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Brooklyn's Int'l Pop Artist Ed Heck to Donate Over 5,000 Face Masks to Hospital/Frontline Workers, after his aunt was diagnosed with COVID-19 & later past away
Online PR News – 29-May-2020 – New York – International Pop artist Ed Heck and LongLat, Inc. to Donate Over 5,000 Colorful Face Masks to Hospitals Across
New York, New Jersey and Boston.
For Every Mask Purchased, One Mask Will Be Donated to our Frontline Workers
Brooklyn, NY (May 28, 2020): As the COVID-19 pandemic has spread it is affecting many New Yorker's and their family members. When Pop Artist Ed Heck’s aunt was diagnosed positive, he wanted to find a way to help.
In response to the urgent plea from New York Governor Cuomo regarding the need for face masks in which he urged people and companies to get creative and help, Ed reached out to LongLat, Inc., a company that produces quality products to create a line of face masks. The company CEO Parkson Liang, a New Jersey resident, agreed and his team at LongLat, Inc. geared up with the artist for production of over 5,000 masks to be donated to hospitals in the tri-state area.
The masks will feature 40 different colorful pop art images for both adults and children’s sizes and are reusable and washable. Each mask features adjustable elastic loops and an antibacterial coating. The masks can be worn separate or with an additional surgical mask inserted for added protection. They come with their own washable matching carry pouch and carabiner metal clip.
Ed hopes the bright, colorful and fun designs will encourage adults and children alike, to wear masks to protect themselves and their families. “We are not only protecting ourselves but each other, to help stop the spread of COVID-19”, says Heck.
In addition to this initial donation of face masks to the hospitals in New York, New Jersey, and Boston, with every face mask purchased, one will be donated to first responders and healthcare workers.
Hospitals masks will be donated to include: St. Joseph’s Children’s Hospital, NYU Langone Health, Brooklyn Hospital (Dept. of Pediatrics), Montifiore Hospital (Bronx), Jamaica Hospital (Queens), Hackensack University Medical Center (New Jersey), Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital (Manhattan), RUSK Rehabilitation (Manhattan) to name a few.
Ed Heck's Face Masks Can Be Purchased at http://www.longlatinc.com
Dropbox link: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/t4yie16ng7nn9pr/AACrTOF-NHRuhVo2mZWhgzcZa?dl=0
About Pop Artist Ed Heck
Ed Heck is a New York Pop Artist and children’s book author known internationally for his brightly colored whimsical works on canvas. His enigmatic canvases were first exhibited in New York City in 1999 and were an instant hit. Interest and demand continue to grow, and his work can now be found in galleries around the world. Unique style and mass appeal have forged his reputation as one of the leading pop artists today.
The World of Ed Heck
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About LongLat, Inc.
LongLat, Inc., located in Clifton, New Jersey is a second-generation family-owned company providing high quality luggage and travel goods around the globe. They represent popular brands such as American Flyer, Body Glove, Ed Heck, Isaac Mizrahi, Jenni Chan, Kathy Ireland and others.
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From presidential campaign promises to congressional hearings on the price of EpiPens, 2016 was the year that public anger over the rising cost of prescription drugs boiled into a national outrage.
California lawmakers responded this session with a half-dozen measures targeting players across the complex supply chain that brings medications to patients and determines what they pay. To tackle what those legislators say is a problem of drug affordability, however, they’ll first have to agree on who is to blame.
Insurers complain that drug companies are jacking up prices without explanation. Manufacturers counter that health plans are not passing on the savings from rebates to consumers. And there is increasing scrutiny of pharmacy benefit managers, a largely overlooked segment of the industry that negotiates discounts for prescriptions on behalf of insurance companies.
“They all point the finger at one another,” said Assemblyman Jim Wood, D-Healdsburg. “It’s like a circular firing squad: ‘Everyone else is the bad guy, not us.’ ”
The most high-profile measure is Senate Bill 17, which revamps an unsuccessful proposal from last year. It would require drug companies to notify direct purchasers at least 90 days before raising the price of medications by certain thresholds.
The bill also mandates an annual report by insurers on the most frequently prescribed and most costly drugs, as well as how those costs contributed to changes in patient premiums. Sen. Ed Hernandez, the Azusa Democrat who is carrying SB 17, said this “modest approach” could help rein in price increases by bringing more transparency to what consumers are really paying for.
He cites eye-popping recent examples: The state spent about $920 million last fiscal year on breakthrough $1,000-a-pill hepatitis C drugs, like Sovaldi, for Medi-Cal patients and prison inmates. In February, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved an $89,000-per-year treatment for Duchenne muscular dystrophy that many customers previously imported from overseas for about $1,200 annually; the price was dropped to $35,000 following patient outcry.
U.S. spending on prescription drugs hit a record $450 billion in 2016, according to health care research group QuintilesIMS Institute, or $323 billion after rebates and discounts from manufacturers to insurance companies.
Where is all that money going? Drug manufacturers say they are making major investments in research and development – $52 billion in 2015 – for new products, including many that never succeed. But critics like Hernandez dismiss that as a hollow excuse. He points to studies that concluded the pharmaceutical industry spends many times more on marketing than research, which he noted is done with assistance from universities and the federal government.
“Yes, a pharmaceutical drug company should be allowed to make a profit, but not so much so that they gouge the consumer or the taxpayer,” Hernandez said. “None of them are going into bankruptcy.”
SB 17 has a wide array of supporters, from insurers and hospitals to organized labor, cities and local chambers of commerce, all frustrated over how prescription drugs costs are eating away at their budgets. The California Association of Health Plans estimates that more than 22 cents of every health insurance premium dollar goes to prescription drugs, the largest single cost. Advance notice of price hikes would give them time to prepare, proponents say, including possibly shifting patients to alternative treatments.
“They price the drugs at outrageous sticker prices, and then they create a system where they give us secret rebates that we can’t disclose to the public,” Charles Bacchi, president and CEO of the health plans association said. “It doesn’t add up.”
The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, or PhRMA, criticized the bill for focusing narrowly on one part of the prescription supply chain while doing nothing to help more patients afford their medications. The drug company trade group spent $290,815 on lobbying in the first three months of 2017, a 33 percent increase from the same period last year.
Spokeswoman Priscilla VanderVeer touted a “sharp slowdown” in drug price increases: QuintilesIMS Institute found that list prices for brand-name drugs rose by 9.2 percent last year, down from 12 percent in 2015. The net price – after rebates and discounts – grew by just 3.5 percent, slightly more than the 2.5 percent in 2015.
A nearly 14 percent surge in list prices that raised so much alarm in 2014, she said, was an anomaly caused by factors like the expensive hepatitis C drugs finally coming to market.
YES, A PHARMACEUTICAL DRUG COMPANY SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO MAKE A PROFIT, BUT NOT SO MUCH SO THAT THEY GOUGE THE CONSUMER OR THE TAXPAYER.
Sen. Ed Hernandez, D-Azusa
Much of the legislative action this year is focused on drug manufacturers. Senate Bill 790, from Sen. Mike McGuire, D-Healdsburg, would prohibit gifts, including food and travel, from pharmaceutical companies to doctors. The industry contends a law is unnecessary because it already has its own policies in place.
Assembly Bill 265, by Wood, would ban manufacturers from providing discount coupons to patients for brand-name drugs if there is a generic equivalent.
Wood framed the practice, which is already prohibited by Medicare and Medicaid, as a “manipulation” that builds customer loyalty to more expensive medication. While it can be cheaper out of pocket, he said, it costs insurers more and may come back to consumers anyway through higher premiums. PhRMA said some patients need access to certain branded drugs and physicians prescribe them for a reason.
Amid the flurry of attention, PhRMA is trying to emphasize that it is not the problem. VanderVeer questioned whether insurance companies and pharmacy benefit managers are passing to consumers the “bigger and bigger rebates and discounts” they are negotiating with manufacturers for favorable placement in their drug formularies. More than a third of the list price of pharmaceuticals goes to “middlemen,” she said. “If your customer isn’t getting the benefit of that, then what even is the benefit of getting insurance?”
Their contention is prompting new consideration of pharmacy benefit managers, which were created in the 1960s to assist health plans get savings on medications from manufacturers and pharmacies. They make their money through a percentage of the rebates they bargain, amounting to nearly $280 billion last year. Three major companies – Express Scripts, CVS Caremark and OptumRx – account for about 80 percent of that business.
Wood’s Assembly Bill 315 would require pharmacy benefit managers, or PBMs, to share more information with insurers, such as drug acquisition costs and total rebates.
IT’S LIKE A CIRCULAR FIRING SQUAD: ‘EVERYONE ELSE IS THE BAD GUY, NOT US.’
Assemblyman Jim Wood, D-Healdsburg
Wood said the idea came from hearings he held last year as chair of the Assembly Health Committee. The drug supply chain that determines patients’ out-of-pocket costs is complicated and murky – medications are sold from manufacturers to wholesalers to pharmacies to customers, with their copays set by health plans based in part on discounts that pharmacy benefit managers can secure. He believes it could use more oversight and understanding.
“If you’re the plan that’s actually paying the PBM, how do you know that you’re actually getting what you’re due?” he said.
The Pharmaceutical Care Management Association, the national organization of pharmacy benefit managers, has mobilized against the bill, which is supported by doctors, pharmacists and consumer groups.
Spokesman Charles Coté said pharmacy benefit managers are able to use their size and expertise to secure greater savings for drug buyers than insurers themselves could – a total they estimate at more than $650 billion in the next decade. More disclosure, he said, could enable collusion among the manufacturers of competing medications that would disadvantage PBMs from getting a cheaper option.
“When you mandate these contract terms and the price of negotiation, you give drug companies the upper hand,” he said.

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The Sat-Nav Is Dead. Long Live GPS-Based Fitness Devices!
Date: Thursday, February 23 @ 15:27:09 UTC
We've seen for some time now that as more and more people rely on their smartphones for navigation, the humble 'Sat Nav', or PND (Personal Navigation Device) has slowly been pushed to one side. So what is the future for GPS-based devices?
Pebble's smartwatches moved more towards a fitness theme, so much so that they were bought out by Fitbit at the end of 2016. Garmin have, for some time, made GPS-based fitness watches/trackers and TomTom joined in a few years ago with their Sport watches too.
Garmin's recently published reports show that, for the first time, their fitness sales ($274m) have overtaken their automotive sales ($226m) for the last quarter of 2016. Fitness devices are clearly the future of GPS-based consumer technology. However, the humble Sat Nav still has a role to play with navigation as they generally allow more customisation (like our speed camera database) than the smartphone apps can offer. Just don't expect much in the way of new features - unless it's fitness-based!
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Apparently, according to a cyber-security company from Israel named Checkpoint, there are four flaws in the Qualcomm chipsets that are found in many Android-based smartphones. These flaws could enable hackers to download a malicious app on unsuspecting smartphones that will then let them see everything that is on the device.
The Checkpoint head of products, mobile and cloud security, Michael Shaulov, stated at the Def Com cyber security conference that hackers could easily access the device’s memory and they could even see the encrypted apps like WhatsApp and read the messages that were sent using it – not to mention that they could read your email, notes and passwords and see and use everything that you have in whichever way they want. Basically, everything that you have will be copied to the hackers via said malicious app.
This is a very big problem because the Qualcomm is the leading manufacturer on the advanced chip market and its chipsets can be found in over 900 million Android based devices such as tablets or smartphones and those include Google Nexus phones such as 5X, 6 and 6P, HTC phones such as the One M9 and 10 and Samsung Galaxy phones like the S7 and the S7 Edge.
Checkpoint presented the vulnerabilities report at the aforementioned conference and Google confirmed them but they also stated that the Android users that have downloaded the latest security patches will be protected from three of those four flaws. The fourth problem will be dealt with in an upcoming update.
Thankfully, there is no indication that any of these vulnerabilities have been exploited so far by hackers and let’s hope that it won’t happen until the next Android security patch is released by Google.
According to Google, in order for those vulnerabilities to be exploited by a hacker, he would have to get a user to download a malicious app, but their SafetyNet and Verify Apps protections will help identify, then block and remove those malicious apps.
Now, if people are keen on installing apps from unknown sources or sites then they have to be prepared for the consequences.
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October’s Amazon Prime Day is now underway and we’ve found a cracking TV deal.
The 32-inch JVC 32-inch LT-CF600 has received an epic 42% discount and is now just £145 for Prime members.
It’s no surprise that this 32-inch device from JVC’s LT-CF600 has popped up in Amazon’s October Prime Day sales.
After all, Amazon has shaped the budget-friendly range everywhere: The smart platform Fire TV was developed by the retail giant.
Much like Amazon’s wider range of affordable smart speakers, tablets, cameras and doorbells, the JVC Fire TV range is aimed at a budget-conscious audience who doesn’t have a few grand laying around in their wallets (who does that now?).
Now at the obscenely good price of £145, this great value smart TV is a superb choice for anyone looking for a modest TV that provides them with instant access to Netflix, Disney+ and Amazon Prime Video (of course). without having to mess with a Fire TV Stick.
(That is, if you have an older TV that you want to set up from streaming, Amazon The full range of streaming sticks is on sale now and start at just £19.99.)
This TV deal is one of thousands of price drops we’ve seen across Amazon today and will run for 48 hours in a surprise second Prime Day sale.
OK, Amazon has technically billed it as a Prime Early Access Sale – but since all of these discounts are exclusively available to Prime members, it’s really one and the same as July’s mega sale.
If we’re being honest, we found it surprising that Amazon would be planning a big sale when the madness of Black Friday is just around the corner.
But whatever the reasons for the brand having to cancel a second Prime Day just six weeks before the biggest sell-off of the year, it’s definitely a great time to delve into Amazon’s homegrown technology.
We’ve seen a number of impressive device offerings from Amazon, and ultimately one of them is the LT-32CF600… well, sort of.
Between that sleek Fire TV streaming platform and that sleek, almost bezel-less display, this is a TV that frankly looks a lot more expensive than it is.
It could drop even further in price when Black Friday arrives, but our guess? It won’t: £145 is already a fantastic asking price.
Remember Sign up for Amazon Prime if you haven’t already (even if you just want to take advantage of this handy 30-day free trial).
Take a look at our selection of the best TV wall mounts if you’re looking to mount this TV.
You can follow our latest deal updates and news on our Prime Day 2022 live blog.
The best Prime Day deals of 2022
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- Ring Video Doorbell with Echo Dot, £35.99 (save £63.99) – Buy here
- Shark IZ103UKGB Cordless Vacuum Cleaner, €169.99 (You save €150) – Buy here
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- 100 Finish Ultimate Infinity dishwashing tabs, £12.75 (save £17.25) – Buy here
If you haven’t signed up yet, Be sure to register here for the Amazon Prime 30-day free trial – otherwise you will not be able to access the offers.
We have put together some other great offers here:
Follow all the latest deal updates and news on our Prime Day 2022 live blog.
We’ve got more great deals on TVs from Sony, LG, Samsung and more on our Best Cheap 4K TV Deals page.
Not sure how to set this up? How to mount a TV on the wall.
To give your TV that extra something, check out our guide to cleaning a TV screen.
https://www.thesun.ie/tech/9549313/jvc-lt32cf600-fire-tv-best-deal-amazon-prime-day/ JVC’s 32-inch Fire TV costs less than £150 and is the best TV deal this Prime Day


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Vodafone India launches international roaming packs
The roaming packs cover 53 countries including UK, USA, UAE, Thailand and Singapore, the company said in a statement.
The roaming packs cover 53 countries including UK, USA, UAE, Thailand and Singapore, the company said in a statement. The packs are available for a rental of Rs 599 and Rs 1,499 for post-paid customers and come with a validity of 10 and 30 days, respectively.
Pre-paid users can avail the offer through recharge vouchers of Rs 673 and Rs 1,684, respectively, for the same validity period. The company said with the packs, customers can access data for Rs 30 per MB on international roaming.
The prevailing rate for data is Rs 563 per MB on international roaming. In the same way, local outgoing calls can be made for Rs 15 per minute as compared to Rs 70 per minute. International outgoing calls can be made for Rs 30 per minute and incoming calls will also be charged for Rs 30/minute.
"With these new international roaming packs, we are offering unmatched value, convenience and huge savings to our customer segment that travels abroad for both leisure and business," Vodafone India Chief Commercial Officer Vivek Mathur said.


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Unidentified cryptocurrency whales bought first cryptocurrency equal $ 1 billion through popular crypto exchange
Cryptowhales purchased BTC through the Coinbase exchange in the sum of about 1 billion US Dollars. At least this is hinted at by the Whale Alert bot notifications and on-chain transaction traces.
Last Sunday, February 21, unidentified large buyers made withdrawal over 17 thousand coins of main crypto from the wallets of cryptoexchange. The whales have withdrawn a total of 17,705 BTC.
Bitcoin is Preparing for a Rush
According to blockchain metrics, almost all "small" transactions (350-375 BTC) were intermediary. Finally, all bitcoins were deposited on a wallet with the 3Kzh address.
Who exactly is behind the buying of such a large sums of main cryptocurrency remains unknown. However, it should be noted that earlier MicroStrategy reported on the successful placement of more than $ 1 billion of convertible bonds.
At the same time, the company announced that the funds raised will be used to buy bitcoin, but whether MicroStrategy is really behind the purchase of cryptocurrency is unknown. The company had previously placed convertible bonds to buy bitcoin and made subsequent announcements almost every time.
So far, MicroStrategy has not commented on the use of the raised $ 1 billion.
It is worth noting that this is not the first time large transactions have been noticed on Coinbase. The BeInCrypto editorial staff previously reported that whales began to massively purchase bitcoin and split wallets into smaller ones for cold storage. In early February, the number of bitcoin wallets with a balance of> 1000 BTC and for the first time approached the level of 2500.


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Rawalpindi district administration has installed Vehicle Inspection Certificate System (VICS) at Chur Chowk, Peshawar Road, to issue fitness certificates for light commercial vehicles. This facility has a price of Rs. 700 for a fitness certificate. However, the center inspects and issues fitness certificates for small vehicles such as taxis, rickshaws, mini-vans, motorcycle rickshaws, and three-wheeler loaders. In particular, this aims to promote light commercial vehicles in the Twin Cities suburbs.
Reduce environmental pollution:
Light commercial vehicles (LCVs) such as vans, mini-busses, and small trucks continue to receive fitness certificates from the facility near Mandra. However, LCV drivers want the local governments to have their Chur Chowk-based center issue the vehicle’s fitness certificate. Moreover, the government is promoting light commercial vehicles in Rawalpindi, Islamabad, and surrounding areas due to the fear of environmental pollution. This organization ordered law enforcement agencies to take serious action against environmentally unfit vehicles.
Action against environmentally unfit vehicles.
Authorities have started cracking down on drivers, conductors, and vehicle owners for overcharging their customers. Rawalpindi Noor Amin Mangal has ordered the authorities to remove all illegal terminals. The District Regional Transport Authority (DRTA) has removed eight illegal bus stands in Pirwadhai. Moreover, Local and long-haul transport companies are openly looting the public by charging double or triple fares. About four days ago, the local administration warned transport companies to reduce freight rates by 20 percent as the government slashed POL prices. However, carriers trash orders of local management and continue to charge extra fares as usual.
Crackdown against transporters for overcharging:
The department filed 34 FIRs, impounded 54 vehicles, and arrested 29 motorists and drivers for overcharging. The repression will continue until further notice from the government.
The Vehicle Inspection Certificate System was created to facilitate small vehicles such as taxis, rickshaws, Suzuki pickups, and motorcycle rickshaws. People had trouble getting car clearance certificates in a remote area near Mandra.
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April 30, 2012
-- Year 2 students on the BA (Hons) Active Sportswear course will be challenged to design a collection for the brand as part of their assessment. A judging panel will select a winning collection to go into production, which will be retailed in over 400 sportsdirect.com stores around the country.
Design Manager Kate O’Neill delivered a brief that consisted of development of a premium SS13 men’s or women’s lifestyle fitness inspired collection drawing upon Lonsdale’s sporting heritage. The collection itself is not expected to be boxing related, but Lonsdale hopes for inspiration to be taken from the brand’s rich heritage, whilst appealing to a fashion and lifestyle audience.
There are 17 students taking part in the course, four of which are on an exchange programme from Lycee de Mode in France. Claudine Rousseau, Course Leader, Fashion Sportswear comments, “We are really fortunate to be working with such a high profile brand; the students are really looking forward to rising to the challenge of developing some exciting creative yet commercially viable designs.”
Sarah Baker, Marketing Manager at Lonsdale adds, “We at Lonsdale are very excited about the project with London College of Fashion as we hope it will take the brand in a more style led direction that hasn't been seen from the brand since the 1960’s when it was popular with high profile personalities such as Paul Weller and Tony Curtis. We hope that the student’s collections will be innovative and inspiring, reflecting exciting new concepts that will attract a new target market for the brand.”
The final judging will take place in June with the winning collection going into stores in January 2013.
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Lafayette, La. — Stirling Properties and CBL & Associates Properties Inc. have opened Ambassador Town Center in Lafayette.
The co-developers hosted a formal ribbon cutting ceremony attended by Lafayette City-Parish president Joel Robideaux, former City-Parish president Joey Durel, LEDA president and CEO Gregg Gothreaux and other Lafayette area community leaders.
Ambassador Town Center is a roughly 60-acre retail project anchored by Costco Wholesale and Dick’s Sporting Goods/Field & Stream.
Situated at Ambassador Caffery Parkway and Kaliste Saloom Road, the 430,000-square-foot property is 97 percent leased to tenants including Avalon Salon & Spa, BJ’s Restaurant & Brewhouse, Blaze Pizza, Chuy’s Mexican Restaurant, Costco Gasoline, Dickey’s Barbecue Pit, Five Below, Freddy’s Frozen Custard & Steakburgers, Marshalls/HomeGoods, Nordstrom Rack, Off Broadway Shoes, Panda Express, Panera Bread, PetSmart, Phone Zone, Professor Bob Beans, Red Robin, Subway, Tao Japanese Cuisine, World of Beer and Verizon Wireless.
Ambassador Town Center is expected to generate roughly 1,700 permanent jobs and nearly $9 million annually in estimated sales tax collection.


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April 2017 News
Social Media Ban Fulfills Kashmir Developers' 'Pip'e' Dream28 April 2017
Srinagar: Young Kashmiri developers are launching alternative Kashmir-centric social networks like Pipe, Connect Kashmir, KashmirChat as the government is busy implementing the month-long social media ban over 22 social networking sites and applications. Some of these applications were developed as early as 2016 but were not popular before the government started to discuss the social media ban on popular networking sites like Facebook, WhatsApp, Snapchat and Twitter. The number of downloads has risen overnight to over 10,000 on Google Playstore for some of the locally developed apps. 'We received 10,000 plus downloads in just 24 hours as the government announced the ban on popular social networks,' said Usman Tareen, 16, android developer, KashmirChat. 'Looking at the response, we launched a new website kashmirweb.online in just under 12 hours.' Beyond using VPN, people desperately felt the need of alternative and locally-developed applications when the most promising social networks fell one by one to the State blockade. The government issued the order on Wednesday as measures necessary for bringing the escalating situation back to normal and stopping the rumour mongering that the government states as one of the primary reasons of the uprising. The fresh student protests have delayed the restorations of high-speed networks in the State, as the 3G and 4G service stand suspended since April 17. The newly ordered social media ban has set the undeterred young developers into a marketing race to lead as the new popular social choice for social network and rise up in the list of various locally built applications. Many of these applications are using servers stationed outside the country as the chances of being blocked are limited for them. For now, the only gainers of the social media ban are these app makers, and with increasing downloads, these apps are all set to take on the mainstream networks. 'We want people to look at these alternatives, when a lot of people will migrate to these applications the ban will be obsolete,' said Naveed Malik, 16, KashmirChat developer. 'We will still be connected and able to communicate not everyone wants to discuss stone-throwing online.' Hanan Muzaffer, KashmirChat developer said, 'We are not professional developers but we want people to know that the alternative networks can be very useful in staying connected with family and friends.' The social media ban will force people to costly medium like direct calls as people nowadays rarely use ISD calling as WhatsApp and Facebook calling saves them a lot of hard-earned money. 'I am a low wage employee here in Dubai and can't afford to call Kashmir daily, making me worried about my family back home,' said Burhan Shah. 'This ban is not just unethical but disastrous for low-income employees like me.' Startups and business owners who promote their businesses online through social media advertisements are irked by the government's decision of social media ban. 'The recent internet gag will be back-breaking to most startups as the startups used to promote their products online via Facebook and other social networking sites,' said Mir Saqib, President of Consortium of Young Industrialists . 'Social networking sites are easy and cheap medium of advertisement.' Saqib said social networking was proving phenomenal for startups and their product marketing but the recent internet gag would kill most of these startups in no time, making the entire young community more skeptical about starting business in Kashmir, and financers even more skeptical in investing in these startups. 'Our economy is in bad shape already and the internet gag will make it will worse for majority of us,' he said. 'Internet is not just a source of entertainment but for startups, its source of livelihood and the ban is a direct attack on our bread and butter.' Signal application is making rounds in discussions since Wednesday, and people are considering this famous private messenger as it provides features like 'disappearing messages' and 'Video-Voice Calling' with high-end privacy, but local developers claim there has been a surge in downloads of local apps and memberships on their social networks. The resentment about the social media ban was clear and as soon as the announcement was made people started to change their profile pictures, stating messages over black images, registering their protest. On one such image, Kashmir marked in red and the box read as 'I'm not away, I'm banned.' Thousands of people uploaded this image to their social media profiles. Among various top indigenous-built applications is Pipe, one of the most successful android applications from Kashmir. A team of four young developers built Pipe to create innovative new platforms and mediums for people. The one-and-a-half-year-old application has about 10,000 downloads and impressive 4.5 rating, and is mostly used by newspapers, media personnel and various known personalities have verified badges attached to them on this Twitter-like application. 'The need for proper information channel was the main reason to create 'Pipe,' said Abid Rashid, 24, co-founder Pipe. 'Pipe harnesses the power of push notification to keep users updated about the content which interests them.' Rashid said information has 100 percent value when it's reaches a person on time. 'As a tech company, we have to incur a huge business loss due to these bans that is forcing us to relocate our office outside Kashmir,' Rashid said. Another such local social network is Connect Kashmir. With more than 1000 downloads on Google Playstore, and the rising number of users, Connect Kashmir has maintained a 5 star rating. Though the app was released in October last year, it has started to gain pace since the ban was announced. People were seen desperately sharing their calling numbers on the dying social networks and mentioning their alternative user handles.


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Samsung is going all out to drive home the positioning of the brand. Close on the heels of unveiling its new corporate tagline, Turn on tomorrow, Samsung Refrigerators has been repositioned with the thought 'Frrrunch', continuing its focus on freshness.
Frrrunch, a marriage of the words 'fresh' and 'crunchy', is the new umbrella campaign that shall be used across Samsung's three categories of refrigerators - single door, double door and side by side. Each category will have one key feature that will help keep food fresh for long.
The commercial, created by Cheil Worldwide, shows a family enjoying fresh fruits stored in the Samsung refrigerator as the new feature is showcased.
The film has been directed by Shoojit Sircar of Rising Sun Films. Vedobroto Roy, creative director, Cheil Worldwide is the copywriter.
Freshness has always been the positioning platform for Samsung refrigerators, which has earlier used concepts such as 'Bio Fresh', 'Silver Fresh', 'Fresh Tech' and 'Fresh Tech Ultima', each attributing to a unique technical feature in the product.
The new positioning moves away from technical grounds to something that the consumer can readily relate to.
"The new feature needed to be communicated to the consumer in a concept. With Frrrunch, we have tried to consolidate our freshness platform. Freshness is an open area and a lot of competing brands are building on similar concepts. We wanted Cheil to communicate the idea with a younger and livelier feel," says Apurva Kumar Gupta, deputy general manager (home appliances), product marketing, Samsung India.
"It is about relating to the consumers and them understanding Samsung better," adds Gaurav Tikoo, manager (home appliances), marketing and communications, Samsung India.
The campaign, which kick started earlier this month, is being led by television, with the commercial being aired particularly during the ongoing Indian Premier League matches. Beyond the IPL, the commercial is also being aired across news channels, movies and entertainment channels and kids' channels as well.
A radio campaign is on air across eight major cities in the country, while advertorials will be seen across magazines, particularly those which cater to women.
On the digital platform, Samsung has tied up with portals such as Yahoo! and Sify and posted sponsored links on Google. An interactive micro site has also been designed for the campaign, wherein users can create and download musical sounds around the thought of crunchiness.
As a part of the planned on ground activities, Gupta adds that 'Frrrunch Zones', showcasing the brand's concept, will be introduced on shop floors.
BTL (below-the-line) and outdoor promotions will gain ground later in May, with television and radio leading the campaign for now.First Published : April 22, 2010


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Tanjung Bintang – BRIN Public Relations. For the first time, Indonesia is appointed to host the G20 Presidency. The theme of the G20 Indonesia Presidency, ‘Recover Together, Recover Stronger’, represents the spirit of inclusive, people-centered, environmentally friendly and sustainable growth. This also is the main commitment of Indonesia’s leadership in the G20.
This international event is set to focus on three aspects; health architecture, digital economic transformation, and energy transition. One product that reflects energy transition is an electric vehicle.
Indonesia also welcomes this trend of electric vehicle by promoting energy-efficient cars and accelerating the production of electric vehicle batteries. The government has issued stipulations in Presidential Regulation No. 55 of 2019 dated 12 August 2019 namely Acceleration of Battery Electric Vehicle Program for Road Transportation.
This regulation is a challenge as well as an opportunity for the National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) in making government programs successful especially in the supply of nickel-based battery raw materials.
Based on data compiled by Investor Daily, the Ministry of Industry’s website states that the target number of electric cars in Indonesia will reach 400,000 units by 2025, then increase to 5.7 million units in 2035.
Electric cars are claimed to be environmentally friendly cars because they do not use fuel oil such as gasoline. Electric cars do not contribute to pollution and emissions that can damage the environment. Electric cars do not emit smoke-forming pollutants and greenhouse gases into the earth’s atmosphere.
The number of electric vehicles in the global electric vehicle market in 2019 is estimated at 3,269,671 and this number will reach 26,951,318 units by 2030. The higher demand for electric vehicles will automatically make the electric vehicle industry one of the most popular. In a relatively short time, several developed countries such as the UK and France will completely ban gas-fueled vehicles by 2040. Meanwhile, Norway and India targeting every vehicle operated in their respective countries to be electric vehicles by 2025 and 2030.
Nickel for Electric Vehicle Batteries
The potential growth of electric vehicles provides an opportunity for the nickel mining sector, as the electric vehicles’ lithium batteries containing nickel will be able to hold more power for longer distances. Currently, nickel is one of hot topics in conversations around the world.
As an important component in the production of electric vehicle batteries, nickel is the driving force for change in energy use. Several studies made show that lithium batteries with higher nickel percentage have advantage of having greater energy storage.
Indonesia is one of the countries that plays an important role in the world nickel industry, both in terms of the amount of resources and production capacity. Based on data from the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, nickel resources in the form of laterite nickel ore in Indonesia are obtained from mining in Pomalaa (Southeast Sulawesi), Soroako (South Sulawesi), Morowali (Central Sulawesi), Pakal, Konawe (Southeast Sulawesi), Tanjung Buli (North Maluku). etc.
BRIN’s Mineral Technology Research Center has a vision to create mineral processing and refining technology based on Indonesian mineral resources. This technology is low in investment, environmentally friendly, zero waste process and appropriate for application on Indonesian minerals. This technology is targeted to support mineral and coal production. This helps supply of advanced materials that are increasingly needed for various sectors and national priority programs, one of which is the Electric Vehicle Program.
“To produce nickel-based batteries, nickel-based compounds such as nickel sulfate, nickel chloride, nickel oxalate, and nickel oxide are needed. This compound is generated from the process of nickel extraction from laterite nickel ore, which is abundant in reserves in Indonesia,” explained Widi Astuti, a researcher as well as BRIN’s Acting Head of Mineral Technology Research Center Office.
Widi further explained that research on extraction of nickel from laterite nickel ore originating from mining in the Sulawesi and Halmahera regions has been carried out by BRIN’s Mineral Technology Research Center. “The extraction uses the hydrometallurgical method and produces a mixture of nickel and cobalt compounds with the nickel content of above 70%.” he explained.
“This nickel and cobalt mixture product has met the export standards set by the Ministry of State Enterprises. However, to be used as a raw material for cathode precursors for electric vehicle batteries, further extraction and purification process still need to be carried out for this mixture of nickel and cobalt compounds,” he explained.
The funding for the research was obtained from the National Innovation System Research Insentive (lInsinas) Program of the Ministry of Research and Technology/BRIN in 2020-2021. The research will continue in 2022 in order to obtain nickel products with high purity (>95%) which can be used as cathode precursors for electric vehicle batteries.
“The interesting thing from the research carried out is acquisition of a method to process and extract nickel from Indonesian laterite nickel ore. This method is simple and environmentally friendly, and very easy to apply in small and medium scale local mining industries,” he explained. “This is a new method with high novelty and has been patented. It is hoped that this method can be transferred to the local mining industry soon. The goal is to contribute to the mineral and coal downstream program launched the Government,” he concluded. (wa, flv, drs)


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It wouldn't be inaccurate to say that, when it comes to cyber threats, the technology sector has seen more than its fair share.
In fact, research shows that an average of 150,000 threats per week were recorded against the sector in 2021. While it’s true that attacks affect every industry, the technology sector’s relentless innovation and large data pools are highly attractive to cybercriminals.
Whilst the technology sector is more likely to have a board member with a specific cyber or data security remit, its reliance on technological solutions can hamper its ability to mitigate attacks.
According to Verizon’s Data Breach Investigations Report, 85% of cyber-attacks have a human element to them, and no purely technological solution can reduce this risk.
But what are the top cyber threats faced by the technology industry? Join us as we take a look.
One of the biggest threats to any kind of business is disruption that prevents everyday operations. Taking systems offline is one way that a business can be disrupted and the longer the disruption, the more money it will cost.
Ransomware has grown to become one of the key threats facing companies. Put simply, ransomware attacks lock data and systems behind strong encryption and demand payment in turn for returning control of the data. Often, these attacks begin with a simple phishing email and a compromised file download.
It stands to reason that companies that provide communications and technology solutions will be at the forefront of the adoption of cutting edge technologies. Whilst this can often make for a productive office environment, it can also make them an easier target than companies who do not adopt the very latest in digital tools.
Day-one vulnerabilities, unpatched software and even hardware vulnerabilities are not at all uncommon in new products and software, so being early adopters provides more opportunities for hackers to exploit vulnerabilities.
Another emerging problem for the technology sector is the distortion of information, where social engineers alter documents or data for financial gain.
There are various techniques associated with distortion, such as editing documents so an accounts department pays an invoice into the hacker’s account rather than the genuine person who raised the invoice. Another way that distortion can be used is by altering information about the company which could damage brand reputation and lose consumer trust.
The key to reducing the efficacy of distortion attacks is training your team on the techniques employed by social engineers.
Phishing attacks are by far the most common root cause behind cybersecurity breaches, including ransomware, malware and spyware attacks.
They’re also increasingly sophisticated, utilising proven psychological principles to bypass scepticism. Indeed, a study of our simulated phishing emails found the two elements which combine to create a 94% phishing success rate.
At Bob’s Business, we have a range of solutions designed specifically to reduce your risk of a breach. Our human-focused training is engaging, effective and proven to reduce your risk of a successful attack and increase policy adhesion.
Book a free consultation with one of our cybersecurity training solution experts to boost employee awareness, keeping your business protected from the full range of cyber threats.


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(Reuters) – An Australian family is rolling in a much-coveted commodity after mistakenly ordering 48 boxes instead of 48 rolls of toilet paper online.
That works out at 2,304 toilet paper rolls for Haidee Janetzki and her family at a time when panic buying due to the coronavirus outbreak has caused major grocers in Australia to restrict supplies to a pack a person.
Janetzki thought she had placed her regular order from online retailer Who Gives a Crap last month and failed to notice the massive credit card bill until the pallets were delivered to her home in southern Queensland state.
How did she feel about the accidental purchase?
“Gobsmacked, confused and like a bit of an idiot,” Janetzki said.
Janetzki’s husband Chris went on social media to detail both the “exciting day” the toilet paper arrived, and Janetzki sitting on a ‘throne’ made from the boxes and decorated with different rolls on Wednesday, holding a staff in one hand and with a crown on her head, both made with toilet paper rolls.
“I’m relieved my friends and family don’t have to worry about it,” said Janetzki, when asked how she felt about the toilet paper demand Australia was facing.
Chris said they had worked out that it would take their family 12 years to get through the huge order. Instead, they have decided to sell some boxes in a fundraiser, at the same price at which they bought them.
“We are flying high, we are sitting pretty, we are loaded with toilet paper,” Chris said in the Facebook post on Wednesday that has since gone viral.
(Reporting by Nur-Azna Sanusi; Writing by Karishma Singh; Editing by Janet Lawrence)


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The idea of owning a restaurant was eating at Steve Day.
So the former Umstead Hotel and Spa chef opened Plates Neighborhood Kitchen, a simple restaurant with a small menu full of homemade ingredients.
Plates, in the former Zely & Ritz spot in Raleigh’s Glenwood South, will change its menu often based on what’s in season and which ingredients are fresh. Day plans, however, to always offer the same types of dishes, such as vegetarian, vegan, poultry, fish and other meats.
Day also wants to keep the dinner menu to about five entrees, four desserts and nine appetizers to allow his staff to make almost everything, including some condiments such as mayonnaise and mustard, something he can’t do with a larger menu.
“Anything that we feel we can make better than we can buy, we’ll do it that way,” Day said. “We want to make as much as we can just to control the flavors and keep the dishes and menu simple but delicious.”
The restaurant offers lunch, dinner and a Sunday brunch. Prices range from about $6 to $14.50 for lunch and dinner to about $8 to $12 for brunch.
Plates also has a large bar with a short list of original, seasonal specialty drinks such as a cocktail version of rum raisin ice cream made from dark rum and raisin puree.
The 2,040-square-foot restaurant seats about 47 and has outdoor space for an additional 30.
Day chose the concept of simple dishes based on Plates’ location. He wanted to create a destination restaurant that would appeal to those who live and work in the surrounding neighborhoods and businesses.
“I was quite flexible as to what I was going to do, and it was decided by the location,” Day said. “It had to be food that the people nearby would want to buy and come back for, and it completely depended on where it was. For Glenwood South, this is the kind of stuff we want to make.”
Plates Neighborhood Kitchen is at 301 Glenwood Ave.
American Auction has opened not far from the State Farmers Market.
The place holds auctions on overstock items from companies such as Macy’s, Sears and Amazon.com at 7 p.m. on Thursdays.
Co-owner Irving Tabler said merchandise – 98 percent of which is new – can include lawn mowers, patio furniture, surfboards, ironing boards, bikes and auto parts, for about 50 percent off retail price.
American Auction also offers consignment services on antiques and has a “buy it now” section for things such as pillows, bedding and small tools that typically range from about $1 to $12, Tabler said.
American Auction is at 1260 Kirkland Road.
Food truck KoKyu BBQ is planning to open a restaurant by the end of 2014.
The business, which started a second truck called KoKyu Ondo a few weeks ago, raised $48,813 in a Kickstarter campaign that ended Nov. 1. Owner Flip Filippini said the money will be used for start-up capital and to help secure a location. Filippini hasn’t settled on a name for the new place but said the restaurant will use the same simple and fresh products that he uses on the truck.
Needlepoint.com, a shop that offers items such as tapestry, wool, needlepoint accessories, hand-painted canvases and classes, has moved from Cameron Village to 3811 Hillsborough St. in Raleigh. Prices range from about $2.50 for a wool skein to about $60 for classes. Canvases cost from about $30 to hundreds of dollars.
Bass Pro Shops is expected to open at 801 Bass Pro Lane in Cary in mid-February. ... Craft beer shop and tasting bar Paddy O’Beers is open at 121 Fayetteville St. in downtown Raleigh.


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Last Updated: Monday, April 29, 2013, 18:39
Hindustan Unilever scrip on Monday surged over 7 percent after the FMCG major posted 14.65 percent increase in net profit for the quarter ended March 31.
Last Updated: Monday, April 29, 2013, 15:48
Hindustan Unilever Ltd Monday posted 14.65 increase in its net profit at Rs 787.20 crore for the fourth quarter ended March 31, 2013, on the back of robust sales across various business verticals.
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Adidas made a Snapchat game to drop limited, 8-bit-themed baseball cleats
It's the first time Snapchat will let people buy a product inside a game.
Ubisoft put an official video game design course inside a video game
It's only available to students through select universities, though.
‘Untitled Goose Game’ arrives today on Mac, PC and Switch
You’ll wreak havoc as a terrible feathered menace.
‘John Wick Hex’ comes to Windows and Mac October 8th
The next game from the creator of 'Thomas Was Alone' and 'Volume'.
Everything Lenovo announced at IFA 2019 in less than 10 minutes
Mirage AR headset, Yoga laptop and Smart Display 7 highlights.
Early version of the new 'Plants vs. Zombies' is available today for $30
New features will be added weekly until the game's official October 18th launch.
'LEGO Star Wars Battles' is a competitive strategy game for mobile
It will arrive on iOS and Android in 2020.
The latest 'Fortnite' weapon lets you drop heavy stuff on opponents’ heads
It’s one way to battle giant mechs.
‘Kerbal Space Program’ gets an interstellar flight sequel
The popular build-your-own-spaceship game arrives in 2020.


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Gannett, like many publishers, is operating in a challenging marketplace, in which Google and Facebook loom large — perhaps too large for the taste of many advertisers.
“As I’m out speaking with national advertisers, one of the refrains is the fatigue around Google and Facebook,” said Kevin Gentzel, CRO for Gannett’s USA Today Network. “One thing that’s come out of the election cycle is the notion of importance of trust of the contextual environment in which an advertiser is reaching a consumer while they’re consuming content. Google and Facebook do great things for advertisers, but they don’t do everything. The over-reliance on them can destroy the ecosystem.”
In this backdrop, he says, media companies can differentiate and offer what Google and Facebook can’t.
Gentzel joined Digiday editor-in-chief Brian Morrissey on the latest episode of the Digiday Podcast to discuss the opportunities that come with being a national and local publisher, leading efforts in VR and developing an agency model for being an advertising partner for businesses across the country.
Edited highlights appear below.
Media companies as an alternative to Google and Facebook
“Media companies who are investing in journalism, design, talent and technology deserve to be at that table representing a new choice and an alternative to Google and Facebook. We can do things that they can’t, including helping brands build. We’re starting to see questions arise around some of the data analytics that they’re sharing, both for advertisers and publishing partners. For a media company like USA Today Network, it’s important to be out evangelizing to brands and their agencies what we can do to differentiate and define our offerings versus what they can do.”
Building ad products for local sellers as an agency
“There’s an opportunity for us to build out a nationwide agency that can build relevant products and services for local businesses in scale in ways that only we can build because of our footprint. [Our team has] started to analyze what’s working by vertical. We measure signals that go into the creative as it drives ad performance. As the machine learns more, we’ll be able to inform future designs of ads in that vertical to hone them for performance and build an extremely consultative product for local sellers.”
Investing in video
“The amount of demand of video makes it seem like there’s a gold rush. But when you unpack it, it’s still only a handful of players that are making significant strides. We’re making more investments in original storytelling in video, too. For us, [scaling video] is about how we combine local video base storytelling to reach local readers relevantly, how we create smart partnerships for syndication and distribution, and making smart bets on types of video franchises that will build audiences.”
Leading virtual reality efforts
“We are seeing an audience scale [in VR]. Brands are curious about the space. It has been a business opportunity for us. We have partnered with a number of brands to tell stories in VR, including being partners in our show [‘VRtually There’] and outside of it. In order to have a chance to really change habits of consuming content, we felt that having a rhythm around publishing was important. We partnered with YouTube, and it was a success.”
Why PMG’s Nike win doesn’t seem all that unusual for the indie media agency
The Texas-based independent agency continues to grow its roster of clients after landing Nike's media AOR business for North America.
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Publishers' commerce businesses show positive signs that consumers are still shopping despite the economic downturn.
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After seeing continued subscriber growth to its two products, CNBC will begin testing price increases next year.
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Tina Iannacchino, senior publisher director, Seedtag So much of the attention around the death of third-party cookies and its impact on the digital advertising industry is focused on the implications for brands and consumers, which is far from the complete picture. The digital publishing industry in the U.S. is massive and set to be shaken […]
Experts tip in-house operations and retail media as the most fertile landscape for new job market entrants
Although 'readjustment' and 'flexibility' will be required from those laid off by Big Tech.
How Apartment Therapy’s Riva Syrop is pivoting its events business around the economic climate
Apartment Therapy's event strategy closely revolves around its commerce business to appease both advertisers and consumers.


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China’s consumer Inflation record Low in Five-year
10 February 2015, Nirapad News: China’s annual consumer inflation hits a five-year low in January while factory deflation worsened, underscoring deepening weakness in the economy and heaping pressures on policymakers to inject more stimulus to underpin growth.
The risk of deflation is rising for the world’s second-largest economy as a property market downturn and widespread factory overcapacity have been compounded by an uncertain global outlook and falling commodity prices. And more policy support is expected from Beijing after the National Bureau of Statistics said on Tuesday that China’s consumer price index rose 0.8 percent in January year-on-year, undershooting expectations of a 1.0 percent rise and marking the weakest reading since November 2009.
“Today’s data confirmed the economic slowdown in January, while intensifying disinflation will weigh further on firms’ profit margins,” said Julia Wang, Greater China economist at HSBC. “This increases the need for further monetary easing. We continue to expect another 25 bps cut to the policy rate in Q1.” Analysts also said that factory deflation remains a big worry.
The data showed producer price index dropped 4.3 percent in January from a year earlier, worse than a 3.8 percent fall expected by analysts and extending factory deflation to nearly three years. Price cuts have sapped profitability of Chinese manufacturers.
“The PPI really shocked us,” said Zhu Qibing, a macro-strategist at Minzu Securities in Beijing. Zhu expects the People’s Bank of China bank to cut interest rates around March and April to support the economy.
The central bank is widely expected to loosen policy further after cutting bank reserve requirements last week for the first time in over two years, seen as a mostly defensive move against capital outflows.
That followed a surprise cut to benchmark interest rates in November, also the first such move in more than two years, to lower borrowing costs and support growth.
Mainland stock indexes rose around 1 percent after the data, led by financial shares. Traders say investors hope for signs of fresh liquidity injections in response to slowing growth although markets have largely priced in more easing.
“This will likely be the low point for CPI inflation given that oil is rebounding. Still, the data will increase rate cut expectations and we see a cut in March,” said Dariusz Kowalczyk, senior economist at Credit Agricole in Hong Kong.
Distortions caused by the timing of the Lunar New Year may have exaggerated weakness in the headline inflation number due to stronger holiday spending in January last year. The new year fell on January 31 in 2014 but will be on Feb 19 this year.
Food price rises eased to 1.1 percent in January from 2.9 percent in December, contributing about 80 percent of the decline in January inflation, the statistical bureau said.
Data over the weekend showed a surprising plunge in China’s imports, suggesting the economy is continuing to lose momentum despite a raft of stimulus measures. Still, analysts say the impact of holidays may have distorted the extent of the downturn.
The statistics bureau will release combined data for January and February next month to help smooth out distortions from the Lunar New Year holidays.
Yu Qiumei, a senior statistician at the National Bureau of Statistics, said worsening factory price deflation in October was mainly caused by a drop in global oil and commodity prices.
The government is expected to set an inflation target for 2015 at the opening of the annual parliament meeting in March. Sources have told to the press that the government is looking at lowering its inflation target to around 3 percent this year. Consumer prices rose 2 percent in 2014, coming in well below a target of 3.5 percent as deflation fears intensified.
The government is also expected to lower its GDP target to around 7 percent this year, after the economy grew 7.4 percent in 2014 – the slowest pace in 24 years.


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The NFT marketplace of crypto exchange Binance has recently integrated selected ERC-721 collections into the Polygon network.
As a result, Binance NFT users now can access to tokens on the Ethereum, BNB Chain, and Polygon networks. In the latter, not all collections yet.
According to the post:
“Binance NFT will regularly integrate more collections of NFTs.”
The trading volumes of Ethereum-based NFTs reached in February 2023 the levels of May last year.
It has recently become known that Amazon plans to launch its own NFT platform next month.


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Suffolk farm fined after worker injured.
BPEX is offering help for pig producers with their cleaning and disinfection (C&D) – made harder now as temperatures rise above zero, thaw sets in and units become muddier.
New research into the Halal meat market has been commissioned by EBLEX after the 2011 Census revealed a significant rise in the Muslim population.
The deadline for the 2012 British Sheep Breed Survey has been extended until 28 February to give sheep producers more time to make sure their flock is counted.
Nick Bird, director and co-owner of control and monitoring specialists Farmex Ltd, died suddenly from a heart condition on 13 January. He was 60.
Practical on-farm changes that can cut a sheep farm’s carbon footprint and improve returns can be tested with a new online tool.
Falling lamb prices and forecasts for beef production will come under the spotlight this month at a major industry event.
The gap between pig cost of production in the UK and EU is gradually narrowing, reveal the latest industry statistics.
Dairy farmers should avoid cutting back nutrients so much it reduces herd performance, says feed supplement supplier Ufac.
The newly appointed chairman of the Livestock Auctioneers Association says he is looking forward to ensure that producers will continue to be well-served by both auctioneers and the market.


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Your Best Sleep Ever Just Got More Accessible
Casper-owned brick and mortar stores are popping up across the US.
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If you’re having trouble falling asleep, maybe your mattress is to blame—the wrong one can cause all kinds of issues, from back pain to insomnia. But now, Casper’s making it easier than ever to get a great night’s sleep.
The mattress giant’s had a pretty busy year, with the release of their new premium mattress “The Wave” and a Target collab. The brand has slowly been branching away from the online-only model that initially distinguished it, and now, it’s making it official—with 15 popup brick and mortar stores across the US. While the brand still sells its products through Target, this release will give it complete control over the retail experience for the first time. CEO Philip Krim said in a press release, “Retail environments allow us to seamlessly traverse online and offline, which we believe is paramount to an exceptional customer journey.”
The stores will sell the company’s entire bedding lines, and will be in operation through Spring 2018. While the entire list of locations hasn’t been released yet, we know major metros New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago are definitely included.
Now, you can finally test the brand new Wave before you shell out the almost $2,000 to take it home—and also return it in 100 days if you still aren’t satisfied.


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Mobility has unveiled unveils NueGo, 1st pan-india intercity
electric mobility coach brand. ‘NueGo’ is aimed at the new age traveler and is
India’s first intercity electric mobility bus brand with initial plans of
having services across 24 cities.
company announced its plans for roll-out of 750 premium AC e-buses across key
intercity routes in Southern, Northern & Western India covering key transit
routes with coverage in over 75 cities. The company will have 100 electric
buses transiting through various cities in Madhya Pradesh and 200 electric
buses transiting through Delhi NCR.
bus services offering will be available across major cities in the country. The
gross CO2 emission avoided over the lifetime of these buses would be 56,154
tons while through the company 4,125 new jobs will be created. The company
through its offering will be electrifying approximately 28,000 kms across the
country in the first year of operations.
Mobility has already acquired major state transport undertaking contracts for
900 electric buses across 25 cities in India, making it a leading B2G player in
the e-mobility segment. By transforming the shared surface transport market in
India, GreenCell envisions to become one-of-the-most valued eMaaS (electric
mobility as a Service) platform globally.
has been promoted by EverSource Capital, the fund manager of India’s pioneering
climate impact fund. EverSource Capital is an equal joint venture between
Everstone Group, one of Asia’s premier investment groups with assets in excess
of US$6 billion across private equity, real estate, credit, climate impact investments
and green infrastructure and venture capital; and Lightsource bp, a global
leader in development and management of solar energy projects.
Reise Moto, a division of Mahansaria Group, announced the launch of their premium two-wheeler tyre brand ‘Reise’ in India.
In the future, Continental will offer Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) solutions based on the “CV3”artificial intelligence (AI) system-on-chip (SoC) family from semiconductor company Ambarell...
Post a successful foray into the auto tech segment with the launch of the Smart Dashcam, Qubo, Hero Electronix’s consumer technology brand is expanding the portfolio with their latest Dashcam Pro 4K.


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You need to be there to experience it; it’s exciting to see a huge turnout of technology enthusiasts from all corners of the world. Every year there is much anticipation around big announcements, new launches, the keynotes and the performances. So the question is what’s changed with OOW 2015?
Digital is the way to go. With Oracle’s emphasis on Digital, the focus this year is around Mobility, Cloud and Social. Cloud is definitely the future
#1. Not to be missed at the Open World is the tour to the Oracle UX Lab. Oracle plans to give its customers and partners a preview of Oracle’s newest user experiences in Oracle HCM Cloud, Oracle Sales Cloud and Oracle ERP Cloud.
#2. What’s the big announcement this year? Oracle will unveil a new addition to the cloud stack – Oracle Games Cloud (#OGC). It would be interesting to note what technology experts and critics have to say about this new cloud addition.
#3. Oracle’s focus being largely around Cloud, most of the partners are likely to be showcasing solutions around the same theme. Zensar Technologies, an Oracle Platinum Partner and a Cloud Specialized partner will be showcasing its exciting demos at booth #611. There is a lot in store for you. Demo sessions on Zensar’s matchless offering leveraging social listening with Oracle Marketing Cloud, to a very distinct and popular web commerce solution. Drop by to hear from the experts and get a chance to win an Apple Watch!
With Digital becoming the DNA of the technology era; it’s important for organizations to make the choice and not to miss the wave. With all the buzz already around Oracle Open World, I am all geared up for this year’s OOW. Are you?
Author: Srinivas Polsani
SVP & Global Practice Head – Oracle & BI


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Cadillac last night introduced the 2016 CTS-V, the most powerful product in the brand’s 112-year history and the newest entry in the elite class of the world’s highest-performing luxury cars.
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ELECTRIFIED ELR’S DRIVING EXPERIENCE IS PURE CADILLAC Advanced suspension, propulsion systems deliver responsiveness, refinement DETROIT – The 2014 Cadillac ELR electrified compact luxury coupe drives with the performance-bred DNA of all the brand’s vehicles, connecting the driver to the road with responsive driving dynamics expected from a Cadillac.
DETROIT – A pair of one-of-a-kind Cadillac Fleetwood V-16s that were available but never ordered by customers during the Great Depression will be among the cars on display at the annual Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance in Carmel, Calif., this week.
Two brands to highlight future of in-vehicle entertainment and connectivity DETROIT – OnStar and Cadillac are showcasing their latest technologies at the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show from Jan. 10-13 in Las Vegas.


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When Brianna Cano and her father Robert went on a family vacation to Ecuador a few years ago, they never thought they would come back with an idea for starting their own restaurant.
While in South America, they tried a “twisted” potato, carved out, served on a skewer and decked with a variety of spices and toppings like salt, lemon pepper and Sriracha sauce.
“We thought the burger and potato would be a phenomenal mix,” Brianna said. “When we got back, we thought this could work.”
With her father’s experience in the catering business, he is the founder of RCano Events Catering Company, and careful planning, the two launched Twist and Smash’d, a fast and casual burger joint at 72-06 Austin St. in Forest Hills.
Their selection of customizable burgers are small, but they pack a punch as they are made with 100 percent premium natural Black Angus beef and served on a miniature potato bun or whole-wheat wrap.
Along with serving their signature twisted potatoes, the new restaurant has also received rave reviews for its chicken and waffles, truffle popcorn and “Tossed and Smash’d Salads.”
Sunnyside native Kelly O’Neill brought her family to the restaurant last week.
“It’s pretty good,” said O’Neill, a blogger for Mommy Poppins. “We travel everywhere to eat in Queens, so we will definitely come back.”
Twist and Smash’d had their soft opening on Black Friday, however when the customers kept coming back for more Brianna said they decided to just stay open.
“The whole family has been really involved in getting this restaurant off the ground,” Brianna said.
She added that the restaurant uses biodegradable cups and supplies as they practice composting and recycling on site.
“We’re trying to give back to the environment by making this a green establishment,” she said.
Brianna and her family live in Franklin Square, however when they were scouting out locations, she said there was no other place she would rather be than on Austin Street.
“There’s great traffic from the LIRR, as well as the subways and it just seemed like they needed a burger place around here,” she said. “It is flooded with people and they aren’t heavily populated with restaurants, so we thought it would be a great opportunity.”
Loretta Volpe, owner of GMLV public relations agency, taught Brianna at Pace University and is now involved in helping promote the new restaurant.
Together, Brianna and Volpe studied the neighborhood for foot traffic before settling on the location.
“As soon as she brought this to me I knew we had to work together on this because she was a great student,” Volpe said.


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Beauty Matter | 13 September 2021
Beautycon Media is positioned as the global community for content creators, celebrities, and fans, to come together to celebrate all things fashion, beauty, style, and lifestyle—the passion points of Gen Z and millennials.
Beautycon Media Inc.’s assets have been acquired out of foreclosure by an affiliate of Essence Ventures. Rumors of financial problems and fundraising challenges have circulated since the last Beautycon festival in Los Angeles in August 2019. The troubles have led to layoffs, a civil suit filed in February by 3G Productions, suing Beautycon for nearly $300,000 in damages for breach of contract, and accusations of keeping its investors in the dark. “As we move further into a new normal, there’s tremendous opportunity to do these live and virtual experiences in a physical way that expands the reach that brings the inclusive nature of Beautycon to the globe, as well as localized,” Dennis continued. “We will have local as well as global expansion.”
Ariana Grande announces cosmetics line R.E.M. Beauty, follows trend of pop stars becoming business women
The Miami Hurricane | 14 September 2021
The past decade has seen a noticeable trend in pop superstars making the transition into business women. After seeing the massive success of cultural icons such as Rihanna successfully market their brands like Fenty Beauty and Savage X Fenty, it is not surprising that many others aim to echo the trend. Other successful pop culture figures who have mounted themselves as business women include Nicki Minaj with her Fendi collection, Beyonce’s Ivy Park clothing line, Iggy Azalea’s Totally Plastic makeup collaboration with Ulta and Lady Gaga’s Haus Laboratories label.
On Sept. 9, pop singer-songwriter Ariana Grande announced the launch of her own cosmetic line, fittingly titled R.E.M. Beauty after the fourth track of her Grammy Award-winning studio album “Sweetener.” Complete with dazzling teasers that feature the “Positions” hitmaker lounging around in a sixties-inspired miniskirt and boots, the announcement thrilled many fans. This is not Grande’s first endeavor into the business world, already having released a string of fragrances throughout the years. Her most recent, labeled “God is a Woman,” acted as her seventh scent featuring a brand-new fragrance style with a vegan, cruelty-free formula of natural ingredients. “I’ve always sort of gravitated towards the ‘50s and ‘60s and ‘70s for glamour references,” Grande said. “I’ve always pictured myself in a different time period. I’ve always wanted to wear that makeup, wear that hair, wear those outfits, be those performers.” She noted that the first products to expect focus on makeup specifically centered towards eyeliners and eyeshadows.
Tech Crunch | 15 September 2021
Earlier this year, a startup called Olive launched its new shopping site and app with the goal of making e-commerce more efficient, convenient, and sustainable by offering a way for consumers to aggregate their orders from across retailers into single shipments that arrive in reusable packaging, not cardboard. If items need to be returned, those same packages are reused. Otherwise, Olive will return to pick them up. Since its February 2021 debut, the company has grown to include over 100 retailers, predominately in the fashion space. Today, it’s expanding again by adding support for another 25 beauty retailers.
Launch partners on the new effort include brands like Supergoop!, Kora Organics, Pai Skincare, Erno Laszlo, Jecca Blac, Sahajan, Clark’s Botanicals, NuFace, Purlisse, Cover FX, LYS Beauty, SiO Beauty, Peace Out Skincare, Koh Gen Do, Julep Beauty, In Common Beauty, Indie Lee, Glow Recipe, Ursa Major, RMS Beauty, Ceremonia, Sweet Chef, Follain, and BalmLabs. They join Olive’s numerous apparel and accessory retailers like Adidas, Superga, Rag & Bone, Birdies, Vince, Goop, Khaite, and Veronica Beard, among others.
For now, New York-based Olive is growing its business by way of a fundraise of around $15 million from investors including Invus, Primary Venture Partners, and SignalFire.
Glossy | 14 September 2021
A guerilla marketing technique inspired by millennials’ love of the food truck, the promo truck has replaced the beauty store pop-up for several brands during the pandemic. Startups including Hero Cosmetics, Summer Fridays and Patrick Ta Beauty have all done truck promotions in the U.S. within the past three months. Most recently, Patrick Ta Beauty celebrated the launch of its new Major Volume Mascara with a mobile pop-up in Los Angeles from September 9-12, hitting up shopping hotspots including Fairfax, Abbott Kinney, Glendale and Melrose Trading Post. Already adopted by Chanel Beauty in pre-pandemic times, the promo truck is catching on among indie startups as pop-ups are only slowly starting to come back. “These activations produce much stronger brand loyalty than digital marketing, so brands are trying to stand out in a crowded field,” said Ben Goldberg, president of Food Truck Promotions. The company worked on the Patrick Ta Beauty activation, as well as Chanel Beauty’s 2018 hot cocoa truck that generated 5 million media impressions.
Some brands do indeed offer food within their beauty activations. This summer, Hero Cosmetics hosted its “Sunscreen ’n Ice Cream” promotion with a truck that drove around six locations in New York and Los Angeles each, offering free samples of its newly launched sunscreen as well as ice cream. According to Amy Calhoun, vp of marketing at Hero Cosmetics, the truck was a better option during the pandemic because “it was outside, which allowed people to feel more comfortable engaging with the activity.” Trucks are also helpful at a time when retail foot traffic numbers remain uncertain. “We could take it to places where our target audience was [sure to] be, rather than being forced into one location that could be hit or miss,” said Calhoun. The brand was able to hand out samples to 5,500 people with its promotion.
Glossy | 14 September 2021
When it comes to the beauty industry, the skin-care category has been the saving grace throughout the pandemic. Thanks to extended WFH periods and mask-wearing, NPD Group saw sales in the skin-care segment increase 32% year-over-year to $1.5 billion in the second quarter of 2021. And over in mass beauty, skin care saw 5% growth year-over-year in Q2, per Nielsen. As beauty executives rally for makeup’s post-Covid-19 return, there is no denying that skin care has offset color cosmetics’ sales decline for two-plus years.
All brands and retailers have been aware of these shifts (hence the skin care-makeup hybrid effect), but Walmart has made the most significant changes as of late. While the company has worked to improve its beauty assortment across the board, starting first with hair care and then with makeup, skin care’s time to shine is now. Within the last two weeks, Walmart has added 12 new brands to its lineup, including C’est Moi, Mei Apothecary, VitaminSea.Beauty and Walmart-exclusive Skin Proud. Obviously, finding great brands, many of which have social buzz and digital prowess at their core, has been key for Walmart — but Balbale believes he can bring the innovation of a prestige brand to the masses. “We’re in the midst right now of that shift down from the $56 price point to the $20 price point. But we think we can bring that even further [down] to the $10, $12, $15 price points and offer that for the consumer.”
By and large, Walmart’s focus is Gen Z, and there there is evidence that while younger shoppers are more discerning with their products, they are also more price-conscious. The success of indie brands like The Ordinary are proof of that, but so are brands like CeraVe, which have not only been recommended by dermatologists but also by skintellectual influencers like Hyram Yarboro. Thankfully for Walmart, being value-driven doesn’t exclude its tried-and-true older shoppers. NPD also found that skin-care usage for Boomers, ages 57-75, has also increased. These Baby Boomers are also more likely than other generations to say that mass brands are just as good as prestige, and nearly 60% report they only shop to replenish. “Brands that are targeting Gen Z [at Walmart] are accelerating their growth not only because the younger shopper wants to buy it. [It’s] because mom, daughter, father and son all shop at Walmart. We’re seeing Gen X and Boomers buy these products, too, because it makes them feel younger,” Balbale said.
Beauty Packaging | 15 September 2021
CeraVe has redesigned and reformulated its baby line. The product lineup includes a newly formulated wash and shampoo, to meet the needs of a baby’s developing skin. The products in newly designed packaging include CeraVe Baby Wash & Shampoo, now with Vitamin E, as well as Baby Moisturizing Lotion, Baby Moisturizing Cream and Baby Healing Ointment.
CeraVe products, including the CeraVe Baby line, are formulated with three essential ceramides – 1, 3 and 6-II, which are identical to those found naturally in baby’s skin. Ceramides are naturally found in skin and help seal moisture in and keep irritants out. During the last trimester of pregnancy, the vernix caseosa, which is a naturally occurring protective layer that contains ceramides, covers and protects the baby’s skin. As the vernix caseosa is removed soon after birth, it is critical that ceramides are restored in the baby’s skin barrier. Additionally, a baby’s skin is about 30% thinner than adult skin and continues to mature after birth—making products that contain ceramides even more essential.
Board-certified pediatrician Dr. Whitney Casares says, “I always recommend a routine of gentle products that are specifically formulated for babies, like the CeraVe Baby line, because they are not only developed with pediatric dermatologists but are also formulated with key ingredients like ceramides that can provide long-lasting benefits for skin health.”


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Google responds to SA Parliament’s anti-trust violation concerns
Google has responded to the South African Parliament’s concerns about its anti-competitive business practices, saying the Internet giant prioritises ethics over commercial ambitions.
Google South Africa’s representatives appeared before Parliament’s Committee of Communications and Digital Technologies during a virtual hearing this week, to answer questions on several matters. These included how it is protecting the digital privacy of South African users, its role in the dissemination of information on its platforms and the perceived exploitation of its market dominance in the way it handles user data.
The Parliament hearing comes as the Alphabet-owned Internet search engine faces multiple investigations across the globe, with regulators and legal bodies accusing Google of anti-competitive behaviour, which involves designing its search engine in a way that promotes the company’s own services over those of its competitors.
In a third major anti-trust investigation, 38 US states filed a lawsuit in December 2020, approaching the court to stop Google’s illegal conduct and restore a competitive marketplace.
The lawsuit follows more than a year of investigation and comes as the tech firm faces intense scrutiny of its practices over Internet searches and online advertising.
The probe follows numerous fines Google has been forced to pay, with the latest being this week after a Russian court fined Google six million rubles ($81 600) for failing to delete illegal content on its platform. In 2019, the European Union fined Google a hefty €1.49 billion ($1.7 billion) for breaching anti-trust rules.
During this week’s Parliamentary hearing, Democratic Alliance shadow minister of communications Zakhele Njabulo Mbhele asked Google representatives how the company approaches striking a healthy balance between meeting its commercial imperative and revenue targets, versus accomplishing its mission to provide comprehensive, accurate and authoritative information to billions of users in an ethical manner.
Responding to the question, Charles Murito, Google director for Sub-Saharan Africa, government affairs and public policy, said the company has innovated and promoted its search engine as part of its mission to organise the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful.
“Google takes its moral interest paramount; without users, we do not have a commercial business; and we have to ensure we have user trust .With our search engine optimisation, there is no way to use content in a manipulative way because we work to raise content that is authoritative and we leverage how useful the information is.
“The search engine optimisation really works by driving the audience in terms of the useful information in relation to their search. The more the information is not authoritative, the less it will be prioritised by the search engine. So when people search for particular information and they link onto sites that do not have that information, the user will bounce back,” explained Murito.
He referenced a YouTube video created by Google, which explains how the search optimisation works by showcasing the quality of the search, how much people are bouncing back from a particular Web page and how Google follows through by engagement with users.
Alphabet makes the lion’s share of its revenue from online advertising and the YouTube platform, which contributed significantly to its Q1 2021 earnings of $55.3 billion in revenue.
Google’s advertising platforms deliver targeted advertising campaigns more effectively and efficiently than most search engines, it says.
Profiteering from spreading fake news
The tech giant is facing yet another anti-trust probe in Europe, after the German anti-trust watchdog announced this week that it was investigating whether the company is exploiting its market dominance in an unfair manner.
The announcement comes two months after the release of a reportcompiled by Rand Fishkin, CEO of audience intelligence platform SparkToro, which details how Google “hogs traffic for itself”, to gain more views on its online adverts over those of competitors.
Questions were also raised in Parliament about why the company has been reportedly profiteering from spreading fake news. This is done through allowing content generated from fake news sites to be distributed and only removed after it has gone viral.
“In terms of our removal policy, we ensure that over 80% of content which violates our community guidelines is removed before it has a single view. We make sure our algorithms are really working to drive strong removals, especially around misinformation and hate speech and other hateful content,” stated Murito.
“Political advertising is categorised as sensitive events and we take extra caution of analysing the content that goes online, especially around adverts, and we ensure we are taking a clear and conscious view of what content goes online. It’s important to note that not everything advertised will go online.”
Responding to concerns raised about Google’s locating services and the tracking of users around the clock, Murito admitted this forms part of the company’s geo-location functions.
“Yes, we use their location to be able to deliver information that is more suitable to users as consumers; however, it’s really important to note that information is completely in the user’s control. So if you go to the user’s Google account, you will see all the information we have access to, and users have the authority to completely clear out the information which they don’t want us to have access to.”


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Bethany Women Bake 250 Dozen Raisin Cookies
HUGHESVILLE – Since the beginning of the month, the Bethany Ministry Women of Bethany Methodist Church in Hughesvile have been working on their best fundraiser for the year. “We love to bake,” said Helen Nace of Hughesville and one of the main organizers of the event. For two weeks the women have been taking orders to sell raisin filled cookies by the dozen. For the past ten years about thirteen women come together volunteering their time rolling, baking, mixing and shopping for ingredients that are mostly donated, except for the raisins, added Nace.
Each week the women made about 130 dozen cookies for customers to pick up at the church. Last Friday they started about 5:30 a.m. and finished baking the last tray close to 1 p.m.
“We got the recipe from another church in Bloomsburg when we first started the fundraiser. It proved to be real successful. We had a few orders in the beginning, but now we sell over a hundred dozen each week. We had to cut it off after the two weeks,” Nace said.
The women plan on selling sugar cookies the first week in May.


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E-commerce startup Bygghemma, which focuses on home decoration and furniture, has been reported to be acquiring parts of the recently bankrupt chain store Chili.
Bygghemma, which also owns the Trademax e-commerce store, has taken a strong position in the Scandinavian e-commerce scene. Started by former CDON CEO Mikael Olander, it has had an explosive growth. Revenue this year is expected to be reach over € 200 million, which is an more then a 10x increase in only 3 years.
With the acquisition Bygghemma will be the second largest furniture store in Scandinavia.
“IKEA has roughly half of the market, and will probably have that for another while. Our aims are to be an alternative to IKEA” said Mikael Olander to DI
You can read more over at ehandel.se.
This article is in collaboration with Øresund Startups, originally by Karsten Deppert. Øresund Startups is a news site focusing on startups in Copenhagen and the other cities around the Øresund strait; Malmö, Helsingborg and Lund. It was initiated by Karsten Deppert and covers news about startups and events from the startup scene. You can follow them at @Oresundstartups.


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In an interview with Motorsport.com, former WEC CEO Gerard Neveu who is now a Motorsport advisor at Motorsport Games revealed that an official World Endurance Championship (WEC) game is in the making and that the title is scheduled for a 2023 release.
Gerard Neveu said: I’m excited to work with the team to build upon the company’s existing major live events and continue to help spread the joy of virtual racing with fans around the world.
Virtual racing and esports have become major parts of the future within the world of motorsport and I’m honored to get to be a part of the phenomenon. By connecting real-life motorsports with virtual racing events, we can create a whole new community that goes beyond just watching on TV, to actually participating in world-class racing events.
We have so many exciting plans in the pipeline, says Neveu. First, in an agreement between Motorsport Games, Le Mans, and the Automobile Club de l’Ouest, I can tell you that we will have a dedicated video game targeted to launch in 2023 – to coincide with the centenary of the Le Mans 24 Hours.
This is under development, and we have a dedicated team working very hard on it. It will reflect the ambiance of sportscar racing and this magical event, I’m sure all sportscar fans will find it very interesting.
Until then, we shall also develop the Le Mans Virtual into a series of races, a regular esports championship similar to the WEC format. We will use the same model: combining the best esports and pro race drivers, with events at four tracks – with LMP2 and GTE cars as before. Alongside this, there will be races open to the public, so everyone can enjoy.
Finally, I can tell you that the 24 Hours of Le Mans Virtual, racing at the Circuit de la Sarthe, will be run again this coming winter. We will follow the same route as before, with very famous drivers taking part and a great broadcast for the fans to follow, and we plan to develop the quality of this event to another level.
We’ll have some more exciting news about this after the real-world Le Mans takes place in August.
It is clear that Motorsport Games inc. is going places.
A week ago, they confirmed that they have established an official partnership with North America’s premier open-wheel racing series, and with it, the opportunity to create a brand new franchise that grants them the right to develop and distribute a series of official NTT Indycar Series games. The first official Indycar title is expected to launch in 2023 on Xbox, PlayStation consoles, and PC.
Motorsport Games recently also acquired the assets and the business of KartKraft, the highly acclaimed PC kart racing simulator from the Australian developer Black Delta. The publisher also successfully completed the acquisition of Studio 397, developers of the rFactor 2 racing simulator, and took ownership of Developer Digital Tales USA and with it, its upcoming new official Superbike mobile game.
Needless to say, besides developers, you also need licenses to create market appealing games. So for Motorsport Games, the hunt is on.
Besides the NASCAR and official Superbike game license, Motorsport Games has also cached on the success of the Le Mans Esports Series and the 24 Hours of Le Mans Virtual Esport Event and managed to secure a Joint Venture with the Automobile Club de l’Ouest resulting in a Ten Year Exclusive License. In 2020, Motorsport Games also confirmed they acquired a gaming license to create an official British Touring Car Championship Racing Game.
Alongside handling the distribution and development of new games, Motorsport Games is also an award-winning esports partner for the 24 Hours of Le Mans, Formula E, BTCC, the FIA World Rallycross Championship, and the eNASCAR Heat Pro League, among others.


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Players once again command Pikmin to perform different actions, battling massive enemies and bosses. A new dog-like creature is also revealed.
Nintendo has announced it will be premiering a roughly 40-minute long presentation tomorrow to reveal new details on upcoming Switch games.
Whether it's role-playing games, action titles, or horror revivals, there's plenty to look forward to in 2023 and the years beyond.
Having spent years talking about the next mainline Pikmin instalment, Nintendo has now finally officially announced it.
"It has been hard to fit Pikmin 4... into our schedule."
Shigeru Miyamoto reveals Pikmin 4's existence; doesn't confirm its platform.