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- Contextual targeting became quite popular in 2021.
- Despite testing alternative identifier options, publishers remain hesitant to include them in ad sales deals.
- Publishers remain as worried about the effects of third-party cookie deprecation on their businesses as they were during Q1 of 2021.
- Social media platforms were scarcely focused on by publishers during 2021.
- Mobile marketing saw a number of changes in 2021; with publishers, especially the smaller ones still coping with the changes of a post-IDFA world.
- With rising concerns for privacy and changes in regulations various big tech advertising (Facebook, Google, Amazon) companies went through a number of changes in 2021.
- Google was granted a patent this week by The United States Patent and Trademark Office describing a technology that can control the authorization of data transmission within a network, as well as attribute clicks without using cookies.
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Contextual targeting made a comeback in 2021
Despite the pandemic being a pain point of 2021, the digital media ecosystem was unusually quite stable. As most publishers were focusing their efforts on finding an alternate identifier solution in the post-cookie world, contextual targeting saw a resurgence in 2021. Various agencies and brands leveraged contextual targeting to deliver relevant ads and the technique even made its way into devices like OTT and CTV. Brands and agencies also indicated an increased allocation of their ad budget towards contextual targeting.
Publishers remain hesitant to include alternative identifiers in ad deals
2021 also saw both ad sellers and buyers clamoring to figure out ways in which they could integrate alternative ID solutions into their business plans. The most popular solutions included those created by The Trade Desk and Amazon. This increased adoption of alternative identifier solutions can be attributed to the perception amongst publishers that such solutions would prove to be crucial after the phasing out of third-party cookies. However, owing to Google extending the date for third-party cookie discontinuation to 2023, most advertising campaigns made by publishers still don’t feature these alternative identifier solutions.
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Publishers still worried about the deprecation of third-party cookies
Testing alternative identifier solutions might have been popular amongst most publishers in 2021, yet most of them remain worried about how fruitful these solutions would prove to be. Despite having created various strategies about how these alternative identifiers might be integrated into existing business plans, most publishers are still worried about what comes next after third-party cookies are phased out. Their concerns with being able to measure ads in a post-cookie world remain identical to Q1 even during Q4 of 2021.
Lack of focus on social media platforms in 2021
Most publishers were not interested to invest heavily in various social platforms during the last year. Widely used social media platforms delivered little revenue to publishers. Additionally, the monopolistic roles played by tech giants like Google and Amazon in the market dissuaded most publishers from investing heavily in social media platforms. Most publishers remained focused on investing in their own properties.
Mobile Advertising in 2021
Mobile advertising saw continuous shifts in the year 2021. The major reason for such shifts can be attributed to Apple removing IDFA and implementing its new App Tracking Framework. Most small publishers didn’t have the resources, in-house data science, or R&D expertise to excel in privacy-first mobile marketing, and derive insights from Apple’s freely available SKAdNetwork anonymized marketing data.
Additionally, the fact that only 25% of users globally had opted for App Tracking, created further friction while attributing users. Alternative probabilistic methods of attribution like ‘Fingerprinting’, therefore found a new lease of life, despite Apple opposing it and reducing its effectiveness in Private Relay, and Safari browsers.
While larger publishers could take advantage of the aforementioned avenues like data science and R&D, experiment with their marketing tactics, make sense of SKAdNetwork data, while also accumulating more user data by simply acquiring smaller publishers – mid-size or indie publishers didn’t have this privilege. However, smaller publishers remained at par with their bigger competitors by building Business Intelligence stacks and utilizing their existing tools to analyze diffused datasets and try to reach their monetization goals.
With Android set to follow Apple and create its own privacy-first measures, and publishers still trying to figure out ways to tackle this post-IDFA ecosystem, mobile marketing in 2022 is expected to remain just as tumultuous as the previous year.
Where Does Big Tech Advertising Stand At The End Of 2021
As 2021 comes to an end, big tech advertising companies have gone through a number of changes throughout the year owing to privacy changes and new privacy regulations. Each company has its own distinct dynamics and was affected by the market shifts of 2021 in its own unique ways.
Google’s proclamation of not building their own alternative tracking methods after the phasing out of third-party cookies received criticism from the market, as did its claim that industry IDs would never be approved as per emerging privacy regulations. Privacy Sandbox and FLoC did not pass muster from EU privacy regulations. Its concerns were not limited to its own privacy policies but also with having to adapt to anti-tracking solutions introduced by Apple, such as Intelligent Tracking Protocol, App Tracking Transparency, etc.
Google ditched their last-click attribution model to adopt a new data-driven attribution model owing to the lack of scale of conversion on Safari and iOS. It also faced backlash as an antitrust lawsuit filed against them in New York revealed that they had colluded with Facebook to unfairly deal in the ad market.
Amazon extended its inventory in 2021 to take advantage of its proprietary first-party data machine, i.e. conversion data from Amazon, to track and target users with high-performing sponsored videos. It also tested general programmatic videos by bunding Twitch ads with its DSP, effectively closing the doors to all third parties. Fire TV ads can now only be brought through Amazon DSP, and outside DSPs no longer enjoy the liberty of purchasing them.
Facebook scrapped its free tool Facebook Analytics in June of 2021. Owing to Apple’s ATT, explicit requirement of tracking opt-ins for each iOS device, and disabling of link tracking between the web and apps for Safari users, Facebook had to overhaul their attribution system completely.
The company is scaling down the capabilities of its ad products in a bid to consolidate data. Traffic, awareness, app promotion, leads, sales, and engagement are the new metrics that Facebook has consolidated into its outcome-based campaigns.
Google’s New Patent Prepares For A Cookieless Future
Google was granted a patent this week by The United States Patent and Trademark Office. The patent involved a web-browser based API and described how it could control the authorization of data transmission within a network, as well as attribute clicks without using cookies.
The processes and technology can transmit small data packets to the user’s device when he/she visits a website. These data packets include session information, preferences, or can alternatively be used to authenticate and maintain the session established between the client device and the server hosting the website.
Third-party content items can be further attributed by treating them as secondary web pages. This resolves the problem of attributing clicks while maintaining user privacy without having to rely on cookies.
A browser-based API allows content in a web page to make a call to browsers and request it to register the content item with itself. The request includes conversion reporting URLs, landing page URLs, and campaign IDs. Once the browser registers a particular content item and another URL is visited by the browser, the browser has the ability to compare the present URL of the webpage with the pre-registered landing page URL. If the comparison comes as a match, the browser can ascertain that it has visited a registered landing page URL and send a response to the conversion reporting URL that the landing page URL is associated with.
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WhatsApp multi-device support is a feature that many WhatsApp users are waiting for. After the introduction of this feature, it will also work together on more than one device simultaneously like Facebook.
There are many limitations to WhatsApp. Like, you cannot create an account like Facebook here. You can use an account in only one device at a time. Many times it happens that you use two smartphones, or use one smartphone and the other tab. In this case, you have to resort to the primary phone for WhatsApp.
Some time ago a report came in which said that multi-device support will be given in WhatsApp. Now know about the new development in this report. According to a new report by WABetainfo, WhatsApp is developing a new feature.
According to the report, this new feature of WhatsApp will have the option to add more than one device to a WhatsApp account. Not only this, a WhatsApp account can be created on different smartphones simultaneously. However, this will not affect privacy, as this report states that despite this feature, chats will be end to end encrypted.
At present, nothing has been official about this by WhatsApp. Although it is almost decided that WhatsApp is preparing a special version for the iPad. WABetainfo has said in a tweet that under the multi-device feature, WhatsApp will be run in iPhone and iPad simultaneously from an account, but this feature will only come when the iPad version of WhatsApp is ready.

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Hearing loss presents a serious challenge, both financially and emotionally, to seniors and their families, yet the cost of treatment is too high for many to afford. Medicare doesn’t cover hearing services except under very narrow circumstances, but under the HEAR Act, that may change: The Background Over 38 million Americans suffer from hearing loss, […]
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CouponMate is proud to announce that its proprietary browser extension is now available for Chrome, Safari and Firefox internet browsers. For the past decade, the CouponMate team has been building technology that makes it easier for retailers to market their products or services via the internet. Every person from the CouponMate team has a background in a […]
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Bowers and Wilkins is set to introduce the 805 Maserati Edition loudspeaker to celebrate its relationship with the Italian luxury car manufacturer. The limited-edition product combines the performance of B&W’s 800 Diamond Series speakers with the aesthetics of Maserati’s famous interiors, according to the British speaker maker.
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The design of the Silver Arrows Marine Granturismo, a motor-powered mini-yacht created by the Mercedes-Benz design team, will be on display at the Monaco Yacht Show September 25-28. Silver Arrows Marine called upon the design expertise of the German car manufacturer to come up with the concept for this 14-meter luxury yacht. To create the futuristic […]
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The annual gathering of yacht connoisseurs came to a close in Monaco over the weekend, with the prestigious Rina Green Plus prize going to a new mega-yacht from Italian manufacturer Benetti. The 55-meter boat, presented in a world premiere at the Monaco Yacht Show, was recognized as the year’s leading example of yacht constructors’ efforts to […]
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Disney Won’t Rehire James Gunn on ‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3,’ Despite Cast Wanting to Reinstate Him — Report
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A U.S. judge ruled Thursday that Ripple Labs did not violate federal securities laws when it sold some of its XRP tokens on public cryptocurrency exchanges. The ruling, though only partial, is being celebrated as a landmark victory for the cryptocurrency industry.
Following the news, the price of XRP, the native token of the Ripple ecosystem, surged by more than 83% to $0.86 per coin. according to to CoinGecko. At the time of writing, XRP has cut some of these gains, falling to $0.78. The token remains 77% off the all-time high of $3.40 set on January 7, 2018.
The ruling has given life to other risky crypto tokens classified as “securities.” Matic is up 18%, Litecoin and Solana are up nearly 19% each, and Cardano’s ADA is up over 20%. Bitcoin and Ethereum also rose, rising more than 4% and 6%, respectively.
“XRP is not a security”
Ripple is a privately held fintech company that provides global payment solutions through a patented payment network called Ripple Network. The company connects banks, payment providers and cryptocurrency exchanges, enabling real-time payments and reduced transaction fees.
In December 2020, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) sold $1.3 billion worth of assets to Ripple, the issuer of the eponymous XRP token, without registering it as a security with the agency. filed a lawsuit as
Ripple co-founder Chris Larsen and CEO Brad Garlinghouse, who founded Ripple in 2012, were also named as co-defendants in the matter. The company denied that XRP is a security. Securities are subject to strict regulation by US authorities.
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in her RulingNew York Southern District Court Judge Analisa Torres ruled that XRP “is not necessarily a security on the face of it,” potentially ending a three-year lawsuit.
The ruling applies to the sale of XRP on cryptocurrency exchanges, as the buyer did not expect to profit from Ripple’s efforts.Torres said XRP retail sales are ‘blind bid/ask trades’ [in which buyers] It was not known if their payment was sent to Ripple or another seller of XRP. ”
The ruling divided XRP sales into three categories: institutional sales, programmatic sales, and other sales. Institutional sales turned out to be securities offerings, but programmatic sales and other distributions were not.
But it wasn’t all good news. The SEC has partially succeeded in some of its claims against Ripple. Judge Torres ruled that Ripple’s sale of $729 million worth of XRP to hedge funds and other sophisticated buyers amounted to an unregistered sale of securities.
Crypto industry reaction
Here are the most important parts of this ruling:
“XRP as a digital token is not a ‘contract, transaction’ per se.[,] An “or scheme” that embodies the Howey requirements of an investment contract.
This is now a legal issue (not one that can be brought to court).
— Brad Garlinghouse (@bgarlinghouse) July 13, 2023
Ripple Chief Legal Officer Stuart Alderoti tweeted “By law, XRP is not a security. And by law, a sale on an exchange is not a security. is not a security.”
Coinbase previously delisted XRP on its trading platform, but has announced that it will now allow the asset to be traded again.
“We have read Judge Torres’ thoughtful ruling. We have carefully considered our analysis. Said on Twitter.
Gemini Said That is, “We are considering listing XRP for both spot trading and derivatives trading.”
US Congressman Tom Emer praises ruling saying“The Ripple case is a landmark development in that it establishes that tokens are separate and distinct from investment contracts, whether they are part of them or not. Let’s make it law.”
But other observers are cautious. Brown Rudnick partner Stephen Palley said: Said “The idea that XRP is not a security is plain wrong,” CNBC said. Still, “if I were an XRP holder, I would be happy now,” he added.
Torres’ ruling comes as the crypto industry faces significant macroeconomic headwinds, as highlighted by the SEC’s lawsuits against Coinbase and Binance in June, and U.S. regulators are pushing the sector to take action. It was served while tightening.
Ripple’s victory shed a different light on the industry and became a big reason for celebration in the crypto world.


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(FOXBUSINESS) — Topshop is closing all of its U.S. stores after its operator, Arcadia Group, filed for bankruptcy, according to a report.
The British retailer Opens a New Window. was expected to begin liquidating inventory in 11 Topshop and Topman stores in the U.S. this weekend after announcing all locations in the nation will shutter their doors, the Wall Street Journal Opens a New Window. reported. Topshop opened its first U.S. store in New York City in 2009 and expanded to other cities including Los Angeles, Miami, Las Vegas, Houston and Chicago.


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Strategy Analytics sees major firms challenging in-vehicle navigation suppliers
Major technology companies, such as Apple, Google, and Microsoft, are beginning to battle for share of the in-vehicle navigation market, according to the Strategy Analytics report, “Automotive and Portable Navigation: Market Drivers and Forecasts 2011 -2019.” This may spell trouble for traditional tier one navigation manufacturers like Continental, Denso, Harman, as well as for Garmin and TomTom.
“The recent Apple announcement regarding its automotive OEM partnerships and the expansion of Apple’s mapping efforts could significantly change the in-vehicle navigation market,” said John Canali, Senior Analyst at Strategy Analytics. “Previously major technology companies largely wrote off automotive markets. However, with a growing emphasis on creating a unified experience across all screens (PC, handset, TV, and in-dash display), the automotive screen is becoming an essential additional battle to win.”
Richard Robinson, Director of Automotive and Multimedia Communications at Strategy Analytics, added, “Competing against these new players will be difficult for incumbent suppliers of navigation systems because the new players are so well capitalized and can devote far more to research and development. Incumbent players need to reevaluate their role to demonstrate their worth in the supply chain, while OEMs must weigh what strategic alliances will provide the most benefit to consumers.”
“Microsoft was an early entrant in the navigation market with off-board speech recognition (TellMe) for Ford’s Sync system. It is also working with Fiat and Kia, so it has a good base to work from, and has tremendous name recognition,” said Canali. “Microsoft’s TellMe is similar to Apple’s Siri, but Microsoft needs to keep working to improve TellMe and, overall, needs to be more innovative.”
Apple’s main competition
Canali said Apple sees Google’s Android, not Microsoft, as its main competition in the long term. “Apple’s goal is to be the name consumers think of when they think of screens. The popularity of the iPhone gives consumers reasons to buy iPads, and iPads give consumers reasons to buy Macs,” he said. “Google wants to leverage its browser and its search capabilities as much as possible, and it benefits from licensing Android technology.”
“Cool technology” being stripped from the head unit
According to Canali, “cool technology” is being stripped from the head unit and provided by Apple or Google. As a result, tier one suppliers “could end up becoming hardware vendors that can be replaced by lower-cost manufacturers.
“Firms like DENSO, Harman and Continental have all been discussing cloud platforms, but I’m not sure they have the know-how,” Canali said. “It is possibly beyond their core competence. OEMs have to be very careful not to provide systems that consumers consider sub-par, whether due to reliability, or inability to meet consumers’ preferences.”
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After decades of producing, consuming and disposing, it is time for Singapore to get rid of its throw-away culture and evolve towards more socially and environmentally responsible ways of production and consumption, said participants at a high-level roundtable on the topic.
The “Coming full circle: Strategies for a zero waste Singapore” roundtable drew representatives from civil society, the private sector, as well as government officials from Singapore, Denmark, and the Netherlands who shared their thoughts on the possibilities for a zero-waste Singapore.
Sharing his insights at the roundtable in September 2016, Yuen Sai Kuan, Director (Corporate Affairs) at the National Climate Change Secretariat (NCCS), a unit under the Prime Minister’s Office, Strategy Group, said that Singapore was one of the 81 countries that had recently ratified the Paris climate agreement that will come into force this November.
Singapore has pledged to reduce its emissions intensity by 36 per cent from 2005 levels by 2030 and to stabilise its emissions by peaking around the same time.
Besides deploying new technologies and policies to improve the country’s carbon and energy efficiencies, waste management is another key area to meeting climate targets, explained Mr Yuen.
Singapore generated 7.67 million tonnes of solid waste in 2015, including 1.73 million tonnes of domestic waste. Its national recycling rate of 61 per cent obscures the fact that more can be done to encourage Singaporeans to recycle with the domestic household recycling rate standing at 19 per cent.
Looking beyond our borders, the rest of the planet is also having trouble with trash. Landfills are filling up, non-biodegradable products will take centuries to disintegrate, and incineration produces greenhouse gases.
Furthermore, the World Economic Forum reported that approximately 80 per cent of the US$3.2 trillion value of the global consumer goods sector is lost annually due to the existing model of consumption and production that terminates with goods being thrown away, usually to be burned or buried.
Managing waste the Singapore way
Participants at the roundtable suggested that government, businesses and society create systems that would prevent waste generation and encourage the 3Rs of reuse, reduce and recycle.
At the moment, Singapore has taken a number of steps to mitigate the waste situation in the areas of packaging waste, food waste and electronic waste.
On food waste, a pilot involving teaching hawkers and cleaners at two local food centres to sort and recycle food waste using on-site digesters was launched at the beginning of the year. If the pilot is successful, food waste recycling could reduce up to 80 per cent of the total waste generated from both food centres.
Separately, the National Environment Agency (NEA) is studying the possibility of setting up a national system to collect, recycle and manage e-waste as the amount of e-waste is rising with the ubiquitous use of equipment like computers and smartphones.
A new solid waste management roadmap commissioned by NCCS and the National Research Foundation has also suggested that Singapore needs new technologies and ideas to deal with waste management in order to achieve its target of zero-waste.
Among the initiatives featured in the roadmap, there were proposals for a pay-as-you-throw system in which people pay a fee based on the weight of the trash disposed, as well as retrofitted rubbish chutes that allow residents to throw out disposables and recyclables separately, directly from the home.
Waste not, want not
One of the strongest points from the roundtable discussion was the participants’ view that the government could act more aggressively when it came to legislating for or creating an infrastructure that encourages less waste production.
Jacques Werner, the Netherlands’ Ambassador to Singapore said that the government can change laws and regulations to favour circularity by phasing out certain multi-layer packaging, procuring green products that have been or can be recycled, or investing in knowledge and innovation in the field of circularity and promoting it, for instance.
Singapore has implemented a series of regulations to help achieve that. It has mandated waste reporting for large commercial premises like shopping malls and hotels and, made public in July this year, requirements for businesses to use sustainable resources in packaging and minimise packaging waste overall.
Dorte Bech Vizard, Denmark’s ambassador to Singapore, said that her government had imposed a landfill tax and eventually, a ban, to reduce waste with stunning results. Now, only six per cent of waste ends up in a landfill in a clear example of how government legislation can impact waste management in society.
Working hand in hand
The roundtable discussion also turned to how the private businesses and the government can work hand in hand to manage waste.
Ambassador Werner highlighted how the Dutch Sustainable Growth Coalition, comprised of businesses such as Heineken, KLM, Philips and Shell, had rallied together and lobbied the government to set a direction for sustainability, an example of how businesses could take the lead in promoting sustainability.
When it came to reducing the amount of waste produced by businesses themselves, participants agreed that it was necessary to “deep dive” into the value chains – the processes of designing, production, marketing and others that see a product or service brought to the market – of top sectors of an economy to identify the spots where waste can be avoided.
“When you’re thinking about a circular economy, it is crucially important to look at the value chain,” said Ynse de Boer, managing director, Accenture Strategy & Sustainability APAC. He added that it was important to reduce waste by addressing issues of design and marketing at the top of the value chain rather than simply looking at waste as an “end of pipe” matter, dealing with waste as a consequence of production.
At the same time, Ikea Southeast Asia’s head of sustainability Lee Hui Mien highlighted the fact that Singapore’s business infrastructure is unconducive to the idea of responsible waste disposal.
When looking to dispose of construction materials used in an exhibition booth by her company, she found it hard to find a vendor willing to handle the trash because of the logistics involved, while the venue operator gave little time for exhibitors to clear out of the space.
This lack of support for recycling and coordination from different sectors of the business community is an obstacle for companies that want to be more responsible. She advocated taking a multi-sectoral approach and “mapping out the weakest links to enable companies to collaborate”.
Closing the production cycle
Businesses, especially customer-facing brands, can make a difference by putting in place systems that encourage customers to adopt more sustainable waste management practices in consumption.
Accenture’s Mr de Boer raised the example of a brand that partnered a local telecommunication company in the Philippines to motivate consumers of detergent sachets to return the plastic wrapping by dangling free SMS credit.
He said that all parties benefited from this arrangement: the brand turned packaging disposal into a tool for differentiation and customer loyalty, the telecommunication company gained exposure to new customers, and a large amount of post-consumer waste was taken out of the environment.
Likewise, Matthieu Pougin, country manager of Nespresso Singapore, said being able to explain to consumers the company’s contribution to sustainability and having them take part in that experience of sustainability is good brand engagement.
One topic to which there was no clear answer was how to change the mindsets of Singaporeans to embrace a less wasteful lifestyle in the home as well as at the workplace.
Ms Lee from Ikea said she believed people want to be more sustainable but it may be a matter of not knowing how, and called for more education and awareness about the topic of waste.
Adding a different take on it, NTUC FairPrice’s Green Committee Chairman, Koh Kok Sin, said that actions can precede belief and the action of sorting and recycling one’s trash can create awareness among consumers about the waste situation in Singapore.
The supermarket chain has a Green Rewards programme to encourage customers to bring their own bags to carry groceries home, is reducing food waste by selling blemished fruits and vegetables at a lower price, and has also implemented a Food Waste Index to measure the total food waste generated at its stores across Singapore and to encourage stores to reduce food waste produced on-site.
Shoppers have responded positively to these measures, but Mr Koh felt there is still “room for improvement through more education to help customers with recycling habits”.
The “Coming full circle: Strategies for a zero waste Singapore” roundtable was organised jointly by Asia Pacific Breweries and Eco-Business, and held at Parkroyal on Pickering Hotel.
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Watch What You Eat: Guide to Food Safety
Contaminated Fruits and Vegetables
Jeannine Salvo, 32, always prided herself on being fit. She ran the Boston Marathon twice in her 20s, and she regularly did 10Ks. But one day a few years ago, she started getting terrible stomach pains. "I'd wake up at night in agony, and I was constantly dashing to the bathroom," says Jeannine, a physical therapist in Schenectady, New York. "It was not the kind of running I wanted to be doing." She toughed it out for more than a week, then went to the doctor. Tests showed that Jeannine was infected with E. coli 0157:H7, a potentially fatal strain of food-borne bacteria. "I couldn't believe it. I'm such a healthy eater, I never thought I'd get food poisoning," says Jeannine, who suspects she picked up E. coli while dining at an Italian restaurant.
After a course of antibiotics, the pain gradually eased. But Jeannine has never felt the same since. She has suffered three bouts of pancreatitis, a complication that can sometimes result when E. coli enters the blood and deposits toxins in the body's organs, as well as abnormal heartbeat and gynecological problems. "I'm more prone to illness now," Jeannine says. "Day to day, I don't know if I'll have enough energy to do activities I've enjoyed my whole life, like go for a bike ride. It's so frustrating to have these constant health issues."
Contaminated food has become a major health concern in the United States, responsible for an estimated 76 million illnesses and 5,000 deaths each year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. What's especially troubling is that some of the worst outbreaks have been caused by the healthiest kinds of foods. In the past year alone, thousands of people became sick after eating alfalfa sprouts, jalapeno and serrano peppers, and peanut products tainted with salmonella. This past March, a California manufacturer recalled pistachios and 249 products containing the nuts were pulled from shelves after salmonella was discovered at one of its processing plants. Dangerous bacteria have also contaminated spinach, cantaloupe, and bagged lettuce.
In fact, fruits and vegetables have been to blame for more known outbreaks of food-related illness during the last 16 years than poultry, beef, pork, or eggs, according to the Center for Science in the Public Interest, a watchdog organization. One key reason: Produce is mass-produced and distributed today in ways it never was before. "We didn't have bagged salad 20 years ago," says Jim O'Hara, director of the Produce Safety Project, a policy group at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. Much of it comes from a handful of large operations that chop the greens up, mix them together, and ship them all over the country. "A problem in one field can cause a nationwide outbreak," O'Hara explains.
Before you swear off vegetables, however, consider this: The FDA, manufacturers, and even the president have put food safety on the front burner. The Obama administration has pledged to upgrade our laws and better enforce the current regulations, and some food companies are spending millions to improve their standards. Here's what's being done right now to bust the biggest bugs in our food supply, plus the steps you can take to protect yourself.
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- An early mover in the Canadian cannabis space
- Serving Canada’s most populous province
- New funding deal signed for $15 million at $2.25 per share
As befits its status as a first mover in the Canadian cannabis space, ABcann Global Corp. (TSX.V: ABCN) (OTCQB: ABCCF) is racing ahead with plans to supply the medical marijuana needs of Canada’s most populous province. Construction plans at its Kimmett facility in the third quarter of 2017 remain on schedule, and the previously announced plans for a 71,000 square foot phase 1 project have been expanded to 100,000 square feet. The company recently signed a funding deal that prices the business well above market valuation. It appears that ABcann is one MMJ outfit that the smart money is betting on.
ABcann was one of the earliest players to apply for a cannabis grower’s license in Canada, which was granted in March 2014, well before the current Access to Cannabis for Medical Purposes Regulations (ACMPR) were implemented on August 24, 2016. That early start has advanced ABcann much further along the learning curve than subsequent licensees. In addition, having worked in collaboration with the University of Guelph in Ontario, Canada, to study the growing process, ABcann’s expertise is superior to most other LPs. It has developed state-of-the-art growing technology that produces high yields and consistency in its produce as it scales up. Also, somewhat like in retail, where location is a major determinant of success, ABcann’s location is fortuitous. Its operations are situated in Canada’s most populous province of Ontario, which, with 13.5 million people, accounts for close to 40 percent of Canada’s total population.
Knowledge of the growing process is particularly important if a licensed producer is going to scale up successfully. An essential requirement of medical marijuana is consistency. The product must be relied on to deliver a standardized quantity and quality of active ingredients every time it’s taken. Imagine the peril to patients of undergoing prescribed regimens of a medication with psychoactive properties where the dosages vary randomly.
Quality is obviously a crucial issue and, indeed, was one of the reasons that ABcann was founded by Ken Clement. ABcann’s mission, he has said, is “to deliver consistent, standardized medicinal cannabis that the public and patients can consistently rely on” (http://nnw.fm/2bmGl). Now, ABcann is able to produce an organically grown, pesticide-free, standardized product with a growing system that controls air quality, carbon dioxide and oxygen levels, water quality and volume, light spectrum and cycles, temperature and humidity, plant nutrition and the curing process.
Earlier this month, ABcann announced completion of the initial funding phase of its partnership with Cannabis Wheaton (TSX.V: CBW). Under the deal, CBW has purchased $15 million worth of ABcann common shares at $2.25 per share. The cash forms part of a larger phased investment by Cannabis Wheaton that is expected to fund an additional 50,000 square feet of production space, capable of producing 35,000 kilograms of product per year, at ABcann’s second facility. This expansion comes alongside ABcann’s existing construction plans for a 100,000 square foot facility at its Kimmett property in Napanee, Ontario.
Since debuting on the Toronto Venture Stock Exchange at $1.00, ABcann stock has traded down a little, but, as recent events indicate, it may be a diamond in the rough. The Cannabis Wheaton deal valued the stock, which currently trades at C$0.87, at $2.25.
For more information, visit the company’s website at www.ABcann.ca
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Main reason for dipping into savings is to pay for household bills as energy suppliers slap customers with winter price increases
Nearly half of people dipping into their savings each month are doing so to pay for household bills, according to a new survey.
The research warned that the situation
is set to get worse as big increases from energy suppliers could put
further pressure on household budgets.
The report from ING Direct found that 42 per cent of the people it surveyed needed money from their savings to pay for household bills.
Money troubles: Nearly half of all people dipping into their savings each month are using the money to pay for household bills, according to a report by ING Direct
The number of people using savings to pay bills – equivalent to 4.5million – has increased every year since the study by ING Direct started in 2009.
Yesterday, E.ON, the last of the major energy suppliers to make a price increase announcement said it would be adding £109 a year to four million customers average annual bill from January 18.
This follows winter price hikes from British Gas, Scottish and Southern Energy, nPower, Scottish Power and EDF Energy earlier this year.
It means that the average household energy bill has reached a new all-time high of £1,352 a year – a 23 per cent increase since January 2011, according to comparison website uSwitch.com.
Households have also been hammered by rises in TV, internet and home phone bills, with BT, Talk Talk and Virgin Media imposing above inflation increases on customers earlier this year.
Reasons for drawing down on savings: The report from ING Direct Consumer Savings Monitor shows that the majority of people are using spare cash to pay for household bills.
Richard Doe, chief executive of ING Direct, said: ‘British households are still facing financial pressure from rising living costs, which is evidenced by the fact that more people draw on savings to pay their bills than for any other reason.’
Savings raid: The report from ING Direct Consumer Savings Monitor shows that the money buffer in people's savings accounts has dramatically dropped.
While 34 per cent use it to fund holidays and 27 per cent use money to make improvements to their homes. Some 13 per
cent also use money from savings accounts to pay for on-going car
costs, including repairs or MOTs.
In further support of the research more people are than ever are having to dip into their savings accounts. The average amount of buffer in a savings account has also fallen in the third quarter of 2012 by 16 per cent, from an average of £2,040 to £1,706.
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With Christmas fast approaching, many young people will have prepared their wish lists and the likelihood of video games with an inherent gambling risk featuring is high; a fear that has even made it as far as the House of Lords as a discussion topic in recent weeks.
Christmas 2020 was reportedly the greatest ever for the video games industry, with an increase in purchases due to the global pandemic increasingly digitising our lives. With the world still fighting Covid-19 a year later, it’s widely expected that the industry will benefit again.
The eSports industry is clearly growing rapidly and following its recent release, FIFA 22 is tipped to be heavily gifted this Christmas. However, an increasingly popular wish amongst young people who already own the game is to be gifted FIFA points, for the game’s Ultimate Team mode (FUT).
This means parents investing real money into their children’s games and buying in-app purchases which in FIFA’s case are hidden ‘player packs’ which may – or may not – increase the strength of a player’s squad. This is a ‘loot box’ feature!
In short, young people are asking for considerable sums of money to be spent as presents on additional features which do not guarantee any tangible return.
In fact, research by the Department for Digital Culture, Media, and Sport, states there is less than a 1% chance of securing the rarest and best players in a FUT pack. More than likely, gamers will receive a player or mode they already have or don’t want! Young gamers, however, remain oblivious to these shocking statistics.
Exchanging real money for randomly determined players through loot boxes is a practice normalising the sense of committing money to a transaction with no guaranteed return, mirroring gambling.
FIFA is believed to have become a ‘pay-to-win’ game involving gambling on success and although the fear of loot boxes divides opinion, they are a huge concern to those who perceive them as a gambling mechanic, accessible to children.
EPIC Risk Management’s gaming and eSports consultant Jonathon Peniket recently represented the global leaders in gambling harm minimisation at a House of Lords event to discuss the impact of loot boxes in the company of Lords peers, academics, charities, and gaming industry representatives.
The Gambling Commission don’t currently classify loot boxes as gambling; however the UK government are investigating whether there are grounds to reconsider this classification.
Concerns were raised over the need for greater regulation, and the ease with which large sums of money can be spent by children.
Peniket told the assembled audience how the global pandemic has intensified the already increasingly worrying issue of loot box addiction and gambling and gaming-related harm, explaining after the event:
“In the UK alone, it’s estimated that the loot box market is worth around £700 million, whilst over 250,000 young people have an addiction. Loot boxes desperately need regulation in the UK as there has been in other European countries.
“The government’s call for evidence on the impact of video game loot boxes closed over a year ago and we’re still waiting to hear anything from it. However, the House of Lords event I attended was a good step in the right direction to minimising harm.”
A study by Dr James Close from the University of Plymouth (pictured above) states that 25-50% of children are estimated to have opened a loot box. It further explains:
“Games developers (unwittingly or not) are disproportionately profiting from moderate and high-risk gamblers, rather than high earning customers.
“Such patterns of spending mirror those observed with gambling revenues and have implications for harm minimisation and ongoing policy debates around loot boxes.”
Today, it’s also possible to purchase FIFA points on Klarna – a buy now, pay later instalment scheme, enabling those without sufficient money to purchase points.
Klarna is a service that causes understandable concern among the gambling harm minimisation community, as those without the immediate funds to pay for player packs can be lured into debt on the ‘buy now, pay later’ premise – an issue that has appeared repeatedly in the back stories of those that have suffered gambling harm, as their temptation is often to gamble further to win back the money to pay off the debt on a loan.
EPIC are continually working to try and take the problem out of gambling through education, awareness, and prevention. Our harm minimisation sessions within the education sector for pupils, parents and teachers focus on gambling and online gaming with emphasis on loot boxes, addiction, and mental health, teaching people to make better-informed decisions when engaging in gaming and developing improved awareness in adults.
Currently, a lot of focus is placed on the individual – or in the case of minors, their parents or guardians – to regulate how they interact with online gaming and subsequent features and in-game modes. So, when it comes to gifting, parents or guardians are central to minors’ accessibility.
Our work with parents and teachers is crucial, ensuring adults who are unfamiliar with online gaming are aware of the associating risks and dangers, and how to regulate spending if they are to purchase additional features for their children.
As the UK government continue to determine whether video game loot boxes encourage or lead to problem gambling, EPIC’s Jonathon Peniket advises adults to remind themselves of the dangers this gifting season, with this timely advice:
“I strongly urge parents be aware of the gambling features on video games and familiarise themselves with the parental controls available on consoles.”


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Move over, multivitamins. Fish oil has become the most popular dietary supplement in the country, according to a new survey.
The survey, conducted among 6,000 Americans who take dietary supplements, found that fish oil was the most popular supplement, followed by multivitamins, vitamin D, calcium and CoQ10.
While multivitamin use has steadily declined since 2008, use of vitamin D has jumped 52 percent in the past two years – up from 36.9 percent of those surveyed in 2008 to 56.2 percent in 2010.
Fish oil was used by 75 percent of the people surveyed.
The survey, conducted by ConsumerLab.com, is based on a sampling of subscribers to the company's free newsletter. Most of those in the survey reported using multiple supplements.
Among the 2010 survey's other key findings:
• Women were much more likely than men to take vitamin D, calcium or probiotics. Men were more likely than women to take coQ10, herbs and extracts, glucosamine/chondroitin, vitamin E, resveratrol, amino acids, nutrition drinks and powders, and several other supplements.
• Younger adults were more likely to have used a multivitamin than older adults: 73 percent of those aged 35 to 44 used a multivitamin, compared to 67.9 percent aged 75 to 84. Younger adults also were more likely than older adults to have used amino acids, nutrition /protein drinks and powders, green tea, nutrition bars, iron and several other supplements.
• Older adults were more likely than younger adults to have used vitamin D, calcium, CoQ10, vitamin C, vitamin E, resveratrol, vitamin K and red yeast rice. For example, 64.9 percent of those aged 75 to 84 used vitamin D, compared to 48 percent of those 35 to 44.
• Calcium was the fourth most popular supplement, used by 55.3 percent of respondents, up from 51.2 percent last year.
• Use of CoQ10, the fifth most popular supplement, fell in use from 55 to 53 percent of respondents.
• Other than among the top five supplements, the largest changes since 2009 in the use of the other 26 types of supplements covered in the survey were the decrease in herbs and extracts (down from 44 to 37.6 percent) and glucosamine/chondroitin (down from 38.5 to 35.3 percent).
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New pickup trucks and sports cars will dominate the Detroit Auto Show next week.
The auto industry enters the 2015 North American International Auto Show coming off its best sales year since 2006. While fresh versions of some mainstream vehicles are expected to debut, automakers are putting greater attention on pricier high-performance cars.
Ford Motor Co. (NYSE:F) headlined the 2014 show with its redesigned 2015 F-150, an aluminum-bodied truck that went on sale in December. Now the Blue Oval is reportedly gearing up to introduce a cavalcade of performance cars.
The most intriguing rumor surrounding Ford focuses on the GT, a mid-engine sports car that last appeared in dealers for the 2005 and 2006 model years. Ford is widely expected to relaunch the GT or a similar model, starting with an appearance in Detroit.
“Ford is trying to reassert their image as a global force for performance,” said Matt DeLorenzo, managing editor of Kelley Blue Book’s KBB.com. “They realize that they need a halo car in the order of the [Chevrolet] Corvette.”
DeLorenzo also noted that Ford has visions of returning to the famous 24 Hours of Le Mans race in France. Ford’s original GT40 won the race every year from 1966 to 1969.
Ford’s renewed efforts on performance vehicles began with last year’s launch of the 2015 Mustang. In November, Ford unveiled a track-ready version of the Mustang, the 2016 Shelby GT350.
The Shelby GT350 may climb one step higher at the Detroit Auto Show. Reports say a GT350R is slated for its debut, as Ford looks to go head-to-head with the Chevrolet Camaro Z/28 from General Motors (NYSE:GM).
The luxury segment is also doubling down on high-powered models.
The 2016 Cadillac CTS-V will make an appearance in Detroit following GM’s announcement last month. The latest iteration of Cadillac’s performance sedan is expected to launch late this summer. It will ship with a 6.2-liter supercharged V8 rate at 640 horsepower.
GM is looking to revitalize its flagship premium brand after Cadillac closed 2014 as the company’s lone nameplate to post an annual decline in sales volume.
GM could also debut a Buick convertible based on the Opel Cascada, which is sold in Europe.
Another performance vehicle expected in Detroit is the Alpha Romeo 4C Spider, a convertible version of the two-seater sports car that arrived in the U.S. last year.
Lexus recently released photos of the redesigned GS F, a sporty version of the Toyota (NYSE:TM) division’s luxury sedan. Meanwhile, Mercedes teased its AMG GLE63 coupe prior to the sport model’s Detroit reveal.
“It’s about differentiating your luxury car from everybody else’s. People are looking for special badges like AMG or V versions,” DeLorenzo said, referring to the sporty models from Mercedes and Cadillac. “Fuel prices are low, so performance is going to be hot.”
Elsewhere in luxury automobiles, DeLorenzo said a revised Lincoln MKX crossover could give Ford’s premium brand a “shot in the arm” if it’s as good as the smaller MKC.
BMW has new 6-series cars, including the high-performance M6, on their way to Detroit. Fellow German luxury brand Audi, a division of Volkswagen, will debut the 2016 Q7 sport-utility vehicle.
Automakers continue to roll out revamped pickup trucks as well. Toyota and Nissan will pull the sheets off new trucks next week, and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles’ (NYSE:FCAU) Ram may get into the act.
Truck fans will get a look at a long-anticipated redesign to the mid-size Toyota Tacoma. Toyota is facing tougher competition in the segment thanks to the launch of GM’s Chevrolet Colorado and GMC Sierra. A new full-size Nissan Titan will also take the stage in Detroit.
The Tacoma and Titan “show the Japanese brands aren’t going to be sitting down as Ford redoes the F-150 and GM reinvigorates the mid-size lineup,” DeLorenzo said.
Some reports have suggested that Ram could have a refreshed 1500 light-duty truck, or a high-performance version, on display. A new Ford Raptor may be under the spotlights next week, too.
GM is almost certain to unveil the next-generation Chevrolet Volt hybrid. The company said the Volt, which will be in showrooms later this year, will offer better electric range.
“In the past, fuel economy has been a trend at Detroit. It’s interesting that GM is coming back with an all-new Volt at a time when gas prices are dropping,” DeLorenzo noted.
Hyundai will show its own electric vehicle, a plug-in Sonata sedan.
What’s missing from the Detroit Auto Show? DeLorenzo is awaiting the new Chrysler Town & Country, saying it could offer some clues about the future of minivans. Fiat Chrysler Chief Executive Sergio Marchionne has said a plug-in hybrid version of the Town & Country will launch in 2015.
There’s also no Cadillac CT6 yet. Cadillac is believed to be waiting for the New York Auto Show before unveiling the CT6, a new flagship sedan that was announced by GM last year.


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Freedom Mobile has announced that it is expanding the availability of its Freedom Home Internet service to Alberta and British Columbia.
Freedom Home Internet gives wireless customers unlimited data and fast download speeds to stay connected at home.
The carrier first offered Freedom Home Internet as a pilot launch in Calgary in October.
Freedom Mobile wireless customers can get wired home internet with download speeds of up to 150Mbps and unlimited data for only $55 a month.
In order for users to be eligible for Freedom Home Internet, customers must purchase and maintain a minimum service plan of $40 in postpaid wireless services. This price excludes promotions and discounts.
“Freedom Home Internet gives our customers access to all the in-home connectivity they want, paired with the innovative wireless plans from Freedom Mobile that they already love,” said Paul McAleese, president of wireless, at Shaw Communications, in a press release.
While this is a newer move for Freedom, Shaw, the carrier’s parent company, already offers home internet plans. Shaw offers 100Mbps internet for $55 per month for the first year and has a 500GB data cap.
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Web Desk: Apple iPhone 11 or iPhone XI or the iPhone 2019 has already sparked a lot of interest and officially it is expected that it will launched till September 2019.
According to Frobes, a few images of the supposed iPhone XI and the latest one from Onleaks claims to show an entirely different design from what was seen earlier.
The latest iPhone 2019 render shows a notch on the front display, which is smaller in size and the camera bump is slimmer at the back. The camera bump is now in the centre and horizontally aligned, and not vertical one we have seen on previous iPhone variants. Apple is expected to introduce three cameras at the back with the iPhone XI.
Meanwhile, an earlier report on Wall Street Journal said the iPhone XI will have a triple camera, though this will be reserved for the more expensive 6.5-inch iPhone variant. The smaller 5.8-inch screen iPhone XI variant will not get the triple camera, and stick with dual cameras.
The report also talked about how Apple will have only OLED display iPhones by 2020, something which has been discussed previously as well. With the triple camera system, Apple is expected to introduce a Time of Flight (ToF) sensor at the back as well.
Here comes your very first and very early look at yet another 2019 #iPhone prototype! Discover it right now through gorgeous 5K renders made on behalf of my Friends over @compareraja -> https://t.co/14j8USJzip (please read the full story in order to make educated comments…) pic.twitter.com/4dPtdz35Gp
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Neander Motors partners with Grondin Marine Service
as Partner for Western France
Neander Motors has further expanded its global distributor network with a brand new partnership with Grondin Marine Service, a French company specialized in marine engines (off board and inboard) and related products.
Grondin Marine Service have been operating out of Port du Bec, Noirmoutier and Saint Gilles Croix de vie on the Western Coast of France for more than 38 years. As an experienced full-service supplier of marine equipment, Grondin Marine Service pride themselves on their technical expertise, top class, availability of engines, parts and accessories. This level of availability and high quality service has enabled Grondin Marine Service to build relationships with an impressive network of commercial customers.
Neander’s partnership with Grondin Marine Service will see the Dtorque 50 Turbo-Diesel Outboard engine made available to customers across Western France and beyond.
The partnership aims to further enhance and optimise the level of service Neander’s customers receive in France, from pre-sales through the servicing of the engines in the field, whilst building awareness of the Neander brand. The Grondin Marine Service sales team have already begun sales outreach to target customers and have been receiving engaged interest and positive responses.
Jerome Beilvert, owner of Grondin Marine Service, comments, “We are currently receiving a growing number of enquiries for Diesel outboard engines from commercial and leisure shipbuilding companies, professional fishermen and sea farmers as well as end users. We are thrilled to expand our range of solutions through the partnership with Neander Motors, a well-run, dynamic and technology orientated fast growing company”.
Neander’s Managing Director, Joel Reid, comments, “I am confident that our partnership with Grondin Marine Service will help us continue build awareness of the Neander Motors in France. Grondin Marine Service’s business culture is built on quality and a focus on the customer above all else – these values align perfectly with Neander’s ambitions as we continue to expand our global distributor network.”
For more information about Grondin Marine Service, please visit: www.grondin-marine.com


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The contract, which will last seven years, will allow Ericsson to establish a mobile communication network for up to 400 container vessels worldwide, providing constant, automated monitoring and real-time information control. The network is expected to be completed within the next two years.
Globecomm’s se@FLEX service will tap into over 20 satellite beams, providing data access from wherever Ericsson’s vessels are, and backing them up in Globecomm’s data center in New York.
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HTC introduced its much famed One series devices at last year's Mobile World Congress, which consisted of the HTC One X, One S and One V. More recently, these were joined by the One X+, the One SV and the One VX. But this year, the newly announced HTC One will be the only 'One', according to Omio
The mobile news blog cashed in on the opportunity to speak with Phil Roberson, head of HTC UK and Ireland and directly cut to the chase by asking him if there were multiple One handsets expected this year.
In response to their question, Phil simply stated, "HTC One is the flagship device. Last year we had the X and the S, where people had different personal preferences between the two. We just said, let's just create one flagship device for this year."
The blog also claims that it had confirmation that the codename HTC M7 was always meant to be the "internal name of the handset" and not the official one.
In order to spell things out even more clearly, folks at Omio rephrased the question again, "So, there won't be any more HTC something's this year?" Roberson made it crystal clear once again replying, "No; this is The One".
So that's that. The only high-end Android smartphone from HTC this year is the HTC One. It does make us wonder, what about the 35 HTC device code-names
that were leaked earlier last month? While some of them were known, the mysterious ones included Pulse, Apollo, Era, PDLU, Jet and CP3. The M7 aka the HTC One was spotted with 8 different names. But hearing it from the horse's mouth, it seems these were just rumours and nothing more.
The HTC One
was made official last week at a special event hosted by the Taiwanese company. The smartphone comes with a 4.7-inch full-HD display (468ppi) sporting an aluminium unibody. It is powered by a 1.7GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 processor alongside 2GB RAM. Both front and rear cameras come with full-HD video recording capabilities as well as Optical Image Stabilisation (OIS). HTC One is powered by a 2,300mAh battery.
HTC One is skinned with the new Sense 5.0 UI atop Android 4.1 Jelly Bean and comes with some rather nifty features like HTC Zoe (automatically capture up to 20 photos and 3-second videos), HTC BoomSound (enhanced sound thanks to dual frontal stereo speakers powered by built-in amplifiers) and HTC BlinkFeed (live updates on home screen). The power button doubles up as the IR port that converts HTC One into a remote control.
HTC One will come in Grey, Black and Red colours with 32GB and 64GB storage options, but without expandable storage. Connectivity options include Wi-Fi 802.11 a/ac/b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0, GPS, NFC, Infrared and Micro-USB.
The device will be available globally through more than 185 mobile operators and major retailers in more than 80 regions and countries beginning in March. India is expected to be on the list of countries with Reliance Communications listed as one of the 185 operators though there's no official confirmation from HTC on the exact date of HTC One India launch.
The HTC One is available on pre-order now in United Kingdom
via Clove Mobile and will likely start retailing from March 15. The online retailer has shared unlocked price of 425 pounds plus VAT for this smartphone (510 pounds including VAT). HTC One will be available with multiple carriers such as T-Mobile, AT&T and Sprint in the US.HTC One key specifications
- 4.7-inch full-HD display
- 1.7GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 processor
- 2GB RAM
- 32GB/ 64GB internal storage
- UltraPixel camera
- Wi-Fi 802.11 a/ac/b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0, GPS, NFC, Infrared, Micro-USB
- 2,300mAh battery
- Android 4.1
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nCore Games is launching a shooter mobile video game along with the Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar i.e. FAU-G. This game will be launch in the month of October. It will capitalize on the void that has been left by PUBG ban. PUBG is a Tencent’s popular game which is a Chinese tech. FAU-G (Fearless and United: Guards) has also got a level called Galwan Valley. In the month of June Indian and Chinese soldiers were involved in brutal clashed that elft 20 indian soldiers dead. The clashed took place on a disputed border site in Galwan Valley. After these clashes, India banned many Chinese tech firms and app that were dominating the Internet economy of India. In the latest move from the Indian government on Wednesday banned 118 more Chinese apps including the famous PUBG game.
Supporting PM @narendramodi’s AtmaNirbhar movement, proud to present an action game,Fearless And United-Guards FAU-G. Besides entertainment, players will also learn about the sacrifices of our soldiers. 20% of the net revenue generated will be donated to @BharatKeVeer Trust #FAUG pic.twitter.com/Q1HLFB5hPt
— Akshay Kumar (@akshaykumar) September 4, 2020
FAU-G which also means soldier will give 20% of it’s revenue to state-backed trust that will support the families of the ones who have given their lives for the country. Akshay Kumar has also made his contribution in setting up the trust plus he has also helped in the unique concept of a video game. GAU-G name has been suggested by the action hero Akshay Kumar and he is expecting to get more than 200 million users in a year.
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(Bloomberg) -- Wall Street’s tepid reception to highly-anticipated IPOs from Peloton Interactive Inc. and SmileDirectClub Inc. shows rising anxiety that a recession could be on the horizon, analysts say.The struggles for the home exercise company, the dental aligner maker, and ride-hailing peers Lyft Inc. and Uber Technologies Inc. may give a glimpse into how investors are valuing their services as well as what a global slowdown could mean for the consumer-dependent stocks.“The weakest link is retail. Companies that sell to –- or stocks that are bought by -– individual retail buyers will feel the effects soonest and most,” said Rett Wallace, CEO of Triton Research Inc.Weakness in these mega-IPOs has partially been driven by a rotation toward more defensive business models, MKM analyst Rohit Kulkarni said in a telephone interview. While Uber and Lyft could benefit from a spike in part-time drivers, demand for their services and Peloton’s subscription numbers may take a hit if consumers have less money to spend, he said.“Consumer companies such as Uber, Lyft and Peloton will probably feel a more near-term impact of any potential slowdown in the macroeconomic space,” Kulkarni said. Traders could shun their monthly subscriptions or pay-as-you-go models, if slowing revenue lengthens their path to profitability.The S&P 500’s brief climb above 3,000 for the first time in three weeks provided a lift for some of the beaten-down companies on Tuesday. Peloton had its best session, rising 9.2% off a record low, while SmileDirectClub bounced 6.3% to trade back above $10. But both stocks are still trading well below their offering prices.Both had also set the terms for their IPOs in September, shortly after the spread between 3- and 10-year Treasuries bottomed out in August, indicating a higher probability of a recession. According to data compiled by Bloomberg, the probability of a recession had then peaked at nearly 40%.SmileDirectClub’s more than 50% decline from its September offering has placed it among the year’s worst performers. An analyst who follows the company closely said in an email that he is impressed with its business model but acknowledged that “it certainly will have exposure to an economic downturn given the discretionary nature of orthodontics.”Some of the best-performing IPOs show the inverse. Application software companies have seen their stock prices surge as investors favored firms that face businesses instead of individuals. Zoom Video Communications Inc. and CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. are a few that come to mind when surveying the landscape of red-hot companies whose business models might be more sustainable.While Beyond Meat Inc. remains the year’s best performing IPO, with a more than 385% gain since going public in May, it has cooled off from its summer sizzle. The stock has lost almost half its value from a July 26 peak, shedding almost $7 billion in value.Now, the challenge for investors, according to Kulkarni, is valuing large, unprofitable companies at just the time when the global economy may be headed for a slowdown, and maybe even recession.To contact the reporters on this story: Bailey Lipschultz in New York at email@example.com;Drew Singer in New York at firstname.lastname@example.orgTo contact the editors responsible for this story: Catherine Larkin at email@example.com, Jennifer Bissell-Linsk, Scott SchnipperFor more articles like this, please visit us at bloomberg.com©2019 Bloomberg L.P.
Milan-listed Technogym is set to make its foray into streaming-online-fitness classes via digital platforms on its machines, putting the firm on a collision course with popular Peloton Interactive
(Bloomberg) -- Vir Biotechnology Inc. fell almost 30% in its trading debut, adding to a series of IPO disappointments in an industry that was seen as at least partly immune to the ills afflicting this year’s newly public tech giants.San Francisco-based Vir sold 7.14 million shares Thursday for $20 each -- the bottom of its marketed range -- to raise $143 million. The shares opened Friday at $16.15 and fell from there, closing at $14.02 to give the company a market value of about $1.5 billion.Vir’s backers include SoftBank Vision Fund, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Singapore’s Temasek Holdings Pte.Listing stumbles by high-profile companies including We Co., the parent company of WeWork, have cast a pale over IPOs, which had thrived this year in the U.S. despite trade tensions with China and stock market volatility.Shares of the 146 companies that have gone public in the U.S. this year are now down 0.2% based on a weighted average, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. The losers include the $8.1 billion listing by Uber Technologies Inc., whose shares are down 33% since its May IPO.Peloton, PostmatesThe two $1 billion-plus listings in September, SmileDirectClub Inc. and Peloton Interactive Inc., are down 52% and 23%, respectively. Postmates Inc., which submitted a confidential filing in February, is one of the companies that could delay its listing to 2020, people familiar with the matter have said.Of six biotech and biomedical IPOs that were set for the past two weeks, only one has lived up to expectations. Aprea Therapeutics Inc. priced its shares in the middle of its marketed range and has climbed about 27% from the offer price.BioNTech SE, German cancer treatment firm, downsized its offering Wednesday to raise $150 million and is now down 7.2% from its offer price.Bottom RangeLast week, Viela Bio Inc. and Frequency Therapeutics Inc. both priced their share sales at the bottom of their target ranges. While Viela is up 1.1%, Frequency Therapeutics has fallen 7.2% since then.ADC Therapeutics SA withdrew its IPO application last week citing “adverse market conditions.”Vir, founded in 2016, develop treatments for infectious diseases. Its most advanced treatment is for hepatitis B is in phase 2 clinical trial and it has a flu treatment in phase 1 trial, according to its prospectus.The offering is being led by Goldman Sachs Group Inc., JPMorgan Chase & CO., Cowen Inc. and Barclays Plc. The shares are trading on Nasdaq Global Select Market Friday under the symbol VIR.(Updates with closing share price in second paragraph)To contact the reporters on this story: Crystal Tse in New York at firstname.lastname@example.org;Michael Hytha in San Francisco at email@example.comTo contact the editors responsible for this story: Liana Baker at firstname.lastname@example.org, Michael Hytha, Matthew MonksFor more articles like this, please visit us at bloomberg.com©2019 Bloomberg L.P.
MKM Partners looked at how many people want to spend $2,000 on a connected stationary bike that requires a $40-a-month subscription to be of any real value. The answer? Not that many.
(Bloomberg) -- Peloton Interactive Inc. shares are on track for their best day in the company’s two-weeks as a publicly traded entity after the fitness company earned its first “buy” equivalent rating.Shares were up close to 4% at 3 p.m. on Wednesday, on course for the biggest one-day gain since their Sept. 26 listing, after Baird analyst Jonathan Komp initiated the stock at outperform.“Peloton has created a disruptive platform that delivers world class instructor-led fitness content (Bike/Tread/digital) via its vertically integrated ‘box+subscription’ model that is differentiated from current gym/fitness offerings and product-only companies,” Komp wrote in a note. Key satisfaction/engagement measures are “very positive” and he believes the company has an addressable market of about 9 million higher-income fitness enthusiasts.Today’s rally follows a disappointing performance for the stock since its listing. Shares had dropped about 20% from their $29 debut price to the close on Oct. 8.Peloton’s long road to profitability has weighed on investor enthusiasm. In a note initiating the stock at neutral dated Sept. 27, DA Davidson analysts led by Michael Kawamoto said they “remain impressed with PTON’s robust growth metrics, but believe the path to profitability is a long one, as recent investments will take time to ramp.”Komp said GAAP profitability was likely five years away, also noting economic sensitivity and music litigation as potential risks. Longer term, however, he forecast "substantial" sales and profit upside.Komp and Kawamoto are the only two analysts covering the stock at this time, according to Bloomberg data.To contact the reporter on this story: Janet Freund in New York at email@example.comTo contact the editors responsible for this story: Catherine Larkin at firstname.lastname@example.org, Morwenna ConiamFor more articles like this, please visit us at bloomberg.com©2019 Bloomberg L.P.
Baird Equity Research started coverage of Peloton Interactive, Inc . (NASDAQ: PTON ) with a bullish rating, citing a large potential market and disruptive platform. The Analyst Baird’s Jonathan Komp ...
Shares of Peloton jumped more than 6% Wednesday following a bullish initiation from Baird analysts who don't see the company being profitable for another five years. The firm initiated coverage with an outperform rating and $28 price target, which represents a potential upside of 21% from the stock's closing price Tuesday of $23.21. The stock has dropped about 20% since its initial public offering two weeks ago.
Peloton Interactive Inc filed a lawsuit against Echelon Fitness LLC on Tuesday, alleging that it infringed the fitness startup's patents and sold "cheap, copycat" products. The company also alleged that Echelon had issued false advertisements to mislead customers about the price of products from both the companies and made "deceptive" comparisons between them. Echelon could not be immediately reached for comment.
Airbnb ought to take a look at Peloton, Uber, and Lyft— all of which went public with lingering legal issues— and avoid the same fate.
Endeavor Group Holdings became the latest company to scale back plans for an initial public offering on Thursday, when it reduced the size of the deal and slashed its price range.
(Bloomberg) -- Startup workers often worry that going public means the fun is about to end—quarterly financial reports, disciplined spending, cheaper coffee. At WeWork, not going public may have brought a worse fate.Just three days after withdrawing its registration for an initial public offering, WeWork informed staff of far-reaching job cuts to come by the end of the month, said people who attended the meeting. Three top executives delivered the news from a room at WeWork’s New York headquarters Thursday afternoon. Although the executives didn’t specify how many jobs were on the line, people familiar with the discussions have pegged the amount at about 2,000, representing some 16% of the global workforce. Deliberations are ongoing, and the number could change.Signs that the party is ending came in both subtle and more direct ways. Many staff meetings at WeWork, even somber ones, have an alcoholic beverage on hand. This one did not. An employee asked in the meeting whether the WeWork Global Summit, a celebrity-adorned event in Los Angeles that employees look forward to every year, would still take place in January. Executives said it would not.Other big-budget parties are probably also on the chopping block as expenses get reined in and corporate culture downshifts. WeWork has taken pride in the past in providing employees with outlandish corporate events, from lavish Halloween parties headlined by Wyclef Jean or summer camps in the English countryside featuring the singer Lorde.The cost-cutting at WeWork’s parent company, We Co., resembles what’s happening now at Uber Technologies Inc. The ride-hailing company said it was cutting more than 800 employees this summer. It also eliminated celebratory balloons for staff anniversaries. Each company counts SoftBank Group Corp. as its largest shareholder, and each is deeply unprofitable. The difference is that Uber actually made it to the stock market.WeWork employees are accustomed to routine firings, unlike at the typical startup in growth mode. The nine-year-old company periodically trimmed the ranks, WeWork has said, to get rid of under-performers. It dismissed hundreds of employees in 2016 and held a staff meeting to discuss the move that concluded with a performance from a member of the hip-hop group Run-DMC. WeWork fired about 300 more this spring. Each time, WeWork said it would accelerate hiring after the cull. No such pronouncements were made this week. The job cuts will mean that some employees won’t be able to live out the company’s mantra of “do what you love.”This round looks to be something different, the start of a new era for the company. WeWork is still private, but it’s not a startup anymore. Its spiritual leaders, Adam and Rebekah Neumann, left last week under pressure from investors. The third founder, Miguel McKelvey, stood Thursday alongside the new co-chief executive officers, Artie Minson and Sebastian Gunningham, where the topic of discussion was not the scourge of eating meat or elevating the world’s consciousness. It was about divestitures, efforts to “right-size” the business and more measured growth.The executives said they expect WeWork will continue to grow but at a slower pace, according to people who attended the meeting. The co-CEOs, after sending a message to customers Wednesday seeking to ease concerns about the business, told employees that clients and tenants were still interested in WeWork services. The executives urged staff to focus on the co-working business and its customers.In the presentation, made available to all 12,500 or so WeWork employees, Minson apologized for the recent weeks of uncertainty. Executives didn’t offer a solution for workers whose shares may be underwater based on recent valuation estimates from WeWork’s financial advisers. They spoke broadly about selling off parts of the business but didn’t give specifics. Privately, executives have explored a sale of several recent acquisitions, including Conductor, Managed by Q and Meetup, as well as a private jet and a large stake in the Wing, the female-focused co-working startup.WeWork and its ilk are finding that investors in public stocks aren’t buying what works best in the private markets: high-growth, high-expense, high-minded brands. Lyft Inc., Peloton Interactive Inc. and Uber are all trading below their IPO prices. And making a show of cost-cutting may not be the formula to sell a new stock to public investors, who are looking for a growth story. Since news of the first round of summer job cuts, Uber’s stock has fallen 32%.For now, WeWork just needs to convince private investors, SoftBank in particular. The Japanese conglomerate has dumped more than $10 billion into WeWork and isn’t eager to see its investment evaporate. It’s turning to an emissary, Marcelo Claure, to help fix the company. That will likely buy WeWork some time to form a strategy to sell the public on the new WeWork and hope it forgets about the old one, before making another run at an IPO next year.In the meantime, WeWork isn’t totally done having fun. There is an opening party for WeWork Japan in Kobe scheduled for next week and it’s planning a launch event for a new European headquarters, billed as the largest co-working space in the world, people with knowledge of the plans said this week. About 500 employees are invited, and there will be food and drinks in the building, which has a skate ramp, retro arcade games and bed-shaped couches with blankets. However, people with knowledge of the event said that compared with previous WeWork launch parties, it’ll be a toned-down affair.For more on WeWork, check out the Decrypted podcast: \--With assistance from Jack Sidders.To contact the reporters on this story: Ellen Huet in San Francisco at email@example.com;Gillian Tan in New York at firstname.lastname@example.orgTo contact the editors responsible for this story: Mark Milian at email@example.com, Molly SchuetzFor more articles like this, please visit us at bloomberg.com©2019 Bloomberg L.P.
Technogym is an old-school manufacturer that has embraced technology with streaming online fitness classes through platforms on its machines.
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(Bloomberg) -- A quartet of new stocks traded sluggishly in their debuts on Thursday, after bringing the first IPOs since Peloton Interactive Inc. and The We Co. showed waning confidence in startups.Two of Thursday’s debuts -- Frequency Therapeutics Inc. and MetroCity Bankshares Inc. -- are trading below their IPO prices set overnight. The other two new faces -- Aprea Therapeutics Inc. and Viela Bio Inc. -- rose less than the 15% that’s typically priced into the value of initial public offerings. All that while the Nasdaq Biotech Index is having its best session in three weeks, up 1.3% intraday.The latest weakness comes several days after WeWork’s parent filed to withdraw its IPO filing, and with Peloton trading 22% below its Sept. 25 IPO price. Before WeWork changed plans and Peloton made one of the decade’s weakest starts by a mega-IPO, 11 consecutive new listings had debuted above their offering price. Political news also weighed on biotech shares as these deals developed.To contact the reporter on this story: Drew Singer in New York at firstname.lastname@example.orgTo contact the editors responsible for this story: Brad Olesen at email@example.com, Steven Fromm, Will DaleyFor more articles like this, please visit us at bloomberg.com©2019 Bloomberg L.P.
(Bloomberg) -- Zendesk Inc. Chief Executive Officer Mikkel Svane recently hosted a routine two-cocktail lunch for more than a dozen employees celebrating four years at his company and realized he no longer recognized most of his workforce.“I know there’s a lot of shiny objects out there, so I want to thank you for spending four years with the company,” Svane said to the employees. “Four years is a big number in the world of tech startups.”While the maker of customer-service software has been public since May 2014, co-founder Svane continues to think of it as a startup. Annual revenue growth has been more than 30% and analysts estimate it will top $1 billion in 2020. Zendesk has seen its stock jump almost eightfold since its initial public offering, and its workforce increase to 3,200 from less than 1,000 five years ago. Svane has sought to bolster his skills and assemble a strong team to manage all of them.Over the last year, the company has taken a series of steps to compete head-to-head against Salesforce.com Inc. It’s difficult to mount a serious challenge to the bellwether cloud applications company built by Marc Benioff. But Zendesk wants to expand while retaining transparent pricing and its distinctive quirks -- and avoiding the bragging that is a hallmark of the business technology market.On Thursday, during a user conference in San Francisco, Zendesk unveiled two more products meant to maintain sales momentum.The first is Sunshine Conversations, an extension of the company’s platform for managing customer relationships. The tool will help consumers make payments, browse products and book reservations in their preferred messaging system, Zendesk said in a statement.The second is called Gather, which will let clients such as Logitech International SA and InVision AG better provide customer support through online forums on their websites.The new products may help attract more large corporate customers. The company’s software already is used by Uber Technologies Inc., Airbnb Inc., Peloton Interactive Inc. and Slack Technologies Inc. -- companies born in the cloud-computing era that have grown alongside Zendesk.Chief Financial Officer Elena Gomez said Zendesk’s sales growth rate of more than 30% is sustainable.“For the foreseeable future, I would call that almost our floor,” she said in an interview.Svane, Alexander Aghassipour and Morten Primdahl founded Zendesk in Copenhagen in 2007. The company moved to San Francisco in 2009. Perhaps because he’s an outsider, Svane is the rare tech CEO who doesn’t see his job in grandiose terms.“Everybody wants to be Steve Jobs and change the world,” Svane said in an interview in a brick-lined boardroom that doubles as his office. “And for most of us, that’s not really the case. We build business software.”Still, the company has a strong philosophy on its work. It coined the word “humblident” -- a mash-up of humble and confident -- to describe its culture. While the word doesn’t roll off the tongue, executives said it’s an accurate way of describing the company’s demeanor, which they say is confident without being arrogant, and eager to earn the trust of clients.On Wednesday, Zendesk disclosed it suffered a data breach affecting 10,000 customer accounts created before November 2016. Hackers gained access to the names, phone numbers, and email addresses of business users and consumers, as well as concealed password information. Zendesk discovered the security lapse on Sept. 24 and said it found no evidence the passwords were used to access additional systems. The company said it hired forensic experts to assist with an investigation and notified law enforcement.“Our goal is to communicate this information as quickly as possible with transparency and guidance on how to address,” Zendesk said in a blog post. “We will be updating and sharing more information in this blog post and our help center as it becomes available.”Svane hopes to change the experience of business software users and their consumers so that their systems are simpler. He said most software is sold on “PowerPoints and lies” and he’s always wanted Zendesk to be different. The company has explicit pricing for its products on its website and pitches customers on the value of its software versus Salesforce.But Salesforce is the market leader. The company generates $3.6 billion from customer-service software each year, as well as $4 billion from its signature sales-tracking tool that has become the standard of the industry.Zendesk has competed well against Salesforce for small- and mid-sized clients though. Last year, Salesforce said it would sunset two sales and customer support tools that failed to catch on with smaller customers. Instead, Salesforce began offering pared-down versions of its high-end software.Zendesk has experienced some growing pains. After going public, new executives joined the company, leading to a period of cultural clashes and sales struggles. In the aftermath, Zendesk in August 2017 promoted Chief Information Officer Tom Keiser to chief operating officer, overseeing the sales organization and many operations as Svane focused on technology, vision and culture. The arrangement is similar to the one Salesforce has between co-CEOs Benioff, who co-founded the company, and Keith Block.Zendesk has also hired senior executives from Salesforce, Microsoft Corp., and Adobe Inc., who have experience running pieces of large organizations. Svane is open about needing as much help as he can get.“I still have a lot of work to do to be a fantastic CEO,” Svane said. “I think I’m a pretty good founder and I think having a founder CEO is a strength for a company because every single employee knows that I’m in it because I think it’s the most amazing thing and that I’m dedicated.”To contact the reporter on this story: Nico Grant in San Francisco at firstname.lastname@example.orgTo contact the editors responsible for this story: Jillian Ward at email@example.com, Andrew Pollack, Alistair BarrFor more articles like this, please visit us at bloomberg.com©2019 Bloomberg L.P.


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