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Mahindra acquired the SsangYong Motor in 2010. However, it did not really work out for Mahindra and they tried to sell their stake. SsangYong filed for Bankruptcy and they are now under court receivership now until SsangYong finds a new buyer.
SsangYong was already at a loss when Mahindra acquired them. The Seoul manufacturer became more of a liability for the homegrown manufacturer because they were not able to deliver on its SUV promise. The Alturas G4 and Rexton did not clock good sales in the Indian market. However, Mahindra continued to make new investments in SsangYong and was not getting any successful returns.
Last year in April, Mahindra decided that they will not be investing any more money in SsangYong and they rejected the proposal. Due to this, by the end of 2020, SsangYong Motor had to file for bankruptcy as their outstanding loan reached Rs. 680 Crores. The manufacturer has also applied for receivership after defaulting on its loans. They are now preparing a rehabilitation plan that they will submit to the court within two months. The plan will be the last effort for the manufacturer to convince the court that they can still be a success.
SsangYong Motor’s statement said, “We plan to promote the early termination of the rehabilitation process through the completion of the M&A, such as selecting an advisor in the shortest possible time in consultation with the Seoul Bankruptcy Court”
SsangYong reported a profit of 58 billion Korean wons in 2016. After this, things took a bad turn, in 2017, the manufacturer reported a net loss of 66 billion wons. Then in 2018, the loss rose to 62 billion wons. 2019 was really bad for SsangYong as they reported a loss of 341 billion wons in 2019.
2020 was the year for COVID-19 and all the manufacturers were struggling. SsangYong Motor continued to post losses during the year. The losses accumulated to 309 billion Korean won which roughly translates to a massive Rs. 2,100 Crores. During this time, the manufacturer was already trying to reduce the fixed costs.
Mahindra also expects a loss from the international subsidiaries to fall by 90 percent. The Indian manufacturer has already ended their joint venture with Ford Motors and they have cut more than half of their North American workforce.
In India, Mahindra is doing pretty well. They launched the Thar last year, which is an incredible success for the manufacturer. They are continuously working on introducing new models for the Indian market. They have a petrol and AMT version of the Marazzo MPV lined up for the launch. They are also working on a new Bolero Neo. Then there are the most awaited vehicles from the manufacturer which will be the XUV 700 which was recently announced and there will also be a new generation of the Scorpio.
The XUV 700 is slated to launch between Quarter 2 and Quarter 3 of the calendar year 2021 whereas the Scorpio could be unveiled by the end of 2021 or during the festive season. Once the XUV 700 is launched, Mahindra will be discontinuing the current XUV500 for some time. We expect the XUV 500 to make a comeback in a 5-seater form.


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Meghan Markle: Prince Harry bride's secret past was mentioned in a Kensington Palace announcement
- Meghan Markle, 36, will marry Prince Harry, 33, on May 19 2018 – but what was recently revealed about her secret past?
- It seems Kensington Palace have finally acknowledged a key part of her previous identity outside of the royal family: her lifestyle blog, The Tig.
- Meghan deleted all her social media accounts last year, along with the website which she ran for three years, in a nod to royal protocol.
Royal wedding fever ahead of Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s wedding on May 19 2018 has reached a high, as bookies suspend bets on which wedding dress designer Meghan will choose.
Meghan has “made her mind up” about who will design her dress, according to a Ladbrokes representative.
So which designer will it be? Betters’ favourite Ralph & Russo, a British fashion designer who created Meghan’s £56,000 engagements photos dress, is believed to have been chosen.21 March 2018, 11:08am
Earlier this week, it was reported a film about Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s romance, scheduled to be released days before their wedding, was against “common decency”.
The US film, called Harry & Meghan: A Royal Romance, will feature actors playing Meghan and Harry in sex scenes.
It will be released on May 16 2018 in the US, just days before the couple tie the knot here in London.
"Common decency has been violated,” according to Thomas Mace-Archer-Mills, founder and chairman of the British Monarchist Society.21 March 2018, 9:16am
Meghan Markle will not rely on Kate Middleton's friendship in the actress' new home of London, it was revealed yesterday.
This is because “independent” Meghan, who is originally from Los Angeles and spent seven years living in Toronto while filming Suits, is keen to make her own “network” of friends.
“I do hear plenty to suggest that they’re quite different people and that have quite different interests,” royal expert Katie Nicholls, who wrote Harry: Life, Loss and Love, told InStyle.
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Meghan's lifestyle website was acknowledged in an official announcement by Kensington Palace yesterday about Meghan and Harry's wedding cake designer.
In a post announcing the couple’s choice of Claire Ptak as their wedding cake designer yesterday, Kensington Palace included the sentence: “Ms. Markle previously interviewed Chef Ptak for her lifestyle website The Tig.”
The LA born actress deleted all her social media ahead of her wedding to the prince, along with deleting her lifestyle website in April 2017, which she had run for three years.
Meghan Markle deleted her lifestyle website in April 2017, but the palace was happy to acknowledge her past
This is in accordance with a royal protocol that means royals don’t usually use social media – although Princess Eugenie’s Instagram recently defied this. Meghan's Instagram account featured her pictures of her enjoying yoga and travel around the world.
However, the gesture from the palace showed there is no desire to hide the former identity of Meghan, who also acted in US legal drama series Suits.
Meghan Markle The Tig
What was The Tig? In a post closing the website, Meghan described it as “a passion project”, and elsewhere on the site described it as “a hub for the discerning palate - those with a hunger for food, travel, fashion & beauty”.
She also spoke in the same post about what the website followers meant to her: “You've made my days brighter and filled this experience with so much joy.
Meghan Markle: The actress will marry Prince Harry on May 19 2018
“What began as a passion project (my little engine that could) evolved into an amazing community of inspiration, support, fun and frivolity.”
Acknowledging the website showed the palace wasn’t afraid to mention Meghan’s distinctive personality outside of her upcoming nuptials to Harry.
Meghan’s wedding cake choice – a lemon and elderflower cake – was also a crucial breakaway from the more traditional royal fruit cake.
Meghan was voted the “most relatable and in tune with the public” of the royals in a poll commissioned by Voucher Codes Pro.
Meghan Markle: The actress formerly acted in US legal drama Suits
The survey asked 2,311 Britons aged over 18 their thoughts on the British Royal Family. Nearly a third of those asked “Which members of the Royal Family do you feel are most relatable/in tune with the public?” chose Meghan as their answer.
Only 13 per cent felt that Kate Middleton was the most relatable member of the Royal Family. Eleven per cent of those who chose Meghan as their most relatable royal did so because “she’s a feminist.”
The majority of respondents stated it was because “she was an actress in the public eye before the engagement” (31 per cent), whilst others stated it was because “she seems so down to earth” (14 per cent).
Respondents were asked why they felt Kate Middleton wasn’t so relatable. Forty-nine per cent responded: “She’s been moulded into someone else since marrying into the family”.

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Gamestop (GME) is the nation’s leading source of new and used video games. It saw a 2% pop last week in the runup to the release of the Sony (SNE) PlayStation 4, and pulled back this Monday for a favorable entry.
There was a fear at one point that mobile games would kill the console, but as I’ve noted in the past, the industry has received a new breath of life from games with an incredible new level of realism, artistry and storytelling. Thanks to the onslaught of hot new titles and new consoles like the PS4 and Microsoft (MSFT) Xbox One, the video game industry is enjoying a renaissance lately. GME is the kind of heavily shorted stock that can perform well as the price is “squeezed” higher in a Wall Street environment in which fund managers are struggling to catch up.
Recommendation: Buy GME for a $62.25 target (set up to sell half there). Call options here are expensive, but could become attractive if the overall market pulls back.
Jon Markman operates the investment firm Markman Capital Insights. He also writes a daily trading newsletter, Trader’s Advantage, and CounterPoint Options, a service geared towards helping individual traders make steady, consistent profits with the VIX. Follow Jon Markman at Google+.


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According to Teenage Research Unlimited (TRU), teens spent $172 billion in 2001. In fact, the average young consumer spent $104 per week last year. Marketers hoping to reach teens would do well to learn what interests this group of independent,...
According to Teenage Research Unlimited (TRU), teens spent $172 billion in 2001. In fact, the average young consumer spent $104 per week last year. Marketers hoping to reach teens would do well to learn what interests this group of independent, experimental and materialistic consumers. The pastimes of 12-17-year-olds, one of the fastest-growing population segments in the U.S., include watching the tube and surfing the net. The lists below provide some insight.
“I see things on the hanger and I’m, like, ‘I never knew that color worked on me.’ It’s things you necessarily wouldn’t choose to wear, but once you put them on, you see why Janie is who Janie is." — Lily Collins on working with former "Mad Men" costume designer, Janie Bryant on creating looks for her role as Celia Brady's in Amazon series, "The Last Tycoon." 📸@jilliansollazzo #wwdeye
EXCLUSIVE: Sarah Rutson has been tapped to Build New American Fashion Group. The parent of Joie, Equipment and Current/Elliott hired the merchant to rev up its brands and expand its portfolio into designer, beauty and lifestyle categories. Read more on WWD.com, link in bio. #wwdfashion
Michael Kors' $1.3B Jimmy Choo deal has the company squaring off with Coach Inc. as both seek to build American powerhouses. Coach bought Stuart Weitzman in 2015 and Kate Spade just two weeks ago, but Michael Kors' acquisition may be putting pressure on its rival in the new push for scale. #wwdnews (📷: George Chinsee)
Meet actress Lucy Boynton, who plays opposite Naomi Watts in the recently released Netflix series "Gypsy." Boynton stopped by WWD to talk about her upcoming projects and her nomadic lifestyle. Get all the details on WWD.com. #wwdeye (📷: @dandoperalski)


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Carnival Cruise Line is expanding its cruise calls to Cozumel, the company announced.
The company has extended the length of time its ships spend in Cozumel on more than 750 voyages.
On the new “Cozumel Plus”itineraries, guests can try a host of new excursions, from swimming with whale sharks to exploring hidden caverns.
The Cozumel Plus itineraries are operated by 17 different Carnival ships.
The new tours are up to eight hours in duration, including everything from visits to ancient Mayan ruins to snorkeling the lagoons of Xel-Ha.
“With magnificent beaches and interesting landmarks and historical sites, Cozumel is the Caribbean’s premier cruising region and our ‘Cozumel Plus’ itineraries provide our guests with a seemingly endless variety of new ways to explore this fascinating destination,” said Christine Duffy, president of Carnival Cruise Line. “These new itineraries provide our guests with the opportunity to create wonderful vacation memories and our travel agent partners an exciting cruise option to market to their clients.”


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The Best-paying States for Retail Workers in 2021
In the United States, over 4.3 million people work in retail and earn an average salary of $29,360.1 Unfortunately, that falls 45% below the national average salary of all occupations.
Selling in retail is already stressful, but during the pandemic, workers faced new on-job restrictions, training precautions, and risks. The retail industry suffered from a decrease in consumer spending that left many workers in a precarious position, and many lost their jobs.
To help those in the industry make their next move, we found which states pay retail workers the best, and where they have to work the least to afford rent. (Nationally, retail workers must work 66.7 hours to afford rent.2)
Our rankings may give you a better idea of whether or not you want to keep working in retail where you're living, or if you may need to switch careers to keep up with rent. (We also looked at the best-paying states for nursing, US teachers, and restaurant staff, if you’re curious.)
How does working retail pay where you live compare to the rest of the US?
Which states pay retail workers the best?
South Dakota pays retail workers the best compared to the rest of the nation. Retail workers earn an average salary of $30,620, which is 29% lower than the average salary in the Mount Rushmore State. (Retail workers in the worst-paying states make about 50% or less than other occupations in those states.)
Here’s some good news for retail workers: 32 states pay retail workers better than the national average.
You’ll want to stay more inland to find the highest-paying states, like the Dakotas, Montana, Idaho, Tennessee, Arkansas, and others.
Seven of the ten worst-paying states for retail workers are on the East Coast. New Hampshire and Connecticut also ranked low, coming in at numbers 37 and 38. And coastal California ranked number 42 on our list.
Washington DC technically has the highest average salary for retail workers at $36,520, but is it worth trying to find a job there to make rent? Probably not, as you’ll see below.
- Nearly three out of four small businesses felt a negative impact due to COVID-19.3
- 88% of small businesses experienced shoplifting.
- In 2020, low-wage employment (under $27,000) in the US dropped by 25%.4 Retail workers would be considered low-wage employment in the following states:
- West Virginia
- Middle-wage employment also dropped by 6% in 2020, which includes retail workers in the majority of states.
- Over one-third (36%) of retail workers don’t get paid sick leave.5
In 2021, retail workers face ongoing financial and health-related challenges due to the pandemic.
Will we see additional stimulus relief, health care improvements, or a bounceback in jobs with increased vaccinations?
Where do retail workers have to work the longest to afford their rent?
Retail workers have to work the longest in Hawaii to afford their monthly rent—96 hours. That’s two weeks working full time, plus eight hours of overtime at time and a half. Maryland is a close second with retail workers needing to work 91 hours to afford median rent.
We don’t know about you, but spending over half a month working full-time just to afford rent (before anything else is considered) seems pretty steep to us. But that’s exactly what’s required for retail workers in these seven states:
- District of Columbia
- New Jersey
DC might have the highest salaries for retail workers, but good luck affording rent and finding a job. The average retail worker would have to sling merchandise for 86.2 hours to pay for rent in the nation’s capital. Washington DC also has the lowest number of retail workers employed.
On top of all that, you’ll be paid nearly 59.3% lower than the average salary in DC—that’s the worst difference in the country.
Where does your state rank for retail pay?
Retail work doesn’t pay high compared to other salaries or the amount of stress working with the public can bring. And the pandemic made the situation even more precarious for a lot of folks.
But if you’re sold on selling, there are plenty of places that pay better than average. You can find the best pay in the country’s center states, but you’ll want to avoid the East Coast and Washington DC.
Here’s the full state-by-state breakdown for retail pay in the USA:
Best-paying states for retail workers
Average salary of retail workers
Average salary of all occupations
Percent less that retail workers earn compared to all other occupations
Hours worked to afford median rent for retail workers
|51||District of Columbia||$36,520||$89,800||-59.30%||86.2|
Using the most recent data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, we ranked which states pay retail workers the best compared to the average salary in each state. (This includes retail salespersons that sell merchandise to consumers, but excludes cashiers.)
To find out how many hours an average retail worker has to work to afford average rent in each state, we used median contract rent data from the US Census Bureau. This includes all the renter-occupied housing units paying cash rent.
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment Statistics - Retail Salespersons,” May 2019. Accessed February 25, 2021.
- US Census Bureau, “ American Community Survey - Median Contract Rent,” Accessed February 25, 2021.
- US Census Bureau, “Small Business Pulse Survey Data,” Accessed February 25, 2021.
- TrackTheRecover.org, “Economic Tracker,” Accessed February 25, 2021.
- Pew Research, “Which US Workers Have Paid Sick Leave?” March 12, 2020.


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Apple has always been at the forefront of the latest technology. With this past year of introducing the AirPods for the iPhone to pair with, they continue to raise the bar when it comes to cell phone innovations. The next introduction is most likely going to blow everyone away. That next invention is the use of wireless charging stations. However, there are speculations this could take a while. In this blog, we discuss the dilemma on why that might be happening.
The Energous company is said to be having some difficulties with Apple due to the regulatory certification program that is mandatory to pass with Apple. While the manufacturer of the chip that is to be installed on the new iPhones is scrambling to secure the deal, there’s still no sign of when this feature will happen. Read more


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By: Gautam Narula Every day, Internet users generate millions of gigabytes of data. Every time someone clicks a link, visits a website, uses an app, or makes a phone call, data is created. These actions are tracked, recorded, and added to increasingly large datasets. The creation of these truly massive datasets and the newfound ability to analyze them thanks to [...]
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By: Kaitlyn Walker The Apple v. Samsung decision Friday sent shockwaves rippling through the technology industry. Samsung met the market with losses totaling at 7.7 percent, amounting to the greatest loss for the tech giant since October 2008. The immediate market impact of the ruling will mean more for future Apple profits than the $1.05 billion in damages: the direct [...]
By: Virginia McNally If you think cell phones have changed daily life and relationships in the West, you are right. But worlds away in the most remote communities of sub-Saharan Africa, cell phones are making another kind of difference – they are fostering development. As a result, governments are valuing investment in mobile communications infrastructure as more than just a [...]


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Next time you’re at a bar or restaurant in New Jersey and need to find the latest live odds on NFL action, all you’ll need to do is glance up at one of display screens owned by TVM DOOH and you’ll get the latest odds from Tipico.
The sportsbook operator announced an exclusive agreement with TVM DOOH in New Jersey, which will allow Tipico to showcase its odds — as well as branded marketing content — on hundreds of screens across the state. TVM DOOH is the largest display screen network in the nation.
The agreement is not limited to the NFL — the partnership will allow for live odds to be displayed across all sports markets, from moneyline and spread markets to player props, boosted odds, and real-time promotions.
In addition to the exclusive New Jersey deal, Tipico will also be showcased on TVM DOOH screens in Colorado, although that is not an exclusive situation.
“We’re thrilled to partner with TVM DOOH to reach sports fans in two important markets for our brand,” Keith Gormley, vice president of marketing for Tipico U.S., said in a press release. “Real-time sports data and premium betting insights are at the core of our proprietary mobile sports betting product, and this partnership with TVM opens up a highly engaging channel to showcase our odds experience to future Tipico players.”
Touted as a first in the industry
Utilizing TVM DOOH’s audience segmentation, Tipico will be able to target audiences in a way that hasn’t been done before, according to the release.
“Through this partnership with Tipico Sportsbook, we look to elevate the sports bar experience with exciting offers and live odds in the moments that matter most,” said Pedram Danesh, chief commercial officer at TVM DOOH. “We’ve seen Tipico grow in the New Jersey market, and we’re excited to help strengthen their brand position and launch in new regions like Colorado by digitally activating bar patrons. We expect a high level of audience engagement during the partnership, and we are excited to announce additional innovations throughout the football season.”
Tipico first soft-launched in New Jersey last autumn before going fully operational at the beginning of this year.


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If you’re blind you likely rely on a cane or a seeing eye dog to get around safely, when you go out. But what if an obstacle is coming at your head?
A new invention with a hugely successful Indiegogo campaign is now set to revolutionize the vision-impaired world, and how blind and partially sighted people can get around.
The new gadget is called the BuzzClip, and it’s so small that it can fit in the palm of your hand.
The BuzzClip can detect obstacles at any level, before the wearer bumps into them-and it’s been so well-developed that it is being endorsed by paralympians Jill MacSween and Mark DeMontis.
How does it work? The BuzzClip uses sound waves and a proximity sensor to detect objects. Users attach the clip to their clothing, and wear it while moving about. If something is in the wearer’s way, the clip, which can be worn all day with a 10-hour battery, vibrates to let the wearer know something is in the way.
The frequency and intensity of the clip’s vibrations increase as an obstacle gets closer to the user (or vice versa).
Liu’s father has inoperable glaucoma, and Mali, who has volunteered extensively with blind orphans in India, had a grandmother who was blind.
And so, they wanted to help.
“We’re very excited about the BuzzClip. And we’ve gotten a lot more support than we expected. There seems to be an interesting trend at the moment for small start-ups, like us. People want to focus on the social aspect of things, instead of just trying to hit it big by inventing something. There’s a move to want to solve a problem, first,” Liu says.
Liu reinforces the idea that, while useful, the BuzzClip is not a replacement for canes or seeing eye dogs.
“It’s important to know that we see the BuzzClip as a complimentary product. We don’t advise (that blind users) get rid of a cane or stop using a dog to help get around safely. Someday technology will replace traditional vision aids but right now, we still have them and their good. The BuzzClip is a great additional aid.”
The BuzzClip has sold out if its first tier promotion on Indiegogo and is now available for a second tier discount at $149, with three days to go in the campaign. Once manufacturing is complete and the campaign finished, the BuzzClip will retail for $199 USD.
iMerciv, the BuzzClip’s founding company hopes to take the helpful clip to international markets, after launching in North America, as allowing wearers to move freely and safely could make a difference in the lives of millions.
There are over 314 million visually impaired people in the world and it’s estimated that over 87% of this total population resides in the developing world.
If you want to help out, the BuzzClip campaign is allowing supporters to gift a clip to a blind youth in India.
It’s time for some change. As the website says, ‘Feel the buzz. Not the bump’. Check out this video to learn more.


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A Lending Club Study reveals:
- 28%: Share of consumers earning more than $200,000 who live paycheck to paycheck
- 59%: Share of paycheck-to-paycheck consumers with issues paying their monthly bills that noted significant rises in prices for utilities in the past 12 months
- 48%: Share of consumers living paycheck to paycheck with issues paying bills who pay for health insurance
45% of individuals earning more than $100,000 per year lived paycheck to paycheck.
56% of USA consumers don’t have access to $400 when faced with a sudden emergency!
Demand for credit continues unabated! [Other than housing because potential home sellers don’t want to give up their <3% mortgage interest rates!]
The Study also highlights that individuals in the lower range of the upper-income bracket are particularly at risk of facing paycheck-to-paycheck living. A staggering 54% of consumers earning between $100,000 and $150,000 annually, more than double the median personal income in the U.S., are living paycheck to paycheck. This figure represents a 7 percentage-point increase from July 2022.
The Study’s results indicate that many Americans struggle to make ends meet despite high salaries. Several factors, such as rising inflation, increasing living costs, mounting debt, and a lack of financial planning, contribute to this.
The post-COVID-19 pandemic era has significantly impacted people’s finances, causing them to shift their spending and savings habits. Many consumers strongly desire to break free from the feeling of being confined during the pandemic, both physically and financially.
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Varus, a retailer with over 100 supermarket stores across Ukraine, has partnered with the world’s leading digital asset exchange, Binance, to launch cryptocurrency payments. Customers will now be able to order groceries online and cover the bill through a Binance Pay wallet.
Ukrainians to Shop Online From Varus Supermarket Using Crypto
Binance, the largest cryptocurrency exchange by daily trading volume, and Ukraine’s supermarket chain Varus have announced a partnership that will allow Ukrainian shoppers to purchase food and other goods online with digital coins.
Using the Binance and Varus apps, customers will be able to enjoy instant crypto payments and fast delivery in nine Ukrainian cities: the capital Kyiv, Dnipro, Kamianske, Kryvyi Rih, Zaporizhzhia, Brovary, Nikopol, Vyshhorod, and Pavlograd.
To take advantage of the payment option, crypto owners will have to download and install the Binance app on their Android or iOS devices. Then, they can go to the Varus website, select the products they want to buy and send the digital money from the Binance Pay wallet.
In a report on the announcement of the new payment method, the crypto news outlet Forklog noted that earlier this year the Binance Pay service was integrated by the Ukrainian chain of stores for home appliances and electronics, Foxtrot.
Whitepay introduced crypto payments for products offered by major Ukrainian tech stores in August. Customers of retailers like Tehnoezh and Stylus can now use the service provided by the payment platform established by Whitebit, a European crypto exchange with Ukrainian roots.
In the past several years, Ukraine has become a regional leader in terms of cryptocurrency adoption and made efforts to regulate the industry, with the popularity of bitcoin and the like rising even more amid an ongoing military conflict with Russia.
Both the government in Kyiv and volunteer groups have been actively raising funds through crypto donations to finance defense and humanitarian initiatives. The crypto community has responded to calls for assistance. In June, Binance issued a special crypto card for Ukrainian refugees.
You can support Ukrainian families, children, refugees, and displaced people by donating BTC, ETH, and BNB to Binance Charity’s Ukraine Emergency Relief Fund.
Do you think more Ukrainian retailers will introduce cryptocurrency payments for their customers in the coming months? Share your expectations in the comments section below.
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Less than a week after the launch of Bethesda's post-apocalyptic RPG Fallout 4, players have already discovered a major show-stopping bug that halts quest progress across all of its available platforms.
Over the last few decades, video games have had a hand in all manner of incomplete homework assignment and failed exams. Now, a youth coding initiative will flip the script by using Minecraft to teach.
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For Axios, Apple News beats Google AMP and Facebook Instant Articles
For politics and business publisher Axios, Apple beats Google and Facebook when it comes to platforms for a simple reason: It’s easier to monetize.
Axios isn’t interested in standard display, so Apple News is the first platform to which it publishes directly because Apple allowed it to launch a native ad unit that works similarly to the kinds of custom ads Axios has on its site. Apple News is the only platform Axios is using for distribution; the publisher is forgoing Facebook Instant Articles and Google AMP.
As seen in the video below, users can now continuously scroll through Axios articles on Apple News, and sponsored posts are inserted after every third editorial article, just like they are on the publisher’s website. At a time when premium publishers like the Guardian and The New York Times have pulled out of Facebook Instant Articles due to its inability to help them monetize content, Apple is showing it is open to creating custom units to appease publishers. Apple did not reply to interview requests.
“Every publisher that runs on platforms has to adapt their style to the platform,” said Roy Schwartz, president and co-founder of Axios. “But here, Apple News is accommodating our style, and that is pretty unheard of for a platform.”
With Apple News, Apple is in the unlikely position of being a trailing player, as most publishers are squarely focused on Facebook and Google as their main platform priorities. That’s made Apple more amenable to needs of publishers to actually make money off content — not just promising them solutions down the line.
“The future of being a platform,” Schwartz said, “is giving publishers a way of replicating their unique experience on the platform.”
Axios launched its website in January and started pushing content through Apple News in February. Depending on the day, Axios publishes about 25 to 50 percent of its content on Apple News. Schwartz declined to share how much traffic Axios gets from Apple News. Axios had about 4 million unique visitors to its website in May, and about 90 percent of this traffic came from mobile, according to comScore.
Prior to today, Axios didn’t monetize its content on Apple News because the platform only allowed banner ads, and Axios didn’t want to use banner ads on Apple News since it doesn’t use banner ads on its website. Although Axios wasn’t monetizing its Apple News content for about five months, it came onto the platform because it knew Apple, unlike other platforms, would work with it to develop native ads that would mimic the ads on Axios’s own website, Schwartz said.
Axios hasn’t adopted AMP or IA because, unlike on Apple News, Axios is unable to recreate its scrolling experience on those platforms while monetizing the content with sponsored posts in between editorial articles, Schwartz said. Facebook and Google declined interview requests.
Axios sells the native ads directly as daily or weekly sponsorships, and Axios keeps all the revenue from the ads. Eventually, Axios may allow Apple to sell the inventory itself on a CPM basis and split the revenue, Schwartz said. Koch Industries is the only advertiser using the units this week, but two other brands, which Schwartz declined to name, will use the units within the next month.
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How Instagram Shopping is changing the business landscape and why you should start using it right now.
What is Instagram Shopping
One of the latest business features that Instagram launched in 2017 is Instagram Shopping. This feature was first available only to certain U.S. based clients, however, by the spring of 2018, it spread across the globe to dozens of other countries, with the prospect for further expansion in the future. This interesting feature allows users to post their product photos and tag products in order to allow followers a smoother shopping experience. The audience is able to click on a tagged product, which automatically fires up the product page, allowing the potential customer to get more details, product features, and buy the product without a hustle.
The power of tagging
There are many reports regarding the benefit of using Instagram shopping feature, all of which speak highly of the latest innovation.
Natori Company, American fashion industry leader, stated that they have experienced a 100 percent increase in revenue with 1,416 percent of traffic increase in just a few weeks since they've started using Shopping feature.
Magnolia Boutique also shared the news that it took only 117 posts with tagged products in order to achieve a 4 percent of traffic and 20 percent of revenue increase on Instagram. They even created instructional content to help people use Shopping feature more efficiently. Additionally, they promoted the new feature via Live video, which helps to raise followers’ attention and direct them to the new feature.
Since the new feature showed so much potential and Instagram developers decided to level up Instagram Shopping, allowing business owners to tag and link products within Instagram Stories. This addition was, at first, available only to large corporate brands such as Luis Vuitton and others, however, the good people at Instagram are widening the list of business entities and countries that are able to utilize this feature. Using stories to promote and sell products is beneficial because stories are just photos or videos that stay visible for 24 hours. This makes it a useful tool for sales, special offers, and promotions because once the 24-hour period is over, the content is not available to the audience. More than that, the fact that it allows direct purchase without the need to leave the Instagram app increases the feature’s market significance.
The secret behind such a powerful marketing impact of Instagram shopping could reside in the fact that it's a completely free marketing tool. Business owners already regularly post photos of their products and interact with their customer. This new addition allows customers to buy products without the need to contact the seller for basic product info, search for links in the description, etc.
When it comes to the word of marketing experts, the verdict is simple - Bryan, a content marketing specialist at BestEssays says that the effects of a cleverly planned and executed Instagram Shopping feature vastly surpass even the best SEO strategies in terms of ROI and traffic increase.
This statement holds its backing in earlier presented figures but also the fact that over 70 percent of Instagram users are following business profiles which means that there is a pool of around 700 million users ready to check out the latest products. Moreover, nearly 31 percent of users belong to demographics with minimum yearly income averaging $75,000 and higher.
The current market is not forgiving towards those that miss out on any trend. However, Instagram Shopping is more than just a trend with no prospect for the future. It is a powerful marketing tool that already shows its potential with business Instagram users across the globe. We've seen the numbers that prove how already developed businesses can scale to the point beyond their own beliefs. Surely, this amazing, free, easy to use feature can help your business, too.


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Coffee and cigarettes, for some, are an inseparable pair. But if that coffee is from Starbucks, smokers will have to take a walk if they want to light up.
Cigarettes and their electronic counterparts are no longer allowed within 25 feet of any Starbucks storefront in the U.S. or Canada starting Saturday, according to a manager of a Starbucks in LA’s Little Tokyo.
An employee at another LA Starbucks confirmed the policy change.
The mega-coffee shop’s smoking policy currently lets customers light up as long as they are not on the store’s patio, which means sometimes smokers are feet away from other patrons or on the other side of an open-air gate.
Smoking is banned inside all Starbucks locations.
Californians are already barred from smoking in any outdoor area within 20 feet of a public-owned building.
NOTE: An earlier version of this report stated that smoking is prohibited within 20 feet of a "public building" in California. Smoking is banned with 20 feet of a public-owned building, such as a state, city or county property.


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U.S. Cellular Accepting Galaxy S 4 Preorders April 16
U.S. Cellular today indicated via its web site that customers can preorder the Samsung Galaxy S 4 beginning April 16. U.S Cellular did not disclose pricing, nor availability, however.
Samsung Galaxy S6 Lands In Carrier Stores April 10
Samsung today announced the general availability details for the Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge. The devices can be pre-ordered beginning Friday, March 27 and should reach most carrier stores on April 10.
Verizon to Kick Off HTC 10 Preorders April 29
Verizon Wireless today said it will begin accepting preorders for the HTC 10 on April 29. Verizon expects the phone to launch in early May and has not yet provided pricing details for the phone.
US Carriers Agree to Sell Samsung Galaxy Note Edge
Samsung today announced that the five largest wireless network operators in the U.S. will sell the Galaxy Note Edge beginning this month.
US Cellular Accepting Preorders for Galaxy S6
U.S. Cellular has begun accepting preorders on its web site for the Samsung Galaxy S6.


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Aviva makes strategic investment in Wealthify
Written by Anthony Strzalek
Insurance giant Aviva has announced a strategic investment in digital wealth management outfit Wealthify.
The move advances Aviva’s digital strategy to provide an online one-stop-shop for all their customers’ insurance, pension and investment needs.
The investment will also enable Wealthify to meet its customer acquisition targets as well as adding new products. It will also help Wealthify grow its team to support the firm’s expansion plans.
Wealthify will be made accessible, in the near future, to Aviva’s millions of UK customers via the MyAviva digital hub and app.
Blair Turnbull, managing director of Aviva UK Digital, said: “This is another important step in Aviva’s digital strategy. It underlines our commitment to invest in and partner with leading digital businesses, allowing our customers to benefit from new technology and making insurance and investments simpler, easier and more convenient.
“Wealthify combines a smart management team with great technology and a start-up culture. Together with the brand and financial strength of Aviva, we are very excited about the future opportunity.”


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TORONTO, ON – March 4 is the nomination deadline for the 2016 Canadian Fleet Maintenance Manager of the Year award.
The 26th presentation of the award will take place on April 13 at the International Centre near Toronto Pearson International Airport during the Canadian Fleet Maintenance Summit.
Downtime costs money. Nobody wants to keep a truck in the shop any longer than necessary. So here’s a question to consider: is your shop as productive and efficient as it could be? Some things you just can’t change; for example, you can’t suck oil out of an engine any faster than it wants to flow, but could you be doing something else to the truck while it’s in the oil change bay, like topping up its tire inflation pressure or checking its alignment? So much of what used to require manual hands-on labour can now be automated, and many tasks that once had designated areas in a shop or even needed dedicated personnel can now be done simultaneously, thus reducing the time the truck is unavailable. Here’s a look at a few technologies that can help refine the service process and save some real time on basic maintenance procedures.
NEW YORK, NY — Fleets need to maintain their vehicles to ensure safe and reliable performance, avoid costly breakdowns, and allow the vehicles to reach their maximum useful life. However, even a vehicle that is running safely and reliably can achieve fuel economy savings thanks to additional or better-optimized maintenance.
TORONTO, ON — Newcom Business Media Inc., publisher of Today’s Trucking, Truck News and Motortruck Fleet Maintenance magazines, has announced the relaunch of the Canadian Fleet Maintenance Summit (CFMS) at Truck World next year.
In conjunction with the trucking technology testing organization, PIT Group, Newcom will bring together the Automotive Transportation Service Superintendents’ Association (ATSSA), Canadian Transportation Equipment Association (CTEA), Ontario Trucking Association (OTA) and the Transportation Maintenance & Technology Association (TMTA) for the first industry-wide supported CFMS to be held at Truck World, on Wednesday, April 13, 2016 at the International Centre, Mississauga, ON.
Merging with the previous PIT Conference, this partnership will bring together the best expertise to ensure a successful CFMS, according to Newcom.
GREENSBORO, NC — Volvo Trucks will begin introducing Volvo Certified Uptime Centers within its dealer network in 2016 in an effort to maximize customer uptime.
GREENSBORO, NC — Focusing on reducing the total cost of ownership for customers, Mack Trucks and Volvo Trucks North America are now offering the option to purchase pre-paid preventive maintenance plans.
TORONTO — Micro managing tires can wear you out. And cost more than it’s worth. Try this system instead.
WOODSTOCK, ON – Carrier Centers in Woodstock, Ont. holds a “career day” for 50 high school students who have an interest in skilled trades.
Software provides efficient way to store and access vehicle
info and set up vehicle-specific PM schedules.
MISSISSAUGA, ON – Ryder Canada launched a new on-demand maintenance and repair service option for all private fleets and for-hire carriers, who can now opt for pay-as-you-go coverage of preventative maintenance and repair.
TORONTO — Anybody working in a position related to the maintenance and replacement of moveable capital assets will benefit from a two-day program being offered at the University of Toronto called “Fleet Maintenance and Replacement: Optimizing Life-Cycle Decisions”.
Integrated maintenance and admin software tracks wheel service to minimize wheel-off incidents.
Penske Truck Leasing forms its own winning formula, this time for a preventative maintenance training program for heavy and medium-duty trucks rather than for car racing.
Future diesels will produce cleaner exhaust, but dirtier oil. How will you meet the maintenance challenge?
Ontario carriers are not optimistic about rate and freight prospects in the first quarter of 2014, according to a report by the Ontario Trucking Association (OTA).


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Trend expert Tom Mirabile shared the latest lifestyle and retail trends at the 2019 International Home + Housewares Show
Weâ€™re now in a consumer-centric period of retail where the consumer is in control, said Tom Mirabile (pictured), trend expert for the International Housewares Association (IHA), during the Top Trend 2019: New Consumer Insights and How to Thrive in the Retail Revolution, his annual keynote address at the 2019 International Home + Housewares Show.
As a result, housewares suppliers and retailers need to focus all their efforts on what the consumer wants, how the consumer sees themselves, and how the industry can help create solutions for them. â€œWe need to stop looking at objects and start looking at what those objects deliver,â€ said Tom. â€œPeople arenâ€™t buying objects, theyâ€™re buying experiences.â€
Tom began his presentation with an overview of generational distinctions and key need-to-knows about each generation right now. Generation Z is on track to be the most well-educated generation (according to Pew Research), with a liberal set of attitudes and openness to emerging social trends. They also may be the first generation where cooking is truly no longer a gendered task, viewing â€œcooking as a craft or a skill,â€ according to Tom. This generation skews more toward traditional life cycles, with many saying they want to start a family and own a home.
A much less traditional generation, Millennials prefer staying home over going out. But theyâ€™re less likely to eat around the kitchen table; many eat in their bedrooms and even bathrooms. They also report replacing one meal a day with snacks. Another way of bucking the norms: â€œMillennials donâ€™t see a brand as religion,â€ said Tom. â€œLoyalty does exist, but you have to constantly earn it.â€
Generation X is smaller in numbers but is entering its prime earning years. Thirty-one per cent of discretionary spending in the US right now is coming from this generation, Tom said. Gen X is very self-sufficient and does more product research than any other generation. Theyâ€™re also a true shopping hybrid; they still enjoy a trip in-store but have fully embraced online shopping.
Many Baby Boomers are retiring, moving or remodelling their homes, which means they will be buying more items for their homes. Many are also in a period of personal reinvention. â€œBoomers are still looking to Millennials and Generation Z to see what they want to be,â€ Tom said.
As for Seniors, many are still economically active but much of their consumption has shifted to experiences and healthcare. Interesting fact: by 2035, 1 in 3 US households (versus todayâ€™s 1 in 5) will be headed by someone over 65 years old.
Next up, Tom shared some key tenets that are important for housewares suppliers and retailers as they adjust to the quickly-changing marketplace where consumers hold all the control. These tenets, tied to the acronym FASTR, are:
â€¢ F â€“ Be Flexible, Be Fun, Be Fearless
â€¢ A â€“ Be Addictive, Be Aware, Be Aspirational
â€¢ S â€“ Be Surprising, Be Sharable, Be Simple
â€¢ T â€“ Be True, Be Transparent, Be Trustworthy
â€¢ R â€“ Be Real World, Be Responsible, Be Reactive
Some key points on each of those tenets:
â€¢ Be Flexible â€“ Change is constant, but even the most established brands can reinvent themselves. Tom cited IKEA and KitchenAid as examples.
â€¢ Be Fun â€“ Citing recent funny commercials from Skittles, Wayfair and Geico, â€œ(Brands) who can have fun and make fun of themselves send a message of self-confidence,â€ Tom said.
â€¢ Be Fearless â€“ Donâ€™t be afraid to take a stand or do something different from the norm. It helps make your brand feel authentic and helps you stand out from the crowd.
â€¢ Be Addictive â€“ American adults spend over 11 hours per day listening to, watching, reading or generally interacting with media, according to the 2018 Nielsen Total Audience Report. The challenge is in hooking them in.
â€¢ Be Aware â€“ Thereâ€™s a tremendous amount of information out there, but â€œyouâ€™ve got to be self-educated, youâ€™ve got to be a culture vulture,â€ said Tom, and keep up with what consumers want.
â€¢ Be Aspirational â€“ â€œTodayâ€™s consumer doesnâ€™t dream of owning, but of becoming,â€ said Tom. â€œStop telling the customer who you are and start telling them you know who they are.â€
â€¢ Be Surprising â€“ The subscription ecommerce market has grown by more than 100 per cent a year over the past five years, said Tom. A reason? They deliver boxes of surprising items a consumer may never had found on their own (or without a lot of time and effort).
â€¢ Be Shareable â€“ These days, this doesnâ€™t simply mean sharing an image, though that still does have value. Itâ€™s more about inspiring people to physically share something, such as the opportunity for a family to cook and eat a meal together.
â€¢ Be Simple â€“ â€œInstead of big claims, sometimes itâ€™s about the little obsessions,â€ was a finding shared from PHD Worldwide.
â€¢ Be Trustworthy â€“ Consumer trust levels are at an all-time low, whether it comes to government institutions, businesses or media.
â€¢ Be Transparent â€“ This is important whether youâ€™re talking about ingredients, labor usage, or product materials. Significant numbers of people across all generations will pay more money for eco-friendly materials, said Tom.
â€¢ Be True â€“ This often starts within your own company culture and then rises through the ranks of everything you do.
â€¢ Be Real World â€“ â€œTo me, this is all about looking at real-world problems people are having, and how youâ€™re going to solve them for them,â€ said Tom.
â€¢ Be Responsible â€“ A large part of this has to do with sustainability, a key issue for many generations of consumers these days.
â€¢ Be Reactive â€“ Getting negative reviews? You must be quick to react, explain and make things right online. eMarketer data finds that roughly two-thirds of US internet users reference product reviews at least often before making a purchase.
A video recording of the programme can be found above. For more information about the International Home + Housewares Show, visit www.housewares.org


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Users with supported Nvidia graphics cards and now-unsupported Windows 7 and 8 can download fresh drivers that bring security patches for unknown vulnerabilities without any game-related improvements.
Windows 11 in Release Preview adds urgent notifications bypass and more
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Windows 11 released to Dev Channel and ISO comes with File Explorer tabs
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Gartner has said that PC, tablet, and smartphone sales will all shrink this year due to the war in Ukraine, inflation, and supply shortages among other issues. 5G phone sales should rebound next year.
Microsoft will soon start notifying those sticking to the good-old (not really) Windows 8.1 about the upcoming end of support on January 10, 2023. The notifications will begin popping up next month.
Amazon has announced the new Fire 7 and Fire 7 Kids tablets. Prices begin at just $59.99 and bring twice as much memory and improved battery life, making it ideal to take on the go.
Microsoft has finally updated the decade-old volume flyout in a Dev Channel build in Windows 11, but one has to wonder: why did it take so long for Microsoft to make a minor cosmetic change?
ASUS has announced the ROG Flow Z13 (2022) 2-in-1 gaming tablet. The gaming tablet houses the latest Intel Core 12th gen CPU, RTX 30 series GPU, and so much more underneath the surface.
In our recap for the last week of 2021, we walk you through all the important stuff that happened in the world of Microsoft in the past few days, with a dash of nostalgia for good measure.
An interesting piece from Microsoft's Raymond Chen has revealed that the swipe gesture for dismissing toast notifications in Windows 8 could have been way different if an executive had their way.
The two latest Firefox versions 95.0.2 and 95.0.1 fix a couple of crash bugs on Windows. The former resolves an issue with older AMD CPUs while the latter fixes a Windows shutdown crash bug.
Microsoft has announced that it is ending support for the OneDrive desktop sync client on Windows 7, 8, and 8.1 next year. Affected users have been asked to upgrade to Windows 10 or Windows 11.
The 4th generation 64 GB Wi-Fi variant with an A14 Bionic processor is $110 off today on Amazon and available in a few colors at this price. This is also the first iPad Air with Apple Pencil support.
In among Amazon's Deal of the Day you can pick up the Fire HD 10 Tablet at almost half off today. It is the 9th generation, Full HD tablet with 2GB RAM onboard. However, this deal ends after today.
Microsoft has released another patch for the critical PrintNightmare vulnerability. It makes major changes to the Point and Print functionality on Windows, and immediate installation is recommended.
The 4th generation 64GB Wi-Fi variant with A14 Bionic processor is $99.01 off today on Amazon, and available in a few colors at this price. This is also the first iPad Air with Apple Pencil support.
This past week has seen PrintNightmare patches come out (and be contested), the arrival of new Insider builds, additional Game Pass games, and more. Be sure to catch up via our handy overview.
Despite claims to the contrary, Microsoft says that its PrintNightmare patch works as intended. It states that security researchers who are calling it ineffective are using insecure configurations.
Microsoft has offered some further mitigations against the highly dangerous PrintNightmare exploit. The company has also given it a CVSS rating of 8.8/10, which almost awards it "critical" severity.
An exploit called "PrintNightmare" is being investigated by Microsoft. It potentially affects all versions of Windows. U.S. CISA has marked it as "critical" as it can lead to remote code execution.
Nvidia today announced that it will stop providing Gamer Ready Driver updates for OS generations older than Windows 10, starting this October. The only exception is for critical security updates.
The tablet features a 10.3-inch touchscreen and comes with a stylus that will let you make notes and annotate easily. The OCR technology will convert handwritten notes to typed text.
Yep, today you can pick up the Samsung Galaxy Tab S5e at 21% off and with the LTE connectivity, which is also the unlocked variant, you will never have to lose connectivity with the internet.
This Windows 8 reference provides shortcuts, tips, and tricks for the popular operating system. Use it to brush up on the basics and to find alternate methods to your favorite commands.
Mozilla has released Firefox 84. It brings WebRender to more systems including some Linux computers, it's the last version to support Adobe Flash and it now supports Apple Silicon CPUs natively.
Google's Project Zero team has disclosed a zero-day vulnerability in Windows that enables elevated code execution that is currently being exploited. Microsoft is expected to patch the bug next month.
Samsung's Galaxy Tab Active3 Enterprise Edition is now available to purchase in Germany for €477 via retail partners and select wireless carriers. It is a rugged tablet designed for business users.
As we reach the second Tuesday of October, it's yet again time for a round of Windows updates, and that includes older versions of Windows, like Windows 8.1 and even 7, if you're paying for it.
Samsung is bringing the Galaxy Tab A7 to the U.S. market after launching it in India a week ago. The tablet is powered by a Snapdragon 662 SoC and comes in three color variants, available for $229.99.
With today's highlighted deal, stay productive wherever you go with this 9.7" iPad Air's 10-hour battery life, fast A8X chip, and Wi-Fi connectivity. Save $140 off the normal price (US only).
A new report has emerged claiming that Microsoft fixed a significant security vulnerability in various versions of Windows, even though a Google-owned service disclosed it to Microsoft in 2018.
According to leaked renders, Samsung's next flagship tablet will have a larger display with a 120Hz refresh rate, and dual rear cameras. There is also a tray on the back to attach the S Pen.
Today at its Build 2020 developer conference, Microsoft announced a bunch of new features that are coming to its Edge browser, and it also confirmed that the browser is rolling out soon.
Samsung's 8.4-inch Galaxy Tab A for T-Mobile is now available for purchase for $284.99. On the carrier's website, you can buy the tablet for $11/month or $264 at the end of the contract period.
Amazon is discounting the "Kid-Proof" Fire 7 Kids Edition tablet by 40%, also for the 2-Pack offering. And with its Deal of the Day you can save $200 off the Roborock S6 Robot Vacuum, and more.
With today's highlighted deal, whether you're looking to browse, binge-watch or work, this 8" grade B refurbished tablet has you covered for up to 8 hours! Available worldwide for shipping!
Seamlessly browse and stream with this factory recertified tablet's speedy Core i5 CPU, Wi-Fi connectivity, and 12.3" PixelSense display. Save $1,000 off retail price, includes a year of warranty.
Ofcom has published a new report which shows how children were using digital devices and services in 2019. It found that more than 50% of children had a smartphone by the age of 10.
Over a year after it announced the product, Microsoft's new Chromium-based Edge browser is now generally available for Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows 10, Windows Server, and macOS.
Samsung has announced the Galaxy Chromebook, a 2-in-1 device that is due to go on sale sometime in the first quarter. The Galaxy Chromebook is available in two colours and will cost $999.99.
Microsoft today released its weekly Edge build in the Dev channel, bringing the version number to 80.0.328.4. It contains a whole bunch of fixes, although there are some known issues to be aware of.
Microsoft's new Chromium-based Edge browser will be generally available beginning on January 15, but it's going to ship without some key features, such as ARM64 support and history sync.


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General Motors has announced an impressive zero to 60 rate for its new Chevrolet Corvette: just 2.95 seconds.
The 2015 Corvette Z06, which is the fastest car ever produced by GM, can lap a quarter-mile in less than 11 seconds and can hit 127 mph in one-quarter mile, according to the automaker.
"The defining aspect of driving the Z06 is seamless integration of power, technology and aerodynamics," Corvette chief engineer Tadge Juechter said in a statement. "As a result, the Z06 delivers ferocious acceleration, tenacious handling and high-speed stability that few cars can match."
The Z06 version with a 2.95-second time ran on a supercharged V8 engine generating 650 horsepower and was equipped with an eight-speed automatic transmission with paddle shifters. It topped the Corvette ZR1 by a full second to become the fastest production car ever tested at GM's 2.9-mile Milford Road Course, said a GM press release.
The supercar can also come to a halt from 60 mph in just 99.6 feet, which the automaker says is "the best braking performance of any production car GM has ever tested."
GM believes the new Corvette is the first front-engine, rear-wheel-drive production car fast enough to come in under the three-second mark, GM spokesman Monte Doran told the Associated Press.
The 2015 Corvette Z06 coupe is slated to go on sale early next year with a starting price of $78,995, while the Z06 convertible will be available in the second quarter starting at $83,995.
"The Corvette has long been known as America's sports car," Mark Reuss, GM executive vice president of global product development, said in a statement. "With the capability of the new Z06 rivaling the best performance cars in the world, we will also be America's supercar."


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SAN ANTONIO — Texas-based grocery chain H-E-B is taking extra measures to show employees its appreciation for their hard work.
Today, H-E-B tweeted out that it would extend 'Texas Proud pay' through June 21.
Additionally, the Texas-based grocery chain will accelerate merit increases for store and supply chain hourly Partners starting June 22. It will also continue to invest in long-term pay for Partners across the company.
'Texas Proud Pay' is a $2-an-hour pay increase for hourly store, manufacturing, warehouse and transportation workers.
The first implementation of the program was announced in March in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.


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MSLGROUP, one of the world’s leading social engagement firms, and its strategic diversity partner, Egami Consulting Group, this week held the second installment of their Urban Works: Urban Influencer 360 Panel Series. Taking place on March 29, 2011, the panel was streamed live on Global Grind, and discussed the emerging social media and digital trends affecting urban consumers. Collaborating with Influential1s, a newly launched online resource showcasing multicultural thought leaders within social media, the attendees included leading multicultural bloggers, marketing professionals, and brands.
Moderated by Teneshia Warner, CEO, Egami Consulting, and Dupe Ajayi, Co-Founder, Influential1s, the event panelists included hip hop legend and celebrity tweet mogul Rev Run, social media strategists Mike Street and Corvida Raven, Demetria Lucas, Relationship Editor, Essence, Magazine, Reggie Osse, Managing Online Editor, Source Magazine and Michael Presson, Senior Vice President Digital, MSL New York.
“Without a doubt, last night’s attendees gained profound insights into how to develop authentic two-way communication with the urban consumer,” said Warner.
As the urban consumer consistently outranks other minority groups in the rate of digital and social media adoption, the event revealed how best to leverage these platforms to reach those audiences and stakeholders. Key takeaways from the panel include the importance of remaining authentic, transparent and integrating trusted key influencers and bloggers in their campaigns when targeting urban consumers. According to Raven, the most effective campaigns are natural, something consumers can easily identify with, and share among their peer networks.
“In today’s always-on conversation economy, digital and social media strategy is critical for real-time engagement within all markets, but remains an area of still untapped opportunity within the urban market,” said Caryn Carmer, Senior Vice President, MSL New York. “The Urban Influencer Panel Series is a testament to the strength of the MSLGROUP and Egami partnership, and our commitment to diversity.”
MSLGROUP is a speciality communications and engagement group that’s one of the world’s top 5 PR and events networks. With more than 2,500 people, its offices span 22 countries and cover virtually every discipline required for clients to engage creatively with their audiences 24 hours a day. Adding affiliates and partners into the equation, MSLGROUP’s reach increases to 4,000 employees in 83 countries. The group offers clients strategic advice, insight-guided thinking and big, compelling ideas – followed by thorough execution. MSLGROUP is Publicis Groupe’s flagship PR and Events network. www.mslgroup.com
About Publicis Groupe
Publicis Groupe [listed on the Euronext Paris Exchange – FR0000130577 – and part of the CAC 40 index] is the world’s third largest communications group. With activities spanning 104 countries on five continents, Publicis Groupe offers local and international clients a complete range of advertising services through three global advertising networks, Leo Burnett, Publicis, Saatchi & Saatchi, and numerous agencies including Fallon, 49%-owned Bartle Bogle Hegarty, and Kaplan Thaler Group. VivaKi combines digital and media expertise, allowing to connect with consumers in a holistic way, with Starcom MediaVest Group and ZenithOptimedia worldwide media networks; and interactive and digital marketing led by Digitas and Razorfish networks. VivaKi develops new services, tools, and next generation digital platforms. Publicis Groupe’s specialized agencies and marketing services offer healthcare communications with Publicis Healthcare Communications Group (PHCG, the first network in healthcare communications), sustainability communications and multicultural communications. With MSLGROUP, one of the world’s top three PR and Events networks, expertise ranges from corporate and financial communications to public relations and public affairs, branding, social media marketing and events. www.publicisgroupe.com
About Egami Consulting Group
Egami Consulting Group is an award-winning, woman-owned, NMSDC and WBENC certified minority marketing firm specializing in linking brands to urban and multicultural consumers via inspirational platforms. Founded in 2003 by Teneshia Jackson, Egami provides brands ways to “INSPIRE”, “CONNECT”, and “ACTIVATE” consumers through innovative best-in-class marketing campaigns, strategic partnerships, custom community programs, and/or new products. In 2008, Egami formed a strategic partnership with MS&LGROUP. Web site: www.egamiconsulting.com
Influential1s.com was created to pay tribute all year long to the people that are positively affecting our culture. The site will be updated on a regular basis and serve as a resource, directory, and hub for acknowledging the urban influencers who are shaping the culture, starting trends, launching businesses, and beyond. The site was launched on 1/11/2011 and is owned by Mike Street (@streetforce1) and Dupe Ajayi (@theajayieffect). For inquiries, contact email@example.com.


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Partial Lockdown Extended in Odisha Till 5 am August 1
Bhubaneswar: Partial lockdown in Odisha has been extended till 6 am on August 1.
Chief Secretary Suresh Mohapatra on Thursday informed that shops and commercial establishments in 20 districts in Category-A will remain open from 6 am till 8 pm every day. There will be no weekend shutdown in these districts.
The districts in Category-A are Sundargarh, Jharsuguda, Bargarh, Sambalpur, Deogarh, Kalahandi, Balangir, Nuapada, Sonepur, Ganjam, Gajapati, Kandhamal, Boudh, Koraput, Nabarangpur, Malkangiri, Rayagada, Angul, Dhenkanal and Keonjhar.
Night curfew in these districts will be from 8 pm to 6 am.
Similarly, shops and commercial establishments in 10 districts in Category-B districts will remain open from 6 am till 5 pm. However, the weekend shutdown in these 10 districts will continue.
Khurda, Puri, Nayagarh, Cuttack, Kendrapada, Jagatsinghpur, Jajpur, Balasore, Bhadrak and Mayurbhanj are the 10 districts in Category-B. The night curfew in these districts will be from 5 pm to 6 am.
Mohapatra further informed that he buses will be allowed to ply in all districts of the state except Puri till July 25. Taxi and auto-rickshaw can move across the state.
Schools and Colleges will remain closed in the state till further orders. The restrictions on parks, malls, movie theatres, exhibitions and jatra will continue. Bars will remain closed, while restaurants will be allowed with takeaways only.
The restrictions on marriage and funeral functions will continue as usual.
However, the government has decided to allow gym, spa and beauty parlours to open from Friday following strict COVID guidelines.


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(Original air date Jan. 22, 2023)
We love our junk food, though we’ve long known it’s not good for us and contributes to the obesity epidemic. When Covid came, we learned that the virus is more likely to make obese people sicker. For the UK, that created the opportunity for them to pass some of the toughest restrictions in the world on junk food ads aimed at kids. It seemed like a no-brainer, but here’s what we learned when we flew to Great Britain to find out more.
The following is a transcript of a report from "Full Measure with Sharyl Attkisson." Watch the video by clicking the link at the end of the page.
The food and beverage industry spends billions of dollars each year on ads targeting teens and featuring celebrities and social media influencers. More than 80% of the products are unhealthy, according to one study.
Sharyl (on-camera): Two thirds of adults here in England are overweight or obese, according to Britain’s National Health Service. As in the U.S., the trend starts early — and is growing. In England, more than 25% of kids aged 10 and 11 qualify as obese.
So in July 2020, Great Britain launched a new anti-obesity strategy, proposing some of the strictest advertising restrictions in the world: limits on where junk food can be displayed in stores, a ban on buy-one-get-one-free ads for junk food, a ban on junk food TV ads before 9 p.m., and a total ban on advertising junk food online to anyone.
Mimi Tatlow-Golden: And so the online one is particularly novel, and it's really, really exciting.
Mimi Tatlow-Golden studies the impact of junk food ads on kids at The Open University.
Tatlow-Golden: Because we all know that there's loads of advertising online, and that advertising, the whole advertising technology sort of ecosystem, is scraping people's data, using it to design advertising and target it more particularly at whoever might be vulnerable to it. So dialing down that advertising is really, really important. So the digital ban is for everybody. It's not just for kids.
Polling shows the British people widely support the idea of dialing back on junk food ads. And all of the restrictions were scheduled to be in effect in January this year. But
Tatlow-Golden: It’s now being paused. Depends who you ask what the reason for that might be. The government has said it's due to the cost-of-living crisis, and, you know, what they suggest might be the effect on advertisers and on people's purchasing.
Sharyl: How big of a battle has it been to fight I guess what we call the junk food industry?
Tatlow-Golden: I've got to say it's pretty, it's pretty tough going. And it goes on and on and on. And no matter what is proposed, they come back with something as yet another idea why this might not be a good idea.
The only provision that wasn’t put off is the one restricting where junk food and sugary drinks can be placed in stores. That took effect last October.
Tatlow-Golden: And, you know, the funny thing about it, Sharyl, is that when they're talking about what they do in terms of advertising, the industry tends to suggest that advertising isn't that effective. And yet, you know, we know they're spending billions on carrying out this kind of advertising. And they're not foolish.
The Food and Drink Federation in the UK pushed for and praised the delays in most of the ad restrictions. It says that by instituting them, “the Government’s own estimates suggest businesses across the country will be hit by costs of over 1 billion a year - while the measures are not expected to impact rates of obesity.”
Stella Creasy is a Member of Parliament and also supports the junk food ad limits.
Sharyl: A lot of junk food is very cheap. Not just easy to get, but inexpensive.
Stella Creasy: Yeah, and one of the things that we're looking at is the impact of sugar in the way that we look at the impact of carbon on our communities. The critical thing for me is that you can't do these things to people; you have to do them with people. You have to make it easier and cheaper for people to make those healthy choices. You know, in my community half the people are now living with a lifetime condition, whether it's something like diabetes or heart disease and cancer, and we know that diet is part of it. So for me, for governments to ignore that means they're ignoring the health outcomes of our local communities, and that's not right.
Britain’s rules to get tough on junk food ads now may be delayed until at least 2025.
Sharyl: These are said to be some of the strictest marketing restrictions in the world. Maybe the other side would say, “It's a free country. It's up to parents to monitor what their kids put in their mouth, what they even see online and on TV.” What would you say to that?
Tatlow-Golden: I would say it is up to parents, and it's up to parents to teach their children and for kids to learn. But I would say you need to create a level playing field. And you can't as a parent fight the might of the big food and marketing corporations. So I would say, sure, I'm not saying you can't manufacture that stuff. But if you're going to advertise it and become part of the lived experience of a family, then what you're doing is you're skewing the pitch, and you're saying, "You parents are not in charge. We're in charge; we're telling the kids what to love, and now you have to try and fight us." And that seems to me to be fundamentally unjust.
Sharyl (on-camera): Fast food chains alone are said to spend about $5 billion on advertising each year.
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Seems to be the only brainwashing they care about.
Sharyl and Full Measure Team,
From above report :
“ . . . Maybe the other side would say, ‘It's a free country. It's up to parents to monitor what their kids put in their mouth, what they even see online and on TV.’ What would you say to that?
“I would say it is up to parents, and it's up to parents to teach their children and for kids to learn. But I would say you need to create a level playing field. And you can't as a parent fight the might of the big food and marketing corporations. So I would say, sure, I'm not saying you can't manufacture that stuff.”
—Reminds of the Libertine Liberal Leftists’
“Parental Discretion Advised” ploy, which
Hollywood moguls devised to keep
into homes, knowing nobody’s going to
turn it of, generally speaking.
Yeah, we’re subjected to vulgar language
in movies, beginning in the 70s—and, now,
pretty Megyn Kelly likes to say, “sh_t,” during
her broadcasts. The entire nation has lost
GRACE !, so prevalent before Marxian social
engineers toppled it, beginning in the Sixties :
GRACE via decorum, manners, respect
( mutual trust—especially between men and
women, and between the races ), kindness,
drive toward advancement of Good
Civil Society, and . . .
. . . if I were king, I’d follow
Caesar’s lead :
From my 3000-plus collection
of insights on the Root Causes
of Western Civilization’s decline
to Ponder” :
2297) “ After the republic of Rome disintegrated
into debauchery and civil war, Augustus Caesar
became her first emporer, giving firm direction
and a moral impetus for beginning a glorious
300-year reign over most of the then-known
world, and which moral impetus included
outlawing adultery, for which act Augustus
Caesar had banished his own daughter,
proclaiming that ‘THE DESTRUCTION
OF THE FAMILY IS THE DESTRUCTION
OF ROME’ “-Will Durant ; a critical
lesson lost on today's Marxian
Western democracies !
George W. Bush
is no Augustus


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Anyone with information is urged to call Broward Crimestoppers at (954) 493- TIPS.
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Trelleborg has revealed plans to debut a new virtual reality (VR) app that will feature its agricultural tires at the forthcoming agricultural trade show, EIMA. The 2016 edition of EIMA will be held in Bologna, Italy from November 9 to 13. Visitors to the show can try out the new app for use on iOS and Android smartphones while using innovative virtual reality headsets.
The new app is named “V-Reality” and will featuring 360-degree videos that were developed in collaboration with Trelleborg’s tractor manufacturer partners Massey Ferguson and CLAAS. Farming professionals can use the app to get a unique visual experience that will allow them to see Trelleborg’s best-in-class agricultural tire solutions in action in a manner they have never experienced before. New videos that will be developed in collaboration with other manufacturer partners and will highlight Trelleborg’s wide range of products will be added to the app on a frequent basis for users to experience.
Speaking about the app, Roberto Angelucci, Digital Marketing Manager at Trelleborg Wheel Systems, said that the company is committed to providing farming professionals with the latest tools, solutions and services so that they can conduct farming operations in a more efficient and productive manner. This innovative approach extends to the manner in which the company communicates also, as VR will give Trelleborg unlimited potential to reach out to farmers across the world.
He felt that the new V-Reality app will provide Trelleborg with an exciting platform to showcase the potential of its agricultural tire solutions, in an immersive and dynamic manner as such devices become more accessible in the short term. Some of the videos on the VR app include engaging content like videos of tests from Trelleborg’s European Roadshow and videos showcasing Trelleborg’s offering of high performance solutions for new generations of tractors like Trelleborg’s TM1060 tire. The app features a variety of thoroughly engaging and boundary-pushing content.”
Users can watch the smartphone VR content via Google Cardboard or other compatible headsets in 3D or in 2D with just their handheld device. The app will be available to download on both Google Play and the App Store.
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Justin Welby, the Archbishop of Canterbury, has said energy companies have a “massive” moral duty to customers, and criticised their “inexplicable” price increases.
Welby told the Mail on Sunday that the Big Six energy firms must be “conscious of their social obligations”.
He called on power companies to “behave with generosity and not merely to maximise opportunity” following price hikes from British Gas and SSE in the last week.
British Gas last week announced a 9.2% increase in prices. Its parent company Centrica made £2.7bn profit last year.
Last week SSE announced it will hike electricity and gas prices by an average 8.2%.
Welby said: “The impact on people, particularly on low incomes, is going to be really severe in this, and the companies have to justify fully what they are doing.”
He added: “I do understand when people feel that this is inexplicable, and I can understand people being angry about it, because having spent years on a low income as a clergyman I know what it is like when your household budget is blown apart by a significant extra fuel bill and your anxiety levels become very high. That is the reality of it.”
Welby spoke about how energy companies “have control” because they sell something everyone has to buy”. He said consumers “have no choice” about buying energy.
He said: “With that amount of power comes huge responsibility to serve society.
“It is not like some other sectors of business where people can walk away from you if they don’t want to buy your product and you are entitled to seek to maximise your profit.
“The social licence to operate of the energy companies is something they have to take very, very seriously indeed.”
The news comes as a Lloyds survey found three in four consumers are concerned about energy prices.
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MetLife Investment Advisors LLC increased its position in Tupperware Brands Co. (NYSE:TUP) by 74.6% during the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 55,684 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 23,785 shares during the quarter. MetLife Investment Advisors LLC’s holdings in Tupperware Brands were worth $2,296,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.
Several other hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of TUP. Asset Management One Co. Ltd. bought a new position in Tupperware Brands in the 1st quarter valued at about $123,000. Beacon Investment Advisory Services Inc. bought a new position in Tupperware Brands in the 2nd quarter valued at about $201,000. Trust Department MB Financial Bank N A bought a new position in Tupperware Brands in the 2nd quarter valued at about $260,000. Cullen Frost Bankers Inc. raised its holdings in Tupperware Brands by 79.6% in the 1st quarter. Cullen Frost Bankers Inc. now owns 6,129 shares of the company’s stock valued at $297,000 after acquiring an additional 2,717 shares during the period. Finally, Northwest Investment Counselors LLC bought a new position in Tupperware Brands in the 2nd quarter valued at about $330,000. 85.34% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.
Shares of TUP opened at $34.55 on Monday. Tupperware Brands Co. has a 12 month low of $31.08 and a 12 month high of $66.26. The company has a market cap of $1.73 billion, a PE ratio of 7.14, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.68 and a beta of 1.36. The company has a current ratio of 0.91, a quick ratio of 0.50 and a debt-to-equity ratio of -3.44.
The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, October 4th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, September 19th will be issued a dividend of $0.68 per share. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, September 18th. This represents a $2.72 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 7.87%. Tupperware Brands’s dividend payout ratio is presently 56.20%.
TUP has been the topic of several research analyst reports. Zacks Investment Research cut shares of Tupperware Brands from a “hold” rating to a “strong sell” rating in a report on Wednesday, July 18th. Argus cut shares of Tupperware Brands from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating in a report on Tuesday, July 31st. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating and four have given a hold rating to the company’s stock. The company has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $53.20.
About Tupperware Brands
Tupperware Brands Corporation operates as a direct-to-consumer marketer of various products across a range of brands and categories in Europe, Africa, the Middle East, the Asia Pacific, North America, and South America. The company engages in the manufacture and sale of design-centric preparation, storage, and serving solutions for the kitchen and home, as well as a line of cookware, knives, microwave products, microfiber textiles, water-filtration related items, and an array of products for on-the-go consumers under the Tupperware brand name.
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Samsung had unveiled a new rugged tablet last year – Galaxy Tab Active2. While Samsung announced the specifications and features of the latest rugged tablet, the price and availability details were not revealed. But now, Samsung is all set to sell the tablet in the US. The Samsung Galaxy Tab Active2 has been priced at $419.99 for 16GB storage WiFi model.
Amazon has already listed the rugged tablet on its online store. It is built for businesses and professionals. The tablet device comes with the ruggedized body and also supports S-pen.
The Samsung Galaxy Tab Active2 is dust and water-resistant with IP68 certification and comes with an anti-shock covering, which according to Samsung can withstand a 1.2-meter drop with the protective cover on. This new Samsung rugged tablet also has a military-standard MIL-STD-810 certification, which means that it is strong enough to survive extreme pressures, temperatures, climates, shocks, and traps.
Samsung Galaxy Tab Active2 Specifications
The Samsung Galaxy Tab Active2 features an 8-inch WXGA (1280×800 pixels) TFT LCD display. It packs a 1.6GHz quad-core Exynos 7880 processor coupled with 3GB of RAM. Samsung has also included ‘S-Pen’ stylus at the top of the protective Galaxy Tab Active cover, which the company claims will provide professionals an alternative input option to fingers.
The tablet boasts of an 8-megapixel autofocus rear camera with LED flash, and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. The 16GB built-in storage on Galaxy Tab Active can be expanded via microSD card. The rugged tablet runs on Android 7.1 Nougat OS and comes with Knox 2.8 security.
The device also supports Bixby and connectivity options on the Galaxy Tab Active2 include Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.2, NFC, GPS, Glonass, 3G, 4G LTE, USB 2.0 Type C and Pogo pin options. The battery should be identical to its predecessor, a 4450mAh removable and can charge connected devices. For sensors, we have Accelerometer, Fingerprint Sensor, Gyro Sensor, Geomagnetic Sensor, Hall Sensor, Proximity Sensor, and RGB Light Sensor.


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Westergren to Keynote Consumer Electronics Show
The Consumer Electronics Association says the Pandora founder and chief strategy officer will deliver a keynote address at the 2013 International CES Leaders in Technology dinner. CEA CEO Gary Shapiro says, "Tim Westergren is a trailblazer in Internet radio and developed a game-changing, innovative platform that helps musicians find their audience and people discover and enjoy new music. We are excited to have Tim keynote the 2012 CES LIT Dinner and look forward to hearing his vision for the future of radio."
The 2013 International CES is January 8-11, 2013 in Vegas. The Leaders in Technology Dinner will take place at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, January 9, 2013 in the Lafite Ballroom at Wynn Las Vegas. The invitation-only event honors the top technologists, entrepreneurs and policymakers instrumental in furthering technology innovation.


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October 21, 2015
Facebook announced its latest move to try out manoeuvre Twitter in the battle for real-time conversation. The range of second screen tools launched to engage TV viewers as they tune into live shows. Hashtag voting, polling for live events, photo and video submissions as well as custom icons (Facebook’s answer to the brand emoji) are all a go.
Global Web Index have uncovered some fascinating insight about second screening behaviour amongst Facebookers. Almost 50% of those surveyed said they chatted to friends whilst watching the box and 28% searched for products to buy! However, only 10% of those surveyed said that they interacted with branded content from the show, a stat I am sure with the new features, Facebook will be looking to shift.
Source: Global Web Index: https://www.globalwebindex.net/blog/facebook-plans-for-second-screen-dominance
Twitter’s recent platform update saw the introduction of moments. Some will remember the moments driven calendar tool last year to help brand/agency content planning, but this latest addition is very much for the consumer.
Moments helps users find the best of Twitter at the touch of a button surfacing key events with related swell of conversation.
With brands regularly adopting publisher style always-on, and implementing newsroom style executions around key events tools like those launched by both platforms will certainly be welcomed marketeers.
However, the question remains, in the battle for the real-time conversation (and ultimately monetising the opportunity) who will take the biscuit as the platforms go neck and neck?


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Amazon changed its customer privacy policies on Monday, closing security gaps that were exploited in the identity hacking of Wired reporter Mat Honan on Friday.
Previously, Amazon allowed people to call in and change the email address associated with an Amazon account or add a credit card number to an Amazon account as long as the caller could identify him or herself by name, email address and mailing address — three bits of personal information that are easily found online.
On Tuesday, Amazon handed down to its customer service department a policy change that no longer allows people to call in and change account settings, such as credit cards or email addresses associated with its user accounts.
Apple on Tuesday ordered its support staff to immediately stop processing AppleID password changes requested over the phone, following the identity hacking of Wired reporter Mat Honan over the weekend, according to Apple employees.
An Apple worker with knowledge of the situation, speaking on condition of anonymity, told Wired that the over-the-phone password freeze would last at least 24 hours. The employee speculated that the freeze was put in place to give Apple more time to determine what security policies needed to be changed, if any.


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The German cable operator Kabel BW, which serves the state of Baden Würtenberg, has launched a big HD push to attract more customers. Up until January 15, new subscribers will be able to buy the Humax PR-HD-1000 C HD cable tuners for €199, including a special voucher for a subscription to Premiere HD and Discovery HD.
With eight channels on the network, Kabel BW has the widest HD offer of all German operators. The channels are Pro Sieben HD, Sat.1 HD, Anixe HD, Luxe HD, HD1, HD Campus TV Premiere HD and Discovery HD.
In a related development, Kabel BW is expected to raise its basic digital subscription fee from €14.90 to €16.90, the same as Kabel Deutschland KDG will charge in the new year.


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144 New TLD Applicants With 1 Month RemainingPosted: February 29, 2012
As reported by DomainIncite, there are now 144 applicants for new TLDs with each being able to apply for 1 to 50 new TLDs.
1 month remains for potential applicants to open a new account in order to apply for new TLDs, with the final deadline for new TLD applications being April 12. The halfway point both for new applicants as well as for new TLD applications themselves has been passed.
The question of course is how many extensions will be applied for? While a handful of companies have indicated applying for multiple extensions, many of the publicized new TLDs leading up to the application period were from entities not applying for other TLDs. Also note that there can be multiple registrants going after the same new TLD.
As Kevin on DomainIncite noted, the 144 figure was up from the 100 figure ICANN publicized just 2 weeks earlier. There’s a good chance that the period for opening a new account will be back-loaded with companies finalizing last-minute decisions to press forward. That said, I believe it will settle in the 250-300 applicant range.
If that’s the case, there may not even be 500 different new TLDs being applied for when all is said and done. Given that was the ceiling given on the amount of new TLDs being approved for release early next year, while ICANN was hoping to exceed that figure, applicants should be relieved that they won’t have to wait any longer for their approvals.
One thing I find interesting is that based on what I’ve seen, the companies going after multiple extensions are focusing almost purely on generic extensions. Originally it was believed a majority of extensions applied for would be .brand extensions, but it seems while there may be more applicants getting .brand extensions, overall there will likely be more generic new TLDs applications overall.
Many brands may feel their own TLD does little more than market themselves further. Some smarter brands however will likely have an interesting plan for their .brand TLDs that will get their customers or sellers of their products interacting more closely with them. Also, given the significant cost to apply for and run a new TLD, it prices out many businesses.
On May 1, all applications will be made public and open for comment. Whether new TLDs make a splash or not, everyone in the domain industry is curiously waiting to see what the new horizon will hold.


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The publisher THQ Nordic and the developer Mimimi Productions have announced the release date of Desperados III which will take place on June 16 on PC, Xbox One and PlayStation 4.
As previously announced, the game will be available in both standard and collector versions. The standard version costs 59.99 euros on consoles and 49.99 euros on PC, while the collector’s edition costs 199.99 euros on consoles and 109.99 euros on PC.
In Desperados III you will transform a ramshackle gang into an efficient group of unlikely heroes and heroines. At first the different personalities will clash with each other, but eventually the characters will join forces to exploit their respective abilities and face an enemy much stronger than them. Hunted by ruthless bandits and corrupt lawmen, the Desperados will have to tempt fate on every mission. The new trailer, beyond the launch date, allows us to take a look at John Cooper, a playable character.
What do you think? Have you already taken a look at the content of the Collector’s Edition?
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