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Last week saw fast food fans in the UK rejoice as McDonald's reopened hundreds of drive-thrus.
As expected, shoppers rushed to get their chicken nugget and Big Mac fix, but the surge in popularity meant huge queues - with some people waiting up to an hour to get their food.
So far McDonald's has opened up 852 restaurants for drive-thru only, 56 for delivery, with another 26 offering both.
However, for those who don't have cars, or aren't able to leave the house, getting a McDonald's hasn't been quite so easy.
But now it's good news for people can't get to drive-thrus or don't fancy the long wait, as McDonald's has confirmed it is restarting its delivery service in 500 of its restaurants.
Paul Pomroy, CEO McDonald's UK and Ireland, said: "Next week we will switch McDelivery back on in over 500 restaurants, with the help of our delivery partners Uber Eats and Just Eat.
"As with our Drive Thru operations, it might take a little longer and we expect demand to once again be high and both of these factors might impact service times.
"But I know you'll continue to show the patience we've seen all week and I thank you again for your understanding."
The CEO also announced some good news about Maccies breakfast - which has been removed from the menu temporarily.
He said McDonald's is planning to trial its breakfast service "within a few weeks" and it should be available for delivery via delivery apps Uber Eats and Just Eat when the chain introduces the delivery option into hundreds of its restaurants.
You can find opening times and the service available at your local branch on the McDonald's website.


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is teasing fans of Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance with the prospect of more DLC. New screenshots have been released from upcoming add-ons which are currently under development. The announcement was made via a recent blog entry
One add-on sees players take control of Raiden's nemesis, Sam. There isn’t much information available at the moment, but it does look as though players will be facing off against Ray at some point. It is unclear if this add-on will form part of the story at this point in time; we are awaiting confirmation from Konami.
The other add-on teased sees players take control of the robot dog LQ-84i. Again, it is unclear if these missions will be part of the main universe’s story arc. Details regarding this add-on are being kept hush at this point in time.
Players on PlayStation 3 in North America and on both consoles in Europe will soon be able to get their hands on the previously announced VR DLC missions
. Konami and Platinum Games have not announced if the other add-ons will be available outside of Japan yet, but considering how well it has performed it would be surprising if players were denied the opportunity to take control of Sam and LQ-84i.

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Cryptocurrency is the talk of the town everywhere right now. The hype has taken over the world by storm amid the COVID pandemic and several people across the world want to own cryptocurrencies.
If you are in this crypto train for profits in the UK, then there is news for you as PayPal now lets users in the UK buy, hold and sell cryptocurrency. This is the first such announcement to be made by PayPal outside the US.
Notably, PayPal first rolled out support for cryptocurrency in the US last fall alongside Paxos Trust Company. Later, PayPal-owned Venmo also added support for cryptocurrency.
Support for cryptocurrency in UK
From now, the company will allow customers in the UK to choose between four types of cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin and Bitcoin Cash. These can be purchased using either a connected bank account or a debit card.
UK customers can purchase cryptocurrency via the PayPal website or mobile app. They can choose from preset purchase amounts or enter another amount of their choice. As per PayPal, users can buy as little as £1 of cryptocurrency. However, there will be some transaction fees and currency conversion fees while buying and selling cryptocurrency and these will be based on the amount of cryptocurrency being bought or sold.
This service in the UK is similar to what is available in the US. The only difference is that there will be some transaction limits for the UK customers. Notably, the upper limit on transactions for single crypto purchase is £15,000 at the beginning. The same for purchases over a 12-month period will be £35,000.
PayPal has chosen the UK as the first international market for its expansion as it is a fintech hub. Also, UK is its second largest global market with a sizable customer base.
With the rollout of the buying and selling of cryptocurrency in the UK, the digital currency will be a key feature in PayPal’s super app, which is slated to be rolled out in the coming months.
As of now, PayPal has not revealed if the service will be rolled out to other markets or if there will be other cryptocurrency services added for the UK users.
Besides supporting cryptocurrency via its own apps, PayPal’s venture capital arm has also made a number investments in crypto companies including cryptocurrency risk management software TRM Labs, digital asset trading infrastructure company Talos and crypto tax software company TaxBit.


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The total revenue from Ninh Binh's tourism industry was estimated to reach 3,8 trillion VND (165 million USD) in the first half of 2023, a 2,94 folds rise over the same period last year, according to Ninh Binh Department of Tourism.
In June alone, Ninh Binh welcomed nearly 400 thousands visitors, a rise of 8.14% over the same period in 2022.
During the January-June period, Ninh Binh received 4.53 million visitors, a 2.5 folds rise against the same period last year. Of the total, the province saw 224 thousand foreign visitors.
The tourism growth is attributed to numerous measures to boost new tourism products, improve the quality of services.
Various activities, programmes have been held to attract visitors, namely Trang An festival, Bai Dinh festival, Hoa Lu festival, Tourism week of Tam Coc - Trang An....
The Department continues to increase the quality of services, improve tourism products in an attempt to achieve the target of welcoming over 5.35 million visitors in the whole year and earn over 5.1 trillion VND (218 million USD) in revenue.
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The telco has unveiled its vision for a connected network that aims to seamlessly combine broadband, mobile and Wi-Fi through its BT, EE and Plusnet brands.
BT TV has become the first platform in the UK to announce the integration of the Amazon Prime Video app into its set-top boxes. It will join the omnipresent Netflix and from 2019 Sky’s Now TV.
A new BT TV App will allow customers to download and play content on the move for the first time. Significantly, the app will be available through Samsung Smart TVs, Apple TV and Google Chromecast.
In time for the next football season, EE customers will be able to access new BT Sport app features – including the ability to cast direct from their mobile to their TV with inclusive data. Previously BT Sport has only been available to cast for BT customers.
Marc Allera, CEO of BT’s Consumer business said “BT runs the UK’s most advanced mobile and broadband networks, but our customers demand better connections, and the best service no matter where they are. We’re beginning our journey to create one converged, smart network built on our world-leading fixed and mobile networks – going beyond 4G, 5G, Wi-Fi and ultrafast broadband to seamlessly connect our customers wherever they are to the things that matter most to them.”
Ultrafast broadband speeds of up to 314 Mbps will be extended in availability from the present 1 million homes.
EE will offer ultrafast broadband to customers this summer. Consumer will also increase mobile customers’ ‘Time on 4G’ to 99% by 2020, and be first to market with 5G mobile to complement 4G.


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“Twitter Inc. is no longer blaming Apple Inc.’s September iOS software update for the loss of 4 million users,” Sarah Frier reports for Bloomberg.
“Twitter Chief Executive Officer Dick Costolo on Thursday pointed to an “unforeseen bug” in the Apple update to explain the loss of users to analysts during its most recent quarter. Twitter’s active members grew more slowly than Wall Street had estimated, prompting several analysts to press the CEO on the trend during its earnings call,” Frier reports. “On Friday, a clarification message appeared on Twitter’s investor relations account. ‘There was no bug or issue with iOS 8,’ the tweet said. ‘It is an issue on Twitter’s side as users upgraded.'”
“The glitch wasn’t in the software itself, a spokesman for San Francisco-based Twitter said Friday,” Frier reports. “The problems were related to the social network’s integration of the Apple update. For example, users who had accounts that weren’t encrypted lost their credentials for logging into the service, he said.”
Read more in the full article here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Readers “Fred Mertz” and “Dan K.” for the heads up.]


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In just a short period of time we have introduced two brand new unique features on our live score projects that are taking the informative value of our sites to the next level and offer unique utilisation of our sports data which we have been collecting for many years.
Diretta.it, the leading live score website in Italy, has just launched a new design which adopts the look of its globally-based sister website FlashScore.com, which makes it officially part of the ever-growing FlashScore network.
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Dr Giovanni Turchini of Deakin University said the global cat food industry each consumes 2.48 million metric tons of forage fish - small, rapidly breeding fish that are eaten by larger fish - each year.
"In Australia, pet cats are eating an estimated 13.7 kilograms of fish a year, which far exceeds the Australian [human] average per capita fish and seafood consumption of around 11 kilograms," Dr Turchini said.
He said the pet food industry is increasingly marketing luxury food products containing "a significant amount of fish that may be suitable for direct human consumption."
"Our pets seem to be eating better than their owners," he said.
With fishing rates exceeding replacement rates in many parts of the world, and large government subsidies boosting mass commercial fishing, many scientists see overfishing as the main threat to marine ecosystems worldwide.


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A rumour was going around for some time now that Motorola was working on a new smartphone codenamed ‘Capri Plus.’ At that time except for the codename and its model number- XT2129-2, no news about the rumoured phone was found or heard of.
Recently, a new smartphone by Motorola has been spotted on Thailand’s NBTC certification website named the Moto G30. The surprising part about this new certification is that the Moto G30 is listed with the same model number – XT2129-2 as of the ‘Capri Plus’ which could only mean that the rumoured ‘Capri Plus’ and the Moto G30 are the same phone.
Motorola Moto G30 expected specs
The rumoured phone is expected to come in two variants- a 4GB RAM + 64GB storage variant and a 6GB RAM + 128GB storage variant. The phone is also believed to have a Full HD+ display along with a refresh rate of 90Hz. The phone is tipped to be powered by the Snapdragon 662 SoC processor and is believed to have a battery capacity of 5,000mAh which would support 20W fast charging.
The phone is expected to come with a triple rear camera setup which comprises of a 64-megapixel primary sensor from OmniVision (OV64B), a 2-megapixel depth sensor lens from OmniVision (OV02B1B) and a 13-megapixel ultra-wide-angle sensor from Samsung (s5k3l6). For the selfies, the phone is expected to have a front camera of 13-megapixel.
Recently, the phone was also spotted on the Geekbench website with the code name ‘Capri Plus’ though having a slightly different model number (XT2129-3) there, which is believed to be another possible variation of the same Moto G30. The phone is listed on the Geekbench website to come with Android 11 right out of the box. As per the Geekbench website, the phone has scored 306 points in single-core and 1,258 points in multi-core tests.
Based on the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) listings, DealsNTech had claimed that the new phone may be launched with the names Motorola Capri 21 and Motorola Capri Plus 21.
The phone is tipped to be a budget phone and is believed to be launched by the first quarter of 2021.
That will be all for now folks. Make sure to stay tuned to this website for more updates.
Disclaimer- All the information provided in this article is gathered from various sources like rumours and leaks. So, the actual information which will be released by the company in the future may vary.


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The Counter Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) Twitter account appears to be up to something, as they recently tweeted a couple of tweets that seem to tease an imminent announcement.
The account first tweeted “What are you doing Wednesday?” before then following up with another tweet that says “Sorry, got caught up with some work stuff. I think Thursday’s going to work better. You available Then?” It’s possible that they could just make this announcement on their Twitter account, but it’s also possible that this announcement could happen at The Game Awards.
Of course, this has stirred up the game’s still huge fanbase as they have begun speculating what this announcement might be. Some are thinking that it’s going to be the reveal of a new battle royale mode, as there have been rumors and evidence in the past that suggest that such a mode may be in the works.
CS:GO has been a huge success ever since it released in 2012, with the game still being one of the most popular multiplayer shooters on the market. However, with the rise in battle royale games currently dominating the multiplayer shooter market, it would make sense for them to try and get in on the action before getting left behind.
We’ll bring you more news on the CS:GO announcement as it becomes available.


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Nestle quick selling philosophy, which begins in Spain this week, could be an open entryway for the brand to profit by the seizure and avoid twists later on and grant associations to sell their things without the effect of retailers. If viable, various brands could make a move appropriately, as the solace of a pandemic could fabricate customer commitment and help them with holding those customers later on after Pandemic circumstance, says Global Data, a data and data association. . driving assessment. According to the Global Data Pandemic (Covid-19) Consumer Survey, 53% of buyers around the world in June said they endeavored to buy things just from their Number 1 brands. This has been for the most part consistent all through the end period and 51 percent of a comparative review was driven on April 1. This underlines brand attention to clients around the world, half of whom are anxious to pay more for a particular brand than for the most affordable other option. Ingrained brands can battle well with private commitments through direct contribution to clients during a pandemic. Elisabet Gonzalez, top of the Global Data advancement gathering, states: "amidst weakness, customers will all in all search for comfort from prominent brands that they think about more strong. With the threat of another surge of illnesses and more impediments, the move in online arrangements and home transport is presumably going to help brands contact a more broad group and keep up their purchaser base. the most relentless. This model has been embraced by various brands, for instance, PepsiCo with another site arranged direct for buyers in the United States. "As broad stores gradually sell more private imprint things, competition increases on market racks. Selling things on the web and snappy home movement will be another stamping and partition elective that isolates them from the resistance. "Notwithstanding the way that Internet stages grant producers to show up at endless customers, the resistance with various things sold in a comparable program is colossal. Gonzalez adds: Modern Advancing Channels are up till now needed, for instance, casual associations, and channels more standard ways to deal with develop and uphold relationship with buyers, especially in jam-pressed progressed business areas.
Internal & External Analysis
·Nestle is an incredibly diverse organization that operates in many business areas and is within those business areas.
·The range of brands gives Nestlé an exceptional ability to protect the environment, serving a variety of market areas.
·It has significant relationships with other strong brands, such as Coca-Cola, Colgate Palmolive, and General Mills.
·Nestle has a comprehensive vision of the planet, always direct and credible. Some families have been using their property for a long time. Gerber is hands down America's most trusted baby food brand.
·It has a strong limit to the progress of a work.
·Nestle has strong ties to retailers.
·Aim for a brand that is firmly rooted in a significant portion of public èconomies, including Europe and the United States.
·Much of your organization depends on several major brands. Thanks to this, the company is weak in the face of unforeseen changes from the customer directly.
·Collective bargaining in several major business areas meets the power of various goliath stores, such as Walmàrt and Kroger in the U.S and Tèsco in the UK. These organizations can generate significant reductions. Some of these retailers intend to add brands to more profitable public brands.
·Some of their brands, such as milk of cloves, are not suitable for a big lifestyle and are considered obsolete by special customers.
·The organization relies heavily on advancements that shape customer inclinations and conduct regular deals. This can lead to high marketing costs with imperfect measurable benefits.
·The advance of new brands, despite a more stable and less intelligent diet, is considerable.
·Improving online retail could open up new distribution channels, like Amazon Prime, that mainstream retailers could avoid.
·Creating a joint venture in countries like China and India is sure to create a bigger market for Nestlé's business.
·Saving extra money in countries like China could generate income from excess items, such as separated water, frozen yogurt, and pet food.
·Lifestyle changes, such as longer working hours, more women in the workforce, and more independent nuclear families, increase food taxes.
·The great comfort and ownership of vehicles is sparking a growing interest in sweets, separate water and snacks in countries like China.
·Widespread interest in prosperity and food could increase interest in certain Nestlé items, such as jazz drinks.
·Retailers like Walmàrt, Krôger, and Aldi are actively looking for public brands that are valuable to them. Public labels are constantly selling for less and are more visible on the shelves. Several retailers, such as Aldi and Trader Joe, rely on open labels to offer standard products.
·Retailers like Walmart have an important role to play in reducing costs.
·The increasing use of new retail channels, such as Amazon Prime and Dollar, may not help retailers in general.
·They have seen a revolution in the mainstream food industry in countries like the United States, new members like Whole Foods Market, and online retailers.
·The reason for the traditional approach is to develop reasons why new advancements, such as online video, are replacing standard components and print media.
·Buyers in some countries eat less at home, which is less attractive to Nestlé. Bloomberg revealed that U.S spending on customer meals exceeded food deliveries in April 2015.
·The question arises that packaged foods are quite unusual and boring, which is becoming common in Europe and North America. This creates interest in new and common foods in certain areas of activity. Interest in normal and different decisions also increases.
·In some areas of activity, such as India, events are organized to strengthen governance and oversight. In mid-2015, the Indian government announced that Maggi would kill billions of dollars worth of noodles on the shelves due to the lead cases in the case.


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Event Germany: EMO Hannover 2017 heading for a record
More than 1,700 firms from 40 different countries have registered for the world's most important trade fair for the metalworking sector, booking a stand area totalling 152,000 square metres.
Just under a year before the fair begins, the figures for official registration at the EMO Hannover 2017 are looking rather impressive: more than 1,700 firms from 40 different countries have registered for the world's most important trade fair for the metalworking sector, booking a stand area totalling 152,000 square metres for the period from 18 to 23 September 2017 in Hannover. This means the current registration status lies significantly above the comparable result of the previous event. "It looks very much as if the EMO Hannover 2017 will end up with a record number of exhibitors," declares EMO General Commissioner Carl Martin Welcker.
The reasons he cites for the substantial rise are firstly that after four years the EMO is returning to Hannover, the venue that ever since the first event in the 1970s has been acknowledged as an international sectoral highlight and a superlative platform for showcasing innovations. Secondly, the early-booker offer presented to the exhibitors for the first time has taken full effect. It has already produced a definite plus in terms of area and the number of exhibitors, explains the EMO's General Commissioner. Not only have German manufacturers registered for sizeable stands, but more especially Asian companies too. They have once again increased their areas in comparison to the previous event, a development that's been observable for years now. Overall, Asia currently accounts for more than a fifth of the EMO's exhibitors.
Under the motto of "Connecting systems for intelligent production", the world's upcoming premier trade fair for the metalworking sector focuses fruitfully on the megatrend of digitisation and networking under the aegis of Industry 4.0. To quote Carl Martin Welcker: "With our new motto, we've certainly hit the bulls-eye with our exhibitors. Numerous firms can identify with this slogan, and will be showcasing their solutions in the field of Industry 4.0 either on their own stands or in the Industry 4.0 Area". This, believes the EMO's General Commissioner, has created the optimum foundation for progressing the success story generated by former events in Hannover.
The world's premier trade fair for the metalworking sector
From 18 to 23 September 2017, international manufacturers of production technology will be spotlighting "Connecting systems for intelligent production" at the EMO Hannover 2017. The world's premier trade fair for the metalworking industry will be showcasing the entire bandwidth of today's most sophisticated metalworking technology, which is the heart of every industrial production process. The fair will be presenting the latest machines, plus efficient technical solutions, product-supportive services, sustainability in the production process, and much, much more.
The principal focus of the EMO Hannover is on metal-cutting and forming machine tools, production systems, high-precision tools, automated material flows, computer technology, industrial electronics and accessories. The trade visitors to the EMO come from all major sectors of industry, such as machinery and plant manufacturers, the automotive industry and its component suppliers, the aerospace sector, precision mechanics and optics, shipbuilding, medical technology, tool and die manufacture, steel and lightweight construction.
The EMO Hannover is the world's most important international meeting point for production technology specialists from all over the planet. In 2013, the fair attracted more than 2,130 exhibitors, and around 143,000 trade visitors from more than 100 different countries. EMO is a registered trademark of the European Committee for Cooperation of the Machine Tool Industry CECIMO.
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Kiaro , a Vancouver-based brand specializing in the retail sale of cannabis and cannabis accessories, has opened its flagship store in hopes of bringing a socially responsible cannabis retail experience to its hometown.
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The new location, which opened its doors Aug. 1, is located at 1316 Kingsway in Vancouver and is open seven days a week. With two locations already in Saskatchewan , Kiaro has plans to expand nationwide within the next year, notes a press release from the company.
Kiaro’s name comes from the Italian word chiaroscuro, meaning “to emerge from the darkness into light,” representing a nod to the new era of cannabis legalization, the release states.
“When you engage, inform and empower, you can change hearts and minds to end the concerns surrounding cannabis use,” says Daniel Petrov, CEO of Kiaro. “By working closely with local government, businesses and residents, we intend to become the guiding light that proves cannabis retailers can, and do, make a valuable contribution to society,” Petrov adds.
Kiaro is one of 11 licensed stores in Vancouver.
The Vancouver store will stock cannabis products and accessories, including dried flower, pre-rolls, tinctures and capsules, all of which are sourced from known suppliers, such as Aurora, Canopy Growth and Tilray. The goal is that the store will continue to expand as new product categories, such as edibles , enter the regulated market.
Kiaro promises well-informed staff who will help customers learn about cannabis, the proper dosage and safe usage habits.
“As we move towards the acceptance of cannabis use, Kiaro is focused on delivering customer-forward service that surpasses expectations,” Eleanor Lynch, Kiaro’s senior vice-president of operations, says in the press release. “We provide the tools, information and resources for customers to not only make their own informed decisions, but also to be empowered to share this knowledge with others and become cannabis advocates themselves,” Lynch points out.
With the company’s signature minimalist layout, the new store also features artwork from locally commissioned artists.
Kiaro offers online sales in addition to the brick-and-mortar shops.
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Following the most recent batch of spy shots showing off a decidedly mid-engine Corvette, Autoblog took to detail some of the most prevalent and popular rumors surrounding the revolutionary Corvette. Absolutely nothing has been confirmed on this top-secret project, so anyone’s guess is valid at this point.
Without further ado, here are a few of the rumor highlights:
The pushrod V8 is dead
This isn’t so much a rumor as it is reality. There will come a point when the old-school pushrod V8 will simply not support more sophisticated VVT systems. Rumors peg the mid-engine Corvette to arrive with a pushrod V8 at first, but then an overhead-cam will follow to take its place. We’ll also add the rumor of a twin-turbocharged V6 engine appearing at some point in the mid-engine Corvette’s lifetime. That little rumor has yet to fade away, either.
The new Bowling Green assembly paint shop is really the mid-engine Corvette’s assembly line
It’s plausible that General Motors could be hiding funding for a new assembly line within the announcement of $439 million for a new paint shop at the Corvette’s Bowling Green assembly plant. The new paint shop will check in at 450,000 square-feet, which is nearly half the size of the entire plant currently. It’s also a pretty damn expensive paint shop for just one vehicle…
Corvette will be spun off as its own brand
There are arguments for and against this move. We’ve detailed them in the past, but it stands as an ongoing rumor to this day. Corvette could be spun off as its own brand to allow a fuller lineup of vehicles in the spirit of what Porsche has done. It could mean a front-engine Corvette sold alongside a mid-engine one, a hybrid and more. But, it’s likely Chevrolet will keep all the goodies for the foreseeable future.
It’s not a Corvette, but instead a Cadillac
Another long-running rumor is the idea that this is not a Corvette, but instead flagship Cadillac super car. There’s really no concrete evidence to suggest Cadillac will be gaining a mid-engine sports car, but the platform on which this rumor exists is solid. It would give Cadillac a true Audi R8 fighter (which launched under de Nysschen’s tenure at Audi) and the Corvette would retain its front-engine layout.


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Microsoft set to compete with Amazon
24 December 2014 by Ashton Carter
Gaming is set to become even more accessible as Microsoft is looking to develop new technology which allows games to be streamed to any Windows device. This streaming service has been codenamed “Arcadia” in reference to the colonised planet from the popular Halo universe.
It is to be assumed that this service will replace the discontinued “Rio” service which was teased last year at an internal company meeting. The Arcadia technology will grant users the ability to stream Xbox games to any Windows device such as a smartphone or tablet. For example, when Microsoft were demonstrating their Rio technology, the game ‘Halo 4’ was streamed to a Windows phone which had an Xbox 360 controller attached to it.
It is likely that Arcadia will take this technology even further and could open the door for functionality which is not currently available. For example the Xbox One is not currently compatible with games from previous consoles such as the Xbox 360. However through the use of cloud streaming services such as Arcadia, backwards compatibility such as this could become a reality. There is also the possibility of Microsoft widening its number of potential users by allowing Arcadia to be accessible on non-Windows devices such as Android and iOS.
However, Microsoft isn’t the only company that is developing this type of streaming service. Back in 2012 Sony purchasedGaikai, a company which provides technology for the streaming of high-end video games. Since then, Sony have announced that they are developing “Remote Play” which allows the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4 to transmit its audio and visual output to a PlayStation Portable and PlayStation Vita, thus removing the need to connect the console to a television.
Sony have also used the technology from Gaikai to develop “PlayStation Now” which will allow users to access PlayStation 3 content on other devices such as the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita on either a per-game basis or via a subscription. Sony are also planning on introducing PlayStation 4 games within the service in the future and are even considering older PlayStation and PlayStation 2 titles.
With the prospects of classic titles becoming available again and games becoming playable on any smartphone or tablet, it looks to be a good time to be a gamer.
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Cheers! Downtown Issaquah wine celebration returns
January 29, 2013
By Warren Kagarise
Revelers can sip, snack and shop as the Downtown Issaquah Wine Walk series returns.
The popular winter and springtime event launched last February to attract people to downtown merchants even as the weather turns gray and soggy. Organized by the Downtown Issaquah Association, merchants host musicians, and offer sips from Washington vintners and hors d’oeuvres, during the monthly event that launches Feb. 1.
Though the event is designed to appeal to oenophiles — the 1-ounce wine pours remain limited to the 21-and-older crowd — creativity is showcased in arts-focused downtown, too. Highlights at the opening event include demonstrations by master glass blower Lenoard Whitfield at artbyfire and artEAST’s latest exhibit, “Stitch,” at UP Front Gallery.
“We do get all ages, because there’s art going on — they’re doing glassblowing demonstrations” and other art-related activities for families, Downtown Issaquah Association Executive Director Karen Donovan said.
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Downtown Issaquah Wine Walk series
Throughout the event, musical acts perform at downtown businesses. The lineup includes cabaret act Bodacious Ladyhood, guitar duo Enigmatica, jazz performer Megan Biegalski with Mike McGee, and the eclectic bluegrass-country-folk sounds of The Debutones.
Participants can also see musical performances at Amante Pizza and Pasta and Vino Bella. Mills Music is opening the stage to amateur performers for a wine walk open mic night.
Organizers tapped Washington vintners — including a local winemaker — to feature at the event.
“The wineries, of course, are the star of the show,” Donovan said.
The wineries featured at the Feb. 1 event include Amelia Bleu, Icon Cellars, Nardone Cellars, Northwest Cellars, Redmond Ridge Winery, and Issaquah winemaker Estrin Estates Cellars.
In addition, Capri Cellars’ tasting room is scheduled to remain open until 9 p.m. for the event.
The wine is not limited just to tastes. Participants can purchase a bottle of wine from the featured wineries and sip it with dinner with no cork fee during the event at Amante Pizza and Pasta, Jak’s Grill, Issaquah Brewhouse, Mandarin Garden, Max’s World Diner, Montalcino Ristorante, Shanghai Garden and Stan’s Bar-B-Q.
The events last year averaged about 200 people per month — a figure organizers hope to increase in the months ahead.
“We got a lot of people who said they’d never been to downtown or they hadn’t been here in a long time,” Donovan said. “It was really great for a lot of the venues down here, just to get new people in there.”
The series concludes a little more than a month before the spring and summer ArtWalk returns. Downtown merchants plan to host the initial ArtWalk on June 7.
In the past, ArtWalk started in May, but Donovan said the organization decided to extend the wine program into May because the month is prone to unpredictable weather and ArtWalk includes more outside activities than the wine walk.
During the Feb. 1 event, venues include artbyfire, Illuminate Electrical, Museo Art Academy, artEAST UP Front Gallery, Opus Bank and Village Theatre’s First Stage Theatre. Throughout the ArtWalk and Downtown Issaquah Wine Walk events, Front Street shops and restaurants remain open to the public.


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The importance of social media in market research
Digital Platforms is one of the leading web and app development companies in South Africa. We specialise in custom and template web development, android and ios app development, social media marketing and custom software solutions.
In today’s digital world market research forms an important part of any marketing strategy. The rise of social media has meant that campaigns which take into consideration and understand consumer habits are more likely to be effective.
This is why Cape Town based media agency, Limelight Consulting, has highlighted the importance of the latest social media behaviours in its recently released “Media Usage Report”.
The agency surveyed 1 200 consumers for each of their client’s briefs creating a sample of well over 33 000 annually. The data is continually analysed and interrogated, allowing for nimble campaign manoeuvring while keeping abreast of the latest trends and metrics.
“Our sample is bigger than the new Establishment Survey, currently at 12 500 (6 months of data) and 25 000 when the full year’s data is released in September,” states Ross Sergeant, MD, Limelight Consulting. “Our Usage report offers us a very deep understanding of consumer psychographics, which industry data isn’t giving us, allowing us to form custom segmentations for clients and draw real insights on new media and traditional media – all in one.”
The report revealed that in South Africa 72% of digitally-connected adults use Facebook daily, while more people have used Facebook in the last week than watched television. Young adults, 18 to 24 years, are 8% LESS likely to use Facebook but more likely to engage on all other social media platforms. 85% of women surveyed, make use of this platform on a daily basis as opposed to 62% men.
72% of women have NEVER used Snapchat while only 37% of men claim the same. LinkedIn appears to be a popular professional networking site with one in four men making use of it. Young Adults, aged 18 – 24 are 13% more likely to make use of Snapchat on a daily basis, with Instagram the second most used daily platform.
Adults aged 25-24 however, are 31% more likely to make use of Facebook and 56% less likely to use Snapchat. “Parents, if you want to know what your kids are doing, learn to use Snapchat, the high percentage of daily and weekly users suggest that it’s here to stay and increasing in popularity,” comments Sergeant.
“Understanding media consumption is key to effectively and efficiently communicating with your consumers and social media is now challenging traditional media.” Past 7 Day usage indicates that more people used Facebook (55%) than watched TV (52%). More people said they had read an article online (33%) in the last 7 days, than a magazine (30%).
A comparison of new and traditional forms of media provides grounds for a compelling case in favour of new media advertising within the South African media landscape. The reach of new media forms is expected to continue to increase.
Psychographics matter! People who say “Brands define me” are 16% more likely to use Instagram and those who “want to stand out from the crowd” are more likely to use Twitter and Snapchat. Consumers who buy products as they launch are more likely to use Snapchat, LinkedIn and go to the cinema.
“Sir Francis Bacon said it best, way back in 1597, ‘Knowledge is power’, and it’s with this knowledge of the consumer and media landscape that we are able to guide advertisers through the increasingly murky and fragmented world of advertising,” concludes Sergeant.
Read more: http://www.itnewsafrica.com/2017/04/the-importance-of-social-media-in-market-research/


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A Springfield, Mass., life insurer is trying to get prospects’ attention by offering them free financial planning tools.[@@]
The insurer, Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company, has added a new “Learn” section for individuals on its Web site, at http://www.massmutual.com
One section feature is a guide to dealing with 16 major life events, such as buying a home or losing a job.
A second feature is a collection of educational articles about topics such as estimating college costs and health coverage continuation benefits.
A third feature, a collection of 32 financial calculators, gives consumers tools they can use to start with tasks such as tax planning and business planning.


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PayPal’s BNPL product might have an edge against ASX BNPL players. Here’s the rundown.
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It’s a sea of red for buy now, pay later (BNPL) ASX share prices on Wednesday.
Headlining the slump in BNPL ASX share prices is news that Apple Inc (NASDAQ: APPL) might be launching a new BNPL service to the market.
However, to add further insult to injury, PayPal Holdings Inc (NASDAQ: PYPL) has revealed that it will not charge late payment fees for its BNPL services.
Another stab at BNPL ASX share prices
PayPal successfully launched its BNPL feature in the United States late last year. It would then reveal plans to roll out in Australia by early June 2021.
The announcement first came about on 9 March when BNPL ASX share prices such as Afterpay’s tumbled 5.29% on the day.
Fast forward to today, PayPal has upped the ante by saying it will not charge late payment fees.
The Australian Financial Review (AFR) quotes PayPal Australia’s head of payments Andrew Toon:
“PayPal research of its online shoppers showed high awareness of buy now, pay later options, but more than 50 per cent said they had not used them… and many of them were put off by late fees and we are genuinely responding to that”.
By comparison, Afterpay automatically charges an initial $10 late fee and a further $7 if the payment remains unpaid 7 days after the due date.
In FY20, Afterpay generated $68.8 million from late fees, or 13.7% of the company’s total income.
PayPal will also undercut Afterpay’s merchant fees, with the AFR reporting PayPal will levy a fee of 2.6% of the cost of goods plus 30 cents, compared to Afterpay’s 3.9% plus 30 cents.
Mounting competition is nothing new to the BNPL sector.
Back in 2016, MasterCard revealed its own BNPL product, MasterCard Installments, which it spruiked as an “innovative way to pay that offers consumers flexible and convenient access to funds when needed”.
In late 2020, JPMorgan made its entrance into the booming BNPL space, giving its credit card customers an option to pay through instalments with no interest.
However, today’s news sees a US$2.4 trillion giant, that is Apple, potentially enter the space — as well as payments behemoth PayPal revealing an edge against ASX BNPL players.
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Market research firm: N.A. FTTH market to be worth $4.7B by 2017
U.S.-based RVA LLC, a market research firm, predicts that direct investment in North American fiber to the home (FTTH) deployment will reach $4.7 billion annually by 2017.
A press release said that the report, North American Fiber to the Home and Advanced Broadband Review and Forecast to 2017, tracks both FTTH deployments and consumer demand for high-bandwidth services. It projects that the market will be worth $18 billion over the next five years, with operators seeing FTTH services revenues growing to $4 billion by 2017, almost half of the cumulative $9 billion North American service providers will see over the same fiber-year period.
The report states that deployment growth will continue over the next five years despite the wrap-up of the ARRA broadband stimulus program, the evolution of the FCC's Universal Service program to the Connect America Fund, and potential continuation of past economic uncertainties, the release said. Market expansion. it noted, will come via what an RVA press release described as "a diverse group of small to large providers" who will supplant Verizon as the primary market catalysts as the deployment focus shifts from overbuilds to greenfield applications over the five-year forecast period.
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Innovation scale-up Wazoku has hired Ian Smyth as its new Marketing Director and Davy Nys as Sales Director, as it continues its growth into the enterprise market following the acquisition of US open innovation firm InnoCentive in 2020.
Smyth is a senior brand strategist and Marketing Director who has worked in the innovation sector over the past four years. Before that, he was Chief Brand Officer at Nuffield Health, where he led brand positioning and launched the first ever national brand campaign for the healthcare not-for-profit.
“I know the innovation space particularly well, and after doing some consulting for Wazoku, it felt like too good an opportunity to pass up,” said Ian Smyth, Marketing Director, Wazoku. “There is an amazing team in place, and the company has a purpose beyond profit – telling that story and the stories of our customer successes will be a priority. My main objective at Wazoku is to position the company’s unique market offering as a ‘must have’, as for too many organisations, innovation is seen as a ‘nice to have’. Innovation is central to the long-term performance of any business, addressing current issues and identifying future opportunities, and Wazoku can be central to that.”
Davy Nys has worked in senior global sales roles for many start-ups and scale-ups, including a number of companies in the Machine Learning and data analytics sectors. During his time at Business Intelligence scale-up Pentaho, he grew the sales team from zero to 60 people before Hitachi Data Systems acquired the company in 2015.
“Working in sales for me has always been about helping customers to address challenges, and Wazoku’s proposition goes to the core of this,” said Davy Nys. “The crowd’s potential has been highlighted in many ways in business, but its ability to drive innovation could be the most powerful of all. I’m aiming to align the Wazoku sales team to deliver innovation at scale to the enterprise market and build an enterprise-ready global sales team. There is a perfect storm for Wazoku currently, and I sense an opportunity to drive truly substantive change.”
Wazoku’s integrated Enterprise Innovation Platform includes Idea Management Software, an Open Innovation Marketplace and Innovation Consulting to provide 360-degree innovation at scale and all the tools an enterprise needs to power innovation. The company works with organisations such as the MoD, Shell, NASA, AstraZeneca and HSCS to help them find solutions to the most complex challenges.
“Davy has a track record that few can match when it comes to building enterprise-standard sales teams in scale-ups, and he is exactly the person we need at this stage of our growth,” said Simon Hill, CEO, Wazoku. “The same applies to Ian. He’s a senior CMO with an unrivalled understanding of the innovation space and a strategic focus that can take our marketing to the next level.”
“There is a real window of opportunity for Wazoku right now, with enterprises requiring innovative solutions to the complex challenges they are facing, now more than ever. Davy and Ian will play vital roles in helping us make the most of this opportunity,” added Hill.


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At 50, CES is a show in transition
Not every year can be one for the record books. That’s kind of the thing about record books. And certainly the Consumer Electronics Show, which celebrated its 50th anniversary this year, has had its ups and downs, along with the rest of the consumer electronics industry. But even with all of the triumphant pomp adorning its badges and signage, this year’s event felt like a show in transition.


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Introduce your kids to unplugged creativity and drawing (without a pencil.) Etch A Sketch is reaching a major milestone this year, celebrating 60 years on Jul. 12, 2020. Etch A Sketch Day, observed annually, marks the day this toy was first sold.
This year, Etch A Sketch joined forces with other iconic names for a series of limited edition launches earlier this year, including the beloved MONOPOLY brand, space exploration leader NASA, heritage toy Rubik’s and comic book marvel Stan Lee. To mark the milestone anniversary, Spin Master is bringing back the limited-edition Etch A Sketch collaborations starting in July at Walmart and Walmart.com, while supplies last.
To further celebrate Etch A Sketch Day, the original red-framed Etch A Sketch will be 60% off at Walmart and Walmart.com for one day only on Jul. 12.
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In an effort to encourage shoppers to wear a mask in grocery stores during the COVID-19 pandemic, Montana is considering a 3 to 5 percent discount off the total bill at checkout for patrons with a mask on.
“We looked at different things to do to get people to wear masks in grocery stores especially,” said McKee Anderson, president of the Montana Food Distributors Association. “One of the things we are looking at to do with the discount is we are making it an incentive for consumers to wear a mask versus a demand. That is being considered, and I expect it to come into play.”
No other major legislative issues are on the table at present, according to Anderson, who credited Gov. Steve Bullock’s leadership during the state’s response to the health crisis. However, the MFDA is pursuing a measure to address issues with date labels for fresh juice and milk.
“We probably are not going to win the milk issue,” Anderson said. “We will look more to the fresh juice issue, but it is still too early to tell. It is not fully drafted or thought out at this point. This will be a fall issue.”
Anderson said Montana’s agriculture economy has to date weathered the coronavirus impact well, but that likely will change in the fall due to escalating trade war tensions between the U.S. and China.
“We are not totally certain what to expect on that,” Anderson said. “No one knows what will happen with small grains and agriculture. We have a lot of cows—more cows than people in the state—and that industry will be affected badly with what is going on.
“We will know more about that when the crops are sold in the fall. The economy is tough to judge right now, [but] our unemployment is not nearly what it is in other parts of the country.”
Returning to grocer news, Anderson said WinCo opened its first store in Helena in 2019. The Boise, Idaho-based company plans six stores for the state, though the pandemic has delayed a timeline for the openings.
“WinCo is a very solid competitor and is working diligently on opening one in Missoula, which will probably be next,” he said. “Then we’ll have Boseman. And I have heard that they are considering Butte.
“There is limited competition in Butte. They are looking at it as an opportunity, and I believe it probably could be. Whether they go through with this or not, I don’t know. They don’t tell me everything but that’s the direction they are headed now.
WinCo is a privately held, majority employee-owned supermarket chain that also has stores in Arizona, California, Idaho, Nevada, Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas, Utah and Washington. It previously operated stores as Waremart Food Centers and Cub Foods.
WinCo and other grocers across the state enacted a variety of enhanced safety and cleaning measures to protect workers and customers. While business has been up throughout the industry, other aspects of the state’s economy haven’t been as fortunate.
Anderson noted that a majority of Montana’s COVID-19 cases were in Gallatin County, which includes Bozeman and part of Yellowstone National Park, and have been linked to tourism.
“Tourism is a $14 billion industry in the state,” he said. “One thing that COVID-19 is really killing is the tourist situation. We had a quarantine issue to deal with regarding tourists up until just recently.
“The tourist situation is down pretty tough. The fishing aspects of everything are down. This badly affects hotels, motels, restaurants and other businesses. They have been dramatically affected. The rental car business is badly off.”


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They say that absence makes the heart grow fonder.
As you may have noticed in recent fashion and music trends, it seems that most former trends are constantly working their way back into today.
From Twinkies’ comeback to retro looking packaging, it appears like companies know exactly how to make us remember the good old days.
Does anyone remember Surge soda? Well, it is no longer a memory, as it is back on the market after a group of over 140,000 fans rallied on Facebook for a renaissance of this Mountain Dew-like beverage of the late 1990s. The new Surge stock was exclusively retailed through Amazon.com and sold out within hours of it being available. Like Coca-Cola, who decided to give in to their customers’ desires with a re-stock of Surge, it may be wise for some other companies to re-launch some of their past products. After all, it is a proven fact that nostalgia sells.
From the bizarre Josta energy drink to seemingly innocuous products such as Coke flavored with Lime, Time Magazine has created a list of ten other throwback beverages that may be worthy of a comeback. Do you see any old favorites on the list?


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You might not believe it, but 2018 is rapidly coming to an end. Sandwiched in the hustle and bustle of the holidays and the end of the year, you might want to consider what you’re going to do about your taxes. With the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act taking effect this year, the tax code has become even less familiar to non-tax experts. Essentially, the standard deduction has roughly doubled to $12,000 for singles and $24,000 for married joint filers.
To get back to the matter at hand, here are three tax-saving tips you should employ while there’s still some time left on the 2018 calendar:
Pay attention to your paycheck
The Government Accountability Office recently released a report that stated that 21% of taxpayers aren’t withholding enough money from their paychecks every pay period.
It made logical sense in the past for workers to withhold less from each of their paychecks, but now with the new tax law, there’s a possibility that individuals haven’t had enough taken out each of their paychecks.
If you’re just a little shy of the new standard deduction, you should think about giving a little bit more in charitable donations. Giving more money to charities could help to push you over certain financial hurdles that could result in you saving more money on your taxes altogether.
Side hustle and losses
The modern economy is filled with “Side Hustles” or side jobs. One problem though… most people don’t consider their side hustle a business when in reality, they certainly can be.
Make sure that if you have a side hustle (for example, you make crafts and sell them online), that you set up a business for yourself. That way you can claim losses and expenses.
Whether you owe money to the IRS or you have a State tax debt, our staff of Enrolled Agents and Tax Professionals can help. We have experience negotiating with the IRS in all 50 States.
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YouTube users are asked whether they want to skip the ad after five seconds. Advertisers are only charged if the ad is watched in full, or for at least 30 seconds.
Despite users being able to bypass the ads, Google says testing had shown view-through rates – where users have watched ads in their entirety – of between 20% and 70%.
The “TrueView” ads have rolled out in full in the US and are available to UK brands and agencies on request.
Electronic Arts, Lionsgate Films and Virgin Media are among the first advertisers using the format in the UK, which according to Bruce Daisley, UK head of YouTube and display, compares to Google’s most successful ad proposition and demonstrates the effectiveness of high-quality video ads.
“The exciting thing is that we think we’ve hit the AdWords of video,” he said. “It makes creativity in video advertising measurable,” he adds.
Daniel Brown, associate director at Electronic Arts’ media agency MediaCom, says: “If people aren’t receptive to our ads, we don’t want to pay for them. TrueView ads halved our wastage in tests we ran and will provide further insight to how we can engage our audiences creatively.”
Last month, YouTube said its users upload 35 hours’ worth of video to the site every minute.
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Cinnabon has partnered with Reckitt Benckiser’s Air Wick brand to bring the scent of freshly baked cinnamon rolls to homes.
The new line of Cinnabon-scented air fragrance products will be available in the U.S. and Canada later this year.
"Air Wick strives to capture the scents consumers love and bring them into their home. The launch of Air Wick Cinnabon Classic Cinnamon Roll fragrance, part of the new Familiar Favorites collection, allows consumers to enjoy the comfort of their favorite scents whenever they want," says Jeanne O'Connor, director of alliances, RB.
The line will include Air Wick Scented Oil refills and Freshmatic Ultra Automatic Spray refills.
"From our bakeries to retail shelves, there are so many ways to enjoy the flavors and aroma that the Cinnabon brand is famous for," says Kat Cole, president, Cinnabon. "We are thrilled to partner with Air Wick to deliver an innovative platform of products that capture the aromatic essence of our fresh-baked cinnamon rolls."
The Air Wick air fresheners join the more than 60 branded products that Cinnabon currently has at retail including Pinnacle Cinnabon vodka, Cinnabon Classic Cinnamon Roll K-Cup packs for Keurig coffee machines and Cinnabon Sweet Swirls snacks from New York Style Brand.
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The Register reports that researchers have been able to track payments online that were sent using the virtual currency bitcoin.
Cloudmark analyst Toshiro Nishimura looked into bitcoin addresses that were included in emails sent to victims of the Ashley Madison hack. Blackmailers have been contacting users of the site promising to remove their data from the internet, or threatening to send it to their relatives or colleagues.
If you know a bitcoin address then it's possible to track payments sent over the internet to it. Nishimura found several bitcoin addresses that were being used by blackmailers to seek payment. He was able to track payments to the addresses, and found 67 different transactions indicating that Ashley Madison customers paid around $6,400 to scammers.
Toronto Police held a press conference in August to outline the investigation into the Ashley Madison hack. During the press conference, police showed an example of one of the blackmail emails received by an Ashley Madison customer.
There's a big opportunity for blackmailers to make money using the leaked Ashley Madison customer emails. There are 32 million account holders on the database. If a blackmailer emailed all of them, but only 0.01% of users paid up, then the blackmailer could still earn $1.4 million (£900,000).


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“‘We are open minded,’ Yu told reporters.” Whittaker reports.
Whittaker reports, “Nokia would have to be a willing participant in a buyout discussion… Or, should Huawei consider a hostile takeover, it could bypass the need for the Chinese phone maker to deal with the pesky problem of Nokia’s stubborn management. Nokia shareholders are getting twitchy over the company’s Windows Phone strategy — ergo, it’s entire strategy moving forward. If Huawei goes straight to Nokia shareholders, they could take the offer and run while the Finnish phone maker is still afloat.”
Read more in the full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: The aftershocks of Apple’s revolutionary iPhone continue to reverberate with intensity.
While it’s still afloat. Heh.
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Oracle Corporation is acquiring the first cloud company NetSuite Inc. for $9.3 billion or $109 a share.
NetSuite is a well-known source for omnichannel commerce platforms. It’s the only cloud business software that brings together every step of omnichannel retailing including POS, e-commerce, marketing, inventory and order management and financials. NetSuite reaches more than 30,000 customers in 160 countries and is known for its small and medium sized businesses.
“NetSuite will benefit from Oracle’s global scale and reach to accelerate the availability of our cloud solutions in more industries and more countries,” said Zach Nelson, chief executive officer at NetSuite.
Oracle, which is better known for its hardware businesses, has been on a cloud hunt this year picking up Opower, Crosswise, Textura, Ravello Systems and AddThis. When looking at cloud infrastructure services, Amazon.com Inc. ranks number one in market and revenue growth at 57 percent. The next three are Microsoft, IBM and Google (Alphabet Inc.) Oracle is lumped into the next grouping of 20 companies, but these acquisitions shows it has decided to take on the leaders in an aggressive way.
Oracle said it expects the deal to be immediately accretive and expects it to close in 2016. The deal should add approximately $1 billion a year in sales to Oracles SaaS (software as a service) portfolio.
“Oracle and NetSuite cloud applications are complementary, and will coexist in the marketplace forever,” said Mark Hurd, chief executive officer, Oracle. “We intend to invest heavily in both products — engineering and distribution.”
Some investors are raising an eyebrow at the price that Oracle is offering NetSuite due to the sizable holdings in both companies by Larry Ellison. NetSuite was trading at roughly $91 a share before the offer of $109 a share.
However, Oracle was sitting on a bevy of cash with over $56 billion before the deal. Ellison, who is already worth $45 billion, stands to gain another $3.7 billion with the deal.
Oracle stock is only up 3 percent for the past year and NetSuite was actually down double digits for the year before this deal was announced.


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Preparing your car for the upcoming cold winter months
Making sure your car is winter ready includes getting routine maintenance
WICHITA FALLS, Texas (TNN) -As winter approaches drivers are being urged to make sure vehicles are prepared for the cold weather.
Issues that cars may experience include: batteries, coolant systems, tires and windshield wipers during the winter.
“The tire pressure monitor system tends to drop on your tires and its pretty important to keep those level right.” said Carlos Luna Technician at Falls Town Auto.
It just as important to make sure tires have good tread during icy road conditions.
According to American Automobile Association drivers should carry a flashlights, a blanket and ice scraper in case of roadside emergencies.
For more information or a full list of recommended AAA items visit their website.
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The buyout represents the next step in ISS' strategy to integrate multiple security functions into a single device. ISS sells Proventia G200, a network appliance that monitors Web and e-mail activity and automatically blocks attacks that it detects. The product includes firewall, intrusion-detection, antivirus and content-blocking features.
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Cobion, which is based in Kassel, Germany, is known as a vendor of content analysis software used to provide Web filtering and protection against. The company also controls a substantial spam and Web content filtering database that features and 12 distribution points around the world.
ISS said it would continue to market Cobion's technology as both a standalone product and in its own Proventia series of. Company executives said the acquisition satisfies the company's goals for the product line, which was first released in November 2003.
ISS is betting that the Cobion buyout will help establish the company as a visible player in the growing content protection market. As businesses fight to protect themselves from unwanted e-mail and unauthorized Web usage, demand for content security is expected to exceed $1.5 billion by 2006, according to research firm IDC.
"Spam control and Web filtering are real hot-button items (with customers), and this acquisition allows us to enter that market with a proven, best-of-breed technology," said Pete Privateer, senior vice president of marketing at ISS.
"Specifically, Cobian uses automated tools to detect and categorize spam, as opposed to other companies that do so manually that can't scale as well with the rapid growth of the Internet and spam attacks," he said.
Privateer said the key to providing more effective spam filtering isn't found in blocking the largest amount of Internet sites or e-mail addresses, but rather in providing software that does the best job of figuring out which sites and messages to block, and which to allow.
Cobian's technology also boasts the ability to filter many different kinds of content, including images and streaming media files, in order to better protect its customers.
Over the last year, regulators have stepped up their efforts to control spam, and in mid-December President Bush, creating the first federal law regulating e-mail solicitations for pornography, Viagra, diet pills, get-rich-quick schemes and the like.
However, some industry watchers have questioned the bill's ability to reduce spam traffic levels because it legalizes sending nonfraudulent spam and overrides laws in several states that already prohibit that practice.


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Raseedy rolls out independent digital wallet with SAIB Bank, Mastercard
Cairo-based telecoms app Raseedy has launched a digital wallet in partnership with SAIB Bank and Mastercard, according to a press release (pdf). The product, which Raseedy bills as the country’s “first independent” digital wallet, allows users to transfer money, make QR code purchases, pay bills, hold virtual debit cards, and receive remittances from abroad. The company aims to see the wallet reach 1 mn users “in the coming months,” CEO and co-founder Jacques Marco said.
CORRECTION- 3 November 2020
An earlier version of this story incorrectly spelled Raseedy’s name as Raseedi, and linked to the incorrect website.


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Illegal pálinka production threatens legal producers in Hungary
Illegal pálinka makers nearly produce as much of this Hungarian drink as a legal producer or factory in the country. The black market of pálinka is so strong that it puts legal factories at risk.
Forbes reported that the authorities cannot do anything about the growing power of illegal pálinka producers.
Local authorities found seven thousand litres of illegal pálinka in Békés County. This amount equals the quantity produced by a legal factory in one year. In September, six thousand litres were found in Baranya County.
It so happened that authorities became suspicious of online advertisements. In one case, an individual was selling memory cards but offered a bottle of pálinka as well for the purchase. According to the database from 2018, there are 20,000 stills in the official database in the hands of private pálinka makers. Last year, nearly 115,000 litres of alcohol were made with these machines.
The amount of illegal pálinka is so much that it equals 150 private makers making pálinka for one year.
According to the law, a legal pálinka producer can be a person above 18 years old, owning their own fruit and equipment to make the Hungarian drink. These people are allowed to produce 82 litres of pálinka/year.
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Making good pálinka is not as hard as you think
Most Hungarians think about homemade “pálinka” in the same way to a certain extent. During a family meal or a visit by relatives, a big plastic bottle of 1.5 litres, filled with pálinka, is always there somehow.


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May 21, 2013
- In the mid-90s, the pop band Barenaked Ladies sang out scenarios for their fantasy, "If I had a million dollars." Today, in Silicon Valley and due north in Redmond we have a new version playing out where Yahoo, Facebook and Microsoft are all figuring out what they would spend a billion on.While the targets -- Tumblr, Waze and Nook -- make for fascinating discussion of fit and valuation on their own, together they show something interesting about the future of these goliaths beyond the personal...
May 20, 2013
- That the electrifying opening -- a dark, tight, frantic shot of Ken Cosgrove; a speeding carful of drunken, jowly old men; and a gun -- was not even the strangest moment in last night's "Mad Men" episode tells you just how bizarre it was.In "The Crash," drugs, sex and late 60s psycho-spiritual mumbo-jumbo dominate, and not just as historical decorations. These themes actually wend their way into the agency's work. Time and place are out of whack and the characters are rambling, their lines both...
May 18, 2013
- This weekend, the Australian V8 Supercar Series heads to America for the first time in its storied history. Tackling the new Circuit of the Americas track in Austin, Texas, Australia’s V8 Supercars will complement the World Challenge race at the same venue. 28 cars in total will be competing in the inaugural event with Ford, Holden, Nissan,... more
- The 2013 World Challenge season is heading to the new Circuit of the Americas track in Austin, Texas this weekend and you can catch all of the action live streaming online. The World Challenge Cadillac Sports Car Challenge at Circuit of the Americas is already playing host to some of the fastest race cars in... more
May 16, 2013
- GMC debuted the standard cab version of its 2014 Sierra pickup today in a press release about the truck’s aerodynamics. In it, GMC says the 2014 Sierra spent more time in a wind tunnel than any of its predecessors. The tunnel, which is 750 feet long, generates winds up to 138 mph. The release shows... more
- Holden Special Vehicles (HSV) has revealed its Gen-F model lineup, based on the VF Commodore but packing plenty more power under the hood. The lineup consists of the Clubsport sedan, Maloo pickup, Clubsport R8, Maloo R8, Senator Signature, and the ZL1-powered GTS. The Clubsport and Maloo models are powered by General Motor’s 6.2-liter, LS3 V8... more
- Lexus, the purveyor of gold-plated Toyotas is serious about improving its products. The latest result of this passionate pursuit is the 2014 IS sports sedan, but is it ready to quarrel with segment leaders like the BMW 3 Series and Cadillac ATS?
- Corporate influence on education is a touchy subject, but when it comes to data-science education, corporations and academics are commingling more and more. Companies including General Motors, GlaxoSmithKline, Hearst, Verizon, Yahoo, Independence Blue Cross and IBM are fostering symbiotic bonds with colleges and universities: Companies provide problems and the research data to potentially solve them, not to mention sponsorship dollars. The schools, in turn, create a well-trained data workforce...
- Big, quiet, comfortable and affordable, the Buck Enclave makes for an attractive luxury-level SUV. If only it had a luxury interior.
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- Sometimes, it is not hard to improve on a product. We can’t imagine there were too many developers at Microsoft who said “No sir, we can’t improve on Windows ME.” Same can be said for the designers at Chevrolet. Things most likely not heard around the office in the past three years “Nope. No way... more
- General Motors announced today that it will begin selling a small cargo van based on heavily on Nissan’s NV200. The van will be called the Chevrolet City Express and will be available in fall, 2014 as a 2015 model year. “Our fleet customers have asked us for an entry in the commercial small van segment,... more
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- Strategic Vision has announced the winners of its 2013 Total Quality Index (TQI), with American automakers reinstating their position in some very competitive segments. Measuring quality since 1994, Strategic Vision not only factors in counting problems but includes multiple aspects of influence and perception that customers use as a base for their purchasing decisions. This... more
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- Each week, we recap the most popular videos from AutoGuide‘s YouTube channel just in case all seven days passed you by and you missed out. This week, AutoGuide travelled out to Texas to check out and review the 2014 Chevrolet Silverado. 2014 Chevrolet Silverado Review SEE ALSO: 2014 Chevrolet Silverado Review 2013 Ford Fusion vs 2014 Mazda6 SEE... more
- The Chevrolet Cruze Diesel is rated at 46 mpg on the highway, giving it the potential to get at least 700 miles to a tank. But on a recent trip by Tessa Baughman, an energy engineer for General Motors, she was able to net 900 miles on a single tank cruising at 5 mph below... more
- This week on AutoGuide.com, the 2014 Chevrolet Silverado Review attracted the most attention. For 2014, Chevrolet gave its half-ton a full redesign complete with three new engines: a 4.3L V6, a 5.3L V8 and a 6.2L V8. All these motors feature direct injection, cylinder deactivation and variable valve timing to help the 5.3-liter equipped truck achieve... more


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RIM Passes 100 Million BlackBerry MarkRIM Passes 100 Million BlackBerry Mark
Research In Motion announced its latest quarterly earnings today. it sold 11.2 million BlackBerries, pushing it past 100 million total sold. Net income was up to $769 million.
June 24, 2010
Hoping to push its way past iPhone and Droid X headlines, Research In Motion revealed its first quarter performance. How did the company fare? Pretty well, all things considered. Let's look at the numbers.
RIM says that its revenue climbed 24% over the year-ago quarter from $3.42 billion to $4.24 billion. On that revenue, RIM netted $768.9 million, up from $643 million in the year-ago quarter. The company sold 11.2 million BlackBerries and has now shipped over 100 million of the popular mobile email machines. What's interesting to note is that its subscriber base increased by 60% over the prior year to 46 million, with 4.9 million net new subscriber accounts added in the first quarter. After everything is said and done, RIM has about $3.27 billion of cash (or cash equivalents) in the bank. "RIM achieved significant earnings growth and shipped a record 11.2 million devices during the first quarter, including its 100 millionth BlackBerry smartphone," said RIM co-CEO Jim Balsillie in a prepared statement. "We continue to be focused on growing our business globally and we believe that the range of exciting new BlackBerry products being released in the coming months will create significant opportunities to accelerate RIM's growth in the second half of the fiscal year." RIM has a more important quarter ahead of it. The company is preparing to release BlackBerry 6, the latest version of its operating system. This new version, which has been previewed, but not shown in detail, needs to make serous usability improvements if RIM want's to continue to sell millions of BlackBerries. Competitors Apple and Google have both recently refreshed their mobile operating systems, each adding features Given the crush of people lining up at Apple Stores today for the iPhoen 4, Apple will likely sell 1 million new iPhones today or within the next few days. Strong demand will likely follow for the following weeks as the early supply chain issues are sorted out. Google says 160,000 Android phones are being activated every day. Google and partners Motorola and Verizon Wireless just announced the latest flagship Android device, the Droid X. It is likely to be a smash hit for Verizon this summer. RIM needs to deliver on both new handset(s) and new software to keep Apple and RIM at bay. The software is expected to debut some time this summer.
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John Redwood, the Conservative spokesman on trade and industry, insisted last night that the supermarket millionaire should not be allowed to make any decisions on GM foods.
In a letter to Stephen Byers, the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, he said that the Government needed to "take a cool hard look" at the scientific evidence to decide which of the products was safe for sale.
Lord Sainsbury's continuing interest as a shareholder in the Sainsbury supermarket chain gave the impression that he had made up his mind about the safety of GM foods, Mr Redwood claimed.
"I am very worried that leaving Lord Sainsbury in charge of the DTI end is bad for the food industry and bad for customers," he wrote.
"Will you now take the necessary action to ensure that a minister who has not made up his mind on these matters is put in charge of these issues at the DTI?"
Mr Redwood also asked Mr Byers to check whether Lord Sainsbury had maintained an interest in the Gatsby Trust, a charitable foundation that allegedly funds the promotion of GM products.Reuse content


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Most people are surprised to learn that the government neither conducts nor requires safety testing of chemicals that go into health and beauty products. Today a panel funded and advised by the cosmetic industry determined that cosmetic companies can continue to add reproductive toxins known as phthalates to cosmetics marketed to women of childbearing age.
Phthalates are linked in animal studies to birth defects of the male reproductive system, including undescended testicles, absent testicles, and a physical defect of the penis known as hypospadias, and are used in a wide range of beauty products including shampoo, hair spray, nail polish, deodorant, and lotion.
The industry safety panel, the national arbiter of cosmetic safety in this self-policing industry, made the decision that phthalates such as dibutyl phthalate (DBP) in cosmetics are safe as used, undeterred by significant data gaps:
- According to the panel’s own scientific review document, scientists have not yet determined a dose of DBP that does not effect the male fetus: “A NOEL [No Observed Effects Level] has not been established for the male-specific effects of DBP in rats.”
- Scientists have not yet determined the amounts of DBP that are absorbed in people’s bodies from cosmetics. The industry’s trade association scientist made ad-hoc calculations of exposure during panel deliberations on Monday that were accepted without qualification by the panel.
- The industry has not determined the full range of products DBP is added to. The trade association’s science advisor was surprised to learn that independent lab testing contracted by EWG and others showed DBP in deodorant, hair spray, and fragrances.
The federal government has no recourse, lacking the authority to require basic safety assessments of cosmetic ingredients. The burden for choosing safe cosmetics falls on the consumer. The decision to provide consumers with safe cosmetics falls on individual cosmetic companies, and fortunately we’re seeing some companies take the lead. Body Shop and Urban Decay, for instance, are reformulating product lines, taking out of their products chemicals linked to birth defects, and giving consumers safer choices.


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CHICOPEE (CBS) — The owner of the Chicopee convenience store that sold the winning Powerball ticket says his store’s reward money is going to charity.
Bob Bolduc, owner of the Pride chain of convenience stores says his Chicopee store may get a $50,000 bonus from the Massachusetts Lottery for selling the winning ticket.READ MORE: Boston Store Owners, Vendors Cash In On Small Business Saturday
He says that it’s his company’s policy to support local charities.
“We support all our local charities already. So, we will just be giving it up, dividing it up between them,” Bolduc said.
Bolduc was asked for details, but said again that he wants to help with local needs.
“We do some homeless programs. We do a lot with foster kids. We do a lot with education; our primary focus is on education and children,” Bolduc said.
He says the Lottery has told him the award is capped at $50,000, so that’s the maximum amount his store can receive.
Bolduc says his company built the Chicopee store 30 years ago and that Pride has 30 locations in Western Massachusetts and Northern Connecticut.
He says his store sold a $10 million ticket last year and has sold two, $4 million winners in the last year. He says they’ve also sold four, $1 million winners in the last year.
Bob Bolduc Tells His Store’s Plans For The Award Money.
Bolduc says the winning ticket was sold at his Chicopee store at about 2:30 Wednesday afternoon and says the winner is a “middle-aged woman.”
That woman is Mavis Wanczyk, who says she wants to retire early.
“I just want to sit back and relax,” Wanczyk said. “I had a pipe dream, and my pipe dream has finally come true, I wanted to retire and it came early.”
Wanczyk’s neighbor Mike Pinette says Wanczyk is a nice neighbor.READ MORE: Patriots Plane Flies UNH Men's Soccer Team To NCAA Tournament Game In Oregon
“She’s a nice lady and maybe she’ll remember me. Good for her,” Pinette said.
Pinette says Wanczyk fits the profile of someone who should be a lottery winner.
“She’s a middle aged person, living in an apartment, not somebody who owns a couple of houses already,” Pinette also said.
Valerie Williams was buying her first scratch tickets.
“So I decided to take the 13 dollars and get 13 tickets, so I’m gonna see. I’ll get my gas later,” Williams said. Her tank was on empty.
Some of the customers like Gary Rzeszutek, were worried about the impact of the sudden riches.
“Yeah, just be careful with it you know. Don’t let the money overpower your life. Always be in control of your life,” Rzeszutek said.
Ciera Reynolds pointed to the many needs of the people in Western Massachusetts.
“I think western Massachusetts has a lot of need, so I hope somebody who really did need it got it,” Reynolds said.
When he was asked if was going to give a bonus to the clerk who sold the winning ticket, he said he didn’t want to play favorites.
“Why would we single out her over anybody else. Was there somebody working with her. I mean, where do you stop,” he said.
He said his employees support the policy of giving the money to charity.
“We’re going to give all the money to charity. That’s our pattern. We really believe in supporting our local charities,” he said. “Our employees have full benefits. We’re a good employer, and they’re happy we’re giving the money to charity.”
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Entering the luxury industry in the wake of the Global Financial Crisis, Chadi Nouri has paid her dues through the ranks at Cartier and Audemars Piguet and today she is an entrepreneur and consultant for the industry at yet another time of great economic uncertainty.
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Former retail analyst Matt Truman has launched a new investment fund set to plough £100m into retail and consumer businesses.
True Capital has been set up with the intention to invest in businesses in niche sectors within retail likely to include online retailers, luxury brands and retail technology suppliers.
Truman has a high profile in the City through his work at Lehman Brothers and JP Morgan, where he was broker to several large retailers and suppliers including Tesco.
Today marks the formal launch of a fund which has existed since 2008 when Truman invested in luxury childrenswear etailer alexandralexa.com in which it sold its stake in 2011.
True Capital will target equity investments of up to £15m in both private and public companies.
Truman will be backed by operating partners Paul Cocker, John Hoffman and Chris Spira, who together have investment, advisory and retail experience respectively.
Truman said: “Our strategy for differentiation has the over-riding theme of trying to build a firm that reflects where we believe the fund management industry will be in ten years, not where it is today.
“Our aim is to focus on the sustainability of the firm’s systems and processes and to consistently add value via the underlying services that we provide.”


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Created by What’s Good Networks, Season 2 is co-produced by What’s Good Networks and its affiliate production studio Ark House Productions in association with REVOLT.
This incredible new season will feature episodes exploring Ghana’s bustling music, fashion, food, and art scenes.
Hosted by broadcast personality and actor Alex Kwesi Crassie, who will also serve as Executive Producer, and singer and songwriter Enam, the highly-anticipated second season of What’s Good Africa will premiere on REVOLT on Wednesday, September 8th.
Featuring exclusive appearances from rappers Kweku Smoke, Yaw tog, Kofi Jamar and Obibini, Afrobeats artists; Stonebwoy, Worlasi, Epixode, Efya, KiDi, Adina, Akiyana, and Afro Roots Reggae artist Rocky Dawuni, men’s luxury fashion designer Senyo Foli, renowned sculptural artist Nanoff, and more, this new season will showcase Ghana’s leading musicians, artists, influencers, and local change-makers to further carry out What’s Good Networks and REVOLT’s dedication to showcasing the global influence of Hip Hop culture.
“With Black culture driving global culture, REVOLT is committed to expanding globally both in terms of footprint and storytelling,” said Detavio Samuels, CEO of REVOLT,” adding, “We are committed to telling stories from across the Black diaspora, and are excited to welcome back What’s Good Africa through our content partnership with What’s Good Networks.”
“No matter where you go in the world, Hip Hop and music culture constantly bring people together,” said Alex Kwesi Crassie, Co-Founder and CEO of Ark House Productions.
“I’m super excited to partner with What’s Good Networks and join What’s Good Africa as a host and Executive Producer. This second season is going to be one you don’t want to miss.” Ark House Production is a Johannesburg/Accra-based production company co-founded by Alex Kwesi Crassie and Executive Producer, Mandy Mpungose.
Season 2 episodes will additionally include content surrounding the popular Afrochella festival, local Ghanaian street food markets, nightlife, club scenes, and more to further highlight Hip Hop culture in Ghana.
The second season of What’s Good Africa will premiere on REVOLT’s linear TV channel on Wednesday, September 8th at 9:30 pm EST with new consecutive episodes airing every Wednesday for ten total episodes. African TV partners will be announced in the coming weeks.
“We are dedicated to sharing compelling stories about the African culture, and partnering with REVOLT again will further carry out that mission,” said Tilomai Ponder, CEO, and co-founder of What’s Good Networks.
“We are honored to showcase Ghana’s dynamic talent, and the second season of What’s Good Africa will enable viewers to explore the Ghanaian lifestyle in a cultural and relatable way.”
Season one featured What’s Good Africa: Kenya Edition produced in partnership with Nairobi-based affiliate production studio, What’s Good Media.
Kenya Editions are ongoing, having aired the third Kenya Edition with a fourth Kenya Edition in pre-production. Additional Seasons are planned with new host countries to be announced soon.


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Samsung Galaxy M40 may possibly launch in India on June 11; Check some of its features: Samsung is all set to expand its portfolio with its brand new Galaxy M40, which is likely to release soon, may be this year. Whereas the company is yet to approve the Galaxy M40’s presence through its confirmation, while on the other hand, it seems a popular YouTuber has somehow succeed to get his hands on the forthcoming device by revealing some of the key specification about the Galaxy M40 as well as its launch date in India. The Galaxy M40 is expected to launch in India on June 11.
- Samsung will launch the Galaxy M40 in India on June 11.
- The Galaxy M40 will bring a punch-hole display, triple camera setup.
- The Galaxy M40 price in India is rumoured to be around Rs 20,000.
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Well- known Indian YouTuber Technical Guruji has published a video lately where he shows off the alleged Galaxy M40’s design. The video discloses that the Galaxy M40 is going to come with a punch-hole display such as the Galaxy A60 as well as Galaxy S10-series. This hole can be seen on the top left corner and it is going to be used to house a selfie camera. The rest of the Infinity-O display is bezel-less and Samsung is most probable going to be using an AMOLED panel.
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|Camera||16MP + 8MP + 5MP|
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Features and specifications of Samsung Galaxy M40
The Samsung Galaxy M40 mobile is going to features a 6.4″ (16.26 cm) display along with a screen resolution of 1080 x 2340 pixels. This upcoming smartphone is going to run on Android v9.0 (Pie) operating system. The device is powered by Octa core (2 GHz, Dual core, Kryo 460 + 1.7 GHz, Hexa Core, Kryo 460) processor that is paired with 6 GB of RAM. As far as the battery is concerned it has 5000 mAh battery.
The Display Type of upcoming Samsung Galaxy M40 is Super AMOLED with the aspect ratio of 19.5:9 along with a waterdrop notch. The Pixel Density of Samsung Galaxy M40 will be 403 ppi and the Screen Size will be of 6.4 inches (16.26 cm). The Screen Resolution of Samsung Galaxy M40 will be of 1080 x 2340 pixels.
The Camera Features of Samsung Galaxy M40 comprises of Digital Zoom, Auto Flash, Face detection, Touch to focus with the Image Resolution of 4616 x 3464 Pixels. As far as the rear camera is concerned this mobile it has a 16MP + 8MP + 5MP camera and 25 MP Front Camera.
Talking about the price of this upcoming Samsung Galaxy M40 smartphone, it was reported last month that the Galaxy M40 is going to be priced under Rs 25,000. But, on the other hand, the YouTuber in his recent video reveals the expected price of the Galaxy M40 to be nearby Rs 20,000. If the Galaxy M40 is certainly launching in India on June 11, Samsung may possibly will start teasing the device any day now.


text: Google Chairman Eric Schmidt is declaring victory in the mobile marketplace: http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-57558679-94/googles-schmidt-android-is-winning-that-war-with-apple/ The first big benefit of winning is that they can now focus on spreading the Google ecosystem to all platforms instead of playing keep away with features in order to give Android a competitive advantage over iOS. In fact, many reviewers are saying the new Google Maps on iOS is better than its Android counterpart. The entire point of Android was to have control of a platform in the mobile space so they weren't beholden to Apple for eyeballs. This control reaches farther than anyone projected in the smartphone space. Tablets will fall later this year. Having nice Google Maps on iOS will not slow that roll. In many ways, holding back feature on iOS was only slightly helping their OEM partners while actually hurting Google. In many ways, Google is platform agnostic -- ad revenue is ad revenue. Now that Android is mature, they can focus on growing their iOS business. Apple Maps was their big chance to scrape off Google brands from their ecosystem. But its failure and the universal embrace of Google Maps makes that a more difficult prospect. And as Apple stabilizes their market share to a permanent 15%, they may have to resign themselves to the fact that the the platform wars are in fact over.


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The chip, frozen and other potato-processing businesses continue to touch the fresh industry, but that touch might be a bit stronger this year, marketers say.
“We have all heard of the news in the U.S.,” said Ross Johnson, international marketing director with the Eagle-based Idaho Potato Commission.
He noted the U.S. Department of Agriculture recently reported that, overall, the U.S. potato crop will be down 6%, compared to a year earlier.
“We also heard Canada suffered some difficulty, and we anticipate this will put some pressure on the supply of potatoes throughout the Americas,” Johnson said.
Whatever pressure occurs will come from the frozen side, said Rachel Atkinson-Leach, category and brand manager with the Bancroft, Wis.-based Russet Potato Exchange (RPE) Inc.
“The chip industry isn’t having much of an effect on the open market, because the varieties grown for chips do not work for the fresh industry,” Atkinson-Leach said.
“In contrast, the frozen industry is actively pursuing russet potatoes for frying.”
That quest could siphon some spuds from the fresh market, she said.
“They are getting very creative with the allowable varieties,” she said.
Assessing the collision of the fresh and frozen interests will come later, Atkinson-Leach said.
“The supply issues in the fresh industry could trickle into the frozen contract business, but we will not know until later in the crop year — springtime, likely,” she said.
Chip and french fry manufacturers already were “active” buyers of product otherwise designated for the fresh market, said Scott Leimkuhler vice president with Los Angeles-based Progressive Produce LLC in Walla Walla, Wash.
“The overall tonnage numbers in the potato industry are down this year, and people are looking for potatoes,” he said.