two centuries with, in an initial phase, metallurgy rapidly followed by applications in fields as diverse as tools, saws, corset boning, coffee grinders and sewing machines, etc. before converging in the late 19th century towards mobility with the manufacture of cycles and shortly afterwards motorised tricycles.
But the bold gamble which was to determine the history and destiny of Peugeot of course concerned the car with the first model produced and marketed in 1889. Back then, the Peugeot plants in the Montbéliard area employed 1,000 people. 121 years later Peugeot has retained its independence and grown into one of the world's leading players on the auto sector with total production of over 50 million cars, organised into a group with 180,000 staff around the world of which 15,000 in China. This is the kind of universal story which lends itself well to the Shanghai exhibition.
A car zone with a focus on electro-mobility
In the limited exhibition space of 180 m2, Peugeot has decided to demonstrate that electro-mobility lies at the heart of its auto strategy being one of the main foundations for the future of the industry in which it is a major player.
To illustrate this conviction, Peugeot once again makes the past chime with the future. The former is represented by the VLV (light city car), the Marque's first electric vehicle produced and marketed in several hundred units in...1941.
The group, which is preparing to market the Peugeot i0n 100% electric car at the end of this year, is and remains the world's leading maker of electric vehicles (in volumes) and the presence of the VLV, loaned by the Peugeot Museum of Adventure for the World Expo, demonstrates just how far back this interest goes. Peugeot is convinced that the future will bring different levels of electrification of the car. To symbolise the electro-mobility of tomorrow, Peugeot has delegated an international star to Shanghai, the Peugeot BB1, whose presence at the World Expo crowns a European and world tour. The BB1, "2.50 metres, 4 people = 100% electric and zero emissions" will have been exhibited to the public in Frankfurt, Paris, London, Brussels, Milan, Madrid and Rio de Janeiro (as part of the Bibendum Challenge) before serving as ambassador for the Marque's modernity on the banks of the Huangpu river in Shanghai.
With its ground-breaking architecture and style as well as its advanced technology, fitted with inwheel motors and Li-Ion batteries, the BB1 is perfectly at home in the setting of the Shanghai World Expo where it so effectively symbolises the theme of mobility and sustainable development for the cities of the future.
A motorised two-wheeled zone with the S57 and the HYbrid3, and announcement of the launch of a commercial activity for Peugeot Scooters in China
Finally, Peugeot could not take the stage in Shanghai without evoking its particular status as an auto maker which also produces motorised two-wheeled vehicles.
Peugeot is undoubtedly one of the three oldest car makes globally but it can also be proud of the fact that it is the oldest manufacturer of motorised two-wheeled vehicles in the world.
The Chinese public will be able to discover that Peugeot is the number four maker of scooters in Europe with annual production of over 100,000 units. At the heart of the motorised two-wheeled transport zone, two vehicles illustrating once again that for Peugeot "anniversaries are only worthwhile if they build a bridge to the future". The S57, a scooter from the late 1950s whose "like a small car" advertising slogan perfectly symbolises the natural tendency of Peugeot Scooters to assign car-like attributes to its two-wheeled vehicles over the years.
Finally, the HYbrid3, a three-wheeled scooter boasting hybrid technology, heralds the Marque's future production and its capacity to meet the technological challenges of tomorrow. Peugeot has chosen the Shanghai World Expo to unveil plans to market its scooter ranges on the massive Chinese market via a joint venture with the Quinqi group as of early 2011.


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Redcar and Cleveland Council worker jailed for £724,000 fraud
A council worker from Middlesbrough who defrauded a mobile phone company out of £724,000 to buy a hot tub and caravan has been jailed for three years.
Steven Topham, 36, ordered more than 1,700 mobiles for Redcar and Cleveland Council using Vodafone's credit system.
The court heard how Topham realised if he quickly cancelled the orders, the credits were not immediately recovered.
Topham, from Coronation Green, Park End, earlier admitted fraud at Teesside Crown Court.
The crime was uncovered when Vodafone's courier company grew suspicious about making a delivery of 32 Samsung Galaxy phones, and an internal inquiry was launched.
Topham was stopped by police last year, who found £15,500 in cash in the boot of his car.
'Stupidity and greed'
The court heard how Topham used the built-up credit to buy phones, most of which were then sold on by an associate in Oldham.
The two would make contact via eBay and exchange cash at a Teesside lay-by, the court heard.
The court heard how the Oldham buyer also bought a car for Topham.
Topham told Cleveland Police he had bought a hot tub, sauna, holiday caravan, electrical goods and paid off his substantial debts with the money.
However, he could not tell police how many phones he had sold or how much he had made.
Judge Howard Crowson said Topham, who admitted fraud by abuse of position and converting criminal property at an earlier hearing, was guilty of a "breach of trust".
A proceeds of crime hearing will take place next year.


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It filed documents in Delaware.
A $75 million funding round is in the offing for Warby Parker, financial news network Cheddar reports.
The company revealed its plans for the Series E round in documents filed with the state of Delaware.
The money would follow $100 million in funding that the company raised in 2015. In all, Warby Parker has raised more than $215 million, Cheddar notes.
The company, which currently operates 64 brick-and-mortar stores in the U.S., hopes soon to approach the 100-location mark. Warby Parker co-CEO Neil Blumenthal has said it’s possible his company will one day operate between 800 and 1,000 stores.
Warby Parker officials would not comment on the upcoming funding round, Cheddar reports.
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