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Lincoln is making its complimentary maintenance program standard starting with all new 2011 model year Lincoln vehicles. The program, simply named Lincoln Complimentary Maintenance, was announced today, Nov. 11, by Ford Motor Company.
Ford says it introduced complimentary maintenance last summer as a promotion for select 2010 model year Lincoln vehicles, but has now made it standard for all 2011 model year vehicles. Sorry, but new 2010 and 2009 Lincolns are not included. Ford and Mercury vehicles aren’t included either.
Shoppers who buy a new 2011 Lincoln MKZ, or any 2011 Lincoln vehicle, will receive free maintenance.
"We are redefining the Lincoln customer ownership experience," said C.J. O’Donnell, Lincoln group marketing manager, in a statement. "Lincoln Complimentary Maintenance is just one example of Ford Motor Company’s commitment to elevating the Lincoln brand and experience."
Lincoln’s free maintenance program includes coverage for oil and filter changes, tire rotations and multipoint inspections for up to eight service visits. The complimentary maintenance is in addition to Lincoln’s four-year, 50,000-mile bumper-to-bumper manufacturer’s warranty and is fully transferable to a second owner.
Toyota announced Oct. 7 that it would make its free maintenance incentive standard for all new Toyota and Scion vehicles, saying it was the first automaker to make free maintenance standard. Although Toyota’s program is good for non-luxury vehicles, Lincoln’s free maintenance program more closely competes with BMW’s maintenance program, which includes oil changes, brake pads, belts, spark plugs and more.


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South Dakota gasoline price questions: No laws against price gouging
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) -With prices increasing in so many areas of life, every penny can count. If you’re wondering if our gas prices truly reflect the stations’ wholesale costs, you’re not alone.
Customers who fill up at Midway gas tell owner Bruce Vollan they appreciate the quality and the price. Next, they ask why it’s up to 50 cents more per gallon just a few miles away.
“The unfortunate fact around here is that there are so few people that are in a position to combat corporate greed, you know, there’s just a lot of monopolization going on in this market. Not necessarily because people are communicating. It’s kind of the unspoken rule,” said Vollan.
Vollan says prices often stay elevated at other places after their expenses have gone down. So some may call it price gouging, which here in South Dakota is entirely legal.
Jody Gillaspie with the Attorney General’s consumer protection division still listens to concerns of price gouging.
“So, unfortunately, here in South Dakota, we do not have price gouging laws. We’ve had a number of phone calls regarding various things, whether it was the eggs, the meat, gasoline,” said Gillaspie.
“We take the calls, log them in, in the event that something should change down the road. At least we’ve got the documentation.
We asked, are there other states with laws against price gouging?
“Yes,” said Gillaspie
According to Findlaw.com, 40 states have some type of price-gouging regulatory laws on the books. Three more have introduced legislation. If South Dakotans want change, we’ll need to ask for it.
“Reach out to their legislators to hopefully make those changes,” said Gillaspie
In the meantime, doing your research is the best way to protect your wallet.
“Fortunately, consumers have the ability to go out and shop around for the best prices,” said Gillaspie
And those who have done their research have chosen places like Midway and Vollan oil.
I’ve got a great team of people. We’ve got an amazing customer base around here, and that’s what I like,” said Vollan.
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2010 ABC Sale t-shirts have arrived at the CCA
The 2010 ABC Sale is only months away and, just in time for Christmas, Captivans can begin picking up their own commemorative ABC Sale t-shirt at the Captiva Civic Association.
“The artwork was done by Lauri Kaihlanen. He’s a very popular artist here on Captiva. Lauri did a really nice job of incorporating Captiva landmarks – the Island store, the fishhouse, the Chapel-by-the-Sea, the CCA office and Lauri’s painted mailbox at the post office,” said Sharon Brace of the CCA.
Captivans interested in purchasing a t-shirt will have their choice of white and yellow haze, a kind of pale yellow.
Sizes range from youth small to adult double extra large. Each shirt costs $20.
“If people want to get one before Christmas they can get them at the office here weekday mornings between 10 a.m. and noon. It’s helpful if they call first, 472-2111,” Brace said.
After Jan. 1, the ABC Sale t-shirts will be available in front of the Captiva post office, though a sale schedule is yet to be determined.
The 2010 ABC Sale will take place on Saturday, March 6.
The Captiva Civic Association is located at 11550 Chapin Lane.


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Danish government publishes a new plan to tackle plastic pollution
“We cannot live without plastic”, writes the Danish Environment and Food Minister, Jakob Ellemann-Jensen, in the preface of the new Danish plastic plan. Plastic is used in most products, and it has beneficial qualities that cannot be denied. It is so useful that we cannot get rid of it completely, but we must find a solution to the problems plastic has caused.
Plastic pollution has become a global issue. Plastic decomposes slowly and is especially tricky to recycle. There are several different grades of plastic that need to be separated from each other, and at the same time recycled plastic should be clean (for example from food and other organic contaminants).
Support for new research and existing initiatives
In their plan to manage plastic pollution, the Danish government has identified several approaches to the problem. There are 27 plastic initiatives introduced in the plan, and the government has earmarked 50 million Danish kroners to support them. In the following we shortly sum up the initiatives.
The published plan begins with the introduction of plastic value chain, and what the government plans to do in order to make it more effective. The government wants to support new technologies, map out business potential in Danish plastic companies and research plastic consumption.
The Danish government is calling for producer responsibility with its “from cradle to cradle”-thinking and is showing support for the existing recycling initiatives. Denmark has not implemented EU regulation on producer responsibility on packaging materials, but there is a deposit-system in place for beverage packaging. The existing deposit system and other initiatives are now fully backed and supported by the Danish government.
Household plastics – a plan for a difficult fraction
While most of plastic waste in Denmark (37%) comes from industry, it is the household plastics (27% of all plastic waste) that are especially tricky to recycle. The European Union has set higher targets for plastic recycling and in order to achieve them, Denmark has to assess the problem with household plastics.
The Danish government is suggesting a standardized collection for household plastics. According to the plan, standardization should make it easier for citizens to sort their plastic waste, make waste management more cost effective and grow the market for plastic waste.
The government introduces altogether 27 initiatives to assess the problems with plastic pollution. Some of them take practical action, like cleaning up shorelines, collecting abandoned fishing gear from the ocean and other waterways, information campaigns to reduce dumping, regulating the materials used in shot shell hulls, regulating use of plastic bags, regulating use of microplastics, etc.
The overall goal is to limit unnecessary use of plastics and to reduce the amount of plastic scrap in the Danish environment.
Solid inner markets for recycled plastics within EU
The publication also states that plastic pollution is a global issue that cannot be solved by one nation alone. Cooperation is required, and the government supports the EU plastic initiatives: single plastic ban, design-for-recycling and increased recycling of plastic within the Union.
According to the Danish government, the EU market for plastic recycling should be based on solid industrial demand.
Support from Plastindustrien
The Danish trade organization for plastic industry, Plastindustrien, supports the government’s plan and initiatives. The trade union’s representatives are yet calling for a concrete deadline for the standardization of plastic recycling, and for the forming of a growth panel with the focus on forming new jobs around the new plastic initiatives.
You can read both the whole plan (link downloads a PDF) and Plastindustrien’s statement in Danish.
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Tesco apologises after Muslim checkout worker refused to sell customer ham and wine because it was Ramadan
- Julie Cottle, 43, tried to buy items during shopping trip in north London
- Employee said he couldn't sell them as he was fasting for religious festival
- Mother-of-three was instead forced to use the self-service checkouts
- She told worker he should be serving people not turning them away
- Firm apologises to customer but refuses to condemn worker's actions
Shopper: A Muslim worker at a Tesco store refused to serve customer Julie Cottle (pictured) who was buying ham and wine because he said it was Ramadan
A Muslim cashier at a Tesco store refused to serve a customer buying ham and wine because he said it was Ramadan.
The till operator told Julie Cottle he would not touch the items as they are considered forbidden by Islam and said she should use the self- service tills instead.
When Miss Cottle, 43, from Neasden, north-west London, complained to the manager, he backed the worker’s right to refuse to serve her because it was the holy month of Ramadan and he was fasting.
But Tesco has now apologised for Monday’s incident and said the worker had been ‘spoken to’.
Miss Cottle said her treatment left her furious. ‘He pointed at the ham and wine in my basket and said “I can’t serve you that because I’m fasting”,’ she said.
‘When I told him he should be serving customers not turning them away he still refused, telling me to go to the self-service.
‘I know he has his beliefs – I’m a Christian myself – but he should be able to do his job properly. I’m disgusted. If he is refusing to do his job he shouldn’t be there.’
During Ramadan Muslims go without food and drink between dawn and dusk. The devout also refrain from smoking, swearing, arguing, listening to music and having sex to demonstrate their faith.
Following the yearly ritual is considered as one of the Five Pillars of Islam.
Miss Cottle, a mother of three, said she went to a Tesco Express to get two packets of ham for her children’s lunches. She also had three bottles of white wine among her shopping.
‘There was an Asian man at the till,’ she said. ‘He said he couldn’t serve me because he was fasting for Ramadan. He told me I had to use the self-service.
‘I started shouting and he went to the back of the shop. I asked to see the manager. He was a temporary manager and he said I had to use the self-service.
‘I was furious so when I got home I rang Tesco customer service to complain.
Forbidden: The till operator at the store in Neasden told mother-of-three Miss Cottle he would not touch the wine and ham as they are considered 'forbidden' by Islam, and told her to go to a self-service till instead
Branch: Tesco has since apologised for the incident at this store in north-west London and said the worker has been 'spoken to'
‘All they said was “that does not sound right but if it is ok with the manager that’s ok”.’
Tesco has since apologised to Miss Cottle over the incident and a spokesman said the worker had been spoken to.
‘We’re here to serve our customers the products they choose to buy,’ he said. ‘We don’t have a specific policy and take a pragmatic approach if a colleague raises concerns about a job they have been asked to do.
‘We apologise to our customer for any inconvenience on this occasion.’
Location: The incident happened at one of the firm's many London stores, in the suburb of Neasden
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New prize for healthy food
Local farmers can now win $10,000 from the premier for making local, healthy food.
The province announced the new Alberta Food for Health Awards last week. Under it, Alberta producers that make healthy food products have a chance to win one of five $10,000 prizes.
The money will go to producers selling food through farmers’ markets, stores, food services (such as school cafeterias) and vending machines, says Kerry Engel, spokesperson for Alberta Agriculture. One prize will go to a researcher of healthy food.
Those foods must be made in Alberta from Alberta ingredients, Engel says, and meet the “choose sometimes” or “most often” standards of the province’s nutritional guidelines for youth. (A sausage would have to have less than 10 grams of fat under those guidelines, for example.)
Raw products like carrots won’t qualify for the award, Engel notes, but processed goods like carrot juice will. Products have to be on the market by Jan. 1, 2010, and need an official nutrition label.
The prize aims to recognize small-to-medium-sized food producers, Engel says, but is open to all Albertans.
Carol Olivieri of St. Albert’s Blue Kettle Specialty Foods wasn’t sure if she’d qualify for the award; she makes healthy salsas and sauces, but the award excludes condiments.
Prizes like this help build support for local food, Olivieri says, and help small businesses come up with new products. “We still get people who are surprised when we say we’re from St. Albert.”
Contest winners will be announced this March. Details are available at www.albertafoodforhealthawards.com.
Cow tracing tweaked
Alberta is re-jigging its rules for tracking cattle after a year of operation.
Alberta Agriculture’s livestock traceability rules kicked in this January. As of this year, newborn calves need to have their ages registered to prevent the spread of illness — specifically mad cow disease.
The province announced two tweaks to those rules last week. Producers now have 10 months, rather than eight, to put an industry-approved Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tag on new calves and register their birthdates. Feedlots with over 1,000 head of cattle a year now have to report the arrival of new cows, a requirement previously applied to lots with over 5,000 cows.
The changes should encourage more farmers to register the actual birthdays of their cows, says Rich Smith, general manager of the Alberta Beef Producers. Farmers can have hundreds of calves each year, he explains, and often peg their birthdays to the start of calving season. “You end up with animals that can be registered as two to three months older than they actually are,” he says, which can lock them out of places with tight age restrictions (such as Japan).
“The best records are individual birthdates,” he says, but the original rules discouraged their use — farmers had to tag all their animals within three months of birth, which was an expensive hassle. The new rules let them use cheaper tattoos or dangle tags at three months, with an RFID tag and registration at 10.
Farmers seem to be getting used to registering their cattle, Smith says, although many were miffed that the province had legislated it. “We’re going to have a significant number of age-verified cattle available to market.”
Terry Sheehan near Westlock says he sees a lot of value in age tracking, although he admits he’s in the minority — he’s always had to track his cows’ ages as an organic beef farmer. “I think it’s good for the industry as a whole,” he says. “If we have future incidents [with mad cow], it will be nice to be able to say we’re able to verify the ages of our animals.”


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Samsung has recently released the all-new S series, but it looks like the flagship models are already troubling users. In the latest development, Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra owners are reporting the Wi-Fi connectivity issue.
Shockingly, this problem is emerging on the devices delivered on launch day. As per the details, some general users are constantly complaining that the Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra is facing a Wi-Fi connectivity issue where the device stays connected to the Wi-Fi network, but the internet connection access remains unavailable.
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The smartphone often begins working through a Wi-Fi connection. Although, the duration doesn’t last too long. More specifically, it the connectivity problem is limited to the Ultra model, while the vanilla and Plus Galaxy S23 are working fine.
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It’s worth mentioning that the issue is reported for consumers having Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) routers. This is a new generation of wireless technology and has not been purchased by users widely. The spread of the issue suggests that the S23 Ultra has no issues with older-generation Wi-Fi routers.
Notably, a Reddit user that the next update would address the issue. It looks like, the company is already aware of the bug and working to deliver a fixed firmware update to affected models.
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General Mills has launched a range of yoghurts containing seeds under the Liberté brand in the UK.
The US group said it was the first time pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds and linseeds had been used together in yoghurts sold in the market.
"Consumers are actively seeking out convenient breakfast solutions that are nutritious without compromising on taste. This new format and thinking has the potential to drive incremental growth by bringing new and younger consumers into the brand and Greek category," Richard Williams, marketing director at General Mills' YOPLAIT unit, which runs the Liberté brand in the UK, said.
The seeds products are part of a wider line-up for the Liberté brand that also includes three yoghurts containing muesli.
The Liberté Muesli and Seeds range will be available from 13 April, with an MRRP of GBP1 for a 140g pot. Two seeds lines – Seeds & Mixed Berries and Seeds & Mixed Fruit – and two muesli yoghurts – Muesli & Summer Fruit, Muesli & Apricot – have been developed.


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Now 50 Million Daily Users Strong, OpenDNS Wants to Be “the Akamai for Security”
OpenDNS isn’t a company you think about much. And that’s by design — its products quietly block users on a network from botnets, malware and phishing. But between consumer users and large customers like H&R Block and Deloitte, OpenDNS now has 50 million daily active users.
This week, OpenDNS founder and CEO David Ulevitch invited me to the company’s new San Francisco office — a former party-supply warehouse where the walls are now blue and the conference rooms are named after top-level domains — to share new stats and explain more about where his company came from and where it’s going.
In the past three years, OpenDNS has become more of a security company than a domain-name system provider, Ulevitch said. It still routes users to Web sites using a global network of 14 data centers — in fact, it handles about 40 billion DNS requests per day.
But Ulevitch’s goal is to become a distributed security provider — “the Akamai for security,” he called, it, giving people anywhere in the world a secure connection to the Internet on any device — in the same way Akamai delivers content from its huge global network of servers.
Ulevitch, who founded OpenDNS in 2005 straight out of college, is also changing his company’s business model.
OpenDNS has been cash-flow positive since 2007, with “well into eight figures” of revenue today, Ulevitch said.
But where the company used to make its money from advertising a few years ago, today it brings in 75 percent of revenue from paid products, mostly massive enterprise and school deployments. And OpenDNS will soon try to compete with virtual private network and virtual machine providers.
Making money from advertising is a bad fit for a security company, Ulevitch argued. “I think it’s fundamentally incompatible to be paid by somebody who’s not your customer,” he said.
And I can see his point — when I used OpenDNS a few years ago, I was annoyed that it would hijack my attempts to use the browser toolbar to navigate myself to Web sites, by taking me to an ad-supported search results page instead.
OpenDNS has toned all that down now, Ulevitch said.
These changes started to kick in when Ulevitch was reinstated as CEO of his own company in 2009, a year after he’d been demoted by major shareholder Halsey Minor. Minor has since sold his shares and given his board seats to Greylock Partners and Sequoia Capital.
For Ulevitch, spending time under a hired CEO seems to have lit a fire in his belly. Since 2009, OpenDNS users have more than tripled, and the company’s employee count has grown to 80 from 20. Recent management hires include the former CTO of Websense, Dan Hubbard, and the former head of global alliances at ScanSafe (acquired by Cisco), Mark Kreitzman, who now have the same titles at OpenDNS.
Ulevitch’s next challenge? Figuring out if he should change his company’s name to something that better describes what it does now.


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The show is starting now. Follow along with our liveblog at the bottom of this post.
Sony's highly anticipated New York news event takes place today, September 7, starting at 12 PM PT / 3 PM ET. In addition to breakout news stories, GameSpot will be in the room at the PlayStation Theater to bring you a liveblog with up-to-the-second updates for the news regarding all the big announcements. You can also watch the event live here.
Officially, Sony has not said a word about what fans can expect. Thanks to leaks, however, we are fairly certain one of the reveals will be a slimmed-down PlayStation 4 console. Considering this system is already apparently out in the wild, we wouldn't be surprised if it will also launch relatively soon.
The other expected announcement is the new, more powerful PS4 console, Neo. Sony confirmed this system in June, but has not yet offered much in the way of specifics. This is likely to change today during the event, which may serve as the console's formal unveiling.
As is always the case in the consumer technology world, there is a chance of a complete surprise announcement or reveal.
You can also watch the entire event live on GameSpot, while, as mentioned, we'll have breakout news stories and analysis after the event wraps up.


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May 2021 brought three news items of interest to anyone paying attention to how the general and business aviation industries are faring as the Covid-19 pandemic winds down in the U.S. Taken together, the top story seems to be cautious optimism tempered by a healthy dose of reality and an understanding that the pandemic may usher in fundamental changes in the ways we travel.
First-quarter delivery results reported by the General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) show a welcome increase when compared to the same period of 2020, when the pandemic’s effects first began to be felt. Deliveries of new airplanes in 2020 were off by more than nine percent; 1Q 2021 numbers exceeded them, but not the subsequent quarters of 2020.
Avionics sales also were off in 2020, with the Aircraft Electronics Association (AEA) reporting a 26-percent reduction in sales value compared to 2019. (Disclosure: I often provide freelance writing services to AEA.) In 1Q of 2021, sales were off almost 14 percent, when compared with the same period in 2020. That’s not a great sign, but we have to remember that January 2020 was the deadline for ADS-B in the U.S., when sales were high.
Other news is not so good. Aerion Supersonic, the startup developing a supersonic business jet, on May 21 announced it was closing its doors. The company’s statement said, “In the current financial environment, it has proven hugely challenging to close on the scheduled and necessary large new capital requirements” it needed to push toward production.
I have a couple of theories. The first is that the rebound in airframe deliveries reported by GAMA in 2020, after 1Q, reflected pent-up demand. That 1Q 2021 deliveries of new airplanes, 432, did not approach 2020’s 4Q number, 875, says to me that demand has been satisfied and travel needs are being recalibrated. We’ll know more in three months when GAMA’s 2Q data comes out.
By then we’ll also learn more from AEA, whose President and CEO Mike Adamson said, “With avionics sales trending in the right direction over the last nine months, it appears that a slow and steady industry recovery is underway.”
Meanwhile, Aerion’s failure isn’t a huge surprise, but its timing meshes well with my reset theory, which hinges on the worldwide realization that a lot of business travel is unnecessary and the essentials can be accomplished over a video connection, which not coincidentally is greener and cheaper. Many areas of the world, meanwhile, have not seen the vaccination success the U.S. has experienced. As other countries approach our level of vaccination, things may change.
It seems many are rethinking their travel needs. It likely will be a while before the industry knows which way the post-pandemic wind is going to blow.
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If Snapchat’s redesigned interface hasn’t managed to annoy enough users already, the company’s latest ploy to monetize its popular app might just manage to do it. According to VentureBeat, Snap has tied up with a number of companies, including Dunkin’ Donuts, Bud Light and King Digital Entertainment – the developers behind the popular mobile game, Candy Crush Saga – to create sponsored ‘Snappables‘. A Snap spokesperson has reportedly confirmed the report, saying that the first such Snappable will go live this Thursday.
In case you didn’t know already, ‘Snappables’ is a new Snapchat feature that combines augmented reality with gameplay. The company believes the feature will help it stay ahead in the AR stakes as other social media companies start upping their AR game. One of the games requires users to ‘catch’ AR eggs with their mouths, while other games allow users to fight aliens, start a rock band, and play basketball, among other cool things.
The AR part of the new game is similar to ‘Lenses’, the company’s very own augmented reality stickers that’s become incredibly popular since its introduction back in 2015. Like Lenses, Snappables can be accessed by clicking on the background just before clicking a photo or shooting a video. Unlike Lenses, however, Snappables can be found on the left of the camera screen, not the right.
Snap has been exploring various ways to monetize its app, and was earlier rumored to introduce unskippable 6-second ads in the Shows section of the app. The new ways to monetize the app by using in-your-face advertising – potentially at the cost of user satisfaction – could be a sure sign that the company is feeling the heat after going public, and is gunning for profitability.


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Star Wars Galaxies will soon be shutting down has been met with quite a bit of sadness from the players, for understandable reason: The game has just recently hit its eight-year anniversary and remains a large and unique game in many respects. Players had banded together to start a petition to save the game, one large enough to merit an official response from Sony Online Entertainment. But we're sorry to say that this isn't something to get excited about; the official response is, essentially, that the decision is made.
Posted by Linda "Brasse" Carlson, the short response thanks players for their dedication and commitment to the game but notes that the agreement between SOE and LucasArts has been made after a great deal of discussion, and it's not going to be reversed. The letter closes by urging Star Wars Galaxies players to enjoy the game's twilight months by playing the game while it's still around, which is good advice but certainly sad news for those who had held out hopes for an 11th-hour reprieve.


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Some leaked authentic-looking Sprint documentation suggests that the CDMA HTC Mogul (also known as the PPC-6800) could land later this month on Sprint’s web site. This could be good news given that the release date had slipped as far back as next October.
Succeeding the PPC-6700, the HTC Mogul (It looks like the PPC-6800 designation will not be used) will be powered by a 416MHz Qualcomm processor and Windows Mobile 6. It will come with a slide-out QWERTY keyboard, 64MB RAM and 256MB ROM, a jog wheel, a 2.8-inch QVGA display, 802.11 b/g Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.0, a microSD slot and a 2MP camera. It will also be upgradeable to EVDO Rev. A.
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Truste, Citing Location Privacy Worries, Expands Certification Program to the Mobile World
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eBay and Facebook. Late last year it brought on Babel, the former manager of Verisign’s global SSL and Identity Authentication business (since sold to Symantec), who said at the time that Truste was “poised to achieve a new level of growth.” And this June the organization raised an additional $12 million in venture funding in a round led by new investor Jafco Ventures. Babel says the company has put much of the money into new automated scanning software that continually challenges clients’ websites and mobile apps for privacy lapses.
Mobile-centric companies weren’t being adequately served by Truste’s previous Web-focused services, Babel says. “A lot of customers will come in and look at the Web certification and now they will be able to get a mobile certification as well, scoring their mobile site as well as any apps they’ve created,” he says. “Additionally, if you are collecting data in the EU and you need Safe Harbor [a U.S. Department of Commerce program that helps companies comply with stricter privacy controls in Europe], we have an additional box you can check, as well as COPPA [the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998] if you are marketing to children under 13. We try to lead with the product that meets your needs. If you are just a mobile company, it will be just the mobile one. We want to make sure you are completely covered.”
I put it to Babel that $3,000 a year for privacy certification might be a lot to ask of a small mobile-app development startup. He pointed out that in addition to big brands like Yelp, the Weather Channel, and GoDaddy, the new mobile program already has small clients like TigerText, which lets users send self-destructing text messages, and Whereoscope, a location-based app builder (which I happened to profile last week). “You might think $3,000 is expensive. For a lot of them the question is how to get their app downloaded and used, so you can think of it as cheap marketing. A lot of these guys look at it and say, ‘The extra downloads and conversions are really very valuable.'”
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No disservice should be done to men who want to use silk, said Irani while addressing the audience at the inauguration of the second Centre of Excellence (CoE) of the Central Silk Board (CSB) in Bengaluru. The inauguration also marked the launch of an indigenous Automatic Silk Reeling Machine (ARM) by CSB.
The minister also stressed on the need for an outreach programme for promoting Indian silk and said that the new reeling machine will help women in the sector who were mostly engaged in rearing cocoons and working in old and outdated units.
The CoE in Bengaluru, managed by Central Silk Technological Research Institute (CSTRI), has been set up to impart industry aligned skill seeding and skill development training programmes. It will also offer short term and long term courses in spinning, reeling, weaving, twisting, finishing, processing and packaging silk. CSB already has a CoE in Ranchi, Jharkhand.
The reeling machine that will be supplied to reelers from next year, has been developed to shorten the gap between silk demand and production and deal with the shortage of skilled manpower, said KM Hanumantharayappa, Chairman of CSB.
He also added that India is on track to become self-reliant in silk and will not be required to import it by 2020. The production of bivoltine silk has increased and the country is producing close to 4,000 tonnes of 4A grade silk, equivalent to the high-quality fabric imported from China, said Hanumantharayappa.
The total silk production in India is 28,000 tonnes, consisting of 10,000 tonnes of crossbreed mulberry variety, according to the CSB chairman. (KD)
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“London College of Fashion is a token of talent and creativity worldwide. I wanted to be a part of that community and be able to enter the industry with that guarantee,” says Jdeed Magazine editor Cynthia Jreige of her decision to earn her Master’s in Fashion Journalism from London College of Fashion.
Had Jreige not chosen to study at LCF, her only other option to earn a Master’s degree in Fashion Journalism would have been Central Saint Martins, a sister school of LCF. Another graduate from her class shares that many students feel that Saint Martins is too traditional in its methods, whereas the LCF program encourages its students to be involved with the current industry, in turn learning real-life skills that will help in their careers.
Students like Jreige choose London College of Fashion over other schools because of that encouragement. Every program is centered around students learning their place in the working world, not just classroom lectures. That being said, LCF does require a hefty amount of lectures.
Another factor that students love: the university offers a unique selection of programs that aren’t found anywhere else.
“LCF was always my first choice as a place to study,” says Phoebe Haynes, a third year BA Fashion Contour student. “The selection of courses is so broad yet niche. Plus it’s a prestigious name in the fashion industry.”
In her highly unique course of study, Haynes learns the complex skills needed to create and design lingerie, bras, swimwear and other similar garments.
While just about every fashion school offers design courses for womenswear, menswear and accessories, LCF reaches much farther. The university does offer these traditional design subjects but also offers both Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in more specified fields such as footwear design, lingerie design, pattern cutting and embroidery.
In addition to a business school with programs in entrepreneurship, marketing and management, LCF offers degrees in fashion psychology, fashion photography and even creative direction for fashion.
The university’s location is another top selling point for prospective students.
“There is so much to learn of fashion even just by visiting London, so studying at the center of it is such an immersive experience,” Haynes continues.
Students opt for a London school because of the city’s diverse metropolitan atmosphere and its location on the map. London has a large artistic population as well: London College of Fashion is just one of six universities that make up the University of Arts London, not to mention other esteemed arts universities such as Royal College of Art. LCF students can find gallery openings, magazine launch parties, fashion presentations and other such events just about every weekend.
Plus, London’s proximity to other major fashion capitals — a flight to New York is about six hours and trips to Paris and Milan are both around two hours — makes London the closest one can get to the center of the world.


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‘Rick And Morty’ Season 3 Premiere Incites Cravings For McDonald’s Szechuan Suace
Season three of Rick and Morty unexpectedly aired on Saturday night, putting fans in a frenzy.
RICK AND MORTY SPURS MCDONALD’S SZECHUAN SAUCE CRAZE
The episode ended with Rick begging fast food giant McDonald’s to bring back their exclusive 1998 Szechuan sauce, that was brought in for a limited time to promote Disney’s Mulan. The episode spurred on such a craze that an online petition has been launched to get the chain to rerelease the sauce. As of this writing, it has 16,392 signatures.
In addition to the Adult Swim show, Disney also announced last October that it would be moving ahead with creating a live-action version of the classic film. Live-action Mulan would join other recent remakes, including The Jungle Book, Beauty and the Beast and the upcoming Lion King and Little Mermaid.
One fan actually reached a chef at McDonald’s on Twitter. “We need one of the chef’s to take that recipe off the shelf,” the tweet read. “If we can give away Big Mac sauce bottles, we can do this! @Mike_Haracz.” Mike Haracz, a chef at the restaurant chain who helps design various meals, actually responded. “I’ll see what I can do,” was his simple response.
— Mike Haracz (@Mike_Haracz) April 3, 2017
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The travel industry is beginning to turn on tourism trips that exploit animals, and it looks like dolphin shows will be the next thing to go. Several travel bloggers, who argue that dolphinariums and for-profit marine parks are inhumane and should be a relic of the past, are leading the pushback against these attractions with the help of a 2,000-strong petition.
They're taking aim at an upcoming gathering called TBEX 2014, billed as "the world's largest gathering of travel bloggers, writers, and new media content creators." While at the September event, guests can sign up for two tours at a dolphinarium in Cancun.
Travel writer Matthew Kepnes of the blog nomadicmatt.com is an outspoken critic.
"There are certain things that are right and wrong and they [the organizers] should be on the side where things are going, which is away from dolphin tours as more countries and tour operators ban the practice," he tells the Guardian.
This is the latest instance of tourism taking a stand against marine captivity. In a landmark move last week, Southwest Airlines canceled its two-decade-long business partnership with SeaWorld in the wake of backlash against the company. Earlier this year, business magnate Richard Branson announced that Virgin would stop doing business with organizations that capture wild cetaceans.


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Takamasa Sakurai Focus Panel
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"Pop culture diplomat" Takamasa Sakurai opened the panel by noting that it was his first time in Baltimore and that he hoped the attendees would enjoy his panel. He introduced himself as a fan of Harajuku fashion, which he was sporting himself.
Sakurai then asked the audience if they could tell what country a particular cosplay photo was from, which turned out to be Brazil. Sakurai noted that Naruto is the most cosplayed series in the world, and extrapolated that it is the most popular anime in the world. But why?, he wondered. After Dragon Ball's popularity, everyone was waiting for the next Dragon Ball, and Sakurai feels that Naruto is that series. The Akatsuki are the most cosplayed characters because it's a very easy costume, much easier than Soul Eater. Next Sakurai presented Spanish cosplayers of the anime InuYasha and Italian Death Note cosplayers.
When Sakurai was in Barcelona, Spain last year, he did a panel at a large Spanish convention called Salon del Manga and was asked to autograph an item, but he refused because they wanted him to sign a Death Note book. Instead he signed a pamphlet for the convention.
The next photo was of The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya cosplayers and dancers, and then an Eureka Seven cosplayer from a cosplay competition. Sakurai talked about the World Cosplay Summit, which takes place in Japan on July 31, 2010, featuring competitors from nations all around the world. Sakurai is an executive advisor for the summit, but can't be there this year because he's at Otakon.
Sakurai showed a clip from the Spanish regionals for the 2009 World Cosplay Summit, which featured costumes from the manga Rose of Versailles, and another photo of Italian cosplayers. Sakurai noted that there cosplay is popular all over the world, despite the difficulty of understanding between different languages, cultures, and religions. Sakurai asked the audience if they felt an immediate closeness with people cosplaying from the same show as they were, to nods from the audience. The cosplayers might feel instantly that they could be friends, regardless of where they're from or what language they speak. Sakurai used Vampire Knight as an example and asked how many fans liked the series before suggesting that it might be more popular in the United States than Japan.
A large group of cosplayers at the Spanish Steps in Rome was displayed next; the fans reportedly took over the square after 10pm. Sakurai equated this to taking over Times Square in Manhattan and asked whether fans would like to take part in something like that. Sakurai moved on to D.Gray-man cosplayers in China, where he says that it's quite popular, and that the Chinese Board of Education is supporting cosplay there, which Sakurai is happy to see. Of any country in the world, Sakurai says cosplay may be the least respected in Japan itself.
Photos from Paris, France's Japan Expo were shown next, and Sakurai moved on to talk about visiting San Diego Comic-Con and San Francisco. In the latter Sakurai mentioned the story Baby, the Stars Shine Bright at the Jpop Cultural Center in Japantown. But immediately before visiting the States, Sakurai was in France for Japan Expo, which has the largest attendance of any such event in the world. He showed photos of a Young An reading manga, cosplayers from Hetalia, cosplayers from Bleach, Black Butler, and Vocaloid2's Miku Hatsune, which Sakurai noted was a common cosplay at Otakon.
Hatsune is popular around the world, Sakurai remarked, and then explained who she is for attendees who didn't know: she's a character created to go with a voice bank that goes with a computer program that generates a singing voice, Vocaloid2. Just recently there was Miku "live" concert in Japan featuring a holographic Miku, and she sang to a live band. The audience was also real, Sakurai said, and it was wonderful. It could have been any live artist's concert. But since it was a holographic Miku, she could perform her concert twelve times a day or do a world tour and she'd never get tired or need a day off, although the band members would.
Sakurai moved on to a photo of gothic lolitas from Japan Expo, which Sakurai also said he was seeing a lot of at Otakon. He finds it interesting because it originally came from fashion designers who were inspired by Rose of Versailles, but it's strange to think that the whole world-- even in France --thinks that lolita fashion comes from France.
Seifuku fashion came next, and Sakurai remarked on the interest in Japanese school uniforms thanks to anime and manga. Sakurai noted that most high schools don't require uniforms, but that many students choose to wear it, deciding that it's "the cutest." Japanese high school girls love to dress up, Sakurai said, but it's difficult to come up with good fashion every day and they may not own all that many clothes. But with a uniform as the base, they could add neckties or other accessories to personalize their fashion more easily and cheaply.
Traditional arts like taiko were also on display at Japan Expo. Sakurai apologized that a lot of Japanese people believe that foreigners are only interested in anime and manga and not traditional Japanese culture, but that he thinks it's common for foreign fans of anime and manga to get interested in Japan itself.
Sakurai returned to another photo from Salon del Manga Barcelona, which he said looks just like Otakon. Visual Kei was also popular in Barcelona, along with daifuku (a traditional Japanese sweet) and shougi (a Japanese board game similar to chess). Sakurai noted that while there are some Japanese people at Otakon, in Barcelona there are none.
In the last four years, Sakurai ha visited 47 cities in 17 countries, where he talks about his travels and worldwide anime culture. In Bologna, Italy, he asked whether the students at a university liked anime and manga, and the students responded that it was a stupid question, and joked that the real Italy is very different from its depiction in the manga Hetalia. The Italian students said that they grew up with anime, and wanted deeper questions rather than something superficial. So he asked if they watched Evangelion, and was surprised that all of them had seen it. At this point Sakurai realized that since it was so popular around the world, anime should be used as a diplomatic tool.
Asking if anyone in the audience had been to Saudi Arabia, Sakurai showed a photo and said that it was very different-- an event like Otakon would never happen there, first because there could never be a mixed audience of boys and girls. His audience in Saudi Arabia was all male, dressed in their traditional garb. Women were listening to the panel in a separate room via a television monitor. Sakurai didn't know if anime was popular there at all, so he asked if anyone knew One Piece. He heard loud screams from the auditorium next door. He asked the audience next door if they knew Naruto and received another loud response. Yes, Sakurai concluded, they watch anime over the Internet. Officially entertainment is banned in Saudi Arabia, so they have no movie theaters, Sakurai said, but their love for Japanese anime was no different than that of those sitting in the panel room. One fan even told Sakurai that his name was too long to remember, and to please call him Kira, from the Death Note manga. Sakurai got special permission to talk to the women in Saudi Arabia, and one presented im with a piece of art and he thought that this must be what the women look like beneath their traditional garb.
Myanmar came next, and a 16-year-old girl continues to send him art Naruto is still popular there; fans in Myanmar can't watch it on TV, they have no computers, Sakurai asked how they watch it at all. It turned out that since Thailand is right across the river from Myanmar, residents can watch it on Thai television.
Sakurai next addressed concerns about the anime and manga industry in Japan. He traced a path of interests that fans tend to pick up over time: from anime to manga to language to fashion to society and traditional culture. Anime, he said, was brought over to the U.S. to cheaply fill some of the empty spots on television, such as Speed Racer. Fans were not generally aware that the shows were from Japan until the era of Dragon Ball and Sailor Moon. Sakurai said he was thankful that there was so much interest in the Japanese language, since it means fans can get materials faster by importing them from Japan.
A ranking of what Sakurai sees as the most popular anime in the world features One Piece, InuYasha, Naruto, Fullmetal Alchemist, and Bleach. Sakurai acknowledged that many series make it over to the U.S., and that there are many fans of more recent shows like Durarara!! and K-ON!. Sakurai polled the audiene for their favorite of the top five titles; Fullmetal Alchemist won in France, and by raise of hand it won in this panel, although Bleach launched the largest screams. Sakurai expressed sadness that FMA was over, and that he feels his history as an anime diplomat is tied to the duration of the series.
Sakurai next asked audience members why anime was so popular around the world. One fan suggested that the stories still apply to him, which Sakurai said was a common response. Another said that they were better than American comics, and a third felt that anime transcends commercial barriers. Sakurai offered that because InuYasha is animated, it's more approachable than if it was live-action, which would feel more distant to foreign fans. Manga blogger Ed Sizemore responded that the series tend to be more character-driven and that their development was more important in manga and anime, which Sakurai acknowledged as another common opinion.
Summarizing his own answer to the question, Sakurai said that people used to feel that animation was just for kids, and Japan was probably the only country ignoring this. The creators used anime as a means of artistic expression that is no different than a movie or live-action drama. Sakurai also noted that it's hand-drawn, one of few forms of animation that still depend entirely on hand drawing because the rest of the world depends on computer graphics. As such, anime is labor-intensive and couldn't make it only on animators in Japan, thus the industry outsources to other countries like Korea.
To demonstrate the difficulty of creating an anime, Sakurai called up eight cosplayers to the stage. Spreading the cosplayers out, he had one hold a position as if he was about to throw a ball, and then had each subsequent cosplayer show the next "frame" of the motion. This was to represent eight frames to show a short motion. Sakurai then showed a work in progress: a home-made animation he created with his computer, which he made along with two creators. The four-minute video featured children playing with a goldfish in a bowl. The song was by Porno Graffiti, who created the first opening theme from the original Fullmetal Alchemist anime.
Sakurai showed photos from Japan Expo 2009 in Paris to display Japanese fashion, and promised to showcase photos from Otakon at his next stop. He showed a photo of sisters, one a "sweet" lolita type and the other a visual kei fan. Sakurai said he asked them what their parents thought, and they responded that their mother was supportive and their father felt excluded. Sakurai said that he is happy to see Japanese fashion used to express individual personality, and showed photos fro Kawaii Festa in Bangkok, Thailand.
Next came a fashion show from the Japan Pop Culture Festival in Paris, which was organized by Sakurai. He hopes to do a fashion show in Baltimore one day. Examples of Japanese fashion were shown from JAPANITALY in Rome, when Sakurai was dressed as a pirate. Sakurai showed photos from tea parties in Inchon, Korea and San Francico, California, along with a uniform fashion show in Rome and a "Gal Circle" in Barcelona, Spain. Sakurai showed photos from another fashion show he put on in Barcelona and another at the Japan Pop Culture Festival in Moscow, where a screening of Evangelion was also popular. More photos from Brazil were also shown, a well as a video of the fashion show.
Sakurai then invited the audience to come to Japan, and introduced the onsen town of Hakone, which is where Evangelion takes place. Briefly, Sakurai discussed the Comic Market, the World Coplay Summit, and the Tokyo Kawaii Magazine, which launched for the iPhone recently. Sakurai is the Chief Executive Editor for the magazine. He noted that AnCafe's Kanon, also an Otakon guest, will be featured in the fourth issue, and he called Kanon himself up to the panel.
Conducting a short Q&A with Kanon, Sakurai asked how filming went and Kanon said that it was great. Asked about his anime fandom, Kanon said that he likes it very much. He particularly recommends Highschool of the Dead, which is available in the United States.
Sakurai thanked the audience, shared his Twitter account, and invited everyone to stay in the room for Kanon's panel, which was to run next.


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Eli Greenblat Investors might be advised to be cautious about the latest retail trade figures that showed a higher than expected 0.4 per cent gain in August.
Richard Hemming Investors can expect to see the big stores' share prices keep climbing, at least in the short term.
Sally Rose Local shares closed flat as the market shadowed a fall in Japan's Nikkei in afternoon trading amid thin volumes.
Sally Rose In a year in which big department store chiefs bemoaned the ever-increasing onslaught of competition from online retailers, a cluster of smaller, nimbler, retailers outperformed.
Max Mason Christmas cheer is spreading among Australian retailers who are cautiously optimistic following the holiday season and ensuing sales.
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Max Mason In its much anticipated sharemarket debut, Dick Smith was unable to generate the kind of fanfare that has surrounded new listings this year.
Elizabeth Knight For five years the electronics business within DJs has been an earnings anchor looking for an axe.
Adele Ferguson The brutal reality is that service still has a long way to go, and so do product range, quality and mix.
Lucy Battersby THE mobile phone habits of poor people in rural parts of India and south-east Asia have forced global handset makers to start making a product catering to their needs.
Elisabeth Sexton Smartphone technology seeks to revolutionise the way that we live and pay.
Chris Zappone The battle for the consumer dollar is about to get fiercer for old-style bricks-and-mortar retailers.
Gareth Hutchens Australian shares are expected to open higher this morning after US investors shrugged off concerns about a sharp decline in Chinese exports.
Eli Greenblat JB HI-FI remains keen to expand its business via acquisition rules out bid for Dick Smith.
Eli Greenblat Harvey Norman has joined the throng of downtrodden retailers trying to look internet savvy, but to chairman Gerry Harvey it's all "spin and bullshit".
Chris Zappone The battle for the consumer dollar is about to get tougher for traditional retailers, with Australia Post lining up another online partner to chip away at prices.
Eli Greenblat Retail veteran labels hype surrounding internet buzzwords as 'spin and bullshit'.
Jonathan Swan This year's reporting season has been the most pessimistic in seven years.
Max Mason The market starts September with a small rise despite disappointing economic numbers.
Adele Ferguson Short-selling is part of the financial system so regulators need to be on high alert.


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Vivek Wadhwa, an expert on diversity, says the tech giant is taking the right steps in employing more women and minorities.
An internal memo sent to employees has revealed that current Chief Finance Officer Chang Chialin and Chief Engineering Officer David Chen will jointly lead the smartphone business.
At first glance, it seems like an unusual choice. But the cloud storage service is trying to grow its international presence, which is something a former US Secretary of State should know how to do.
After an Uber driver allegedly rapes a woman in Boston, the ride-sharing service's background checks come under scrutiny.
Online subscription music service hires a former Amazon executive to try to increase its global reach and subscriber rolls, following layoffs last month.
The leading maker of mobile processors showcases the capabilities of its newest top-end chip, set to ship in devices starting early next year.
A stretchy synthetic skin is embedded with sensors to replicate a skin-like sense of touch for prosthetics.
LG has refocused on bringing OLED screens to market, forming a dedicated division exclusively focused on the display format.
The Hollywood studio was attacked last month, with thousands of its internal documents and several complete movies leaked.
With new leadership and a $12 million funding round, the taxi-hailing app guns for ride-sharing rivals like Uber and Lyft.


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(CN) – Nearly three-quarters of Facebook users don’t know how their data are being used to inform online advertisers, according to a Pew research poll released Wednesday.
If you ever used the internet to research buying or renting a new home, maybe you noticed the Zillow or Allstate insurance ads suddenly up in the peripherals of your social media news feed. Maybe you’ve been offered deals on medieval-inspired sweatshirts, floral print shoes, or healthy meal options.
As online advertisers invest more money into narrowly tailored ads, commercial websites – including social media and news platforms – are gathering more user data. So the Pew Research Center asked, "How well do Americans understand these algorithm-driven classification systems, and how much do they think their lives line up with what gets reported about them?"
Like many users, Pew turned to Facebook for answers, polling 963 American adult users throughout September 2018.
Facebook’s 2.27 billion active users make it the third most visited website globally, right after Google and YouTube. On the one hand, Facebook offers advertisers tools to micro-target audiences; on the other hand, Pew said the platform "holds a special and meaningful place in the social and civic universe of its users.”
Despite the major role advertisements play in the platform’s operations, 74 percent of users told Pew that they were learning about the list of traits Facebook compiled about them for the first time when asked to participate in the study.
Users can click on “Your Ad Preferences” to learn more about the details Facebook has gleaned from their online activities. Each users’ ad profile is unique to them: Users who are more active or have had an account for more than five years are likely to have connections, topics which inform advertisers about user preferences and may include travel, news and entertainment or people.
Users have been able to access their analytics since 2014, though Facebook does not publicize how many people look.
Facebook’s algorithms create categories based on user interactions directly with content on Facebook but also with content on other websites visited. The Facebook pixel tool allows commercial websites to view data from Facebook users who also visit their websites; Facebook additionally offers the Offline Conversations optimization tool to track user behavior offline.
How exactly the data is compiled, however, remains secret sauce.
"Typically, the precise workings of the proprietary algorithms that perform these analyses are unknowable outside the companies who use them,” said Pew senior researcher Paul Hiltin in the report. “At the same time, it is clear the process of algorithmically assessing users and their interests involves a lot of informed guesswork about the meaning of a user’s activities and how those activities add up to elements of a user’s identity."
When Pew asked users to reflect on their ad profile, 59 percent reported that the listings accurately reflected their real-life interests. When it came to political and multicultural affiliations, users also generally agreed with Facebook’s assessment.
Not all users are labeled with political designations, but of those polled by Pew, 34 percent called themselves liberal, 35 percent conservative and 29 percent moderate.
One in five Facebook users were assigned a "multicultural affinity," referring to certain ethnic groups they may identify with, regardless of whether they are actually part of that group. A majority of users reported that they identify themselves as part of the group Facebook assigned to them, while 37 percent of users said they did not strongly identify with it.
Facebook maintains more data makes for better ads.
“We want people to understand how our ad settings and controls work. That means better ads for people,” said Facebook spokesperson Joe Osborne in an email. “While we and the rest of the online ad industry need to do more to educate people on how interest-based advertising works and how we protect people’s information, we welcome conversations about transparency and control.” Still, a little more than half of users polled by Pew reported they were uncomfortable with Facebook creating a list of categories about them. But roughly the same number – 59 percent – said the categories accurately portray who they are in real life.
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Google is adding a third data center to its presence in Singapore in response to continued internet growth in Southeast Asia.
It’s been three years since it added a second center in Singapore, and during that time the company estimates that something in the region of 70 million people across Southeast Asia have come online for the first time.
That takes the region to over 330 million internet users, but with a population of over 650 million, there’s plenty more to come.
The local data centers don’t exclusively serve their immediate proximity — Asia data centers can handle U.S. traffic, and likewise — but adding more local capacity does help Google services, and companies that run their business on Google’s cloud, run quicker for internet users in that specific region.
So not only is it good for locals, but it’s important for Google’s business, which counts the likes of Singapore Airlines, Ninjavan, Wego, Go-Jek and Carousell as notable cloud customers.
The search giant also operates a data center in Taiwan. The company had planned to augment Taiwan and Singapore with a center in Hong Kong, but that project was canned in 2013 due to challenges in securing real estate.
Google opened its first Singapore data center in 2011, and this newest facility will take it to around $850 million spent in Singapore to date, the company confirmed, and to over $1 billion when including Taiwan.


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Like many other tech journalists, I’ve been thinking and writing about the S3 for what seems like years – what it’s going to feature, what it’s not going to feature, how long we’ll have to wait to see it.
But all that is over now, as Samsung launched the eagerly awaited device at a press event in London last night. After the success of the Galaxy S2, the S3’s predecessor, Samsung really had to deliver something good.
But there was no cause for concern – if there’s any company that can deliver a cutting edge device, even with the ‘difficult second album’ pressure, it’s Samsung.
We had been getting a number of image leaks in recent weeks, which showed a device very similar to the Galaxy S2 – a large screen, physical home button, and dark colour.
But the device itself was something far better. With a design even sleeker than that of the S2 (if that was possible), the S3 has retained the lightweight plastic build of its predecessor.
A full half-inch bigger than the S2’s screen, the S3’s display delivers, crisp, vibrant colours that make the screen its key selling point.
In terms of specifications under the bonnet, there were few surprises to be had. I feel like I’ve covered every specs possibility under the sun for this device, so some of them were bound to come true.
As expected, the S3 comes with a 1.4 GHz quad-core processor – which Samsung claims gives a better performance than previous CPUs, but uses 20% less power.
Other neat features include ‘S Voice’, eye-tracking sensors and even face recognition.
So Samsung has finally shown its hand for the smartphone battle with Apple that lies ahead. With the S3 set for release at the end of this month (but with no official price yet), Apple is going to have to go all out to outdo this fantastic device.


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Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC) just reported its third quarter profit at $890-million, making that the bank’s best profit ever.
The earnings amounted to $2.16 a share, beating the expectations of analysts, marking CIBC as the fourth bank to do so this reporting season. The profit resulted in an 8 percent rise from the same time period in 2012.
CIBC eliminated one-time items and made $943-million, or $2.29 a share, exceeding expected adjusted earnings of $2.13 a share. The banks dividends remain unchanged, but it did announce plans to purchase up to eight million shares in a buyback.
The bank failed to acknowledge any progress regarding the Toronto-Dominion Bank to divvy up its Aeroplan credit cards, but some say those discussions continue.
A revamp of its key Canadian operations over the past year has helped it retool for the future.
In June CIBC announced it would wind down its brokered mortgage business, FirstLine, after it failed to find a buyer for the brand. The business model indicated that CIBC paid brokers fees for finding new mortgages. By eliminating this business and bringing in new mortgages on its own, CIBC anticipates better margins. The change did come with risk as brokers can be a reliable source for new business.
CIBC is also renegotiating the terms of its long-term arrangement with Aimia Inc, the parent company of Aeroplan. The contract with Aimia, which appoints CIBC as the main issuer of Aeroplan credit cards, ends on Dec. 31. The parties have held passionate discussions for the past few months. CIBC took the disagreements public in May by threatening to dispose of the relationship during its last quarterly conference call. Aimia fought back in June when it signed a 10-year deal with Toronto-Dominion Bank to make the bank its new primary card issuer, and now the three companies are in talks to negotiate a three-way partnership.Shopify Jumps From Web To Storefront
One of Canada’s hottest startups is growing. Shopify Inc, helps retailers set up online storefronts and run their shopping cart systems, is breaking into the business of brick-and-mortar retailers.
The company based in Ottawa, is going to launch a comprehensive system that assists retailers in running their entire operation, from the cash register to inventory management. Shopify originally attracted tens of thousands of retailers by offering a system that allows its users to setup a web-based store front in moments.McDonald's To Start Offering Meatless Menu Items
Maple Leaf Foods Inc is starting to focus on the basics of selling meat and bakery products to consumers and getting out of the animal parts rendering and biofuel business after 30 years.
The food giant is selling its subsidiary Rothsay to Darling International, in Irving, Texas for $645 million. The sale includes five rendering plants in three provenience's along with a biofuel factory in Quebec.


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Efforts to support food safety in South Africa received a significant boost when Stellenbosch University (SU), in conjunction with Tiger Brands, launched the on-campus Centre for Food Safety (CFS) this week.
This new centre, the first of its kind in the country, will be a unique applied food science research consortium comprised of scientists working at SU and in the food industry. The centre will conduct research on food safety; provide expert advice to the industry, policymakers, and other stakeholders; and promote consumer awareness.
The centre will be situated in SU's Department of Food Science in the Faculty of AgriSciences, and managed independently by the University. Tiger Brands, one of the founding members, has given R10 million to help establish the centre.
The centre's advisory board consists of renowned international scientists, including Prof Wilhelm Holzapfel (president of the International Committee on Food Microbiology and Hygiene), Prof Mieke Uyttendaele (from the Department of Food Safety and Food Quality at Ghent University in Belgium) and Prof Stephen Forsythe (former professor of microbiology at Nottingham Trent University in Britain).
“Food safety is everyone's responsibility," Prof Pieter Gouws, acting director of the CFS, stated at the launch of the centre. “We want to provide stakeholders with the opportunity to develop and exchange knowledge, experience and expertise in food safety, food defence and food processing." The aim is to provide a blueprint for improved food safety assurance in South Africa, he explained.
In his keynote address, Prof Pier Sandro Cocconcelli (an expert in food microbiology from the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Italy) reported on global food safety trends, declaring it a phenomenon that ought to be managed on a global scale. “We need food safety standards and regulations that are clear and (we need to) consider economic impacts and trade issues. We also need to promote long-term thinking among risk managers and policymakers."
According to Mr Lawrence MacDougall, CEO of Tiger Brands, “food safety is an essential public health issue. With the global increase in the prevalence of foodborne diseases, science-based food controls are essential for the protection of food products."
MacDougall emphasised that improving South Africa's food management system remains crucial to Tiger Brands. He envisions the CFS playing a pivotal role in driving food safety forward across the industry through means of collaboration. “This is far bigger than Tiger Brands - it is a national imperative," he added.
According to SU's rector, Prof Wim de Villiers, establishing the centre is in line with Maties' vision of being innovative and conducting world-class research in service of society. “SU wants to help overcome food safety issues by doing research for impact in collaboration with others," he said. “We are tackling a grand challenge to society."
“After the recent listeriosis outbreak in South Africa, it is clear that this centre (the CFS) is an absolute necessity," said Gouws. “The outbreak, considered the worst of its kind in South Africa so far, left many consumers worried and confused. It has also raised questions about regulatory oversight, as well as standards in the local industry." There is an urgent need for a food safety authority to help protect citizens' health and food security, Gouws argued. “Access to trusted, independent and credible food safety research, knowledge and advice remains critical," he claimed. “We need to ensure that the science we do translates into impact."
The consequences of a failed food safety system are extremely costly, according to Prof Gunnar Sigge, chairman of the Department of Food Science. “In a developing country such as South Africa, food safety is an important way to ensure that everyone has access to enough food." With the worldwide increase in food-related diseases, developing countries bear the most significant burden, he indicated. Africa has the highest global incidence of food-related diseases and associated deaths across all age groups.
“A food safety revolution is needed," Gouws asserted. “Risks related to food safety must be scientifically evaluated, and need input from a range of experts. There is also a need for practical communication about food safety based on the best available science." There is much misinformation out there, affecting food producers and consumers alike. “Science-based food controls are essential for the protection of food products," he said.
Dr Khotso Mokhele, chairman of Tiger Brands, described the recent listeriosis crisis as “a painful reminder" that even robust and stringent safety standards need improvement. “A more collaborative approach is necessary across industry, government and academia to empower consumers and improve efforts to ensure food safety. We need adequate standards and (need) to galvanise our efforts to strengthen our food system."
The CFS is to serve as a hub for such collaborative efforts at promoting food safety and innovation. “This centre has the potential to be a gamechanger for food safety," Mokhele concluded.
About the department
SU's Department of Food Science is rated among the top 75 in the world. It is the leading food science department in Africa and the only one on the continent to be accredited by the International Union of Food Science and Technology. It celebrates its 66th anniversary this year.
Prof Pieter Gouws
Department of Food Science
Faculty of AgriSciences
Contact: 021 808 2609 or email@example.com


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“Since then they have merely vindicated our reasons for doing so by keeping it all going.
“I wish we had told them to stuff it and left with no deal under WTO terms in a clean break, I still hope it may come to that given their continuing bone-headed intransigence.”
A second said: “I always leave second class EU junk on the shelf.
“Better to stick with first-class quality British goods.”
A third said: “We may have a trade deal with the EU but it doesn’t mean we will buy EU products.”
Another called on fellow Britons to buy British produce now the UK has left the EU.
They said: “Buying British makes sense, supports our country, creates jobs and the wealth stays here, great quality great price buy British.”
Commenting on the poll, David Jones MP for Clwyd West and deputy chairman of the European Research Group told Express.co.uk Britons had been alienated by the bloc.
He said: “The results of the survey clearly show that, while Britons bear no ill will towards EU citizens and individual member states (a majority still regard Europe as their preferred holiday destination), they have been alienated by the arrogance and attempted bullying of the European Commission during the Brexit negotiations and since.
“Most UK citizens would now prefer to buy British- or Commonwealth-produced goods or goods from third countries.
“That is undoubtedly a major loss to the EU, given the size and affluence of the British economy, but it is also a boost to domestic producers, who now clearly have the goodwill of millions of UK consumers.
“The shift away from buying EU goods will also be a major asset in our trade negotiations with other countries around the world.
“They have been virtually obliged to buy from EU manufacturers and denied global choice because of high EU tariff barriers.


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25% YoY growth for Camtek
Camtek Ltd.reported record revenues at USD 34.0 million, up 25% year-over-year ( for the quarter ending March 31, 2019).
Rafi Amit Camtek’s CEO commented, “We are very pleased with our results, especially given the background of themacro-environment in the semiconductor market. We succeeded in maintaining our growth in the quarter, up 25% year-over-year, and even more significantly, we improved our operating income by over 70% year-over-year. Our momentum remains positive as witnessed by the orders we received in the past few weeks for various applications. Looking ahead, we expect to maintain and even slightly increase our current revenue levels going into the second quarter." First Quarter 2019 Financial Results Revenues for the first quarter of 2019 were $34.0 million. This compares to first quarter 2018 revenues of $27.3 million, a growth of 25%. Gross profit on a GAAP basis in the quarter totalled $17.2 million (50.5% of revenues), up 32% compared to a gross profit of $13.0 million (47.7% of revenues) in the first quarter of 2018. Gross profit on a non-GAAP basis in the quarter totalled $17.2 million (50.6% of revenues), up 30% compared to a gross profit of $13.2 million (48.5% of revenues) in the first quarter of 2018. The improvement in gross margin was mainly a result of the product and sales mix delivered in the quarter. Operating profit on a GAAP basis in the quarter totalled $6.7 million (19.6% of revenues), up 87% compared to an operating income of $3.6 million (13.0% of revenues) in the first quarter of 2018. Operating profit on a non-GAAP basis in the quarter totalled $7.3 million (21.5% of revenues), up 73% compared to $4.2 million (15.4% of revenues) in the first quarter of 2018. The improvement is a result of the higher gross margin in the quarter, Net income on a GAAP basis in the quarter totalled $6.0 million, or $0.16 per diluted share, up 71% compared to net income of $3.5 million, or $0.10 per diluted share, in the first quarter of 2018. Net income on a non-GAAP basis in the quarter totalled $6.7 million, or $0.18 per diluted share, up 59% compared to a non-GAAP net income of $4.2 million, or $0.12 per diluted share, in the first quarter of 2018. Second quarter 2019 revenues are expected to be slightly ahead of those of the first quarter, the Israel-based company said in a press release.
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Mark StephensonFollowing on from the 3rd March Meetings held by economic development organizations globally; many organisations have started to pledge their committment to helping stop Putin's illegal war with Ukraine.
I ask that your organization make a public pledge today stating that you will:
- Not buy goods and services from Russian businesses.
- Not sell goods or services to Russian businesses.
- Replace Russian goods or services with those from Ukraine where possible.
I ask this not to punish normal Russian people, many of whom are good and also despite this war which was started by a petty tyrant; but to be part of the international movement to put massive pressure on the economy of Russia so that the war will come to an end through lack of resources.
“Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.”
PLEASE MAKE YOUR PLEDGE PUBLIC HERE ON THE INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPERS WEBSITE: https://tinyurl.com/37bf8p9w
It costs nothing but 2 minutes of your time, and a committment to stop supporting Russia in any way.
If businesses across the globe commit to this action of refusing to do ANY business with Russia then we can bring this war to an end.


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Dell Technologies is on the cutting edge of computer and device technologies, constantly striving to provide the best, most useful, and most reliable products for its customers. For example, Dell recently launched its Innovators program, which is a global initiative to drive research and development for the next generation of computers and devices. The Innovator’s program encourages teams of entrepreneurs, innovators, developers, and university students to collaborate with Dell Technologies and its partners to develop new applications and technologies. This program not only provides an outlet for new ideas but also helps foster creativity and collaboration between future industry leaders.
Dell Technologies is a leader in the modern technology landscape, providing cutting-edge solutions for both consumers and businesses alike. On the consumer side, Dell has released a range of laptops, desktops, and tablets that offer exceptional performance and user experience. On the business side, Dell Technologies offers a wide array of cloud computing solutions and enterprise-level services. The company is also at the forefront of the Internet of Things (IoT) revolution, with a growing range of connected devices and services.
Dell Technologies and Its Acquisition of Alienware – The First Step Towards Creating an All-encompassing Gaming Platform:
Alienware is the world’s premier gaming laptop brand. It is known for producing high-performance gaming desktops and laptops that feature the latest components and technologies. Its acquisition by Dell Technologies opens up a whole new world of opportunities for gamers. Alienware’s expensive lineup of powerful gaming devices will be perfectly matched with Dell Technologies’ expertise in engineering and design.
This acquisition marks a major milestone in the company’s strategy to create an all-encompassing gaming platform. With Dell Technologies’ deep understanding of technology and its vision for the future, Alienware will be able to provide gamers with a more immersive and entertaining experience.
By acquiring Alienware, Dell Technologies is taking the first step towards creating an all-encompassing gaming platform. Furthermore, the combination of Dell Technologies’ focus on data security and Alienware’s advanced hardware will ensure that users’ personal information is kept safe while they enjoy their gaming experience.
This merger between Alienware and Dell marks the first step towards creating a comprehensive gaming platform that combines the best of both companies and allows users to experience the latest games with top-of-the-line hardware.
Dell Technologies and its Future in the IoT Market
Dell Technologies is well-positioned to capitalize on the opportunity of the IoT market, as it has the infrastructure and expertise to create innovative and disruptive technology solutions. Dell’s acquisition of Alienware provides the company with a unique opportunity to expand its offerings in both the gaming and IoT markets.
Dell Technologies, with its vast resources and expertise in developing hardware and software solutions, could be well-positioned to become a leader in the IoT market.
Furthermore, by combining its resources with those of Alienware, Dell Technologies can create a more comprehensive suite of gaming solutions that could revolutionize the industry.
Dell Technologies has long been a leader in driving innovation in the IoT space, and this acquisition represents a major step forward for the company in its efforts to expand its reach into the IoT market. It will be interesting to see how Dell Technologies capitalizes on this new opportunity and what the future holds for the company in the IoT space.
Dell Technologies already had a presence in the IoT market with its acquisition of EMC, however, the combined entity of Dell Technologies and Alienware can create a unified platform to further increase its capabilities and explore new technologies. This move is seen as a positive sign for both companies, and will likely result in a greater presence in the IoT market.
Dell Technologies is an incredibly innovative organization in the technology industry with a bold vision for the future. By creating products that are designed to be user-friendly and reliable, Dell has established itself as a leader in the field.
Dell’s vision has propelled the company forward, helping them to bring cutting-edge solutions to its customers. Their latest product lines, such as the XPS series of laptops, have been well-received for their sleek designs and powerful internals. Moreover, Dell has also pushed for sustainability initiatives, such as its commitment to carbon neutrality by 2030.


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Telenor, which has over 180 million subscribers across Europe and Asia, said its quarterly (EBITDA) rose 4 % to 9.09 billion Norwegian crowns.
Clariant Chemicals announced it will be buying back 35.8 lakh of its own shares at a price of Rs 950 each totalling Rs 340 crore proportionately from all its shareholders in a bid to reward them.
The company's click-based advertising revenue rose 25 per cent in the fourth quarter ended December 31, while subscription revenue surged 97 per cent.
POSCO said its quarterly operating profit rose 20 per cent, beating estimates, as lower iron ore input costs more than offset the impact of weaker steel prices.
"With new management comes the potential for a new strategy, and we expect regulatory change to play a major part in Thiam's thinking,"
Osaka-based Panasonic said on Tuesday operating profit slipped 2.8 percent in its fiscal third quarter ended December to 113.3 billion yen.
In the July-September quarter, it had posted revenue of £1.02 billion. At the current rate, the India unit contributes about 10% of the parent’s revenue.
HDFC Bank reported a net profit of Rs 2807 crore, up 20.7 per cent YoY for the quarter ended March 31, largely in line with estimates.


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Canadians will soon get their hands on the 4G technology that American carriers have been offering their customers for months.
Telus Corp. said Wednesday that it will start construction later this year of a new wireless network capable of running the LTE (Long Term Evolution) standard on enabled equipped handsets, laptops and mobile equipment, with service to start in major cities next year.
LTE offers download data speeds under ideal conditions of up to 150 Megabits per second. By comparison Telus’ current wireless network, which runs the HSPA+ standard, can get up to 42 Mbps.
But most users likely see average speeds of one-third to one quarter of those maximum.
The announcement will set off a “domino effect,” with competitors following fast, predicted Ron Gruia, telecommunications analyst at Frost & Sullivan.
That didn't happen immediately.
BCE Inc., which owns Bell Mobility and shares a wireless network with Telus, issued a statement saying that while it has been testing LTE on its network in Montreal and Hamilton, Ont., it has made no announcement about commercial availability.
In a release Rogers Communications Inc., which has been testing LTE on its network in the Ottawa area, noted it was first to announce a technical trial. But it too is silent on commercial deployment.
With U.S. carriers such as MetroPCS and Verizon Wireless deploying LTE across their networks starting late last year, it was only a matter of time before Canadian carriers would join. However, some industry analysts thought carriers here would hold off a while because HSPA can be upgraded to get download speeds of 84 Mpbs.
Executives of Canadian carriers have always said they are waiting for the ecosystem of handsets and USB modems for laptops to be big enough to justify the cost of upgrading their networks.
One reason Telus might be moving to LTE now is that Shaw Communications Inc., its cable competitor, is scheduled to start its wireless service in Western Canada early in next year. Telus may be hoping to get a technological lead over Shaw, which will be a formidable challenger.
Jean Brazeau, Shaw’s senior vice-president of regulatory affairs, shrugged off the announcement as a “natural evolution” of Telus’ network.
However, he wouldn’t say whether Shaw will start with HSPA or LTE data service when it debuts.
“As for us, we’re still rolling out our service and the technology we decide on will be decided at a given time. I don’t think we’re overly concerned Telus will be able to offer LTE services.”
Some analysts had thought that Canadian carriers might wait until Ottawa holds the 700 Mhz auction before going into LTE, because network equipment makers are selling gear made for those frequencies. The ability of signals in that band to penetrate buildings makes 700 Mhz ideal for data services. But rules for that auction haven’t been set yet and before the election the Harper government suggested it wouldn’t be held until 2012. In addition, carriers are seeing increased demand from smartphone subscribers for data services. Telus doesn’t want to wait.