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New Royal pie
Reading Football Club's catering partner Levy Restaurants have been busy this summer and have created a new pie unique to RFC!
Levy are using a local ale supplied by the Loddon Brewery - the new Steak & Loddon Brewery Ale pie uses Hullabaloo Best Bitter sourced from the family-run brewery in Dunsden, between Reading and Henley.
The Levy Restaurants team were passionate in creating something unique to the Football Club, whilst using locally sourced ingredients. The team visited the Peters Foods factory to see the pies being made and brewery to see the quite complex process of the local ale being brewed.
Stephen Bendle, National Account Manager for Peters Foods said, "It was a pleasure to welcome the Levy team from Reading to our factory, we had the chance to show off the production facilities that have been used in producing this new pie exclusive to the Mad Stad!"
Luke Hearn from the family-run brewers was equally as proud, commenting, "We’re delighted to be working with the team from RFC. Not only is it fantastic exposure for ourselves but being huge sport fans we’re very proud to be associated with the club. We can’t wait to taste a ‘Steak and Loddon Ale’ pie whilst watching a match!”
This is one of a number of new products fans can expect this season. The catering team at the stadium are excited about the new season.
Marieke Boer and Ally Mcintosh, Concessions Managers at the Stadium said, "We wanted to create something unique to Reading FC and what better way to do this than through one of our most popular products, the Steak & Ale Pie. The Local Ale gives the Pie a distinct flavour, different to the standard product and we think it will be a winner with the fans. Were very grateful to both Peters Foods and the Loddon Brewery for working with us to produce this great product."
The Pie along with our New Kingsley Kids Lunch bag will be available at all of our Food Kiosks at the Stadium.
Pictured above: Back Row: Marieke Boer, David Reed, Paul Collins, Chris Hearn, Jon Payne, Steve Brown – Head Brewer, Vanessa Hearn. Front Row: Ally Mcintosh, Matt Wicks


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Economic downturn takes toll on charitable giving
Nearly half of Christian adults in the United States have reduced their charitable giving because of the economic downturn, according to a recent survey commissioned by Dunham+Co.
A sharp rise in fuel and food costs are to blame.
Forty-six percent of Christian adults surveyed -- representing 62.5 million Americans -- indicated that they have reduced their giving to charity.
Those older than 55, the segment of the population most supportive of nonprofit organizations, were most affected by the faltering economy.
Forty-nine percent of the respondents cite the skyrocketing price of gasoline as the primary reason for the decrease in charitable giving, while nearly one in four (22 percent) consider the increase in food prices as the driving force. Just 6 percent of Christian donors referenced the volatility of the stock market as having an impact on their giving.
The study found that those who attend church frequently are less likely to have the economy affect their giving, while those who rarely attend church are more likely to decrease their giving.
The greater the household income, the less impact the sagging economy has on charitable contributions, according to the survey, but one in three households with incomes more than $100,000 say the economy is affecting their support of charities.
"With nearly one-third of households with incomes over $100,000 indicating that the economy is impacting their charitable giving, organizations relying on major donor revenue need to carefully assess the status of those donors and then stay in close touch with them," said Rick Dunham, president and CEO of Dunham+Co., an Addison-based company that specializes in fundraising for Christian ministries.
"Organizational leadership must be careful to not presume that major pledges will be fulfilled."
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Microsoft stock rose as much as 6 % in extended trading on Tuesday after the company reported fiscal second quarter earnings Azure cloud revenue growth as well as quarterly revenue guidance that exceeded analysts’ expectations.
Here is how the company did:
Earnings: $2.03 a share, altered, vs. $1.64 per share as expected by analysts, based on Refinitiv.
Revenue: $43.08 billion, vs. $40.18 billion as anticipated by analysts, as reported by Refinitiv.
Microsoft revenue grew seventeen % on an annualized basis, up from twelve % growth in the previous quarter, in accordance with a statement.
With respect to direction, Microsoft views $40.35 billion to $41.25 billion for fiscal third-quarter revenue. The center of the range, during $40.8 billion, implies 16.5 % development and it is over the $38.70 billion consensus with analysts polled by Refinitiv.
In the fiscal second quarter, profits from Microsoft’s Intelligent Cloud business sector totaled $14.60 billion. The segment includes the Azure public cloud, server solutions for example Windows Server, GitHub and enterprise services. Revenue was up twenty three % year over year and also higher than the $13.77 billion opinion with analysts polled by FactSet.
Microsoft stated Azure revenue grew 50 %. Analysts had likely around forty two % growth. Microsoft does not disclose Azure revenue of bucks.
The better Personal Computing segment, featuring Windows, gaming, devices and search advertising, produced $15.12 billion in revenue, which was up fourteen % and came in higher than the $13.47 billion FactSet consensus estimate. Technology industry researching business Gartner estimated which PC shipments, excluding Chromebooks, expanded 10.7 % of the quarter.
The segment’s working margin narrowed to 34.6 % from 40 % following the release of two Xbox video game consoles in November. Analysts polled by FactSet had expected a twenty six % margin from the sector. The company now has 18 million individuals subscribing to the Xbox Game Pass program for accessing dozens of video games, up from 15 million in September.
The Business and Productivity Processes segment, like Office, dynamics and Linkedin, developed $13.35 billion in earnings, that had been up thirteen % and more compared to the $12.89 billion consensus.
In the quarter Microsoft released $500 Xbox Series X and $300 Series S consoles, together with a little variant of its Surface Laptop PC known as the Surface Laptop Go. The business also said several of its source code had been seen after the business enterprise had noticed malicious SolarWinds software in its surroundings.
Amy Hood, Microsoft’s financing chief, claimed in the course of a seminar call with analysts which she expects double-digit revenue growth and “healthy operating margin expansion” for the full fiscal year, which ends on June 30, even with a change in the valuable life of servers and savings related to the coronavirus. She said gaming revenue would mature around 40 % inside the fiscal third quarter, done sequentially from fifty one %.
On Tuesday Microsoft stock closed from $232.33 a share, posting an innovative all-time high for the first time since September. To exclude the after-hours move, Microsoft shares are actually up around five % since the start of 2021, even though the S&P 500 index is up about 3 %.


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Just in time for half-term, Spain has ditched its strict Covid travel rules. From October 21, British tourists can enter without showing a test result or vaccination record.
The UK Government said: “From October 21, 2022, all Covid travel restrictions for travellers to Spain have been lifted.
“The rules that previously applied to travellers coming to Spain no longer apply:
- you are no longer required to show proof of being fully vaccinated
- you are no longer required to show proof of a negative COVID-19 test
- you are no longer required to show proof of having recovered from COVID-19 in the last six months.
- you are no longer required to complete a health control form prior to travel.”
Spain is one of the UK’s top holiday destinations and the news will be welcomed by many British tourists.
Donal Kane, a travel restrictions expert, tweeted: “Finally, silly situation where they removed enforcement but you had to comply with the rules that they ‘might’ check has ended.”
Travel expert Simon Calder, tweeted: “Spain drops all Covid rules. Requirement for jab or test will be abandoned.”
Many other European countries had already dropped their Covid entry requirements making travel much simpler for Britons.
Restrictions still remain around the world, with countries such as the USA requiring tourists to be double vaccinated.
Tourists are still required to wear face masks on public transport, in pharmacies, medical centres and care homes.
Hospitality venues may have their own Covid restrictions in place such as social distancing or mandatory hand sanitiser.
The news marks the end of a challenging period of travel to Spain where tourists were repeatedly impacted by strict rules.
In July 2020, the British Government introduced a mandatory quarantine for travellers to Spain at short notice.
Some families lost out when Spain made vaccination mandatory for teenagers, who had not been offered the jab yet in the UK.
Any unvaccinated British tourists who have already booked Covid tests for a holiday in Spain are not entitled to a refund but may be offered one.
Rebecca Halpern tweeted: “At last! Was wary about booking for next year until everything dropped.”
Sarah Millard tweeted: “Just in time for half term, shame most travellers who bought tests will have already bought them.”
Many tourists had said that authorities hadn’t checked their documents when they landed in Spain in recent weeks.
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By John Wilson
If connectivity in today’s digital world represents “everything,” then surely the opposite must be true of disconnectivity.
As we immerse ourselves in the 21st century and the Internet of Things—the symbiosis between design and device—and live our lives according to the new laws of online and omni-channel retailing that are but Read More
By Bill McBeath
Over recent years, we’ve witnessed a resurgence of interest and substantial growth in the use of radio frequency identification (RFID) technology in retail—a veritable RFID renaissance—with more than six billion tags used in 2016 alone, not just in apparel, but for other categories and uses as well.
We wanted to find Read More
A September 2015 survey of retailers about the current and future usage of video in their stores revealed some major frustrations and challenges. Although a detailed description of survey results can be found in “The State of Video,” the crucial findings can be distilled down to three key takeaways:
The Read More
New technology in retail loss prevention emerges regularly. In this profession, it’s important to stay abreast of any new technologies that may show potential and could help reduce theft and fraud.
Industry conferences and events are a great place to scope out the latest solutions. For example, Tom Meehan, CFI, witnessed Read More
Five US Loss Prevention Experts Present Best Practices at Japanese International Retail Theft Prevention Conference
A first-of-its-kind international retail theft prevention conference was held March 9–10 at Tokyo Big Sight, Japan’s largest convention and exhibition center. The event featured subject-matter experts from the United States who offered their insights into loss prevention strategies and organized retail crime (ORC) research common in the United States to Read More
What is the role of retail loss prevention? What may seem to be a simple question has grown increasingly more complicated as various functions, philosophies, tasks, and responsibilities are debated by the LP community, those who we serve, those who support us in meeting our goals, and those outside the Read More
Technologies do not manage themselves; they need to be managed with equal passion and energy at all the key stages of their life cycles, from the initial selection for trial through to their eventual decommissioning. Here are the three skills and approaches that I have observed over the years to Read More
For the last two to three decades, video has been a critical tool in guarding shoppers, associates, and assets in retail stores. With the advance of digital IP camera technology, bandwidth, and compression technology to support the creation of central, remote monitoring hubs, increased computer power to enable smart video Read More


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Europe’s streetlights are outdated. Replacing them could cut energy costs by up to 70% and save up to 2.1 billion euros in taxpayer money per year, according to Sharing Cities. Installing smart lamp posts in major European cities would also open up the opportunity to implement data collection initiatives, enhance internet connectivity, and pave the way for electric cars.
Sharing Cities, a smart cities programme funded by the European Union, plans to replace Europe’s streetlights with “smart lamp posts”. Street lighting costs European taxpayers an estimated €3 billion a year, and 75% of Europe’s streetlights are at least 25 years old. Smart lampposts reportedly use 50-70% less energy than the typical streetlight, and with those energy savings would also come cost cuts in yearly maintenance.
According to Nathan Pierce, programme director for Sharing Cities, that €3-billion yearly bill could be reduced to just €900 million with the installation of smart lampposts in European cities. As of March 16th, testing of these smart lampposts is underway in London, where Sharing Cities headquarters is located, and currently rolling out in Libson, Milan, Bordeaux, Burgas, and Warsaw. The initiative is to install 56,000 units of these smart lampposts across these six European cities.
Calling smart lampposts a “win-win”, Pierce says that this modern form of street lighting will “slash energy bills for taxpayers and make cities a more pleasant environment in which to live and work.”
But the potential benefits of replacing old streetlights go far beyond savings in energy. In a piece for The European, Pierce lays out the many features that smart lampposts offer in the way of bettering modern city life. Special sensors in these lampposts allow for data to be collected on air and noise pollution in the surrounding area. Cities will be able tap into these lampposts to closely monitor these metrics in order to better formulate efforts to reduce noise pollution and improve air quality. To further promote environmentally-friendly practices and reductions in pollution, smart lampposts are designed to double as charging stations for electric vehicles. In the meantime, smart lampposts are also equipped to provide Wi-Fi and enhance internet connectivity throughout urban areas in Europe, free of charge to citizens.
In addition to the problems of pollution and mobile data traffic, smart lampposts are put forward as a solution to traffic congestion on the roads, another area where member states of the European Union are paying billions of euros a year. Along with reports on air quality and noise levels, these lamppost sensors can also provide drivers with local data on traffic times and available parking spaces.
Sharing Cities advertise smart lampposts as a “swift and secure way to ‘bootstrap’ smart cities”, and solve problems that, according to programme director Nathan Pierce, “city mayors have grappled with for decades.”
Pierce tweeted Friday that “the key to smart technology will lie in saving councils money and helping to optimise resources.”
By adopting smart city solutions offered by Sharing Cities, cities throughout Europe can hope to save both money and resources in what Pierce is calling “a smart lamppost revolution.”


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Beats by Dre / #showyourcolor
Contagious speaks to James Temple, ECD at R/GA London, to get the full story on the headphone brand's rapid rise
Not only did Beats by Dre account for 80% of all premium headphone sales in the US during the 2012 holiday season but the brand reached 180 countries, an impressive feat for a relative newcomer.
Contagious spoke to James Temple, VP and executive creative director at R/GA London, the brand's creative agency, to hear about how Beats by Dre built on its prominent (yet unofficial) presence at the Olympics. The brand provided athletes with the distinctive headphones in their country's colours, to create an elaborate integrated campaign spanning social media, retail, and experiential, with live events in New York, London, Moscow and Hong Kong, building to a TV commercial that will launch in the UK next week.
Temple explained how the campaign started with a desire to champion self-expression as the brand focused on a potential audience with a passion for music, keen to showcase their individuality. He said: 'We kicked the campaign off at the Olympics, where it could spread from athletes to consumers. Photobooths captured the athletes showing their colour, showing off what makes them unique. From there consumers had a chance to get involved at the same level. The photobooths went to their hometowns, or they could upload their photos from home and participate wherever they were. Everyone had a chance to get involved. That's an important part of Beats as a brand. They're made for everybody, whether you're a kid in the suburbs or a champion on the world stage.'
Fans were invited to 'join the movement' by sharing a word and a colour through Facebook, Instagram, online or in global retail locations. Submissions and conversations were drawn together using the hashtag #showyourcolor. Temple said: 'We always lead with digital because we want to invite people to have a conversation. Beats is a social brand; you can see how that exchange has powered its growth. Because we know what kind of conversation we want to have, we can architect the channel strategy to support that.'
For example, fans sharing details of their favourite musician and interacting with the brand on social media were sent custom Facebook cover photos of their top artist.
And the strategy has paid off. Through #showyourcolor, the brand has successfully increased its social media following, known as the Beats Army, adding an additional 1.7 million Facebook fans, a 76% growth in Instagram followers and a 57% increase in YouTube subscribers.
Hip hop artist and producer Dr. Dre, founded the brand with American producer, Jimmy Iovine in 2006. The pair sold a 50% stake in the company to electronics manufacturers HTC in 2011, before buying back a 25% stake in 2012. Dre and Iovine worked with producers to perfect the sound of the headphones, and Dre's involvement in the brand extends to the current campaign. When the number of uploaded photo submissions reached critical mass, he announced that people would have the chance to win a role in the brand's second TV spot. Ten fans were selected and flown to LA to meet Dre and participate in the shoot for the latest commercial, held at his personal recording studio.
Temple explained the agency's approach to working with its client: 'This is the future of 360 campaigns. We're pioneering it now. Small teams working collaboratively with the clients to innovate fast. We come up with an idea, prototype it, see if it works. If it's hot, we roll it out market by market. This is the way R/GA is changing the game in a way traditional agencies can't.'
Temple added: 'Beats isn't just about the music. That's one of the reasons the brand has become so remarkably successful. Its relevance is as part of culture, helping shape culture. The #showyourcolor campaign wasn't about the headphones. It was about consumers expressing themselves through the headphones. That's a key distinction. While the scale and impact were larger than life, the idea itself was very simple. This has always been a brand in the hands of consumers. We thought the campaign should work the same way.'
The brand not only accounted for 50% of all headphone sales during the 2012 holiday season in the US, but Beats by Dr. Dre became the country's #1 audio brand.
Buoyed by its strong results, more will follow from headphone brand, including the UK launch of its TV commercial next week. Temple concluded: 'Just like in the music industry, you're only as good as your last hit. That's why we've got our sights set on successes still to come.'


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Alain Hade | Photo : Réjean Meloche
Since December, the Desjardins group offers the opportunity to buy an auto insurance policy online entirely on its own. The co-operative has, however, made the official announcement early this week.
This possibility is currently available only to consumers in québec, who want to deal with one of its two subsidiaries : Desjardins Insurance and The Personal. Using an agent that is certified is available at the need, has also informed the financial institution of the insurance Journal.
Follow the market trends
Desjardins said they want to follow the trends of the market migrates to digital, said Alain Hade, vice-president, experience members-customers, and marketing at Desjardins Insurance, in interview to the Newspaper of insurance.
“The offer is not yet very present on the market,” said Mr. Hade. Clients increasingly want to have an alternative virtual full, simple and well made. It is sure that the craze for our service is not comparable to the release of a new iPhone, but it is still present. “
Although the service is available to consumers since December, the insurer has made the official announcement this week. “The home is excellent so far. We contacted every customer that has made the entire process of online shopping, which has enabled us to identify the points of improvement. As the solution is online, the fixes, if they occur, are easy to make “, said Mr. Hade.
Even if the new generation is mostly referred by this change, the service has attracted people of all ages. “We have a tendency to believe that older people do not use mobile and online services, but this is false. Membership to the online and mobile services is more widespread than we think, ” said the spokesperson Desjardins group, Valérie Lamarre, also present during the interview.
The insurer explains that several customers over the age of 50 have made the purchase of their automobile insurance online since the release of the service. Clients 80 years and over have also used the stand-alone service.
An alternative to the existing service
Mr. Hade stated that it is important to offer to consumers the opportunity to purchase their policy through an agent. “Even if young people seem to be born with a smartphone in your hands, it is possible that they are concerned about to purchase their first car insurance policy online. They may prefer to be in a relationship with a real person. “
Mr. Hade adds, nothing replaces the relationship between two individuals. It specifies that all the insurance agents who provide support, even for the online service purchase the automobile insurance policy, are certified.
To that responsibility when the claim ?
At the Day of damage insurance, Mr. Hade has tackled the thorny issue of responsibility if a customer has misunderstood a question during the submission and he said that Desjardins would take over the responsibility. It has, however, clarified in an interview that Desjardins will take the responsibility on his shoulders, and shall indemnify the customer if the insurer notices that he has omitted to ask him a question during the underwriting of the risk in line.
“We have developed our site with consumers to ensure that everything was clear. Thus, we will assume that the answers provided by the customer is good “, he adds.
The vice-president added that all the submissions made independently are verified. In case of abnormality, the client is contacted by a certified representative. “We want to be certain that everything is coherent in the same way that if an adviser had explained the different fonts. “
Complies with the requirements of bill 141
Alain Hade adds that this launch has been done with the intent to comply with the requirements listed in the draft law 141, which is not yet adopted. He said he is sure that in the event of its adoption, its online sales service is not affected.
“When we developed our solution, we folded on the recommendations that thefinancial markets Authority suggested the government. Regardless of the outcome of the bill, I doubt that our platform is well far of the new measures of the government. “
Other new features
Desjardins also announced that its customers in the country will be able to make a claim for a damaged vehicle online. With the help of a claims specialist, if needed, the customer may also declare the claim to us to obtain a confirmation of coverage, liability and deductible to pay and then make an appointment with a bodyshop for the damage estimate.
The insurer also indicated that depending on the type of car and severity of damage, it will be possible to use the mobile application for Desjardins Insurance Auto-Home, The Personal, or State Farm to attach photos of the damaged vehicle. The body shop should be able to make its estimate at a distance.


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When AMC Networks (AMCX) announced that it would make a spinoff show from its hit series "Breaking Bad," it was a no-brainer that Netflix (NFLX) would step up and cut an exclusive deal for the streaming video rights.
Netflix has invested in a lot of exclusive content, including original shows, but nothing has been as successful as the drug-crime drama "Breaking Bad."
The NPD Group reported Monday that "Breaking Bad" was the No. 1 TV show streamed on subscription online video services from January through October this year. "Breaking Bad" is available exclusively for streaming on Netflix. The CBS (CBS) comedy "How I Met Your Mother" was second, followed by AMC's zombie apocalypse series "The Walking Dead."
Actor Bob Odenkirk stars in the "Breaking Bad" spin-off series "Better Call Saul." View Enlarged Image
Netflix announced Monday that it would be the exclusive subscription TV service for "Breaking Bad" spinoff series, "Better Call Saul," in the U.S., Canada, Europe and Latin America, all of its current markets. The first season will be available to Netflix members in the U.S. shortly after its season finale on AMC Networks next year.
Netflix reached the deal with the show's producer, Sony Pictures Television, a unit of Sony (SNE). Financial terms were not disclosed.
"Better Call Saul" will tell the story of sleazy mall-based lawyer Saul Goodman in the years before he became the attorney for meth dealer Walter White, the main character on "Breaking Bad." It will star Bob Odenkirk and is co-created and executive produced by "Breaking Bad" creator Vince Gilligan.
Netflix competes with streaming video services Amazon.com (AMZN) and Hulu, among others. Netflix and Amazon have emerged as principal rivals in the over-the-top television sector, which both complements and competes with traditional pay-TV services like cable.
Amazon announced Monday that it would shoot all of its original series next year in ultra-high-definition 4K video. Amazon plans to debut five new comedy and drama pilots in 2014. It will determine which to produce as a series by gauging viewer feedback.
The upcoming pilots from Amazon include "The After," from "The X-Files" creator Chris Carter; "Bosch," based on the best-selling Harry Bosch book series by Michael Connelly; "Mozart in the Jungle," starring Malcolm McDowell; pro-football comedy "The Rebels," and "Transparent" from writer-producer Jill Soloway of "Six Feet Under."
Amazon currently is running two original comedy series, "Alpha House" and "Betas."
Netflix led the charge into original streaming video shows with "House of Cards," "Lilyhammer," "Orange Is the New Black" and other shows. Its upcoming slate of new shows include the science-fiction thriller "Sense8" from the Wachowskis, creators of "The Matrix," and J. Michael Straczynski, creator of the series "Babylon 5"; an untitled psychological thriller from the makers of "Damages"; and multiple series based on Marvel comic book heroes Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Iron Fist and Luke Cage.
Related: Amazon Prime service is a growing threat to Netflix.
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Norway-based Telenor Group’s India entity will withdraw special bundled data packs to comply with the recent regulation by the Indian telecom regulator on differential pricing and net neutrality rules.
Telenor India CEO Sharad Mehrotra told ET in an interaction, “It is good that we have clarity on net neutrality. The guidelines are quite elaborative, the team is looking at them. We follow the laws of the land and will make sure that we work on compliance based on the guidelines,”
The telco was the first to offer data products on WhatsApp and Facebook, which was a USP. However, Mehrotra doesn’t feel that the absence of these products would pose any challenge to its positioning in the market.
“Customers are choosing us because of our 'sabse sasta' voice offering and they start to use data as well. Customers are looking for a bouquet of services such as offers on voice, Internet and products like insurance,” he told the publication.
The telco, which currently offers 2G services in circles where it has operations, is testing narrowband LTE (longterm evolution) under a project in the UP East circle. “Though at initial stages, the results are encouraging. We will set a direction on it once we see how it works,” he said.
The company recently tied-up with Chinese telecom gear maker Huawei for the network transformation in the country under a $200 million deal inked last year. Huawei is deploying lean GSM technology for the telco, besides providing managed services in the country.


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Researchers tout tenfold battery capacity boost
Scientists pursuing better battery life for mobile devices believe they have developed a concept that could improve storage capacity tenfold.
Scientists at Germany’s Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) claim the discovery could lead to metal fluoride-based batteries that are both longer lasting and safer than the lithium-ion batteries used in current smartphones and laptops.
“Lithium-ion batteries are applied widely, but their storage capacity is limited,” the researchers said. “In the future, battery systems of enhanced energy density will be needed for mobile applications and such batteries can store more energy at reduced weight.”
The latest idea in a long line of battery-enhancing research projects is based on transferring fluoride anions between the electrodes, and using a fluoride-containing electrolyte.
“As several electrons per metal atom can be transferred, this concept allows us to reach extraordinarily high energy densities – up to ten times as high as those of conventional lithium-ion batteries,” said lead researcher Maximilian Fichtner.
The KIT researchers said they were developing materials and battery architecture to improve capacity and stability, but still faced several hurdles, not least making the batteries work at room temperature.


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Android 7.1.2 Nougat is now available in the form of a Developer Preview. The update is one of several Nougat maintenance release updates promised by Google. The first Nougat maintenance release arrived in the form of a public release back in December after going through two developer releases. The links to the second Android Nougat maintenance release are live. Expect a public roll out of the stable release to follow in March or April. Here’s everything you need to know.
It seems as if Google just released its first-ever Pixel smartphone last week, but in fact the smartphone has been available for several months now. Meanwhile, early rumors have begun to circulate pertaining to an unconfirmed Google Pixel successor, Google Pixel 2.
So it seems that each week we learn something more about Google and LG’s supposed Android Wear smartwatch offerings. The pair, Watch Style and Watch Sport, are expected to run Android Wear 2.0 and launch February 9th, the same day as the software. To start the week off, we got a fresh high-res look at what the Watch Style could potentially look like and the price is may go for once it hits the market.
T-Mobile has been an aggressive player in the market for years now. More often than any U.S. carrier, T-Mobile offers promotions where if users switch from another carrier, they are granted with some sort of freebie, making it worth the switch.
Google has a lot riding on the success of its Daydream virtual reality platform and it’s sparing no expense to attract the top talent for its development. The company recently hired a new senior designer to ensure that it remains on top of the VR game. Claude Zellweger, who previously led the design team at HTC’s Vive platform played a key role in the development of HTC’s smartphone design language,and has joined Google to work on Daydream.
Our guess is that most of you have a smartphone if you’re ready this. Being smartphone owners ourselves, we’re always interested in knowing when a smartphone gets updated. Wouldn’t it be convenient to have this all in one place? That’s why we created our ‘Droid Updates’ Weekly Series.
Galaxy S8 rumors are heating up just in time for the expected launch in late March. Late last week, we caught what appears to be the first real image of Samsung’s Galaxy S8.
Ongoing subscriptions can cost you a bit of cash each month or each year. They add up, and unless you really need them, we recommend coming to an agreement with your provider before you end up wasting your hard-earned bills.


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Junko, Interesting article.
I think you may need to add one more zero. 138BYen is $1.67B...not $167M. Do we really think you can pick up a majority stake in a company the size of Renesas (~$8-9B in sales) for under $200M?
Drones are, in essence, flying autonomous vehicles. Pros and cons surrounding drones today might well foreshadow the debate over the development of self-driving cars. In the context of a strongly regulated aviation industry, "self-flying" drones pose a fresh challenge. How safe is it to fly drones in different environments? Should drones be required for visual line of sight – as are piloted airplanes? Join EE Times' Junko Yoshida as she moderates a panel of drone experts.


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•NCC: No data released yet
Fifty per cent of the total number of subscribers that have ported in the ongoing Mobile Number Portability (MNP) scheme has ported unto Etisalat Nigeria, the telco company said yesterday.
But in a swift reaction, both the regulator, the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and Interconnect Clearing House Nigeria Limited, said they have not made any data available to the public in this regard.
A statement issued by the telco stated that seven weeks into mobile MNP scheme in the country, “Etisalat (is) already taking a huge lead with almost 50 per cent of ported numbers coming its way. This revelation was made after collating the successfully ported numbers at the end of the sixth week of the launch of the scheme and shows that Etisalat had almost 50 per cent of ported numbers so far.”
Chief Commercial Officer at Etisalat Nigeria, Wael Ammar, disclosed this without giving details of the actual figures of ported numbers. He said: “I can tell you that Etisalat Nigeria has gained almost 50 per cent of the total figure of ported numbers so far. This is a clear indication that the Nigerian consumers have made their choice based on current realities on ground.
We set out early in our business to ensure that we developed products and services that suit the lifestyle of all our target customers. We have also ensured that we have a reliable network to accommodate existing and new customers and these efforts have been recognised by the NCC and other stakeholders in the telecoms industry”.
Ammar cited the last quality of service indicators for mobile operators released by the NCC shortly before the launch of MNP as a clear indication that Etisalat was ready for business. The report shows that Etisalat met all the KPI targets as signed in the memorandum of understanding (MoU) for Drop Call Rate (DCR), Call Setup Success Rate (CSSR), Traffic Channel Congestion (TCHcong) and Stand Alone Dedicated Control Channel (SDCCHcong). This he said, has even been acknowledged by the regulator, which has given it different awards.
However, Director, Public Affairs, NCC, Tony Ojobo, said the agency has not released any figure because of ongoing subscriber identification module (SIM) cards. He said any operator that is making any claim was free to do so, adding that it was all in the spirit of competition.


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#Atwater Brewery Archives – PorchDrinking.com
The Michigan Brewers’ Guild 11th Annual Detroit Fall Beer festival is coming up this week (Friday and Saturday, October 25-26), which means Detroit beer fans (and writers) get the privilege of having some of the best breweries in the state in their backyard. It also means the return of the Detroit Beer Experiment. Last year, the festival provided fans with the enjoyable Faygo-infused (and inspired) beers, so what’s in store for this year? We asked Dave Cicotte of Brew Detroit, who was able to provide a sneak preview.
For the past four years, Detroit area breweries have teamed up in October to collaborate on innovative beers in honor of the Michigan Brewers Guild’s Fall Beer Festival. However, this year’s theme took experimentation to the next level. Seven breweries decided to pay homage to the cornerstone of Michigan pop (not soda), Faygo, the beloved pop brand of Michiganders and Juggalos alike. While Faygo has been covered in the national press, usually as a side-story to the oddities of the Insane Clown Posse, the Detroit Beer Experiment, a collective of Detroit-based breweries, decided to give the product it’s culinary due by way of beer. Stephen Rogonson of Batch Brewing Co and Robert Orler of Brew Detroit were nice enough to answer some questions about the Detroit Beer Experiment.
ABV: 5% | IBU: 31
In the 1920s, industry was booming in Detroit. The car companies were producing jobs for the area faster than they could be filled, and the 18th Amendment turned Detroit, with its thin water barrier between the glory land of Canada and dry United States, into one of the most important towns for liquor running and bootlegging. In Detroit, the Purple Gang (run by the Bernstein brothers) was the most ruthless and terrifying group of people you could run into. Known for their general lack of discretion and ability to do anything from kidnappings to murder for hire and bombings, The Purple Gang was vicious enough that Al Capone stayed in Chicago and bought off them rather than attempting to battle them for territory. Eventually their complete disregard for covering their tracks got them caught and led to the group dismantling, but not before becoming notorious enough to make appearances in Elvis Presley’s Jailhouse Rock and multiple James Bond books.


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Sep 6, 2010
Commuters in London are bracing for two days of strikes on the Underground subway system. London bureau chief Stephen Beard talks with Jeremy Hobson about what the strike is about and what chaos can be expected.
Sep 1, 2010
Location via smart phone is the latest part of consumers that marketers and companies are latching onto. Reporter Joel Rose takes himself on a tour of Philadelphia for a smart phone scavenger hunt.
Aug 27, 2010
A Beijing suburb has announced it will soon begin testing out a new futuristic bus that would be built on tall legs -- allowing bus passengers to drive above the cars on the highway. No, this is not a joke. China bureau chief Rob Schmitz reports.
Aug 24, 2010
For those of you sitting in traffic, be glad you're not in Beijing. A traffic jam there is in its 10th(!) day. Since August 14th, thousands of vehicles have stretched for more than 60 miles. The official explanation: road construction. Rob Schmitz reports.
Aug 20, 2010
Visitors of Yellowstone National Park may rush off to the popular park to get away and reconnect with nature. But the cars pack the popular park in the summertime, and may remind you of rush hour in the city.
Aug 18, 2010
Researchers at a university in Scotland have developed a hopeful new biofuel. But this technology could raise some questions about driving with alcohol -- because it actually will power your car, with alcohol.
Aug 17, 2010
When you think of taxis, you might think of a scary ride in the back of some big yellow car. But a new analysis of major crashes in New York City -- those between cars and pedestrians -- reveals a different picture. Collin Campbell reports.
Aug 13, 2010
Drug wars, worker strikes -- The stuff you see on the TV news is not exactly what you want to see on your vacation. But even still, people were taking vacations to Mexico and Greece -- at a significant discount.
Aug 12, 2010
Airlines trimmed their fleets as the recession hit and stored their planes in the desert. But cargo and passenger volume are up, so a few major airlines are pulling mothballed 747s out of storage and back into service. Janet Babin reports on what that means for the industry.
Aug 9, 2010
Online travel agency Orbitz announced it's stepping up its hotel search options, so you really check out potential vacation digs. Actually, the whole industry is innovating like mad because the online travel business is taking off. Stacey Vanek Smith has more.


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Automotive & roadside
Petrol forecourt values reached a new peak last year thanks to strong demand from private equity buyers and a lack of supply, according to Barber Wadlow’s 2018 Forecourt Property Market Update.
Forecourt retailer Euro Garages has nearly doubled the size of its Scottish portfolio by acquiring six new sites north of the border.
As cities densify and the demand for goods and people to be moved in greater quantities and at greater speed grows, improving mobility becomes increasingly important.
Highways England has appointed Carter Jonas as its national estates management advisor, to manage acquisitions and disposals from its £100m portfolio.
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New MacBook Pros Still Expected Early 2023 With M3 iMac Coming Later On
Apple is still expected to announce updated 14 and 16-inch MacBook Pro notebooks in the first part of 2023, according to a new report by Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman.
The same report also claims that Apple is working on a new M3-powered iMac for release later in the same year.
Gurman says that the new portable Macs will arrive “early next year” in his weekly Power On newsletter, after they were originally expected to be announced towards the end of 2022.
That didn’t happen, but it now shouldn’t be too long before the updates machines get their debut. However, beyond using new M2 Pro and M2 Max chips, no redesign is expected.
Gurman also suggested that there is a new iMac that is also in the works, adding that it will likely be launched at the end of 2023. Gurman didn’t go into details, but he did say that the machine would use an Apple M3 chip. The current M1 iMac has a 24-inch screen and comes in multiple colors — it seems likely that the M3 version will follow suit, but we’ll need further confirmation to be sure.


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Cambridge University archaeologists have discovered the largest and most perfectly preserved Bronze Age wheel ever unearthed in the UK.
Many Americans – Michael Moore excluded, of course – regard our neighbors to the north as friendly. But we imagine Toyota must be feeling even more warm and fuzzy that we do right about now. We imagine this because of the fact that Canadian government entities will kick in as much as $34 million to speed up and help pay for upgrades that will allow for an Ontario Toyota factory to expand production and to start making Lexus hybrid SUVs, Reuters says.
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More than half of Irish pubs have failed to attract new customers and more than half have lost revenue for the year, according to a survey commissioned by the Irish Times.
More than a quarter of pubs, including pubs with over 50,000 pub patrons, have not made money since 2015, according the study.
A total of 10 pubs have closed in the past year, with most closing within a year.
Only three pubs in a dozen have made a profit for the past 12 months.
The report found that in 2016/17 the average pub in Ireland lost almost £6,000 per pub patron, with losses rising by more than 25 per cent in 2017/18.
There are more than 1,000 pubs in Ireland.
Most are small pubs that have been around for years and have only one or two customers, with one or less people in their staff.
A number of pubs have been forced to close, including those with more than 50,00 patrons and those with fewer than 50 patrons.
However, the number of people patronising the pubs has remained stable over the last few years, and in some cases, increased by more.
The survey found that, over the past three years, the average number of patrons in the pubs decreased by 1.5 per cent and the average amount of beer consumed by customers decreased by 0.7 per cent.
The number of customers in the pub increased by 4 per cent between 2016/2017 and 2017/2018.
The average size of the pub decreased by 9.1 per cent during the same period.
The majority of pubs in 2017 had fewer than 20 people in the staff.
The rate of change for the number in the bar decreased from 2.5 to 1.9 per cent, while the number out front increased from 7.3 to 9.5.
While the number on the bar increased, the rate of turnover decreased from 1.3 per cent to 1 per cent over the same time period.
There were a total of 9,836 pubs in Dublin in 2017.


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Vitara beat RAV4, says Suzuki
Suzuki disputes Toyota claim that RAV4 was world’s first compact SUV
12 Oct 2009
SUZUKI has taken Toyota to task over its latest advertising campaign for the RAV4, which claims the once top-selling compact crossover is “the original SUV”.
The company has pointed out that Toyota unveiled its first compact SUV concept the year after Suzuki’s original Vitara went on sale more than 20 years ago, but the RAV4 was not released for a further five years.
“It’s one thing to make a lot of noise about being the original compact SUV - it’s another to actually prove it,” said Suzuki Australia general manager Tony Devers in a press release issued on October 12.
“Suzuki was, without doubt, the company that started the compact SUV segment in 1988 with the original Vitara.
“Toyota showed a concept version of a compact SUV at the 1989 Tokyo motor show, but the first RAV4 did not go on sale until 1994.
“I’m not sure how anyone could claim to be the original when presented with cold hard facts like that,” said Mr Devers.
While the Vitara evolved into the Grand Vitara, which is Suzuki’s direct competitor for the RAV4, Mr Devers said Suzuki’s small SUV expertise was first demonstrated almost 40 years ago.
“Development of the Suzuki 4x4 compact car program began in 1968 and resulted in the launch of the first-generation Jimny in 1970,” he said. “Its compact body featured design elements never before seen in a 4x4 vehicle of that size, including a ladder frame, rigid axle suspension and dual-range transfer case.
“For nearly 40 years Suzuki has been the trend-setter in engineering compact SUVs and, unlike our competitors, we have maintained our commitment to providing an SUV with full-time 4WD and a low-range transfer case.”
Toyota manager public relations Mike Breen told GoAuto: "Toyota has conveyed its thoughts on the matter and don't have anymore to add."
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Bitcoin News: 11th November 2021
- FLOKI Token Loses The Bullish Craze, Is This A Good Time to Sell And Protect Your Profits? [LINK]
- Digital asset platform Bakkt reports $28.8 million net loss in Q3 [LINK]
- AMC Now Accepts Bitcoin, Ethereum, Two Other Cryptos, Dogecoin To Follow [LINK]
- Kazakhstan struggles to accommodate new Bitcoin miners amid energy crisis [LINK]
- Bitcoin (BTC) Long-Term Holder Distribution Begins, Watch Out for the Bears [LINK]
- Forte Raises $725 Million for Blockchain Gaming Plans [LINK]
- Shiba Inu ($SHIB) Coming to India’s First Crypto Unicorn With 3.5 Million Users [LINK]
- Here’s Why Dogecoin Withdrawals Are Frozen On Binance [LINK]
FLOKI Token Loses The Bullish Craze
The general trend of FLOKI/USD is bearish from a technical standpoint. Furthermore, the FLOKI token is struggling to find sufficient support from the 0.5 Fibonacci Level, which could lead to its demise.
The $0.0004 mark was the source of heavy selling pressure on the FLOKI token rally on November 4th, triggering a regression phase in its technical chart. The token price has dropped to the 0.5 Fibonacci retracement level, where it is attempting to find sufficient support.
The Relative Strength Index (56) on the other hand, has a persistent fall in its chart, showing that market sellers are becoming more powerful.
In this lower time frame chart, the FLOKI coin exhibited a head and shoulders pattern, presenting a great short opportunity for crypto traders. This pattern’s neckline is at $0.00022, and the price is now sitting just above that level.
Because both the MACD and the signal lines are constantly falling below the neutral zone, the MACD indicator indicates a bearish momentum for this coin.
The 50 and 20 EMAs are also showing bearish crossings on the 4-hour chart, although the 100 EMA may be able to keep the stock above its neckline. The price might fall to the $10700 or $0.00018000 support levels if it obtains enough bearish momentum.
Digital asset platform Bakkt reports $28.8 million net loss in Q3
Bakkt has released its first quarterly financial report as a publicly traded business, revealing a net loss of $28.8 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2021.
Bakkt’s revenue for the third quarter was $9.1 million, up from $6.6 million in the same period last year, according to the company’s financial report released on Friday. In addition, the company lost $24.1 million in profits before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortisation (EBITDA), about double the figures reported in the third quarter of 2020.
The company’s considerable business expenses throughout the quarter undoubtedly contributed to the increase in Q3 loss year over year. According to the report, operating expenses totaled $39 million in the third quarter of 2020, accounting for more than 60% of total spending.
Bakkt has partnered with a number of organisations in the payments, fintech, and crypto industries, including Mastercard and Fiserv. These partnerships are said to be part of the company’s effort to transition from a solely institutional Bitcoin futures exchange to a more consumer-focused digital asset exchange.
In October, the Intercontinental Exchange-backed company started trading on the New York Stock Exchange. Following a merger with VPC Impact Acquisition Holdings, the company went public.
In a statement, Bakkt CEO Gavin Michael said, “As we move forward, we will utilise the revenues from our recent business combination to activate our alliances, further deploying our capabilities with consumers, businesses, and institutions.”
However, year-to-date, only 1.7 million transactional addresses were reported in Friday’s report. With only a quarter remaining in the year, this figure is much lower than the company’s previous prediction of 9 million customers by the end of 2021.
AMC Now Accepts Bitcoin, Ethereum, Two Other Cryptos, Dogecoin To Follow
AMC has become the first theatre chain to accept Bitcoin, Ethereum, and other cryptocurrencies as payment methods. After CEO Adam Aron originally declared the entertainment giant’s plans to accept crypto payments by the end of the year, it’s taken a long time for this to happen. According to the release, crypto payments for cinema tickets and concessions would be accepted online.
Everything appears to have gone according to plan on AMC’s end, since the cancellation three months ago said that the business will begin accepting cryptocurrency payments in the fourth quarter of the year. Aron turned to Twitter to share the joyful news that AMC has started accepting payments in four different cryptocurrencies. Bitcoin, Ethereum, Bitcoin Cash, and Litecoin were among them.
Initially, Bitcoin was the only cryptocurrency accepted by the theatre chain, but owing to popular demand, the theatre chain added more choices. One of the arguments was that bitcoin had large transaction fees and would not be the best choice for minor transactions. Soon after the bitcoin announcement, CEO Adam Aron announced the addition of Ethereum, Bitcoin Cash, and Litecoin to the platform.
Other additions came later, after Aron conducted a Twitter vote. He asked the community in a poll if they wanted the popular meme coin Dogecoin to be accepted, and the majority said yes. As a result, AMC has implemented Dogecoin payments for gift cards and expects to implement Dogecoin payments for movie tickets and snacks in the near future.
Aron stated in the announcement tweet that Dogecoin payouts will be forthcoming. There was no specific timetable mentioned, but with four cryptocurrencies now in use, rumours suggest it won’t be long before it happens. Aron, on the other hand, had mentioned nothing about Shiba Inu, its newest crypto addition.
On Twitter, the CEO conducted another vote, this time for Dogecoin’s rival Shiba Inu. The majority had voted to include the meme coin as a payment mechanism once more, and Aron had affirmed in an earnings call that Shiba Inu payments would be implemented in the future. The SHIB community has questioned about when they would be able to pay with their coins, but there has been no response from AMC on the subject.
Along with cryptocurrency payments, Google Pay, Apple Pay, and PayPal were all introduced.
Kazakhstan struggles to accommodate new Bitcoin miners amid energy crisis
Kazakhstan, the second most popular location for Bitcoin mining, is facing an impending energy crisis as displaced Bitcoin miners seek refuge in the city to take advantage of its inexpensive electricity.
Following China’s strong crackdown on Bitcoin-related transactions, exiled Chinese miners sought asylum in Kazakhstan, where they could mine Bitcoin without the interference of the Chinese authorities. Kazakhstan has become a popular alternative for Bitcoin miners due to its inexpensive electricity supply; however, a recent development has prompted the country to question its newly gained title.
However, Kazakhstan is currently facing an energy crisis as a result of increased Bitcoin mining activity, which has forced miners to make excessive use of the city’s cheapest electric supply, which is rapidly decreasing.
The country has among of the lowest electricity prices in the world, with rates that are about half of those in the United States. Kazakhstan is an attractive region to mine Bitcoin because of the lower prices and rates.
However, due to the unexpected inflow of Chinese miners, the country is facing an impending energy crisis because it relies largely on coal to generate electricity, and the overuse of natural resources is rapidly depleting the country’s coal supplies.
Furthermore, on Tuesday, the National Association of Blockchain and Data Centers asked for a solution that includes pursuing grey miners and pushing them to follow crypto rules and legitimately mine bitcoin.
“While many illicit miners have set up operations in recent months,” said organization president Alan Dorjiyev in a statement, “many Bitcoin mining enterprises have been functioning in the country for many years, fully complying with all regulations, paying their taxes, and providing local jobs.”
He went on to say that the organization is working closely with both the Ministry of Energy and the Ministry of Digital Development to “establish a fair and transparent market where those who follow the rules may thrive while those who don’t will be put out of business.”
Bitcoin (BTC) Long-Term Holder Distribution Begins
Bitcoin (BTC), the world’s largest cryptocurrency, has been trading sideways since hitting an all-time high of $69,000 earlier this week. Bitcoin is currently trading 1.75 percent lower at $63,823 with a market capitalization of $1.203 trillion as of press time.
Long-term BTC holders have begun profit-booking and distributing their coins for the first time in six months, according to some on-chain measurements. Will Clemente, a well-known crypto expert, describes the graph of Long-Term Holder Distribution:
“Long-term investors buy BTC at a low price and sell at a high price. The first red prints on LTH net position change in over 6 months have now arrived, indicating that bull market distribution has begun.”
The Bitcoin financing rate for long futures positions, on the other hand, has slowed across the board. This could be a sign of a future downturn in the bullish trend. Short-term holders decided to profit-book on Friday, sending the BTC price to a low of $62,300, according to another prominent journalist Colin Wu.
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) of the United States rejected VanEck’s spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) on Friday, November 12. This ETF aims to track the spot BTC price fluctuation.
The denial is based on the possibility of market manipulation in Bitcoin. The Cboe BZX Exchange first filed the application for the VanEck spot Bitcoin ETF in March. The Securities and Exchange Commission of the United States (SEC) has stated that VanEck has not done enough to reassure investors that it can avoid fraudulent trading.
The Bitcoin price has risen by 5% since the beginning of November and is up by nearly 10% on the monthly charts. While the charts suggest that long-term investors are profiting at this price, PlanB, the inventor of the stock-to-flow strategy, believes that the BTC price will reach $98K by the end of November.
Forte Raises $725 Million for Blockchain Gaming Plans
Forte, a supplier of blockchain gaming solutions, revealed today that it has raised $725 million in its most recent fundraising round.
Forte revealed that its most recent fundraiser helped the company earn more than $900 million for 2021. Though it did not disclose its current valuation, the company previously raised $185 million and was valued at $1 billion in a Series A fundraising round, according to the statement.
Sea Capital and Kora Management, two well-known venture capital firms, lead the current Series B fundraising round.
Big Bets, Overwolf, Playstudios, Warner Music Group, zVentures, Griffin Gaming Partners, Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), and Tiger Global are among the other contributors.
Cosmos, Polygon Studios, Solana Ventures, and Animoca Brands—the business behind the famous Ethereum game The Sandbox—were among the companies and projects that contributed to the investment round.
Forte enables game developers to include blockchain features like non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and cryptocurrency transactions, as well as compliance elements like anti-money laundering (AML) and IP protection, into their businesses. It also supports interoperability and multiple chains.
Josh Williams, Forte’s co-founder and CEO, stated that the gaming industry is “at the vanguard of a new technology wave, and blockchain gaming will be even bigger than all the shifts we’ve seen before,” adding that Forte seeks to serve both large and small producers.
The company has teamed up with 40 game developers, who have a combined 15 million gamers. Kongregate, a renowned web game site created in 2006, and Gallium Studios, an independent studio founded by Will Wright of SimCity fame, are two of Forte’s most notable partners.
Today’s announcement follows a flurry of other gaming-related announcements. Steam has reportedly disavowed cryptocurrencies and NFTs, while Discord, a popular gaming chat site, has received anger from gamers about prospective crypto integration.
GameStop and Ubisoft appear to be working on crypto plans as well, though their efforts have sparked far less outrage.
Shiba Inu ($SHIB) Coming to India’s First Crypto Unicorn With 3.5 Million Users
Shiba Inu ($SHIB), a popular meme-inspired cryptocurrency, has been listed on Indian cryptocurrency trading platform CoinDCX’s retail-friendly platform. SHIB was previously exclusively available in trade-only mode on the professional-oriented CoinDCX Pro platform.
The listing took place on Friday, November 12th, according to a tweet from CoinDCX. CoinDCX is aiming to sign up 50 million users in India, with over 3.5 million currently registered.
After obtaining $90 million in a funding round sponsored by B Capital, a venture capital fund founded by Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin, CoinDCX became India’s first unicorn cryptocurrency startup, with a valuation of over $1 billion.
Last month, India’s oldest cryptocurrency trading site Zebpay featured SHIB, stating it “motivated millions of people around the world to finance and fund a coin with a doggo’s picture on it,” according to CryptoGlobe.
This year, the price of Shiba Inu soared due to a retail trade craze centred on meme coins. With 2.8 million average monthly searches, SHIB is the third most Googled cryptocurrency so far this year. It momentarily eclipsed Ethereum, the second-largest cryptoasset by market capitalization, in terms of trading volume.
Despite its recent price fall, Johnny Lyu, the CEO of famous cryptocurrency trading platform KuCoin, has stated that the meme-inspired cryptocurrency is worth holding over the long run.
Retail investors, according to Lyu, are “extremely passionate about such tokens and are determined to drive values higher.” Despite Shiba Inu’s recent drop, Lyu stated that he intends to hold the cryptocurrency, as well as bitcoin and DOGE, for the long term. According to him, BTC might operate as an inflation hedge, whereas meme tokens symbolise the strength of their communities.
Notably. According to Delphi Digital, a digital asset research organisation, dog coins, or cryptocurrencies based on the popular Shiba Inu meme, have traditionally been “a pretty solid indication of an overheated market.”
Here’s Why Dogecoin Withdrawals Are Frozen On Binance
Withdrawals of Dogecoin have been halted on Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange. The exchange’s motives have been questioned as a result of the freeze. However, it appears that the decision was made out of necessity.
It’s not the first time that Dogecoin investors have had issues storing their coins on exchanges and trading sites. At the height of the Doge rally, a similar situation arose with Robinhood, but it was quickly remedied.
This time, though, it is Binance users who are facing issues with their Dogecoin holdings. While users wait for withdrawals to be authorised, here are the reasons Binance decided to put the freeze in place in the first place.
On Thursday, Binance announced the withdrawal freeze in a blog post. It blamed the problem on problems with the Doge network following an upgrade. However, the glitches have had a negative impact on the crypto exchange’s users. Aside from being unable to withdraw Dogecoin from the platform, some users appear to have been notified of a “Doge debt.”
One person took to Reddit to detail the issues they were having with Binance. Apparently, Dogecoin withdrawals to various other wallets were initiated on their accounts, but the transactions were not completed by them.
Binance appears to have resent Doge transactions that had become stuck due to insufficient network fees in the past, and is now asking users to refund the Dogecoin to the exchange. The only issue currently is that the users have no Doge in their accounts to return.
The freeze, along with the “Doge debt,” is causing problems for users, who have been told that until they return the Doge, their accounts would be frozen indefinitely. How, on the other hand, do you refund coins that you don’t have?
Although it appears that this has only lately been a problem for crypto exchange consumers, it appears that it has been a problem for some time. The Dogecoin developers’ Twitter account took to the site to clarify their side of the storey, claiming that the issue may have happened because Binance did not follow their instructions.
According to the evidence, the problem began a year ago when Binance contacted the developers about blocked transactions on their end. Binance had been informed by the developers that the transactions were likely stopped due to insufficient fees and that the crypto exchange should issue -zapwallettxes when resending these transactions.
They never heard back from Binance about whether or not the advice was followed.
Now, a year later, the Doge network’s most recent upgrade has been successfully deployed, lowering the transaction’s minimum charge. Because the min fee was low enough, these erroneous transactions were relayed successfully after Binance switched to the current version.
The developers then offered a remedy to other providers who may be experiencing the same issue; Dogecoin withdrawals on Binance are still stuck. The exchange, on the other hand, is working with the Doge developers to remedy the problem as soon as feasible.
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The official launch film of the 2016 BMW X1 has been recently released by the German based automaker.
After it has been officially unveiled a couple of months ago, the 2016 BMW X1 is now being highlighted once again, this time with the help of a new clip. The video in question, which has been posted below, is nothing more than the launch film and it is showing happy people doing happy things outside. The vehicle is playing the main role, obviously, and the carmaker wants to prove that despite not being a proper off-roader, it still has what it needs in order to tackle a dirt road.
The 2016 BMW X1 is nothing more than a new generation of the vehicle. This is taking aim at the Mercedes-Benz GLA and at the Audi Q3, coming with a new exterior design which is making it look similar to its larger brothers, the X3 and the X5. The interior of the crossover has been updated too and here we can find the Alcantara / cloth sport seats, the Aluminum Hexagon trim, the freestanding iDrive infotainment system with a 6.5-inch display, an optional head-up display and more. The engine lineup includes the 2.0 liter petrol burner, coming with 192 HP (141 kW) and 280 Nm (207 lb-ft) of torque, along with the 2.0 liter unit with 231 HP (170 kW) and 350 Nm (258 lb-ft) of torque. There is also a 2.0 liter diesel engine, coming in three outputs, 150 HP (110 kW), 190 HP (139 kW) and 231 HP (170 kW).


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Suspected Samsung Galaxy S4 spotted in GLBenchmark
An unknown Samsung device suspected to be the Galaxy S4 has appeared inside GLBenchmarks
A device called the Samsung SHV-E300S, reportedly the Korean version of the Galaxy S4, has appeared in GLBenchmarks.
This isn’t the first time the Galaxy S4 has shown up inside benchmark tests, and with a launch date just around the corner we'd expect to be seeing lots more in the way of leaks as the big day approaches.
What’s interesting about these benchmarks in particular is that it shows how Samsung’s upcoming flagship stacks up against the competition - namely the HTC Butterfly and Google Nexus 4.
The SHV-E300S decimates the competition and last year's Galaxy S3 in both the offscreen and on-screen benchmarks, reports GSM Arena. The Nexus 4 nudges ahead in the on-screen tests but only because it has a 720p display compared to the 1080p display on the SHV-E300S.
Interestingly, the Galaxy S4 here uses Qualcomm’s S4 Pro chipset and not Samsung’s Exynos setup. Samsung did release an S4-powered version of its Galaxy S3 in Canada in order to take access the countries LTE spectrum. Perhaps this is the case here too?
Reports suggest Samsung will release the Samsung Galaxy S4 in April. There’s no word on pricing, availability, or spec just yet but we’re expecting very big things indeed - 1080p display, oodles of processing power, LTE, lots of storage, NFC, Android Jelly Bean. The works.


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Mercedes-Benz's 'invisible' car stunt [w/video]Wed, 14 Mar 2012
Mercedes-Benz has crafted a clever publicity stunt in and around Hamburg as part of its campaign to promote its zero-emission B-Class F-Cell car.
The Stuttgart-based carmaker showed off its redesigned hydrogen fuel cell technology by sending out what appears at first glance to be an invisible car, aimed to highlight the automaker's point that the car is 'invisible to the environment'.
Mercedes-Benz recorded reactions from passersby to create a 90-second online viral featuring an explanation of how the effect was created using LED lights and cameras.
Engineers coated one side of the car with LED lights, which effectively created a car-shaped television screen.
On the other side of the car, a video camera transmitz the view to the side featuring the LEDs. Once on the road, this technology makes the side profile of the car appear invisible.
Pforzheim University Summer Show 2010
Design Development: Mercedes-Benz B-Class
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- The Wall Street Journal•last month
Lanxess AG, the German chemical company, has paid off most of its debt over the past three years only to quickly take on new obligations, its finance chief said.
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Indonesia prices pushed up by Muslim festival of Eid
The Muslim festival of Eid is expected to have helped push prices in Indonesia up over the last month.
The BBC's Alice Budisatrijo reports from Jakarta on how the week-long holiday may have affected the latest inflation data.
05 Sep 2011
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Forest Grove soup supplier enters a New Season
- Gunnar Olson
- Forest Grove News-Times - News
Food processor's local roots now stretch to Japan, where diners go for corn soup with their burgers
Sometimes, no news really is good news.
Last week, New Season Foods of Forest Grove - a manufacturer of food ingredients - announced that it had been bought by Knorr Foods, a subsidiary of Japanese food giant Ajinomoto.
Mark Frandsen, the CEO and president of New Season (not to be confused with the small chain of groceries stores with a similar name), said the sale had been announced at a Tokyo press conference more than a month ago.
He'd planned on announcing the deal locally but had been so busy he hadn't gotten around to it until last week.
Besides, he said, the sale had been in the works for nearly two years.
'Nobody was in a big hurry,' said Frandsen, who owned New Season before selling to Ajinomoto for an undisclosed sum. 'So we took our time to see that this was the best thing for both companies.'
Frandsen, who is staying on as president and CEO, said all employees - 30 year-round and up to 80 during the harvest - will keep their jobs under the new ownership and, in fact, may have opportunities for further advancement.
Carolyn Mayer, a Banks resident who started with the company in 1979 processing strawberries, called the sale 'a very positive thing.'
'With Ajinomoto owning the company, it definitely opens the door to another world of opportunity' for the company and for employees, said Mayer, who has worked her way up to manager of technical services.
'We go from being a successful but small company in Forest Grove to one of the 10 largest food producers in the world,' Frandsen said.
Ajinomoto, the literal translation of which is 'essence of taste,' operates in 23 countries and regions around the world, employs about 25,000 people and has a yearly revenue exceeding $9 billion, according to the online encyclopedia Wikipedia.com.
Frandsen said the sale of New Season can be viewed as a validation of the new direction it has taken in the past decade.
Its main business since it was founded in Banks in 1950, and long after it moved to Forest Grove in 1966, was supplying frozen berries, fruit and corn to grocery stores. But, Frandsen said, the markets started to change in the early 1990s, around the time he joined the company in 1994. By the time he bought it in 1998, he was ready to refocus the company.
The company had been selling dried and dehydrated vegetables since 1985, but not as its primary business. In 1999, Frandsen changed the name to New Season Foods (it had been Flavorland Foods) to reflect the new tack.
Today, the company doesn't sell fruit at all. It's exclusively a supplier of ingredients, mostly sweet corn powder.
Ajinomoto had been a major customer all the while, buying hundreds of tons of sweet corn powder. It uses the powder as the main ingredient in a quick-and-easy version of a very popular meal in Japan - corn soup.
'Even McDonald's in Japan has corn soup,' Frandsen said. 'You can get a hamburger and corn soup.'
The samples of Ajinomoto's end product look much like packets of Ramen instant-noodle soups, available in the United States. By acquiring New Season Foods, Ajinomoto secures a source of ingredients for its instant soups.
Frandsen said Ajinomoto also wants to expand its product lines, and therefore the number of ingredients it buys in Oregon - good news for local farmers.
Harold Wyatt, who founded the company that evolved into New Season Foods, said he had no objections to the business' direction or to the recent sale.
The 94-year-old Wyatt, who lives at the Jennings McCall Center, said it was sad to see the local strawberry market undercut by imports, but he's glad his company could adapt.
'In terms of the community, I think it's a good thing, as long as the company operates and keeps its payroll here,' Wyatt said.


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The European commission has revealed that the levels of confidence among consumers and the business community showed an upturn in December, for the first time in one year. This would indicate that the four base rates cuts carried out by the European Central Bank had a positive effect on the economy.
The consumer confidence index rose from 98.6 to 98.8 points, despite a slight decrease in confidence rates from retailers, traditionally nervous in the run-up to Christmas and the New Year.
John ASHTEAD PRAVDA.Ru LONDON UNITED KINGDOM
Turkey refuses to terminate the deal with Russia for the supply of S-400 anti-aircraft missile systems, Turkish President, Recep Erdogan said


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As US carmakers gather in Detroit for their annual auto show, Ford's top economist has warned that Washington's failure to tackle its fiscal crisis and Europe's ongoing financial woes still threaten to derail the industry's recovery.
Chief economist Ellen Hughes-Cromwick said there were many hopeful signs for the US economy and the car industry, including a recovery in the housing market and once hard-pressed millennials now benefiting from better economic conditions.
Addressing the Society of Automotive Analysts, Hughes-Cromwick said the agreement over the fiscal cliff left many questions unanswered, especially about how the US would pay for its spiralling medical costs. "We are all part of the fiscal debate," she said. "Today we do not have fiscal sustainability. If we do not fix this and pull things together, it will generate a very weak period of economic growth. You think 2% economic growth is weak? That's nothing," she warned.
President Barack Obama managed to broker a deal over the so-called fiscal cliff budget crisis just before New Year, but Obama faces another challenge in February as Republicans threaten to clash with Democrats once more over the country's borrowing limit.
Hughes-Cromwick warned, too, that the situation in Europe was likely to be a drag on the industry for years to come. All the major car companies have been losing cash in Europe as sales have collapsed, and sales in Europe are in their sixth year of decline. "In Italy we haven't seen sales at these levels in our proprietary database," Hughes-Cromwick told the meeting.
Jeff Schuster, executive director of LMC Automotive, an industry forecaster, told the meeting that its European car sales were unlikely to return to pre-recession levels before 2019 – a decade after the economic nadir.
Hughes-Cromwick's warning comes as Detroit appears to be firmly on the road to recovery. The auto industry is expected to sell 15-16m units in the US this year, the first time it has reached that level since 2007, and up from a low of 10.4m units in 2009.
Luxury cars and larger pickups are attracting all the attention at this year's North American Auto Show, in a sign of returning confidence. "This is the most upbeat analysts' meeting here I've been to in years," said Michelle Krebs, senior analyst at Edmunds.com.
Unveiling new cars and SUVs Monday, Volkswagen's US chief executive
Jonathan Browning said the "economic and political waters continue to
be unsettled," but he predicted another good year for the industry and
particularly Volkswagen which last year had its best year in the US
Krebs said that clear signs of recovery in the housing market were likely to build sales for larger pickup trucks, where the big three US automakers make most of their profits. Ford is unveiling the latest version of its bestselling F-150 truck at the show, and its rivals, too, have big trucks on offer.
But Krebs echoed Hughes-Cromwick's concerns about Europe and Washington. "Everyone thinks that Europe is going to get worse before it gets better and then the fear of contagion is still there. How badly will it hit us over here?
"But the bigger worry is still Washington. If we see another collapse in talks that could hit consumer confidence, sales and the economy. There's so much pent-up demand out there, cars are so old now, but confidence is key."


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The more than 70,000 members of the United Food and Commercial Workers on strike against four supermarket chains in central and southern California are fighting for more than a fair and decent contract. They are fighting for more even than preserving the health benefits theyâ€™ve enjoyed for years.
The strike against Safeway-owned Vons and Pavilions stores, which prompted an immediate employer lockout of workers at Kroger-owned Ralphâ€™s and Albertsons stores, is quite simply about the future of work in the United States. Itâ€™s about whether the civilized notion that if you work for a living, you ought to be able to have a decent existence has any real meaning in todayâ€™s economy.
The strike/lockout began in October after talks with Safeway management collapsed over plans to cut health and pension benefits at Vons and Pavilions, eliminating in particular a long-standing contract provision that provides full coverage for insurance premiums. For a work-force thatâ€™s largely restricted to part-time schedules, earning on average about $25,000 a year or less, the health care package was a pivotal benefit. Under managementâ€™s new proposal, grocery workers could find themselves paying 50 percent more for health insurance. Itâ€™s a cost many will simply find unaffordable.
But thatâ€™s the point. Safeway and Kroger claim they canâ€™t compete with low-cost, non-union discount chains like Wal-Mart or Cost-Co, which in recent years have aggressively expanded into the grocery business. Notably, nearly 50 percent of Wal-Martâ€™s 800,000 workers do not participate in the companyâ€™s health plan, finding it too expensive and too limited in what it offers. (Wal-Mart employees can pay as much as 25 percent of their wages for family health insurance.) Of course, thatâ€™s why Wal-Martâ€™s health care costs are 40 percent lower than the average company. Thatâ€™s also whyâ€”big surprise!â€”the Walton family, which owns Wal-Mart, has come to sit on a $100-billion plus family fortune.
Safeway and Krogerâ€™s claim that they canâ€™t compete is also just a lie. Both chains remain highly profitable, despite a recessionary economy. Last year, Kroger posted $ 1.2 billion in profits. In 2001, Safeway profits totaled more than $3.5 billion in the United States and Canada. The larger truth here is that itâ€™s the Wal-Mart model the more established grocery giants claim they have to emulate that canâ€™t keep up, at least not as far as the cost of making it for a working family in todayâ€™s â€œnew economyâ€ is concerned.
â€œThe company’s plan would mean at the end of three years we could be paying $95 a week for health insurance,â€ says Rafael Morga, a 30-year Ralph’s employee. If youâ€™re a single mother working 30 hours a week at $7.40 an hour, with a child or two to support, thatâ€™s a plan that could mean revising your health care options to include trips to the county welfare department. Or, as many uninsured Americans are forced to do, visits to the emergency room when health care needs are put off too long. â€œWe just want whatâ€™s fair,â€ explains Morga, â€œwe just want to keep a decent way of life.â€
Safeway rather also wants a two-year wage freeze, and drastically lower pay for new hires. Fortunately, the strike spirit among the largely immigrant, minority, and female workforce has been extremely strong, buoyed by an outpouring of public sympathy, as well some key support from more than 8,000 Teamster members, who in late November began to refuse to load trucks or deliver products to the stores. In response, the companies have attempted (with limited results) to use strikebreakers at both stores and distribution centers.
Safeway and Kroger are healthy, profitable companies. But their message is not. They are selling their workers and the public the deceit that â€œmoving forwardâ€ means low wages and bad benefits, that working means working poor. But up is not down and labor is not dead and corporate management doesnâ€™t deserve the last word about how good or bad our jobs have to be. Nor will they have it, as long as labor solidarity exists.
The strike by the women and men of the UFCW is over issues that affect millions of Americans. Health care premiums and other costs have spiraled, thanks in recent decades to the transformation of health care into a largely investor-driven system. Itâ€™s a transformation thatâ€™s left tens of millions unable or barely able to afford coverage. Thatâ€™s one reason why thereâ€™s so much public sympathy for the strike.
â€œWe’re getting more and more members and support from other unions,â€ Greg Den ier, the UFCW communications director, told the British newspaper, The Guardian (Nov. 29). â€œBut the most important support we have had is from the grocery shopper, and the fact that they have not been crossing picket lines is a sign of our success.”
Is the United States going to continue to devolve into one big discount chain of an economy, where terms like â€œpart-time,â€ â€œno benefits,â€ or â€œ$7.40 an hourâ€ routinely transform more hopeful concepts like â€œjob opportunityâ€ or â€œfinancial security,â€ or even â€œfood on the table,â€ into something false and hollow?
To this question the UFCW grocery workers and their many supporters have declared a resounding NO! Their struggle deserves now the support of everyone who cares about justice on the job.
*** You can write to Mark Harris at firstname.lastname@example.org.
Mark Harris is a journalist who has written extensively on politics and health care issues. Heâ€™s been published in Utne, Z magazine, and other publications. He is a recent contributor to the book, The Flexible Writer, (4th Edition), edited by Susanna Rich (Longman, 2003).


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TAIPEI (06/12/2000) - Corporations need to adopt the Internet as an organization model to ensure a smooth transition to the digital economy, Acer Group Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Stan Shih said here on Monday.
Acer has already restructured along the lines of what Shih, in a speech to the World Congress on Information Technology, called the Internet organization protocol, with the group's executive committee becoming a virtual headquarters for the companies that make up the group, under a model that Shih likened to small networks connected together just like the Internet itself.
Shih, who over the years has repeatedly reinvented Acer through business and management concepts such as the fast-food and client/server models, admitted that the new management philosophy is still somewhat immature, or at "version 0.5," but said he is convinced that it is the right way to go.
"The Internet organization meets the needs of a democratic society," Shih said.
The idea is that by creating many small but independent units, the group can allow managers to flourish without interference from the top, thus making better use of talented employees.
Shih noted that the model is particularly suited to Asian nations such as Taiwan, where 95 percent of companies are small and medium-sized.
"One out of six people on the streets of Taipei is a chairman," Shih quipped.
The Internet organization model can also be adopted by small companies to create networks that will allow them to overcome the relatively small size of each individual business and act globally, Shih said.
"The successful business model here (in Taiwan) will be different than in the U.S," Shih said.
Although Acer currently is positioning itself as an Internet enabler, Shih said in a question-and-answer session that direct Internet revenue still makes up only a small part of the group's revenue, which in 1999 totalled US$8.5 billion.
Focusing on Internet-enabling products, services and technologies, Shih predicted, will allow Acer to become one of the world's leading IT groups in the Internet era.
Acer, in Taipei, Taiwan, can be reached at +886-2-2696-1234, or via the Web at http://www.acer.com/.


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Buffalo saw its grade improve from an F to a C- in Thumbtack’s latest Small Business Friendliness Survey, which measures what entrepreneurs think of the government policies and regulations in their communities.
Buffalo ranked 64th out of the 78 cities included in the 2016 survey, earning its best scores of B+ for training opportunities and tax complexity and its poorest scores of an F for ease of hiring and a D for licensing requirements.
New York state held steady at a D grade, ranking the state 32nd out of the 35 states in the survey.
Thumbtack is a website that helps people and businesses hire professionals for personal projects. The site reported that skilled professionals have since 2012 consistently said their top concerns are licensing requirements, tax regulations and labor and hiring rules, and governments that are considered friendly to the interests of small businesses usually are rated highly in those areas.
Within New York, Buffalo ranked behind New York City, at 47th, but ahead of Rochester at 70th, Albany at 72nd and Syracuse at 78th, or dead last.
More than 12,000 small-business owners and entrepreneurs – including electricians, music teachers and wedding planners – across the country took part in the online survey.


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Mate 10 and Mate 10 pro are Huawei’s upcoming flagship phones rumoured to launch next month. While renders of Mate 10 were leaked by Evan Blass few days ago, a new leak has surface online that claims the phones will come with dual rear cameras and Huawei’s top end chipset — the Kirin 970.
An image teased by the company hinted the phone will come with Leica-branded dual cameras. But Slashleaks, citing official promotional material as source, claims the phones’ camera will have a very wide aperture of f/1.6. This is the widest aperture possible on a phone camera, currently available only on one smartphone — the LG V30 — which was announced at IFA and has started shipping in select markets for now.
A wider aperture allows for better low light photography and LG claimed the V30 allows 25 per cent more light compared to an f/1.8 aperture camera usually found on smartphones.
The leak also says the Mate 10 and Mate 10 Pro will be powered by Kirin 970 with support for high speed LTE connectivity of ‘up to 1.2Gbp’. Which means like the Galaxy S8/S8+, HTC U11 or the Sony Xperia XZ Premium (and unlike the iPhone 8), the phone will support Gigabit LTE. In fact, Huawei tested speeds higher than what’s possible with Gigabit LTE at 1.2Gbps with Kirin 970.
The chip also features built-in AI acceleration which has features like image recognition, voice interactions and intelligent camera applications up its sleeve. Huawei may pair the dual camera with a new camera application for image recognition. Machine learning and AI helped Honor 8 Pro’s interface fly despite a heavy skin.Mate 10 and Mate 10 pro would also ship with 4000mAh battery as per the leak-similar to what we saw on the Mate 9. Consequently, the phones will also support Super charge –Huawei’s fast charging system that fill 55 per cent battery in an hour.
From previous leaks, we know the Mate 10 would come with a nearly bezel-less 5.99 inch Quad HD display having an 18:9 aspect ratio. Mate 10 Pro is said to sport a bigger display with a smaller bezel at the bottom, but its exact screen size in still unknown. The phone is said to run Android Oreo out of the box with Huawei’s own Emotion UI on top.
Moreover, pricing of the two phones has also leaked previously. Mate 10 is said to come in three variants — 4GB RAM/64GB storage, 6GB RAM/128GB storage, and 6GB RAM/256GB storage, priced respectively at CNY 4,299 (about Rs 42,500), CNY 4,899 (about Rs 48,500), and CNY 5,599 (about Rs 55,000).
Mate 10 Pro is said to come in four variants — three with 6GB RAM and one with 8GB RAM. The 64GB storage variant is priced at CNY 5,499 (about Rs. 54,000), while that with 128GB storage and 256GB storage are priced at CNY 6,199 (about Rs. 61,000) and CNY 6,899 (about Rs. 68,000). The 8GB RAM/256GB storage variant will come at a premium of CNY 7,499 (about Rs. 73,500).


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Angle Exhibits team has been present in the construction and assembly of a stand at the Expo Walmart event, held in the center of events “El Pedregal” in Heredia, Costa Rica.
In this event there is an exhibition of products from more than 350 companies – in 400 stands – of food, consumer products, textiles, general merchandise, perishables and service companies.
The Walmart Expo has been held in Central America since 2007. They have already been carried out in El Salvador, Guatemala and this year in Costa Rica.
This is the first time Angle Exhibits has attended this event as stand assembler.
From our offices in Barcelona and our headquarters in Atlanta we have worked together to carry out this project, being in continuous contact with both the client and the organization to obtain the results shown below:
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Contractors opt for more expensive materials
Posted on Thursday, January 3, 2013 at 3:36:36 PM
In the wake of the housing market collapse, many contractors were forced to complete projects with more affordable materials. However, as the economy gains momentum, these individuals are more willing to invest in pricier goods.
During recent years, many contractors opted for cheaper materials to offset a drop in homeowner demand, according to a report from LEK Consulting. This allowed many of them to maintain their revenue streams, but many are reverting back to previous practices, as households becoming more willing to complete major home improvement projects.
"They are also increasingly finding non-price mechanisms to address pricing pressures, with nearly half of those surveyed performing extra services rather than reducing their quotes," according to analysts from LEK Consulting.
According to a 2011 survey from the company, an estimated 22 percent of contractors said they utilized more affordable brands to complete projects. When the same poll was taken at the end of 2012, this share shrunk significantly to just 12 percent.
Although this may result in higher costs when it comes to completing home repairs and updates, consumers may be able to take advantage of home improvement loans offered by Home Loan Investment Bank to make their upcoming projects more affordable.


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Tomorrow's Business Today
A nation that cannot feed itself
What do you think when you see rows of empty produce aisles in our supermarkets?
Some of you rage the word “Brexit” and severely damage key blood vessels. (It is a factor, but not the only one.)
Some of you talk with great knowledge about weather issues or supply chain problems.
And the salad-dodging crowd are relieved they don’t have to go through the routine of buying tomatoes and throwing them away four days later.
What I think when I see empty aisles is: what is wrong with this country? Why isn’t such a green and fertile land self-sufficient in food? Why are we flying in lettuce, for God’s sake.
To that point, a narrative has started to develop that looks like a clear PR issue for the grocers.
Mostly, they have won the hearts of the public. They were good in the Covid crisis. In the longer run, food these days is cheaper and better. They done well.
The alternative point of view was put well by Jay Rayner in The Observer at the weekend.
His point runs like this: “For decades the supermarket sector had been given a free run at our food supply chain by governments of both stripes. Just a dozen companies then controlled 95% of UK food retail and used that economic might to force such drastically tight deals on producers that many had gone out of business. Our self-sufficiency had withered.”
We outsourced management of our food to Tesco and the rest. Tesco just tried to do everything as low-cost as possible.
If you’re a politician you can’t say this: but food is just too cheap.
At the FT, Judith Evans kicks off spikily: “The UK may be the world’s sixth-largest economy, but that economy is unable to guarantee its citizens a salad.”
French shelves are full partly because the French pay suppliers properly, she notes.
It would be a brave supermarket CEO who addressed this directly, and conceded grocers may have a case to answer.
If food shortages keep happening, they won’t have any choice.
Press release of the day
If looming train and teachers strikes disrupt your work and create childcare problems, will you still be paid? Can you be sacked if you miss work due to strikes?
Good questions posed by Loch Associates, which also have answers.
Employers and employees shouldn’t abuse each other’s trust, is the short of it.
Stories that will keep rolling
1) Is Haleon justifying its status as the biggest London listing for a decade?
2) Will Microsoft look to up its stake in the LSEG?
3) What has been ITV’s most surprising hit?
4) Is Melrose in acquisition or disposal mode?


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The king of all leashes, the leather diaper bags have been the most popular diaper bags for years.
With a range of different styles, sizes and colors, they’ve made their way from the home to the workplace and even to the gym.
But this week, one diaper bag manufacturer said it’s about to make the diaper bag trend go viral.
The brand Lion King said it is raising its standard of excellence in diaper bags to “excellent,” and it plans to release its first diaper bag in the U.S. on Monday.
The company said the bag is the first to feature a removable mesh fabric and is the only one with a water-repellent coating on the top of the bag.
“We are delighted to be introducing the first diaper bags in the United States,” Lion King CEO John Koehn said in a statement.
“The quality of the fabrics and the durability of the materials are a huge draw for us and we look forward to making Lion King a top diaper bag for all.”
The bags are expected to hit the market in early 2018, according to the company.


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With Versace resort wear, David Beckham's undies and now Marni, H&M is on a roll in 2012.
H&M's collaboration with Italian womenswear label Marni was announced last November but is fast approaching. The colorful goods, which will surely reflect Marni designer Consuelo Castiglioni's penchant for graphic prints and jewel tones, are set to hit stores on March 8.
But Fashionista spied what is likely the first campaign image on The Fashion Spot, showing a brooding, darkly lit scene with a model lounging in a shiny print blouse -- only 69.65 euros.
While not much else is visible in the way of clothes, the colors are rich and the contrast of prints (the ad shows geometric patterns against paisley against leopard print) gets us excited for the actual goods.
We're guessing the line will be chic, fashion-forward, understated and somewhat dark, just like the upcoming commercial's director, Sofia Coppola. Coppola is helming the video portion of the Marni for H&M campaign, as indicated in the bottom left corner of the new ad.