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When Apple announced a smart speaker at its annual developer conference on Monday, the news was met with little surprise. For one, the leaks peppered across the internet were wide-ranging and extensive, and secondly, given the superstar status the Amazon Echo has earned as the category-defining smart speaker, surely it was only a matter of time before the world’s most valuable company got involved with their own.
Smart speakers may not seem as glamorous as shiny phones or sleek laptops, but they’re a rare example of an electronic device in which sales are rocketing, rather than plateauing. Around 35.6m Americans will use a voice-controlled speaker at least once a month throughout 2017, a 128.9 per cent rise on 2016, according to research firm eMarketer. Amazon is already dominating, it adds, racking up a 70 per cent market share lead over Google Home’s 23.8 per cent.
As Amazon has a three year lead – closer to four by the time HomePod comes out in December – Apple faces a tough challenge in tempting curious consumers away from the ubiquitous cylinder, particularly as the Echo retails for £150 and HomePod will be $349 (UK price pending).
In an effort to hit the Echo where it hurts, the Californian company is marketing HomePod as a lean, mean music machine. Neither Echo and Google Home are excellent speakers, in fact, audio quality is perhaps both’s greatest weakness. Consequently, Apple is pushing HomePod as the reinvention of home music, a speaker capable of recognising its position within a room and adjusting its audio accordingly, or pairing with a second HomePod to double up.
Of course, Apple isn’t the first to do this – Sonos has been splitting and adjusting its sound across speakers for years, earning a deserved reputation as the world’s leading multi-room speaker company. But Sonos doesn’t have a digital assistant, and HomePod’s Siri will serve as virtual butler, DJ and musicologist by skipping and suggesting songs, as well as performing basic web searches, looking up the weather forecasts and setting alarms.
HomePod wants to be the first of the smart speakers to tick the dual boxes of robust virtual assistant and exceptional sound producer. It’s a bold ambition, but Apple’s long history of cleverly locking customers into its ecosystem means there will be no shortage of fans happy to invest slightly more than the average asking price in a set of HomePods for every room.
However, the power of Apple’s brand will also appeal to the non-technically minded individual who wants to buy a speaker but has no real idea where to start, but will be swayed by HomePod’s good looks and Apple’s reputation as a purveyor of quality.
It helps that a new piece of hardware will also provide a neat new revenue stream and pave the way for Afuture smart home products. The battle for your living room has been raging for a while, but it’s only just got interesting.
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Crypton Future Media and the Gallery Nucleus of Alhambra, California, are joining forces to present an original exhibition show-casing artwork inspired by the world's most popular virtual idol, Hatsune Miku. Hit the jump to learn more.
It's official. Hatsune Miku is going to play the Nippon Budokan arena in September as part of the Magical Mirai 2015 tour. Hit the jump to learn more.
Will the world's most famous virtual idol rock the stage at Japan's most prestigious musical venue? Hit the jump to speculate.
For those that have been waiting patiently for the English version of Hatsune Miku's VOCALOID software, the wait is almost over, as Crypton Future Media has confirmed a Summer release for the vocal production software. Hit the jump for all of the details including news of a panel during next week's South by Southwest Interactive conference
On July 5th, three days after virtual idol Hatsune Miku made her US concert debut at Anime Expo 2011, Hiroyuki Itoh and Wataru Sasaki of Crypton Future Media passed through San Francisco. After sneaking into a hotel lobby, the creators of Hatsune Miku graciously agreed to answer a few questions for CrunchyNews. Full transcript after the jump!
Yesterday, we reported on the 3rd annual J-POP SUMMIT festival, set to hit San Francisco’s Japantown on August 27–28 in a two day whirlwind of Japanese fashion, film and anime premieres. Now, as part of the fun, Japantown is teaming up with Crypton Future Media to present a pair of unique Vocaloid-themed collaboration contests where YOU get to design the “Hatsune Miku US Version” for a good cause. Details and American Miku images after the jump!
Anime Expo has announced Crypton Future Media CEO Hiroyuki Itoh and Producer Wataru Sasaki as Guests of Honor for 2011. Anime Expo 2011 will be held July 1st to July 4th 2011 at the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles California.

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This week Microsoft will be celebrating its 38th birthday and scamsters are trying to make gold out of this.There are reports of free Xbox points messages being sent to Xbox live users and user also posted about the same on Yahoo Answers.
Such was the message virality for getting the Xbox free points that Microsoft has posted the clarification on its facebook page. Microsoft said
There appears to be a scam going around that promises free Xbox points for wishing Microsoft a happy birthday today. Please do not respond to it. While our 38th anniversary is this week, there won’t be free Xbox points for the occasion, but we hope you’ll celebrate with us nonetheless!
Well there are ways to get the reward points by signing up for Bing Reward program and completing the tasks.
Do share the post with the friends to stay away from such scam.
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HDS plays down API swaps with IBM or EMC
Not coming to terms
The prospects of cooperation among high-end storage makers turned flat last week when Hitachi Data Systems - one of the triad of suppliers in the market
sector - ruled itself out of any near-term technology access swaps with its rivals,Tim Stammers writes
Although HDS said that the latest version of its HiCommand storage management software will now actively manage - and not just monitor - mid-range T3
hardware from Sun Microsystems as well its own arrays, the Hitachi subsidiary is not currently planning to go further down the cross-vendor route.
Integrating hardware from IBM Corp or EMC Corp would be of little value to customers, it said.
"That's all we're doing for now. None of those others are on the immediate roadmap," said Kevin Sampson, director of marketing for software at
In October HDS began talks with EMC to swap APIs for access to the controllers in each storage arrays. Since then both companies have said that they have been unhappy with what the other has been offering, and that the negotiations have been very difficult. Sampson's comments last week indicated that the talks
continue to be bogged down, and may be off entirely.
"It could happen under the right business conditions, and if we got the right relationships. But it would mean a quid pro quo on the API front," he said. EMC
declined to comment, but repeated previous comments that even without APIs it can still engineer a back-door entry into rival's array controllers. This
however will be harder, as EMC admits.
There have been no negotiations between EMC and IBM concerning API swaps. Sampson said he did not know the status of any negotiations between HDS and
IBM, but made it clear that exchanging technology access with either IBM or EMC is a low priority.
"I've yet to have a customer demand that HiCommand work with the [EMC] Symmetrix or [IBM] Shark. I can't tell you that we've ever lost a deal because
of that," Sampson said. "We could do it, but would we, and would customers buy it? Most of them have bought into Tivoli or BMC and what they'd really like is
for the hardware to work better with those products," he said.
"What we get requests for is third-party software that can manage all three [HDS, IBM and EMC] vendors' hardware, with options for customers to switch between suppliers of that software if they want to," Sampson said.
HDS has said before that this is what HiCommand is intended for - to act as middleware connecting its hardware to the products of the around 48 ISVs which have signed HiCommand licenses. But in October, it said there was a "pretty good chance" it would swap APIs with IBM, and that there would be a "trade-off" with IBM.
The integration of Sun's T3 arrays into HiCommand will allow a HiCommand console to actively manage volumes on the Sun hardware, HDS said, and perform tasks such as assigning and securing LUNs, or allocating resources to logical groups. "Certainly not just link and launch," Sampson said.
The reason that HDS has been able to integrate the T3 into version 2.0 of HiCommand is its reselling deal with Sun Microsystems. Under that Sun offers its customers re-badged versions of HDS' high-end Lightning hardware.
HDS said Sun requested the integration, and that over 40% of the 48-odd HiCommand licenses sold to date have been into Sun accounts. Version 2.0 of HiCommand will begin shipping at the end of the month, when HDS will also begin reselling Sun's HighGround Storage Resource Management software.
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Results from credit card companies and wireless carriers this week highlighted that warning sign.
Delinquency rates rose modestly, and both banks also boosted their reserves for future credit losses — a cautionary move that shows concern about the direction of the economy over the next few months.
A lot of macro factors are at play. Inflation is still running rampant, and rate hikes from the Federal Reserve, meant to try to rein in prices, will take some time to have their desired effect. What’s more, higher rates could eventually slow down the economy.
Higher prices, higher interest rates
“The big headwinds for consumers are price inflation and higher interest rates. And inflation could erode the excess savings consumers accumulated through the pandemic, especially if price increases continue to run ahead of wage growth,” said Capital One CEO Richard Fairbank on the company’s earnings conference call Thursday.
Higher rates also would likely “push up” how much it costs for consumers to pay interest on their monthly bills, Fairbank added.
But it’s not just banks.
“We’re seeing an increase in bad debt to slightly higher than pre-pandemic levels as well as extended cash collection cycles,” said AT&T CEO John Stankey on a conference call with analysts Thursday.
However, Stankey noted AT&T executives “still expect customers will pay their bills, albeit a little less timely.” The company’s chief financial officer Pascal Desroches assured analysts that AT&T is “not, in any way, alarmed by this.”
“We’re seeing weaker consumer wireless volumes. The inflationary environment is clearly impacting consumer behavior,” said Verizon CEO Hans Vestberg on a call with analysts.
“Consumer budgets are becoming strained,” he concluded.
With that in mind, Verizon recently launched a cheaper monthly wireless plan called Welcome Unlimited that Vestberg said “will meet the needs of budget-conscious consumers.”
Wealthier consumers aren’t necessarily tightening their belts
Still, even though the wireless behemoths and two top credit-card companies all noted the increased pressure on average American consumers, one company with a focus on higher net worth individuals is still holding up well.
Squeri also said the company’s credit performance “remains exceptional, with delinquencies and write-offs near historical lows.”
That said, AmEx also built a small credit reserve in the quarter. Squeri said during a conference call with analysts that the company is keeping a close eye on labor-market data, saying that there is a correlation between “people losing their jobs and not being able to pay their bills.”
“So that’s potentially an issue down the road,” he said.
Yet AmEx is arguably in a much better position than other companies as its customers tend to be more affluent. When one analyst asked Squeri during the conference call why AmEx card members may act differently than the average consumer, Squeri was blunt in his response.
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Western Ky. retailer closing after 4 decades
GREENVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A large independently owned sporting goods store in western Kentucky is closing its doors after nearly 40 years.
Lee Fauntleroy, owner of Uncle Lee’s in Greenville, announced the closing this week. It affects about 90 employees.
Fauntleroy says he’s sad to see the store close but he says he wants to enjoy his family. He was unable to find a buyer for the store, since it is in a small market. He says the store’s online business will be sold to a buyer.
The store opened in 1975 with about 32,000 feet of retail space and has undergone two expansions since then. The store had stocked about 4,800 firearms before its closing.
Fauntleroy says he will work with the Pennyrile Area Development District to help workers find new jobs.
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- People eating high-quality snacks were more likely to have a healthy weight
A quarter of people are undoing the benefits of healthy meals with unhealthy snacks that raise the risk of heart disease and stroke, a study suggests.
Researchers examined the diets of 854 people and found almost all of them (95 per cent) snacked, consuming an average of 2.28 each per day.
But contrary to popular belief, the analysis indicates that snacking in itself is not unhealthy – as long as the nibbles are nutritious and eaten at the right time.
Making the ‘wrong’ choices appeared to affect key health indicators such as body mass index and levels of fat and sugar in the blood.
The UK is a ‘nation of snackers’, with 24 per cent of our daily energy intake from snacks such as cereal bars, pastries and fruit, the study found.
A quarter of people are undoing the benefits of healthy meals with unhealthy snacks that raise the risk of heart disease and stroke, a study suggests (Stock Image)
Some 47 per cent of those who snacked ate two snacks a day and 29 per cent ate more.
The most popular items consumed were cookies, fruit, nuts and seeds, cheese and butter, cakes and pies, and granola or cereal bars.
Notably, 26 per cent of participants ate healthy main meals but poor quality food in-between.
The scientists, from King’s College London, say addressing this imbalance could be a simple diet strategy to improve health.
People who frequently ate high-quality snacks such nuts and fresh fruits were more likely to have a healthy weight compared to those who did not snack at all or those who snacked on unhealthy foods.
Meanwhile. poor-quality snacks, such as highly processed food and sugary treats, left people feeling hungry and were associated with poorer health markers.
This included higher BMI, higher levels of harmful fat around the organs and higher levels of fats in the blood, which can increase the risk of stroke, cardiovascular disease and obesity.
The greatest contribution to calorie intake were cakes and pies (14 per cent), breakfast cereals (13 per cent), ice cream and frozen dairy desserts (12 per cent), donuts and pastries (12 per cent), candy (11 per cent), cookies and brownies (11 per cent), nuts and seeds (11 per cent).
Notably, 26 per cent of participants ate healthy main meals but poor quality food in-between (Stock Image)
The timing of the snacking also appeared to be crucial to health, according to the findings published in the European Journal of Nutrition Snacking after 9pm was associated with poorer blood markers compared to all other snacking times.
Snackers at this time tended to eat energy-dense foods which were high in fat and sugar.
Dr Sarah Berry, from King’s College London and chief scientist of the Zoe Predict Study, said: ‘Considering 95 per cent of us snack, and that nearly a quarter of our calories come from snacks, swapping unhealthy snacks such as cookies, crisps and cakes to healthy snacks like fruit and nuts is a really simple way to improve your health.’
Colleague Dr Kate Bermingham, said: ‘This study contributes to the existing literature that food quality is the driving factor in positive health outcomes from food.
‘Making sure we eat a balanced diet of fruit, vegetables, protein and legumes is the best way to improve your health.’


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GameStop COO Tony Bartel has perhaps given the biggest indication yet that Nintendo NX will be launching in 2016.
At a recent GameStop event, Bartel spoke about company growth and let slip that "console launches" are coming this year:
Although we have not modelled extensive growth for new innovation in this presentation, we are very pleased to see the introduction of technology like virtual reality and rumoured new console launches. Some of which seem imminent.
When pushed on the consoles he was referring to, Bartel replied:
As usual, we know more than we can share.
We already know that Sony is rumoured to be working on a revised PlayStation 4 system, a move which Microsoft has denied it will be following with its Xbox One - despite the rumours. That leaves Nintendo as the other prime candidate for a hardware launch in 2016.
GameStop - like any major retailer - will be given early information on such launches in order to plan for the year ahead. The retailer has been correct with predictions in the past, too.
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FairSearch Statement: FairSearch Highlights Potential Remedy Concerns
Regarding reports that Google may be suggesting licensing conditions to the Justice Department in a bid to avoid litigation, FairSearch issued the following statement over the weekend:
“Even if Google commits in a court order to license the best flight search technology, serious concerns would remain about the ability to administer and enforce such an order, and the potential for Google to circumvent it without detection. Moreover, such an order would not address other threatened harms from Google’s proposed acquisition of ITA. For example, Google also could abuse its general search dominance to steer users to its own or favored flight search products and could take proprietary technology developed by ITA licensees that resides on ITA servers. The members of FairSearch.org continue to believe that the best way to protect consumers and competition from these and other threats is for the DOJ to block the deal and require Google to expand its travel search offerings through a less harmful means.”
Members of FairSearch.org include Expedia Inc., and its brands Expedia.com, Hotwire and TripAdvisor; Farelogix Inc.; Foundem; KAYAK, and its brand SideStep; Level…com; Microsoft; and Sabre Holdings, and its brands Travelocity and ZUJI.


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DENVER – June 19, 2017 – The Identity Defined Security Alliance (IDSA), an organization dedicated to helping enterprises keep their data secure and accessible to the right people at the right time, today announced a series of new actions and initiatives aimed at helping CISOs better protect employees, customers and partners in mobile and cloud-centric enterprises. They include: adding four member companies – CyberArk, F5, SailPoint and SecureAuth – to the IDSA’s already impressive roster; an expanded vision for standard use cases and reference architectures to be implemented by customers, solution providers and vendor alliances; creating an executive board; and launching a customer advisory board.
“The cyber security industry is extremely fragmented, with many different and often competing – options and approaches to helping customer organizations tackle and solve very real cyber security problems,” said Michael Suby, Stratecast vice president of research, Frost & Sullivan. “It is exciting to see genuine collaboration forming among cyber security vendors, service providers and customer organizations that help security leaders cut through what can be paralyzing noise. IDSA’s framework for leveraging existing cyber security investments enable improved security and provide industry standard for vendors, solution providers and customers to implement robust intelligent based-access policies and controls to data and applications.”
With four additional members, the IDSA is now comprised of the following leading companies in the identity space:
- Lieberman Software
- Optiv Security
- Ping Identity
These members are working together and with customers to identify, define and publish a common set of use cases and reference architectures for identity-defined security. The IDSA will publish this material so that any enterprise may evaluate the benefits and scope of this powerful paradigm. These same member companies will leverage their existing identity-related technology alliance programs, including the SailPoint Identity + Alliance, CyberArk C3 Alliance and SecureAuth Connected Security Alliance, to produce vendor-to-vendor integrations that support the IDSA use cases and reference architectures.
In addition to new members, the IDSA today announced the creation of executive and customer advisory boards. The IDSA’s inaugural executive board, which consists of members representing CyberArk, Netskope, Optiv, Ping Identity, SailPoint, SecureAuth, ThreatMetrix and VMWare, was established to provide oversight and governance for the alliance and its members. This board is responsible for the overall charter, use case development process and oversight of thought leadership and marketing activities to promote the work of the alliance. The executive board will oversee the development of a self-certification process that gives vendors guidelines for certifying their integrations so that customers know that vendor implemented integrations meet the minimum use case requirements.
The inaugural customer advisory board is comprised of professionals from multiple financial services institutions. This board provides input into the vision of how identity fits into the broader cyber security marketplace. It also delivers guidance on use cases and reference architectures that address the evolving security requirements of organizations.
Select Quotes from Identity Defined Security Alliance Members
“As a core component for secure application delivery, F5 has a unique opportunity and responsibility to collaborate with other vendors in the security community to help ensure both security, availability and integration capabilities. The IDSA provides a great forum for F5 to work with the alliance members as well as the overall security industry to deliver validated joint solutions.” – Joe Peck, director of product management, F5
“Viewing cyber security as a team sport is an important tenet in our approach to building technology partnerships that deliver measurable, long-term value to our customers through
an integrated security stack. Joining the IDSA is an opportunity to further elevate those customer value propositions, and enhance the connection between identity and security through our privileged account security solutions.” – Adam Bosnian, executive vice president, global business development, CyberArk
“As a founding member of the IDSA, Ping has seen the Alliance start to mature from initial concept to a trusted source for best practices and use cases for enterprises looking to maximize their Identity and security investments. We also welcome the new members to the Alliance as greater vendor collaboration advances the value of the alliance for all our customers.” – Brian Bell, CMO, Ping Identity
“A central pillar of SailPoint’s strategy is to help enterprises make their security policies more identity-aware and their identity policies more security-aware, all in the pursuit of reducing risk, protecting identities and data, and increasing compliance. The IDSA represents a unique opportunity for cross-industry leverage – spanning enterprise customer input, use case definition and prioritization, technology integration and certification, and systems integration and solution delivery – that will make it easier for identity-defined security to become a reality.” – Joe Gottlieb, senior vice president of corporate development, SailPoint
“At SecureAuth, we believe a connected approach to security is the best way to reduce the white space between point security products and keep our customers’ applications and data safe. Now as part of the IDSA, we look forward to expanding SecureAuth’s adaptive access control to a larger group of cybersecurity solution providers, helping prevent the misuse of compromised credentials and delivering even more value to our customers.” – Mike Desai, senior vice president of corporate development, SecureAuth
Several representatives of the IDSA will participate in two sessions at the Cloud Identity Summit (CIS), which was founded by Ping Identity in 2010 with support from industry leaders to bring together the brightest minds across the identity and security industry:
IDSA Lunch and Learn: Identity at the Core of Your Security Strategy? It’s for Real, Tuesday, June 20 at 12 p.m. CT – This demo, collaboratively developed by members of the IDSA, will focus on approaches to reducing the risk of insider threat and compromised credentials by integrating existing cyber security technologies.
Identity Defined Security Panel Keynote, Wednesday, June 21 at 5:30 p.m. CT – This expert panel will discuss how identity and security are growing ever closer together, technically and operationally, and explores how this can help provide better security and improved customer experience.
Security vendors, service providers and customer organizations interested in the mission and vision, published use cases or becoming a part of the IDSA can learn more at www.idsalliance.org.
About Identity Defined Security Alliance
The IDSA is an alliance of vendors founded by Ping Identity in conjunction with Optiv, as the founding solution provider, to bring to the information security industry a forum for thought leadership, customer validation and education, industry supported use cases and a technology showcase, that supports redefining the approach to cyber security. Membership in the IDSA is open to end customers, technology vendors and solution providers who are committed to the vision of an identity centric approach to security.


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An award-winning Cheltenham-based rum brand has secured £1.2 million of investment to help it become a global brand.
A new agreement gives Babco UK a 50 per cent equity stake in the premium rum brand, enabling Neptune to catalyse its plans for growth. As a result of the investment, Neptune will expand its product range, while increasing its distribution networks, including with Amazon which it has identified as a key sales channel.
Neptune Rum is a smooth pot and column stilled rum aged in American bourbon oak casks. The brand’s popularity has skyrocketed since its launch in 2017, with more than 384% growth to date.
With more than 135 years of combined industry experience and a network spanning on and off-trade, Babco UK creates, manages and distributes brands for leading drinks companies from around the world. Its spirits portfolio includes Tofka Vodka, Oranjeboom, Míl Gin and a series of white-labels.
Chris Bowen, MD of Babco UK, said: “We are delighted to announce this investment in Neptune Rum which shows our commitment and passion for the fast-growing rum category. This acquisition is part of our plan to move further into brand ownership and support premiumisation.
“We were initially attracted by the strength of Neptune Rum’s brand identity and values which are backed by exceptional quality and natural ingredients.
“There is an excitement in the rum segment today, and with over 65 global awards, Neptune Rum is the most exciting brand to watch. We are confident that with our expertise in building and growing drinks brands, we will continue to drive growth and set them up as a global brand.”
James Strickland, CEO of Neptune Rum, added: “We are excited by Babco UK’s investment in Neptune Rum. We are so passionate about quality, sustainability and supporting ocean clean-up initiatives, which is something Babco shares.
“This investment provides us with a fantastic opportunity to tell our story, share our exceptional rums and expand our ocean clean-up programs on a much larger scale. We are thrilled to enter this new chapter with Babco by our side.”
Neptune Rum was founded in 2017 as a premium rum. It launched with Neptune Rum Barbados Gold which became the world’s most awarded rum of 2018 and 2019. Neptune Rum Caribbean Spiced launched in 2020 to critical acclaim and 5 new rums are under development with plans to launch in 2021.
Article with thanks to Nicky Godding at Business & Innovation magazine


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ANYONE visiting Disneyland in Anaheim, California, this summer will notice something very different about the traditional evening fireworks show: a lot less pungent, choking smoke filling the air, and perfectly timed explosions from fireworks that rise to much greater heights. The reason? Instead of using gunpowder to launch fireworks skywards, Disney will be using compressed air.
The company’s development arm, Imagineering, first filed patents on compressed-air firework launchers over 10 years ago, but has only now perfected the technology for use at a public show. The key to the firm’s success was to incorporate some digital electronics into the fireworks.
Conventional firework shells are launched by detonating gunpowder beneath them in a mortar tube. The explosion lights a fuse which burns as the firework rises and, at the right altitude, detonates the colourful display charges inside. But slight variations in the time the gunpowder takes to detonate mean the altitude


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The Registered Master Builders Carters 2016 Apprentice of the Year will showcase the country's top apprentices from around the country.
Entries have now opened, with a prize pool worth more than $100,000.
Registered Master Builders Chief Executive David Kelly said he was looking forward to seeing the talent this year, and hoped the competition would raise the profile of apprenticeships.
"We are experiencing a real shortage of builders right now, with the industry calling out for more apprentices," he said.
"For the apprentices, the competition is a great way to launch their careers.
"They get to showcase their skills, challenge themselves, and meet others in the construction community. Competing sends a strong message to the industry, that you are one of the best," Mr Kelly said.
The 2015 Bay of Plenty Region Apprentice of the Year was won by Tauranga-based Jamie Russell.
Carpentry apprentices can enter the competition online at www.apprenticeoftheyear.co.nz, with entries closing on June 9.
For more information, go to: www.facebook.com/apprenticeoftheyear.


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Pine is free to claim on the Epic Games Store this week
by Vishal Laul
Epic Games Store has put on offer Pine for this week’s giveaway, taking the place of a premium pack for Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms.
Pine is an indie action-adventure title originally released in October of 2019 following a successful Kickstarter campaign. It features a simulated open-world with NPCs following a set of rules rather than a pre-defined path or logic. Here’s how the Epic Games Store describes it:
Epic Games Store is offering Pine for Windows but it’s also available for macOS and Linux via Steam where it is priced $24.99 at the time of writing. Here are the minimum requirements:
If you wish to claim Pine, you can find it here. It will be free to claim until May 13, which is when Epic will put on offer The Lion's Song for its next giveaway.
Nintendo's Switch has sold more units than the Game Boy Advance, on track to beat the Wii
by João Carrasqueira
Today, Nintendo released its earnings report for the final quarter of fiscal year 2021, which ended on March 31, though the report focuses on results for the entire year. As usual over the past couple of years, the company posted strong results, with net sales amounting to roughly ¥1.759 trillion ($16.1 billion) and operating profit of ¥640.534 billion ($5.86 billion). These numbers represent an increase of 34.4% and 81.8%, respectively, over fiscal year 2020.
As you might have expected, those numbers were mostly driven by its dedicated gaming hardware, the Nintendo Switch, which sold over 4.7 million units in the fourth quarter of the fiscal year - 3.55 million of the regular model and 1.17 Switch Lite sales - for a total of 28.83 million units sold within the year, the highest number yet for the system. With these sales, the Nintendo Switch has sold 84.59 million units in total, outselling the Game Boy Advance, whose official numbers put it at 81.51 million units sold. In fact, the Switch has now passed the official sales numbers of the Xbox 360, which sat at 84 million before Microsoft stopped reporting sales numbers.
The Switch has consistently broken Nintendo's forecast throughout the year. It initially forecast 19 million unit sales, but the boost from COVID-19-related lockdowns caused the company to revise that number to 24 million in its half-year report in November 2020. That number was revised once again to 26.50 million in February, but it ended up smashing past that target as well.
Software sales were also very strong for Nintendo, with over 230 million units sold, during the fiscal year. The biggest contributor to those numbers was Animal Crossing: New Horizons, which sold 20.85 million units, followed by Mario Kart 8 Deluxe - a game released in 2017 - with 10.62 million units sold, Super Mario 3D All-Stars with just over 9 million units, and Ring Fit Adventure with 7.38 million units. In fact, the Switch had 36 titles that sold over one million units within the year, 22 of which were published by Nintendo, and 14 from third-parties. Mario Kart 8 Deluxe remains the best-selling title on the hybrid with 35.39 million lifetime sales, inching closer to the best-selling Mario Kart title ever, Mario Kart Wii, which sold 37.38 million units in its lifetime. Animal Crossing: New Horizons is in a close second place with 32.63 million units sold since its launch on March 20, 2020.
Looking ahead to fiscal year 2022, which has already begun, Nintendo is forecasting a slight decline in its sales figures, projecting 25.5 million Switch units sold within the year. Considering the major boost it got from COVID-19 in the past year, the decline isn't all too surprising, but these figures are likely conservative, a tradition for Nintendo. A Nikkei report from the past weekend claimed Nintendo plans to manufacture 30 million Switch units this fiscal year, and according to Bloomberg, actual targets within the company are between 28 and 29 million.
Even then, based on the official projection, the Switch will have outsold the Wii, PlayStation 3, the original PlayStation, and be very close to the sales of the Game Boy and PlayStation 4. It's worth noting that a lot of those consoles also had significant hardware revisions to help boost sales, while the Nintendo Switch has only received a watered-down variant with the Switch Lite, and a very minor refresh with better battery life.
Reports have pointed to a hardware revision of the Nintendo Switch coming this calendar year, which would likely help maintaining that sales momentum. It's also been said that a strong lineup of games will be coming to help boost those sales, though not much is known right now. Titles planned for the rest of the year include Mario Golf: Speed Rush, The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD, and Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl, but those titles are either based on existing games or lack the impact of titles like Animal Crossing: New Horizons. We may hear more about how Nintendo plans to hit those numbers at this year's E3, which is just over one month away.
gamescom 2021 will be all digital, ditches hybrid event plans
by Pulasthi Ariyasinghe
The organizers behind the yearly gamescom conference have abandoned their previous plans to host a hybrid event that would offer both digital and physical shows. Now, the presentation and surrounding events aimed at developers will once again be all digital like last year, with Koelnmesse and the German Games Industry Association going for this route after "extensive discussions with partners and exhibitors".
Last year's gamescom showcase had drawn in over 50 million viewers from 180 countries, featuring content from 370 partners. As expected, the organizers plan to have even bigger attractions for 2021.
Moreover, the 'gamescom now' hub, which features all the new content being revealed and presented at the show, has been "completely relaunched" to present "a revamped and significantly improved user interface, customizable schedules, numerous live streams, events, shows and information about all the games and gamescom partners."
The free showcase will begin on August 25 and continue through August 29. Geoff Keighley will kick off the show with "Gamescom: Opening Night Live", airing World Premieres and news regarding upcoming games. This will be followed by the main event that will run for two days across August 26 and 27.
Keep in mind that before gamescom 2021 kicks off in August with its own announcements, E3 will open its doors next month after a year's break for a reimagined digital event of its own.
Minecraft Dungeons gets cross-platform cloud saves, but you have to sync manually
by João Carrasqueira
Mojang Studios' Minecraft dungeon-crawler spin-off Minecraft Dungeons was launched almost one year ago on all major platforms at the time, but it was oddly missing the ability to carry your save data across different devices if you chose to buy the game on more than one console. Now, the developers have announced that the feature is available as part of today's update for the game, version 220.127.116.11.
Cloud saves will allow players to sync their Heroes to the cloud, which they can then use to play on another console. However, the process isn't as automatic or fluid as some might hope. The game's Hero Select screen will have a new option that allows you to upload a specific Hero to the cloud, as well as download them to your console if you've already uploaded one. You have to do this manually every time you switch platforms, and there's a limit of 20 heroes that can be saved on the cloud at any given time.
Additionally, it's worth noting that DLC purchases don't carry over from platform to platform, so if you have equipped items from a specific DLC pack, they will be removed from your Hero when you load it up on a platform where you haven't bought the DLC. You also can't play on DLC maps unless you buy them on the platform you want to play on.
There have been four DLC packs released since the game's launch, so to be unable to carry over those purchases across platforms is likely going to be a problem for many players, and it takes away a significant portion of the impact of cloud saves. Regardless, if you happen to have bought the game and its DLC packs across more than one platform, this may be good news for you. Earlier this year, Mojang announced that over 10 million people had bought Minecraft Dungeons, so there's a solid fanbase that might have use for the feature.
Aside from that, today's patch includes a number of fixes and tweaks, including multiple crashes that have been addressed and a handful of other issues. The game is also now available in Chinese Traditional and Simplified variants across all platforms.
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Flight Simulator Patch 18.104.22.168 now out, fixes live weather and multiplayer stutter issues
by Abhay Venkatesh
Microsoft has released a new patch for Flight Simulator, bringing fixes that address a couple of minor issues. These include fixes for stuttering issues when using custom liveries on aircraft while running the simulator in multiplayer. The other improvement comes in the way of fixes to the live weather, with the company noting that the patch improves the accuracy of live weather globally.
The live weather feature that lets players mimic real-world weather in the simulator based on their location has been constantly updated across sim updates. As early as last week, the firm shared an updated feedback snapshot detailing the various fixes and improvements being worked on and their tentative release notes. In the snapshot, it also noted that it is working to address another issue with faulty live weather readings with the fourth sim update that is slated to be released on May 25.
This along with the fixes to stutters when using multiplayer mode and flying aircraft with custom liveries, make it a worthwhile update for those that have been suffering from degraded performance. Additionally, those curious to know about the other fixes being worked on can head to the Development Update page to look at the updated Feedback Snapshot.
Other fixes planned for the fourth major sim update include the addition of an off option for excessive icing effects, improvements to phrasing in ATC communications, and more. Some issues such as low texture resolution will see a staggered fix that is spread across multiple updates. The firm is also planning to add real-time traffic later this summer.
You can head to the Microsoft Store or Steam to download the latest Flight Simulator patch version 22.214.171.124.


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The world’s second-largest smartphone market isn’t exactly turning out to be the next China for Apple.
Despite its increased focus on India, Apple is all set to see a slower year-on-year growth in iPhone sales in the country in 2018.
“iPhone India sales were weak in the first half of 2018, and even if they show a big jump in the traditionally strong second half, Apple will still fall short of last year,” Neil Shah, research director at market analytics firm Counterpoint Research, told Bloomberg.
Apple has been struggling in India for some time now. In the year ended March 2017, its revenue growth fell to 17%, compared to 53% a year ago. This six-year-low growth was mainly due to a high base and a drop in the average selling price of each phone.
Apple’s biggest struggle in India has been its high price points. iPhones cost between Rs35,000 ($500) and Rs80,000 ($1,100) in India, compared to the average smartphone price of $157 in the country.
Meanwhile, Chinese companies like Xiaomi and OnePlus have flooded the market with affordable handsets, toppling even market leader Samsung. ”Apple has a mere 2% share of smartphone shipments in (the) India market and 98% of the market has been warming up and becoming deeply entrenched in the Android ecosystem,” said Karn Chauhan, research analyst for mobile devices at Counterpoint Research.
While Apple has been trying to bring down prices by pushing older models and assembling the iPhone SE locally, it has had no luck so far with selling refurbished phones.
iPhones have, in fact, become costlier as India increased import duty on mobile phones, Chauhan said. Many of Apple’s rivals have begun local assembly, helping them evade these levies.
Amid all this, the company is seeing a massive churn in its India leadership.
Last December, India head Sanjay Kaul quit after a six-year stint. The company has now reportedly lost three more of its top executives, Bloomberg reported on July 15: national sales and distribution chief, Rahul Jain; head of commercial channels Jayant Gupta, and head of telecom carrier sales, Manish Sharma.
The company is also overhauling its India sales team, Bloomberg said, quoting unidentified sources. Apple declined to comment on these exits.


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Hot on the heels of a recent leak of pictures on the ‘web, BMW has lifted the wraps off its 2015 model year X6.The new X6 introduces a cleaner take on the previous car’s unconventional styling and, despite bristling with a host of new technologies and features, weighs up to 40 kg less than its predecessor ...
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A Bucks based firm has received a business boost from Retail Entrepreneur Theo Paphitis. Last week, Nicole Martin, owner of Pinpoint Marketing, tweeted Theo about her business during ‘Small Business Sunday’ and was one of weekly winners to gain a retweet by Theo to his 500,000 Twitter followers. The weekly initiative, set up by Theo in 2010, now has over 2200 #SBS winners and supports small businesses in the UK.
Business and retail entrepreneur and self-confessed Shopkeeper, Theo re‐tweeted Pinpoint Marketing’s message to his almost 500,000 followers and as a result, Pinpoint’s Twitter accounts has almost 100 more followers and increased social media presence. They are also profiled on the #SBS website (www.theopaphitissbs.com) that is exclusive to all Small Business Sunday winners.
Nicole of Pinpoint Marketing said, “I am so excited and proud to be one of the winners. We have been in business for 10 years now. It is great to have support from Theo because it can be hard to raise our profile and Theo has recognised our hard work and helped spread the word about what we do to his following.”
Small business champion and Ryman Stationery, Robert Dyas and Boux Avenue Chairman, Theo Paphitis, said: “We are thrilled to welcome new #SBS members every week and highlight just how important it is to support our small businesses here in the UK. My vision is that everyone who has ever won an #SBS re-tweet from me becomes part of a friendly club; like-minded individuals who can share successes and learnings. The website will also give a valuable profile to the winners chosen and I wish Pinpoint Marketing every success.”
Anyone looking for a re‐tweet from Theo should tweet him about their business on Sunday between 5 PM and 7.30 PM and include the hashtag #SBS. Six lucky businesses are re‐tweeted every Monday at 8 PM and then invited to enter their profile on the new website, attend the annual #SBS networking event and take advantage of the networking opportunities.
For further information about Small Business Sunday please visit www.theopaphitissbs.com.


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This illustration represents the four-layer prototype high-rise chip built by Stanford engineers. The bottom and top layers are logic transistors. Sandwiched between them are two layers of memory. The vertical tubes are nanoscale electronic …more
For decades, the mantra of electronics has been smaller, faster, cheaper. Today, Stanford engineers add a fourth word – taller.
Those circuit cards are like busy cities in which logic chips compute and memory chips store data. But when the computer gets busy, the wires connecting logic and memory can get jammed.
The Stanford approach would end these jams by building layers of logic atop layers of memory to create a tightly interconnected high-rise chip. Many thousands of nanoscale electronic “elevators” would move data between the layers much faster, using less electricity, than the bottle-neck prone wires connecting single-story logic and memory chips today.
The work is led by Subhasish Mitra, a Stanford professor of electrical engineering and computer science, and H.-S. Philip Wong, the Williard R. and Inez Kerr Bell Professor in Stanford’s School of Engineering. They describe their new high-rise chip architecture in a paper being presented at the IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting on Dec. 15-17.
The researchers’ innovation leverages three breakthroughs.
The first is a new technology for creating transistors, those tiny gates that switch electricity on and off to create digital zeroes and ones. The second is a new type of computer memory that lends itself to multi-story fabrication. The third is a technique to build these new logic and memory technologies into high-rise structures in a radically different way than previous efforts to stack chips.
“This research is at an early stage, but our design and fabrication techniques are scalable,” Mitra said. “With further development this architecture could lead to computing performance that is much, much greater than anything available today.”
Wong said the prototype chip unveiled at IEDM shows how to put logic and memory together into three-dimensional structures that can be mass-produced.
“Paradigm shift is an overused concept, but here it is appropriate,” Wong said. “With this new architecture, electronics manufacturers could put the power of a supercomputer in your hand.”
For more detail: Researchers combine logic, memory to build a ‘high-rise’ chip


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Brendan Kergin / Vancouver is Awesome – Jan 30, 2023 / 11:17 am | Story: 408950
Reservations for camping at national parks in B.C. opens up soon. Here’s what to know about the new platform for booking sites.
Looking forward to camping in 2023?
If you’re seeking a spot at one of Parks Canada’s sites in B.C., best mark your calendar and prepare for a new system.
“We’re moving our reservation system to a new platform! The look and feel will be different, but the features and functions will be similar,” states Parks Canada on its site.
New reservation launch dates have also been set for places like Gulf Islands National Park Reserve, Kootenay National Park, and Yoho National Park for the 2023 camping season.
Because of the new platform, people with existing accounts on the old platform will need a new account on the new platform. It will launch March 3.
Reservations for national parks in B.C. open up throughout March, with the earliest sites available to reserve on March 13 and the latest on March 29. Dates for when sites will be available for camping are also available. Parks Canada campsites in other provinces have a similar spread of reservation dates.
For backcountry camping in Kootenay and Yoho national parks, reservations open up on March 22 at 7 a.m.


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A high-level delegation led by Sweden’s Ambassador to India Klas Molin, comprising Consul General of Sweden to Mumbai Anna Lekvall, Trade Commissioner Cecilia Oskarsson, General Manager of the Swedish Chamber of Commerce to India Sara Larsson and Counsellors for Science & Innovation and Trade Per-Arne Wickström and Markus Lundgren will be in Sweden on a weeklong roadshow titled Time for India.
The delegation will be joined by India’s Ambassador to Sweden & Latvia Tanmay Lal and Chairman of Sweden India Business Council Håkan Kingstedt.
Time for India is a series of breakfast seminars which will provide insights into India with a comprehensive update on different sectors and markets, discuss opportunities and exchange notes on how to strengthen India business strategies considering recent economic developments. The aim is to address the many opportunities that are available for Swedish companies in India and for Indian companies in Sweden.
Ahead of the campaign Molin said, “ Time for India is a part of an ambition shared by Sweden and India to strengthen and increase bilateral trade and investments, something our Prime Ministers as well as our Ministers of Commerce Piyush Goyal and Anna Hallberg have tasked us to do. Our goal is to increase investments, opportunities, employment and the flow of goods and services between our countries.
“During the roadshow, we will highlight the many opportunities that are available for Swedish companies in India and for Indian companies in Sweden. We will meet with representatives of the private sector, government and other decisions makers to discuss trade and investment, how to facilitate further business collaboration and how Team Sweden and Team India can assist in the process.”
The delegation will travel from Stockholm to Luleå to Göteborg to Malmö and back to Stockholm for a final seminar on investing in India by the Indian Embassy in Sweden.
Oskarsson said, “In the last few months as Trade Commissioner for Business Sweden in India, I have seen the potential for collaboration and investments remains substantial. The Indian government has brought most of the key infrastructure sectors in India under eligible sectors that can have 100% FDI under the automatic route. The new master plan aims to boost employment opportunities, make interconnectivity between road, rail, air and waterways more efficient, and improve industrial productivity. It also aims to help India become a manufacturing hub, attract foreign investors and raise the possibility of future economic zones through multimodal connectivity that provides manufacturers faster access to domestic and international markets. It’s certainly time to invest in India!”
More than 200 participants have registered for the campaign.
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Could an Apple cryptocurrency be coming? While it doesn’t sound like it’s on the immediate horizon, Apple Pay VP Jennifer Bailey recently suggested it’s not totally off the table.
It would fit with Apple’s growing embrace of financial services. The company got into mobile payments with Apple Pay in 2014 and released the Apple Card this year. Now, Cupertino appears to be taking a wait-and-see approach on cryptocurrencies.


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The Union ministry of power wants to develop charging infrastructure for electric vehicles (EVs) in cities with a population of 40 lakh-plus in the first phase and the plan covers Ahmedabad and Surat in Gujarat.
Public Works Department (PWD) has now picked 20 road stretches for installation of these EV chargers as a part of the pilot project.
After 26 people were killed in road accident in Ghatampur, station in-charge of Saadh police station was suspended for negligence. Action has also been taken against 4 Police Response Vehicle for not reaching at right time.
The miniature charging station concept revealed on September 27, demonstrated the operational challenges and financial comparisons between EV charging stations and traditional fuel pumps. It also emphasised on the need for Public Private Partnership (PPP) that is required to successfully build a nationwide charging infrastructure.
Energy giant Shell is planning to install 10,000 EV charging stations in India by 2030. On Thursday, the company launched its EV chargers in the Indian market for two-wheeler and four-wheeler segments in Bengaluru. Shell is working to set up EV charging points in Bengaluru across the fuel stations, situated in Marathahalli, Brookfield, Kanakapura, Old Madras Road and Yeshwantpur.
The Kolkata Municipal Corporation has decided to set up at least 41 charging stations in parking lots across the city in order to address the infrastructure concerns of the buyers of electric vehicles (EVs).
On August 30, Tesla opened its 100th EV super-charging station in the city of Beijing, China. The American EV manufacturer now has a total of 890 super-charging piles in China's capital.
The Delhi government is working to set up over 5,000 kerbside EV charging points on all major roads in the coming 3 years, according to the officials. On Monday, Jasmine Shah, Vice Chairperson of the Dialogue and Development Commission of India (DDCD) convened a meeting on the installation of kerbside EV charging points in Delhi.
Delhi government on Monday announced that it was working on a blueprint to introduce “kerbside charging” for electric vehicles (EVs). This would allow the vehicles to be charged while being parked on the roadside using streetlight lamp posts or through dedicated posts.
Out of the target of setting up 100 charging stations for electric vehicles by the year-end, New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) has commissioned work on 66 and work on the remaining 34 has been expedited.
With EVs comes the need to have EV charging stations. As per the government's vision for EV in the country, EV charging stations must be installed every three kilometres (kms) in cities and every 25 kms on highways on both sides. India is also constructing an electric expressway from Delhi to Mumbai to improve industrial transportation.
EV charging stations powered by biogas in India | 'Traditionally, diesel or petrol is used to power a generator (Genset) typically used as power back up in apartments, societies, offices and institutions. In the case of our EV charging station, the diesel/petrol is replaced by Biogas, a green fuel alternative.'
The Indian automobile market is finally starting to catch up with the idea of clean mobility, though the % share of electric vehicles (EVs) is still in low single digit today. From a peak of 26 million vehicles sold in 2018-19, the demand for petrol/diesel-fired vehicles has dropped to 17.5 million last financial year, while during the same period the EV sales increased from 1.3 lakh to 2.3 lakh.
The move comes shortly after Hero Electric recently launched its hybrid sales channel where customers can book an e-scooter online and get it delivered through any of its showrooms pan-India. Currently, Hero Electric has over 750 sales and service touch points spread across the country. As per reports, over 4.5 lakh Hero Electric E-scooters are plying on Indian roads right now.
Tata Power will be celebrating the 75th year of independence by promoting widespread usage of electric vehicle charging solutions across the country. The company is providing incentives to EV owners by offering a 15% discount on its select public EZ charging points, starting midnight of August 13 for a duration of 75 hours.
Manhattan’s EV-charging sites now outnumber its gas stations more than 10 to one. Gas stations still dominate citywide — 697 across all five boroughs, versus about 520 charging sites — but there, too, the chargers are catching up. Most of Manhattan’s public chargers exist in a broad arc from the Upper East Side and Upper West Side down through Midtown, although there are plenty farther south as well.
The app would offer information on the availability, location, types and tariffs of EV charging stations around them and allow them to make or change reservations for the same. The app will also features information shared by OEMs, which would in turn enhance visibility and traffic at private charging stations.
Charge Point Operators of India (CPOS) has approved Joulepoints’ proposal for setting up 5,000 EV chargers across Delhi by the end of this year as a part of a pilot project.
To make electric vehicles popular among common people, Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has set up 85 EV charging stations in the city, out of which around 30 are located in south Delhi.
A magisterial court on Monday sent the suspect Nitin Chavan from Hadapsar in custodial remand till September 29. Two minor boys aged 17 years were sent to an observation home in Yerawada.
In relief to electric vehicle (EV) users in the city, Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) and Tata Power inaugurated the fastest EV charging station in Aahiana on Saturday. The 25 kilo watt station will recharge a 30KW battery pack of EV in just 60 minut
Municipal commissioner Radhakrishnan B on Thursday announced a 2% rebate in property tax to housing societies and individuals for setting up electric vehicle charging stations. Citing the Maharashtra government’s Electric Vehicles Policy, Radhakrishnan signed the administrative order to implement the decision on Thursday.
The Government of India is working on introducing a master app that will serve as a one-stop solution for information on location as well as the availability of vehicle charging stations.
Last year, 25,809 vehicles were sold and in the seven months this, over 29,000 vehicles have been sold and the numbers will increase by the end of this year. Electric vehicles comprised 9.3 per cent of the vehicles sold this year, with two-wheelers selling the most... This means that Delhi is slowly becoming the EV capital," Kejriwal said at the event.
In its Electric Vehicle Outlook 2022 report, Bloomberg NEF projects that plug-in vehicles are predicted to make up 23% of new passenger vehicle sales globally in 2025, up from just under 10% in 2021. Three-quarters of those will be fully electric. At the same time, as per EY Mobility Consumer Index, a massive 52% of potential car buyers intend to choose either a fully electric, plug-in hybrid, or hybrid vehicle.
The station was inaugurated by Vigyan Kumar executive director (retail sales) Indian Oil. The facility is one the first of its kind in the state of Uttar Pradesh.
Kia says that this is the first step towards developing an EV infrastructure in the country, and the company will be setting up more charging stations this year across its dealerships.


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As politicians strive to look for ways to combat new revelations like Tivo-powered commercial-skipping and the continuing transition to on-demand online video, the 2006 midterm elections have made an unlikely strong presence on a new platform - YouTube. The video sharing site now has what could lead to a vital role in the upcoming round of elections.
Breaking its own record for determining the largest known prime number, a team at Central Missouri State University (CMSU) has announced that they have confirmed the newest prime number, which ranks in at over 9.8 million digits long.
Vonage, an Internet telephone provider, is now offering free local traffic reports for their customers. By dialing 511 from a Vonage phone, customers in thirty areas will receive average speed and accident reports about the local freeways.
Mountain View (CA) - Adding to Google's slate of filters and views for its widely-used Google Earth software, the Internet giant today unveiled the 2006 Google Earth Election Guide. The add-on allows users to view the entire country with district separation lines and embedded information about candidates running for Congress in each district.
Chicago (IL) - If you plan on upgrading your computer with Intel's fastest processor, this may be your best opportunity yet: The latest update of our Price/Performance Charts reveals a substantial drop in etail pricing - close to $900 and substantially below any price of any other Intel Extreme processor before.
Kudos is to be dished out to Kevin Poulsen, Wired Senior Editor and former code monkey (to say the least); who has written an extremely interesting article about how he, using a search algorithm he programmed himself, managed to do what MySpace has said is not possible in catching registered sex offenders on the site.
Sun revealed some details of its virtualization strategy, which is anchored in its Solaris 10 operating system. In a sea of very similar virtualization platforms and approaches, Sun believes that being different and adding value will be a significant contributor to success in this segment.
Are we a nation of Internet addicts? Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine think that some of us are. In a telephone-based study, researchers say one out of eight Americans showed signs of excessive Internet use. They also concluded that the typical addict is a single white male who spends approximately 30 hours a week surfing the net.
Kyocera today said that it has achieved a new world record of 18.5% energy conversion efficiency with a 15 cm x 15 cm (5.9" x 5.9") multi-crystalline silicon solar cell. According to the company, the new results exceeds prior records, which were set by the company, including 14.5% in 1989, 17.1% in 1996, and 17.7% in 2004.
News agency Reuters has become a news target itself as it announced today plans to open a virtual bureau in the online life-simulation platform Second Life. Users will now be able to look up Reuters reports about the world of Second Life as well as the real world within the virtual environment.
How could we have left out Intel's Core 2 Duo E6400 from our Price/Performance charts? Several readers complained last week about the lack of Intel's E6400/E6300 mainstream processors in our charts which provide a weekly update on the best value in the retail processor market. This week, the data of the E6400 became available - and began to cause more headaches for the green team.
A Comcast worker was caught sleeping on the job, not once, but twice. The Maironi family in Garden City Michigan had a Comcast worker fix the cable system, but found the worker asleep after one hour. One of the family members took a picture of the worker who was sprawled out on his bed.
Following a period of huge gains in new hostnames, the growth of the Internet took a break in September and added just 1.08 million new addresses - which is about only one fourth of the increase that was seen in recent months.
Monterey (CA) - It will take high-definition media - HD DVD and Blu-ray - another six years to surpass the revenues generated by standard definition DVDs, a market forecast suggests. Even with sales that are estimated to come in at less than $100 million this year, the battle between the two HD formats has begun to show a negative impact on the video industry.
Anaheim (CA) - Not too long ago, car navigation systems and LCD screens turned heads, but today car electronics are quite common and no longer attract much attention. Many of the new 2007 model year cars on display at Orange County Auto Show in had some type of gizmo installed. Join us for a visit on the showfloor to see how car interiors of $30,000 to $100,000 cars look today.
Microsoft Blogger Brian Jones today announced that the final draft of Office Open XML, Microsoft's default file format in the upcoming Office 2007 productivity suite has been approved within the framework of the standardization body of Ecma.
Sun Microsystems announced today that they are going to enter the online virtual world known as Second Life, and will mark their presence by presenting what they are calling the first press conference to be held in Second Life by a Fortune 500 company.
Chicago (IL) - In the past few weeks, quite dramatic price reductions in the retails space had time to calm down: Intel's Core 2 Duo is shipping in volume and AMD adjusted its prices to react to the new market environment. Time for an update of our price/performance chart series, just before the launch of Intel's quad-core chip and AMD's 4x4 platform.
Batavia (IL) - Political scandals have been around for ages, but with the Internet they can quickly morph into a cultural phenomenon. No doubt you've heard Representative Mark Foley's lurid instant messages to a congressional page, but did you know that bloggers and other enterprising people have made videos and produced Flash games lampooning the scandal?
Islandia (NY) - Social networking websites such as MySpace and Facebook may pose more security risks than physical threats such as sexual predators contacting kids and teenagers. A survey raises the concern that fraud, identity theft and computer spyware and viruses combined with negligent user behavior could flourish on social networking sites.


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Plant expansion at Gutscher Mühle Traismauer GmbH
Start for the plant expansion with 6000m2 has been in July 2017.
The total costs for the new Building are about six Million euro.
The entire conctraction planning has been organized by Schneider Consult GmbH. The constructional Realisation will be done by Held & Francke and Strabag as part of an alliance. The plant expansion include a new warehouse for raw material, packaging and finished goods, furthermore a technical area and a logistic office.
The new Building will optimize logistical flows which will be partly automated too.
"10 exciting months lie ahead of us. With this new building we are setting a new Milestone for the company's further development", Ing. Heinrich-Stefan Prokop (CEO Gutscher Mühle Traismauer GmbH).
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Cannes is in the home stretch. Expect to hear scratchy voices, glassy eyes and possibly a walking boot or three. So far what’s been notable this week is how the conference overall, at least in public, has decided to focus on big issues of diversity, inclusivity, even climate change. It’s clear that the Cannes Lions organizers are trying to course-correct over the perception that Cannes had become, Audemars Piguet Replica Watches in the words of Martin Sorrell two years back, “too brash.” Of course, the high-minded and sober talk goes away when the sun goes down and the Carlton Terrace stars heaving with partiers. Can’t be all homework. — Brian Morrissey
- Quibi execs boasted an eye-popping $100 million in ad commitments from six high-profile advertisers — all ahead of launch. Story here
- Meetings are the No. 1 most important reason to attend Cannes, followed by dealmaking and parties. Source: 169 executives that are or have attended Cannes Lions, surveyed by Digiday May 2019
- Digiday’s Kerry Flynn is doing a live recording of the Making Marketing podcast. Her guests: God-is Rivera, Twitter’s global director of culture and community, and Damon Jones, P&G’s vp global communications and advocacy. They’ll discuss how to build a business while also taking a stand. Twitter Beach at 1pm. Register here.
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The unanswered questions of Cannes
Yes, Cannes is about the meetings, the quiet conversations and maybe even a partnership that might spring out of them. What follows are tidbits from conversations with media and ad executives the first half of the week.
Where are the interesting digital media companies?
Between course at the Digiday Media Leaders Dinner, Audemars Piguet Replica one top exec asked a simple question: What’s the most exciting digital media company out there? Others at the table hemmed and hawed. One noted that the difficulty of naming one is indicative of the pivot to reality publishing has gone through. A couple years ago, that question would have been met with talk of Vox, Refinery29 or BuzzFeed. Nowadays, those companies are struggling to meet expectations.
Will Quibi pan out?
Jeffrey Katzenberg and Meg Whitman came in hot on Wednesday, boasting $100 million in upfront ad commitments by brands such as Procter & Gamble and Walmart. But along the Croisette, people aren’t as confident about Quibi’s potential to succeed. Quibi certainly has a lot going for it: big stars, seasoned executives and a ton of investor (and now advertiser) money. Media and advertising industry insiders, however, can only shrug — at best — on whether there is an actual consumer appetite for a mobile-only video subscription service.
Why must marketers make up terrible words?
For those who appreciate the English language and precision, Cannes is not the place for you. So far this week, we have come across everything from “storydoing” to “design feeling” to “woke washing” to “storyliving.” Every industry has its jargon, but marketing sure does seem to have more than most. One tech exec noted that the empty talk and meaningless buzzwords would be so alien to product managers at a tech company to be incomprehensible. That’s a challenge not just for Cannes but the marketing community as a whole as it tries to elevate marketing within organizations that are often skeptical of marketing as just another cost center to be optimized.
Will marketers actually move dollars away from Facebook and Google?
The TV industry has shown up to Cannes in a big way; as one broadcasting executive said, it’s time for “the Empire to strike back.” But for all the talk about how TV offers premium content and more brand-safe environments than social platforms, most marketing executives — even those that shared panel space with TV executives on the beach — were hesitant to boldly blow off the platform giants. Everyone agreed that Facebook, Google and others need to improve their products, and responsibility falls on clients that control the budgets to pressure these platforms. But no one is reaching for the nuclear option just yet.
Where is the creativity?
Cannes Lions proudly bills itself as a “festival of creativity.” This was a designation used to ellide the face that Cannes saw an influx of publishers and tech platforms that changed the conversation from the roots of Cannes in advertising. But an enduring question on the minds of many publishers and marketers: Where is the creativity? One publishing exec to told me that he is very high on Snapchat, not because of big ad shares, but it is at least innovating and rolling out truly creative features. Best Omega Replica Watches By the same token, a veteran ad agency exec told me of the experience of perusing the work of the Young Lions with the thought it would make him more hopeful for the agency business. He came away disappointed, seeing a lot of vanilla work that was either impossible to actually do — Cannes is notorious for juiced-up case studies that stretch the bounds of reality — or completely overshot the mark by claiming to be about changing the world. Sometimes simpler is better.
Do marketers care about brand safety?
P&G’s Marc Pritchard is everywhere, and he often uses industry gatherings to make clear the priorities of the ad-spending giant. It was notable that Pritchard gave high marks to efforts made by Google and Facebook for the work they’ve done to clean up their platforms. There was a lot of PR around a new industry group dedicated to “responsible media.” Much of the discussion around brand safety has been superficial, however. More jaded publishing execs say don’t expect much to change soon in spending patterns. Google and Facebook have mostly skipped the discussions entirely to push messages around inclusivity and creativity.
Pinterest’s Andréa Mailard on defining Pinterest
All marketing is about solving problems for companies. For Pinterest, the key marketing challenge is getting people to understand a platform that isn’t quite like its tech peers. Andréa Mailard, Pinterest’s first-ever CMO, joined the Digiday Podcast, Cannes Edition. The spin Pinterest has for marketers and consumers: It’s all about “inspiration” and getting people to do things in real life, not stare at a screen.
Here’s a highlight:
- “People come to Pinterest to get inspired to do something in real life. People often come when they’re at a major milestone. They’re decorating a dorm room, planning a party, renovating a house or planning a trip. Making sure people understand what Pinterest is and the role it would play in their life is a bit of a challenge.Omega Replica Watches We find when people come, they get excited and their world opens up but getting them to take an action is one of my big challenges this year.”
Our final two podcasts of the week will feature Twitter vp of global client solutions Sarah Personette and The New York Times head of advertising Sebastian Tomich.
— Alex Rahaman (@alexrahaman) June 19, 2019
Nowhere in Cannes is safe.
Also, forget about dry cleaning
Don’t turn down a chance to visit Antibes or a villa in the hills above Cannes. You might think you don’t want to waste a half hour in an Uber, but it’s well worth the time — and worth the peace that exists outside the madness of Cannes.
What to do
The Wall Street Journal is hosting a conversation with Jeffrey Katzenberg, founder of Quibi, which is using Cannes as its coming-out party. Head to the Journal House by all the yachts in the harbor. 9am.
If you haven’t heard enough of P&G’s ubiquitous marketing chief Marc Pritchard, he will be at Wake Up with The Economist at the Cannes Lions beach. He’ll be joined by the CMOs of Taco Bell and Lego. Expect a lot of brand purpose talk. 10:30am.
Make it a doubleheader. You can go directly to the WSJ House to hear Pritchard again, this time in discussion about “maintaining brand purpose in today’s hostile social media environment.” The name of the discussion alone says a lot about the direction it will go. 11:30am.
The Digiday Making Marketing Podcast is at Twitter Beach at 1pm. Come by. 1pm.
Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg will speak about equality in advertising at Facebook Beach. 2pm.
6:30pm: The Wall Street Journal is having DJ Mark Ronson at The Journal House, located among all the yachts in the harbor.
7pm: Live Nation has a party and concert at a private villa. Rumors are that it’s going to be either John Legend or Sting performing. Sneak into a shuttle if you can.
9pm: The New York Times is hosting a sunset BBQ on the rooftop of the Martinez. банк онлайн заявка на кредит наличными
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Fueled by ubiquitous access across digital media platforms, time-shifted viewing of television programing has surged 11% among all TV households since the second quarter of 2010, according to the latest installment of the so-called “Cross-Platform Report” being released to clients by Nielsen today.
Nielsen said the increase was due mainly to an increase in the penetration of digital video recorders, which jumped 13% from last year, and now stands at 39% of U.S. TV households.
“Americans 25-64 spend the most time watching time-shifted content, but Americans 65+ and kids 2-11 are catching up, with heightened growth in time spent in recent quarters,” Nielsen reports, adding, “Both groups experienced double-digit growth in time spent over last year, while those middle demographics remained relatively the same. White consumers are the most likely to have a DVR and, compared to all DVR households, time-shift more content than other ethnicities.”
The report also shows that Americans are not simply time-shifting TV viewing, but increasingly are place-shifting it as well.
“From the bed to the bus, the living room to the laundry room, consumers are embracing all the various video platforms available to them,” the report states, noting that nearly half (48%) of Americans now watch video online, compared to 10% for mobile and 97% for traditional TV.
“Mobile subscribers watching video on their phone increased approximately 36% since the second quarter of 2010, and watching video on the Internet continued to flourish,” the report notes, adding, “Even with already pervasive usage levels, traditional TV viewing saw an increase of 2 hours 43 minutes per month.”
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Eric is promoted from Director of Client Services, having been with Y&R for the past seven years.
Over the past two years as DCS, Eric has helped lead the Y&R Hong Kong team to new business wins including Huawei Enterprise, the global launch of Huawei Device W1, and General Mills brands Haagen Dazs and Wanchai Ferry. High profile awards and campaigns for the agency have included ROI Gold for the Revlon Mirror activation, and the recent Tim Tam Happy Truck which garnered press attention and client praise.
A graduate of Hong Kong University, Choi holds both BBA/MBA in International Marketing. Prior to joining Y&R, he was with DDB and JWT over a five-year period, and other multinational agencies before that.
Commenting on the promotion, Matthew Godfrey said, “Eric’s well-deserved promotion comes as the agency continues to grow in stature. He has been instrumental in raising the profile of Y&R Hong Kong, we look forward to continued success for the agency in his capable hands.”
Added Choi, “My vision for the agency is to truly understand local consumers and help clients to build their brands and generate results in a flexible yet solid way, and to keep building Y&R HK as a strong agency with a passion for advertising and as our clients’ most valued partner.”


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Monitor marine carbon impacts
All marine activities having an impact on marine carbon stores should be monitored and high-resolution maps of their footprint made available publicly and annually.
In order to determine the impact of marine activities (including fishing) on marine carbon stores and habitats capable of sequestration, high resolution fishing footprint data should be collected and made publicly available.
Currently there is only partial evidence available of the footprint of bottom impacting activities (including fishing) in Scotland. For example, only trawlers longer than 12m in length are fitted with tracking devices – although a wider roll out is scheduled to commence. As these devices only provide location information once every two hours, and the data they provide is only publicly accessible via Freedom of Information requests it is not possible to determine how much seabed is impacted by fishing or other industries each year, the impact on marine carbon stores specifically or any damage caused to habitats capable of sequestration.
Quantification of these impacts has been a stated objective of the Scottish Government for many years but is persistently delayed.
For further information:
- Open Seas tweet, 2020, https://twitter.com/TheOpenSeas/status/1276403094616752130?s=20
- Ease the Squeeze: Scotland’s fishing footprint, Open Seas, April 2023, https://www.openseas.org.uk/news/ease-the-squeeze-scotlands-fishing-footprint/


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Locally-owned KLP.T Transportation Co Ltd’s new multi-purpose port and logistics centre just east of Kampong Chhnang town is expected to provide a substantial boost to Cambodian freight movement, particularly of agricultural products from the provinces bordering Tonle Sap Lake to international markets.
Formally breaking ground on January 20, the centre – set to cost from $300-500 million – is located on a 100ha site in Kampong Hao commune, Kampong Leng district, Minister of Public Works and Transport Sun Chanthol told the media during a site visit on March 9.
“The multi-purpose port project will have many positive effects for the Cambodian economy, such as: firstly, creating jobs for the people; secondly, attracting investors to invest in Cambodia; and thirdly, helping to bring our products abroad.
“The national economy will grow thanks to the private sector’s involvement, including this, the construction of a multi-purpose port in Kampong Chhnang province,” he said.
Although the minister assured that KLP.T Transportation wants to “build quickly” and that the project would be “completed soon”, he asked the company to cooperate with the authorities to ensure the development is in line with legal and other standards.
A company representative commented that the centre would provide a leg up to inland water freight transportation as well as exports, thereby fuelling economic growth, while doing its bit to reduce road traffic.
Company plans show that fuel storage facilities, tourist attractions, industrial parks and special economic zones (SEZ) will accompany the project.
Logistics and Supply Chain Business Association in Cambodia president Chea Chandara commented to The Post on March 9 that the government’s transportation diversification initiatives have yielded positive results for economic growth.
“Multi-purpose and satellite ports make it easier to transport goods, especially agricultural products”, and considerably increase exports, he said, adding that waterways offer the transportation sector a convenient, low-cost, high-yield alternative to the often congested and riskier national roads.


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New York – Even as much of the attention in the boom of home furnishings products during the stay-at-home conditions of the pandemic era has been focused on categories like home office, kitchenware and outdoor/backyard items, one particular home textiles product has also been a star
Towels – indeed, the entire bath category – including rugs, shower curtains and bathroom accessories – has been experiencing above average sales growth over the past 15 months and it’s produced a range of trends across the classification. Some recent research shows the category up 31%.
How towels and bath in general have been – well, you’d have to say wet and wild – was the topic of the latest installment in the ongoing Home Textiles Today webinar series, Innovations 2021. “Cleaning Up in the Bath Department” examined changes in color sales patterns, the rise of premium and multi-piece sets, increased focus on product attributes and sustainability and the challenges for manufacturers and retailers alike to service the business in a supply chain crisis unlike anything seen in recent memory.
“When the pandemic first hit a year ago, frankly we didn’t know what to expect,” said Regan Iglesia, chief marketing officer for WestPoint Home, the full-line bedding and bath resource. “But starting last spring, the bath towel business became unstoppable,” he said, adding that is continuing into 2021even as stay-at-home conditions lessen with higher vaccination rates.
“We saw the same thing,” said Josh Staph, vice president of the consumer division of Standard Textile, which entered the consumer and direct segments several years ago after years as a major supplier to the hospitality business. “But in April that started to pick up and we don’t see it stopping as consumers want to make their homes as nice as possible.”
Interestingly, both WestPoint and Standard saw shifts in the product mixes of what was selling. Color became much more important with shades like grey, navy, mint green and aqua gaining in popularity even as white still remained the best-selling color, albeit by a smaller margin.
The towel market also saw a rise in luxury and better towel sales, the two suppliers said, echoing comments from the third panelist, Buxton Midyette, vice president of marketing and promotions for Supima, the premium cotton brand, which is also the sponsor of the webinar series.
“We saw an increase in the amount of Supima going to towels,” he said, saying it was a fortunate shift as the apparel market slowed down. Joking that “towels use a lot of pounds of cotton,” he said the market for premium cotton will continue to be challenged by supply shortages.
The better towel market also was helped by more interest in fashion and textured towels, Iglesia said, while Staph added that products using innovative techniques like antimicrobial treatments and sustainable attributes were also driving sales.
Balancing out the activity at the better end of the market was an increase in opening price point business, particularly in sets. “We saw consumers looking to replace their entire bathroom supply of towels,” said Iglesia, “and we sold a lot more 12 and even 24-piece sets.”
Standard didn’t see quite that level of activity in multi-packs, Staph said, but he noticed many more first-time online shoppers buying two-piece sets as a way to “dip their toes into e-commerce.”
The panel also saw more opportunities for the towel business in several other areas: hospitality, which has come back strong already in 2021; the B&B sector, which has become an alternative to more crowded hotels and resorts; and even sales to campgrounds, which are booming too.
Wherever those towels are going, the three panelists all believed business would remain strong. When asked by moderator Jennifer Marks, editor-in-chief of Home Textiles Today, how long the boom would last, Midyette said “it will continue through at least 2021.” Staph said the surge “has serious legs” and Iglesia said the increases were “very sticky.”
Providing yet another purpose for a nice new towel.


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NFT Thefts Hit $100M In ’22; Facebook Adds Tokens – PYMNTS.com
More than $100 million well worth of non-fungible symbols (NFTs) were taken in the 12 months finished in July, blockchain research study company Elliptic reported on Aug.24 That exercised to approximately $300,000 per burglary.
Its record, “NFTs as well as Financial Crime: Money Laundering, Market Manipulation, Scams & Sanctions Evasion Through Non-Fungible Tokens,” kept in mind that “real numbers are most likely to be greater, as burglaries are not constantly openly reported.”
The worst month was this July, when 4,600 were swiped, the record stated.
See likewise: Report: Record Number of NFTs Stolen in July
The record likewise located that $8 million has actually been washed with NFTs considering that2017 Past that, the blockchain information company claimed “there is an expanding danger to NFT-based solutions from approved entities and also state-sponsored ventures.”
The greatest account of these burglaries was from star Seth Green, whose is utilizing his Bored Ape Yacht Club character as the celebrity of an otherwise-live activity television program he is creating. He supposedly acquired it back for greater than he paid the very first time around.
Read much more: Seth Green’s Kidnapped Bored Ape Shows NFTs’ Growing Commercialization
Meta Adds Facebook NFTs
Social media corporation Meta has actually included the capability to show NFTs on Facebook, increasing the capability from its Instagram system on Aug.29 Individuals will certainly have the ability to cross-post their NFTs, connecting them to both websites at the same time by linking an electronic pocketbook having the token.
Related: Meta Expands NFT Sharing Feature From Instagram to Facebook
NFT ability was contributed to Instagram in May, increasing to 100 nations worldwide on Aug. 4.
While Twitter came before Instagram as well as Facebook in enabling customers to connect NFTs to their accounts, it concentrated primarily on account images, which obtained an unique boundary representing a connected NFT instead of a cut-and-pasted picture.
We’re presenting the capability to publish electronic antiques throughout @facebook as well as @instagram. You can currently attach your electronic budget to either application to share your #NFTs on both.
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— Meta Newsroom (@MetaNewsroom) August 29, 2022
The growth onto Facebook and also Instagram can aid the NFT market expand considerably, as it gives a large factor to have them for a much bigger team of individuals– 2.3 billion Facebook individuals being a considerable rise, also if you do require a different electronic budget now.
” Creators are utilizing brand-new innovations like NFTs to take even more control over their job, their partnership with their followers and also exactly how they can generate income from,” Meta claimed in a public relations


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