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Moped operators in Virginia would have to wear helmets and eye protection, carry a government-issued photo ID, and title, register and put a license plate on their scooters under a bill waiting to be signed into law by Gov. Bob McDonnell.
Update #3 — March 20, 2013; 9:30 AM
By Shelby Mertens | Capital News Service
New moped regulations:
- Beginning July 1st: moped operators must carry a photo ID and wear both helmet and eye protection.
- Beginning July 1, 2014: moped owners must title and register new vehicles ($10 charge), and obtain a license plate.
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Moped operators in Virginia would have to wear helmets and eye protection, carry a government-issued photo ID, and title, as well as register and put a license plate on their scooters under a bill waiting to be signed into law by Gov. Bob McDonnell.
Senate Bill 1038, passed by the General Assembly during its recent session, is based on recommendations from a yearlong study conducted by the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles.
In September 2011, the DMV was asked by the assembly’s transportation committees to study the increasing consumer demand for vehicles that do not fit the current motor vehicle definitions in the Code of Virginia.
The Non-Conventional Vehicles Study group was made up of representatives from the DMV, law enforcement, the insurance industry, highway safety, motorcycle dealers and manufacturers, moped dealers, and other state and local government agencies.
The study focused on low-speed vehicles like mopeds, all-terrain vehicles and three-wheeled motorcycles. The work group wanted to address concerns dealing with the safety and proper use of mopeds.
“The number of mopeds on Virginia roads has increased significantly as a result of the rising cost of gas, along with the affordability and availability of mopeds,” said Sunni Brown, a DMV spokeswoman.
“With the increased number of mopeds sharing our roads, there has been an increase in the number of concerns expressed from the public, law enforcement, General Assembly members and traffic safety advocates.”
The study also looked at moped-related crash and fatality statistics in Virginia, as well as laws governing non-conventional vehicle in other states.
“After reviewing those other state moped requirements, it became clear that Virginia is one of the few states imposing no requirement on moped operations in terms of licensing of the operator, titling, registration of the moped, and liability insurance,” Brown said.
Chelsea Lahmers, owner and founder of Scoot Richmond, which sells and services scooters, was part of the work group for the study. Lahmers said that right now, mopeds are in a gray area between bicycles, which do not require titles or registration, and cars, which of course do.
Virginia and North Carolina are the only states in the country that do not require moped operators to carry official identification. Current Virginia law requires that the moped operator must be at least 16 years old, but no valid driver’s license is necessary.
As a result, Lahmers said, there have been many cases in which moped drivers have been in an accident and did not have a photo ID on them.
Under SB1038, moped operators would have to carry a photo ID and wear a helmet and eye protection beginning July 1.
The requirements regarding titling, registering and getting a license plate for a moped would take effect the following year – starting July 1, 2014.
According to Lahmers, titling and registering a moped gives the owner protection against theft.
“We see mopeds get recovered by the police that never get back into the owner’s hands,” Lahmers said. “Without that title, it is almost impossible to get your vehicle back if it gets stolen.”
A $10 fee would be charged for titling. Lahmers said the titling requirement would apply only to newly purchased mopeds. The DMV is unsure of what to do with mopeds already on the road, she said.
Lahmers supports the legislation, but questions one provision: Under the bill, low-speed vehicle owners would be subject to a 5 percent motor vehicle sales and use tax, and exempt from the retail sales and use tax. In addition, localities may exempt mopeds from personal property taxation.
Lahmers notes that some organizations, such as the Virginia Motorcycle Dealers Association, want the motor vehicle sales and use tax lowered to 3 percent.
SB1038 was sponsored by Republican Sens. Stephen Newman (23rd District) and Charles Carrico (40th District). It was approved unanimously by the Senate and on a vote of 60-39 in the House. According to Newman’s office, McDonnell is expected to sign the bill soon.
Last year, Maryland passed a bill that made similar requirements for moped operators. The Maryland law requires owners to place a permanent decal on the rear of the moped and levies a 6 percent tax.
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Update #2 — February 14, 2013; 9:55 AM
Although the bill–which addressed other “non-conventional vehicles” in addition to mopeds–passed the Senate, it was modified by a House committee to refine the definitions of all-terrain vehicles and establish low-speed license plates for special four-wheeled electrically-powered vehicles, among other things (PDF).
As the bill was modified, it will return to the Senate for reconsideration. If the modified bill passes the Senate, it will go before the Governor. However, if the modified bill is rejected, it will then enter a committee of conference for the two bills to be reconciled.
A representative in the office of the bill’s sponsor, Sen. Stephen Newman (R- 23rd District), said the senator approved of the House changes, and expects the modified bill to pass the Senate and move to the Governor’s desk.
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Update #1 – January 16th; 6:30 AM
Del. Joe May (R-Leesberg) has introduced a bill (HB1984) that would require all mopeds in Virginia to be titled and registered, with riders required to carry government-issued photo identification and wear safety glasses if the moped is not equipped with a windshield.
The bill would also update the state’s legal definition of “moped” to mean:
…every vehicle that travels on not more than three wheels in contact with the ground that has (i) has a seat that is no less than 24 inches in height, measured from the middle of the seat perpendicular to the ground and; (ii) has a gasoline, electric, or hybrid motor that (a) displaces less than 50 cubic centimeters or less or (b) has an input of 1500 watts or less; (iii) is power-driven, with or without pedals that allow propulsion by human power; and (iv) is not operated at speeds in excess of 35 miles per hour.
Thus, motor scooters displacing 49cc or less would be considered mopeds under the bill, which would become law effective July 1, 2014. A representative of Del. May’s office said a House subcommittee reviewing the bill recently lowered the proposed titling tax rate on mopeds from 5% to 3%. The bill is scheduled to go before a full House Transportation Committee vote on Thursday.
The Senate is also considering a similar bill (SB1038), now awaiting vote in the Senate Transportation Committee.
Relatedly, Sen. Jeff McWaters (R-Virginia Beach) has introduced an additional moped bill (SB1007) that would require moped owners to have a valid driver’s license, complete special vehicle operations testing, and wear a helmet during operation. The bill also forbids excess of one passenger riding on a moped while in use, and increases violation fines from $50 to $250.
The bill is awaiting vote in the Senate Transportation Committee.
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Draft legislation requiring scooter and moped1 owners across Virginia to register and title their vehicle, as well as wear helmets and eye protection, will likely come before the General Assembly sometime after it convenes in early 2013. Several motor scooter riders and enthusiasts, including the owner of local Scoot Richmond, think the proposed law is imperative.
“There were not nearly as many 49cc bikes” when state laws were first made, said Chelsea Lahmers.2 “Now there’s so many more. Something had to be fixed.” She said Virginia has one of the nation’s most lax moped laws.
She said that since 2009, Scoot Richmond has seen steady growth in annual sales, largely because of the fuel economy mopeds offer (typically 70-100 mpg). She said 2012 has been the retailer’s “best year on record,” seeing upwards of 75 moped sales in a single month. However, neither Lahmers or state officials know the number of mopeds in either Richmond or the state. “No one has any idea,” Lahmers said. That’s one of several benefits Lahmers sees in the proposed law.
The Scoot Richmond owner was one of several individuals that comprised a recent “Non-conventional Vehicle Study Group” organized by the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV). The study group, consisting of various state departmental officials, representatives of safety organizations, and business owners, held a trio of meetings this past summer to discuss updating state laws regarding several non-automobile vehicles, including mopeds.
Lahmers said one of the chief concerns among moped discussions was to create a consistent law that encompassed all of the state rather than relying on individual cities and counties to make and enforce laws that sometimes contradicted one another.
For instance, Richmond law requires moped riders to wear helmets while operating their vehicle. However, “In many other counties, that [is] not the law,” Lahmers said. Similarly, some state jurisdictions require riders to wear eye protection while on a moped. Others do not. The proposed law will make it so that all Virginians who operate a moped must wear both a helmet and eye protection across the state.
Another benefit of the law that Lahmers praises is the requirement that all mopeds must be both tagged and titled. Currently, moped riders can operate their vehicle without a license plate, which Lahmers said help makes them “very easy” to steal. Just this summer, Richmond Police noted that moped thefts in the city were up nearly 150 percent compared to 2011. Should the proposed law pass, moped riders will be required to obtain a license plate3 for their vehicles at a one-time, $10 charge (the tag should follow the bike if its subsequently sold).
Many mopeds in Richmond are also not titled. The new law would require moped owners to pay $20 to register their vehicles with the DMV. Lahmers said that not only would tagging and titling mopeds deter theft (and make it more likely to recover a vehicle should it be stolen) but it would add another method of identifying a moped rider should she be involved in a severe accident with no identification on them. “If that person has no plate on the bike…there’s no way to find out who that person is,” Lahmers said. Titling will also help give officials and the public a better idea of just how many mopeds are in use statewide.
Many riders will be pleased with what the proposed law does not require. Moped owners will not need a driver’s license to operate their vehicle, will not need to pay property taxes, will not be required to obtain an annual state inspection of the vehicle, and will not needing to renew tags.
“I feel there aren’t a lot of downsides,” Lahmers said about the proposed statewide changes. She believes that when Delegate Joe May (R – Leesburg) brings the bill to the General Assembly sometime next year, as is expected, it will become law. “I’m very optimistic that this will pass.”
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- Public perception of mopeds and scooters sometimes differ from their legal distinctions. According to Virginia law, any motor bike that operates at 49cc or below is considered a moped. So, while some would see a 49cc Vespa and refer to it as a scooter, it is legally classified as a moped. Anything 50cc and above is a motorcycle. So, a 100cc Vespa may be called a scooter in conversation, but is legally referred to as a motorcycle. ↩
- Virginia considers motor scooters that operate 50cc and above motors motorcycles, which carry with them their own unique tagging and titling requirements. ↩
- Lahmers provided this photo comparing the license plates of an automobile (bottom), motorcycle (middle), and one that would likely be similar to that of a moped under the new law (top). ↩
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Yoko Ono has entered into a contract for global branding, licensing and rights management with Epic Rights as Global Licensing Agent to develop an innovative global branding and licensing initiative encompassing the career of John Lennon. The announcement was made today by Yoko Ono and Epic Rights CEO Dell Furano.
Epic Rights will develop two new programs for the John Lennon legacy: the John Lennon Classic brand for products featuring the artist’s name, likeness and signature; and the Bag One Arts brand based on drawings by John Lennon from rare archival sketches. These whimsical, hilarious drawings encompass the years 1964 through 1980 and evoke a sense of harmony and warmth. John Lennon’s artwork celebrates human love and communication, including his truly iconic and instantly recognizable self-portrait. Epic Rights will introduce the new John Lennon programs to potential licensing partners at the June 2014 Licensing Expo in Las Vegas.
As the worldwide merchandise and licensing agent for John Lennon Classic and Bag One Arts, Epic Rights will bring the two separate brands to top tier licensees and retailers around the world. Both John Lennon Classic and Bag One Arts programs will offer potential licensees the opportunity to incorporate Lennon’s photos and images, as well as his sketches, across a broad selection of product categories. To ensure the continued integrity of Lennon’s legacy and art, all licensed products will have the personal approval of Yoko Ono.
“Regardless of how we have experienced John Lennon — through his music, his art, his writings — he was defined by the message of love and peace, becoming an icon for generations worldwide,” said Yoko Ono. “I regard the John Lennon Classic and Bag One Arts licensing programs as another way to honor John’s legacy, and I am confident that by working closely with Dell and the Epic Rights team, we will achieve this goal.”
Furano says, “We are committed to developing a worldwide licensing program that respects Lennon’s beliefs and contributions to humanity, and anticipate strong global consumer demand from existing and new fans who want to connect with John Lennon and his legacy.”
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They're called concept cars.
Some look as if they could be tooling down the streets of Monroe any day. Others look as if they've been styled by people smoking funny cigarettes.
Regardless, the concept cars debuting at auto shows, including the North American International Auto Show under way at Cobo Center in Detroit, often reflect the wishlists of potential customers and designers alike.
This year's show is no different. Dozens of concept cars are debuting. But they cannot be purchased at dealerships. Some, in fact, merely are marketing exercises meant to test the potential for success. Some are prototypes that will turn up in a year or two as production cars you'll see rolling down I-75.
Here, then, is a sample of some from the NAIAS – a glimpse of potential cars of the future:
The Kubang sport luxury SUV concept car is expected to be the first Maserati to be built in Detroit.
The BMW 18 concept car has low-slung sportscar styling.
Inspired by Mattel's "Hot Wheels" series, the Chevrolet Camaro Hot Wheels concept car is not a toy.
The Lincoln MKZ concept car has a Cheshire cat grille.
The Chrysler 700 concept car inspired by the Voyager is a potential future large-size multi-purpose vehicle for the automaker.


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Mitsubishi expects to see its alliance with Renault-Nissan begin to influence its product line-up within 18 months to two years.
Alliance partners Renault and Nissan paid about £1.5bn to take a 34% controlling stake in the Japanese manufacturer in October 2016 and a spokesman told What Van? that although the agreement was now “done and dusted” it would take some time for its impact to be manifested in terms of vehicle output.
The spokesman added that Trevor Mann, the high-ranking Nissan executive who took the position of Mitsubishi’s chief operating officer when the deal went through was assessing the product options across the brands.
The spokesman pointed out Nissan and Renault had managed to maintain their separate brand identities since embarking on their strategic partnership in 1999 and added: “It’s important that Mitsubishi remains an engineering led company, but there will be synergies.”


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New Delhi, which raised the import duty on gold recently, is not looking at any further administrative measures immediately to clamp down imports.
“The second aspect of administrative structure, which we need to sort of discuss is whether we still need a territorial jurisdiction, at least within CBIC…I think technology makes it possible for us to not be tied to a particular geographic location,” Vivek Johri, chairman of the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC), told ET.
Industry has requested centralised registration and audit, particularly for the financial services sector or enterprises that have pan-India presence, Johri said.
“I think we need to seriously think about them because at one level technology makes it possible, but it requires a lot of discussion with the states…We’ll have to initiate that discussion,” he said.
He also said there was room for rationalising use of manpower.
“.. maybe some beginning in that direction (jurisdiction-free and faceless assessment) … Even if we don’t go there fully or we don’t go for something like the faceless system right away, I think there is room for rationalizing the way we’re using manpower,” he said.
Certain functions require a physical presence, he said.
For example, the physical verification of premises cannot be done remotely, but some functions can be handled better even if one is not present physically at the location.
“It will have to be a hybrid kind of arrangement,” Johri said, elaborating on the key focus areas for the indirect tax regime for the next five years.
CBIC has already announced the online grievance redressal system, which will be fully functional in the next three months, he said.
On rate rationalisation, Johri said the expectation was that there would be three rates and for that a lot of thinking and adjustment are required.
“While the Group of Ministers has yet to give its final report on rate rationalisation, the issue in my view is that you cannot have a rate rationalisation unless some rates go up,” he said, adding that this would mean re-slotting some items under different rate slabs.
“… that is what is going to take a lot of thinking and discussion because the trade has gotten used to this structure with 5%, 12% and 18% rates,” he said.
Even the timing of the exercise is important, he added.
“If rates have to go up or come down to achieve the revenue rate of 15%, then the timing is also very critical. Do we do it now when there are inflationary expectations in the economy or later… I think those are the kind of decisions the (GST) Council will have to take,” Johri said.
He said the recent decision on rate rationalisation along with tighter scrutiny and better compliance will keep the monthly average GST collections high, between ₹1.35 lakh crore and ₹1.40 lakh crore.
The GST Council at its last meeting in Chandigarh decided to remove exemptions on multiple branded food items.
The Board will take up the recommendations of the Group of Ministers on system reforms in the next four months, which will further improve the compliance of taxpayers.
On the increase in import duty on gold, Johri said the idea was not to shut out imports in sectors where they are either used as a basic raw material or as an intermediate in domestic manufacturing.
“…this measure which we’ve taken for gold is to curb imports of non-essential nature. So, from that point of view, I don’t see too much scope for reining in imports of other commodities,” he said.
Asked if administrative measures could be on the cards to check imports like restrictions on baggage in the past, he said: “In my view, they’re not needed right now.”
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Today is London Toy Fair and Funko is making our brains explode with reveals, and this one is no different. Space Jam is getting the Pop treatment, but that also means Funko can produce Loney Tunes products.
— Funko (@OriginalFunko) 24 January 2017
Big news indeed. Check them out below, along with their Loney Tunes Dorbz. All should be available this spring/summer.


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Nigeria's naira tumbled 4.3 percent to another record low against the dollar on Friday as the central sold dollars to try and boost liquidity on the interbank market, traders said. On Friday a total of $12 million traded on the interbank market at an average rate of 290 naira, with traders attributing the sale to a central bank intervention. "The naira is weaker because of liquidity," one trader...
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A credit card is a payment card issued to users as a system of payment. It allows the cardholder to pay for goods and services based on the cardholder’s promise to pay for them later. Some merchants will accept a credit card number for in-store purchases, but many require the card itself to be present (to be with the cardholder), and require a signature. Credit card security relies on (depends on) the physical security of the plastic card as well as the privacy of the credit card number. Therefore, whenever (every time) a person other than the card holder has access to the card or its number, security is compromised (is in danger).
It seems implausible (difficult to believe) that even the president of the United States of America could have credit card problems. Barack Obama had an embarrassing moments with his credit cards last month when dining (having dinner) with his wife in an upmarket (for rich people) restaurant in New York. The restaurant cashier told him she couldn’t accept his credit card. Later, the President told his story to the reporters: “I went to a restaurant during the U.N. General Assembly, and my credit card was rejected….It turned out (It happened; it resulted that), I guess, I don’t use it enough.” He added that the cashier thought his card was being used for illegal purposes. He explained that he did not have enough cash to pay for the restaurant bill. Luckily, his wife paid the bill using her credit card and they could leave the restaurant.
Mr Obama told his credit card story on Friday while he was signing a new law to protect consumers from identity theft. In particular (Specifically), the new law tightens the controls on credit cards. Obama said: “Even I’m affected by this.” Identity theft is a growing problem all over the world. Officials (People who work for the government) in the USA think that up to (as many as) 100 million people have been affected in the past year because someone stole their private information online. The new law is called “BuySecure”. It wants the credit card industry to change from cards with magnetic strips to those with microchips and PIN numbers. Magnetic strips are old technology. It is easy for hackers to read them and put the information on other cards.
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Google Reported to Have Acquired Twitch
The first rumors of the acquisition of Internet live streaming service Twitch by Google were reported in May, and sources have now confirmed the $1 billion purchase with Venture Beat. Twitch "enables people to broadcast their own gameplay sessions on the PC, Xbox One, or PlayStation 4 to online viewers," with popular streamers carrying more than 10,000 viewers at times. Twitch is also home to many professional gaming events including the recently completed International 4 Dota 2 event and the League of Legends Championship Series. Twitch has seen a large increase in monthly users from the 3.2 million viewers when started in June 2011 to more than 50 million users now. The site was reported to account for 1.35% of all Internet traffic by Sandvine in March.
Source: Venture Beat


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It may be the best thing to happen to TV since color.
CBS and HBO are the first big broadcasters to leap into the increasingly brutal fight for broadband viewers, going head to head against Netflix on the streaming giant's own turf.
Both broadcasters unveiled plans this week to offer programming on demand, 24 hours a day. HBO talked about launching its service next year, while CBS revealed a fully operational service on Thursday that costs $5.99 a month.
For the money, viewers get access to full current seasons of 15 CBS prime-time shows, with episodes available the day after they air. The site also offers live streams of local CBS stations in 14 of the largest markets, including New York, and full past seasons of eight major current series, including "The Good Wife," "Blue Bloods" and "Survivor." In addition, there are 5,000 episodes of older shows, shows including every episode of Paramount-produced series like "Star Trek," "Cheers" "MacGyver" "Twin Peaks" and "CSI: Miami."
Almost everything — with the exception of some extras from CBS special events, like the Grammy telecast — is already available elsewhere online.
The details of HBO's stand-alone broadband service are far more sketchy. But network insiders say it will offer the same 2,200 titles already found monthly on HBO Go, the cable channel's popular app that is only available to HBO subscribers.
Neither of the new services will pose much of a threat to Netflix, which has moved from simply renting DVDs through the mail to offering thousands of movies and TV shows streamed directly into viewer's devices, like tablets, phones and TV sets.
Netflix changed the game further a few years ago when it began to produce its own programming, like "House of Cards" and "Orange is the New Black," and the threat it's created to traditional broadcasters has led them to join the broadband party themselves.
But broadband — even a service as vast as Netflix — is still a mixed bag: Programming that may not be available on Netflix can sometimes be found on its competitors AmazonPrime and Hulu Plus. And because of the nature of Hollywood licensing deals, the libraries for each site are constantly changing. A show you found on Netflix a month ago may now only be available on AmazonPrime, and vice versa.
For the moment, at least, Netflix is the undisputed TV streaming champ, according to a recent road test by lifehacker.com, which did the most comprehensive analysis yet of streaming television. The site looked at the top 250 TV shows as ranked by the Internet Movie Database (IMDb) and checked which service offered which shows.
What it found was — if you set aside how Netflix continues to break new ground and win major awards with streaming-only shows like "House of Cards" — that Netflix has more than twice the streaming selection of Amazon when it comes to those 250 shows. And while Hulu Plus streams more current episodes, it has fewer of the hottest shows than Netflix or Amazon overall. Netflix also has the most exclusive content.
In terms of cost, Netflix goes for $8.99 a month, AmazonPrime goes for around $8.25 (but requires it all upfront in a $99 annual subscription), and HuluPlus costs $7.99 a month.
Hulu leads in terms of new content — an Achilles' heel for both Netflix and Amazon. There's almost always a months-long delay between a season wrapping up and its arrival on streaming services. But because Hulu is partly owned by broadcasters, it gets first dibs on new episodes, though it generally lacks content from earlier seasons.
To put it plainly, you can use Netflix to catch up on the first few seasons, but for the season currently airing on TV, there's a good chance it's on Hulu.
All this means that streaming may not be the cheapest option after all. In spite of their vast libraries, broadband services still do not offer the depth of content available on cable or satellite. Also, once networks like NBC and ABC decide to launch their own paid streaming services, coughing up a few bucks here and there for a subscription for those channels along with Netflix, Hulu and Amazon could end up costing viewers even more than cable.
What makes it all worth it though, is having absolute control over what you watch — when you want it.
WHAT IT ALL MEANS FOR YOU: EXPERTS SAY DITCHING CABLE OR SATELLITE FOR STREAMING COULD BE COSTLY AND LIMIT YOUR CHOICES
Don't cut the cord so fast.
So say the TV industry experts who believe that cable and satellite channels still offer the most bang for your buck — despite the presence of streaming sites like Netflix and now CBS All Access.
"If you're not careful, this could actually end up costing you more than cable," says Marc Berman, editor in chief of industry bible TV Media Insights.
"There's really very little that CBS is offering that's not available elsewhere online," he says. "It's also very limited — they're not offering all their programming, just some of it."
A viewer who gets rid of the TV and relies only on broadband would probably need to subscribe to every streaming service at once, Berman says, and would still not have access to the full range of current programming.
What's more, it's likely that broadcasters like NBC and ABC will soon offer their own pay sites, using a pricing structure similar to CBS'.
A major sticking point, Berman says, is that the new CBS site is not offering the same kind of unique content that Netflix does.
"I'm a fan of 'Survivor,' so if they were offering another hour of that show that didn't air on TV, that would be really neat — but they're not."
Instead, besides a portion of its programming CBS is offering vague extras, such as access to "exclusive content" from CBS special events like the Grammys and the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show.
"I understand why they're doing this," says Berman. "Everyone is jumping on broadband bandwagon, but they're going have to give us something that we cannot get elsewhere and be specific about exactly what it is."


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Vivo has confirmed the launch date for the highly anticipated vivo x100 series as November 13 via the Chinese social media site, Weibo. While it’s not clear if this release date applies to other regions, it’s still an exciting time for the tech brand.
The post, originally in Chinese, says that we can expect the pro flagship smartphone series launch, consisting of the vivo x100, x100 Pro, and the vivo x100 Pro+, at 19:00 Beijing Time (07:00 PT / 10:00 ET) during the vivo conference scheduled for November 13. This new device looks to rival other big names coming out of China, including some of the best Xiaomi phones and those from OnePlus.
While vivo hasn’t given an insight into the x100 series’ specs directly, thanks to benchmarking results published on AnTuTu, via gizchina.com, we can see high scores for the x100 model in terms of CPU, memory, and UX.
Reports suggest the device comes with 16 GB of LPDDR5T RAM and 1 TB of UFS 4.0 flash storage. You can anticipate the series to utilize the new MediaTek Dimensity 9300 chip for performance, too, which we’re expecting to rival the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 when it launches shortly.
Thanks to another post on Weibo by a vivo executive we have already had a first look at the phone’s design. It features a huge circular camera island with four image sensors and Zeiss branding. Its cool blue hue apparently takes its inspiration from space for its colorway. It’s certainly a looker.


text: In May 2018, consumer prices in Spain, according to the standards of the European Union, increased by 2.1% in annual terms, preliminary data of the statistical department INe showed. Compared with the growth of 1.1% in the previous month, May inflation accelerated. Analysts had expected inflation at 1.7%. Relative to the previous month, consumer prices rose by 0.9% after the April growth of 0.8%. The increase in prices in May is caused by a sharp rise in price of gasoline, diesel fuel and electricity due to rising oil prices. INe also reported that in April, retail sales in Spain, taking into account the seasonal factor, increased by 0.5% year-on-year, after rising 1.6% a month earlier.


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First it was US President Barack Obama's turn to stick the boot into PlayStation. Now, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is getting in on the action too.
Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez won't spare a kind word for video games, calling them 'poison' and accusing them of being proxies for capitalist warmongering. According to AFP, the outspoken US critic who once notoriously referred to George W. Bush ...
Mobile printing has never been easier. For a busy office, reliable and easy-to-use tools are essential. Samsung's latest smart printers are equipped for wireless printing from mobile devices. Find out more about what is all about.
In a surprise press statement, Sony today revealed its much anticipated uber-racer Gran Turismo 5 for the PlayStation 3 has been delayed with a new release date as yet unsettled. The game had been due in Japan this March, with a US and European relea...
BioWare and Random House's science fiction/fantasy publishing arm, Del Rey, announced today that Mass Effect is getting a third novelization.
The long-awaited Return to Ostagar content pack briefly available yesterday for Xbox 360 Dragon Age owners was removed from Xbox Live due to "a previously undetected issue" that renders key character abilities unusable after users downloaded a DA:O t...
Trekkies, rejoice! Cryptic Studios has announced the official subscription prices for their highly anticipated upcoming MMORPG, Star Trek Online.
You've got to hand it to Sega. They could have just made one simple announcement that Sonic the Hedgehog would be the only playable character in Project Needlemouse and won over critical and fan favor in one fell swoop. Instead, they trotted out the ...
Early this morning, several sites reported that Ubisoft France headman Geoffroy Sardin told French publication Gamekult that I Am Alive and Beyond Good & Evil 2 was still in development.
Microsoft is set to release a Limited Edition Xbox 360 Elite console to coincide with the release of Bioware's hotly anticipated Mass Effect 2.
It seems Ubisoft's not finished with Ezio, the mellow sand-flinging, pole-sweeping, back-stabbing protagonist of Assassin's Creed 2. Surprising everyone, the publisher says we'll see him again in an unanticipated followup release, due out in fiscal 2...
A recent study performed at the Indiana University School of Medicine suggests that playing games on a regular basis may be a more enjoyable and approachable form of physical therapy for cerebral palsy, multiple sclerosis and stroke victims.
I Am Alive made quite an impression when it debuted at E3 2008--you know, back when we had to play demos at an airport hangar--but the title has been almost invisible since then.
Another gamer is in police custody after a 23-year-old World of Warcraft player was arrested in Clearwater, FL this week on charges of defrauding customers who purchased his World of Warcraft characters online.
Australia's most popular online job-finding site, www.seek.com.au, is advertising a position for 'Biotic-Powered Super-Soldier' with the Cerberus organisation. The advertisement features a list of skill requirements, including familiarity with heavy ...
Nintendo Wii users will be able to stream Netflix movies and TV episodes on their consoles, Netflix announced on Wednesday. The feature will be enabled this spring, at no additional charge for Netflix subscribers.
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Israel: Diamond Controller Authorizes Concessions on Diamond Shipments
Israel’s diamond controller, Ophir Gore, has authorized temporary concessions on diamond shipments to and from countries affected by coronavirus.
Among the concessions: Instead of the usual 30 days for inspection of polished diamonds, traders can now inspect polished goods from virus-hit countries for 90 days without paying the usual 0.1% import duty. The countries include China, Hong Kong, Macau, Japan, Taiwan, South Korea, Singapore and Italy, and the minimum value of goods inspected must total $50,000 or more. This concession will be in place until May 31, 2020.
In addition, Israeli polished diamonds dealers can now take up to $1.5 million of merchandise with them on an airplane to coronavirus-hit countries. The previous cap was set at $1 million. A further measure taken: Diamond companies that send goods, rough or polished, to coronavirus-hit countries have a year and three months to bring the goods back without paying import tax – instead of the previous 12 months limit.
Israel Diamond Exchange (IDE) President Yoram Dvash commented on his Facebook page that he was happy to see the IDE’s requests for concessions were accepted swiftly by the diamond controller.


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Reading about the thousands of pounds worth of free stuff accepted by an un-named magazine fashion editor in The Times this week put me in mind of a particularly successful looter.
Swag trousered by the magazine stylist included: a Blackberry in its case, a pair of diamond earrings and an Apple laptop. Rioters who made off with far less earlier this month are now serving a lengthy prison sentence.
In some ways the admitted crimes of this unnamed journalist are worse, because they are corrupt and involve the abuse of a position of trust. And because a well educated £34,000-a–year professional, who has probably had every opportunity in life, should know better. According to The Times’s whistleblower (£)- the relationship between freebies and editorial is clear:
“fashion PR sends fashion editor a bag, fashion editor likes bag and puts said bag in the magazine, sales of bag soar, fashion editor keeps bag, fashion PR and bag company are delighted”
The Bribery Act came into force on 1 July and could well make such sweeteners illegal.
Justice secretary Kenneth Clarke said interpretation of the act would come down to “common sense”.
It seems to me common sense that a journalist who accepts a free holiday, or expensive gift, in exchange for an editorial mention which wouldn’t otherwise appear is accepting a bribe.
Lunch where a PR or contact picks up the bill would seem to me a reasonable part of the job. But an all-expenses-paid VIP weekend at their expense begins to look a little dodgy. And if it directly leads to positive editorial coverage then that’s corrupt isn’t it?
There will be exceptions. Travel journalists need to experience holidays to write about them, but few publications could afford to fund such travel themselves. So they have to accept hospitality from hotels, airlines and tour operators. But they should be up-front about telling readers when they have done so. Few publications currently are.
The same is probably true of journalists in a number of other areas who need to experience things in order to write about them: such as motoring writers, beauty journalists and drinks writers. Even war reporters are often flown out to conflict zones at the MoD’s expense.
But the diary writers who drop mentions of Champagne brands into copy and then gratefully accept a case of said brand and any journalist who lets an indirect financial sweetener influence what they write should be slapped down.
And don’t get me started on the many celebs who take free holidays organised by travel PR companies for stories which then appear in the national press. Said PRs then file the copy, purportedly written by the celeb, directly to the national newspaper travel desk (yes this really does happen).
The Leveson Inquiry into press standards and the general upcoming shake-up of press regulation will not stop at phone-hacking, but take a broader review of standards in the press.
The Press Complaints Commission Editors’ Code says little about financial corruption – and particularly the more pernicious practice whereby advertisers secure favourable editorial mentions in some more shady publications. But I’d argue that it should (if the PCC system survives).
And Bribery Act or no Bribery Act – the phone-hacking scandal should act as a wake-up call for all journalists to make sure they keep their noses squeaky clean.


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Having grown up in Carson City, I have known Dan Turner, owner of the Bicycle Authority, for many years. My neighborhood BMX gang would often run into his BMX gang out at the jumps in an empty lot somewhere around town, and he was always out at the BMX track too. When I got my drivers license at 16, I gave up on bikes for a few years. I’d be driving down the street in my chick magnet, a Datsun B210 station wagon with a dented up driver’s side, and there would be Dan, riding his BMX bike down main street. He’d be bunny hopping, jumping off curbs, and I remember thinking, “Who would be caught riding around town on a bicycle? How nerdy!” And now look at me today…
The Nevada Appeal recently did a “Meet Your Merchant” feature on the Bicycle Authority. Here’s a snippet of the article from the Nevada Appeal:
Dan Turner said his post-secondary schooling wasn’t spent buried in books deep inside a library, but toiling away in the back of a bike shop.
“That’s all I had done was work at bike shops,” said Turner, 44, owner of Bicycle Authority. “I got to learn from owners of bike shops … that really helped getting my foot in the door. That was my own form of college.”
Turner is a one man show at his North Carson City bike shop, spending six days a week inside his spacious store that is covered in bicycle paraphernalia that includes posters of the Death Ride, a 129-mile trek along the California Alps, to former rides mounted on the walls.
One thing that makes Dan’s shop unique is all the memorabilia displayed throughout the store. Most bike shops tend to live in the now, dazzling the senses with the latest and greatest. In the Bicycle Authority, though, you will take a walk down memory lane. There are a lot of old bikes and other items throughout the store that aren’t for sale. Brian Duggan, the writer of the NV Appeal article, looked around the store and noticed the old Death Ride posters. I suppose everyone’s eyes focus on something different. For me it’s the old Skyway BMX frame up on the wall. It stirs up memories of the endless summers back in the 80’s when my friends and I would just sit on the lawn, talk about BMX, and think of what kind of trouble to get into next. There was so much free time back then! A Skyway just like the one on Dan’s wall was the last bike of my childhood, the bike that led me on so many cool adventures.
Continue reading the Nevada Appeal article, Meet Your Merchant: BMX kid at heart made bicycles his life’s work over on the Nevada Appeal website.
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text: The Lenovo Z5 was teased by the company’s VP Chang Cheng for weeks with a near bezel less display. The first phtot was posted on Weibo with literally no bezels and showed the top right corner. In the coming weeks, a sketch was revealed with a 100% screen to body ratio and more leaks by Chang Cheng.Then, finally after around a month, the Lenovo Z5 was launched yesterday. We had halfheartedly expected the bottom chin, but as it turns out, the Z5 has a big notch too. It looked nothing like the entire month of leaks had made us expect it to look like. Well, that’s just one lie. Twitter user @UniverseIce posted a picture comparing the Lenovo Z5’s press release images to its real image. The bezels are significantly bigger on all sides.Lenovo claims a screen to body ratio of 90% even with the notch and the chin which look pretty standard when compared to other Android phones that haven’t hit that score. The screen is a 6.2 inch 1080p panel and the device supposedly comes with the Snapdragon 636. It comes in 6GB/64GB and 6GB/128GB configurations. The cameras are a 16 MP dual rear system placed like the iPhone X.This is unacceptable. Lenovo lied to both the media and its customers. At least say that the design you show off is a prototype. They even lied about it being the first phone to come with 4 TB of storage This was Lenovo’s turn to win the game but now it looks like its all over for them. At their present rate of lying, I wouldn’t be surprised that we would be getting a phone with larger bezels and older aspect ratio, a worse processor and a sticker for a screen by the time it launches officially.


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Research has found that 82% of EU consumers may prefer a virtual reality (VR) dealership experience over traditional sales practices.
The research commissioned by ZeroLight asked 1,000 motorists over the EU about virtual reality and augmented reality (AR) technologies and 82% of respondents indicated an interest to see, explore and configure a car to their preference VR/AR technology prior to purchase – with just 5% disagreeing.
ZeroLight’s associate marketing director, Joseph Artgole , said: “We know that customers demand digital-led experiences that offer them complete control over their purchase. What we see here is further validation of VR within the automotive retail space.
“Immersive technologies offer a perspective that is wholly unique to the medium. Seeing the vehicle in front of you to scale as you create it is truly compelling, driving value at any stage of the customer journey whilst delivering efficiencies for the brand.”
The survey also found that 65% said they would be more likely to visit a dealership if they knew it had an immersive technology experience in place.
Interestingly, 78% of respondents agreed that the technology would give them a greater connection with a brand, with 48% saying visual quality and interactivity were at the focus of their car buying experience.
Artgole said: “Mediums such as VR and AR allow dealerships to add value and differentiate themselves within the marketplace, creating a new layer of discovery that’s helping to arrest the recent decline in visits from the public.”
“If you’re going to deploy a commercial experience designed to be part of a customer journey, you need to allow the customer to naturally formulate an opinion.
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There’s good news and bad news for Honeycomb tablet owners who have been waiting with bated breath for the official release of a streaming Netflix app. The good news? It’s official, having been announced by Netflix and released into the Android Market on October 19. The bad news? It may not be the incredibly awesome Honeycomb-optimized experience you’ve been waiting for.
Ever since May, when Netflix made its grand (and way overdue) appearance on the Android Market for a handful of seemingly random mobile devices, tablet owners have been looking for ways to get in on the fun. First, it came to the Lenovo IdeaPad K1 and ThinkPad Tablet, then a handful of Gingerbread tablets. Now, it’s available for all devices running Android version 3.0 and higher. Naturally, it’s not without its ups and downs.
If you’re a newbie to Netflix Watch Instantly and your Honeycomb tablet’s doubling as your training ground, here are a few helpful details to get you up and running.
Lest we bust too many chops and make Netflix raise their rates again out of spite, it should be mentioned that there are some good things about the Netflix Honeycomb app.
Not to be ungrateful, but the tech geeks over at Netflix have had five long months to ponder over the steaming app’s migration to Honeycomb tablets and there’s no excuse for some of the following oversights.
Apparently having conquered whatever DRM issues prevented it from rolling out its streaming app to Honeycomb tablets in the first place, Netflix’s latest app update is a step in the right direction for a company that’s displayed a real talent for causing outcry among its customer base. First, there was the double-whammy decision to not only hike up prices, but to separate DVD rental plans from Watch Instantly plans (although anyone who’d been lucky enough to pay such a meager amount for both for such a long time certainly should have known a price hike was inevitable). Then there was the announcement – and rapid reversal – of Netflix’s bewildering decision to rename the DVD portion of its service to Qwikster. If Netflix can finally get around to optimizing the streaming app experience to make use of all that extra screen real estate that tablets have over their much tinier smart phone cousins, they’ll officially be two-for-four. At this point, that’s a record to aim for.
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|Mr. Lube, in conjunction with Prostate Cancer Canada, today announced that the company will donate fifty percent of the proceeds from its 5th Annual Tournament for Life Pro-Am golf fundraiser for Prostate Cancer Canada to the Red Cross Flood Relief...|
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|Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory Canada today announces its commitment to support flood-damaged Southern Alberta communities with a national initiative this Canada Day long weekend. |
|Smashburger, America's fastest growing "better burger" restaurant, is rapidly expanding and has selected Sherwood Park as its third Canadian location. |
|Edo Japan will be opening the doors to its third Lethbridge location, in the fastest growing side of the city, today at 10 a.m.|
| Brinker International, Inc. (NYSE: EAT) today announces a signed agreement with longtime Canadian franchise partner, Speedy Creek (2011) Ltd. Under the terms of the agreement, a subsidiary of Brinker will acquire 11 existing Chili's®...|
|Good Earth Coffeehouse, is proud to announce the opening of a second Good Earth in Canmore, Alberta in the new Elevation Place at 700 Railway Avenue.|
|Good Earth Coffeehouse and Bakery, is pleased to announce the winner for their Favourite Barista contest.
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|Pizza Pizza and Pizza 73, the leading purveyor of pizzas in Canada, are slicing its prices on select pizzas while giving children and their families another reason to smile. |
|Smashburger, America's fastest growing "better burger" restaurant is ready to expand further into Canada with the help of its newest team member, Audra Wosik, Director of Franchise Sales in Canada.|
|Launched this April at various locations across North America, TapSnap is the special event photo booth reinvented as an open-concept, high-tech phototainment system that is instantly connected to social media.|
|Good Earth Coffeehouse and Bakery, a company of environmentally responsible specialty coffeehouses, is partnering with the Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC), to raise funds for NCC's conservation work in Canada.
|Edo Japan was honoured as a recipient of the Franchisees’ Choice designation on April 8, 2013 during a Gala Awards Presentation at the 22nd annual Canadian Franchise Association (CFA) National Convention in Montréal, Québec.|
|Vanguard Cleaning Systems, a leading franchisor of commercial cleaning businesses, presented its 2012 Franchisee of the Year award to Merlyn and Roger Sison, franchisees from Calgary, Alberta, Canada. |
| Men In Kilts, Canada’s largest full-service window cleaning, gutter cleaning, siding cleaning, and pressure washing company, officially opened its doors in Edmonton. |
|ColorTyme, Inc., America’s first franchisor of independently owned-and-operated rent-to-own stores, will be expanding its reach internationally for the first time when it begins the franchising of 18 Rent-A-Centre locations in Canada.|
|Good Earth Coffeehouse and Bakery has once again baked up a delicious gingerbread holiday treat in support of Habitat for Humanity.|
|Rita's Italian Ice, the United States' largest Italian Ice concept with over 625 outlets, has awarded a Master Franchise for all of Canada to Canada Water Ice Company Ltd. of Calgary, Alberta.|
|Men In Kilts will be participating to help raise awareness and funds for the Prostate Cancer “Get Checked” event on Wednesday Nov 14th at the Suncor Energy Centre.
|Metal Supermarkets Franchising Family of Companies bestowed its highest honor, Franchisee of the Year, on Norm Hanson at the 2012 Annual Metal Supermarkets Conference. |
|Edo Japan, one of Canada’s leading fast casual restaurants, is proud to announce the opening of its newest restaurant on September 21, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. in the recently renovated Deer Valley Market Place.|
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|Pet Planet, in partnership with Horizon Pet Nutrition, provided over 1000 lb. of food to Dogs With No Names.|
|Maid Brigade, the leading green maid franchise, opens its doors in South Calgary (Alberta, Canada) and expands the company’s complete cleaning services throughout Northern Connecticut and South Florida.|
| Good Earth Coffeehouse and Bakery, a Calgary-based success story, is proud to announce the opening of a second Red Deer location at the Collicutt Centre (3031-30 Avenue SW).|
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HEALTHCARE SECURITY FORUM: A HIMSS EVENT
San Francisco, CA - June 11 - 12, 2018
McKinsey & Co. and the World Economic Forum recently undertook joint research to develop a fact-based view of cyber risks, assess their economic and strategic implications, particularly for healthcare, and lay out a path forward. Interviews with executives and data from more than 200 enterprises, technology vendors, and public agencies contributed to the report’s three main findings for enterprises:
In this end-of-the day featured presentation, Venky Anant, an associate partner and cybersecurity expert for McKinsey & Company, highlights the report’s findings, and, importantly, discusses the emerging consensus among technology executives on the seven keys to a more effective cybersecurity defense.
If you are like the nearly 80 percent of executives who said they cannot keep up with the increased sophistication of attackers, this session will provide some much needed help.


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Amazon listing of Nexus 5 accessory points to October 30th launch
0. phoneArena 17 Oct 2013, 02:32 posted on
The end of this month is getting crowded with potential device launches; just the other day, there was talk that while the Apple iPad 5 and the Apple iPad mini 2 will be introduced on October 22nd, the two slates will be available for purchase on October 30th or October 31st. While on Wednesday, the latest speculation called for an October 28th release of both the Google Nexus 5 and the Android 4.4 OS update...
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1. GeekMovement (Posts: 2156; Member since: 09 Sep 2011)
the image of the nexus 5 on the listing page looks amazing!
2. Gulenkov (Posts: 49; Member since: 15 May 2013)
A great render of nexus 5! Hope, it's Price will be also add great
11. itsdeepak4u2000 (Posts: 3718; Member since: 03 Nov 2012)
Nexus devices prices are always great...
3. woodshop20 (Posts: 459; Member since: 14 Sep 2013)
I don't mean to be spoiling any fun, but the Nexus 5 news are starting to get slightly boring and (for me) the hype has died down. There has been too many leaks, and we know everything about this device already.
Imagine a Nexus without any leaks, and Google just released it - poof! Right like that in our faces. Now that would be exciting.
4. Gulenkov (Posts: 49; Member since: 15 May 2013)
There's no a smartphone without leaks. But it is interesting sometimes, 'cause even now we don't know all about Nexus 5. There is a silence about nexus 10 2013 and Google nexus gem smartwatch also. Anyway, the announcement will be exciting
6. ScottSchneider (Posts: 334; Member since: 06 Dec 2011)
I thought the N4 didnt leak like the N5 did... Did it ? Google took us by surprise...
8. Retro-touch (Posts: 273; Member since: 24 Oct 2011)
The N4 leak was the same, the phone was reviewed before it was announced and we knew EVERYTHING, the only thing to look forward to was the pricing and sale date, same situation this time, just want Google to release it so I buy it
10. ScottSchneider (Posts: 334; Member since: 06 Dec 2011)
I forgot... It was the N10 from Samsung... N4 and N10 were released at the same time...
5. ScottSchneider (Posts: 334; Member since: 06 Dec 2011)
If the info about google not able to get the FCC certification from the government to launch their devices was right... How come Apple was able to get the FCC certification for theie iPads and google wasn't able to do so? I smell something fishey...
7. improv (Posts: 96; Member since: 09 Sep 2013)
Google probably didn't have intentions of releasing the N5 on the 15th
9. saenaedewe (Posts: 71; Member since: 01 May 2013)
Google/LG, please release it globally at the same time...
12. Tarkoon (Posts: 1; Member since: 17 Oct 2013)
This theory is nonsense...
If I look into amazon.de here in Germany I find several accessories for the Nexus 5 with dates of availability on 23.10., 25.10. or 8.11.
I can't post a link because I am just new here, but you just have to search for "nexus 5" on amazon.de and you will find the many cases from mumbi and if you search for "dipos nexus 5" a display protector...


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In accordance with a $170 million settlement reached with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and New York Attorney General, YouTube announced this morning that it will take steps to ensure kids are “protected” and retain their privacy on its video-sharing platform. Specifically, the company says it will limit data collection, disable comments and notifications, and stop serving personalized ads for kids’ videos on YouTube and YouTube Kids over the next four months. Additionally, it plans to establish a three-year, $100 million fund dedicated to the creation of “thoughtful” and original children’s content on YouTube globally.
To distinguish children’s content from that made for general or mature audiences, YouTube says it will continue to rely on creators to select the appropriate categories and machine learning to help surface videos that clearly target young audiences. “We know these changes will have a significant business impact on family and kids creators who have been building both wonderful content and thriving businesses, so we’ve worked to give impacted creators four months to adjust before changes take effect on YouTube,” wrote company CEO Susan Wojcicki in a blog post.
According to the FTC, YouTube and parent company Google ran afoul of the U.S. Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) because child-directed channels on its platform used persistent identifiers — or cookies — to deliver behaviorally targeted ads to young viewers. COPPA requires that websites and online services provide notice of how they treat information and obtain parental consent prior to collecting data from kids under 13, which YouTube reportedly failed to do.
YouTube often markets itself as a top destination for kids in presentations to the makers of popular children’s products and brands, the FTC notes. In a recent example, the company told toy companies Mattel and Hasbro that it was “today’s leader in reaching children age 6-11 against top TV channels” and that it’s the “#1 website regularly visited by kids.”
In addition to paying $136 million to the FTC and $34 million to the state of New York, by next year YouTube and Google are to implement a system that permits channel owners to identify child-directed content so they can ensure it complies with COPPA. YouTube and Google are also obligated to notify channel owners hosting child-directed content that it might be subject to COPPA’s obligations and provide annual COPPA-compliance training to employees who deal with YouTube channel owners.
According to the FTC, the $136 million penalty was approved in a 3 to 2 vote along party lines, with the agency’s three Republican commissioners voting to approve it and the two Democratic commissioners dissenting on the grounds that it didn’t go far enough. The FTC stated that it is by far the largest amount obtained in a COPPA case since Congress enacted the law in 1998.
“Today’s changes will allow us to better protect kids and families on YouTube, and this is just the beginning. We’ll continue working with lawmakers around the world in this area, including as the FTC seeks comments on COPPA,” added Wojcicki. “And in the coming months, we’ll share details on how we’re rethinking our overall approach to kids and families, including a dedicated kids experience on YouTube.”
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Blizzard Entertainment is celebrating the Lunar New Year again this year with special events in multiplayer games Overwatch and Heroes of the Storm. The Year of the Dog kicks off this week and runs until March 5, adding Lunar loot boxes with unique skins and other cosmetic goodies.
The Year of the Dog is bringing over 50 new seasonal items to Overwatch, as well as bringing back items from last year’s Lunar celebration at a discounted price. There are six new legendary skins: Mercy, Pharah, Genji, Zarya, Widowmaker, and McCree.
A new custom map has also been added featuring the Capture the Flag mode that was introduced during last year’s Lunar New Year event. The map is Ayutthaya, in Thailand. It’s half classic temple design and half modern-future aesthetics.
Capture the Flag has seen some notable improvements since last year. Instead of a draw, the mode will feature Sudden Death, moving both teams closer to the flag. Flag pickup is now instant, and cannot be picked up for five seconds after being dropped. Flags return to their base after four seconds. Mobility and invulnerability skills will drop the flag. Capture the Flag will now have its own competitive mode, with placement matches, skill ratings and competitive points.
You can watch the always friendly Overwatch director Jeff Kaplan explain the new changes below.
Heroes of the Storm is also celebrating the Lunar New Year event with new skins, sprays, mounts, portraits, and more. Like Overwatch these loot boxes will only be available until March 5.


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Despite the currently challenging economic situation in Europe, we see a considerable increased demand for our truck and bus tire business in the mid-term, comments Dr. Andreas Esser, Head of the Business Unit Commercial Vehicle Tires at Continental. "With the exploration especially of the growth markets in Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa we foresee further potential in the years to come. In order to accommodate this rising demand in the near future, we have to expand and upgrade our largest production plant in EMEA further, he adds. The exact timing of the stepwise capacity increase and corresponding invest will depend on the market development and its influence on the customers' demand for truck and bus tires.
Puchov, which is Continental's largest production site for truck and bus tires in EMEA, will not only see an increase in manufacturing capacity, but also extensive upgrades to machinery and infrastructure in order to achieve maximum production efficiency. "In order to sustain a technology leader position and provide our customers with best-in-class products, we are constantly optimizing our processes and production techniques. In addition, Puchov will be the first plant to produce our new Generation 3 bus tires. By this investment, we will increase our agility to follow the market demands, remarks Thierry Wipff, Head of Manufacturing Commercial Vehicle Tires at Continental.
Since the beginning of this year, the company has already announced expansion plans for its operations in Mount Vernon (USA) worth more than USD 95 million (approximately EUR 70 million). (Syed Rashid Ali, Karachi, Pakistan)


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A 99er tier 5 unemployment extension could help consumer spending. According to an article about the performance of Best Buy in the New York Daily News, an analyst noted that stronger consumer spending was more incentive discount based driven and not an indicator of a strengthening economy.
He said "Real consumer spending will likely continue to grow at a subdued rate ... until job growth improves."
On the day after the final mid-term election primaries, many politicians are focused more on their campaign than the issues. Companies are suffering just as the jobless are suffering.
How many experts must speak out about the unemployment extension and the effects of unemployment before someone starts to take note? It’s sad but true that Washington has an agenda and that agenda is more important than American needs.
A Tier 5 unemployment extension would not only boost morale, it would create a situation where Americans can flourish once again. Job growth is needed in order to heal the economy, and this is the first logical step.


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Today, Tesla loses a fight to sell electric cars directly to customers in Michigan, California removes the limit on "green stickers" that allow plug-in hybrids solo access to carpool lanes, and Chevrolet's Bolt EV and Volt names create confusion for Koreans. All this and more on Green Car Reports.
Read about the 2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV's 238-mile range rating, the Tesla 100D battery option, and more in our Week in Reverse feature.
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Dunkin’, the operator of Dunkin’ Donuts franchises, is alerting DD Perks rewards program account holders that its profiles and data may have been accessed by a hacker in October.
ZDNet, citing the company, reported Dunkin’ wasn’t the victim of a breach — but that it was the victim of credential stuffing attack, which is an automated attack. “Third-parties who obtained DD Perks account holders’ usernames and passwords through other companies’ or organizations’ security breaches may have used this information to log into certain DD Perks accounts if the account holders used the same username and password for unrelated accounts,” a Dunkin’ Donuts spokesperson told ZDNet. The report noted that Dunkin’ said it was notified about the attack from a security vendor it does business with and said it was successful in stopping “most of these attempts.” It did acknowledge that some login attempts may have succeeded, and thus sent the notification to account holders.
ZDNet noted that Dunkin’ didn’t say how many customers were impacted by the breach. Some of the information potentially obtained in the breach includes users’ first and last names, email address, DD Perks account numbers and DD Perks QR codes. Dunkin’ said the attack happened on October 31, and when it learned of it, it forced a password reset to all impacted accounts. “We also reported the incident to law enforcement and are cooperating with law enforcement to help identify and apprehend those third-parties responsible for this incident,” Dunkin’ said. ZDNet noted that accessing the DD Perks accounts, which are part of the company’s mobile app and let users gain points to receive free or lower-priced products, may seem pointless — but rewards program data is sold over the dark web.
In late September Dunkin’ Donuts announced that it has officially changed its name, and will now be known simply as Dunkin’.
As a result of the change, new branding was unveiled at its Global Franchisee Convention that recognizes its new name and focus on serving great coffee fast, while also embracing Dunkin’s heritage by keeping its signature pink and orange colors and iconic font.


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The network said Wednesday it is the biggest advertising haul ever for an Olympics and topped the $850 million in ad sales for Beijing in 2008. There’s a lot more room for advertising, since NBC Universal is showing more than 5,000 hours of competition on NBC, its cable affiliates and online.
Top NBC Sports sales executive Seth Winter says the $60 million in digital ad sales triples what the network earned in 2008.
NBC says President Barack Obama has spent $6.5 million to buy national ads during the Olympics, while Mitt Romney hasn’t bought any yet.
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Is OpenCable Platform (OCAP) Delaying Media Centers?
Where are all the media center computers with digital cable tuners? Digital cable tuners were supposed to have ushered in a new era for media center PCs, allowing HD cable television to be watched on your computer. Unfortunately, reality has been less than exciting. VelocityMicro PC is the only viable vendor for purchasing such a computer system. HP is no longer selling Digital Cable Tuners and Dell, although offering the XPS 410 for reviewing, has not delivered a commercial product.


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Tesco, a British supermarket chain, began festooning cartons of milk this month with information on the carbon dioxide emissions associated with the production, processing, distribution and use of each pint.
Tesco said putting the labels on milk pints – an iconic symbol of British life – helped to raise awareness about climate change and about the impact of store-bought goods.
But the idea of carbon labeling has been fiercely contested in Europe, and varying methods for measuring a product’s carbon footprint have contributed to more general concerns in the food sector that introducing new labels will confuse and worry consumers.
In its statement, Tesco suggested that some of those concerns are overblown.
It said that research conducted independently showed that half of all customers surveyed now understood the correct meaning of the term “carbon footprint” compared with 32 percent of people surveyed in 2008. It also said the research showed that more than half of customers surveyed would seek lower carbon footprint products as part of their weekly shop compared with 35 percent last year.
The survey was conducted on Aug. 3 and 4 and involved 2,024 respondents, Tesco said.
The supermarket said its pint of skimmed milk had a footprint of 716 grams of carbon dioxide, whereas a pint of whole milk had a footprint of 916 grams. A spokeswoman explained that the large difference was because of a larger portion of cream added back into whole milk in the production process.
Tesco said that most of the emissions associated with a pint of milk come from the agricultural stage, where the biggest factor was methane expelled by the cows.


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The newest online legal services firm to enter the growing market is startup LawZam, a California firm that offers consumers free video consultations with lawyers.
LawZam is part of a growing number of online legal services firms that say their services are vastly more affordable than visiting a brick-and-mortar law firm.
Although LawZam is based in Los Angeles, more than a dozen Massachusetts attorneys have created profiles for the site, which offers a fast-access directory of personal injury, family law, estate planning, criminal defense and civil litigation lawyers. To date, the website, which launched in June, has about 325 lawyers profiles.
“For me, it was about giving people that ability to talk to lots of lawyers without feeling embarrassed,” said LawZam co-founder Claudio Dunkelman, a lawyer who has faced initial critiques that many of the attorneys who have so far created profiles are recent law school graduates.
“It’s an interesting point, but it’s not valid. We’re more like the Yellow Pages with video,” said Dunkelman, who met his LawZam business partner, Brendan Ludwick, while they attended college together at the University of California at Berkeley.
Both are sole law practitioners who have self-funded LawZam. They plan to make money off of the website’s advertising, not through fee sharing with the attorneys on their site.
For lawyers, especially sole practitioners such as Raynham-based Eric DiMarzio, LawZam is a novel way to market their services in a sluggish legal services market that has been particularly tough for recent law school graduates.
“When I first decided to open my own practice, (I pursued) whatever free marketing opportunities I could get my hands on,” said DiMarzio, 27.
DiMarzio graduated from Roger Williams University School of Law in 2010, and is admitted to practice in Massachusetts and Connecticut. He currently runs his solo criminal defense practice out of his bedroom in his parents’ house.
“It’s bare bones,” DiMarzio said. “My dream job has always been to be a public defender.”
To date, DiMarzio says no one has contacted him through LawZam. He’s gotten most of his business though an ad he runs on Craigslist.
Craigslist isn’t LawZam’s only competitor. Locally, Boston-based ClearViewDivorce launched last year as a cheaper, faster way for unhappy couples to negotiate their entire divorce online, with the help of a mediator. The site has taken more than 2,000 couples through the process. Avvo.com launched in 2007 as a lawyer-rating system.
San Francisco-based LegalZoom, which launched in 2001, is the granddaddy of online legal services websites. Officials at LegalZoom, which is planning an IPO, claim it has helped more than two million people create legal documents — from wills to incorporating a company — online.
Not all Boston-area lawyers are convinced that online legal services firms offer real competition.
“I do not see this site (LawZam) or those that offer form documents to the public as competing with law firms of any significant size,” David Rosenblatt, managing partner of Burns & Levinson LLP, said in an email. “And the target clientele appears to be very different.”


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ITC to re-examine one out of four patents HTC accuses Apple of violating10
A final ruling on Apple's complaint against HTC is scheduled for this Monday after being postponed this past Wednesday. The original decision in that case was that HTC violated a pair of Apple's patents. When the original ruling was made in July, it was feared that it could lead to a ban on Android devices in the States. A spokesman for Apple repeated the company line on Friday by saying, "competitors should create their own original technology, not steal ours."
Both Apple and HTC have various complaints lodged against the other with the ITC. In July, Apple had filed another complaint against HTC while the latter filed its third complaint against Apple in September, using patents given to the company by Google. In his biography, it was mentioned that the late Steve Jobs took a keen interest in his company's legal actions against HTC, feeling like the Taiwan company stole Apple inventions. HTC CEO Peter Chou called the whole thing "a distraction", positive that it will not affect HTC's business.
Apple and Samsung also have a similar legal tangle going on worldwide. Recently, a U.S. court refused Apple's request for a ban on Samsung's Galaxy smartphones and tablets while a patent infringement trial is in progress.
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2 min read.Updated: 07 Jan 2019, 09:53 AM ISTVivek Kaul
On 3 January, Apple's stock price fell by 10% to close at $142.2, after it revealed that last November, iPhone sales in China had fallen sharply. It's expected that this will get China and the US talking on the trade war they have unleashed against each other. Let's understand how.
What’s the US-China trade war?
US President Donald Trump wants to make “America great again". To achieve this so-called goal, he has imposed tariffs of 25% on Chinese imports worth $50 billion and a 10% tariff on Chinese imports worth $200 billion. The idea is to make Chinese imports into the US expensive. As Chinese imports get expensive, the hope is that products made in the US will become more competitive, likely leading people to buy them more than they do at present. This will benefit US businesses. As businesses do better, they will expand and create employment opportunities. This is what Trump had hoped for.
How have things actually turned out?
Take a look at the above chart. It plots the trade deficit in goods that the US has run with China, over the years. Between January and October last year, the US ran a trade deficit of $344.5 billion with China. This means the US had imported goods worth $344.5 billion more from China than it had exported to that country. The trade deficit in October 2018 was $43.1 billion, the highest last year. This, after tariffs came into play. Chinese imports into the US remained competitive because the yuan has depreciated against the dollar. Also, China resorted to a few other tricks to keep its export figures ticking.
Is there any other reason for Chinese imports remaining strong?
US importers have been importing more in order to hedge themselves against further tariff increases, which were supposed to take effect this year.
What about US exports to China?
In October 2018, US exports to China dropped to $9.1 billion, the lowest in more than two years. In response to US tariffs, China also imposed tariffs. The country stopped buying soybean, an important US export to China. This resulted in problems for Trump, who has a support base among farmers. It ultimately stopped higher tariffs from being implemented this year. The deadline now is 1 March. If the US and China do not reach a trade deal by then, US tariffs on Chinese imports will go up.
What has Apple got to do with all this?
If the US imports lesser stuff from China, the Chinese earn fewer dollars to buy American products. While that hasn’t happened, the Chinese have started waking up to the possibility. This is reflected in falling iPhone sales. Further, Chinese retail sales growth in November 2018 was the slowest in 15 years. China is now taking into account the possibility of losing out because of the trade war. It has started buying soybean again from the US.
Vivek Kaul is the author of the Easy Money trilogy
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Investing in machine learning and automation is crucial for media agencies to reposition themselves as more than transactional services for brands, said Vittorio Bonori, global brand president of Zenith Media.
Speaking to Campaign Asia-Pacific ahead of Zenith’s recent ‘ROI+’ brand re-positioning, Bonori said Zenith’s data and technology capabilities means the agency has more to offer clients and “can have a greater impact on the marketing value chain”.
“Media agencies have been a commodity for years, playing the middleman in a transactional business,” he said. “This is not what we are meant to do in the future.”
Agencies such as Zenith can move into a more consultative position with clients, Bonori explained, and “have a different type of conversation”.
With so many brands focused on transformation and building end-to-end customer experiences, Bonori said media agencies have the capabilities needed to get a bigger slice of the action.
“If you take the automotive sector, from selling cars, they’re now focused on selling personalised mobility solutions,” he said. “Take pharma: from selling pills to selling health solutions and devices. Telcos are transforming into ‘digicos’. It’s all about transformation, and we believe we can play a role in that.”
Homing in on automation, he said Zenith is the first agency to launch machine-learning algorithms for clients. He gave the example of Aviva, for which Zenith’s London team automated a digital campaign that allocated budget according to real-time performance.
“It’s a completely new direction and we believe we should own this space,” he said. “We are scaling this opportunity across different clients and markets. We have very strong capabilities here in Singapore.”
Further opportunities with so-called ‘shoppable content’ are also figuring in Bonori’s thinking, as machine learning can help to predict customer behaviour and serve the right content.
“It’s a fascinating direction, and we have a real opportunity as agencies to move into a new space and reposition the way we operate,” he said. “Media is all about volume, scale and insight. Scale used to be 100 percent of your negotiation power; it’s not anymore. It’s still there, but it’s now much more about data, knowledge and capability.”


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Grand Theft Auto 5 back in September 2013 has landed on Xbox 360/PS3 platform, but Rockstar Games have spent more than a year’s time to let the game landed on Xbox One and PS4 host, the PC version is even taking a long time, the current plan is to release on January 27, 2015. There is about a month to go. But still rumors are murmuring around the internet that game would bounce again. We know that whenever some game got the tag of release date Steam update it. But for GTA V things are different, game release date has been announced will be available on January 27, 2015, but Steam didn’t update their website. They Still haven’t.
This is causing the main strom that the game will bounce again possible in Feb/Mar 2015. Thankfully, Rockstar has cleared things up and according to them there is no delay.
“GTAV will be coming to PC on January 27th. We have not announced any changes to this date at this time.”
Words from Officials are good enough to remove such things from the mind of every fan, that GTA V PC version will be available on a planned date.


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India has decided to allow mobile services operations to be wholly owned by foreign investors, a move that is expected to lead multinationals to take full control of their Indian joint ventures by buying out local partners.
The Green Electronics Council plans to expand its EPEAT environmental rating system later this year to include smartphones, the council said Tuesday.
AT&T is offering no-contract smartphones and tablets on monthly installments, with the promise of an annual upgrade, taking on similar offers by competitor T-Mobile US.
AT&T plans to acquire Leap Wireless, operator of the Cricket prepaid mobile service, in what would be the latest consolidation of the U.S. mobile industry.
Verizon Wireless became the first U.S. carrier to join the Ubuntu Carrier Advisory Group, but it is not clear whether it will eventually promote phones running the open-source Ubuntu OS on its network.
Sprint and its new owner, SoftBank, hit the ground running on Thursday by announcing service plans that can include guaranteed talk, text and data for life.
T-Mobile will begin its rollout of phones based on Mozilla's Firefox OS when it puts the Alcatel One Touch on sale in Poland next week.
SoftBank completed its US$21.6 billion acquisition of Sprint Nextel on Wednesday, capping a months-long effort that was complicated by two bidding wars and some national-security objections but is expected to produce a stronger rival to the dominant ...
T-Mobile US will let its customers switch phones twice a year under a new service announced Wednesday, the company's latest move to set itself apart from its larger rivals.
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has approved the $21.6 billion acquisition of Sprint by Japanese telecommunications group Softbank, saying it promises to bring consumers faster and more advanced wireless broadband Internet service.
Alcatel-Lucent and Telekom Austria have completed the world's first trial of G.fast, new technology enabling gigabit broadband over existing copper networks.
In the wee hours of Sunday morning, Sprint Nextel will give its iDEN push-to-talk network the final push -- over the edge.
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Sprint Nextel shareholders have voted overwhelmingly to approve SoftBank's US$21.6 billion takeover bid, setting the stage for the deal to close early next month.
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Jim Speltz, president of Ross-Simons, the five-store jewelry retail chain based in Warwick, R.I., says he knew Olympian Jessie Diggins was a personality he wanted to work with after watching her dramatic finish in the women’s team sprint cross-country skiing event at this year’s Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea.
“The energy of that moment was just so great,” says Speltz. “And seeing her radiant smile with that gold medal—we just knew we had to approach her.”
The company did just that. And last week Ross-Simons announced that Diggins (who, with teammate Kikkan Randall, was the first U.S. Olympian to medal in that event) will function as an ambassador for the retail brand.
The partnership has three components: On social media, both Diggins and Ross-Simons will advocate for each another through cross-promotional posts (see below). Diggins will also grace the cover of the retailer’s holiday catalog and will be “playing role in the flagship holiday book,” says Speltz. And finally, the skier will collaborate with Ross-Simons on a small collection inspired by her style (Speltz shares that pieces will be “very classic in look”). The collection will drop in the 4th quarter of 2018.
Image via: @jessiediggins
Spelt adds that Diggins’ relatable style was another draw for the brand. The fresh-faced skier “isn’t some big glam persona,” he notes, “but anything and everything she wears, she wears well. We’re excited to get her ethos into our pieces…. She uses the word sparkle to define her life, which is obviously a resonating term for us in the jewelry business. But she also stands for women’s empowerment and accomplishment, and we’re really excited to bring that to the fore in this campaign.”
Diggins announced the partnership on her Instagram feed last month, writing in a sponsored post, “Excited to share that I’m partnering with @rosssimons jewelry…so I can be sparkly both on and off the race course!”
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KIA Seltos To Debut In South Africa
Following its well-received international debut in Delhi, India earlier this year, Kia South Africa has confirmed that the all-new Kia Seltos will be made available for the local market by the end of this month. The compact SUV features a distinctive design compared to the rest of the Kia model line-up yet retains the details and build quality expected from a Kia vehicle, adding a worthy contender in the massively popular compact SUV segment.
“Seltos is a truly exciting new addition to the KIA line-up in South Africa,” says Gary Scott, CEO, KIA Motors South Africa. “As South Africa’s love affair with SUVs continues to grow, we are very excited that we can now offer another progressive, high quality KIA model in a very competitive segment.”
The Seltos is currently manufactured in two different Kia production facilities. The first facility is located in Korea, while the second facility is in India, where the South African models will be produced. The state-of-the-art facility in India represents a 1-billion USD investment made by Kia and produces around 300,000 vehicles per year. This is very impressive considering that the facilities only opened in January to exclusively produce the Seltos.
South African Seltos vehicles will most likely account for a significant portion of this facility’s output considering the interest already received from the market for the Seltos. According to Kia South Africa, more than 3000 people have signed up to be the first to know about developments surrounding the Seltos. Kia South Africa is also giving away two experiences to lucky customers during the promotional period of the Seltos, with one lucky customer winning a South Korea experience and another winning an experience at the Australian Open in Melbourne in January.
The all-new KIA Seltos will go on sale nationally in the second half of November 2019. More information of specification and pricing will be released closer to the on sale date.