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EAT Club, the corporate lunch service with a customer base that includes Flipboard, Mastercard and TaskRabbit, has acquired Farm Hill, a lunch box delivery service, to solidify and expand its presence in the San Francisco Bay Area. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but Farm Hill had previously raised $4 million in capital.
EAT Club also brought on Doug Leeds, the former CEO at IAC Publishing and former executive in residence at August Capital, as its new CEO. Leeds is EAT Club’s third CEO since 2016, when its first CEO Frank Han moved into the COO role. Han left the company entirely in November 2017, according to his LinkedIn. Following Han’s departure as CEO, EAT Club brought on Mike Griffith, who served as president and CEO for less than two years. Griffith left in March because of a cultural mismatch of sorts, EAT Club co-founder Rodrigo Santibáñez told me. With
Tri Tran is a principal at Applico and the former chief executive and co-founder of Munchery.
Investors may have already placed their orders in the consumer food delivery space, but there’s still a missing recipe for solving the over $250 billion business-to-business foodservice distribution problem that’s begging for venture firms to put more cooks in the kitchen. Stock prices for Sysco and US Foods, the two largest food distributors, are up by over 20% since last summer when Amazon bought Whole Foods. But, these companies haven’t made any material changes to their business model to counteract the threat of Amazon. I know a thing or two about the food services industry and the need for a B2B marketplace in an industry ripe with all of our favorite buzz words: fragmentation, last mile logistics and a lack of pricing transparency.
Instacart, the on-demand grocery delivery platform that finds itself at the center of ever-increasing competition, has today announced that David Hahn will be taking over as Instacart’s new Chief Product Officer.
Hahn previously served as VP of Product at LinkedIn, after which time he went to Greylock to serve as an entrepreneur in residence, helping portfolio companies think through their products and monetization strategies.
Most recently, Hahn was President and Chief Product Officer at GoFundMe.
Hahn joins Instacart during an interesting time for the grocery space. Online grocery shopping a delivery has reached “a tipping point,” in the words of Hahn, as incumbents like Walmart and Target formulate their own delivery options. Meanwhile, as we all know, Amazon is working to integrate newly acquired Whole Foods into its Prime delivery portfolio.
“Just a few years from now, everyone will get their groceries this way,” said Hahn. “I’m excited to
Good Eggs, the food delivery service that promises “absurdly fresh” groceries and meal kits, has raised $50 million in new funding.
That looks like a big turnaround from 2015, when the company had multiple rounds of layoffs, shut down operations outside of San Francisco and brought on Bradley Hall (an executive from Plum Organics and Clif Bar) as its new CEO.
Hall said that after he took over, he spent months focused on retooling the fundamental business: “We didn’t have a single conversation about growth.” Since then, he said the company started looking at “growth with purpose” and in 2018 is ready for “thoughtful, measured expansion.”
“The first change is, we realized that we were a food company enabled by technology, versus a technology company that sells food,” Hall said.
That might sound vague, but it led to more concrete “trickle effects,” like quadrupling the number of
Munchery, the on-demand food delivery startup, has shut down its operations in Los Angeles, New York and Seattle, the company announced on its blog today. That means the teams from those cities are also being let go.
“We recognize the impact this will have on the members of our team in those regions,” Munchery CEO James Beriker wrote on the company blog. “Our teams in each city have built their businesses from scratch and worked tirelessly to serve our customers and their communities. I am grateful for their unwavering commitment to Munchery’s mission and success. I truly wish that the outcome would have been different.”
With LA, New York and Seattle off the table, Munchery says it’s going to focus more on its business in San Francisco, its first and largest market. This shift in operations will also enable Munchery to “achieve profitability on the near term, and build
Purple Carrot announced this morning that it has raised $4 million in strategic funding from Fresh Del Monte Produce.
The company, which delivers completely plant-based (vegan) meal kits to subscribers, was founded in 2014. It has, in part, gotten attention through celebrity involvement, first by enlisting food writer Mark Bittman as its chief innovation officer (Bittman departed in 2016), then by partnering with football star and notorious strawberry hater Tom Brady to launch TB12 meal kits.
Purple Carrot had previously raised $6 million in funding, according to Crunchbase. The company says that this new investment will allow it to improve its supply chain, get access to more retail opportunities and explore expansion into other categories.
“Securing this strategic investment from Fresh Del Monte is a huge validation of our business model, and an important step forward for our company,” said Purple Carrot founder and CEO Andy Levitt in
Earlier today, the services marketplace Thumbtack held a small conference for 300 of its best gig economy workers at an event space in San Francisco.
For the nearly ten-year-old company the event was designed to introduce some new features and a redesign of its brand that had softly launched earlier in the week. On hand, in addition to the services professionals who’d paid their way from locations across the U.S. were the company’s top executives.
It’s the latest step in the long journey that Thumbtack took to become one of the last companies standing with a consumer facing marketplace for services.
Back in 2008, as the global financial crisis was only just beginning to tear at the fabric of the U.S. economy, entrepreneurs at companies like Thumbtack andTaskRabbit were already hard at work on potential patches.
This was the beginning of what’s now known as the gig
The venture investment arm of massive meat manufacturer Tyson Foods is continuing its push into potential alternative methods of poultry production with a new investment in the Israeli startup Future Meat Technologies.
The backer of companies like the plant-based protein-maker Beyond Meat, and cultured-meat company Memphis Meats, Tyson Ventures’ latest investment is also tackling technology development to create mass produced meat in a lab — instead of on the farm.
Future Meat Technologies is working to commercialize a manufacturing technology for fat and muscle cells that was first developed in the laboratories of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
“It is difficult to imagine cultured meat becoming a reality with a current production price of about $10,000 per
kilogram,” said Yaakov Nahmias, the company’s founder and Chief Scientist, in a statement. “We redesigned the
manufacturing process until we brought it down to $800 per kilogram today, with a clear roadmap
With the debut of his Eminem Augmented app at Coachella last night, hip hop’s not-so-merry prankster took the (somewhat revolutionary) step of embracing the machine that so many musicians have raged against — by building an experience that actually enhances the way that modern fans see live music.
Rather than fighting the mobile phone phenomena, which has fans watching sets through the reflected glow of a cell phone’s live recording, the multiplatinum megastar decided to lose himself in the moment… and own it.
“We figured, if the phones are going to be there and people are going to be putting them up in the air and looking at them anyway why don’t we provide a way to maybe change the way they’re perceiving the show,” says Def Jam chief executive (and former manager for Marshall Mathers), Paul Rosenberg.
Developed by the multimedia production shop Drive Studios, Eminem’s live
Impossible Foods is taking another bite out of the meat supply chain, with the announcement that its meatless burger substitute is coming to America’s first fast-food burger chain — White Castle.
That’s right, now stoned vegan hippies can join stoned slackers in their quest for cheap, delicious burger-y goodness.
The “Impossible Slider,” which is made from Impossible Foods’ vegetable-based ground beef substitute, will now be available for $1.99, or as part of a combo meal.
It’s hard to understate the importance of this as Impossible Foods now makes the jump from higher-end, fast-casual restaurants to a truly mass consumer, fast-food chain.
If the company’s mission to be a viable competitor to ground beef — and ultimately replace it — Impossible Foods was going to have to make the jump from Umami Burger to “Impossible Slider” at some point.
As we wrote recently, the company has been beefing up
Artificial intelligence is about more than asking Alexa or Siri to turn on the lights at home and add a reminder to the calendar about getting some milk at the store later in the afternoon.
The true power of AI and machine learning is how it can democratize expertise, lowering the barriers to entry for tasks that once could only be performed by a small group of specialists. The result, one day, will be that your self-driving car drops you off at the supermarket, where you will find higher-quality foods available at prices lower than they’ve ever been.
It will happen through the use of machine learning algorithms that absorb a large volume of data, recognize patterns and apply statistical probabilities to choose the course of action most likely to result in a successful outcome.
For example, Google’s famous self-driving car used machine learning to catalog a number of interesting
Any company that’s looking to replace the more than 5 billion pounds of ground beef making its way onto tables in the U.S. every year with a meatless substitute is going to need a lot of cash.
It’s a big vision with lots of implications for the world — from climate change and human health to challenging the massive, multi-billion dollar industries that depend on meat — and luckily for Impossible Foods (one of the many companies looking to supplant the meat business globally), the company has managed to attract big-name investors with incredibly deep pockets to fund its meatless mission.
In the seven years since the company raised its first $7 million investment from Khosla Ventures, Impossible Foods has managed to amass another $389 million in financing — most recently in the form of a convertible note from the Singaporean global investment powerhouse Temasek (which is backed by
“Enjoy a light, social high” says the funky bottle of California Dreamin’ cannabis -infused sparkling pomegranate juice. Launching today at Y Combinator Demo Day, California Dreamin’ is serving up an alcohol alternative that still gets you lit, but without the same hangover or health issues.
Each bottle contains 10 milligrams of THC — an industry standard dose of the psychoactive chemical in marijuana. The company only uses sativa, the more energizing, euphoric type of pot, compared to the more body relaxing Indica variety. That’s compared to some competing marijuana beverages with as much as 100mg — enough that a single sip will get you high and bottle will lay out all but the hardiest stoners. “We want it to be a light, head high feel” says Seven Cities Beverage Company aka California Dreamin’ co-founder Amy Ludlum. “We don’t want to give anyone couch lock. We want it to be social.
More VC money sloshing around Europe, this time with the launch of a new early-stage fund targeting food and agriculture technology. Backed by the likes of European Investment Fund, Nestlé, Fondo Italiano d’Investimento, and Bpifrance, Five Seasons Ventures is announcing the first closing of its fund with commitments “in excess of €60 million” to invest in food/agtech in the region.
The France-headquartered VC says it plans to focus on early-stage companies developing tech innovations aimed at solving key challenges in the sector. These span healthier food, to shorter supply chains, to quantified and personalised nutrition, to alternative proteins.
Five Seasons Ventures is founded and managed by Ivan Farneti and Niccolò Manzon. Farneti is a seasoned VC and was previously a founding partner of Doughty Hanson Technology Ventures and a board member of Seedcamp. Niccolò meanwhile is said to bring quite a lot food and agtech investing experience. In his previous
Life has not been pretty for Blue Apron, the meal-kit company that went public last June. Today, Blue Apron’s shares dropped to a record low following Weight Watchers announcing it would launch its own meal kits to be sold in grocery stores. Read More
Pasadena-based hardware startup Miso Robotics just got a big vote of confidence from investors, in the form of a $10 million Series B. This latest windfall led by Acacia Research Corporation brings the company’s total disclosed funding to $14 million and arrives as it ramps up production and gets ready to deliver its hamburger-cooking robot Flippy to 50 CaliBurger locations. Read More
A few months after hearing closing arguments in the Lawson v. GrubHub case, Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley has ruled Raef Lawson, the plaintiff, was indeed an independent contractor while driving and delivering food for GrubHub. “We’re extremely satisfied with today’s ruling in Lawson v. Grubhub, which validates the freedom our delivery partners enjoy from deciding when, where… Read More
Agrilyst, a platform that makes it easier for indoor farmers to manage their crops based on sensor data, today announced that it has raised a $1.5 million funding round from iSelect Fund, Argonautic Ventures, Horizons Lab and Onland Capital Fund. The new investors were joined by existing investors Compound and the New York State Innovation Capital Fund. Read More
Tovala, the startup that’s designed a new steam-based oven and accompanying meal kit subscription service, has inked an investment and partnership agreement with the food prep giant Tyson Foods. Through Tyson Ventures, the company’s investment arm, Tovala will get an undisclosed amount of new financing as the two companies pursue collaborations on Tyson-branded Tovala meals.… Read More
Bay Area startup Safe Catch Tuna has developed a patented technology to detect mercury levels in a variety of fish and pledges that its own brand of tuna products have the lowest levels of any brand.
The company is one of those overnight successes more than a decade in the making. Co-founder Sean Wittenberg started the company in 2004 after his own mom was diagnosed with mercury poisoning. Read More


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On 26 May, CNN broadcast an unusual clip of a US navy intelligence flight over the South China Sea. The P-8A Poseidon surveillance plane – one of the newest weapons in the Pentagon’s arsenal – had taken off, with a CNN reporter on board, from Clark airbase in the Philippines, once part of America’s …Asia
An Apple logo hangs above the entrance to the Apple store on 5th Avenue in the Manhattan borough of New York City
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Some of the biggest U.S. corporate names on Monday offered their support - and billions of dollars in green financing pledges - to buttress the Obama …Climate Change
Can big energy move to small, scalable projects that don't require a massive grid?
Last month in Rio de Janeiro, I spoke at a conference of the nonprofit Global Sustainable Electricity Partnership (GSEP), which may be the most disruptive and subversive organization you’ve probably never heard of. …Energy
For the industrial giants that Rockwell Automation serves, the value of the Internet of things isn’t theoretical. It’s transformative.
Think about it: The raw materials we need to survive in the modern era—oil, gas, metal—often come from remote, dirty, hostile environments. We process them in …Coal Mining
A global robotic arms race "is virtually inevitable" unless a ban is imposed on autonomous weapons, Stephen Hawking, Elon Musk and 1,000 academics, researchers and public figures have warned.
In an open letter presented at the International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Buenos …Robots
Plus, three hurdles your company must overcome before it sees IoT success.
The Internet of things, the term used to describe the use of sensors and other Internet-connected devices to track and control physical objects, opens up entirely new ways of doing business. It’s now possible to track …Internet of Things
Driverless trucks have long seemed a far-fetched notion of the future, technology that would never materialize in this generation.
The future may be closer at hand: Suncor Energy Inc. is working to replace its fleet in the oil sands with autonomous trucks “by the end of the decade.” The shift isn’t …Car Tech
First came lab-grown mini-hearts. Then came 3D printed skin. Now scientists have taken “body on a chip” to a whole new level. Starting with skin …The Brain
Those under the impression that climate change is advancing at a constant and predictable rate don't understand the true dynamics of the issue. The …Climate Change
How much would you pay to live longer? What if Google were making the pill to do it?
On Tuesday, Calico, the medical research company Google incubated in 2013, announced it had cut a deal for access to genetic information from Ancestry, the largest family tree website. It’s among the first public …Google
KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — The deep oceans span more than half the globe and their frigid depths have long been known to contain vast, untapped deposits of prized minerals. These treasures of the abyss, however, have always been out of reach to miners.
But now, the era of deep seabed mining appears to …Mining
Amazon might soon have a brick-and-mortar presence in your community. The online retailer is planning to test a new service that lets you pick up fresh groceries and other items from a physical location, reports the Silicon Valley Business Journal.
According to the paper's sources, Amazon (through a …Amazon
Marek Belka says country remains reluctant to join the euro, as he warns that world is running out of ammunition to fight the next financial crisis
Poland will not join the euro while the bloc remains in danger of “burning”, its central bank governor said.
Marek Belka, who has also served as the …Eurozone Crisis
With tech startups rapidly eating into traditional sectors, large organizations face an increased pressure to innovate. The challenge is that traditional innovation approaches are broken. A recent study revealed that only 5% of R&D staff feel highly motivated to innovate. In certain sectors, more …Innovation
In one hand is a pair of large white underpants, in the other a pair of leopard-print skimpies. The senior executive of a new startup bank is attempting to demonstrate the difference between the incumbent high street banks (the boring Y-fronts) and the “speed not comfort” approach of Atom, a new …Financial Technology
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos.
After a stellar Q2 earnings report on Thursday that sent its stock flying, Amazon hit a huge milestone: It officially became more valuable than the biggest retailer in the world, Wal-Mart.
When markets closed on Friday, Amazon had a market cap of $246.54 billion versus …Amazon
A recent study led by Georgina Mace, ecosystem professor at University College London, indicated that governments across the world have failed to grasp the risk that population booms in coastal cities pose as climate change continues to cause rises in sea levels and extreme weather events. Mace is …Asia
We now have the power to easily alter DNA. It could eliminate disease. It could solve world hunger. It could get really out of hand.The post Easy DNA …DNA
Never hold 1 to dial voicemail again.
At its big developer conference in May, Google quietly introduced a revolutionary development: its growing, learning robot brain. The first main task the brain was put to was organizing your photos, but now it will transcribe your voicemails too.
The new …Google
We recycle cans, we recycle clothes, yes, we even recycle bras and old prosthetic limbs.
But what if you could recycle some of your fossil fuels, the carbon dioxide (CO2) that’s emitted from using coal, oil and natural gas?
Carbon Engineering in Canada is powering up a plant which promises to do just …Carbon
The "Internet of Things" is headed to college. . . .
For the "Internet of Things" to thrive, all it needs is for all devices to get along—which is currently wishful thinking. Last week, however, Google announced a partnership with Carnegie-Mellon University, which is leading a collaboration of …Google
It’s no secret tech luminaries like Elon Musk and Bill Gates worry about humanity flirting with disaster though a digital version of the Icarus myth – in our case, the power of artificial intelligence being the sun that eventually burns our wings.
Even so, not every futurist or technology pioneer is …Artificial Intelligence
Welcome to the age of hackable automobiles, when two security researchers can cause a 1.4 million product recall.The post After Jeep Hack, Chrysler …Security
Private investors stand to lose $4.2tn (£2.7tn) on the value of their holdings from the impact of climate change by 2100 even if global warming is held at plus 2C, a report from the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) has warned.
If firm action is not taken at the forthcoming climate change talks in …Climate Change
Construction has begun on China’s first large-scale commercial solar plant, designed to eventually supply electricity for approximately one million households in Qinghai province. It’s a concentrating solar power (CSP) system, which uses a vast array of mirrors spread across 2,550 hectares (6,300 …Asia
On Tuesday this week, the Royal Navy ship HMS Mersey launched something unusual from its gun deck off England's southern coast — a cheap drone made using a 3D printer.
The three-kilogram craft with an airplane-style design was launched by a three-meter catapult and autonomously flew between a few …Royal Navy
On June 24, 2015, a court in The Hague ordered the Dutch government to act faster in its duty to protect its citizens against the effects of climate change. This marks the first time the issue has been legally declared a state obligation, regardless of arguments that the solution to the global …Climate Change
Every week brings news of the latest world-saving technological breakthrough, from electric cars to superfoods and energy miracles. Global agrochemical firm Monsanto just announced a $1bn investment in its new herbicide, dicamba, part of Roundup Ready Xtend, its system for genetically engineered …UK Politics

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Turkish gov’t set to meet taxi, Uber drivers in bid to ease tension
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The government plans to come together with representatives from Uber and taxi associations in a bid to ease escalating tension between the two sides, Customs and Trade Minister Bülent Tüfenkci has said.
Tensions have risen in recent weeks between taxi drivers and Uber drivers in Istanbul, amid reports of numerous instances in which groups of taxi drivers have physically attacked Uber drivers.
Tüfenkci said the government wanted to hear the arguments of the both sides in the upcoming days.
“People find something good in Uber. Our taxi drivers should evaluate themselves. We must analyze why people prefer Uber. We want to hear the arguments of both sides in the upcoming period,” he told reporters on March 14, adding that the government opposes any violent measures.
“We will prepare a detailed action plan in coordination with the Interior Ministry, the Finance Ministry and the Transport Ministry,” Tüfenkci said.
A lawsuit was recently opened against Uber by the United Taxi Drivers Association, with lawyers of the latter demanding that the authorities block access to the Uber application in Turkey. The court has adjourned the trial to June 4, saying it is waiting for the expert report regarding the issue to be completed.


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The UAE is becoming a central hub for the world’s diamond trade. The country’s Minister of Economy announced recently that the rough diamond trade in the country reached $25.6 billion in 2015.
The rough diamond trade has in the previous years focused on the areas of Antwerp, Tel Aviv and New York, with 8 out of 10 of all diamonds passing through Antwerp. The diamond sector of the Belgian city has an annual turnover of around $39 billion, but it seems new regions are beginning to catch up.
Sultan bin Saeed Al Mansouri, UAE Minister of Economy, released the country’s trading figures for 2015. The figures show the country imported $12.4 billion worth of rough diamonds. Furthermore, it re-exported around $13 billion worth of rough diamonds, totaling in trade value of $25.6 billion.
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The country’s position within the diamond trade industry is strengthened by its selection to be the chair of the Kimberley Process for the year. The Kimberley Process is a worldwide body, helping member nations to trade diamonds in a safe and stable environment. In many cases, foreign transactions are placed using automated forex strategies that can also be used in building speculative positions.
UAE was the first Arab nation to join the body in 2003, with the Dubai diamond trade increasing its recognition as a global hub after the membership.
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However, the overall health of the diamond trade isn’t looking as upbeat. The sector suffers from oversupply, with the demand suffering consequently. Furthermore, slower retail interest from China has driven down the trading prices. During the Chinese New Year period, the country’s biggest jewelry retailer Chow Tai Fook reported a 20% drop in demand for processed diamonds.
Yet, buoyant American markets might come to the rescue of UAE traders and diamond mining companies. According to one of the biggest diamond mining companies De Beers, American consumers continue to stay in love with the ‘girl’s best friend’.


text: Recently, the number of Chinese tourists who visit Japan shows no signs of increasing. More than 200,000 people visited Japan from China in July 2012, before the bilateral dispute over the Senkaku Islands worsened. But after the relationship between China and Japan became bad, the monthly number plummeted below 60,000 in November and December. On the other hand, the number of Chinese tourists who visit America is increasing year by year. Tourism in America said “Chinese tourists are like walking wallet”. 110 million Chinese tourists visited America last year. On average, they spend $1,200 on shopping a person. More than half Chinese tourists say “the aim of going to America is to go shopping” so they don’t worry about a hotel and restaurant. Many expensive shops in America make a profit due to them. However, the attitude of them is a big problem. For example, some people break into the line and don’t flush a toilet. People in other country have bad image because of those Chinese tourists. They need to know common sense before going to other country.


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NEW DELHI: Even as products like the Banarasi saree wait to get intellectual property rights recognition for geographical exclusivity, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) is organising a series of events to promote the benefits of getting geographical indication (GI) for products.
UNCTAD India programme is launching a series of events, including a workshop and conference, to highlight the benefits of geographical indications (GI), an important intellectual property right under the WTO TRIPS Agreement.
“We haven’t had awareness about geographical indications. So, we are in the process of building awareness about the benefit of GIs,’’ said Abhijit Das, the deputy project coordinator and officer in charge of UNCTAD. The UN organisation along with a number of partners is already working on getting Geographical Indications (GI) for 21 products, including Banarasi sari and Badohi carpets.
The applications have been filed for the products even as attempts are made to spread awareness on the benefits getting geographical exclusivity for a product. The UNCTAD, which is attempting to build awareness through small focus groups, has found that the wages of artisans increased two to three times after a product was recognised as being exclusively from a particular area.


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Intel announced a new category of mainstream thin and light mobile computers called Ultrabook. They also revealed more details of the upcoming Ivy Bridge processor based on the 22nm 3D transistor design.
Yes, we know all about the glitch affecting Intel's 6 series chipsets for Sandy Bridge processors. It's disappointing to have to wait for the newer, revised motherboards, but that just means more time to do proper research. To help you pick your next mainstream H67 motherboard, here's our small roundup.
We visited Intel's booth today and we had the opportunity to experience the new Sandy Bridge laptops, wireless display, netbooks and a preview of a couple of Oak Trail products.
At the CES press day, Intel officially launched the much awaited 2nd generation Core processor family, much better known as Sandy Bridge. The new processor promises faster compute performance as well as improved graphics performance, an updated WiDi 2.0, Intel Quick Sync and Intel Insider.
Intel's long-awaited, new CPU microarchitecture, Sandy Bridge, has finally gone live. After months of hype and speculation, does it live up to its pedigree? Find out here as we test the Core i7-2600K, Core i5-2500K and the Core i5-2400.
It's probably the worst kept secret in the industry - that Intel will be launching its next-gen Sandy Bridge processors in January 2011. Intel's restrictions prevent us from revealing any performance related figures but the motherboards are fair game. So, here to whet your appetite are five upcoming motherboards from ASUS, ECS, Gigabyte and MSI based on Intel's P67 and H67 chipsets.
Intel revealed more details of its upcoming 2nd generation Intel Core processor family codenamed Sandy Bridge at the first day of the Intel Developer Forum 2010. Slated to arrive in early 2011, Sandy Bridge brings with it features that promises to change the user's computing experience.
- Now you can create and manage custom Google Maps from Drive
- Microsoft's HoloLens might be the next home for Disney's Infinity
- Bower & Wilkins announces the launch of their first Bluetooth headphones, the P5 Wireless
- iPhone 6S casing leaked; looks like no dual-lens camera will be coming this year
- Rumor: NVIDIA has plans to release the mid-range GeForce GTX 950 Ti
- 4G LTE Microsoft Surface 3 coming soon, business customers to receive it first
- LG may be introducing a "S" variant of its G4 flagship smartphone
- Analysts predict a new 4-inch Apple iPhone 6C clad in metal launching next year


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Auto Express is at it again… this time with new info and some photoshop action of the MINI Traveler (or wagon). Here’s an excerpt from this week’s edition:
>Here’s a MINI that’s ready to travel in style! Sensational pictures in this week’s Auto Express reveal what estate buyers have got to look forward to – a load-lugger which combines chic, practicality and bags of retro appeal.
>…The estate takes on the refreshed appearance which will debut on the MINI three-door, so the front-end styling shown here will become the machine’s new face. Losing none of the existing variant’s charm, it has sleek headlamps reaching further up the wings. There’s extra chrome detailing front and rear.
>A major talking point for potential buyers will be the new MINI’s unique cabin access. An asymmetric design sees a barn-style back door on only one side. It will leave a gaping Mazda RX-8-type aperture to improve versatility, without compromising overall structural rigidity. Also, the rear gets twin van doors. The chrome surround displayed on the BMW-owned firm’s latest show cars will feature on high-spec models. Crucially, there will be space for five passengers and their luggage inside.
You can read the entire article in this week’s Auto Express or online below:
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Auto Express does like their Photoshop don’t they? It would appear that they’ve very obviously taken the MINI Concept Frankfurt and turned down the bling a few notches. Not really groundbreaking but probably not too far removed from what we may see in the final trim. While none of the details within the article are necessarily new, AE has managed to bring together the latest info (with the help of the rendering) in a consise manner that should help folks get an idea of what’s actually coming in late 2007 with the MINI wagon. Now, about that Photoshop job…


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We’ve all been captivated recently by the massive hack upon Sony Pictures that was supposedly carried out by North Korea. However, not many of us know what using a computer is like in the ‘self-reliant’ hermit kingdom.
Well now we do. Ex-Google employee Will Scott previously visited one of the country’s top universities and bought a copy of the operating system they were using while he was there. He somehow managed to sneak that back to the states and provided screenshots for us all to see.
Now, obviously their OS isn’t going to be anything built by Microsoft, Apple or Google or any other Western company, so they’ve built their own. Well, sort of their own, because it bears a startling resemblance to Apple’s OS X.
From log in screen to the iconic dock and menu bar, it’s a complete rip-off of what appears to be OS X 10.5 Leopard. This image of file manager could easily be mistaken for an old version of Apple’s Finder.
Take a look at the browser – a modded Firefox perhaps?
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United Internet subsidiary Ionos, which specializes in cloud and web hosting businesses, is to go public, according to a media report. This could possibly happen as early as Easter 2022.
Ionos, a subsidiary of United Internet, could go public in the coming year. An IPO (initial public offering) is planned from Easter 2022, as the “Handelsblatt” reported, citing financial circles. Ionos, based in Montabaur, could have a market capitalization of around five billion euros.
Accordingly, an IPO will be planned when the market conditions are favorable, confirmed a company spokeswoman to the newspaper: “An IPO of Ionos is an obvious next step in the development of the company.” United Internet is currently working on preparing Ionos so that the company can then go public “at the appropriate time in 2022 or 2023”, according to the report.
In the past, the hard drive of the home PC was naturally the place where you stored your data. But thanks to the fast broadband connections, it has now become attractive to upload texts, images and music to the Internet and save them there. Typically, the Internet is shown as a cloud in network diagrams. cloud) shown. This is where the term cloud computing comes from: the data is in the cloud – i.e. on the Internet.
The advantage: The data is available everywhere, the servers on which they are located are regularly maintained. Loss of data due to a hard drive crash is extremely unlikely. These services are financed in different ways, for example through advertising or license fees.
Hundreds of companies are currently active in the field, including Microsoft and Google. But the online retailer Amazon is also one of the well-known players in cloud computing.
The goal is a European hyperscaler
As the “Handelsblatt” learned, the group asked banks to apply for mandates to organize the listing, said several people familiar with the situation.
With the proceeds from the IPO, the company could finance its great ambitions: “We will be a European hyperscaler alternative,” said Ionos boss Achim Weiss in an interview with the “Handelsblatt” in March. A hyperscaler is a provider of IT resources based on cloud computing.
Leading providers come from the USA
The leading hyperscalers on the market are currently the three US companies Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Cloud and Google Cloud. You also dominate the European cloud market to almost 70 percent. Microsoft was only able to increase its revenues by 50 percent in the cloud business, as the quarterly figures showed.
European companies, on the other hand, hardly play a role in the market: two weeks ago, the French company OVH Cloud went public with a market capitalization of four billion euros. In contrast, Deutsche Telekom is planning a cooperation with Google for a “sovereign cloud” that will be available in Germany from the middle of next year.
United Internet’s share price benefits
Speculations about an early IPO of the subsidiary Ionos have caused United Internet’s share price to skyrocket. At its peak, stocks jumped ten percent on Wednesday after falling sharply since early September. Most recently, the price increase was just under six percent.


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Maersk Drilling, Maersk group's oil drilling subsidiary, has made an agreement to sell offshore rig Mærsk Giant to an Australian company working in the oil and gas industry, informed Maersk Drilling in an announcement Friday afternoon.
Besides the fact that the sale is expected to be complete within the current year, the announcement does not reveal much regarding the sale, including sales price. Maersk Drilling has owned Mærsk Giant since 1986 and it is currently stacked in Esbjerg, Denmark.
"The sale is part of our fleet optimization in line with our strategic priority of maintaining a fleet of modern, high-quality assets. Given the limited prospects for Mærsk Giant, we believe a sale creates the highest shareholder value," says Jesper Ridder Olsen, CFO at Maersk Drilling, in the announcement.
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The 2020 – 2021 ICCD Ticket Sales will look different because we will not be able to sell in Shopping Malls.
To help Manitoba State has contacted Manitoba Gaming, and they letting us contact last year’s ticket buyers.
a) That means we can photocopy all names in Winnipeg or/and rural areas and have Council Member contact them to purchase this year’s new Car Raffle tickets.
b) Manitoba State is setting up a way that people can purchase ICCD ticket Online using our State Website.
c) If Council volunteers call and sell tickets in this way, that Council will get credit for that sale.
More information to come, but if Councils are interested to call the State Office.


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Yesterday we broke the news that Coke was reverting to its original formulations for the stevia-sweetened full-calorie (120) Glaceau Vitaminwater range after a social media tsunami/backlash at its taste. A Coke spokeswoman told BeverageDaily.com last night that the switch back to original formulations - using crystalline fructose and cane sugar in lieu of stevia and cane sugar - came after it tried "something new" with Vitaminwater as “part of our continual effort to innovate our beverage portfolio”.
“Although many of our most loyal customers” preferred the previous version of this drink, she said, stevia leaf extract remained a key ingredient in 45+ products across Coke's portfolio in 15+ countries, while the soft drinks behemoth will continue to use it in its Vitaminwater Zero line.
Paddy Spence heads up Zevia, the US soda brand sweetened exclusively with stevia, erythritol and now monk fruit, which has hit $60m in retail sales from a 2009 standing start, and accounts for circa. 80% of the naturally sweetened US soda segment.
'Consumers seek functional benefits - when brands don't deliver it undermines trust'
Speaking to this website about the Glaceau retreat, Spence said: “I think the consumer backlash against Vitaminwater’s recent reformulation underscores that consumers are seeking functional benefits from novel ingredients such as stevia, in this case a material reduction in sugar and calories, and when brands don’t deliver, it undermines trust in the brand.”
Spence noted that Vitaminwater has been “very successful” in using natural sweetener stevia in its Zero line, while Zevia has also seen “rapid growth based on our brand promise of zero-calorie sodas with no artificial sweeteners".
Zevia uses stevia for a purpose, to strip out empty calories


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Alaric International Appoints Martin Hewgill as Head of Marketing
Alaric International has undertaken a strategic reorganisation of its sales and marketing functions, led by the key appointment of payments industry expert Martin Hewgill as new Head of Marketing.
The sales and marketing organisations are being strengthened to reflect the company's growth plans and combined into a new Business Development Group, headed up by Steve Lomax, Director of Sales and Marketing. Martin Hewgill, a familiar name in the payment and risk management solutions industry, will lead the marketing team, while new appointments to the EMEA sales team include Tony Nicholls (with responsibilities for the UK, Ireland, Benelux and France) and Nick Searle (with responsibilities for the Nordic countries, Central/Eastern Europe, Sub Sahara and Africa).
In recent months, Alaric has extended its international distribution network with several key partner signings, and opened new regional offices in Australia and the US.
Hewgill has been a senior subject matter expert in the payments and risk management industry for 25 years, working to build enterprise-wide solutions for top financial institutions worldwide. He served as Fraud and Risk Management Consultant at ACI and was latterly a Director of Fraud Product Strategy at Fair Isaac Corporation.
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Last night at Christie’s it didn’t take long for the sale of Elizabeth Taylor’s jewelry to blast through its $30m estimate. An immense, 50.6ct dog-chewed pearl known as “La Peregrina” that Taylor’s fifth (and sixth) husband Richard Burton gave her fetched $11.8m alone, which was almost four times its high estimate. That formed the pattern for the evening, which brought in a total of $115.9m, the highest total ever for a private jewelry auction.
The estimates had been set, said Christie’s Francois Curiel, without consideration for Taylor’s name. Bidders had a different sense of value, and spent accordingly. “No one has seen anything like this,” commented Ward Landrigan, head of New York-based jeweler Verdura. “It’s like money means nothing.” The 33.19-carat “Elizabeth Taylor Diamond” realized $8.8m, more than double its high estimate of $3.5m. And a Bulgari emerald and diamond necklace that Burton gave Taylor for their first marriage pulled in $6.1m, or four times its high estimate.
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Survey says? —Texas the place for business confidence…
(CUSA) – Freedom from regulation and government intervention begets prosperity. The role of the government, therefore, is to stay out of the way of the citizenry for the common good.
The federal government acts like its role is to be involved and to control every aspect of the daily lives of Americans. In Texas, it is quite the opposite and the result of this poll is more evidence that more freedom in business —not regulation— is what Americans want and that this is also good for a society organized under God. —Ed.
MIKE W. THOMAS—
Small business owners across Texas are feeling more positive about their financial situation as sales performance improves, according to the latest Market Pulse survey by Capital One.
The biannual survey gauges the financial performance of small business owners and asks what drives them, what worries them and what their priorities are for the year ahead.
Optimism among business owners in Texas far outpaces the rest of the country with 81 percent reporting a favorable outlook, 19 points ahead of the national average, notes Jorge Calderon, San Antonio area president for Capital One, which recently opened its new Innovation Center at its Plano campus.
“This optimism is likely tied to positive sales growth, as nearly half of small business executives reported that business sales have increased in this quarter’s survey,” Calderon said. “With year-end approaching, the Capital One team is working to understand how we can optimize our products and offerings to better serve small business owners across the country, and sustain positive trends, particularly in states like Texas.”
The interviews for the survey were conducted from Oct. 7-24, 2014. The margin of error is ± 5.7 percentage points at the 95 percent confidence level.
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Virtual Real Estate is Booming in the Metaverse: Here’s Everything you Need to Know
With the rising popularity of NFTs and the metaverse, virtual real estate has become a lucrative market for many in the digital space. Take Republic Realm — in November 2021, the metaverse real estate company bought a virtual property in The Sandbox which was worth $4.3 billion. There has never been such hype in digital properties. Thanks to the metaverse, investors are now paying billions to buy virtual lands in the metaverse.
This shift to metaverse real estate first became prominent during the pandemic when physical real estate markets took a setback. Recently, international rapper Snoop Dogg invested $450,000 in The Sandbox to buy real estate land. He named it the “Snoopverse.” Another blockchain-based company Tokens.com invested $2.43 million to buy a virtual plot of land in the Decentraland metaverse world.
The metaverse integrates a 3D virtual world using augmented and virtual reality (AR and VR) to create an immersive environment. Those who make purchases in the metaverse use non-fungible tokens (NFTs) as a safe exchange medium in the virtual world.
Understanding the role of metaverse and NFTs in the world of virtual real estate
The metaverse, though still in its infancy, could be a game-changer. It integrates the virtual world with the real world, and people can enjoy this new world with the help of VR headsets or AR glasses. The goal is to design a virtual space where people can interact, socialize, work, entertain, and enjoy real-time live experiences. Now, people can invest and buy real estate in metaverse virtual worlds like Decentraland, The Sandbox, and Axie Infinity.
Cryptocurrencies and NFTs can be used to trade in the digital world. In previous years, NFTs were mostly used to buy virtual artwork, but they can now be used to buy virtual houses and real estate plots in NFT platforms like OpenSea. NFTs record the ownership and also help to transfer ownership from the seller to the buyer.
Virtual land use cases
Landowners can use their metaverse real estate for several reasons such as:
- Social interactions — The main idea of the metaverse is to create a collaborative social platform where people could interact with each other. People can use this virtual land for partying, holding office meetings, and hosting house parties, gatherings, or community meetings.
- Advertising products and services — Popular virtual real estate which has a high density of visitors can be used for promoting services or products through advertisements.
- Gaming platforms — Axie Infinity, an NFT gaming space, sold nine land parcels at a record sum of $1.5 billion in November 2021. These lands can be used for hosting game wars where participants can earn rewards or invest in NFTs to buy avatars or gaming weapons.
- Hosting concerts or carnivals — As the pandemic hit us, life took a setback. Metaverse real estate can be used to host cultural events and carnivals where musicians can showcase their talents and earn money. Metaverse companies are also thinking of investing in digital real estate to conduct digital fashion shows and sell virtual clothing. This will generate a source of income for hundreds of musicians, technicians, and artists who can now earn money sitting at home.
- Office work — Companies can create virtual offices for their employees. PwC Hong Kong, has decided to buy virtual plots from The Sandbox for their Web3 advisory services.
What determines the price of virtual lands?
- The utility of the land — Virtual lands have multiple utilities. The price of virtual land depends on its purpose. Some lands are used for hosting events or for advertising a product or a service. If you are an owner of virtual land, you can rent a plot of the land for advertisements and get paid by advertisers.
- The type of platform — Prices also depend on the popularity of the NFT platform such as The Sandbox or Decentraland. Demand for plots in Decentraland and The Sandbox is much higher than the supply, so buyers have to pay hefty sums to buy a plot on these platforms.
- Speculate the market — The metaverse virtual land business is booming. A subsidiary company of Tokens.com called the Metaverse Group spent a record-breaking 618,000 MANA tokens, which equates to about 2.4 million, to purchase a plot of virtual land. The Sandbox is not far behind. They boast of having the highest number of active trades with a recent total trading volume of $86 million.
Factors to consider before buying a virtual land
Before you buy your NFT virtual land, here are a few factors to consider.
- Choose a reputed marketplace to buy your virtual land — Use a reputed NFT marketplace like OpenSea, Polka City, or SuperWorld, to buy your virtual real estate. You can also go to official metaverse platforms like The Sandbox, Axie Infinity, or Decentraland to buy real estate properties.
- Choose a wallet — Select a wallet that supports the platform’s cryptocurrencies. For example, to buy land plots in The Sandbox, you will need SAND or ETH tokens. Web-based or mobile browsers like Binance Chain or MetaMask wallets are popular and can be used on these platforms.
- Connect your wallet — The next step is to connect your wallet to the marketplaces. You can buy or bid on a land plot once you’ve transferred funds to your wallet.
- Decide whether you want to buy or rent land — If you are already an owner, then you can rent your land to a third party. Some people rent lands to conduct a specific event or advertise a product. The rental fee depends on the type of plot, size, and traffic generated.
Virtual real estate has emerged as a highly lucrative asset as they guarantee ownership to their investors. The metaverse is still a new concept and buying virtual plots in the metaverse world can be more expensive than buying physical real estate. As more and more investors and big companies are showing their interest in virtual land markets, the competition is high. It is best to study the market, ascertain the risks, and follow safety protocols.
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SearchHound’s developer, Adelaide-based WebGenie Software, has also retained
intellectual property rights to the technology as part of the sale.
WebGenie’s chief executive officer Siva Prasad said that the sale
would enable the company to continue its core focus of developing
e-commerce products. He added that further business involving SearchHound
would remain an option.
“An independent assessment conservatively valued SearchHound at AUS$16.5
million (US$10.9 million), but we decided to sell at a lower price in
return for retaining the intellectual property rights,” Prasad said.
The search engine, which was launched 18 months ago, was developed by
WebGenie in a joint venture with Los Angeles-based Aesop Marketing Corp., which handled
international marketing of the product.
SearchHound posts a warning before revealing the results of a search for
adult-related terms, and users can block the display completely through
Search engine developers select the pages for inclusion in its database
and index them based on relevant keywords. The system also allows access to
24 other search engines.
Sites that are featured in SearchHound can ‘bid’ for URLs, so that their
properties are given priorities in search results.
Australian Internet company iseek
produced a search engine last November that similarly filtered out search
results on sites that contained content relating to pornography, violence,
drugs and discrimination. This filter could also be adjusted by password
access, and was available for free download from iseek’s Web site (see
According to Prasad, SearchHound has been receiving more than four
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Motoring website Auto Trader is one of the first organisations to deploy an app for Facebook's new Timeline.
Auto Trader said the app will provide people with a chance to tell their friends which cars they really "want", bringing some of the benefits of social commerce to car buying. Commercially, it will be used to promote the "new cars" area of the company’s website, and will help people feel more comfortable in the decisions they make, said Ian MacDonald, head of consumer marketing at Auto Trader.
“Auto Trader runs sites for new and old car [sales]. The app is deployed on the new car part of the site, on the make and model page," he said. "A user can click on the “want” button to update their timeline with their motoring aspirations, to share and reflect their motoring life. Their friends can offer their opinion by commenting or liking.”
MacDonald said Auto Trader developed and deployed the app within a week, using its in-house, multi-skilled development team.
Mobile Auto Trader
MacDonald said the company's mobile app is on course to achieve two million unique users for January. The full website regularly gets more than 10 million unique users.
“In the past 12 months, the emergence of tablets and the launch of the iPad app has changed how consumers want to access content,” he said. On Auto Trader, the iPad experience is very different to the website, being "much more orientated to browsing”.
“On the iPad app, you can flick pages. The images are the hook, and there is less text. You can scroll through 20 or more pages very quickly,” said MacDonald.
At Auto Trader, the mobile site has a different role to play than the full website. “It increases response to car dealers. We can track dealer response and can demonstrate an incremental increase in responses. In fact, 40% of people accessing the site from their mobile device are actually on the forecourt at the time," he said. "If they do not like the car they are looking at, they will search for cars at dealers nearby."


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US consumers will soon be able to make mobile payments at vending machines belonging to American Food & Vending, by tapping their device against a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) plug-in dongle provided by digital payments enabler PayRange. “The PayRange app may be funded with credit and debit cards, Apple Pay, Android Pay, coupons and even payroll deductions,” the company says. PayRange raised US$12m in June 2015.
- Apple Pay arriving in Germany?
- Chicago mobile ticket app hits 1m downloads
- Dubai bus passengers to get hands-free smart ticketing
- Visa works on blockchain B2B payment system
- Pizza Hut offers NFC tattoos that let customers order favourite takeaway


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While the flying cars we were promised by the science fiction of our childhood are still in development, the progress of electric vehicles is surging forward.
While fleets are unlikely to trust their precious cargoes to self-driving vehicles, until they are well-established in the public domain, electric-combustion “hybrids” are beginning to form part of the modern fleet mix.
An electric car is one thing. But what’s next – an electric truck, or electric lorry?
Elon Musk has teased such things, but we’re a long way off seeing their commercial viability, and – most importantly – affordability. The UK is going to need thousands more charge-points before any Fleet Manager trusts their vehicles not to run out of juice on the job.
But the future’s closer than you might think. Take a look in the latest issue of The Green Journey here.


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Louisiana plants seeds for Waitr growth
Waitr, a technology-driven restaurant delivery brand, quickly became a household name in emerging markets while attracting new communities clamoring for Waitr service in their areas. To facilitate that growth, the company assembled a major announcement in Waitr’s birthplace, Louisiana.
In June 2016, founder Chris Meaux joined state, regional and local leaders to announce a new 100-job Waitr Technology Operations Center in Lafayette. LED estimated the project would result in another 107 new indirect jobs. The 100 new direct jobs would join Waitr’s 129 existing headquarters jobs where the company was born, in Lake Charles, Louisiana. To support the new operations center, the State of Louisiana offered Waitr the comprehensive workforce solutions of LED FastStart® — the No. 1 state workforce training program in the nation.
“Having been advised that we should look outside of Louisiana to launch a technology venture, I am proud to say that we have proven that theory wrong,” Meaux said. “We haven’t had a shortage of software engineers. We haven’t had a shortage of talent. And I don’t think we will. We anticipate more successful recruiting efforts in a state that makes many tremendous resources available to small businesses, including the Economic Gardening Initiative and the Small and Emerging Business Development Program. These programs have proven essential to our success.”
Waitr attracts venture capital
In March 2017, an investment group including New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees provided a $10 million capital infusion in Waitr, signaling a vote of confidence from one of Louisiana’s most notable names. Waitr completed and dedicated the Lafayette facility in May 2017 as the company’s month-over-month sales growth reached 20 percent.
Waitr’s strategy of targeting small- to medium-sized cities, often overlooked by competitors, paid off for the company. That strategy and the company’s rapid growth caught the attention of a billionaire investor. Tilman Fertitta, owner of the Houston Rockets NBA franchise, recently had created a special-purpose company targeting acquisition of high-growth firms. Fertitta’s holdings include Landry’s Inc. – a dining, hospitality, entertainment and gaming corporation consisting of many brands that already used the Waitr app.
After a Landry’s executive encouraged Fertitta to consider Waitr as an acquisition opportunity, Fertitta and his investment partners began an in-depth examination of the local food-delivery industry. Fertitta’s team later traveled by helicopter to Lake Charles to hear Meaux pitch Waitr’s potential in an investment presentation.
Following a negotiation period, Waitr landed its biggest delivery to date: Fertitta’s special acquisition company, Landcadia Holdings Inc., announced plans to merge with Waitr and pay a minimum $50 million in cash to Waitr’s equity holders and pay an additional $258 million in the combined company’s common stock after a deal that would take the company public later in 2018. Waitr remains headquartered in Lake Charles, and company leadership continues in place, with Fertitta and a partner joining the board of directors.
Small business success, delivered
From a concept to a small business to a major employer in Louisiana, and beyond — Waitr represents a perfect example of how LED’s Small Business Services can foster innovation and support startup ventures as they expand. Under the visionary leadership of Chris Meaux, Waitr has launched successful operations in dozens of cities across the South. Today, the company has over 2,000 employees in Louisiana – including contract delivery staff – and partnerships with 4,700 restaurants. The Waitr app now claims a growing base of food enthusiasts and dine-at-home users as the Waitr brand expands nationwide.


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The head of BPSDMI, Masrokhan, noted in a Sunday statement that the agency's education unit, AK-Tekstil Solo, focuses on preparing workers for this industry.
The academy, which is based in Solo, Central Java, offers an education program equivalent to a Diploma II in three areas: yarn making engineering, fabric making engineering, and garment making engineering.
Masrokhan said that AK-Tekstil Solo had held a meeting with industrial partners to discuss curriculum development and labor absorption.
"This meeting is expected to help bridge the gap between education and industry, especially in the TPT industry," he said.
He believed that the synergy between AK-Tekstil Solo and textile companies would help improve the quality of human resources, which would in turn increase the competitiveness of the TPT industry.
TPT is included as one of the priority sectors for development in the government's Making Indonesia 4.0 roadmap.
The industry is classified as an export-oriented, labor-intensive sector. In 2022, Indonesia's TPT exports were valued at US$13.83 billion, and the sector employed a total of 3.65 million people.
BPSDMI is an agency under the Ministry of Industry of Indonesia.
Related news: Ministry preparing steps to address slowdown in textile industry
Related news: Ministry budgets Rp4.7 bln to boost textile industry's competitiveness


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Texas Western Wearhouse is going out of business and closing its stores.
The retailer, which sells boots, Western apparel and accessories, is liquidating its inventory, with discount sales underway at its stores.
Three of Texas Western Wearhouse’s five locations are in San Antonio: one near Ingram Park Mall, one at South Park Mall and one at 100 Soledad St. downtown. The other stores are in San Marcos and Lytle.
On ExpressNews.com: Skyline: The coronavirus pandemic is reshaping retail
Owner Moses Hernandez said he was considering whether to renew some of his store leases, and then the coronavirus pandemic hit.
“That made our decision real easy,” he said.
The pandemic is upending the retail industry. Store sales plunged with shut-down orders in the spring. Some shoppers remain wary of venturing out again to stores, many of which are operating with occupancy limits and other safety protocols.
COVID-19 is also battering tourism, travel, conventions and other events, sapping much of the traffic that businesses in downtown San Antonio rely on.
“It’s just a huge snowball effect,” Hernandez said.
Texas Western Wearhouse opened its first store in 2010. The company’s downtown location is near Mexican Manhattan, a restaurant that closed its doors this weekend after 62 years in business.
On ExpressNews.com: Second Mexican Manhattan had no relation to original restaurant
Tony Karam opened the restaurant in 1958 at 121 Soledad St. near Main Plaza. He started with two cooks and few staff members and built it into “the favorite lunch eatery of the downtown business community,” according to a news release.
After the building’s owner sold it, the restaurant moved down the street to 110 Soledad St. Karam died in 1975 and left the restaurant to his sons, who eventually opened another dining room as well as a patio overlooking the San Antonio River.
“The decision did not come lightly of course, but it’s time to smell the roses,” said Larry Karam, owner of Mexican Manhattan and Tony Karam’s oldest son. “After 62 years of making tacos, I would like to spend time with my family and travel.”


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Innovation continues to flow as we look back at another week in the tech space with new products, announcements and more. Dyson led the way by showing off a new robot vacuum — the 360 Vis Nav — that it claims has twice the suction power of its closest competitor. Elsewhere, Amazon is looking to revolutionize ID checking for alcohol purchases with new palm-scanning technology.
In other product news, the Hypebeast team got up close and personal with Apple’s “Transparent” Beats Studio Buds + ahead of its release. The major tech brand also announced its schedule for WWDC 2023 while Leica unveiled its latest full-frame compact camera — the Q3.
Below, Hypebeast has rounded up the top tech stories of the week so you can stay up to date on trends in the industry.
Following up on a recent reveal, Apple shared its Beats Studio Buds + in a “Transparent” finish for the Hypebeast team to review. It taps into Y2K aesthetics with the clear case and buds while offering all of the latest tech specifications.
Enhanced sound quality is paired with an upgraded Active Noise Cancellation, 36 hours of listening time and improved acoustics for clearer sound. Weighing just 5 grams, the lightweight buds provide a comfortable fit that is compatible with both Apple and Android devices. Retailing at $170 USD stateside, pre-orders are available now with a full release anticipated for mid June.
Amazon has expanded its evolving palm identification tool – Amazon One — to include age verification. Users can now verify their age by hovering their palms over the device, allowing them to purchase alcohol without presenting a traditional government ID.
This new feature has been introduced at Colorado’s Coors Field, and enrolled customers can upload photos of their ID and a selfie to enable alcohol purchases with a simple palm scan. Moving forward, the technology may continue to offer efficient check-in processes at additional venues while Amazon continues to develop the novel technology.
Apple has announced the schedule for this year’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), set to take place from June 5 to June 9. During the event, Apple will unveil new technologies, updates and products.
Anticipated announcements include iOS 17 and macOS 14 content updates, as well as watchOS 10 for Apple Watch. Adding to the anticipation, fans are eagerly awaiting the potential unveiling of the long-awaited AR/VR headset and a rumored 15-inch MacBook Air. While primarily aimed at developers, the conference will be livestreamed for anyone to watch.
In continuation of its dominance in the industry, Leica has introduced the third generation of its popular Q series compact cameras, known as the Leica Q3. It features a new full-frame BSI-CMOS sensor with Triple Resolution Technology, offering 60, 36, or 18 MP image formats to cater to different user preferences. The camera includes an ISO range of 50 to 100,000, the latest Maestro Series processor and L2 Technology.
Notable upgrades include a high-resolution 3-inch tilting touchscreen display and a new hybrid autofocus system for improved tracking and focusing accuracy. The Q3 supports up to 8k video recording and wireless charging via the Leica Charging Pad. It retains Leica’s signature sleek and timeless design and will be available for approximately $6,558 USD online and in stores worldwide.
Dyson has introduced what it claims to be the world’s most powerful robot vacuum. The new offering features a Hyperdymium™ motor spinning at 110,000 rpm, delivering double the suction power of its closest competitor.
It offers four modes, including an Auto mode with a piezo sensor that adjusts suction based on dust levels. The vacuum includes a five-stage HEPA filtration system and 26 sensors for 360-degree vision. Other notable features include a wall dock for automatic recharge, dual-link suspension for climbing up to 21mm and bin clear indicators. With 2.5 hours of charge time, it provides up to 50 minutes of runtime. Control and customization can be done through the MyDyson app. The Dyson 360 Vis Nav is available online in Australia for $2,399 AUD (approx. $1,588 USD), a stateside release has not yet been announced.


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The most talked about product of the nascent wearable era is available to the general consumer — but only today.
Google Glass is a wearable computer with a head-mounted display that lets users take photos and video, search the Web, and use apps. It responds to voice commands.
Typically, users have to be invited to buy the device. But, for today only, it's on sale to the general public for $1,500.
Google Glass has its critics. They complain about the design of the Internet-connected eyewear; they raise privacy concerns; they don't want to be recorded without their consent.
Up until now, you had to be a so-called explorer to buy it. Potential users are referred to the program by friends. Explorers can pay for the device through Google Wallet—the online payment service—and then show up at a Google campus, where they're wined and dined for an hour with free food and beer as they're taught how to use the device. Google says there are now more than 10,0000 explorers.
So what does the device mean for Google's bottom line?
Not much, financial analysts say. Instead, the real benefit of Google Glass is reminding investors and consumers that the tech giant is capable of being innovative and forward-thinking.
Read More: Google Glass has saved at least one life
"We think the stock has benefited from the perceptions associated with the company in part related to projects like Google Glass which gives people a sense that Google is much more than a digital search company at this point," said Scott Kessler, of S&P Capital IQ.
What if you order it today and are disappointed with the device? No worries. You have 30 days to return it.
— Mark Berniker and Josh Lipton, CNBC


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Hero MotoCorp Ltd reported yet
another month of six-lakh plus unit sales. The company sold 633,884 units of
two-wheelers in May 2017, compared to 583,117 units despatched in the
corresponding month last year, registering a growth of 8.7%.
With monsoon already hitting some parts of the
country and forecast of normal rains this year, the industry is expecting a
boost in demand and consumption in the rural markets. Having lined up a slew of
new launches across various segments, the company is confident of maintaining
the growth trajectory in the coming months.
Hero MotoCorp also commenced commercial
production in the manufacturing facility at its subsidiary HMCL Niloy
Bangladesh Ltd. This plant, located at Jessore in Bangladesh, has an installed
capacity of 150,000 vehicles per annum.
This is Hero’s second manufacturing facility
at an overseas location. The Company, which has rapidly expanded to 35
countries across Asia, Africa and South and Central America, has its first
overseas manufacturing plant at Vila Rica near Cali in Colombia, which became
operational in 2015.
Hyundai Motor India Ltd. (HMIL) has announced its new campaign with the 6- and 7-Seater SUV – Alcazar, featuring Shah Rukh Khan and the four 4 Indian Women Cricketers -Smriti Mandhana, Jemimah Rodrigu...
Leading two wheeler automobile manufacturer TVS Motor Company has announced the integration of the innovative location technology, what3words into its customer app – TVS Connect. TVS Connect users ca...
Technology-driven consumer finance NBFC Credit Wise Capital launched its AI backed and WhatsApp integrated bot Twin2.


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PRICE DROP(BOX): Dropbox is now courting the academy. The San Francisco-based cloud storage service used by 500 million people worldwide has launched Dropbox Education, a reduced-cost service designed for higher-ed institutions. Dropbox Education is priced at $50 per user per year, less than the company’s business plans, which generally cost between $150-300 per user per year.
Like traditional Dropbox offerings, Dropbox Education allows users to collaborate using cloud storage. The new service allows IT administrators to control security and also integrates with other educational software, such as Blackboard, InCommon and Turnitin, PC World reports. Schools will get 15 GB of shared storage for each paid user, and schools must purchase a minimum of 300 seats.


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Palladium is now the most expensive precious metal in the market and its price could rise multiple times in the coming months.
Did you know that 70 percent of millennials would consider buying lab-grown diamonds over mined ones?
The United States and China are expected to conduct more meetings this week. Markets wait for both countries to reach a trade dispute resolution.
One gold standard fact known to all is that it was terminated by President Nixon in August 1971.
Younger consumers are opting for lab-grown diamonds since these have a low environmental impact and is cheaper compared to mined diamonds. But how is this affecting...
Exxon Mobil and Chevron Corporation reported fourth-quarter results which beat the market’s expectations.
Alberta's oil curtailment program's initial success last January prompted the government to raise the production limits.
As relations between Venezuela and the United States continue to worsen, analysts are warning U.S. oil refiners for repercussions they may suffer.
Wheat and corn markets were lower for the week in response to negative USDA reports.
Are we in a bear market? Or is the bear over with the December low and we are entering a new bull market?


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And Vivo too
Yesterday, we already said that more and more companies refuse to participate in the MWC 2020 exhibition due to the threat of coronavirus. Already announced the refusal to participate in LG, ZTE, Sony, Amazon, Nvidia, and Ericsson.
Now it’s reported that Vivo and Intel will not come to MWC. The first one, recall, was to show at the exhibition its new concept smartphone Apex 2020. What Intel would show is unclear, but it could well be new processors. True, the source says that Intel may announce without the participation of its employees. Apparently, I mean some kind of online broadcast.


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Walmart Deli Sandwiches Recalled
And Wilson Farms says its eggs are "safe to eat"
WASHINGTON -- Zemco Industries, a Buffalo, N.Y., company, is recalling approximately 380,000 pounds of deli meat productsdistributed only to Walmart stores nationwide for use in the retailer's "Marketside Grab & Go" sandwichesthat may be contaminated with listeria monocytogenes, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety & Inspection Service (USDA FSIS) announced Monday. These products were distributed to Walmart delicatessens where they were further processed into sandwiches.
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The problem was discovered as a result of a retail sample collected by the state of Georgia that confirmed positive for listeria monocytogenes. FSIS has received no reports of illnesses associated with consumption of this product.
The products subject to recall include: 25.5-lb. cases of "Marketside Grab & Go Sandwiches Black Forest Ham With Natural Juices Coated with Caramel Color" with the number 17800 1300. 28.49-lb. cases of "Marketside Grab & Go Sandwiches Hot Ham, Hard Salami, Pepperoni, Sandwich Peppers" with the number 17803 1300. 32.67-lb. cases of "Marketside Grab & Go Sandwiches Virginia Brand Ham With Natural Juices, Made In New York, Fully Cooked Bacon, Sandwich Pickles, Sandwich Peppers" with the number 17804 1300. 25.5-lb. cases of "Marketside Grab & Go Sandwiches Angus Roast Beef Coated with Caramel Color" with the number 17805 1300. The packages also bear vendor number "398412808" and the USDA mark of inspection. The meat products were produced on various dates from June 18 to July 2, 2010, and have various "Use By" dates ranging from August 20 to September 10, 2010.
Separately, eggs offered at Wilson Farms, Sugar Creek and Wilson Farms Xpress convenience store locations throughout New York State are "safe to eat" as they are produced locally by Kreher' Farm Fresh Eggs, LLC of Clarence, N.Y., the company has announced.
Egg products sold within Wilson Farms stores are not associated with the salmonella enteritidis outbreak linked to contaminated shell eggs produced by Wright County Egg of Galt, Iowa.
(Click here for previous CSP Daily News coverage of the egg recall.)
"We are pleased to hear that our products are not affected by the recent salmonella outbreak," said Paul Nanula, president and CEO of Wilson Farms Inc. "Our customer's health and safety is our priority at Wilson Farms, and we take great measures to ensure they receive only fresh, quality products."
Buffalo, N.Y.-based Wilson Farms Neighborhood Food Stores Inc. operates 187 convenience store and gas station locations across the state of New York.
Also, Wal-Mart and Costco stores in the Midwest have removed eggs from their dairy cases in connection with the nationwide recall, reported The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. The eggs were from Hillandale Farms of New Hampton, Iowa. A Costco store manager told the newspaper that the company used its database to call members who had purchased Hillandale Farms eggs in the previous 24 to 48 hours to notify them of the recall, and suggest they return the eggs for a full refund.


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Microsoft Corporation has confirmed that Windows 7 will be available for purchase starting on October 22, just in time before the holidays. “The feedback from the release candidate has been good” stated Microsoft SVP Bill Veghte. The nearly final release was available for testing as early as last month.
The beta testing of the operating system will no longer be available starting July 1. The release date matches what Veghte said in the past, the operating system is “tracking well to a Windows 7 holiday.”
Hewlett Packard CTO Phil McKinney said that he is looking forward to the new operating system. “We’re locked and loaded for the launch,” stated McKinney. “The quality of code is just absolutely stellar.”


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Halo Infinite crossed 20 million players for biggest launch in franchise history
During Microsoft's Q2 2022, it took the time to run a victory lap with the fact that Halo Infinite has had the biggest launch of any Halo game ever.
Microsoft's Xbox division achieved all-time record revenues in 2021
Numbers are in for Microsoft's Q2 2022, and it was a big year for Xbox.
Microsoft (MSFT) Q2 2022 earnings results beat revenue and EPS expectations
The second largest tech company on Earth just released their earnings results for fiscal Q2 2022. Check them out here.
Destiny 2 Key Bindings and Key Mapping
Destiny 2 key bindings, key mapping and controls for PC.
Rainbow Six Extraction to offer all owners a Buddy Pass Thursday
The new cooperative shooter from Ubisoft is offering owners the chance to bring along a pair of friends late this week.
Electronic Arts reportedly done with Star Wars after three confirmed Respawn titles
Following the currently confirmed strategy, FPS, and Jedi: Fallen Order sequel games, EA will likely focus more on its in-house IPs.
Blizzard is developing a survival game set in a new universe
Blizzard announced that development has begun on a new survival game.
Final Fantasy 14 director plans to continue work on the game for the next 10 years
Endwalker might be the end of a long storyline for Final Fantasy 14, but its director revealed he's still got plans for years of content and updates.


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Beer proves resilient for Lion Nathan
Brewer Lion Nathan has posted a 6.9 per cent rise in first half profit on the back of solid beer sales and refined its full year earnings outlook.
The brewer's net profit for the six months ended March 31 was $176.0 million, up from $164.6 million in the previous corresponding period.
Net sales revenue rose 5.7 per cent to $1.185 billion leading to group earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) growth of 8.4 per cent to $307.0 million.
Lion Nathan said the result meant it had revised its guidance for full year net profit to between $305 million and $315 million, before significant items.
It had previously forecast a result between $300 million and $315 million.
"These first half results show the resilience of our business, which has delivered another set of robust numbers," chief executive Rob Murray said in a statement today.
Mr Murray said underpinning the result was a strong performance by the Australia business, which grew operating EBIT by 12.7 per cent to $280.3 million, and net sales by 11.3 per cent.
The result was helped by gains in core brands and Boag, and good tap beer volumes.
"The company's investment decisions over the past five years have built a stronger business, which is positioned to deliver in fiscal 2009 and beyond," Mr Murray said.
"The company expects a higher growth rate in the second half due to innovative momentum, Boag's growth accelerating, the timing of Easter and the cycling of the investment period of the prior year, where fourth quarter marketing spend and the funding costs relating to the Boag's acquisition had a significant impact on results."
Lion Nathan's New Zealand arm grew EBIT by 3.1 per cent, despite stable domestic beer volumes, due to the success of Steinlager Pure and Speight's Summit offerings.
The result was also supported by a good result in the wine, spirits and ready to drink (RTD) portfolio.
Mr Murray said Lion Nathan's core beer markets in Australia and New Zealand have remained robust, despite economic downturns in both countries.He said premium beer continued to be attractive as an "affordable luxury".
"We have seen some switching to at-home consumption in particular regions, but overall the market remains in good health," Mr Murray said.
However, Mr Murray said the group's wine business was experiencing volatility.
Wine EBIT, pre self generating and re-generating assets (SARGA), fell 55.7 per cent to $3.5 million in the half.
Lion Nathan said its cash flow and financing position remained solid.
"The interest expense for the half was better than anticipated due to the timing of cashflows for major projects and a modest benefit from lower interest rates," it said.
The group said the step change in EBIT for the Australian beer business and the resilience of the New Zealand business in the first half positioned it well for the full year.
Its refined annual guidance excludes costs associated with the Kirin proposal.Lion Nathan declared an interim dividend of 22 cents.
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On November 23, Black Friday was held, which means that a large number of stores are charging their products on that day. It's one day Many of us have to wait all year long and take advantage of low prices.
Well, it seems that the discount period, with Cyber Monday, has gone well in the Amazon, and he wanted to prove this way With the information you have learned about sales and results, find out what Venice Black is selling these days.
Black Friday and Cyber Monday: Disc Days for Amazon
According to Amazon, Cyber Monday has become a day with the largest number of orders in the world and it is not surprising that the discounted products and services offered by the platform offer discounted products. There is more, for example, to see it More than 18 million toys and more than 13 million fashion items were made during two days. Small and medium-sized businesses have also achieved an improvement in the previous year's results and sales have increased by more than 20% compared to the Black Friday in 2017.
On Friday, Black Friday, the most important outlets in our country, Echo Dot, the basic Fire TV Stick, the Xiaomi Mi Band 3 bracelet and the Lenovo Ideapad 330-15IKB laptop.
These excellent results have also been, because, according to Mariangela Marseglia, Amazonian country manager in Italy and Spain, During the Good Friday, we had more offers than ever before, Thanks to Black Friday, thanks to staffing efforts and purchases – this year more products have been sold in Amazonas.
In fact, it is another curiosity that stands out among the products that the company currently sells, but we can also find other things in the list: dishwashers, children's towels, 12 beer cans, toilet paper or mop. Some of them are PrimeNow mode thanks, so we can deliver it on that day.
Apart from these types of products, we can see how Xiaomi Mi Band 3 It has been one of the leading products, as well as Sandisk's PlayStation 4 or 64 GB microSD FIFA 19 and Spider-Man games.
But Amazon also has its products, Amazon Echo Dot, Amazon Fire Tablets, Kindle, or Amazon Fire TV Stick have been very successful at the sales level, and there is less Amazon products that have a reputation, they deserve at an affordable price.
In fact, the best product sold between all products and categories is Amazon Echo Dot, a Google Home Mini type, but Amazon's virtual assistant, Alexa, It allows us to manage our home lighting remotely, or even Amazon orders.


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The inaugural edition of Medical Cannabiz World opens doors to the medicinal cannabis business, recently unlocked by the Maltese government’s commitment to legislation supporting this high growth sector.
The founding team at Cobidol Group are out in full force at what is set to be one of the largest European events for the sector.
Richard Sharp (CPO) will host the European CBD value chain panel and is joined by regulators and industry leaders.
Alex Goodger (CTO) will talk about how blockchain can play a pivotal part in aiding consumer confidence for CBD and creating a trust economy.
Richard Skaife (CEO) will talk over marketing strategies in a digital age for the emerging Cannabis & Hemp market in Europe.
Cobidol Group are exhibiting at and sponsoring this event.


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At its industry panel on Friday, Aniplex of America announced that it is bringing the shonen action series Blue Exorcist to Blu-ray as well as a new DVD release including both an English dub and the Japanese track with English subtitles. The 25-episode series will be released in two parts; part one will be released on July 9th and part two will come out on September 10th. The releases will include interviews with the English cast, the Ura-Eku comedy shorts, a 36-page illustration booklet, soundtrack CD’s and packaging featuring original art drawn by creator Kazue Kato.
Aniplex also announced that Sword Art Online will be airing on Adult Swim’s Toonami block on Cartoon Network starting in August 2013. Additionally, the series will be released on both Blu-ray and DVD. Both sets will have English and Japanese language tracks as well as Spanish and English subtitles. The DVD set will include audio commentary by the creator and cast of the show, as well as “Sword Art Offline” shorts. The Blu-ray set features an original soundtrack, a 16 page booklet, pin-ups and an exclusive character card in each disc case. There will be a total of four volumes released in August, September, October and November 2013.


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On cam: Robbers loot TV showroom in Delhi, fire shot at owner
Robbers broke into an electronic goods showroom in Delhi's Shalimar Bagh at night. When a security guard who saw the robbrery called the owner, he called the cops and himself came to the shop. The robbers then escaped with several large TV sets, and fired warning shots at the owner. The owner says that the cops were late in arriving at the scene.


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Clothing, consumer electronics and life insurance are just three of the things you can pick up on your weekly shop. Now Tesco is going one step further - it’s selling software.
This article appears in the December 06 issue of PC Advisor. Available now in all good newsagents.
It’s not often that retail giant Tesco is given underdog status. But technology analysts are sure to claim it’s bitten off more than it can chew by announcing a range of software that could compete with Microsoft Office. The supermarket chain will release various products – from an office suite to an antivirus tool – at the end of October. Titles are likely to be £20 or less each.
“With more people working from home and schools encouraging the use of IT, the demand for home computing equipment is bigger than ever. Customers can access a wide range of good-quality computer hardware at amazing prices, but when it comes to software there is little choice and prices are high,” said Tesco buyer Daniel Cook.
Is the impossible possible?
A number of companies have tried, and failed, to provide mass-market competition to Microsoft Office. But Tesco has two key advantages – resources and shelf space.
OpenOffice.org has succeeded in attracting some people away from Microsoft, but it’s only achieved small-scale success through word of mouth and with limited financial backing.
Tesco is a multinational giant, which announced more than £1bn profit in the first six months of this year. It can count on millions of people walking through its doors each week. It’s got more muscle than most when it comes to entering a new market.
White label distributor Formjet will supply and support the software, through its subsidiary Formjet Innovations. Formjet holds the UK rights to distribute Panda Software’s antivirus tools and Ability’s word processor and office applications, among others. It founded the Innovations subsidiary to sell versions of the software under other companies’ brands.
For Tesco, Formjet has branded the software’s packaging, code and online help with the supermarket chain’s name, Formjet spokesman Graham O’Reilly said.
In a market where technical support is increasingly outsourced to offshore destinations, Formjet has set up its support team in Crawley. “It’s become quite a feature, these days, to say it’s UK-based support,” said O’Reilly. The company keeps support costs down by handling everything by email.
Customers “get an automated reply with the top 10 answers based on the subject line of their email,” according to O’Reilly. Typically, that’s enough to deal with around half the questions the company receives and staff deal with the other half, he said.
The antivirus and security software packs will include one year’s email support and software updates. After that, customers can renew their subscription online or buy another pack at the supermarket. Formjet will impose no time limit on email support for the other applications.
Even at such a low price, it’s doubtful that Tesco will gain much market share. One analyst pointed to Microsoft’s continued dominance of the office software market, despite the availability of competing applications for much lower prices, or even for free.
“Many low-cost or free packages exist in each category, yet products that are many times the price of the cheapest option continue to dominate,” David Mitchell of Ovum said.
If it is to win customers, Tesco must ensure its applications are compatible with Microsoft’s suite, he said. That’s not to say Tesco will pick up a large market share in the short term, but, as they say, every little helps.


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In an effort to strengthen its financial position, Nissan Motor Co. on Thursday sold one of its two head office buildings in Ginza, an upscale shopping district in Tokyo, to Mori Building Development Co. and affiliate Mori Building Sangyo Co., the firm said.
The contract signed by the three companies indicates that Nissan sold its newer head office building, which stands on a 3,200 sq. meter plot. Nissan currently shares the building with another company and the automaker only owned 68.2 percent of the building, an area of 23,600 sq. meters.
Nissan sold its portion of the property to the Mori Building group companies for 14.65 billion yen, gaining 7.185 billion yen in profit, the firm said.
But Nissan will continue to use the building as its headquarters after signing a 10-year lease, the automaker said.
Facing severe financial conditions and declining sales, Nissan is working to reduce its outstanding debt.
Real estate sales and other restructuring measures — such as reducing its models and sales channels — were spelled out in its “Global Business Reform Plan” spelled out in June.
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The Fourteenth Fairbanks Visitor Industry Walk for Charity was held on Friday, May 13, 2016. Families, friends, and community groups gathered to walk and eat to support local non-profits. The 548 walkers raised money for 51 registered local non-profits. The total raised for 2016 is $20,069. All proceeds will be distributed to the designated 501 (c)(3)charities.
Since 2001, the Fairbanks-area Walk for Charity events have raised nearly $335,000 for local non-profits. The event is coordinated by Explore Fairbanks and the Fairbanks Chapter of the Alaska Travel Industry Association with generous donations from Alaska Cruise Association/CLIA Alaska, the Alaska Travel Industry Association Foundation and Alaska Airlines.
“The final tally is exciting,” said committee member Kathy Hedges. “The amount of money raised and the number of participating walkers are indicators of the wonderful support charities have in our community.”
The visitor industry is Alaska's second largest industry, employing more than 30,000 people. Travel businesses large and small are intimately involved in their communities, supporting local charities with financial contributions, auction items, door prizes, volunteers, and more.


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The third quarter of 2020 closed with 370.7 million domain name registrations across all top-level domains (TLDs), an increase of 0.6 million registrations, or 0.2 percent, for the quarter, according to Verisign’s latest Domain Name Industry Brief released this week. This compares to growth of 0.9 percent for the second and 1.2 percent for the first quarter of 2020. Over the 12 months to the end of September, registrations have grown by 10.8 million, or 3.0 percent.
Donuts dropped a bit of a bombshell on the domain name industry Thursday by announcing they were taking on the domain name registry business of Afilias, making it one of the largest providers of backend registry services for hundreds of ccTLDs, legacy gTLDs and new gTLDs.
[news release] Public Interest Registry (PIR), the People behind .ORG, today named the finalists for the 2nd annual .ORG Impact Awards, which honor the remarkable organizations and individuals making the world a better place.
Monday, the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) Naming Function Review Team (IFRT) has announced that it is in the final stages of completing its Initial Report. The IFRT will be holding a webinar for the community regarding one of their proposed recommendations that would require an amendment to the IANA Naming Functions Contract between ICANN and its affiliate Public Technical Identifiers (PTI). This amendment may be of particular interest to country code top-level domain (ccTLD) and generic top-level domain (gTLD) registry operators.
.gay domain names became available on a first-come, first-served basis Wednesday with the official launch day and first day of General Availability.
Public Interest Registry’s General Counsel Brian Cimbolic has laid out a new two-step appeal process for their .org top-level domain under their Anti-Abuse Policy in a post on the registry blog. Under the new appeals process registrants who believe their .org domain names have been suspended unfairly can contact PIR and then appeal to a neutral third party. The goal is to help build confidence in a safer, stronger DNS.
[news release] Public Interest Registry (PIR), the people behind the .ORG domain name, has been selected by The Washington Business Journal as one of the Top 10 Best Places to Work for 2020. PIR was selected because of its culture of caring and respect, its deeply held mission, and its commitment to honoring its people.
The second quarter of 2020 saw global domain name registrations continue to rise, with an increase of 3.3 million, or 0.9%. This took total registrations around the world to 370.1 million as the global COVID-19 pandemic continued to wreak havoc.
An interesting news observation. As possible antitrust investigations into four of the biggest tech companies are discussed, this week MarketWatch reported how “some big names in videogaming could speed up things” including Fortnite, which they note “is one of the initial conclusions of legal experts and developers following Epic Games Inc.’s lawsuits against Apple Inc. and Alphabet Inc.’s Google for booting Epic’s hit videogame Fortnite out of their app stores Thursday.”