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The Pokemon TCG: Sun and Moon Expansion produces some powerful rare characters that collectors must have.
The "Star Citizen" Alpha Patch 2.6.0 is finally here, bringing the two most awaited modes for the first person shooter, Star Marine.
"Pokemon Go" could soon offer a hyperrealistic gaming experience with Samsung VR.
A new era of Blackberry phones will be manufactured and produced by TCL, giving the company the choice to end the famous QWERTY pad on a mobile phone or continue on its legacy.
Huawei P10, the rumored next flagship, is expected to hit the market in the first quarter or early second quarter of 2017.
A new game mode is released by Arkane Studios in Beta that includes the "Dishonored 2" New Game Plus mode, which allows players to use powers of both characters interchangeably.
The long awaited "Torment: Tides of Numenera" is finally set to release in February 2017 in a special Day-One Editon and Collector's Edition pack.
Asus Xonar U7 MKII sound card is perfect for gamers and individuals who want portable and compact soundcard that boasted great audio output quality.
Lightning McQueen had an accident in "Cars 3" and needs help from his friends to get back to normal and win the Florida 500 race.
The Futuristic design and concept of the Adidas 3D Runner Shoes that is based on an individual's natural foot structure will ensure maximum performance of the athlete.
The last installment of "Resident Evil" franchise is set for January 2017, with lots of action scene and terrifying zombies together with a great story twist, the "Resident Evil: The Final Chapter" Movie is something worth waiting for.
The allegedly last QWERTY smartphone from Blackberry is scheduled to be released in 2017, packed with amazing features for a mid-priced phone.
"Mass Effect Andromeda" is scheduled for a March to May 2017 release, with a vague release date, players are getting more excited to try the most anticipated game.
The reality TV show by FYI,"Married At First Sight," Season 5 is set to release in 2017, but before that, a spin-off series "Married At First Sight Second Chance" will be aired.
The latest flagship of HTC, the HTC 11, is said to feature a "Sense Touch" technology, with 8GB RAM and the latest Qualcomm processor, and dated to be released in early 2017.


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Stripe, the digital payments company, is expanding its focus as it tries to bring more small businesses and startups into its fold.
This week it announced the launch of a corporate credit card. The news follows its announcement a week ago that it rolled out a lending product on its digital platform.
In a press release, the San Francisco fintech said the credit card is geared toward Internet companies who are ignored by traditional banks. According to Stripe with its corporate credit card it's cutting the time it takes to apply. Customers have access to a virtual card almost instantaneously. The physical card comes in the mail in days not weeks.
“Many of the existing solutions for managing business spending simply aren’t well-suited to modern internet companies: they require lengthy applications, take time to implement, and add yet another service or integration for companies to manage,” wrote Stripe in a press release announcing the new credit card. “With the Stripe Corporate Card, businesses on Stripe can get started right away: it takes just a few minutes from signing up to having a card you can use online, and users get deep insights and smart controls over their cards.”
With the launch of its corporate credit card Stripe is taking on Brex, the fintech darling that makes a credit card for startups and entrepreneurs and has a valuation of $2.6 billion. In June Brex raised $100 million in a fresh round of funding led by Kleiner Perkins Digital Growth Fund. Stripe, for its part, has a valuation of $22.5 billion, putting it in a good position to take on its fintech rivals.
Brex and now Stripe are among a group of fintechs that are catering to small businesses and startups that have long been ignored by the traditional financial players. To cater to this group of customers they are rolling out virtual cards, digital expense management tools and using data analytics to glean insights out of the payment history of customers. Brex has been able to stand out because of its underwriting process. It underwrites the borrower in real-time rather than looking at its financial history. Outside of Brex, Stripe has to contend with competition from American Express, Divvy and Bento for Business among others.
It's a good business to be in. According to Mercator Advisory Group, purchase volume from small business credit cards will hit $686 billion by 2022. In 2017 the purchase volume stood at $493 billion. “Growth opportunities exist for small business credit card programs, but they face headwinds. Many small business owners still use personal cards, whether it be the owner’s primary household credit card or a secondary consumer card reserved for business expenses,” wrote Brian Riley, director of credit advisory services at the research firm in a blog post at the end of last year. “Resistance to small business cards is based on various concerns, ranging from the fact that the cards lack protections from rate increases to the dual liability of the business and the cardholder. Consumer credit cards are highly competitive and individuals can often find better offers as issuers retool their consumer offerings, whereas small business cards tend to be static.”
For its part Stripe is including a lot of advanced technologies in its credit card. For instance, companies who use the Stripe Corporate Card can easily set spending limits for employees and block certain spending categories altogether. Cardholders also get the ability to engage in real-time expense reporting, taking a process that is manual and in many cases annoying, digital. There are no fees associated with its card and businesses get 2% cashback on its two top spending categories each month.
Earlier this month, the fintech announced Stripe Capital, which enables customers to borrow money without filling out a lengthy application or waiting a long time to find out if the business was approved. That product is also aimed at filling a gaping hole left by traditional banks.
“Access to capital remains a challenge for most companies, especially online businesses. Banks have cut their lending to small businesses almost in half over the last decade, and 70% of businesses say they don’t have access to the level of funding they need,” wrote Stripe when announcing the new lending product. “Startups and small businesses create a disproportionate number of jobs, yet these are the very companies whose access to capital has been most curtailed.”

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Greenhouse horticulture in Australia is growing considerably. Flavorite was one of its pioneers and continues to lead the way. The company emerged from the trade and has strong connections with its customers. The entire greenhouse technology comes from the Netherlands and Dutch ex-grower Toon Oomen is a valued consultant. Yield and quality has sharply increased thanks partly to his advice.
As a vegetable trader some 20 years ago Mark Millis had nothing good to say about the quality of the products he traded. His son and manager Chris Millis says, “My father said: ‘I want to get the taste back into the tomato.’ Therefore he started to grow for himself. The breakthrough came when he teamed up with fellow trader, Warren Nicol. They started with a small greenhouse and that has expanded to the 24 ha of greenhouses today in Warragul near Melbourne.”
If you can point to the start of professional covered cultivation in Australia then it is the founding of Flavorite in 1994. Since then, the company has always been at the forefront of developments. “We are a plant propagator, grower and trader,” says Millis. “But the focus is now on the cultivation. In addition to our own tomatoes and peppers we sell products such as eggplants and cucumbers that are grown by a network of colleagues, who together have 25 ha glass. We also supply herbs, mango and pineapple. We sell to Australian supermarkets; just one per cent is exported to Singapore and Hong Kong.”
Currently there are some 200 ha of high tech greenhouses in Australia and the sector is growing rapidly. This year alone has seen the acreage increase by 25%. Flavorite has always remained a family company but many other big nurseries have been set up by external investors, such as D’vineripe and Blush. “We are in this at the right time. Previously the supermarkets didn’t like private labels. Now they differentiate themselves on sustainability and family companies. With our approach and own brand this is a perfect fit,” says the manager.
Knowledge from abroad
Australia is a country without any greenhouse tradition. Father and son, Millis, realised very quickly that they then needed to acquire knowledge from abroad. That led to tours and courses in the Netherlands. Fifteen years ago they met Toon Oomen, who was then still a grower in Galder, Brabant. Oomen had tomatoes running through his blood: he attained high yields and good quality. That attracted the attention of breeders, who organised numerous trips to his nursery often with foreign visitors. Therefore when he discontinued his nursery he was approached immediately. “I was asked from various sides if I would like to be a manager in Australia. That was not my ambition but after a visit to a large number of these nurseries I saw another solution: Advice given remotely.”
Now he supervises six intensive nurseries, two of which are in New Zealand, and three extensive nurseries. Three times per year he flies across the world and visits them all. For the rest of the year he supervises them via Skype.
Power of persuasion
“Each week they take ten photos of a few plants, taken at the same time on each day, which they send to me via email. In addition I receive all the details about greenhouse climate, settings, watering, heating, cooling, screens and even the pollination (which occurs manually because no bumble bees are present in Australia). The biggest challenge with this supervision is to teach the growers to read the plant.” He does this himself too: first he carefully studies the photos, even before he looks at the climate and production data. He then gives the grower on the nursery his opinion on how the plants are looking and what should be done.
At Flavorite he was initially responsible for 3,000 m2 as a trial area. That has been extended to 11 ha, nearly half of the nursery. In various steps the way of cultivation has changed as a result of his advice. “Substrate, varieties, planting density: all have been adjusted. After that we discussed the cultivation strategy,” says Oomen. “They have a very extreme climate with a high radiation and so they created a robust plant to get through the hot summer. As a result they lost yield during the summer. It takes some persuasion to get them to enter the summer with a bare plant. The diffuse coating Redufuse became available just in time. That made it a lot easier. After a trial they were convinced: the difference was an extra four kilos.”
Greenhouse from the Netherlands
Chris Millis says that the tomato yield over the last seven years has increased from 45 to 80 kilo per m2. “At the beginning we concentrated on improving the quality, irrigation, heating and labour efficiency. Now we focus more on yield,” he says. He doesn’t want to lose Oomen as an advisor. When Oomen indicated that the long plane trips were becoming too much, the nurseries that he advises immediately said: Then in future fly in business class.
It’s striking that the entire greenhouse, including the equipment, right down to the concrete poles, comes from the Netherlands. Even welders were flown in from the Netherlands.
“The greenhouse sector here is still very small and is spread out in clusters. A supply industry is starting to develop but the distances are great. The Netherlands simply has the best equipment; you don’t find that quality here. We keep a careful eye on developments in the Netherlands and each year we offer work placements to two Dutch students. We are always looking for international talent,” says Millis.
His nursery has grown very fast in recent years. Now it’s time to consolidate, he says. “We have taken on a lot of new people and we have to train them ourselves because no formal training is available here. We are now paying attention to improving propagation, packing and automation. But along side that we continue to expand but at a more leisurely pace.”
Lessons for the Netherlands
The whole world looks to the Netherlands for horticultural technology and cultivation. But in other areas Dutch growers can learn from their Australian colleagues, says Oomen. “The nurseries have a strong connection with the trade and the supermarkets. Varieties are chosen together with the buyers, who, five times per season, carry out taste trials on the nursery. Furthermore agreements about the supply are made throughout the year and there is a total openness about the approach. The customers can see everything, for example the implementation of the integrated crop protection measures including the complete registration of substances used, quantities, and times of spraying moments.”
Also in the area of finance, Dutch growers can get ideas, he says. “Now, when there is a transfer of nursery, it has to be financed each time again. You always have to go to the bank. You can do it differently: Through more cooperation between growers; through external financers or through a system of ‘sharemilking’, a cooperation whereby a company slowly moves from one owner to another. The Netherlands may well lead the way in the field of technology and cultivation, but in the financial area there is much to improve.”
Flavorite was one of the first professional greenhouse nurseries in Australia. The company was set up by traders and it still has a trading function. Because the country does not have a greenhouse tradition the company obtains its knowledge from the Netherlands. The entire greenhouse is Dutch and ex-grower Toon Oomen advises on cultivation techniques. Conversely the Dutch can also learn from Australia in terms of financing and connecting with customers, he says.
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The PC gaming community might be unanimous in their disdain for Games for Windows Live, but creators Microsoft aren’t ready to let their online gaming service die off just yet.
In a statement ”are continuing to support the Games for Windows Live service”. Here’s the statement in full:the company said that they
”We are continuing to support the Games for Windows Live service. As previously announced, as part of the retirement of Microsoft Points the Xbox.com PC marketplace was closed. Although customers are unable to purchase new games from the marketplace or receive title updates, they can continue to enjoy previously purchased content by downloading them through the Games for Windows Live client as usual. We remain committed to investing in PC gaming in the years ahead, and look forward to sharing more in the future.”
That statement was in response to rumours that GFWL would be shut down for good in July, after a mass exodus of titles looking to cross to other, less-despised platforms such as Valve’s Steam.
Just recently Twisted Pixel Games - a studio owned by Microsoft, let’s not forget - Ms. Splosion Man would be moving over to Steamworks.that its game
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If you’ve heard it once, you’ve heard it dozens of times: “Apple buys smaller technology companies from time to time, and we generally do not discuss our purpose or plans.”
When it comes to its corporate acquisitions, Cupertino likes to play its cards very close to its chest. Of course, that doesn’t stop industry watchers from peering at the tea leaves to see if they can divine exactly what the company might be working on.
And, hey, I’m no different than those folks, because Apple does so little to telegraph its plans that even a boilerplate statement confirming an acquisition is a rare peek behind the curtain. Apple CEO Tim Cook said not long ago that the company makes an acquisition every two to three weeks, and not even all of those make it into the public eye. So let’s take a look at the firms that we do know Apple has acquired recently and see what we can glean.
Always in motion capture is the future
Back in October of last year, Apple quietly picked up IKinema Ltd., a company based in the UK that specializes in motion capture technology. That tech is the kind of thing that’s used in movies, TV, and video games to collect information about how a person or animal moves and then map it onto a virtual model. (Whenever you see behind-the-scenes images of people wearing those wacky suits, or little dots glued to their face, you’re seeing motion capture technology at work.)
Is Apple building out a special effects house for its burgeoning TV and film production arm? Not particularly likely. But this also isn’t the first motion-capture related company that Apple has bought. Way back in 2015, it acquired Faceshift, a company that used technology to capture facial expressions and translate them onto digital avatars—technology that likely did become Animoji/Memoji.
While it seems somewhat unlikely that Apple would buy an entire company simply in order to make those animations a little more accurate, what if IKinema will help extend that feature beyond just facial expressions and into the rest of the body as well? It wouldn’t surprise me to see Apple at work on a digital avatar system that people could use to represent themselves not only in FaceTime calls and iMessages but perhaps even online. (Especially if it doesn’t require you to wear a weird suit or a bunch of dots.)
The bleeding edge of photography
Maybe Apple had some sort of “buy one UK company, get one UK company free” deal going: in December, it acquired Spectral Edge, a startup also based in Great Britain, which specializes in computational photography. In particular, Spectral Edge’s tech combined images taken from traditional cameras along with images from infrared cameras to create better quality photos. This approach seems to produce images with richer colors that look closer to…


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High-tech amenities driving car sales these days
Touchscreens, voice-command systems help keep drivers connected
EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. — As cars become ever more computerized, many drivers are getting into new models based on updated features rather than performance on the highway.
"I've seen a lot of consumers today more interested in the technology than the drivability," said Brad Scott, president of Scott Volkswagen on Taunton Avenue in East Providence. "There's been so much technology added in the last two years."
Even base cars, Scott said, are now equipped with such amenities as push-button starts, rear-view cameras and Bluetooth connectivity. Even though GPS touchscreens are often an upgrade, the costs have come down, he added.
Devin Richards, a sales consultant at Hurd Auto Mall in Johnston, said that "a lot of the younger generation are usually interested in new cars for the technology."
"Some older people like it too, once you explain it," he added diplomatically.
Technologies that we marveled at only a few years ago, such as attaching GPS units to the dashboard, and connecting an iPhone to the car's sound system, are quickly becoming things of the past. Thanks to Bluetooth, a wireless communications system, smartphone apps can be accessed from inside your car, providing everything from driving directions to your Pandora playlists.
"It's the same experience with technology [in and] outside the car," Scott said.
Touchscreens have gotten more advanced as well, as dashboards no longer are cluttered with buttons and knobs. Tesla, for example, offers one of the most high-tech touchscreens on the market today, which lets drivers control everything from the sunroof to the radio to the car's sophisticated navigation system.
And, in some cars, hands-free technology means a driver never even has to touch the instruments, with audio commands for such things as making calls.
"There's been a real revolution with technology in cars over the last two years," said Scott, noting strong "market demand. The car is the next computer."
Other amenities available in high-end models include blind-spot indicators connected to the rear-view mirrors, and lane-guiding and cruise-control adaptability to help drivers avoid running into the vehicle in front. Some cars even offer heads-up displays, like the type used by pilots, which project information such as speed and fuel levels so a driver doesn't have to look down at the dash.
Many automakers also offer advanced in-vehicle communications systems. Scott cited VW Car-Net — "it's like a personal concierge," he said. Car-Net offers "a full suite of security features, maintenance assistance and navigation tools," according to vw.com.
Other companies offer their own versions. Ford, for example, is introducing Sync3, its new voice-activated system that reacts to a driver's commands to do everything from sending a text message to making a restaurant reservation.
Chevy Volt, for example, uses MyLink, which uses Bluetooth to offer entertainment, navigation, phone service and streaming of mobile apps.
Richards also cited General Motors' OnStar emergency service, which allows subscribers 24/7 access to personalized emergency help and guidance from any location.
Lisa Lawless, of Jamestown, said she appreciated the efficiency of the touchscreen in her 2012 Chevrolet Volt electric plug-in. She acquired the car a few months ago when she traded in her 2010 Toyota Camry hybrid.
"There are no knobs on the dashboard," she said, while also noting the electric seat controls and climate settings.
"The technology is very different," she said, especially the rear-view camera, which helps with parking.
She said Bluetooth supports a number of devices, such as phones and tablets. "Two phones and seven or eight devices attached to the car," she said.
When choosing a car, Richards, of Hurd Auto Mall, said buyers not only want technology, but the 4G LTE connection depth and speed that younger consumers are used to at home or the office. (The term 4G LTE refers to the fastest data technology service for cellular networks available today.)
"[Younger drivers] want a high-speed service that can connect 10 devices," he said, citing "a big family trip where different family members would be using different devices such as tablets, phones and laptops." This is also important for businesses, he said. Indeed, contractors are increasingly using the cabs of their pickups as mobile offices.
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Seeing Beyond the Mobile Transaction
Some retailers may be missing the grander picture around mobile commerce.
In a recent survey about CMOs backing away from mobile technology, only roughly a third (38%) of retail CMOs said mobile is part of their marketing strategy this holiday season, a significant drop from just a year ago.
Natalie Kotlyar, a partner at BDO, which conducted the survey, said that mobile commerce is growing, pointing out that consumers are using their phones for research but not for the actual purchase.
Many studies continue to measure mobile activity at the transaction stage of a purchase. This is one of the reasons it appears tablet commerce is ahead of smartphones, since more people make an actual purchase from a tablet than from a phone.
The notion of where the physical transaction – where the money actually changes hands – is but one stage in the mobile path to purchase.
Mobile creates a totally new dimension around the transaction, and that actual moment of purchase is being influenced multiple times outside of that moment.
Rather than there being a disconnect in phases of the Mobile Shopping Life Cycle , they are intertwined.
When someone researches on a smartphone, sees product photos or videos on a tablet, texts back and forth with friends about an intended purchase, taps into a geo-targeted message, responds to a location-based coupon offer and then makes a purchase in a store, there is a significant mobile influence.
The particular retailer may not see or measure any of this when a shopper makes an in-store transaction.
When looking at smartphone and tablet transactions, retailers are seeing only one piece of the mobile shopping cycle.
Mobile commerce is not just about the transaction. It is really about the new mobile shopping process.


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Account suspension is not a trivial matter, as it can have an impact on sellers' sales in just a few hours, but sometimes it can also happenMiskilling "has even caused the seller to cry out. Recently, eBay suspended a number of sellers' accounts due to the platform, which caused a lot of roast.
Like Amazon, Wal Mart and other platforms, most accounts are suspended for good reason, usually involving some questionable activities, such as fraudulent pricing, infringement of intellectual property rights, or violation of the platform's sales regulations. These problems lead to closure and the seller has nothing to say.
It is reported that almost every weekEBay sellers posted cases of their accounts being suspended without reason on social media. But last Friday, many seller accounts were mistakenly suspended, and one seller even shared their "dramatic" experience.
The seller is already in theEBay has been selling for fifteen years, and sales are also very good. Suddenly, I received an email from the platform informing the sellerThe account has been permanently suspended without any additional explanation,The seller sends a question and only receives a set automatic response. But the next day, the seller received it again“We are pleased to inform you that your account has been restored”The seller stated in their email that they were speechless. PlusThe seller stated that they will withdraw from the eBay market due to the high cost of the eBay platform. Many sellers have complained about this matter.
butEBay only made a lukewarm apology statement, which disappointed the sellers. The platform stated that“Earlier today, someThe eBay account has been suspended for no reason, and the issue will be resolved within a few hours. We will contact any sellers who need to take action, and we deeply apologize for any inconvenience caused to the sellers
Just likeEBaysellerThe same platform failures that we often encounter, the companyandDidn't provide too many explanations. Some sellers have stated that the platform has not offered corresponding compensation for the seller's lost sales revenue or the time lost as a result.
The platform's mistake caused damage to the seller's interests, butEBay did not offer a sincere apology, and this wave of truth has chilled many sellers' hearts.


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Nike debuts ‘Nike Teens’ digital style and sports zine for young consumers
The sportswear giant appeals to teen consumers in the UK with its new digital publication and content hub, created in partnership with R/GA.
Nike Teens aims to help the brand connect more deeply with teen girls / Nike
Nike has launched ‘Nike Teens,’ a new female-focused digital hub for teens in the UK.
According to the brand, Nike Teens is a fully online zine designed to encourage young people to “be themselves, explore new sports [and] learn from role models who are their age.”
The online publication spotlights teen Nike athletes who double as influencers, including freestyle dancer and YouTuber Fleur Zwartkruis and track star Issey Kyson, who is an outspoken advocate of teen girls in sports. The hub also houses episodes of ‘You Got This’ – documentary-style films that profile young female athletes and tell the stories of how they overcame obstacles that made them want to quit.
Nike Teens also features educational and entertaining stories on topics ranging from personal style to developing better body confidence and how to navigate menstrual challenges.
What’s more, the zine includes integrated shopping features. Not only are trending Nike products highlighted in a scrollable section but visitors are also encouraged to discover products via shoppable photos of influencers and everyday teens in head-to-toe Nike looks.
Nike Teens, which is rolling out across European markets this month, was developed in partnership with R/GA UK. The brief, according to the IPG-owned agency, was “to help solve the challenge that Nike … had no dedicated digital space for teenagers.” With this issue in mind, R/GA UK was tasked with helping the brand develop a solution that empowers teens to “[create] a lifetime relationship with sport and Nike.”
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“Teens are a tricky group to get right,” said Nick Pringle, chief creative officer of R/GA EMEA. “We’ve embraced the messy, moody, exciting reality of growing up and designed the Nike Teens experience to be inclusive, uplifting and, most importantly, real. We’re very happy to see such purposeful work rolled out on such a scale at Nike.”
The destination will be continuously updated with new content and will debut in additional global markets in the coming months. R/GA says that additional content partnerships can be expected in the future.
The zine can be accessed at nike.com/gb/teens.
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Morley Glass & Glazing gives away five free virtual showrooms to installers
Morley Glass & Glazing are giving away five free virtual showrooms to help installers provide an improved digital service to customers.
Ian Short managing director at Morley Glass & Glazing said: “In an age where social distancing is going to change how we all do business the virtual and digital worlds are going to play an important part of winning future business for installers. We’ve created our own interactive online showroom and seen the benefits that brings to our own business so we wanted to help installers who supply our Screenline blinds to achieve the same benefits.
“Virtual showrooms are a great way to provide product information videos and presentations to home owners who for a variety of reasons may not be able to visit in person. Right now COVID-19 is the focus but for those who have a disability or are unable to get to the showroom for other reasons this is the next best thing.
”We’ve teamed up with the National Fenestration Awards Fenestration Digital and VideoProduction4 to give away five free virtual showrooms which will also include interactive hotspots to help demonstrate products.This service is now live for all installers and to fabricators who wish to roll this out to their installer network.


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People ride their bikes and walk in the main square Saint Michele church of the medieval town of Lucca, Italy.
Lucca is a medieval town and art city nicknamed ‘town of 100 churches’, enclosed into the circle of the sixteenth-century walls which numerous ancient towers.
Italy has entered phase 2 of its coronavirus lockdown, and will allow certain businesses, including bars, restaurants, beauty salons and cafes, to reopen.
Almost 32,000 Italians have died of COVID-19 since the outbreak came to light on Feb. 21, the third-highest death toll in the world after the United States and Britain.
Italy was the first European country to impose nationwide restrictions in early March, only permitting an initial relaxation of the rules on May 4, when it allowed factories and parks to reopen.
Monday marked a major step forward on the road to recovery, with unlimited travel allowed in individual regions, friends once again meeting up and restaurants able to serve as long as tables were at least 2 metres (6.5 ft) apart.
However, many business owners worried that the reopening might not magic away their many problems, with lingering fears of the coronavirus keeping many Italians at home, while foreign tourists, vital for the economy, were utterly absent.
The government has said it will open up Italy’s borders with Europe and allow free travel between the regions from June 3, but no-one expects a sudden influx of outsiders.


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|North Adams Walgreens to Close in February
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|Walgreens' only location in North Adams will close in February and move current prescriptions to Williamstown. Walgreens has operated the former Brooks/Rite Aid for about six years.
NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The Walgreens pharmacy store is closing Thursday, Feb. 22.
A spokesperson for the company confirmed the closing on Thursday and said "We will make every effort to place impacted team members at nearby stores."
Pharmacy customers are being told their prescriptions will automatically transfer to the Walgreens at 212 Main St. in Williamstown.
iBerkshires did not get a response on questions about the building being for sale or if other Walgreens in Berkshire County are also being affected.
Walgreens announced last year the closure of 150 stores in the United States; it closed about 200 in 2019.
The location had formerly been a Rite Aid, which initially opened its 1,000th store in the L-shaped mall in 1982. Rite Aid sold its Massachusetts and Rhode Island stores to New England-based Brooks Pharmacy in 1995, a deal that included the North Adams and Williamstown locations.
Brooks bought and demolished the old St. Francis' convent on Lincoln Street and built the existing store next to Big Y. It opened in December 2002.
A few years later, Rite Aid bought that along with 336 other Brooks stores, bringing an end to that regional chain. Walgreens entered the picture in 2017 when it acquired nearly 2,000 Rite Aid locations — including Adams, North Adams and Williamstown. Rite Aid filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy last October and announced it would close about a quarter of its 2,000 stores.
Walgreens is part of Walgreens Boots Alliance, an international health care, pharmacy and retail operation that has 12,500 locations in the United State, Europe and Latin America.
CVS, which is located in the Big Y plaza, has previously indicated interest in a standalone building — it was cited as the interested party in the former St. Francis Church property. An outcry about demolishing the church at that time took it "off their radar


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Today, many small business owners may be feeling better about the state of their companies and their prospects for growing thanks to the generally improving economy. As such, many are now focusing on their abilities to grow and take better advantage of the technology solutions available to them.
Close to half of small business owners these days say that they want to help their companies grow in the near future, and another 38 percent feel as though they should be focused on long-term growth, according to a new survey of owners from Dell and Intel. Meanwhile, 56 percent of those polled said that they expect to have better financial situations over the next 12 months than they do now, thanks to three-quarters expecting better sales, and nearly six in 10 anticipating more opportunities for growth to present themselves.
This change comes even as the vast majority seem at least somewhat concerned about the state of the economy going forward, the report said. More than nine in 10 have some amount of worry over the consideration, with close to four in 10 expecting few steps forward in the global economy, one-third believing interest rates will not improve, and 28 percent believing inflation will be problematic.
Despite this, it seems hiring could tick upwards in the next several months or more, the report said. While just one in five are currently hiring, 83 percent have either kept their staffing levels the same or increased them in the last three years. But those which cannot hire are likely more focused on increasing the ways in which they utilize technology. More than half of them said that small businesses and startups would choose to invest in technology rather than hiring over the course of the next year.
Nearly nine in 10 companies polled said that they are currently satisfied with how their technology needs are being met, the report said. However, 41 percent say that these needs are becoming increasingly complex.
Small businesses that rely more on various devices and other sorts of technology may need to do more to protect the sensitive information they save on it going forward. That can include taking out tech insurance that will help to cover the potentially massive costs of remediating a data breach should such an incident occur.


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After getting a taste for Richmond during a startup accelerator program last year, a young Iowa-born company with a niche clothing product is making Shockoe Bottom its home base.
No Limbits, which designs and sells jeans for amputees, expects to open its headquarters in the 1717 Innovation Center on East Cary Street later this year.
Owner Erica Cole, 26, founded the company in Iowa in early 2019, inspired by the loss of a leg in a car crash a year earlier.
Upon receiving a prosthetic, she used her life-long sewing skills to alter her own clothing as she adjusted to her new life. In its early days, the company offered decorative covers for prosthetics and evolved to make jeans with zippers on the legs to work around prosthetics more easily.
She initially built the company while earning a chemistry degree at the University of Iowa, where she entered a business pitch competition. Her effort reached a turning point in summer 2020 when Cole got into an incubator program operated by Target. That’s when she decided to put her chemistry career on the shelf to pursue No Limbits full time.
“I felt like there was something there and something I would regret not pursuing,” she said. “It was just a curiosity, a calling. I don’t know what to call it. I said screw that stability and let’s go chaotic.”
The stint in the Target incubator heightened the company’s profile. Parents of children with sensory processing disorders reached out to ask if the company made adult-sized clothing, which inspired the upcoming launch of the company’s new line this winter. The clothes are made without seams and tags and are moisture-wicking.
There are plans for additional clothing lines that cater to other types of physical challenges as well, including a line of clothing for people in wheelchairs slated for the fall.
Factors that went into the creation of the amputee clothing included thinking about the placement of zippers for ease of use and fabric reinforcements to handle the additional wear and tear that prosthetics can cause.
“The way it is designed now is to make a caretaker’s life easier. We’re looking at it like how do we make (life easier for) the person wearing it,” Cole said. “How do we not make the issue worse and how do we think about this person’s independence?”
Cole became acquainted with Richmond as part of Lighthouse Labs’ fall 2021 accelerator class. No Limbits was one of eight companies to take part in the early-stage startup program.
During the session’s weeklong in-person segment, Cole came to see Richmond as an ideal location to grow her business in a place she found personally appealing.
“I was looking for a startup community. That sounds generic, but I knew I would find something and I found that in Richmond. I was here for one week in Richmond and I fell in love with the area and the restaurants,” she said.
Cole noted the proximity to Washington, D.C. and the Richmond area’s relative affordability as reasons why Richmond made sense for the new homebase.
At the time of the Lighthouse Labs program, Cole was based in Iowa and she’s since moved to St. Louis.
“I was perfectly prepared to move wherever the business was best suited,” she said.
The company has five part-time remote employees. Cole hopes she can fill two planned-for full-time positions with Richmond-area workers.
The company designs the clothing in house, and contracts with a manufacturer in Bangladesh. It sells its clothing through its online store.
Cole designs the clothing in coordination with medical professionals and people with first-hand experience of the disabilities. Cole finds her advisers through a combination of networking via Facebook groups and support groups as well as cold calls.
“A lot are willing to advise for free because there really isn’t that much out there for options,” she said.
Ahead of its move, Cole said that No Limbits would be featured in an episode of “Shark Tank” that will air in early April. She was mum on the details prior to the episode’s premiere but said the show reached out to her about applying after producers saw a Kickstarter campaign she launched for No Limbits.
“They had the official email address, so I was like, ‘Yeah, I’ll hop on a call,’” she said. “It took a long time (to prepare) and it was really kind of stressful up to that filming.”
Cole said she was able to call on the mentors she met through Lighthouse Labs to prepare for the episode, which was filmed in September 2021.
“Going up in front of those experts was the ultimate test of ‘Can you do this?’” she said.
Armed with $400,000 from a capital raise last month, Cole said the company will put 35,000 pieces of clothing into production in April to sell over the following several months.
She said a nonprofit recently placed an order for clothing to distribute to patients of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and there are plans to make the company’s jeans available for purchase at 1,600 prosthetic clinics over a 12-month rollout starting in August.


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While China's legislature in Beijing mulls over rearranging the May Day holiday so it again lasts seven days, Guangdong province has adopted pilot programs to this end.
The provincial government announced last month that residents would be encouraged to take paid vacations near the three-day May Day holiday.
Helmed by the Guangdong National Travel and Recreation Program, the move is expected to effectively stretch the holiday to a full week. Last year, the central government rearranged the week of the holiday so workers got three days rather than seven days off. The trimmed days were reallocated to the dates of traditional festivals.
The program also encourages tours awarded by employers, study tours by students and tours by senior citizens.
As some people question how feasible the new May Day holiday scheme would be, provincial tourism authorities will announce the implementation details next month.
The program is conducive to spurring domestic demand in the tourism industry, in contrast to the drastic decline in external demand, the Guangdong branch of China Travel Services spokesman Wang Jian told Guangzhou-based Nanfang Daily earlier.
A longer May Day holiday should increase overseas and inter-provincial tourism, experts have said.
In Foshan, Guangdong, the Nanhai branch of China Travel Services last week launched its three-phase 30-million-yuan tourism coupon project targeting residents aged at least 50 who are interested in traveling inter-provincial and international routes.
Foshan Tours International Tourist Co plans to start delivering coupons today for a two-stage 10-million-yuan program aimed at senior citizens and VIP clients for routes in Guangdong.
Nanhu International Travel Service in Guangdong's provincial capital Guangzhou started issuing a total of 20 million yuan worth of coupons to people aged at least 55 last month.
Unlike coupons issued in many other cities, the coupons in Foshan and Guangzhou are not government financed.
Foshan's tourism authorities pledged to supervise the issuance and use of the coupons to prevent tour agencies from cheating.
Tourism authorities of various cities in Guangdong are working on additional measures to stimulate local tourism.
With the largest provincial-level economy in China, Guangdong raked in US$9.2 billion in foreign currencies from tourism last year. The sector underwent 5.4 percent annual growth and accounted for more than 20 percent of the national total.
It recorded revenues touching 200.36 billion yuan from domestic tours, up 11.9 percent, from 309 million domestic tourists last year, the provincial tourism administration said.
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Love them or hate them, the launch of the new Apple iPhones this week was a hotly anticipated topic for tech writers globally. The San Francisco extravaganza included the iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro and iPhone Pro Max reveals alongside more from Apple Services, demonstrating further diversification in the business model.
Initial reviews on the latest handsets have been mixed, with the rare price tag reduction hitting headlines over increased functionality. With the launch raising more questions for some than it answered, we questioned ‘has the urge to include all the latest wizardry left the needs of the end user behind?’ It got the cats here at Hot Tin Roof thinking…
We decided to journey back to a time when tech was arguably less sophisticated but its impact, like the Apple iPhone, was most definitely on a global scale. Here are our top three favourites from bygone tech, which, we were surprised to discover, were not necessarily gone for good!
Today, virtual reality and immersive gaming is coupled with dedicated online communities, working together to defeat evil or in competition to get ahead. This level of gaming ‘connectedness’ is mind blowing compared to 10 years ago when our intern Ellie was hiding her Nintendo DS under her pillow. She said, “I loved the DS because of its portable format which meant I could easily play it in secret then hide it quickly when I heard my parents outside my door! Nintendogs was my favourite game.” An early incarnation of autonomous pets, Nintendogs used facial recognition to help build a rapport between the pets and its ‘owner.’ Fast forward to 2019 where the concept of virtual pets has reached a whole new level with robotic dogs like MiRos capturing hearts and minds across Asia with their fully autonomous functionality and ability to learn from their environment.
Cassettes and talking bears
At number two is Teddy Ruxpin, the cuddly interactive talking bear that used animatronics along with an embedded audio cassette tape deck to ‘read’ a bedtime story to children. Combining two of our greatest loves from bygone tech, Account Manager Jane, now a mother herself, said: “Bedtime just wasn’t the same without a Teddy Ruxpin story. It’s a great example of a successful piece of tech that’s been brought right up to date for a new generation following the launch of the new animated series from Jim Henson Productions. The latest model has ditched the cassette tape in favour of an app from which parents can upload new content direct to its embedded software platform.”
Before revealing our top pick, lets reflect on some that brought us endless joy at the time:
- Flip phones – was there anything better than the SNAP when ending a phone call?
- Floppy Discs
- Ask Jeeves
- Clippy the paperclip helper in MS word
- Dial up
- Cordless landlines
- Beehive Bedlam
- Cassette Tapes
- The Walkman
- Cameras with film
A pet in your pocket
Last but definitely not least is hot tin veteran Vickie with her beloved Tamagotchi dinosaur. She may have forgotten its name but her pink and pampered friend was firmly a member of the family. She said: “As the youngest of four children, I was desperate to play ‘big sister’ to someone. The Tamagotchi was my way of genuinely looking after something that relied on me and I took it very seriously. If it got sick, I was devastated and did everything I could to make it feel better – including picking up its cyber poop!”
Launched in 1996, Tamagotchis had sold a staggering 76 million units by 2010 following a worldwide craze. Like Ruxpin, a new incarnation of the toy is now available that utilises infrared communication technology that enables players to link their toys together for friendship, games and even marriage! Later models allow website interaction using alphanumeric codes which the toy self generates, giving users access to online games.
It’s rare we get the chance to reflect back on old tech these days because our daily lives are consumed with our clients’ cutting edge technology. Read more about what we’ve been up to and please get in touch if you’ve got a story to tell. We’d love to hear from you!


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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has been sampling frozen strawberries, frozen raspberries and frozen blackberries for the presence of norovirus and hepatitis A since last November.
The agency noted four foodborne illness outbreaks between 1997 and 2016 were linked to frozen berries — three caused by hepatitis A and one by norovirus. The three hepatitis A outbreaks sickened 405 people and caused 53 hospitalizations, while the norovirus outbreak sickened 136, FDA said. Other illness outbreaks linked to frozen berries have occurred in Europe and elsewhere, the agency added.
The testing will last about 18 months, FDA said, and involves domestic samples in retail packaging from processors, distribution centers, warehouses, and retail locations. Samples of imported frozen berries will be gathered from ports of entry, importer warehouses and other storage facilities where foreign goods are cleared for entry into the U.S. The agency plans to test 2,000 samples and post quarterly results online.
Because frozen berries are usually consumed raw, it’s possible for them to transmit foodborne illnesses since there’s no kill step such as cooking to reduce or destroy pathogens. As FDA noted, freezing preserves berries, but generally does not kill pathogens, which can survive at low temperatures.
How the fresh berries are treated after being picked is also crucial.
“Strawberries, raspberries, and blackberries are delicate and may become contaminated with bacteria or viruses if handled by an infected worker who does not use appropriate hand hygiene or if exposed to contaminated agricultural water or a contaminated surface, like a harvesting tote,” the agency said.
FDA said it will not notify firms before collecting samples of frozen berries, which might behoove producers to ramp up testing protocols in the fields or processing plants beforehand. If hepatitis A or norovirus is found in product samples, the agency said it will inform the company and work with it to “take appropriate action to protect the public health.” This could include an import alert, a recall or a public warning.
A producer of tainted frozen berries could also announce its own recall, post the information on its website, work with retailers to inform shoppers, and text or call consumers who bought the item and inform them of the danger. However, knowing FDA could suddenly show up to conduct sampling may be enough of an incentive to make sure frozen products are as close to pathogen-free as possible.
FDA has been sampling different food items since the Food Safety Modernization Act passed in 2011. It began using a more systematic approach to sampling in 2014 by testing sprouts, avocados and raw milk cheese for salmonella, listeria and E. coli. After that, it checked on cucumbers and hot peppers for salmonella and E. coli. Fresh herbs were next, with FDA sampling basil, parsley and cilantro for salmonella, E. coli and cyclospora. In fiscal 2018, the agency looked into processed avocado and guacamole for salmonella and listeria monocytogenes.
This approach could prove useful and protective if the sampling method reveals patterns in pathogen transmission that have previously been overlooked, as The New Food Economy pointed out. Berries packed in the summer might be more likely to have norovirus contamination from something in the field, for example, while samples showing hepatitis A may come from the same area and indicate a problem with contaminated water.
As the FSMA Produce Safety Rule fully kicks in, and with routine inspections of domestic and international produce farms underway this spring, the collective impact could be fewer outbreaks traced to frozen berries and other fresh products. On-farm inspections and other regulatory and operational changes may finally start to get a handle on U.S. and foreign produce contamination. These practices may give consumers more confidence when it comes to buying and consuming fresh produce — as well as frozen.
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NEW YORK (CBS.MW) -- Digital imaging provider Schawk sgk raised its outlook for second-quarter sales and earnings, citing strong demand from consumer food and beverage products packaging clients due to the low-carb and healthy eating trends. The company said it now expects earnings of 28 to 30 cents a share, up from 21 cents a year ago. Two analysts polled by Thomson First Call were looking for earnings of 21 cents a share on average. Schawk said it expects sales of $63 to $65 million, against $51.6 million a year ago. "Based on current trends, we expect net sales for 2004 of $230 million, compared to $201 million in 2002, and earnings per share for the full year in the range of $0.85 to $0.89 per share, compared to $0.78 reported in 2003," said CEO David Schawk. Shares were last trading up 79 cents at $14.00.
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Velcroman1 writes: Androids are awesome, iPhones impressive
... but dumbphones still dominate. Of the 234 million cell phone users in America last year, a dominating 73 percent own traditional (aka non-smart) devices, according to market researcher comScore. Despite their more popular mindshare, intelligent devices like the Apple iPhone and phones based on Google's Android operating system own barely a quarter of the market. Here's why.


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Published at Saturday, 05 May 2018. Toilet Seat. By Margarita Yelizaveta.
Shane Allis director of sanitary product marketing at Kohler says the integrated bidet function is something the company had in its Numi model six or seven years ago and is now becoming common in newer less-expensive lines a trend he expects to continue in the next few years. Allis says lighting and integrated bidet functions are the fastest-growing features.
Innovation is constantly improving and expanding toilet design and functionality to use less water be more comfortable and yes even pamper us. “It’s starting to change — it really is” builder and designer Karl Champley says.
Toto’s Washlet toilet for example has a sensor that recognizes when you’re coming and sprays a quick spritz of water to the sides of the bowl to make it wet and improve lubricity. This isn’t guesswork. Toto spent time studying the tribology coefficient of friction which is a fancy way of saying the science of how surfaces interact and found that making the porcelain wet reduces stickiness so the toilet stays cleaner longer.
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During a question and answer session at the Walt Disney Company’s shareholder meeting in Salt Lake City last Wednesday, Disney president and CEO Bob Iger responded to a potential problem that was brought up by a representative of the Disneyland Resort’s hotel union.
The problem? Disney employee identification cards are embedded with the employee’s social security number, which some employees are saying puts them at risk for identity theft.
Iger isn’t ignoring these complaints, though; in fact, he made it a point to let everyone know that the company already has plans underway to fix the problem.
“We are addressing this issue,” Iger said last week. “This issue will be completely fixed. We’re trying to do it as quickly as possible.”
Last month members of the union Unite Here, which represents over 2,100 hotel workers, filed a federal lawsuit claiming that the ID cards are illegal. Additionally, union members submitted a petition last Tuesday with over 1,400 signatures, asking that the company resolve this issue immediately.
Technology such as smartphones and other devices can read the bar codes embedded in employee IDs, but when the IDs were initially developed, this kind of technology was much less available than it is today. Due to the fact that thousands of Disney employees across the country use these ID cards, Iger made it clear that “this is not a small thing; this is a big thing. We obviously will not be able to use the same system, but we’re working on the solution.”


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Cruise ship review: On board Virgin Voyages’ Scarlet Lady
Virgin’s Scarlet Lady is running ‘cruisecations’ out of Portsmouth until August 24 from £499. The cruise liner, which is the first of four Virgin Voyages ships, is designed for the ‘young at heart’.
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Frankly, as the first journalist to board Scarlet Lady this week at Portsmouth, for a four-night cruise around the Channel, I was sceptical. Can a 17-deck leviathan costing £500 million — which will usually host around 2,700 passengers — really offer an edgy, adults-only experience?
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Now parents can blame the social media giant Facebook if they find their kids hooked on to junk food like burgers and pizza to satiate their hunger. A recent study has put forward the theory that the social media websites are significantly contributing towards marketing the junk food among the teenagers.
Researchers Make Stern Claim In Their Study
A team of researchers from the University of Sydney in Australia has made a study of the food marketing over the social media. They had analysed how the food, which is essentially nutritionally poor, is marketed on such social media websites where the kids are targeted with innovative marketing gimmicks.
Study Of Facebook Brings Astonishing Facts
They had looked upon 27 high ranked pages of food and beverages brands on Facebook. It was found that the companies that sold their food with poor nutrients and energy dense mainly attracted the young adults and teenagers on the social media websites.
The lead researcher Becky Freshman has stated that whenever the food companies run any kind of contest or competitions or associated their branded products with any positive events, they end the escalating the engagement of the Facebook users.
Facebook Being Used As A Means By Food Companies
The major food companies have effectively exploited the interactive and social aspects of the Facebook for their own good. Facebook was used a means to market their energy dense and nutrient poor food products effectively. These companies have capitalised on the Facebook user’s social networks and magnified their reach and scope among the most prospective customers.
Another factor, which worked in their favour, was their cleverly planned ‘personal relevance’ in their marketing messages. This one of a kind study on the impact and reach of social media was published in the American Journal of Public Health.


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The stimulus package approved in February contains items aimed at making everyone an environmentalist. Well, let’s say practical environmentalist. By offering tax incentives for a variety of home greening initiatives, Congress managed to both raise and lower my spirits around environmental issues: it’s great that people will have reason to save energy and live more efficiently, but I hate that the reason has to be money before anyone pays attention.
As reported in the New York Times, the green measures homeowners can take and get paid for it include home-shell improvements like better windows and insulation all the way up through solar cells on rooftops and buying a hybrid vehicle. Overall, individual tax payers can earn up to $1,500 in tax credits for these types of initiatives.


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Time Square partners start the new year with a bang as Parlour signs deal
New York-inspired bar and eatery concept, Parlour, has exchanged a 3,869 sq ft deal with Time Square partners to become the first operator in 2022 to sign up and take space at the scheme.
The £142m mixed-use destination in the heart of Warrington town centre has been delivered by Warrington & Co on behalf of Warrington Borough Council, with one of the UK’s leading specialists in town and city-centre regeneration, Muse Developments, appointed as development manager.
The team behind Parlour will start its fit out imminently as it looks to bring an independent, all-day eating and drinking experience to the town centre. The concept is centred around New York-style pizzas, burgers and salads paired with drinks from a well-rounded menu of local beers, carefully curated cocktails and excellent wines, as well as artisan coffee, teas, smoothies and brunch. Parlour will be open for lunch, dinner and drinks, seven days a week and will serve a full takeaway and delivery menu alongside the dine-in offering. Live music, DJs and constantly changing programme of events and activity will create a new social hub at Time Square.
Leon Guyett, development director at Muse Developments, added: “Bringing a new concept such as Parlour to Time Square, as the first occupier unveiled in 2022, despite the challenging circumstances we’re in, is a proud achievement for all involved and is a great way to start the year.
“We’re seeing that the retail and leisure sector continues to be dynamic and evolving, with independent and regional operators coming forward to expand in new regeneneration schemes that blend high-quality, innovative buildings, with both the area’s heritage and aspirations for the future.
“Working with our partners at Warrington Council, we’ve delivered a truly special scheme that’s a shining example of successful town centre repurposing that drives the local economy, local opportunities and prosperity for all.”
James Wrigley, director at Parlour, said: “We’re thrilled to be opening the doors to our Parlour in Warrington. We’re going to bring a warm, welcoming, independent new venue to Time Square. Our concept is centred around a quality food and drink offering brought to the table with care and attention. We’re creating a place for the community – from weekend get-togethers with friends, to working lunches and family celebrations. At Parlour we’ll create an all-day community hub in the heart of this exciting new destination.”
Warrington Borough Council’s cabinet member for economic development and innovation, Cllr Tom Jennings, said: “I’m delighted this deal with Parlour has been completed - it’s yet another fantastic addition to the diverse Time Square offer, which continues to evolve and grow.
“It’s very encouraging to see new businesses continuing to come on board at Time Square. It demonstrates the confidence businesses have in our vision to drive forward the renaissance of our town centre and build a bright economic future.”
Situated in the centre of Warrington with excellent accessibility via the local road network, Time Square meets the area’s high demand for a fresh retail, leisure and entertainment destination. Alongside the new Warrington Market, Cineworld cinema, Gravity, bars and restaurants, Time Square is home to Warrington Borough Council’s new office and a 1,160-space carpark.
Metis Real Estate Advisors acted on behalf of Warrington & Co. and Muse Developments.


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Radio Shack has announced the price of the next generation HTC EVO phone. In an official promo launched by the company, the retailer has priced the HTC EVO Shift 4G phone at $149.99. It is worth noting that we had been speculating the same price since last week after a leaked Best Buy screenshot revealed the price of the EVO Shift.
HTC EVO Shift will be available at the aforementioned price after signing up a two year service contract with Sprint. Those looking for SIM-free versions will need to pay up $449.99 for the handset. If you are a fan of the large screen on the current HTC EVO variant, do note that the Shift will come with a relatively smaller 3.6″ display.
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Back then, the device looked like it would at least have a very tabletlike thin design, unlike many bulkier Windows 7 latop/tablets that can feel more like UPS delivery equipment. We've often remarked that a, but we still wonder whether a tablet that has its own fold-away keyboard is really the answer.
Devices like the still-unseen reportedly confirmed that the Duo is coming later this year. We'd love to see one, but we're still not sure if that admittedly eye-catching swivel-tilt screen is the answer, nor is using Windows 7 touch. In fact, we have a hard time imagining how it will top the iPad.explored a docking system of a removable tablet/screen. The Duo is really a reinvention of the hinged lid on tablets. Dell has


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(Reuters) – Verizon Communications Inc, no. 1 U.S. wireless carrier, is close to a new deal with the National Football League for digital streaming rights, Bloomberg reported, citing people familiar with the matter. With the new agreement, Verizon will be able to give subscribers access to games on all
The NFL is set to return to the United Kingdom for the first time in 2017 on Sunday when the Baltimore Ravens and the Jacksonville Jaguars clash on Sunday in London, but most football fans won’t be able to watch the game on television. Fans can stream the game on desktop or mobile devices from […]
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If you think copyright law in this country is governed by reason, an absolutely bananas federal court case should disabuse you of that notion.
Currently, costume manufacturer Rasta Imposta—inventors of the famed Rastafarian hat with sewn-in dreadlocks—is suing fellow costume maker Kangaroo Manufacturing, arguing that Kangaroo's banana suit costume is so similar to Rasta's that it amounts to a copyright violation.
"Kangaroo's conduct in copying Rasta Imposta's well-known Banana Design is likely to cause consumer confusion as to the source of the products offered by Kangaroo," writes the company in its lawsuit, arguing that should Kangaroo create "an inferior banana costume design, consumers are likely to incorrectly associate that product with Rasta Imposta."
Rasta first filed its lawsuit in October 2017, and the case has been winding its way through federal courts ever since.
Throughout, Kangaroo has argued that a banana costume is going to look like, well, a banana and that because bananas appear in nature, simple costume replicas of the fruit can't be copyrighted. "It was designed to look like a banana, and it looks like a banana," said a lawyer for Kangaroo in an April 2019 court hearing.
Back in May 2018, U.S. District Court Judge Noel Hillman rejected this argument, saying that while all bananas might look alike, all banana costumes need not.
"The shape and curvature can vary, as can the existence and color of tips to the banana. Bananas can also be designed to appear ripe, overripe, or unripe, ranging in color from yellow, to brown, to green. The shape can be long or more stout, relatively elongated or thin or more plump. The banana may be whole or partially peeled. There can also be the production of vertical lines and the texture and material can differ," wrote Hillman.
Kangaroo's lawyers appealed Hillman's ruling to the Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit, where the case now sits.
Rasta's lawsuit against Kangaroo over alleged infringement of its banana costume design is not its first. Since copyrighting the costume in 2010, the company has filed three other lawsuits alleging infringement of its banana design, including one in 2017 against retail giant K-Mart.
The fact that Rasta has had to resort to lawsuits so frequently to protect its copyright and that all three of its past lawsuits were settled quickly out of court suggests that there's something to Kangaroo's contention that one banana costume is much like another.
Libertarians are often split on whether the government should have strict protections for copyrights and other forms of intellectual property. There are good arguments on both sides.
Nevertheless, it's a slippery slope from agreeing that there should be some IP protections for people's commercial creations to ending up with two companies quibbling in federal court about how similar their man-sized banana suits can be.
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It is a well-known fact that Hyundai will launch the upgraded Creta SUV in the country before the conclusion of fiscal year 2022-23. The facelifted Hyundai Creta will debut in South Asian countries in 2022. At the ongoing Thailand Motor Show 2022, the company unveiled the new Creta (Bangkok International Motor Show).
To refresh your memory, the 2022 Hyundai Creta debuted at the 2021 Gaikindo International Auto Show. In fact, the SUV is already on sale in Indonesia. The revised modezl will launch in our market as a 2023 model in the second part of 2022.
The facelifted Hyundai Creta will feature a radically changed look in addition to new amenities. The SUV’s front design is influenced by the 2017 Hyundai Tucson, which is the brand’s first vehicle to feature the brand’s new “Sensuous Sportiness” design language. The redesigned ‘Parametric Jewel’ grille with integrated LED daytime running lights is featured on the front fascia. The primary headlamp assembly is positioned lower on the bumper.
The 2022 Hyundai Creta features a redesigned front bumper with a thinner and bigger air intake. The grille and lower air-dam are finished in silver. The side profile is substantially unchanged from the standard model. The new Creta’s rear end features a redesigned tailgate with sharp curves and new LED taillights. Hyundai also deleted the LED bar connecting the taillights as part of the mid-life update. It features a far cleaner back look than the outgoing generation.
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The new Creta’s cabin is virtually identical to the current model. However, an all-black motif might be applied to the dual-tone interior scheme. The India-spec vehicle is believed to come standard with modern safety features like six airbags, ESC (electronic stability control), and ISOFIX.
Additionally, the vehicle is likely to have advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) like as blind spot monitoring, lane aid, adaptive cruise control, and automatic emergency braking. Additionally, the SUV will receive a new digital driver’s display and a revised version of the BlueLink connected car technology. Additionally, it is planned to include a 360-degree camera.
The facelifted Hyundai Creta in 2022 is unlikely to include any mechanical upgrades. It will be available with three engine options: a 1.5L NA petrol engine producing 113bhp, a 1.5L turbodiesel engine producing 113bhp, and a 1.4L turbocharged petrol engine producing 138bhp. Transmission options will mostly certainly be comparable to the current model.


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Amazon AWS may be the largest cloud AWS provider, with Microsoft Azure a somewhat distant second, but Google’s Kubernetes may change all of that. This likelihood runs counter to an opinion of this writer, which provided the content of an earlier post to this blog.
The earlier post, titled Is Google’s Compute Engine (GCE) a Direct Competitor to AWS or Microsoft Azure? contended Google’s cloud, IaaS offer, Google Compute was an unlikely direct competitor to Microsoft® Azure, given its lack of direct support for Microsoft’s line of proprietary servers.
There is no indication of any changes to this status quo in an article written by Quentin Hardy and published to the New York Times Bits Blog. Rather, this blog post, titled Cloud Computing Giants Add to Open Source Credentials With Kubernetes presents an opportunity for Google’s efforts in this market of, potentially, much greater magnitude.
As Hardy notes, and Mary Jane Foley confirms in another article on this topic, this time published on ZDnet, Kubernete is Google’s effort to offer the very rich set of tools it has developed to support its Search and eMail products to the developer community via an Open Source approach.
If the initial list of committed partners — including IBM, Microsoft and Red Hat — simply add Kubernete to their lists of supported IaaS components, the rate at which users consume these tools may take on geometric proportion.
In the case of Azure, the Kubernete tool set, per Mary Jane Foley, will be made available within Azure’s lineup of IaaS components for Linux. Since Google search remains Google Search, with every implementation, more consumers will be exposed to Google products, including PPC advertising.
The benefit to Microsoft looks to be the opportunity Kubernete provides, which may transform Azure into a much more appealing solution than has been the case.
In turn, since Amazon AWS has expressed no interest in signing on, a clear differentiator will likely be created between Azure and Amazon AWS.
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Ecrebo, the personalised customer engagement platform, has today announced a £4m funding round from venture capital investors Octopus Investments.
Ecrebo’s technology extends the functionality of existing retail point of sale (POS) systems to give bricks and mortar retailers the tools to engage with their in-store customers on a personal level. Until now, the tools available to bricks and mortar retailers have lagged many years behind those available to online retailers, the company claims.
Ecrebo said it unlocks the potential of in-store customer engagement, giving 100% customer reach and bridging the in-store and online worlds seamlessly. Ecrebo already has significant high street traction and works with high profile retailers such as Marks & Spencer and Shell. To date, Ecrebo has processed over two billion transactions and has delivered over 300m customer engagements through in-store and digital channels.
The £4m Series A funding round comes two years after an initial £1.2m friends and family seed round. This finance will be used to support Ecrebo as the company builds scale, not only in the UK, but also the US.
Founded in 2010 by Hassan Hajji and David Vernon, the company has attracted a number of high profile retailers who leverage the Ecrebo platform to build a deep understanding of customers and deliver personalised engagement across multiple channels.
Hajji, CEO and co-founder of Ecrebo, said: “We know that over 80% of retail flows through bricks and mortar stores. Helping retailers understand and engage these in-store customers is an exciting opportunity, and Ecrebo is well positioned to deliver on this.”
David Vernon, COO and co-founder, said: “Ecrebo have gained traction quickly in the UK and are poised to grow rapidly over the next 12 months. We’re excited to work with Octopus who have the experience to help us take the solution to international markets.”
Frederic Lardieg, a member of the ventures team at Octopus, said: “At Octopus we’re always on the look out for inspirational entrepreneurs building on fantastic ideas, and we’ve found that with David, Hassan and their team. The numbers speak for themselves as to how this business has grown in just a few years, and we’re looking forward to working with the team as this product continues to develop and appeal to more retailers in more markets.”


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The 10 largest suppliers of analog ICs accounted for 60 percent of worldwide analog sales last year, or $36.1 billion, compared to nearly 61 percent in 2017, or about $33.0 billion, according to the market research firm. The analog chip market therefore grew by 11.2 percent in 2018 compared with 2017.
Strong growth performances by ST, Infineon and Microchip in terms of percentage growth meant that most of the other top ten ranked companies lost market share, including Texas Instruments.
Despite this, the ranking only changed in one position compared to last year (see TI stretches lead in analog IC vendor ranking) with Infineon Technologies moving above Skyworks Solutions to take third position. Elsewhere the top ten ranking remained the same.
Top ten ranking of analog IC vendors by 2018 revenue ($millions). Source: IC Insights.
TI retained its position at the top of the ranking. The company’s 2018 analog revenue accounted for 78 percent of its $13.9 billion in IC sales and 72 percent of its $14.9 billion total semiconductor revenue.
TI primarily targets industrial applications (36 percent of 2018 revenue), personal electronics (23 percent of 2018 revenue), and automotive applications (20 percent of revenue) with its analog products. It is worth noting that industrial and automotive applications represented 56 percent of TI’s revenue in 2018, up from 42 percent five years ago.
Next: Europe’s good at this.
Each of Europe’s three major IC suppliers was a top-10 analog supplier in 2018. Collectively, the three companies accounted for 15 percent of the global analog market. Infineon continues to expand its presence in automotive (43 percent of 2018 sales) and power management (31 percent of 2018 sales) applications. Industrial power control (17 percent) and chip card and security (9 percent) rounded out its other major end-use applications.
ST’s analog sales jumped 26 percent to $3.2 billion (5 percent marketshare). A large part of ST’s analog IC sales target motion control (motor driver ICs and high-voltage driver ICs), automation (intelligent power switches), and energy management (powerline communication ICs) applications.
NXP was the sixth-largest analog supplier in 2018 with sales that increased 10 percent to $2.6 billion (4 percent marketshare). NXP sells its analog devices into many system functions but one of its key growth areas is automotive, where its analog chips are essential components in emerging lidar, vehicle network, and 5G systems.
Analog sales at On Semiconductor increased 11 percent to $2.0 billion. The increase followed analog sales gains of 35 percent in 2017 and a 16 percent rise in 2016. These three years of gains were partly the result of its acquisition of Fairchild Semiconductor in September 2016.
Analog IC sales at Microchip Technology increased 22 percent in 2018. This was largely dure to Microchip’s $8.35 billion acquisition of Microsemi, which closed in May 2018.
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Tuesday, October 25, 2016
BC Ferries features Half Price Sailings from Mid November to Mid December
The promotion follows on the success of similar project last fall which saw travellers in British Columbia take advantage of the reduced rate which provided for over 3,000 promotional sailings across the BC Ferries system.
For the North Coast, Central Coast and Haida Gwaii the Fifty Per Cent off rate runs from November 14 to December 18 and will be in place for all sailings on all routes of the Northern service.
The 50 per cent fare discount will apply to cars, motorcycles, trucks, SUVs, vans or recreational vehicles (discount applies to the first 20 feet of vehicle length only).
“BC Ferries is pleased to once again offer this vehicle promotion for customers to enjoy some savings this fall,” ... “We understand fare affordability remains a key concern for customers and hope they take advantage of this promotion when planning their fall travel. It was very popular last year and encouraged many passengers to travel on off-peak sailings, which helps shift traffic across our system.” -- Mike Corrigan, BC Ferries’ President and CEO on the fall savings fares.
More background on the Fall Savings program at BC Ferries can be found from their website here.
Updates on BC Ferry service in the region can be found from their Service Notices page.
For more items related to Marine Transportation on the North Coast see our archive page here.


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Kolkata: CTC teas produced by bought leaf factories (BLF) fetched the highest average price in a Arunachal Pradesh district at Rs 191 a kilo during December 2018, according to Tea Board data.
Twa Board, however, did not disclose in which of the 16 Arunachal Pradesh districts the prices was highest.
Assam’s highest price was more than West Bengal at Rs 155.51 per kilo as against Rs 124 in the Darjeeling plains, the data showed.
Highest prices in Tamil Nadu and Kerala were lower as compared to north Indian BLFs, it said.
As per Indian Tea Association (ITA) estimates, the proportion of production by BLFs and small growers were in excess of 50 per cent which it felt would cause disruption in the market.
In 2017 (Jan-Dec) small growers and BLFs produced 631 mkgs. almost half of total production of 1,348 mkgs.
In November 2018, West Bengal’s production was lower at 35.99 mkgs as against 37.08 mkgs in the same period of the previous year.
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According to a new FCC filing, a new PlayStation 3 model is in the works. Sony is working on a 4000 series PS3. It might be a newer slimmer PS3, which was rumored to be in production by Eurogamer, and is going to be announced next month.
The current PS3 model is 3000 series. The model mentioned in the filing is the CECH 4001x.
A image is included which shows the new model which looks a lot more slimmer than the current one.


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Realme GT 2 and Realme GT 2 Pro’s specifications as well as display details have surfaced online. While Realme GT 2 was allegedly spotted on Geekbench, Xu Qi Chase, President of Global Marketing and Vice President at Realme, has shared details about the display of the upcoming Realme GT 2 Pro on Weibo. The display specifications include information about its resolution, refresh rate, and design. Also, Realme GT 2 was allegedly spotted on TENAA, revealing the handset’s overall design. A tipster has shared the rumoured specifications of the phone.
A Realme smartphone with model number RMX3310, speculated to be Realme GT 2, has been spotted on Geekbench. The listing shows that the phone will run Android 12. It is powered by an octa-core processor with a base frequency of 1.80GHz. It is being speculated that this is the Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 5G chipset, paired with 12GB of RAM. The phone scored 1,125 points in single-core and 3,278 points in multi-core tests.
As far as Realme GT 2 specifications are concerned, tipster Mukul Sharma tweeted that a phone with model number RMX3312 was spotted on a TENAA listing, showing the phone’s design and revealing its specifications. The phone may come with a 6.62-inch AMOLED display. It could be powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 SoC, which is likely to be paired with 8GB/ 12GB of RAM and 128GB/ 256GB of storage.
For photography, Realme GT 2 is speculated to come with a triple rear camera setup, highlighted by a 50-megapixel sensor. It could be paired with an 8-megapixel and a 2-megapixel sensor. At the front, the alleged listing suggests a 16-megapixel shooter. The phone could pack a 5,000mAh dual-cell battery with 65W fast charging support via a USB Type-C charging port. Realme GT 2 may measure 162.9×75.8x 8.6mm and weigh 198.9 grams.
In another Realme GT 2 series-related development, company executive Xu Qi Chase said in a Weibo post that the Realme phones will have an AI-powered 1000Hz gaming control engine. Highlighting the display details of Realme GT 2 Pro, Chase also says that the phone will have a 6.7-inch display with thin bezels and hole-punch cutout on the top left corner of the display. As per Chase, with its powerful engine and a great display, the phone will provide the “best gaming experience” (translated).
The executive has also shared the details about the fingerprint sensor on the phones, and the display of Realme GT 2 Pro. In a Weibo post, Chase claims that the Realme GT 2 series of smartphones will come with an unconventional fingerprint sensor. He shared a photo in which the text translates to “Heart Rate Detection, ” hinting that the fingerprint sensor could also track the user’s heart rate.
In a separate post, the executive informed that Realme GT 2 Pro will feature a 2K display with a resolution 14,40×3,216 pixels and a 120Hz display. The 2K display is provided by Samsung, and the executive also said that the phone will have Gorilla Glass Victus protection. Lastly, he informs in a separate post that the display will have LTPO technology, which means that it will have a variable refresh rate from 1Hz to 120Hz.


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North Wales is the perfect destination for mountain biking, from family cycling to challenging black trails with stunning scenery for all your cycling activities.
2 December 2020
Gee Atherton's latest edit takes mountain bike riding to the next level and is absolutely on the very edge of what’s possible according to his brother Dan!
17 November 2020
Saracen is delighted to announce a new partnership with one of the UK’s premier uplift bike parks, Antur Stiniog, to become an official demo centre.
17 September 2020
Canyon announces exciting venture with Revolution Bike Park as its first gravity bike partner in the UK allowing visitors to rent the latest mountain bikes from their gravity line-up.
27 July 2020
Take a run down with Dan and Gee on another brand new track at Dyfi Bike Park, with berms, hips and natural flowing sections!
21 July 2020
Dan Atherton and the Dyfi Bike Park crew are excited to announce the re-opening of the Bike Park with two brand new red trails.
29 April 2021
Gee Atherton spends the day hitting some unseen gaps on some of the fastest trails we have at Dyfi Bike Park!
6 April 2021
The slate line is mind-blowingly precarious and features some of the biggest gaps that Gee Atherton has ever ridden.
13 March 2021
GMBN caught up with Dan Atherton at Dyfi bike to find out some of the logistics of creating a bike park and the trails it contains.
8 March 2021
No matter what the conditions are, Joe Breeden keeps it pinned on the frozen and icy trails at Revolution Bike Park.
22 February 2021
For every second of airtime Gee and Dan can find on Dyfi Bike Park's 50 hits, Endura will plant 100 trees.


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The only thing restaurateurs like as much as good food is good real estate, and Comfy Cow Ice Cream owners Tim and Roy Koons-McGee just landed one of the city’s sweetest spots.
Earlier today, Insider Louisville got the scoop that the mini-chain nabbed its next location at 1449 Bardstown Road, where it intersects at Eastern Parkway. It’s hard to imagine a location in Louisville with better foot traffic or surrounding demographic.
“As soon as I got the call that it was available, I said we’d take it,” said Tim Koons-McGee. It was announced last Friday that the longstanding Heine Brothers’ location would close since it’s so close to another Bardstown Road shop. “We’re really excited about this new location.”
They should be. According to former Qdoba franchisee Don Doyle, a franchise consultant to the Koons-McGees, the burrito store located across the street from their future shop is not only one of 30 he used to run, it was the busiest Qdoba in the entire chain.
“I think that says something,” Koons-McGee said. “And did I say we’re excited about this location?”
Yes, Ice Cream Man, you did, and we’re excited also since you shared some décor plans: “This space will be a little funkier and edgier to fit the neighborhood. We’re having some graffiti artists do some work. … Since each one of our spaces lends itself to an interpretation of the cow, it will be cool.”
Koons-McGee was hoping to keep the news under wraps in order to start a contest in which customers could guess the new location. But seeing as this is the Biggest Small Town in America, his idea melted faster than cheap soft-serve.
“We were going to take pictures and see if anyone could guess the neighborhood, things like that,” he said. Laughing, he added, “It was going to be fun, but since this town is full of people with loose lips, that’s all blown now!”
Koons-McGee said the building’s owner told him his phone hadn’t stopped ringing since Heine Brothers’ made its announcement Friday. When word slipped out that the Cow had claimed its next barn, the calls mercifully stopped.
To meet his goal of opening in time for the Kentucky Derby, Koons-McGee has to turn the coffee shop into an ice creamery and hire and train 10 new employees post haste.
“Heine Brothers’ last day is March 16, so we’ll start working right after that,” he said.
This likely is just the start of an expansion boom for the three-unit company. The Koons-McGees entered into a partnership with investor and retail consultant Chip Hamm (also affiliated with PRG Investments) to franchise the brand regionally. No stranger to restaurants, Hamm is a former Yum! Brands executive and a partner in Doc Crow’s Southern Smokehouse and Raw Bar and La Coop Bistro a Vins.
To help fuel Comfy Cow’s expansion, PRG brokered the “sale lease back” of Comfy Cow’s Frankfort Avenue store last year. The move provided the company with about $700,000 in cash and made the building the company’s commissary operation.
Last September, Comfy Cow signed its first franchisee to a New Albany location at 109 E. Market St. (If you know the neighborhood, it’s close to Wick’s Pizza and not even a block from Toast on Market.)
Franchisees Ian Hall and Lincoln Ogden, who also are partners in The Exchange Pub and Kitchen, were scheduled to open that store this spring, but inclement weather (tell us about it!) has delayed the opening until summer.
According to Tim Koons-McGee, the investment made to get its franchise disclosure documents buttoned up cost the business nearly $50,000, “but it’s going to be done right the first time with the help of people who know what they’re doing. We’ve heard horror stories of franchise agreements that were truly bad, so we want to bring that in house and tailor it specifically to our brand.”


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Once one of the most “imaginative” smartphone brands BlackBerry succumbed to the smart phone rush and took its place in the digital pages of technology history. BlackBerry CFO Steve Rai made a new announcement, as part of an initiative to divest the company’s operational assets. that it sold to Huawei confirmed.
According to the statement made by Rai, the agreement with Huawei now includes a small number of patents that are unrelated to BlackBerry’s operations. According to the Canadian daily newspaper The Globe and Mail, 90 different patents. According to the information shared, the transfer of the aforementioned patent rights from BlackBerry to Huawei has also been registered by the US patent authorities.
BlackBerry retired from the smartphone industry in 2016
For those who do not know; BlackBerry, which could not achieve a considerable success in the smartphone industry, Discontinuing smartphone production in 2016 shifted its focus to corporate internet of things and security software solutions. Although the BlackBerry brand was sold to TCL in the first place, it was later transferred to OnwardMobility.