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It’s one of the most popular gastronomic events in Paris. The city’s annual Salon du Chocolat is set to take place next month to the delight of tens of thousands of chocolate lovers of all ages.
From 28 October to 1 November 2010, the world’s biggest chocolate festival will bring together chocolate exhibitors and those eager to sample their goodies for five days of chocolate heaven.
It’s the 16th edition of a yearly chocolate extravaganza that was first held in Paris in 1995.
This year more than 400 leading chocolatiers and other culinary professionals will be on hand to present their products and share some of their secrets.
Arnaud Larher, François Pralus, Jean-Paul Hevin, La Maison du Chocolat, Maison Boissier, Michel Cluizel, Pierre Marcolini, Sadaharu Aoki, Chapon, Dalloyau, Fauchon, Puerto Cacao, Theobroma, Barry Callebaut and Valrhona are just a few of the many notable participants in this year’s event.
Tastings, displays, demonstrations, workshops, chocolate fashion shows and musical performances are all part of the show, which promises to be the biggest chocolate event ever.
How big? No less than 12,000 square metres devoted to chocolate in all its forms!
What: Salon du Chocolat
Where: Paris Expo, Porte de Versailles, Pavillon 5/2 and 5/3
When: 28 October – 1 November 2010
Hours: 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. every day
Métro: Porte de Versailles or Balard
Bus: 80 or 39
Admission: Adults 12.50 €; children from 3 to 12 years, 6 €. Free for children under 3 years of age.
For more information, visit the show’s official website.


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Madison, Wis. – May 30, 2014 – Fishidy, Inc., the premier online and mobile platform that delivers local fishing information, has officially closed its first outside round of financing. “The funds will be used to accelerate the company’s goals of customer acquisition and new product development, building upon our existing base of 150,000 members attained over the past 15 months,” says Fishidy CEO, Brian Jensen.
Fishidy received $1.5M in Series A Equity lead by Chicago-based angel investment group, Hyde Park Angels. 15 other investment groups and individuals rounded out the remaining investment, 10 of which are from the state of Wisconsin including Wisconsin Super Angel Fund, Brightstar Wisconsin, The Gialamas Company, Inc., Jeff Rusinow and other prominent individual investors. Fishidy will be able to leverage all of its Qualified New Business Venture Tax credits as part of the closing.
Out-of-state investors include Pennsylvania-based Gannett Fleming, Inc., Better Angels of Bozeman, MT and Michigan-based Bryan Johnson, founder of Braintree, among others.
Based in Madison, WI, Fishidy is an online platform where successful anglers connect for local fishing information through advanced fishing maps, real-time reports, and location-based technology. For details visit www.fishidy.com or contact Brian Jensen at 855.347.4439, firstname.lastname@example.org.

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To battle pollution, Delhi to ban entry of heavy vehicles from other states
The Delhi government has decided to ban the entry of heavy vehicles from other states making their way into the capital city between the October-February time period of this and next year. While there are certain exemptions announced, the overall move is squarely aimed at bringing down vehicular pollution here in the winter months.
Delhi pollution levels mostly remain alarmingly high through the year but in winter months, the air quality index turns outright toxic. While there are several factors blamed for this - from farm stubble burning to climatic conditions, vehicular emissions also contribute to deteriorating air quality each year. As such, the decision has been taken to prevent the entry of heavy vehicles into Delhi from October 1 to February 28 of 2023.
Officials however say that diesel-powered trucks carrying essential items like vegetables, fruits, grains, milk and other similar commodities would be exempted. Additionally, heavy vehicles running on CNG and battery power would also be permitted.
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While the move has the potential to bring down vehicular emissions when put into force, not everyone is cheering the decision just yet. Transport organizations and traders' association in particular have amply expressed their displeasure and say that not only would this move hurt Delhi's image as a retail hub but potentially - and adversely - impact flow of goods and services during the festive and wedding season. Additionally, many say that fuel pump stations would be impacted due to lower sales.
The Delhi government claims it has also been asking neighbouring states to check on emissions levels from heavy vehicles registered in the respective states.
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An exciting new era for a traditional Fife joinery manufacturing business, TJ Ross, provided the location for the launch of this year’s Fife Business Week as it moved into new premises in Southfield, Glenrothes.
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Goldman looks under the hood at Pep Boys
Pep Boys - Manny, Moe & Jack, the $860m (â¬721m) car parts retailer and service chain that had been under pressure from activist hedge funds, has hired longtime adviser Goldman Sachs to explore strategic options for the company.
Larry Stevenson, chief executive officer of Pep Boys, said in a statement: "Our objective is to ensure that we are working to increase shareholder value."
In a regulatory filing last November, James Mitarotonda, chief executive of New York hedge fund Barington Companies Equity Partners, requested a meeting with the independent members of the Pep Boys board of directors to discuss replacing Stevenson and to look at strategic alternatives for its service business.
The Pep Boys board has extended Stevenson's employment contract, which was set to expire in April. The company is also separating the jobs of chairman and chief executive and named a director, William Leonard, to the become non-executive chairman.
Last month the company completed a $200m senior secured term loan facility underwritten by Wachovia Bank and Wachovia Capital Markets.
The proceeds from the facility will be used to repay $43m and $100m in outstanding medium term notes that mature this year and reduce borrowings under the company's revolving credit facility
Standard & Poor's Ratings Services said today it placed the company's ratings, including its B- corporate credit rating, on CreditWatch with developing implications.


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Mario Party 6 with a twist
Nintendo recently announced Mario Party 6 for the GameCube, something which came as a surprise to no one, though a departure from the series' simplistic traditions was implied in the unveiling - something it now turns out will be the use of a microphone peripheral. Nintendo will launch said peripheral to coincide with the US debut in December, though no European scheduling has been mooted (typically).
The "Nintendo GameCube Mic" will come bundled with Mario Party 6 at launch, and will be utilised in a brand new 'Mic Mode' which incorporates an oral quiz. Nintendo have also confirmed that the game will benefit from much faster transitions between the board and mini-games, and that the board itself will now include a day and night cycle.
- Bungie explains their latest weapon balancing efforts in Destiny, promises more is coming
- Blizzard aiming to release Hearthstone on Android tablets by the end of the year
- Former BioWare man Casey Hudson hints at an Oculus Rift project
- Dark Souls on PC to switch from Games For Windows Live to Steam next month
- Square Enix announces details and pricing on the premium livestream of Final Fantasy XIV Fan Festival 2014
- First Challenge Mode DLC arrives next week for Alien: Isolation
- Metallica to close out this year's BlizzCon
- Free DLC adds a new skin and runes to Shadow Of Mordor
- ESL Gaming app arrives for the Xbox One


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This has been a year of the unexpected, with ever-changing consumer behavior further complicating things. It’s more important than ever to keep your finger on the pulse of what your target audience wants and expects for the 2020 holiday shopping season and beyond.
Here’s an example: We know that social distancing and travel concerns will impact holiday celebrations dramatically, yet shopping — including in-store — remains a priority. Caution isn’t extending to in-store shopping experience, as expectations of deals and shortages persist.
Surprised that consumers don’t plan to avoid stores this year? It’s just one example of the unpredictability of consumer behavior. Let’s look at other overarching trends, holiday by holiday, to understand how things are tracking.
Halloween 2020 is still a go.
While it’ll look different for many families this year, 89% of Americans plan to celebrate Halloween this year with family-only house parties, virtual gatherings, or traditional trick-or-treating. A whopping 98% say they’ll buy candy to treat themselves and others.
Expect less travel and large gatherings this Thanksgiving.
Thanksgiving 2020 promises more intimate celebrations with far less travel than in years passed. In fact, while 90% of people say they’ll celebrate, 58% say they don’t plan to travel at all. Consumers are trending away from “Friendsgiving” celebrations as well, opting instead for quiet gatherings of immediate family only.
Shoppers will still hit the stores for Black Friday deals.
Consumers have started their holiday shopping early this year. Why? They’re worried about stock and product availability. And the majority — 79% — look forward to bigger sales on Black Friday, with nearly half saying they’ll hit the stores in person. Consumers also believe there will be great deals to be had on Cyber Monday, but only 68% will participate.
More intimate holiday and New Year’s gatherings are ahead.
Even fewer plan to gather in groups for December holidays than for Thanksgiving, and fewer still for New Year’s celebrations this year. This includes house parties, of which 48% plan to attend one for the holidays, and just 12% to welcome a new year. New Year’s resolutions are on the rise, with a focus on happiness, health, and self-care.
Brands and retailers, take heart! Shopping (including in-store) remains a priority this holiday season, and celebrations are still on. Remember to stay in touch with your target audience as their needs continue to evolve — and fast — so you can keep up for holiday 2020 and into the coming year.


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Apple has canceled its plans to release a new iPad Air with OLED display in 2022 due to quality and cost concerns, that’s what Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo stated.
In an investor note acquired by MacRumors, Kuo is stating that Apple has canceled its plans to launch an updated iPad Air with an OLED display due to problems regarding quality and costs, with performances “not meeting expectations”.
Some earlier reports showed that Apple will release an updated iPad Air with a better OLED display. The current iPad Air features a 10.9-inch 60Hz LCD display:
“According to the Elec, Apple is gearing up to launch an iPad with a 10.86-inch OLED display as early as 2022, most likely branded as ‘iPad Air,’ as the Air already sports the exact display size. Afterward, Apple is planning to launch both the 11-inch and 12.9-inch iPad Pros with OLED displays the following year.”
Kuo also notes that the Cupertino-based giant will stay with LCD displays when it comes to iPad Air until their development and research for better displays ends. Apple’s latest screen upgrade to the iPad is Mini-LED on the iPad Pro.
Mini-LEDs can achieve a higher peak brightness than that of OLED, but rely on dimming zones
iPad Pro is still the only iPad model to feature a smoother 120Hz ProMotion display, a screen technology that upgrades the 60Hz refresh rate on earlier devices. The new iPhone 13 Pro also features this new technology.
Apple has launched the iPad mini 6 last month which is basically a smaller iPad Air but with an updated A15 Bionic chip and other features acquired from the iPad Pro.


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China is eyeing on the void of technological and scientific expansion, and trying to seize the initiative in the competition of future industries, especially in blockchain area. At the 7th China Information Technology Expo (CITE) held from April 9 to 11 in Shenzhen, one of the core cities in Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA), technology innovations appeared intensively.
At the China Blockchain Application Conference, one of the seminars of the Expo, a representative of ThunderChain, one of China’s prominent blockchain technologies, shared the challenges and solutions in the practice of landing applications.
ThunderChain is “invading” people’s daily life in China
When you go to supermarket to buy a fish, there is a blockchain-based QR code for you to trace the source; when you donate money to non-profit community, you are able to know where the money goes based on blockchain technology; even when you redeem power-bank rental services, there is a blockchain DApp behind it, etc. All the scenarios are supported by ThunderChain, a high-performance blockchain infrastructure launched by Xunlei and Shenzhen Onething Technologies a year ago.
One of the signs that a new technology can be truly applied in the real world is that it can break through the bottleneck from enterprise-level to commercial-level, which means it will be able to support hundreds of millions of users. ThunderChain addresses the performance and efficiency issues effectively and scales up the TPS capacity tremendously, making it possible to create blockchain applications in a spectrum of scenarios in real-life situations.
It achieved its original goals and mission by developing proprietary homogeneous multichain framework, which made an order of magnitude improvement on TPS and successfully realized confirmation in seconds. All these have created a foundation for the DApps to land. Within a year, DApps covering more than 10 fields have landed on ThunderChain, including copyright, public welfare, insurance, etc.
Improved performances to solve technical challenges
Talking about the biggest concern in blockchain industry, Lai Xin, ThunderChain’s Chief Engineer, addressed two main points. “For enterprises to launch their services, the underlying technology has to be aligned with the actual needs of the business. And to provide a platform for blockchain developers to launch their products, it is necessary to continuously improve the development environment and lower development barriers and costs,” she said.
To accelerate the implementation of blockchain applications, ThunderChain released several innovative technical upgrades at the conference, focusing on the optimization of performance, efficiency, scalability and storage.
For developers who use Ethereum, it is very troublesome to upgrade the contract on EVM (Ethereum Virtual Machine), which requires service suspension. This time ThunderChain can support both EVM and WASM (WebAssembly), to realize intelligent contract upgrade in situ. In addition, ThunderChain also upgraded the cryptographic algorithm module and released cluster storage and compressed storage, based on the previously released ThunderChain File System (TCFS). Aiming at the data privacy protection problem that users are most concerned about, ThunderChain combines intelligent contract and commitment schemes to make data privacy security better protected.
Since the launch of ThunderChain, it has been continuously carrying out technological innovations to support the real economy. In other words, Xunlei and Onething Technologies are playing a significant role in promoting the development of the industry by completing and optimizing the technology infrastructure. In the future, ThunderChain will focus on the research of new-type consensus algorithm based on aggregate signature and the innovation of privacy protection scheme.
Themed on “Driving Development by Innovation, Empowering the Future with Wisdom,” the 7th China Information Technology Expo attracted more than 1500 exhibitors and over 100 thousands visitors. With all the latest development results and trends of cutting-edge technology industry fully demonstrates at the Expo, a strong signal shows that this country has transformed from the stage of high-speed growth into high-quality development.


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News and notes from around the interweb:
- Lufthansa is designing a new business class seat which won’t debut until 2020 with the new Boeing 777-9. The idea is for Lufthansa, Swiss, and Austrian all to go with the new seat.
- United is bringing free snacks back to Economy in February. Stroopwafel and illy coffee sounds pretty good, actually.
- The DC metro train system is worse than you can even imagine even accounting for those of you who have a sense for how problematic it is. I lived in DC for 18 years, rode metro regularly, so the safety stuff should be most disconcerting. But, this:
The FTA discovered that train drivers regularly relieved themselves on the tracks because supervisors, due to inadequate training, weren’t comfortable taking the wheel to give them bathroom breaks.
- Star Alliance is adding low cost and ‘hybrid’ airlines to its network under a new ‘Connecting Partner’ model. Sounds like pretty weak sauce, confusing, and undermining consistent brand and marketing — but more mileage opportunities are at some level better.
Connecting partner airlines won’t have to offer all Star benefits — benefits will be in line with the carrier’s usual offerings. The first airline in is African carrier Mango.
[E]lements of the Star Alliance proposition that already part of the Mango product offering will be available to our Gold customers.”
There will also be an opportunity to earn frequent flyer points in your chosen Star Alliance airline scheme on Connecting Partner airlines, provided you are connecting from a Star Alliance flight.
- The TSA’s Director of the Office of Global Strategies is stumped when asked in front of Congress how to improve airport security
- IHG bought Kimpton hotels a year ago, but they haven’t incorporated Kimpton Karma Rewards into IHG Rewards Club. Indeed, Kimpton Karma Rewards gets one more year.
This is why I’m not worried about Starwood Preferred Guest in 2016, and am even hopeful about 2017.
- An American spokesperson tells me that American’s new premium economy seat “is an upgraded version of” the domestic first class seat that will go into American’s legacy US Airways Airbus A319s.


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Cork-based Dairygold saw turnover rise to a record €1.17 billion last year on the back of strong dairy prices internationally. However, the co-op warned that rising input costs, particularly energy, would hit profitability in the coming months.
Inflation added €20 million to the group’s cost base last year and it expects to pay an additional €50 million to cover the cost of rising input prices this year.
"The ongoing war in Ukraine and the resulting disruption, including to supply chains, will significantly affect both the availability and cost of a large range of inputs including fertiliser, energy, packaging and raw materials," chief executive Conor Galvin said.
“The resulting inflation, which is already being felt at farm and factory level, will create challenges for profitability in the entire value chain,” he said.
He was speaking as Dairygold, the State’s third largest milk processor, published full-year results for 2021 showing revenue rose by 15 per cent to €1.17 billion while operating profit increased by €4.4 million to €30.4 million.
The improvement was driven by increased butter and milk prices connected to a shortage of supply globally and continued strong demand for dairy in Asia and other markets.
The group, which exports 90 per cent of its produce, said it expected dairy market returns to remain solid for the coming year.
Higher food prices
However, it warned that increased costs driven by input price inflation would result in higher food prices.
“The cost of production, the cost of inputs has spiked.There’s no doubt what we’re encountering as primary food producers will be encountered further up the supply chain as the months go on,” Mr Galvin said.
“Certainly I would expect, by the end of this quarter, to see the increased costs feeding through onto shelf prices for consumers,” he said, noting Dairygold was paying five to six times more for the natural gas used by its milk drying plants.
He was speaking as a Teagasc report warned that higher costs on back of rising fuel, feed and fertiliser prices could add eight cent to wholesale prices for milk, equivalent to a 22 per cent increase.
The co-op is, however, confident that increased prices internationally for dairy will offset the increased production costs and that earnings will remain strong in 2022.
Mr Galvin said he did not expect the State’s climate objectives to result in the reintroduction of quotas for sector, which has been on a stellar expansion path since the lifting of EU milk quotas in 2015.
“The Dairygold business is in a good financial and operational position,” Mr Galvin said.
Dairygold reduced its bank debt by €11 million to €108.2 million in 2021 while the net asset value of the group stood at €422 million, an increase of €34.5 million on 2020.
The group is conducting a business-wide strategy review to outline a roadmap for the next five to 10 years.


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Apple is planning to release a fourth-generation iPhone SE with a larger 5.7-inch display as early as 2023, according to display industry consultant Ross Young, who has proven to be a reliable source of information for future Apple products.
The fourth-generation iPhone SE has until now been rumored to launch in 2024, but Young now says a 2023 release is looking more likely.
Interestingly, Young also said the third-generation iPhone SE that is widely expected to launch this year is rumored to be named the iPhone SE+ 5G. The device is rumored to feature the same design as the current iPhone SE, including a 4.7-inch display, with key new features being a faster A15 chip and 5G support.
Next SE model is rumored to be called SE+ 5G and will have a 4.7″ LCD. Previously said the next SE model, SE3, would either have a 5.7″ or a 6.1″ display. It is now looking like it will be 5.7″. May be launched in 2023 rather than 2024.— Ross Young (@DSCCRoss) January 17, 2022
iPhone SE+ 5G would be rather unordinary branding for an Apple product, so this rumored name should be treated with some skepticism for now. Related Roundup: iPhone SE 2020Tag: Ross YoungBuyer’s Guide: iPhone SE (Don’t Buy)Related Forum: iPhoneThis article, “iPhone SE With Larger 5.7-Inch Display May Launch in 2023, ‘iPhone SE+ 5G’ Also Rumored” first appeared on MacRumors.comDiscuss this article in our forums
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Bloomberg and von Furstenberg, who is president of the Council of Fashion Designers of America, used their appearance at a fashion incubator for fledgling designers to highlight a number of ongoing city efforts to support an industry that employs 5.7 percent of the city's workforce and provides nearly $2 billion in yearly city tax revenue.
Bulk manufacturing has shifted out of the city's garment district to low-cost overseas venues, but Bloomberg said programs do exist to train and support fashion entrepreneurs. "If you're going to make a million white T-shirts, it's hard to see how that is going to stay here," he said. But "when it gets to hands-on customer service, real quality, that's where New York can star, because intellectual capital is our raison d'etre."
And Von Furstenberg said the city's manufacturing industry is not entirely a lost cause. "Some of the manufacturing is actually coming back as the cost of goods over there is getting higher," she said. "I've expanded my sample room here. We are manufacturing here. Things change."
Marc Jacobs, always the showman, turned his New York Fashion Week show into a mystical forest Monday night, presenting his fall collection amid an old-school fairy tale, complete with characters wearing oversized fur hats and embellished big-buckle shoes. There were hints of Victoriana, with bustles tacked on to some of the dresses, and a sequined faux-fur coat that appeared to be covered in snowflakes.
Nearly hidden amid the onstage drama unfolding at the Lexington Avenue Armory were beautiful pieces of outerwear and chic cocktail clothes. The palette had rich tones of purple and bottle green, with a good dose of celebratory silver sparkle. His Shetland wool stoles turned into a trend for fall before the audience walked out the door.
Jacobs is known for incredibly original and dramatic Fashion Week presentations. Actress Rose Byrne ("Bridesmaids") described the show as "a kind of Grimm's fairy tale" and "Tim Burton-y," "unique and beautiful."
Donna Karan's runway show Monday was all woman - even in tophats and tails. The opening look for her signature label was a gray-and-black pinstripe jacket with a crisp white taffeta bodysuit - Karan's signature piece - that was fashioned to look like a button-down shirt.
She also offered long coats with strong shoulders and lapel collars, and a riding jacket paired with pinstripe mohair pants.
Skirts and dresses were mostly long with sharp-cut knife pleats for movement. Tops were mostly slim and tailored with nothing frilly, not even when she added sparkle.
When she got to the finale, however, Karan was fully in touch with her feminine side, sending down a red-hot scarlet-colored, stretch-satin evening gown.
Carolina Herrera's fall collection highlighted what's likely to be a trend for next season: styles that put the focus on a woman's face thanks to high, interesting necklines.
No decollete and not a lot of leg, either. Attention was drawn upward as one model wore a hand-painted organza scarf with her navy wool suit with black grosgrain detail, and another wore a tweed suit with a fox-fur collar. There was a lovely lilac cashmere kaleidoscope-print scarf that complemented a cropped purple-wool jacket and slim silk mikado pant.


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A single bluefin tuna has sold at auction for a new record price of 32.49 million yen, or nearly $396,000, in Tokyo.
The price for the 754-pound (342-kilogram) tuna beat the previous record set in 2001 when a 445-pound (202-kilogram) fish sold for 20.2 million yen, said a spokesman for Tsukiji market, the world's largest wholesale fish market.
The record-setting price — paid jointly by the owners of Kyubey, an upscale sushi restaurant in Tokyo's Ginza district, and Hong Kong-based chain Itamae Sushi, who will share the fish — translates to about $526 per pound.
The giant tuna, caught off the coast of Hokkaido, northern Japan, was among 538 shipped in from around the world for Wednesday's auction.
Japanese wholesalers face growing calls for tighter fishing rules amid declining tuna stocks worldwide.
In November, the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas voted to cut the bluefin fishing quota in the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean from 13,500 to 12,900 metric tons annually — about a 4 percent reduction, according to the Associated Press. It also agreed on measures to try to improve enforcement of quotas on bluefin. The decision was strongly criticized by environmental groups, which hoped to see bluefin fishing slashed or suspended.
Treehugger.com wrote Wednesday that while the particular fish sold at the Tokyo auction, the season's first, wasn't one from the critically endangered Atlantic sub-species, the sale to show the huge amount of money at stake.
It said the carmaker Mitsubishi stood to make billions of dollars when the fish went extinct, due to its extensive stockpiles of frozen bluefin.
Japan is the world's biggest consumer of seafood, with Japanese eating 80 percent of the Atlantic and Pacific bluefins caught.


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Social media giant Facebook has launched a new product called “Today in” that aims to push local news and information to those with a profile on the platform.
It’s understood this will be in addition to local news that already appears in Facebook’s News Feed and on publishers’ pages.
The feature is being tested initially across six US cities: New Orleans, Louisiana; Little Rock, Arkansas; Billings, Montana; Peoria, Illinois; Olympia, Washington and Binghamton, New York.
It will include community updates, group discussions and local events, along with a local news component.
There are no plans yet for an international test, despite the new product launching as Facebook, along with other technology platforms such as Google, faces increased scrutiny from regulatory bodies across the world.
In December, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) was formally directed by the government to investigate the role of these companies in spreading fake news stories and diverting advertising away from traditional media.
When he launched the inquiry, ACCC chairman Rod Sims said one part of the review would be the impact of the digital platform on the choice and quality of news and journalism available to the public.
“When you’re getting news articles, do you know enough about how they’re fashioned for you?” he said.
A Facebook spokeswoman at the time said it took its “role in the media ecosystem very seriously and invest significantly in products that support publishers”.
Anti-trust regulators in Israel are also looking into the platforms, while tensions have been seen across Europe.
Facebook founder and chief executive Mark Zuckerberg has said it is his personal New Year’s resolution to “fix Facebook” in 2018, including the recruitment of experts to look at “questions of history, civics, political philosophy, media, government, and of course technology”.
Local news has been of enduring interest to Facebook. In David Kirkpatrick’s 2010 book The Facebook Effect, he said the rationale given by Mr Zuckerberg for the News Feed was that a “squirrel dying in front of your house may be more relevant to your interests right now than people dying in Africa”.
The Finkelstein Inquiry into media regulation found that by 2011, 60 per cent of Australians used the internet as a source of local news.
In December last year, Vivid Social calculated active Facebook users at 15 million in Australia.
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SoAmpli was shortlisted for the IBM Smartcamp prize as part of IBM’s Global Entrepreneur Programme earlier this year. The IBM initiative is aimed at giving start-up entrepreneurs the opportunity to pitch to industry experts, increasing exposure and offering the chance for top quality mentoring. The winner then competes regionally for the accolade of IBM Entrepreneur of the Year. The sold-out event took place at Level39, one of the largest accelerator spaces for technology start-ups and was the perfect opportunity for those in attendance to create professional relationships with seasoned entrepreneurs and investors.
SoAmpli’s founder Maz was excited to have the opportunity to pitch with IBM, as he thought of the company as a perfect backer for SoAmpli. He said of the SmartCamp event, “The fact that we got accepted as one of the top five finalists was brilliant. It’s the right type of partnership and the fact that IBM can bring so many good people into one room is a fantastic platform for us.” Watch the complete video below – Maz makes an appearance at 1 minute and 44 seconds in:
SoAmpli can attribute its progression to SmartCamp finalist within the IBM competition to an innovative premise and insightful interface. With the world in love with social media in such a poignant and powerful way, creating a platform through which employees can enhance their company’s brand and reach in real time with measurable results puts SoAmpli at the forefront of entrepreneurship in the corporate arena.
The IBM Global Entrepreneur Programme has forged professional relationships with over 2,000 start-ups, making it an ecosystem of business pacesetters which include SoAmpli. Our nomination solidifies SoAmpli not only as an innovative and exciting start-up, but also creates a buzz about employee advocacy and how the future of business-based social media could be changing for the better.
Since the competition, SoAmpli has also been awarded the Shoreditch Works prize at SmartCamp London as announced by James Governor. The startup was winner of a desk in co-working space, and free event in the employee advocacy space.


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Carbon Eyed: New Mobile Games Announced
Carbon Eyed, a South Korean mobile game developer run by CEO Chris Lee, held a local media showcase on March 29, 2016 and announced three mobile games – Knights Fall, Tiny Fall, and Gigant Shock. (Gigant pronounced as “ghee-gant”)
Carbon Eyed was founded by Mr. Chris Lee in May 2015 after his CEO post at NHN Entertainment. Prior to NHN Entertainment, Mr. Lee had founded Eyedentity Games and created Dragon Nest, a PC-based MMORPG and a world-wide success including China and Japan.
There titles include:
- Knights Fall is a mobile game which brings an all-new approach to playing mobile games and able to feature a large scale battlefield based on its physics engine.
- Tiny Fall features the same gameplay as with Knights Fall, with the expectation that the game is easy to play and exciting enough to appeal to casual gamers.
- Gigant Shock is a mobile game where players must utilize and strategize four different types of characters in order to attack visually stunning, gigantic monsters.
For more info, visit http://www.carboneyed.com
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Carrefour Taiwan adds four stores in one week
Carrefour Taiwan has opened four more stores, three in Taipei and one in Tainan.
The French hypermarket chain introduced the stores all in a space of a week, and all will be open 24/7.
First up was Tainan Yu Nong at 650sqm, followed by Luzhou Guanghua (515sqm), Taipei Jinan (670sq) and Shi Lin Zhong Cheng.
These stores follow the Carrefour formula of offering fresh and grocery items as well as basic bazaar, textile and small-appliance items. Shoppers are offered free Wi-Fi access, dining, coffee and ice cream.
Carrefour has 64 hypermarket and 45 supermarket in Taiwan.


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Loosen your grip. Square your shoulders. Keep your head down. Plant your feet. Follow through. There’s a lot to keep track of when learning to play golf, and most of it is forgotten halfway through a swing. But a new patent awarded recently to Nike might be able to change that, whether you’re out on the links, at the driving range, or in your back yard.
In a patent awarded to the sneaker company on March 17, Nike outlined a portable system that captures video of a golfer’s swing that looks like a cross between a boombox and an antique radio. While golf professionals around the world have used film for years to analyze students’ swings, most systems can’t be taken out onto the putting green or the sand traps. Nike’s idea would allow golfers to see how their swings look throughout the course.
Nike’s box contains a camera that can break out a recording of swing frame by frame, and for different parts of the motion. On review, a golf pro could focus the video on the club hitting the ball (stay in the sweet spot), the hands (keep that grip loose), the feet (plant that front foot), or the head (keep it down).
It’s unclear how heavy or unwieldy this device would be, but it seems like something that could be a hassle to carry around the golf course. Perhaps it’s just a ploy to sell more golf bags—this one looks perfect for the task.
While it’s uncertain whether Nike is actually developing this patent into a product that it would offer to consumers, the idea is in keeping with the company’s recent moves to own more of the golfing experience. The company moved from making golf apparel into balls, clubs, and cleats over the last decade. Nike also has an iPhone app that can track a user’s golf swing, although that would presumably be harder to use on your own than a standalone boombox-shaped object would be.
Like most golfing innovations, however, the patent makes no claims that it will be able to help lower your par. Some golfer’s swings will likely never get any better, regardless of how far technology comes.
Nike was not unavailable for comment at the time of publication.


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Institutionalization Of Cryptocurrencies: How Does It Work
Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies have come a long way since their inception in 2009. Once they were considered a niche asset, reserved for tech geeks. Today they are becoming a mainstream investment tool, coveted by many.
Retail investors that buy bitcoin with credit card can now use it as collateral and a source of cash flow using decentralized finance products. However, cryptocurrencies are not yet considered an institutional asset class. There’s still a lot of work before cryptocurrencies become the go-to asset for banks.
With that said, the trend is clearly picking up. In the past year, companies such as Tesla and MicroStrategy have invested more than $5 billion in bitcoin, opening the way to others.
But what will it take for cryptocurrencies to really become a trusted asset class for traditional financial institutions? In this article, we try to explore the different elements the industry needs for crypto to become a universally trusted asset.
Before we go further in our analysis of the institutionalization of cryptocurrencies, let’s talk about the elephant in the room – regulation.
Widely unpopular within the crypto community, regulating cryptocurrencies is a must if we want them to become trusted assets. The concerns are understandable, as the initial goal of crypto is to provide us a tool independent from banks and government institutions.
However, this is a utopist view on the matter, as there’s little chance that cryptocurrencies will replace traditional money in the near future. Consequently, they will be forced to coexist with the current financial ecosystem and allow us to improve it. Regulation of cryptocurrencies actually brings a wide array of benefits, which mostly outweigh its drawbacks. In fact, regulations might be the first step toward a safer and stable crypto industry.
Still, the challenges ahead are numerous. Different countries have different views on cryptocurrencies and their decentralized nature hinders the process of drawing out a global regulative framework.
For banks and government institutions to begin accepting cryptocurrencies as sound investment products, there needs to be a solid infrastructure behind them.
At the moment, there’s an overreliance on cryptocurrency exchanges and brokers for everything related to crypto. These platforms have a long history of hacks and malicious attacks that have left investors at a total loss of funds. To attract bigger investors, service providers are required to provide the highest levels of security and continuously invest in safety measure upgrades. Thanks to regulations, crypto service providers will be able to ensure user’s funds through government-backed insurance solutions such as the FDIC.
The increased security and regulative measures should lay down the groundwork for institutional investors to slowly start participating in the crypto industry. When big investors start participating in the ecosystem, trust from retail investors should increase. Simultaneously, the volatility of the cryptocurrency market should be significantly reduced thanks to the increased liquidity from institutional investors’ funds. As such, crypto prices shouldn’t crash suddenly on a single rumor.
The result is a more stable and less erratic market, that becomes a much more interesting and safer long-term investment.
Getting recognized as a financial sector on its own
Blockchain technology and smart contracts gave birth to decentralized finance. Today, individuals don’t have to rely on banks to access traditional financial products such as cash loans, lending, savings accounts, etc.
But the DeFi ecosystem is still in its nascent state, marred with scams and rug-pull schemes. Furthermore, compared to traditional financial products. DeFi is far from a beginner-friendly ecosystem. However, with increased regulations and improved infrastructure, DeFi could become a decent alternative to the traditional system. As trust in DeFi increases with institutional inventors, it could bring exponential growth and widespread recognition for the entire sector.
Increased adoption as a currency
Finally, an important factor for the institutionalization of cryptocurrencies is their increased usage as daily payment methods.
Until now, merchants were hesitant to adopt them, due to their high volatility. But in addition to regulations, there are other factors coming into play that will ultimately reduce the volatility of cryptocurrencies.
First, there’s the proliferation of stablecoins. These cryptocurrencies are usually pegged 1-to-1 with traditional currencies like the USD or EUR. They provide the advantages of blockchain tech without the volatility drawbacks. Next, there is the increased interest in cryptocurrencies from big payment processor companies such as Visa and PayPal.
And finally, there’s the widespread usage of payment gateways, which allow users to spend crypto while the receiver can choose between crypto or FIAT.
Cryptocurrencies have proven that they are here to stay. As highly appreciating assets over time, individuals are becoming increasingly interested in them as a long-term investment.
However, for crypto to become institutionalized, cryptocurrencies need a global regulative framework that will above all help classify them as a safe asset class. These regulations should, in turn, bring reduced volatility and increased trust from institutional investors.
And while there are multiple challenges ahead, we can safely assume that cryptocurrencies have already passed their “fad” status and are now considered solid investment tools.
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Disney Cruise Line announced its fall 2018 sailing plans for its fleet with first-time visits to Bermuda and Quebec City highlighting itineraries that include sailings from New York, California, Texas and Florida.
Disney Magic will be sailing from New York and visiting the new ports as part of a variety of trips from September-November. The ship will begin with two seven-night sailings from New York to Quebec City in September with two full days in capital city of the Canadian province as well as stops in two other new ports for the line, Saguenay and Baie-Comeau.
For Bermuda, Magic will sail several five-night sailings in October with two nights on the island as well as one six-night sailing with three nights there.
Magic will also sail from New York to Port Canaveral on three seven-night cruises with trips to Walt Disney World and a stop at the line's private Bahamas island Castaway Cay.
Starting in December, Magic will reposition to Miami to offer western Caribbean and Bahamas cruises that include stops in Key West.
Disney Wonder will stay on the west coast after its summer Alaska sailing season offering September and October trips from San Diego to Baja California with stops in Cabo San Lucas and Ensenada as well as Mexican Riviera voyages with stops in Puerto Vallarta, Mazatlán and Cabo San Lucas.
Wonder will then make the trip back through the new larger Panama Canal passage again and sail in November and December from Galveston, Texas.
The line's largest and newest ships, Disney Dream and Disney Fantasy, will continue to sail Bahamas and Caribbean voyages from Port Canaveral. The two ships have never home ported anywhere by the Central Florida port while older and smaller ships Magic and Wonder continue to test out new ports from a variety of home ports.
Sailings beyond December 2018 have not been announced.
Bookings for the fall 2018 sailings are open to the public on May 18, 2017. For more details, call 888-325-2500 or go to disneycruise.com.


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Internet conglomerate Tencent Holdings Ltd is buying a stake in Skydance Media LLC, the Hollywood production company behind Terminator, as it expands its entertainment portfolio to draw a larger audience from home and abroad.
The gaming-to-social media giant has acquired an undisclosed minority stake in Skydance, the companies said in a joint statement released on Friday. The Wall Street Journal cited an unnamed source that the Chinese firm would hold a little less than 10 percent of the United States production studio. Tencent did not confirm this when contacted by China Daily.
Under the agreement, Tencent can co-finance Skydance movies, as well as handle marketing, distribution and merchandising in China. Other initiatives, including partnerships on television and virtual reality, are also in the works.
We believe this partnership will support Skydance’s global expansion across media types and into television production, and will provide Tencent with attractive content that we can share with Chinese consumers, said James Mitchell, Tencent’s chief strategy officer, in the statement.
Along with marketing prowess and capital, the investment gives Skydance access to Tencent’s strengths in the gaming industry, the companies said.
Founded in 2010, Skydance is best known for sequels of long-running movie franchises, including Mission: Impossible and Star Trek. The company also invests heavily in television production, gaming and virtual reality, according to its website.
With Beijing pushing along with the Belt and Road Initiative, ties between the Chinese film industry and Hollywood are now taking the form of using Hollywood’s expertise via collaboration in making Chinese blockbuster action films for the local market, said Stanley Rosen, a professor specializing in Chinese affairs at the University of Southern California.
Tencent is drawing global audiences to its captivating entertainment ecosystem, from acquiring Finnish game-maker Supercell in 2016 to signing a distribution deal with Universal Music last year.
Tencent is about entertainment in every single form that you can imagine, said Kenneth Tan, chief digital officer for media agency Mindshare China.
By virtue of the number of people who log onto WeChat, they have the largest music app in China in QQ Music, the biggest news app QQ News and the list goes on and on.
The latest investment would also pit Tencent squarely against archrival Alibaba Group Holding Ltd, which owns the booming yet unprofitable Alibaba Pictures that has joined forces with Steven Spielberg’s film company Amblin Partners, among other overseas investments.


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I’ve had the distinct pleasure of listening to Tim Hickman , Partner at White & Case LLP speak to Tel Aviv marketers crowd yesterday about What we’ve learned after 1 year of GDPR regulation.
Tim explained that although no major fines were handed so far ( France/ Google are the exception) the regulation had a profound impact on companies and additional privacy regulation is coming. Tim who is a privacy expert (having worked at Google and with companies such as Facebook) suggests to beware of “self-proclaimed” GDPR experts (especially if they say they have 5 years’ experience in GDPR), and says it’s recommended to consult with European law firms who deal with the regulators on a daily basis.
Tim walked us through why and how is GDPR relevant for Israeli companies and emphasized that the regulation is mainly relevant for technological organizations (as they process masses of personal data) but more specifically, for B2C companies or ones that have EU offices.
Otherwise, Israeli companies will only be subject to it if they work with EU companies that require them to sign an agreement stating that they are GDPR compliance.
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Bitcoin is once again in focus now that it has cracked the $20K ceiling, a move that washes away notable market resistance and opens the door to a potential 50% increase in 2021, according to one analysts we follow.
"Bitcoin is, I believe, likely to have another record-breaking year in 2021, with prices expected to rise 50% and possibly double with its current momentum," says Nigel Green, chief executive and founder of deVere Group.
The cryptocurrency on Wednesday broke through the $20K barrier for the first time ever, the previous high was in December 2017 when the Bitcoin price hit $19,850.
"It’s a major milestone for Bitcoin and I doubt that we’re at the end of the current, historic bull-run," says Green.
The price of Bitcoin rose a further +13.78% in Thursday trade, taking the crypto to 2626.6453 USD with the price in Pound Sterling rising to 16619.3693 and the price in Euros rising to 18489.9.
While Bitcoin has powered higher, Green warns of the potential for a near-term pullback.
"Inevitably, we will soon see some pullback on prices and more volatility as traders sell Bitcoin at record high prices," says Green.
However, any dips in price might be considered an opportunity for retail investors to gain exposure to the asset.
"Lower entry points can be good for smaller investors to increase their exposure to cryptocurrencies," says Green. "Indeed, it could prove to be particularly beneficial as Bitcoin is, I believe, likely to have another record-breaking year in 2021, with prices expected to rise 50% and possibly double with its current momentum."
The de Vere CEO noted that some of the world's biggest institutions – amongst them multinational payment companies and Wall Street giants – pile ever more into crypto, bringing with them their enormous expertise and capital, which in turn, swells consumer interest.
He went on to note that with governments continuing to support economies and increase spending due to the pandemic, investors are increasingly going to look to Bitcoin as a hedge against the "legitimate inflation concern."
Previously Green observed that inherent traits of cryptocurrencies are ever-more attractive.
"These characteristics include that they’re borderless, making them perfectly suited to a globalised world of commerce, trade, and people; that they are digital, making them an ideal match to the increasing digitalisation of our world; and that demographics are on the side of cryptocurrencies as younger people are more likely to embrace them than older generations," says Green.
Ayush Ansal, CEO of the hedge fund, Crimson Black Capital, says that after being in a "wasteland since the infamous bull run of late 2017, crypto, and Bitcoin in particular, are back".
Bitcoin attempted to crack the psychologically significant $20K area earlier in December but ultimately failed, leading to a pullback.
This latest successful attempt has cleared out any resistance in the market, but selling pressures will ultimately return when buyer fatigue inevitably sets in.
Nevertheless, Ansal says public interest in cryptocurrencies will be reignited over the Christmas period, as people start to believe in Bitcoin all over again.
“The Covid-19 pandemic has almost certainly contributed to the rebound in Bitcoin. It has changed the order of things and that resonates with many investors right now," says Ansal. "The resurgence of Bitcoin will once again have Central Banks on red alert."


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August 3, 1999 – Ford Motor Company begins producing low emissions pickup trucks nationwide
producing low emissions pickup trucks nationwide
NORFOLK, Va., August 3, 1999 — Ford Motor Company today produced
the first of its 2000
model F-Series pickup trucks to be sold nationally as Low Emission
Vehicles (LEV) far in advance of government regulation.
we are bringing to reality Ford’s commitment to set itself apart
from other auto makers through our ‘Cleaner, Safer Sooner,’
campaign,” said Tom Phillips, Norfolk Assembly Plant manager.
“Ford’s leadership is redefining the standard by which corporations
are being measured in environmental responsibility.”
Ford President and CEO Jac Nasser announced that all pickup trucks
sold in the U.S. and Canada – about three quarters of a million —
would be Low Emission Vehicles (LEV), well ahead of proposed
government regulation and with no additional cost to customers.
Beginning with the 2000 model year for the F-150s built at the
Norfolk Assembly Plant, the F-Series pickup fleet will average smog
forming emission levels 43 percent cleaner than before it was
classified as a LEV.
“At Ford, our goal is to become the
world’s most environmentally progressive automaker,” said Gurminder
Bedi, vice president – Truck Vehicle Center. “We believe it is
possible for people to be environmentalists and auto enthusiasts.
That’s what customers and communities are demanding of us, and
that’s what Ford is demanding of itself.”
Ford produces more
than 800,000 F-Series pickups annually and about 360,000 Ranger
compact pickups. Rangers and the SVT Lightning are scheduled to be
low emission vehicles by 2001.
Last year, Ford began production
of low emission sport utility vehicles and Windstar minivans and
remains unmatched by other auto makers on that broad environmental
commitment. The LEV sport utility vehicles are: Ford Explorer,
Ford Expedition; Ford Excursion; Mercury Mountaineer and Lincoln
SUV and Windstar production will equal about 1
million units and, when joined with pickups, Ford will be putting
two million Low Emission Vehicle trucks on the road annually at full
production. Ford trucks and SUVs that meet Low Emission Vehicle
status will emit on average about 48 percent fewer smog-forming
emissions than trucks and SUVs that do not meet LEV.
combined effect of the emissions actions that Ford has taken on
SUVs, and will take with full-size pickups is equivalent to
eliminating smog forming emissions from 350,000 full-size pickups on
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December 19, 2014 1:47 pm
According to OSHA's budget justification, its plans to increase the number of health inspections next year are just the tip of the iceberg in regards to its full 2015 agenda.
December 19, 2014 1:23 pm
While bustling economies with booming industries have often sent CO2 emissions soaring, government actions have begun to mitigate this coupling trend.
December 19, 2014 10:10 am
John Zegers, director of the Georgia Center of Innovation for Manufacturing, says a convergence of activities suggest that 2015 will be a landmark year for American manufacturing.
December 18, 2014 12:19 pm
Though e-commerce and the need for efficient websites continues to grow, distributors should not forget the importance of having an attractive retail showroom for their brick-and-mortar stores.
December 17, 2014 12:31 pm
Canadian-based industrial distribution start-up We Share Supply sets itself apart from the crowd in that 2 percent of every sale goes to a charity of the customer’s choosing.
December 16, 2014 10:13 am
One reason salespeople have a bad reputation is because of the phrases they use. Some are good, some could be better, and some are just plain lousy.
December 12, 2014 10:31 am
With many Boards of Directors asking questions of their CEOs as to how they are prepared to deal with supply chain disruptions, the focus on risk mitigation has become raised on the priority list of supply chain executives.
December 10, 2014 4:57 pm
DGI's move to its current ERP solution resulted in reduced costs for order processing, improved order accuracy, and faster order processing times. Now DGI has plans to grow their enrolled customers by 150 percent.
December 8, 2014 10:39 am
Sometimes the simple phrase of “going green” can seem overwhelming. After all, where do you start?
December 5, 2014 3:40 pm
Thanks to companies like Atheer Labs, augmented reality is no longer a thing of science fiction and cinema. It’s being used right now, and Atheer wants to bring the technology to the industrial workplace sooner than you’d think.
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Apple AirPods to get hands-free 'Hey Siri' feature, water resistance
22 February, 2018, 15:59 | Author: Darnell Taylor
The upgraded AirPods will also pack an upgraded version of its wireless chip, possibly the W2.
Since launch, AirPods have been considered one of the top-performing Apple products and have resonated with both reviewers and consumers. As for the water-resistant version, keep in mind that it's now expected out "as early as next year", so it may end up seeing daylight further down the line.
The idea for the water-resistant model is for the headphones to survive splashes of water and rain, the people said. This version of the AirPods is internally known as B288, and will include the new Apple-designed wireless chip for managing Bluetooth connections as well.
Apple's AirPods are slowly becoming a trend, mostly due to its unique, eye-catching design that was initially criticised by many.
The new AirPods coming this year will include improved Siri integration, reports Bloomberg.
Alongside the ability to take voice commands with no need for physical double-tap activation, second-generation AirPods are rumored to receive a wireless chip promotion of sorts. From Google, Sony to Bose, brands introduced similar products, but could not match the 85 percent money spent on the AirPods in the USA since they debuted.
"Wearables were the second-largest contributor to revenue growth after iPhone, which is impressive", Apple chief financial officer Luca Maestri said during a conference call with analysts earlier this month, adding that sales jumped nearly 70% a year ago.
Both pairs are going to benefit from improved wireless connectivity thanks to the inclusion of the upgraded W2 chip found in the Apple Watch 3, an improvement on the W1 chip that now powers the AirPod Bluetooth connectivity.
Pence said easing regulations will be be a launch pad for new business ventures and the United States economy. The administration's proposal looks to make it easier for private companies to launch rocket into orbit.
Samsung Galaxy S9 will sport a 5.8-inch QHD+ display, 4GB RAM, 3,000mAh battery and a single 12MP camera sensor. We are expecting more details about the pricing to surface after the official launch event on February 25.
If you have not heard of the game before, it's pretty much a game about soccer, but cars are used instead of humans. In other news, the game is still extremely popular-back in January, it passed 40 million total players.
The firm's code of conduct prohibits promotion of harmful stereotypes based on race or gender, said spokeswoman Gina Scigliano. Shortly after the memo began to make national headlines, he was sacked by Google CEO Sundar Pichai.
Delph looked stunned, his angry team mates swarming around the official, while Guardiola seethed on the touchline. Northern Ireland striker Will Grigg , centre, fires in Wigan's victor against Manchester City at the DW Stadium.
Threats made through a series of Facebook posts have garnered concerns in two different school districts in Middle Tennessee. The Salem School board and superintendent were aware of this earlier this evening and have been notified by police.
Partner Investment Management Lp increased Activision Blizzard Inc ( ATVI ) stake by 136.97% reported in 2017Q3 SEC filing. Following the completion of the sale, the director now owns 129,562 shares in the company, valued at $9,053,792.56.
It is 10 years since the Scots last beat the Auld Enemy - and 14 since they even managed a try on home soil against their rivals. The crowd will be on our backs , but we're used to it now and nearly thrive off it".
Newborns in the United States and Kuwait - two high-income countries - die at a rate of four per every 1,000 births. Each year, one million babies live less than a day, according to a new report by the United Nations Children's Fund.
The Passenger Transportation Board has approved Greyhound Canada's request to eliminate passenger bus service in Northeast B.C. In its decision the board says it can't force Greyhound to incur losses indefinitely.
Watch PSL 2018 on TV, online
Some of the other players featuring in the PSL 3 are Misbah ul Haq, Andre Russell, Alex Hales among others. Karachi Kings will begin their PSL campaign against Quetta Gladiators on February 22.
OLYMPIC ROUNDUP: Two more medals push Canada into third place
And it's happened at the Winter Games, where Canada has won four straight gold medals , including three times over the US squad. Blayre Turnbull picked up the assist on the first while Meghan Agosta and Melodie Daoust picked up assists on the second.
Gold Medal Battle Royal Awaits US, Canadian Women in Hockey
Canada defeated Finland in the quarterfinal of men's hockey at the 2018 Winter Olympics and will move on to the semifinals . Though each of the games have been decided by two or fewer goals, Canada holds the advantage in goal differential (+2).
The Time Warner Inc (TWX) Shares Sold by DA Davidson & CO
The media conglomerate reported $1.60 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.44 by $0.16. It increased, as 39 investors sold PX shares while 277 reduced holdings. 63 funds opened positions while 237 raised stakes.
Stock within Investors Radar: United Parcel Service, Inc. (UPS)
Investor speculation and demand also help increase a share's price over time. 51 funds opened positions while 162 raised stakes. It owns and operates coal-fired, nuclear, hydroelectric, oil and natural gas, wind, and solar power generating facilities.
Listening session: Trump promises stricter background checks
Donald Trump has called for teachers to be armed and given special training in response to the mass school shooting in Florida. In a statement Bustos said "Often what matters most isn't what President Trump says or tweets -- it's what he does".


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Google will launch a smartphone of its own in what could be a fresh attack against Apple, according to a newspaper report.
The Google-branded phone, slated for release by the end of this year, “would tighten [Google’s] grip on mobile software and see it compete directly with the iPhone,” according to The Telegraph, which cited unnamed sources.
Google’s Android operating system powers four out of five smartphones worldwide, which are produced by third parties like Samsung,
Google also has partnered closely with manufacturers including LG, HTC and Huawei to produce the line of Nexus-branded phones.
Still, Apple’s iPhones account for more than half of the lucrative high-end smartphone market globally.
“The proliferation of Android device makers, many of which apply the software differently, means Google has struggled to ensure consistency,” the report noted.
Google — which historically has focused on developing free software as a platform for selling ads — in April hired Rick Osterloh, the former president of Motorola, to lead a new hardware division focused on smartphone development.
Still, the Telegraph’s report drew some skeptics, who cited recent comments from Google Chief Executive Sundar Pichai that seemed to indicate Google is doubling down on its Nexus partnerships.
Last month, Pichai said the search giant will be “investing more effort” into Nexus phones, and that it will become “more opinionated” about their design.
Silly con valleyGoogle boss HACKED by same cyber-bandits who leaked embarrassing Mark Zuckerberg info
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A public health expert appeared on Global News recently to make the case that we just can’t stop the Coronavirus — it’s going to come. So we should focus on dealing with the virus, rather than preventing it.
I found what he had to say refreshingly honest.
I just wish we had that sort of methodical thinking on global warming, instead of the insanity that thinks that by levying a carbon tax, you’ll stop the weather. You’ll just stop the entire climate, by paying taxes and recycling, or something.
That’s not going to happen.
Like a virus, the climate does not respond to politics or tweets or speeches or taxes.
Look at anything in your grocery store, especially during the winter. How much of it is from other countries?
For food, from the U.S. and Mexico, but from around the world increasingly.
Did you know that, for some reason, China produces half of the world’s apples. They also make most of the world’s Apple computers too, of course.
It’s a global economy.
Which means that if you like to get cheap apples in the winter time, you have to accept coronavirus. If you like your Apple iPhone, your Walmart toys, your exotic fruits, and saving a few bucks off larger items, you’ve simply got to go with globalization. And try to mitigate it.
Because coronavirus doesn’t need a passport.
And hey — don’t we get rich off it too? I mean, all the things we sell to foreigners?
Well, not really, actually.
TONIGHT I'll explain how imbalanced globalism really is.
Globalization is built on mass economy; where saving a few pennies per pound or something or a few dollars per ton of something can add up if you’re dealing with millions or billions of pounds or tons.
It has also made us vulnerable to every virus in the world.
It’s given us illegal labour at home and slave labour abroad; it’s exported our jobs to foreign factories that pollute.
It’s given up our strategic security by putting China in charge of our steel and our pharmaceuticals and our computers and now our Internet and our data. I mean, why not use Huawei? I hear they’ll save you a few bucks a month on your Internet. No problem. And that’s what’s important, right?
Maybe it’s impossible to avoid coronavirus. Maybe it’s impossible to unhook from the global system of trade, or the global internet that now flows increasingly through China.
But I think, actually, we can, a bit.
I don’t think China is the future; I think it actually aborted its future; it killed itself.
I think the UK and other European countries to come prove that you can unhook, at least a bit, and then more, from global networks.
And Trump himself proves that you can get along without China — economically, strategically, politically.
I’d like to try a bit. What do you think?
NEXT: When the Law Society of Ontario passed a Statement of Principles rule in December 2016, which "compelled speech and created an ideological litmus test for the practice of law," some members fought back — and won.
Tonight, I'm joined by one of those freedom fighters: Sam Goldstein.
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The most anticipated non-fungible token (NFT) launch of the year has gone awry after several exploits by hackers.
Earlier in the year, TheShifters.io nurtured the ambition of being a successful NFT collection with the launch of the latest project. The previous collection received critical acclaim with a character, Vortex, which grossed over $1 million.
But repeated FUD (fear, uncertainty, doubt) attacks on Discord have ruined those plans. “The level of FUD attacks on all new NFTs is now out of control,” said the collection’s creator, Andrew Brown.
He claimed that the team had put countless hours into the creations and spent a fortune on marketing the project. Brown expressed his disappointment that people were ruining the brand’s image by “spreading harmful misinformation about them online”.
“The toxic nature of the NFT market is now making it almost impossible for new launches of collectibles to be successful,” he said.
The hackers managed to steal over $2 million by creating a fake website for The Shifters, in order to trick unsuspecting investors into buying fake NFTs. The elaborate scheme also included the use of an illegitimate mint link to receive payments for fake NFTs.
“We estimate that there have been approximately $2 million worth of fraudulent transactions involving counterfeit shifters,” Brown said. “We are making every effort to educate customers on the right way to buy them and hope that no one else will be duped by these hackers.”
Hackers are harming the NFT ecosystem
Hackers’ activities are affecting the nascent NFT space. The year started off with a bang for NFTs, with the markets recording new highs for transaction volume. Then an exploit on the largest NFT marketplace, Opensea, sent the ecosystem on a downward spiral.
In March, on-chain data indicated that trading volume declined by more than 50% compared to January. The daily transactions and floor prices of top collections have declined in view of the huge gains.
Recently, NFT marketplace VeVe was forced to shut down its marketplace after it encountered an exploit that led to the illegal acquisition of NFTs.


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Ford of Britain chairman Graham Hoare (pictured) has called for a joined-up, clear and consistent long-term Government-partnered strategy to help the UK meet its target of only allowing the sale of zero-emissions new vehicles in the 2030s.
Speaking at the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders International Automotive Summit Live 2020
online event, he said: “A successful future for the auto industry is dependent on achieving our longer-term objective of a zero-emissions future; that is definitely the path we are on at Ford.
“However, we should be under no illusion that reaching this goal will require an unparalleled level of commitment and co-operation by a range of different stakeholders — Government departments, local authorities, the auto industry, energy providers, and customers.
“We need Government to partner with us and have joint equity in formulating and delivering a comprehensive and consistent strategy that provides a path to the future — a path that also encompasses a range of technologies, including mild hybrids, hybrids and plug-in hybrids on the route to zero emissions.
“Given the size and scale of what we want to achieve in the UK, we will not see a shift from the internal combustion engine to all-electric vehicles in a single jump. Customer confidence is not ready for that leap yet, and the cost gap between petrol or diesel and all-electric vehicles is still significant.
“This is why a range of bridging technologies from mild hybrids through to plug-in hybrids is essential, and why plug-in hybrids also should be considered as a viable technology well into the 2030s.
“We’ve seen recently at Ford what can be achieved when different stakeholders come together with a common purpose — namely, working in partnership with a wide range of different partners in the Ventilator Challenge
UK to build ventilators for the NHS.
“We need a similar spirit of endeavour, if we are to meet the electrification challenge — not a ‘can do’ attitude but a ‘will do’ determination. However, time is short; we must start today, because tomorrow will be too late.”


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- Greenlight Capital founder David Einhorn — who has been vocal about his Tesla short — piles on criticism in a recent investor letter.
- “The wheels are falling off — literally,” Einhorn says in an investor letter seen by CNBC.
- Einhorn cited safety concerns, price-cutting and demand as continued reasons why the carmaker is “on the brink.”
Hedge fund manager David Einhorn is taking more digs at Tesla.
"The wheels are falling off — literally," Einhorn, founder and president of Greenlight Capital, said in an investor letter seen by CNBC.
Einhorn's public bet against Tesla added to the fund's 11 percent gain in the first quarter. The 50-year-old investor slammed Tesla's safety protocols and cars with faulty suspensions, "such that the wheels sometimes fall off (referred to as 'whompy wheels')." He cited an incident in February when a man in Florida was killed in his Model S after hitting a tree.
"TSLA routinely touts its cars as the safest around, because they perform well in crash tests. The truth is, its overall safety is much lower because of events like this," he said, adding that the fatality rate for Tesla drivers is much higher than it is for other luxury cars.
The billionaire has been vocal about his Tesla short — likening it to Lehman Brothers, the investment bank that Einhorn famously bet against months before it declared bankruptcy and triggered the worst of the financial crisis.
CNBC has reached out to Tesla for comment.
Among Einhorn's other reasons to bet against Tesla: Lack of demand, "desperate price-cutting," closing-and-then-not-closing stores, closing service centers, cutting capex, layoffs, "rushed product announcements," and a "new effort to distract investors from the demand problem with hyperbole over Tesla's autonomous driving capabilities."
Einhorn also took on Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who he said, "never admits the crisis in real time."
"The company appears to again be on the brink," he said. "The signs are everywhere."
Last year, the Tesla short was a drag on the fund's performance. Greenlight had its worst year on record while Tesla rallied roughly 7 percent. This year though, Tesla shares are on a different trajectory. The stock is down roughly 20 percent since the start of 2019.
Einhorn said Tesla was "notably absent" from a consortium of automakers to establish safety rules for development, testing and deployment of autonomous vehicles. The automaker "continues to use its customers and other motorists, bikers, and pedestrians sharing the road with distracted or sleeping Tesla drivers as guinea pigs," he said.
— CNBC's Leslie Picker contributed reporting.


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ALZA is an off-chain technology designed to make micropayments involving cryptocurrencies better, and that’s their official line. So, NewsBTC Group caught up with Nate Zou, one of the co-founders at ALBA to find out more. Here are few questions and responses that gives us a better idea of what they are out to achieve.
Q: What problem does ALZA specifically solve in the industry today?
A: ALZA solves problems associated with small throughputs, latency, and high transaction fees.
The core elements in the generation of Blockchain technology are decentralization, scalability, and security. BTC lacks scalability, allowing only seven transactions per second. ETH is slightly better allowing 20 transactions per second.
EOS achieved commercial-level scalability, with tens of thousands of transactions allowed per second. But this increase comes at the cost of being more centralized and susceptible to manipulation. It also gives up security, with a potential to expose sensitive customer info to the public.
Q: ALZA purports to offer a hybrid blockchain solution that enables real-time transaction and on-demand settlement at ultra-low costs. How does it keep costs down?
A: We use off-chain technology that allows transactions between nodes to be processed within our payment field (which is off-chain) and handle money settlement in batches. In this case, we bring the cost down by splitting one on-chain transaction fee into multiple off-chain transactions.
For example, A coffee shop can establish its own payment field. All the customers will join this payment field when they enter the coffee shop and purchase coffee. In this case, the coffee shop will be the leader of the payment field, since it conducts most of the transactions between all participants. Each coffee sale between the coffee shop and a customer is a transaction. And all the transactions are processed off-chain within the payment field. The owner of the coffee shop can make the decision of when to report to the main ledger.
Let’s assume the owner of the coffee shop decides to report to the main ledger once a day. That means all the transactions happened in payment field in one day can be combined into one on-chain transaction. And the coffee shop owner will only need to pay one transaction fee to the main ledger, even if this one report to mainchain contains thousands of transactions.
And all the money settlement between the coffee shop owner and customers will happen after the coffee shop owner sends in the report to the main chain.
Q: How is privacy and security protected for all participants?
A: All the individual transaction details are encrypted off-chain before synced with public chain. In this case, without transaction participant’s approval, no one can view transaction details.
Take coffee shop example again. Before the coffee shop owner reports the transactions to the main ledger, all the transaction detail information will be encrypted. Therefore, after the transaction information is synced with the main chain, the sensitive information associated with the transaction will not be exposed to the public. However, it provides an option for third-parties to access the encrypted information, only with the approval of participants to the transactions.
Q: What differentiates ALZA from a vast selection of other projects looking to use blockchain technology for similar purposes?
A: Our payment field technology delivers the best performance with security and privacy in mind.
ALZA approaches the problem with real-world customers in mind. We balance multiple factors like performance, cost, privacy, and ease of use.
We believe that the evolution of blockchain technology in real world usage is not going to happen overnight. Instead, it is a long journey where both technology and customers need to make compromises to achieve their goals.
Q: Can ALZA really complete millions of transactions in one second?
A: Yes. With our off-chain transaction processing technology, we are able to complete millions of transactions in one second. Also, the supernodes on main ledger are able to support and maintain thousands of payment field at the same time.
We will not be able to hit our TPS goal in one night, we have a clear plan and road map to follow until we hit the goal. For more details, please visit our website www.alza.io, download the whitepaper and review our roadmap.
Q: Where is ALZA based, and what is the regulatory environment like there?
A: We are based in Silicon Valley, California
We are aiming to build an infrastructure where application developers can build their apps based on our technology. Therefore, our development works are not highly regulated by U.S. government.
Q: What are your thoughts on the current regulatory environment for cryptocurrencies and initial coin offerings, worldwide?
A: Even though in a super early stage, blockchain as an industry grows faster than anyone can imagine. Therefore, governments around the world are not fully prepared to put regulation around it yet. However, I do believe have regulations around ICO is good for the entire industry. It requires all the teams who work on blockchain project to be more careful and mature and also helps to protect investors‘ investment.
Q: What do you identify as the biggest challenges or problems the blockchain industry currently faces?
A: Since the dawn of blockchain technology, the digital currency community has intently pursued the dream of integrating such technology with real-world business. In the past ten years, blockchain has undergone three eras of innovation:Blockchain Era 1.0 is represented by Bitcoin, which is barely capable of practical application; Era 2.0 is marked by Ethereum, whose main purpose is to build the foundation for Initial Coin Offerings of various digital currencies; and the recently famous EOS led to Blockchain Era 3.0, with the potential to engage in business activities across industries.
From BTC to EOS, the core elements of all generations of public chain technology are decentralization, scalability, and security. BTC suffered in scalability, allowing a maximum of 7 transactions per second. ETH was slightly improved to allow 20 transactions per second. EOS, for the first time, achieved commercial-level scalability, with tens of thousands of transactions allowed per second, but the cost of being more centralized and susceptible to manipulation by oligarchs.
Q: Where do you see blockchain technology in 5 years?
A: The future of blockchain technology is bright. The technology itself has so much potential and can be much better than existing technologies that powers our payment solution today. The key here is to build a strong foundation where developers community can build their application upon it.
Q: You are the founder of the project — but what excites you most about working at ALZA?
A: As the product manager of one of the largest payment processor in the U.S. I have been following blockchain technology for almost 3 years. Especially in the past 18 months, I have seen how fast the blockchain technology grows. Compared to the technologies we use today in our current payment process, for example, our banks, credit cards, payment processors etc. blockchain is a much better technology and is much better than the ones we used for the past 50 years.
I see new ideas in my job every day that cannot be implemented because of the technology constraints. For example, small business owners today need to wait 3-5 business days to get paid for the services, simply because current payment solution need 3-5 business days to process the payments. This harms our people and economy. The current solution used by banks or payment processors cannot solve it. But with blockchain technology, it will all become possible. This is why I started ALZA, we want to contribute to blockchain technology, make us one step closer to a better world.


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A local dairy company CHI Limited held its first Hollandia Dairy Day yesterday where it joined nutritionists to promote the intake of more dairy products like milk and yoghurt to boost health conditions.
Participants at the virtual event said this would reverse Nigeria’s low dairy intake trend as reported globally.
The event with the theme, “Dairy Nourishment to Support Healthy Living”, was to highlight the role dairy consumption plays in nourishment, CHI Limited stated in a statement on Tuesday.
Speaking, the Head of Legal/Public Affairs & Corporate Communications, CHI Limited, Mr. Israel Dan’Auta, said: “Hollandia Dairy Day conference will be an effective forum for discussing the way forward in dairy nutrition, setting priorities as well as connecting with today’s consumers at a deeper and more meaningful level.”
The company, which said it employs about 4,500 people and creates indirect employment to over 12,000 people in the value chain, also said the Hollandia Dairy Day will also increase its corporate social responsibility activities for children through its Hollandia Nuture’A’Child Initiative.
One of the guest speakers and Senior Dietician at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Cynthia Onyekwere said dairy has been categorized as a major food group with recommended daily portions for each individual to reverse the 10 to 20 litres per capita ‘low’ consumption.
“A cup of milk meets a third of our daily requirement of vitamin D and one sixth of our daily needs of vitamin A.”
Another guest speaker, Amaka Nwaora, a Nutrition Consultant/Public Health Expert, said: “Regular consumption of milk and dairy products is recommended for all age groups as they are indispensable in every phase of our lives.”


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Utilizing the globe’s most popular sport to increase the visibility of photovoltaics worldwide, Yingli Green Energy has become an official sponsor of the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil. The contract follows on from the company’s marked success as supporter of the World Cup in South Africa in 2010.
Liansheng Miao, chairman and CEO at Yingli Green Energy said, “After our 2010 FIFA World Cup sponsorship, we saw a tremendous increase in our brand awareness and inquiries for our products. We were also very happy to see how our products brought smiles to the children in need by supplying our solar solutions for FIFA's Football for Hope program.”
“Thus, we are thrilled to continue our sponsorship with FIFA by becoming an Official Sponsor of the 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil and to be an important renewable energy partner to the world's most-watched single-sport event. We are excited to once again join hands with FIFA, to build a greener FIFA World Cup and a more sustainable future with affordable clean energy provided by the sun,” he continued.
Thierry Weil, FIFA’s marketing director said, “We could not have organized the FIFA World Cup on the scale that we saw in 2010 without the support of sponsors such as Yingli Solar. Yingli Solar's activities have had a wide geographical impact, from raising the awareness of the FIFA World Cup in their home market in China, to providing solar expertise and products in rural parts of Africa as part of the “Football for Hope” program. We view our agreement as a strategic long-term cooperation and I am delighted to welcome Yingli Solar on board as a committed sponsor of the 2014 FIFA World Cup.”
Yingli's sponsorship rights will include ticketing and hospitality rights, perimeter board advertising and the right to use the FIFA World Cup emblems and logo. The company expects its sponsorship activities to increase business opportunities in Brazil and other regions in Latin America. The 20th year of the Cup is scheduled to take place in June and July 2014.
Yingli Green Energy announced the sponsorship at Intersolar Europe 2011, where it is exhibiting at booth A3.240.


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Olam International, one of Gilroy’s largest private employers, sold its onion and garlic processing facility on Pacheco Pass Highway at the end of December for $110.3 million.
The Singapore-based agri-business giant announced the sale to Chicago-based investment management firm Mesirow Financial in a Nov. 26 press release.
Olam International’s Gilroy facility spans nearly 922,000 square feet, with about 500 employees, making it one of the top employers in the city.
As part of the deal, Olam entered into a revenue-sharing agreement with Mesirow for the next 25 years, but offered no details about how the Gilroy operations might change in the future.
Olam Spices marketing manager Tiffany Silveira said there will be no change in management and operations as a result of the sale. She added that Olam signed a 25-year lease with renewal options.
“We plan to be there a long time,” she said.
“We are pleased to have secured a long-term, tiered revenue-sharing agreement with Mesirow Financial for operating the onion and garlic assets for our US Spices business,” Olam’s Managing Director and CEO of Spices Greg Estep stated in a press release. “I am excited about our next phase of growth as we can now redeploy part of the capital released for investments in product innovation and value-added services to create further value for our customers.”
The move is part of a company-wide restructuring of its various assets, according to Olam.
Olam International operates more than 170 processing and manufacturing facilities across the world. It specializes in products such as nuts, spices, rice and other foods.
Other business news: Nimble Thimble
Quilt shop Nimble Thimble will hold its Inaugural Gilroy Quilt Auction at 4 pm Jan. 26 at Capos Restaurant, 7588 Monterey St.
The shop has received donations from several of the area’s well-known quilters and several vintage pieces, in addition to quilts made by local volunteers.
The event features a buffet dinner, live auction of 50 quilts, raffle, a cash bar and door prizes.
Proceeds support St. Joseph’s Family Center, which provides food, housing and employment services for the homeless.
Tickets are $30. For information, call 408.842.6501.
Send business news to Erik Chalhoub at [email protected].


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Shopping is different. Brands and retailers are creatively pivoting to connect with consumers and the success of big Christmas campaigns depends on powerful insights (not just data) into society, culture and behaviour.
As this year’s raft of campaigns launch, we invited Martin George, Customer Director at Waitrose; and Tammy Einav, joint CEO at adam&eveDDB, to join Suki Thompson and discuss customer sentiment and the role brands play in lifting the mood of the nation.
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One million episodes of Telltale’s the Walking Dead franchise have been sold. We’re talking about a total of two weeks worth of sales.
Wow, that’s a lot of zombies killed for an episodic game.
It really shouldn’t be a surprise though. The game is pretty darn good. It has been in the top sales for Steam this entire time and is 4th in rankings on PSN. With the TV show doing exceptionally well and the comic still turning out great stories, this is a franchise that has grown a strong fanbase. Congratulations are in order for Telltale.
Now we must wait patiently for June to continue on with Episode 2.


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The world's biggest creator of cellular telephones reviewed 2.5-million units of its top-of-the-extent demonstrate over two weeks prior, after batteries started finding fire while charging.
However, clients reprimanded the South Korean gadgets monster's offer of a transitory substitution until new Note 7s got to be accessible, and there appeared to be little direness among purchasers for the perpetual fix offered on Monday.
The achievement of the review is seen as essential to Samsung holding brand unwaveringness and anticipating clients abandoning to chief adversary Apple's new iPhone 7 or less expensive Chinese-made models.
A Samsung representative affirmed the firm had begun to offer the substitution handsets in South Korea and a few European countries including Britain on Monday – and would stick to this same pattern in the US on Wednesday and extend to different markets by one week from now.
The organization started offering substitutions for clients in Canada and Singapore a week ago and is set to begin soon in different countries including Mexico, Taiwan, New Zealand the United Arab Emirates.
In any case, with just a stream of clients going by stores in Seoul on Monday for their substitutions, the destiny of the highly advertised handset stayed hazy, despite the fact that purchasers in the South Korean capital were thoughtful.
"I felt ghastly when I caught wind of the battery blast just days after I had purchased my Note 7," in the wake of getting the substitution. "In any case, I loved that the organization acted rapidly and unequivocally about the entire thing… so I chose to trust it afresh," he said.
The review – the primary including Samsung's lead cell phone – managed a noteworthy hit to the association's notoriety and raised caution among carrier, with a few banning travelers from utilizing the gadget on board.
South Korean clients have time until March 2017 to turn in their telephones for a substitution yet Samsung is trusting a product redesign that will restrict battery energizes to 60 percent of limit will shock purchasers into giving back their handsets. The review emergency emitted as Samsung gets itself crushed by rivalry from Apple in the top of the line business sector and Chinese adversaries in the low-and mid-end fragment.
Investigator Lee Seung-Woo of Seoul-based IBK Investment and Securities said the review may inevitably cost Samsung up to 3.3 trillion won ($2.9 billion), conceivably scratching future cell phone deals and driving the organization to spend more on advertising.


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The director also said the location of the plant gives it easy access to abundant raw material source, with thousands of fishing vessels able to supply 400 tonnes of fish for the plant daily.
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