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• From the Wall Street Journal:
"Amazon.com Inc. posted its first quarterly loss in seven years, a result that reflected broad economic trends related to a slump in online shopping, higher costs from inflation and supply-chain woes and market jitters over electric vehicle startups.
"Revenue for the tech giant rose by about 7% for the January-to-March period, the slowest pace in about two decades as consumers returned to prepandemic habits and spent more money in person at stores. It lost $3.8 billion in the quarter, compared with a profit of $8.1 billion a year ago, when a surge in online orders due to the pandemic lifted Amazon’s prospects.
"The performance for Amazon’s sprawling collection of businesses reflects several currents now roiling the tech industry. The amount of products Amazon sold during the quarter was essentially flat from a year ago, and the company reported a 3% year-over-year drop in its online stores segment, which include product sales primarily on its flagship site and digital media content. That’s the largest drop since the metric was first disclosed in 2016 … Meanwhile, revenue growth has slowed in its subscriptions business - which includes its Prime entertainment offerings—and in digital ads, where its rapid expansion in recent years has challenged industry giants Google and Meta Platforms Inc.’s Facebook. Advertising services revenue grew 25% in the latest quarter, excluding currency impact - still fast but well below the 33% clip in the fourth quarter of 2021 and 76% in the first three months of last year.
"Amazon signaled more uncertainty is on the way. It said it expects its operating income for the current quarter to be between a loss of $1 billion and profit of $3 billion. It posted $7.7 billion in operating income during the second quarter of 2021. The company’s shares were down roughly 10% in after-hours trading, reaching the lowest point since June 2020."
Amazon has said that it plans to have its annual Prime Day event in July; the heavily promoted Prime Day has consistently driven higher-than-usual sales in past years.
• Publix Super Markets announced that it is working with Instacart to debut "15-minute delivery in Miami powered by Instacart's nano-fulfillment solution, Carrot Warehouses … customers in Miami's Brickell, Coral Gables and " neighborhoods will be able to have a wide range of fresh produce, pantry staples, household goods and more delivered from Publix in as fast as 15-minutes, whether it's early morning or late night. Publix is the first grocer to collaborate with Instacart on new fulfillment models through Carrot Warehouses."
The New York Times has a story entitled "Instacart Searches for a Direction as Its Pandemic Boom Fades" in which it observes that "Instacart’s next act hinges on Instacart Platform, a set of new software and advertising tools the company announced in March, with an aim of becoming more of a technology provider to grocery companies. With tools like 'Carrot Ads' and 'Carrot Insights,' Instacart said it would bring its own advertising capabilities and analytics to grocers’ websites. The company is also introducing fulfillment centers stocked by its grocery store partners to help it deliver products in 15 minutes.
"But after Instacart Platform was announced, grocery retailers were underwhelmed and confused by how it was different from what Instacart already provided, said seven grocery industry executives and consultants, some of whom asked to speak anonymously to avoid damaging their relationships with Instacart.
"Burt Flickinger III, a longtime industry consultant, described the announcement as something 'grown in a hothouse at Harvard or Stanford that really had no common-sense, commercial application for the common shopper or retailer.'
Since few people know more about this stuff than Burt Flickinger, the folks at Instacart ought to pay attention. I'm heartened that its leadership continues to maintain it has no interest in opening its own stores, but it also has to avoid being perceived as throwing spaghetti against the wall to see what sticks. Which is sort of how it feels.


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Thursday, February 23, 2012
By Carkhabri Team
Renault Pulse price to increase from March 8
French car maker Renault has decided to increase the price of its first small car offering in India- Renault Pulse by 2 percent from coming March 8. The diesel powered Renault small car was launched at the 2012 Auto Expo and was then subsequently launched in various parts of the country. The Renault Pulse price in India currently starts at Rs 5.77 lakh (ex-showroom Delhi) and with the new pricing in place, the new starting price will be around Rs 5.88 lakh ex showroom Delhi. As per the communication from Renault, a price increase is necessary following rising input costs.
Notably, it is a tradition to launch a car at an introductory price and later on the company increases the price marginally. And Renault is doing no different. However, with the launch of Renault Pulse in diesel only make, Renault is able to capture a major junk of premium car segment and auto experts predict a further boost in the share with the launch of Renault Pulse petrol in the coming months. Prime contenders to Pulse are Maruti Swift, Hyundai i20 and Renault sibling and Renault Pulse’s senior Nissan Micra beside others in the segment.
Justifying the price rise, Marc Nassif, Managing Director, Renault India Pvt Ltd has reportedly said that the price rise is inevitable in a situation when the input costs have risen considerably and Renault has no other option but to go for a price rise. But he assured that only a part of the burden is being transferred on to the customers.
Since Pulse is the outcome of Renault’s philosophy of bringing value products at affordable price to its customers, there has been only a marginal price rise of 2 percent. Significantly, even at the raised prices Pulse will be quite affordable commensurate with the 1.5L dCi diesel engine that is high on performance and low on fuel consumption besides a lot of features that adds value to the car.

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Ricoh has today unveiled a wideangle lens module for its GXR camera system which it hopes will serve as a ?killer unit for expanding GXR sales?.
Ricoh’s Digital Camera business development manager Keisuke Minagoshi said the company hopes the 24-85mm focal length will appeal to more enthusiasts than previous GXR units.
A Ricoh Japan spokesman added: ?It covers the focal lengths commonly used by general users, and is a regular camera unit that frequent users can leave attached to the body.?
Housed in a magnesium shell, the unit features a 16-million-pixel APS-C size CMOS imaging sensor and Smooth Imaging Engine IV processor.
The 24-85mm f/3.5-5.5 Ricoh Lens A16 is the fifth unit for the GXR system which was first launched in December 2009 – each GXR unit containing a built-in lens, sensor and image processor.
The 24-85mm (35mm viewing angle equivalent) lens is made of 11 elements in nine groups and includes three double-sided aspherical lenses. The nine blade diaphragm should deliver ?beautiful bokeh?, according to Ricoh.
The A16 is expected to go on sale in the spring at a price yet to be announced.
Amateur Photographer (AP) understands that, in the United States, it will cost in the region of $500-600, though this figure had not been confirmed at the time of writing.
Features include an ISO bracketing function designed to allow the photographer to shoot three images with different ISO sensitivities.
It is also possible to record a raw image only (as well as simultaneous raw/JPEG) – a feature that should help speed up workflow and free up memory card space, says Ricoh.
Also on board is a focus-assist function, to help manual focusing, plus five new scene mode options: soft focus, cross process, toy camera, miniaturise and high contrast b&w.
Armoury also includes a 1280×720 pixel HD movie option and an enhanced tilt indicator to ?detect camera movement direction?, in addition to the horizontal indicator.
An optional lens cap, which opens and closes with the movement of the lens, will also go on sale alongside the A16.
The A16 measures 71.4×70.5×93.3mm and weighs around 350g, or 550g when attached to the camera body.
In an interview with Amateur Photographer, Ricoh said that most GXR sales stem from Japan, though UK sales are ?better than average?, compared to other countries.
Speaking at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, last month, the firm added that its APS-C units are proving to be the most popular of its GXR modules.


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The thermometer registered well below zero last night – but that didn’t stop LE CHÂTEAU from hitting the street outside Toronto Fashion Week tents to provide Canada’s most fashionable with tasty treats and glam gift bags to help them survive the cold.
Keeping up the Fashion Week tradition, LE CHÂTEAU teamed up with Gourmet Bitches food truck to serve up smoked mac and cheese and Nutella hot chocolate that had crowds of show goers stopping by throughout the night.
To be treated to one of the savoury indulgences, visitors were asked to take a snap at the truck and post on their social channels, tagging LE CHÂTEAU and using the hashtag #LeChateauTFW. Everyone who used the night’s custom hashtag was also automatically entered in a contest to win a $1000 shopping spree at LE CHÂTEAU!
While everyone waited for food, LE CHÂTEAU provided a stylish selfie frame that was passed around to capture fashion notables from HELLO! Canada, Huffington Post, The Kit, Toronto Sun, and more!
What better way to kick off Fashion Week then with a little bit of food? Thanks to everyone who came out for #LeChateauTFW! Check out some of the night’s pictures below.
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Kenya and the United Kingdom had an Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) signed in December 2020 by their trade ministers, Betty Maina and Ranil Jayawardena, which went into effect on January 1 2021.
The UK has agreed to provide duty-free and quota-free access to goods from Kenya and in exchange, Kenya will gradually relieve tariffs, except on some sensitive goods. It is a consequence of Britain’s exit from the European Union and represents an opportunity for Kenya as it maintains market access for Kenya as the only non-least developed country LDC) in the East Africa Community (EAC). Kenya is now classified as a Lower-Middle Income Country by the World Bank and meanwhile, all other members of EAC will continue to benefit from duty-free quota-free access.
Kenya is the UK’s 73rd largest trading partner and total trade between the two was £1.4 billion in 2019. UK Revenue found that 2,502 VAT-registered British businesses exported goods to Kenya and around 433 imported goods from Kenya.
Top 5 UK goods exports to Kenya (in £ million): Vehicles other than railway or tramway stock(67) machinery and mechanical appliances (63), pharmaceutical products (27), electrical machinery and equipment (25), paper and paperboard (19).
Top 5 UK goods imports from Kenya (in £ million): Coffee, tea and spices – mostly black tea(121) edible vegetables – mostly green beans (79), live trees and plants – mostly cut flowers(54), machinery and mechanical appliances (21), preparations of veg, fruit or nuts (7). The UK also note that some Kenyan flowers sold to UK consumers may not be counted as they arrive via flower auctions in the Netherlands.
UK exports to Kenya will be reclassified from being EU-originating to UK-originating and UK goods transiting through the EU will lose this designation. UK companies also simply can’t label a product as being from the UK, it has to meet some composition criteria.
Goals: There will be more favourable trade treatment by the UK for Kenya exports over third countries. Kenya will promote UK private investments and already, the UK is the largest foreign investor in Kenya with over 220 British companies having an investment portfolio estimated at £2.7 billion (Shs 385 billion) and trade between the two countries at Shs 70-90 billion. The Ministry notes that Kenya has continuously enjoyed a favourable trade balance since 2016. The highest was Shs 8.6 billion in 2018 when the value of Kenya’s exports was Shs 40.2 billion, relative to imports valued at Shs 31.6 billion.
Expansion: The agreement can be reviewed every five years. If a country denounces the agreement, the effect will happen one year later. The agreement is open to all East Africa Community partner states and will be updated to reflect ascension when it is approved by other EAC countries. The UK includes Great Britain, Northern Island, Gibraltar, Channel Islands and the Isle of Man.
Wiggle Room: If a country has balance of payment difficulties, it may adopt some measures regarding the trade of goods in a non-discriminatory way and for a limited duration. Already the UK accepts that elimination of tariffs will be a challenge for Kenya.
Scope: The agreement does not cover taxes, security matters such as arms & wars, or other trade negotiations under the WTO.
Governance of the agreement will be by an EPA council (of Ministers), a committee of senior officials (of Permanent Secretaries), and a consultative committee (of the private sector & civil society).
Some sectors cited: Trade on fish (tuna, marine and inland), standards, sustainable agriculture, rural development. The UK will work to make Kenya goods more competitive including by training of staff. Also, a vessel monitoring system will be mandatory for sea-facing nations in the EAC.
The document is open for “public participation” and Kenya’s Parliament has now invited public views into the Economic Partnership Agreement between Kenya and the United Kingdom. Views are to be emailed to the Clerk at Parliament by February 11.
Today Barclays Africa economists gave their forecasts on Africa and specifically Kenya for the year 2017 at an event that featured several roundtables sessions.
Populism: During 2016 the world changed in terms of two surprising votes in the US and the UK that reflected an inward focus. The votes in those countries were driven by populations who felt that their politicians were not pushing their agendas on matters such as trade and immigration. Also while incomes of the rich & poor have been improving, those of the middle class have stayed stable or declined.
US President-elect Trump is expected to reduce the US corporate tax rate which may woo companies to bring back some of the $2 trillion profits sitting outside the US.
Banks are seen as making too much money and not playing their part in society – this has resulted in things like the interest rate cap law in Kenya.
Reaching Entrepreneurs: There are 40-50 million emerging SME’s in Africa but only 1/5 of them have access to capital, and this is because banks ask for collateral
Banks operate in cash driven economies and many entrepreneurs don’t want to share information. Banks also have to collect a lot of documentation that bothers customers.
Barclays is committed to making sure there’s no systemic risk from their exit from Africa, and that its customers will continue to get good service in all the 10 markets
Barclays has a platform called Rise with centers in London, New York, Cape Town, Mumbai, Tel Aviv where they partner with companies on ideas to be implemented.
Africa: The continent is now becoming a bit more fragile, and for the first time in a decade, Africa is going to grow at a slower pace than the global average 3.5% (but if you exclude South Africa and Nigeria), the growth is still above average for most
African countries have been spending much more than their revenue and the years of deficits have eroded Africas strong starting point. Going forward, African countries will face higher financing cost and lower capital inflows.
Brexit Impact: 45% of FDI into Africa comes from Europe and Kenya gets 23% from the UK. But the pound has continued to weaken since the vote and this will result in reduced global demand for African exports, less tourism from UK/EU, and reduced remittances from African migrants
Kenya: The shilling currency has been weakening at a lower rate than its peers. This could make exports expensive and widens the current account deficit. It’s possible that the Kenya shilling could depreciate to 110/$ over the next 12 months. This is mainly due to the expected dollar strength against all currencies. Kenya has strong exchange reserves and can tap an IMF precautionary fund to cushion shocks.
East Africa: Trade lags the rest of the world. Since East African borders “opened up” around 2010, Kenya’s exports to the EAC have only increased by 8% compared to 50% to the rest of the world.
Britain’s decision to exit the European Union (EU), as announced from the results of Thursday’s landmark “Brexit” referendum has been a hot topic around the world. 33.6 Million Britons flocked to the polling booths on Thursday with the ‘leave’ campaign marginally taking the victory with a 52%-48% vote. There is however a general consensus of uncertainty with what the UK’s (United Kingdom) decision holds for the future, with particular relevance to what it means for Kenya.
Britain is a key ally, as well as Kenya’s third largest export market with the value of exports at Sh40 Billion in 2015. The Central Bank of Kenya has already stated that it is ready to intervene and minimize disruption in money markets. Kunal Ajmera, COO of Grant Thornton Kenya provides an insight into how Britain’s decision to leave affects trade decisions and tourism in Kenya:
Britain was not just any member of the EU but also one of the largest contributors and it’s most prosperous. Depending on how things unfold in the coming years other members may also demand for a referendum and this would ultimately weaken the EU substantially.
The EU spends about 100 million euros per year on development co-operation in Kenya. With uncertainties over Europe due to Brexit we may see a reduced funding in coming years. We could see funding in key projects start to be cut.
Investors anywhere in the world hate uncertainty and anxiety. Brexit leaves many questions unanswered and it will can take more than a year to get some clarity. Until that happens global economy, money markets and stock exchange may go through volatility and general negativity as we are currently seeing happen.
It is highly likely that US Dollar($) will gain strength against major currencies in the world and GBP(£) will lose its value, the initial figures show that on the day of the results alone, the GBP slumped to a thirty year low, falling as much as 11% in the hours after the result. This therefore means that the Kenyan Shilling will be under increased pressure. It would be wise for businesses in Kenya to hedge against a future raise in dollar value.
The UK is Kenya’s largest tourist source market. At its peak Kenya received 198,000 tourists from UK in 2013. The tourist arrival numbers from the UK have only just started to increase in last few months after years of travel advisory and terror threats. However with GBP weakening due to Brexit, it will cost the British tourists more to travel to Kenya and we may see reduced number of arrivals from UK in near future.
Kenya exports a substantial number of products to the UK every year. The UK is the second largest export market for Kenya after Uganda. So far these exports were governed by EU trade laws. With UK exiting the EU, Kenya may need to re-negotiate the terms for export and this may take even a year resulting in to disruption and uncertainty.
In the immediate short term, the UK is bound to have slower economic growth or even recession due to the Brexit referendum. This will also affect how it trades with other countries in the world. Since the UK is one of Kenya’s biggest trading partner, businesses in Kenya that export to the UK are bound to be nervous and must prepare for slump in business.
However, Kunal offers consolation by highlighting the potential in this decision. He states, “It’s not all doom and gloom. Brexit also presents new set of opportunities. EU laws on import and export are some of the most stringent in the world especially with agriculture, dairy, and meat items. The UK can now decide its own rules for import and export, new products may become eligible. It is worth noting that Kenya’s largest export to UK is agriculture/horticulture products.”
For further insight into the Brexit developments and its implications keep following Grant Thornton Kenya on twitter and Facebook.
Yesterday there was a debate in Nairobi on the UK’s referendum on EU membership, on which there will be a vote in the UK (and Gibraltar) on June 23. Europe is the second largest destination for Kenya’s exports (after the rest of Africa) and the UK is second in Europe with about Kshs 40 billion of exports from Kenya, slightly behind Netherlands (a destination for flowers). Overall, the UK is the fourth largest destination of Kenya’s exports (after Uganda, Netherlands, the US), and it imports about the same amount from the UK (Kshs 42 billion).
The debate was sponsored by the St. Paul’s Property Trust and had Aly Khan Satchu (as the moderator), Graham Shaw (Brexiter) arguing for Britain to exit) and Chris Foot (Remainer) arguing for Britain to remain in the EU).
Reasons to BREXIT
If #BREXIT doesn’t happen now, Britain will beholden to unelected decision-makers in Brussels for the next 40 years. Other countries will soon have similar votes.
The (bureaucratic) EU has 5 laws on pillow cases, 109 on pillows, and 12,000 on milk.
Germany bailed out Greece, and the EU will soon have to bail it out again (Italy is also shaky)
EU laws limit Britain’s ability to get top talent (e.g from Kenya) as they have to give preference to the EU states.
Under the EU, the production of a country is controlled (they may have to destroy fishing boats, and Portugal’s wine industry was destroyed by the EU).
Britain will have to renegotiate trade deals with 28 (and maybe 32) countries, but probably has no interest in trading with 10 of them.
Brexit debate in Nairobi
Points against BREXIT
The great Winston Churchill wrote a book titled “Europe Unite”.
56% of Britain exports are to the EU, – don’t BREXIT.
The last time the UK thrived outside the EU, it had a protectionist market called the colonial empire.
There has not been much discussion about the positives of being in the EU – only the negatives – and that is not enough reason to leave.
Impact on Barclays Premier League (BPL)? : Arsene Wenger (Arsenal manager) asked Britain to stay in the EU (which is a huge global export, but how many in Europe watch the BPL ?).
The world is moving towards integration (e.g The East African Community).
The rise of nationalism in Europe is a concern.
Britain at 16%, is Europe’s biggest export market, ahead of the US (14%), and China (8%).
Also see this forum, with the (then) High Commissioner from Britain to Kenya in which he discussed the relationship between the two countries.
Last night had the Safaricom Power Hour Series, a talk session that featured the British High Commissioner, Dr Christian Turner. In a forum similar to Mindspeak, and other leadership series, he spoke freely on many subjects of his time as a political advisor (as an aide to prime ministers) and as a diplomat in the Middle East, Washington and Africa.
He also answered questions on issues such as the Mau Mau settlement, the UK Miraa ban, the Scottish referendum (later this year), and Britain’s acquiescence in the weapons of mass destruction /Iraq War (they knew what would happen in Iraq after the war but didn’t seem to have cautioned the US)
An aide has to be able to break down complex issues for his/her boss and present them in rapid short sessions (such as corridor walks, or car rides) and get them to make important decisions in those few minutes. To get to this position the aide has to first earn the trust of the boss.
A lot of what happens goes wrong in government are the result of mistakes (cock-ups), but the public likes to believe that these are due to conspiracies .. the reality is much harder to fathom (Westgate)
The importance of a leader surrounding himself/herself with/and enabling people with diverse views (avoid group think – or you end up with the WMD war)
Even in the age of twitter in which rapid opinions are formed and the added on pressure to look decisive, a leader should resist the temptation to look like they’re taking action – and sometime the best way is to go slow.
Also, avoid sweeping generalizations like the Arab Spring, and Africa Rising. He said each country in the Middle East had turbulence experienced that due to very different reasons.
There’s no East vs. West anymore. Britain did not lose ground to China in Kenya. He said China is investing in things that Britain does not like roads and some manufacturing – and that the balance of trade between Kenya and Britain is still almost even, while that with China is very skewed.
Meeting with eccentric leaders like Gaddafi who thought he was irresistible to women and Saleh (of Yemen) who boldly asked for guns (instead of capacity building assistance) from Britain.
Some people diss Britain as they drink Scotch whiskey, drive Land Rovers and watch Arsenal football.


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An innovative partnership between police, private sector and academia has launched in the South East region to help businesses protect themselves against cybercrime.
The South East Cyber Resilience Centre (SECRC), is part of a network of centres being established across the country to provide businesses and organisations, with an affordable way to access cyber security services and consultancy to help protect themselves from attack.
The SECRC offers a range a membership options depending on what level of support businesses in Hampshire, Surrey, Sussex, Oxfordshire, Berkshire and Buckinghamshire need. The Core Membership is free and provides businesses with 50 or fewer employees, access to a range of resources and tools to help them identify their risks and vulnerabilities, as well as providing guidance on the steps they can take to increase their levels of protection.
The centre is headed up by a Director who is also a Detective Superintendent with the South East Organised Crime Unit.
Justin Torgout, who has taken on the Director role, has been in policing for over 25 year where he has worked across a diverse number of policing functions. An experienced Senior Investigating Officer (SIO), he has managed large scale investigations and is an accredited Kidnap & Extortion manager.
Justin said: “Having worked closely with the force Cyber Crime Unit in Hampshire, I have seen first-hand the significant threat that businesses across our region face from cyber criminals. I have also seen the damage a successful attack can do to businesses of all sizes from sole traders to multinational organisations. The SECRC team are committed to helping local business understand more about the threats they face and help them get better protected.
“The SECRC brings together the expertise of law enforcement, private industry and academia working together to deliver affordable services to help businesses mitigate their cyber security risks.
“We have already had a great response from businesses wanting to be involved with our Board and Advisory Group. We will be announcing more information on this soon. Our website is now live so businesses can find out more about how we can help them and sign up for one of our membership packages. The Core Membership is free and comes with a pack of practical guidance and information to help businesses identify their current risks and what they can do to mitigate against them. We hope lots of businesses will sign up."
The SECRC has been funded by the National Police Chiefs’ Council Cyber Crime Programme which secured £2million of Government funding to establish a network on CRCs across the country. The South East is the fifth region to go live.
Mandy Haeburn-Little CEO of BRIM who advise on establishing and developing the CRCs said: “This is a fundamental and very positive step by Policing and represents a new era for Cybercrime prevention where Policing will work hand in hand with private sector in the alignment of cyber strategies. This fulfils so many objectives together from supporting emerging student skills, delivery of Policing cybercrime objectives, support for all sectors of business and the focus for much needed assistance towards economic growth for business. It is a one stop shop for cyber resilience which we have worked very hard to develop with NPCC and the support of the Home office. “
Moving forwards the centre will generate income through the supply of a broad mix of products and services. The CRC is a not for profit organisation which means all revenue generated will be invested back into helping to keep businesses safe.
Businesses can now sign up for one of the SECRC memberships


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Crytek GmbH (Crytek) announced today that it closed a licensing deal for CryENGINE 3, its proprietary real-time development solution, with Crystal CG, a world leading digital image service provider. more
Crytek GmbH (“Crytek”) is excited to reveal that Piranha Games’ recently announced premium free-to-play game MechWarrior® Online™ (www.mwomercs.com) will be powered by the all-in-one game development solution CryENGINE®3.
We are incredibly proud to announce that Crysis 2 received the award for “Best European Soundtrack” in line with the “Fun & Serious Game Festival” on November 8th held at the Campos Elíseos Theatre in Bilbao (Spain). more


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Santini Cycling Wear and UCI Track Champions League partnered up last year for a brand new racing series involving 72 of the world’s top track cyclists and a uniquely spectacular format. The result? In two weeks flat, Santini printed and made dozens of speedsuits custom-tailored for each of the cyclists!
Santini is once again partner of the UCI Track Champions League and it encompasses this second edition which gets underway on November 12th at the Velodrome on the glorious island of Majorca. The action-packed adrenaline-fuelled format will feature 72 cyclists, split equally between men and women, doing battle over five rounds, the last of which takes place in London on December 3rd.
To create a more dramatic visual and maximise the event’s impact and appeal, all of the competitors will be wearing the same kit. And this is where Santini comes in. the Italian cycling wear company was asked to supply customised speedsuits for the competitors taking part in the League as well as the classification leader jerseys. This means that each of the 72 cyclists taking part in the UCI Track Champions League will receive a customised Santini Viper Z2 TT speedsuit. The design of each one will be inspired by the wearer’s nationality, including their nation’s flag, and the UCI Track Champions League logo. Santini will also be supplying the four official leader jerseys for the top speed specialists and the best endurance athletes, men’s and women’s.
The League isn’t just a massive commitment for the cyclists but also demands huge effort on an organisational level, starting with the supply of the cycling wear in the same quantities as last year: Santini made 170 suits featuring national designs and customised to fit each of the athletes in just two weeks. The women’s speedsuits for the races are in XS and S, while the men’s come in M, L and XL. All were made entirely at Santini’s new headquarters in Bergamo.
«The production timescale for these suits depends on the qualifiers so it is much tighter than normal technical times – explained Paola Santini, Marketing Manager at Santini Cycling Wear – From the moment we get the word on the sizes from the League, we had just two weeks to actually make them and then a few days to deliver the kits directly to the Velodrome hosting the first round».
So, once again this year, the deadlines are incredibly tight but thanks to Santini’s completely in-house production at its Bergamo base (in Italy), it had direct and precise control of the entire process and its timelines. Ensuring it can guarantee delivery of the suits for the first round at the Velodrome on the island of Majorca on Saturday.


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New York caffeine junkies, look alive: A new app called CUPS allows subscribers to pay $45 per month for unlimited coffee from almost 40 independent coffee shops around the city.
Designed by a small team from Israel, the app is intended as an alternative to the smartphone loyalty cards offered by the likes of Starbucks. “It’s a similar service,” says Gilad Rotem, a co-founder of the startup, which is also called CUPS. “We’re offering a mobile app, prepaid plan, but it’s for independent, higher-quality coffee.”
New Yorkers will pay $45 a month for brewed, drip, pour-over, or filtered coffee (or tea).
Latte drinkers will pay more: The unlimited espresso subscription costs $85 a month. Rotem says the prices are equivalent to about 22 cups, or roughly one java beverage per workday per month. On average, Americans consume 1.7 cups of coffee a day, according to Studylogic, which means a CUPS subscription may not be a bad deal. For coffee drinkers with a lower caffeine tolerance, CUPS also offers prepaid package deals for 5, 10, or 20 drinks per month.
The startup, which is hosting a free open beta this week, hopes to expand into at least 200 NYC coffee shops within the next months. “It’s not a number we pulled out of a hat,” says Rotem. “It happens to be [about] the number of Starbucks that are in Manhattan.” So far, participating coffee shops include the likes of Madman Espresso, The Bean, Pushcart Coffee, Bleecker Kitchen & Co., and Wild. All but a few are in Manhattan.
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SOURCE: Caroline Winter
Bloomberg BusinessWeek via MSN Money
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Microsoft has finally confirmed that an Xbox 360 motion-capture gadget’s in the works. At the ongoing E3 games fair in Los Angeles, Microsoft announced Project Natal – its codename for a “revolutionary new way to play" that uses "no controller”. Xbox_360_Project_Natall_01 Microsoft's 'Natal': an Xbox 360 motion-capture gadget …
Sony already miles ahead in this area.
This is several years back. It's due out soon..
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Mobile payments company Square is known for its signature glossy white credit card readers that plug into iPhones, iPads and Android devices. Credit cards in the U.S. will have embedded computer chips starting next year, which is why Square announced today that it has overhauled its Reader device. The chip-based credit cards are known as EMV because it is a joint effort between Europay, Mastercard and Visa. Credit card companies will likely pressure merchants to accept chip-based cards as the deadline approaches.
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Ameenah Gurib-Fakim, Mauritius' first woman head of state, resigned her position over credit card fraud allegations and will leave office March 23.
Date: Thu, 1. May 2014 19:43:48
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ? LinkedIn began the year with its largest quarterly loss since going public as the online professional networking service ramped up its investments in projects aimed at attracting more users on the lookout for better jobs and career advice.
Date: Tue, 21. October 2014 01:51:55
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Air travel reward credit cards are popular with budget travelers. It's great to save money on travel when you spend on essential items like groceries, clothing and food. Two main types are the bank-based cards, which are not tied to an airline, and airline-branded cards. There are some important questions to ask before you choose either type, because a reward credit card is not always the best choice for every budget traveler. Consider seven questions you should ask yourself before you choose a travel rewards credit cardAsking Credit Card Questions originally appeared on About.com Budget Travel on Sunday, March 30th, 2014 at 23:30:44.Permalink | Comment | Email this
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Heather RecordsMINNEAPOLIS, Sept. 10 (UPI) -- A group of thieves are going around Minneapolis stealing credit card machines
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Chili's Grill & Bar has reported a "data incident" of credit card information at some locations between March and April.
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General Motors Co. said Thursday it will invest $331.8 million into four powertrain plants in Michigan, Ohio and Indiana to help it build more fuel-efficient engines and an eight-speed transmission. In addition, the company also is adding $46 million to previously announced investments at two other Michigan plants. GM North America Manufacturing Manager Arvin Jones said the investments would not create any new jobs, but are expected to retain 1,650 jobs.
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If you've ever lost access to your PayPal holdings through no fault of your own -- say, following a shady money transfer -- you may be tempted to enjoy a little schadenfreude today. PayPal president David Marcus reports that someone used a skimming device to clone his credit card while he was in the UK, letting the perpetrator make a "ton" of fraudulent purchases. It's virtually the embodiment of karmic payback, isn't it?
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Austin, Texas (November 11, 2014) – Outdoor retailer, Austin Canoe and Kayak (ACK), a division of MSP Holdings, LLC, will donate $1,435.72 to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation (BCRF). These funds were raised as a part of ACK’s pledge to donate 5 percent of sales generated from the sale of select products offered in pink that were sold throughout the month of October to support breast cancer research.
“We are grateful to our customers who embraced this campaign,” said Steve Messana, President and co-owner, ACK. “ We are excited about the enthusiasm that the campaign generated and next year we plan to offer even more merchandise for this campaign in order to increase our donation.”
BCRF’s mission is to achieve prevention and a cure for breast cancer. The organization provides critical funding for cancer research worldwide to fuel advances in tumor biology, genetics, prevention, treatment, metastasis and survivorship. Breast cancer is one of the leading health crises for women in the United States, and one in eight women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in their lifetime. There is currently no known cure for breast cancer, and its early diagnosis is critical to survival.
Messana said that the most popular pink product in October was the Yeti Limited Edition Pink Roadie and Tundra Coolers, which sold out halfway through the campaign.
“Yeti’s pink Roadie 20 and Tundra 45 coolers were a huge draw in this campaign and we salute Yeti for their participation in this cause with these coolers,” said Messana. “It’s amazing how far breast cancer awareness has come and we are honored that ACK can assist with this donation.”
For information, please visit www.austinkayak.com/BreastCancerAwareness1.
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MSP Holdings, LLC operates Austin Canoe and Kayak (ACK), an award-winning paddlesports and outdoor retailer and Rack Boys a vehicle rack and sports travel outfitter dedicated to providing exceptional customer service. Both retail outfits are based out of the central Texas area, with their respective online stores at www.AustinKayak.com and www.RackBoys.com and within five physical locations in Austin, San Marcos, Spring, Houston and San Antonio, Texas.
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The New iPhones
The most important Apple products are always the new iPhones. This year’s event was bound to be a bit of a quiet one after the major updates introduced last year. The biggest new feature on the Apple 6S and Apple 6S Plus, the two phones announced Wednesday, is a feature called 3D Touch. This enables the phone to know how forcefully someone is touching the screen, so you can do one thing by touching the screen lightly, and something else by pushing hard.
As always, the phones have more powerful chips and cameras. They also have a new feature called Live Photos, which automatically record photos as short videos, so holding your finger on a photo will show you a moment of movement. Apple is also introducing an app for Android devices that makes it easier for people to switch to iPhones. The new devices range from $200 to $500 with a two-year contract, depending on size and storage, which follows the pricing of the previous versions of the phones. They will be available Sept. 25. IOS 9, the new operating system, will be available for older models on Sept. 16.
Apple has been selling an Apple TV product since 2007. Eight years later, Tim Cook, the company’s chief executive, began Wednesday’s discussion of television by saying that not much innovative had happened to the television experience in decades. “Our vision for TV is simple and perhaps a bit provocative,” he said. In short, Apple thinks that watching TV should feel like using a smartphone, with a home screen of apps.
Apple has developed a new operating system for the latest version of Apple TV and is opening it up to developers for the first time. One notable addition: games. Apple showed off a number of interactive games, including a bulked-up version of mobile game Crossy Road. They also showed off a version of Guitar Hero, which has mostly been played on consoles.
The new Apple TV comes with a new touchscreen remote with voice control via Siri (“show me a funny TV show”) as well as motion sensors for gaming. The new device costs between $150 and $200, depending on storage capacity. A beta version of the software is open to developers immediately, and the devices will be available in late October. While the new Apple TV is clearly more advanced than previous versions of the device, it is actually far less provocative than Silicon Valley’s real vision for television: the transformation of live television. Apple had hoped to launch a live TV service this year but delayed the project because it couldn’t get the content deals lined up.
The iPad Pro
Apple’s new iPad, the long-anticipated iPad Pro, has a bigger screen than Apple’s smallest laptops. It has a 12.9-inch screen and weighs 1.57 lbs., about the same weight as the original iPad. While the iPad rivals Apple’s line of PCs in physical size, it runs the same operating system that powers its other mobile devices, iOS. The device will be available in November and costs between $800 and $1,080.
Apple also developed two notable accessories for the iPad Pro. There’s a cover with a physical keyboard ($170) and a stylus called Apple Pencil ($100). Steve Jobs famously derided the idea of styluses, which seemed more like a square Microsoft thing. At Wednesday’s event, Apple brought Microsoft employees on stage to show how neat they can be.
Apple first showed off its new Apple Watch software in June at its developer conference. The biggest change is that developers will be able to build apps that run on the watch itself instead of on an iPhone. On Wednesday the company said the new software will be available Sept. 16 and showed off a few notable apps, including Facebook Messenger and Airstrip, an app for health-care providers that uses the app to monitor vital signs. It also announced that Hermès is making a new line of bands for the watch and that there will be several new finishes, including rose gold.


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This week, we interview Gururaj Pandurangi, Founder and CEO at Cloudneeti, to discuss Continuous Cloud Assurance! Gururaj Pandurangi is a founder and CEO of Cloudneeti, a software-as-a-service company focused on continuous cloud security, data privacy and compliance assurance. Gururaj has 20 years of professional experience, a good portion of it as an early adopter of cloud technologies and building global scale cloud products like Windows Live, Bing platform, Consumer Identity and Federations.
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A Ferrari that was purchased by an American businessman for only £5,000 has been sold at auction for an astonishing £18 million at an auction in Monterey, California.
The classic 1960’s sportscar, a Ferrari 275 GTB/4*S NART Spyder and one of only ten made, belonged to the estate of late businessman, former city mayor and philanthropist Eddie Smith. Smith passed away in 2007.
The red two-seater, which is still in mint condition, was bought for £5,000 by the businessman in 1967. Despite its age, the car’s condition and scarcity meant that experts at RM Auctions estimated that the car would go under the hammer at a price of £10 million. Against expectations, the Ferrari Spyder sold for the princely sum of £18 million, nearly double the original bid price. Eddie Smith’s family, who managed the sale, plan to donate the proceeds in their entirety to charity.
The car, which achieved global attention before its auction yesterday (Saturday 17 August) was a limited-edition special from Ferrari’s Spyder series, small convertibles designed for the global jet-set who became wealthy in the post-war boom years of the 1960s. One of the ten cars produced under this design was owned by actor Steve McQueen. He requested that a second Ferrari 275 be reserved for use in the shooting of his film The Thomas Crown Affair.
Bidding started at US$16 million before rising in $1 million increments until the gavel finally went down on the final price of US$25 million. The final bill including extras came in at $27.5 million (GBP £17.6 mill.). The buyer of the vehicle chose to remain anonymous, but auctioneers have stated to British newspaper the Daily Mail that the car will be prepared for transit to Switzerland, a popular residence among well-off marque fans. The owner plans to include the Ferrari as a showpiece in their private collection.
The Ferrari 275 GTB/4*S NART Spyder was conceived by Luigi Chinetti, a US-based Italian car dealer employed by Ferrari SpA. Chinetti had felt the car should be a highly sought after alternative to the luxurious 330 GTS. He initially picked up the idea for the Ferrari 275 after seeing a 275 GTB/4 on display at the Paris Motor Show. Ferrari were not keen on Chinetti’s grand plans for an exclusive Spyder at first, but were soon won over. Chinetti named the car after his personal North American Racing Team, or NART, a regular at American and international rallies.
They were issued in aluminium bodies and with a retractable soft top with power drawn from a 330bhp V12 engine. The sleek and nifty car could reach a top speed of 160 mph, an extraordinary figure for a convertible at that time. Even with this car’s revolutionary potential, Ferrari found selling the cars a difficult procedure and Chinetti was forced to sell several of the models at a loss. Despite this, journalists at the Road and Track magazine described Chinetti’s racing pride-and-joy as “the most satisfying sports car in the world“.
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Tandberg Data showed off a 320GB DAT drive at SNW in Frankfurt and has upped its RDX removable drive capacity to 640GB. This is the first public sighting of a DAT 320 drive, the 7th DAT generation, and drives should write 43GB of raw data an hour to a DAT320 cartridge, that's 11.9MB/sec. Storage Newsletter reports that it's a …
RDX drives are a rip off
RDX drives are such a rip off. It's probably because they have zero competition. It's either RDX or off the shelf consumer usb drives. When is another manufacturer going to step up and make something to compete with RDX?
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'Fahrenheit' burning up Canuck screens
MONTREAL — Alliance Atlantis’ Motion Picture Distribution posted strong financial results for the second quarter thanks to boffo video and DVD sales for “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King” in Canada and Spain and robust ticket sales in Canada for “Kill Bill Vol. 2” and “The Punisher.”
Revenue for the three months ended June 30 was C$159.1 million ($121 million), up from $48 million a year earlier. Canuck operations contributed 69% of revenue (down from 73% last year), the U.K. 18% (down from 27% last year) and the company’s new Spanish operations 13%. In May, Alliance Atlantis acquired Spanish film distributor Aurum Producciones.
Cash flow for the quarter was $15 million, up from $10 million the previous year. Net earnings from Alliance Atlantis’ film distribution division were $13 million, up from $7 million in the second quarter last year.
“Our acquisition of Aurum … was an important step in our growth strategy to expand into key European markets and advanced our plan to increase the geographic diversification of our earnings base,” said Partnership CEO Victor Loewy.
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In Canada, Alliance Atlantis did well at the box office in the quarter with “Kill Bill Vol. 2,” “The Punisher,” “Ella Enchanted” and from early returns from Michael Moore’s “Fahrenheit 9/11.” Docu was released just six days before the end of the quarter in Canada and generated $2.8 million during that period. “9/11” has gone on to pass the $100 million mark at the box office in North America, and its Canuck box office represents roughly 16% of overall North American ticket sales — significantly higher than Canada’s usual North American box office share, which is around 10%.
Other than “Return of the King,” Alliance had strong DVD returns in Canada from “Kill Bill Vol. 1,” “Scary Movie 3” and “Cold Mountain.” Its U.K. company, Momentum Pictures, delivered solid results from the pics “Wondrous Oblivion” and “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.”


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World mail and express industry leaders to meet in Singapore
Tuesday, June 19th, 2012
Singapore provides the stage next week for the return of the World Mail and Express conference series to the Asia Pacific region after a break of several years.
Industry leaders from within the region and outside will be meeting to discuss the latest challenges and opportunities at the spectacular Marina Bay Sands Singapore.
Among top speakers set to address the conference, Dr Wolfgang Baier, the group CEO of the event’s host, Singapore Post, will discuss how his ambitious company is expanding its role in the lives of Singaporeans and outside the country to become an e-commerce leader within Asia.
Japan Post’s executive vice president Toshirour Ito will detail how his firm has fought back after last year’s devastating earthquake and tsunami, and is now in the process of restructuring and reviewing how universal services are provided in Japan.
And, Thailand Post’s senior executive vice president of business development Thientip Chaichit will discuss how the Thai market has been evolving.
International operators will also be on hand at the conference to discuss the wider context for the Asia Pacific region and the development of the region’s logistics, including DHL Express Singapore managing director Herbert Vongpusanachai, bpost International CEO Peter Somers, and Jeff Foote, the postal development director for UPS in the Asia Pacific region.
Ecommerce is currently transforming the logistics landscape in the region, where Internet penetration rates might only average 26%, but where nearly half of all the world’s Internet users currently reside.
With annual growth rates in ecommerce in the Asia Pacific currently averaging 33%, speakers at World Mail and Express including Clout Shoppe marketing manager Pei-Zhen Chong, Raffles Fulfilment managing director SK Ramadas Naidu, 4px deputy general manager Richard Li and GD Express CEO Leong Chee Tong will look at the opportunities.
The importance of returns and reverse logistics will also be on the agenda with Asia Pacific Post Cooperative business development chief Bui Bang Tam and Cycleon director Onno Boots sharing their expertise.
But the conference will also provide an important platform to discuss trends in key mail segments including direct mail, with views including those from Singapore Direct Marketing Association chair Lisa Watson.
Prospects for digital and hybrid mail will also be discussed, with the likes of Printsoft Pty Ltd managing director Stuart Drysdale and Escher Asia Pacific managing director Jasjit Nehal providing updates.
World Mail and Express Asia Pacific takes place from 26 June to 28 June at the Marina Bay Sands, Singapore, supported by Singapore Post, DHL Express, Neopost, bpost Asia, Deloitte, Experian and UPS.


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This week the Camelot Group urged British punters to reset their passwords for their UK National Lottery accounts after it was revealed that the group was hit by a cyber attack.
Camelot claims that they were hit by a small scale attack which caused a "very small" number of accounts seeing "suspicious activity". The group is working with several government entities to strengthen their network in an effort to ensure it doesn't happen again. Those who've been impacted by the hackers have been contacted by Camelot and will be given assistance.
The notice to players in the UK to change passwords is being seen as a precautionary measure, and the company was quick to point out that their systems, lottery draws, and jackpot prizes were not impacted by the theft.
In an email to customers Camelot advised: "We would like to make clear that there has been no unauthorised access to core National Lottery systems or any of our databases, which would affect National Lottery draws or payment of prizes.
"We would also like to reassure our players that we do not display full debit card or bank account details on their online National Lottery accounts.
"When updating your password, our advice is to use a mix of letters (upper and lower cases), numbers and characters and avoid words that are obvious or personal to you.
"Most importantly, make it unique.
"We are sorry for any inconvenience caused and would like to thank you for your co-operation in this matter."


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Nissan has launched an exclusive new series of Frontier domestically. The Frontier Platinum Limited will have a thousand production units, all being equipped with diesel engine, automatic transmission and four-wheel drive.
The American Chrysler will have news on its new generation family of minivans, among them are the all wheel drive system AWD (All-Wheel-Drive) and 9-speed automatic transmission, items that are already present in the medium sedan models 200 and Jeep Cherokee.
The production version of the Cactus C4 was revealed by Citroen on Wednesday (5). According to the brand, it is a "real alternative to traditional hatchbacks", focusing on design, comfort and cost savings for the owner.


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Many small businesses have been severely impacted by COVID-19 mandated closures, and many of them require support and and guidance in creating their online presence.
That’s why the St. John’s Board of Trade, Downtown St. John’s, Mount Pearl Paradise Chamber of Commerce, Conception Bay Area Chamber of Commerce and PCSP Chamber of Commerce partnered with their townships to launch TheNeighbourGood.ca — supported by the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency and the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador.
“We thought ‘What can we do to help small businesses right now?’ and the answer was clear we had to make sure people knew about the products and services they could still get — safely — right here in our communities,” says Rhonda Tulk-Lane, Acting CEO of the St. John’s Board of Trade.
TheNeighbourGood.ca has the convenience of Amazon, but it’s powered by neighbourhood businesses. Shoppers don’t have to remember the names of individual local businesses or have an idea of what they stock. They can simply search for what they need and can immediately make a purchase through the business’s e-commerce shop or arrange for a safe transaction — like curbside pick-up or contactless delivery.
“If you need soap or a duvet or a new pair of pants, there’s a local store that has what you need — you just might not realize it yet,” says Tulk-Lane.
She says it’s been amazing how quickly some local businesses jumped on setting up their own e-commerce site after a mandated COVID-19 closure. She reached out to NEXT Clothing Company about making a purchase because they didn’t have an online shop — but 24 hours later, they did!
Tulk-Lane says participating businesses are “really excited” about NeighbourGood helping to promote their products and services. Many have struggled with customers either not knowing they were still open, or not realizing how many products they had available for purchase.
“We’re trying to create the awareness that these products and services are available right here at home, so everyone can shop right here and support their neighbourhood businesses.”


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Store Owner Reflects On Closure Of Boise Shop, And What's Next For Her Art
Chelsea Snow opened Bricolage in 2010, when the economy was still bleeding from the wounds of the Great Recession. The downtown Boise store sells things like handmade jewelry, cards and clothes.
But Snow’s vision was to create more than just a store – she wanted to make a community space where crafters of all levels could learn new skills. She hosted workshops on crafts like sewing and printmaking.
“What we really were able to offer was this experience and the space that was not like anything else," says Snow. "And that’s a hard thing to charge money for, and it’s a hard thing to make money doing, but we did it anyway because it felt so good.”
But now, Snow is closing Bricolage. She started graduate school in Portland last year, and tried to run the store remotely. In a blog post written to customers, Snow recently explained her decision in a lengthy and sometimes emotionally raw way. She says the response since writing the post has been overwhelmingly supportive.
Snow plans to focus on grad school and the art she’s creating in Portland. She’ll be back in Boise in March to close up shop.
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Women Accused of Stealing $500 of Clothes from Walmart
One of the women allegedly involved in the retail theft is also accused of bringing her 2-year-old child to the store. Read about that and other crime news in the weekly Scott Township police blotter.
Two women are accused of stealing nearly $500 worth of clothing from Walmart.
Scott Township police said they charged Carlee Windsor, 22, of Pittsburgh, and India Lee, 20, of Carnegie, with retail theft for allegedly shoplifting the clothes on Feb. 11.
Police said they also charged Lee with trespassing, false ID to police and child endangerment.
Lee brought her 2-year-old child in a stroller while participating in the alleged retail theft, police said.
Man accused of breaking into apartment: Scott Township police said they charged a Mt. Lebanon man with burglary and several other crimes after he allegedly showed up drunk at a friend’s Swallow Hill Road apartment and tried to forcibly enter the residence. Police charged Corey Homa, 30, with burglary, trespassing harassment, terroristic threats, resisting arrest and with public drunkenness. Homa was arrested in the early hours of Feb. 13 and taken to Allegheny County Jail for his arraignment.
Threat leads to charges: Two Scott Township police arrested two people after one of them allegedly threatened another person with a firearm. Police said Anthony Vanhorn. 28, threatened another person with a gun in the 200 block of Noblestown Road on Feb. 15. Police charged Vanhorn with assault. Both he and Hillary Dunbar, 27, face charges of possession of drug paraphernalia. Police said they are continuing to investigate.
Retail theft charges: Kimberly Lucas, 25, of Peters, and Daniel Cordera, 28, of Monroeville, face retail theft and conspiracy charges after Scott Township police said they stole more than $500 worth of merchandise from the Gifted store on Cochran Road on Feb. 15. Police said they also charged Lucas with harassment for shoving an employee.
Two accused of retail theft: Ashley Kara, 30, of Carnegie, and David Goscinski, 32, of Peters Township, were charged with retail theft, conspiracy and possession of drug paraphernalia after Scott Township police said they were caught shoplifting at Walmart on Feb. 13.
DUI charge: Mark Fabio, 60, of Scott, was charged with drunken driving after township police said they found him “incoherent” while sitting in his car in the 1100 block of Hope Hollow Road on Feb. 12.
Woman accused of sending harassing texts: Tara Doverspike, 26, of Carnegie, was charged with harassment after Scott Township police said she continuously sent text messages and made phone calls to a Vanadium Road resident.
Marijuana possession charge: Scott Township police said Daniel Revesz, 22, of Carnegie, was charged with marijuana possession during a traffic stop on Greentree Road on Feb. 15.


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Set to enter its fourth model year of production, order banks for the sixth-generation Ford Bronco are set to open up tomorrow, August 16th, 2023, which is also when the build and price configurator for the SUV will go live, as Ford Authority reported last week. The Blue Oval has a few changes in store for its rugged SUV, but perhaps the most notable is the fact that the 2024 Ford Bronco lineup is dropping the currently-available Base trim, sources familiar with the matter have told Ford Authority.
This means that the 2024 Ford Bronco lineup will not only get more expensive to start, but that the Big Bend trim will serve as the entry level offering moving forward. It also means that every two- and four-door Bronco will come standard with more equipment than before, as the Big Bend is equipped with a Carbonized Gray-painted front grille, LED fog lamps, privacy glass in the second row and rear glass, P255/75R17 all-terrain tires wrapped around 17-inch Carbonized Gray-painted aluminum wheels, a leather-wrapped shift knob and gear shift knob, and six G.O.A.T. modes – Normal, Eco, Sport, Slippery, Mud/Ruts and Sand.
This move ultimately comes as little surprise after Ford has struggled to build enough Base models to satisfy demand, and the entry-level trim remains constrained and was previously unavailable to order for the 2023 model year. Also, as Ford Authority reported last month, the 2024 Ford Bronco Sport is dropping its Base trim for the new model year, too.
In addition to this change, there are a few updates in store for the 2024 Ford Bronco, including the fact that the Everglades – unlike the Base trim – will be returning for another year. Additionally, Ford is ditching the 8-inch infotainment screen in lesser models and making the larger 12-inch screen with Sync 4 standard across the entire 2024 Ford Bronco lineup. Finally, Badlands-trimmed models will come equipped with the Heavy Duty Modular Front Bumper as standard equipment. As for the Ford Bronco Raptor, that high-performance model is getting a new Code Orange package, two new exterior colors, and the option to spec the SUV with color-matched fenders, too.


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EA Sports is said to have renamed its game FIFA after its heated public battle, making ‘FIFA 23’ the last game title bearing the name of the football association.
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BURNLEY, ENGLAND – APRIL 11: A detailed image of the Nike match ball and the EA Sports and No Room For Racism logos on referee Anthony Taylor’s shirt during the Premier League match between Burnley and Newcastle United at Turf Moor on the 11th April 2021 in Burnley, England. Sports stadiums across the UK remain under strict restrictions due to the coronavirus pandemic as government social distancing laws prohibit fans from going inside venues resulting in matches behind closed doors .
EA’s ‘FIFA’ game renamed?
According to a report by Ars Technica, EA Sports has previously stated on its official blog that it is considering renaming its “EA Sports Global Soccer Games”.
This apparently comes as the organization, FIFA, is reportedly asking for $2.5 billion for its naming rights which would last for the next ten years.
That said, EA CEO Andrew Wilson himself has said that he already wants to end the partnership with FIFA, according to a recent report by Comicbook.com
However, this time around, Giant Bomb reporter Jeff Grubb claimed that the game publisher has a new name for its “FIFA” game title.
EA Sports Soccer Club
Grubb said during his GrubbSnax! podcast that EA has decided to rename its football game, “EA Sports FC”.
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BIRKENHEAD, ENGLAND – JULY 10: A detailed view of a ‘Not today or any day’ message is seen on the assistant referee’s shirt during the pre-season friendly match between Tranmere Rovers and Rangers at Prenton Park on July 10, 2021 in Birkenhead, England.
The journalist and host claimed that “EA Sports Football Club or EA Sports FC” is the new name the game publisher plans to replace for its “FIFA” series.
It should be noted that the game publisher of the “FIFA” games has already trademarked its alleged name replacement, suggesting that EA is already moving forward on its soccer game.
However, it’s worth pointing out that the game developer has yet to confirm such a name replacement.
Read also : EA plans to rename its ‘FIFA’ franchise after ‘FIFA 22’
FIFA’s video game brand
Meanwhile, the FIFA organization also filed their own trademark just recently, shortly after Grubb revealed that EA had already come up with the name for their soccer game.
In the same podcast, the journalist also revealed that FIFA had recently updated its internal brands related to video games.
FIFA’s alleged decision essentially suggests that the organization is also moving away from its partnership with EA by developing a new football game.
It is unclear, however, if FIFA will work on this internally or if it will continue to work with another publisher similar to its current partnership with EA.
That said, according to a separate report from Comicbook.com, there seems to be a possibility we’ll see two new football games in the future, one “FIFA” and one “EA Sports FC”.
But note to take all of this with a grain of salt as EA and FIFA have yet to confirm their breakup. So there is still a chance that the two will end up pursuing their agreement.
Related article: FIFA wants $1 billion from EA every four years to keep video game name
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Mobile Fix / February 21
Good Morning….I’m Simon Andrews, it’s first thing Friday and this my newsletter with news and my views on Mobile, Digital, Social and more. Lots of interesting subscribers in the last few days so you sharing works well — can we keep that up..
And let’s continue the conversation on Twitter — I’m @SimonBigPicture
TLDR — if you read just one thing make this A16Z focus on marketplaces; from AirBnB to Zeel, their top 100 is an interesting read, as their rapid growth can inform thinking for most businesses
Some welcome recognition that this space is still very healthy even as we see some high profile businesses burn out. A senior Shopify exec talks of how their good Q4 demonstrates that DTC is no longer a fad. I like this quote;
While other companies are trying to build empires, we are arming the rebels. And, honestly, the rebels are winning.”
Adweek argue that it’s not all doom and gloom and the fact Walmart online sales grew by 35% shows omnichannel has become the norm. When a firm with the profile of L’Oreal says “Everything we do now is about DTC.” you know the world has changed. 16% of their sales are now online and that’s up by over 50% in a year.
But smart businesses do not deny opportunities by being dogmatic. Talking with AppearHere this week, the way businesses are using physical spaces as a marketing tactic keeps evolving. It’s not just about temporary space — some brands are pioneering permanent locations and measuring their contribution beyond sales. And there is recognition that the demise of malls isn’t all about online sales — the NYTimes cites Big Box stores, income inequality and the lust for experiences as key factors.
The partnership between Dirty Lemon and Walmart is a good example of how very different types of businesses are finding collaboration useful. And this audio interview with Buzzfeed head of Commerce highlights how content and commerce can thrive together — she sees Buzzfeed as curators of culture and commerce for millenials
Behind the strategic moves a lot of success for Merchants is about getting the tactics right. From choosing the right ecommerce platform — something that should be a priority for the huge number of businesses still using Magento1 — where support gets withdrawn in a couple of months — to minimising basket abandonment. These granular issues can be ignored by marketing but in our experience that’s a mistake. Often the easiest way to double the effectiveness of a marketing campaign is to halve basket abandonment. An easy win is often to remove the discount code box. But if you have a bespoke tech and need your CMS agency to make every change, that can be a problem.
The shift in viewing is so clear that even the most ardent supporters of tradTV are coming round to the idea that change is afoot. Or at least Change approaches as Mark Ritson says in this good piece Commercial TV’s decline is faster than we thought, but no one knows what’s next.
I think the BVoD angle is probably an irrelevance; the idea a Broadcaster enjoys any significant advantage in the Streaming Wars seems like wishful thinking. I do agree with much of what Ritson says — as my talk at Vidcon last year said The future of TV? It’ll be ad-funded, stupid (I can share the full piece — hit reply) but we know that brands are being built in newTV already.
This look at YouTube shows how strong the competition is — with a great quote from the Netflix CEO
“We do wonder in the fullness of time, ‘Can we be as big as YouTube?’” Netflix CEO Reed Hastings said in July 2019. “YouTube is seven times larger than us, roughly, in viewing hours, and a phenomenal service. Of course, it’s free. So the real question is, can we produce enough content that people are willing to pay for?”
And I am told that the Machine Learning at Google is getting really good at working out what ad to show on YouTube, achieving significant improvements in the numbers watching past the skip now button. That builds on what we hear from Sky — showing addressable ads drives a significant reduction in channel switching. Showing the right ad to the right person at the right time will transform TV advertising — but that is more likely to come from GAFA than BVoD.
The low barriers to entry in newTV keeps attracting new entrants — Redbox have launched an ad funded streaming platform.
Finally, no company in newTV divides opinion like Quibi — so this interview of CEO Meg Whitman by VC Mark Suster is worth watching. I am still bullish — even when she describes Quibi as the DaVinciCode of content.
Our event is coming together. We have fixed the date — April 22nd at the IAB in Covent garden — and now just need to finalise the agenda and confirm our speakers. Following our share of the planned list of speakers last week, we had some great thoughts from Fix Subscribers and have added speakers from Essence and the Economist. Again, if you think you could add value, get in touch — interested in more super smart speakers and potential sponsors.
Full details — and tickets — next week — but save the date in your diary.
So much going on. Speculation that mobile IDFAs are the next victim of Privacy and Hitwise has closed — probably as a consequence of privacy issues. Some see vultures feasting on adtech firms and Paul Gubbins has a good summary of key issues in AdTech.
The malign issue of fraud still taints the industry and this interview with an Uber exec looks at what they call Historic ad fraud, which was quite a controversy in London when Uber initially blamed their agency Fetch.
Some years ago we shared a video of WME exec Marc Geiger who was one of the few that believed streaming was a good thing for the music industry. As the chart we opened with shows he was right and this FT piece goes deep into how profitable the business now is — with both Warner and Universal planning IPOs. Warner is now worth 10 times what it was sold for in 2011. Axios also focus on the music business with a piece including this good quote;
That vibe is helped by YouTube too — they paid $3billion to the music industry last year.
New research showed Google and Amazon ceded smart speaker market share to Chinese rivals in 2019, but we haven’t seen any of these brands get real traction in the west.
The EU is dialing up their requirement for GAFA to operate differently — now asking that data is made available to smaller competitors — in the way it works in Financial Services.
But as we take back control, it’s unclear how GDPR is going to play out for the UK. It makes perfect sense for us to continue to align with Europe on privacy. But perfect sense doesn’t seem to be that popular.
If you are GAFA you have to accept there are two codes on conduct needed; one for the EU — so GDPR is adhered to by everyone — and one for the US where the California Privacy is setting a standard other states are likely to follow. The latest draft of CCPA has quite a few changes.
The last thing that GAFA lawyers want is a third code to follow and the UK just isn’t big or important enough to have them change their mind to accommodate wherever we end up. So it shouldn’t be that surprising that Google are to treat UK data the same as US, by effectively switching all UK accounts from Europe to the US.
So you should probably have all your legal advisors get busy on the latest CCPA draft but should they drop their GDPR work? Quite where that leaves the ICO and their imminent action on UK adtech is a mystery. I am hoping to have someone from the ICO at our event, so that can be one of the topics.
With news that Google are in talks to pay publishers for content, the idea of GAFA funding news is finally getting traction. It’s interesting to look back at the 2020 predictions from the Reuters Institute of Journalism where they compared the popularity of tech platforms amongst publishers. Would that be the same if Google developed their own News Product?
But the prospects for any News content is put in question by the dumb use of keyword blacklists — as this study shows;
Do you know whether your brand is part of this problem?
The BBC Panorama programme on Amazon got lots of attention but seemed a hatchet job to me. This article covers most of the content from the TV show. It’s worth reading but there is not much new here — nor anything particularly sinister.
In an odd coincidence (?) the US PBS show Frontline has just released a 2 hour documentary on Amazon, which looks to have a similar focus to the BBC but with a bit more gloss — Scott Galloway rather than someone who worked at Amazon 20 years ago. The trailer is here. Working out how to watch the full show is proving a problem so far. One for the VPN?
We keep looking at the Trump marketing campaign- lots to learn. It seems they are dialing down Facebook
In another election we see the first use of ‘Deepfakes’- but as means of personalising the ads
Super smart idea from Ikea in the MENA region — rewarding people who have travelled far with discounts based on how long it took to drive to the store
Epic CEO Tim Sweeney’s Full DICE 2020 Talk
Google Moonshot team with Tips for unleashing radical creativity
Super smart thinking on Mobile ad creative: how to produce and deploy advertising creative at scale (one side effect of Spirable is how quick and easy it is to build assets on the self serve platform, so lends itself to this sort of approach)
Good thinking on Engineering Marketing from a Fix friend
Finally…..European startups are obsessed with profits. A good thing, as profits are probably the best way to prove a business actually works. And it’s also the best way to prove your marketing is working. Does yours make a profit?
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TAMPA, Florida, December 11, 2014 – C&C Bindery, Long Island, NY, installed My Press Needs’ 28×41 Crest Clamshell to increase its short-run business.
“Several years ago, we reinvented ourselves from a traditional bindery to specialize in pharmaceutical and cosmetics packaging,” said C&C President Mitch Holsborg. The result was steady growth, resulting in Holsborg’s decision to purchase a die cutting press to handle and attract more short-run business. He chose MPN’s Crest primarily because of its safety features. “The Crest is a step above other clamshells in safety, which has given us confidence to enter the short run-market,” he said. But the Crest had an even more immediate impact on C&C’s business. “We didn’t realize the high volume of digital short runs we were doing on our Bobst,” Holsborg said. “So for us, the true benefit of the Crest is relieving pressure on longer runs. We’ve been keeping the Crest busy eight to ten hours a day. Its quick make-ready and accuracy fills our need for a smooth workflow.”
MPN President Rob Weidhaas said the Crest’s “sweet spot” is short runs. “The Crest’s versatility and quick make-ready times make it the perfect press for our customers like C&C,” said Weidhaas. “And with our new WideMouth™ technology, the Crest can die cut thicker materials like Falconboard® to give printers even more opportunities.”
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Jingit Launches Omni-channel Shopper Marketing Platform
Jingit, the Minneapolis-based company that uses instant cash as the “conversation starter” between consumers, brands and retailers, has launched a platform update, designed to enable retailers and brands to better engage with shoppers across multiple channels.
Allowing brands to drive retail banner-specific engagement without losing personalized shopper interactions, Jingit offers shoppers instant cash for engaging with retailers and brands at any step in the transaction process, from any media point: print/FSI, signage, TV, online, banner ads, mobile and social.
"Jingit addresses a familiar problem retailers face: hundreds of suppliers demanding marketing ROI, and the challenges inherent in the huge growth in shopper apps that distract shoppers," Joe Rogness, co-founder and CEO of Jingit, told Progressive Grocer. "Jingit helps retailers and brands conduct a personalized experience, one shopper at a time...while keeping the spend in a retailer’s location."
Shoppers use Jingit via their smartphone to access personalized, time-sensitive engagements and offers, which can include watching a brief ad, taking a short survey, checking in with a product in-aisle, or a combination thereof. Once the product engagement is complete, the consumer earns cash that they can spend instantly.
This sequenced conversation aims to complement traditional marketing, and includes the consumer throughout the entire lifecycle in an opt-in manner. Brands such as 7UP, Hillshire Farm and Kellogg’s are tapping Jingit to build ongoing direct product engagement with shoppers.
The platform "facilitates the win-win-win between consumer, brand, and merchant," Rogness added. "Jingit enables a marketer to maintain a 1:1 conversation from first media impression, through purchase and into loyalty. This sequenced conversation compliments traditional marketing, and includes the consumer throughout the entire lifecycle in an opt-in manner."
Rogness told PG that the future of advertising lies in the control and hands of the consumer, and, given the technically-advanced age where everything needs to be at the "tips of their fingertips, ... Jingit delivers a simple way to complement what works best about traditional marketing methods and satisfy the unique needs of everyone involved in the shopper marketing ecosystem."


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Cadillac is finally working on a new three-row large crossover, which will give it a rival to models, like the Audi Q7 and Volvo XC90. Cadillac hasn’t revealed what it will be called, but a new report claims that the new crossover will be called the Cadillac XT6.
Automotive News is reporting that the new Cadillac XT6 will arrive in 2019, which is just one of the new range of XT crossovers that Cadillac has planned. The XT6 will be based on the same C1XX platform as the Buick Enclave and Chevy Traverse. It will essentially fill the gap in Cadillac’s lineup between the existing XT5 and Escalade models.
At the other end, Cadillac is also working on a lineup of smaller crossovers, called the XT4, XT3 and XT2. The Cadillac XT4 is expected to arrive next year as a rival to the BMW X1 and Audi Q3.
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Riot at Foxconn factory in China blamed on harsh security guards
Sunday's riot targeted Foxconn security guards, according to workers
IDG News Service - Foxconn workers are blaming company security guards for Sunday's unrest at a manufacturing facility in China, claiming that the mass riot was the result of an escalating brawl between assembly line workers and security guards.
The riot, which involved 2,000 workers, occurred at a Foxconn factory in the Chinese city of Taiyuan and sent 40 people to the hospital before it was quelled by local police. While Foxconn said the incident arose from a "personal dispute," without elaborating, company workers interviewed on Tuesday said the riot first started as a fight between only a few security guards and workers.
Although it's unclear what exactly sparked the fight, workers said it's well-known that Foxconn security guards are often domineering and aggressive toward assembly-line workers. The unrest also came as workers from Foxconn's other manufacturing facilities in China have been transferred to the Taiyuan facility to learn how to assemble Apple's iPhone 5.
These new transfers are less tolerant of Foxconn's security guards, explained a 20-year-old worker, who only wished to give his surname as Zhou. "I think some of these transfers were more extreme in their approach. The workers native to Taiyuan also probably couldn't take it any more with the guards," he said.
When Sunday's fight broke out, hundreds of workers from nearby dormitories came to watch as the crowd eventually erupted into a riot targeting company security guards. This led to destruction of cars and store windows on the Foxconn campus. "They were mainly after the security guards, but when they couldn't find them, the workers went off and smashed other things," Zhou said.
Foxconn's Taiyuan facility, which employs 79,000 people, closed on Monday as a result of the riot. But on Tuesday it reopened, and police cars and vans could be seen stationed on street corners in the area.
The Taiwanese company, which also counts Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo among its customers, has faced ongoing criticism for poor working conditions at its factories, with labor groups pointing to Sunday's riot as a symptom of employee mistreatment.
Workers interviewed on Tuesday offered mixed views of their own jobs. Some pointed to the wages as too low, with workers making around $395 or more a month depending on the amount of overtime recorded. But others noted that Foxconn jobs were easy to obtain, with education requirements low for the positions offered.
"People come here because they can't find other work, and the pay here is not bad," said a 21-year-old Foxconn worker, surname Luo, who came to the factory after finishing college with nothing else to do. Luo now helps install microphones in iPhones.
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Gaming Studio Fracture Labs, situated in the resources city of Estonia, Tallinn, recognized for their survival video game Decimated, has elevated $3.5 million.
The $3.5 million investment round was led by Alameda Study, Hub Ventures, Spartan Group, Cryptology AG, and also other remarkable investors.
The firm will make use of the cash for video game development and also produce an NFT industry, introducing the game title in 2022. To date, Fracture Labs has increased $8 million in total.
What is Decimated
Decimated is not a new game in the blockchain PC gaming neighborhood, It was really one of the very initial 3D-based crypto games that sadly never struck the market as the modern technology and also market problems had not been optimal back in 2019.
While the preliminary plan was to launch the game on Ethereum, Fracture Labs made a decision to move over to Solano, the fastest expanding community with over 400 apps right now.
It s worth mentioning that Annihilated won the title of The most effective Crypto Video Game in CGC Seminar back in 2019 as well as was lately granted an Impressive Mega Grant from Unreal Engine.
Currently, that the space is matured as well as after two years of continuous advancement, when prepared for video game is preparing yourself to arrive to our computer systems displays in 2022.
Annihilated is a third individual survival role-playing video game where gamers pick between a human person or a cyborg police.
In abandoned earth, human beings passed away or were kicked out by cyborg police officers and also required to reside in a post-apocalyptic globe where survival is the secret.
In-game products such as automobiles and frameworks are all digital properties a gamer can own and also market in the upcoming marketplace of the video game.
The game s currency is DID and has a fixed supply of one billion symbols.
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A key factor of MAMR, Western Digital claims, is that it doesn't suffer from reliability and material science challenges which abruptly halted HAMR's areal density expansion plans.
According to WD, current heat-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) technologies are reaching their limits in terms of performance and capacity, but MAMR promises to be able to improve both capacity and performance. "While the company didn't share the precise density of its prototype design, it did claim that MAMR technology should lead to areal densities of four terabits per square inch (4Tb/in²) and 3.5" hard drives of 40TB capacity 'and beyond' by 2025.
That gives MAMR a 100-times better data writing lifetime than HAMR, letting Western Digital talk about hard drives with up to 40 TBs and more in capacity with 2.5 million hours of reliability and a five-year warranty, he said.
The first MAMR hard-disk drives will be running in data centres by 2020, according to WD, but will quickly find their way into an array of different products, including consumer products, according to IDC. It builds upon a number of other leading innovations from the company.Читайте также: Bitcoin trades above $5000 for first time ever
The event, held at the company's headquarters in Silicon Valley, included a demonstration of the world's first microwave-assisted magnetic recording (MAMR) HDD and presentations from company executives and the inventor of MAMR technology, Professor Jimmy Zhu from Carnegie Mellon University.
Western Digital has a nice new video which demonstrates all of their HDD innovations, including the new MAMR. The concept isn't new - the original patent for using heat to increase the stability of magnetically-stored data was granted in 1954, and the technology itself saw brief usage in magneto-optical drives from the 1980s before writeable CDs cornered the market for low-priced write-once mass storage - but Western Digital claims MAMR is now ready for prime time.
WD also showcased advancements in microactuation and Damascene recording head technology. The Damascene process also provides the capability to embed the spin torque oscillator that enables the manufacturing of MAMR heads.
The demonstration of Western Digital's MAMR technology is the latest achievement in decades of HDD leadership from the company, including over 7,000 issued patents in HDD technology, on-going helium-enabled HDD technology advancements - as highlighted by the recent introduction of the world's first host-managed shingled magnetic recording (SMR) technology enterprise-class 14TB hard drive - and a long history of world's firsts in multi-disk design. They are going ahead full speed as sampling to OEM customers is.При любом использовании материалов сайта и дочерних проектов, гиперссылка на обязательна.
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EA Sports, Virgin Team Up For Gaming Competitions
Electronic Arts will be integrating Virgin Gaming's competitive gaming technology into pay-to-enter and sponsored tournaments for "select EA Sports console video games."
Virgin's position as the official tournament provider for EA Sports lets the publisher upgrade its competitions with better community features and web integration via Virgin's technology platform.
"Virgin Gaming demonstrates the system-wide integrity we desire, and this is a great opportunity for EA Sports fans to experience secure and impeccably managed online tournaments for some of our top titles," EA Sports president Peter Moore said in a statement.
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In 2015, Microsoft laid off 7,800 people. This May, Microsoft announced it would lay off another 1,850 employees, mostly people who worked for Nokia, which Microsoft acquired in 2013.
In its quarterly 10-K report recently filed to the SEC, Microsoft announced yet another batch layoffs: “In addition to the elimination of 1,850 positions that were announced in May 2016, approximately 2,850 roles globally will be reduced during the year.” This new round of layoffs will be mostly from the phone division as the company restructures.
According to Recode, this means “Microsoft has essentially shed nearly all of the Nokia mobile phone business,” a business the company paid $7.2 billion for.
This makes sense considering how unpopular Windows phones are. They also just can’t compete with the rest of the smartphones on the market due in part to a small app marketplace and have been practically giving Lumia phones away.
Even so, letting go 12,500 employees in under two years looks doesn’t look great for the company.


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Ontario reluctant to remove barriers to interprovincial trade
TORONTO – Ontario’s governing Liberals say they want to remove barriers to interprovincial trade, but suggest they’re reluctant to lift some restrictions that give Ontario companies an advantage.
Finance Minister Charles Sousa says there are a number of sectors within Ontario’s economy that are strong because they’re protected.
Sousa says he’s open to talks on how to grow the economy, but he doesn’t want to jeopardize the livelihood of Ontario companies.
There are restrictions in Ontario that make it more difficult for companies outside the province to bid on infrastructure projects, which are getting a big funding boost from the Liberals over the next few years.
Ontario consumers of wine and spirits must also buy their booze through the Liquor Control Board of Ontario, instead of having it shipped directly from a producer outside the province.
Sousa’s comments come after the leaders of three western provinces called for the removal of trade barriers to reduce the cost of doing business and help provincial economies grow.
Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall, Alberta Premier Dave Hancock and B.C. Premier Christy Clark sent a letter to other premiers on Wednesday saying it’s time for a more modern approach.
Wall says it’s arguably easier for a company in the United States to bid on government procurement in Canada than it is for some Canadian companies to bid in their own country.
The premiers say in the letter that the current Agreement on Internal Trade, which came into effect in 1995, allows “anti-free trade behaviour which puts us on a slippery slope to protectionism.”
Wall said the old agreement takes the approach that every sector of the economy is protected unless an exception is added in.
He said a new Canada free trade zone would flip that around to say that everything is subject to free trade between the provinces unless exceptions are negotiated.
The three premiers say in the letter that they want to see a commitment for change when all the premiers meet in Charlottetown in August.
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SeaPort Manatee, Logistec USA Add Two New Mobile Harbor Cranes
SeaPort Manatee and terminal operator Logistec USA Inc., a subsidiary of Logistec Corp., are further enhancing cargo-handling capabilities with the addition of two new Konecranes Gottwald Generation 6 mobile harbor cranes.
The pair of eco-efficient cranes arrived at SeaPort Manatee on April 22 via trans-Atlantic vessel voyage from their place of manufacture in Germany. Each of the cranes is capable of lifting loads of as many as 125 metric tons, and the two units combine to offer a tandem lift capability of more than 200 metric tons – the most at any Florida seaport.
The newly acquired Gottwald Generation 6 cranes accompany two Gottwald Generation 5 units and a versatile Liebherr mobile harbor crane in the lift equipment fleet serving SeaPort Manatee, which recently reported handling record cargo volumes in its first fiscal half, ended March 31.