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This is making the modern warehouse demand in India more broad-based and fundamentally solid- infact annual demand has already surpassed pre-Covid levels. In addition to the above top 8 Indian markets, Tier 2 Indian cities have also seen demand soaring from highly reputed MNCs and Indian businesses, as these companies continue to expand their footprint into these Tier 2 cities aided by their consumption power and large demographic advantage.
As a result, the demand share of Tier 2 cities have been rising consistently over the past few years and the modern warehouse sector has been a key beneficiary of this growing trend, providing these businesses with the critical infrastructure to expand and conduct their operations on. This inturn is driving the economy of these Tier 2 cities - and that is ultimately contributing towards the storied rise of India’s overall GDP. No wonder then, that India’s modern warehouse infrastructure sector has witnessed massive investment flows from global investors - USD 10 bn plus in the previous 10 years alone - and continues to grow.
So what’s driving these massive investment flows?
To answer that we remind ourselves of Economics 101 - Demand (ie. the underlying demand from MNCs and renowned Indian companies for these modern warehouse assets.) Also, what’s immensely encouraging is the depth of this demand, spread well across India- well beyond the Tier 1 cities into Tier 2 cities like Jaipur, Lucknow, Indore, Surat, Bhubaneshwar, Guwahati, Coimbatore among others across the country resulting in the rising rent, increasing asset efficiency through rising occupancy levels.
So what are the key factors driving this immense demand? Let’s look into them more deeply to understand the rationale for these investment flows into the sector. It is important to note that the following factors are combining at an opportune time, to provide an enabling ecosystem (rather than a singular reason) of factors for modern warehouse infrastructure growth - that’s providing a solid impetus for growth that’s sustainable for the long term.
This remains one of the major boosters for this sector to flourish the emphasis on policy incentives, both at Centre and at various State government levels, in assuring asset-quality comfort for stakeholders as well as enabling benchmarks with global standards- impacting demand of modern warehouse infrastructure assets.
The Government’s recognition of ‘Infrastructure’ status to the Logistics sector, initiatives like the National Logistics Policy, Production Linked Incentive (PLI) Scheme, Goods and Services Tax (GST), National Industrial Corridor Development Programme, Bharatmala are proving to be a strong catalyst for demand growth. As per a recent Government of India press release, the PLI scheme is responsible for a 76% increase in Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in the manufacturing sector from USD 12.09 bn in FY21 to USD
21.34 bn in FY22.
Global competitiveness in Indian manufacturing and global supply chain
India’s rising share of the global supply-chain network and an increasing number of MNCs setting up their manufacturing capabilities in the country have given a solid impetus to modern warehouse demand. The MNC giants also attract a broad ecosystem of foreign company vendors who set up their light-manufacturing functions around their MNC customers to serve them better, thereby multiplying demand for modern warehouse infrastructure. Recent forays that include, one of Apple’s biggest contract manufacturer Foxconn’s recent 300 acre land-acquisition in Bengaluru, global chip major Micron’s announcement to set up a chip assembly, testing, marking and packaging (ATMP) facility in Gujarat are some of the recent examples of how India is making steady strides into global manufacturing competitiveness, thereby driving demand for modern warehouse infrastructure sector.
Improving road connectivity and network Continued rising road connectivity as well as quality of road infrastructure is providing a timely impetus to the modern warehouse infrastructure sector. Also key policies and more importantly, their execution at round level are driving this growth. National Industrial Corridor Development Programme is developing various industrial corridors across the country that will sustain manufacturing activity and includes key projects like Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor, Amritsar Delhi-Kolkata Industrial Corridor, Chennai-Bengaluru Industrial Corridor, Bengaluru-Mumbai Industrial Corridor among others that forms part of National Infrastructure Pipeline.
Additionally another key policy initiative, Bharatmala Pariyojana (BMP) aims to build or upgrade a planned network of national highways while providing better connectivity to various industrial corridors. More than 7000 km has been completed under BMP Phase 1, while Phase 2 envisages to complete 5000 km that includes expressways like Pune-Bengaluru, Indore-Mumbai, Chennai- Tiruchirappalli, Kolkata Kharagpur among its key projects in Phase 2. This increasing connectivity as well as better quality of highway infrastructure is making demand for the modern warehouse sector more deeply entrenched in Tier 1 and 2 cities and at the same time, adding to the long term stability of the sector.
Technology and innovation
From catering to mere storage and delivery functions, modern warehousing today is also about speedy and accurate delivery i.e. increased efficiency. Therefore, technology and innovation are playing a crucial role from automated storage and retrieval systems, robotic packing arms to Internet of Things (IoT) devices like sensors, RFID tags providing real time data on inventory levels, product movements to software tools like transportation management systems- all enabling quicker decision-making, reducing lead times and greater efficiency. This is leading to an increasing demand-shift from unorganized assets to organized, high- quality modern warehouse infrastructure in India.
Rise of specialised players
Third Party Logistic(3PL) providers have been significant demand-drivers of the modern warehousing sector- infact the 3PL industry has contributed over 30% of the total modern warehouse demand, consistently over the past few years. Key reasons for this rising trend of shift from captive warehousing to outsourcing include their client-companies’ focus on core operations compared to storage and fulfillment, achieving speed and agility during market expansion and inventory stocking, remaining capital-efficient while expanding their respective market reach.
Additionally, the Direct to Customer(D2C) businesses in India have also given a fillip to the 3PL industry, that’s projected to become a USD 53.02 bn industry by 2028 from an estimated USD 37.3 bn in 2023 as per a report by Mordor Intelligence. As a result, the 3PL industry in India comprises of global MNC majors as well as reputed Indian companies- and they have been at the forefront of technological innovation, driving global standards as well as expanding geographies from Indian Tier 1 into Tier 2 and even Tier 3 city-markets - all that bodes well for India modern warehousing’s depth of demand.
India’s online-commerce surge
The growth of online commerce has been synonymous with the growth of the modern warehouse infrastructure sector and is a vital cause of demand for this sector. Online commerce includes general e- commerce companies as well as specialized online retailers (for example- in furniture, grocery, medicine categories etc). The modern warehouse industry provides a critical component of the infrastructure platform for the operations (including storage, fulfillment and distribution etc) of online commerce companies. More so, online commerce requires a network (rather than a single asset) of modern
warehouse infrastructure to enable the reach and distribution of a single package- thereby multiplying the need and therefore demand for modern warehouse infrastructure assets. This is driving the robust growth of this infrastructure sector across India beyond Tier 1 cities into Tier 2 as well as Tier 3 cities.
Moreover, the adoption by customers of online commerce has also prompted several physical-only retailers to run an omni-channel operation that includes online commerce, thereby driving further the robust demand growth of these critical infrastructure assets. Therefore as online commerce penetrates deeper into India- Indian e- commerce market is expected to grow at 27% CAGR to reach USD 163 bn by 2026 as per report by Redseer Consulting- the long term growth for modern warehouse infrastructure sector promises to be inspiring.
Therefore as we see from above points, several factors are combining together at an opportune time for India’s modern warehouse infrastructure sector to enable a solid long term, led by demand increase, cashflow growth as well as volume expansion.
It is no wonder that the sector has attracted the attention of several global investors, from across the world(rather than a particular region) as well as domestic investors, that are translating into massive investment flows into the sector- not only given the above ecosystem of key factors enabling this growth, but also because of the criticality and need of this infrastructure sector to India becoming the third largest economy in the world. Going by yet another moniker of Mumbai aka “Bollywood” one might say “picture abhi baki haay dost (the best is yet to come)”.
The author is Managing Director of Omkarm Capital.
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As main points of probably the most audacious hack at the U.S. govt in contemporary reminiscence endured to stun lawmakers and the general public, a central authority watchdog launched a blistering document announcing that federal businesses have did not put in force key safeguards for his or her data era provide chains.
The document via the U.S. Executive Duty Place of business used to be finished in October however best made public on Tuesday within the wake of the hot assaults, that are believed to be the paintings of elite Russian hackers. It discovered that 14 out of the 23 surveyed federal businesses hadn’t applied any of the “foundational practices” to give protection to their “data and communications era” provide chains that have been really useful in 2015 via a central authority requirements staff.
Not one of the businesses had applied the entire really useful adjustments. A number of the businesses surveyed have been a number of that have been hacked via suspected Russian attackers: Trade, Treasury and State.
Lawmakers who won a up to date categorised briefing at the assault point out that it is one of the maximum severe lately. Senator Richard Blumenthal, the Connecticut Democrat, stated in a tweet Tuesday that the briefing left him “deeply alarmed, if truth be told downright scared.” Dick Durbin, the Senate’s 2d highest-ranking Democrat, stated on CNN Wednesday that the hack used to be “just about a declaration of struggle.”
The Place of business of Control and Price range required the businesses in 2016 to put in force the suggestions, that have been made via the Nationwide Institute of Requirements and Generation, in line with the GAO.
“Provide chains are being centered via increasingly more refined risk actors, together with international cyber risk countries equivalent to Russia, China, Iran and North Korea,” the document states. “Assaults via such entities are frequently particularly refined and tough to come across.” The document warns of hackers putting a so-called ‘backdoor’ into the provision chain, which seems to be precisely what came about within the assault on federal businesses.
The document gives the primary clues to a an important query concerning the contemporary cyber-attack: how did the U.S. govt omit hackers within the pc networks of such a lot of businesses?
The ones hackers are believed to be tied to the Russian govt, they usually additionally breached the Division of Fatherland Safety and portions of the Pentagon, in line with an individual acquainted with the subject. The hackers put in a malicious vulnerability, or backdoor, in a well-liked tool product made via data era supplier SolarWinds, whose consumers come with a lot of U.S. govt businesses and iThawt News 500 firms, in line with the corporate and cybersecurity professionals.
It stays unclear what the hackers accessed, or what number of businesses and different entities have been effectively breached.
Representatives at GAO and OMB didn’t go back a message in search of remark.
The GAO document additionally warned of the doubtless dire penalties of a a success provide chain assault.
“As an example, risk actors may just take keep watch over of federal data programs; lower the provision of fabrics or products and services had to expand programs; wreck programs, inflicting damage and lack of existence, and compromising nationwide safety; or scouse borrow highbrow assets and delicate data,” the document says.
Federal businesses stay prone to provide chain assaults till they put in force the entire suggest adjustments, the GAO stated. Till then, in line with the document, “They’re going to proceed to be prone to malicious actors that would exploit the ICT provide chain dangers to disrupt project operations, reason hurt to folks or scouse borrow highbrow assets.”
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Vietnam and the European Union (EU) have agreed that the Timber Legality Assurance System of Vietnam (VNTLAS) will be applied for wood and wood products exported to the EU, and also to other countries and in the domestic market.
Announced by the Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Ha Cong Tuan at a press conference in Hanoi, both sides have reached the agreement during their sixth negotiating session on the Voluntary Partnership Agreement (VPA) on Forest Law Enforcement, Governance & Trade (FLEGT).
Tuan stated that during this session, Vietnam and the EU have also reached a consensus on applying the licensing mechanism FLEGT to timber exported to the EU.
Vietnam and EU entered into negotiations on FLEGT-VPA in October 2010. All FLEGT-licensed timber and timber products from Vietnam will be considered legal and as such not subject to the requirements of the EU Timber Regulation.
The EU, which makes up about one fourth of world consumption, is now the fourth largest importer of Vietnam’s timber and wood products, after the US, Japan and China.
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It's only a matter of time before Android overtakes iOS in the tablet space.
The open source nature of Android is perhaps a double edged sword, depending on how you look at the situation. On one hand, fragmentation is a sometimes annoying byproduct of having so many different device makers putting their own spin on the operating system, which is why Android 2.3.x (Gingerbread) is still the most popular version of Android to date. On the other hand, it's the very reason why Android's market share is so much higher than Apple's iOS platform. The one exception is tablets, but given enough time, it's inevitable Android slates will outnumber the iPad.
The best tablets on the market are also the worst to drop.
Here at Maximum PC we love to strip machines down and rebuild them just to see what makes it tick, but with modern gadgets that isn’t always easy. Screws have been replaced by glue, and the simple pleasures of popping the cover off to perform upgrades seems to be a lost art. iFixit has emerged as the Internet’s ultimate authority on gadget reparability, and its newly updated list of tablets puts both Microsoft and Apple fighting for the distinction as worlds least fixable tablet.
HP releases the first of many tablets planned for 2013.
HP’s mishandling of the Palm acquisition will go down in history as one of the worst mobile plays in the history of technology, but the company has licked its wounds and is finally ready to give it another shot. Today, HP has announced its very first Android product: the Slate 7. The price tag on the company’s new tablet certainly catches the eye, however the specs leave much to be desired.
Jelly Bean and aggressive prices, what’s not to like?
Mobile World Congress is underway in Barcelona, and while it is intended to be a smartphone focused event, tablets seem to be stealing all the headlines. Lenovo has added 3 new tablets to its 2013 lineup, and the entry level model bears a striking resemblance to Google's Nexus 7. It appears as though Lenovo believes they stand a better chance of wrestling market share from the budget / mid-range category, rather than going after Samsung and Apple on the high end.
Just about everyone has a smartphone or tablet these days, so in addition to buying family/friends physical gifts, why not gift a few apps this holiday season? Ranging anywhere from $1 to $30, apps are like digital stocking stuffers, perfect as last minute purchases that won’t break your budget.
The typical support lifecycle for a tablet seems to be around two and a half years if you ask Apple; or until you reach the parking lot if you buy from an Android OEM. When Microsoft released the Surface last month we had no reason to believe they would be pushing for anything different, but then again, they want you to believe its more laptop than tablet right? Microsoft has finally professed their support intentions for the Surface, and we are cautiously optimistic they are moving the bar forward.
AMD and Intel have been locked in a CPU arms race for the better part of a decade, but at least for the short term, Intel has turned its focus towards competing with ARM. Consumers have been flocking en-mass to low power mobile devices, and Atom will be the company’s long term strategy to compete on the low end. 2013 will be the year of Clover Trail, however a leaked Intel roadmap is letting us know what we can look forward to in 2014.


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By Rachel Gobep
The Lake-to-River Food Cooperative opened a food market in January inside of Cultivate: a co-op café on Elm Street, one block north of Youngstown State University.
More than 30 farmers and growers from Northeast Ohio and Pennsylvania sell their goods at the market, including fresh produce, eggs and jams. Jim Converse, founding member of the Lake-to-River Food Cooperative, said the localized aspect of the market is key.
“Knowing who your farmer is and how they grow their food has become increasingly important for people that are health-conscious,” Converse said.
Melissa Miller, president of the Lake-to-River Food Cooperative, said one of the main goals of the market is to serve as a resource for students on campus.
“There is a lot more interest in education about healthy eating and locally grown food,” Miller said.
The market was placed on Elm Street to be within walking distance of YSU, Converse said. He said since there is not a grocery store located on campus, the market can fulfill grocery needs of students.
Precious Brown, YSU student and employee at Cultivate said this makes the market a perfect opportunity for the area.
“We are in the middle of nowhere and we have healthy food that is affordable,” Brown said. “People from around here grow it, so it’s like your neighbor is making your food.”
The café incorporates locally grown produce from the market into items on their menu. Brown said she has felt ten times healthier since she started working there.
“Wherever you work, you usually eat the food there the most,” Brown said. “I see a change in my appetite, what I will eat and what I won’t eat.”
More than one-third of the customers at Cultivate are YSU students, according to Converse. Plans to permit Pete’s Points are underway, estimated to be usable by the fall semester.
The Lake-to-River Cooperative was started by farmers and food makers to protect local food markets from disappearing, something Miller said can be avoided with community support.
“[People] think that you can only buy farm products in the summertime, but meat, milk and some of these locally produced items [such as granola and eggs] are available year round,” Miller said. “We all need to work to engage with our local food makers.”
The Northside Farmer’s Market, also part of the co-op, is located across the street from Lake-to-River Market where community members can meet farmers who are growing their food.
Melissa Biscella, a local who recently took charge of her father’s farm, sold produce at the Northside Farmer’s Market on Saturday. She said having locally grown food available in the area benefits Youngstown’s citizens.
“A little market like this brings fresh produce and fresh plants to a community that maybe can’t get to the store to get that fresh product,” Biscella said.


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Runic Games, the game development studio behind titles such as Hob and Torchlight is officially shutting down. While we don’t really know the reason behind the sudden closure of the studio, but studio boss Marsh Lefler did write that “you haven’t heard the last of us”, with Torchlight news apparently still to come.
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Before hitting the download button for EA’s upcoming shooter, Star Wars: Battlefront II, you may want to hold off for just a little longer. During a recent inventors call, Blake J. Jorgenson ( E.VP and Chief Financial Officer at Electronic Artes) mentioned that the video game may be discounted alongside the theatrical release of Star Wars: The Last Jedi.
If you follow us on Twitter, you must be aware that since yesterday we have been warning Mac and Linux users of the Tor anonymity browser about a critical vulnerability that could leak their real IP addresses to potential attackers when they visit certain types of web pages.
Cybercriminals are known to take advantage of everything that’s popular among people in order to spread malware, and Google’s official Play Store has always proved no less than an excellent place for hackers to get their job done.
EA Sports‘ Madden NFL 18 update 1.06 is out.
The Tor Project has made some significant changes to its infrastructure by improving the way the ‘onion’ network protects its users’ privacy and security.
The death of the arcade may have been greatly exaggerated, but it is true that they are a much less significant part of the games industry than they used to be in the ’80s and ’90s (although virtual reality arcades could very well bring them back in a big way). Before the majority of gamers started playing their video games in the comfort of their own homes, arcades were big business and generated an absurd amount of revenue. By 1982, the arcade industry generated more revenue than both pop music and Hollywood films combined; not bad for an industry that was less than a decade old at that point.
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Stamford Chamber of Commerce chairman tentatively welcomes Budget
The hard-hit hospitality and retail sectors were among those to receive help from one of the most keenly-anticipated Budgets in many years.
Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak announced a new restart grant in today's Budget that would be provided in April to help businesses re-open as lockdown begins to ease.
Non-essential retailers, who are due to reopen first, will receive grants of up to £6,000 per premises.
Other high street businesses, such as hospitality and leisure businesses, will then receive grants of up to £18,000 per premises, while the 100 per cent business rates holiday will be extended until the end of June.
Stamford Chamber of Commerce chairman Richard Olsen welcomed the move, but questioned whether the grants will go far enough.
"The grants will be crucial to get them back on their feet," he said.
"Whether the grants will be enough, I don't know.
"They have helped retailers cover their rent, but not much else, and it's not creating income for themselves.
"They need people through the doors. That is the only thing that will make a difference to them and that is something that has not been addressed."
Mr Olsen also welcomed the extension of the furlough scheme which will be made available to business until the end of September, almost 18 months after its introduction.
"Furlough is great news for business, as is self-employed support, to keep them going and keep people in employment.
"But maybe it should be more specifically aimed at industries which have been most affected.
"Is it a great budget? It's okay, probably as good as it could be in the circumstances.
"I think he's done the best he could do with the constraints he had."
Other headline points in today's Budget were the increase in corporation tax to 25% from 2023, and the decision to extend the temporary £20 a week universal credit increase until the end of September.
National Insurance and VAT rates will not go up, and fuel duty has been frozen again, but more people will be pushed into the top income tax bracket.
Alicia Kearns, MP for Rutland and Melton said the Budget showed the Government will not leave anyone behind.
“For Rutland and Melton, I particularly welcome the support given to business," she said.
"I know that businesses across the constituency will welcome the grants of £18,000 to hospitality and £6,000 to non-essential retail that will let them re-open safely, and allow thousands across Rutland and Melton to return to work.
“The freeze in fuel duty is important for us all locally. In a rural area, life is all too often dependent on the ability to drive; for work, to shop and to see friends and family.
“Of course, pubs are the heart of our communities, and the extension of the five per cent VAT rate to September, and the freezing of alcohol duty, are both measures I have pushed for to protect rural hospitality businesses.
“This budget prepares the UK’s economy to re-open, for good. It is a good thing for the people of Rutland and Melton.”


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Shares in luxury shoe chain Jimmy Choo walked 6pc higher after the company's sales were boosted by the post-Brexit sterling slump.
The brand, made famous by Sex and the City, posted a 9.2pc jump in sales to £173.1m for the six months to the end of June while underlying earnings also rose by 12.8pc to £31.3m on the back of strong demand for its nascent menswear range.
Jimmy Choo has 147 stores globally, including ten in the UK, and plans to open a further ten to 15 shops a year.
Only 9.5pc of the luxury group's revenues are in sterling, while 28pc of operating costs were denominated in sterling, which has also prompted the company to forecast that it will see an "upside" in revenues and profits.
While many of its upmarket peers have suffered from a slowdown in from Chinese shoppers, Jimmy Choo said that it had enjoyed "impressive growth".
Peter Harf, chairman of Jimmy Choo, declared that the prospects for the business "never looked better".
However, the company did say that tourist spending on luxury accessories had declined in Europe since the end of 2015 following terrorist attacks, although its global growth elsewhere had offset the dip.
Tamara Mellon originally set up the business in 1996 after a stint as Vogue's accessories editor with a Hackney based Malaysian–born cobbler but left after a bitter fall out in 2011.


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"UltraViolet" Is Short for "Giant Media DRM Cloud Coalition Featuring Everyone Except Apple and Disney"A media management system created by Hollywood plus hardware companies plus software companies, minus two very big players. Any chance it can work?
Buy an e-book for Amazon’s Kindle recently? You might want to check to see if it’s still on your device. Kindle users are complaining that the e-commerce giant has removed titles from their machines this week and given them refunds in their place. What happened? The details are fuzzy, but apparently, a publisher that supplied Amazon with two George Orwell titles has decided that it doesn’t want to sell them via Amazon anymore. So away they went. Have at it, DRM-haters.
Shades of Dick Cheney! Subscription music service eMusic’s last CEO took off last fall. Chairman Danny Stein, who ran the company years ago, ran a search for a replacement and decided that the best man for the job was…Danny Stein.


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Lamborghini celebrates the fourth anniversary of the Urus Super SUV
Record-selling Lamborghini model in four years and global success across all continents
Sant’Agata Bolognese, December 3, 2021 – The Lamborghini Urus Super SUV is celebrating four years since its international launch on 4 December 2017 at the Sant’Agata Bolognese headquarters. The Urus also kicked off the greatest period of transformation for Automobili Lamborghini, with the Urus taking off during the last four years to become a major player in the SUV segment.
Thanks to the Urus, sales, turnover and profitability reached unprecedented levels in the brand’s history. Turnover grew year on year, with 40% growth from €1,009 million to €1,415 million in 2018, the year sales of the car began, reaching a peak of €1.81 billion in 2019 and €1.61 billion in 2020 (COVID period): the year of record profitability for the company.
The overall growth in global sales is even more exceptional, reaching the record of 8,205 Lamborghini units delivered to clients (+43%) in 2019: double the volumes achieved in the period before the arrival of the Urus. From 2018 to the end of 2021, a total of 16,000 Urus cars were delivered worldwide, a figure that established the Lamborghini Super SUV as the best-selling model over four years in the company’s history.
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Nike’s continued focus on digital isn’t stopping it from experimenting with new brick-and-mortar concepts.
The footwear powerhouse opened its second Rise retail store last week in Seoul, advancing its mission to build localized physical stores. The new location maintains the same focus on technology that its predecessor in China championed, but also introduces new components, like repair services and fitness programming.
Nike Seoul will offer a year-round place for shoppers to repair worn products, as well as customize new or worn items. Shoppers can also drop off gently-worn shoes and, for the first time, apparel to be either recycled or donated to partnering organizations. The store will mark the company’s first in Asia to offer a recycling and donation program, Nike said. Further opportunities for shoppers to “give new life” to gently used footwear will come “soon,” it added, a possible nod to the company’s recently launched Refurbished resale program.
Nike’s latest South Korean store also introduces a space for customers to participate in fitness-centered programming. Visitors can join group sessions or sign up for one-on-ones tailored to their individual goals. The programming includes options focused on movement, mindset, recovery, nutrition and sleep. For those interested in something more active, employees at the store’s service desk can help shoppers find opportunities to participate in sport in the city.
The store also builds on the technology-driven amenities offered by Nike’s inaugural Rise location in the Chinese city of Guangzhou. Most visibly, it introduces a three-story digital wall packed with “to-the-minute” insights on local Nike product trends and sports updates.
Nike Seoul represents the company’s first store to offer what it calls the “Inside Track table.” The interactive comparison tool allows customers to place two shoes on top of an RFID-enabled table and immediately see a side-by-side comparison of product benefits, footwear technology and online reviews.
Nike debuted its first Rise location in Guangzhou in July last year. The store promised to host regular in-store events, offered a Nike by You personalization bar and provided Nike Fit foot-scanning technology.
Nike’s new Seoul store arrives amid a concerted push to shift toward e-commerce. When the company reported its latest financial results in late June, CEO John Donahoe said that digital revenue made up nearly 35 percent of its total business. Its goal, he said, was to expand the channel to 50 percent of its mix by 2025.
Americans associate the Olympics with Nike
When asked to name the brand they most associate with the Olympics, U.S. adults identified Nike more than any other brand, according to last week’s Morning Consult poll, which surveyed 2,200 U.S. adults from Aug. 9-13.
When given a blank space to write in the brands that came to mind when they think of the Olympics, 19 percent chose Nike. Coca-Cola came in a distant second with 8 percent. NBC, the network that broadcasts the Games, was chosen by 5 percent of respondents. Visa and Toyota followed behind with 4 percent. Thirty-three percent of respondents did not list any brand.


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STOP PRESS! European Commission to launch 2018+ Big Data Work Programme Consultation at BDVA Summit.
The Small Big Data Summit took place in The Hague, The Netherlands on March 2nd and 3rd, 2016. The central theme of the Small Summit was the Societal Impact of Big Data. Agenda and details are all given bellow. Presentations and video will be available soon.
"In today’s globalised world, the transition to a digital economy is essential for Europe competitive edge, economic growth and jobs. The digital revolution is not a dream for the future, it is happening now, transforming economy and society. The key challenge for Europe is to fully capture the opportunity and value of digitization." Dr.-Ing. Jürgen Müller, BDVA President


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Earlier this week the WSTS released its Spring market forecast and that confirms every other semiconductor indicator – underlined by semi company results – the market is on the up and up.
The WSTS, an organisation representing the majority of the world semi industry, now projects that the market will increase by 28.6 percent this year, 5.6 percent in 2011 and 4.2 percent in 2012.
That means the market will be worth $291 billion this year – a very swift rebound from last year, where the market declined by nine percent.
The WSTS said that the industry is recovering because enterprises and consumers are starting to spend.
Two things aren’t going to go away barring Armageddon – chips and the internet, but the semiconductor industry has come under some justifiable criticism for being way too risk averse.
Capacity at fabs is already at full stretch – when we were at Computex in Taiwan last week, one industry insider estimated that Number One Foundry, TSMC, was at 120 percent capacity. While that’s obviously good news for the foundries in the short term, it’s not necessarily such good news unless the industry can get its act together.
Overcapacity has another effect – it gives the foundries the ability to dictate terms to the fabless design companies that rely on foundries to make their chips. That leads to allocation – while a glut is bad news for fabless design companies, a drought is bad news too.
Last year, as we reported from the Dresden IEF, semiconductor capacity actually decreased with some fabs being shut down. The industry now faces a situation where there simply won’t be enough capacity for future sustained growth.
On another front, yesterday Samsung said that it will spend $3.6 billion to expand its fab capacity in Austin, Texas. What’s interesting about this is that Samsung will produce logic chips there, not DRAM or other memory types. Samsung makes the Apple A4 chip and is coming perilously close to stepping on the tail of the tiger. The tiger, of course, is Intel. Effectively, Samsung is devoting the expansion to foundry business, which will pit it against TSMC and GloFo (GlobalFoundries).
The WSTS is predicting a three year compound annual growth rate of 12.3 percent between 2009 and 2012. Here are its figures – table courtesy WSTS.


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When Tesla made all of its patents available to its competitors to see – and use – in 2014, it pushed the “open source” movement to a new level in the automotive industry. Now others are following suit.
Ford open sourced “AppLink” a few years back hoping to push the industry in one direction for in-vehicle apps. Now it has a partner in Toyota and the pair are establishing the SmartDeviceLink (SDL) Consortium with other automakers and suppliers to manage open source software for smartphone app development for vehicles.
“Encouraging innovation is at the center of Ford’s decision to create SmartDeviceLink, and this consortium is a major step toward that goal,” said Doug VanDagens, global director, Ford Connected Vehicle and Services, and a board member of the consortium. “Consumers will win with new, innovative app experiences from increased collaboration and developer engagement.”
The plan is for the non-profit Consortium to help promote adoption and will focus on giving consumers significantly more choice in how they connect and control smartphone apps on the road. To be clear, we’re talking about apps drivers us for navigation, streaming music and other forms of connectivity.
(Nissan’s Ghosn ready to spill beans on improved Leaf and autonomous vehicles. Click Here for the story.)
Ford and Toyota aren’t alone in this new partnership. Mazda Motor Corp., PSA Group, Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd. (FHI) and Suzuki Motor Corp., as well as suppliers Elektrobit, Luxoft and Xevo are in. Harman, Panasonic, Pioneer and QNX have signed Letters of Intent to join.
Automakers recently have been finding value in throwing open their formerly secretive doors and open sourcing new technologies hoping to get other companies to help move it down the path to broad acceptance, or even the holy grail of “industry standard.”
Adopting the open source platform gives automakers and suppliers a uniform standard with which to integrate apps. Developers benefit because they can focus on creating the best experience for customers by integrating one linking solution for use by all participating automakers.
“Connectivity between smartphones and the vehicle interface is one of the most important connected services,” said Shigeki Tomoyama, president of Toyota’s Connected Co.
(Click Here to see how the auto industry rode record sales to a new annual benchmark in 2016.)
“Using SmartDeviceLink, we can provide this service to our customers in a safe and secure manner. We are excited to collaborate with many auto manufacturers and suppliers who share our view.”
The benefits go both ways, participants in the program note, adding that SmartDeviceLink enables smartphone app developers to seamlessly integrate their app functions with in-vehicle technology such as the vehicle display screen, steering wheel controls and voice recognition. With this new level of integration, drivers enjoy their favorite apps on the road in an enhanced, user-friendly way.
Consumers also benefit because developers and automakers working together will contribute improvements to the open source code – increasing the quality and security of the software.
Industry-wide adoption of SmartDeviceLink is expected to give app developers broad scale as their innovations could be applied to millions of vehicles worldwide.
(Ford axes $1.6 bil Mexican plant but will still move small car production to Mexico. Click Here for the latest.)
Ford AppLink software is currently available on more than 5 million vehicles globally while Toyota plans to commercialize a telematics system using SDL around 2018. Popular apps such as Pandora, Spotify, iHeartRadio, AccuWeather and others are already available to Ford AppLink users.


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Apple Computer shares hit a new all-time high in heavy Nasdaq trading yesterday. The shares rose $2.23, or 3.10pc, to $74.05 on volume of 30.3 million shares in regular trading.
The rise followed a report by UBS analyst Benjamin Reitzes who said Apple should cash in during the holiday season with its latest video iPods. He raised his estimate for Apple’s quarterly net profit and tipped a future stock price of $86.
The share price rise also comes as NBC television announced plans to offer shows on Apple’s iTunes service that can be viewed on the iPod; and as Apple edges closer to producing its first Intel-based Macs.
Apple’s previous all-time high was $72.74, on December 12. Its 52-week low was $30.80, in December last year.


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After over two decades, Nissan this week announced it will end production of the Tsuru, its popular Mexican compact, in May 2017.
Nissan says Mexican consumers are drawn to the Tsuru, essentially unchanged since 1992, for its reputation for durability and reliability. The Tsuru is affordable as well, with a brand new base model selling for around $7,600. Powering the five-passenger sedan is a 1.6-liter inline-four rated at 105 hp and 102 lb-ft of torque.
To date, Nissan has produced 1.8 million Tsurus in Mexico. That number goes up to 2.4 million if you count the first- and second-gen models. Nissan says it has no plans for a Tsuru successor, and will instead point customers to the Versa. The current-generation Sentra is also sold in Mexico.
Despite the Tsuru’s popularity, it suffered from dismal safety records since most are sold without airbags. Reuters attributes the compact to over 4,000 deaths in Mexico between 2007 and 2012 and reports that it received a zero-star safety rating from the Latin New Car Assessment Program. This week, the NCAP and IIHS performed a crash test of a Tsuru and a 2016 Nissan Versa. The demonstration is part of the NCAP’s effort to eliminate “Zero Star” vehicles from Latin America and other regions.
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“The G7 ThinQ is all set to break covers on May 2nd at an event in New York“
LG is all set to launch its flagship for the year – the G7 ThinQ. The smartphone will be unveiled on May 2nd at an event in New York. The upcoming flagship has already been subjected to extensive leaks and speculations in the past, with the most recent leak showing the ability to customise the display notch. Now, a day ahead of the official announcement, the LG G7 ThinQ has been spotted in a couple of live images from China.
In the images, we get a look at the front and rear panel of the handset. On the front, we can see the taller 18:9 display with the notch turned off. From the previous leak, it has been revealed that the upcoming LG G7 ThinQ will give users the option to hide the display notch by adding a virtual bezel on the top. Further, there is allegedly an option to switch between a rounder or more edgier corners on the top. It also has the setting to apply a custom colour to the bezel. On the rear panel, we can see the-dual camera module, LED flash, fingerprint scanner and the G7 ThinQ branding.
Coming to the core specs, the smartphone is expected to come with a 6.1-inch MLCD+ QHD+ display. Inside, the smartphone is expected to get a Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 processor, aided by 4GB or 6GB of RAM. The onboard storage is expected to be 64GB, which can be further expanded using a microSD card. As for the camera department, the smartphone is said to flaunt a pair of snappers on the rear panel, with the primary sensor being a 16MP unit. For selfies and video calling, the LG G7 ThinQ is speculated to have an 8MP camera.
We won’t have to wait long to see if these images are indeed real, as the G7 ThinQ will go official tomorrow.


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By Vikas Bardiya
The COVID-19 pandemic is the largest global public health outbreak in the 21st century so far. This pandemic has made us stay indoors for almost a year. The hospitality industry is one of the sectors that suffered the most in this pandemic. Based on World Health Organization reports, the main source of SARS-CoV-2 infection is the transmission of droplets released when an infected person coughs, sneezes, or exhales. Viral particles can remain in the air and on the surfaces for a long time. These droplets are too heavy to float in the air and rapidly fall down onto the surfaces.
Researchers have been trying to come up with innovative solutions for disinfecting the surfaces, especially in these pandemic times. One such solution is developed by the founders of Nanomatrix Materials. The team came up with the Graphene-Silver technology based antimicrobial coating, which can be applied on all the surfaces and remains active for approximately 90 days.
What about Air-decontamination in public spaces?
The vaccination drive started after a year-long lockdown in the country. As things are settling according to the new normal, everyone is getting ready to go outside. Industries are also opting for extra safety protocols to ensure minimum risk of spread of COVID-19. Hotels, restaurants, malls, etc. are ensuring safety by social distancing, thermal scanning, sanitization, using transparent shields, and no mask no entry guideline.
Air circulation and conditioning are required in closed public spaces such as malls, restaurants, bars, hotels, etc. After all the strict measures, there is still a great risk of the spread of airborne infections. To cater to the rising fears of coronavirus infection in closed spaces through air conditioning, air filtration technology products with virus deactivation properties using Graphene Silver technology is one such great invention.
This can cause a great risk for the public spread of COVID-19, the current concern. Thus, HVAC air filters are of MERV grade and work very effectively in combating airborne viruses, bacteria, and PM2.5. These filters are even customizable according to the size and shape requirement of the customer machinery.
Wrapping it up
It is clearly visible that there is a sense of fear amongst the customers and they are avoiding visits in restaurants. The change in consumer behavior is permanent and now the hospitality industry will need to take this new behavior into account while reopening their restaurants/bars/pubs/ hotels and no one can think of starting from where they left off. It is a must for the hospitality industry to establish experiential premises wherein the consumers can trust the safety and precautionary measures. This will instill confidence in consumers that would help them come back and accept the new normal of the dine-in experience.
As the restaurants/hotels are trying to gear up after long strict restrictions, there is a dire need for solutions to find ways to keep hotels/restaurants/pubs/bars relevant in the new normal.
Vikas Bardiya is the Founder of Nanomatrix Materials


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Dealerships in Orange and Green zones have been given permission to operate while complying with strictest safety measures
The nationwide lockdown, that has been in effect since mid March to arrest the spread of COVID-19, has been lifted in areas of Orange and Green zones. Auto plants, dealerships and service workshops falling within these areas have resumed operations but need to follow strict guidelines in terms of safety and sanitization as per Government of India orders.
Honda Motorcycles & Scooters India (HMSI) has announced that sales of their popular scooters and motorcycles like Activa 6G, Activa 125, Dio, Dream, CB Shine, etc have now restarted. In addition to this, the company has released a detailed ‘Dealership Operations Resumption Manual’ along with a YouTube video highlighting precautions to be followed.
This is to ensure both the customer’s and worker’s safety during this pandemic. The workshops are to be thoroughly sanitized and each of the workers will have to wear a mask and carry sanitizers at all times. Thermal scanning will be done for all workers entering the workshop while all tools and equipment will be sanitized on a regular basis both before and after use.
Social distancing will be followed in all areas which will be a rule even in the customer lounge. Service appointments should be booked in advance so as to avoid overcrowding at the service workshops and all payments should be made digitally via digital wallet or online payments. Below is the Honda video message.
Along with restarting dealer operations in India HMSI is also working alongside to support the fight against COVID-19 in India. The company has actively donated towards the ‘PM CARES’ relief fund and has distributed free food packets, sanitizers, face masks and essential items to those in need.
Last month, the company had hiked prices of the BS6 Activa 6G and Activa 125 and has now also announced a hike in price of the 2020 Honda Dio which was launched a few months ago. This price hike is by Rs.542 and Rs.552 and now carries a price tag of Rs.60,542 for the standard model while the top end Dio Deluxe is now priced at Rs.63,892. With this price hike, the company has made its entire BS6 scooter portfolio costlier than before.
Honda Dio is a sporty scooter which has brought in good sales for the company. In its BS6 format, new cosmetic changes have been introduced with LED position lamps, new tail light and body graphics. It also receives a split grab rail at the rear, copper toned wheels and more floorboard space due to a longer wheelbase. It is powered by a 110cc engine that offers 8 bhp power and 9 Nm torque. It also gets fuel injection system for better power delivery.


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Briefly looking back to major developments within retail, Paul Martin, UK Head of Retail at KPMG, stated that sincethe industry has gone through as many as four main evolutionary phases. What is a retail platform and what is driving this new evolutionary phase? Definitions of what constitutes a retail platform were varied among the RTT members. There were however, a number of central themes that shed light on the direction of travel in this new era.
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Diabetes is growing at an alarming rate in India, home to more than One main reason for the rise in the diabetic population is obesity. Obesity is reaching epidemic proportions among India's middle-class children and adolescents, as young people choose western fast food over traditional cuisine.
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Disney seems very impressed by Amy Hennig's Marvel game, as she's now given another chance at what EA cancelled years ago.
Amy Hennig is best known as the creator of the first three Uncharted games and Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver, but we've barely seen anything from the talented woman the last decade because Electronic Arts cancelled her Star Wars game and Google decided to stop making their own Stadia games. Fortunately, we got some great news last fall when Disney announced her new Skydance team is making a secret Marvel game. It sure seems like the giant company is very happy with how the project is progressing.
Because Lucasfilm reveals that Amy Hennig and Skydance are also making a story-driven action-adventure game in the Star Wars universe. Just like the Marvel project, this is basically all we're told expect for the fact that it'll have a completely new story. I think it's safe to say you'll get an idea of what to expect by watching David's interview with Hennig from 2018, however, as the elements mentioned there are definitely her forte.


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A Sanford man’s culinary invention is on the verge of shipping to customers across the country after it was fully-funded on the crowdfunding site Kickstarter.
“There was one recipe for bacon-wrapped chicken which I really liked a lot, but I realized using toothpicks to hold the bacon on was not a good solution. They always end up burning, and they’re a hassle to get out,” said Cranston, a U.S. Army veteran and safety consultant who has lived in the Deep River area for about 20 years.
Cranston spent a couple years refining the idea – Grill Pinz are one piece pins made of food grade metal which hold bacon onto other foods – and doing market research. About a year ago, he sat down with a consultant who helped him take the next step, which was asking the public to crowdfund the project.
“There were probably eight to twelve weeks leading up to launching the campaign. It was myself and six other people, and that was probably one of the most stressful times of my life,” he said.
The campaign launched May 2. While Cranston said there was an early surge from friends and supporters, there was a point about a week in when it “hit a flat spot” and looked like it wouldn’t meet the $11,000 goal.
“I really learned the hard way that just being on Kickstarter isn’t enough,” he said. “It’s really easy to get lost in the crowd. For just the casual Kickstarter supporter, it’s really kind of dumb luck to find any one thing.”
That led Cranston and his team to expand their approach to include paid Facebook advertising (most of the Facebook groups about grilling had strict policies against allowing Cranston to advertise his product; just one – the Weber Kettle Fans group – allowed him to do so, gaining him about a dozen customers), building a mailing list, and even hiring a public relations firm. But that approach worked, and the Grill Pinz campaign met its goal with a few days to spare.
With the Kickstarter campaign done, Cranston said Grill Pinz will now be sold via the company’s website and Facebook page, and the team is discussing options with both online and some brick and mortar outlets.
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Within the next few major browser version releases, we should see the ability for websites to use custom fonts without fear of that font being “stolen” become a reality.
WOFF (Web Open Font Format) allows designers to package fonts using either of the two major desktop formatsâ€”themselves remnants of font wars of yoreâ€”in a way approved by all major and most minor foundries. It doesn’t protect the typefaces with encryption, but with a girdle of ownership defined in clear text.
Future versions of browsers from the three groups will add full WOFF support. Apple’s Safari and its underlying WebKit rendering engine used for nearly all mobile operating systems’ browsers will adopt WOFF, as will Google Chrome and its variants. WOFF was proposed in October 2009, presented to the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) in April 2010 by Microsoft, the Mozilla Foundation and Opera Software, and adopted as a draft in July, remarkably quickly for such an about face.
At the annual meeting of the typoscenti at the Association Typographique Internationale (ATypI) last month in Dublin, all the web font talk was about WOFF and moving forward to offer more faces, services and integration, says John Berry, the president of ATypI, and part of Mr Daniels’ typography group at Microsoft. “The floodgates have opened,” says Mr Berry. “All the font foundries and many of the designers are offering their fonts or subsets of their fonts.”
The long-term effect of the campaign for real type will be a gradual branding of sites, whether those created by talented individuals or multi-billion-dollar corporations, or based on choices in templates used in blogging and other platforms. Just as a regular reader of the print edition of this newspaper can recognise it in a flash across a room, so, too, will an online edition have the pizazz (or lack thereof) of a print publication.


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‘Excessive’ use of smartphones by college students is related to poorer grades, ethanol injustice and some-more passionate partners, according to a new study.
Researchers from a University of Chicago, a University of Cambridge and a University of Minnesota surveyed a representation of U.S. college students to find a impact of their smartphone use.
Some 3,425 students were invited to take a survey, only over a third of whom responded. One in 5 of a respondents who took a consult reported “problematic” smartphone use, according to a study.
FOURTH OF JULY HOLIDAY IS DANGEROUS FOR SMARTPHONES
Characteristics of cryptic use embody extreme use, difficulty concentrating in category or during work due to smartphone use, feeling concerned or desirous though a smartphone and blank work due to smartphone use, according to a researchers. Physical consequences such as light-headedness and nausea are also cited as effects of extreme smartphone use.
Problematic smartphone use was found to be larger among womanlike students, with researchers observant that 64 percent of a “problem users” were female.
The investigate also found a couple between cryptic phone use and reduce class indicate averages.
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“Although a outcome of cryptic smartphone use on class indicate averages was comparatively small, it’s value observant that even a tiny disastrous impact could have a surpassing outcome on an individual’s educational feat and afterwards on their practice opportunities in after life,” pronounced Professor Jon Grant from a Department of Psychiatry Behavioral Neuroscience during a University of Chicago, in a statement.
The formula of a Health and Addictive Behaviours Survey are published in a Journal of Behavioral Addictions.
The consult also found that, while students stating cryptic smartphone use were typically reduction intimately active than their peers during 70.9 percent compared to 74 percent, a suit of students stating dual or some-more passionate partners in a past 12 months was aloft among “problem users.” Some 37.4 percent of sexually-active “problematic smartphone users” reported dual or some-more passionate partners compared to 27.2 percent of intimately active users who reported no problem phone use.
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Researchers also news that a suit of respondents with 6 or some-more passionate partners was some-more than double among intimately active smartphone users during 6.8 percent compared to 3 percent.
“Smartphones can assistance bond people and assistance people feel reduction isolated, and a commentary advise that they might act as an entrance for passionate contact, either by postulated partnerships or some-more infrequent sex,” pronounced Dr. Sam Chamberlain, Wellcome Trust clinical associate and titular consultant psychiatrist from a Department of Psychiatry during a University of Cambridge and a Cambridge Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust, in a statement.
Alcohol injustice was also found to be “significantly higher” among those displaying cryptic smartphone use, compared to a control group. However, researchers did not find any poignant couple with other forms of substance abuse or addiction.
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“It’s easy to consider of cryptic smartphone use as an addiction, though if it was that simple, we would design it to be compared with a far-reaching operation of piece injustice problems, generally in such a vast sample, though this does not seem to be a case,” pronounced Chamberlain, in a statement. “One probable reason for these formula is that people rise extreme smartphone use since of other mental health difficulties.”
The experts note, however, that a investigate was a “snapshot” or smartphone use during a specific time, so it is misleading either cryptic smartphone use leads to mental health issues or clamp versa.
More investigate is indispensable on both a certain and disastrous impacts of smartphone use on mental health, they say.
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The addictive inlet of record has been in a spotlight in new years. In 2018, for example, a World Health Organization pronounced that compulsively personification video games now qualifies as a mental health condition.
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Last month, the U.S. Postal Service awarded the contract for a pilot program for a cloud-based identity management system called the Federal Cloud Credential Exchange (FCCX). Using a closed communications network, or "digital pipelines", the Postal Service will deliver digital packets ("envelopes") of secure identity data between government agencies and private or public identity providers.
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Gamers have eagerly flocked to Bungie’s final Halo game in “staggering” droves.
Last week, Bungie bid farewell to its blockbuster Halo franchise with Halo: Reach – a roaring sendoff to the series. Gamers responded in turn, and the game racked up $200m in sales on day one, and clocked thousands of years of playtime in just a week.
“We obviously believed in the potential of Reach, and of Halo as a franchise, but to make over $200m sales on day one is a staggering result,” Microsoft’s UK director of entertainment and marketing Stephen McGill told MCV.
“The reception the game has received has been phenomenal. Halo: Reach has proved itself to be the biggest entertainment launch of 2010 and the best-selling Xbox exclusive in history.”
Er, hold on a second there, Stephen. “Best-selling Xbox exclusive in history” implies that the game has outsold Halo 3 (8.1 million copies) and both Gears of War titles (~5 million apiece). I have no doubt that Reach is doing well for itself, but that seems a little far-fetched.
However, if McGill simply meant to say that it was the fastest-selling Xbox exclusive in history – that it sold more copies more quickly than either of the previously-mentioned games – then his statement could make perfect sense.
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Hamada Shoyu Celebrates 200th Anniversary
Hamada Shoyu Co., Ltd., a long-standing maker of Japanese soy sauce in the Kumamoto prefecture of Kyushu, Japan and member of Heritage Foods, recently held an inauguration ceremony to celebrate its newly repaired factory, which was badly damaged by the Kumamoto earthquake in 2016. The event also comes in conjunction with Hamada’s 200th year anniversary celebration since its founding in 1818.
Dr. Victor Fung, Group Chairman of Fung Group and owner of Heritage Foods, attended the auspicious event, along with the Hamada 7th generation family; world renowned architect Kengo Kuma, as well as several key executives from Heritage Foods and members of the media from across the region.
“Heritage Foods strongly believes in optimising the potential of local brands with strong heritage for global audiences,” said Dr. Victor Fung.“The renovation works of the Hamada Shoyu factory is proof of our commitment to the companies under our portfolio. We envision Hamada Shoyu in serving a crucial role in Heritage Foods’ plans to expand authentic Japanese soy sauce and seasonings across the region”.
Repair and maintenance works for the 200-year-old Hamada Shoyu factory proved to be a challenge for Kuma Kengo, who oversaw the factory’s redesign and renovations. In addition to financial and manpower issues, several Hamada Shoyu buildings were registered as Tangible Cultural Property by the Japanese Government back in 2007; extra care had to be taken to ensure its original historical designs and structure of its warehouses and brickwork-supported boilers were retained.
“Hamada Shoyu has a long established history of making premium soy sauce in Kumamoto, so it was necessary to retain the original infrastructure’s design of the factory while modernising it for today’s manufacturing standards,” said Kuma Kengo. “We were able to achieve them thanks to the hard work, moral and financial support provided by Hamada Shoyu as well as Heritage Foods.”
Hamada Shoyu has been making soy sauces and condiments in Kumamoto City for the past two centuries, leveraging the clear, natural mineral-rich spring water from Mount Aso to produce its high-quality premium soy sauces. Heritage Foods will soon introduce the famous flavours of Hamada Shoyu soy sauce from Kumamoto to the world as it transfers technology to Bidor Kwong Heng, a Malaysian condiment company also under Heritage Foods brand portfolio. Bidor Kwong Heng will have the official license to produce premium halal Hamada Shoyu soy sauces suitable for general consumption in Southeast Asia.
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Apple has yet to officially announce the dates for their WWDC 2019 conference, although it looks like it will take place between the 3rd and 7th of June in San Jose.
MacRumors have discovered that this years Worldwide Developer Conferecen will take place at the San Jose McEnery Convention Center in California.
As listing for the event was discovered by MacRumors at the Cit of San Jose’s Office of Cultural affairs, this has now been removed and references to Apple have been removed.
We are not expecting an official announcement from Apple on when this years WWDC will take place but it looks like it will be between the 3rd and 7th of June.
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ProShip Inc. announced a partnership with JDA Software Inc., which will result in the two technology companies collaborating on some of their largest, most complicated customer installs.
ProShip’s official inclusion as a Technology Partner in JDA’s Partner Advantage Program will help develop, expand and accelerate joint opportunities and equip ProShip with the tools and education necessary to engage with JDA in the marketplace. As a result, joint clients will benefit from an expanded portfolio of integrated shipping and supply chain management solutions.
“The continuous evolution and growth of JDA’s Partner Advantage Program is of the utmost importance to JDA and its customers,” says Steve Simmerman, senior director of JDA Software. “ProShip’s strengths, such as streamlining shipping processes, the creation of carrier-compliant labels, speed of shipment execution and their ability to manage dangerous and hazardous goods as part of the shipping process, hit the target for what many customers were looking for. ProShip’s solutions complement our own solutions extremely well.”
This new partnership combines the fastest, most carrier-compliant multi-carrier shipping software on the market with JDA’s end-to-end seamless digital supply chain planning and execution solutions for retailers, manufacturers and third-party logistics companies. Together, ProShip and JDA help eliminate skyrocketing shipping costs and boost carrier compliance, while increasing profitability and improving visibility, so their clients can deliver on customer promises every time.
“As the supply chain’s digital transformation continues due to the constant upsurge of customer expectations, today’s companies require a fully integrated enterprise technology stack that fulfills orders quickly and cost-effectively,” says Bill Schroeder, director of strategic alliances at ProShip. “The combination of ProShip and JDA does just that.”


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The UK home builder Persimmon is under stockholder fire for some hefty compensation packages, including paying CEO Jeff Fairburn $105 million for his work in 2017. The packages were tied to performance, which should make shareholders happy right? But the performance metrics weren’t capped, so the compensation ballooned beyond what many shareholders consider reasonable. Even Mr. Fairburn acknowledged, in a way, that the payments were gaudy — he agreed to accept $105 million when according to his contract he was actually due over $150 million. Well maybe he didn’t agree so much as shareholders voted to cut his package.
Interim chairman of the board at Persimmon Nigel Mills has been putting out the angry compensation-related fires as best he can. Mills apologized to shareholders at the UK company’s annual meeting this week. But he also explained why the pay packages had ballooned — and with his explanation came the silver lining. Nobody knew when the packages were negotiated that business “would be so good over such a long period of time,” Mills explained.


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The Android operating system is not as secure as it could be, according to a new report from security researchers from the US-based security firm FireEye.
FireEye has created a tool that will allow you to remotely disable an Android device from using Google Camera.
While the tool does not require any user interaction, it allows users to disable the camera altogether and turn off all camera features, including image stabilization, flash, and the ability to take still pictures.
If you are interested in this feature, the FireEye website offers an instructions manual to download the software and then follow the instructions.
The software is available for free for a limited time on the Google Play store, and there is a version available for $9.99.
The FireEye researchers have also created a Chrome extension for Android that allows you to disable Camera functionality for a specific device and it has a version that will work for most Android devices, including the Pixel C, Nexus 5X, Nexus 6P, and Pixel CXL.


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The Ministry of Public Business Sector revealed that the demand for sodium hypochlorite used in manufacturing bleaches and disinfectants increased by 800% amid efforts to counter the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).
The Ministry stressed that the Egyptian Company for Chemicals (ECC) was able to meet the customers requirements despite the huge increase in demand by more than 800%.
The ECC has increased production capacity from sodium hypochlorite, which is used in the manufacture of disinfectants and detergents to 120 thousand tons annually to meet the market requirements.
As the COVID pandemic storms the world, Sodium hypochlorite, which is one of the most powerful disinfectants that eliminates viruses and germs, is used extensively to disinfect and sterilize surfaces, buildings and equipment.
The company has satisfied the needs of citizens and companies, including ministries, companies, streets and hospitals, to carry out sterilization and disinfection work within the precautionary measures that the state follows to confront the coronavirus.


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Chip giant Intel is selling its Wind River subsidiary to private investment firm TPG, nine years after buying it to boost its mobile and IoT efforts.
Wind River has a long history in embedded software, which encouraged Intel to drop $884 million on it back in 2009. The stated rationale at the time was to help Intel in its efforts to diversify beyond the PC and server markets and came at a time when Intel still thought it could take on the ARM ecosystem in embedded processors.
“Wind River is a leading software vendor in embedded devices, and is part of Intel’s strategy to grow its processor and software presence outside the traditional PC and server market segments into embedded systems and mobile handheld devices,” said Intel when it completed the acquisition. “Embedded systems and mobile devices include smart phones, mobile Internet devices, other consumer electronics (CE) devices, in-car “info-tainment” systems and other automotive areas, networking equipment, aerospace and defense, energy and thousands of other devices.”
A decade and billions of dollars have produced very little ROI for Intel in the embedded processor market, although it’s still hoping to have a significant piece of the 5G pie via modem subsidiary Infineon, which it acquired a year or so after Wind River. The latter more recently got incorporated into Intel’s broader IoT efforts, but even that clearly didn’t pay off.
“This move is designed to sharpen our focus on growth opportunities that align to Intel’s data-centric strategy,” said Tom Lantzsch, GM of the Internet of Things Group at Intel. “Wind River will remain an important ecosystem partner, and we will continue to collaborate on critical software-defined infrastructure opportunities to advance an autonomous future. We expect this transition will be seamless for our mutual customers and partners.”
“This acquisition will establish Wind River as a leading independent software provider uniquely positioned to advance digital transformation within critical infrastructure segments with our comprehensive edge to cloud portfolio,” said Jim Douglas, Wind River President. “At the same time, TPG will provide Wind River with the flexibility and financial resources to fuel our many growth opportunities as a standalone software company that enables the deployment of safe, secure, and reliable intelligent systems.”
“Our technology team is focused on backing strong, market-leading companies in growing industries,” said Nehal Raj, Partner and Head of Technology investing at TPG. “We see a tremendous market opportunity in industrial software driven by the convergence of the Internet of Things (IoT), intelligent devices and edge computing. As a market leader with a strong product portfolio, Wind River is well positioned to benefit from these trends.”
This seems to be yet another example of how difficult it is for tech giants to diversify through acquisition. So much M&A by companies like Intel, Microsoft, Cisco, Ericsson and many more has ended up being reversed or just plain written off a few years later, at significant cost to shareholders. One day, maybe, shareholders will start rewarding companies for organic diversification strategies that take a while to play out.


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ISO 45001, inspired by the well-known OHSAS 18001, is designed to help companies and organizations around the world ensure the health and safety of the people who work for them. ISO 45001 currently is at the committee draft stage of development, the first consultation phase. During this stage, the countries (ISO members) that have chosen to participate in the standard's development have two months to form a national position on the draft and comment on it.
Many experts in occupational health and safety have lobbied for an ISO standard that would help integrate occupational safety and health into sustainability, quality and management systems efforts.
Kathy A. Seabrook, CSP, CFIOSH, EurOSHM, recently spoke about supply chain accountability, the market economy, sustainability/corporate social responsibility (CSR), materiality reporting and the ISO 45001 management system standard for workplace safety and health at the Standards and the Global Supply Chain event hosted by ANSI.
“Risk is the common thread connecting supply chain accountability, the market economy, sustainability, materiality reporting and ISO 45001,” said Seabrook, adding, “ll of these risks can have an impact public policy. This interconnectedness of risk impacts society, the economy and trade, an industry, an organization, its reputation and brand, its shareholders, business processes, product and service delivery capability, its workers and its supply chain.
The premise of a management system standard is to set out requirements to establish, implement, maintain and continually improve a system to manage risk. Current management systems standards are environmental (ISO 14001), quality (ISO 9001), food safety (ISO 22000) and consumer product safety. ISO has over 70 management systems standards, covering everything from energy to asset management. The ISO 45001 standard is focused on the management of an organization’s occupational safety and health (OH&S) risk.
Seabrook reminded her audience of the garment fires and Rana Plaza building collapse in Bangladesh two years ago. The fires took the lives of dozens of workers who were trapped in the buildings when fires broke out. The Rana Plaza collapse killed 1,129 workers, who were crushed in the wreckage of the building when it fell.
Seabrook noted that investigations of the garment fires found the basic provision of adequate emergency exits did not exist, and that due to concerns of theft by the workers, the exits that did exist were locked. There was no way out for the workers caught in the fires. In the case of Rana Plaza, she said, the building and company owners knew there was issue with the integrity of the building “but chose not to provide a safe place of work for those in their employ.”
Several efforts were launched following those tragedies, including The Alliance for Bangladesh Worker Safety and the Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh, to promote occupational health and safety efforts for workers in Bangladesh.
“The fire life safety inspections organized by these groups are an important feedback mechanism for continual improvement and they are part of the ISO 45001 systems approach to managing the OH&S RISKs of injury, ill health and/or death to workers,” said Seabrook.
The basic premise of the ISO standard is to proactively identify OH&S risks, said Seabrook “before an incident occurs and assuring controls are in place can help to minimize or eliminate these causation factors in the future.”
Connecting OH&S and Sustainability
According to Seabrook, there are two drivers impacting change by some organizations to be more accountable for their supply chain: the market economy and sustainability reporting, and they are closely tied, she noted. “The investment community and organizational stakeholders are driving market demand for more transparency from the organizations they invest in,” said Seabrook. “To give you a business perspective, the UN Global Compact and Accenture conducted a CEO Study on sustainability about a year an a half ago. They surveyed 1,000 CEOs from around the world and 93 percent of these CEOs stated [that] sustainability is important to the future success of their business.”
Sustainability reports published annually or biannually by publicly traded companies increasingly re disclosing supply chain and worker safety and health risks that are material to their organization, said Seabrook. Globally, the investment community and other organizational stakeholders have embraced the voluntary Global Reporting Initiative’s (GRI) Framework for reporting disclosures in sustainability reports. Over 95 percent of the companies on the Dow Jones Sustainability Index now meet the reporting requirements of the GRI Framework.
Some of these companies are moving to towards integrated reporting, which combines their sustainability and financial performance into one report. It is important to note Occupational safety and health performance is one of the reporting or disclosure requirements in the GRI Framework. The Center for Safety and Health Sustainability has been working to influence the OH&S GRI Framework requirements so they are more proactive and aligned with recognized management systems thinking.
Supply Chain Accountability
The most recent version of the GRI Framework focuses on supply chain accountability and materiality disclosures. Seabrook said that what this means is depending upon the industry sector, the supply chain and nature of risk and operations, OH&S risks may be identified as material to an organization’s financial condition and operational performance, and therefore must be disclosed or reported to shareholders as a requirement by the U.S. Security and Exchange Commission.
“This is where the markets, sustainability, public policy and ISO 45001 converge,” Seabrook said.
In ISO 45001, she explained, an organization considers its external issues and the needs and expectations of interested parties to determine its OH&S risks. “An example of this is sustainability performance,” said Seabrook. “In this case, the interested party is the investment community and the external issue is transparency on OH&S performance in the sustainability report. Since OH&S performance and materiality reporting are becoming expectations of the investment community, this external issue impacts the organization’s ISO 45001 OH&S management system.”
To take it a step further, she said, “if the OH&S risk is determined to be material to the organization’s financial condition and operational performance, it should be reported. Saving workers’ lives and providing safe working conditions also pays off in the health and sustainability of the global supply chains themselves.”
OH&S and Materiality Maps
Treating OH&S risk as material to the viability of a company or industry also prioritizes worker safety and health initiatives, said Seabrook.
For example, Owens Corning is a U.S. manufacturer of building materials and has identified 22 medium-high materiality topics in their sustainability report, and OH&S risk (employee safety and Health) is one of them. Seabrook calls this “a trend to watch.”
The NGO Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (known as SASB) is chaired by Michael Bloomberg with Mary Shapiro (former chair of the SEC) as vice chair. “These are two powerful influencers in the investment community and policy development arena,” said Seabrook. They are overseeing the development of SASB materiality maps, similar to what Owens Corning is doing, which identify materiality issues on an industry-by-industry basis.
Materiality maps have been created for the financial services, technology and communications, transportation, mining and the oil and gas industries to name a few. SASB‘s goal is to get companies to focus their sustainability strategies on the most important issues and to understand the metrics that underpin each materiality issue that is reported. They also are encouraging Investors and other market participants to use the SASB materiality map “to analyze portfolio exposure to specific sustainability risks and opportunities represented by each material issue,” she added.
In the end, the market will determine the future of SASB’s influence.
Full Circle to ISO 45001
According to Seabrook, ISO 45001 can inform and play a role in creating solutions that cross borders. While the scope of ISO 45001 is not intended to include supply chain workers, “an organization can choose to leverage the ISO 45001 management systems approach as a solution to identify, control and continually improve opportunities to reduce or eliminate worker safety and health risk to workers in the supply chain,” she noted.
The American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) is the administrator of the U.S. Technical Advisory Group to ISO 45001.


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Madico Eyeing Additional Global Deals Following U.K. PartnershipMay 21st, 2014 by Editor
Following last week’s announcement that Madico Window Films had inked an exclusive distributorship deal with The Window Film Co. in the U.K., Jeffrey Plummer, senior vice president of sales, marketing and distribution for Madico says the company is hungry for more.
“The U.K. market is a very important part of our strategy to grow our footprint internationally. The residential and commercial window film markets in the U.K. offer a huge opportunity for us given the growing awareness of the transformative effects of window film,” he says. “With their focus on exceptional customer service and reputation as true professionals, The Window Film Co. is a very well-established, trusted window film distribution company, and is the ideal partner to help Madico grow its market share.”
Plummer says the company has developed a plan to broaden its global distributor partners.
“Part of our strategy now is developing. We have partners in more than 60 countries around the world, but there are some key markets, such as the U.K., where we felt we needed to approach the market in a different way. We have been aggressive in the Russian market—there’s a lot of window film installed there … so were looking at some new partners there. We’re trying to fix some of these key markets,” he adds.
In addition to Russia and the U.K., Plummer notes that Madico has made developments in Australia, with a new partnership following the acquisition of a former distributor, as well as pushing for Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa (EEMA) and Latin America.
“We want to have products available in every market of significance in the world. We don’t want to have a situation where someone looks online and sees our products but finds they’re unavailable,” he notes. “Geographically, we would like to be in every market in the world. Where we have gaps, we’re working very hard to fill them.
“Latin America, is where I’d say right now we’re continuing to strive—we added a new sales manager. We’re putting a lot more energy into filling some of the Latin American gaps and so far I’d say it’s working very well,” Plummer says.
Overall, Plummer notes that what’s good for one company can forecast a positive market for the entire industry.
“There’s a lot of uncertainty and doom and gloom on the news,” he says. “I don’t know how excited others get, but we are very enthusiastic that from day one, 2014 had a different personality. When you’re on a flight and have a headwind it takes longer; when you have a tailwind you get there much more quickly—2013 felt like it had a headwind, but 2014 has certainly felt as though it has a tailwind. Everyone is looking for good growth and to say we have strong double-digit growth would be very fair. We hope that’s indicative of the industry as a whole and everyone in the industry is seeing that as well, in 2014 and beyond.”


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Cooke Optics has appointed Hon Ming Lai to the role of director of sales Asia, Australasia, Africa, Middle East, effective immediately. Reporting to Thomas Greiser, director of global sales, Hon Ming will be based in Hong Kong.
Cooke Optics has announced that its chairman, Les Zellan, will be stepping down from the company, and its CEO, Robert Howard, will be retiring, both effective October 31. Tim Pugh will become CEO, while Kees van Oostrum, currently a Cooke Optics board member, will become the company’s non-executive chairman.
Samantha Uber has joined Goldcrest Post as conform artist/manager of workflow services and senior finishing editor. Uber will work with film and television clients in designing customized workflows to manage projects from the set through delivery. She will also act as a hands-on finishing editor.
Deluxe announced today that Anna Lee has been appointed to the newly created role of chief strategy officer. Lee will report directly to Deluxe chief executive officer Cyril Drabinsky and be responsible for developing, communicating, executing, and sustaining strategic initiatives for the company.
Movio has named Sarah Lewthwaite the company’s chief client officer. Lewthwaite most recently was managing director & senior vice president for Europe, the Middle East and Africa and has been with Movio for six years. The announcement was made by Movio co-founder and chief executive William Palmer.
Movio has named Nicolas Maquet as chief technology officer. Maquet, who joined Movio six years ago and was subsequently named head of technology, will report to Movie COO Matthew Liebmann.
National CineMedia today announced that media industry veteran Mike Rosen has joined the company as senior vice president, East Coast sales in New York to help brands connect with movie audiences as America gets back to the big screen.
Juliana F. Hill has been appointed to National CineMedia’s board of directors. She has also been appointed by the board to serve as a member of the audit committee. Hill brings her extensive financial, media industry, and outdoor advertising expertise to NCM, following a long career in finance with iHeartMedia, Inc. (formerly Clear Channel Communications), the number one audio company in the United States.
The Society of Motion Pictures and Television Engineers has released the names of the industry leaders and innovators who will be honored at the Awards Gala that will be part of this year's interactive remote SMPTE 2020. Scheduled for November 11-12 during the Society's annual technical conference and exhibition, the online celebration will recognize business, technical, and creative leaders and students who have made substantial contributions to the ongoing advancement of media and entertainment technology. SMPTE Fellow elevations will be conferred November 10.
The MetFilm School has launched the Dan Demissie Voices That Matter scholarship, which is designed to support the next generation of black filmmakers, recognizing the importance of accessibility and equality within the screen industry. Film producer Dan Demissie died last July at the age of 37.


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Nokia Lumia 525 officially released
The Finnish company has silently unveiled the Nokia Lumia 525, the successor to their entry-level Windows Phone 8 smartphone Lumia 520 which was announced back in February of this year.
The Lumia 525 didn’t fall far from the tree and retains most of the specs of its predecessor: 4-inch WVGA (800 x 480) IPS LCD, Qualcomm Snapragon S4 dual-core CPU clocked at 1Ghz, 5 megapixel camera without LED flash, 8GB internal storage, microSD card support, and 1,430mAh battery. It even sports the same dimensions.
The only difference is that it now has 1GB of RAM instead of 512MB which allows the Lumia 525 to take advantage of most of the apps inside the Windows Phone Store.
The new Nokia Lumia 525 will be available in Red, Black, Orange, White, and Yellow. It will arrive in Singapore on December 14th with a price tag of SGD249 or around Php8,700. No information yet on local availability.


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Today, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear a case in which the lead plaintiff in a Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) class-action lawsuit “is offered everything he wants but litigates regardless.”
Campbell-Ewald Co. v. Gomez involves a plaintiff, Mr. Gomez, who along with 100,000 other people, received a marketing recruitment text message from the U.S. Navy. Three years after receiving the text, Mr. Gomez sued the Navy’s marketing contractor, saying the message violated the TCPA.
Before the class was certified by the court, the company offered Gomez a settlement, which included “full relief on his claims—$1,503 per text message as well as some additional benefits.” Mr. Gomez rejected the offer and continued suing.
“While Mr. Gomez didn’t stand to get anything more himself, his lawyers stood to reap a windfall with every additional plaintiff,” reports the Wall Street Journal.
Read the full story here.


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The verdict is in, and Google Maps is the winner.
After releasing to the masses Wednesday night, Google not only released a great maps app, which does include turn-by-turn directions, but they also embarrassed Apple. I mean no insult toward Apple, but how can you have a popular maps app, when you don’t have a robust search engine to back it up. A partnership with Google could have been smarter.
Google Maps isn’t just a native application. Google has also released an iOS SDK, which will allow developers to use Google Maps in their applications, rather than Apple Maps.
After Apple ditched Google Maps this fall when they released iOS 6, all native applications automatically switched to the Apple Maps SDK.
Apple Maps have been ridiculed for poor location services, lack of information and poorly drawn landmarks in some areas.
The turn-by-turn directions via Siri and the Maps app do work quite well, but Google could change that with its turn-by-turn technology. It’s already a winner because it supports iOS 5.1 and up, along with the iPhone 3GS and iPhone 4. To use Apple Maps, you obviously need iOS 6, and an iPhone 4S or iPhone 5.
One interesting component of Apple Maps, which does work well in major cities, is the ability to swipe down and give a more 3D look. Google copied this motion and brought it to their maps.
The New York Times’ David Pogue rattled off some highlights of the free app, but he lays out what makes the app so good pretty simply:
So the first great thing about Google’s new Maps is the underlying data. Hundreds of Google employees have spent years hand-editing the maps, fixing the thousands of errors that people report every day. (In the new app, you report a mistake just by shaking the phone.) And since 2006, Google’s Street View vehicles have trawled 3,000 cities, photographing and confirming the cartographical accuracy of five million miles of roads.
And he’s right. Until Apple can collect as much data as Google, they’ll never come close with their app.
An iPad version of Google Maps is coming soon, according to multiple sources.
What’s your opinion on Google Maps?