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Google wants users to feel safer about using its smart home devices like the Nest Hub Max, Chromecast Ultra and the newly-announced Google Wifi Gen 2 by making a pledge to adhere to five new safety protocols.
Among the new standards the company is putting in place are a commitment to five years of software and safety patches as well as visibility into which devices are connected to your account. Nest also says it will work with an external agency that will validate new devices it's bringing to market to make sure that they comply with industry guidelines.
“We want you, your family, and your guests to feel comfortable using these devices and services, since their purpose is to help and to provide peace of mind,” the company wrote on its new Safety Center (opens in new tab) hub where it lists the five changes. “We also recognize that we’re a guest in your home, and we respect and appreciate that invitation.”
In addition to the other standards, Google says it will implement verified boot software that checks to make sure your devices haven’t been tampered with every time they start up and will continue investing in security research to make sure that hackers don’t gain access to its hardware using a software exploit.
Google and Nest need this as much as you do
After a rough few years of breaches, hacks and exploits across the tech industry, Google and Nest look like they're trying to win back your trust with some decent new propositions – especially using a third party company to hold the company accountable.
Google has made it clear in the past how it’s using your data, and the company says it will continue to be transparent about the data it collects and how it plans on using it. However, many people still have security concerns about data collection and where it's stored.
There are arguments to be made for both sides of the security question – Google does allow you to delete any queries from your history but that doesn’t mean these devices are impervious to exploits as we’ve seen in the past. Ultimately, the onus is on Google to maintain high security standards and ethical practices to keep our personal data safe.
Today's new initiatives are a step in the right direction – on the whole, longer support means more data protection for folks who don't plan on replacing their Nest lineup – but it's a path Google will have to keep walking down to keep users feeling secure.
- Not sure where to start when building a smart home? Check out our guide to the best smart home devices 2021


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The big star of the annual VidCon convention wasn't a content creator: It was YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki.
Wojcicki unveiled a new mobile video app and talked to the thousands of content creators who packed her keynote about how she wants to keep them happy. Immediately following her speech, she sat down in an exclusive interview.

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China’s tech giants are accelerating their attempts in the area of wellbeing-treatment technologies working with cloud computing and artificial intelligence, as the state appears to be to consist of the quickly-spreading new coronavirus.
Whilst U.S. technology firms from Apple to Microsoft have spoken publicly about their push into well being tech, China’s businesses have been quietly functioning in the background.
But with the outbreak of the coronavirus, Beijing has referred to as on the country’s tech giants to pitch in to combat the outbreak. Tech companies have expanded their surveillance capabilities to aid the federal government track wherever people who have likely been in call with the virus are located.
And now, the Chinese tech giants are also boosting their force into overall health treatment with a focus on offering tools to support the professional medical market.
So what are they up to?
Alibaba operates some of China’s most significant e-commerce platforms, a booming cloud computing organization, a logistics community, and just one of the country’s most significant cell payment apps Alipay via its subsidiary Ant Monetary.
It has leaned into these to introduce some health and fitness-treatment functions. In January, Alibaba released an on-line clinic services on its Alipay and Taobao applications for consumers in Hubei province, where by the coronavirus is believed to have originated and the area with the most variety of instances. That services, which authorized persons to get on the internet consultations with medical professionals, was afterwards extended to Beijing residents.
In February, the business launched a drug supply provider for people necessitating medicines to take care of long-term diseases. It comes as hospitals are overburdened with coronavirus circumstances, and are at times still left with tiny means to help individuals with other long-term illnesses who want urgent remedy.
Alibaba’s investigation arm also developed a new synthetic intelligence algorithm to analyze computerized tomography (CT) scans. The business statements its AI can “identify the variation of pictures among the very suspected coronavirus-contaminated pneumonia, a little bit suspected, and non coronavirus-contaminated pneumonia within 20 seconds, with (an) accuracy price up to 96%.”
The algorithm has been made use of in 26 hospitals throughout 16 provinces and municipalities, Alibaba mentioned. And the technological know-how will be produced available “in the coming months” to much more than 100 hospitals in China specified to address coronavirus-affected people.
Alibaba’s cloud device designed its system free of charge to international research establishments to support them speed up their endeavours in so-identified as gene sequencing connected to the coronavirus. This could also help researchers occur up with a vaccine a lot quicker.
Baidu is China’s largest look for engine but has also produced AI abilities too.
It currently runs an on the internet medical doctor consultation system and the organization has made that free for any coronavirus-associated queries. Baidu stated the system has dealt with over 2.8 million inquiries from buyers about the virus and hosts more than 100,000 medical doctors to solution questions.
Baidu is also giving an algorithm it calls “LinerFold” for free to gene testing agencies, epidemic control centers and research establishments globally. The algorithm is ready to assist researchers comprehend the genetic make up of the coronavirus, and could enable efforts to build a vaccine.
“The exclusive situation of the epidemic has established substantial demand from customers for on the net health care services and information and facts. The community has been working with the net to achieve information and facts about the latest growth of the epidemic and specialist well being-treatment services,” Yang Minglu, common supervisor of Baidu’s wellbeing-care enterprise unit instructed CNBC.
“In the foreseeable future, Baidu health and fitness treatment will carry on to concentrate on technological know-how analysis and development as effectively as smart health and fitness care system, building a a single-cease well being management services system and actively participate in China’s general public health development.”
Tencent is a single of the major video gaming companies in the globe but it also runs China’s most well-liked messaging platform, WeChat.
The business has released totally free online health and fitness consultation solutions by means of five on-line well being-treatment platforms by WeChat. There is also a so-known as “chatbot” which enables end users to inquire concerns and get primary prognosis. A chatbot is an automatic messaging provider.
Tencent has also opened up its supercomputing facility to aid researchers locate a remedy to the virus, CNN noted. Supercomputers can operate processes a great deal more rapidly than regular personal computers.
Huawei is regarded for its telecommunications networking tools and smartphones, but it also has a modest but increasing cloud business.
Its cloud unit, together with a organization termed GrandOmics Biosciences, created a software to have an understanding of the genetic make-up of the coronavirus.
Huawei engineering is also currently being applied by researchers to display medications in buy to find a person that could possibly be ideal for the treatment method of coronavirus.
The firm’s cloud computing platform is also remaining applied for the investigation of CT scans which could support identify clients with the virus.
“Well being technological innovation has been ever more important for the health-related and wellbeing market transferring forward, Huawei is devoted to supporting the marketplace to speed up the AI research and apps with our progressive technological innovation and solutions,” a spokesperson informed CNBC.
DiDi is China’s major ride-hailing support, but it much too has a cloud computing enterprise.
The business opened up its cloud amenities for cost-free to research and relief jobs relevant to the coronavirus. DiDi explained to CNBC that some “healthcare information analysis companies have utilized and commenced to use this services.”
“Clinical and reduction businesses, like study companies, require computing methods for data analysis, intervention simulation, and countrywide/regional logistics and organizational assist, specifically in the scenario of a speedily evolving outbreak predicament,” DiDi claimed in a statement.


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It's a solid start to the Christmas shopping season, now retailers are hoping the momentum maintains itself right up until Christmas Day.
Macy's, Toys "R" Us, K-B Toys and others are all reporting bigger crowds for early morning bargains than last year.
More shoppers meant some early risers walked away empty-handed.
An Ohio woman lined up at a Best Buy at 3 Friday morning, but that
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In its annual Mobile Security Index report, Verizon found that the number of cybersecurity incidents sharply increased year-over-year. And while 85 percent of companies said they need to take mobile security seriously, half of the companies polled acknowledged that saving money and “cutting corners” trumped investments to protect mobile data and boost security.
Researchers at Verizon said the total number of cyber compromises rose to 33 percent in 2018 from 27 percent in the prior year. And for retailers specifically, 31 percent of retail organizations “suffered a mobile device compromise last year.” And 54 percent of the incidents were considered major while 27 percent “had lasting repercussions,” Verizon noted in the report.
Authors of the report said that retailers “were most likely to be concerned about cybercriminals stealing payment card details.” Fifty-five percent of retail respondents were concerned over payment card data theft, which compares to 37 percent across all industries surveyed in the report.
In regard to the “actors and motives” behind cyber attacks and cyber compromises, companies were most concerned about employees. Verizon said in the report that at 38 percent, “employees topped the list of actors that respondents were most concerned about. Members of staff frequently expose their organizations to risk, both knowingly and unknowingly. Included in this number is the issue of negligence — employees making careless errors, losing their devices, using public Wi-Fi or circumventing security rules.”
Organized crime came next with 22 percent. “These groups are constantly adapting,” authors of the report said. “As one type of IT system becomes less vulnerable, they will move on to another. And they are constantly finding new ways to make money from their efforts. While ‘smash and grab’ attacks are still common, there are much more sophisticated attacks, too.”
Phishing is also a concern. But mobile users are not adept at preventing it. “Users are more vulnerable to phishing on a mobile device,” authors of the report said. “Many of the protective measures people typically take are not as easy: Who looks for the padlock, or hovers over the link to see the underlying URL? And mobile devices are much less likely to have endpoint protection installed.”


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Wincanton revealed in a trading statement today that the plummeting cost of fuel has had “no material impact” on its bottom line, adding that the business continued to trade in line with expectations. In a statement for the period from 1 October 2014 to today (5 February), the logistics giant said that its contractual arrangements typically pass on fuel price risks to the end customer. “As fuel costs are mainly a flow through cost for Wincanton, the impact of the […]
Hanson has outsourced part of its concrete delivery operations to Wincanton.
Third-party logistics providers have this year won millions of pounds in business, taking on more work from existing customers as well as winning contracts from new clients. Motortransport.co.uk looks back at some of the highest value and longest contract wins of 2014.


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Displays vendor ViewSonic is driving into the desktop virtualisation space, ramping up its hardware with integrated clients aligned with managed cloud services.
Brian Wei, director of product marketing for Europe at ViewSonic, said the US-headquartered vendor has sealed a partnership with hosted cloud provider NaviSite and is looking for resellers for the resulting sesktop-as-a-service (DaaS)-compatible monitors with integrated virtualised desktop infrastructure (VDI) software.
"VDI is going to be a really big market, compared with the traditional PC market – for corporates but also for SMBs," Wei confirmed. "And the biggest growth over the next four years, according to IDC, is going to come from EMEA."
The accessibility of cloud computing is enabling virtualisation to penetrate deeper into the business community. Where once it was relegated primarily to large corporates with larger budgets, smaller companies are now benefiting increasingly from the trend, he said.
This opened up an opportunity for the channel to go beyond the traditional corporate stamping grounds of major vendors in the virtualisation arena, including Dell, including Wyse, and HP, Wei said.
"If you look at VDI clients, it's no longer necessarily about the box; it can also be an integrated display. Everything can be integrated into the display," he pointed out. "It just makes sense."
Targeting SMBs – as well as corporate organisations – is a differentiator for ViewSonic, Wei added.
Richard Carr, head of sales for Northern Europe at ViewSonic, said current partners, including distributors Ingram Micro and Northamber, are spearheading the VDI push but ViewSonic is also looking for new resellers and other partners if they can add value – for example, by identifying a relevant opportunity or area of opportunity.
"We are also looking for resellers to deliver the whole package," Carr said. "And we will be working with [other] MSPs as well."
Demo units may be available free to resellers on request, he added, and the vendor will also have a stand at VMworld Barcelona.
ViewSonic's VDI portfolio includes seven displays with thin, zero or Android-based smart clients for VMware, Citrix or Microsoft virtualised environments.
According to the vendor brochure, benefits for users might include security and energy savings as well as manageability, scaleability and lower total cost of ownership. Dual-display arrangements and SaaS implementations are among the set-ups catered for.
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Brookfield sweetens buyout offer for GGP
Chicago mall owner GGP has received a new buyout offer from Brookfield Property Partners more than four months after rejecting a $14.8 billion takeover bid from the Canadian investor, according to a report.
Brookfield, already GGP's largest shareholder, with a 34 percent stake, wants to buy the rest of the real estate investment trust, the nation's second-largest mall owner. Toronto-based Brookfield made a $23-per-share cash-and-stock offer in November, but GGP rebuffed that offer in December.
Brookfield's new offer has a slightly higher cash component and offers GGP shareholders a new security that will trade as a real estate investment trust, Reuters reported, citing anonymous sources. Exact terms could not be determined. A special committee of GGP directors formed to review the Brookfield bid has not yet agreed to the new offer, and talks with Brookfield continue, according to Reuters.
A GGP spokeswoman declined to comment, and a Brookfield spokesman did not return a call.
GGP shares were down 23 cents, at $21.49, this morning. The shares jumped to $24.05 when Brookfield's initial offer became public in November but have drifted lower since January.
Investors have soured on retail landlords over the past couple of years amid concerns that the rise of online shopping will mean the decline of brick-and-mortar retailing. Prior to Brookfield's offer, GGP shares had dropped to $19.01, their lowest level since 2013.
Including dividends, the stock has returned -4.1 percent over the past year versus a -5.8 percent return for the Bloomberg REIT Regional Mall Index.
GGP owns 125 properties with 121 million square feet of retail space. Its local holdings include Water Tower Place on North Michigan Avenue, Northbrook Court and Oakbrook Center.


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Qatar’s hospitality sector is witnessing a strong rebound with hotels across segments seeing an increase in occupancy rates. Among the hotels, two and one star hotels have recorded the highest occupancy rate in May this year, according to the Planning and Statistics Authority (PSA) data.
The occupancy rate of two and one star hotels surged to 93 percent in May against 50 percent in the same period last year due to gradual easing of COVID-19 restrictions leading to the rise in hotel visitors and guests.
The hotel and hotel apartments in Qatar witnessed a robust performance with the overall occupancy rate being at 58 percent in May 2022. The hotels of all categories, ranging from five star to two and one star, have seen rise in occupancy rates and revenue per available room, according to the data.
The three star hotels occupancy rate has jumped to 86 percent in May 2022 from 82 percent in the same period in 2021. Similarly, the occupancy rate of four star hotels rose to 63 percent in May 2022. In case of five star, the hotels’ occupancy rates stood at 59 percent in the review period.
The occupancy rates of deluxe hotel apartments and standard hotel apartments for May this year were 47 percent and 78 percent respectively.
Hotels in Qatar have also witnessed a rise in revenue per available room which is used to assess a hotel’s ability to fill its available rooms at an average rate.
It is important because it helps hotel industry measure the overall success of their hotel. Revenue per available room for five star hotels increased to QR403 in May 2022 while it rose to QR169 in four star hotels; QR177 in three star; and QR152 in two and one star hotels.
The average room rate for deluxe and standard hotel apartments rose to QR414 and QR200 respectively in May this year. While the average room rate for five star hotel showed an increase of QR686 and incase of four star hotel it rose to QR270. The overall hotel and hotel apartment average room rate was QR507 in May 2022 against QR496 in last year.
According to first quarter real estate market report by ValuStrat research, average occupancy of hotel and hotel apartments (excluding keys being used for quarantine) was 58 percent as of March year to date (YTD) 2022. Average Daily Rate (ADR) for hotels and hotel apartments stood at QR459, up 14 percent over one year. Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy has announced 130,000 rooms are available to accommodate the projected 1.5 million fans for World Cup 2022.
Qatar aims to welcome more than six million visitors per year by 2030 and further its tourism offerings in line with Qatar’s National Vision 2030. Visitor arrivals point to a steady recovery of Qatar’s tourism sector, with the year-to-date total (580,000) fast approaching the overall arrivals figure of 2021 (611,000), demonstrating a return to pre-pandemic levels of tourism as public health measures for travel ease, according to Qatar Tourism data.
The Colliers, Mena Hotels July 2022 monthly market forecast noted, “Doha has experienced a slight decrease in occupancy over H1, 2022 compared to the previous year. However, FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 is expected to result in super-normal levels of demand for its duration in the final quarter of the


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Irish political party Fine Gael (FG) has launched a stinging attack on the supermarket sector, which it has accused of jeopardising Irish jobs.
FG’s spokesperson on agriculture, fisheries and food Michael CREED said that “forced payments” and “hello money” demanded by supermarkets is damaging Irish agribusiness.
“I am seriously concerned that food suppliers in this country are being subjected to unfair demands by the large retailers in this country with industry sources suggesting that an estimated EUR160m (US$225.9m) in ‘hello money’ is being paid each year by suppliers hoping to secure their products on supermarket shelves,” he said.
Creed has published a draft bill, which seeks to outlaw certain practices in the grocery sector and force supermarkets to publish all relevant accounting documentation.
If fully enforced, the bill would make it an offence for retailers to demand a grant or payment of an allowance from a supplier for advertising or displaying grocery goods, or for providing selling space for grocery goods in a retail outlet.
It would also require retailers and suppliers to maintain a statement of supply detailing the terms and conditions of agreements.
“Government intentions to introduce a voluntary code are utterly pointless and will have very little impact,” Creed said. “We have witnessed the failure of a voluntary code for the grocery sector in the UK where the majority of retailers have failed to comply with a voluntary agreement. This bill is an active response to the crisis facing the sector and will have a real effect on businesses operating in the agri-food industry.”
In response to the bill, Musgrave Group stated that it is “categorically opposed to illegal, unfair and unsustainable business practices” which put the existence of suppliers at risk and damage the reputation of the industry and responsible players within it.
“Musgrave Group does not engage in the practice of ‘hello money’ and would welcome any moves to control and eliminate such “sharp practices” from the Irish grocery sector,” a spokesperson said. “However, a distinction needs to be made between sharp practices and legitimate negotiation which is vital to driving down costs and delivering value to consumers.”
Musgrave said it has written to Fine Gael to outline its position on its approach to working with its suppliers, which is based on developing “long term mutually beneficial relationships” and to point out that it is “fundamentally opposed” to and does not engage in the practice of ‘hello money’.
Earlier today, the Irish government outlined plans to introduce a code of practice to govern relations between suppliers and retailers in the country.


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With Beijing 2022 approaching, the enthusiasm for ice and snow sports is increasing throughout the country.
China issued its "Guidance on Taking the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics as an Opportunity to Develop Winter Sports" to seize the opportunity of the Winter Games to usher winter sports into a new page in the country.
The Guidance lists the main goals of China's winter sports by 2022, including that the development of winter sports in China will be more balanced; the popularity will be significantly improved; the participation will increase by a large margin, and the influence will be more extensive.
The Guidance also stressed the importance of preparation of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games.
It was also announced that China will compete in every event at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games and will improve athletes' competitiveness, thus ensuring performance breakthroughs.
Today’s Story in the Story looks at how China is preparing for the upcoming 2022 Winter Olympics.
Wang Yang started figure skating at age 7, then switched to short-track speed skating at 11.
He retired from the oval at age 24 without fulfilling his dream of competing in the Olympics but is now pursuing that dream differently - by forging handmade skates.
When China issued its Guidance policy on preparing for the Winter Games, one of the highlights urged for the optimization of industrial structures. And this, of course, included Wang.
The Guidance said, “Local governments should promote the fitness, leisure, and tourism industry, integrate the winter sports industry and related industries and provide diversified products and services.
Local governments should innovate in the manufacturing industry of winter sports equipment and promote the synergy between upstream and downstream of the industrial chain. High-tech enterprises with the independent intellectual property will be strongly supported.”
It takes three to four working days for Wang to make a pair of professional-quality skates, starting by creating boot molds and stitching in the padding, then plating the upper skins and attaching the blades.
"I know how significant a good pair of skates are for the athletes because I was one myself," said Wang.
"Back then, almost all the skates I wore were imported and not designed to fit the foot shapes of Chinese people, so they were not comfortable to wear. For a long time, I thought about when we could have our own exclusive ice skates.
"At the beginning, I just modified the boots myself by gluing gauze on the stress points inside. Then I started to make the boots myself," he said.
The comfortable fit gave him a sense of confidence, so he bought a sewing machine and learned how to use it.
Responding to feedback from athletes, he learned to customize his boot designs, earning the nickname 'Shoemaker.'
To find suitable materials, Wang combed leather markets in Lanzhou, Guangzhou, Beijing, Shanghai, and other cities, establishing strict standards for every component - from thread, to eyelets and even the laces.
In 2011, Wang acquired a bankrupted Australian skate company. "Their technology was backward, but it gave me a chance to learn about the industry," he said.
To make stronger blades, he spent a lot of time learning about steel. He visited numerous fabrication plants before finally making breakthroughs in technology previously exclusive to foreign companies.
At the 2014 Sochi Winter Games, Zhang Hong was wearing a pair of skates made by Wang when she won China's first-ever speed skating Olympic gold in the women's 1,000 meters.
The Canadian and South Korean short-track youth teams and Chinese world champions Fan Kexin and Wu Dajing have all worn skates carrying Wang Yang's brand.
"Speed skating competitions are becoming more intense. If an athlete can improve by 0.1 seconds wearing my skates, they might be able to win a medal," he said.
"I once dreamed of standing on top of the podium; now I hope that athletes who wear my skates can make their and my Winter Olympic dream come true,” and Wang sees it as a golden opportunity.
In 2017, he branched into making skates for amateurs.
"My amateur skates sold about 5,000 pairs in 2017 and about 10,000 pairs last year," said Wang, whose Changchun factory in Jilin Province is in full production.
"I hope more athletes will wear homemade skates to perform their best at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics," he said.
(Produced by Nancy Yan Xu, Lance Crayon, Brian Lowe and Da Hang. Music by bensound.com. Text from China Daily and Global Times.)


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I love the beginning of each month, because it’s when Amazon announces new discounts on a special selection of Kindle ebooks! It’s one of the best things about being a Kindle owner — there’s always plenty of bargains to explore, which makes it easy to try out new authors and explore some new genres. And this month, Amazon’s discounted some relatively new ebooks — including an Agatha Christie story that’s never been published before!
Hercule Poirot and the Greenshore Folly by Agatha Christie ( $0.99)
It’s a new, never-before-published mystery by Agatha Christie — and it’s available only as an ebook! Just released in November, this novella was originally authored in 1954, and it holds a special place in the Agatha Christie canon. She slipped in references to her own local neighborhood into this story — including her very own home of Greenway — and she’d planned to donate the money earned by this story to her own local church’s fundraiser for a stained glass window. But in the end, the novella itself took a strange turn, according to the book’s page at Amazon, when Christie decided to enlarge its 75-page story into a longer, full-length mystery (which she released in 1956 as Dead Man’s Folly ). Instead the church received the proceeds from another mystery story featuring her Miss Marple character. And now the original novella version of this Hercule Poirot mystery has finally also been published!
Player Piano by Kurt Vonnegut ($3.99)
This is the very first novel ever written by Kurt Vonnegut, just seven years after he’d been liberated from a Nazi P.O.W. camp in 1945, and 17 years before Slaughterhouse-Five. Vonnegut first studied anthropology, then became a technical writer (and publicist) for General Electric — which inspired this startlingly imaginative piece of science fiction, according to Wikipedia. Vonegut had witnessed some computer-operated “milling machines” that were already cutting the rotors used in sophisticated engines and gas turbines. “Player Piano was my response to the implications of having everything run by little boxes…” the author told Playboy Magazine in a 1972 interview. “To have a little clicking box make all the decisions wasn’t a vicious thing to do. But it was too bad for the human beings who got their dignity from their jobs!”
Island Beneath the Sea by Isabel Allende ($1.99)
Isabel Allende wrote the novel “House of the Spirits” in 1982, and she’s also won numerous awards, including induction into the American Academy of Arts and Letters. But just three years ago, at the age of 68, she applied her “magic realism” to the city of New Orleans, delivering this rich piece of historical fiction that’s set in the late 1700s. “Allende is a master storyteller at the peak of her powers,” reads a quote from the Los Angeles Times on the book’s page on Amazon. It’s exciting that Amazon’s included this among this month’s selections for discounted Kindle ebooks. But I was really surprised they included it in the “Romance” section — “What the Duke Desires” and “How to Discipline Your Vampire”!
What the Duke Desires by Sabrina Jeffries ($1.99)
Last year I wrote wryly about how Amazon had discounted five different romance novels which all contained the word “Duke” in their title! But give some credit to Sabrina Jeffries, who has was chosen last month to be the first romance author interviewed by USA Today for their new column about historical romance novels. Her historical romance novels reached the New York Times best-seller list — she’s written 36 of them, with titles like Never Seduce a Scoundrel and Married to the Viscount. Fans of historical romance will be pleased that a new Jeffries novel was released just six weeks ago — When the Rogue Returns — and that Amazon has discounted her previous novel to just $1.99!


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Autoblog Editor Jeff Ross said of the Gibbs Quadski "[Gibbs] is looking to create an entirely different experience when it comes to powersports." The Auburn Hills, Michigan-based manufacturer of aquatic ATVs is apparently succeeding, as it has announced plans to expand before its sole product has even gone on sale.
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Toyota LandCruiser 300 Series to get GR treatment – report
The next-generation Toyota LandCruiser 300 Series due next year is reportedly going to be joined by a flagship GR version, similar to the Nissan Patrol V8 Warrior being developed in Australia.
The unconfirmed report by Japanese website creative311.com sites unnamed sources and other media outlets, who claim Toyota is developing a new top-end model.
While the Japanese website speculates a Toyota LandCruiser GR could be powered by a twin turbo V8, Drive believes this is unlikely given strict new global emissions standards, and the long-standing rumours about a switch to V6 petrol hybrid, V6 turbo petrol, and V6 turbo diesel power.
Toyota Australia remains tight lipped about timing or engine details for the next-generation LandCruiser 300 Series – and even if it will be called 300 Series – and dealers are also yet to be informed about the new model.
Indeed, the current 200 Series Toyota LandCruiser is due to remain in production until at least the end of this year.
However, Toyota Australia says it is open to the idea of a Toyota LandCruiser GR grade – if such a vehicle were to become available.
A spokesman for Toyota Australia said: “GR is a our performance brand. There is no reason we would rule out a GR (LandCruiser) in the future if one were to become available.”
The Toyota Australia spokesman added: “There are no plans (for a Toyota LandCruiser GR) right now. It’s always a matter of seeing what is globally available and then determining if it’s right for our market. It is right for our market, we would put our hands up for it.”
It is unclear what whether a Toyota LandCruiser GR would have an on-road focus, or if its off-road ability would be expanded, as is the case with the Toyota HiLux Rugged X, Nissan Navara Warrior and upcoming Nissan Patrol V8 Warrior.


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If Fiat wants a 3.3 percent stake in Chrysler currently held by the UAW's healthcare trust, it's going to have to pony up some serious cash, again.
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As is the case with everything these days, there's an app for that.
Seven passenger seating, plenty of tech gadgets, and a comfortable ride makes the 2013 Dodge Journey a good minivan alternative.
Earlier this month, the 2013 Dodge Dart earned the honor of being named a Top Safety pick by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety.


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Madame has announced the launch of its flagship store at Pavillion Mall in Ludhiana this month. The store has a complete European touch with interiors conceptuality done by Spanish Architects, displaying the collection that is vibrant and peppy.
The new store offers a complete range of fashion wardrobe offering perfect combinations of outfits and accessories to match your every look. With the latest store opening Madame is now present in 56 cities and has 103 outlets across the country.
Commenting on the launch, Akhil Duggar, Creative Director, Madame said, “It is indeed a very proud feeling to launch our flagship store at Pavillion Mall. It has always been our constant endeavour to come up with something new for the fashion lovers, and the launch of this store is the result of our efforts.”


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The former singer and TV presenter will front an advertising and PR campaign for the brand.
The campaign will launch later this year and run during 2012. Activity will include in-store, point of sale, print and social media activity as well as a PR campaign.
It is the first time the celebrity has fronted a hair-care range but she has previously fronted campaigns for Carling and lingerie brand Triumph.
Redknapp, and her husband footballer Jamie Redknapp, are reported to be being axed from their role in Thomas Cook’s travel advertising.
The brand’s previous celebrity ambassadors include Australian actress and Strictly Come Dancing competitor Holly Valance, presenter Lisa Snowdon and ex-Spice Girl Emma Bunton.
Ben Haxworth, head of marketing at Schwarzkopf, says: “Louise is the perfect ambassador for LIVE Salon Style, a range designed for busy women who need to be able to achieve salon-like results in their own time and their own home.
“She combines true sophistication with on-trend styling and, despite all her years at the top, also radiates a warm and down-to-earth persona. Her role as both professional career women and busy mum is definitely one that women can relate to and are inspired by.”
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Donald Trump’s tariff threat against Mexico may end up signaling a lot more than just the President’s latest twitter-launched policy tirade. By eroding any of Trump’s remaining trade negotiating credibility, it points to much darker times ahead for the global economy.
The Trump administration plans to impose tariffs on all imports from Mexico unless the latter takes action to dramatically reduce or eliminate illegal migration across the US-Mexico border, including migrants from Central America. Five per cent tariffs will be imposed as early as 10 June and, unless Trump is satisfied, will quickly ratchet up month-by-month to reach 25% by October. To implement his threat, Trump is invoking presidential powers under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, a move open to legal challenge but otherwise giving him free rein to do as he pleases.
China will now conclude it has been right to resist American demands and allow trade negotiations to breakdown.
As usual, there’s a host of problems with Trump’s tariffs. It will do considerable self-damage, hitting American consumers, businesses and workers. The impact will be especially magnified given the intensity of bilateral trade in parts and components crisscrossing the border. Further, by damaging the Mexican economy, it may also prove entirely counterproductive, potentially encouraging more Mexicans to seek better economic opportunities in the United States, including illegally. There is also the deeper damage done by the President’s repeated and blatant abuse of executive power and spurious use of national security as a justification for tariffs that threaten to undermine US domestic institutions, global trade rules, and proper national security policymaking itself. The list of problems goes on.
The broader issue is the immense damage this has just done to the credibility of conducting any negotiations with the Trump administration. Mexico, after all, had only just finished negotiating the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) under threat of unilateral American withdrawal from the North American Free Trade Agreement and with Trump’s steel and aluminium tariffs (officially imposed for national security reasons) only lifted recently. Now, before the USMCA is even ratified, “Tariff Man” is again beckoning at Mexico’s doors (or borders if you will) to extract more for his own populist political purposes.
The obvious lesson from all this is that, as the playground lesson goes, there’s no appeasing a bully. Mexico, Canada, China, Japan, Korea, Europe – all had nonetheless been trying to walk a tightrope with Trump, offering a fair amount of appeasement while also trying to protect their own nation’s interests. It’s hard to see how any of them could now conclude that appeasement is a sensible strategy. Japan and the European Union – seeking to avoid US national security tariffs on their automotive exports – now know there’s little to no point in appeasing Trump. Financial markets have been quick to impute the latest realities by downgrading exposed stocks and rushing to safe haven assets.
Worse yet, China will now conclude it has been right to resist American demands and allow trade negotiations to breakdown. That trade battle is also unhelpfully mixed up with genuine geostrategic issues, so the implications extend much further than trade. In addition to following through on its own retaliatory tariff hikes over the weekend, China is now retaliating to America’s blacklisting of Huawei by announcing plans to issue its own list of unreliable foreign companies and targeting America’s FedEx as the first cab off the rank.
The issues here are difficult enough. But Trump’s unreliability as a negotiating partner significantly reduces the scope for any compromise that might allow economic engagement to continue in some areas even as some kind of “decoupling” is increasingly pursued in sensitive areas, notably around technology.
Trump may be struggling to get his border wall. But he is doing an unfortunately good job of building a tariff one. All told, Trump is on his way to blanketing over 40% of America’s imports with 25% tariffs. Along with the inevitable further retaliation of US trading partners and rapidly escalating tensions with China, an already slowing world economy looks increasingly headed for the massive disruption to global commerce long threatened by the Trump presidency.


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HomeToys.com rolled out its new look website today and formally announced the launch of its sister online publication AVSystemsMag.com. The new eMagazine has a greater focus on Commercial AV, Automation and Digital Signage.
San Diego, California, March 1st, 2012 – HomeToys.com, a leading Home Technology and Automation eMagazine, went live today with a freshly revamped website. The new look is designed with increased white space and easier to navigate features that will improve the reader's overall experience. Not to worry though, it's 16 years of archived articles, news and product information remains intact. It's just easier to find.
Along with the revamped look for HomeToys, the developers also formally announced the launch of their newest eMagazine, AVSystemsMag.com. Following the same mission and format as its sister publication AVSystemsMag.com will have a stronger focus on the Commercial side of AV & Automation as well as the digital signage industry.
HomeToys and AVSystemsMag are published by LJB Management Inc. of San Diego, CA. LJB is a pioneer in the Industry eMagazine concept with 2 other popular technology publications, AltEnergyMag.com & RoboticsTomorrow.com. Bob Hetherington, chief editor and founder of LJB Management, had this to say about the launch of AVSystemsMag.com. "We've always been looking ahead to the next industry breakthrough with our publications. In 1996 HomeToys led the way into online publishing about the Home Technology industry with HomeToys.com. Over the last few years Commercial AV & Digital Signage has seen tremendous growth and we felt like this topic now warranted its own space."
To view the new site visit: http://www.AVSystemsMag.com
Publishing an eMagazine since 1996 HomeToys.com has grown into a highly regarded news and information source for Home Technology & Consumer Electronics. As an official Google News Source and with well over 150,000 monthly visitors, HomeToys.com is a premier go-to information source for all facets of the HomeTech industry. With in-depth content and vast archives, HomeToys.com brings the industry directly to the desktops of industry insiders from around the globe.


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Global Widget — which began in 2016 — is celebrating is sixth anniversary this month following years of growth, industry-leading products and a goal to set the gold standard in the industry. The company is known for its iconic CBD brand Hemp Bombs.
Hemp Bombs launched in 2016 with a two-count package of CBD Capsules as its first product. Today, the brand features over 100 products, including a full line of CBD Gummies and other edibles, tinctures, topicals and pet products.
“It’s hard to believe it has been six years already,” said Kevin Collins, co-founder of Global Widget. “We have grown the company to more than 300 employees and have introduced hundreds of products, but our success all along has been because of the loyalty and support of our terrific customers, retailers and business partners. We have nothing but immense gratitude for the opportunity to serve them.”
Over the past year, Hemp Bombs expanded its gummy line to include Delta-8 and Delta-9 THC Gummies. Hemp Bombs products are available direct to consumers through its e-commerce website and are available in more than 25,000 retail locations nationwide.
“Hemp Bombs continues to be the hemp-category captain in convenience with over 65% market share, six years and counting,” said Vince Gillen, vice president of sales. “We are fortunate to have great distribution and retail partners that have driven our growth, and we are accelerating that growth with category resets and new store placements with CBD and Delta-9.”
All Hemp Bombs products are made in-house at its manufacturing headquarters in Tampa, Fla. Over the past six years, Global Widget has expanded its operations to four locations, featuring more than 165,000 square feet of manufacturing and distribution space. The company has grown to more than 300 employees in research and development, manufacturing, sales, marketing, human resources, manufacturing, distribution, customer service and IT.


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The Liverpool Echo’s editor has dedicated an accolade given for its online coverage to the victims of the Hillsborough disaster and their families.
The Echo was named Best Local/Regional News Site at the Online Media Awards, having faced competition from the Belfast Telegraph and Trinity Mirror’s Wales Online and GetReading websites, among others.
The awards, run by The Drum, recognise the “cleverest, boldest and most original purveyors of news” from around the world.
Echo editor Alastair Machray, pictured above left, accepted the award on behalf of his staff.
He said: “The Liverpool Echo is thrilled to win worldwide recognition for its online journalism. I am thrilled for the Echo it’s staff and the people of Liverpool.
“There is little doubt our coverage of Hillsborough played a big part in our recognition. And as always our award is for the 96, their families and the many people whose lives were changed that day.”
The prize comes after the Echo received a special Chairman’s Award at the Regional Press Awards for its campaigning work with the families of the victims of the 1989 tragedy, which claimed the lvies of 96 Liverpool football supporters.
Also among the winners at last night’s awards was Newsquest which took the prize for ‘Best use of Data for Commercial Gain’ ahead of the Economist and Financial Times.
The award is in recognition of the publisher’s implementation of category-specific display advertising products for its 50,000 local advertisers, which is designed to deliver highly targeted advertising packages for specific client categories.
Newsquest said the move has simplified the sales process for its local sales teams, improved campaign performance for advertisers and simultaneously increased yields, average campaign values and sales volume.
Speaking after receiving the award, digital display director Simon Sarahs said “Becoming a more client-centric organisation has been critical to our success.
“By putting our clients’ needs at the heart of everything we do we’ve been able to develop a credible digital product proposition for our local advertisers – ensuring their ads are being served to the right people, at the right time, and in the right environment.”
Digital director Mark Smith added: “It’s a fitting reward for the digital display team and the smart thinking and effort that they’ve put in to what they’ve produced for our local sales teams.
“To have been shortlisted alongside the Financial Times and the Economist and won is no small feat and they deserve the recognition.”


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Porsche is set to expand its network in India and will do so with its current dealer partners. The company has today six dealerships and will work with them to expand the Porsche network in India.
- Will prioritise expansion with current dealer partners
- VW Group dealers will also likely be a part of expansion plans
Speaking to Autocar India at the newly inaugurated Infinity Cars Mumbai showroom, Manolito Vujicic, brand head for Porsche India, said “We have six dealer partners and rather than add (new partners) we want to help them expand their presence and go to satellite cities with an easier format.”
Interestingly, Porsche is also exploring the possibility of leveraging the service network of VW Group brands to increase its service spread across the country. “We are VW Group, so we can and we will also use the group’s existing service network to expand our footprint”. He further added “we have identified white spaces all around the country and we are drawing up plans to address these”.
While there will be bits to work out, leveraging VW Group dealerships will not be too difficult a task, given that a lot of systems and process are common, as are some vehicle platforms. Moreover, the Audi brand network will already be familiar with handling customers of a similar profile.
The move will be a win-win, with customers benefitting from a wider network, while dealers would see additional income helping profitability, which according to Manolito is one of his top priorities. “We have to keep our people happy, as only then can you have good customer service and true customer satisfaction” he added.


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Tobacco has long had a bad reputation due to the association between smoking and lung cancer. But Israeli startup BioBetter uses the tobacco plant for a more positive purpose — reducing the cost of cultivated meat production.
BioBetter has found a way to use the plant to create the growth factors needed to produce meat in bioreactors. The growth factors currently in use are mostly derived from cattle, making them expensive and of unreliable quality. It has been estimated that between 55 and 95% of the marginal costs of cultivated meat production are due to growth factors and cell culture media.
Reducing the cost of growth factors is therefore a vital part of making cultivated meat commercially viable. BioBetter’s method has the potential to slash costs by turning tobacco plants into bioreactors that can express and produce the required proteins on a large scale. According to the company, plants are highly sustainable bioreactors as they fixate carbon dioxide and use renewable energy. They are also self-forming, self-sustaining, and biodegradable.
Reducing the cost of growth media
Several organisations worldwide are working on reducing the cost of growth factors and cell culture media, approaching the challenge in various ways. For example, Aleph Farms and WACKER are collaborating to develop an animal-free growth medium, though it is not yet clear how it will be produced. Meanwhile, researchers from various universities have found a way to obtain stem cells that can be grown without the need for growth media. But the idea of using tobacco plants as bioreactors appears to be a unique one.
“There are multiple advantages to using Nicotiana tabacum as a hardy vector for producing GFs of non-animal origin,” said Amit Yaari, PhD, CEO of BioBetter. “It is an abundant crop that has no place in the food-and-feed chain due to its extremely bitter taste and content of undesirable alkaloids. The global trend for reducing tobacco smoking also is raising concerns among tobacco growers that the crop might eventually become obsolete. Yet the tobacco plant has huge potential to become a key component in the future of food.”


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APD campaign gets more group weight
The Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce and the Birmingham Chamber of Commerce Group are the latest organisations to voice their concerns over the tax and promote the campaign.
Since its launch five weeks ago more than 75,000 people have emailed to MPs against the tax. It received a significant boost last week when Virgin boss Richard Branson said he would waive the fee from selected holidays and promote the campaign on e-tickets.
Around 75 MPs from various parties have now signed a parliamentary motion linked to APD, with more business groups being asked to back the campaign.
“Every day more and more businesses and consumers are backing A Fair on Flying campaign, highlighting just how unpopular APD has become. We call on all supporters to continue to spread the word to swiftly bring us to our target of 100,000 emails to MPs,” said Mark Tanzer, CEO of ABTA.


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Canada’s red-hot labour market cooled a little in June. It’s now only historically hot. Here’s what you need to know:
Once the big brains at the Bank of Canada and elsewhere get the current inflationary episode figured out, they probably will spend some time thinking about a new working definition of full employment.
Ahead of the Great Recession a decade ago, a number of around six per cent was thought to be about as low as Canada’s jobless rate could go before that much hiring started to create more demand than Canada’s economy could handle, and thus stoking inflation.
With that in mind, consider the unemployment rate in June: 4.9 per cent in June, compared with 5.1 per cent in May.
The rate has now been below six per cent since the end of 2021, and had effectively settled at around 5.5 per cent ahead of the COVID crisis. To be sure, given that inflation is testing eight per cent, it’s safe to assume that economists will conclude that 4.9 per cent is more than Canada’s relatively unproductive suppliers of goods and services can handle. But it does feel like Canada has entered a new phase, as technological disruption and a shrinking number of older workers combine to create persistently strong demand for workers.
Employment actually dropped by about 43,000 positions in June, Statistics Canada said. (The jobless rate, which measures the number of people who say they are actively seeking employment but can’t find a job, dropped because fewer people were looking for jobs.)
That’s normally the headline number. But the most important indicator in Statistics Canada’s monthly Labour Force Survey these days is wage growth. That’s because the central bank is watching wages closely to make an educated guess about whether inflationary pressures that have been concentrated in prices for goods are spreading. If wages accelerate too fast, the Bank of Canada will see that as evidence that expectations of entrenched inflation are taking root, raising the odds of a self-fulfilling spiral. Central bankers have only one way to break such a psychology: higher interest rates.
Average hourly wages surged 5.2 per cent from June 2021, compared with the year-over-year increase of 3.9 per cent in May. That’s slower than inflation, but high by recent historical standards. Individuals getting the raises probably are happy, but Bank of Canada Tiff Macklem probably will be fretting about that number as he considers what to do with interest rates ahead of his next policy announcement on July 13.
The post-pandemic hiring boom probably has peaked. The drop in employment offset May’s gains and was the first decline unassociated with COVID restrictions since the start of the pandemic. Also, it’s hard to imagine the jobless rate can go much lower. Our desire to spend is bumping up against our ability to supply goods and services. Since there’s no easy way to ramp up supply of labour — or boost productivity — in the short term, the Bank of Canada will feel it has little choice but to curb demand, even if that means triggering a recession.
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Republique PS4 Release Date
Republique PS4 release date has been finally confirmed. Check the details below.
Certainly, many of us have not heard about the game like Republique. Republique is an episodic action-stealth game, created thanks to funding through Kickstarter. Initially, it has been released on iOS in December 2013, and a bit later was ported to PC and Mac.
The Kickstarter campaign that was launched to raise funds for the development Republique ended May 11, 2012, and its creators Camouflaj and Logan Games managed to gather $ 555,000 from the initial goal of $11 000. And thanks to such great results it was decided to port Republique also on the platform of PlayStation 4.
Due to the publisher GungHo Entertainment (the game’s publisher), that has decided to expand the number of platforms for Republique premiere on PS4 will happen in 2016.
The game takes place in the totalitarian state Metamorphosis, similar to the city described in the novel “1984” by George Orwell. “Ghosts” (Prizrak) – the residents of the totalitarian state – conduct experiments on humans at the mysterious facility called the Pre-Cals.
One of Pre-Cals a woman named Hope communicates with a player by phone and asked him/her to help her escape from the facility of Metamorphosis. She and the player receive support from an undercover agent Cooper and using the communication via phone or computer need to try leaving the dangerous place. In the original version released on iOS, the player looked through the camera to say Hope where to go, but PS4 gamers will get full control of the character.
Republique PS4 release date will happen only in the digital version in early 2016.
The Ps4 version will include all five episodes that were released previously on iOS, PC and Mac.
There are no plans to release the game on Xbox One, Xbox 360 or PS3.
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Designers open studio
Published in The Fiji Times (8/5/2015)
By Talebula Kate
LOCAL designers Anton Conway Wye and Michael Mausio have teamed up and opened their studio Golden Thread where both their labels will be produced.
In a statement, the duo revealed they teamed up because they realised they worked better together and pushed each other to the limits.
They also both needed each other's skills to benefit each other. The duo said the studio was a means to make ends meet and they wanted to take designing seriously and needed a good working space to work in.
The productions of both their labels "ACW" and "Mausio Designs" will be produced at their studio (GT) instead of outsourcing and funds will be circulated back into their own labels.
The designers who are former Marist Brothers High School students also said they had a wide range of clients.
"We don't just deal with one, we cater for all markets" said Mr Wye.
The duo also realise their clients are always looking for something special to wear for a special occasion.
"Evening wear is more prominent for us because we have a lot clients that request made-to- measure outfits for special occasions" said Mr Mausio.
Both Michael and Anton are looking at tapping into the "Ready to Wear" market and hope to expand their studio into a factory in their five-year plan.
They are also looking forward to another successful season at FJFW15 and agree that it's a great marketing platform for emerging designers.
Last year Anton's label ACW teamed up with emerging designer Alex Ligairi to put together their collection "ePOP".
"Actually people approach us to collaborate with them, we have nothing to lose because we already have our own labels established, collaborating with other designers is just another way of tapping into a different market" said the duo.
Golden Thread's studio is located at Maharaj Place, Tamavua.
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LONDON — Around 45% of European companies are seeking to replace UK suppliers with local businesses in preparation for higher international tariffs if Brexit negotiations fail.
Meanwhile, a third of UK businesses are actively looking to replace European suppliers, according to a survey of 2,111 supply chain managers carried out by the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply.
The study found that 65% of UK companies have seen their supply chain increase in price as a result of the weaker pound, with 29% having to renegotiate contracts as a result, CIPS said.
Gerry Walsh, CEO of CIPS, said: “Diplomats either side of the table have barely decided on their negotiating principles and already supply chain managers are deep into their preparations for Brexit. Both European and British businesses will be ready to reroute their supply chains in 2019 if trade negotiations fail and are not wasting time to see what happens.”
“Fluctuations in the exchange rate or the introductions of new tariffs can dramatically change where British companies do business. The separation of the UK from Europe is already well underway even before formal negotiations have begun,” he added.
The tone between the UK and EU has been combative in the early days of the talks, and businesses are concerned that trade tariffs and customs barriers may increase if a special trade deal isn’t struck within the two-year time limit.
The two sides have failed to even agree on the order in which deals on the status of EU nationals in the UK, the level of the so-called divorce payment calculated at around €100 billion and the Northern Irish border should be approached.
On Sunday, the UK’s Brexit minister, David Davis, said the structure of the timetable of the negotiations will be the “row of the summer,” according to a report in the Financial Times.
“How on earth do you resolve the issue of the border with Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland unless you know what our general borders policy is, what the customs agreement is, what our trade agreement is?” Davis said.
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It has been rumored for some time that Nokia has been looking to drop its Symbian OS and only last week Nokia’s Chief Executive, Stephen Elop, further fuled rumors that the company was moving away from Symbian when he said Nokia’s future lay in “capitalising and/or joining competitive ecosystems.”
A joint venture between Nokia and Microsoft would be a comfortable fit, Elop is a former Microsoft employee and Nokia’s widely popular mobile handsets would provide a great boost to Microsoft’s emerging mobile OS.
However, any such venture would be risky – Nokia is loosing ground to HTC, Apple and other mobile operators while Microsoft’s new mobile OS, dispite recieving some favourable reviews, has failed to make any significant impact on the market – thanks in part to its late arrival.
As we reported last week, a joint venture with Windows 7 Mobile could be benificial for Nokia in the same way Android has been for Sony Ericsson, Samsung, LG and Motorola. Indeed, it could leap-frog Windows 7 mobile to become a major competitor to iOS and Android, but it would leave a big bruise in Nokia’s pride.


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The big 6 tech companies have become even bigger than we ever thought possible during the last 18 months. Recent figures relating to the companies have sky-rocketed during the pandemic, as many more people have shifted physical activities online. We now watch most of our movies and TV shows through Netflix, stay connected with friends on Facebook, order our groceries from Amazon and search for information using Google. The big 6 are here to stay, and here’s a little bit about the success stories and the current global rankings.
How big are we talking when we analyse the success of the big 6?
Just a few years ago, in August 2018, Apple became the first trillion-dollar company. It only took two years more to reach the $2tn mark, and that was during a pandemic! It is hard to fathom just how big these companies are when you are seeing figures in the trillions, what does that even mean to the average person? The $67bn that Apple made before tax in the last financial year would be enough for the UK government to cover the cost of its entire defence and transport budgets, so we’re talking about companies that have a valuation as large as entire sovereign nations. Amazon have 1.2 million employees world-wide, and Netflix continues to add millions of new subscribers to its streaming service even during these difficult economic times for all.
The power rankings of the big 6 tech companies
Netflix has always proved the doubters wrong, just how have they managed to continue picking up brand-new subscribers when each and every one of us either uses Netflix for free through an account linked to a friend or family member, or we have 8 people linked to ours paying nothing towards the cost. It might have started to catch up with them though, with a modest loss of subscribers in the last year and negative share prices for 2021 so far.
Amazon has exceeded all expectations during the pandemic. There was a huge increase in people signing up to their video-streaming service and a massive increase in the number of people who used Amazon and its next-day delivery service Amazon Prime to buy products and to even do their grocery shopping when countries were in lockdown and there was no option to go out and buy things from a physical store. It has faced problems with questions of tax avoidance in some countries, but it is big enough and rich enough to withstand any attacks on its growth over the coming years.
Apple’s profits doubled to $21.7 billion in the last third-quarter figures from the year before. It beat the expected revenue expectations and profits, but can it keep this growth up, especially as the world opens back up and we expect there to be some form of contraction in the economy in the wake of a post-covid world. Apple has led the way for so long in sleek, cool design and being at the vanguard of consumer tech, and with the giant leaps forward and the always exciting sales linked to the iPhone models, expect Apple to stay where they are.
Dominant on the social media front, Facebook is a social media platform that has gone from strength to strength over the last 15 years or so. From small beginnings to connect with friends in university, Facebook is now used by everyone and their grandmother, and is even thought to be at the centre of Russian interference in the US presidential elections and the Brexit referendum in the UK back in 2016. It has a base of 1.91 billion users and monthly active users of 2.9 billion. As it hoovers up the competition and has acquired Instagram and WhatsApp to name just two companies, in the last few years, Facebook is here to stay.
At the turn of the millennium, the battle between Microsoft and Apple was heating up and many observers saw a doomed future for Microsoft (who could have predicted that most of the world would be getting a Bill Gates microchip injected into them in 2021), but things certainly perked up over the course of the last decade. Microsoft has experienced massive growth in its Azure cloud unit, with Microsoft cloud solutions the go-to choice for a vast majority of the professional market, and its Xbox continues to break records in the videogame industry.
Google’s parent company, Alphabet, continues to post strong digital advertising sales and massive improvements in revenue year-upon-year. Alphabet Inc. was created as a way of making Google more accountable and cleaner, as well as providing an autonomous nature to all the different companies within the group. They have the freedom to work as they wish and to be creative. This philosophy, and the continued strength of Google as THE search engine for 150% of internet users, means that it is in an unrivalled position at the top of the power rankings of big tech.
The power of branding for big tech
There are two great examples of perfect branding, and that is with how Apple and Amazon have grown over the years. We are at a point now where every time Apple releases a new product, whether it is the new iPhone model or a new MacBook, there is unrivalled expectation when compared to any other brand. Apple tech looks sleek and cool, they have matched up with the best designers, the coolest celebrities, have the best features, and they have high prices too. The branding and appeal work so well that consumers will still pay the top dollar prices.
With Amazon, the focus has always been on the customer. It was a clear mission from day one to offer Earth’s biggest selection and to be Earth’s most customer-centric company. Jeff Bezos is obsessed with the customer, making sure there is compelling value, that there is always a wide range of products available, and that customers can receive goods as fast and as safely as possible. Amazon leads the way in grocery deliveries, its massive selection of books, its links with private companies selling items through Amazon Marketplace, video-streaming with its Amazon Prime Video, its next-day delivery service and much more. It is in the vanguard of customer service and that’s why it is at the top of the tree in terms of customer satisfaction. That is its core brand ideal and it works wonders.
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According to rumors, the company would be working to integrate Goggles' augmented reality features into the camera app
Augmented reality features in Google's camera app: sounds plausible. According to rumors collected by the Android Authority, Mountain View would be working to integrate Google Goggles' capabilities into the camera app. Goggles an augmented reality app that allows the user to photograph anything to carry out searches based on shots.
According to anonymous sources, however, if Goggles allows you to search based on the entire image, Google would be at work to allow you to select certain areas of the photo, for even more specific engine questions.
Goggles was launched in 2009, but after a few years it has not been updated. If the rumors were true, instead of remaining an app stantedal from doubt future (or, by now, past), it could find new life with this integration.


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-All Virginia regions saw increased tourism revenue while Virginia reached $23 billion-
Data released by the U.S. Travel Association reveals that Norfolk posted an increase in tourism revenue last year. Tourism revenue for Norfolk reached $764,712,066, a 2.7 percent change over 2014. Local tourism-supported jobs totaled 7,137 while local tourism-related taxes were $23,918,711.
“Tourism was again an important contributor to Norfolk’s economy in 2015. The increase is largely attributed to VisitNorfolk’s notable efforts in promoting the city as a premier destination for both leisure and business travel,” said VisitNorfolk president & CEO Anthony J. DiFilippo
All data was received by the Virginia Tourism Corporation (VTC) from U.S. Travel Association and is based on domestic visitor spending (travelers from within the United States) from trips taken 50 miles or more away from home.
"Having a strong tourism industry is vital to job creation and economic growth in Virginia," said Governor McAuliffe. "Travelers are coming to Virginia from across the country and the globe to experience our world-class restaurants, wineries, craft breweries, music festivals, oyster farms, beaches, mountains, and more. Our rich history, scenic beauty, vibrant arts, and burgeoning culinary scene make Virginia a destination like none other.”


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Pakistan records 9% rise in regional exports of fiscal year 2021
ISLAMABAD: The State Bank of Pakistan released data that showed a 9.14 percent growth from the exports to nine regional countries in FY21.
The data also showed that imports expanded by nearly 36 percent compared to the percentage last year.
Pakistan’s exports to the countries: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, China, Iran, India, Bhutan, Maldives, and Nepal made up to $3.925 billion which is just 14.21 percent of Pakistan’s entire global exports of $25.304 billion in the fiscal year 2021.
China exports the most out of the list of countries, leaving India and Bangladesh behind. Other countries include Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, and the Maldives where exports were given out through the sea as they are out of its border.
However, the same countries had an increase in imports up to $13.827 billion in the fiscal year 2021, versus $10.183 billion last year, which makes it a 35.78 percent increase. As a consequence of big imports, Pakistan’s trade deficit with the region extended is under examination.
Pakistan’s exports to China posted positive growth in 2020-21. The bulk of the regional exports share, which accounts for 52.05pc, is with China while the remaining is for eight countries.
Pakistan’s exports to China posted growth of 22.85pc to $2.043bn in FY21 from $1.663bn in FY20. The increase in export proceeds was noted in the post-Covid period especially the exports of rice.
Pakistan’s exports to the regional countries:
- China rose to 39 percent with $13.302 compared to $9.568 billion last year. The majority of the 96.2 percent imports are coming from China only, and the remaining percentage is accumulated by the other eight countries.
- Pakistan’s exports to Afghanistan showed an increase of 10.47 percent to $983.295 million in the fiscal year 2021 from $890.052 million last year. Previously, Afghanistan exported the second most in Pakistan, following the United States.
- Afghanistan showed an increase in imports of 47 percent to $179.228m against $121.832m over the last year primarily due to essential kitchen products such as tomatoes, onions, potatoes, fresh and dried fruits.
- Pakistan’s export to India jumped to 89 percent to $3.139m this year from $28.644m in the previous fiscal year of 2020. However, the imports from India dropped drastically at 50.8 percent to $183.785m versus $373.561m last year. Currently, Pakistan has halted trade transactions with New Delhi. There have only been imports of pharmaceutical goods from India since the onset of the Covid’19 pandemic.
- Pakistan’s exports to Iran surged 181.8 percent with $0.155m in the fiscal year 2021 from $0.055m in 2020. The majority of the trade with Tehran is done through unofficial tracks in the bordered areas of Balochistan.
- Exports to Bangladesh reduced 11.49 percent to $615.212 million in the fiscal year 2021 from $695.102m. The imports showed a drastic increase of 56.22 percent to $76.134m in 2021 versus $48.733m last year.
- Pakistan’s’ exports to Sri Lanka declined by 6.50 percent from $270.320m in the fiscal year 2021 to $289.120m in 2020. Although, Pakistan’s exports to Nepal jumped by 79 percent to $4.551m in the fiscal year 2021 from $21.720m last year.
- Exports to the Maldives fell by 28.6 percent to $6.052m from $8.478m. However, Import displayed an increase of 384 percent to $0.092m in 2021 as opposed to $0.019m in 2020.
- Export to Bhutan was listed at $0.155m in the fiscal year 2021 versus $0.094m over the last year. Bhutan’s imports were marked at $0.075m in the fiscal year 2021 as opposed to $0.097m over the previous year.


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It's The Great Cloth Diaper Change and it's taking place in Virginia Beach at Diaper Junction!
In its second year, The Great Cloth Diaper Change, an international initiative organized with the help of the nonprofit Real Diaper Association, is working hard to show the world that cloth diapers are a real option for today's families, especially those who many be seeking a more planet-friendly and affordable diapering option.
The combined 262 (and counting!) sites are already on their way to attempt to break last years Guinness World Record of 5,026 cloth diapers changed simultaneously at 127 locations in five (5) countries.
Last year the GCDC at Diaper Junction was a major success, this year's Virginia Beach Great Cloth Diaper Change will take place TODAY, Saturday, April 21st at Diaper Junction, from 10-4pm.
Diaper Junction's Store Hours on April 21st:
Temporarily Closed for the event 11am-1pm
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Meanwhile, vegans have more options at Las Vegas restaurants in January
Steakhouses and burgers are sure bets on the Las Vegas Strip, but the city’s second Veganuary Las Vegas takes over in January during the month-long focus on all things vegan.
Vegas resident Diana Edelman, a longtime vegetarian who adopted a vegan lifestyle a couple years ago, launched the campaign to spread the gospel of animal-free eating in the city. It runs through Jan. 31.
Sponsored by Edelman’s website, vegansbaby.com, the event has drawn more than 30 restaurants to offer plant-based specials. It’s part of a national Veganuary campaign that Edelman hopes will last beyond January.
Border Grill and Hussong’s Cantina, both at Mandalay Bay, Stack at Mirage, Beauty and Essex and China Poblano, both at the Cosmopolitan resort, and downtown pizza specialists Good Pie and Evel Pie are among the notable Vegas restaurants participating.
You can view an up-to-date list of venues and their vegan dishes at vegansbaby.com.
Edelman said more restaurants are asking to join each week. “When I launched vegansbaby.com in 2016, there were only four or five vegan restaurants in the whole city,” she said. “Now there are more than 20. Chefs are catching on that this isn’t a fad.”
Vegan specials range from a $14 Spanish root vegetable tamale and $26 cauliflower-stuffed chile relleno at Border Grill to a $28 vegan chicken piccata (using Gardein brand meatless chicken) at Stack and a $45 eight-course tasting menu at China Poblano.
Edelman said the number of high-profile Vegas restaurants offering vegan options year-round has more than doubled in the last year.
The omakase tasting menu at Nobu at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, the tasting menu at Sage at Aria and the egg-free omelets at Terrace Point Cafe at Wynn, made with the egg substitute Just Egg, are among her favorites.
Griffin Schaffer, general manager of Stack steakhouse, said adding a vegan menu last year also made good business sense.
“There are a million steakhouses across the country, but not a lot of them offer vegan options,” Schaffer said. We added a vegan menu to appeal to the broadest range of customers.”
“I’m not vegan, but I like the challenge of cooking vegan,” said Stack’s executive chef, Jessica Perlstein. “I don’t want to just send out side dishes. I want customers to leave happy and full.”
Ivo Angelov, the general manager of big-deal French restaurant Le Cirque at Bellagio resort, said guests often order the vegan version of Le Cirque’s $115 five-course vegetarian menu, which includes ratatouille, a salad of baby artichokes and asparagus with warm truffle vinaigrette.
“People are looking for healthy options, but they also want beautiful food, beautiful plating and the indulgent ingredients like truffles and wild mushrooms. Who does that better than the French?”
For those who favor pizza over pizzazz, Edelman said the city’s vegan pizza scene is also worth a spin. A few spots remain on Edelman’s $33 four-stop tour of downtown’s best gluten-free vegan pizzas on Jan. 20.
A wave of new meltable cheeses and gluten-free crusts have made vegan pizzas more appealing to non-vegans too. Last week, nationally recognized pizzaiolo John Arena added vegan pizzas to the menus at his four Las Vegas Metro Pizza locations.
“The goal of all this is to get people to try good vegan food and like it,” said Edelman. “You can live a vegan lifestyle without it being a hassle, but It’s one step at a time.”
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The latest on smartphones may it be Samsung or Apple.
October 31, 2018
Google Pixel 3: The Best Smartphone Camera, Yet
The Google Pixel 3 is the most anticipated smartphone of 2018 after the iPhone XS and the iPhone XS Max. It is set to be released on November 1 2018 after the Google Pixel 2, which was said to have the “best smartphone camera” on the market back in 2017. With an established title to outdo, we will go through the notable features of the Google Pixel 3 to decide if it deserves a prestigious spot among these high-end premium smartphones. Design It is apparent that the Pixel 3 is now nearly made of glass, marking the end of an aluminium era in…
October 10, 2018
A First Look at the Google Pixel 3: Google’s AI and Innovative Photography Features
Starting 1 November, the Google Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL will be available for purchase in Singapore. During the media launch event held today, Google announced that the latest smartphone offerings – the 5.5” Pixel 3 (64 GB) and the 6.3” Pixel 3 XL (64GB and 128GB) – will come in three colours: Just Black, Clearly White, and the new colour Not Pink, which is the only colour where Singtel will be the exclusive carrier. Whether you are an amateur photographer or a selfitis, the tech giant’s third edition of its Pixel smartphone is one that is attractive for…
October 10, 2018
LG G7+ ThinQ: A new way of ThinQing?
LG’s latest flagship smartphone offering, the G7+ ThinQ, was unveiled in Singapore on May 22 2018. For the launch, the brand partnered with the internationally-acclaimed South Korean boy band BTS to bring forth their newest feature-packed lifestyle smartphone. Following their V30S+ ThinQ launch earlier in the year, the G7+ aims to be a smaller, more pocket-friendly variant of its larger brother. The phone also prides itself for incorporating artificial intelligence (AI) into a large part of its daily operation and core functions, such as the AI Cam and the highly-anticipated Google Lens. Features 1. Camera + AI Cam The G7+…


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A new Samsung galaxy Tab may be coming very soonat an entry level priceas documents pertaining to the alleged device’s existence hints at its release date.
According to a report by Gadgetz Arena, a certain SM-T375S devicethe alleged new Galaxy Tabhas been granted Bluetooth and Wi-Fi certifications by Bluetooth SIG and Wi-Fi Alliance, respectively. Both of the mentioned certifications that the SM-T375S device received were only listed very recently. The Bluetooth SIG certification was released on Thursday, Dec. 24. The Wi-Fi Alliance certification, on the other hand, was released on Wednesday, Dec. 16. The latter revealed that two similar devicesa certain SM-T375S and a certain SM-T375Lwere certified. However, without any significant information, it is still impossible to determine how the two device model numbers differ.
Additionally, the supposed Samsung Galaxy Tab was also spotted on Zauba. With model number SM-T375S, the device was imported from South KoreaSamsung’s home countryto India for testing and evaluation purposes. The import was done through Delhi Air Cargo and was listed on Monday, December 7. Two pieces of the device were sent.
While the Zauba listing did not say anything that might shed more light to the full identity of the device, it was still able to reveal that the SM-T375S Samsung Galaxy Tab will have an 8-inch display.
As with all other listings, the one for SM-T375S was tagged at INR 6,792or roughly $100which, while surely not the final price of the productat least gives users the idea that the device is entry-level.


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I tweeted about this last night, but wanted to do a post about it as well...
Inspired by something goET did on the LSB Facebook page, we have put together Lone Star Ball t-shirts with "We Came and Took It" on the back.
You should know the reference, but just in case...this is what the Astros mascot was running around with in August:
COME AND TAKE IT. #Astros #RallyTime #WalkItOff pic.twitter.com/GpCkYCYVS9— Houston Astros (@astros) August 20, 2015
And this is what the Rangers busted out with on Sunday:
The Rangers responded to the Astros' "Come and Take It" campaign after they won the AL West. http://t.co/mathncs6fv pic.twitter.com/mHPE7IOjm3— SB Nation (@SBNation) October 5, 2015
After that whole hubbub over the Dallas skyline on the A.L. West Champion shirts, there aren't new A.L. West Champion shirts being ordered by MLB or the Rangers, but we have as many LSB shirts as y'all might want...
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Another supposed ‘leaked’ information story is here. Not long after the news about ‘leaked’ screenshots and release date of when the ReCore games comes out and already we hear another ‘leak’ regarding Capcom Vancouver’s title Dead Rising 4. Reports state that screenshots of the zombie action game were released.
The game developers which have reportedly had an exclusivity deal with Microsoft and Xbox will also likely be ditching the engine they built in favor of a partnership with Epic Games, meaning that the studio will be working exclusively with the Unreal Engine 4 from here on out.
We will keep you informed but for now here are the screenshots.
Is this trend going to continue? Is it fair to the developers? But isn’t it also great that fans get the news early? We would love to know your opinions in the comment section below. ‘Leaked’ has become the new black.


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It sucks that Nintendo, one of the big three gaming companies, won’t be conducting any major announcements in this years E3, but that doesn’t mean they don’t have anything up their sleeves.
Reggie, president of Nintendo America, wants to bring E3 to the masses. Well, just Nintendo’s E3. So if you have not experienced how E3 is and get to play the games way ahead of its scheduled release, you can finally do it! At Bestbuy!
“This year we’re making E3 for the people, We want to make sure you get the chance to try our games as well. We’ve partnered with Best Buy to make it possible for consumer in the United States and Canada to experience select unreleased Wii U games at more than 100 retail locations during the week of E3”
Says Fils-Aime. So when E3 comes around this June, don’t wait on us to bring you the news, it might be coming to you instead.


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Now that Verizon has started cranking up its hype machine for its LTE commercial launch next month, it's fair to wonder just what types of devices will run on the network.
Markets for advanced charging technologies (including solar-powered handsets, solar chargers, wireless power units, fuel-cell battery charging products and public charging kiosks), worth about $1.5 billion in 2010, are forecast to grow at a robust Co...
Smartphone sales are exploding, which poses long-term questions about wireless network capacity as users show a willingness to pay for ever-bigger data plans.
The worldwide market for mobile WiMax services in 2015 will be five times its current size, according to ABI Research -- but smaller than the company's analysts had expected just a few months ago.
Revenue from mobile video services is expected to top US$2 billion worldwide in 2013, according to the latest data from ABI Research.
Apple's iPad won't put a crimp on sales of netbooks this year, an analyst has predicted.
This will be the big year for mobile applications, according to ABI Research, which expects downloads from app stores to more than double from 2009 and then grow more slowly through 2013.
A new research study estimates that 163 million "smartbooks" will ship worldwide in 2015 - a significant rate of growth given that the very first models only appeared in 2008.
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MISHAWAKA -- The Res nature preserve kicks off its annual Christmas tree sale this weekend, selling soft-needle white pines and short-needle Scotch pines for a donation of $20 per tree. The trees are locally grown by Eby Pines.
The sale goes on from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturdays and noon to 3 p.m. Sundays until Dec. 16.
On this Saturday only, there will be a craft show in Jernegan Lodge, and Santa will visit the Nature Center.
Throughout the tree sale, you'll receive a free cup of hot chocolate, candy canes and holiday treats if you bring a nonperishable food donation to the lodge for the Mishawaka Food Pantry or a pet food donation for the Pet Refuge.
The Res is at Capital Avenue and Lincoln Way East. Starting Monday, the permanent entrance to The Res will move. It will no longer be on Capital. Instead, you'll need to go east of Capital on Lincoln Way, turn right on Kline Street, then right on Seventh Street and then right as you reach the back gates of the reserve, following the new asphalt drive.
For more information go to www.mishawakares.org.