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Designers from the UK and the USA Called for a Radical Change in the Fashion Industry
British Fashion Council and the Council of Fashion Designers of America wrote an open letter calling for a change in the fashion industry system. They presented their recommendations for brands and designers: create no more than two collections a year and produce them according to the season when «consumers really need these things». Working on only two collections a year, according to experts, will allow designers to slowly devote themselves to creativity and reduce resource consumption. The authors of the open letter also called for shows to be held in only one fashion capital after the pandemic, so that buyers, journalists, and other industry representatives would have to travel less and, consequently, thus will reduce the carbon footprint from airplane flights. Experts hope that the new approach will also have an impact on how consumers feel about clothing. «We are united in our unwavering belief that the fashion system must change and this must happen at every level», concluded specialists in an open letter.
Earlier designers Dries van Noten, Gabriela Hirst, and Tom Brown made similar proposals. They also called on the fashion industry to develop a system that would make their businesses «more environmentally and socially sustainable and ultimately better able to meet customer needs». The Business of Fashion has created a manifesto that calls for a review of the collection’s release calendar. The Gucci brand has also refused to lead shows during the established seasons. The brand will only produce collections twice a year in a new format, said Alessandro Michele, creative director of Gucci. Prior to this, London Fashion Week has combined shows of men’s and women’s collections on the same gender-neutral platform.


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NEW YORK (AP) — It’s getting rarer for phone launches to generate excitement these days — especially in the Android world, where all models use the same underlying Google software. Every year, phones get routine refreshes such as faster processors, better cameras and longer battery life.
But Android phone makers haven’t given up trying to stand out. Samsung, for instance, hopes to encourage upgrades by giving its new Galaxy Note 7 phone an eye scanner for identification and related security features. Other manufacturers are looking beyond the phone entirely, pinning their hopes on innovative accessories. Motorola offers mix-and-match modules that let you upgrade your phone on the fly, while Alcatel is focused on adding virtual-reality features, including a headset.
JUST LOOK … FOR SECURITY
Fingerprint scanners are now standard in high-end phones, following their big debut in the 2013 iPhone 5S. In the Note 7, Samsung takes the notion of such “biometric” security a step further, adding an iris scanner that detects patterns in your eyes to confirm your identity.
The feature is easy to set up, and the iris detection works well — as long as you’re not in direct sunlight or wearing glasses (much less sunglasses). Samsung even warns that contact lenses might mess things up, although the scanner worked fine when I wore them. To unlock the phone, you need to turn on the screen and swipe; then you just stare at the screen. The fingerprint scanner works even with the screen off and glasses on, making it the far better choice unless your fingers are wet.
Many Android phones offer a face-detection feature for unlocking phones, but that’s all it does. With the Note 7, the iris or fingerprint can also unlock a secure folder where you can stash sensitive photos, documents and email accounts you might want to keep away from friends who borrow your phone to look at baby pictures.
It’s a good concept, although in practice it can feel like you’re using two separate phones. When browsing photos in the “secure” gallery, all your other photos are invisible. You need to go back out to the “unsecure” gallery to view those. And there’s no way to move text messaging to the Secure Folder.
Beyond that, the Note 7 has a more resilient screen, more storage and more ways to use the stylus — for instance, you can translate a phrase just by holding the pen over a word. Samsung also brings water resistance and its excellent Galaxy S7 camera to the jumbo Note 7, while offering easier access to camera settings using swipes.
Nothing is radically new, but the improvements are great if you’re already looking to upgrade. The Note 7 comes out Friday and will cost $850 to $880 in the U.S., depending on the carrier. It’s about $100 more than what last year’s Note cost at launch, but all models now have a screen that curves over the sides of the phone, something previously reserved for a more expensive “Edge” version.
BUILD YOUR OWN PHONE
Motorola is the latest manufacturer to embrace a new concept called modular design . With it, customers can customize their phones on-the-fly by swapping out components to get, say, a bigger battery or more powerful speakers. Another replaceable module can turn the phone into a wall projector for presentations. This takes the idea of personalization way beyond choosing the phone’s color or storage.
LG introduced an earlier modular design with its G5 phone in April, although that phone forces you to shut it down every time you replace a module. Motorola lets you replace modules without missing a Snapchat. Modules attach to the phone using powerful magnets, yet they snap on and off easily, like Lego blocks.
Of course, many phone cases and other accessories offer similar functionality, but they aren’t as fun as what the company calls Moto Mods.
For now, you can only use these modules with the Moto Z ($625) and Moto Z Force ($720) phones, which are currently available only through Verizon in the U.S. under the Droid brand. And these modules will cost you: a spare battery is $60 to $90, the speaker is $80 and the projector is a whopping $300. You could shell out more than $1,200 if you also opt for a designer phone back made of fabric, wood or leather.
The concept is pretty radical as Android innovations go, but there’s a chicken-and-egg problem. Third-party developers need to know there are customers out there before they’ll commit the time and money to building imaginative modules. A module with a larger camera lens for better zooming, for instance, would be awesome. But there are no crowds demanding that feature — at least not yet.
LG faces the same problem with its G5 modules. For now, it lets you swap batteries and attach a camera grip with physical buttons to take shots and control video recording.
Alcatel’s approach to innovation is to not sell you a phone at all. Instead, it wants to offer you a virtual-reality setup for $400. You get a mid-range Android phone, the Idol 4S, along with a VR headset, JBL headphones and an Incipio protective case for the phone. Alcatel doesn’t sell the 4S separately, but based on the $280 price of last year’s Idol 3, you’re paying roughly $100 for the accessories.
Alcatel’s headset is a step up from Google Cardboard, a $15 contraption that’s not meant to be comfortable — it’s made of cardboard, after all. But it lacks the head-tracking capabilities of Samsung’s $100 Gear VR, which on Friday is getting a wider field of view and a black interior for more-immersive viewing.
The Idol 4S comes with several VR apps already installed, including Littlstar for watching VR videos and Fyuse for stitching together 360-degree photos, panorama-style.
Unfortunately, Alcatel’s innovation might feel obsolete in just a few months, when Google releases its Daydream system for headsets and phones. Daydream is designed for higher-end phones than the Idol 4S, so Alcatel’s VR system won’t be compatible.

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Schools Launch Hydroponic Farms Inside Refurbished Shipping Containers
Upcycling for Growth
Stepping into the shipping container on the grounds of Boston Latin School is not what you would expect. The glow of LED lights, the cool humid temperature and the abundance of leafy greens hanging from the ceilings might surprise you, but for the students in charge of maintaining this wonder, it’s just another day. This ‘Leafy Green Machine,’ produced by Freight Farms, started as a dream. The renovated shipping container houses an acre’s worth of vertical growing space, using hydroponic irrigation and UV light, and allows for year-round growth regardless of weather conditions. In an effort to help “green” their school, Cate Arnold, Boston Latin School’s sustainability coordinator and middle school history teacher, and a group of concerned students applied for the Global Green USA’s Green Makeover Competition in 2012. Out of 400 applications, Boston Latin’s proposal was the winner. The grant provided $75,000 needed to jump start a school farming program and a chance to educate future students on the concerns surrounding food access and the changing landscape of agriculture.
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Fast forward six years and the farm is in full swing. With a team of over 60 students volunteering during their free periods, Boston Latin grows a range of produce from arugula to calendula, an edible flower that is equally as delicious as it is beautiful. These farm hands all seem to feel the same way about the farm. “It gives us an opportunity to do something different, and is a nice break from the books,” notes Annie Wilson, a junior at Boston Latin. Chelsea Zheng, also a junior, adds, “You can put some music on, work with your hands, and relax for a while.” Many of the students have been involved since their freshman year, and those who joined the group later wish they had learned about it sooner.
Future of Farming
The farm has influenced the students’ future goals and how they view food and agriculture. For Laura Goodfield, a junior, the farm has sparked an interest in public health, “I’m interested in how we as a population interact with our food, and the effects that has on our health.” The students are already giving back to their community by donating a portion of their yield to a food pantry in Jamaica Plain. The majority of their funding has come through school fundraising efforts. According to Ms. Arnold, “We are planning a picnic for the Spring. Students will be able to come out after school and make a salad with ingredients we’ve grown.” Looking towards the future, the students are working on becoming a certified CSA, which will allow them generate funds to keep the farm running for years to come.
Boston Latin isn’t the only Freight Farm in the area. Responding to the push for fresh, local produce, Green Line Growers, a small business that sells primarily to area restaurants, set up shop in a warehouse in Brookline, operating out of three shipping containers. Green Line Growers founder, Bobby Zuker, explains: “I wanted people to know where their food comes from, and to have the option of purchasing local produce. It was also important to me that my kids knew where the food they eat was grown.” Green Line Growers recently closed operations, but area schools like the Rivers School in Weston and Salem High School in Salem, Massachusetts have followed Boston Latin’s lead, installing farms of their own!
The Creators of the Leafy Green Machine
Based in Boston, Freight Farms was founded in 2010 with the intention of providing a space to grow healthy, fresh produce year round - regardless of the outdoor conditions. Their signature product, the Leafy Green Machine, comes assembled in a 40-foot repurposed shipping container. With the use of vertical hydroponic systems and a LED array, the Leafy Green Machine provides ideal growing conditions 365 days a year. Locations that endure extreme temperatures, whether hot or cold, would benefit from this system of farming. According to Rachel Wisentaner from Freight Farms, their Leafy Green Machine helps build resilient and sustainable farming systems by reducing food miles since food is grown and consumed locally using less water. Wisentaner explained, “The hydroponic system allows for less water usage than in traditional farming practices, using only 25-50 gallons of water per week compared traditional soil based farming that uses over 1,000 gallons.”
Is Freight Farming Right for Your School?
The perks of having a Freight Farm on campus are clear, but it does require an on-going investment of both time and money. The initial cost for the Freight Farm is $80,000, plus the cost of water and electricity to keep the farm operational. One shipping container requires 125 kWh of energy per day. A dedicated, 450 sq-ft plot of land is needed to house the farm. According to Cate Arnold, it is important that the students that are working the farm have extensive training on how the Freight Farm operates. Ideally, a school would have a designated individual who is well versed in the farm to train incoming students year after year. The labor required to keep the farm in working order is anywhere from 15-20 hours per week, so having enough volunteers to cover the hours should be considered as well. So whether Freight Farming is right for your school or not, we can all agree these students are making a difference one healthy, green leaf at a time.
Article submitted by Shannon Meyer, a recent graduate of the Boston University School of Public Health, currently working as a Sustainability and Health Intern with Boyer Sudduth Environmental Consultants.


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The limits to YouTube’s TV ambition
Most advertisers continue to think of YouTube, the Alphabet-owned video streaming giant, as an online video play rather than a destination for TV ad dollars – key tools are missing.
Why it matters
Dollars are flowing away from TV worldwide as viewers find entertainment elsewhere, but Google’s cross-media deal making – it can sell a full package of display, search, and video in one fell swoop – is struggling to break Connected TV. With spending on CTV expected to rise 50% this year, this is a major growth area the company wants to target.
Brand and agency sources speaking to AdAge, who describe what’s missing as the following:
- Frequency management tools to control how often a single user is shown a particular ad.
- Campaign measurement on YouTube is incompatible with traditional ways of measuring TV.
In addition, others report issues of needlessly increased frequency as YouTube couples YouTube TV (its live service) into YouTube Select (its premium ad offering).
Brands on the move
Competitors have moved faster. Brands like snack giant Mondelez, quoted in the story, point to destinations like digital ad platform The Trade Desk and Roku as leaders in connected TV.
One key difference, still, is the brand safety question surrounding the sheer plethora of content that is the entire point of buying YouTube inventory, allowing you to buy audiences over content. Many brands still want to advertise against the kind of premium content that YouTube simply does not have.
What’s being done
Google notes a deal struck with Nielsen last year to measure connected TV campaigns on YouTube and YouTube TV, which is set to kick in later this year. The streaming service also hints to AdAge that more measurement partners are coming this year.
“We’re actively working with those partners to enable measurement of YouTube’s CTV reach, on a standalone, cross-device and incremental basis,” said Debbie Weinstein, VP of global solutions, Youtube, in an email to the magazine.
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Posted by: Chris Barylick
Date: Thursday, February 10th, 2011, 06:44
Category: Apple TV, News, Software
It’s the inadvertent hints that make technology interesting.
Per Engadget, references to gaming and a possible controller for the Apple TV have been discovered in the iOS 4.3 beta code, suggesting that Apple could be planning to take on traditional gaming consoles over control of the TV.
Prior to Apple’s announcement of the new US$99 streaming Apple TV, rumors swirled that the device, which runs a variant of iOS, could gain support for third-party iOS apps in the next revision. Those rumors failed to materialize, but a new report claims to have found evidence of future gaming features for the Apple TV in an iOS 4.3 beta.
The article reports that a tipster has notified them of references to online gaming support in a recent iOS 4.3 beta. “Several references have been found pertaining to “ATVGames” and “ATVThunder” that point to a controller of some sort, leaderboards (think Game Center), a way to schedule games (multiplayer?), and a store front (think App Store, iTunes),” the report noted.
Two strings, “com.apple.appletv.play.live.thunder” and “.play.archive.thunder,” may point to the possibility of streaming games to the Apple TV or archiving them for offline play. The report’s source speculated that “the OpenGL is mature and thoroughly implemented enough that streaming low bandwidth data and computing locally could happen,” though the report was quick to disclaim that there’s nothing in the code to suggest that will be the case.
Two more codenames, Sedona and Flagstaff, named after cities in Arizona, were also discovered in the beta. With references to director, episode and season, Sedona may be a new “video merchandising and streaming” feature, according to the report. The Flagstaff code references “Account Types and Merchants,” but otherwise remains a mystery.
The popularity of games on iOS has contributed to the runaway success of the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch, while also putting handheld gaming device makers like Sony and Nintendo on the defensive. Apple CEO Steve Jobs boasted in September last year that the iPod touch had become the “world’s most popular game player.”
Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime told reporters last year that Apple is a bigger threat than Xbox maker and rival Microsoft. Sony and Google will team up against Apple in a new PlayStation Suite for Android platform that will bring PlayStation games to Google’s mobile OS.
According to a December 2010 report by Interpret, Apple’s iOS devices are displacing standalone gaming devices, as the proportion of games played on the Nintendo DS and Sony PSP have declined 13% over the last year.
Stay tuned for additional details as they become available.


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Do you remember when ice cream parlors were as provincial as vanilla, chocolate and strawberry? Not anymore.
Predictable mixes like M&M’s, rainbow sprinkles and almond pieces have been finding their way into batches of ice cream. But if your taste buds are craving something a little more exotic to stave off the heat, more parlors are scooping out flavors comprised of novel ingredients.
At least that would be the perception when speaking with owner Matt Garwood of Ummm Ice Cream Parlor in Burlington City, where 76 flavors rotate biweekly from April through October.
Each season, home-churned, calorie-loaded flavors are lovingly launched, sometimes in response to customer suggestions, or just to have fun. Last year, Anna’s Chippies, chocolate ice cream with potato chips, was inspired by one of Garwood’s daughters.
This year, his wackiest confection has probably been the bacon-flavored maple ice cream, the cured meat a de rigueur staple in fusion cuisine lately.
“I tell customers, ‘You eat bacon for breakfast and drink milk with it,’ ” said Garwood. “It’s the same principle.”
With this being the Garden State, foods sourced locally are an important part of the shop’s recipes. A blueberry ice cream, made with Jersey’s finest, will be hand-packed and ready for consumption starting this week.
Two other fruity delights are the banana split with crushed pineapples and cherries and the Rosanna Banana Danna, a shoutout to the popular character Roseanne Roseannadanna played by Gilda Radner in the 1970s on “Saturday Night Live.”
Occasionally, a flavor doesn’t catch on. “We once tried a chocolate champagne sherbet,” Garwood said. “But it didn’t sell well.”
Among the 18 or so flavors handmade at Ordille’s Lite-N-Up ice cream parlor is the now-ubiquitous sea salt-caramel pretzel flavor, a vanilla-based ice cream with salty caramel swirls laden with chocolate-covered pretzels. Summertime at the Haddon Heights shop means peach ice cream, as well as the rich, velvety cinnamon or blueberry cheesecake choices. Not to mention, chocolate chips and peanut butter cups whipped into a few flavors are still having their day.
Keeping with health trends, Ordille’s has been offering its gluten-free cones for years, along with their sugar and cake cones. Up to 18 water sorbet flavors without lactose are available, and there is sugar-free ice cream made especially for those with diabetes.
“Any of our flavors can be made into a dessert,” said manager Kim Bass. “We’re noticing this year that milkshakes are very hot.”
And speaking of milkshakes, customers marvel at the Pop Shop’s Shakin’ Bacon, a blend of vanilla ice cream, crispy bacon and pancake syrup, said Connie Correia, co-owner of the Collingswood eatery.
The Pop Shop doesn't make its own ice cream; instead, they hand-dip 12 Bassetts' flavors — including chocolate chip cookie dough, Moose Tracks and butterscotch vanilla — into sinfully delicious desserts. One showstopper is the decadent Popapalooza: peanut butter swirl ice cream, deluged with peanut M&M’s, crushed nuts, peanut butter topping and whipped cream.
“It’s our most requested item among our 18 sundaes and banana splits,” said Correia.
In the land of ice cream, classic vanilla and chocolate, still reign supreme, according to Maureen Brzycki, owner of Nellie Bly’s Ice Cream Parlour in Riverton - although, mint chocolate chip reaps many fans.
“Strawberry isn’t that popular anymore,” Brzycki confided. “But, you couldn't have an ice cream parlor without it."


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84% of consumers say their trust of local advertisers on local news sites is neutral or increases – despite the type of local news the ad appears within.
A recent IAB study found that local news websites provides a brand safe environment for local brands – increasing brand trust and consumer engagement – while also positioning the advertiser as a reliable local business. More than a third of consumers say their trust in brands grows when companies advertise alongside news content, according to an Interactive Advertising Bureau / Magid Survey completed in September 2020. “Never has trusted news been more important in our society,” commented IAB CEO David Cohen. “While historically some brands have avoided news due to negative association concerns, the study found that those concerns were unfounded. News outlets provide a powerful platform to connect with consumers. Put simply, news saves lives and news builds brands.”
The survey found that three in four consumers regularly followed national/international news weekly from an average of four news sources. Seven in ten consumers indicated that they trust their news sources. 47% of consumers report that advertising in News increases positive perception of brand attributes.
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Learn more about how your brand can benefit from the news trust halo. Reach out to email@example.com and one of our marketing experts can work with you to develop custom strategies to help your business.
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FOOD delivery outfit DeliverEat is expecting revenue to double this year as more consumers cosy up to the idea of having their meals delivered to their doorstep.
GONE are the days where we had to visit a physical store to purchase our necessities. Online shopping has become a huge part of our lives, with it being more convenient for consumers to purchase and receive their goods - from the comfort of their home.
KUALA LUMPUR: Shares of GDB Holdings Bhd rose over 2% in early trade on Friday after the company secured a RM213.3mil hotel development contract.
KUALA LUMPUR: Stocks to watch on Friday include Spring Art Holdings Bhd, GDB Holdings Bhd, Pentamaster Corp Bhd, VSTECS Bhd, SYF Resources Bhd and EcoFirst Consolidated Bhd, according to JF Apex Research.
PETALING JAYA: GDB Holdings Bhd has secured a RM213.3mil contract to build the 22-storey Hyatt Centric hotel in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah.
KUALA LUMPUR: GDB Holdings Bhd has secured a RM213.3mil contract to build the 22-storey Hyatt Centric hotel in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah.
Cinema offers moviegoers exciting VR interactive gaming experience to indulge senses.
THE growing awareness on health has not only encouraged more people to live healthier lives, it has also led to the growth of sports across the globe, and Malaysia is no exception.
PETALING JAYA: Former international shuttler Datuk Jack Koh (pic) has had enough with the Badminton Association of Malaysia (BAM).
PETALING JAYA: Ikea, one of the world’s largest furniture retailer, is looking to ramp up its investments and expansion in Malaysia by investing RM300mil by year-end after investing RM2.1bil in the last three years


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SÃO PAULO, Brazil – BRF S.A. sold its Argentina-based Avex poultry processing business to Granja Tres Arroyos S.A. and Fribel S.A. for $50 million.
The transaction includes a poultry processing plant in Rio Cuarto, which has the capacity to process 160,000 birds per day; and food-processing facilities in Llavallol and Villa Mercedes, which process more than 10,000 tons of products per month including margarines, sauces, olive oil and baking ingredients under various brands.
Avex has operated in Argentina since 1950 and employs 800 workers. The company makes food products under the Dánica, Manty, Delicia, D’Fiesta and Sierra Sur.
The sale of Avex is BRF’s second in Argentina. In December 2018, the company reached an agreement with Marfrig Global Foods S.A. in which Marfrig acquired 91.89 percent of shares in Quickfood S.A., a beef-based processed food company in a transaction valued at $60 million.
QuickFood operates three plants located in San Jorge, Baradero and Arroyo Seco with a slaughtering capacity of 620 head per day and a processing capacity of approximately 6,000 metric tons per month. The company produces hamburgers, franks, cold cuts and frozen vegetables.
BRF said negotiations are ongoing for the company’s Campo Austral beef and pork business in Argentina, in addition to its operations in Europe and Thailand.
“In the case of Campo Austral, we are already in an advanced stage of negotiations with prospective buyers and will make an announcement at opportune moment,” Lorival Luz, Global Chief Operating Officer of BRF, said.
In addition to the sale of Avex, BRF announced the restructuring of the company’s Receivable Backed Investment Fund (FIDC). The fund acquires credit rights originated from commercial transactions between BRF and the company’s customers in Brazil. The transaction is valued at R750 million reais.
Lastly, BRF signed agreements the company said will improve its debt profile in 2020. The new banking operations exceeded R1 billion reais.
“Since the strategy was to prioritize the divestment of Argentine assets as there were bigger doubts about the speed of executing the transaction, we decided to postpone by a week the delivery of the binding offers from Europe and Thailand,” Lorival explained. “The process remains quite competitive, with five different players contending for the assets. We expect this process to be concluded in January.”
BRF expects to receive offers for the company’s assets in Europe and Thailand until the end of the week and contractual negotiations will take place in early 2020.


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Jamie Gunning and Guy Passey along with former Kier man Charlie Philip will specialise in mixed-use in the capital.
Investor Select Property has secured a £40.2m development loan from challenger bank OakNorth to develop 356 homes across two residential towers in Manchester.
Leicester branch achieves 88% success rate, but £2.4m raised is 40% down on August 2017 auction result.
Birmingham City Council has unveiled its masterplan for the 2022 Commonwealth Games athletes village including plans to convert the site into a scheme comprising social housing, for sale and private rental homes and a retirement village after the games.
Fashion retailer G-Star RAW has signed for a flagship store at Sheffield’s Meadowhall shopping centre as part of an expansion plan for the brand that will see its double its store estate to 10 by the end of the year.
Clearbell Capital has sold Lingfield Point, an 85-acre business park in the North East, to Frogmore, on behalf of a fund it manages.
Clarion Housing Group has acquired a ten acre site in Suffolk on which it will deliver a 100% affordable housing scheme with a £24m gross development value (GDV).
Industry questions prudence of local authority spending £9,310 per resident to build property portfolio.
North Somerset Council and Legal & General have bought The Sovereign Shopping Centre in Weston-Super-Mare for £21m.
Drum Property Group has submitted plans for the £30m first phase of its mixed-use regeneration project at Pacific Quay in Glasgow, featuring 20,000 sq ft of Grade A office space and an urban whisky distillery.
Schroder UK Real Estate Fund has signed a deal to bring Everyman Cinema to Cardiff for its first Welsh site as part of a regeneration of Mermaid Quay.
Former Formula One driver bullish about developments in his native Northern Ireland and overseas.
Round Hill Capital has appointed John Vaudin as managing director, Ireland.


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Doujin store DLsite temporarily suspends sales of AI-generated content
DLsite, an online store for digital doujin content, has announced that it is temporarily suspending sales of AI-generated works. The categories of content that this suspension applies to are Manga, CG + Illustrations, Video, and Creator Assets. Games and Novels will not be affected. Essentially, any works for which the main content was created using AI will be suspended from sale, while works that use AI in a limited fashion will still be available to purchase as usual.
In February, DLsite established criteria that AI-generated works must abide by and also implemented new tags that could be used to filter AI-generated content from search results. However, this new announcement notes that the development of these guidelines and policies is not able to keep up with the rapid advancements in AI image generation technology. After considering the impact that it would have on creators if the sales of AI-generated works were left in their current state, the decision was made to temporarily halt sales of such content.
Furthermore, DLsite’s owner, EISYS, announced that restrictions were being placed on the posting of AI-generated content to the company’s own creator support service, Ci-en. Creators will be temporarily prohibited from posting AI-generated content in the Manga, CG, Illustration, Creator Assets, and Video categories. Just like with DLsite, the suspension applies to works that are mainly created using AI technology. Creators are also prohibited from posting works that direct users to other sites where AI-generated content can be viewed. Any creators who violate these restrictions will have their accounts suspended.
These countermeasures are only temporary, and both DLsite and Ci-en stated that they intend to revise their guidelines and policies in accordance with changes in AI image generation technology and the surrounding community.
Digital content sites continue to face the issues that are presented by AI-generated works. Only a few days ago, pixiv released an announcement on new measures that it was implementing to address a number of problems, such as posting of copycat works and unauthorized aggregation of content. pixiv FANBOX also announced that it would temporarily prohibit AI-generated works (related article).
DLsite and Ci-en took actions of their own shortly after this, though it was really only a matter of time until something was done, as all of these sites are faced with an overabundance of AI-generated content. It will be interesting to keep an eye on how each site continues to alter their approach to this matter in the future.
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Shopping centre landlord Vicinity is embracing the town centre model by adding an additional $1 billion in new developments to future-proof shopping centres across its national footprint.
This will see apartments, hotels and office towers become the norm around a mall on land that was once ear-marked as future car parking areas, but which in time will be redundant as autonomous vehicles arrive.
Mixed-use developments will offer a more varied income stream for retail landlords through the sale of the apartments and lease of land to hotels and offices.
The residents, guests and workers can add to the malls' coffers through the patronage of the traditional apparel tenants as well as the expanded foods courts and leisure and entertainment areas.
Vicinity is currently developing a $50 million Victoria's Secret flagship store and expanded dining atrium at the Chadstone mall in Melbourne in preparation for guests at the new MGallery by Sofitel hotel being constructed next to the mall.
Funding the expansion could see the creation of wholesale development funds to raise third party capital with the mall in question being the seed asset. All proceeds of management fees and capital growth would flow back to the Vicinity balance sheet.
Vicinity has laid the ground work for funds management with the launch last week of the $1 billion wholesale trust with Keppel Capital housing eight malls that are now within the 50 trophy asset portfolio.
Vicinity chief executive Grant Kelley said there were no near term plans to create new funds, but where a fund structure suited the development of a mall, ''we would put on our developer hat and possibly take these off balance sheet for the purpose of the project''.
''Our wholesale funds business will become strategically important by providing us with significant access to capital. A strong track record over many years gives us the launching pad to expand the platform. The recent announcement of the proposed $1 billion wholesale fund ... represents our commitment to grow this business,'' Mr Kelley said.
Vicinity's executive general manager of development, Carolyn Viney, will arguably be the busiest in the coming year with the proposed mixed-use projects.
''The opportunity at Box Hill, Victoria, is very substantial and the Victoria government and the council are both very supportive of the redevelopment of the centre which has busy public transport connections,'' Ms Viney said.
''Extensive residential and commercial development around the centre indicates the potential to add over 300,000 square metres of non-retail development in addition to a significant retail expansion. A similar opportunity at exists at Bankstown as it is adjacent to the new Metro railway station,'' Ms Viney said.
Approvals are all predicated on local councils, but the group will use its flagship Chadstone centre and The Glen in Melbourne as the benchmarks for how to future-proof a shopping centre.
The 12 malls earmarked under the development proposals include the high-profile Box Hill Central and Northland in Melbourne, Bankstown in Sydney, and Buranda Village in Brisbane.
In addition, the country's biggest shopping centre landlord will upgrade its Chatswood Chase centre on Sydney's highly-affluent north shore and Victoria Gardens in Melbourne's Richmond.
Mr Kelley reported a statutory net profit after tax of $1.2 billion for Vicinity for the year to June 30, underpinned by steady operational performance and strong net property valuation gains of $555.1 million.
Funds from operations, considered the more accurate measure for real estate investment trusts, was $708.7 million or 18.2¢ on a per security basis.
Vicinity declared a total distribution of 16.3¢ for the 2018 year, compared with 17.3¢ the previous year. This reflects both the impact of asset sales and the adoption of a new distribution payout ratio.
The final distribution for the six months ended June 30 of 8.2¢ per security will be paid on August 29.


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This article is part of the GM Authority Mailbag series, where the GM Authority Crew features and replies to your questions, comments, and observations.
The following comes to us from John:
The Chevy Volt needs to be promoted better regionally. I live in San Francisco and am a few months away from buying a Volt (trading in my Prius). None of my friends know that the Volt qualifies for California-only special goodies, like a $1,500 rebate and access to the carpool lanes. I’ve personally seen the “Volt light”, but when I tell my SF friends that I’m getting a Volt, they look at me in puzzling bewilderment, not realizing what the car can do or that it qualifies for California-only incentives.
No contest there, John. GM is addressing the lack of “general” awareness with ads, but we’re not aware of any regional (read: California-specific) efforts to market the car. Given that California is increasingly responsible for a greater percentage of Volt sales, we have to wonder how many more Volts can be sold in The Golden State were the vehicle marketed more effectively there — especially given that the car now complies with the State’s emissions requirements.
PS: another GM Authority reader — Neal — has been emailing us with similar comments over the last couple of months. Thanks to Neal and John for tipping us.


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Traditional retailers like Albertsons, Walmart, and Target are clambering to acquire delivery-focused tech startups in the grocery race against Amazon.
Amazon and Alibaba are using technology to transform the in-store customer experience. Here's how these long-time e-commerce giants stack up offline.
Since the retail giant announced plans to continue acquiring startups, we took a data-driven look at 11 possible contenders.
JAB Holding has acquired a number of coffee chains, including Keurig Green Mountain in a $13.9B cash acquisition — its largest deal to date.
Subscription styling startup Stitch Fix just completed a highly anticipated IPO. Will the company's data-driven model resonate with investors or will public markets fear just another subscription box?
Startups are leveraging new distribution models and technologies to transform the luxury sector, while retail experience remains a key focus for high-end brands.
A German discount grocer has its sights set on a $5B US expansion. If it fulfills those plans, Aldi will be the third-largest grocer in the US by store locations by 2022.
Startups are using AI, neuroscience, and more to help brands gather deeper insights directly from consumers.
Early-stage startups are employing machine vision, 3D body scanning, consumer tracking, and AI-powered assistants to help retailers and consumers.


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LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - Fayette Mall announced today that Michael Kors will open its first in the Lexington market.
"High end retailer Michael Kors will add to the strength and dominance of Fayette Mall," said Travis Farren, regional director of leasing for Fayette Mall. "The addition of this retailer positions us to continue to be the premier shopping destination for customers in Lexington and the surrounding area." Michael Kors will be located in the North Mall near the food court.
Michael Kors is a rapidly growing global luxury lifestyle brand. The brand, which launched 30 years ago, is known for distinctive designs, materials and craftsmanship with a jet-set aesthetic that combines stylish elegance and a sport attitude.
Michael Kors has a presence in 74 countries and offers two primary collections: the Michael Kors luxury collection and the MICHAEL Michael Kors accessible luxury collection.


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PR Campaign Launches Oregon State Entrepreneurship Program
OSU approached us to capitalize on a major PR opportunity that exceeded its internal media relations bandwidth. Launching a high-profile Entrepreneurship Program and its newly built residence hall, they wanted top tier media coverage to announce and promote the new program and impress key donors and stakeholders. Our PR media and online campaign secured a host of high-impact business articles, TV and radio coverage, and magazine feature pieces, along with strong online buzz.
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Nine activists with the environmental advocacy group Greenpeace rappelled down the 17-story twin towers of the Procter & Gamble headquarters in downtown Cincinnati today and unfurled two enormous banners to protest deforestation linked to palm oil.
One of the 60-foot banners read: “Head and Shoulders wipes out dandruff and rain forests.”
The other read: “Head & Shoulders: Stop putting tiger survival on the line.”
“Today's protest at our general offices ended peacefully, and our primary concerns were the safety of our employees, the security of our facilities and the safety of the protesters,” P&G spokesman Paul Fox told me. “Today's protest is now in the hands of local law enforcement."
Greenpeace claims that palm oil used in P&G brands such as Head & Shoulders shampoo, Gillette shaving gel and Olay skin care products is connected to the deforestation of an area of Indonesia that is home to endangered Sumatran orangutans and tigers. A Greenpeace spokeswoman said she didn't know how the activists got into the building, but said they rappelled from a balcony near the summit around 12:30 p.m.
The banners were strung on wires between the two towers by the climbers, one of whom was wearing a tiger costume.
Clearing rainforests to cultivate palm trees is not only pushing the animals closer to extinction but also speeding climate change, Greenpeace claims. The group wants Cincinnati-based Procter & Gamble (NYSE: PG) to suspend trade with any producer involved in deforestation.
The environmental advocacy group launched a public relations campaign last week against Procter & Gamble, which for at least 15 years has touted its commitment to consider the environmental impact of the household products it manufactures and sells worldwide.
A P&G spokeswoman told me last week that the company agrees that deforestation is a significant issue and takes seriously any allegation of impropriety by its suppliers.
“We have already begun a full investigation of all claims made in the report,” P&G spokeswoman Lisa Popyk said of the claims by Greenpeace, which has offices in more than 40 countries.
“P&G is committed to the sustainable sourcing of palm oil,” Popyk said. “In fact, as part of our sustainability goals, we have committed to 100 percent sustainable sourcing of palm oil by 2015. We are working with our suppliers to ensure we deliver this commitment.”


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Know when it's time to take a gamble.
The adage "fortune favors the bold" is certainly true on Wall Street. The biggest investing winners are the ones that aren't afraid to take a risk on companies with huge long-term growth potential. Investors looking to play it safe can simply buy a S&P 500 index fund. But even for those willing to take a gamble on a handful of high-risk stocks, there's a difference between a risky investment and a reckless investment. Here are seven high-risk stocks to buy that could generate big returns, as rated by Bank of America analysts.
Advanced Micro Devices (ticker: AMD)
Since the beginning of 2018, the stock of semiconductor company Advanced Micro Devices rallied from $9 to a high of more than $34, then fell back to $16 and shot up to about $30. Despite the stock's risk and volatility, analyst Vivek Arya says the long-term trend for AMD will be higher given its potential to gain market share in the PC, server, high-end gaming and deep learning markets. Arya says consensus 2020 earnings estimates are 10% too low. Bank of America has a "buy" rating and $35 price target for AMD stock.
Salesforce is one of Bank of America's top stock picks for the long-term trend of digitalization of the global economy. Analyst Kash Rangan says Salesforce has bullish catalysts, including the potential for add-on and upgrade sales and the expansion into fields such as analytics and artificial intelligence. Rangan says the key metric for investors to watch in coming quarters is current remaining performance obligation, or cRPO, which was up 24% in the most recent quarter. Bank of America has a "buy" rating and $200 price target for CRM stock.
Slowing user growth, data regulation, negative headlines about platform abuse and potential antitrust actions are just a handful of the risks for Facebook stock. However, analyst Justin Post says there are simply too many Facebook growth opportunities for investors to ignore. Facebook recently launched in-app purchasing on its Instagram platform, one of the company's first steps in better monetizing its Facebook and Instagram newsfeeds over time. Post says Instagram's visual nature makes it a great fit for shopping services. Bank of America has a "buy" rating and $187 price target for FB stock.
MGM Resorts International (MGM)
Despite the uncertainty for U.S. casino operators surrounding nationwide sports betting legalization, analyst Shaun Kelley says MGM recently got good news in the U.S. and its Macau market. In March, the Macau government announced the extension of MGM's operating license through 2022, removing a potential overhang for the stock as the U.S. trade war with China drags on. In addition, a recent room rate survey suggests MGM is off to a strong start to 2019 in Las Vegas. Bank of America has a "buy" rating and $33 price target for MGM stock.
Consistently high Netflix growth numbers coupled with its exorbitantly high market valuation makes Netflix one of the highest-risk stocks in the market. Despite the risks, analyst Nat Schindler says the sky is the limit for Netflix. Netflix is always only one quarterly subscriber miss away from a huge sell-off and new competitors such as Walt Disney Co. (DIS) threaten Netflix's leadership in streaming video. However, Schindler says Netflix has at least five more years of international expansion and pricing leverage to drive its valuation higher. Bank of America has a "buy" rating and $450 price target for NFLX stock.
Take-Two Interactive Software (TTWO)
Take-Two is the video game company behind popular titles such as "Grand Theft Auto" and "Red Dead Redemption." In addition to its world-class development studios and valuable game franchises, Post says a rumored buyout by Sony Corp. (SNE) could generate major upside for investors in the near-term. The initial sales momentum from "Red Dead Redemption II" has started to slow, but the stock is trading at a discounted valuation and it is still in the early stages of online monetization of "Red Dead" and "Borderlands." Bank of America has a "buy" rating and $130 price target for TTWO stock.
Since its 2013 initial public offering, Twitter has been one of the most divisive, volatile, risky, inconsistent and potentially disruptive stocks on Wall Street. User growth has been slower and less consistent than investors had hoped. User monetization is well below Facebook's levels. Post says advertiser penetration and user engagement time are still relatively low as well. However, demand for short-form mobile video is a major potential catalyst for the stock, and there's no question Twitter's massive user base and data collection have tremendous potential. Bank of America has a "buy" rating and $39 price target for TWTR stock.
High-risk, high-reward stocks to buy.
-- Advanced Micro Devices (AMD)
-- Salesforce.com (CRM)
-- Facebook (FB)
-- MGM Resorts International (MGM)
-- Netflix (NFLX)
-- Take-Two Interactive Software (TTWO)
-- Twitter (TWTR)


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TradeCloud to launch public offering with $15mln target
TradeCloud will launch a public round of their Switzerland-based Security Token Offering, the company said on Thursday July 11.
Security Token Offerings are a fundraising channel through blockchain transactions but backed by real assets. In the case of the TradeCloud Tokens, they have utility and security features.
The digital metals trading platform has set the new offering to run for three months and expects it to raise €13.3 million ($15 million). The company already completed a private round of €4.4 million ($5 million) over a one-month period ending on Thursday.
“The principal reason to raise funding through a Security Token Offering, compared to the traditional venture capital route, was to allow customers to participate in the future of TradeCloud. We hope that over time the tokens will be held by TradeCloud customers. They can then spend them on services on the platform or hold them for long-term profit share,” chief executive Simon Collins told Fastmarkets.
The company said that a successful offering will raise enough funds to allow the global development and promotion of TradeCloud for at least the next three years. Currently, the company has nearly 500 users from across 35 countries. Over $1 billion worth of trades have been initiated on the platform.
Most businesses carried out through TradeCloud are related to refined metals, and are mostly done in Europe and Asia, but the company expects to expand its market to Latin America, North America, India and the Middle East after raising the funds.
Token holders will be able to access services including digital documents and subscriptions to the TradeCloud platform, both features to be introduced once the money is raised.
The money will be spent on marketing, the expansion of its commodity offering and the development of new connected services through the TradeCloud Commodities Web.
Buyers and sellers of base metals doing business through TradeCloud have the option to anonymously submit trade data to Fastmarkets when doing so.


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A significant number of women business owners take the risky step of starting businesses because they run into a "glass ceiling" or feel unchallenged in their work, a study revealed Tuesday.
Women coming from the corporate world are particularly frustrated, with many saying their employers didn't take them seriously or value them, the study reported. Nearly 60 percent of women who had come from corporations said nothing would induce them to return, including more money or flexibility.The research casts light on reasons for the explosive growth in the country's 8 million women-owned businesses, which now account for one-third of U.S. firms. Women-owned businesses are being created at twice the rate of all businesses.
"Frustration with the work environment has pushed a significant number of women into entrepreneurship," said Sheila Wellington, president of Catalyst, one of the groups involved in the study. "They leave to get more flexibility and because they feel their advancement opportunities are not valid."
The National Foundation for Women Business Owners and The Committee of 200, a group for women business leaders, also released the study, which was based on September telephone surveys of 800 men and women business owners.
A survey of 650 women had a margin of error of plus or minus 4 percentage points, while a survey of 150 men had a margin of error of plus or minus 8 percentage points.
As might be expected, nearly half of women business owners started their companies because they had a winning business idea or they wanted to turn their skills into a business.
But 16 percent of all women business owners cited a glass ceiling - an invisible barrier to advancement - as a significant motivation for become entrepreneurs, while 11 percent of women owners said they hadn't been challenged in past careers.
Such frustrations were particularly evident in the 60 percent of women surveyed who'd come from the private sector. Nearly a third of these women cited glass ceilings as a prime reason they started a business.
Helen Hodges, a Houston-based entrepreneur since 1989, said she left the corporate world because she didn't feel that she'd ever get very far at the large company where she worked.
"I felt like the politics were too much against me," said Hodges, who now owns Separation Systems Consultants, a small hazardous waste disposal firm. "If you want to get where you want to go, do it the way that works."
Interestingly, 22 percent of men business owners cited a "glass ceiling" as a reason for starting their own company, a slightly higher percentage than women.
Yet when asked what aspects of a "glass ceiling" they had experienced, women reported much stronger barriers. A third of women owners said that they had strongly experienced not being taken seriously by their employer, compared with only 18 percent of men.
Women also are seeking flexibility when they leave the corporate world. Half of women business owners who came from the private sector cited a desire for more flexibility as a major reason for starting their own business.
Carolee Friedlander started her successful costume jewelry business 25 years ago from her home in order to spend more time with her three young children. And her yearning for flexibility was satisfied, she said.
"Women are realizing that there are ways to have it all," she said. "And it's much more doable if you're managing your own company."
Why women have started their own businesses
48% Entrepreneuruial idea
16% Hit a glass ceiling
11% Fell into it
11% Felt unchallenged
10% Company downsized
5% Family event
1% Born to be
1% Re-entry into the work force


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If your 2019 MacBook Pro keeps unexpectedly shutting down, you aren’t alone. There are plenty of reports of the issue spread across various Apple forums and social media sites. In fact, Apple has issued a support document acknowledging the issue and outlining a few steps that users can try to troubleshoot the bug.
The specific MacBook Pro in question is the 13-inch model equipped with two Thunderbolt 3 ports, which Apple released back in July 2019.
As far as we can tell, the 13-inch model with four Thunderbolt 3 ports appears to be unaffected.
According to user reports, the 13-inch MacBook Pro appears to shut down unexpectedly when it hits about 25 to 50 perfect battery life. From there, users can only get it back on by plugging in the charger.
While it isn’t clear what’s causing the problem, it’s likely related to either the battery or the software power management system. In any case, it does appear to be a persistent issue for impacted users.
We also don’t know how widespread it is, but one user reported that they took their faulty device to Apple only to receive a replacement that eventually exhibited the exact same problem.
Apple has detailed a multi-step process that it says could help mitigate the problem. It’s definitely worth a shot, but your own mileage may vary.
- Make sure your MacBook Pro has under 90 percent battery life left.
- Connect your MacBook Pro to a charger.
- Immediately close all open apps and shut the lid on your MacBook Pro, which triggers Sleep Mode.
- Finally, Apple says you should leave your device like this — uninterrupted — for at least eight hours.
Because of the timeframe, this is likely going to be an overnight solution for most users. But be sure to check it out once you follow the steps.
Apple also says that users should update to the latest available version of macOS if they haven’t already, suggesting that the problem may be tied to a software issue.
If the fix doesn’t work, Apple says that users should contact Apple Support to set up a repair and diagnostic appointment. (Since Christmas is fast approaching, you may want to do that before or after the holiday rush.)


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Forrester Reports on Retail Mobile Strategies
May 3, 2011,
WASHINGTON-A growing number or retailers have launched initiatives to increase their mobile and social outreach to consumers, according to a survey conducted by Forrester Research.
In a report titled "The State of Retailing Online 2011: Marketing, Social and Mobile," the research firm found that 91 percent of retailers now have a mobile strategy either in place or in development, up from 74 percent when Forrester conducted this survey last year. Also, 72 percent of retailers said they will increase their spending on social networks this year over last year.
Sucharita Mulpuru, vice president and principal analyst for Forrester, said that while retailers will invest significant amounts in social and mobile tactics this year, they should have modest expectations for the benefits of social commerce. "With regard to mobile," Mulpuru said, "retailers should be working to increasingly integrate features and functionality into the physical store experience. While consumers may not be extensively exploring product information yet, basic store information, transparent pricing and easy checkout capabilities are likely to be the most pressing opportunities for most sites in the near term."
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Kuroko's Basketball Stays in Bookstore Chains Despite Threats
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Several Japanese bookstore chains have continued to sell the popular manga Kuroko's Basketball, despite receiving multiple threat letters to remove it from their stores. Major rental chain Tsutaya had confirmed on Monday that it is removing all Kuroko's Basketball DVD and manga rentals from its stores. However, Kinokuniya, Sanseido, Junkudo, Miyawaki, and other bookstores plan to continue carrying the manga.
Junkudo said, "We did not consider removing it," and added that it has received requests to remove specific titles in the past, but does not respond to such requests. The chain said it was aware of what sets publications apart from other goods, "Books are works of expression, and bookstores are in a position to maintain them for readers. We cannot so easily remove them."
Miyawaki said, "This is a matter of freedom of expression, and of freedom of press."
The public relation department of Shueisha, the publisher of the manga, said, "We are not in a position to comment on the decisions of individual retailers. We are continuing to cooperate with the police investigation."
In related news, the YTV news program Miyaneya aired a report on the ongoing threats and showed some of the threat letters (pictured left) sent to convenience stores, newspapers, and television stations. The letters singled out Kuroko's Basketball, but also disparaged "pirate manga," "ninja manga," and "decadent, obscene gourmet manga."
BackgroundSince October 2012, locations linked to Kuroko's Basketball creator Tadatoshi Fujimaki have received threat letters, including some with powdered and liquid substances. A source in the investigation of the threats said there is a high possibility that the liquid sent to Sophia University (Fujimaki's alma mater) on October 12, 2012 could emit a lethal dose of hydrogen sulfide if vaporized.
Several Kuroko's Basketball dōjinshi events throughout Japan have been cancelled in the aftermath of the threats. The "Shadow Trickster 3" event did proceed without incident at the Big Sight on last October, shortly after the center received its first threat. The official "Kuroko no Basuke produced by Namco Namja Town" event in Tokyo ended 19 days early as a result of the threats, and Animate Café Tennoji in Osaka cancelled a planned Kuroko's Basketball collaboration event. Comic Market (Comiket), the world's largest dōjinshi event, barred Kuroko's Basketball items and circles last December.
In February, the organizers of the Comic City dōjinshi events barred circles from selling Kuroko's Basketball items at March 17's Haru Comic City 18 event, after they received a request to do so from the management of the Tokyo Big Sight event complex. The same organizers had barred Kuroko's Basketball from the Comic City Osaka 92 event on January 6, and then cancelled February 10's Double Clutch event outright. However, they held the Comic City Tokyo 131 event at Tokyo Big Sight and insisted on allowing Kuroko's Basketball circles. Comic City Tokyo 131 proceeded without incident on January 27.
The convenience store chains 7-Eleven and Family Mart as well as other companies such as Sankei Shimbun received new threat letters earlier this month that said that the sender has put poison and agricultural chemicals in various Kuroko's Basketball confectionery snacks. As a result, 7-Eleven temporarily removed the "Voi-Colle Kuroko's Basketball Wafers 2" cookies, and Family Mart stopped selling the "Ichiban Kuji Kuroko no Basuke ~Seirin & Kaijō~" lottery merchandise line. The Circle K Sunkus store chain is also considering suspending sales of the merchandise.


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Oculus Rift Increases Lead Over HTC Vive in Steam Majority Market Share
Road to VR
APRIL 3, 2018
Valve’s monthly Steam hardware and software survey is out, and it appears Oculus Rift is still gaining momentum over HTC Vive on the Steam platform as the number one VR headset among Steam users. There’s still a contingent of Oculus DK2 owners still playing through Steam.


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Rumor has it that Burnout Paradise may be heading to Nintendo Switch.
The game has been spotted on the official Brazilian Rating Board website for Switch, along with a version for PS4.
On top of that, a Brazilian retailer has put up listings for a remaster of Burnout Paradise on PS4 and Xbox One, scheduled to launch in March 2018. However a Switch version isn’t on the books. The retail listing also mentions EA is publishing the remaster.
We’ll find out whether this in the real deal when EA makes an announcement (hopefully) in the near future.


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Iowa is joining a growing number of states making it legal to use robots for deliveries in areas where foot traffic is allowed, like sidewalks and crosswalks.
They’re called PDDs — personal delivery devices and under the new law, the maximum speed for a delivery robot is no more than six miles an hour on a sidewalk or pedestrian area.
“If there are no sidewalks, the little PDD can operate on the left side of the road,” Representative Rob Bacon of Slater said during brief House debate of the law.
The delivery robot will be allowed to travel 20 miles an hour on a street, but may only operate on streets with posted speed limits of 40 miles an hour or less. The delivery robots can be no more than 500 pounds — before any cargo is added — and the robots must be operated or supervised remotely by a live person.
Representative Dave Williams of Waterloo said PDDs are being tested in a handful of U.S. cities before delivery robots would see wider use.
“I expect we’ll be back here perfecting this before that happens,” Williams said, “and I hope it happens in Bondurant before anywhere else.”
An Amazon fulfillment center opened in the Des Moines suburb late last year. Amazon’s six-wheeled robot is called Scout. The FedEx delivery robot is called Roxo. The companies envision driving a truck load of personal delivery devices to an area and releasing the robots to travel the final segment of the delivery route.
Iowa cities and counties will not be allowed to impose regulations on delivery robots that are stricter than the new state regulations. Governor Reynolds signed the bill this month and the law goes into effect July 1 2021.


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2020 Aston Martin DBX Chicago IL
Introducing Aston Martin’s first-ever SUV that is set to reveal towards the end of 2019. It is currently undergoing real world testing that includes evaluating its performance capabilities in extreme conditions. This five-door 2020 Aston Martin DBX, from Aston Martin of Glenview near Chicago, will share a similar platform to its other competitors such as Bentley Bentayga, Lamborghini Urus, and Ferrari’s upcoming crossover. With plenty of performance and impressive off-road capabilities, it will be challenging to compete with the 2020 Aston Martin DBX SUV.
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The 2020 Aston Martin DBX is built in the St. Athan family–that is both a luxury manufacturing plant and will become the “Home of Electrification” after the Aston Martin’s fully-EV models enter production. Whether you’re looking to spice up your daily drive or browsing for the next best thing in the luxury SUV segment–the 2020 Aston Martin DBX is a phenomenal choice. Stay connected with us to learn all about the Aston Martin’s very first luxury SUV — Aston Martin of Glenview.
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Although the details have not been finalized yet since the 2020 Aston Martin DBX SUV is a pre-production prototype at the moment–there’s much to look forward to in the first-ever Aston Martin SUV. For further details about other specifications such as performance, interior, exterior, and design of the completely new 2020 Aston Martin DBX–speak with a brand ambassador today. We look forward to speaking with you soon!


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For over a decade, India’s young e-commerce ecosystem has seen one complete cycle of boom and bust where digital ventures were born out of one room apartments, then peaked to never-seen-before valuations to only either get acquired or struggle to stay afloat with mounting losses.
Off the mark move
This cycle, however, doesn’t define startups alone. India’s multinational conglomerates, right from Aditya Birla Group, Godrej to Reliance, and Tata, have also been a party to it. The desire to have a share into India’s burgeoning e-commerce market have already burnt their fingers.
Aditya Birla’s fashion portal Abof.com and omni-channel player Trendin.com, Godrej’s e-grocery shop EkStop, Tata Group’s TataCliq and Reliance’s Reliancesmart.in and Ajio.com have either failed to reach the size of existing large e-commerce companies in respective sectors or have shut down.
“It is pretty shameful to see how large conglomerates behaved like school kids without even thinking about what’s exactly they have done and spending few crore rupees,” said Harminder Sahni, founder and managing director at consulting firm Wazir Advisors.
Emails sent to Tata and Godrej didn’t elicit responses while Reliance and Aditya Birla Group spokespersons denied commenting on the story.
One argument around the failure has been the heavy-investments from abroad that continues to drive e-commerce. “Large corporates failed because somebody came with a huge amount of foreign money, doing multi-brand retail even if it is online business and putting other into a mess,” Kumar Rajagopalan, CEO at Retailers Association of India.
Another point has been that domestic large retailers like Reliance cannot show loses for a long period unlike Amazon or Flipkart. “Indian law will not even allow our local retailers to be listed in case of such losses,” said Kumar.
Nonetheless, as we see the next phase of growth of the e-commerce market post-Flipkart deal, it’s Reliance Industries’ chief Mukesh Ambani who wants to become an option, for customers, beyond Jeff Bezos’ Amazon and Walmart-owned Flipkart. But, after all, would Asia’s richest man and Indian business magnate Ambani’s latest e-commerce bet pay off?
“Whether Reliance succeeds or not is like gazing in a crystal ball,” said Kumar. The question still is around government’s ability to support Indian businesses. “often rules are created in a manner that doesn’t give importance to Indian businesses. Alibaba in China and Walmart or Amazon in the US have gone big because of government support,” he said.
However, for market experts, the answer to the question of Reliance going big in its e-commerce play is yes but with cautious optimism.
The new third front
Of course, Reliance has the groundwork in place in the form of near 300 million customers using its Jio service along with 10,000 outlets of its retail arm in over 6,500 cities in India. In fact, it has an entire ecosystem, much like Amazon.
“Reliance has an ecosystem of entertainment, financial services, payment gateway, etc. Once it has customers hooked on to these services, then it is a question of time before it can start offering merchandise as well,” said Arvind Singhal, chairman and managing director at retail consultancy firm Technopak.
Moreover, unlike Amazon or Walmart, home grown Reliance doesn’t have constraints around restrictions on FDI in e-commerce. This might give it a regulatory edge over existing e-commerce biggies.
There is another contentious factor that plagues startups across sizes – profitability, that Ambani, hands down, doesn’t have to bother. Reliance Industries reported a consolidated net profit of Rs 9,459 crore in the quarter ended June last year.
“Retail sector operates between 3-5% of profit and Reliance has been able to maintain that profit. Nobody would have thought that they would pull off something like Jio,” said Naresh T Raisinghani, CEO and Executive Director at India division of global consulting firm BMGI.
However, beyond capital and infrastructure, would Reliance have to work on the mindset shift, towards cash burn and delayed profitability? Experts, however, disagree.
“If having a profit-mindset is a problem then why loss-making Flipkart was bought by Walmart which is profitable since last 40 years. Jio turned profits only in last three quarters after making losses since its launch. Reliance Retail started in 2005, didn’t report profit till 2015,” said Sahni.
But Reliance’s burn rate for new e-commerce venture is expected to be lower. With near 300 million Jio customers, it won’t have to spend on acquiring customers, said Singhal. Also, since the company has a strong EBITDA in the physical retail, it can certainly leverage its sourcing, distribution, supply chain, private label etc., he added.
Reliance Retail’s EBITDA increased 20% to 1,680 crore in December 2015 quarter from the preceding quarter.
Moment of truth
While Ambani announced the new e-commerce platform to “empower and enrich our 12 lakh small retailers and shopkeepers in Gujarat,” but he definitely could have built it over existing Ajio.com unless it has to be limited to Gujarat.
“Reliance does a lot of things as a pilot. Reliancemart.in and Ajio.com could have been pilots as we haven’t seen any mega promotions of these platforms. Reliance Retail was first run as a pilot in Gujarat’s Jamnagar facility of the company. Also, it had acquired a small local supermarket chain in Mumbai to test out Reliance supermarket chain,” claimed Singhal.
If all that falls into place, then Reliance might be able to work upon solving last mile delivery challenges even as it has a strong network of warehouses that caters to its retail outlets.
The question still would be how does it serve every single customer with timely doorstep delivery, proper returns, refunds, fight fake products etc., to take pole position in the $38.5-billion worth e-commerce market.


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Some 2.3 million UK households missed an essential payment last month, up from 1.9 million in December, figures suggest.
However the figure for January – when missed payments for mortgage, rent, loans, credit cards and other bills typically peak – is similar to those from the past two years, according to the Which? Consumer Insight Tracker.
The monthly poll of approximately 2,000 people found that six in 10 (59%) made at least one financial adjustment such as cutting back on essentials, selling items, or dipping into savings in the last month to cover essential spending – a significant increase on the 49% last January.
However it is lower than the peak of 65% who made adjustments in September.
The number of households cutting back on essentials such as utility bills, housing costs, groceries, school supplies and medicines has increased by 11 percentage points from three in 10 (27%) last January to four in 10 (38%) this January.
Rocio Concha, Which? director of policy and advocacy, said: “With 2.3 million UK households missing payments in January and those on the lowest incomes being hit hardest, consumers will need more support than ever in 2023.
“As the cost-of-living crisis continues to bite into household finances, we are calling on businesses in essential sectors – like food, energy and broadband providers – to do more to help customers get a good deal and avoid unnecessary or unfair costs and charges.”
– The Consumer Insight Tracker is an online poll carried out monthly by Yonder on behalf of Which? with approximately 2,000 respondents per wave.


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DirecTV extends NFL Sunday Ticket package in $12-billion deal
DirecTV and the NFL have agreed to extend the NFL Sunday Ticket package in an eight-year, $12-billion deal that they said expands the satellite broadcaster’s rights to stream the football games online and on mobile devices.
The package, exclusive to DirecTV, lets subscribers access every out-of-market NFL game on Sunday afternoons. This season, it costs subscribers $240, and a $330 NFL Sunday Ticket Max package includes mobile and online access as well as extras such as Red Zone Channel, which shows highlights.
Under the new deal, DirecTV is going to pay a higher price. According to a company spokesman, it’s “an increase of around 6% per year, on the low end of our guidance.”
According to a person with knowledge of the deal, DirecTV will pay the NFL $1.5 billion per season, on average. That’s up from $1 billion a season under the current deal, which expires at the end of this season.
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Most popular home routers lack basic software security features
It’s no secret that too many Internet of Things devices lack adequate security. But is it too much to expect that out home routers – the devices that “provide” us with a working Internet connection – implement the most basic software security hardening features?
Apparently, it is, even though some of them are easy to adopt, have no downsides, and are standard practices in the desktop and mobile software markets.
Parker Thompson and Sarah Zatko, two researchers with the Cyber Independent Testing Lab (Cyber-ITL), have searched the firmware image of 28 Linux-based home router models for basic security features that come with the Linux operating system:
- Address Space Layout Randomization (ASLR)
- Non-executable stack segments (Data Execution Prevention – DEP)
- Correct ordering and marking of segments in the binary to prevent overwriting jump-tables for Linux systems (RELocation Read-Only – RELRO)
- Stack canaries to thwart stack overwrites (Stack Guards).
The researchers analyzed each binary in the firmware images of 10 MIPS-based and 18 ARM-based devices: popular home routers by Asus, D-LINK, Linksys, Netgear, Synology, TP-Link and Trendnet that were listed in the 2018 Consumer Reports home router buying guide and “Best of 2018” home router lists by several online tech/consumer electronic outlets.
The depressing results
They have compiled two tables that show the results (the first line of both tables references the basic desktop distribution of an un-hardened Linux Ubuntu Long Term Support, dating back to 2016, for comparison):
The results of their analysis showed many things:
- All of the tested devices – whether MIPS- or ARM-based – are lacking basic application armoring features provided by the underlying operating system
- An old bug in the Linux/MIPS stack that made the implementation of DEP protection impossible in MIPS-based devices
- While none of the reviewed routers scored well, the Linksys wrt32x scored the best (even though it’s ASLR protection is essentially non-existent).
The researchers also found that the use of safety features is not consistent across different models within the same brand name.
“If vendors applied basic checks for software safety practices as part of their build and testing practices prior to shipping their products the industry could quickly see a noticeable improvement in product build safety,” the researchers pointed out.
“For vendors, this state of affairs presents an opportunity for any brand wishing to distinguish itself: very little effort is currently required to earn a ‘best in class’ designation.”


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Randy Lewis almost lost the family dairy farm in 2009. The price of milk had bottomed out, and costs for feed, fertilizer and fuel had gone sky-high.
"It was either find some other way to make money or sell the cows and quit," he says.
But Randy had an idea that might just save the farm. He's bottling milk right on-site. Of the 150 dairy farmers in the state, only five bottle their own milk. And Randy's figured out how to do it without shelling out a lot of money.
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The now ubiquitous “Like” button let’s Facebook friends share their preferences for things they find and enjoy online. Now Google has created a very similar social system called +1.
In an article for the Wall Street Journal, Amir Efrati writes that Google views Facebook as a major competitor in online advertising and one of the aims of its social-networking efforts is to obtain similar data about users, rather than continuing to rely on information about them that is inferred from their Web searches.
The new +1 system takes over after Google’s previous social site, Buzz, flopped due in a large part to the backlash that resulted when it made email address books visible to other people.
Like Facebook’s button, a +1 button will soon appear beside links in Google search results.By clicking the +1 button, people who have created a Google profile (very similar to Facebook profiles) will be able to recommend links to people in their Google network. For example, if someone in your Google network searches for “best restaurants in Minneapolis”, any results you’ve +1′d (yes, Google is trying to make this a verb), will be visible to them with your name attached. Conversely, any +1s they place will be seen by you during your searches. Paid ads can also be +1′d, as may non-paid organic ads in the near future. In addition, publishers will also soon be able to make their websites +1able.
People that don’t have a Google profile will also be able to click the +1 button, but their recommendations will be anonymous.
A Google social network will be made up of people in your Gmail & Google Talk chat list, people in your “My Contacts” group in Google Contacts and people you follow in Google Reader or Google Buzz. In the future, networks will also include people connected via non-Google services, such as Twitter, Flickr or Quora.
Unlike Facebook, however, which is a closed system, +1 also lets you see the number of recommendations from everyone, not just your friends.
For the time being, +1 popularity will not affect search rankings although pluses will be counted as one of the metrics Google eventually uses to determine organic rankings. When this happens, will marketers be able to game the system by running “check +1 to enter” promotions? It seems that Google frowns on this sort of thing, but it’s unclear whether the company expressly forbids it.
We may also see efforts to solicit +1s as we now do with Likes, e.g., “+1 us on Google and receive this benefit.” Unscrupulous companies could even pay vast roomfuls of people in third world countries pennies to +1 their ads/sites.
Which begs the question, does having more people plus something make it better? Or is it the opposite; does being better make something more likely to be plussed by more people?
Indeed, with the rise of content farms, some people have called for a -1 button to tell Google that a particular search result is extremely irrelevant or not useful and shouldn’t be included at all. Others contend that it’s impossible to know if a link is good until after you open it, and at that point who cares enough to go back and give that search result a recommendation?
Still others question the “social” aspect of the system. People log in to Facebook specifically for the social interaction, but that’s not why someone goes to Gmail or Google. Google computers provide information based on what’s statistically relevant. By contrast, Facebook highlights subjective information that people have handpicked as interesting.
According to Danny Sullivan, a leading expert on Google and a blogger at SearchEngineLand Google is trying to have the best of both worlds.
“It’s a killer combination if you put them both together, and I think that’s where Google’s big challenge will be in all of this,” Sullivan continues. “They don’t still seem to get the whole social aspect of things. They don’t have any expertise in building these hugely successful social products. Facebook does.”
Still, as the most popular search engine in the world with earnings of $30 billion a year, Google has enormous resources to work with which is a huge plus in their favor. If I were Mr. Zuckerberg, I wouldn’t get too comfortable.


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Cointelegraph Accelerator to hold the next Investor Demo Day on Nov. 30 in collaboration with Cipholio, Bitmart, Leadblock Partners and MetaEra.
The classical definition of a startup is the creation of a new business model with the purpose of further development and money raising. In this way, as the blockchain industry has become one of the most popular, innovative areas, any brand-new cryptocurrency-related projects can give great opportunities for investments and subsequent profits. New products and services regularly attract investments by holding crowdfunding campaigns. The market of cryptocurrency startups changes so fast that it’s hard follow. However, there is big space for getting rich just by having an idea that stands out among competitive ones. So generating such an idea and presenting it to the public is what developers do before launching the Initial Coin Offering (ICO), which they use for the the development of the concept.
There are also many fraudulent projects and that is why investors should investigate any startup they are going to spend money on.
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Subway Stores Creates 11 New Jobs In Bridport
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11 new jobs have been created in Bridport with the opening of a new Subway store.
The new shop’s inside the Spar convenience store on East Street.
The sandwich franchise say the opening forms part of their plans to launch 15 new stores in the South West over the next 4 months.
Store owner, Mark Gillett, said: “We’re delighted to bring a SUBWAY® store to Bridport. It’s ideally placed in the heart of a bustling Spar store which enjoys high levels of footfall. The fresh, modern interior perfectly complements the range of Subs and salads we have on offer and we’re confident busy shoppers will enjoy the range of healthier lunchtime choices available.”


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Facebook update: It takes steps to refashion itself into a private messaging and e-commerce company
Facebook Inc debuted an overhaul of its core social network on Tuesday, taking its first concrete steps to refashion itself into a private messaging and e-commerce company as it tries to move past scandals while tapping new revenue sources.
Facebook Inc debuted an overhaul of its core social network on Tuesday, taking its first concrete steps to refashion itself into a private messaging and e-commerce company as it tries to move past scandals while tapping new revenue sources. Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg unveiled a fresh design for the world`s biggest social network that de-emphasized its News Feed. It also ditched the signature blue banner that has been on the app since its launch.
The new design showcases Facebook`s messaging app, online marketplace and video-on-demand site, while giving greater prominence to the popular photo-driven Stories feature. The company also rolled out features aimed at encouraging users to interact with their close social circle as well as with businesses, such as a "Secret Crush" option for Facebook Dating and a tool for appointment booking.
"As the world gets bigger and more connected, we need that sense of intimacy more than ever. That`s why I believe that the future is private. This is the next chapter for our services," said Zuckerberg, speaking at Facebook`s annual F8 conference, where the company gives developers a peek at product releases.
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Investors greeted the announcements, mostly launching lower-margin businesses, with a lukewarm response. Facebook shares ended down 0.7 percent on Tuesday. Zuckerberg in March promised changes to the advertising-driven social media company, which has come under regulatory scrutiny over propaganda on its platform and violations of users` data privacy.
He identified private messaging, short-lasting stories and small groups as the fastest-growing areas of online communication. In the last three years, the number of people using Facebook`s WhatsApp has almost doubled. Building up those more intimate and encrypted forms of communication could also reduce pressure on Facebook to clean up misinformation and abusive content. In the wake of its scandals, the company has spent heavily on tools to catch banned material.
The social media company is now working on "LightSpeed" in order to make its Messenger app smaller and faster. Facebook will also introduce a desktop version of Messenger for Mac and Windows and launch a feature called "Product Catalogue" for WhatsApp Business. The desktop app will be available this fall.
Later this week, Facebook will run a test in Canada for a major change to its Instagram app that would remove the number of likes on photos as well as video views from users` feeds, permalink pages and profiles. Facebook had delayed rolling out certain products at last year`s F8 event, which came soon after revelations it inappropriately shared information belonging to 87 million users with British political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica.
"I know that we don`t exactly have the strongest reputation on privacy right now, to put it lightly," Zuckerberg said. Other Facebook executives introduced changes within the Messenger and Instagram apps aimed at helping businesses connect with customers, including appointment booking and a tool to lure customers into direct conversations with companies via ads.
The online ad market is largely dominated by Facebook and Alphabet Inc`s Google. But the field is more diverse for messaging, e-commerce and payments, with big players like Amazon.com Inc , Microsoft Corp and eBay Inc as well as fast-growing Silicon Valley unicorns like workplace messaging app Slack and video conferencing service Zoom Video Communications Inc.
"We`ve shown time and again as a company that we have what it takes to evolve," Zuckerberg said.
The shift also comes as Facebook is looking beyond advertising for future income. Facebook pulled in nearly $56 billion in revenue last year, almost of all which came from showing ads to the 2.7 billion people who access its family of apps each month. But the company is no longer adding many new users in the United States and Europe, its most lucrative markets, and it must find additional sources of revenue if it is to sustain growth.
The product releases at F8 indicated that its answer involves efforts to keep users on its apps for longer, coupled with e-commerce tools Facebook is hoping businesses will pay to use. Features that drive the most user engagement, like Stories and videos, are being decked out with new tools and given increased prominence across the platforms.
One new feature will allow users to watch videos together in Messenger, while also viewing each other`s reactions in simultaneous texts and video chats. Facebook Dating will be expanded into 14 new markets, including places in where Facebook has high user growth. The "Secret Crush" feature will allows users to explore potential romantic relationships within their friend circle.
New shopping and other business-to-consumer interactions, already popular in Chinese social apps like WeChat, could also help squeeze revenue out of Facebook`s messaging services. Instagram is expanding a sales system introduced last month, allowing public figures, known as influencers, to tag products in their posts so fans can buy them right away.
Sellers on Marketplace will likewise be able to receive payments and arrange shipping directly within Facebook, while users of WhatsApp and Messenger will be able to send money to each other as easily as sharing a photo, Zuckerberg said.
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Welcome to 99Bitcoins’ latest weekly turn up. The many critical news of a past week in one place!
CEO of Overstock.com buys world’s initial Bitcoin bond for $500,000
Byrne’s Utah-based e-commerce sovereignty only launched a new height called TØ.com, that will offer $25 million in private digital holds regulating Bitcoin’s blockchain and a Open Assets protocol. The cryptobonds will be traded on an online distributed bill stable by cryptography.
BitPay releases Copay after successful beta testing
After a year of testing, BitPay has launched, Copay, a secure and common Bitcoin wallet. BitPay advertises Copay as a “true” Bitcoin wallet rather than an online account, securing users’ personal supports with a choice of multi-sig.
On BitPay’s central blog, a association says that Copay is an outcome of a efforts put towards a idea it set for itself one year ago. BitPay aimed to build a Bitcoin wallet secure adequate for a company’s possess funds. BitPayclaims that when customers use Copay, they totally control their money. Copay users get secure, future-proof backups that concede entrance to


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Zacks reports that Tesla Motors announced today a new version of its model S electric car featuring “Ludicrous mode” which goes zero to 60 in under 3 seconds. Here are 3 names we’d rather see…
1. Ludacris Mode – tells tailgaters to “Get Back.”
2. “This is not a video game, please don’t press this turbocharge button in the real world” Mode.
3. George Lucas Mode – sells the car to Disney to appear in movies about the same thing (probably cars) forever.
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During a press conference yesterday, Mr. Vishnu Nath, director of the Microsoft Mobile user experience management program, officially announced Android’s inline and direct text message response from Notifications shown on Windows PCs coming out this week for Windows 10 Insider users.
In particular, the new SMS inline reply feature has been designed by Microsoft to allow Android smartphone users to easily reply to text messages sent to their phones right on their screens. Windows calculator without having to open a pre-existing application.
- Windows 10 computers must remove a USB or external memory card to be able to upgrade to Windows 10 May 2019 Update
Actually this feature has been cherished and developed by the Your Phone team for a long time. As described by Analy Otero Diaz – a senior software administrator at Microsoft, Your Phone app will now be equipped with an Emoji button designed to help users easily add emojis to text, Exclusive for those who are unfamiliar with the shortcut “Windows +.”.
- Windows 10 May 2019 Update requires up to 32GB of free hard drive space when installing
In addition, Microsoft will introduce contact photos on the Your Phone app for Windows Insiders this week. According to Analy Otero Diaz engineer, this quite interesting feature will work by automatically assigning contact photos from the address book (contacts) on the user’s Android device to the contacts displayed. in the Your Phone app on Windows. With that being said, with the feature rolling out earlier this week, some Windows Insiders users should already be able to get an additional update.
- Microsoft removed the tab-splitting feature of Sets window from Windows 10
Last week, Microsoft also added a category of phones to the PC notification synchronization feature with the ability to configure per app, allowing users to view smartphone notifications on their desktop computers. Windows desk in real time, and can easily customize whatever information they want to sync with their PC. In addition, this new notification synchronization feature will also allow users to view all smartphone notifications in one place, as well as delete notifications individually or delete all at once. at.
However, to use these features, Microsoft requires Insiders to be using “mobile phones running Android version 7.0 (Nougat) or higher” with at least 1GB of RAM and Windows computers must be running. build 1803 (RS4) or later ”.
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Microsoft’s Your Phone app was introduced during the Build developer conference in May 2018, then delivered to Insiders on July 31 with the launch of the Windows version. 10 Insider Preview Build 17728 (Redstone 5), and also officially tested as part of the Surface event that took place last October.
You can access the full versions of Your Phone app update link on the Microsoft support site. Thus, it can be seen that at the time of its launch, this application only possessed the ability to access and transfer photos. Until a few months later, Microsoft added support for sending text messages and emulating the Android device screen on Windows 10 PC. And this time there are advanced message management replies.


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Call Of Duty Veterans' Charity Expands to UK
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The Call of Duty Endowment, a charitable fund that helps veterans into work after serving in the military, is expanding to the U.K. The U.S. foundation was set up by Activision CEO Bobby Kotick in 2009 and will now be helping British veterans find work.
Activision says the program has already placed more than 37,000 U.S. veterans into full-time employment. It will now be looking to do the same in the U.K. and is looking for partner charities in the region to help achieve this.
To help fund the U.K. program, a new content pack for Call of Duty: Black Ops III is available now. The bundle—which includes an animated calling card and three rare supply drops—is available now, with all proceeds from U.K. consumers going towards the Endowment fund.