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WebGPU is Google’s next-gen browser gaming tech, The gaming industry develops new technologies and concepts to make games more realistic and interesting. WebGPU might revolutionize online gaming. Gamendly.com is excited to explore WebGPU and its ramifications for the gaming business.
Chrome 113, to be released in around three weeks, will have WebGPU enabled by default. WebGPU is an application programming interface (Application Programming Interface) that expands the skills that online apps can use from your graphics card WebGPU will work on Windows PCs with support for Direct3D 12, macOS, and ChromeOS devices with support for Vulkan.
A blog post says that a developer who uses WebGPU can get “more than three times improvements in machine learning model inferences” and the same quality of visuals as they can now with much less code. This last one stands out because, while the novelty of Chrome’s better machine learning in 2021 was appealing, the feature’s usefulness has grown a lot in the age of generative AI and huge language models. There is a lot of room for the development of interesting machine learning applications, despite the fact that services like Google’s Bard and Microsoft’s Bing do not make full use of your local hardware.
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WebGPU also has the potential to enable the creation of graphically impressive browser-based games. If you’re using the beta version of Chrome, you can try out a particularly amazing demo of Babylon.js.
It has been announced that WebGPU support will be turned on automatically in Chrome’s next major release. This API makes online apps better by making it easier for developers to access graphics card features. This lets them make the same quality graphics as before while writing a lot less code. In the modern world of generative AIs and big language models, WebGPU’s ability to speed up inference by three times could be very useful. There is an opportunity for exciting machine learning applications that do benefit from local hardware, even if Bard and Bing do not.
Since 2017, developers have been working on the WebGPU API, which is not Chrome-only. It will be compatible with Firefox and Safari in the near future. Google is currently working on bringing this feature to Linux and Android. Google has also stated that they will attempt to expedite the release of future browser versions, but their regular release schedule will not change for stable releases. By postponing the development of new features until later, they hope to speed up the time between when they are completed and when the public may use them. As a result, development can be streamlined.
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SMIF awards for small business owners
(ABC 6 News) – It is no secret that small businesses have had a little bit of trouble due to the pandemic the past few years, but some of them have been able to find extreme success and were recognized by the U.S. Small Business Administration at a ceremony hosted by the Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation (SMIF).
As part of small business week in southern Minnesota, the organizations highlighted small businesses from across the state.
Minnesota SBA District Office Director Brian McDonald described the two winners for this year from Southern Minnesota. "We’re celebrating the Veteran Owned Small Business and the Young Entrepreneur, and I would say it was extremely competitive this year."
To be eligible, the business owners must have served in the u-s military and be under 30 years old for the respective awards.
A pair of businesses from southern Minnesota that were highlighted were Busy Baby and Clear Water Nitrate Reduction.
Busy Baby, a product that helps keep little ones from throwing or dropping their toys, was started by Beth Fynbo in her own home. She went on to be featured in ABC’s Shark Tank, and will soon be upgrading to a new building in Zumbrota. SMIF is what really helped her business get off the ground.
Fynbo recalls when she was starting her business. "It’s the first place that helped me get funding when I had this idea and was trying to figure out how to start a business with no experience and no money, so having this event here is huge."
Clear Water Nitrate Reduction was started by Ian Bodack. Ian’s company helps farmers with more environmentally friendly farming practices.
Bodack describes what his product does "To reduce their fertilizer runoff so that we have cleaner water in the community."
Ian’s product also helps reduce algae growth and turn the water back to clear, hence the business name.

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Expanding WEMIX PLAY Gaming Ecosystem to LG Smart TVs: A Pioneering Collaboration
Wemade, the renowned South Korea-based global game developer, is set to propel its Web3 gaming ecosystem to new heights through the imminent introduction of popular WEMIX PLAY-hosted games on LG Smart TVs and monitors.
This strategic expansion will encompass global availability, excluding mainland China, Singapore, and South Korea.
Milestone Achievement for WEMIX PLAY on LG Screens
In a groundbreaking move, Wemade is making its mark by offering games hosted on the WEMIX PLAY blockchain gaming platform on LG screens for the first time. This development signifies a significant milestone in Wemade’s overarching mission to construct a robust blockchain-based mega-ecosystem.
LG Smart TV users worldwide will gain access to Anipang Match, a captivating puzzle game crafted by the subsidiary Wemade Play, along with the engaging farming simulation game Every Farm from Wemade Connect.
Diversifying LG Screen Compatibility
Expanding beyond LG Smart TVs, Anipang Match and Every Farm will also be accessible on LG lifestyle screens StanbyME, StandbyME Go, and smart monitors, ensuring a broader reach across various LG devices.
These two titles are part of a diverse collection of over 35 games spanning different genres, all accessible to millions of users on WEMIX PLAY, recognized as the world’s premier blockchain gaming platform (www.wemixplay.com).
Strategic Collaboration for Enhanced Gaming Experience
Building on this momentum, WEMIX PLAY and LG are actively exploring collaborative efforts aimed at delivering an enhanced and more enjoyable gaming experience on LG screens. This collaboration seeks to synergize the strengths of WEMIX PLAY’s expansive gaming offerings with LG’s widespread and technologically advanced smart TV platform.
Since its introduction on LG Smart TVs in 2014, webOS has emerged as one of the most widely adopted smart TV platforms globally, powering over 200 million LG screens worldwide.
Conclusion: Paving the Way for Web3 Gaming Integration
In summary, Wemade’s strategic move to extend the WEMIX PLAY gaming ecosystem to LG Smart TVs and monitors signifies a pioneering step in the integration of Web3 gaming. The inclusion of Anipang Match and Every Farm on LG screens reflects not only the diversification of available games but also the potential for a transformative collaboration between WEMIX PLAY and LG. As the gaming landscape continues to evolve, this partnership is poised to redefine the gaming experience for millions of users globally, creating a seamless bridge between WEMIX PLAY’s blockchain-based offerings and LG’s widely embraced smart TV platform.


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Budget airline Scoot is replacing the built-in entertainment systems in its planes with iPads in order to save on fuel.
PCWorld has now run a gamut of tests comparing the new iPad with the iPad 2 as well as the Asus Transformer Prime and Galaxy 10.1 LTE, and the tablet with a retina display did top out the heat charts. However, the increase is rather minimal.
NCAA March Madness Live app brings live streaming to iPhone, iPad, and select Android devices for $3.99
NCAA has released its March Madness Live app for iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, and select Android devices. The app comes with free radio streams of all games as well as social features, brackets, and notifications for upcoming games and possible upsets. Live streaming carries a $3.99 premium, but for that price you'll get to watch games live on your computer as well.
Apple released a new app called Apple Configurator to the Mac App Store today. It's a management tool that gives system administrators the tools to update, manage, and oversee deployments of iOS devices at schools and businesses.
The US Air Force Air Mobility Command has awarded a $9.4 million contract for iPad 2 tablets to vendor Executive Technology. The tablets will replace paper manuals and navigation charts for pilots.
Switching to iPads saves Vancouver $336 per device per year on data, decreases printing by 40 percent
The city of Vancouver, WA has seen a 40 percent drop in printing for city council meetings and savings of $28 per device per month by replacing some BlackBerry phones with iPads.
Apple's been embroiled in an overseas legal tussle with Proview Electronics over the iPad trademark for the past two years, but now the battle is coming to the US — WSJ reports that Proview has filed a lawsuit against Apple in a US superior court in California over the iPad label.
Midway Games may have gone bankrupt in 2009, but its vintage titles are aren't similarly exhausted — Warner Bros. has announced that a Midway Arcade app that includes ten memorable classics is now available for iOS for $0.99.
The US Air Force has canceled plans to buy thousands of iPads, reportedly over fears that the document viewing app it planned to use would be a security risk due to the developer's Russian nationality.
Proview has announced plans to step up its action against Apple, and says it will call on customs officials to ban both the import and export of iPads, as well as confiscate the devices in 30 more cities.
Air Mobility Command (AMC), which is concerned primarily with support missions like airlifts and mid-air refueling entered a proposal to purchase anywhere from 63 to 18,000 iPad 2's to use as electronic flight bags. No deal has been struck — this is just a proposal for the moment.
There was also a hidden feature that we weren't aware of until, well, today: "phantom keys." The discovery comes from David Chartier, who notes that when in split mode you can type Y, H, and B with your left thumb by reaching just across to the dead space adjacent to the T, G, and V. Similarly, reverse those letter combinations to see what you can hit with your right thumb.
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WASHINGTON (AP) - Lower gas costs offset more expensive food and higher rents to keep a measure of U.S. consumer prices flat last month.
The Labor Department says food prices increased 0.2 percent in December from November. Rents and airline fares also rose. Gasoline prices fell a seasonally adjusted 2.3 percent.
The overall flat reading ends a year when inflation slowed. The consumer price index rose only 1.7 percent in 2012, down from 3 percent in 2011. Food prices increased 1.8 percent, down from 4.7 percent in 2011. Energy prices rose slightly.
Excluding the volatile food and energy categories, core prices ticked up 0.1 percent in December.
Core prices rose only 1.9 percent in 2012, below the Federal Reserve's inflation target of 2 percent. That's also lower than 2011's increase of 2.2 percent.


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Jennifer Lopez looked absolutely stunning in a sexy green dress by Versace, at the recent Milan Fashion Week Spring Summer 2020.
The dress is not original though. It is a new version of the iconic Versace green silk dress the popular diva wore on February 23, 2000 at the 42nd Grammy Awards.
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» RELATED: Considering the water diet? Here’s what you need to know
Certainly, staying hydrated does contribute to overall health, according to experts like Dr. Angie Eakin, a family medicine physician at Barnard Medical Center in Washington, D.C.
"Every single cell in your body needs fluid to function properly," she told Health.com. "That's why even mild dehydration can make you irritable, foggy-headed, and headachy."
But numerous misconceptions have flowed from the basic principle that staying hydrating is a good thing.
Here are six of the most prominent myths about drinking water, followed by the icy cold truths:
6 myths about drinking water, debunked
Myth: Drinking lots of water will curb your appetite.
Fact: The only weight-loss benefit of drinking lots of water is that it keeps your mouth too busy to eat.
As part of coverage on the "Top 10 Fitness Myths," Fitness magazine experts crushed the dieting myth that drinking lots of water makes you less hungry. "Sorry to tell you this," the Fitness editors wrote. "You may eat less, because you're too busy trucking back and forth between the bathroom and dinner table, but that's about it."
Myth: You might be thirsty when you think you're hungry.
Fact: You're probably hungry when you think you're hungry.
While boredom, habit or stress might make you eat when you're not hungry, your body is unlikely to mix up hunger and thirst, Penn State nutrition professor Barbara Rolls, Ph.D., told Health.com. The sensations aren't even similar. "They feel different and are regulated by separate mechanisms in your body," Rolls said. When you need hydration, cell and blood volumes tank, giving you an unpleasantly dry, tacky-feeling mouth. There's little chance you'll mistake that for the sensation of hunger, which takes cues from gut hormones, nutrients and glucose and is signaled with a rumbling stomach and a sensation of emptiness.
Myth: You need to chugalug water constantly or risk imminent dehydration.
Fact: A healthy diet and drinking when you're thirsty will hydrate you just fine.
There's no need to constantly gulp down water, according to Rolls. As she told Health.com, the moisture in food alone provides about 20 percent of the fluid you need. Instead of randomly chugging water throughout the day, Rolls recommended avoiding dry foods like heavily processed crackers and filling up on hydrating produce like cucumbers, which are 97 percent water. Do that and drink water when you're thirsty, and your hydration levels should be fine, Rolls said.
Myth: You can overhydrate easily.
Fact: It's unusual to drink too much water.
People commonly worry about the risk of drinking too much water, but that's low on the list of concerns, said Nicole G. Morgan, a registered dietitian and nutritionist who practices in Atlanta.
She said overhydrating is much more difficult than most people think. "You would have to consume your full water requirement for the day in a short time frame for it to become dangerous." To avoid even this slight danger of drinking too much water, Morgan recommended spreading out an increase in water intake over the course of a day. "That approach to hydration is generally regarded as safe and healthy," she said.
Myth: Bottled water fortified with electrolytes is healthier.
Fact: Most Americans don't need fortified drinks.
In a 2015 evaluation of coconut water and other sports drinks, Consumer Reports concluded that most Americans don't need fortified bottled water. The consumer watchdog noted that the labels on the drinks said they contained added electrolytes, minerals that help regulate muscle function and water balance, which can be lost during long intense workouts. CR then concluded that few people in America exercise so vigorously as to need to replenish electrolytes.
CR also quoted Leslie Bonci, a dietitian and director of sports nutrition at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, who said, "Any liquid is going to be hydrating, even coffee. Do vitamins and minerals add to hydration? No. What's hydrating is the fluid."
Myth: Everyone needs eight 8-ounce glasses of water a day.
Fact: There's no basic rule about how much water you need to stay hydrated.
This is one of the most widespread myths about drinking water, but on closer examination it really doesn't hold up, according to diet and nutrition experts at Consumer Reports on Health in a recent report on "How to Stay Hydrated." They noted that an appropriate amount of water per day can vary "a good bit" from person to person. In general, people who are heavier or taller or more active need to take in more water to cover their losses. In addition, hot or humid weather might increase a person's need for water intake.
To make sure you get enough water, CR experts recommended taking these steps:
- Drink before you feel parched.
- Sip small amounts throughout the day, instead of worrying about downing a full glass of water all at once.
- Carry a water bottle with you so you can drink when you're thirsty.
- Remember that all beverages count towards hydration, except for the ones that contain alcohol.
Even caffeinated drinks count towards hydration, Janet Mentes, Ph.D., a professor at the UCLA School of Nursing, told CR. While coffee and tea and some sodas are mild diuretics that can cause you to urinate more often, they add more to your liquid stores than you'll lose from extra urination, she said.


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USA Technologies, Inc. highlighted its customer, City Vending Co., Inc. for its effective use of USAT's ePort® and ePort Connect® service for cashless payment and telemetry to drive improved business results. Located in Fort Worth, Texas, City Vending has transitioned from zero to more than 300 cashless payment terminals in less than a year and has indicated that it has leveraged USAT's cashless payment and telemetry offerings to drive improved financial performance, customer retention and consumer satisfaction.
City Vending's chief financial officer, Tom Elich, said in a prepared statement, "We believe cashless has contributed to a 20 to 30 percent sales uplift since we first began to deploy cashless payment less than a year ago, with both credit and cash sales up. When you spread that over our cashless machines deployed to date, that equates to more than $100,000 in new annual revenue for City Vending. I have never been so pleased."
Based on a sampling of 125 machines over a nine month time period, the average credit spend on City Vending's cashless machines is approximately 48 percent higher than the average cash purchase, which exceeds the average credit "spend" derived from USAT's 2013 Cashless Knowledge Base (recently released data based on 62,000 terminals over a three month period, January to March 2013). According to City Vending, beyond the immediate benefit to the consumer of being able to purchase multiple products with one cashless transaction, City Vending has used cashless to enhance its product offerings for higher priced products. For example, sales of their energy and other premium drinks have grown by at least 50 percent."Cashless has not only provided City Vending with direct financial benefits, but the consumer satisfaction and customer retention benefits have been overwhelming—to the point where consumers go out of their way to thank us," continued Elich. "Our customers, from business to manufacturing complexes, recognize that and appreciate our proactive approach.""We have also utilized the strategic opportunities a cashless payment platform can provide to optimize our presence in a number of unique locations, like hotels and bars. For example, in high cash-theft areas, cashless has essentially eliminated that exposure for us. In bar locations, where cash and coin can be limited, we are now contributing more strategically as a business partner by offering more chips, salty snacks and cigarettes. It keeps consumers happy—and in the bar," said Elich.
City Vending is also using VendSys, a certified VMS (vending management system) supplier that participates in USAT's DEX partner program. USAT's DEX Partner Program optimizes customers' use of cashless payment offerings by integrating USAT's wireless DEX and telemetry available through its ePort Connect® service with one of several vending management solutions available in the market today.
"City Vending's experience with USAT's cashless payment platform syncs with the data we are seeing for many of other customers," said Michael K. Lawlor, senior vice president of sales and business development for USAT. "Our recently released 2013 Cashless Knowledge Base showed a 28 percent increase in average monthly revenues and 23 percent increase in average monthly transactions for a dataset of approximately 10,000 vending terminals over a twelve month period following deployment of USAT's cashless payment offering."
"We believe our Knowledge Base results, and those of customers like City Vending, should not be overlooked in today's competitive marketplace," continued Lawlor. "Every day, customers are walking away from cash-only acceptance because they don't carry enough cash—and mobile payment will only exacerbate that trend. At the same time, 'coin/cash only' business operators have few tools in their pocket to drive new opportunities. USAT's cashless payment platform can provide that assistance. It's no longer about cash versus credit or debit card acceptance, but about cashless igniting a connection with the consumer that the self-serve, unattended market has never had before."


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Oregon is one of eight states in consideration for an electric car manufacturing plant that could employ 900 workers.
Representatives from Think North America will visit Portland on Tuesday in an appearance with Gov. Ted Kulongoski, a spokesman confirmed Friday morning.
The Norway-based company announced in March that it’s in discussions with eight states about building a manufacturing plant and technical center for its compact electric car, the Think city.
The plant would initially employ 300 and be capable of producing 16,000 cars per year. It would ultimately grow to 60,000 cars per year and 900 workers, the company said.
The tiny four-seat all-electric car can reach more than 60 mph and travel 112 miles on a single charge, operating either on sodium or lithium-ion batteries, the company claims. It’s designed to have a low carbon footprint and features recyclable plastic body panels and a fully recyclable interior.
Spokesman Brendan Prebo said the company hopes to get the price of the car down to $20,000 after tax incentives, but must reduce the cost of the battery to meet that goal.
U.S. production is expected to start in 2010, with the first-year volume of 2,500 units available to pilot and demonstration projects, the company said.
Thus far, the company has only identified California and Michigan, its North American headquarters, as Oregon’s competition for the plant.
The contest is moving quickly.
Prebo said the company will choose a site in the next couple of months in order to meet its goal of starting production by mid-2010.
That means Think is eyeing existing brownfield sites and preferably a location that has existing and available manufacturing space. Prebo said Think has identified several U.S. sites with existing manufacturing space, but wouldn’t say whether any of those were in Oregon.
Kulongoski has put a target on the fast-rising electric vehicle industry and hopes to cement Oregon’s reputation as an early adopter of the technology.
Already Portland holds the oft-cited record of having the most hybrid-fuel vehicles per capita of any city in the nation.
Portland General Electric Co. earlier this year began installing electric vehicle charging stations throughout its service station. And the state Department of Transportation earlier this week began soliciting bids for electric charging manufacturers, the first solicitation of its kind in the nation.
Kulongoski and Sen. Ron Wyden will join Think CEO Richard Canny for a test drive of a Think city vehicle Tuesday at 11:45 a.m. the World Trade Center building, next to PGE’s electric charging station at 121 S.W. Salmon Street.
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Web 2.0 combined with increased broadband presence has the power to re-fuel e-commerce, according to a recent Paul Budde report.
Google has released an SDK (software development kit) that programmers can use to create mobile phone applications for the company's Android mobile platform.
Microsoft has scheduled just two security updates for Tuesday to fix flaws in Windows 2000, XP and Server 2003. One of the two is a leftover from October that was bumped at the last minute.
Sony Ericsson has introduced a "world standard" 3G USB modem, and has extended its relationship with Google by announcing its first mobile phone with Google Maps and RSS newsfeeds as standard.
Google's plans to enter the mobile industry with a cell phone platform might have impressed many in the industry but not Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft and one of Google's biggest competitors.
Google's move into the market for smartphone operating software has hyped the idea of a "Gphone," but the new software may take a while to catch on, the head of mobile microprocessor developer ARM said this week.
A top official from Microsoft's developer division showcased an array of new development technologies this week, including a demo of the game World of Warcraft running within the company's Visual Studio integrated development environment.
Facebook presented its master plan for boosting its advertising revenue now that it has the challenge of living up to its stratospheric US$15 billion valuation.
An Australian researcher claims he has come up with a way to boost broadband speeds on ordinary ADSL lines by up to ten times.
Physicists at the University of California, Berkeley, have built the world's smallest radio out of single carbon nanotube one ten-thousandth the width of a human hair.
Google's introduction of its Android device operating system and Open Handset Alliance on Monday could help create just the breed of mobile Linux platform that many enterprise IT managers have been waiting for, industry experts contend.
ESET Australia has announced it is offering Australian owners of antivirus suites a free cross grade to its new Smart Security product.
Google and several other technology companies plan to unveil a new mobile platform called Android on Monday, according to a statement from the company. The system is expected to yield an actual phone in the second half of 2008.
New Zealand lawyer Peter Dengate Thrush was elected chairman of the Internet Corporation of Assigned Names and numbers (ICANN), the body that regulates the technical structure of the internet, last week.
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Treyarch has revealed a few crucial details about the Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 beta that you need to know.
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Launching new propositions brings many learnings
Paul Stockwell, chief commercial officer at Gatehouse Bank | 14:54 Wednesday 12th June 2019 | 9
Whenever a financial organisation launches a new product, despite all the research and insight they may have carried out, there is that sense of nervousness as they wait to see how it will be received.
When you occupy a relatively nascent sector in the UK — such as sharia-compliant finance — that concern is increased because every product involves convincing people to consider and choose something new. In our case, that goes for many Muslim consumers too. While many of the UK’s almost 3.4 million Muslim community would prefer sharia-compliant products, they have for years had to settle for conventional finance in the absence of any real choice or products that fit their religious needs.
So, in December, when we piloted our first home purchase plan (HPP) — a sharia-compliant mortgage alternative — we had a good idea who our proposition would appeal to. However, we have been surprised by the strong response we have seen. Experience tells us that no amount of market research can guarantee how a new financial product will be received. In the end, it is always the market that decides and that can either be exciting or depressing, depending on the response. We are fortunate enough to have been positively surprised by the reaction to our HPP proposition.
When we first rolled out HPP, the generally accepted view was that the main audience would be members of the UK Muslim community, but we knew there were good reasons why others might be interested. We resolved to encourage customers with diverse backgrounds to consider the benefits. We took the decision to also offer our service to UK expats and international residents looking for a home.
Demand from all quarters was a major factor in the bank accelerating the development of a wider range of products. In fact, the first major evolution of HPP occurred last month, well ahead of schedule. Something else we didn’t see coming was the extent to which non-Muslim consumers would be attracted to our offering, although, of course, we had hoped this would take place. Why? The answer lies in the UK’s global workforce. Many will continue to have strong financial ties to the UK and represent a huge opportunity for UK institutions. Despite this, expats have been underserved in recent years and there are a few reasons for this.
Some institutions have focused on domestic markets as regulatory requirements have become more demanding and, therefore, more expensive to administer. KYC checks on those overseas can be more difficult and, because those overseas can often have less conventional earnings patterns, they can struggle to meet the current affordability criteria introduced since the financial crisis. All this meant that when our HPP product for expats went live in December, a captive audience was waiting for us.
A failure of other providers to satisfy demand in this market has forced them to consider other options. Brought to us by necessity, many of these customers are now far more aware of what sharia-compliant finance has to offer, more comfortable with the linguistic differences and a great many will no doubt embrace other sharia-compliant products in the future. Conventional banking’s loss will, hopefully, be our gain.
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Shortly after the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3 launched this summer, hackers figured out how to unlock the foldable phone’s bootloader and root the device. But there was a catch: if you unlocked the bootloader, the phone’s cameras would stop working. So users had to choose between unlocked and rooted or… you know, fully functional hardware.
Now it looks like you may not have to choose anymore: over the weekend xda-developers forum member exocetdj discovered that if you have a Galaxy Z Fold 3 running the latest beta firmware, unlocking the bootloader no longer causes the cameras to stop working.
In other recent tech news from around the web, Mozilla has released an update for the Firefox web browser, many of Intel’s 14nm Comet Lake-H processors have less than a year to live, and the KDE Plasma Mobile suite of software for Linux phones has seen a whole lot of updates in the past month or so.
Unlocking the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3 bootloader no longer causes the cameras to stop functioning. Now when you start the unlocking process you’ll see a warning letting you know that doing so will allow you to install a “custom OS,” but that those operating systems haven’t undergone the same level of testing as an official build of Android from Samsung.
Previously the warning let users know that the camera would be disabled and “may cause your phone or apps to stop working correctly.”
One thing that hasn’t changed is that unlocking the bootloader will result in a factory reset, which will wipe all date, files, contacts, and settings from the device. So make sure to back up anything important before beginning.
Firefox 95 released with RLBox technology for all platforms, providing more security against vulnerabilities in third-party libraries, site isolation to protect against side-channel attacks, and efficiency improvements for macOS.
Intel plans to discontinue 10th-gen Intel Comet Lake-H series chips in 2022 as the company starts to close the door on 14nm. Affected chips include the Core i5-10200H, Core i5-10300H, Core i5-10400H, Core i5-10500H, Core i7-10750H, Core i7-10850H, Core i7-10870H, Core i7-10875H, Core i9-10885H, Core i9-10980HK, Xeon-W-10855M, and Xeon W-10885M.
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A recent study by Sharethrough and Nielsen shows that native video ads are more effective at increasing brand lift than pre-roll ads.
The study compared pre-roll ads to native video ads in five marketing campaigns. According to the research, native ads were more effective at increasing brand reach in all the cases studied.
For its study Sharethrough defines native video ads as user-initiated videos that do not have a limit on length. Pre-roll ads were defined as auto-played video on user-selected content that is no longer than 30 seconds in length.
According to the study, consumers were less likely to respond positively to brand surveys featured after a pre-roll video ad. Sharethrough VP of Marketing and Communications Chris Schreiber says the data shows that consumers prefer choice.
“While we’ve always considered it to be self-evident that choice beats interruption, sometimes you just need data to help hammer home the case,” said Schreiber in a blog post.
“This report helps illustrate the positive impact that native ads can have for brand advertisers and why they should be careful about the use of interruptive advertising mediums.”
Sharethrough’s research found that native ads create about 82 percent brand lift among consumers who see the ads. In comparison, it was found that pre-roll ads only offered about a 2 percent brand lift among consumers who were exposed to the forced advertisement.
The study’s data comes as consumers began watching online video in growing numbers. Over 24 billion videos streamed online in the U.S. in December of last year, according to the study. Sharethrough and Nielsen’s study also found that U.S. consumers spent 360 billion minutes online last December.
Study results come from five campaigns run by Sharethrough. The company worked with brands to offer the same message in both native and pre-roll advertisements. Following the campaigns, Nielsen used its Online Brand Effect platform to measure brand lift and other metrics.
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Just Eat shares traded at 782p, roughly 6% above the offer, implying shareholders are holding-out for more.
Sophie Lund-Yates, equity analyst at Hargreaves Lansdown commented: "Prosus is back for another round, after its original offer was rebuffed, it's trying again with a better deal valuing Just Eat at £5.1bn.
In recognition of this potential, we have chose to increase our offer to 740 pence per share, which we believe provides Just Eat Shareholders with compelling value and therefore good reason to accept our all-cash offer", Prosus' chief executive, Bob van Dijk, said. The Dutch group's proposed deal is 0.09744 of one its shares for one of Just Eat, which at a share price of €86.25 is worth around 705p.
He added that Just Eat "has all the ingredients to be transformed into a long-term sector winner" and said.
Takeaway's all-stock proposal, which has been recommended by Just Eat's board, valued the United Kingdom company at 731 pence a share based on the Dutch company's share price of 83.55 euros ($92.37) on the last day before the deal was first disclosed in July, but its value has declined since then.
Prosus has size on its side.
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Prosus came to market in September 2019 through the listing of the worldwide internet assets of Naspers, a global consumer internet group and remains 74.06% owned by Naspers.
And reacted by calling the Prosus bid quote "derisory". Prosus had also made two previous offers of 670p and 700p a share.
Takeway.com again urged shareholders accept its offer in a circular today saying: "The Combination of Just Eat and Takeaway.com is an exciting opportunity which will create the largest online food delivery platform outside China, with no.1 positions in 15 of the Combined Group's 23 countries globally2 and combined revenues of €1.2 billion, focusing exclusively on online food delivery". The deal would be much more transformational for Takeaway, which has a market value of about $5.8bn.
After a merger with Takeaway.com, Just Eat shareholders will own 52.1% of the enlarged company.
"This revised Prosus offer is wholly inadequate and shows Just Eat shareholders that Prosus can not muster a credible bid", said Alex Captain, founder and managing partner of Cat Rock. "I don't want to be the idiot that runs into a ratio that doesn't make any sense", Jitse Groen, Takeaway's CEO and founder said in November.


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Google has taken a small stake in music-video service Vevo as part of a deal to keep its content on Google’s YouTube video site, the search giant said Wednesday.
Google’s roughly 7% investment values the four-year-old Vevo at around $650 million, meaning Google put in around $45 million of its own money, said a person familiar with the deal.
Vevo has long been the most-viewed “channel” on YouTube, according to comScore. As its partnership with Google hung in the balance in recent months, Vevo held talks with many other technology companies, including Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Twitter Microsoft and others to help distribute online its music videos from major music-publishing labels Universal Sony and EMI, people familiar with the matter have said.
The music labels, whose artists include Taylor Swift, Justin Timberlake and Miley Cyrus, own a large piece of Vevo.
The move marks the second time Google has taken a stake directly in a video content company. Last year Google invested in Machinima, another top creator of videos on YouTube, which gets more than a billion unique visitors per month, according to the company.
Google said in a statement Wednesday that it was “excited by their future prospects and to provide YouTube users with the best possible music experience.” Vevo said it wouldn’t comment about the deal.
Given what was at stake for both companies, many industry observers doubted that Google and Vevo would part ways as they negotiated how much revenue Vevo should pay YouTube to host its videos.
Vevo sells hundreds of millions of dollars in ads that appear alongside the videos, and it shares an undisclosed portion of the resulting revenue with YouTube. The videos are “embedded” on millions of sites beyond YouTube.com, including Facebook and Twitter.


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Seafood soups and stews fall into two categories: rustic, easy, comforting dishes with big flavors and a balance of seafood and vegetables, and richer, more refined and more labor-intensive affairs like seafood bisques or French soupe de poissons and its Southern French counterpart, bouillabaisse . The latter are special occasion dishes best left to restaurants with a budget for labor and specialty fish. It’s the rustic, country-style soups and stews that are fun to make at home, both for dinner parties and family meals.
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Codexis, which produces enzymes and catalysts for biofuels and greener chemicals, raises $78 million as this year's first IPO of a U.S.-based green tech company.
Making industrial chemicals from plants is easier to crack into than the cut-rate world of transportation fuels for young green-tech companies seeking a commercial foothold.
No doubt, technology innovation has blossomed in energy and the environment, but green-tech upstarts still have a long way to go to make an economic and environmental impact.
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Parts of Conley Terminal are more like a construction site than a container ship dock, Like much of South Boston already has, it is undergoing a major renovation.
Conley Terminal is the second maritime property of the Massachusetts Port Authority (Massport), the other being a cruise ship terminal. And it is the site of $800 million in capital improvements aimed at bringing more freight and making it a preferred gateway into one of the fastest growing U.S. cities, as well as the greater New England region.
Marine terminals to the south and to the north dwarf the 100-acre site. But its small size belies a hunger for more freight.
“If you can provide a consistent gateway that can provide good service, that’s the base for the BCOs,” said Mike Meyran, acting port director. “We’ve invested a lot to move the trucks faster. That’s one less thing for them to have to worry about.”
The port, which moved 307,331 twenty-foot equivalent units last year, is looking to add capacity to handle 450,000 TEUs, with an ultimate goal of 600,000 TEUs in capacity. Size-wise, Conley is looking to expand 30 acres.
Conley is getting help as the U.S. Department of Transportation awarded Massport a $20 million grant toward the project.
The largest part of the project spend is $350 million toward dredging Boston Harbor to 47 feet. Workers at Conley are installing pylons for a new 1,000-foot ship berth. Once the new berth is completed, Massport will also add three neo-Panamax cranes, with lift height of 160 feet and an outreach of 22 rows wide, capable of handling ships up to 14,000 TEUs.
Those cranes are next to six that are just under 100 feet high due to the air restrictions from nearby Logan Airport.
On the land side, Massport added four rubber tire gantries for container handling this year, bringing its fleet to 16. On the terminal’s southern side runs the 2-year-old, $75 million Butler Freight Road, which diverts truck traffic off local streets.
The old road was typical of South Boston, with “a lot of tight turns and was very inefficient for the truckers to drive through,” Meyran said. Massport is also considering another truck corridor that will connect to I-93.
Massport will also raze the old truck gate and install a new one with 10 inbound and 6 outbound lanes, kitted with the latest in terminal technology.
The port’s efficiency and small size means low turn times for drivers — 35 minutes or less, Meyran said.
“That’s sort of what’s given us the edge over New York-New Jersey, being virtually congestion free,” he said.
The price also helps. Amy Elmore, director of international logistics for Bob’s Discount Furniture, said the all-in cost of a container move through Boston is $400 to $500 less than a comparable move through the New York-New Jersey gateway.
While the ocean rate is higher into Boston, the costs of drayage, chassis and tolls through New Jersey and New York into Massachusetts make it less competitive. CSX also offers weekly rail service from NY-NJ to Worcester, about an hour outside of Boston.
Conley is “a very efficient and cost-effective port for us,” Elmore said. “We want to see them succeed.”
Massport’s Meyran said Boston is competitive with NY-NJ for moving freight as far west as Albany. Likewise, Conley can be competitive into other New England states, which can also be served by drayage from the port of Montreal.
In addition to the physical makeover, Meyran credits an operational makeover through a 2012 labor agreement with the local International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) with helping boost productivity at the port.
“We were the least efficient port on the U.S. East Coast,” Meyran said. Since then, the port has been able to boost efficiency by one-third and Massport has a “great relationship with labor.”
Shawn Fox, head of North American sales at Swift Fox International Logistics, remembers the bad old days at Conley. As a trainee for U.S. Lines in 1985, his job was to check equipment at the dock, a task usually reserved for a longshoreman.
Just before his Christmas break, a Massport snowplow drove into Fox’s car, destroying it. At the time, longshore labor handled snow removal at Conley. U.S. Lines itself pulled out of the Boston market because of “slow labor, no work in the rain, slow gate turns and walkouts all the time,” Fox said.
The trick now for Conley will be to attract more container services. Right now, the port is only served by a once-weekly MSC service from Europe and two China services from the Ocean Alliance and THE Alliance.
Southeast Asia is the growing freight origin for much of the East Coast. But the lack of direct service into Conley means trans-shipping through another port, a logistical headache in ocean freight.
“Southeast Asia is the next big one for us,” Meyran said. “That will come with the increased capacity at the terminal. The timing in the market shift is perfect and I think we are positioned well.”


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SEAGM celebrates Birthday Anniversary with TikTok!
SEAGM celebrates Birthday Anniversary with TikTok! Thus, the event marks a significant 14th year milestone for the company since its establishment. SEAGM is celebrating the event with some creative and fun activities in store for all! Accordingly, customers, business partners as well as staff are all welcome to join in the fun festivity. Significantly, alongside the highly anticipated event, SEAGM is proud to be in their first-ever collaboration with TikTok.
A fun and creative collaboration
To start with, the collaboration event will commence on October 19, 2021 (00:00 AM GMT+8) and ends on October 28, 2021 (23:59 PM GMT +8). In order to participate, all contestants have to do is post a captivating TikTok video with Mobile Legends Bang Bang (MLBB) content. In addition, participants can state the hashtag #MLBBDiamonds in the post’s caption.
Contestants are encouraged to use their creativity when submitting the content. Particularly, for the in-game MLBB content. For example, the content can include the likes of funny moments, kill compilations, MEGA Kill highlights, and etc.
As a result, SEAGM will be offering 100 lucky winners a prize of 1000 SEAGM Credits (worth RM10 each). Hence, winners can then spend their prize on any product in their webstore. To this end, winners will receive an email between October 29th and November 4th 2021.
Diversity of gaming
Indeed, the collaboration aims to celebrate the gaming community and promote diversity for gaming content in TikTok. SEAGM hopes to nurture the mobile gaming community and to grow a healthy environment for mobile gamers all around the world. Together with TikTok, the potential to achieve this goal is certainly possible. KOLs will be kicking off the livestreams to boost more reach from the community.
For more information on the event, visit SEAGM’s official website and follow SEAGM on TikTok.


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Other surveys have come up with different spending projections. In June, consulting firm AlixPartners said auto industry investments in electric vehicles would reach $330 billion by 2025. In 2020, all global automakers combined spent nearly $225 billion on capital expenditures and research and development, according to AlixPartners.
Tesla Inc (TSLA.O), the world’s largest EV manufacturer, appears to be the one company that is selling virtually every vehicle it can build and is readying new multibillion-dollar “gigafactories” near Berlin and Austin that will significantly boost its annual production capacity. In early November, the company was valued at $1.2 trillion, more than twice the combined value of Volkswagen AG (VOWG_p.DE), Toyota Motor Corp (7203.T), Ford Motor Co (F.N) and General Motors Co (GM.N).
Meanwhile, political and regulatory pressure is building on the world’s carmakers to begin phasing out production of fossil-fueled vehicles, including gasoline-electric hybrids, over the next 10-15 years, while ramping up output of full electric models.
A number of countries, from Singapore to Sweden, have said they will ban sales of new combustion engine vehicles by 2030. U.S. President Joseph Biden has said he wants 40% to 50% of sales to be electric vehicles by 2030.
Germany’s VW Group, which is still recovering financially from the 2016 Dieselgate emissions cheating scandal, continues to lead the rest of the industry, with more than $110 billion in EV and battery investment commitments through 2030. Those commitments, which represent more than 20% of the industry total, underpin VW’s aggressive rollout plans for millions of EVs in Europe, China and North America over the next decade.
VW’s investments, like those of many of its rivals, are aimed at improving the range and performance of batteries and lowering the cost of EVs, as well as expanding battery and EV production across the globe, according to public data released by the companies.
VW and fellow German automakers Daimler AG (DAIGn.DE) and BMW AG (BMWG.DE) are planning to spend a combined $185 billion through 2030, while U.S. automakers GM and Ford expect to spend nearly $60 billion through 2025.
Chinese automakers, led by VW and GM local partner SAIC Motor (600104.SS), have announced well over $100 billion in investment targets over the next decade. Japanese automakers lag far behind, with Honda Motor (7267.T), Toyota Motor and Nissan Motor (7201.T) so far publicly committing less than $40 billion combined.
These investments do not include the tens of billions of dollars being invested in additional production capacity by the world’s largest battery companies, many in cooperation with their automaker partners.
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The Consumer Affairs Authority announces that the weight of bread for sale must be clearly marked.
Also, the Consumer Affairs Authority has issued a gazette notice stating the prescribed weight of a loaf of bread and half a loaf of bread.
Accordingly, the standard weight of a loaf of bread should be 450 grams, and its Tolerance Deficiency could be up to 13.5 grams.
The recommended weight of half of bread should be 225 grams, and its Tolerance Deficiency should not exceed 09 grams.
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The Fried Chicken Scented Sunscreen KFC Has Just Launched Is Already Sold Out
By Junru Tan, 23 Aug 2016
Popular finger lickin’ good fried chicken chain KFC has ventured into the beauty industry by releasing an ‘Extra Crispy Sunscreen’ that comes with SPF protection and a fried chicken scent.
According to KFC’s website, the innovative sunscreen works in a simple manner. “Harmful ultraviolet rays bounce off your skin, while the lovely fragrance rays penetrate it to give you a healthy chicken aroma.”
Due to high demand, the poultry-inspired product has already sold out online.
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A new lie-flat prototype sleep product called Economy Skynest which provides six full length lie-flat sleep pods for Economy Class passengers on long-haul flights has been unveiled by Air New Zealand (ANZ).
Chief marketing and customer officer Mike Tod said the airline, which operates some of the world's longest flights, such as the forthcoming 17hr 40min Auckland – New York service, was “committed to putting more magic back into flying”.
He added: "A lot of development work is under way on product innovations. A clear pain point for long-haul Economy passengers is the inability to stretch out. The Economy Skynest is a direct response to that challenge."
ANZ, which abandoned London services last year (BTN 28 October 2019), will decide next year whether to operate the Economy Skynest after it has assessed the first 12 months of the Auckland – New York operation.
General manager of customer experience Nikki Goodman said customer and cabin crew feedback on the Economy Skynest during its final phase of development had been “outstanding”.
She added: "We see a future flying experience where an Economy Class passenger on a long-haul flight would book the Economy Skynest in addition to his or her Economy seat, get some quality rest and arrive at the destination ready to go. This is a game changer on many levels”.
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The use and processing of the controversial biofuel palm oil in the Netherlands has doubled in the past six years, up to 1.3 million tonnes in 2012 . This is stated in a research report published on Monday by the European umbrella organization of Milieudefensie. Wednesday, the European Parliament will approve a proposal of the European Commission, to reduce the use of food crops (including palm oil) to a maximum of 5 percent in fuel mixes. Milieudefensie calls on parliamentarians to support this plan . Largest importer Throughout the European Union, the use of palm oil for biofuels has increased since 2006 by 365 percent. That is much more than expected, say the researchers. At this moment, the biofuel mix contains 20 percent palm oil in Europe . Netherlands is, of the EU countries, the largest importer and processor of palm oil. According to the report, the increase is mainly due to the EU's policy to encourage the use of biofuel in the transport sector Unacceptable "It is unacceptable that we are stuffing our tanks in the Netherlands and Europe with palm oil, while elsewhere in the world this leads to deforestation and food shortages," says campaigner Geert Ritsema of Milieudefensie. International institutions such as the World Food Organization of the United Nations (FAO) warn already for years on the problems surrounding bio-fuel, according to Ritsema. Due to the increasing demand for this fuel for cars there are more and more oil palm plantations. Palm oil Palm oil is vegetable oil which is extracted from the fruit of the oil palm. Palm oil contains more saturated fat than other oils. Saturated fats are known to be unhealthy. Palm oil is considered the most widely used vegetable oil in the world and is used in making all kinds of food products, such as margarine, frying oil and biscuits, but also in bio-fuel and products such as soap and lipstick. Oil palm plantations Malaysia and Indonesia have the most plantations. Indonesia has more than six million hectares planted with palm trees and oil palm plantations in Malaysia cover about 4 million hectares. For this purpose tropical rainforests are cut down and burned, leading to additional greenhouse gas emissions. The companies that operate the oil palm plantations have all strong arguments to recommend the use of palm oil. These rich companies have no message to the equally strong counterarguments, which indicate that valuable farmland disappears, that there is much impact on the environment, forests disappears and the rights of indigenous people are violated.


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According to the chain operator, the announcement represents a "dramatic shift" for the 48-year-old brand, which, until now distributed supplies, goods and other products from its headquarters here to its almost 300 domestic franchise operations located from its western boundaries of New Mexico and South Dakota to its eastern boundaries of Virginia and Florida.
The company said the change, considered one of the most aggressive since Tim Taft, president and ceo, took over the firm in 2005, will improve its cost structure, resulting in savings on rising fuel costs, overhead and maintenance expenses. As a result of these cost reductions, the Pizza Inn said it will lower product costs for franchisees.
In line with this decision, Pizza Inn recently signed agreements with two distributorships, which are expected to take effect on Nov. 1. The companies are: The Sygma Network, a subsidiary of No.1 distributor Sysco Corp., Houston, and The IJ Co., a privately-held Tennessee-based company and No. 11 of the ID Top 50.
The distribution agreements provide that Sygma will be responsible for distributing food and other supplies to Pizza Inn locations in the mid-western and western parts of the United States while IJ will be responsible for distributing to locations in the eastern part of the country, the operator said.
Sygma will also lease the Pizza Inn's existing warehouse facility. Franchisees will still be able to use Norco for all other services, including ordering, billing, support, R&D and quality assurance. Norco transportation and warehouse personnel will be provided employment opportunities with Sygma.
"This is one of the most significant events that has taken place at Pizza Inn in recent years. The cost savings we realize will improve franchisee economics without compromising the company's profitability. We also expect this change to be a catalyst for the recruitment of new franchisees to the system as well as future development from our existing base of operators," Taft said
"If you look at the entire supply chain from manufacturing to the delivery of groceries to restaurants, outsourcing the logistics of delivering groceries to the restaurants was the ideal solution," said Jack Odachowski, vice president of supply chain management. "Innovation and creative thinking have produced an exciting opportunity for Pizza Inn and its franchisees."
Larry Rust, president of the Pizza Inn Franchise Association, observed: "For the first time we feel as if we have a management team that has the best interest of the franchisees at heart and the integrity to realize that the company's future growth can only be realized when franchisees and shareholders both prosper."


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Vendors and consumers alike fill Memorial Auditorium on a sunny Saturday morning. Tables of organic foods, rows of fresh produce, locally produced cheeses and syrups, and homemade crafts and jewelry are displayed throughout the room. A small stage is host to the performer of the day.
The Burlington Farmers’ Market held its first official market day in the summer of 1980, says current market manager Chris Wagner. “Before that, there had been a few sporadic gatherings, but it wasn’t anything big,” Wagner says. The desire of a group of nearby farmers and the growing popularity of Community Supported Agriculture (CSAs) and farmers’ markets led to the creation of the Burlington Farmers’ Market.
Clothing stores, restaurants, and street performers lined the cobblestone Church Street, which was growing increasingly popular and developed in the ‘80s. Wagner says that the market wanted to be close to Church Street and the commercial home of Burlington, so it was only natural that the market found its first home nearby the growing metropolis. The market settled down in the town center right off Church Street until it was forced to relocate when the center was turned into a shopping mall. Losing its location, the market spread out along sidewalks until finally making its way to City Hall Park on College Street. Wagner says that this year, the market plans to expand to St. Paul Street as well.
For more than half of its existence, the market was a summer and autumn event, open every Saturday morning from early May through late October. Wagner says that for a while when it first opened, the market tried to hold a “weekday market” on Wednesdays, but it wasn’t successful. In response to positive customer feedback, a winter farmers’ market was created. Started four years ago, the indoor winter market runs every other Saturday from November through April. This market is held at Memorial Auditorium, located on the corner of South Union Street and Main Street, a short walk from the location of its outdoor summer counterpart. Both the outdoor and the indoor markets are open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m during their given months.
“In the beginning, it was definitely just agriculture."
Vendors at the farmers’ market consist of both agriculture and craft businesses, though agriculture outweighs the crafts.
“In the beginning, it was definitely just agriculture,” Wagner says. The market mainly focused on selling local foods such as meat, cheese, veggies, and syrup. “Then the market went through a moment in the late ‘80s. It became really heavy on crafts because there are so many amazing craft vendors around here.” Wagner says the market did not want to turn into a crafts fair, and in order to remain a true agricultural farmers’ market, they made a rule that only 30 percent of vendors can sell crafts and the rest agriculture.
Joanne Kalisz moved to Vermont in 2003, and stumbled upon the Burlington Farmers’ Market one Saturday as she was walking downtown. Coming from a family of small-business owners, Kalisz had recently created a business of her own, Happy Fantastic Designs, named after her dog. Kalisz’s business sells homemade apparel and accessories for men, women, children and babies. She says she was interested in becoming part of the farmers’ market, but due to the limitation policy on craft vending, she wasn’t able to join until the summer of 2010.
“From a business standpoint, what drew me to the market was the fact that it’s like a well-oiled machine.” Kalisz says. “It’s managed very well.” She says the process of picking vendors is very fair, and that the market team makes decisions in the best interest of the market and its vendors.
“Then the market went through a moment in the late ‘80s. It became really heavy on crafts because there are so many amazing craft vendors around here."
Kalisz says she enjoys being a vendor for the farmers’ market, and is sad when she has to miss it. “I have to be pretty sick to miss the farmers’ market,” she says. “Even my friends know if it’s farmers’ market Saturday, I can’t do anything fun because I love being there.”
Kyle Burroughs and his girlfriend Julia Whitaker started their business, Wholey Cacao, in January 2011. They sell raw, organic hand-made chocolate products including chocolate truffles and chocolate-covered Goji berries. Burroughs found out about the farmers’ market from living in Burlington and saw it as a way to get exposure and sell products. “There was no other raw organic chocolate or any other chocolate at the farmers’ market,” Burroughs says.
Aside from being a unique vendor, Burroughs also likes being able to trade products with the other vendors. “One of the biggest perks besides the selling is just having all those farmers in one place and being able to trade for products,” Burroughs says.
“From a business standpoint, what drew me to the market was the fact that it’s like a well-oiled machine. "
From a business standpoint, what drew me to the market was the fact that it’s like a well-oiled machine.
Chris Wagner, market manager, greets customers as they enter Memorial Auditorium and answers questions they may have. Wagner has been manager for five years and says he enjoys talking with the customers and vendors.
Since it has first opened, the market has really gained attention and become more popular. Kalisz says that during her time being part of the market as a vendor and a customer, she has noticed that more people have been coming. She has also noticed that more people are coming earlier and wanting to stay later.
Wagner, who has been manager for five years, has also seen an increase in the number of people and vendors that attend. When he first started, Wagner only received about 30 applications from aspiring vendors. This year, he has received 75 applications for the summer market. He also managed to do a head count of the people attending the farmers’ market in August 2011, and found that over 5,000 people had attended.
With nothing to do on a sunny or even cloudy Saturday, walking around the farmers’ market gives people a sense of family. Dogs wander around on leashes with their owners in tow. People gather together and have friendly conversations, talking to one another and the business owners. “The sense of community goes hand in hand with the farmers’ market,” Kalisz says. “You really get the sense that people care about each other.”
Wagner says working there is very rewarding. “Getting involved in the food scene here in Burlington led me to the farmers’ market,” says Wagner. “Some of my best friends are now vendors from the market.”
“You really get the sense that people care about each other."
Burroughs agrees that the Burlington Farmers’ Market is a good way to make connections. “I think it’s a great way to go directly to the source and make friendships with where you get your food from. You directly support the people.”
If you were to be a vendor at the Burlington Farmers’ Market, what items would you want to sell? Would you rather be a craft or agriculture vendor?


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HUNTINGTON, WV (WOWK) – Marshall University president Brad Smith has recently been appointed the newest director at Amazon.
According to the company’s website, Smith will serve as a member of the audit committee. He is one of twelve directors serving on the board of the retail giant.
Prior to becoming President of Marshall University in 2022, Smith served as Executive Chair of Intuit Inc., a business software company.
He has also served as a director of Humana Inc., a director of Nordstrom Inc. and a director of Momentiv Global Inc., according to Amazon’s website.
In June 2023, Smith was named the wealthiest man in West Virginia, beating out Gov. Jim Justice (R-WV) for the title, according to Forbes.


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DSNTV: Being everywhere the shopper wants to engage with you
If retailers and brand manufacturers want to unravel the mystery and unlock the opportunity of the omnichannel consumer, they need to “take a step back and think like the consumer,” Rhonda Johnson, chief customer officer at Merck Consumer Care, told DSNTV in a special edition of DSN Executive Viewpoints.
“The reality is the consumer gets it — they’re shopping on their iphones; they’re shopping on their ipads; they’re scanning barcodes while they’re in the store, they know what they’re doing,” she explained. “Think about the consumer and how they access information. It doesn’t have to be best price — I think a lot of people are focusing on pricing implications of consumers having access to everything. But often, it’s bout increasing their knowledge, allowing them access to information as they’re trying to figure out and [navigate] the shopping experience.”
Retailers and suppliers need “to be more inclusive of online, mobile and in-store” to capture the omnichannel customer, Johnson noted. “Ten years ago, the big buzz word was ‘surround sound.’ Well, surround sound today is being everywhere the shopper wants to engage with us.”
For more, including how Merck Consumer Care is working to create more relevance with the consumer in a tough economy, and working with retailers to move the customer relationship from a transaction-based to an engagement-based model, click below to see the complete video.
Staples unveils small-footprint omnichannel format
Office-supply chain Staples has unveiled a new omnichannel concept store. The company has opened two smaller footprint stores in Norwood, Mass., and Dover, Del., that feature touchscreen kiosks that allow customers to order more than 100,000 items.
Other features include:
• A Business Lounge that includes meeting space and work stations for mobile professionals and allows customers to research and order Staples’ products;
• The ability to reserve online and pick up in store;
• New Staples EasyTech and Copy & Print spaces, displaying the latest service offerings and featuring consultation areas that allow Staples’ trained associates to assist small business customers; and
• An ink and toner finder that allows customers to easily track past purchases and find the right ink and toner for them. If their exact ink isn’t available in-store, a Staples associate can help them order it online and ship it to them for free.
Click below to watch the video.
DSNTV: Innovation uses simulation to measure impact of Rx investments
There are a lot of services that help retailers improve the customer experience at the front-end of the store, but not enough focused on patient engagement at the pharmacy counter, explained Innovation EVP global business development Doyle Jensen. That was the motivation behind the launch of Pharmacy Intelligence, Innovation’s technology solution that enables retailers to measure the impact an investment in new pharmacy technology will have before ever committing to it, Jensen told DSNTV in a recent edition of DSN Executive Viewpoints.
“What we found is technology is a pretty broad category, and you don’t always know where you can have the biggest impact in the pharmacy,” Jensen told DSNTV. “Sometimes at the very smallest level of workflow is where your best impact can be had.”


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Lots of tech companies claim they can solve big problems in business with big data analytics. A new startup in Northville, Loven Systems, believes it can do it better than everyone else by making technology that can mimic its user’s decision-making process.
"We look at how people make decisions," says Satyendra Rana, CTO of Loven Systems
Loven Systems is developing a cognitive software solution that will help business users outside of the IT department gain valuable insights from their available data. Rana is a serial entrepreneur who has worked in data analytics for decades. He co-founded Wayne State University's Big Data and Business Analytics Symposium and has worked to expand the data industry in the region.
Rana knows where the pitfalls are when it comes to big data’s potential and its reality.
"There is a big gap between what businesses want and what technology can produce," Rana says.
Loven Systems bridges that gap by crafting its software to think like its users. The idea is that if it makes decisions like its user would, then they will be more comfortable with the software's results and follow through on the insights. Rana points out that too often big data analytics firms come up short because they are used to running perfect information, which isn’t easily found in the real world.
"In the business world there is no perfect information," Rana says.
Loven Systems got its start 18 months ago with just Rana. By January of 2015, the company had a team of four people. Today it employs 30 individuals who are helping the firm lock up new clients in the retail and healthcare sectors. It's aiming to add financial sector firms soon, which will create the need for more hiring.
"We will probably have 40 people by the end of the year," Rana says.
Read more about Metro Detroit's growing entrepreneurial ecosystem at SEMichiganStartup.com.


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NEW YORK, NY – From Nov. 20th to Dec. 31st, shoppers can support the AIDS fight by purchasing the Special Edition (PRODUCT)RED “Clean It Zero” exclusively on Amazon.com/RED
BANILA CO the skincare and makeup brand launched the Special Edition (PRODUCT)RED “Clean It Zero” to raise funds and awareness for the fight to end AIDS.
(RED) was created in 2006 to transform the collective power of consumers into a force to fight AIDS.
BANILA CO is proud to be joining (SHOPATHON)RED for this limited time, holiday shopping experience on Amazon.com/RED in the U.S.
15% of the retail price from each sale on Amazon.com/RED will go to directly to support (RED)’s fight. 100% of the money (RED) raises goes to work on the ground in sub-Saharan Africa, to deliver programs that offer testing, treatment, prevention, counseling and care services.
Special Edition (PRODUCT)RED “Clean It Zero” – known as the “Zero cleanser” – is BANILA CO’s beloved, signature item.
It features that is solid matter at room temperature and be melted on skin and removes make up softly.
It remains active ingredients of skin and controls moisture balance to its optimum level.
So, it is sold every 3.2 seconds in the world and be settled into the “it-tem” for beauty lovers.
The “Clean It Zero” has dual meaning with it’s efforts to support (RED)’s mission – to get the number of babies born every day with HIV down to ZERO.
Features of ‘Clean It Zero’ which are the sherbet type cleansing balm thoroughly removing make up without impurities.
Since it is manufactured for cleansing make up softly and helping incurable disease patients, so it can bring on collecting desire to the consumers both who prepare the meaningful presents for holiday season and who buy the limited edition “Clean It Zero”.
BANILA CO said that “Because the ‘BANILA CO Clean it Zero’ is being loved steadily and could make impurities of makeup to zero, we’re proud to participate in the (SHOPATHON)RED supporting the fight to end AIDS.”
Special Edition (PRODUCT)RED “Clean It Zero” will be available exclusively on Amazon.com/RED from Nov 20 through Dec 31.


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It’s no wonder mobile commerce (m-commerce) is on the rise.
To put it simply, m-commerce is the process of shopping on a mobile device (typically a smartphone). Much like how e-commerce is shopping on a computer. While e-commerce has seen incredible growth in recent years, m-commerce continues to become increasingly popular.
Of the total retail sales in 2020, of which increased by 6.9% from 2019, consumers spent a total of $861.12 billion online (21.3%) with U.S retailers, an enormous increase of 44% from 2019. COVID-19 is largely to answer for this leap, resulting in an additional $174.87 billion in e-commerce revenue in 2020, where shoppers have been confined to their homes, shopping online out of necessity. While accelerated by COVID-19, these behavioral shifts in shopping habits are thought to stick around permanently, as consumers continue to rely heavily on digital devices now more than ever.
The tech-savvy of today, including app and social media users, Millennials and Gen Z’ers, hold significant spending power when it comes to the increase in m-commerce, contributing to major sales growth from both in-app purchases and buying through social commerce channels such as Facebook, Instagram & Pinterest. Since the COVID-19 crisis began, the global social commerce market was estimated to grow at a soaring rate of 31.4%, continuing to increase through 2021. Social media, which is largely targeted for app use on mobile devices, enables consumers to explore new brands via social content, hashtags, and targeted posts, as well as driving traffic to websites, allowing retailers to gain greater exposure to a wider audience in ways that solely brick and mortar or e-commerce alone, does not allow.
Thanks to technological advances it is becoming more and more user-friendly for consumers to shop on their phones. With functions such as one-click checkout and the ability to save payment details for next time, ‘buy’ buttons on social media channels, and easy in-app shopping experiences where you’re invited to create wish-and-shopping lists, technology has enabled retailers to optimize their apps and sites for mobile. These features, together with the increase in popularity of mobile wallets and contactless credit cards, are shortening the path to purchase for consumers.
Insider Intelligence predicts that mobile will inch closer to becoming the preferred platform for online shopping within the next five years, iterating further, both the incredible uptake in mobile commerce, and the need for merchants to react and adapt to the evolving, volatile market, and to their consumers.
Red Pepper’s mobile-friendly platform.
While digital catalogs are becoming increasingly popular as traditional print media is in decline, it’s important for brands to have a seamless, responsive publication that’s durable across any device. This not only enables customers to engage with the content at their fingertips, but it also allows for a consistent user experience, regardless of device.
Red Pepper’s platform recognizes screen size and optimizes the catalog appropriately, whether that’s desktop, mobile, or tablet, as well as amplifying catalog content to Facebook and Instagram, enabling consumers to view publications anywhere, anytime. We have seen the increase in m-commerce first-hand, as readership across the Red Pepper network is 19% higher on mobile devices than desktop. And with 76% of global consumers spending more time on their smartphones since the pandemic began, there’s no better time to put your catalogs where your customers are: online.


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New Delhi: The country's largest car maker Maruti Suzuki India on Thursday said it has achieved a sales milestone of over 10 lakh units from its Nexa premium retail network. The company had launched Nexa network in 2015 and currently sells models like Ciaz, S-Cross and Baleno from the retail channel.
At present, there are over 350 Nexa outlets covering more than 200 cities across the country. "This is a testament of our commitment towards providing the newest technologies to our customers," MSI Executive Director (Marketing & Sales) Shashank Srivastava said in a statement.
Architects of India's future will define the agenda for growth in this Golden Decade, at the Times Network India Economic Conclave - 25, 26 March | New Delhi. Watch LIVE coverage from the ground on Times Network News channels and www.indiaeconomicconclave.com.


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Lily Allen came into the Live Lounge and performed her new single Who'd Have Known and covered Oasis' I'm Outta Time.
She's got a sore throat , which she puts down to working too hard and too many gigs. Lily announced that she's going to take a year or so off from writing and touring.
Lily's looking at diversifying! She's going to work with her sister to start a new shop where you can hire the latest in fashion without having to pay celeb-type prices. She's also going to look into signing new bands.
She explained why her single sounds so similar to Take That's 'Shine': neither of them had heard 'Shine' when they banged out the initial chords. The moment of realisation came when the track was delivered to the record company. So she phoned Take That and checked that they were ok with it.
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The series has collectively generated over $1 billion in revenue for Konami, the publisher confirms.
Placeholder buttons for the three titles, potentially leading to future pages for Vol. 2, have been discovered on Konami's site.
Amidst growing rumours of a long-awaited revival, Konami has confirmed that the Metal Gear series has now hit 59.8 million units sold to date.
Series creator Hideo Kojima is celebrating the ninth anniversary of Metal Gear Solid 5: Ground Zeroes by revealing some interesting behind-the-scenes details about it.
Despite much of the franchise being currently unavailable on modern platforms, the Metal Gear franchise has shipped over 59.5 million copies.
Every title helmed by the legendary designer features countless details which are still extraordinary to behold. Check out 15 of them here.
The medium has no shortage of intriguing, surprising, or even double-crossing characters masked as seemingly useless, and here are 10 of them.
How did we go from Metal Gear Solid dominating mindshare and delivering one masterpiece after another over a pretty long period of time, to it suddenly turning into a what is essentially a dead fran...
They're bound to make you go "I understood that reference" more than once.
Now a lot more people can be here just to suffer.
Looks simply amazing.
2015's Game of the Year edition now available.
Always good to get another look.
Includes Ground Zeroes and The Phantom Pain with all DLC.
Kept you waiting, huh?
Not every masterpiece is perfect.
The former is free on Xbox One and the latter on Xbox 360.
Kojima Productions' swan-song still carries some visual flaws from Ground Zeroes but looks great overall.
Those picking up The Phantom Pain will have access to previously unlocked skins.
It seems the series creator knew his fate well in advance.


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DunnhumbyUSA and Kroger announced a new arrangement that the companies said will offer great flexibility regarding the use of data.
The supermarket industry’s biggest engine appears to be firing on nearly all cylinders.
Kroger on Wednesday was named a a 2015 ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year – Energy Management Award recipient.
Kroger is moving ahead with its strategic plan for 2015 by closing and rebranding some of its Harris Teeter stores in Tennessee.
Kroger promoted QFC VP merchandising Marlene Stewart to president of Dillons.
The Little Clinic, which is a subsidiary of Kroger, has earned The Joint Commission Gold Seal of Approval for the third consecutive time.
Kroger has boosted its headquarter head count by 50%, according to a Cincinnati.com report.
Joe Grieshaber has been named president of Kroger's Columbus Division.
Kroger CEO Rodney McMullen declared 2014 an outstanding year and it is easy to see why after the nation’s leading supermarket operator again surpassed performance expectations.
The Little Clinic inside select Middle Tennessee area Kroger stores continues its market penetration with the opening of its Innsbrooke location earlier this month.


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TUCSON – The United States Department of Commerce is planning to withdraw from the Suspension Agreement on fresh tomatoes from Mexico.
If the agreement is ceased, it could mean the price of tomatoes could increase. According to a University of Arizona report, even with a five percent reduction in supplies of Mexican tomatoes, consumers could end up paying 25 cents more per pound with a total increase of $790 million more a year.
“The tomato industry is about almost one-third of the produce that’s imported into Arizona from Mexico,” Lance Jungmeyer said. “So any change would have a profound impact on the whole state.”
Lance Jungmeyer is the President of Fresh Produce Association of the Americas. He said the reason for not reaching an agreement is politics.
“We’re really worried because it’s taken a political bent to this,” Jungmeyer said. “The political pressure from Marco Rubio and some other congresspeople from Florida asked Secretary Ross to withdraw from the agreement and he did that.”
He said there is still a chance to renegotiate the suspension agreement, but it is not looking likely. That has Willy Martinez who is a manager at Wilson Produce in Nogales concerned.
“It can have very severe consequences to my company here in Nogales,” Willy Martinez said. “But also for a lot of companies in this area and a lot of companies throughout the border towns and border states.”
Price increases could go into effect in May when the agreement expires.
According to a University of Arizona study, in 2016, tomatoes imported from Mexico contributed $4.8 billion in sales into the U.S. economy.


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The problematic windows 10 update process is nothing new. Users have complained about this for years. When the next feature update is released to the public, various bugs, large and small, may explode again,But Microsoft is developing a new AI / ml strategy to reduce the interference of this problem. If you're actively following the development of windows 10, you may have noticed that Microsoft has changed update testing significantly in the recent period.
Microsoft is now considering adopting a new AI / ml model to test popular drivers on more hardware, software and driver combinations, which can greatly reduce the windows 10 update problems caused by new or existing drivers.
In addition, matching learning will enable Microsoft to detect driver problems before introducing feature updates, which will be achieved by adding more hardware combinations to the test matrix based on machine learning and artificial intelligence. In other words, Microsoft will test driver updates on more hardware and driver combinations to assess the quality of feature updates before they are launched.
The machine learning model is trained on PCs with different driver, software, and hardware configurations to distinguish between good and bad experiences after driver updates. It is used to determine release quality, but Microsoft is planning to add more hardware / driver / software combinations to the new driver test matrix.
Based on the results of its ml / AI model and the increased hardware mix, Microsoft will highlight potential problems with windows 10 drivers before releasing feature updates.


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eMarketer estimates mobile ad spending in Germany, including spending on banners, rich media, video and search, will rise nearly 85% this year to $225 million.
Archives for August 27, 2012
More than one in 10 men said they were taking advantage of consoles’ internet connectivity by using them as over-the-top devices to stream TV shows and movies.
Men are favoring their computers—and not their televisions—when looking to be entertained.
More than nine in 10 adult internet users in the US will send an email at least once per month in 2012.
Email open rates in North America have risen in recent quarters, even as clickthrough rates (CTR) have been slipping.
This infographic from Intuit Small Business provides a flowchart to aid your consideration of using Pinterest for your business.
Knucklecase has come up with a clever iPhone case design for the tough guy in all of us.
Flowtown created this infographic to demonstrate why Pinterest is so addictive.
Lab 42 created this infographic to explain the types of technology people use when they travel.