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The Progressive Insurance Miami International Boat Show announced today it has been selected by the United States Department of Commerce’s International Trade Administration for its 2016 International Buyer Program (IBP) for the fourth consecutive year. The Miami International Boat Show, which is moving to Miami Marine Stadium Park and Basin in 2016, was the only boat show selected for the program. In all, 23 U.S. trade shows were selected for the program.
The boat show was chosen as a result of the significant international audience it attracts each year. Known as one of the premier boat shows in the world with an economic impact of $600 million, the Miami International Boat Show attracts more than 100,000 people from across the globe and hosts an estimated 2,000 exhibitors who showcase the newest U.S.-made boats, engines and marine accessories. What’s more, recreational boats are uniquely American-made–95 percent of boats that are sold in the U.S. are made in the U.S.
The IBP is a joint government-industry effort that brings thousands of international buyers to the United States for business-to-business matchmaking with U.S. companies exhibiting at major industry trade shows. The program was created by the U.S. Department of Commerce’s International Trade Administration to connect international buyers with U.S. manufacturers looking for new sales opportunities
“We are proud that, for the fourth consecutive year, the Progressive Insurance Miami International Boat Show has been chosen to participate in this important U.S. business-driving initiative on behalf of the recreational boating industry,” said Julie Balzano, export director and the lead contact for the IBP program at the National Marine Manufacturers Association, the industry trade group that owns and produces the boat show. “To date, we have connected more than 500 international buyers from 26 countries to U.S. boating businesses, making the Miami Boat Show one of the boating industry’s key hubs for conducting international business.”
“The International Trade Administration is excited to support the Progressive Insurance Miami International Boat Show in 2016 at its new home, Miami Marine Stadium Park and Basin, giving us an opportunity to help generate significant international business for U.S.-based companies,” said Vidya Desai, acting director for the International Buyer Program. “The Miami Boat Show highlights the recreational transportation sector and is an ideal setting for increasing U.S. exports of these products. The boat show has generated millions of dollars in export sales for U.S. companies through the IBP and we look forward to working with the Miami Boat Show again.”
The Progressive Insurance Miami International Boat Show is produced and managed by the National Marine Manufacturers Association. The NMMA’s international team is working with the IBP team to recruit qualified business-to-business buyers from around the world in anticipation of the boat show taking place February 11-15, 2016 at Miami Marine Stadium Park and Basin in Miami. The program brings buyers to the doorsteps of U.S. boat, marine engine and accessory manufacturers and is an effective means for connecting international buyers with U.S. businesses.


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Reuters reports that Intel's security division, McAfee, is planning to lay off a "small percentage" of its staff of nearly 7,100 employees. Ian Bain, a spokesperson for the security firm, would not provide additional details as to why the cuts will take place, and when.
Security solution providers like McAfee and Symantec are reportedly struggling in an industry now commanded by smartphones and tablets. With the PC sector in a "slump," firms are turning to apps to reel in customers with free services that lead to more robust, premium options.
But even on the desktop front, security firms will likely see even more pressure once Windows 8 lands on store shelves with built-in free anti-virus software. Microsoft already offers this free service – Microsoft Security Essentials – as an optional free download for Windows Vista and Windows 7 (32-bit/64-bit).
Cris Paden, a spokesman for Symantec, told Reuters that the Norton Antivirus company has no plans for layoffs at this time. Currently Symantec is in the middle of a strategic review that launched back in July by the firm's new CEO, Steve Bennett. He took over after Symantec's board fired Enrique Salem because "it was in the best interests of Symantec to make a change in the CEO."
"We evaluate conditions on an ongoing and regular basis and there are no plans as of right now," Paden told Reuters.
Intel completed its acquisition of McAfee for $7.7 billion in February 2011. The company said McAfee would continue developing and selling security products and services under its own brand. The acquisition would reportedly enable a "combination of security software and hardware" from one company.
"As a wholly-owned subsidiary of Intel, McAfee reports into Intel's Software and Services Group," Intel said at the time. "The group is managed by Renée James, Intel senior vice president, and general manager. McAfee's president, Dave DeWalt, will report to James."
Michael DeCesare and Todd Gebhart have since become the new Co-presidents of McAfee. DeWalt resigned from his role as President in July 2011, and went on to serve as chairman of the board of directors at FireEye back in June.
Reuters reports that Intel is scheduled to release quarterly earnings later this month. This may give more insight as to what's going on with McAfee.
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Awww, cant they scare people enough to buy into their products any more or have people become more educated and know how to avoid malware and dont see the need!?Reply
More to the point, Microsoft's latest OS' are much more secure and offer free Anti-Virus.Reply
Unless Intel plans on implementing a chip level Anti-Virus solution, McAfee's consumer solutions are somewhat redundant.
First sentence is wrong. McAffee has around 7,100 workers.. that's not the total layoff number.Reply
I hope this doesn't slowdown the already slow software....Reply
Around 90% of people that contacted me this year about malware issues, had McAfee as their security.Reply
You cannot stay that long in business by selling false sense of security crap. If it wasn't for computer companies (ehem: Dell) forcing on it users no one will buy this garbage.
outlw6669More to the point, Microsoft's latest OS' are much more secure and offer free Anti-Virus.Unless Intel plans on implementing a chip level Anti-Virus solution, McAfee's consumer solutions are somewhat redundant.Reply
They should also focus on GPU-assisted viruses. Those things are virtually untouchable by current AVs, especially if they don't run on the CPU or system RAM at all.
for years McAfee and Symantec pushed out bloatware that made people extremely interested in alternatives. The bloatware has been fixed, but there is so much free competition out there now!Reply
Have you seen the prices for antivirus?!?!! $70+ for an antivirus suite? seriously? For something that is often beaten by free services? Even malwarebytes is $25 FOR LIFE, not per year, and that is a great one! If they sold their services for much cheaper they might stand a chance at gaining some market share again.
Win7/8/OSX/iOS/WP7/8/Android are all relatively secure out of the box now. It is not the Pre XP-SP2 days where just hooking up to the internet would get you a virus. You typically have to either click on something, or be specifically targeted in order to get an infection. On top of that web browsers tend to have warnings for bad sites/links, ISPs are filtering more and more content, and home routers are getting pretty good out of the box (and are super secure if you flash them with tomato or DD-WRT). Plus you have the major push for app stores which filter installable content, and a ton of pressure for applicaiton and web service providers to ensure that their product is relatively secure to begin with.
And also the largest sources of viruses was from illegally downloading music and movies which were infected. Now with so many legal free/cheap/affordable web sources this is nowhere near the issue that it use to be. And even some torrent sites are monitoring torrents to boot users that are infecting the pool.
Add to all of that Intel itself, who purchased McAfee specifically to implement security on a hardware level in order to better virturalize and compartmentalize environments so that the antivirus would eventually become irrelevant. McAfee's own work will undo their main product line! which is wierd to think about
There are just so many levels of security now, that it renders most use-cases for antivirus as obsolete today. It is not 100% secure or anything, and the internet is still a very scary place in some regards, but todays issues are on a higher level of security (with businesses and web services), and there is less and less focus on end-users as targets as their systems become more secure, and the users generally become more educated.
McAfee are not 'just' AV - they completely shot themselves in the foot when they laid off their expertise in Network DLP (NDLP) based in Santa Clara. Attempted to move the technology to the Host DLP team in Tel Aviv but completely got it wrong - a completely different skill set in Tel Aviv resulting in the NDLP business dying rapidly. The Business Unit that DLP is contained within has had it's 3rd declining quarter in revenue and continues to slide.Reply
Poor Engineering leadership was fully to blame for the death of DLP. The technology was acquired through Reconnex and was then a market leader - now it's dead in the water. It was at the very heart of the BU's strategy.
Where does McAFee get their Engineering VP's from?

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A fire broke out inside a downtown Lawrenceville gun shop Saturday morning, authorities said.
Firefighters responded to the blaze at the Bull’s Eye Indoor Range and Gun Shop on West Crogan Street about 10:20 a.m., a Gwinnett County Fire and Emergency Services spokesman said
Fire investigators said the fire began at the shop’s rifle range and that the blaze was ignited by a tracer round.
Tracer rounds burn brightly so fired bullets are more visible.
Employees and customers inside the business were able to make it out of the shop safely, and the fire was snuffed out in about an hour, authorities said.
Firefighters had to cut holes in the roof to ventilate the building. The blaze caused “significant fire and smoke damage” throughout the entire range, but the retail side of the building was not affected.
Downtown Lawrenceville was busier than usual Saturday morning as the local comic book shop participated in the family-friendly national Free Comic Book Day.
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“Major US Healthcare Manufacturer” to Use Electronics 3D Printing to Produce Diagnostic Medical Device
Likely the most successful example of electronics 3D printing on the market is that of Optomec, whose Aerosol Jet Printing (AJP) technology is now being used not only for prototyping and research in electronics development, but production as well. The latest example is an unnamed “major US healthcare manufacturer”, which has just received an AJP 3D printer that it will use for “volume production of a leading diagnostic medical device.”
Optomec’s AJP process was developed out of a Defense Advanced Research Program Agency (DARPA) project launched in the 1990s. The resulting direct writing technology made it possible to 3D print materials onto curved surfaces. AJP involves the atomization of a material into a mist that is focused and deposited through a thin nozzle onto a substrate. The range of printable materials with the process is large, including metals, resistor materials, nonmetallic conductors, dielectrics, adhesives, semiconductors, DNA and proteins. For final curing of many metal inks, 3D printed objects must be heated in an oven.
For the healthcare manufacture, the AJP system is part of a $1 million contract that also includes the delivery of software and production processes (or “recipes”). The printer will deployed to 3D print multi-layer circuitry onto structural parts, rather than manually incorporate flexible circuits into the devices. In turn, it is believed that costs will be cut and throughput and flexibility are increased. After initial use of the system, Optomec believes the customer will follow up with additional machine purchases.
“Device manufacturers have asked us for a way to eliminate the use of traditional circuit boards and flex circuitry,” said Bryan Germann, Optomec Product Manager. “This opens up a whole new set of design possibilities for wearables and implantables. By printing circuit components directly onto the device, we can reduce the size by 50% while making the device more comfortable to wear, not to mention reducing manufacturing cost.”
According to Optomec, medical devices now represent 20 percent of the company’s business, including continuous glucose monitors, functionalized catheters, surgical needles and drug discovery assays. Most recently, researchers at Carnegie Mellon began using AJP to create a home rapid testing solution for COVID-19. The team were able to fabricate miniature gold electrodes that, through an electrochemical reaction within the 3D printed structure, detect two antibodies of the SARS-CoV-2 virus even at low concentrations.
Outside of medical applications, AJP is being used in such sectors as consumer electronics. Lite-On Mobile Mechanical SBG uses the Aerosol Jet 5X five-axis machine at its facility in Guangzhou, China to 3D print electronics onto millions of consumer electronics. The company sprays smartphone and tablet form-factors with electronic materials, running 24/7. In 2019, Samsung purchased a 5X machine for the production of consumer electronics, as well.
Reaching the Holy Grail of fabricating entire complex objects within a single build process is a slow journey toward a potentially impossible goal, but Optomec’s AJP technology is demonstrating a crucial step along the way: additive production of electronics onto end parts. It may only be a matter of time before such a technique is found in production lines worldwide.
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Brokerages expect Albemarle Co. (NYSE:ALB) to report $791.46 million in sales for the current quarter, Zacks Investment Research reports. Six analysts have provided estimates for Albemarle’s earnings. The highest sales estimate is $811.00 million and the lowest is $777.00 million. Albemarle posted sales of $696.66 million in the same quarter last year, which would suggest a positive year-over-year growth rate of 13.6%. The company is scheduled to announce its next quarterly earnings results after the market closes on Tuesday, February 27th.
According to Zacks, analysts expect that Albemarle will report full-year sales of $791.46 million for the current fiscal year, with estimates ranging from $2.99 billion to $3.03 billion. For the next fiscal year, analysts forecast that the company will post sales of $3.28 billion per share, with estimates ranging from $3.25 billion to $3.33 billion. Zacks Investment Research’s sales calculations are a mean average based on a survey of analysts that cover Albemarle.
Albemarle (NYSE:ALB) last announced its earnings results on Wednesday, November 8th. The specialty chemicals company reported $1.08 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.07 by $0.01. Albemarle had a net margin of 30.07% and a return on equity of 11.61%. The company had revenue of $755.00 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $732.19 million. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $0.91 earnings per share. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 15.4% compared to the same quarter last year.
Hedge funds have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Lord Abbett & CO. LLC bought a new position in Albemarle in the second quarter worth about $11,681,000. Sumitomo Life Insurance Co. bought a new position in Albemarle in the third quarter worth about $1,703,000. Hardman Johnston Global Advisors LLC raised its stake in Albemarle by 1.9% in the third quarter. Hardman Johnston Global Advisors LLC now owns 285,837 shares of the specialty chemicals company’s stock worth $38,962,000 after buying an additional 5,430 shares in the last quarter. Advisory Services Network LLC raised its stake in Albemarle by 43.7% in the second quarter. Advisory Services Network LLC now owns 1,273 shares of the specialty chemicals company’s stock worth $134,000 after buying an additional 387 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Allianz Asset Management GmbH raised its stake in Albemarle by 98.8% in the third quarter. Allianz Asset Management GmbH now owns 1,307,904 shares of the specialty chemicals company’s stock worth $178,281,000 after buying an additional 650,158 shares in the last quarter. 88.16% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.
Shares of Albemarle (NYSE:ALB) opened at $106.63 on Thursday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.35, a quick ratio of 1.56 and a current ratio of 2.11. Albemarle has a 1 year low of $90.35 and a 1 year high of $144.99. The stock has a market cap of $11,780.00, a PE ratio of 38.08, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.38 and a beta of 1.56.
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September 24, 2019 Written by: Berrys Chartered Surveyors
Sale and leaseback is on the increase in the commercial property market offering opportunities for businesses and property investors alike.
The commercial property market has thrived despite Brexit uncertainty with the industrial/warehouse market showing the greatest rental and capital growth within the commercial sector.
New bespoke/speculative development continues to be strong particularly for institutional buyers but the investment market is seeing a levelling of yields for second hand stock.
The weakened export and trade market, especially in manufacturing, caused by Brexit and reduced business investment has enabled the Bank of England base rates to remain steady at 0.75 per cent.
But this could change according to Simon Parsons, head of commercial agency at Berrys.
“Slow manufacturing output and trading has resulted in business supply excess, which once Brexit is understood, should result in increased trade and take up,” said Simon.
“The Bank of England believes that this extra activity will require increased interest rates to control inflation. The speed of these increases will depend on the type of Brexit, more gradual if smooth Brexit, or quicker if a no deal Brexit.”
Weak business investment is backing up due to Brexit and the global trade conditions but the labour market is still tight, suggesting lack of labour supply and little movement of labour.
“Predicted business growth coupled with price peaks in the industrial property sector offers owner occupiers opportunity to release capital by way of sale and leaseback,” said Simon.
He says two approaches are available:
- Longer term investment lock in where the owner occupier sells subject to a longer-term lease, say 15 years certain. This will be attractive for institutional buyers and buildings need to be modern.
- Shorter term development route. The owner occupier locks in for three to five years with the view they are going to relocate. The Investor offers flexible occupation and retains the ability to carry out alterations without consent.
“If you are considering sale and leaseback please contact Berrys as we are able to assist owner occupiers and identify investors.”
Simon Parsons can be contacted at the Kettering office of Berrys on 01536 213169 email email@example.com


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The first CIS Pata Travel Mart 2019 will be held in Kazakhstan
On September 18-20, the international tourism exhibition of Asia-Pacific region PATA Travel Mart 2019 will be held at the exhibition center Korme in Nur Sultan.
The exhibition will be attended by more than 1,000 representatives of the tourism industry from 60 countries. PTM 2019 is organized by the Ministry of culture and sports of the Republic of Kazakhstan and JSC “NC “Kazakh Tourism”.
The event combines an exhibition, a networking platform for business meetings and two business forums. PATA Travel Mart acts as a communication, business and networking platform for players of the local and international tourist market. The exhibition is a unique opportunity for Kazakhstan tour operators and the business community to strengthen international relations in order to promote domestic and foreign tourism products.
– We are very pleased that Kazakhstan won the right to hold PATA for the first time in the CIS and the European part of Eurasia. In turn, the state is doing a lot for the development of tourism in Kazakhstan; we are creating a platform for tourism business in the country. For example, we have introduced a 72-hour visa-free regime, and we continue to improve the conditions of stay for tourists, said the Minister of culture and sports of Kazakhstan Aktoty Raimkulova.
PATA President Dr. Mario hardy drew attention to the fact that Kazakhstan needs to continue to do such events, as the tourist future belongs to Asia. Mario hardy expressed the opinion that our country is on the right track in the development of its tourism potential.
According to the founder of the company-tour operator Kazunion Laura Galieva, events of such format as PTM 2019 have great effectiveness in promoting the tourism business in Kazakhstan:
– This event is very effective for the tourism business of Kazakhstan. For me, PTM is a new tool for the development of inbound tourism in Kazakhstan. In today’s rapidly changing world, it is very important for business from other countries to meet personally with business from Kazakhstan, because tourism is a business about people, communication is very important here. And this exhibition provides such an opportunity.
The program of the event will be very rich and is designed for three full days.
On September 18, 2019 PATA youth Symposium “from beginning to end: how stories connect us” will be held at KAZGUU University. The Symposium will bring together participants who share a common goal-to contribute to the development of key advantages and opportunities of the tourism industry.
September 19, 2019 will be held Travolution Forum Asia, organized in partnership with Travel Weekly Group. During the event, participants will discuss such topics as:” Corporate innovations for Triple-Bottom Line Impact in the Asia – Pacific tourism industry”,” Facing the outside world”,” Digital Solutions to overturism “and”Practical data generated by consumer behavior”.
The second content marketing forum, organized in partnership with UpThink, will be held on the same day. A group of experts and content creators will discuss the development of current trends.
It should be noted that among the speakers of PTM 2019, Vice President of advertising sales of BBC Global News (Singapore, South and South-East Asia) John Williams, President of Air Astana Peter foster, senior Vice President for corporate development and communications of iFree Group Tony Smith and others are expected to participate.
The PATA Travel Mart 2019 also includes the PATA Gold Awards 2019.
To date, the event has attracted more than 250 sellers from 32 countries who will showcase best-in-class products and services, from gourmet meals and “photo vacations” in Japan to heritage tours in China.
Official media partner PTM 2019, JSC “Agency “Khabar”.
Source: Ministry of Culture and Sport Information of the Republic of Kazakhstan


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Extra than simply kid’s play, esports has the potential to turn out to be a profitable in Southeast Asia. For that to occur, although, the ecosystem and enterprise fashions first have to be developed.
For now, the esports trade in markets akin to Singapore remained within the infancy stage, stated Zheng Le, CEO of Impunity Esports. Based in 2019, the Singapore startup is an esports leisure firm that at present manages greater than 100 esports gamers and expertise. It additionally has presence in Cambodia, Myanmar, and Vietnam, and hires some 20 workers throughout the 4 Southeast Asian markets.
Most of Impunity’s income are from sponsorships, promoting, and promotional actions, Zheng stated in an interview with ZDNet. The corporate will get a lower when manufacturers interact its expertise, who embody influencers within the video games neighborhood. As an example, a Singapore-based gamer it just lately signed up has greater than 1 million followers from her cosplays and dwell streams.
The startup additionally positive factors income from prize cash its esports athletes win from collaborating in tournaments and leagues, in addition to from its mental property, when its emblem is utilized in merchandise akin to cell phone covers. Zheng expects to clock about SG$500,000 ($372,552) in income this 12 months.
Fb is the social media platform of alternative in pushing out the content material it produces throughout the 4 Southeast Asian markets, however Zheng stated Impunity just lately started collaborating with, working with the video platform to nurture its influencers and produce content material.
Noting that esports shared frequent grounds with the sporting and leisure industries, he stated professionals who had completed properly in sports activities akin to tennis, soccer, and basketball immediately additionally have been seen as celebrities with excessive model worth. The identical may very well be true for esports athletes, which was a objective Impunity hoped to realize for its personal expertise, he added.
This worth, nonetheless, had some methods to go for esports expertise to be on par with its offline equal. For one, the trade as a complete nonetheless was in its infancy, with key areas nonetheless undeveloped–spanning its expertise, ecosystem, and public understanding of what it entailed.
Of topmost urgency was expertise growth, Zheng stated, pointing to the necessity to set up an training system that centered on esports. International locations akin to China, South Korea, and the US already had training programmes together with levels in esports, he famous, and urged for related schemes to be rolled out in Southeast Asia so professionals within the trade may very well be geared up with the mandatory data and competence.
Curriculum may run alongside the identical modules as sports activities training, he defined, the place college students have been taught advertising and marketing and technical features of the trade, akin to occasions administration, teaching, and efficiency evaluation.
Such know-how would assist drive extra mature enterprise fashions for esports on this area, which at present didn’t have clear and sustainable income fashions, Zheng stated.
He famous that Singapore, specifically, had key benefits over its counterparts within the area, with its sturdy digital infrastructures and footprint that included information centres and. The island-city additionally had a very good training system that it may export and assist gas different markets within the area, such because the technical features related to esports.
As well as, esports firms from China and the US trying to develop their Southeast Asia presence would possible look to faucet Singapore as a launchpad and headquarters, he stated.
The place different tech sectors have a play
Driving development in esports additionally may gasin different know-how sectors, akin to information analytics, synthetic intelligence (AI), consumer engagement, and digital broadcasting, Zheng stated.
As an example, AI would wanted to complement teaching strategies for esports and supply information insights to enhance participant efficiency. Information analytics additionally may assist drive fan engagement and, in flip, generate income for the stakeholders.
He stated Impunity was eager to discover how rising applied sciences akin to blockchain, cryptocurrencies, and NFTs (non-fungible tokens) may very well be utilized to esports., for example, may very well be tapped to create digital property and collectibles that may very well be traded, just like how sports activities playing cards have been collected and offered.
Requested if the Chinese language authorities’s current strikes to limit on-line video games consumption amongst the younger, Zheng stated such guidelines aimed to fight dependancy and utilized principally to children.
He famous that China already recognised esports as a career, even detailing roles and wage ranges for professionals within the trade, and was unlikely to clamp down on the trade. The federal government’s focus as an alternative was on managing on-line video games as a social drawback, not in relation to its adoption as knowledgeable sports activities.
He referred to as on the Singapore authorities to supply extra help for native esports firms to develop throughout the area. Such help was additional wanted to groom younger expertise within the nation, who at present needed to juggle their esports actions with college or their job.
Singapore in August 2020devoted to creating and facilitating the native video games and esports sector. Referred to as Singapore Video games Affiliation (SGGA), its efforts included supporting native video games builders and championing the creation of local-made video games.


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Ohio BMV is open: How to find locations and hours, how to avoid the line
Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles offices have officially reopened as of Tuesday, but things will be different, so expect longer lines than usual.
On Tuesday afternoon, some locations were already seeing hours-long waits.
The BMV has to follow similar guidelines as restaurants and retail locations, like keeping six feet of distance between people (which could reduce capacity), masks for employees when feasible and frequent hand washing and cleaning.
The BMV said capacity at its locations will be no more than 50 percent but locations are expanding business hours.
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How to avoid the line
Ohio is encouraging people to access as many services as possible online. You can buy a temporary tag for your car, renew a vehicle registration and order new license plates online at OPlates.com.
If your driver's license or ID card has expired since March 9, there's no need to get a new one anytime soon. The state has extended the expiration date for licenses and ID cards until Dec. 1 or 90 days after the current state of emergency ends, whichever happens first.
If you do have to go in person, it's recommended to check-in online beforehand at bmv.ohio.gov.
Then, when you arrive at the BMV, you'll assume your spot in line as if you had checked in earlier in-person.
Online check-in is still down as of 11:45 a.m. Wednesday after the system was reported down on Tuesday.
BMV offices will resume knowledge and motorcycle skills tests, but in-car road tests are still on hold.
How to find locations and hours
BMV hours vary by location across Ohio.
To find a location and hours, visit www.bmv.ohio.gov/locations.aspx.


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“TikTok is not just an app for sharing humorous films or memes. That’s a wolf in sheep’s apparel,” said a chief of the US Federal Communications Commission. Citing so, he urged Apple and Google to take away TikTok from their application merchants by emphasizing in excess of China-linked knowledge security concerns.
Failure to Abide by Retail store Insurance policies
FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr is vehemently urging Apple and Google to take out TikTok from their respective app merchants. The agency’s senior Republican despatched an open letter to company CEOs Tim Prepare dinner and Sundar Pichai dated June 24, asking them to ban the well-liked movie sharing app from their application merchants. He further reasoned the ban saying TikTok’s “failure to abide by” store procedures.
Citing a report that officials at TikTok father or mother corporation ByteDance in Beijing repeatedly accessed delicate information gathered from US people, Carr promises the popular platform “is not just an app for sharing funny videos or memes.” “Which is the sheep’s clothes,” he wrote. “At its main, TikTok features as a refined surveillance instrument that harvests substantial amounts of private and delicate info,” together with research and searching histories, keystroke styles, and biometric identifiers.
TikTok’s Historical past of US Scrutinies
The globally well-liked brief video app TikTok is owned by a Chinese organization ByteDance. In the previous, the app has faced US scrutiny all through Donald Trump’s presidential rule. Carr shared glimpses of the open up letter by using Twitter, dealt with to Cook and Pichai. The letter even more pointed to reports and other developments that built TikTok non-compliant with the two companies’ app shop policies.
Carr’s letter additional cited if Apple and Alphabet do not take away TikTok from their app suppliers, they should provide statements to him by July 8. The statements should explain “the foundation for your company’s summary that the surreptitious entry of personal and sensitive U.S. person data by persons located in Beijing, coupled with TikTok’s pattern of deceptive representations and perform, does not run afoul of any of your app retail outlet insurance policies,” he reported.
TikTok’s ‘Master Admin’ and ‘Access to Every thing in China’
Carr’s letter cited a BuzzFeed News report from before in the thirty day period that said recordings of TikTok worker statements indicated engineers in China experienced access to U.S. info involving September 2021 and January 2022. Buzzfeed News’ bombshell report detailed leaked audio recordings from dozens of meetings that suggested Beijing-dependent ByteDance had greater accessibility to US consumer info than previously recognized. The Chinese workforce were being reportedly able of accessing information from at minimum September 2021 as a result of January.
The report cited audio from a September 2021 meeting in which a TikTok director referred to an unnamed ByteDance engineer in China as a “master admin” who “has access to every thing.” In one more assembly, a employee in TikTok’s Belief and Basic safety section purportedly mentioned that “every little thing is viewed in China.” It claimed: “We know we’re amid the most scrutinized platforms from a safety standpoint, and we goal to get rid of any question about the security of US consumer data. That is why we retain the services of professionals in their fields, continually do the job to validate our security standards, and deliver in trustworthy, unbiased third functions to exam our defences.”
On June 17, the same day as the BuzzFeed report, TikTok announced it was routing all of U.S. consumer website traffic to Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, and was going U.S. users’ private knowledge from its very own knowledge centers in the U.S. and Singapore to Oracle cloud servers in the U.S.
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Oh – The Grapes of Wrath are spreading across Facebook Games like Kudzu
Wildly embraced initially, Facebook games have become a huge disappointment to players. Hundreds of millions of farms have been abandoned, crops have withered, propeller capped sheep are on the verge of extinction, and farmers aren’t talking to their friends. The good news is that the flood of game-related wall spam has passed. But it didn’t just happen to Farmville. It happened across the board; Facebook games are failing to retain and entertain a restless market of 500+ Million Facebook gamers.
Game industry experts like Playdom Creative Director David Rohrl somehow got it wrong about what casual game play should be in a social game. As Rohrl himself noted, the social gaming space is not straightforward. One of the obvious fails was that social game companies fell into trap of thinking that graphics can substitute for game play. If only that were true, the economics would be unreal! On the other hand, players wanted more cuteness. They demanded it in the forums. Clicks confirmed it.
Henry Ford, founder of the Ford Motor Company, however, cautioned against falling into the rut of crowd sourcing. “If I had asked my customers what they wanted, they would have told me, ‘A faster horse,’” observed the American industrialist. According to Jay Elliot, Ford’s caution is often quoted by Steve Jobs, founder of Apple. Read the rest of this entry »


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Editor’s note: Janice Caston is VP global marketing at marketing research firm Toluna, New York.
Since its debut in 2011, Snapchat has been gaining momentum. Users first gravitated toward the social network because it offered something no other social network at the time did: people could share images with their friends that would automatically disappear. Since then it has significantly expanded its features and exploded in popularity.
Fast forward to 2017, and Snap, the company which owns Snapchat, has recently gone public – sparking increased interest in how marketers can leverage the social network to communicate with potential customers and drive brand loyalty.
This March, Toluna surveyed more than 1,000 consumers in the U.S. to find out how different populations are using Snapchat and how they interact with brands on the social network.
The data shows a distinct difference in how men and women use Snapchat. Women are most likely to use Snapchat to communicate one-on-one with close friends (37 percent), while men are more inclined to use the social network to follow the news (26 percent) or celebrities (23 percent).
Men are also far more likely to view branded content and to say that they like that content. In the U.S., 50 percent of men surveyed had used Snapchat Discover, compared to 40 percent of women. Additionally, when asked to pick their favorite Snapchat feature, men were twice as likely (22 percent of men vs. 11 percent of women) to select Snapchat Discover, a feature which allows users to view branded content, and indicated they are more likely to view celebrity content (48 percent of men vs. 44 percent of women). When it comes to interacting with branded content on Snapchat, the only area in which women outpaced men was using branded filters or lens (46 percent women vs. 44 percent men).
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LONDON — Ballooning fees paid out to stars, rising production costs and shrinking DVD sales spell big trouble for the movie business, according to a report published Monday.
Medium- to big-budget movies produced by the U.S. studios in 2006 are set to post pretax losses of $1.9 billion after five years of exploitation (from domestic and international boxoffice, DVD, pay TV, etc.), according to a report from Global Media Intelligence, a new U.S.-based division of U.K.-based media analyst Screen Digest.
Although the study was undertaken independently months ago, its findings could fuel the debate about just how profitable the Hollywood studios really are — and provide ammunition to the producers who are arguing that their margins are too thin to raise residuals for the striking writers and other guilds.
New releases of 2004 registered a profit of $2.2 billion, GMI said.
A-list fees, particularly the gross points paid to top actors as well as directors and producers, are a big part of the problem, GMI said.
Such costs totaled $3 billion in 2006 — nearly double that of five years ago. While the studios are in negotiations with writers, actors and directors over fees, salaries are not the main issue — the cost of producing, casting and advertising movies in the present environment simply exceeds the likely returns.
The research says that, despite a recent surge in boxoffice returns, the movie business has seen costs rising faster than revenue for the past several years.
Revenue from DVD sales, which accounted for 75% of growth and significant profits from 1999-2004, has experienced a worldwide decline during the past three years, the report notes.
A detailed title-by-title analysis was carried out for this report, which shows the trend accelerating further in the first half of 2007, with U.S. DVD sales down 12.5% from 2006. International sales mirror this decline.
The report also warns against the hope that VOD and subscription-based TV will be the answer to the falling DVD market.
GMI estimates that while VOD will offer a superior share of the consumer dollar over traditional pay channels — 60% vs. 40% — it will not deliver at the lofty levels predicted in the early days of the industry.
Financing also has become a major concern, according to the report, with the search for outside investment including hedge funds and private equity funding causing problems for the studio system.
GMI believes that such sources of capital are drying up. “Sophisticated investors are becoming aware of just how thin, or even nonexistent, movie profit margins can be,” the report predicts.
“Our analysis of the business of the Hollywood studios may come as a surprise to investors and even some people within the industry,” report author Roger Smith said.
“We believe there is little chance of the negative revenue trend reversing in the coming years. New technology will not deliver anything like the revenue initially predicted, and as DVD sales continue to decline and the cost of making movies increases, the message is simple: The Hollywood studios must begin a serious attempt to rein in costs, like News Corp.’s Fox has done, if they are to survive.”
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Super Mario Bros. has Charli XCX, Pokemon has Katy Perry and Post Malone, and now it looks like we can add PAC-MAN to the list of video game franchises dipping their toes into the realm of pop thanks to their newly unveiled collaboration with Yaeji.
Commissioned by PAC-MAN for their latest campaign urging fans to stay engaged and active, the classic arcade game has tapped DJ and producer Yaeji for the new track, "PAC-TIVE." Featuring the China and Japan-based creative collective, DiAN, Yaeji's latest sees the artist incorporating samples of the iconic game into her laidback brand of house, complete with a bouncy bassline, drum breaks and gossamer vocals.
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The new song comes alongside similarly PAC-MAN-themed animated visual courtesy of WEiRDCORE. Incorporating some of Yaeji's own childhood memories of Korean market fronts as well as her adorable Woofa character, which we were first introduced to last year as a part of the WHAT WE DREW 우리가 그려왔던 mixtape roll out. The video sees WEiRDCORE bring the 2D game into a pixelated 3D world as ghosts chase our tracksuit wearing pup through city streets, munching on dots and eventually turning the tables on the spectral pursuer.
"PAC-MAN is a game my parents and I can both remember playing in arcades growing up," Yaeji says. "It connects me to my previous generation and possibly to future generations too."
Watch the official video for Yaeji's "PAC-TIVE," below.
Photo courtesy of Yaeji/ WEiRDCORE
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THX has filed suit against Apple in U.S. District Court over alleged infringement of a speaker patent by the iMac, iPhone, and iPad line of products. THX is the well known sound innovation company that traces its roots back to George Lucas and Lucasfilm 30 years ago.
THX holds a 2008 patent for a speaker unit that can boost sound output and attach to computers or flat-screen televisions, according to a complaint filed yesterday in federal court in San Jose, California.
THX claims that the infringement has caused it “monetary damage and irreparable harm,” and seeks an order to stop the alleged infringement and a reasonable royalty, or damages to compensate the company for any lost profit.
As noted by AppleInsider, the device that most resembles THX’s patent is the newly redesigned iMac, which features long channels that allow audio to be projected from the thin bottom edge of the machine.
An opportunity remains for the two companies to reach a settlement, as the deadline for the Apple and THX legal eagles to meet over initial disclosure is May 14th, initial disclosures are due on June 7th, and the initial case management conference is due a week later, on June 14th.
If no settlement is reached, Apple’s hopes will hinge on disputing the patent’s validity.
A point of interest: Tom Holman, creator of the original THX standard, came on board at Apple in mid-2011 to provide “technical direction” on their audio efforts.


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Pamela Shumba, Senior Reporter
BOTSWANA is ready to strengthen economic ties with Zimbabwe so as to boost economic growth for both countries.
Botswana Investment and Trade Centre chief operations officer, Mr Reginald Selelo, said this in Bulawayo yesterday during a Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries (CZI) and Zimbabwe International Trade Fair (ZITF) Buyers and Sellers’ Forum.
He said there was potential to increase trade between Zimbabwe and Botswana hence the need for continuous sharpening of relations between the two countries.
Mr Selelo said Botswana was looking forward to exporting to all countries in Africa, particularly their neighbour Zimbabwe taking advantage of the market access opportunity that has been provided to the two countries.
“We’re interested in seeing products coming from Zimbabwe. This is the message that we’ve come here with and we’re encouraging companies at the ZITF to seriously consider taking up opportunities in Botswana,” he said.
“Looking at the trade statistics between the two countries, there has been a decrease since 2014. In 2014 we exported about $105 million worth of goods to Zimbabwe as compared to $30 million in 2017.
“There’s need for us to increase trade. The instruments are there. We have the Zimbabwe –Botswana Trade agreement, which can help us improve economically.” Mr Selelo said his country was a safe and stable destination for investment, with tightly controlled inflation and interest rates as well as minimum corruption.
“Looking at the investment climate in Botswana, it’s easy for companies to borrow and invest in their businesses. In terms of macro-economic stability, we’re the best according to the World Economic Forum and we’re the second least corrupt country in Africa,” he said.
“We have stable democracy and we don’t have foreign exchange controls in Botswana. Issues around inflation and interest rates in Botswana are tightly controlled. We export mainly mining products and we import manufactured products, fuel and food products. On the relations between Botswana and Zimbabwe, we’re both members of the African Union and Sadc Trade Protocol.”
Mr Selelo added that Zimbabweans who want to do business in Botswana can do it easily with support from the neighbouring country’s Government.
CZI Matabeleland Chamber president Mr Joseph Gunda said inviting Botswana to Zimbabwe was a strategic move to improve trade between the two countries to propagate industrial growth.
“The objective of this meeting is to connect both local and foreign buyers and sellers to capacitate industry and explore business opportunities as well as provide development partnerships and discuss topical issues affecting trade.
“We also want to discuss solutions to the country’s myriad of challenges and consolidate business solutions. Our challenges in Zimbabwe range from old equipment, liquidity, foreign currency shortages, high production costs, which make our products uncompetitive regionally and internationally, inefficient and unreliable utilities, corruption, high interest rates and low export base,” said Mr Gunda.
He emphasised the need to collectively address the challenges in earnest, adding that the relationship between industry and Government should be strong in order to ignite re-industrialisation for economic growth.
Mr Gunda said Zimbabwe’s biggest trading partner was South Africa, which takes 52 percent of the exports, but back in 1992 the country’s exports were diversified.
“There is need to eliminate the risk of over reliance on one trading partner. We have other destinations for our services and products, which need to be fully utilised like Botswana. Back in the 90s we used to export cabbages to Francistown but this has dried down.
“We, therefore, need to continue with market research to identify who indeed our customer is and what products and services they need and what we can do best to satisfy them for industrial growth,” said Mr Gunda.— @pamelashumba1.


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BLULOK® is much more than a lock-shaped tech novelty. It is a tried and tested U-lock that stops bike thieves in their tracks.
Daytona Beach, FL (PRWEB) July 29, 2015
A report published last year by the International Journal of Sustainable Transportation found that roughly half of all active cyclists are likely to have a bike stolen at some point in their riding lives.
For those not willing to leave their bike to the toss of a coin, BLULOK® is the strongest Bluetooth alarmed U-lock for bicycles. No keyless entry, no solar panels, no satellite dishes. BLULOK® is the first lock to combine a tested, steel high-security lock with an accelerometer-triggered 120dB alarm plus alerts and performance functions controlled via a smartphone app.
"Strength and road-tested connectivity" are what sets BLULOK® apart from the growing number of new entrants to the smart lock market, says Tristan Mullane, innovator of BLULOK®. Based on a platform tested for picking, sawing, pull test, ice-sprays, brute force attack and more, he says, the innovative and effective high-security BLULOK® is "more than a lock-shaped tech novelty. It is a tried and tested U-lock that stops bike thieves in their tracks."
BLULOK® addresses the unique challenges of incorporating Bluetooth-ready lock functionality to the conditions of protecting bicycles out in the wild. A Kickstarter campaign is currently underway to raise $50,000 to fund the final development stages of the BLULOK® project. The lock design build quality and 120dB motion-sensitive alarm, Bluetooth-enabled app and module are at prototype and ready to tool for its first production run.
The proof-of-concept BLULOK® prototype combines tried and tested steel hardware and innovative, reliable software. A patented design seamlessly combines a lock with Bluetooth-controlled alarm and tracking device in a single portable security device. The removable Bluetooth module contains the battery, sensors, Bluetooth module and all electronic parts -- replaceable, upgradeable and robust.
Because all sophisticated electronics aside – say, when the battery dies – the BLULOK®'s first line of defence is an extraordinarily strong steel lock, engineered and built to withstand real world attack.
Note that “Keyless entry” is not in BLULOK®'s feature set. The kind of wear and tear a lock takes in daily use season in season out is simply not suited to housing sensitive components that lock or unlock with a click of a smartphone button. Anyone making these claims must know that this is not part of a realistic long-term solution for locking a bicycle.
BLULOK® anticipate shipping time for first units to our backers in December 2015.


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Bloomberg: FTC Investigation of Google Could Take Years
According to Bloomberg, Google “may be forced to spend years defending itself” in an FTC investigation.
The focus of the investigation? According to the article, which quotes current and former FTC officials, the agency may look at:
- “Whether Google is using its position in Internet search to subdue rivals in adjacent markets with threats and jacked-up advertising rates, the lawyers said. The company’s conduct in new sectors such as mobile devises, also will probably be a focus.”
- “Whether Google illegally used its clout as owner of the world’s most popular Internet search engine to exclude competitors from such search markets as travel.”
- “Whether Google doctored search results to ‘raise the cost of Google’s rivals, raise their advertising costs, raise their development or operating costs.’”
- “If Google tried ‘to decrease the number of eyeballs’ viewing competitors’ websites.”
“We’ve never had a Google or a Google equivalent,” Foer said. “We’re going to have feel our way around.”


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Axiom Bank, a Florida-based community bank, appointed Dan Karas executive vice president of Allied Affiliated Funding, the bank’s factoring and asset-based lending division. Karas will be responsible for driving the division’s initiatives toward continued growth.
Axiom Bank donated $200,000 to the Emory Brain Health Center. This gift will help fund further research aimed at developing new treatments for brain diseases such as epilepsy, Parkinson’s and depression.
Axiom Bank hired Urjit Patel as executive vice president, Consumer Banking. In this role, Patel will be responsible for developing and implementing growth and engagement strategies for the consumer lending, digital and retail divisions.


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- Pret A Manger is closing 30 UK locations and said it could cut more than 1,000 jobs.
- Its owner, investment group JAB Holdings, said the company has faced "significant operating losses" in the past few months.
- "We cannot defy gravity and continue with the business model we had before the pandemic," CEO Pano Christou said in a statement.
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British coffee and sandwich chain Pret A Manger said on Monday it will not reopen 30 UK shops after the coronavirus lockdown, and could cut 1,000 jobs.
The group said it has faced "significant operating losses" following the outbreak of the pandemic. Sales across its UK shops, which make up the bulk of its portfolio, were down 74% year-on-year.
It said its UK shops had recovered slower than its stores in other countries. Pret, owned by investment group JAB Holdings, runs about 550 shops worldwide and employs 13,000 people. The UK accounts for 440 of those stores — 339 of which have reopened — and 8,000 staff.
It will launch a consultation with staff this week, and will not decide on job losses until the consultation is complete, it said.
The 30 shops that will not reopen employ 330 people. Chief Executive Pano Christou said in an interview with the Financial Times that job losses "could be 1,000 plus."
Pret also plans to sell the lease of its main support office in central London, and is in talks with landlords across its estate about changing its leasehold model.
"We cannot defy gravity and continue with the business model we had before the pandemic," Christou said in a statement.
"Our goal now is to bring Pret to more people, through different channels and in new ways."
In recent weeks, Pret has partnered with Amazon to deliver coffee, added delivery options to Deliveroo, Just Eat and, and launched both Click & Collect and evening menu trials.
The coronavirus crisis is devastating UK hospitality jobs. Last week the owner of Upper Crust and Caffe Ritazza said it may cut up to 5,000 jobs in Britain.


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Shoppers are being urged to boycott Target in response to their Pride collection for children, with one activist group accusing the retailer of ‘indoctrinating and grooming’ young people, calling it ‘highly inappropriate and disturbing.’
A former Target customer said the company ‘deserves the Bud Light treatment’ – a reference to the boycott sparked by Bud Light’s decision to partner with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney.
The disastrous marketing decision wiped $6 billion off the value of the company and saw sales plummet.
Target has supported Pride – celebrated throughout the month of June – every year since 2013.
This year’s collection features a range of clothes and home goods, including lime green adult romper suits with the word ‘gay’ on the back; a ‘Live Laugh Lesbian’ t-shirt; and a mug emblazoned with the words: ‘Gender Fluid’.
It was the collection for children, however, that sparked anger.
The Minneapolis-based company is selling T-shirts for children with the slogan: ‘Trans People Will Always Exist!’
It is offering rainbow-striped tutus for toddlers for $13, and $10 baby gros which read: ‘Bien Proud’.
The activist group Gays Against Groomers led the outrage.
‘This is what you will find in the kid’s section of @Target,’ they tweeted.
‘We urge you to take your business elsewhere. They are indoctrinating and grooming them with LGBTQ ideology. It is highly inappropriate and disturbing.’
The group, founded last year in Wisconsin by Jaimee Michell, says it lobbies ‘against the sexualization, indoctrination and medicalization of children under the guise of ‘LGBTQIA+’.’
Critics, including the left-wing watchdog Media Matters, pointed out that Michell is a prominent MAGA backer and well-known supporter of the QAnon conspiracy theories, who celebrated the January 6 riot online.
Gays Against Groomers is hoping that consumers will boycott Target in response to the clothing.
‘We hope there are enough parents out there that understand how wrong this is and show them that this garbage will not sell,’ they said.
‘The only thing these people understand is money. Target deserves the Bud Light treatment. We will work to put the pressure on them.’
Many of their 278,000 followers on Twitter agreed.
‘TARGET deserves the BUD LIGHT treatment’ Like and Retweet…’ said one woman.
‘We need to get serious people. Please help send a message to TARGET.’


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JAJAH announces advanced solutions for Windows Mobile, BlackBerry and Symbian. The new services, which enable VoIP calls to be made either via WiFi or over the cellular network, are offered as white label solution to enable carriers and non-carriers to launch the service under their own brand.
The new services follow JAJAH's recent release of a solution that transforms the iPod touch into a fully functioning mobile phone. The company now has tailored solutions for more than 500 million mobile phones, smartphones and other mobile devices worldwide.
JAJAH has pioneered the concept of making high quality, low cost phone calls from any device since it first launched in 2006, including world-first applications for the iPhone and PlayStation portable. It has since opened its back-end platform to allow other companies to launch these services under their own brands.


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The funding round, which added SmartCap to the company’s list of cleantech investors, will accelerate the expansion of Vok’s electric cargo bike fleets in many parts of Europe and further secure the company’s position as the technology leader of the industry.
Tallinn, Estonia – June, 29, 2023 – Vok Bikes announces closing a 3,8 million euro seed round, including Estonia’s SmartCap, Jaan Tallinn’s Metaplanet, Specialist VC, Sunly, a list of angel investors and a 300,000 euro grant by Enterprise Estonia.
“SmartCap Green Fund, established in 2022, focuses on fostering investments into startups whose activities help to solve environmental problems and achieve the set climate goals,” said Sille Pettai, Fund Manager and Member of the Board of SmartCap.
“Vok Bikes clearly contributes to solving environmental problems with the development of cargo bikes, particularly in the transportation sector as cargo volumes are increasing and there is need for new solutions due to changed market demand and purchasing practices. Therefore, it is a logical step for us to contribute to innovation in the transportation sector and participate in the current seed round,”Sille Pettai, Fund Manager and Member of the Board of SmartCap.
As local governments strive towards carbon neutrality and implement measures like congestion charges and parking costs to promote sustainability, companies across diverse industries, including food and parcel delivery, property management, maintenance and repair services, are increasingly adopting cargo bikes. While the electric bike market is under heavy scrutiny, the electric cargo bike market – worth over 1,2 billion euros in Europe – is on a steady growth path. In Europe, the B2B cargo bike market grew by more than 100% in 2022 and Germany alone saw 200,000 cargo bikes released to the market last year.
Indrek Petjärv, Vok Bikes co-founder and CEO explains:
“Our bikes enable trips with 24 times fewer CO2 emissions, 5 times lower kilometre cost, and are simply 60% faster compared to cars in urban settings. We are happy to serve customers in cities across Europe – from London to Munich and Amsterdam to Stockholm – many of whom have been with us for years, including Wolt, Donkey Republic, Mathem, Foodora, and Estonia’s postal service Omniva. It is a testament that Vok bikes are reliable and operationally efficient.“Indrek Petjärv, Vok Bikes co-founder and CEO
Vok Bikes recently launched a new model with five times the cargo space in the UK, entering a new customer segment of multinational freight companies and large-scale e-commerce businesses. With the support of the new funding and with the first set of deliveries already underway in the new client segment, Vok Bikes is on track to release 1000 more cargo bikes across Europe in the next year.
Vok Bikes’ bold take on custom developments has set the company apart from its competitors. While industry incumbents often use off-the-shelf parts to build bikes for the average consumer, Vok Bikes is heavily focused on custom developments from batteries to the brake system. The company has recently significantly reduced the total cost of ownership (TCO), bringing the maintenance interval down to once a quarter, compared to the 3-4 week intervals more commonly seen in the industry.
Created by a team of former Student Formula engineers, Vok bikes are the safest cargo bikes on the market with their unique electronic driving aids. Vok Bikes has introduced new features to the micro-mobility sector, which is increasingly concerned with the safety of couriers, such as ABS braking system and traction control.
The investment of SmartCap Green Fund was funded by the resources of the European Union’s recovery plan – NextGenerationEU.


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The mobile market is cutthroat at the best of times, especially for new players in the market. This is why it is not surprising to see Razer, known for their high-end gaming products, stepping back from the smartphone sector, at least for the time being.
The Razer Phone, Razer’s flagship foray into the world of mobile devices, apparently did not live up to company expectations, forcing Razer to not only cancel the Razer Phone 3 but also layoff a large portion of their dedicated mobile staff and hardware engineers. The cancellation of the latest iteration of the Razer phone was brought to light through a rumour, originally published by DroidLife.
In a statement on the matter, Razer outlined that: “In our mobile division, there were some staff members who were let go, and others who were reassigned to other new projects. We see great opportunities in the mobile gaming space that we created with the Razer Phone and will continue to invest in this category through a combination of hardware and software initiatives.”
With Samsung and Apple currently maintaining a large portion of the mobile space mind-share, it isn’t too surprising seeing a company, even as large Razer, struggle to keep up with the competition. In regards to the restructuring, Razer stated that they wish to: “centralize our resources to focus on key projects and improve our profitability.”
“Razer has made changes to realign our organization and strengthen our path to growth. We will centralize our resources to focus on key projects and improve our profitability. As part of the realignment, we shut down several projects and unfortunately had to part ways with about 30 employees (about 2% of our total workforce). Other employees of the affected projects will be moved to different parts of Razer to work on other key focus projects and initiatives which will continue to scale and hire.”
While the Razer Phone was one of the more advanced phones currently on the market, it is beyond what the majority of buyers look for from a mobile device. It is always disappointing to see layoffs, especially from a company like Razer, we at CGMagazine hope that everyone that is affected lands on their feet. The Razer Phone first launched in 2017, with the Razer Phone 2 hitting the market in 2018 at a price point of $899.99USD.


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LONDON, June 12 (IFR) - Ocado Group is planning to sell a debut bond to fund its UK retail capacity and improvements to its proprietary platform.
The UK online supermarket will meet investors over two-day meetings from Tuesday June 13 for a senior secured £200m seven-year non-call three-year deal.
The announcement for the UK household name has already caught the market’s attention.
“We’ll definitely be looking at this one,” one high-yield trader said.
“It’s an interesting and well-known name and it will be firmly on our radar. I expect it will go down well.”
Ocado was established in the UK over 16 years ago when it entered its first branding and sourcing agreement with Waitrose. It listed on the London Stock Exchange in July 2010.
It is now expanding its presence into Europe, having announced its first non-UK partnership with a European regional retailer in early June.
Ocado also beefed up its regional presence when it signed a 25-year agreement with British supermarket Morrisons in May 2013 to provide technology, logistics and distribution services.
“The board believes that with its continued strong trading, increased scale and profitability, Ocado can benefit from the historically low financing costs in the public debt markets to put in place longer maturity financing on attractive terms,” the company said in a statement.
Ocado aims to extend its debt maturity profile and diversify its sources of funding but first will have to sell its credit story to bond investors.
“The stock market has already differentiated Ocado and said you’re not just a retailer, but also a tech company, and has priced them at a certain price,” a lead on the deal said.
“It will be interesting to see if the debt market will buy into that. That’s the difference between pricing like that, or at a premium to Tesco and Iceland.”
“Or, does the high-yield market say, the tech side of it is an equity story but the credit story is just a food retail business?”
Investors nonetheless are rubbing their hands at the prospect of a well-known Double B name offering some yield.
“The problem with Ocado will be that it’s a small - and potentially attractive - issue meaning that we most probably won’t get any allocation as is usually the case for small hedge funds like us,” a hedge fund analyst said.
Ocado holds an expected Ba3 (Moody’s)/BB (Fitch) rating.
The company said in an offering memorandum sent to investors on Monday that its objective was to maintain ‘an appropriate balance of debt and equity financing’.
Ocado’s net assets at the end of the period were £218.2m, from £202.4m in 2013, while its net debt stands at £99.4m up from £50.9m in 2013. The group’s Ebitda was £37.6m at the end of April this year, up from £31.2m for the same period in 2016.
Global coordinators are Barclays and HSBC, and joint bookrunners are Goldman, NatWest Markets and Rabobank.
The London roadshow will kick off on Tuesday at 8:30 UK time at Innholders Hall for breakfast meetings and one to ones, and will move to the Lanesborough on Wednesday, also for breakfast meetings and one to ones. (Reporting By Laura Benitez, additional reporting by Yoruk Bahceli)
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We've heard some leaked prices for the 2021 Sony phones, which apparently cost even more than the 2020 models.
Apparently Sony is planning to switch out the front-facing camera of the Xperia 1 III when it comes to the Xperia 1 IV.
According to a US store listing, the Sony Xperia 1 III and 5 III will only release on August 31.
Based on leaked photos the Sony Xperia 1 III looks like it might be a capable low light shooter, even when zooming.
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Volvo to launch large-scale autonomous driving projectTue, 03 Dec 2013
It's going to happen sooner than we though -- the machines are going to take over. No need to jump in your car and drive to your uncle's fallout shelter where he's been stockpiling expired cans of tomato soup, though, at least not just yet. The machines in question are Volvos (pretty benign, right?), and the place they'll be taking over is Volvo's home town of Gothenburg, Sweden. Volvo is rolling out a pilot program for autonomous cars, and by 2017 a fleet of autonomous cars will operate in the city.
Volvo's "Drive Me" project will involve 100 self-piloting cars that will drive on selected roads on the city of Gothenburg, and 100 customers will be able to take part in this extended experiment in autonomy. Volvo hasn't said yet how the participants will be selected, or which Volvo cars will be demonstrating this technology, but what we do know the cars themselves will be based on Volvo's upcoming Scalable Product Architecture (SPA) platforms.
Volvo is staking its future on self-driving cars, and even before this project launches the 2015 Volvo XC90 will feature a number of precursor technologies such as adaptive cruise control, allowing it to follow the traffic ahead automatically, and road edge detection with steer assist, which will steer the car away from road edges when the car senses that it's about to leave the road.
"Pioneering technologies involving extensive use of driver support systems will not only help us realize our safety vision but also bring strong societal and consumer benefits," said H
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SEOUL—Samsung Electronics Co. is expected to see its third-quarter profit slump as the company’s mainstay memory-chip and smartphone businesses feel the effects of curbed consumer spending on tech products in the midst of high inflation and other economic pressures.
On Friday, the tech company projected third-quarter operating profit of 10.8 trillion South Korean won, or roughly the equivalent of $7.7 billion, a 32% drop from the prior year’s 15.8 trillion won.
Revenue for the quarter ended Sept. 30 is expected to increase year over year by 2.7% to 76 trillion won, the company said.
The company’s estimated third-quarter results were well below market expectations. Analysts polled by FactSet were on average expecting roughly 11.9 trillion won in operating profit and 78.2 trillion won in revenue.
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The analysts’ estimate for the quarter had once been much higher, ahead of steep drops in memory-chip prices in recent months. In June, Samsung’s operating profit for the July-September period was expected to be around 15.9 trillion won, according to FactSet.


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Luxury handbag brand Coach opened a new front in its push toward circularity Thursday with the launch of Coachtopia.
Work on Coach’s latest sub-brand began nearly two years ago, months after the debut of Coach (Re)Loved, a program it created dedicated to giving a second life to “pre-loved pieces,” as well as damaged and unrepairable products, said Joon Silverstein, Coach’s senior vice president of global marketing, creative and sustainability, and head of Coachtopia.
“Through the process of giving products a second life, we realized that there are a lot of aspects of traditional luxury craftsmanship that make circularity challenging,” Silverstein said. “The way we design and construct products makes the process of repairing, up-crafting [and] remaking products very labor intensive. And therefore, we realized that if we were to truly scale our impact, we needed to design for circularity from the very beginning.”
Part sub-brand, part “discovery lab,” Coachtopia is grounded in what the Tapestry-owned label refers to as its “Made Circular” principles: craft with recycled, repurposed or renewable materials, design for multiple lives and create circular pathways.
Leather used in Coachtopia products is either upcycled from Coach production waste or made with at least 50 percent recycled leather scraps from tanneries. Detachable handles feature at least 70 percent recycled plastic waste. Coachtopia’s at least 75 percent recycled packaging is designed to be multi-functional to reduce material use and is printed with renewable Algae Ink.
The focus on circularity also saw Coach rethink basic design features so as to simplify disassembling and repairing a given product. This included removable screw-back hardware, detachable handles and straps and mono-material designs.
“The backside hardware is always hidden because it seems more refined and so it’s embedded between the lining and the exterior, for example, but that makes it almost impossible—you have to take apart the entire bag—to remove that hardware, that component,” Silverstein said. “On Coachtopia, backside and screws are exposed for our hardware, meaning that it can be more easily removed and disassembled.”
Finally, Coach has committed to taking back all Coachtopia products, regardless of age or condition, and finding ways to reuse them, whether that means restoring, upcycling, remaking or recycling. Each Coachtopia product can be traded in a Coach retail store and exchanged for credits. Every product comes with a unique digital passport that can track the product across multiple lives.
The goal of Coachtopia is to help all of Coach in its journey toward circularity, Silverstein said. As it experiments and develops scalable learning processes, those learning will feed back into the brand in what the sub-brand’s head called a “mutual sort of symbiotic ecosystem.”
From Coachtopia’s earliest days, Silverstein said Coach knew that embracing a circular business model would involve “resetting” its relationship with its customers. Early on, the company created a Coachtopia beta committee of Gen Z designers, makers, activists, journalists and filmmakers. Now 120 strong, this community produced some of the sub-label’s first collaborators.
“Honestly, it was like a fever dream. It really did feel like a true collaboration—it was very open,” Sabrina Lau, a 25-year-old graphic designer and Coachtopia Beta Community member, said in a statement. “And to be the first one to kick it off is truly an honor.”
Coachtopia launched Thursday online and at a London store with an all-gender collection of bags, accessories, ready-to-wear and footwear made with recycled, repurposed and renewable materials. It will expand to additional locations in the U.S. and U.K. in May, June and July before reaching Asia later this year.
Coach has not always had the best reputation when it comes to minimizing waste. In 2021, a TikTok video describing its practice of slashing merchandise receiving more than 530,000 likes in a week. At the time, Silverstein said the brand destroyed products in stores, but only those that were already damaged or non-repairable. Still, the company updated its policy to no longer destroy any products in-store.
The viral video came months after the launch of Coach Re(Loved), a program that refurbishes, resells and recycles used bags. According to Silverstein, more than 20,000 products have gone through the program since its launch in April 2021. It is available in the U.S. and Canada and in select stores in the U.K., Japan and China.


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SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Gov. Gray Davis of California has signed into law a bill that eliminates a sales tax on reusable plastic containers. Under the new law, the rental of RPCs in the produce industry will no longer be subject to a sales tax, giving these reusable shipping platforms a tax status equal to disposable pallets and cardboard boxes.
n, the Washington-based organization of companies that make, rent and use reusable shipping platforms, praised the new law.
"The governor's action shows leadership on both the environment and the issue of equity in commercial competition," said Bob Reivik, RPCC president and president of material handling for Cookson Plastic Molding, Latham, NY. "We believe this law will encourage the remaining states taxing reusable pallets and containers to reconsider their tax policies."


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An investigation into data safety labels on the Google Play Store has allegedly uncovered “serious loopholes” that allow apps like Twitter, TikTok, and Facebook to easily provide false or misleading information regarding how user data is shared. The study, conducted by the Mozilla Foundation, identified 40 of the most globally downloaded Android apps on the Google Play Store and discovered almost 80 percent had discrepancies between their privacy policies and the information listed on Google Play’s data safety section.
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Here's an interesting post from Paul Johnson at A Luxury Travel Blog that reflects on a possible trend of some hotels looking to downgrade their star status. He mentions this article about hotels in Berlin that believe their five-star status is hurting them when it comes to pharmaceutical meeting business.
I've been hearing this for several years now from vendors I talk with at our Pharmaceutical Meeting Planners Forum, and my guess is that it's not going to go away any time soon. I just am surprised to hear that it's so prevalent in Europe, where the rules are laxer when it comes to wining, dining, and housing docs than they are here in the U.S.
Thanks to Patti Shock for the pointer.


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US to China - Stop trading with Iran or else!!! China to US : Or else what?Just think who's bankrolling your war efforts in the ME and who's holding your massive debt. US to China : We'll put heavy tariffs on your exports that will hurt you companies. China to US : Go ahead, we're even trying to boost our domestic consumption that will eventually wean ourselves of your market.Your tariffs will only make this process move faster.We're also exploring new markets in Europe and Africa. Any wonder why the US treasury backed off accusing the Chinese yuan last week?The effects would have been worse for the US than China.In case the US forgot, the dollar's on stilts and China can make it worse if they choose to - although they'll be affected a bit. Anyway,why should China abandon trade with a 70+ million population nation just to make the US happy?
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On May 25 the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) of Japan announced its intention to import up to 21,000 metric tons (MT) more of non-fat dry milk (non-fat dry milk) through March 2018.
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The volume announced on May 25 would be in addition to the 13,000 MT of non-fat dry milk imports announced on January 27, 2017.
Lower milk production in Hokkaido, increased demand for drinking milk, sufficient butter stocks, and steady demand for yogurt contributed to MAFF’s decision. MAFF’s ability to import up to 34,000 MT of non-fat dry milk this fiscal year should alleviate the Japanese dairy product industry's concerns regarding a possible non-fat dry milk shortage.
Data through the end of March 2017 show Hokkaido milk production falling over the last two quarters year-on-year. During May 2017 travel to the Tokachi region, home to the five largest dairy farms in Hokkaido, FAS/Tokyo observed ongoing reconstruction of bridges and roads and FAS/Tokyo heard from dairy farmers about how damage to pastures as well as forage and silage crops has continued to affect production.
Milk production outside of Hokkaido, almost exclusively used for drinking, has continued to fall over the last year. A recent uptick in the national consumption of drinking milk has increased demand for and shipments of drinking milk from Hokkaido to the rest of Japan.
Falling total milk production and increased allocations of Hokkaido milk production to drinking milk has reduced available supplies of milk for processing into non-fat dry milk and other products.
Following three years of highly publicized butter shortages, MAFF took extraordinary measures in JFY 2016, importing nearly one quarter of total domestic butter distribution over that period to ensure sufficient supplies through Japan’s peak winter baking and confectionary producing seasons.
With relatively flat butter consumption and substantial butter imports, stocks on hand have steadily accumulated over the last two years, driving Japan’s 2017 calendar year-beginning butter stocks 32 percent higher year-on-year.
Further indication of current stability in the Japanese butter market can be seen in the fill rates of JFY 2017 butter tenders, of which over 70 percent of the total volume has gone unfilled.
In stark contrast to butter, last year ALIC tendered for less than three percent of JFY 2016 non-fat dry milk distribution.
Healthy consumer demand for yogurt in 2016, combined with the recent drop off in butter and non-fat dry milk production, contributed to an 18 percent year-on-year decline in non-fat dry milk stocks at the end of March 2017.
As a result, JFY 2017 non-fat dry milk tenders have been significantly overbid, with buyers seeking several times as much volume as ALIC has offered. ■


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Over the years, the Chinese instant messaging and social media service WeChat has been expanding its platform with fascinating features to stand unique among its competitors. Back in 2011, the platform was awarded the world’s largest standalone mobile app with over 1 billion monthly active users through enhancing users’ experience.
Maintaining this standard, the social media service has revealed today that it has ushered the official Windows version 3.7.5 update featuring screen sharing during group video calls. According to the platform, the latest version is officially rolled out today, Friday, July 15th, for just 150.87MB only.
The new screen-sharing feature during group video calls will now be one of the most exciting features of the app, as it doesn’t have video or audio files initially. Therefore, users can now download the latest updates as it is now available. To download, users should open their WeChat official account and check the settings to get the latest official internal WeChat download.
Additionally, aside from the screen sharing features during group video calls. The new updates featured the file storage path that was previously requested by users. The file storage path has been restored, and newly received files by users will be returned to the file folder and arranged in the form of the date.
WeChat is a popular free messaging service that allows you to send and receive mobile messages even while sitting at a computer. The social media service is also multifunctional, going beyond file sharing and messaging to allow you to send your most recent selfies and photos.
Moreover, it provides users with a low-cost messaging service. If you sign up for an account using your mobile phone number, you will never have to pay for message airtime. You can see who’s already using it from your contacts with a single quick sync. The platform is great for sharing files with friends and coworkers. Follow TechGenyz for more updates.


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Sony under investigation for SRAM price fixing?
Adding to Sony's growing list of problems, which already includes recalled batteries, Blu-ray shortages, and severely-reduced PlayStation 3 shipping estimates, the company has now been probed by the U.S. Department of Justice
as part of an investigation regarding the sale of Static RAM (SRAM) memory. The DoJ stayed mum on the exact nature of the investigation, only saying it was examining the "possibility of anticompetitive practices in the SRAM industry." However, on the same day, E.U. investigators raided five unnamed companies as part of a probe into potential price fixing for the same type of memory, suggesting the DoJ probe may also have to do with price fixing.
SRAM differs from more commonly-used DRAM in that it is faster and retains its content as long as it is powered. Uses for SRAM include hard drives, optical drives, and networking devices, but only small quantities are used. According to an iSuppli researcher quoted by Yahoo News, the SRAM market is shrinking because customers are moving to more space- and cost-efficient chips with integrated memory. Decreasing SRAM sales could have prompted the alleged price fixing scheme, although the iSuppli researcher calls the whole investigation a "tempest in a teapot" considering to the size of the SRAM market. Last year, SRAM sales amounted to $2.8 billion worldwide, compared to $24.8 billion for DRAM.


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Bacardi calls global Grey Goose vodka pitch
Grey Goose, the Bacardi-owned vodka brand, is looking for an agency to create global advertising to push its premium positioning.
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The brand is conducting the review out of the US and is currently meeting with competing ad agencies.
Grey Goose, which is distilled in France, has a premium positioning in Europe, but has traditionally gone for more mass appeal in the US, which is by far its biggest market.
The move follows the appointment of R/GA as Grey Goose’s global digital agency of record in June last year.
Grey Goose’s UK advertising has previously involved print work and advertorials featuring high-profile names, including the designers Hassan Abdullah and Roland Mouret, in glossy magazines such as GQ and Esquire. These were designed by Purple PR along with the media agency Universal McCann.
Last year, Grey Goose launched a TV spot in the US, titled "strengths", to stress the importance of responsible drinking. It followed a previous spot, "reunion", that aimed to communicate the value of people getting together.
Grey Goose, which is packaged in a sleek, frosted-glass bottle, attracted many imitators in the spirits market after it was launched by Sidney Frank in 1997.
The US self-made billionaire was inspired by French manufacturing’s inherent link with perceived high quality and sent a team to Europe to create the new brand.
Frank sold Grey Goose vodka to Bacardi in 2004 for $2.3 billion, the highest price ever paid for a single spirits brand. He died in 2006.
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Vapori di Birra or Steam Beer – Italian brewer utilising geothermal steam in brewing
Italian brewery Vapori di Birra (Steam Beer) is making news. Brewing its beer with the help of geothermal energy, some of its beers are named accordingly Geyser Pale Ale, Sufurea Weiss or Magma Amber Ale.
There have been news here and there about geothermal beer in the past. A story is now being picked up by Bloomberg on Vapori di Birra or Steam Beer, a beer created by a retired energy technician of Enel in Lardarello, Italy.
Going into retirement he followed up on a passion of his, a beer “produced entirely with steam power”. Starting in 2013, Edo Volpi, has now been running his brewery for the past six years growing it into an international business and at the same time seeing itself in a role to help build eco-tourism in Tuscany, Italy.
In 2018, Vapori di Birra shipped its first 1,600 bottles internationally with rather exotic flavours, such as chilli and chestnut. With doubling its production every year, the brewery produced 40,000 bottles last year.
The names of the beers are very geothermally “flavoured” as well with Geyser Pale Ale, Sulfurea Weiss, Magma American Amber Ale, and Thera Special Ale Miele, plus some others.
The brewery is now even a stop for tourists to the region.
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