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Many organizations are curious about the health lifestyle of people these days. They want to know, what percentage of Americans are health conscious? It is known that obesity and diabetes rates have been high among Americans. Their lifestyle is under scrutiny because of years of people overeating or gaining weight. Once, the people often lacked good health lifestyle choices. They were addicted to fast food and did not display the correct lifestyle habits. But people are changing their outlook on healthy foods these days. There is a new trend that could change things for most Americans. That is a worthwhile new trend that should be evaluated by a lot of groups.
Medical experts and governmental organizations are tracking the statistics. They knew that obesity was prevalent in the South and that the North had high rates of mortality as well. The lifestyle changes might be changing some vital statistics for people. These groups are making a renewed effort to change outlooks on America as a whole. The healthy foods are perfectly suited for combating high rates of obesity. Health professionals are hoping that people make the switch to healthy foods. They can eat fruits and vegetables instead of a fast food diet. Movies like Super Size Me have raised awareness about the dangers of a fast food diet. That is spurring on some change and the statistics could reflect that new trend.
Everyday people can make a difference with their lifestyle too. People should get more active and spend time exercising if possible. The weight trend can change and people are showing that fact for themselves. People opt to go to the gym and choose a better diet plan as well. The healthy foods are helpful and can facilitate a good lifestyle. Younger generations are making a big change too.


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SAN FRANCISCO — Google is designing robots for the manufacturing and supply chain sectors and Andy Rubin, the executive behind the company’s successful Android mobile operating system, is leading the effort.
The news was first reported by USA Today in August, however, new details emerged about the venture Wednesday.
Google has created a new robotics group under Rubin and bought seven tech companies in the past six months, including Schaft, Industrial Perception, Meka and Redwood Robotics, to help with the push, according to a person familiar with the situation. The person did not want to be identified because the group has not officially launched and the transactions were mostly small private deals.
Google began as an Internet search business and this is where the company still makes most of its prodigious revenue and profit. However, CEO Larry Page encourages the company to take big bets on new technology that may not become viable for years but could have a huge impact on how people live and do business. These long-term projects have become known as moonshots.
“Like any moonshot, you have to think of time as a factor,” Rubin told the New York Times Wednesday. “We need enough runway and a 10-year vision.”
Rubin, aged 50, stepped down from the Android business earlier this year without saying what he planned to do next at Google. The executive has been interested in robots for much of his career. Before working at Apple in the 1990s, he was a robotics engineer at German manufacturer Carl Zeiss.
Google shares rose less than 1% to $1,060.14, close to a record high, in early afternoon action Wednesday.
Page announced Rubin’s new project on the company’s social network Google+, reminding followers of the executive’s past success.
“His last big bet, Android, started off as a crazy idea that ended up putting a supercomputer in hundreds of millions of pockets,” Page wrote. “It is still very early days for this, but I can’t wait to see the progress.”
Google is not the only big tech company thinking about the potential of robots. Amazon.com CEO Jeff Bezos said this week that the Internet retailer is testing the use of drones for delivering packages in a little as 30 minutes.
“Google’s robotics ambitions and Bezos’s drone PR should be a reminder to investors that they are not only investing in the trend lines of the current financials, but in the future vision and broad ambitions of these companies,” Ben Schachter, an analyst at Macquarie, wrote in a note to clients Wednesday.
“Amazon and Google clearly are going to invest in projects that may not bear fruit for 5-10 years, if at all,” he added.
Sizing the potential addressable market for Google robots is “near impossible,” however, the company does not invest meaningfully in any business that it doesn’t think can be profitable and generate at least $5 billion in revenue in a reasonable time frame, the analyst noted.
Google has succeeded on big long-term projects before, such as YouTube and Android, and the company’s newer moonshots, such as self-driving cars and the Glass wearable computing platform, are beginning to show early commercial promise.
Robotics has been considered an emerging technology for decades, but for the most part it has been a disappointment. That may be changing, especially in the area of drones, according to Chris Dixon, a partner at venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz.
One of the main drivers of this is the rapidly falling cost of sensors and other components that are needed to maneuver drones and other robots.
“The promise of robotics is finally coming to fruition through drones,” Dixon said. “Several factors have come together to make them viable.”
The price of components such as GPS, cellular connections, small, energy efficient processors and tiny cameras, has dropped dramatically because they are already made in such high volume for smartphones, he explained.
Google uses cars with mounted cameras, combined with satellite data to build its popular Maps service. Some of this data collection could be done more cost-effectively with drones, according to Dixon.
“Satellites cost $500 million to build and get in the air. Drones cost in the thousands of dollars,” he noted.
A Google spokeswoman declined to comment on whether the company uses drones. However, Rubin was pictured in the New York Times Wednesday beside a small, yellow helicopter and the company has made huge strides in developing self-driving cars.
Google’s robotics acquisition spree also gives some clues about where its latest venture may be headed.
Meka makes humanoid robots and related technology that the San Francisco start-up says will help robots “work alongside people in the home and the workplace.” Schaft, based in Japan, is developing walking robots.
Industrial Perception calls itself a leader in 3D vision-guided technology that enables industrial robots to do tricky logistical tasks such as truck and container unloading, e-commerce fulfillment and package sorting.
Redwood Robotics is working on robotic arms, or “manipulators,” that it says will reduce the stress of dull and repetitive tasks. This type of technology is beginning to change traditional manufacturing and distribution, but the start-up thinks it will revolutionize service industries such as healthcare and hospitality too.

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Hit TV shows such as Heroes, Fringe, Without a Trace and The Bachelor are also free to stream on IMDb Freedive.
Streaming services are where the big money is for entertainment companies which is why everyone and their uncle is trying to build their own to get a piece of the already bloated pie. Customers don't need a subscription to enjoy Freedive content, but they do need either a Fire TV device or a computer to access the content through IMDb's website.
The Amazon-owned movie database site has launched IMDb Freedive (imdb.com/freedive), a free streaming video channel available in the U.S. IMDb declined to say how many titles are initially available; the site now lists over 130 movies and 29 TV shows to stream for free. Many of those viewers spend their time in ad-free Netflix and Amazon Prime. Popular IMDb original video series are also available on the platform. The launch of IMDb Freedive expands the database into Hollywood-produced content. The content is from the worldwide movie database, or IMDb, which Amazon owns. The company has launched their new service, titled Freedive, which offers movie streaming for free, with periodic ad breaks providing their needed revenue.
Right now, there are 130 featured movies and 29 TV shows that can be streamed for free.
Sonos One and Sonos Beam are finally getting Google Assistant support……soon
Expanding Google Assistant's ability to respond to users even when their Android phones are locked if they opt in to this feature. Google is a leader in real-time translation functionality, though the field is still working on the basics.
U.S. official says troop withdrawal from Syria has started
Turkey considers America's Kurdish allies of the YPG militia - who were vital in the ground war against ISIS - a terrorist group. It said a convoy of ten armoured vehicles and some trucks had pulled out of Rmeilan, in Syria's north west, into Iraq .
Broncos hire Vic Fangio as new head coach
Pace and Nagy aren't expected to meet the media for the team's typical postseason review until Monday at the earliest. Denver is done with its head coach search.
IMDb says the Freedive catalogue will continue to evolve, with new titles added regularly.
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17.04.2015 |New ArcelorMittal R&D centre opens in Brazil
The company’s 12th global research and development centre (R&D) will open at ArcelorMittal Tubarão, Brazil, in April this year. The new centre will focus on steel innovations for the automotive, energy, construction, machinery and white goods industries.
Join the editors of SAE for a free webcast sponsored by ArcelorMittal on Thursday April 9, 2015 at Noon EDT. Register here and add the event to your calendar today. Blake Zuidema, Director, Automotive Product Applications at ArcelorMittal will join representatives from aluminum and composite materials to discuss vehicle lightweighting.
18.03.2015 |GM recognizes ArcelorMittal as Supplier of the Year
ArcelorMittal proudly accepted General Motors’ Supplier of the Year award for the second consecutive year at the automaker’s 23th annual ceremony held in Detroit on Thursday, March 5. The Supplier of the Year award was given to just 78, or less than one percent, of GM’s global suppliers.
This free webinar will focus on the added value of ArcelorMittal’s co-engineering services and R&D capabilities, showcasing the benefits to carmakers. Register now for the live webinar on 12 March.
Detroit’s North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) attracts a variety of industry experts and car enthusiasts alike, including those fascinated in learning about the mid-year lineup of new car models and the concept or dream cars that are prototypes of automobiles of the future. “There was a lot of attention on automotive materials at NAIAS and steel was very well represented,” said Brad Davey, chief marketing officer, ArcelorMittal Flat Carbon North America.
In this sixth automotive video episode you will learn more about how VAMA, our joint-venture facility in China, completes ArcelorMittal's automotive worldwide footprint.
12.01.2015 |ArcelorMittal executive talks steel in auto industry
Best of 2014: Blake Zuidema discusses the future of steel-based lightweighting - extract from interview first published on Today's Motor Vehicles.


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Recycling unlined paper sacks in the food service industry is getting easier and more strategic. Recently, the Paper Shipping Sack Manufacturer’s Association (PSSMA) and the American Forest and Paper Association launched a new effort to recover even more paper shipping sacks for recycling. Further, the PSSMA has introduced a new recycling symbol (shown above) for unlined food shipping sacks so that end users can easily see those sacks can be recycled. And with the chance to see benefits both environmentally and in the company bottom line, companies are increasingly taking advantage. Reduced tipping fees and hauling costs, along with revenue from the sale of their recovered OCC is adding up to a significant advantage that works not only in company accounting, but also in sustainability and PR.
The below article and video from the PSSMA further explores these new changes and trends. We hope your company can take further advantage of this growing opportunity.
See this article “Getting the Sack,” courtesy of RecyclingToday.com
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EXCLUSIVE: Poland-based sales outfit concludes number of deals on its slate.
Poland-based growing sales outfit New Europe Film Sales has concluded a number of deals ahead of EFM on its slate.
Bas Devos’ Violet, a Berlinale selection last year, has sold to Poland (Alter Ego) and Lithuania (Kaunas FF).
Signe Baumane’s animated Rocks In My Pockets, a US-Latvia production and Latvia’s submission to the Oscar race, has sold to Spain (Yowu Entertainment) with other deals being negotiated now.
Papusza by the late Polish director Krzysztof Krauze and Joanna Kos-Krauze has continued to sell well, adding deals to Denmark (51 Shadows), Sweden (Njutafilms), Spain (Pirámide) and Italy (PFA).
Finally, New Europe has sold the vampire comedy Summer of Blood by Onur Tukel to Taiwan (MovieCloud).
Here at the EFM, New Europe’s slate also includes Dominga Sotomayor’s Forum title Mar, Miguel Llanso’s Crumbs and Eirik Svensson’s One Night in Oslo.


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MUNDY TOWNSHIP (WJRT) - (01/05/18) -- Tis the season for bridal shows and this Sunday is a big one in Genesee County's Mundy Township.
The 49th anniversary Bridal Show is from Noon till 4:00 p.m. at the Holiday Inn Gateway just off Hill Road at U.S. 23.
There will be free wedding planning for the first 200 brides, wedding experts, a diamond cake dive, prizes, and a live fashion show.
You're asked to bring a gift for Flint's East Side Mission.
Admission is $6 and parking is free.
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iOS 13 to feature multiple camera input for newer devices
Monday June 10, 2019. 12:00 PM , from Power Page
Among iOS 13’s nifty feature lineup, the forthcoming operating system will incorporate multiple camera input, allowing apps to capture photos and videos from multiple microphones and cameras on one device.
Apple demoed this new feature at WWDC 2019, showing a picture-in-picture video recording app that recorded with both the rear and front cameras. The presenter was able to switch between the cameras at will during playback in the Photos app.
Developers will also be able to control an iOS device’s TrueDepth cameras and use Rear Wide and Rear Telephoto lenses. These features, however, will be limited to newer devices, like the iPhone XS/XS Max, iPhone XR, and iPad Pro.
Stay tuned for additional details as they become available.
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Chris Chammoun, the Director of Agricultural Technology (AgTech) at the Center of Innovation joins Derrick Teal, editor-in-chief in discussing how Georgia’s Center of Innovation feeds the world, creates a home in retail for grandma’s recipes, dissects and explains the state’s agricultural industry, and much more.
The week of Father's Day is the perfect time to meet Matt Billings, farmer, father and founder of Ayo Yogurt. Billings has spent his life growing up on his family’s farm in California’s San Joaquin Valley and brings a passion for innovation, healthy living and sustainability to his role as founder of Ayo Almond Yogurt.
The U.S. Department of Labor has announced the availability of up to $91.8 million in grant funding to support the economic stability of farmworkers through the National Farmworker Jobs Program (NFJP), overseen by the department’s Employment and Training Administration (ETA).
The FDA is clarifying that states receiving competition A/B funding as part of the State Produce Implementation Cooperative Agreement Program (CAP) may begin routine inspections as early as January 1, 2020.
Rep. Frank Lucas (R-OK), chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, says there is still a lot of work for lawyers to do, but it’s possible there could be a version of the Farm Bill the House and Senate could agree to sometime in January.


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2018-19 Audi A3 sedan recalled
Audi Australia has issued a recall for 2018 and 2019 model-year A3 sedans over concerns the rear centre head restraint may lack a locking pin.
The company reports a processing error during production is behind the issue, which may see the rear centre seat detach from the guide pins in the event of an accident.
If the condition occurs, Audi says there is an increased risk of injury to an occupant in the rear centre seat "as the support and protection functions of the head restraint may not perform as expected".
A total of 753 vehicles are affected by this recall, manufactured between April and June 2018 – the VIN list is available here.
Owners of the recalled sedans will be contacted by Audi Australia, and advised to get in touch with their local dealer to arrange the inspection and repair of their vehicle if required.
For more information, contact 1800 502 834.


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The 68-page glossy, which has been created in a joint venture with the British Photovoltaic Association (BPVA), encourages people to ‘Save Money and Save the Planet’ by going solar.
The brief was to produce a publication never before seen by the solar industry – a newsstand-quality lifestyle title to inspire potential solar consumers through content that presents expert advice in enlightening and engaging ways.
The key challenge was to set the tone of the magazine to fit within the ‘Homes and lifestyle’ sector, which has been achieved by case studies of beautiful solar homes, designed to encourage readers to get solar panels themselves. Other interesting features include a step-by-step ‘Guide to Going Solar’, ‘Solar celebrities’, ‘The world of Formula E motorsport’, ‘Lessons from a solar school’ and ‘Reader FAQs’.
Reza Shaybani, Chairman of the BPVA, commended Haymarket for its “great team work, determination and passion, which are the recipes for success. I am confident that the magazine will be received well by the industry and, of course, our readers.”
Make Solar Sense magazine will be launched next week at the Solar UK Energy show in Birmingham. With the government proposing to cut subsidies for solar energy, there has never been a better time to communicate the benefits of solar to homeowners who can use their roofs to produce clean, green electricity and reduce their energy bills, says Haymarket. The quarterly publication is also backed up by a new website, and Facebook and Twitter campaign, designed to engage with the readership and get more people talking about solar energy. Issue two will be out in January.


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Download Ios 13.4 Update Release Date
Ios 13.4 update release date download. Apple finally released its long-awaited iOS update and iOS ’s successor brings a collection of important changes to the iPhone. The iOS update Author: Adam Mills. It is widely expected that Apple will release iOS to all users on March If you have been looking forward to the forthcoming update but don't know what time it will be released then you.
Also, we can predict the iOS public release in March as Apple earlier released the iOS updates in March as iOS in March and iOS in March We also heard that Apple possibly release the new iPad Pro, AirTag trackers, and the most rumored iPhone SE 2 or iPhone 9 at the hardware event in March. The beta testing for the update is going to start, and the users of the ios are getting ready to try it once it releases.
Many are waiting for the official release of the update by the company. But it has not revealed the exact date of release of the update. iOS release date wrap up. It’s always possible that Apple could expedite or delay the release of iOSbut for now, all signs point to a March release for non-beta users. You can watch our full video highlighting all of the changes and new features in iOS and iPadOS. iOS Release Time We don’t have an official iOS release date just yet, but we know exactly when Apple will roll the software out on whatever day it chooses.
The official version of iOS will arrive in and around 10AM Pacific. 03/31 Update: Apple has suddenly started to beta test iOS today.
It's not as strange as it sounds because Apple is likely to release iOS imminently without any beta testing. Apple’s showed a iOS replace and the firmware is in beta trying out forward of an unknown launch date for the iPhone. Unless Apple comes to a decision to launch iOS for iPhone, iOS will function iOS ’s successor. The iOS replace will function the fourth, and possibly ultimate, milestone improve for the corporate’s iOS 13 working gadget.
A week after the release of iOS and iPadOSit began beta-testing iOS This point release brings several welcome new features. This point release brings several welcome new features. After five beta releases, Apple is now all set to release the final build of iOS to the public.
Last week, the company announced that it will release iOS to the public today, March Apple iOS Release Date and Features Apple released the latest iOS update on April 20 with the second beta launch to clear out the previous bugs. While the iOS contained several fixes for older problems, it kind of created more trouble than it solved. iOS is coming soon and we now have confirmation of WWDC In this video I go over when I believe iOS will release, WWDC ’s confirmation, iP.
iOS 14 release date. iOS is available to download on iPhones around the world right now. Not every iPhone can get iOS 14, but the compatibility list has not changed from iOS. As far as iOS and iPadOS go, we expect a fairly imminent release after the next beta build is pushed out into the testing community. Apple would have liked to announce the new iPhone 9 and then push out iOS in order to compliment that device, but it looks as though the timelines for those plans have also been scuppered due to the.
Apple has already pushed out four pre-release seeds of iOS and iPad to developers and public testers. Those builds have shown that iOS/iPadOS will bring not only improvements to existing features and functionality but also introduced new user-facing changes. But when will the public be able to download and consume this latest update? Given this information, we could be seeing an iOS release on March 17 at a.m. Pacific Time, the standard time that Apple releases new iOS. Release date.
iOS and iPadOS iPhone 6s and later, iPad Air 2 and later, iPad mini 4 and later, and iPod touch (7th generation) iOS This update has no published CVE entries. iPhone SE (2nd generation) 23 Apr watchOS This update has no published CVE entries. Having released iOS and iPadOS on March 24 with big new features like trackpad and mouse support for iPads and iCloud folder sharing, Apple is moving on to its next minor release.
Apple. iOS 13 is the thirteenth major release of the iOS mobile operating system developed by Apple Inc. for their iPhone, iPod Touch, and HomePod lines.
The successor to iOS 12 on those devices, it was announced at the company's Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) on June 3, and released on Septem. It was succeeded by iOS 14, released on Septem. Apple today released the iOS update for iPhone SE owners, suggesting iPhone SE models arriving to customers tomorrow will have iOS installed and will need a day-one software update. #iOS #Update #Apple Sponsor link 👉 UltData (bmwy.school592.ru) can recover deleted WhatsApp, SMS, contacts, photos and other data from iPhone/iPad w.
In the same press release, the Cupertino giant shared the release date of iPadOS – March While Apple has not explicitly mentioned it, iOS should be rolling out on the same day as well.
The noteworthy introduction with iPadOS is trackpad support. Unless Apple decides to release iOSiOS will serve as iOS ’s successor. It’s unclear why the company jumped from iOS to iOS The iOS update is a point release (x.x.x) which means it probably won’t have a ton of new features on board. The release notes for iOS reflects how buggy the initial release of iOS 13 actually was, with the new update bringing fixes for issues with Mail, Siri not working with CarPlay, faulty app Author: Matt Swider.
iOS and iPadOS are both prime examples of this mindset. There were six beta testing waves and a final gold master (GM) release before making the update. The new iOS update could fix a personal hotspot bug that has been frustrating iPhone users. Shares. For what it's worth, iOS is slated for release. As far as iOS and iPadOS go, we expect a fairly imminent release after the next beta build is pushed out into the testing community. Apple would have liked to announce the new iPhone 9 and then push out iOS in order to compliment that device, but it looks as though the timelines for those plans have also been scuppered due to the.
Additionally, iOS will reportedly come with the option to share folders on iCloud Drive. iOS internet recovery What’s more, the iOS update includes the iOS internet recovery bmwy.school592.ru would provide the possibility to recover the operating system without the need of Reviews: 6. The SDK comes bundled with Xcode 11 available from the Mac App Store.
For information about Xcode 11, see Xcode 11 Release Notes. Warning. If your watch is running watchOS 6 beta, you must update it to watchOS 6 beta 2 or later before updating to iOS 13 beta 7 or later, otherwise your watch will no longer be able to connect to your phone. TestFlight Update Novem You can now submit apps built with Xcode beta using the SDK for iOS beta, tvOS beta, and watchOS beta for internal and external testing. This document describes the security content of iOS and iPadOS About Apple security updates For our customers' protection, Apple doesn't disclose, discuss, or confirm security issues until an investigation has occurred and patches or releases are available.
It is the standard iOS Software update release time by Apple. Along with iOSApple will release macOStvOSiPadOS and WatchOS as well. After releasing around 5 beta versions addressing so many bug fixes and performance improvements, we will get iOS and other software updates by 17th March.
Following the release of iOS on May 20, Apple has stopped signing iOSwhich means downgrading to that version of iOS is no longer possible. iOS was a minor update that addressed a bug that prevented devices running iOS from participating in FaceTime calls with devices running iOS and earlier. iOS beta 4 was released alongside Apple’s corresponding iPad software update for developers, iPadOS beta 4.
We can also expect new versions of Apple’s public iOS betas to. Following the release of iOS on March 24, Apple has stopped signing iOSwhich means downgrading to that version of iOS is no longer possible. iOS was a minor update that added a toggle for disabling the U1 chip in Apple's iPh Pro, and 11 Pro Max. Apple routinely stops signing older versions of software updates after new releases come out in order to. Download the All-New iOS and iPadOS Update Without a Developer Account Right Now Note: Before going ahead, please make sure Author: Uzair Ghani.
Name and information link Available for Release date iOS This update has no published CVE entries. iPhone 6s and later, iPad Air 2 and later, iPad mini 4 and later, and iPod touch 7th generation Apple releases iOS and iPadOS in Windows 10 News.
Release date iOS 13 will be available on Thursday, September 19, as a free software update for iPhone 6s and later. So if you have an iPhone 6. Testing conducted by Apple in August using MotionMark and Speedometer performance benchmarks. Safari tested on production iPhone 11 Pro Max with iOS and pre-release iOS 14, with WPA2 Wi-Fi network connection. Performance will vary based on system configuration, network connection and other factors.
Works with AirPods Pro. One such event, iOS Beta 1 was rolled out by Apple to its registered developers. There are quite a few things that Apple has added to their new software which were expected for quite a while. The new softwares that Apple shall soon release for the general public are iOS iPhone 9 references have been discovered in the code for the new iOS beta release.
The iOS beta refers to an iPhone with a list of. Apple releases iOSiPadOSmacOStvOSand watchOS betas Jeremy Horwitz @horwitz February 5, AM Mobile Share on Facebook. Apple announced iOS 13 and iPadOS 13 at WWDC earlier this year. Since then, the company has rolled out the developer and public beta builds of both these bmwy.school592.ru its iPhone 11 ‘By Innovation Only’ event, Apple has announced the public release date of iOS 13 and iPadOS iOS 13 Release Date.
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Shuffle Master drops plans to buy Ongame Network
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Slot machine and gambling table maker Shuffle Master Inc. said Wednesday that it no longer plans to acquire Ongame Network Ltd.
Shuffle Master signed an agreement in February to buy the online poker provider for 19.5 million euros ($25.7 million) in cash from from bwin.party Services GmbH of Austria. Shuffle Master would have to pay paid another 10 million euros ($13.2 million) over the five years following the deal if real-money online poker were legalized in the U.S. during that time.
Shuffle Master had sought the deal because it's trying to capitalize on legal online gaming worldwide.
CEO Gavin Isaacs said in a statement Wednesday that the company remains an "ardent believer" in the earning potential of online gaming. But, when it made the deal for Ongame, it thought general market conditions and Ongame's sales would prove fruitful. But business conditions in Europe have deteriorated so the company no longer feels the deal makes financial sense.
"It has become evident to us that Ongame's operations post-acquisition will not achieve the near-term results we initially expected and will require a larger ongoing investment than anticipated," Isaacs said. "Although we believe in its eventuality, there is also uncertainty surrounding the timing of legalization and the rollout of online poker in the U.S. at both the state and federal levels."
Shuffle Master said neither company needed to pay a breakup fee for ending the deal.
Shares of Las Vegas-based Shuffle Master fell 72 cents, or 5.4 percent, to $12.62 by midday.


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Any bitcoin revival is on hold as the price of the world’s best-known cryptocurrency trades back below $4,000.
After bouncing more than 20% of its low, bitcoin
What are strategists saying
Analysts at U.K.-based research firm FX Pro Insights said the selling above $4,000 is most likely short-term traders booking some profits. “The real question is: Has the crypto market indeed reached the bottom?” they wrote.
“Many market participants have decided to take an optimistic approach and BTC’s decline to $3500 was an important support point for the cryptocurrency. Within this context, it should be noted that speculators may soon begin to profit from this trend, which may trigger a new wave of sales,” FX Pro Insights analysts wrote.
Altcoins stumble again
Altcoins, or coins other than bitcoin, were on track for consecutive losing sessions. Ether


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Analysis: EPA Revising Fuel Economy Testing Guidelines
After a series of scandals involving incorrect fuel economy ratings, the EPA is revising its self-reporting guidelines for auto maker fuel economy standards, in a bid to ensure greater accuracy in the real world.
Currently, manufacturers are responsible for conducting their own tests according to EPA guidelines. While the new regulations cover the preparation of the vehicle in advance of the test, the Detroit News also reports that a key metric is being revised to closer match real world driving conditions
Also at issue are “road load” tests used to determine the impact of aerodynamic drag and tire rolling resistance on gas mileage. Currently, that is measured at 50 miles per hour. Under the new guidelines, automakers must measure the results at all speeds up to 70 mph.
The relatively slow speeds can often equal a highway fuel economy figure that is optimistic compared to what drivers can expect in real world conditions. The EPA also intends to close the loophole used by Ford that allowed it to assign the same fuel economy ratings for the C-Max and Fusion Hybrid models. This loophole allows auto makers to state the fuel economy rating of the “volume” model for a group of vehicles that use the same powertrain. In this case, Ford was able to use the superior Fusion’s rating for the C-Max (which got 43 mpg to the Fusion’s 47). Ford ended up re-stating fuel economy figures for the C-Max and compensating owners for delivering poorer than advertised fuel economy.
But the new guidelines are just that. Speaking to the paper, the EPA’s Chris Grundler said that drafting new, legally binding rules would take two to three years, which is too much time in their eyes
“Writing regulations takes time…When you are working in the rapidly changing environment that we’re in right now, we want to make sure that we are agile enough and flexible enough to change with those times.”
As we’ve noted in the past, the EPA’s fuel economy standards need a significant overhaul. The new “guidelines” simply don’t go far enough. The EPA only audits around 10 to 15 percent of vehicles per year, relying on the manufacturers to provide accurate claims for the rest of the fleet. Meanwhile, the test procedures themselves can be gamed due to powertrain calibration that takes advantage of the test parameters.
The test itself, as some have suggested, is really oriented more towards emissions than fuel consumption. If that’s the case, why not overhaul it to be more like the European tests that measure CO2 – which happen to be undergoing their own revamping right now to better ensure real world relevance? Both tests also give far too much leeway to small turbocharged engines, which are notorious for performing well on the test and then wildly missing their stated fuel economy in the real world.
With fuel economy figures becoming an increasingly important part of consumer decision-making – and auto maker marketing campaigns, the need for a more accurate fuel economy testing procedure has never been greater. The new guidelines are a step in the right direction, if nothing else. But they could go further.
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- Inside Looking Out This is actually the answer to the question I asked not that long ago.
Changing the test procedure itself is a lengthier exercise, but it needs to happen. The "correction factors" that they apply to the measurements don't fully address the problem. The current test cycles use extremely gentle acceleration and low speeds, and this problem exists both in USA and Europe. It allows hybrids to run electric-only for an unrealistic portion of the cycle, and it allows tiny, turbocharged engines to do the test cycle without running under boost. Include in the test cycle a step-change from zero to 70 mph / 120 km/h or thereabouts, and have the car follow the best it can (i.e. full throttle acceleration) and that all changes ...
The EPA fuel rating is a farce, the manufacturers know this. I do believe many of the FE figures are quite optimistic. My mother is complaining because she claims her Focus isn't returning the FE that was advertised. I agree with APaGttH that an independent testing agency should test the vehicles at the expense of the manufacturer. That is every model and trim. This would probably be cheaper than the manufacture testing the vehicles. At best the EPA FE figures only indicate that fuel efficiency has improved, for now, this will change. If the current system is maintained the FE figures will become more distorted. This distortion will be created by the increased use of turbo charged engines.


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Everyone is in favor of trade—so long as it obviously benefits them. In the era of mercantilism economics, based on piling up gold and silver in national treasuries, “trade” was simply the process of colonial soldiers and sailors searching for precious minerals and spices and extracting them from natives by force and violence.
Or trade was obviously exploitative. In colonial America, whiskey/rum produced from sugar in the West Indies was traded for slaves from Africa.
Or in their search for a trade product with China to pay for tea which England had de facto made its national drink, the English battened upon opium, which was easily available in India. Opium was much cheaper than paying in species silver and created an open-ended market of addicts in China. When the Chinese demurred that opium was damaging their people, the British forced its continued acceptance through two “Opium Wars,” forever damaging their relations with China.
Modern trade is much more polite. The emphasis being that trade should benefit both/all trading partners, if not immediately equally, equally in the long run. Unfortunately, the old saw that “In the long run, we are all dead,” suggests getting equal payback for trade may be an extended process.
Or more likely, specific trade arrangements may well benefit some groups while disadvantaging others. It is little comfort to the 50-year-old textile worker who lost his job to know everyone in the country can get their shirts a dollar cheaper. Somehow the funds to retrain and/or compensate such workers never matches either their financial or their socioeconomic desires.
Hence, the intense bitterness over the implementation of the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the United States and Canada followed by the 1994 North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) including Mexico. “Sky is falling” rhetoric (primarily from Canada’s left but echoed by U.S. unions) has proved risible over the succeeding 20 years.
And now to the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)—a proposed trade agreement between assorted Pacific Rim countries seeking to lower trade barriers such as tariffs—establish a common framework for intellectual property, enforce standards for labor and environmental law, and establish investor-state dispute settlement mechanisms. Officially, the goal of the agreement is to “enhance trade and investment among the TPP partner countries, to promote innovation, economic growth and development, and to support the creation and retention of jobs.”
A Brookings expert noted Pacific countries generated 60 percent of global GDP, 50 percent of international trade, and is the world’s fastest growing region. Brookings estimated in 2012 that TPP would generate $5 billion in economic benefits for the United States in 2015 and $14 billion in 2025. Separately, according to the New York Times, “the clearest winners from TPP would be U.S. agriculture, along with technology and pharmaceutical companies, insurers, and many large manufacturers,” who could expand exports to other treaty signatories.
But there have been many slips twixt cup and lip.
Starting with a core four of Brunei, Chile, New Zealand, and Singapore in 2006, there was a steady addition of interested countries until there were a dozen, including by 2013, the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Japan. Prominently absent are South Korea, China, and India.
Herding these “cats” through the assorted “brambles” of intellectual property, agricultural subsidies, financial services, organized labor, and environmental concerns generated repeated delays.
A professed objective for agreement by the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation in December 2013 slid past almost unnoticed. To date there have been 19 formal “rounds” and over 20 lesser level meetings, most recently July in Hawaii.
As of 2012, U.S. negotiators were pursuing an investor-state dispute settlement mechanism, also known as corporate tribunals, which can be used to “attack domestic public interest laws.” This mechanism, a common provision in international trade and investment agreements, grants an investor the right to initiate dispute settlement proceedings against a foreign government in their own right under international law. It remains, however, highly controversial as intruding on national sovereignty.
The failure of July’s Hawaii round probably puts paid to hopes for near term agreement. This will be a relief to the government of Canadian Prime Minister Harper, who faces an election on Oct. 19. But the delay will be to the great irritation of the U.S. government.
President Obama wanted the TPP agreement to distract from the relentless clamor against the controversial Iran nuclear agreement. As was the case for NAFTA, any TPP depends on Republican senators for passage—the same senators poised to kill the Iran agreement. It is ironic that a key element of Obama’s domestic and foreign policy legacy depends on essentially hostile Republicans.
Perhaps Obama, even at a late date, will learn to play nice.
David T. Jones is a retired U.S. State Department senior foreign service career officer who has published several hundred books, articles, columns, and reviews on U.S.–Canadian bilateral issues and general foreign policy. During a career that spanned over 30 years, he concentrated on politico-military issues, serving as adviser for two Army chiefs of staff. Among his books is “Alternative North Americas: What Canada and the United States Can Learn from Each Other.”
Views expressed in this article are the opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of The Epoch Times.


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A.R. Rahman, the music maestro and Shekar Kapur, the filmmaker are all set to launch a Digital Media venture.
The company is named Qyuki and it will offer an online platform for the creative content creators enabling them to showcase their work, join with others and find out new opportunities to share their creations with the world.
In case, a user showcases the lyrics for a song on the platform, another user can compose the music for it and thereby help in packaging the song to launch it in the market.
Shekar Kapur says that Qyuki is not going to be as passive as YouTube or as inert as Facebook. He also added that they want to guide the creativity of people to make new films and new music in a collaborative style.
The startup will be made live in May 2012 and it has also received an investment of Rs. 27 crore from Cisco Systems which is one of the largest technology companies in the world.
Joydeep Bose, the MD of Cisco for the acquisitions and investments sector says that they invest to learn and that they focus on areas that are emerging currently like the cloud computing, software tools, low cost innovation and analytics.
Kapur was able to transform his idea of a startup company that is technology backed after encountering the Cisco team during a workshop in US. In June 2011, A.R. Rahman was also roped in as an investor. For the time being, only Cisco is the only investor in Qyuki.


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Mobile Flow Device
The mobileFloww device attaches to mobile phones and manufacturers claim that it provides EMR protection.
Recently, a team of scientists conducted a pilot study on the device to see whether using a mobile phone with and without the device caused any changes on average erythrocyte aggregation (AEA) in blood samples.
The authors concluded, 'No statistically significant differences were established meaning that we could not demonstrate any effect of mobile phone radiation on the AEA of peripheral blood, and, thus, as a consequence we could not establish any possible effect of the “mobileFloww” device.'
You can see more details here.


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Ausra Names VP of Business Development
Ausra, a provider of large-scale solar steam systems, has named Thomas J. Bartolomei senior vice president of business development. Bartolomei was formerly vice president of sales and marketing for the power and industrial division of Burns and Roe Enterprises.
CIC Promotes VP Trombetta
Communication Intelligence Corporation (CIC) a supplier of electronic signature solutions, has appointed Steve Trombetta vice president of sales and marketing. Trombetta joined CIC in March as vice president of business development.
Four-Diamond Resort Names Sales Director
Four-Diamond Resort at Squaw Creek, a Destination Hotels & Resort-managed property, has hired Cory Carlson as director of sales. Previously, Carlson served as associate director of sales at the Hyatt Regency Lake Tahoe in Incline Village, Nev.
T.G.I. Friday's Fills International Role
T.G.I. Friday's International has announced the appointment of Jean Baudrand as vice president of international business development. Baudrand comes to the position with extensive experience in the U.S. and international restaurant marketplace.
HXCD Names O'Hara EVP
XHCD Research has named James O'Hara executive vice president, in charge of managing the company’s business development organization. Prior to joining HCD, he served as executive vice president for TRA.
Silverpop Names Field Marketing Leader
Silverpop, a provider of online marketing solutions, has named Adam director of field marketing for Engage B2B (formerly Vtrenz). Needles was previously vice president of marketing and development for technology industry analysis firm The 451 Group.
UCLA Names Stengel Adjunct Professor
UCLA Anderson School of Management has appointed Jim Stengel adjunct marketing professor. Stengel is president of Jim Stengel, LLC, as well as the former global marketing officer for Procter & Gamble.
EveryZing Adds to Management Team
EveryZing, a next-generation universal search and publishing technology provider, has named Tauseef Bashir vice president for sales and business development. Prior to EveryZing, Bashir was the CEO and founder of TauMed.
ITW Promotes Gardner to EVP
Illinois Tool Works (ITW) has named Timothy Gardner executive vice president, with responsibility for the Company's global consumer packaging businesses. Gardner has been with the company for 12 years and has held a series of sales and management roles.
CNA Adds to Leadership Team
CNA Select Risk has appointed John Angerami to the role of senior vice president. Angerami comes to CNA after 31 years at the Chubb Corporation where he most recently served as president of its excess and surplus business.


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Former Partner at Apollo Global Management LLC and HATDeX Announce New £30m Partnership Agreement
HAT Infrastructure Platform will buy HATs, grow infrastructure, and improve digital innovation in a decentralised personal data economy
CAMBRIDGE, UK | HAT Data Exchange Ltd (HATDeX) and Tolga Uzuner, global technology investor and former Partner at Apollo Global Management LLC, are pleased to announce the HAT Infrastructure Platform (HIP), a £30m planned commitment to fund at least 10m new HAT microservers, provisioning them for new apps and services, growing the technology infrastructure, and improving innovation in the decentralised data economy now through 2020.
HATDeX, a tech company, is the operator of the Hub of All Things (HAT) microserver and creator of a platform technology for the decentralised data economy.
As the tech industry moves to new information policies after the Facebook and Cambridge Analytica scandals, person-owned first party personal data is increasingly a better way of building apps and services. HAT microservers are owned by the individual and can collect and store data for them wherever it’s created, unlocking opportunities in private AI, non-intrusive online advertising, and improved insights HATs improve companies’ access to their users’ data too, giving them direct, real-time, on-demand, dynamic information that doesn’t violate customer expectations or intrude upon their privacy. Analogous to the bank account, the HAT microserver is a data account that can be provided to individuals by governments, hospitals, financial services, or technology providers, and each HAT can be used by an individual to reuse and re-share app data, increasing their power, control, and collective worth as a consumer.
The HIP is a newly-formed entity that will commit £30m investment ($42.78m USD) to create 10m premium HATs for its partners and clients. It is tasked with creating a digital infrastructure for the decentralised personal data economy, building the foundational layer of the burgeoning new resource of personal data that is owned by the individual. The HIP will further contribute to both HAT-enabled apps and private AI, and the server and the computing infrastructure to keep them competitive. It will form a part of the HAT Accelerator, a global technology accelerator due to launch in July 2018, pursuing a global vision of becoming the leading global strategic investor in this most valuable asset.
The personal data economy is worth billions, despite the customer friction and the regulatory, ethical, and security expenses that come with personal data use. Today, when companies own users’ personal information, it becomes difficult to share, update, understand, and benefit from. The HIP will help create technology that instead begins to centralize that data around the technology end-user; the citizen. Data that’s decentralized like this will become the world’s most valuable digital resource. When end-users are able to combine different types of data, new services will be created, which will be the key to next-generation technologies like personalised products, preventative and on-demand medicine, sophisticated machine learning algorithms, and pervasive IoT.
Says Dr Uzuner, “The data economy is an emerging digital economy. Digital services from fintech to health are lacking a crucial piece of infrastructure for personal data in the form of the HAT microserver. With it, they can benefit from better coordination and real-time recommendations, and they can create services using data they’ve never had access to before. Augmented intelligence especially, a combination of personal data and machine learning algorithms that private to the individual, will finally be a possibility with this technology, which I consider to be the future of the innovation economy.”
Dr Andrius Aucinas, CEO of HATDeX, sees the HAT Infrastructure Platform as an affirmation of the company’s vision for a new, decentralised personal data economy. “The HAT re-captures the original economic vision of the Internet,” he said. “Individuals cannot fully realise the value of new personalised services today, so constrained are they by the limitations of a technology ecosystem where all of our data is held by apps and technology giants. The HAT lets innovation thrive, empowering small app makers, SMEs, and organisations around the world to access personal data by just asking for it directly from their customers. HATs give individuals a chance to take back the control and the economic power that comes from the Internet, but in a way that creates value and opportunity for everyone.”
About Tolga Uzuner
Tolga Uzuner was with Apollo Global Management from 2013 to April 2018. Prior to that time, Dr. Uzuner was a Managing Director in the Chief Investment Office at JPMorganChase. Prior to that, Dr. Uzuner was a Director in the Fixed Income Group at Credit Suisse. Dr. Uzuner previously served on the boards of directors of Capital IQ, Consul, IP Unity, Ipanema, and Atoga. Dr. Uzuner graduated from MIT with a BS in Computer Science and Engineering, and a BS in Economics. He received a Master of Science in Finance from London Business School and received his PhD from the Computer Laboratory at the University of Cambridge. He is a Fellow of Kings College.
HAT Data Exchange Ltd (HATDeX) is a commercial enterprise spun out from the RCUK £1.2m HAT research project (2013-2015) tasked to build the decentralised HAT Platform from the HAT open sourced core. From 2015-17, HATDeX built a suite of products (the HATDeX Technology Suite) to assist organisations in benefiting from decentralise personal data storage, processing exchange and AI by giving their own customers HAT personal microservers. HATDeX is part of the HAT ecosystem managed by the HAT Community Foundation. To date, more than £10m HAT-related grants have been awarded to HAT partner universities.
For more information about the HAT visit https://hubofallthings.com
For more information about the HAT Data Exchange visit https://hatdex.org
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The American Iron and Steel Institute's president and CEO Thomas J Gibson, has filed comments with the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) on the the Safer Affordable Fuel-Efficient (SAFE) Vehicles Proposed Rule for Model Years 2021 to 2026.
The AISI supports the general direction of the new proposal, claiming that it will establish a standard that balances the priorities of affordability, safety, jobs and the environment.
"We believe that steel will continue to be a critical component for automakers to meet the final requirements," Gibson said in his submission. "We are strong, advocates for one national programme of standards, as we believe this is best for automakers, the automotive supply chain including the steel industry, in addition to consumers and the economy as a whole."
According to Gibson, the AISI believes that an overly stringent standard that optimises tailpipe-only GHG emissions and fuel economy enhancements 'to the exclusion of other necessary and important design factors' would result in 'negative outcomes', highlighting increased costs to the consumer, negative effects on the environment, increased safety design challenges and a negative job impact. He also referenced the Steel Recycling Institute's Life Cycle Greenhouse Gas Study of Automotive Lightweighting.
Gibson expressed concern above 'any outcomes that could force automakers into choosing alternative materials' that are more costly and have the potential to result in higher overall GHG emissions compared to lightweighting with advanced high-strength steel.
In the automotive industry, there has been a kind of battle raging between the aluminium and steel industries over which is best for cars going forward, bearing in mind the introduction of Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards, which were first enacted by the United States Congress in 1975. It has been said recently that, within 15 years, there could be a nearly even split between steel, aluminium and carbon fibre in the average North American-produced light vehicle. However, the continuing development of advanced high steels and calls for a lifecycle assessment of the materials used in car manufacturing have prompted the development of the aforementioned SAFE regulations.
"Since 1970, the steel industry has developed more than 200 innovative new grades of steel, many in collaboration with automakers and specifically for the purposes of achieving new vehicle designs that meet regulatory requirements," Gibson said, adding that material selection is important in helping automakers achieve their performance goals ranging from the driver's experience to passenger safety and overall durability. "These choices must all be balanced to meet the needs of the consumer at an affordable cost while protecting the environment," Gibson added.


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The Malaysian Research Institute (MRI) has been given US$100mil (RM367,899,000) to boost research and development in public universities.
The state-of-the-art Seed Research and Development Centre will see co-operation between local and Chinese researchers on seed development.
KUCHING: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (Unimas) has come up with its research and development (R&D) proposals on turning palm oil empty fruit bunches (EFBs) into value-added products.


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Tom Smart, Deseret News
WEST VALLEY CITY — It was exciting.
Aimie Buxton was saving money big time using coupons. Boxes and boxes of name-brand food filled up her long-term food storage.
"I used to be big into coupons," Buxton said. "But the food I was eating was not healthy. It was processed and not as good as homemade. On the back of packages the ingredients were not what I wanted to eat."
So one day she suddenly stopped doing the coupon thing.
And she is saving more money.
This would not surprise Jonni McCoy, the author of "Miserly Moms." When McCoy downsized from a two-income family to one income she found food was the area in the budget where she could save the most money. Her tips ended up in her book — which changed its subtitle in the latest edition from being about living on one income to "Living Well on Less in a Tough Economy."
Those tips cut her food bill in half.
Couponless and loving it
"I hate coupons," McCoy said. "I don't use coupons. And I don't encourage people to use coupons because coupons are for name brand items — which are more expensive than off-brands. They are for convenience foods, which you can make for half from scratch. You fare better without a coupon."
McCoy even had a showdown on Gayle King's television show once where she was pitted against a couponing expert. The coupon expert and McCoy were each assigned a family and asked to buy a week's worth of groceries. The coupon method cost $75. McCoy's method cost $50. "Coupons look flashy, but in the long run you do better shopping sales, making food from scratch, avoiding convenience food and buying off-brands."
McCoy thinks extreme couponing sends the wrong message of getting something for nothing. "It is very frustrating to watch that," she said.
By avoiding convenience foods, people will avoid preservatives and eat more healthily. McCoy follows the food pyramid more closely than the average family. "The average family's plate is lopsided," she said. "They have way too much protein — way too much refined carbs and very little vegetables. I flip that."
Stylishly frugal and healthy
Living more healthily is also part of what Sara Tetreault (pronounced Taytroh) of Portland, Oregon writes about on her blog, GoGingham.com. Tetreault said she and her husband decided to live frugally when they were married 22 years ago. "We decided to live this way as a way to save money and have choices when we were older — meaning now," she said.
She calls it "stylishly frugal living" — a way to live better for less money. And living better is about having together time, such as eating and cooking together with her two teenagers.
Tetreault is a fan of the bulk bin section of grocery stores. She likes how there is no packaging — so it is not only cheaper, it is more environmentally friendly. "We try to be aware of the amount of packaging," she said. "So we avoid things like the carryout roasted chicken you get at Costco with its huge plastic container."
When Tetreault's kids were younger, they would help her with scooping food out of the bulk bins at the store or using calculators to help figure out the price per unit of other items. "That was back when they thought it was fun," she said.
Now her children take turns cooking one meal a week. "To cook at home, you have to be at home," Tetreault said. "It's nice for families to eat dinner together."
But it takes planning. And planning is where much of the savings come.


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As the cold spell continues to rule over Turkey, a 44-year-old Turkish man's innovative skiing invention has taken social media by storm.
İbrahim Dinçer, who owns a flight school in Nilüfer district in Bursa province, decided to incorporate a paramotor he uses for powered paragliding into another activity he loves: skiing.
This interesting combination has caught the attention of many around Turkey.
He said that his decision to combine his skis with a paramotor wasn't much of a well-thought-out plan but came out of pure boredom. "I thought it would be interesting to ski with a paramotor," said Dinçer.
Dinçer said that he and his 14-year-old son Kerem worked on his new-and-improved skis and made a few trial runs in the streets of their neighborhood. "We liked how it went, it was good" Dinçer said.
Dinçer who has been paragliding for 11 years said that in 2009 he bought his first paramotor and has been paragliding with it ever since.
He also stated that he started to build his own paramotor engines after he had trouble procuring spare parts for the paramotor he bought in 2009.
Underlining that he is the first person to start the mass production of paramotors in Turkey, Dinçer said that he will start to produce ski motors which will be called 'motoskis.' "After trial-and-error we saw that a paramotor was too powerful to be used for skiing. We will produce motors half the power for the new ski motors," he added.
Bursa is home to Uludağ, a mountain popular for winter sports, and some of Turkey's biggest ski resorts.


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As currencies including the British pound and Chinese yuan tumble, Bitcoin has bucked the trend, growing 6.3% over the past seven days and flirting with $20,000.
Macro conditions, including rising inflation and fiscal uncertainty, have battered global markets. Even though Bitcoin has largely conformed financial swings, its strong performance over the past week has shocked some traders and underscored the turbulent times.
“You know we’ve reached a unique time in history when #Bitcoin suddenly is less volatile than fiat currencies,” tweeted Sven Henrich, founder of the markets research firm NorthmanTrader.
The British pound has fallen over 5% over the past week and is nearing parity with the U.S. dollar. Analysts attribute the decline to discontent with the new policies of freshly appointed Prime Minister Liz Truss, as well as the growing strength of the U.S. dollar due to rising interest…


text: Sega has announced that\u00a0Sonic at the Olympic Games - Tokyo 2020 will be released in May. It appears that the spirit of friendship that brings Mario and Sonic together only extends to games made for Nintendo consoles. For the official Tokyo Olympics mobile game, Sonic is going it alone. Sega has confirmed that\u00a0Sonic at the Olympic Games - Tokyo 2020 will be released on Android and iOS on May 7, 2020. The game stars a range of popular \u2013 and unpopular \u2013 Sonic The Hedgehog characters, including Tails, Amy, Knuckles, and Vector. Each one can take part in 15 official Olympic events, as well as various mini-games. The game also includes leaderboards so that players, countries, and regions can compete against each other in the spirit of cutthroat friendship. Pre-registration for the game opens today on Google Play and the App Store. And based on the number pre-registrations, various rewards will unlock when the game goes live. Sonic at the Olympic Games Pre-registration Rewards \t100,000 - Ocean View music track from Team Sonic Racing \t300,000 - Training Points that can be used to unlock events and special skills \t500,000 - Badge featuring Miraitowa, the Tokyo 2020 mascot Additional rewards will be offered if the number tops 500,000. In the meantime, check out the new trailer. https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?vYsiLnmZRAtE Follow Thumbsticks on\u00a0Facebook, Twitter, and Flipboard\u00a0for daily\u00a0video game news updates.


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Kohl's Announces Keeping Doors Open 170 Hours Starting Thursday
Kohl’s announced it will keep its doors open for more than 170 hours straight starting 7 AM on Thursday through 6 PM on Christmas Eve.
“Kohl’s has wowed customers all season long with the most amazing products at an exceptional value and we are opening our doors around-the-clock leading up to Christmas to give customers even more time to get their last-minute gifts,” said Michelle Gass, Kohl’s chief merchandise and customer officer. “From the most coveted licensed toys to the perfect, awe-inspiring jewelry to an expansive assortment of active wear for the entire family, our stores will be bursting with incredible savings on the must-have gifts of the season.”
Customers will find a deep selection of exceptional promotions and savings offers the week leading up to Christmas, including Early Bird deals** available from 6 AM to 1 PM on Super Saturday, December 19 in stores and online.


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Bank of England Money & Credit – comment
Following this morning’s Bank of England’s Money and Credit data, Paul Heywood, Chief Data & Analytics Officer at Equifax UK, commented: “Despite a tenth consecutive rate rise from the Bank of England, today’s Money and Credit data shows borrowing remains an attractive option for consumers, even in the face of the UK’s uncertain economic situation.
“Whilst the Bank’s interest rate increases may have boosted the attractiveness of savings, the reality of increased costs has likely led many households to dip further into essential reserves. These reserves may in turn be supplemented by high-cost short-term credit options to maintain a certain living standard, leading to a further squeeze on households already facing a real-terms pay cut due to inflation.
“With these high borrowing costs, we can expect to see the total value of consumer borrowing continue to increase. Although, if the Bank of England succeeds in taking some heat out of the market, we may see borrowing levels fall in real terms.
“There are certainly challenges ahead for borrowers and lenders, however the credit sector is prepared to meet these concerns and ensure that borrowers are protected and supported with the knowledge to ensure they can access the credit products they need.”


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Canadian-founded restaurant chain to release fashion line for National Coffee Day.
Vancouver-based women’s lifestyle retailer debuts pop-up in high-traffic location.
Vancouver-based athleisure fashion brand lululemon has released a study showing how clothing impacts workplace performance, culture and experience in a new hybrid environment.
Samsung’s ruggedized line-up meets Scandit’s industry-leading data capture engine.
The collaboration provides a limited edition sneaker in support of World Car Free Day.


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MINNEAPOLIS (BRAIN) — The GoatLink replaces the Direct Mount intermediate link on Shimano 10-speed rear derailleurs to improve performance and drivetrain life with wide-range 1x10 drivetrains.
SANTA MONICA, Calif. (BRAIN) — Young nutritional brand Bonk Breaker is sponsoring and supplying its first UCI ProTour team for this season: The Cannondale-Garmin squad.
SAINT-AUGUSTIN-DE-DESMAURES, Quebec (BRAIN) — Louis Garneau has sold four of his own paintings at $20,000 each to support Team Rwanda, the country's national cycling team, which is composed of young survivors of the 1994 genocide.
BREMBATE, Italy (BRAIN) — Cervélo co-founder Gerard Vroomen has teamed with René Wiertz — the current president and CEO of 3T — to buy the component company.
SANDY, Utah (BRAIN) — Reynolds Cycling is offering a carbon-rim disc brake wheel for gravel-riding and cyclocross, the ATR (All Terrain Road) Disc Brake wheel.
BROOKLYN, N.Y. (BRAIN) — Sommerville Sports is now offering its custom clothing customers a special deal on helmets and sunglasses from the Italian brand SH+.
BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (BRAIN) — At its Frostbike event last weekend, QBP bestowed its 2015 Clay Mankin Award on Mike Cachat, the CEO of Jenson USA in Riverside, Calif. The Mankin award recognizes retailers who inspire others with their commitment to bicycle advocacy, industry growth and their passion for cycling.
An industry veteran says the industry needs to come together to meet the needs and wants of consumers.
SEATTLE (BRAIN) — REI now has Ghost bikes available at its stores and its website.
CARLSBAD, Calif. (BRAIN) — Ridley Bikes has hired Lift Creative Studios to handle public relations and specific marketing projects in North America this year.
Lift's founder Steve Driscoll has previously handled marketing at Mavic, Velomax/Easton and Flite Controls.


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Keeping with their promise to unlock the bootloaders on their devices, HTC has added two new devices to the growing list of devices that can have their bootloader unlocked. The HTC Evo View 4G (the HTC Flyer’s big brother) and the T-Mobile MyTouch 4G Slide can now have their bootloader unlocked by following some instructions from HTCDev.com. This is the first time that a MyTouch device has made the list .
Unlocking your phone’s bootloader via HTCDev.com is a simple process. While you decide on whether or not you will go through with this, remember that unlocking the bootloader on your HTC device voids your warranty. For complete instructions, head over to HTCDev.com.


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Image Credit: Chad Klassen / CFJC Today
February 14, 2017 - 8:57am
Updated: February 14, 2017 - 5:39pm
KAMLOOPS — Kamloops RCMP are looking for a Subway customer who took more than a footlong in his to-go order.
At about 4:50 p.m. yesterday, the culprit entered the Subway restaurant on Oriole Road in Valleyview, demanding money from the cash register.


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A possible Chinese New Year colorway of the adidas NMD R2 has surfaced on Instagram.
The NMD line from adidas is still one of the most popular lines in the world of sneakers and this new “Double Happiness” colorway of the NMD R2 looks like it’ll be celebrating the Chinese new year.
What makes this colorway unique from others are the traditional Chinese characters on the heel which go alongside the Japanese Katakana characters that come standard on every colorway of the NMD R2s.
According to Hypebeast, only 600 pairs of this colorway, which uses a white and red color scheme, will be released worldwide. However, a date for that release has yet to be announced.
So what do you guys think? Cop or nah?
Images via @sneakerprophet_


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Almost half of surveyed UK businesses experienced some form of cyberattack last year, providing a timely reminder of the threats posed by cyber criminals.
A staggering 42 percent of UK firms do not have a dedicated cyber security role, according to the Hiscox report.
Also, only 28 percent of UK businesses said reviewing cyber policies and procedures was a top spending priority for the next 12 months.
The food and drink sector was the UK’s most cyber-ready, receiving the lowest risk score.
Conversely the travel and leisure sector was the UK’s least cyber-ready, receiving the highest risk score.
Other cyber superstars
The energy sector has fared well this year. Having had the highest risk score for the last two years, it appears to have addressed some cyber security issues, moving to the bottom third of the table.
The transport and distribution industry was also an industry scoring well in terms of being cyber ready, with 65 percent of surveyed businesses having cyber insurance.
This sector proved to be one of the most vigilant, with almost four out of five businesses (79%) having a dedicated cyber security role.
The transport and distribution industry also saw almost half of businesses (48%) prioritising the review of internal cybersecurity policies and procedures over the next 12 months.
Technology, Media and Telecommunications (TMT) was the second most cyber ready sector, with food and drink narrowly taking the lead. The TMT industry spent the most on cyber security, with 26 percent of businesses investing more of their IT budget to tackle the issue.
This industry also scored highest in terms of cyberattack detection, with almost two thirds (62%) prioritising spending on spotting unauthorised personnel, connections and software.
What causes the risk?
Possible explanations for these rankings include: changes in behaviour precipitated by multiple lockdowns, increased online purchases, work from home mandates and international travel bans.
Almost half of surveyed UK businesses across all sectors (44%) reported having had one or more cyberattack in the last 12 months, with a median annual loss of £21,097 per company due to cyber incidents.
Larger businesses were subject to the most attacks; 63 percent of UK businesses with more than 1000 employees experienced a cyber incident of some kind. These same firms suffered the most severe financial losses as a result, with companies reporting median financial costs of £50,000 – more than double the UK average.
Gareth Wharton, Hiscox UK Cyber CEO, commented: “The last year has presented significant cyber security risks for UK businesses, with essential industries being subject to the highest risks, according to our threat ranking table. We know that this threat isn’t limited to particular countries, and while it’s evident that UK businesses are continuously investing in cyber defences, it’s important that increased investment continues to prevent grave financial losses.”
Amelia Brand is the Editor for HRreview. With a master’s degree in Legal and Political Theory, her particular interests within HR include employment law, DE&I, wellbeing within the workplace. Prior to working with HRreview, Amelia was Sub-Editor of a magazine, and Editor of the Environmental Justice Project at the University College London, writing and overseeing articles into UCL’s weekly newsletter. Her previous academic work has focused on philosophy, politics and law, with a special focus on how artificial intelligence will feature in the future.


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An Overwatch YouTuber has created a concept for a system that would give players another option for spending their Competitive points on other than golden guns.
Overwatch’s Competitive Points are awarded to players following wins, draws, and at the end of every Competitive season depending on the player’s rank.
Currently, the points can only be used to purchase golden weapons for heroes, but YouTuber ‘Gnasty Inc’ came up with an idea that would give players a way to spend points and way more cosmetic options.
In Gnasty Inc’s concept a new menu has been added for a Competitive Points shop that would allow players to purchase different weapon skins, like diamond and platinum, in addition to the standard gold.
It would also allow players to customize the colors of a hero’s base skin to allow players their own completely unique skin.
The shop also has options for players to design their own sprays, player icons and even borders, but how many competitive points each item or customization would cost in the shop isn’t addressed.[ad name=”article3″]
Will it ever happen?
The concept would give some players more to work towards but something like this is unlikely to happen, because Overwatch Director Jeff Kaplan has shot down the idea of additional rewards for Competitive Points and even added he regrets adding golden guns in the first place.
Kaplan has teased a number of new things coming to Overwatch including a new skin for the Anniversary event that will “break the internet”.
- Read More: How to fix Xbox One Overwatch error BC-124
Even though players might not have anything else to spend their Competitive Points on, there are still plenty of things coming to Overwatch in 2019 to look forward to.


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Kishore Biyani-owned Pantaloon Retail’s same-store sales in January grew at the second slowest pace in five years as consumers curbed spending and the retailer struggled to survive the downturn by offering discounts.
The slow growth comes after the retailer’s value and lifestyle same-store sales registered a negative growth in December.
Pantaloon’s same-store sales in the value retailing segment
climbed 4 per cent in the month of January after dropping
4 per cent in December.
Lifestyle sales grew 12 per cent in the month after declining 14 per cent in the previous month.
"Overall the market has improved and since we are the mass retailers we are gaining. Home segment has also picked up compared to December. Same-store sales growth in mobile, furniture and electronics which had dropped in December has also picked up,” said Kishore Biyani, managing director, Pantaloon Retail.
Same-store sales, a common metric in the retail industry, compares sales of stores that have been in the business for a year or more. The measure allows investors to determine what portion of new sales has come from sales growth and what portion from opening new stores. The figures are usually released by retail companies every month.
Analysts attribute the spurt in sales to the month long "The Great Indian Shopping Festival” which was launched on December 13. The sale was extended till January 7. The retailer also unveiled another 3-day shopping festival to coincide with the Republic day, which helped push the sales higher.
"December-January is full of discounts which push up customer’s traffic. The real picture will emerge when a chain stops the offer. Retailers are not out of the woods yet. Consumers are still feeling conservative about spending and cutting back expenses,” said Devangshu Dutta, chief executive, Third Eyesight, a Gurgaon-based business consultancy.
Analysts covering the company’s stock say the future growth for Pantaloon isn’t robust and average sales of the country’s biggest retailer may be contained at Rs 500 crore a month compared with Rs 690 crore in January.


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Japan’s largest financial institutions have announced the shutdown of its blockchain payments system following slow growth and a lack of uptake by target clients. The Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) has been pushing the system for three years, but it has finally suspended the project it had jointly developed with a U.S. tech firm.
Known as the Global Open Network Japan Inc. (GO-NET Japan), the blockchain payments system was announced in April 2019 but launched two years later in 2021, with MUFG partnering with Akamai Technologies, a Massachusetts-based tech company.
At launch, it was hailed as an open payment network that could process over a million transactions per second, and that would “strive to support diverse payment schemes that take IoT into account, to expand [MUFG’s] payment network business globally and to further enhance [MUFG’s] services.”
However, as the MUFG admitted in its press release, it hasn’t panned out as predicted, with the COVID-19-fueled economic slump greatly affecting the payments market. GO-NET Japan also failed to find its feet in the IoT market, which it projected would be its biggest market opportunity.
“As a result, the business is not expected to be able to achieve profitability in a reasonable timeframe, and it was concluded that it would be desirable to suspend its operations,” the bank, whose total assets are over $3.1 trillion, said.
MUFG has suspended operations of GO-NET and expects to kick off liquidation procedures soon. And while the joint venture may have failed, the bank is determined to continue exploring digital payment solutions through blockchain and beyond as Japan evolves from its widespread cash-first nature.
MUFG has been pro-blockchain for some time now. Through its MUFG Trust, it launched the Progmat blockchain platform through which it supports digital payments through stablecoins issued by various banks. It has also been working on the MUFG Coin, a native digital currency which it announced back in January 2018, taking after America’s largest bank JPMorgan which launched its JPM Coin in 2020.
Watch: CoinGeek New York panel, Future of Digital Asset Trading & Financial Services
New to Bitcoin? Check out CoinGeek’s Bitcoin for Beginners section, the ultimate resource guide to learn more about Bitcoin—as originally envisioned by Satoshi Nakamoto—and blockchain.


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A special gubernatorial panel is recommending changes in how Arizona state and cities decide what’s taxable, as a precursor to being able to force Arizonans to pay taxes on their online purchases.
The committee proposes to limit — but not eliminate — the ability of cities to levy their taxes on items that are not taxed by the state. While the most well-known of those is the tax some cities levy on grocery store purchases, taxation on such things as commercial leases and advertising also differ.
The committee also wants to ban cities from adopting their own versions of the Model Cities Tax Code, which is supposed to be the starting point for all communities.
Michael Hunter, an adviser to Gov. Jan Brewer, said such simplification of what is actually a “transaction privilege tax” will make life easier for companies doing business in more than one jurisdiction.
The idea has the governor’s backing.
“It is no big secret that Arizona’s TPT system is complicated and overly burdensome for the business community,” she said. Brewer said the problem is particularly vexing for small-business owners.
“Large companies have entire divisions dedicated to remitting sales tax,” she said.
“Small businesses don’t have those resources,” Brewer continued. “Nor do we want them focused on filling out forms when they should be growing their business and creating jobs.”
But Hunter said the move, if adopted by the Arizona Legislature, goes beyond simplification. It likely also would make Arizona ready to start taxing sales of items through the Internet if and when Congress finally gives states the go-ahead.
That will take action from Washington: The U.S. Supreme Court ruled nearly two decades ago that a company must have a physical presence in a state to be required to collect sales taxes. So a computer purchased from Apple’s website is taxable because it has stores here; a computer from Dell is not because it has no retail shops in Arizona.
Legally speaking, Arizonans must compute what they would have otherwise paid and send it to the state as “use tax.” But that provision of law is little enforced against individuals and widely ignored, which is why states want online retailers to collect it for them, the same as local brick-and-mortar shops.
Hunter said several members of Congress are proposing measures that would require online retailers to collect the sales taxes applicable in the state where the item is being shipped. But he said there are conditions.
“The version we understand to be out there now ... requires a pretty high degree of simplification code, central administration of the tax code, a uniform tax base,” he said. The idea is to ensure that if the retailers are required to begin collecting taxes that they’re not wrestling with whether the item is taxable in one city in Arizona and not in another.
More to the point, only states that have a simplified tax code — and don’t require retailers to have to deal with each community’s variations — are likely to get the go-ahead from Congress to mandate that those selling items to their residents add on the tax levy.
Three key versions of federal legislation are pending. Each has slightly different provisions, including whether small retailers are exempted.
But two make the ability of a state to levy its taxes conditional on having adopted the Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Agreement. Only 21 states have done, not including Arizona.
The third proposal has its own language for how states must simplify their laws to allow taxation of online sales.
Hunter said there are other reasons for Arizona to simplify its tax code and reduce local options.
“When you compare Arizona’s sales-tax system with many other states’ ... there are many more hoops that your average small businessman — or big businessman — has to go through just to comply with the tax code,” he said.
He said research shows that complying with tax laws in other states is “really simple.”
“You can do it on one form,” Hunter said. “In Arizona, it takes a ream of forms if you’re in multiple jurisdictions.”
Hunter said it’s more than just an issue of having to interpret multiple sales tax codes. He said retailers, both online and with stores here, don’t want to worry about what happens when one community decides to take a closer look.
“We have more auditing than we need to have, more ‘gotcha’ moments occurring in an audit because taxpayers don’t understand differences between jurisdictions,” Hunter said.
That goes to another issue. He said even if every city used the same language in specifying what would be taxable, “you’re still going to have different answers from different auditors” from different cities and, ultimately, the state itself.
“If a tax auditor is going to look at your sales-tax remission, then you have multiple opportunities because of the complexity of our tax compared to other states, where that auditor — or a team of auditors, all representing different jurisdictions, different government entities — all may interpret the tax code differently,” he said.
Hunter conceded, though, that there are “resource issues” if taxes will be handled centrally by the state Department of Revenue for all cities. “They have lost a lot of auditors in recent years,” he said.
Brewer said that, in its basic form, tax simplification as she envisions it would involve businesses having one form to fill out, with a single point of contact — and only a single audit.
Senate President Andy Biggs, R-Gilbert, said he supports the idea.


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Retail & Ecommerce
This year, ecommerce is set to be 10.9% of total US retail spending—about one-eighth the size of retail brick-and-mortar. The general merchandise category will account for about 50% of total retail sales this year, and that number climbs to roughly 67% when you look at strictly online general merchandise sales.
In the US, almost half of marketers think they’re delivering an “excellent” customer experience, according to January 2019 research from The Harris Poll. But fewer than a quarter of consumers felt the same.
Last year, the number of locations offering “buy online, pick up in-store” (BOPUS) nearly doubled among leading US grocery retailers. Walmart (and various third-party partners), Target/Shipt, Kroger/Instacart, Ahold and Albertsons brought their collective number of click-and-collect locations from 2,451 in January 2018 to 5,800 in December 2018, per data from CommonSense Robotics.
Smartphone retail mcommerce sales will make up 34% of all US ecommerce sales this year, reaching $203.94 billion. While desktop purchases still dominate—amounting to $331.85 billion in 2019—they are growing at a rate of just 5.0%.
This year, we expect China’s total retail ecommerce sales will grow more than 30%, reaching nearly $2 trillion—the highest-grossing retail ecommerce market worldwide, according to our latest forecast. Behind China, the US retail ecommerce market will reach $600.63 billion in sales, growing nearly 15% year over year.
The online grocery market heats up following the news Amazon is planning to open a new line of grocery stores in locations across the US in 2019.
The online grocery market is starting to reach an inflection point, but in order to achieve success, retailers must overcome key logistical hurdles.
Mundane concerns like getting a quality product or service at a good price are still the biggest drivers of brand loyalty for US internet users.
Social commerce only drives a fraction of ecommerce sales, but it's picking up speed. Between 2016 and 2018, social networks as a last-touch channel have doubled in visit share to US retail sites, according to Q3 2018 data from Adobe.
In the latest episode of "Behind the Numbers," we're talking social commerce with Curalate CEO Apu Gupta. Why did social commerce fail to catch fire in its early years, and why is it different now?
Millennials have long been omnichannel shoppers, but their preference for digital channels is growing alongside the rise of D2C brands and mcommerce.
From their mailboxes to their mobile phones, shoppers look for coupons everywhere, but convenience is a must. For marketers, it’s important to provide consumers with discounts that are easy to find and use.
In 2018, total worldwide app revenues grew 63% year over year, according to app commerce company Poq. Additionally, time spent in shopping apps grew 45% from two years prior, per data from App Annie.
According to a survey from Simmons Research completed in August 2018, an average of 27.4% of parents said they were more likely to buy products they see used or recommended by friends on social sites. This is higher than one-fifth of total adult respondents who said the same.
Gen Z is a tough generation for retailers to figure out. They grew up on the internet, but don't like to be targeted with ads there, and crave authenticity in all of their interactions. We parsed the research to help retailers figure it out.
While retail ecommerce sales are growing rapidly in the US, brick-and-mortar shopping is still important to consumers. They’ll spend almost 90% of their retail dollars in person this year, and a large portion of that foot traffic comes from webrooming.
Earlier this month, Philadelphia passed a bill rendering cashless stores like Amazon Go and Sweetgreen illegal and banning future establishments from completely abandoning cash. By July 2019, most retailers in the city will be required to offer consumers a cash payment option.
Brands that focus on supply chain sustainability—by showcasing factory conditions, production processes and waste solutions—bode well with young consumers.
Despite industrywide calls to combat fraud, fake followers are still a top concern among influencer marketers.
Amazon retired its Dash button in early March, but the branded device’s end wasn't a failure. We see it as a move to shift more replenishment buying into voice commerce.


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Real estate startup Zumper, which offers tools that connect brokers and property managers with potential renters, has today released a new mobile application that allows users to fill out their rental applications – including pulling their Experian credit report – right from their iPhone. The company, which says it’s now seeing over a million monthly visits from web and mobile, had first announced this feature last fall. However, at the time, it was only available in beta on web and Android, even though Zumper expects most usage to take place via iOS.
The feature, which is now known as “Instant Apply,” could help give potential renters an edge over others in competitive real estate markets, like that of San Francisco where Zumper is currently headquartered. Explains CEO Anthemos Georgiades, there are always multiple offers on the same apartment, so being able to apply immediately from your phone can help you beat others looking at the same property.
“Using Zumper’s iPhone app, renters can apply for the apartment from their phone in the open house,” he says. “And because Zumper has very strong B2B adoption through 10,000+ Zumper Pros, renters’ applications are guaranteed to be reviewed when they carry the ‘Instant Apply’ symbol,” he adds.
In addition to offering a mobile-friendly rental application, Zumper’s iPhone users can also purchase a $10 credit report directly from the new iPhone app, which they can pay for using Apple Pay. That report is then submitted alongside their application, which can speed up the sometimes cumbersome process of compiling all the necessary paperwork needed for a rental application.
Georgiades also notes that Zumper is now powering over 10% of the rental applications – meaning several hundred per month – in San Francisco, the first market where Instant Apply went live. Meanwhile, the company’s B2B tool Zumper Pro originates over 25% of all the rental listings in major U.S. markets, including not only San Francisco, but also New York, Boston and Chicago.
“Because the majority of applications and Experian credit reports are submitted when one of our B2B Zumper Pro users requests a renter’s application, well over 75% of applications are successful in closing the apartment,” the CEO claims.
Now a team of 19, Zumper has raised $6.5 million to date from KPCB and others, including Andreessen Horowitz, Greylock, CrunchFund [disclosure: founded by TechCrunch’s founder], and The Experiment Fund. The company was also previously a finalist at TechCrunch Disrupt several years ago.