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Bethesda gets more flak from players with this week’s patch.
Bethesda has irked PC players with the new 21:9 resolution support in Fallout 76’s latest patch.
This week’s Fallout 76 patch saw a number of changes roll out for the game, including adding ultrawide screen resolution support. However, players on Reddit have discovered that the new ultrawide mode appears to be nothing more than a modification to the INI file, meaning that 16:9 aspect ratio has been stretched to meet the wider resolution, rather than being a true 21:9 display.
The result is that, while the game appears to render correctly in 21:9, the UI doesn’t adjust accordingly, stretching unnaturally.
Redditor AbheekG took screenshots of the game’s ultrawide mode comparing it to unoffical ultrawide mods for both Fallout 4 and Fallout 76, commenting that, “A modder without access to the source code did what Bethesda didn’t in a whole month!”
A number of other commentors in the thread have experienced the same result after the patch.
The unofficial workaround to get the game to support ultrawide resolutions by simply editing a line of code in the INI files has been around since launch, so players aren’t too happy that the official 21:9 resolution support is nothing more than a stretched version of the 16:9 display.
Patch 18.104.22.168 also added a number of fixes, including a bug in the Feed the People event quest, which has seen players asking the developer to roll back the fix. The bugged version resulted in a server-wide reward of Canned Meat Stew regardless of player participation in the event. Since the update, players have taken to Reddit asking Bethesda to “unfix the Feed The People event.”
Bethesda has said it may drop one more patch before the end of the year, before it shifts its focus to 2019 updates, which will include new content for the game, as well as “many additional bug fixes, and more changes” based on player feedback.
Shabana is a freelance writer who enjoys JRPGs, wine, and not finishing games. Follow her on Twitter and Instagram.
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It’s been two years since Apple held its Services event to introduce Apple News+, Apple Arcade, Apple TV+, and Apple Card. Last September, the company announced the Apple One subscription, where you can bundle services and pay less for them.
With iOS 14.5 destined to arrive rather sooner than later, the company could be planning another addition to the One subscription: Podcasts+, here’s why:
In the first beta of iOS 14.5 back in February, 9to5Mac reported the Apple Podcasts application had undergone a handful of small user interface tweaks. On later betas, Apple made other changes:
When you download iOS 14.5 beta 4, you will notice a new welcome page featuring “New Show Pages,” “Follow Shows,” and “Save Episodes.” Here, Apple continues to refine the language surrounding subscribing to and following shows.
After changing the “subscribe” button to a new “follow” button in the Podcasts app, Apple has now stopped saying that all the content available is free.
With that in mind, the company could be preparing to launch a podcasts subscription for the first time. Before Apple introduced TV+, it announced a handful of original shows for Apple Music, such as Planet of the Apps.
With Apple highlighting Apple Originals in its Podcasts app like For All Mankind: Official Podcast and the introduction of the TV show Calls, an audio-only production, this could easily be the first step for a Podcasts+ subscription on Apple One.
While Spotify is gathering music and podcasts in one place, as well as testing a subscription tier to listen for audio shows, it would make sense if Apple followed the same path, while also including the Podcasts+ in the base tier of Apple One.
Without charging more from users, the company could introduce another service, making the bundle even more appealing. Starting from $14.95 per month, the Apple One Individual subscription would have Apple Music, Apple TV+, Apple Arcade, 50GB of iCloud storage, and Podcasts+.
As for its standalone price, Apple could give users who bought an Apple product – even AirPods – a year for free on Podcasts+ or charge at a maximum of $4.99 per month.
Do you think Apple could launch Podcasts+? Would you be willing to pay for premium shows?
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Bloated Ford, GM, Ram Towing Numbers Continue
GM continues to ignore the J2807 “truth in towing” standards when it released its 2013 Twins towing ratings. Ford and Ram still won’t comply either. When will the lies stop? It seems that the truth in towing numbers belong to Toyota.
With Ford, GM and Ram locked in what looks like an adolescent battle over fictitious towing numbers, Toyota continues to deliver what it promises the customer. For example, GM’s new towing rating of 11,500 pounds is at least 1k difference more than Toyota states. However, there isn’t THAT much difference between GM and Toyota’s gear ratio, max towing package and power/torque specs to dictate a 1k pound difference.
The truth is that when Toyota adopted the J2807 standards, it’s max towing dropped by 1k pounds or so. Over the past several years, Toyota has made improvements to the Tundra that raised the maximum towing numbers back up.
Another truthful statement, in regards to towing, is that last year GM announced new ratings based on the J2807 standards. Guess what? Their maximum towing rating on some of the biggest trucks dropped by 4,800 pounds. In response, GM quickly changed their tune and rescinded those numbers.
What’s the deal with the lies from GM, Ford and Ram? GM told Pickuptrucks.com on a conference call that:
GM did follow the J2807 towing standards in regard to performance and procedures but will not fully comply until the industry (meaning competitors) decides to follow the same guidelines. As stated earlier, GM does not want to put its customers in a situation where they need to figure out how to compare GM’s apples to the competition’s oranges. When all manufacturers use the same standard, so will GM. Unfortunately, Ford and Ram Truck could say the same thing.
Blah, blah, blah… It might be time for the often-criticized Federal Gov’t to step in and mandate a rating. The reality is that this issue is really becoming a safety issue with ill-informed consumers towing well beyond what the true towing capacity is on the light-duty, 1/2 pickups.
What do you think? Will we ever have truthful numbers from GM, Ford or Ram?
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With record-breaking lows this week across the eastern two-thirds of the U.S., it’s time to bundle up. Temperatures were 15 to 25 degrees lower than normal, with wind chills as low as -30 degrees. Homeless shelters are scrambling to ensure no one is forgotten during this winter chill, with many of them keeping their doors open for 24 hours.
DollarDays is here to help get the right goods to those who need it most during all stages of a disaster. Current items homeless shelters need to prepare include:
How you can help:
Contact your local homeless shelter: Find out what local shelters need to prepare for the influx of people staying overnight and donate the products they need most.
Donate: Whether it’s a monetary or product donation, everyone affected will need aid to recover from the damage caused. Even the smallest donation makes a difference.
Volunteer: If you are near the Arctic Blast, contact local shelters and find out if they need an extra pair of hands to assist with shelter operations.
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According to reports by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), average prices of diesel increased by 129.10 per cent; while Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) or petrol rose by 7.31%, and cooking gas was 83.62% and 25.27%.
With the rising cost of commodities across the country, consumers of petroleum products had to pay more in March when compared to the previous year.
The breakdown shows diesel rose from N235.41 in March 2021 to N539.32 in March 2022. The average price in March 2022 was a significant rise of 72.87% from N311.98 recorded in February 2022.
Diesel was costliest in March 2022 in Ekiti as it sold for N672.14; Lagos and Abia were next with N668.75 and N645 respectively.
Despite the federal government retaining its payment of petrol subsidy, the average price per litre rose to N185.30 in March 2022 from N172.68 in March 2021 while on a monthly basis, it rose from N170.42 recorded in February 2022.
Petrol sold at the highest average price in Enugu at N218.33 followed by Ebonyi and Cross River with N215 and N214.41 respectively.
The price for refilling a 5kg cylinder of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) or cooking gas was N3778.30 higher than N2057.71 in March 2021. It was N3708.58 in February 2022.
The average retail price per litre of Household Kerosene (HHK) rose to N564.55 per litre from N450.66 in March 2021 while the same commodity was purchased for N361.29 in February 2022.


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PlantX Life Inc (CSE:VEGA) (FRA:WNT1) (OTCQB:PLTXF) announced Thursday that it achieved record monthly gross revenue of C$1,029,883 for the month of December 2020.
That is a 60% increase from the company’s gross revenue of about C$640,000 in November.
The company said it attributes the increased revenue between November and December to the exceptional branding, marketing, and partnerships established over the past 12 months – underscoring as well the viability of PlantX’s business model and its ability to reach its target consumer market.
“2020 has been a trying year for all of us, but our Company is seeing incredible growth and some of the benefits due to the stay-at-home environment,” said PlantX Life CEO Julia Frank.
“In December 2019, we had essentially zero sales revenue. To go from zero revenue per month to $1 million in revenue a month is a huge feat and a massive milestone for the Company. I also want to bring up the incredible growth we’re seeing on a month-to-month basis growing 60% in December from November. The Company has some new marketing initiatives in store for 2021, and we’re excited to continue our success!’’
PlantX, based in Vancouver, British Columbia, said the financial results are management prepared and have not been audited or reviewed by the company’s auditors.
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MTV launches the 2012 Closer to My Dreams Tour, featuring some of the hottest young music stars in hip hop. The tour, which kicks off on September 4, is in its second year now and Tyga will headline this year’s tour. ..
Midem – the annual international B2B event dedicated to the new music ecosystem, is expanding its offer for the brand and advertising communities with a dedicated zone called Brand Central. ..
The online music store and streaming service Google Music has partnered up with T-Mobile to give orchestral indie rock band The Family Crest the opportunity to perform in front of an audience of music industry decision makers. ..
Irish musician Ryan Sheridan performed at the Odeon in Dublin for the launch of Heineken’s new TV commercial? ‘Long Story’ which features his song ‘The Dreamer’. ..


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A Global Retail Invasion
Unrest or not, the Middle East, global retailers forge on with regional expansion, hoping there won’t be any long-term impact on people’s desires to buy international.
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Following the large number of new entrants in 2009, the UAE fell back slightly in 2010 in terms of its place in the new entrant rankings; however, this is relative to the high proportion of retailers already present in Dubai and retailers remain very active in the region, with Kuwait (six new entrants) and Saudi Arabia (five) proving popular, according to the report.
So basically, now that most brands have found their ‘Middle East crash course’ in the Dubai, most are feeling ready to get out there and expand across the Middle East.
And according to Peter Gold, Head of EMEA Cross Border Retail, CB Richard Ellis, target markets include Abu Dhabi and then Kuwait, Saudi Arabia. “The recent unrest in the Middle East cannot be ignored, but it is unlikely that this will have any long-term impact on retailers’ desires to expand into the region.”
Overall, Europe dominates CBRE’s rankings of the most highly penetrated global retail markets, with the continent’s five largest economies all featuring prominently in the top 10 international retail destinations: UK (1st), France (4th), Spain (5th), Germany, (6th), Russia (8th), and Italy (10th).
Beyond the top ten, though the list becomes more global as emerging markets continue to rise in ranks.
Turkey experienced the largest growth in retailer presence in the past year, with 39 percent of all retailers surveyed now located there, up by 2.2 percent. Belgium, Poland, Egypt, Vietnam, Brazil and Mexico also saw retailers increase their presence by 1.5 percent or more.


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The rise of digital formats has not only transformed the music industry over the past two decades. The home entertainment market has also undergone a complete digital makeover. While the introduction of digital movie downloads via services such as iTunes put a dent in physical format sales and rentals, the rise of Netflix and other subscription-based video streaming services really transformed the marketplace for home entertainment.
In the first half of 2018, streaming accounted for 54 percent of home entertainment spending in the United States according to the Digital Entertainment Group
. That's up from just 5.5 percent in 2011. Meanwhile the sale of DVDs, Blu-Rays and other physical formats saw its share of total spending drop from 50 percent in 2011 to 17 percent in the first half of 2018.
The market segment hardest hit by the digital transformation is without a doubt brick-and-mortar rentals though: in the first half of this year, consumers only spent $170 million on movie rentals at physical stores, down from $1.6 billion in 2011. Blockbuster, once upon a time the largest chain of video rental stores in the United States, closed its third and second to last stores in the country this year
, leaving one sole survivor in Bend, Oregon.


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Sweet deal: Darrell Lea buys Life Savers
CONFECTIONERY company Darrell Lea will buy the Life Savers brand from Nestlé, acquiring the rights to the lolly in Australia and New Zealand.
The purchase price is not being disclosed.
Darrell Lea will move manufacturing of Life Savers from New Zealand to Australia, with the classic confectionery created in America in 1912 to roll off the production line at its Sydney factory.
Darrell Lea CEO Tim York said: “As part of our business growth ambitions, we are in the market for great confectionery brands and Life Savers is certainly that.
“We believe there is significant growth potential for the Life Savers brand through new product innovation and gaining additional distribution in Australia and New Zealand.
“With a high energy team, the ability to be agile, sales growth momentum and the backing of Quadrant PE, we see a very bright future for the Darrell Lea business here in Australia.”
Life Savers were last made in Australia in the early 2000s.
Darrell Lea is the largest independently owned confectionery player in Australia and was recently purchased for $A200 million by Quadrant Private Equity.
Quadrant says Darrell Lea has achieved “tremendous growth” over the last five years and it forecasts “double-digit” growth for the business through both organic growth and the acquisition of complementary confectionery brands and manufacturing capability.
As part of the deal, Darrell Lea will also acquire the Black Knight, Heards, Fabulicious, Odd Fellows and Mackintosh’s brands through its sister company RJ’s in New Zealand.
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Microsoft launches updated FREE version of Office online to take on Google Documents
- Microsoft recently relaunched Office Online, which users can access through a website
- For more than a year, Microsoft has had a free version known as Office Web Apps, but was difficult to find
- Microsoft may have made the move to better compete with rival software Google Docs, which is also free
For more than a year, Microsoft has offered a free version of its popular software suite Office. The only problem is, it was difficult to find.
The software includes Word, Outlook, OneNote, PowerPoint, and Excel.
Microsoft has relaunched a free version of its popular Office software that is available through a website
Microsoft previously called its Office free version Office Web Apps. The big problem with that is it used to be only available through its cloud storage service known as OneDrive, which used to be called SkyDrive.
One of the reasons Microsoft may have made the change is that some consumers were complaining they didn’t have a free version of Office that could compete with rival Google Docs.
And if you find that you’re running out of room on your hard drive to save all of your Office files, Microsoft allows Office Online viewers 7 gigabytes of storage space through OneDrive. Additional space is available for a fee.
Microsoft has made other recent changes to Office. It
launched a version of the software for Apple’s iPad. Microsoft also launched a
cheaper version of its subscription-based version of the software known as Office 365 personal for $70.
The cheapest version of Office before then was known as Office 365 for $100, though that could be loaded onto as many as five computers.
An aerial view of Microsoft headquarters in Redmond, Washington
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The next version of iOS is going to kill a lot of apps. In an effort to modernize and de-clutter its App Store, Apple will officially end support for all apps that haven't been updated to support the newer 64-bit processors that debuted with the iPhone 5S.
As many as 187,000 apps could vanish when the iOS 11 rolls out along with this change, according to estimates from marketing firm Sensor Tower.)
And while many of these apps won't be missed, iPhone fans stand to lose a number of classics that were among the earliest hits the App Store ever saw. Here's a look at some of the 32-bit apps we'll miss the most.
(Importantly, not all of these apps are necessarily doomed -- developers still have time to make them compatible, and a few of our old favorites, including Great Lightsaber and Ocarina, were updated to 64-bit since we last looked at 32-bit apps in February so there's reason to hold out hope ... for some of these, anyway. )
1. Ridiculous Fishing
It hasn't been updated in nearly four years, but Ridiculous Fishing is still one of the all-time greats (and #75 on Mashable's list of the top 100 iPhone apps of all time). The game, which started out as a Flash game before making its way to the App Store, won a coveted Apple Design Award in 2013 so it's no surprise the super-addictive game still holds up all these years later.
One of the original endless runners, Canabalt is proof that sometimes the simplest games are the best. The app was updated to support Apple TV in 2014 but, sadly, has not yet been updated to 64-bit yet. Let's hope that changes soon.
3. Camera Awesome
We're lucky enough now that there are dozens and dozens of excellent photo editing apps out there. But once upon time, there weren't that many truly powerful mobile image editors. But there was Smug Mug's Camera Awesome, which allowed you to independently control focus and exposure, make powerful edits, and select from a set of photo filters that put Instagram to shame. Unfortunately, Smug Mug couldn't keep up with the competition and stopped supporting it a few years ago. Even so, it's still among the most popular of the old 32-bit apps, according to data from marketing firm Sensor Tower.
4. Flappy Bird
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Flappy Bird has been dead for years (RIP) but, believe it or not, there are still quite a few people stubbornly clinging to the app they downloaded before it was pulled. Sadly, if you count yourself among those who happen to still have it, it will no longer work once iOS 11 becomes official. All we can do is hope Dong Nguyen changes his mind (you probably shouldn't hold your breath, though).
5. Infinity Blade
Infinity Blade is significant for more reasons than the fact that it remains one of the most-downloaded games in the App Store nearly seven years after it first launched. The app helped show game developers (and the world) what was possible when you combined the Unreal Engine and the iPhone. Yes, Epic Games has made sequels since, but the original remains incredibly popular, even if it may not be much longer for this world (or our iPhones).
6. YouTube Capture
This oldie has been left for dead by Google since 2013. Despite that, YouTube Capture, which lets you weave multiple clips from your phone into YouTube-ready videos, still has a quite a following. Of the thousands of 32-bit apps Sensor Tower analyzed, YouTube Capture was in the top three.
The mobile reboot of the arcade classic looks like it will be headed to the big app graveyard come iOS 11. Activision hasn't touched Pitfall in more than two years despite its more than 74,000 (largely positive) reviews.
The nothing can match the actual blocks, the app version of Jenga is surprisingly popular -- in the the top 5 among all the 32-bit apps in the App Store, according to Sensor Tower. The UI might be a bit old school but the game is still quite playable -- at least for now.
9. The Heist
Surprisingly difficult, The Heist is one of those games that is still fun to pick up even if you haven't played it for years (not that we blame you -- it hasn't been updated sine 2013). The puzzle game shot to the top of the paid App Store charts early on and has managed to maintain a loyal following despite its nonexistent updates.
10. Call of Duty: Zombies
Activision has a few Call of Duty apps languishing in the App Store, but Call of Duty: Zombies -- last updated in 2010 (!!!) -- is still astonishingly popular. It remains one of the top action games in the App Store even though it's been ignored by its creator for more than half a decade. Maybe (we can hope, anyway) its imminent demise will be enough to get the company to breathe new life into the longtime favorite.


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We can’t deny how much technology has made our lives so much easier. We no longer need to do most things manually and everything is just simply automated. That in itself is already a blessing. Imagine no longer having to put in the manual labor to get things done. Yet no matter comfortable and convenient our lives have become, there are its drawbacks too. Everything can go haywire in an instant when you encounter a tech-related issue. It is even more difficult if you are clueless about how the technology works itself and you have no go-to guy around that can help you with your digital concerns. You should, by the way, have a go-to guy.
As complicated technology already is, the rising threat of cyber attacks is also a cause of concern among tech users. Malwares are everywhere. You can hear it constantly mentioned on news and it makes tech user’s stomach queasy with the jitters with just the thought of getting hit by such a major headache. Malware often attacks older models of computers and laptops but there have been mobile versions too. These malwares have been so nasty they even managed to cripple many businesses and organizations all over the world and even the UK’s healthcare system a few months ago. Patients missed out on their medications because the medical staff can’t access their data on the computer. Everything just vanished.
It’s funny that this entire WannaCry issue wasn’t really just all about crippling nations and gaining money from the bitcoin ransom but also as a means to advertise their data recovery magic to the unfortunate computer users who have fallen victims to this scam for even more cyber hacking. Even corporate offices received such offers but there is a catch, not only are these dubious people offering such services but in the process also steals personal data of the victims by redirecting victims to phishing pages. It’s a double whammy for these unfortunate individuals to be scammed twice.
Data security is the biggest threat on the web today when cyber criminals have also leveled up their A-game and the possibility of quantum computing that will eventually override encryption that is essentially our safety net against hackers when using the Internet is looming on the horizon.
Then, there is the issue of data recovery for those whose gadgets have succumbed to the malware introduced especially that most backups installed on hard drives failed to protect the gadgets from these malwares. They’re just too much to handle for these victims, so better upgrade the OS you are using to protect yourself from these modern dilemmas as newer operating systems are equipped to fight off these ransomware attacks much better than older models.
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They’re saving gas by Staying Home for the Holidays (90.0%), they’re saving time with Online Shopping (77.8%), they’re saving money with Fast Food Dollar Menus (67.5%) and Dollar Stores (64.3%), and they’re saving electricity with LED Holiday Lights (57.5%).
Day after Thanksgiving Shopping is still a hit with the under 35 crowd, thus saving on all of those Black Friday deals.
What’s Not? Holiday Travel…need we say more?
Current economic troubles have retailers bracing for a bleak holiday season, but some consumers are finding a slim silver lining post-election…22.3% are confident/very confident in chances for a strong economy, rising from 19.0% last month, but down a substantial 15 points from one year ago. Those who voted for President-elect Obama indicate slightly higher confidence (26.6%), while those backing Senator McCain are portending a still-grim outlook (15.5%).
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Everyone is talking about how Apple didn’t sell 100 millions songs like they said they would. Yesterday, it was reported that only 5 million of the potential 100 million songs have been redeemed in the Pepsi iTunes giveaway [via Dynamist].
- 5 million downloads!!!! Getting the U.S. population to do five million of same thing is a big deal.
- I am sure we have a marketeer in the blogsphere that can confirm for me a 5% conversion rate on a giveaway is nothing to complain about.


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- Online Payments
There is an online bill pay website that is called Doxo.com. It may appear that they are affiliated with the City of Fremont and Department of Utilities but THEY ARE NOT.
The Utility's new payment portal will NOT charge you any convenience fees for paying your bill online nor will it send you a verification code to verify your address.
The new payment portal is powered by Paymentus. If you do not see Paymentus in the browser - you are not at the City of Fremont Department of Utilities payment portal.
The new utility bill online payment portal is now live! First time visitors to the new site will need to register their account to access all available features. Important Items to Know: Bank draft (ACH) autopay customers are not affected by the transition to the new payment portal and are not required to register their account or re-enroll in autopay. Credit Card autopay customers who wish to continue autopay services will need to register their account at the new payment portal and re-enroll in autopay. There are several new payment options, including: Visa, Mastercard, Discover, Paypal, Venmo, Amazon Pay, pay by text, and pay by phone (833-277-8709).
Register online for recreation activities.


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UBS signals end of bear market
BANKING giant UBS declared a definite end of the bear market today as it reported third quarter profits of more than a billion dollars - its third straight quarterly gain and further proof of the upturn in Europe's troubled banking sector.
The London-based former UBS Warburg business, fuelled the black ink thanks to a rebound in stock market fortunes and demand for wealth management. Net income rose 78% to $1.22bn.
Chief executive Peter Wuffli said the bear market was now 'obviously over' and said there would be no more job losses at its investment banking arm, though there will be some cutbacks in its retail banking arm in its Swiss home market. It employs 70,000 staff worldwide.
In investment banking, UBS underwrote equities and convertible bonds worth $5.64bn in the third quarter, up from $3.81bn a year earlier. The firm is ranked sixth among global stock underwriters, down from fourth in the third quarter of last year.
UBS is Europe's biggest bank and the world's biggest money manager. Less exposure to risk in areas like bad debt and insurance investments - two areas which saw rival Credit Suisse Group report a record loss last year - aided the Zurich-based bank.
'UBS has a better strategy,' said Dieter Buchholz, who helps manage the equivalent of $2.9bn at BNP Paribas Private Bank in Zurich and holds UBS shares. Net income rose 78% to 1.67bn Swiss francs ($1.22bn) in the third quarter, from 942m francs in the year- earlier period, UBS said.
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Paul Andrews and his son, Chris, have spent years building one of the world’s best collections of classic vehicles.
Now they want to sell off many of their prized cars to whittle their impressive collection down to a more manageable 15 to 20 cars that they can focus on and enjoy with their family.
Some 75 of their cars and a wide assortment of memorabilia will be auctioned off May 2 in Fort Worth, Texas by RM Sotheby’s.
One of the cars to be auctioned is their 1962 Corvette Gulf Oil race car – with no reserve. Estimated value of the car is $2 million to $2.75 million.
If you’ve ever wanted a full-on Corvette race car to show people how it’s done at the track, you may want to hurry over to eBay. There is only a little more than two days left in an auction of a turnkey track package including a 1999 C5 Corvette race car and a 24-foot enclosed Pace trailer. The $55,000 asking price includes both, but the seller is willing to sell them separately—$52,000 for the car and $3,000 for the trailer. However, he is not willing to sell the trailer before the car is sold.
Earlier this week the 1956 Corvette SR-2 that just went on the market for $6.885 Million made a promotional stop in Scottsdale, AZ. The former racer was on display at Scottsdale Sport and Classic Autocars for viewing before the start of the major auctions and it was the guest of honor at a reception help by Corvette Mike Vietro who is helping in the sale of the car.
Have you ever heard of a 1957 Corvette racer called “Lil Twister”?
If you have, Bob, the new owner, would love to talk to you and find out the history of his mysterious Corvette.
Bob posted photos on BarnFinds.com
, along with the little bit of information he’s been able to discern from what remains of the paint on his ’57.
One of the most famous Corvettes of all time is being offered for the first time ever to the general public. The noted 1956 SR-2 is being made available through Corvette Mike. The car started life as VIN #2522 and went straight to the GM Styling Studio from the St. Louis plant under Shop Order 90090. There, under the watchful eyes of Harley Earl and Zora Arkus Duntov it began its transformation into the car we know today.
A total of 3 1956 SR-2 Corvettes were built. This VIN 2522 was the first. The 2nd one was built for Bill Mitchell, and the 3rd – a show car – went to GM President Red Curtice.
The team at Mecum Auctions recently announced that the “Black Corvette L88 once owned by Tony DeLorenzo will cross the block at Mecum!”
If you closely follow the blue chip Corvette market you probably think they were talking about the black 1967 L88 Corvette raced by Tony DeLorenzo and sold by Mecum in 2011. That car was the first documented Corvette L88 ever produced and it sold for $1.25M to Terry Michaelis whose intent was to return the car to its race delivery.
But Mecum’s recent announcement is not about that car, it is announcing the sale of another important L88, DeLorenzo’s triple black 1969 personal driver which will be offered in Mecum’s Dallas auction September 3rd through 6th.
The Mecum Dallas auction has become one of the premier auctions in the world for offering important and historic Chevrolet Corvettes. This year’s event is no exception and in addition to DeLorenzo’s L88 has several other excellent Corvettes crossing the block from blue chip collectibles to restomods.
Here’s a 1967 Corvette that could have been perfectly content to be a show car.
It was a showroom gem when longtime Corvette enthusiast Roberto Berdiel of San Juan, Puerto Rico bought it.
But that wasn’t his ultimate vision for the car. He just wanted it to serve as the foundation for a wild C2 racer, and, wow, what a job Roberto and his team did, so good in fact that the Stingray was recently chosen as The BLOCK Feature Car.
The 1963 Vintage Split-Window Corvette racer known as ‘711’ will be heading to Mecum’s Houston Auction in April. Although the Corvette was raced in Southern California in the heyday of sports car racing, the Riverside Red Sting Ray Coupe may be better known for its appearance in the the Elvis Presley movie, Viva Las Vegas.
We’ve already talked about some of the high end Corvettes being offered at the January 2014 auctions including a 1967 L88 coupe, the George Barris Asteroid Corvette, and The Rebel L88 racer. Potentially the most significant Corvette up for grabs next month is The Real McCoy 1956 racer. If it wasn’t for this C1, the aforementioned ‘vettes may not have even existed.


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I had thought that this was so far out that it would not be seriously discussed. Not the first time I’ve been wrong (nor the last, I’m certain).
Consumers could receive rebates of up to $4,500 for turning in their gas-guzzling cars and trucks for more fuel-efficient vehicles under a House proposal.
President Barack Obama has urged Congress to approve consumer incentives for new car purchases as part of the government’s efforts to reorganize General Motors Corp. and Chrysler LLC through the bankruptcy courts.
The House proposal set for a floor vote Tuesday is aimed at stimulating car sales during a bleak period for the auto industry while increasing the nation’s fleet of cars that get more miles to the gallon. GM and Chrysler have received billions of dollars in government aid, but the entire auto industry has watched car sales plummet during the past year. In May, overall sales were 34 percent lower than a year ago.
The vehicle scrappage bill has been under negotiations for months as lawmakers try to find a solution that boosts car sales while providing environmental benefits. Proponents have pointed to similar programs in Europe that have enhanced auto sales.
Who will be paying for all of this? You got it: Those of us who pay all sorts of taxes. Then there are those who make their money in the used/recycled auto parts markets. What will this do to their businesses? I think I just saw the Law of Unintended Consequences (LUC) duck into that doorway across the street.


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Check out the beauty shots of the Cadillac Escada Concept posted tonight by Cadillac after the car’s debut.
Cadillac debuted a concept today that previews several new items for the Cadillac brand. At 6″ longer than the recently released CT6, this car likely hints heavily at the new Cadillac flagship that is in the works. Additionally, the car contains a twin-turbo 4.2l V-8 that is expected to reach production in the coming years. […]
Cadillac has been teasing their latest concept that will debut in several minutes on their Facebook page. They have just recently let slip the name of the concept will be the Escala which may suggest a tie to the Escalade. Though the swoopy front-end styling suggest a car or crossover more than the truck-based Escalade. […]
Thursday August 18, 2016 – Cadillac will show off a new interior concept co-developed with LG Electronics. The reveal will happen on Cadillac’s Facebook page http://Facebook.com/Cadillac at 10:45pm Eastern (7:45pm Pacific) and is teased as being a strong hint toward a future production vehicle. We are thinking this could Cadillac’s response to the much maligned […]
Cadillac is launching the new CT6 with this 1-minute commercial slated to air during the Oscars.
Cadillac has announced that the 2017 XT5 will hit showrooms in late April 2016. Starting in a front-drive only guise @ $38,995 (plus $995 destination), available in three additional trim levels, and topping out with a bespoke Platinum trim that brings unique exterior and interior trimmings as well as standard all-wheel drive with a starting […]
Autoline Daily, a podcast by the folks that also produce Autoline This Week and Autoline After Hours, gives some insight into the styling and engineering of the new CT6. Jump about halfway in to the portion about the Cadillac. Autoline Daily – Audio: AD #1786


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Thailand to integrate fashion to boost its tourism strategy
Thailand continues to look at positioning itself as a value-added destination especially in the fields of creativity. Among them are design and fashion, two soft powers which are attracting a rising number of travellers -especially Millenials and Generation-Z.
Thailand wants to move away from its image of cheap destination which someones plagued its image. The Kingdom is indeed far more sophisticated than “cliché-style” images of young backpackers eating street food on Khao San Road in Bangkok or laying on a beach in Pattaya or Phuket.
Boosting the value of Thailand‘s creative economy using five soft powers is the way Thailand wants to promote itself to the outside world. And creates what the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) describes as a “meaningful travel experience”.
Some of these soft powers are evident such as food. Over the last two decades, Thailand rose its profile as a premium gastronomy destination collecting awards and praise for its outstanding culinary and its very diversified cuisine and bars scene. Another soft power element has been the traditional Muay Thai activity -traditional Thai fighting. Fighting shows, special dedicated courses towards women or seniors has turned Muay Thai into an increasingly sophisticated sport activity. Festivals are another field where Thailand has been able to stress its uniqueness. The Ministry of Culture recently earmarked 16 distinctive Thai festivals to be promoted internationally.
It is now the turn to fashion and design to be more integrated into Thailand tourism experience. In a recent event “From Tour to Runway” at the General Post Office in Bangkok, the Tourism Authority of Thailand deputy director for activities, Mr Weerapong Pongsawat, highlighted the fact that fashion was a part of the government’s strategy to boost the value of Thailand’s creative economy. The tourism agency has been looking at working closely with designers to promote tourism through fashion.
The textile industry has played a very important role in promoting Thailand tourism. From the 1960s, a fashion house such as Jim Thompson has been a driver for the silk industry, often associated with tourism. Queen Mother of Thailand Queen Sirikit has been for years the most graceful icon of the Thai Silk industry blending often a Western inspired design (created by French fashion designer Pierre Balmain) with the most exquisite pieces of Thai silk. Queen Sirikit Fashion Museum inside the Royal Palace is a fine example of that.
TAT event was organised to hand out prizes to designers and promote local culture to foreign travellers.
Mixing Thai brands and Thai craft together
Weerapong Pongsawat added that the TAT is ready to stimulate tourism this year, focusing on creating valuable and meaningful travel experiences, promoting responsible tourism and preserving the local culture and help showing community products.
Big departments stores such as Central and the ones under the Siam Piwat company (Siam Paragon, Icon Siam, Siam Discovery among many) are turning into ambassadors of Thai brands and designs. They often show creations of young designers and well-established Thai brands. Malls such as Siam Center or Terminal 21 have even turned into the showcase place for local fashion. While Siam Center has shops of famous Thai brands such as Asava, Backing Soda, Disaya, Kloset, Taktai or Rotsanyom, Terminal 21 carry outlets of small and very creative designers. It is also the case for the famous Chatuchak Market where many young designers make their first steps towards an international crowd.
Last year, Christmas decorations from Central Pattana owned department stores (Central Chitlom or Central World) used traditional materials and textiles from Northeast and Northern Thailand as decorations or fashion objects.
The project of pushing for fashion and design aims to create sustainable tourism trends. And encourage generations of tourists -particularly Millennials and Generation Z- to look at Thailand in a new shade…


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The gas consumption of the Rolls Royce Phantom is pegged at 15 miles for every gallon and these numbers just do not mix if you want to be a greener car owner with lesser carbon foot prints. Well this may actually change as the luxury carmaker plans to produce a rechargeable electric limousine. Yes. With nada, zilch, zero emissions.
Rumors have been going around in the past few years that Rolls Royce is working on an electric model and recently, the car manufacturer revealed plans of an experimental electic limo.
The super green Rolls Royce might just roll out in time for the upcoming Olympics next year where BMW is set to showcase its green technologies to the whole world. The sporting event is the perfect marketing venue for the Rolls Royce electric car which may be used to bring the thousands of VIPs to the different venues.
Insiders confirm that they are considering the plan but clarify that Rolls Royce is looking at all options and is not rushing things just to produce a green vehicle for the brand. The parent company, BMW has already produced the MINI-E that can be recharged using the mains.
Rolls Royce had a jump of 171% in terms of sales in 2010. The big leap is attributed to female buyers getting the smaller Ghost models. The United States is still Rolls Royce’s biggest market followed closely by China and the United Kingdom.


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The expansion of Kfc Italia continues, with today's opening in Palermo
46th restaurant of the chain in the peninsula and 5th in Sicily
Is opening today Kfc restaurant in Palermo, in via Notarbartolo 1. This is the 46th restaurant of the fast food chain known for fried chicken, in Italy, and the fifth in Sicily. The new store has generated 40 new jobs and is managed in franchising by Idea Food srl, the Sicilian company engaged in the catering sector for years, which already manages the Kfc restaurants of the Porte di Catania shopping center, in Piazza Spirito Santo, always in Catania, in central Sicily in Misterbianco and in the Corolla park in Milazzo.
The company founded in the United States in 1930, owns over 24,000 restaurants in over 145 countries around the world, where it generates about 800,000 jobs. In Italy since 2014, Kfc has opened in 13 regions. The Palermo office offers 170 seats distributed between the hall and the outdoor area. In the restaurant, open every day from 10 to midnight, charging points for electronic devices are available. Furthermore, the restaurant is the first of the chain in Sicily to propose the new way of ordering through the kiosks, which allow a comfortable and safe selection of the menu to be enjoyed. The choice stems from the brand's need to adapt to the new needs of distancing, but at the same time of conviviality, to guarantee consumers a meal in total safety and relaxation. Delivery services are also active on the Glovo, Deliveroo and Uber Eats platforms, and take away by the App, thanks to the new "click and collect" channel.
This is just one more step in the company's expansion plan in the peninsula. At the beginning of 2020, the CEO of Kfc Italia had announced the company forecast of 20 new openings of which 35% in shopping centers, 20% in the drive format, 30% in the city, and 15%, in the travel channel. The strategic objective was to reach regions where the company was not yet present, at the same time consolidating its presence in those where the brand already had several restaurants. "We will continue the digitization of restaurants to make the experience of our consumers increasingly in line with their habits, also as regards communication and use of the service in the point of sale. We will extend the presence in restaurants of kiosks for self ordering and we will continue to interact with our customers through the app that has already engaged an important community. We will also continue in our social responsibility initiatives especially with regard to waste reduction, with the Harvest program that allows us to recover and donate, through the regional offices of the Banco Alimentare network, the food surpluses of Kfc restaurants. But also by engaging in the reduction of single-use plastics: in October 2018 we launched an initiative on drinking straws and lids, which are no longer distributed except for take away", declared the CEO of Kfc Italia.
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#devon #ndevon - Building your company, expanding your business
According to the Office for National Statistics in the 2000′s the highest death rate in new businesses was in the business admin and support services sector – 14.8%. This means that out of 206 businesses that were started up with high hopes for success only 175 survived. So what do these stats say to an entrepreneur starting up a new b2b business in the South West of England?


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Seabourn Encore, the latest ship for luxury line Seabourn, touched water for the first time today, marking an important milestone in the construction of the new ship.
Marnie Tihany, the director of business development for Tihany Design and wife of Seabourn Encore’s designer Adam D. Tihany, served as the ship’s “madrina,” officially launching the ship and cutting the cord to fill Seabourn Encore’s construction dock with water. Following the ceremony, the Seabourn Encore was floated to the outfitting dock, where she will undergo final construction prior to her delivery at the end of 2016.
“Seeing Seabourn Encore in the water is a very special moment and represents another important step toward the completion of our highly-anticipated ship,” said Richard Meadows, Seabourn President. “We continue to hear from our guests and travel industry partners about their excitement for this incredible ship, and they are just as eager as we are to welcome her to the Seabourn family later this year.”
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Advantage Uttarakhand’ showcases policies & perks for investors
The state government on Thursday apprised investors about various policies and perks in the offing for them at a day-long event “Advantage Uttarakhand” in Dehradun.
Major thrust would be given upon natural products derived out of agriculture, organic farming, horticulture and eco-tourism as the state has abundance of it, officers said, adding that overall environment naturally enables the state to outperform others in these fields.
The investors were also told that the state has an electronics manufacturing cluster, a pharmaceutical park and one aroma park. Agriculture minister Ganesh Joshi said the state has a single window system for giving clearance for industrial investments.
India Surpasses Japan to become 3rd Largest Auto Market Globally
In a major development, India has surpassed Japan in terms of auto sales last year to become the third-largest auto market globally for the first time. India’s total sales of new vehicles stood at around 4.25 million units, based on preliminary results, topping the 4.2 million sold in Japan. While new vehicles that got delivered in India totaled 4.13 million during the period of January – November 2022, according to Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers’ data, December’s sales volume reported by Maruti Suzuki, India’s largest carmaker, led the total to hit the 4.25 million units mark. The figure for sales of new vehicles in India may witness even bigger rise as the country further expects inclusion of pending fourth-quarter sales data for commercial vehicles, along with year-end results yet to be released by Tata Motors and other automakers.
In 2022, the automotive chip issue began to ease up, paving way for the sector to come to normalcy. Tata Motors, Maruti Suzuki and other automakers could see an increase in sales last year.
Chennai, Southern cities have highest rates of women employment
According to a survey by Avtar, a company that specializes in workplace inclusion, Chennai is India’s top city for women’s employment. Pune, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, and Mumbai are the next best cities for women’s employment.
According to criteria that support an ecosystem that is favourable for women’s employment, the research ranks 111 cities.
The remaining Top 10 cities for women’s employment are Ahmedabad, Visakhapatnam, Kolkata, Coimbatore, and Madurai; each has a population of over a million people.
In another group of cities with a population under one million, Tiruchirappalli, Vellore, Erode, Salem, Tirupur, Puducherry, Shimla, Mangalore (officially Mangaluru), Thiruvananthapuram, and Belagavi are the top 10 cities.
The top five state averages in the nation were achieved by Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, and Himachal Pradesh.
Power Grid Ranked 1st in Services Sector in PE Survey 2021-22
Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (POWERGRID) has been ranked 1st in Services Sectors across categories Gross Block, Value Addition, Net Profit, Net Worth, Dividend Declaration, and Contribution to the Central Exchequer and has also been ranked 3rd among the Top 10 profit-making Closes.
The results were published in the Public Enterprises Survey 2021-2022 by the Department of Public Enterprises (DPE), Ministry of Finance, Government of India.
The Power Grid Corporation Ltd was incorporated on 23rd October 1989 under the Companies Act 1956. The original name of POWERGRID was “National Power Transmission Corporation Limited”.
Forex Reserves at $562.9 bn; Fall by $70 bn in 2022
India’s foreign exchange reserves fell by $70.1 billion in 2022, data released by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) shows. The forex reserves stood at $562.9 billion in the week ended December 30. The decline in the forex reserves is partly due to the RBI intervention in the currency markets to stave off volatility and partly on account of depreciation of other major currencies held by the central bank. The RBI net sold $33.42 billion till September, Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said. The RBI holds major currencies including pound sterling, yen and euro in its reserves, which are expressed in US dollar terms.
Forex reserves had touched a high $642.5 billion in September of 2021, falling to around $631.5 billion towards the end of February 2022, when the Ukraine-Russia war started. RBI had said that FX reserves of $564.1 billion as on December 9 are equivalent to 9.2 months worth of imports, lower than the projected 15 months of imports at the peak levels.
The increase was mainly due to increase in the gold reserves of $354 million, which was offset by decline of $302 million in the foreign currency assets. The RBI held 785.35 metric tonne of gold as of September 30.
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TYSONS CORNER, Va., April 4, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- MicroStrategy® Incorporated (Nasdaq: MSTR), a leading worldwide provider of enterprise software platforms, today announced that A.C. Moore, the popular New Jersey-based arts and crafts retailer, has released a new mobile app for its customers, powered by the MicroStrategy Alert Platform. Founded in 1985, A.C. Moore is a specialty retailer selling arts, crafts, and floral merchandise with over 140 stores along the East Coast.
The new A.C. Moore mobile app, which is available for Apple iOS and Android devices, is designed to engage A.C. Moore's customers at their moment of creative inspiration. Through the app, mobile users can instantly access A.C. Moore's weekly ads, review its ever-popular portfolio of crafts projects and join its growing rewards program, encouraging customers to visit their local A.C. Moore store for supplies. Furthermore, using the geo-fencing and powerful segmentation features available in the Alert platform, A.C. Moore can deliver highly personalized, location-triggered offers to its app users, driving more in-store visits.
A.C. Moore chose Alert because of its extraordinary range of customer engagement features and its outstanding speed of deployment. Along with weekly ads, project portfolios and exclusive offers, the A.C. Moore app gives customers instant access to their A.C. Moore loyalty card, a digital wallet of rewards and purchase receipts, and social media feeds from Instagram, YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter. Since Alert is a cloud-based service, A.C. Moore was able to bring its feature rich app to market quickly, without the expense and effort of developing and maintaining its own software and infrastructure.
"From kids crafts to art supplies to jewelry making to floral, seasonal and home décor, A.C. Moore wants to inspire our customers to work on projects they love with a beautiful mobile app that is helpful, informative and fun, and adds true value to the shopping experience," said Mike Lyons, VP of Marketing at A.C. Moore. "This app will thrill our customers by delivering great project ideas, special offers, and conveniences right to their fingertips and it will encourage them to come visit our stores to bring their creative ideas to life."
"Using the Alert platform, we were able to bring our highly-functional mobile app to market quickly and with great confidence, knowing that MicroStrategy has invested tremendous energy to perfect the underlying infrastructure," said Kathy Bailey, A.C. Moore EVP of Information Technology.
"We are pleased that A.C. Moore has selected the Alert mobile loyalty and customer engagement platform to launch its new customer app," said Jonathan F. Klein, President, MicroStrategy Incorporated. "Innovative retailers like A.C. Moore realize that, in today's mobile world, they must not only maintain a presence on their customers' mobile devices, but they must also provide rich, interesting, and engaging content to keep them coming back. Using the Alert platform, a retailer can develop a fully-branded mobile app, packed with state-of-the-art features, in just a matter of weeks. Moreover, since Alert is a cloud-based service, retailers can deploy their branded apps without the expense, delay, and risk of developing it themselves from scratch."
To download the free A.C. Moore app to your mobile device, visit: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/a.c.-moore/id795534014?mt=8 and https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.alert.acmoore.
About A.C. Moore
With 140 stores along the East Coast, A.C. Moore Arts & Crafts, Inc. brings families together for fun through creativity. Named by Parents Magazine as one of the top 10 places for birthday parties, A.C. Moore offers a wide range of programs to engage adults in crafting, including workshops, demonstrations and "Make & Takes." In addition to traditional craft products, A.C. Moore Arts & Crafts is also well-known for its selection of scrapbooking, jewelry, floral, yarn, art supplies, children's crafts kits and educational toys, along with ready-made frames and custom framing. To locate your local A.C. Moore Arts & Crafts, visit http://www.acmoore.com/, www.facebook.com/acmoore, www.twitter.com/officialacmoore and www.youtube.com/officialacmoore.
About MicroStrategy Incorporated
Founded in 1989, MicroStrategy (Nasdaq: MSTR) is a leading worldwide provider of enterprise software platforms. The Company's mission is to provide the most flexible, powerful, scalable and user-friendly platforms for analytics, mobile, identity and loyalty, offered either on premises or in the cloud.
The MicroStrategy Analytics Platform™ enables leading organizations to analyze vast amounts of data and distribute actionable business insight throughout the enterprise. Our analytics platform delivers reports and dashboards, and enables users to conduct ad hoc analysis and share their insights anywhere, anytime. MicroStrategy Mobile™ lets organizations rapidly build information-rich applications that combine multimedia, transactions, analytics, and custom workflows. The MicroStrategy Identity Platform™ (branded as MicroStrategy Usher™) provides organizations the ability to develop a secure mobile app for identity and credentials. The MicroStrategy Loyalty Platform™ (branded as MicroStrategy Alert) is a next-generation, mobile customer loyalty and engagement solution. To learn more about MicroStrategy, visit www.microstrategy.com and follow us on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/microstrategy) and Twitter (http://www.twitter.com/microstrategy).
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There are several IoTs: the Industrial Internet, Consumer Wearables, Wearables and Healthcare, Supply Chains, and the movement toward Smart Grids, Cities, Regions, and Nations. There are competing communications standards every step of the way, a bewildering array of sensors and devices, and an entire world of competing data analytics platforms. To some this appears to be chaos. In this power panel at @ThingsExpo, moderated by Conference Chair Roger Strukhoff, Bradley Holt, Developer Advocate a...
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Though the VTOL segment is still in its nascent stages, Uber has flagged off a makeshift air taxi service in NY, where helicopters usher people between lower Manhattan and John F. Kennedy International Airport.
The first of these solutions is dubbed Urban Air Mobility (UAM) and consists of a Personal Air Vehicle (PAV) that has been co-developed with ride-hailing giant Uber.
Though this alliance is the first time Uber is working with a mass passenger auto manufacturer, the company has already struck partnerships with established aerospace companies like Bell Aircraft, Pipistrel, Embraer and Boeing's Aurora. Hyundai will manufacturer and deploy the taxis, while Uber will supply "airspace support services", links to ground transport and the interfaces for rides.
Ridesharing giant Uber has partnered with South Korean vehicle manufacturer Hyundai Motors to bring its ambition of flying taxis to life. "We believe Hyundai has the potential to build Uber Air vehicles at rates unseen in the current aerospace industry, producing high quality, reliable aircraft at high volumes to drive down passenger costs per trip", said head of Uber Elevate, Eric Allison. It can apparently get to a cruising speed of 290 km/h and cruising altitude between 1,000 and 2,000 feet.
But with Hyundai's proven electric and hybrid vehicle expertise along with Uber's aggressive track record of disrupting urban transport, air taxis are now much more a case of when, not if.
The deal makes Hyundai the first auto company to join Uber Elevate, which hopes to run flight demonstrations this year with a goal of making services available in 2023.
"We expect [the aircraft] to vitalise urban communities and provide more quality time to people".
Hyundai has sold more than 4.5 million vehicles globally and now employs 110,000 people worldwide. "We are confident that Uber Elevate is the right partner to make this innovative product readily available to as many customers as possible", Shin said in a statement.
The S-A1 is also fully electric, using electric propulsion to power multiple rotors and propellers to both decrease a single point of failure and decrease noise pollution. The model is created to take off vertically, transit to wing-borne lift in cruise, and then transit back to vertical flight to land.
The Hyundai vehicle will be piloted initially but over time will become autonomous, the company said. It was built to be able to take off and land vertically and has enough room for four passengers with each carrying a personal bag.
"For instance, the Hub can be turned into a cultural complex by bringing together PBVs functioning as concert halls, movie theaters, and museums", Hyundai says.
Hyundai has presented its vision of the future of mobility at CES 2020 as it accelerates its transition into a Smart Mobility Solution Provider. UAM works alongside the Purpose Built Vehicle (PBV) that would be an eco-friendly, urban vehicle that offers customized services in transit.
The concept PAV, the S-A1 is equipped with eVTOL and is created to seat five people, including a pilot.


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Big news has risen from the Gears of War community today as EPIC, along with CliffyB and Rod Fergusson, announced some big things coming to Gears of War 3
. As most of you have heard, Gears 3 was pushed back to holiday 2011, and this bummed people out, but Rod promised fans to keep their heads up as big news was coming soon, and soon it is.
Today, straight from the Gears website (https://gearsofwar.xbox.com/)...
, the team announced a beta coming for Gears of War 3, and also that the game would be shipping with dedicated servers. Both of these announcements are huge since Gears 2 was plagued with glitches, which ultimately held back the multiplayer experience. More information on the dedicated servers will be revealed in this months OXM Magazine (Official Xbox Magazine), so check that out at local newstands. Not much detail was given about the beta, but we were told we would find out details in due time.


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It is not just brands that can use “programmatic” tools to buy ads on exchanges. Brands’ agencies, too, can use similar technology to buy advance ads on an order basis, says ad tech outfit Rubicon Project‘s SVP Jay Sears.
“We’re seeing automation go deeper and deeper in to the operating agency,” he tells Beet.TV in this video interview.”
Case in point is Digitas. “We worked with them to activate their most important trading partnerships in the order automation space,” Sears says. “That’s big milestone for the business.”
According to Sears: “A number of years ago, automation was only considered after a plan was written, at the point you were in to the buying mechanics already. We’re pushing this earlier and earlier in to the process – the approach winds up being much more holistic.”
Sears also talks about how rival publishers in Europe are coming together cooperatively to leverage automated ad selling opportunities at the global level.


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Klausner Sues MetroPCS Over Voicemail Patents
Jan 27, 2012, 1:27 PM by Eric M. Zeman
Klausner Technologies today filed a lawsuit against MetroPCS, claiming that the pre-paid carrier is violating some of its 25 visual voicemail patents with its devices and services. Klausner licenses its visual voicemail patents to some 37 hardware makers and network operators around the world. Klausner didn't say if it is seeking damages, an injunction, or if it is demanding a licensing agreement. Klausner has filed similar suits against other smartphone makers and network operators. The suit was filed in federal court in the Eastern District of Texas.
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Samsung today announced its lineup of flagship phones for 2022: the Galaxy S22 series. The top-end S22 Ultra sees the biggest changes as it essentially absorbs Samsung's Note series with an integrated S Pen stylus and a more Note-like shape and design, instead of the Contour Cut design of the other models.
Jan 14, 2021
Samsung today officially unveiled its Galaxy S21 series of flagship phones for 2021. All three models sport a distinctive new "Contour Cut Camera" design where the metal frame extends around one corner to surround the rear cameras.
Sep 7, 2022
Apple has revealed the iPhone 14 series, with new features, improved specs, and new size options. In place of a Mini option, the iPhone 14 will come in the same 6.1-inch and 6.7-inch screen size options as the Pro models.
Mar 23, 2021
OnePlus today announced the OnePlus 9 and OnePlus 9 Pro, its newest flagship phones. The 9 Pro is a true flagship-class phone with a QHD AMOLED display with variable refresh from 1 to 120 Hz, and IP68 water rating, starting at $969.


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Fueled by an exponential growth in e-commerce across its network, Aramex Australia has announced the launch of Courier Lite, an addition to its courier franchise model. The new model provides a benchmark for franchise businesses that need to scale up quickly, without investing in additional infrastructure expenditure.
According to the company, one of the challenges of the rapid growth in e-commerce for delivery partners is the ability to meet accelerating demand without the need for constant expansion and bigger warehouses. Its hope is that the new model will provide a solution to this challenge by optimizing delivery cycles.
Courier Lite Franchises will have a focus on high demand areas and only collect parcels from a home depot once per day, which will free up time for traditional courier franchisees to nurture relationships with existing customers and cultivate new business.
Aramex Australia CEO Peter Lipinski said the industry-wide shift to B2C deliveries over the last three to five years has rapidly accelerated in 2020, thanks to Covid-19: “Online shopping has been booming in Australia in recent years, and the current restrictions have turbo charged this growth. We expect this to continue in coming months and years.”
The company said that the simplicity of its delivery model creates more time for its traditional courier franchisees to focus on pickups, which are the most profitable part of their business.
“All this happens without the need to invest in costly additional infrastructure. By a simple change to the delivery cycles, we are able to tick a lot of boxes for our Courier Franchisees, our customers and our new Courier Lite Franchisees,” noted Lipinski. “For any Australians looking for an entry-level franchise opportunity in an industry that is booming, Courier Lite is the answer.”


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CapitaLand Mall Asia recently signed its debut third-party contract for mall management in Singapore. This brings the number of malls under the wings to twenty.
This contract between the company and Singapore Post means that CapitaLand will immediately take over the administration of the mall coming up at the new Centre near the MRT Station in Paya Lebar. The mall should be up and running any time from June this year.
Yesterday, SingPost gave out a statement reiterating that having Capitaland as their retail manager will go a long way in helping his organization to get the most out of the property, while concentrating more attention on their main business, which mainly deals with services related to postal provision as well as logistics for the e-commerce sector.
In this particular property management deal, CapitaLand is expected to take over the responsibility of taking care of any operations covering the period before the opening of the mall. This will encompass all its marketing strategies, promotion and leasing, together with the management of all facilities within the mall.
The imposing mall located in the much sought after Centre – a stone’s throw away from MRT Station, occupies an entire five floors space with a total letting area of approximately 175,000 square feet.
The latest deal that was just sealed happens to be CapitaLand’s third contract when it comes to mall management, following hot on the heels of two other contracts already being managed in mainland China. It is largely believed that the new Mall will reassert the company’s eastern Singapore’s presence, owning as well as managing two other malls – Bedok Mall and Tampines Mall. There is no doubt that, with a third mall under its wings, CapitaLand will be able to re-establish itself as an important player in the highly competitive mall management business in Eastern Singapore.
Besides, the company is also a major partner in a venture set for the Jewel Changi Airport development that is scheduled to begin its operations in early 2019.
The Centre is set to be the proud home to the brand new General Post office as well as the Philatelic Store. Some of the notable tenants of the magnificent new mall will include Golden village Cinemas, an NTUC FairPrice Supermarket as well as a Kopitiam food court, among many other prominent business brands in Singapore. This goes a long way to reaffirm how much in demand the new facility has already become.
Other than their offering of e-commerce logistics services, SingPost has confirmed that there will provide a heritage corner, which will allow customers to have a peek at the rich history of the giant postal service organization. This is definitely going to be a very interesting venture, as the young generation and many other clients will have a great opportunity to not only understand the checkered 150 years-old history of the postal services firm, but this will also make the customers appreciate the huge strides made in the evolution of postal services in the country.
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Google released the second part of its spam update on Monday, June 28, 2021. The Google spam update impacts searches globally, across both web results and images results. This comes after part one rolled out five days earlier, on June 23. Learn more about the Google search spam update and how it might affect your search ranking.
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Google Search Spam Update
According to Google’s announcement on Twitter on June 28, “The second part of our spam update has begun today, and it will also conclude later today, unless we share otherwise.”
The spam update is a global release that impacted both the web and image results, according to Danny Sullivan of Google.
The update is part of Google’s effort to fight spam using AI (artificial intelligence) that catches both known and new spam trends. Every day, Google catches 40 billion spammy pages. Google’s goal is to protect users from spam and show searchers only valuable results. The new automated systems are estimated to keep more than 99% of searchers’ visits spam-free.
The second part of our spam update has has begun today, and it will also conclude later today, unless we share otherwise.
— Google SearchLiaison (@searchliaison) June 28, 2021
Other Google Updates
The spam update is not the only Google update that we have seen recently.
- In April, Google rolled out the major product reviews update.
- The Core Web Vitals update occurred in mid-June.
- The first part of the spam update happened on June 23, and the second part on June 28.
What’s Next for Google?
The second part of the core update is scheduled for July. According to Google, some of the planned improvements for the June update weren’t quite ready, so those will debut in July. However, Google says that most sites won’t see a change with either of these updates.
Why the Spam Update Matters
If you see a ranking change, it might be related to the spam update. It’s time to make sure that your site is in accordance with all of Google’s rules and guidelines. If you need help, contact SEO Design Chicago!
However, most SEO experts have not noticed any major changes on the search results yet.
- What impact does the spam update have on Google Search?
- When is the second part of Google’s core update?
- How do I make sure the spam update doesn’t affect my ranking?
- When was the Google search spam update?


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GLOBAL: Bulldog Gin Company signs Gruppo Campari distribution deal
Gruppo Campari will offer Bulldog its routes to market
New York-based Bulldog Gin Company is eyeing expansion after signing a global distribution deal for its Bulldog London Dry Gin with Gruppo Campari.
The deal, which start on 1 January 2014, includes distribution in the US and “certain other international markets”, Bulldog said today (14 November). A Bulldog spokesperson told just-drinks the agreement covers “everywhere Campari has a route to market”.
Bulldog founder and CEO Anshuman Vohra said: “This partnership fits well within our global expansion strategy and will help ensure that Bulldog continues to cement its rightful place in the global premium gin scene.”
Bulldog London Dry Gin launched in North America in 2007 and in Western Europe two years later. The gin, which is produced by under licence by G&J Greenall in Manchester, UK, is now available in around 26 countries.
Campari announced its year-to-date results today, which saw a fall in net profits, but a strong Q3.
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