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- Articles tagged "laptop"
Panasonic have been producing ruggedized notebooks for specialized industries such as law enforcement since 1996 and are undoubtedly the market leader, but can the Toughbook weather the global PC crunch?
Dell has launched two notebooks under its specialized Rugged Extreme series - a 12-inch tablet/notebook convertible and a larger 14-inch notebook. Designed to withstand extreme temperatures, strong impact, sustained vibration and other demanding conditions, we witnessed their toughness at a recent launch event.
Intel announced today that products based on the upcoming Broadwell processors will be available in time for this year end's holiday season.
Hot on the heels of Intel's announcement of the next generation 'Bay Trail' processors, Asus wasted no time to unveil their latest Bay Trail powered Transformer Book T100 which is a 2-in-1 detachable laptop/tablet.
Sony has just unveiled a 11-inch tablet with Ultrabook-like components, similar to Microsoft's own Surface Pro tablet, but a lot sleeker. The Vaio Tap 11 has a dual-core Intel Core processor, as well as a digitizer (N-trig technology) that lets you draw or write on the tablet. Check out our brief experience with it.
Check out Sony's new mainstream laptop, the VAIO Fit. The VAIO Fit is available in Singapore only in a 15-inch form factor, but with two distinct variants in the form of the Fit 15 and the Fit 15E.
We go hands-on with Sony's super-slim and ultra-light touchscreen-enabled VAIO Pro Ultrabook, which come in both 11-inch and 13-inch variants.
We go hands-on with Sony's newest convertible laptop computer, the VAIO Duo 13, featuring an improved Surf Slider hinge design as well as more powerful guts thanks to Intel's fourth-generation Core technologies.
With Windows 8's Modern UI designed with touch in mind, manufacturers are steadily introducing more and more hardware with touch-enabled screens. The latest is Dell's XPS 12, which uses a swiveling screen form factor to transform between tablet and notebook. Find out how well it works inside:
Intel said today during IDF (Intel Developer Forum) that it will yet again transform the personal computing landscape with the upcoming 4th generation Intel Core processor built solely for mobile systems such as the Ultrabook.
- Apple rumored to be working on new Thunderbolt Display with integrated graphics
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- ADATA launches new M.2 version of its Premier SP550 mainstream SSD
- New digital telco Circles.Life launches its Unlimited Bonus Data reward program
- Google to release its own handset by the end of the year
- iPhone 7 may come in space black to match the Apple Watch
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- These could be the specs of the Samsung Galaxy Note 7


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Retailers such as John Lewis have chartered a fleet of extra ships to try and get ahead of the mounting disruption in the logistics industry. Amid warnings that parents would not be able to buy the presents their children asked for this year, businesses are acting now to try and fulfil seasonal demand, the BBC reports.
A shortage of shipping containers, delays at ports, and a lack of lorry drivers have combined to create a very difficult climate for retailers this year. John Lewis, which owns 34 department stores and 331 Waitrose supermarkets, as well as an online service, is anticipating strong demand at Christmas, and is taking decisive action.
The chair, Sharon White, told the BBC: “We’ve raised wages for heavy goods vehicle (HGV) drivers and we’re really beginning to see the results of that. We’re acting at every single part in the supply chain to ensure that Christmas is saved this year. Our customers hopefully won’t see anything. We’re on track. But so far, we don’t see any significant problems.”
John Lewis is not the only retailer to take extra measures this year. US chains Walmart and Home Depot, and Swedish furniture company Ikea, have purchased their own shipping containers and chartered ships independently to try and stay ahead of demand.
Despite the giant capacity of modern cargo vessels, it seems that the pandemic has created an inexhaustible demand for goods that is leaving businesses struggling to keep up. The answer is not as simple as building bigger ships either, as they need more infrastructure to support them, such as larger ports, giant cranes, and other logistic resources.
The end result may be that companies will start to source parts closer to home, rather than rely on supplies being shipped from halfway around the world, and perhaps also a change in consumer habits.
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In Pictures: Google’s Graveyard - 13 products Goog...
This plug-in was designed to help people work in the cloud by automatically saving Microsoft Office files from Windows PCs in Google Drive. But Google would rather have you install Drive on your Windows PC, or for that matter, on Macs, Android devices and iOS devices. Cloud Connect went “poof!” on April 30.
In Pictures: Google’s Graveyard - 13 products Google killed off in 2013


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The ongoing coronavirus pandemic (it is one whether the WHO admits it or not) is highlighting a massive flaw in American corporate policies as well as a longstanding governmental indifference to a major national security risk. It is America’s dependence on factories located in China for almost everything we need and consume. This post will focus on the USA’s dependence on China to make almost all the medicines, pharmaceuticals, health care products, etc. that our nation needs for our health care system to function. The coronavirus outbreak has pointed a glaring spotlight on this major problem.
The first link warns about America’s dependence on Chinese factories for the medicines used in the USA and further warns that this puts China in a position to blackmail the USA into making decisions favorable to China in order to continue to receive the medicines we need. It notes that “80% of present medicines consumed in the United States are produced in China,” and quite rightly adds that this situation is “more than alarming.” It lists categories of drugs that are made in China, and which could be cut off from the American public in a national crisis or any warfare between the two nations. This article notes that even vitamin supplements such as Vitamin C which many people consume can be made in China.
A list of some of the medicines used by many Americans but which are made in China is contained in the second link. It includes 95% of ibuprofen, 70% of acetaminophen, 40-45 % of penicillin, etc. Clearly, America is dependent on Chinese factories for huge percentages of many commonly used over-the-counter medicines as well as prescription drugs. The production facilities in which China produces these medicines can have dubious production standards as this link also reports that FDA inspectors from the USA have found “significant deviation from current good manufacturing practice” in Chinese facilities. The link also quotes one expert as warning that China can withhold medicines from America as an “act of war” in the future. That fact should be evident to everyone.
It gets even worse. The third link reports that there are “squalid conditions in many Chinese drug factories” and that the FDA rarely, if ever, inspects very many of them. It cites there were recalls of Chinese-made blood pressure medications after 81 Americans died after taking them and that such medicines were found to be contaminated with “jet fuel contaminants.” It also discusses one medicine, heparin, which the Chinese manufacture by using the “mucous membranes of pig intestines.” Does that thought upset your stomach as much as it did mine? The link also adds a stunning observation that the “US factories no longer make generic antibiotics.” It reports that the Trump administration is calling on US companies to make their products at home in the USA. Finally, there is an American president with some pro-American common sense. The USA is very over-dependent on China not only for medicines, but for consumer electronics, household products, rare earth, and all kinds of items. Republican and Democrat administrations and Congresses, as well as hordes of American companies, are to be blamed for allowing this dangerous dependency on China to develop over the last few decades. It is now an urgent national security need to bring as much factory production back to the USA as possible…as soon as possible. The fourth link discusses the now-obvious dangers of the world being so over-reliant on Chinese production facilities. The coronavirus epidemic within China has shut down many of its production facilities and there are reportedly major problems in getting Chinese factories back into production. This fact has caused the stock market to decline all over the world as companies are at risk of having to shut down assembly lines and product lines if they lack components made in China. The difficulty of China’s being able to restart production facilities also argues that the coronavirus has sickened and killed more Chinese workers than have been officially reported.
In war or confrontation, China could withhold any range of Chinese-made products that it desires to do so. It could also put minute amounts of poisons into medicines or other consumer products sent to America to gradually sicken and weaken the American population. I find it more than disturbing that the American military, which may have to fight China someday, will be treating its wounded soldiers with antibiotics and medicines made in China. Even as the USA, under President Trump, becoming energy independent and is no longer dependent on foreign nations for oil, we need vigorous programs to also make the USA independent of other nations in all finished products and raw materials with national security importance.
In a related topic, US federal authorities apprehended 328 Chinese nationals trying to infiltrate themselves into the USA via the still largely-unguarded southern border with Mexico (fifth link). Since they chose to enter the US clandestinely in an illegal manner, it can be assumed that they were all spies of some kind in China’s service. Since China is the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic, I wonder if they were all tested for the coronavirus while they were in custody? The article does not comment on that obvious question. What better way to spread the coronavirus into the USA and other Western nations than to have infected persons infiltrate illegally into the USA or bring active cultures of the coronavirus into the nation to release it within our borders?
Given the fact that biblical prophecies warn us that a war between the Western world and its allies on one side and Russia, China, Iran and their allies on the other side is inevitable, all of the above national security risks will become obvious when such a war begins. If you would like additional information about how this final climactic war will begin and end, please read my article, What Ezekiel 38-39 Reveal about a Future World War III. Additional articles that will make this article more understandable are my companion articles: The USA in Bible Prophecy and Are We Living in the Biblical Latter Days?


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Celebrating over a decade of success in the Egyptian market, Hyundai teamed up with its sole distributor, GB Ghabbour Auto, to offer Tucson and Elantra AD car owners the chance to win this year’s edition of the same car they already have.
The #HyundaiHighestMileage competition started on the 20th of July & will last until 20th of August; Tucson and Elantra AD owners are asked to shoot a 20 seconds video that shows the mileage indicator, as well as share what they love the most about their cars. They then had to upload their video on Hyundai Egypt’s Website. The highest mileage owner will win this year’s edition of the same model.
The competition is valid for the 2017 Tucson -sold from December 2015, and the 2017 Elantra AD -sold from March 2016.
The lucky winners will be officially announced on a massive event that is set to take place a week after the competition end-date.
The competition is an example of Hyundai and GB Ghabbour Auto’s ceaseless efforts to reinforce a longstanding trust with their loyal clients, which has been built over 14 years. Hyundai is among the top sellers in Egypt and offers practicality, state-of-the-art technology, and safety; GB Ghabbour Auto’s share in the success comes in the shape of nationwide top-notch after-sales services, including maintenance and spare parts availability.


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Amazon may have sold fewer than 35,000 Fire Phones so far
Amazon is quickly learning that 3D gimmicks and a lack of third-party app support aren’t attributes consumers tend to look for in a smartphone, with one report suggesting that the retail giant has sold fewer than 35,000 Fire Phones since the device made its debut back in July.
Amazon never discloses sales figures itself, but companies like Chitika are able to estimate how many units have been sold based on information from sales channels and ad traffic from those devices. According to the company’s latest report, the Fire Phone accounted for just 0.015% of ad impressions in the 20 days following its release.
With that information in mind — and combined with the latest data from ComScore, which suggests that between 175 million and 177 million smartphones are in use in the U.S. right now — The Guardian’s Charles Arthur has done some calculations to try to establish how many Fire Phones have been sold so far.
“Split the difference, and it’s reasonable take 26,400 as a median value,” the report says. But Arthur gives the Fire Phone the benefit of the doubt and assumes it is “under-indexing,” which means that only a small percentage of its users are using the Chitika ad network, and therefore not all are being accounted for.
The 26,400 units is increased by 25%, then, taking it to about 33,000. Another 2,000 units is added to allow for “margins of error,” taking the total to 35,000.
Even 35,000 units is a pretty generous estimation, then; it’s possible that actual the actual Fire Phone sales figures paint an even more worrying picture. Whatever the case may be, it’s pretty clear that the device is struggling right now.
A number of things could account for that. The fact that the device costs $200 upfront on a two-year contract — the same as the Galaxy S5 and the iPhone 5s — is one of them; its specifications are comparable. The fact that the Fire Phone does not have access to Google Play, but Amazon’s own Appstore instead, is another factor.
Amazon may be able to boost Fire Phone sales with a steep discount. It certainly won’t want to do that so soon after its launch, but with new handsets from competing companies arriving each and every day, and IFA 2014 right around the corner, it will have to do something to grab the market’s attention.
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FOX19 - Check Ohio traffic? Report suspicious activity? There's an app for that.
Ohio Homeland Security launched an app, called Safer Ohio, that allows users to report information to state officials.
Users can request assistance from a trooper and access traffic information.
If a user requests assistance, the phone's GPS will send the location to the Ohio State Highway Patrol.
The app also has a section called 'See Something Send Something' where users can send photos or text to report suspicious activity.
Safer Ohio is available for free in the iTunes app store and on Google Play.


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Tennent's Lager sold to Irish cider group
The deal incldues the historic Wellpark brewery -- believed to be first British brewery to make lager in the 19th century, and the rights to Tennent's beers and assets in Scotland, Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic.
As part of the deal, ABInBev will appoint C&C as distributor of certain brands in Scotland and Ireland. In return, C&C will grant ABInBev the right to use the Tennent's Super and Tennent's Pilsner brands in certain world-wide localities.
The sale of Tennent's at what looks a knockdown price underscores the enormous cost of the merger last year of InBev with Anheuser-Busch, brewer of American Budweiser. The group has already announced that it will close the historic Stag Brewery at Morlake in London, where Budweiser is currently brewed.


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Media organizations are closely watching developments in the Maine courts and legislature involving a flawed privacy law that risked legally clouding any use of minors’ names in journalistic publications.
On Sept. 9, Chief District Judge John Woodcock, Jr. dismissed a lawsuit filed against the governor of Maine and the Maine attorney general concerning a Maine privacy law that would have prohibited companies from collecting the health-related or personal information from minors for marketing purposes without first obtaining consent from a parent or legal guardian. Judge Woodcock dismissed the lawsuit after both parties agreed to a dismissal and Attorney General Janet Mills agreed not to enforce the statute.
The law, “An Act To Prevent Predatory Marketing Practices Against Minors,” would have made it “unlawful for a person to knowingly collect or receive health-related information or personal information for marketing purposes” from a minor without obtaining “verifiable” parental consent. The law would have also prohibited a person from selling, offering to sale, or transferring health-related information or personal information about a minor if that information individually identifies the minor. The law would have been problematic for publishers and businesses because the statute defined “personal information” as including “an individual’s first name, or first initial, and last name.” Thus, the law arguably made it illegal to sell a newspaper or magazine listing the names of the honor-roll members from the local high school or the roster of the football team – a result legislators clearly never intended.
In his opinion, Judge Woodcock stated that the plaintiffs in the case would have likely succeeded on their claim that the law is overbroad and violates the First Amendment, and noted Attorney General Mills expects the Maine Legislature to reconsider the statute when it reconvenes. Judge Woodcock also made clear that third parties pursuing a private lawsuit under the law could run into the same “constitutional infirmities.”
The lawsuit was filed by the Maine Independent Colleges Association, the Maine Press Association, NetChoice and Reed Elsevier. NetChoice “is a coalition of trade associations, eCommerce businesses, and online consumers who shall of whom share the goal of promoting convenience, choice and commerce on the Net.” Its members include America Online/Time Warner, eBay, NewsCorp and Yahoo!.
The bill was scheduled to take effect Sept. 12, 2009. Technically, the law remains alive on the books unless and until the legislature takes remedial action, so it’s at least possible that an aggrieved individual might – despite Judge Woodcock’s admonition – attempt a claim of “predatory marketing” against a legitimate publisher.


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I am proud to announce 81 finalists in the 54th Australian Export Awards, which recognise success in taking Australian innovation to the world.
The awards highlight the international business success of Australian companies based on export growth, marketing and financial strategies.
This year’s finalists represent a diverse cross section of businesses ranging from family-owned firms to large listed corporations, including many in the growing field of services exports.
Together, they generated more than $12.3 billion in export sales in 2015–16 and employed more than 34,500 people. Businesses like these are driving Australia’s successful transition to a post-mining boom economy.
They represent the best we have to offer and their products include everything from sports technology to indigenous-designed fashion accessories, naval architecture, specialist manufacturing equipment, e-commerce platforms and cyber security.
Nearly 40 per cent of finalists are classified as small businesses with 20 staff or less, and 53 per cent generate more than half their revenue from exports.
Although they are active in almost every corner of the globe, their largest export markets are the United States and China. More than 60 per cent identified at least one of the new FTA markets of China, Japan or Korea as a key market.
National finalists are the category winners in their state or territory export award program.
The national winners will be announced at a ceremony in Brisbane on Thursday 24 November 2016. One of them will also be named the Australian Exporter of the Year.
The winner of the inaugural Minister for Trade, Tourism and Investment’s Investment Award will also be announced at this year’s Awards ceremony.
The Australian Export Awards are co-presented by Austrade, Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) and CPA Australia. A full list of finalists can be viewed here: www.exportawards.gov.au/Finalists/2016
Article by: The Hon Steven Ciobo MP


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(Fighting against New Coronary Pneumonia) From imported cold chain to international mail, the issue of "human-to-human transmission" of new coronavirus attracts attention
China News Agency, Beijing, January 19 (Reporter Li Chun) The new crown pneumonia epidemic in mainland China is still showing a tendency to spread more recently.
Among them, the local epidemics in Beijing, Shenzhen, and Zhuhai have the possibility of "infection caused by express items", which once again aroused the attention of all parties to prevent the "human-to-human transmission" of the new coronavirus.
From the isolation of live virus from the outer packaging of imported cold chain food, to the nucleic acid positive sample on the surface of the express package, to the international mail or the source of the local epidemic, the progress of the epidemic again and again is a reminder that the new coronavirus "human-to-human" needs continuous attention. , the relevant prevention and control measures should not be carelessly relaxed.
On the 15th of this month, Beijing saw its first local confirmed case recently.
The case had received and received international mail several days earlier.
After sampling and testing, disease control personnel found that some of the outer and inner surfaces of the package of the mail and paper samples in the documents were positive for the new coronavirus nucleic acid.
Pang Xinghuo, deputy director of the Beijing Center for Disease Control and Prevention, pointed out at a press conference on the 17th that combined with the epidemiological history of the case, the test results of suspicious samples, and the genetic sequencing results of the case samples, the possibility of contracting the virus through foreign objects cannot be ruled out.
According to the Beijing Shunyi District Center for Disease Control and Prevention on the 18th, in the same batch of the above-mentioned positive international mail, another document was detected as nucleic acid positive.
This further confirms that there is a possibility that foreign items may cause new coronavirus infection.
Coincidentally, the viral genome of a recent local case in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province is 100% homologous to the genome of North America that has uploaded more sequences in the global database.
The case is engaged in the receipt and delivery of overseas frozen reagents, has contacted and split up express delivery from North America, and did not take personal protection. The possibility of infection caused by imported new coronavirus-contaminated items cannot be ruled out.
In addition, Zhuhai, Guangdong also reported that according to the current on-site epidemiological investigation and laboratory testing, experts have judged that the current round of local epidemics cannot be ruled out due to exposure to contaminated imported goods.
Cold chain transmission is one of the key links in the prevention of "human-to-human" transmission of the new coronavirus.
Many places in China have reported cases of the new coronavirus surviving under low temperature conditions for a long time and spreading along the cold chain. The transmission process is more secretive and the transmission cycle may be longer.
As the weather turns colder and the virus survives longer, some express items outside the cold chain have tested positive for nucleic acid on their inner and outer surfaces.
Experts pointed out that three conditions must be met for infection caused by "human-to-human transmission", that is, items are heavily contaminated with viruses, the virus survives on surfaces for a long time, and personnel do not take appropriate protective measures when contacting contaminated items.
In addition, the secrecy of "human transmission" may be stronger.
Wu Zunyou, chief expert of epidemiology at the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, believes that compared with "human-to-human transmission", "human-to-human transmission" has a different amount of virus, and asymptomatic infections or mild cases are prone to occur, which are often not detected in time, which may lead to new epidemic.
For this reason, even in previous epidemics, "human-to-human transmission" was not the main way for the spread of the new coronavirus, but its transmission characteristics may cause hidden epidemics, which also need to be paid attention to and prevention and control measures should be taken.
China's epidemic prevention and control has always adhered to the prevention and control of people, materials and the environment, and made every effort to block the transmission channels of the virus.
In response to the possible "human-to-human transmission", the Department of Safety Supervision and Administration of the State Post Bureau issued a notice on the 16th, requesting that the epidemic prevention and control barriers for international mail express should be effectively built to prevent overseas epidemics from being imported through delivery channels.
All enterprises should do a good job in disinfection and ventilation of international mail express processing places; for imported international mail express mail, after entering the production and processing link, the outer packaging should be fully covered and disinfected one by one as soon as possible.
On the other hand, for ordinary people, how should we prevent the risk of epidemic spread in sending and receiving express delivery?
At the previous press conference of the Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism of the State Council of China, Zhang Liubo, chief expert of disinfection at the China Center for Disease Control and Prevention, pointed out that appropriate protection should be taken when receiving express delivery, such as wearing masks, gloves, and keeping a one-meter distance between personnel.
Do not bring the surface packaging of express delivery into the room. If you do, you can use disinfectant wipes to wipe and disinfect on six sides or spray disinfection.
Be sure to do good hand hygiene after handling the courier.
At present, the new crown pneumonia epidemic is still spreading in many countries and places around the world. The mutant strain of Omikron spreads rapidly and has strong infectivity, and is rapidly replacing other mutant strains.
In addition, the risk of "human-to-human transmission" has not been eliminated, and cross-border "sea shopping" has increased the pressure of "foreign defense import".
Pang Xinghuo also reminded the public that during the period of high epidemics abroad, they should minimize the purchase of overseas goods.


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Rumor: Samsung Working on New Device With Edge Display
If a report is to be believed, Samsung was actually surprised by the high consumer demand for its new Galaxy S6 Edge smartphone. In fact, the demand is so high that the company has decided to open up a new factory, which is tailored specifically to produce S6 Edge displays at a high rate.
According to rumors, Samsung is already working on a successor to the Galaxy Note Edge. However, there’s another report that suggests Samsung might release another device with an Edge display before it decides to land the other successors on the market.
Thanks to the speed at which the new factory is churning out curved displays, Samsung can now start experimenting on the said new device, and work their way towards creating something around the new curved Edge concept.
Samsung most probably will launch another Edge phone, probably with new innovative features that will take advantage of an improved curved-display technology. While the idea sounds warm enough, Samsung should take it easy with spamming the market with Edge phones, which would only cause the magic in their new lineup to wash away.


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The deconstructed take of the ZX 8000 that’s known as the adidas ZX Flux that debuted a few years ago are now being slimmed down for its new design, the adidas ZX Flux ADV Asymmetrical.
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This release has a more modern look for Three Stripes latest drop that retains its heel brace on the back, along with sitting atop a new sole unit without Torsion. This pair comes dressed in a Collegiate Navy base that is accented with Solar Red that adds for a nice added pop to the shoe.
Get a better look at some on-feet images below and look for the adidas ZX Flux ADV Asymmetrical Collegiate Navy available now at select adidas Originals retail stores, including Titolo.


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The Dyneema bio-based material will be ISCC Plus certified and is expected to be available from April 2020.
Finland-based UPM Biofuels produces bio-based feedstock UPM BioVerno from the residue of the pulping process. This is then processed by SABIC to make renewable ethylene. TRUCIRCLE includes certified renewable products, specifically resins and chemicals from bio-based feedstock that are not in competition with the food chain and help to reduce carbon emissions. By applying a mass balancing approach, DSM is then able to create bio-based Dyneema fibre, according to the DSM release.
(Source: DSM, PR, EPPM, 12 Mar., 2020)
Contact: RoyalDSM, www.dsm.com; SABIC, www.sabic.com/en; UPM Biofuels, www.upmbiofuels.com
More Low-Carbon Energy News UPM Biofuel, SABIC, Royal DSM,
The company, a 50/50 joint venture between Royal DSM and POET, LLC., will now focus on R&D aimed at improving mechanical reliability, creating additional technological efficiencies and licensing technologies in countries that support the use of low carbon fuels from crop residue and other biomass, according to the company.
(Source: Poet-DSM, Biofuels 20 Nov., 2019) Contact: POET-DSM Advanced Biofuels, Steve Hartig, General Manager, (630) 780-8171, email@example.com, www.poetdsm.com
More Low-Carbon Energy News Project Liberty, POET, Poet-DSM, Cellulosic Biofuel, Advanced Biofuel,
Participating companies include: Acciona, AstraZeneca, Banka BioLoo, BT, Dalmia Cement Ltd., Eco-Steel Africa Ltd., Enel, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Iberdrola, KLP, Levi Strauss & Co., Mahindra Group, Natura &Co, Novozymes, Royal DSM, SAP, Signify, Singtel, Telefonica, Telia, Unilever, Vodafone Group PLC and Zurich Insurance, amongst others, collectively representing over one million employees from 17 sectors and more than 16 countries.
(Source: UN Global Compact, PR, COMTEX, 23 July, 2019) Contact: UN Global Compact, (212) 907-1301, www.unglobalcompact.org; Science Based Targets Initiative, +44 (0) 20 3818 3916,
Sarah.Savage@cdp.net, www.sciencebasedtargets.org; We Mean Business Coalition, Kristen King, (904) 608- 1745
More Low-Carbon Energy News Science Based Targets initiative, UN Global Compact, Carbon Emissions, Climate Change,
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(Source: QyresearchReports, SBWire, 7 July, 2018)
(518) 621-2074, firstname.lastname@example.org, www.qyresearchreports.com
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While we are continuing to aggregate demand for isobutanol, jet fuel, and isooctane with a view to building out large capacity for those products, ethanol production is the key to driving profitability in the near term.
DSM full-scale application trials of eBOOST demonstrated that the solution increases ethanol yields up to 6 pct and reduces glycerol formation more effectively than other industry-standard yeast products, GEVO says.
(Source: GEVO, Green Car Congress, 28 June 2018)
Contact:GEVO, Pat Gruber, CEO, (303) 858-3358, email@example.com, www.gevo.com; Royal DSM, www.dsm.com
More Low-Carbon Energy News GEVO, Yeast, Royal DSM, Ethanol,
Alkol Biotech adapts plant varieties to grow in colder and drier climates, offering better resistance to pests and diseases, along with higher productivity. The first crop it is developing is EUnergyCane, a sugarcane variety.
BRD is a commercialization partner in Bioforever (BIO-based products from FORestry via Economically Viable European Routes), a consortium of 14 companies in Europe that aims to build a biorefinery to produce products normally sourced from oil. The consortium includes Avantium, Borregaard, Royal DSM, Green Biologics and MetGen. The consortium is addressing several pre-treatment technologies for the production of intermediates, such as cellulose, C5 and C6 sugars, lignin and humins. The consortium aims to create conversion routes from the intermediates to a variety of building blocks and end products, such as carbon binders, butanol, resin acid, enzymes and furan dicarboxylic acid (FDCA), and to demonstrate lignocellulosic value chains at pre-industrial scale for some final products.(Source: BRD, PR, Alkol Biotech, Jan., 2018) Contact: Bio Refinery Development BV, Anton Robek, CEO, +31 62 00 16964, firstname.lastname@example.org, www.brdbv.com; Alkol BioTech Ltd., +44 20 3475 8387, www.alkolbiotech.co.uk; Bioforever, www.bioforever.org
More Low-Carbon Energy News Bio Refinery Development, Biomass, Alkol BioTech, Bioforever, Biomass,


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The Missing Covid-19 Funds
To mitigate the loss of income during the Covid-19 lockdown in 2020, the government of Gambia pledged D734m to support families and procure food products to be distributed to 84,000 households across the country. We found there to be very limited information on the government’s procurement and distribution process. There also were striking discrepancies in the government's report on Covid-19 expenditures, pointing to gross mismanagement of the food products meant for households severely affected by the Covid-19 pandemic.
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It appears that the last Holden Commodore to be made in Australia has been all but completed ahead of Friday's official closure of Holden's factory in Adelaide.
As workers shared their stories with the ABC, images of a red V8 with a sign saying "last car October 2017" on the production line at Elizabeth appeared on social media sites during the day.
An official ceremony is being held at the factory on Friday morning, when more than 950 workers are expected to watch the last car roll off the factory floor.
General Motors Holden managing director Mark Bernhard is expected to address the workers at the factory before an official farewell function is held at the Adelaide Oval.
Lesley Demond, 40 years at Holden
Lesley Desmond is the longest-serving woman at the Holden plant and is retiring after working there since 1977.
Mrs Desmond worked in the press shop and fabrication area making car bodies.
Richard Begg, quality controller
Richard Begg worked at Holden for seven years in quality control.
Mr Begg took an early release from Holden in April and started a new job at air-conditioning manufacturer Seeley International, also as a quality controller.
He thanked the carmaker for giving him the experience he needed to move into his new role.
Jed Carmen, engineering manager
Jed Carmen moved to Holden after Mitsubishi stopped making cars in Adelaide, and spent 13 years at the Elizabeth plant as a manufacturing engineering manager.
He has found a new job with a defence industry company.
Mr Carmen bought one of the last Commodore wagons built at Elizabeth as part of an employee deal.
His employee number has been stamped into the floor of the car.
Kane Butterfield, Holden paint shop
Kane Butterfield has just secured a new job at Seeley International at Lonsdale.
He is one of the 950 workers who stayed with the car maker until the closure.
Mr Butterfield will miss his colleagues at Holden but is excited about starting a new chapter in his life


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Revenue at local online-only bookmaker Sportsbet has grown 28 per cent so far in 2013, according to a market update from parent company Paddy Power.
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Burberry Tests Out Instagram's New Video Feature: Check It Out
It's official: You can now post videos to Instagram! Facebook (Instagram's parent company) made the announcement today, and Burberry was one of the first fashion houses to jump on trying out the app's new technology. The brand revealed behind-the-scene footage of its spring 2014 menswear show in London with a 15-second video on its @burberry Instagram feed (watch it here). And it's kind of amazing. The updated app now allows users to take up to 15 seconds of video, then upload it and apply one of 13 filters. So push record and let the video making begin!
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How 2021 Was the Year of Gender-Neutral Fragrances
Gender neutrality has become increasingly more relevant and seeked out in the past five years: according to Google Trends data, global online searches for the term “gender neutral” have spiked by 154% between 2017 and 2021. It’s not surprising that the ongoing conversations on gender identity and the dismantling of the social constructs of what is deemed “masculine” and “feminine” has reached the fragrance industry. Revuze’s AI tool analyzed over 387,000 online opinions on fragrances and discovered that, in 2021, there was a 176% increase in online reviews mentioning the gender-neutrality of the product. Read the details in this original data report.


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Pretty much every home needs a washing machine, and in some cases a dryer. There are many options to choose from, but if you’re looking for the best washer and dryer units in the market out there, then perhaps the Samsung Bespoke Ultra Capacity AI Front Load Washer and Electric Dryer could be it.
Now, we know that these household appliances don’t always come cheap, especially given the features that Samsung is packing into them, but the good news is that Samsung is running a huge promotion right now where you can save $1,350 on the device that would have otherwise cost you $3,300!
This is a dual combo that comes with one washer and one dryer, so when you’re done washing, you can just pop it into the dryer and get your clothes nice, dry, and warm in as little as under an hour, perfect if you’re rushing for time and need to get some clothes cleaned.
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(Yicai) Feb. 9 -- Chinese semiconductor developer Shanghai Fortune Techgroup has enlisted CyweeMotion HK to come up with an artificial intelligence algorithm for its chips.
Shanghai Fortune will pay CNY3.5 million (USD487,000) to CyweeMotion for an AI algorithm for its chips used in augmented and virtual reality devices, smart wearables, and machine learning equipment, the company announced late yesterday.
CyweeMotion will purchase USD7.9 worth of the above three types of chips from Shanghai Fortune’s Hong Kong unit to develop the AI algorithm software, Shanghai Fortune added.
With almost 20 years of experience in developing AI algorithms, CyweeMotion provides solutions to world-famous makers of AR and VR devices, smart watches, and headsets as well as sensor suppliers.
Shanghai Fortune aims for a long and steady collaboration with CyweeMotion on chip procurement and sensors intelligent algorithm development, as the pair’s work on AI algorithms that started in 2022 finally enters the commercial development stage, it noted.
Shanghai Fortune’s chips have customer and technological advantages in multiple fields, such as smart home, AI-based voice recognition, and smart wearables.
Shares of Shanghai Fortune [SHE: 300493] soared 13.4 percent to close at CNY5.26 (73 US cents) in Shenzhen yesterday. The stock is still down 38 percent since the end of last year. Chinese markets are closed today for the lunar new year holiday.
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What will ABT Sportsline have in store for the Audi A1? We give you the first details inside.
German tuning firm Abt Sportsline will be revealing a new package of upgrades for the Audi A1 on July 28. The company says they will release spec sheets, photos, and an online configurator shortly after.
Look for the A1 to get significant performance upgrades, as the company says the vehicle "flies out of the blocks," according to a press release. The vehicle will receive new "suspension components, dynamic aluminium wheels and other sports accessories," the company says.
To help get customers excited for the launch, the tuning firm will post three different designs versions of the car on their Facebook page. Fans can vote on their favorite design from July 28 to August 11. Designs to be presented include the "cool Aloha," the "evil High Voltage," and the "funny and charming ... Klecks."
You will be able to see photos and get details of the tuning job right here as soon as they become available.


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Three has confirmed that it has bought part of Everything Everywhere’s 1800MHz spectrum meaning they can now begin deploying their own 4G network ahead of the spectrum auction in 2013.
Sky has announced that its next update for the Sky+ app on Apple iPad will turn the device into a remote control. How about Android devices? Here’s what you need to know.
Now TV director Simon Creasey talks to Techradar exclusively about on-demand premium football and entertainment from the likes of Sky Atlantic, Sky One and Sky Arts channels.
Chrome OS laptops by manufacturers other than Samsung and Acer will arrive later this year, according to Google’s Linus Upson.
Some may have suggested that the desktop is a dying breed, but the Samsung Chromebox with Chrome OS begs to differ. We find out how the Apple Mac Mini rival stands up to our early review.
UK networks have quickly announced the availability of the Samsung Galaxy S3 in the UK in preparation for record breaking sales of the new handset.
The new Apple iPad has finally arrived bringing with it a superlative Retina Display, quad-core graphics A5X processor and an improved camera.
Around 12.4 million PlayStation Vita handheld consoles will be sold in 2012, according to a forecast by Strategy Analytics, bringing a much needed boost for Sony revenues as people rush to buy games for the device.
With Vita just around the corner for non-Japanese audiences, the latest episode of Sony’s Access TV for PlayStation owners takes a look at the forthcoming handheld console.


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Privacy should be built into online services by default, but it won’t happen so long as companies, such as Microsoft, Google and Facebook, rely on advertising to make money, according to a prominent privacy activist.
Major technology vendors are providing sophisticated applications in exchange for user data, such as their preferences, online activities and behavior, Christopher Soghoian, a Washington, D.C.-based graduate fellow at the Center for Applied Cyber-Security Research, said in his keynote speech at the Kaspersky Lab Security Analyst Summit Feb. 3. When the companies have to decide between making money and protecting user privacy, business needs take priority, he told attendees.
“When their business models and your privacy conflict, only one will survive,” said Soghoian.
Browsers are not “cheap” to develop, but companies are giving them away in order to make it easier to collect user data, said Soghoian. Most popular browsers by default are set to accept cookies that Websites and third-party advertiser networks can use for online tracking. Apple’s Safari accepts cookies from the Website, but actually disables third-party cookies by default. Apple took the “responsible route,” said Soghoian.
The advertising-based business model relies on Internet users to surrender increasing amounts of information, Soghoian said. If the interface “sucks,” users won’t use the privacy settings effectively and will make mistakes, resulting in data being exposed. The difficulty is intentional, since companies know that users are less likely to bother with turning on privacy settings if the options are hard to find or understand.
Google, Microsoft, Facebook and Twitter all offer HTTPS on their online services to encrypt connections and prevent malicious attackers from intercepting user data while in transit. It takes six distinct steps to turn on HTTPS in Microsoft’s Hotmail, and Facebook has been criticized for its confusing array of privacy pages. Before Google took the step to enable HTTPS by default for all Gmail users, the HTTPS option was buried at the bottom of the settings pages. It was the “least important” option, said Soghoian.
The interfaces are generally not designed by security-minded developers or developers thinking about the best user experience, but rather by the people who have an “understanding of human psychology” and are not concerned about the user’s best interest, said Soghoian. What settings are on or off by default is just as important as what the interface is like, he said.
“These companies have default settings that are not private and not secure, because they know consumers will never change these defaults,” said Soghoian.
When Google implemented HTTPS, it initially justified the decision to turn off the option by default by claiming that encryption potentially slowed down page performance and had additional performance overhead. A difficult privacy question over encryption and privacy was just “left up to the users,” said Soghoian.
The company switched to using HTTPS by default shortly after it disclosed that Chinese attackers had breached several Gmail accounts that belonged to U.S. government officials.
Facebook and Twitter still have HTTPS turned off by default, even though Facebook enabled it by default for its Tunisian users after reports emerged of the government eavesdropping on its citizens last year.
Toolbars are often bundled into other software installers. The average Internet user doesn’t want the toolbar but is tricked into installing it. When installing Adobe Reader, users are opted in by default to install Google Toolbar, and the Java installer has a similar option for the Yahoo toolbar. Often, users don’t even know how they wound up having several toolbars taking up space at the top of the Web browser.
“Good defaults lead to good choices,” said Soghoian.
Google can’t deliver a privacy-protecting product for free, said Soghoian. Since Microsoft and Google can’t put tracking technology inside the Web browser itself, they rely on their advertiser networks Atlas and Doubleclick, to harvest user data from browser history, headings and user-submitted content.
Browsers are designed to “spew data all over the Internet,” he said.
A version of Internet Explorer originally had an option for easily enabling privacy settings at once. The option drove advertising network executives “bananas,” and they prevailed upon Microsoft to oppose the option. If consumers could turn on automatic privacy easily, third-party networks would have a harder time making money. Microsoft “sabotaged” its own product so that every single time the user closed the browser, the privacy settings were turned back off in order to keep the advertisers happy, Soghoian said.
They weren’t being “evil,” as it was just a matter of survival, he said.
One way to address this dilemma is to move away from the free software model to one in which users pay a small fee to use a version that has all the tracking features disabled. There should be a way to use the online music-streaming system Spotify without having a Facebook log-in.
“Consumers don’t have a choice. You have one version of Chrome and one version only,” said Soghoian.
Governments can treat data privacy as a public health crisis and use its influence to promote best practices, such as updating browsers and encouraging secure configurations, he said.


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The Grill Steakhouse has been feeding the poor this way for the past seven years.
The Food Standards Agency has reported the return of eight products for a refund.
The brand's doner kebabs will be up against another Halal doner franchise already well established.
The Halal sector was well represented last night in Glasgow - the "curry capital of Britain".
Halal-friendly curry restaurants scoop up some of the big prizes.
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Jeffrey P. Bezos, the founder and chairman of Amazon.com, made his debut as a literary critic last week, displaying both his taste in reading and, to those watching closely, a certain gratitude.
On June 10, Mr. Bezos signed on to Amazon.com to write a customer review of ''The Proving Ground,'' the new book by G. Bruce Knecht, a reporter for The Wall Street Journal. ''Intense and disciplined,'' Mr. Bezos wrote of the book, which narrates a 1998 yacht race caught in a storm that sank several boats and killed many crew members.
It was Mr. Bezos's first customer review of a book, although he has previously reviewed a pair of binoculars and two DVD's. He loved ''Life Is Beautiful,'' starring Roberto Benigni. But not ''The 13th Warrior,'' starring Antonio Banderas. ''Let's face facts. This is a terrible, terrible movie,'' Mr. Bezos wrote. He added, ''Sorry if this seems harsh, but I just don't want anyone to buy it unknowingly.''
Mr. Bezos and Mr. Knecht, however, go way back. In May 1996, Mr. Knecht became one of the first reporters to write about Mr. Bezos and Amazon, then a little-known company. ''Amazon provides a singular case in which the frequently hyped Web is actually changing consumers' lives,'' Mr. Knecht wrote in an article in The Journal, noting, ''Mr. Bezos expects it to turn profitable in another year or two.'' (Mr. Bezos is still hoping to turn a profit.)
A spokesman for Mr. Bezos said he was unavailable to comment on his review of Mr. Knecht's book. For his part, Mr. Knecht, who is promoting the book with a tour of yacht clubs, said he was delighted.
''I think it is cool,'' he said. He and Mr. Bezos stayed in touch after his article appeared, and Mr. Bezos recently sent an e-mail message saying that he had bought a copy of the book. ''Since then he has become a big shot -- with a fine taste in books,'' Mr. Knecht said.Continue reading the main story
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The drawn-out take-over battle for the iconic holiday brand is already the longest recorded on the Paris stock market. Photo: Viaggio Routard/Flickr
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Gone off Milking? The latest pointless internet craze is pouring bottles of Port over your head
- The video was created by students at Durham University
- It is in answer to Newcastle University's Milking video, which has now been viewed by more than 500,000 people
Ready for another crazy online trend? Students from Durham University have filmed themselves pouring bottles of Port over their heads, in a video called Porting.
Porting is an answer to the Milking video from students from rival Newcastle University which has seen more than 500,000 people watch the video in the last two weeks.
A spokesperson for Porting Durham said: 'It’s all about oneupmanship. We started out trying to get one better than our student cousins at Newcastle but, due to our lactose intolerance we were unable to do it with milk.
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Students at Durham University has created their own version of Milking, called Porting, which involves pouring a bottle of the Port over your head
The students wear smart white dress shirts whilst endulging in the bizarre trend
We commend Newcastle in their valiant effort and inspiring us to go one further,' the spokesperson told The Tab, the student newspaper for Durham University.
Porting sees the Durham students don white dress shirts and smart trousers, and then pour bottle after bottle of the fortified wine over their heads.
'We were approached by a high street washing powder brand, and it all fell into place. What better thing to do than pour fortified wine over crisp white shirts?' added the Porting spokesperson.
According to the video’s creator, the video carries a strong message to the government: 'This is a protest against the hike of alcohol prices to a minimum of 45 pence per unit.'
19 bottles of the expensive fortified wine are poured away in the video.
Even the famous cathedral isn't safe from the Porting trend
One imaginative (and brave) student even takes part whilst on the move in the city
Students at rival Newcastle University started the bizarre trend, with the Milking video. Where student after student filmed themselves pouring pints of milk over their heads
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Syrian refugee opens artisan soap shop in Calgary
Fourth-generation soap maker opens Aleppo Savon in city's southeast
Abdul Fatah Sabouni's last name means soap maker. It's what his family has been doing for generations.
So, when he and his family came to Canada as refugees from Syria two years ago, he knew he wanted to keep doing what he does best.
"I can work 20 hours a day. I don't get tired about that, because I love my job," Sabouni told CBC News Saturday at the grand opening of his new soap store, Aleppo Savon.
The southeast Calgary store, which Sabouni opened along with business partners Husny Hadry and Walid Balsha, was swarmed with customers, excited to get their hands on the artisanal products, which are made with olive and coconut oil.
Sabouni said the huge crowd made him a little less nervous about starting a business.
"When I begin, yes, but not now. When I see the Canadian people come, I'm not afraid about anything," he said.
Before Sabouni fled Syria, his soap factory was destroyed. His family spent time in Jordan before coming to Canada, where he tried to start the business again, but it wasn't a success.
Now, he's grateful he, his wife, and four children — his youngest son was born in Canada last year — have a chance for a fresh start.
"The Canadians come to support us, make me so happy … I want to say thank you Canada because I am grateful because it gives me and my family a new chance," he said.
Alberta Finance Minister Joe Ceci said he was excited to see such a well-attended grand opening.
"It just shows again that Calgary is an incredible place to make a life, to make a business, and to get the kind of support there is today," he said.
Sabouni has plans to eventually expand the business by selling his products wholesale and eventually exporting to other countries. Aleppo Savon is located at 1303 Hastings Cres. S.E.
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One of the state’s biggest marijuana companies received the OK for recreational sales from its existing medical dispensaries, beginning Jan. 1.
The Illinois Department of Financial & Professional Regulation approved five Verilife facilities operated by PharmaCann, as well as MOCA near Bucktown and New Age Care in Mt. Prospect.
So far, IDFPR has approved 14 of the 55 dispensaries licensed statewide to begin selling marijuana to recreational customers. Dispensary 33, in Uptown, and Maribis Chicago, near Midway Airport, received approval Nov. 6.
The dual licenses are crucial to launching the state’s recreational-use program Jan. 1. Illinois is relying heavily on existing cannabis growers to launch the program, which begins just six months after the law passed. The state isn’t issuing new cultivation or dispensary licenses until next year.
The state’s plan called for allowing each of the 55 license holders for medical-marijuana dispensaries to be grandfathered in to sell to recreational users. They also are allowed to open an additional recreational dispensary.
But municipalities were given control over zoning rules, effectively giving them veto authority over the locations. Suburbs and the city of Chicago have thrown up unexpected roadblocks on the road to legalized weed sales.
Given the tightly controlled zoning process in Chicago, which was approved only recently, it’s unlikely there will be a lot of new dispensaries open New Year’s Day. PharmaCann was a big winner, getting the right to pursue two of seven downtown slots. Two other larger cannabis companies, Cresco Labs and Green Thumb Industries, previously received state approval to sell to recreational users from their medical dispensaries.
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Even existing locations are at risk. Naperville voted to opt out of recreational use, meaning GTI, won’t be able to sell recreational product from its 3C medical dispensary there.
PharmaCann faces a similar challenge. One of its medical dispensaries granted a recreational license by the state is in Arlington Heights, which voted Nov. 4 to ban recreational marijuana sales in the village, even though 57 percent of residents supported legalized marijuana in an advisory referendum.


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Commenting on the development, Iveta Slapalova, director of Digi TV customer services, said: “We believe this new service will benefit our customers and appreciate it. We know from our surveys that customers would like to be able to control their TV with just one driver without the need to use the set-top box. The new application for Samsung TVs makes this possible, with application features almost identical to the set-top box. We believe that we will also be offering similar news to other TV brand owners in the near future”.
Alongside the launch, Digi TV is also offering its service free of charge for 30 days to Samsung TV owners who are not its customers.
Digi TV is the brand name for a DTH and IPTV platform operated by Digi CZ.
It has been present in the Czech market since 2006 and owned by the Czech investment company Lama Energy Group since April 2015.


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'Carmageddon': Tom Hanks urges Twitter followers to eat and shop locally
Actor Tom Hanks gave a boost to the Los Angeles Police Department's "Carmageddon" media strategy, warning his 2.2 million Twitter followers to avoid the 405 closure.
Police had asked celebrities, including Ashton Kutcher, William Shatner and Lady Gaga, to post on Twitter about the closure of a stretch of the 405 Freeway this weekend.
Instead of urging people to leave town, Hanks urged them to shop and eat in their neighborhoods.
"This weekend, LA! Avoid Carmageddon, Gas-zilla, 405-enstein, Grid-lock-apalooza! STAY HOME. Eat & shop local! Hanx," he wrote. Eating and shopping locally is being suggested by many store and restaurant owners on L.A.'s Westside who have expressed concern that the potential traffic nightmare will scare away customers.
To help get the word out, the LAPD targeted celebrities with more than 500,000 followers on Twitter as people who could help them deliver the message.
Kutcher, who has 7 million followers on the social media site, joked on Twitter: "LAPD askd me 2tweet: 405fwy btwn 10 & 101 will b closed July16-17. In xchange I would like a free pass on that stoplight tickt IT WAS YELLOW."
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Photo: Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson at the 2010 Emmy Awards. Credit: Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times


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Dietary product sports warning
Invercargill company Silberhorn has been caught up in a world doping controversy after athletes were this week warned off deer velvet products.
The Silberhorn product, made from deer antlers, contains the muscle growth hormone IGF-1, which is banned by all major sports.
The Silberhorn headquarters are in Dee St, Invercargill, and its co-director Ian Carline said yesterday he had received media phone calls about the product from around the world this week.
Customers were "panic buying" because they feared it would be taken off the market, he said.
Most of Silberhorn's customers were aged 50 and over and some athletes used it, he said.
The company website says Silberhorn is used to help boost the immune function and improve stamina.
Legendary New Zealand golfer Sir Bob Charles, who endorses Silberhorn, said this week he had been taking deer velvet for general health for the past two decades.
He admitted he had probably breached the sport's banned substances policy, not realising the product contained growth hormone.
Top American football player Ray Lewis and Fiji golfer Vijay Singh have also been caught up in the scandal involving deer velvet products reportedly sourced from New Zealand.
Lewis this week reportedly denied using deer velvet products.
Mr Carline said his Silberhorn company was getting a lot of publicity because it was a leading player in the deer velvet market, but Singh did not take Silberhorn because he used a spray.
He criticised Drug Free Sport New Zealand chief executive Graeme Steel who warned athletes not to take deer velvet products.
Like Silberhorn, milk and meat also contained the muscle growth hormone IGF-1, Mr Carline said.
"He may as well tell people to stop drinking milk or eating meat. You aren't going to get elevated levels of growth factor with dietary supplements [such as Silberhorn]."
"It's only when you concentrate or synthesise these products that it becomes an issue," he said.
Mr Carline was "99 per cent confident" that athletes who took Silberhorn would not test positive to the muscle growth hormone, but he urged athletes to always declare that they had taken it.
Southland Stags rugby player Jason Rutledge confirmed he had taken Silberhorn until about 2011 but said until yesterday had no idea it contained a banned muscle growth hormone.
He had been drug tested while taking Silberhorn and had returned a negative test, he said.
He would not be taking it again if it contained a banned substance.
"I thought it was just natural stuff to help with cartilage and ligaments."
Mr Steel said Drug Free Sport had a responsibility to warn athletes not to take deer velvet products because it was unknown how much IGF-1 - which occurs naturally in deer velvet - was in each product.
Southland Stags strength and conditioning coach Mark Beer said drug tests were conducted randomly on several players at trainings and games five or six times a season.
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A man with a smartphone stands beside an advertisement for Alipay in a Hong Kong store. (Photo : Getty Images)
First, there was Laiwang, then DingTalk--now here's Quanzi, Alipay's latest and new social networking feature to take on WeChat, China's leading messaging app.
The new service would keep users updated on topics that interest them as well as connect with people who share the same interest online, according to China Daily.
In a statement released on Monday, Nov. 28, Alipay said that Quanzi (or circle, in English) was designed to build online communities of real-name users and allow them to meet and be familiar with strangers using the company's big-data enabled credit rating system.
"Trust is the key issue in the social networking scene among strangers in China. Anyone in Quanzi is using their real name and their online credit scores can also be checked for reference, which provides icebreakers to make communication more easily," the statement said.
Analysts said that the latest move by Alipay, which has 450 million real-name users, is a direct challenge to Tencent's WeChat, a mobile messaging app with more than 800 million users.
However, according to Wang Xiaofeng, senior analyst with Forrester Research, it would not be easy for late players to gain a significant market share in the social networking market.
But, after years of trying out various kinds of messaging services such as Laiwang and Ding Talk, Alibaba remains optimistic about the new service this time.
"With WeChat growing bigger and bigger to include payment into its services, it makes sense for Alipay launch a counter attack to step up its effort in social networking," Wang said.
Lu Zhenwang, an internet expert based in Shanghai however, said that Alibaba's new effort with Quanzi still remains to be seen.
"WeChat is a social networking tool for close friends while Weibo is a social playground for complete strangers. Alipay is trying to build something in between, which requires hard work," according to Lu.


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Vodafone launches GH¢1 writing competition
By Bernice Bessey
To encourage innovative and thoughtful spending among children below the ages of fifteen (15), Vodafone Ghana has launched the 2013 One Ghana cedi (GH¢1) writing competition for three months. The children would be writing on the subject ‘what they would do with GH¢1′.
Even though, the valve of the denomination might not be so much significant in recent economic down turns, the communication giant wants to compel children into effective management to enable them to be useful adult in the future.
A total of 50 Samsung Galaxy fully connected tablets would be awarded to emerged winners weekly, whiles three finalist would be given a full year scholarship as the ultimate.
Mrs. Gifty Baiden, a senior communicator at Vodafone at the launch of the competition last Saturday in Accra Mall indicated that there would be panel of judges to screen for the best innovative, originality, clarity, composition, grammar and realistic idea.
She said an entry into the competition is free but letters must contain a used Vodafone scratch card voucher.
Head of Brands and Cooperate Communication, Carman Bruce-Annan explained that the competition was a campaign to encourage children to be innovative and creative, adding that ‘encouraging children to be thoughtful in their spending is essential in these time austerity measures. It will contribute towards making them grow into responsible adults’.
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REPORT: Residents of Katsina Metropolis Cries As Prices of Commodities Sky rocketed This Ramadan (READ)
People in Katsina metropolis continue to groin as prices of food stuffs and other commodities necessary in this Ramadan period sky rocketed.
A simple survey conducted revealed that the prices of many of the commodities such as rice, millet, supergetti, cooking oil and ice blocks have increased with about 70-100%.
The price of foreign rice is between N13,500 – N14,000 while that of vegetable oil is now N11,000 as against its former price of N7,000. Similarly, a carton of supergetti is now being sold at N3,000 as against its former price of N1,900. The survey also revealed that the bag of sugar and millet now costs N11,000 each.
The rise in the price of foreign rice also leads to the high demand of local one which consequently increased in price too. The price of the local rice now costs between N10,000 to N11,000 per bag.
However, another price hike that shocked everybody is the sudden increase in the price of ice block from N10-20 before to now N60 to N70 each because of its high demand.
A rice dealer in the Katsina central market interviewed attributed the sudden rise in the price of the commodities to the higher demand by the residents and also the difficulties encountered by the people importing the commodities from outside the country due to the change in government policies at the border.
A cross section of muslims residents interviewed also called on the marketers to look into there plights and current predicament due to the harsh economic situation and reduce the prices of the commodities.
Another issue compounding the situation is the delay in May salary by the government to the local government and primary school civil servants in the state.


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Google are expected to announced their new LG Nexus 5X and Huawei Nexus 6P smartphones later today and according to a recent report, the handset will be sold online online.
Unlike previous models of the Google Nexus smartphones, the two new handsets will be sold online only and not in mobile carrier stores.
According to a recent report from Android Police, Google will be pushing these new smartphones through they new Google Store, it is not clear as yet on whether the handsets will be available in Other online stores like Amazon.
We will have more details on the new LG Nexus 5X and Huawei Nexus 6P when the handsets are made official later today, both devices will come with the new version of Google’s mobile OS, Android 6.0 Lollipop.
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Financial markets in Greece A strained and chocked financial sector, functioning under Capital Controls for two years (this June) that has priced in the probability of a Grexit (for the third time in 7 yrs). All banks, except for Alpha Bank (Euros 1,63), have become penny stocks with National Bank of Greece trading around 0,25…
"Greece has the potential to become a Fintech hub, starting from the necessity to solve many problems that are idiosyncratic to the current conditions."
Two individuals connected to the now-defunct bitcoin exchange Coin.max have been convicted following a trial in New York.
"Defense attorneys for Gross and Lebedev claimed during the trial that their clients did not know that Coin.mx was running an illegal operation."
A blockchain partnership spearheaded by Foxconn could have ripple effects for global supply chains and lending, CoinDesk's Noelle Acheson argues.
"A combination of high-profile scandals, intensifying regulation and an increasing default rate is encouraging a contraction in the number of platforms."
Bitcoin prices fell to their lowest level in four weeks today amid continued discussion about a potential network hard fork.
"The news comes amid continued discussion about a bitcoin hard fork that, if executed, could result in bitcoin splitting into two separate networks with two distinct 'bitcoin' assets."
Ethereum, the underdog to Bitcoin, is experiencing a surge in market value that is making the digital currency community sit up and take notice.
"At the time of publishing, the price of Ethereum is $45.72, while its overall trading volumes are slowly creeping up to those of Bitcoin’s."
Law enforcement agencies in the EU have said that the growing use of digital currencies is impairing their efforts.
"The two agencies later outline how a lack of cohesive legislation about digital currencies – and an absence of case law – further hamper law enforcement efforts."
Regional police in Canada have issued a warning to local residents about fraudulent investment schemes involving bitcoin.
"The digital currency is also reportedly being used as part of an income tax scam targeting Durham residents."
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"Block withholding has been typically regarded as a double-spending attack. This paper, instead, is a manipulation of the value of Bitcoin held in pools."
The giant tech manufacturer is now in the blockchain business, seeking to speed up financing for its many thousands of suppliers.
"In conversation with CoinDesk, Lee further elaborated on the savings that he believes could eventually result from cutting out commercial banks and other third-party money-suppliers."
Technology heralds the Internet’s second era, powered by blockchain technology, and will produce even more upheaval than the first
"The coming decade will see blockchain technology affecting the way we do business, govern, communicate, manage our affairs and build value."
All humans are genetical programmed to find the easiest solution. In most cases that works well, but for reaching a long term goal you would need to find patience and have a strong will. There has been done a lot of experiments on children where they have been studied in different tests and then been …
"That is why I from today will share my own long term goals and help you set up your own."
Dr. Michael Piwowar, acting chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, some are asking you to reject the bitcoin ETF
"President Trump promised that tune will come to the United States, the great economic powerhouse of the world."
"That is probably because Piwowar, the acting chairman of the SEC, appears in favor of approving the ETF."
At this year’s Geneva Motor Show, Rolls-Royce will show why it is considered to be the world’s leading luxury house by showcasing the full breadth of its B
"Wraith Black Badge, a motor car Bespoke-engineered to suit its younger, edgier customers will demonstrate that at Rolls-Royce, Bespoke is anything but skin deep."
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"We'll start with the Elegance, a one-off Extended Wheelbase Ghost created by Rolls-Royce's Bespoke division."
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"That innovation has lots of traditional industries and investors pretty excited."
Maersk Line, the world's largest ocean container shipper, has teamed with IBM to create a supply chain using blockchain technology.
"Blockchain technology has been recognized as a tool to improve trade finance and supply chain efficiency."
Hyperledger, a Linux-led open source blockchain initiative, announced in a blog that Hyperledger Fabric, one of five of its incubator projects.
"Hyperledger is an umbrella for software developer communities creating open source blockchain and related technologies."
Bjorn Bjercke, a cryptocurrency enthusiast and blockchain developer, recently revealed that when OneCoin approached him in an effort to recruit him as Chief Technology Offic
"OneCoin is an example of the scammer’s approach to the former, while its users exemplify the latter."
"Being a good host, he was fixing us vodka martinis, when he realized he ran out of olives."
Bitcoin advocate Brian Kelly, a financial markets commentator who sees bitcoin surpassing gold in value, debated Peter Schiff, CEO of Euro Pacific Capital on CNBC's Fast Money.
"The debate, which came to light earlier this week, precedes bitcoin’s history-making turn as the cryptocurrency surpassed the value of an ounce of gold today, going beyond parity."
"Bitcoin is not dependent on other assets in a traditional family portfolio, Robles noted. Hence, it offers asset diversification."
The Kingdom of Bahrain, a nation of over 30 islands in the Persian Gulf, is in talks with Singapore’s central bank looking toward blockchain adoption.
"Bahrain is making moves toward the national adoption of blockchain technology in order to become a pioneer in the Fintech space, according to Khalid Al Rumaihi, CEO of the Bahrain EDB. "
Bitcoin stands just $50 away from gold parity in anticipation of the ETF decision. Will it surpass the price of gold?
"The law defaults on approval. If no decision is made in the next two weeks, the ETF will go live, but they can, at any point, between now and the 11th of March, reject it."


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Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) is still the largest smartphone OEM in America and its rivals may never be able to catch up as smartphone growth in the country begins to decline. Its nearest rival Samsung Electronics Co.Ltd. (KRX:005930) has built market share at a steady pace at the cost of other leading brands. The latest report from comScore (SCOR) Mobilens and Mobile matrix for the three months ending February 2014 shows that smartphone penetration in U.S. now stands at 68.2% with a total of 163.2 million owners, a 7% increase since November 2013.
Samsung Growing At Other Brands’ Expense
Apple currently rules the OEM market with 41.3% of smartphone subscribers. The company’s smartphone market share grew by only 0.1% for the three months ending February 2014 as compared to the last quarter which ended November 30, 2013. In contrast, during the same period Samsung has registered a growth of 1% in smartphone subscribers. The launch of the Galaxy S5 worldwide starting from April is bound to increase the market share of Samsung over the next few months. Its Korean rival LG Electronics Inc. (KRX:066570) has also grown by 0.3% thanks to strong sales of G2 in America. The success of the G2 was because of its high recommendation score among all premium smartphones, ranking higher than the iPhone 5s. With rumors of Apple planning to launch a 5.5 inch phablet device in June and acknowledgment of the company’s lack of growth in its iPhone segment, it will be interesting to see if Apple can keep up and work on growing its market share even further in the United States.
The biggest loser during this period is HTC Corp (TPE:2498) which saw its market share drop by 1%, it tumbled down to 5.4%, although the company hopes to sell its premium Android device, the HTC One M8 to recover from the losses in United States. Lenovo Group Limited (ADR) (OTCMKTS:LNVGY) owned Motorola is also going through a period of decline with their market share falling by 0.4%, despite the introduction of its low-cost handset Moto G.
Android Is Still The Dominant Mobile Platform But Windows Phone OS Growing Steadily
BlackBerry Ltd (NASDAQ:BBRY) loss is proving to be a gain for other operating platforms. The market share of BlackBerry OS fell by 0.6% in the U.S for the three months ending February 2014, forcing other operating platforms to fill the void left behind. Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) has gained the most, by pushing its Windows Phone OS to gain 3.45% of the OS market share. The release of Windows Phone 8.1 OS for smartphones and upcoming releases of Windows Phones will make sure that Microsoft remains a long-term player in the OS department. Several new features including a voice assistant application and improved focus on services will give the Redmond based giant increased market share over the next few quarters.
Android dominates with 52.1% of the OS market, although its growth has been slightly effected by the rise of Windows Phone OS. Apple’s iOS is unable to grow as fast as the other operating systems due to saturation in the high-end US smartphone market. It currently holds 41.3% of the OS market which is just a 0.1% increase for the three months ending February 2014. Surprisingly, despite all this mayhem, Symbian OS still has 0.2% of the OS market and has not witnessed any decline.
Yahoo Displaces Facebook In Mobile Reach
The firm also tracked the top 15 mobile websites and apps for February 2014, declaring Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL) as the top web property on smartphones. Google sites are reaching 89% of the mobile media audiences in the U.S and surprisingly Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) has dethroned Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ:FB) to grab the second position in mobile reach. The acquisition of the blogging website tumblr and the launch of several mobile services including Aviate launcher have ensured that Yahoo has a strong following in the United States. Yahoo sites now have 85.7% of the U.S mobile audience followed by Facebook at 85%. In the app segment, Facebook is the most popular app reaching 75.7% of smartphone users.


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The new highly-anticipated Lidl store in Ashley Down is not expected to open any time soon as the company have offered no update on its construction.
Lidl were given planning permission in 2015 to build a shop in Muller Road but the discount supermarket chain said there are no confirmed dates for building work or opening.
The news has been met with disappointment from Ashley Down councillor Tom Brooks.
Lidl for Ashley Down, Lockleaze and Horfield
Cllr Brook said: “It’s disappointing to hear of no progress on the planned Lidl site. The surrounding area in Ashley Down, Lockleaze and Horfield are in great need of improved access to food stores within walking distance.
“Obviously Lidl will have their reasons for the lack of progress, but I hope that these can be resolved and that work can start as soon as possible.”
The planning application to build the Lidl store on the site of the Brunel Ford dealership was submitted in October 2014 and approved by Bristol City Council in October the following year.
A time limit of three years for construction was placed on the development, meaning the planning permission would expire in October 2018.
Ashley Down Lidl opening date not confirmed
Lidl’s spokesman said that the regional property team “do not have confirmed dates” when asked about the construction start and the store opening by the Bristol Post.
The spokesman said we would be updated as soon as this changes.
Lidl is now not the only hope for a discount supermarket for Ashley Down, Lockleaze and Horfield after rivals Aldi submitted a planning application for a site just metres away.
Aldi store in Lockleaze
A planning application has been submitted to turn the B&Q store 300 metres away into an Aldi and a Home Bargains store.
Cllr Brook added: “Whilst the Lidl development has stalled an application has been made to turn the old B&Q site along the road into an Aldi and Home Bargains. Hopefully the community will be able to benefit from one, or both, of these developments as soon as possible.”
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New Delhi [India], Mar 2 (ANI): Union Minister Piyush Goyal on Monday said that the central government will allow export of onions from March 15.
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New Delhi [India], Jan 15 (ANI): Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Wednesday slammed the Central government over the prices of onions imported from other nations.
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New Delhi [India], Jan 14 (ANI): The annual rate of inflation based on monthly wholesale price index (WPI) stood at 2.59 per cent in December as against 0.58 per cent in November due to increase in prices of food articles, data released by the government on Tuesday showed.
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New Delhi [India], Jan 7 (ANI): Union Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Ram Vilas Paswan on Tuesday said the Centre has decided to offer onions to states at the landing price in Mumbai ranging from Rs 49 to Rs 58 per kilogram.
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New Delhi [India], Jan 4 (ANI): Amid soaring onion prices in the country, customers in the national capital prefer the homegrown variety of onions over the imported ones because of the taste.
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New Delhi [India], Dec 28 (ANI): The prices of vegetables, including onions, are likely to come down as new stocks of vegetables have arrived in the market.
Asansol (West Bengal) [India], Dec 25 (ANI): In a major relief amid soaring prices, special kinds of onions imported from Turkey have hit the market and are getting mixed reactions from the public in West Bengal's Asansol here.
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], Dec 24 (ANI): The rising price of onions in Thiruvananthapuram brought woes to the common man ahead of the Christmas and New Year.
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Chitradurga (Karnataka) [India], Dec 17 (ANI): A farmer has become a millionaire thanks to his bumper onion crop, which is being sold at the highest ever price in the recent past in the open market.
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Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Dec 14 (ANI): As the prices of onions are escalating around the country, an unidentified man in Hyderabad stole 20 kgs of onions from a vegetable vendor.
Varanasi (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Dec 14 (ANI): A couple in Varanasi on their wedding day exchanged garlands as is the norm in Indian custom but instead of flowers the garlands were fashioned out of onions and garlic. The pair apparently wanted to make a statement against the high prices
Malappuram (Kerala) [India], Dec 13 (ANI): Members of the Malappuram District Committee (MDC) staged on Friday a unique protest against the rising prices of onions in the area by preparing 'biryani' without onions and feeding it to nearly 1,000 people.


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Hungry Media Companies Find a Meager Menu of Web Sites to Buy
Glu Mobile, Cnet and PhotoBucket.com are among the companies that have elicited merger speculation.
By MATT RICHTEL
Media companies are still hungry. Is there much left for them to consume that they’ll find satisfying? NBC Universal’s $600 million acquisition of iVillage, an early Internet company catering to women,
highlights the continuing interest by media companies in adding new Web sites to reach and connect with consumers, hobbyists, parents, investors, car buyers, Scrabble players and virtually every other niche audience.


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On the day Apple revealed its first WiFi-enabled, touchscreen iPod, Microsoft’s rival to Apple’s wildly popular multimedia player got a little less expensive.
The Zune device from Microsoft now costs $199, $50 less than its original price tag. Microsoft announced the price cut on its
Zune Insider blog on Tuesday, a day before Apple was rumored to be introducing new iPod models at an event in San Francisco, which
the company did indeed do.
Naturally, Microsoft did not mention Zune’s arch rival in its blog post, saying that the price cut had been in the works for some time.
“It’s part of the normal product lifecycle, something we’ve had on the books for months,” according to the
blog post. “We just got some research back and customer satisfaction with the 30GB device is really high (around 94 percent) and we expect even more consumers will now want to discover the Zune experience at the new lower price.”
the new iPods introduced by Apple CEO Steve Jobs in San Francisco on Wednesday, that prediction doesn’t seem too likely. The new iPod touch that Jobs unveiled is the first iPod with Wi-Fi capability, one of the differentiators between the current iPod lines and the Zune device, which was launched with Wi-Fi last November. iPod touch also is similar in look and feel to the recently launched
iPhone, and features touchscreen controls that are making Apple’s phone/multimedia device combination a hit with customers.
In other bad news for Zune, Apple on Wednesday also has cut the price on its 80GB iPod from $349 to $249, which makes it only a fraction less expensive than the 30GB Zune. It also has introduced a 160GB iPod for $349. According to Jobs, Apple has sold 110 million iPods to date.
There are rumors that, to compete more aggressively with Apple, Microsoft will introduce new Zune devices by the holidays with new features and form factors, but so far the company has declined to divulge specific details. There have also been hints from executives that
an iPhone rival is in the works. Microsoft has said from the beginning that Zune is a long-term investment, and expects it will take some time before the device will be a worthy competitor to iPod, which has a five-year headstart and Apple’s brand power behind it.