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It looked like Trump was going to save ZTE, but now Senate Democrats and Republicans have joined forces to stop that by adding language to the National Defense Authorization Act that would reintroduce the ban.
I’m conflicted about the ZTE mess from what I know of it. Seems that greedy bastards in the company were greedy bastards, violated embargoes, got their money, and now all of ZTE’s employees (74,000+ all over the world,) customers, and suppliers will be paying the price.
Seems a little like tossing the top tier out and revoking monies earned might be the way to go with this punitively. Maybe a flame thrower.
The suppliers, which include Intel and Qualcomm, US-based companies, will probably suffer for a bit as ZTE goes away and the remaining smartphone companies realize they’re not ready to produce a quarter of all phones sold in the US overnight.
I have a feeling the ensuing supply chain glut is going to suck somewhere down the line for someone.
But that all sort of depends on if the House goes along with the measure, and then whether Trump signs it or vetoes it, and if vetoed whether enough legislators are willing to fight.


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Bombardier Aerospace delivered 180 business jets last year, up one from 2012. However, the Canadian aircraft manufacturer missed its 2013 guidance by 10 business airplanes, “mainly due to the transition from the Learjet 40XR and Learjet 45XR to the Learjet 70 and Learjet 75, which entered service in the fourth quarter.” The company originally expected deliveries of these revamped light jets to start in the third quarter. It shipped 29 Learjets, 89 Challengers and 62 Globals last year, compared with 39 Learjets, 86 Challengers and 54 Globals in 2012.
Business aircraft remanufacturer Nextant Aerospace appointed JetHQ as its exclusive sales agent for Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Turkey and Lebanon. These countries represent some of the most active private aviation markets in the Middle East, Nextant said. JetHQ and its Dubai-based managing director, Garett Jerde, will play a “key role” in expanding Nextant’s sales, marketing and customer service strategy in the region, it said. JetHQ has brokered a variety of business aircraft in the region, including those from Beechcraft, Hawker, Bombardier, Gulfstream and AgustaWestland.
Bombardier Aerospace scored a flurry of orders for 58 Challenger and Global business jets worth nearly $3 billion late last month, allowing the Montreal-based aircraft manufacturer to end the year on a high note. Including these 11th-hour orders, the company sold some 310 business jets last year.
Flexjet is offering two limited-time offers–25 Challenger 300 upgrade hours and “60 for 50”–to spur fractional jet ownership sales in its Learjet and Challenger programs. Until December 31, new and existing Flexjet owners purchasing a one-sixteenth share in a Learjet 40XR, 45XR or 60XR will have the opportunity to upgrade 25 of their annual allocated hours, at their same Learjet hourly occupied rate, to a Challenger 300.
Bombardier closed the sale of Flexjet to Flexjet LLC, a newly created company funded by Directional Aviation Capital, last week, though aircraft are still being transferred to the new owner. When the deal was announced on September 5, the acquisition price was $185 million; following “purchase price adjustments,” it is now estimated at $195 million, including the “assumption of an estimated $70 million of customer advances” by Directional’s Flexjet LLC.
Zurich, Switzerland-based AC Aviation Charter has opened a new office in Vienna, Austria. Three charter sales agents will be based in the new office in Vienna, and the team will be lead by Bernhard Wipfler. The company’s current charter management fleet consists of two Learjet 40s, three Falcon 900s and a Beechjet 400A, Citation XLS, Challenger 605 and Challenger 850 and GV.
The Bombardier Learjet 75 light jet–a longer-range version of the Learjet 45 with Garmin G5000 integrated avionics, redesigned winglets and more efficient Honeywell TFE731-40BR engines–received U.S. FAA certification on Thursday. Deliveries have already begun for U.S. and Canadian customers, a Bombardier Aerospace spokeswoman told AIN. Certification and delivery efforts are pending for its smaller sibling, the Learjet 70.
Flexjet and Abercrombie & Kent introduced “Passport to the World,” the first completely private jet experience circumnavigating the globe. For $1.5 million, guests will travel for two weeks aboard a Challenger 605 operated by Jet Solutions to seven landmark destinations and get “exclusive access to hidden wonders that are out of reach to the rest of the world,” ranging from the Forbidden City to the Taj Mahal. It includes a Japanese tea ceremony in Kyoto and a private opening of Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia, off limits to the public.
The fractional market has undergone severe contraction this year, with CitationAir nearly out of the business of commercial business jet operations, Bombardier’s Flexjet sold to Flight Options parent Directional Aviation Capital and Avantair forced into
Bombardier released its third quarter 2013 financial results this morning with most of its numbers showing a slight decline in comparison with the same period last year. Revenues for the corporation as a whole totaled $4.1 billion at the end of the quarter on September 30, compared to $4.2 billion for the same fiscal quarter last year. Bombardier Aerospace accounted for $2 billion in the quarter, compared to $2.3 billion last year.

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Voice — the purportedly decentralized social media platform founded by Block.one — shut down in April less than one year after its launch.
Now, Voice’s landing page displays a message: “an NFT platform for emerging creators — summer 2021.”
On the surface, this appears to be a complete pivot, but Block.one would argue the move is simply an “upgrade.”
Voice chief exec Salah Zalatimo explained in a recent blog post that the company is looking to lean more on its “core strength” of tokenization.
We’ve heard Voice before
Last July, Zalatimo tweeted Block.one and Daniel Larimer’s then-new project Voice was open to registrants, complete with an attempted hashtag campaign: #TakeBackSocialMedia.
“Traditional social platforms aren’t working for society, so we’re building the alternative we all need.”
Block.one paid Michael Saylor’s MicroStrategy a groin-thumping $30 million for the Voice.com domain in the previous year.
Voice’s concept, it seems, was a decentralized social media platform.
Although, how Block.one would’ve accomplished that by relying on a private and centralized blockchain in EOS isn’t totally clear.
“It’s time for a more sustainable social media where everyone is aligned and gets their fair share,” said Zalatimo in a Medium article in April 2020, which called out Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg directly in the headline.
Zalatimo noted news media is “critical to society,” and posited that the world needs a social media that pays publishers for content they produce.
Voice was supposed to be that change. In reality, the pitch was almost identical to the spiel Larimer parroted five years ago with one of his earlier projects, Steem (now abandoned).
Everything is an NFT now
Rewind to June 2019, at the B1 Keynote. An enormous screen flashes images of Wall Street and phrases like “rewriting the formula.”
Block.one chief exec Brendan Blumer and then-CTO Larimer are onstage, like awkwarder versions of Elon Musk presenting the cybertruck.
“Social media was intended for good, putting people in charge of what content they see and share,” Larimer began, hands clasped in front.
“But it’s become less about what you want to see and more about what big companies, anonymous bot operators, and internet trolls want you to see.”
Larimer looks into the camera. “We are here to change that, and guess what we are going to use to do that?” Yep, another token. The Voice Token.
There is delayed, stiff applause.
But enthusiasm for the platform — or Voice Token — never came. Now, Zalatimo says “instead of putting tokens next to creative content, the content itself will be the token.”
Voice’s NFT pivot inspired by Dorsey?
In reality, all this sounds very similar to the Cent Valuables platform recently utilized by Twitter boss Jack Dorsey.
Dorsey sold an NFT of his “genesis tweet” for $2.9 million in Ethereum earlier this year, and gave the proceeds to charity (after exchanging the ETH for Bitcoin).
But the distinction marking Voice’s NFT-powered platform from others is its supposed utilization of the EOS blockchain.
Despite raising billions to fund its development, EOS is far from setting benchmarks for efficiency, fairness, or decentralization. Still, Block.one is making bold claims (literally, in bold) about Voice’s prospects.
The bottom of Zalatimo’s most recent announcement reads: “The days of creators being exploited by platforms are coming to an end.”
Is anything different?
Block.one and partner investors recently dumped a grundle-punching $10 billion into a new cryptocurrency exchange, which will also supposedly leverage EOS.
Voice could fit into that ecosystem, somehow, perhaps with direct exchange integration.
NFTs are hotter now than they were when EOS launched in 2018, though significantly waning in popularity. There’s also more institutional and retail investors in the space.
However, the most notable difference is that Larimer left EOS and Block.one at the start of the year to work on his own projects.
One of them is another decentralized social media platform (Larimer’s third). Indeed, Larimer — for once — is attempting to take on the likes of Facebook and Twitter without a blockchain.
Larimer calls the operating system for his new project Clarion. It uses “a friend-to-friend network to propagate messages” and will be “even more decentralized than email,” Larimer claims.
In some sense, this implies that Block.one’s Voice and Larimer’s Clarion will be competitors in the now-crowded niche of decentralized social media.
Who will come out on top? Probably neither.


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“This organization is needed and it should be profoundly rethought,” said Bruno Le Maire on Wednesday in a clear reference to the imminent US tariffs on steel and aluminum that may affect many European countries.
Le Maire, who was speaking in a gathering of economists in Paris, said US increasing restrictions on import from other countries have made it necessary to rethink the global trade mechanisms, including those governed by the WTO.
“We share some of the worries expressed, for example, by the United States over the faulty workings of certain multilateral agencies,” said Le Marie while mentioning the WTO, Presstv reported.
The comments came amid increasing tensions between the US and the European Union over trade barriers mostly introduced by Washington. The EU insists it should be permanently exempted from tariffs on steel and aluminum, which the US says is mostly aimed at overproduction in China. However, Washington says the EU should give concessions for a current exemption to become permanent.
The EU has proposed that the issue of overcapacity could be resolved through talks if Washington agrees to permanently exempt the EU from the tariffs.
Trump imposed the tariffs in March on the grounds that American producers crucial to military preparedness were being undermined by cheap imports.
The EU countries have warned that they could also impose their own punitive tariffs on US-made goods. Those tariffs would affect 2.8 billion euros' ($3.4 billion) worth of US exports, while the EU’s metal exports to the United States, which could be affected by new tariffs, are worth 6.4 billion euros.


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Mozilla Patches Thunderbird, Ends Development On Mozilla Suite
As the company issued fixes for various products, it said version 1.7.13 of its Mozilla browser suite would be its last, putting an end to a 12-year browser line that went back to the original Netscape.
Mozilla Corp. late Friday unveiled security fixes for its Thunderbird e-mail client to match patches rolled out for the Firefox browser a week before.
At the same time, the Mountain View, Calif. company also patched the Mozillabrowser suite, then said the 1.7.13 version was the last it would produce, putting an end to Mozilla's development of an Internet suite that traces its roots back a dozen years to the original Netscape.
Thunderbird 188.8.131.52 repairs 15 vulnerabilities, two marked "critical" by Mozilla, one of which was also patched in Firefox 184.108.40.206 on April 14. An older edition of Thunderbird, version 1.0.8, was also patched to plug 17 security holes.
Mozilla also updated its same-named suite, which includes a browser, e-mail client, newsgroup reader, IRC client, and HTML editor, to version 1.7.13 by fixing 20 flaws, 12 of them critical.
Version 1.7.13 of the suite will be the final version from Mozilla, as per its "sunset" announcement a week ago when it said it would close the books on Mozilla, Firefox 1.0.x, and Thunderbird 1.0.x.
The end of the Mozilla suite puts a bookmark on the longest-running Internet suite, one that traces its genealogy to 1994, when Netscape Navigator was first released in beta (under the name Mosaic), through
1996-97's Netscape Communicator suite, and into the 1998 decision to take Netscape open-source.
However, while Mozilla Corp. is ending development of the suite, an independent open-source group, dubbed "SeaMonkey," continues to work on an Internet application suite. SeaMonkey released its latest version, 1.0.1, on April 13.
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Foxtel on Internet TV - as it has been branded - was first confirmed on April 17 at Samsung’s most recent smart TV launch, following a period of rumours and speculation.
According to Samsung, the service eliminates the need for TV watchers to sign long-term lock-in contracts, or install a set-top-box. It has been designed and delivered with the aim of providing ease-of-access to consumers, according to Samsung Electronics Australia audio-visual group manager, Evan Manolis.
As part of the launch, customers who purchase a participating Samsung smart TV between July 1 and September 2 are eligible to receive a free three-month subscription to the Get Started Package, which includes FOX8, MTV, Nickelodeon, Channel V, and more.
“Our partnership with Samsung is part of a plan to broaden our distribution through other platforms and is an opportunity to reach even more people,” Foxtel product executive director, Jim Rudder, said.
“As the quality of the TV experience over broadband has improved, people have become more willing to consume content in different ways and as such it presents a great opportunity to distribute our programs that wasn’t previously there.”


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The Rhein Chemie Additives (ADD) business unit of Lanxess will appear at Tire Technology Expo 2016, after the restructuring that took place over a year ago, combining the majority of the company’s additive business under a single roof.
Predispersed, polymer-bound additives, processing promoters and both vulcanization and filler activators are among the highlights. The portfolio of Rhenodiv release agents, the Rhenomark family of tread marking inks and the innovative Rhenowave inline process monitoring system will also be presented.
“The tire industry remains one of our most important customers,” said Dietmar Hoff, ADD’s Head of Product Management Tire Products. “Bladders and the associated release agents alone account for around a fifth of our rubber business line’s sales. Bladders with a permanent coating make life even easier for tire producers – they help make the production process far more efficient by removing the need for constant respraying of release agents.”
Lanxess’ commitment to its bladder business includes a new bladder production line for making tractor tires in Burzaco, Argentina, and the recent opening of a new line producing vulcanization bladders for car and commercial vehicle tires in Qingdao, China.
Tire Technology Expo 2016 will be held from February 16-18 in Hannover, Germany.


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Farmigo’s new headquarters in Gowanus, Brooklyn.
Whether you’re an urban dweller looking for better access to organic produce or an agriculturalist looking for better access to a community, Farmigo is the company that will change how you interact with people and food. The website, launched in California in 2009, allows individuals to order a wide array of seasonal, fresh foods from small community farms. Each order is packaged and shipped within 48 hours of harvest and sent to designated communal pick up locations to be picked up by the customer at a prearranged time. At the helm of each pick up location is a community organizer, considered the backbone of the entire operation, that ensures that all orders are shipped and available to the customers as requested. And Farmigo is getting ever closer to the New York City market, with the opening of its headquarters in Gowanus, Brooklyn last week
The Farmigo mission, as told through visualization.
Combining the convenience of technology, the health benefits of locally produced food, and the social gains from communal organization, Farmigo has set itself up as a catalyst in the current agricultural revolution of urban farming. Small businesses have become forerunners in improving the agricultural sector of local economies, and farmers who work with Farmigo can earn between $0.60 to $0.70 on the dollar, as opposed to the typical $0.20. This encourages farmers to build Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) businesses, which allow for producers and consumers alike to share the risks and benefits of food production. Eventually everyone in a community becomes involved in the food distribution process, and Farmigo has even begun working with primary schools to both educate students on the health benefits of locally-grown organic food and to set up pickup locations.
Founder and CEO, Benzi Ronen.
Farmigo moved from the San Francisco Bay Area to DUMBO last year in the hopes of having better access to other startups in both the food and tech industries, including Brooklyn Grange, Mast Brothers Chocolate Company, and Splendid Spoon, among others. The company now reliably serves customers all throughout the New York and San Francisco metropolitan areas, with a focus on better serving suburbs where food systems, though efficient, have become unsustainable and impersonal. With great success has come the need for more space, and the Farmigo team officially opened up their new headquarters in Gowanus last week. The 5,000 square foot space, a converted warehouse made from raw and sustainable materials, is brightly lit and welcoming, with a row of open offices named for different seasons of the year.
In keeping with its communal mission statement, Farmigo is set to host regular Food Hackers Meetups, with Moth-style storytelling and deliciously catered food. We were fortunate enough to preview the space before the first Meetup and get a (literal) taste of what Farmigo is all about. With a disarming smile and a soothing baritone voice, founder and CEO Benzi Ronen greeted guests and took them on a personal tour of the headquarters. His enthusiasm was contagious, and he proudly showcased his operation as a home, complete with a working kitchen in the back. Ronen’s background in the tech history with the entrepreneurial endeavor, Octago, is bolstered by a long personal relationship with agriculture, having helped his father build farming communities while growing up.
Ronen and the Farmigo team hope to expand their operations to other U.S. cities in the near future, but for the time being are doing all they can to help put Gowanus at the forefront of community-based urban agriculture.
Some of the delicious food, catered personally by Farmigo staff, on hand at the company’s official opening.


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The company announced hopes to become a local manufacturer, employing up to 200 people in the region.
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Major Health Foods Manufacturer Takes Pro-Genetically-Modified Stance
February 22, 2000
Not only is the company resisting pressure from environmentalists to take a "non-GM" (short for "non-genetically-modified") stance, but itÕs actually promising to use genetically modified ingredients in its in-house brands. Lumen Foods is, to date, the only U.S. food processing company to take this position.
The decision comes on the heels of announcements by much larger food companies (i.e. Frito-Lay, Heinz, Gerber, etc.) to either ban GM ingredients from their products, or, in the case of Frito-Lay, request that their growers avoid GM seed. All have made the decision following vigorous pressure from anti-GM environmental activists.
"They have it all wrong," said Lumen FoodsÕ President, Greg Caton, "There is no credible scientist in the world today who can show that so-called genetically modified foods are any less healthful than those made from traditional hybrid seed. In fact, the reverse is true. The FDA, USDA, and EPA have all done exhaustive research into their safety and have found nothing that remotely suggests that either the consumer or the environment are at risk from GM seed."
To help consumers understand some of the issues surrounding genetically-modified foods, Lumen Foods has set up a section on its web site, called "Biotech Education Series," that contains government-sponsored studies, reprinted articles, and letters from scientists from around the world. (See soybean.com/bseries.htm).
"We understand that Greenpeace and other eco-groups have to have fund-raising issues," Caton notes. "But their current campaign amounts to a declaration of war on agricultural biotech science, and itÕs going to be their Waterloo. What they are doing makes as much sense as calling for a ban on all computers because their monitors emit low-grade electromagnetic radiation. ItÕs absurd. Once the public has figured out what they have done, the greatest danger is that in the future, when really important environmental matters are at stake, few people will listen to them, and their more intelligent arguments will be relegated to the left-wing fringe. This has to be stopped."
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24/7 Media Buys Website Results
24/7 Media, New York, said the acquisition will broaden its product offerings.
Website Results delivers targeted consumer and business traffic to client sites from Internet search engine queries.
Researchers quibble about just how big the Internet of Things is going to be, but a new report says it's going to be huge and that marketers need to pay ...
Norwegian moviegoers got front-row seats when Sony took dynamic digital ads off the Web and into theaters.
The cloud-based platform syncs with marketing automation and capitalizes on user behavior to extend view times.


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WASHINGTON, D.C. (USDOC) — The U.S. Department of Commerce initialed a draft agreement with Mexican tomato growers to suspend the ongoing antidumping (AD) investigation of fresh tomatoes from Mexico, ensuring that the domestic tomato industry will be protected from unfair trade.
“For many years, there have been disputes over the roughly $2 billion worth of tomatoes that are imported from Mexico annually. These disputes led the Department to terminate an earlier suspension agreement and continue an investigation that could have led to duties of 25 percent for most Mexican tomato producers. After intensive discussions with all parties, we initialed a new draft suspension agreement with the Mexican growers late last night. This draft agreement meets the needs of both sides and avoids the need for antidumping duties,” Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross said.
The draft suspension agreement has enforcement provisions that completely eliminate the injurious effects of Mexican tomatoes, as well as price suppression and undercutting. The draft agreement sets reference prices for rounds and romas at $0.31/lb., stem-on tomatoes at $0.46/lb., tomatoes on the vine at $0.50/lb., specialty loose tomatoes at $0.49/lb., and specialty packed tomatoes at $0.59/lb., with organic tomatoes priced 40% higher than non-organics. The draft agreement also closes loopholes from past suspension agreements that permitted sales below the reference prices, and includes a brand-new inspection mechanism to prevent the importation of low-quality, poor-condition tomatoes from Mexico, which can have price suppressive effects in the market. In addition, the draft agreement allows the Department to audit up to 80 Mexican tomato producers per quarter, or more with good cause.
The statute requires a 30-day notice period after today’s initialing of the draft agreement. At that point, on September 19, Commerce and the Mexican growers could sign a final agreement. If this occurs, Commerce will suspend the ongoing AD investigation without issuing a final determination.
The draft agreement stems from a November 14, 2018 request from the Florida Tomato Exchange that Commerce terminate the 2013 Suspension Agreement on Fresh Tomatoes from Mexico. On February 6, 2019, Commerce notified the Mexican signatories that it would withdraw from the 2013 Suspension Agreement. On May 7, 2019, the 2013 Suspension Agreement was officially terminated and, as a result, Commerce continued its AD investigation on imports of fresh tomatoes from Mexico.
Today’s action exemplifies the Trump Administration’s priority of enforcing our trade laws, while ensuring that trade agreements are fair, reciprocal, and benefit American farmers, workers, businesses, and consumers. Tomato producers across America, including those in Florida, Texas, and Arizona, will benefit from this agreement.
The Department’s Enforcement and Compliance unit in the International Trade Administration, which negotiated today’s draft suspension agreement, is responsible for vigorously enforcing U.S. trade law and does so through an impartial, transparent process that abides by international rules and is based on factual evidence provided on the record.
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Floridian tomato pickers must pick 2.25 tons in order to make the same as 10 hours of minimum wage p
Like textile workers at the turn of the last century, Florida tomato harvesters are still paid by the piece. The average piece rate today is 50 cents for every 32-lbs of tomatoes they pick, a rate that has remained virtually unchanged since 1980.
As a result of that stagnation, a worker today must pick more than 2.25 tons of tomatoes to earn minimum wage in a typical 10-hour workday -- -- nearly twice the amount a worker had to pick to earn minimum wage thirty years ago, when the rate was 40 cents per bucket. Most farmworkers today earn less than $12,000 a year.


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YRC Freight plans to hire 200 over-the-road truck drivers in 13 U.S. cities, including Kansas City.
The company, a subsidiary of Overland Park-based YRC Worldwide Inc. (Nasdaq: YRCW), said Tuesday that the new hires are needed because business is improving.
“YRC Freight is growing, and our volumes are building,” Jeff Rogers, the unit’s president, said in a release.
YRC and its parent company have spent the past three years trying to dig out from the economic doldrums of the recession, which drastically reducing shipping and pushed the company close to bankruptcy. Earlier this year, the company negotiated with its labor unions a series of changes to its delivery network that were expected to cost some jobs and close or scale back some depots.
During the first quarter, YRC Freight, which handles long-haul less-than-truckload (LTL) shipments, increased its daily tonnage by 3.5 percent compared with a year prior.
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05/03/2013, 03:05 pm
Samsung has some advice for buyers of the 16-gigabyte model of its new Galaxy S4 stung by its low storage space: if that's not enough storage for you, that's why we put in a microSD card slot.
05/03/2013, 02:05 pm
While many pundits insist that Apple must make a larger screen iPhone to keep pace with the offerings from Android licensees, Google's own stats indicate that all big phones, tablets and phablets put together are a tiny 10 percent fraction of active users.
05/03/2013, 11:05 am
Hearst Magazines has hit its goal of one million digital subscribers on devices like Apple's iPad, as well as competing tablets such as the Amazon Kindle Fire.
05/01/2013, 04:05 pm
Devices from the world's two largest smartphone makers will soon be cleared for use by Department of Defense employees, as the Pentagon makes ready to open up its systems to Apple's iPhone and handsets from Samsung.
05/01/2013, 02:05 pm
Apple's iPad fell to 39.6 percent of total worldwide tablet shipments in the first quarter of calendar 2013, according to the latest market data from research firm IDC.
04/30/2013, 02:04 pm
Spanish tennis player David Ferrer sent a tweet out to his more than 350,000 followers noting his pleasure with using Samsung's new Galaxy S4, but accidentally sent the message from his iPhone.
04/29/2013, 08:04 am
Samsung on Monday announced its new third-generation Galaxy Tab, a modestly equipped 7-inch tablet with a 3G-enabled variant that will also double as a phone.
04/26/2013, 12:04 pm
A new poll of smartphone users reveals that loyalty to the iPhone is chipping away at Android's market share lead, and could lead to the iPhone overtaking Android in the U.S. in just a few years.
04/25/2013, 03:04 pm
Apple's iPad offerings continue to dominate the tablet segment, but tablets running Windows 8 have had a small impact, accounting for one in fourteen tablets shipped in the first quarter of 2013.
04/20/2013, 03:04 pm
The slow update schedule for smartphones running Google's Android operating system, along with the resulting fragmentation in OS versions on the platform, creates a security risk for owners of those phones, according to the American Civil Liberties Union.
04/18/2013, 03:04 pm
Smartphone sales at AT&T and Verizon Wireless over the past two years show that Android isn't growing in the U.S. and that all new growth is coming from Apple's iPhone.
04/18/2013, 12:04 pm
While Android devices continue to sell in large quantities, the advertising dollars that support the platform are increasing going to Apple's iOS, which now claims a 75 percent ad spend share of the leading ad server marketplace.
04/11/2013, 10:04 pm
Facebook Home, the social network's package of Android apps intended to take over the user experience of select smartphones running Android, was rapidly prototyped using Apple's powerful Quartz Composer visual programing tool.
04/11/2013, 09:04 am
Pushing the trend of big-screen smartphones even further, Samsung on Thursday announced a pair of new handsets dubbed "Galaxy Mega," with the larger version sporting a jumbo-sized 6.3-inch display.
04/09/2013, 03:04 pm
Google recently undertook a considerable spring cleaning effort in its Play Store, sweeping away nearly 10 percent of the apps in the Android app repository in order to cut down on the number of "spammy" apps — a move that could signal a more Apple-like approach to Google's handling of its marketplace.
04/09/2013, 09:04 am
In the latest phase of its anti-Google campaign, dubbed "Scroogled," Microsoft has begun to highlight the fact that Android users' personal information is shared with developers every time they download an application.
04/08/2013, 01:04 pm
The overall app market for smartphones and tablets grew to $2.2 billion in revenue for the first quarter of 2013, according to new figures out from Canalys.
04/08/2013, 09:04 am
The smartphone industry is increasingly becoming a two-horse race between Apple and Samsung, as rival handset maker HTC Corp. on Monday reported its lowest quarterly profit since the company began reporting in 2004.
04/06/2013, 08:04 am
There's more than one way to disrupt a market's status quo, and all forms of disruption aren't equally valuable, as indicated by the value created by Apple's iPhone compared to Google's Android platform.
04/04/2013, 03:04 pm
The "openness" of Google's Android platform may have made Facebook's new Home experience possible, but the fragmented nature of the Android market means that nearly half of all Android users will be unable to run its new Home feature.


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Amid speculations of the release date of Apple's much-anticipated smartphone iPhone 6, a report has emerged that mass production of the device would begin in a couple of months' time, paving way for its launch in the fourth quarter of the year.
Apple Inc. is planning to start mass production of the 4.7-inch model in July, while the larger 5.5-inch variant will go into production a little later, reported Japanese website EMSOne (Google translation) citing Taiwanese newspaper, Industrial and Commercial Times. It added that the 4.7-inch version will be announced earlier than the bigger one but both the models will make it this year.
The report came a few days after Reuters reported citing sources from the supply chain that Apple suppliers would start mass production displays for iPhone 6 as early as May, with the 4.7-inch screen model expected to be unveiled this autumn, and 5.5-inch version a bit later. It went on to say that Japan Display Inc, Sharp Corp and South Korea's LG Display Co Ltd will make the screens of Apple's flagship smartphone.
A report by Nikkei had also claimed that suppliers of LCD panels for the flagship smartphone would start production soon and the device would be launched as early as September. Meanwhile, a research note from UBS Managing Director, Steve Milunovich (via Barron's) suggested that the 4.7-inch variant of iPhone 6 would be launched either in August or September but the 5.5-inch model may or may not be released at the same time.
It is reported that iPhone 6 will have a bigger display with full scratch-free sapphire crystal glass screen. The two models are expected to sport a 4.7/4.8 inch or 5.5 inch display with a 1920x1080p (440ppi), or a 2272×1280 (510ppi), powered by the A8 chip (64-bit) and run on iOS 7.2, according to South Korean brokerage KDB Daewoo Securities.
Chinese analyst Sun Chang Xu posted on her Weibo page citing a friend from MEMS (microelectromechanical systems) that Apple is planning to introduce sensors that can detect pressure, temperature and humidity.
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- "Amazon starting operations in Pak will open opportunities for our youth as it will enable a new breed of young men & women entrepreneurs to join the export market," PM tweeted.
- This will help local sellers to sell 'Made in Pakistan' products to millions of consumers globally.
Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that Amazon's decision to add Pakistan to its seller list is a great development.
On Thursday, Adviser to the PM on Commerce Razak Dawood announced that Amazon has decided in principle to add Pakistan to its sellers’ list within the next few days. He tweeted that they had been engaged with Amazon since last year and 'now it is happening'.
"An important milestone of e-Commerce policy achieved has been through teamwork by many people across the globe," Dawood tweeted.
In a tweet following Amazon's approval, the PM said that now Pakistanis can export their goods through their system.
"Amazon starting operations in Pak will open opportunities for our youth as it will enable a new breed of young men and women entrepreneurs to join the export market," he tweeted.
Once Pakistan appears on the list of approved sellers' list, Pakistani companies can build their own brands, content and effective representation on Amazon and similar other platforms.
Amazon, the world’s largest e-commerce platform makes about $80 billion sales every year.


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On November 18, the first public information appeared about bitcoin exchange solution provider ANX International offering a full suite of blockchain solutions to make the use of bitcoin and. Ken Lo, Chief Executive Officer for ANX said about the new card: “We believe prepaid cards will play an integral role in a Bitcoin consumer’s day-to-day financial life.
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In a recent US Banker article, 10 Big Ideas for 2010, one idea was the adoption of PFM or Personal Financial Management services. This new type of service was made popular by Quicken and the controversial Mint.com who’s president made a few comments at last year’s SXSW festival that made a few heads turn.
With the growing number of users, banks saw an opportunity to adopt the technology and some of the nations largest banks have come out with their own toys (Wells Fargo, PNC, Bank of America).
There are two main reasons banks are deciding to provide this service. First, it’s a convenient service that helps their clients to understand where they’re spending their money. This also gives them a reason to go online, which is a cost saving initative that banks have been pushing for years, and succeeding I might add.
The second reason is to gain new insight on their clients and to get a better understanding of where they not only spend their money but where they keep it too. Very valuable information for a bank to have because it now means they can start to send them targeted messages based on their PFM profile. A marketing directors dream scenario for creating targeted cross selling campaigns – or is it.
Here’s the problem, if banks decide to use this new found information to send traditional targeted advertisements they will soon learn that this tactic does nothing more then disenfranchise their customer base. The new breed of consumer does not want to be sold. A key take away from the past 10 years of consumer behavior. What they want is information that will help them avoid mistakes and to save or invest money for the future. They will buy products and services from companies they trust. And they trust the companies that are there to help answer their questions, not to give them the latest product pitch.
Common customer rant: “Yes, I need a good savings plan, and perhaps that invovles one of your savings accounts, but don’t just try and sell me on how great your rates are. Sell me by helping me better understand my situation and what the steps are to being financially secure.”
Give them this and you’ll be on your way to cross selling success.


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Biden elevates forceful Big Tech critic as top regulator, Telecom News, ET Telecom
The selection of lawyer Lina Khan as head of the Federal Trade Commission is seen as a signal of a tough stance on tech giants Facebook, Google, Amazon and Apple. Khan was sworn in as president of the FTC just hours after the Senate confirmed her as one of five members of the committee in a 69-28 vote.
Khan was a professor at Columbia University Law School and burst onto the antitrust scene with her massive academic work in 2017 as a Yale law student, “Amazon’s Antitrust Paradox.” She helped lay the groundwork for a new way of approaching antitrust law beyond the impact of large corporate market dominance on consumer prices. As an advisor to a House Judiciary antitrust panel in 2019 and 2020, she played a key role in a large bipartisan investigation into the market power of tech giants.
At 32, she would be the youngest president in the history of the FTC, which monitors competition and consumer protection in the industry in general, as well as digital privacy.
“Lina brings deep knowledge and expertise to this role and will be a fearless champion for consumers,” said Senator Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., Who called for the disbandment of the tech industry, in a statement. “The giant tech companies deserve the scrutiny they face, and consolidation is stifling competition in US industries. With President Khan at the helm, we have a huge opportunity to make great structural changes by reviving antitrust enforcement and fighting the monopolies that threaten our economy, society and democracy.
Khan also served as legal counsel to Rohit Chopra, commissioner of the FTC, and previously was legal director of the Open Markets Institute, an organization that campaigns against corporate concentration.
“It is a tremendous honor to have been chosen by President Biden to head the Federal Trade Commission,” Khan said in a statement. “I look forward to working with my colleagues to protect the public from corporate abuse.”
Biden said as a presidential candidate that the dismantling of big tech companies should be considered. He also said he wanted to see social media companies’ long-standing legal protections for speech on their platforms quickly abolished.
Biden appointed Tim Wu, also an academic antitrust expert and industry critic, as special assistant to the president for technology and competition policy on the National Economic Council in March. Wu, like Khan, a law professor at Columbia, was a senior advisor to the FTC and senior law enforcement attorney in the New York attorney general’s office.
The tech industry, once seen by lawmakers and presidents as an engine of innovation and jobs, has seen its political fortunes eroded in recent years. Calls are increasing to break the giants of Silicon Valley.
Lawmakers on both sides are pushing for tighter oversight of the tech industry, arguing its enormous market power is out of control, crushing smaller competitors and endangering consumer privacy. They say companies are hiding behind a legal shield to allow fake news to thrive on their social media networks or to entrench prejudice.
Last fall, Trump’s state-joined Justice Department filed a groundbreaking antitrust complaint against Google, accusing the search giant of abusing its market dominance to stifle competition. This was followed in December by another major antitrust lawsuit, brought by the FTC and an array of states.
Amazon and Apple are under close scrutiny by anti-trust authorities at the Department of Justice, now under Biden’s purview, and by the independent, bipartisan FTC. Twitter has joined Facebook and Google in dealing with frequent run-ins with lawmakers over its policies to moderate content on its platform.
A bipartisan group of House lawmakers, driven by the results of the judicial panel investigation of Facebook, Google, Amazon and Apple, on Friday proposed sweeping legislation to curb Big Tech, possibly forcing the giants to dismantle their businesses while making it difficult for them. acquire others. Those kind of mandatory breaks through legislative overhaul would be a drastic step for Congress to take and could be a bridge too far for some Republican lawmakers.
Some Republican lawmakers have denounced the new antitrust school of thought, championed by Khan and Wu and increasingly prevalent among Democrats, which goes beyond the impact of corporate market dominance on consumer prices for its wider effects on industries, employees and communities.
The school is nicknamed “hipster antitrust” by its detractors. With this approach, Democrats seek to use antitrust law not to promote competition but to advance social or environmental goals, Republicans argue.


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As stock market valuations hit a peak in the first quarter of 2015 and the primary market window opened up for companies to go public, private equity (PE) firms got busy scripting exits from their Indian portfolio firms.
PE firms announced exits worth $5.4 billion across as many as 264 deals, as per preliminary data collated by VCCEdge, the research platform of VCCircle. In terms of the value of exits, this is the second best year ever behind 2012 when there were a record $6 billion worth of exits.
However, data for that year was skewed by two large transactions. While General Atlantic and Oak Hill Capital Partners exited Genpact by selling their stake to Bain Capital and GIC, Carlyle exited HDFC.
In terms of the number of exits, this was the third best year.
While open market stake sale of listed companies remained by far the most preferred exit route, fewer PE firms opted for this option in 2015. This is explained by a correction in the stock market. At the same time, M&As and IPO-led exits gained pace as also secondary deals where one PE firm bought out a stake held by another. Indeed, this was a record year for secondary exits in terms of the value of transactions.
Here are the top PE exits of the year:
TPG Capital-Shriram City Union Finance
Two years after TPG Capital struck a multi-bagger from Shriram Transport Finance, it came back to sell its stake in Shriram Group's other financial services firm Shriram City Union Finance by selling its stake to Apax Partners for around $357 million. It is estimated to have more than doubled its investment in dollar terms in seven years.
Baring Asia Private Equity-Lafarge India
French cement producer Lafarge acquired a 14 per cent stake in Lafarge India Pvt Ltd from Baring Asia Private Equity for $304.1 million. The PE firm generated 38 per cent in gross returns in just two years from the special situation deal. The deal was one of the rare instances where a multinational firm divested a minority stake in its India operations to a private equity firm to fund growth. The buyback was a precursor to completing a multi-billion dollar global deal where Lafarge and Holcim merged to create the world's top cement company.
Marking its maiden exit in India, alternate investor KKR India Advisors sold its entire stake in its seven-year-old investment in Bharti Airtel Ltd’s telecom tower arm Bharti Infratel. It sold its stake for $252.21 million through open market transactions. In December 2007, KKR was part of the consortium of investors that had put in about $1.25 billion in Bharti Infratel. KKR, which had invested close to $250 million (around Rs 1,000 crore then), is estimated to have made a 70 per cent return in rupee terms over a seven-year period and just under 10 per cent in dollar terms.
In May this year, ChrysCapital exited its seven-year-old investment in cardiovascular medicines and condom manufacturer Mankind Pharma in a secondary deal to Capital International for $200 million. ChrysCapital had invested $21 million in Mankind almost seven years ago from its fourth fund. It makes for a showcase exit for ChrysCapital, which is raising a new fund.
Canaan Partners-India portfolio
In a rare deal, Canaan Partners sold its entire India portfolio to JP Morgan Partners for around $200 million as part of its decision to cease India operations. The early-stage investor had a portfolio of 13 companies and had invested $160-170 million since 2005. The portfolio included location-aware mobile advertising platform AdNear; matrimonial site BharatMatrimony.com; B2B marketplace for used vehicles CarTrade; microlender Equitas; and real estate portal IndiaProperty.com, among others.


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By Annette Quijada
With California reaching over a million COVID-19 cases, Governor Newsom’s decision to reopen outdoor dining is a disaster. Hospitalizations and Covid deaths have increased since the second closure in November, reopening will only add to these numbers.
The rush of reopening widely comes from the conservative agenda that the economy is taking a big hit. And although this is true, the economy can be rebuilt with time. Lives lost cannot be regained.
Only 13.1% of Californians have received the vaccine. This small amount is not enough to let people fill malls and restuarants. Many will use the vaccine as an excuse to no longer wear a mask or follow social distancing safety procedures; this will not sit well with health care workers.
Reopening would have been more appropriate if California would’ve reached over 50% of citizens vaccinated. Even once everyone receives the vaccine, it does not confirm that a person would be immune to the virus.
A mask is still highly recommended to wear, as vaccination doesn’t mean one should not follow the COVID guidelines.
Former East Los Angeles College Student, Janay Covarrubias, who works retail in the popular location, the Glendale Galleria Mall, said “As a retail worker I feel very uncomfortable with the reopening of dining because of the lack of enforcement of safety precautions and face masks not used even when people aren’t dining.
“I’m risking my own health as well as the health of others in my low-income community every time I come home.”
Just like Covarrubias, a lot of young people are retail and restaurant workers who are at risk to bring the virus to their homes and communities.
Reopening outdoor dining is not ideal, and the people should not be sacrificed for the rise of the economy. The United States has managed to come back from recessions multiple times. It’ll be able to manage it after the pandemic has improved.
Newsom’s sudden decision could also be politically motivated, due to the results of “Rescue California,” a recall campaign aimed at Newsom.
According to their website, rescuecalifornia.org, they currently have over the 1.5 million signatures that were required by a judge for them to have by March 17. The pressure from not wanting to lose his office influenced his actions.
It’s also come to light that investigators at Cedars-Sinai discovered a new strain of COVID labeled “CAL.20C,” which made its first appearance in California in October 2020.
In a video uploaded on cedars-sinai.org, Dr. Eric Vail said, “Over the last two months, November and December, (the new strain) coincided right with the big spike in cases that we saw in Los Angeles and Southern California.”
With the rise of cases and not enough knowledge of the infection spread by the strain, this should’ve been taken into account when deciding the reopening.
California’s government has failed to protect its people from the virus and the new strain. Newsom’s living in fear of being recalled has caused him to make reckless decisions and will result in more COVID-related cases.


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While we’ve already seen a slew of major smartphone launches in 2023, we’re yet to see a new handset from Apple.
The brand typically waits until the end of the year to unveil its latest flagship. And it looks like we’ve got a launch date for the upcoming iPhone 15 series, with multiple reports offering up the same date this September.
- Read more: Apple iPhone 15 specs and rumors latest
First to pencil a date on the calendar was 9to5Mac. The publication revealed that multiple sources revealed mobile carriers are asking employees to avoid taking time off on 13 September. While not mentioning the iPhone 15 specifically, it lines up with when we’ve expected the smartphone to make its debut. But if that doesn’t convince you, Apple analyst Mark Gurman wrote he expects the launch on 12 or 13 September. The date is not quite as specific, but Gurman’s sources specifically focus on the iPhone 15 launch.
While Apple typically holds its launch events on a Tuesday, last year’s iPhone 14 launch event took place on a Wednesday. Perhaps hump day is Apple’s new launch schedule for iPhones. If the brand continues to follow its usual schedule, you can expect pre-orders on 15 September. Shipments would then make their way out the following week on 22 September.
The iPhone 15 is set to bring some refreshes to Apple’s smartphone line-up. We expect the Dynamic Island on all models, and there might be a new iPhone 15 Ultra released. Buttons are set for a revamp, alongside camera upgrades, and a USB-C replacement for Lightning. As you’d expect, the devices will run iOS 17 straight out the box.


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Imagine getting a Notice of Final Determination from a state revenue department that said it wasn’t going to recognize a use tax exemption that your organization was claiming, and that you owed $74,000 more than what you thought you were liable for.
That’s what happened to a construction company with operations in North Carolina. The state’s department of revenue (DOR) declared that the company owed use tax on certain materials, tools, parts and equipment shipped in from out of state which were used to create hot mix asphalt for construction projects. The company often sold the leftover hot mix asphalt to third parties.
However, instead of paying up, the business fought the tax assessment and insisted it was entitled to the Tar Heel State’s mill machinery/mill machinery parts or accessories manufacturing exemption.
The DOR countered that although raw materials were being converted into a new product, the construction contractor isn’t a manufacturer based on its NAICS code and that selling the leftover hot mix asphalt isn’t part of its primary business.
The dispute over whether the construction company qualifies as a manufacturer went before an administrative law judge. When the judge ruled in favor of the company, the state appealed.
A superior court judge upheld the decision that the business didn’t owe the amount of use tax that the state claimed it did.
Although the judge felt the state tax code was fuzzy in its definition of what a manufacturer is, the tangible personal property purchased by the company qualified for the use tax exemption because of what it was being used for.
Leverage use tax exemptions carefully
It’s Finance’s job to collect, assess and remit sales & use tax, but you shouldn’t have to pay more taxes on goods and services than necessary.
Use tax exemptions, such as the ones for manufacturers, are great ways to save money. But before claiming an exemption, double-check what the applicable tax code specifically says is taxable and nontaxable.
If a purchase is indeed tax-exempt, an exemption certificate or statement must be kept on file by your finance team in case of an audit or legal challenge.
This case is a memorable reminder that it’s possible to successfully challenge a taxing government and that a tax assessment isn’t necessarily the final word.


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One of the most famous automobile companies Maruti Suzuki which is known for its outstanding mileage and specifications is all set to launch its all new ‘Maruti Suzuki Baleno Facelift’ in India on January 27, 2019.
The Baleno will get a new design for the front bumper. This is sportier looking and gets a larger air dam. There are also two smaller air intakes on either side with up swept ends. There might also be a new alloy wheel design and similarly minor changes to the rear.
Some new feature additions may include a shark-fin antennae and the possible addition of a cruise control system.
Nexa dealers have also started accepting bookings at amounts ranging from Rs 11,000 to Rs 21,000. Deliveries are expected to begin in February.
Mechanically, the Baleno will possibly continue with its 1.2 litre petrol and 1.3 litre diesel engine options. The diesel motor puts out 75PS and 190 Nm while the petrol motor makes 84PS/115Nm. A five speed manual and a CVT are the two transmission options. The Baleno is based on Maruti Suzuki’s Heartect platform.
Expect to pay a slight premium over the current car, around Rs 25,000 to Rs 30,000. The current Baleno range starts at Rs 5.38 lakh and goes up to Rs 8.50 lakh (ex-showroom Delhi).
The Baleno has been the segment leader since its launch in 2015 and this update will help Maruti Suzuki hold on to its lead. Both its closest rivals, the Hyundai i20 and Honda jazz have received updates since the Baleno has been on sale.


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Four new competitive maps and a new Zombies experience are now live.
Four new maps promise plenty of chaotic fun.
The mode was picked by the Infinite Warfare community.
There are still a few days to try it out.
There’s bad luck, and then there’s this.
Some changes might be in order.
Activision has released the fourth, and final, Descent DLC Mulitplayer trailer.
Activision has released a new trailer for the multiplayer map remake of Raid, called Empire, from the upcoming Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 Descent DLC pack.
The Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare campaign gameplay trailer has taught us a few things about its multiplayer component.
Treyarch announces Double XP/Double Weapon XP weekend on Twitter.
BlackJack and contracts are coming soon to Call of Duty: Black Ops 3.
Space battles, devoted servers, and more top the list of features we want to see added to Infinite Warfare's multiplayer.
It's that time again to stock up on Double XP Weekend in Multiplayer and Zombies.
With five maps left to be revealed, these are our picks for the five maps that should make a return in Modern Warfare Remastered.
Black Ops 3 has a Double XP and Double Weapon XP Event this Friday.
Now live on consoles, patch 1.10 resolves a countless of bugs and glitches in the game.
The past versus the future, will players gravitate more to Battlefield 1 or Infinite Warfare?


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Johannesburg - Fixed-line business Telkom has launched a new separate wholesale broadband division dubbed ‘Openserve’.
The move forms part of Telkom’s turnaround process to separate its wholesale and retail divisions so that it can focus more on customers and “establish clearer lines of accountability”.
Openserve is set to supply wholesale fibre broadband access, metro ethernet, IP (Internet Protocol) Connect and SAIX (South African Internet eXchange) services. Openserve will also be a reseller of DSL internet services.
The new business is described by Telkom as South Africa’s largest telecommunications infrastructure provider with the biggest broadband network.
Openserve will further be a “redesigned wholesale partner” for Telkom, but is expected to be autonomous, agnostic and will be responsible for its own profit and loss account.
“We’ll make this service available on a non-discriminatory basis so that anyone can wholesale our network,” Alphonzo Samuels, managing director for Openserve, said on Tuesday.
The separation further signals Telkom’s contribution to a more competitive market and lower broadband prices for consumers, said Samuels.
Telkom chief executive officer Sipho Maseko said "our new division must be able to compete with its peers; we'll deploy networks faster”.
"A South Africa that offers broadband for all is a strong and prosperous South Africa,” said Maseko at the media briefing.
In an interview with Fin24 earlier this year, Maseko hinted at the reasoning for the separation of the company’s businesses.
"The wholesale business will focus on the ISPs, make sure that those are their customers, the culture is different, the performance incentives are different, the targets are different and they have to treat all of their customers on an equivalent basis,” Maseko said.


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In a world where the technology markets are more global and intertwined than ever, the dangers of a global trade war are grave. The impact could be broad, with damaging effects on the global technology supply chain.
On Nov. 3, the Federal Reserve embarked on an ambitious and controversial policy to stoke the US economy, announcing its intention to pump $600 billion into the system. (See the Fed statement here.)
The initial market reaction to this policy (much of which was anticipated and built into trading prior to the announcement) has been a weaker US dollar. A weak dollar has the potential to make US goods more attractive abroad, stemming the flow of manufacturing jobs overseas and making overseas goods more expensive. Many US trading partners are not happy about this.
Trade tensions already run high. At a recent meeting of the G20 economic powers, US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner suggested some measures to bring trade deficits under control, but he was largely rebuffed by the international crowd, most notably China, which called Geithnerís proposal to target trade deficits wrong.
China has also escalated its rhetoric and issued negative comments on the Fedís recent actions. "If the domestic policy is optimal policy for the United States alone, but at the same time it is not an optimal policy for the world, it may bring a lot of negative impact to the world," said Chinaís Central Bank head, Zhou Xiaochuan, in a BBC news report.
At the same time, new legislation in the US House of Representatives to impose more strict trade rules is awaiting the new Congress, which is ready to take advantage of the populist backlash against Chinese manufacturing growth. Technology executives are most certainly monitoring this situation closely. Itís a double-edged sword. Even though a weak-dollar action such as that initiated by the Fed is designed to boost the US economy, the fact is that the major portion of technology sales these days is international, and the US market has become less important.
For example, in its fiscal year ended in 2010, Cisco Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: CSCO) announced that its most robust growth was coming in the Asia/Pacific region, which was growing at a 17 percent rate. International sales at Cisco are approaching 50 percent of total revenues. IBM Corp. (NYSE: IBM), one of the largest global technology products and services organizations, sells more product abroad than it does in the US.
Combine the robust growth of global and emerging markets along with the global nature of the supply chain, and you can see how a trade war would be a problem.
Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL)ís iPhone and iPad products are a great example. Held up as the gold standard of technological product success, they are designed and marketed from the US, with most production taking place overseas. Apple clearly creates jobs and value everywhere in the world. What would happen to Appleís products if Asian manufacturing costs escalated, or were disrupted by trade barriers?
The fact is that politicians often attempt to boil trade issues down to one trend: manufacturing jobs moving increasingly from developed economies to emerging economies. But itís more complicated than that, because the global economy has become so diverse, integrated, and sophisticated.
A trade war wonít be good for any business, no matter where itís located. Technology executives need to step up their efforts to fight the dangers of populist trade rage in the United States, urge politicians to avoid protectionist policies, and promote the concept of global growth.


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Smartphone maker, Kult, after it launched the ‘’Beyond’’ handset went under the radar for a while. Now the company seems to be out again and this time around brings budget handset dubbed Kult Gladiator.
The handset was launched in India and comes with highlights including massive 4000mAh battery and an 8-megapixel front camera tagged with an LED flash.
As far as we know, the handset has been made available exclusively to Amazon India and is expected to go on sale from the 24th of September.
The handset is priced at Rs. 6,999 and rolls out in a Black color variant. Apart from that, the handset also launched with offers that include additional 4G data via Jio and one-time screen replacement warranty.
Coming to specs, the handset comes with a metallic body, packs support for dual SIM cards, features a microSD card slot, and runs Android 7.0 Nougat pre-installed.
Powered by a 1.25GHz quad-core MediaTek MT6737 SoC coupled with 3GB of RAM and Mali-T720 GPU, the handset also packs a 5.5-inch HD (720×1280 pixels) On-Cell IPS 2.5D curved glass display.
As per optics, the Kult Gladiator bears a 13-megapixel autofocus rear camera tagged with LED flash, while sporting an 8-megapixel fixed focus camera, tagged with an LED flash at the front area.
The handset offers 32GB of internal storage with an option to expand via microSD card (up to 32GB).
Featuring a fingerprint scanner, LED notification light, and smart awake, the handset is also backed by big 4000mAh battery as previously mentioned.
In regards to connectivity options, the handset brings 4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi (802.11 b/g/n), Bluetooth v4.0, GPS, FM radio, and 3.5mm audio jack. The device measures 156.9×77.2×9.3mm.


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The PIGS Markets - Part III: Greece
In the final part of this month's management briefing, Richard Woodard rounds off his tour of the PIGS markets in Greece.
If Greece claims to be the cradle of democracy, it also has the rather more dubious honour of being the birthplace of the eurozone economic crisis. Once it was clear in spring 2010 that the country would struggle to pay its debts, some form of bail-out – in the form of rescue loans from the EU and the IMF – became inevitable.
Nearly a year on, the Greek economy is still sputtering like a badly maintained old car and economists continue to voice scepticism about its immediate prospects. A BBC World Service survey published in late March found two-thirds of leading European economists believe the country will default on its sovereign debt – a finding immediately disputed by Greek finance minister George Papaconstantinou (but then what else could he say?).
One consequence of Greece’s continuing economic fragility has been yet another downgrade by ratings agency Standard & Poor’s, which now ranks Greece’s creditworthiness at BB-, below that of Egypt. S&P’s fear is that a new EU debt resuce system for the eurozone would penalise commercial investors.
As Greece struggles to meet the targets set under its EUR110bn EU-IMF bail-out, the return rate for investors in Greek benchmark 10-year bonds has risen to 12.568%, well above the 7% ceiling considered sustainable in the longer term. That, in turn, will make it hard for Greece to raise money from a very cautious lending community.
The drinks market
The Greek economy is relatively small compared to the rest of western Europe, but its traditionally strong on-trade sector has given it a disproportionate significance for some drinks companies in particular.
For Diageo, Greece is a strong market for Johnnie Walker and José Cuervo, leaving the company more vulnerable than some of its rivals to the downturn, with Greece accounting for about 6% of its annual net sales in Europe as a whole. So, in the six months to the end of December, Diageo’s European EBIT was down 9%, while Pernod Ricard’s was up 4% – largely because of the Greek factor.
The country’s economic woes clearly have a direct and highly negative impact on consumer confidence, leaving people with less disposable income and – perhaps even more important – making them less secure and confident in spending what money they do have.
But the effects go further, as a Diageo spokesperson notes: “The financial crisis has led to a further decline in consumer confidence and reduced the availability of working capital for local businesses, which led to trade destocking.”
Austerity measures have also played their part. Excise duty on Scotch whisky was increased three times in 2010, points out the Scotch Whisky Association, contributing to a 26% decline in sales to GBP97m in 2010.
According to Diageo, that amounted to an 87% increase in excise duty over a 12-month period, ushering in sales declines of 35% by volume and 38% by value for the company. “Negative price/mix was a result of the higher-margin on-trade declining at a faster rate than the off-trade, and prices of some brands being reduced to maintain affordability,” says the Diageo spokesperson.
Johnnie Walker was heavily impacted, as was Dimple, which experienced a sharp sales decline thanks to the slump in deluxe Scotch. However, Haig’s more competitive price positioning helped it to increase market share, despite a volume decline.
Diageo’s response to this haemorrhaging of revenues was mathematically logical, if nothing else: marketing spend was maintained as a percentage of net sales – so, in other words, it was cut by 38%.
Pernod Ricard’s problems in Greece were less severe, simply because the company’s brands are less exposed to the market, but even so Robin Johnston, Chivas Brothers’ regional director, Africa & Europe, notes that trade in Greece has suffered a “disproportionate” impact thanks to the predominance of the on-trade. Meanwhile, Chivas Regal endured a “substantial fall” in sales for the six months to the end of December 2010.
Arguably the brand that has suffered most at the hands of the Greek economic tragedy is, unsurprisingly, one of the country’s most famous drinks: Metaxa. The blend of brandy and wine, owned by Rémy Cointreau, had to take an eye-watering impairment charge of EUR45m on its intangible assets in the six months to the end of September 2010 – on top of the anticipated slump in sales.
But others have been less damaged. Gruppo Campari, for instance, calculates that Greece accounts for less than 1% of its sales and, while noting a decrease in annual sales, claims to have expanded its share of the market. “We foresee 2011 market conditions in line with 2010,” says Alex Balestra, the company’s investor relations senior analyst.
In the final analysis, Greece is hardly the most significant drinks market in the world, even if that significance is exaggerated somewhat by its historically vibrant on-trade sector.
But the fears of the industry revolve around the broader macroeconomic issues, and the fear that Greek history may repeat itself elsewhere in western Europe – in the other PIGS markets and beyond to Italy and even the UK.
As Diageo’s European president Andrew Morgan said in June 2010: “We could be looking at category sales down well into the mid-teen percentages [in Greece] for the next year.
“In itself, that would not have a huge impact on our total performance, but if that starts to spread to Spain, Italy and Portugal then we’re in a different position altogether.”
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The creators of LIMBO and INSIDE are already working on their next game, but they don’t show a few artwork images off in the usual way.
The first time Playdead talked about their next project was in January 2017, but since then, two and a half years have passed, and the devs have hidden the images related to it. No, they didn’t post it on Twitter – they found a clever way to put them on their website, namely, their job listing page.
„So someone just emailed me a tip on this: this is brand new art of the next game from Playdead (Limbo, Inside). This has been floating around on the Steam forums for around a month, but can at least verify the first one on the left: they’ve been posted on Playdead job postings,” a tweet says.
On PCGamer, there are four more images, which confirms what Arnt Jensen, the co-founder of Playdead has said. The sci-fi game (what else will it be, going by these photos?) „will “move away from the 2D style that Playdead is known for to be a 3rd person game with a much larger area that you can move around.”
That’s all we can say about this secretive game that will likely not launch until 2021 or 2022 – as Playdead only released just two games in thirteen years, we might have to wait several years indeed. How will it be a 3D game? A fully 3D adventure? Or will it be a 2D game where we can discover the foreground and the background?
INSIDE, their latest game, is currently a freebie in Xbox Live Gold. And, as always, good work needs time, and not rushing. So all we can do at the moment is wait a few years.


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The sequel to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild finally has an official release date and title. Nintendo unveiled The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom on Tuesday, during a Nintendo Direct presentation. The name of the BOTW sequel had previously remained under wraps, as it “might give away too much,” Nintendo said. The game is coming to Nintendo Switch on May 12, 2023.
Nintendo also shared a new trailer for Tears of the Kingdom, showing Link soaring through the skies of Hyrule in new ways. A trailer released in June, during E3 2021, had shown Link flying through the skies of Hyrule, among other new powers and weapons.
A Breath of the Wild follow-up was first announced at E3 2019, and remains highly anticipated. Initially released in 2017 on Nintendo Switch and Wii U, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild was wildly successful, and has sold more than 25.8 million copies to date. The game masterfully brought together so many classic elements of the broader Zelda canon, like special abilities and puzzle-solving, but placed them all in an open world.
Rather than overwhelming players with its massive map, the action-adventure game managed to be both welcoming to newcomers and satisfying for Zelda devotees. Link’s climbing and gliding abilities made Hyrule a dream to explore — gliding around is particularly breathtaking — and the game’s many environmental regions, shrines, and collectibles made player efforts well worth it. Expansive lore, delightful character and enemy designs, and robust cooking mechanics round it all out.


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CHICAGO (MarketWatch) -- For the last year, U.S. retailers have been sweating it out as their customers, pinched by gradually rising gasoline prices, made fewer and fewer car trips to their nearest shopping center.
But now Hurricane Katrina looks like the proverbial other shoe to drop, triggering a dramatic leap in fuel costs in the wake of the killer storm that crippled New Orleans and the Gulf Coast this past week.
"This could be the straw that breaks the consumer's back," said Michael Niemira, chief economist for the International Council of Shopping Centers.
After knocking out the nation's most important oil and gas port, Katrina resulted in an immediate spike in prices at the pump, with gasoline rising above $3 a gallon in many areas of the country and approaching $4 a gallon in some parts.
Experts said these prices will work their way through the entire economy in the coming weeks, with the retail sector expected to show the first signs of strain.
"If Americans are forced to lay out more discretionary income to fill their tanks for everyday needs, it will take discretionary spending out of their pockets and will affect consumer spending," said Steve Odland, chief executive of Office Depot. "We need to act urgently to address the situation."
Beyond spiraling fuel prices, there is also the human factor. The almost one million people suffering without homes or basic necessities right now in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama, will not be back at work - let alone shopping -- for weeks or months to come.
Ian Shepherdson, chief economist for High Frequency Economics, estimates that job losses caused by Katrina will go beyond 500,000 next month alone -- more than wiping out the gains made in recent months.
Pump prices to hit home
For months, analysts had been amazed at the consumer's ability to steadily absorb the rising costs of filling their tanks. It was only possible, they postulated, because prices were rising slowly at the same time that the economy was growing.
Katrina changed all that.
"Now there's a shock," Niemira said. "It's not just a penny this week and two pennies higher the week before. And the shock comes on top of the cumulative effect of all those pennies over all those weeks."
During that time, spending had kept up at a brisk pace for high-end retailers such as Tiffany Co.
and Neiman Marcus Group
But the upward creep of gas prices had been a growing problem for major discounters like Wal-Mart Stores Inc.
But now, the scope of the energy crisis could hit all corners.
"The stress on household finances in coming weeks will be the greatest since the last recession in 2001," said Bernard Baumohl, executive director of the Economic Outlook Group. "Workers not only face a surge in gasoline and heating costs, but also higher interest payments from record levels of credit card, home equity loans, and mortgage debt.
Sensing this in the first days that the hurricane hit, many retailers began bracing for a major pullback in consumer spending, as gasoline costs become a true budgeting dilemma for millions of households.
On Thursday, Wal-Mart, the nation's largest retailer, said Katrina's impact could hurt sales in September as did Target Corp.
Adding to that is the unknown amount of destruction -- and looting - of the stores that were in Katrina's path.
Dollar General warned on Friday that of the 200 stores initially shuttered by the storm, 131 remained closed.
"Some of these stores may have been permanently destroyed, although the company is not yet in a position to make that determination," it said.
Gasoline at or above $3 a gallon appears to be the "tipping point" for a significant pinch on consumer spending, economists said.
"The rest of the economy synchronizes with that $3 level," said Richard Hastings, retail analyst at Bernard Sands.Hastings. "When the rate of change is so (sharp), that's where the trouble comes from.
At $3.50 a gallon, gas would cost the average family about $118 more a month, compared with $84 extra a month at a price of $3 a gallon, according to David Schick, retail analyst at Legg Mason. Seen another way, consumer spending on gasoline at $3.50 would increase from 3% of pretax income in 2004 to roughly 5.6%, he said.
"Keep in mind that while gasoline prices might simply spike for a short period of time, this is what those prices will feel like for consumer budgeting," Schick said.
Katrina stands out among disasters
Historically, major disasters such as hurricanes, tornados and earthquakes have been a regional problem, not a national one. Sales ebb and flow in the affected areas with the onset of the storm, the shut-off point during the storm and then the recovery period of rebuilding after nature has calmed.
But in the end, it's a wash, said Piper Jaffray analyst Michael Cox. "Expect the home-improvement retailers to derive a net benefit" from Katrina.
Katrina, however, is far from the usual, and the so-called "hurricane economy" dynamic is getting a new twist in her aftermath.
Merrill Lynch economist David Rosenberg said he expects the escalating energy costs to roughly wipe out the economic gains from rebuilding.
More trouble for retailers
Retailers face yet another challenge in their struggle. Because of higher transportation costs, companies are likely going to be forced to raise prices. But they risk doing so at a time when consumers are watching their wallets more closely than ever.
That dynamic will spread up the economic chain to wholesalers, suppliers and ultimately to manufacturers.
"Businesses now can't say they can absorb the extra shipping costs," said Joel Naroff, chief economist at Naroff Economic Advisors Inc. They'll have to start passing that on to consumers, he said.


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Blog: British manufacturing success stories
Katie Smith | 4 October 2012
Against a backdrop of continuing talk among retailers, brands and importers of sourcing more garments from the UK, British manufacturers and industry groups have teamed up to showcase the best of "Made in the UK".
British brands including Johnstons of Elgin and Peregrine will promote their fashion products, including textiles, men's tailoring and footwear at the Department for Business Innovation and Skills' office in Westminster over the next two weeks.
UKFT chief executive John Miln said: "This is a fantastic way for us to proudly show off what our industry can do right in the heart of London where tourists and government will be passing every day.
Meanwhile, Business Minister Michael Fallon said: "We have some excellent businesses in this sector with British manufactured fashion in demand around the world. This showcase is a further demonstration of the breadth of our manufacturing base here in the UK."
The British Footwear Association (BFA), Designer-Manufacturer Innovation Support Centre (DISC) and the British Fashion Council (BFC) have helped with the event, which has been organised by the UK Fashion and Textile Association (UKFT).
Managing director of Johnstons of Elgin last week said manufacturing in the UK is successful through innovation, good quality and production flexibility. He was speaking at a conference on the issue organised by the Association of Suppliers to the British Clothing Industry (ASBCI).
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CNET editors round up their favorite tablets, including products from Apple, Samsung, and Google.
Functionally, the iPad Air is nearly identical to last year’s model, offering only faster performance and better video chatting. But factor in design and aesthetics, and the iPad Air is on another planet. It’s the best full-size consumer tablet on the market.
The new iPad Mini somehow shrinks down the iPad Air into an even more compact package, sacrificing nearly nothing. It's more expensive than before, but it's also the perfect smaller tablet.
It's not the sexiest wrist-companion you can buy, but at this price, it's definitely the best.
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The gift card is free to customers who opt for the fourth-generation iPad.
The electronics retailer will offer the minimum credit for all working iPads and iPad Minis released after the iPad 2.
Good through Saturday, a new Best Buy sale cuts the price, and potentially the subscription costs, of a cellular iPad.


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Baku, Azerbaijan, Feb. 7
By Azad Hasanli - Trend:
Azerbaijan and Turkey can establish joint ventures in the third countries, Azerbaijani Minister of Economy and Industry Shahin Mustafayev said at a meeting with his Turkish counterpart Nihad Zeybekchi in Baku Feb. 5.
Mustafayev proposed to develop bilateral and transit cargo transportation between the two countries, to attract Turkish investors in local industrial parks, as well as to exchange the experience in the creation of mechanisms for the promotion of exports and industrial parks.
Moreover, the minister has proposed to expand cooperation in the field of agriculture, textile, food, tourism and banking.
Mustafayev also proposed to hold the tripartite meetings of economy ministers and business forums in the Azerbaijan-Turkey-Georgia and Azerbaijan-Turkey-Iran, as well as the Azerbaijan-Turkey-Turkmenistan and Azerbaijan-Turkey-Kazakhstan formats for the next two months.
Zeybekchi expressed his satisfaction with the rapid development of Azerbaijan and stressed the need for further expansion of cooperation between the two countries.
He said that Azerbaijan and Turkey have great opportunities for development of economic cooperation, including trade relations.
At the meeting a decision was made to continue supporting the activity of business associations, including the Association of Azerbaijani Businessmen in Turkey.
The sides also discussed the implementation of the projects of the Petkim petrochemical complex, STAR refinery, Southern Gas Corridor and the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway and other issues.
At present, more than 2,600 Turkish companies operate in Azerbaijan, but nearly 1,600 Azerbaijani companies in Turkey.
In total, Azerbaijan invested $5 billion to Turkey, but Turkish investments in Azerbaijan's economy amounted to $6.3 billion.
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The results of a massive new study suggest that teen girls who consume plenty of fruits and veggies significantly cut their risk of future breast cancer.
The FDA is hoping that restaurants and food companies will comply with proposed voluntarily guidelines intended to reduce Americans’ sodium intake.
American citizens scored a big win on Friday when the FDA announced that food companies must overhaul nutrition labels by July 2018.
Scientists have found no link between high consumption of dietary cholesterol and an increased risk of coronary heart disease in men.
Officials are alarmed at the increasing rates of gastroschisis, a potentially deadly birth defect of the abdominal wall believed to occur from environmental exposures.
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