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A U.S. appeals court has denied Samsung Electronics' request for a rehearing in a smartphone patent infringement case that awarded rival Apple US$548 million.
An appeals court will hear arguments this week about the U.S. International Trade Commission's decision to block digital transmissions of 3D dental records into the U.S., an import ban that could have a broad impact on other digital goods.
Tech companies including Google, Hewlett-Packard, Dell and Facebook are backing Samsung Electronics as it appeals a court ruling to pay Apple almost US$1 billion in damages in a patent infringement suit.
A federal court in Texas has ordered a new trial on damages in a patent infringement dispute between Apple and Smartflash that could modify an earlier US$533 million damages award to the patent-licensing company.
Microsoft and Kyocera have put an end to a patent spat that began earlier this year by expanding a patent cross-licensing deal between them.
Over the past year, patent battles have been fought by tech companies in courtrooms all over the world. The litigation is far from over though, however, and will continue throughout 2013. This is what's at stake on the patent battlefield in the near future.
Samsung took a step toward finding a kind of "pax tabletica" with arch-foe Apple in an Australian court last week, offering to remove features from its Galaxy Tab to avoid a court ban on sales of the device in that country. But what's really interesting about the case isn't the technical litigation, but the underlying attempt to define how much of a product's design is actually protected under existing, fragmented international laws.
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A bill that would make it easier to fix your electronics is rapidly hurtling through the Washington state legislature. The bill’s ascent is fueled by Apple’s iPhone-throttling controversy, which has placed a renewed focus on the fact that our electronics have become increasingly difficult to repair.“It was introduced before [the throttling] news broke, but that’s become something constituents and legislators have sunk their teeth into,” Jeff Morris, a Washington representative who introduced the bill told me on the phone. “They can say ‘this is what we’re talking about’ and point to this as the type of thing that is accelerating the demise of their technology so they have to buy the next model.”
Late last year, Apple confirmed that it slows down the processor speeds of iPhones with older batteries. This performance decrease can be fixed by replacing the battery, but Apple's replacement program has a weeks-long waiting list and the company has fought against third-party repair of its phones at every turn.
A wave of so-called right-to-repair or fair repair bills that would prevent companies from having repair monopolies have been introduced in states around the country. Last year, 12 states introduced bills that would require electronics manufacturers to make repair information available to consumers and third-party repair shops and would require them to sell replacement parts for electronics. It would also prevent them from using software locks to prevent repair or from remotely bricking electronics that use aftermarket parts. Already in 2018, 17 states have introduced fair repair bills.Though passage in any state would have important ramifications for consumers nationwide, the Washington bill, called SHB2279, is worth focusing on for a few reasons.The bill is cosponsored by 11 other representatives across the political spectrum and Thursday was moved out of Morris’s Committee on Technology & Economic Development, an important step toward passage that puts it ahead of bills introduced in many other states. If passed in Washington, information and parts made available there would likely filter out to the rest of the United States.
The bill Morris introduced also goes further than any other state’s legislation because it seeks to tackle the growing trend of manufacturers creating electronics that have difficult-to-replace batteries.Starting in 2019, the bill would ban the sale of electronics that are designed “in such a way as to prevent reasonable diagnostic or repair functions by an independent repair provider. Preventing reasonable diagnostic or repair functions includes permanently affixing a battery in a manner that makes it difficult or impossible to remove.”
Morris told me this provision in the bill came out of a conversation with an independent repair shop owner in his district, who noted that many electronics now use glued-down batteries, which makes them difficult to repair and much harder to recycle, because batteries are flammable when shredded. There is currently no easy way for recyclers to remove the batteries from MacBook Pros at scale, for instance.“With Apple phones in particular, they glue the battery in the case, so for me, that sounds like a purposeful attempt to make it so you couldn’t repair the phone,” Morris said. “It helps accelerate the path of those devices to the waste stream. So we’re trying to keep the philosophy our state is behind, which is recycle, repair, reuse.”
"With Apple phones in particular, they glue the battery in the case, so for me, that sounds like a purposeful attempt to make it so you couldn’t repair the phone"
It is worth noting that many people can and do replace batteries in iPhones, but it’s not particularly easy. It’s too early to say whether Apple would specifically have to redesign the iPhone to comply with this law. But Apple’s Air Pods and Microsoft’s Surface Laptop (among many other new electronics), cannot be disassembled without being completely destroyed, making battery replacement impossible.Unsurprisingly, tech companies have lined up to oppose the pro-consumer bill.Earlier this month, a coalition of 14 different tech trade groups—including the Consumer Technology Association, the CTIA, the Telecommunications Industry Association, the Computer Technology Industry Association, and the Entertainment Software Association—called the bill “unwarranted” in a letter to Morris opposing the bill.Representatives from some of these groups—which represent Apple, Microsoft, Verizon, Comcast, Electronic Arts, and hundreds of other major tech companies—have also testified against the bill at hearings in Washington.As has happened in other states, these groups say that allowing consumers to repair their own electronics would lead to cybersecurity and safety issues, though the industry has yet to put forward a coherent argument of what, specifically, would be at risk.“With access to technical information, criminals can more easily circumvent security protections, harming not only the product owner but also everyone who shares their network,” the letter, which was obtained by Motherboard, stated.

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Maruti Suzuki India Limited (MSIL) has Swift as one of its top retailers in the Indian market for so many years.
Early in 2018, the hatchback received its third generation and was on display at the 2018 Auto Expo before going on sale. Swift is best known for its low-impact driving and powertrain-saving technology. Additionally, Dzire, its sedan child, completes the top of the sedan sales charts every month. The country’s largest car manufacturer has already declared that it will expand its CNG range, as CNG is considered to be the fastest way forward.
Fuel prices are expected to rise sharply, causing chaos and affecting high-yield market segments for a long time. With the strong BSVI emission standards coming into effect on April 1, 2020, only a few cars outside of other SUVs in the compact segment under Rs. 10 lakh are allowed to use diesel.
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Indo-Japanese manufacturer is expected to launch the S-CNG-spec Swift soon and may offer only the LXi entry-level variant. Swift LXi is priced at Rs. 5.73 lakh (ex-showroom) and S-CNG variants can cost an additional Rs. 80,000 to Rs. 90,000. Currently, base Swift LXi costs Rs. 5.73 lakh (ex-showroom) and S-CNG models can cost around Rs. 80,000 to Rs. 90,000 more.
Recently, Maruti Suzuki launched the updated Swift with two-color color schemes and a revised grille alongside the new 1.2-liter DualJet petrol engine. Swift was also available in LXi, VXi, ZXi, and ZXi + rims at a price in range of Rs. 5.73 lakh and Rs. 8.41 lakh (front room of the show).
The base variations come with standard equipment such as 14-inch steel wheels, front seat belts, more metal display information, dual front airbags, ABS with EBD, reverse parking sensors, and reminders, air conditioning system, ISOFIX child seat -anchor, steering power with tilt adjust, high-speed warning, inside adjust wing wings and 12V front socket. All can be anticipated, even in the S-CNG type.


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According to a new photos from Moumantai, it seems that the iPhone 5S may be released in a myriad of different colors, with gold and gray being possible options (above, below). Now despite being rumored as being iPhone 5S parts, this of course cannot be confirmed, as these could easily be colored iPhone 5 parts.
However, should these pieces be deemed legitimate, it would align with previous reports stating that the iPhone 5S would be releasing in a slew of different colors, as stated above. Currently, it seems that the iPhone 5S will be slightly delayed due to manufacturing issues, but it seems that we will still likely see different color iPhones.
Would you be interested in different colored iPhones? Should these parts be real, it’d actually be a pretty interesting development and some of the first colored pieces we’ve seen from the iPhone 5′s successor. source
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Cypress Semiconductor Corp. has released serial non-volatile static random access memories (nvSRAMs) that feature I2C and SPI interfaces, which are popular with metering, industrial and automotive applications. The new devices deliver operating frequencies up to 104MHz for the SPI devices (3.4MHz for the I2C products) and are also offered with an optional integrated real-time clock (RTC) that enables time-stamping of critical data to be backed-up.
Cypress’s nvSRAMs are manufactured on its S8™ 0.13-micron SONOS (silicon oxide nitride oxide silicon) embedded non-volatile memory technology. Target applications include electronic smart meters, motor drives, electronic data recorders in automobiles, RAID systems, medical and data communication systems.
The new Serial nvSRAM family includes 1-Mbit, 512-Kbit, 256-Kbit and 64-Kbit devices in multiple configurations. Cypress reports that these devices feature industry-first SPI operating frequency up to 104MHz, SPI Modes 0 and 3, infinite READ/WRITE and RECALL cycles with 20 years of data retention.
Cypress’s Serial nvSRAMs are available in I2C (1-Mbit: CY14B101J) and SPI (1-Mbit: CY14B101QA) interfaces in 8-SOIC and 16-SOIC packages. The devices are also available in 512-Kbit, 256-Kbit and 64-Kbit densities and with an optional integrated RTC. The devices are currently sampling with high volume production beginning in April. For more information, head here.
David Patterson, known for his pioneering research that led to RAID, clusters and more, is part of a team at UC Berkeley that recently made its RISC-V processor architecture an open source hardware offering. We talk with Patterson and one of his colleagues behind the effort about the opportunities they see, what new kinds of designs they hope to enable and what it means for today’s commercial processor giants such as Intel, ARM and Imagination Technologies.


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Tourism operators in Campbell River say they’re booking up fast this summer and as a result hotels rooms are a hot commodity.
“We’re seeing occupancy rates over 82 per cent consistently over the year, which is about 11 per cent over the provincial average and we saw a six per cent increase over 2017, so we’re definitely feeling a bit of a squeeze,” said Destination Campbell River Executive Director Kirsten Soder.
They’re coming mainly from Europe, Australia, and the United States and whale watching is one of the biggest draws.
Business at Discovery Marine Safaris is already up 15 per cent this year.
“I’m happy that finally, the word is out that Campbell River has so much to offer that people are actually considering going whale watching here because the wildlife is right at our doorstep,” said Heike Garton of Discovery Marine Safaris.
Dolphins Resort has been entertaining tourists from around the world since the 1940s. The rooms still have a rustic charm and the views are quintessential Vancouver Island.
“There’s a lot of demand for our accommodation this coming summer and the summer is often very busy here, although we’ve noticed it’s gotten busier and busier over the last few years,” said Dolphins Resort General Manager Paul Dowler.
Tourists are also looking for ways to see the sights by bike or kayak, and Island Joyrides is seeing an increased interest in Campbell River.
“Cycling is picking up in general so I know those tours are going to be busier but kayaking is this whole new angle and way to showcase Campbell River and I anticipate it getting quite busy,” said Island Joyrides owner Laurel Cronk.
Visitors can then enjoy a chef-cooked meal prepared in a wood-fired pizza oven right on the shores of the Campbell River.
The world and even Vancouver Islanders are rediscovering Campbell River.
We’re lesser known certainly that some of the other destinations on the island and in the province,” said Laurel Sliskovic, a guide with Island Joyrides.
“And people are kind of rediscovering it,” continued Soder. “It’s not the Campbell River we used to be.”


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Libra, Facebook’s upcoming cryptocurrency, is in the hot seat again, as politicians and financial institutions warned against its use. And it hasn’t even launched yet.
The social network’s digital token is facing nonstop warnings worldwide, amid ongoing worries about its regulatory implications.
The French Finance Minister on Thursday repeated his stance against the idea of Libra turning into a sovereign currency.
“My determination to make sure that Facebook’s Libra project does not become a sovereign currency that could compete with the currency of states is absolute. Because I will never accept that corporations could become private states,” Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said in a speech to the French Senate.
Le Maire addressed the Senate as the country prepares a touchy new tax to make tech giants, such as Facebook, Google and Amazon, pay more.
The legislature approved the levy in a move that the U.S. will unlikely keep calm about.
And it doesn’t stop there. The French bureaucrats are not the only ones doubting Facebook’s digital token.
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell appealed Facebook to stop plans for Libra.
Regulators want more explanation from the social network on sensitive matters, such as privacy and consumer protection.
“Libra raises serious concerns regarding privacy, money laundering, consumer protection, financial stability,” Powell said on Wednesday in congress.
U.K central bank chief Mark Carney restated his stance about Libra. He said Libra has to face the highest standards of regulations.
“It’s either successful or it isn’t. If it’s successful it becomes systemic, because it would involve a very large number of users. If you’re a systemic payment system, you have to be on all the time, you can’t have teething issues, you can’t have people losing money out of their wallets,” said Carney.
The G7 is forming a unit to weigh the risks of digital currencies, such as Facebook’s Libra, to the financial system. The Group of Seven consists of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the U.K., and the U.S.
Facebook said Libra is set to launch next year. But these regulatory notices cast doubt if the company can roll out its digital currency on time.
Facebook says a consortium oversees Libra. And it has the backing of Visa and MasterCard.
The social network says its digital token differs from Bitcoin, with the objective to sustain a stable value and foil the volatility felt by the latter.
Facebook touts Libra as a solution for people excluded from the financial system.
The World Bank recognizes that 1.7 billion adults have limited or no access to banking services.
Let’s not discount the moneymaking potential, as Facebook has developed its own digital wallet Calibra. And users can use the currency to transact within the company’s apps.
Facebook will compete with established money transfer firms in the multibillion dollar remittance market.
The World Bank estimates transfers to poor countries reached a record $529 billion in 2018.
Facebook has said it will address policymakers’ questions on its planned cryptocurrency.


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On Aug. 21, Athlete's Foot Brands became the latest global franchise to be gobbled up by financiers. But it wasn't a private-equity firm or hedge fund that bought the sneaker retailer for $52 million -- it was a small publicly traded company called NexCen Brands Inc., run by ambitious former investment banker Robert W. D'Loren. His goal: to cobble together an empire of widely recognized consumer companies based on the strength of their licensing. "I envision us to be the world's premier brand owner and manager," he says.
Others seem to share his vision. D'Loren merged his investment banking boutique, UCC Capital Corp., into financial company Aether Holdings Inc. and announced his brand-baron aspirations on June 7. Since then, major hedge funds such as D.E. Shaw, Ramius Capital Group, Soros Fund Management, Pequot Capital Management, and Citadel Investment Group have poured into the stock, sending it up 48%. (With the Athlete's Foot deal, Aether changed its name to NexCen.)
Athlete's Foot was first on D'Loren's agenda because of its reach, which spans 40 countries. D'Loren plans to transform the chain into a splashy sports-lifestyle hub by developing consumer brand products to sell through the franchise -- much like Starbucks Corp. (SBUX ) now sells everything from coffee to DVDs. But D'Loren isn't stopping there. From his office atop a skyscraper in midtown Manhattan, inside the former executive suites of onetime sprawling conglomerate ITT Corp., he recently ran through a three-page-long list of targets.
The plan is risky. D'Loren will try to parlay $130 million in cash on NexCen's balance sheet into a $700 million-or-so shopping spree, tapping the company's equity and taking on more debt to write the checks. But if his plans for fixing up companies don't gel quickly, all bets are off.
Still, D'Loren, the son of a stone mason from Long Island, has built his career on bold ideas. Back in 1999, while he was running UCC Capital, he dreamed up a new way for fashion designers like Bill Blass to raise money. Traditionally, they got financing based on their inventories; D'Loren told them they could raise money by bundling up their annual trademark revenues and selling them to investors. Other apparel designers and retailers quickly lined up. His approach was considered so unique that "I once described [D'Loren] to someone as the Michael Milken of trademark financing," says Oscar de la Renta Ltd. CEO Alexander L. Bolen, referring to how Milken pioneered the junk-bond market for struggling companies in the 1980s.
D'Loren's latest notion is that garment makers should outsource their manufacturing and become pure licensing businesses. He recently advised Neil Cole, the younger brother of shoe designer Kenneth D. Cole, on a string of acquisitions that transformed Cole's trendy teen-shoe maker Candie's Inc. into a diversified apparel-license outfit called Iconix Brand Group Inc. (ICON ). He also advised on Iconix' purchases of jeans maker Mudd (USA) this year and dress designer Badgley Mischka in 2004. Since the Mischka deal, Iconix' stock price has zoomed 230%.
D'Loren has also attempted to raise money for music composers by securitizing their copyright revenues -- with mixed results. He assisted a Nashville-based performing-rights organization in 1999 in raising $29 million. But he was sued by songwriter Annie Roboff after an attempt to raise financing for a songwriters' collective fell apart in 2004. According to her complaint, Roboff claimed she was fraudulently induced to transfer title to a number of her songs to the group, which then failed to manage them properly. The case has not yet been settled. "It was unfortunate, and I hope it will be resolved," says D'Loren.
Meantime, D'Loren is thinking about applying his approach to other industries, such as restaurant chains. "If you think about it," he says, "the intellectual property of restaurant franchises shouldn't be that different."
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This year, The Lawyer’s annual ranking of the largest UK law firms by turnover is available as an interactive, digital benchmarking tool. For the first time this will allow you to manipulate each data set against the metrics of your choice.
Whisky company William Grant & Sons has created a global general counsel role, hiring rated Coca-Cola Enterprises legal chief Eva Bishop to lead its new-look legal team.
Bishop will join the company at the start of next year. The current head of legal, Andrew McLean, will stay on at William Grant & Sons under Bishop.
She said: "It's a family-owned, very entrepreneurial and successful company. It's a rare gem for a lawyer to come in. There's lots of heritage to it."
Bishop added that she would grow the legal team to support the business. At the moment the company's lawyers consist of McLean, two paralegals and an in-house lawyer.
"The company now sells its products in 180 countries," said Bishop. "In terms of size of the legal team I'll need to see what the business requirements are."
Bishop has been head of legal and company secretary at Coca-Cola Enterprises for four years, joining from the Royal Mail Group where she was head of competition and regulation between 1998 and 2004. Coca Cola is still looking to replace Bishop.
William Grant & Sons owns whisky brands such as Grant's, Glenfiddich and Balvenie, as well as other spirits such as Hendrick's Gin and Monkey Shoulder bourbon.


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TANGANDA Tea Company Limited is set to list on the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange (ZSE) in early December following a spin-off from parent company, Meikles Limited (ZSE: MEIK), the two companies said in separate statements yesterday.
Zimbabwe’s most recognized tea brand said in a pre-listing statement that preliminary internal approvals were obtained in March, while the ZSE provisionally approved the proposal subject to the companies meeting certain conditions.
The deal will be put to a shareholder vote at an extraordinary general meeting set for November 18, after which Tanganda will begin trading on the ZSE.
“The proposed transaction will allow Meikles shareholders to hold a direct stake in Tanganda. A separate listing should be sought for Tanganda on the ZSE as an introduction, under the name ‘Tanganda Tea Company Limited’,” Meikles said.
In a separate statement, Tanganda said, “In this regard, the ZSE has indicated its approval, subject to the implementation of the proposed split for the admission of the entire issued share capital of Tanganda to the official list. pursuant to listing, on or about December 2, 2021.
“Upon implementation of the cash dividend, Meikles shareholders will receive their pro rata share of 100% of the Tanganda shares currently held directly by Meikles.”
“Subject to the completion of certain formalities, the Listing Committee of ZSE approved on October 11, 2021 the distribution of the Abbreviated Statement (Pre-Listing Statement), the Full Pre-Listing Statement as well as the listing of the ‘entirely issued share capital of Tanganda,’ the statement added.
Tanganda is one of the leading tea processing companies in the country and produces the popular Tanganda Tea brand on sprawling prime estates in the eastern districts of Zimbabwe.
Despite its massive operation spanning more than eight decades, the company had been indirectly listed through its influential parent company, Meikles.
Tanganda is one of many top Zimbabwean brands that may be ripe for public listing to reach their full potential.
In 2019, Tanganda’s chief financial officer, Henry Nemaire, revealed that the company had been saved from collapse after an overhaul of its business model from 2010 before recovering to regain its position, concluding agreements of millions of dollars, thanks to management’s quick response.


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The government will try to extend the duty-free trade regimes with the EU, USA and the UK
Next year, the Ministry of Economy will focus on supporting business and expanding export opportunities. This was stated by Deputy Minister of Economy – Trade Representative of Ukraine, Taras Kachka, during a discussion on the state of the Ukrainian economy in 2022. It is stated on the department’s website.
In particular, in 2023, the government will try to extend the duty-free trade regimes with the EU, USA and the UK for at least as long as the war lasts, and Ukrainian business needs support.
According to the trade representative of Ukraine, next year, the specialized department will also actively work on expanding Ukrainian exports.
“We are talking about the unblocking of Black Sea ports, in particular Mykolaiv, and the development of infrastructure in the west of Ukraine, in which business international financial organizations (primarily EBRD) are ready to help, which will finance the projects,” Taras Kachka noted in particular.
In addition, the goal for 2023 is to increase business assistance programs – “eRobota” grant programs and the “5-7-9” program. In the conditions of war, according to Taras Kachka, these are the most effective mechanisms that allow maintaining the economic activity of society.
As GMK Center reported earlier, in October 2022 the government planned to stimulate the process of creating joint railway checkpoints of Ukraine on the border with neighboring EU countries to speed up the logistics of domestic exporters. Yuliya Svyridenko, the First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy, announced this during a meeting with representatives of the steel industry and Ukrzaliznytsia.
Also, Ukrainian steel sector needs unlocking Black Sea ports. Monthly losses of exports of steel products from the country due to the blocking of ports reach $420 million.


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Capcom’s other survival horror franchise, Dino Crisis, might be getting some sort of new release in the form of a remake or an entirely new game.
Dino Crisis was created by Shinji Mikami, who is also regarded as the creator of Resident Evil, and released in 1999. The game lets you play as multiple characters as you try to survive an outbreak of dinosaurs on an island. The games have inspired other Capcom games, including Resident Evil, and one of its main characters, Regina, has appeared in Capcom’s tactical RPG, Namco x Capcom, and her outfit can be unlocked in Resident Evil 3: Nemesis as a bonus for Jill Valentine. The games have also entered the realm of comic books with the release of a six-part manhua, published by Jade Dynasty, a Hong Kong based company.
Rumors of a new Dino Crisis have been circulating for years and tend to pick up steam around game conferences such as E3 and Tokyo Game Show (which is to take place later this month). But nothing’s really happened, and Capcom’s always been sparse with information relating to the future of the series.
Metro recently sat down with producer Tsuyoshi Kanda and director Kazunori Kadoi to talk about Resident Evil 2’s upcoming remake and took the opportunity to ask about Dino Crisis.
“And just finally, the obvious question now that this is all going so well is how far will you go? If you’ve remade Resident Evil 2 do you remake Resident Evil 3 and so on afterwards? And *coughs* Dino Crisis?” asked Metro.
“At the moment we’re focused on finishing up Resident Evil 2, getting it out the door,” said Tsuyoshi Kanda. “But as a company we’ve always had a direction of using our legacy, and our existing masterpieces, and trying to find ways to utilise those assets that we have to bring in new players, who never discovered our games before. And that aspect of Capcom as a company is always going to be one of our strong directions.”
I hope to return to the world of Dino Crisis sooner rather than later. What about you?


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According to a feature in The Guardian, “English now represents just one language in an online linguistic elite.” The top 10 languages of English, Chinese, Spanish, Arabic, Portuguese, Japanese, Russian, German, French and Malaysian form 82% of all online content, according to the same source. And, it adds, “the universe of information on the internet looks very different from one language to the next,” implying that the collective experience of speakers of one language may be very different from that of another.
But why should publishers go to the trouble of translating their content for readers that they might not be able to monetize or even retain as long-term readers?
Translation as a venue for representation
Ethnologue, a leading language resource, says that there are 7,097 living languages in the world. Of this, roughly 40% are endangered or dying out, and 23 languages account for more than half of the world’s population.
Translation, when it’s used in digital media, can become an avenue for representation for minority languages, or underrepresented languages, keeping them in use and alive. From a different study, translation for minority languages becomes “a social act,” an act of bridging languages, rather than its more “canonical counterparts.” In representing language demographics that are often overlooked, the culture of those languages can become highlighted as well.
What translators like Translators Without Borders do is provide avenues for representation. Translators without Borders is a non-profit organization that focuses on critical humanitarian and international development efforts worldwide. They have translated over 50 million words for non-profit organizations, as part of humanitarian crisis response, and health and education programming, as well as putting minority languages in the forefront of the translation industry.
Translation services as a way for publishers to globalize
If translation can provide minority language and culture representation, on the other side of the spectrum, translation can also pave the way for globalization. It can be a way for news media to globalize, by providing translation in all aspects of their work: through website translation, document translation, marketing translation, interpretation, and more.
One example of a media organization that has successfully globalized is the British Broadcasting Company (BBC). The BBC reaches 279 million people worldwide via TV, online, apps, and social media. It uses translation to globalize and operates in more than 40 languages around the world from Pidgin to Korean.
Translation as a solution for rare languages
Translation services can help rare languages thrive and prosper – for example, Inuktitut and Cherokee – as well as help publishers serve these communities better. They also provide a way to preserve rare languages for future generations. Translation services are also a way to localize different languages and add a strong cultural component. For example, The Guardian’s Australian edition has localized into Australian culture, while using strictly Australian English.
According to CSA translation research, “Fortune 500 companies were reported to be 2.04 times more likely to improve profits and 1.27 times more likely to generate more earnings per share when they invested in translation services.” And according to Adotas, “86% of localized mobile advertisements performed better than their English counterparts, showing a 22% and 42% increase in conversion and click-through rates respectively.”
In short, by translating or localizing into different languages, publishers can extend their global footprint in a way that honours and respects local cultures, which in turn helps drive reader engagement. The wider societal impact of preserving local culture also can’t be underestimated…
Ofer Tirosh, CEO
Tomedes, one of the world’s leading translation services, broadens the horizons of publisher clients by providing language solutions that empower digital businesses to expand internationally.


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It’s official: Chipotle coming to downtown Louisville
Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc. has signed a lease and begun construction for its first restaurant in Louisville.
The Denver-based company’s first location in Louisville will be at 315 S. Fourth St., in a 2,905-square-foot space attached to the Hyatt Regency Louisville.
A building permit filed by Mark-L Inc. calls for $300,000 in renovation and “tenant fit up” work at the address.
On Wednesday, workers with Lambert Glass Co. Inc. and David Construction Inc. were working at the site.
Chris Arnold, communications director for Chipotle, said in an e-mail responding to Business First inquiries that he expects the restaurant to open in mid-2013.
In May, Business First reported that the Hyatt and Chipotle were negotiating a lease agreement for the location.
Officials with Hyatt could not immediately be reached to discuss the lease agreement.
Qdoba Mexican Grill, a restaurant chain similar to Chipotle, operates a location across the street from where the Chipotle is planned.
“Our restaurants do well in a number of very competitive markets and individual locations, regardless of who those competitors might be,” Arnold said in his e-mail.
Through Sept. 30, Chipotle (NYSE: CMG) had opened 123 restaurants this year, bringing the total restaurant count to 1,350, according to its third-quarter earnings report.
Chipotle expects to open 165 to 180 new restaurants next year.
Arnold said the company doesn’t talk about plans for specific locations planned for markets until the company has signed a lease agreement, and currently Chipotle does not have any other lease agreements signed in Louisville.
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World leading automaker Toyota is poised to enter Myanmar market first with trucks and commercial vehicles, Eleven Media Group reported.
The Japanese company is conducting surveys at factories and workshops in Myanmar to export trucks and vehicles to the Southeast Asian country, according to an official of Toyota Tsusho Corporation.
The corporation has its office at Sedona Hotel in Yangon, the commercial hub of Myanmar.
Forklifts and other functional trucks will become first Toyota exports to the country of which the Foreign Investment Law was just approved by parliament.
Toyota sees prospects in manufacturing industry which is expected to experience a boom with a flurry of foreign investments after the enactment of the FDI law.


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CLEVELAND — Headed into the upcoming season with a new name and logos, Cleveland's Major League Baseball team had some decisions to make about the in-game gear. On Monday morning, the Cleveland Guardians released the official on-field hat players will wear in 2022.
The hat features the re-vamped block C with the Guardians new font.
The official on-field hat of the Cleveland Guardians has arrived!— Cleveland Guardians (@CleGuardians) January 24, 2022
Get yours now at the Progressive Field Team Store. pic.twitter.com/wVoxxCydok
The official on-field hats are now available for fans to purchase at the Progressive Field Team Store and are expected online Monday as well.
Other logos that have been released by the team include a winged G and the Guardians script.
According to the team, they hope to have the hats with the winged G logo available before Opening Day, but they won't be an official on-field cap.
As for jerseys, the team is expecting to have that merchandise available closer to the season, but with the MLB lockout ongoing, no specific players can be used to promote any merchandise.
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Every year sports tickets are a topic of discussion in budgeting. It is vital companies are making decisions based on tangible data during today’s economy.
Calabasas, CA (PRWEB) November 29, 2012
Spotlight Ticket Management announced today a year end promotion encouraging businesses to demand more from their sports tickets and suites in 2013 with three months of SpotlightTMS free. Spotlight believes December to be an important month for sports ticket management as businesses plan for the coming year and use up leftover 2012 budget.
“The end of the year is a great time to kick off ticket management as budgets are resetting and firms need more from their current assets,” said Spotlight CEO Tony Knopp. “It’s a time of hard decisions: what to cut and what to keep. We are offering such an aggressive discount on our most popular product as we want companies to get more from their current assets starting with 2013.”
In today’s economic climate, sports and concert tickets and luxury suite are a common topic during planning. “Every year sports tickets are a topic of discussion in budgeting. It is vital companies are making decisions based on tangible data during today’s economy” said sports business expert Jimmy Lynn, Managing Partner, JLynn Associates.
Spotlight simplifies tickets by allowing users to request and buy tickets on their mobile phone, in their CRM as an official Salesforce.com partner, or right in their inbox with the new Spotlight for Microsoft Outlook add-in.
The promotion is simple: sign up for Spotlight Ticket Management prior to January 1, 2013 and receive the first three months free. No payment will be due until April 1st for all new customers. “This is a great opportunity for firms recognizing they are punishing their staff with outdated spreadsheets and confusing processes to make the move so many global companies have already made,” said Knopp.
Spotlight Ticket Management is a SaaS provider helping companies like AT&T, HP, Oracle, and hundreds more with their sports and concert suites and tickets since 2007 while partnering with top legal and accounting experts to tackle the multiple regulations around tickets. Spotlight partners with over 50 teams and venues to help with tickets and recently reported record growth numbers.
“We believe this is just the incentive for those that know they need more from their tickets,” said Knopp. “Tickets can finally mean business in 2013.”
Spotlight Ticket Management (http://www.SpotlightTMS.com) is where tickets mean business. Spotlight makes company tickets simple by enabling companies to measure the business impact of sports and entertainment assets while staying compliant.
Described as “Necessary in Business” by CNBC, Spotlight Ticket Management offers a variety of software products and services to help companies of all sizes use the tickets they own, buy the tickets they need, and stay compliant to all federal, state, and local regulation without adding another layer of red-tape or confusing software.
Spotlight makes tickets available where the business user lives; whether in their CRM, Inbox, or through their team and venue partners. Spotlight partners with over 50 professional sports teams and venues as well as industry leading partners Salesforce.com and Concur. The company is based in Calabasas, CA.


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Running a diesel engine on a plant-based fuel is hardly a new idea. One of the early demonstrations carried out by Rudolph Diesel, the German engineer who invented the engines at the end of the 19th century, operated on pure peanut oil. Diesel fuel made from crude oil eventually won the day because it was easier to use and cheaper to produce. But new forms of biodiesel are now starting to change the picture again. One of them is derived from the remains of a drink enjoyed the world over: coffee.
Biodiesels are becoming increasingly popular. In America, Minnesota has decreed that all diesel sold in the state must contain 2% biodiesel (much of it from the crops grown by the state’s soya farmers). Biodiesel can also be found blended into the fuel used by public and commercial vehicles and by trains in a number of countries. Aircraft-engine makers are testing biofuel blends. As with other biofuels, the idea is that making fuel from plants, which absorb carbon dioxide as they grow, will produce fewer emissions than burning fossil fuels.
In the case of coffee, the biodiesel is made from the leftover grounds, which would otherwise be thrown away or used as compost. Narasimharao Kondamudi, Susanta Mohapatra and Manoranjan Misra of the University of Nevada at Reno have found that coffee grounds can yield 10-15% of biodiesel by weight relatively easily. And when burned in an engine the fuel does not have an offensive smell—just a whiff of coffee. (Some biodiesels made from used cooking-oil produce exhaust that smells like a fast-food joint.) And after the diesel has been extracted, the coffee grounds can still be used for compost.
The researchers’ work began two years ago when Dr Misra, a heavy coffee drinker, left a cup unfinished and noticed the next day that the coffee was covered by a film of oil. Since he was investigating biofuels, he enlisted his colleagues to look at coffee’s potential. The nearby Starbucks was happy to oblige by supplying grounds. The researchers found that coffee biodiesel is comparable to the best biodiesels on the market. But unlike biodiesels based on soya or other plants, it does not divert crops or land from food production into fuel production.
A further advantage is that unmodified oils from plants, like the peanut oil used by Diesel in the 19th century, have high viscosity and require engine alterations. Diesel derived from coffee is less thick and can usually be burned in an engine with little or no tinkering.


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Restaurant offers Sensory Hour for customers with autism
TODAY a Sydney restaurant on a ground-breaking mission of inclusion will host its first Sensory Hour for customers with autism and their families.
Part of the Rashays Casual Dining chain of 22 restaurants and four food court locations, the Punchbowl restaurant’s Sensory Hours will be every Wednesday from 5pm to 6pm.
To lessen the problematic sensory impact of the restaurant, lights will be dimmed, and electronics and noisy machinery will be turned off.
The extra staff and extra support required to initiate the Sensory Hour activities means there is additional financial cost to the restaurant.
However, Rashays sees that as a long-term investment resulting in more customers accessing its restaurants and a more inclusive and happy community overall.
“Our aim is to be the most inclusive restaurant in Australia,” Punchbowl store owner Bashar Krayem said.
Sensory Hour follows a recent move to make all Rashays restaurants “deaf friendly” by 2019.
Staff are being taught Auslan, (Australian sign language) and working to reduce the barriers for members of the deaf community seeking to access the restaurant.
Profits, willingness to spend locally
Sean Williamberg, inclusion officer at the NSW Business Chamber and former restaurant owner, said inclusive restaurants mean happier communities resulting in a more productive society and willingness to spend locally.
“Profitability from making a restaurant more inclusive triples on average as most of us do like to access restaurants with at least two other people,” Mr Williamberg said.
The Sensory Hour dinner was inspired by the Maori word for autism, “Takiwatanga”, — which means his/her own time — and the teaching of Islam to look after your peers.
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Danube has reached the skies with its latest branding.
The property developer is known for their big outdoor campaigns across the city, including the prancing woman in the red dress.
Now, the group has added another feather to its cap by taking it to the skies.
The group has launched its own branding on Indian airlines SpiceJet’s livery, along with the tagline, “1% Man – Rizwan Sajan”, referring to the group’s Founder and chairman.
The company’s Linkedin account, Danube Home, posted a video showcasing the branding on the airplane’s side.
The posts caption said, “Our founder and chairman, Rizwan Sajan, a.k.a the 1% man, is now taking over the skies!
“From humble beginnings to becoming an icon and inspiration to all, we are so proud and honored to be led by such a visionary leader. Onwards and upwards!”
The video showcased the entire process of the branding on the aircraft along with the final result.
Spicejet’s Danube branded livery sports Sajan’s name and position along with a large image of image.
It also features the logo of Danube properties and its additional details.
The entire branding is underscored by the words “1% Man” which is highlighted in a red box.
The 1% theme is line with the company’s recent launch of its new property, Eleganz.
Advertisements for the property similarly showcase a 1% per month campaign which promotes its 1% per cent payment plans, post down-payment, for the property.
Danube has been on a roll with branding, not only has it taken over several outdoor media across the UAE, but it has also partnered with several brands to launch branded residences.
Recently, it also announced a collaboration with Fashion TV to launch a new collection of home decor.


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Another giant leap forward for virtual mankind
Yesterday Microsoft unveiled their new control system Kinect. Are these the videogames of the future? And could games ever get too good?
There was lots of buzz among technology reporters yesterday as the E3 videogames convention got into full swing in Los Angeles. Games developers from across the world are showing off their latest creations, but the biggest splash is a new games controller from Microsoft, christened Kinect.
After a glitzy launch party with celebrity guests and live performance from Cirque du Soleil, Kinect was the centrepiece of the Microsoft press conference. Executives also announced a string of new games, specially designed for the revolutionary system.
What makes Kinect so special? The answer is that it marks a big change in the way we interact with computers. Instead of using the clunky joysticks and buttons of traditional gaming, Kinect users will be able to control the action onscreen just by moving their bodies or gesturing with their hands.
Previous attempts at so-called “motion control”, such as Nintendo Wii, have all required the player to hold a special remote, linked to the games console. Kinect is the first device to do away with remotes altogether. Instead, a special 3D camera analyses the player’s movements and automatically translates them into the virtual world of the game.
As games have developed, technology has transformed too. Ten years ago, a top console had 4 megabytes of RAM memory. Modern consoles have 512 megabytes. Early games were nothing more than a few pixels on a screen. Now, developers are producing titles in high definition 3D.
Devices like Kinect let us engage with computer simulations in a deeper way than ever before, while advanced 3D displays create a stronger and more powerful illusion.
Could we be losing touch with reality? Some warn that when virtual worlds become too addictive, we might abandon the real world altogether, to spend our time in high tech computer simulations.
But others think virtual reality offers a way to escape the constraints of everyday life. When our minds are transplanted, they say, from so-called “meatspace” to the virtual world, there our imaginations can truly be free.
- If someone has an exciting happy life, with lots of adventure and activity, does it matter if that life takes place in a virtual world? What makes the real, physical world so special?
- Videogames often let us do things that would be dangerous or forbidden in the real world. Do you think that they might affect people’s real-world behaviour?
- Design your own computer game for the new Kinect. Draw a poster to promote the game and prepare a marketing pitch for potential buyers of your design.
Some People Say...
“I beat the people from China. I win against China. You can win against China if you're smart.”Donald Trump
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John McAfee has made a name for himself in the cybersecurity arena but he’s being gaining popularity for his antics recently more than his work in this space. He appears to have been working silently on a new device which he claims is the “world’s first truly private smartphone.” McAfee claims that this smartphone will be the most hack-proof handset ever manufactured.
“Enormous investment in hardware costs have gone into this,” McAfee says, adding that the handset has a bank of switches on the back cover which enable the user to physically disconnect the battery, the antennas for Wi-Fi, geolocation, and Bluetooth.
The switches can also be used to disconnect the camera and microphone. “It also will not allow the phone to connect to a Stingray or any other IMSI catcher device. In addition, it contains a web search anonymizer,” he explains.
McAfee is planning to release the John McAfee Privacy Phone later this year under the umbrella of MGT which is a cybersecurity firm that he heads.
This product isn’t geared towards the average consumer, seeing as how it costs $1,100, it will be marketed to enterprise customers.
It was confirmed by Microsoft last year that premium audio brand Harman Kardon is working on a new smart speaker that’s powered by its artificial intelligence assistant Cortana. It didn’t reveal much information about this product but the teaser video that it shared made it seem like the speaker, called Invoke, would be quite similar to the Amazon Echo as far as its form factor goes. The company also said back then that the speaker would be released at some point in 2017.
It was only revealed earlier this month that this smart speaker is going to be called Invoke and that it’s even going to have Skype integration which would enable users to make voice calls.
According to a new report, Microsoft has released a new update for its Cortana app to some users. The updated app comes with a Devices section that reveals more information about the Invoke.
It reveals that the smart speaker will be able to function with several music streaming services like Spotify, Pandora, Microsoft Groove, iHeart Radio, TuneIn, and more. This is surely a good sign.
Microsoft is not going to close off the smart speaker or limit its access to services that it owns. Users love having a choice and its good that they’ll have quite a few of them when they want to stream music using the Invoke.
Facebook Messenger Lite was launched for Android late last year. The lightweight app is meant to provide the Messenger experience to more users across the globe irrespective of how old their smartphone is. Facebook says that enabling those users to access Messenger is very important to the company. Back then it had only made Messenger Lite available to a handful of countries. Facebook today confirmed that Messenger Lite is now available in more than 150 countries across the globe.
It’s evident from the app’s name that this is a lightweight version of the Messenger app. Given Android’s penchant for fragmentation, there are countless devices out there that may not have the hardware required to run the main Messenger app.
To ensure that users with such smartphones aren’t deprived of the Messenger experience, Facebook came up with Messenger Lite. This app requires less processing power and memory to function. It even requires less data than the main app.
Messenger Lite’s reach is being expanded today. David Marcus, the product manager for Messenger, confirmed on Facebook that Messenger Lite is now available in 150 additional countries including Germany, Colombia, Italy, Vietnam, Algeria, Morocco, Nigeria, Peru, Turkey, Japan, Taiwan and the Netherlands.
Since this is a lightweight version of the main app, several features like Messenger Day, enhanced camera effects, and more are predictably missing. However, it does allow users to keep in touch with friends and family which is what many people use Messenger for in the first place.
Quite a few Galaxy S8 early adopters started complaining recently about a reddish tint on the display of their new smartphone. The problem isn’t widespread and many haven’t experienced it at all while others are experiencing varying degrees of a red tint on their Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+. Samsung has previously clarified that this is not due to a hardware issue and that it will fix the issue via a software update. That update is now being rolled out.
Samsung said earlier this week that it would fix Galaxy S8 display reddish tint issue by sending out a software update which will allow users to tune their device’s display to their preference. It also said that those who were still not satisfied after the update would be entitled to a replacement device.
The company is now rolling out this software update in its home market of South Korea. It brings two new options for the screen mode settings which include a full screen color balance option and a screen edge color balance options. These options can be used to adjust the red tint and also fix the off-angle shift in color on the edges of the Galaxy S8’s display.
Razer offers some great products for gamers and today it’s out with another one. It’s a wireless mouse. Wireless mice make perfect sense for gamers as there are no cables that can get in the way but they’ve almost always faced issues with latency or connectivity. These issues are compounded in scenarios where interference is high which is more than likely in a professional gaming tournament. Razer claims that its new Lancehead mouse doesn’t suffer from these problems.
The company says that the Lancehead wireless gaming mouse relies on frequency hopping in the 2.4GHz band to minimize interference. Razer also claims that this mouse is going to outperform every other wireless gaming mouse when it comes to lag-free performance.
As far as the specifications are concerned, the Razer Lancehead features a true 16,000 DPI sensor that is capable of tracking 210 inches per second. It can tackle 50G acceleration which is amazing, to say the least.
Equipped with Razer Mechanical Mouse Switches, it has dedicated buttons for switching sensitivity as well as extra programmable buttons. There’s even internal memory that the mouse uses to save and sync settings offline.
It was reported a few months ago that Apple was working on its own peer-to-peer money transfer service to rival the likes of Venmo. The service would presumably exist under the Apple Pay umbrella, enabling users to easily and quickly transfer money to each other in a manner not too different from Square Cash and Venmo. According to a new report, Apple’s work on this payment transfer service still continues.
Re/code reports that Apple has been having discussions with the payment industry about the service that it’s building. The report claims that this service might be launched as early as this year.
Much like Venmo and its competitors, Apple’s new service would enable iPhone users to transfer money to each other quickly using their mobile phones. Apple has reportedly held talks with Visa for a prepaid debit card service which would be tied to peer-to-peer payment transfers.
This might result in a Visa debit card co-branded with Apple which will enable the company’s users to even make purchases at retailers using their cards.
It’s not like Apple is going to have an open playing field if it does launch such a service. The market is already crowded by companies like Square Cash, PayPal, Venmo, and even Facebook.
For the past few months now we’ve been hearing all kinds of rumors and reports about the iPhone 8. At that time the rumor mill appeared to be in consensus that Apple was going to release this iPhone later on in 2017. Over the past few weeks, we’ve started seeing reports that question whether or not the iPhone 8 will be out this year. Various reasons are being provided, including but not limited to supply shortages of the OLED display panel. A new report brings gossip from Apple’s contract iPhone manufacturer from Foxconn which will have us believe that the iPhone 8 won’t be launched this year at all.
The report, based on unsubstantiated gossip from inside Foxconn, claims that Apple is not going to release the iPhone 8 this year. Foxconn is Apple’s main contract manufacturer for the iPhone so it’s not like people who are working in its factories don’t know bits and pieces about what’s going on as far as new iPhone are concerned.
The scuttlebutt from inside Foxconn will have you believe that Apple has only placed orders for the iPhone 7s and iPhone 7s Plus this year. It’s even claimed that the packaging materials for these units will start arriving in Foxconn’s factories by the end of June.
Recent reports have claimed that supply issues might force Apple to delay the iPhone 8 to 2018. Whether or not that really ends up happening remains to be seen. It’s not like we can ever expect the company to comment on such rumors.
Amazon proved with its Echo lineup of devices that there’s significant demand for devices in the market that are powered by artificial intelligence smart assistants and are always listening for the user’s voice commands. We’ve seen similar products from Google and even Microsoft is working on one that’s backed by its Cortana assistant. Previous reports have suggested that Apple is developing a similar product which will be backed by Siri. A new report claims that Apple is now close to finalizing the design of this device.
The report claims that Apple is finalizing the design for its much-rumored Amazon Echo rival and that it’s going to have support for both Siri and AirPlay. If it does have support for AirPlay, the device will be able to allow users to stream their radio, music, and podcasts to Apple’s new device over Wi-Fi.
It may even have Beats technology which will enable it to provide a quality audio experience. Apple may market this product as a Siri/AirPlay device. It may run a version of iOS. No further details have been provided about this product at this point in time so it’s too soon to be certain about its specifications.
Video replays are common in almost every other sport that’s played professionally but not soccer, which is also known as football in many parts of the world. Traditionalists have almost always frowned upon using video replays to question the call made by a referee on the ground. However, after more than a decade of considering whether or not video replays should be allowed in professional soccer matches, the sport’s governing body FIFA has confirmed that the 2018 FIFA World Cup will be the first ever world cup in which video replays will be used.
FIFA has been considering the technology for quite some time. Calls to integrated the technology into games picked up steam when flubbed calls sent England and Mexico packing erroneously in the 2010 World Cup
The video replay technology has already been implemented at many stages of professional soccer but it has so far been missing from the biggest stage that the sport has to offer. For example, instant video replays have been available in general soccer matches since last year.
FIFA President Gianni Infantino today confirmed that on-field instant video replays will be available in the World Cup for the first time in 2018 when Russia will be hosting the tournament.
A new report today claims that Apple is going to introduce a revamped version of its popular music streaming service with the next major update for iOS. It’s said that iOS 11 is going to bring a revamped version of Apple Music that’s going to focus more on video content. The report mentions that the revamped Apple Music might host up to 10 original series by the end of this year.
Apple has evidently been working on shoring up its video content. It has created documentaries on Cash Money Records and Clive Davis, it acquired Carpool Karaoke, and it’s even producing a pitch-off series filled with celebrities.
Apple has also announced that a show called Can’t Stop Won’t Stop from Live Nation will be exclusive to Apple Music as well. Bloomberg reports today that Apple is also developing a show based on the co-founder of Beats Music Dr. Dre. A possible sequel to R. Kelly’s rap opera Trapped in the Closet might be considered as well.
Given that it’s going to increase its focus on emphasis, one can expect the app to get an overhauled user interface as well to put video content front and center.


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MILAN, July 24 (Reuters) - Italy’s Indesit said on Wednesday its net loss doubled in the second quarter and it forecast a 3 to 4 percent drop in revenue this year as demand for its refrigerators and stoves fails to improve.
Indesit said at the start of June that the weak economy was forcing it to cut one third of its workforce in Italy and shift some Italian operations to emerging markets.
The plan has caused strikes and protests - the appliances sector is Italy’s second-largest employer - and the company is in talks with the government and trade unions.
Indesit reported sales of 646.5 million euros ($855 million) in the second quarter, down 5.6 percent from a year earlier.
It posted a loss of 21 million euros, double the figure recorded in the second quarter of 2012.
The company said it expected net financial debt to grow in 2013. Net financial debt was 520 million as of June 30.
“For the rest of 2013 we expect demand to remain weak and we reiterate the company’s commitment to safeguard the group’s profitability,” said Indesit CEO Marco Milani in a statement, vowing to continue with the plan to cut staff.
The plan entails moving to Poland and Turkey the production of goods now manufactured in Italy that are exported to Eastern Europe. ($1 = 0.7565 euros) (Reporting by Francesca Landini and Elisa Anzolin; editing by Tom Pfeiffer)


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Walt Disney Co. President and CEO Bob Iger learned about it 10 minutes before announcing to the Walt Disney Company $ 7.4 billion acquisition of Pixar that Steve Jobs's cancer had returned with a vengeance.
That's just one of the revelations in his new Random House memoir, with the first excerpt shown today on Vanity Fair's website. The Memoirs, The Ride of A Lifetime: Lessons Learned from 15 Years as CEO of Walt Disney Company, comes out later this month.
In Vanity Fair excerpt, Iger talked about his conversation with Jobs, which left him stunned just minutes before the contract was due to be published. But Iger had a close relationship with Jobs and believed that the business could go on even with the mercurial Jobs who was struggling with his illness.
He also talked about whether Jobs had lived, Disney may have eventually merged with Apple, a somewhat surprising take, given that the two are now streaming media rivals, with Iger resigning from the Apple board last week to avoid a conflict.
"I think if Steve was still alive we would have combined our companies, or at least discussed the possibility very seriously," Iger said in Vanity Fair.
He also noted that the relationship between the two companies was lousy before he came on board , with Jobs at a time promising he would never deal with Disney again. [1


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Hyundai's biggest auto plants output hit due to strike by South Korean truckers
Hyundai's production at its biggest manufacturing complex came down to half due to component shortages, a consequence of a strike by South Korea's truckers'. Around 8,100 members of the Cargo Truckers Solidarity union called for a strike to protest against the rising cost of fuel. The move disrupted the production and slowed work at ports. It is being feared that this might stress the already affected global supply chain.
According to a Reuters report, around 1,000 truckers started a strike at Hyundai's production facility located in Ulsan on Friday. Hyundai's Ulsan factory, before the strike began, had been running at almost full capacity. Though Hyundai shared about the disruption caused by the strike, the automaker refused to provide details. “There are some disruptions in our production due to the truckers strike, and we hope production would be normalised as soon as possible," said a Hyundai Motor's spokesperson.
Hyundai Ulsan factory manufactures about 6,000 units of 17 kinds of vehicles a day. This includes the Genesis SUV and its electric vehicle, Ioniq 5. Hyundai Motor's union official added, “Workers at Hyundai Motor's Ulsan factories normally work for two hours and have a 10-minutes break, but with current component procurement issues, factory workers were working only sporadically."
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South Korea is one of the major suppliers of semiconductors, smartphones, autos, batteries and electronics goods. This latest development can further rise the uncertainty and stress the global supply chain that has already been disrupted due to the pandemic and the Russian-Ukraine war. South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol said the current labour conflicts should be handled by law and principle. Kim Gyeong-dong, a trucker union official, mentioned that the union ran out of funds and hence will not be able to continue the strike for more than 10 more days. The truckers are demanding a pay hike and a pledge that an emergency measure guaranteeing freight rates would be extended.


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Import prices fell 0.5% in October
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, import prices fell 0.5% in October as compared to a fall of 0.6% in September 2015. This was mainly attributed to falling prices for both fuel and nonfuel imports. Continuing this trend, fuel import prices fell further by 2.0% in October. Petroleum prices fell 2.1%, whereas natural gas prices fell 2.5%. Fuel prices have fallen steeply by 46.6% over the past 12 months. Declining demand and oversupply have resulted in a fall in petroleum prices by 48.0% and natural gas prices by 30.3% from a year ago. Fuel is a major import item, and with falling fuel costs, import prices fell 10.5% in October from a year ago.
USO falls with fuel import prices
With falling fuel prices, the United States Oil Fund (USO) has fallen 51.7% YoY (year-over-year) as of November 10. ExxonMobil Corporation (XOM), Chevron Corporation (CVX), ConocoPhillips (COP), and Occidental Petroleum Corporation (OXY) have fallen 13.7%, 20.8%, 23.2%, and 10.3%, respectively, YoY as of November 10.
Strong dollar impacting exports of consumer goods and automotive vehicles
The PowerShares DB US Dollar Bullish ETF (UUP) has risen 10.8% YoY with the rising dollar. The strong dollar has weakened US export competitiveness. Export prices, which have fallen 6.7% over the past 12 months, fell 0.2% in October. The fall in export prices was mainly due to lower prices for both agricultural and nonagricultural exports. While agricultural exports fell 0.1% in October, nonagricultural exports fell 0.3% with the fall in prices for industrial supplies and materials, consumer goods, and automotive vehicles.
The fall in import and export prices suggests that the global economic outlook remains subdued with falling crude prices and the slowdown in emerging economies. The Fed may consider lower price pressure when deciding on a rate hike this December.
Like price pressure, sales and inventories are crucial and may influence future economic growth. We’ll explore wholesale trade sales and inventory data in detail in the next article of this series.


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Eidoo has launched a new “blockchain asset experience,” designed with the goal to create a secure way for the masses to buy, sell, store, transfer and exchange blockchain-based digital assets. Eidoo’s integrated multi-currency wallet, hybrid exchange and Initial Coin Offering (ICO) engine is said to be a single “clean and easy-to-use mobile app.” Initially catering for Ethereum and all ERC20 tokens, Eidoo plans to add Bitcoin by Q1 2018 and will cater for many more cryptocurrencies in the future.
The launch follows an ICO where Eidoo reports it raised €20 million “within hours.” Launched on October 4th, at an exchange rate of $2.30 or 130 EDO tokens per ETH, approximately 80,000 in ether was raised. Eido says this significant interest in their ICO comes as total cryptocurrency market capitalization hits $151 Billion, up from $17 Billion at the beginning of the year. The ICO remains open until October 16th.
Founded by Natale Ferrara, the project is being developed by the Switzerland-based company with team that includes co-founders Marco Polci (a smart contract and token security audit expert) and Ferrara (also a co-founder of Blockchain Invest) as CTO and CFO respectively, plus senior advisor Paolo Rebuffo.
The Eidoo wallet is an evolving suite of products and services that currently includes an ICO engine enabling users to directly participate in ICOs from the app and a hybrid exchange which runs on the lightening network. The Eidoo road map also includes the launch of a Decentralized Market where users will be able to exchange generic goods and services in a decentralized and provably honest way using either an HSM or escrow system.
“The Eidoo project is dedicated to creating an effective blockchain-to-human interface that simplifies the interaction between users and blockchain-based assets without compromising the available technology. We are creating a single, easy-to-use, intuitive environment that caters for all possible cryptocurrency needs and we are delighted that thousands of people already back our vision, as expressed through the €20M in token sales we generated in the first few hours of the ICO. It’s an ambitious project, in a hugely dynamic world, but with our team of experts we will continue to evolve and improve technological efficiency, security and user experience. We’re hugely excited to bring the crypto world to the masses,” says Thomas Bertani, Eidoo CEO.
In a jab directed towards Jamie Dimon, CEO of JPM Chase, who recently bashed cryptocurrencies as a fraud, Eidoo published an advertisement in the print product of WSJ.com. That’s one way to get the attention of the analog finance world.
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ICICI Direct has given Buy recommendation for TCNS Clothing with a target price of Rs. 970 in its research report issued on Feb 14, 2021
ICICI Direct’s research report on TCNS Clothing
Given its multi-distribution channel approach and robust supply chain infrastructure, TCNS has emerged as the market leader in women’s ethnic space through its three popular home grown brands. TCNS follows an asset light business model, with production outsourced on a job work basis. This enables the company to generate high RoIC Healthy balance sheet with cash reserves worth Rs 180 crore
We maintain BUY recommendation on the stock We value TCNS at Rs 970 i.e. 3.5x FY24E EV/sales.
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At 13:01 hrs TCNS Clothing Co was quoting at Rs 670.00, down Rs 0.40, or 0.06 percent.
It has touched an intraday high of Rs 754.00 and an intraday low of Rs 651.30.
It was trading with volumes of 3,052 shares, compared to its thirty day average of 3,026 shares, an increase of 0.84 percent.
In the previous trading session, the share closed up 0.22 percent or Rs 1.45 at Rs 670.40.
The share touched its 52-week high Rs 932.55 and 52-week low Rs 398.00 on 17 November, 2021 and 17 February, 2021, respectively.
Currently, it is trading 28.15 percent below its 52-week high and 68.34 percent above its 52-week low.
Market capitalisation stands at Rs 4,125.63 crore.


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Citizens of Grand Bassa County decry serious economic hardship in the county characterized by unemployment and increase in food and basic commodity prices.Here in Monrovia, gasoline price has increased from 540 Liberian Dollars to 700 LRD, amid artificial shortage characterized by hike in transport fares. TOTAL, a leading petroleum importer and distributor in the region, is scaling down from the counties.
President George Manneh Weah has constituted a Business Climate Working Group to identify quick “low-hanging fruits” in the business climate and deliver them in the shortest possible time, accompanied by an action plan. The President mandates the group to report in three weeks.
But narrating their plight from the county live via OK FM on Tuesday, 23 October they lament that life is unbearable for the ordinary person in Grand Bassa as a result of the lack of jobs.
“Grand Bassa is very hard right now, our husbands are not working because no company here to prove jobs for them. I will come in the market early morning to sell but we don’t make money anyway, the U.S. [exchange] rate is very high here, so the goods prices are high too,” a marketer narrates.
Sandy Gray, a marketer in Buchanan City similarly decries that life has become so difficult to an extent that citizens cannot even afford the country’s stable food (rice) and are now living on Fufu pounded cassava, including farina daily.
“Grand Bassa is very harder than ever before, we are suffering here; we the students that are selling in the market can only fight to get our recess on a daily basis because when the people bring the goods from rural Bassa, they complain of paying lot of transportation fares due to the bad road condition. We buy these pepper from the people at a high rate and sell for 20 to 25 Liberian Dollars per pile,” Sandy Gray continues.
A local retail fish seller says a cartoon of fish (Herring) previously sold for 2,500 Liberian dollars now costs 4,000 Liberian Dollars, while other species of fish that were sold for 3,500 Liberian Dollars per cartoon now costs 8,500. A retail cup of rice is being sold for 50 Liberian Dollars, while Vita Cube previous sold for five 10 Liberian Dollars, is now three cubes for 25 Liberian Dollars, respectively.
Another marketer only identified as Rachel, says another means of livelihood in the county is to credit goods from local importers, sell and later repay, explaining they are unable to secure loads from commercial banks for fear of not being able to pay back.
“They are the same people making zogoes them getting plenty in the country than they say that pro poor government. I have to sell roasting pepper before I can pay my children’s school fees and feed my family. The U.S. rate is causing serious problem for us; we are calling on the President to do something about the exchange rate, we need to live,” Rachel emphasizes.
Grand Bassa County Superintendent Janjay Baikpeh concedes some of the comments made by the citizens are realistic, but others were unrealistic, pointing out that the CDC-led government has just gone nine months in power.
He calls on the people of Bassa to exercise patience, disclosing that government, through his office, has lots of things in stored for the country, but transformation does not happen overnight.
By Ben P. Wesee-Editing by Jonathan Browne


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Major League Wrestling issued the following press release giving more details about their alliance with Japanese promotion Dragon Gate.
As we reported over the weekend following a tweet from Major League Wrestling (MLW) Founder / CEO Court Bauer, independent promotions MLW and Dragon Gate Pro-Wrestling have announced a new working relationship.
On Monday, an official press release was issued to formally announce the new business arrangement, as well as to shed some light on their strategic alliance and how that will be handled going forward.
Check out the complete press release below.
- KOBE, JAPAN / NEW YORK — Major League Wrestling and Dragon Gate Pro-Wrestling of Japan today announced the formation of a strategic alliance.
MLW and Dragon Gate Pro-Wrestling will fuse forces to launch a new collaboration focused on a talent exchange and opportunities to share content and participate in other projects.
"The collaboration between MLW and Dragon Gate is a very special opportunity to produce unique events, showcase spectacular talent and create a new canvas for Japanese and American cooperation," said Court Bauer, CEO and founder of MLW. "We are ecstatic about this partnership."
Dragon Gate is a world-renowned wrestling organization based out of Kobe, Japan that has revolutionized wrestling.
Transcending traditional Japanese wrestling with its distinct mixture of strong style wrestling and Mexican lucha libre, Dragon Gate is a spectacular packaging unlike any other Japanese organization.
With popular wrestlers such as Ben-K, YAMATO, Shun Skywalker and Narauki Doi among others, Dragon Gate delights fans around the world with their thrilling high-flying acrobatics and inventive moves.
A vibrant trendsetting organization, Dragon Gate emerged in 2004 and reimagined Japanese wrestling in its own vision. Today, Dragon Gate is one of Japan's most prominent organizations with a global reach, including introducing their SVOD service, https://dragongate.live.
More details on first chapter of the MLW x Dragon Gate collaboration will be revealed soon.


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The relatively small step of undertaking programmatic, data-driven, content-curated email marketing delivery has made a big difference to fashion rental company, GlamCorner.
According to co-founder and CEO, Dean Jones, making an investment in email automation to provide a better and more personalised customer experience saw the channelâ€™s contribution to revenue lift from 3 per cent last year to 8 per cent this year.
â€śIn a year where revenue tripled in size, this has been an incredible improvement in this channel’s performance for us,â€ť he told CMO.
GlamCorner was started in 2012 when Jones and his wife Audrey decided to revolutionise the way Australian women think about their wardrobes. With Australian women spending over $8 billion per annum on fashion, $500 million of which is spent online, they saw a need in the market for fashion rental.
Securing $4.2 million in Series A funding in July 2017, the couple, along with the growing team, are continuing to invest in new developments, front-end and back-end technology, as well as data analytics and reporting tool, Domo, for insight.
â€śWe realised about six years ago that the average Australian woman only wears about one third of whatâ€™s in their wardrobe. Most women buy something for one occasion or one purpose and never wear it again,â€ť Jones explained.
â€śThis is a bad deal; itâ€™s like buying a car for one trip, and a poor use of resources. To us, it felt really broken, especially in the age of social media where you canâ€™t repeat outfits. We researched it and found six tonnes of clothing in Australia end up in landfill every 10 minutes. Australians are the second highest consumer of fashion and apparel in the world; we consume about 27-28 kilos per capita per year, second only to the US.â€ť
While some women tried to solve this problem by sharing clothing with family and friends, the network was pretty limited. So, as the share economy grew, ride sharing and Airbnb unlocked existing behaviour by creating a technology platform to fill a need, the Joneses built GlamCorner.
The business gives its customers access to the biggest wardrobe in the country. Consumers pay for what they use, then send items back to be cleaned and re-rented. Jones said 20 people can wear the same piece of clothing and bring the cost per wear down by an order of magnitude.
â€śWhen you understand how much water usage goes into making a single top – itâ€™s some unbelievable amount like 2500 litres – itâ€™s not sustainable, and many consumers are realising this,â€ť he said. Â â€śSo the scale of the positive difference we can make is really significant. We can suck hundreds of tonnes of waste out of the manufacturing cycles of fast fashion, and we make no apologies for that.â€ť
A business that started with a few thousand customers now has hundreds of thousands following a full scale-up phase. GlamCorner even has its own internal laundromat, which handles 15-20 tonnes per month.
In 2017 alone, the company loaned out clothing worth around $30 million, with 120,000 followers across its social platforms and more than 50,000 customers on the database. GlamCorner now has more than 6000 pieces it rents out, and about 60 people on the payroll, with the business tripling in size in the last 12 months.
Jones said a key ingredient is being diligent about marketing channels. â€śAs a purely online business, we take content building and best-practice SEO very seriously. We always have invested heavily in this and it has delivered a lot of high-impact results for us over the last few years,â€ť he explained. Â
â€śWe have also focused on building brand and concept awareness and a big part of this strategy has been collaborations with influencers and brand ambassadors. One of the most successful examples of this was our six-month brand ambassador program withÂ Monika Radulovic.â€ťÂ
Email is a good growth story, but with programmatic, data-driven, content-curated email delivery, GlamCorner has increasingly been able to communicate and engage around the right products at the right time to the right customer.
â€śWe realised we needed to build and rebuild our direct mail. Email marketing has a big place in my heart because when you are just starting out, itâ€™s all youâ€™ve got, youâ€™re not getting customers any other way,â€ť Jones continues. Â
â€śWith every person who comes through that checkout, you want to build a special relationship with. They are very valuable, and you have to maintain that relationship without overdoing it. You want to be like a friend – you donâ€™t want to knock on their door every day, but you want to stay in touch. So early on, you have to discover a nice balance of getting the basics right.
â€śBut as we got bigger, we realised we had to get more sophisticated.â€ť
About a year ago, the team realised the bigger the customer base got, the more diverse the types of customers. GlamCorner has used a variety of software for delivery of email marketing over the years and is now using Emarsys.
â€śWe had so many different customers at different stages of the customer lifecycle, who are consuming our service for different purposes. To make better use of that, and deliver a better experience to our customers, we needed to dig a bit deeper when it came to email,â€ť Jones said. Â
â€śOur list of what we wanted from email to go a lot deeper and get a lot more sophisticated was long. Particularly, we wanted to deliver dynamic product recommendations inside the email, we wanted that to be a curated and personalised experience for every single person.
â€śPersonalisation is that an email arrives at a useful time and is filled with products that people are interested in. When we gave it that level of attention, that channel started growing significantly for us.â€ť
On top of this, GlamCorner uses Domo as a business intelligence tool. â€śIt democratises access to important decision-making data and information in our company that allows all members of our team across all areas to be able to make higher quality decisions, faster,â€ť Jones said. â€śWe have also been utilising Domo’s built-in artificial intelligence engines and features to identify patterns and predict trends to complement our team’s decision making.”
One of the lessons the husband and wife team learned is not to get too narrow in focus. For example, just because someone was looking at bridesmaid dresses doesnâ€™t mean they are the bride.
â€śYou canâ€™t make too many assumptions to early on, this can hurt you,â€ť Jones said. â€śYou can get analysis paralysis by coming to a conclusion too early. You have to be patient. It took a good six months for us before we realised when it comes to being data driven, itâ€™s not just by volume but actually over time that makes a difference.
â€śWe found some workflows behaved and converted differently, and we realised there was a seasonality aspect.
â€śWhen talking about true optimisation, the reality is youâ€™re not going to find your silver bullet; itâ€™s an ongoing real slog, with little changes important. Step by step, and a year later itâ€™s 20 different things youâ€™ve done well that have added up to success. Thatâ€™s how it is and youâ€™re never done.â€ť
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One might imagine that HVAC company owners are just as apt to be won over by smartphones and the business apps that can be loaded onto them as any other business owner. There are accounting apps, calendar apps, reminder apps, payment apps, and so many other varieties that can make business operation much easier. However, smartphone apps are really beginning to play a bigger part in HVAC operation these days.
For a while now, it has been possible to install HVAC system controls directly on phones and tablets, which makes it possible for property owners to have better handling of their spaces. Combined with sensors and controls, these smartphone options can even allow for diagnosis, and as-needed maintenance programs.
Still, though, the smart device capabilities don’t end there. The HVAC technicians in this nation have long expressed a desire for an easier method of balancing systems. Well, as it turns out, there is now an app for that! The award-winning app could truly be a revolution in this industry, drastically cutting down the amount of time required to get new- and existing systems properly balanced. This could also result in great energy savings for home owners, because the balancing often results in greatly improved system efficiency.
The application is being referred to as PredictAir and must be used with the developers balancing equipment, so there will be an upfront expense for HVAC operations. However, according to the reviews, this app could prove to be well worth the investment. Gone, according to the developers, are the days of taking traverse readings and K factor calculations. The app has a built-in library of diffusers, so adjustments to calibration can be made instantly, without the need for the traditional measurements and calculations.
This is just one of the many ways that smartphone technology is changing the HVAC industry. Undoubtedly, this is only the tip of the coming iceberg.


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Xiaomi Mi CC9 Pro to arrive with 30W charging, already certified in EEC
Xiaomi introduced its CC lineup as part of the Mi family for curious and creative people. There are currently two smartphones and they are mainly midrangers - Mi CC9 and the cheaper and lighter Mi CC9e. Now, a third device called Mi CC9 Pro is incoming, and according to multiple sources, it is already being certified across various markets.
A device with model number M1910M4E was spotted on 3C to arrive with a 30W fast-charging brick in the box, while a similar phone masked behind the M1910M4G moniker is officially certified by the Eurasian Economic Commission.
Some rumors from earlier suggested the Xiaomi Mi CC9 Pro will have a Snapdragon 730G chipset. We haven’t seen the phone yet, so we don’t know anything about the cameras, but since the cheaper variants both have a triple 48 MP + 8 MP wide-angle + 2 MP depth sensor combo, it is safe to assume the Pro will also have those shooters.
The Mi CC9 smartphones have Super AMOLED panels, which is definitely an upgrade over an LCD solution. The battery could remain 4,030 mAh, and the user interface is likely to stay MIUI 10, based on Android Pie, although we would love to see MIUI 11 on Android Q.
Since the device is already approved for selling with its charger, it is safe to assume the new phone will be official in a couple of weeks. The big question remains whether it will be called Mi CC9 Pro or Xiaomi has something else up its sleeve.
- 25 Oct 2019
Mi A3 Pro.. il definitely buy ðŸ™
- 24 Oct 2019
I'm waiting for MI CCX. You know what I mean?( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
- 24 Oct 2019
If thats the name of the phone it will sound much better than mi 9 lite pro xD


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TRAVERSE CITY, MICH. (Aug. 10, 5:20 p.m. EDT) — Up to this point, automakers and their suppliers have focused on using the Internet to buy and sell products, especially through automakers' e-business platforms. Those systems typically benefit the buyer, not the seller.
But consultants at the University of Michigan Management Briefing Seminars, held Aug. 7-11 in Traverse City, said suppliers can benefit by learning how to take advantage of growing e-business opportunities.
"There are changes going on in the relationship" between suppliers and automakers, said Gary E. Baker, advanced technology group leader at Arthur Andersen LLP's office in Ann Arbor, Mich. "The partners of today are going to be the vendors of tomorrow."
Suppliers can use the Internet to their benefit by opening their portals to shared information with their own supply base and customers, he said. Participants in the chain must work together in pre-production to ensure that each player understands what the others are doing and reduce expenses, he added.
"We all know that there is a lot of overengineering that takes place," Baker said.
While the benefits are not as great or clear-cut for lower-tier suppliers, they still can benefit from using the Internet by getting a better grasp on demands, he said. For instance, they do not need to produce an item with all the bells and whistles if the supply chain only needs a streamlined model.
"Find something you can do. Do it very, very well and collaborate with your customers," Baker said.
Even the U.S. government has gotten into the e-design act, using virtual reality to work on future weapons technology, connecting officers, tank designers and even front-line soldiers so they can see exactly how proposed designs will work in battle situations.
The design program under way at the U.S. Army Tank-Automotive and Armaments Command's center in Warren, Mich., is a key to reducing development of new weapons from more than 20 years to less than five, said Grace Bochenek, director of the center's advanced virtual environments lab.
But do not expect everyone to open virtual doors readily to outside engineers; that simply goes against tradition, Baker said.
Companies that consider design innovations their greatest sales weapons are not anxious to offer potential competitors access to their files, Baker said. At the same time, automakers do not want suppliers to see their plans for fear they could use that information against them in a bid with another automaker, he added.
Suppliers may be in a good position to adapt quickly. But since different companies are not communicating with each other, no one knows what the potential is, said Steve Scott, chief technical officer for computer service group Powerway Inc. of Ann Arbor.
But in the end, suppliers may have little choice except to decide when and how readily they will change, Scott said.
"The riskiest place will be for those who don't adapt," he said. "They'll be eliminated from the supply chain."


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Commercial Dispute Resolution > Apple and Google face Portuguese class action
Apple and Google face Portuguese class actionPortuguese collective-competition filings are the latest in a slew of claims over App Store and Google Pl...
Portuguese collective-competition filings are the latest in a slew of claims over App Store and Google Play Store’s “anti-competitive and excessive” commissions.
Two new class actions against Apple and Google have been filed in Portugal over alleged anti-competitive conduct in respect of the tech giants’ sale of apps and in-app purchases via their proprietary app stores.
Professor Fabrizio Esposito, an assistant professor in private law at the NOVA School of Law, whose research focuses on competition and consumer law in European Union digital markets, is seeking compensation of up to EUR 198 million on behalf of 6.5 million Portuguese businesses and consumers who have made purchases on Apple products or devices which run on Google’s Android operating system
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Motorola’s parent company Lenovo has launched its new flagship ‘Mote E3 Power’ in the Indian Market. The smartphone will be an upgraded version of ‘Moto E3.’ It is available on Flipkart for Rs. 7,999.
The smartphone comes with the large display, amazing camera features, and longest running battery. It has a removable battery. The special feature of this device is that it has come with a water-repellent nano-coating. By this feature, the smartphone will prevent from sprinkled water.
Moto E3 comes with Reliance Jio Welcome offer. It supports 4G and VoLTE. According to the buzz, the smartphone will compete with Redmi 3S and Lenovo Vibe K5 in the Indian market.
Moto E3 Power
OS: Android 6.0 Marshmallow
Display: 5 inch HD 1280x 720 pixels resolution
Processor: 1GHz Quad Core
SIM: Dual SIM
Memory: 2GB RAM, Internal Storage 16GB ROM, Expandable memory up to 32GB
Camera: Rear camera 8MP, Front camera 5MP
Battery: 3500mAh (Fast Charging: The smartphone will charge within 15 minutes for 5hrs.)
Connectivity: 4G LTE, 3G, 2G, Wi-Fi, EDGE, USB connectivity