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WASHINGTON — The United States Postal Service reported new delivery performance metrics for the seventh week of the FY2023 first quarter as the agency enters the busiest shipping season of the year. During the reporting period, the average time to deliver a mailpiece or package across the postal network was 2.5 days for the fourth consecutive week.
WASHINGTON — ¿Es usted uno de los millones de compradores que prefieren comprar por internet en lugar de esperar en fila para comprar regalos navideños? El Servicio Postal le presta apoyo el Cyber Monday y durante las fiestas. Cuente con nosotros para que sus paquetes lleguen a destino a tiempo en todas las celebraciones de la temporada.
WASHINGTON — Are you one of the millions of shoppers who prefer going online rather than standing in line to buy holiday gifts? The Postal Service has you covered on Cyber Monday and throughout the holidays. Count on us to get your packages to their destination in time for all the seasonal celebrations.
MILTON, IN – The Milton Post Office, located at 307 S. Central Ave, Milton, IN, 47357, will reopen on Saturday, Nov. 19, 2022. Hours of operation are Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.; Saturday hours are 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.
WASHINGTON — The United States Postal Service announced it has completed the installation of 137 new package sorting machines ahead of the holiday mailing and shipping season. The new equipment combined with increased operational precision will expand USPS’s daily package processing capacity to 60 million.
INDIANAPOLIS, IN – In observance of the Columbus Day holiday, Monday, October 10, 2022, post offices throughout the Indiana District will be closed for retail transactions. There will be no mail delivery, caller service, or Post Office Box service.
GUILFORD, IN — Indiana First Lady Janet Holcomb will join the United States Postal Service at a special first-day ceremony for the Snowy Beauty Forever stamps on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022, at 11:00 a.m. in the pavilion at the Guilford Covered Bridge Park in Guilford, IN.


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As electric vehicles become more popular, the demand for fluids specifically designed to work with them is also growing. These fluids are necessary to keep electric vehicles running smoothly and can include anything from brake fluid to coolant. However, electric vehicle fluids is a little more expensive than traditional car fluids. This increased demand has already started to have an impact on the prices of electric vehicle fluids. Many of these fluids are now priced significantly higher than traditional car fluids. For example, brake fluid designed for electric vehicles can often cost twice as much as traditional brake fluid. Even though electric vehicles are becoming more popular, they still only account for a small percentage of the market. This means that the demand for fluids specifically designed for electric vehicles is still relatively low. However, as electric vehicles continue to gain in popularity, the demand for these fluids is likely to increase as well.
Increasing Production of Electric Vehicles to Propel Demand for Electric Vehicle Fluids
Electric vehicles are becoming more popular as people become more environmentally conscious. While electric vehicles have been around for a while, the technology is constantly evolving and becoming more accessible to the average person. Manufacturers are now producing electric cars that are affordable and have a longer range than ever before. Governments are also beginning to invest in electric vehicle infrastructure. This will help to increase the production and demand for electric vehicles, which will in turn help to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Governments around the globe are beginning to invest in electric vehicle infrastructure in order to encourage people to switch from gasoline cars to electric vehicles. For example, the government of China has announced that it will invest $360 billion in electric vehicle infrastructure by 2025. This will help to increase the production and demand for electric vehicles, which will further drive the demand for electric vehicle fluid. The production of electric vehicles is also increasing. For example, Tesla produced just 2,500 cars in 2010, but it plans to produce 500,000 cars per year by 2022. This increase in production will help to bring down the cost of electric vehicles and make them more accessible to the average person. The demand for electric vehicles is also increasing.
High Initial Cost of Purchasing EV is Poised to Hinder Electric Vehicle Fluids Market
The adoption rate of electric vehicles is low due to the high cost of these vehicles. Electric cars can cost twice as much as gasoline-powered cars, and this high cost is a major barrier to widespread adoption. There are several reasons for the high cost of electric cars. First, the batteries that power electric cars are expensive. Second, electric car manufacturers have to invest in expensive charging infrastructure. And third, electric cars require more expensive maintenance than gasoline-powered cars. These are the main reasons why electric cars are more expensive than gasoline powered cars.
Asia Pacific to Witness the Fastest Growth in Electric Vehicle Fluids Market
Technological advances will determine the speed and extent to which EVs penetrate the global powertrain mix over the coming decades, while government policies will be instrumental in determining how fast batteries can advance. Among various factors that might affect this penetration is the relative cost of EVs vs. Internal Combustion Engine Vehicles (ICEVs). There will be a 30 percent compound annual growth rate (CAGR) for EV sales globally, reaching 9 million units by 2022.
Europe is currently the largest electric vehicle fluids market, with Asia Pacific in second place. However, this is expected to change by 2022, with Asia Pacific taking the lead. China is the world’s biggest market for electric vehicles and the government has been promoting their uptake through a mix of regulation and financial incentives. India is also seeing strong growth in electric vehicle sales, with a CAGR of over 50 percent between 2016 and 2021. The global electric vehicle market is expected to grow at CAGR of 30%, reaching 9 million units by 2022. Europe is currently the largest market for EVs. India is also seeing strong growth in electric vehicle sales, with a CAGR of over 50% between 2016 and 2021.
Favorable Government Policies and Initiatives from Private Players to Drive Propel Growth of Electric Vehicle Fluids Market
Electric vehicles are the future of the automotive industry and Asia Pacific is emerging as the fastest growing market for electric vehicles. The region’s fast-growing economies, rising disposable incomes, and supportive government policies are driving the growth of the electric vehicle fluids market in Asia Pacific. The electric vehicle fluids market in Asia Pacific is expected to grow at a CAGR of 53% from 2022 to 2028 as the region has been witnessing strong growth in key economies such as China, Japan, and India. Other factors such as strict environmental regulations by various governments of the region to reduce the carbon footprint, growing demand for clean energy vehicles (CEVs), support from both private and public stakeholders to encourage innovative technologies and products related to electric mobility, and government initiatives such as “Make in India” and “Mobility for all: Opportunities & Challenges” are expected to boost the regional market for electric vehicle fluids during the forecast period.
Key Players in Electric vehicle Fluids Market
Some of the key players in the market are PTT (Thailand), Royal Dutch Shell plc (Netherlands), BP plc. (UK), ExxonMobil Corporation (US), FUCHS Petrolub AG (Germany), Total Energies SE (France), ENEOS Corporation (Japan), Petronas (Malaysia), Valvoline Inc. (US), and Repsol S.A. (Spain).
Key Elements Included In The Study: Global Electric Vehicle Fluids Market
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A big focus during Microsoft’s earnings report last week was the sharp increase in the number of premium Windows editions licensed by computer makers. I followed up on the subject in today’s newspaper, looking at what has caused the shift and how it reflects Microsoft’s broader strategy. In short, analysts say the quarterly trend was fueled by the way the company crafted the different Windows Vista versions. Specifically, it can be traced to sales of Windows Vista Home Premium, over Windows Vista Home Basic.
However, the impact on the company’s revenue isn’t yet as noticeable, because business editions of Windows weren’t as large a percentage of sales to computer makers during the recent quarter as they were in the past. Although the company doesn’t disclose the prices it charges computer makers, business versions of Windows generally command higher premiums.
Here’s how Colleen Healy, the company’s investor relations general manager, described the trend during Microsoft’s quarterly conference call with analysts.
“Consistent with the results we saw last quarter and the relative strength in the consumer segment following the launch, we continue to see a change within the mix of sales of our premium edition operating system. OEM Premium mix was 71%, an increase of 18 percentage points from the prior year, driven by sales of Windows Vista Home Premium, while our other business editions of Windows declined a few points in the overall mix.”
As we shared with you previously, Windows Vista business generates over five times the pricing uplift over Windows Vista Home Basic than does Windows Vista Home Premium. So the net result is that the increase in Premium mix added about 1 percentage point of growth to OEM revenue.”
Later, in response to a question, Microsoft Chief Financial Officer Chris Liddell said the premium-mix trend should continue into the company’s next fiscal year.


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BT Retail became the UK’s first broadband supplier to pass the four million customer mark. The achievement cements BT’s position as the UK’s most popular supplier of broadband and follows the fifth consecutive independent survey to identify BT as having the UK’s best performing ADSL broadband service.
BT Retail had 172,000 broadband customers in June 2002 when BT put broadband at the heart of its strategy. The acceleration to four million has taken just over five years meaning a new customer has been added on average every 40 seconds over this period. This also equates to more than 2,000 new customers each day during that period. The last million customers have been added in ten months.
The broadband market has boomed in recent years thanks to BT’s investment in making the service available to almost every home in the UK. More than 99.8 per cent of UK homes can access broadband and more than half of these homes have now taken up the service.
This dramatic rise in connections has led to the UK overtaking most of its main competitors in terms of broadband penetration. Only Canada is ahead of the UK in the G8 meaning the UK is ahead of Japan, France, Germany and the US. There are more than 15 million connections in the UK with approximately 11.5m of those running over the BT network. The rest are carried via the UK’s cable network.
BT Retail chief executive Ian Livingston said: “Four million customers is a great achievement in such a short time. Broadband has proved to be one of the most popular new services ever seen. It is already delivering next generation television, inclusive free phone calls in High Definition sound and great value mobile calls. Broadband can provide so many more services than just internet surfing and it has become central to many people’s lives and businesses. Customers want to take advantage of the potential of broadband and need a high quality, reliable service – that’s why BT is the UK’s most popular broadband service.”


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More rumours emerge about PlayStation Portable 2 video game console that Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. reportedly plan to show off later this month. According to the latest pieces of unofficial information, the system may offer the amount of horsepower that is comparable to the PlayStation 3, a full-sized state-of-the-art current-generation console.
Sony reportedly told its partners among game developers that the unit "is as powerful as the PlayStation 3", reports MCV web-site. The PSP2 will come in "brick" form-factor with familiar controls, just like the original PlayStation Portable, but will feature a "high-definition" screen so to enable more immersive experience. PSP2 is projected to use "a media format" to ensure that retail is interested in selling the console being motivated by the ability to sell software afterwards. Still, as the "Always Online" era dictates, the PSP 2 will also provide access to downloadable content, smaller games and apps via PSN.
SCE allegedly wants to ensure that games for the PlayStation Portable 2 are of very high quality and provide rich in-depth content. In ideal, Sony probably wants PlayStation 3-like games to exist on the portable system so that to differentiate the game console from game platforms like Apple iOS or Google Android.
The PSP2 is rumoured to be released in the fourth quarter of the year, as suggested by unofficial claims released earlier. The first unveiling of the console is projected to occur on the 27th of January, 2011, and then Sony is expected to release more details about the device at Game Developers Conference and E3.
Late last year Kazuo Hirai, the head of Sony Computer Entertainment, expressed interest in touch-screen technology, which naturally inspired talks that the company may implement a touch-sensitive screen in the PSP2.
The only official information about the PSP2 is that it is in development and that some game developers already have prototypes. The PlayStation Portable 2 – or whatever its actual name is – is expected to be based on the Cell processors with four synergistic processing elements (SPEs), according to a report earlier this year. Back in late 2008 rumours transpired that Sony had licensed PowerVR graphics processor technologies for the next-gen PSP. According to other market rumours, PSP2 has two cameras, one forward and one backward facing, in addition, it has a touch-screen in addition to physical PlayStation buttons. Finally, according to the unofficial information, the device sports both 3G/3.5G and Wi-Fi connectivity.
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Gina Luck is joining Bonnier Zaffre in the newly-appointed role of brand director, working with authors Lynda La Plante and Wilbur Smith.
Luck joins Bonnier Zaffre from Penguin Random House where she was brand director for James Patterson for the past five years. Prior to joining Penguin Random House, Luck was at Little, Brown, where she was brand manager for Stephenie Meyer.
The move to Bonnier Zaffre, which Luck described "too tempting to resist", follows the news reported last week Bonnier Zaffre poached author Wilbur Smith from HarperCollins in an eight-figure deal. He signed with Bonnier Zaffre to publish eight new co-written titles, the first of which publishes in 2018, and Bonnier Publishing has said it is preparing for "significant growth" in the UK.
In the strategic new role, Luck will work closely with all departments at Bonnier Zaffre, coordinating the publishing, sales and marketing efforts across the Lynda La Plante and Wilbur Smith brands. Luck will be tasked with ensuring clear communication of Bonnier Zaffre’s strategy and planning across UK and international territories.
She will report into James Horobin, executive director – sales and marketing, starting on 11th September.
Horobin said: "In 2018 we launch two new Wilbur Smith hardcover books and relaunch 34 backlist titles in paperback and e-book. For the first time, Lynda La Plante will publish two new hardcover books in the same year and we relaunch Widows to tie in with the big budget Hollywood movie directed by Steve McQueen. This activity requires a great deal of focus to deliver the right results and Gina’s appointment comes as we start a new growth phase at Bonnier Zaffre. Gina’s invaluable experience will help the team take Lynda La Plante and Wilbur Smith sales to even greater heights in UK and International markets."
Luck said: "I’ve really enjoyed my time at Cornerstone. It’s been a privilege to work on such a huge brand author and with such talented colleagues. But I’ve been really impressed with what Bonnier Zaffre has achieved in the last couple of years, and the opportunity to join such a dynamic team at this exciting time in their development is just too tempting to resist."


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Mark Zuckerberg sent a message to the public on Wednesday: Facebook is fine doing things that are unpopular, as long as people understand why.
“One critique of our approach for much of the last decade was that because we wanted to be liked, we didn’t always communicate our views as clearly because we were worried about offending people,” Zuckerberg said on a call with analysts.
He said his goal for the next decade “isn’t to be liked, but to be understood.” That’s because in order to be trusted, “people need to know where you stand,” Zuckerberg said.
The comment comes as Facebook stakes out positions that frustrate people on both sides of the political aisle, including allowing politicians to lie in ads on the platform and doubling down on encryption.
On Wednesday, Facebook also said that it ended 2019 with 2.5 billion monthly users worldwide, an increase of 8% from the year prior, even as the company has continued to face public scrutiny and criticism.
The company reported revenue of about $21 billion during the final three months of 2019, a 25% increase from the same period a year earlier. Facebook posted a $7.3 billion profit, representing single-digit percentage growth for the business.
“Despite all of the concerns that have been swirling around the company in the past two years, it beat expectations on revenue, and it demonstrated continued growth in its user base,” Debra Aho Williamson, a principal analyst at eMarketer, said in a statement after the earnings results on Wednesday. “This is a company that has shown that it can withstand ongoing criticism of its practices and yet still pull out gains in both revenue and users.”
Still, Facebook (FB) stock dipped 7% after the earnings results, perhaps hinting at outsized expectations for a company whose stock has been trading at all-time highs.
Facebook’s revenue growth continues to slow, down from a 30% year-over-year increase in the same quarter a year ago and a 47% growth rate two years ago.
That may only put more pressure on Facebook to prove to investors it can make more money from its other platforms, including Instagram and WhatsApp. The latter may prove to be a challenge: Facebook has reportedly walked back plans to sell ads on WhatsApp.
Across its suite of apps, which includes Instagram and WhatsApp, Facebook reported having 2.89 billion monthly active users, an increase of 9% over last year. The company notably does not break out revenue numbers for its subsidiaries.
Facebook also continues to face heightened antitrust scrutiny from lawmakers and concerns over how it handles user data.
Last year, the Federal Trade Commission announced a $5 billion settlement with Facebook to resolve a sweeping investigation by regulators into how the tech giant lost control over users’ personal data. It’s the largest fine in FTC history.
In October 2019, the New York attorney general announced that 47 state attorneys general are investigating Facebook for evidence of anticompetitive practices.


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Wilocity has announced at CES 2013 that it is demonstrating the industry's first commercially available end user products integrating Wilocity chipsets compliant with the newly ratified IEEE802.11ad 60GHz wireless standard.
Qualcomm & Wilocity Launch Industry's First Tri-band Reference Design Featuring Both 802.11ac and 802.11ad Technology
Qualcomm Incorporated today announced that its subsidiary, Qualcomm Atheros, Inc., and Wilocity launched the industry's first tri-band reference design that combines 802.11ac and 802.11ad wireless capabilities on a single module.


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Belgrade/Brussels, 20 October 2010. Specialists in Destination Marketing and New Technologies from National Tourism Organisations (NTOs) all over Europe are meeting in Belgrade from 20th to 22nd October at a conference organised by the European Travel Commission (ETC) in association with the National Tourism Organisation of Serbia.
The theme this year is “New Technologies and Emerging Markets”. The rise of New Technologies such as mobile and geo-location services present exciting opportunities for Destination Marketing Organisations and NTOs. This week in Belgrade, marketing experts from across the industry will meet to discuss how to take advantage of these opportunities with a particular focus on how they can be used in emerging markets such as Brazil, India and China.
The conference is ETC’s annual e-Business Academy, the only event of its kind to be organised specifically for NTOs, opening for the first time this year to their regional and city partners. It has become an important date in ETC’s calendar, giving delegates a valuable forum in which they can share practical experience and professional insights. The Academy is organised by one of ETC’s strategic advisory groups, the Marketing and Technology Network (MTN).
Andrew Daines, chairman of the MTN, says: “The value of the Academy is now widely recognised, not only by marketing and technology professionals from NTOs throughout Europe, but also by the event’s commercial sponsors – and I’m particularly pleased that Wilken will be supporting the Academy for the fifth successive year, and that a new company, GeoGuides, will be the premium sponsor at our event.”
This year’s Academy, marking the tenth anniversary, is attracting an impressive line-up of speakers, with Amy Scarth from Informed Tourism, Cees Bosselaar of PhocuWright, Jean-Marie Hullot CEO and founder of Fotopedia and Martin Schöbert from Tourismusdesign and Marvin Liao, Yahoo!.
There will also be presentations from the event’s six commercial sponsors: GeoGuides, MovieAsset, New Vision (sponsoring us for the second successive year), SDL, Trip Advisor (sponsoring us for the second successive year) and Wilken. All companies are leaders in their field, offering services of direct relevance and value to the online marketing programmes run by NTOs.


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Savvy shoppers share strategies for post-Thanksgiving bargain-hunting ,
Before most ers even wake up and think about making turkey sandwiches, New Bedford resident Steven Martins has already eaten breakfast and perused Best Buy.
Twenty-one-year-old Martins, along with his mom and brother, wake up at 430 a.m. the day after Thanksgiving and go to the Shawmut Diner for breakfast. Then they start shopping before the sun rises.
Armed with the sales circulars, the Martins clan members know what they'd like to buy and where the deals lie.
They rarely budget ahead of time because "we've got plastic," he says, and he and his mother cover more ground than most shoppers because they split up as soon as they enter the store. They call one another on their cell phones when they find good deals.
It's "crazy" to go shopping the day after Thanksgiving, Mr. Martins admits, but you "get the better deals." It also, he says, "brings together your family."
The day after Thanksgiving in retail parlance is commonly called "Black Friday" because it marks the shift when retailers traditionally go from being "in the red" a.k.a. unprofitable to being "in the black" and profitable, according to the National Retail Federation.
It's a day when only the truly dedicated hit the malls, and when big-box retailers such as Wal-Mart, Target and Best Buy offer sales. Dartmouth Mall, for example, plans to give shoppers a holiday moose with purchases of $100 or more and will entertain shoppers with a jazz quartet and balloon sculptures, says a mall brochure.
JCPenney at the Dartmouth Mall plans to open at 530 a.m. and K.B. Toys at 5 a.m., General Manager of the Dartmouth Mall, Tim Colby says. Filene's and Sears will open around 6 a.m., Mr. Colby adds.
"A couple of years ago the tradition of shopping the day after Thanksgiving started to go by the wayside. The last Saturday before Christmas were the big days," Mr. Colby says. But shopping the day after Thanksgiving has come back the last two years, partially because it's so heavily promoted, Mr. Colby says.
And because the day is so heavily promoted, shoppers buy, buy, buy. According to a 2003 consumer survey done by the National Retail Federation, 39 percent of consumers purchased CDs, DVDs and videos games on Black Friday; 35 percent bought clothing and accessories; 31 percent bought toys; and 20 percent went for home decor.
But the six shoppers interviewed say they're out for the bargains more than specific products.
One 63-year-old Fall River woman and factory worker, Laura Smith, advises looking for bargains on electronics, jewelry and clothing the day after Thanksgiving. She recommends sticking to a budget by paying in cash and bringing only the amount of money she anticipates she'll need, based on the sales listed in the newspaper circulars.
Dr. Nora Ganim Barnes, professor of marketing at UMass Dartmouth, says that planning and perusing the circulars is the best way to shop. "Retailers are going to take their best shot that day," Dr. Barnes says. "Shop the specials ... find out what people are pushing. Doorbusters are the best."
Ms. Smith stopped shopping on the day after Thanksgiving a few years ago, she said, because she feels too tired and because her three daughters now have children who require attention.
But for 15 years, she and her family considered "Black Friday" a family ritual. Similar to the Martins, they'd wake up before dawn, eat breakfast and head to the big retailers.
They'd buy all of their Christmas gifts that Friday, she says.
Although she prefers to stay home now, she still has plenty of advice for fellow shoppers "You have to have a lot of patience," Ms. Smith says.
"And realize that you'll be in line for a long time checking out," she adds.
"People should enjoy it. Some people get really crabby. Going with family and good friends makes it less stressful," Ms. Smith finishes.
Bob Dorgan of New Bedford also spends the day after Thanksgiving shopping, although he limits his activities to just one store, the Christmas Tree Shop in Bourne, where he spends hours looking for holiday decorations for his home.
He starts shopping early in the season because "there's a larger quantity of stuff that's there now. You'll find stuff you won't find weeks later," he says.
Mr. Dorgan always arrives at the store late in the afternoon once he has finished work. "I look for hidden treasures at the best prices ... I have no real budget," he says.
Shoppers should never go out on Black Friday "if they're pressed for time," he says. "I never worry about what time I'm going or what time I'm going to get back," he added.
But beyond the deals and the ritualistic aspect of shopping on the day after Thanksgiving, Mr. Dorgan says that he loves the people-watching. "The people are really friendly that day ... if I'm not shopping, I'm watching," he adds.
This story appeared on Page C12 of The Standard-Times on November 25, 2004.


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Just few months ahead of completing five year term, the government, though very late, has finally realized the importance of worldwide changing scenario in the auto sector which is shifting from petrol and diesel to electric vehicles.
To promote usage of electric vehicles, which are environment friendly, an enabling fiscal environment for its related infrastructure is necessitated. It was proposed in Budget 2018-2019 that 16 per cent customs duty on charging stations for electric vehicles may be withdrawn. Further, custom duty on import of electric cars has been reduced from 50 per cent to 25 per cent in addition to exemption from regulatory duty of 15 per cent. Import of CKD kits for assembly of domestically produced electric cars is proposed at 10 per cent.
Auto sector people who have a vision to see electric vehicles on Pakistani roads in coming years have welcomed the budgetary measure especially for promoting electric cars.
The 2016-2021 Auto Development Policy (ADP) had already set the course for new entrants in green field and brown field status but only one assembler had cautiously unveiled its plan to introduce electric vehicles depending on the response from customers, government’s support and available infrastructure.
The decision to provide relief for the import and local assembly of electric vehicles will definitely benefit the consumers in the long run, says Chairman Association of Pakistan Motorcycle Assemblers (APMA), Mohammad Sabir Shaikh hoping that the new government, which will come into power after the election, will further focus on electric vehicles especially cars and bikes.
He said many countries are seriously thinking of putting a ban on older diesel cars and trucks and in the last week of May, Hamburg became the first German city to introduce a ban on older diesel cars, as a crackdown on vehicles blamed for harmful emissions in urban areas gathers pace.
The decision comes after Germany’s top administrative court ruled in February that cities could ban diesel motors to improve air quality.
Justifying the crackdown on diesel cars, Hamburg’s senate explicitly made a link to the diesel gate scandal which came to light in 2015 when Volkswagen was found to be using “defeat devices”, a cheat software that made the vehicles pollute the air less heavily only under test conditions.
However, Sabir said Pakistan and the Japanese auto assemblers are still too far to practically realize the future trend in four wheelers and the planners are still taking too much time on banning older diesel cars and trucks as a lot of homework is needed to be done before taking the stakeholders into confidence. Pakistani transport and trade goods movement survive on diesel run trucks, trawlers and light commercial vehicles.
Before electric, hybrid and concept vehicles the governments all over the world has closed down the trade of two strokes vehicles especially two wheelers. Though late, Pakistan had successfully followed the suit.
In Pakistan, vehicle population has been rising alarmingly and there is a need to close down the production of 50cc to 100cc bikes as this will at least lower the traffic load and rush on the roads, he said.
The price of 70-100cc is very low and as a result many people own at least two bikes simultaneously. No law exists which can remove bad condition and decades old used bikes of 70-100cc bikes from the roads. Technically the life of these bikes being assembled in Pakistan is not more than five to six years.
Sabir said when the industry will move towards electric vehicles – people will witness a big change on the roads and it will also clear old vehicles rapidly. Same situation may also apply on electric bikes in which China has already taken the lead.
The government, he said, has taken a bold step by maintaining its decision of disbanding Engineering Development Board (EDB) which was infamous of supporting a cartel of Japanese bike and car assemblers.
Sabir said the government should also take another step by setting up a committee for electric vehicle manufacturers under the Federal Ministry of Industries and Production in which people belonging to Federal Board of Revenue, PSQCA and private sector stakeholders involved in assembly of electric vehicles would be given memberships.
In the next two to three years – electric cars and electric bikes will take the markets by storm as per foreign media reports.
China is getting involved in electric bikes and cars and investing heavily to give a tough competition to European, American and Japanese rivals.
Sabir Sheikh said surprisingly the existing assemblers have not shown any sign of introducing imported electric vehicles or any plan to assemble these electric vehicles as they believe that cars running on petrol and diesel will exist for at least next 10 years in Pakistan. This is also evident from the investment plans of new entrants in which majority of them have planned to roll out diesel and petrol driven vehicles instead of electric vehicles.
APMA chief said the new government, which will come into power, should take notice of the future development in auto sector and announce new policy measures which would attract new players to introduce electric cars and bikes in Pakistan.
He said if the existing assemblers are not ready to come up with any plan for electric vehicle assembly, the government should encourage new investors by providing industrial lands at concessional rates with installment facilities.
China will lead the transition from internal combustion engines to electric cars, with EV sales accounting for almost 50 per cent of the global market from now to 2,025 and 39 per cent in 2030, Sabir said quoting international media reports.
China is also leading the charge on e-buses, with several major Chinese cities on track to fully electrify their e-bus fleets by 2,020 and some even sooner. China’s push is as much about industrial policy as it is about environmental or energy security concerns. China is building national champions and an e-mobility ecosystem for what it sees as a major strategic industry over the coming decades.
National, regional and municipal policies in China are all pushing the EV market forward. National subsidies are being phased out by 2,020, but beginning in 2019 automakers will be forced into EVs through the ‘New Energy Vehicle’ credit system. Similar to a program in California, the system effectively acts as an EV quota, requiring automakers to generate credits through the sale of EVs. Automakers who do not sell enough EVs are forced to buy credits from competitors.
This is the single most important piece of EV policy globally and is shaping automakers’ electrification plans. Industry pundits expect China to increase the quota in order to hit its 2025 target of EVs representing 20 per cent of vehicle sales in the country.
EVs reach almost 10 per cent of total Chinese passenger vehicle sales in 2,022, 19 per cent in 2025, then 41 per cent by 2030 and 60 per cent by 2040.
As per foreign media reports, the market is expected to slow down in the 2030s due to infrastructure constraints, particularly in high density cities where opportunities to charge at home are limited. By 2,040, we expect China to have 200 million EVs on the road.
Sales of electric vehicles (EVs) increasing from a record 1.1 million worldwide in 2017, to 11 million in 2,025 and then surging to 30 million in 2,030 as they become cheaper to make than internal combustion engine (ICE) cars.
China will lead this transition, with sales there accounting for almost 50 per cent of the global EV market in 2025 and 39 per cent in 2030. China also leads on percentage adoption, with EVs accounting for 19 per cent of all passenger vehicle sales in China in 2025. Europe is next at 14 per cent, followed by the U.S. at 11 per cent.
The number of ICE vehicles sold per year (gasoline or diesel) is expected to start declining in the mid 2020s, as EVs bite hard into their market.
By 2040, 55 per cent of all new car sales and 33 per cent of the global fleet will be electric.
China is and will continue to be the largest EV market in the world through 2,040.
The upfront cost of EVs will become competitive on an unsubsidized basis starting in 2,024. By 2,029, most segments reach parity as battery prices continue to fall.Buses will go electric faster than light duty vehicles.
This exclusive article published in Monthly Automark Magazine June-2018 printed edition


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It’s that time of year again when companies try to show just how financially successful, or at least stable, they are, and LG is no different. But somewhere in between the numbers and money talk, LG has let slip a vague release date for the LG G3, confirming talks of a second quarter reveal.
That date might be cutting it a bit too close and would be unusual given LG’s previous schedules. The LG Optimus G, which could be considered the granddaddy of LG’s premium line, was announced in September 2012 and launched in October. Almost half a year later in February 2013, the Optimus G Pro was unveiled, though it went to market much later in May. The LG G2 was shown first to the public in August of that year and was made available for purchase in September. The LG G Pro 2 was just recently given the spotlight and hasn’t even hit shelves yes, at least not in the US.
Given that timeline, it would be surprising if LG does anything major soon, but that seems to be exactly the case. According to its own press release, the company is expecting higher revenues this second quarter due to the release of the LG G3, which hasn’t happened yet, and wider launch of L Series III, of which the L90 was the first. Perhaps market trends are forcing LG’s hand to make an earlier than usual release. Given that April is all but over, we’re anticipating hearing the official word by June, with May being a generous estimate.
While we are, of course, quite anxious to see what LG has in store for its fans and users, we do wonder how much time the company had to iterate over the LG G3’s features. We will most likely see the best of the best hardware, but the question is how it would differentiate itself from the recent G Pro 2. The latest leaked photo revealed a slightly revamped rear buttons plus the existence of what may be some sort of sensor, which would match current market trends. Will the LG G3 have something truly unique to offer or will its very early launch force it to simply have features that its competitors already have. If LG stays true to its own timeline, we’ll have at least a month to find out.
[UPDATE] At a financial press conference in Korea, LG has just been quoted to have said that the LG G3 will be coming by the May, so we might get to see what LG is cooking up much sooner.


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New vehicle dealership sales exceeded $2.9 billion in 2016
Sales for franchised new vehicle dealerships in the Greater Lehigh Valley exceeded $2.9 billion in 2016, an average of $48.2 million per dealership.
New vehicle revenue contributed $26.4 million to that total, while pre-owned vehicles contributed $12.8 million. Service, parts and other revenue sources made up the remainder.
The average dealership sold 1,432 new and used vehicles in 2016, and serviced an average of 18,800.
The Greater Lehigh Valley Auto Dealers Association announced the results July 31 of its most recent Automotive Industry Economic Impact Study prepared by Auto Outlook, Inc., an independent automotive market analysis firm.
The results of the study show a significant increase in the economic impact of the association’s membership: franchised new car dealerships. Dealership employment in 2016 was 3,782, a 48 percent increase compared to 2011, when dealerships employed 2,550.
Jobs in the area attributable to franchised new vehicle dealerships were 5,682. The average number of jobs per new vehicle dealership was 62.
Including direct and indirect employment, automobile dealership operations accounted for 14 percent of retail employment in the area. Within dealerships, 35.5 percent of staff members were employed in service and 30.6 percent in new and used vehicle sales.
“The member dealers of the Greater Lehigh Valley Auto Dealers Association provide employment to thousands of residents and support countless businesses through our purchase of goods and services from local vendors,” said Sam Borelli, auto dealers association board president.
“Though small businesses individually, when combined together our dealers are a powerful economic force, now the third largest workforce in the region,” Borelli said.
There was a reported 76 percent shortage of service technicians and 63 percent reported shortages of sales associates.
Dealerships paid their employees $226,310,000. This represented a 72 percent increase compared to 2011 when employee compensation was $131,250,000. When fringe benefits are included, the amount rose to $341.7 million. The average dealership payroll was $3,390,000. Including fringe benefits it increased to $3,710,000.
Health insurance premiums were 14 percent of overall employment costs in 2016. From 2015 to 2016, health insurance premiums rose 15 percent. Employees paid one third of the cost of their health insurance premiums.
In 2016, member new franchised automobile dealerships collected or paid nearly $118 million in state and local taxes, an average of more than $1.9 million per dealership, and an increase of 79 percent in the last five years. Dealers also paid nearly $58 million in Federal payroll taxes.
Advertising expenses for the surveyed year were more than $42 million with one third of that amount spent on the Internet.
Average expenditures on capital improvements were $605,000 in 2015 and 2016.
Dealership contributions to charitable causes were $2.2 million. The Greater Lehigh Valley Auto Dealers Association gave an additional $150,000 to community nonprofits, for a total of nearly $250,000 in charitable grants in 2016.
The Greater Lehigh Valley Auto Dealers Association, founded in 1998, includes 63 new car franchised dealers and produces the annual Lehigh Valley Auto Show. The association also recognizes and educates local automotive technology students.
The study, completed in 2017, is based on data from calendar year 2016. The most recent study completed for comparative purposes was based on calendar year 2011. The study is available on the association’s web site: glvada.org.


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LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) — Shares of Facebook Inc. jumped Tuesday evening after the No. 1 social network posted strong advertising revenue, but stock in Netflix Inc. tumbled as the movie-rental company reported lower profit.
Facebook FB, +0.12% shares were up 13% at $22.14 as the company reported a 36% rise in third-quarter advertising revenue. The gain was “much better than what the Street had expected,” according to Susquehanna analyst Herman Leung. Revenue from advertising made up 86% of Facebook’s total sales.
Facebook’s revenue was $1.26 for the most recent period, and adjusted profit was 12 cents a share. Analysts polled by FactSet had expected 11 cents a share on revenue of $1.23 billon. Facebook's ad sales surge in Q3.
Netflix NFLX, -1.05% shares dropped 16% to $57.28, with the company anticipating a loss of $13 million to a profit of $2 million in the fourth quarter, reflecting its expansion into Finland, Denmark and Sweden.
For the third quarter, earnings at Netflix were $8 million, or 13 cents a share, down from $62 million or $1.16 a share a year ago. The 88% decline reflects greater subscriber-acquisition costs, as well as expenses related to the company’s international expansion. Revenue rose to $905 million from $822 million. Analysts polled by FactSet were expecting earnings of 5 cents a share on revenue of $904.4 million.
Netflix ended the third quarter with 25.1 million domestic streaming customers, and said it now expects to end 2012 with 26.4 million to 27.1 million streaming subscribers, representing a gain of between 4.7 million and 5.4 million customers for the year.
Also hit hard were shares of Buffalo Wild Wings Inc. US:BWLD falling 11% at $74. The sports bar-chain said its 2012 earnings growth would be 15%, the low end of its previous estimate. Also, profit of 57 cents a share was 4 cents a share below Wall Street’s forecast. Revenue rose about 25% to $247 million, and analysts had expected $254.2 million in sales.
Stock in Tempur-Pedic International Inc. TPX, -0.93% plunged 19% to $25.95, with the mattress maker projecting 2012 earnings of $2.55 a share. Wall Street’s call currently stands at $2.80 a share.
But shares of Panera Bread Co. US:PNRA were winners Tuesday evening. They rose 5.7% to $169.50 after the bakery cafe chain’s third-quarter results beat Wall Street’s expectations, and the company said it expects to earn as much as $7 a share in 2013. Analysts were looking for $6.90 a share.
Ahead of the evening session, U.S. stocks sank as weaker quarterly results and worries about Spain’s ability to overcome its debt trouble heightened concerns about the global economy. See: U.S. stocks tumble on corporate results.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +0.49% fell 244 points, or 1.8%, to end at 13,102.53. The S&P 500 Index SPX, +0.19% lost 1.4% at 1,413.11 and the Nasdaq Composite Index COMP, -0.26% slumped 0.9% at 2,990.46.


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SINGAPORE - Chevron Corporation is offloading its petrol stations in New Zealand NZ$785 million (S$755.35 million) as part of a broader global divestment plan in the face of weaker oil prices.
The US energy giant said Tuesday that its wholly-owned subsidiary Chevron South Asia Holdings Inc. signed an agreement on June 1, 2015, to sell its shares in Chevron New Zealand to Z Energy Limited.
Chevron also sold a 50 per cent stake in Caltex Australia in March and last week divested an 11 per cent stake in New Zealand Refining Co.
Said Mark Nelson, Chevron's president for international products, downstream and chemicals: "The transaction demonstrates Chevron's continuing focus on balancing our global portfolio with our long-term business priorities, and it is aligned with our previously announced US$15 billion divestment program, which has been very successful."
Nelson added: "Asia-Pacific remains a core strategic focus for Chevron's Downstream business and we are focused on ensuring our operations, portfolio and investments are well-positioned to meet the region's growing demand for energy."
The deal, which is subject to closing conditions including regulatory approvals, is targeted for completion before the end of the year.
Z Energy will add Chevron's 146 Caltex retail outlets to its existing 210 sites, which were acquired in 2010 when the company took over assets from Royal Dutch Shell.


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Confidence levels among British consumers are on the slide, according to the latest figures from the Nationwide Building Society.
Rising living costs, including those associated with food prices and fuel bills, have been partly blamed for the fall in confidence around the country.
With millions of people struggling to become debt free, the building society has reported that the restrictions being put on the availability of credit has also had an impact on how Britons feel about their finances.
Both men and women have remained as confident about their employment prospects as they were a month ago, but a third of people now feel that the economy is bad shape, compared with a quarter at the end of January.
Martin Gahbauer, Nationwide’s senior economist, said: “It is perhaps too early for the base rate reduction at the beginning of February to have had any effect, but it is unlikely in current conditions that consumer confidence will return to the highs of 2007.”
Last week, the Credit Action charity claimed that rising inflation across the UK is leaving many people with little choice but to use credit card debt to fund their everyday expenses.


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While Apple CEO Tim Cook continues teasing the public with respect to a rumored standalone television set with the shiny Apple logo on it, market incumbents are beginning to take notice of the buzz.
Not content with sitting on the sidelines and watch Apple potentially make deeper inroads into the living room, the cable giant Comcast, the nation’s top pay TV provider, today took the wraps off its next generation, cloud-enabled X1 Platform from Xfinity.
They are calling it the X2, it’s coming this Fall, has a sleek new user interface, is social, can talk to you and run apps and integrates with Facebook, Instagram, Pandora, Rotten Tomatoes and more. I’ve included more details and a promo video after the jump…
Here’s Comcast Chairman and CEO Brian Roberts revealing “the future of TV”.
Comcast’s news release says X2 will be available to customers “later this year”.
The new experience will include voice control, integration with third-party apps, social TV features and more. Although Comcast’ news release doesn’t mention Apple or iOS devices, the press kit features the image top of post showing the new GUI running on Apple devices: an iPhone 5, an iPad and a MacBook.
Here, more shots of the user interface.
This is what X2’s dashboard looks like.
Your Home screen.
A second-screen experience includes a new feature called Send to TV.
It’s basically a bookmarklet that lets you fling a web page, includes one with streaming video, directly to an X1 set top box and view it on the big screen. Comcast subscribers will also be able to access TV-optimized sites from a variety of third-party partners.
Recommended content, based on your viewing habits.
Looks a lot like a supercharged Apple TV.
Three key innovations of the X2 platform: unified cross-platform experiences, cloud-based DVR and low price.
Cloud-based DVR will let Comcast subscribers access DVR functions on any device because it uses cloud storage to record your time-shifted programming. And by letting you access the service on any device, the X2 promises to seamlessly unify the experience on TV, mobile and desktop with consistent interface, controls, content and branding.
Finally those cable companies are beginning to realize that the TV is becoming just another screen.
By the way, Comcast is also a silent partner in Hulu (also co-owned by Disney and News Corporation) and was rumored to be in talks with Apple over a purported Apple TV/iTV/iTunes television service/hardware.


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Midas Ranks Atop Auto Service Brands in Franchise List
Nov. 9, 2020—Franchise Times recently named Midas the No. 1 full-service auto repair and maintenance franchise and number 80 overall on the magazine's Top 200+.
According to a press release, the ranking reflects the company's sales performance in the past year, especially since joining the family brands owned by TBC Corporation in 2012.
As recognized on their site, the Franchise 200+ puts the spotlight on the strongest franchise brands, based on 2019 system-wide sales.


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Berkshire Hathaway’s first-quarter earnings fell more than 53% on a large swing on the paper value of its investments, but Warren Buffett found ways to put some of the company’s massive cash pile to work, which will give shareholders something to talk about at Saturday’s annual meeting.
Berkshire said it earned $5.46 billion, or $3.702 per Class A share, during the quarter. That’s down from $11.7 billion, or $7.638 per Class A share, a year ago.
But the key change during the quarter was that Berkshire’s mountain of cash shrank to $106 billion from $147 billion at the beginning of the year as it invested $51 billion in equities. Buffett also spent $3.2 billion repurchasing Berkshire stock.
During the first quarter, Buffett agreed to buy the Alleghany insurance conglomerate for $11.6 billion and made multibillion-dollar investments in HP Inc. and Occidental Petroleum. However, he hasn’t disclosed all of his stock purchases yet, so it’s not immediately clear what else Berkshire invested in this year
But Berkshire did say that its stake in oil giant Chevron ballooned to $26 billion by the end of the quarter, up from $4.5 billion at the beginning of the year, to make it one of the company’s four largest investments. Edward Jones analyst Jim Shanahan said that with the Chevron and Occidental investments combined Berkshire now has more than $40 billion invested in the oil sector.
But Berkshire said the value of its investments shrunk by $1.58 billion in the first quarter when a year ago that paper estimate of its investments grew by $4.7 billion. That accounted for most of the swing in net earnings.
Buffett says that Berkshire’s operating earnings are a better measure of the company’s performance because they exclude investment gains and losses. By that measure, Berkshire’s earnings remained steady at $7.04 billion, or $4,773.84 per Class A share, up from $7.018 billion, or $4,577.10 per Class A share, a year ago.
That beat Wall Street expectations. The four analysts surveyed by FactSet expected Berkshire to report operating earnings of $4,277.66 per Class A share.
Berkshire said Saturday that profits improved at most of its businesses, including the railroad, utilities and manufacturing companies it owns, but underwriting income fell at its insurance companies.
In addition to investments, Berkshire Hathaway owns more than 90 business outright, including BNSF railroad, several major utilities, Geico insurance and an assortment of manufacturing and retail companies. Tens of thousands of shareholders were packing into an Omaha arena not far from the company’s headquarters Saturday to listen to Buffett and Berkshire’s vice chairmen spend hours answering any and all questions.
Japanese investor Heihachiro “Hutch” Okamoto is attending the meeting for his first time this year partly because he is hearing so much interest in investing in the U.S. stock market at the brokerage company where he works in Japan.
“Mr. Buffett is kind of a proxy for the U.S. stock market, so I wanted to see him here,” Okamoto said.
Janet Dalton of Overland Park, Kansas, said she has been attending the meetings for decades. Her family has an even longer association with the company becuase her dad bought stock in the Berkshire Hathaway textile company even before Buffett took it over in 1965 and began to convert it into the conglomerate it is today. They never sold the shares, which now sell for nearly $500,000 apiece.
Dalton said she misses the more detailed business answers that Buffett used to give at the early meetings she attended.
“When I first came to the meetings, it was like getting a mini-MBA. Now it has become more general,” Dalton said. But part of what keeps her coming back year after year is the chance to reconnect with friends and fellow investors she’s met at past meetings.
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Baltimore man nails big win on Nov. 18
Another FAST PLAY Payday progressive top-prize win is in the history books, thanks to a Baltimore-area resident.
A 79-year-old player found a $104,290 top prize in the $5 game, which has progressive prizes starting at $40,000. He stopped by Norman’s Liquors in Essex to play Payday, which is one of 16 FAST PLAY games on sale. The Payday game, which joined the FAST PLAY lineup in June, has 15 more progressive top prizes, 15 $5,000 prizes along with others ranging from $5 to $1,000.
This is the second largest winning ticket sold to date in the game. On Sept. 22, a player bought a $142,160 progressive top-prize winning ticket at the Soda Pop Shop located at 1026 Ingleside Avenue in Catonsville. The other three prizes were for $99,978, $86,525 and $58,476.
FAST PLAY also has two other progressive top prize games on sale. Players can choose from the $10 Lucky Numbers game and the $10 Cold Hard Cash game. Both carry a progressive top prize that starts at $100,000 and increases with each ticket sold until a lucky player buys the winning ticket.
Also celebrating this big win is Norman’s Liquors, located at 1701 Eastern Boulevard in Baltimore County. The Lottery retailer will receive a $1,000 bonus for selling a top-prize winning ticket in the game.


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Model Halima Aden is creating her own line of stylish headscarves after already making waves for Muslim women in the fashion industry. She had recently planned to leave the fashion industry. However, she returned to the industry after a few short months. She is actively pursuing her career in the growing modest fashion industry.
Having walked the runways for the likes of Maxmara and Alberta Ferretti, model Halima Aden has already earned serious status within the fashion industry.
And that’s only amplified due to her breaking the ceiling for Muslim women within the global fashion industry (despite it being shocking that it’s taken such time) by wearing her hijab while walking the runways and posing on the red carpets.
In fact, previously, she was the first woman to wear a hijab in the Miss Minnesota USA pageant, where she was a semi-finalist.
And now Halima is taking another bold step by launching her own line of headscarves.
The talent, who is signed to IMG Models, has teamed up with Modanisa for the line. We got our first glimpse at the line during Istanbul Modest Fashion Week which will take place between April 20-21st in 2019.
The Turkish E-commerce fashion brand will roll out 27 headscarves online at the same time, it is expected.
The move by the icon comes after a series of other high-profile brands have released modest collections and vibrant hijabs.
Marc Jacobs’s modest line which included a hijab recently launched in the Middle East while previously the likes of Dolce & Gabbana and Tommy Hilfiger have embraced the sty.


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4AD: it’s not just for wraith-like dream pop anymore! And it hasn’t been for a long time! I mean, c’mon, they’ve put out like five different Mountain Goats records. Take that, my own stated presumptions about 4AD! Still, it’s never seemed like the go-to home for dubstep guys. That’s slowly changing, what with their signing of Zomby and now, the announcement that Bristol-based Joker will be putting out a single via the label.
On May 16, 4AD will release a Joker 12-inch by the name of “The Vision.” The record’s A-side is a version of the song called “The Vision (Breathe In),” which differentiates itself from the instrumental B-side by featuring vocals from London-based singer Jessie Ware. Whether this is a one-off release or a longer relationship (as the Zomby signing seems to be) is unknown. Nobody knows it, not even Joker himself! Actually, Joker might know it.
“The Vision” tracklisting:
A. The Vision (Breathe In) (feat. Jessie Ware)
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The American car manufacturers, led by real-life Tony Stark and company CEO Elon Musk, have blazed the trail for the technological revolution in motoring.
Formed in 2003 in Silicon Valley, California, Tesla set out to prove electric cars were better and more sustainable than petrol-powered vehicles.
The company’s new Autopilot feature allows the vehicle to drive autonomously during simple driving scenarios, like cruising down the motorway on long-distance journeys.
Radar, mounted cameras, and ultrasonic sensors all combine to help the car read road markings and obstacles near and far, keeping passengers safe from bumping other vehicles.
With all that spare time previously spent driving, this couple made full use of their long journey, demonstrating all the fun you can have while not concentrating on the road.
They battle with lightsabers, give each other massages, play scrabble, work out and even have time for a little nap.
But Tesla’s not the only manufacturer pushing self-driving cars forward.
Mercedes, General Motors and Audi all want to offer autonomous highway driving capabilities in the next few years.
Prices don’t come cheap for the super-cool tech however, with the cheapest model of Tesla cars starting from £55,000.
Earlier this year, a man used his Apple Watch to reverse Tesla car out of his garage from the comfort of the sofa, causing the internet to melt with jealousy.


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Titanic artifacts auction press conference delayed
A press conference in New York on the results of an auction to sell 5,500 artifacts recovered from the wreck site of the Titanic to one buyer has been delayed, Guernsey's Auction House said in a statement, DPA reported.
Guernsey, which is in "discussions with multiple parties" for the sale of the collection as one package, said in a statement that a press conference on the auction planned for Wednesday would be rescheduled. No date was given.
The collection includes furniture, dishes, luggage, shoes, clothes, jewelry, binoculars and postcards and has been valued at 189 million dollars.
"In order to settle on the most appropriate bidder and maximize the ultimate value of the artifacts for shareholders, it will conduct these negotiations and due diligence in confidence," the statement said.


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72 U.S. and EU Associations Send Joint Letter to U.S. President Biden and EU President von der Leyen Calling for Immediate Suspension of Retaliatory Tariffs
Lifting Tariffs Will Ease Economic Burden & Help Reset Trans-Atlantic Trading Relationship
WASHINGTON – Seventy-two U.S. and European associations representing a wide range of industries sent a letter today to President Joseph R. Biden and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen urging the immediate suspension of tariffs on sectors unrelated to the ongoing Trans-Atlantic trade disputes.
The coalition stated that suspending tariffs will alleviate economic harms and help re-establish a cooperative Trans-Atlantic trading relationship.
“The COVID-19 pandemic and the necessary closures of non-essential businesses continue to affect the global economy, including our sectors which support millions of jobs on both sides of the Atlantic,” said the group of U.S. and EU associations. “The ongoing EU-U.S. trade disputes and additional tariffs, which continue to plague Trans-Atlantic trade, have made a bad situation worse. With the damages we have suffered last year and are still suffering, the current situation cannot be allowed to go on any longer.”
The groups stated, “We believe the immediate suspension of these tariffs is a necessary and fundamental action, which will provide an economic stimulus at a time when it is needed most.”
They concluded, “Our industries support a constructive and flourishing trade and economic relationship between the U.S. and EU. Removal of these tariffs will provide the positive momentum to reset the important bilateral relationship and cooperative efforts to address global economic challenges. In addition, a shared commitment to avoid new additional tariffs will create the necessary certainty and stability needed to grow the Trans-Atlantic economy.”


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Food processor hosts fundraiser
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Bick’s brand invites Montreal residents to a barbecue to raise money for Food Banks Canada
Montreal – The city’s residents were invited to a huge barbecue event last week to raise money for Food Banks Canada and its local chapter, Moisson Montreal.
Bick’s brand, part of the Smucker Foods of Canada company, called the one-day event Grill and Give.
This is in addition to the $25,000 and 125,000 bags of oatmeal that will be donated to Food Banks Canada later this year.
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Panasonic adds embedded 3D app to VIERA connected TVs
Michelle Clancy | 04-10-2012
TV-maker Panasonic has added the 3D channel known as 3doo as a dedicated application on the consumer electronics manufacturer's newest line of VIERA 3D connected televisions in consumer markets in the United States and Canada.
3doo will live as a dedicated app alongside Panasonic's other premium entertainment services such as YouTube, Netflix, Amazon Instant Video and Hulu.
Today's announcement follows the March launch of 3doo as a pre-installed app on Panasonic's European line of VIERA 3D televisions.
"Panasonic's decision to launch 3doo on its U.S. & Canada smart TVs and deliver high-quality 3D content to millions of television viewers marks an extraordinary next step in our company's growth model," said Michael Stougiannos, CEO of 3doo, in a statement. "With the push of just one button, 3doo will quickly and easily connect Panasonic's American and Canadian television consumers to eye-popping and ever-expanding 3D content."
3doo's media platform integrates a range of professional and personal 3D content, including premium Hollywood studio movie trailers, artistic and short 3D films. It is also creating "my3doo" 3D social networking, to allow users to share their content and social networking activities in 3D worldwide, available in beta to Panasonic's VIERA television consumers.
Going forward, 3doo said that it is positioning to enter major markets in China and India.


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Revenues have recovered to £253.8m at Fuller's, despite the impact of coronavirus closures, restrictions and working from home guidance over the last year.
For the year to 26 March 2022, the pub group reported adjusted profit before tax returning to growth at £7.2m against a loss of £48.7m the prior financial year, when the business reported revenues of £73.2m.
Chief executive Simon Emeny said that in the first 10 weeks of the new financial year, total sales were up 4% on pre pandemic levels and up 130% on the same period last year. On a like-for-like basis, excluding closed periods, sales in the first 10 weeks of the year were up 21.4% on last year.
He said: "Market conditions remain challenging with fragile consumer confidence and well-documented high inflationary pressures. Our premium offering provides some protection from inflation, however we are certainly not immune from its effects. In common with our peers, we have seen significant increases in food and utility costs and are proactively working with our suppliers, and actively managing our offering, to mitigate the effects of inflation without impairing the customer experience.
"We remain confident that, despite the current market challenges, we will maintain our growth trajectory for revenues and profits and as such we are pleased to announce a final dividend of 7.41p, which means a total dividend to shareholders of £7m for the year."
Emeny added: "In conclusion, we are looking back on a volatile year of highs and lows with many moving parts – but we are starting the new financial year on a high. We may be facing some bracing headwinds, especially around energy and inflation, but we are well placed to tackle the issues with clear measures and solutions in place."


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Known for saving tons of virtual space by shortening URLs, Bitly is now unwrapping the user data behind its compressed links.
“We have got a lot of valuable data that we’re beginning to mine,” Bitly CEO Mark Josephson told VentureBeat. “We’re exposing [some of] this data for the first time.”
This week, the New York City-based company has started rolling out an Audience Data tool that breaks down some of the hidden user stats embedded in the eight billion “Bitlinks” clicked each month.
Previously, the company’s analytics pointed to such metrics as total clicks on Bitlinks, and number of Bitlinks created through a brand’s accounts. The company has also offered APIs; Link Insights, which show a link’s “life history”; and enterprise team management, which allows brands’ teams to create shortened links.
Now the stats will start including such data as unique users or clicks-per-users (see screenshot at top of this page), and the company has started to test the integration of that data into a variety of marketing platforms. Bitly is also developing the abilities to retarget users who click on a brand’s link and to help a site with content personalization.
About a third of Bitly’s links come from anonymous users visiting the site to get free and shortened links, about a third are free links from registered accounts, and the remainder are from paying customers like brands. Forty thousand brands use the service to shorten, and sometimes to brand, the domain or subfolders of links.
Bitly, Josephson said, “is uniquely positioned to see user behavior over social platforms.” While some of those eight billion monthly Bitlinks are sitting in websites, Josephson told us that the “vast majority” are clicked via social sharing — four billion on Facebook alone, and another billion shared through Twitter. Others come through such sources as SMS or email.
Although Bitly had served as Twitter’s link shortening service, the micro blogging network later created its own. But Bitly’s links are still hurtling through Twitter — about 20 percent of all links on Twitter, according to Josephson, are BitLinks as users relay them from sites that use the Bitly service.
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For those who haven't been following, Samsung's new Galaxy Note7 had faulty wiring and batteries that caused the phone to literally explode, and the company has issued a recall for over 12 million devices and frozen production for the time being. All carriers have also offered full refunds and free exchanges for any consumer with the device.
Kuo estimates that up to 7 million Note7 buyers will eventually convert to iPhone 7 sales, with the majority moving to the iPHone 7 Plus due to its size and dual cameras.
Of course, it is impossible to predict the future and Google's new Pixel devices could take some of switchers, but we won't know for sure until each of the companies report earnings next quarter.
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Airfares soar, fliers from Kolkata grounded
If you are planning to escape the scorching heat of the summer and head for some cool holiday destination with your family, prepare to shell out the savings you’ve accumulated over a couple of years. Airfares from the city have touched astronomical heights and it is much cheaper to travel abroad than within the country.Updated: Jun 10, 2012 10:34 IST
If you are planning to escape the scorching heat of the summer and head for some cool holiday destination with your family, prepare to shell out the savings you’ve accumulated over a couple of years. Airfares from the city have touched astronomical heights and it is much cheaper to travel abroad than within the country.
For instance, a one-way, economy class ticket from Kolkata to Delhi is now going for a whopping Rs. 23,000 (bought a day in advance). the same journey would cost you no more than Rs. 9,000 even a month ago. And should you opt for business class, just multiply that figure by 2.
In fact, tickets on most sectors are burning hot. A one-way ticket to another popular destination, Mumbai, is going for anything between Rs. 10,000 to Rs. 17,000, while those travelling to Bangalore will be lighter by Rs. 18,000. Airfares have shot up even in the N-E, where people have very few options.
Travel agents say the fares are likely to rise further. “There are two reasons for the abnormal rise in airfares: One, this is the peak travel season due to summer holidays and second, the demand for seats is far more than the supply,” said Anil Punjabi, eastern region chairman of travel agents’ Federation of india. “ticket prices in the domestic sectors have gone by at least 30%,” he added.
But why the sudden shortage of airline seats? “Kingfisher’s stopped flights from the city. And travellers are wary of flying AI because of the uncertainty in the airlines. And, because of the falling rupee against the dollar, holidaying abroad has become expensive and people are looking for domestic destinations,” Punjabi said. Even low-cost airlines like IndiGo have upped their base fares. A one-way journey to Delhi on this airline now costs Rs. 8,000 against the earlier fares of Rs. 5,000.
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Google has announced that it is going to participate in an upcoming auction for wireless spectrum.
The company is doing so because it thinks that, in the U.S., the portion of the wireless spectrum for mobile phones and data is controlled by too small a group of companies, leaving consumers with very few service providers from which to choose.
Google will take part in the Federal Communication Commission’s auction for spectrum in the 700 MHz band only if this government agency agrees to four conditions that the company believes will lead to greater choice for consumers.
What it wants is for the FCC to adopt rules that ensure that, regardless of who wins the spectrum at auction, consumers’ interests are served. Specifically, Google encouraged the FCC to require the adoption of four types of "open" platforms as part of the license conditions:
- Open applications: Consumers should be able to download and utilize any software applications, content, or services they desire;
- Open devices: Consumers should be able to utilize a handheld communications device with whatever wireless network they prefer;
- Open services: Third parties (resellers) should be able to acquire wireless services from a 700 MHz licensee on a wholesale basis, based on reasonably nondiscriminatory commercial terms; and
- Open networks: Third parties (like Internet service providers) should be able to interconnect at any technically feasible point in a 700 MHz licensee’s wireless network.If the
Putting Its Money Where Its Mouth Is
Google requested these conditions on the auction earlier this month, but the FCC has so far been ambivalent. Its conditions for the auction make a mention of "open access", this isn’t backed up by definite rules on this subject
In hopes of getting the FCC to agree with what it wants, Google’s CEO Eric Schmidt has sent a letter to Kevin J. Martin, Chairman of the FCC, that says, "should the Commission expressly adopt the four license conditions requested in our July 9th letter – with specific, enforceable, and enduring rules – Google intends to commit a minimum of $4.6 billion to bidding in the upcoming auction. "


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Successful trial at Hai Phong Port sees National Single Window for customs procedures introduced at all seaports in Vietnam.
Mr. Nguyen Tran Hieu, Deputy Director General of the Department of Customs IT & Statistics at Vietnam Customs said that following the trial of the National Single Window (NSW) system at Hai Phong Port from December 11, 2014 it will be officially implemented at all international seaports in Vietnam from today.
About 2,000 enterprises are expected to be access the NSW, including shipping lines, shipping agents, and carriers.
Vietnam Customs, in collaboration with the Vietnam Maritime Administration at the Ministry of Transport, has organized training sessions on processes for businesses and authorities in five localities with international seaports: Quang Ninh, Hai Phong, Da Nang, Ho Chi Minh City, and Ba Ria Vung Tau.
From 9am on May 6, transport enterprises and carriers can declare their shipping procedures and an e-manifest of cargo through the official portal of Vietnam NSW.
According to Vietnam Customs the NSW will allow for administrative procedures at seaports to be conducted in a more straightforward manner. Carriers and agents need only report information to the portal and the information is then sent to related ministries and agencies. Ministries and agencies then process the information and post the results back on the portal.


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The recently vacated space at 473 Haight was home to a cobbler in the early 20th century.
The neighborhood's only dispensary and smoke shop has vacated 473 Haight St.
Submit a story of Lower Haight history to be included in the project.
“Take It Acid Is” will feature key examples from the Institute of Illegal Images.
The party will feature snapshots spanning decades of San Francisco LGBTQ history.
The Lower Haight's tiniest made-to-order clothing shop will have a Parisian theme for its anniversary bash.
Local DJs who founded the night of music and dancing have put together their dream lineup.
Owner Nikki Cooper hopes to beautify the block and provide a safe seating area for the community.
Lower Haight resident Micah Stone wants to bring fleece pants to the masses (and clear off his couch).
A new Harvey Milk Photo Center exhibit showcases ballerinas balancing the demands of family and work.
The duo's signature style pays homage to '80s aesthetics and pop iconography.
Happy hour specials and live music are now on offer alongside the popular breakfast spot's dinner service.
The city makes plenty of data available for you to decide for yourself.


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Unless you’ve been living in the middle of the Silver Lake Reservoir, you might have noticed that California is in the midst of a historic drought. You’re probably making sure to turn off the faucet when brushing your teeth, and are politely asking for water when you go out to eat, since it’s not always complimentary anymore. But truthfully, restaurants are getting squeezed particularly badly in the water crisis already, well beyond the bottle of tap water they set down at your table. And if Mayor Eric Garcetti’s proposed goals to further limit water usage kicks into effect early next year, the results for restaurants are particularly disastrous.
Ominously titled Executive Directive #5 (though Garcetti’s hashtag-laced site also gleefully uses the headline #DroughtHack as well), the plan is to create a "water-wise" city by 2017, curbing L.A.’s 130 gallons per capita, per day consumption by some 20%. There are the usual aesthetic changes, of course, like pushes for rainwater capture, greywater reuse and the introduction of drought-resistant landscaping, but most worrisome is the potentially enormous increase in water metering and import levels. Los Angeles ships in plenty of outside water to supply the city’s many restaurants and residents, and a strong uptick in water bill costs can’t stay hidden inside the already slim margins of a restaurant menu forever.
For restaurateurs lucky enough to own the building they serve in, real estate code adjustments are another potential source of strain in the coming months under Garcetti’s aggressive, though likely necessary, directive. If everything from increased water capture to mandatory low-flow (or no-flow) toilets become mandatory, plenty of small cafes and eateries will immediately start to feel the squeeze.
The Central Valley has been feeling that same pressure for years, of course, as the cry for responsible water management has only grown louder. On Thursday, November 6, the heralded Santa Monica Farmers Market will host a symposium at the Santa Monica Public Library to discuss just this issue, with a big-picture look at California’s ongoing drought through the eyes of the farmers and water use experts who face the realities of a bone-dry state every day.
For the end consumer, noticeable changes may come sooner than later, as responsive restaurants revamp menus, rethink cooking strategies and consider their cost of doing business. Soon enough, Zach Pollack’s controversial $1.50 water surcharge at Alimento may not be the outlier that diners grumble about as they otherwise enjoy their meal — it could become L.A.’s new industry standard.


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A new technology to substitute sulfur in the granulated sugar clarifying process is currently being tested. Sulfur is a toxic, corrosive and pollutant chemical, and it causes cancer.
Four sugar and alcohol production plants that belong to the same Brazilian enterprise will implement the new system, which was developed in the northern Brazilian state of Pernambuco. A European sugar production group has showed interest in the project.
According to the creator of the method, Frederico Dantas, the process for clarifying sugar syrup through bicarbonation has many advantages over traditional technology: it is more beneficial to human health and to the environment, it improves production and reduces operational costs for the production plants. The process has already been registered by the National Institute of Industrial Property (INPI).
Dantas, who is also an expert in environmental technology, said that the preference for sulfur-free sugar is a current tendency in the world market, which has constantly been requiring healthier products, free of toxic residues, in both their production and conservation processes.
To implement the process in the granulated sugar production plants, entrepreneurs will have to initially invest US$ 266,000 to install a production unit of calcium bicarbonate.
The President of the Syndicate of the Sugar and Alcohol Industry in Pernambuco, Renato Cunha, said that the sector, responsible for the industrialization and commercialization of 1.4 million tons of sugar per year, welcomes the new technologies of production improvement.


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Potato Prices Surge: A Blow to Household Budgets
Potato lovers may find their favorite spud-based dishes becoming a luxury as the price of potatoes has skyrocketed by 63.8% in just one year. This staple, essential for items like fried chips and potato salad, now costs R22.82/kg, a steep increase from R13.93/kg in October 2022. The surge in prices is attributed to elevated costs in transport, manure, and farm maintenance. It is the food item that has seen the highest price increase, with the costs of transport, manure, and farm maintenance to blame.
Notable Increases in Other Food Items
Apart from potatoes, several other food items witness significant price hikes, affecting consumers’ grocery budgets. Tomatoes, oranges, eggs, bananas, black/Ceylon tea, and white sugar have all experienced notable increases, ranging from 10.7% to 42.1% compared to a year ago. Excluding potatoes, these are the highest increases compared to one year ago: Bananas, Ceylon/black tea, White sugar, Rice.
Factors Driving Food Price Volatility
The Bureau for Food and Agricultural Policy’s Food Inflation Brief for October highlights broader trends affecting various grocery items. Factors beyond farmers’ control, such as a weaker Rand, impacting the cost of imported inputs, and persistent load shedding, contribute to heightened production costs. A weaker Rand, which affects the cost of imported inputs such as fuel and fertiliser, together with the persistent pressure of load shedding remains the major driver of heightened input cost.
Price Drops and Optimism
While the report underscores the challenges in the agricultural sector, it notes that some food items have seen price reductions over the past year. These include white bread, beef, mutton/lamb, fresh whole chicken, eggs, lettuce, beetroot, canned mixed vegetables, pineapple, fresh cream, and plant oil. There is some good news, though, as prices of some food items have come down over the past year.
Mixed Picture for Households
Overall, the National Agricultural Marketing Council’s food basket cost is currently R1,221.52, reflecting a 10% increase from a year ago. The report emphasizes the complexities driving food prices, urging a renewed focus on safety programs and initiatives in the agriculture sector. This is R111.94 (10 percent) higher than a year ago, and R23.84 more (2.0 percent) more than last month.


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Those famous yellow bags are back once again. The Target Hunger initiative has launched in our city. The bags are dropped off at each home in Lethbridge and the community is asked to bag items of food to help our city’s local food banks. Danielle McIntyre, the Executive Director for the Interfaith Food Bank, says the goal this year is to raise 50,000 pounds of food.
“The items that we’re recruiting right now are especially those non-perishable items that’ll be safe on your doorstep. We certainly wouldn’t want too many things that would go bad if they sat outside for a little bit. Not only do we need to fill all of the routes in the city- I believe it’s 200 routes in the city, we also are recruiting volunteers to help us with sorting the food as it arrives on site at the food banks on June 11. Likely it’ll continue for a while afterwards if we continue to have the good results that we saw last year.”
Volunteers will pick up the bags on June 11 and residents are asked to put their food out on their porch the night before.
For more information on Target Hunger you can visit https://targethungerlethbridge.com/


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SCEE senior vice president Michael Denny has revealed that Gran Turismo 6 will be released on PS3, generating speculation that the game will launch this year.“Look at the games coming out on the PlayStation 3 like The Last of Us, Beyond: Two Souls, GT6 and then on the third-party side of things another fantastic Assassin’s Creed, GTA,” he told Silicon Republic.Even so, that aforementioned speculation is a little premature. The game is most likely to be a dual-format release like Diablo III and, possibly, Watch Dogs, as it would make little sense to launch Sony’s flagship racer on legacy hardware and ignore its next-generation console.But whatever Sony’s plans, GT6 is unlikely to release this year given Polyphony’s track record and PS4′s likely 2014 western launch.
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The One Touch program allows PayPal users who opt into the service to make a payment without reentering their billing and shipping information into websites and apps that support PayPal.
"With One Touch, we're bridging that gap and creating better buying experiences for consumers, which in turn means higher conversions for merchants," PayPal's senior vice president Bill Ready said in an email to Reuters.
The company, which processed 4 billion payments totaling $235 billion last year, said One Touch has led to upwards of 50% in improvements in conversion rates, Reuters reports.
Based in San Jose, Calif., PayPal is a technology platform company, which enables digital and mobile payments on behalf of consumers and merchants around the world.
Shares of the company are higher by 1.01% to $33.03 in late afternoon trading on Wednesday.


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Wilocity Puts WiGig in Action at CES 2012First to Market in 2012 With Multi-Gigabit Wireless for Wide Range of Applications, From Docking, to 10x Faster File Transfers and Backup to High Definition Video (January 10, 2012)
LAS VEGAS, NV -- (Marketwire) -- 01/10/12 -- Wilocity, the leading developer of 60 GHz multi-gigabit wireless chipsets for the mobile computing, consumer electronics and peripheral markets, announced today at the Consumer Electronics Show that they are delivering the world's first multi-gigabit wireless system based on newly completed and ratified WiGig 60 GHz standard, in mid-2012. At the conference, Wilocity will be the first company to showcase live WiGig applications in action, including home, office, and on-the-go demos of high-speed docking, gaming, networking, and high definition video that are ten times faster than existing Wi-Fi data rates.
Wilocity will be previewing live demos to the press by appointment at the Hilton Las Vegas Suite #20-121 and also at select partners' meeting spaces, including Qualcomm Atheros, Azurewave, and DisplayLink. The demos will showcase applications such as wireless docking, high speed gaming, and lightning-fast file transfer. Utilizing Wilocity's WiGig/802.11ad solutions, users will be able to change the way they interact with their computing devices, as tasks that used to take minutes or hours can now be done in seconds or minutes, such as:
- Transferring 1000 photos between notebooks in 5 seconds (versus ~ 1.5 minutes with 802.11n)
- Downloading a single 1080p movie to a tablet in 3 minutes (versus ~ 1 hour with 802.11n)
- Uploading a 2 minute HD clip from a camcorder in 3 seconds (versus ~ 1 minute with 802.11n)
"The market for ultra high-speed communications in the home, office, and mobile settings is set to expand rapidly," said Mark Hung, Research Director of Wireless at Gartner. "As consumers and knowledge workers increasingly demand faster wireless networking for applications such as data backup and video transmission, there is a significant untapped opportunity for the computer industry to apply innovation and new technologies to address this digital onslaught."
Wilocity's technology has been recognized as an honoree at the CEA Innovations Design and Engineering Awards at the CES 2012 show.
"WiGig/802.11ad continues to build momentum as the next Wi-Fi wave, bringing unbounded capacity to any mobile platform," said Tal Tamir, CEO of Wilocity. "We are leading the charge in totally eliminating the need for cords and connectors, enabling virtually any mobile device -- such as a tablet, notebook, Ultrabook, or smart phone -- to act as a hub for high-speed connectivity and data transfer."
The company's unique Tri-band solution enables users to connect at whatever band offers the best available performance, delivering multi-gigabit data rates at 60 GHz, while maintaining compatibility with hundreds of millions of existing Wi-Fi products in the 2.4GHz or 5 GHz bands.
"Wilocity is on the verge of delivering technology that can significantly open up the wireless landscape to unprecedented capabilities and performance in entertainment, the enterprise, and the home," said Filomena Berardi, Senior Analyst at IMS Research. "Wilocity has the ingredients to kick-start WiGig as the next major breakthrough in mobile information delivery and transfer."
Technology Solution Partners at CES
Qualcomm Atheros, a recognized leader in Wi-Fi and other LAN connectivity technologies, and Wilocity have collaborated to develop Tri-band solutions aimed at enabling the next-generation wireless ecosystem. Wilocity and Qualcomm Atheros' Tri-band system will allow consumers to connect to peripherals such as docks, displays and storage at multi-gigabit speeds, and enable multi-gigabit Wi-Fi at 60 GHz while maintaining "whole home" coverage.
DisplayLink, the leader in USB virtual graphics, has partnered with Wilocity to develop and showcase the multi-gigabit wireless DockingZone, which enables high definition video, blazing fast file transfer and networking, transforming thin and light platforms into full workstations without the need for wires or connectors.
Fresco Logic, a fabless chip company providing advanced solutions that deliver highly-efficient connectivity, such as USB 3.0 and PCI Express for next-generation consumer electronics, personal computing, storage and mobile devices, has partnered with Wilocity to deliver Superspeed USB wirelessly in the DockingZone.
Wilocity has partnered with the following value chain and eco system partners to shorten time to market in launching WiGig/802.11ad equipment: Askey, Azurewave, Foxconn, Inventec and USI.
Wilocity will be hosting individual live press demonstrations and briefings at the Hilton Las Vegas Suite #20-121 on January 10-12. Contact Kevin Sugarman at 650-433-4170 or [email protected] to schedule an appointment.
Founded in March 2007, Wilocity is developing next-generation 60 GHz multi-gigabit wireless chipsets for both the mobile computing platform and peripheral markets that will enable mobile device manufacturers to deliver the thin and light platforms that consumers want without sacrificing the performance and functionality that consumers need. Based on the Wireless Gigabit Alliance (WiGig) specification, Wilocity's technology will enable truly multi-gigabit wireless for a wide range of applications from I/O to networking to video. Backed by high profile investors including Benchmark Capital, Sequoia Capital, and Tallwood Partners, Wilocity is born out of a unique combination of deep industry experience, success, and passion for wireless technology, leadership in the WiGig and Wi-Fi Alliances, and proven engineering innovation.
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Apple M3 Pro: everything we know
Read up on all the developments from the Apple Scary Fast event as it happened.
The Apple M3 Pro chip is official thanks to a surprise announcement at the Apple Scary Fast event, and it looks to be one of the most exciting chips Apple’s ever produced.
The new M3 Pro chip was definitely a late October surprise from the Cupertino giant, seeing as many of the rumors around the new chip put it out into 2024 at the earliest, and the Apple M3 chip hadn’t even been announced yet (it, along with the Apple M3 Max, were also announced along with the M3 Pro).
So what do we know about the follow up to the Apple M2 Pro chip? Quite a lot, as it turns out, so let’s dig in.
Apple M3 Pro chip: Cut to the chase
- What is it? The follow-up to Apple’s M2 Pro chip
- When is it available? Pre-orders live now, ships November 7
- What does it cost? Won’t sell on it’s own, but the MacBook Pro 14-inch with M3 Pro starts at $1,999 (around £1,640, AU$2,900) and the MacBook Pro 16-inch with M3 Pro starts at $2,499 (around £2,050, AU$3,625).
Apple M3 Pro chip: Release date
The Apple M3 Pro chip won’t sell on its own, but the new Apple MacBook Pro 14-inch with M3 Pro and Apple MacBook Pro 16-inch with M3 Pro went up for pre-order on October 30, 2023, and will be available in 27 countries around the world to start, with more to come at a later date.
While you can pre-orders now, you’ll have to wait about a week to actually get your hands on any new hardware with the Apple M3 Pro chip – as the new MacBook Pro models will start shipping out on Tuesday, November 7.
After the 7th, the MacBook Pro 14-inch and 16-inch models with M3 Pro will be available for purchase at any Apple Store and from other retailers such as Best Buy.
Apple M3 Pro chip: Price
The Apple M3 Pro chip will not sell on its own, but will instead power the new 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pro models. An Apple MacBook Pro 14-inch with M3 Pro starts at $1,599 (around £1,330, AU$2,320) and the MacBook Pro 16-inch with M3 Pro starts at $2,499 (around £2,050, AU$3,625).
There’s no word yet on whether the Mac mini will be getting the M3 Pro, but considering that you can get the Mac mini with M2 Pro, we expect that device to eventually get upgraded to the Apple M3 Pro chip as well down the road.
Apple M3 Pro chip: Specifications & performance
The new Apple M3 Pro has some noticeable improvements over the Apple M2 Pro.
For one, there’s no 10-core CPU option, just a 12-core CPU, with six performance cores and six efficiency cores. It has support for up to 36GB unified memory, 4GB more than the M2 Pro.
Performance wise, the M3 Pro will have 30% better single core performance over the Apple M1 Pro according to Apple, and even with these performance improvements, the M3 Pro should get you the same battery life as the M2 Pro thanks to efficiency improvements in the SoC.
The biggest improvement comes with the 18-core GPU, however, with is the first Apple chip with support for hardware-accelerated ray tracing, mesh shading, and something Apple is calling Dynamic Caching.
This latter technology allocates memory to GPU-intensive tasks exactly according to the process needs, meaning that memory allocation will be far more efficient, getting far better performance from its memory overall.
Of course, we’ll have to see how well these technologies work in practice once we get one of the new MacBook Pro models in for review, but needless to say, we expect this to be one of the best mobile workstation processors around.
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