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Nokia Lumia 920T discovered in China; variant for China Mobile's proprietary network allows millions to buy it
There is some good news for all of those China Mobile customers dying for a flagship device. A picture posted on the Weibo internet service shows a device called the Nokia Lumia 920T which is said to be a special version of the upcoming flagship Windows Phone 8 model for China Mobile's 3G pipeline. While the China Mobile logo is not anywhere in sight, the initials CMCC are seen on the phone's screen, indicating that this device is heading to the carrier. China Mobile also has a nascent LTE network and there is no word if the phone will support the faster 4G speed. At least one China Mobile employee has confirmed that the Nokia Lumia 920T is heading to the world's largest carrier.
Nokia stands to reap the benefits of opening up sales of its phone to over 70 million smartphone hungry China Mobile customers who are eagerly awaiting some of the top-shelf models available from other carriers.
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Capcom has released some new gameplay footage of Vergil in Devil May Cry 5: Special Edition! Its just a few seconds but its super satisfying to say the least. Check it out below:
— Devil May Cry 5 Special Edition (@DevilMayCry) October 30, 2020
Devil May Cry 5: Special Edition releases on November 10th for Xbox Series S/X and November 12th for PS5. Stay tuned at Final Weapon for the latest Japanese gaming news!


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By Chris Scott Barr
One of the biggest pieces of news that came out of Sony’s press conference today was the announcement of the PSP Go, otherwise known as “the worst-kept secret of E3.” So what’s so different about this new portable system? Practically everything it seems. Obviously the slide-out control system is a big change, but also the lack of UMD compatibility is new. It is also 50% smaller and 40% lighter than the current PSP-3000.
Sony is targeting this device at people living the “digital lifestyle.” They’re looking at people that want their content delivered digitally, without the need to go to the store and buy a physical product. The lack of a UMD slot means that you will instead download new titles to your PSP directly. As such, all new titles will be sold in both UMD and digital formats. Both versions will contain the exact same features and functionality, as they aren’t actually aiming to replace the current PSP-3000 with the Go.
Storage is obviously important with the PSP Go, so they’ve added in 16GB of internal Flash memory. A Memory Stick Micro slot is included so that you can easily expand the storage. Bluetooth and WiFi are both included to keep you connected wirelessly.
Sony also announced a new desktop application called PC Media Go which will replace the current Media Manager and allow you to access the PlayStation store directly from your PC. A new video delivery service application will also be included natively on the PSP so that you can download content directly to the Go. Finally, Sony announced that they had signed on several new video content providers like Showtime, G4, E!, Stars and TNA to provide movies and TV shows to the PlayStation network.
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- KKday announces a $75m Series C funding in order to focus on Taiwanese and Japanese ‘Staycations’
- KKday will use the funds for increasing tourism in Taiwan and Japan post COVID-19 Lockdown
- The KKday app will use Rezio, a reservation administration platform
Since the lockdown rules have become less lenient, ‘Staycations’ are becoming popular. Taipei based KKday received $75m as Collection C from the Cool Japan Fund and the Nationwide Growth Fund of Taiwan. The KKday app decided to encourage staycations to promote tourism within Taiwan and Japan. Traders like Monk’s Hill Ventures and MindWorks Capital were also involved in the Series C funding.
Started in 2014, the KKday App company plans on using Rezio, an administrative platform to book staycations. Since the COVID-19 Pandemic has struck, travel industries have begun focusing on staycations. Staycations enable traveling without having to go around cities – which could help tourism survive.
During May 2020, Taiwan and Japan saw an increasing demand for staycations back home. This meant that hotels would have to handle bookings, for which Rezio came into play. KKDay plans on focusing on staycations after they suffered massive losses due to the pandemic in Asia.
Cool Japan Fund’s Managing Director Kazushi Sano released an official statement regarding this. He said that the Cool Japan Fund hopes KKday can revive Japanese tourism after hostile situations. He also said that he hopes that this ‘modern’ mindset and robust execution will help the country’s tourism.
KKday plans on utilizing all the Series C funds to increase its international expansion. Rezio, the new booking platform will also be launched to be the main focal point of income for the Taiwanese giant.
“In our relentless pursuit to provide the best and seamless experience for any traveler, Covid-19 has pushed us to innovate. Rezio, we believe, will offer long-term value to travel operators, activity providers, and most importantly, their end users – travelers. We are also excited to continue expanding into new markets and to innovate new products and services with a traveler-focused mindset.” said Chen Ming-ming, Founder and CEO of KKday.


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The unnamed sheikh, who was featured in an article on el-Senousa news, was quoted saying that if women wish to eat these food items, a third party, preferably a male related to them such as their a father or husband, should cut the items into small pieces and serve.
He said that these fruits and vegetables “resemble the male penis” and hence could arouse women or “make them think of sex.”No word on whether men may touch cantaloupes or watermelons.
He also added carrots and zucchini to the list of forbidden foods for women.
The sheikh was asked how to “control” women when they are out shopping for groceries and if holding these items at the market would be bad for them. The cleric answered saying this matter is between them and God.
Answering another question about what to do if women in the family like these foods, the sheikh advised the interviewer to take the food and cut it for them in a hidden place so they cannot see it.
The opinion has stirred a storm of irony and denouncement among Muslims online, with hundreds of comments mocking the cleric.
One reader said that these religious “leaders” give Islam “a bad name” and another commented said that he is a “retarded” person and he must quit his post immediately.
Then again, perhaps Muslim men shouldn't be handling guns either.
UPDATE: Some have been doubting the story, saying they couldn't find the original Arabic news story. Bikya Masr updated the post with the link to As Sawsana where the article was. The cleric is still unnamed, so it is still a little dubious, but it is funny.


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Tango Luxembourg deploys interactive TV platform from Beenius
Sep 13, 2018 – Beenius and Tango Luxembourg have cooperated to produce a new TV Platform for Tango's users. Beenius provided an end-to-end solution which serves both IPTV and OTT content from a single platform across all devices to all end users.
News categories: Beenius, Tango, Filip Remškar, Luis Camara, Content Distribution, Digital TV, IBCShow, IPTV, Luxembourg, Middleware, Set Top Box
SES showcases its first broadcast of 8K television
May 23, 2018 – SES will be broadcasting an 8K television signal via its satellite system for the first time during the annual SES Industry Days on 23 and 24 May. Using DVB-S2X the transmission will be carried out on a single 36 MHz transponder on ASTRA 3B.
News categories: SES S.A, Thomas Wrede, Digital TV, Luxembourg, Satellite
Witbe and Divitel offer QoE management in Benelux & DACH
Nov 21, 2017 – Witbe and Divitel have become partners to offer managed testing and monitoring services for customers in Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Witbe products are used at Divitel’s TV and Video Application Lifecycle Testlab.
News categories: Witbe, Divitel, Marie-Veronique Lacaze, Hans Kornmann, Austria, Belgium, Digital TV, Germany, Luxembourg, Netherlands, QoE, Switzerland
Orange and Netflix ink major international agreement
Sep 14, 2017 – Orange and Netflix have renewed the agreement signed in 2014 for the distribution of Netflix for Orange TV customers in France, and have expanded their partnership to all countries in which the Orange Group is present.
News categories: Netflix, Orange, Reed Hastings, Stéphane Richard, Belgium, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, Digital TV, DRC, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, France, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Iraq, Jordan, Liberia, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Moldova, Morocco, Niger, OTT, Poland, Romania, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Slovakia, Spain, Tunisia
LG and SES demonstrate 4K High Frame Rate technology
May 16, 2017 – SES (Paris; Luxembourg: SESG) and LG will demonstrate OLED TV’s 4K High Frame Rate (HFR) broadcast at the tenth SES Industry Days conference in Luxembourg. The 4K HFR content will be transmitted live via an ASTRA satellite at 19.2°E.
News categories: SES S.A, LG Electronics, Thomas Wrede, Sam Kim, Digital TV, Luxembourg, Satellite, Smart TV, Worldwide
Telenet acquires SFR BeLux from Altice
Dec 22, 2016 – Telenet (Brussels: TNET) has entered into an agreement to acquire Coditel Brabant for €400 million from Coditel Holding, a subsidiary of Altice. Coditel Brabant, operating under the SFR brand, provides cable services in Brussels, Wallonia and Luxembourg and mobile telephony in Belgium.
News categories: Telenet, Altice, John Porter, Belgium, Cable TV, Digital TV, Luxembourg, MnA
Amazon Prime Video launches globally
Dec 14, 2016 – Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) has announced that Amazon Prime Video is now available to customers in more than 200 countries and territories around the globe. Customers can watch on Android and iOS phones and tablets, Fire Tablets and LG and Samsung smart TVs.
News categories: Amazon, Tim Leslie, Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Benin, Bermuda, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Cayman Islands, Channel Islands, Chile, Colombia, Congo-Brazzaville, Costa Rica, Côte d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Digital TV, Dominican Republic, DRC, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Gibraltar, Greece, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Korea, Kosovo, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macau, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Mauritius, Melanesia, Mexico, Micronesia, Moldova, Monaco, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Mozambique, Multiscreen, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, OTT, Pakistan, Palestine, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Polynesia, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Sudan, Spain, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, UAE, Uganda, UK, Ukraine, Uruguay, USA, Uzbekistan, Vatican, Venezuela, Vietnam, Worldwide, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Europe compensates for Altice' US subscriber losses in 2Q 2016
Aug 9, 2016 – Altice (Euronext: ATC NA and ATCB NA) has announced results for the quarter ended June 30, 2016. Having closed the Cablevision acquisition, Altice USA has become the 4th largest cable operator in the US market.
News categories: Altice, Belgium, Cable TV, Dominican Republic, France, IPTV, Israel, Luxembourg, Portugal, Results, Satellite, Subscribers, USA
Netgem develops cloud-based TV platform with Post Luxembourg
Feb 11, 2016 – Netgem will demonstrate at Mobile World Congress 2016 a comprehensive set of offerings that enable fixed and mobile operators around the world to offer differentiating TV services and take advantage of a powerful multiscreen TV experience.
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- TDG research shows sensitivity of Netflix subscribers to price rises
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Charter says changes coming for cable customers
Now that it dominates Wisconsin's cable television market, Charter Communications faces its next challenge: winning customer satisfaction where, often, it's been lacking.
Charter, with the recent acquisition of Time Warner Cable, now has about 90% of the traditional cable business in Wisconsin — a figure that's disturbing to consumer advocates who say the lack of competition in the cable industry fuels poor customer service and high rates.
'People are kind of stuck with what they have, and I mean really stuck,' said Linda Sherry, director of national priorities at Consumer Action, a San Francisco-based advocacy group.
Stamford, Conn.-based Charter, now that it owns Time Warner Cable, is moving into Milwaukee and other markets under the brand name Spectrum.
The changes aren't noticeable yet, but they're starting this year and will take place over the next 18 months.
'In the coming months, you will hear more from us as it relates to network, product and service improvements,' Charter CEO Tom Rutledge said in a recent letter to Time Warner Cable customers.
The changes will include an all-digital network with faster internet speeds, no modem lease fee and a plethora of television channels under various bundle plans, according to Charter.
Yet critics of the Time Warner Cable acquisition say consumers will likely remain skeptical as they've never seen much competition in the paid television marketplace, and this won't help on that front.
'We are not big on mergers, and we especially think that mergers in the cable industry can be a real problem for consumers because it just shrinks the available vendors down to usually one in an area,' Sherry said.
In the 2015 American Customer Satisfaction Index, Charter and Time Warner Cable had comparable scores — of 57 and 58, respectively — of a possible 100 points for internet service. Charter scored 63 for subscription television, while Time Warner Cable's score was 51.
Charter says it's attracting more customers and keeping customers longer, yet it acknowledges the industry's critics.
'Cable companies talk about improving service a lot because there's a lot of improving to do,' said Charter spokesman Justin Venech.
The company says it's bringing more than 10,000 outsourced customer service jobs back to the United States.
Combined, Charter and Time Warner Cable have about 90,000 employees nationwide and 3,900 in Wisconsin, including customer service centers and offices in Milwaukee, Appleton and Fond du Lac.
Charter says it plans to add about 20,000 jobs nationally as it expands into new markets and adds subscribers.
'I don't know how many of those would be in Milwaukee, but I can tell you that we are looking at adding jobs across the company,' Venech said.
Over time, the Time Warner Cable name will be replaced by Spectrum.
Some industry experts say the Time Warner and Charter duo won't need as many employees as the separate companies had in areas such as customer service, billing and marketing.
Watch for what happens to the customer service centers in Wisconsin a year from now, said Barry Orton, a recently retired telecommunications professor at University of Wisconsin-Madison.
It's unlikely that Charter will keep all of those jobs, Orton said.
Charter says it will use fewer outside contractors for home service calls. It says customer bills will be easier to decipher, and there will be fewer fees.
For now, Time Warner Cable customers can keep their television and internet services and pricing.
'If a customer likes what they are receiving today, and how they are receiving it, we aren't going to force them into a new package,' Venech said.
Charter television customers will still be required to lease the 'set-top' box from the company.
Consumer advocates say the lease fees amount to a huge profit center for cable companies, at the expense of customers who have no choice in the matter.
'You will be renting that same old box for years. I remember once, when I moved to Washington, D.C., I was given a box that had cockroaches in it,' Sherry said.
Time Warner Cable customers could get better television reception and more channels under the Charter digital network that's coming their way.
The company's reputation in Wisconsin isn't terrible compared with some other cable providers over the years, according to Orton.
'Charter has been reasonably good in Madison in the last year or two. There have been very few outages, and the company has been reasonably responsive to them,' he said.
As it settles into Milwaukee and other new markets, Charter says it will launch community service initiatives such as a program that helps people with home repairs, weather stripping and smoke detectors.
The company has pledged to improve 25,000 homes nationwide by 2020.
Charter says it will offer a $14.99-per-month internet plan for low-income families and seniors who receive Supplemental Security Income.
Also, the company says it will extend broadband service to some areas that currently are not served or have slower broadband speeds.
Skeptics say there's not much recourse for consumers or regulators if Charter doesn't fulfill its obligations under the Time Warner Cable acquisition.
'If you are counting on the FCC and the federal government, I wish you a lot of luck,' Orton said.
AT&T's U-verse television service is an alternative to cable in Milwaukee and other cities, but not in every neighborhood. Increasingly, AT&T is placing more emphasis on its DirecTV satellite service.
'We are leading our video marketing approach with DirecTV,' said AT&T spokeswoman Samara Sodos.
One competitive threat to cable providers is the trend of 'cord cutting,' where customers drops their cable subscription in favor of video streaming services such as Netflix or Hulu.
That's the new normal for adults ages 18 to 34, according to a report from Horowitz Research. Millennials spend 54% of their TV viewing time streaming programs over the internet, according to Horowitz.
The trend is 'absolutely growing and growing,' Sherry said, partly from more on-demand video that is tailored to individual interests and schedules.
She added, 'We have all joked about the 300 channels on cable, and you only watch five. I think most people could find video streaming choices that give them what they want to watch.'


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Print and online ad publisher The Real Estate Book will help Realtors share the good news about homes they've sold by devoting 20 percent of its print book in December and January to sold listings -- at no cost to advertisers. The Real Estate Book's "Just Sold 2008" program takes a page from the playbook of Realogy Real Estate Franchise Group President and Chief Executive Officer Alex Perriello. When Realtors gathered in New Orleans for their annual convention in the fall of 2006, Perriello recommended they spend 20 percent of their advertising budgets advertising sold listings to counter negative stories about some housing markets in the news media. "If you're running an ad with 10 listings, put two of them with sold banners on there," Perriello said at the time...
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Food Safety Week 2015 – Neath Port Talbot Quiz Winner
20 July 2015
Mr John Reynolds of Baglan might not be counting his chickens, but he is counting twenty five pounds worth of Argos vouchers after winning a recent Neath Port Talbot Council Quiz!
Trading Standards warning over counterfeit cigarettes and alcohol
09 July 2015
Trading Standards are warning consumers in Neath Port Talbot to be aware of purchasing cheap alcohol and cigarettes which may be counterfeit.
03 July 2015
A director of a Neath based company has been jailed and another made the subject of a community service order after a Neath Port Talbot Trading Standards Investigation found that they had misled elderly and vulnerable consumers over the Government’s Green Deal initiative.
Sweet smell of success for NPT Trading Standards
03 July 2015
Neath Port Talbot Trading Standards has successfully prosecuted a trader for selling counterfeit goods at Neath September Fair.
Trading Standards React to Need for Allergen Training
05 June 2015
Trading Standards teams in Neath Port Talbot and Swansea have arranged training seminars for local food businesses to ensure they comply with new food safety legislation.
Don’t let your child’s safety take a back seat
29 May 2015
As part of Child Safety Week 2015 (1st – 7th June), the council’s Trading Standards officers are offering free child car seat safety checks.
The theme for this year is ‘Teatime Terrors’. It aims to highlight the risk of accidents at this time of day, for example road accidents caused by heavy traffic while rushing home from school and nursery.
Joint operation cracks down on rogue traders
20 May 2015
Public sector organisations across Neath Port Talbot joined forces this week in a special operation to crack down on rogue traders.
Fixed Penalty Notices issued to Takeaways
18 May 2015
Two takeaway food businesses in Port Talbot have been fined for failing to display a valid food hygiene rating sticker in the proper way.
Trader fined £1,000 for Consumer Protection Offences
14 May 2015
A Briton Ferry man has been fined £1000 for falsely claiming to be a licensed waste carrier and for failing to give cancellation rights to customers for whom he did gardening work.
Beach byelaws coming into effect from 1st May
17 April 2015
Dog lovers are being reminded that the seasonal Aberavon Beach byelaws will take effect from 1st May to 30th September 2015.
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Panasonic Says Fuel Cell for Notebooks Coming in 2012
Fuel cells are one of the most intriguing battery replacement technologies around and are one of the few that is already on the market. Today the fuel cell isn't a viable option for the consumer, but in the future charging your notebook computer could be a thing of the past.
Engadget reports that Panasonic is readying the first fuel cell that will fit into the battery compartment of a notebook computer to go on sale in 2012. The fuel cell reportedly could power your average laptop for five hours on 50cc of highly concentrated methanol. When you start to run low, all you would need to do is squirt some more methanol into the cell to keep working.
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German prosecutors charge ex-VW boss with fraud
German prosecutors said Monday they had charged former Volkswagen chief executive Martin Winterkorn and four other managers over "dieselgate", bringing the cheating scandal back into the headlines just as VW battles to move on from the affair.
Prosecutors in Brunswick, near VW's Wolfsburg HQ in northern Germany, said they had charged Winterkorn and four other managers.
Among the accusations against the former chief executive were "a particularly serious case of fraud", "infraction of the law against unfair competition" and "breach of trust".
Winterkorn was CEO during a period when VW fitted 11 million diesel-powered vehicles worldwide with so-called "defeat devices"—software that made them appear less polluting in the lab than in real driving conditions.
Such allegations have hit other German manufacturers since, with Mercedes-Benz maker Daimler confirming Sunday it was facing a regulatory probe, reportedly over 60,000 vehicles.
At the helm from 2007 to 2015, Winterkorn, a trained engineer, had a reputation as a detail-obsessed executive who was familiar with "every screw" of each VW model.
The group admitted to the fraud in September 2015, beginning a drawn-out process of fact-finding and legal action that has so far seen it pay out 29 billion euros ($33 billion) in fines, compensation and buyback schemes, much of it in the United States.
But in his role as "guarantor" to authorities and customers that the group was not selling cheating vehicles, Winterkorn "failed to reveal" the fraud immediately after he learned of it as early as May 2014, or to prevent the sale of infringing vehicles, prosecutors said.
"In the end, this resulted in the imposition of higher fines against Volkswagen AG in Germany as well as the USA," the prosecutors said.
Winterkorn's lawyer Felix Doerr complained prosecutors had not given the defence time to examine all the documents related to the case before bringing charges.
36 others probed
Investors appeared little impressed by the fresh move against Winterkorn, and Volkswagen shares added 1.1 percent to close at 154.98 euros, outperforming the DAX blue-chip index.
It was not immediately clear whether the other four accused on Monday—whom prosecutors did not identify by name or position—still work at VW or have since left.
Meanwhile the Braunschweig prosecutors recalled that "investigations of 36 other suspects are continuing".
Volkswagen stressed in a statement that German criminal investigations into the company itself had closed last year, when VW paid a fine of one billion euros and its high-end subsidiary Audi another 800 million euros.
The firm "will not comment" on the new charges, it added.
Aftershocks from the diesel scandal have been serious enough to change the auto industry titan's course, with bosses now making a massive bet on electrification over the next decade.
The car industry as a whole has come under pressure in Germany and Europe to reduce emissions harmful to human health as well as those contributing to climate change.
VW plans 70 electric models by 2028, and hopes to sell 22 million electric vehicles over the same period.
"Volkswagen will change radically... make no mistake, the supertanker is picking up speed," Herbert Diess—the group's second CEO since Winterkorn—said in March.
While the firm has returned to similar levels of profitability as before dieselgate, its new technology is proving costly to develop—making for a double burden alongside the fallout from the scandal.
Last year alone, bosses reported three billion euros of charges related to diesel in their annual results.
On the legal front, Winterkorn and eight current and former managers have been charged in the US with crimes including fraud and conspiracy, and the firm itself has admitted to fraud and obstruction of justice.
In Germany, more than 410,000 customers in are demanding compensation for their manipulated vehicles, while investors are demanding compensation for the stock price's precipitous tumble when the scandal emerged.
VW has always maintained that a handful of engineers, rather than bosses, were behind the cheating, meaning executives could not have communicated the risks to shareholders.
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Obviously, the biggest change is the Nintendo Wii U which is now expected to sell 4 million units by March end. This, against the earlier prediction of 5.5 million units. Since it’s release till December end, the Wii U has sold roughly 3.06 million units with its games averaging about 11.69 million units in sales.
The 3DS has also been hit with 15 million units expected rather than 17.5 million, and DS sales will be 2.3 million rather than 2.5 million.
However, Nintendo expects its full-year profits to be in the range of ¥14 billion ($153.8 million/£97.6 million) following the Wii U’s launch. Interestingly, Nintendo has noted that “owing to the fact that the Wii U hardware sales have a negative impact on Nintendo’s profits, the operating loss was ¥5.8 billion.”
As it stands though, the Wii has been outselling the Wii U. It averaged 3.53 million units sold and 45.08 million games sold in the same period.


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Cloudera Inc. revised S-1 documents filed earlier this month to assign a price range of $12 to $14 per share for its IPO on Monday. The price would give the company a market capitalization of $1.79 billion, which is well short of a recent private valuation of $4.1 billion, MarketWatch reports.
The company said it plans to sell 17.3 million shares, which could bring in up to $242 million. The price will get finalized the night before Cloudera debuts on the stock market, which is expected to happen before the end of April.
The Big Data startup had revenue of $261 million in its fiscal 2017, up from $166 million in 2016, according to the filing. Losses were $186.32 million, down from $203 million in the same timeframe the year before. The filing says the company expects to "continue to incur net losses for the foreseeable future."
Cloudera offers tools and services based on Hadoop, the open-source software framework used for processing Big Data sets. The company has generated excitement from investors because of its ability to help customers make sense of Big Data. But going from a one-time valuation of around $4 billion to less than $2 billion is not a particularly positive sign.
Cloudera is in a unique position, however, because Intel is one of the primary investors and could potentially cloud the company's ability to maintain its identity. Intel invested $740 million in Cloudera in 2014 and currently owns 22% of the company, prior to the IPO. In its S-1 filing, Cloudera said that Intel has indicated an interest in acquiring up to 10% of the IPO shares, which would bring it’s share to about 21% following the IPO.
Cloudera has a strong market potential, but also faces competition from legacy data management providers and public cloud providers who provide similar offerings. Its more modest valuation estimates, however, may save the company from having its stock price dip significantly once it goes public.


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|January 12, 2014 10:00 AM EST||
As we enter a new year, it is time to look back over the past year and resolve to improve upon it. In 2014, we will see more service providers resolve to add more personalization in enterprise technology. Below are seven predictions about what will drive this trend toward personalization.
The Internet of Things turns into the Internet of Agents. M2M connections and multi-agent systems will result in an increasing number of highly personalized, value-added branded services. The latest Gartner forecast for the Internet of Things (IoT) predicts that by 2020, there will be $309 billion in incremental revenue opportunity for IoT suppliers, mostly in services. Everything-as-a service (XaaS) will lead us toward more complex services, more bundles and more options. Individual users will use agents whose sole job is to create functional services for individuals, out of everything available in the connected service universe. As we move closer toward XaaS, we will become familiar with the concept of "agents" in the delivery of those everything services via SaaS, PaaS and IaaS. Agents can reside as modules within SaaS service offerings or they can be tools embedded in the service provider infrastructure or operating systems. Agents can exist in cloud-connected devices, or in the management software within the evolving smart device ecosystem. Any service delivery platform (SDP) can contain agents that add functionality to the supported services by collaborating with other agents on other platforms.
Everything-as-a service does not tolerate mediocrity. Services will increasingly be decomposed, repositioned and resold or bundled with other services. Many common products will transition to being sold as a service, resulting in creative combinations of services that have never been thought of previously. Services will become encapsulated within other services and service components extracted from one service will be built into multiple others. In 2014, the gap between products that support the evolution to completely new business models and those that deliver simple efficiency gains will increase, creating a new crop of leaders and leaving many others behind.
Incomplete projects and unfulfilled promises reveal that the emperor has no clothes for many SaaS vendors. It sounded too good be true, and after the last couple of years of hype, enterprises will demand to see results before handing the keys to the kingdom to companies that promise to deliver business transformation. The requirements of Internet merchants and simple commerce do not easily translate to the enterprise, unless you are willing to start walking the path to commoditization. Enterprises will demand to see transformation results for a single line of business, in addition to scalability and performance proof points, before they agree to enterprise-wide deployments.
Cloud-as-we'd-like-it-to-be is not your father's cloud. 2014 will usher in entirely new business models for a uniquely cloud world that goes beyond today's primary use as a cost-reduction tool. We will see the start of the transition from cloud-as-it-is to cloud-as-we'd-like-it-to-be. Not the same old commodity cloud of the past, this cloud makes it possible for service providers to mash up offerings with third-party applications to tap into new markets. In formulating a new strategy for cloud adoption, the question will no longer be, "Should we?" but rather, "How far should we go, and how fast?"
The new cloud world will, when we get there, be dominated by ubiquitous, easily accessible and globally connected computing power available on-demand as shared resources to support computing services for those who want to use them.
Three paradigm shifts will occur in the world of cloud computing:
- Connectedness instead of insularity
- On-demand services instead of products
- Access to shared resources instead of individual ownership
The move to this new cloud means we will be more connected rather than less connected; we will consume more computer-driven services and buy fewer computer hardware and software products; and we will benefit from the economies of scale and improved utilization by sharing more computing resources instead of building out our own. The cloud will bring ubiquitous access to immense software choices for users, at prices held low by the twin drivers of visible competition and a base cost minimized by the effective shared use of infrastructure and platform resources.
Software-defined networks (SDN) and network functions virtualization (NFV) become mainstream. With companies such as Google and Facebook already taking advantage of SDN for their networks, it is not a question of if, but when service providers begin to transition costly, proprietary networks that inhibit new service rollouts and revenue streams. We will see a radical change to commodity hardware populated by different kinds of software. Software will be where the differentiation is, while hardware will earn its living by being inexpensive, reliable and plentiful.
SDN and NFV signal the end of bad vendor behavior. Decades-long mistreatment by vendors will lead to the removal of "strategic vendors" from the preferred vendor list and replacement with new vendors that put the customers' needs first. In 2013, the first steps were taken as service providers realized that promises would remain unfulfilled for re-architected platforms desperately needed to support new services and revenue streams. In 2014 the death wish will begin to be fulfilled for traditional OSS/BSS suppliers and proprietary hardware vendors.
Monetizing the new cloud means survival, but only for the prepared. If you are an individual or a company consuming cloud services, you will, of course, be charged, and you will pay your bills. But if you are a cloud service provider, then life is likely to become more complicated. Simplistic cloud services are easy to copy, and with ever-decreasing barriers to entry, increasingly commoditized. Providers will take advantage of interconnectedness to work with multiple other providers to create new and sometimes unique services consisting of bundles of other services and service components. To do this requires more sophisticated pricing, bundling and partner settlement capabilities to take advantage of the cloud opportunity. For those who are prepared, they might just take on the market leaders to reshape the market as we know it.
What trends do you expect for 2014?
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President Trump announced on Monday afternoon that the US will put 30% tariffs on foreign-made solar panels this year in a landmark trade decision that has sent shockwaves across the US solar industry.
The move aims to help American-based solar manufacturers losing business to the flood of cheap solar panels coming out of China and elsewhere, according to the Trump administration. Trump officials also recently announced new tariffs on imported washing machines.
But it's unclear how many solar companies will actually benefit from the controversial decision. Many companies rely on the cheap imported panels and fear the news will actually hurt the booming US solar industry, leading to massive layoffs, increased prices, and a drop in new business.
"We feel the decision is a blow to the industry as a whole," Clark Packard, a trade expert at the libertarian free market group R Street Institute, told BuzzFeed News.
“It boggles my mind that this president — any president, really — would voluntarily choose to damage one of the fastest-growing segments of our economy,” Tony Clifford, chief development officer of the company Standard Solar, said in a statement. “This decision is misguided and denies the reality that bankrupt foreign companies will be the beneficiaries of an American taxpayer bailout.”
Under the new ruling, the US will initially put 30% tariffs on imported solar products this year. Then the tariffs will be reduced by 5% annually, ending at 15% in the fourth year. The first 2.5 gigawatts of imported cells are exempt. It hasn't been announced when exactly the tariffs will take effect.
Trump's announcement is a victory for the two struggling solar companies — Suniva and SolarWorld — that petitioned the US government to take on this case last year and has asked for even higher tariffs.
“Over the last 5 years, nearly 30 American solar manufacturers collapsed; today the President is sending a message that American innovation and manufacturing will not be bullied out of existence without a fight," Suniva said in a statement. "We look forward to working with the Administration as these tariffs go into effect and beginning global settlement negotiations."
As part of this case, the US International Trade Commission ruled in October that cheap, foreign-made solar panels were hurting US businesses. However, commissioners did not agree on how to respond, sending Trump a list of varying recommendations in November. The final decision is similar to the ITC's most aggressive recommendation, which was to initially impose 35% tariffs.
“The ITC found that U.S. producers had been seriously injured by imports and made several recommendations to the President," US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer said in a statement. "The President’s action makes clear again that the Trump Administration will always defend American workers, farmers, ranchers, and businesses in this regard.”
According to an estimate by the trade group Solar Energy Industries Association, however, the decision could result in a loss of 23,000 current and future jobs in the US. SEIA has contended that Suniva and SolarWorld's financial problems stemmed from poor management.
It could also lead to increased solar costs and a drop in new installations. According to an analysis by GTM Research, the new tariffs could lead to an approximate 11% reduction in potential installations over the next five years. That's assuming there's an initial increase in solar equipment costs by 10 to 12 cents per watt.


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A new leak has confirmed the release date of upcoming Xiaomi smartphone, the Redmi Note 4X.
A teaser image posted on Weibo reveals that Xiaomi will be launching the Android device on Valentine’s Day, February 14. An upgraded version of Redmi Note 4, the device has been in the rumor mills since last several weeks.
A good amount of specs as well could be verified, thanks to a TENAA listing in December, last year. The display will be same as Redmi Note 4 at 5.5-inch full-HD (1080×1920 pixels). There will be a deca-core MediaTek Helio X20 chipset with 2GB/3GB/4GB of RAM and 16GB/32GB/64GB of internal storage options. Through microSD card, users can expand the storage to up to 128GB.
On the camera front, you have a 13MP rear camera with dual-tone flash and 5MP front shooter for selfies. To run on Android 6.0 Marshmallow, rumors suggest Xiaomi will arm the phone with a 4,100 mAh battery.
The older Redmi Note 4 had a fingerprint scanner on the back and the processor was of Qualcomm Snapdragon 625. Other specs remained the same in both the devices. It is worth noting that the Redmi Note 4 was the first Xiaomi phone which had a full 2.5D curved glass on the front.
We will have to wait till the launch to find how the new Note 4X stands out from the predecessor. Though the hardware remained same, if Xiaomi could bring the Nougat operating system rather than the Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow, it would still be worth the money.
Besides specs, pictures of the device as well leaked showing the design of the alleged Redmi Note 4X. Images posted by PlayfulDroid showed to device to sport a physical home button on the front that should double as a fingerprint scanner.
Weighing 176 grams, the dual-SIM phone will support 4G-LTE with VoLTE, Bluetooth 4.0, WiFi, Infrared and GPS/A-GPS.


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One of the ways to think about China’s Internet is as a Bizarro version of the World Wide Web. Facebook and Twitter are banned, but social networking sites like Sina Weibo and Kaixinwang operate freely. Instead of YouTube, there is Youku Tudou. And while Google does operate in China, albeit intermittently, the Chinese company Baidu dominates the search engine market. A foreign observer of the Chinese internet might conclude, to paraphrase Vincent Vega in Pulp Fiction: “They’ve got the same stuff there that we do here, it’s just a little bit different.” This so-called “Chinese intranet” though is a relatively new phenomenon; Facebook and Twitter only became firewalled following the Iranian protests of 2009, the same year that Sina launched its Twitter-like Weibo service.
And while censorship is a major reason why Western social media services remain behind the Great Firewall, it isn’t an accident that their absence has allowed domestic competitors to grow. Of all the Chinese social media products to join the market in the last few years, none has had as great an effect as Sina’s Weibo. Presenting a (relatively) unfettered space for speech, Weibo has intrigued foreign observers with its irreverent discussions of sensitive issues. In just four years, the site has attracted over 500 million members, more than the population of all but two countries in the world.
For all its success, though, Weibo has confined itself to China; Until this year, when Sina introduced an English-language version and allowed users to login via Facebook, Weibo made virtually no effort to expand to foreign market and focused instead on recruiting users from within China. Given the country’s large population, and still-modest level of internet penetration, this strategy makes sense; there are still plenty of people in China who don’t use Weibo. On the other hand, new research suggests that Sina may have to re-think its strategy: Weibo seems to have peaked in popularity. A recent survey by the tracking service WeiboReach released this month revealed that user activity has dropped by more than 30 percent from its peak last October. Part of this decline is due to government policy — Beijing has passed laws demanding real name registration on Weibo, deterring would-be users who valued the service’s privacy.
But another issue is the rise of a rival service, Tencent’s WeChat, which first launched in late 2011. Similar to the text messaging service WhatsApp with elements of Instagram and Skype tossed in WeChat has accumulated over 300 million users in its first two years by embracing an entirely different strategy from Weibo: going after the international market head on. Unlike Weibo, which released an English-language web version only this year, WeChat is available in 18 languages and has already produced a Spanish-language advertisement featuring the Argentinian soccer star Lionel Messi. Tencent is planning to establish an office in the United States and has already recruited Nike and Starbucks, among other major brands, to interact with customers on the service. While few outside of China use Sina Weibo, WeChat already has 70 million non-Chinese users – almost a fourth of its overall total.
Despite its drop in user activity, it’s too early to dismiss Weibo. As Beijing-based media consultant Jeremy Goldkorn told me, Weibo is “still massive, very popular, and still the most active and powerful platform for public expression in China today.” It’s worth noting, too, that Weibo and WeChat aren’t necessarily competitors — the two services have different functions, and given their huge subscriber bases within China, many people must use both. But it’s hard to escape the sense that WeChat has, as Goldkorn says, “taken the wind out of Weibo’s sails.” In the what-have-you-done-for-me-lately world of social media, WeChat has a long way to go before it can supplant Weibo’s reputation as China’s “it’ service.
But by focusing on the international market, WeChat has upended the industry and also challenged the stereotype that Chinese brands cannot compete abroad. It doesn’t want to just be the hot new Chinese Internet fad, it wants to be the hot new Internet fad that happens to be Chinese. Whether or not WeChat succeeds remain to be seen. But the early returns are promising. Speaking to Network World, tech consultant Duncan Clark had this to say about it: “If you didn’t know WeChat was from China, you wouldn’t be aware of that fact. It has transcended its Chinese-ness.” Other Chinese companies are surely taking notice. ( By Matt Schiavenzajul from www.theatlantic.com )


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The online retailer Amazon whose central distribution centre in the UK is based near Milton Keynes is to create 2,000 new jobs with the opening of three more distribution centres.
Up to 3,000 temporary workers will also be taken on during the Christmas peak period.
The news was announced as Amazon opened a new site at Hemel Hempstead in Hertfordshire, creating 600 permanent jobs.
The Prime Minister has welcomed the announcement saying: "This is great news, not only for those individuals who will find work, but for the UK economy. This shows that the UK has the infrastructure and talent to continue to attract major investments from leading companies such as Amazon."
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Five Luton men have been sentenced to a combined total of more than 83 years behind bars for plotting to bring guns into the UK.
Apprenticeships being run by a training company in Norwich which has folded will be saved, though 57 staff are set to lose their jobs
A woman has paid tribute to her fiance who was found dead near their home just weeks after she'd given birth to their son.


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Warzone is adding a new location called Rebirth Island, datamine suggests
New multiplayer maps also potentially uncovered ahead of Black Ops Cold War Season 1
Call of Duty: Warzone is set to introduce a new playable location called Rebirth Island, according to dataminers.
Black Ops Cold War Season 1 launches on December 10, which is when Activision plans to start integrating Treyarch’s game into Warzone.
The publisher released a Black Ops Cold War Season 1 roadmap last month teasing a “classified Warzone experience,” among other features.
An accompanying image appears to show an island off the Aral Sea, which is believed to be Vozrozhdeniya Island (Rebirth Island).
The real-life location, which was once home to a Soviet biological weapons test site, was featured in the original Call of Duty: Black Ops in the mission Rebirth.
Ahead of any official announcement from publisher Activision, dataminers have uncovered an aerial image of Rebirth Island emblazoned with the Call of Duty Warzone logo.
It’s speculated that Rebirth Island could be a reworked version of Alcatraz, the battle royale map featured in Call of Duty: Black Ops 4’s Blackout mode.
A new multiplayer map pictured in the official Black Ops Cold War roadmap shows a food court in a shopping centre. This map will be called Mall, according to Black Ops dataminers. And an updated version of Call of Duty: Black Ops II’s Raid map could also be coming in Black Ops Cold War Season 1.
Treyarch recently released a Black Ops Cold War update which increased weapon XP earn rates, enabling players to level up guns and unlock attachments faster than was previously the case.
The patch also fixed an issue in Zombies that resulted in lower-than-targeted Weapon XP earn rates, and closed an out-of-bounds gap that enabled players to stay alive outside of Nuketown 84’s intended play space.
Following a recent double XP event, Treyarch said it’s planning more in December.


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Though the pre-GST talk led to a lot of anxiety among the common people, relief is palpable now as one’s own experience of purchasing this month’s grocery after the payday and the difference in overall cost shows.
The positive impact of the GST is being seen at the local supermarkets where unpacked or unbranded food grains and flours are bought by the majority of the public.
This is despite the fact that traders are still confused over their profits and losses. They believe that things will become clear for them in a month.
“Prices of many items like food grains, atta, maida and others have come down. We could see a decrease of at least ₹50 to ₹100 on the final bill,” said A. Koteswara Rao who bought grocery at a supermarket near Siddhartha Nagar.
“The overall burden on an average customer has come down to some extent. One can save about ₹3 to 4 on a kilogramme of rice and other grains. This is also benefiting a large number of the kirana store keepers who buy the unpacked items in bulk,” said K. Vijay Kumar, a distributor and owner of a supermarket.
“But we are forced to sell the old stock, which was taxed earlier, with no tax now. Also, the taxes on some fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) have gone up and customers are benefiting by buying them at older prices. We could not hike the prices beyond the MRP,” he added.
To avoid the confusion, most of the traders are issuing manual bills unless the buyers insist on system generated billing.
However, the price cut in the unpacked food grains is hardly helping the non-AC restaurants and hotels and their customers since the tax was increased from 5% to 12%.
“We can get the raw material at cheaper prices. That benefit is minute when compared to the loss we face due to the hike in the prices of the food items. We sell a plate of idly at ₹30 including 5% tax. Now the tax on it is 12%. If I increase the price, customers will prefer roadside vendors who have already become famous. If I bear the burden, I would incur loss,” said the owner of a famous chain of tiffin and fast food eateries.
“Right now we are continuing the old prices as there is no other option. Only after a month, we would get a clear picture,” he added.
Meanwhile, sales of electronic goods came down due to the higher tax and also because people had bought products before the GST had come into effect. People visiting the large restaurant chains like the KFC, Dominos and others are saving only a fraction of the bill amount as the tax came down slightly. Sales of cars and motorcycles are going at normal pace, according to dealers.


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Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer has apparently figured out what she wants to do with some of the billions her company made from the Alibaba IPO a couple of weeks ago.
There are reports today that Yahoo is going to take a stake in Snapchat, the app that lets users send messages that disappear after a couple of seconds.
No word on exactly how much, but it values the startup at $10 billion.
And yes, Yahoo is a company on the ropes, buying a company that makes things disappear... fill in the blank with your own joke here.
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Intel claims that the technology will be used in PCs, tablets, smartphones, televisions and other products by 2015. Besides the obvious advantages related to data transmission speeds, the technology is also cost-effective as its components will be built using existing silicon manufacturing techniques instead of costly and hard to make devices using exotic materials like gallium arsenide, according to Intel.
At the event in New York Wednesday, Intel showed what it said were working prototypes of the silicon chips used to transmit and receive the laser signals. It also showed mock-ups of the cables that will carry the data.
Thunderbolt, introduced in February, can transfer data between devices at up to 10 gigabits per second. Thunderbolt supports both the PCI-Express and DisplayPort protocols. The new photonics technology should support those protocols as well as others, Intel said. The company sees Thunderbolt to coexist alongside the new technology in some devices.
Last year, Intel announced an advance in the quest to use lasers to replace the use of electrons to carry data in and around PCs and servers, a 50Gbps Silicon Photonics Link. The prototype represented the world's first silicon-based optical data connection with integrated lasers. This concept vehicle was composed of a silicon transmitter and a receiver chip, each integrating all the necessary building blocks from previous Intel breakthroughs including the first Hybrid Silicon Laser as well as high-speed optical modulators and photodetectors.
Here is how that prototype was working: The transmitter chip was composed of four such lasers, whose light beams each travel into an optical modulator that was encoding data onto them at 12.5Gbps. The four beams were then combining and output to a single optical fiber for a total data rate of 50Gbps. At the other end of the link, the receiver chip was separating the four optical beams and directing them into photo detectors, which were converting data back into electrical signals.


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Back in the UK.
With borders back open and festivals in full swing, overseas artists are returning to the UK and one of those Swae Lee who has been spotted in London for the first time in two years to perform at Wireless Festival and at a private party.
Popping out of a Rolls Royce, the artist was rocking an orange bomber vest from Off-white which includes a wide and cropped boxy fit. Choosing not to wear a top underneath this piece of outerwear, he paired it with a pair of distressed blue jeans from the label EV Bravado, whose founder has since co-launched the brand Whodecideswar, and Sacai X Nike LD Waffle sneakers in an orange, crimson and beige colourway. To accessorise his look, the American artist opted for a black pair of Chanel sunglasses along with a range of jewellery.
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Adidas has unveiled the D Lillard 2, set to drop in January, with a limited release later this month. Portland Trail Blazers guard Damian Lillard said his childhood in Oakland, Calif., inspired the shoe.
Lillard learned the game in his grandmother’s front yard, where he played with a milk crate nailed to a telephone pole.
“My experiences growing up allow me to see things differently,” he said. “I went to a small school, and nobody knew who I was until my last season, so the critics aren’t important. There are going to be times when you’re the only person who believes in something you want, and you got to stick to that.”
The D Lillard 2 is offered in two colorways — Rip City and Road. Both have features that symbolize Oakland and Lillard’s youth. The word Oakland is split between the right and left shoe, as well as Brookfield, Lillard’s old neighborhood. Lillard’s grandmother’s nickname, Suga Gee, is on the shoe’s heel.
“Signature details: I wanted it to have more hints of my background,” he said. “I still wanted it to be a stylish shoe, to be worn off the court again. Being in Portland makes it easy to get my ideas, meet with designers and create something special for fans.”
Brian Foresta, vice president of global design for Adidas basketball, said Lillard’s sharing Adidas’ home in Portland has created a unique opportunity.
“Dame is pushing the game to another level each time he steps out on the court,” he said. “He’s the leader in Portland now, and it’s a testament to where he came from.”
Lillard’s first signature shoe has been offered in several iterations since its release in Feburary 2015, including the PDX Carpet Edition, an homage to the iconic teal carpet at Portland International Airport, and the Forestry edition, a nod to the city’s heritage.
Lillard’s signature shoe made its debut just three years after he was selected by the Trail Blazers and went on to win Rookie of the Year in the 2012-2013 season.
The D Lillard 2 retails for $105. The Rip City colorway drops on Jan. 22, and the Road color way hits on Feb. 5, with a limited release of that color on Dec. 26 on Adidas.com, Eastbay and Foot Locker.


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ELYRIA TWP. — Chuck and Carol Capell of Vermilion are living proof that couples who work together can stay together, but don’t expect the pair to offer any kind of hard proof as to why.
They just know it has worked for them for more than four decades.
The Capells celebrated their 42nd wedding anniversary this year and after 43 years are retiring from their business, Capell’s Hearth and Leisure at the intersection of Lake Avenue and Griswold Road.
“It’s the cornerstone that we have built our life around,” Chuck Capell said. “Most married couples cannot believe we have done that without killing each other. We really just try to leave the business at the business when we are at home.”
Capell’s started when they began selling power equipment like tractors, lawnmowers and chainsaws in 1968. It was long before the popularity of big box stores.
A few years later, Chuck Capell said they picked up an inventory of grills from another closing business.
Coincidently, Chuck Capell said he began having an affinity for the art of grilling around the same time. He has perfected his technique over the years by grilling and doing demonstrations for customers nearly every Saturday when the weather permits.
“My friends know it, too, because whenever we get together for whatever reason, I am in charge of the grill,” he said.
Fireplaces were the next items to be added to the store.
Finally, in 2004, the couple gave up selling power equipment and expanded to include awnings, patio equipment and umbrellas.
Now, Chuck Capell said the business will likely go into the hands of another. The couple has it priced to sell and hopes to have a new owner in place by Christmas. If not, they plan to close the doors and start on the next phase of their life.
“For the first month or two, we will do nothing,” Chuck Capell jokingly said while standing in the showroom Thursday. “And, believe it or not, I want to do something fun, like I’m seriously considering finding a part-time gig selling boats.”
An avid boater, Chuck Capell said the job would be more fun than work.
Carol Capell said she is looking forward to spending more time with their three grandchildren and traveling.
But that doesn’t mean that they will not miss the business. Over the years, Chuck Capell said they have amassed 15,000 loyal customers, many of whom have stopped by to say hello since learning of the couple’s retirement.
“A lot are glad to see we are retiring, but sad to see us go,” he said.
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Smash-And-Grab Burglars Hit Austin Shoe StorePolice said a black truck crashed into the side glass wall of Villa shoe store on the 1500 block of North Cicero Avenue around 3:45 a.m.
Smash-And-Grab Burglars Hit Wicker Park StoreThieves made off with several items during a smash-and-grab burglary early Monday at a Wicker Park neighborhood store.
Woman Outsmarts Thieves, Finds Stolen Vehicle Used As Getaway CarShe tracked her stolen Jeep by using an app on her phone, only to get to the pinged location to see the suspects making a break away!
Smash & Grab Thieves Hit Louis Vuitton Shop, Crash Into Uber On GetawayPolice said, shortly after midnight, a stolen BMW crashed through the entrance of the store at 919 N. Michigan Av.
CPD: Suspects Fled After Truck Crashed Into A Currency ExchangeChicago Police are investigating Wednesday a crash where a pick-up truck drove into a currency exchange in River West.
Darien Police Warn Of Car Break-Ins, Thefts At Day Care CentersPolice say it’s unclear if any connections exist between the smash and grabs that happened outside day care centers in the western suburbs.
Burglars Strike Again At Moosejaw In Lincoln ParkA Lincoln Park clothing store was targeted by smash-and-grab burglars early Saturday for at least the fifth time in less than a year.
Smash-And-Grab Burglars Hit Same Loop Block 4 TimesChicago Police are investigating a series of burglaries at bars, restaurants and stores on the same Loop block over the last week.
4 South Loop Businesses Burglarized Monday NightFour stores--all within a mile of each other--were hit.
Police Investigate String Of Smash-And-Grab Burglaries In South LoopIt was not clear if the same thief or thieves hit all the stores, but the break-ins were very similar.
Smash And Grab Thieves Hit Furniture Store Hours After SUV CrashA strange series of events unfolded at a Chicago furniture store, starting with an accident involving an SUV, and ending with a smash-and-grab heist hours later.
Blackhawks Merchandise, Cash Stolen In Near West Side Smash-And-GrabSomeone kicked in the door of Gunzo’s Hockey Headquarters, 1501 W. Madison Ave., at about 2:10 a.m. and took Blackhawks merchandise and money from the cash register, according to Chicago Police.


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Now you can smell like a bookstore, thanks to Powell’s new fragrance.
While the Strand racks up new sales, other indie bookstores continue to suffer.
And, in Paris, the iconic Shakespeare & Company is also struggling to stay afloat.
Check out the Japanese bookstore with four Texas locations.
Famous person Jimmy Fallon is trying to save America’s oldest children’s bookstore.
Can buying books save us from doomscrolling?
An online bookstore in Singapore sells curated “mystery-wrapped” packages of books.


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Mix: RAZR V3i, TightPod, SpiralFrog, Speck Products
Apple will pay a laptop case maker to stop using the word “Pod” in its product names. Bloomberg reports: “Terry Wilson, 53, who sells the TightPod over the Internet, said Apple contacted her after the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office said she would soon receive a trademark for the product. She wouldn’t say how much Apple, of Cupertino, Calif., agreed to pay toward costs of the name change.”
Digital music start-up SpiralFrog has announced that it has signed its second major music company. Following an initial agreement with Universal Music Group, EMI Music Publishing has now authorized the use of EMI’s large catalog on SpiralFrog’s upcoming advertising-supported music service.
Speck Products today announced the appointment of Irene Baran as Chief Executive Officer. “With more than 21 years of consumer electronics experience at the corporate level, Baran will drive all domestic and international business objectives for the company,” according to the company. Prior to joining Speck Products, Baran spent 20 years at Monster Cable.
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God’s Pantry Food Bank is excited to host our 16th annual Sharing Thanksgiving Basket Brigade and this year is special because we’re expanding! For the first time, you can participate at our Lexington Warehouse or our Southeast Regional Distribution Center in London! This year, more than 400 participants will assemble over 5,000 Thanksgiving boxes for
Join us to benefit God's Pantry Food Bank at Edley's BBQ! The first 100 guests to bring a most-wanted food item will receive a $5 Edley's gift card! Enjoy live music, specialty cocktails, giveaways and more. PLUS receive 10% off all food items this evening only! Let's fill those blue barrels for those in need
FRANKFORT – The Kentucky Department of Agriculture (KDA) and the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources are teaming up to raise awareness about “Cook Wild Kentucky,” a new recipe card series from the University of Kentucky’s (UK) College of Agriculture, Food and Environment aimed at educating Kentuckians on how to prepare wild game.
Frankfort, KY-20,164 low-income children benefited from afterschool suppers on an average weekday in Kentucky in October 2019. This is a 17 percent increase from the previous year, according to Afterschool Suppers: A Snapshot of Participation, a new report from the Food Research & Action Center (FRAC, a national anti-hunger advocacy group). The report measures how many children participated in
With around 622,360 people in Kentucky labeled as food insecure — lacking reliable access to a sufficient quantity of affordable, nutritious food — 18.6% of those are ages 50 to 59, making the commonwealth the highest-ranked for food insecurity in this age range in the nation, according to a Feeding America Report. According to Tamara
More Kentucky homes deal with hunger than the national average, according to a recent U.S. Department of Agriculture report. For the period 2016-18, a recent report found nearly 12% of American households struggled to meet their food needs consistently. By comparison, Kentucky’s rate was nearly 15%.
Another above-average ranking for Kentucky: senior food insecurity. Feeding Kentucky's Executive Director, Tamara Sandberg, discusses the realities and myths surrounding hunger in our state on Eastern Standard. Eastern Standard is WEKU's weekly public affairs program discussing topics and concerns of Central and Eastern Kentucky, hosted by Tom Martin.
[Frankfort, KY] – Aug. 27, 2019 – This September Feeding Kentucky joins Feeding America food banks across the country to take part in Hunger Action Month. Hunger Action Month is designed to inspire people to take action and raise awareness of the fact that 40 million Americans, including 12.5 million
When you and your family shop for local produce at your farmers’ market or grocery store this summer, what will you look for? A recent study found most people look for produce without any blemishes. What happens to produce with a cosmetic blemish?
FRANKFORT, Ky. – Many Kentucky farmers are participating in a statewide program that channels produce to local food banks. The program – one of the first of its kind in the country – pays farmers to harvest, pack and transport produce from the field to families in need.


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RFG to close up to 200 stores after profits fall
Retail Food Group will close 160-200 of its Australian quick service food outlets, attributing the closures largely to costly rent and declining shopping centre performance.
The news came as part of Retail Food Group’s (RFG) first half 2018 financial year results, which were delayed and saw RFG suspended from trading on the ASX.
RFG reported an underlying net profit after tax of AUD $24.7 million for the six months ended 31 December 2017.
The result was a 31.8 per cent decrease on RFG’s first half 2017 financial year results.
Retail Food Group is responsible for a number of quick service food brands operating in Australia including Crust Pizza, Donut King, Gloria Jean’s and Brumby’s Bakery.
Managing Director of RFG, Andre Nell, said RFG is tasking decisive action to address its financial underperformance.
“We have had to make some tough decisions about our business model, our franchise network and the value of some of our assets,” Nell said.
“The key to improving our performance is to simply what we do.
“We have all the assets we need to deliver our diversified business strategy – now we need to make the best use of those assets. The actions we are taking now will secure a sustainable long-term future for the Company and our franchisees’ businesses, and drive future value for our shareholders.”
The financial results were released after RFG was thrust into the media spotlight in late 2017 when a media investigation accused RFG of not appropriately supporting its franchisee partners.
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Innovation to increase intra-Africa trade
26 February 2019 | Business
“The subdued global trade could be a major reason, as it has impacted African economies differently. Some through falling commodity prices and others through the shrinking demand for manufactured goods. [Thus] we need to find innovative ways of increasing intra-Africa trade,” Nandi-Ndaitwah said at the opening of the third session of the Namibia-Ghana Joint Permanent Commission of Cooperation (JPCC).
The Namibia-Ghana JPCC has made progress and signed a significant number of agreements and memorandums of understanding (MoUs) to strengthen their economies, she said.
“We have signed six agreements and MoUs and 14 more are set to be negotiated during the third session of our JPCC covering a wide range of sectors.”
The minister added that it is a priority to improve the business environment, promote investments and support the development of small and medium enterprises (SMEs).
Speaking at the same event, Ghana’s deputy minister for foreign affairs and regional integration, Charles Owiredu, said the JPCC needs to encourage private investment as well as trade between the two countries.
“We must encourage private sector investment in our respective countries and improve trade between our two countries, taking advantage not only of our bilateral agreements but also the multilateral ones such as the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (CFTA), of which both countries are signatories,” Owiredu said.
He invited the Namibian private sector to take advantage of the incentives being offered in Ghana. - Nampa


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Chris writes, "After a recent Kobo software upgrade, a number of Kobo customers have reported losing e-books from their libraries--notably, e-books that had been transferred to Kobo from their Sony Reader libraries when Sony left the consumer e-book business. One customer reported missing 460 e-books, and the only way to get them back in her library would be to search and re-add them one at a time! Customers who downloaded their e-books and illegally broke the DRM don't have this problem, of course."
A Kobo representative actually chimed in on the thread, telling MobileRead users that they were following the thread and trying to fix the glitches that had been caused by the recent software changes and restore customers’ e-books. It’s good that they’re paying attention, and that’s definitely better than my first go-round with Barnes & Noble support over my own missing e-book. Hopefully they’ll get it sorted out soon.
That being said, this drives home yet again the point that publisher-imposed DRM has made and is making continued maintenance of e-book libraries from commercial providers a big old mess. About the only way you can be sure you can retain the e-books you pay for is to outright break the law and crack the DRM in order to be able to back them up against your company going out of business and losing the purchases you paid for.
DRM nightmare: After recent upgrade, Kobo customers report losing Sony books from their libraries
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Back in 2017, the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) approved the most controversial standard in its long history: Encrypted Media Extensions, or EME, which enabled Netflix and other big media companies to use DRM despite changes to browsers extensions that eliminated the kinds of deep hooks that DRM requires.
If you remember your Norse mythology (or just watched Marvel’s Thor movies), you’re probably familiar with Heimdal, the god whose ever-watchful eye was entrusted with protecting the home of the gods in Asgard. Back on Earth, Heimdal Thor is also the name of a security package from Heimdal Security, that’s actually dedicated to much the […]
Everyone’s got their nose in a phone these days, and that doesn’t seem like it’s going to change anytime soon. With the increase in mobile device and e-commerce reliance comes increased need for developers who can build the apps we’re all so glued to. In fact, employment of devs is expected to grow up to […]
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By Andrew Scurria
A U.S. appeals court shielded General Motors Co. from punitive damages stemming from alleged misconduct from before the auto maker's 2009 bankruptcy, limiting its liability for faulty ignition switches linked to more than 100 deaths.
The new company that emerged from GM's government-brokered bankruptcy a decade ago can't be liable for punitive damages based on actions taken by its corporate predecessor, according to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in New York.
Tuesday's decision marks a defeat for consumers suing GM for injuries and deaths tied to defective ignition switches in millions of vehicles that were recalled in 2014. The safety problem sparked a wave of lawsuits seeking compensation for crashes linked to ignition malfunctions and to the vehicles' diminished value.
GM has at various points sought to block claims that trace back to before its bankruptcy process, saying the restructuring barred them from being asserted against the reorganized company.
Robert Hilliard, the Texas lawyer who represents some of the vehicle owners, said "gross negligent conduct during the ignition switch debacle at GM was a given." But under the appellate ruling, potential settlements for consumers suing GM won't take its "egregious conduct" into account, he said.
GM won't "pay for its sins," Mr. Hilliard said.
A GM spokesperson said the ruling affirmed prior court decisions on the issue of punitive damages. The company still could be exposed to punitive damages arising out of conduct that took place after 2009.
Disputes over the defect claims are a legacy of GM's $50 billion taxpayer bailout and restructuring, in which a "new GM" was created as a buyer for the company's assets while the separate "old GM" retained liabilities for the bankruptcy court to sort out.
Since then, New York courts have grappled with how broadly to apply the liability shield and what types of claims GM is immune from.
The ruling affects lawsuits on account of 2.6 million older Chevrolet Cobalts and other recalled cars that were equipped with ignition switches prone to slipping out of the run position and disabling safety features, including air bags. In 2015, a bankruptcy judge suggested punitive damages against GM could amount to millions, if not billions, of dollars, though any actual exposure would depend on whether claims against the company were settled or ultimately successful.
Punitive damages are meant to punish corporations for reckless or intentional wrongdoing, such as selling products while knowing of defects, and can sometimes result in large jury awards. Consumers are still suing for the economic losses tied to ignition problem, and those claims make up the bulk of GM's remaining exposure surrounding the defect.
Write to Andrew Scurria at Andrew.Scurria@wsj.com