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Hyundai Motor India Limited (HMIL), the country’s second largest manufacturer of passenger cars and the largest exporter since inception, has announced the milestone of its brand i20 crossing the 1.3 million sales mark worldwide since its first launch in India a decade back.
CHENNAI: Hyundai Motor India Limited (HMIL), the country’s second largest manufacturer of passenger cars and the largest exporter since inception, has announced the milestone of its brand i20 crossing the 1.3 million sales mark worldwide since its first launch in India a decade back.
Commenting on this achievement, Vikas Jain, assistant vice -president- national sales, Hyundai Motor India Ltd, said, “We are extremely delighted with this unprecedented milestone that i20 models have achieved of 1.3 million global sales and have met the aspirations of Indian and Global customers.
The i20 established the premium compact segment and has been a stellar brand that personifies Hyundai’s Modern Premium positioning. It has set new benchmarks in the Premium Compact segment and continues to dominate with its performance and looks.”
Launched at Auto Expo 2018 in February 2018, the ‘New 2018 ELITE i20’ was designed and positioned to appeal to young and enterprising customers from across the world. "Today, Hyundai ELITE i20 continues to win the hearts of today’s millennial generation and has become a part of Hyundai’s 10,000 club cars that sells every month," said the company in a statement.
The i20 was first launched in India in 2008. It won 5 Star Euro NCAP rating next year and in 2015 it won the JD Power Award for Best Premium Car in Initial Quality and Most Appealing Premium Compact Car. That was also the year when it hit 1 lakh domestic sales in just 11 months. Next year the brand hit 1 million in sales.
We are extremely saddened to inform the untimely demise of Vikram S Kirloskar, Vice Chairman, Toyota Kirloskar Motor on 29th November 2022. At this time of grief, we request everyone to pray that his soul rests in peace. Last respect can be paid at Hebbal Crematorium, Bengaluru, at 1 pm on Wednesday, Toyota said.
According to ETAuto sources, the raid began at the company’s Corporate office in Gurgaon around 3:00 PM and continued till the story is filed. The latest development comes in light of heightened scrutiny by law-enforcement agencies on companies operating in India which have links with neighboring country, China.


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In the past few weeks, more than 26 million Americans have filed unemployment claims, retail sales plummeted and small businesses have struggled to acquire loans. Despite this, the stock market has looked mostly positive after sharp declines in March.
Marketplace host Kai Ryssdal spoke with Anat Admati, professor of finance at Stanford University Graduate School of Business, about the disconnect between the markets and the real economy.
“The stock market is high because it doesn’t really represent the entire economy,” Admati said. “Small businesses have to survive somehow, and it’s becoming incredibly difficult for them.”
She said investors are likely focusing more on bailouts for big corporations than struggling small businesses and workers.
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As part of an ongoing partnership with the British Fashion Council, CBS Outdoor UK is bringing a live feed directly from London Fashion Week – one of the world’s ‘big four’ fashion events, to over 60 Cross-track Projection (XTP) screens in tube stations across central London.For the very first time, a dedicated photographer will have exclusive backstage access at London Fashion Week, where they will be able to wirelessly distribute behind-the-scenes photos directly from the event.
Within minutes, the glitz and glamour of London Fashion Week will be broadcast exclusively on CBS Outdoor UK’s network of XTP screens on Tube platforms across London. These images will be projected alongside highlights from the @LondonFashionWk Twitter feed and hot off the press fashion news.
Jason Cotterrell, UK Country Director at CBS Outdoor UK told us “The London Underground is an iconic setting to be celebrating world-class fashion and we’re delighted that the British Fashion Council continues to recognise the benefits of the XTP format in engaging with London’s fashion conscious urban audiences. This heralds our aspiration to be an important advertising channel for retailers and fashion in London especially this summer where Londoners and Olympic visitors will shop”.
A live schedule of upcoming fashion shows will also be shown on the screens, inviting viewers to watch the live shows on the London Fashion Week website.


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According to the English-language Iran Daily, Mohsen Rostami, project manager of the CBI Payment System, said foreign tourists intending to travel to the country must be informed of the montary system in Iran before their arrival.
The official further said that because of certain economic restraints, international credit cards such as the Visa and Mastercard cannot be used in the country.
"Prior to the use of such credit cards, modern telecommunication and monetary systems have to be created," he said, adding that the absence of diplomatic and trade ties with the US, the chief source of credit cards in the world, is the main reason why foreign credit cards are not recognized here.
He proposed that the CBI issue pre-paid credit cards for foreign visitors who are willing to pay in US dollars in Iran.
"These credit cards can be sent to Iranian embassies in other countries and provided to foreigners willing to travel to Iran," he added, as quoted by Iran Daily.
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PPP fraud can be identified, tracked on a website created by a software engineer
Brian Hamachek, a resident of Palo Alto, Calif., was viewing a government website listing Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) payments last year. He immediately noted that many companies listed either did not exist or had grossly exaggerated their number of employees.
He said he recognized fraud that an investigator in Washington would have no way of knowing about, “like a restaurant that closed a few months before getting its loan and never returned.”
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Hamachek is a software engineer. He designed a website to help others identify PPP scammers. A user entering a state and city can see local businesses that have secured loans.
“And then they can also see that company’s Google Street View…how many employees…and they can see the average salary,” he said.
In 2020, Congress and President Trump approved $953 billion for the program, designed to keep workers employed during the pandemic. So far, the Justice Department has opened more than 140 fraud cases totaling millions of dollars, including a Minnesota man who claimed to have 28 employees when he had none, a Maryland pastor who bought luxury cars and a family from Florida who bought a $3 million. residence.
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Tom Schatz, president of Citizens Against Government Waste, blames poor planning and a lack of government oversight for the widespread abuses.
“People take advantage of government money,” Schatz said.
The United States has provided over $11 million in PPP loans.
“The federal government was never set up to track money very well, and with the unprecedented amount of money in COVID relief bills, more than ever is going to be wasted,” Schatz added.
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Proponents of the program say it saved regular jobs when the country was in despair. Hamachek believes it is up to good Samaritans to “expose” anyone who has profited from a desperate situation if Washington cannot track government funds.
“Since it’s all our money, it’s all our responsibility,” Hamacheck said, a responsibility it says it has now made easier to fulfill.


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It was over a year ago that the massive Sony hack revealed plans for a Jump Street-Men in Black crossover movie, and while it wasn’t entirely clear, we sort of assumed this would happen in 23 Jump Street. Interesting? Sure. Exciting? Well, maybe. With Phil Lord and Chris Miller busy prepping the young Han Solo movie, we’ve retained some healthy skepticism about this wacky crossover plan. But it looks like Sony has found a director to renew our optimism.
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Consumer Protections in Danger during the Season of Consumerism
During this holiday season, business will be booming. Companies, both on the street and online, will be catering to millions of customers spending billions of dollars. And it’s not just traditional retailers who will be getting in on the act. Banks will supply loans to help you get end-of-year deals on cars, and tech companies will try to get you to sign contracts for the latest and greatest tech gadget or service. This season is as much about consumerism as it is about Christmas.
Meanwhile, unless Congress acts, in one week the government will run out of money and shut down. Once again, Congress is playing chicken with the deadline in part by loading up the omnibus spending bill with highly contentious policy riders. One such example: some in Congress want to gut protections that the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) provides to the consumers who are spending much of their hard-won earnings at this time of year. CFPB opponents have justified their position by saying they are helping struggling well-meaning local financial institutions. But to be clear, CFPB is not trying to curb good local lenders like the Bailey Brothers Building and Loan in It’s a Wonderful Life. It is protecting consumers from unscrupulous practices by many different kinds of lenders, debt collection agencies, and credit reporting companies. Since the Bureau’s inception, CFPB has won more than $11 billion for over 25 million Americans.
The CFPB is an independent agency dedicated to the protection of consumers (that’s you and me!) from unfair business practices. They have gone after payday loan centers that are really no better than loan sharks. These businesses loan small amounts of money to people to be paid back out of their next paycheck. A typical payday loan might include a fee of $15 per $100 borrowed, resulting in an annualized interest rate of nearly 400 percent. Their exorbitant interest rates and fees often leave unsuspecting borrowers in debt for years, having to pay back anywhere from two to five times as much (or more) as the amount they owed. The CFPB has also tackled some of the toxic mortgages that contributed to the Great Recession. No longer can banks issue loans that have no real value backing them or to people who have no hope of making their payments. As one of our blog posts earlier this year noted, the CFPB also partnered with the U.S. Department of Education to win $480 million in student debt relief for former students of the now-bankrupt Corinthian College, and it cooperated with the Federal Communications Commission to gain $100 million in refunds for customers of Verizon and Sprint who were illegally charged fees on their cell phone bills.
Now some in Congress seek to disrupt these services by attaching debilitating riders to the must-pass omnibus package. These riders endanger consumers by damaging CFPB’s independence and authority. Some proposals would substitute a panel of five people for the current director (Richard Cordray, who is doing an independent, aggressive and effective job); other possible riders would place the Bureau’s currently independent funding under the direct control of Congress, unlike other similar financial regulatory agencies, which have independent funding. Still other riders would restrict the CFPB’s ability to regulate abusive payday lending, crack down on discriminatory auto lending and abusive subprime mortgages, and go after for-profit colleges that leave students with overwhelming debt but without a job.
Consumer spending in America, for better or worse, is part of the driving force in our economy. During this time of year when so many Americans are spending so much of their money, it seems counterintuitive that Congress wants to undo protections that keep them from losing millions to lenders operating outside the law. Congress should leave the CFPB alone and fully independent by allowing no riders to be attached to the FY16 omnibus bill.
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Donald Trump doesn't have much support from C-level executives.
So to boost his image as a business leader, his campaign plans to release a letter of support Monday signed by executives and thought leaders on economic issues.
The letter will reinforce Trump's promise to generate economic growth of 3.5% to 4%, and says GDP "could exceed even that amount," according to people who have seen a draft of the document. It also says Clinton plans to "redistribute income," and that her policies will result in economic stagnation or a return to recession.
But none of the individuals listed are household names. Only two are affiliated with brands most people know: Bernie Marcus, co-founder of Home Depot ( and its former CEO, and Andrew Puzder, who is chief executive of Carl's Jr.'s parent company )CKE (. There are only two women among the 29 people who signed it, according to a draft version. )
According to two people close to Trump's campaign, major corporate leaders are reluctant to support the unconventional and controversial candidate. These people say that corporate America is more comfortable with a known entity like Hillary Clinton.
"CEOs who support Trump privately might be reluctant to do so publicly for fear of a backlash from consumers," said Carl's Jr.'s CEO Andrew Puzder, "and the perception that the press won't be fair to them."
That's surprising given that Trump sells himself first and foremost as a successful businessman, and has promised business-friendly initiatives such as lowering corporate taxes and cutting regulations.
His camp says he appeals more to the entrepreneurial set, and Peter Thiel, an early investor in Facebook (Tech30), has indeed been a vocal Trump supporter. ,
But plenty of other big Silicon Valley names back Clinton, including Airbnb co-founder and CEO Brian Chesky, Salesforce (Tech30) CEO Marc Benioff, and , Netflix (Tech30) founder and CEO Reed Hastings. ,
And Clinton is continuing to gain traction with business leaders. Ursula Burns, the chief executives of Xerox (, said Clinton is better for business. )
The letter of executives backing Trump comes three months after a group of 56 business leaders endorsed Clinton. Among them are some executives who have supported Republicans in the past, including Jim Cicconi, a senior AT&T (Tech30) executive, who said he's supported every Republican for president since 1976. ,
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Andrew Robinson appointed LG sales agent for Ireland
Published: 29 June, 2015
LG has appointed Andrew Robinson as its new sales agent for Northern Ireland.
Mr Robinson will be responsible for promoting the company’s products from its air conditioning and energy solutions division to specifiers and contractors in the province.
Jody Lees, head of air conditioning and energy solutions at LG, said: “Our operation is going from strength to strength. There is a significant level of development taking place across the province and it’s important that we are seen as a serious player in our market places there. Andrew has a wealth of experience and importantly an excellent bank of key contacts, and we’ll be looking to make an instant impact as we move forward.”
“We have over 16 years’ experience in the design and procurement of air conditioning and ventilation products,” said Mr Robinson. “The new links with LG will give us added impetus in this marketplace and allow us to offer some of the very best equipment available anywhere in the world on projects here. We’re optimistic that we will quickly see LG as a major player in the Northern Ireland marketplace.”


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The more than 664m users of messaging app Viber will soon be able to send money to friends and family from anywhere in the world thanks to an integration with money transfer network Western Union. Users will need to add their debit, credit card or bank account to fund the transfers, which can be sent to Western Union locations for collection or transferred to a mobile wallet or bank account.
- Rambus publishes quick guide to Apple Pay
- Chinese banks roll out face recognition at the ATM
- Germany’s central bank reports on potential of blockchain for payments
- NXP releases NFC tag toolkit for iOS
- Banks back government-led Taiwan Pay QR payments service


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We’ve been on the planet for at least hundreds of thousands of years, working and playing all while taking in the sun’s rays. However, according to new research, not only are sunburns contributing to cancer, but tanning is also now a culprit. That’s right–if you happen to get a nice tan at the beach, melanoma may be creeping around the corner. At least that’s the claim by a group of researchers who have published their findings in the journal Nature Communications.
Sunlight has been demonized by the scientific community for as long as the media has existed. Those controlling the media know that not only does the sun increase beneficial levels of critical vitamin D in the body, but it is responsible for a diversity of biological mechanisms controlling everything from hormones to behavior.
Exposure to sunlight and ultraviolet light has been repeatedly shown to NOT be the cause of skin cancer. Scientists from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center reported UVA exposure is unlikely to have contributed to the rise in the incidence of melanoma over the past 30 years.
The idea that sunscreen prevents cancer is also a myth promoted by pharmaceutical companies, conventional medicine and the mainstream media for one purpose…profit. The sunscreen industry makes money by selling lotion products that actually contain cancer-causing chemicals. It then donates a portion of that money to the cancer industry through non-profit groups like the American and Canadian Cancer Societies which, in turn, run heart-breaking public service ads urging people to use sunscreen to “prevent cancer.”
Numerous studies have linked vitamin D levels to a reduction in the risk of certain cancers, including breast cancer, but much debate has focused on the means to boost vitamin D levels — supplements or sunlight.
Spending an average of three hours a day exposed to sunlight can slash the risk of breast cancer by up to 50 percent.
The link between vitamin D intake and protection from cancer dates from the 1940s when Frank Apperly demonstrated a link between latitude and deaths from cancer, and suggested that sunlight gave “a relative cancer immunity”.


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June 13 (UPI) -- Social media company Twitter said Wednesday it will redesign and update its user interface to make news easier to find.
The new design will be rolled out to Apple iOS and Android customers within the next few months, Twitter said. It features a more intuitive design to find accounts, hashtags or news items.
Twitter will organize its "Explore" feature by topic instead of content type, and its "Happening Now" section will be expanded to include tweets about breaking news and topics chosen by users.
The platform's "Moments" section will also now involve swooping upward, instead of horizontally -- a change requested by users.
Live video of news stories will be available at the top of the screen, with a brief summary, and tweets will be available below in several categories.
"We've been working to change how you discover all the information around news, events, and stories, and today, we're sharing a few steps forward," Twitter said in a statement. It'll be easier to find and follow the big events and stories you care about in your timeline."
Twitter says ease of use is a big reason for the user growth it saw in the first quarter of this year. In April, the company announced 336 million active users, or an annual growth rate of 6 percent per year.


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Tilaknagar buys stake in RTD shot maker
Indian-made foreign liquor (IMFL) producer Tilaknagar Industries has acquired a 19.5% stake in ready-to-drink (RTD) shot maker Incredible Spirits.
Tilaknagar Industries invested Rs 1 crore (US$120,805) in return for the 19.5% share.
Incredible Spirits was founded in 2020 by former alcoholic beverage professionals Arun Raina and Pranav Teredesai.
Incredible Spirits plans to develop RTD alcohol shots under the brand name ‘Swigger’.
The shots will come in 60ml glasses with a pull rip-cap closure. The shots will be made from gin and vodka, which will be blended with ‘natural, organic flavours’.
Swigger is expected to launch in early 2023 in Goa, India, with additional regions to follow.
Amit Dahanukar, chairman and managing director, Tilaknagar Industries, said: “Modern-day consumers are looking for a premium, convenient and an enjoyable drinking experience, which is providing a fillip to liquor-based RTD beverages.
“The founders of ISPL, Arun and Pranav, foresee a huge potential for this product category and we would like to play a part in bringing their innovative idea to fruition.
“Given the ever-increasing trend of a cocktail culture, there remains a constant need for creating exciting, yet safer ways to indulge.”
According to data from IWSR Drinks Market Analysis, cited by Tilaknagar Industries, the RTD market in India sold three million cases in 2021. It is expected to grow by more than 9% annually to reach 4.5m cases in 2026.
Ameya Deshpande, president – strategy and corporate development, Tilaknagar Industries, added: “Evolving consumer demands in the alco-bev industry are paving the way for new, innovative and fun products.
“Brand Swigger, with an unremitting focus on blend quality, inclusion, safety and convenience, will be a game-changer.”
In other recent acquisition news, Campari Group bought a 70% stake in Kentucky-based Wilderness Trail Distillery for an undisclosed amount.


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Two weeks after Samsung first announced the recall of its exploding Galaxy Note 7 smartphone, the U.S. government is now getting in on the action.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission today issued its own recall of 1 million Note 7 phones, prompted by "92 reports of the batteries overheating in the US, including 26 reports of burns and 55 reports of property damage, including fires in cars and a garage."
Initially, industry observers thought it was kind of weird that the agency wasn't part of Samsung's recall — the largest in the history of the smartphone industry. One unnamed official told Recode that it was a major screw-up on Samsung's part. At the time of the recall, the company said it had received around 35 reports of overheating and exploding batteries.
But the regulatory mess will get sorted out later. For now, Samsung is still figuring out just how serious the damage of the recall will be to its bottom line.
The Galaxy Note 7 dazzled reviewers and was expected to sell far better than analysts initially expected, capping off a comeback year for Samsung's phone business. With the iPhone 7's launch earlier this month, it's unclear just how far behind Samsung could fall if Apple surprises with strong sales numbers.
For the time being, Note 7 owners should immediately contact Samsung or their carriers to figure out what to do next.
One bit of advice: Keep the phone turned off, and do not bring it with you on a plane.


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FinTech Alliance company Revolut announces it has integrated the smart money app Yolt through an open banking API.
Yolt enables customers to analyse transactions made globally.
It also allows budgeting and investment management.
Yolt was developed in 2018 and is connected with the UK’s nine biggest banks.
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Earlier this year Yolt launched Yolt Technology Services (YTS) to make its API widely available for banks like Revolut. According to FinTech Times, Yolt is responsible for around 50% of all UK API traffic.


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Ed-tech companies are warned about unfair trade practices: Government officials have cautioned ed-tech businesses about unfair business practices in India.
The consumer affairs secretary said in a meeting with the industry group India Edtech Consortium (IEC). That strict regulations would need to develop to ensure transparency. If self-regulation did not stop the unfair business practices in the industry.
IEC member firms, including Byju’s, upgrade, Unacademy, Vedantu, and WhiteHat Jr., among others, attended the gathering.
As schools and universities force to close owing to lockdowns during the early stages of the COVID-19 outbreak. Ed-tech platforms received enormous attention.
But as acceptance increased, it became apparent which holes needed to address.
Rohit Kumar Singh, secretary of the consumer affairs department, spoke on Friday about concerns relating to deceptive advertising and unfair business practices that affect the ed-tech industry.
“Some marketing and methods don’t appear to comply with widespread norms and current legislation,” according to Singh.
Ed-tech companies are warned about unfair trade practices
Singh outlined ideas to effectively manage consumer interests throughout India’s ed-tech ecosystem, highlighting the problems with ads and business practices.
The issue of rising fake reviews also brought up during the conference. The secretary also suggested that IEC set up a working group with the appropriate stakeholders to develop standard operating procedures so that it may “continue with good efforts to serve the ecosystem.”
Representatives of the Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) and IEC member businesses Byju’s, upgrade, Unacademy, Vedantu, Great Learning, WhiteHat Jr., and Sunstone all attended the conference, which hold in New Delhi.
According to a study published by the Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI) earlier this week, commercials for ed-tech businesses. Which are part of the education industry, were the biggest violators of the advertising code between April 2021 and March 2022.
In December, the education ministry also warned against domestic ed-tech businesses. The church has asked customers to stay away from subscription auto-pays for ed-tech platforms. And to check the terms and conditions before approving any learning software or hardware.
That warning issue in response to specific accusations that big ed-tech businesses, like Byju’s, we’re engaging in good behavior. Parents and kids reportedly target for paying for online material they couldn’t afford.
The IEC create by the IAMAI in January as a united organization of top ed-tech businesses in response to the first outage to “safeguard consumer interest” and self-regulate by utilizing a shared “Code of Conduct” and a two-tier grievance redressal process.


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Publishers’ trade association on IAB’s proposed framework for GDPR: ‘A non-starter’
The CEO of Digital Content Next blasts the IAB proposal as a burden on publishers that retains the status quo.
A second publisher-side advocate has come out against the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB)’s proposed consent framework.
Jason Kint is the CEO of Digital Content Next, a New York City-based trade association of about 70 premium publishers in the US and Europe, including The New York Times, ESPN, The Washington Post, CBS, BBC, PBS and Financial Times.
In an email yesterday to his organization’s members, Kint wrote: “The IAB GDPR Consent Framework should be considered a non-starter by all publishers as it fails on several levels and requires significant changes.”
Last week, the IAB released a draft version of its proposal to collect and then automatically distribute user consent through the online advertising ecosystem, in a way that is compliant with the upcoming General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
After users indicate their consent (or lack thereof) for targeted ad usage of their personal data, the proposal says, the user’s consent profile is then distributed as a data unit called a Daisybit when a webpage makes a call for an ad bid.
For instance, if the user has agreed that AppNexus can serve ads based on that user’s location, then the Daisybit provides the gating info, and only AppNexus can deliver an ad using that location data.
‘All liability to the publisher’
Earlier this week, I spoke with Johnny Ryan, head of ecosystem for PageFair. Best known for its anti-ad blocking software and research, PageFair has launched a GDPR-compliant advertising initiative called Perimeter.
It avoids user consent completely by targeting ads only to broad user segments based on interest (such as pages viewed) or on non-personal attributes like geography. The idea is that individual identity cannot be determined by grouping users into those broad cohorts.
In our conversation, Ryan characterized the IAB proposal as one that “violates GDPR.”
Kint didn’t go that far, but he isn’t mincing words. His email cited the emphasis in the IAB proposal on “unreliable” cookies, and how it “pushes all liability to the publisher without providing any control over the [Consent Management Providers], SSPs, DSPs, exchanges and how they use this data.” (The IAB has said that a proposal for mobile apps, relying on mobile device IDs, is in the works.)
He noted that the IAB proposal suggests that the consent relationship with the user — a consent which would mostly be obtained while a user is on a publisher’s website — be outsourced to an outside “Consent Manager Provider” (CMP). Kint indicates that the CMP’s interests are more aligned with ad tech providers than with publishers.
Additionally, Kint wrote, the IAB framework will create “more friction with your audience for editorial and product features for the sake of protecting ad tech vendors.” He added that the proposal doesn’t do anything to “leverage the direct relationship between a publisher and its audience to manage consent and store it persistently in the browser.”
His objections echo several of Ryan’s, specifically that the framework makes publishers do the heavy lifting for ad-targeting consent, possibly at the risk of their own consent needs for, say, content personalization.
‘Opt back into the status quo’
Ryan also cites the data leakage risks in the IAB proposal, where consent data is distributed throughout the system, even if it can be acted upon only by consented providers. This is similar to Kint’s criticism that publishers, under the IAB framework, have no control over how the consent data is used by SSPs, exchanges and others.
“In other words,” Kint wrote, “[the IAB proposal’s] goal is to use ‘free’ services [from publishers] to encourage users to click, ‘Turn All On’ and opt back into the status quo.”
The IAB framework was “clearly designed by ad tech companies and included the endorsement of 23 ad tech companies and, most notably, zero publishers,” he noted.
Instead of this proposal, Kint wrote that “the most significant advertisers” are aligned with his publishers’ organization for the creation of audience selection “based on cohorts and context which is a significant risk to Google and Facebook.” Interestingly, “cohorts and context” appears similar to PageFair’s approach with Perimeter.
The current system often shortchanges the advertiser as well, Kint told me, describing brands who are “spending one dollar and [losing] 70 cents in the middle.”
“Advertisers,” he said, “are starting to appreciate that one-to-one [ad] targeting can be inaccurate, difficult, and [it now has] legal challenges.”
Opinions expressed in this article are those of the guest author and not necessarily MarTech. Staff authors are listed here.


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Survey finds Dodge Demon may not be a hot seller
CNW Marketing Research held a consumer focus group recently to see if people would be interested in buying a production version of the Dodge Demon. Chrysler may not be too happy to find out that the Demon, which they hope to be a strong rival to the Mazda Miata, Pontiac Solstice and the Saturn Sky, scored an 8.6 on a scale of 10.
Only 20% of those surveyed said they would consider buying a Dodge Demon, some saying they may buy it just as a second car.
Dodge unveiled the Demon Roadster concept in Geneva earlier this year. The roadster is powered by a 2.4 liter engine that produces 172 horsepower mated with a six-speed manual transmission. The Demon is built on a rear-wheel drivetrain and has a torque of 165 lb-ft.
The research also found that more women favor buying cars with a manual transmission then men. They say the reason to that is because women look for high mileage and a lower price tag.
We still think the Dodge Demon is a great move for Chrysler. While the Mazda Miata MX-5 isn”t Mazda”s best-selling model it”s created the “Zoom Zoom” motto you hear today, so now you feel a little “Zoom Zoom” behind every Mazda vehicle you sit in. Maybe the Dodge Demon Roadster can do the same for Chrysler.
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It was only a matter of time and now Porsche has confirmed what all car enthusiasts have long-suspected: its next generation of sports cars will run on electricity rather than super unleaded. The German sports car maker says that the next generation 718 Cayman and Boxster will only come in battery-electric form, while the 911 is set to go hybrid.
At the company’s annual conference Porsche CEO Oliver Blume said the electric 718 replacement would arrive “by the middle of the decade”. That means it will follow the Macan in Porsche’s rapid shift to electrification.
There’s a stay of execution for internal combustion in the 911, but the brand icon will be hybridised in its next iteration. Already 40 per cent of Porsche’s European sales are electrified (hybrid, plug-in hybrid and EV) while the firm predicts that by 2030 80 per cent of all sales globally will be pure electric.
“The future of Porsche is electric,” Blume told media, but there is some good news for fans of the firm’s famous flat-six, because its “flexible engine strategy” will allow internal combustion to continue for a while yet. However, no one doubts that, in the medium term, the writing is on the wall for pistons and spark plugs.
In a bid to make life easier for buyers Porsche is also set to roll out its own network of high-power charging stations, with the first installations set for Germany, Switzerland, and Austria in 2023.
Porsche is also pinning hopes on climate-neutral e-fuels to keep its existing cars on the road long into the future. However, much will depend on lobbying behind the scenes of governments around the world.
For those who have been hovering on the brink of buying one of the last, petrol-powered Porsches, especially the acclaimed Boxster and Cayman, there’s no more than a couple of years left to secure one of the dying breed.
Porsche says cars run on synthetic fuel will have same CO2 footprint as electric cars
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Android Auto 10.0 is officially here. Android Auto 10.0 beta was released a few days ago, but now a new update has arrived and you can try this new version of Android Auto which comes with many changes like the new design for Google Assistant.
It didn’t take long for Google to roll out a new update to Android Auto 10.0. Only two updates to Android Auto 10.0 have been released, and the second one introduced new design-level features that Google has prepared for Android Auto. Expectations are high and so far Google has not disappointed.
It’s interesting to check out the evolution of integrated Android Auto. The earlier versions of Android Auto had limited functionality, but now the integrated Android Auto has been able to gather many features that enhance the driving experience to levels never seen before.
If you want to try Android Auto 10.0, just enter the beta program. Installing the beta version of Android Auto 10.0 is not difficult. In fact, if you want to try Android Auto 10.0, the best thing you can do is to follow our guide explaining how to download and try this new version of Android Auto.
Android Auto 10.0 introduces a new design for Google Assistant
Android Auto 10.0 wants to give more importance to Google Assistant. Giving Google Assistant a greater presence in Android Auto has led Google to change the design of its integration. This change is very subtle and may actually go unnoticed since it’s something we’ve seen on mobile versions of Android.
Google Assistant in the bottom bar with the colors of Mountain View. Yes, Android Auto 10.0 now integrates Google Assistant in a similar way to the integration in mobile phones. When speaking, what happens on the screen is that it appears with blue, red, yellow and green colors.
Android Auto 10.0 still has a lot of news to show the world. This is just the beginning of what Google has in store for Android Auto, though we’ll have to wait and see what’s new. Install Android Auto 10.0 if you want to check out these new features, if you’re out of luck this redesign won’t take effect.


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Ripple raised $ 200 million in its Series C funding round to help develop its products, foster XRP integration and expand staff.
Tetragon, SBI Holdings and Route 66 Ventures took part in the investment round.
According to Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse, the company is now in a good financial position, and in 2019 it was able not only to maintain its position, but also increased its market coverage..
Ripple is currently valued at $ 5-10 billion, depending on the rating agency. By according to a study by The Block, in 2019 alone, the company sold XRP for $ 260 million.
Brad Garlinghouse said the RippleNet payment network already has over 300 customers. They expect that next year the number of participants will grow by 30-40%, and the volume of transactions will increase more than sevenfold.
We also previously reported that in during the seed round of investments, a fintech startup with Russian roots Zerion raised $ 2 million for further development.
text: Ivan Malichenko, photo: Forbes