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BY: CLAIRE KIM
(Contributor: Yusra Arab)
As deals and promotions have been snowballing into our inboxes, it’s clear that the holiday season is just around the corner. One of the most beloved times of the year has finally slid back into action with stores hitting us up from every social outlet with their latest sales and enticing promotions unique to the holidays. Hoping to get us into the shopping spirit early, stores all over the world use such marketing tactics to distort our rational spending, making it seem like buying snow globes and glittered home decor is reasonable at such a generous time. It’s evident how consumerism plays a huge role in the economic prosperity of stores during these last few months, as customers believe that extensive purchasing is justified by the season of giving.
Consumerism by definition is the idea that buying items fulfills a purpose beyond necessity. In a sense, it describes this “upgrading mentality” many people have when it comes to shopping, as they tend to purchase recklessly solely because new things are being released. Thus, with hundreds of stores decking their facilities with embellished signs saying “limited holiday edition” or “jingle jingle 50% off,” it’s virtually impossible for customers not to spend their money.
With the holiday season approaching, such advertisements pile up everywhere–starting in our own neighborhoods. Decorations, Starbucks cups, and clothing are all marketed for the season. It seems as if there is no escaping holiday-themed items–according to the U.S. Census Bureau, Americans spend at least $600 million on 25 million pounds of fireworks and $193 million on hamburger patties during July 4. This begs the question: is the enjoyment worth the cost? Do we really need to pay to celebrate the birth of “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness?”
The truth is, all of us celebrate in different ways. But in this country, most things that we want or need to have a price tag attached to them, and with rapid technological advancement, it’s hard to escape the distraction of enticing advertisements. We shouldn’t deny our human tendency to want those 1 dollar items at the register or a new TV for our family, but we should also be mindful of the blessing of the immaterial and the intangible: our family, friends, and the happiness and love that the holidays fundamentally encompass.
(This was a past article I wrote (with Yusra Arab) for my school newspaper a couple months ago, I hope you enjoy!


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Wouldn’t it be great to live in Toronto but have your friends and family in Vancouver or Montreal call you locally? And Wouldn’t it also be great to be a small business based in one Canadian city, but have local telephone numbers across Canada?
As of 8 a.m. this morning that is no longer wishful thinking, thanks to VoxOx.Similar to other VoIP (voice-over internet-protocol) services such as Skype or Google Voice, VoxOx is web-based software that allows users to make and receive telephone calls from conventional telephone numbers over their Internet connection. Programs like that have been existence for years, but previously Canadian users could only choose a virtual number with an American area code. In the case of VoxOx, customers were only offered phone numbers in southern California where the company that owns the software, TelCentris Inc., is based.
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As of Tuesday morning, VoxOx beat both Skype and Google Voice in the race to offer Canadian customers local Canadian numbers. Initially only available for the area codes of Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, Ottawa, Calgary and Edmonton, up to 20 additional Canadian cities are expected to join that list over the course of the next week.
“It seems like [Skype, Google Voice and other competitors] seem to have just been avoiding this market for some reason,” Kevin Hertz, chief technology officer for TelCentris, said in an interview on Monday.
“We just felt like that’s rude,” he said.
In addition to just making phone calls, VoxOx also joins together all of a user’s contacts from social networks such as Facebook, Twitter or MySpace and instant messaging services such as Google Chat or MSN messenger (even ICQ for those of us old enough to remember). There is also the ability to send and receive text messages and faxes, features neither Skype nor Google Voice offer. The software is also cloud-based, meaning users can access it from any location with an internet connection, with any updates made to their account being instantly saved in the cloud.
“You could create a phone call, a video call, you can send and receive faxes and emails. All this stuff is available from one spot so you don’t have to hop around to different websites or different applications,” Mr. Hertz said.
Customers don’t even need to be near their computer to make or receive a virtual call.
“Users can call their own number from another phone to make an outbound call using the virtual assistant, and with our free call forwarding service anyone calling their virtual number will ring through to any number of conventional land-based or cellular phones the user sets,” Mr. Hertz explained.
With prices hovering around $2/month (per number) for unlimited inbound calls to anywhere in Canada or the U.S. (and a penny/minute for outbound calls and faxes), this new service is sure to be of interest to Canadian customers. Especially considering they face some of the highest telephone pricing structures in the world.
As the Canadian telecom industry looks increasing like a war zone, the entry of this newest combatant will certainly ramp up the aggression.


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Rentokil Initial reported organic growth of 5.9% in the first quarter of 2023, ahead of analyst consensus of 5.3%.
Swiss bank UBS has forecast steady growth over the next few years for the pest control service, with sales expected to jump by 56% to £5.7 billion in 2026.
UBS forecasts that, before interest and taxes, sales are predicted to shoot up 77% in the next four years to £965 million from £545m in 2022.
Even net debt, which reached £3.2bn in 2022, following the acquisition of Terminix, is expected to continue falling over the coming years.
The acquisition, which cost $6.7bn, is expected to offer cost synergies of US$60m in 2023, before increasing to as much as US$200m by 2025, according to analysts.
Rentokil Initial continues to explore additional mergers and acquisitions, with £250m targeted for 2023 purchases.


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Virgin Holidays to be ‘less reliant on sales emails’ in CRM shakeup
Rather than bombard customers with sales emails, Virgin Holidays is introducing more personalised alternatives that won’t chase open rates and click-throughs.
Virgin Holidays outlines CRM strategy
The shake is gathering momentum going into the peak holiday season. “We [Virgin Holidays] want to be less reliant on trading-focused emails and move to a more customer-centric approach For example, where the content of the email is dictated by what is relevant and useful to that individual customer at a given moment in time.”” said Saul Lopes, strategic insights and loyalty manager at Virgin Holidays.
So, whereas before the business might have fired out a hoard of promotional emails with a personalised subject line, now it’s working with Proximity to use triggers like store location and the weather to try and build a relationship.
“The future is about being better at using data to match the trading needs of the business to particular customer needs. However, as soon as they have engaged with us we know we can get the results by using online behavioural data to quickly follow up and deliver a tailored onward journey.”
Bringing the two together could mean a personalised email being backed by a different type of message on social networks or elsewhere online. As such, Lopes is working closer with Virgin Holidays’ digital team to align the CRM data with its digital counterpart in order to unearth new segments.
“Instead of looking at the open rates, my strategy is to reach as many people as possible with personalisation en masse,” Lopes explained.
Early tests tried to make it “fun” to receive the emails, according to Lopes, who, with his team, are mixing contextual and high engagement emails to try and get the right mix. For instance, he knows that between September and November last year people took longer to look for and then book a holiday, meaning that this year he will start slipping in more communications about the upcoming January sale on the knowledge that “a lot of people are already waiting for the sale to come through”.
What Lopes wants is an engagement model to sit alongside the attribution model Virgin Holidays built two years ago. It’s already allowed the brand to match 30% of online and offline sales. Where the engagement model will work is in helping to identify how people like to be spoken to. For example, depending on how many interactions a person has with the brand, should the pass a certain threshold then they may receive an outbound call from its sales team or expand on the work already done around engaged and non-engaged audiences.
Inevitably, the decision to seemingly break from the performance-driven sensibilities so deeply engrained in the sector was debated but a “high percentage doesn’t always mean a big business result”.
“I’m always having this debate internally with my teams, which is looking at the correlation between engagement and email and how the margin increases,” he added.
“At the end of the day the more you communicate, the more margin we make. It’s a harsh statistic but it does actually work and that’s what we started investigating once we had all the data from the attribution model. We looked at our click-rate and we looked at our engagement rate and we said there’s a trend here but we can’t abuse it.”
To date, the strategic shift has allowed the business to push people to local agents based on purchase data as well as get better at exploiting the UK’s characteristically unreliable weather. As soon as there’s a bad week of rain for example, Virgin Holidays sees a noticeable uplift in sales, while the opposite happens when it’s hot, and so the business has been playing with weather-activated offers. All this is couched in “destination propensity modelling”, a technique Lopes said allows he and his team to know “what destinations we should talk to each customer.”
Like many marketers now, Lopes is wrestling with balancing mass reach with personalisation. The need for getting the mix right between the two types of targeting is laid bare in Lopes’ frank admission that while he tries to “personalise” Virgin Holidays’ marketing “I never know when someone’s in the market to buy a holiday…I always need more mass distribution to understand people’s initial interest and only after that can I start personalising their journey,” he added.
The work being done at Virgin Holidays is set to spread to Virgin Atlantic Airways after it appointed Proximity London earlier this month. Described as a “streamlined, strategic role, the agency will handle the strategy for comms, data and tech, CRM and creative.
“The age of the customer is officially here and for a customer obsessed organisation such as ourselves, this appointment is critical for the airlines future success,” said Michelle Robinson, senior manager for CRM and Analytics, Virgin Atlantic Airways.
“Whilst we adopt new martech and develop our in-house capabilities, Proximity are the perfect partner to support our customer engagement ambitions. The team at Proximity went above and beyond throughout the pitch process and I fell head over heels for their passion for our brand and CRM.”


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The Japanese yen hit its weakest level versus the U.S. dollar in more than four years last week, and the trend was continuing Monday after the weekend G7 meeting indicated the world’s largest economies will tolerate the currency’s slide, at least for now.
That slide will be an interesting wrinkle when earnings reports for the current quarter start rolling out in July, and investors should get a look at just how aggressively U.S. companies are managing their currency exposures.
In a world where central banks all over the world are striving to stimulate stagnant (or worse) economies, currency volatility is a fact of life for companies doing business international. But according to FiREapps CEO Wolfgang Koester, when a currency move like the yen’s latest slide is telegraphed for all to see, there is little excuse for companies not to be prepared and act accordingly.
The yen weakened about 10% against the dollar in the last two quarters and is well on its way to a similar slip for Q2. The dollar crossed the 100-yen mark for the first time since April 2009 Thursday and barely looked back Friday with a rise to nearly 102, a rise that continued Monday morning (and could have even longer legs given reports that the Federal Reserve and Chairman Ben Bernanke are mulling a strategy to ultimately taper their own stimulus).
Nomura's Jens Nordvig wrote in a note last week that a breakout above yen 105 is likely conditional upon U.S. economic data, which he expects to be soft before picking up in the back half of 2013. Nordvig acknowledged the risk the market could "see through the data" to brighter days ahead though, and if figures surprise to the upside (like the unexpected increase in April's retail sales figure Monday) it could bode well for the dollar and extend the yen's decline against the greenback.
“Companies should have been planning for a weaker yen,” says Koester, whose firm provides software to make sense of and manage currency exposure, given that the country’s government and the Bank of Japan have made clear for months that they intended to act swiftly and substantially to finally break a deflationary cycle that has kept that country’s growth rate in the doldrums for decades.
Three times as many companies have specifically mentioned the yen on first-quarter earnings calls than in the prior quarter, Koester says. "They're finally waking up, but it may be too late for some of them."
Among the companies investors should watch for yen risk: automakers.
The luxury retail space is another that bears watching. In its last quarter
Koester says the biotech space, medical technology and IT instruments companies are among those potentially impacted by the dollar/yen swing.


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BEIJING (AP) — The company that makes Apple's iPhones suspended production at a factory in China on Monday after a brawl by as many as 2,000 employees at a dormitory injured 40 people.
The fight, the cause of which is under investigation, erupted Sunday night at a privately managed dormitory near a Foxconn Technology Group factory in the northern city of Taiyuan, the company and Chinese police said. A police statement reported by the official Xinhua News Agency said 5,000 officers were dispatched to the scene.
The Taiwanese-owned company declined to say whether the factory is involved in iPhone production. It said the facility, which employs 79,000 people, will suspend work Monday and reopen Tuesday.
Foxconn makes iPhones and iPads for Apple Inc. and also assembles products for Microsoft Corp. and Hewlett-Packard Co. It is one of China's biggest employers, with some 1.2 million workers in factories in Taiyuan, the southern city of Shenzhen, in Chengdu in the west and in Zhengzhou in central China.
The unrest happens at a critical time for Apple. The fight started days after the launch of the latest iPhone model in the U.S. and eight other countries. The phone quickly sold out in most stores in the U.S. and Apple has a three to four-week backlog of online orders as it ramps up production to meet demand.
On Monday, Apple said it sold 5 million units of the new iPhone 5 in the first three days, less than analysts had expected. Its stock fell 1.4 percent to $690.50 in midday trading.
The fight in Taiyuan started at 11 p.m. on Sunday, "drawing a large crowd of spectators and triggering chaos," a police spokesman was quoted by Xinhua as saying.
Order was restored after about four hours and several people were arrested, said the company, a unit of Taiwan's Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. It said 40 people were taken to hospitals for treatment.
The violence did not appear to be work-related, the company and police said. Comments posted on Chinese Internet bulletin boards said it might have erupted after a security guard hit an employee.
Photos posted on microblog service Sina Weibo showed broken windows, a burned vehicle and police with riot helmets, shields and clubs.
Phone calls to police headquarters and the Taiyuan city hall were not answered. People reached by phone at restaurants and other businesses in the area said they had no details about the clash.
In the past year, Foxconn has faced scrutiny over workers' complaints about wages and working hours. The company raised minimum pay and promised in March to limit hours after an auditor hired by Apple found Foxconn employees were regularly required to work more than 60 hours a week.
AP technology writer Peter Svensson in New York and AP researcher Flora Ji in Beijing contributed.
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CLARENCE, N.Y. (WIVB) – Most of this summer’s fairs and festivals have been canceled due to COVID-19- but if you want to get your fried dough fix, the Great Pumpkin Farm can help.
The farm will host a “Great Fair Food Festival Drive-thru” the next few weekends!
The drive-through will be open from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday from June 5 to June 21, rain or shine.
We spoke with the owner of one six vendors, The Big Cheese. Owner Jack Kolassa talked about the fair’s cancellation. “It’s devastating because it’s such a big part of Western New York, as we know it,” he said. “But we’re trying to work around it and at least bring some fun.”
Customers can drive up, place their food orders from their cars, pay (cash only) and go.
Admission is free and no reservations are required. All servers and fair vendors will be following COVID-19 guidelines, wearing masks and gloves.
The Great Pumpkin Farm is located at 11199 Main St. in Clarence.
Gabrielle Mediak is a reporter who has been part of the News 4 team since 2019. See more of her work here.


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Singapore, 29 June 2021 – Trustana, a curated cross-border business-to-business (B2B) marketplace founded by Temasek, and OneConnect Financial Technology (Singapore) Co. Pte. Ltd. (OneConnect), the leading technology-as-a-service platform provider and an associate of Ping An Group, today announced a strategic collaboration to accelerate cross-border commerce. Under this collaboration, Trustana will integrate OneSME, a digital cross-border trade platform, into its marketplace. Building on Trustana’s cross-border trade expertise and OneConnect’s core competencies in architecting technology solutions, curating and operating an extensive network of ecosystems in China, the collaboration will enable small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Singapore and ASEAN to access a larger pool of buyers in China, seize international trade opportunities, and benefit from value-added services on Trustana’s platform.
With a curated marketplace and fulfilment offerings initially focused on the F&B sector, Trustana’s platform enables buyers and sellers to transact with greater trust and confidence. As a result of the collaboration, SMEs in Southeast Asia will be able to buy and sell their products directly to pre-screened buyers and suppliers in China who show keen interest , boosting the chances of a match. In addition, the collaboration will allow SMEs to have access to a buyer base of four million Chinese SMEs via OneConnect’s YiQiYe, a one-stop SME ecosystem that provides financing, insurance and cash management solutions to SMEs in China. Trustana will also integrate with the Guangxi Open Finance Platform, a cross-border digital financial services platform led by Guangxi district government, and jointly built and operated by OneConnect and Digital Guangxi Group to promote collaborations between governments, institutions and enterprises. The strategic collaboration will strengthen Trustana’s growing presence in China as a buyer marketplace, and accelerate ongoing expansion to other trade corridors in ASEAN.
OneConnect, as the technology expert for financial institutions and ecosystem strategies, will provide Trustana buyers and suppliers with access to financial services products through OneSME’s first bank partner, UOB. UOB, which has received industry recognition for its efforts to help SMEs achieve their growth ambitions, will provide digital financing services as well as solutions that go beyond banking, helping SMEs seize cross-border opportunities.
Headquartered in Singapore, Trustana has aided over 2,000 F&B buyers and suppliers in building new cross-border business connections across China and Southeast Asia within a year of launching. Trustana provides end-to-end trade support services including cross-border payments, transaction fulfillment, and shipping and logistics services. The OneSME platform was established as a joint initiative by OneConnect and the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) to enable SMEs in Singapore to trade and transact securely across borders while leveraging an ecosystem of services in the digital economy. Close to 300 SMEs in Singapore and China have come on board OneSME since it was launched in September 2020.
The global B2B e-commerce market size was valued at USD5.7 trillion in 2019 and is expected to expand at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 17.5 per cent from up to 2027 i. In addition, global e-commerce sales for both B2B and B2C jumped to USD26.7 trillion in 2019, up 4 per cent from 2018ii. This represents the growing importance of online marketplaces in facilitating cross-border transactions today.
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After two consecutive months of encouraging growth, the BankservAfrica Economic Transactions Index (BETI) fell in February 2023, indicating the country’s deteriorating economic activity.
The country is now seeing clouds burst following storm warnings in previous months.
“At an index level of 131, BETI for February fell to October levels and fell by 1.3% month-over-month, as opposed to the 1.4% and 0.4% increases in December 2022 and January 2023,” says Shergeran Naidoo, Head of BankservAfrica. of stakeholder involvement.
February’s BETI was 1.9% lower than a year ago.
This marked moderation in the BETI reflects the pressure on companies in the country’s major economic sectors from the prevailing gloomy economic environment.
This includes continued tax cuts, interest rates and inflation that remain at elevated levels, and the global economic slowdown, said independent economist Elize Kruger.
Evidence of the impact and cost of the shutdown is reflected in data from Stats SA, which shows the economy contracted by 1.3% in the fourth quarter of 2022, on a seasonally adjusted quarterly basis.
Retailers also shared their predicted losses and costs arising from business as usual during the severe outage. These cost increases are likely to be passed on to the price of the final product, fueling consumer inflation or leading to lower margins.
The other nowcast indicators showed a mixed performance in February.
After moving sideways in January 2023 and December 2022, the Absa Purchasing Managers’ Index plummeted to 48.8 index points in February, while the sub-index that measures expected business conditions in six months fell to its lowest level since May 2020.
On the other hand, the S&P Global South Africa Purchasing Managers Index indicated that private sector economic activity stabilized in February after contracting for five consecutive months as companies reported a slight recovery in purchasing levels, although input cost inflation accelerated to a seven-month high.
The growth rate of car sales slowed further in February, but remained 2.8% higher than a year earlier.
According to the latest JP Morgan Global Manufacturing PMI, the manufacturing decline showed signs of easing globally in early 2023. The contraction in production and the number of new orders both slowed, while employment increased slightly.
Economic activity in February was also mixed, according to BankservAfrica data.
“During the month, standardized notional value of transactions stood at R1.17 trillion in February, up from R1.04 trillion in January. However, the number of transactions slowed to 133.0 million during the month compared to the 135.7 million tracked in January,” said Naidoo.
According to Kruger, the renewed moderation in the BETI, after only two months of marginal improvement, confirms that the economic environment remains challenging and that the economy remains in a “muddle-a-little-bloom” story.
“Although measures have recently been taken and projects announced in the energy and transport sectors of the economy, little delay can be expected in the short term,” she said.
Read: Major risks for businesses in South Africa, including riots, blackouts and bad weather


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Next Year iPhone Models will reportedly use Apple’s 5G modem chip
While we are still waiting for Apple to launch the next-generation iPhone 14 series later this year, reports about the next iPhone models have also surfaced online. Now, here are some more information about the iPhone 15 lineup.
According to the report, the Cupertino-based technology giant is set to ditch Qualcomm for the cellular modem and instead, the company will use its own self-developed 5G modem from next year, i.e. 2023.
This has been in the making for the past few years, since 2019 when the company acquired the majority of Intel‘s smartphone-modem business as well as a team of 2,200 employees.
Apple is also advertising around 140 open positions for the development and integration of cellular modem chips. The company is running these advertisements in San Diego, which is the hometown of Qualcomm.
While Qualcomm is currently supplying 100 percent of the cellular modems used in the iPhone lineup, the company’s CEO had said last year that it expects to supply 20 percent of the 5G models for the Apple iPhone from 2023.
The usage of a self-developed or proprietary 5G modem has several advantages for Apple. It will reduce the brand’s reliance on a third-party vendor. It will also help the company save costs on the components.
As the company makes its own chipset that powers iPhones, it can also integrate the modem in the A-series chips and tweak the configuration as Apple sees fit, including making it faster, more efficient, etc.
It’s noteworthy that analysts believe that Apple may struggle with designing, manufacturing, and testing the new cellular modem as it is a time-consuming process.


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In less than three years GroupOn has 6,000 staffs and annual sales that will reportedly top $3 billion this year.
Now GroupOn has launched GroupOn NOW, a mobile app that connects customers with real-time coupons for retailers in their vicinity. Click the app's "I'm hungry" button, and you might be offered a discount on a food in local a few blocks away. But you'll have to move fast: The deals are time-sensitive and good for just a few hours.
This year the company acquired Whrrl, a location-based recommendations app.
App is launched in its first city -- Chicago, Groupon's hometown.
Watch this space when it will be coming to New Zealand.


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Google’s dirt-cheap cellphone network breaks all the rules
Google took the wraps off its new wireless network called Project Fi today, revealing that it will sell basic plans with talk, text, Wi-Fi, tethering and international coverage for just $20 a month.
Rather than building out its own infrastructure for the wireless network, Google is partnering with both Sprint and T-Mobile, and will allow customers to seamlessly switch between the two networks for the fastest connection available at your current location.
Check out the Project Fi video below:
Project Fi details were announced on a Google blog this morning, outlining the pricing for plans. Along with charging $20 for the basics, Google will add on an extra $10 for every 1GB of cellular data used per month. If you don’t use all of your data for the month though, Google says it will credit you back the difference.
Unfortunately, not all Android users will be able to take advantage of Project Fi just yet. The invite-only service will be exclusive to the Nexus 6 which was developed with Motorola as the first smartphone with the hardware and software needed to run on the network.
The first wave of invites are scheduled to go out next week, so if you do have Nexus 6, you can sign up for one here.


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Google announced today that Chromecast with Google TV customers can download Apple TV app, proving that even the biggest tech juggernauts can play nice with each other every once in a while.
Chromecast with Google TV users can now watch hit shows such as The Morning Show, and Ted Lasso, and movies like Greyhound from their Chromecast device. The service also offers titles from titles Oprah, Jennifer Aniston, Reese Witherspoon, Jason Momoa, J.J. Abrams, M. Night Shyamalan, Jennifer Garner, and Octavia Spencer. In addition to Chromecast with Google TV, the Apple TV app will also be available on Google TVs from Sony and TCL, as well as to other Android TV-powered devices in the coming months.
U.S.-based Google TV users can also browse Apple Originals in their personalized recommendations and search results and use their Google Assistant to open the Apple TV app or play an Apple Original title with their voice. In addition to Apple TV+ content, users will also be able to access their library of movie and TV show purchases from Apple, all in 4K HDR. Through Family Sharing, up to six family members can share subscriptions to Apple TV channels. If users aren’t already subscribed, they can do so through the app, further streamlining the entire experience. These features will be rolled out worldwide by the end of the year.
The addition of Apple TV now allows Google to join Apple and Roku’s platforms as the only to “officially” offer all major streaming services. Amazon Fire TV lacks an official Peacock app, though a third-party application can be used to access NBCUniversal’s streaming service. It’s a small victory, but a victory nonetheless.
Apple TV+ costs $4.99 a month but comes bundled with a one-year subscription when purchasing a new Apple device. You can also sign up for a free, 7-day trial using the link below.
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- The inventory worth of Roku Inc (NASDAQ: ROKU) has elevated by 7.52% right now. This is why it occurred.
The inventory worth of Roku Inc (NASDAQ: ROKU) has elevated by 7.52% right now because it went from a earlier shut of $434.63 to $467.30. There seems to be a few catalysts in play. There has been an uptick within the hype across the inventory on social media platforms like Reddit and StockTwits right now. And traders are additionally citing market share across the Super Bowl over the weekend.
Super Bowl LV was some of the streamed video games ever. Nielsen scores have been exhibiting that the Super Bowl was watched by 96.4 million viewers throughout all the platforms. This is barely decrease than earlier years, nevertheless it was some of the live-streamed video games in historical past with a median of 5.7 million viewers per minute, up 65% from final yr.
Online video optimization and analytics firm Conviva segmented the streaming numbers even additional by reporting the market share of every streaming platform.
“According to Conviva, Roku was the most well-liked platform for shoppers streaming the sport. Roku’s share of streaming makes an attempt for Super Bowl viewing was 41%, adopted by Amazon Fire TV at 24%, Apple TV at 12%, and Samsung TV at 8%,” wrote Ben Munson of Fierce Video.
Here is how the market share appears to be like in a chart:
Despite TV numbers being down, a report variety of folks streamed the Super Bowl. Here’s how they did it, in response to @conviva. @Roku had 41% of the market share, adopted by @Amazon fireplace stick after which @AppleTV. pic.twitter.com/iVJZXrshU7
— Eben Novy-Williams (@novy_williams) February 9, 2021
In the r/WallStreetBets Reddit thread, one of many posts that recently went viral was from an aggressive Roku bull who disclosed (with screenshots) a $500,000 choices funding in April 2020 and a reinvestment of earnings into extra aggressive choices in Roku. This put up could have additionally influenced some energetic Reddit traders.
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Toyota may take top spot in worldwide auto sales
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With just a few weeks remaining in the year, Toyota Motor Corp. appears poised to unseat General Motors Co. as this year’s top-selling automotive company worldwide.
According to industry analysts, Toyota’s (NYSE:TM) strong rebound from a tough year in 2011 — highlighted by production delays resulting from the tsunami in Japan — is expected to push it past GM (NYSE: GM) in total sales volume worldwide.
Bloomberg reports that strong U.S. and Japanese sales for Toyota are more than offsetting a slowdown in Europe, allowing Toyota to sell more than 7.4 million vehicles during the first three quarters of the year.
GM reported year-to-date sales of 6.9 million vehicles through the third quarter.
Although worldwide sales data is not yet available, Toyota, which bases its U.S. manufacturing and engineering division in Northern Kentucky, reported earlier this month that U.S. sales are up 28.8 percent through the end of November, with U.S. sales totaling 1.9 million vehicles.
GM, which operates the Bowling Green Assembly Plant in Kentucky, reported year-to-date U.S. sales of 2.3 million vehicles, up 3.5 percent.
The Bloomberg report said Volkswagen AG (NYSE:VOW) also is having a strong year in sales and might finish second in sales, ahead of GM.
But it noted that different methods are used to calculate total sales for companies, so there might not be a clear winner in the sales race.
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Strong Asia performances helped mitigate falling UK Mulberry sales in the latest half year.
While the UK fashion house’s total revenue was down 8 per cent to £68.3 million, international sales were up 13 per cent.
Within that figure, new entities in South Korea and Japan saw the company’s retail chain expand to 29 stores, compared with just one a year earlier.
And new digital partnerships in China with Toplife, Secoo and VIP.com also boosted sales. Mulberry says further such reseller agreements are planned.
The core UK business was profitable, but the company was affected by the administration of House of Fraser and “soft retail conditions” in its home market. Overall UK retail sales were down 11 per cent during the six months.
Globally, e-commerce sales rose 5 per cent and now representing 17 per cent of Mulberry sales, up from 14 per cent the same period last year.
The company posted an underlying loss before tax of £3.6 million, compared with a £600,000 loss the previous year.
However, after one-off costs for House of Fraser (£2.1 million) and the South Korea launch (£2.5 million), the company reported a loss pre-tax loss of £8.2 million.
CEO Thierry Andretta said the company is delivering on a strategy to develop Mulberry as a global luxury brand and the new South Korean and Japan businesses, along with the creation of the China digital partnerships were big steps on that pathway.
“We are confident that our focus on international growth is the correct strategy to develop Mulberry.”


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Yesterday, NEVS issued a press release, which had it at the second glance at the latest. So much so that some explanations about the possible backgrounds are appropriate. Why is? NEVS and ICONIQ are two new, unknown car brands.
And had NEVS not accidentally bought the former Saab factory before 5 years and started to revive the Saab brand, the company would not interest us. That with Saab and the planned comeback is now over, but it created around 1.000 jobs in Trollhättan and a new plant in China. In addition, one promises to cultivate the Saab heritage.
Yesterday, the communication on cooperation between NEVS and ICONIQ, which is available at NEVS, came. It explains in part the current situation in Trollhättan, perhaps also the personnel changes, and stands for the future direction of NEVS.
Some notes and background information from my page.
"Both companies want to cooperate on the development of shared technology for their future vehicles to benefit from the Swedish expertise, to maximize industrial synergies."
ICONIQ presented the Seven in Shanghai a few days ago. He is the first product of the brand and should go 2018 in series. It is being built at the NEVS plant in Tianjin. Both companies want to develop and produce electric cars together in the future. NEVS and ICONIQ will use common platforms for this. Behind it could be more than just a close interdependence, the companies have overlaps in the ownership structure. THT is a partner in both NEVS and ICONIQ. It would be possible for two companies to become one in the short term. That would not be unusual and the Chinese way of creating facts.
"NEVS wants to develop an E-segment EV Commuter vehicle, with production start 2020."
The E-segment stands for vehicles with a length of 5 meters upwards. According to NEVS information, behind it lies a luxurious, all-electric SUV with up to 7 seats. It will be built from 2020 in both Trollhättan and Tianjiin.
The electric vehicle in the E-segment could be placed similar to the Tesla X model and will be the first globally available product of the NEVS brand.
9-3 sedan EV in China, "followed by other 9-3 models prior to the launch of the NEVS EV Commuter in 2020."
Perhaps more interesting from a blog point of view is the promised production of other models based on the Saab 9-3. So far, the limousine was always talked about, other variants were not open to discussion. However, it is also a fact that NEVS already planned a new edition of the 2015-9 sports suit with model year 3. This did not happen, and I was not sure if NEVS has the rights to the vehicle.
Meanwhile, we have learned that apart from a few parts that are under GM ownership, the station wagon could also be reissued by NEVS. Even with the sedan, GM patents forced NEVS to redesign parts, the model year 2014 came "GM-free" on the market.
What will remain with NEVS of the Saab heir is the question that really bothers us. In Sweden there is movement, some things seem possible. In every direction. Before we make a judgment, we should practice a few more weeks of patience. The first public appearance of NEVS will be CES Asia in June.
There, according to our information, much more can be seen than just a few apps.


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Google’s sport streaming platform, Stadia, has introduced some main modifications going ahead. On the company’s blog, Stadia Vice President and GM, Phil Harrison, revealed that Google is specializing in increasing the platform and it’ll cease growing first-party video games.
Harrison mentioned, “In 2021, we’re expanding our efforts to help game developers and publishers take advantage of our platform technology and deliver games directly to their players. We see an important opportunity to work with partners seeking a gaming solution all built on Stadia’s advanced technical infrastructure and platform tools. We believe this is the best path to building Stadia into a long-term, sustainable business that helps grow the industry.”
Harrison additional defined, “Given our focus on building on the proven technology of Stadia as well as deepening our business partnerships, we’ve decided that we will not be investing further in bringing exclusive content from our internal development team SG&E, beyond any near-term planned games. With the increased focus on using our technology platform for industry partners, Jade Raymond has decided to leave Google to pursue other opportunities. We greatly appreciate Jade’s contribution to Stadia and wish her the best of luck in her future endeavors. Over the coming months, most of the SG&E team will be moving on to new roles. We’re committed to working with this talented team to find new roles and support them.”
As reported by Kotaku, Google will shut down its two sport studios which are positioned in Montreal and Los Angeles. Neither of those studios have launched any video games but. This transfer will affect nearly 150 builders, however Google has assured that they are going to be assigned new roles within the firm.
Stadia and Stadia Pro customers can proceed enjoying video games on the platform and the service will get new third-party titles commonly.


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Android 14 beta testers are already shocked that Pixel devices are already getting the QPR2 Beta 1 update. This is rather unusual, as the previous beta testing update was QPR1 Beta 2. Beta testers were expecting to get the QPR1 Beta 3 update, but instead, Google is rolling out the QPR2 Beta 1 update to users.
The features that were under testing in the QPR1 version will hit devices via a stable update next month. Devices will get these features via an over-the-air update and it’ll improve on certain things as well as squash any bugs. Following this is the new QPR2 update that is already hitting Pixel devices that are beta testing.
Both beta testing versions here are from Google’s Quarterly Platform Releases and they pack more punch than monthly updates. The new entry to these quarterly releases is the QPR2 which is currently in its first beta testing phase on Pixel devices. Reports claim that it’ll hit a stable release in March 2024, but just like other Quarterly Platform Releases, it brings a few issues for beta testers.
Android 14 QPR2 Beta 1 update hits Pixel devices along with the November 2023 security patch
This update to the Android system on supported Pixel devices doesn’t come alone. It comes with the November 2023 security patch update for those who have opted in for the beta testing program. So not everyone will get this update as it’s only rolling out to Android beta testers and it is currently available on only certain Pixel devices.
The devices that have this beta testing upgrade are the Pixel 5a, Pixel 6, Pixel 6 Pro, Pixel 6a, Pixel 7, Pixel 7 Pro, Pixel 7a, Pixel Tablet, and Pixel Fold. For some reason, the more recent Pixel 8 series doesn’t seem to be getting this beta update. Being a beta testing update, the Android 14 QPR2 Beta 1 brings a few issues and bugs affecting performance.
Some issues on this new beta update affect the Android platform, while others affect Google apps. For the Android platform, most users notice that unlocking their devices with the fingerprint scanner doesn’t give haptic feedback. The Pixel Fold also has a bug that prevents its inner screen from turning on after being unfolded.
With this beta update, Google’s Assistant At a Glance widget gives off weather information for the wrong location. Users can report these bugs via the Android Beta feedback app for Google to identify and work on. Other devices aside from Pixels will get this update in the coming days.
The post The Android 14 QPR2 Beta 1 update is available for Pixel devices appeared first on Android Headlines.


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High school sports practices will soon be underway for many teens.
These workouts often go hand-in-hand with sports beverages — but are these drinks healthy for adolescent athletes, or even necessary?
A recent study looked at daily consumption of sports drinks among teens.
Researchers looked at surveys of high school students and found that consumption of sports drinks is especially high among not just athletic teens, but sedentary teens.
“What is happening is that sports drink consumption is decreasing overall, however, the kids who probably need the sports drinks the least are still consuming them regularly,” says Diana Schnee, R.D., of Cleveland Clinic Children’s, who did not take part in the study.
Schnee says that families often think that sports drinks are a healthy alternative to soda, but this isn’t the case.
She says many people are surprised to learn that most sweetened sports drinks have about the same amount of sugar as a can of soda pop. For example, she says that while one can of soda can contain about 40 grams of sugar, a sports drink can contain about 36 grams of sugar, so people are not really cutting back on the sweets by swapping soda for sports drinks.
Schnee says many parents also think that their children need the extra carbohydrates and electrolytes during exercise, but that’s also a myth.
“Many of these sports drinks are marketed towards elite athletes and towards adults, but it’s important to remember that adults lose electrolytes much more quickly than children do,” she says. “Kids actually don’t need the electrolyte replacement during activity.”
If a child is doing very intense exercise for more than 60 minutes, Schnee says they might need extra sources of carbohydrates, but this can be accomplished through eating fresh fruit or dried fruit rather than sugar-sweetened sports drinks.
She also warns that sports drinks marketed as “zero” calorie aren’t a better choice. Drinks labeled as “zero” calories contain added artificial sweeteners, which are not a healthy option for children.
“Treat a sports drink like you would a can of soda, or even a glass of juice, which are not necessarily healthier,” Schnee says. “Although juices might have some added vitamins and minerals that some other products don’t have, it’s still basically liquid sugar and children, especially those who are sedentary, do not need additional sugar-sweetened beverages.”
Complete results of the study can be found in Pediatrics.
— Submitted by Cleveland Clinic News Service


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Adient, world’s largest car seat maker, has currently 1,850 employees at its plant in Pitesti, Arges county, and plans expansion of production capacity and the employees number.
U.S. ambassador to Romania, Hans Klemm, visited Adient trim factory for car seats in Pitesti, the largest factory of its kind in the European Union, stating that one of his priorities as Ambassador it is to promote the prosperity of both countries, America and Romania, a press release informs.
“I was encouraged by Adient plans to expand its production, a clear sign that we have a bright future together,” Klemm said.
On the same occasion, Costin Trimbitasu, Adient Romania plant manager, announced that the company wants to hire 200 upholsterers for the factory in Pitesti.
The company is present in Romania since 2000 and has a total of 5,500 employees, owing 8 production sites: Jimbolia (structures and mechanisms), Timisoara (textiles for car covers), Craiova (car seats for Ford) Poiana Lacului (PU foam), Bradu (Dacia car seats and structures), Ploiesti (trim), Pitesti (trim).
With 75,000 employees in 230 factories in 33 countries worldwide, manufactures and delivers seats for all vehicle classes and all OEMs. Every year, Adient supplies automotive seats and components for more than 25,000,000 cars.
Adient is the world’s largest global automotive seating supplier and was created in 2016 when Johnson Controls’ automotive seating business was spun off as an independent company.


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Beverly-Hanks Expands Its In-house Marketing Services
The real estate firm adds positions and refocuses roles to place even more emphasis on award-winning design and efficient operations for agents and their sellers.
May 10, 2021, Asheville, NC— Today, Beverly-Hanks announced upgrades to its marketing team. Josh Baker was promoted to Creative Services Manager to provide more direction and leadership to the department’s design team, composed of three designers. Last week, the firm announced the hire of Rachel Young as the third in-house designer. Previously, Baker worked as a lead designer in the department and helped produce several designs that won international awards at last year’s Leading Real Estate Companies of the WorldⓇ marketing contest.
“In less than two years, Josh’s design skills and leadership have left an indelible mark on our marketing team. I am thrilled to have him in this new role,” said Michael Phelan, Beverly-Hanks’ Chief Marketing and Technology Officer.
Josh will collaborate with the leadership and division brand managers to create a shared brand vision and lead the design team’s delivery of services.
In another step to jump the department’s bandwidth, Rachel Broadbent‘s role as Marketing Manager was expanded to include managing Beverly-Hanks’ Marketing Services Representative (MSR) program. The program affords agents the time to be exclusively focused on communicating and negotiating on behalf of their sellers while dedicating a professional marketing coordinator to assist with copywriting, directing photoshoots, and preparing property sales collateral for home sellers.
“We first launched the program in 2011 and now the MSR program serves 19 of our top agents and agent teams. I can’t wait to see how Rachel’s focus on expanding and enhancing the MSR program will drive even more value and service for our agents and sellers,” said Phelan.
In addition to directing the MSR program, Rachel will be working closely with the Director of Career Development to ensure the adoption of the firm’s marketing tools and services.
The expansion of in-house marketing services comes after years of building a team capable of delivering agency-level services. Neal Hanks, President, explains, “These strategic departmental roles and additional improvements underscore our commitment to providing exceptional marketing services to our agents and their sellers.” Today’s announcements follow on the heels of Michael Phelan’s promotion to Chief Marketing and Technology Officer earlier this month. Beverly-Hanks’ marketing department is now home to 13 marketing professionals across several disciplines.
About Beverly-Hanks, REALTORSⓇ
The market leader since 1976, Beverly-Hanks is a full-service real estate firm offering residential and commercial sales, marketing, and consulting services across Western North Carolina. In addition to these core business platforms, Beverly-Hanks has strategic partnerships in several related industry ventures, including mortgage and title insurance.
For more information, visit beverly-hanks.com.


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Apple (AAPL) is reportedly hard at work finding ways to finally dump Samsung once and for all as the companies’ rivalry continues to escalate. According to a new report from the Far East, it looks like the first in a series of moves away from Samsung (005930) components is now being made. Digitimes on Thursday reported that TSMC is expected to “tape out” Apple’s upcoming A7 chipset this month using a 20nm process. Risk production will reportedly follow in May or June, and the chipset is expected to appear in commercial products starting next year.
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November 2019 GLOBAL NEWS
TOKYO AUTO SHOW CAPTURES FUTURISTIC VISION
Concepts Envision The “Open Future” Theme…
The Tokyo Auto Show takes place every other year. And in keeping with this year’s theme of “Open Future,” automakers at the 48th biennial show pulled out all the stops with futuristic space-age designs. And while some concepts may seem far-fetched enough to never see the light of day, many vehicles and/or the technologies they feature are bound to make it into production in the not-too-distant future.
Take, for instance, the Lexus LF-30 electrified concept car. Complete with roof-mounted doors, shark-like front end and a stubby rear, the LF-30 is supported by a new electric platform that will be used on Lexus and Toyota EVs beginning in 2022.
Other automakers offered their own interpretations. Suzuki debuted the Hanare concept. The retro-styled vehicle, according to Suzuki, is designed for the family that loves being in a van but hates leaving home to enjoy it. Designed with a fully autonomous future in mind, the Hanare has no driver’s seat, but is equipped with an enormous screen that controls everything.
The copper-colored Nissan IMk, on the other hand, is a fully electric concept fitted with cameras that serve as mirrors and doors with no handles. On the inside, there are no buttons on the dashboard. Instead, glass displays are activated by the touch of a human hand.
The Lexus LF-30 electrified concept car may seem other worldly, but the vehicle is underpinned by a new electric platform that will be used on Lexus and Toyota vehicles beginning in 2022.
Designed with a fully autonomous future in mind, the retro-styled Suzuki Hanare van has no driver’s seat. But it is equipped with a huge screen that controls the whole shebang.
The futuristic Nissan IMk, a fully electric concept, sports cameras for mirrors and doors with no handles. Touch-activated glass displays replace the traditional dashboard.
POLESTAR OPENS FIRST MODERN EUROPEAN RETAIL SPACE
Swedish Performance Brand Aims To Change Automotive Retail Model…
Swedish electric performance brand Polestar recently opened its first European retail establishment in Oslo, Norway. According to a company announcement, the Oslo Space demonstrates the brand’s new retail concept, combining minimalist design with seamless digital interactivity that allows consumers to define the journey from initial inquiry to the delivery of their chosen Polestar model.
The new Oslo Space is situated in a historic 1900s city-center building, where customers have the chance to encounter the hassle-free experience that defines the Polestar brand and its products. Inside the retail environment, for instance, Polestar Specialists, who act as brand ambassadors on a noncommissioned basis, will engage with and inform customers about the company and its products.
Test drives can be conducted on-site and deliveries can be made at home or offices. But, unlike traditional auto dealerships, the facility holds no inventory, allowing customers to choose their personalized configuration. Those who purchase a Polestar can complete the process through the company app or website at their leisure, be it at home or in the Polestar Space.
“The Space in Oslo is extremely special,” said Polestar CEO Thomas Ingenlath. “The location is perfect, right in the heart of where people shop and relax, and the way this modern retail experience sits inside a historic building really reinforces our belief that great design is timeless. Performance for us isn’t just about great driving dynamics, it is also about the experience customers have choosing their perfect Polestar and the excitement of living with it every day.”
Polestar’s new retail Space in Oslo, Norway, is designed to change the face of automotive retailing, combining minimalist design in a historic building with no-hassle, no-pressure sales, no inventory and an environment intended to engage and inform the customer about the company and its products.
VOLVO LAUNCHES XC40 RECHARGE
Fully Electric Vehicle Is The First In A New Lineup…
Volvo, the Swedish brand owned by Chinese automaker Geely, recently revealed the XC40 Recharge, a fully electric vehicle based on the XC40 small SUV, the first of a family of fully electric Volvos.
“We have said several times before: for Volvo Cars, the future is electric,” said Håkan Samuelsson, chief executive. “Today we take a major new step in that direction with the launch of our fully electric XC40 and the Recharge car line.”
The electric all-wheel-drive powertrain has a range of more than 248 miles on a single charge and output of 480hp. The battery charges 80 percent of its capacity in 40 minutes on a fast-charger system, according to the company.
Volvo aims for plug-in hybrids to make up 20 percent of total sales in 2020. To further encourage electric driving, every Volvo Recharge plug-in model will come with free electricity for one year through a refund for the average electricity cost during that period.
In its quest to offer an electric vehicle fleet, Volvo has introduced the fully electric XC40 Recharge, based on the XC40 small SUV, the first in a family of all-electric Volvos.


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As more long-running comic conventions are forced online as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s no surprise that brand new virtual conventions are launching alongside them, offering guest lists and panel access to compare with such giants as San Diego Comic-Con and New York Comic Con. This weekend sees the latest addition to the scene: Mainframe Comic Con.
Unlike recent events like Comic-Con@Home in which panels were pre-recorded, Mainframe will livestream content online, in addition to offering a virtual artist alley and comic book auctions. The free-to-view event will feature a virtual “convention center” hosting programmed content featuring more than 150 guests and 60 panels across its three day duration.
It runs Aug. 14 through 16.
“The current health crisis has resulted in the cancellation of conventions and fan events worldwide, leaving the fandom community eager for something new, while remaining in the safety and comfort of their own homes,” Mainframe Comic Con co-creator Chad Ramsden said in a statement.”
The event will feature four panel halls, each which will stream 16 hours of live panels.
“What’s exciting is that fans will have the ability to go from one panel to the next with no lines,” said co-creator Chuck Lindsay. “And if you miss a panel like The Walking Dead Cast Party, featuring more than twenty members of the cast coming together for a first-of-its-kind online dance party, you don’t need to worry, because all Mainframe Comic Con panels will be posted next week on YouTube.”
Guests for the convention include cast members of Cartoon Network’s Justice League animated series and AMC’s NOS4A2, as well as comic creators such as Brian Michael Bendis, Tom King, Sophie Campbell and Kelly Sue DeConnick. Throughout the weekend, the convention will feature panels focusing on publishers including AHOY Comics, Humanoids, IDW Publishing, and Artists, Writers & Artisans, as well as subjects including “Kickstarting Your Comic” and “The Writers’ Block.”
All panels will be available to livestream at the official Mainframe Comic Con website, which also includes the programming schedule for the show, as well as the ability to purchase private meet and greets and more. Programming begins 4 p.m. Pacific August 14 and runs through Aug. 16.
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India’s middle class is reeling from skyrocketing petrol-diesel prices. Among them, the announcement of price increase by the car companies is appearing as poison on the milk. Hero MotoCorp (Hero MotoCorp), the country’s largest and most renowned two-wheeler manufacturer, is named in the list. The domestic company is increasing the two-wheeler prices by around 1.5% from today i.e. the first day of July. However, the amount of price hike will vary depending on the model. It may be noted that earlier in April, Hero had opted for a price hike citing the implementation of OBD2 emission norms across the country.
Hero two-wheeler prices increased
In a statement released this time, the company said that the increase in the prices of motorcycles and scooters is part of the regular revision of their fixed prices. Besides, behind this there are some business obligations, increase in input cost etc. However, Hero is planning to introduce various attractive financing options to lighten the burden of this cost increase from the shoulders of the buyers.
Hero MotoCorp announced the price hike on the eve of the festive season in the country. However, they are quite optimistic about increasing the sales of their bikes and scooters in this monsoon season. The demand for two-wheelers in the country has been seen to increase in rural areas. According to Hero, like other years, the two-wheeler industry will witness an increase in sales on the eve of the festival.
Recently, Hero MotoCorp re-launched the Passion Plus in the entry-level commuter motorcycle segment in India. Also introduced as a premium commuter bike is the Xtreme 160 4V. Again this year they are looking forward to bring more premium bikes. The list includes Hero Karizma XMR 210 and Harley-Davidson X440 (jointly developed with Hero).


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- It is offering 6000mAh battery
- The device is featuring a 13 megapixel camera sensor
- It is running on Android 11 out of the box
Tecno Pova Neo has been launched in the market of India and the device is coming with an affordable price tag and offers a monster battery on the board. It is featuring a 13 megapixel camera on the back and offering a notch for the top. The phone is running on Android 11 out of the box. So let’s dive into the article to check out the complete specifications along with the pricing and availability details.
Specifications of Tecno Pova Neo
The newly announced smartphone features a 6.8-inch display along with notch on the top of the screen. It is coming with 1640 X 720 pixels resolution and it will offer a 120Hz touch sampling rate.
Speaking about the camera department, the device is coming with a triple rear camera setup with a 13MP main sensor, and it is also coming with an 8MP camera for selfies.
Talking about the performance, the device is powered by an Unknown MediaTek CPU clocked at 1.8Ghz along with up to 6GB of RAM and 5GB virtual RAM along with 128GB of internal storage. The device is coming with a massive 6,000mAh battery cell with 18W fast charging support.
It is running on Android 11 out of the box with HiOS 7.6 on top of it. The device also features a fingerprint scanner for the additional layer of security.
Pricing and availability
The device is coming with a price tag of ₹12,999 and the device will be available in the country from january 22.
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Singapore, 26th August 2019 Capital Gains Studio is proud to announce that they are the first Singaporean tabletop design company to win 2 awards at the prestigious International Serious Play Award based in United States. Cryptocurrency won the top Gold award while Debtzilla won the Sliver award.
International Serious Play Awards honor outstanding commercial and student game titles used for education or training. You can view the press release published by Serious Play Conference at this website (http://seriousplayconf.com/aug-13-2019-board-games-win/)
“Singapore is one of the top educational hub in the world and we believe that we can bring our brand of Singaporean education into the world of boardgames,” said Capital Gains Studio, Xeo Lye. “We are proud to be recognized at an international level that our games are able to deliver education, fun and interaction as we move towards the next level of education. Designing a great entertainment game is already difficult and designing a great educational game is even harder given that we have to deliver both fun and education while being limited by an accurate portrayal of real-life mechanics. We are glad that our efforts are being affirmed by top serious games practitioners.”
Cryptocurrency board game is well known for its game design that accurately portray the eco-system of cryptocurrency and helps players understand major cryptocurrency concepts such as mining, decentralized transaction, the factors affecting prices of cryptocurrency as well as the dangers of cryptocurrency scams within one hour of game play. The game was successfully funded on Kickstarter and was launched in Dec 2018 and is distributed in US, Europe, North Asia and South East Asia.
About Serious Games
A serious game is a game that is designed for game base learning and provide both education and entertainment. The serious games industry is expected to grow at 19.2% from 2017 to 2023 as educators around the world are increasingly using game base learning to teach and engage students in subjects that are becoming more technical and difficult to grasp. The global serious games market was valued at $2,731 million in 2016, and is projected to reach $9,167 million by 2023. Asia-Pacific generated the highest revenue in the global serious games market in 2016 due to its high population and China being the largest consumer of learning games and tools.
About Serious Play Conference
The Serious Play Conference, founded in 2009, is a leadership conference for professionals who embrace the idea that games can revolutionize learning. Speakers, who come from all parts of the globe, share their experience creating or using games in the corporation, classroom, healthcare institution, government and military and offer tips on how to move game-based education programs ahead.
At Serious Play, attendees listen, share and participate actively in informal sessions dedicated to the discussion of the future of serious games.
Serious Play has been hosted by DigiPen, the University of Southern California, Carnegie Mellon, University of North Carolina, George Mason University, University at Buffalo, University of Quebec at Montreal and University of Central Florida.
More details can be found at http://seriousplayconf.com/


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The lawsuit, filed in a U.S. District Court in Los Angeles, comes after an investigation of more than two years, the company said. The lawsuit names ANYI, SILI, GT Micro, ASP Solutions, Mark Ma, Mike Lee, John Zhang and other affiliates as defendants.
"ANYI, SILI and their affiliates run a global counterfeit distribution operation with a major focus in the United States and Canada," William Plante, Symantec's senior director of corporate security and brand protection, said in a statement. "Their operations posed a tremendous threat to our customers, given the variety of outlets ANYI and SILI have developed to distribute and sell counterfeit Symantec software to unsuspecting consumers."
Symantec alleges the parties engaged in trademark infringement, copyright infringement, fraud, unfair competition and false advertising.
John Zhang said he and his company, Canada-based GT Micro, have not received a copy of the lawsuit and cannot comment. The other defendants have not yet been reached for comment.
As part of the investigation, which Symantec initiated, law enforcement officers seized more than 100,000 copies of counterfeit disks. The company says pirated copies included some of its more popular programs, such as Norton AntiVirus, Norton SystemWorks, Norton Internet Security, as well as PCAnywhere and Backup Exec.
Symantec is seeking $15 million in damages and a permanent injunction against ANYI and SILI from conducting business.
The Cupertino, Calif.-based security software vendor has had some success in its lawsuits against alleged software pirates. Last year, Symantec. And in 2003, it , after the court found the East Coast company sold counterfeit copies of the security software.


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BOSTON — IDTechEx has recently released “Plant-Based Meat 2021-2031,” a market research and business intelligence report exploring the technical and industry factors that are shaping the emerging plant-based meat market.
According to the report, sales of plant-based meat have grown sharply in recent years, buoyed by the COVID-19 pandemic disrupting meat supply chains and putting increasing scrutiny on the conventional meat industry. Reflecting this, investments into the plant-based meat industry have also risen rapidly, with the industry raising more than $1.4 billion in 2020 alone. The industry is optimistic that these trends will continue into 2021 and beyond, with plant-based meat looking increasingly set to disrupt the $1 trillion global meat industry.
Plant-based meat is not a new concept, IDTechEx said. Tofu and seitan have been around for millennia and meat alternative brands such as Quorn and Tofurky have been in stores around the world for decades. However, until recently, these products were primarily targeted at vegetarians. The most recent generation of plant-based meat products, such as the Beyond Burger and Impossible Burger have aimed to change this, targeting the 95% of consumers who eat meat but are looking to cut down consumption for health or environmental reasons. These consumers are less likely to sacrifice product quality, IDTechEx said, and as such, plant-based meat companies have increasingly invested into product research and development to create new plant-based meat products that are almost exact replicas of the real thing.
R&D has been accelerated by advances in production technology, such as the twin-screw extrusion technology pioneered by Gardein in the early 2000s, and companies are increasingly looking to emerging technologies to help develop the next generation of plant-based products. Chilean start-up NotCo is employing artificial intelligence technology to find optimized combinations of ingredients, Israeli company Redefine Meat is using 3D printing technology to create structured plant-based meat products such as steaks and California-based Eat Just used high-throughput screening techniques to find combinations of plant proteins that suit different foods, such as the company’s mung bean-based egg substitute.
Nevertheless, the industry does still face challenges that threaten its goal of disrupting the $1 trillion global meat industry, IDTechEx said. Plant-based meat products generally remain more expensive than their conventional meat counterparts, with cost reduction being a priority for the industry. Further work into optimizing product quality is also necessary, particularly regarding plant-based analogs to structured meat products such as steaks and chicken breasts. Finally, the industry has faced resistance from the conventional meat industry, which has pushed regulators to place restrictions on the labeling of plant-based meat products, such as the recently proposed European Union ban, which threatened to ban producers of vegan dairy analogs from using milk cartons and yogurt pots to package their products, before it was dropped in May 2021.
Despite these challenges, the plant-based meat industry is continuing to grow rapidly and many in the industry are optimistic about the future. The report contains a 10-year region-based market forecast for the future of the plant-based meat industry, predicting that the global plant-based meat market will be worth over $29 billion by 2031.


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The Chinese Ministry of Commerce on Monday officially congratulated Nigerian-American Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala on her appointment to become the next Director-General of the World Trade Organization.
This was widely expected given that Beijing was among Okonjo-Iweala’s more enthusiastic supporters, particularly during the prolonged standoff with the United States, who backed South Korean Trade Minister Yoo Myung-hee for the role.
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The Motorola Razr is one of the first foldable phones to deliver smooth functionalities. Following the disaster that is Galaxy Fold, Samsung is taking a shot at it again with the Galaxy Flip 5G.
Motorola is pushing the boundaries of its flagship foldable smartphone. The upgrade to Android 10 brings in several new functionalities and security updates. Moreover, Motorola said that it will work to have the Razr support the upcoming Android 11.
Many in the tech community believe that Motorola rushed the release of the Razr. Following its release, the Razr did not reach the high expectations it set to meet. However, it appears that Motorola is only concerned with being first to the market.
For one, the Motorola Razr runs on a rather outdated operating system following its release. It is only recently that Motorola rolled out the Android 10 update that made the phone up to date. Moreover, the Razr lacks a couple of groundbreaking features that Samsung is planning to embed within the Galaxy Flip 5G.
On the other hand, the Galaxy Flip 5G, despite being late to the party, promises a lot of functionality. The foldable smartphone is expected to launch with full 5G support. Considering its predecessor, the phone will launch with a powerful Snapdragon 855+ chipset, 256GB storage, and 8GB of memory.
With a $500 price drop, the Motorola Razr now costs around $999. The price drop is the first since its official launch in February. Motorola is aggressively marketing its foldable phone and even went out to offer a two-for-price-of-one deal.
It comes as no surprise why Motorola is dropping the price of its flagship product. The market is in high anticipation for the upcoming release of the Galaxy Flip 5G. It appears that Motorola just wants to snatch more market share before the Flip 5G hits the market.
Recently, the foldable smartphone industry is getting a lot of new models and competition. Aside from the upcoming Galaxy Flip 5G release, Microsoft’s Surface Duo is also due later this year.
Lenovo recently confirms that a new Motorola Razr model is due to hit the market in September. If this is the case, then Motorola is probably just aggressively marketing its current model to sell out its stocks.
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In the third quarter of this year, users spent $33.6 billion on mobile apps, with 35.7 billion downloads.
According to the market research company Sensor Tower report. According to the report, user spending on the App Store increased by 13.2% year-on-year to $21.5 billion, and Google Play increased by 18.6% to $12.1 billion. Among them, the most profitable app was TikTok, which ranked first in the App Store revenue and first in both stores combined, but Google One ranked first in Google Play sales alone.
Meanwhile, the number of downloads in the third quarter was 35.7 billion, down 1.9% from 36.4 billion in the same period last year. App Store fell 1.2% and Google Play fell 2.1%.
Among them, TikTok was the most downloaded. It is the first time in an app other than Facebook that it has been used 3 billion times in a lifetime. The game’s biggest grossing was PUBG Mobile with over $5 billion. Revenue from game apps on the App Store increased by 5.6% compared to the same period last year, and revenue from Google Play increased by 10.7% over the same period.
PUBG Mobile ranked 1st in the number of game installations, followed by My Talking Angela in 2nd place, Subway Surfers in 3rd place, and Count Masters in 4th place. Related information can be found here.


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Kindersley’s public liquor store will be replaced by a private retailer at the start of December.
Clayton Filkohazy, a communications specialist at Sobeys Inc., said the new Sobeys Liquor store in Kindersley will open on Dec. 1.
The public store will close its doors for good after business on Nov. 30.
The Saskatchewan government announced its intention to expand the private liquor retail system in November 2015. The province issued a request for proposals in July 2016 to determine the new private retailer for Kindersley. The Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming Authority (SLGA) spearheaded the selection process.
SLGA announced in November 2016 that the retail store permit for Kindersley was awarded to Sobeys Liquor. There were 50 retail store opportunities made available and 39 opportunities would replace existing public stores.
Construction of the Sobeys Liquor store on 11th Avenue East began in the spring. Filkohazy confirmed the store would resemble Sobeys Liquor stores in other locations. No announcements have been made regarding a grand opening.For more on this story, please see the Nov. 22 print edition of The Clarion.


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FSI International, Inc. a leading supplier of wafer processing, cleaning and surface conditioning equipment for semiconductor manufacturing, announced today the receipt of an additional order for its new ORION single wafer cleaning technology from a major semiconductor manufacturer.
Industrial Nanotech, Inc. today announced that the Company is continuing its expansion of manufacturing locations for their patented energy saving Nansulate coatings and will begin producing the products in Germany in the first quarter of 2009.
JEOL USA will install the first e-beam direct-write-on-wafer lithography tool to support nanoscience research in the Pacific Northwest when the University of Washington takes delivery of a JEOL JBX-6300FS e-beam system.
RainDance Technologies, Inc., a provider of innovative microdroplet-based solutions for human health and disease research, today announced that it has been selected to share in the first-ever round of cooperative research grants by The Massachusetts Life Sciences Center (MLSC).
Previously, the two companies have shared marketing efforts, such as seminars and joint customer presentations. From this point forward, these efforts also will include shared exhibit booths at trade shows and exhibitions, and joint advertising and lead generation.
Early in December 2008, the most significant and unique Russian nanotechnology event - Nanotechnology International Forum, organized by the Russian corporation of nanotechnologies (RUSNANO) - took place in Moscow with the participation of NT-MDT.
ASM International N.V. and SAFC Hitech today announced that they have entered into a certified manufacturer and partnership agreement for certain Atomic Layer Deposition source materials for advanced Ultra High-k insulators. The agreement provides certification criteria for the chemical source materials, a license to certain ASM ALD patents and a partnership for the marketing and further development of these chemical source materials.
Bruker Daltonics and the Queensland Institute of Medical Research announced today the installation of the first maXis Ultra-High Resolution Time-Of-Flight mass spectrometer in Australasia, thereby further strengthening the collaboration between Bruker and one of the premier medical research institutes in Australia.
Nanotechnology has huge potential to take the consumer goods sector to new level of technological advancement. Resultantly, the total value of nanotechnology inputs used in manufacturing consumer goods worldwide is projected to grow at a CAGR of 9.4% to 2010, says 'Nanotechnology Market Forecast to 2011', a new research report from RNCOS.


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Texas has a new open carry gun law on its books set to take effect on New Year's Day.
It permits Texans with concealed handgun licenses to now carry their holstered weapons in plain view.
But the law will still ban handguns from certain public places including churches, hospitals, correctional facilities, and some places where alcohol is served or sold.
Businesses also have the option to ban customers from openly carrying handguns by posting signs outside stores. Gun holders who ignore those signs risk violating state trespassing laws and would face penalties and fines.
Here's a breakdown of how some companies are choosing to act:
Whole Foods (WFM), which is headquartered in Austin, Texas, does not welcome firearms into its stores.
"As a private retailer; we have opted not to allow firearms on the premises except for store security," Whole Foods spokesperson Michael Silverman told CNNMoney in an email. He said that has been the policy since the company was founded.
He added that all Whole Foods locations in Texas will have updated signage addressing the new open carry law by January 1.
H-E-B, a popular grocery chain based in San Antonio, will continue to allow concealed handguns, but it's not allowing visible carry at its stores.
"We've always asked our customers to conceal their weapons," H-E-B spokesperson Dya Campos said. "The only difference now is that we have to post signage."


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Retailer Mountain Warehouse to hike prices to offset weaker pound as Brexit sees it shelve plans for an IPO
A weaker pound will mean higher prices for Mountain Warehouse customers, the outdoor retailer has warned, as it indicated it has shelved IPO plans due to Brexit.
The private equity-owned company, which opened its 250th UK store last month, said it will face increased costs from sterling drop in the wake of the vote to leave the European Union as it was only hedged against the currency until last February.
While it will absorb some of the costs increases and renegotiate deals with suppliers, some of the rises will be passed on to customers, Mountain Warehouse said in an update today.... read more
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Moscow and Tashkent have agreed to set up the railway project to speed up the delivery of agricultural goods between Russia and Uzbekistan.
Russia and Uzbekistan have green-lighted the blueprints for logistical corridors between the two countries following Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexei Overchuk’s meeting with his Uzbek counterpart Sardor Umurzakov in Tashkent.
The plans outline bilateral efforts to improve customs, sanitary, and phytosanitary procedures to ensure the safe passage of goods between the two neighbours, while they will also develop cooperation in digitisation and work closely to establish agro-logistics and distribution centres.
These efforts include establishing regular “Agro Express” cargo trains to operate along the so-called “green corridor” between Russian and Uzbekistan. The trains will speed up the export/import of agricultural products.
The Agro Express project kicked off in June 2021 when Russia’s PM Mikhail Mishustin and Uzbek PM Abdulla Oripov officially agreed to boost cooperation. REC Chief Executive Veronika Nikishina, RZD Logistika Chief Executive Dmitry Murev, and Uzagrologistics Centres Chief Executive Noufalbek Sabirov were also present at the ceremony.


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Over the last decade, banks in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region have accounted for over 46 percent of global banking profits. However, the region now seems to be settling into a new era of slower growth rates and increased challenges in generating significant profits. From a consumer standpoint, Asian consumers are moving quickly into digital banking. According to McKinsey research, there is a 96 percent and 94 percent digital penetration in Australia and Singapore respectively. The same research also states that more than 80 percent would be willing to shift some of their holdings to a bank that offers a compelling digital proposition.
While digital banking has lowered costs and improved customer experience, it has led to the separation between the bank and its customers. Banks can no longer continue to rely on their branch’s personal bankers to assist customers, eliminating previous opportunities to grow revenues and deepen relationships. In essence, there is a missing puzzle piece in today’s banking environment. How do you maintain the digital presence that customers demand while also providing the level of personalized assistance that in-person bankers provide? The missing puzzle piece is the Digital Personal Banker, a digital equivalent of today’s branch personal bankers, that provides the customer support that today’s and tomorrow’s digital banking customers want.
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Shares of Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc. have climbed too high over the past month, said a Friedman Billings Ramsey analyst who downgraded the hotel company's shares to an "underperform" rating on Friday.
"The stock has run-up nearly 40% in the past month, compared to 15% for the S&P 500, and with forward trends still decelerating, we do not believe this run-up is deserved," said FBR analyst C. Patrick Scholes in a note to investors.
Starwood shares have lost more than 25% so far in 2009. However, the stock rebounded slightly this month to close at $12.94 on Thursday after touching $8.99 on March 9, the stock's lowest level since 1995.
Mr. Scholes dropped his rating on the company from "market perform" and lowered the stock's price target to $10 from $19.
The analyst said industry data collected in 11 major U.S. markets pointed to further declines in group bookings through the fourth quarter and a sharp drop in average daily room rates.
He reduced his 2009 earnings estimate for Starwood to 75 cents per share from $1.02 per share. Analysts polled by Thomson Reuters forecast earnings of 95 cents per share this year.
Mr. Scholes said hotel industry conditions in Europe appears to be faring even worse than those in the U.S. He predicted that European trends will remain weak for the rest of the year. Starwood, he said, derives roughly 20% of its revenue per available room from Europe. Revenue per available room, or revpar, is a key gauge of a hotelier's performance.


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Sales of machine vision components and systems in North America soared 54 percent in 2010 to nearly $1.8 billion, according to new figures released by the industry trade group Automated Imaging Assn. (AIA).
The AIA Quarterly Machine Vision Sales Tracking Report recorded robust sales growth in all major machine vision supplier markets, including cameras, lighting, optics, imaging boards, application-specific machine vision systems, software and smart cameras. The new report also disclosed widespread optimism about the future, with nearly three-fourths of companies submitting data for the report expecting sales to improve over current levels in the first half of 2011.
"The substantial market growth in 2010 demonstrates the importance of machine vision technology to companies in manufacturing and non-manufacturing sectors", says AIA president Jeff Burnstein. "We saw strong evidence of this at the recent Automate 2011 Show and Conference which was our largest in a decade. Exhibitors reported strong interest in machine vision solutions and conference sessions focusing on vision were packed."
Paul Kellett, AIA's director of market analysis, adds: "There is every reason to believe that the machine vision recovery will continue at full steam for quite some time to come. Macro-economic indicators and forecasts for the business sector remain positive, and industry expectations point to a solid recovery for at least another six months. Our overall assessment of machine vision sales is therefore very positive."
AIA's Quarterly Machine Vision Sales Tracking Report is available free of charge to all AIA members participating in AIA's sales data program. More information about AIA, its report and the group's sales data program can be found at its website: www.MachineVisionOnline.org
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