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The Startup SuperNova Masterclass, a preparatory course for the business accelerator Startup SuperNova, has never received more registrations. The accelerator is held annually by KLAK Icelandic Startups in collaboration with NOVA, but this year Huawei joined Startup SuperNova's group of sponsors.
Masterclass Startup SuperNova 2023 was held on 22-23. June and nearly 60 start-ups registered for the game. The start-up companies followed in Gróska's festival hall or live streaming where experienced entrepreneurs, managers and experts from the business world shared their knowledge and experience.
"There are very diverse and cool ideas that participated in this year's Masterclass. A variety of software solutions, including some based on artificial intelligence; project management tools, human resources solutions, teaching technology, tourism and cycle projects to name a few," says Ásta Sóllilja Guðmundsdóttir, managing director of KLAK-Icelandic Startups.
The course was streamed and a recording of the stream is available below. In this way, entrepreneurs who could not attend the Masterclass can benefit from the guidance, inspiration and good advice from the experienced people who appeared there.
Previous day – June 22: https://fb.watch/lt34OfYxwA/
Second day – June 23: https://fb.watch/lt2J-MgNAN/
All Masterclass participants have the opportunity to apply to the Startup SuperNova accelerator itself. Ten start-ups will then be offered a place in the accelerator and the lucky ones will be announced on July 20.
Startup SuperNova has established itself as one of the main business accelerators in the country, and it will now be run for the fourth time this year, starting on August 9. The accelerator is a springboard for startups aiming for rapid growth and foreign markets. In addition, it is a unique platform for building relationships with people in the business world, experienced mentors and entrepreneurs who have key knowledge of the relevant technology or sector. It is worth mentioning some strong models from the start-up environment, such as Plaio, Swapp agency and Stubbur, who have celebrated success after participating in Startup SuperNova.


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Apple is officially killing the iPod Nano and iPod Shuffle
They were the last two iPods that didn't run iOS, the same software that runs on the iPhone."Today, we are simplifying our iPod lineup with two models of iPod touch now with double the capacity starting at just $199 and we are discontinuing the iPod shuffle and iPod nano," an Apple spokesperson told Business Insider in an email. Advertisement
The iPod Shuffle and iPod Nano have been removed from Apple's website and online store.
The iPod Touch, which is essentially an iPhone without cell service, has been given a price cut, and now comes with 32GB of storage space for $199 and 128GB of storage space for $299.The elimination of the two last iPods that essentially only played music has been predicted for a long time, even within Apple. Neither iPod model discontinued on Thursday had been updated in years.
In fact, when the iPhone first came out, the music app was called "iPod." Most people now simply listen to music on their smartphone.
But the original hardware iPods have a special place in Apple's history. The iPod was the first device Apple made that was more consumer electronics than computer. The iPod clearly paved the way for the iPhone.The iPod name isn't being phased out completely. Apple's new audio products are named "AirPods" and "HomePod," and the iPod touch was by far the bestselling iPod recently. One reason Apple may be phasing these devices out is that they don't have Bluetooth, which means they don't work with Apple's latest wireless headphones, like the AirPods. They also don't support Apple Music, Apple's online streaming service for audio and video. Advertisement
Regardless, it's the end of an era as Apple no longer sells any traditional music players.
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A quartet of mutant-themed digibooks will be released this May.
Specs and supplements are expected to be the same as the previous editions, and suggested list price for each digibook is $34.99.
You can find the latest specs for 'X-Men,' 'X2: X-Men United,' 'X-Men: The Last Stand,' and 'X-Men Origins: Wolverine' linked from our Blu-ray Release Schedule, where they're indexed under May 3.
The latest news on all things 4K Ultra HD, blu-ray and Gear.


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New Delhi: Gold prices moved up by 0.16 percent to Rs 29,210 per 10 grams in futures trading on Wednesday as speculators raised bets, tracking a firming trend overseas.
At the Multi Commodity Exchange, gold for delivery in February went up by Rs 48, or 0.16 per cent to Rs 29,210 per ten grams in business turnover of 393 lots.
On similar lines, the yellow metal for delivery in April month contracts traded higher by Rs 29, or 0.10 per cent to Rs 29,220 per 10 grams in 60 lots.
Analysts said speculators widening of positions by participants on the back of a firm global trend where gold inches up to hit 3 and a half month highs on weaker dollar, mainly influenced sentiment here.
Globally, gold rose 1.12 per cent to USD 1,317.10 an ounce in New York on Tuesday.


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Harley-Davidson celebrated its 12th Annual Milwaukee Rally over Labor Day weekend at Milwaukee’s House of Harley. This special event was hosted in anticipation of Harley-Davidson’s 110th Anniversary in 2013 and brings in Harley riders from all over the world. The rally had an official public kick-off for the 110th anniversary by starting a countdown, which is shown on Adaptive’s StreetSmart 17mm Amber 32x224 LED display. Adaptive Display Solutions had the opportunity to attend the special event and join in on the public rally.
The digital signage industry has a fairly specific set of terms and jargon for describing LED displays. Here is a quick layman's guide to some of the most important terms to know when learning about digital signage.
The digital signage industry is an exciting one to be in at the moment. With digital signs quickly becoming popular alternatives to traditional neon and incandescent signs, the industry is experiencing growth in both demand and creativity. After all, the more digital signage takes off, the more people will be looking for creative ways to leverage it for greater ROI.
Major events are taking place basically every weekend in Milwaukee once summer rolls around. Milwaukee’s biggest music event of the summer kicks off today: Summerfest 2012. This is a special year for Summerfest as they celebrate their 45th year of music festivities.


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The chip industry is highly cyclical. That’s a worrisome fact when considering that the industry has been in expansion mode for many years. Fears of an upcoming slowdown have caused a number of chip stocks to get crushed.
Skyworks Solutions (NASDAQ: SWKS) and Qualcomm (NASDAQ: QCOM) are two chipmakers that have been tossed in the discount bin. Valuations for both companies are well below the S&P 500 in general.
Which of these two chipmakers is the better bet for investors today?
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The case for Skyworks Solution
Skyworks Solutions was a hidden winner in the smartphone boom. The company makes specialty chips that are used in connectivity and it counts both Samsung and Apple as key customers. Skyworks’ revenue and profit exploded right along with the demand for the iPhone and Galaxy smartphones. Shareholders have enjoyed a 1,400% gain over the past decade in response to the prosperity.
The downside of being attached to the hip of these two industry giants is that a weak product release can greatly impact the company’s financials. Skyworks’ ultra-fast growth rates have all but evaporated over the last year as smartphone unit volume growth has slowed. Management even told investors that the challenges were going to persist for the remainder of the year . That fact has put a lot of pressure on the company’s stock.
Thankfully, investors can point to some big opportunities on the horizon that could drive Skyworks next phase of growth. The upcoming rollout of 5G cellular networks should create enormous demand for the company’s chip. Billions of new devices are expected to come online as the Internet of Things tech megatrend warms up, too.
Management has been doing everything it can to take care of investors while they wait for those growth drivers to kick in. The company has been buying back stock aggressively and plowing excess capital into a fast-growing dividend . Shares yield more than 2% right now and the dividend only consumes about 26% of net income. That suggests there’s plenty of room left for continued growth.
In spite of the near-term headwinds, market watchers project that Skyworks’ profits will grow in excess of 10% annually over the next five years thanks. That’s quite strong for a company that is trading for less than nine times next year’s earnings estimates and boasts a debt-free balance sheet.
The case for Qualcomm
Qualcomm has also been a key supplier to the smartphone industry for many years, but its investors haven’t really benefited from the boom. Qualcomm’s stock is only up 70% over the past decade, a return that badly lags the S&P 500 .
A key reason for the underperformance is that Apple has been actively distancing itself from Qualcomm in the last few years. The two companies are also currently engaged in a massive legal battle , which isn’t exactly good for business. Apple has become so disgruntled with Qualcomm that it didn’t even make the cut in any of the 2018 iPhones . Instead, that book of business has gone to Qualcomm rival Intel . The customer defection has put the hurt on the company’s financial statements .
To add insult to injury, Qualcomm hasn’t been successful on the M&A front, either. The company rejected a takeover bid by Broadcom and also failed to acquireNXP . The latter cost the company $2 billion in breakup fees.
Qualcomm authorized a $30 billion buyback plan in the wake of the NXP debacle in an effort to try and please investors. That’s a massive number when considering that the market cap of the whole company is only $67 billion right now.
Wall Street projects that Qualcomm’s massive buyback and the upcoming transition to 5G will still enable the company to post earnings growth in excess of 10% annually over the next five years. Dividend investors will also love the company’s current yield of 4.5%. Those are tempting numbers when considering that the stock is currently trading around 12 times next year’s earnings estimates.
On the flip side, Qualcomm’s balance sheet has a net-debt balance of $4 billion. The dividend will also consume 63% of estimated adjusted profits this year. With management calling for so much capital to be funded into stock buybacks, there might not be any room left for dividend hikes even if its profits rise.
The better buy
If you believe that both companies are poised for double-digit earnings growth over the next five years, then there’s an argument to be made that you can’t go wrong with either stock. However, I don’t think that Qualcomm’s $30 billion buyback is the best use of capital when its balance sheet is already packed with debt and its core business isn’t performing well.
Meanwhile, Skyworks sports a debt-free balance sheet, has a super-low dividend payout ratio, and is trading at a cheaper valuation. Those factors make me believe that Skyworks is the better deal by far.
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AnalogColor for iPhone creates analog-like photos and simulates cross-processing. The app is on sale now for only $0.99 for a limited time. Save a buck on this app until August 1st.
A couple of weeks ago, I reviewed new iPhone photo app AnalogColor. The app has a new update that addresses a couple of the issues I had with the 1.0 release. The new 1.1 update makes it a better app — definitely more usable for iPhoneographers
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Greyson Lopez’s friend was about to be kicked out of the military for being too chubby. It was late 2017, and Lopez noticed his friend started losing weight—fast. “He’d lost 20 pounds in 20 days,” says Lopez, 23, who works in IT for the Navy. “So I asked, ‘How’d you do it?’ ”
Searching for a lose-it-quick plan, the rapidly becoming-less-fat guy explained, he’d gone to Reddit, where he glommed on to a thread on the “ketogenic diet.” People in the 870,000-strong /r/keto subreddit posted about losing 52 pounds in as many days, not feeling hungry, and even being able to focus better. However, the diet was, to put it mildly, contrarian in the same way you might say American politics is “divided.”
First, you eat very limited carbs. Low-carb isn’t radical, but ketogenic is ultralow: less than 50 grams a day. (The average American hits that at breakfast.) Fruit is mostly a no, and you strictly cap vegetables. Yes, vegetables.
Next, you’re limited to 100 grams a day, at most, of protein, that muscle-building nutrient embraced by nearly every other diet. What’s left? Fat. Lots of it: marbled steak, oily fish, yolky eggs, and streaky bacon. Top it all with butter, olive oil, and lard. A classic keto diet consists of 90 percent of calories from fat, 6 percent from protein, and 4 percent from carbs. The diet is, indeed, a giant F-U to the food pyramid.
But Lopez’s friend said the crazy diet was science-based: The absence of carbs and abundance of fat pushes your body into a biological state called ketosis, during which you burn fat instead of glucose. Lopez—who was five foot nine, 200 pounds, and “a bit portly”—was intrigued. His online digging led to the Joe Rogan Experience podcast. Rogan, a college dropout and self-described “silly bitch,” unpacks complex topics with no pretense. He was interviewing the top keto researcher, Dom D’Agostino, Ph.D., a professor of physiology at the University of South Florida.
“It was interesting to hear a scientist talk about what he eats and why,” says Lopez. D’Agostino is not a salesman, and he did not create the diet. Which raises the question: Who did? That’s when things get weird, involving a two-time felon, medical misconduct, and multiple deaths. But Lopez didn’t know about keto’s history. He just wanted to find out if the hype could be real. “I threw out all my carb-heavy foods, like ramen and Hot Pockets,” he says. “Then I grabbed as much bacon, grass-fed butter, and steak as I could find.”
WHAT makes a fad diet tip? That’s a question Adrienne Rose Bitar, Ph.D., a nutrition historian at Cornell University, has spent her career answering. “Most diets start with some unhappiness we have with our lives and bodies,” she says. Then you need a simple, counterintuitive message that resonates at the right time and place and blames a single culprit for your dissatisfaction. Low-fat diet: Fat is bad; don’t eat fat. Paleo: Processed foods are bad; eat only preindustrial foods like a caveman. With keto, you just do what your doctor (and mom) told you not to: Eat fat and skip the veggies. While this partly explains keto’s rise, it overlooks a critical aspect. The keto diet, it turns out, wasn’t engineered for weight loss.
Fasting has been used as a treatment for epilepsy since 500 b.c. Your body usually runs on sugars harvested from the carbs you eat. You store around 2,000 calories’ worth of sugars in your liver and muscles. Your body burns through that in about 48 hours, which is when an evolutionary survival mechanism kicks in. Your body switches to its stored fat, some of which is converted to a fuel called ketones. This state is called ketosis (defined as registering 0.5 to 5 millimoles of ketones per liter of blood). In the early 1920s, Mayo Clinic doctor Russell Wilder, M.D., started tinkering with a fat-centric diet that mimicked the effects of fasting by depleting the body of sugar. He tested his “ketogenic” diet on people with epilepsy, and ever since, it’s been an effective treatment for seizures.
Weight loss entered the fold in 1972, when Robert Atkins, M.D., published his first diet book. The first weeks of his eponymous diet centered on eating fat and very little carbs to induce ketosis, a “happy state . . . [in which] your fat is being burned off with maximum efficiency and minimum deprivation.” That was how keto blipped on the radar of Stephen
Phinney, Ph.D., an MIT–trained nutritional biochemist, who began researching this way of eating for endurance sports.
Then, in 1976, a ketosis-leveraging method called the Last Chance Diet took off. Its rule: You drink a fat- and protein-rich concoction until you lose your desired amount of weight. The diet’s creator, osteopath Robert Linn, D.O., sold $40 million worth of his elixir. But you were also supposed to have a physician’s supervision to ensure you were getting the necessary vitamins and minerals, says Phinney. Few people did. Robbed of minerals, your body can’t perform certain functions, like sending electrical impulses to your heart. As a result, the Last Chance Diet contributed to the deaths of at least 60 people. The fallout included new regulations, a negligence lawsuit for Dr. Linn, and Phinney and his research on ketosis being banished to academic Siberia.
Still, Phinney forged on, conducting studies that, for example, showed that liquid ketogenic diets with adequate minerals don’t cause heart problems. In 1988, Optifast emerged. Like the Last Chance Diet, it was a liquid diet, but with sufficient vitamins and minerals, plus a celebrity endorser: Oprah Winfrey. “She did it for four months,” says Phinney. “One day she opened her show pulling a red wagon that contained 67 pounds of pig and beef fat. And she points to it and says, ‘That’s how much weight I’ve lost.’ ” The Oprah Effect was soon in full effect: Optifast immediately
received more than 200,000 inquiries, and keto research surged in the early ’90s.
That’s when the diet was adopted by the hard-core bodybuilding underground. “I first heard about keto from this guy named Dan Duchaine,” says D’Agostino, as did a handful of other key nutrition researchers interviewed for this story. Duchaine, who passed away in 2000, was a two-time felon credited with promoting the steroid movement of the ’90s and, yeah, reviving keto as a way for bodybuilders to drop fat quickly for competition. And with the rediscovery of the Atkins diet in the 2000s, new generations of Americans warmed to the idea that low-carb could be a safe diet tool.
The scaling up of keto starts with a study published in Science in January 2013. Scientists at the Gladstone Institute, a San Francisco–based research center, found that powerful antioxidant and anti-inflammatory genes are activated by beta-hydroxybutyrate, a ketone body produced when you limit calories or carbs. The keto diet could, as the press release put it, “slow the aging process and may one day allow scientists to better treat or prevent age-related disease, including heart disease, Alzheimer’s, and many forms of cancer.” Nutritionally woke biohackers—interested in keto for fat loss, athletic performance, productivity, and longevity in equal parts—began to self-experiment.
Among them was Tim Ferriss, the Princeton-educated, Silicon Valley–based podcaster and author of The 4-Hour Work Week. He’d dabbled in keto—writing that it’s “incredible for simultaneous fat loss and lean muscle gain, though perhaps needlessly complicated for non-athletes.” In 2013, he posted to his blog a video of Peter Attia, M.D., a longevity expert. Dr. Attia talked about his battle with metabolic syndrome and how keto changed his body and health in ways exercise and vegetables could not. He revealed graph after graph plotting keto’s positive impact on his triglycerides, cholesterol, and blood glucose levels.
Ferriss’s one million monthly followers, people obsessed with data and anything that would give them a quantifiable edge, tested out the keto eating plan. Traditionally, diets were religious: halal, kosher, Lent. “Many diets were actually plans to purify the soul—and an impure soul meant you could go to hell,” says Bitar. “But recently diet has become a means to creating an optimized self.” In place of dogma, you have data. The number of people searching for the keto diet immediately doubled and continued to trend upward as other lifestyle gurus, like Dave Asprey and Mark Sisson, jumped aboard.
As keto’s popularity increases, the medical establishment cautions that although the diet is considered safe when done right, the emphasis on saturated fat and the lack of nutrients may affect heart health over time. “We still don’t have enough long-term evidence on what happens to your body after ten years of ketosis,” says Stephan Guyenet, Ph.D., a nutrition researcher and author of The Hungry Brain.
Keto’s other benefits—reduced hunger and increased focus—stoked the biohacker bros. “Keto does control hunger,” says Guyenet. The driver, he says, may be the extreme nature of the diet. “Carbs and fat together stimulate dopamine release and activate motivational circuits in the brain that drive us to eat,” he says. Consider ice cream: It’s only so appetizing because it’s both sweet and fatty. As for the mental clarity that many advocates swear by? Controversial. Any effect is probably due to eating less junk food, which can cause a blood-sugar roller-coaster effect and impact mood, says Nicole Avena, Ph.D., a neuroscientist at Mount Sinai in New York City.
However, there are people for whom keto does deliver unique benefits: type 2 diabetics. Recent research by Phinney showed that those who followed a ketogenic diet and received diet counseling for a year significantly decreased diabetes-medication usage and lost an average of 30 pounds.
Thanks to the Internet telephone effect, the claims for keto became grander. Then something happened that pushed the diet to the top of Google News. On November 3, 2015, Ferriss aired a podcast with D’Agostino. “That is the tipping point of when the diet comes into the vernacular and zeitgeist of the country,” says Andy Galpin, Ph.D., a human-
performance researcher at California State University, Fullerton.
The episode’s title: “Dom D’Agostino on Fasting, Ketosis, and the End of Cancer.”
Ferriss told the story of a friend with testicular cancer who would fast for three days, entering into ketosis, before chemotherapy. D’Agostino noted that anyone with cancer needs medical supervision of their diet, but also said: “If you put your physiology into a state of fasting ketosis, that puts tremendous metabolic stress on cancer cells that are highly dependent for survival and growth on high levels of glucose and insulin. By subtracting them of those growth needs, they can [die], and you could potentially purge yourself of some precancerous cells.” When asked about that quote, D’Agostino says, “The episode’s title is unfortunate,” but he points out that his research does suggest keto can help slow the progression of some cancers, though it speeds up others. “It’s much more complicated than ‘starve your cancer of sugar,’ ” he says. (Ferriss declined to be interviewed for this article.)
The Ferriss podcast was a gateway to The Joe Rogan Experience, and soon Rogan’s 30 million monthly listeners were hearing from keto experts, including D’Agostino in November 2017. As keto spread from Silicon Valley to the rest of the country, the emphasis shifted from self-optimization to the concerns of the everyman still working 40-hour weeks: weight loss.
Keto thrives in the vortex of social media. It’s highly viral because it’s photogenic, offering swift results and dramatic befores and afters on Instagram. “Short-term carbohydrate restriction can cause 5 to 10 pounds of almost immediate water loss,” says Galpin. And you have lots of data. Ketosis is a moving target: Some people lapse into it when they eat less than 20 grams of carbs a day, while others can eat up to 50. So you need to collect data and check your levels with a device. And because a single carrot can toss you out of ketosis, you need to quantify each meal, weighing your food and using a nutrition app to calculate the exact ratio of fats to proteins to carbs.
Within a year of the Rogan podcast, keto cookbooks flooded the market, searches for keto hit 17 million per month, and Orian Research estimated keto is a $5 billion industry. A modified version, with 80 percent fat, 15 percent protein, and 5 percent carbs, has emerged as the most popular, and keto cycling (doing one week of keto per month) became a thing. And because people on keto often lack nutrients like vitamin C, magnesium, and fiber, there’s been a supplement gold rush for brands behind products that make staying on the diet easier.
Which brings us back to Lopez and the question: Does keto work for weight loss?
In the short term, yes. “But the weight-loss effects are primarily driven by the suppression of appetite, which in turn regulates calorie intake,” says D’Agostino. In other words: When you limit what you eat, you . . . limit what you eat. Weight-loss diets usually come down to eating less.
Consider the results of an influential 2018 study in JAMA. It found no significant difference in the amount of weight loss at one year between people who ate a low-fat diet and those on a low-carb diet. But the study’s results suggest an important factor about diets: individual preference. Some people lost 65 pounds; others on the same diet gained 20.
Greyson Lopez is now 12 months into his keto journey. “I’m down 50 pounds,” he says. His friend, meanwhile, bailed after three months, when a cross-country move made it hard to stay on keto. “The thing is, you can’t cheat, or it knocks you out of ketosis,” says Lopez. He prepares all his meals at home. A go-to is steak topped with butter and asparagus spears. Lopez plans on sticking to the diet, even though it makes him “that picky asshole” in social settings. “I recently listened to this debate on Rogan with D’Agostino and Layne Norton [Ph.D.], an expert who was more moderate,” he says. “And the conclusion was that the best diet is whatever diet works for you. Keto works for me.”


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Earlier in the week, Comex – developer of JailbreakMe – the popular browser-based tool to jailbreak iOS 4.0.x had updated the JailbreakMe website, indicating that he may release an updated version of JailbreakMe (probably JailbreakMe 3.0).
The image on the updated website suggests that he has discovered a new PDF exploit – similar to the one used for JailbreakMe 2.0.
Unfortunately, it looks like it was a hoax, the JailbreakMe website still sports the photograph (as seen below) of a ski slope with a sign that says “PDF”.
Folks at nexus404 report that one of Comex’ followers on Twitter came across a tweet (now deleted), which had a link to an image, which suggests that Comex is planning to release a new version of JailbreakMe to jailbreak iPad 2.
The iFans user posted the following:
I was on comex’s Twitter about an hour ago when he posted a single image link. I was surprised to see it was what appears to be a flyer for his new jailbreak? When I reloaded the Twitter page it was gone completely. I still had the image in another tab, though, so I saved it to my computer. Perhaps this wasn’t intended to get out yet or maybe there was a delay? I don’t know, I’m just looking at the image unsure if he’s really intending to release it tomorrow or not. This is certainly weird.
If you look closely, the line below the date reads “iPd2jailbrokenforlife”.
The QR code in the image also points to Comex’ twitter account. If this is indeed true then it is not clear why Comex deleted the tweet. We will soon find out if this was a hoax or users will finally be able to jailbreak their iPad 2.
It looks like it was a hoax, the JailbreakMe website still sports the photograph (as seen below) of a ski slope with a sign that says “PDF”.
iPhoneDownloadBlog reports that iFans moderator gave them the following information about the forum member who had posted the image:
“I’m a moderator over at iFans, where this was originally posted, and I just wanted to confirm that this is not a true story. This user joined the site purely to post this image in the hopes of spreading misleading information. MuscleNerd actually came onto our site and more-than-less confirmed that this wasn’t something Comex posted. If anyone follows Comex via SMS, they’d have received a link to this Tweet even if it was “deleted.” It’s fake.”
We should have paid attention to MuscleNerd’s tweet, which seemed to suggest that it was a hoax, though he didn’t say it explicitly:
comex’s quote from yesterday about the iPad2 jailbreak readiness is as precise as you’ll get 🙂
So unfortunately, we’re back to square one as it means that there is no ETA on when the new version of JailbreakMe will be released, all Comex has said couple of days back was “It’s almost ready”. We’re really sorry to get you all excited about the possible release.


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Managers Unclear About Impact of Social Business
The social-media train continues to gain momentum. Especially when more companies than ever now view social business as a key focus of current and future investment, according to a recent survey from IBM. Yet, while executives are eager to exploit social-media business tools to boost sales, improve collaboration and enhance the customer experience, considerable reservations exist about whether managers will be able to effectively oversee such efforts. And needed support from the C-suite could stand to improve. "Businesses are struggling to make sense of the vast amount of data generated from social networks,” says Kevin Custis, vice president and global leader of social business and mobility services at IBM Global Business Services. "To transform a vision into a reality, executive leadership must guide middle management on the value of being a social business, and build company-wide support for the use of social practices across organizational functions."An estimated 1,160 business and IT professionals took part in the research. For more about the survey, click here.


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Bose seems to be eying the gaming headset market with a gaming version of its QC35 II noise-canceling headphones. Although they support wireless audio over
Bang & Olufsen, perhaps best known in tech circles for its partnership with HP, has joined forces with Microsoft to create new audio gear under
Apple has informed staff at its Silicon Valley HQ that the first phase of their return to work will begin on June 15. Like most
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is on track to start volume producing chips based on its 3nm manufacturing process by the second half of 2022.
Google’s Pixel phones still live in the shadow of the best Samsung and Apple have to offer, but that doesn’t mean the series is failing.
The latest patch for No Man’s Sky also squashes some lingering bugs and introduces a handful of quality of life improvements. The full change log
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It is the world’s most cultivated, trafficked, and used illicit drug, and because the momentum for group action grows reception and abroad, marijuana is attracting vital attention from investors, makers, and researchers. Despite the fact that the plant is illegal under federal law as a Schedule I drug, the US legal marijuana industry. The USA It was estimated at $ 10.4 billion in 2018 with 250,000 jobs dedicated to planting management, according to New Frontier Data. A total of 33 states have legalized marijuana for medical use, 10 of which allow adults to legally use the drug for recreational use. And that number may continue to rise, as more people embrace the idea of legalizing marijuana in the United States. This article looks at some of the uses of marijuana, as well as the generic drug market.
Change of attitudes towards the pot
Remember “Reefer Madness”, the 1930s movie that was produced to teach parents and their children about the threat of marijuana? Originally, the film was intended to educate the public but has now become a cult classic and satire.
Just as the attitude about the movie has changed, so too have people’s feelings about marijuana. This is especially true as we learn more about the drug and the apparent benefits of using it for medical purposes. Once considered an illicit substance, it is still considered a controlled drug according to federal government guidelines. But the stigma is being removed at an impressive rate, and it appears that marijuana is on its way to the mainstream.
According to a Pew Research survey, 62% of Americans believe that marijuana use should be legalized. This is double what it was in 2000—31%, and five times more than in 1969—12%. A New York University study revealed that the percentage of adults ages 50 to 64 who reported that marijuana use doubled in the past decade to 9% and that use among adults age 65 and older increased sevenfold during the same period to almost 3%. The US Marijuana Industry USA It will generate $ 17.5 billion in tax revenue by 2030, according to Cowen analyst Vivien Azer.
With Jeff Sessions gone and Democrats in control of the House, a significant pot reform seems possible this year. The politician noted that 296 members of Congress (68%) represent the 33 states with at least medical marijuana, which means there are enough votes to pass long-awaited bills. There are already several bills in the new Congress related to marijuana.
Marijuana firms raised $ thirteen.8 billion in funds in 2018, consistent with cannabis business analysis firm Viridian Capital Advisors. This was fourfold the quantity raised in 2017. We can expect this trend to continue, but important for the US industry. The USA It is also banking reform. Today, big banks fear the money laundering charges they may face if they work with these businesses. In addition to the difficulty in obtaining capital, this implies enormous risks and inconveniences for companies that operate in cash. The Bankers’ Association of America has been pushing for a lot of legal clarity and shutting the gap between federal and state law, and that we might see however banks heat up to cannabis if bills just like the SAFE Banking Act are passed.
More states can also legalize marijuana, including New York, New Jersey, Illinois, and Connecticut.
United States Attorney General William Barr announced that he will not go after marijuana companies that operate in states where the plant is legal. He also said the current discrepancy between state and federal law is “unsustainable” and needs to be redressed. Supports a federal law that prohibits marijuana everywhere.
Several candidates for the 2020 presidential election have expressed their support for the legalization of cannabis. Here are some of the important names and how they feel:
- Former Vice President Joe Biden wants marijuana to be decriminalized and the criminal records of those convicted of drug possession removed.
- South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg wants all drugs to be decriminalized, calling for drug penalties to be reduced and drug possession convictions to be removed entirely.
- Senator Kamala Harris is one of the sponsors of a bill called the Marijuana Justice Act along with Sens. Cory Booker and Elizabeth. As part of their platform, the three senators support the revocation of convictions for those caught with marijuana, and each calls for a path to decriminalization and legalization.
Marijuana has been used as a medicine in different cultures for thousands of years. The federal law that prohibits it in the US Marijuana Tax Act was passed in 1937. There is now increasing acceptance of the plant as a legitimate option for patients suffering from medical problems like chronic pain or seizures in today’s the United States.
This is mainly due to cannabidiol, or CBD, a natural compound found in cannabis plants that is not psychoactive. This means that it does not elevate the consumer. CBD is sold as an ingredient in oils, oral sprays, creams, pills, or groceries such as jelly beans and lollipops. Providers claim that CBD can ease pain, combat anxiety and depression. It has even been linked to helping people living with cancer.
It is true that CBD is having its moment. The term CBD jelly beans were the third most searched Google food term in the US. The USA In 2018. Big companies like Corona’s owner, Constellation Brands (STZ.B), and cigarette maker Marlboro, Altria Group (MO), have bought multi-million dollar stakes in marijuana companies. But forecasts for the CBD market argue that this It is not just a temporary wellness fad.
New Frontier Data estimates that the hemp-derived CBD market will grow from a $ 390 million market in 2018 to a $ 1.3 billion market, or 3.3x, by 2022. Brightfield Group says the hemp CBD market it can reach up to $ 22 billion by 2022. Defending his lofty prediction, Brightfield decision-maker Bethany Gomez said: “We are a team of extremely conservative analysts and that we don’t take this gently. I honestly believe these are conservative numbers. We don’t have pink lenses in terms of the strange and challenging regulatory framework that surrounds this industry, there will always be two steps forward, one step back. There will surely be some troublesome regulations and obstacles along the way. But there is too much momentum, too much demand. and also a lot of potentials for this industry not to explode. ”
FDA and CBD: Softening Posture?
Under the current rules of the US Food and Drug Administration. USA (FDA), all drugs that contain CBD, a Annex I substance, require agency approval. In June 2018, the agency also approved CBD, a drug derived from marijuana for the first time. GW Pharmaceuticals Epidiolex (GWPH) was placed on the least restrictive Schedule V of the Controlled Substances Act by the US Drug Control Administration. USA (DEA), which means it has a low potential for abuse.
According to federal regulations, it is also illegal to market CBD-containing food products or dietary supplements, but the FDA has indicated that it may change in the future. In a December 2018 press release, he said: “Although the introduction of such products into interstate commerce is generally prohibited, the FDA has the authority to issue a regulation that allows the use of a pharmaceutical ingredient in a food or dietary supplement.”, said. “We are taking new steps to assess whether we should continue that process.” The statement was released after the Farm Bill that legalized regulated production of hemp, another source of CBD, was passed.
This is great news for many companies that bet on the complex and face its murky legal situation. But can investors expect all of the CBD to be placed on Schedule V or not scheduled soon? Not quite. It is not easy that the CBD is not fully programmed due to the international treaties that the United States has signed. And while Epidiolex qualifies for Annex V, only other FDA-approved marijuana-derived drugs with low THC levels can hope to join there.
Since the explosion of marijuana products is almost certain, experts are now wondering what the industry would be like. Will giant companies return to dominate it and flood the market with an inexpensive and generic product? Ryan Stoa, professor of law at Concordia University and author of “Craft Weed: Family Farming and the Future of the Marijuana Industry,” told The Verge that this will be difficult due to the variety of strains available. Another factor discussed was the interest of the consumer base in locally made or locally made artisan products.
“In terms of the dimensions of the regulator, states have a task to play,” the same. “States like American state are already seen swing a cap or limit on the dimensions of marijuana farms, primarily oral communication, ‘If we’re planning to decriminalize this trade, we want to distribute the benefits to as many people as possible.'” Other states are able to replicate that model. ”
Technology is also shaping the industry. Weed delivery company Eaze has raised $ 37 million and is reportedly valued at $ 300 million. It recently announced that it is creating a platform to ship CBD products to 41 states. On-demand marijuana and cannabis delivery service Dutchie raised $ three million in 2018 from the working capital corporations of rapper Snoop Dogg and basketeer Kevin Will Durant, among others. Expect to hear words like machine learning, automation, and blockchain that are most frequently used in relation to marijuana. Trac promises to solve the banking problems of the industry. CannaCloud is the Keurig for the herb. Bloom Automation is building robots to trim and method cannabis.
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The burden of constant online authentication proved too much for Ubisoft’s DRM servers, which crumbled and left games unplayable over the weekend.
According to the PC gaming blog Rock Paper Shotgun, Ubisoft’s servers went down on Sunday, and I’ve yet to see any reports that they’re back online. A thread on Ubisoft’s official forums appears to be inaccessible at the moment.
A Ubisoft moderator on that thread said “exceptional demand” was to blame for the DRM failure. “This does not affect customers who are currently playing, but customers attempting to start a game may experience difficulty in accessing our servers. We are currently working to resolve this issue and apologize for any inconvenience,” the moderator said.
Ubisoft’s new DRM scheme requires a constant connection to Ubisoft’s servers in order to play. Games that use the new DRM, including Assassin’s Creed II and Silent Hunter 5, will pause if the connection drops for any reason. There is no way to play these games offline.
There’s really no excuse for Ubisoft fouling up the launch of these new games, especially with so much negative press coverage of the DRM. But it’s even worse that Ubisoft has made this kind of mistake before. In 2008, a PC port of Assassin’s Creed was unable to phone in to Ubisoft for some gamers, leaving them unable to play without authentication. Ubisoft stumbled again later that year, temporarily offering a hacker-made crack as a solution to problems with Rainbow Six Vegas 2’s DRM.
I hope the demand on Ubisoft’s servers doesn’t suggest that these games were an overwhelming commercial success. The only way these DRM methods will cease to be more ridiculous is if people vote with their wallets. Incidentally, the DRM doesn’t seem to be that hard to crack.
Update: Ubisoft now claims that the downtime was due to a denial-of-service attack. That takes some of the blame off Ubisoft for failing to anticipate demand, but it’s of little consolation to PC gamers who couldn’t play what they paid for.


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Australia’s transit authority for New South Wales is seeking partners in the IT industry to develop an Android NFC phone app that Transport for NSW officers could use to interact with the authority’s contactless Opal transit cards. The app would be used to top up commuters’ prepaid cards and to issue penalties, ZDNet reports.
- Visa to launch new payments service in September, Apple could be the first customer
- Festival uses BLE to gain insights into attendee activity
- Target launches image recognition app
- Amazon releases mobile wallet app for Android
- Westpac trials HCE mobile payments in New Zealand


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Apparently some Christmas lights contain lead. More from CNN:No matter what holiday you celebrate. If you’re putting lights up around your house, you might want to read this report.
CNN's "American Morning" purchased samples of four common brands of Christmas lights and asked an independent New Jersey-based testing organization, Quantex Laboratories, to check for surface lead. Quantex analyzed three strings of lights from each brand.Quite the toxic world we live in—scary.
The lab followed the Consumer Product Safety Commission's standard wipe test for lead in polyvinyl chloride products, including mini blinds and toys, to see how much lead in the cords' PVC coating would come off on someone's hands.
"You don't realize there's lead in it, you eat a cookie, you eat something without washing your hands, that exposure builds up in your body over time," said Dr. James Menoutis, who runs the lab at Quantex.
In the four brands of lights tested, Quantex found surface lead levels far exceeding the CPSC's recommended children's limit of 15 micrograms.
Wal-Mart brand lights had the highest levels of surface lead, with levels ranging from 86.6 to 132.7 micrograms. GE lights showed surface lead levels from 68 to 109.1 micrograms. Sylvania had surface lead levels from 59 to 70.3 micrograms. Levels of surface lead in the lights made by Philips ranged from a low of 3.2 -- well under the 15 microgram limit -- to 107.2 in another sample.


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New HTC 10 photos, additional information surfaces
The HTC 10 has had its share of the spotlight, so much so that it’s only a few days before the Taiwanese manufacturer unveils its latest smartphone. The latest news on the device concerns some new photos that have leaked, as well as new information regarding the HTC 10.
First, new photos show the front of the phone in its entirety, followed by the back of the phone with the camera up-close. We get an even better look at how the camera will perform by way of a photo provided that shows off one of the cameras (though we don’t know which).
The front of the HTC 10 shows a physical home button that is not capacitive, which is a good sign. It seemed as though HTC would attempt something different with the home button — but finally decided to pull a Samsung and maintain the physical front button. The display of the HTC 10 rocks the latest Sense 8.0, with one of the new wallpapers that you can download already. The back of the phone shows the silver model we presumed HTC would make (silver has been one of its main selling colors since the One M7), followed by the new rear flash and circular camera. The up-close photos of the HTC 10 show what could be a dual flash on the back of the phone, though time will tell if this is correct.
Other details have been revealed about the HTC 10 on social media site Weibo. Of those details, there are only two that stand out: the front-facing camera is made by Samsung (“Samsung s5k4e6. 5MP) and the back camera is made by Sony (IMX377, 12MP with OIS). We see that both Sony and Samsung will profit from HTC’s newest smartphone, making money off each camera chip that goes into its upcoming device: “HTC 10 front-facing camera: Samsung s5k4e6 (5mp) Main-camera: Sony IMX377 (12mp) with OIS…”
HTC is all set to announce its upcoming HTC 10 smartphone on April 12th, just three days away, and we know much of what there is to know. Of course, HTC could always surprise us, but at this point, we’ve seen enough to tell you that you’re either going to love or hate this phone. Take a look at the new photos below until the real deal is revealed.


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A man entering a Vons supermarket in Santa Monica, California, started a row after refusing to wear a mask, which resulted in the man getting stabbed by a security guard.
Amazon has just introduced its “Just Walk Out” technology into a full-size 25,000 square foot Amazon Fresh grocery store….
As panicked Americans cleared supermarkets of toilet paper and food last spring, grocery employees gained recognition as among the most indispensable of the pandemic’s front-line workers. A year later, most of those workers…
Kroger and Meijer, two major Michigan grocer retailers, have reported their first coronavirus-related employee deaths from five separate locations.
“This is the moment to not be going to the grocery store, not going to the pharmacy, but doing everything you can to keep your family and your friends safe,” she said.
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A man in Peachtree City, Georgia, stepped in to assist an officer who was chasing an alleged shoplifter through a parking lot recently.
The H-E-B grocery company recently gave employees a special thank you after it was dubbed the number one grocery retailer in the United States.
San Fran man defecates in grocery store aisle… (Third column, 3rd story, link) Related stories:Supreme Court: Homeless can sleep on sidewalks!
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Three officers from the New York Police Department (NYPD) decided to pay a woman’s grocery tab instead of arresting her for alleged shoplifting.
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with the passing of former President George H.W. Bush, you are about to witness a whole lot of phony respect emanating from the establishment media. Don’t you believe it.


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Running With Scissors' original outing, the notorious Postal, is set to make a return to our unsuspecting shelves repackaged as Postal: Classic and Uncut.
The game, banned in ten counties, was originally released six years ago and caused a massive storm of protest. Now that we live in a graphics-degrading post Vice City world, seemingly it is not as dangerous and offensive as it once was.
In a typically bullish statement, Running With Scissors CEO Vince Desi said, "Step aside Kubric, once it had been banned, it took them 21 years to re-release the ultraviolent cult film 'A Clockwork Orange'. We've done the same thing with Postal in less than six."
It's also worth mentioning that the original Postal is without question one of the worst games ever made. It contains nothing of any substance graphically, technically or in terms of gameplay. It's place in history, however, is unquestionable.
"The hi-profile launch of Postal 2 generated a huge amount of interest; people wanted to know where the idea came from for the game - they were keen to see the original Postal," enthused Chris Warrender, publishing director of Whiptail Interactive, "Not to disappoint, we are publishing the original game with the 'Special Delivery' pack in a limited edition 'Postal: Classic and Uncut'."
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Keep your eye on the shelves of your local hardware store, where you may be able to find new tape from an unlikely source: the gecko, reports The New York Times.
Geckos have millions of microscopic hairs on their toes, each with hundreds of tips that adhere to surfaces, with no residue left behind,” said Kellar Autumn, a biology professor at Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Ore. “Their hairs can stay attached indefinitely.”
Autumn and scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, were responsible for the research that enabled Mark Cutkosky, a professor of mechanical engineering at Stanford, to develop a prototype for a tape based on gecko adhesion. The tape, which is reusable, was so strong, Autumn said, that when they tested it, he was able to stick his 50-pound, 8-year-old daughter to a window with it.
That was a little more than two years ago; there are now at least 50 patent applications pending in gecko-adhesion technology, Autumn said, and he holds several patents himself.
“Imagine hanging a picture on the wall with reusable gecko tape that doesn’t leave a residue or damage the wall – it’s like a thumbtack, but doesn’t leave a hole,” he said. “The technology is ready to move from research to development. I think we are no more than three to five years from the first commercial products.”
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Research by The Bluebeards Revenge and Mojo have found that more than half of consumers want to use technology to book appointments
The traditional barbering industry is being urged to move into the digital age after new research.
More than half of barbershop customers in the UK would prefer to use technology to book appointments.
Research by software company Mojo and male grooming brand The Bluebeards Revenge found that 54% of men would rather use a website or app to book a hair cut.
The digital demand is attributed to millennial consumers, who are used to using online services to make appointments to meet lifestyle needs.
“Uber and businesses like Deliveroo have created a new consumer attitude and increased expectation in terms of online booking and payment,” said Nick Sando, CEO and Co-founder of Mojo.
“It is now about helping barbers see the benefits of an online presence and on demand bookings, and guiding them through the change.”
In London the results were even more resounding, as 66% of men would prefer to book grooming services online.
Despite the industry criticism, quality is a key factor to 79% of men when booking a haircut and Mojo argue that a barbershops’ ability to take bookings could be linked to the consumers’ perception.
Mike Taylor, Head Educator at the Great British Barbering Academy, commented on the research.
“Technology isn’t going anywhere so the sooner barbers embrace it and cater to the new Facebook crowd generation of clients, the further ahead of the game they will be,” he said.
“Moving forward I think online marketing tools will become increasingly important due to the competition and bookings as well as payments will all become digital.”


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Amadeus Shares Expedia’s Concerns
Last week, several European companies and organizations voiced support for TripAdvisor and Expedia after both filed complaints with the European Commission detailing Google’s anticompetitive behavior.
This morning, Amadeus, a technology provider for the global travel and tourism industry, added its support to the growing group. In a corporate blog post, Amadeus wrote that it “shares the same concerns as Expedia.” The post also outlined Amadeus’ concerns about the potential impact of Google Flight Search on the online travel industry:
“It is critical to ensure that Google Flight Search does not mislead consumers into believing that Google offers comprehensive and neutral results, whereas in fact they may be biased, favouring Google’s own services even if they are of a lower quality and an even higher price than other services offered by independent travel distributors. It also leads to consumers potentially missing out on the best price available in the market, and limits fair competition between airlines.”
Since Google’s acquisition of ITA Software and its entrance into travel search, FairSearch has raised concerns about the impact of Google’s anticompetitive behavior on competition, innovation and consumer choice in the travel search industry.


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The number of people using mobile broadband technology to access the internet in the US grew by 154 per cent in the last quarter of 2007 compared to the same period in 2006, according to figures from comScore.
The study examined the usage and characteristics of internet access via mobile broadband over cellular networks and did not include wireless access through Wi-Fi.
"Mobile broadband access is currently used by about one per cent of the US internet population, but it is poised for significant growth over the next few years," said Serge Matta, senior vice president of comScore.
"As consumers increasingly demand and depend on portable internet access, the demand for mobile broadband should continue to increase."
The use of mobile broadband in the US is still in its early stages and usage appears to be more a function of 'need' than 'want'.
The was highlighted by the fact that mobile broadband shows a higher presence on work computers (59 per cent) than home/personal computers (41 per cent).
Mobile broadband is also perceived as something of a luxury, skewing strongly towards the highest income households.
Users making at least $100,000 were 37 per cent more likely than average to use mobile broadband, and those with incomes below $25,000 were 41 per cent less likely to do so.
"The mobile broadband market is ripening as we speak, and ISPs can benefit by increasing awareness that they have the services to meet consumer demands," said Matta.
"Those ISPs that get ahead of the curve in understanding this emerging market will be best positioned to reap its rewards."
Microsoft receives a 30 per cent cut of all purchases on the Xbox digital store
Credit card thieves used Apple ID accounts to buy and sell virtual currency for Clash of Clans and Clash Royale and Marvel Contest of Champions
$5.1bn fine further evidence that the EU is anti-US, claims Trump
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How Brands Can Prepare for Mega-sale Season
Consumers look forward to the year-end mega-shopping season, with over 90% planning to shop during the year-end period and three-quarters planning to spend more, according to a Shopee study.
Consumers look forward to the year-end mega-shopping season, with over 90% planning to shop during the year-end period and three-quarters planning to spend more, according to a Shopee study. But connecting with customers on mega-sale days alone is not enough. Brands must consistently raise awareness and engage with customers, before ramping up toward mega-sale campaigns.
Mega-sale campaigns are not standalone events, but milestones in a brand’s online commerce strategy.
eCommerce Platforms: full-funnel customer journey
E-commerce platforms are now key avenues for consumer exploration, and discovery: the full-funnel consumer journey. Google reports that e-commerce marketplace usage is 1.8x higher than brand websites. On Shopee, the search volume for brand names grew 2x from 2019 to 2020, indicating that consumers are increasingly beginning their searches in-app. Therefore, brands must optimize their outreach at every touchpoint.
Invest across all consumer touchpoints
A shopper’s journey can span a wide range of channels, creating many paths toward a purchase. Brands need to connect with customers across various touchpoints, then funnel them toward a more streamlined shopping journey. This can be done by investing across awareness channels and optimizing them to achieve one key goal: to drive customers to the e-commerce platform and then guide them to the purchase.
An always-on approach
Shopee found that shoppers add their desired items to their cart up to 30 days ahead of year-end campaigns. Thus, brands must be prepared well in advance of the mega-sale season, the same way consumers are. One way to do so is by leveraging tools such as games and Livestream features, on-platform ads, and loyalty programs to build brand affinity and awareness among customers.
READ MORE: https://www.thedrum.com/opinion/2021/12/10/shopee-how-brands-can-prepare-mega-sale-season


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Split in Goods and Services Inflation Underscores Fed's Challenge
Conventional theory on the link between unemployment and prices holds up for one category, but not in the other
Inflation has been a puzzle in the U.S. economy for years, failing to move up much when the unemployment rate tumbled.
To resolve the discrepancy, it helps to look at the U.S. as two economies rather than one.
On one hand is the goods economy, where products like computers, gasoline and hair dryers are made and purchased, and where Americans spend roughly one-third of their money. On the other hand is the services economy, where cable guys, nurses and bus drivers jostle for the bulk of consumer spending.
The goods economy has been transformed by trade and technological innovation over several decades, giving consumers access to inexpensive products made in foreign countries or automated factories. The services economy has been more sheltered from international competition and technological change. You can’t hire cheap Chinese labor to serve you pizza or a robot to teach your ninth-grader English.
Because of those differences, inflation behaves differently in the two economies.
“You can have technological innovations that lower the price of TVs, but our technology for, you know, haircuts doesn’t change as much,” says Michael Feroli, the chief U.S. economist at JPMorgan.
The divergence between goods and services price inflation is especially important now because of the unusual behavior of consumer prices.
Economic theory holds that as unemployment falls and labor becomes scarcer, wages and inflation should rise. But the theory—known as the Phillips curve, after 20th century economist William Phillips—hasn’t held up very well in the past decade. Since 2009, the unemployment rate has fallen from a peak of 10% to an 18-year low of 3.9% in April, yet overall inflation has remained stubbornly low, running under the Fed’s 2% target for most of the expansion.
A number of current and former Fed officials have wondered if the Phillips curve is dead. At a Federal Open Market Committee rate-setting meeting this year, “a couple” of participants “questioned the usefulness” of the model, “citing the limited ability of such frameworks to capture the relationship between economic activity and inflation,” according to the minutes.
Look at the two economies separately, however, and a more complete picture emerges.
The conventional relationship appears to be holding up in the services economy but not in the goods economy. So far in this expansion, services inflation as measured in the consumer-price index has moved up from near 0.5% to near 3%, a trend that theory suggests should happen as unemployment falls. Something different is happening in the goods economy, where prices have been falling for much of the past five years as if disconnected from the overall unemployment rate.
“You’re going to find that (labor market) slack matters a lot more for services because they tend to be domestically produced,” Mr. Feroli said. Other factors, including the value of the dollar or commodities prices matter more for goods, he said, “because they’re globally traded.”
At the same time, the services economy has been the source of most U.S. job creation in this expansion, growing payrolls by 14% since 2010 to 128 million workers. Employment in the goods economy has yet to return to its precrisis levels.
Some economists say the revival of inflation in the services economy is one reason not to lose faith in the Phillips curve just yet, and may be why the Fed has been right to raise rates even though inflation has been low.
“Services inflation is good evidence that the Phillips curve process still works, that the domestic economy is still generating some inflation pressure,” says Eric Winograd, a senior economist at AllianceBernstein L.P. “That, I think, guided [the Fed] to begin the process of raising rates even while the official headline index had been well below their target.”
The Fed’s preferred inflation measure, the personal consumption expenditure price index, is now right at its goal of 2%. The Fed seeks 2% inflation as a level consistent with a healthy, growing economy.
Falling unemployment suggests that inflation in services will continue as slack gets wrung out of the domestic economy. One challenge for the Fed: Prices for services tend to be “sticky,” meaning they’re slow to respond to changes in monetary policy or the broader economy. That means turning them around, should inflation exceed the Fed’s target, could become a challenge. Fed officials see inflation rising above 2% in their own projections.
If goods prices remain weak, inflation may not advance much beyond the Fed’s target. But if goods prices pick up, the Fed might be staring at an inflation overshoot for the first time in years.
A number of factors could rouse goods prices from their slump, economists say. President Donald Trump threatened last month to impose tariffs on up to $150 billion worth of goods imported from China, the U.S.’s largest trading partner, raising fears of a trade war. Mr. Trump’s decision this month to reinstate sanctions on Iran, a major oil producer, has helped send prices for crude to the highest levels since late 2014. A depreciation in the dollar due to large fiscal deficits or other concerns could make imports more expensive.
“That would be messy,” said Vincent Reinhart, a former Fed official and the chief economist at Standish Mellon Asset Management. “They should actually now be concerned about too much inflation because the thing that is costly to adjust (services inflation)…is already above the goal.”
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Coming exclusively to Microsoft consoles, Minecraft’s Skin Pack 6 will be the first new DLC pack to release on the Xbox One when 4J Studios launches the popular sandbox title on the new generation hardware in August. Offering fans a look into what they can expect to find inside the upcoming add-on, the official website for Xbox Live Arcade shared a new batch of screens on June 16 that provided an early look at some of the new playable avatars that will be added in the DLC.
It is now confirmed that Skin Pack 6 for the Xbox One and Xbox 360 versions of Minecraft will give fans the ability to play the block-building game as characters from Killer Instinct and Trials Fusion. So far, it has been announced that the DLC will include eight different character skins based upon the Xbox One free-to play exclusive fighting game, Killer Instinct. Two other skins will be dedicated to Trials Fusion fans. The add-on will contain additional skins, some of which are expected to be announced later this week.
Like all previous skin pack add-ons, the upcoming DLC will provide Minecraft players with the ability to change the appearance of their in-game character models. In the past, fans have been given access to licensed avatars from popular gaming franchise such as Halo, Borderlands, and Assassin’s Creed thanks to other skin pack releases.
In addition to the new release of Skin Pack 6 which will be available at launch on the Xbox One version of Minecraft, many of the existing DLC packs available for Minecraft: Xbox 360 Edition will also release on the new hardware. Furthermore, those who already own some of the add-ons will be able to transfer their purchases to the Xbox One. However, nota ll content will move over due to legal issues regarding existing licensing agreements.
After launching on the Xbox 360 two years ago, Minecraft will release on Xbox One, PS4, and PS Vita later this summer. Fans that own a copy of the game on either Xbox 360 ore PS3 will be able to purchase a digital upgrade to the new consoles for $5.


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Porkapalooza – A Big Meat Up
The 2nd annual Porkapalooza BBQ Festival will set mouths a-watering this Father’s Day weekend (June 19-21) at Borden Park in Edmonton. www.porkapalooza.ca is now LIVE with BBQTeam applications as well as Food Vendor, Marketplace Vendor, Volunteer and Judging Class applications so get yours filled out NOW.
We’re anticipating big crowds and big appetites to this KCBS sanctioned event! Diva Q will be back as well as a great entertainment line-up, beer gardens, Kid Zone, a NEW Marketplace, Father’s Day Brunch AND a Friday night Bare Bones RibFest kick-off!! Tickets are NOW on sale for the RibFest and Father’s Day Brunch. Stayed tuned for the latest news and see YOU at Porkpalooza – A Big Meat Up!.


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Eggs in purgatory recipe – enjoy!
In many top restaurants in Budapest and in the countryside of Hungary a 3-course exclusive menu is available in the week from 5th until 11th March, for a uniform-fixed price.
The question of dual quality of food products is one that the Commission takes very seriously.
France’s most-celebrated chef Paul Bocuse has died at the age of 91, after suffering from Parkinson’s disease for several years.
HVG magazine made a list of the best restaurants in the country, and local IKON Restaurant is among them.
One of the leading magazines of the world’s wine press, Wine Enthusiast published its Top 100 list on Tuesday, and Hungarian Dereszla Vinery’s 2009 aszú wine was ranked as the 20th best wine of the world.
A basic vegan cooking workshop is organized tomorrow at Chef Academy.
Date: 19 November at 20.00-23.00
The annual fest of Saint Martin is held on 11-12 November in Kossuth Tér.
Date: 10 November at 19.00-21.00


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Global trade to expand by 2.4 per cent in 2017 amid ‘deep’ geopolitical, economic uncertainty – WTO
12 April 2017 – While forecasting that growth in the volume of global merchandise trade is expected to rebound this year from its weak performance in 2016, the World Trade Organization (WTO) today cautioned that “deep uncertainty” about near-term economic and policy developments in some countries raise the risk that trade activity could be stifled.
The WTO, which often cooperates with the United Nations on trade matters, forecast that global trade will expand by 2.4 per cent in 2017, but only if the global economy recovers as expected and governments pursue the right policy mix. Owing to this uncertainty, this figure is placed within a range of 1.8 per cent to 3.6 per cent. In 2018, the WTO is forecasting trade growth between 2.1 per cent and four per cent.
The unpredictable direction of the global economy in the near term and the lack of clarity about government action on monetary, fiscal and trade policies raises the risk that trade activity will be stifled. A spike in inflation leading to higher interest rates, tighter fiscal policies and the imposition of measures to curtail trade could all undermine higher trade growth over the next two years, said the WTO.
"Weak international trade growth in the last few years largely reflects continuing weakness in the global economy,” said WTO Director-General Roberto Azevêdo on the launch of the organization’s 2017-2018 forecasts, adding that trade has the potential to strengthen global growth if the movement of goods and supply of services across borders remains largely unfettered.
However, if policymakers attempt to address job losses at home with severe restrictions on imports, trade cannot help boost growth and may even constitute a drag on the recovery, he continued.
‘We need to keep using trade to deliver more benefits to more people’ – WTO chiefPicking up that thread in a press conference earlier today in Geneva, he said that overall, while there are some reasons for cautious optimism, trade growth remains fragile and there are considerable risks to the downside. Much of the uncertainty around the outlook is of course political — and not only geopolitical. Part of this is driven by people's concerns about the impact that trade can have.
The fact is that trade plays a very beneficial role in the economy overall. It is net positive. It drives growth, job creation and development, he said, but stressed: “Nevertheless, people's concerns cannot be ignored. A net gain for the economy as a whole — or for other individuals — means little to someone who has lost their job. But in finding the right response we have to look at the whole picture.”
Mr. Azevêdo said that the fact is that the economy is changing fast – driven by technology and innovation. Eight in 10 manufacturing jobs are lost to innovative technologies and higher productivity. It is estimated that 65 per cent of children entering primary school today will end up working in types of jobs that don’t yet exist.
Closing the borders to trade would only worsen the situation – it would not bring the jobs back, it would make more jobs disappear“We have to adapt to this new reality. That means applying the right mix of policies across a range of areas. At the domestic level, policies are needed to help support the workers of today and train the workers of tomorrow,” he said, underscoring: Closing the borders to trade would only worsen the situation – it would not bring the jobs back, it would make more jobs disappear.”
He called for measures to keep using trade to deliver more benefits to more people. More trade integration can help make the system more inclusive – connecting new industries and smaller players to new markets.


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The Last of Us: Remastered is out now on PS4 and it's already standing out as an example of a re-release done right. So just how well has Naughty Dog done with restoring the game's graphics for a whole new console generation?
The crew at Shacknews have put forward the PS3 and new PS4 versions of The Last of Us for graphical comparison. You can draw your own conclusions by watching the video below. (Warning: Spoilers for the game's opening scene are contained within.)


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Zero Motorcycles will be on hand as Arizona State University hosts its Fall Welcome for incoming students and parents.
The Santa Cruz, Calif., company will bring its electric bikes to ASU for demonstration rides Aug. 22 from 7 to 9:30 p.m. at Memorial Union. Zero S supermoto, Zero MX motocross dirt bike and Zero X off-road dirt bike will be featured.
“Like Zero Motorcycles, college students are on the forefront of utilizing new technology and the pulse of the electric vehicle movement,” said company CEO Gene Banman. “Bringing our all-electric motorcycles to ASU is a great opportunity to let students experience firsthand an eco-friendly vehicle that’s also really fun to ride.”
Zero Motorcycles launched its first all-electric bike, the Drift, in 2006, followed by Zero X last year.


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Apple product analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has claimed that the company is not using solid-state buttons on the iPhone 15 Pro due to unresolved technical issues.
Although previous reports said, Apple plans to use solid-state buttons on the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro and Max, the company’s product analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has stated that the Cupertinos are likely due to “unresolved technical issues.” They will abandon their decision. However, higher-end iPhone 15 models may still come with regular physical buttons.
In the previous rumors, it was said that the volume button and the switch to silence the device in the iPhone 15 Pro models would not be the same as in the past, and Apple plans to change them. These buttons, which were already clickable, were supposed to be capacitive touch like the Home button of old iPhones.
Changing iPhone 15 Pro programs due to technical problems
But now Ming-Chi Kuo has reported in his new Medium post:
“My latest checks indicate that due to technical issues not resolved before mass production, both high-end iPhone 15 Pro models (Pro and Pro Max) will ditch the solid-state button design and use the same traditional physical button design. »
Such a change would hurt suppliers, Kuo explains in his note. Among the companies affected by Apple’s decision, Cirrus Logic is mentioned, which was supposed to produce new buttons’ dedicated microprocessors.
However, according to Ko, the iPhone 15 Pro is currently in the development phase of its EVT, which still has enough time to refine the device’s design. Additionally, removing solid-state buttons and using legacy physical buttons simplifies device development and testing.
Last week, new high-quality renders of the iPhone 15 Pro were released, in which we saw this device’s USB-C port and non-moving buttons.


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Business card and expense management startup Ramp raised $115m at a valuation of $1.6bn, making it the latest entry in the growing list of unicorns this week.
JP Morgan has partnered with DBS Bank and Singapore government-owned firm Temasek to introduce a new joint payments company.
Columbian buy now, pay later (BNPL) firm Addi has snared $65m in debt and equity funding.
Mastercard has collaborated with Bilt Rewards to launch Bilt Mastercard - a credit card that offers no fees on rent payments.
Paystand collects $50m Series C funding to support enhancement of blockchain-powered payment network
Paystand, a blockchain-enabled payment network for businesses, has closed its Series C round on $50m, coming off the back of its triple-digit growth.
Merchant payments and financial services provider BharatPe has reportedly received $27m in debt funding, less than a month after closing a $370m investment.
Open banking firm Zūm Rails has introduced a new set of anti-fraud tools to bolster the security of its Instant Deposit feature on its platform.
Credit card business Deserve has secured an undisclosed strategic investment from Visa as the former seeks to expand access to its credit-card-as-a-service solution.
The Bank of Indonesia has launched a new retail payments system to help cut the cost of money transfers and support the growth of the digital economy.
Banking unicorn Zeta has formed a five-year global partnership with Mastercard, which will see the pair of firms jointly launch credit cards.


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Aston Martin launches new Rapide at Rs 3.29 crore
The new 2016 Aston Martin Rapide will be sold through Performance Cars, a division of Infin...
Aston Martin to open new factory in Wales
Aston Martin, the maker of the legendary sports cars long featured in James Bond films, has announc...
50 years of Bond on display: Aston Martin from 'Goldfinger', 'Dr No' bikinis and more!
The Grande Halle de la Villette in Paris is celebrating 50 years of Bond, in some style!
Chinese businessman completes takeover of Aston Villa
Xia Jiantong, who goes by the English name Tony, has taken 100 percent ownership of a club that was relegated from the Premier League last season.
Aston Martin develops electric car with China's LeEco
Aston Martin has set up a venture with Chinese technology group LeEco to jointly develop the British luxury car brand's first electric vehicle.
Force India cool hopes of Aston Martin rebranding
Force India are unlikely to have Aston Martin branding this season but talks have not been abandoned entirely.
Made for Bond: Aston Martin that featured in "Spectre" sells for $3.5 mn
Other "Spectre" memorabilia up for grabs included a "Day of the Dead" costume worn by Craig in the film's opening scene, which sold for 98,500 pounds.
Aston Martin considers Macedonia for new car plant: Reports
Aston Martin, which is deciding where to build a new plant to expand its product range and return to profitability, is considering a site in Macedonia.
Aston Martin sued for $100 million over alleged plagiarism claims
Designer Henrik Fisker has sued the automaker for threatening him from entering an auto show because his new design resembled the Aston Martin DB10.
Brexit unlikely to lead to contagion, says EU Parliament's President Martin Schulz
"That'll have consequences and I don't believe other countries will be encouraged to follow that dangerous path," EU Parliament President Martin Schulz said.
Revised Qatar LNG deal cuts gas price to below $5 per mmBtu: Dharmendra Pradhan
India is currently paying less than $5 per million British thermal unit for 7.5 million tonnes a year of LNG it buys from RasGas of Qatar.
TaxiFabric: The startup that Coldplay's Chris Martin loved
Started as a blog in 2013 for art enthusiasts, it has today become a converging point for talented designers and taxi drivers to refashion interiors of cabs, sell hand-picked trendy fabrics, and much more.
Henrik Fisker files $100 mn lawsuit against Aston Martin for Civil Extortion
Henrik Fisker has filed a $100 million lawsuit against automaker Aston Martin for Civil Extortion related to Aston Martin's threats.
Lockheed Martin Corp gets $1.5 billion deal for C-130J aircraft: Pentagon
The contract, which runs through July 31, 2019, is part of a larger $5.3 billion multiyear contract for 78 C-130J Super Hercules awarded to Lockheed in December.
Buy M&M, target Rs 1420: CK Narayan
Buy M&M with a target of Rs 1420 and a stop loss of Rs 1375
Aston Martin to introduce its Tesla killers soon
Aston Martin is going all in on electric cars and its target will be Tesla's Model S. It will debut an electric version of its Rapide sedan.
Aston Martin Lagonda takes aim at Rolls-Royce and Hermes as it readies for possible IPO
Aston Martin Lagonda is taking aim at Rolls-Royce as well as luxury brand Hermes as the sports-car maker positions itself for a possible initial public offering.
AAP demands action against LG Najeeb Jung in MM Khan case
Khan, an estate officer of New Delhi Municipal Council(NDMC), was shot dead in Jamia Nagar a day before he was before he was scheduled to pass the final order.
Buy M&M, target Rs 1515: Deutsche Bank
The stock is beginning to fire on both cylinders and remains are top pick in the Indian Auto sector. The global investment bank believes that M&M is poised for a robust earnings recovery.
Aston Martin to make 'meaningful' job cuts as part of turnaround plan
Aston, which has suffered from not being part of a wider automotive group, posted a pretax loss of $39 million in 2013, the latest figures available.
Buy M&M, target Rs 1440: Tejas Shah
M&M is a low beta stock (0.67) and is trading well above its 50-day, 100-day and 200-day moving average of Rs 1334.65, Rs 1275.04 and Rs 1258.31, respectively,
Aston Martin Vulcan debuts at Goodwood
Vulcan is one of the most powerful Aston Martin produced till date. Aston Martin informed that the new supercar will be limited to just 24 examples worldwide.
Lockheed Martin's innovations programme in India to focus on advance manufacturing, cyber security
The IIGP allows applicants to file in their innovative ideas across industries ranging from agriculture and textiles to defence and healthcare.
Buy M&M, target Rs 1401: Siddharth Bhamre
The stock has touched a high of Rs 1,370 and low of Rs 1,355.60 so far in trade The scrip is moving above its crucial moving averages
Buy M&M, target Rs 1455: Dharmesh Shah
The scrip is moving above its crucial moving averages. It has been taking support from its 20-day moving average for the past three weeks.
Buy M&M, target Rs 1325: Siddharth Bhamre
Buy M&M with a target of Rs 1325 and a stop loss of Rs 1401
Singer Ricky Martin writes open letter to take immediate action on gun control
Ricky Martin has penned an open letter to Congress leaders urging them to get serious with America's weapons issue.
Dealing with the burden of Olympic expectations
The way to deal with pressure is through preparation and mental training. Shooting exercises also helped a lot, says Anjali Bhagwat.
MM Khan murder: Subramanian Swamy demands Arvind Kejriwal's apology
Swamy joined the hunger strike led by his party MP Mahesh Girri outside Kejriwal's residence and demanded his "apology" over allegations on the M.M. Khan murder.
US court releases JSW Steel from further liability to MM Steel
In December 2015, a district court in the US had asked a JSW Steel subsidiary to pay a $156 million (Rs 1,040 crore) fine, as it confirmed an earlier ruling by a jury.
Bharat Forge, M&M gain on report Airbus in talks for parts deal
Global aircraft maker Airbus is in initial talks with Bharat Forge and a Mahindra Group unit in order to have some of its aircraft parts manufactured in India.
Want to drive James Bond's car? Aston Martin to auction one DB10 'Spectre' edition
James Bond's latest car has been speeding up the exclusivity index.
MM Kalburgi murder: writers, cops may have been on Sanatan Sanstha radar
Writers, police officers and journalists may also have been targeted by the Sanatan Sanstha, the organization whose cadres are now being probed.
Now Aston Martin is thinking it could be the Tesla Model S killer
CEO Andy Palmer told David Undercoffler of Automotive News that the company plans to launch an electric version of the Rapide sedan in two years.
Aston Martin's electric sedan to hit market in two years: Report
British luxury car brand Aston Martin's first electric sedan car will hit the market in two years' time, its chief executive said in a report.
Lockheed Martin in talks with AAI for deploying wind measuring system
Lockheed Martin and the AAI are looking at the possibility of using the system at the congested Mumbai airport, sources said.
Buy M&M, target Rs 1450: Manav Chopra
Buy M&M with a target of Rs 1450
Buy M&M, target of Rs 1385: Mitesh Thacker
Buy Godrej Industries with a target of Rs 1385 and a stop loss of Rs 1339
Police should probe Mahesh Girri's relationship with MM Khan murder accused: Arvind Kejriwal
Girri has been sitting on hunger strike outside Kejriwal's residence after the latter didn't appear for an open debate with him at the Constitution Club here.
Buy M&M, target Rs 1460: Ruchit Jain
The stock has taken support from its 50-day moving average of Rs 1,299.03. At present, it is comfortably trading above its 20-day moving average of 1,325.
Buy M&M, target Rs 1460: Sameet Chavan
M&M is a low beta stock (0.89) and is trading well above its 50-day, 100-day and 200-day moving averages at Rs 1293.80, Rs 1248.17 and Rs 1254.97, respectively
What the deal means for Max shareholders
The merged entity will emerge as the biggest private insurance player in the country. A few key factors would play a role in deciding the valuation of the deal and in turn the swap ratio.
M&M maker may shake up McFlurry, Blizzard, Snickers Pie
The company is in talks with the world's largest fast-food chain and other partners about its candies' inclusion in super sugary products.
Neutral M&M, target Rs 1390: Credit Suisse
The margin miss was led by disappointment in tractor segment. The results were below expectations as it got adjusted for the Rs 70 cr one-off gain in staff-costs.
Outperform M&M, target Rs 1440: CLSA
Ebitda margins were impacted by the expiry of tax benefits at the Haridwar. The management is tad cautious on margins given rising commodity prices.


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The coronavirus outbreak stands to wreak havoc not just on the U.S. economy, but also on the ability of statistical agencies to produce reliable figures on key data including jobs and inflation.
Americans may be reluctant to agree to an in-person interview on their employment status with a government worker. Stretched businesses might decide to skip responding to the voluntary payrolls survey. Data collectors checking consumer prices could find stores shuttered or shelves cleaned out. Economists who compile the reports may have difficulty accessing their regular computing tools from home.


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The typical unnamed sources from the upsteam supply chain have informed DigiTimes that Apple will likely launch the next iPhone in May 2014 that will sport an even larger screen and a 20 nm processor manufactured by TSMC. That would seemingly break the company's current September release schedule, but then again Apple may be moving back to its former summertime release.
In addition to the larger iPhone, sources claim that Apple is working on the previously reported 12.9-inch tablet that's slated for October 2014. They believe that due to Apple and Samsung working on such large devices, their presence may have a huge impact on Ultrabook demand. Throw in an attachable Bluetooth keyboard and the sources could be right.
As we've already heard in prior reports, Apple's large tablet will be manufactured by Quanta Computer. Sources said that Apple is considering both a 12.9-inch and a 13.3-inch panel, but will likely settle on the smaller model. Sources speculate that this device will replace Apple's 11-inch MacBook Air.
News of a larger iPhone in May arrives as Apple finally signs a deal with China Mobile (opens in new tab), the world's largest phone company. As part of the agreement, the iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c will be available from China Mobile's retail stores and Apple's own retail stores across mainland China beginning on Friday, January 17, 2014.
The iPhone 5s was be made available for pre-registration from China's official website and customer service hotline "10086" on Wednesday, December 25, 2013. Fortunately for Apple, the deal arrives one month before China's Lunar New Year holiday in late January, one of the country's big gift-buying season.
"Apple has enormous respect for China Mobile and we are excited to begin working together. China is an extremely important market for Apple and our partnership with China Mobile presents us the opportunity to bring iPhone to the customers of the world's largest network," said Tim Cook, Apple CEO.
Apple already sells iPhone devices through two smaller mobile companies in China. The new deal, which went through six years of negotiations, is expected to help Apple battle Samsung and its cheaper Android phones.