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Applebee's has a new deal for the month of May — and some may say it's a very interesting one.
For the entire month of May, you can get a Dos Equis beer for just $2 at participating Applebee's. The $2 Dos Equis deal will briefly run concurrently with Applebee's popular $1 margarita promotion, which will be extended through May 5 for Cinco de Mayo.
“We thought our May Neighborhood Drink, the 2 Dollar Dos, would be an excellent compliment to the Dollarita and is a big win for our guests,” said Patrick Kirk, vice president of beverage innovation at Applebee’s in a statement.
A regular priced Dos Equis at Applebee's usually costs between $3.50 and $6.50, but the price varies by location and size. And if you're looking to enjoy a cold brew at home, Dos Equis six-packs typically sell for about $10 at most grocery stores.


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Assassin’s Creed Rift Does it really exist or is it a rumor without foundation? Probably for Ubisoft it’s still too early to officially reveal the details on the future of the series, but during the last meeting with the shareholders it may have indirectly confirmed the existence of the game.
For those who don’t know what we’re talking about, as reported last week, a Bloomberg report signed by Jason Schreier may have unveiled in advance Assassin’s Creed Rift, a game born from an offshoot of Assassin’s Creed Valhalla. Literally. It would in fact be a huge DLC from the last chapter of the series turned into a standalone game. Rift, again according to Schreier’s sources, will have Basim as its protagonist, will be set before the events of Valhalla and will have a smaller size than the standards of the series, with a release date set between the end of 2022 and the beginning of next year.
During the latest meeting with shareholders, Yves Guillemot, the CEO of Ubisoft, answered a question about the rumors regarding the future of the Assassin’s Creed series, stating:
“As for the question on Rift, I think what we can say is that we will not release any further statements on this rumor. What we can say is that we have a very strong roadmap for the Assassin’s Creed franchise for years to come, with meaningful content every year. We have reaffirmed our focus on creating high quality narrative works and today we are happy to celebrate Valhalla’s stellar performances so far. ”
Not only did Ubisoft’s CEO not deny the indiscretion, but as Schreier points out on Twitter, the analyst who asked the question didn’t mention the name “Rift”which Guillemont did in formulating his answer. For the Bloomberg journalist, it would therefore be a confirmation, albeit indirect, of the actual existence of the game.
A theory perhaps a little forced, but not to be discarded a priori. It must be said that in any case Schreier is one of the most reliable sources in the sector, so regardless, the Bloomberg report is at least credible.

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Carrying multiple devices on the move can become a chore very easily and while Asus has tried to change that in the past with their Transformer series, it failed to catch on. Android thrives on versatility and consumers wishing to experience similar flexibility from other brands never got their wishes fulfilled. Andromium looks to answer to all consumers wanting to eliminate the problems with carrying multiple devices with their new Superbook.
At first glance, the device looks like a very well polished laptop. It’s slim and lightweight design adds to its perks making it easier for use even when travelling. But the laptop does not feature any substantial internals and merely serves as a chassis when connected to an Android smartphone running Android 5.0 and up.
The laptop utilizes the smartphone’s power either via a micro-USB cable or a USB-C cable to enable the user to access any of the Google Play Store’s applications and others specific to the Superbook directly from it. One can take advantage of added screen real estate in the 11.6″ HD display and run multiple applications at once to boost productivity levels. The added benefit of a multi-touch trackpad and keyboard further enhances the experience that is capable of lasting for eight hours on a single charge when simultaneously charging the Android smartphone connected without missing any notifications. With universal compatibility, the only other pre-requisite for a smooth experience is the installation of the Andromium application which can be accessed via the Play Store.
As a product not available to the general public, there is little that can be done to observe its performance apart from the demo the company provides. With its development in its final stages, Andromium is set to launch a Kickstarter campaign for the device starting on the 21st of July claiming to offer their base product for $99. It remains to see how the community reacts to this technology and whether the response is what the company expects. Leave your thoughts in the comments section and stay tuned for future coverage when devices are received by the public sometime this holiday season.


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Tesla, the world-renowned electric vehicle manufacturer and sustainable energy company, has been making headlines recently for all the right reasons. Political leaders from various states have extended invitations to Tesla’s CEO, Elon Musk, to set up manufacturing plants in their respective regions. This move is not only a testament to Tesla’s global reputation but also highlights the growing demand for eco-friendly vehicles in today’s world. So what does this mean for Tesla? And why are these states vying for its attention? Let’s take a deeper look into this rajkotupdates.news : political leaders invited elon musk to set up tesla plants in their states its potential impact on the future of transportation.
rajkotupdates.news : political leaders invited elon musk to set up tesla plants in their states
Tesla, founded in 2003 by a group of engineers in Silicon Valley, has quickly become one of the most innovative companies on the planet. One of its key leaders is Elon Musk, who joined Tesla as CEO in 2008 and has since transformed it into a global powerhouse.
Musk’s vision for Tesla was to create sustainable energy solutions that would help reduce carbon emissions and combat climate change. This mission led to the development of electric vehicles that are not only environmentally friendly but also offer superior performance compared to traditional gas-powered cars.
Under Musk’s leadership, Tesla has continued to break new ground with innovations like self-driving technology and solar power systems. It’s no wonder then that political leaders from various states are eager to have Tesla set up plants within their borders.
Despite facing numerous challenges over the years – from production issues to financial struggles – both Musk and Tesla have remained steadfast in their commitment towards building a cleaner future for all.
The states that have invited Tesla
Several states in the US have invited Tesla to set up manufacturing plants within their borders. These states include Texas, Oklahoma, Tennessee, and Georgia. Each state has its own reasons for wanting Tesla to invest and create jobs within their respective regions.
In Texas, Governor Greg Abbott has been vocal about his desire for Tesla to move beyond its current facility in Austin and set up a new plant in the state. The Lone Star State is known for its business-friendly policies and large workforce – two factors that would make it an ideal location for Tesla’s operations.
Oklahoma is another state that has made a pitch to Elon Musk’s electric vehicle company. Officials there believe that the state’s central location and transportation infrastructure could help support Tesla’s supply chain needs.
Similarly, Tennessee boasts a robust automotive industry with established companies like Nissan already operating within its borders. This means that there are already skilled workers available who could easily transition into working at a future Tesla plant.
Georgia offers tax incentives that could be attractive to businesses looking to expand or relocate. Additionally, Atlanta serves as an important transportation hub in the southeastern United States – making it easy for products manufactured by Tesla to be distributed throughout the region.
These states see great potential in partnering with one of the world’s leading automakers – potentially creating thousands of good-paying jobs while also contributing positively towards America’s shift towards sustainable energy solutions.
Why these states want Tesla
These states want Tesla because they see it as an opportunity to boost their economies and create jobs. Tesla is a popular brand with a loyal customer base, so having a plant in the state would bring in revenue through sales taxes and property taxes.
Moreover, political leaders understand that the rise of electric vehicles means that traditional car manufacturing will soon become obsolete. They are eager to get ahead of this trend by attracting companies like Tesla which are leading the way in EV production.
Furthermore, having a Tesla factory in their state would also attract other tech companies looking for locations with strong infrastructure and access to talent. This could lead to even more economic growth for the region.
Many politicians believe that partnering with Elon Musk and Tesla will help them achieve their environmental goals. By promoting clean energy solutions like electric cars, these states can reduce emissions and improve air quality for residents.
In short, inviting Tesla into their borders is seen by many leaders as an investment in future prosperity – both economically and environmentally.
What this means for the future of Tesla
The invitation of political leaders to Elon Musk to set up Tesla plants in their states could mean a bright future for the electric car manufacturer. For starters, it is a clear indication that there is demand for Teslas across various regions in the United States.
This move by state governments also suggests that they are willing to offer incentives and tax breaks to attract big companies like Tesla. This would not only benefit Tesla but also create employment opportunities and boost economic growth in these areas.
Moreover, setting up manufacturing facilities across multiple states can help broaden the reach of Tesla’s production capabilities, which could lead to increased efficiency and lower delivery times for customers.
Additionally, expanding into new markets means more potential buyers for Tesla vehicles, ultimately increasing revenue generation. With an increase in demand comes more investment opportunities as well as research and development resources which would drive innovation within the company.
All things considered, this opportunity opens doors for both parties involved – state governments seeking economic growth through job creation while providing benefits such as tax breaks; meanwhile, giving Tesla access to untapped markets with fresh capital injections accelerating technological advancements.
The political leaders’ invitation to Elon Musk to set up Tesla plants in their states is a significant step towards clean energy and sustainable transportation. With these invitations, Tesla has the opportunity to expand its footprint nationwide and make electric cars more accessible. This move will help create jobs, boost local economies, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and promote innovation.
It’s clear that many states see the potential benefits of having Tesla within their borders. And with Elon Musk at the helm of this ambitious company, it’s likely that we’ll see more positive changes as they continue to push boundaries in green technology.
As we move forward into an era where sustainability is becoming increasingly important for our planet’s future, companies like Tesla are leading the way in creating innovative solutions. Through collaboration between political leaders and private enterprises such as Tesla Inc., we can work towards a cleaner tomorrow – one electric car at a time!


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Eugene Laverty rubbishes Suzuki MotoGP link
Eugene Laverty has rubbished suggestions that his new World Superbike deal with Suzuki comes with a guarantee that he will switch to the Japanese factory’s MotoGP project in 2015.
The Irishman ended a turbulent few weeks surrounding his future when he inked a deal to join the British-based Crescent Suzuki effort earlier this week.
Laverty had been linked with Aspar and Pramac Ducati in MotoGP, and a third factory Aprilia RSV-4 in World Superbikes before accepting a late deal to partner newly crowned BSB champion Alex Lowes at Suzuki.
Laverty’s Suzuki switch in World Superbikes prompted speculation that his deal included an assurance that he would get the chance to move to Suzuki’s MotoGP team in 2015.
Suzuki is currently testing a new 1000cc project with the intention to return to MotoGP with a full factory two-rider effort.
And while it seems certain Laverty will test the MotoGP bike in 2014, there is nothing in place that means he will be on the new 1000cc project full-time in ’15.
Laverty told MCN: “I don’t know where that came from at all. The news was obviously leaked that I was talking with Suzuki but there is nothing on paper for the MotoGP seat because you can’t do that when it is not 100% guaranteed that they are coming back in 2015. It looks very likely and honestly a big attraction with the Suzuki option is to try and put a foot in the door and go MotoGP. That’s why I am looking there. The question is whether I can go to Suzuki and be competitive because it is a long time since they won a race. It is a big task but I’ve got to go somewhere.”


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Samsung to patch the Galaxy S10’s fingerprint sensor over screen protector concerns
Earlier this week, a report published in The Sun claimed that the Samsung Galaxy S10’s in-display fingerprint sensor has a security flaw. Apparently, certain “gel cover”-style screen protectors can confuse the ultrasonic sensor, and if you register a fingerprint while the cover is applied, then the phone can start unlocking itself for anyone’s fingerprint, not just those you’ve registered.
After initially issuing a statement saying that customers should only use “Samsung authorized accessories” with their device, Samsung now says it’s going to fix the issue. The company told BBC News that it is “aware of the case of S10’s malfunctioning fingerprint recognition and will soon issue a software patch.” One Twitter user claimed that the Note 10, which uses a similar sensor, is also susceptible to the same issue.
Since the S10 was announced, we’ve known that it doesn’t work well with certain kinds of screen protectors. In a video posted back in February, Marques Brownlee demonstrated how the phone will struggle to identify a previously registered fingerprint after you apply a thick glass screen protector. However, he didn’t try registering a fingerprint after this screen protector was applied, which is what seems to have happened here. A regular plastic protector tested by Brownlee appeared to work just fine.
Samsung’s official support site admits that certain screen protectors can be a problem for the phone, noting that “unofficial, scratched or dirty screen protectors may cause the fingerprint sensor to malfunction.” The company has also said that some screen protectors that come with silicone phone cases can be recognized alongside fingerprints by the phone’s sensor, according to a message in Samsung’s support app, Reuters notes.
If you’re worried about the apparent security risks here, but you absolutely need to have a screen protector on your phone, then the simplest solution is to use the screen protector that comes pre-applied to the device. It might be a basic sheet of plastic that’s unlikely to last you a lifetime, but you can always replace it when it inevitably gets scratched. When that happens, you probably don’t need to go for Samsung’s official $29.99 screen protector, but maybe you can buy something a little better than a £2.70 gel cover from eBay.


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Flipkart Mobiles Bonanza Sale Is Now Live, to Go On Till February 28: Best Smartphone Deals
Walmart-owned e-commerce giant Flipkart has announced a new Mobiles Bonanza sale that starts today and will go on till the end of the month, on February 28. The Flipkart Mobiles Bonanza sale will bring attractive discounts on smartphones from leading brands along with other bank offers, exchange offers, and no-cost EMI options. Smartphones from brands like Apple, Motorola, Poco, Samsung, Realme, Xiaomi, and other brands will see heavy discounts during the Flipkart Mobile Bonanza sale.
During the Flipkart Mobiles Bonanza, buyers can avail extra discounts on ICICI Bank card and EMI transactions. ICICI band credit card holders and Bank of Baroda Mastercard debit card holders will get an extra 10 percent off on their purchase. Some of the smartphones that are seeing great discounts are Xiaomi Mi 10T series, Samsung Galaxy F41, Vivo V20, Motorola Razr 5G, Poco X3, Realme Narzo 20 Pro, Realme 7 Pro, Redmi 9i, Redmi 9 Prime, Realme C15, iPhone 11, iPhone XR, and more.
One of the most heavy discount is on the Motorola Razr 5G foldable smartphone that is being sold at a price of Rs 99,999 as against its sticker price of Rs 1,24,999. Further, ICICI Bank Credit Card users will be able to avail an extra Rs 1,000 discount. The Samsung Galaxy F41 is being sold at Rs 15,499, a Rs 1,500 discount over its Rs 16,999 sticker price. The Vivo V20 (2020) 256GB storage variant is also discounted by Rs 3,000 and is listed at Rs 24,990 during the Mobile Bonanza sale. Further, the Poco X3 is priced at a Rs 1,500 discount as well from tis Rs 16,999 pricetag and is being sold at a price of Rs 14,499.
The newly-launched Samsung Galaxy F62 is also being sold with offers during the Flipkart Mobiles Bonanza sale, with a Rs 2,500 instant cashback on transactions with ICICI Bank cards and EMI transactions. iPhone 11 is being sold at Rs 49,999 along with an addition 10 percent off on ICICI Bank credit cards and first time Bank of Baroda Mastercard debit card transactions.


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B&N files application for new e-reader
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US bookseller Barnes & Noble could be launching a new version of its nook e-book reader, after it filed an application with the US government.
In the US, companies wishing to produce devices that use the radio frequency spectrum
must get authorisation from the FCC.
Barnes & Noble already sells a 3G model of the nook, which retails for $199 (£130). The retailer began selling its own e-book devices in November last year. Among its features is the ability to lend e-books to friends, a web browser and an email facility.


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Green Marketing Could Be Key to Corporate Survival
The heads of AMV BBDO, JWT, Ogilvy, RKCR/Y&R and Saatchi & Saatchi have told the Financial Times that they believe green advertising will grow in the next 12 months. They predict a wave of green marketing campaigns as businesses compete on their environmental claims – some even arguing that it could become a matter of their very survival.
Advertisers that make green claims for products and services however face scrutiny, particularly from bloggers and other web users. But the article warns businesses that want to market themselves as green not to mistake the activist views of eco-bloggers for those of mainstream Internet users.
Some experts warn those that unveil unpersuasive or me-too initiatives on carbon neutrality or sustainable sourcing, for instance, will see little benefit and could suffer a backlash if their claims proved wrong or inconsistent.
Lee Daley, chairman and chief executive of Saatchi & Saatchi UK, said: “Brands will not be able to opt out of this. Companies which do not live by a green protocol will be financially damaged because consumers will punish them. In the longer term, I do not think they will survive.”
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Nexstep Commercial Products promoted Erin Busch to vice president of sales and marketing.
In a deal valued at $161.3 million, fast-casual chain BurgerFi will acquire Anthony’s Coal Fired Pizza & Wings from L Catterton. The companies anticipate the deal will close in the fourth quarter of 2021 at which time L Catterton will become one of BurgerFi’s largest shareholders, per a release announcing the transaction.
The Foodservice Equipment Distributors Association recently recognized the accomplishments of some of its members through its annual Gold Awards that “recognizes members and individuals who are advancing the foodservice equipment and supplies industry through exemplary leadership and service,” according to a FEDA release.
Graton Resort & Casino named William Becker its vice president of food and beverage. Becker will oversee all food, beverage and restaurant facilities at the 65-acre resort. The property features five foodservice operations as well as a series of bars.
Alto-Shaam hired Jennifer Voitek as regional sales manager for the northeast.
Marra Forni hired John Blizzard to serve as a regional sales manager for the central region and Eric Holder as director of technical service and support for the Maryland-based manufacturer of ovens for use in commercial kitchens.
Chris Wescott was appointed chief executive officer for Iron Hill Brewery, a 20-unit craft brewery and restaurant concept. Wescott comes to Iron Hill after most recently serving as CEO of Rosa Mexicano, a full-service restaurant with locations in New York City and other metropolitan markets.
Fast-casual restaurant chain MOOYAH Burgers, Fries & Shakes promoted Mike Sebazco to executive vice president of operations and development. He previously served as vice president of operations and development for four years.
Ali Group’s deal to acquire Welbilt continues to make progress and will likely require the divestiture of one high-profile brand.
CKE Restaurants Holdings, parent company of Carl’s Jr. and Hardee’s, updated its operating structure to combine restaurant operations and supply chain under John Dunion, a 25-year company veteran. As part of this reorganization, Dunion was promoted to CKE’s chief operating officer from chief supply chain officer.
The acquisition activity among foodservice equipment manufacturers and dealers has maintained its brisk pace. The latest deal has Electrolux Professional acquiring Unified Brands for approximately $244 million. The deal is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2021 and remains subject to customary closing conditions, etc., per a release announcing the deal.


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Police are desperate to trace the rightful owners of a collection of gold and silver bullion, coins and doubloons which could have been stolen in a burglary or robbery.
The coins were found under a hedge in Reed Close, London Colney on Wednesday, February 11.
Detectives believe the collection may have been stolen in a burglary or robbery and also believe the collection could have come from anywhere in the country.
The items were mostly found individually wrapped in cellophane, plastic or were held in plastic containers.
Jewellers have valued the collection at approximately £50,000.
Detective Sergeant Karen Lewis said she hoped the uniqueness of the items would help them find the owner.
“Despite several enquiries, we have so far been unable to trace the owners of these items,” she said.
“The items are very distinctive so we hope that someone might recognise them and that they can be returned.”
Anyone who recognises the collection, or who has any information about where they may have come from, is asked to contact DS Karen Lewis on the non-emergency number 101.
Alternatively, call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.
The items are very distinctive so we hope that someone might recognise them and that they can be returned.Detective Sergeant Karen Lewis
Thieves have been rampant across Dacorum over the last few months with police issuing several warnings after spates of burglaries in Hemel Hempstead, Berkhamsted and Tring.


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How smartphones increase productivity
New survey points finger at smartphones, but that research fails to recognize the numerous benefits of smartphone use in the workplace.
A new survey from CareerBuilder finds employers nearly 20 percent of full-time workers are productive fewer than five hours a day. The cause of that lost productivity? They say smartphones.
We have been here before. First, employers blamed the web for lost productivity. They responded by blocking access to the web, only to open it later when they realized it actually contained work-related content. Later, social media sites were the culprit. Businesses responded, predictably, by blocking access. Now, a quarter of companies are banning personal calls and cell phone use.
Nearly half of employers insist smartphone distractions have compromised work quality, lowered morale as other employees are forced to pick up the slack, negatively impacted relationships between employees and bosses, and led to missed deadlines.
Only 10 percent of employees with smartphones agreed that their productivity has dropped because of phone use, though 66 percent said they use their phones several times during the workday.
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Digital Euro System Now Underway in Europe, EU Commission Says It ‘Won’t Replace Cash’ - The Daily Hodl
The European Commission has proposed a legislative plan for the launch of a new digital euro payments system, one that it says will not replace the use of physical cash. ...
- The European Commission has proposed a legislative plan for the launch of a new digital euro payments system.
- The plan aims to provide both payment options, cash and digital, to meet the growing trend of digital payments while still acknowledging the preference for physical cash.
- The proposal includes a framework for launching the digital euro and measures to safeguard the use of cash.
- The European Central Bank (ECB) supports the proposals and is ready to provide technical input for the rollout of the digital euro.
- The ECB emphasizes the importance of ensuring the digital euro brings value to people and maintains the accessibility and acceptance of euro cash.
The sentiment of the article is generally positive, as it highlights the European Commission's efforts to adapt to the growing trend of digital payments while still valuing physical cash. The support from the European Central Bank further adds to the positive sentiment.


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As Marta Duic/Poslovni Dnevnik writes on the 21st of July, 2020, the location of the first Domino’s Pizza pizzeria is the Croatian capital of Zagreb, close to the Sheraton Hotel, and the arrival of this global leader in pizza delivery, which has more than 16,300 branches in more than 85 countries, is due to the company All about pizza.
The company’s CEO, Mihael Sviben, and his business partner Nils David Gornall have been working on the development of this business venture for more than two years now. The tradition of this American company dates back to 1960, and the first Zagreb branch of Domino’s Pizza will start operating on Monday, July the 27th, 2020.
Local artists took part in arranging the 300-square-metre space, and Sviben pointed out that they wanted to be different and at the same time autochthonous and showcase the true uniqueness of Zagreb.
“Like any young entrepreneur, I have big plans, but for a start, we’re going to focus on Zagreb. Domino’s is known for its incredibly fast delivery, and to achieve that, we need to work with small delivery zones. From our first branch, we’re going to deliver only to parts of Zagreb, so the focus of our first expansion will be Zagreb as a whole, but our plans after that are much bigger,” explained Sviben.
As he said, they had no problems finding employees to work at Zagreb’s brand new Domino’s Pizza, however, the coronavirus pandemic unfortunately changed their plans. When they first presented Domino’s pizza in Croatia in February, their plan was to open something physical in May.
“And we’re more than happy to have this opportunity to open our doors in these unpredictable times. We’re a team whose key is to offer a service that is on a par with the aforementioned fast delivery, and we strive to offer customers the best of both worlds, as well as the original American recipe on which Domino’s Pizza is based, just like local combinations of flavours and ingredients,” added Sviben.
One of the most popular, almost classic types of Domino’s Pizza is Pepperoni. According to Sviben, the quality and safety of these products are crucial when choosing ingredients for their pizzas.
“All of our ingredients have been tested and approved by Domino’s International. Whenever possible, we procure locally, but we also cooperate with other European suppliers,” said Sviben. “We believe that with our many years of experience in pizza delivery and our hybrid menu, we’ll be able to bring something new to the already exciting pizza scene in Croatia,” noted the entrepreneur.
His colleague in this project, Nils David Gornall, also explained what else is a plus for them. “Our main advantage is that everything is designed as a pizza theatre and everything is created in front of you. People especially like to watch the dough be rolled out,” he said.
Sviben also noted that Domino’s Pizza carefully selects its locations, and the key to the chain’s success across the world is, in addition to quality, the speed of its delivery, which will be a maximum of thirty minutes. Delivery is eco-friendly as it is done by bicycle.
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The latest Windows Phone TV commercial pits the camera of Nokia's Lumia 920 against that of Samsung's Galaxy S III in the latest example of the Windows Phone Challenge.
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According to a new report, the recently hired Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer will give all of its full and part time employees a free smartphone, with the Lumia 920 among the ones on Yahoo's list.
Samsung's S-voice has been confirmed to run on any Android 4.0 device. S-voice is Samsung's Android solution to Siri for the iPhone and works just as effectively.
Samsung has done a good job at keeping its next Galaxy device under wraps, but now it appears that Samsung will be unveiling it tomorrow morning - could this be the highly-anticipated Galaxy S III?


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Antitrust rules allow closer business cooperation in health sector amid COVID-19 crisis, but within limits
The COVID-19 health crisis poses substantial challenges for businesses and consumers and has had a significant impact on competition law governing the health sector.
One of the effects of the COVID-19 emergency has been the surge in demand for health sector products and other essential items. In these exceptional circumstances, the European Commission (“the Commission”) and national competition authorities have acknowledged that cooperation between companies and trade associations can play a crucial role in overcoming these challenges more efficiently and ensuring the supply and adequate distribution of essential and scarce products.
At the same time, competition authorities have emphasised that it is vital to ensure that products considered essential to protect the health of consumers in the current situation remain available at competitive prices. Competition authorities will therefore not hesitate to take action against companies taking advantage of the current situation by cartelising or abusing their dominant position.
The antitrust authorities’ response to the crisis
On 23 March 2020, the competition authorities in the European Competition Network (ECN, consisting of the European Commission, the EFTA Surveillance Authority, and the national competition authorities of the EU/EEA) issued a Joint Statement on the application of competition law during the COVID-19 crisis. The Joint Statement notes that the ECN “understands that this extraordinary situation may trigger the need for companies to cooperate in order to ensure the supply and fair distribution of scarce products to all consumers” and that “it will not actively intervene against necessary and temporary measures put in place in order to avoid a shortage of supply”. The ECN also encouraged manufacturers to use the option of imposing maximum resale prices to avoid situations that could be challenged by competition authorities as excessive pricing. In addition, the ECN has stated its intention to take action against companies taking advantage of the current situation through cartels or by abusing a dominant position.
On 8 April 2020, the European Commission published a Temporary Framework Communication to provide antitrust guidance to companies cooperating in response to urgent situations related to the coronavirus outbreak concerning the supply of “essential products and services”, notably medicines and medical equipment. European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety Stella Kyriakides has also put forward Guidelines to optimise supply and availability of medicines during the coronavirus pandemic.
In order to increase output as quickly as possible, the Guidelines acknowledge that it might be necessary to reorganise supply chains and production lines and tap existing stocks. Where such temporary measures by pharmaceutical companies require cooperation or coordination with other companies to ensure continued care for COVID-19 patients, the Commission is ready to provide guidance and legal certainty to these companies on their compliance with EU competition rules.
On 15 April 2020, the European Commission published a Joint European Roadmap towards lifting COVID-19 containment measures. The European Commission envisages that competitor cooperation related to the supply of equipment and medicines may be necessary to lift confinement measures. It states: “Ensuring sufficient supplies of equipment and medicines for enabling the lifting of confinement measures may require a higher than normally allowed degree of cooperation between firms, including competitors, in some ecosystems. The Commission is and will be providing, as necessary, antitrust guidance and comfort for cooperation between firms in ecosystems to overcome shortages on goods and services required to enable the gradual de-escalation from containment measures. The Commission and the National Competition Authorities will, via the European Competition Network (ECN), also ensure a coherent application of this guidance in their respective enforcement actions”.
Antitrust guidance: the Commission’s Temporary Framework Communication
Criteria for assessment of horizontal cooperation
This type of cooperation among businesses, encouraged by the authorities in order to ensure sufficient supplies of equipment and medicines, would normally be against European Union and national antitrust rules. This is why the Commission has drawn up a Temporary Framework outlining guidance on how to achieve cooperation while still complying with competition law during the crisis.
In its Temporary Framework, the Commission indicates that in the health sector the following cooperation through trade associations is generally not problematic as long as sufficient safeguards against anticompetitive exchanges of information are put in place:
- Coordinating joint transport for input materials;
- Contributing to identifying those essential medicines that, in view of forecast production, face risks of shortages;
- Aggregating production and capacity information, without exchanging individual company information;
- Working on a model to predict demand at member state level, and identifying supply gaps; and
- Sharing aggregate supply gap information, and asking participating undertakings, individually and without sharing the information with competitors, to indicate whether they can fill the supply gap to meet demand (either through existing stocks or by increasing production).
Furthermore, the Commission acknowledges that cooperation might even go further, including coordinating the reorganisation of production to increase and optimise output. While such cooperation may require the exchange of information that would normally be problematic from a competition law point of view, the Commission indicates that such measures may be acceptable as long as they are: (i) designed and objectively necessary to actually increase output in the most efficient way; (ii) temporary in nature; and (iii) proportional.
Businesses are, however, required to document all exchanges and agreements between them and make them available to the European Commission upon request.
Cooperation encouraged by public authorities
In addition, the Commission notes that the fact that cooperation is encouraged/coordinated by a public authority would be taken into account for antitrust assessment and that such cooperation would not be an enforcement priority for the Commission. Moreover, if such cooperation were to result from an imperative request from public authorities, it would in any event not constitute an antitrust infringement.
This is a substantial temporary relaxation of antitrust rules. Usually, agreement or conduct that is not required by law may breach the competition rules, even if it is undertaken following consultation with national authorities or with their encouragement or approval. The critical question, under normal circumstances, is whether or not the individual businessesundertakings enjoyed commercial autonomy.
Guidance and comfort letters from the Commission
Finally, the European Commission indicates that businesses may obtain prior guidance at the European Commission’s own discretion (whereas businesses are normally required to make an antitrust assessment at their own risk).
In this respect, the European Commission has already provided such a comfort letter to Medicines for Europe, formerly the European Generic Medicines Association. It concerns a voluntary cooperation project among pharmaceutical producers – both members and non-members of the association –targeting the risk of shortages of critical hospital medicines for the treatment of coronavirus patients.
No “free pass” for businesses taking advantage of the crisis
Notwithstanding the unprecedented challenges facing business and the economy, the Commission and national competition authorities have warned “unscrupulous” businesses that this relaxation of rules does not give them a “free pass” to engage in conduct that could result in harm to consumers, such as colluding to keep prices artificially high or shutting out smaller rivals from accessing supply chains.
As mentioned above, the national competition authorities state in the ECN Joint Statement their intention to take action against companies taking advantage of the current situation through cartels or by abusing a dominant position.
The Commission’s Temporary Framework Communication underlines that in these exceptional circumstances it is more important than ever that businesses and consumers receive protection under competition law. The Commission will therefore continue to closely and actively monitor relevant market developments to detect instances of businesses taking advantage of the current situation to breach EU antitrust law by engaging in anticompetitive agreements or abusing their dominant position. Notably, the Commission will not tolerate conduct by businesses that opportunistically seek to exploit the crisis as cover for anticompetitive collusion or abuses of their dominant position (including dominant positions conferred by the particular circumstances of this crisis). This may be by exploiting customers and consumers (e.g. by charging prices above normal competitive levels) or limiting production to the ultimate prejudice of consumers (e.g. by obstructing attempts to scale up production to meet supply shortages). The Commission is therefore encouraging businesses and citizens to continue reporting any cartels and other antitrust violations, including abuses of dominant positions that may come to their attention through the usual tools at their disposal.
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UPDATE (July 12, 2019): The French government passed the digital services taxA tax is a mandatory payment or charge collected by local, state, and national governments from individuals or businesses to cover the costs of general government services, goods, and activities. on July 11. The tax is retroactive to January 1, 2019, and the first tax payment will be due in October. In reaction to this, the United States Trade Representative has opened an investigation into the discriminatory nature of the tax to determine whether to retaliate against the French with tariffTariffs are taxes imposed by one country on goods or services imported from another country. Tariffs are trade barriers that raise prices and reduce available quantities of goods and services for U.S. businesses and consumers. s.
French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire has announced new information regarding a digital services tax proposal which, when enacted, would have retroactive effect to January 1, 2019.
A digital services tax (DST) is a tax on the revenues that certain digital companies or business models generate from the markets in which they operate. Many digital firms pay little to no corporate income taxA corporate income tax (CIT) is levied by federal and state governments on business profits. Many companies are not subject to the CIT because they are taxed as pass-through businesses, with income reportable under the individual income tax. in the markets where their services are available either because they provide services for free or because they do not have physical assets or employees based in those countries.
However, a DST would be harmful and distortive because it narrowly focuses on one sector of the economy and could end up taxing businesses that are not profitable.
Last year, the French government was at the forefront of the push for an agreement at the EU level to enact a DST, and it continues to push for a trimmed down version of that approach. However, given the failure at the EU level to adopt such a policy, many countries have taken a unilateral approach to adopting digital services taxes.
The French government is now proposing a DST with a rate of 3 percent (but could go up to a maximum of 5 percent) on companies that have worldwide revenue from digital services of at least €750 million ($851 million) and French revenue of more than €25 million ($28 million). The government expects to raise €500 million ($567 million) per year from the tax.
According to OECD data, the French central government collected €364 billion ($413 billion) in total tax revenue in 2017 and €54 billion ($61 billion) in revenue from corporate taxes. Relative to the 2017 levels, this new tax would represent just a small increase of 0.14 percent in total revenue and a 1 percent increase in corporate tax revenue.
Reports on the proposal said that the tax will apply to revenues from local targeted ads, marketplaces, and the reselling of personal data.
The tax is likely to apply to 30 or so large multinationals that provide digital services and will likely apply to at least one French firm.
Le Maire has said this tax would be deductible against French corporate taxes, ensuring that businesses that already pay corporate taxes in France would be impacted less by the DST than foreign corporations that do not pay corporate taxes in France.
The DST will likely make it less likely for digital firms to directly expand their investment in France. European tech firms already have low levels of capital spending relative to the U.S. or Japan, and policies like this only work against improvements on that metric.
When Le Maire was asked about how the DST might impact France’s attractiveness for business investment, he responded by talking about the scheduled corporate rate cut from 33.33 percent to 25 percent by 2022 (combined rate of 25.83 percent). While he is correct in suggesting that the rate cut should improve the business investment climate in France, policies like the DST create an unlevel playing field for certain business models. France should work toward adopting neutral tax policies rather than special proposals targeted at one sector or another.
From a global perspective, the French DST could be a significant development because DST proposals may not fit within the framework that will come from the ongoing discussions at the OECD. The OECD should work to evaluate policies like the DST to determine whether they will fit with the new international system that will result from the OECD process.
From a U.S. perspective, it seems that Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin has approved of the French DST approach. As one article about the proposed DST states: “Le Maire said there was no risk of the new measure clashing with a tax agreement between France and the U.S. He discussed the plan with Steven Mnuchin during the U.S. Treasury Secretary’s stop in Paris late last month.”
So, within the span of just one week, it appears that the U.S. Treasury has both endorsed an end to tax competition with a global minimum tax and the French approach to directly taxing digital companies that currently have no taxable profits in France.
This is in contrast to the views of the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee on how distortionary and discriminatory DST proposals are to U.S. companies.
The French government is setting itself up to be a leader on policies that could hurt businesses that rely on digital sales platforms to market their goods. They should be cautious to avoid creating not only domestic challenge to their digital firms but also work to avoid creating more uncertainty and double taxationDouble taxation is when taxes are paid twice on the same dollar of income, regardless of whether that’s corporate or individual income. scenarios for multinational businesses.
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As per the latest findings of Future Market Insights, the global virtual tourism market is expected to be 12.3 Billion
The additional features mean Climate+ is the first connected platform to support every step of a corporate’s business travel sustainability
IDeaS selected as RMS provider at 17 properties across the UK, the Netherlands, and Italy.
Available through the Oracle Cloud Marketplace, new integration enhances digital tipping enablement with charge to room functionality, automated employee tip
The total number of Valpas safe member hotels increases to over 200 across over 30 destinations.
More than 700 SITA kiosks to be deployed across five Canadian airports.
The Partner Network will initially add over 18,000 handpicked units to Blueground’s already established portfolio of 15,000 fully-furnished apartments globally
Osaka has a lot to offer, and it will be interesting to see how the casino is received. There may
By partnering with ETOA, Mabrian aims to enhance the decision-making capabilities of European DMOs, enabling them navigate the dynamic tourism
An industry first, guests can now leave reviews simply and conveniently using the latest Open AI technology.


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* Reaffirms 2012 adj EPS view $1.30 vs est $1.31
* Sees Q4 adj EPS $0.80 vs est $0.78
* Sees Q4 rev $1.95 bln in line with analysts’ estimate
Aug 2 (Reuters) - Clothing maker Gildan Activewear Inc said quarterly profit fell as lower selling prices for printwear hurt the company’s margins, but forecast current quarter results above analysts’ estimates.
Gildan, which supplies to the screenprint market in the United States and Canada, expects adjusted earnings of about 80 cents per share on revenue of about $560 million for the current quarter.
Analysts were estimating earnings of 78 cents per share on revenue of $537 million, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.
The company also backed its forecast for fiscal 2012 adjusted earnings of about $1.30 per share on sales of $1.95 billion.
Gildan also supplies private-label and Gildan-branded socks, primarily to mass-market retailers.
Net income fell to $78.6 million, or 64 cents per share, for the second quarter from $88.1 million, or 72 cents per share, a year earlier.
Excluding restructuring and acquisition-related costs, earnings were 66 cents per share.
Net sales rose 13 percent to $600.2 million.
Gildan’s shares, which have risen 44 percent so far this year, closed at C$28.23 on Wednesday on the Toronto Stock Exchange.


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A RETAIL giant dismissed claims it could be involved in a major development.
Britton Construction has submitted plans for a scheme in Clacton which would include a cinema complex and supermarket.
The developer said it was talking to Asda about it running the supermarket in the Clacton Gateway scheme.
But Asda distanced itself from the project, saying it was approached, but was never interested. Instead, it is looking to demolish a Co-op store in Clacton and build an Asda there.
A deal is already in place with the Co-op, if the scheme is given planning approval. An Asda spokesman said: “Asda was approached by a Britton Construction representative in the hope of bringing us on board. This approach was never followed up by Asda, much less did it lead to advanced negotiations.
“Asda has had an interest in opening in Clacton for some time and is fully committed to our aspirations regarding the Co-op site in Bull Hill Road.
“We believe it is the best location.
Further details of our plans will be confirmed and publicised soon.”
A Britton Construction spokesman said: “In 2003, Asda was outbid by Tesco to be the superstore anchor at Clacton’s Brook Retail Park. With knowledge of Asda’s unresolved requirement, we sought to identify an effective location to bring them to Clacton.
“During 2012, emerging plans for Clacton Gateway were put to Asda. It liked our location and encouraged us to provide its ideal requirement for an 80,000sq ft store, 500 parking spaces and petrol station.
It continued to consider the opportunity in 2013, while awaiting internal decisions.
“We are disappointed it has now chosen to try to get planning consent for a scheme that delivers only a store for it and nothing by way of wider benefits for the community.”


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A PROPERTY for sale at Coolmore, Churchtown, Co Cork, is attracting continuing interest.
That’s according to Derry Walsh of Sherry FizGerald, who’s selling the bungalow residence and 44 acres close to the heritage village.
A hobby farm/equestrian centre buy, it is guide priced at €650,000, and includes a brand new yard and a man-made one acre lake.
* FARM SALE: A farm in one of the most beautiful places in the country is about to go for auction, following an unsuccessful private treaty sale. The 37-acre farm at the Gap of Dunloe, Beaufort, Co Kerry, which was launched on the market earlier this year, goes for auction, next Wednesday.
Buyers can also take up the option of purchasing a three-bed bungalow on the site, says Tom Crowley of Tom Spillane and Co, who’s handling the auction.
He says the sale has already generated a lot of interest, and the auction will bring financial focus to the property, in a market where buyers are loathe to commit. Some of the best land in the Kingdom, according to Crowley, will be offered for auction in three lots.
The joint private treaty sale with auctioneer Billy O’Shea was guide priced at €18,000 per acre – the equivalent of €660,000 for the entire property.
* TWO BIDDERS: There were two strong bidders for a 42-acre holding on the outskirts of Macroom, launched on the market in June, and now sold.
The land at Raleigh was reduced to sell, having been guide priced at €400,000. It made €420,000, says Tom Heffernan of Sherry FitzGerald Hinchion, Macroom.
Situated close to the town boundary, the level pasture land may have been purchased as a hobby farm.
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A joint venture (JV) led by Gulf Energy Development Plc will develop Phase III of Thailand’s Laem Chabang port following a new deal signed with the national authority.
On 25 November the JV signed the public-private partnership contract with the Port Authority of Thailand (PAT) worth 30.9 billion baht ($927 million) to develop Laem Chabang Port Phase 3, Terminal F project in Chonburi province.
GPC International Terminal Ltd. (GPC) is a joint venture between Gulf Energy Development plc (Gulf), PTT Tank Terminal Company Limited (PTT Pcl) and Chinese Harbour Engineering Company Oversea Infrastructure Holding Pte. Ltd. (CHEC Oversea).
Gulf holds a 40% stake, while PPT Pcl and CHEC Oversea holds 30% of the shares respectively.
This joint endeavor aims to push the Laem Chabang Port towards the gateway of trade and investment, which will potentially drive Thailand towards becoming a regional hub and increase the country’s competitive edge.
The port is expected to open for commercial operations by 2025.
For the development of the Laem Chabang Port Phase 3, PAT will be in charge of sea reclamation – while GPC will be responsible for the design, construction, and operation and maintenance (O&M) services for F1 and F2 container berths to accommodate container throughput and implement automation technology for the operation of the project.
The port can handle a container throughput capacity of 4 million TEU/year.
GPC will receive remuneration as income from port operations such as berth hire, wharf handling charges, container wharfage and other related fees according to the scope and conditions of the 35-year PPP contract.
Construction will begin on the F1 container berth in 2023 and commercial operations are scheduled for 2025 while construction will begin on the F2 container berth in 2027 and scheduled for commercial operations by 2029.
Hutchison Ports Thailand has previously taken a major step towards transforming the Laem Chabang Port into a ‘smart port’ after it took delivery of six autonomous trucks. The trucks arrived at the Port’s Terminal D from Shanghai on 26 April 2020.


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WhatsApp gets a raw deal from India in payments
WhatsApp needs a nod from the National Payments Corporation of India to throw open the switch.
MSMEs stare at labour and raw material supply issues
Small industries in the country will face a shortage of raw material and labour as the graded lifting of the ongoing nationwide lockdown begins from Monday amid lack of clarity over whether entire supply chains will operate.
Realtors join hands to source raw material in bulk at lower rates
Developers estimate the move to collate orders to get supplies will fetch at least 5-7% cost benefit to developers and ultimately to homebuyers. Apart from large developers that already derive such benefits due to their scale of operations, smaller and mid-size entities will also be able to gain cost efficiency on this count.
Visakhapatnam gas leak: What is styrene - the raw material used at LG Polymers plant
A toxic gas leak at Visakhapatnam's LG Polymers plant on Thursday morning killed at least 11 people and forced 800 into hospital for treatme...
Raw material, movement of labour biggest hurdles: CII
The findings are part of a nationwide survey conducted by CII last week to determine the effectiveness of the exit from lockdown in specific zones and sectors.
Brazilian President thanks PM Modi for supplying raw material for Hydroxychloroquine
"We have more good news.As an outcome of my direct conversation with Prime Minister of India, we will receive, by Saturday, raw materials to continue our production of Hydroxychloroquine so that we can treat patients of COVID-19 as well as of Lupus, Malaria, and Arthritis. I thank PM Modi and the people of India for such timely help to the people of Brazil," Bolsonaro stated.
India to send nearly 1,000 tonnes of paracetamol raw material to Europe
The Indian government in March put a hold on exports of several drugs including paracetamol to secure supplies for its people after the coronavirus outbreak disrupted the industry's supply chain globally. COVID-19 is the respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus.
Movement of workers, raw material key hurdles in restart of businesses: CII survey
The survey points that permits for enterprises, passes for workers & supply chain movement are the key hurdles.
Realtors tie up to get bulk supplies at low rates
Apart from large developers who already reap scale benefits, even smaller and mid-size entities will be able to get cost efficiency once this collective bargaining initiative rolls-on.
India allows additional 745 tonne raw sugar exports to US
India enjoys duty-free sugar exports to the US for up to 10,000 tonnes annually under preferential quota arrangement. India, the world's second biggest producer and the largest consumer of sugar, has a preferential quota arrangement for sugar export with the European Union as well.
Tata Steel Dutch workers groups blast plans for job cuts
Labour Union FNV Steel said that Henrar had advocated preserving the Dutch operations.
Covid impact: Companies face input tax credit denial on goods destroyed
Input tax credit under the goods and services tax framework allows businesses to set off tax paid on raw materials or input services against future tax liabilities.
Government bans exports of certain masks, ventilators, raw material for masks, coveralls
The exports of these products were free till now. DGFT had prohibited the export of all personal protection equipment including clothing and masks used in healthcare activities where there is a risk of contamination such as N-95 masks. However, surgical/ disposable masks, surgical blades, gas masks and disposable shoe covers were freely exportable.
Coronavirus scare shoots up demand for India's raw turmeric
Exporters across India are confirming an increased interest from corona-affected countries in consuming raw turmeric. Concerns over the virus have also boosted domestic sales of fruits and vegetables, while the poultry industry is struggling to sell chicken even after a steep fall in prices.
Proposed changes in mining policy to hit steel companies with captive leases
The proposals are beleived to have been submitted to the PM’s Office to double the sector's contribution to GDP, from Rs 4.1 lakh crore in fiscal year 2018-19 to Rs 8 lakh crore by fiscal year 2024. Another suggestion with far-reaching consequences is that leases that are un-operationalised for more than three years be taken back from Public Sector Undertakings and auctioned off.
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Hunter Engineering participates in West Africa Automotive Show in Nigeria, once again
ST. LOUIS – Last year’s West Africa Automotive Show was the first time Hunter Engineering had participated in a trade show on the African continent. Last month, Hunter made it two years in a row.
Hunter was among the more than 150 exhibitors taking part in the show at Landmark Centre in Lagos, Nigeria, May 16-18. More than 3,000 automotive professionals were in attendance.
The event is the only automotive show that takes place in West Africa. Hunter again welcomed distributors and end users to a range of aligners, wheel balancers, tire changers and brake lathes.
Hunter Regional Manager Ranjeet Mahato led the Hunter team, with help from Hunter distributor Al Babtain General Trading FZE. “We were happy to return to the West Africa Automotive Show, following our very successful experience last year,” he said. “This year was even better, since were able to offer live demonstrations of Hunter equipment. The interest and response from the attendees was tremendous.”
Hunter Engineering’s dedicated dealer network of importers and distributors delivers industry-leading world-class products to workshops in more than 100 countries across the globe.
“This event is an important component in our effort to expand our reach in this international market,” Mahato said.
For more information, visit www.hunter.com.
Hunter Engineering Company® is the global leader in state-of-the-art wheel alignment systems, wheel balancers, brake lathes, tire changers, lift racks, autonomous alignment and tire inspection equipment, diagnostic scan tools and ADAS recalibration equipment. Hunter equipment is approved and used by vehicle manufacturers, automobile and truck dealers, tire dealers and service facilities around the world.
For more information, visit www.hunter.com or contact Tommy Maitz, director of marketing, Hunter Engineering Company®, at firstname.lastname@example.org. For additional information, please contact your local Hunter business consultant at https://www.hunter.com/contact.


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According to Chinese insiders, Huawei will soon introduce a new mid-range smartphone called Enjoy 20 Plus. Detailed specifications and the price of the upcoming device have already appeared on the Weibo social network. One of the main features of the device will be driven by the Kirin 820 chipset.
However, a tipster “Digital Chat Station” says on Weibo that the company will swap its internal platform for a 5G chipset from Mediatek. It is not clear which SoC will serve as the heart of the smartphone, but, apparently, we are talking about either Dimensity 800U or Dimensity 720, which are practically no different. At the same time, they differ from Dimensity 800 or Dimensity 820 in a less productive CPU.
He also shared the key specs of the device. According to him, the smartphone is credited with a 6.63 ”screen, three cameras in a 48MP + 8MP + 2MP combo (in a circular configuration), and a 4200mAh battery with a 40W ultra-fast charge. The Enjoy 20 Plus should be just 8.95mm thick and weigh 197 grams, while other features are likely to be a lift-up selfie camera and side-mount fingerprint reader.
The source of information is the insider Digital Chat Station, who has already confirmed its reliability many times. For example, he was the first to describe the parameters of the Redmi K30 Pro before its announcement.
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iPhone 11 deals have come crashing down in price for a pretty obvious reason…
While all eyes have been on the release of iPhone 12 deals, the possibly more exciting purchase from Apple has been happening behind the scenes as the iPhone 11 comes crashing down in price.
Every year when Apple launches a new phone we see the costs of its older handsets drop rapidly. When the iPhone 11 came out, the XR dropped rapidly and now that the 12 is here, the iPhone 11 has fallen by £130 on the Apple website.
This price drop has rippled out, causing retailers across the UK to drop their prices as well making the iPhone 11 the best value iPhone around right now. Yes, you could always upgrade to the new iPhone 12 but other than 5G and Apple’s new MagSafe feature, it’s not hugely different to the older iPhone 11.
While we imagine this news will make the 11 the perfect option for Black Friday iPhone deals, it also means it is an awesome purchase right now. Below we’ve listed the best iPhone 11 deals to come out of this price drop.
The best iPhone 11 deals available right now:
What is the iPhone 11 like?
iPhone 11 review
The cheapest of Apple’s ex-flagship range, the iPhone 11 continues to prove itself as a top phone choice, mixing strong specs and affordable pricing. Even with the iPhone 12 now here, it continues to be a top choice thanks to its recent price drop.
Internally, there’s a 3110mAh battery, Apple’s high-powered A13 Bionic chip, and an IP68 rating. Look outside, and Apple rocks a Liquid Retina PS LCD display – very high-definition, in other words.
But where this phone really shines is its camera with 4K video, impressive night mode, portrait mode and a dual lens set-up.


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Columbia Pacific Advisors’ Business Finance strategy (CPBF), a Seattle-based fund which makes debt and structured equity investments in privately-held and sponsor backed companies, celebrated its three year anniversary of business operations.
“CPBF marks its third anniversary with gathering momentum. We are honored to work with dynamic founders and other entrepreneurial business leaders who choose to partner with CPBF to finance value-creating strategic initiatives,” said Trent Stedman, Managing Director of CPBF. “Our team’s diverse and deep experience and solutions-oriented approach have enabled shareholders of privately held middle market companies to generate gains of more than $350 million in this short time, through minimally-dilutive financings for acquisitions, organic growth initiatives, and balance sheet repositionings.”
Since launching in 2019, CPBF has provided financing solutions across 13 transactions in eight states and deployed over $250 million. CPBF led the origination and structuring of all loans which range in size from $7 million to $30 million. Additionally, over 85 percent of the total loans have been provided to privately-held companies.
CPBF has deployed capital in various industries including electronics, gaming, healthcare, HVAC, logistics, payments, semiconductor, B2B software, and waste management. A few transaction highlights include:
- The successful exit of FragilePAK, which utilized a $16 million debt investment to grow their last-mile delivery service ahead of its successful sale to Greenbriar Equity Group.
- A $17 million debt investment and equity backstop for Portland-based independent sponsor, Bridgehouse Capital, to support their acquisition of Signal Hound.
- Increased Triad Semiconductor’s facility from $16 million to $23 million to support their continued development of innovative analog chipsets for AR/VR, medical devices, and networking products.
- A $30 million delayed draw term loan to Sight Partners, a Washington-based, doctor-led MSO pursuing a regional consolidation strategy in ophthalmology.


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Following reports of a riot between 4,000 employees earlier this month, Foxconn has acknowledged that two disputes between workers did take place at one of its Chinese plants. However, the company has denied claims of a strike over iPhone 5 production pressures, and says that production is on schedule.
After the death of Steve Jobs last year the city of Fremont wanted to celebrate Jobs’s work by registering his original Macintosh factory as a place of historical significance. Fremont’s city council quickly went to work on getting the Mac factory – which was a state-of-the-art automation facility at the time – registered, but found out that the building isn’t old enough to meet federal criteria for a historic designation.
According to federal criteria, a building must be at least 50 years old to be registered as a historic place of significance, and Apple’s Mac factory is only 30 years old. Fremont City Council spent $45,000 in the effort to get the factory listed before realizing they wouldn’t be able to do so.
A Foxconn factory in Taiyuan, China — where many of Apple’s devices are assembled before being shipped — has had to be closed after 2,000 workers became involved in a “mass disturbance” on Sunday evening.
The fight reportedly broke out after a personal quarrel involving workers from two different production lines, but messages posted to Chinese microblogging network Sina Weibo have claimed that the brawl was actually caused by factory guards beating Foxconn workers.
The first pictures of a working iPad mini have surfaced ahead of a rumored unveiling next month. The device sports the aluminum shell we’ve seen a number of times in recent weeks, only it’s fully assembled with what appears to be a working display.
SAN FRANCISCO — American companies are rightly proud to show off any manufacturing facilities supporting jobs during the current recession, and San Francisco-based Timbuk2 is no exception. This week, the company known for its messenger bags showed us the hangar here in the Mission district where workers cut and sew colorful swaths of material and help contribute to the local manufacturing economy.
As a group of reporters was ushered through the trendy open-plan set-up, it made us think about what a factory tour of Apple’s manufacturing plants would be like. We’ll never know, of course. Tim Cook would never allow a tour like this one.


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Alibaba Group made headlines in 2014, when it became the biggest initial public offering (IPO) in US history. Yet, its stock price has since decreased to lower levels, causing concern among some investors, whether the drop is going to be a long-term problem.
Alibaba Group’s starting share price stood slightly under $94 when it listed in September 2014. The shares are currently trading at around $77, with the stock suffering a dramatic drop during the last day of trading in May. The share dropped from above $80 to under $80 and the price has been in decline since. Investors looking to trade in these markets should consider forex online trading in order to adjust for assets denominated in foreign currencies.
A Long-term Problem?
The slump in price started as the SEC announced it will investigate the firm’s annual “Singles’ Day” sale. According to the reports, the SEC is looking into the reporting from the last year’s sales. The Alibaba platform reportedly sold over $5 billion worth of goods on the day in just the first 90 minutes of the big sales day.
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But regulators are examining whether the numbers were inflated by Alibaba and if the goods sold on the site included pirated and fake products. Alibaba is said to be co-operating with the investigators, yet investors have reacted by sending the stock price into a downward spiral.
A Bump in the Road?
Yet, the most recent news suggests there’s still more left in the tank for the stock. Singapore state funds, Temasek and GIC, bought $1 billion in Alibaba stock, which has seen the stock trade slightly higher.
The company has also begun investigating the counterfeit problem more seriously. It recently hired Apple’s former investigator Matthew Bassiur to look into the issue. It has also plenty of other ventures going on, which might provide more long-term security. Its sale growth is, for instance, increasing at a generous rate. But the SEC investigation could prove fatal for the company’s stock and it’s likely the price will remain jittery in the meantime.


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Texas state parks reopened Monday – albeit with some limitations, and retail stores can reopen Friday for delivery and pickup orders. These are the first steps in Gov. Greg Abbott’s plan to reopen the Texas economy and begin easing back on social distancing.
On Friday, the governor laid out the plan saying it’ll be incremental and science-based. That raised questions about how much more capacity for COVID-19 screenings the state needs.
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There’s reason to wonder if the current vogue for so-called “native advertising” is mostly old wine in new bottles. But there’s little doubt that mobile advertising has yet to figure out its ad model.
Zynga, which boasts one of the largest footprints around with five of the top 10 mobile properties as measured by ComScore, is rolling out rewards-based ad integrations in its mobile properties like “Words With Friends” and “Scramble With Friends.” Brands like Nordstrom and McDonald’s have signed on to run campaigns in Zynga desktop games. The company is now moving that to mobile. Honda, for instance, is running a “sponsored word” program with Zynga that offers in-game rewards and tips in exchange for users playing Honda-related words like “new,” “tech” and “you” as part of the auto brand’s “It Starts With You” campaign for the Accord. Zynga says over 220,000 Honda words were played in the first four days of the effort.
But that doesn’t mean standard ads are going anywhere. In fact, Julie Shumaker, vp of global brand sales at Zynga, thinks good-old fashioned standard display ads will continue to be the overwhelming majority of ad revenue. The reason is simple: standardization, blunt instrument it can be, is absolutely necessary to have a scalable media business.
“I don’t think of it as an IAB alternative,” she said. “I think of it as additive. It’s still a unique component of the deal. It’s not the reach and frequency.”
That’s because native ad integrations like sponsored words in mobile games can’t be run as much. Zynga caps rewards-type programs at one per user per day.
Of course, getting mobile right is critical for Zynga, which has been under fire on pretty much all fronts. The dramatic shift of users from desktop to mobile is a major challenge for the company. The good news is it boasts a large footprint in mobile. The bad news is platforms make far less money in mobile compared to desktop. After all, Zynga recently wrote down half its purchase of Draw Something maker OMGPop.
But Shumaker trusts that mobile won’t be a huge challenge in closing a revenue gap with desktop.
“We are not seeing the gap that the market is seeing,” she said. “Our reach against U.S. audience in mobile is so astounding. Zynga is a must buy. I read the doom and gloom, but at Zynga we’re feeling much more optimistic about the variance between desktop and mobile ad revenue.”
Dentsu’s new Web3 readiness tool shines light on the tech’s potential to complement AI
Dentsu's Innovation Initiative is launching a web3 readiness index next month — at a time when the industry is obsessed with AI. Could the two technologies actually make a good pair?
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SEOUL—A South Korean regulator said it could fine Qualcomm Inc. about $ 853 million for alleged antitrust violations, the absolute best such penalty handed to an individual company right here, as the U.S. chip maker faces international scrutiny over its patent-licensing industry.
After a 3-12 months investigation, the Korea truthful exchange commission mentioned on Wednesday that Qualcomm breached antitrust legislation through limiting competing chip makers’ access to its patents. the company also pressured cell-telephone manufacturers into unfair license agreements by using refusing to supply a very powerful cellphone chips to those that disagreed with its terms, the regulator mentioned.
The chip supplier used its market position as a leveraging device in its negotiations with cell-phone makers to power them to accept unfair stipulations, said Shin younger-son, the fee’s secretary-basic.
San Diego-primarily based Qualcomm mentioned it will contest the choice, rejecting the advice that it had hindered different chip suppliers’ skill to sell. It stated its licensing practices have existed in Korea and world-vast for many years, and that the regulator hadn’t puzzled them up to now. The observe of licensing on the software level is an industrywide norm, mentioned Don Rosenberg, the agency’s basic advice.
“It’s a false truth they’ve created of what this business looks like, what its historical past has been, what our position has been,” Mr. Rosenberg said.
Qualcomm’s industry is largely divided into its chip-making unit and patent-licensing unit. the corporate garnered greater than $ 23 billion in revenue in its 2016 fiscal yr, of which 34% stemmed from its patent-licensing business.
Qualcomm expenses handset makers up to a 5% royalty in accordance with the wholesale price of their units. the company doesn’t most often problem licenses for its wi-fi know-how to other chip makers. less than 3% of its licensing revenue came from royalties from Korean handset makers in its 2016 fiscal 12 months ended Sept. 25, it said.
In its choice, the South Korean regulator mentioned Qualcomm’s royalty adaptation is unfair for handset makers because it requires them to purchase complete wireless-know-how licenses, including ones they don’t use. furthermore, it requires handset makers to supply their patents to Qualcomm totally free, the commission mentioned, calling on the company to change its trade edition.
It isn’t the primary time Qualcomm has run foul of regulators in Asia.
ultimate 12 months, Qualcomm agreed to a agreement with chinese language antitrust authorities that incorporated a $ 975 million positive and required the company to alter its trade practices. chinese language regulators, then again, didn’t problem Qualcomm’s variation of charging royalties to handset makers.
And in 2009, the South Korean fee fined Qualcomm 273.1 billion gained ($ 225.6 million) for exploiting its dominant patent place by using charging lower royalties for handset makers that bought Qualcomm chips, discouraging them from buying chips from rivals. the company appealed that ruling; a last decision is pending.
Wednesday’s ruling won’t take effect unless the commission considerations a proper written order, which will take a couple of weeks or months. Qualcomm can provoke its attraction process to Seoul’s excessive court as soon as that happens, but is required to pay the tremendous inside 60 days as soon as the order is issued. The fantastic may be adjusted or refunded later depending on the end result of the attraction.
If fully carried out, the fee’s ruling would probably dent Qualcomm’s earnings in the end, stated Lee Seung-woo, an analyst with IBK Securities in Seoul.
Stacy Rasgon, an analyst with Sanford C. Bernstein, said any requirement that Qualcomm trade its licensing practices may affect its strategy to trade in different nations. “the fear isn’t the high quality—Qualcomm has deep pockets. the worry is about doable modifications to the business model, if any,” he stated.
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Some Americans are feeling the effects of inflation heading into the holiday season, according to a 2023 survey from WalletHub.
The online survey, which collected answers from nearly 250 respondents nationally, found more than 1 in 3 Americans are foregoing gifts this year due to inflation.
Thirty-four percent of respondents said their family was foregoing gifts due to inflation, while 66% said their family was not.
DEMAND FOR CHRISTMAS TREES IN AMERICA REMAINS HIGH DESPITE INFLATION
The survey also found that 28% of people will spend less on holiday shopping compared to last year and nearly 1 in 4 still have holiday debt from the previous year.
Fox News’ Mollie Line said the Salvation Army’s Angel Tree was a good way to help fellow Americans struggling with the effects of inflation during the Christmas season.
“One of the things we’re seeing all across America is the Salvation Army is reporting this great need for the angel tags. This is happening in Denver where some 10,000 gifts they’re trying to work on getting out to kids. In my home city, Waltham, Massachusetts, they had over 500 tags that they were trying to fill and get out. And down in Texas, they’re talking about this as well,” she said on “The Big Weekend Show.”
“Across north Texas, the Salvation Army trimmed tags for tens of thousands of angels in need,” Line continued. “So if you are someone that is a little bit more fortunate, there are a lot of opportunities to help those that this year really are affected by the utilities being higher, by inflation, by the cost of food, by making your own eggnog and the things you got to buy to put in a pie that I don’t know how to make.”
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The WalletHub survey found nearly 1 in 5 Americans will apply for a new credit card to help with holiday shopping and nearly half of Americans say their charitable giving is affected by inflation.
Forty-seven percent said their charitable giving is affected by inflation while 53% said it was not.
Co-host David Webb said Christmas is about more than receiving gifts; it’s also about giving.
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“One of the things you can do is make memories with your family members, with friends. I love the idea of giving because when you give and someone you know really needs it, I think that’s a great feeling. It’s charitable,” he said. “It’s one of the great things about our culture, about our society. We’re the most giving nation on the planet.”


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&t“Ironically, the only sure way to know the truth in an Apple rumor is to receive a takedown notice from Apple Legal. That’s what happened to both Gizmodo and Apple news site 9to5Mac, who posted leaked images of a new, big screen iPod Nano,” Charlie Sorrel blogs for Wired.
“The Fatboy Nano will play video and come in matt black, silver, cranberry, light blue and light green,” Sorrel reports.
Full article here.
Gizmodo is running an online poll, “What do you think about the rumored new iPod nano?” along with a larger image of the rumored next-gen iPod nano here.
9 to 5 Mac’s post (with imagery removed) along with reader comments here.


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Carnival Corp CEO sees a long road ahead.
Arnold Donald told the London Financial Times it might take two years to get back to normal.
Carnival Corporation CEO Arnold Donald does not sound hopeful for a quick cruise industry restart. In fact, he recently told the London Financial Times that the cruise industry will have to work doubly hard to attract first-time cruisers in a post-pandemic world.
What's more, returning staff to ships will be a long and tricky process.
He said that for Carnival, which has 90,000 staff, it could take up to 45 days due to differing international travel restrictions and quarantines. As for ships sailing this year, the boss said: “[It] depends on so many variables, because every destination is going to have its own level of comfort and what regulations are going to be.”
Carnival Corporation, the largest cruise line operator in the world operates AIDA Cruises, Carnival Cruise Line Costa Cruises, P&O Cruises, P&O Cruises Australia, Cunard, Princess Cruises, Holland America Line and Seabourn.


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We reported, a few weeks back, that US Carrier AT&T was beginning to rollout new 5G icons to a selection of Android manufactures, branded 5Ge, or “5G Evolution”, as AT&T call it. Fact it, though, it isn’t 5G at all, it’s the same 4G LTE connection you’ve been getting before the update to show such icon.
As we mentioned, in our previous article, such behaviours isn’t anything new, multiple Carriers, back in the day, showed faked 4G icons, when Customers were actually using HSPA+ coverage, which is still 3G, this became branded “faux-G”. The “faux-G” was even adopted by UK Carriers, such as EE, during the early stages of their rollout of the UK’s, at the time, first 4G network.
Now, it would seem, the same trickery is now present in the latest beta release of iOS 12.2, with the same 5Ge icon appearing!
We reiterate what we said before about this, on why it’s such a big deal to call companies out like this, this isn’t 5G, you know this, we know this, but it’s not people like us we’re worried about, it’s the everyday consumer who wouldn’t have a clue, getting duped by Carriers.
AT&T claim “5G Evolution” is the “first step on the road to 5G”, so even there they’re admitting it’s not fully 5G;
How are we doing it? With enhancements like carrier aggregation to add more “lanes” to the highway that data travels on. 4×4 MIMO to double the number of antennas that can send data back and forth. And 256 QAM to make data transmission more efficient. All this adds up to faster speeds for you.
Rightfully so, other Carriers have begun mocking AT&T, most notedly T-Mobile US, who tweeted an iPhone showing 4G, and added a sticker on top showing 9G, which is, of course a joke, but at the same time is the same as what they’re doing with this. It is mentioning, however, T-Mobile US also did the “faux-G” trick way back when, so not fully innocent there.
Real 5G, as in, you know, the one that’s actually 5G, is expected to launch later in 2019 in select markets and Countries. Apple themselves have no plans on launching a 5G iPhone in 2019, though 2020 is the rumoured expectancy they will, once more Network availability is available.


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Exciting new technologies, which allow users to change the shape of displays with their hands, promise to revolutionise the way we interact with smartphones, laptops and computers. Imagine pulling objects and data out of the screen and playing with these in mid-air.
Today we live in a world of flat-screen displays we use all day -- whether it's the computer in the office, a smartphone on the train home, the TV or iPad on the couch in the evening. The world we live in is not flat, though; it's made of hills and valleys, people and objects. Imagine if we could use our fingertips to manipulate the display and drag features out of it into our 3D world.
Such a vision led to the launch in January 2013 of GHOST (Generic, Highly-Organic Shape-Changing Interfaces), an EU-supported research project designed to tap humans' ability to reason about and manipulate physical objects through the interfaces of computers and mobile devices.
'This will have all sorts of implications for the future, from everyday interaction with mobile phones to learning with computers and design work,' explained GHOST coordinator Professor Kasper Hornbæk of the University of Copenhagen. 'It's not only about deforming the shape of the screen, but also the digital object you want to manipulate, maybe even in mid-air. Through ultrasound levitation technology, for example, we can project the display out of the flat screen. And thanks to deformable screens we can plunge our fingers into it.'To read more, click here.


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2015 may have come and gone, but the effects of last year's data breaches are far-reaching—for both millions of consumers and internet users as well as the companies and organizations whose systems were breached. Such events are no less devastating in terms of brand damage, and 2016 will undoubtedly bring forth a heightened collective security awareness in both organizations as well as consumers.
Cyber criminals are equal opportunity opportunists. Faulty security controls and bad infosec practices are the only prerequisites to becoming a data breach victim; this is certainly evident when surveying last year's infosec headlines—from professional sports to healthcare, a wide range of industries were hit hard by cyber attackers. Here's a retrospective featuring the top 10 data breaches of 2015.
10. St. Louis Cardinals/Houston Astros
In June of 2015, the U.S. Justice Department and FBI investigates the St. Louis Cardinals in response to allegations that their employees hacked into rival Houston Astro's network, stealing confidential information like player statistics, trading information, and other data. One of the more unconventional cyber espionage data breaches in recent years, the Cardinals/Astros Hack may be a sign of things to come in professional sports, especially given how data-driven sports strategy is in this day and age.
Hacker group The Impact Team steals and releases over 25 gigabytes of user records from popular extramarital affair website Ashley Madison in July/August of 2015, giving divorce attorneys around the world cause for celebration. It's unlikely that the company will recover from the life-threatening blow to its business, despite dubious claims by the company that its registrations surged post-breach.
8. Four Winds Casino
Casinos are essentially banks, which of course makes them prime targets for cyber attacks. Cyber thieves steal cardholder data—including addresses and CVV numbers—through a criminal attack on The Four Winds Casino's payment card network. Malicious software used in the breach is active in the casino's system for at least a year, and The Four Winds issues a warning to its customers using credit cards for purchases between October 2014 and October 2015.
The VTech and Sanrio hacks in November/December 2015 mark an alarming trend towards breaches involving children's data. Our friend Troy Hunt was first to confirm the VTech data breach to Vice Magazine, and VTech later issues a press release announcing the compromise. A few weeks later, Sanrio—maker of iconic children's brand Hello Kitty—announces that 3.3 million user records were leaked through a gap in website security.
America's second-largest health insurer announces in February 2015 that it was hacked, leaving nearly 80 million people with compromised personal data. This prompts the Office of Personnel Management’s (OPM) Inspector General to request a comprehensive IT security audit on Anthem’s systems, as Anthem provides coverage to 1.3 million federal employees. Anthem refuses to cooperate, and 4 months later the OPM announces its own data breach of epic proportions.
5. Kaspersky Labs
You know things are bad when IT security providers start getting hacked. Kaspersky Labs discovers the Duqu 2.0 malware on its network while testing a prototype of an anti-APT solution. Ironically, the firm was able to identify and neutralize the threat with the prototype, but since the compromise attempt was carried out in order to gain knowledge of future anti-APT solutions, the prototype may have been part of what the hackers were looking for. This leaves in question the efficacy of future versions of Kaspersky's security software products.
Cyber criminals are increasingly targeting 3rd parties connected to credit reporting agency’s data stores as an easy attack vector. The Experian/T-Mobile data breach in October 2015 is the most prominent incident to date, impacting 15 million customers of the mobile telecom giant.n
In September 2015, a security enthusiast discovers an exposed payload of data in the cloud: police reports, drug tests, detailed doctor’s notes, social security numbers, all left open and unsecured in the AWS cloud. Misconfiguration is the culprit—and insurance claim software vendor Systema Systems is to blame. The firm is likely to be investigated for potential violations of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.
2. U.S. Voter Database
In December 2015, security researchers discover a massive data file leaked to the public containing the personal information of 191 million voters: names, addresses, phone numbers, birth dates, political affiliations, and voting histories since 2000. Again, a misconfigured database is the culprit, but the owner of said database is yet to be determined.
1. U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM)
Topping the list is the OPM data breach: 21.5 million user records stolen from the U.S. agency that handles all federal employee data, as well as the data of current/former applicants and individuals referenced in background checks. The extent of the damage is still TBD, but it's clear that the worst is yet to come. In December 2015, the National Nuclear Security Administration announces that the OPM breach includes some of the U.S. Pantex nuclear plant workers, raising some new concerns around the security compromise.
The majority of these (and most) security mishaps are due to misconfigurations and unpatched software—flaws that can be hard to detect in large, heterogeneous environments. Fortunately, this is exactly what upguard was designed to do. Our platform can detect security gaps and vulnerabilities in the most disparate of infrastructures, continuously. Make continuous security monitoring with UpGuard for a stronger security/compliance posture part of your organization's agenda for 2016.
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And as we enter 2016, the risk of data breaches in particular threatens to hamper business innovation.


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This week the exchange Coinbase which provides over 36M wallets to bitcoin users revealed some parts of its plan for the upcoming Segwit2x fork. Coinbase states that they want to let customers know the company’s business mission is to ensure trust and safety within the cryptocurrency environment.
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In the coming weeks — nearer to the date of the fork — we will provide a more detailed plan for how Coinbase will approach naming the two Bitcoin blockchains.
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On Nov. 15, Bitcoin Cash, the most famous hard fork of bitcoin and the fourth largest cryptocurrency, will itself hard fork.
Hoe verdubbel jij gratis je BCH-munten en waarom vindt de hard fork plaats?.
Op 15 november 2018 vindt er een splitsing plaats op de Bitcoin Cash blockchain,
De planning voor de splitsing is op dit moment 15 november. Als jij op dit.
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a cryptocurrency hard fork happens when a single cryptocurrency splits in.
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Homeland Security announced plans to inquire into a regulatory.
I had ETH stored on Coinbase Pro during the hard fork that created Ethereum Classic. Will Coinbase credit me the ETC I would have received? Yes. Coinbase .
This Article discusses the November 15, 2018 Bitcoin Cash hard fork and subsequent lawsuit,
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nodes, mined by miners, cryptography to prevent double spending, and a blockchain network.
Stale2000, Craig Wright plan on stealing old wallet balances (and “burned”.