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On July 29 Microsoft launched the general availability of Windows 10. During the months leading up to this date, the development team at Vesigo Studios worked closely with Microsoft engineers to ensure that every feature of OnTime 360 would work flawlessly on Windows 10 when it was made available to the public. This means that users of OnTime 360 can upgrade their PCs and tablets to Windows 10 today with the confidence that OnTime will continue to function in the way users expect.
Windows 10 makes the OnTime experience even better on tablets. This opens up the possibility of field personnel using the OnTime Management Suite and OnTime Dispatch apps while out of the office and in the field. Features such as remote dispatching and mobile thermal label printing empower those workers in the field. OnTime's exclusive built-in smart client technology enables those tablet workers to continue using the courier apps even when a connection to the internet is unreliable. OnTime has been optimized to work smoothly even on budget tablets costing less than $100, such as the HP Stream 7 tablet.
Users of OnTime will continue to enjoy new features and compatibility with new technologies at no additional cost. OnTime has always been updated to take advantage of new technologies in hardware and software without charging for upgrades. We are excited to offer Windows 10 support to our customers of OnTime today, along with the promise of additional great features in the months ahead.


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Just over two years ago Sony released the newest console in the PlayStation family, the PlayStation 4. Fast forward to today and Sony has sent out a press release stating that in that timeframe, they’ve sold 30 million consoles. The number count was at 20 million in March, and the holiday season has just begun. These numbers are current as of November 22.
“We are sincerely grateful that gamers across the globe have continued to choose PS4 as the best place to play since launch two years ago,” said Andrew House, President and Global CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. “We are committed to bringing engaging games and entertainment services to users worldwide. Thanks to the support of our partners, PS4 continues to be the premier platform for game and interactive entertainment innovation.”
Congratulation Sony, you’ve earned it! Now please, let us change our names on PSN!

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IBM on Thursday released DB2 Express, a no-click, quiet-as-a-mouse, self-installing version of its DB2 UDB (Universal Database) thats aimed at small to medium-sized businesses.
IBM DB2 Universal Database Express Edition for Linux and Windows Version 8.1 ships with 65 tools for automating and simplifying database functions—a boon to small businesses that lack pricey DBA (database administrator) skills, according to officials.
IBM officials said that feedback from partners customers has been that they need an invisible database. “It has to have a silent install, so the end customer doesnt know its there,” said Paul Rivot, worldwide director of database servers.
Also important, customers said, is the need for simplicity. To that end, besides installing with no need for mouse clicks, DB2 Express features wizards to walk users through tasks such as expanding the systems capabilities without the need to code.
DB2 Express slimmed down from its enterprise parent by losing clustering, data warehousing, data mining and other business intelligence features including Intelligent Miner and IBMs DB2 OLAP Server. It still supports XML, Web Services, Java and Microsoft Corp.s .Net.
In the context of the DB2 UDB Express release, Rivot cited the significance of the Windows platform to DB2, from Express on up to the Enterprise edition. At in Dallas, IBM on Thursday announced 17 Windows 2003 certifications across the Standard, Enterprise and Datacenter editions of the operating system. In addition, to simplify development of .Net applications, DB2 UDB Express arrives with new tools that integrate into Visual Studio .Net.
IBM is touting DB2 UDB Express affordability, claiming its price is 30 percent less than Microsoft SQL Server. Priced at $499 for a base server package, plus $99 per user, DB2 Express represents an aggressive grab at a market traditionally held tight to Microsofts bosom with its lower-priced SQL Server database.
“What we found in the last number of years is that half of the opportunity for selling databases is in the small-to-medium business space,” said Rivot, in Somers, N.Y.
But Microsoft begs to differ on IBMs cost analysis between SQL Server and DB2 Express. Tom Rizzo, group product manager for SQL Server for the Redmond, Wash., company, said that DB2 Express lack of business intelligence features such as OLAP puts it on a footing not with the enterprise-class SQL Server database but rather with MSDE (Microsoft Database Engine), its own version of a slimmed-down database that ships for free. Experts cant be bothered to quibble over features. “On higher-end features and functions, your smaller guys wont miss them anyway,” said Stephen OGrady, an analyst at RedMonk, in Bath, Maine.
OGrady said that there is a significant need for a slimmed-down version of DB2. “Were seeing a lot of customers, whether its for Web sites or internal applications they house, where more and more applications are becoming digitally enabled, whether its Web content, transactions, workflow, for auditing trails or a variety of reasons. As more and more customers turn to digital solutions, at the heart of a lot of these applications is going to be a database.”
Why cant open-source databases such as MySQL fill that need? Again, the price of DBA skills comes into play. “At the low end, there are a variety of more or less pretty capable open-source databases available,” said OGrady. “But [many customers will need] a bit of handholding. They dont have the skilled people to maintain these databases and keep them up and running.”
IBM partners that will be selling into the small and medium-sized business space agree. Don Webb, president of Prelude Systems Inc., in Dallas, said that DB2 UDB Express will enable Prelude to cater to the needs of smaller companies that couldnt afford his companys software when it was just offered on top of the full-fledged DB2 database.
Those customers would find open-source support too wobbly for their needs, Webb said. “We have one database thats scalable and affordable at the low end,” he said. “Which implies that the open-source databases cant support to the same degree and may not be scalable at the high end to the same degree. … Every ease of use that you can provide to these small companies [is important]. Theyre in competitive environments where anything they can do to make their labor resource more efficient and affordable is very important.”
Also at TechEd on Thursday, IBM previewed DB2 support for Microsofts CLR (Common Language Runtime) for stored procedures in Visual Basic, C#, Visual C++ and other CLR-compatible language. CLR is a piece of .Net that allows programmers to code in any language, compiling the results within its environment to help speed up application development for .Net computing.
IBM on Thursday also demonstrated DB2 ADO (active data objects) .Net Managed Data Provider and integrated development tools for Visual Studio .Net 2003. ADO is an interface between DB2 and .Net that provides drag-and-drop programming for developers to build applications on DB2. It includes buttons on the Visual Studio screen that let developers grab DB2 data anywhere, on any platform, as they build applications. According to Rivot, IBM has also become the first database vendor qualified for the Microsoft .Net Connected logo to certify that DB2-based Web services can easily integrate with .Net-connected solutions.


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Your excuses for your sedentary lifestyle are rapidly disappearing. The weather's getting better, days are getting longer, and with any luck you may soon be all vaxed up, ready to head out and take on the world. Many of us are putting in a little bit of an extra effort to get out and be active, hoping to shed some of this pandemic weight (and maybe then some), and there's no better tool to help you with that than a good smartwatch. This week Samsung's got fresh updates landing for a couple of its recent models.
Samsung makes some of the best smartwatches for Android, especially if you pair it using one of its phones. The Galaxy Watch Active 2 might not be the newest wearable on the block, but it's still a great choice — particularly since you can regularly find it for far less than its original MSRP. Today, you can grab it for just $180, an all-new low on one of Samsung's best fitness-focused watches.
Hankering for something to wrap around that bare wrist, perhaps something from Samsung? Save a few bucks with today's big sale on Woot — refurbished Galaxy Watch devices from the first to the latest are available at a decent discount until 10 p.m. PDT tonight.
The state of wearables for Android is kind of lamentable, but Samsung makes some of the best. Today it's rolling out software updates for the Galaxy Watch3 and Watch Active2, the latter of which hasn't seen a software bump since January. Both of them are relatively minor patches to Tizen version 188.8.131.52, released earlier this year.
More governments are giving their mark of approval to Samsung's ability to read and monitor your blood pressure and electrocardiogram. The company has announced that its Samsung Health Monitor app — where those tracking features can be found — will be available in 31 new countries.
Samsung officially revealed its SmartThings Find service in October of last year, which uses a combination of Bluetooth and ultra-wideband wireless signals to locate Samsung products. With yesterday's launch of the Galaxy SmartTag, Samsung is working to add Find support for more devices, and next in line is the Galaxy Watch Active2.
For those in the market for a smartwatch to pair with an Android phone, the Samsung Galaxy Watch Active2 is among the best of the best. Right now, Daily Steals is offering refurbished 40mm LTE and 44mm LTE versions for just $174.99 and $194.99, respectively — just make sure you apply our code to get the full discount.
The Galaxy Watch Active2 included hardware support for electrocardiogram (ECG) monitoring when it was released late last year, as did this year's Galaxy Watch3. The feature couldn't be enabled in the United States until it received FDA approval, leading to one of the watches' main selling points not (officially) working in America. At long last, Samsung has received the FDA's blessing, and ECG support is rolling out to both models. These features will also be coming to Galaxy Watches in the UK from February 22.


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Several automakers reported lower days supplies of automobiles at the beginning of March after posting sales gains in February, with Toyota Motor North America coming in at 55 days, down from 63 days a month earlier, according to data and estimates compiled by the Automotive News Data Center.
All of the automakers that reported monthly data for February posted sales gains.
Most brands in the U.S. have moved to reporting numbers quarterly.
The March days supply at the Toyota brand was 53 days, while Lexus came in at 67 days. Total inventory for the two brands was 410,100 units.
At American Honda, the days supply fell to 83 from 88 a month earlier, with inventory at 381,400. Hyundai's supply came in at 86 days, or 175,100 units, and Kia's was 36 days, down from 46 days in February, at 73,000. Luxury brand Genesis had a 134-day supply, down from 147.
A 60-day supply is considered optimum.
Mazda fell to 57 from 58 a month earlier, and Mitsubishi's supply dropped to 55 days from 77 days. Subaru's supply rose to 37 days from 35, and Volvo's fell to 69 from 83 at the beginning of February.


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Google's stock jumped more than 7 per cent in the after-market hours on Thursday, after the company reported strong earnings results for the second quarter.
Microsoft and FieldOne have been partners for several years already, but on Thursday Microsoft took the relationship a step further and acquired the New Jersey-based provider of field-service software.
Facebook-owned Oculus VR has purchased Pebbles Interfaces, an Israeli company that develops gesture-control and motion-sensor technology.
EBay has reached a deal to sell its enterprise unit, a division focused on building and running online shopping sites for bricks-and-mortar retailers, for less than half than it paid four years ago.
Intel's revenue and profit both dropped last quarter as people held off on buying new PCs ahead of the Windows 10 launch later this year.
Good programmers are notoriously hard to find, but HackerRank thinks it has the answer. A fresh cash infusion suggests it may be on to something.
Twitter's stock spiked in midday trading Tuesday after a fake Bloomberg news report said the company had received an offer to be acquired for US$31 billion.
There's no shortage of software vendors paying lip service to data science in this analytics-infused era, but Workday is putting its money where its mouth is.
Chinese networking giant Huawei has bought the software-defined networking (SDN) division of Irish telecom software maker Amartus.
Ellen Pao is resigning as Reddit's interim chief executive after a week of tumult on the online message board with many users calling for her ouster.
The director of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management resigned on Friday, a day after her agency announced hackers had stolen information on 21.5 million current, former and prospective government employees and their families.
Uber Technologies gathered the support of over 400 drivers across California and a law professor to back its argument in court that its platform gives its contractors the flexibility and independence they want.
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Rather than using petroleum-based plastic, Reebok is offering a shoe made from plant-based materials.
The trainers will be released in 'fall 2020' and include a highly-cushioned responsive midsole built from sustainably grown castor beans.
Components include a eucalyptus tree upper which is naturally biodegradable, sustainably sourced, strong and breathable.
The sockliner utilises Bloom algae foam, harvested from invasive growth areas and is naturally odour resistant.
The flexible, durable and responsive natural rubber outsole will be sustainably sourced from real rubber trees.
Reebok says 'each component was meticulously researched and tested in order to identify the most sustainable natural ingredients that would meet the high performance standards required'.
The company says it is 'committed to reducing virgin polyester from its material mix and eliminating it altogether by 2024'.
Bill McInnis, Vice President of Reebok Future, said: “The biggest challenge in making a shoe like this was developing plant-based materials that could meet the high performance needs of runners.
"During the three years we spent developing this product, we heard loud and clear that the idea of a plant-based running shoe resonates strongly with serious runners.
"But those same runners felt just as emphatically that they would never compromise on performance.
The Forever Floatride GROW is the result. Plant-based performance – with no compromise.”
Matt O’Toole, Reebok Brand President, said: "The earth is a runner’s arena, and we have a responsibility to help detox the world for the athletes who run in it.
“Our Cotton + Corn collection was the first step in making shoes from things that grow.
"Now, we have taken an award-winning running shoe, the Forever Floatride Energy, and reinvented it using natural materials to create what we feel is the most sustainable performance running shoe on the market.
“Our consumers have told us they want more sustainable products, and the running community has been the most vocal and passionate on this issue.
“We want to help runners perform at their best, while also feeling good about the products they wear.”


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According to a TechCrunch report, The deal, which involves a share-swap agreement, could be finalized within a few weeks. The report comes as Koo has been on the lookout for new capital to fuel its growth and power its operations.
Koo, which has raised over $60 million from investors, including Tiger Global and Accel, has been exploring strategic partnerships to bolster its distribution strength.
Co-founder Mayank Bidawatka highlighted the startup's shift from rapid growth to focusing on unit economics, proving Koo's viability as a real business amidst a global funding slowdown.
Co-founder Mayank Bidawatka's LinkedIn post
"Folks, in my last LinkedIn post, I had alluded to a strategic partnership that would help us grow organically. Over the past few months, we have been talking to multiple partners who could help us achieve this," Mayank Bidawatka said.
"Requesting your patience till we can share more concrete details of this partnership that will help Koo take wings in an organic manner and help challenge global competitors in a meaningful way. Indian digital products are being made to international standards and it's time to create global brands from India," he said.
"As everyone knows, the startup ecosystem globally has witnessed a funding crunch without which Koo would have been on its way to rapid international market expansion. Once again, we request our friends in the media to be patient so that the right information can be shared at the right time. We are excited about the future and it's not very far! Thankoo!" he added.
Dailyhunt, which is valued at $5 billion, is a major player in India's digital ecosystem, reaching over 300 million users. The company, which rebranded from Newshunt in 2015, has seen a significant 57% year-on-year revenue increase, showcasing its successful content aggregation and personalization through machine learning.
What did DailyHunt say about the acquisition?
Both Dailyhunt and Koo have refrained from commenting on the media reports. However, Bidawatka's statements on LinkedIn hint at a strategic partnership aimed at scaling Koo's operations and challenging global competitors.


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Lafayette woman guilty of defrauding investors of $1.27 million
A Lafayette woman has pleaded guilty to defrauding investors out of more than $1.27 million.
U.S. Attorney Stephanie A. Finley, in a news release Tuesday, said 52-year-old Catherine Doucet Romero entered the plea Monday to one count each of wire fraud and money laundering.
Authorities say from March 2007 to July 2009 Romero tricked investors into believing their money would be used to buy a manufacturing facility and tannery for exotic skin products. Instead, she used the money to pay personal bills and expenses of an unrelated business.
Romero faces up to 30 years in prison and eight years of supervised release for both counts. She also faces a $250,000 fine, restitution and forfeiture.
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MSCI: U.S., Canadian Shipments Steady in March
Shipments of steel and aluminum products from service centers in the United States and Canada showed steady growth from the previous year in March, according to the Metals Activity Report from the Metals Service Center Institute, Rolling Meadows, Ill.
March steel shipments from U.S. service centers totaled 3.82 million tons, or 19.0 percent more than shipments in March 2010. Shipments for the first quarter of the year totaling 10.43 million tons were 23.5 percent ahead of the 2010 quarter. Steel product inventories at the end of March were nearly 8.02 million tons, 23.5 percent larger than a year ago and equal to a 2.1-month supply.
Canadian service center steel shipments in March totaled 615,000 tons, or 19.1 percent more than March shipments last year. First-quarter total shipments of 1.66 million tons were up 18.1 percent from the same period a year ago. Canadian steel product inventories at the end of March totaling 1.53 million tons were 13.1 percent larger than at the same time in 2010 and equal to a 2.5-month supply.
March shipments of aluminum products from U.S. service centers totaled 141,300 tons, or 30.9 percent more than shipments in March 2010. First-quarter shipments totaled 376,000 tons, a 29 percent rise from the year-ago quarter. Month-end inventories of aluminum totaled 356,000 tons, or 30.1 percent more than at the same time last year and equal to a 2.5-month supply.
Shipments of aluminum from Canadian metal centers in March totaled 13,700 tons, or 9.1 percent more than during March 2010. First-quarter Canadian shipments totaled 36,700 tons of aluminum, or 9.4 percent more than a year ago. Aluminum inventories at the end of March totaling 29,400 tons were 4.2 percent below amounts at the same time last year and equal to a 2.1-month supply.


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UK: Soil Association criticises 'low quality' school meals
The UK government is failing to ensure that children at primary schools are given healthy food, with more money spent on prison food than primary school lunches, according to a new report.
The daily amount spent on each child's school lunch can be as low as 31p (US$0.52), compared with around 60p spent on a prisoner's lunch, according to the Food For Life report published by the Soil Association. As a result, low quality processed food dominates school meals which are often high in fat, sugar and salt, the report said.
The Soil Association, which promotes and certifies organic produce, called for radical changes, starting with new nutritional standards for school meals which are closely monitored.
Peter Melchett, the Soil Association's policy director, said, "All too often, children at primary school are fed muck off a truck. The Government acknowledges there are problems and must as a first step bring back quantified nutritional standards for school meals. Then parents, schools, local authorities, food suppliers, farmers and the Government need to work together to ensure school lunches are made from unprocessed, local and organic food."
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Gilead Sciences Inc. (NASDAQ: GILD) said on Thursday that its COVID-19 drug, Veklury, generated £1.39 billion of sales in the fiscal fourth quarter, making up 25% of the company’s total quarterly revenue. In comparison, experts had forecast a lower £880 million of sales.
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Gilead’s Q4 financial results versus analysts’ estimates
Gilead said that it earned £1.10 billion in the fourth quarter that translates to 90 pence per share. In the same quarter last year, its earnings stood at a much higher £1.97 billion or £1.55 per share. On an adjusted basis, the company earned £1.60 per share in the recent quarter.
Last month, Morgan Stanley upgraded its price target on Gilead’s stock to £60.65 per share. Gilead Sciences performed fairly downbeat in the stock market last year with an annual decline of more than 10%.
As per the biopharmaceutical company, it generated £5.41 billion of revenue in Q4 versus the year-ago figure of £4.31 billion. According to FactSet, experts had forecast the company to post £5.19 billion of revenue in the fourth quarter. Their estimate for adjusted per-share earnings was capped at a lower £1.49.
Gilead said that its HIV business posted an annualised sales decline of 7% in the recent quarter to £3.07 billion versus a higher £3.29 billion. Within this unit, however, Biktarvy sales jumped to £1.53 billion in Q4 from £1.10 billion last year. Gilead valued its Trodelvy sales in the fourth quarter at £46.76 million.
Gilead Sciences’ guidance for fiscal 2021
For fiscal 2021 as a whole, the Foster City-headquartered company now forecasts its total product sales to fall in the range of £17.32 billion to £18.34 billion. It expects up to £2.19 billion of Veklury sales for the full financial year. Adjusted EPS, as per Gilead Sciences, is expected between £4.93 and £5.44.
Brian Abrahams of RBC Capital Markets commented on Gilead’s earnings report on Thursday and said:
“Veklury should provide another year of cash flow and earnings boost to enable the oncology franchise to further mature as a long-term growth engine. We continue to believe their HIV durability and oncology optionality are undervalued in shares.”
At the time of writing, the American biopharmaceutical firm is valued at £60.30 billion and has a price to earnings ratio of 68.40.


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Metro defies investor jitters
A series of problems for other retailers seemed set to spoil the show for Metro when it issued in January. In the event it attracted e11.1 billion of support from euro investors. Then came Ahold.
GERMAN RETAILER METRO was all set to launch its first European benchmark bond at the end of January, hoping to take advantage of improving conditions in the European corporate bond market since the beginning of the year. For Metro, the world's fifth-largest retailer, bonds and euro medium-term notes had previously made up less than a quarter of its funding and its outstanding issues were much smaller, largely domestic bonds that are illiquid. The rest of its funding was split between bilateral bank lines, syndicated loans and the money markets.
Metro has to refinance a Dm1.5 billion ($829 million) convertible bond maturing in 2013. It expects investors to put back to it in July this year, so banks had been pitching the idea of a benchmark bond to open up its appeal to a much broader range of investors. Duly, the company did a non-deal roadshow at the end of last year and then felt confident enough to go for it.
However, as Metro was preparing to launch its deal, conditions in the European retail sector were deteriorating. The bidding war for UK supermarket chain Safeway led to high-profile bond issuers from the supermarket sector, such as J Sainsbury and Tesco, being put on review for ratings downgrades, as fear mounted that the eventual victor would over-leverage to fund the deal.


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We all know that Microsoft is all set to launch two new smartphones in October but the official name of these smartphone’s are not been confirmed as of now, but today popular leakster @evleaks has made one of the most biggest leak about these upcoming smartphone’s, and as per the leak these phone’s will be named Lumia 950 and Lumia 950XL.
Microsoft Lumia 950 and Lumia 950XL will come with some change in term of design, now instead of Microsoft name at the rear you have Windows Logo and slight protruding camera, and both the smartphones are expected to come with an Iris scanner.
Lumia 950 will have 5.2-inch WQHD (1440×2560) OLED display; powered by a 64-bit Snapdragon 808 hexa-core processor with 3GB of RAM and 32GB of internal storage with a microSD card option, 20-megapixel PureView camera and a 5-megapixel wide angle front facing camera; 3000mAh battery with Qi Charging;have USB Type-C port and will be available in matte white or black polycarbonate body.
When it comes to Lumia 950XL then it will have same storage space, camera and USB Type-C port, instead it will be bigger with 5.7-inch WQHD display; powered by a 64-bit Snapdragon 810 octa-core processor along with 3GB RAM; houses a larger 3,300mAh battery.
Riya is an student of B.Tech and she loves everything related to technology, she is the best example for those who says girls are not tech savy. At this time she has 4 smartphones and she always love to play with them, she always keep track of what latest is happening in mobile world, which latest smartphone is in market and what it can do better from other’s.


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GameStop-Exclusive Ness and Target-Exclusive Jigglypuff amiibo Coming to Stores in May
In the sheer tidal wave of news from last night coming from the latest Nintendo Direct, the company is not hitting the brakes at all on its latest lines of new amiibo figurines coming to stores this year, including two new retailer-exclusive ones that will surely be elusive, but worth the wait.
Among the new waves of amiibo scheduled to hit stores in the summer and fall, the upcoming new line of amiibo coming in May will also include two brand new additions to the line-up, featuring Ness and Jigglypuff.
With Wave 4 scheduled to hit on May 29th for the new upcoming amiibo, these two new additions will be among the coveted retailer-exclusive models that a small portion of amiibo figurines are currently a part of: Ness will be exclusive to GameStop stores, while Jigglypuff will be available through Target.
While orders are currently not online at the moment for the Jigglypuff amiibo through Target’s online store, pre-orders for Ness will begin today at 2pm CT through GameStop’s website: act fast as these will surely be highly sought-after amiibo that will be hard to find – both Ness and Jigglypuff will be released on May 29th, 2015.


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While Facebook Offers has been available to brands nationwide for less than two weeks, marketers are already assessing how the free-to-use deals platform might compete against Groupon.
Chris Awad, a director for New York-based local marketing start-up eBoxed, says Facebook Offers will be attractive to SMBs that want low-risk social commerce opportunities. He’s run a handful of Facebook Offers for restaurant and day spa clients in recent weeks. The results, he said, have been fairly encouraging so far.
“[It’s] very easy to see that Groupon will have to come up with something strategic to combat Facebook Offers,” Awad said. “For now, Facebook seems like the easy go-to option.”
Kip Cassino, executive VP at local markets research firm Borrell Associates, believes Facebook will eventually pivot and make retailers pay to run Offers. “I think they will charge merchants,” he said. “It doesn’t make natural sense [otherwise].”
Facebook is hardly the only powerful player treading on Groupon’s turf. For instance, there’s major credit firm American Express, which is running “Link > Like > Love” deals via Facebook, Foursquare, and Twitter. The credit giant has promoted the program in its broadcast TV commercials during recent weeks.
Janice Diner, CEO of Horizon Studios and a ClickZ social commerce columnist, pointed to how Amex might implement its deals offering into its mobile app. As smart phones and other mobile devices continue to proliferate, deals-on-the-go could help determine which firms win out, she suggested.
“It will be interesting to see how Amex integrates the new local ‘My Offer‘ [feature] in its mobile app,” Diner commented.
Deals Competition Heightens
For Groupon, the deals space’s leader with more than 150 million subscribers, the competition has gone beyond second-place LivingSocial and is getting fiercer. While the deals space entails hundreds of brands, the greatest challenge could come from Facebook.
The Menlo Park, CA-based company, for the time being, appears committed to letting merchants use its Facebook Offers for free, under the idea that enough of them will buy ads to further distribute the deals on the social site, effectively monetizing the feature. At no cost, the Offers can be rolled through the news feeds of brand fans at the same frequency as regular posts. Conversely, Groupon and other deals players like LivingSocial and Google Offers take up to 50 percent of the sales cut when consumers redeem vouchers.
At the same time, things seems to be looking up for the sometimes beleaguered Groupon. On Monday, the Chicago-based company announced $559 million in Q1 2012 revenue, up 89 percent compared to the same period last year.
Regardless of whether Groupon or another player like Facebook prevails, it appears there will be a ton of cash at stake going forward. Researcher BIA Kelsey estimates consumer sales will reach a $4.2 billion for the deals niche by 2015. And Borrell Associates forecasts online deals – when taking into account consumer sales and the money spent on promoting the offers – will reach $14 billion this year.
Cassino from Borrell Associates said he’s not sure if any of the existing deals platforms will still be viable in three to five years because of a disruptive technology climate.
“The whole thing is evolving,” he said. “I think what we will probably see in a few years will look completely different.”
When Facebook purchased Instagram for $1 billion in 2012, skeptics questioned whether the world's largest social network would ever recoup its investment in the fast-growing but still-unmonetized photo sharing app.
On March 23, ClickZ Intelligence held the webinar ‘The State of Social 2017’ in association with Tracx. As part of the presentation, a huge number of stats and facts were shared about social media. Here are 13 of our favorites.
Twitter's own statistics say that videos are six times more likely to be retweeted than photos, and three times more likely than GIFs. But what is it that makes video on Twitter so effective?


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Free trade agreement between Vietnam and EU, creating opportunities for export of seafood
On October 17, the European Commission has approved the submission of the Vietnam-EU Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA), which is preparing for the signing and completion of the process.
Vietnamese seafood exporters are facing great opportunities to export to the EU market when the Vietnam-EU free trade agreement comes into force. Accordingly, for seafood, the EVFTA Agreement will eliminate completely tariffs (except canned tuna and fish pellets) with a roadmap of up to seven years, canned tuna subject to tariff quotas. 11,500 tons. In addition, when the EVFTA agreement is signed, it will create opportunities for Vietnamese seafood enterprises to expand their export markets, especially new markets such as the Netherlands, Spain and Italy. , enhance the competitiveness of Vietnamese seafood compared to many competitors have not joined the FTA.
Currently, shrimp, pangasius and tuna are one of the key export items of Vietnam to the EU market. For tuna products, Thailand and China are the two biggest rivals in Vietnam, holding the most export markets, but neither country has signed an FTA with the EU. This means that Vietnam tuna products have absolute advantages over the two countries in the two major EU markets.
Similar to tuna products, Vietnam is currently the world’s second largest exporter of shrimp products with a market share of 14%, topped by India with a 15% market share. Following the entry into force of EVFTA, Vietnam will be allowed to cut import tariffs on shrimp raw materials and export duties on processed shrimp to the EU, while the FTA negotiations between India and the EU are also being suspended. This is seen as an opportunity for Vietnam’s shrimp export products to compete with India’s leading export market for market share.
Prices of aquatic products are competitive at present, while the export tax rate for some markets is very high. Specifically, shrimp export of Vietnam to the EU region has an average tax of 6-20%, tuna products also have tariffs of 11-20%. So when EVFTA comes into effect, the reduction of tariff lines will help Vietnamese seafood products lower prices significantly, improve competitiveness and export turnover. On the other hand, besides the advantages in terms of tariffs, Vietnam’s seafood sector also has more opportunities to attract foreign investment, improve production technology and product quality.
In the first nine months of 2018, Vietnam’s seafood export turnover to the EU market reached $ 1.111 billion, up 6.2% over the same period of 2017. Of which, the EU market was the top shrimp importer of Vietnam South, the export turnover of shrimp products to the EU market in the first nine months of 2018 reached over $ 648 million, up 11.1% over the same period in 2017, accounting for 24.7% of shrimp exports. Vietnam. Export of pangasius to the EU market reached over 176 million, up 14.6% over the same period last year.
(According to General Directorate of Fisheries)
Tin liên quan
- (English) A gradual rise in An Giang’s pangasius export, pangaius in Vietnam meets international export demand
- (English) Vietnam’s pangasius exports to the EU increased by 31.5% and EVFTA opened up new opportunities
- Mard Recommended To Strengthen The Production Of Pangasius
- Summary Of Pangasius Exports In The First 8 Months Of 2018
- Discussion – Difficult – Due To Resolution


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J.C. Penney Co. (NYSE: JCP) is the top retailer when it comes to handling customer complaints on Twitter, according to a new report.
Conversocial Ltd. tracked how 10 U.S. retailers – along with airlines, telecommunications firms, restaurant companies and finance companies – responded to customer service inquiries on Twitter during a one-week period in August.
J.C. Penney referred only 1.72 percent of shoppers' tweets to another channel, the lowest percentage among retailers in the study. However, Lowes Co. (NYSE: LOW) referred a whopping 23.01 percent of its shoppers to contact it in other channels.
The 10 retailers in the study, including Wal-Mart Stores (NYSE: WMT) Bed Bath & Beyond (NASDAQ: BBBY), redirected 9 percent of tweets, on average, to another channel. The majority (83 percent) of the redirected tweets asked shoppers to e-mail the retailer, while 17 percent suggested the consumer call a contact center.
Most shoppers who contact retailers via Twitter want to have their issues resolved on the social network, rather than being directed to the merchant's call center or email, according to the study. Nineteen percent of consumers said they had already tried to get their issues resolved in a different channel.
"Social is often used as a last resort by customers who have failed to obtain a resolution in other channels," Joshua March, Conversocial CEO and founder, wrote in a blog post, Internet Retailer reported.
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Will JCPenney's New Logo Help Erase Memories of Johnson?
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Retailers pull out all the stops to entice shoppers on Black Friday, a shopping bonanza that kicks off the Christmas sales period.
It’s the day before Cyber Monday
When retailers offer substantial discounts, it drives consumer shopping. And when consumers spend money, it helps to boost the economy. That’s why Black Friday is an important day for retail and why it’s a good idea to get in on the deal-hunting action with shares of online retailers like Amazon, Walmart, Target and Best Buy. Black Friday is the first major shopping event of the holiday season, giving consumers a sense of urgency to find bargains. It also sets the tone for other events over the holidays, such as Cyber Monday and Gifting Week. While a Black Friday bonanza can be an exciting experience, many shoppers prefer to stay cozy at home and click through sales on their laptops. And that’s why online retailers are expected to dominate this year’s online shopping bonanza, too. Some retailers predict that their online sales will top those of Black Friday. Shoppers can choose many items online and can find them here. And that’s why it’s a good idea to invest in ETFs that track the retail sector.
It’s the day after Thanksgiving
Despite its darker roots, the term “Black Friday” has been hijacked by retailers and used to herald a major sales bonanza every November. The one-day event has morphed into a multi-day affair that includes Small Business Saturday and Cyber Monday. Whether shoppers are looking for new televisions, Beats headphones or a holiday dinner for 12, this is the day to score big deals. Retailers understand that Canadians may want to stay home and shop online. So this year, they’re promoting their Black Friday discounts earlier and offering curbside pickup, which allows shoppers to have purchases brought to their car by workers. They’re also staggering events to minimize the number of customers in stores. This way, they can spread out sales throughout the day and avoid a surge of orders all at once.
It’s the Day before Thanksgiving
If you’ve been waiting to buy that new TV or those smart home gadgets, Black Friday is your day. You’ll also find great prices on clothes, toys and appliances. The day after Thanksgiving has become a days long shopping event as retailers offer discounts and promotions to drive traffic. Some brands open their doors earlier, and some offer doorbuster deals on Wednesday and Thursday. Last year, shoppers were put off by ugly in-store scrums, and the news was full of stories about empty malls. That’s why many savvy online sellers mix outrageous discounts with more normal prices and recover their margin by associating products in “looks,” edits or bundles.
It’s the biggest shopping event of the year
If you’re a consumer who loves to find discounts and deals, Black Friday is your day. However, remember to let your budget be your guide. Consider how much you can afford to spend, and don’t charge more on your credit cards than you can repay in a reasonable period. Canadian retailers are pulling out all the stops to lure bargain hunters this year as the U.S. shopping phenomenon pegged to the day after Thanksgiving makes further inroads north of the border.


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(RNN) - As Food Network, Smithfield, Caesar's and Walmart bail on Paula Deen, fans and defenders of the celebrity chef have put their money where their mouth is, buying her cookbooks in droves and quietly pushing them up the Amazon charts.
Paula Deen's New Testament sits at No. 6 on Amazon. It's the No. 1 cookbook across Amazon. And it's not even out until Oct. 15.
Her publisher has not dropped her, but has said they are "monitoring" the situation.
It's not just her upcoming release seeing a bounce.
On Monday, Paula Deen's Southern Cooking Bible sat as the No. 701 best-selling book on Amazon.
By Wednesday, it ranked No. 48 and climbing.
While all her books have seen increased sales, the Southern Cooking Bible has seen the most dramatic climb of her currently released books.
The book hit No. 1 on the New York Times Best Seller list after its release in 2011. It looks poised to crack the charts again, nearly two years after it initially hit store shelves.
Paula Deen has released 14 cookbooks, including Paula Deen and Friends: Living it Up, Paula Deen's The Deen Family Cookbook and Christmas with Paula Deen.
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Friday June 3 is no ordinary Friday. It’s National Donut Day, and it’s rapidly approaching. To help you get in the spirit of things, Krispy Kreme Australia is giving away 100,000 of their sweet, Original Glazed doughnuts. Pop into your local store and claim your free doughnut this Friday.
Free doughnuts from Krispy Kreme
To prepare for this massive giveaway, Krispy Kreme will coat 2,000 Original Glazed doughnuts per hour with their secret glaze recipe, which dates back to the 1930s. That’s about 33 doughnuts per minute!
Unsurprisingly, National Doughnut Day is Krispy Kreme’s favourite day of the year. “We love to share our famous Original Glazed with our fans and thank them for their support across the year,” said Olivia Sutherland, Marketing Director at Krispy Kreme. “Nothing says National Doughnut Day like a free Krispy Kreme OG!”
To get your freebie, simply rock up to a participating Krispy Kreme store on Friday June 3. This is limited to one doughnut per customer, and is available while stocks last. You won’t be able to get this deal at Woolworths, Jesters, 7-Eleven, BP or any other 3rd party providers. You also won’t get this free doughnut online.
Participating stores include:
Watergardens, Melbourne Domestic T1 (Qantas), Melbourne Domestic T4, Fawkner, Collins Street (CBD), Swanston Street (CBD), Bulleen, Chadstone, Fountain Gate.
Auburn, Central Station (CBD), Chatswood, Liverpool, Mascot, Parramatta (Level 1), Parramatta (Level 5), Penrith, Mt Druitt, Sydney Domestic T3, Sydney Domestic T2, Blacktown
Redbank Plains, Shell Nudgee, Pacific Fair, Albert St (CBD), Acacia Ridge, Surfers Paradise, Brisbane Jetstar (Domestic Terminal), Gold Coast Airport, Albert Street
Myaree, Whitford City, Cannington and Hay St
James Place, West Croydon, Adelaide Airport, Marion, Tea Tree Plaza
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The game looks decent on the PlayStation 3. But in a recent interview with EDGE magazine, producer Patrick Liu insisted that console owners are not drawing the short straw, with Battlefield 3 every inch comparable to its PC counter-part on PS3.
"[Console owners are] definitely not getting less of a game," Liu said. "It has the same amount of destruction and the same amount of visual fidelity."
The console versions of Battlefield 3 support less players online, and subsequently include smaller maps. Liu explained that this is all designed to improve gameplay balance.
"We've scaled the maps accordingly for console so it makes the pacing all right and the balancing is good," Liu added. "If you play a big Conquest map then the map is balanced accordingly."


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Gymboree stores nationwide and its Web site from August 2007 through September 2007 for between $12 and $15.
If the seat is placed on a table, countertop, chair, or other elevated surface, young children can arch their backs, flip out of the Bumbo seat, and fall onto the floor, posing a risk of serious head injuries.
Product Numbers Recalled:
About 1 million
If You Own This Product:
Consumers should never use the infant seat on a table, countertop, chair, or other elevated surface. Consumers can contact Bumbo to obtain new warning label stickers and instructions, free of charge. The new warning label will state: "WARNING - Prevent Falls; Never use on any elevated surface." Consumers should use the Bumbo seat at ground level, but should never leave a child unattended.
Contact Bumbo International at (888) 376-4763 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET Monday through Friday or visit the firm's Web site at www.bumbosafety.com
CPSC has received 28 reports of young children falling out of the Bumbo Baby Sitter seat, including three skull fractures, which occurred when children fell out of chairs that had been placed on tables.


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this doesn't make sense until they make cheaper 4 k screens.
MHL LLC, the organization behind mobile version of HDMI, has announced the MHL 3.0 specification to address the latest consumer requirements for connecting a mobile device to displays, marking major advancements in the areas of audio and video transmission over an MHL link.
“The new innovations in MHL 3.0 pave the way for the technology’s expansion into a broader set of home, office, and automotive applications. With an installed base of more than 330 million devices, MHL, as the world’s most widely adopted mobile TV-out standard, will continue to evolve to meet consumer needs,” said Judy Chen, president of MHL LLC.
MHL 3.0 doubles the bandwidth compared to the previous specification and delivers 4K (ultra HD 4K formats up to 2160p30) resolution, wider color gamut as well as enhanced 7.1 surround sound with Dolby TrueHD and DTS-HD, solidifying MHL’s growing presence in the living room. By using a bi-directional channel that’s significantly faster than MHL 2, the new specification enables concurrent 4K video and high-speed peripheral support of mass storage and input devices such as a touch screen, keyboard and mouse. The MHL 3 connector continues to use 5-pin form-factor, is backwards compatible with MHL 1 and MHL 2 as well as features HDCP 2.2 content protection.
“As broadcasters and content service providers strive to innovate and drive revenues, many of the global players including Comcast, NHK, the BBC, Orange and Netflix are trialing and/or announcing plans to deliver UHDTV content. As TV everywhere initiatives are also a priority for the world’s broadcasters and online service providers, MHL’s technology solution with HDCP 2.2 will enable the secure delivery of 4K, premium content between different devices staying ahead of the consumer demand curve,” said Sarah Carroll, director of global business development at Futuresource Consulting.


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An awareness of the negative effects of industrial farming, the return of traditional agriculture and a growing preference for seasonal, sustainable produce, could help us rethink the way we eat: the future of food is on our hands.
We live in a fast-paced world that demands quick, convenient, cheap food. Globally, the majority of us do not know where our food comes from, nor do we seem to understand the damage the current industrialised food system is doing to us and the environment. Large-scale farming and pesticide use decimates the land; we’re left without insects, wildlife, or farmworkers. We’re left instead with tasteless, nutrition-bereft produce and a system of agriculture that’s impossible to support. The cost to our wellbeing is immeasurable. Food has to sustain us, in more ways that one. So how do we reverse the process?
Supporting ‘slow food’, reconnecting with food that’s good for us, good for the people who grow it and good for the planet is seen as the antithesis to the negative impact of large-scale agriculture. And it’s a call to arms for many chefs, farmers and food writers. “It’s important to have a connection with the food you eat,” reiterated Melissa Hemsley at this August’s Eat Happy Summer Supper event held at Dumfries House. The best-selling food writer and slow-food advocate was on hand to officially launch the Scottish Organic and Sustainable Food and Drink Festival which will take place on the Estate next year. “England and Scotland are farming countries, and we’ve got to honour these people who – day in, day out – grow our food. Food is nutrition; it’s our all-round physicality and mental health.” Next summer’s event aims to do just that. Festival goers will sample food and drink from across the country, interact with chefs and producers through cookery demonstrations and masterclasses, and be part of the development of Dumfries House’s existing commitment to organic food.
The Estate itself is well on the way to organic certification. An announcement in January brought news that the Kauffman Education Gardens at the House – where each year thousands of schoolchildren learn about tending to, preparing and cooking vegetables – had received official organic certification from the Soil Association, with the nearby 2,000 acre Home Farm set to follow suit in early 2019. “Organic gardening creates a healthy living soil, and organic methods are important factors in food security and people’s health,” explains Education Gardener, Chris Jones. “Organic farming espouses the highest standards of animal welfare, reduces our exposure to pesticides, supports more wildlife and offsets greenhouse gases. If you follow the standards and best practice, when you finish with your garden or farm, you should leave it in better condition for future generations.”
Once considered fringe concerns, seasonality, sustainability and low-intervention methods for cultivating the land are now far more common, and the organic market is growing at pace. Figures show that sales of organic food in Scotland grew by nearly 20 per cent in 2017, something that Isla McCulloch, business development manager at Soil Association Scotland, puts down to increased recognition of its benefits. “Public awareness of what organic really means – for health and for the environment – has never been higher,” she says.
To help farmers tap into what has become a £2 billion market, the Scottish government is encouraging applications for organic conversion funding, while the Soil Association continues to support farmers looking to make the transition. On a local level, there are initiatives sprouting up across the country, including the Locavore vegetable box scheme, based in Glasgow; shops selling locally grown and artisanal wares, such as the award-winning Loch Arthur Farm Shop in Beeswing and the Gosford Bothy Farm Shop run by third-generation farmers; and larger initiatives including Farming for a Better Climate, which helps farmers increase profitability and reduce their carbon footprint. The Prince’s Foundation’s dedication to organic certification is an assured step in the right direction.
Restaurants are also rising to the occasion. The rewards reaped by choosing local produce are best witnessed in the success of farm-to-fork cuisine in Scotland’s leading restaurants, including three ventures overseen by The Prince’s Foundation. “Local is key to my day-to-day,” says the head chef at the Rothesay Rooms in Ballater, Ross Cochrane. Initially launched as a pop-up last year by HRH The Prince of Wales, to attract tourists after the devastation caused by Storm Frank, the award-winning restaurant is now a permanent fixture. “My suppliers tell me what’s available,” says Cochrane, who also set up The Carriage, the just-launched bistro, café and tea room in Ballater’s historic Old Royal Station. “We serve local produce on our menus, which change every six to eight weeks, and I personally visit each farm before creating new dishes. It’s very rewarding to know my ingredients come from within 20 miles – the only real challenge I have is deciding what I’m going to do with all the fantastic produce!”
Championing local suppliers is also key at Dumfries House’s own Woodlands Restaurant. “In keeping with the Foundation’s ethos, we source as much as we can locally,” says head chef Adam McKissock. Ayrshire born and bred, McKissock worked at award-winning restaurants and hotels in Glasgow, as well as London’s Michelin-starred Hotel Café Royal, before returning to Scotland and taking the reins at Woodlands nearly five years ago. “Our fish supplier is from Troon, we get meat from one of our tenant farmers, who is also our main butcher. We also have some roe deer from the Estate, and we use as much as possible from our organic and walled gardens, while the rest is from a supplier in Prestwick. We get our salmon and trout smoked on demand from a smokehouse in a small town called Fairlie, North Ayrshire.”
This focus on the quality and provenance of produce – both in restaurants and at home – will help to foster a healthier and more conscious relationship with food, and according to Hemsley, that can only be a good thing. “We are so far removed from the farm element of food these days that we are unhappier around mealtimes,” she says. “So often we’re too busy to prioritise good food, and lose the connection you get from cooking, pulling things out of the fridge and microwaving them instead. If we can start to rethink the hours in our day and make time to prepare something simple and quick, we can re-form that connection.”


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Pursuing a strong sales target and market share by the end of FY2022, Hero is targeting 1 million customers in the near future
Homegrown electric two-wheeler maker Hero Electric has reported over two-fold jump in festive season retail sales at 24,000 units from October 1 to November 15, 2021. This is more than a 100 per cent increase as compared to the sales that occurred last year during the same period, which stood at 11,339-units.
The recent amendment in FAME II policy (Faster Adoption and manufacturing of electric vehicles in India), which offers increased upfront incentives for electric two-wheelers and rising fuel prices has propelled the demand for electric vehicles resulting in heightened demand, the company said in a statement.
Pursuing a strong sales target and market share by the end of FY2022, Hero is targeting 1 million customers in the near future. As a market leader, Hero continues to further its efforts to develop a robust EV ecosystem by installing charging infrastructure in major cities and training thousands of mechanics across India who are presently servicing petrol bikes, it added.
Commenting on the sales performance, Sohinder Gill, CEO, Hero Electric, said, “We saw two clear indicators in our showrooms this festive season. A significant percentage of customers chose Hero E bikes over the Petrol bikes and many factored environment and sustainability as influencing factors in their purchase. This is a good indicator for Hero and the E2W industry to step into exponential growth and bring around an EV revolution that will help reduce air pollution and make our cities a better place.
Hero Electric’s ‘30 days, 30 bikes’ festive offer aided the upward sales momentum during this period. Under the offer, every day one lucky customer purchasing a Hero Electric two-wheeler got a chance to ride home their vehicle free, further fostering the spirit of a pollution-free festive season, quoted Hero Electric.


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Zynga CEO: We Got the Cash We Wanted
Mark Pincus, CEO of social media gaming company Zynga (NASDAQ:ZNGA), recently defended his company’s performance in an interview with the Wall Street Journal. Pincus told the Journal that despite the sustained stock price drop below its December IPO mark, he is still satisfied with the company’s performance. Zynga has produced such popular on-line gaming hits as Mafia Wars, Farmville, and Cityville.
“Our goals were we want to raise a billion dollars. Through going public, we wanted to add some more great long-term investors to the company. All of that was successful,” Pincus told the Journal regarding the stock price performance. The CEO also commented on speculation that the company chose the wrong time for its IPO by saying, “We were trying to go public at the right point in our company growth, and we thought that was the right point.”
Pincus also commented on current discussions within the Department of Justice which would legalize on-line gambling. He told the Journal, “We’re watching it with interest. Virtual reality is about the connection between the virtual and the real, and there’s just such a close and perfect connection between the virtual and the real when you’re gambling, because these chips have real world value.”


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In a 2012 study, 52% of americans (that were polled) believed doing their taxes was easier than figuring out how to eat healthy at least 1 in 4 people eat some type of fast food every day data from the us department of agriculture found that in 2011 the average american consumed nearly one ton of food that's 1,996. We are pleased to hear that this study finds improvements in several key areas of the american diet, said michael r taylor, deputy commissioner for foods and veterinary medicine at the us food and drug administration fda will soon propose an updated nutrition facts label designed to provide. Diet changes world war ii and the committee on food habits in the january 1943 edition of what's new in foods and nutrition, former president herbert hoover addressed the upcoming food patterns is to study the ways in which good habits are instilled into habits of the american people (guthe and mead 1943) it. Too many calories, says marion nestle, phd, mph, professor of nutrition and food studies at new york university too many to truly understand what's wrong with the american diet, you have to know how we manage to consume all those calories there are two we all have our individual tastes, quirks, and habits.
A new study suggests that america's great nutritional divide goes deeper than the problem of food access within cities. The um center for sustainable systems recently published research findings that 46% of total food-based, greenhouse gas emissions in america come from while the environmental impacts of diets have been evaluated at the aggregate level, few studies, and none for the us, have focused on individual. And so, the eating-out habit took hold in the american consciousness, escalating over the years until now, for the first time ever, americans actually spend a columbia university study found that when families spent an average of just 199 minutes eating dinner, the kids were less likely to be overweight.
Abstract some studies have suggested that eating patterns, which describe eating frequency, the temporal distribution of eating events across the day, breakfa american journal of epidemiology, volume 158, issue 1, 1 july 2003, pages 85–92, published. Additional findings from the study include: eating habits parental advisory: 60% of parents admit to eating their kids' leftovers at least sometimes, with 26% do so always/often who is the pickiest 43% of americans say they are a picky eater half of millennials describe themselves as picky, compared.
These are among food habits that new research links with deaths from heart disease, strokes and diabetes overeating or not eating enough of the 10 foods and nutrients contributes to nearly half of us deaths from these causes, the study suggests “good” foods that were under-eaten include: nuts and. The science is in: we americans love our fast food — a lot according to results of a new study of more than 8,000 adults, almost 80 percent reported eating fast food at least once a week and when researchers looked at different income brackets, who was eating all those burgers and fries didn't change.
This study sought to examine gender and race as they relate to nutrition habits and self-efficacy in a population of diverse young adults from the young adult weight loss study participants were 29% males, 387% white, 338% asian, and 129% african american males had lower self-efficacy for healthy. The american diet is characterized by a calorie imbalance, a high consumption of nutrient-poor foods and a low consumption of nutrient-dense foods learn about the food habits of americans and the dietary guidelines designed to improve your health in this video lesson. Americans' eating habits, in short, are all over the place, at least according to our analysis of us department of agriculture (usda) data which is about what you' d expect, judging from the results of pew research center's recent survey on food and nutrition attitudes in that survey, 54% of americans said. A fun thing about being an american health journalist is constantly reading about how horribly unhealthy your country is (and subsequently, being reminded about how unhealthy you probably are and by “you,” i mean me) the unflattering stats mount: more than half of what americans eat is.
The difference in eating habits between men and women study finds men prefer meat and poultry, women prefer fruits and vegetables american society for microbiology share print e-mail when it comes to what we eat, men and women really are different according to scientific research presented today. Hmm are americans confused about what constitutes a healthy diet do they say one thing, but do another or perhaps it's a matter of portion size: we may be choosing foods that are healthy in moderation, but are eating too much of them we asked a range of experts who study eating habits nutrition.
Years of warnings by health officials and grim news on the bathroom scale appear to finally be having an impact on the nation's eating habits while there is no sign the high level of obesity has fallen, americans say they are consuming fewer calories and cutting back on fast food, cholesterol and fat. J am diet assoc 2007 oct107(10):1735-42 a study of dietary patterns in the mexican-american population and their association with obesity carrera pm(1), gao x, tucker kl author information: (1)department of nutrition, university of maryland, college park, usa objective: data from the national health and. The new study's main thrust is that americans will have to change their eating patterns if they are to eat a healthy diet affordably but didn't we know that already forget potassium — it's well known that americans don't come even close to the recommended number of servings of fruits and vegetables, and. Of science in israel and the author of the new study, and his team of researchers studied the eating habits and agricultural production of americans in 2000 to 2010 - before identifying how to successfully remove animal-based protein and replace it with plant-based food that was “nutritionally comparable.


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Breed77 release new album The Evil Within
The Evil Inside – Breed77 Originally from Gibraltar and now based in London launched the album exclusively via iTunes on 11th March during their latest successful UK tour. Standard and deluxe CD versions are available on the 25th March.
The Evil Inside’ track listing is as follows:
‘Bring On The Rain’ is their first official single from the new album
Breed77 – Bring On The Rain


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WASHINGTON (Bloomberg) -- Toyota Motor Corp. has settled a patent-infringement dispute that had threatened imports of its newest hybrid vehicles, including the Prius.
The agreement was announced today as a hearing was set to begin on a claim by Paice LLC, founded by Alex Severinsky, against Toyota before the U.S. International Trade Commission. Terms of the settlement weren’t disclosed.
Ford Motor Co. also settled patent litigation with Paice on Friday -- terms were not disclosed in that case either.
Severinsky, a Soviet emigrant who began his career developing antitank-warfare instrumentation, had said his 1994 patented system for a high-voltage method to power gas-electric hybrid cars was used by Toyota without permission. Severinsky, 65, spent years trying to get the automaker to pay royalties.
“Finally people understand the merits of what I invented and give it the proper value,” Severinsky said today in an interview. “Toyota is the leading technology company and finally appreciates the value of the invention.”
The patent covers a way to supply torque to a car’s wheels from both an electric motor and internal combustion engine using a combination of high voltage and low current.
Toyota, which was found to have infringed the patent in an earlier case, had said its hybrid vehicles are the result of its own research and asked the trade commission to deny Severinsky’s latest claims.
The ITC is an independent agency set up to protect U.S. markets from unfair trade practices. When a violation is found, it has the power to block imports of products and typically sides with patent owners unless there are health or public-policy issues.
Toyota is the biggest seller of hybrid vehicles in the U.S. In June, the company sold 14,639 hybrids in the U.S., including 1,933 Lexus hybrids, about 10 percent of its total sales. The ITC’s case related to the company’s current, third-generation Prius as well as the Camry hybrid, Lexus HS250h and Lexus RX450h.
Toyota was found in a 2005 trial to have infringed Severinsky’s patent on torque technology used in earlier versions of the Prius, Lexus RX400h and hybrid Toyota Highlanders. A federal jury awarded $4.27 million to Severinsky's company, Paice, which is based in Bonita Springs,Fla.
The judge declined to halt sales of the hybrids, and instead told the automaker to pay Paice $25 for every car. He later raised the amount to about $98 after an appeals court ordered a recalculation. Toyota was appealing that decision.
If the $98 rate were applied to all of Toyota’s hybrids now on sale in the U.S., the company would have to pay $1.43 million in royalties for June alone. The company reported fourth-quarter net income of 112 billion yen
In the Ford patent case with Paice, both companies filed lawsuits against the other regarding a patented technology used in hybrid versions of the Ford Fusion sedan and Escape crossover.
The dispute surrounded the same patent -- U.S. Patent No. 5,343,970 -- that Paice and Toyota were litigating over.All told, Paice holds 11 U.S. patents related to hybrid-vehicle technology.
Paice is an acronym for Power-Assisted Internal Combustion Engines.
Ursula Zerilli contributed to this report.


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Within days after the official launch of Redmi Note 4 in India, Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 loaded with Android Nougat has been spotted on GFXBench. Interestingly, the version number of the software build is dubbed to be 7.1.1 and not 7.0 or 7.1. Hence, you will have access to the latest Android platform with all the security updates.
If a smartphone appears on the GFXBench site, then you can assume the imminent arrival of the handset. Going by the past records, we can infer that Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Pro with Android 7.1.1 Nougat will hit retail shelves within the next few months.
As per the GFXBench results, the Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Pro will be loaded with Android 7.1.1 also called as Android Xiaomi Edition. The phone will feature a 5.7-inch display, 3GB RAM, 32GB storage. Moreover, the phone will feature a 15MP rear camera sensor alongside 5MP front-facing shooter.
Initially, the handset will be available in China followed by other markets. That said, the global variant of Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 Pro just got better with Android Marshmallow.
As of this writing, we don’t have any information regarding when the handset with Android 7.1.1 will be available on the market. We expect that XXiaomi is currently testing the various elements of the new update and will release the update within the next few days.
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Serdar Karavil, CEO of saribulut.com, which has become the top turnover winner 3 times in the past 5 years, made evaluations about the increase in online shopping trends. Serdar Karavil said, “Online shopping has reached the point it has reached in 5 years, in a short time like 6 months, thanks to the great momentum it has achieved during the epidemic process.”
Online shopping, which started to be implemented for the first time in the world in 1995 and whose foundations were laid in our country as of 1997, offers individuals the opportunity to shop wherever and whenever they want, while offering companies the opportunity to do business and reach much more customers without opening a store, without incurring high operating costs.
With the advancement of web and mobile technology, the widespread use of internet and mobile devices, online shopping, whose trade volume is expanding day by day, has made its 5-year breakthrough in the epidemic process in a short time like 6 months. Serdar Karavil, CEO of saribulut.com, explained his views on the subject; “The factors that positively affect the online shopping environment in our country can be listed as the large population of our population, the high and increasing use of the internet, the development and increase in alternative payment options day by day, and the easy adaptation of the young population to the developing technology.”
Stating that they, as saribulut.com, are a newly established site, they have made a big breakthrough during the pandemic process, Karavil said, “While the rate of those who shopped online for the first time in Europe last year was 13%, this rate was 25% in our country. In such a period when people change their habits, customers who get used to the convenience and comfort of online shopping are expected to continue their habits after the epidemic process.” He said that saribulut.com is prepared for this.
Karavil said that states should also prepare the necessary infrastructure for online export and import, which is one step after online shopping. He stated that both companies and governments should focus on this issue, and that there are some pros and cons of online shopping in itself.
Serdar Karavil said, “From the point of view of the customer, you can choose the product you want with a few clicks rather than visiting the store. You are not stuck with any time and place limitations for shopping. In terms of companies, you have the opportunity to reach more customers for less operating costs.”
Serdar Karavil, the successful CEO of saribulut.com, said that in the last word, new business lines will emerge in online shopping, and every investment made in these areas will stimulate the economy and accelerate the economy.
Source: Sabah / Translated by Irem Yildiz


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All my attention and prognosticating is centered on an educational and interactional animal park in rural NY state, a very pregnant 15-year-old giraffe named April and her round-the-clock live webcam feed. "Perhaps suggesting a new position of calf". Let's just hope she doesn't keep us waiting until May or later!
The live stream of April and her impending delivery is still a popular attraction on many web sites.
A GoFundMe page set up for April, giraffe father Oliver and their calf has raised more than $100,000 out of a goal of $50,000. The zoo says she weight 130 pounds and stands 67 inches tall. After YouTube took down the live stream following protests from animal activists claiming that the live stream is a violation of YouTube's nudity and sexual content policy, the video on April's pregnancy has eventually been up and running again.
Zoo officials are saying there is a definite bulge on the left side of April, indicating something is sticking out!
"April's website, aprilthegiraffe.com, includes a link for buying apparel from baby clothing to adult-sized hoodies imprinted with a giraffe's head and "#Aprils View Crew" along with the park's name and location.
Apple Watch Series 3 pegged for second half of 2017
In 2016 Apple analysts estimated that the Cupertino, California-based technology giant shipped more than 11 million smartwatches. Then in February, DigiTimes reported that Apple may plan to move away from a touch-on-lens display to a glass-film touch system.
"We are very proud to have the only West African Giraffes in the United Kingdom here", said a zoo spokesperson.
In a Facebook post Friday, they expected April to give birth soon, and they would be "shocked" if she went through the weekend without giving birth.
Animal Adventures says they have a back-up plan and will go live from their Facebook page of the feed. Yes, she will have this calf when she is good and ready. Animal Adventure Park wrote on Facebook. While April did not 'deliver, ' the park says they are still confident in the health of both mom and baby. Patch explained that it's not very likely that you will be able to tell April's labor until you see an actual hoof begin to poke out of her rear-end. The zoo has announced that it will conduct a naming contest after April delivers a baby to involve fans.
But without a newborn giraffe, some comments have taken a darker turn, with more than a few people wondering whether the pregnancy is a hoax.


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Steve Weikal ’08 Moderates CCIM Thrive Big Data Panel
Xceligent Demonstrates The Power Of Big Data At CCIM Thrive
Some say the commercial real estate industry is lagging behind the technology curve. Actually, no one is arguing the point—but the industry is working hard and fast to keep up in an age where data is proliferating faster than at any time in history.
Some of the technology’s brightest minds converged at the CCIM Thrive Conference in Atlanta Oct. 24-25 to talk about the Big Data portion of the commercial real estate technology equation.
Steve Weikal, head of Industry Relations at the MIT Center for Real Estate, moderated a panel called “The Power of Big Data.” Industry experts featured Doug Curry, CEO of Xceligent; Helen Thompson, director of Esri; Richard Sarkis, co-founder and CEO of Reonomy; Brandon Weber, founder and CEO of Hightower; and Donna M. Salvatore, CEO and founder of Megalytics.
Weikal started the discussion with a definition of Big Data from the Oxford Dictionary. Big Data is “extremely large data sets that may be analyzed computationally to reveal patterns, trends, and associations, especially relating to human behavior and interactions.”


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Dell Technologies implemented a robust virtual internship program and virtual recruitment strategy to attract entry-level talent. Throughout the recruitment process, Dell Technologies made sure to offer direct support to students through webinars, one-on-one calls, and video conferences.
Read on for some of the highlights of Dell Technologies' innovative approach to college recruiting and why they were named a 2021 Campus Forward Honoree in RippleMatch's Campus Forward Awards.
Summer Internship Program
Dell Technologies proudly hosted its 2020 interns virtually. The program consisted of three weeks of product training, customer calls and outreach, group project work, and exposure to advanced sales roles in the company. Feedback from Dell’s 2020 interns was great – specifically, they highlighted how their experience was strong regardless of not being able to be physically in the office.
Dell adapted its recruitment strategy by working with schools to engage in virtual career fairs, virtual sales competitions, and other virtual events on campus. Dell also hosted its own webinars aimed at both full-time and intern candidates.
To create a positive candidate experience, Dell scheduled interview prep and culture overviews via pre-calls with current Dell employees. Dell also offered numerous webinars, with opportunities for Q+A, to provide additional information on the internship program. Finally, to give candidates as much exposure to the teams and culture as possible, Dell made sure to have interview days held over video. All of these touchpoints and opportunities for personalization helped Dell to craft a positive candidate experience during these unprecedented times.
Diversity and Inclusion
Dell is dedicated to spearheading a culture of diversity and inclusion by setting concrete “Moonshot Goals”. These goals include having 50% of the workforce and 40% of leaders be female by 2030, and 25% of the workforce and 15% of leaders be Black or LatinX by 2030. To help Dell reach these milestones, Dell’s early talent team expanded their efforts to engage more diverse students. They leveraged tools like RippleMatch and developed relationships with HBCUs and underrepresented student groups of their other partner schools. The team also hosted webinars that targeted student-athletes, participated in ‘women in sales’ events, and produces a monthly D&I newsletter internally that is solely focused on their recruiting efforts around D&I for entry-level opportunities.
Congratulations to Dell Technologies for their accomplishments this past year. RippleMatch is proud to recognize Dell Technologies in our 2021 Campus Forward Awards for their commitment toward the next generation of talent.


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The university college students learned about Digital Marketing and search engine marketing in a daylong seminar. A seminar on Digital Marketing and search engine optimization was held at the Oriental Institute of Science and Technology here on Wednesday.
Expert and Digital Marketing consultant Afzal Khan instructed the students on virtual marketing. Afzal Khan explained how virtual advertising and marketing are useful for business improvement and solving queries.
The seminar was prepared mainly for the engineering students. The workshop waswas organized mutually by the Department of Information Technology (IT) and OIST.
To begin with the seminar, Afzal Khan quickly explained virtual advertising and marketing.
He said that virtual advertising and marketing are advertising products or services using virtual technologies, particularly on the Internet, including cell phones, display advertising, and other virtual mediums.
He informed virtual advertising’s improvement because the Nineties and 2000s have modified how brands and agencies use generation for marketing.
As digital systems are increasingly included in advertising plans and everyday lifestyles, and as humans use virtual devices rather than traveling to physical stores, virtual advertising and marketing campaigns are getting extra typical and efficient. He additionally defined approximate strategies of digital advertising.
Digital advertising methods, including SEO (search engine optimization), search engine advertising (SEM), content material advertising, influencer advertising, and marketing, content automation, campaign marketing, statistics-pushed advertising, e-commerce advertising and marketing, social media advertising, social media optimization, email direct marketing, display marketing, e-books, and optical disks and video games have become extra, not unusual in our advancing era.
In fact, digital advertising now extends to non-Internet channels that offer digital media, including cellular telephones, callbacks, and on-keep cell ringtones.


text: Photo Gallery of Nissan Pick-Up Facebook Twitter WhatsApp Pinterest Uploaded by: DеТk Date: 22.10.2018 Image "HEX" Code: #2686847 Image size: 520x360 You can download photo Nissan Pick-Up or use this pic as wallpaper or poster for desktop. Full size link https://cloudlakes.com/data_images/models/nissan-pick-up/nissan-pick-up-13.jpg We have more photo of Nissan Pick-Up in our gallery. If you interesting to view them, you can follow on links below. Also you can see full gallery of Nissan Pick-Up on this page. If you have your own good photos of Nissan Pick-Up, you can upload them on our website and become one of our authors. See more photos Nissan Pick-Up from our users Recent automotive trends, reviews, test drives and the latest news from the world of cars New Audi A6 shows its face The A6 will be the next model in Audi line going through a mild restyling. Some prototypes are running tests on the European roads, and one of them was spotted by our hunters secret. VW Group confirms new Panamera and Tiguan Two important innovations were announced by Volkswagen Group in 2016. Porsche has confirmed the launch of the new Panamera and Vokswagen launch in the same year the new generation of the Tiguan. BMW M4 Convertible tests on snow It is no coincidence that BMW chose the freezing cold of Scandinavia to test their prototypes. After all, if a car works perfectly there, it will also run smoothly anywhere. Subaru shows teaser of the new Legacy The Subaru announced on Thursday (30) the first teaser of the production version of the new Legacy. The model will debut before the public at the Salon of Chicago, scheduled to open next week.


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In these tough economic times in which motorsports and drag racing in particular have been hard by companies who have reigned in their marketing budgets substantially, welcoming any new major sponsors into the game is a positive for anyone with a vested interested in the sport. And two? Well, that’s even better.
The familiar Funny Car teams of Tony Pedregon and the Paul Lee-driven machine of legend Jim Dunn have both signed on new marketing partnersfor the 2011 season, and both will undoubtedly be in the hunt for Countdown berths late in the season.
Pedregon, a two-time NHRA Funny Car champion, has teamed up with American Racing Custom Wheels – a leader in performance and off-road wheels – to back his efforts to chase yet another championship as both a primary and associate sponsor.
Per Nhra.com: “As a professional racer and performance enthusiast, I have grown up knowing the history and popularity of American Racing wheels, and it is a privilege to partner with a company that has had such an influence and tradition in our sport,” said Pedregon. “I look forward to debuting our American Racing Funny Car at one of the most exciting races of the year!” American Racing will serve as the primary backer at select events, including the Winternationals and the Auto Club Finals. In between, the brand will remain as an associate sponsor.
Likewise, Jim Dunn Racing has welcomed engine treatment manufacturer Rislone and it’s Rislone Fuel Injector Cleaner brand to his team for 2011, where Paul Lee will once again pilot the Chevrolet Monte Carlo Funny Car for the Hall of Famer who will mark his 62nd year in the sport. Bar’s Leaks and former major backer Canidae All Natural Pet Foods will serve as associate backers.
“I know a lot of our NHRA fans are familiar with the Rislone name and its products firsthand, so we’re excited to have them onboard with us,” said Dunn. “We’re fortunate to have Rislone join our list of other great sponsors that support us and allow us to race in this ultracompetitive Funny Car class.”
“Rislone has a long, rich tradition in racing, particularly in drag racing, so we’re proud they selected Jim Dunn Racing to partner with and support,” said Jon Dunn, JDR business manager. “We’ve got tremendous sponsors, and we’re excited to have Rislone as a part of the team. Seems like we just pulled out of Pomona from the World Finals last week, but we’ve been working hard in the off-season and can’t wait to get back on the track.”
Rislone also serves as the primary sponsor for multi-time Top Alcohol Dragster champion Bill Reichert.