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Kaohsiung forms 5G AIoT International Alliance
The government of Kaohsiung has announced the formation of a 5G AIoT International Alliance to develop an innovation park as an experiment and demonstration filed in the southern Taiwanese city.
IPC makers uncertain about 2021
Industrial computing device makers are still uncertain about 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic, according to industry sources.
Highlights of the day: DRAM to see shortages in 2H21
The DRAM market may be heading towards demand-supply balance in first-half 2021, but warnings about shortages in second-half 2021 are being sounded by many in the memory sector, including PSMC chairman Frank Huang. In the IT sector, clients...
Supply chain sees orders for cloud servers pick up
Suppliers engaged in the supply chain for cloud computing servers have seen clients start pulling in orders in advance, bracing for a resurge in the COVID-19 pandemic that could repeat the supply chain disruptions seen at the beginning of 2020, according to industry sources.
Advantech beefs up IoT solutions marketing in China
Industrial computing solution developer Advantech has enhanced marketing of IoT solutions in the China market, according to president Miller Chang for the company's embedded IoT business.
Mechanical motion control component maker Hiwin Technologies has developed a multi-axis robot used to hold and position endoscopes during minimal invasive surgical operation through cooperation with Chung Shan University Hospital (CSUH).
Foxconn Technology Group (Hon Hai Precision Industry) has disclosed it is developing manufacturing capability catering to local needs for datacenters and high performance computing (HPC) applications at its Wisconsin site in the US.
FET foraying into smart home solution market
Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET) is expanding its smart home ecosystem, with plans to launch solutions catering to entertainment, home-care, energy-saving, safety and security, and connected household appliances.
Highlights of the day: Global server shipments to grow in 2021 with keener competition among makers
Foxconn reportedly has entered Google' datacenter server supply chain, ready to ship to the client from its plant in the US state of Wisconsin. The latest development is expected to heat up competition among server makers next year. Taiwan-based...
With Foxconn Technology (Hon Hai Precision Industry) reportedly breaking into the supply chain for Google's datacenter servers, competition among server ODMs will be fierce in 2021, industry observers believe.
AOpen sees rebounding demand
Digital signage, kiosk and commercial computer maker AOpen has seen demand rebound since November 2020 and expects the momentum to remain in first-quarter 2021, according to company president Dale Tsai.
Taiwan inaugurates biomedical experiment center
Taiwan Integrated Biomedical Industrial Center (TIBIC), a cross-discipline smart experiment field for medical care, has started operation, according to Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA)
EMS provider Lite-On Technology is installing in a northern Taiwanese city IoT-based LED streetlamps replacing about 160,000 conventional ones through technological cooperation with Far EasTone Telecommunications.
China stepping up homegrown processor development
Taiwan-based IC design service and silicon IP providers continue to see strong demand particularly for high-margin CPUs from China, according to industry sources.
InnoCare Optoelectronics has disclosed its X-ray flat-panel detector has been integrated with expertise from College of Veterinary Medicine, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, for medical care of pets.
Taiwan October machinery exports up 5.3%, says TAMI
Taiwan-based machinery makers recorded exports of US$2.331 billion in October 2020, growing 5.3% on year, according to Taiwan Association of Machinery Industry (TAMI).
Gran Systems set to launch CubeSat
Gran Systems has arranged the launch of NutSat, a 2U (2-unit) CubeSat developed by National Space Organization (NSPO) under Taiwan government-sponsored National Applied Research Laboratories, by a SpaceX rocket at the end of December 2020, according to company founder and chairman Ke Kuang-han.
Vivotek automating production line
Vivotek is automating a production line for IP surveillance cameras with the project to be completed in first-quarter 2021, according to company president Alex Liao.
When product life cycle gets shortened and competition gets keener, the timing for product launch is important. For products where safety is a top priority - such as medical devices and cars - reliability verification is critical. How to achieve the best solution in terms of reliability, cost and time...
Accton AI accelerator card shipments to take off in 2021
Network device maker Accton Technology has seen shipments of its AI accelerator cards begin to pick up momentum, expecting related revenues to grow by double-digit in 2021.
Advantech Intelligent City Services has launched StoreVue cloud-based AIoT smart retail solution.
Dialog Semiconductor has announced the launch of its SmartServer IoT partner program, which gives system integrators and OEM solutions providers access to the company's edge server and open software suite. This accelerates secure, scalable integration of IoT edge devices and networks with cloud platforms...
Nvidia reports record sales for fiscal 3Q21
Nvidia has reported record revenues of US$4.73 billion for the third quarter ended October 25, 2020, up 57% from US$3.01 billion a year earlier, and up 22% from US$3.87 billion in the previous quarter.
Demand for industrial automation in Vietnam taking off
Demand for industrial automation and smart manufacturing in Vietnam has been growing fast due to surging foreign investment in the country's manufacturing sector, according to industry sources.
AST expects 2021 operation to stay robust
Acer Synergy Tech (AST), an affiliate of the Acer Group that focuses on providing system integration services, is set to be listed on Taiwan's over-the-counter market by year-end 2020, and is optimistic about its operation in 2021, according to company chairman Maverick Shih.
Taiwan large-size LCD panels – 3Q 2020
Taiwan shipped a total of 71.58 million large-size LCD panels in the third quarter of 2020, up 11.2% sequentially and 20.7%...
Taiwan small- to mid-size LCD panels – 3Q 2020
Ahead of the new US trade sanctions against Huawei taking effect on September 15, Hannstar had geared up its handset panel shipments...
Global tablet market – 3Q 2020
Global tablet shipments amounted to 43.83 million units in third-quarter 2020, up 10.5% on quarter and 0.4% on year.
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Some of you might remember that a report published earlier this year claimed Nokia would make a comeback in the smartphone business in Q4 this year. One of the rumored four new Android devices has been caught online today, after it made an appearance on the popular Geekbench benchmark database with the model name “Nokia D1C”.
The Geekbench listing reveals that the Nokia D1C is powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 430 octa-core processor, clocked at 1.4 GHz with the Adreno 505 GPU. In terms of memory, the smartphone will offer 3GB of RAM, which is pretty decent as well. While no other hardware specifications are listed, the smartphone went through the benchmark running on the latest Android 7.0 Nougat platform. Judging by the SoC and RAM, it is quite clear that the D1C is going to be a mid-range smartphone. The D1C will most probably end up as being the entry-level device in the upcoming Nokia lineup, as the other devices are expected to be premium offerings with Quad HD resolution displays and high resolution rear cameras.
Apart from smartphones, it is rumored that Nokia (or HMD) will be introducing a new Android tablet as well, alongside its new Android smartphones. All the devices will be designed and developed by HMD global and are going to be manufactured by Foxconn. As we have entered Q4 already, we do expect to see more leaks crop up soon as the new Nokia smartphone and tablet lineup could be announced soon if they are to be released before the end of the year.

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Root + Spiller, an adjunct to the forthcoming Club Monaco, will specialize in coffee and light bread-themed dishes, such as panzanella salads, tartines and toast with fresh ricotta and jam. The garden café will have 12 seats, but Acheson anticipates a steady to-go business; the counter will also feature bread for retail sale.
“We’re excited,” says the Atlanta-based Acheson, a James Beard award winner and Top Chef judge. “It’s interesting to see that kind of – not to use a weird business term, but – synergy between food and fashion. And now I have to go wash my mouth out.”
The Spiller Park Coffee portion of the partnership, which also has an outlet in Atlanta’s Ponce Street Market, will use beans from various roasters, and delve deeply into the iced coffee genre. “I’m interested to see how an espresso lives outdoors in Charleston,” says Acheson, a frequent visitor to the city.
In addition to coffee, Root + Spiller will pour wine and beer.
Based in Toronto, Club Monaco is a 31-year-old clothing retailer that touts its “thoughtfully designed, purposeful collections.” As reported earlier this year by The Post and Courier’s Warren Wise, Club Monaco is opening its first South Carolina location at 258 King St., between Anthropologie and Victoria’s Secret. The chain has not yet revealed a precise opening date, and a spokesperson didn’t return a message seeking comment.
Club Monaco has previously installed high-profile cafes in its stores, such as Café Myriade in Montreal, a collaboration with noted barista Anthony Benda, and in New York City, Toby’s Estate Flatiron, the first Manhattan branch of a popular Williamsburg coffeehouse.
Although the café is affiliated with Club Monaco, it has a separate alley entrance. While the hours and menu are likely to evolve, Acheson predicts the planned 8 a.m.-7 p.m. schedule will allow Root + Spiller to flourish as a private event venue in the evening.
“It is a physically amazing space,” Acheson says. “The décor is stunning.”


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Sonoma County supervisors to consider cannabis tax changes
The Sonoma County Board of Supervisors is set to consider changes to the county’s cannabis cultivation tax, which growers have criticized as a drag on their struggling businesses.
The discussion, to be held Tuesday morning, comes nearly a year after the board approved a temporary tax reduction to help cannabis growers who say the county’s local tax and fee structure is overly burdensome.
It will mark the latest step county officials have taken to untangle the Sonoma County’s fraught cannabis regulations.
County staff are recommending the board use a modified version of its current tax structure, which charges cultivators on a square foot-basis.
The changes would tax outdoor cultivators $. 75 per square foot, indoor cultivators $12.50 per square foot and mixed-light cultivators $3 per square foot.
That would mean a decrease for outdoor growers and an increase for indoor cultivators, Roeser said. Small mixed-light operators, which use a combination of natural and artificial lighting, would likely see an increase while large mixed-light operators would see a decrease, Roeser said.
Outdoor operations comprise more than 80% of the growers subject to the county’s tax.
The new system is expected to generate about $1.8 million, matching the estimated revenue for fiscal year 2023-2024 under the current tax structure, said Erick Roeser, the county’s auditor-controller-treasurer-tax collector.
“This model is the most efficient for us to administer a program and also be able to budget on the county’s side,” Roeser said.
The county’s original tax framework set different rates by size of cultivated area. The new system sets a universal rate for each type of operator.
Cannabis industry representatives have spent over a year lobbying the county to ease their tax burden, painting a dire picture of financial distress among their ranks. Many have said the steep taxes and fees charged by the state and county are forcing them either out of business or into the illicit market.
There are 155 growers in the county’s jurisdiction outside of city limits, Roeser said. Of those, 130 are outdoor growers, 21 have indoor operations and four are mixed-light cultivators.
The county tax on cultivation is one in a layer of local and state taxes paid by cannabis growers, who say they face a heavier tax burden than other farmers.
In June, California ended its cultivation tax on growers and capped the excise tax at point of sale at 15% for three years.
Months earlier, in March 2022, the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors approved a 45% cannabis tax reduction effective until June 30. If passed, the new changes would take effect at the start of the new fiscal year on July 1, Roeser said.
County staff had also looked into taxing cultivators based on gross receipts, or gross sales, but chose to recommend the square footage model because gross receipts would require the county to establish an audit system to verify what cultivators are reporting, Roeser said.
Square footage is “easier because it’s a known quantity on our end,” said Roeser.
Representatives from the Sonoma County Cannabis Alliance, an organization that advocates for those working in the industry, could not be reached Monday for comment.
You can reach Staff Writer Emma Murphy at 707-521-5228 or firstname.lastname@example.org. On Twitter @MurphReports.


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Now that there is news that the every business must take steps to ensure that they can stay solvent and ahead of their competitors. In this article, we will discuss some of the tactics used by digital experts to help businesses in the coming year.will be available to the public soon, the competition is going to get more fierce. Therefore,
Every business uses analytical tools to create a digital marketing strategy. But the buyer personas they had used before and during the pandemic might is out. When the pandemic started, the shopping behavior of every company’s target audience changed.
People not only preferred buying things online, but their choice of products also differed. For example, the apparel orders went down a lot, while the demand for books went up. Therefore in 2021, businesses should review and update the buyer personas they had been using. Customer service would be one of the best fronts to gather data.
Businesses can also get buyer information by interviewing existing customers through questionnaires and surveys. Understanding the target audience’s requirements and demands must be the first step to developing a sound marketing strategy in 2021.
Competitors for most businesses must have changed during the pandemic. Some of them would have shut their business, while others would have developed efficient marketing strategies to meet their demands. The list of competitors is going to change once again once the vaccine comes out.
Many new companies would spring up with fresh marketing efforts and campaigns. Therefore company leaders would have to monitor their existing and upcoming competitors continuously to foresee their business strategies. It will help the organizations understand how to modify their marketing strategies to of the competition.
The business world is changing dynamically and continuously. Therefore every business must evaluate its unique selling proposition and differentiation to understand its current market position. The products or services used to set a company ahead of its competitors may not attract its customers once the COVID-19 pandemic is over.
Therefore businesses must track the behavior of online visitors and identify their engagement patterns to look for changes. Or they can conduct an audit for their website to understand if their target audience is searching for a new type of product or service.
With all the changes made to the online marketing strategy, a business must keep a constant eye on a customer’s journey through the marketing funnel. That will help them understand whether customers are exiting the funnel at some stage or are getting stuck somewhere.
It will also help them to realize whether they need to take any specific actions to make the customer’s journey through the funnel easier. Businesses can consider using automated marketing tools to help them score their leads as the potential customer enters the funnel and progresses downwards.
The pandemic has forced people to spend more time on the internet and social media, and it is unlikely that the habit will change when the pandemic is over. Therefore businesses can utilize this opportunity to create and revise their website or social media pages.
Uploading new blogs on their website will increase customer engagement and help the website rank higher in search engines. Other than the website and social media pages, there are several ways to post content and improve customer engagement. Businesses should explore these avenues to understand how they can revise their content to make it more engaging.
like TikTok have become famous during the pandemic, so businesses can utilize them to place PPC and other ad campaigns.
Search engine optimization (SEO) helps businesses get a constant flow of organic traffic to their website. Even after the pandemic, companies should continue to invest in SEO techniques so that their website traffic does not drop due to the increase in competition or other such factors.
Customer databases have proved to be one of the most valuable assets for businesses during the pandemic, and they will continue to do so in the coming year. That is why companies must have a robust customer relationship management (CRM) system to leverage automation instead of sending random emails. The CRM system will map out the best-suited plan and send relevant and timely reminders to your customers to take the desired action.
It is natural for business owners to feel apprehensive about the coming year when the pandemic finally gets over. No one is entirely sure how the market is going to react to the situation. However, these digital marketing tactics can ensure that a business is prepared for almost any possible scenario that might come it’s the way in 2021.


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Maximum of us thought that Freedom 251 project was nothing but a scam by the company Ringing Bells. Breaking the silence the company declared that it would start dispatching first set of Freedom 251 mobile to its 65000 buyers. It has already taken the amount of the mobile, Rs 251 and a shipping charge of Rs. 99.
More than 2 million bookings were hit when it was showcased for the first time. And within few minutes all the bookings were received, and the website had gone unavailable (maybe, due to huge traffic).
The difference between manufacturing cost and the retail price of the product somehow uplifts the confusion in the mass. Even the 10 times price of the retail price it has tagged with is a good deal. But hardly a month ago, the company arranged a press conference and announced that there had been no scam on “Freedom 251”.
And now it seems that Freedom 251 is coming out. It’s time to wait for the reviews by the users. According to Ringing Bell’s officials, they are now ready to ship the first phase of Freedom 251 mobiles to the customers. Officially shipping starts from today. Shipping details will be shared via mail and SMS.
Now it’s time to see how the mobile meets the expectations of Indian people! Before a few months Ringing Bells requested Government of India to provide subsidy on the phone so that they could cope up with Prime minister’s mission 2020!- Digital India!


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As reported by the Wall Street Journal, several state Attorneys General from across the country are launching an antitrust investigation into technology businesses including Apple, Amazon, Facebook, and Google.
“These cases brought by state AGs are weak as these platforms have neither market dominance nor engage in anti-competitive behavior,” said Carl Szabo, Vice President and General Counsel at NetChoice.
“It’s clear that tech markets are highly competitive. Within 18 months of launching, Tik Tok achieved over a billion global downloads, Snapchat maintains a strong standing, Spotify is double the size of Apple music, and Walmart remains the largest seller in the world.”
“State AGs should focus on industries where consumer harm actually exists. NetChoice polling shows that only 5% of consumers think that antitrust enforcement should be most focused on online platforms.“
“This attack on online platforms by Republican AGs should concern conservatives who expect the GOP to be the party of small government – instead, these AGs are listening to the siren song of populism in their desire to regulate businesses they don’t like.”
Today, NetChoice criticized efforts by Rep. Case (D-HI) to pass legislation that would upend the American short-term rental market by removing Section 230 protections.
“Nobody would say that a newspaper is liable for problems that occur with a rental that appeared in the paper’s classified ads, but that is just what Case’s bill would do to short-term rental platforms. This approach creates a moral hazard by shifting legal responsibility from the homeowner to the platform that lists it for rental.” said Steve DelBianco, President of NetChoice.
“Without Section 230 it will be harder for homeowners to earn extra income through short-term rental of their home, which today is helping them cover expenses and mortgage payments.”
“Weakening Section 230 will damage Americans’ ability to communicate online. The beneficiaries of this bill are big hotel chains who want to raise room rates without worrying that guests would consider short-term rentals as an alternative.”
Today, NetChoice raised concerns with former Congressman Beto O’Rourke announced plans to hold internet companies accountable for failing to stop hate speech and domestic terrorism threats online.
“By prescribing how platforms moderate speech, Beto’s proposal would actually make it harder to remove hateful and extremist content.” said Carl Szabo, Vice President and General Counsel of NetChoice.
“Since 8chan doesn’t moderate content at all, 8chan doesn’t rely on Section 230 to avoid liability for user content. 8chan already gets the same ‘conduit’ liability limits as newsstands and cable providers.”
“Section 230 is the legal tool that empowers platforms to take down hate speech, and has allowed Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube to remove almost 12 million accounts for hate speech violations.”
Today, CNN obtained a copy of a summary of a proposed Executive Order by The White House to grant the Federal Trade Commission and Federal Communications Commission investigation and oversight powers regarding moderation of content by online platforms.
“In a week where many in Washington pressured social media sites to more closely moderate their platforms, we are seeing efforts from the White House to make content moderation harder.” said Carl Szabo, Vice President and General Counsel for NetChoice.
“If President Trump is concerned about mistreatment of conservatives by social media platforms the White House should continue a productive dialogue with the tech industry — not empower government agencies to regulate online speech.”
“Diminishing platforms’ ability to remove offensive content empowers the spread of extremist political speech.”
Facebook comments, Instagram posts, and reviews on Yelp are a valuable part of American business and daily lives
WASHINGTON – NetChoice today announced new polling on user-created content and responsibility for illegal activity online. The poll’s findings show that Americans overwhelmingly (70 percent) value their independent ability to post or view user-created content online.
The poll, conducted by RealClear Opinion Research, revealed that 62 percent of Americans say users who act illegally or post illegal content online are the ones who should be held responsible. Just 26 percent think the online platform should be held liable.
“Tech platforms powered by Section 230 continuously protect consumers from harmful and illegal activity while empowering free speech online. The results from this polling showcase that maintaining Section 230 is a priority for the American people,” says Steve DelBianco, President of NetChoice.
“Section 230 enables online platforms to connect workers with potential employees, consumers to read reviews and comments to help them make decisions, and families to stay connected. It is understandable that the American public would continue to support Section 230 and not want to hold platforms liable for the content other people are posting.”
Additional poll findings include:
- Americans overwhelmingly (70%) say their ability to post of view user-created content online is valuable to their personal and professional lives.
- 62% of Americans say users who act illegally or post illegal content online are the ones who should be held liable.
- Of those polled, 73% say users, not platforms, should be held responsible for posts made in the comments section of a webpage.
- Only 1 in 5 polled say they trust the government keep online business practices ethical and fair, whereas a majority most trust consumers or businesses.
Each tech and social platform that hosts user-generated content has community standards in which customers and organizations need to abide to be part of the conversation.
DelBianco added, “These poll results confirm that despite calls for changes to Section 230 by some, Americans value their ability to post content online. It’s vital to keep Section 230 in place, because it not only empowers small businesses nationwide, it also connects Americans with their friends, family, and elected officials.”
While online platforms work to improve the user experience and ensure safe environments for all users through content moderation and removal of offensive content, Americans continue to value their ability to post and view user-created content online.
The poll data can be found here. For more information, please email email@example.com.
NetChoice is a trade association that works to protect free expression and free enterprise online.
Today, NetChoice raised concerns with new legislation introduced by Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO), the Social Media Addiction Reduction Technology (SMART) Act.
The bill would reduce the usefulness of social media platforms by banning features like autoplay and automatic scrolling. Ironically, a visitor to Sen. Hawley’s own website will see an autoplay video.
“This bill would reduce the power of consumers to make decisions for themselves and give that power to the government,” said Carl Szabo, Vice President and General Counsel at NetChoice. “It’s our role to decide what online services and tools we use, not the government’s.”
The bill would also grant the FTC and HHS power to ban social media practices.
“The goal of this bill is to make being online a less enjoyable experience — which polling reveals as something the American people oppose.”
“This bill gives the federal government the power to shut down sites and services it doesn’t like, with little-to-no recourse,” continued Szabo. “Consumers have an abundance of tools that let them control their online experiences. Sen. Hawley’s legislation would expand governmental control over the internet.”
Today, NetChoice commended President Trump and the White House for addressing discriminatory tax proposals coming from Europe.
“France’s Digital Service Tax (DST) is a clear and targeted attempt by Macron to unfairly line French pockets with revenue generated by American innovations,” said Carl Szabo, VP and General Counsel at NetChoice. “President Trump has correctly recognized that France’s Digital Service Tax treats American businesses operating in Europe unfairly.”
“France’s DST ignores advertising by newspapers and television by only taxing large online businesses, the vast majority of which are housed in the United States. DST’s discrimination is obviously intentional and patently unfair,” continued Szabo. “We commend President Trump for his initiative in protecting America’s businesses and combat this unfair tax on American innovation by a foreign power.”
Today, Reps. Gosar (R-AZ), Meadows (R-NC), and King (R-IA) introduced the Stop Censorship Act. The bill would make platforms liable for all content if they remove “legal but otherwise objectionable” content, effectively banning platforms from removing extreme political content and misinformation.
“This bill effectively forces platforms to host harmful content like misinformation, radicalization, deep fakes, and racism.” said Carl Szabo, Vice President and General Counsel of NetChoice.
“Even though the bill claims to allow moderation of adult content, spam, and bots, without text it’s likely these exemptions won’t allow for necessary content moderation that keeps consumers safe online.”
“The bill would prevent platforms from removing extreme content including from groups that support white supremacism and antisemitism.”
“This bill won’t help conservatives but would undermine conservative values by giving government greater control over online speech.”
Today, NetChoice Raised Concerns with a Wide-Reaching Department of Justice Investigation into the Tech Industry
“The DOJ must resist the siren song of populism and only investigate actual evidence of consumer harm,” said Carl Szabo, NetChoice Vice President and General Counsel.
“While anti-tech advocates argue that anything big is bad, for America’s small businesses, often the bigger the platform the better.”
“If the DOJ sticks to the facts, it will see that Americans have more choices and more information than ever. Thanks to innovative online services, consumers have access to an abundance of products, businesses, and information.”
“These businesses cannot be considered monopolies when they compete against one another. Competition in tech is fierce.”
Today, NetChoice voiced support for the FTC and Facebook’s settlement, for which Facebook will be fined $5 billion. This breaks the record for privacy-related fines and is about 100 times larger than last year’s EU’s fine for Google.
“The FTC’s Facebook fine is the largest ever, by a huge margin,” said Carl Szabo, General Counsel at NetChoice. “Yet we are already hearing anti-tech critics claim that the fine is not enough. “
“The FTC’s Facebook fine is unprecedented and will undoubtedly motivate better privacy practices by all businesses. The FTC commissioners should enjoy their weekend, #ThatsGonnaLeaveAMark”
Today, 14 Free Market and Conservative groups sent a letter to House and Senate leadership asking them to defend Section 230 of the Communications and Decency Act.
The letter illustrates the importance of Section 230 to the American economy and free speech online. Sent the day before President Trump’s Social Media Summit, the letter is key reading for conservatives discussing concerns about social media platforms.
Below are quotes from NetChoice and the Taxpayers Protection Alliance about the importance of the letter and Section 230:
David Williams, President of the Taxpayers Protection Alliance: “Countless conservative voices benefit from the liability protections guaranteed by Section 230, and oppose any attempts to end this vital provision. The internet flourishes when social media platforms allow for discourse and debate without fear of a tidal wave of liability. Ending Section 230 would shutter this marketplace of ideas at tremendous cost.”
Carl Szabo, Vice President and General Counsel at NetChoice: “Online platforms power the American economy and conservative speech online, and it’s clear that many conservative and free market groups support maintaining Section 230. It’s bad policy and bad politics for Republicans to attack Section 230.”
“He’s one of the smartest people in the legislature and he’s somebody who, when he puts his mind to something, is incredibly driven,” said Carl Szabo, general counsel for right-leaning industry group NetChoice. “This is why I’m as disheartened as I am to see him put a lot of his effort into attacks on America’s businesses and harms to America’s freedoms that we enjoy today.”
NetChoice, like the Internet Association, counts digital heavyweights like Google, Facebook and Twitter as members.
Today, as part of its filings with the Federal Trade Commission, NetChoice released a white paper outlining identifying the myriad of privacy laws and actions taken against technology businesses.
This report lists the more than 100 US privacy laws governing tech and more than 75 general privacy cases and 65 data security cases brought against tech by the FTC since 2002.
“Some in Congress think the tech industry is the “wild west.” This is completely untrue. The industry is regulated by over 100 different laws and 75 enforcers,” said Carl Szabo, Vice President and General Counsel for NetChoice.
“Tech regulation is substantial with over eleven federal agencies providing oversight and more than $100 million reaped in privacy fines.”
Full report at: www.NetChoice.org/RegulationWhitePaper
US internet companies are ten times as likely to raise over $100 million in venture capital compared to EU internet platform businesses
WASHINGTON, DC – NetChoice, a trade association committed to make the internet safe for free enterprise and free expression, today hosted the release of a new report – Don’t Shoot the Message Board – revealing the positive economic impact of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act on the US economy and the ability of American companies to innovate and receive strong investments.
Authored by the Copia Institute, the report reveals that US companies are five times as likely to raise over $10 million in venture capital, and ten times as likely to raise over $100 million in venture capital compared to those in the EU. These benefits to the US economy and businesses are attributed to the assurances and broad immunity provided by Section 230.
The report, using cross-regional comparisons, as well as changes over time within certain
countries, explores how different levels of platform protections from liability impact investment and innovation. According to the report:
- Section 230 continues to enable strong economic growth. There is a direct correlation between countries with intermediary liability protections like Section 230 and economic growth. Over the next decade, Section 230 will contribute a further 4.25 million jobs and $440 billion in growth to the US economy.
- Section 230 enables a world-leading, innovative and competitive tech industry. After Section 230 was put into law, investment in internet platform businesses tripled.
- Limits on liability offered by Section 230 resulted in two to three times greater total investment in internet platform businesses in the US as compared to the more limited protections offered in the EU and under the E-Commerce Directive.
- Section 230 is credited with creating “a trillion dollars in value” and is a driver for American job creation.
- US platform companies are five times as likely to be able to raise significant funds (over $10 million in venture capital) and ten times as likely to raise massive funds (over $100 million in venture capital) due to these stronger protections from Section 230 than those in the European Union.
Mike Masnick, CEO of the Copia Institute, added: “This report reaffirms that Section 230 is vital for strong investments and innovation around the country.”
“With the strong data presented in this report, there is no denying the fact that American innovation and start-up success is directly linked to the confidence provided to investors under Section 230,” said Carl Szabo, Vice President and General Counsel of NetChoice.
“Not only does Section 230 empower communities and voices across the United States, it also ignites American innovation and American economic prosperity with rippling benefits to all that utilize internet-based platforms.”
For more information and a downloadable copy of the report, please visit this webpage.
Today, NetChoice condemned Sen. Hawley’s “Ending Support for Internet Censorship Act” as legislation that would embolden extreme political movements, such as the KKK.
The bill empowers the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to judge whether a platform is moderating with “political neutrality.” Under the bill, before a platform can enjoy liability protections, it must first receive a “neutrality seal of approval” from the FTC. This means that the FTC would have the power to say which social media platforms are allowed to host political speech by users.
“This bill prevents social media websites from removing dangerous and hateful content, since that could make them liable for lawsuits over any user’s posting” said Carl Szabo, General Counsel at NetChoice. “Sen. Hawley’s bill creates an internet where content from the KKK would display alongside our family photos and cat videos.”
“This law would turn today’s popular social media sites into hubs of extremism like 8-Chan.”
“Republicans should be very worried about Sen. Hawley giving control of the internet to the FTC, since it empowers a future Democratic administration to suppress conservative speech online.”
Tomorrow, the House Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing entitled “Online Platforms and Market Power, Part 1: The Free and Diverse Press.” NetChoice is concerned that the hearing will be used to push for government to protect big media companies rather than to act in the interests of consumers.
“It’s clear this is just an attack on social media by big media companies upset that they no longer control our news and views,” said Carl Szabo, Vice President and General Counsel at NetChoice.
“Big media is showing its true colors by supporting antitrust exemptions for themselves, while demanding tougher antitrust enforcement on tech businesses.”
“It’s hypocritical for legislators to simultaneously complain about the size of tech businesses while seeking to pass a law to give more power to Rupert Murdoch and Carlos Slim.”
“Big media is struggling to dominate again as they did before the internet,” continued Szabo. “Rather than looking for government to tear down tech businesses, big media should follow tech’s lead and innovate so they are more competitive.”
Today, Sen. Hawley (R-MO) announced plans to introduce the “Protecting Children from Online Predators Act.” The bill would ban “video hosting websites” from showing videos depicting minors as part of Youtube recommendations.
“While Hawley’s goal is to help minors, his bill would suppress all videos featuring minors — with the unintended effect that high schools and youth groups like the YMCA cannot effectively promote their activities.”
“The largest social media platforms are devoting substantial resources to remove child exploitation content from their websites. Twitter, YouTube, and Facebook together removed over 16 million users who had violated child safety standards in the second half of 2018.”
Today, Google announced in a blog post that it is updating YouTube’s community guidelines. The move will further reduce the presence of supremacist and hateful content on YouTube’s platform.
“It’s clear Google has listened to concerns from Congress and the public about harmful content and the role of content moderation,” said Carl Szabo, VP and General Counsel at NetChoice.
“Google rightly met with voices from across the political spectrum to craft these fair and effective rules.”
“We should all celebrate Google’s move to increase transparency and make YouTube better for its users and advertisers,” continued Szabo. “Google is ensuring that YouTube prevents the spread of cruelty online – regardless of political affiliation.”
“The Justice Department’s investigation of Google will come to the same conclusion as the FTC’s did in 2013 — that there is no antitrust case,” said Carl Szabo, NetChoice Vice President and General Counsel.
“It’s illogical that the DOJ is investigating competitors in the same market for monopoly behavior. Amazon, Apple, and Google all compete with each other in a vibrant and competitive marketplace.”
“Consumers don’t have antitrust concerns with America’s tech industry. NetChoice polling from August 2018 shows that less than 5% of consumers say antitrust enforcement should be most focused on tech,” continued Szabo.
“Pointless antitrust attacks on American businesses risks stalling-out America’s tech leadership as competition from China is fiercer than ever before.”
Today Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Facebook was a “willing enabler of the Russian interference in our elections.”
“Facebook is taking extraordinary steps to protect our democracy. This type of hyperbole makes it hard to identify the real bad actors,” said Carl Szabo, Vice President of NetChoice. “Speaker Pelosi’s accusation that Facebook is a “willing enabler” of Russian interference in our elections is false and over-the-top. It’s obvious that Facebook is hugely invested in ensuring that its platform won’t be misused to aid election interference,” continued Szabo.
“Hyperbolic attacks on platforms won’t help solve the tech issues of today,” said Szabo.


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Today is the first Monday in May, and for the first time in almost two decades it will not be the same. Since 2005, Vogue’s Editor-in-Chief, Anna Wintour, has been successful with hosting the Met Gala. The celebrity-packed event, which CNN calls the ‘one of the biggest nights on the fashion calendar, the Met Gala (1)’ in New York has been postponed due to coronavirus.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art of New York City announced the theme of the 2020 Met Gala and the accompanying Costume Institute exhibition back in November: “About Time: Fashion and Duration.” The theme came from this year being the 150th anniversary of the museum and will trace the history of fashion from 1870 to the present — “disruptive timeline (2).”
In a statement, Max Hollein, the director of the Met said, “This exhibition will consider the ephemeral nature of fashion, employing flashbacks and fast-forwards to reveal how it can be both linear and cyclical. As such, the show will present a nuanced continuum of fashion over the Museum’s 150-year-history.”
Andrew Bolton, curator of the exhibition also mentioned in the same statement, “Fashion is indelibly connected to time. It not only reflects and represents the spirit of the times, but it also changes and develops with the times, serving as an especially sensitive and accurate timepiece. Through a series of chronologies, the exhibition will use the concept of duration to analyze the temporal twists and turns of fashion history. (2)”
The Met Gala has always had the most creative themes, giving designers to have a chance to make the most outrageous, most gorgeous one of a kind of fashion piece and turn it into an iconic piece. Such as last year’s theme, “Camp: Notes on Fashion”. Camp’s theme was based on Susan Sontag definition in 1964, “camp as an aesthetic ‘sensibility’ that is plain to see but hard for most of us to explain: an intentional over-the-top-ness, a slightly (or extremely) “off” quality, bad taste as a vehicle for good art. (3)”
Five months after the theme was announced to the world, the Met Gala was one of the first major events to be postponed due to the pandemic. Wintour, herself, wrote a short article about her decision and why it was the smart thing to do. “Due to the unavoidable and responsible decision by the Metropolitan Museum to close its doors, About Time, and the opening night gala, will not take place on the date scheduled. In the meantime, we will give you a preview of this extraordinary exhibition in our forthcoming May issue (4).”
Wintour has been a co-chair since 1995 and since then, the gala has only missed one year on the carpet due to 9/11, which canceled the event back in 2002. The gala isn’t just about fashion, celebrities, and high fashion designers, but it’s a fundraiser. ‘Tickets can cost upwards of $30,000, the event is invite-only offers a significant source of revenue for the museum (1)’. Last year alone, the gala raised $15 million for the Costume Institute (1).
On Friday, Vogue came out with an article giving their readers a way to still enjoy the first Monday in May — “Announcing “A Moment with the Met” — In Celebration of the First Monday in May.” Which will include Vogue looking back at highlights from previous years, breathtaking red-carpet ensemble to memorable moments. (6) An intimate celebration will be held in the evening — “A Moment With the Met” exclusivity on YouTube (6). The event will start promptly at 6 p.m. EDT, ‘featuring an address by Vogue editor in chief Anna Wintour, a special live performance by Florence and the Machine, and a DJ set from Virgil Abloh. State Farm is the exclusive sponsor of “A Moment With the Met. (6).”
“It would be impossible to recreate the gala on Monday evening, though I have loved hearing how so many are marking the occasion in their ways,” says Wintour of the day’s programming. “So instead, I asked a few friends to join me for a simple moment—one that I hope will bring us all a bit of joy. (6)”
Vogue also tells readers that six new videos will bring Met gala memories to life, thanks to the insight of former attendees like Naomi Campbell, Cardi B, Stella McCartney, and more (6). Click here to see the whole line up. The magazine will donate to both Costume Institute and A Common Thread and will ask viewers to consider the same if they can (6).
A new date for the 2020 Met gala is yet to be finalized (6), however, the Costume Institute’s “About Time: Fashion and Duration” exhibition has been postponed until October 29th (6). A preview of the exhibition, as captured by Hamish Bowles and Annie Leibovitz for May issue of Vogue is here and just in time.
- Scott, F. S. (2020, March 16). The Met Gala has been postponed. Retrieved from https://www.cnn.com/style/article/met-gala-2020-postponed/index.html
- Prisco, J. (2019, November 7). Next year’s Met Gala theme revealed. Retrieved from https://www.cnn.com/style/article/met-gala-theme-2020/index.html
- Yotka, S. (n.d.). Inside the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s “Camp: Notes on Fashion” Exhibition. Retrieved from https://www.vogue.com/article/camp-notes-on-fashion-exhibition-andrew-bolton-interview
- Wintour, A. (2020, March 18). Anna Wintour on COVID-19, the Met Gala, and Why She Will Be Voting for Joe Biden. Retrieved from https://www.vogue.com/article/anna-wintour-joe-biden-covid-19-the-met-gala
- Nast, C. (2020, March 18). This Year’s Met Gala Has Been Postponed. Retrieved from https://www.vogue.com/article/met-gala-2020-postponed
- Nast, C. (2020, May 3). Announcing “A Moment With the Met”. Retrieved from https://www.vogue.com/article/how-to-watch-a-moment-with-the-met-gala-2020


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Designed for serious collectors and musicians alike, these new instruments will feature highly detailed artwork.
"We are very pleased to be working with Skybound, the creators of The Walking Dead," said Peavey founder/CEO Hartley Peavey on the company's website. "The immense popularity of The Walking Dead comic and cable TV show will allow us to get our products in the hands of an entirely new market and will expand our range of designs."
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Today, MediaTek announced the flagship single-chip system MediaTek Dimensity 1000, which demonstrates outstanding results in synthetic tests.
After the announcement, the Chinese manufacturer of secure phones, Ulefone, announced that it will launch production of unkillable 5G smartphones next year. The first secure 5G-smartphone will be based just on the basis of MediaTek Dimensity 1000.
Many smartphone makers have launched 5G smartphones. Currently, the most popular smartphones are the Samsung Note10 Series and Huawei Mate 30 rulers. There are no 5G Smartphones in the market that are not yet killed. Ulefone previously announced a version of Armor 6 5G, but the smartphone was canceled because the MediaTek M70 5G modem did not enter the market.
The release dates of the Ulefone smartphone based on MediaTek Dimensity 1000 were not announced, presumably, the smartphone will appear on the market in the first half of 2020.


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Savvy grandmother, 64, reveals she’s saved £18,000 in four years by avoiding traditional estate agency fees and selling five properties online (and one even sold in 24 hours)
- Andrea Whitehead, 64, cut down on estate agent fees to make huge profits
- Saved around £18,000 from selling five properties online in recent years
- 3 bed semi-detached sold in 24 hours last week and she saved £4,200 in fees
A savvy grandmother-of-ten has revealed how she managed to save a staggering £18, 000 in under four years by selling five properties online – and has shared her top tips on how you can do the same.
Mother-of-three Andrea Whitehead, 64, from Leeds, has saved thousands by avoiding traditional estate agency fees – and says she is ‘puzzled’ as to why anyone would choose to use such an ‘archaic system’ as an estate agency to sell a house.
Speaking exclusively to FEMAIL, Andrea, who along with her partner renovates and sells properties as her full-time job, advised that the standard of finish produced is the key to selling a house.
‘In my experience most potential buyers want a “ready-made” house they can move straight into,’ she explained. ‘A badly presented house tends to flounder in the market.
‘It is a good idea to “stage” the houses, making them clean, presentable and styled as if for a photoshoot, with attractive accessories and tasteful décor, and that helps enormously.’
Andrea Whitehead, 64, from Leeds, has saved nearly £18,000 in agent fees from selling five properties online in recent years. Pictured, number 43 Waterloo Lane, based in Leeds, sold in December 2018 for £170,000
Number 82 Waterloo Lane, in Leeds, sold for £212,000. Pictured, the exterior of the house
Andrea told how 17 Redwood Avenue, based in Wakefield, sold for £165,000. Pictured, the exterior of the house
‘What is important is the standard of presentation of them all, including the garden landscaping as buyers want a nice garden they can use as an extension of their home.’
She added: ‘All the houses I have sold went for the full asking price, the one in 2019 had six offers, four of which were above the asking price, and we had to cancel 14 viewings as it sold in 36 hours.’
Speaking of using an online agent and saving £18, 000, Andrea added: ‘We use the internet for everything else these days from banking to shopping, so why not – it is like Amazon for houses.’
‘£18, 000 is a lot of money to save. We have used the money to buy a Range Rover, not a new one obviously, but it’s a big upgrade from our old work van.’
The savvy seller’s most recent property – a 3 bedroom semi-detached – sold within 24 hours just last week.
Andrea Whitehead saved around £9,500 when she sold Lincroft – a five-bed detached home in Leeds – online
The Broadlands property, based in Leeds, is a two-bed flat that sold for £130,000. Pictured, the exterior
Andrea (pictured) says she is ‘puzzled’ as to why anyone would choose to use such an ‘archaic system’ as an estate agency to sell a house
‘The most recent house sale ten days ago was easy, the Purple Bricks representative Mark came round to see us and within hours it was online. We booked in four viewings for the next day that evening (the advert appeared online at 7.30 pm),’ she explained.
‘By 1.30 pm the next day it was sol,d so things do move very swiftly if you want them to. We had multiple offers all over the asking price and Mark verified their financial positions and then it was sold.’
The savvy grandmother says she first made the decision to sell online because she was selling an expensive house and realised the commission would be very expensive.
‘The only experience of buying and selling properties I had previously was when I sold my home for £75,000 in 1999 – and the commission was £1,300 and the estate agents I sold with were very poor.’
Andrea says the benefits of selling online are aplenty – including not having to wait for an estate agent to open at 9am and then wait for them to answer the phone.
The three bed semi-detached house sold in an impressive 24 hours after Andrea put it online. Pictured, kitchen diner in 82 Waterloo Lane
82 Waterloo Lane features a modern bathroom with black tiles and white accessories (pictured)
Andrea says that the interior choices inside a property are key foe when it comes to selling. Pictured, the lounge in 82 Waterloo Lane
Andrea kept the decoration elegant but simple in one of the bedrooms in 82 Waterloo Lane (pictured)
The Lincroft property sold for an impressive £475,000 in five weeks – the longest time it has taken for one of Andrea’s projects to sell. Pictured, the living room
‘The process can be done online from your own home at a time that is convenient to you,’ she explained.
Andrea’s tips for selling in the current climate
‘It really seems to be a buyer’s market at the moment, but just because it is doesn’t mean your house will immediately sell.
There are a number of factors to consider, in particular:
– It is important to have to have a good well-presented home
– Clear the personal clutter to create more of a ‘blank slate’
– Clean clean and clean some more – cleanliness is one of the most essential elements potential buyers look at when viewing a property
– Get outdoors – don’t forget the garden, it’s an outside room so needs to be as smart and tidy as possible
– Do pay attention to kerb appeal – it’s the first picture of the property that buyers will see and attract them to book a viewing
– Get the price right , look at comparable properties online.
If you price too high (don’t we all think our houses are worth more!?) it will stay on the market, then you’ll have to reduce the price and will end up chasing the market down to get a sale.’
‘You can book viewing appointments in using the app 24 hours a day and it’s possible to change, cancel or amend them and you can take offers too. So, it’s very simple indeed.’
Andrea went on to say that all five of her properties sold swiftly – between 20 hours and five days being the longest – with no problems at all.
‘I always let the representative Mark do the negotiations with the offers as he’s the expert in that,’ she said.
‘I can’t think of any pitfalls of selling properties online and I wouldn’t consider using a high-street estate agent ever again.’
Andrea went on to explain the process of selling online begins by downloading the app.
‘Then you invite your local representative to come and take pictures of the house you are putting up for sale and prepare the advert to list the home for sale online,’ she explained.
‘You then pay the fee, (with this most recent property I’ve sold time it was £999 (bargain) and in just a few hours, your property is on the market, online and you book viewings in through the app.’
She continued: ‘You always get a text and an email to alert you to any activity such as viewing requests, then you manage everything through the app, and you can personally message the viewers too which is handy!
‘I also have the local representatives Mark’s phone number if I need to contact him at any point too and that’s it.
‘Potential buyers make offers on your home through the app, the local property rep verifies their buying status and then if you choose to accept the offer, he puts the sold sign up!’
The Wakefield-based house sold in 36 hours – and cost Andrea just £850 to sell online. Pictured, the living room area in 17 Redwood Avenue
Andrea managed to sell the three-bed semi-detached house just five days after putting it online. Pictured, the kitchen inside 43 Waterloo Lane
Andrea (pictured) says she is ‘puzzled’ as to why anyone would choose to sell their house through an agency
The Broadlands build sold within 24 hours and cost Andrea £850 to list online. Pictured, kitchen interior
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UAE-based international financial center and free zone, Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) is launching a new digital lab to facilitate collaboration between large financial institutions and fintech companies within a managed platform controlled by regulators.
Ahmed Ali Al Sayegh, Chairman of ADGM said, “The lab provides a secure and trusted digital environment where Fintechs can create and test solutions with financial institutions to address real-world problems”.
Mr. Al Sayegh was delivering the inaugural address at this year’s FinTech Abu Dhabi event, which has been held virtually as a result of COVID-19 limitations.
“The digital laboratory will allow rapid prototyping and adoption of digital solutions that can help companies overcome their pain points or tap new market opportunities to provide a secure platform that encourages collaboration,” added Mr. Al Sayegh.
The laboratory has been developed in cooperation with the Central Bank of the UAE (CBUAE) and other leading local lenders First Abu Dhabi Bank, Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank and Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank. It enables financial institutions to post issues that Fintechs can solve under the joint oversight of ADGM regulators and the central bank.
Richard Teng, chief executive of ADGM’s Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) said, “Its version 2.0 of our very successful regulatory sandbox. It’s moving from the analogue mode to a digital format”.
Mr. Teng added that there is a range of benefits to bringing the platform online. It “brings about faster adoption” of technologies, and opens up a larger global network of Fintechs to the task of solving problems.
“It enlarges the marketplace. In the past, financial institutions relied a lot on in-house solutions to bring about new technology, new production of services, and they realized that is an extremely slow process. In a COVID environment, where remote becomes the norm the only way for delivery and for customer onboarding will be in the digital format”.
The digital lab also “creates a very exciting marketplace where VCs [venture capitalists] can go in and have a look at new, exciting opportunities they can invest in”, Mr. Teng added.
Mr. Al Sayegh stated that ADGM will soon issue draft directives and seek industry response to regulate fintech companies attempting to work with financial institutions in areas such as open banking and open finance.
Despite the challenging situation this year as a result of the pandemic, the number of tech startups at ADGM increased by 80 percent to 291 and venture capital activity tripled from the previous year, concluded Mr. Al Sayegh.


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Bitmain, Canaan and Ebang Recieve ‘Unicorn’ Valuations, Number of Chinese DLT Companies Explodes
In newest cryptocurrency data from China, three cryptocurrency mining producers have been valued at larger than $1 billion USD, Bitmain has supported the launch of a evaluation coronary heart for digital financial belongings at Tsinghua Faculty, and larger than three,000 companies have been found to have registered blockchain-themed enterprise names all through the primary half of 2018.
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Bitmain, Canaan Ingenious, and Ebang Ranked as Chinese ‘Unicorns’
Shanghai-based Hurun Evaluation Institute has printed its Q2 Unicorn Index for the Increased China space, which choices cryptocurrencies companies for the first time.
Bitmain is ranked 13th on the itemizing, with Hurun valuing the company to be worth 70 billion yuan ($10.three billion USD roughly). Canaan Ingenious moreover holds a giant place on the itemizing, sitting at 32nd (tied with 20 completely different companies) with a valuation of…


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Whether it’s Patton Oswalt giving his commentary on a presidential debate, or simply everyone you know spoiling this week’s The Walking Dead, one thing is clear – people LOVE live tweeting. This humble “twittertary” is when someone, celebrity or not, provides their opinions on some event, typically a television broadcast. But for some that isn’t enough. Imagine a world where you can live stream your live tweets on Twitter. Sound good? Well stop day dreaming Buster Brown because you live in that world.
Look through the Periscope at a Meerkat. That may sound ridiculous, but those are the two apps currently waging cyber war for your business. Periscope is Twitter’s answer to Meerkat, and both are apps that permit users to perform amateur live streams of whatever content, over Twitter and other social media platforms. Mashable reports how it works:
During a live stream, you can comment and the broadcaster will see the comments. Because so few people were watching each stream, people often responded directly to me on camera. In Meerkat, every comment is a Twitter reply to the original Meerkat Live video prompt tweet. Here, however, Periscope fundamentally differs from Meerkat.
Source: CBS News, via Youtube.com
So just how popular is this? Well, a manager at Twitter’s Australian division, streamers Down Under watch near forty years of content daily. On Meerkat in particular, celebrities such as Jimmy Fallon, Tony Hawk, and Julia Louis-Dreyfus tout its use. Commentators at Billboard had this to say:
When Periscope first came out the reaction was, ‘This is gonna be really bad for the music industry,'” Sager said …”We never intended it to [be used to] live stream shows. Artists are using it to broadcast the moment before they go on stage, or what’s happening on the tour bus. It’s a different way for artists to communicate with fans on a different level.
Periscope has even developed a partnership with GoPro, the high definition camera company for those who wish to document extreme sports. Live stream your mountain biking trip in the Sierra Nevada Mountains? Sounds like bar is being raised.
Enter NPAW, the leader and specialist in proven technology which monitors and ensures quality content streaming. If twit-streams are set to become the phenomenon they appear to be, these apps are going to need to utilize technology to maximize the quality of the various live streams. Meerkat in particular, considering it is a, fast growing, upstart looking to steal market share from the goliath Twitter could benefit from the various quality monitors, IT services, and other services to ensure maximum profits are extracted from the content created by users, and end viewers are satisfied.
Just something else to think about from us here at NPAW.
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Netscape 7.2 Release Set for August 3rd?
Wednesday July 28th, 2004
Slashdot is reporting that AOL will release Netscape 7.2 on August 3rd, citing the shipping date for the CDs as evidence. While this date is probably a good guideline, it is worth noting that past shipping dates for CDs have not always exactly coincided with the dates new releases have been made available for download. Furthermore, the recent Mozilla security holes may force the date back. Netscape 7.2 is expected to be based on Mozilla 1.7.
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‘I made R300 000’: The Funny Chef on turning social media into a business
Content creation can be lucrative if done correctly.
Lebogang Tlokana a.k.a The Funny Chef says consistency is key to building a successful content creation business. Image: Instagram/ the_funnychef
From crafting hearty recipes to captivating social media audiences through funny skits – Lebogang Tlokana has cracked the content creation code.
Affectionately known as The Funny Chef, Tlokana has leveraged her online fame to build a booming business.
The Pretoria native said she realised early on the lucrative potential of social media.
“Upon realising there was potential income, I strategically increased content creation. Focusing on trending topics and crafting content that appealed to a broad audience helped attract clients organically,” she told The Citizen.
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Converting likes to cash
When it comes to social media, getting likes is one thing but converting them to cash is another.
Tlokana said monetising her content involved leveraging its popularity, after one of her videos had a ripple effect.
“After the first video gained attention, partnerships, sponsored posts, and other revenue streams followed relatively quickly, resulting in consistent income,” she said.
Asked how much her first big cheque was, Tlokana didn’t shy away from disclosing the six digit figure.
“My initial significant earnings amounted to R300 000, marking a substantial milestone in the monetization of my social media platforms,” she told The Citizen.
‘Consistency is key’
Just like any other entrepreneurial pursuit, building a business from social media can be challenging, requiring hard work and resilience.
Tlokana’s secret recipe for social media success? Consistency.
“Continuously producing engaging content and maintaining a regular posting schedule keeps the audience engaged, leading to sustained growth, and meeting monthly targets,” she said.
“I’m constantly working on something incredible and fascinating,” Tlokana said, adding that her latest project involved promoting a new product for a leading alcohol brand.
Tlokana’s advice to aspiring content creators is to simply get started, and to be persistent in their work.
“Be consistent, adapt to trends, and focus on creating content that resonates with your audience to build a sustainable long-term career,” she said.
Embracing the content creator economy
Head of Digital Content and PR at Momentum, Natalie Druion said the content creator economy has democratised the means of production and distribution – allowing individuals to turn their passion and skills into lucrative careers.
“Content creators are no longer confined to traditional media; instead, they leverage digital platforms to connect directly with audiences around the globe,” she told The Citizen.
Druion said graduates can also jump aboard the content creation train, to create better opportunities for themselves.
“In the dynamic landscape of the modern job market, the Creator Economy has emerged as a powerhouse, offering graduates the unprecedented opportunity to shape their own futures,” she said.
The emergence of social media platforms has revolutionised the creative industry, allowing creators to produce and monetise their content on their own terms.
“This shift has given rise to a diverse array of creators, from YouTubers and podcasters to bloggers and social media influencers, each contributing to the rich tapestry of the digital landscape,” Druion said.
“No longer confined by traditional employment structures, individuals now have the means to build their personal brands, connect with audiences, and monetise their creativity,” she added.


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Economists review Hanke’s claim on Iran inflation rate
Tehran, The current annual inflation rate in Iran stands at 151 percent, said Steve Hanke, an economics professor in Johns Hopkins University, in comments that has caused reactions among other fellow economists.
While the Statistical Center of Iran put the inflation rate at 8.7 percent for the 12-month period until July, Hanke believes that the annual inflation rate in Iran is currently at 151 percent.
Meanwhile, the Central Bank of Iran reported the inflation rate to be at 10.2 percent for the same period.
There is a great difference between the inflation rate announced by the Iranian authorities and that of the Johns Hopkins University professor.
Hanke states the facts much better, but it must be noted that the economic performance of a country cannot be assessed and cited based on the inflation index; because the inflation rate is an average of hundreds of heterogeneous goods. Averages never indicate the facts. And what year is the base year is also an important criterion. Mohammad Gholi Yousefi, professor of economics at Iran's Allameh Tabataba'i University, said in a recent interview with the Tehran-based Persia Digest news website.
However, I think Hanke's statistics are more accurate, because most of the goods in Iran are imported from abroad and are therefore influenced by the exchange rate. Exchange rate even affects non-commercial goods such as taxi fares. Therefore, the exchange rate index is more accurate to assess the inflation rate.' He added.
However, Albert Beghzian, an Iranian economis, believes that in order to know if Hanke's statistics are more accurate or the Iranian official statistics, we should wait until the end of the year.
Hanke's approach to calculate the inflation rate in Iran is based on the regression model. It means that, with the statistical model, the relation between the inflation rate and exchange rate changes has been calculated. In fact it uses prediction models based on historical data,' said the professor of economics at the University of Tehran.
But the method of Central Bank and the Statistical Center of Iran to calculate the inflation rate is based on basket of goods, which is not reasonable, considering the increase in price of goods such as vehicles in the market. Therefore, it seems that even if the calculation of the inflation rate by the Iranian authorities is not wrong, it is very optimistic.' He said.
'If the difference between government's exchange rate (4200 tomans) and the market's exchange rate (9000 tomans) remains unchanged, then by the end of the year, we should see an increase of above 50 percent in inflation rate,' He added.
However, Mehdi Pazouki, a professor of economics at Allameh Tabataba'i University, has questioned Steve Hanke's statistics and considers his method to calculate the inflation rate unscientific.
No intelligent economist considers the inflation rate in Iran at 150 percent, as the main needs of Iranian households have not increased in recent months. So, I think this talk is more of a psychological warfare carried out by the enemies of Iran, he said.
Of course, I also believe that the inflation rate in Iran is now a two-digit number, but Hanke's method for calculating the inflation rate is completely wrong, and in no accredited university, the inflation rate is calculated on the basis of changes in the value of the national currency with the international currency, he added.
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Recently, the Financial Times published a piece concerning Brexit. Nothing strange there – Brexit is an issue that will define not just the landscape of the UK but also that of Europe in coming years. It is an issue that, quite correctly, is debated and needs to continue to be so….
COMMENT: ‘Customs clearance’ to define UK’s post-Brexit auto industry
BY OLIVER DIXON. Trigger Article 50, and the UK leaves the EU. But can the UK auto industry secure its EU-reliant Just In Time supply chains?


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In a major overhaul at Netflix Inc., Bela Bajaria has been put in charge of global television and Cindy Holland, an architect of the streaming giant’s original-content strategy, is leaving, the company said Tuesday.
In her new role, Ms. Bajaria will oversee all original series for Netflix around the globe. Ms. Bajaria, who joined Netflix in 2016, had previously been in charge of unscripted programming and international content, the latter of which has become a priority for Netflix over the past several years.
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by Constance O'Neill
In the DVD, the nun was in France working on her Ph.D in microbiology to help her learn more about cheese, and pointed out all the farms that had closed down, farms which had produced some of the best cheeses in France going back many generations.The food safety laws put in by the multinational corporations have done this. Those laws harmonize with the bills here, so we know with clarity what they will do to farming and food here. The laws in Europe have also gotten rid of generations of cheese makers in Tuscany, while Kraft Food is doing well in Europe.
Vandana Shiva explains what the food safety laws are really about.And one can see just in looking at New York - remember New York, famous for its stunning diversity in food, the place where immigrants of all kinds got their starts by opening little food shops, by vending on the street? - how much is happening to shut down the most normal exchange of food and any possible small businesses around it, leaving only corporate food.The insanity and injustice of it is palpable.The following didn't pass but it gives an idea of where they are heading as they tighten the noose on access to normal, safe local food in state after state,Meanwhile, the big meat packers are still free to sicken and kill people and the big food processors free to put GMOs that are associated with organ failure and sterility and hair growing in the mouth, into our children's food unlabeled, and to load their food with MSG and aspartame, both shown to cause a long list of serious diseases. (While touted as a necessity for achieving food safety, no one believes that bills in Congress written by Monsanto and giving the FDA police state power, will be used in any way to go after industry, but they clearly pose a terrible threat to farmers and local food.)
The Farm to Consumer Legal Defense Fund sued the FDA over their ban of raw milk in interstate commerce. Last month, the FDA responded to FTCLDF's suit that such a ban is unconstitutional, with assertions that would impress Hitler.
- "There is no absolute right to consume or feed children any particular food."
- "There is no 'deeply rooted' historical tradition of unfettered access to foods of all kinds."
- "Plaintiffs' assertion of a 'fundamental right to their own bodily and physical health, which includes what foods they do and do not choose to consume for themselves and their families' is similarly unavailing because plaintiffs do not have a fundamental right to obtain any food they wish." (With the removal of the food words and one ends up with this actually frightening position by a government agency ostensibly tasked to protect people's health by preventing corporate harm: "Plaintiffs' assertion of a 'fundamental right to their own bodily and physical health ... is similarly unavailing ...")
- FDA's brief goes on to state that "even if such a right did exist, it would not render FDA's regulations unconstitutional because prohibiting the interstate sale and distribution of [insert the name of any food you consider invaluable] promotes bodily and physical health."
- "There is no fundamental right to freedom of contract."This strangling of food access is happening everywhere.The large farmers market in Urbana, Illinois, is a source of great pride to the city and a delight to its regular customers, but those who attend have no idea how close the farmers and other food vendors there are to going under. Some can't bring fresh eggs to market anymore without purchasing refrigerator trucks (yes, there is no need); others can't bring baked goods without going through expensive classes and renting government facilities that they can only get into at midnight on the day before the market (yes, there is no need); those selling meat are threatened with financial collapse of their whole operations if USDA/corporate demands for electronic tagging of their animals is forced on them, though it is "lunatic." (and may even be much worse; and honey farmers talk under their breath of regulations in which they might not even be allowed to share honey, let alone sell it.Choking rules are increasing on each type of food sold at the Urbana farmers market. But the market manager is so out of touch with what her own vendors are going through, that the market just increased the fee to vendors by 39%, saying the market had become so popular, they added more vendors and now need fire insurance for how close tents are to eat other (yes, it is absurd). The market gains from the vendors, but it is the vendors who are forced to bear the burden of the success they brought to others.Meanwhile those in charge in Urbana, bragging on the market as a special feature of the city, dependent on it themselves for wholesome food for their families, have not seen the corporate threat to the vendors so not only have done nothing to protect them from unjust regulations but become the very ones to enforce those regulations, and then top them off with their own additional fees.A young Mediterranean man in a city in Massachusetts who wanted to open a small restaurant (which would provide jobs to others) can't do so because a new regulation requires an especially large grease trap which is prohibitively expensive. The impossibly expensive grease trap is supposed to protect the water.The EPA also uses "oil" as a means to shut small businesses down. It has demanded that dairy farmers put in (again, prohibitively expensive) equipment to prevent spilt milk, defining the fat in milk now as oil.At a time when people have lost jobs and jobs themselves are disappearing, the corporations have devised a crushing orchestration of "health" regulations and laws which boggle the mind in terms of their anti-competitive impact. Forced onto communities, they are aimed at people's natural connection to food, and are breaking down distinct cultures and communities and local economies piece by piece.The patent absurdity of the food safety regulations does not escape ordinary people. At a church in Massachusetts where, like all religious groups, they put on bazaars to support their efforts to do good in the community, no one is legally allowed to bring home baked goods to sell anymore. Asked about this, the church secretary frowned and then whispered, "We do it anyway."Food itself is going underground.In Pennsylvania, farmers meet customers in parking lots in out of the way places at night to sell them food.S 510, the Food Modernization Act sees "modern" food as solely corporate food, and would use disease threats they define themselves, to even bring in DHS and the military to wipe out their animals.Perhaps churches, farmers markets, restauranteurs, shop owners, and families are beginning to see the full picture - that "food safety" is a hoax and that the health laws are meant to be destructive - the local piece of a massive international scheme by multinational corporations to take control of all food in the world. Perhaps as they begin to see how each of them and all of them are being harmed, they will join together and storm their local city council meetings to demand the removal of "food safety" laws that are actually corporate choke-holds on everyone's access to local food, to their own local economy, and to the abundant, distinct, and happy life that comes with it.The odds are good it is illegal for your child to sell lemonade and cookies to neighbors now. This isn't only "crazy" or upsetting. It is deeply inconsistent with existence.
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No other buyers offered to beat David Murdock’s price, so the sale of Dole Food Co. Inc. is expected to move forward and close by the end of this year, setting the value of the company at $1.6 billion.
Officials with the Westlake Village, Calif., company said Sept. 11 the pending deal with chairman and chief executive officer Murdock to buy back Dole included a period to seek other bidders from Aug. 30-Sept. 10, but no alternative transactions came in, according to a news release.
Murdock signed a deal Aug. 12 that other Dole officials described in a company news release as a “merger agreement.”
The agreement is subject to approval by U.S. and foreign governments and a majority of stockholders other than Murdock. It would allow Murdock to acquire, for cash, all of the outstanding shares of the company. Stockholders would receive $13.50 per share of common stock.
The 90-year-old Murdock made an unsolicited bid June 10 to pay $12 per share, setting the value of the company at $1.1 billion. Murdock and his family members own 40% of the stock already. The offer included a clause that stated the offer would be pulled if not acted upon by July 31. The stock was at $10.20 per share immediately before June 10 offer.
Dole’s board named a special committee to consider Murdock’s offer, which came 10 years after his 2003 purchase of the company when he bought 76% of the Dole shares for $1.43 billion, and assuming another $1 billion of debt. He took the company public in 2009.
Murdock was chief executive from July 1985 through June 2007. He returned to the CEO’s office early this year when David DeLorenzo stepped down from the post to help the Japanese company Itochu run the portions of the Dole business it bought for $1.7 billion.
That sale was finalized in April and included the global packaged foods business and Dole’s Asia fresh foods business. It came following a period of financial struggles that saw Dole report annual revenue of $4.2 billion, an 11% revenue decrease for 2012 compared with 2011.
The global packaged foods and Asian fresh food operations represented 38% of Dole’s 2012 revenues, according to financial reports, and more than half of its operating income.


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In its bid to take the token economy to the next level and set a standard in an already proliferated market, innovative financial gamification platform, Blockium is launching its IEO on Coineal’s exchange, in other to upgrade UX for traders while doubling their profit in the very exciting token economy.
Trading Just Got More Interesting
Leading P2P platform Fokoya, which always doubles as the creator of Blockium announced to the general public about the launch of its IEO, which will be on the digital crypto exchange platform, Coineal. Blockium is a cryptocurrency trading platform that uses its advanced blockchain and tokenized technology to make trading with friends, colleagues and strangers possible at any budget and at any particular size.
Blockium was specially designed to relieve the first time trader of the fear that accompanies an amateur trader who is trading in cryptocurrency for the first time in their lives. The Blockium trading competitions by Fokoya specifically gives users the ability to trade directly against other traders for the first time ever, using its end to end solutions and advanced integrations.
The recent IEO launched by Blockium will be administered through Coineal’s cryptocurrency exchange, in other to raise funds for the firm’s newly issued token, which is aimed at helping crypto holders invest their tokens while also doubling their profits.
Improved User Experience
The complete tokenization of Blockium will effectively improve the user experience of both the experienced and novice trader, this is basically due to the new and exciting features that were recently added to the platform, which includes an accepted entrance fee that suits any reasonable budget and lots of other exciting new features.
The Blockium trading community is one of the most powerful in the cryptocurrency industry, and this is because members of the community are also investors and an unofficial partner when holding its exclusive token, which they can compete with and turn to considerable profit.
Commenting on the latest development, the CEO of Fokoya Gilad Raz stated that:
‘’An IEO through Coineal is the perfect approach for Blockium to take as we begin an outreach strategy that penetrates the Asian market through the exchange’s branches in China, Japan, Korea and Vietnam. Fundraising Via IEO will allow Blockium to consistently develop company activities, as well as the platform’s token economy, with an optimized product that acts as a gaming competition resource to anyone in the trading world,
Tokenization is key, as it will create b2b opportunities for us in the future while meeting the needs of our crypto community immediately.”
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Fokoya is one of the leading P2P technology manufacturer utilizing blockchain and smart peer-to-peer technology to create an exciting online social experience.
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With all the life-sucking bad news these days is there anything that offers freedom-loving people real hope for the future?
Take heart because there is at least one bit of good news for freedom-loving people of the world – the other 99%.
It’s real, and it’s happening right now. The behavior control business model of the DS social media is about to take a free speech bath.
In the next few years, we could see that Silicon Valley tech brands that are now seen as too big to fail to do that in the near future. What is driving this is the universal hunger for free speech and privacy, so let’s start with the big picture.READ FOR FREE ON YOWUSA.COM


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Hitler syndrome re-appears: Uranus cycle
The 84 year Uranus cycle of the Hitler years is re-appearing in new fashion -- world currencies for one -- Roosevelt seized all of the gold in the U.S. -- today we have the Uranus disruption with Bitcoin and thousands of cryptocurrencies created as Uranus rules science, electronics, etc.
Wartime weaponry innovations continue to this day -- from radar, atomic bombs, satellites. Wartime Uranus innovation included Hitler's utilization of microwave ovens for troops invading Ukraine since the Soviet Union used a scorch earth policy as they retreated.
Today, Germany has recalled billions in gold from U.S. vaults, Turkey is requesting the same as well as Texas itself.
We also have alien intervention.
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Twitter founder Jack Dorsey's Block (formerly Square) will allow the users of Cash App to exchange Bitcoin and stocks as gifts this holiday season. Block is the parent company of Cash App. In a bid to rope in more people to try out this Bitcoin gifting experiment, Block has kept the minimum value of the Bitcoin gift to be as little as $1 (roughly Rs. 77). An announcement about this initiative was officially posted on Twitter.
Cash App in its Twitter announcement said that it is not mandatory for people to actually buy or own any Bitcoin or stock before gifting it to their loved ones via the app.
This September, the Cash App reported 70 million annual transacting users and gross profit worth $1.8 billion (roughly Rs. 13,693 crore) from its markets, the UK and the US.
“Cash App uses advanced security features to protect millions of people and payments each year. From verification locks to data encryption, we take steps to make sure your money and information are safe,” claims Dorsey's app website.
Block and Cash App are, however, not the first digital payment platforms to stitch the crypto element with their services ahead of the Christmas and New Year festivities.
PayPal and Coinbase are also allowing users to wrap up crypto assets as gifts and payments for third parties.
In fact, stock and crypto trading platform Robinhood is also expanding its services by adding the crypto gifting feature to its popular app. Still in its Beta version, the feature is presently being tested, Bloomberg reported.
Most platforms that are beginning to offer this crypto-gifting option are based and functional in the US.
In a recent study, crypto financial services firm BlockFi revealed that Americans are actually willing to accept including Bitcoin, Ether, and Dogecoin as gifts this holiday season.
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On Thursday, October 27th , the famous Italian company Ferrero opened its first “New Products Innovation and Development Laboratory” on this side of the Atlantic, in the town of San José de Iturbide, Guanajuato.
During the opening ceremony, CEO and Regional Manager of Ferrero Mexico and Central America, Pietro Paolo Cornero said: “This new facility features equipment and infrastructure that will be used for the innovation, research and development of new raw materials.”
“Today our dream comes true, having our research and development laboratory, considered strategic for the Ferrero Group. After an analysis, we decided to establish the operation in this strategic geographical location, and now Mexico is the first country in the Americas with this kind of laboratory. “
Cornero concluded: “the idea is to generate and share knowledge, this is something fundamental in the research field in order to achieve more ambitious results, it is a win-win situation for Ferrero and Guanajuato, we are looking to create a virtuous circle here.”
Ferrero Company is an Italian manufacturer of branded chocolate and confectionery products and it is the third biggest chocolate producer and confectionery company in the world.