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Walmart, the world’s largest retailer, has set goals to have zero emissions by 2040 and to restore at least one million acres of land and one million square miles of ocean by 2030.
- Sustainability is nothing new to Walmart, who have already been active in this space for more than 15 years.
- Walmart is doing more than just lowering their emissions footprint, they are also restoring acres of land and ocean.
- This pledge toward sustainability is yet another example of the private sector taking their environmental impact seriously.
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The tech industry and the billions of people who populate their platforms are undergoing a reckoning that’s causing many to question the very efficacy of the digital age.
This shifting sentiment is a spectacular change for an industry that enjoyed unquestioned adoption both at an enterprise and individual level. It’s been less than 30 years since the first website launched at CERN labs, but those three decades are comprised of nearly unbridled growth and participation in a web-based ecosystem. In virtually every way, internet services are becoming more prolific and more popular every year.
It’s easy to see why. With nearly four billion users, two billion websites, and readily available access granted by LTE connections and extremely capable smartphones, the internet is the place to be.
Moreover, participation is incentivized because the internet feels like an information superhighway where access is cheap, and in many cases, the services are free. Of course, that could not be further from the truth. The digital economy is an expansive and expensive ecosystem that’s fueled and funded by user data. According to an estimate by Forbes, internet users create 2.5 quintillion bytes of data every day – a number so large that it almost ceases to have real meaning.
Every click, view, like, and share is collected and catalogued to strategically promote products to improve sales. As Nicholas Confessore recently acknowledged in The New York Times Magazine, “All of this…was designed to help the real customers — advertisers — sell him things. Advertisers and their partners in Silicon Valley were collecting, selling or trading every quantum…that could be conveyed through the click of a mouse or the contents of his online shopping carts.”
Big data may drive the internet economy, but it’s quickly becoming more problematic.
The Big Problem of Big Data
All of the data creation and collection would be more palatable if it were secure. Sure companies would continue making copious amounts of money from their users’ information, but at least they won’t be compromised in a more damaging way.
Unfortunately, this information is anything but secure.
As the string of astonishing headlines over the past several years demonstrate, companies are collecting an incredible amount of user data, and that data is routinely being stolen or misused.
Consider just a few of the most obvious examples.
Yahoo, the now defunct social media platform, endured a hack so heinous that it ultimately compromised all three billion customer accounts. Other prominent companies including Target and Equifax have suffered from equally public, if not quite as prolific, hacks that compromised sensitive customer information.
This is reflective of the Wild West mentality that is pervasive in internet culture. Anything can be stolen at any time, and for most customers, this is starting to feel more like an inevitability than a possibility.
After all, if the U.S. electrical grid can’t be secured against an intrusion, what hope do ordinary consumers have?
Unfortunately, companies have little incentive to change. Although these increasingly catastrophic data breaches are avoidable, companies are entrenched in the current strategies that are delivering short-term revenue results, while ignoring the long-term consequences of their actions.
All of this data services the targeted ads that, to a significant extent, fund the internet. By owning and maintaining control of their users’ data, they can monetize users’ access. Fortunately, platforms may not be able to behave this way for long.
New technologies, specifically the blockchain, are quickly reshaping the possibilities for managing user data by allowing users to own and monetize it themselves.
The Blockchain & Big Data
The blockchain originated as the accounting backbone for Bitcoin, and it’s risen to prominence as cryptocurrencies have burst into the mainstream consciousness, collecting mind and market share along the way.
However, despite all the hype surrounding cryptocurrencies, the blockchain has successfully cut through the noise and established itself as the natural successor to the current, flawed internet infrastructure. Many of the blockchain’s inherent features including its decentralized network, smart contracts, and tokenized transactions reconfigure the possibilities for data security and usability.
Most networks are compromised because they have a single point of failure. With a big, bold centralized network to attack and little deterrence or chance of being caught, cybercriminals use rudimentary as well as technologically advanced mechanisms to steal user data. The blockchain’s decentralized network thwarts many of these attempts, and it has other features that advance its security enhancements.
More specifically, sharding techniques, which further divide and distribute data among the already decentralized blockchain network, offer an additional level of protection that truly differentiates data storage on the blockchain. Sharding is not a new concept, and it’s frequently discussed as a technique that can support platform scalability, so it’s able to accommodate platforms of different sizes and developmental levels.
When coupled with a tokenized ecosystem, these security features make user data more secure and usable than ever before. What’s more, platforms that adopt this methodology differentiate themselves from the existing tech incumbents that currently dominate the industry.
Consumers can only have so much patience with companies that consume their data while treating it irresponsibly. Therefore, It seems likely that the next iteration of the digital age will favour companies that build compelling platforms that also value their customers’ privacy and secure their data by allowing them to maintain ownership over it.
As the pendulum swings in the direction of privacy and security, organizations should be looking to the blockchain as the obvious next step toward embracing that change.

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eZ-Xpo Announces Social Live for Facebook Live, Periscope & Google Hangout for Massive Traffic
Leverage your social media live video to boost traffic and SEO ranking for your event and website every day
SAN FRANCISCO, March 10, 2017 — eZ-Xpo, the global leader in Virtual Collaborative Network, today announced eZ-Xpo Social Live to transform every exhibitor/sponsor booth to a social media powerhouse for massive daily traffic and leads.
By 2019, video content will be the driving factor behind 85% of search traffic in the US. Whether it is Facebook Live, Periscope, or Google Hangout, marketers must figure out an easy way to optimizing the social media traffic through video content in users’ feeds and how brands leverage video content to engage their followers.
“Event organizers, marketers, and SMBs are constantly looking for a simple, cost-effective way to boost traffic to their events and website. With eZ-Xpo Social Live, every marketer can leverage the top three social media live videos with the combined traffic over ten billion video views per day for massive daily traffic,” said Matt Fok, eZ-Xpo’s Founder and CEO.
With eZ-Xpo Social Live, every organizer, marketers, and SMBs can easily and quickly boost traffic and leads every day for their events and website:
- Event Organizers – can rapidly and promptly increase social media traffic to promote their events in the virtual booth and virtual auditorium from exhibitors/sponsors, and attendees.
- SMBs – can easily and quickly set up a virtual expo network and create a powerful word-of-mouth social media traffic FREE for all their partners and customers.
- Marketers – can easily and rapidly create a targeted virtual expo network based on the specific industry with unlimited social media live video traffic.
To learn more about how eZ-Xpo Social Live, please visit www.eZ-Xpo.com. Or book a FREE consultation here.
eZ-Xpo is the world leader in Virtual Collaborative Network empowering businesses to connect, collaborate, and promote through networks of virtual expo marketplaces for lead generation and ongoing collaboration. eZ-Xpo transforms traditional event and trade show to a virtual collaborative profit center for daily qualified and massive traffic. eZ-Xpo delivers the world’s 1st all-in-1 virtual expo marketplace that seamlessly integrates with built-in marketing automation to follow up with every prospective customer during and after the event.
eZ-Xpo has been operating in San Francisco Silicon Valley for over five years. eZ-Xpo has deployed the world’s all-in-1 virtual expo marketplace, results-oriented virtual collaborative marketing solutions for different industries and industry leaders such as MPI, Wells Fargo, New York Life, MetaStock, Boeing, and Raytheon.
For more information on eZ-Xpo, please visit www.eZ-Xpo.com
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Land Rover unveiled at the New York Auto Show the 2009 LR3, a SUV that revolutionized the mid-priced SUV category with its impressive technology and sophistication, unstoppable off-road strengths and poised on-road performance.
For 2009 the LR3 will be offered in only one model and two optional trim levels (HSE and HSE LUX). Minor refinements include a new wheel option, body color and interior enhancements.
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Land Rover has joined forces with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) by donating a Land Rover LR3 that has been built to be fully autonomous so it can take part in the forthcoming 2007 DARPA Urban Challenge.
The sky’s no longer the limit for Land Rover North America today as an LR3 has accomplished something no vehicle has ever done before. In the second installment of the ’Designed for the Extraordinary’ marketing campaign which kicked off earlier this year, a 2006 LR3 is filmed boarding a 75,562 lb. C-130 Hercules cargo plane. Once airborne the Hercules crew used the LR3’s navigation system to direct the plane from Nice, France to the island of Corsica in the Mediterranean Sea. At a height of (...) More
Land Rover LR3 broadens its line-up in 2006 with the addition of a V6 engine, giving consumers a greater level of trim choices for the award winning SUV. Additionally, the highly popular third row seating option is now standard on all HSE models. Since its introduction last year, LR3’s powerful on-road performance, unparalleled off-road standards, and state-of-the-art technologies have set a new industry standard. Already, LR3 has become the most decorated SUV of 2005, capturing more than 20 U.S. awards.


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Today we’re going to focus on cabinet color trends for 2019 – are white cabinets finally a thing of the past? Are colored cabinets in? What about mixed-materials? Check out what we found out about what colors will be hot in cabinets next year.
White Kitchens are Over
Earlier this month, the National Association of Manufacturers held its annual Manufacturing Day – a day created to address common misperceptions about manufacturing by giving manufacturers an opportunity to open their doors and show, in a coordinated effort, what manufacturing is — and what it isn’t. The goal of Manufacturing Day was to address the growing skills gap – many manufacturers today face a skilled labor shortage as many baby boomers begin to retire.
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Amazon adopts AI to enhance customer review experience
E-commerce giant Amazon has adopted artificial intelligence (AI) to provide customers with review highlights and remove fake online reviews.
The new feature generates a short paragraph that summarises the product features and customer sentiments to help potential buyers decide.
Customers may also tap certain criteria such as ease of use, stability, and performance to know the specifications of the product in terms of these selections.
In addition, the feature allows customers to filter clothing reviews and only show those for the chosen height and weight.
Similarly, Amazon asks customers to disclose the age of the reader when submitting a review for children’s books.
The AI technology also analyses a review using certain indicators, to know whether it is a legitimate or a fake review.
If Amazon is confident that the review is fake, it will immediately block or remove the review.
If necessary, the company may take further action, such as blocking the bad actor’s account, revoking the customer’s review permissions, and even filing a lawsuit against the parties involved.
Amazon noted that in last year alone, 125 million customers contributed 1.5 billion reviews and ratings to stores using the e-commerce platform. During that year, the company found 200 million fake reviews in its stores worldwide.
“Not only do millions of customers count on the authenticity of reviews on Amazon for purchase decisions, but millions of brands and businesses count on us to accurately identify fake reviews and stop them from ever reaching their customers,” said Josh Meek, senior data science manager on Amazon’s fraud abuse and prevention team.
“We work hard to responsibly monitor and enforce our policies to ensure reviews reflect the views of real customers, and protect honest sellers who rely on us to get it right.”


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The closure of Lucky’s grocery store in the Fairmont Shopping Center has led to decreased sales for small businesses in the surrounding area.
Owners of Fairmont Cleaners, Peter and Chris Ho, said the real estate management company that owns the shopping center, KIMCO, is not communicating with the local business owners about this issue. With the closure of Lucky’s, and the rising number of other vacancies, Peter Ho said his sales have gone down by 25 percent in the past few months. Despite numerous unreturned phone calls to the company, Ho has yet to receive any sign of resolution to this issue.
“There is no communication whatsoever,” said Peter Ho. Management should notify us about what’s going on. This problem has been going on for too many years and there is nobody to talk to; we need to have some kind of solution.”
Anne Stedler, Economic Development Manager for the City of Pacifica, said the replacement of Lucky’s is estimated to open in February, 2016. She is aware of the temporary decreases in sales for other local merchants due to this vacancy, but is confident the long-term customer base will return once the new, refurbished grocery store opens. In the meantime, she said the city is working to support small businesses.
“City staff are visiting each merchant to understand individual conditions and determine whether we can make referrals, or offer support to that business,” said Stedler. “A landlord doesn’t let a grocery store close unless there is a strong future tenant for that space. If they haven’t announced a new tenant yet, there is a business reason they can’t.”
According to Alex Guerrero, owner of Guerrero’s Taqueria 2, his business has not suffered significantly from the vacancies.
“I thought it was going to be a lot worse when Lucky’s closed,” said Guerrero. “Saturday and Sunday have slowed down but during the week it’s not that bad.”
Peter Ho said although the vacancy of the anchor store is detrimental to his business, the rising number of other vacancies in the shopping center is also impacting his store.
Council Member Mike O’Neill tried to get his fellow council members to support a vacancy ordinance in Pacifica. That should have given the city more control, but his fellow council members did not support it.
According to local resident and business representative, Bart Willoughby, small businesses are struggling to remain in the Fairmont Shopping Center. He wrote in an open letter to the City Manager and council members, “Since the closing of Lucky’s, most all of the businesses at Fairmont has seen a drastic fall in business. Example — American Sushi House has fallen 30 percent since the closure. Not sure how long it is going to take for Safeway to make the necessary changes to the structure and then move in. However, if some relief doesn’t happen soon for several businesses at Fairmont, there will be more closures…Anyway, I think something should be done by KIMCO to assist the merchants of Fairmont until the big box store takes over and opens in the Lucky’s store. With the drop in traffic at Fairmont, the problem is only going to be exacerbated with failures of more business at Fairmont. The small businesses depend on the big box store to bring in the traffic and KIMCO uses this strategy to keep rents at their highest.”
“There should be stricter guidelines from the city to protect these small businesses,” said Chris Ho. “KIMCO is not afraid to have empty spaces. We have to emphasize they are not in our community. If we want to survive we have to survive together.”
Stedler welcomes the community to address any issues or suggestions by emailing her at email@example.com.
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Hi James, the studio is in the back No Man’s Skymakes you sit back and pay attention again with a bang – that Watchman– Update appears. But the team is far from finished!
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No Man’s Sky-Developer Hello Games released the first game update in 2022. WatchmanThe update brings an overhaul to the combat systems and enemies currently in the game to make the game more challenging. The update is now available on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X, as well as via Xbox Game Pass and in VR. The guards who are in the world from the beginning have received an upgrade that makes them more exciting and fun to defeat. New classes of drones – including heavyweights, summoners, and repair units – have been added in the update, and every Sentinel now deploys its own mobile power shields and can access weapons. Also included in this update is new information in the form of new story missions about how the Wardens originally appeared.
But fortunately for us, this update will also bring a number of combat tweaks and improvements. Once the latest update is downloaded, players will have access to new weapons and upgrades, such as the Neutron Cannon and Stun Grenade. You can also install AI on your Minotaur Exomech and be protected during battle. trailer for WatchmanAn update that sums it all up nicely:
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His sixth birthday is approaching No Man’s Sky It’s already really good, but at the same time you have 19 major updates Since the launch of polarization care b. However, Sean Murray, founder of Hello Games, says the game is “far from finished”. In an interview with IGN He said developers can’t release updates as quickly as they come up with ideas for new ones, leaving an endless pool of new ideas to work on. “The list of things we’re happy to be able to work on doesn’t seem to get any shorter than ever. The team is always coming up with new things they want to do with the game: new content, features, and areas for improvement.”
Also, if Hello Games recently released their iOS title Joe Dinger And Infinite Dangerous Atmosphere Re-released, the team still has to work on another title. This detracts from the performance of the team No Man’s Sky He showed up now and wants to show up in the future, no way. Murray on this: “I am amazed that energy levels are now higher than ever. We tend not to speak publicly about what is on our list of interior features, but suffice to say we are far from finished.” Are you still playing? No Man’s Sky Or have you lost the game in the meantime?
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Hotels, restaurants, and retailers are expecting a more profitable Saratoga horse racing season this summer, based on healthy increases in business over the past two months.
“We have had a strong summer so far,” said Cindy Hollowood, general manager of the Holiday Inn on South Broadway. “We are looking at a very good season.”
Occupancy at the 170-room Holiday Inn was up 5 percent in July compared to last year, she said.
Hollowood and other hotel and bed and breakfast managers say a key difference coming into this racing meet at the Saratoga Race Course is that businesses knew since January that there would, indeed, be racing this summer at the historic track on Union Avenue.
In 2009 and 2010, the New York Racing Association was facing such daunting financial problems that the association, which operates the Saratoga, Aqueduct and Belmont Park thoroughbred tracks, threatened to stop racing because of lack of money.
The 2010 Saratoga meet did eventually happen after the state loaned NYRA money so it could make payroll and other expenses. Late last year, a deal was approved by the state that will allow the installation of 4,500 video lottery terminals at the Aqueduct race track in Queens and bring a large cash infusion into NYRA.
“I’m glad they [NYRA] came through and announced early they would be open,” said Dan Fortier, manager of Longfellow’s Hotel at 500 Union Ave. “It made all the difference in the world.”
He said regular customers who come to the hotel year after year for the racing meet booked rooms early this year, rather than waiting until the last minute or not booking at all.
“Things are good,” Fortier said about the hotel, which comprises 50 rooms and suites. Weekend dates at Longfellow’s during the racing season are almost completely booked, he said.
Saratoga Springs Mayor Scott Johnson said he has a “very positive outlook” for the racing season that started Friday and will run through Labor Day, Sept. 5.
“Hotels and restaurants are all reporting increases in sales and bookings over last year,” he said.
He said he also understands that rental properties are very hard to find this summer.
People who come to Saratoga Springs for the entire six weeks of racing — trainers, horse owners, jockeys and horse-loving tourists — often rent houses or apartments for the meet, rather than staying at a hotels.
“There is a real big demand for rental property,” said Joan Taub, an associate broker with Prudential Manor Homes Realtors at 376 Broadway.
Taub said that in addition to the people looking for a rental property for the racing meet, there are people working for the new GlobalFoundries computer chip plant in Malta seeking rentals, as well as senior citizens who have sold their homes and want to rent. U.S. Navy personnel stationed at the nuclear training facility in West Milton are also on the market for rental units.
“Some people are having a hard time finding properties,” Taub said.
Prices for a rental unit for the entire racing meet start at about $5,000 for a small house or condominium and go as high as $30,000 for a large home near the track for the six-week meet, she said.
Taub said that in recent years, some people who come to Saratoga Springs for the entire six weeks have purchased their own condominiums. They use these during the racing meet and then rent them out during other parts of the year.
At Impressions of Saratoga at Broadway and Phila Street, sales were slow this spring but have picked up this summer, said Marianne Barker, who runs the gift store with her husband, David. Impressions sells Saratoga-themed gifts, hats, clothing and equestrian items.
“We are looking good, people are buying,” Barker said about the business she has operated for the past 34 years. “I’m very, very optimistic about the racing season.”
She said hotel and motel bookings have been up this summer, and that helps her business, which opens at 9 a.m. and stays open until 10 p.m. during the week and until 11 p.m. on weekends during the summer.
She said that during the sluggish economy of the past three years, “flat is the new up” when talking about business growth. “We are holding our own,” Barker said.
Kathleen Smith, owner of Saratoga Arms, an upscale bed and breakfast at 497 Broadway, said she has had a strong July at her 31-room establishment.
“The most important thing is that all the inns and hotels have had advance notice,” Smith said about NYRA announcing in January there would be a Saratoga meet. “We had our racing dates,” she said.
Weekends are pretty much booked for the racing meet at Saratoga Arms, but not days in the early part of the week, such as Mondays and Tuesdays. Hotel managers noted that even if weekends are totally booked, there are often cancellations at the last minute and rooms can be found.
Smith expects this racing meet is going to be better than last year “and better than the year before that.”
Joe Shea is the general manager of the two Stadium Cafes in the city, one at 389 Broadway and one on Congress Street on the city’s West Side. He said spring was slow, but business started to pick up nicely about three weeks ago.
“We have had to hire more help. We will be up this year, up over last year,” Shea said about of the sports bar and restaurant with a full menu at both locations.
Jeff Clark, president of the Saratoga Springs Downtown Business Association, said downtown merchants are “cautiously optimistic” about the racing season.
“We are seeing an upsurge of visitors already,” Clark said. “I’m seeing a lot of out-of-town [license] plates.”
“I have spoken with some merchants, and the consensus is we are slightly up,” comparing this summer so far with the same months last summer, he said. “Restaurants are booming, doing really well.”
Clark said business was slow this spring because of the rainy weather. “Now that the good weather is here, we are seeing visitors everywhere,” he said.
Business in the Beekman Street arts district is also holding steady, according to Amejo Amyot, owner of the Beekman Artist Studios and a founder of the district about a decade ago.
“Spring started slow,” Amyot said, “but since July, there have been people on the streets.”
The arts district, on the city’s West Side, four or five blocks west of Broadway, has grown steadily over the years. “We didn’t lose any businesses during the recession,” Amyot said. “None of the shops have closed, but there are no new ones.”
Hollowood of the Holiday Inn said her “best year ever” was 2007, but then the recession started in 2008. Business seems to be picking up, she said, with more corporate events being booked than in the past few years.
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Web development platform Wix.com announced it has integrated its newsletter and promotional product with Facebook. Starting today, users can create, send, and share their newsletters and updates through Wix ShoutOut to ads on Facebook.
More than a year ago, Wix announced Wix ShoutOut as a way to enable users to create digital marketing collateral. But while the service lets you create content, it wasn’t possible to maximize distribution and reach. The company’s chief marketing officer Omer Shai said in a statement: “Over a million people have already used Wix ShoutOut to create and share beautiful content. Now they’ll have the option to make their valuable content work for them multiple times and promote their business even further.”
Users will first create their collateral through Wix ShoutOut. Then, they can customize ready-made styles with their own text, images, and video, or just use any content from Wix’s media library. The end result is a Facebook Page-postable ad with the target audience automatically set through Facebook’s Lookalike targeting protocol. While using Wix ShoutOut is free, users will have to pay for the ads on Facebook.
This is the first integration Wix has made through Wix ShoutOut, but the company tells VentureBeat that it’s looking to develop “the industry’s only [do-it yourself] one-stop shop for a small business where users can not only create a beautiful website but also manage and grow a business.”
If you’re looking for a quick and simple method to build out your web presence, Wix is hoping that you’ll use its platform. And to make it more enticing, if you’re trying to do some social media marketing, the Facebook Ads partnership could help. Facebook is more than happy to integrate with Wix — after all, the more opportunities there are to get people to buy ads, the better its quarterly performance will be.
This is the second product release by Wix in the past week. Last week it unveiled an online webmaster training course called WixEd as another resource to aid those looking to build a better web presence.
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A number of electric vehicle concept cars were unveiled at the 45th annual Tokyo Motor Show. Here’s a rundown of some of the noteworthy, and arguably most radical, to have debuted at this year’s show.
Honda Sports EV Concept
Following its Urban EV concept shown at the Frankfurt Auto Show, Honda unveiled another electric car, this time the Sports EV Concept, which combines EV performance with artificial intelligence.
Featuring the Honda Automated Network Assistant, the two-seat retro-styled car uses an “emotion engine” that gauges the feelings behind each driving decision.
While few details have been released, Honda said in a statement that it aims to “realize the joy of driving the user can feel with a sense of unity with the car.”
The manufacturer hasn’t yet said if the car will eventually go into production.
Nissan IMx zero-emission Concept
Nissan took the wraps off its all-electric crossover concept vehicle, the IMx, which offers fully autonomous operation and a driving range of more than 600 kilometers.
The IMx is powered by a pair of high-output electric motors at the front and rear, producing 320 kW of power and 700 Nm of torque.
The unveil came alongside Nissan’s announcement that it will enter the FIA Formula E Championship beginning late next year, becoming the first Japanese manufacturer to do so.
“The IMx zero-emission crossover concept vehicle embodies the future of Nissan Intelligent Mobility,” said Daniele Schillaci, Executive Vice-President for Global Marketing and Sales, zero-emission vehicles and the battery business.
“Through Nissan Intelligent Mobility, Nissan is committed to changing the way people and cars communicate, as well as how cars interact with society in the near future and beyond.”
Nissan Leaf NISMO Concept
Aimed to bring performance to the world’s best-selling EV, Nissan also presented the Leaf NISMO concept.
The car, based on the new-generation Leaf that debuted last month, features a sport-tuned suspension, high performance tires and custom-tuned computer that delivers “instant” acceleration at all speeds.
NISMO’s influence is also evident on the car’s design, with an all-new exterior and enhanced aero performance.
Nissan said there are currently no plans to put the Lead NISMO into production.
Toyota provided further details on its Concept-i series of battery electric vehicles, initially unveiled at the CES technology show in January.
The vehicles run on artificial intelligence systems to “to anticipate people’s needs, inspire their imaginations and improve their lives.”
“At Toyota, we recognize that the important question isn’t whether future vehicles will be equipped with automated or connected technologies,” said Bob Carter, senior vice president of automotive operations for Toyota. “It is the experience of the people who engage with those vehicles.
“Thanks to Concept-i and the power of artificial intelligence, we think the future is a vehicle that can engage with people in return.”
Three models: the Concept-i four-seat sedan, Concept-i RIDE two-seat city car and Concept-i WALK, for pedestrian areas, were presented.
Toyota Fine-Comfort Ride
Toyota’s increasing focus on fuel-cell technology continues with the Fine-Comfort Ride, a high-performance luxury sedan.
The concept features a fuel-cell stack at the front, connected to fuel tanks underneath the floor to power the 310 kW electric powertrain, which can reportedly do 0-62 mph in 5.4 seconds with a top speed of 136 mph.
The manufacturer says it can go 620 miles on one tank of hydrogen fuel.
Toyota unveiled a total of seven concept vehicles at the show, including the Sora concept fuel-cell bus.
The Mitsubishi E-Evolution is the Japanese manufacturer’s first performance vehicle to use EV technology.
The hybrid crossover concept features three electric motors, two mounted at the rear, with the battery located in the middle of the car and under the floor, aimed to improve its center of gravity.
Like Honda’s Sports EV concept, the car utilizes artificial intelligence to monitor the driver’s behavior and offer advise to improve driving technique.


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Internet companies are rounding up to monetize on the decline of a cable subscription. There is almost nothing to watch on the cable TV and traditional news and entertainment channels. Most of the time they are consumed by ads. All the interesting content is on the internet, to be specific, on social media. Video is the future, and Facebook knows it. That’s why the social media behemoth has launched a new feature using which you can watch Facebook videos on TV. You can now watch Facebook videos on your Apple TV, AirPlay devices, Google Chromecast, and Google Cast devices. You can stream Facebook videos from your Android or iOS device to your TV while using Facebook on your mobile. You can also comment and react to the playing video separately without pausing the video.
Facebook is full of interesting videos. From funny clips to blood-curdling adventure videos, you will find all sorts of content in your stream. As soon as you come across a video which you think is worth watching on TV with your family or friends, just tap the TV icon on the …read more
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We hear it often — we can have everything, just not all at once. Meet two women who stepped off the professional track to take care of their families, and then jumped right back on to end up even further ahead.
BY JANE DOUCET
Anna Seymour knew she was doing the right thing when, after a decade working in marketing for Maple Leaf Foods, she resigned from the work she loved. Her mother was dying from cancer, and Seymour wanted to support both of her parents during that process. That was two years ago, and the then 38-year-old Seymour had two young children, not to mention a job that required overtime and her full attention. She couldn’t do it all, but stepping away from work could cause a long, possibly permanent, professional setback. Instead, that hiatus launched Seymour into a new category in an industry where women executives are rare.
Seymour’s road to marketing had been a winding one. In 1997, she graduated from University of Toronto with an honours BSc in medical toxicology. Contemplating medical school, she instead took a job as a production supervisor in the pharmaceutical industry for BDH Inc., a subsidiary of Merck. In the late 1990s, she started an MBA part-time at York University’s Schulich School of Business, finishing it in 2002. “I completely fell in love with marketing,” she says. “I thought, holy shit, people get paid to do this? This is art and science — I loved the creative combination. I knew then what I was going to do for the rest of my life.” During the break to be with her family, Seymour took her mother to doctors’ appointments, cleaned her parents’ house, cooked meals for them, and looked after the necessary paperwork when someone has chosen to die at home. When her mother passed away, Seymour knew there was nothing more she could have done. But 15 months after tendering her resignation, the 40-year-old was ready to pursue a new opportunity.
Corby Distilleries hired Seymour as director of strategic planning, insights and innovation, where she has been tasked with expanding the company’s product line. “I’m going for the jugular in terms of creating new products,” she says. That includes appealing more to women’s palates — an unusual move in an industry known for making and selling products that have been marketed to men, by men. Seymour knows that she’s well equipped for the job. “I was hired because I take calculated risks,” she says. (At Maple Leaf she certainly increased revenue: establishing and expanding the Prime poultry brand.)
This September, Corby is a launching a premium liqueur, Criollo, in select liquor stores across Canada. And while the aisles may be stocked with other sweet drinks, this one is different. “It has been designed and delivered by Canadian women for women,” says Seymour. Consumer product tests and focus groups ultimately drove the direction of the category and flavours.
It’s the first time Corby has marketed specifically to women, and Seymour believes it’s one way her industry is responding to female consumers and creating room for female employees. “The reality is that the spirits industry has been male-focused for decades,” she says. “The opportunity today is to recognize that women are a powerful and emerging consumer group with distinct needs that can no longer be ignored.”
When you receive an email from Helen MacMillan, you may notice that her signature at the bottom reads Helen “The Big Fish” MacMillan. Is this a reference to the fact that the regional Vice-President and General Manager of Casino Nova Scotia is the first female GM of the 550-employee casino, which has locations in Halifax and Sydney? Is it perhaps alluding to the fact that she is the only female VP in its Richmond, B.C.-based parent company, Great Canadian Gaming Corporation, which boasts 4,500 employees?
No — but those are accurate details. And they’re impressive, considering that only one woman has the top job at a provincial gaming corporation (Saskatchewan Gaming Corporation president and CEO Twyla Meredith), according to the Canadian Gaming Association. Rather, The Big Fish is a nod to MacMillan’s plans to increase both entertainment events and visitors — and to follow the FISH! Philosophy (business practices designed to increase service quality, ensure repeat customers and build teamwork, trust and a positive work culture). “Through the process, which I started last year, I’ve become known by my team as The Big Fish,” says MacMillan.
That title certainly applies to MacMillan, 47, now, even though she didn’t set out to earn it. After the Pictou, N.S., native earned a BA from Mount Saint Vincent University in 1990, she planned to become a teacher. Then her father was diagnosed with cancer, and she shelved her bachelor of education plans so she could spend time with him before he died. In the 1990s, MacMillan worked briefly as a modelling scout before managing PR and research at Halifax’s Odyssey International for such automakers as General Motors, Vauxhall and Ford. That experience led to a stint in the Luton, England, Vauxhall office, where a Canadian named Cynthia Trudell was GM. “It was the first time I had seen a woman in a senior position in the auto industry, and it left an impression,” says MacMillan.
What followed was three years as an account executive at Halifax’s M5 marketing agency. In 2003, MacMillan became Casino Nova Scotia & Hotel’s advertising manager, then, two years later, communications director. From 2007 to 2011, she was the Vancouver based executive marketing director for Great Canadian Gaming Corporation. she enjoyed that job, so when she was approached about becoming Casino Nova Scotia’s regional VP and GM, she wasn’t interested.
“I didn’t think I had the confidence, since my background was marketing, not operations,” she says. “But then I talked to family and colleagues who believed I could do it.”
In January of 2011, MacMillan stepped into her new role; since then she has been working to influence different audiences — including women, with such female-focused products as a Sex and the City slot machine, women’s poker tournaments and ladies’ nights (an Australian male-revue group sold out two shows during the June stagette season). These additions may sound campy, even stereotypical, but they have followers; they bring customers and revenue. Casino Nova Scotia generated nearly $30 million last year.
MacMillan asserts that there are plenty of opportunities for women in the gaming industry, from lottery executives and heads of crown corporations overseeing provincial gaming to senior roles in marketing, operations and government relations. As for her plans for Casino Nova Scotia, “I think I can make a difference by helping Nova Scotians understand that casino gaming is a form of entertainment that is conducted in the most responsible way, and that it’s a sustainable revenue stream for the province. That’s why I’m here.”


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Arbitrade co-founder Troy Hogg sues for millions
Arbitrade co-founder Troy Hogg has filed a complaint in the Supreme Court of the State of New York against 13 defendants seeking damages in the tens of millions of dollars.
Joining Ontario resident Mr Hogg as plaintiffs in the wide-ranging action are Leila Holdings Ltd, which is incorporated in Ontario and of which Mr Hogg is the sole shareholder and director, derivatively on behalf of Bermudian-registered Arbitrade Ltd, of which Leila Holdings owns 67 per cent of the shares.
Seven individual defendants are named, as are Delaware limited liability corporations Dignity Holdings, Dignity Mining Group and Dignity Gold, Utah-based Scotia International of Nevada Inc, United Arab Emirates corporation Sion Trading FZE, and Puerto Rico-based Coinmint LLC.
Arbitrade Ltd is included as a nominal defendant.
The individual defendants include California resident Stephen Lance Braverman, a former chief operating officer of Arbitrade.
The causes of action include breach of contract, unjust enrichment, conversion, unconscionability, and aiding and abetting conversion.
The plaintiffs seek the rescission of certain contracts entered into between the parties.
A 17-page complaint sets out the plaintiffs’ case.
It is summarised as “an action to recover for tens of millions of dollars and/or equitable relief for a series of transactions by which defendants mulcted tens of millions of dollars from plaintiff Troy Hogg and his interests”.
Before incorporating Arbitrade Ltd in Bermuda in May 2018, Mr Hogg created the crypto currency company Cryptobontix Inc, of which he was the sole shareholder.
Cryptobontix issued a family of digital asset tokens, including a token called “Dignity”, which were designed to be backed by precious metals. Proceeds from the sales of Dignity tokens were used to fund Arbitrade.
The complaint says Arbitrade also intended to issue additional crypto currency backed by precious metal – and, to enable it to do so, Cryptobontix acquired a number of “mining rigs”, the hardware elements capable of performing crypto currency mining.
In July 2018, the complaint alleges, Arbitrade engaged defendants Sion Trading and Max Barber to secure gold by which to back Arbitrade’s crypto currency.
The plaintiffs say Mr Barber purported to secure $10 billion in gold bullion, and Sion and Arbitrade entered into an agreement under which Sion purported to assign its rights to that gold.
The complaint claims that Arbitrade agreed to pay Sion $1 million per month – and, later, $1.6 million per month – for the rights to the gold.
The complaint alleges that Mr Barber directed Arbitrade to make the payments to defendant Scotia International of Nevada, of which Mr Barber was the acting president.
It adds: “Upon information and belief, however, Barber did not actually secure the gold bullion.”
In total, the complaint says, Arbitrade paid Sion/Mr Barber $7.7 million.
The complaint claims that to further back its tokens, Arbitrade paid a non-party $4.5 million towards the purchase of gold casts of the late South African president Nelson Mandela’s hands.
But it alleges that Mr Barber in March 2019 “misappropriated the hands, falsely claiming that he was entitled to them as collateral against supposed debts owed to him by Arbitrade”.
The complaint adds: “Upon information and belief, the hands are worth at least $45 million.”
The suit claims that beginning in the fall of 2018, Mr Hogg, defendant Ricky Sanders and non-party Greg Daniel sought to establish and operate a bank in Bermuda.
The complaint alleges that Mr Hogg wired $250,000 to Mr Sanders to pay the Bermuda Monetary Authority’s “requisite licensing fee”.
However, the suit says, Mr Sanders “instead kept the money for himself”.
The complaint alleges that Mr Barber and Sion “employed economic duress to force Hogg to sell to them Cryptobontix and all of its assets at a grossly unfair price”.
That price, $1 million, was “a fraction of their worth”, the complaint says.
The details of that transaction, and its complicated aftermath, are alleged by the plaintiffs to involve several of the defendants, including Mr Braverman.
The complaint adds: “Upon information and belief, the rigs have produced at least between $30-46 million since the illegal transfer to Barber, Braverman and Swig (via Dignity Holdings) -- money that properly belongs to Hogg and/or Arbitrade.”
The suit claims that Mr Hogg and Leila Holdings last November made demand upon the Arbitrade board to bring the claims asserted in the complaint – but the board declined.
Utah resident Mr Barber, Sion and Scotia International have filed a notice of motion to dismiss the complaint “for lack of personal jurisdiction”.
That matter was to have been heard Monday, but has been adjourned by agreement of the parties to a return date of October 10.
None of the allegations in the complaint have been proven in court.


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It's the biggest and best issue we have ever done so it only make sense that we roll it out around the biggest and best event; CES and their 50th anniversary," said Editor-in-Chief Charles Warner
Denver, CO (PRWEB) November 30, 2016
The front cover story, an exclusive interview with Ghost In The Shell star Scarlett Johansson, delves into an array of topics, from the difficulties of personal connections in an increasingly digital culture to the way Johansson chooses her characters. The back cover will showcase comedian Kevin Hart, featuring an in-depth profile on his rise to fame, his non-stop work ethic, and his recent venture into the world of technology.
Additionally, this issue will roll out the Top 50 Most Innovative Products of the year, highlighting inventive new tech that promises to improve many aspects of day-to-day life.
"Two covers with huge star power. What's not to love? It's the biggest and best issue we have ever done so it only make sense that we roll it out around the biggest and best event in CES for their 50th anniversary," said Editor-in-Chief Charles Warner.
Other notable features include an exclusive conversation with actor Josh Brolin about his new film and the Marvel Cinematic Universe; a review of the greatest cars available for 2017; a talk about dark matter with author and physicist Lisa Randall; and an in-depth look at the duality of the online hacking group Anonymous.
Along with the new edition, Innovation & Tech Today editorial experts will be at CES 2017 (which takes place January 5-8 in Las Vegas). The staff will be conducting live interviews and answering questions in a 600 foot pavilion in the south hall. The I&T Today Pavilion will feature some of the innovative, award winning brands from the winter issue of I&T Today.
Available Barnes & Noble, Micro Center, and select retailers, the winter 2016 issue of Innovation & Tech Today will be released December 27. Innovation & Tech Today's website can be viewed here:http://innotechtoday.com/subscribe/


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LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — The world’s largest thoroughbred auction has begun at Keeneland in Lexington.
The September Yearling Sale began Sunday evening with more than 4,300 yearlings catalogued for the 68th annual event.
The two-evening select portion of the 13-day sale concludes Monday night.
The winners of each of this year’s Triple Crown races, including Kentucky Derby winner Animal Kingdom, were sold as yearlings at the 2009 September sale. Seventeen Kentucky Derby winners and eight recipients of the Eclipse Award as Horse of the Year have been consigned at the sale.
The record Keeneland September sale came in 2006 at $11.7 million, marking the second-highest yearling price ever paid at a public auction.


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Ever since Amazon.com commandeered Google Android for its own purposes, there's been a distinct line in the sand. Amazon has its forked version of Android that has no official association with the search giant or its content stores, while Google has its sanctioned version. Amazon just crossed that line.
The e-tail heavyweight is now expanding its GameCircle service to include all Android devices. GameCircle is Amazon's social gaming network that allows gamers to play each other and offers achievements and leaderboards. Up until now GameCircle had been exclusive to Kindle Fire devices.
By broadening its horizons, Amazon is taking a clear shot at the gaming community within Google's Android camp. Even though both companies operate Android-based ecosystems, this is effectively a move at cross-platform warfare. The search giant just made a similar push in May when it announced Google Play Game Services at Google I/O, which integrates across Android, Apple iOS, and Web platforms. Apple's Game Center, which is only available for iOS, has also grown, to 240 million users.
Google is reportedly building a game console to pre-empt Apple, which may integrate gaming features into its Apple TV. Microsoft easily has an advantage in this department thanks to its popular Xbox 360. The software maker now has 46 million paying Xbox Live members. Those members are likely more engaged with Microsoft's gaming platform than their mobile counterparts.
For instance, Game Center users may be registered since the service is integrated into iOS and many games, but that doesn't mean those users are actually using the free service.
Online social gaming networks are key for multiplayer functionality, and no clear leader has emerged. That's an opportunity for companies looking to strengthen their platforms, and Amazon's expansion is a clear acknowledgement of this fact. That's particularly true considering that the tech giants are preparing to move into the living room, and gaming will be a big part of that.
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Total chicken slaughter for the week ending January 16th was down 3.2% from year ago levels, but bird weights remain elevated. The six-week total of ready-to-cook broiler production was off a more modest 2.2% (y/y). Sales activity across the chicken parts is reportedly moderate to active, and it appears that market participants are seeing the results of smaller production. Wing prices continued their historic run throughout last week, but breast meat and tenders joined the upward move, as well. Even the leg quarter complex was finding support, with reports of tighter wholesale inventories occurring from additional export interest. While anticipating chicken production to increase as prices rise, feed costs however remain a concern for producers.
An active Saturday cattle slaughter (again) continues to underpin larger weekly harvests, with last week’s cattle throughput up 2% from last year while beef production was up 3.6%. Spot beef demand remains robust, with the Choice cutout moving up near the $2.20 area last week. Spot sales are active amid higher pricing with the middle meats causing much of last week’s increases. Beef 50’s prices as well, pushed higher throughout last week, but renewed weakness emerged on Friday. A modest price pull back is likely for 50’s into February, but packers have an aggressive forward sold position which may temper that downside risk.
Hog slaughter last week was more active than initially expected, and left pork output up 4.3% from the week prior and 2.9% over last year. Amid larger production schedules, the wholesale pork market was mostly lower, with the ham primal leading the week’s lower pricing. While the weekly price average for bellies was lower (w/w), Friday’s daily close pushed back above $1.30, but volume was light on the day. But the near-term upside potential for belly prices is expected to be limited. Exports remain a key risk to higher overall pork prices into spring.
The salmon markets have mostly tracked below year ago levels for the last several months. Lethargic foodservice demand has been a major contributor to such. With restaurants around the world facing restrictions due to COVID, salmon demand is anticipated to remain erratic for the next several months. This could temper any upside potential for the salmon markets deep into the spring.
The tomato markets continue to move lower. Supplies from Mexico have improved which is pushing prices downward. Relatively cool weather this winter has slowed the Florida harvest. However, warmer weather is anticipated this week. The tomato markets could have more downside risk in the near term. The lettuce markets are fairly steady. Iceberg lettuce shipments have been tracking near 10% above year ago levels as of late and history suggests that fairly attractive iceberg lettuce prices could persist into early February.
THE KITCHEN SINK
The CME cheese block and barrel markets were notably lower last week. Spot milk buys last week were occurring at historically discounted price levels to class III government grade. This is equaling much available milk supplies for cheese producers and is lowering costs. Cheese prices may experience further weakness in the near term. The CME spot butter market finished firm last week. Abundant cream supplies are supporting domestic butter output and inventories are big. These factors could temper further price gains but keep in mind that the butter market is historically low and bringing in value buyers.
A notable portion of the South American crops have received important rains over the last week or so which is fueling optimism that they will finish well. This could weigh on the grain markets in the near term. However, world supplies of both corn and soybeans are anticipated to remain tight which should bring support eventually.
Last week nearby WTI crude oil futures were down modestly (w/w) but are still the highest in 11 months. A softening greenback and less friendly U.S. Administration to drilling and petroleum products will likely keep crude oil prices firm.


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A family who runs a grocery store in San Mateo plans to open a second location at Edgewood Plaza in Palo Alto later this year.
Sand Hill Property Co. announced Tuesday it signed an agreement with Mustafa and Kyazi Mutlu, who own and operate Crystal Springs Produce, to open a grocery store at the plaza with $300,000 in financing from Sand Hill.
The 20,600-square-foot store building at 2170 W. Bayshore Road has sat vacant since 2015 when The Fresh Market closed as part of a decision to shutter all its stores in California.
The Mutlu family will sublease the space from The Fresh Market, which has seven years left on a 10-year lease, according to Sand Hill spokesman Matt Larson.
The Mutlus have not yet picked a name or set an opening date for their new store. They plan to sell local organic produce, similar to their San Mateo location, but in a way that caters to the needs of Palo Alto residents.
“We couldn’t be more excited to open our new location in this wonderful community,” Mustafa Mutlu said in a Sand Hill news release. “We run a successful grocery in San Mateo, and couldn’t think of a better location for our expansion. We believe Palo Alto is a perfect location for carrying the local and organic offerings that we are so passionate about.”
The Mutlus, who came to the United States in 1990 from Bulgaria, turned a vacant sandwich shop in San Mateo into a “neighborhood jewel,” which they’ve operated for more than seven years, according to the Sand Hill news release.
“It has been tremendously difficult for us to reactivate this grocery since the withdrawal of Fresh Market due to market challenges,” Larson said. “We are just happy our financing could make it work for Crystal Springs Produce. Our community will be well served by this.”
Sand Hill talked to more than 60 grocers in its search of a “viable and qualified operator,” according to the statement.
In May, John Tze and property owner Edgewood LLC sued Palo Alto for fining it more than $700,000 for violating a city ordinance by not having a grocery store at the site after Fresh Market closed.
The city issued the first citation on Sept. 30, 2015, and the fines have ranged from $500 to $5,000 per day. Tze appealed the citations but administrative hearing officer Lance Bayer upheld them in April.
Larson declined Tuesday to comment on the impact of the new agreement on the litigation.
City officials have said that Edgewood owners-developers broke a 2012 agreement that allowed it to build homes there on the condition a grocery store would be provided.


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Heise.de got a confirmation of what was announced earlier.
the chipset coming with the Ivy Bridge processors early 2012 will support USB 3.0. The good news is that in order to implement more easily, these ports will be using existing general drivers.
Now that we are talking about the Ivy Bridge architecture, you should know that the graphics solution running next to the processor will see its number of processing units going from 12 to 16, which will allow to have 50% better performances for the same frequency. (From Fudzilla).
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We’re half way through 2021 and the weather is not the only thing heating up. The US ferrous scrap market is approaching record high with signals of more upside for the second half of the year. Non-ferrous markets have also stabilized after a slight price correction.
Chicago’s ferrous scrap market settled up $40 – $60 per gross ton from May to June. Strong steel demand, mill expansions, waning supplies, high pig iron prices and a flurry of export activity added to the bullish outcome.
June is the first month No. 1 busheling, known as prime scrap, has increased since March of this year. Since March, steel mills refused to pay more for primes, knowing that no amount of extra money could drive out more supply. Prime grades remain in short supply as automakers continue to face production disruptions in the wake of a semiconductor shortage. Mills have also increased their usage of cut grades and shredded scrap to mitigate the impact of less busheling being generated.
Most non- ferrous commodities declined approximately 5 percent at the onset of June and trading has resumed now that prices have settled. “The semiconductor shortage, transportation bottlenecks and Covid-19 restrictions overseas are impacting domestic non-ferrous scrap markets,” states George O’Brien, Director of Non-ferrous. Most consumers agree trading and pricing will remain at the current levels for the balance of June as demand for non-ferrous scrap is strong, order books are healthy and domestic consumers have depleted inventories.


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Articles Tagged ‘Sid Lee’
Sico shows its true colours to promote new app
The paint company engaged in its third yearly campaign to promote its selection of paints at Réno-Dépôt, this year incorporating digital and social.
ICYMI: La Presse+ awards top ads, Twitter’s plans for Vine
In case you missed it: La Presse+ awards its top ads, Twitter is keeping Vine as an app and Super Channel shuffles its top staff.
ICYMI: Twitter adds to sales team, Google says cool it with the mobile pop-ups
In case you missed it: Jaclyn Levesque has joined Twitter Canada, Google is set to penalize mobile pages with pop-ups and TSN mics-up its players this Sunday.
PepsiCo lets hockey fans hoist the Stanley cup
Aiming to give fans the experience of their lifetime, the company has partnered with Subway restaurants across Canada.
ICYMI: Sportsnet layoffs, Heineken’s new shop
In case you missed it: Sportsnet cancels morning news show, Heineken names a new creative shop and Touche makes the Warc 100.
Instagram expands its video options
Unilever is the first partner for Instagram’s new 60-second video ad unit, using the spot to introduce its latest brand platform to French Canada.
Spotted! An artistic look at Smartwater
The Coca-Cola brand used art installations to bring the design and movement of its water bottles to life.
Rona’s tablet-heavy holiday
How the home improvement store doubled its digital spend and partnered with Star Touch and La Presse+ for this year’s push.
ICYMI: Ad agency moves, Ipsos adds CMO
In case you missed it: Sid Lee acquired, Y&R folded into Taxi and Twitter adds to mobile tools.
RONA L’Entrepot, La Presse+ gear up for patio season
The retailer is solidifying its shift to digital with a new campaign in La Presse+.
Rona paints the town
The company’s exclusive range of Sico Pure paints is being promoted across Canada on digital superboards, linking paint colours to holidays and events.
Dive Networks brings Sid Lee on board
The company is working with the creative agency, installing data visualization screens in its office, and applying the numbers to its future Axe campaigns.
Spotted! TSAs that forecast daily discounts
Mark’s campaign with Astral OOH links the dipping temperatures to storewide sales.
Sport Chek signs with the Raptors
The brand has inked a 10-year deal with the team that aims to tap into local basketball communities with crowd-sourced creative and documentaries.
Postmedia posts fourth-quarter loss
The media co is banking on its four-platform strategy and proposed acquisition of Sun Media assets to bolster the company.


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Generating national and international growth, Browning calls it the “JLR effect” and said, “Jaguar Land Rover has doubled in size and its growth has been a catalyst for the local automotive supply chain. The trickle down effect is seen in improved infrastructure, thriving local suppliers and increased social positivity.” And the new 100m Advanced Propulsion Centre and the 92m National Automation Innovation Campus at Warwick University will certainly enhance the situation.
In the UK transportation, mobility and the companies behind it are changing with new technologies and usage models. By 2030, a £50bn boost to the UK economy from autonomous and connected vehicles has been predicted by The Society for Motor Manufacturers. This summer Googles driverless cars passed the 1m miles mark. That equates to around 80 years of human driving during which there were 11 minor accidents. All were caused by human error and caused no injuries. Compare that with the annual 1.2m crash fatalities and 50m injuries that the world currently suffers and autonomous vehicles look increasingly attractive.
The vehicle industry is buzzing with innovations. August saw the £2bn acquisition of Nokia’s “Here” vehicle location mapping business by a group of automotive companies. This will lead to “highly automated driving” according to Nokia chief executive, Rajeev Suri.
Read more about companies in theAutomotive industry:
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David Bailey, professor of industry at Aston Business School in Birmingham was quoted in the Guardian saying, There are more and more autonomous features being developed all the time and the technology is transforming the industry.
The transportation and mobility industry is also innovating around changing ownership models. People are unlikely to ever stop wanting their own cars but these days there are some good reasons not to have one. Transport ownership especially in cities is becoming more expensive and less desirable as public and shared transport options evolve in line with congestion charging and fewer parking spaces. It is now possible in many cities to use pedal bikes, electric and other internet bookable vehicles almost as though they are self-owned. They offer convenience and flexibility without ownership responsibility or fixed costs. Prohibitive insurance prices for young motorists add to the attraction of non-ownership.
A spur to innovation from new companies entering the market is the advent of practicable electric vehicles. Companies that have formerly been producers of consumer electronics see mobility as a huge opportunity.
Another major change is the cross-discipline movement between city planners, builders, energy management and transportation professionals. The coming together of these formerly diverse disciplines holds new challenges and risks for the mobility industry which has to re-define its value capture models and perhaps its entire method of operation. To manage this change, traditional static and hierarchical business structures are being replaced by new dynamic collaboration models a move that needs to accelerate.
Mobility is often an emotional and social experience that varies widely across the world. To capture market share, providers must appeal to those emotions and communities with truly innovative solutions. They have to cross boundaries to discover new ideas, and then turn them into tomorrow’s profitable products and services that deliver widely felt economic and social benefits.
It is certain that tomorrows transportation will be radically different from todays.
Stephen Chadwick is MD of Dassault Systmes EuroNorth.


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The 85mm Prime is a go to lens for numerous Portrait Photographers. There are plenty of 85mm options to choose from and the list just got longer. Canon is all set to announce their 85mm 1.4 L IS lens this summer.
“We’re thinking the EF 85mm f/1.4L IS will be announced sometime in Q2/early Q3 but we hope to nail down an announcement date soon.” the article from Canon Rumours reads.
Recently DxO Mark gave the Sigma 85mm 1.4 Art its highest ever rating (details here). Canon already offers two 85mm primes, the 1.8 and the 1.2L. The new 1.4L will be directly competing against the 85mm 1.4 Art from Sigma which has already made its place in the market. It will be interesting to see how Canon prices the new lens. The L series of lenses are known for their hefty price tags but Canon is trying to reclaim a lost market share.
We can barely wait for the new Lens. What do you think? Let us know in the comments down below.
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WALL STREET JOURNAL – You see a picture on Pinterest, Instagram or Facebook. But there’s something different about it. There’s a button that asks you if you want to buy the product you see.
Would you click then and there?
Social-media giants are betting you will. And some small businesses are signing on to the idea.
As social sites seek new sources of income—and people demand ever more convenient ways to buy online—they’re giving companies the option to add “buy” buttons to their posts. And some small businesses are already seeing encouraging gains from this new capability, boosting sales by leveraging the close contact they have with customers on social sites.
But experts warn that businesses should take a soft and helpful tone when reaching out, because customers can get turned off when companies try to use social media to push them into making impulse buys.
They don’t like it when companies post aggressive sales pitches in the comments on pictures at photo-sharing sites, for instance, or when companies send them pushy sales messages through platforms such as Facebook Messenger.
Customers are “in a different mind-set when on social sites,” says Jay Baer, president of Convince & Convert, a digital marketing firm in Bloomington, Ind. “They don’t go there to buy. That transition to buying can be jarring.”
Room to explore
The idea of buying straight from posts on social media isn’t exactly new. But only now is the practice becoming feasible as third-party companies like Shopify and BigCommerce—or in the case of Pinterest, the site itself—make it easier to set up the purchasing options and handle the back-end processing.
Companies pay the third-party companies a subscription fee, but the social sites aren’t charging anything yet to monetize posts.
On Instagram and Pinterest, companies post photos the way anybody else does, and people find the pictures the way they find any other photos: searching by keyword or seeing what their friends have marked as interesting—“pinned”—or otherwise shared. The only difference is that people have the option to buy items companies have posted.
On Facebook, customers arrive at company pages either by searching on keywords or by joining a group devoted to the company. Purchasable items are found by clicking the shop tab, and the transactions are handled by manually entering credit-card numbers that can be stored for later use. Facebook doesn’t charge for the transaction.
How can entrepreneurs make the most of this new setup?
The experts suggest that companies ease customers into the idea of buying on social media by gently letting them know, since the majority of online users are not even aware that they have the option to make direct purchases on social media.
On Pinterest and Instagram, for instance, users are usually looking for ideas or inspiration, not to buy. Companies should not put aggressive sales pitches in the comments to photos, where most of the conversations on Pinterest and Instagram take place.
Slava Furman, founder of Miami-based Noli Yoga, knew that yoga practitioners were posting scenic selfies of their perfected yoga positions on Instagram. Without making any sales pitches, he started posting his own photos showing customers in his activewear. Yoga fans discovered them while browsing through other yoga photos or doing keyword searches, since Mr. Furman attaches yoga-relevant hashtag search terms to his images.
After building a sizable following, he turned to an e-commerce app called Snappic that lets people buy items in his photos.
He currently gets 90% of his business from all of his social-media marketing and advertising efforts, and 15% of that comes from direct sales on Instagram.
Avoiding sales pitches is one thing. But companies should also be sure to post compelling content on these social-commerce storefronts that gives users a reason to visit, experts say. On Instagram or Facebook, that might mean streaming live video. In a Facebook shop, companies might offer a free PDF instructional guide for the product, along with a coupon.
Pure Cycles, a 20-employee urban-bicycle manufacturing company in Burbank, Calif., posts events that show up in followers’ calendars on Facebook. As with click-to-buy posts on Instagram and Pinterest, visitors to the company’s Facebook shop page can purchase items in photos. But Pure Cycles says it’s careful to add extra content to keep customers interested.
The company recently invited customers to its headquarters, where they could test-ride bikes and get free swag. It also features instructional videos and streamed Facebook Live video events where employees interact with customers. Another touch that helps, the company says: The live videos are often done by company owners as a way to make themselves more accessible to customers.
When doing a question-and-answer session, they have opportunistically referenced products in the store.
Jordan Schau, co-founder of Pure Cycles, says the human touch is crucial to show that there are real people behind the content, not a faceless marketing department.
“In terms of shopping and getting the right stuff, it’s much more impactful if we’re behind the chat,” says Mr. Schau, who oversees the social-media efforts at Pure Cycles. He’ll often respond directly to social media inquiries on his personal phone and interact with customers after hours.
“We’re not trying to actively hit people up by saying, hey, everybody, we’re having a sale on this,” says Mr. Schau. “We’re more like, hey, we’re your friend. If you have a question about your bike, we’re happy to answer.”
You can read the full story here: https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-small-firms-can-use-pinterest-and-facebook-to-sell-directly-to-customers-1493605265


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Morning Markets: Greenback felled by profit-taking
- UK: Consumer Price Index (0830 GMT)
- US: Consumer Price Index (1230 GMT)
- US: NAHB Housing Market Index (1400 GMT)
- Markets in Asia were mixed at the open but higher by mid-morning as oil prices rose
- The ASX200 had a soft start and closed up 0.4%
- Australia's monthly new motor vehicle sales were up 2.5% in September
- New Zealand's third-quarter CPI dropped to 0.2%, from 0.4%
- RBA chief Philip Lowe defends 'flexibility' of inflation target and says housing is 'mixed'
- The Aussie dollar jumped to a 16-month high against the euro in overnight trade
- AUD was around 0.7660 against the US dollar at midday
- USDJPY was 103.86 compared with levels near 104.04 on Monday
From the Floor
Netflix surprise. “The amount it has to spend on generating new clients is still a worry for me,” says Garnry.
Downbeat dollar. “The USD has been a little on the back foot as it looks like the Fed could be accommodative for longer,” says Moltke-Leth
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Kiwi sitting pretty
The New Zealand dollar rallied after inflation came in at 0.2%, writes Max McKegg, and now a rate cut next month might just about do the trick.
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Just weeks after the return of Bob Iger as CEO of Walt Disney -- which was hailed as a strong positive move by observers -- longtime activist investor Nelson Peltz wants to see major changes in the company with a stronger focus on profitability.
This could potentially cause major disruption for what may be the largest and highest-profile U.S. media company.
Peltz has been known to pursue an activist role at target companies for years.
The trouble is that talking up "profitability" in investor-speak can be short-term financial thinking to many -- running somewhat counter to the word "growth." That would be a challenge for Disney -- which, like other media companies, is taking on the difficult task of starting up a new streaming operation from scratch.
Returning Disney CEO Bob Iger already has his hands full trying to steer the big media company toward a better future -- which includes transitioning to streaming from linear TV, maintaining its parks business in the wake of what may be more COVID-19-related disruptions, as well as keeping its movie business on a post-pandemic growth track.
Disney still estimates its direct-to-consumer streaming business to be profitable by around 2025.
But that’s two years from now -- with the possibility of some type of recession taking effect later this year. So all this could upset those estimates going forward.
More trouble could come with the bottom line for many critics of streaming business: it comes down to spending billions on content. At the same time, Disney and other companies looking to grow streaming still need to service their legacy TV networks with their own original content.
Netflix doesn’t have these worries right now. In the fourth quarter, it released over 1,100 TV episodes -- four times the total of second-place Amazon Prime Video. Disney+ released around 207 episodes. Third place for Disney in any media business is not the place that it needs to be.
So that brings us to profits. And now more analysts are looking at whether Disney can, for example, sell off ESPN or other ABC TV networks.
In addition, critics in retrospect are wondering if Disney's deal to buy half of 21st Century Fox's movie and TV businesses for $71.3 billion in 2019 -- a deal made under Iger's original reign as chief executive-- still makes sense financially.
Some would point to the nearly $1.9 billion the theatrical movie “Avatar: The Way of Water” has pulled in globally for Disney.
Activist stock market investors, of course, rarely have the patience to wait for a new CEO’s long-term plans to bear positive results that could be years in the making.
So.. will Iger move quickly, or just resist one major activist's attempt to find alternatives? Right now, there is no consideration of a possible board seat for Peltz.
This could be a long and complicated ride.


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“The Nokia 9 PureView smartphone will likely be a flagship offering and the world’s first to come with a five-camera setup at the back panel”
Nokia fans have been waiting for the Nokia 9 PureView smartphone from HMD Global for a long time. The Nokia 9 flagship smartphone has been in and out of the rumour mill ever since the company announced the Nokia 8 in 2017. It’s highlight is said to be the five-camera setup on the back, which will make it the first handset in the industry to boast of such a configuration. There has been a surge in the number of leaks related to Nokia 9 smartphone lately, and a now a report suggests that the handset could make its debut in January 2019.
To be more precise, the company may schedule the launch of Nokia 9 PureView in the last week of January, according to Nokia anew – a tipster noted for several leaks around Nokia devices. The Twitter user has further shared a render of the handset with an 18:9 aspect ratio display with bezels on either side, which is line with the previously leaked information. In replies to other Twitter users, the tipster has said the handset will have a 6-inch display and will be the only flagship Nokia phone till autumn at least. However, while it’s being called a flagship, the handset will not run Snapdragon 855 SoC, the Twitter account claims, meaning no 5G support. We can expect the handset to be powered by the Snapdragon 845 SoC instead.
Apart from this, a whopping 4,150mAh battery with fast charging battery is rumoured to fuel the handset. Furthermore, it could come running stock-Android 9 Pie out of the box and employ a 3.5mm headphone jack for audiophiles.
We had previously brought to you exclusive renders of the Nokia 9 PureView, giving a look at what the Zeiss-branded pent-lens setup on the back could look like. The handset is likely to use an in-display fingerprint sensor as well as Face Unlock, and there will be no 3.5mm earphone jack. That’s all we know so far! The price and availability of the Nokia 9 PureView will be announced if and when HMD Global plans to launch it.