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Instagram's legacy API platform will deprecate on March 2, 2020. The features which Facebook will keep alive will be accessed through the Facebook Graph API. With the many privacy concerns Facebook has faced in the past few years, privacy is a major concern of the transition.
Facebook has made several announcements this week that will benefit developers by expanding the ways that they can reach audiences beyond the social network’s walls. The announcements include upgrades to both the Audience Network SDK and the Facebook Live API.
Google announced multiple changes to its Ads and Search APIs. In the Ads API, changes were made to prevent the same payment account applying across manager account hierarchies. In the Search APIs, certain Android appearances that are no longer available in the Console UI are no longer supported.
Recent technology backed by machine learning is making it possible to recognize people and objects from images, videos, sounds, body parts, speech, phrases, characters, even typing. Developers can find over two-hundred APIs for Recognition on ProgrammableWeb. Here are some top choices.
Fifteen APIs have been added to the ProgrammableWeb directory in categories including Boating, Environment, and Artificial Intelligence. Featured today is an API for automated form data input and an API for airspace management for drones. Here's a rundown of the latest additions.
Stream.io provides developers with tools for adding scalable feeds, activity streams, and chat functionality to their applications via the Stream API. The company has recently announced a new SDK that aims to streamline the addition/creation of chat functionality for iOS applications.
Vungle recently announced the latest version of its advertising SDK. The Vungle SDK now features Cache Optimization to ensure that ads are available quicker than ever before. Further, the SDK supports the MREC ad format, which is a medium rectangle for in-app video advertisements.
Primis hit the Israeli web video market with its video discovery unit launched in 2018. The company has now expanded the usefulness of its platform with new API capabilities. The API features allow publishers to track and engage with viewers based on events like clicks, impressions, etc.
Agora.io, a provider of voice, video, and live interactive streaming solutions, announced the release of the Agora Video Chat SDK for Unity. This new SDK will allow game developers to embed video chat directly into their games. With this release, Agora.io is now a Unity Verified Solutions partner.
Considering adding video capabilities to an application? There are numerous APIs to choose from. ProgrammableWeb provides a huge list of Video APIs to accommodate developers. In this article we summarize the top ten choices based on popularity on the ProgrammableWeb website.
Developers wanting to create apps for news hungry users need to find the correct APIs to make that happen. They should start their search in the News Services category of the ProgrammableWeb API directory. Check out the 11 most popular News Services APIs based on user ProgrammableWeb traffic.
Retrieving data about films, TV shows, and movie related details can be easy with Application Programming Interfaces (APIs). Developers looking to create applications for film buffs should check out this list of ten most popular APIs listed in ProgrammableWeb's Movies category.
The Shutterstock API has been used by over 10,000 developers. The company includes names like Google, Facebook, and IBM in its list of developer partners. To offer these partners an additional revenue stream through the Shutterstock API, Shutterstock has launched self-serve API subscription plans.
The video game industry is expected to top $150 billion this year. Developers wishing to enhance gaming experiences can find hundreds of games APIs in ProgrammableWeb's directory. Here is a list of notable video game and game related APIs that are popular with our readers and staff.
Edgybees recently announced its Augmented Reality Ground Underlying System (Argus). Argus is an API kit that allows users to overlay real time video footage with geospatial data, and other data points. The API kit is software only which makes it easily deployable and supported cross platform.
The ProgrammableWeb directory's Search category contains more than 2000 APIs for adding search technology and functions to websites and applications. Here we filter through popular user favorites and highlight those that developers may find useful for enhancing applications.
AWS has introduced Secure Packager and Encoder Key Exchange (SPEKE). SPEKE is an API specification that aims to standardize integration of DRMs with encoders, transcoders, and encryptors. Prior to SPEKE, such communication was done on a one-off basis, with a custom API between DRM and encryptor.
Fifteen APIs have been added to the ProgrammableWeb directory in categories including Banking, Printing, and Dashboards. Highlights include a new API from Eagle Eye Networks for managing camera settings to build video surveillance products. Here's a rundown of the latest additions.
Google has open sourced its Cloud Search Connector SDK. The goal is to ease the search of third-party content and identities within a company. Google originally partnered with around 50 partners around the world to build third-party connectivity for Cloud Search and has now opened up a public SDK.
Canon Europe announces the release of its new camera API package, offering a range of resources to developers. The combined EOS Digital SDK and all-new Camera Control API (CCAPI) create unique opportunities for developers and software engineers to take advantage of select Canon cameras and lenses.


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Oahu's last dairy to close
Local milk is running dry, as one Oahu dairy has closed its doors and another phases out operations for this summer.
Mountain View Dairy made its last delivery yesterday, and Pacific Dairy is expected to shut down this summer, according to Carissa Tourtelot, speaking for Oahu's last remaining milk processor, Meadow Gold Dairies.
That leaves residents of Oahu with the option of drinking milk from either the mainland or the three remaining dairies on the Big Island.
The closures will not directly affect local milk pricing, which the state regulates.
Meadow Gold still purchases about 20 percent of its milk locally, according to Tourtelot.
"Meadow Gold continues to purchase all the local milk they can," she said. "It's just that demand exceeds supply, so they have to supplement that with mainland products."
Milk production has been on a steady decline for the last decade.
Hawaii's milk production in March was 3.9 million pounds, down 25 percent compared to March 2006.
Year-to-date, local milk production is at 12 million pounds, 22 percent lower than during the same period last year.
A worker who answered the phone at Mountain View Dairy but preferred to remain anonymous said transportation costs and fees ended up being too high to make the business feasible.
Pacific Dairy could not be reached for comment. One of its listed phone numbers has been disconnected, and the other went unanswered yesterday.
Dairy analysts say part of the challenge of doing business in Hawaii is that the feed for milk cows must be shipped in from the mainland, which adds to expenses.
The Big Island's three remaining dairies are Cloverleaf Dairy, Island Dairy and Kamuela Dairy.

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Kauai Muscle and Fitness, a family-owned, 24-hour access gym, opened its doors in Kapaa in 2009 with a simple mission — provide more for less.
Owners Jimmy and Alison Castillejos say they will carry that same business mindset over to their second location, scheduled to open in Lihue in September.
“For nearly four years, my wife and I have offered low membership rates,” Jimmy wrote in a statement. “Our objective was and still is to make a fitness facility that is affordable and welcoming to all socioeconomic classes and age groups in the community.”
The new 6,000-square-foot, two-story gym will be inside the Kuhio Business Center along Kuhio Highway. It will feature more than 20 cardio machines — including bicycles, ellipticals, steppers and treadmills — as well as powerlifting and pin-loaded equipment, free weights, showers, a supplement shop and TVs.
The Castillejos, along with friends and family, have spent the last several weeks unloading containers full of equipment from the Mainland.
Just as they were when the Castillejos opened the Kapaa gym, Jimmy recognizes times are tough.
“Customers thank us regularly for keeping gym memberships reasonably priced for them,” he wrote. “Economic times are still rough and to hear such appreciation from members is very satisfying.”
For this very reason, Jimmy and his wife are excited to open the second gym, and offer their services to a larger portion of the island.
Both Jimmy and Alison are passionate about fitness and exercise, and enjoy seeing others develop and share that interest. In fact, both work more than 50 percent of gym hours, which Jimmy says has contributed to their success.
“It is most important to us that we maintain a family friendly atmosphere that is just as supportive for first-time, inexperienced gym members as it is for the lifelong gymgoer,” he wrote. “Our belief is that if you take care of your community, they will take care of you.”
Since 2009, Kauai Muscle and Fitness has continued to offer reduced sign-up rates and a guarantee of no gimmicks or sales, according to Jimmy.
“The goal was to give people the Taj Mahal of fitness centers and not to use our shoestring budget as an excuse to offer a bottom-of-the-barrel gym just because we charged our patrons less,” he wrote. “We knew we could win customers’ business this way.”
Memberships at the Kapaa location cost $40 per person, $69 per couple, $38 for seniors and students, and $80 per family. Due to the larger location in Lihue, rates will increase slightly, between $3 and $5 per month, depending on the type of membership.
Members will have 24-hour access, 365 days a year to both facilities, Jimmy wrote.
Kauai Muscle and Fitness’ Kapaa gym is at 951 Kipuni Way. The new Lihue location will be at 3-3215 Kuhio Highway.
For more information visit kauaimuscleandfitness.com or call 822-2021.


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Mooresville-based Lowes Inc. said Monday it has withdrawn an offer to purchase Canadas largest home improvement retailer, Rona Inc., a deal that would have sharply increased Lowes share of the Canadian market.
Lowes approached Rona about the transaction, which would have valued Rona at about $1.8 billion, in July. Rona turned down the unsolicited proposal, which, at C$14.50 a share, represented a 37 percent premium to Ronas stock price at the time. The offer from Lowes was also opposed by politicians in Quebec, who said they wanted to keep the Boucherville-based company Canadian.
But some analysts said that Lowes might still pursuer Rona. The Canadian retailers stock fell more than 11 percent after Mondays announcement.
We would not be so quick to assume this episode is concluded, wrote Carol Levenson, an analyst with independent bond rating agency Gimme Credit. Further severe share price deterioration prompted by the withdrawal of the Lowes proposal could pressure the RONA board to talk to Lowes after all.
Robert Niblock, Lowes CEO, said during the retailers earnings report last month that Lowes was still considering all of its options to acquire the company, and didnt rule out a hostile bid. Also, Lowes has said it had the support of institutional shareholders who own about 15 percent of Ronas stock.
We are committed to our business in Canada. ... We do not intend to speculate at this point about how we may grow the business in the future, Lowes spokeswoman Julie Yenichek said Monday, via email. She said Lowes is still evaluating its options, including organic growth, to expand in Canada.
Rona operates some 800 stores of varying sizes, many of them franchise and affiliate locations, and the acquisition would have been Lowes largest. Lowes operates about 1,745 stores, only 35 of them in Canada.
Shares of Lowes closed down 17 cents, less than 1 percent, at $29.23 a share on Monday.
On Monday, Lowes executives said via a news release that Ronas board of directors wasnt interested in the deal.
Lowes has repeatedly attempted to engage the Board of Directors of Rona with respect to its proposal in order to conduct confirmatory due diligence and move forward with a friendly, negotiated transaction, said Lowes. It is unfortunate that the RONA Board of Directors did not recognize the important economic and commercial benefits of this proposal for its stakeholders and for Canada.
Rona did not immediately comment.


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Toymaker Ty Ships Products For The Holidays To Avoid Port Congestion
- Ty Inc. ships its products by air for the holidays to avoid port congestion, and the toy maker has already funded 283 cargo flights to the United States since October. according to a press release Monday.
- Ty’s Beanie Babies and Beanie Boos products are shipped via flights from China, where they are made, to Chicago. The toys are then transported to Ty’s suburban Chicago headquarters for shipment to small retailers as well as specialty stores, convenience stores, grocery stores and drugstores.
- The typical cargo flight costs between $ 1.5 million and $ 2 million, Ty said. But the company said it had not raised the prices of its products, and its chairman, CEO and founder, Ty Warner, said the thefts would continue.
More and more companies are taking their freight into the air at the start of the holidays, sacrificing the profitability of shipping to ensure products arrive on time.
“I am determined not to let global supply chain issues interfere with the holidays, and I am committed to supporting independent retailers,” Warner said in a statement.
Supply chain bottlenecks, including a backlog of container ships outside the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, have locked the stocks of some shippers in transit. Product catalogs during Cyber ââWeek fell 6% year-over-year in the United States, according to Salesforce, as retailers grapple with logistical hurdles.
Some companies have shipped their goods well before the high season where are spend more to work around the problems. Ty is among those who choose to lean more into the air cargo speed to keep their goods moving.
Health apparel company FIGS plans to spend around $ 8-10 million on air travel in its fourth quarter to ensure limited-edition styles and colors arrive in time to meet demand, the director said. financier Jeff Lawrence. during a call for earnings. The company spent about $ 1 million on air freight in the previous quarter.
âSo we don’t think this will be an ongoing air cargo activity,â Lawrence said. “It was really just a reaction to the transit issues everyone is having.”
But relying more on air cargo comes with its own hurdles. Capacity constraints and high shipping rates have been a constant in 2021, and airports in China and the United States have struggled to manage cargo effectively.
Some carriers have announced cancellations of flights out of Hong Kong and Guangzhou – two destinations out of Ty – and airlines out of Guangzhou “continue to reject large shipments or provide longer transit times of up to up to 3 weeks, âsaid Flexport. in a market update. In the United States, terminal operations at airports “remain a challenge” and some are understaffed, according to CH Robinson.


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“We realized that we all have different storage and hygiene practices for our pets,” said Emily Louisana, one of the study’s authors, and a junior veterinary dietitian in casual nutritionist conversations. veterinarians. “When we realized the (FDA’s) recommendations were relatively unknown, even among professionals, we wanted to see what other pet owners were doing.”
Luisana is a member of the Veterinary Advisory Board of Tailored, a dog food company run by pet nutritionists. Caitlyn Getty, co-author of another study, NomNomNow Inc. He is a veterinary scientist. , a company that focuses on pet gut health and proper nutrition. No company funded this study and the authors reported no competing interests. The study focuses on owner interest in any dog food, not the food brands themselves.
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Researchers found that 4.7% of 417 dog owners surveyed were aware of Food and Drug Administration guidelines on pet food consumption and dishwashing hygiene – 43% of respondents stored and washed pet food. dog food within 1.5 meters of human food. feeding dog food on surfaces intended for human use, 33% held hands and 33% prepared dog food.
Group B had to follow Food and Drug Administration (FDA) guidelines for pets and humans, which required washing hands with soap and warm water for at least 20 seconds; scrape food from dishes before washing; Wash dishes with soap and water hotter than 160°F (71°C) for at least 30 seconds and dry thoroughly with a clean towel or using a National Sanitation Foundation approved dishwasher for washing and drying.
Group C received no instructions, but were told when the second scan would take place.
In group C, vessel contamination increased between smears. None of the Louisiana Group C owners had washed their dogs’ bowls in the eight days since the authors collected the first bacteria sample, “despite knowing they had guidelines from the FDA and that samples from the bowl would be taken again,” he said.
“It shows that raising awareness of the current recommendations alone is not enough,” he added.
Reduce the risk of contamination
The authors said they believe this education is especially important for at-risk populations, such as immunocompromised people.
However, in the current study, 20% of people in groups A and B said they were more likely to follow long-term hygiene instructions, and even fewer – 8% – said they were more likely to follow all instructions given.
“Our study shows that pet owners look to their veterinarians, pet food stores and pet food manufacturers for information on pet food storage. and hygiene guidelines,” Luisana said. He added that pet food companies that examine their food both in the lab and at home, then put storage and usage recommendations on labels or on their websites will be a start.
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YouTube has announced a new feature this April Fools’ Day, courtesy of content studio Portal A, and the video sharing site’s head of comedy Ben Relles. “Today we’re excited to announce a feature that people have been asking about since we launched,” says Relles, who plays the company’s director of innovation in an announcement video. “The ability to watch every video in 360 — with Snoop Dogg.”
YouTube has dubbed the feature SnoopaVision, and says it won’t launch for decades. But today, a beta version has inserted a Snoop icon next to Settings on every YouTube video. Clicking the icon transports users to the prank’s landing page, where the rapper has watched 10 viral videos alongside other famous YouTubers, like Olga Kay and the Double Rainbow guy. You can check out his signature commentary in 360 degrees right here.
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Parent company Google is prank-happy every April Fools’ Day, and last year YouTube deployed a Darude – Sandstorm button that added the techno earworm to any video. Today, the company unveiled a plastic version of Google Cardboard, outfitted the orange peg from Google Maps in ’70s disco attire, and introduced a parachute delivery system for Google Express.
Its latest ploy within Gmail, however, titled Gmail Mic Drop, was disabled earlier this morning amid a slew of complaints. The feature allowed Gmail users to have the last word over email, whereby they could deploy a GIF of a Minion dropping a microphone and subsequently end any email chain. However, many said the feature had gotten them in trouble at work.


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This week took place the Apple keynote. Launch of Iphone 7, Apple Watch 2 ... main announcements in video.
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Dozens of tech press conferences and product announcements fill our days, but often, the largest and most important among them orbit the biggest shows of the year. CES kicks off the year in January, Mobile World Congress sets the pace for spring, Computex sets the agenda in the summer, and IFA has become the big show to watch each Labor Day weekend. And this year it’s bigger than ever.


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While the latest trend among Australian telcos is to offer “unlimited” data mobile plans, ACCC chairman Rod Sims has now officially warned the companies not to mislead customers with this terminology.
The issue that the Commission found with plans from Optus, Vodafone and Telstra is that their respective “unlimited” plans did, indeed, pose some limits on customers.
The plan from Optus restricted speeds to 1.5Mbps when tethering, streaming and downloading (which is pretty much everything except for light browsing), while Telstra and Vodafone both imposed the same throttled 1.5Mbps download rate once the user had surpassed a data allowance (...or data 'limit', you could say).
While all of this was indeed explained by the telcos in some of their finest print, these qualifications were “not sufficiently prominent or clear to explain to consumers the existence and impacts of the limitations”, according to the ACCC.
Crime and punishment
If telecommunications companies aren’t transparent with their advertising in the future, the ACCC will invoke “court action from the regulator”, promising to “seek the highest possible penalties”.
“We have taken a range of actions against telecommunication companies for misleading consumers,” states Sims. “It is about time they showed more respect for their customers and the Australian Consumer Law."
Since a Federal Court case found Telstra guilty of false advertising with its slogan “One word for Australia’s best mobile network. Unlimited”, all three telcos have stopped using the word as a headline claim, replacing it with phrases such as “Peace of Mind data”, and “Mobile data that never ends”.
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BEIJING – Wang Fachang, standing vice general manager of FAW Toyota Motor Sales Co., Ltd. (FTMS), was appointed vice general manager of FAW Car Co., Ltd., responsible for sales operations. Dong Xiuhui, director of enterprise planning department of FTMS, was appointed director of sales management department of FAW Group, both effective from June, according to a report in Beijing Times.
Tian Congming, Party secretary and executive vice general manager of Tianjin-FAW-Xiali Automobile Co. currently, would take Wang’s place in FTMS.
Wang joined FTMS in 2003 and became the company’s standing vice general manager since November 2003. Wang had raised a new theory to strengthen the local values of Toyota vehicles through products and sales.
Before joining FTMS, Wang was vice general manager of FAW-Volkswagen Automobile Co., Ltd. in 1997 and general manager of FAW Car in 1998.
According to CBU–Autostats, FTMS sold 95,271 vehicles and FAW Car sold 44,376 units in the first quarter of this year.


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Going Mobile: TurboTax App for EZ Tax Filing is Latest Example of Intuit’s Broader Smartphone Initiative
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customers to file their entire individual tax returns from an iPhone or Android-based smartphone. (TurboTax introduced the app last year as a pilot program that was limited to iPhone users in California, and used customer feedback to refine the software and online tutorial.)
Since Intuit’s 1993 acquisition of San Diego-based Chipsoft, which first developed the tax preparation software in the early 1980s, TurboTax has emerged as a significant presence in San Diego, with about 900 full-time employees (and more than 1,000 during the tax season) at the company’s serene campus in San Diego’s Fairbanks Ranch neighborhood. Two months ago, the Connect non-profit group gave TurboTax its William W. Otterson Award, which recognizes technologies or products developed in San Diego that have demonstrated a significant positive impact on society or on our quality of life.
Taxpayers download the SnapTax app for free (from the Apple App Store, Android Market, or SnapTax.com), and pay $15 when they use Intuit’s connected services to electronically file their federal and state tax return with the Internal Revenue Service. The app includes optical character recognition technology that enables users to simplify the process by taking pictures of their W-2 wage and tax statements— Intuit’s system automatically extracts data from the form and enters it on the user’s tax return.
Using a smartphone camera to capture, store, and eliminate the need for paper receipts, checks, and statements is part of a growing trend in the mobile space, which also is exemplified in technology developed by San Diego-based Mitek, and Mountain View, CA-based Evernote.
So how many people would use their phone to file their taxes?
More than you might think, Saik said. Although the app was designed to process only 1040EZ filings, Saik says that covers about 60 percent of U.S. taxpayers, or some 22 million people. “The younger crowd and tech-savvy crowd use their phones quite a lot,” Saik said. “It’s about balancing an easy experience, which is what TurboTax is all about, with the convenience of using a mobile device.”
In the 10 days after TurboTax announced the nationwide launch of SnapTax, more than 30,000 people downloaded the app, Gatlin said. In comparison, there were about 2,000 total downloads last year, when the app was only available for iPhones in California.
In addition to SnapTax, Gatlin says Intuit’s line of mobile apps includes:
—TaxCaster: Helps taxpayers estimate what their refund will be.
—MyTaxRefund: Enables any taxpayer who has e-filed to check the status of their federal tax refund.
—Mint: A personal financial management service that Intuit acquired in 2009. Gatlin says Mint now has more active mobile users today than total users a year ago.
—GoPayment: Enables small business owners to accept credit card payments on a mobile phone. Gatlin says the app helps entrepreneurs and small businesses to get paid any time and on the go.
—QuickReceipts: Provides online access to digital receipts from participating retailers.
It’s an expanding trend, and Gatlin says Intuit is looking at tablets and other platforms to develop additional mobile apps. While the complexities of foreign tax codes pose a challenge for TurboTax, in terms of expanding internationally, Gaitlin says Intuit is looking for other ways to help individuals manage their personal finances and address the needs of small businesses around the world.


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NOGALES, Ariz. – The Fresh Produce Association of the Americas is pleased to announce the promotion of Allison Moore to Vice President, effective immediately.
In her new role, Moore will assume more leadership and responsibility in day-to-day operations of the FPAA, which represents more than 100 companies involved in the importation and distribution of fresh produce from Mexico.
“Allison continues to prove her value to the FPAA,” said FPAA President Lance Jungmeyer. “As an example, Allison’s experience in recognizing and solving everyday border crises such as system delays with Customs or FDA makes her extremely important to the industry. Paying attention to the nuts and bolts of border crossings helps keep companies operating efficiently.”
Recently, Moore has been active in areas of food safety, transportation Hours of Service and agriculture quality inspections.
“I am surrounded by intelligent, committed, passionate people that I get to work with on a daily basis, whether it’s coworkers, our members, peers in other trade associations, or government officials,” says Moore. “How can you beat working with and learning from so many people on issues ranging from local infrastructure projects to food safety to international trade? Solving problems and helping people are really the foundations of my job, and I love that.”
Moore, previously Director of Legislative and Regulatory Affairs, joined FPAA as Communications Director in 2001. She will continue to work closely with the President and senior leadership on government-related issues.
Moore is active in industry councils and committees such as the United Fresh Food Safety & Technology Council, the Greater Nogales Santa Cruz County Port Authority, Arizona Mexico Commission, Nogales Economic Development Foundation, and Nogales Community Development.
Moore has a Master’s degree from the University of Arizona, as well as a bachelor’s degree from the University of Virginia.
About the Fresh Produce Association of the Americas:
The FPAA is a nonprofit trade association headquartered in Nogales, Arizona, that represents almost 120 U.S. member companies involved in growing, packing, sales and transportation of fresh fruits and vegetables grown in Mexico. The FPAA leverages the efforts of private companies and partner-associations to increase the consumption of fresh fruits and vegetable from Mexico. The Mariposa Port of Entry located in Nogales, Arizona, is the largest port of entry for fresh produce imported into the U.S. from Mexico.
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The two airlines had signed the codeshare pact that allows United Airlines to book seats for its passengers on Vistara's flights in India last June.
Codesharing allows an airline to book its passengers on its partner carriers and provide seamless travel to destinations where it has no presence.
The agreement enables United Airlines to codeshare on Vistara-operated Indian domestic flights starting February 28, Vistara said adding that passengers on both airlines have been enjoying the ability to earn and redeem frequent flyer points/miles on either of the frequent flyer programmes since the beginning of February.
"The US continues to be one of the biggest source markets for foreign travellers into India and the region, and this partnership allows us to provide a seamless travel offering for customers to and from the United States," Vistara Chief Commercial Officer Vinod Kannan said in a release.
The codeshare agreement enables United Airlines to put its 'UA' designator code on 68 Vistara-operated flights to 26 destinations every day, including but not limited to Ahmedabad, Amritsar, Bengaluru, Bhubaneswar, Chandigarh, Chennai, Goa, Hyderabad, Jodhpur, Kolkata, Lucknow, Pune, Raipur, Ranchi, Srinagar, Thiruvananthapuram, Udaipur and Varanasi.
"We are excited to offer our shared customers the option of building a seamless itinerary when planning travel to cities beyond New Delhi and Mumbai," said John Gebo, senior vice-president (alliances), United Airlines.
United Airlines operates daily flights between New York/Newark and Delhi and Mumbai and also San Francisco-New Delhi.
"Our relationship with Vistara opens up even more options for customers to travel between our East and West Coast hubs and multiple destinations throughout India," he added.
Since February 1, members of Vistara's and United Airlines' frequent flyer programmes, Club Vistara and United MileagePlus, have been able to earn and redeem their CV Points/United MileagePlus miles when flying on either of the airlines' network, which means Club Vistara members can now earn and redeem CV Points on flights operated by United Airlines, and vice versa.
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Recovering The Economy Through Tourism
Event Africa Contributor 11/10/2021 Traveller News
For South Africa to rebuild its tourism industry amidst the ravaging effects of Covid-19, it will need a “tourism for dummies” approach – ensure the safety of tourists, have a coherent strategy, and create an enabling business environment. In other words, let’s get back to basics.
There are three things that South Africa’s tourism has going for itself: year-round mild climate, welcoming people and authentic cultural diversity. But there are three things that go against it: an absence of safety, a lack of coherence between all tourism role-players and the unwillingness to be open for business on a global scale.
All of these cracks need to be addressed if we are to rebuild tourism. It really comes down to government getting the basics right first. It needs to create an environment in which tourism businesses, particularly global brands, can thrive.
Make South Africa safe for tourists
Over the years we have seen the country evolve from the euphoria of 1994 to the urgent need for constructive economic growth. As a family we are deeply committed to playing our part. In many respects, it probably has to do with our history as immigrants, who have fire in their bellies to bring about change and make an impact on their adopted home.
However, spurts of xenophobic attacks over the last decade, and not forgetting the recent riots, have made South Africa a destination to avoid. Racism is still embedded in our structures. All of these issues have made us insular, effectively cutting us off from the global tourism ecosystem.
We do not even consider Africans coming into our country as inbound tourists yet they make up nearly 80% of our foreign arrivals before and during the Covid-19 era.
In addition, the vaccination rollout, while steady, has been achingly slow. To date, just 17-million vaccinations have been administered since the rollout started in February this year. As a result, the UK has placed South Africa on the red list for travel. This means British tourists wishing to visit South Africa have to undergo 10 days of quarantine when they return to their home country. It makes South Africa an unattractive destination. Estimates put the loss of revenue at R26-million per day.
Our traditional major source markets, Germany and the US, have only made travel to and from South Africa easier as of September. But we cannot continue complaining and waiting for the UK to open. We need to act and look for alternate markets.
We can attract tourists from countries in the Middle East, China and India – all of which have a growing middle and upper class that is hungry to travel and consume our authentic offerings. We just need to start focusing on bringing them here. In fact, the UK and Europe has been a key beneficiary from the Middle East for years – we can take a page from that playbook and apply it to our strategy. But we chose not to because we continue to stick to what is familiar and comfortable.
Such self-made problems can be rectified through political will. The forthcoming new age of tourism will not be kind to countries that have lacklustre safety policies. Conscious travellers will be looking for destinations that are crime free, family-friendly, politically stable and adherent to Covid-19 regulations.
A need for a coherent strategy
In light of the Coronavirus’ decimation of tourism, the South African government drew up a sectoral recovery plan to recuperate the industry to pre-Covid levels. But the plan fails to mention a coherent public-private strategy.
Government claims to recognise tourism as one of the economy’s crucial industries that can lift the country out of its quagmire. This sentiment is clear in its Economic Reconstruction and Recovery Plan. Yet the government’s actions are contrary. A R4.1-billion budget for tourism is not sufficient for recovery. The tourism department received even less in the years before Covid-19. The previous finance minister, Tito Mboweni, said in his Budget Speech in February that the department reprioritised R540 million for the Tourism Equity Fund to support recovery. And that was about all that was said on tourism.
It has been reported that foreign tourists put off travel to South Africa for a later stage as it is seen as a long-haul, once-in-a-lifetime destination. I believed this too, until Australia made that reason irrelevant. Statistics show that of the 9.4-million international arrivals Down Under in 2019, more than 370,000 were from the US and 344,000 were from the UK. The industry contributed almost AUD61-billion (R660-billion) to the country’s GDP. That is because Australia has driven a collective approach from all levels of government and the private sector. Both sectors run with the same messaging and have the same agenda.
More than that, we need to consider an aviation policy which is accessible and open. Have we ever considered an open skies approach? The country needs to sort its airlift problems. It had been without a national carrier since September 2020. Only in September this year did South African Airways take to the skies again, opening up routes between major South African cities and five other African destinations.
Statistics show that Africa makes up just two percent global airlift. Just how much of that share South Africa occupies is unknown. It is time that we have an open skies policy at least for our fellow African countries. It would make South Africa an airline hub for the rest of the continent.
A national carrier is important but even more so is the success of a vibrant tourism market. We need to look beyond politics and what other parts of the world have done. We will need to do more if we are to deliver South Africa as a hub status for Africa, South America and the Middle East. Reconsidering our aviation policy and being accessible to the world will be a step in the right direction.
Let’s finally be open for business
Tourism is a super-sector. It is the only industry that involves other sectors such as manufacturing, information technology and transport. To effectively tap into this opportunity, there needs to be a willingness to do business on the global stage. South Africa cannot remain insular any longer.
We could start by building our domestic market as a base. Studies have shown that South Africans mainly travel within the country to visit family and friends. This does not need to be the only reason any longer.
The Coronavirus has given us the opportunity to build a well-oiled local tourism industry based on leisure travel with niche offerings.
While Sho’t Left Travel Week is admirable in its intentions, dedicating one week every September is not going to entice the average South African to visit her own backyard. In addition, the discounts offered are paltry, with many luxury establishments charging rates to locals that are reserved for elite or foreign tourists.
Travel for South Africans should be made accessible and affordable. Big local brands still dominate the tourism landscape with an outdated product and service culture delivered as if they are doing the customer – and the tourism industry on the whole – a favour. Such arrogance continues to make tourism inefficient. The need for global brands to bring a change, competition, agility, skills and global best practice is even more relevant today.
In addition, the introduction of such brands will bring the country’s tourism on par with the global ecosystem as they generate an international presence and awareness of South Africa as a destination. These brands play a key role in attracting fair market share purely by being in a destination. They are a driver for destination marketing.
Tourism still an employment powerhouse
When tourism rebounds amidst the Covid-19 chaos, it will recapture its capability to be a major employer. Pre-Covid statistics show that it contributed 4.5% of total employment in South Africa and remained resilient in tough economic times. We will, once again, look to tourism to mend the current 34% unemployment rate.
The private sector, particularly global brands, will play a part in developing the employees’ skills. It can partner with tertiary institutions in growing a workforce fit for the industry. It will need to take the lead because tourism businesses bring global best practice and world-class training. But government would first need to create an enabling environment for these businesses to exist and thrive. They need to have the resolve and ability to execute their plans. We need less talk and more action.
In 2019, we only attracted 15.8-million foreign tourists. That is almost 10-million less than what the city of Venice receives in a year. And with Covid-19, South Africa’s figures dropped by 71% to just 5-million foreign arrivals.
We need to be smarter when it comes to attracting tourists. We need to find a way to place the country high on the global agenda. South Africa needs to stop being arrogant. Not every tourist is eager to visit our country. South Africa is not the only destination from which to choose. The sooner we understand this, the sooner we will be able to attract an abundance of tourists, create jobs and revive the tourism industry.


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The group raised its interim dividend by 14.3% to 2p.
Sales at the group's central London Oxford Street store rose 7.3% in the first half. The Manchester store contributed £700,00 during the period.
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According to a report by Bloomberg, Apple could be making a huge announcement in terms of their future within the gaming industry very soon. In a recent report, it states that tech giant Apple will be revealing a premium games subscription service for the App Store. This service will primarily be for devices like iPhones and iPads instead of being cloud based like XCloud, the newly revealed Google Stadia, or PlayStation Now.
In terms of content it is rumored that the service will bundle together a variety of paid games excluding free to play titles altogether. Each of the games would be from different developers and they can all be accessed by paying a monthly fee.
If it is true that free games won’t be included with the services, that means popular titles like Fortnite, PUBG, and even the upcoming Mario Kart Tour wouldn’t be available through the service. This would be as a surprise since Apple worked quite closely with Nintendo to promote some of their content on the App Store.
If the rumor does hold true, then the only other question is when would Apple choose to reveal this new service. As it turns out, the company has an event this Monday where it will announce new services in TV, news, and finance. While none of these mediums are exactly gaming related, it’s also stated that Apple is currently discussing the new service with potential partners.
While the world may not hear about the service Monday, this doesn’t mean that it is purely speculation as it is quite possible that Apple will choose to reveal it at it’s developer conference in June which is interestingly close to E3 2019. Either way, it won’t be too long before we hear any news about this service if these reports hold any validity.


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It gets worse, across all corners, across seemingly all industries.
In terms of impact, everything pales next to the loss of life, and widespread illness, wreaked by the coronavirus.
But by having the ripple effect of idling factories, causing firms to send their Chinese workers home and crippling tourism, the coronavirus has, in the worst way, gone viral.
It was reported earlier this week that the U.S. economy could see a $10 billion hit from a drop in Chinese tourism.
And more recently, as noted Friday (Feb. 7) by Reuters, Indian tourism operators have tallied the impact they might see from a dip from tourists from China, yes, but from other countries too. That dent in India’s tourism trade will equate to $500 million, according to reports. Air India has canceled flights to China and Hong Kong “until further notice.” Another carrier, IndiGo, has stopped flights to the region until later in the month. Most of the roughly 50,000 Chinese tourists that had been expected in India this month and in January have canceled their trips.
“We fear immediate loss of up to $500 million as the coronavirus outbreak has hit the arrival of tourists from China, Hong Kong and neighboring countries,” said Pronab Sarkar, national president, Indian tour operators Association, as quoted by the newswire.
Supply Chain Impact Continues
Separately, the idea that, at least when it comes to the Chinese consumer, eCommerce will at least blunt the impact to global retail may not be as true as some as had hoped.
Thus far, at least some observers seem to think fears might be overblown. As reported Friday, U.S. National Economic Council Director Larry Kudlow said it seemed unlikely the virus would have a major impact to the U.S. economy.
“There’s a lot of variables involved and things we don’t know. Internally we have looked at a drop in GDP of perhaps two-tenths of one percent — that’s all we found so far. Again, based on the past and based on what we’re seeing. We think it will be an absolute minimal impact,” Kudlow said, as reported by Reuters.
But it depends on where you look for impact.
Amazon could see some impact, as Reuters said. A number of sellers across the eCommerce giant’s platform may be “bracing for product shortages” because Chinese workers may not return to work at manufacturers.
That means products — such as, say, electronics — that are already in various supply chains may eventually make their way to virtual shelves and be bought … but retail stock outs, especially in the absence of contingency plans, loom.
More than 1 million Amazon sellers depend on Chinese workers, and that reflects a larger truth. Just as the world depends on the Chinese consumer, it depends on Chinese labor, too. The ripple effect of stock outs may eventually dent Amazon’s own (short term) fortunes, too, as revenues gleaned from serving third-party sellers translates to about 19 percent of Amazon’s top line.
If Chinese consumers pull back on spending (or don’t show up to work) and businesses see top lines disrupted, it stands to reason that both groups — individuals and companies — would start to tighten their respective belts. That means dialing back on expenses, such as remaining current on debt.
Alibaba affiliate Ant Financial has stopped updating credit scores in China tied to a credit rating service, Sesame Credit. The impact is twofold: missed payments have a real impact on lenders. And, separately, a suspension of credit ratings takes away at least some of the functions of daily economic life — i.e., the extension of credit, indicating that the fallout may hit balance sheets and income statements far into the future.


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Nominations have opened for the 2016 FTA Everywoman in Transport & Logistics Awards. The ceremony, which highlights and celebrates the achievements of women from across the transport and logistics industries, will take place on 22 May next year. Nominations for the individual categories, including driver of the year and the warehousing award, must be made by 1 February. It is free to enter. FTA chief executive David Wells said: “Women are essential in every aspect of the UK logistics and […]
The DfT’s new transport minister, Andrew Jones MP has said that the industry “has some catching up to do” as the number of women working in road transport is “tiny” compared to the number of men.
Retail logistics service provider Clipper Logistics has appointed Sean Hallows as its new operations director. Hallows, previously distribution director, Europe, at TK Maxx parent TJX Europe, is a former operations director at 3663 Foodservice and a former distribution director of Poundland.
The government has quashed hopes for a new HGV driving Trailblazer apprenticeship by rejecting the standards for a third time.


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In a bid to offer after-sales support to its customers, Nubia has now partnered with B2X for customer service in India.
Nubia has announced its partnership with B2X as its strategic customer care partner for India. As part of the partnership, B2X will offer walk-in service centers across India owned and operated by B2X for Nubia customers. The walk-in service centers are currently available in 34 locations across the country.
At the B2X service centers, professionals will provide face-to-face support for people using Nubia smartphones as well as repair services for in-warranty and out-of-warranty situations. The company also plans to add few more service centers across the country.
Speaking about the partnership, Ying Deng, Head of customer service, Nubia, said, “With the B2X partnership in India, we are extremely excited to write the next chapter of Nubia’s growth story. We believe that the outstanding Nubia service in China can be replicated in India. We are going to introduce a number of unique and special services for Nubia in India in the near future.”


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THE WHAT? Coty has announced two additions to its leadership team with the appointments of Isabelle Bonfanti as Chief Commercial Officer and Jean-Denis Mariani to the newly created role of Chief Digital Officer.
THE DETAILS Bonfanti is known for her ability to transform and develop brands, having worked with Durieu Group and Huawei in consultant roles over the last two years. Prior to that she held a series of Director roles at Hermes over a career spanning nine years, after joining the Birkin designer from L’Oréal. Bonfanti will replace Edgar Huber, who is stepping down after five years at the company.
Mariani joins the US beauty behemoth from LVMH-owned Guerlain where he served as Chief Digital Officer, responsible for e-business, CRM, content, digital marketing, innovation, analytics, social insights and customer care. His appointment is effective November 1.
THE WHY? Sue Y. Nabi, Chief Executive Officer of Coty, said, “I am delighted to announce the appointments of Isabelle and Jean-Denis. I have followed Isabelle’s career closely over the years and am very impressed with her skillset and deeply strategic approach. Her track record of successfully developing make-up and skin care brands, particularly in Asia, makes her a perfect fit for this role.
“Jean-Denis is also a perfect fit for Coty. One of the many seismic changes to our industry has been the meteoric rise of digital and e-commerce. Coty is now making strides in developing a digital offering that is truly best in class. Jean-Denis’ brand-building expertise and track record of success across the world makes him a fantastic addition to our executive leadership team.”


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Low-carb diets will be among the eating styles reviewed for the 2020 update of U.S. dietary guidelines.
Low-carb diets have become increasingly popular in the United States and supporters of this style of eating say its inclusion in the guidelines could affect government school programs like school lunches and influence nutrition advice given by doctors, the Associated Press reported.
The panel reviewing the guidelines held its first meeting last week and is expected to issue a report by next year, the AP reported.
Despite the popularity of low-carb diets, some nutrition experts note that evidence for the diets is new and that possible long-term effects are unclear.
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In addition, employment in US factories stood at 12.2 million workers when Biden took office – and has not exceeded 17 million since the start of 2001 – thus boosting employment by 40% in the manufacturing sector, let alone any sector, is aggressive.
Many economists, including those at the Peterson Institute for International Economics, argue that purchasing policies in the United States do not add jobs to the economy and in fact limit growth. This is because they redirect resources from the private sector to government spending. The Peterson Institute has also estimated that the annual cost to taxpayers for each job protected by the Buy American provisions is over $ 250,000 because of the higher prices paid for the goods.
Progressives, such as Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), Disagree and say it makes sense for government agencies to give preference to products made in the United States.
“I firmly believe that when we spend US tax dollars, we shouldn’t send it overseas to support foreign companies and foreign workers, companies that pay no US taxes,” Baldwin said. “We should invest in the American workforce and in products made in the United States.”
The severe shortage of personal protective equipment and other medical items in the early days of the pandemic year also highlighted the need to use the power of the federal wallet to encourage greater production of these products. in the United States, she said.
“I saw a Wisconsin police department bid against the same county sheriff’s department against the rural hospital down the road, all trying to get their hands on the necessary PPE and test the swabs and reagents, ”Baldwin said. “I have seen the chaos that exists when we don’t have strong policies or when we can manufacture what we need.”
One of the main purposes of an executive order signed by Biden on Jan. 25 was to crack down on the number of exemptions that federal agencies grant suppliers from the obligation to purchase American products, which he described as “loopholes” for businesses rather than a reduction in costs. measured.
“If an agency wants to issue a waiver to say, ‘We’re not going to buy an American product under this project; we’re going to buy a foreign product, “they have to come to the White House and explain it to us,” Biden said.
He took a big step this week towards implementing this stricter approach by appointing Celeste Drake, a trade policy specialist who honed her skills while working for the trade union federation AFL-CIO, to a new post as he created: director of Made in America. The position will be part of the White House Office of Management and Budget.
Trade union groups welcomed this choice. AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka called her a “brilliant and critical thinker on trade and global issues” and the “perfect person” for the job. Drake, a veteran of many Congressional trade battles against the business sector, will be empowered to closely consider whether any proposed waivers need to be approved.
But there may not be a lot of slack in the system. The United States Chamber of Commerce and other business groups estimate that products made in the United States already accounted for nearly 97% of a $ 2.35 trillion value of government spending from 2015 to 2020.
In addition, less than 1% of the 85 million contracts signed during this period went to foreign companies, and almost all were Department of Defense contracts that went to US subsidiaries of UK or European companies, have the trade groups said in a statement. letter last year to Trump administration officials.
Congress first passed the Buy American Act of 1933 when the United States was in the depths of the Great Depression. Over the years, Congress has also imposed what it called the “Buy America” home purchase requirements on federal funding to state and local governments for transportation and water projects. These include projects funded by the Federal Highway Administration, Federal Railroad Administration, Federal Aviation Administration, Federal Transit Administration, and certain offices within the Environmental Protection Agency.
Shortly before stepping down, the Trump administration toughened the domestic content requirement for an item to be considered “made in the United States.” The threshold is now 55 percent for manufactured goods and 95 percent for iron and steel, up from 50 percent previously for all items.
To give American manufacturers even more advantage, Trump also increased the amount government agencies could pay for domestic products compared to products made abroad.
Theoretically, the Biden administration could roll back what the Trump administration did, but “I think they see that as a floor rather than a ceiling,” said Scott Paul, president of the Alliance for American Manufacturing. , a metalworkers union and a manufacturing group. coalition that is a strong supporter of the Buy American demands.
Tightening domestic content provisions would give high-grade American automobiles a big advantage, as Biden seeks to replace the government’s current fleet of around 645,000 cars and trucks with electric vehicles as part of its infrastructure package.
Most of the billions of dollars spent on roads, bridges and “soft” infrastructure like child care will need to be authorized by Congress. While Buy American has deep-rooted patriotic goals of supporting more jobs, the ability of lawmakers to control private business supply chains is limited.
The business community also argues that federal government purchases alone are not large enough to persuade manufacturers to relocate supply chains.
U.S. generics manufacturers, for example, say other incentives such as long-term price and volume contracts, construction subsidies, and tax credits or deductions would do more to encourage investors to invest billions of dollars in building new factories and new equipment.
Other experts such as Rosemary Coates, executive director of the Reshoring Institute, a manufacturing policy think tank, believe that Buy American policies can have a strong influence on the decisions of companies to move manufacturing to the United States, by especially in combination with private sector initiatives. She underscored Walmart’s promise to invest an additional $ 350 billion over the next 10 years “in items made, grown or assembled in the United States.”
The retail giant estimates that its program will support more than 750,000 new American jobs. It focuses on six priority categories: plastics, textiles, small electrical appliances, food processing, pharmaceutical and medical supplies and “goods not for resale”, which refer to items such as fixtures store, equipment, building materials and housekeeping supplies.
“This is a really important initiative. Walmart and the US government are both going to drive a lot more development in manufacturing I think in the future, ”Coates said.


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Any legitimate EV development program starts with the batteries that make electric vehicles go. So when General Motors (GM) yesterday laid out its multi-brand, multi-segment EV strategy — for getting to 1 million EV sales per year asap — it presented the company’s flexible Ultium battery system as the key.
General Motors emphasized that its core battery strategy was about building a better cell, and then using it in a modular way for vehicles of every size and shape. Adam Kwiatkowski, GM’s director of advanced vehicle design, said:
The crown jewel of the Ultium system is the battery cell itself.
Andy Oury, a lead engineer for batteries, said the new cell has 60% more energy capacity than what’s been used in the Bolt EV.
Our strategy is to move forward with the fewest number of the largest cells possible.
It’s the equivalent of more than 20 small cylindrical cans that some of our competitors use. There are about 20 layers in our cell. So each layer is the equivalent of about one small cylindrical can cell. We think it’s really smart to take all of those layers, and put them inside a single pouch that’s a simple, low-cost, lightweight cell solution.
GM is also changing from a nickel-manganese-cobalt chemistry to an NCMA mix. The A stands for aluminum, the key to reducing the cobalt by 70%. While developed with LC Chem, its partner, the chemistry is proprietary for GM.
Tesla is also reportedly making that switch to NCMA (with LG Chem’s help) for use in the made-in-China Model 3.
GM’s Oury called the NCMA chemistry a “giant leap on the road toward higher nickel, lower cobalt chemistries.” And he added that it’s going to “break through the $100 per kilowatt-hour cost target.”
Those cells will be packed into modules that “stack like toy bricks,” says Oury. The stacking can be horizontal or vertical.
This vertical stacking is for high-energy packs, like crossovers and trucks like the GMC Hummer EV, but we can also stack them horizontally. This reduces the height of the module for low-roof vehicles.
With horizontal stacking, we can add 22-kilowatt hours of energy and space that would not otherwise be utilized.
The packs are also flexible and modular to meet the needs of the customer and the vehicle. We can have 6, 8, 10, or 12 modules in the same vehicle, custom-tailoring the energy requirements to customer and vehicle needs for the ultimate in battery range and capability. The GMC Hummer EV can have a double stack of modules with 24 modules in one pack.
This is the smaller, less capable outgoing GM battery cell.
The GM battery engineer explained how making its own cells, in cooperation with LG Chem at its new plant in Lordstown, Ohio, would give them valuable knowledge and experience. That plant is built for scale. Oury said:
When we get to the point when we’re making a million electric vehicles per year, we will need a quarter of a billion cells per year. That’s hundreds of thousands of cells per day. And tens of thousands of cells per hour.
It’s easy for automakers to make big claims about batteries, but it’s not so easy to verify those claims.
At the event yesterday, I asked Sam Abuelsamid, the lead mobility analyst at Navigant Research, if there’s any real news about new batteries from GM. He said, “GM is doing some interesting stuff with this new battery system.”
Abuelsamid praised GM’s strategy to use a common cell format across the full range of its vehicles, as well as its module-level battery management that could mean mixing and matching different chemistries in a single pack. Moreover, he said that cutting down the cobalt by 70% will definitely drive down the costs.
The promise of lower-cost, higher-density batteries is encouraging. Of course, none of that matters unless the company can put new advanced batteries into vehicles that are actually available. Those lower supply costs also need to equate to a more compelling consumer price for a long-range EV.
We have another year to wait to see if that happens. The 2022 Bolt EUV launches in summer 2021, followed by the GMC Hummer EV in 2021.
Regardless, it looks like GM is trying to avoid the battery constraints afflicting other automakers. Andy Oury said:
Our battery plant will be the size of 30 football fields. And when we break ground this spring, it will ramp to 30 gigawatt hours of capacity.
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Microsoft is planning to use January’s Consumer Electronics Show to debut a version of Windows that leverages ARM Holdings technology, according to a new report from Bloomberg. ARM’s chip designs currently hold a sizable portion of the mobile-device market, especially smartphones.
That Dec. 21 report, which cited two unnamed people “familiar with Microsoft’s plans,” suggested that the “software would be tailored for battery-powered devices, such as tablet computers and other handhelds.” Microsoft and AMD declined to comment to Bloomberg.
Microsoft and ARM’s relationship extends back to 1997. On July 23, the two companies announced “a new licensing agreement for the ARM architecture” but declined to offer many details, leading to rampant speculation. Some analysts suspected the agreement would result in deeper collaboration on mobile devices such as tablets.
“My view is that this is extending a long-term agreement between Microsoft and ARM, allowing Microsoft to take advantage of the latest ARM processor designs,” John Spooner, an analyst with Technology Business Research, told eWEEK at the time. “It would make sense from a couple of different angles for Microsoft to do this. First, to be able to use ARM processors in its own devices-which could be portable music players or gaming devices. Or could be something else that’s new.”
If Microsoft plans on leveraging ARM technology in order to install Windows on tablets and mobile devices, it would dovetail neatly with earlier rumors that Microsoft plans to debut a new line of Windows 7 tablets at CES, including devices built by Dell and Samsung. Those rumors came courtesy of a Dec. 13 report in The New York Times, whose unnamed sources suggested that Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer would show off the tablets during his keynote-in essence repeating his performance at the 2010 conference, when he unveiled tablets from Hewlett-Packard and a pair of smaller manufacturers.
However, tighter Microsoft collaboration with ARM over tablets would run somewhat contrary to earlier comments by Microsoft executives, which made it seem as if the company was betting solely on Intel’s upcoming “Oak Trail” Atom chips to power an upcoming generation of Windows tablets.
“Oak Trail is designed to be lower power,” Ballmer said during this summer’s Financial Analyst Meeting. “Lower power is good in a lot of ways. It leads to longer battery life, no fan, lower kind of noise levels, a lot less weight-a lot of things people like.”
Other executives have re-emphasized Ballmer’s points.
“I think we’re laser-focused on tablets as an emerging category,” Bill Koefoed, Microsoft’s general manager of investor relations, said Aug. 10 at the Oppenheimer Annual Technology, Media & Telecommunications Conference in Boston. “Intel is going to come out with their Oak Trail chip around the first of the year and, we think, that’s going to offer a lot of new capabilities. Whether it’s better usage of battery life and the like, it’s going to really help move the category forward.”
But the Bloomberg report suggested that Microsoft’s new Windows software “also will be able to work on Intel Corp. and Advanced Micro Devices Inc. processors,” hinting that-if accurate-Microsoft could be pursuing a broad, multi-vendor hardware strategy as part of its tablet push.
That might make sense in context of the tablet market, where Microsoft faces substantial competition from not only the bestselling Apple iPad, but a growing family of Android-based devices. Research In Motion and Hewlett-Packard are also planning tablets with proprietary operating systems for 2011. In order to carve off its own chunk of market-share, Microsoft might need to pursue the most multi-front strategy possible.


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In a fast-paced event Tuesday, Apple unleashed a bunch of new products across its iPad and Mac product lines, along with updates to over 20 apps and (oh, yeah) a new version of OS X, too.


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Days are drawing closer to the launch of the much-anticipated foldable phone by Samsung. A Smartphone is the only device in the world of gadgets that has been subjected to never-ending speculation as well as rumors – all of it for a good reason.
The foldable Smartphone is predicted to be a robustly large, quite expensive and it will sport a completely new form factor which is reportedly alien to the present day Smartphone users. And now most Korean publications are stating that the camera of the phone will feature three sensors.
A Peek Into The Past!
The Smartphone that is being stated as the Samsung Galaxy Fold by the industry insiders, will be reportedly shipped with the tri-lens rear camera. This makes complete sense as this is the same thing that one of Samsung’s A lineup devices featured, and that device was Samsung Galaxy A7.
The camera of Samsung Galaxy A7 is comprised of the main sensor along with a depth sensor, and with an addition to the two sensors, Galaxy A7 also sports an ultra-wide lens. When Samsung released its Galaxy A9 in the year 2018, the Smartphone giant had reportedly added a telephoto lens to provide the camera of Galaxy A9 with a quad-camera setup.
Nevertheless, according to the market reports, there is a highly likely chance that Samsung will revert to the triple-camera setup of Samsung Galaxy A7 for the forthcoming foldable Smartphone. It is reported that Samsung will unveil the foldable phone along with the Galaxy S10 lineup on 20th of February.
A Look At The Storage And Battery
The new report doesn’t share any of the details regarding the camera on the front side of the foldable phone. If people want to get a taste of few of the other specs of the foldable Smartphone, BRG has informed people just a few weeks before that Samsung’s foldable device is going to be powered by the both Snapdragon 855 as well as Exynos 9820. The foldable model will be paired with RAM of 8GB and an internal storage capacity of 128GB.
When it comes to the battery, people will be glad to hear that, this one is going to feature a couple of battery cells. Each one of them will be placed in half of the chassis and each of the batteries will have the capacity of 5,000 mAh to 6,000 mAh.
As 2018 ended with a bang, there have been quite a significant number of rumors that the foldable phone is going to drain people’s wallet. Some of the people have even put the estimation price range of the Smartphone between 1,930 and $2,570. It is a no surprise that Samsung is developing a phone meant for a certain section of people or working professionals. So, all people can do right now is wait for the release of the foldable phone.


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While significant room for improvement still remains, there’s a new standard for inclusivity and diversity in the beauty aisle. Hair, makeup, and skin-care brands are expanding their product selections to work with many different skin tones and hair types. But there's another level of diversity that we care about when we shop, and that's supporting the Black entrepreneurs who are creating products specifically for minority customers, because they were doing it long before the rest of the industry caught on.
Now there are more Black-owned beauty brands around than ever before. These founders offer highly-pigmented cosmetics and natural hair solutions that work, and each product is formulated with dark skin and Afro hair in mind. Many of these brands have had huge followings on Instagram before breaking into mass retailers like Ulta Beauty, where the products sit on the shelf alongside old-school brands that have been around for decades — and that's a pretty big deal if you ask us.
Ahead, we’ve rounded up eight Black-owned brands to follow, then add to cart during your next Ulta haul.


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LG Electronics Inc. is about to take in pre-orders for their upcoming 55-inch OLED television set that is expected to hit the market this February. The company first unveiled this type of TV a year ago which impressed a lot of people due to its thickness of only 4 mm. South Koreans will be the first ones to own this TV which is priced at 11 million won or approximately US$10,000.
LG reported that more than 1,400 LG retail outlets are prepared to take in pre-orders of the WRGB OLED TV (Model 55EM9700) by January 3. The delivery date is on the second week of February. They will be the first company to sell an OLED TV as Samsung has not yet released their model yet.
Havis Kwon, President and CEO of LG’s Home Entertainment Company, had this to say “We are extremely pleased to be able to make this announcement at the start of the new year because we believe that OLED will usher in a whole new era of home entertainment. Not since color TV was first introduced 60 years ago has there been a more transformational moment. When high definition TV was first introduced 15 years ago, the public’s reaction was ‘wow!’ but when customers see our razor-thin OLED TV for the first time, they’re left speechless. That’s a clear indicator as any that OLED TV is much more than just an incremental improvement to current television technology.”
LG and Samsung are two companies that are both investing heavily on OLED technology. Compared to an LED display the OLED is more energy efficient and has a higher contrast level. The future of televisions is in OLED as this technology allows building thinner and more energy efficient devices.
LG Electronics is currently the world’s second largest manufacturer of TV sets.


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Average person looks at his phone 150 times per day
According to Ahonen, mobile is a faster way to reach consumers than other digital forms of communications. A study done in New Zealand found that the average email is opened 48 hours after it is sent while the average text message is opened 4 minutes after being sent. Ahonen said, "SMS is literally 720 times faster than e-mail in message-opening throughput." Another example of how consumers respond better to mobile information involves luxury retailer Tiffany. Ahonen noted that Tiffany's website originally wasn't originally optimized for mobile viewing. Once the company optimized the site for mobile, sales from the company's website grew 125%.
The consultant noted how newspapers in China have managed to convert 39% of their readers into paying subscribers for MMS news headlines using the line, "Tomorrow's headlines today." Carrier China Mobile has 40 million paying subscribers for MMS and SMS headlines. He also brought out that when the world's economies turned bearish in 2008, mobile still had strong growth.
We all wonder how we lived without our smartphones. And to show you how quickly this industry has been built, Ahonen says that mobile is the fastest growing industry of all time going from zero to $1 trillion in 2010 and that is expected to double by 2020. By then, he expects that even the cheapest "Africa phone" will have decent specs including 3G, Wi-Fi, a touch screen and an 8MP camera and will cost $10.
2. KEVlN (Posts: 83; Member since: 19 Aug 2011)
150 times eh? That's preposterous. I look at my phone once a day. Mostly because I never put it down nor do I ever take my eyes off it. I'm even posting this from my GNex now...
5. Alantef (Posts: 288; Member since: 14 Sep 2011)
lol really?....i should start counting lol....makes me wonder...if this is true how do people lose their phone ......if you break this down in a 12 hour span its basically 13 times a hour which sounds right lol...
6. Netolic (Posts: 144; Member since: 18 Oct 2011)
PA you guys should find out how long does an average person spend time with their phone on a 24 hour.clock
9. maier9900 (Posts: 272; Member since: 17 Dec 2011)
i know a lot of ppl, and none of them look at their phone that many times a day... this article makes no sense.
8. KFear (Posts: 139; Member since: 06 Feb 2012)
Seems a little much. It's a communication device that's connected to the world. Our phones will a void. Society says that we always need to be connected. Are you connected? Are you being reached? Check your Phone.....
10. thephoneguy92 (Posts: 191; Member since: 29 Dec 2011)
This article makes me feel like somethings wrong with me. This is very true, if it was in an hours time :l


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A zoning amendment proposed to allow retail cannabis sales in downtown Quesnel, West Quesnel, along Highway 97 in commercial zones, and in property zoned for shopping centres is set for a public hearing on Feb. 5, 2019.
The hearing will allow members of the public to provide feedback to Quesnel City Council on the zoning amendment, which restricts the sale of retail cannabis from being located within 100 metres of a playground, playfield or school, and within 50 metres of a residential-zoned property.
The amendment would also allow cannabis production in Quesnel’s light industrial zone, which is located near the airport.
The first reading of the amendment was passed by City Council on Jan. 8, 2019.
In November, the City of Quesnel received its first application for a private cannabis store, at 308 McLean Street.
In a staff report to council, director of development services Tanya Turner said city staff has also now received a notice from the province of its intention to establish a government-run cannabis store in West Park Mall. Both applications are currently under review.
Turner indicated that a number of prospective operators have also been in touch with the City regarding establishing private retail cannabis stores. “Staff anticipate receipt of at least two more facilities’ applications,” she wrote in her report.


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North America-based manufacturers of semiconductor equipment posted a record US$3.04bil in global billings in January 2021, boosted by the digital transformation. KUALA LUMPUR: North America-based manufacturers of semiconductor equipment posted a record US$3.04bil in global billings in January 2021, boosted by the digital transformation. According to the US-headquartered Semiconductor Equipment Manufacturers Industry (SEMI), the billings figure (three-month average basis), was 13.4% higher than the final December 2020 billings of US$2.68bil. SEMI also pointed out the billing were 29.9% higher than the January 2020 billings level of US$2.34bil. SEMI president and CEO Ajit Manocha said January billings of North America-based semiconductor equipment manufacturers marked a historic monthly high for the industry and a great start to the year. “The acceleration of digital transformation is fuelling strong, durable demand for semiconductor equipment, ” he said.
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UPDATE: Councillor describes proposed Dartford Waitrose closure as a 'devastating blow' (From News Shopper)
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UPDATE: Councillor describes proposed Dartford Waitrose closure as a 'devastating blow'
WAITROSE looks set to close its branch at the Orchards Shopping Centre in Dartford, putting hundreds of jobs at risk in a move described as a “devastating blow” by a councillor.
The supermarket giant has this morning confirmed it is proposing to shut the branch in March next year, saying it is struggling to make the store “commercially sustainable.”
The possible closure means that 128 people are at risk of becoming unemployed.
Councillor for Temple Hill ward Matt Bryant told News Shopper: “Not only are we losing a store but customers and local shoppers being denied a choice of supermarkets to shop at.
“It sends a really bad signal about the sort of shops welcome in Dartford.
“During the time we have been waiting for Tesco’s to put forward new plans for Lowfield Street, we have seen the Co-op knocked down and the high street has become dominated by betting shops and payday lenders.”
Councillor Bryant added: “The potential failure of Waitrose could be something to do with the failure to breathe life in to the town centre.
“Local people have really lost confidence in the town centre, which is a massive issue and concern for us.
“It is being assumed Waitrose is closing because people don’t shop there, which is clearly not the issue as demonstrated by the outcry on social media sites.
“It’s a devastating blow.”
Waitrose director of retail operations Stephen Hider said the company understands the “disappointment” the decision will cause to shoppers.
He said: “We made a major investment in Dartford with every expectation that the shop would be successful.
“Since opening nine years ago though, we have found trading at the branch extremely challenging and, despite the best endeavours of our partners, we have not been able to make the branch commercially sustainable.”
Looking ahead to the next stage, he added: “We will be meeting with each Dartford partner over the coming weeks and will endeavour to ensure they remain with the business, whatever the outcome of the consultation, as their expertise and experience is invaluable.
“We would like to thank our customers for their loyal custom during our time of trading at Dartford.”
A petition has already been launched online campaigning for the store to be kept open.
The petition, which has 152 signatures so far, says those signing it "support a high quality supermarket" and want to "protect the jobs of local people."
What should Waitrose-loving shoppers do now?
Councillor Bryant said: “The main thing is for people to shop there.
“If people want the shop to stay open they need to put their money where their mouth is and start handing cash over at the till.
“A social media campaign will also be helpful by tweeting your reasons why you like shopping at Waitrose and why you want it to stay open.
“It will demonstrate to the head office why it is necessary.”
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Garmin StreetPilot Navigation Now Available for iPhone
Jan 4, 2011, 7:51 AM by Philip Berne
Garmin has launched its first navigation app for the iPhone. Garmin StreetPilot offers spoken turn-by-turn directions, as well as free traffic alerts and lane assist features. StreetPilot integrates with the iPhones contact list so users can navigate to locations in their address book. Garmin StreetPilot is available now from the App Store for $40.
Apr 10, 2020
Apple and Google will work together to build interoperable contact-tracing technology into both the Android and iOS phone OSes. The technology will use Bluetooth — which has a typical range of about 30 feet — to keep track of everyone you come near, so that public health workers can quickly look for additional new infections when someone is diagnosed with COVID19 (Coronavirus).
Nov 7, 2019
T-Mobile today announced plans to offer three new programs offering 5G service for free to certain groups, or cheaply for everyone else. The company is promising to launch the programs when and if it is allowed to merge with Sprint.
Jun 22, 2020
Apple has revealed iOS 14, which brings a number of new features to the OS for Apple's iPhones: Widgets : Apple has promoted Widgets to the main home screen. Just as Android has always allowed, you can now mix re-sizable widgets in with your app icons.
Sep 1, 2021
The newest beta version of Google's Chrome web browser for Android includes two major new features. After executing a Google search and choosing a result, a new bar below the address bar lets you quickly navigate to a different search result.
I hope Google puts out Navigation for iPhone soon.


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A trucking company has lost its bid to force the convenience store chain Kum & Go to cover some of the company’s losses due to a trucker’s theft. An employee of the trucking company had been going to a truck stop in Oskaloosa for several years, using a credit card to get cash that he claimed was going to other truckers for their fuel purchases.
It wasn’t and he was convicted of theft. The man had been using a special computer terminal at the Kum & Go. A new fuel manager at the truck stop noticed the trucker was using that terminal most every day, even on weekends, and taking slips from the terminal to get cash that he claimed to be giving to other drivers.
The trucking company sued Kum & Go, asserting it had been negligent in preventing the theft. The Iowa Supreme Court ruled Kum & Go was a “remote party” to the theft and noted that other courts have addressed and rejected similar claims.


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Nigerian Naira Street Rate Well Below Central Bank's At Christmas
…Street rate for naira 3-5 pct below cenbank's lower target
…Christmas shopping slows as shoppers curb imports
…Central bank has taken measures to fight “speculators”
Nigeria's central bank says the post-devaluation band for the naira is “appropriately priced”, but black market hawkers out on the street are trading it at around 3-5 percent below its floor in the run-up to Christmas.
Despite an 8 percent devaluation of the target band and efforts last week to crack down on currency speculation by squeezing liquidity, the naira remains at record lows.
But while the central bank and the interbank markets argue over the naira's fair value, it's harder to argue with the price on the streets where many dollars are bought and sold.
Nigeria devalued its currency and widened its target trading band to 160-176 against the dollar, but few analysts believe that can hold, given a steady decline in reserves.
Several street changers, mostly Muslim northerners from the Hausa and Fulani ethnic groups, told Reuters they were trading a dollar for 180-182 naira the day before Christmas.
Last week, when the naira hit a record low, they were trading at 190 to the dollar, some 6.5 percent below the lower end of the bank's target band.
“The naira's come back a bit because people are wanting more of it now ahead of Christmas,” said Ibrahim Sanni, standing by a palm-lined Lagos hotel adorned with Christmas decorations. “Last week we bought at 190, lower than ever.”
But he added that trading has been very slow since the end of November, when the central bank devalued the currency.
The naira has been hit hard in recent months by a steep fall in the price of Nigeria's main export, oil.
Nigeria also introduced new policies last week banning banks from holding their own funds in dollars and decreeing that dollars bought from the interbank market can be held only for up to 48 hours. Trading has almost ground to a halt since the measures were introduced.
The rise in the dollar in heavily import-dependent Nigeria has caused pain ahead of the Christmas shopping season, with small-scale retailers saying sales were badly hit.
“Even in Christmas week, they aren't buying,” said Bola Maja, 40, who runs a clothes shop in Lagos.