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Atlus is going to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Shin Megami Tensei series with music outside Japan. It announced a special presentation will arrive in July 2023. When Anime Expo 2023 comes to Los Angeles, California, attendees can see the Shin Megami Tensei 30th Live: Band of Shadows Concert at 8pm PT on July 1, 2023 at The Novo.
While the performance is affiliated with Anime Expo, it will not be a free event. People who pay to attend the anime convention will be able to buy tickets for the July 1, 2023. Atlus didn’t note how much tickets will cost. However, a one-day Saturday ticket for Anime Expo 2023 costs $80 and a four-day ticket is $165.
There’s also a music-filled trailer promoting the Anime Expo 2023 Shin Megami Tensei 30th Live: Band of Shadows Concert. The performance will be two and a half hours long, as it is expected to end at 10:30pm PT.
And here’s the official art for the event.
In Japan, another Shin Megami Tensei anniversary event is planned. On May 5-6, 2023, Atlus will hold an event at KT Zepp Yokohama with an art exhibit, musical performances, and merchandise.
The Anime Expo 2023 Shin Megami Tensei 30th Live: Band of Shadows Concert will be held on July 1, 2023. Doors will open at 6:30pm PT ahead of the 8pm performance.
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Clearwire attracts $360 million in financing
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Clearwire continues to attract piles of investment capital.
The Kirkland wireless company, led by telecommunications pioneer Craig McCaw, recently raised $360 million in financing.
Clearwire spokeswoman Teresa Fausti-Blatt confirmed the amount Friday, but declined to say how the company plans to use the money or terms of the financing. She also declined to name investors.
Clearwire provides high-speed wireless Internet service in 26 markets in the United States, including Bellingham; Medford, Ore.; Daytona Beach, Fla.; and Modesto, Calif. It also offers service in parts of Ireland, Belgium, Denmark and Mexico.
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McCaw - who sold McCaw Cellular Communications Inc. in 1994 to AT&T Corp. for $11.5 billion - is hoping that consumers and businesses will turn to Clearwire for wireless Internet and phone service. The startup faces competition from behemoths such as Verizon and Cingular Wireless, which also offer consumers the ability to access the Internet wirelessly.
Using a precursor to the technology standard known as WiMax, Clearwire offers download connections up to 1.5 megabits per second and upload connections up to 256 kilobits per second, speeds it claims are 25 times faster than typical dial-up connections. The service - including a monthly modem charge - costs $35 to $42 per month.
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Xiaomi’s sub-brand Redmi launched the K30 5G in December 2019. After that recently, Redmi officially delisted the Redmi K20 Pro, and now the company is all ready to create a hype around its successor- the Redmi K30 Pro 5G.
Today, the company shared an official poster of Redmi K30 Pro 5G on Weibo. The official poster reveals that the upcoming device will be announced in March with a notch-less display.
There are reports that the like the K30 5G, the Pro will also have the dual-punch hole display, but the official poster confirmed the notch-less display. So the upcoming device will have a pop-up selfie camera. Apart from the above mention points, the official poster shows thinner bezel and at the top-middle places the earpiece.
There is a volume rocker and colored-power button on the right edge. The smartphone is expected to have an OLED display with an in-display fingerprint sensor.
On the other hand, the rear design of the phone is still not clear, but a recently leaked render reveals that the Redmi K30 Pro 5G will have a similar rear design to the Redmi K30. The leaked render also suggests a Pop-up selfie camera with two cameras.
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Organised by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC), the MarketingPulse and eTailingPulse returns to its physical edition on 15 March at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC), offering Asia’s marketers, agencies and e-commerce experts a rare opportunity to access a comprehensive knowledge exchange and partnership building platform.
SEE ALSO: Global brand leaders and experts set to take the stage at MarketingPulse and eTailingPulse 2023
Themed “Master the Future,” MarketingPulse and eTailingPulse 2023 dive deep into today’s most relevant topics, including ChatGPT, Web3, data-driven marketing, Gen Z, sustainability, brand storytelling, and much more.
As industries around the world emerge from the pandemic, companies must stay on top of market trends now more than ever.
Among the conferences’ programmes are hot topics such as artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot ChatGPT, the metaverse and virtual idols. Louisa Zhu, developer of the first hyper realistic virtual idol in Mainland China, AYAYI, will analyse the marketing potential of virtual human and industry trends, while Alex Zhou, POP MART’s Chief Customer Officer, will talk about local marketing strategies to enter the global market, and offer tips for improving customer experiences.
Also joining the conversation on ChatGPT are the chairman of the Hong Kong Wireless Technology Industry Association, and CEO of Innopage Keith Li; founder of OMP Online Marketing Player Shek Ka Wai (Shek); and veteran digital consultant at HDCourse Ivan So.
The conference also features sessions on topics such as Web3, ESG, that unveil the latest trends revolutionising Mainland China’s retail market through e-commerce.
Other renowned speakers at MarketingPulse and eTailingPulse 2023 include: Margareth Henriquez, PhD, CEO of French crystal brand Baccarat; Clement Brunet-Moret, CEO for Baccarat in APAC; Silvia Garcia, former President of the Happiness Institute and Director of Global Marketing for Coca-Cola; Brian Yiu, CEO, FILA China; Carmen Chiu, Regional Managing Director for APAC at Fortnum & Mason; Arnault Castel, Founder, kapok; Gaetan Belaud, Global Head of Ads Resellers at Spotify; Bin He, Chief Customer Officer for Tim Hortons China; and Baptiste Le Gal, Chief Revenue Officer for APAC at the Vestiaire Collective.
In addition to the conference, a series of free digital marketing and e-tailing workshops will offer a chance for interaction and discourse on marketing strategies and solutions between experts and marketing professionals and brand owners. The conference will also feature the latest bespoke marketing and e-commerce solutions from some 40 global exhibitors. Networking session and one-on-one business matching service will be arranged to explore collaboration opportunities.
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The rise and rise of Facebook on mobile, in terms of content, advertising, and the sheer amount of time mobile users spend there, has been one of the standout stories of the past couple of years. And it seems the company has no intention of resting on its laurels.
Within the past couple of weeks alone, it has launched Instant Articles, enabling publishers to publish their stories directly into Facebook’s iOS app; trialled a search engine enabling Facebook users to find and post links to external websites without leaving Facebook; brought more native ads to the Facebook Audience Network; signed a deal with IBM to open up its ad offering to IBM Cloud clients; and struck a deal with Nokia to integrate Here maps into the mobile web version of Facebook, as well as Instagram and Messenger apps.
So while some of these moves could be seen as Facebook, not surprisingly perhaps, trying to encourage its users to live their entire digital lives within Facebook, there are also examples here of Facebook collaborating with other companies. So we reached out to a few trusted industry contacts to see what they made of Facebook’s recent moves…
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In case you haven’t, let me fill you in! We all know that Young Americans Bank, the only bank in the world designed especially for kids, is a great place for today’s youth to establish a bank account and learn more about the fundamentals of basic banking. But, did you know that Young Americans Bank is going to be expanding again? YESSS!! You read that correctly. Young Americans Center for Financial Education, Daniels Fund, and Young Americans Bank are proud to announce the grand opening of our third branch location in Lakewood, Colorado!
Join us for the Grand Opening Celebration on Saturday, December 9 from 10:00am-2:00pm at the new Belmar branch: 401 S. Pierce St. Lakewood, CO 80226.
Construction has been underway all summer long, and it will wrap up just in time for the new Bank to open it’s doors to the public next month. Join us for food, prizes, games, fun and even some shopping as young entrepreneurs will be selling their goods onsite at the YouthBiz Marketplace.
We are excited to spend the day with you and the rest of the Belmar community, as we commend Rich Martinez, Tijuan Harvey and all the bank staff at Young Americans Bank for their hard work and dedication to keeping Bill Daniels’ legacy viable. Hope to see you and the entire family there!


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The times they are a-changin’ and it seems like geeks are slowly becoming the new rock stars. After the success of David Fincher’s The Social Network back in 2010, we’ve been seeing a lot of biopics about tech pioneers getting greenlit in Hollywood. There are even a pair of similarly-themed TV series in development including HBO’s Silicon Valley, based on Mike Judge’s experiences during the dot-com boom, and AMC’s Halt and Catch Fire, about the rise of the personal computer industry in the ’80s. Now this week Sony has officially announced that they are developing a movie about the video game console wars and they have brought in comedic writer-director team Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg (This is the End) to make it happen. Surprisingly, however, this won’t involve Sony’s Playstation console; instead it will focus on the epic battle between Nintendo and Sega in the 1980s.
According to Variety, Sony has hired Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg to both write and direct a “business thriller” tentatively titled Console Wars. They will adapt Blake Harris’ book, Console Wars: Sega, Nintendo and the Battle that Defined a Generation, which is being published by Atlantic Books this August. Scott Rudin (The Social Network, Moneyball) is on board as producer, while Harris is executive producing and also co-directing a documentary on the same subject.
We first caught wind of this project back in 2012, when Sony registered several domain names related to the phrase “console wars”, although Rogen and Goldberg were certainly not mentioned at the time. They have several other projects on their plate right now including The Interview starring James Franco, which is their next gig behind the camera, and AMC’s upcoming Preacher series. Are you game for a Console Wars movie? Does the involvement of Rogen and Goldberg make you more or less interested?


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However, it did mention during its latest results call that the wearable business, which includes Apple Watch, AirPods, and Beats products, grew 75 percent year-over-year. The report attributes part the success to the new Apple Watch Series 3, which hit global sales as high as 3.9 million. Of those, 800,000 were likely Apple Watch Series 3 GPS + Cellular units. It also represents the most successful quarter for the Watch, which was enough to dethrone temporary leader Xiaomi, who shipped 3.6 million wearables this quarter.
According to new report published by Canalys, Apple became the largest manufacturer of wearable devices after the release of its Apple Watch in September 2017. It also gave Apple 23 percent of the market, putting it fractionally ahead of the 21 percent for Xiaomi, the Chinese firm that was briefly top of the industry for the first time in the previous quarter. He said that watch sales increased by 50 percent for the third consecutive quarter as people are more inclined toward health services. This meant overall wearable market shipments declined 2% to 17.3 million units, in what is traditionally a slow quarter as consumer hold off on purchases until the Christmas period.
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Halifax vegans and burger lovers alike will now have a favorite restaurant in common, with the announcement that a brand new, fully vegan street food spot called Benny’s Burgers will be opening next month in downtown Halifax near the corner of Spring Garden Road and Grafton Street. Hot off the momentum of Halifax Burger Week, Benny’s is bringing Haligonians a unique new kind of delicious vegan burger to get excited about.
Hundreds of locals have been commenting on how great Benny’s menu looks on Instagram, singling out favorites like Hawaiian Burger, made with pineapple, onions, vegan-friendly cheese, and BBQ sauce. None of the items on Benny’s menu use meat or dairy products, and they’re even working on developing a gluten-free bun!
Take a scan through the mouthwatering pictures we’ve included below, and get excited about this new summer street food spot! Be sure to follow @bennys.burgers on Instagram to stay updated about their menu.


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SEATTLE, WA -- (Marketwire) -- 01/23/13 -- Optify, the leading innovator in digital marketing software, today announced the release of its annual B2B Marketing Benchmark Report in which it was revealed that Google's market share in the B2B segment increased to 90 percent in 2012. Additionally, Optify's report uncovered that organic search is still the strongest driver of known traffic to B2B sites, but shows relatively low conversion rates, while email shows the highest conversion and engagement rates.
Unlike more traditional market share reports such as the latest from ComScore, stating a 67% Search Share, Optify's report shows that over the last year Google has increased its share of the search market to 90 percent in the B2B sector. Bing was revealed as a distant second with roughly only 5 percent of searches leading to B2B sites. Google's dominance coupled with the increase in Google's enhanced privacy setting, which now lists referring keywords from organic search as "not provided," presents a challenge for B2B marketers and digital marketing agencies. As search continues to be a primary source of traffic, this study shows that marketers should build a diversified strategy, with organic search being only a part of their efforts.
A summary of the key findings include:
•Google's share of the search market in the B2B segment in North America reaches 90%. •While companies increase their investment in social media marketing, social media represented a small fraction of traffic and leads to B2B websites in 2012, contributing an average of 5% of all traffic and leads. Within social media, Twitter outperformed Facebook 9-to-1 in lead generation campaigns. •Organic search is the strongest driver of known traffic to B2B sites with 41% of traffic. Google is responsible for over 35% of all traffic to B2B websites making it the single most important referring domain in 2012. •Blocked data continues to be an issue as "not provided" exceeds 40% of all organic visits from Google. Combined with visits from branded search terms, known keyword data from organic search continues to drop, leaving marketers with less than 40% of referring keywords. •Email still shows high engagement rates with an average 2.9% conversion rate (well above the 1.6% overall average). This is a trend that keeps increasing as more B2B marketers leverage email for lead nurturing as well as lead generation.
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Kristiansand, Norway, 04 September, 2023: In a deal financed by Scuderia AS, Alu Design, a leading provider of high-performance pilot chairs has acquired Modell Møbler, a manufacturer of high-end marine furniture.
The new company, operating under the name “Seat Innovation”, serves as an umbrella organization to manage the design, production, marketing, sale and delivery of Alu Design and Modell Møbler seating solutions. Funding for the transaction was provided by Scuderia AS, a privately-held company in Kristiansand, Norway.
According to Einar Ulrichsen, CEO of Seat Innovation, the synergies between Alu Design and Modell Møbler were hard to miss. “Both brands are recognised by customers and shipyards around the world for excellent service and for developing seating solutions that deliver on quality, innovative design, comfort, solid construction and durability,” he says. “In fact, there are vessels in operation today that have bridge chairs and marine furniture supplied by both companies. Now that we have joined forces, we can offer customers a ‘one stop shop’ for all their marine seating requirements, front to back.”
Ulrichsen adds that all Seat Innovation products will be manufactured in a single factory located in Kristiansand, Norway. “By merging production units, we can share design and technical competencies, improve production efficiency and shorten delivery times,” he says. “The transfer of equipment, systems and personnel will be a complex process, but we do not anticipate any delays filling existing or new orders.”
Chief Marketing Officer Frank Robertsen says that by expanding its offering and targeting a broader customer base, Seat Innovation is in a strong position to grow sales. “Alu Design specialises in high-end bridge seating for captains, helmsmen, pilots, crane and ROV operators, while Modell Møbler is a leading supplier of ergonomic chairs, sofas and recliners for passengers and crew,” he explains. “Now operating as a single source supplier, Seat Innovation can deliver complete seating packages to operators of commercial ships, cruise and ferries, offshore rigs, fishing vessels, leisure boats, Navy and Coast Guard fleets, and research vessels. In other words, if it floats, we can provide the seating!”
Both companies have a recognised track record of innovation. With origins that date back to the 1950s, Modell Møbler pioneered injection plastic moulding, a technology that inspired designers around the world, including the Danish designer, Arne Jacobsen, who created the iconic “Egg Chair.” Established in 2008, Alu Design’s futuristic bridge chairs have been featured in television and film action and sci-fi series, including the Star Trek, Transformers and Marvel Cinematic Universe franchises.
For Ulrichsen, creating Seat Innovation will help shipyards, operators and owners to reduce complexity and costs related to managing multiple suppliers. “We are confident that the new organization will not only enable us to streamline the development, production and marketing of ‘bow to stern’ seating solutions but create genuine value for customers,” he says. “Alu Design and Modell Møbler already have a strong market presence but together, we are greater than the sum of our parts!”
About Seat Innovation:
Seat Innovation is a single source supplier of bridge, passenger and crew seating solutions for the maritime, offshore and leisure craft industries, marketed under two brands: Alu-Design offers world-class pilot chairs and deck rails designed and manufactured according to strict quality standards. Modell Møbler provides a broad range of seating solutions for passengers and crew. All Seat Solution products are certified and approved for maritime use.
For further information please visit our website or contact:
Einar Ulrichsen, CEO of Seat Innovation
+47 924 80 735
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Google Phone Inches Toward Reality
The newest discussion of a Google-branded wireless device suggests a Blackberry-like gadget with VoIP capability comes from ex-Macromedia chief architect turned venture capitalist Simeon Simeonov, as he fuels the Google Phone rumor blaze.
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We wondered last month if Google would pull the trigger on supporting VoIP with all of the dark fiber and potential networking capacity that it owns. The answer today looks like "sort of, yeah."
About a hundred people under the direction of Andy Rubin, whose Android mobile software company was acquired by Google in 2005, toil away at building the Google Phone according to Simeonov’s blog post.
A couple of other acquisitions are likely contributing to the development. Google made a couple of other pickups in 2005 that connect to Google Phone development.
ReqWireless has its technology in play, probably in the application suite that brings Google’s online services to the mobile platform.
The other 2005 purchase received minimal attention. North Carolina-based Skia has developed a portable graphics engine that ties all of the Google Phone talk together for Simeonov:
It is the Skia acquisition that ties together the Google Phone story for me. You’d bring a guy like Andy in just because he knows mobile broadly speaking. But you really wouldn’t need Skia if you weren’t planning to own mobile presentation, i.e., create a phone top.
Google has a partnership in the mobile phone business in play with Samsung, one of the leading device makers in the world.
Samsung would tuck Google’s services onto some of their phones, and possibly build a new one together called Switch.
Simeonov thinks Google will make deals with existing wireless carriers to get its phone into the hands of people at a minimal cost.
The problem with this comes from the bitter resistance carriers have to allowing VoIP on their networks.
Google would love to see the Democratic Congress and the FCC work on smashing that barrier to entry.
It might be faster for Google to light up that dark fiber and fulfill our dream scenario than to wait for politics to enable it.


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Following the announcement of the crossover between Azur Lane and Lifeless or Alive Xtreme: Venus Trip, Yostar is revealing its shipgirls.
Following the announcement of the upcoming crossover between Azur Lane and Dead or Alive Xtreme: Venus Vacation, Yostar is revealing its shipgirls.
We already noticed Misaki and right this moment we get to see Nyotengu, Marie Rose, Honoka, Monica, and Nagisa.
All of them have been given new and beautiful artwork following their transformation into shipgirls.
Nyotengu will likely be a service, Honoka and Nagisa will likely be battleships, Monica will likely be a lightweight cruiser, and Marie Rose will inevitably be a destroyer.
We already know that the occasion will begin on all servers on November 26.
You possibly can take a look at what they appear like under and the trailer of the event from a few days ago.
For those who’re unfamiliar with Azur Lane, it’s is a free-to-play cellular horizontal scrolling shooter/RPG hybrid presently obtainable for iOS and Android.
Not too long ago, the sport celebrated its third anniversary in Japan and you’ll take a look at the music video featuring popular musician T.M.Revolution and an anime-style trailer.
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Wine Vision by Open Balkan 2023 – Žilavka Bela Voda 2022 awarded
At the Wine Vision fair, organized by Open Balkan from November 16 to 19 at the Belgrade Fair, Tikveš achieved significant success. The fair, a prominent event for wine, food, and tourism, saw Tikveš’s Žilavka Bela Voda 2022 receiving a prestigious award.
Tikveš not only showcased its excellent wines but also contributed to the fair’s educational aspect by hosting a masterclass titled “Viticulture in the Digital Age.” This session was led by Professor Alain Deloire from the Agricultural Institute of Montpellier and Giovanni Bigot, a consultant, agronomist, and founder of the renowned viticultural consultancy firm Perleuve, based in Italy. Žilavka Bela Voda 2022 was distinguished as the best wine of an indigenous variety among over 800 samples judged by an international jury.
This accolade highlights Tikveš’s commitment to excellence and its skill in elevating indigenous grape varieties to international acclaim. Tikveš continues to craft wines that reflect the unique terroir of Macedonia and shine on the global stage.


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Ads on the iPhone, just as ads on the web, are something most users want to avoid. But some of the ad companies that are specifically targeting newer smartphone devices such as the iPhone are becoming increasingly inventive with their approach to advertising. A good example of this just launched today in the NPR app for the iPhone.
In this app, the mobile analytics and advertising company Medialets is serving up an ad for the new album, Contra, by the band Vampire Weekend. At first, the ad just peeks out at the bottom of the NPR app, but if you click to expand it, it quickly takes up the entire device. So why would you want to do this? Because it’s a video for Vampire Weekend’s new song “Cousins” — and thanks to some of the iPhone’s unique features, you can actually interact with the ad, shaking your iPhone to change how the video looks.
Sure, it’s not a huge amount of customization, but it’s much better than normal methods of advertising and it creates a sense of interaction with the ad. Naturally, you can also click the screen to show an option that will allow you to buy the album on the device.
Companies like Google and Apple, two of the most important players in mobile right now, are scooping up some of these mobile ad companies left and right these days. Clearly, they think there’s a bright future for the medium as well.
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China is likely to keep imposing sweeping lockdowns into 2023, the US ambassador said Thursday, as he cautioned that the zero-Covid strategy was hurting business.
“I think we are going to have to live with this for a long time. My own assumption is that we’ll see the continuation of zero-Covid probably into the beginning of 2023,” Ambassador Nicholas Burns told the Brookings Institution.
Burns, speaking to the Washington think tank by video link from Beijing, said that the lockdowns were disrupting supply chains and making foreign businesses wait before considering further investment.
“This is just too important a market for countries to leave, so we don’t see a lot of companies leaving lock, stock and barrel,” Burns said.
But from his conversations with US businesses, Burns said, “I think there is a lot of hesitancy to invest in future obligations until they see the end of this.”
The American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai in a recent survey said that one quarter of US firms were scaling back investment plans and nearly all were dropping revenue forecasts after the lockdown in the business hub.
Covid-19 was first detected in the final days of 2019 in the Chinese metropolis of Wuhan, which saw rare public displays of anger over the government’s failure to stop its spread.
Beijing has since vowed to defeat the global pandemic and is the only major economy trying to prevent any cases, imposing mass testing requirements and forcing millions of people at a time to stay at home.
Burns said that the lockdowns also impeded diplomacy with China, whose relationship with the United States he recently described as falling to the lowest point since the establishment of ties a half-century ago.
“It’s difficult to convince any of my colleagues in Washington to come here if I tell them that if they do it they’ve got to quarantine for 14 days before they can have a single meeting,” he said.
Musk to address Twitter staff amid buyout turmoil
Elon Musk is set to field questions Thursday from wary Twitter workers eager to know if he intends to complete his turbulent $44 billion buyout bid and roll back limits for what people can say on the platform.
In his first meeting with staffers roiled by his move to buy the company, he is slated to answer pre-submitted queries for about an hour that will run the gamut from remote work policies to financial strategy.
The billionaire Tesla owner has already made comments on how he’d run the platform — including lifting Donald Trump’s ban — but his words will this time be addressed directly to workers’ concerns.
“This clearly is not the ‘cookie cutter’ typical all-hands meeting as this global soap opera between Musk and Twitter has taken many twists and turns,” tweeted analyst Dan Ives. “Lots of questions for Musk.”
A would-be owner addressing the troops of a company he or she wants to buy is a routine part of the merger playbook, but Musk’s bid has been anything but ordinary.
He shocked the tech world with an unsolicited buyout bid in April for the platform that is a key exchange for news, entertainment and politics.
The board eventually came around to supporting his $54.20 per share offer, but since then he has cast doubt on the deal but clashing with the firm’s leadership over user numbers.
The Wall Street Journal, citing a person familiar with the matter, reported late Wednesday that Musk was expected to confirm his desire to own Twitter.
He was also expected to address his recent comments seeming to be critical of remote work — a key issue in pandemic re-shaped office culture — but also things like advertising and subscriptions, the paper reported.
Notoriously mercurial Musk could of course surprise workers during his comments, and he has already kept employees and Wall Street on edge over how the buyout saga will end.
The proposed sale has stoked protest from critics who warn his stewardship will embolden hate groups and disinformation campaigns.
US securities regulators have also pressed Musk for an explanation of an apparent delay in reporting his Twitter stock buys.
For his part, Musk has repeatedly raised questions about fake accounts on the platform, saying on Twitter he could walk away from the transaction if his concerns were not addressed.
Ahead of the meeting, Twitter stock was down slightly to just under $38 per share.
Apple faces £750 mn lawsuit over iPhone software update
Apple is facing a £750 million (878 million euros, $918 million) lawsuit in Britain after a consumer rights champion on Thursday filed a claim accusing the US tech giant of secretly slowing down older iPhone models.
Justin Gutmann says Apple “throttled” the performance of older iPhone handsets after users installed upgrades that they were told would improve the performance of their device.
He claims Apple never told users that the update could slow their device and that the tool was introduced to mask the inability of older iPhone batteries to cope with the demands of newer operating systems.
Apple said in a statement that “we have never — and would never — do anything to intentionally shorten the life of any Apple product, or degrade the user experience to drive customer upgrades.
“Our goal has always been to create products that our customers love, and making iPhones last as long as possible is an important part of that,” it added.
Gutmann’s claim with the Competition Appeal Tribunal seeks damages for 25 million iPhone users to the tune of £768 million.
The complaint revolves around a power management tool included in a 2017 software update, which slowed down older iPhone models and prevented abrupt shutdowns as they struggled with the overhead of a new operating system.
Gutmann says Apple never told users that the update could slow a user’s device and claims the tool was introduced to prevent costly repairs or recalls.
“Instead of doing the honourable and legal thing by their customers and offering a free replacement, repair service or compensation, Apple instead misled people by concealing a tool in software updates that slowed their devices by up to 58 percent,” said Gutmann.
“I’m launching this case so that millions of iPhone users across the UK will receive redress for the harm suffered by Apple’s actions”.
Apple apologised at the time and said it would replace batteries at cut price and would allow users to turn off the power management tool manually.
It has faced legal action in several countries over the issue and agreed to pay up to $500 million to owners of older models in the United States in 2020.
French authorities fined the group 25 million euros in the same year for failing to warn that updates could slow down older models.
The claim seeks compensation for owners of the iPhone 6, 6 Plus, 6S, 6S Plus, SE, 7, 7 Plus, 8, 8 Plus and iPhone X models.
Binance backs Musk stance over free speech on Twitter
The boss of cryptocurrency exchange Binance told AFP on Thursday that he had pledged $500 million to fund Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter to support free speech.
Changpeng Zhao, who goes by CZ, said he used Twitter more than he used his own trading platform and was keen to support it.
“Twitter is probably the most important free speech platform in the world,” he told AFP at the VivaTech trade show in Paris.
In April, Tesla boss Musk formulated a plan to buy Twitter for $44 billion, saying he wanted to promote free speech on the platform.
In particular, he said he was ready to reinstate former US president Donald Trump, who was expelled from the network for inciting his supporters before the Capitol riots in Washington on January 6 last year.
At the beginning of May, Musk said he had raised more than $7 billion to finance the deal from investors including Oracle founder Larry Ellison, Sequoia Capital and Binance.
But Musk has since cast doubt on his ambitions, threatening to withdraw his offer if he does not get reliable data on the number of fake accounts in circulation on Twitter.
Zhao, who has 6.4 million followers on Twitter, said he would stand behind Musk’s decision, whichever way he goes.
“He’s taking the lead, we’re following,” he said.
“If Elon commits to it, we’re committed. If Elon calls it off, then most likely we’re off.”
Musk is due to meet Twitter employees on Thursday for a question and answer session, the first since his takeover bid.
Sometimes described as the “Elon Musk of cryptocurrencies”, Zhao said the comparison was too flattering.
“Elon is a much stronger entrepreneur. Also, he is a genius,” said the Binance boss, who said he exchanged with the Tesla boss via the Signal app but has not yet met him in person.
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As Africa and the rest of the world wake up to a new dawn of cryptocurrencies and central bank digital currencies, Rwanda, an East African country, doesn’t want to be left behind. With a hope to give its official position by December 2022. “We at the moment are at an investigative part analysing what might be the advantages to Rwandans to have a CBDC,” said Soraya Hakuzuyaremye, the deputy Governor at Apex Financial Institution, the National wide Financial Institution of Rwanda (Central financial Institution of Rwanda).
The investigative journey of CBDC has yet to start. In June 2021, Rwanda’s Central bank launched a commencement study that looked at the economic, financial and technological aspects of CBDCs and came up with an operationalisation model taking into account the local context. The study seems to end, with Rwanda announcing its official stand by December 2022. In the current 2022 CBDC tracker, Rwanda is reported to be in a research phase. This makes Rwanda the 2nd country in East Africa and the 10th country in Africa to declare its interest in having or launching a CBDC. Other countries include Kenya and Tanzania in East Africa and South Africa, Nigeria, Senegal, Ghana, Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt, Etswani and Madagascar.
In this article, we will identify the advantages of launching a CBDC to the Rwandese population and the East African Community in general and the disadvantages of not launching, which will have to the same population. It is important to note that Rwanda is not only a member of the East African Community but also a member of the Africa Union and Commonwealth, it has a GDP of 33.46 million, a population of 127,127,431, and the official languages are Kinyarwanda, French, English and Swahili. One of the major advantages of introducing CBDC will be expanding financial inclusion.
Many people still need access to financial services, and many banks are unwilling to invest in other regions due to distance or lack of amenities. With digital currencies, financial inclusion will be guaranteed as every person will have access to bank accounts and digital money regardless of where they are.
Secondly, cross-border transactions will be made easy and faster. This means that the introduction of CBDC will significantly boost entrepreneurs in Rwanda and allow payments and settlements between banks to be made faster and at low transaction rates. As a member of the East African community, where most banks have branches spread across the East African countries, transactions will be made faster and easier.
Thirdly, Cashless communities thrive better. With the onset of COVID-19, some of the mitigating factors to limit the spread of COVID included countrywide curfews and working from home. This meant that it was impossible to access banks for critical services or buy services and goods. With the introduction of digital currencies, although physical money will still be in circulation, the problem of not having cash will be eliminated. In situations where cash is unavailable, it will be easy to run the economy. Lastly, the introduction of CBDC will ensure better and more efficient payment systems. Safe and efficient P2P and POS systems will be introduced, thus transforming the technological face of the country.
Rwanda is ranked highly in Africa as being advanced technologically, thus with the introduction of CBDC. It’s important to note that CBDC comes with numerous challenges, including if unregulated and excellent policies are not put in place, the central bank can easily change its model to retail, making it compete with the other retail banks and financial services. Secondly, technological challenges such as duplication of numbers and users forgetting passwords might make digital currencies impossible to transact with. Information Technology gurus will have to develop P2Ps that will work seamlessly with digital cash efficiently.
Finally, digital currencies are prone to cyber hacking and crimes; therefore, the government should develop strict policies to protect its users. In conclusion, as Rwanda’s Central bank puts its effort towards coming up with a decision on CBDCs, it’s important to ensure that the digital currency will transform its economy into a digital economy and make it easier for its citizens to carry out business.


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The first transit cargo arrived at the Baku International Sea Trade Port via the Lapis Lazuli international route, Trend reports Dec.
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Speaking at the ceremony dedicated to the arrival of the first cargo to Azerbaijan via this route, Ambassador of Afghanistan to Azerbaijan Khairullah Spelenai expressed gratitude to the government of Azerbaijan for comprehensive support and assistance in the implementation of the project.
He noted that the Lapis Lazuli corridor will be expanded and Afghanistan will make every effort to make this route the most important one from Afghanistan to Europe.
In turn, Turkish Ambassador to Azerbaijan Erkan Ozoral noted the importance of the route for Afghanistan and other countries. He said that this route will turn into an important corridor that will provide access of Afghan goods to world markets. The ambassador noted that Lapis Lazuli is of strategic importance for Turkey and Azerbaijan.
Nine trucks left Afghanistan’s Herat city on December 13 and arrived in Baku along this corridor Dec. 25. The total volume of cargo is 175 tons.
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Leading banking data aggregation platform Credfin acquires payments platform Squarepay
Banking data aggregation platform Credfin have announced that earlier this week they acquired Squarepay, a leading payments platform that has been supporting fintech and digital finance companies for the best part of 10 years.
When Credfin began talks with Squarepay not only did the cultures of the two teams align but they established very quickly that they shared a common mission – to provide a simple API that empowers, enables and supports fintechs and digital finance companies to build innovative financial products.
Brent Wardlaw, the Founder and CEO of Squarepay, who will slide into a role at Credfin, said, “The Credfin acquisition could not come at a better time. With the momentum and adoption of the Consumer Data Right coupled with bank account and payment innovations – I’m excited with the vision and direction the platform is taking. We are thrilled about this deal and what it means for Credfin as we look to expand our network across Australia. We can offer even more to our customers, by using accurate, verified and consent driven data and payment solutions.”
Garreth Cain, CTO & Founder of Credfin, had this to say about the deal, “The whole team is excited to partner with Squarepay to accelerate our path to modernising the financial ecosystem in Australia. Squarepay has a strong history of creating value in the payments sector and we’re excited at what Credfin will achieve with their experience and skills. The next few years are going to be very exciting!”


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On September 4th SK Telecom Co Ltd said that it had partnered with US technology company Microsoft Corp to unveil the latter's cloud-based game streaming service, xCloud, supported by its 5G network in South Korea. The deal will make the South Korean operator an exclusive partner for the US company's xCloud service.
xCloud enables users to play games on their personal computers, Microsoft's Xbox consoles or smartphones. Microsoft announced its service, supported by its Azure cloud-computing platform, in October 2018. SK Telecom added that it would begin a public preview of xCloud for select 5G customers in October 2019. Neither company disclosed the financial terms of the deal.
The deal will help Microsoft tap the South Korean market, one of the top four video game markets in terms of revenue. South Korea was also among the first few countries in the world to offer commercial 5G services in 2019, with SK Telecom being the first to provide 5G network services in April 2019.
Another US technology giant, Alphabet Inc, plans to launch its own cloud-based game streaming service, Google Stadia, in November 2019. Apple Inc too is set to launch its own service, Arcade by end-2019. Japan's Sony Corp, which has been a dominant player in the video game industry with its PlayStation console series, is jumping in as well through a May 2019 deal with Microsoft to use the latter's Azure platform for its cloud-based gaming service.


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The Port Manatee Propeller Club honored U.S. Rep. Vern Buchanan, R-Longboat Key, with its highest honor as Maritime Person of the Year during ceremonies March 11 at the Bradenton Yacht Club.
Buchanan was honored for his ongoing support of Port Manatee, including his pledge to assist port officials with the proposed Port Manatee Connector Road directly linking Interstate 75 to the port, which would increase containerized shipping.
A member of the Congressional Friends of Panama Caucus, Buchanan is working to ratify the U.S.-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement, and he’s enhanced Port Manatee’s ties with Panama, building upon the port’s 2009 strategic alliance with the Panama Canal Authority.
In February, Buchanan also hosted a port visit by the Panamanian Ambassador to the United States, Jaime Eduardo Alemán Healy.
Said Buchanan in a statement: “I am honored to receive this award. Jobs and the economy are the most important issue right now, and Port Manatee is vital to our efforts to diversify the region’s economy and create good-paying jobs.”
Serving Florida’s 13th Congressional District, Buchanan is in his second term in the U.S. House of Representatives.
Contact Kurt Schultheis at [email protected].


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Cherkizovo Group, Russia’s largest meat producer, took part in the Exchange Yard agricultural and machinery exhibition for the first time. We offered our best products for tasting and shared our plans to grow business in the region.
The Exchange Yard exhibition held in Orenburg between September 6 and 8 is a key local agricultural event. It brought together over 130 companies from 18 Russian regions that showcased machinery, equipment and raw materials for animal breeding, crop farming and food industry along with processing, storage and packaging solutions for agricultural products.
Cherkizovo had its own stand displaying sausages under Cherkizovo and Cherkizovo Premium brands. The visitors could taste them and get the full information on the Company's product range.
As part of the business program, Alexey Kanishchev, head of core operations management at the Vishnevsky Genetics and Breeding Center (part of Cherkizovo Group), made a report at the plenary session called Sustainable Development of the Agro-industrial Complex: Present and Future. In his report, he stressed the role of the Vishnevsky Center in advancing the domestic artificial selection: the center can help meet the needs of Cherkizovo's own pig farms in Central Russia while also reducing the dependency of the country's entire pig industry on imported breeder pigs (genetic material).
After acquiring the Vishnevsky Center in December 2022, Cherkizovo Group invested close to RUB 500 million in reconstructing production sites in Orsk, implementing biosafety and HSE measures, as well as procuring agricultural machinery and motor vehicles. In 2024, we plan to spend more than RUB 500 million on expanding the center's capacities and increasing the breeding stock.
Cherkizovo Group, Russia’s largest meat producer, has become a partner of Rospotrebnadzor's Sanprosvet awareness and education project. By joining this project, the Company seeks to raise awareness of sanitary and epidemiological rules among its employees.
Kommersant business daily has released yet another annual Top 1,000 Russian Managers ranking compiled by the Russian Managers Association. This time, four Cherkizovo Group executives made it to the top: Oleg Zakov, Director at Cherkizovo Trade House; Irina Kim, Ready Meals Marketing Director; Natalya Klepikova, Head of Government Relations; and Evgeny Subbotin, Director for Procurement, Logistics, and Supplies.
Cherkizovo Group, Russia’s largest meat producer, continues to expand the product portfolio of its flagship brand of the same name.
Anastasia Mikhailova, Head of Communications at Cherkizovo Group, took part in an open conference on the role of climate regulation in the competitiveness of Russian agricultural products. In her presentation, she talked about the Company's contribution to reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.


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With all the different methods of transportation out there these days, you probably thought that San Diego couldn’t handle yet another motorized scooter company. But unlike the controversial Birds, Limes and Lyfts, Rydables is providing an option that can’t help but make you smile.
Seven years ago, Shane Dahlen started Rydables in Phoenix, Arizona — electric, battery-powered carts covered in the “skins” of your favorite stuffed animals — as a fun activity for kids 10 years old and under to enjoy at the mall. While children jumped at the chance to ride a tiger or a zebra, so did another, slightly unexpected customer: fully grown adults.
“We ended up having a lot of adults asking if they could pay us $20 to take it for an hour and ride it around the mall,” Dahlen said. “We laughed it off for a first few weeks, but the requests and the interests kept coming.”
After some experimenting and realizing there was a market for Rydables outside of shopping malls, Dahlen and his business partner started designing the cars for adults and for longer use both outdoors and indoors. The current models are multi-terrain capable, hold 400 pounds, and can reach up to 7 miles per hour both forwards and in reverse. Rydables are classified as an Americans with Disabilities Act-complaint mobility scooter and come with an anti-roll, hill lock feature to prevent unwanted rolling when stopped on an incline or hill.
While there are over 60 animal “skins” to choose from, Dahlen said they’re currently developing 12 new aquatic-themed Rydables — like sharks, whales and sea turtles — specifically for their new San Diego market. Rydables are currently available for rent at Bicycle Discovery in Pacific Beach for hourly, daylong and even weekend rentals. We Love Tourists also offers Rydables out of its Downtown location for its 1 1/2-hour tour of the Gaslamp District for $49 per person.
“It’s fun for all ages,” said James Russel, owner of We Love Tourists. “The Segway tours are 14-and-older to ride, and you have to be able to stand for a long period of time. Whereas the Rydables, small children can ride on their parents’ laps.
“As we cruise around, they’re a lot more noticeable. Even if you’re not riding one, they seem to bring a smile to everyone’s face.”
For more information, visit rydables.com.


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Apple doesn't attend the CES, but was in the news this week. Apple offers an unlocked iPhone, a theory behind the buggy software of late, and a CEO predicts Apple Watch will be a killer.
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The creative software giant tacked on more personalization and geo-location features to the latest Marketing Cloud iteration, leveraging iBeacon compatibility to steer customers toward data-driven marketing.
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Sunday, July 15, 2012
Blog the Change Day
This month, Team BtC is asking you to help publicize Bloggers Unite for Dog Rescue, a special online global event to be held on July 23 stressing the importance of dog adoption.
BTC4animals.com is proud to partner with Blog Catalog, Dog Rescue Success and YOU to harness a global online community to help save the lives of dogs in need.
Every year, millions of homeless dogs are euthanized because not enough people adopt dogs through local rescue groups and shelters.
According to the Humane Society of the United States, only about 20 percent of dogs in homes come from shelters—the rest come from other sources. Many people purchase from pet stores not knowing that most pet store puppies come from puppy mills.
Yet it would only take a relatively small increase in the adoption rate along with a modest reduction in the birth rate to go a long way toward solving the problem of euthanizing healthy and treatable dogs in many communities.
Local dog rescue organizations consist of volunteers who help by fostering dogs in their own homes while they search for permanent placement. As their own resources permit, these groups work with local animal shelters in an effort to place adoptable dogs that are scheduled for euthanasia.
But the sad fact is that many dogs do die every day before they find a forever home. Consumers can literally save a dog’s life simply by choosing adoption over a pet store or breeder purchase.
We all have the ability to make a difference in the world by taking action. Bloggers Unite for Dog Rescue participants have the opportunity to make a real difference in the lives of dogs in need!
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Car enthusiasts at this year’s Great Bodies Car Show and Swap Meet this Saturday at Walmart will receive an extra boost with the presence of Tennessee Thunder, a 1971 Dodge Demon that was used in pro stock racing.
Owned by Lee Crowder and driven by John Blaine Livingston, the car was campaigned through the 1971 season. For the 1972 season, another car was purchased. The cars were stored in different warehouses in Livingston, Tenn., until 1985 when Crowder sold them.
In 2011, Crowder’s grandson, Freeman Lee Crowder III, with a family friend attempted to locate the Demon. It was found in Florida and owned by Jerry Dempsey. After approximately two years and several attempts to negotiate a price, a deal was made and Crowder’s grandson brought Tennessee Thunder back to Tennessee. The car underwent restoration back to its 1971 “as-raced” condition.
Great Bodies Car Show and Swap Meet is a fundraiser for Families in Crisis and is organized by Blaine Wilcher, who might be more excited than most to have the car in attendance.
“I just found out that Tennessee Thunder will be at Great Bodies car show,” said Wilcher. “This is a big deal since they usually only show up at larger events. They will have the hauler and car with several times of interest from the car’s storied career. I’m named after the car’s original driver, John Blaine Livingston.”
The car show is from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and will offer a DJ playing mostly ’80s music, food vendors, games, door prizes, silent auctions and more.


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This season, New Zealand's pipfruit producers will infuse global markets with increased tonnage for apples and pears.
"We anticipate our export volume to be just under 17 million cartons or just over 305,000 tons," Alan Pollard, chief executive officer of Pipfruit New Zealand Inc., told The Produce News. "This would represent an increase of 6 percent over 2012. Production acreage is approximately 1 percent more than in 2012."
The organization is comprised of growers, packers and marketers of apples and pears, and it identifies, undertakes and funds research and development on behalf of the industry; speaks on behalf of the industry; and facilitates workshops, conferences and dissemination of industry information.
Mr. Pollard provided a global snapshot of pipfruit exports for the 2012 crop year.
"In the 2012 season, almost 12 percent of apples and 31 percent of pears were exported to the United States," he said. "This placed the U.S. third behind the European Union and United Kingdom for apples and first for pears."
He added that collectively, Asia is now New Zealand's largest export destination for pipfruit.
Mr. Pollard said that the total area devoted to apple production is approximately 21,500 acres. Among apple varieties produced, Royal Gala accounts for 27 percent of production area followed by Braeburn at 17 percent. He said that Fuji and Jazz each account for 10 percent.
New Zealand's pipfruit growers also produce Pacific Rose, Pacific Queen, Cripps Pink and Pacific Beauty apple varieties.
Looking at pear production, Mr. Pollard said, "We expect to export about 245,000 cartons of pears. This is a 14 percent increase on 2012."
Pear varieties produced and marketed are Taylor's Gold, Packhams Triumph, Beurre Bosc and Doyenne du Comice. A number of varieties of Nashi -- known as Chinese pears -- are also grown and exported.
Asked what pipfruit growers anticipate in terms of product quality, Mr. Pollard replied, "Given a good summer, we are generally seeing high-quality fruit this year. It has generally been a very good growing season this year."
In a statement issued in February, Mr. Pollard said the largest percent of this year's export volume would come from Hawke's Bay, which is expected to supply 61 percent of the total pipfruit crop. Nelson was expected to export 31 percent, and Central Otago will account for 4 percent during 2013. The remaining regions will account for the balance of volume.


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Teri, 49, and Michael Hamilton, 47, own The Hamilton’s Artisan Bakery.
Their bakery focuses on slow fermented sourdough products using only high quality ingredients, Teri said.
“This process takes up to 72 hours and increases the body’s absorption of nutrients and is a healthier food option for our community,” she said.
They offer a variety of sourdough breads, including original, roasted garlic and rosemary, jalapeno cheese, and even a triple chocolate sourdough loaf. They plan to add new items such as cinnamon rolls, scones, seeded wheat loaves, focaccia, bagels and pretzels, all made from sourdough.
The Hamiltons started their bakery in April 2022 with just a few loaves at a time and have grown their business in the last year, selling up to 100 items each week, she said.
The Hamilton’s Artisan Bakery is a cottage bakery without a storefront located in Fort Scott.
Within the next year, they plan to expand to surrounding counties’ farmers markets and craft fair events. Eventually, they would like to open a storefront in Fort Scott, she said.
Recent Healthy Bourbon County Action Team Grant Recipient
The Hamiltons feel honored to receive the $5,000 business start up grant from HBCAT, Teri said.
“They have been an invaluable resource from the very beginning, helping set up an LLC, bringing focus to our goals for the future and helping articulate a sustainable business plan,” she said. “HBCAT is a phenomenal support to small businesses in South East Kansas.”
The Hamiltons plan to use the grant money to purchase a specialty oven, designed for use in a cottage bakery setting. Their production will increase 300% by utilizing this new oven, Teri said.
They also plan to invest in printed banners to increase their advertising at local farmers markets.
These two main investments will enable The Hamilton”s Artisan Bakery to serve the Fort Scott area more efficiently and increase their ability to provide healthy, handmade breads to surrounding communities, she said
About The Hamiltons
Michael ran a few businesses in Arizona and Teri grew up in a bakery in Northern California, she said.
After moving to Fort Scott in 2020, they were inspired to put those experiences to use and started selling bread at the Fort Scott Farmers Market.
The Hamiltons quickly saw a need for healthy, handmade breads that are an alternative to those available at mainstream groceries. Because of that need, they decided “to dedicate their creativity, energy, and resources” to slowly building a bakery that could sustain itself without any debt.
They love to create “unique, delicious products that are a special addition to family tables” in their community, she said.
“We are especially excited to develop relationships with community members that they get to see weekly at the farmers markets, she said..
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New York City, New York (PressExposure) June 06, 2011 -- The dust is still settling since CarbonCopyPRO launched the PRO Elite Marketing Partner Program but today CEO and Chief Marketing Officer Jay Kubassek announced that the marketing team iGlobalPros are the newest Marketing Partners.
iGlobalPros is a team of six experienced PRO members who joined as business partners in January 2011. Aaron Chen, Kameron George, Simon Guilliard, Dominik Mikula, Karen Newman, and Jenni Ryan collaborate on their virtual business from all over the world, hailing from Malaysia, Canada, USA, England, and Australia. Having already won marketing awards and led large teams of PRO entrepreneurs, when they banded together, they quickly soared through the ranks of PRO's leadership levels.
"The day PRO announced the Marketing Partner program in April," said Simon Guilliard of iGlobalPros' promotion, "we made it our goal to achieve this distinction. There was no doubt in our minds that we would serve our community this way."
The Marketing Partner program is designed so that the most experienced marketers and business owners in the PRO community not only share their advertising strategies but also personally close sales for new members.
Kubassek summarized, "The Marketing Partner Program underscores a new era of PRO that focuses less on making money and more on empowering others. iGlobalPros joined together with a clear vision of servant leadership, and we couldn't be more enthusiastic to leverage their expertise for the greater good of our entrepreneurs."
Qualifying as a Marketing Partner comes with a host of requirements, including specific production results and a scrupulous interviewing process. iGlobalPros co-founder Karen Newman added, "Becoming a Marketing Partner is an enormous privilege and honor. But giving credit where credit is due, when we approached the PRO Leadership Team and said, 'We're ready to give back; how can we do this?' they embraced us, coached us, and ushered us into the position."
John Jackson, VP of Leadership Development responded, "The PRO community will never compromise on our commitment to developing leaders. But iGlobalPros literally raised their hands and said 'We're in!' It's humbling to honor their unyielding passion to serve others."


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Two pub owners in the southwestern town of Vogue said they were surprised to receive a letter from the world’s most popular fashion magazine claiming that there could be a “problem.”
Mark and Rachel Graham, who have been running Star Inn at Vogue since 2005, told the BBC a legitimate letter from Vogue publisher Condé Nast, saying, “I suspect the name I’m using causes problems. I’m worried. “
According to Condé Nast, the magazine empire was concerned that members of the “general public” would speculate on the relationship between Vogue and Bar, who is believed to be at least 150 years old.
“Please tell us what business area your company is trading / trying to trade with and whether you want to change the company name so that it doesn’t cause any problems,” the letter reportedly requested.
The letter was sent in March and was asked for a reply within 7 days. The pub seems to have caught the attention of Condé Nast after signing the Business Registry of Companies House in the United Kingdom.
The letter was a prank from a local, but the first was Mark Graham. Realizing that this was not the case, he told Vogue representatives that the town of Vogue had its roots 200 years ago. Condé Nast was founded in New York City in 1909. Graham told the BBC that he considered challenging the publisher by using the name Vogue because “we were here first.”
He also said he had informed Condé Nast that he was considering launching a local periodical and calling it “Vogue Magazine” within seven days on request.
According to the BBC, the publisher replied “thank you” to Graham, and after further consideration, the company replied “I didn’t have to send such a letter on this occasion.”
Condé Nast said the pub’s name “wishes a happy summer” to the pub’s operators as publishers get caught up in the routine process of monitoring national business registries.
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Moto Morini unveils their X-Cape middleweight adventure bike at EICMA.
CFMoto introduces their idea of scrambler, heritage bikes
Harley-Davidson displayed its new 1,250 cc Pan America adventure bike at EICMA 2019.
New Italjet Dragster may finally hit the showrooms soon
Husqvarna shows off its Norden 901 adventure bike concept at EICMA
Harley-Davidson unveils the near-production-ready version of its new 975 cc streetfighter, the Bronx.
Honda proposes the idea of a middleweight inline-four crossover with the 2019 CB4X Concept.
BMW unveils the 2020 F 900 R unveiled at the EICMA in Milan, Italy.
KTM unveils the 2020 390 Adventure at the EICMA in Milan, Italy.
Suzuki shows off a new V-Strom, upping the displacement to 1050.
Local motorcycle parts and signage maker, JM Mirasol, is helping the in the fight against COVID-19.
WTCMM, PICC and Rizal Stadium will be converted by the DPWH into hospitals and treatment centers for coronavirus patients.
Take a tour of the top four Japanese motorcycle manufacturer's museums right on your phone
Catch the unveiling of the 890 Duke R "Super Scalpel" tonight on YouTube.
Honda is encouraging collectors and current owners to keep their VFR750Rs alive with new parts and services.
Xiaomi is expanding its electric scooter offerings with these new mopeds.
Honda's CBR1000RR-R earned a Red Dot Design Award for 2020


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Yahoo Games announced on Thursday that it will expand into ad-supported online games by the end of the year, a move.
Under the partnership, Double Fusion and NeoEdge will sell and integrate video ads before, during, and after a game, which is downloaded from Yahoo Games. NeoEdge also is providing technology that will enable Yahoo to insert ads into its game library without requiring the game source code.
Yahoo, however, still plans to retain the ability for users to continue receiving paid game downloads, sans advertising appearing on the games.
That flexibility may be key in satisfying players who may not necessary want ads tucked into a shooter game or a jam session, nor ads scrolling by before or after a game. Nonetheless, Yankee Group Research projects worldwide in-game advertising to soar to $971.3 million by 2011 from $77.7 million in 2006.


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Team Tanzania comprising of members from the Tanzania Tourism industry will participate to the forthcoming World Tourism Market travel show, scheduled to take place from 7th – 9 November 2016 in London, UK. Four Public Institutions namely Tanzania Tourist Board (TTB), Tanzania National Park (TANAPA), Ngorongoro Conservation Area Authority (NCAA) and Zanzibar Commission for Tourism (ZCT) will team up with 42 private companies to form a total number of 46 exhibiting companies that will showcase Tanzania’s tourism attractions and services to UK travellers.
Participants from the private sectors will include representatives from Tour and Travel operationsTANZANIA TOURIST BOARD, Airlines carriers, Accommodation facilities and Event management who will be exhibiting under the TTB stand and will be showcasing the country’s spectacular tourism attractions as well as their services to tourism and travel trade professionals from all over the world.
The participation of team Tanzania will be under the new slogan ‘Tanzania; The Soul of Africa.’ which was officially launched in October last year by the retired President Dr. Jakaya Kikwete to replace the previous one ‘The Land of Kilimanjaro, Zanzibar and the Serengeti.
The Board is expected to continue to promote its traditional tourism products, its new Tourism portal (www.tanzaniatourism.com), recently developed tourism facilities and services in Tanzania which include the newly launched Air Tanzania Company Ltd as well as the new Julius Nyerere International Airport’s Terminal 3 and other major developments happening in Tanzania.
The Managing Director of Tanzania Tourist Board Ms Devota Mdachi calls upon the Press, trade professionals and other visitors from all over the world attending WTM this year to visit the Tanzania Stand. (AF 450)
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Samsung Tablet Black Friday -
Phone games has take place a very long way considering the introduction of crude & effortless games like Fish and Pong which will were available on early Nokia smartphone. Mobile processors and layouts are now as potent as desktop desktops were just a few years ago. Older generations still take into account packing around a Game Boy or Game gear and begging their fathers and mothers for another game. New a long time literally have gain access to to 100's of 1000s of games on their cell phone gadget.


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Motor Company announced the launch of limited edition TVS HLX 125 Gold and TVS
HLX 150 Gold in Kenya. These two
celebrity limited editions are launched to commemorate over two million units
of the global TVS HLX series sales milestone.
HLX series, launched in 2013, has stayed true to the brand's promise of being a
sturdy product that is highly reliable across rugged terrains.TVS HLX has
played an integral role in transforming millions of lives in Africa by catering
to varied commuting needs.
motorcycle has provided last-mile connectivity for commercial taxis and
delivery segments in rural and urban regions across Africa, the Middle East and
LATAM.TVS HLX motorcycles have played a vital role in the two-wheeler taxi
segment in Africa, offering best-in-class durability,quality, and performance
across varied road conditions.
newly launched limited edition TVS HLX 150 Gold and TVS HLX 125 Gold is
equipped with unique first-in-segment features like Smart Lock (Anti-theft
security feature using key-FOB) to enhance the safety and security of the
vehicle. It also comes with stylish
graphics on the fuel tank and side cover inspired by Kenyan culture.
motorcycle comes in a new attractive colour Starlight Blue and Burgundy seat
colour to further add to the style quotient of the motorcycle. It also offers first-in-segment gold themed
front and rear suspension. It comes with an all-new 3D logo of TVS Motor on the
HLX comes with a durable engine with dual-stage filtration technology and
convenient features like USB chargers, hazard lamps, gear position indicator
and an optional offering of a telematics solution.
HLX series is available in the variants of TVS HLX PLUS (100-cc), TVS HLX 125,
TVS HLX 150 and TVS HLX 150X in over 49 countries in Africa, the Middle East
To celebrate the McLaren and Bowers & Wilkins partnership and the high-performance hybrid McLaren Artura supercar in which the two companies’ award-winning collaboration features, Bowers & Wilkins has...
Marelli, one of the world’s leading global independent suppliers to the automotive sector, will showcase its latest innovations at CES 2023 in Las Vegas, NV, from January 5-7, 2023, at the Wynn Hotel....
India Kawasaki Motors Pvt. Ltd. (IKM) has launched a new flagship engine oil product, Kawasaki Genuine Ultra-Premium 10W-40 Oil, for Kawasaki’s motorcycles, developed by Petronas Lubricants. The price...


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According to news and rumor site DigiTimes, Foxconn appears to be the frontrunner to produce smartphones for BlackBerry developer Research in Motion (RIM), or so say the site's un-named sources within the Taiwan handset industry.
RIM, who currently works with EMS firms Elcoteq and Celestica, wants to ramp up its output to meet its expanding global market share, DigiTimes reports. Should Foxconn snag a partnership deal, it will become the most comprehensive OEM smartphone maker on the planet, capable of producing smartphones that run on every major handset OS, including Windows Mobile, Android, Web OS, iPhone OS, and BlackBerry OS.
The deal would give second-ranking smartphone vendor RIM, who holds an 18 percent market share, a boost in its bid to compete with Nokia, the No.1 smartphone vendor.
Newton's third law of motion states "to every action there is an equal and opposite reaction," which might help explain why ISPs feel compelled to offer increasingly faster broadband, yet place bandwidth restrictions as low as 40GB/month. It hardly seems fair considering that streaming HD content is finally starting to take hold, along with downloadable games, an increased interest in Linux, and other ways to use up that monthly allotment. New York Congressman Eric Massa doesn't think it's fair either and has pledged to introduce a bill called the "Broadband Internet Fairness Act."
"I am taking a leadership position on this issue because of all the phone calls, emails, and faxes I've received from my district and all over the country," Massa said in a statement. "While I favor a businesses' right to maximize their profit potential, I believe safeguards must be put in place when a business has a monopoly on a specific region."
Massa was referring to Time Warner Cable (TWC), who said it plans to test tiered internet service in Rochester, New York, which resides in Massa's district. Even more startling is AT&T's plans to test its 20GB data cap in the same town where TWC began its pilot program.
It remains to be seen what, if anything, will come from Massa's proposed bill, but the lesson here is that if you take the time to write, email, or call your Congressman, someone just might listen.
Google this week released an 'early-look' version of the SDK for Android 1.5 with a smorgasbord of features to keep developers busy for quite some time. Google crammed so many goodies into its latest release that it would probably be easier to list what's not included, like no Microsoft Exchange sync, but where's the fun in that? Here's just a sampling of what's new:
On-screen soft keyboard
Works in both portrait and landscape orientation
Support for user installation of 3rd party keyboards
Video playback (MPEG4 and 3GP formats)
And the list goes on and on. But it's not just new features that find their way into Android, but several existing ones have been polished. Even the SDK itself has been tweaked and "introduces several new capabilities that enable you to develop applications more efficiently for multiple platform versions and locales."
If the PCGA’s having an in-office Opposite Day celebration, well, someone took it a little too seriously.
Over the weekend, eagle-eyed, bloodhound-nosed chimera readers of the PCGA website noticed that Activision’s name disappeared from the organization’s member list. As it turns out, Activision – as well as “a few others” – could no longer afford the decadent lifestyle a PCGA membership entails, so they quit.
"A few members have decided they cannot justify the budget (membership and staff) required to maintain an active role in the PC Gaming Alliance at this time," the PCGA told Kotaku.
Activision’s departure, of course, means that recent spouse Blizzard is also packing its bags. For those not in the know, Blizzard may very well be the biggest PC game developer in existence, and filling its cavernous cleats will likely prove impossible.
But here’s where things just get weird. The same list that lost Activision to miserly thrift recently gained a new member known as Sony DADC. Long story short, Sony DADC is the parent company of SecuROM, creator of the restrictive DRM that appeared in titles like Spore and Far Cry 2.
Yes, that’s right. An organization that claims to defend PC gamers’ interests has apparently taken a shine to public enemy number one. Um, what?
We’re hoping to learn the why’s and how’s of this strange turn of events from the PCGA soon. In the meantime, though, we’re off to coax the pigs down from the rooftop. Ever since they grew wings, they’ve been completely inconsolable.
Oh no! The sky is falling; PC gaming is doomed; they cancelled Firefly again, etc. After essentially tasting, feeling, and smelling like a multiplatform developer for a couple years, id Software – this time through the mouthpiece of CEO Todd Hollenshead – has finally come out and stated the obvious.
"There's no question that our roots are in PC gaming. And when I play a first-person shooter, keyboard and mouse is the configuration that I want to play on," Hollenshead noted. "But we feel like, in terms of your triple-A, big-budget, big-market title, that you really have to be cross-platform to be successful, unless you're a first party."
"As an independent developer, we feel like we have to be on all the relevant platforms. So we don't really view ourselves as PC first."
Is PC gaming The Future? Who knows – but multiplatform development is now, so excuse us while we don’t spit our cola onto the face of the nearest onlooker.
In other news, Hollenshead said that id will announce “some new stuff” at E3, and that Doom 4 will be like other Doom titles, but not – meaning that guns and demons are probably in, but that those of you who wanted conversation trees and complex interpersonal communication will probably be disappointed.
Read the full interview here, if you want. A word of warning, though: It’s long – and there aren’t many pictures.
The issue was brought up by Colin Kinney at ATL’s annual meeting. He referenced a Swedish research and the findings of some other European experts to justify his sense of alarm. “Have we the right to avoid the moral warnings simply for access to a few more computers?” he asked the attendees at ATL’s annual meeting.
He wants a long-time study to probe WiFi’s impact on heath. The teacher’s body has espoused Kinney’s concerns and resolved to prod the government into action.
Apple is reported to have put NAND flash supplies under considerable strain by placing an order for 100 million 8Gb NAND flash chips with Samsung Electronics.
Taiwanese website Digitimes was the first to report on the issue. Sources told Digitimes that NAND supply will remain sparse until the end of May. NAND prices are expected to continue their upward trend on the back of this huge order. This is because NAND flash chip manufacturers are not keen on increasing production.
According to Daniel Amir, an analyst with Lazard Market Capital, Apple’s gargantuan order comprises both 16Gb and 8Gb NAND flash chips. Amir believes Apple’s order for 16Gb NAND is a harbinger of 32GB iPhones being around the corner. The same analyst had reported last month that industry insiders had told him that 32GB iPhones would become available in June, 2009.
ATI’s latest in their Radeon HD line has finally been confirmed as the HD 4890 X2.
While initially AMD maintained the notion that there wasn’t a market for anything beyond the HD 4870 X2 because of the card being absolutely top of the line, they’ve still gone ahead with the 4890 X2.
Reportedly, the new graphics card will have two GPUs running at least 1GHz per core, and depending on the SKU a customer buys, they can expect 2GB or 4GB of memory. Unfortunately, that’s the most specific information currently available.
No word yet on pricing or availability on the new powerhouse, but it is expected that Nvidia will follow this up with a new ultra high-end offering of their own.
Google, never one to sit idly by while there are small improvements to be made on their own web-based email client, announced this week that they would be releasing a new, experimental feature that would allow users to insert images into an email rather then sending them as attachments.
The new feature, aptly named “Inserting images,” will allow users to send email messages with inline images that show up at an exact, user-defined location inside the body of the message. Once you enable the feature in the Labs tab in Gmail’s settings, you’ll be all set to go. So be sure to check it out and let us know what you think!
It wasn’t long ago that numerous tech news sources (including us) reported on Time Warner’s miniscule bandwidth caps, and it would seem that all this press caught the attention of some higher ups within the ISP.
Landel Hobbs, Time Warner Cable’s Chief Operating Officer, wrote a lengthy reply to those that had reported on the matter. “Some recent press reports about our four consumption based billing trials planned for later this year were premature and did not tell the full story,” he states. “With that said, we realize our communication to customers about these trials has been inadequate and we apologize for any frustration we caused. We’ve heard the passionate feedback and we’ve taken action to address our customers’ concerns.”
The post continues to paint a picture where the ISP is stuck in a situation where the growing demand of the Internet causes them to charge such enormous rates and cap users at such small amounts of bandwidth. The post divulges, “…at Time Warner Cable, consumption among our high-speed Internet subscribers is increasing by about 40% a year.”
Strangely enough, at a later point where Mr. Hobbs is dissecting the reasoning behind a very small, very cheap 1GB capped plan for $15 a month he mentions, “Our usage data show that about 30% of our customers use less than 1 GB per month.” Hm.
Self-contradictions aside, the reasoning behind capping the bandwidth does hold some water, it’s just unfortunate that they should come at such colossal prices. If you’re interested in reading the whole message, be sure to check it out here.


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Paul Gauguin Acquisition Benefits Agents, ClientsAugust 31, 2009 By: Alexia Dellner
The acquisition of Paul Gauguin Cruises by Pacific Beachcomber will not hinder agents' business, according to a statement released by David A. Giersdorf, president and CEO of the cruise line.
Giersdorf assured travel professionals that anew online Travel Agent Center will ease ooking a Paul Gauguin cruise and that the automatic honoring of all current 2009 commission agreements and levels for 2010 reservations, including those made through National Accounts and Independent Agreements, will remain unaffected. The cruise line will also continue with the elimination of non-commissionable fares for 2010
To celebrate the acquisition, Paul Gauguin Cruises is offering Early Booking Savings. Guests who reserve and deposit by September 30 will receive up to 50 percent off standard cruise fares for January-March departures, up to 45% percent off standard cruise fares for April-December departures, free roundtrip airfare from Los Angeles for 2010 departures of 10 or more nights, and two-for-one roundtrip airfare from Los Angeles for 2010 departures of seven to nine nights
The m/s Paul Gauguin Society also enables clients to extend savings of 5 percent and exclusive recognition benefits if they have sailed previously on Paul Gauguin Cruises.


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CAIRO: Apps have become increasingly popular in Egypt in recent years, creating new job opportunities and challenging traditional business and marketing channels.
For instance, Uber has around 90,000 monthly active drivers in the country, and Airbnb has grown massively.
Showaround, a platform that allows travelers to hire locals as personal tour guides, has attracted more than 6,300 locals.
“It’s a wave of change. It’s the fourth industrial revolution. Expect more and more apps to change how business is done,” Mohsen Aziz, 41, a software company owner in Cairo, told Arab News.
“Moreover, it opens up the space for new job opportunities and new products and services that were almost impossible to offer previously.”
Aziz said of Showaround: “Regardless of the local guides’ background, they still get recruited by global tourists. Subscribers’ profile picture, write up and service users’ reviews drive demand.”
On the app, men and women, primarily aged 21-35, post interesting pictures that include ancient sites, yoga positions and hiking.
Tour prices range from $3 to $15 per hour, but many locals offer their services for free to gain reviews.
“While I’m happy we’re driving better tourist services through such platforms, I’m concerned that these locals aren’t trained or have enough of a background to be ambassadors for our country to explain thousands of years of history,” said professional tour guide Rasha Hussein.
“Guides should get government licenses to practice. It doesn’t sound fair. We spent years studying and practicing to be eligible.”
Egypt aims to attract 12 million tourists in the fiscal year 2019-20, an 11 percent increase from 2018-19, according to government plans.
The Tourism Ministry recently announced partnerships with six international companies, including CNN and Expedia, to promote tourism through global platforms and modernize marketing mechanisms for Egyptian tourist destinations.
The government aims to increase the number of tourist nights spent in Egypt to 127 million, compared to 113 million in 2018-19.
Egypt’s tourism revenues reached $11.4 billion in 2018, an increase of around 50 percent ($7.6 billion) from 2017, according to figures from the Tourism Ministry.


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While Mzansi tobacco farmers have been forced to drop out of the sector because of illicit trading, the South African Tobacco Transformation Alliance (Satta) has called for more engagement over the proposed Tobacco Products Control bill.
Satta spokesperson Zacharia Motsumi said they are calling on the National Assembly to reject the bill and transfer it to the National Economic Development and Labour Council for proper processing, including an independent analysis of the significant impact the bill would have on society.
‘Let us go back to the table’
According to Parliament, the bill seeks to regulate the sale and advertising of tobacco products and electronic devices and to make provision for the standardisation of their packaging.
The bill states, “To provide for standards in respect of the manufacturing and export of tobacco products and electronic delivery systems, to prohibit the sale of tobacco products and electronic delivery systems to children, to prohibit the free distribution of tobacco products and electronic delivery systems.”
“The reason for the collapse in tobacco farming is simple. Illegal trade in tobacco products is stealing the market and destroying an entire sector of the economy,” Motsumi said.
He explained that 157 tobacco farmers disappeared, and the retrenchment of thousands of tobacco workers and the halving of the sector’s contribution to the national fiscus can all be traced to lower demand for legal cigarettes.
Hardly any tobacco farmers left
“The market share of ‘legal’ cigarettes has dropped to less than 30%. The impact on employment in our sector has been devastating, today, there are only 10 emerging tobacco farmers.
“This is a decrease of 92% from 2019 when there were 125 tobacco farmers. South Africa also has less than 155 commercial tobacco farmers, 21% fewer than the 197 it had in 2019,” he said.
Public submissions for the Tobacco Products Control Bill concluded on the last day of August. However, Satta said Parliament has an opportunity to rectify and save the dying industry.
“The illicit tobacco industry, which Satta refers to as ‘an organised criminal network’, has entirely taken over the tobacco market, and the new regulations will essentially hand over the remaining portion of the market to criminals,” he added.
Fuelling Illegal trade
According to Satta, the measures outlined in the bill will strengthen the illegal trade while causing additional harm to legitimate tobacco product growers, processors, manufacturers, distributors, and retailers.
“We have no hesitation in saying that the new bill will worsen public health, destroy businesses and jobs, harm the fiscus and the economy, and further tarnish South Africa’s international reputation; and it will do this by fuelling what is already one of the world’s biggest illicit tobacco markets.
“The only beneficiaries of the bill will be the wealthy criminals behind the illegal trade, they will scoff at the new measures, just as they have ignored so many previous laws. But they will also capitalise on them,” he said.
According to Motsumi, the current bill was a fundamental step backwards in the arena of tobacco control and it was among the most draconian in the world.
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