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Consumers may love that Google's Chromebooks will automatically deliver security updates, but company administrators will resist it tooth and nail, experts said today.
A month from today, the Chromebooks from Samsung and Acer will hit the street. Google hopes to revolutionize mobile computing and free us from the shackles of the traditional PC experience, but the Chromebook is going to fizzle.
Google took another step toward the enterprise this week when executives unveiled the "Chromebook," a notebook PC that could boost both its new operating system and cloud apps.
Google made an interesting hardware-as-a-service proposition to businesses Wednesday with the introduction of the Chromebook. The Web-centric and laptop-like device will launch next month with support from vendor partners Samsung and Acer.
Google co-founder Sergey Brin said Windows and other traditional PC operating systems are "torturing users" at Google's Chrome OS launch event Wednesday, where the company claimed 75 per cent of business users can be converted from Windows to Chrome ...
While Google currently does not see any conflict between its Android vision for tablets and smartphones and its Chrome OS cloud-based laptop vision, a company official acknowledged today that there is potential for such a conflict in the future.
Samsung and Acer will begin selling notebook PCs running Google's Chrome OS in June, as Google presses ahead with its project to position this new operating system designed specifically for Web applications as a viable option for consumers and busine...
Acer on Wednesday charged its former chief executive officer, Gianfranco Lanci, with performance issues, after he had criticized the company's resistance to globalization in interviews with the media.
National book retailer Dymocks has partnered with Acer to offer Android-powered tablets as a vehicle for e-book sales along with a new Android app.
Research firm Canalys on Thursday said Apple was the world's fourth-largest PC maker during the first quarter, after adding the computer maker's iPad in worldwide PC shipments.
Acer, the world's second largest PC maker, saw its revenue slump in the first quarter following a management shakeup and what it described as a seasonal lull in demand. The Taiwanese manufacturer is now counting on tablets to boost overall sales.
When it was founded in 1997, a Taiwanese firm with the drab, generic name High-Tech Computer did what almost everyone on the island does: It made its money doing contract manufacturing work for bigger-name brands.
In an effort to attract buyers away from Apple's iPad, device makers are setting starting prices of Android tablets to undercut iPad's US$499 entry-level price.
Acer's first tablet based on Google's Android 3.0 OS will ship later this month for US$449, the company said Friday.
Taiwanese PC makers said on Thursday that product prices would hold steady this year despite disruptions to raw material supplies after the massive Japan earthquake last month.
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A Pennsylvania woman who says a McDonald's franchise told her she could only be paid via a fee-laden debit card has launched a class-action suit. Single mother Natalie Gunshannon says she went to a lawyer after the restaurant refused to pay her by check or direct deposit, insisting that she use the card, the Times-Leader reports. The card fees—including $1.50 for ATM withdrawals and $5 for withdrawing money from a bank teller—would have brought her pay below minimum wage, she says. "People should be paid fairly and not have to pay fees to get their wages."
Her lawyer says plenty of other people have shared similar stories, even though Pennsylvania law requires workers to have the choice to be paid by check or cash. Employers who use the debit card method are "squeezing the most vulnerable of our society," he says. "They make minimum wage or a little more and they squeeze money from them." The franchise holders involved, who own 15 other McDonald's locations in the state, declined to comment on the lawsuit, ABC reports. (Read more McDonald's stories.)

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Ravenhall based manufacturer Fitmycar will enhance its facilities, create five new jobs and boost its exports by more than $1 million thanks to funding from the Andrews Labor Government.
Minister for Industry and Employment Wade Noonan visited the facility in Ravenhall today to announce a $42,000 boost for the manufacturer.
The grant will enable Fitmycar to purchase and install a computer numerically controlled (CNC) machine, transforming the company’s manual manufacturing process into a highly automated workflow system.
The CNC machine will also help the company to increase its exports to the US market, take on five new workers and upskill three of its existing staff.
The grant is part of the Labor Government’s Future Industries Manufacturing Program, which is one of three industry programs under the Future Industries Fund to support high growth industries and create jobs.
Companies can apply for grants of up to $500,000 under the Manufacturing Program to invest in new manufacturing technologies and processes that will create sustainable jobs and increase productivity.
Fitmycar is a manufacturer and distributor of premium quality aftermarket vehicle floor mats and accessories and has been operating in Australia for over 15 years.
Quotes attributable to Minister for Industry and Employment, Wade Noonan
“The Andrews Labor Government is helping manufacturers to invest in new technologies and processes that will transition Victoria towards an advanced manufacturing economy.”
“Our Future Industries Manufacturing Program is giving businesses like Fitmycar the support they need to improve their capabilities, take on new workers and target growth opportunities.”
Quotes attributable to Member for Kororoit, Marlene Kairouz
“Manufacturing is a key employer of Melbourne’s west and the Andrews Government is helping local businesses to diversify into new markets, workers transition into new jobs and our local community survive and grow.”
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Consumer Reports Gives The Green Light On MacBook Pro Purchase
Consumer Reports says it can now recommend Apple’s new MacBook Pro after tests revealed concerns about inconsistent battery life.
Apple and Consumer Reports teamed up over the holidays to study the battery tests and find a solution to the response of the product reviewer’s initial concerns.
In a statement released by Apple this week, obtained by CNN, the company said that Consumer Reports was using a “hidden Safari setting,” which in turn “triggered an obscure and intermittent bug reloading icons.” That “created inconsistent results in their lab.”
“Consumer Reports has now finished retesting the battery life on Apple’s new MacBook Pro laptops, and our results show that a software update released by Apple on January 9 fixed problems we’d encountered in earlier testing,” the publication wrote on Thursday, per CNN.
In Consumer Reports initial review it said the battery life was “highly inconsistent from one trial to the next.” One MacBook Pro 13-inch model with the Touch Bar ran for 16 hours in the first trial, 12.75 hours in the second and just 3.75 hours in the third. Another had 19.5 hours of battery life in its better test and dropped to 4.5 hours in its worst.
While battery life can vary in each test, usually a laptop battery life only varies five percent from test to test. Consumer Reports said the type of fluctuation seen in their trails of the MacBook Pro is extremely rare.
Consumer Reports decided to factor in the lowest battery life measured in each model they tested since averaging battery life length would not reflect what a customer would experience accurately.
With that said their results showed some bad stats. The 15-inch model tested received a score of 56 out of 100. The 13-inch model without the Touch Bar got a 47 and the 13-inch with a Touch Bar only scored a 40.
That put the MacBook Pro well below the MacBook Air, which scored 70 out of 100 and is also a lot cheaper than the Pro.
Of course Consumer Reports and Apple have a history as the magazine failed to recommend the iPhone 4’s even though the phone rated higher than any other smartphone on the market.
On the other hand Consumer Reports was the first major publication to investigate Apple’s ‘bendgate’ phone cracking controversy. The magazine found that the iPhone 6 was far more durable than what YouTube videos made it appear.
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Some offer ‘top dollar’ for Obama speech tickets
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DENVER, Colorado ” Some people desperate to see Barack Obama’s acceptance speech are offering “top dollar” for seats, but officials are trying to head off any sales because the tickets were distributed free and aren’t supposed to be resold.
Democratic Party officials said Wednesday they don’t know how many sales have been attempted or blocked, but they’re working with the online sale sites Craigslist and eBay to track and remove offers to buy or sell.
“It’s something that we’re working on continuously,” Democratic National Convention Committee spokeswoman Natalie Wyeth said. “This is a free opportunity for people to come together and celebrate our candidate.”
The first three days of the convention will be at the Pepsi Center, but Obama’s Aug. 28 speech, on the convention’s final night, will be at the 75,000-seat Invesco Field at Mile High, where the Denver Broncos play. Democrats haven’t said exactly how many tickets have been distributed to the public.
They said roughly half the seats were set aside for Coloradans, but more than 80,000 people requested them.
On Wednesday, a dozen people offered to buy tickets on Craigslist, including some offering “top dollar” but no specific price. No tickets were listed for sale on Craigslist or eBay.
The dearth of tickets seemed to leave some people shocked.
“Seriously, has ANYONE received ‘community credentials’ for Obama’s speech next Thursday?” one Craigslist posting read. “I cannot believe that with 30,000+ tickets, no one is selling theirs.”
A Craigslist ad by Lori Watzman of Washington offered $9,999 for a ticket, but Watzman said in an interview she was really willing to pay only $100. She said the higher figure was just meant to entice callers.
She said she received only one call, from someone who said he would think about it.
“It’s a supply and demand situation,” said Watzman. “I’m just sort of keeping the faith that one Obama supporter will help another.”
Catherine England, a spokeswoman for eBay, said the company’s site is programmed to block any Obama tickets that go up for sale. A team of staffers also searches for items the company doesn’t allow to be posted, she said.
She didn’t know how many people have tried selling tickets on eBay, where more than 7 million new items can be posted on any given day.
“It’s not something I can pull,” she said. “It’s next to impossible.”
Convention officials notified the people who were chosen to get tickets last week and gave them until Tuesday to activate them online, over the phone or in person. Tickets were awarded on a first-come, first-serve basis, according to the DNCC and the Obama campaign.
Wyeth said convention officials are still determining if they will try to verify the identities of ticketholders as they enter the stadium.
One Craigslist user said he was scrutinized closely before he was given his ticket.
“In getting mine I’ve had my ID checked more than at the liquor store,” the listing said. “And no, mine is not for sale. Well, how about a bazillion dollars?!?!”


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India placed on the “Priority Watch List” for Intellectual Property Protection by the US
The United States of America has placed India on the “Priority Watch List” due to lack of measurable improvements in intellectual property framework.
Along with India, the US has placed 10 countries including China in the list. The US has taken the step alleging that intellectual properties and their enforcements have deteriorated equitable market access for Americans in these countries. The other countries placed on the list include Argentina, Algeria, Chile, Russia, Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, Venezuela and Ukraine.
The countries that were removed from the list included Canada, Kuwait and Thailand.
Why is India placed on the list?
According to the US, the IP challenges in India makes it difficult for the US businessmen to receive, maintain and enforce patents in the country. This is high mainly in pharmaceutical industries. The US also complains that India has restricted transparency in state issued pharmaceutical manufacturing licenses.
Apart from pharmaceuticals, there were issues in the Indian system in agricultural chemical products as well according the US. The issues include trade secret theft, online piracy, obstacles to protect trademarks, export of counterfeit goods, high-volume manufacturing.
According to World Intellectual Property Right Organization, the Intellectual Property is the creation of literary and artistic works, symbols, names, images. The four main intellectual property rights include inventions, geographic indications, trademarks and industrial designs.
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eBay India has announced the partnership with Utkalika: Odisha State Cooperative Handicraft Corporation Ltd. The online marketplace, in partnership with the State Cooperative body, will now provide its global customers access to products depicting Odisha state’s culture and legacy like the Pattachitra (Palm leaves engraving) and Buddha Statues.
The Odisha State Cooperative Handicraft Corporation Ltd. has a collection of fine-art products ranging from INR 5,000 to INR 50,00,000 and comprising of Green Stones, Hard stones, specially crafted statues and Applique works. eBay will help fulfill orders from global customers of Odisha State Cooperative Handicraft Corporation Ltd.
Peoples have been showing interest in Miami, USA for Konark form women statues. Customers residing in Australia and Canada fancy the Nartiki and Devadasi statues. The Buddha statues for sacred reasons are orders by customers in Vietnam, China, Korea and Japan. Incidentally, even Indians settled abroad frequently order for Hindu mythology and God statues.
Through this partnership the Utalika aims to reach out to global audience, and spread Odisha’s handicrafts worldwide.
Mr. Navin Mistry, Head – Retail Exports, eBay India, said, “We are glad to offer our global customer base of 152 million logging on to ebay.in from 201 countries worldwide, the opportunity to own Odisha’s art work and experience the state’s cultural heritage.”


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[url=http://gawker.com/5987356/this-makeshift-cannon-was-used-to-fire-marijuana-packets-across-the-mexicali-border]Better watch out, the potheads have artillery:[/url][quote]A crude but powerful homemade cannon consisting of a plastic pipe, a metal tank, and an old car engine, was confiscated by authorities in the Mexican border city of Mexicali last week.
Police told Televisa they believe the device was used to launch packets of marijuana over the border fence into California.
The so-called "marijuana cannon" was capable of hurling pot-packed cylinders weighing as much as 30 pounds, according to the police report.
Over two dozen cans of marijuana were discovered by Customs and Border Protection agents near the Colorado River in Yuma, Arizona, in December of last year.
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China Bars Domestic Tour Groups From Going to Hong KongLisa Pham
China’s tourism board has stopped approving mainlanders’ group tours to Hong Kong because of the spread of pro-democracy demonstrations in the city, amplifying the impact of the protests on the economy.
Chinese tourists accounted for 75 percent of the 54 million visitors to Hong Kong last year, helping make the city one of the most vibrant markets for luxury goods in the world. Group tours account for 8 percent to 10 percent of Chinese visitors to the city, said Joseph Tung, executive director of the Hong Kong Travel Industry Council.
The decision took effect Oct. 1, the first day of Golden Week when hundreds of thousands of Chinese descend on Hong Kong for their vacations, bolstering sales of luxury brands from Prada to Patek Philippe. Images of police lobbing tear gas at protesters last weekend may also make people in other countries reconsider planned visits to Hong Kong.
“It creates great damage to the Hong Kong tourism industry,” Tung said in an interview. “As a matter of fact, besides groups arriving from mainland China, we understand that there are groups from overseas telling our members, telling our agents, that they’re going to cancel the tour.”
Existing bookings for group travel from China were being honored, with the ban barring future trips, Tung said, citing information from travel agents in Shenzhen and Shanghai.
Apart from causing cancellations, the protests prompted some large retailers to close their doors in the key commercial areas of Mong Kok and Causeway Bay. Companies have been reassessing the risks, with Chow Sang Sang Holdings International Ltd., operator of the city’s second-largest jewelry chain, saying today that its shops resumed normal operations.
“The protests have been peaceful,” said Dennis Lau, the company’s sales operations director, explaining why six stores had reopened.
Some restaurants had used bicycles to bring in supplies because protesters had blocked roads with barriers and sit-ins. Dolce & Gabbana and Fendi stores on Canton Road in the Tsim Sha Tsui district popular with Chinese visitors have been among those closed during at least part of the protests, which escalated on Sept. 27.
The protests may have cost retailers HK$2.2 billion ($283 million), or an estimated six percent of the month’s sales, Raymond Yeung, an economist at Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd., wrote in a report today.
“Traditionally, this is the week that mainlanders come to Hong Kong,” Allan Zeman, chairman of bar and restaurant operator Lan Kwai Fong Holdings Ltd., said yesterday. “What we found since the last seven days, we had to close many of the restaurants early and shut many of the buildings early,” he said, adding that sales in the entertainment district fell about 15 percent from a year earlier compared with normal expectations for a 20 percent increase.
Business was slow Oct. 1 on the Chinese National Day holiday at Rula Bula bar in Lan Kwai Fong.
“National Day usually brings out quite a lot of mainlanders who come to Lan Kwai because it is a tourist attraction and I’ve barely seen any of them,” said Ravi Beryar, the bar’s general manager.
An hour’s ferry ride away from Hong Kong, Macau may also be feeling the effects, according to Karen Tang, an analyst at Deutsche Bank AG. Some high-end gamblers canceled trips because of the protests, Tang wrote in a report dated yesterday. China’s suspension of group tours to Hong Kong will also hurt Macau, since some visitors’ bookings are for packages that take them to both cities, according to Tang.
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Lidl can simply continue to sell Kordaat beer. The Rotterdam court today rejected a complaint from Grolsch on this. According to the judge, there are sufficient differences between Lidl beer and Krathit beer from Grolsch.
The Kornuit brand is from Grolsch and focuses on young beer drinkers. By the end of 2018, Lidl suddenly placed Kordaat on the shelves, a beer brand for "all the firm men in the Netherlands."
The beer was put on the market as of October with a frightful campaign. Television spaces and bus shelters told men "heroic workers" who know to our country that there was a new beer for them.
Focus on Kordaat
Then he realized that the focus of the campaign was on the Kordaat brand. The only place where it is for sale, Lidl, was not mentioned in the first instance. And immediately he also realized that the beer brand had some of the other brands.
The business reminded the workmen that Amstel is focusing on. The packaging looks a bit like Brouwers, the rebranding of Albert Heijn's own brand. And the name has something like the Gratsch Kornuit, which also starts with "#" and ends with a & # 39; t & # 39 ;.
"There is no confusion"
That immediately hit Grolsch incorrectly. The brewer got in touch then and asked if the supermarket wanted to stop production and sales, but the supermarket did not agree with Grolsch. Both ended up in court.
Today it seems that there is no confusion according to the judge. The names of the beers are something similar to each other in terms of sound, but due to the difference of letters on which emphasis is placed, there is very little agreement to create a probability of confusion.
"We are very surprised and impressed by this statement," says a Grolsch spokesman. "We continue to be combative and believe that Lidl fundamentally violates our Kornuit brand," he says. Grolsch's lawyers are considering a resource. Next week the company will make a decision.
Trademark registration has already shown that the supermarket chain presented the Kordaat brand in July 2018. Lidl also told RTL Z at the time they invented their own name.
By the way, Grolsch was not the only one who worried about the new beer. Other people started calling after the presentation. The Kordaat study, Leiden's design and communication agency, was also not impressed by the name of the beer brand. They claimed to be disturbed by the Lidl campaign, partly because they also have a small-scale beer.
Sieger Suurbiers of Wessel Juristen, who helps Studio Kordaat, said at the time there was confusion and talked with Lidl. The two parties reached an agreement and agreed that they could coexist for now.
And to overcome everything, after the launch it was discovered that there was already a beer brew called Kordaat, located near Roermond. The founder deliberately chose the brand because of his defense fund.
With the brewery I wanted to help veterans to return to work in PTSD. These plans were at a lower level. Lidl said at the time that "there were suddenly many Kordaten" and that his lawyers had investigated correctly whether the supermarket could put Kordaat in the market.


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Concerns are growing in India over proposed poultry imports from USA. US poultry industry says that HPAI virus has not infected commercial poultry so far, but reports contradict the claim By Sai Nikesh D In a move that is expected to hit the US poultry industry hard, the Chinese government has banned all imports of … More China bans USA poultry imports, will India be the next to do so?
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Hairy Grabster Net Worth
Shark Tank featured Hairy Grabster in April 2021. According to the show’s website, the company is now worth over 375,500 dollars. Founder Andy Watne, who has a net worth of a million dollars, says that the Sharks’ money has made his hairy grabster a popular product. Since being featured on Shark Tank, the company has sold more than 5000 units and has made millions in the process.
The Hairy Grabster was created by a husband and wife team from Orland Park in Illinois. The couple is seeking investors to help them distribute the product. They are seeking $75,000 for a 20 percent stake in their firm. The pitch is reminiscent of an Alfred Hitchcock scene in Psycho. It makes the product look like something from a horror movie. The couple then explains how the Hairy Grabster works and how it can keep hair from blocking shower drains.
Patty and Andy have built up their net worth by selling their product. The Hairy Grabster is an innovative product that prevents hair from dropping on the floor. Andy and Patty invented the product together. Despite its high retail price, it’s still a viable business. They have invested approximately $63,000 in the company to date. Their net worth is estimated to be around $375,000 as of December 2021.
Andy Watne is an inventor of the Hairy Grabster, a device that prevents hair from clogging shower drains. Watne, who has been in the corporate world 26 years, earned a Master of Financial Management degree from the Illinois Institute of Technology. He and his wife Patty Watne are the founders of Watne Group LLC. Their product has sold millions of units since its creation, and they hope to grow their company and net worth even more.
The Hairy Grabster has been in business for a few years, but the owners are not giving up on their dream. It was not manufactured by any American manufacturer; instead, prototypes were created using a 3D printer. Initially, the Hairy Grabster was available only in salons, but sales have grown significantly online. Two talented entrepreneurs have achieved a remarkable net worth with Hairy Grabster. They put their passion into the business and created a business they love.
Despite the success of their product, the Hairy Grabster is not making the kind of money they expected. While the product is selling well, the founders are looking for funding and are not satisfied with the sales figures. The company has failed to find success with advertisements on Facebook, but they still want to sell their product. Although the company is not as successful as they had hoped, the owners are still working on a new product. They also plan to make a deal for sharks.


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Just because you can’t be at Samsung Premiere 2013, it doesn’t mean you can’t watch all the action at the Korean company’s event as it happens.
We at Android Authority will, of course, cover everything for you, but if you want to watch the Samsung Premiere 2013 event yourself, a live stream will be available. You will be able to watch the live stream on the Samsung Mobile YouTube channel (link below), on Thursday, June 20, starting at 7PM BST.
The event will be focused, as already announced, on Galaxy and ATIV devices, but we’re wondering what Samsung could still have in store, considering the avalanche of product launches it has unleashed upon us in the last few weeks.
That’s a question only Samsung can answer for now; as a reminder, Samsung announced the Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom, Samsung Galaxy S4 Active and Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini in the past few weeks.
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Note 3!! And also some Windows products because of ATIV…
Yeah, considering swirling rumors about sooner NOTE 3 launch tis seems posible.
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By clicking the link?…
i wish they would announce a new ui but I don’t think that will happen until the note 3 in September
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Mobile titan Safaricom has announced an 8-week Lipa Na M-PESA promotion that will reward both buyers and sellers in 8 regions across the country.
Buyers and sellers will each receive 1 point for every KES 100 payment with customers standing to win one of 6 houses in weekly draws.
In the grand finale scheduled for March 5th, customers across the 8 regions will win one of 8 tractors complete with a plough and trailer. The telco will also reward 8 customers across the 8 regions every minute with a surprise cashback. Over 600,000 shoppers can expect rewards by the end of the promotion.
Merchants, on the other hand, will receive 25 percent of their daily till charges as a cashback in addition to standing a chance to win one of 8 Fuso F1 nine tonne trucks per region or one of 120 Tuktuks also to be awarded regionally.
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Since 2013 when it was launched, more than 140,000 businesses accept payments through Lipa Na M-PESA. The telco said this promotion is its latest move to deepen the uptake of cashless payments in the country.
Safaricom’s Chief customer officer Ms. Sylvia Mulinge says that it was a matter of delight for the telco to see that some merchants have gone completely cashless owing to the peace of mind that such a move brings.
“With this promotion, we are encouraging merchants and customers to use Lipa Na M-PESA to receive and make payments at kiosks, supermarkets, fuel stations, bars, restaurants, car washes, and various merchant tills and give them a chance to win big,” she said.


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The Motives Behind China's U.S. Drone Seizure
China has in the past taken pains to anchor its challenge to the U.S. in the South China Sea within a broad framework of legality. The seizure of a U.S. drone was different. Photo: CCTV
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One in Three Americans Own Tablets
WASHINGTON: More than one-third of Americans use a tablet computer, with the highest percentage of users in the 35-44 age group, a survey showed.
Tablet adoption has doubled over the past year, according to the Pew Internet Life survey of adults in April and May. Unlike smartphones, most popular with younger adults ages 18-34, the highest rates of tablet ownership was found among adults in their late 30s and early 40s.
Approximately 49% of those in the 35-44 own a tablet computer, more than any other age group. Among those 65 or older, the figure was just 18%.
The survey found half of adults with at least a college degree owned a tablet, significantly more than those at any other education level. And 56% percent of adults living in households making at least $75,000 per year said they have a tablet computer, compared with 20% of those making less than $30,000 per year.
Research firm IDC said in a recent report that tablet sales globally are expected to grow 58.7% in 2013 to 229.3 million units. This would bring tablet shipments above those of portable PCs this year. And IDC said it expects tablet shipments to outpace the entire PC market by 2015.
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Cushman & Wakefield recently held a recap of its 2017 Year-End Review Press Briefing during its monthly internal Speaker Series. The discussion featured Cushman & Wakefield’s top experts on the state of the CRE market, the economy and Q4 New York City office, retail and investment sales data.
Cushman & Wakefield’s thought leaders discussed the Manhattan commercial real estate market’s strong performance in 2017, and made several predictions for the year ahead. Panelists included Lou D’Avanzo, Vice Chairman, Managing Principal, Midtown Manhattan; Ken McCarthy, Principal Economist, Applied Research Lead; Richard Persichetti, Regional Director, Tri-State & Northeast; Doug Harmon, Chairman, Capital Markets; Bob Knakal, Chairman, NY Investment Sales; and Steven Soutendijk, Executive Director, Brokerage.
In regard to the New York City economy, the panelists were confident in its resiliency and the overall appeal of New York City to millennials and companies alike.
“New York is still a magnate for corporations from around the world and that will allow New York to continue to grow even if job growth slows elsewhere in the country,” said Ken McCarthy. “New York can continue to benefit from its location, the willingness and desire of companies to want to locate here.”
In 2017, New York City employment growth slowed yet still increased at a healthy pace, said Ken. Employment growth peaked in 2014, at 3.4% for New York, while it was 2.2% for the US as a whole. In 2017, the employment growth was 1.2% in New York, and 1.3% for the US.
Though job growth in 2017 was approximately half the pace of three years earlier in both the U.S. and NYC, the economy saw financial services employment rise to levels not seen in 16 years. The industry added 12,700 jobs by November 2017, reaching 490,000 employees, bringing employment back to pre-9/11 levels, primarily driven by the growth of financial technology and a healthy uptick in the hiring of traders. TAMI (technology, advertising, media, and information) employment dipped in 2017 overall, but remains the strongest driver of office growth throughout this cycle.
Manhattan Office Market Trends
One of the most notable takeaways from the briefing – leasing activity in the Manhattan office market reached its second-highest level in 17 years, increasing by 16 percent last year from 2016, with 30.5 million square-feet of new leases signed and 9 million square-feet of renewals transacted. The activity was fueled mainly by a major increase in large lease activity by corporations, with leases over 100,000 square-feet accounting for 40 percent of the year’s square-footage leased, compared to a 28 percent historical average. Cushman & Wakefield contributed considerably to this trend, with involvement in ten of the year’s 22 deals over 250,000 square-feet, including EY’s 600,000 square-foot lease at One Manhattan West.
“2017 was a year of big deals,” noted Lou D’Avanzo. “Large corporations continue to believe in New York City and are committing people and resources here long term.”
“This trend seems to be growing due to an increase in new development as large corporations sign forward commitments for future new office product,” continued Richard Persichetti.
Looking ahead in 2018, the panelists predicted that what amounts to the largest amount of new construction to hit Manhattan since the 1980s will lift asking rents this year for office space in New York, as demand continues to grow quicker than the U.S. average.
Leasing and Vacancy
Together, financial services, TAMI and the public sector were the top space takers in New York CRE in 2017. In new leases, with year-over-year comparisons to 2016: financial services experienced a 60 percent increase, leasing 5.5 million square feet; TAMI increased space by 12 percent, with 4.3 million square feet leased; and the public sector increased space by 59 percent, leasing 2.5 million square feet.
Asking rates were down in 2017 due to new development in the pipeline. Looking ahead, the new construction building boom is resulting in 13.7 million square feet of potential new development available to lease. Net effective rents for new product are rising, while declining for existing Class A properties, Rich explained.
According to Rich, vacancy for Manhattan was down year-over-year, and at 8.9 percent, real estate saw the lowest vacancy rate in the past 18 months due to robust leasing activity in Midtown and Downtown. Midtown South market had an increase in vacancy to 6.9 percent, he said, yet the area still retains one of the lowest vacancy rates within its market class in the US.
Despite an overall softening of the New York City retail market, the city experienced a stronger than expected holiday shopping season in 2017, with sales up 5.5 percent annual growth in holiday sales, according to Steven Soutendijk. Steven attributed the uptick to the highest consumer confidence levels in almost 17 years, as well as Hurricane Harvey recovery in Texas.
“For the moment, the retail apocalypse is on hold,” said Steven.
Food and beverage tenants had the highest number of retail transactions in 2017, providing the bulk of leasing with 218 deals. The number of apparel deals increased from 2016, attributable to specialty apparel users and e-users expanding to brick-and-mortar, Steven said. SoHo and the 34th Street corridor had the largest drop in asking rents in 2017 compared to 2016. Tourist-heavy Times Square ultimately had the strongest numbers – presenting three of the largest NYC deals.
Flagship leasing has slowed over the last 18 months, as the annual gross rent numbers demonstrated. In 2017, the largest deal was just over $10 million in annual gross rent, while in 2016 there were four deals above $25 million in annual gross rent. The lack of major flagship deals in 2017 has happened in stark contrast to the office market, and contributes to the overall perception of a soft retail market.
“Overall, there was a continued softening of the retail market that is clearly trying to find the new normal for rent levels, that will generate velocity and spur tenants who have been sitting on the sidelines to get back in the market,” said Steven.
Capital Markets Recap
Doug Harmon that explained that New York City remained the market leader in dollar volume for 2017, for the 16th year in the row, however the level of dominance has declined. 2016 and 2017 were the first years since 2009 where New York City dollar volume was lower than the top seven markets combined.
“It’s not terribly unusual to us, because it couldn’t keep growing at the pace that it was,” said Doug. “It needs to find its level, and it’s resetting.”
Doug noted that there was a lot of positive activity in Q4 2017 and Cushman & Wakefield has maintained a competitive market share in executing larger deals. Doug mentioned that his team’s largest deals of the year were partial interest sales, a burgeoning trend in the market as owners are reluctant to give up total control of buildings. In November, Doug’s team represented SL Green Realty Corp. in a contract to sell a 43 percent interest in 1515 Broadway to affiliates of Allianz Real Estate. And in December, his team represented Brookfield Property Partners in a contract to sell a 49 percent interest in One Liberty Plaza to The Blackstone Group.
In capital markets in 2017, downward volume trends continued as expected while property values turned red across the board in Manhattan, and 25 percent red in the Outer Boroughs, Bob Knakal, Chairman, New York Investment Sales, explained. This was the third consecutive year with volume drops.
“History would indicate these two trends should continue for another year or two. Tax reform could reverse this,” he said.
The average price per square foot increased by seven percent in the Outer Boroughs, and decreased by four percent in Manhattan.


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Microsoft’s Bing has been gradually gaining traction in the search space by excelling at something Google doesn't own: social search. For example Bing users can link their Facebook accounts in order to get results based on social connections (while Google and Twitter have famously quarrelled over including tweets within Google search queries).


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Papa Johns, a popular American pizza restaurant chain, has teamed up with OneRare, a virtual food metaverse game, to launch NFT Pizzas. This exciting collaboration brings together the world of blockchain gaming with the deliciousness of Papa Johns' fan-favorite pizzas. In this article, we'll explore the partnership, the NFT Pizzas, and how you can participate in crafting these digital culinary delights.
NFTs and Real World
As the popularity of NFTs continues to grow, more and more real-world brands are entering the blockchain space to engage with their customers in innovative ways. From art and music to food and beverages, NFTs are creating new opportunities for brands to interact with their audience, offer unique digital experiences, and tap into the booming virtual economy.
Papa Johns is a well-known pizza restaurant chain with a strong global presence. The company is recognized for its commitment to high-quality ingredients and delicious pizza creations. By joining forces with OneRare, Papa Johns is venturing into the metaverse and exploring new ways to engage with its customers through blockchain technology.
The collaboration between Papa Johns and OneRare has resulted in the creation of three NFT Pizzas based on Papa Johns UAE's fan-favorite pizzas: Super Papa's, Spicy Chicken Ranch, and Vegan Sheese Garden Special. These NFTs are built on the Polygon network and can be found at OneRare Kitchen, a gamified portal where users can purchase the necessary ingredients and create their own NFT Pizzas.
To craft a Papa Johns NFT Pizza, players need to gather all the required ingredients and mint the NFT on OneRare. The recipe becomes more challenging with each mint, as the first mint requires one of each ingredient, the second requires two, and so on. The smart contract will take the Ingredients NFTs from the player's crypto wallet, burn them, and send the NFT Dish to the wallet.
According to OneRare, Dish NFT holders will be able to use their creations to operate virtual food trucks in OneRare's Playground, which will soon include Foodtruck Wars, a strategic three-player game.
This partnership marks Papa Johns' first foray into the metaverse. In 2022, the company released a collection of 19,840 NFT Hot Bags on the Tezos blockchain, with the number symbolizing the year the company was founded (1984).
The collaboration between Papa Johns and OneRare demonstrates the growing interest of real-world brands in entering the blockchain space and engaging with their customers through innovative digital experiences. By participating in the OneRare Foodverse, Papa Johns is not only expanding its presence in the virtual world but also providing its customers with an exciting and interactive way to connect with the brand.
As more and more brands join the NFT and metaverse bandwagon, we can expect to see even more creative collaborations in the future. Stay up to date with the latest blockchain gaming news by visiting NFT Playgrounds regularly.


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Portugal’s ‘Apoiar’ programme, aimed at businesses affected by the pandemic, is to be “reinforced and extended to new situations”.
In an interview this weekend with Diário de Notícias and TSF radio, economy minister Pedro Size Vieira said the measures will be announced next week.
“We want to reinforce the Apoiar programme – either by opening some situations that right now are excluded from access or by reinforcing amounts due to this additional period of difficulties that we have”, he said – stressing the months coming between now and June will be “critical” for businesses and employment.
New entries to the simplified lay-off regime, for example, were given as ‘businesses in the cleaning and security sectors’. Previously these haven’t qualified for the Apoiar support measures.
Beyond these, “there are other businesses that have suffered abrupt falls in income, and which need to be incorporated”, said Mr Siza Vieira.
Also being ‘sorted’ is the compensation promised to companies for increasing the national minimum wage by €30 to €665. This should come on board next month, said the minister, explaining it is a measure that involves the ministries of finance, labour and economy.
As to credit lines ‘guaranteed by the State’, grace periods are likely to be extended.
The government is “working on various fronts”, he assured – saying that the moratorium on credits that is due to end in September (particularly in sectors most affected) will most likely see “an extension of maturities”. A simple solution in one aspect, but “complex from the point of view of European banking supervision”.
Bottom line, he said, is to “try and find capitalisation solutions that allow businesses to get out of this crisis with a slightly more robust balance sheet”.


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The fashion industry is seeing its consumers make a major shift towards valuing things like sustainability and environmentally friendly manufacturing and shipping processes.
With climate change becoming an ever-increasing problem, consumers have become increasingly concerned with the environmental impact of just about everything they buy or use. Electric cars are becoming the norm at a far more rapid rate than anticipated, and tech companies now see carbon neutral status as a key selling point. It is no surprise then, that the fashion industry is also seeing its consumers make a major shift towards valuing things like sustainability and environmentally friendly manufacturing and shipping processes. This is especially prevalent in Gen Z consumers, the youngest adult consumers who would traditionally be the most concerned with trends and the biggest target market for less environmentally considerate aspects of the fashion market like fast fashion retailers.
Here we look at some of the stats that show why fashion brands will need to make eco-friendly choices if they want to keep their footholds in a consumer market that is rapidly changing its priorities:
The fashion industry isn’t exactly transparent, and it can be hard to ascertain exactly what its global impact on the environment actually is. However, an estimate by McKinsey on the greenhouse gas emissions generated by the clothing industry puts it at 4% of all emissions worldwide. That may not sound all that big a number, but actually, it means that the fashion industry as a whole puts as large a quantity of greenhouse gases into our atmosphere as the entire countries of the UK, Germany and France put together. Naturally, this means it is an industry where there is significant room for improvement.
When it comes to how consumers try to move towards making more environmentally friendly fashion purchases, there are really two main approaches, with many people using both. The first is purchasing secondhand items or clothing that has been upcycled. This is great for consumers but isn’t really something the fashion industry itself can control or profit from. The second is seeking out companies that offer the style and quality they want, but which do things like use recycled or upcycled materials and have eco-friendly policies on things like packaging and shipping. A good example of the latter is Danish designer label GANNI. GANNI dresses, coats, boots and other clothing is designed and made with both environmentally and ethically conscious approaches, and are designed to last a long time, which makes it more appealing for savvy shoppers to invest in GANNI dresses than cheap fast fashion.
A recent survey by consumer insights company GWI showed what consumers currently think are the biggest factors when choosing environmentally friendly purchases. The most important, tied at 59%, was the use of organic or natural materials, and that no harmful chemicals are used in production. Next came reusability at 54%, recycled materials being used in manufacturing at 53%, durability at 51% and sustainable packaging at 50%. With half or more of the over 10k consumers surveyed valuing these things highly, these are certainly what the fashion industry should be focusing on.
The move towards shoppers being concerned about the environmental impact of the fashion they buy is one that is only likely to continue, so it will be interesting to see how the industry changes and innovates to satisfy their markets.


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Red Bank’s oldest liquor store has moved into a new and bigger location across the street after its former storefront location was targeted to be demolished to clear the way for a new apartment complex on Dayton Boulevard.
Jay Patel and his wife Shaku first opened a tobacco shop near the former Save A Lot grocery store in 2004. A decade later the store became one of the first to sell liquor in Red Bank when state and local ordinances governing alcohol sales were changed in the city.
Patel said his store, known as My Discount Liquor, Wine and Tobacco, has found success in Red Bank as one of the few liquor outlets in that part of Red Bank.
“Red Bank is a family-friendly, nice neighborhood,” Patel said in an announcement of his new store. “The people of Red Bank are loving and caring people.”
Patel said the people of Red Bank “have accepted us as one of them and always give us the opportunity to serve them” even though the Patels have an accent and do not look exactly like most of the local residents.
“They will tell us if we need to change or do something differently — like what family and friends do,” Patel said in a telephone interview.
Last year, Rise Partners bought the Save A Lot shopping center where the liquor and tobacco store was located in order to build more housing. So the Patels began looking for a new location.
“We wanted to stay in that same part of Red Bank, if we could, because we didn’t want to lose all of the customer goodwill we had built up over the years,” Patel said. “So far, it is working well for us in keeping our old clientele and in attracting new customers from Red Bank but also nearby areas of Chattanooga and Signal Mountain.”
Patel acquired a former car wash across from the Red Bank McDonald’s for his new store and has spent about $600,000 to buy and build the new storefront.
The new location at 2004 Dayton Blvd. includes 2,825 square feet, or more than 50% bigger than the size of their original store.
“We have 15 different walk-in coolers and a lot more products to offer now,” Patel said.


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Airmaster® Fan Company has announced the appointment of its new Director of Sales and Marketing—Industrial and Electrical Divisions, Greg Helbling, which went into effect December 1, 2015. Helbling is an industry veteran with more than two decades of sales and marketing management experience.
“Airmaster has been manufacturing high-quality commercial and industrial fans since 1886, and I’m excited to help the company get to the next level,” said Helbling.
“I’m delighted to welcome Greg to the Airmaster Team,” said Benjamin Braitsch, President & CEO of Airmaster Fan Company. “His expertise and leadership will be excellent assets for us to strengthen our competitive position in the marketplace.”
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Panini America has added a big surprise or two to its latest high-end football brand.
The brand is 2016 Panini Encased and the surprise is a number of oversized — and encased — autographs from some legendary stars of the gridiron.
The company didn’t disclose how many of these cards were entombed in boxes of Encased to be found by collectors, but some of them include Walter Payton, Johnny Unitas, Red Grange and Pop Warner.
Encased boxes include one slabbed card and four other cards — a total of two autographs and two memorabilia cards along with one base card.
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MILWAUKEE (AP) - "Cannibal sandwiches," an appetizer featuring raw, lean ground beef served on cocktail bread, may be a Wisconsin tradition, but they are not safe, health officials said, noting that more than a dozen people became ill after consuming them last holiday season.
Health officials confirmed four cases tied to E. coli bacteria and 13 likely cases in people who ate the sandwiches at several gatherings late last year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said a report issued this week. The meat came from a Watertown market that later recalled more than 2,500 pounds of meat.
Cannibal sandwiches were tied to outbreaks in Wisconsin in 1972, 1978 and 1994. The appetizer, also called "tiger meat," "steak tartare" or simply "ground beef," is usually a simple dish of lean ground meat seasoned with salt and pepper on rye cocktail bread with sliced raw onion, said Milwaukee historian John Gurda, who served it at his 1977 wedding reception. Occasionally, a raw egg will be mixed with the meat.
Cannibal sandwiches have been a festive dish in German, Polish and other ethnic communities in the Milwaukee area since the 19th century, Gurda said. The 66-year-old said it was once common to see them at wedding receptions, meals following funerals and Christmas and New Year's Eve parties. The dish has become less common in recent years with greater awareness of the risks of uncooked meat and fewer people eating beef, but Gurda said he still runs into it.
"It's like a coarse pate and when you put the onions on, there's a crunch as well and that kind of cuts the softness," he said.
Keith Meyer, who runs L&M Meats, a Kenosha butcher shop started by his father, recalled his German grandfather and other "old guys" gobbling the ground beef when he was growing up. With his grandfather gone, Meyer's family no longer serves the dish, but the 57-year-old said, "It's really not that bad, if you get by the texture of it."
"It's like eating a cold hamburger that's a little on the raw side," Meyer added.
His butcher shop sells 50 to 100 pounds of freshly ground round on Christmas Eve, New Year's Eve and perhaps a day before those holidays to people wishing to make cannibal sandwiches. Glenn's Market and Catering, the Watertown butcher involved in the recall, does a similar holiday business, vice president Jeff Roberts said.
Both stores label their ground beef with warnings about consuming raw or undercooked meat, but the men said it's unlikely people are buying it to cook. With the fat trimmed off before grinding, the meat is too lean to make a decent hamburger, Meyer said.
Carol Quest, director of the Watertown health department, said its investigation found no health or other violations at Glenn's Market. It's hard to say what happened to the meat once it left the store, she said.
"The big message is that people need to cook their food properly and make sure they're taking temperatures of their meat," Quest said.
Ground beef should be cooked to an internal temperature of 160 degrees as measured with a food thermometer.
The state health and agriculture departments issued a warning Thursday telling residents to avoid cannibal sandwiches, and Quest said her department plans one as well. Its investigation into the E. coli outbreak, which included interviews with more than 50 people who ordered meat from Glenn's, found some weren't aware of the dangers but others felt safe because they'd eaten the dish before with no ill effects, she said.
Symptoms of an E. coli infection include stomach cramps and diarrhea. It can lead to kidney failure, particularly in the elderly, children and people with weak immune systems.
Roberts said some of his employees eat tiger meat, but he doesn't.
"I'm not into raw meat," he said. "I cook all mine."
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OEMs gear up for mobility as a service
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Car manufacturers must prepare for the likely takeover of future mobility solutions as they begin to infiltrate more transportation services.
Mobility-as-a-Service is coming to the car sector, which means digitally enabled car-sharing and ride-hailing is set to overtake the traditional model of manufacture and sale of cars – and manufacturers need to be ready.
Accenture research shows that by 2030 revenues from mobility services are projected to soar to almost €1.2tn – with profits reaching as much as €220bn. The study also says that by 2030, revenues from manufacturing and selling vehicles will be only marginally higher than they are today, and that profits from car sales will even shrink slightly (from €126bn to €122bn).
Clearly the opportunities offered by Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) represent both a threat and an opportunity for OEMs (original equipment manufacturers). A McKinsey report says: “Value is likely to shift toward new, disruptive business models, with shared mobility and connectivity solutions potentially accounting for up to 25 per cent of total automotive revenue in 2030. It is these areas the OEMs are looking to get excited about.”
It is no surprise, then, that automotive manufacturers have generally responded to this evolution and are actively working to develop mobility services.
In practical terms, what is Mobility-as-a-Service? How does it affect the everyday person? Within the car industry there are a few options: autonomous or driverless driving, where the car can guide itself to a defined point, is one; shared mobility, where a car is hailed much like a taxi but is driven by the individual, is another. Electric cars are a key player, and, finally, connected cars with internet access and the ability to connect with devices inside and outside of the car to provide contextual information.
When combined, the forces can help drivers and passengers get from A to B more smoothly – either by finding and avoiding traffic jams or being able to instantly hail or share a driverless car. The idea is that the car becomes a service and, as with all services, there must be a value-add to be successful.
Fiona Falcone, head of automotive UK at Accenture, says: “The wider picture is how to get from A to B and the car part is an important facet of that. OEMs are all giving thought to how they can best exploit their part of the value chain.”
Shared mobility is perhaps the easiest nut to crack, with very strong growth potential in terms of ease of acceptance and entry to the market in the first place. According to a McKinsey report on the future of mobility, in 2017 less than 1 per cent of passenger miles travelled were carried out using shared-mobility services, but US customers expect usage of shared mobility to increase by around 80 per cent once robo-taxis are available. Furthermore, the report states at least $32bn had been invested in ridesharing start-ups alone.
“There is strong growth potential: there is a lower cost to entry for new mobility business models, such as building a shared-mobility service in a specific region or developing a connectivity platform for in-vehicle services and advertising,” the study says.
Judging by the amount of activity in developing autonomous cars, manufacturers agree that it provides opportunity for growth in making autonomous vehicles a reality.
Audi for one has been looking at this issue and undertook a research project in Ingolstadt, Germany, its home town. The study found that if computers could maintain the necessary distance to other vehicles, not allow the cars to drive too fast, and obey all traffic signals, then journey times could be cut by a quarter in a model using only autonomous cars.
The study also found that the incorporation of fully autonomous vehicles could repurpose one traffic lane in a four-lane network and dedicate this new space to pedestrians or bicycles instead of vehicles. Accordingly, it has invested in its self-driving car, the Audi Aicon, with the expectation that need and demand will eventually create a monetised marketplace.
Daimler is also involved in this market, with the development of an autonomous-driving prototype: the Mercedes-Benz F 015 Luxury in Motion. The company thinks that seeing a car as “a private retreat where people can use their time on the move as they wish” will drive demand for its service.
Daimler’s report, ‘Ushering in a new world’, says: “Autonomous mobility will bring about major changes and involve many different parties. Psychological barriers must be overcome in the same way that social acceptance must be gained. This requires a sound legal basis across country borders that regulates autonomous traffic and covers questions of liability in the event of a collision.”
BMW and Audi have both entered this market. BMW is active in China with a Shanghai-based electric car-sharing company and in Chengdu with a premium car-sharing service. Audi has introduced its flexible ‘Premium’ mobility service, with ‘Audi on-demand’ available throughout the UK, and has also introduced the idea that the dealers act as the point of contact. This is a prestige service where customers can choose their model, their location and book online or from their smartphone.
They can also use a concierge service to have their ordered cars delivered to and picked up from locations within 30 minutes of the Audi centre.
Following in the footsteps of BMW and Audi, American automaker Ford is in on the act with its ride-sharing solution, Chariot, which was initially launched in the US but is being rolled out globally.
Johann Jungwirth, Volkswagen expert on Mobility-as-a-Service, says: “Mobility-as-a-Service started with ride-hailing services and has now reached massive adoption and acceptance. Last year, on average, 44 million rides took place per day using mobility services, 16 billion in total, all with human drivers. The next quantum leap will be with MaaS using self-driving vehicles. This will be a real disruption within the market and a powerful force for change.”
Indeed, autonomous driving is perhaps the most vaunted aspect of MaaS within the car industry. The report by McKinsey describes autonomous driving as a game changer. “In 2016, only about 1 per cent of vehicles sold were equipped with basic partial-autonomous-driving technology. Today, 80 per cent of the top ten OEMs have announced plans for highly autonomous technology to be ready for the road by 2025,” it says.
The demand for such a service is obvious: population size and density means that self-driving cars could be positioned to allow for customer demand and, in doing so, could reduce congestion. Different fleets could be deployed, according to local need and appetite, to provide a level of differentiation and value-add.
Shared mobility may well be an easier nut to crack but, like autonomous vehicles, it will rely on having the right infrastructure available to make it workable and thus make for demand via a value-add and an enhanced experience.
‘E-hailing and autonomous cars both have a few important dynamics but the key to them being successful is having a platform that the user can hail the car on. It needs to be better than a bus and cheaper than calling an Uber.’
Daimler, which owns Mercedes-Benz and Smart, says that although the technical conditions for autonomous driving are already well established, the question no longer revolves around whether the technology will deliver on its promise, but whether people want what the technology can deliver. Also, whether society and legislators are ready for this ‘revolution in auto mobility’.
Volkswagen’s Jungwirth describes this as business layers. He explains: “Future Mobility-as-a-Service is built on five business layers. Layer one is the self-driving system, technology-wise the most sophisticated part. Layer two is the vehicles, different models and interiors for different use-cases including transportation of goods. Layer three contains the fleet operations and fleet intelligence centre. Layer four is the mobility platform and services for ride hailing, ride pooling, ride sharing, but also goods-delivery services. And layer five is the content and advertisement.”
However, for OEMs, the crux of the matter is the cars themselves – this is where things like connected cars and electric cars come in. Here, the aim is to provide a better user experience. The McKinsey report says that currently just 12 per cent of cars are equipped with embedded connectivity solutions, and monetisation is still weak (less than $1.5bn in revenue). But this is set to change.
“The percentage of consumers ready and willing to change car brands for better connectivity has doubled over the past two years,” the report says. “In the premium segment, many OEMs have already installed fully connected infotainment systems (broadcasting material that is intended both to entertain and to inform) in 100 per cent of their new vehicles. These systems are used to provide a diverse range of in-vehicle services to drivers and diverse data sets to third parties.”
The same principle applies to electric cars in that they will be successful once a tipping point of demand is reached and that has been translated into a workable solution with ample charging points to make operations realistic and feasible.
Beyond the car itself, and beyond the user experience to build critical mass, the OEMs also need to look at more practical aspects such as day-to-day logistics and operations. This is outside of their current remit and needs close thought as to whether they should tackle these aspects themselves or seek to partner or collaborate with those whose core business is more able to effectively tackle such issues.
Accenture’s Falcone says: “E-hailing and autonomous cars both have a few important dynamics but the key to them being successful is having a platform that the user can hail the car on. It needs to be better than a bus and cheaper than calling an Uber.”
Making things easy and thus creating demand forms a key part of a broader infrastructure issue. Audi, for example, is working with Traffic Technology Services and launched Traffic Light Information in Las Vegas in 2016. With the addition of Phoenix and Kansas City, 10 cities and more than 2,250 intersections across the US now use this service. The other enabled cities are: Dallas, Houston, Palo Alto & Arcadia, Portland (Oregon), Denver, Las Vegas and Washington DC.
The question for OEMs on the commercial front is whether they want to provide just the hardware or also the means to use it. Falcone explains this well: “If an OEM wants to just provide the hardware then it needs to have added-value components that make them stand out from similar offerings, in a similar way to how ‘Apple everything’ has become desirable. So, they would need to have the very best electric car. Or the car would need superior connectivity to give out accurate information about parking spaces, or be small enough to park within an urban area or very clean in terms of a shared vehicle.
“This sort of thing moves the focus from the car manufacturer churning out standard vehicles to actually creating something that the customer can respond to and desire – much like a luxury item.”
The other model, she says, is more customer-centric and involves the whole value chain from the front-end platform to access the car right down beyond the journey to the maintenance and the broader connectivity.
“End-to-end mobility seen from a customer-centric point of view has the most value, and being the front for that – the platform – for the customer to plan the journey is where the value-add is,” Falcone says.
She also explains that the clever play is providing the hardware but differentiating on the technological infrastructure to allow the customer to access each component part of the journey. “The danger is that the hardware becomes commoditised and there is little opportunity to differentiate. The value that a digital platform would add to the market to help in a true MaaS end-to-end play is currently undervalued by most players within the market,” Falcone adds.
Something else lacking is the consideration of the MaaS market as a whole, which involves more than one kind of transport. This will depend not only on the hardware and the data analytics to give insight, but also on the ability to broaden the addressable market and create demand. The infrastructure also needs to be right. Here, the price point as well as the capability to deliver consistently would need careful consideration to ensure demand.
Ford Smart Mobility
Ford is looking to deliver digital services to personal, fleet and city customers. Its mobility team will deliver on the company’s commitment of 100 per cent connectivity of new vehicles in the USA by 2019 and push toward its goal of 90 per cent connectivity globally by 2020.
Jon Scott, project lead at City Data Solutions at Ford Smart Mobility, says: “Smart mobility is all about collaboration and thinking beyond what is currently available. It’s harnessing the data that comes off a car and looking at the art of the possible.”
Ford’s City Data Solutions project did just that. It looked at data coming from 160 vehicles to discover how and where road accidents occurred as well as how to prevent them. The company logged highly detailed driving data from driving events such as braking, the severity of that braking, and even where hazard warning lights were applied. This helped to identify ‘near-misses’. This information was then cross-referenced against existing accident reports to build an algorithm showing the likelihood of where future incidents might occur.
“Even very small changes could make a big difference – maybe cutting back a tree that has obscured a road sign – whether in terms of traffic flow, road safety or efficiency,” says Scott. “It’s about identifying what is possible and what we can do with the data that is actually useful.”
Ford is exploring this. Its mobility strategy is to deliver a broad suite of products and services that enhance all layers of the transportation system, infrastructure, connectivity and digital services. Its aim is to alleviate transport challenges in cities and help people move freely. Last year Ford acquired Autonomic, a Palo Alto business whose Transportation Mobility Cloud provides a connectivity platform for vehicles, infrastructure, fleet managers and other elements of mobility.
Daimler and BMW are jointly creating a service hub in Berlin. Its vision is to create seamless and intelligent connected-mobility services with an ecosystem approach that efficiently connects the various components.
Clearly opportunities exist for OEMs in terms of both the cars and hardware as well as being the service provider as part of a broader ecosystem. But the path is not clear and strategy needs careful consideration.
Ford’s Scott summarises: “The whole MaaS play revolves around exploring broader opportunities within the transport mobility cloud. It needs more coordination between the various modes of transport as well as the infrastructure to find out what is possible and where the value lies.”
The IET published its report, ‘Could Mobility as a Service solve our transport problems?’, in March 2019.
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KUALA LUMPUR: Hap Seng Consolidated Bhd registered a higher net profit of RM156.30 million in the first quarter ended March 31, 2022 (Q1 2022) from RM120.83 million last year, thanks to growth recorded in most segments.
Revenue increased to RM1.64 billion from RM1.28 billion previously, mainly attributable to higher revenue contribution from plantation, automotive, trading and building materials divisions, it said in a filing to Bursa Malaysia.
Hap Seng said the plantation division’s revenue doubled to RM242.2 million from RM121.3 million in Q1 2021 due to higher average selling prices realisation as well as higher sales volume of all palm products.
The average selling price of crude palm oil (CPO) and palm kernel (PK) during the quarter stood at RM6,019 per tonne and RM4,702 per tonne respectively, significantly higher than the preceding year corresponding quarter of RM3,854 per tonne for CPO and RM2,585 per tonne for PK.
CPO sales volume rose 28 per cent to 33,607 tonnes in Q1 2022 from Q1 2021, while PK sales volume was eight per cent higher at 7,319 tonnes.
Meanwhile, the automotive segment’s revenue for the current quarter at RM371.3 million rose 19 per cent from RM312.2 million in Q1 2021, amid improved performance in its passenger car and commercial vehicle segments.
The passenger car segment achieved a 22 per cent higher revenue with an 18 per cent increase in the number of cars sold, while the after-sales and services segment registered a nine per cent increase in revenue.
The commercial vehicle segment’s revenue increased eight per cent higher with higher sales of Actros.
Hap Seng said the trading division’s revenue soared 78 per cent to RM785.5 million versus RM441 million previously.
Revenue for the fertilisers trading business in Q1 2022 more than doubled to RM621.3 million from Q1 2021 as both Malaysian and Indonesian markets registered higher sales attributable to higher average selling prices due to global supply disruptions caused by the geopolitical tension in Europe.
In addition, the building materials division comprising quarry, asphalt and bricks businesses and trading of building materials by Hafary Holdings Ltd saw a 12 per cent rise in revenue to RM136.5 million against RM121.5 million in Q1 2021.
In contrast, the property and credit financing divisions both recorded lower revenues.
‘’Based on the foregoing and despite the uncertainties in the domestic and global economies, the board is cautiously optimistic of achieving satisfactory results for the financial year ending Dec 31, 2022,’’ Hap Seng said. - Bernama


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Gas Prices – Good news, commuters: That trip to work and back home is costing you 60 to 70 cents less compared to this same time last year, AAA said.
In fact, motorists are enjoying the lowest gas prices during this time of year since 2004, with the current average — $1.75 — remaining at an all-time low since January 2009.
“Gas prices historically climb at this time of year largely due to seasonal refinery maintenance, which can lead to reductions in supply. However, retail averages are likely to maintain their discount to recent years, barring any major disruptions in supply,” said Mark Jenkins, spokesman for AAA-The Auto Club Group.
The current average price for a gallon of gas in Orlando is $1.64, 1 cent less than a week ago.
Gas prices hit lowest point in more than a decade
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Footwear retailer Foot Locker Inc. has partnered with Nike Inc. to offer more app-based digital services at one of its stores.
Foot Locker opened its new 9,000 square foot “Power Store” in New York City last week. Shoppers who are members of Nike’s free NikePlus loyalty program and have the Nike app on their smartphone can use the in-store features of the app, called Nike App at Retail, at this Foot Locker location. When a shopper enters the store, the Nike app detects the shopper’s location and switches to Nike App at Retail mode, which offers store-specific functionality.
“When [Nike] the members cross the door, they are immediately recognized. And with their app, they can scan products, discover the features and benefits of shoes or clothes,” explains Anne Hebert, Nike’s vice president of global sales.
The Nike Retail app allows a shopper at this Foot Locker location and select Nike stores (in Portland, Santa Monica, California, Los Angeles, and New York) to scan barcodes with their smartphone to learn about products, check in-store inventory, and book online and collect from Nike lockers at the Foot Locker store.
According to a Nike spokeswoman, only Nike products are available for in-store online pickup.
Neither Foot Locker nor Nike would disclose the terms of their partnership in this deal. However, “partnerships are critical to our growth strategy and Foot Locker has been a key Nike partner for over four decades,” the spokesperson explained. “What makes this event special is that it is the first time that NikePlus membership services and experiences have been available at a multi-brand partner store through the Nike retail app.”
The Foot Locker location also offers the Nike Unlock Box, a vending machine that a NikePlus member unlocks by scanning their QR code to receive a free new product from a vending machine, such as a pair of Nike socks. Shoppers can unlock new items every 14 days. However, Nike’s instant checkout feature, which allows a shopper to complete their purchase from their mobile device via the Nike app, is only available at select Nike stores and not the Foot Locker store, the door said. -word of Nike.
In addition, the Foot Locker store also offers a Nike “ShoeCase”, which allows Nike members to have early access to shoe releases. Nike members scan their membership card and enter a real-time raffle to win the opportunity to purchase a premium pair of sneakers.
Foot Locker plans to open other digital-focused stores, but the retailer did not specify a time frame or location. Currently, the sports equipment retailer operates approximately 3,200 stores in 27 countries across North America, Europe, Asia, Australia and New Zealand.
Nike’s robust mobile shopping app launched more than two years ago and accounts for “well over” 50% of Nike’s online revenue, Nike said in its second-quarter 2019 earnings report. app encourages shoppers to join the NikePlus loyalty program, which gives them access to benefits like discounts, personalized recommendations and exclusive product offers. These benefits are available online and in the app.
Foot Locker is No. 61 in the Internet Retailer 2019 Top 1000. Nike is No. 34.


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Happy hump day, horror heathens! It’s been quite the intriguing week in the spooky universe — with the first month of 2023 already promising some exciting projects to be released this year. From M3GAN and Chucky engaging in online beef to Skinamarink proving to be nothing short of nightmare fuel for everyone, the spooky world is more alive now than ever before. And while those bulletins are intense enough, the news in today’s daily horror roundup here at We Got This Covered certainly takes the cake. Amongst the latest revelations, Ghostface is the prowl and dangerous in new Scream VI images as a beloved horror icon gets attached to a future MCU project.
So, clear your calendars for the remainder of the year, jot down all those horror goodies, and follow along as we properly indulge in spookyland.
Horror and the MCU are now colliding in the best way possible
It’s long been a discussion for genre powerhouses like horror and the MCU to put their heads together and create some cinematic brilliance. Luckily, the wait seems to be drawing near the end, with an acclaimed horror actress floating around in the Marvel wheel of rumors. Those aforementioned tumors, which unsurprisingly got the internet talking, are to do with Orphan star Isabelle Fuhrman apparently getting cast in Marvel’s upcoming Phrase 5 series Agatha: Coven of Chaos. The series has been anticipated for some time now, and with the big-name adaptation now lining up its cast, the MCU and horror explosion is finally set to combust. It’s undoubtedly a good time to be alive, folks.
Ghostface in New York City is truly becoming nightmare fuel
After it was announced that the long-standing Scream franchise would be taking a break from Woodsboro and heading on over to one of the most magical cities in the world, the hype has truly matched the expectations — with brand new Scream VI images showcasing Ghostface in the deadliest form. As of now, it’s obviously unclear as to who is donning the iconic ensemble in the series’ sixth installment, but horror fans are surely getting some intriguing glimpses at this updated version of the blood-thirsty killer. In the fresh images, Ghostface is back at it again, successfully terrorizing an innocent group of victims. It’s Ghostface in the truest form, and it’s a delightful tease into one of the most anticipated horror flicks of the year.
Sam Raimi lights up the genre with a newborn project announcement
By now, it’s common knowledge that director Sam Raimi is a national treasure in the massive horror catalog. With sleeper hits like The Evil Dead and Drag Me to Hell under his belt, there’s no doubting that Raimi knows what it takes to spice up the genre with his organic formula and unforgettable filmmaking style. Flash forward to now, and Raimi is once again stirring up the genre with an upcoming adaptation of Suburban Hell — a movie that centers around a collection of suburban moms who eventually encounter demonic possession. The premise alone is a wild ride on its own, but Raimi’s involvement is sure to push the envelope and generate an out-of-this-world cinematic venture.
See you back here tomorrow, Screamers, for a brand new horror roundup.


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Why Did Cryptocurrency Crash Today. 12 apr 2022, 08:08 am ist agencies. What luna 2.0 is and why the terra coin is relaunching after collapse 26 may, 2022.
Cryptocurrency investors sold off their digital assets on saturday as the global crypto market plunged by over 17%. The entire cryptocurrency market recently lost $200 billion in a single day. Cryptopolitan reports the values of several popular digital assets, including bitcoin, binance,.
Cryptocurrency Investors Sold Off Their Digital Assets On Saturday As The Global Crypto Market Plunged By Over 17%.
Cryptopolitan reports the values of several popular digital assets, including. There was an 8% drop in the price of the binance chain’s native cryptocurrency, bnb. 12 apr 2022, 08:08 am ist agencies.
Bitcoin And Cryptocurrencies Have Crashed Further Overnight, Dropping To Levels Not Seen Since The Crypto Market Began Surging In Late 2020 And Wiping Away Almost $1 Trillion.
Cryptopolitan reports the values of several popular digital assets, including bitcoin, binance,. Crypto crash news 7th june: One of the reasons behind falling crypto prices could be low risk apetitie among traders and investors, especially after the terra (luna) debacle.
This Week, Some Crypto Enthusiasts Have Argued That Terra’s Crash Was A Successful Stress Test For This Hypothesis:
The cryptocurrency sector has survived catastrophic crashes before. As of may 12, bitcoin (btc) had lost. It is an 11.31 percent drop in bnb’s price in the last seven.
Over The Last 24 Hours, The Price Of The World's Largest Cryptocurrency, Bitcoin ( Btc), Traded Down.
On wednesday, a broad crypto crash wiped out about $1 trillion in market value — a staggering drop from $2.5 trillion just a week ago. As much as $2.4 billion was liquidated earlier today, which. Today, the worldwide crypto markets have fallen to a $1.22 trillion market cap.
Bitcoin, Which Accounts For More Than 40%.
Here are a few reasons for “why did crypto crashed in february end?”: The global cryptocurrency market cap declined. “cryptocurrencies face not so much a rapid crash as a slide into nothingness,” it claimed.


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As India’s Hindu majority faces increasing scrutiny and controversy, tech companies must navigate a political minefield in order to operate in the country. In this blog post, we’ll explore how tech companies are responding to the growing culture wars in India and the implications for their businesses.
Right-Wing Commentators Stoking Controversy
Right-wing commentators in India are doing their job to stoke communal tensions, according to Hartosh Singh Bal, executive editor at The Caravan. The government is pushing the narrative, and these commentators are creating their own environment around them. There is no logic to what gets sucked into the culture war, says Aakar Patel, a journalist and former head of Amnesty International’s India bureau.
The recent controversy over ChatGPT, a generative AI software, has made some potential users nervous. Companies that get caught up in these political firestorms face fallout, and some entrepreneurs are choosing to avoid the risk of offending their Hindu customers.
Recent Examples of Controversy
The past year has seen a number of examples of companies facing backlash for their involvement in Hindu culture. Jewelery company Tanishq was the focus of an online protest campaign after releasing an ad depicting a mixed-faith family, and clothing and lifestyle company Fabindia promoted a range of garments for the Hindu festival Diwali using an Urdu phrase. Unacademy, one of India’s largest edtech platforms, was forced to apologize after a question on one of its exam papers sparked a backlash from Hindu nationalist groups. Ecommerce company Myntra was attacked for trivializing Hindu culture after a meme that combined a scene from the epic Mahabharata with the company’s brand circulated on social media.
Implications for Tech Companies
Tech industry figures hope that the controversy won’t keep people in India from experimenting with generative AI, which they say has huge potential across multiple sectors. However, some in the tech sector say the controversy over ChatGPT has given them pause. Companies that want to operate in India will have to be ready for future controversies and have a process in place to deal with online boycotts or any type of allegations that arise. At the end of the day, it’s about costs, and if ChatGPT can help save money on writer salaries and yields desired results, controversies won’t matter.
It’s clear that tech companies in India face a difficult balancing act when it comes to navigating the culture wars. While generative AI has great potential for businesses, companies must be prepared for the potential backlash that comes with it.


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Nigeria's leading fintech startups are reportedly collaborating on a strategy to combat fraudulent transactions in their networks, including the development of a shared registry of suspected criminals, Semafor reports, citing sources familiar with the matter.
The proposed initiative, known as Project Radar, would enable companies such as digital banks Kuda and Branch, savings app Cowrywise, and payments processor Flutterwave to pool data on individuals and groups that have made or attempted fraudulent transactions.
While a demo of the blacklist registry is in the works, the companies leading the effort are said to be working with Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System (NIBSS) to determine the best way to integrate it with the existing fraud reporting system.
The collaboration comes on the back of a recent security breach at Flutterwave, which was reportedly hacked for 2.9 billion Naira ($6.3 million) in over 60 transactions in February.
While Flutterwave has denied the hack, court documents revealed that it filed a lawsuit against 16 commercial banks to freeze more than 100 accounts suspected of receiving proceeds of the alleged breach.
During a meeting discussing Project Radar, industry executives reportedly bemoaned the rise in fraudsters taking advantage of weaknesses in the financial system, and the lack of data-sharing between companies to identify such actors. If successful, the initiative could help reduce the number of fraudulent transactions on these fintech platforms and improve consumer trust in Nigeria's financial sector.


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The president race is an epic brand and marketing battle being waged by two warring forces for market supremacy.
With Obamacare provisions soon to take effect, insurance companies need to be more adept at b-to-c marketing than ever.
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