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Digital Reality Print Limited, one of the foremost printing and cooperate support service company in Nigeria has been appointed as the official printer for the Nigeria International Print Expo (NIPEX)
This information was made available to the media by the organising committee of the show in a press release that states, “NIPEX is West Africa premier B2B print expo for graphics, print, and sign and it has been scheduled to hold from March 22-24, at Landmark centre, Victoria Island, Lagos”.
According to the statement signed by the chief executive officer of DCS Integrated Media- the organisers of NIPEX, Mr. Tunde Obokhai, the choice of Digitalreality as the official printer of NIPEX came as a result of the need to strategically showcase the quality print run and high capacity of Nigeria based printing firms offer to the public and especially to the government in order to buttress the local printing industry advocacy that they have the capacity to carry out quality print jobs that can match up with any job printed overseas.
His words: ” The theme of this year’s NIPEX is making the print business profitable again by ensuring Nigeria print jobs remain in Nigeria.
To have the voice of the printing industry heard through this campaign, we have to project one of the foremost innovative printing firms in the country as the official printer at NIPEX to bring our message home”. He said
Obokhai added: “NIPEX present an ample opportunity for practitioners and operators in the industry, both local and foreign, and visitors to meet, connect, interact, share innovative ideas, and at the same close good business deals at the show. Over the years, the show has recorded over 30,000 quality visitors and more than 300 exhibitors and still counting from Nigeria, South Africa, the United Kingdom, America, China, etc.
“Notable brands such as Xerox, Konica Minolta, Mimaki, HP, GSW, Gific Printing Solutions, Roland, Canon, Superflux International, Midcomp South Africa, Brothers, White Horse Machinery Uk, Coates Brothers West Africa, Sharp, Samsung, have been regular exhibitors at the show”. Obokhai stated


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KFC to add plant-based fried chicken made with Beyond Meat to menus nationwide
KFC is giving customers the option of taking the chicken out of Kentucky Fried Chicken, y'all.
The fast-food chain announced today that it has partnered with Beyond Meat to offer a plant-based fried chicken alternative beginning Jan. 10, according to a press release.
KFC first tried out its exclusively developed Beyond Fried Chicken as a limited-run in Atlanta, where it sold out in less than five hours. Now, the meatless option will be up for grabs at locations nationwide while supplies last.
“The mission from day one was simple – make the world-famous Kentucky Fried Chicken from plants,” said Kevin Hochman president of KFC U.S., in the press release “And now over two years later we can say, ‘mission accomplished.’”

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Jennifer Belen was accused of stealing 68 boxes of medicine from the mega drug store in Tamuning.
Guam – A woman who police say was caught on camera shoplifting at Mega Drug in Tamuning was charged Tuesday. According to a magistrates report, on May 20th of this year, Belen was seen on surveillance taking miscellaneous items from a shelf and placing them in her black shoulder bag. Belen was eventually confronted by the owner of mega drug but fled the scene. The owner was able to obtain the black bag however and upon inspection he found $670 worth of stolen medication. Then, according to the magistrates report nearly four months later, on September 24th, Belen was again spotted on surveillance cameras at the same store stealing hygiene products valued at $279. This time, Belen was able to escape. Belen is charged with one count of retail theft as a 3rd degree felony.


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The Mobile Apps are trends of fast growing changing the world through upgrade people’s lives and turns developers like you to innovate like as never before. As a market survey, the App Store has grown into an exciting and vibrant ecosystem startup for millions of developers and more than a billion users.
Really? Facebook will pay you for using your data? Facebook on Tuesday launched an app “Study From Facebook” that will pay users to share information with the social media giant about which apps they’re using.


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TOTO has announced that over 20,000 guests of The Current Iowa have experienced its WASHLET S300e high-tech bidet seat, which the hotel installed in each of its 78 guest rooms and suites.
Developers and spouses Amy and Amrit Gill are celebrating the one-year anniversary of this stylish Marriott Autograph Collection Hotel, which is located in the center of downtown Davenport and offers panoramic views of the Mississippi River.
“We often say that it’s the guest experience that we live for—and our smart toilets make the guest experience a real WOW!,” said Amrit Gill, President, Restoration St. Louis. “We believe the TOTO WASHLET experience helps us get even greater guest survey scores.”
“We are proud to partner with The Current Iowa,” said Toru Yamamura, president, Eastern U.S. and Canadian Sales Division, TOTO USA. “This hip art-inspired hotel marks another in a long line of TOTO high-profile installations. Our award-winning products help make people’s lives cleaner, healthier, less complicated and more beautiful. They are the first choice of hoteliers, architects, designers, and engineers, who want the highest quality fixtures for their projects.”
TOTO’s WASHLET S300e reduces the need for toilet paper. Combined with TOTO’s Drake II 1.28 GPF water-efficient toilet, The Current Iowa saves 20 percent more water than a standard 1.6 gallons per flush model.


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Cryptocurrency exchanges in India are bullish on the adoption of bitcoin and other digital currencies in the country. But many
“King of shrimp” Viet Nam raise a question to co-operate with Lina.Review in applying Supply Chain into his Company’s system to grow the revenue.
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ROCHESTER, N.Y. (CBS.MW) -- Since the Internet became a household word in the mid-1990s, more and more Americans have been going online each year. Until now.
Growth in the use of the Internet is slowing, according to new research by Harris Interactive. The data shows the proportion of adults online is virtually unchanged at 64 percent for the last 12 months, indicating 127 million adults are Web users.
"This is the first time since 1994 that we have not seen sizable increases in Internet penetration," said Humphrey Taylor, chairman of Harris Interactive HPOL. "Obviously, the weakening economy could inhibit growth of Internet penetration over the next year or two," Taylor added.
Music services late to launch
Two major competitors in the online music subscription business share one problem in common: getting started.
Both RealNetworks' RNWK, -2.42% RealOneMusic and Sony SNE, -0.35% and Vivendi Universal's V, -3.16% Pressplay now indicate it will be several more weeks before they are in businesses. RealNetworks told The Washington Post its service will launch "in less than four weeks." Pressplay "remained vague about their launch," the report said. Both previously indicated they hoped to begin operations early in the fall. AOL Time Warner AOL, -1.75%, developing a service called MusicNet, didn't comment on its timetable.
RealNetworks said its online music service will offer options priced from $9.95 and $19.95 a month. Subscribers will be able to download or stream songs each month. The tunes will be encrypted so they cannot be copied. RealOne subscribers will also be able to listen to pre-programmed music channels.
Amazon.com asks: when do you do it?
In the name of improving customer service, Amazon.com's AMZN, -1.12% British unit reports French consumers prefer to do their online shopping at breakfast, while the Irish like to click and shop at work. The online retailer queried 2,072 customers on its French, German, and UK sites. "We have to learn from the nuances and idiosyncrasies of each nation's shopping habits to see how we can serve our customers better this Christmas season," Robin Terrell, managing director of Amazon.co.uk, told Reuters.
The respondents cited 24-hour convenience of shopping as the major reason for buying items online. Overall, 31 percent of shoppers said they make purchases at work, while two-thirds said they shop at home or in a home office.
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Canada’s Lucara Diamond has unearthed a 123-carat, gem-quality, top white Type II diamond at its Karowe mine, in Botswana, the same operation where it found the largest precious rock ever found in the African country.
The stone was recovered from direct milling ore sourced from the EM/PK(S) unit of the South Lobe, the same area that yielded the famous “Lesedi La Rona.” The giant 1,109-carat diamond, however, was a hard sell for Lucara. Its buyer, Graff Diamonds ended up cutting it into smaller stones.
Karowe, which began commercial operations in 2012, has this year yielded 22 diamonds larger than 100 carats, eight of them exceeding 200 carats.
The mine also yielded the 1,758-carat Sewelô (meaning “rare find”) diamond, the largest ever recovered in Botswana.
The Vancouver-based company also announced it had recovered a 375-carat gem-quality diamond during the processing of historic tailings from the mine. Reprocessing has so far yielded 29 diamonds over 100 carats, Lucara said.
Since the start of the year, the miner has sold 19 diamonds each with an individual price in excess of $1 million at its quarterly tender sales. This includes seven diamonds that fetched more than $2 million each, and one diamond that carried a final price tag of over $8 million.
“Lucara is pleased with the continued strong performance of the mine and the consistent recovery of large, high quality diamonds that contribute more than 70% of Lucara’s total revenues,” CEO Eira Thomas said in a statement.
The company, which has focused efforts on the prolific Botswana mine this year, is close to completing a feasibility study into potential underground production and life-of-mine expansion at Karowe.


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UP to 50 cars a day are running out of fuel on England’s motorways as soaring
petrol and diesel costs take their toll.
Drivers are increasingly ignoring the fuel gauge because prices are so steep,
say motoring groups.
The number letting the tank run dry on motorways — where garage prices are
highest — has rocketed by a THIRD since 2007.
A total of 17,802 ran out of fuel on English motorways in 2010, according to
the Highways Agency.
In 2007, it was just 13,458, according to figures released to The Sun under
the Freedom of Information Act.
The AA said 15 per cent more motorists were running dry this year on Britain’s
roads compared to 2010.
It comes against a background of spiralling prices, with unleaded shooting up
nearly 40p from 97.7p in October 2007 to 134.37p now. Diesel has gone from
99.8p to 139.24p.
AA spokesman Luke Bosdet said: “You hear of drivers turning up at a motorway
service station and being gobsmacked at the price they are being charged.
“The sensible ones will put about £5 or £10 worth of fuel in the tank but
others, so incensed by the cost, will leave the motorway to try to find a
cheaper garage at which to fill up.
“It’s then they come a cropper. There used to be anecdotal evidence of this
happening but now it is becoming increasingly common. We see it every day
and it is a concern.”
An AA survey released earlier this year found that a quarter of drivers were
cutting down on the amount of fuel they put in their motor.
In a recent Green Flag survey, more than half of those who admitted running
out of fuel were aged 18 to 34.
1m orders for iPhone
MORE than one million pre-orders were taken for the new iPhone 4S in 24 hours
— a record for one of APPLE’s products.
The smartphone isn’t available in the US and UK until this Friday.
But interest in it is unprecedented following last week’s death of Apple
founder Steve Jobs.
Apple’s previous one-day sales record was 600,000 for last year’s iPhone 4.
The strong sales came despite fans’ moans that the gadget which has new
software and a faster chip, looks the same as an iPhone 4. Hudson Square
analyst Daniel Ernst said: “The market was disappointed but customers looked
past the headline to see the content of the device.”
Colin Gillis of BGC Partners said Apple must sell 20million in a quarter to
hit estimates, adding: “Apple needs to break records.” Shares rose four per
cent in early US trading.
Wisden in India
CRICKET bible WISDEN is to launch a separate Indian edition to try to
bowl over fans in the sport’s fastest-growing market.
Wisden India will focus on all areas of the Indian game, including Test
matches and domestic cricket.
Publisher BLOOMSBURY will launch the almanac in October 2012 and hopes
to sell up to two million copies a year.
Editor Lawrence Booth said: “The chance to marry Wisden’s age-old strengths
with the 21st Century home of the game was too good to ignore.”
Wisden has been published annually since 1864.
FRENCH-Belgian bank DEXIA has been rescued in a
£3.5billion deal. The Paris, Brussels and Luxembourg governments bailed it
out, making it the first bank in Europe to need state intervention since
Greek bank PROTON will become the country’s first to be saved.
Laddies’ Bet is off
LADBROKES yesterday ditched plans to take over rival SPORTINGBET
— amid concerns over the turbulent markets.
It also had concerns over Sportingbet’s arm in Turkey, where gambling is
Richard Glynn, Ladbrokes’ chief executive, said the move saved it from
entering a deal which “did not deliver shareholder value”.
Earlier this year the high street bookie failed to agree a price to buy online
Sportingbet shares fell nearly 20 per cent after the announcement, leaving its
value at £247.8m.
TOP recruitment firm MICHAEL PAGE saw its UK growth
profits grind to a halt amid warnings of “challenging times”.
Gross profits rose just 0.3 per cent to £33.1million in the third quarter of
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A substantially updated version of the Skoda Fabia will be launched toward latter half of 2018, but prior to that will be revealed at the Geneva Motor Sh... (read more)
Swoopy coupe-SUV first on the list?
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At the “edge of capacity,” but its stance is unwavering.
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Clever and fast. We want two.
Czech carmaker Skoda might be known best for delivering great value, but with the arrival of the RS245 models, maybe the c... (read more)
Prices start at a competitive $35k.
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Finally, an oiler!
The Skoda Kodiaq, the Czech marque’s top-seller on our shores, will be gaining a new range-topping variant to hel... (read more)
Skoda Australia has now confirmed the pricing and final specifications of their new Octavia RS, but outwardly you may struggle to tel... (read more)
Still superb value (sorry).
Shown to us for the first time in June and targeted for an August launch, the 2018 Skoda Superb has been... (read more)
Never heard of a Volkswagen Jetta? Good.
Skoda has, for the longest time, espoused the virtues of value and intelligent packaging. The Octavia, its comp... (read more)
The Fabia manages to Czech every box it has to.
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A new all-inclusive resort is coming to Montego Bay, Jamaica, Caribbean Journal has learned.
Next year, the new Hideaway at Royalton Blue Waters will be opening its doors in the Trelawny area of greater Montego Bay.
The adults-only, all-inclusive resort will have a mix of 352 rooms and suites, a spa, a fitness center, eight bars, 11 dining concepts and day-to-night activities for adults.
That’s along with a fitness center and the addition of the resort brand’s Dorado restaurant, set to open for the first time at a Montego Bay-area resort.
Guests will have access to the neighboring Royalton Blue Waters Montego Bay resort.
“We have reimagined 352 modern rooms and suites thinking only in the perfect adults-only vacation that serves as a restorative haven reserved for special people and occasions,” said Jurgen Stutz, Senior Vice President of Sales, Marketing and Distribution for Blue Diamond Resorts. “With this project we were looking to provide greater exclusivity and enhanced services that continue to carry the All-in Luxury essence, and the Hideaway at Royalton brand was the ideal choice to achieve it.”
Hideaway at Royalton Blue Waters is part of a rapidly-expanding resort portfolio for the Royalton brand in the Caribbean.
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ANN ARBOR, MI -- Whether you call Mardi Gras, Fat Tuesday, or Paczki Day, the time is right.
The day before Ash Wednesday and the beginning of Lent are known for their annual tradition of removing homes of indulgent ingredients, particularly those involved in the making of the Polish paczki, a fried pastry filled with jam or creams.
Check out these local bakeryries for Paczki Day:
The Big City Small World Bakery, located at 500 Miller Ave in Ann Arbor, is offering paczkis in prune, raspberry, chocolate, custard, strawberry, lemon, vanilla, and cherry fillings, both pre-order and walk-ins.
Paczkis are $3.50 per piece, $20 for a half-dozen, and $35 for a dozen people.
The Big City Small World Bakery is open from 7:30 to 7 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday, from 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Saturday and 10 p.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday.
The Chelsea Bakery, which stands at 117 S. Main St. in Chelsea, is offering sweet treats such as cream, custard, apple, raspberry, strawberry, and lemon fillings.
The Paczkis are available both by pre-order and walk-in on February 28 and March 1. The pastries cost $2.75 a piece and $27 a dozen.
Chelsea Bakery is open from 5:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday through Friday, from 6 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, and from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday. Find the bakery by phone at 734-562-2654.
For pre-order and walk-ins, Dexter Bakery, 8101 Main St. in Dexter, is offering raspberry, blueberry, custard, cream, chocolate, lemon, apple, and prune fillings.
Paczkis purchased in-person are $2.25 per piece, $13.50 for a half-dozen, and $27 for a dozen.
Dexter Bakery is usually open from 6 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday, from 6 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, and from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sunday, but it will usually close from 5 a.m. to 3 p.m. both February 28 and March 1.
Find the bakery on or by phone at 734-426-3848.
Deli and Donuts, located at 303 W. Stadium Blvd. in Ann Arbor, is offering free paczkis for walk-in only. Blueberry, raspberry, custard, strawberry, and cream are among Dimo's offerings.
Paczkis are $3 a piece or $18 for a half-dozen. Customers are limited to six. Dimo's is open from 6 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday, but it will only open under those same hours on March 1.
Find the bakery on or by phone at 734-662-7944.
DJ's Bakery, located at 3031 Packard St. in Ann Arbor, will sell paczkis until March 1st, alongside lemon, apple, strawberry, raspberry, and blackberry fillings, as well as some of them being chocolate iced. It will make pre-orders for any items more than a dozen and have paczkis available for walk-ins.
Paczkis have a price of $2.50 a piece, including $13 for a half-dozen and $26 for a dozen people.
The restaurant at DJ's Bakery is open from 5 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Sunday. Call the number 734-369-2068 or past their address.
Dom Bakeries, located at 1305 Washtenaw Road in Ypsilanti, has paczkis until March 1, with custard, raspberry lemon, blueberry, strawberry, and apple fillings, and is offering a pre-order for more than three dozen items. Paczkis are also available for walk-ins.
Paczkis are $2.50 a piece, $15 for a half-dozen, and $26 for a dozen people.
Dom Bakeries is usually open from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Saturday and from 6 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. For more information, contact the email@example.com or by phone at 734-485-3175.
Washtenaw Dairy, located at 602 South Ashley Street in Ann Arbor, is offering paczkis with apple, chocolate, cream, custard, raspberry, and prune fillings.
Paczkis are $2.50 per piece, $15 for a half-dozen, and $30 for a dozen people.
Washtenaw Dairy is open from 5 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Friday, and between 6 and 8 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Find it online or by phone at 734-662-3244.
Delicatessen, located at 422 Detroit St. in Ann Arbor, is offering paczkis only for pre-order. Other items include ricotta and rosehip, and the deli is open from 11 to 7 pm every day. Call the number or email at (734-6633354.
The Bakehouse at 3711 Plaza Drive in Ann Arbor is offering paczkis for pre-order, but will also have a limited quantity available for walk-ins on March 1. Lemon, cream, chocolate, raspberry, rosehip, and sweet ricotta cheese are some of the flavors. The bakehouse is open daily from 7 to 7 p.m. and is open by phone at 734-761-2095.
Paczkis costs $3.25 per piece for a half-dozen or $39 for a dozen people.
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THE WHAT? TikTok is said to be gearing up for a huge e-commerce push throughout the U.S. according to the Financial Times, with sources stating they have viewed new features set to be introduced this year.
THE DETAILS The social media site is set to challenge competitor Facebook with the new feature rollout, which are reported to include one that allows users to share links to products and receive automatic commission on sales.
Other features include the rollout of live stream shopping where users can purchase items direct from their mobile phones. Brands are also set to be able to publish their catalogues via the app.
THE WHY? Owned by Chinese company ByteDance, the developments will see TikTok go head to head with Facebook, which has capitalized on social media e-commerce with both its name sake site and Instagram.
Talking to the FT, Jack Smyth, Creative Technology Officer at WPP’s Mindshare, said, “It feels like TikTok is about to skip [introducing a] desktop [experience] and go straight into commerce.
“Culturally, TikTok is well placed for livestreamed commerce to capture the dissolving distinction between content and commerce because it doesn’t feel as polished as other platforms.”


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When the Galaxy S8 came out this spring, it was the first high-end handset of 2017 to pack a processor built on 10nm process technology. We expected the Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 and Exynos 8995 to be faster than Apple’s A10 Fusion 16nm chip that powers last year’s iPhone 7 generation. However, the iPhone 7 consistently beat devices with 10nm chips inside.
Next year, the Galaxy S9 may debut a brand a processor that’s even more efficient and faster than the Galaxy S8 chips. But will it be faster than the A11 Bionic 10nm chip inside the iPhone X and Galaxy Note 8?
Samsung is far from telling us anything about the Galaxy S9, but the company did announce on Wednesday that it’s ready to produce 8nm chips. The company said that three months ahead of schedule and it’s ready to take orders for its “8-nanometer (nm) FinFET process technology, 8LPP (Low Power Plus).”
Does that mean the Galaxy S9 will get 8nm chips next year? Reports did say the handset will enjoy a brief Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 exclusivity, without mentioning what type of process technology the new chip will use.
Samsung’s announcement provides other clues that 8nm chips may soon reach mobile phones. The company says that the 8nm chips will “provide differentiated benefits for applications including mobile, cryptocurrency and network/server,” and says the company can quickly ramp up production. Apparently, Qualcomm will continue to work with Samsung on mobile chips.
“8LPP will have a fast ramp since it uses proven 10nm process technology while providing better performance and scalability than current 10nm-based products,” Senior Vice President of Qualcomm RK Chunduru said.
These 8nm chips are expected to offer 10% lower power consumption and an up to 10% area reduction compared their 10nm equivalents. Speed improvements are also expected, although it’s too early to talk benchmarks.
It’ll also be interesting to see whether the new 8nm chips can outperform the iPhone X’s A10 Fusion. The iPhone X proved to be faster than most Android phones out there, although it did suffer some defeats against the iPhone 7 and the Note 8.
While Samsung manufactures chips for Qualcomm, it also makes its high-end silicon for Galaxy S and Galaxy Note devices. This week’s announcement also indicates that Samsung is probably working on the next-gen Exynos chip, although the company did not make any statements in that regard.
While the mobile industry may move to 8nm chips next year, Apple might not do it. TSMC, which manufactures the A-series chips for iPhones and iPads, eyes 7nm chips for next year.


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Sonata Harmoni.AI, integrating Microsoft Azure AI services, will help customer reimagine business with Generative AI, differentiating themselves in the marketplace
BANGALORE, India, March 7, 2024 -- The leading Modernization Engineering company, Sonata Software (NSE: SONATSOFTW), (BSE: 532221) in a significant step to accelerate the adoption of responsible-first AI across enterprises has announced the integration of Sonata Harmoni.AI with Microsoft Azure AI service. This integration complements Sonata's collaboration with Microsoft Fabric and its position as a Microsoft AI Partner Council member.
Listed on Azure Marketplace, Sonata Harmoni.AI is the responsible-first AI offering with a bouquet of Industry solutions, service delivery platforms, and accelerators using Generative AI.
This integration of Sonata Harmoni.AI with Microsoft Azure AI empowers customers with Responsible first solutions that underscore robust data security, privacy features, and governed utilization of generative AI. Utilizing Microsoft Azure AI services, Sonata Harmoni.AI will fuel the institutionalization of Generative AI solutions and allow customers to differentiate in the marketplace, enhancing both customer experience and operational efficiency.
"Our 30-year collaboration with Microsoft underscores our dedication to empowering customers for success in the evolving AI landscape and modernization journey. The integration of Microsoft Azure AI services with Harmoni.AI represents a pivotal advancement, enhancing our ability to deliver AI solutions that expedite customer adoption, enable distinct use cases, boost productivity, and foster secure innovation. We believe the Generative AI offerings resulting from this integration will empower developers and organizations to swiftly create responsible, intelligent, and forward-looking solutions using intuitive APIs and models," said Samir Dhir, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer at Sonata Software.
"In the dynamic digital landscape, Sonata's commitment to responsible AI aligns with our vision of enabling customers to stay ahead and thrive in this era of continual evolution," said Ali Dalloul, Vice President, customer experience engineering, Azure AI at Microsoft. "By integrating Microsoft Azure AI services, Sonata's Harmoni.AI empowers individuals, and enterprises to unlock new business outcomes."
Sonata Software enjoys a long-standing collaboration with Microsoft and has consistently earned accolades such as Member Inner Circle for Microsoft Business Applications, Microsoft Cloud Partner, and various Solutions Partner designations across strategic domains. These include Business Applications, Data & AI (Azure), Digital & App Innovation (Azure), Infrastructure (Azure), Modern Work, and Security.
About Sonata Software
In today's market, there is a unique duality in technology adoption. On one side, extreme focus on cost containment by clients, and on the other, deep motivation to modernize their Digital storefronts to attract more consumers and B2B customers.
As a leading Modernization Engineering company, we aim to deliver modernization-driven hyper-growth for our clients based on the deep differentiation we have created in Modernization Engineering, powered by our Lightening suite and 16-step Platformation™ playbook. In addition, we bring agility and systems thinking to accelerate time to market for our clients.
Headquartered in Bengaluru, India, Sonata has a strong global presence, including key regions US, UK, Europe, APAC, and ANZ. We are a trusted partner of world leading companies in TMT (Telecom, Media and Technology), Retail & CPG, Manufacturing, BFSI (Banking, Financial Services and Insurance) and HLS (Healthcare and Lifesciences) space. Our bouquet of Modernization Engineering Services cuts across Cloud, Data, Dynamics, Contact Centers and around newer technologies like Generative AI, MS Fabric, and other modernization platforms.
For more information, please visit https://www.sonata-software.com/
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A paradigm shift may be coming to the digital lifestyle. Instead of the PC being the center of the personal computing universe, consumers will be opting for tablets as their primary computing device and relying on cloud storage to access their content across their devices, according to a new report.
"This burgeoning market is set to disrupt the personal computing device and OS markets," according to a new report from Forrester Research on the future of computing. Instead of serving as a supplement to a desktop or laptop computer, the report said, these burgeoning cloud services will play such an integral role in the connected future that consumers will first choose a service, then the compatible device as the focus shifts from device to personal content storage services. And tablets such as iPad will become the conduit between consumers' digital devices such as smartphones and PC and the cloud-stored content. The computing platform will also make its way more solidly into the office, the report said. Even though the same functionality is heading to the PC, the form factor and mobility of tablets give them a clear edge over PCs, the report says.
- Apple Introduces iCloud
- Mobile devices overtake computers on Wi-Fi networks
- The Coming Tech-led Boom
- How new Internet standards will finally deliver a mobile revolution
- How the 'app Internet' is changing the game
- Policing the digital storage landscape
- No need for cloud-specific legislation, SIIA industry group says
- Tablets Are Clear Go-To Alternative To TV: Study
- NIST Seeks Comments on Draft Guide to Cloud Computing
- Britain Takes New Tack in Piracy Fight
- Two Decisions Shed Light on the Supreme Court's Role in Telecommunications Policy
- How Google Uses Data to Make a Better Google
- Forget the exaflood -- get ready for the "exacloud"!
- Apple Plots Reboot of iTunes for Web
- A cloud gathers over our digital freedoms


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Netflix has announced that it will be discontinuing its DVD rental service after 25 years of operation.
Co-chief executive Ted Sarandos revealed that the final discs will be shipped on September 29th. While many may not be aware, the streaming giant initially launched in 1997 as a DVD rental service, providing subscribers with an alternative to traditional video rental stores. In fact, the first DVD ever shipped by Netflix was the Tim Burton classic, Beetlejuice, in 1998.
However, the company made a strategic shift to streaming in 2007, which has since become its primary source of revenue.


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If you didn't think the heavenly ice cream at Treat Dreams could get any better, think again. On February 1, Chez Chloe's Corner will begin selling lava cakes inside the Ferndale ice cream parlor.
"Since I don't have a shop, it's a good way for me to tell the customer that you can go to Treat Dreams and buy my cakes," says Chez Chloe lava cakes founder Chloe Sabatier.
The two businesses plan to "play around with new flavors, decorations, and new shapes," she says. For Valentine's Day, the suggested pairing is a raspberry pistachio lava cake with white chocolate, Chambord raspberry liquor, and chocolate chip ice cream. For St. Patty's Day the special will be Bailey's lava cake and Guinness ice cream.
For Chez Chloe's Corner's Super Bowl Sunday kick-off, Sabatier is promising special deals as well—free lava cake samples from noon to 4 p.m. and four lava cakes and a pint of ice cream for $18. The Corner will house both fresh and frozen cakes.
Treat Dreams is located at 22965 Woodward Ave. in Ferndale. The parlor is open noon to 9 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and noon to 10 p.m. on Friday and Saturday. Chez Chloe's lava cakes are also available at local grocery stores and farmers markets.


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Lisbon-based web application security startup, Probe.ly, launches a free version of its product to allow SMEs to detect security issues in their web applications.
Probe.ly is a Web Application Security Startup, based in Lisbon that aims to help corporate programmers ensure the security of their web applications and prevent cyber attacks.
The new plan allows companies to add up to five targets (web apps/sites) and to run “lightning scans,” which are quick scans that check for certain types of vulnerabilities or security issues, such as SSL/TLS problems, security headers, and cookie flags.
The scan can be started via Probe.ly’s Web app or API, and the history of the scans is stored, so that the programmer can track its progress over time.
“We often see security being under-prioritized, especially in small businesses, due to low budgets and lack of resources,” said Probe.ly Co-Founder and CEO Nuno Loureiro, in a statement to the press.
“So, we wanted to encourage businesses to take their first step towards securing their web apps, regardless of their budget or size,” he added.
Bred and buttered at Bright Pixel, Probe.ly acts like a probe on the web application, detecting vulnerabilities or security issues that, when fixed, may prevent unauthorized access that intends to modify, destroy, or disclose sensitive information.
“If a hacker stumbles on a site, the first thing he will most likely do, is to understand its security posture. These types of issues are really easy to check and if you have them, it will show the hacker that you don’t really take security seriously, therefore you will probably be an easy target and he will continue to look for other issues,” the CEO continued.
“Keep in mind that, these days, hackers are looking for profit, and if they stumble on your site and find traces that you take security seriously, they will probably move on to an easier target,” Nuno added.
Probe.ly was launched in 2017 and in just one year already has customers in seven countries in the media, InsurTech, SaaS, and Ecommerce sectors, including the BBC, RTP, Bodum, Introhive, and Advert.io, among others.
Since its inception, Probe.ly has been awarded a few times, has received the European Commission’s Seal of Excellence, and was funded by Bright Pixel and Caixa Capital.
At the Lisbon Investment Summit last month, Probe.ly was supporting Bright Pixel at its stand where Bright Pixel launched its “Insert Coin” program to invest in, and develop, preliminary ideas.
Bright Pixel and Sonae IM (Sonae’s Corporate VC) are among the most active participants in forging new collaborations in the Portuguese startup ecosystem.


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Caravans were stuck in a huge jam on the M5 this morning as more than 10 million motorists hit the road today and England’s beauty spots are braced for a huge influx of tourists after lockdown travel restrictions were eased.
The M5 in Exeter was swamped with camper vans heading to the coast as tourists made their weekend getaway on what has been dubbed ‘Super Saturday’.
Traffic was also underway on the M25 in Kent as hotels, restaurants and pubs re-open with people being able to stay overnight or longer in England.
There were multiple reports of accidents on the M5 involving holiday traffic, with the Exeter-based HART ambulance team seen heading southbound towards Junction 31.
Approximately 6.5million Britons are planning overnight stays with friends or family, with around two million driving to campsites, another 680,000 heading to caravan sites and a further million to stay in hotels and B&Bs, according to research from the RAC.
It comes on the same day the popular theme park Alton Towers reopens with safety measures in place such as temperature checking upon entrance, as restrictions were eased to allow some leisure and hospitality businesses to get back to work.
Meanwhile, booking websites have reported an increase in traffic, with Booking.com seeing a ‘spike’ in searches for domestic properties and Virgin Experience Days having a 65 per cent month-on-month rise in visits to its ‘Short Breaks’ category.
But most will drive to destinations of no more than two hours away from their home, an average of 110 miles, according to research from car sharing club Zipcar UK.
The M5 Exeter was swamped with camper vans and caravans heading to the coast at Junction 30 this morning, as tourists made their weekend getaway on what has been dubbed ‘Super Saturday’
Traffic on the M25 motorway in Kent early this morning as hotels, restaurants and hotels re-open with people being able to stay overnight or longer in England as part of the next stage of the coronavirus lockdown easing
There were also multiple reports of accidents on the M5 involving holiday traffic, with the Exeter-based HART ambulance team seen heading southbound towards Junction 31
James Taylor, General Manager at Zipcar said: ‘Since the most stringent lockdown restrictions eased from 1st June, we’ve already seen a 36% increase in reservations for our Roundtrip service.
‘The British public are clearly keen to get on the road and domestic travel will play a vital part in boosting the economy.’
Plymouth and the Isle of Wight are set to be two of the UK’s big winners from the boom in staycations amid the coronavirus pandemic, while visits from foreign travellers continue to dry up.
New research from Colliers International has revealed that the hotel sector in Plymouth is expected to recover at a faster rate than any other in the UK as holidaymakers flock to the South West.
But it said that some traditional tourist hotspots, such as London, will be hard hit by the dearth of visitors from abroad due to travel restrictions.
Colliers’ inaugural Covid-19 Recovery Hotels Index also said that a strong rebound in domestic tourism was particularly likely to help the economy of the Isle of Wight.
Exeter, Norwich, Blackpool and Cornwall are also expected to recover more quickly, according to experts at the commercial real estate specialists.
Marc Finney, head of hotels and resort consulting at Colliers, believes that UK leisure destinations are less likely to feel a large impact from dwindling overseas visitors and large events.
Traffic on the M25 motorway in Kent this morning as ‘Super Saturday’ gets underway, with booking websites reporting an increase in traffic as holidaymakers looking to make their getaway within the UK
Traffic on the M25 motorway in Kent with one car pictured towing a camper van. Approximately 6.5million Britons are planning overnight stays with friends or family, with around two million driving to campsites
The M5 in Exeter, which was swamped with camper vans and caravans heading to the coast this morning as tourists getaway as hotels, restaurants and pubs re-open with people being able to stay overnight or longer in England
Traffic on the M25 motorway in Kent as ‘Super Saturday’ gets underway. It comes as booking websites report an increase in traffic, with Booking.com seeing a ‘spike’ in searches for domestic properties
‘So good news in the short-term for traditional British seaside resorts such as Blackpool and Bournemouth, national park locations and Devon and Cornwall,’ he said.
‘This said, some of these markets within the top 10 have traditionally been very small – so even though they appear top of the list, the uptick will be small in absolute terms.’
The research said that Plymouth topped the index as 86 per cent of its visitors are domestic tourists, while it also believes its large proportion of budget hotels will make it more resilient to the financial impact of the current crisis.
Meanwhile, Visit Cornwall chief executive Malcolm Bell warned people to book ahead as bookings rise ‘across the board’ for the region, with web traffic for the site increasing by 20 per cent from the same time last year.
He told MailOnline: ‘We’re advising people to book ahead as there is a limited capacity, like campsites for example have reduced camping and so we have seen a rise in bookings. We would say to people to do their research, crack on and book ahead.
‘A lot of businesses are pleased they can ask for deposits and payments now – we’ve had an increase in new users on our website, exceeding last year. So people who were thinking of going to the Algarve or Tuscany are now thinking of Cornwall.
‘The strong message is you have to book before you come and also remember to book for restaurants and attractions as they’ve all gone to pre-booking.’
A child wears a homemade mask decorated with dinosaurs as she has her temperature checked at the entrance to Alton Towes today. The popular theme park has reopened with coronavirus safety measures in place
Members of the public queue in a socially distanced manner, with markers seen on the ground, to enter Alton Towers this morning, after the Government eased restrictions to allow some leisure and hospitality businesses to reopen
A member of the public has her temperature checked at the entrance to Alton Towers this morning by a member of staff wearing gloves, a mask and a face shield as the popular theme park reopens today
Members of the public, some wearing face masks, walk around Alton Towers as the theme park reopens with safety measures
A child wears a face mask as his temperature is checked by a member of staff wearing PPE at the entrance to Alton Towers
He added: ‘Bookings have gone up right across the board, different people like different parts so the rise has been everywhere.
‘If you ride down in a car to Cornwall you can manage your own security, with public transport you can wear masks but hanging around in an airport isn’t as attractive as it once was, so lots are deciding this year to stay in the country, particularly families and multi-generational groups.
‘Web traffic is back up to above last year, a rise but obviously we expect more as the weekend goes on. It is between 10 and 20 per cent up on same period last year, bearing in mind we’ve been 60 per cent down, so that’s a big rise.’
Meanwhile, the Isle of Wight is also expected to benefit from a significant number of UK tourists, with domestic tourists visiting the area for leisure typically representing around 90 per cent of visits.
Mr Finney also said that hotels which focus on their rooms could outperform sites which typically secure more revenue through other services, such as gyms and spas.
He added: ‘This is due to social distancing protocols which will inevitably limit the use of public areas and ancillary facilities in the short-term, including restaurants, bars, meetings spaces and spa amenities.’
Meanwhile, typical tourist hotspots London, Oxford and Cambridge take the three bottom spots in the ranking of 35 destinations, as they look set to miss out on their normal level of foreign tourists.
Colliers also stressed that the cancellation of major events, such as Wimbledon, as well as vast numbers of conferences and exhibitions, would particularly impact the capital’s hotel sector.


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They are gaining in popularity but are e-cigarettes safe? After spotting a young woman ‘vaping’ on the Toronto subway line a few weeks ago, I decided to take a look at the topic.
An electronic or e-cigarette is a cylinder-shaped canister made of plastic or stainless steel that looks like a regular cigarette. A little battery system heats and vaporizes a liquid, ‘smoke juice,’ which may contain nicotine, propylene glycol, polyethylene glycol or other chemicals. An indicator light glows during inhalation, similar to a regular cigarette. E-cigarettes are sold in various flavours, like menthol and cherry, liquor flavours like piña colada and peach schnapps, and candy flavours like chocolate, gummy bear and bubble gum. This ‘vapor bar’ in New York offers more than 80 flavours.
In Canada, e-cigarettes containing nicotine are not approved for sale, yet they can be purchased over the Internet. “Nicotine is a drug, and e-cigarettes containing nicotine are drug-delivery devices. Health Canada has always treated them as such, which makes Canada’s laws governing these devices among the most restrictive in the world,” says Matthew B. Stanbrook, MD, PhD, in a recent editorial in the Canadian Medical Association Journal.
South of the border in the United States it’s an entirely different story as e-cigarettes are currently sold there without any regulatory oversight. Manufacturers are spending heavily on celebrity endorsements, TV ads, NASCAR sponsorships, and product giveaways including starter packs in swag bags at the Oscars and starting this month, 1 million free products at nightclubs. The $1.5-$1.7 billion market tripled in size last year, but that growth may change soon because the FDA is expected to clamp down with new regulations as early as the end of October.
So are e-cigarettes safe?
E-cigarettes do not contain the tar and combustion ingredients that regular cigarettes have, but that doesn’t necessarily make them safe. Without regulation, nobody knows what chemicals they are actually inhaling, if those chemicals are safe or if labelling is accurate. Propylene glycol, for example, is a known irritant. The American Lung Association says, “In initial lab tests conducted by the FDA in 2009, detectable levels of toxic cancer-causing chemicals were found, including an ingredient used in anti-freeze, in two leading brands of e-cigarettes and 18 various cartridges.” The FDA also found that the nicotine delivered by one brand was highly variable from cartridge to cartridge.
Are e-cigarettes a good alternative for smokers who want to quit?
Maybe, but ‘safer’ and ‘safe’ are two entirely different things. And so far, the evidence for smoking cessation success is slim. One study in New Zealand, reported in The Lancet, showed that e-cigarettes were modestly effective for helping people quit compared to nicotine patches, with a success rate of 7.3% for e-cigarettes versus 5.8% for nicotine patches as measured at a six-month endpoint. Not exactly a panacea.
Nicotine is an addictive substance, no question there. Experts on both sides of the border are warning that this new nicotine delivery system could hook a new generation. The CDC is alarmed about the marketing efforts targeting youth as the percentage of adolescents using e-cigarettes doubled to 10% in 2012 compared to 4.7% the year before. “About 90 percent of all smokers begin smoking as teenagers,” said Tim McAfee, M.D., M.P.H., director of the CDC Office on Smoking and Health, “We must keep our youth from experimenting or using any tobacco product. These dramatic increases suggest that developing strategies to prevent marketing, sales, and use of e-cigarettes among youth is critical.”
The National Association of Attorneys General added significant heft to the need for regulation in a letter to the FDA, signed by more than 40 officials. Local governments like the state of New York and cities and towns north of Boston however, are tired of waiting for federal regulations and are looking at putting their own bans into place.
It will be interesting to see how the FDA rules on this in a few weeks. At a bare minimum, way more research needs to happen to answer key questions about product safety and whether e-cigarettes are good long-term alternatives for people who want to quit smoking.


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Partners needed for big-growth plans
Trend Micro wants to increase its small business channel partner base by 50% as it aims for big growth on the back of new products.
Australia/New Zealand SMB director Dave Patnaik says the company has already grown the reseller base on both sides of the Tasman by 90% since Christmas.
“On the small-business side we require the kind who are playing in the security space, and most of our business is linked to the server, so they have to have some understanding of the server.
“In the medium-size business, we’re looking for very specific resellers who have the capability to support our customers with technical expertise, do installation, presales and post-sales support.”
Patnaik says Trend Micro grew its local business in the first half of this year by 15%, and hopes for 60–70% growth in the second half. It introduced its Email Security Services (ESS) — a hosted email protection service for small and medium firms — two months ago. Last week it brought out the Interscan Gateway Security Appliance (IGSA), an all-in-one content management appliance which incorporates antivirus, antispyware, antispam, content filtering and URL filtering.
“Our plan is to consolidate our position and grow the business quite significantly in the second half of the year. ESS and IGSA are the key products for us.”
IGSA has two models — one for firms up to 100 users, and one for those with up to 1,000 users.


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Food delivery service HelloFresh is recalling all of the onions in its meal kits due to potential salmonella contamination.
The company says that it was informed by one of its ingredient suppliers that they would be conducting a voluntary recall of all of its onions.
The meal-kit company says customers should throw away all onions received from May 8 to July 31.
"We also recommend extra caution in disinfecting and sanitizing surfaces and containers that may have come in direct contact with these products, as recommended by the FDA," the company said in a statement.
If the onions were consumed, the company says that the bacteria would have been killed if cooked to 165 degrees Fahrenheit as the recipe in the box instructed customers to do
If you are experiencing any symptoms, such as fever, diarrhea, or nausea, please call your healthcare provider immediately.
For more information on the recall, visit the FDA's website.
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The taxi wars between Uber and Lyft are going strong. And now, they are on a new turf: Twitter.
Lyft’s recently revised $2.5 billion valuation may still be dwarfed by its rival Uber’s massive $40 billion valuation, but the former is catching up fast as far as Twitter goes.
“In such a sector where the margin for differentiation is so tiny and the alternatives are viable substitutes, a majority of customers are on the edge and don’t hesitate to make the switch,” said Erich Joachimsthaler, CEO of branding firm Vivaldi Partners. “With Uber’s recent scandal and the fact that a lot of people like to root for the underdog, it is not surprising that Lyft is gaining social currency for being the good kid on the block.”
We pitted the two sworn rivals against each other using social media analytics firm Unmetric‘s proprietary data to see who fared better on a number of parameters. Between Jan. 1 and April 9 this year, the two brands were tracked on their follower growth, engagement, consumer sentiment, frequency of tweets and customer responses.
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When you’re a brand on the streets of cities in 43 countries across the globe, you are bound to have a massive following on your Twitter handle. Uber takes the lead on the total number of followers that its handle has with 248,771 followers as opposed to Lyft, which has barely 98,764 followers.
However, between January and April, Lyft has seen an increase of 28.5 percent in its follower base compared to Uber’s 19.5 percent increase. Seems as though the latter is still reeling from the effects of the comments made by its svp of business back in November, in which he spoke of hiring “four top opposition researchers and four journalists” to counter all the bad press Uber had been getting.
Lyft trumps Uber in following back its fans, following over 38,000 accounts as opposed to Uber, which only follows about 335. In a similar vein, it also retweets and replies to a far greater number of tweets than Uber: 4,307 replies against Uber’s 43 and 401 retweets against Uber’s 17.
Lyft’s customers love to talk to the brand on social media — as much as its drivers like to talk to their customers during the ride, with 3,150 customer replies to Lyft’s posts as compared to 2,159 customer replies to Uber’s posts. Uber, however, was retweeted more than Lyft.
Unmetric determines the merit or engagement of a post using three factors: the audience’s responses on brand content (likes, comments, shares and retweets); the brand’s size in terms of follower numbers and the corresponding number of people who could actively receive and view a brand’s content.
Based on this formula, Uber received an engagement score of 412, much higher than Lyft’s engagement score of 192 for a smaller number of tweets that it pushed out in this time period. The lesson for Lyft? Perhaps step up on your content game, do some stunt marketing like Uber and deliver a kitten here or a makeover there.
Customers take to Twitter to share good experiences with brands, or completely shred them to bits with scathing criticism. Based on the content of tweets addressed to both the ride-sharing companies during this time period, Unmetric determined that Lyft had more of a positive score than Uber, suggesting that all the pink fuzzy mustaches and over-friendly drivers seem to be working well.
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At the WWDC 2019 conference today, Apple announced a new mechanism to let third-party apps authenticate users using their Apple IDs.
Named 'Sign in with Apple,' this new authentication mechanism works in the same way as other similar login systems provided by Facebook and Google, but with an added benefit of user privacy.
"'Sign in with Apple' is a fast, easy way to sign in, without all the tracking," said Craig Federighi, Apple's software engineering chief.
In an exclusive interview with CBS News' Norah O'Donnell, Apple CEO Tim Cook said that his company wasn't trying to take on Google and Facebook for first-party data, but moving privacy protections forward. Cook said:
You know, we're not really taking a shot at anybody. We're – we focus on the user. And the user wants the ability to go across numerous properties on the web without being under surveillance. We're moving privacy protections forward. And I actually think it's a very reasonable request for people to make.
However, Cook wants to frame it Apple aims to make it easier for developers to use its sign-in service and offer more privacy controls.
"A simple API allows a developer to add a 'Sign in with Apple' button right in their app. You just tap it, and you're authenticated with FaceID on your device, logged in with a new account, without revealing any new personal information," Federighi said. "Some apps may want a name, and maybe even an email to send you information when you're outside the app.
"We do allow them to request this information [...], but you can choose to share your actual email address, or you can choose to hide it," Federighi said.
This new feature, according to the Apple exec, will generate a random email address, hosted by Apple, which will receive all communications and notifications from that app, and forward the emails to the user's legitimate email address.
"That's good news because we give each app a unique email address," Federighi said, highlighting that apps will not be able to track users based on their email addresses anymore.
"You can disable any one of them at any time when you're tired of hearing from that app," the Apple exec said.
"It's really great!," he said.
And it is. By generating unique email addresses for each app, Apple will not only prevent user tracking, but it will also put a stop to email spam.
Shady app developers will often sell user data, to analytics providers or spam operators. Furthermore, even if the app developer has no intention of sharing a user's email, a data breach can expose users' emails to hackers.
If any of these unique emails leak or find their way into the hands of spammers, the user can deactivate the email and put a stop to any incoming stream of unwanted emails.
In addition, because the emails are unique per app, in the case of a data breach, hackers won't be able to use the email address to associate it with a user's real-life identity.
This, in turn, protects the user against credential stuffing attacks against their Apple account or accounts at other services.
And another good news is that 'Sign in with Apple' will also be available for the web and other platforms, and not just for iOS apps, according to an Apple design document.


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So, a group of hackers calling themselves the Impact Team have followed up on their threat to release the personal information – including names, email addresses, phone numbers and credit card numbers – of over 37 million users of the ‘have an affair’ web site Ashley Madison.
The hackers did this, they apparently claim, not because they have a problem with people cheating on their significant other, but because the service was offering a premium service that supposedly deleted your personal details from their system, and then kind of didn’t.
Our security team had a quick check and it looks like the data is online, and if actually forged/hoaxed, well, someone has gone to a lot of trouble to spoof 37 millions fake accounts, is all we can say.
Ashley Madison has condemned the attack, but has not yet confirmed the information leaked online is genuine. We later learned that a Guardian journalist who investigated Ashley Madison is in the leaked data, confirming the validity of the data.
It should be pointed out that if you are on the leaked list, you may not have actually set up an account there. At one point, Ashley Madison didn’t confirm their account details, with the result that lots of users set up spoof accounts – firstname.lastname@example.org, email@example.com etc – generating all the usual silliness and online trolling.
Of course, the chances are that many of these accounts are faked ‘legends’ (to use the spy-fi lingo), as not many people are going to sign up to a cheating site with their real details.
Whatever you think of the morality of cheating, there’s a lot of hurt coming out of this one.


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DP World says second quarter-container volume climbed despite weaker global economy
The company records strong performance across the Asia Pacific and Indian subcontinent region
Global ports operator DP World said volumes at its container terminals rose in the second quarter of this year, backed by growth in Asia despite uncertainty in the global economy.
Total group second-quarter gross container volumes rose 1.6 per cent year-on-year to 18.32 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs), DP World said in a statement to Nasdaq Dubai, where its shares trade.
Consolidated volumes in the three months to the end of June grew by 10.6 per cent on a reported basis but down 0.6 per cent on a like-for-like basis. The company said the “strong reported growth” in the Americas and Australia is due to the consolidation of Australia and acquisition of Pulogsa, which consists of two terminals in Chile.
The company recorded a strong performance across the Asia Pacific, Indian subcontinent region, rising 4.1 per cent on a reported basis and 7.2 per cent on a like-for-like basis, respectively. Growth at terminals in Africa during the second quarter of this year also helped raise volumes, however, weaker numbers in the UAE and Australia offset this trend, it noted.
“Encouragingly, despite uncertainty from the trade war, we have seen robust volumes in Asia Pacific and the Indian subcontinent, while growth in Africa remains strong. In contrast, UAE and Australia volumes have been soft due to a loss of lower-margin cargo and challenging market conditions,” group chairman and chief executive Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem said. “However, we expect a more stable throughput performance in the UAE for the second half of the year.”
DP World handled 35.8 million TEUs across its global portfolio of container terminals in the six months of this year, with gross container volumes growing by 0.5 per cent year-on-year each, on both reported like-for-like basis, it said.
At a consolidated level DP World terminals handled 19.5 million TEUs during the first half of 2019, the company said.
DP World, earlier this month, acquired Dubai oil services company Topaz Energy and Marine from Oman's Renaissance Services and Standard Chartered's private equity arm for an enterprise value of $1.08 billion (Dh3.96bn).
"This transaction is in line with our strategy to grow our presence in marine logistics and become a solutions provider to end customers," Mr Sulayem said at the time.
The deal marks the ports operator's foray into the oil and gas sector. DP World has been on an investment spree since 2018 as its growth strategy evolves to include the wider logistics supply chain. It snapped up UK-based transport and logistics company P&O Ferries, Indian rail logistics company Kribhco Infrastructure and Chile ports operator Puertos y Logistica.
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Big Blue Raises Rates on Low Rate Financing Deal
May 15, 2006 Timothy Prickett Morgan
After mothballing its Low Rate Financing deal at the end of 2005, IBM brought it back to life in mid-January, offering customers with squeaky-clean credit very attractive 2.9 percent financing rates on its servers. This was considerably lower than the prevailing street prime interest rates, which were around 7.5 percent at the time. Last week, IBM jacked the rates up by 2 points.
Under the Low Rate Financing deal, which is offered by IBM’s Global Financing unit, customers can finance deals ranging in size from $1,000 to $1 million for System i5, System x, and System z servers as well as storage and printers; customers doing deals for System p boxes can finance up to $2 million of gear. Retroactive to May 1, IBM is now charging a 4.9 percent interest rate for customers who meet its “Best Plus” credit rating on leases that range from 24 to 36 months and which have a $1 end-of-lease purchase option. IBM has also raised the financing rates on its software and Business Consulting Services to 5.2 percent, and the rate on Integrated Technology Services is now 6.35 percent.
After the Federal Reserve Bank made a quarter of a point increase in the Federal short-term funds rate this week (to 5 percent), the prime rate charged by banks rose to an average of 8 percent. While it may seem like IBM has raised rates for its financing much faster than the financing world at large, the truth is that earlier in the year, IBM was so wickedly generous with its interest rates–at least for customers whose credit is so good they probably didn’t need to borrow money in the first place–that this latest change puts it more in line with what banks are charging.


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Pavilion introduced its style of isometric environments and hidden secrets to Steam earlier this year, and recently developer Vision Trick revealed that the game will also be coming to mobile devices, as well as Vita and PS4, with new footage of a build working on touchscreen.
Pavilion's levels are places of abstract surreal architecture, where you must guide your protagonist indirectly, by activating lights, audio cues, and other mechanisms. Experimentation and discovering the secrets of the levels is part of the challenge and appeal.
Pavilion is expected to come to PS Vita and PS4 next year, while the mobile versions have no release timeframe at the moment. You can currently find the game on Steam.


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Ikea is set to open its $65 million store here next fall.
The Swedish retailer said Tuesday morning it expects to break ground on the project next month. Ikea said it hired Linkous Construction Co. to build the store on 35 acres behind Costco on Germantown Parkway.
“With a contractor onboard, plans can proceed towards opening the future Ikea Memphis,” said Lars Petersson, Ikea U.S. president. “This store will provide a more convenient Ikea shopping experience for current and potential customers throughout Tennessee and the Mid-South, growing our Ikea presence in the Southeastern U.S.”
Ikea said the 271,000-square-foot Memphis store will have nearly 10,000 items, 50 room settings, and three model home interiors. It will also have a 350-seat restaurant serving Swedish specialties like salmon plates and the store’s iconic meatball dish.
The store will also include a “Children’s Ikea” section in the showroom, baby care rooms, and play areas throughout the store.
The news comes after Ikea secured a deal
with the Memphis and Shelby County Economic Development Growth Engine (EDGE) last week to extend its tax break deal, offsetting $1.2 million more in taxes.
That deal was struck after Shelby County Assessor Cheyenne Johnson re-evaluated the land Ikea purchased for the store, increasing the store project’s total price tag by $1.2 million.
Negotiations between Johnson’s office and the retailer delayed the project by many months.


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NewTek, a leader in IP-based video technology and part of the Vizrt Group, announced significant growth with a total 39% increase across the global business as it reviews 2021 and sets the groundwork for continued success in 2022.
Building on the continued growth since the Vizrt Group acquisition, NewTek has doubled its business due to the strong combination of the increase in demand for robust, next-generation video technologies that are brought to market via carefully selected expert channel partners. Additionally, NewTek has continued to grow its partner network in 2022 with distributors appointed across Asia and India, the United Kingdom, and Europe.
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“Since joining NewTek in 2019, I have been in constant awe of the team and their passion and drive to innovate and deliver outstanding products to support our customers via our exceptional channel network," stated Barbara Spicek, president and general manager of NewTek. "The growth we are seeing is a result of this, and one that is even more impressive in the context of the turbulent last few years.”
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“Our partner relationships are, for me, one of the main strengths of NewTek," said Michael Hallén, CEO Vizrt Group. Distributors, channel partners, systems integrators and others, all play a crucial part in bringing our innovations to market and putting them in front of the customers – they deliver local expertise that complements our global scale.”
NewTek has also reinvigorated its partner offering with its support business doubling since 2020, and NewTek University awarding diplomas and certifications to hundreds of distributors, systems integrators, partners, and other solutions specialists. In 2022, NewTek has more of these partners than ever before, helping us support the creation of great content, and delivering more stories, better told.


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New Batman, Mario Kart Lead 2014 Arcade Announcements
The IAAPA 2013 trade show was held last weekend, and a host of new arcade machines were announced for release in 2014. Let's take a look at some of the biggest reveals from this year's show.
The arcade machine fanatics over at Arcade Heroes put a nice recap together, including terrific shots of many of the new machines coming to arcades next year. All told, there will be more than two dozen new games hitting the U.S. in 2014, including some updates to existing favorites, and a bunch of entirely new machines.
Among the new titles coming is a refresh of Mario Kart GP dubbed Mario Kart GP DX. The same classic racing will be featured again, although this time the machines will be capable of going online for play. A new Batman racing game simply called Batman will also be coming next year. You'll get to pick from a number of Batmobiles in the vehicle's proud history in a Spy Hunter-esque car combat title. Aliens will also have another shooter on the market in Aliens Armageddon. There will be a fixed gun and a free-standing version available.
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Downtown Edmonton is seeing a retail revival, spearheaded by the construction of a major entertainment facility as well as new commercial and residential space. An essentially new downtown core will compliment the city’s burgeoning cultural district which is anchored by Churchill Square, which has been at the heart of the city for more than a century.
A number of major projects are attracting residential developers and new businesses, also resulting in an increase in commercial retail and office space. The new street-level ‘Valley Line’ LRT transit line will pass through the city centre along 102 Avenue, expected to be completed in 2020 with an estimated daily ridership of 30,000. The area around Churchill Square and City Hall is also seeing considerable improvements, including a new Royal Alberta Museum and a revamped library, all part of an effort to position the area as a major cultural zone. Development immediately to the east will add potentially thousands of new residents, in an area dubbed ‘The Quarters’, while the area around 104 Street continues to attract new retailers and restaurants.
Two major retail projects are currently under development in the heart of it all — one is new, and the other is a planned overhaul of an existing centre. The new retail ‘Ice District’, developed by Katz Group and One Properties (formerly ‘WAM Developments’) will feature retail space as well as a new hotel, office tower and residential units, joining the recently opened Rogers Place entertainment facility (home to the NHL’s Edmonton Oilers) as well as a new casino. At the same time, Oxford Properties Group is making substantial improvements to its massive Edmonton City Centre shopping complex, which spans two large city blocks in the heart of the core.
The ‘Ice District’
Coinciding with the announcement that the city’s NHL hockey rink was moving downtown, Katz Group and the developer formerly named WAM Developments, now called ONE Properties, launched an ambitious redevelopment project that will include retail and other commercial space, as well as a hotel, luxury tower residences, VIP cinemas, a 50,000 square foot public square, and the tallest office tower in Canada west of Toronto. The development is located on under-utilized real estate adjacent to the city’s financial hub, which previously housed surface parking lots and low-rise commercial buildings.
The new 300,000 square foot retail space, specifically, will include a new grocery store (tenant to be revealed), a Rexall drug store, and a 15,000 square foot, 500 seat gourmet ‘food hall’ with an outdoor terrace. Over 85,000 square feet of new retail space will open in 2018, according to the developer (including the food hall) and in 2019, a further 170,000 square feet of retail space (including a two-level grocery store) will open to the public, alongside a Cineplex UltaAVX & VIP Cinemas. Lease plans also show a major Canadian sports retailer as a tenant, though that has yet to be confirmed.
Edmonton City Centre Redevelopment
Oxford Properties is also in the process of substantially improving its massive Edmonton City Centre property, with its first phase opening to the public late last year. The landlord revealed in November of 2015 that it would begin the centre’s overhaul with a new $45 million multi-tenant food hall, called ‘Elevated Food Fare’ on the third level of the centre’s east building. The conversion of the mall’s concourse (formerly housing two food courts) will add 250 parking stalls when fully completed, as well as a new 11,000 square foot Dollarama store which is expected to open in early 2018. Elevate Food Fare consolidates 26 previous offerings spread over two concourse level food courts into 11 best-in-class operators on the third floor, including major national brands as well as Alberta-based concepts such as Opa! of Greece, Burrito Libre and Press’d the Sandwich Company. It also features first-to-market vendors such as Shanghai 360 and Paramount Fine Foods — Western Canada’s 2nd location for the popular Toronto-based Middle-Eastern food concept.
The east building at Edmonton City Centre will also see the addition of a two-level Shoppers Drug Mart in early 2018, featuring grocery offerings such as fresh fruit, vegetables and meat. It will bring groceries to the area that is currently underserved, which will benefit both office workers as well as locals who are increasingly moving into new condominiums in the area.
Between now and the end of 2018, over 65 stores, or about 1/3 of the mall’s 150 retailers, will have been relocated, renovated or, in some instances, be entirely new to the centre. Oxford Properties is in talks with a number of national and international retailers that are interested in opening at Edmonton City Centre, and it will announce new retailers as permitted.
Edmonton City Centre’s western half is anchored by a 168,000 square foot Hudson’s Bay department store, and it will also see new improvements as Oxford Properties revamps the centre. A new ground-level LRT entrance between Hudson’s Bay and restaurant Riz Asian Kitchen will draw thousands of people into the centre on game night, as the passageway between the two will lead towards the new Rogers Place entertainment facility.
Oxford Properties is putting safety first, having recently invested in a security upgrade, including new cameras, to deliver the highest levels of customer safety and comfort. More people in the area will also further increase the perception of safety in the downtown core — something the area has struggled with, especially after office hours.
Edmonton City Centre’s facade, which was painted white last year, will see a new look as renovations progress. Oxford Properties will continue to make announcements as plans are finalized and centre improvements continue to progress.
Other New Developments
Manuife Place, anchored by Holt Renfrew, is expected to see changes as some existing tenants exit the property over the next several months. Landlord Manulife wouldn’t confirm what’s planned for the building’s retail podium, except to say that Holt Renfrew has extended its lease for the existing store footprint. Given the small size and current condition of the downtown Edmonton Holt Renfrew (when compared to its other larger, updated locations), it’s clear that something will happen — be it an expansion, store relocation, or Holt Renfrew eventually exiting the Edmonton market entirely.
Nearby 104 Street, between Jasper Avenue and 104 Avenue, continues to see increased foot traffic as post-entertainment patrons visit restaurants after attending Rogers Place. The same success will hopefully spill over into the retail realm, though some have struggled over the past couple of years to attract necessary shopping dollars. A Sobeys grocery store at the corner of Jasper Avenue and 104 Street closed in the latter part of 2014, and a new tenant has yet to be secured. Shoppers Drug Mart opened a store across the street last year, however, carrying a limited number of food items for locals, though not the full grocery offering to be seen at the new Edmonton City Centre Shoppers Drug Mart discussed above.
We’ll update this article in the coming months as downtown Edmonton continues to enhance its retail realm. In many respects, this is more than just a retail story — it’s the revitalization of an urban core which, for the last couple of decades, has been in decline — in a city where the automobile is king, and big-box retail and suburban malls continue to thrive.


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While the ruling was an expected victory for Microsoft, the company remains embroiled in other antitrust litigation. In early June, it appealed the European Unions antitrust ruling, which imposed a $611 million fine and ordered Microsoft to offer a version of Windows without Windows Media Player.
The U.S. Appeals Court ruling has no legal bearing on the ongoing EU case, Sterling said, though the victory is likely to bolster Microsofts confidence going into the EU appeal.
"Microsoft will use this as another bullet in its weaponry overseas, but all it is is one piece of ammunition, and Microsoft will need to win or lose the case on its underlying merits," Sterling said.
Microsoft already is drawing parallels between the findings in the U.S. Appeals Court ruling and its EU appeal. Smith said that while overseas courts will have to make their own findings based on different laws, a central question remains the same: whether removing code from Windows helps or hurts consumers and competition.
"As this court today concluded, removing code from Windows would hurt consumers rather than help them and would hurt the software industry rather than help [it]," Smith said. "Theres no reason to think that the answer should be any different in any other country. The facts are the same."
In past statements, Mario Monti, the European Unions competition commissioner, has defended the EUs sanctions and expressed confidence that the EU ruling would be upheld on appeal.
The U.S. Court of Appeals also denied requests from two trade groups, the Computer and Communications Industry Association and the Software and Information Industry Association, to overturn the antitrust settlement.
Microsoft is far from being free and clear from antitrust litigation in the United States. Microsoft faces government and court oversight under the settlement through 2007, and any misconduct could be grounds for another case, said Matt Rosoff, an analyst at Directions on Microsoft, in Kirkland, Wash.
Rosoff noted that the Justice Departments antitrust investigation stemmed from alleged violations of an earlier settlement.
"This phase of the antitrust battle in the U.S. is over, but Microsoft must continue to accept government oversight and the threat of sanctions, as well as private antitrust lawsuits, as a permanent condition of doing business," Rosoff said in an e-mail interview. "Thats one of the negative effects of having the courts decide you have a monopoly."


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Adidas Introduces Futurecraft Leather
Following the unveiling of their 3D-printed Futurecraft tech, Adidas showcases yet another new innovation, dubbed Futurecraft Leather.
Unveiled in the video clip below, the initiative reveals a new manufacturing process, in which they create the upper of their iconic Superstar silhouette from a single piece of leather, offering flex, support and comfort.
Using a milling technique, which is traditionally used in metal and polymer manufacturing, Futurecraft Leather transforms a material into a modern resource for advanced performance footwear.
This drop is produced in an extremely limited run of 45 pieces, which drops Nov. 7 at Dover Street Market.


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scammerAnna Sorokin — or Anna Delvey, as she is better known — will have her artistic debut in April.Recently the subject of the Netflix miniseries, Inventing Anna, Delvey, who was arrested for fraud, appears again in the news, but this time, it's for the opportunity to show her new designs, in a space not yet announced at the beginning of April. The works on display were made at the ICE detention centre, where Delvey is currently being held pending likely deportation to Germany.
“I would consider her style kind of a crossover between fashion sketches and satirical comics,” said Chris Martine, Delvey's representative as co-founder of the Founders Art Club — an advisory body and influential collectors' group. “She has an intriguing style, but the most important thing is really the intangibles that she brings to the table, which is that people are just fascinated by her.”
Martine told ARTnews that she hopes Delvey will have 20 pieces ready for her solo show in April. Each will sell for around $10,000, he said.The Founders Art Club already has a waiting list for more solo exhibitions. Anna Sorokin – or Anna Delvey is one of two people represented by the Founders Art Club, the other is also knownscammerfrom the art world: Alfredo Martinez, imprisoned for 21 months starting in 2002 for creating and selling Jean-Michel forgeriesBasquiatto prominent collectors for over $100,000.


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Hurricane Harvey may prove to be one the costliest natural disasters in US history, reports NBC News.
Reports are starting to filter in of 12 volt dealers impacted by the storm. Shawn Simpson of Momentum Marketing, North Dallas said 7 of the dealers he calls on are under 4 feet of water or more, and he has yet to contact another dozen retailers.
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Management at the UK's largest retailers are seeing the pressure mount. As sales continue to disappoint and market share continues to be eroded, some serious questions are being asked about the strategic direction pursued by the likes of Morrisons and Tesco.
Morrisons management may be feeling the heat today (28 April) after a scathing attack on strategy from a former director made weekend headlines.
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Here’s how to turn your Lenovo laptop into an Echo Show, if you want to do that for some reason
A new Show Mode feature from Amazon is now rolling out to some Lenovo laptops. When you activate this, it will change your home screen to look like the home screen of an Echo Show smart display, in a similar fashion to the Show Mode feature on Amazon’s tablets. That means you’ll be able to do smart display things like controlling smart home devices, glancing at the weather and news headlines, and chatting with Alexa — you know, the kind of stuff you’ve always wished you could do on your ThinkPad.
The feature is currently rolling out to Yoga, ThinkPad, and IdeaPad PCs that have Alexa built in, and it’s available in the US, UK, Germany, Japan, India, Ireland, Australia, Canada, France, Italy, Spain, Australia, and New Zealand. Lenovo says…