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2015 American International Motorcycle Expo: Honda to premiere the 2016 CBR500R
Honda Europe have announced a list of upgrades for the 2016 CBR500R which will premiere at the 2015 American International Motorcycle Expo on October 15. Since its introduction in 2013, this will be the most significant update to the CBR500R.
The 2016 Honda CBR500R will be completely redesigned based on a theme that Honda call 'Aggressive Speed Shape'. The fairing has been reworked to fit in slim dual LED headlamps, while the new upswept tail end gets LED lights. The new Honda CBR500R gets a larger fuel tank, adjustable brake levers and a new exhaust system which is shorter to allow better centre of gravity. While Honda haven't mentioned any changes to the engine, they do say that the CBR500R will get an upgraded front suspension with an adjustable pre-load setup. Honda will also be introducing a few new colour schemes for the CBR500R.
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|Honda Motor Europe is pleased to announce a comprehensive range of upgrades for the CBR500R, its sports middleweight first launched for the 2013 sales season. The CBR500R's combination of lively performance and sports styling has earned it widespread popularity both among riders stepping up from smaller machines and experienced riders looking for all-round sporty capability. Upgrades for 2016 include: - A complete new look based on a design theme of "Aggressive Speed Shape". Sharp and edgy character lines flow from its new front face - featuring steeply-angled dual LED lights - through to the upswept tail - also equipped with LED lighting - to give an appearance of speed and purpose. - Several rider-focussed upgrades including front suspension with adjustable pre-load, larger fuel tank with new hinged fuel cap, adjustable brake levers and "wave" style ignition key. - A new shorter exhaust muffler for enhanced mass centralisation, with internal structure tuned for a satisfying low, crisp exhaust note. - A range of dynamic new colour schemes. With this series of upgrades, the 16YM CBR500R is designed to offer the maximum sporty performance, style and presence from a genuine A2 licence-compliant motorcycle. The 16YM CBR500R will be unveiled to the public for the first time at the American International Motorcycle Expo, which starts in Orlando, Florida on 15th October.|
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The female finance workers paid 60% less
Women working in the financial sector are earning up to 60% less than men - a pay gap of more than twice the national average - a report reveals today.
Annual earnings for those working in the financial services are about double the national average, but the pay gap is around double that in the economy as a whole.
A similar number of women and men work in finance jobs but the female employees are less likely to work in the City of London, where many head offices are based, have a degree or work in managerial or senior roles.
On average, female full-time employees receive 55% less annual gross pay - with fund management, stock broking and futures trading experiencing the biggest gap of 60%.
Only 11% of senior managers in the sector are women, compared to 28% in the economy as a whole, according to the report by the National Institute of Economic and Social Research on behalf of the Equality and Human Rights Commission.
Commission chairman Trevor Phillips said the figures were shocking.
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Here’s our latest roundup of cyber security news and content surrounding Asia.
- Apple’s App Store infected with XcodeGhost malware in China. This is the first major attack on the iOS store.
- Hacked Uber accounts charge users for trips in China. Compromised Uber accounts have been sold on and are being used in China for free rides.
Singapore & South East Asia
- A consortium has won a multimillion-dollar bulk tender to tighten Singapore’s defence against attacks that aim to disable government websites.
- Identity theft and ATM-related fraud are the top security concerns for Asian consumers, including those in Singapore, according to new findings by MasterCard.
- Accel Systems and Technologies – cyber security startup – is among 50 fastest growing company in Singapore
- Singtel aiming to be global player in cyber security after its acquisition of US-based Trustwave
- Deloitte opens cyber security centre in Malaysia
- The Cyber Security Show 2015, Terrapin was held from 22 Sep 2015 to 23 Sep 2015 at Suntec Singapore Convention & Exhibition Center
- In an effort to safeguard customers around the world, a group of security experts from IBM Security X-Force has recently uncovered what they call Shifu – the Japanese term for “thief” – a new banking virus targeting the clients of Japanese banks as well as platforms.
- Japan’s NEC Corporation has signed an agreement with an Indonesian government agency to collaborate on developing cyber security capabilities in the southeast Asian nation.
- Japan Pension Service Hack on May 2015 Forces New Strategy on cyber security
- US, Chinese officials meet on cyber security issues at the White House. Cyber security has been a divisive issue between Washington and Beijing, with the United States accusing Chinese hackers of attacks on U.S. computers, a charge China denies.
- Cyber security company CloudFlare, a San Francisco-based start-up, has raised $110m as it tries to expand into new markets, with strategic investments from China’s Baidu, Google Capital, Microsoft, and chipmaker Qualcomm.
- India and Australia on 2 Sep 15 discussed intelligence sharing, combating international terrorism, cyber security and better working relations for border and maritime security.
- India and the US on Tuesday (Sep 22) signed a joint declaration on combating terrorism, part of the US-India Security and Commercial Dialogue in Washington DC. Cybersecurity and terror financing were also discussed figured in the security talks.
- Analysts explore cyber security trends during the Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit, September 1-2, in Mumbai. One which, Internet of Things (IoT) was the main topic of discussion.
About Ashlee Ang
Ashlee is a content writer at Cyber Secure Asia where she writes about introductory topics on cyber security and cyber-related happenings in Singapore & South East Asia.


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Amazon, Hachette settle ugly dispute over e-book pricing
Publisher to retain control over e-book pricing, but will have 'incentives' to keep prices low
The ugly, public stare-down between Amazon.com and Hachette Book Group over the price of e-books is over, but no one is saying who blinked first.
New York publishing house Hachette announced this morning that it had retained control over the price of e-books from its authors, the key sticking point in the six-month standoff between the two companies.
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By mid-morning, Amazon had ended its campaign against Hachette books, which involved discounting, failing to list books and slowing deliveries.
Hachette and Amazon gave few details of their agreement, but Kindle vice-president David Naggar said later in the day that Hachette would enjoy “special incentives” to deliver lower prices.
Amazon, which dominates book sales, would like a standard low price for e-books, like Apple has for iTunes. But it appears all Hachette books will not sell for $9.99 US.
Publishers want to retain control
Publishers have been resisting the Amazon push to discount, despite an antitrust case in in 2012 by the U.S. Justice Department which found that six publishers were fixing e-book prices. The publishers, including Hachette, were required to negotiate new deals with Amazon and other retailers.
Simon & Schuster reached its own agreement with Amazon last month, again retaining control of the price of its e-books. Other major publishers, such as the recently merged Penguin Random House and HarperCollins, are soon to renegotiate with Amazon.
Hachette, a unit of France's Lagardère SCA and the fourth-largest U.S. book publisher, said the new multi-year deal for both print and e-books will take effect early next year.
"This is great news for writers. The new agreement will benefit Hachette authors for years to come. It gives Hachette enormous marketing capability with one of our most important bookselling partners," Hachette CEO Michael Pietsch said in a statement.
Neither Pietsch nor Amazon have elaborated how “incentives” might work to lower prices – or whether Amazon will take a hit on its margins to keep prices low.
Writers fought back against Amazon
Hachette represents writers such as Donna Tartt, author of The Goldfinch, thriller writer James Patterson and comedian Stephen Colbert.
Amazon had blocked preorders on their books, slowed deliveries or blocked listings, leading to a very public scolding of the online retailer by writers.
Douglas Preston, a Hachette writer who had organized a public campaign against Amazon through Authors United, rallied 900 writers, including Canada’s Ruth Ozeki and Linwood Barclay, to his protest.
In an email Thursday, Preston said he’s relieved by news of the agreement and hopes that "if disagreements arise in the future between Amazon and publishers, Amazon will never again seek to gain leverage by sanctioning books and hurting authors."


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New, old-fashioned furnishings in one place
Brown's Amish furniture lasts a lifetime
BAD AXE — Combining modern appliances and Amish-made furniture in one store might seem contradictory at first glance, but Larry Brown has figured out a way to make it work and make it last.
Brown’s Bad Axe store, Bad Axe Appliance/Amish Country Crafters, has been under his ownership for over 35 years and has sold Amish furniture to residents for the past 20 years.
Brown did not start out with the appliance store. He originally worked as a funeral director for MacAlpine funeral home, but had gone as far up the pay scale as he could and wanted a change.
Brown bought this store in 1984, back when it was called Bad Axe Hardware, but when Kmart and Walmart moved into town, he knew he had to add something else to his store.
“While I was a funeral director, the Amish approached me wanting information on how much it would cost for funeral arrangements when their loved ones died,” Brown said. “That’s how I found out they had talent.”
Brown described his first meetings with the Amish to sell their goods as "like pulling teeth," because you must earn their trust and develop a bond with them. Once Brown was able to achieve that, he had other Amish residents coming out of the woodwork asking him to sell their goods. Now, he buys handmade goods from about 100 different Amish folks.
“I try to get as much from Huron, Tuscola, Sanilac, and Lapeer counties as possible,” Brown said. “When there isn’t anybody in the area making what we’re looking for, then we go to other Amish communities throughout the state and out of state.”
Some of the most popular Amish-made items Brown’s store sells are dinner tables and chairs, lighthouses and polywood lawn chairs.
Brown said that the advantage of furniture like this is that the work put into it makes it last a lifetime.
“Its not something you can buy today and two years later it will fall apart,” Brown said. “You’ll be able to take this furniture and pass it down to your family. That’s how furniture used to be made years ago.”
Bad Axe Appliance/Amish Country Crafters does sell more than Amish-made products and appliances like refrigerators and ovens. There is kind of an Amish library inside where customers can take out books dealing with Amish stories. Homemade jams, popcorn, candies, quilts and leather products are also available.
Earlier this year, when many stores closed due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Bad Axe Appliance/Amish Country Crafters felt the pinch as well. Brown said there was a time where the store went three straight days without making any sales.
“We did service work for Detroit Edison and Consumers Energy for appliance repair,” Brown said. “They deemed we were an essential business and once that happened, we were able to do service repairs.”
Because of the pandemic, many of the store’s sales have either been over the phone or online, which Brown remarks was like how he used to sell.
“If someone calls saying, ‘I’m looking for a washing machine, what do you have?’, we’ll tell them what the features are before they say, ‘I’ll take it,'” Brown said. “That’s how we used to do business and now it's coming back.”
Brown even said that this year has been better for his business than in years past, because when people received their $1,200 stimulus checks earlier this year, they went out and spent them in the community.
“I also found that people are buying more locally and not going to the city, and I think that has to do with the virus,” Brown said.
While most of Brown’s business comes from Huron County, he does get business from out of the area, including recently delivering a bedroom set to Fenton in Genesee County. Brown attributes business like that to word of mouth.
“We do a lot of business by word of mouth where people are happy with the quality of furniture and stuff they get from us and tell a friend,” Brown said.


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WTO: China should reconsider currency plan
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Senators Charles Schumer, a New York Democrat, and Lindsay Graham, a South Carolina Republican, are sponsoring legislation that would impose across-the-board penalty tariffs of 27.5 percent on Chinese goods unless the Chinese stop the practice.
Congress could take "extreme action" if Beijing does not move soon toward economic reform, Graham told a congressional advisory panel Thursday.
The administration of U.S. President George W. Bush also has been stepping up the heat on China over intellectual property rights. U.S. officials say rampant Chinese copying of movies, music, software and other goods costs legitimate products worldwide up to US$50 billion (euro41 billion) annually in lost potential sales.
Last month, U.S. Trade Representative Rob Portman (news, bio, voting record) announced the creation of a new China enforcement task force in his office and indicated that without progress soon on piracy, as well as high Chinese tariffs imposed on American auto parts, the administration would probably file unfair trade cases against China before the WTO.
The Geneva-based trade organization said "effective enforcement of intellectual property rights is also needed to ensure an investment environment conducive to the development of an innovative private sector and foreign investment."
"Steps have been taken to ensure better enforcement and coordination between the various government agencies involved in enforcement," the WTO said. However, China's relatively low fines and lenient penalties "appear insufficient to deter (intellectual property rights) violations."
The summary did not address Chinese policy on automotive parts specifically, but said Chinese manufacturing has boomed partly as a result of government assistance and public investment.
"The result is that manufacturing, especially export-oriented manufacturing, has developed more rapidly than other sectors," the WTO said.
The European Union also has moved recently to counter what it calls unfair trade practices by China. On Thursday, the 25-nation EU announced it would soon slap duties on Chinese and Vietnamese shoes, acting against a flood of cheap imports that it says breaks world trade rules.
Four majority state-owned banks hold 54 percent of banking assets in the country and insurance is dominated by six state holding companies accounting for 85 percent of all premiums, the WTO noted.
In telecommunications, six majority state-owned companies dominate basic services, even if private firms are largely responsible for value-added services. Air and maritime transport services are similarly controlled by majority or fully state-owned enterprises, WTO said.


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“IKTINOS HELLAS S.A.” is one of the largest companies in the marble sector in Greece and the only listed, with strong international presence in many parts of the world. In the midst of the country’s financial crisis, the company, which holds about 20% of total Greek marble exports, managed to show significant growth by expanding its activities to new markets and to be introduced to Mid Cap with a significant shareholder turnover.
IKTINOS is a vertically integrated company that carries through all stages of marble production, from extraction, cutting and processing to sale, use and application. The company’s strong monopoly materials such as GOLDEN SPIDER, NESTOS WHITE, THASSOS WHITE, MARVELLOUS WHITE and VOLAKAS WHITE are a means of notifying the name and strengthening the company’s presence worldwide. Today, the company operates eight marble quarries in northern Greece, a new quarry in the Peloponnese and two cutting and processing plants in Athens, employing 450 people and exporting 95% of its production to 90 countries.
“Extroversion aims to development”, is the moto of Mrs Julia Chaida, the Vice President of IKTINOS, and that is the reason of the company’s constant presence in international fair events worldwide for years now. Last stop for this year, the Middle East Stone 2019, the region’s biggest dedicated event of its kind bringing with it all the major stakeholders of natural stones, marbles, tiles industry to a major platform to forge business ties. The event lasts 3 days, from November 25 to November 28 and it is held in the Dubai World Trade Center, in Dubai, UAE.
Find IKTINOS HELLAS S.A. in Middle East Stone Fair, November 25-28, 2019 at Stand AR D191 in the Dubai Trade Center Arena.


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Swiss Management Expert S Block Unveiled At Malta A.I & Blockchain Summit
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S Block attends the Malta A.I & Blockchain Summit held in Malta on May 23 and 24.
S Block, the Switzerland-based value added digital assets wallet and powered by the industry’s leading technology, was a prime attendee at the Malta A.I Blockchain Summit which was held in Malta on May 23 and 24, 2019. The CEO of S Block, Ivan Bolonikhin delivered a speech at the Summit.
“We are happy to announce that S Block was one of the key participants at the Malta A. I and Blockchain Summit held on May 23 and 24 in Malta,” Ivan Bolonikhin, the CEO of S Block says. “The objective was to share information about the advancing technologies in the blockchain industry and leveraging the same in the financial industry. Malta has established itself as the Blockchain Island with the government now focusing on a national legal framework for Artificial Intelligence that will be hosted during the summit attracting more and more companies to the island.”
The Malta A.I and Blockchain Summit attracted over 5000 attendees, 300 exhibitors, 700 investors including the world’s leading brains in both A.I. and blockchain industries.
The event also saw the presence of Scott Stornetta, the father of blockchain, Sophia, the world’s first robot citizen, the Winklevoss twins, Malta’s Prime Minister the Hon. Joseph Muscat, Abu Dhabi’s Royal Highness, and the legendary John McAfee.
The S Block team was headed by CEO Ivan Bolonikhin who delivered a speech on the Summit. The S Block project is being watched with keen interest by the blockchain industry as it has a different approach driven by its ground-breaking technology. S Block is a value added digital assets wallet with the trading aspect managed by a premier Wall Street organization that guarantees sustained revenue generation.
According to the company, the impregnable safety of S Block is based on a proven security technology developed by the Swiss military and acclaimed as the best in the world.
S Block scores over others in the user-friendly aspect also and can support the mainstream as well as niche cryptocurrencies. With strategic cooperation with the world’s leading exchanges already in place, S Block is sure of accelerating the accuracy and speed of digital assets transactions.
S Block is attending the summit as the company’s long term objectives are in sync with the goal of the summit. S Block is committed to improving the use of blockchain technology in the financial industry.
The S Block project is expected to impact the blockchain industry in a big way according to industry observers and experts. It will promote the maturity of the use of blockchain technology, reform the financial model in the traditional sense, and create a new model that creatively combines innovative blockchain and finance.
About Blockchain & A.I. Malta Summit:
The Blockchain & A.I Malta Summit 2019 was held on May 23 and 24 at Malta and saw the presence of over 5000 attendees, 300 exhibitors, 700 investors, and the best brains in A.I and blockchain industries from all over the world. The event also brought together thousands of investors and innovators in Blockchain and Artificial Intelligence.


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KAYTEE’s Pet Ownership Campaign
CHILTON, Wis.—KAYTEE Pet Products launched an informational campaign throughout the U.S. to promote ownership of birds and small pet animals during trying economic times. The company is partnering with well-known pet expert Marc Morrone to illustrate the benefits and economics of pet ownership during a recession.
According to Kathy Evens, KAYTEE vice president of marketing, “We think it’s important to let people know that they can own inexpensive pets and birds that will provide the same benefits of comfort and companionship as a dog or a cat for a fraction of the cost. Parents who choose to have birds or small animals in their households will find that this is an excellent and inexpensive alternative to larger and more expensive pets, and their children will learn the same lessons in responsibility and animal care.
“Marc is the perfect spokesman for this campaign. He’s a well-known pet expert who appears regularly on Martha Stewart’s syndicated TV show, he’s authored a number of books on bird and pet care, and he owns his own pet store. We’re extremely happy and excited to be working with him.”
Morrone will be taking his message public with media interviews across the country, in addition to his weekly satellite radio program. He will produce a dozen educational videos on the personalities of individual pets to help parents choose the right pet for their children. Morrone will also make a scheduled
appearance at the Wisconsin State Fair on August 7, during KAYTEE Pet Products Day.
“Having a bird or small pet enhances family fun and togetherness and you don’t have to be wealthy to enjoy them. Getting this message out to the public is our way of spreading some good news in these trying times,” says Evens.
For more information, please visit kaytee.com.


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ComiXology announces four all-new creator-owned comiXology Originals titles to be released this September.
The debate has been raging on for years now: What will comics be like in…
Last night, during Preview Night at the San Diego Comic-Con, comiXology kicked off the show with its invite only event where it showcased new comiXology originals, and other exclusives.
ComiXology, Amazon’s premier digital comics service, will kick off Comic-Con International San Diego 2019 on Wednesday, July 17, 2019 with an invite-only press event showcasing comiXology Originals debuts, news and creators, as well as providing data-backed insight on comics industry trends and more.
ComiXology & Kodansha Comics Make Sailor Moon Available Digitally in English for the First Time Ever
comiXology and Kodansha Comics announced the global English-language digital debut of one of the all-time most beloved manga series with Sailor Moon Eternal Edition.
ComiXology Originals and Kodansha Comics have teamed to bring Mars, and You’re My Pet to digital format, two titles which have been out of circulation for a number of years.
ComiXology and Queer Comix announced that The Pride Season Two an all-new, six issue comic book series spinning out of writer Joe Glass’ acclaimed LGBTQ+ super hero series The Pride will debut as part of the comiXology Originals program, June 5th
May 15th marks the return of Magdelene Visaggio & Jen Vaughn’s punk rock, magical grrrl comiXology Originals series, Teenage Wasteland the action-packed comic where after-school activities include transforming into galactic heroes and fighting monsters.
ComiXology and Comicraft announced today Season Two of the hit comiXology Originals series Elephantmen and Ask For Mercy.
ComiXology and Kodansha Comics announced volumes 1-38 of InitialD, the all-time classic manga about Japanese street racing by Shuichi Shigeno, are now available to read digitally.
ComiXology dropped Stone Star #1, new series for its digital originals line yesterday, from writer Jim Zub and artist Max Dunbar.
ComiXology debuts the first issue of Delver, a 5-part comic book fantasy series co-written by Iron Circus Comics founder C. Spike Trotman and YA author MK Reed, with art by newcomer Clive Hawken
Their childhoods were not ordinary. Maybe they had a robot friend or an alien encounter or battled monsters, or found a magic book. Whatever the case, they grew up and moved on… or did they? From Fanbase Press comes a tale of what happened when their movie-like lives returned to normal. The Sequels #1 is on Comixology on February 20, 2019.
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5 Things McDonald's Could Do to Actually Support Women
It’s International Women’s Day (March 8), and many beloved brands are using the day to convince the women of the world that they have a corporate ally. However, one fast food company is finding out that helping women is actually a lot more difficult than just making a statement. Yesterday, McDonald’s announced that they’d be flipping their iconic golden arches in select restaurants and on social media. According to the company, 6 of out 10 restaurant managers are women, and the flipped arches symbolize a “W” for the women the fast food joint employs and serves.
However, many see the move as an empty gesture, as the company is often criticized for its low wages, poor benefits, and inflexible schedules for its restaurant employees. Those calling BS on McDonald’s swiftly took to Twitter to voice their advice on things the brand could do to more meaningfully help women. First of all, many called on Mickey D’s to raise their minimum wage to a living wage.
Secondly, as Twitter user @mrfeelswildride points out, flipping the arches on McDonald’s restaurants cost money—money that is not going directly to empower women. A better use of that money? Supporting women’s charities or setting up scholarships for workers.
Another viral post by @truebe yesterday pointed out that better health care benefits (or any, for some workers), family leave, and career advancement in an industry that is increasingly being overtaken by automation would also be way more helpful to women than flipping arches. At time of writing, the post received more than 28.6k retweets and 122.3k likes.
McDonald’s isn’t the only employer that still has a ways to go in empowering its female workers and customers—in fact, there are only a small percentage of businesses that provide livable wages, flexible schedules, comprehensive health care, family leave, robust discrimination and harassment policies, as well as other benefits that help provide women opportunities to advance in the workforce and the world. If McDonald’s failed act brought awareness to anything, it’s that creating gender parity is not as easy as flipping a sign, and that we must keep pressing for progress when what we’re handed isn’t enough.


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New data has revealed that global FinTech adoption reached 64 percent as of 2019, more than double the rate reported for 2017.
In addition, 98 percent of SME adopters claim that their company regularly reviews technological tools and software to ensure that they are the most suitable options. With that in mind, SoftwareDevelopmentCompany.co, a B2B marketplace connecting brands with software developers, has come up with a list of the top 30 companies that develop the FinTech software to assist banks, credit companies, FinTech startups and more with their business needs.
SoftwareDevelopmentCompany.co analyzed each software development company's experience, portfolios, case studies, location, hourly rates and more to come up with a list of the developers around the world who are most likely to deliver results.
According to its findings, the top developers are: ADK Group; Aelieve, LLC; Andolasoft; Appetiser; *instinctools Company; Cappen; Clustox; CognitiveClouds; Cubix; Decipher Zone Softwares; Digital Silk; EMERGE; Fingent Corporation; Hexagon IT Solutions; Highland Solutions; Imperium Apps GmbH; IPIX Tech Services PVT LTD; JetRuby Agency; KitRUM; MaxSoft; Net Solutions; Next Big Technology; Peerbits; PixelCrayons; Romexsoft; RootQuotient; Scand; Techmango Technology Services; 2muchcoffee; and Visualwebz LLC.
As recent data shows that 75 percent of the world's internet-enabled consumers used a FinTech app to move money last year, the need for FinTech software developers is bigger than ever. In fact, a recent study found that the global population of software engineers will reach 27.7 million by the end of 2023, increasing by over a million each year.
According to Evans Data’s Global Developer Population and Demographics Study, while the United States currently has the largest population of developers, India is expected to take the lead by 2023. Yet the top nation for growth will be China, where the developer population is predicted to increase between 6 percent and 8 percent each year until 2023.
“The US can be viewed as the cradle of software development and thus has always had the largest developer population,” said Janel Garvin, CEO of Evans Data Corp, “However, emerging countries are definitely catching up. This is true overall and also in the adoption of various leading-edge technologies, where we see a very strong uptake in China, India and also Brazil.”


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The PBOC and three other official entities proposed the development of a blockchain-based trade finance platform to finance the construction in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. The platform is intended to help participating banks securely share information pertaining to cross-border trades. (http://www.pbc.gov.cn/goutongjiaoliu/113456/113469/4023428/index.html)
Visa Applies For Digital Dollar Blockchain Patent
Visa has filed a patent application to create “digital fiat currency” on a centralized computer using blockchain technology. The computer generates digital currency for the denomination requested and links it to a serial number, and records it on a blockchain.
World Economic Forum shares its vision for a decentralized, global economy
The World Economic Forum Global Blockchain Council “Presidio Principles” project is intended to lay out a foundational set of principles to to balance trust and power among creators and users of applications which build on or incorporate some decentralized pieces. They are requesting feedback from those on the front lines of building decentralized systems.
Stablecoin Supply Breaks $10B as Traders Demand Dollars Over Bitcoin
Almost every exchange offers the choice to trade assets priced in different quote currencies, usually dollars or bitcoins, which determine the value of alternative cryptocurrencies. Altcoin traders have historically preferred to use bitcoin or even ether as the currency that prices other tokens. But during the past two years, that trend has shifted significantly. Now they mostly trade against stablecoins.
Most bitcoin investors on Coinbase end up buying altcoins during bull runs
Bitcoin investors tend to buy altcoins during bull runs, according to Coinbase data. Coinbase said “as people feel good about their initial crypto investments (into Bitcoin), they branch out to find other possible categorical winners”.
Brazilian digital wallet PicPay reaches 20 million customers
Brazilian digital wallet PicPay hit 20 million clients in early May, reaching a goal previously expected for December as social isolation measures to combat the coronavirus accelerates the search for digital financial services.
UN Launches Blockchain Group
The United Nations has launched a Blockchain Group and published a Practical Guide to Using Blockchain Within the United Nations and for country policymakers with definitions, decision-making #tools and use cases from across the UN.
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Penguin Random House has acquired the literary-themed clothing and accessories company Out of Print. Founded in New York in 2010, Out of Print creates licensed merchandise based on books for children, teens and adults, including T-shirts, socks, mugs, tote bags, matchboxes and more. The company also contributes to literacy programs and book donations for every product sold.
For Penguin Random House, the acquisition is part of an effort to expand its author- and imprint-brand merchandising capabilities. Out of Print will continue to operate independently and remain in its headquarters in Manhattan, while company founders Todd Lawton and Jeff LeBlanc will now report to Alison Rich, v-p, publishing innovation development at PRH.
"Working hand-in-hand with Penguin Random House is a tremendous opportunity for all our partners, and for our fans, globally to express their passion for their favorite reading," said Lawton and LeBlanc in a press release. "We cannot be more excited to start writing the next chapter in the Out of Print story."
"With their forward-thinking entrepreneurship, joyful collaborative spirit, and shared social values, [Out of Print] will be enthusiastically welcomed as new members of the Penguin Random House family," said Nina von Moltke, executive v-p and director of publishing development and author platforms.
"Much in the way that music stars, sports figures and other entertainers have T-shirts and other apparel and collectibles to connect with their fans in a commemorative way, Out of Print has been doing that with books and authors," PRH spokesperson Stuart Applebaum told the Wall Street Journal. "It's a revenue stream for our authors, illustrators and for us. It's also a way to further connect with readers and fans while building additional recognition for our books."
Out of Print offers many products featuring PRH books and authors, including Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale; George Orwell's 1984 and Animal Farm; Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita; Franz Kafka's Metamorphosis; Gabriel García Márquez's One Hundred Years of Solitude; William Golding's Lord of the Flies; Ian Fleming's Casino Royale, Live and Let Die and Moonraker; Louisa May Alcott's Little Women; Ransom Riggs's Miss Peregrine Series; and the recently launched Pelican Shakespeare collection.


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During Mental Health Awareness Week there was elevated dialogue approximately economic well-being – a subject this is increasingly being spoken about within the fintech community, as inclusion reputedly becomes greater of a focus for traditional monetary offerings players.
Recent feedback from Michael Kent, CEO of Azimo, pointed to a recent survey that located that an incredible 77 percent of U.K. Citizens are pressured approximately money. “Rich or terrible, it appears that evidently economic anxiety is part of contemporary existence,” Kent highlighted.
Kent persevered: “The social and monetary value of pressure is huge. More than 1/2 one million people suffered from pressure in the UK in 2016/17, ensuing within the loss of 12.5 million working days and a cost to the economic system of round £40bn. Stress is established to harm the immune machine, reduce cognitive function, and increase negative decision-making, that may begin a vicious cycle of unwell-health and economic worry.”
The Azimo CEO highlighted how mental health had not been a concern for traditional financial establishments. However this isn’t always unexpected, considering that intellectual fitness has itself been an “extraordinarily taboo subject in British society. But technology of U.K. Fintech startups is putting intellectual health on the middle of their products.”
This is wherein monetary wellbeing comes in. While it’s far crucial to maintain in thoughts that everyone struggles with exceptional issues in special methods, it’s miles clear that traditional players have left client mental fitness by using the wayside. On the opposite hand, it can be argued that fintech companies have given the patron what they’ve requested for – or have tried to – and have attempted to reduce the stresses of commencing financial institution money owed, applying for loans, sending cash, etc.
“Historically, humans have tolerated bad financial offerings due to the fact switching company may be tough or intimidating. For millennials, it’s a total one-of-a-kind story, with 25-34-yr-olds two times as in all likelihood to switch banks as older generations. With intellectual health a pressing issue for many in the identical age group, it is no surprise that fintech startups are making intellectual fitness a component of their design technique,” Kent stated.
Using Monzo as an example, Kent highlighted how the usage of “nudge concept, a branch of behavioral science that advocates were suggesting opportunity publications of movement instead of enforcing regulations or lecturing people,” clients can use capabilities together with a playing block.
“Nudge principle comes in when they are trying to turn the function off. The client faces a desire: ask purchaser services to get rid of the block at once, or wait for forty eight-hours for it to show off mechanically.
“This more friction delivered to the layout of the product gives users a moment to pause and mirror approximately their desire to gamble. If they wish to, nothing is stopping them, but they need to go through an extra step to recognize the preference. To a person tormented by dependancy who has activated the block, this could be the distinction between relapsing and looking for assist.”
According to the Money and Mental Health Policy Institute’s ‘Fintech for precise’ record – written with the aid of Katie Evans and Rose Acton – fintech can aid human beings experiencing intellectual fitness issues by means of putting off friction, building a defensive monetary services environment, helping knowledgeable selection-making, empowering carers and recognizing the hassle early. Monzo arguably suits this description.
However, the Institute recommends a crucial factor: fintech for intellectual fitness can be discriminatory, so it is essential to do it right. “A consumer’s use of gear designed to assist people with mental health issues can be used as a trademark of danger, which means humans are charged greater for some products or have their get right of entry to to specific products blocked.
“Under the Equalities Act 2010, this shape of discrimination might be criminal within the sale of monetary merchandise if providers can show that a client with an intellectual fitness problem is a higher threat. In these instances, higher ranges of disclosure of mental ailments may additionally genuinely make it less difficult for corporations to discriminate lawfully, probably leading to more financial exclusion among human beings experiencing intellectual fitness issues.”
In addition to this risk, fintech for intellectual fitness may want to disempower people, because of the knowledge that everybody’s revel in of various problems is distinctive. “Mental health troubles also differ – someone can be perfectly able to deal with their price range for years at a time, even after the diagnosis of a critical intellectual fitness problem, only to emerge as severely unwell right away and locate that they’re now not in control.
“Fixed guidelines which anticipate that people with a specific analysis aren’t capable of dealing with their very own finances could disempower human beings and undermine recovery. Instead, the focal point ought to be upon maximizing personalization so people can do as an awful lot as they may be able to, with the aid they need. Flexibility and simplicity of use are vital,” the document examine.
This flexibility additionally desires to think about that now, not each patron can use digital equipment. “Concerns around statistics safety, consolation with virtual communications and the prices of net-enabled devices and records get entry to might also limit accessibility.
“For a few people with the most severe mental health issues, coping with their cash independently can be impossible, regardless of the help of fintech tools. While fintech for mental health may want to shape an essential part of a plan to break the hyperlinks among economic difficulties and intellectual health issues, it must never be the only method.”
Money switch is another location which, as Kent explained, might be a traumatic enjoy for numerous humans, having to fund medical prices, as an example, should suggest that remittances are a remember of lifestyles and demise. This is why green customer reports can lessen anxiety with the aid of giving person manipulate over their finances.
“Most importantly, it needs to be fee effective. The poorest people are charged the very best charges for banking offerings. Sending cash lower back home is costly – and also highly-priced for the recipient if they need to trek to the closest bank or cash switch depot and additionally pay for added fees for receiving their price range.
“The value of sending money to the household again domestic is extortionate – typically approximately 7% on average. When you understand that 550bn is sent to rising markets this year in keeping with the World Bank, that’s quite a few money – and quite a few humans are being affected,” Kent stated.
Fintech agencies are looking to combat this by way of persevering with to promote economic inclusion, scrapping expenses and prioritizing purchaser wishes. Over two hundred million migrants send cash returned domestically each yr – so the sheer variety of folks who are stricken by those high quotes is incredible, and no exchange is made regarding social mobility.
A recent article on Foreign Policy pointed to the World Bank’s modern-day Migration and Development Brief which discovered that international remittances to low and middle-earnings nations had reached a report excessive in 2018 of $529 billion. This figure is ready to upward thrust to $550 billion this year.
It is apparent there is a lot extra to be executed in distinctive regions of monetary offerings. However, the factors made in this newsletter barely contact the surface of the problems that exist and how much desires to be changed, so every person feels financially protected and comfy in how they may be managing their money.
What is likewise clear is that the most important changes in banking era will assist the ones who have economic concerns. This, in turn, proves that it’s far the economic services industry that needs to exchange, but in a way that considers that 100% virtual won’t be the first-class alternative. At instances, the human interplay is important.


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ISS Appoints New General Manager for UK
Inchcape Shipping Services (ISS), the world’s leading maritime services provider, has appointed Guy Lear as General Manager for the UK.
With nearly 25 years’ experience in the shipping industry, Guy has in depth cross-sector knowledge of the UK port agency market with particular expertise in the tanker business.
Prior to joining ISS, Guy worked for a global shipping agency as a Divisional Director responsible for the business development and management of their Global Hub Agency. Starting in shipping insurance, Guy’s career has included roles as a boarding clerk, working for the Port of London Authority and as a Departmental Manager.
Guy will be focusing on the continuous evolvement and improvement of the UK business and is replacing Tom Wilson who has been promoted to a key role within the Operational Excellence team. Guy will be based at ISS Tilbury.
Comments Simon Edsall, ISS Executive Vice President Operations, for Europe and North Africa: “We are very pleased to be working with Guy who will enhance our strength in the UK port agency market and understands our strive for growth, innovation and efficiency across all areas of the business.”
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minister Nirmala Sitharaman, met after a gap of six months.
GST Council brought pre-packaged and labelled food items such as wheat flour, puffed rice, curd/lassi/buttermil and paneer under the GST regime, according to sources. The council approved a proposal to levy a 12 per cent tax on hotel rooms charging below Rs 1,000 per day. The GST Council also decided to impose a five per cent GST without input tax credit on hospital rooms with rent above Rs 5,000, excluding intensive care units (ICUs).
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Halo: Infinite is an upcoming first-person shooter from 343 Industries. In its teaser trailer, the developer promised open environments and a renewed focus on the Master Chief.
Halo has always had a significant esports presence, and Halo Infinite won't be any different. Speaking at Variety's Entertainment and Technology Summit earlier this month, Elizabeth Van Wyck, the head of esports for Halo at Microsoft, emphasized how esports is a fundamental element of Halo Infinite's multiplayer.
In developing for the next game, it is a key piece of how we think about how we built out multiplayer, which is the mode that our esports is built off of. Thinking about how people will view it. Thinking about how they will play it. But at the end of the day, we have to build an awesome game... Halo has a long legacy with esports, but we have let it be community run. It wasn't until very recently that we looked at the space and said, 'We want to significantly invest in it and create a structure that not just has longevity, but has consistencies that others can build businesses off of... Those are all things that go into the development process that didn't before.
Hopefully the esports integration will be even more extensive than Halo 5: Guardians. Halo 5 already has a spectator mode and other features which help in commentating. It'll be interesting to see what changes Halo Infinite brings to the table.
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Investors will welcome the news that the company has maintained its full-year guidance, calling for adjusted earnings per share of at least $12.80 United States dollars and cash flow of $12 billion USD.
Morgan Stanley said its unchanged $170 price target on IBM reflects lower core IBM growth and peer multiple, offset by faster Red hat growth and lower debt. The company has modernized its entire software portfolio by containerizing middleware and applications to run on all private and public clouds, integrated OpenShift onto IBM Cloud and IBM Z Systems, and introduced consulting and management services for Red Hat technologies, Kavanaugh told investors.
Data source: IBM. YOY = year over year.
ARMONK, N.Y. IBM today announced third-quarter results.
On August 2, 2019, the company updated full-year expectations to reflect the impact of the Red Hat acquisition and related activities.
And the IBM Cloud Paks, the first joint IBM-Red Hat product, "are off to a nice start", Kavanaugh said of the recently released containerized versions of popular middleware on top of OpenShift.
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Currency and divestitures were also an issue.
Red Hat saw 20 percent growth in the third quarter on $371 million in revenue-an acceleration of that business, which grew roughly 15 percent in its final independent quarter.
There was a rise in revenue from the Cloud and Cognitive Software division to $5.28bn, and Business Services a modest rise to $4.1bn.
Systems revenue was $1.5bn, down 14.7 per cent after IBM was only able to get a week of sales for its new z15 mainframe line before the quarter closed. IBM pointed to the suspension of share buybacks, an adjustment to the balance of deferred Red Hat revenue and equity and retention costs. The company suspended its share repurchase programme on 9 July. Since the end of the second quarter, IBM has reduced its total debt by close to $7 billion. "We generated $12.3 billion in free cash flow over the last 12 months and with our disciplined financial management we reduced debt by almost $7 billion in the quarter, while maintaining a strong cash balance". IBM's free cash flow was $1.8 billion. The company expects non-GAAP EPS of at least $12.80, a number that includes certain Red Hat acquisition-related expenses. IBM's free cash flow was $1.8 billion, and the company ended the third quarter with $11.0 billion of cash on hand.
"In the third quarter, as we continued to help clients with their digital reinventions, we grew revenue in our Cloud & Cognitive Software segment and in Global Business Services", said Rometty. "Plus, Systems will nearly assuredly see some uplift in the coming quarters from sales of the new z15 mainframes".


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Vodafone stands accused of distributing some HTC phones with malware pre-installed on them.
An HTC Magic phone, running the Google Android mobile operating system, was found by a researcher at Panda Security to be pre-loaded with the Mariposa bot client.
Vodafone distributes this phone to its userbase in some European countries and it seems affordable as you can get it for 0€ or 1€ under certain conditions.
Panda reports that when the researcher "plugged the phone to her PC via USB her Panda Cloud Antivirus went off, detecting both an autorun.inf and autorun.exe as malicious. A quick look into the phone quickly revealed it was infected and spreading the infection to any and all PCs that the phone would be plugged into." Urk!
The researchers also reports finding a Confiker worm and Lineage password stealing malware.
Vodafone said it is investigating, while claiming the phone must have been tampered with.


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Phunware announced that the Phunware Experience Optimizer is now available for customers to engage users based on location, persona or brand.
Phunware announced that it made an inducement grant to Mr. Russell Buyse in connection with his employment as Phunware’s new CEO.
Phunware will be virtually holding one-on-one and small group meetings at the 25th Annual Needham Growth Conference on January 12, 2023.
Phunware announced today that its Smart Hospitality Solution is being launched at Wailea Beach Resort - Marriott, Maui.
Phunware announced today it intends to give control of data currently stored by the Company back to consumers.
Phunware announced today that Russ Buyse has been hired as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, effective December 28, 2022.
Phunware announced that its Hospitality Solution is being launched at Gaylord Hotels owned by Ryman Properties and operated by Marriott.
Phunware announced financial results for its third quarter ended September 30, 2022.
Phunware will be holding 1x1 and small group meetings at the Roth 11th Annual Technology Event on November 16, 2022 at The Yale Club.
LYTE by Phunware Launches Black Friday Gaming PC Sale, Slashing $100 Build Fee for Month of November
LYTE by Phunware announced the launch of its “No Build Fee” Black Friday Sale, which will run the entire month of November.
Phunware announced today a 3-year contract renewal and expansion win to license its digital front door and patented LBS to Parkview Health
Phunware announced today that its 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders was convened and adjourned, due to a lack of the required quorum.
Phunware is scheduled to present and hold one-on-one meetings at two financial conferences in September 2022.
Phunware announced financial results for its second quarter ended June 30, 2022.
Phunware will hold a conference call on August 11, 2022, at 4:30pm EST to discuss its financial results for the second 2022 quarter.
Phunware announced today that its Smart Advocacy Solution will offer a social media integration with Twitter.
Phunware announced the release of PhunWallet version 1.3, an update to the app software on the Apple App Store and Google Play for Android.
PhunToken and its creator Phunware will co-sponsor Consensus 2022, which will take place in Austin, Texas, from June 9-12, 2022.
Phunware announced financial results for its first quarter ended March 31, 2022.
Phunware will hold a conference call on May 12, 2022, at 4:30pm EST to discuss its financial results for the first 2022 quarter.
Phunware announced today that Matt Lull, a 30-year veteran in technology and finance for Fortune 500 companies, has been hired as the Company’s first-ever Executive Vice President and Chief [...]
Phunware has announced today that it has entered into a strategic partnership with Accion Labs to offer Mobile Solutions for Digital Transformation.
Phunware Appoints Christopher Olive as Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Chief Legal Officer
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League of Legends New Graphical Update Coming Soon
Since League of Legends launched a year ago, the game has enjoyed numerous content updates. Many new heroes and items have been added to the game, but the graphics have largely remained the same – until now. A new update is on the way to upgrade the graphics in League of Legends. Along with the new graphical overhaul, a new 5v5 map will be revealed and another hero will be added (Miss Fortune).
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Since League of Legends launched back in October 27, 2009 the game has attracted millions of users world-wide. This is first major graphical update to the game since launch and promises to make the game look sleeker and more modern while maintaining the crisp cartoony look.
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Designer leaves fashion and fragrance brand
"RalphLauren" by Edgar de Evia - David McJonathan personal collection, via Wikimedia Commons
Ralph Lauren is stepping down from his role of Chief Executive Officer at Ralph Lauren Corp. He founded the company in 1967 and has seen it expand from fashion into fragrances, childrens clothing and home furnishings.
Lauren will step down in November and has named his successor as Stefan Larsson – Global President of Gap's Old Navy brand. Larsson has been credited with bringing an additional $1bn in sales to the high street fashion brand. The 75-year-old Lauren will still serve as Executive Chairman at the company and will continue to lead its design team.
Ralph Lauren has seen a fall in shares recently, with a 40% decrease in the past year alone. In a release, the brand said the new appointment was part of a drive to strengthen its position in the industry and reach new consumers.
Lauren said: “My job is to think always about the future of our company and how to move it forward. Stefan Larsson is exceptionally talented, and he will bring our company a fresh and exciting global perspective. Stefan and I have a strong personal bond and share a vision for the future of Ralph Lauren. I appreciate Stefan’s unique sensibility, his honesty and his authenticity. We have had tremendous success expanding the Ralph Lauren brands around the world and creating a great management team. Now, all the pieces are in place to position our business for continued growth. We have been a leader in our industry for nearly 50 years, and this is just the beginning.”
Stefan Larsson added: “I am thrilled to have the opportunity to work directly and collaboratively with a fashion giant like Ralph Lauren. His creativity and singular vision have made Ralph Lauren one of the world’s most influential global brands, and I share his dreams for the future. I believe the company has tremendous potential to continue expanding in the global marketplace as it broadens its appeal to all consumers.”


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The exclusive equity company clayton, dubilier & rice has actually agreed to purchase the software company epicor from kkr, in a $4.7bn package that is among the list of biggest pc software purchases this season.
The deal will discover epicor, which will be located in austin, tx, pass into its third collection of private equity hands in under a decade. it values the company at about 13 times its latest fiscal-year earnings of $360m, according to someone acquainted with the offer.
Epicor, which sells back-office pc software to manufacturing and retail businesses, is anticipated to carry on a method of obtaining smaller rivals, having currently finished three deals before eighteen months.
The group has additionally shifted a higher portion of its company lately to virtual, cloud-based processing methods a location that features surged during pandemic.
We've a few organizations that weve already been viewing, to grow [market] share, said himanshu palsule, president of epicor. we believe our company is at that correct size, neither also small nor too big, to drive these purchases at a very granular degree.
Private equity organizations have actually more and more piled into software organizations lately, attracted to the chance of reliable continual incomes, even though the businesses are lacking difficult possessions to provide against.
Epicors sale could be the fourth-largest bargain involving an application company this year, according to refinifiv information, behind intercontinental exchanges $11bn bargain purchasing ellie mae this month, roper technologies $5.35bn acquisition of vertafore, also this thirty days, and knowledge partners $5bn acquisition of the swiss computer software group veeam in january.
The business in addition held preliminary talks about going public with several special-purpose purchase cars before deciding from the purchase to cd&r, one individual acquainted the procedure stated.
Jeff hawn, the previous chairman and leader of california-based venture computer software which joined cd&r as someone in january, will end up chairman of epicor.
The exclusive equity team will further increase epicors product profile also make strategic purchases, mr hawn said in a statement.
The offer is the most recent indication of a revival in mergers and acquisitions task, which fell to its least expensive amount in more than ten years in the second one-fourth of 2020 once the coronavirus pandemic forced lockdowns and roiled markets.
Because the beginning of july, some blockbuster discounts has actually led a resurgence in m&a as businesses have actually cut back deals that were wear hold when the virus initially struck.
Kkr purchased epicor in 2016 for $3.3bn from apax partners, which had bought the company in 2011 and joined it using pc software team activant solutions in a package that valued both businesses at about $2bn as a whole. last thirty days epicor unveiled intends to issue $2.8bn in brand new financial obligation partly accustomed pay a dividend to kkr.


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The sale of sugary drinks has been banned in public hospitals in Western Australia as part of measures to combat obesity, which has been applauded by health groups but criticised by the beverages industry as "overreach".
- Sugary drinks are now banned in hospital cafes or vending machines
- The policy to tackle obesity has been welcomed by health groups
- But the beverages lobby says it erodes consumers' rights
Under the policy, all vending machines and retail outlets including cafes, gift shops and kiosks can no longer sell sugar-sweetened drinks that have low or no nutritional value.
That includes soft drinks, iced tea, energy and sports drinks and some fruit juices, flavoured waters and milks.
However, sugar-free soft drinks — including diet soft drinks — are still allowed provided they are no larger than 600ml.
Health Department acting assistant director-general public and Aboriginal health Denise Sullivan said the policy was aimed at addressing the growing obesity problem.
"Currently, around 70 per cent of adults are overweight or obese and 25 per cent of kids, so it really falls on the department to ensure that we are also reflecting the health messages that we are promoting out in the community, which is around ensuring that there are healthy choice options available," Ms Sullivan said.
The measure is an extension of the department's Healthy Options WA: Food and Nutrition policy, which uses a "traffic light" labelling system similar to that used in school canteens.
Half of all food and drinks sold must be "green", or low in saturated fat, added sugar and salt, with a maximum of 20 per cent "red" or unhealthy foods.
An audit of the policy in 2019 revealed none of WA's hospitals had fully complied with the mandatory policy to serve healthier food to visitors.
Ms Sullivan said the rollout of the latest 'healthy options' measure began in February, adding she expected hospitals to comply.
"We're seeing good progress primarily within our major metropolitan hospitals, so sugar-sweetened beverages have for the most part disappeared from our vending machines.
[There's] a little bit of work still to be done in terms of the cafeteria food services, but expectations are that we'll see good compliance in time," she said.
Ms Sullivan said the policy was now among the strictest in the country, with similar bans in place in Victoria and Queensland.
Cancer Council calls for policy extension
Cancer Council WA cancer prevention and research director Melissa Ledger said it was important for hospitals to take the lead in "providing healthy environments".
"Given that sugary drinks are making us sick, they're increasing our chances of weight gain and a number of diseases, it's really great leadership from our hospitals," Ms Ledger said.
"Most of us want to be healthy, [but] it's hard to be healthy when we are surrounded by the promotion and marketing of sugary drinks and so this healthy option policy just makes it so much easier for us to be healthy," she said.
Ms Ledger called for the policy to be extended to other facilites.
"It would be incredible leadership to see healthy options policies rolled out across other government agencies and public facilities, so this is a first step in what is a really promising opportunity to have environments that support us to be as healthy as we can be," she said.
'We know what choices to make'
But Australian Beverages Council spokeswoman Cathy Cook said Australians were already making healthier decisions and the new policy removed consumers' right to choose what they drink.
"What we've seen is a trend of Australians making informed choices and healthier choices while still reserving the right to have a choice to have that little treat when they want to treat themselves and we've all treated ourselves a little during COVID," Ms Cook said.
"When you remove all choices from Australians — of everything but what a particular group decides is a healthy choice — I think it disrespects Australians," she said.
"I think we're smart and we know what we need to do and we know what choices to make.
"We're seeing Australians making great choices and whilst we support all efforts to actually make healthy products available for all Australians, it does seem to be a little bit of overreach."
But Ms Sullivan said banned drinks purchased outside of hospitals would still be allowed at the facilities.
"It doesn't stop people from consuming sugar-sweetened beverages, they just won't be able to buy it in our hospitals," she said.


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A Delaware decide’s resolution to void the pay package deal that helped make Elon Musk the world’s richest individual leaves Tesla’s board with some troublesome choices to make.
Chancellor Kathaleen St. J. McCormick of the Delaware Courtroom of Chancery on Tuesday ordered Tesla to cancel inventory choices awarded to Mr. Musk, the electrical automotive firm’s chief govt, price about $50 billion. Now the corporate’s administrators should determine a brand new compensation plan that may move authorized muster and fulfill Mr. Musk, who lately demanded that the board considerably enhance his possession of Tesla.
Tesla and Mr. Musk may enchantment the court docket resolution. Mr. Musk on Thursday stated he would search to include the corporate in Texas, a state that he believes could possibly be extra hospitable to companies.
What occurs to Mr. Musk’s inventory choices?
As a part of a compensation package deal Tesla finalized in 2018, Mr. Musk acquired choices to purchase 304 million shares that at the moment are price greater than $50 billion. He has met the objectives wanted to obtain these choices, however Mr. Musk doesn’t seem to have transformed them into shares of Tesla. If he had, he can be barred from promoting them for 5 years.
Chancellor McCormick stated in her resolution that Tesla should cancel the choices, though she has not but issued a proper order requiring the corporate to take action.
Even with out the inventory from that package deal, Tesla has made Mr. Musk unimaginably wealthy. He owns roughly 411 million Tesla shares which are price round $78 billion. A securities submitting final 12 months stated he had pledged 238 million shares for private loans.
Can Tesla simply pack up and go away Delaware?
Mr. Musk, clearly indignant, threatened to reincorporate Tesla in one other state. On X, the social media platform that he owns, he said on Thursday that Tesla “will instantly transfer to carry a shareholder vote” to include itself in Texas, the place it has its company workplaces and a big manufacturing unit.
Delaware is a well-liked place for corporations to include due to its streamlined authorized system. Circumstances are heard by judges as an alternative of juries, and there is just one layer of enchantment — to the Delaware Supreme Courtroom.
Mr. Musk has included X, his social media firm, in Nevada, whose legal guidelines make it a lot tougher to sue administrators. That firm, beforehand known as Twitter, had been included in Delaware earlier than Mr. Musk acquired it.
However his plan to maneuver Tesla to Texas would possibly meet resistance from shareholders in the event that they see the change as an try to cut back their energy.
Relocation “doesn’t give him a magic ticket,” stated Gregory Varallo, a lawyer in Wilmington, Del., who argued the case towards Mr. Musk’s pay package deal for shareholders.
How would possibly Tesla’s inventory react?
If the inventory choices Tesla had awarded Mr. Musk within the 2018 package deal are voided, the corporate would have fewer shares excellent. That, in idea, would enhance the worth of the inventory owned by different folks or companies.
However any raise this offers the inventory worth could possibly be offset by investor fears that Mr. Musk would possibly go away the corporate or grow to be much less targeted on its operations. Tesla’s share worth fell by about 2 % on Wednesday after Ms. McCormick’s ruling, which was launched after the inventory market had closed on Tuesday.
Over the long run, an organization’s share worth is pushed by its revenue and money move. Tesla’s inventory has slumped by greater than half from its excessive and is down over 20 % this 12 months largely as a result of its revenue margins have plunged and the corporate is anticipating gross sales to develop way more slowly this 12 months.
What can the Tesla board do?
Chancellor McCormick stated Mr. Musk performed too nice a job in devising the phrases of his pay deal, and the board, which is legally obligated to serve the perfect pursuits of all shareholders, was not sufficiently impartial of him. One director is his brother, Kimbal, and several other others are longstanding buddies and associates. She additionally stated the pay package deal was extreme and paid him way more than was wanted to inspire him to do an excellent job.
Because of this, administrators might need to make modifications that can persuade a decide that any new compensation package deal they award him was put collectively in an arms-length negotiation between them and Mr. Musk. Any revamped pay deal may additionally must pay him rather a lot much less.
The Tesla board must discover a strategy to maintain Mr. Musk targeted on the enterprise whereas additionally exerting extra management over his “erratic” conduct, stated Kristin Hull, founding father of Nia Influence Capital, an funding agency in Oakland, Calif.
“We wish him to play a very necessary function,” Dr. Hull stated, however added, “There have to be some checks and balances and that’s what this resolution is all about.” The fund owns a small variety of shares.
Robyn Denholm, the chair of Tesla’s board, didn’t reply to a request for remark. Nor did the opposite seven members of the board.
Can Mr. Musk struggle the choice?
Tesla and Mr. Musk can enchantment to the Delaware Supreme Courtroom, which some authorized specialists stated would most likely uphold the ruling.
However some authorized specialists stated legal professionals for the corporate and Mr. Musk may attempt to argue that Ms. McCormick’s ruling went too far and needs to be reversed. Mr. Musk’s legal professionals, for example, would possibly argue that he was not the controlling shareholder that Chancellor McCormick instructed he was. He owned about 22 % of Tesla when the package deal was devised, not giving him sufficient votes to regulate the corporate. The chancellor additionally stated his “famous person” standing gave him undue affect on the board.
“The supreme court docket may go both approach” on that argument, stated Michal Barzuza, a legislation professor on the College of Virginia, referring to the Delaware Supreme Courtroom.
Tesla may additionally search to take its enchantment to the U.S. Supreme Courtroom, however might need a troublesome time getting the excessive court docket to take the case as a result of it doesn’t elevate any apparent constitutional or federal points.
Legal professionals who represented Mr. Musk within the case didn’t reply to requests for remark.
What does this imply for Tesla as an organization?
The choice would change Tesla’s method to designing, manufacturing and promoting vehicles provided that it prompts Mr. Musk to go away the corporate or play a much less lively function. Mr. Musk has proven indicators of being restive. Earlier than the choice, Mr. Musk had demanded that the Tesla board increase his stake within the firm to 25 %, from 13 %.
If he didn’t get what he was asking for, he stated, he would work on robotics and synthetic intelligence merchandise elsewhere. Mr. Musk has already established an impartial synthetic intelligence firm known as xAI. He additionally runs SpaceX and is the founding father of Neuralink, which is creating implants permitting folks to regulate computer systems with their brains.
It’s laborious to see how the Tesla board may meet his demand for a a lot larger stake within the automotive firm in mild of the Delaware resolution.
Few, if any, chief executives are so carefully recognized with their merchandise, or seen as such a vital a part of their corporations’ success, as Mr. Musk. In her resolution, Ms. McCormick instructed his standing as a “famous person” chief govt had a draw back. It “creates a ‘distortion discipline’ that interferes with board oversight,” she stated.


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Pai, the Federal Communications Commission chairman, wants a major overhaul of Lifeline, a federal program that lets poor people use a $9.25 monthly household subsidy to buy Internet and/or phone service. Today, more than 70 percent of wireless phone users who rely on Lifeline subsidies buy their plans from resellers, i.e. companies that purchase capacity from network operators and then resell it directly to consumers.
Pai’s Lifeline plan would force all of those customers to find new carriers, because he proposes to limit Lifeline subsidies to “facilities-based broadband” providers, those that operate their own networks. As we’ve previously reported, excluding resellers from the program would limit competition in the market for subsidized plans and push consumers toward network operators like AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile USA, and Sprint.
It’s a long article but you should read it just to see how evil Ajit Pai is. Fuck that guy.


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Team BikeBiz headed down to the Silverstone Race Track this week to attend The Bike Place show.
The event featured a massive host of brands and companies from the likes of Ortlieb, Frog, Fox, Blaze, Maxxis, Citrus Lime and Peaty’s Products, to name a few.
Companies reported a strong turnout across all dates, with engaged dealers making the most of the event. Many cited its open yet structured layout, ample stand space and choice of dates as key successes in 2018.
“It’s been great so far,” commented one exhibitor. “The flow of dealers has been consistent and we’re definitely getting to the right people. I think it’s fallen on the right days this year, which is a matter of great controversy amongst my fellow exhibitors.”
Find a condensed product gallery below; for a full gallery check out the BikeBiz Facebook page here.


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Oh boy. Things just refuse to go right for Nintendo – witness the weak sales of the 3DS, the slumping stock shares, and the profit forecast for 2011 and 2012, which was lowered yesterday by a whopping 82 percent. Now comes news that Nintendo president Satoru Iwata will take a major cut in his salary, an acknowledgement of just how tumultuous things have become for the Japanese tech giant.
"For cuts in fixed salaries, I'm taking a fifty percent cut, other representative directors are taking a 30 percent cut, and other execs are taking a 20 percent cut," Iwata said today in Tokyo, according to Kotaku. Meanwhile, former Nintendo president apparently managed to lose $500,000 in a day, when Nintendo stocks took a major-league nosedive. These are not good days to be a Nintendo executive, present or former!
Out of the loop? Here's a refresher: Not long after the launch of the 3DS, Nintendo trumpeted that one-day sales numbers for the device were the highest of any Nintendo hand-held system in history. From there, it was all downhill: The New York Times reports that sales in the longterm fell far short of expectations, and by June, Nintendo had managed to unload only 710,000 3DS units. Total sales currently sit somewhere above the 800,000 mark.
Yesterday, Nintendo confirmed it would drop the price on the 3DS handset from $249 to $169.99, in an effort to stir up a second spurt of interest in the device. The cut will take effect on August 12; current users will receive a total of 20 free downloadable games. The move was received with some skepticism on the Web, where one blogger joked that Nintendo was attempting the "fastest post-launch price drop (by one-third) ever."
Well, hey, maybe the Wii U will help Nintendo get back on track. Debuting at E3 in June, the Wii U is the successor to the Wii – a next-generation HD console featuring high-definition video, a motion-sensing touchscreen controller, and seriously-amped up graphics. The first Wii revolutionized the video game industry, and earned Nintendo a whole lot of sales. No reason to think the Wii U couldn't do the same thing.
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Food Truck Legislation Goes To City Council
By Chuck Sudo in Food on Jul 28, 2010 4:40PM
Humming Bird Kitchen, (possibly) coming soon to Evanstonians. 32nd Ward Alderman Scott Waugespack is set to introduced his tweaked food truck legislation to City Council today, according to the always-with-his-ear-to-the-ground Mike Sula. The legislation is also available to read online (PDF).
As Sula notes, the legislation is actually an amendment to the current municipal code and is not open to a vote today. It's just the first step in a long journey. [Reader 1, 2]


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Ethereum’s co-founder Joseph Lubin has questioned the sustainability of rival projects, including the fast-growing Solana blockchain, as venture capital pours into a raft of new cryptocurrency networks.
The Ethereum blockchain has become one of the world’s most widely used digital ledgers, but it is facing challenges from rivals such as Solana, which has set lower transaction fees to draw in users.
Lubin told the Financial Times that Solana, which pitches itself as a faster and cheaper alternative to Ethereum, was paying outsized rewards to users who validate transactions on the network compared to the revenues generated by those transactions.
Solana needs to “figure out a more sustainable business model for the network”, Lubin said.
“That’s natural,” he said. “All the projects in our ecosystem essentially fake it until they make it, or they die.”
The fast-growing blockchain project has faced doubts before. Some critics have argued that Solana sacrifices security for greater efficiency, and the network has experienced multiple significant outages.
In response to Lubin’s criticism, Solana Labs, the company that developed the blockchain, said that “simply looking at protocol revenue doesn’t tell the full story of the long-term performance” of a blockchain’s economic model.
Lubin’s comments came as tech investors make big wagers on new projects trying to create more efficient alternatives to Ethereum — including Avalanche, Near Protocol and Solana — in a race to capitalise on growing mainstream interest in cryptocurrency applications.
ConsenSys, a cryptocurrency software company led by Lubin and closely tied to Ethereum, said on Tuesday it had more than doubled its valuation to $7bn in a new $450mn round of financing. The company has soared in value as an influx of new users turned to its products to navigate Ethereum.
Ethereum is the most widely used digital ledger for rapidly expanding areas such as decentralised finance and non-fungible tokens. Lubin has become one of the project’s loudest advocates on Wall Street after playing a hand in the network’s development.
MetaMask, an app developed by ConsenSys with more than 30mn monthly active users, has recorded almost $330mn in transaction fees since late 2020 through a feature that lets users swap between cryptocurrency tokens on Ethereum, according to public data.
Venture capitalists invested the new money in ConsenSys Software, an entity Lubin created with the help of JPMorgan during a restructuring that was finalised in 2021.
It comes after almost three dozen former employees of its Swiss-incorporated predecessor company, ConsenSys AG, recently challenged the legality of the restructuring and requested a special audit. The employees have alleged the deal undervalued the intellectual property behind MetaMask and other key products transferred to the new entity.
Lubin said ConsenSys had been “extremely open” about negotiating with the former employees and “understanding their concerns”, and the company’s products were effectively “pre-monetisation” at the time of the transaction.
“It’s a very different world in our ecosystem as we’re crossing the chasm into mainstream adoption than it was during the darkest moments of Covid,” Lubin said.
ParaFi Capital, a cryptocurrency venture firm backed by KKR, led the new round of funding in ConsenSys. Microsoft, Singapore’s Temasek and SoftBank’s second Vision Fund also invested.
ConsenSys declined to comment on whether Lubin or other shareholders sold any shares in the financing.
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The Trichy horticulture department has started distributing onion seeds instead of onion bulbs to meet the growing demand for small onions. The seeds are produced in farms maintained by the department in Trichy. Hundreds of onion farmers have benefited from the initiative as they can minimize input cost and reap higher yields.
Onion seeds are being readied as a special scheme under the National Horticulture Development Programme following the rise in onion price during off-season. The department had set in motion an action plan to produce onion seeds on 500 acres in Trichy last year. Accordingly, onion seeds were being produced at the Thorakkudi state horticulture farm in Manikandam block.
According to an article on indiatimes.com, the government is providing 2.5 kg of onion seeds an hectare to farmers under the hybrid vegetable area expansion scheme of National Horticulture Mission. The onion seeds are aimed at covering 750 acres in the district during this special season, deputy director of horticulture C Vimala stated.


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While many believed that Bitcoin will plunge once it topped the 2017 record in value, the cryptocurrency proved everybody wrong. Mistakes were learned after Bitcoin managed to drop in value once it reached $19,000 in 2017, and that is the reason why it keeps rising in value almost 4 months after the historic achievement.
Due to the fact that Bitcoin is well-accepted by people from all around the world, many experts believe that this cryptocurrency has massive potential and can change the future of payments. That is exactly the topic that we wanted to discuss in this article. We are going to take a look at Bitcoin’s current state and what the future holds for it. Let’s begin.
As of March 2021, the value of Bitcoin exceeds $50,000, which is breathtaking. Even though this cryptocurrency is still not considered legal, many companies and global brands around the world accept it as a payment method. Some of the names that deserve a mention are Starbucks, Microsoft, Expedia, and maybe even Tesla.
Tesla made a $1.5 billion investment in Bitcoin back in February and helped the cryptocurrency raise its value and reach $50,000. They have also announced that they are planning on integrating it as an accepted payment method.
Apart from that, Bitcoin is also used to make money. It is sold at trading sites and due to its value, traders can make a substantial profit. Reputable trading sites such as Bitcoin Trader even offer an additional service. They use an advanced AI system that analyzes the market and predicts the future price of Bitcoin with great precision.
This is a very powerful tool that traders can use as it provides them with the chance to maximize their profits. The daily profitability rate at Bitcoin Trader is high, which is why this platform has thousands of registered users from all around the world. Feel free to visit this software and check out all of these features if you are a trader looking for a solid platform to sell Bitcoins.
The future potential is what makes Bitcoin so valuable and ahead of other cryptocurrencies. Not only does Bitcoin hold tons of advantages over regular payment methods, but it is also superior to other cryptocurrencies. Its network is far more stable, the infrastructure is ever-growing, and Bitcoin is far more valuable.
Due to the massive popularity, many experts believe that a point where a majority of the world’s population use Bitcoin as a payment method will be reached, thus governments will be forced to make this cryptocurrency official. After that happens, Bitcoin will become the global universal payment method as it will not require people to switch between currencies. Not only that, but online payments are also considered to be the future of transactions and Bitcoin is a fully optimized digital currency that provides people with instant transactions.
Just to compare it – regular payment methods take up to a few business days before they are completed because they have a certain processing time. Bitcoin is far more efficient in that area.
Many Experts Are Still Sceptic
One the other hand, some experts believe that Bitcoin will forever be an outlaw currency. As you know, Bitcoin is a self-sustainable currency and it cannot be controlled by banks or/and governments. That is exactly the reason why authorities will always oppose it. They are never fond of something that cannot be controlled, which is why they will put extra effort into making sure that Bitcoin will never become an official payment method.
But, you can never underestimate the power of the people, and as of right now, Bitcoin is supported by millions.


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Courtesy of Emma Fell
That special time of year has finally arrived: goop's 2019 Holiday Gift Guides have officially dropped.
As has become customary for Gwyneth Paltrow's headline-making brand, the company has unveiled its digital gift guides just in time for the fast-approaching holiday season. And, with 10 categories of items, there's truly a present for everyone—from a $9 dental floss stocking stuffer to a year of nature expeditions for $1.3 million. Rest assured, they are indeed as extravagant and extra as we've come to expect.
We've learned over the years that goop takes the art of gifting very seriously and, as the company proclaimed, the categorized guides are "the fruits of an entire year's worth of our gift-researching labor." Since goop is always on the hunt for the best, it's no surprise these guides amount to roughly $2.6 million in merchandise.
So, what will those many dollars get you for your nearest and dearest? For the "wellness junkie" in your life, it could be a $2,200 rowing machine or $800 hydroponic micro garden. Got a guy? How about a $300 chrome razor.


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High-end home decor and fashion company, Gahaya Links works with mostly women artisans to provide quality handicraft goods to the local and international markets. Since the beginning of the Covid-19 lockdowns back in March, the company has pivoted, becoming one of the first companies to be approved by the government to provide PPEs. Now, they’ve partnered with the Mastercard Foundation to provide 40,000 vulnerable artisans and their families with free face masks to help them be safe and continue working throughout this time.
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Posts tagged with ‘lazyfeed’
Alex Payne leaves Twitter to co-found banksimple, a new web bank business based in NYC.
LazyFeed *finally* follows a recommendation I gave them a year ago, and have reconfigured their app to allow users to publish streams, or ‘channels’, of information. Louis Gray has a more detailed write-up. Looks like they are trying to compete with Tumblr?
Jason Calacanis and a group of other angels funds ‘This Week In’ for $300K, launching a new live streaming web network. ‘Watching streaming shows on your iPad is the future,’ Jason says.
Rumors swirling about Apple’s plans for Lala — a streaming music service to rival Spotify. Lala.com is shutting down 31 May, and the San Francisco Apple Worldwide Developers Conference is June 7. Will we finally be getting a social iTunes?


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More than 370 applications were received, over the weekend, from Nigerian startups applying to participate at the North Star Pitch Competition as part of GITEX holding in Dubai, UAE from 10-13 October 2022. Application deadline was originally 27 April but extended to 5 May.
Four slots are up grabs fully sponsored by the Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC). The winners will be determined by juries in Abuja (Wednesday 11, 2022 May) and Lagos (Thursday 12, May 2022).
About 40 startups have been shortlisted for the final selection process that will take place this week in Abuja and Lagos where juries will carry out the final shortlisting of four startups who will enjoy full sponsorship to participate in North Star and GITEX now touted as the second largest tech expo and gathering for more than 200, 000 people from over 140 countries.
GITEX is organised by the DWTC.
Nigerian startups had the option to apply through Abuja or Lagos for the final selection of four startups to represent the country at the GITEX Future Stars (GFS) now rebranded as North Star, the largest Pitch gathering for startups, mentors and innovation investors from over 120 countries.
Lagos recorded the highest number of applications from more than 200 startups while Abuja had above 160.
The successful four winners from Nigeria will join their peers from other parts of Africa to be spotlighted in front of global audiences at the world’s largest tech + startup event this October.
The Nigeria selection process is part of the GITEX Startup West Africa Roadshow in four cities namely Lagos, Abuja, Accra and Dakar. The GITEX East Africa roadshow was anchored in Addis Ababa, capital of Ethiopia. With four winning slots, Nigeria has the largest set aside for any country to underscore its importance as the continent’s leader in startup economy.
According to the DWTC, the roadshow “is designed to scout for and support promising entrepreneurial business startups in Africa.”
A DWTC team is in Nigeria, this week, and will be part of the selection formality in Lagos and Abuja.
The DWTC is partnering with the Nigerian government through the Federal Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy, National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA); and other local partners including Lagos State government, Art of Technology, and Pinnacle International LLC for the Nigeria’s end of the initiative in West Africa.