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Space Race 2.0? Richard Branson announces he will fly to space before Bezos
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When Amazon founder and billionaire Jeff Bezos announced that he will fly to space on board a rocket developed by his company Blue Origins, a petition was begun to stop him from coming back. Well, what about another billionaire?
Business magnate Richard Branson on Thursday revealed that he will be flying to space on a mission powered by his company Virgin Galactic on 11 July, nine days before the same endeavor is planned by Jeff Bezos.
"I’ve always been a dreamer. My mum taught me to never give up and to reach for the stars. On July 11th, it’s time to turn that dream into a reality aboard the next Virgin Galactic spaceflight, in the company of this brilliant crew of mission specialists", Branson stated.
The billionaire also said that the flight to space will be live-streamed, teasing that "something very exciting" will be announced after the space mission is completed.
The mission is named "Unity 22", and will feature Beth Moses, Chief Astronaut Instructor at Virgin Galactic, Colin Bennett, Lead Operations Engineer, and Sirisha Bandla, Vice President of Government Affairs and Research Operations.
Most notably, the flight is scheduled to take place before the 20 July flight of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, apparently granting Branson a chance to outstrip Bezos as the first billionaire into space.
Bezos' flight will be operated by his space company, Blue Origins, and he will be accompanied by his brother, the winner of a $28 million charity auction, and female aerospace pioneer Wally Funk, who was part of the Mercury 13 program.
The endeavour of the Amazon founder has triggered harsh reaction from some, who moved to sign a petition that asks Bezos to not return from space. Branson's announcement has not inspired similar petitions.
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The men’s shirt brand has opened a 900-square-foot store on Bleecker and Grove Streets in Greenwich Village here, just steps away from the J. Press York Street boutique. It marks the first foray into retail for the label, which got its start in 2008 as Just a Cheap Shirt.
Founder Hayati Banastey launched the label as an inexpensive alternative to the classic button-down, with washed plaids and flannels inspired by vintage Americana, and quickly found fans at Nordstrom, Saks Fifth Avenue and dozens of independents. “We hit the trend — probably by mistake,” Banastey said with a chuckle.
Since then, Jachs has expanded into bottoms and knitwear and also offers a women’s collection under the name Jachs’ Girlfriend.
The store, which will have its grand opening next month, speaks to the brand’s aesthetic with antique wood accents, vintage trunks and hand-painted front windows.
“We’d been looking for a location for a while,” Banastey said, saying that he had visited sites in SoHo and other parts of the city before deciding on this location. “For the money and for our customer, we felt this was the correct match.”
Banastey is no stranger to the New York retail scene. A 30-year apparel industry veteran, his other ventures have included Everything $10, Atmosphere and Work in Progress. As he was preparing to close Work in Progress a few years ago, he designed 50 shirts in the basement of the store, took a booth at Project New York and sold $500,000 worth of merchandise. “I said, ‘Well, I think I’m in business,’” he said. Originally, he had a partner who owned a manufacturing facility in Turkey, but since then Banastey bought his shares and is now the sole owner of Jachs.
The shirts are designed in New York and manufactured in China and India. They retail for $59 to $89, although some items can inch up to $129 or $159 if they have special washes or fabrics. Pants and shorts are $69 to $99, jackets and blazers are $149, knits are $39 to $59 and sweaters retail for $79 to $99. The denim is manufactured in New York.
The women’s collection, which was launched three years ago, has the same vintage American workwear sensibility. The store also includes some third-party brands for merchandise that the company does not produce. That includes Filson, Will Leather Goods and M. Cohen for bags and accessories, and Banastey is talking to Red Wing and New Balance about providing shoes. For spring 2014, he will add a Jachs kids line.
Banastey said he still considers Jachs a wholesale business and looks at the store as a prototype. He does hope to open additional stores in New York as well as Chicago, Miami and Los Angeles. He’s also close to finalizing a deal with a licensee in China to franchise and open 100 stores in that country and eventually Korea.
@margotrobbie steps out onto the red carpet wearing @miumiu. The actress is nominated for “Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role” in “I, Tonya” at the #SagAwards. (📷: Stewart Cook) #wwdfashion
For @massimogiorgetti of @msgm, the Nineties are his favorite decade. “They had a huge impact on my personal growth. What I like of the Nineties is that they are not so precise in terms of style as other decades…there was actually a bit of everything,” he said. As seen on MSGM’s Spring 2018 show: tie-dye and a bit of grunge, two styles that are synonymous with the decade #wwdfashion #wwddecades (📷: @kukukuba)
Breaking News: @hedislimane joins @celine as its new artistic, creative and image director. One of fashion’s preeminent image-makers and trendsetters, Slimane is to join the LVMH brand on Feb. 1 and unveil his first fashion proposition for men and women next September during Paris Fashion Week. It marks a major homecoming for Slimane, who cemented his reputation – and influenced men’s tailoring for more than a decade – as the designer of Dior Homme between 2000 and 2007. He went on to reinvent and ignite the house of Yves Saint Laurent, which he rechristened Saint Laurent, between 2012 and 2016 – all the while maintaining a close relationship with the Arnault family, which controls LVMH and Dior. Read the full exclusive story on WWD.com. Link in bio. #wwdnews #wwdfashion
“Personally I believe the Eighties have been the richest and more vivacious period for international fashion,” Giorgio Armani said when asked what his favorite decade of fashion is. It was a moment of disruption and experimentation and only thinking back to the first years of that decade is always an emotion for me, for what they have meant to me and my work.” The influence is clear in @giorgioarmani spring 2018 collection, pictured here, which was full of bright colors and unexpected prints. Read more about which decades designers loved most on WWD.com #wwdfashion #wwddecades (📷: @aitorrosasphoto)
For Lady Gaga’s only Italian show on her “Joanne World Tour,” the singer wore a range of @versace_official outfits. The standout piece: this custom-made bodysuit inspired by the brand’s spring 2018 collection. #wwdfashion (RG: @ladygaga)
@_camillaruth_ is expanding on the wellness-craze concept with @westbourne – a new NYC restaurant that’s both a healthy-minded café as well as a business that gives back to the community. Marcus works with the Robin Hood foundation to give back to The Door, a non-profit providing youth development services, and also hires employees through The Door. Read our full interview with Marcus on giving back through food on WWD.com. #wwdeye (📷: @lexieblacklock)

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Someone alert Avril Lavigne: Hello Kitty is coming for her.
OK not really, but a Hello Kitty Con is happening in October and the “Hello Kitty” singer can probably drive to the convention site in Los Angeles.
Apparently some people are too busy to enjoy a 25-minute episode of Family Feud these days.
Weddings are great. You get to dress up, toast to the happy couple and — the best part — shake your groove thing.
Just ask the star of the video, above.
For one weekend only this fall, One Direction’s most devoted fans will get to watch the dudes perform their biggest hits — on the big screen.
To mark George’s first birthday on Tuesday, new photographs of his recent visit to the “Sensational Butterflies” exhibition have been released. His beaming parents — Kate Middleton and Prince William — are also included in the portraits.
We haven’t heard a cover of Frozen’s “Let It Go” in a while.
So here’s a cover made up entirely of clips from ‘80s TV shows.
Apparently shoplifting was not enough for a 27-year-old woman who allegedly stole a few items from a southern Illinois store earlier this month.
A few selfies were also taken.


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The travel company, which launched the review in July, invited agencies to pitch for the account earlier this week following a series of delays.
The incumbent, Total Media, is re-pitching, alongside Initiative, All Response Media and travel sector specialist Conrad Advertising.
Total Media has worked on the Flight Centre's media business for more than five years.
The review includes work on other Flight Centre Group brands including First and Business Class, Round The World Experts, Corporate Traveller and travel management company FCM, as well as its flagship brand.
The Flight Centre channels most of its media into press activity, with creative and search optimisation both handled in-house. The brand has not previously spent on radio and TV.
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Sofia's debuted on the 16th Street Mall, bringing Roman-style pies that are cut to size and also available by the slice as well as half and full pans. Alen Ramos, co-owner of Poulette Bakeshop in Parker, worked with the team to create the recipe for the dough, which starts with an ancient flour called Yecora Rojo and is fermented for 36 hours.
Mora Pizza, which began as a pop-up series, now has a permanent home on East Colfax, where it serves ultra-creative vegan pies with flavor combos like "chicken" and waffles, Buffalo mac and even birthday cake.
For more traditional slices, hit up the newest locations of Stoner Pizza Joint, which added outposts on East Colfax and in Littleton. The national chain, which now has three Colorado spots, really leans into its weed theme, delivering pies in boxes that say #legalizemarinara on the side and offering menu items like Nugz (chicken nuggets) and quality greens (salads).
Aurora got its first Modern Market Eatery outpost this week. The city is also now home to Second Dawn Brewing, a new brewery headed up by a New Belgium alum.
Other notable openings include 22 Provisions, which started as a food truck specializing in East Coast-style sandwiches and now has a stall inside Avanti Denver; and the Porchetta House, which is serving porchetta sandwiches in the evenings out of the Spices Cafe space on Humboldt Street.
Smash Face Brewing, El Tejano and Loaded are all out, but Handsome Boys Hospitality, the group behind spots like Casey Jones and RiNo Country Club, is taking the spaces over, with plans to move five new concepts in by Opening Day for the Colorado Rockies.
And in Wash Park, restaurateur Jared Leonard, who also owns Grabowski's, two Campfire locations and AJ's Pit Bar-B-Q, shuttered Au Feu Brasserie after just over a year in business, though he plans to open a new concept in the space.
In other openings-and-closings news:
- After more than a year of delays, one local couple is finally ready to celebrate the grand opening of their wine bar, Room for Friends, in the Santa Fe Arts District.
- As Casa Bonita's May opening gets closer, one local man's "Great Wait in Line" Facebook event gets a huge response.
- Get a glimpse inside Side Pony, the new all-day cafe on West Colfax.
22 Provisions at Avanti, 3200 Pecos Street
Chili Shack, 7260 Broadway
Dazbog, 5650 Tower Road
Kalaka Mexican Kitchen, 4528 Tennyson Street
Modern Market Eatery, 12230 East Colfax Avenue, Aurora
Mora Pizza, 911 East Colfax Avenue
The Porchetta House, 1510 Humboldt Street
Room for Friends, 846 Santa Fe Drive
Second Dawn Brewing, 2302 Dayton Street, Aurora
Side Pony, 4635 West Colfax Avenue
Sofia's Roman Pizza, 1530 16th Street Mall
Stoner Pizza Joint, 4565 East Colfax Avenue and 7456 South Simms Street, Littleton
Restaurants and bars closing this week:*
Au Feu Brasserie, 81 South Pennsylvania Street
El Tejano, 1949 Market Street
Loaded, 1941 Market Street
Smash Face, 1937 Market Street
*Or earlier and not previously reported.
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$HCA has agreed to buy Mobile Heartbeat. Following completion of transaction, Mobile Heartbeat's current CEO Ron Remy will serve as CEO of the organization which will operate as an indirect, wholly owned unit of $HCA. Mobile Heartbeat's team will continue to serve $HCA's clients and market its products from its location in Massachusetts.
$AAL is giving pay hikes to its employees but investors are sulking.
$APC stock tumbled more than 5.6% after last week's fatal home explosion in Firestone, Colorado prompted the company to close more than 3,000 wells for weeks.
Unicorn Frappuccino. The latest hit from $SBUX. Can't wait to see how this will affect its results.
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A bunch of technology companies has banded together to push what they call the Open Virtualisation Alliance.
The likes of IBM, Intel, HP, BMC Software, Eucalyptus Systems, Red Hat, and SUSE said they were 'committed to fostering the adoption of open virtualisation technologies including Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM).
The consortium said it will "promote examples of customer successes, encourage interoperability and accelerate the expansion of the ecosystem of third-party solutions around KVM," while definitely not slagging off the likes of VMWare - or maybe just a bit, but behind closed doors and firewalls. Do firewalls have ears?
KVM is a virtual machine implementation for Linux on x86 hardware containing virtualisation extensions (Intel VT or AMD-V). Its crucial parts are licensed under GNU licences.
Members of the Open Virtualisation Alliance profess a common interest in supporting open virtualisation.
"When one company dominates an industry, innovation suffers, and customers pay the price," said Scott Crenshaw, vice president and general manager, Cloud Business at Red Hat. "Red Hat and the open source community are breaking the stranglehold of closed virtualisation, enabling better performance, scalability, security -- and better economics. We're pleased to see momentum continue to build, changing the virtualisation market just as we did with closed operating systems and enterprise middleware."
Inna Kuznetsova, vice president, IBM Systems & Technology Group said in the statement: "With the formation of this alliance, we are taking an important step forward with other industry leaders to ensure that businesses have an open virtualization alternative.”
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The sustainable technology firm is disrupting the materials science industry by eliminating single and multi-use plastic waste GILBERT, Ariz. (March 10, 2020) — Footprint, a
Fast-casual chain Sweetgreen has announced it is phasing out per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in its bowls by the end of this year. The company is working with the packaging company Footprint on an alternative that it has already begun to roll out in some stores.
Compostable packaging took a hit when it was discovered that they contained chemicals that would last forever in the soil. Now there’s a better, cleaner solution.
Footprint’s Chief Technology Officer, Yoke Chung, was featured on ABC15 to discuss how Footprint is transforming the food industry by replacing plastic food containers with trays, bowls, plates, and straws made of wood fibers. They’re recyclable and biodegradable, and everything is made at a 135,000 square-foot facility in Gilbert, AZ.
USA TODAY: Arizona company fights plastic pollution at Super Bowl LIV with eco-friendly alternatives
“To get something like fiber to perform like plastic and provide that shelf life and shelf stability for the food — we saw as a real challenge. We want to eliminate plastic in the supermarket,” said Troy Swope, the CEO.
You can watch Troy’s appearance on TastyTrade’s ‘Bootstrapping In America’ by visiting the following link: Episode Link: Bootstrapping In America. Troy Swope of Footprint
Footprint was recently featured on 3TV/CBS 5 for having 100% compostable food containers. GILBERT (3TV/CBS 5) – There are 250 billion disposable cups used every year


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We have reiterated our recommendation on Western Union Co. (WU - Free Report) at Neutral following the fourth-quarter 2012 earnings release. Western Union reported a solid fourth quarter, which included a 20.0% positive earnings surprise.
We remain confident on the company’s long-term growth prospects. However, over the near term, earnings will remain under pressure due to regulatory and macroeconomic headwinds.
Western Union’s key business, Consumer-to-Consumer, has been performing favorably for the past several years. We believe that this business segment will continue to be attractive as worldwide immigration is likely to keep increasing.
Western Union is also aggressively positioning its Business Solutions segment in the rapidly growing cross-border payments market for small to medium-sized enterprises.
Western Union is expanding internationally and is eyeing the emerging economies of China and India, where the remittance market is still under-penetrated. Another money transfer company, Moneygram International Inc.
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Further, WU is aggressively expanding its new age technology offerings, which include mobile, electronic, and online money transfer among others. The company also offers prepaid card service for money transfer via MasterCard Inc.
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This Zacks Rank #3 (Hold) company has a wide agent network, which has grown rapidly over the past few years, enhancing its global presence. The company is determined to achieve 1 million agent locations worldwide. We believe that this ongoing investment in the brand and new agents reflects Meredith’s confidence in its market position.
However, Western Union’s business is dependent on the global macroeconomic situation, particularly the high levels of unemployment. Since the major economies of the world are facing downturns, the remittance volume may be negatively impacted, causing restricted earnings.
Following the earnings release, over the last 30 days, 1 of the 17 estimates moved upward, while 12 of 17 estimates moved downward. The downward estimate revisions led to a 2.7% fall in the Zacks Consensus Estimate for full year 2013 to $1.43.
Other financial service provider company H&R Block, Inc.
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KUALA LUMPUR: Kha Seng Group will be seeking to replicate the success of its investments in Kenanga Wholesale City (KWC) and Viva Home shopping Mall but the immediate focus is to complete Vivatel, a four-star boutique hotel.
The group is building Vivatel, which sits on Viva Home, for more than RM100 million, said its founder Bernard Bong.
Construction on the 305-room hotel commenced in November 2011 and it was slated to be completed by November, he said.
"We have other boutique developments coming up. We are planning to launch a niche mall soon in the Klang Valley. We like to focus on few developments at any one time," Bong told Business Times at the official opening of KWC on Saturday.
Kha Seng, established in 1989, is a fast-growing group of companies with strength in niche retail property development.
KWC, the first-of-its-kind retail development in Malaysia, is developed by Kha Seng's subsidiary, Kenanga Wholesale City Sdn Bhd.
The 22-storey building located in Jalan Kenanga, near Pudu Prison, offers everything under the fashion umbrella.
Besides fashion-related outlets, KWC also features banking and logistic facilities, as well as halal and non-halal food outlets.
The building has nine floors for retail and eight levels of carpark, with the rest to comprise a convention centre and warehouse.
The retail component, launched in 2008, has 800 shops and the group sold half the units within the first few weeks of its launch.
"The good thing about KWC is that we recouped our investments in the project during the launch period. We are keeping the remaining 400 units for recurring income.
"Occupancy is at around 80 per cent currently and we hope to have it fully occupied by early next year," Bong said.
The gross development value for KWC exceeded RM1 billion, he added.
Viva Home, formerly called Plaza Uncang Emas 3 (Plaza UE3) and located in Jalan Loke Yew, Cheras, offers home-furnishing and home-related products, as well as leisure and entertainment.
Kha Seng had invested RM280 million to transform Viva Home into a one-stop centre for home shopping, said Bong.
The group also owns Central Market in Kuala Lumpur, which is an art deco heritage building that has been transformed into a cultural market.
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FIFA 13 is to feature Kinect and Move support, it has been confirmed.
The latest edition of the yearly football franchise will make use of the motion controllers on Xbox 360 and PS3 respectively.
FIFA 13 will also be coming to PlayStation Vita, Nintendo 3DS and PlayStation 2.
While few new details have been revealed, executive producer David Rutter said that FIFA 13 would offer "game-changing innovations".
"We are perfecting the best sports game in the world with innovations that capture all the drama and unpredictability of real-world football," he said.
"These are game-changing innovations that will revolutionise our artificial intelligence, dribbling, ball control and collisions to create a true battle for possession across the entire pitch, and deliver freedom and creativity in attack."
Revealed earlier this month, FIFA 13 will feature five major improvements, including First Touch Control, improved offensive AI and a new free kick system.
Last year, EA told Digital Spy that it would be targeting "gameplay nuance" in its 2012 instalment, as well as adding Kinect functionality.
FIFA 13 will be available for Xbox 360, PS3, PC, Wii, 3DS, Vita, PS2, iPhone and iPad.
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Microsoft adopts Ethereum blockchain for gaming royalties
Enterprise Ethereum is beginning to show its impact as some of the largest companies in the world start to leverage the Ethereum network to solve complex business challenges.
For example, tech giant Microsoft and Big Four firm Ernst & Young announced the expansion of Microsoft’s blockchain-based solution to extend to gaming rights and royalties management.
Paul Brody, blockchain lead at EY, said that Microsoft’s blockchain solution for this particular use case is being conducted on a private Quorum network based on Ethereum.
Brody noted that this expansion will provide a financial system of record for royalty agreements, allowing Microsoft’s blockchain network to record contract creation, payment and reconciliation transactions associated with gaming rights.
Specifically speaking, Microsoft plans to use the expanded blockchain functions to enable its Microsoft Xbox gaming partners — along with its vast network of artists, musicians, writers & other content creators — to gain increased visibility into tracking, management & payments processing for royalty contracts.
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Clackamas (Ore.) Federal Credit Union began implementing data-driven marketing in the fall of 2021. By September 2022, the $650 million asset credit union had 25 to 35 marketing campaigns running simultaneously based on next-day data, says Hilary Kissell, director of marketing and community development.
Clackamas Federal scrambled to develop one-off, standalone marketing emails after its former email marketing vendor refused to allow a phased transition to a new marketing automation platform. That allowed the credit union’s five-member marketing team to gain experience quickly.
“Those one-offs were a good learning point for building an email template, setting up funnels, and checking to see what’s working,” Kissell says.
Clackamas Federal’s early automated campaigns focused on member onboarding and key products using data pulled from a business intelligence solution. A home equity loan campaign launched in February 2022 combined third-party and core data to target homeowners.
In the campaign’s first five months, emails to more than 35,000 members had a 61% open rate, leading to 127 home equity loans with a balance of $2.75 million.
The member onboarding campaign relies on four onboarding journeys to segment new members for promotion of “next best” products and services using seven different personalized offers.
The credit union uses another 15 marketing automation journeys to promote products. It monitors and tweaks campaigns based on early responses. Return-on-investment models built into the platform tally direct and indirect results of each effort.
Kissell notes that testing is a key element of developing marketing workflows that automate the delivery of offers and responses.
“If you think you’ve tested your workflow enough, test it five more times,” she says.
Education was critical to prepare the marketing team to apply data-driven tools. “It’s been a fun bonding experience for my team to go through this journey together,” Kissell says.
The marketing department shares data-driven marketing tactics and results with all employees by email, as well as during a recent presentation at an all-staff meeting.
“We need to tell our marketing story so our co-workers know what we’re doing to help,” Kissell says. “Getting to tell them that our home equity campaign was all intelligent decision-making based on data was really cool.”
Clackamas Federal will add text marketing in the coming months. Over time, Kissell will tie website and mobile app messages to data-driven marketing.
Isolated successes in using data to drive growth in mortgages and understanding digital app satisfaction allowed $4.8 billion asset Coastal Credit Union in Raleigh, N.C., to realize the benefits of making a top-down commitment to data-driven marketing, says Brandon McAdams, vice president, strategy and insights.
“We’re now on a journey to make data and advanced analytics foundational to all marketing efforts,” he says. “The true understanding of our members and their wants and needs is the key to serving them better through our products and services.”
Coastal consolidates data into a single view of each member to find “the right products and services for the right members at the right life-stage.” This effort includes:
McAdams says a vital step in the process was creating a structured analytics data library that transforms the raw data in Coastal’s data warehouse into the information required for both strategic decisions and marketing campaigns.
“Specifically, on the marketing side, these structured data elements encapsulate members’ attributes, behaviors, and history, which are all used to help us better identify the best targets,” McAdams says.
The data also helps prioritize long-term strategies. For example, Coastal explored the data when depositor segments began to transfer money out of the credit union.
“We know their ACH data, we know who they pay, and we have personal segmentation to understand what type of depositor they are and what brands they like,” he says.
That information revealed gaps in credit card and mortgage product lines that Coastal plans to address.
McAdams notes the need for education and enablement that allows “everyone to speak the same language around data.”
Coastal launched an organization-wide data fluency initiative to integrate data and analytics into everyday operations.
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Orange kneecaps Nokia
And good luck with the portal, guys...
Orange UK disclosed the details of its Christmas range of handsets last week - giving the bum's rush to two of the biggest phone manufacturers.
Nokia and Motorola are both conspicuously absent from the new line-up (details here). Sony Ericsson is favoured with three Walkman-branded phones, the W910i, W580i, and the budget W200. Samsung features, as does LG's pink Shine, and Orange has already revealed the first of a new range of own brand phones called "Berlin". But there's nothing from the number one and number three manufacturers.
Orange has already indicated its displeasure at Nokia's bid to capture service revenues with its new Ovi portal - these are services that operators such as Orange reckon are rightfully theirs. After all, when you buy a Samsung TV, you don't expect to watch a Samsung TV channel...
Nor is Orange alone. Industry watchers are keen to see how the operators will retaliate to Ovi, with Nokia's attractive new music phone N81 perhaps the first casualty. 3 UK is already carrying it - will the others ensure the N81 sinks without trace?
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Nokia To Unveil Phi, Arrow Smartphones on September 5: Will The New WP8 Range House 41MP PureView Camera?
While tech giants Apple and Samsung are stealing all the limelight with a plethora of speculations about their upcoming successors of smartphone models -- the iPhone 5 and Galaxy Note 2 this month, the Finnish phone manufacturer Nokia has plans to dent the smartphone arena with its giant offering in the first week of September.
Reports have leaked that the company is secretly working on a Lumia smartphone which will feature Pureview camera technology and the latest version of Microsoft's Windows Phone 8.
According to a TheVerge reports, the companies have planned to official take the curtains off the Arrow and Phi, Windows Phone 8 handsets, which are rumored to be the codenames of upcoming Lumia smartphones. It is assumed that these smartphones will the successors of Lumia 800 and 900 with polycarbonate build.
Also a Russian blog, Obozrevatel, claims that Finns will be unveiling three Nokia Lumia smartphones at the September 5 event. Of these, parts and prototype of the Nokia Phi has already been leaked online in the recent weeks. However, the finally finished product of the handsets will be unveiled only in the next month.
The blog also continues stating the rumored specifications of the Phi, claiming that it will sport a 4.7 inch AMOLED display,a micro SD card slot, LTE Radio and NFC. However, besides stating that Nokia will unveil three smartphones at the event, the blog does not reveal anything about the third handset.
However recently, when a Twitter user had tweeted asking Nokia if the new Lumia handset will have the PureView technology as well, then the response from the Finnish handset maker gave strong hints at the possibility of the same.
Back in February, at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Nokia unveiled Pureview technology, which was debuted on the Symbian powered Pureview 808. But the Symbian OS is far behind when compared to the capabilities of Android and iOS devices. Hence, reports are suggesting that Finnish handset manufacturer is planning to unveil the Windows Phone 8 Lumia series smartphones on September 5, 2012 at the Nokia World event.
Supposedly, it should be noted that back in April an image was leaked by news website, IT168.com, which showed an unannounced Lumia PureView smartphone packed with an impressive 41-megapixel camera with Carl-Zeiss lens and PureView imaging technology, which can capture full HD (1080p) videos with Nokia's Rich Recording Technology.
Furthermore, the report informed that the smartphone would sport a large 4.3-inch capacitive touchscreen (curved glass) display that supports HD resolution (no other details are available). Further it was also revealed that on the inside, the Lumia PureView would be equipped with some kind of dual core processor manufactured by Qualcomm and an Adreno 320 graphics processing unit.
Well, with all these consistent features and informations, the yet-to-be revealed Lumia PureView does not sound as if it is a fake product, besides, it seems to be a true competitor against the third generation Samsung Galaxy smartphone and the sixth-generation iPhone.
What do you think, if the rumors turn out to be true and new Nokia Lumia PureView handset is released, will it be able to take the challenge against Apple's and Samsung's super releases this year? Or is it just another Windows phone addition in the market by Nokia? Do share your thoughts.


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Last year when Toyota was dealing with the fallout from the Prius mess there were a few GM execs on Twitter who weren’t slow in taking the opportunity to lay the boot into Toyota. I guess they didn’t want to miss a golden opportunity to slag their one of their competitors and boost their own company’s products.
Perhaps now that GM is feeling some major recall pain those same execs might be hoping that people have forgotten what they said on Twitter.
Just before Christmas GM announced that it would be recalling around 96,000 Cadillac CTS vehicles built between 2005 and 2007 to fix a sensor in the front passenger seat that may stop working after repeated use. If the sensor isn’t working and the vehicle is involved in an accident the passenger-side airbag may not deploy.
But wait … there’s more … two more recalls in fact.
GM is also recalling 1262 current model truck and large SUVs to replace a component in the rear axle. If that component fails the rear axle could lock up and cause an accident. Models involved in that recall include Cadillac Escalades, Chevy Avalanche 500 and Silverado 1500 as well as GMC Sierra 1500 models.
And then there’s the recall of around 3000 GM trucks announced the week before Christmas. The trucks, built by Isuzu between 2006 and 2007 have problems with an oil pipe that could result in a loss of oil that could lead to a seized motor.
I guess the lesson for some automotive executives could be not to open your mouth too soon. No car maker builds the perfect car or truck and recalls are just a fact of life.


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The Motorola Xoom is an Android-based tablet computer by Motorola, introduced at CES 2011 on January 5, 2011. It was the first tablet to be sold with Android 3.0 Honeycomb. The Verizon branded Xoom was the first tablet to run Android 3.1. The Motorola Xoom went through the FCC on February 10, 2011 only 14 days before release. The 3G version was released on February 24, 2011, and the Wi-Fi version was released March 27, 2011. It was announced concurrently with three other products: the Motorola Atrix, the Motorola Droid Bionic, and the Motorola Cliq 2. CNET named it the "Best of the CES" 2011.Its successor, the Motorola Xyboard, Xoom 2 in the UK, was announced in October 2011, and released in November
The Xoom supports up to 720p video playback. It features a 2 MP front-facing camera for video chatting over Wi-Fi or cellular Internet and a rear-facing 5 MP camera that records 720p video. The Xoom has a 1280×800 pixels widescreen, 10.1-inch display and 3D graphics acceleration, as well as HDMI-out. It features the Gorilla Glass resistant coating.
The Motorola Xoom was the first device to run Google's tablet specific OS, Android 3.0 Honeycomb. Both the Wi-Fi and Verizon branded Xoom ran Google's Android 3.2 Honeycomb, which introduced new features including a redesigned, tablet-optimized user interface, a 3D desktop purportedly taken from BumpTop (which Google acquired in April 2010), improved task-switching, a newly redesigned notification system, Google Maps 5 in 3D and browser enhancements including tabbed browsing, form auto-fill and bookmark syncing.
The Canadian Wi-Fi Xoom currently has the 4.0.3 update (and will not get any future updates) and the UK Wi-Fi Xoom had the 3.2 update as of July 2012. On February 23, Motorola Mobility announced that the Motorola Xoom would break its policy of locking down its devices by providing the gadget with an "unlockable/relockable bootloader that will enable developers to access hardware for development."
After Google released the source code to Android 4.0 "Ice Cream Sandwich", Motorola announced that a number of its formerly released mobile devices would get the update, including the Xoom. The Android 4.0.3 update for the Wi-Fi Xoom was released in the US on January 18, 2012. The corresponding update to the Verizon-branded Xoom was released on June 4, 2012.
On June 27, 2012 at the Google I/O conference, it was announced that the Xoom would be one of the first devices to receive an upgrade to Android 4.1 "Jelly Bean", along with the Nexus S and Galaxy Nexus, beginning by the middle of July 2012. The corresponding update to the Verizon Wireless-branded Xoom 4G was in August 2013.
Google will not officially release Jelly Bean 4.2 to the Xoom, however there are unofficial CyanogenMod releases with Android 4.4.2.Xoom was estimated by Deutsche Bank analysts to have sold about 100,000 units during the first 6 weeks of availability. On April 28, 2011, Motorola announced during Q1 2011 earnings conference calls that over 250,000 units of Xoom were shipped to retail channels during the quarter. In July 2011, Motorola lowered the price tag for Xoom Wi-Fi from $600 to $500 and then Xoom 3G from $800 to $600. Motorola revealed through its Q2 2011 earnings report that it shipped 440,000 Xoom units during the prior 3 months. Unit shipment subsequently dropped to 100,000 units in Q3 2011 and rebounded slightly to 200,000 units in Q4 2011. According to a financial statement released on May 1, 2012, Motorola shipped approximately 100,000 units in Q1 2012
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Water bills are up by 11 per cent - despite the ban on hosepipes
Stunned: Householders are enduring inflation-busting increases to water bills as many face a hosepipe ban
Stunned householders are being hit with inflation-busting increases to their water bills - just as many face a hosepipe ban.
Ofwat, the water regulator, says that from this month bills will go up by an average of 5.7 per cent, taking the annual amount to £376.
But the increases are far larger in many parts of the country where hosepipe bans are in place.
Southern Water customers are seeing an average increase of 8.2 per cent, while Thames Water’s customers’ bills will rise by 6.7 per cent on average.
Individual households could see even bigger jumps. A Money Mail reader with Sutton and East Surrey Water, where the average rise is 7.3 per cent, has seen her bill go from £462 to £511 a year — that’s an 11 per cent increase.
Unlike gas and electricity, householders cannot switch water provider, but now experts are urging anyone who lives in a house with more bedrooms than people to consider getting a free water meter.
This means you are billed only for what you use. About 30 per cent of homes have a meter.
Water bills are normally estimated by suppliers according to the number of bedrooms in a home.
That means families using a lot of water are generally better off not being on a meter.
But someone living alone in a three-bedroom house may benefit.
Any household can also claim a range of freebies from their supplier to cut their water use. At Thames Water, for example, this includes a water- saving shower head worth £16.99.
Before switching to a meter, go to the Consumer Council for Water’s online calculator to see if it could save you money. You will find it at ccwater.org.uk.
This website also allows you to order your water-saving freebies from your supplier.
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It usually starts when a seller posts a big-ticket item on Craigslist.
Then comes a text message from an eager buyer.
Next comes the cashier's check, which looks real enough. But the check is written out for more than the item's listed price, so the buyer asks the seller to wire the difference to a shipping company.
Often, the deal seems too good to be true. And more often than not, if a situation seems too good to be true, it probably is.
This type of scam, involving online sales, fake cashier's checks, overpayments and requests to wire funds to far-away shipping companies, is playing out on susceptible victims in Sonoma County and beyond.
Scams of all kinds are on the rise as more people shop online, and the Better Business Bureau has been warning consumers to be on the lookout.
"The scammers are getting good," said Rex Albright, spokesman for the bureau. "They're getting better and more sophisticated, and the tools that they use are getting better."
In May, the Internet Crime Complaint Center, a partnership between the FBI and the National White Collar Crime Center, issued warnings about popular counterfeit check scams targeting real estate agents and attorneys.
"That doesn't happen just on Craigslist, that happens a lot," Albright said. "It's unfortunate that people see that, and they get a little bit excited, and they don't do the due diligence to follow through on the funds."
Bart Edson, 49, of Santa Rosa said he fell victim to such a ruse when he tried to sell his upright Victorian piano on Craigslist. He had been advertising the piano for weeks, and his first attempt to get $750 for the instrument failed. So he dropped the price to $500, but still the phone didn't ring.
So when Edson got a text message from an out-of-town fellow who wanted to buy the piano for his church, he was excited. The buyer sent Edson a cashier's check for $1,990 and asked Edson to cash it and wire the difference to his shipping company.
Edson thought that was a little strange. But he brought the check to Redwood Credit Union and deposited it without incident, so he thought that meant the check was good.
Eventually, the creeping sensation that something was horribly wrong caught up with him. But it didn't sink in until after Edson said he had wired nearly $1,500 to what he now assumes was a scammer because the shippers never showed up and the buyer stopped answering his calls. By then, it was too late.
"I thought with a cashier's check that I was 100 percent safe and protected," Edson said. "And I think that's part of the scam. They know that people think that."
What the scammers also probably know is that banks are required by federal regulation to make funds from a cashier's check available for withdrawal by the business day after deposit.
After depositing cashier's checks, financial institutions forward them to the Federal Reserve for processing. Those checks are either processed successfully or returned as bad within five to 10 business days, said Robin McKenzie, senior vice president of marketing and communications for Redwood Credit Union.
If the check is returned as unpaid, the funds are withdrawn from the depositor's account, McKenzie said. That's what happened to Edson, who's now out the $1,500 he wired plus fees. Almost two weeks after he deposited the check, the credit union told him it was no good and then withdrew the money from his account, Edson said.


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LinkedIn’s mobile surge is coming. The company said today that this will be the year half its traffic comes from members accessing the professional social network by smartphones and tablets. In the first quarter of this year, mobile represented 43 percent of traffic, according to LinkedIn’s quarterly results announced today.
“In anticipation of our expectation that mobile will exceed half of total traffic later this year, mobilizing our technology infrastructure, engineering team and products remains one of LinkedIn’s most important priorities,” CEO Jeff Weiner said in a statement to analysts following the release of the quarterly report.
LinkedIn, while not profitable last quarter, generated $473 million, an increase of 46 percent year over year.
Advertising is the smallest portion of LinkedIn revenue, but it is growing as the company focuses on providing content marketing tools for brands to promote on the platforms. Last quarter, it launched a content marketing score that lets brands track how far their posts reach across the network and how to perform better relative to rivals.
LinkedIn also developed an API for brands and agencies to programmatically manage Sponsored Updates campaigns on LinkedIn. Sponsored Updates are LinkedIn’s fastest growing ad product that appear in users’ post feeds.
Here is a look at LinkedIn’s first quarter results:
- Advertising, marketing solutions, represented 22 percent of revenue.
- Ad sales reached $102 million, up 36 percent year over year.
- 20 percent of ad sales were Sponsored Updates, up from 13 percent in the fourth quarter.
- LinkedIn now has 300 million members and 142 million unique visitors a month.
- Membership grew 36 percent year over year.
- Job services, or talent solutions, represent 58 percent of the business, and grew 50 percent year over year.
- LinkedIn gave revenue guidance of estimating $505 million this quarter.


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A new era has started at Hawkins Home Hardware, Holbeach, after a change of name and ownership.
Andrew Hawkins, whose father Len first opened the shop on the corner of Victoria Street and Chapel Street in 1953, is retiring more than 45 years after succeeding his dad as owner and handing over to father-and-son team Steve and Matt Tonks of Ely.
From today, the shop is now Tonwood Home Hardware but Andrew, Steve and Matt are all keen to assure loyal customers that the same attention to detail and friendly staff are to continue at the shop.
Andrew said: “Without question, retiring from Hawkins Home Hardware has been the most difficult decision I’ve ever made.
“I wanted to be sure that the staff who have been loyal to the business for many years, some approaching 20 years with the business, would be safeguarded with a new proprietor.
“I also wanted the shop to perpetuate for the town as we get so many kind remarks from the general public about us and our staff.”
Steve and Matt are joined by Liz Tonks, Steve’s wife, and while they have come with ideas of how to take the shop forward, they are determined to find out what customers want from Tonwood Home Hardware first.
“Both myself and Matt together have been working in hardware stores of one form or another for more than 20 years.
“Therefore, we’ve got an idea of what is needed at the shop and because of our backgrounds, we have quite a few ideas about what we want to do.
“We clearly want to carry on supplying and supporting the customers that Andrew has served over the years, so they will see a lot of familiar faces at the shop.
“One of the key things we needed assurance about was that buying groups like Home Hardware, which has worked closely with Andrew over the years, were still prepared to continue supplying Tonwood.”
The shop name itself comes from the first three letters of Tonks, along with Liz’s maiden name of Wood.
Matt said: “We’re bringing together all our experience to make sure this store carries on forward.”


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Samsung gets nod to test autonomous cars on public roads
South Korean tech giant Samsung has received approval to test its self driving cars on public roads in its home country. The country's Land Ministry gave the nod for a test run today. Until now, the company was testing its autonomous car technology on a modified race track.
"Samsung Electronics plans to develop top-of-the-line sensors and computer modules backed by artificial intelligence and the deep-learning technologies to improve carsí self-driving capabilities even in challenging weather conditions," a report out of South Korea says.
The firm is currently using a Hyundai car (featuring the latest cameras and sensors) as a prototype vehicle. Like Apple and Google, Samsung also has no plans to get into car manufacturing - the company has already confirmed this.


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Malaysian International Export Furniture Fair (EFE) Chairman and Chairman of the Malaysian Furniture Association, Cai Chuncai, said that the Malaysian furniture export system has matured and the furniture industry has developed rapidly. In 2016, the export volume was nearly RM10 billion, ranking the world's top ten furniture exports. One of the countries.
Cai Chuncai said that the furniture made by Ma is known for its sophisticated and practical appearance. Rubber wood has always been a unique advantage for horse furniture, and the company's shipments are on time and good reputation, so buyers can buy with confidence. The countries that promote the growth of horse furniture exports are the United States, Japan, India and the Philippines, resulting in a total export value of RM9.525 billion last year. He believes that the prospects of the furniture industry are very optimistic. Malaysia has a good infrastructure and 30 years of furniture industry experience. If you take full advantage of the advantages and conditions to seize the opportunities in the international market, the furniture industry will have a better play.
Liang Huili, general manager of Ma International Export Furniture Fair, said that India is one of the fastest growing major economies, and the furniture market is estimated to be worth $1.8 billion. The spending power of the younger generation in India (between 25 and 54 years old, accounting for 40%) and the low furniture import tax have created enormous potential for Malaysia to expand its trade territory and develop its business. In the past few years, the export of horse furniture to India has grown steadily, with exports ranging from RM210 million in 2013 to RM311 million in 2016, and this year it has reached 517 million MYR.
The theme of this year's International Export Furniture Fair is “New Design, New Opportunities”, which will be held at the Kuala Lumpur International Convention and Exhibition Center from March 8th to 11th. This year's furniture fair attracted 300 domestic and foreign home furnishing exhibitors, an increase of 16% over the previous year. The first time exhibitors increased by 12%, and an estimated 745 million US dollars (about 3.314 billion MYR) transaction volume.
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Anna and Elsa’s Frozen Fantasy at Tokyo Disneyland Resort
Disney has just announced that Frozen is going to Tokyo Disneyland (and ONLY to Tokyo) this winter with a new special event called “Anna and Elsa’s Frozen Fantasy.”
The event will run from January 13 through March 20, 2015.
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Cadillac’s global VP has reassured fans that any foray into Formula 1 will not have an impact on their current sportscar programmes.
The Cadillac brand competes in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship and the Cadillac V-LMDh will make its debut in competition at the Rolex 24 at Daytona this month in the first event of the season.
They also recently unveiled the all-new Cadillac V-LMDh car ahead of their entry into the FIA World Endurance Championship.
The race in Daytona comes the same month that Cadillac announced a partnership with Andretti in a bid to get onto the Formula 1 grid, leaving some to speculate what the brand’s motorsports future operations would look like.
Fans need not worry though as the company’s global vice-president Rory Harvey said they were excited to take part in all three series.
“No, we’re super excited about that opportunity as well,” Harvey responded when asked if the F1 move would distract from the sportscar effort, as per Motorsport.com.
“The process is in the very early stages. We’re looking to submit an Expression of Interest.
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“From our perspective, it will complement what we do in this series. We don’t see it impacting this series in any way.”
The arrival of Cadillac to the Andretti bid has not only brought the backing of one of the biggest car companies in the world but also an added racing pedigree with Cadillac and General Motors having competed in motorsport for over 70 years.
Harvey said a spot on the F1 grid would be “another piece of the jigsaw puzzle” and would add to the heritage of both Cadillac and GM.
“We have a pedigree of motor racing. It’s well over 70 years since we entered motorsport and have been very successful in a number of series over the years. The U.S. is massively important to us and the IMSA series is very important to us.
“In addition, we’re looking to complement it with the commonization of the regulations so we can compete in the World Endurance Championship. We sell Cadillacs throughout the globe and that gives us greater coverage and greater reach in geographical locations where we also look to perform.
“And then being able to complement what we do here with the opportunity, should we be successful, of entering Formula 1. We see that as another piece of the jigsaw puzzle and very fitting to the Cadillac brand and the heritage of both Cadillac Racing and General Motors Racing.
“It’s a big commitment. We believe that the partnership that we discussed last week is wonderful and gives us the ability to perform. We believe that we have a blend of skillsets across the organisations that means we can use the expertise from both parties to put together a package that ensures that we’ll be competitive.”
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Samsung is planning to sell the Galaxy Note 7 which the company took back from the market last year after several explosions of the handsets reported. The company made a global recall of the Note 7 last year and released an array of software updates to make the phone completely unusable. The company recently announced that it will roll out a software update to kill the battery of the remaining units, final call for the last year’s flagship.
There were reports circulated earlier that Samsung could sell the refurbished Galaxy Note 7 in late 2017. Now, it has been confirmed that the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 will be sold as refurbished units in emerging markets. But there’s no word from the company about where it would sell the phones and when will they hit the markets. But, one thing for sure, the refurbished Galaxy Note 7 will not be sold in the United States.
Samsung launched the Galaxy Note 7 in August last year and was recalled two weeks later after reports of explosions of the devices. The company finally discontinued the Note 7 and asked millions of customers to return the phone. It is been reported that 97 percent of the devices were returned and the remaining 3 percent of the Galaxy Note 7 will be made useless through a software update.
At the time of recalling, the common question that was raised in everyone’s mind was what the company would do with the returned units. I guess it has been answered now. As per reports, Samsung lost around $5 billion due to the failure of the Galaxy Note 7. Several claimed that Samsung would discontinue the Note series, but there are reports that the company is working on the Galaxy Note 8, which might be launched later this year.
In the subsequent Note 7 probe, Samsung found no issues with the devices itself, but there were manufacturing defects in the batteries supplied by two companies – Samsung SDI Co Ltd and Amperex Technology Ltd. The refurbished Galaxy Note 7 will feature battery software tweaks and equipped with new batteries.
Stay tuned! Share your thoughts on Samsung’s decision to sell refurbished Galaxy Note 7 in emerging markets, which would include India as well.


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Electric Scooter Laws And Safety – You Asked, We Answered
Electric scooters seem to have taken cities in California by storm since they descended upon San Francisco ostensibly overnight in the spring of 2018. During the past three years, big and small cities across the state have embraced these motorized micromobility contraptions earnestly, even surpassing the popularity enjoyed by the ride-hailing apps in their heyday.
Initially, there were mixed reactions to the scooters, ranging from bewilderment to infatuation to even exasperation. Some residents found them to be a cheap and fun way of getting around. It infuriated some to see these little gizmos eating up precious space on the sidewalks and streets.
But it soon became very clear that there was a lot of pent-up demand for a cheap and quick means to get around. Soon, an entire industry grew out of this need, with personally owned, rented, and shared electric scooters, in California and other states across the US.
Micromobility companies like Bird hit 10 million rides in its first year in Santa Monica, while Lime had people using e-scooters, electric bikes, pedal-assist bikes, and car-sharing, to take 34 million trips in the company’s first twelve months of operations before the Wuhan virus had its impact. Others such as Uber, Lyft, and Spin were quick to move into this space. And soon, the humble electric scooter that had gotten used to being marketed mostly as a toy for so many years, was replacing the shorter car trips.
If the scooters are about to roll into your city or are already doing so, here is your chance to find out everything about them. Below are some answers to how they work, whether they are safe, and if they have the potential to revolutionize first-mile and last-mile connectivity in a city’s transit system.
How Fast Can Electric Scooters Go Legally?
California’s laws permit motorists to operate their electric scooters at a speed of 15 mph or less. Scooter sharing companies like Bird and Lime build scooters that cannot operate beyond 15mph, even though riding downhill or at full throttle can sometimes make the machines go faster. The law further permits users to operate their scooters only on Class II pathways marked for bikes.
If the scooters remain at speeds of 15 mph or below, they can operate on streets that have a speed limit of 25 mph. Electric scooters must not operate on streets that have high-speed limits above 35 mph, which would seem risky for the scooter riders to do anyway.
California state law as per CVC §22411 provides for a traffic stop and ticket, costing up to $250 for electric scooters operating at speeds above 15 mph. Surprisingly, there are niche companies like Kaabo, Apollo, and others, intent on developing fast electric scooters, but most users are content with safe and fun rides at 15 to 20 mph.
Are Electric Scooters Street-Legal in California?
California state laws define an electric scooter as a vehicle having:
- An electric motor to power the vehicle
- A floorboard to stand on while riding
- Two wheels
An electric scooter may or may not have a seat for the rider, but this is not a mandatory feature of an electric scooter under California law. A rider can operate an electric scooter with a driver’s license of any class, but they must obey the safety and traffic laws applicable to all other vehicles on the road.
While electric scooters are street-legal, they do not need license plates and you do not need to register with the DMV.
Are Electric Scooters Allowed on Bike Trails?
Under California Vehicle Code (CVC) 21229, E-scooter users must ride on bicycle paths or in bike lanes wherever they are available. This traffic law particularly mentions the Class II bicycle lane, which is marked with solid white lines on both sides and is typically on the right side of a street. The bicycle lane allows one-way riding with the two white borders on either periphery generally containing a bicycle symbol between them.
There are a few exceptions allowed by the law for electric scooters riding in a Class II bike lane:
- When an electric scooter needs to pass a pedestrian or another vehicle in the lane
- When the rider is completing a left turn
- When the scooter must change course to avoid hazards in the lane
- When the rider needs to turn right
In addition, CVC 21228 is a provision that enforces the following conditions on electric scooters turning left:
- Stop at the right curb after crossing the intersection
- Cross the street on foot
Are Electric Scooters Allowed on Sidewalks?
Although it may seem like the safer option for the scooter rider, the answer, as per the law, is a vehement no. Mostly, it is about the complications that can arise in bringing liability in the case of an accident that could result in pedestrian injuries.
CVC 21235, apart from making it mandatory for electric scooter riders to wear helmets, also forbids them from:
- Riding a scooter with a passenger (tandem ride)
- Riding on the sidewalk
- Riding an electric scooter without a drivers’ license
It is dangerous for the scooters on the roadways with motorists whizzing by at high speeds. Based on this, it’s safe to say that the best and the safest option for an electric scooter is the bike lane. Bike lanes can facilitate faster traffic and do not have pedestrians.
The brisk changes brought about in our public spaces due to the fast-changing micromobility options are forcing animated conversations about the entitlement to use streets, curbs, and sidewalks and whose responsibility it is to pay for their maintenance.
Are Electric Scooters Safe?
Injuries related to electric scooter accidents have seen a steady rise. Having said that, these could be attributed mostly to the exponential rise in numbers of scooters than any fault with the scooters themselves. The National Association of City Transportation Officials figures show that there were 86 million electric scooter trips logged in 2019 which was when the economy was firing on all cylinders.
Of the electric scooter riders involved in an accident and receiving emergency treatment, only 2 percent reported using a helmet, while 66 percent of the bicyclists said they had worn one. This basically does not make sense – if you ride an electric scooter, you should wear a helmet.
Of the interviewed riders, forty percent reported being injured on their first ride. Let us find out some of the more immediate threats to electric scooter riders’ safety.
Threats to Rider Safety
- The small wheels are susceptible to trapping on grates and uneven sidewalks
- Pedestrians, potholes, pets, and other hazards on the sidewalks
- Big, fast-moving motor vehicles on the roads
- Damp weather can affect the tires’ grip
Reasons for Electric Scooter Accidents
Some of the more prominent reasons for accidents involving electric scooters are:
While speeds of up to 15 mph may not seem much, but it is usually the rapid deceleration required when confronted with an unmoving object, such as a wall or a street sign, that causes a crash. We need to remember that the riders are totally exposed as these scooters do not come equipped with airbags or crumple zones.
- Rider Inexperience
Having proliferated very recently, there is also a rider’s learning curve involved. New, inexperienced riders are often taken by surprise with the surprisingly fast acceleration. It takes skill and effort to slow down the momentum generated by the electric motors. So, the big safety issues right now are inexperience and unfamiliar riding etiquette.
Many accidents are because of the failure to wear a helmet. Rented scooters are big contributors to this problem, as the riders who personally own their scooters are more likely to wear the necessary safety gear and practice safe riding.
Do Electric Scooters Have to Be Registered?
California law defines and treats scooters, mopeds, and motorized bikes differently. In California, operators and riders do not need a DMV registration for electric scooters and motorized bicycles.
Can Kids Ride Electric Scooters?
California law stipulates that it is essential for riders to have a driver’s license, and they must attain the age of 16 before they can ride an electric scooter. The minimum age requirement imposed by rental companies in LA is 18 years.
Can Electric Scooters Get Wet?
There are two important things to keep in mind while operating an electric scooter in wet weather conditions. First, you need to be careful about the water affecting your scooter’s electric components. Secondly, you need to be aware that handling the scooter can be more difficult in adverse rainy conditions. Lower traction on wet road surfaces can make it harder to stop or maneuver the scooter.
There is a frenzied demand for micromobility solutions like electric scooters across the country at present, even in states where it is yet to be fully legalized. The key innovation and driving force behind this surge of demand is the business model of companies like Bird, Lime, Spin, and others, where you can find the scooter, unlock, begin the ride, and end it; all on the app.
In the present scenario of developing landscape in this new business, there is an issue with enforcement of laws. But state governments are slowly getting in on the act by promulgating new laws and trying to create a stable and safe environment for this last-mile connectivity link in intra-city commuting.


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The Kohl’s Black Friday 2015 sale has kicked off in full at midnight CST online. The Kohl’s Black Friday deals are in conjunction with the earned Kohl’s Cash among the best deals to get this Black Friday. From Monday, Nov. 23 through Sunday, Nov. 29, customers will earn $15 Kohl’s Cash for every $50 spent in store or online. The earned Kohl’s Cash during the Black Friday sale needs to be spent at Kohl’s between Nov. 30 and December 6.
Kohl’s has improved their consumer electronics product offering quite a bit recently. In the past they had only small electronics from lesser brands. This Black Friday, Kohl’s offers big screen TVs from LG, Laptops from HP and Asus. Kohl’s is not carrying any Apple products though.
Kohl’s will sell the Xbox One and the Sony PS4 Black Friday bundles at $299.99. The earned Kohl’s cash makes those deals better than elsewhere. Customers earn $75 Kohl’s Cash with each console. The video game console deals are not available online at this point and will likely just be in store only.
The Kohl’s Black Friday 2015 also offer a special extra 15% promo code with TURKEYTIME. Featured deals include a $49.99 HawkEye 200RC camera drone, $179.99 32-inch Vizio E320i-B2. Remember that this deal becomes great when considering the earned Kohl’s Cash.
Shop the Kohl’s Black Friday 2015 sale on kohls.com.
Kohl’s is the first complete Black Friday 2015 sale launched online. All Black Friday 2015 ads have been released and with the release of the Amazon Black Friday 2015 deals, the best Black Friday 2015 deals are revealed.


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Apparel and textiles manufacturers of six Asian countries, including Bangladesh, have taken an initiative to push for global buyers’ purchasing practices to be better.
Representatives of the first inter-Asian platform, STAR Network, of producer associations of the textiles and garment industry made the move on January 12.
The platform was formed in 2016.
The STAR Network said that its initiative came as imbalance in power between the buyers and the manufacturers had increased amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
‘We want to come together as associations and manufacturers in Asia, to agree on common positions regarding payment and delivery terms so that we have a stronger voice in individual and in collective discussions with brands and buyers on improving purchasing practices,’ the platform’s spokesperson, Miran Ali, said in a press release issued on Monday.
The textiles and garment industry is characterised by power imbalance between the brands and buyers on the one end and the textile and garment producers on the other, the STAR Network said.
It said that this imbalance had increased and made more visible during the COVID-19 pandemic, in which order cancellations, especially from European and US brands and buyers, left many Asian producers with their backs against the wall.
The situation had been difficult before, Miran said, but COVID-19 changed everything.
The nine member associations in six countries are Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association, Bangladesh Knitwear Manufacturers and Exporters Association, China National Textile and Apparel Council, Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia, Myanmar Garment Manufacturers Association, Pakistan Hosiery Manufacturers and Exporters Association, Pakistan Textile Exporters Association, Towel Manufacturers Association of Pakistan and Vietnam Textile and Garment Association.
The platform hoped that the common position would be powerful as the countries represent over 60 per cent of all global apparel exports by manufacturers.
According to the announcement, until March 2021, the platform would work in five working groups — defining the ‘red lines’, requests and recommendations on topics such as payment and delivery practices, planning and information exchange and third-party negotiations.
Based on the output of the working groups, the second phase of the initiative would drive the roll-out in the industry, the release said.
It said that many industry organisations and networks had already pledged support to the initiative and they would be involved as experts, supporting the working groups or as part of an industry advisory board.
‘However, before brands, buyers and other stakeholders are joining the discussion table, manufacturers and associations will use the “safe space” of their new initiative to develop joint requirements and recommendations, to then communicate them with one voice,’ the platform said.
The STAR Network serves as a platform for dialogue and trust-building to exchange on good practices to make textiles and garment production more sustainable and amidst the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic, the platform had issued a joint statement, calling for responsible purchasing practices amid the COVID-19 crisis, which they published on their joint web site in April 2020.
The platform was established with the support of the German Development Cooperation Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH.
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Uber will soon face a huge challenge in the U.S. and India in the form of a new alliance including California's Lyft, China's Didi Kuaidi, India's Ola, and Southeast Asia's GrabTaxi.
The four ride-sharing services have formed a partnership that will go into effect early next year and allow customers to order cabs with all of their apps in all of the regions where they're available, according to Quartz.
The companies said Friday that they will share technology, local market knowledge and business resources, and that each country will use a secure API to manage mapping, routing and payments.
"Together, these companies now cover nearly all of southeast Asia, India, China and the US, reaching nearly 50% of the world's population," the four companies said in a press release. "Joint partner products will start rolling out in Q1 2016 (January-March)."
The alliance plans on gaining an edge over Uber by focusing on specific regions, as opposed to the global approach that the San Francisco-based company is taking, Autoblog noted.
"Local understanding, know-how, and operations are critical differentiators, especially when it comes to scaling locally, navigating regulatory environments and managing payments," GrabTaxi CEO Anthony Tan said.
The announcement follows almost three months after Lyft and Didi Kuaidi announced a ride-sharing partnership, according to Quartz.
While the four companies have gained popularity, going up against Uber won't be easy, as the company is currently valued at $50 billion and is the biggest on-demand ride-sharing app worldwide. Its app is available in 64 countries, and people can use it to book rides all across those locations.
Bhavish Aggarwall, CEO and co-founder of Ola, said that the alliance will be able to "build better mobility solutions in our respective markets" by learning from each service's successes and innovations, CNBC reported.
Uber is close to achieving its goal of raising $2.1 billion in venture capital, which will bring its value up to $62.5 billion and make it the world's most valuable private startup. The company has yet to comment on the newly-formed partnership.


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Far Cry 4 was one of my favorite games of 2014. It builds upon everything that made its predecessor great and it provides dozens of hours of fun, even beyond its lengthy campaign. To this day, my friends and I are still capturing outposts, hijacking trucks and skinning animals for a few hours every week, but we’ll all still readily admit that the game isn’t perfect. More →
There has been a great deal of animosity directed toward the video game industry as of late, and most of it deservedly so. 2014 was a year that we couldn’t wait to leave behind, but now that it’s gone, a lot of us are still dwelling on it. So before the big releases start landing, let’s do our best to begin focusing more equally on the good as well as the bad.
There has been a long tradition of movies based on video games in Hollywood, but the vast majority of them have been critical flops. Video game stories just don’t transition especially well to the big screen, which explains why Mortal Kombat, Street Fighter, and perhaps most infamously of all, Super Mario Bros. are so hard to watch. More →
According to reliable information obtained by Kotaku, the next entry in the Assassin’s Creed series will be set in London’s Victorian era and is currently in development at Ubisoft’s Quebec studio. Assassin’s Creed Victory, as it is currently known, will release next fall exclusively for the PS4, Xbox One and PC. More →
Plenty of complaints have been leveled against Assassin’s Creed Unity, the first current-gen exclusive for the series, but everyone can agree that Ubisoft’s virtual recreation of Paris is a remarkable achievement. Yes, the world of Unity is massive and beautiful, but does it bear any resemblance to the real world locations it represents?
For a long time, we didn’t think any company could ever rouse the gaming community’s ire as much as EA does on a regular basis. That said, Ubisoft has made a number of blunders recently that show it has definite ambitions for taking EA’s crown as the world’s most hated gaming publisher. More →
Earlier this week, Ubisoft released the first Assassin’s Creed game exclusive to the new-generation consoles. Assassin’s Creed Unity takes the series back to its roots, eschewing the naval combat and complicated modern day story of Black Flag for a more traditional adventure. Unfortunately, the game shipped with its fair share of bugs, resulting in plenty of negative reviews. More →
In the midst of a busy holiday season for game releases, there are a few staple franchises that being updated for the new generation of consoles. One of them is Assassin’s Creed Unity, and Conan O’Brien is back in the saddle as the Clueless Gamer to review the first current-gen exclusive of the popular open-world series. More →
Microsoft announced on Wednesday that it had partnered with Ubisoft in order to bring two new Xbox One bundles to market this holiday season. The Xbox One Assassin’s Creed Bundle will contain free digital downloads of both the upcoming Assassin’s Creed Unity and last year’s Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag for $399. There will also be a $499 bundle which will include a Kinect. Both bundles will be available worldwide on November 2nd, but Unity won’t be playable until its release on November 14th. More →
Even if you haven’t made the jump to the new generation of console quite yet, you’re still going to get an Assassin’s Creed title this holiday season. Game Informer revealed on Tuesday that Assassin’s Creed Rogue, a game exclusive to the PS3 and Xbox 360, will be gracing the cover of the September issue. More →
Watch Dogs is one of the best games of the year and a decent showcase title for the new generation consoles, but it still doesn’t stand up to the seemingly professionally doctored demo from E3 2012. What we saw two years ago was a game that looked more stunning than just about anything else on the market — the reality wasn’t quite as impressive. Now, just two months after the game’s release, PC modder Federico Rojas (aka TheWorst) has released the final version of his graphics mod for Watch Dogs on the PC, bringing the retail release up to speed with the pipe dream from the original demo. More →
Ubisoft is on a roll. Between Assassin’s Creed, Far Cry and now Watch Dogs, Ubisoft has a stable of some of the most popular franchises on the market, and the company didn’t disappoint with another huge showing at E3 this year. There weren’t many surprises, but unlike some of the other conferences, many of the games Ubisoft presented will actually be on store shelves at some point this year. This isn’t an outline of the new generation — these are games we’ll all be playing in just a few months. More →


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A Chattanooga company on Tuesday unveiled a new medical device at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas that zaps back agony with electrical impulses.
The Neubac -- pronounced new-back -- is a soft, silicone device that sticks to the lower back using disposable gel packs, and uses a mix of high-frequency and low-frequency electrical nerve stimulation to block pain signals.
Neubac got its start as a prescription-only device which competed with older, more complicated rivals. Unlike existing prescription products that come in boxy casings and require patients to attach wires and fiddle with switches, the Neubac can be worn all day and has been approved for over-the-counter use.
A tiny remote control can turn the intensity up and down while users go about their daily lives, said Keith Hagy, vice president of product development for Hollywog, which developed the Neubac.
"The problem with traditional devices is it didn't fit your active lifestyle," Hagy said. "You'd have to hook yourself up and sit for 30 minutes or longer. Doctors had to spend time adjusting the device, don't touch this button, do touch this button."
The device can also replace expensive and addictive medicine often used to treat back pain, he said, which can have dangerous and long-term side effects.
"People are taking Oxycontin, hydro, and whatever else. And as people are getting more and more aware of what drugs do, they're looking for drug-free alternatives," Hagy said."Instead of taking a drug for the pain, this is a drug-free alternative."
Electrical impulses have been used for years as therapy for patients with lower back pain. Neubac uses transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation, or TENS therapy, to essentially scramble the brain's ability to detect aches. Other types of pain relief that use electricity include Intradiscal Electrothermal Therapy, which uses a electrical wire placed inside a spinal disc to deliver pulses of electricity, potentially relieving pain for up to six months, according to WebMD.
"This technology has been around for decades, it's a proven technology used every day in the rehab world, chiropractic world, and for physical therapy. What we've done differently is make this into a wearable device," Hagy said.
The Neubac is available online already for $150, but Chuck Thomas, president of the company, is working as a panelist for the show's digital health discussion in hopes of signing up brick and mortar retail partners. The goal is to get the device into retail pharmacies like Walgreens, Rite-Aid and CVS; as well as sports retailers. If the company's retail gambit pays off, Hollywog's 10 employees could one day find themselves working to eliminate neck or shoulder pain, he said.
"We definitely see great opportunity with retail, whether it's a traditional store or sports store, or online," Hagy said.
Contact staff writer Ellis Smith, email@example.com or 423-757-6315.


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Financial Times – Apple investigates illegal student labour at Watch assembly plant
Apple has launched an investigation into its supply chain after a workers’ rights group alleged that one of its suppliers was illegally employing students in China to make Apple Watches.
The Silicon Valley giant opened the probe last week, after Sacom, a Hong Kong-based human rights group, alleged that Quanta Computer, a Taiwanese Apple supplier, has been illegally employing students to assemble Apple Watches in the Chinese city of Chongqing.
In response to the latest allegations about the Quanta factory in Chongqing, an Apple spokesperson said: “We are urgently investigating the report that student interns added in September are working overtime and night shifts. We have zero tolerance for failure to comply with our standards and we ensure swift action and appropriate remediation if we discover [supplier code] violations.”
Sacom said it had unearthed similar labour abuses at Quanta Chongqing in the production of Apple Watches in an earlier investigation. At the time, Apple denied Quanta’s Chongqing plant was a part of its supply chain.


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Recent research by comScore reveals that US e-commerce spending for Q2 reached a total of $43.2 billion – that’s a 15 percent rise in year-on-year growth – but how long can it last?
Market research firm comScore has released its US retail e-commerce sales estimates for the second quarter of this year, demonstrating that the industry is continuing to grow at an exceedingly healthy rate.
According to comScore, online retail spending reached $43.2 billion for the quarter, which is a 15 percent gain for the same period last year. That makes this the eleventh consecutive quarter of positive growth and seventh consecutive quarter of double-digit growth.
comScore’s Retail E-commerce Growth Rates exclude travel purchases, auctions, automobiles and large corporate purchases.
- Q2 2007 – $27.18 billion (23% growth)
- Q2 2008 – $30.58 billion (13% growth)
- Q2 2009 – $30.17 billion (-1% growth)
- Q2 2010 – $32.94 billion (9% growth)
- Q2 2011 – $37.5 billion (14% growth)
- Q2 2012 – $43.2 billion (15% growth)
comScore Chairman Gian Fulgoni said in a press release that, while the Q2 growth didn’t quite match that of the first quarter (17 percent), it “was nevertheless almost four times higher than the growth in overall consumer spending, a sign of continued strength in the e-commerce channel”.
“That said, although e-commerce remains strong, we are taking a cautious view of the second half of the year in light of some renewed sign of economic uncertainty and a stubbornly high unemployment rate.”
Fulgoni points out that US consumer sentiment is increasingly poor, with 56 percent now viewing wider economic conditions as unfavourable – up from 49 percent in the last quarter.
“Even as commerce increasingly shifts to the online channel, any significant future pullback in overall consumer spending could dampen the strong double-digit growth rates we’ve been experiencing for the year-to-date,” he said.
However, with the American end-of-year holiday period and ensuing sales bonanza creeping up, even low consumer sentiment couldn’t stop the industry from turning over some big money – it may even help boost online spending further.


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MANAGING Director and Country Manager, Aller Aqua Nigeria Ltd, Mr. Nurudeen Lasisi, has urged farmers to adopt innovative marketing techniques in the catfish value chain, in order to optimise returns on their investments.
Lasisi, made the plea while addressing farmers and stakeholders at the 2019 workshop for fish farmers organised by Aller Aqua, in various locations across Nigeria; Ibadan, Benin, Warri, Port Harcourt, Aba, Lagos and Abeokuta.
The 2019 Aller Aqua annual famers workshop was themed, “Innovative Catfish Marketing: Call for Women and Youths Involvement”.
While insisting that Nigeria is a major producer of catfish, Lasisi also noted that aquaculture farmers are not as wealthy as expected, due to the presence of fish mongers who benefit heavily, thereby compounding farmers’ inability to get to consumers directly.
He said ” We got feedback after 2018 training and we realised that farmers needed marketing channels for proper distribution of catfish that are locally produced.
“This is the reason why we are focusing on training farmers on marketing value chain, to diversify their markets using innovative techniques that will improve the returns on their investments”.
Farmers at the workshop were trained on the topics: Strategic management techniques for catfish farming; Practical fish processing as a business; Sustainable financing for Aquaculture and; Management of diseases of Aquaculture.
In-depth discussions were also held with stakeholders through panel of discussants, involving representatives of the PM and Director of Fisheries, Ministry of Agriculture, Lagos state; Coordinator for World Bank Appeals Project, Lagos.
Present also at the event, were officials from the Development Finance Office of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), as well as the National President of Catfish and Allied Fish Farmers Association of Nigeria (CAFFAN) and the National Vice President of National Fish Association of Nigeria (NFAN).
This year’s Annual Farmers Workshop which was conducted in collaboration with the Development Finance Office of the CBN, had in attendance over 1760 fish farmers and entrepreneurs trained across the designated locations.


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Say it ain’t so. The Duluth News Tribune reports Germann’s Hammond Spur at the foot of the Superior side of the Blatnik Bridge is closing today. The convenience store has been known for years as the “Chicken Spur” because of its deli, which offered fried chicken, egg rolls, corn dogs and more. The DNT notes the store is holding a 50 percent off sale in hopes of closing out its inventory.
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They have also declared that they will be purchasing 4G LTE services by the end of september 2014 but it seems that they are not going to purchase till the october end. We are not hearing any news from any source that they are asking PTA for the purchase of 4G LTE spectrum.
Well no one know what they are planning but it is confirmed by our sources that they are not purchasing 4G LTE by the end of september 2014. Most probably they will be going to purchase it within october after Eid-ul-Adha.
In mid of july 2014 we heard from tribune story that Warid have contracted with Ericsson company for 4G lte infrastructure to roll out 4G services in Pakistan quickly than that of other companies like Zong but this news then gets vanished out.
Warid claimed to invest $400 million to roll out 4G services in Pakistan but it seems now that they are not able to get permission from PTA to launch these services or they have not contacted them.
Here is the message which were received after announcements.
You can clearly see that Warid announces to its customers for launching 4G LTE internet services. Still we are expecting to hear a good news soon from Warid for its customers. It could be within few more days or it could be after this Eid.


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With the constant barrage of headlines about natural disasters caused by changing climate, the world’s attention on sustainability has intensified in recent years. Our industry is no exception: for example, over a quarter of the planned sessions at the Western Coating Show this year specifically mention sustainability or have key themes commonly associated with sustainable product performance attributes. But how exactly is sustainability defined and how is success in this arena measured? More importantly, what are the current problems that need solving and where are the opportunities for profitable growth and scientific progress? In his presentation, Christopher M. Miller, Ph.D., Senior Global Research Director, Coatings Resins at Arkema, will address these questions by taking a step back and examining what sustainability means to our industry, the tools being developed to track progress, and the innovation challenges we face as we look to the future.
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*(Via Newsy) – The Mobile World Congress kicked off Sunday with a slew of announcements and exhibitions from tech companies like Samsung, HTC and more. But an announcement from Swedish furniture giant Ikea is also grabbing headlines.
Just in case charging your phone with a cord is too much trouble, Ikea is introducing lamps, bedside tables and other furniture pieces that will charge your phone wirelessly.
The uber-convenient and mostly unnecessary charging furniture comes from Ikea, but it’s designed by the Wireless Power Consortium using a technology standard called Qi Wireless.
Qi Wireless works with many different Android devices, including the new Samsung devices introduced this weekend and older generations of HTC and Microsoft smartphones.
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We had heard that RIM may launch up to three BlackBerry smartphones at their conference coming up early next month, but it looks like only one, the Bold Touch (code-named Montana/Dakota) will be going public. The Curve Touch and the Touch 9860 were also on the chopping block for a launch at the show, with a glimmer of hope for the Orlando and the Torch 2. This was reportedly a last-minute change, but we don’t have anything more specific than that. We’re still expecting it to hit stores sometime this summer.
From the specs we’ve seen, the BlackBerry Bold Touch 9900 will have a 2.8-inch 640 x 480 display, 768 MB of RAM, a 1.2 GHz processor, 8 GB of storage memory (plus microSD memory card), and a 5 megapixel camera with LED flash and 720p video recording. The biggest addition is near-field communications and a magnetic compass to support augmented reality apps. Both of those should be landing on all of RIM’s next breed of devices, along with an OS upgrade to 6.1.
To be fair, RIM doesn’t usually announce more than one phone at their show (last year being something of an exception). It’s also not to say that the other phones aren’t ready, especially since we’ve seen many of them alive and well, but carriers likely want to launch the new BlackBerry smartphones on their own terms. Even if the Bold Touch is the only one to show up in Orlando, RIM has a lot of devices on the roadmap, and will be very busy leading up to the new year, at which point we can expect to start seeing dual-core smartphones and the first signs of the QNX OS working its way to other BlackBerry products. Besides, the Bold Touch looks like it will be the flagship for the new generation, and is just the kind of familiar, buttoned-down phone business execs will be comfortable with.