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Green Commuter is a ride sharing service for commuters in Los Angeles that is adding a number of Tesla Model X vehicles to its fleet. Its CEO, Gustavo Occhiuzzo, seems to be channeling Elon Musk when he says, “Current van pool commuters only use their vans between 10 to 15 hours per week. That’s only 6 to 9 percent of the time during any given week, leaving the van unused for the remaining 91 to 94 percent of time.”
He goes on to say, “Green Commuter developed an app that enables the synergy between the van pool and car share systems that will dramatically increase the benefits for all users and maximize the use of the vehicles.” That sounds quite similar to Elon Musk’s remarks recently about the Model X serving as the basis for a minibus that will ease urban congestion. The only thing missing is that Green Commuter’s vehicles will not drive themselves the way Musk’s minibus will.
The Green Commuter software allows its fleet of Model X SUVs to be used by workers traveling to and from their jobs during rush hour. The rest of the time, the vehicles will be used as a car share for all Green Commuter members.
“Angelenos understand traffic and care about the environment. We offer a premium all-electric vanpool option that’s affordable,” says Occhiuzzo. He adds that his company is the first to use only zero emissions vehicles instead of traditional gasoline vans.
The company is launching an Indiegogo campaign this month. If successful, it will allow it to offer its services at discounted rates. The plan is to use the reduced rates as a way of introducing the service to commuters. Package prices will start at $10 an hour and $150 for a weekend rental. Since the vehicles in the fleet seldom get used on weekends, customers will be able to drive one on Saturday and Sunday quite inexpensively for local trips or excursions to Las Vegas.
Green Commuter customers will be able to lease a Model X on a monthly basis, with total commuting costs the same or less than the rates charged by other van pool operators who use traditional vehicles.


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Apple Releases New USB Power Adapter with Folding Pins in the UK
Less than a week ago we saw cyclist Will Carling show off a new USB power adapter with folding pins for the UK, and now it turns out that was just a teaser for the real deal. Apple has now released this ingenious adapter for sale in the UK for £ 25 ($38 USD):
Featuring a new folding-pins, ultra-compact design, this power adapter offers fast, efficient charging at home or on the go. It works with any Apple Watch, iPhone or iPod model.
Here’s a Vine of it in action (via BI):
This USB adapter and its folding pins is for the United Kingdom, Ireland, Hong Kong, Singapore and Malaysia. For those who have travelled to destinations that use these tri-pronged adapters, you know how much bulk they can take up. This new adapter isn’t cheap, but it sure is space-saving.

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Retail Sales: Lower Gas Prices Keep Shoppers Happy
The U.S. Census Bureau announced today that advance estimates of U.S. retail and food services sales for May, adjusted for seasonal variation and holiday and trading-day differences, but not for price changes, were $387.1 billion, a decrease of 0.2 percent (±0.5%) from the previous month, but 7.7 percent (±0.7%) above May 2010.
Total sales for the March through May 2011 period were up 7.5 percent (±0.5%) from the same period a year ago. The March to April 2011 percent change was revised from +0.5 percent (±0.5%) to +0.3 percent (±0.3%). Retail trade sales were down 0.3 percent (±0.5%) from April 2011, but 8.0 percent (±0.7%) above last year. Gasoline stations sales were up 22.3 percent (±1.7%) from May 2010 and nonstore retailers sales were up 15.9 percent (±3.1%) from last year.
Obviously, Oil (NYSE:USO) prices are declining and may actually prove to keep summer retail sales better than originally expected.


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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) – General Motors Co.
Earnings: The nation’s biggest car-maker’s net income is seen falling to 9 cents a share from 58 cents a year ago, according to analysts surveyed by FactSet. Adjusted to exclude one-time items, however, GM is expected to post earnings of 14 cents a share. Hitting or missing this number will likely determine the market’s reaction to the report.
Revenue: Those same analyst see GM reporting first-quarter revenue of $37.48 billion, up 3% from the year-ago quarter. Sales by GM North America, by far the company’s biggest market, are seen coming in at $23.75 billion, also up 3% from a year earlier.
Stock performance: GM shares are currently trading at $34.45. While that’s up 15% from what they fetched a year ago, it’s nearly a 16% drop for the stock since Jan. 1, with most of the slide triggered by a flood of costly vehicle recalls and the lower analyst earnings estimates that accompanied them.
Key issues: GM got off to a rough start this year. January and February car sales in its home market were hit by winter storms. And while sales picked up in March, the improvement was overshadowed by some of the biggest recalls in the auto industry. Faulty ignition switches, blamed for 13 deaths over the past decade, were the biggest headline grabbers, landing CEO Mary Barra in the hot seat this month before two congressional hearings.
Since February, GM has recalled about 7 million cars and SUVs for a variety of problems, the most serious being the ignition switches. The company estimates this and other losses will cost about $1.7 billion, to be charged against its first-quarter results. Investors will be looking at the report for further updates on the recalls, and how much of the cost might spill into subsequent quarters.
But one thing is clear. The high cost of the recalls is making it hard, if not impossible, for GM to hit its earlier 2014 profit goal of $10 billion. It might also result in GM issuing a downward revision to its full-year earnings outlook.
As it stands, analysts polled by FactSet are now looking for GM to earn $3.30 a share in 2014, well off the $4.65 a share they expected at the start of the year.


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Score!!!! And we're not talking World Cup goals here either!
I got my iPhone 4 this morning around 10 a.m. at the Apple store at the Galleria Mall.
I arrived at the mall in the wee hours of the night to wait with hundreds of others to get my new smartphone and report on what was happening for the Sun Sentinel. It's was jubilant insanity! There were hundreds of people waiting both inside and outside the mall with the line stretching deep into the parking garage. Many had coolers and lawn chairs. It made me wonder when the band was arriving.
Galleria management told me there were at least 1,200 people waiting by 7 a.m. Everyone was excited and happy.
"I counted 160 in front of us," said Mark Salazar of Tamarac who arrived at 3:15 a.m. with his son Cory. "The alarm went off at 2 a.m. and here I am." His early arrival paid off as he was at the doors to the mall with hundreds in line behind him.
At exactly 7 a.m., clapping and cheering Apple Geniuses came romping through the mall whoopin' and hollerin' and getting the large crowd fired up for the big event. It seemed more like the celebration dinner on a cruise ship when they bring in the Baked Alaska than a retail event.
Apple employees quickly organized the long line into those who had pre-reservations and those who did not and then escorted those in the front to the a small holding ares in front of the store.
As we waited in line, an Apple employee previewed the lone accessory available, a black rubber bumper that goes around the outside edge of the phone for $29. Employees were not recommending screen protectors, but were pushing the iPhone AppleCare Protection Plan for $69 to protect the precious piece of hardware.
The delivery and set up for the phone took about 20 minutes and then my helper, Phillip, handed me off to Melissa to transfer my contacts.
I'm syncing as we speak.
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Marvel's Midnight Suns: Every playable hero confirmed so far
Marvel's Midnight Suns includes an absolutely stacked roster – with new additions set to be available in the game's Season…
Meta Connect 2022: Every major announcement at the show
Here's everything announced at Meta Connect 2022, including details on the Meta Quest Pro.
EA Motive officially announces Iron Man video game
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Global Payments says data breach investigation turned up a second breach
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Global Payments, the electronic transaction-processing firm which acknowledged a data breach in April related to a suspected 1.5 million payment card numbers, yesterday said its ongoing investigation into that is turning up another issue: "potential unauthorized access to servers containing personal information collected from a subset of merchant applicants."
In a statement it put out, Global Payments said, "It is unclear whether the intruders looked at or took any personal information from the Company's systems; however, the Company will notify potentially-affected individuals in the coming days with helpful information and make available credit monitoring and identity protection insurance at no cost."
In a conference call yesterday, CEO Paul Garcia apologized for the ongoing impact of the incident, saying, "We are outraged by these criminal acts." He said the firm is cooperating with federal law enforcement in the investigation.
The firm, based in Atlanta, says its latest discoveries are not related to the cardholder data breach that was uncovered earlier and strictly concern U.S.-based merchant applicants. The company says it doesn't know if the criminals that accessed the servers really looked carefully at the merchant-applicant data or took it.
Garcia said the data-breach incident has caused "certain card brands" — he didn't identify whether it was Visa, MasterCard or any other -- to remove Global Payments from its list of approved providers in terms of Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standards compliance. Global Payments says it's working on remediation efforts, making changes to its network security, to try and gain PCI DSS compliance approval through a new qualified security assessor that would audit the company's systems. The company said it initially discovered the breach while updating its network.
When asked whether the company thinks more issues will crop up, Garcia said, "We think we're getting to the end of this." The company plans to provide an estimate about the costs of the data breach later in July.
Ellen Messmer is senior editor at Network World, an IDG publication and website, where she covers news and technology trends related to information security.
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Indie Pogo dev now looking into a Switch version
Posted on March 18, 2018 by Brian(@NE_Brian) in News, Switch eShop
The recent announcement of GameMaker Studio 2 support on Switch has been a very big deal. After the news was made known, a number of developers have come forth expressing interest in bringing their games to the console.
Indie Pogo, a fighter featuring a mashup of indie characters, is another title that may end up on Switch. After hearing about the compatibility between the engine and Switch, Lowe Bros. Studios is looking into the possibility. That doesn’t mean a Switch port is officially happening, but it’s a very encouraging first step.
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Google tries to buy its way out of patent problems
$900 Million for Nortel’s patents could put some of its patent questions to an end.
Google (GOOG) and its Android partners are, like the rest of the industry, engulfed in patent disputes from Oracle (ORCL), Nokia (NOK) Apple (AAPL), Microsoft (MSFT) and others over Android, and to lesser degree, Chrome.
As a younger company with only a relatively recent focus on mobile communications, Google has a shallow patent pool from which to fight these battles.
Today, Google announced that they’d try to put some of the patent litigation uncertainties to an end with the purchase of Nortel’s patents. The patents are part of auctions to sell off the assets of bankrupt Canadian communications giant Nortel, which has 6,000 patents to its name.
The agreement includes the planned sale of approximately 6,000 patents and patent applications spanning wireless, wireless 4G, data networking, optical, voice, internet, service provider, semiconductors and other patent portfolios. The extensive patent portfolio touches nearly every aspect of telecommunications and additional markets as well, including Internet search and social networking.
Google says that if it wins the bidding, their hope is that “this portfolio will not only create a disincentive for others to sue Google, but also help us, our partners and the open source community—which is integrally involved in projects like Android and Chrome—continue to innovate.”
This says a few things to me:
- Google is willing to spend a lot on getting up to snuff on patents (All of YouTube cost ‘only’ $1.65B in 2006. Android, estimated in the tens of millions, was a fraction of the price of the patents in 2005.)
- Google wouldn’t spend this figure unless it thought that there was a good chance that patent litigation without it would tally more. (RIM (RIMM) settled with NTP in 2006 for over $600 million – so there is some precedent for huge expenditures.)
- Google also started the opening bid for wireless spectrum, which Verizon eventually won, two years ago. That means that just because Google is first in doesn’t mean that it won’t be outbid.
- Clearly, many of those 6,000 patents won’t be ones applicable to Google’s business, so there could be another patent sale down the road that would mitigate some of these costs. Cisco, HP, Nokia, Siemens and Juniper could all be possible buyers.
- Today is Larry Page’s first day on the job and he’s already spent close to a billion dollars. This seems like a pretty good wager though, especially if it can erase the patent questions around Google and Android.
Google clearly isn’t happy about going down this expensive road. It lead its announcement with this dire assessment of the industry.
The tech world has recently seen an explosion in patent litigation, often involving low-quality software patents, which threatens to stifle innovation. Some of these lawsuits have been filed by people or companies that have never actually created anything; others are motivated by a desire to block competing products or profit from the success of a rival’s new technology. The patent system should reward those who create the most useful innovations for society, not those who stake bogus claims or file dubious lawsuits. It’s for these reasons that Google has long argued in favor of real patent reform, which we believe will benefit users and the U.S. economy as a whole.
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Retailers' hopes of blocking a ban on cigarette displays suffered a blow this week as new figures revealed the number of shops caught selling cigarettes to underage smokers has increased by nearly 50%.
Of 457 retailers across England tested by trading standards officers, 19% were caught selling tobacco to under-18s. This compared to a guilty 13% of the 241 who were tested the previous year, according to the local authority body Lacors.
The worst offenders were independent newsagents, 23% of which were caught making illegal sales.
"This worrying increase shows that retailers are not doing enough to make sure they aren't selling cigarettes to kids," said Lacors chairman Geoffrey Theobald. "This isn't rocket science and it isn't anything new for retailers. If they suspect someone is underage who can't prove otherwise then they must refuse to serve them or face the consequences."
The poor performance by independents was branded unacceptable by the chief executive of the Association of Convenience Stores, James Lowman.
"These figures are a reminder for all retailers to be extremely diligent and vigilant when it comes to tobacco sales," he said.
The figures will undoubtably be picked up by the health lobby as the argument over the proposed ban on displaying tobacco intensifies.
Labour MP Jim Dowd has tabled an early day motion calling on the government to consult with the industry about the effect the ban would have on small shops. Last month the ACS predicted a ban would cost the independent sector £252m.
But the proposed ban has been welcomed in some quarters.
"If we want to continue to bring down smoking rates we need tough action to make sure children cannot get their hands on tobacco products," said David Rogers, chair of the Local Government Association Community Wellbeing Board.


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Meggitt cash call for Dunlop buy
DEFENCE manufacturer Meggitt hit the market with a deeply discounted rights issue today to fund its £408m cash acquisition of the aerospace group Dunlop Standard.
The deal sees venture capital house Doughty Hanson - which also recently floated the Umbro sportswear group - finally get away the sale of Dunlop Standard Aerospace, which has been on its books for nearly a decade.
Dunlop Standard is in fact being broken up. Meggitt is acquiring the design and manufacturing business while Dunlop Standard's engine repair and overhaul business is being sold on to Carlyle, a private equity group that specialises in the defence industry and part-owns the Ministry of Defence's former research business, Qinetiq.
Meggitt today said it is raising £181m through a three-for-seven rights issue at 145p a share, a 45% discount to Friday's closing price of 262 1/2p, near to a three-year high.
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So, it's understandable that everyone is excited now that there are rumours of Sonam having a new man in her life! If the rumour mill is to be believed, Bollywood's favourite fashionista is dating Anand Ahuja, a businessman from Delhi who owns the fashion label Bhane (whose clothes Sonam has been spotted wearing at multiple events—we even featured one of them last month!).
The two were seen together recently at the success party Akshay Kumar threw, partying with various people from Bollywood, as well as Will Smith. If it's true that Sonam's dating Anand, we wish them all the happiness in the world!
P.S.: Shop clothes from Bhane in our edit below!
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Jerry Seinfeld is making Netflix the exclusive home for his new comedic endeavours. The streaming service has signed the comedian to a multifaceted production deal, starting in 2017.
As part of the exclusive pact, new episodes of Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee will arrive exclusively on Netflix in late 2017, as will previous episodes of the Emmy-nominated series. Seinfeld will also film two, all-new stand-up shows, the first arriving later this year. Seinfeld will help develop scripted and non-scripted comedy programming for Netflix, with additional elements of the deal to be announced later.
“Jerry is known the world over as both a great TV innovator and beloved comic voice,” said Ted Sarandos, chief content officer at Netflix. “We are incredibly proud to welcome him to the Netflix comedy family.”
“When I first started thinking about Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee, the entire Netflix business model consisted of mailing out DVDs in envelopes. I love that we are now joining together, both at very different points,” said Seinfeld, who produces, directs and hosts the show. “I am also very excited to be working with Ted Sarandos at Netflix, a guy and a place that not only have the same enthusiasm for the art of stand-up comedy as I do, but the most amazing technology platform to deliver it in a way that has never existed before. I am really quite charged up to be moving there.”
Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee started on the Sony streaming service Crackle four and half years ago.
The Hollywood Reporter has suggested the Jerry Seinfeld deal with Netflix could be worth as much as US$100m.


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Microsoft Launches a Deepfakes Creator at Ignite 2023 Event
In a bold move that is sure to shake up the technology world, Microsoft has unveiled a new deepfakes creator at its Ignite 2023 event. The announcement marks a significant step forward in the development of deepfake technology, which has the potential to revolutionize the way we create and consume digital content.
The deepfakes creator, which is powered by cutting-edge artificial intelligence technology developed by Microsoft, allows users to seamlessly swap faces in videos. This means that with just a few clicks, anyone can create realistic-looking videos that appear to feature individuals who were never actually present. The implications of this technology are far-reaching, with potential applications in entertainment, marketing, and even political propaganda.
According to Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, the deepfakes creator represents a major leap forward in the company’s efforts to democratize AI and make it accessible to people from all walks of life. In his keynote address at Ignite 2023, Nadella emphasized the potential for deepfake technology to empower individuals to express themselves in new and innovative ways.
The deepfakes creator is just one of a number of groundbreaking products and services that Microsoft unveiled at Ignite 2023. The event, which took place in Orlando, Florida, drew thousands of attendees from around the world who were eager to get a firsthand look at the future of technology.
One of the most anticipated announcements at Ignite 2023 was the unveiling of Microsoft’s new cloud computing platform, Azure. This powerful new platform promises to provide businesses with the tools they need to harness the full potential of the cloud, offering unparalleled flexibility and scalability.
In addition to the deepfakes creator and Azure, Microsoft also announced a number of other innovations at Ignite 2023. These included updates to its popular Office 365 suite, as well as new features for its flagship operating system, Windows 11. The company also showcased a range of cutting-edge hardware, including new Surface devices and innovative accessories.
The response to Microsoft’s announcements at Ignite 2023 has been overwhelmingly positive, with industry analysts and technology enthusiasts alike praising the company for its innovative approach to product development. Many have lauded Microsoft for its willingness to push the boundaries of what is possible with technology, and for its commitment to making AI accessible to everyone.
Of course, with the unveiling of the deepfakes creator, there are also concerns about the potential misuse of this powerful technology. Deepfakes have already been used to create realistic-looking videos of public figures saying and doing things that they never actually did. As deepfake technology becomes more advanced and readily available, the potential for widespread misinformation and deception becomes a real concern.
In response to these concerns, Microsoft has emphasized the need for responsible use of deepfake technology. The company has implemented strict guidelines for the use of its deepfakes creator, and has committed to working with law enforcement and other stakeholders to prevent the spread of malicious deepfake content.
As the technology world grapples with the implications of deepfake technology, there is no denying that Microsoft’s new deepfakes creator has the potential to change the way we create and consume digital content. With its powerful AI capabilities and user-friendly interface, the deepfakes creator promises to open up a world of creative possibilities for individuals and businesses alike.
In the coming months and years, it will be fascinating to see how deepfake technology continues to evolve and how it is used in the world of entertainment, marketing, and beyond. With Microsoft leading the charge, it is clear that deepfake technology is here to stay, and that it has the potential to reshape the way we interact with digital media.


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Friday, 23 December 2011
Government to Ban 'Rip-off' Card Surcharges
The government has announced plans to support the Which campaign and ban 'rip off' card surcharges, by confirming that it will implement a ban against excessive card surcharges following the Which surcharge super complaint.
Which submitted a super complaint to the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) in March 2011, asking the regulator to investigate excessive credit and debit card surcharges.
Which were delighted when the OFT upheld their super complaint and the European Parliament agreed to cap debit card surcharges across Europe via an amendment in the Consumer Rights Directive. This is due to come into effect across Europe in June 2014.
The Treasury has now confirmed it will implement the ban on excessive surcharges by bringing the Consumer Rights Directive into effect in the UK by the end of 2012.
Which executive director, Richard Lloyd, welcomed the plans as a victory for consumers saying: 'This announcement goes further than the Office of Fair Trading's proposals, finally putting an end to these unfair and excessive charges.'
Consumers see Contactless as a Stepping Stone to Mobile Payments
Visa Europe launched its second quarterly Contactless Barometer study. The Barometer canvassed perceptions of contactless technologies across the UK, Poland and Turkey, based on surveys of 1,700 banked individuals and in-depth panel sessions with around 500 contactless card owners per market.
Seventy seven per cent of contactless owners across all three markets agreed or strongly agreed that contactless technology would ultimately become more commonplace than cash as a payment method (UK: 73%, Poland: 79%, Turkey: 79%). Eighty seven per cent also agreed that contactless will be instrumental in bringing mobile contactless payments to market in the near future (UK: 84%, Poland: 89%, Turkey: 89%).
InspirePay Launches Online Payment Tool
BOULDER - Startup company InspirePay has launched an Internet payment tool that aggregates Internet commerce choices such as PayPal, Google Checkout and Dwolla in one place.
The Internet payment tool will allow companies to make and receive payments through an online payment page that users can set up themselves, said Mark Fischer, founder and chief executive officer.
"Aggregated under a fully open network with our powerful application programming interface, InspirePay makes it possible for anyone to set up a payment page, brand it, customize it and connect their payment methods," said Mark in a press statement.
HRS Help Airports keep Passengers Moving for the Christmas Get-away
Human Recognition Systems (HRS), the UK's independent leader in biometric solutions, is working hard this Christmas helping UK airports to keep passengers moving.
As the airports face their busiest time of the year with an estimated 4.25 million people travelling over the Christmas and New Year holiday MFlow solutions from HRS make life easier for passengers. Built for the aviation industry its solutions are based on measuring and managing passenger flow.
The key benefit to passengers will be in the airports that have deployed MFlow Journey, which uses non-intrusive facial recognition to help airports address the continuous challenge of understanding and measuring queues. By knowing when queues are becoming a bottleneck the airport can take action to deploy more staff or open more areas. At Gatwick airport MFlow Journey drives the display boards showing queue times, enabling passengers to pick and choose the lane they want to use, so they can get through the security process as quickly as possible and have more time to spend relaxing or shopping.
Richard A. Clarke to Join Identive Board of Directors
Identive Group, Inc. announced that Richard A. Clarke has been appointed to its Board of Directors, effective January 1, 2012.
"Richard Clarke is a true pioneer in crucial areas of cyber security and was amongst the first to call for combining cyber and physical identity management systems. Since the early days of Identive's predecessor Bluehill ID, Dick has been a supporter of our vision to create a company totally focused on Secure ID. He brings to the Board a truly rare blend of strategic vision and a deep understanding of electronic security threats, how they relate to geopolitical issues and the technologies being exploited. It is an honour for Identive to be the first public operating company for which Richard Clarke has become a director," said Ayman S. Ashour, Chairman and CEO of Identive.
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The number of international tourists in Cambodia increased by 24.4 per cent from 2.88 million in 2011 to 3.58 million in 2012, according to data from the Ministry of Tourism.
The most significant increases came from the Kingdom’s closest neighbours.
Laos nearly doubled in visitor numbers to over 250,000 and Thailand, which had declined year on year in 2011 by 21.7 per cent, increased in 2012 by 72.5 per cent to over 200,000 visitors.
Visitors from Vietnam account for the largest group coming to Cambodia, making up 21 per cent of total visitors in 2012.
Tith Chantha, director general of the Ministry of Tourism, said improved transport and rising incomes across ASEAN are increasing travel options for Cambodia and its neighbours.
“Vietnam is number one, but Laos and Thailand are also now increasing because of ease of travel and low visa [restrictions], so neighbouring countries can come any time,” he said.
“Cambodians also go to those countries. Many tourists go to Thailand and to Laos. This intra-regional travel is [happening] more and more.”
This represents a trend across ASEAN, with an increase of 37.5 per cent from 2011 to 2012 of over 1.51 million tourists.
Sinan Thourn, chairman of the Pacific Asia Travel Association, said improved political relations and lighter travel restrictions inter-regionally have had a large impact.
“In the past before 2008, arrivals from Thailand were quite good, but then we had the problems along the borders and it decreased. But after the Pheu Thai win in the general election in Thailand, you have seen the numbers increasing,” he said.
“Due to the policies opening up ASEAN countries, all the ASEAN countries [enable] moving in and out more easily. This will be a key in increasing tourism from ASEAN countries,” he added.
Cambodia continues to be very popular with Chinese tourists, with nearly 334,000 visitors arriving in 2012, an increase of 35.1 per cent from the previous year.
While Europe made just up just17.1 per cent of total visitors in 2012, the rate of increase was up slightly from 10.9 per cent in 2011 to 12.6 per cent in 2012.
Chantha said, “Numbers of Europeans have increased, if you take Russia, for example, it increased around 50 per cent. France, Germany and UK have [also] increased, but the share [of European visitors] is down because the share of the Asia-Pacific is up.”
To contact the reporter on this story: Daniel de Carteret at [email protected]


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Google’s SmartReply, the 4-year previous, A.I.-dependent technological innovation that allows propose responses to messages in Gmail, Android’s Messages, Play Developer Console, and in other places, is now getting produced offered to YouTube Creators. Google declared now the launch of an current variation of SmartReply developed for YouTube which will allow for creators additional effortlessly and swiftly interact with their lovers in the responses.
The aspect is staying rolled out to YouTube Studio, the on-line dashboard creators use to regulate their YouTube existence, look at their stats, increase their channel, and engage fans. From YouTube Studio’s comments segment, creators can filter, check out and answer to feedback from across their channel.
For creators with a big YouTube following, responding to comments can be a time-consuming system. That is exactly where SmartReply aims to enable.
As a substitute of manually typing out all their responses, creators will be able to alternatively click on 1 of the suggested replies to answer to reviews their viewers post. For illustration, if a fan claims a little something about wanting to see what is coming following, the SmartReply attribute may well counsel a reaction like “Thank you!” or “More to appear!”
Compared with the SmartReply characteristic constructed for electronic mail, wherever the technology has to system phrases and quick phrases, the model of SmartReply built for YouTube has to also be able to tackle a extra various established of material — like emoji, ASCII art, or language switching, the enterprise notes. YouTube commenters also normally write-up utilizing abbreviated phrases, slang, and inconsistent use of punctuation. This made it additional tough to put into action the method on YouTube.
Google specific how it overcame these and other specialized difficulties in a publish on its Google AI Weblog, printed nowadays.
In addition, Google stated it desired a process exactly where SmartReply only made tips when it’s hugely likely the creator would want to reply to the comment and when the characteristic is ready to advise a reasonable response. This essential instruction the procedure to determine which reviews should really induce the attribute.
At start, SmartReply is being designed readily available for both English and Spanish comments — and it’s the very first cross-lingual and character byte-primarily based edition of the technological innovation, Google claims.
Simply because of the technique SmartReply is now utilizing, the business thinks it will be capable to make the aspect readily available to quite a few much more languages in the upcoming.


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Uber has hired former Amazon responsible for electronics retail business Jamie Heywood as new regional general manager for northern and eastern Europe, including the UK.
The new executive officer will have a batch of legal battles with London's transport regulator, which decided to strip Uber of its license late last year. The ride-hailing giant has appealed that decision, but the case will not be heard until spring 2018.
Earlier this year, Uber set several safety measures in the UK, including announcing grave incidents to the police and securing private hire vehicle licensing information to users.
Mr Heywood was also CEO of Virgin Mobile in China for three years, before joining Amazon in 2014.


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Twitter Users Can Now Get Paid in Bitcoin, But Not Ethereum
Twitter users with IOS devices will now be able to send and receive tips in bitcoin via the Lightning network, the company said.
- Twitter confirmed rumors that it would be launching a bitcoin tipping function
- The feature will roll out to Apple IOS users first and to Android users in coming weeks
Twitter confirmed rumors Thursday that users will be able to tip each other in bitcoin via the Lightning network.
The program, called Tips, will roll out globally to Apple IOS users first. Android users will be able to access the feature in coming weeks.
“People already drop links to their payment profiles in their bios and in their Tweets,” Esther Crawford, staff product manager at Twitter, wrote in a blog post, Thursday. “Tips makes this easier to do, offering one fixed spot, right on your profile, where you can link to your Cash App, Patreon, Venmo and other platforms where people can support you.”
Speculation that Twitter would be launching the feature began earlier this month when leaked IOS screenshots showing beta build plans circulated.
Users will be able to tip with bitcoin through the Lightning network, a layer-2 payment protocol known for its low transaction fees. Twitter will not collect a fee for transactions made over Tips.
While earlier speculation included talks of an ether tipping option, Twitter’s Thursday announcement did not mention any cryptocurrencies other than bitcoin.
Twitter also announced plans to expand into the non-fungible token space and create a platform that allows users to authenticate and display NFT collections. No formal plans have been outlined yet.
We want everyone on Twitter to have access to pathways to get paid. Digital currencies that encourage more people to participate in the economy and help people send each other money across borders and with as little friction as possible — help us get there,” said Crawford.
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Forget Master Chef, the Indian Ocean in Ashton-under-Lyne is offering three lucky winners the chance to get their recipes featured on the restaurant’s menu.
We're launching a competition to look for the best original, vegetarian and healthy Indian dishes, with the winning entry from each category appearing on the a la carte menu.
Kicking off this week during National Vegetarian Week (NVW) we're calling on our customers and the public to submit their tastiest veggie dishes. We’ll collect entries throughout the week from Monday 23rd– Sunday 29th May then compile a shortlist of our favourites. Customers will then be asked to vote for their favourite through an online poll on our website and Facebook page. The three recipes with the most votes will then go head-to-head in a grand finale tasting event at the restaurant where the Indian Ocean chefs will create the dishes for revellers to taste and crown the winner.
Indian Ocean owner Nahim Aslam hopes the competitions will attract some good entries and maybe even find them a permanent addition to the menu. He said, “We’ve got a very loyal and regular client base who are really passionate about the restaurant and our food. We wanted to give something back to them and give them an opportunity to make a difference at the Indian Ocean. Our customers constantly tell us about the curries they’ve made at home and always ask for recipes and tips; well now we’re asking them for theirs! We know there are some dark horses out there and we’re looking forward to seeing what they come up with.”
By starting the competition during National Vegetarian Week the restaurant hope to encourage people to think a little differently about the food they eat and in particular, Indian food. Nahim explains, “There’s a stereotype around Indian food of being very meat based and in the British market this is true. With the popularity of Chicken Tikka Massala, Lamb Rogan Josh and snacks like Shish Kebabs, Indian food in England is very meat orientated.” Things couldn’t be more different in India itself where a third of the population describe themselves as vegetarian. Nahim continues, “Many authentic and regional Indian dishes are vegetarian, relying heavily on lentils and pulses as well as fruits and vegetables. We hope that our competition might encourage people to try more vegetarian foods and have fun cooking with vegetables.”
To take part in the competition send your suggestions, recipes, pictures and videos to [email protected] or post them on our Facebook page. Entries for the “Create Your Own Vegetarian Curry” will close at 23:59 on Sunday 29th May 2011. Top 10 entries will be announced w/c Monday 6th June on the Indian Ocean website and Facebook page. If your dish makes it to the Top 3 and into the Grand Final the restaurant will contact you personally so remember to include contact details with your entry.


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Profits fall at Zotefoams
Zotefoams which makes polyethylene black foam, on Monday announced a strategic alliance with Sekisui Chemical along with 1999 results showing an expected fall in profits. 'Our new alliance with Sekisui will transform Zotefoams's ability to penetrate new markets around the world with its growing portfolio of high quality block-foam products,' Managing Director Andrew Gingell said in the results statement.
The sales and marketing deal with chemical maker and resin processor Sekisui, which produces roll polyolefin foam, combines the world's leading block and roll foam products to create a 'unique and complementary' product portfolio, Zotefoams added.
Zotefoams's reported pre-tax profits of £5.8 million for 1999, down from £8.0 million the year before as a result of higher raw materials prices and a sharp sales fall in the toys market. The group had issued a profit warning last October.
Turnover fell to £22.4 million from £24.2 million. The group proposed a final dividend of 5.0 pence a share making a total of 7.5 pence, up four percent.
The company's shares were down 2- 1/2 pence or nearly 2% at 131- 1/2 pence at 0900
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January 18th, 2018 – Nami Corporation, a global Fintech Organization on Investment and Technology, has just announced that the proposal to use the DropDeck brand, financial documents, and future development plans are being processed. We are now holding talks on how Nami Corp. may continue to develop a Startup-Investment-focused version of the DropDeck Platform led by its Product Designer Vo Viet Anh under Nami’s Ecosystem.
“The progress of acquiring the DropDeck brand will be finished in the next few days. We will publish further information of the brand acquisition and details of how DDD Holders can convert DDD into NAC on January 23rd, 2018.” – said Mr. Giap Van Dai, Nami’s Founder & CEO.
Nami Corp. is a global FinTech Corporation working on Investment and Technology based on Blockchain. It’s not just a single platform, we have created the whole Ecosystem to help Investors and Traders around the world to utilize their experience and their money too.
Inside our Ecosystem:
DropDeck is a global royalty and debt financing platform for fast growing businesses with a pure smart-contract and token-incentivized mechanism to evaluate and fund businesses worldwide.
This press release includes forward-looking statements regarding future events, such as the Partnership’s ability to successfully complete and integrate the transactions described herein. All forward-looking statements are based on the Partnership’s beliefs as well as assumptions made by and information currently available to the Partnership. These statements reflect the Partnership’s current views with respect to future events and are subject to various risks, uncertainties and assumptions. Actual results may differ materially from those described in the forward-looking statements.


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While Western donors could get HIV drugs delivered to African countries overnight, it often took a month to get them delivered to the patients. Some figured if Coca-Cola can manage to get its soft drinks into the hands of people in even the most remote areas, then maybe there was something to be learned from the soft drink maker. They have learned, including lessons that could benefit Big Pharma as it makes its way into developing countries with lots of promise and little infrastructure.
Coke, along with consultant Accenture, teamed up to share logistics expertise with the Medical Stores Department (MSD) in Tanzania, The Daily Beast reports. Out of the two-year partnership has come a program that has cut delivery times from 30 days to 5 and gotten HIV drugs to 80% of those who seek them, a more than 50% improvement.
The company determined upfront that because of the large variety of drugs to be delivered and the need for many to be refrigerated, it couldn't just truck them into isolated villages itself. Instead it shared expertise in logistics and software, mapping out health facilities and creating a stock-management system. The MSD no longer delivers to 500 warehouses but delivers directly to healthcare facilities where local managers know exactly what they need, just like Coke does with point-of-sale delivery. It wasn't just a software trick, however, the new system had to account for weather and limited infrastructure.
Actually, some in Big Pharma already are looking to so-called Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) companies like Coca-Cola. Earlier this year, CFO Simon Dingemans said GlaxoSmithKline ($GSK) had squeezed 10 days, and costs, out of its supply chain process by making improvements in its IT systems, manufacturing layout and making use of FMCG practices.
Creating a single end-to-end supply chain, "much like you would find in any of the major FMCG companies around the world" allows the company to drive the speed of response, drive the costs lower and particularly to drive cash and the working capital out of the process, he told analysts.
- read The Daily Beast's story
Being more like Coca-Cola takes days out of GSK's pharma supply chain
Distribution, supply chain key to Eli Lilly's China expansion


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The 18th edition of Cosmoprof Asia has kick-started at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center today. The three-day exhibition (November 13-15, 2013) hosts 2,168 exhibitors from 43 countries and regions, representing a 10 percent growth compared to last year. According to the organisers, the exhibition area has increased to over 76,000 square metres this year. More than 55,000 visitors in all areas of cosmetics and personal care, spa and wellness, packaging and contract manufacturing, together with professional hair are expected to participate in the event. For the first time, a new sector dedicated to “Nail & Accessories” will bring together 128 brands and companies to display the latest in nail art, decorative techniques, nail products and tools.
Twenty-two national and group pavilions, which include the largest-ever Korean pavilion – a collection of 190 companies in skincare, make-up, nail, personal care, formulation and packaging solutions are participating in the exhibition. Leading cosmetics manufacturing countries such as France and Italy have also expanded their group size registering the highest number of exhibiting companies. At the same time, the large Asian participants – China, Korea and Taiwan – are prominently represented.
“International Nail Days,” a three-day programme designed to connect nail professionals to foster exchange and networking will also be a highlight of the event. On November 14, local and international beauty bloggers will come together, virtually or in person, at the media event “Let’s Connect with International Beauty Bloggers” to demonstrate nail art creations, review the latest mix-and-match fashion style, “live” blog their hot picks and share personal tips with the audience. On the same day, the top 10 most-liked winners of the “Like my Nails” facebook contest will be invited onstage to display their creations and receive their award. The International Nail Days will also hold the “Hong Kong Professional Nailist Union Competition 2013” organised by the Hong Kong Professional Nailist Union.
Over 150 one-to-one networking meetings are scheduled to take place during the fair between international buyers and suppliers through the International Buyer Programme. This year’s International Buyer Programme facilitates contact between exhibitors and selected distributors and importers from Australia, China, India, Japan and New Zealand. The new focus country is the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
There will be two hair shows organised by Intercoiffure (ICD) China and SHISEIDO PROFESSIONAL. More than 2,000 hairdressers and salon owners from across the world will meet at Cosmoprof Asia for the hair performance.
On the first day of the exhibition, Intercoiffure China (ICD) will host the theme show “Intercoiffure, Vision of the Elite”. Klaus Peter Ochs, President of Intercoiffure Mondial; Joakim Roos, Art Director of ICD; Yasunori Shichijoh from Japan; and artists from Hong Kong and China will showcase their artistic vision, creativity and sense of vogue in a three-hour non-stop performance. On November 14, SHISEIDO PROFESSIONAL will stage “Beauty Odyssey Hair Show” to represent the start of a new journey for inspirations that lead to next level of beauty. SHISEIDO PROFESSIONAL iconic hair and make-up artist Tadashi Harada and his team, together with the creative teams from Beijing Hair Culture and Hair Corner of Hong Kong, will unveil the next trends in creative hairstylings.
Held alongside the exhibition will be educational sessions that provide insight into important topics with an exciting line-up of industry veterans and speakers. Added to this year’s agenda are the “Self-Service, High-Tech Beauty – East meets West in the Beauty Devices Market” seminar presented by the US industry analyst Kline & Company, as well as the regulatory session “Overview of the latest Cosmetic Import Regulations – China & Europe” organised in cooperation with Hong Kong Cosmetic Technical Resources Centre.
The sixth “Cosmoprof Asia Spa Conference” will look into the operational and marketing aspects of a spa business, including a keynote presentation by Susie Ellis, President of Spafinder Wellness, Inc. and CEO/Chairman of Global Spa and Wellness Summit (USA), on “Top Ten Global Spa & Wellness Trends”. The “International Cosmetic Conference 2013: Seize the Opportunities of Cosmetic Channel Sales in China” analyses the characteristics of and the changes in both distribution channels and consumer needs, giving businesses wanting to expand into China a better understanding of the market. “Japan market: Consumer Needs and Sales Channel” will offer insight into the Japanese cosmetics market, providing an overview of consumer trends in Japan through an analysis of social media dedicated to cosmetics. Beautystreams, the leading trend source for the beauty and packaging industries, will also share insights on “Finding Equilibrium: Autumn/Winter 2014/15 Forecast Trends”
“This is the biggest Cosmoprof Asia ever. The strong turnout is indicative of the importance of the show for the region, and of the Asian cosmetics market to brands and suppliers from all over the world.” said Michael Duck, Director, Cosmoprof Asia.
Duccio Campagnoli, President of BolognaFiere Group, stated: “Cosmoprof Asia continues to expand, innovate and remains the unique Asian Pacific event for the professional beauty industry. We are proud to provide a unified platform that continues to meet the needs of the global beauty industry."


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The Huawei P20, expected to be revealed on March 27th, has just been teased in official videos that show off that potentially legendary triple camera.
Both videos reveal the phone being used as a camera but with very little detail except to compare it to an SLR camera. Yup, lofty claims here.
The first video says the Huawei P20 will offer brighter pictures while the second says it will let you ”see closer”. So expect one of those three camera lenses to offer a high pixel count for digital zoom and the other to feature a low aperture number for letting in lots of light.
Other leaked specs have pointed towards a screen like the iPhone X with a notch on its 5.84-inch form which runs edge-to-edge with minimal bezel.
The Huawei P20 is apparently coming in three versions: P20, P20 Lite and P20 Pro. Each also looks set to get a nice selection of colours, according to TechRadar. The leaked images show the Huawei P20 Pro in Black, Blue and Twilight, along with the standard P20 in Black, Blue and Pink-Gold, plus the P20 Lite in Black, Blue and Pink.
Rumours suggest the P20 will cost about £605 while the P20 Pro should be around £800 and the P20 Lite should come in at roughly £330 – each with specs to reflect that variance. Expect to hear more as leaks continue ahead of that 27th of March reveal date.


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Retail and payment technology, Gilbarco Veeder-Root (GVR) Retail Solutions, is rebranding as Invenco by GVR.
The company announced the news on July 12. The name change incorporates GVR’s recent acquisition of Invenco and will combined GVR’s retail solutions business with technology from Invenco. As a global leader in the payments and c-store industries, Invenco by GVR aims to be the operating system for convenience retail by providing retailers with agile technology solutions that will allow them to increase productivity and drive consumer engagement.
“We continuously strive to better serve convenience retailers in new, innovative ways,'' said Karthik Ganapathi, president of Invenco by GVR. “As Invenco by GVR, we will be the operating system for convenience retailers. Invenco by GVR reflects our overarching strategy to connect, manage, and scale convenience retail and the mobility ecosystem. We couldn't be more excited about the incredible opportunities that lie ahead as we redefine convenience together with our customers.”
“Invenco by GVR has a global footprint with industry-leading point-of-sale systems, payment solutions, site automations, workflows, and cloud services. These solutions will be integrated into the ground-breaking iNFX retail operating system to enable digital agility and rapidly deploy new capabilities to our customers,” reads a press release by the company.
Invenco by GVR’s technology can already be found in nearly 165,000 connected devices across 50,000 convenience stores in more than 50 countries.
As part of the rebranding, Passport, Orpak, Insite360 and DOMS will also be a part of the Invenco by GVR brand moving forward. These offerings will begin integrating with Invenco's operating system, iNFX. With products and solutions offered from Invenco by GVR, customers can easily introduce new consumer features, manage changes, navigate regulations, manage sites and assets remotely, and scale operations rapidly.
Gilbarco Veeder-Root has over 150 years in the retail-solutions industry. Its customers include retailers within the convenience and forecourt industries. Major product lines include fuel dispensers, pump media, point-of-sale systems, payment systems, tank gauges and fleet management systems.


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Apple is facing allegations from Australian unions of forcing employees into a new enterprise agreement without proper consultation. The tech giant will be taken to the Fair Work Commission (FWC) on Friday over the accusation.
Two unions – the Australian Services Union (ASU) and the Shop, Distributive, and Allied Employees’ Association (SDA) – criticised Apple for purportedly impeding union leaders from giving advice to Apple employees on the matter.
Both labour groups said Apple’s proposed 2.5% minimum rate increase does not keep pace with inflation and that there was a lack of rostering protections to secure workers’ well-being.
Apple, however, maintained that it compensates workers sufficiently and even includes annual stock grants into the compensation package. Despite criticism from labour groups, the tech giant said it remains open to consulting with its employees.
“Throughout this process, Apple has not set any deadlines and we will continue to hold regular meetings to share and encourage feedback,” the company said.
The unions stated that Apple tried to rush employees into prematurely accepting an enterprise bargaining deal after their request for further consultation and a deadline extension to 19 August was allegedly rejected by Apple.
The complainants feared Apple’s decision to rush workers towards accepting the new deal could potentially reduce the salaries of more than 4,000 employees.
SDA National Secretary Gerard Dwyer alleged Apple only provided staff with copies of the draft agreement on 3 August. He added that the company had their first meeting about a week later, and that the two unions were not invited to the meeting.
“We are trying to play catch up here with a company that's throwing its weight around with its workforce, operating with undue haste,” Dwyer said, pointing to Apple’s supposed unethical treatment of workers. This eventually prompted the unions to take Apple to the FWC.
Meanwhile, ASU Assistant National Secretary Emeline Gaske said Apple’s proposed agreement “would leave mostly young people working up to 60 hours without overtime”.
Gaske added: “Apple’s actions are out of step with the community’s expectations.”


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Windows 8.1 machines running Android apps to descend upon CES 2014?
Could the sagging adoption numbers and legions of people who are clinging to Windows XP and Windows 7 be pacified by a machine that runs Windows 8.1 but is capable of supporting Android apps? It sounds like we'll soon find out. You might hear the ...
Why Microsoft Must Embrace Android to Save Windows
Rumor: Asus, others readying PCs that run Windows, Android apps
Big PC makers aim Android at the heart of Microsoft


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The Pet Food Institute issued a statement June 30 in response to the Environmental Working Group's study of the amount of fluoride in 10 national brands of dog food, saying the report "makes a scientifically invalid extrapolation on the safe consumption level of fluoride for dogs based upon the established level for the water that people drink" and that it includes no new research beyond its own test results.
According to EWG, the study showed that eight of the brands contained fluoride amounts between 1.6 and 2.5 times higher than the US Environmental Protection Agency's maximum legal dose in drinking water . The EWG questioned whether the levels of fluoride found in the foods were safe for pets.
"The biology of humans is very different from the biology of dogs," the PFI said in the statement, calling the report "high on sensationalism, low on fact."
The EWG also claimed that bone meal and animal by-products were the "likely source of the fluoride contamination" and suggested that dog owners purchase petfoods that do not contain bone meal and other animal by-products to "protect pets from excessive fluoride exposures."
"Many petfood products contain bone meal and other animal by-products because they are critical sources of quality nutrition for dogs," the PFI's statement read. "Bone meal and other animal by-products are allowed for use in dog food by the US Food and Drug Administration and the US Department of Agriculture, the same agencies that regulate human foods."
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Weekly Update on Halo: Reach a little early this week, which is probably a good thing because there's a lot to take in. First and foremost, the update lists nearly every item available in Forge -- including their cost -- allowing budding map designers a chance to start their planning phase a little early. There's also a bunch of new graphical filters to choose from, including the nifty "Pen & Ink" filter seen above.
If that's not enough for you, the update also details the return of Race mode (now with landmines!), assassination animations (there are over 40 in Reach) and details how you can win one of the Noble Team statues displayed at E3. Check out a behind the scenes video on the creation of said statues after the break.


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Way back in October, we heard from anonymous sources that when the Sony PSP2 debuted, it would boast the horsepower of an Xbox 360. It sounds like Sony didn’t like being compared to an arch-rival console, because they’re now going around trying to put forward a very different, yet very similar, message: the PSP2 will be as powerful as the PlayStation 3.
According to MCV, Sony reps are making the rounds to developers, trying to sell them on the new (and still unofficial) handheld console by saying it’s got the same oomph as a PS3. That’s probably a bit hyperbolic, but Sony’s got a hard sell on their hands: the Nintendo 3DS‘s release is imminent, and PSP sales have never been nearly as good as DS sales.. and they’ve been totally in the toilet for the PSP Go.
In addition to PS3-type horsepower, the PSP2 will allegedly have an app store of sorts, and downloadable content is going to be a major part of the PSP2 sales model, although gamers will still be able to buy physical PSP2 media. Release date is still unknown, but it’s rumored that the PSP2 probably won’t come out until closer to the holidays.
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CPI comes in at 5.3% in August. Should RBI bring any change to policy rates? Here's what analysts think
Inflation rates are likely to decline till at least November this year due to base effect, and is likely to get closer to RBI's target, according to India Ratings.
The Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation fell to 5.3% in August from 5.59% the previous month. The retail inflation stayed within the Reserve Bank of India's comfort range for the second month.
Retail inflation declined due to strong base effect and moderate food price pressures. The inflation figure came within 6% in July after being above 6% for two months.
It is the seventh consecutive month the rate is in excess of 5% and the 23rd month that it is in excess of RBI's target, 4%.
Most sub-segments in food prices fell, barring oil and fats. Among non-food categories, most eased except clothing, footwear and housing.
"Retail inflation has once again dropped in August to a four-month low. Along with this, other high-frequency indicators are also picking up, reflecting the gathering momentum of the recovery," Nirmala Sitharaman, finance minister, said in a tweet.
According to India Ratings, inflation rates are likely to decline till at least November this year due to base effect, and is likely to get closer to RBI's target.
"Favourable base effects are expected to soften inflation readings to 5% in the fourth quarter, lending downside risks to the RBI’s projection for this quarter and the next. The inflation tailwind will allow the central bank to remain accommodative at the October policy review, with a bigger focus on liquidity management via absorption measures," Radhika Rao, economist at DBS bank said.
However, the inflation trend is unlikely to bring any change in key policy rates this year. Most analysts expect the RBI to remain focused on growth as inflationary concerns remain under check.
"With the monetary reaction function currently hinging more on growth revival becoming sustainable, the RBI (Reserve Bank of India) is unlikely to change key policy rates this year and the focus will be more on surplus liquidity management," said Madhavi Arora, lead economist at Emkay Global Financial Services, in a note.
According to Anand Rathi Securities, the inflation, for the next two quarters, will be lower than what has been guided by the RBI, reducing the pressure to start normalise rates soon. During this calendar year, the brokerage expects the central bank to hold rates and maybe early next year there will be some level of normalization in the policy rates.
On a sequential basis, pipeline forces remain under watch, particularly due to the domestic fuel tax rigidity, service reopening gains and passthrough of higher costs on account of supply bottlenecks alongside firm input prices, Rao said.
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7-Eleven’s Latest Brain Freeze: Diet Coke Cherry Slurpee Debuts
Coming, coming, came. The Diet Coke Cherry Slurpee has officially arrived, just in time for spring. According to USA Today, Wednesday is the day that the highly anticipated frozen beverage finally hits stores, and Diet Coke lovers are breathing a sigh of relief. Consumers have long been visiting 7-Eleven locations to satisfy their Slurpee needs, but up until now, they have been unable to get their hands on the frozen version of the one of their favorite soft drinks: Diet Coke.
USA Today reports that it took the Coca-Cola Co. (NYSE:KO) 31 years to finally perfect a way to blend its low-cal Diet Coke into a tasty Slurpee. It was harder to crack the code on the Diet Coke Slurpee than on other varieties because of the different flavors and ingredients that go into the zero-calorie cola. Now, the Diet Coke Cherry frozen beverage will be available at 7-Eleven stores across the country under the Slurpee brand name, although the Diet Coke Slurpee will become Diet Coke Cherry Frost in late May. That is when convenience chains and retailers outside of 7-Eleven will begin selling the frozen drink.
It’s not entirely surprising that Coke has boosted its Diet Coke Slurpee efforts in recent years, considering the Atlanta-based chain has suffered disappointing sales as of late thanks to health-conscious consumers’ turn away from sugar-laden drinks. Like its rival PepsiCo (NYSE:PEP), Coke has worked to push its low-cal options on consumers, but domestic and international sales have still taken a turn for the worse. Even sales of Diet Coke have dropped on account of consumers’ leeriness over artificial sweeteners such as aspartame, but Coke is still hoping this latest offer is one naysayers can simply not pass up.
It’s safe to say that Coke is hoping that Diet Coke Slurpee can come in to save the day. With spring and summer finally within reach, convenience stores are expecting to see heavier traffic from consumers looking for a way to cool down. Slurpees have proven to be a popular frozen drink that customers tend to splurge on, but now that a Diet Coke Cherry option is available that only packs 30 calories and 12 grams of carbs, shoppers may not even consider it a splurge at all. 7-Eleven already carries another diet Slurpee option in the Slurpee Lite Fanta Sugar-Free Mango, but Diet Coke is expected to enjoy even more fanfare than the current Sugar-Free Mango drink.
According to USA Today, in order to spread the news about the Diet Coke Slurpee, 7-Eleven is offering consumers a free coupon from its 7-Eleven app. Nancy Smith, 7-Eleven’s senior vice president of fresh foods and proprietary beverages, told the publication that customers can text “DietCoke” to 711711 for a free small Slurpee download. 7-Eleven is considered the perfect location to serve frozen drinks because customers often visit the company’s more than 7,800 U.S. stores for their many needs, according to Stuart Kronauge, general manager of sparkling beverages at Coca-Cola North America, who told USA Today that 7-Eleven is “a setting famous for delivering frozen perfection.”


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The bacteria used to make tequila just got a new job: creating the molecules naturally produced by the cannabis plant, such as THC and CBD.
Farmako, a biotech firm based in Frankfurt, Germany, filed an international patent for the genetically-modified microorganisms in February. The bacteria, Zymomonas mobilis, is one of the key ingredients for manufacturing tequila. In the tequila-making process, the bacteria convert glucose — or sugar — into booze.
Farmako’s weedy version of the bug, which it dubbed Zymomonas cannabinoidis, turns sugar into THC. Or CBD. Or any of the 100+ cannabinoids found in cannabis.
“With one production run, we can produce cannabinoids for 900 hours without interruption,” said Farmako’s co-founder and Chief Science Officer, Patrick Schmitt, in a press release. “For example, 4.5 kilograms of THC


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Final week the U.S. Congress handed the Inflation Discount Act, a sweeping 730-page invoice that addresses a number of points of the American financial system, together with taxation, healthcare, and local weather change. Whereas the ultimate invoice is significantly much less formidable than the unique imaginative and prescient in President Biden’s $1.7 trillion failed “Construct Again Higher” plan, it nonetheless represents a serious development in preventing local weather change and defending the setting.
The $745 billion laws comprises grants and incentives to decrease the price of clear vitality and scale back carbon emissions 40% by 2030. A key goal of the invoice is to displace fossil fuels in transportation, electrical energy, and industrial sectors.
Funding for local weather change and vitality safety will quantity to $369 billion over 10 years. A further $4 billion is slated for drought resiliency within the western states. A 15% minimal tax on companies will finance the local weather initiatives. The Act’s applications go into impact in 2023.
Following are among the highlights.
The brand new laws will invigorate the manufacturing of electrical automobiles corresponding to this BrightDrop supply van for FedEx.
The invoice provides incentives to bolster rural clear vitality with $14 billion devoted to varied grant and mortgage applications, together with:
Corporations that buy electrical medium and heavy-duty vehicles — together with long-haul freight — can make the most of tax credit starting in January 2023. The credit additionally apply for purchasing and putting in battery-charging infrastructure. The invoice allocates funds for growing home manufacturing of batteries and different electrical car parts, thereby creating jobs. Most batteries and associated components are at the moment manufactured outdoors the U.S.
The EV buy tax credit score covers both the car’s incremental price — e.g., the value distinction between a diesel truck and the electrical counterpart — or 30% of the acquisition value, whichever is much less. The motivation is capped at $40,000 per car. The infrastructure credit score offers as much as $100,000 per charger.
The brand new incentives will doubtless invigorate the struggling American EV manufacturing sector. Final month Amazon started the rollout of its Rivian-manufactured EV last mile delivery vans in 12 U.S. cities. Regardless of Rivian’s setbacks and disappointing monetary outcomes, Amazon (an investor) plans to have 100,000 Rivian supply automobiles by the tip of 2030. Rivian can promote these automobiles solely to Amazon for the 4 years afterward.
Final month Walmart introduced a deal to purchase 4,500 EVs from American producer Canoo. Walmart has additionally ordered 5,000 BrightDrop EV supply vans. BrightDrop has additionally bought EVs to FedEx.
One other provision of the Inflation Discount Act makes obtainable (till September 2027) $3 billion in grants and rebates to port authorities and marine terminals to buy and set up zero-emission cargo-handling tools.
Shoppers stand to learn as nicely. The laws contains tax credit of $7,500 and $4,000 for, respectively, new and used U.S.-manufactured EVs. The credit apply to vehicles, vans, and SUVs priced underneath $80,000 and automobiles underneath $55,000 — for households with adjusted gross incomes under $300,000. Warmth pumps, rooftop photo voltaic, electrical HVAC, and water heaters are additionally eligible for rebates.
To encourage extra renewable vitality, Congress prolonged current wind and photo voltaic tax credit for 10 years. Photo voltaic and wind amenities that present at the least 50% of the vitality in low-income communities are additionally eligible.
The laws adopts a optimistic stance in direction of nuclear energy crops, reversing a historical past of shutdowns. It contains incentives to postpone the retirement of nuclear crops, that are sources of zero-carbon electrical energy.
By incentives, the invoice will decrease the price of carbon capture technology for energy crops and industrial amenities. Oil and fuel firms that emit above a sure stage of methane would pay an escalating charge until they scale back emissions under sure thresholds. It’s the one provision that immediately taxes air pollution.
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It seems the success of the Ferrari FF, the production of which for this year has already been sold out, will affect the 599 GTB Fiorano as well. But in a good way, since it is being reported that Ferrari has cancelled the original plans for a 599 facelift and instead build an all-new car as a replacement. The plan was revealed by Motor Trend magazine, which noted that the new car will be derived from the FF featuring a mightier punch in the performance division. Ferrari plans to launch the new car in late 2012.
The car's naturally aspirated V12 engine will reportedly develop around 700 horsepower and will be based on the FF's 6.3-liter unit, using direct injection in order to be more fuel-efficient than the current 599. Aside from the power increase of around 80 horsepower, the 599's successor will be also lighter, due to the use of an aluminum frame made up of 20 different alloys.
It seems Ferrari will stick with aluminum, although Lamborghini and McLaren have switched to carbon fiber. The magazine quotes Ferrari technical director Roberto Fedeli who admits the car will use some composite panels as well.
The new 599 will make use of a seven-speed dual-clutch transmission and a multi-link rear axle as is the case with the California, 458 and FF. The car will also benefit from the fitting of an electronic differential on the rear-axle, which will allow for greater handling flexibility according to the Manettino's position.
In tune with its performance-oriented character, the 599 replacement will not have all-wheel-drive like the FF. However, AWD could be offered as an option on the California in 2013.
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Paymentology appoints new Global Head of Marketing
Paymentology appoints Nadia Benaissa as Global Head of Marketing, bringing 20 years of fintech marketing experience to spearhead global expansion.
Global Processing Services (GPS) makes two key hires
Global Processing Services (GPS) announces Jim McCarthy as EVP & Global Head of Sales and Product, and Kevin Fox as Chief Revenue Officer.
Intel appoints Alexis Crowell as managing director for the Asia Territory
Intel appoints Alexis Crowell as Managing Director for Asia Territory, aiming to deepen local partnerships and drive digital transformation.
Intel appoints Alexis Crowell as Managing director
Intel appoints Alexis Crowell as managing director for Asia Territory, with a focus on digital transformation and local developer engagement. #Intel #Asia.
CleverTap appoints Anand Venkatraman as Chief operating officer
CleverTap, a user retention platform, appoints Anand Venkatraman as COO, bringing his two decades of experience from Freshworks, Akamai, and Microsoft.
Panasonic appoints Atsushi Sugishima as Director
Atsushi Sugishima has been appointed as the new managing director at Panasonic Asia Pacific, responsible for driving corporate value in the region.
Navégalo builds on ranking as a top data center provider in LATAM
Navégalo is able to provide quality services at an excellent price for all companies with operations anywhere in Central America.
Blue Wireless expands 5G portfolio into the Americas
Blue Wireless expands its 5G portfolio and enters the Americas market, bringing its total reach to 61 countries.
Flexenclosure polishes off CenturyLink's new Ecuador data center
The custom-designed data center was pre-fabricated, pre-integrated and fully tested in Sweden before being shipped to Ecuador.
Hyperscale data center market worth USD$80.65 billion by 2022
Exploding demand fuels hyperscale data centre rise, market to hit $80.65bn by '22, says MarketsandMarkets report.
Facebook introduces slimmed down version of its Android app
Facebook Lite debuts for Android users, offering the quintessential social experience on 2G or shaky networks with minimal data use.
Founding Wynyard CTO to lead Crime Science Research Institute
Wynyard Group has appointed founding Chief Technology Officer, Roger Jarquin, to lead the company’s Crime Science Research Institute in New Zealand.
Shining light Lenovo records $8.7 billion sales
PC-maker records growing sales to defy struggling PC market, becoming the number one vendor in the laptop industry.


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Infineon Technologies promises to significantly reduce the power consumption of numerous consumer products and portable computing devices operating in standby mode with a new chip.
Standby power consumption of devices equipped with the new Coolset F3 chip is one-third lower than that of competitors' products, said the German chip maker this week.
The chip also enables the production of smaller, lighter power supply units.
The Coolset F3 chip can improve the power efficiency in numerous products, including DVD players, LCD (liquid crystal display) television sets and digital video cameras, as well as the power supply units of notebooks and other portable devices, Infineon said.
The chip, for example, achieves standby power consumption of 100 milliwatts in a DVD player designed to use 30 watts of power, according to Infineon.
European Union guidelines allow standby power consumption up to a 500 milliwatts for devices consuming between 15 and 50 watts.
Initially, Infineon will offer the chip for devices requiring up to 100 watts of power.
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Shares of electric and allied vehicles extended their losses in the week ending April 22, with the market leading Tesla, inc. TSLA Violating the downtrend and closing above the key psychological $1,000 level. Meanwhile, the Chinese trio listed in the United States fell sharply amid delisting problems and the coronavirus unrest in China.
Here are the most important events that occurred in the electric vehicle space during the week:
Tesla Premium Earnings, Shanghai Resume, and More: Despite supply chain challenges, Tesla comfortably reported first-quarter results that beat expectations. Auto margins rose to a record high, helped in part by an unexpected increase in regulatory credits.
Leading the management of Tesla CEO Elon Musk He sounded optimistic and confirmed the 50% growth forecast for deliveries. On the call, Musk suggested that he expects the Tesla robot to be worth more than the company’s self-driving business. He also said that Robotaxi is likely to reach production in 2024 and will be a massive driver of Tesla’s growth.
After the impressive results, Standard & Poor’s said it is considering upgrading the company to investment grade later this year.
Related link: Why this analyst thinks Tesla’s growth could “shock Wall Street” for several years
In another positive catalyst, Tesla restarted Giga Shanghai after a prolonged shutdown, although the slope is expected to be gradual. The Chinese plant is said to be operating at 72% of capacity and is expected to be operating at full capacity in May.
It has nothing to do with the Tesla EV project, Musk is rapidly advancing to develop the social media platform Twitter, Inc. TWTR. In an updated 13D file, the Tesla CEO suggested he had commitments of approximately $46.5 billion for the proposed purchase of Twitter.
Li Auto has been added to the SEC’s potential deletion list: Li Auto, Inc. LI It is named in the SEC list specified within the scope Foreign Holding Companies Accounting Act. The inclusion was because the company’s accounting firm did not open its books to American Public Company Accounting Oversight Board.
If the company continues to identify the same problem for three years, it faces the possibility of delisting from US stock exchanges.
RELATED LINK: Elon Musk’s Starlink inks deal with their first airline customer: What you need to know
Ford announces the Lincoln Star EV: Ford Motor Company F The luxury brand Lincoln unveiled the Lincoln Star EV SUV globally this week. The company said three new Lincoln-branded electric cars will be launched by 2025. The company said more than half of Lincoln’s global volume will be complete by this time. A fourth model will be added by 2026.
Renault considers the electric car offer: French car industry Renault SA RNLSY It is reported to be considering spinning off its electric vehicle business, with a possible initial public offering in 2023. However, the proposed plan is subject to approval by its consortium partner. Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. NSANY.
Lexus launches RZ SUV: Toyota Motor Corporation TM The luxury brand Lexus has launched for the first time the globally available BEV model from Lexus. The first model to be launched will be the 2023 RZ 450e, with Lexus planning full electrification by 2035.
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2 Years Strong: Fems Aya’s Dedication to Empowering Women and Girls on the Island
Fems Aya, the nationwide initiative of Fems – a leading Hygiene Care brand of Hemas Consumer Brands, is celebrating its second anniversary of impacting lives and communities by offering awareness on menstrual health and equal access to low-cost, high-quality sanitary napkins. The purposeful initiative was first launched on International Women’s Day – March 8th, 2021.
Since then, Fems Aya has covered 18 regions across Sri Lanka, spreading awareness on proper menstrual health and hygiene to local communities, including rural villages, plantation workers, corporate offices, and the youth, and making affordable sanitary napkins affordable to all. The programme has already reached over 10,000 girls and women. Moreover, the initiative is also designed to help educate men on menstruation as they play a crucial role in normalizing the conversation and breaking the stigma surrounding the topic.
As a leading hygiene brand, Fems is deeply committed to the Fems Aya mission of creating a safer and healthier environment for all Sri Lankan women by continuously raising awareness about menstrual health and hygiene amongst all Sri Lankans.


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21st February 2017
Ford has released details of the innovative parcel shelf used in its new Ecosport SUV model. The shelf uses a recycled paper honeycomb material that gives the shelf its very high strength but low weight.
“The hexagonal design of honeycomb is a testament to nature’s ingenuity,” says Mike Mazzella, Ford EcoSport assistant chief engineer. “Not only is it strong, it’s superlight. Customers can slide the shelf into multiple different slots like an oven rack; even store it on the back of the seats. It helps make EcoSport super-flexible in everyday use.”
Resin-reinforced honeycomb has a truly phenomenal strength-to-weight ratio. The shelf weighs a scant 6 pounds (2.7kg), yet it is rated to handle nearly 700 pounds (318kg) across a 38.5-inch by 25.25-inch surface. In other words, this slip of a shelf can hold surprisingly heavy items with Ford giving the example of five bags of concrete mix (94 pounds each).
For years, honeycomb has been used to create the strong structure under the skins employed in high-end sporting equipment like skis, as well as aerospace frames. To create the adjustable floorboard for the all-new Ford EcoSport, a layer of hexagon-shaped cells made of 100 percent recycled paper and water-based glue is sandwiched between two layers of composite material. It’s able to hold more than 100 times its six pound weight in cargo.


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We are proud members of ISPA
Kibo Connect (Pty) Ltd is a proud member of the Internet Service Providers’ Association of South Africa (ISPA). Recently, in a press release, the ISPA chairman, André van der Walt highlighted “Consumers should be on the lookout for the mark of trust that is the ISPA logo when searching for Internet access services. If your provider does not display this logo, then you should be asking what recourse you will have if services are not delivered as expected.”
ISPA further stated that “ISPA’s status as a recognised industry body means the government is satisfied that consumers will receive good service and accountability because ISPA members must abide by a mandatory Code of Conduct and, among other things, fully comply with a variety of licensing and registration requirements, as well as provisions to protect customer records.”
We are provide quality Business Internet (FTTB) and Voice services and take the ISPA Code of Conduct very seriously. All our business processes and systems align with these industry standards and we are committed to providing outstanding customer service. We proudly display the ISPA logo on the footer of our website www.kiboconnect.co.za to verify that we are members of the association that is the only industry body recognised by the South African government under the Electronic Communications and Transactions Act.


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Simulating plant dynamics
Sep 09, 2014 by CGP Staff
Researchers from the University of Southern California have developed a system that can create simulation-ready plants from standard 3D plant geometry in a matter of minutes. It also features plant fracture capabilities, inverse kinematics to easily pose plants, as well as interactive design of plant material properties. More information and sample videos on USC’s website.


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ACMA at Interpack - A new customer oriented era
At Interpack ACMA will showcase its solutions focused on flexibility and waste reduction, to guarantee efficiency and meet the market’s requests.
The offer for the confectionery market will include the CW 600 F, the latest addition to the multi-style machine family, and the CW 800 R, for round chocolates, heir of the well-known and reliable 880UNI. For the tea sector, ACMA will present the TD 300, the latest addition to the double chamber bag packaging range, with a renewed design, enhanced performance and a new unique packaging format. Last but not least, a coffee line: ACMA will showcase the QW 200-H and the QC 60 dedicated to the secondary packaging.
Machines will not be the only protagonists at the stand: ACMA will hold a seminary to share its know-how on material saving applications.
Keep up with the latest industry trends within packaging and industrial process solutions - Coesia offers a full schedule with a variety of impressive technology tips and knowledge seminars.
Check out the agenda and sign up here!
Interpack, Dusseldorf, 4-10 May 2017
Come visit us at Coesia booth, E-D 31/57