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Longtime Lawrence restaurant owner weighs options as convenience store plan looms over shopping center
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The future of Lawrence’s longtime Italian restaurant Paisano’s is a bit like my last spaghetti dinner. It is going to take a little time to untangle.
Questions about what will happen to Paisano’s Ristorante, 2112 W. 25th Street, have emerged ever since we reported last week that the parent company of Kwik Shop had filed a plan to demolish the shopping center that houses the restaurant and about a dozen other businesses along south Iowa Street. Plans call for a large convenience store and car wash to take its place.
When I reported on that last week, the owner of Paisano’s wasn’t immediately available to discuss what the plans mean for the future of the restaurant, which has been in operation since the late 1990s.
But I did sit down with owner-operator Steve Butland on Tuesday. He said he wants to continue to operate Paisano’s in Lawrence, but said he’s not yet in a position to guarantee that will happen if the convenience store deal proceeds.
“We have been around for more than 20 years,” Butland said. “Our presence in Lawrence is important to both my wife and I. We want to have a presence in Lawrence, but it has to be the right presence.
“Certain locations in town won’t work for us, but some would. It really is a matter of economics at this point.”
It also is a matter of having more certainty about what will happen with the property. The plans for the 8,300-square-foot convenience store, which might make it the largest one in town, already have been filed at City Hall. The project doesn’t appear to need any approval from the Lawrence City Commission itself, but the site plan still must win technical approvals from the city’s planning department. It checks multiple items about whether a development is meeting regulations related to parking, landscaping, driveway placement, lighting and much more. Until the project wins those approvals, the property won’t transfer over to EG America, the parent company of Kwik Shop.
Butland had heard the same timeline I’d heard informally for the project. The convenience store company needs to have city approvals in hand in the November timeframe, which then would allow the sale of the property to happen in early 2021. Businesses presumably would have to be out of the shopping center shortly thereafter, assuming that their leases have ended or been bought out.
That leaves Butland uncertain during a time that already has a lot of uncertainty attached to it. He said trying to figure out how to relocate a restaurant during this pandemic period is tricky. He said he thinks some of the dining trends that have emerged during the pandemic will continue on even after COVID-19 is quelled.
For instance, a greater reliance on take-out orders and the use of home delivery services is likely to continue well into the future. That could have a dramatic impact on what type of building he needs for a future Paisano’s. Right now, he has 8,800 square feet of space. He’s guessing a new restaurant won’t be that big.
“We don’t need that much, but we do need more than 5,000 square feet,” he said. “We are a destination restaurant and do a lot of special occasions, so we will need space to do that.”
He said a couple of commercial real estate agents already have reached out to him about possible locations, but he’s waiting a bit longer before he gets serious about a search. I asked him if he thought he might end up in the downtown area, given the preponderance of restaurants in that district. He didn’t rule it out, but he sounded wary of the idea.
“I have some concerns about what we are and going downtown,” Butland said. “Parking is obviously a concern. Plus, businesses come and go all the time in downtown. It is such high turnover, and that is a concern. I’m not ruling it out, though.”
As for his reaction to last week’s news of the pending deal to tear down the shopping center, he said it was a jolt but that he had suspected something was up. He said the fact that the shopping center’s owners — a group based out of Wichita — hadn’t undertaken any major maintenance or renovation plans led him to believe they might have other ideas about the future of the aged center.
“There is a lot of work that needs to be done out here,” he said. “They haven’t put a lot of money into it. I figured something was up, and now we know what is up.”
Now, it comes down to waiting to see whether that plan will be finalized. In the interim, Butland said Paisano’s will remain open and will continue operating like it has for the last several months. He noted that sales started to pick up in July, driven by carry-out orders as in-person dining totals are still lagging.
He and his wife also continue to operate a Paisano’s in Topeka. The Lawrence restaurant, though, was the couple’s first purchase after he left a career with McDonald’s. He said if he ultimately had to leave the Lawrence restaurant scene, it would be a tough decision.
“We fell in love with Lawrence,” he said. “If we have to leave, it would be difficult emotionally for both of us because this town has been good to us. But we are prepared for anything. We have embraced the community and it has embraced us. But if it happens, we are prepared for it, and we still will have a restaurant in Topeka that we love too.”
I know some of you also are interested in the future of La Estrella, the Mexican tienda and taco stand that is on the other side of the shopping center. Its building also would be torn down as part of the plan.
I did stop in there Tuesday to try to get an update from the owner. The bad news is I didn’t get to talk to the owner, but the good news is that the store was absolutely busy. That’s why I didn’t get to talk to the owner. There were lines at both the store counter and taco counter. I’ll continue to listen to updates on that business.


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We thank the exhibitors, partners and visitors for participating in Tallinn FoodFair!
Tallinn FoodFair brought together the entire food industry. For many, it was the end of more than a year’s separation from their partners, customers and colleagues. The reunion set the tone and created an excellent working atmosphere for all three days of the fair.
There were 4,630 visitors to the fair. The fair targeted food industry professionals.
Breakdown of visitors:
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More than 100 food and catering students from vocational schools attended the fair. There were an estimated 200 foreign visitors from 14 countries. 25 journalists or media representatives were accredited for the fair.
135 companies and organisations introduced their products and services. 25 foreign companies participated – from Latvia, Lithuania, Finland, Denmark, Italy, Greece and Indonesia.
The fair programme included 10 different professional competitions, product competitions and information events. A total of 29 companies and organisations participated in these. Conferences and seminars featured 29 presentations and were attended by 380 visitors.
The next food fair, Tallinn FoodFest, will take place in October 2022.
NEW – Bread Festival at Tallinn Creative Hub 20–21 November 2021
The first Tallinn FoodFair was held in 1993. Tallinn FoodFair and Tallinn FoodFest are held alternately every year. Tradition, expertise and a lively interest in what is happening in the Estonian food market make food fairs an anticipated meeting place for thousands of food industry professionals. See you at the fair!

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Qualcomm Incorporated (Nasdaq: QCOM) wholly-owned subsidiary Qualcomm Technologies Inc. has acquired certain assets of EPOS Development Ltd., a developer of ultrasound technologies for input solutions, including pen, stylus and gesture recognition. The acquisition is for an undisclosed amount. Qualcomm will integrate EPOS's technology with its Snapdragon processor, allowing unique and powerful next-generation user experiences for smartphones, tablets and e-readers.
EPOS, based in Hod Hasharon, has developed digital positioning technology that enables device manufacturers to integrate advanced user input capabilities into a wide range of consumer devices. EPOS has partnered with e-reader, media tablet, smartphone and television OEMs. Some EPOS team members will join Qualcomm Israel's R&D team to develop new capabilities for mobile devices and services.
EPOS CEO Oded Turbahn said, "Ultrasound technology provides device manufacturers a low-cost approach for integrating pen and stylus-based user interfaces into their products while gaining the benefit of a slew of new capabilities. Relative to other pen and stylus input solutions, the additional bill of material cost for the device is minimal as the technology does not require changes to the device's screen and is independent of screen size."
Qualcomm Technology SVP product management Raj Talluri said, "As computing evolves beyond the PC, consumers are looking for intuitive new ways to interact with their mobile devices. EPOS' technology goes beyond the PC-era mouse and keyboard and enables touch-free gesture and pen interactions as user input mechanisms. Enabling this technology on Qualcomm's Snapdragon processor will allow devices that accommodate a more mobile and multimedia-centric lifestyle."
This is Qualcomm's third acquisition in Israel. Earlier this year Qualcomm bought DesignArt Networks, which develops system-on-chip platforms to boost wireless data capacity in mobile networks, for $120-140 million, and last year Qualcomm acquired mobile web company iSkoot for $50-100 million.
Published by Globes [online], Israel business news - www.globes-online.com - on November 18, 2012
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Nkd Clothing has won several new contracts from the hospitality sector in the past month.
The corporate clothing company is to provide 80 uniforms for the Adamo Hotel in Bridge of Allan and the group's two other ventures in Stirling.
Edinburgh-based NKD is also to provide clothing for 50 staff at the Malmaison Hotel in Aberdeen and 40 employees of Eskmill Events.
Gill Eastgate, managing director at NKD Clothing, said: "We are delighted we have secured these contracts in the past month.
"With all the talk of the economic downturn it is refreshing to see there is still a great entrepreneurial spirit and drive within the hospitality industry. These are all very exciting projects which have great potential."


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IPhone XR, XS and XS Max Get Official Price Cut in India
- Will the iPhone 11 be better than Google's upcoming Pixel 4?
- Beckham plans to wear luxury watch on field again
- International Business: China's exports shrink as US shipments slump
- IDF confirms: Israeli drone fell in Gaza Strip
- Commons Speaker John Bercow to stand down
- Subscription service soft-launches November 1 for $4.99/mo
- Cristiano Ronaldo Scores 4 Goals in Portugal's Rout of Lithuania
- Corbyn accuses Boris Johnson of hijacking referendum to shift power to wealthy
- AppleTV+ details announced: New streaming service will cost just $4.99
- Apple Watch Series 5 Launched with Always on Display; Starting at $399
- Apple to unveil latest iPhone
- India hold Qatar to goal-less draw
- Hurricane Dorian: Bahamas sees 'unprecedented devastation'
- Download iOS 13 on Sept. 19
- Watford fired head coach Javi Gracia amid fears Spaniard had 'gone flat'


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Vivo T2 5G is all set to launch in India on April 11 and the model is actively teasing the design of the smartphone via Flipkart. Now, forward of its official unveiling, a Vivo handset, regarded as the Vivo T2 5G, has appeared on the Geekbench benchmarking web site. The itemizing suggests a Snapdragon 695 SoC and 6GB RAM on the upcoming system. The Vivo T2 5G is anticipated to run Android 13. It’s confirmed to hold 64-megapixel twin rear digital camera unit and a full HD+ AMOLED show with 1300 nits of peak brightness.
A Vivo smartphone has been spotted on the Geekbench web site with mannequin quantity V2240. The itemizing dated April 6 is regarded as of Vivo T2 5G. It has scored 678 factors in single-core testing and 1,933 factors in multi-core testing. The itemizing suggests 5.33GB of RAM, which may translate to 6GB on paper. It’s proven to run Android 13 working system as properly.
As per the itemizing, an octa-core chipset codenamed “Holi” will energy the cellphone. It exhibits two CPU cores with a most clock velocity of two.21GHz and 6 cores capped at 1.80 GHz. These CPU speeds counsel the presence of a Snapdragon 695 SoC on the Vivo T2 5G.
Vivo T2 5G is scheduled to launch in India on April 11. The launch occasion will start at 12pm IST. The Vivo T2x 5G will even debut alongside. It should go on sale by Flipkart, the official Vivo web site and choose retail shops throughout the nation.
Each the Vivo T2 5G and Vivo T2X 5G are teased to function full-HD+ AMOLED shows with 1,300 nits of peak brightness and a 360Hz contact sampling fee. They’re confirmed to come back with a twin rear digital camera unit, comprising a 64-megapixel main sensor and a 2-megapixel bokeh sensor. They’re anticipated to be priced at below Rs. 20,000.


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Most early attempts at Internet of Things (IoT) devices, like smart cutting boards and rudimentary wearables, haven’t proven their worth enough to become as important to us as our phones and laptops. But as of this morning, IoT startup Spark has raised $4.9 million to bring us smart objects that might actually be useful.
Until now, Spark has focused on selling home kits that let you take everyday objects like lightbulbs and cutting boards and hook them up with sensors and wifi. The new cash will help Spark move on from selling one-off DIY kits to providing thousands of cores for companies that want to use Spark to power IoT products.
“The problem is how to actually bring it to market,” Spark CEO and founder Zach Supalla told Betabeat. “What are the technical challenges you face going from one of something to hundreds of thousands of them?”
The Spark Core — the chip at the heart of their connected devices — already serves as a brain for sprinkler systems, planters and dog bowls. But the problem with many early attempts at smart home appliances is that they’re premature, rushed attempts by companies jumping on the IoT bandwagon. Spark wants to develop their cloud software to make IoT objects useful enough to actually use.
Mr. Supalla points to GE’s Brillion Oven as an example. It’s a smart oven that you can turn on and begin preheating right from your phone, which is convenient, except for the fact that you can’t use it outside your personal network. If you can only preheat an oven from your couch, you’re probably just going to get up and do it yourself every time.
This is the same problem we see with wearables like Fitbit, which people tend to abandon after the novelty wears off. In order to transcend the cool factor and become something useful, you can’t just have, for example, lightbulbs that turn on and off using a button on a phone.
“What connected lights should do is know where you are in the house, and also fade on slowly with the sunset,” Mr. Supalla said. “In order to do that, you need a system that doesn’t just respond to your phone. It has to know a few things.”
This is the next step for Spark: developing cloud software that connects IoT objects to central applications, like a swarm of worker bees controlled by a single hive mind.
“So you’d have a single cloud application with tens of thousands of connected lightbulbs — the central brain of connected products,” Mr. Supalla said. “You’d have one application running them all.”
If that evokes images of a robot dystopia where a Singularity event causes a networked artificial intelligence to dominate humanity, then we’re all on the same page. Mr. Supalla laughs at a hypothetical “Skynet” scenario, but still acknowledges the serious risk of security breaches.
“Security is paramount, Mr. Supalla said. “Everything in our system is encrypted.”
When it comes to security, Mr. Supalla says that the cloud is both the boogyman and the blessing. Spark Cores have so little on-board memory that it’d be difficult to install malware on individual devices like lightbulbs. When things are centralized in the cloud, you can update software, treat problems and keep a close eye on the system.
So once the software is safe and ready to use, what does Spark hope other companies will do with the Spark Core?
“One thing that keeps coming up in conversation on our team is that all over my house, there should be buttons to reorder things when they run out,” Mr. Supalla said. “My medicine cabinet should have a button for when I reorder deodorant and my coffeemaker should have a button for when I’m out of coffee.”
After all, once you’re in the warm embrace of the machines, and your home is as smart as can be, why leave?


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Beer market of Russia 2018
- General market picture
- Foreign trade setting records
- Demography as challenge to branding
- Aged consumer
- Declining of youth brands
- Nostalgia on trend
- DIOT feels at home
- 5.0 Original is the new face of import
- Positions of Market Leaders
- Carlsberg Group
- AB InBev Efes
- AB InBev
Ukrainian beer market 2018
- Better than yesterday
- Performance by value
- Positions of Ukrainian brewers
The beer market dynamics in Russia is approaching zero, yet major brewers are divided into those who developed considerably in 2017 and those who considerably reduced their volumes. For instance, company Efes has managed to substantially extend their sales due to restrained pricing policy and activity in the modern trade. Heineken has also demonstrated an excellent performance promoted by significant increase of advertisement budgets launching a non-alcohol sort of the title brand and unusual activity in the economy market segment. Carlsberg and AB InBev have been focusing on margins and lost a market share of their inexpensive brands. Serious dependence on PET package and mass enthusiasm about Zhigulevskoe have negatively impacted the most of big regional brewers, that have been for the first time pressed by the leaders in the key sales channels, especially in Volga and Central regions. In the small business there has been a noticeable slowdown in appearing of new restaurant breweries, yet the number of craft breweries has been growing rapidly. In 2018, the beer market is likely to grow a little, while the share of AB InBev Efes may decrease due to the integration. ...
“Catalogue of Russian Beer Producers 2018” includes 1070 businesses ranging from large subsidiaries of international companies to rather small restaurant and craft microbreweries.The catalogue includes 32 large breweries, 75 regional breweries, 693 industrial mini- and microbreweries as well as 270 restaurant breweries. ...
Carlsberg to keep Sri Lanka’s Lion supplied after floods
The firm, which sells Lion and Carlsberg brands in Sri Lanka said it carried only about 15 days of finished product.
Though beer demand has fallen after tax increases last year, driving more people to toddy and hard alcohol.
Demand has also fallen due to heavy rains.
Carlsberg Asia will brew the beer at four locations and ship the products to Sri Lanka.
"..[S]ince the brewing process itself takes 15 days, raw materials need to be sourced & brands shipped to Sri Lanka, it will take some time before products start flowing back into the market on a regular basis," Chief Executive Suresh Shah told shareholders.
Though floods were an annual occurrence, this year the water levels had been higher and it had damaged the factory and its electronic circuitry.
These are custom made and took time to produce and arrive in Sri Lanka. The company said damage is still being assessed but it had flood cover and also business interruption insurance which would protect cashflows.
Lion said it had carried out relief work in the area during the floods. Some of its employees, whose houses were also damaged had also continued to work and support the efforts, Shah said.
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CMS Industrial Technologies, LLC has recently partnered with Michelman to produce its coating equipment, including rod coaters, press rod coaters, blade coaters, spray coaters, and slide-angle testers. CMS will also perform engineering, part replacement, support, and service to existing customers in the corrugated industry.
Michelman, a global developer of environmentally friendly advanced materials for industry, offering solutions for the coatings, printing & packaging, and fibers & composites markets, "has sold functional water-based coatings into the web-fed corrugated space for over 50 years," explains Pete Petrie, Michelman's Director of Sales for the Americas Region. "We have partnered with CMS to support this business to design, build, sell, and service our application and testing equipment. Partnering with an industry leader like CMS allows us to match out innovative technology with market-leading application equipment."
Both organizations have a collaborative and customer-intimate approach, and look forward to initiating coating opportunities by successfully producing and marketing coating equipment that will better serve the corrugated industry on a global scale.
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Technical Analysis by Rajiv Singh
3D sensor technology to enhance value of current product portfolio
Apple Inc.’s (NASDAQ:AAPL) $350-million acquisition of Israel-based 3D sensor company PrimeSense is seen as a positive gesture to the future of technology. This is the second acquisition of an Israeli company by Apple in less than two years. Earlier in January 2012, Apple had acquired flash storage chip maker Anobit. However, Apple’s futuristic move has made several investors and company watchers wonder how the tech giant plans to use the motion-sensing technology in its products. While PrimeSense has currently licensed its technology to Microsoft, it is not clear how the deal changes following Apple’s acquisition of the Israeli company.
Vision for the future
Like in the past, Apple isn’t saying much about how it plans to use PrimeSense’s gesture-controlled technology. With this acquisition, Apple has at least hinted that it actually has some vision for a future other than upgrading its existing products as competitors inch closer to matching or surpassing them. As Apple is reluctant to divulge anything on its plans for PrimeSense, its strategy makes it easy for speculation to fill the factual void.
Most speculators see PrimeSense as being an asset from Apple’s alleged big plans in TV. In addition to that, PrimeSense could also greatly enhance the capability of its iWatch. PrimeSense’s technology can be an obvious asset in security, the battle for the living room, and much more.
Apple is known to make acquisitions that will help to bolster its product line-up. Apple did so a few years ago when it acquired Siri for $200 million only to incorporate it later into the iPhone 4S and create a flurry of consumer interest. Just last year, Apple bought security company Authentec for $356 million, which was needed for providing the fingerprint sensor in the iPhone 5S. Now Apple’s latest acquisition has investors and company watchers in a tizzy.
Acquisition seen to add value to Maps platform
Industry experts believe that Apple’s acquisition of PrimeSense could be a key fit for its Maps platform. Apple’s Maps platform got off to a rough start but has been improving ever since. Apple is planning to add images and contextualize locations around the US on its Maps platform, effectively warding off competition from rivals including Google. PrimeSenseis seen as a key component in these plans.
Robert Scoble and Shel Israel, who covered PrimeSense in their book “Age of Context”, euphorically talk about the potential for sensors in the home, in health, security, environmental improvements and every aspect of business. “Sensors are a key reason that our mobile devices are coming to understand each of us on such a personal level. PrimeSense is the best of the 3D sensor companies we found,” said Israel.
Apple’s iTVa potential user of3D sensor technology
PrimeSense’s3D sensors let machines see you or your general location in 3D. These devices are currently being used in Microsoft’s Kinect for Xbox 360 to understand what is going on in the living room. Its sensors can actually sense the heartbeat of players and understand whether a player is enjoying a game or not.
Apple obviously has its own plans for a stronger living room presence with its much discussed iTV, which is expected to see the light of the day by the end of 2014 or later. Picture this: A device watches you as you watch it. A device that sees how your heart beats as you watches a certain show on air. Based on what it senses, the device will be able to customize contents to be offered to you.
But PrimeSense goes further than that. For instance, a PrimeSense device watches a shopper laying his hands on a box of chocolates, the sensors in the device read his intent, and an iPad display offers him a discount on either that brand or a competing brand. It allows retailers to pinpoint marketing offers. With an intent to give ‘eyes’ to more devices globally, PrimeSense has been reducing both the price and size of its 3D sensor packs over the years.
Gesturing is the next mouse?
If one looks at the bigger picture of where the technology is heading, many tech devices are getting too small to accommodate a keyboard. Hence, sensing technology could be either used in voice-based or gesturing applications. As making gestures, like voice commands, is emerging as a foundational technology, gesturing seems to be the next mouse.
True that mouse has turned 40 and, in technological parlance, outlived its lifespan. But it would be too early to announce the death of the keyboard as an input device as of now.
Google Glass, the tech giant’s big leap into the world of wearable computing devices, uses gesturing to advance the screen but it is still in the nascent state.
While wearable computing is taking baby steps, voice recognition has made broad advances. Take the case of Apple’s Siri. The intelligent assistant is used by many iPhone owners for internet searches or to get directions. So far, mobile phones have come to understand voice commands and talk back. Now, the voice of Siri can acquire the eyes of PrimeSense, and that in itself could be a very big technological advancement.
In the future, the companies which develop devices that one can talk to or gesture at will probably be the winners in the wearable computing wars. Apple will surely be one to watch out for.
Technical Analysis on Apple
On Friday, Apple Inc. stocks moved higher to end the day at $556.07, which is 1.85% higher than the previous day’s closing price. Apple’s stocks have picked up momentum in last few trading sessions, gaining 6.17% in the last three trading sessions and outperforming the S&P 500 Index, which remained flat, up 0.18% during the same period.
Technically, Apple’s stocksare trading above its 9-day, 50-day, and 200-day simple daily moving average, implying a strong bullish trend.However, momentum indicators like RSI and William %R indicate an overbought territory for the stock and suggest a decline in stock prices in the near future. MACD above the Signal line suggests a neutral stand. WSA remains bullish on the stock in the long run, but definitely sees some pull back in near future.


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Morgan Stanley auto analyst Adam Jonas has been bullish on Tesla Motors. But he added to the company’s woes Wednesday when he slashed its sales outlook in the face of falling oil prices.
Jonas predicts that the luxury electric-car maker will only be able to sell 300,000 vehicles by 2020.
Cheap gas prices could be partly responsible, since the narrative at the start of this month was that plunging prices had contributed to consumers returning to their SUV- and pickup-loving habits. (Electric vehicles didn’t sell badly in November either, particularly the Nissan Leaf.)
But this segment in CNN Money’s story presents an other interesting angle:
The biggest drag on Tesla sales will be the lower-priced, mass market Model 3 expected in showrooms in about three years.
Jonas’ doubts that Tesla will be able to price the Model 3 in the $35,000 range as many have been expecting. He’s now thinking the price could be closer to $60,000.
Tesla’s philosophy is that it won’t put out a vehicle that doesn’t meet its own, and founder Elon Musk’s, high expectations. See this post from November, about how the company wasn’t bothered about delaying production of the crossover-utility vehicle Model X, which is now expected in showrooms until the third quarter of 2015.
Tesla’s stock has fallen precipitously since Sept. 4, when it was $286.04. It closed at $197.81 on Tuesday.


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Who says out of home advertising is becoming less useful as people spend more time on mobile devices? Sure, I have a Kindle which I read on my daily commute, but you can’t read while walking (or I can’t.) In fact, I look forward to the advertisements inside the trains and in the subway stations to keep me updated on the latest clothing by Uniqlo or the new TV shows this fall. This is precisely how I found out that USA Today was redesigning its website and conducting a large marketing campaign around the election promoting the daily newspaper as a forum for conversation and debate. Even the busiest New York City commuter would have a difficult time ignoring its ubiquitous ads.
“We’re trying to reinvent news here”, Larry Kramer, president and publisher of USA Today, said in the LA Times. “We were getting better at doing alerts when big stories would break — but our effort was all directed to putting out a great newspaper for the next day. We needed to be that good on every platform”.
And the redesign doesn’t stop with a face lift for the website and a logo change. USA Today is undergoing a fundamental shift from being a newspaper to being a platform-agnostic content provider. In an industry that is experiencing decreased circulation, every print publication is worried about how to still be relevant in an increasingly mobile and digital world. Newspapers and magazines have already seized on the opportunity to integrate their print content and their online audio/visual/social content to produce deeper, more engaging stories. USA Today has gone a step further by incorporating elements of mobile apps to create a story-telling platform that mimics the functionality and experiences of digital properties that users are already familiar with (such as Flipboard).
Julie Moss at Poynter praises the newspaper for not “containerizing content” and easing the problem of information overload. “This makes information easier to absorb and to browse. Instead of a seemingly-infinite scroll that overwhelms my eyes and mind with too much to process, there’s a restraint that enables a more relaxed, open reading experience. Instead of feeling limited, confined, cramped by the design, I feel free to read. The news seems manageable”.
However, users are not just looking for enhanced content with social elements; they also want substance. Print publishers struggle with how to create an undisruptive reading experience that allows for substance and deeper analysis while keeping in mind that the experience resides on fundamentally disruptive platforms. The new USA Today site tackles this dilemma by overlaying the article on top of the section it is in. Readers can close out of the article when they are done or access related content without having to back or be distracted by peripheral content.
But where does the advertiser fit into this? After all, decreasing ad revenues and the reallocation of ad dollars from print to digital are also responsible for the overall decline of print. “I think the full-page digital ad will be the primary one of the future”, said Kramer in an interview with Ad Age. The article reveals that the motivation for the redesign was “largely a desire to give advertisers a new type of digital canvas with which to work”.
What do you think of the redesign? Will it give USA Today a much needed revenue boost? Is this a model other newspapers should be following?


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Another startup renting cars to Uber and Lyft drivers is shutting down.
Evercar, a three-year-old Los Angeles-based service that rents electric and hybrid cars to drivers for delivery and ride-hailing services, sent an email to customers on Monday notifying them that it’s suspending its service. The company expanded its operations to the Bay Area last month, but is now shutting down in both markets.
“Over the past year, our team has worked hard to deliver you a reliable service to help you earn money in the on-demand economy,” the company says in its email to customers. “However, due to unforeseen circumstances, we will not be able to deliver that service in the near term. We truly apologize for the disruption that this has caused you.”
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Evercar lets customers rent out cars for $5 to $8 hourly, depending on the car type and location, to drive for services like Uber and Lyft, along with delivery companies like Postmates and Doordash.
It’s unclear why the startup, which has raised about $29 million (including debt), according to Pitchbook, is ceasing operations so suddenly, but stiff competition could be one reason. In July, a similar company, Breeze, also killed its car rental operations after deciding that continuing to compete against Uber and Lyft’s rival car rental programs would be unsustainable. Instead, Breeze now plans to sell software for managing vehicle fleets to other companies and has since passed on its customers to Uber’s program. Ironically, Breeze had begun renting cars to drivers before Uber and Lyft devised their own programs. While both Uber and Lyft have partnerships with car rental companies for short-term auto rentals for their drivers, Uber also has a long-term leasing program.
At least one similar company, Hyrecar, is still in business.
Evercar’s original business, through which it provides electric vehicles and fleet management tools to customers, including the City of Indianapolis, the City of Atlanta, and federal agencies, will continue to operate, an Evercar spokeswoman told Fortune via email on Tuesday.
Evercar debuted its car rental service in Los Angeles in 2015, where it offered more than 100 cars to 1,200 customers in the area. In a statement last month, Evercar said that it had “financing available to acquire up to 3,000 new vehicles in the coming year.”
An earlier version of this story incorrectly described Evercar’s original business, through which it works with the City of Indianapolis and the City of Atlanta. The story has been updated.


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Student-run op shop giving teenagers business skills in remote north-east Arnhem community
A group of entrepreneurial teenagers are being recognised for selling second-hand clothes from a shipping container in their remote north-east Arnhem community.
The Girri Opp Shop opened two years ago in Gapuwiyak, a town of 1,000 people about 500km east of Darwin.
Gapuwiyak High School teacher Rebekah Ingamells had worked on several enterprise projects with her students, like selling painted mugs and postcards to tourists.
"We were looking for something a bit more localised," Ms Ingamells said.
"There's such a need for clothing in this community, and affordable clothing, because there's only one shop.
"So we came up with the idea of running an op shop that students would run as their next business."
The Melbourne-born teacher grew up around second-hand stores in the city, but the retail concept was foreign to many in Gapuwiyak.
"There's an op shop in Gove about three hours away, but not many had experienced it before," she said.
From boxes to a shipping container
The majority of opportunity shops in major cities are stocked with donations placed in charity bins.
Gapuwiyak's isolated location was an extra barrier for donations, so the students started off by emailing friends and former teachers outside north-east Arnhem.
"They send us up donations in boxes and then we just sort them out and sell them," Ms Ingamells said.
I make sure everyone does their job and we have lots of clothes to sell.Evelyn Gurruwiwi, manager of Girri Opp Shop
The students initially wheeled the goods out onto the school verandah and sold them from large containers.
Then some local contractors sold the school an old shipping container, which was subsequently fashioned with a roof and doors.
Year 11 student Evelyn Gurruwiwi is the manager of Girri Opp Shop and her friend Philipa Simon handles the money.
They had never worked in a shop before the high school project and liked the idea of selling clothes, shoes, sheets and towels to their community.
"I make sure everyone does their job and we have lots of clothes to sell," Ms Gurruwiwi said.
The girls are paid for their time in free clothes and shoes.
"[I now have] running shoes for basketball. I'm good at basketball," she said.
The Girri Opp Shop was this year awarded a Northern Territory Youth Business Award.
The high school has also started running the shop as a formal subject through the distance learning program, Northern Territory Open Education (NTOEC).
"Through that, we've had to learn a bit about marketing, and we made a rap song and advertisements for the op shop," Ms Ingamells said.
"They learn about what it's like to have a job, responsibility, teamwork."
The word "Girri" means clothes in the community's main language, Djambarrpuyngu.


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Most of us remember Star Wars: Battlefront 2 as one of the most enjoyable and most playable Star Wars games, ever. Back in 2008 a third installment in the Battlefront series was being developed before its unfortunate cancellation. Instead, EA and Dice produced a new game under the same name, which released to mixed reviews among gamers who were expecting an experience similar to Battlefront 2.
Below is new footage from the game from when it was in its apha stage of development. Prior to this, we had seen leaked photos and some footage of the game, however this is the first time we get to see someone actually playing through the various game modes and levels.
It certainly looks like this game would have satisfied our cravings for a new Battlefront, with a new campaign, new levels, planets and space battles. The game looked quite epic. It's unfortunate to know we'll never see this game released.


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After Google+ and Inbox, tech giant to shut down Google Play Artist Hub
Artists will receive their final reports and payments from the service on May 31.
Google Play Artist Hub was launched in 2012 and allowed smaller indie artists to upload and sell their music through the official Google Play store and Google Play Music service.
New signups are no longer accepted on the service and existing members will not be able to upload or edit their music as of April 30, The Verge reported.
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Artists will receive their final reports and payments from the service on May 31. By July 31, these reports will also be deleted entirely.
The demise of the service arrives as Google plans to push its main music offering, YouTube Music. Google has also announced that it will eventually replace Google Play Music with YouTube Music. Artists can sell music through YouTube partners.


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How the mighty have fallen. Coming into their earnings call, Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) and Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) were expected to light up the tech sector after IBM (NYSE: IBM) and Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) disappointed. But the two have clearly failed to live up to the high expectations and both stocks have been pummeled quite a bit. I have followed both companies for years and until recently considered them almost equally good fodder for long-term investors. I still think Alphabet is a good bet for investors with a three-year investment time frame, but I'm not so sure about Microsoft anymore.
Let's have a look at what went wrong at both companies that leads me to believe Alphabet is a better long-term bet at this point than Microsoft. I have emphasized ''at this point'' because my thoughts are subject to change and I will continue re-examining my investment thesis one quarter after another.
For starters, both stocks have performed quite well over the past 12 months though Alphabet stock has outperformed Microsoft stock by quite a wide margin with gains of 33.6% vs. 20.5%.
Alphabet vs. Microsoft 12-Month Share Returns
Source: CNN Money
But of course that's in the past now.
I won't delve much into the details of each company's earnings report, but will only take a look at what's dogging both companies. In Google's case that happens to be 1.) Expanding losses by its speculative ''moonshot'' businesses and 2.) Ballooning TAC for Google's distribution partners.
Concerns about rising costs for Google's moonshot projects have dogged the stock for years until quite recently when investors started rewarding Google after the company's declining overall costs tempered those concerns. But those old ghosts have returned to haunt Google. During the last quarter, Google's Other Bets' operating expenses jumped from $733M a year ago to $968M, good for 32% Y/Y growth and almost double Google's top line growth of 17%. Other Bets now account for 6.6% of Google's operating expenses and gobble up close to 5% of the company's revenue despite bringing in just 0.8% to the top line.
To compound matters, only Google Nest, Fiber, and Verily have any revenues to speak off. In any case, the $166M the businesses brought in last quarter is actually much less than what many analysts speculated before Google took the wraps off these speculative projects. Prior to that, some analysts were heard crowing that a business like Fiber could pull in about $1B in revenues as early as 2017. Good luck if Fiber manages to bring in that much two or even three years from now.
Google has in the past been unwavering about its commitment to its moonshot projects and has been adamant that it will keep investing in them, cost concerns by investors be damned. But the latest report shows that the company's hardline stance on the matter is beginning to soften. Who knows maybe Google has finally learned that playing hardball with investors is a mug's game.
Google is reportedly putting up Boston Dynamics for sale, its robotics business that it acquired in 2013, after realizing the business was unlikely to bring in any significant revenues any time in the near future. Part of Google's decision was informed by concerns about the robots' humanoid traits and fears that the company was creating robots to take over human tasks. But much of the reason for the sale is financial. Former Google senior vice president and CEO Larry Page adviser Jonathan Rosenberg reportedly had this to say during one company meeting:
We as a startup of our size cannot spend 30-plus percent of our resources on things that take ten years," and that "there's some time frame that we need to be generating an amount of revenue that covers expenses and (that) needs to be a few years.
Google CFO Ruth Porat said during the earnings call that Google will rationalize its investments where it "had multiple teams developing different approaches to a similar technology.''
If Google was to seriously start evaluating its moonshot projects on account of financial viability, then most, is not all, moonshot projects, including Nest and Verily, would be given the boot. Nest is Google's most successful moonshot project in terms of revenues generated. When Google bought Nest in 2013, it committed to supporting the business with a $500M annual budget for three years, and in return, Nest promised that its key executives would remain onboard for that period.
Nest brought in $340M in 2015, or 76% of total revenue by Other Bets. The actual revenue by Nest is in all likelihood lower than that when you back out revenue by Dropcam, which was acquired shortly after the Nest merger. So Nest is likely still deeply in the red. The saving grace for Nest is that it has solid revenues to show and could be quite close to turning a profit.
Meanwhile, Verily never seems to be free of controversy for long and is currently being rocked by a mass exodus by its top executives. Needless to say, the division has little to show in terms of revenue not to speak of profits.
Google has more than a dozen moonshot projects in total. I don't see the company abandoning its pet projects such as self-driving cars or Google Fiber for that matter whether or not they become profitable in the near future. But some like Verily, Calico, and Project Wing could easily end up being axed if push came to shove.
Source: Tech Insider
Now there is a glimmer of hope since Google is beginning to show a willingness to sell at least some of its cash-draining projects, and these are legion. Needless to say. the resulting cost savings would be very significant without an accompanying hit on the top line.
Now let's turn to Google's ballooning traffic acquisition costs. In all honesty, investor concerns about Google's swelling TAC really is much ado about nothing. Although total TAC increased 13.2% Y/Y (slower than top line growth), TAC as a percentage of Google ad revenue fell from 22% to 21%. Google is increasingly relying on its own sites than distribution sites to drive its top line. Google sites now contribute 79.5% to the top line up from 76.9% a year ago. Network sites account for 70% of overall TAC compared to just 8% by Google sites. In any case, paid clicks grew 29% Y/Y, much faster than TAC growth. As long as these trends hold, which they likely will, then growth in network TAC is unlikely to become a big problem for the company.
Google said that growth in TAC is being driven by an increasing shift to mobile and programmatic advertising. These are secular trends so not much is expected to change here. I'm not sure how programmatic advertising is increasing Google's TAC unless maybe the company is relying heavily on third-party platforms to serve up these automated ads. What I do know is that the shift to programmatic advertising from traditional display ads is taking a hit on all publishers due to the lower ad rates. Marketers though love them due to their better ROI and of course, the lower costs. Big publishers like Google and Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) though are generally holding up much better than smaller ones like Twitter (NYSE:TWTR) and LinkedIn (NYSE:LNKD).
Microsoft's troubles are threefold:
- Weak PC market that is taking a hit on Windows OEM sales.
- Slow transition to the cloud.
- Weak hardware segment.
The ongoing weakness in the PC market is old news by now. Analysts have been calling a bottom in the PC market in maybe late 2016 or in 2017. After a multi-year slump, Gartner sees the PC market returning to positive growth territory again in 2017:
The PC market has been in a free-fall for six straight years and it's beginning to appear like the much-hyped turnaround might not be coming after all. The last quarter was pretty brutal so we can only hope that Gartner is right this time around
Microsoft's transition from a company that sells on-premise perpetual software licenses to a cloud subscription company is working, but progress is slow, maybe even painfully slow depending on how you cut it. Microsoft's cloud run-rate hit $10B from $9.4B the previous quarter (6.4 % Q/Q growth) despite a blistering 120% growth by Azure. Many investors think that this is something of an anomaly because cloud growth last quarter clocked in at 14.6% Q/Q. In dollar terms, Microsoft's cloud grew $600M during the last quarter. There have been quarters in the past when Q/Q cloud growth has been only $200M. So last quarter was not exceptionally bad.
Source: Business Insider
Microsoft is a large and complex company with many moving parts. Adobe Systems (NASDAQ:ADBE) is perhaps the first traditional software company to complete the move to the cloud. The company managed to pull off the feat in about four years flat primarily because its product portfolio is much lighter than Microsoft's. Adobe now enjoys cloud-like valuations with a P/E ratio about three times what it was before the transition. Microsoft will be lucky to complete a cloud move in anything less than a decade from now. Current cloud run-rate works out to just 11% of Microsoft's revenue so there is still a long way to go.
Finally, I would like to take a look at Microsoft's hardware division, the company's largest revenue segment (43% of revenue). Save for Surface, Microsoft's hardware division is a big thorn in the company's flesh. Microsoft sold just 2.3M Lumia handsets during the last quarter, down 49% Q/Q and 73% Y/Y. Sales decline the previous quarter was from 10.5M units to 4.5M. So this is a death spiral.
Sales of non-Lumia handsets from the Nokia business were 4.5M, down 36% Y/Y so no respite here either. Windows phone revenue has shrunk to $662M so maybe it's now downsized to a point where it cannot affect Microsoft's growth too much and that's a good thing.
But declining console sales certainly can because this is a multibillion-dollar business. Microsoft managed to sell 10M Xbox One consoles the first year after its launch. Recent estimates by Electronic Arts (NASDAQ:EA) put lifetime sale of the console at ~20M units. This implies that it has taken about 18 month to move the next 10M, or 6.7M units a year (33% unit sales decline). In dollar terms, the decline exceeds 40% because Microsoft has been cutting prices. Maybe the console era is over? But then again maybe not. Twice as many Xbox One and PS4 consoles have been sold than their previous generation counterparts so maybe it's too early to conclusively say that era is gone.
Microsoft and Sony (NYSE:SNE) are rumored to be contemplating upgrades to their respective consoles, something people are calling half consoles and dubbed Xbox 1.5 and PS4.5. Gamers are used to receiving big leaps every 6-7 years so they are quite likely to revolt towards this move.
Meanwhile the Surface business is doing great especially after the introduction of Surface Pro 4 and Surface Book. But this is a $1 billion business, which is currently too small to move the needle for the company. Well Surface is neither a tablet nor a laptop so investors can only hope that it will take a life of its own and its growth trajectory will defy that by its cousins. In any case, skinny laptops have been doing well in general. But at a price point more than double that of an iPad, it's doubtful whether this device can really take off. Apple's Air and Pro are currently outselling Surface at an almost 3:1 ratio.
In fact, Microsoft might not be as interested in selling large volumes of Surface devices as much as it is interested in inspiring third-party manufacturers to make more attractive devices and in the process make Windows products more appealing to the consumer.
So where is Microsoft's respite going to come from? The only one I can think of at this point is if the PC market turns around as per projections by some analysts. But I don't think this is something that investors can really count on. What if the market bottoms out and then grows very anemically or worse still stays flat going forward?
In Google's case, it's all about cutting costs, something that is quite achievable and one the company has already started doing. Free cash flow jumped 37% last quarter to $5.2B after a 17% decrease in capex to $2.4B. So the company has already demonstrated that it's capable of trimming some fat under Ruth Porat.
And, interestingly, Google's top line is now almost as big as Microsoft's, yet its growth has been accelerating (revenue growth was 12% a year ago) while Microsoft's has been declining.
At this point, I am willing to bet that Alphabet's stock is a better bet over the next three years than Microsoft's stock.
Disclosure: I/we have no positions in any stocks mentioned, and no plans to initiate any positions within the next 72 hours.
I wrote this article myself, and it expresses my own opinions. I am not receiving compensation for it (other than from Seeking Alpha). I have no business relationship with any company whose stock is mentioned in this article.


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LOS ANGELES, CA / ACCESSWIRE / November 16, 2021 / If Crypto is music technology, we're still in the phonograph phase. As it stands today, only 1% of the world's investable assets are in crypto or digital assets of any kind. On November 8th the global crypto market cap touched $3 trillion for the first time. Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Binance Coin as expected led the way as the only currencies above a $100 billion market cap. FinTech pioneer and blockchain innovator Thomas Carter was the only public figure to accurately predict when crypto would reach its first trillion dollar market cap in 2020 and he is back to predict that trillions more will flow into digital assets as a whole in the very near future.
"At three trillion, crypto represents only one percent of the world's $250T investable assets. With the level of innovation going on in blockchain and how fast that will revolutionize entire industries, and with the growing adoption of other digital assets like NFTs and Security Tokens, it is not unrealistic that we see five to seven percent of global investable assets move into these spaces in the coming two to three years. Now, we're talking about ten, fifteen, twenty trillion in crypto and digital assets. I tell anyone who asks me that we're just barely scratching the surface of what blockchain will do for countless industries, and to prepare for the tsunami of innovation that will inevitably bring digital assets along for the ride".
Carter is right about the adoption of other digital assets alongside crypto. 2020 ended with a total NFT trade volume of just under half a billion dollars, and so far through the third quarter of 2021 that number has skyrocketed to well over $10 billion. Leading companies in the space like Axie Infinity (NFT-based online video game) are raking in hundreds of millions in revenue each month. NFTs bring an unprecedented efficiency and transparency to the art, collectibles, and gaming world, creating verifiable digital scarcity for the first time in the history of the space. With an already existing $370 billion collectibles industry, and an annual $50 billion spent on in-game purchases, many see NFTs as the new vehicle for these economies to thrive in. A recent Nasdaq article on NFTs boldly stated, "We firmly believe that this digital asset market will be as big as or even bigger than the physical asset market in the long run".
It is hard to deny the success of what crypto has done since its inception but even from the beginning of 2021, it has managed to triple its market cap all the while traditional fund managers and advisors slowly enter the space. Just five weeks ago, the fifth-largest retail bank in the USA announced that it would offer bitcoin services to fund managers and Goldman Sachs has just started supplying its institutional trading clients with cryptocurrency research reports.
Security tokens or STOs stand out in this new digital asset class because of their SEC compliant status. A security token is a unique token issued on a blockchain, representing a stake in an external asset - a digital security. A company wishing to distribute shares to investors can use a security token that offers the same benefits one would expect from traditional securities like shares or dividends. Since these sit on the blockchain, the process of transfers and settlement is efficient and automated and their ability to be traded and liquidated is far simpler by not having to be restricted by traditional market open and close times.
Looking closer at Carter's predictions, he in part sees the future of blockchain so clearly because he is helping build it. Thomas is the Founder and Chairman of DealBox, a security token issuance and investment packaging platform started in 2016. He is also the Co-Founder and CEO of Total Network Services (TNS), a blockchain technology company whose chief aim is to "make crypto easy" and enable the new blockchain economy. TNS is leading the way in the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) industry with their innovation the Enhanced Mobile Equipment Identifier (E-MEID) allowing for all internet connected devices to be verified and secured by blockchain. They also are creating a next generation NFT marketplace "NFTys" and created Digital Names, the human-readable solution to complex crypto keys needed for transactions.
Thomas doesn't think he'll bring the blockchain economy to full scale on his own, however, he notes how much total investment has gone into the space so far in 2021, "Over $20 billion dollars of venture capital has been poured into blockchain and crypto related companies so far this year. Five times more than what was invested in 2020. That is something you have to consider when looking at the future of digital assets. That $20 billion dollars represents over a thousand new businesses looking to create new technologies that make crypto, digital assets, and blockchain more applicable and not to mention many of those companies will create their own cryptos, NFTs and STOs in the process. For those innovating and investing in this space, the next few years will be really exciting".
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Total Network Services, Corp (TNS) is a San Diego-based developer of simple, safe and secure blockchain-focused products and services designed to help the world transition to and integrate with the blockchain economy. TNS's innovations span across industry boundaries - from FinTech to Telecom security -all supported by its network infrastructure. TNS's mission is to improve legacy solutions by infusing new levels of verification into the next internet evolution. To learn more visit totalnetworkservices.io
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Thomas Carter is the founder of DealBox, Inc. and CEO of Total Network Services Corp "TNS". You can read about Thomas at "This FinTech Veteran Is Making Cryptocurrency Startup Funding Legitimate" and connect with him on LinkedInor Instagram.


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The upgrade work for the first data center is being carried out in Atlanta, and at the end of this quarter rest of the facilities will also be upgraded
Linode, a popular cloud hosting company, has committed to upgrading its global storage infrastructure to boost its data center resiliency and performance. Linode had entered the market to become one of the leading alternative cloud providers promising its customers a simpler and affordable set of services. This provided the company a massive boost making them accessible to a wide range of users and companies. As of now, Linode operates 11 data centers globally, and it is gearing up to upgrade the block storage facilities present in these sites.
Linode has decided to the NVMe setup for its data centers. The latest upgrade will allow the users of Linode to make use of Ceph to store their data. The company is deploying an algorithm to splice the datasets into chunks for improving data efficiency. The upgrade work for the first data center is being carried out in Atlanta, and at the end of this quarter rest of the facilities will also be upgraded fully. The company is claiming that it is the first to hyperscale this technology and deploy it to all its data centers. Chris Aker, CEO of Linode, has stated that they have put a lot of effort into this to make their platform more efficient and performant.


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Microsoft made the announcement on last Wednesday at the annual Black Hat conference in Las Vegas, the new security initiatives and tools which focus on partnership with other tech and security vendors helps identify threats and vulnerabilities more quickly. Adobe would be releasing advance vulnerability information to security vendors through Microsoft’s existing MAPP (Microsoft Active Protections Program).
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Following iPad tablet, Apple has released its lastest iPhone OS 4.0, over 100 new features was added, including the long-awaited multitasking, to the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. Yes, it is an OS from Apple, but the following 4 main features seem to imply something, in a sense, iPhone OS 4.0 is NOT ONLY an Operating System, it should be concerned by Apple’s competitions. At least, Amazon,Google, Microsoft and RIM no pleasure in iPhone OS 4.0.
Internet Explorer product manager Pete LePage, did a stupid thing on this April Fools’s Day 2010, publicly attacked Google Chrome, accusing its arch web rival of compromising user privacy with the browser’s data-gathering address bar and claimed that its Internet Explorer 8 browser offers greater privacy than Google’s Chrome.
Microsoft Corporation has announced that friday they have proposed $44.6 billion to take over the internet giant Yahoo.The surprise offer of $31 a share represents a 62 percent premium to Thursday’s closing share price. Yahoo shareholders could elect to receive either cash or stock.It would create the most formidable competitor yet for Google, the search engine giant.


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IT has typically shunned the market for secondhand IT equipment, but younger staff members are driving green policies that include buying used IT gear.
The millennial generation is becoming a driving force behind the circular economy of used IT equipment.
IT shops have typically bought used gear if they needed to replace old equipment and couldn’t get parts from the vendor. But the idea of buying a low-mileage server with one or two years of use wasn’t very popular. Companies typically bought new.
But that’s changing. IT shops of all sizes are increasingly buying used gear, both brand name and white box brands from China, according to IDC. The research firm puts the CAGR at 5% and estimates sales of used IT infrastructure gear will reach $36 billion by 2024. The deals are being done through the major OEMs as well as resellers like ITRenew, which buys servers from hyperscalers, refreshes them, certifies they are functioning, and resells them.


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BALTIMORE, MD -- (Marketwired) -- 05/20/14 -- Harvey & Daughters, a top brand activation agency, today announced it officially changed the firm's name to Harvey. The change is part of a planned evolution to respond to the shifting shopper marketing landscape. The new name honors the firm's legacy working with brands like COVERGIRL and McCormick while also opening new opportunities to engage with consumers who shop in a non-linear fashion.
Once considered a relatively tactical and straightforward part of the marketing mix, retail brand activation in today's complicated, multi-faceted buying environment is now among the fastest growing and most desirable disciplines. Over the past two years, Harvey more than doubled its staff to nearly 40 people. The company's revenue increased by 33 percent in 2012 and by nearly 50 percent in 2013 due to the agency's expanded strategic and digital capabilities.
"Our three decade history in shopper marketing and the recent expansion of our team positions us well for a new reality where the consumer accesses a brand through multiple channels," said Kathy Harvey, president of Harvey. "We've always stayed one step ahead of the retail curve and it's incredibly exciting to see our category recognized as one of the biggest opportunities in building customer value."
In addition to its core services, such as package design and in-store marketing, Harvey makes shopping rewarding and seamless for consumers shopping for products on shelves, on premise and online through digital brand strategy, shopper research (in person and online), interactive, social media engagement, mobile and video content.
Among Harvey's long-tenured clients are COVERGIRL, Manischewitz, McCormick, Phillips Seafood, Goetze's Candy and H&S Bakeries. More recent wins include Glory Days Grill and Flying Dog Brewery. Additionally, Harvey partners with every major retailer in the grocery, drugstore, warehouse, and home improvement categories and helps clients influence these retailers.
"The explosion of online, mobile and e-commerce in addition to brick and mortar stores makes it more important than ever to deliver a consistent brand experience," said Diane Lonsdale, senior vice president of Harvey. "As the buying process has gotten more complex, we've become increasingly strategic and more focused on digital to develop programs that deliver results."
Harvey is an award-winning, Baltimore-based, brand activation agency that engages consumers as they shop. For nearly 30 years, Harvey (formerly Harvey & Daughters) has taken a holistic approach to shopper marketing. Today Harvey bridges its in-store shopper heritage into the digital environment, creating one seamless omnichannel brand experience for the customer. Leading brands, including COVERGIRL, McCormick, and Manischewitz trust the agency to deliver programs that drive results. The firm is on track to become the largest brand activation agency in the mid Atlantic. The Baltimore Business Journal has recognized Harvey as one of the fastest-growing woman-owned businesses in Baltimore and one of the fastest-growing private companies in Greater Baltimore. For more, visit us online, on Facebook, or call 410-771-5566.
WebRTC converts the entire network into a ubiquitous communications cloud thereby connecting anytime, anywhere through any point. In his session at WebRTC Summit,, Mark Castleman, EIR at Bell Labs and Head of Future X Labs, will discuss how the transformational nature of communications is achieved through the democratizing force of WebRTC. WebRTC is doing for voice what HTML did for web content.
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The buzz continues for cloud, data analytics and the Internet of Things (IoT) and their collective impact across all industries. But a new conversation is emerging - how do companies use industry disruption and technology enablers to lead in markets undergoing change, uncertainty and ambiguity? Organizations of all sizes need to evolve and transform, often under massive pressure, as industry lines blur and merge and traditional business models are assaulted and turned upside down. In this new da...
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Docker is hot. However, as Docker container use spreads into more mature production pipelines, there can be issues about control of Docker images to ensure they are production-ready. Is a promotion-based model appropriate to control and track the flow of Docker images from development to production? In his session at DevOps Summit, Fred Simon, Co-founder and Chief Architect of JFrog, will demonstrate how to implement a promotion model for Docker images using a binary repository, and then show h...
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Too often with compelling new technologies market participants become overly enamored with that attractiveness of the technology and neglect underlying business drivers. This tendency, what some call the “newest shiny object syndrome,” is understandable given that virtually all of us are heavily engaged in technology. But it is also mistaken. Without concrete business cases driving its deployment, IoT, like many other technologies before it, will fade into obscurity.
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Achim Weiss is Chief Executive Officer and co-founder of ProfitBricks. In 1995, he broke off his studies to co-found the web hosting company "Schlund+Partner." The company "Schlund+Partner" later became the 1&1 web hosting product line. From 1995 to 2008, he was the technical director for several important projects: the largest web hosting platform in the world, the second largest DSL platform, a video on-demand delivery network, the largest eMail backend in Europe, and a universal billing syste...
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There are many considerations when moving applications from on-premise to cloud. It is critical to understand the benefits and also challenges of this migration. A successful migration will result in lower Total Cost of Ownership, yet offer the same or higher level of robustness. Migration to cloud shifts computing resources from your data center, which can yield significant advantages provided that the cloud vendor an offer enterprise-grade quality for your application.
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The IoT is upon us, but today’s databases, built on 30-year-old math, require multiple platforms to create a single solution. Data demands of the IoT require Big Data systems that can handle ingest, transactions and analytics concurrently adapting to varied situations as they occur, with speed at scale. In his session at @ThingsExpo, Chad Jones, chief strategy officer at Deep Information Sciences, will look differently at IoT data so enterprises can fully leverage their IoT potential. He’ll sha...
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Today air travel is a minefield of delays, hassles and customer disappointment. Airlines struggle to revitalize the experience. GE and M2Mi will demonstrate practical examples of how IoT solutions are helping airlines bring back personalization, reduce trip time and improve reliability. In their session at @ThingsExpo, Shyam Varan Nath, Principal Architect with GE, and Dr. Sarah Cooper, M2Mi's VP Business Development and Engineering, will explore the IoT cloud-based platform technologies driv...
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The modern software development landscape consists of best practices and tools that allow teams to deliver software in a near-continuous manner. By adopting a culture of automation, measurement and sharing, the time to ship code has been greatly reduced, allowing for shorter release cycles and quicker feedback from customers and users. Still, with all of these tools and methods, how can teams stay on top of what is taking place across their infrastructure and codebase? Hopping between services a...
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In today's digital world, change is the one constant. Disruptive innovations like cloud, mobility, social media, and the Internet of Things have reshaped the market and set new standards in customer expectations. To remain competitive, businesses must tap the potential of emerging technologies and markets through the rapid release of new products and services. However, the rigid and siloed structures of traditional IT platforms and processes are slowing them down – resulting in lengthy delivery ...
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As a CIO, are your direct reports IT managers or are they IT leaders? The hard truth is that many IT managers have risen through the ranks based on their technical skills, not their leadership ability. Many are unable to effectively engage and inspire, creating forward momentum in the direction of desired change. Renowned for its approach to leadership and emphasis on their people, organizations increasingly look to our military for insight into these challenges.
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Containers have changed the mind of IT in DevOps. They enable developers to work with dev, test, stage and production environments identically. Containers provide the right abstraction for microservices and many cloud platforms have integrated them into deployment pipelines. DevOps and Containers together help companies to achieve their business goals faster and more effectively.
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Nowadays, a large number of sensors and devices are connected to the network. Leading-edge IoT technologies integrate various types of sensor data to create a new value for several business decision scenarios. The transparent cloud is a model of a new IoT emergence service platform. Many service providers store and access various types of sensor data in order to create and find out new business values by integrating such data.
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Overgrown applications have given way to modular applications, driven by the need to break larger problems into smaller problems. Similarly large monolithic development processes have been forced to be broken into smaller agile development cycles. Looking at trends in software development, microservices architectures meet the same demands. Additional benefits of microservices architectures are compartmentalization and a limited impact of service failure versus a complete software malfunction....
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Containers are changing the security landscape for software development and deployment. As with any security solutions, security approaches that work for developers, operations personnel and security professionals is a requirement. In his session at @DevOpsSummit, Kevin Gilpin, CTO and Co-Founder of Conjur, will discuss various security considerations for container-based infrastructure and related DevOps workflows.
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Woody Allen once said that half of life is just showing up, and as I sat at United’s Centennial dinner — a glamorous and, indeed, triumphant affair — I thought that much more than half of life is just surviving long enough to see things turn your way. But that would be unfair because things don’t just turn. People have to make them turn.
United’s staff, particularly Tom Stenzel, United’s president, and the volunteer leadership, especially Karen Caplan, chairman, and Larry Kern, the incoming chairman, deserve much praise for their repositioning of the association and its trade event.
United’s show was once the largest produce event in the world. I recall my parents preparing every year for United’s February convention and my mom’s excitement the year it was held in Hawaii. Going back even further, my grandmother showed me photos of a United contest she organized, in which the women designed produce-filled hats to parade at the convention.
But that is all ancient history. By the time we launched Produce Business in 1985, PMA was the leading event, and we knew that was the place to unveil our inaugural issue. Indeed a few years ago United had to basically forfeit its trade show franchise. A lack of retail attendance made the association refocus on equipment and technology, particularly products suitable for wholesalers and grower-shipper-packers.
For those with only a decade or so of memories of United shows, the new event in Chicago was an astounding transformation. For those whose memories go back further, it was a taste of how things used to be — except maybe better.
This year’s show was simply more fun. United’s co-location with FMI, the supermarket industry show, and with the Fancy Food Show and the All Things Organic show gave produce people a chance for some unusual experiences at a produce show. So when there was a break, you could find people sampling the newest cappuccino at the Fancy Food Show or having beer and pizza at the FMI show.
As the success of the event became evident, I was reminded of a conversation I had with Bob Carey, PMA’s longtime president, not long after he retired. United was in much trouble; without a big show, it wasn’t clear how United would finance its government relations efforts or even what the future of the organization would be.
Bob said he hoped PMA’s Board would be generous with United. Many years ago, the Board of the predecessor to PMA, the Produce Packaging and Marketing Association, approached United about joining as a division. United said no. PPMA became PMA, refocused itself on marketing, got support from the key buying organizations and the rest is history.
But even with the great success of the United show in Chicago, we still face an uncertain future. When FMI tried to launch its produce pavilion some years ago, it had several years of increasing success before it simply collapsed.
A trade show depends on vendors and attendees finding a return on investment from exhibiting and attending, respectively. For all the excitement of this year’s show, the ROI on exhibiting and attending will probably take several years to sort out. The world has become brutally competitive, and no amount of good cheer will make people spend money if they don’t see a real return.
Still, it would be churlish to dwell on the dangers ahead at a moment of true triumph. The first step to a long-term success is having a short-term success, and, on that count, United can proudly fly a “mission accomplished” banner.
Of course, for every action in life, there is a reaction and we are starting to see it already.
Bob Carey, a man of great modesty, often told me it wasn’t important to blow PMA’s horn. Just do the right thing, and those who need to know will know. And though he may be retired, Bob’s philosophy still permeates PMA — but maybe not for long.
Although the popular image is that United does all the work in D.C., this has not been true for a long time. PMA has spent millions of dollars on law firms, staff and contributions to industry alliances to help the trade in Washington. As long as PMA and United weren’t competitive, the PMA Board seemed unconcerned about who got the credit. But PMA has reorganized its staff and made it clear it is going to be more prominent in government relations.
So PMA will look for recognition of its contributions to government affairs. And with new competition, PMA has to think about reinvesting in its event. This means spending resources on enhancing PMA’s Fresh Summit — funds that won’t be available for other industry needs. For example, the 5 A Day program has been generously supported by PMA principally with funds raised from PMA’s convention.
Whether money is spent enhancing PMA’s convention programs or moderating its costs to the industry, if the profitability of the event is impacted, then the industry overall will lose a source of ready funds.
This is a necessary, appropriate and predictable response to new competition. I have two young sons. Doubtless, the PMA Board won’t want them writing this column one day about how their parents once headed off to a then-grand convention each October.


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Investing.com - Coffee prices were little changed near the previous session's ten-week low on Thursday, as investors continued to monitor crop and weather conditions in Brazil.
Brazil is the world's largest producer and exporter of Arabica coffee. The bulk of country's Arabica crop is expected to begin harvest in June, when a clearer picture of damage is expected.
On the ICE Futures Exchange, Arabica coffee for July delivery eased up 0.06% to trade at $1.6953 a pound during U.S. morning hours.
The July coffee contract fell to $1.6735 on Wednesday, the lowest since March 24, before paring losses to settle at $1.7020, down 0.56%.
Coffee futures have been on a downward trend in recent weeks amid indications global supplies might be on the rise despite uncertainties posed by drought in Brazil.
Meanwhile, U.S. sugar for July delivery edged up 0.29% to trade at $0.1705 a pound. The July contract ended Wednesday's session down 0.87% to settle at 0.1704 a pound.
Brazil is the world's largest sugar producer and exporter, with the U.S. Department of Agriculture estimating the nation accounts for nearly 20% of global production and 39% of global sugar exports.
Elsewhere, U.S. cotton for July delivery shed 0.24% to trade at $0.8587 a pound. The July cotton contract tumbled 1.47% on Wednesday to settle at $0.8608 a pound.
According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, nearly 62% of the U.S. cotton crop was planted as of last week, improving from 46% planted in the preceding week.
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Nintendo appears to intend to repair the ‘Joy-Con drift’ issue for free.
Following an extended controversy involving a class-action lawsuit against Nintendo for widespread hardware malfunctions, an internal memo procured by Vice describes Nintendo’s intent to fix the Joy-Con drift issue for free and refund those who already paid for the repairs.
Joy-Con drift is the term used to describe the latest malfunction plaguing the Nintendo Switch’s infamously buggy left Joy-Con. This particular issue involves the controller sending inputs to a game not selected by the player. The Joy-Con drift can make some games essentially unplayable, as many Switch games tie movement to the left analog stick.
Consumers began recognizing the issue as widespread after Kotaku published a report on the phenomenon on July, 16. Following the report, some Switch owners filed a class-action lawsuit, claiming that Nintendo knowingly sold a defective product.
Nintendo is taking a surprisingly consumer-friendly stance in dealing with the Joy-Con drift issue. The company is offering to fix this malfunction free of charge and without proof of purchase. Nintendo will even cover the shipping costs to remedy this issue and will refund Switch owners the roughly $40 they may have spent on related repairs previously.


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By now you have probably heard that Nike will be releasing the Pro Hijab–a headscarf for female Muslim athletes–during the Spring of next year. The decision by Nike has been met with both criticism and applause.
As a hijab wearing athlete, I’m stoked for @nike‘s pro hijab line. Moreso I love that its approved/featured by ACUTAL hijab wearing athletes pic.twitter.com/qzIRtQcQ9Y
— Rowaida Abdelaziz (@Rowaida_Abdel) March 7, 2017
I’m sorry #Nike but I’m not going to support the oppression of woman in anyway, shape or form. #NikeHijab pic.twitter.com/28diOqeN5K
— Brian Fraser (@bfraser747) March 10, 2017
While some people are thrilled about Nike expanding its horizons and appealing to marginalized athletes, others are outraged and have promised to boycott Nike.
[bctt tweet=”Nike is not the first to create an athlete friendly hijab for women.” username=”wearethetempest”]
The Pro Hijab is made from a breathable, lightweight polyester material and took Nike over a year to develop. While it’s tremendous that a corporation as large as Nike will begin selling the Pro Hijab, athletic hijabs are nothing new. Women who wear hijab have been competing in The Olympic Games since 2004.
It’s neat that women can now sport the iconic Nike “swoosh” on their hijabs, but Nike is not the first to create an athlete friendly hijab for women.
Here are a few companies that have already been catering to the needs of hijabi athletes:
1. Sukoon Active
Arshiya Kherani started Sukoon Active to provide hijab wearing women with comfortable and modest active wear. Unlike the Pro Hijab, Sukoon Active hijabs are tailored for all women who enjoy working out and not just professional athletes.
The hijabs are durable, breathable, and lightweight and the company was started by a hijabi woman who struggled finding comfortable workout clothes.
Capsters is another company that has been making hijabs for athletic purposes. The sports hijabs can be used for different purposes as well as different sports activities. Capsters is dedicated to the empowerment of women through sports and delivers the sports hijabs all over the world.
3. Veil Garments
Veil Garments is another company committed to creating athletic wear for hijabi women. They developed the first ever climate adapting hijab which has water repelling technologies.
It’s actually water resistant!!!! ? @veilhijab is sweat proof and water resistant so if you’re working out or playing a sport you don’t have to deal with a wet hijab which is the worst feeling ever lol check out my tutorial of how to wear their Hijabs on Veil Garments YouTube channel or their website ? — #sportshijab #veilgarments #waterproofhijab
Veil Garments also sells the “Halo Running Hoodie” which has a hijab attached to the hood of a sweatshirt and allows for comfortable workouts in which hijabis don’t have to worry about their headscarf slipping off.
ASIYA was created in order to empower more Muslim girls and women to become physically active and participate in sports. In addition to making sports hijabs and caps, ASIYA also customizes hijabs for sports teams. Fifty percent of profits the company makes are directed towards providing sports hijabs and modest activewear to Muslim athletes in need.
Modanisa makes not just athletic hijabs, but also modest and Islamic tracksuits and swimwear. They have a plethora of different activewear styles, colors and designs. They also sell dresses, pajamas and other everyday clothing items.
6. East Essence
East Essence sells sports hijabs and caps for athletic purposes as well as regular hijabs. They also sell sports tunics, athletic jilbabs and activewear. East Essence has some spring deals and sales going on so you might want to head to their website!
There’s no doubt that Nike has been making tremendous strides towards appealing to minority populations and Muslim women, but they are certainly not the first to develop a sports hijab.


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BBC iPlayer has finally launched on Xbox Live, giving Xbox owners access to re-runs of their favourite shows via their TV.
Xbox owners will be able to use the Kinect's motion censors to control the iPlayer with their hands and voice.
BBC iPlayer is also available on Virgin Media, IPTV platforms like BT Vision, internet-connected smart TVs, set-top boxes including Freeview HD, Freesat HD, other games consoles and some Blu-Ray players, PCs, tablets and smart phones.
The addition of Xbox access helps the BBC meet its chartered obligation to reach as many viewers as possible. Xbox was the best-selling console in the UK and globally last year.
Daniel Danker, BBC general manager, programmes & on-demand, said: “Xbox is hugely successful in the UK. Given the BBC’s goal to reach its entire audience, I’m particularly excited that the BBC will be bringing iPlayer to all Xbox users at no extra cost as part of Xbox LIVE’s free membership.”
The BBC says embracing new platforms is crucial given that 433 million programmes were viewed on TV devices in 2011. If growth continues at the same rate, the BBC projects that more than half of iPlayer programmes will be viewed by a TV device by 2015.


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The company’s code-named Yeti game-streaming service will allow players to play games over the cloud without any downloading or installation. According to the report, Google plans to offer the service via Chromecast or a console that it will produce.
Having some of the largest data centers in the world, Google will provide gamers with cloud services through the Yeti service through monthly payments. Therefore, players will need a steady and fast internet connection.
Google’s began to share its plans for Yeti with the game developers. It is stated that the company is looking for business partners who will make their games available on the platform and develop exclusive games for Yeti.


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