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Android passwords could be a thing of the past as Android has received FIDO2 certification which means smartphones can use fingerprint scanner and security pin to log into accounts. Google and the FIDO Alliance on Monday announced that a majority of devices running on Android 7 or above will now be able to log in Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Edge and other mobile browsers via biometric authentication or security pins. They will no longer have to rely on password logins. This update will enable the Web and App developers to add strong authentication to Android apps and websites.
In contrast with the passwords, the biometric authentication is a strong way to secure accounts as it is reliable and difficult to hack. Therefore, it will prevent phishing scams to take place. On the other hand, it will also bring passwordless and hassle-free access to websites and apps. With this update, it will be easy for users to log in with the fingerprint scanner, they would no longer have to worry about forgetting complicated passwords.
Christiaan Brand, Product Manager, Google said, “Google has long worked with the FIDO Alliance and W3C to standardize FIDO2 protocols, which give an application the ability to move beyond password authentication while offering protection against phishing attacks. Today’s announcement of FIDO2 certification for Android helps move this initiative forward, giving our partners and developers a standardized way to access secure key stores across devices, both in the market already as well as forthcoming models, in order to build convenient biometric controls for users.”
While Brett McDowell, Executive Director, FIDO Alliance added, “FIDO2 was designed from day one to be implemented by platforms, with the ultimate goal of ubiquity across all the web browsers, devices and services we use every day. With this news from Google, the number of users with FIDO Authentication capabilities has grown dramatically and decisively. Together with the leading web browsers that are already FIDO2 compliant, now is the time for website developers to free their users from the risk and hassle of passwords and integrate FIDO Authentication today.”


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We’re verrückt aufgeregt — crazy excited — to host Disrupt Berlin 2018 on November 29-30. This marks our sixth visit to this great city, and it’s easy to understand why. Berlin represents the
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The Department of Justice has been pithy about a offend for a government-grade encryption Apple baked into iOS. With Apple still disappearing to give law coercion agencies keys to a backdoor of iOS and justification on a line, a probity dialect has dragged a tech association to probity and has countered a iPhone maker’s initial reasons for staying neutral.
The feds wish entrance to an iPhone 5s owned by a male who’s now a suspect in a drug box and now confronting accusations of possessing and distributing meth. Apple has declined to palm over a keys to iOS, saying that, among several reasons, any backdoor entrance creates new vulnerabilities.
The dialect cumulative a warrant, though got stranded on a close screen. From there, it reached out to Apple for assistance and asked a association if aiding with a encrypted phone would be “unduly burdensome.” And Apple pronounced “yes,” that would be a burden.
Apple argued that giving a supervision special entrance into iOS, that it touts as being out of strech of sovereign snoops, would “tarnish a Apple brand.”
“Absent Apple’s assistance, a supervision can't entrance that justification but risking a destruction. But Apple can,” states a probity brief (PDF).
Apple has assisted in sovereign cases before by extracting a requested information and flitting it along to law coercion agencies, a DOJ reasoned in a brief.
So with Apple reluctant to nudge and probity orders descending flat, so far, a dialect altered a plan and is now arguing that a association “is not distant private from this matter.”
Apple designed, built and sole a iPhone 5s in question. But that’s only a beginning, a supervision stated.
“Apple wrote and owns a program that runs a phone, and this program is thwarting a execution of a warrant,” a probity dialect added. “Apple’s program chartering agreement specifies that iOS 7 program is ‘licensed, not sold’ and that users are merely postulated ‘a singular universal permit to use a iOS Software.’”
From there, a DOJ calls into doubt a authorised insurance of Apple as a licensor of software.
“Apple can't reap a authorised advantages of chartering a program in this demeanour and afterwards after dissent any tenure or requirement to support law coercion when that same program plays a vicious purpose in thwarting execution of a hunt warrant,”
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2017 Finalists, Judges Announced For Startup St. Bernard’s $110K Pitch Competition
CHALMETTE, LA – The five finalist of Startup St. Bernard have been announced by the pitch competition's organizers, the Meraux Foundation and St. Bernard Economic Development Foundation: Crescent City Seafood Connection, Da Parish Kayaks, Functional Health and Wellness LLC, Leduc Entertainment and Reactive Digital Systems.
Judges for 2017 Startup St. Bernard are: Jimmy Roussel, CEO of the New Orleans Startup Fund; Cleveland Spears, president and CEO of Spears Group; David Fennelly, director of Associated Terminals LLC and president of Turn Services LLC; Aaron Dirks, founder and CEO of Deluxe Shuttle, chairman and co-founder of Posigen, and sirector of business development at Limosine Livery; and Erica Larkin Gaudet, sculptor and owner of Larkin Gaudet LLC.
Tom Gregory, multiple regional Emmy Award winner and WYES producer, will emcee the event.
The live pitch competition, held in conjunction with New Orleans Entrepreneur Week, offers finalist the opportunity to compete for a prize package valued at $110,000 including cash and in-kind services.
Startup St. Bernard was open to any business that agreed to locate their base of operations in St. Bernard Parish and help improve its entrepreneur ecosystem. An independent scoring committee chose the following five finalists based on the criteria that included the quality of their business plan and impact on St. Bernard Parish.
More about the five finalists include:
• Crescent City Seafood Connection (CCSC) is a local seafood distribution/ wholesale company selling and delivering seafood to multiple restaurants in the Greater New Orleans area, and it is working to develop out-of-state business. CCSC is proposing to open an Oyster Bar/Fish Market in Historic Old Arabi.
• Da Parish Kayaks looks to open fishing kayak rentals and guide services in St Bernard Parish, collaborating with other local small businesses. The plan comes from the owners and operators of Kayak-iti-Yat, a New Orleans-based eco-tourism company.
• Functional Health and Wellness LLC (FHW), currently operating as Girls Gone Buff, improves the overall quality of life for members living in and near St. Bernard Parish. FHW encourages clients to live healthier lifestyles through exercise, proper nutrition, education, and fun.
• Leduc Entertainment is a full-fledged creative-based production company striving to set its customers above the competition with quality video production. Whether it’s a commercial, web video or a feature-length film, they believe that every project has the power to move someone.
• Reactive Digital Systems, LLC is a small business on the forefront of augmented reality education. Augmented reality reacts to user input, engaging learners of all ages in a wide field of studies, and it is the new frontier of interactive education.
The finalists will pitch their businesses to a panel of judges on Monday, March 20, at the Meraux Foundation's Docville Farm at 5128 E. St. Bernard Highway in Violet, LA, from 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Details on the events $110K prize package will be announced soon.
The event is free and open to the public.
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A YORKSHIRE financial brokers has unveiled a £5m expansion plan which aims to create 300 jobs over the next 12 months.
Norton Finance, based in Rotherham, offers a range of financial services including loans, mortgages and insurance.
The business has invested 5m in a customer care centre, which will open later this month close to its headquarters in Rotherham, which will create new jobs.
The site for the centre, established in 1974, is the former Portland House.
Keith Stringer, the company's managing director and founder, said: "The financial services sector is a highly competitive one, and a growing business sector which is why we wanted to expand this year to demonstrate what we can offer to potential staff in South Yorkshire and customers alike."
Norton Finance presently employs more than 400 people and completes more than 30m worth of lending each month.


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It’s been a pretty rough ride for Pebble – they’ve suffered delays, software issues, bricked watches and manufacturing faults, but at last they’ve shipped the 55,000 black pebble watches to Kickstarter backers – but what about the colours?
Due to the long delays Pebble have suffered in getting the colours out to backers, they have begun offering the choice to swap colour watches to a black watch and have it sooner. Pebble have stated that “we’ve been working on manufacturing color Pebbles, which have proven more difficult to produce in large quantities”. They’ve managed to get the lens flush with the body now and removed flow marks, alas only on the red and orange watches, all that remains is to get rid of the last issues:
Unfortunately, just as we were starting final assembly of red Pebbles, a quality issue came up on the production line with the hard coating layer on the lens. We had to shut down the line for a few days as we figured out the problem (following the 8D resolution process to identify the root cause and fix the problem). The problem has been solved and production has now restarted, but sadly this has delayed our color Pebble shipments further.
After that they have the grey and white watches. At this time these two colours are apparently “more problematic”. There’s nothing about what the problems may be however. Those who wish to get their pebble sooner can change there order to a black pebble at http://account.getpebble.com. If you really want a colour, you’re just going to have to wait.


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The game console maker is about to release a handheld-only version of its Switch game console as well as a new version of the fully-fledged Switch. Currently, the Nintendo Switch uses a silicon-based display that serves well enough but some users have encountered issues like scratches when not using a screen protector. Such power reductions could help improve the Switch's portable battery life, a selling point Nintendo has been stressing for both of its upcoming models. IGZO (or indium gallium zinc oxide) panels are said to provide high resolutions, ultra-low power consumption, and improved touch panel performance. It's not clear which models will benefit from this.
Sharp's Mr. Nomura didn't specify which model would feature the IGZO displays.
Following months of rumors and speculation, Nintendo finally confirmed the existence of the Switch Lite last month, announcing that the new model of the console would launch on September 20th for $199. Japan Display now supplies the display panels for the Nintendo Switch. Sharp Executive Katsuaki Nomura reportedly told the Journal that it's suppling a video game client "what we are most good at, IGZO".
Nintendo looks to be switching up its supply chains, according to a new report from the Wall Street Journal. Even if these displays aren't used in the Switch Lite or in the new standard Switch, there's always a chance we could see them implemented in future hardware revisions - WSJ has spoken to sources "familiar with Nintendo's product planning" who say that that company has "ideas for further updates to the Switch lineup".


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By Skyports’ Strategy & Operations Manager, Daniel Hochar
It’s an exciting but confusing time for the drone delivery industry.
Exciting because drone deliveries are increasingly being tested across industries and around the world. Their positive impact has been most notable – and studied – in healthcare, where cost savings, efficiency improvements, happier health workers and a more equitable and resilient provision of services have been demonstrated. Cherry on top, the vast majority of drones that are making the headlines are electric and are paving the way to a greener logistics sector, bearing in mind that transport consistently tops rankings for the most polluting industries.
Confusing because industry outsiders are confronted to a steady stream of project announcements, many of which often fail to materialise. The PR battle is raging to attract much-needed investment and to lure the handful of companies and institutions which are open to experimenting with drone deliveries. To be sure, recent progress in drone delivery projects is genuinely impressive, including ours, and unprecedented milestones are being reached by bold, hard-working teams of very smart people. But how does your organisation fit into all this, and are drone deliveries actually feasible today or rather merely reserved for healthcare or PR stunts?
Size doesn’t matter. Better, faster and cheaper does.
Our biggest challenge – aside from regulations which my colleague Alastair flags here – lies in widespread convictions that drone deliveries are too expensive to be commercially sustainable, and are thus restricted to large companies with the resources, funding and appetite to implement Proof of Concepts. But size doesn’t matter. Whether you work in a start-up or a multinational, here’s why you should consider and prepare for a permanent drone delivery offering now.
First, integrating drone deliveries into existing supply chains is a challenging and potentially costly endeavour. Take the e-commerce or food delivery spaces for example. Where will drones take off from? What is the size, weight, nature and value of an order to qualify it for drone deliveries? Should customers be charged a premium? How to integrate this new delivery option into inventory, logistics, and customer ordering software? Early adopters of the technology are in a much stronger position to seamlessly scale it and gain market share when the regulatory hurdles finally do fall completely into place. In fact, the smaller the company, the less disruptive integration will be. In a world where free same-day deliveries will soon become the norm, it’s easy to forget that customers will always want things better, faster and cheaper. Drone deliveries will become the norm in many cases, and playing catch-up without any prior engagement with the technology is bound to be a losing strategy.
Second, few have been able to precisely measure and evaluate the impact that drone deliveries can achieve on organisations’ commercial bottom line. This leads some to quick and dirty assessments that compare trucks carrying tons of product across beautiful six lane highways to drones carrying a handful of kilograms to deliver just-in-time, regardless of terrain and weather (hint: the truck is cheaper in this case). But drones are autonomous delivery robots. They trigger a systemic change in logistics that can be difficult to measure. Benefits range from quantitative ones such as increased revenues, reduced waste, fewer stock-outs and lower inventory costs to qualitative ones such as broad efficiency gains, happier staff and better serviced customers. Without the right tools to measure these tiers of impact, traditional apple-to-apple comparisons will often skew cost benefit analyses towards delivery trucks or motorcycles as cheaper options. While drones are generally still more expensive when compared to other means of transport, they are cheaper today than they were five years ago, and it is very likely that they will be ten times cheaper in another five years. Ultimately, drone deliveries won’t be for everyone, but they are already a cheaper, better and faster alternative for some, and will soon be for many.
So, what now?
The best way to consider the impact that drone deliveries can have on your organisation is to test and assess their applicability while avoiding bets on specific technologies. New, improved and cheaper drone models – as well as their accompanying hardware and software infrastructure – are popping up every day, and there is no one-size-fits-all solution to the differing needs of customers across sectors and geographies. As a logistics company, not a drone manufacturer, we use the world’s best drones across a variety of different use cases. By working with us, you benefit from our real-world operational experience and a learning curve that would otherwise have cost your company time and money to acquire, with the added benefit of flexibility to switch technologies or simultaneously use multiple ones as your needs evolve.
- A one-stop-shop for drone delivery logistics services.
- A genuinely customer-centric approach, with no vested interests in specific drone technologies.
- The most cost effective and flexible means for your company to test, and scale, a drone delivery offering with its positive impact on revenues, costs and overall service levels.


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Privacy advocates across the country let out a collective sob this week when Congress dismantled a set of Obama-era internet privacy rules. In effect, the Republicans just gave big telecom companies unfettered access to your browsing history and will even let ISPs sell that data for profit. As we’ve argued before:…
Facebook announced today that people will see ads on the desktop version of the social network regardless of whether or not they are using ad blockers.
Opera has just released the latest developer version of its browser, and it has an interesting new feature: built-in ad blockers that are claimed to make it faster than other browsers with third-party alternatives.
Marco Arment, internet pundit and creator of Instapaper, has decided to stop selling his wildly-popular ad blocker, Peace, for iOS 9. His reason? It “just doesn’t feel good.” But there’s more to it than that.
Well that’s quite a coincidence. The very same day Apple turned its News app into a mandatory blob on your home screen, it also rolled out ad blocking capabilities in iOS 9.
Any advanced Internetter knows that the best way to enjoy the pure Internet is to get an ad blocker. It zaps away all the excess and gives you the meaty good stuff. However, it looks like companies are figuring ways to circumvent ad blockers... by paying them off. Google is reportedly paying one of the most popular ad…


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What you need to know
- Apple has announced that it is making changes to its Russian business in response to the invasion of Ukraine.
- RT and Sputnik apps have been removed from international App Stores.
- Changes have been made to Apple Maps in Ukraine.
Apple has responded to the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine by halting exports into the country, removing two suspected propaganda apps from the App Store, and disabling traffic and live incidents in Ukraine.
Following the news that Apple has stopped selling devices in Russia, the company has now released a statement outlining other changes that it has made including the cessation of exports into the Russian sales channel.
Apple's release reads:
We are deeply concerned about the Russian invasion of Ukraine and stand with all of the people who are suffering as a result of the violence. We are supporting humanitarian efforts, providing aid for the unfolding refugee crisis, and doing all we can to support our teams in the region.
We have taken a number of actions in response to the invasion. We have paused all product sales in Russia. Last week, we stopped all exports into our sales channel in the country. Apple Pay and other services have been limited. RT News and Sputnik News are no longer available for download from the App Store outside Russia. And we have disabled both traffic and live incidents in Apple Maps in Ukraine as a safety and precautionary measure for Ukrainian citizens.
We will continue to evaluate the situation and are in communication with relevant governments on the actions we are taking. We join all those around the world who are calling for peace."
Apple says that it has now removed the RT and Sputnik news apps from the App Store outside of Russia — both have been accused of spreading misinformation and propaganda for the Kremlin.
Apple's decision to stop displaying live incidents and traffic in Apple Maps should help prevent Russia from getting additional information on the movement of Ukrainians, as alluded to by the press release.


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The opening of the new multi-purpose synthesis plant at Teva’s Croatian site in Savski Marof marks the end of the greatest investment cycle in PLIVA’s history, worth over one billion kuna. The new plant, worth half a billion kuna, will double production capacities in some segments at Savski Marof. More than 95 % of products will be exported to the largest markets around the word.
At the opening ceremony, Prime Minister Orešković also remarked, "We can see that Croatia today can be competitive, not only at the regional level, but in Europe and beyond. PLIVA does not invest only in state-of-the-art technology, but also in research, people and education. It is one of the biggest Croatian exporters and, as far as I know, new investments are about to be made." He also added that PLIVA and its parent company Teva always observe delivery deadlines, which was appreciated by clients worldwide.
Along with Prime Minister Orešković, the opening ceremony for Teva’s new plant in Savski Marof was attended by Croatian Minister of Economy Tomislav Panenić, Minister of Environmental and Nature Protection Slaven Dobrović and other distinguished guests.
** Full Disclosure: Prior to taking office, Croatian Prime Minister Orešković served as Teva's CFO in Europe.


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Star Network,the media and entertainment firm owned by Rupert Murdoch,today said it will invest more than Rs 20,000 crore to expand its sports coverage in India and has roped in cricket captain M S Dhoni as brand ambassador for its Star Sports channels.
The network also unveiled a new brand identity for Star Sports across six channels and has renamed all the ESPN channels,subsequent to the buyout of ESPN Incs stake in their 16 year old joint venture ESPN STAR Sports.
Star has made a commitment of more than Rs 20,000 crore into sports business. The investment is being used to fuel expansion of sports coverage in the country and to build exciting new leagues,including the Indian Super League in football,the Hockey India League and the Indian Badminton League, Star Network said. Commenting on the development,STAR India CEO Uday Shankar said: Cricket is too big to be confined to just one channel. Today,we are redoubling our efforts to showcase the best of Indian and international cricket to the sports fan. The new brand is also about showcasing our commitment to other sports.


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This is unexpected. Micromax which went into a hibernation mode after the launch of its Superfone has now come up with a lighter version of the superfone. Micromax Superfone Lite A75 is Micromax’s latest Android phone which runs on Android 2.3 and costs just Rs. 8999. Micromax Superfone Lite A75 comes with a 650 MHz processor and sports a 3.75 inch capacitive touch screen. And yes, Superfone Lite A75 is a dual SIM phone. Now that’s more like Micromax.
Micromax Superfone Lite A75 (that’s a mouthful) is a 3G phone with WiFi on-board and memory which can be expandable to 32 GB. In addition to the dual SIM (GSM+GSM), A75 comes with dual cameras. Knowing Micromax well, I assume it would be a 3G+2G combination. Because that’s where the real value is.
Micromax seems to have done its homework. It always does. In addition to packing in dual sims and dual cameras in a little package which costs you Rs. 8999, Superfone Lite A75 comes pre-loaded with some useful apps like Saavn (Music app), Times of India (I always read it as Crimes of India, not sure why) and Netqin Anti-virus app.
Dual SIM Android phones are still a rarity. We have Spice Mi350, Spice Mi270, and Motorola Glam (CDMA+GSM). Micromax Superfone Lite A75 has some clear advantages in its price, dual cameras and Android 2.3.
Micromax continues to dazzle the Indian gadget world.


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Cigarette manufacturers cry foul
Cigarette majors ITC and Godfrey Philips came down heavily on the Govt for increasing the excise duty on cigarettes.Updated: Feb 28, 2006 16:28 IST
Cigarette majors ITC and Godfrey Philips came down heavily on the government for increasing the excise duty on cigarettes and said the five per cent hike should have been made applicable to the entire tobacco industry.
"Why should cigarettes be singled out for excise duty increase. All forms of tobacco products should be brought under excise duty," ITC Chairman YC Deveshwar said.
He said other forms of cigarette consumption, like chewing or 'beedi', should also have been covered under the excise duty hike.
Echoing similar views, Godfrey Philips' Ram Poddar said that prices of cigarettes could go up because of the government's decision.
"This (excise duty hike) will impact our profits as well as the growth of the cigarette industry. Price increase is the only way our balance sheets will be protected," he told PTI, though pointing out that any final comment on this would be made only after finer details of the Budget proposals had been studied.
Also, he questioned the reasoning for singling out cigarettes, saying they "constitute only 14 per cent of total tobacco consumption while the rest is through other routes, which are inferior in quality and give lesser earnings to the farmers and lesser overall revenues," Poddar said.
"It is not a progressive measure," he said, adding that it could cause an additional burden of Rs 350 crore on the cigarette industry.
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NORTHLINK’s ferry sailings to and from Shetland are set to be affected over the coming days due to the weather.
Tonight’s (Friday) southbound sailing to Aberdeen will no longer call at Orkney, and the vessel will depart Lerwick an hour early at 4.30pm.
Both freight sailings are cancelled.
NorthLink also confirmed that all passenger and freight sailings on Saturday are cancelled.
Loganair, meanwhile, is offering customers travelling on flights to and from Edinburgh, Glasgow and Inverness the opportunity to adjust travel plans for Saturday and Sunday without charge.
Anyone wishing to do so is asked to contact Loganair on 0344 800 2855.


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Social Networking site Facebook has officially launched a Swahili version, addressing the over 110 million speakers of the language, mostly from east and central Africa.
The Swahili version has been trialed for some time, after being translated by a group of Swahili scholars with the blessing of Facebook and approximately 60% of users in east Africa are already using the Swahili version. There are hopes that the translation effort will help to safeguard the future of the language.
Facebook has already been translated into some 50 languages and may soon be released in other African languages such as Zulu and Hausa (for southern and western Africa respectively).
Simon Wanda, one of the project’s founders, said:
The youth, the future generation, if you look at the biggest percentage of users on Facebook, they are the youth … They can easily navigate through when it’s maybe a language they understand, which makes it easier to use the Swahili than to use the English.
Africa is very much an emerging market for Facebook; many people there still do not use the Internet or cannot get regular access to it, but this is changing rapidly. As a new generation of Africans get online, Facebook will be there to greet them, not to mention serve up targeted advertising.
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Avg daily time spent on digital entertainment up 21% globally due to Covid: GroupM report
The report titled ‘Covid-19: A Game Changer For Media And Purchasing' aggregates how consumers’ attitudes, media consumption habits and actions have changed during the global pandemic
In view of the Covid-19 pandemic, GroupM has released a research that aggregates important new insights from consumers in recent months that focuses on how their attitudes, media consumption habits and actions have changed during the global pandemic.
According to the report titled ‘Covid-19: A Game Changer For Media And Purchasing’, globally, in-home media, and particularly those that provide entertainment, have seen the largest increases in consumption. The circumstances surrounding Covid-19 and the resulting shifts in consumer values, attitudes and behaviour have driven a significant change in the patterns of media consumption across the globe.
With people being confined to their homes, the big winners are the media channels that are consumed in the home, particularly those that provide entertainment:
Playing video games has seen the largest increases YOY, growing 47% daily (from 21%-31%) and 36% weekly (from 35%-47%). Using the internet for TV and video content has increased 19% YOY in terms of daily usage (from 58%–69%) and 11% weekly (from 77%-85%). Listening to the radio offline has increased 7% weekly (from 68% to 73%).
Digital has become the lifeblood for everyone, everywhere, and the key to survival. Covid-19 has accelerated digital adoption among previously laggard audiences, thus helping to balance the global digital audience. Overall, all types of digital activity have witnessed significant increases versus 2019, and especially in terms of daily usage. On average, across all activities, we have seen a 39% increase in daily usage and an 18% increase in weekly usage, most notably among parents and those markets with a high caseload.
Digital entertainment platforms are seeing a boom in both reach and time spent, as people spend more time in home. Digital entertainment has seen a 19% increase in Daily Reach and a 21% increase in average Daily Time Spent.
Digital entertainment is thriving amid the Covid-19 outbreak and is the biggest growth area within the digital landscape, increasing 59% daily and 33% weekly. With people unable to socialise outside of their home, go to events, or engage in other out-of-home activities, digital can provide an almost unlimited variety of content to entertain, engage, fill time and alleviate boredom. At a top-line level, we have observed a 19% YOY increase in the daily usage of the internet for TV and video content (from 58%-69%) and a 11% increase weekly (from 77%-85%).
Furthermore, we now see heavier consumption overall, with the amount of time spent increasing 20% from 110-132 minutes per day. The biggest gains come from the parent lifestages (+27%) and the markets that had the highest cases / stringency (+31%).
Delving deeper, we can see there has been a massive uptick in the number of people who are watching TV programmes or films via a paid-for on-demand service: +76% daily (from 20%-35%) and +46% weekly (from 43%-62%). This is true across all markets and demographics irrespective of their situation. Covid-19 has radically affected both the consumption and the production of film and TV content since it all requires people to be together in small spaces which is against health regulations in many places.
Also, e-commerce has become a lifeline for people across the globe and has seen a substantial growth in revenue YOY. Covid-19 has forced laggard audiences and markets to learn the benefits of online shopping driving a more balanced global profile of this activity. The world of e-commerce has been transformed as a result of Covid-19. At a global level, the proportion of people doing online shopping is up 8% weekly. However, with lockdowns forcing people to stay at home except for essential journeys, we have seen an uptick in the frequency of online shopping among particular consumer groups – the highest impacted markets have seen 27% growth weekly and 16% monthly, while parent groups have increased 13% weekly.
Shopping With a shift of this scale, many businesses have reported that they have had to adapt swiftly to the ‘new normal’ and have significantly accelerated their digital development in line with demand. Understanding and responding to the user needs and behaviour of online audiences will be key to survival for brands and retailers.
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Maradee Potter sat on her living room sofa in Hazel Dell in early January, thinking about the loved ones who passed away recently: her husband, John Potter, who died last year after a heart attack, her teaching partner Betty and her friend’s daughter, Erika Karcher.
They were all part of a group that met on Fridays at Java House in downtown Vancouver. So while the coffee shop is a place where Potter created memories with the people most important to her, she sat on her couch reflecting on how Java House is struggling during the pandemic.
That seed of memory would spur a $17,000 fundraising campaign to keep Java House alive.
In January, almost out of the blue, as she described it, Potter sprung the idea of starting a fundraiser for Java House: partly as an honor to her husband and friends, and also to honor the business owners who have been serving them for about 30 years.
“I just felt like there was something I needed to do,” said Potter. “I was one of the first people to come in and get coffee like that. Would love to honor Erika, my teaching partner Betty and my husband, John. I thought: I would like that coffee shop to continue. It was just such a fun place to go.”
Potter called one of her best friends, Jan Barrett, mother to Potter’s former student Karcher, who died in 2016. Potter told Barrett about the idea, and she was on board.
“Whenever I’d be downtown, it’d try to stop by Java House for a mocha or a cookie or both,” Barrett said about her visits during the pandemic. “I noticed that the owners were both looking really stressed and tired. It dawned on me: Wow they’ve been hit hard.”
Three decades of service
Cora and Lonnie Chandler opened Java House in 1991 at 210 W. Evergreen Blvd., and it is the oldest coffee shop in downtown Vancouver. Serving mostly bankers at first, the company picked up steam and gradually became the place where the “movers and shakers visited almost daily,” Barrett said.
But the Chandlers have had their share of difficulties. They opened a second location in east Vancouver in 2000, only to shut it down about three years later. The 2008 recession also made their business suffer. Nothing compares with the struggle of the COVID-19 pandemic, Lonnie Chandler said, with sales down 70 percent.
“Without a doubt, this is the most challenging period of time we’ve been through in the past 30 years,” he said. “Being shut down and having no one inside restaurants is a mortifying thought for those in our business.”
Bills for the lease, supplies and insurance were piling up because of the lost business. The couple applied for a Paycheck Protection Program loan, which helped with the lost revenue, but it didn’t solve the problem.
When Potter and Barrett first approached the owners of the coffee shop they both loved and told them about starting a GoFundMe page to help the business through the pandemic, Lonnie Chandler was skeptical.
“At the time, I wasn’t sure about the GoFundMe thing,” he said. “I hadn’t thought about it in this context. I’d seen it for people with hospitalizations and funerals. It didn’t strike me right away. We had very modest expectations.”
With the Chandlers’ blessings, Potter and Barrett started a campaign page on GoFundMe, which they had never done. They set the fundraising “goal” to $3,000 — a number that came from the coffee shop’s 30-year run: $100 for each year.
“It was just a shot in the dark,” Barrett said about the amount.
“We had no idea what to ask for,” Potter said.
The two began to spread the word, which spread online, and soon the donations began trickling in. Ranging from $30 to $100 — then to $500 and $1,000. The donors stacked up, undoubtedly fueled by their memories of the coffee shop. The Chandlers recognized many of the names as their former customers whom they missed seeing.
In about a week and a half after it started, the GoFundMe clocked $3,000. And it didn’t stop there. As of Tuesday, the page had raised $17,000 from 154 donors.
“That all happened pretty quickly,” said Lonnie. “I’ve been amazed at the number of people who have donated. It’s really been very gratifying from that point of view to have people do that. I would have never expected that.”
Potter said she was overwhelmed with the support from the community.
“I was just so excited that the community was supporting Java House,” Potter said. “It was just amazing.”
Barrett and Potter have given the Chandlers three checks so far, and a fourth is on the way.
“We’re thrilled that we’ve been able to give them so much more than we anticipated,” Barrett said. “We were super excited the first time we took a check to them, and we’ve been excited every time.”
Cora Chandler said she was thrilled to see the community’s support of the coffee shop, and also Barrett and Potter’s willingness to help.
“We’re so appreciative,” she said. “It helps us keep going.”
The GoFundMe is still active, and Barrett expects it to keep growing.
In mid-February, Java House began allowing customers for dine-in service, which has brought back some of the revenue stream.
“We’re excited to see them again,” Lonnie Chandler said. “The Vancouver community here is a very, very special place.”
And with the additional help of the community donations, Java House will continue to live on as a friendly place for its customers, who have supported the business during the difficult time.
“They greet you by name. They know what you drink. They know what kind of cookies you like,” Barrett said about Java House and the Chandlers. “It’s the personal touch. It’s a local business that’s been here for a very long time. And it’s someone who needs help.”


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How Adele helped vinyl turn the tables: Sales of vinyl records up 500% in just three years
Sales of vinyl records have soared by a staggering 500 per cent in just three years as a return to buying physical music captured the imagination of the public.
Support from music chain HMV and online music marketplace Discogs bolstered sales of vinyl records, which reached 2.1million copies last year.
Sales of record players have also soared with HMV reporting that it sold one every minute over the Christmas sales period.
In demand: The biggest selling vinyl album last year was released by Adele
Just three years ago even music industry insiders were dismissing the vinyl revolution.
The surprise growth has come from sales of new releases by mainstream artists coupled with reissues of old favourites.
The biggest selling vinyl album last year was released by Adele. Sales of Amy Winehouse’s Back To Black, which took the number two slot, also helped to put vinyl back on the music industry map.
Other big sellers included a reissue of The Stone Roses’ self-titled album from 1989 and Ed Sheeran’s X. Even vinyl singles proved popular. Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds took the top four slots with The Dying Of The Light, Riverman, Lock All The Doors and The Ballad Of The Mighty I.
HMV described the record player as ‘the gift of the year’ as the boost from vinyl sales began to spread to related accessories.
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Vogue Korea’s photo shot at Cheong Wa Dae, released Aug. 22 (Vogue Korea)
After a recent fashion photo shoot by Vogue Korea on Cheong Wa Dae grounds sparked widespread public criticism, the Cultural Heritage Administration called off luxury brand Gucci’s fashion show in Gyeongbokgung, scheduled for Nov. 1, the CHA confirmed Monday.
According to CHA meeting minutes from Aug. 16, Gucci Korea had applied for the use of the Geunjeongjeon, the main hall of the Joseon royal palace, noting publicizing the “historical value of Gyeongbokgung, a place where world-class astronomy was studied, through the astronomy-inspired fashion show” as the purpose for the use of the venue.
The planned Gucci runway show, titled “Gucci Cosmogonie Fashion Show in Seoul, Gyeongbokgung,” connected the event’s underlying theme of mythical stories of constellations with the historical importance of Gyeongbokgung.
The committee had granted conditional approval, with guidelines that included “going through verification of historical facts explained in the show” and “accepting advice from relevant (history) experts.”
A person at the Gucci Korea‘s public relations agency familiar with the issue told The Korea Herald that the new date and venue for the show has yet to be confirmed.
Meanwhile, the most recent Gucci Cosmogonie show was held in May at the 13th century Castel del Monte in Italy’s Apulia region, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1996.
On Aug. 22, some 30 pictures of models dressed in modernized and transformed hanbok and dresses, including top Korean model Han Hye-jin, were released by Vogue Korea. The fashion spread was created in collaboration with the CHA’s Visit Korean Heritage campaign.
Models were captured posing on chairs, pillars and stairways of the Cheong Wa Dae buildings and garden. Three days later, amid mounting criticism, Vogue Korea deleted the photos from its official webpage and social media. The September issue of Vogue Korea includes the fashion spread.
“In the case of cultural content, we evaluate their filming intention and present a clear guideline for using the historical site. But we cannot review each outfit and posture which are creatively thought out by the directing team,” a CHA official told The Korea Herald.
The official added that after a series of public uproars over the commercial use of Cheong Wa Dae, a mood of passive decision-making prevails at the CHA’s Cheong Wa Dae operations team.
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Seat fabric may force Toyota recall in Canada and the U.S.
TOKYO - Toyota Motor Corp. says it's in talks with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration about a possible recall in the United States and Canada covering several car models, including the popular Camry, for a potential problem with seat fabric.
The Japanese automaker has already halted sales of the problem vehicles, which are only those equipped with seat heaters, because the fabric may not clear flammability standards.
Company spokesman Naoki Sumino says affected models are the Camry, Camry hybrid, Avalon sedan, Avalon hybrid, Corolla subcompact, Sienna minivan, Tundra and Tacoma trucks sold since August 2012, when the fabric supplier was changed.
He didn't immediately know how many vehicles were affected.
He says it's still unclear whether the NHTSA would decide on a recall.
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Contxto – There are plenty of logistics startups buzzing to-and-fro in the big cities of Latin America. However, the outskirts of metropolises aren’t often covered by these platforms—usually because they’re viewed as “unsafe.” But Brazilian last-mile delivery startup Traz Favela doesn’t overlook these communities.
Quite the contrary, it’s centered on completing deliveries to bring these areas into the digital loop.
But knowing there are plenty of parts in Brazil in need of this type of service, Traz Favela is currently raising an investment round to scale.
Why it’s a big deal: The infamous “digital divide” is often portrayed as a matter of developed countries versus developing ones.
However, this problem is more entrenched within each individual country and even within a city. If these subgroups are left unattended, the gap will only further grow and limit access to crucial opportunities, products, and services.
Traz Favela goes where others won’t
Because of misconceptions, many couriers avoid the edges of town or certain neighborhoods with a “bad” rep.
But Traz Favela’s mission is to provide a delivery service with no biases as to locations. One way in which they tackle this problem for example is by hiring local couriers from these areas.
The startup is currently operating in 26 communities in Salvador, Brazil. Moreover, it reports that orders have increased by nearly 300 percent throughout the Covid-19 pandemic.
This type of service provides a source of income for deliverers from these particular areas. In addition, it also connects local businesses to potential consumers, thus favoring small enterprises too.
In light of the coronavirus outbreak, users everywhere are relying on delivery startups to obtain medicine, food from their favorite restaurant, even groceries. And when you live within their delivery range, it’s easy to take their services for granted.
However, let’s not forget that that’s not the case everywhere.
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The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released full-year air cargo data for 2014 showing 4.5 per cent demand growth compared to 2013 measured by freight tonne kilometres (FTKs), marking a “significant acceleration” from the 1.4 per cent recorded in 2013 over 2012.
IATA said the air cargo market expansion gathered momentum as 2014 progressed with the year finishing on a positive note as growth in December accelerated to 4.9 per cent, compared to December 2013.
The vast majority of the growth in 2014 was in the Asia-Pacific and Middle East regions, which respectively contributed 46 and 29 per cent respectively, of the expansion in FTKs. Growth was recorded in all other regions, but was particularly weak in Latin America.
“After several years of stagnation, the air cargo business is growing again. This is largely being driven by the uptick in world trade over the second half of 2014, said Tony Tyler, IATA’s director general and CEO. “Recent concerns over the health of the global economy and a corresponding fall in business confidence have not yet impacted air cargo. But it is a downside risk that will need to be watched carefully as we move through 2015.”
Performance varied widely by region with the most significant growth being recorded by carriers in Middle East which saw an expansion of 11.3 per cent in December and 11 per cent for the year as a whole. Airlines in the region have extended their networks and grown capacity by 11.1 per cent to make the Middle East a hub for freight traffic. Carries in the Middle East region have been responsible for over 37 per cent of the total increase in global freight capacity in 2014, IATA added.
Asia-Pacific carriers grew 5.9 per cent in December compared to December 2013 and 5.4 per cent for 2014 as a whole. Volumes have benefitted from increasing import demand in addition to continuing manufacturing strength. Japanese and Chinese markets were particularly important contributors. Overall in 2014, capacity expanded 5.7 per cent leading to a slight fall in load factor to 55.4 per cent, although this remains the strongest load factor of any region, IATA noted.
North American airlines reported demand growth of 2.8 per cent in December and 2.4 per cent for 2014 as a whole. After a slow, weather-affected start to the year, growth accelerated, driven by import and export demand. Carriers in the region cut back capacity in 2014 by 0.5 per cent, helping to underpin an average load factor of 35.3 per cent.
European airlines saw FTKs expand 2.3 per cent in December and by two per cent in 2014 overall. The Eurozone remains weak and close to recession, with the effects of Russian sanctions also having an impact. Load factors also fell in 2014 as capacity expanded three per cent.
Latin American airlines reported FTKs falling 4.5 per cent in December making this the only region to report a decline. The picture for 2014 as a whole was growth of 0.1 per cent. Latin American volumes have been affected by economic slowdown across the region, particularly in Brazil and Argentina. Capacity grew marginally by 0.3 per cent in 2014.
African carriers expanded FTKs by 12.2 per cent in December and 6.7 per cent for the year as a whole. Although major economies Nigeria and South Africa underperformed during parts of 2014, regional trade activity held-up, supporting demand for air transport of goods. Capacity rose just 0.9 per cent for the year as a whole, helping to strengthen the load factor.
“Despite the improving growth trend, big challenges remain,” said Tyler. “Yields declined for the third straight year in 2014, with no immediate prospect of improvement. Cargo revenues remained basically unchanged at $62 billion, some $5 billion below their 2011 peak. To move forward, the industry is focusing on providing a stronger value proposition to meet evolving customer needs. That’s what is driving efforts such as cutting shipping times, ensuring high-quality handling of temperature-sensitive goods, or benchmarking quality to improve customer transparency. It’s all about delivering value as a supply chain with a strong vision of the future.”


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The next generation of young hipsters is growing up in a world that is not only more open, but increasingly connected to the web.
This is the generation that is discovering blogs and Instagram accounts with the same intensity as the young men who used to be their friends.
And the world is not just making sense, it’s making fashion.
And in the new millennium, the best designers are finding new ways to reach a new generation.
“The internet is going to be the new fashion, not just for people with money and fashion, but for people who are just starting out,” says the young designer and designer coach Matt Riddell.
He’s a designer at Temptation and is currently based in the US.
“You’ll find a lot of younger designers, designers that are making the jump to the mainstream.
There’s this new generation of designers, and they’re starting to be seen more in the fashion industry.”
And what do they do?
Riddells first noticed the emergence of these designers on Instagram in 2016, when he noticed that some of his Instagram friends were using the social media platform to share their work.
It was around that time that he noticed a trend in his friends: they would post pictures of their designs on the same site.
And he soon found himself working alongside some of them, taking pictures of his own designs and uploading them to his own Instagram account.
This was an exciting time for him.
“I was kind of inspired to make my own design,” he says.
“My friends and I started to do collaborations and I got really into it.
The trend was really growing, but it was really just about getting together and having a good time.”
Matt is currently a designer and coach at Treetown Design and has worked with designers like Alyssa Milano, Anna Yvette, and Alyssia D’Angelo.
Matt says he sees the shift in fashion trends coming from a growing desire for creativity.
“The trend has become more personal, more aspirational,” he explains.
“It’s becoming a way for young people to express themselves and to express their creativity.”
While many young designers are focused on making their own designs, Matt says that there are many designers that have made their mark in the industry with other brands.
“People will see an artist or a brand and immediately go, ‘That’s that person,'” he says, adding that many designers have been with a company for many years and have built a brand that reflects their personality.
Matt also says that he thinks there is a new wave of designers that is coming into fashion.
“We’re seeing more and more young designers, more and so we see that there is definitely a new element to the fashion business,” he continues.
Matt and his clients are all making a living off of their work, and there are no plans to stop. “
So I think there’s a really good opportunity for us.”
Matt and his clients are all making a living off of their work, and there are no plans to stop.
“This is something that we’ve been wanting to do for a while, to get our clients to be involved,” he admits.
“A lot of our clients have been wanting me to do this for a long time, so this is something we’re trying to take full advantage of.”
You can follow Matt on Instagram at: www.instagram.com/matt_riddell/ And keep up to date on the latest fashion news, fashion trends, and fashion trends from the world’s top designers.


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Two weeks ago it was reported that Twitpic would be closing down due to a legal threat for the popular social network Twitter. Now Twitpic has stated that it won’t close down, but is being purchased by an unnamed buyer.
The legal matter that originally put the photo sharing service on the ropes was because of Twitpic’s brand usage which had been around since sometime after Twitter launched. The notice from Twitter said that if Twitpic didn’t comply the company would have its API access stripped.
It’s unlikely that usage of the brand would’ve been harmful to the Twitter brand, but there’s a possibility that it stems from the idea that Twitpic profit from it and off its association with the Twitter brand. The legal notice to Twitpic said that Twitter had an issue with some trademarks linked with the company’s brand in its trademark application.
With current speculation on the buyer of Twitpic resting at Twitter’s feet, the future for the photo sharing service could end up including a brand change and possibly spreading the service across multiple established and emerging social platforms. The latter option would be a good one to run with for the service given that the use of Twitpic isn’t what it was when Twitter first burst onto the scene and photo sharing wasn’t a readily available part of the social network’s experience.
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(PCM) For a limited time pumpkin spice fans can get their fix at Burger King restaurants with the companies unveiling of their newest milkshake flavor just in time for the fall season.
Burger King has now added the Pumpkin Spice Oreo Milkshake to it’s menu and it looks delicious. While I am not the biggest fan of pumpkin spice, the idea that it is blended with Oreo definitely makes this one a bit more intriguing .
The limited time milkshake is created by blending pumpkin spice syrup with an Oreo shake. It will be priced a $2.59 for a small 12oz and will currently be available at all Burger King locations throughout the duration of the fall season.


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Alumni from Canva, Milkrun and Amazon are moving into the kitchen, launching an online platform that uses artificial intelligence to take the pain out of cooking.
Clove is the brainchild of Anna Guerrero and Sam Killin, who met at unicorn design start-up Canva, where they served as the company’s head of content and discovery, and marketplace engineering lead respectively.
The start-up is the latest AI firm to win local venture capital backing, landing $4.15 million in funding from Blackbird Ventures, SHAKTI and executives from Canva and Google Maps. Its platform uses AI to decide how to use the remaining ingredients in a user’s fridge, or how to create a week-long meal plan around dietary requirements.
Guerrero said she came up with the concept after leaving Canva to spend time in Italy, which included attending culinary school and working as a pasta chef in a Michelin restaurant. She’s since hired engineers and designers from Milkrun and Amazon Groceries in a bid to ultimately facilitate one billion recipes cooked globally.
“Cooking is one of the truly universal needs,” Guerrero said. “Everyone from all walks of life cooks, we all need to eat, but there are so many different pain points in the process.
“You first have to decide what to cook, you need to know what to search for when you’re looking for a recipe, and often a lot of the information in the recipe is from the US, so you need to convert it,” she said.
“We wanted to make it so much easier for people to cook: imagine if all the best recipes were in one place, and you could build meal plans that were personalised to you and evolve over time.
“Our goal is to get more people into the kitchen and make this something everyone can use.”
Clove is offering a two-sided marketplace: an experience for home cooks who gain access to personalised recipes and AI-based cooking workflows, and a platform for creators to publish their own recipes. Clove will be free for discovering recipes, with options to purchase cooking products and upgrade for premium recipes and AI-powered cooking tools.
Recipe creators will have the ability to publish simple, high-quality video and text recipes with global reach, and Clove’s platform will prioritise recipe engagement based on cooking-related quality signals, according to Guerrero.
“Our goal is to get more people into the kitchen and make this something everyone can use.”Anna Guerrero, Clove
“We’re building out both sides of the platform and our funding is going to help us hire more people to help accelerate that pace. We’re looking to launch it next year.”
The executive said that one thing she learned across her eight years at Canva was that creating a user-centric product that people love makes for a winning strategy.
“It was a hugely rewarding experience,” she said of her time at the Sydney-based design software giant. “Mel [Melanie Perkins], Cliff [Obrecht] and Cam [Cameron Adams] are great founders and they’ve built a highly successful culture that’s evolved over time.”
Canva backer Blackbird Ventures led Clove’s $4.15 million funding round. The rise of generative AI tools like ChatGPT over the past 12 months has fuelled an AI arms race among local investors, with Leonardo.Ai last week raising $47 million from investors including Blackbird.
A report from the National AI Centre has found Australia is home to 544 AI companies, a number that has grown substantially over the past five years.
Clove is also the latest start-up with at least one female founder to receive funding from Blackbird. The venture firm has a stated goal that 40 per cent of companies that pitch to its investment committee have at least one woman or non-binary founder, and said that 27.5 per cent of companies had matched that description from June 2022 to now.
“Anna and Sam bring a unique combination of well-honed creative thinking, skill and ambition to Clove,” Blackbird partner Niki Scevak said in a statement.
“They both have a deep understanding of what it takes to build a generational company with community at the heart, and we are proud and excited to back them.”
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Akshayakalpa Organic’s impressive 13-year journey in Indian dairy leads to expansion in 42 cities across Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, and Kerala, offering Ultra High Temperature (UHT) milk pack.
The expansion reflects the growing shift in consumer preferences towards organic dairy and the increasing demand for nutritious and wholesome food choices. The new UHT pack caters to this demand, offering a perfect blend of organic benefits and a commitment to delivering top-quality milk to consumers.
Since its inception in 2010, Akshayakalpa has been a trailblazer in sustainable farm practices, ensuring that its milk and milk products are free from antibiotics, synthetic additives, and chemical pesticide residues. All their products are sourced from content and healthy cows living in organic farms, nourished with organic diets.
Shashi Kumar, CEO, and Co-Founder of Akshayakalpa Organic said, “We are on a grassroots movement to provide consumers with the right and nutritious food choices. With this launch, we aim to reach a wider audience in 42 new cities and introduce them to the goodness of organic dairy. Our UHT pack is a milestone in making organic milk accessible to consumers across major cities while preserving its natural integrity. At Akshayakalpa, we believe in the power of organic farming for the well-being of consumers, farmers, and the planet.”
The UHT milk pack allows consumers to enjoy the immense health benefits of organic milk without compromising on convenience. The milk comes from healthy cows living in stress-free environments, consuming nutritious fodder grown in chemical-free soil, resulting in pure and organic milk. Free from antibiotics, induced hormones, and chemical residues, Akshayakalpa Organic milk preserves the natural nutrition of organic milk.
With a focus on innovation and expanding its presence in the organic dairy market, Akshayakalpa is set to venture into new markets and product categories. Consumers in cities like Kochi, Coimbatore, Mysore, Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, and others can now purchase UHT milk packs from their nearest retail stores, experiencing the goodness of pure organic dairy like never before.


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The maker of Dove soap and Cif floor cleaner is being investigated by the UK antitrust regulator over concerns that it is “misleading” shoppers about how environmentally friendly its products are.
An “initial review” into Unilever’s marketing tactics “uncovered a range of concerning practices,” the Competition and Markets Authority said in a statement Tuesday, as it announced a formal probe into the consumer goods giant.
The investigation is the latest evidence of efforts by regulators to crack down on “greenwashing,” which refers to advertising that misleads consumers about a product’s true impact on the environment. European Union lawmakers look set to agree new rules in January that will ban phrases such as “biodegradable,” “eco” and “environmentally friendly” where these are not backed up by proof.
The CMA said it was “concerned that Unilever may be overstating how green certain products are through the use of vague and broad claims, unclear statements around recyclability, and ‘natural’-looking images and logos.”
Its probe is part of a wider review by the UK regulator into greenwashing by firms, expanded in January to include consumer goods companies that make “essential” items, such as food, drink, cleaning products and toiletries. Unilever is the first consumer goods company to be formally investigated since January.
The company — which is also the world’s largest ice-cream maker and owns brands such as Magnum and Ben & Jerry’s — has long prided itself on its sustainability credentials. In 2020, it unveiled plans to make all its products biodegradable by the end of the current decade and to disclose the amount of carbon pollution emitted to produce them.
CMA chief executive Sarah Cardell said Tuesday: “More and more people are trying to do their bit to help protect the environment, but we’re worried many are being misled by so-called ‘green’ products that aren’t what they seem.”
According to the CMA, Unilever’s claims about some ingredients may exaggerate how natural the product is, while use of imagery such as green leaves creates an impression that some products “are more environmentally friendly than they actually are.”
Claims about the recyclability of certain products “may be unclear, as they fail to specify whether they relate to all or part of a product or packaging,” the CMA added.
Unilever said it was “surprised and disappointed” by the investigation but would cooperate with the CMA. “We… refute that our claims are in any way misleading,” a company spokesperson said in a statement.
“Unilever is committed to making responsible claims about the benefits of our products on our packs and to these being transparent and clear,” the spokesperson added, noting that Unilever’s products contain information about how to dispose of the packaging after use.
The CMA did not indicate when it expected to conclude the investigation. “Possible outcomes include securing undertakings from Unilever that commit the firm to change the way it operates; taking the company to court; or closing the case without further action,” it said.
This story has been updated with additional information.


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Amazon has launched a new retail platform called ‘Amazon Home Services’ which offers up a host of at-home services available for purchase.
There are loads of different services on offer, with many expected options including plumbers, electricians, and home cleaners.
There are, however, some more oddball services up for grabs, including aerial yoga classes, a silk aerialist performance and even a goat herder.
The latter, somewhat amusingly, is listed as being in ‘beta’, offers the services of ‘hand-picked pros’ and comes backed by a ‘happiness guarantee’.
To enjoy Amazon’s Home Services, you’ll need to enter your zip-code (US-only, for now) to see what’s available near you.
Amazon shows price lists for all services, and the company is requiring that business offer the same prices online as they do in other places.
The service description explains what you’ll get, how to book, as well as showing reviews from other customers (and goats, potentially).
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It’s a move away from Amazon’s existing modus operandi whereby the company traditionally ships tangible goods.
Instead, Amazon is now expanding into the services space. That’s a sensible move, as the company already has the necessary software infrastructure in place to facilitate such a business.
It also means customers now have one more reason to head over to Amazon.com, which will likely claw in more sales for physical goods too.
Amazon is no stranger to rocking the retail boat; it’s already launched a Just Eat-style takeaway service, and even ships fresh food to customers in the US.
There is currently no information regarding a Home Services UK launch.


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Every job in the UK food manufacturing sector should become a climate job to reach carbon net zero targets, a new report has revealed.
The study by the Future Food Movement has highlighted the urgency in upskilling millions of people to enable them to make positive climate decisions in their roles.
The Future Food Movement is a pioneering new community, industry network and upskilling platform, founded by strategic change consultancy Veris Strategies. The movement solely focuses on closing the climate skills gap and encouraging collaboration between food companies to tackle climate change.
It has released a white paper called Tomorrow’s Talent: Skills for a Climate Smart Food System which found that 50 per cent of the two million people who work in the UK food sector want training to help them understand climate issues.
The report highlighted that just 12 per cent of people who work in the industry felt fully confident about their understanding of climate and sustainability issues and two thirds don’t believe that their businesses are taking positive action to tackle climate change. A total of eight in ten people believe their employer has a responsibility to help them understand how to tackle the crisis.
Last month’s COP26 highlighted the need for rapid decarbonisation in the UK food industry but to achieve the 1.5-degree target, the Future Food Movement believes that food businesses need to make every role a climate role.
Kate Cawley, managing director of Veris Strategies and founder of the Future Food Movement, said: “The hard truth is that, currently sustainability in the food sector isn’t working. There aren’t enough sustainability experts who can drive science-based change and there’s a lack of confidence from senior leaders on how best to reach climate targets.
“The Future Food Movement brings together businesses to focus on four stand-out skills areas that are key to unlocking climate proficiency within the workforce: climate literacy, application, technology and communication. Our aim is to radically empower the industry at all levels to make the changes needed to fight climate change.
“This isn’t just another technical, science-based upskilling programme tailored to ESG roles. We have collaborated with some of the world’s leading lights on climate issues who will be delivering workshops on topics such as climate language, regenerative agriculture, the future consumer, tech for good and human rights & ethics.”
The climate skills gap is intensified by labour shortages, an ageing workforce and poor perceptions of the industry itself.
The Future Food Movement was launched by chef and sustainable food campaigner Gizzi Erskine and author on climate Lucy Siegle at a regenerative agriculture-focused roundtable dinner.
Lucy Siegle, journalist and author on climate and nature said:“We need a much sharper, more open conversation about food security and supply chain resilience in the UK. I know from my own work that there’s huge appetite from the general public to consume food in a climate smart way.
“Meanwhile there is a huge opportunity for manufacturers and producers to have a voice in the climate debate and shape a positive food future that addresses emissions, impact, but also price and affordability. For me the Future Food Movement has all the ingredients of the smart, open debate that will drive change.”
Ruth Smith, Consultant within Acre's Sustainable Business team commented"There’s never been such a high demand for hiring across sustainability, with food and climate being a significant area of growth. It’s amazing to see so many companies stepping up and taking ownership of their impact, and acting accordingly, but there’s still a long way to go. At this point, it’s essential to take into consideration that we all play a part in the carbon reduction journey and we can’t leave it to the big brands and suppliers. Consuming food responsibly with the environment in mind can make a huge difference and we should be conscious of our individual contributions."
The Future Food Movement will work in a variety of ways to tackle the climate skills gap. This includes upskilling more than a thousand industry leaders in a climate and net zero programme, connecting food industry executives in a Business Leader Network and running a series of 12-month Accelerators which feature live online CPD certified learning.
Ruth has joined Acre supporting organisations across FMCG and Retail embedding Sustainability through consulting and developing their teams and recruitment. This fast-growing sector is something that aligns closely with Ruth's core values and prior professional and educational experience.
Ruth has experience recruiting Internationally in the Renewables and Clean Energy space, focused on the core value of Sustainability. She holds a 2:1 in BA Geography from the University of Brighton. This was specialised on Sustainable Development, EIA and Geographical Politics, which she applies daily to her practice in recruiting into the Sustainability space and in Acre.


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Dynamic Blending has announced the company has been named a Top 100 FAB Company by the Fashion Apparel Beauty Conference (FABcon).
Winners will be recognized at the FABcon event in Las Vegas, June 23, 2020, and were selected based on overall reach, industry impact, spirit of innovation, future readiness and market demand.
Dynamic Blending’s focus on removing barriers to entry for new companies is attracting a fast-tracking group of entrepreneurial companies with bold new ideas in personal care and cosmetics, according to the company.
With a minimum order size of as low as 1,000 units, the company’s contract manufacturing business has served the needs of more than 400 clients worldwide in the past two years. With a one-stop approach, the company can take a product from idea to formula to manufacturing to packaging to marketing and shipping in roughly half the time taken by the industry’s larger manufacturers.
The company adds this prestigious award to a growing list including the City Award from Independent Cosmetic and Distributors (ICMAD); the independent Best in Biz Award; the Best Globe Award; the Stevie Award for Best Manufacturer; Best of State Award; American Business Awards, among others.
“We are so honored to have so many distinguished organizations recognizing the innovation and rapid results of our talented team,” Dynamic Blending CEO Gavin Collier said. “Creating compelling products that meet market demand is our goal and we are making it happen for emerging as well as larger companies.”


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Seat projections suggest either a very narrow Liberal majority or possibly a minority government.
Charged with conspiracy, wire fraud and international money laundering.
56% of companies questioned cited trade issues as one of their greatest challenges.
President’s tunnel vision alienates Western allies who have common cause in the challenges posed by China.
Trade minister claims Canada won its greatest market access ever into the Japanese market.
Study of worldwide executives shows a turnaround in engagement from a year ago.
Union says no deals without promises of investment in Canada’s auto sector.
Foreign companies to get equal treatment with local enterprises.
Study calls for increased market diversification and closing the gap on the continuing shortage of skilled labour.
Arrangement could revamp the way clear travellers clear customs.
Business groups are predictably in favour of breaching the trade walls sooner rather than later.
Industrial test and measurement technologies from Nordson, Olympus, Mitutoyo, Weidmuller and Automation Products Group.
Improving US and global economies will drive 5.8% growth in 2015.
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Actor Huynh Lap has revealed his web-drama series “Ke Doc Hanh” (The Young Shaman) will be broadcast exclusively by Netflix in Asia.
Lap, one of the show’s producers, also released the official poster and trailer for the series on his social media account Tuesday.
“The Young Shaman” is a spiritual comedy of eight episodes. It centers around a family of exorcists trying to catch ghosts in a neighborhood filled with supernatural activities.
It will be released on the streaming service Netflix starting Oct. 28. This is the first Vietnamese series to be exclusively released by Netflix in Asia.
Though it took more than a year for the film to wrap up post-production, Lap explained it was necessary to ensure viewers experience high-quality footage on an international platform.
Netflix, which launched its Vietnamese language website in October 2019, has 221 million subscribers in over 190 markets.
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It appears one temporary solution to the auto resin shortage may have been found, allowing major automakers such as GM, Ford, Toyota, and others to continue production.
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Starting with the 2013 model year, the Toyota Avalon Limited will offer in-console Qi wireless charging for all mobile devices that are Qi-enabled.
In case you forgot, there are other trucks made by automakers not located in Michigan.
As if Toyota hasn’t already recalled enough vehicles recently, the Japanese automaker has been hit with yet another issue.


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The Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra’s cameras are basically the same as the S21 Ultra’s, but refined processing and a more powerful chip have brought massive upgrades.
Samsung The latest and greatest smartphone, the Galaxy S22 Ultra, has camera specs that are remarkably similar to last year’s Galaxy S21 Ultra. So naturally that leads to questions about which is better or if there’s a noticeable difference. Luckily, a few early sample photos have appeared to help solve this problem.
In 2021, Samsung launched the Galaxy S21 Ultra, a breakthrough smartphone that surpassed the Galaxy S20 Ultra’s 100x Space Zoom hype to deliver an optical telephoto lens that offers ten times zoom. Digital zoom capability has also improved, and 20-30x zoom has proven useful at times, but these images are softer than optical zoom. Additionally, the Macro and Night modes, along with the solid performance expected in good light, make the Galaxy S21 Ultra one of the best smartphones for photography.
When Samsung announced the Galaxy S22 Ultra, it was a little disappointing to see that the camera specs for the new model would be essentially the same as the S21 Ultra. Rumors suggested that photography would be vastly improved despite the lack of noticeable camera hardware upgrades, which would mean significant improvements in image processing. Recently, a few head-to-head challenges revealed the truth, with photos of the old Galaxy S21 Ultra appearing right next to those of the S22 Ultra. Samsung leak noted ice universe tweeted a stunning set of photos showing how much better hybrid zoom has gotten with the Galaxy S22 Ultra. It provides a generally sharper image, capturing even the fine details of branches and bricks that the Galaxy S21 Ultra blurs and distorts at this zoom level. A video from Danny Winget’s YouTube channel demonstrates a more noticeable overall improvement in certain situations.
Galaxy S22 Ultra Vs. S21 Ultra Camera
The most dramatic improvements appear in zoomed photos, with much greater detail in shots from the Galaxy S22 Ultra. Even 100x zoom is sometimes usable, and 20-30x zoom rivals the quality of optical telephoto lenses. Night shots are better even without using night mode, and lens flare is reduced as well as noise. Samsung has been accused of over-processing images, but the latest examples show natural-looking scenes. It is very impressive.
It’s like Samsung taking the year to improve its software rather than spending the entire budget on improving the image sensor. Perhaps the Galaxy S22 Ultra borrowed a page from Google’s Pixel playbook, essentially keeping the same cameras while improving photography with better and more advanced software capabilities driven by a more capable processor. The quality of the photo does not matter to the end user, as long as the result looks as good in the photo as it does in real life. Samsung seems to have struck a perfect balance this year with the Galaxy S22 Ultra.
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Harley-Davidson is recalling more than 60,000 motorcycles.
The recall includes several Touring and CVO Touring motorcycles from the 2014 model year.
The company says the front wheels on bikes with anti-lock brakes can lock up without warning.
The front brake line can get pinched between the fuel tank and frame, causing pressure to build up while riding.
The company will contact owners later this month.
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When the state of California started allowing the sale of recreational marijuana on January 1, 2017, customers lined up throughout the state to take advantage of the drug’s new availability. Licensed shops in cities like San Diego and Santa Cruz saw brisk sales as some of the state’s bigger cities were still waiting for state licenses to come through. While the general attitude among those buying weed on the first day of sales was positive, their enthusiasm could quickly turn into dismay as officials are warning that some legal marijuana crops have shown serious levels of contamination in tests.
The marijuana that people can now freely buy in California has been grown in the absence of regulatory controls, which are still being put in place, making them vulnerable to pesticides, mold and other contaminants.
The Chief Scientific Consultant of the marijuana testing firm Steep Hill Labs Inc., Donald Land, summed the situation up by saying “Buyer beware.” He should know; tests that he oversaw found that 93 percent of samples taken from 15 dispensaries throughout four counties in southern California contained pesticides.
Land is concerned that many people believe the products sold on store shelves are trustworthy because they’re regulated by the FDA and USDA, an assumption that he warns is false when it comes to cannabis. While tight regulations and requirements for testing will be phased in this year, sellers and growers alike have been given a grace period of six months during which they can sell their existing inventory that was grown under outdated and loose regulations for medical marijuana.
In contrast, any marijuana that was manufactured or harvested after the first of this year will be tested for contaminants considered to pose a high risk to the public as well as for its potency. Stricter limits will be in place by the beginning of next year.
According to a spokesman for the Bureau of Cannabis Control, Alex Traverso, any marijuana that has not been tested must bear a label so people can choose whether or not they are willing to take a chance. Californians can expect to see a lot of these labels, as Land estimates that less than five percent of the state’s medical marijuana is currently tested.
Authorities appear to be taking the matter seriously. Entire crops must be destroyed if they are found to have unacceptable contaminant levels. Santa Cruz County Agricultural Commissioner Juan Hidalgo said that pesticides were a major concern and that he wants to know not only what is being applied to the plants but also whether or not workers are being protected on-site. Regulation will be a big job, however. According to CBN News, recreational pot licenses have been given to 100 shops so far; applications are still pending for more than 1,000 shops. Local and state governments are expecting to bring in $1 billion a year in tax revenue from the sales.
In addition to pesticides, there’s also the matter of the widespread use of toxic solvents like hexane being used to extract molecules like THC and CBD from raw cannabis plants. These make their way into the edible pot products that many people mistakenly believe are “natural.”
As Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, points out, smoking is not the best way to get cannabis into your body as it entails inhaling carcinogenic smoke. Those who are concerned about the contaminants in weed but want to benefit from the health effects of cannabis are far better off turning to CBD oils.
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National flag carriers Qantas and Emirates have a five-year passenger and cargo transport alliance which is set to expire at the end of this month.
The Australian competition watchdog the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) has now granted an interim authorisation to enable Qantas Airways Ltd and Emirates to continue coordinating their passenger and cargo transport operations while the ACCC assesses their substantive application for authorisation.
“The interim authorisation commences immediately and allows the parties to continue coordinating their operations while the ACCC considers and evaluates the merits of the substantive application for authorisation,” ACCC Commissioner Anna Brakey said.
“The ACCC may review the interim authorisation at any time and its interim authorisation decision should not be taken to be indicative of whether or not final authorisation will be granted.”
The Qantas-Emirates alliance
The Qantas and Emirates passenger and air cargo transport alliance is a partnership between the Australian airline Qantas and the Dubai-based airline Emirates that was established in 2013.
Under the alliance, Qantas and Emirates cooperate on passenger and cargo operations, including code-sharing on flights, joint sales and marketing initiatives, reciprocal lounge access, and coordinated schedules between Australia, New Zealand, Southeast Asia, the Middle East, Europe, and North Africa.
The partnership enables Qantas and Emirates to offer more flights, destinations, and connections to customers than either airline could provide on its own, and it also helps to reduce costs and improve efficiency.
Additionally, the alliance provides access to a larger combined fleet of aircraft, which enables the airlines to offer better connectivity to customers.
The Qantas-Emirates partnership has been successful in strengthening both airlines’ positions in the highly competitive aviation industry.
It has also had a significant impact on air cargo transport, with Emirates SkyCargo and Qantas Freight collaborating to offer customers a wider range of cargo services and more connectivity across the globe.
The Qantas and Emirates alliance was last approved by the Australian regulator ACCC (Australian Competition and Consumer Commission) in August 2017.
The ACCC reauthorized the partnership for a further five years, after reviewing the alliance’s impact on competition and the benefits it provided to customers.
In its decision, the ACCC noted that the Qantas-Emirates alliance had provided significant public benefits since its establishment in 2013, including increased passenger and cargo connections, improved scheduling options, and enhanced frequent flyer benefits.
The regulator also found that the partnership did not have a significant negative impact on competition in the aviation market.
About the ACCC
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is an independent statutory authority that was established by the Australian government to promote competition and fair trading in markets across Australia.
It plays a crucial role in promoting competition and protecting consumers in Australia.
Broadly, the ACCC may grant authorisation when it is satisfied that the likely public benefit from the conduct of operations outweighs any likely public detriment.


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Sling It Out Stout is made from Kellogg’s Coco Pops, Throw Away IPA from Corn Flakes and Cast Off Pale Ale from Rice Krispies.
Kellogg’s has expanded a collaboration with UK brewery Seven Bro7hers to convert its rejected Rice Krispies and Coco Pops breakfast cereals into beer.
Sling It Out Stout uses 80kg of Kellogg’s Coco Pops to replace malted barley, creating a chocolate flavour. A similar process has been used to develop Cast Off Pale Ale, which features 80kg of Rice Krispies to impart sweet notes.
Both beers have an ABV of 5.5% and are made from discarded grains created in the cooking process at the cereal giant’s Manchester factory. The are created from rice-based flakes that are perhaps overcooked, uncoated or discoloured – and did not pass Kellogg’s quality control.
Kellogg’s UK corporate social responsibility manager Kate Prince said: “Our primary objective is to convert every kilo of grain we buy into food that we can sell. However, that’s not always possible.
“Kellogg’s is always looking for innovative ways to use surplus food, the collaboration with Seven Bro7hers is a fun way to repurpose non-packaged, less-than-perfect cereal.”
Last year, the companies partnered to create Throw Away IPA, a 5% ABV craft beer made from Kellogg’s Corn Flakes. All three beers are now available from the Seven Bro7hers website and will soon be stocked by Ocado and Selfridges.
Kellogg, which moved its UK headquarters to MediaCityUK, Salford, last year, now neighbours Seven Bro7hers Brewery. McAvoy brothers Guy, 57, Keith, 50, Luke, 45, Daniel, 44, Nathan, 42, Kit, 37, and Greg, 35, started their brewery in 2014 – inspired by their dad’s home-brewing efforts in their cellar over the years.
Keith McAcvoy said: “Working with Kellogg’s on the production of our first sustainability conscious beer Throw Away IPA was amazing.
“To carry on with this partnership and create two new exciting craft beers is even better. We are extremely proud to be working with Kellogg’s and being part of the fight against food waste.”
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Nov 9 (Reuters) - Home improvement retailer Lowe’s Cos Inc is in preliminary talks to acquire construction materials supplier HD Supply Holdings Inc, Bloomberg News reported on Monday, citing people familiar with the matter.
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The average food price index of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, which allows monthly tracking of fluctuations in world prices for the most salable goods, amounted to 125.7 points at the end of 2021, which is 28.1% more than in 2020. reported on the website of the organization.
“Under normal conditions, high prices lead to an increase in production volumes, however, rising prices for inputs, the ongoing global pandemic and increasingly unpredictable weather conditions leave little hope for the stabilization of the market situation in 2022,” warned FAO Senior Economist Abdulreza Abbassian …
In general, the indicator of 2021 has reached its maximum level in the last 10 years, the organization noted. This happened despite the decline in the index in December by 0.9% compared with November. The fact is that in annual terms the indicator increased by 23.1%.
The average value of the index for cereals in monthly terms decreased by 0.6%, for vegetable oils – by 3.3%, for sugar – by 3.1%, to a minimum in five months. The growth was shown only by the index for dairy products, which increased by 1.8% against the background of the rise in prices for international quotations of butter and milk powder due to a decrease in production in Western Europe and Oceania, the FAO explained.
According to preliminary estimates of Rosstat, inflation in Russia at the end of 2021 amounted to 8.39%, while the Central Bank’s target of 4%. Food products for the year rose by 10.62% after 3.91% last year. The cost of non-food products increased by 8.58%, and services – by 4.98%. In 2020, these indicators were 3.32 and 2.72%, respectively.