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Sainsbury’s Bank has announced improvements to its residential mortgage range.
The changes to the bank’s mortgage range came into effect last week.
Some of the key highlights of the new range include:
Two-year fixed rate range:
• 60% LTV lowered to 1.39% with no product fee
• 75% LTV lowered to 1.43% with no product fee
• 80% LTV at 1.24% with the product fee lowered to £745
• 85% LTV lowered to 1.35% with £995 product fee
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Five-year fixed rate range:
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All end dates for two-year products are until 31st December 2019 and 31st December 2022 for five-year products.
Sainsbury’s Bank urged intermediaries to get in touch with their business development manager to find out more.
TSB names new general counsel
TSB has announced that Lorna Curry (pictured above) will become its new general counsel in January 2018.
Why business owners need to know about Help to Grow
Last week, I read with interest some new research from the Institute of Directors’ start-up network (the IoD99) which revealed that UK entrepreneurs are feeling confident about growing and developing their businesses in 2018, despite challenges posed by Brexit and new regulatory requirements.
Metro reveals new director of commercial real estate
Metro Bank has announced Gabrielle Berring will join the challenger bank as its new director of commercial real estate on 2nd January 2018.
Aldermore names new chairman
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Dell announced Wednesday that its Q2 laptop sales surged 20% in the fourth quarter of the year.
The company said that the increase in laptop sales is largely attributable to the introduction of the Dell Inspiron 15 7000 series and the introduction by Dell of the Inspiron 17 7000 series.
The Inspiron 14 7000 series had sold just 3.3 million units in the last quarter of 2013.
The new Inspiron 13 7000 series is a cheaper laptop, but the Dell laptops sold more than twice as many units.
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December 8th 2011 - Mr. Delattre, Ambassador of France to the US, attended at inauguration the Dassault Systèmes’s new North America headquarters in Boston
Mr. François Delattre, Ambassador of France to the United States, was in Boston this Thursday December 8th 2011.
Accompanied by Mr. Jean-François Boittin, Minister Counselor for Economic and Financial Affairs in Washington D.C., and Mr. Christophe Guilhou, Consul General of France in Boston, Mr. Delattre attended the inauguration of the Dassault Systèmes’s new North America headquarters in Boston. This French firm is a world leader in 3D and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) Solution.
Located in Waltham, the award-winning 27-acre campus is heralded as a showcase for sustainable innovation, the creation of lifelike experiences using 3D, and has been LEED-certified, demonstrating the company’s commitment to conserving national resources.
Mr. Delattre, after the official inauguration, visited the campus and attended the latest technologies in 3D demonstrations of Dassault Systèmes.
The Massachusetts Lieutenant Governor, Mr. Tim Murray, Mr. Bernard Charlès, Dassault Systèmes President and CEO, and Mr Al Bunshaft, North America Managing Director were also present.
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We’ve spent a lot of time on macOS and Mac management over the last few months. Simply put, there’s a lot of activity—especially growth—happening in the space right now.
To that end, for the second year in a row, I’m at the Jamf Nation User Conference (JNUC), in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Jamf (which specializes in Apple device management, if you’re not familiar) has been growing like crazy for the last several years, with a reported 35,000 customers as of a recent press release.
You can read my keynote summaries and top 10 takeaways from last year’s JNUC to get an idea of what the conference is like. The bottom line is that it was a very useful show, and the Jamf and Mac admin community is tight-knit and friendly, so I’m excited to be back.
As with any year, the latest round of changes in iOS and macOS will figure prominently. Big surprise, I know! Kidding aside, one standout this year will be the new identity management and enrollment features in macOS Catalina. With these updates, we’ll have to dig into how the role of Jamf Connect has changed.
Last year at JNUC 2018, I felt that the attendees skewed towards traditional Mac-centric industries, in particular education. While the enterprise was well-represented in keynote customer segments last year, I’m hoping that this year brings more enterprise attendees.
As more and more traditionally Windows-centric organizations are embracing device choice and supporting Macs, we can safely work under the assumption that the total addressable market for Mac management is going to keep growing, and could end up quite large. I’d love to see some detailed analyst numbers on this, but for now I think this is a market effect that we can all agree on.
Obviously, this growing market is a big boost for Jamf. But naturally, there are a lot of other vendors out there that want to tap into the market. There’s a lot of investment flowing in here, including VC funding. The competition includes pure-play vendors like Addigy, Fleetsmith, Kandji, Mosyle, and SimpleMDM on one side, and UEM vendors like MobileIron and VMware Workspace ONE on the other side.
Again, Jamf is at the top of the heap, but I’m sure they’ve noticed all this activity, too. Of course, they want to continue to be the best Apple device management platform they can be. But what else might this mean for their strategy?
Last year, Jamf partnered with Microsoft, which is certainly a key advantage. I’m curious to see if the integration will get any tighter, both on the technical and go-to-market sides.
On the product side, Jamf Pro, their main product, is an on-premises product, though it’s also available as a managed service from Jamf, called Jamf Cloud. Jamf also sells Jamf Now, a cloud-based SaaS product, with a smaller, SMB-oriented feature set. With enterprise cloud and SaaS strategies marching forward, I’m curious if Jamf has any long term product plans to share here, as well.
I’ll be at the show today (Tuesday) through Wednesday night, so if you’re there, come say hello. My TechTarget colleague John Powers is in attendance as well. Keep an eye out here at BrianMadden.com and on Twitter (@JackMadden) for more news, notes, and analysis.
Update, November 14, 2019
You can now head to my JNUC keynote and news summary article—many of the questions I posed above are answered there. In addition, I have plenty of notes from sessions and conversations with Jamf employees and customers, so keep an eye out for a final JNUC wrap up article to go over everything.
In response to my comments about Jamf's cloud strategy, a representative reached out to state that "Jamf Pro is today a cloud-first solution." At JNUC, Jamf told me that two-thirds of Jamf Pro customers are using Jamf Cloud (the hosted version of Jamf Pro), and that almost all new customers use it. Regarding the architecture and strategy of Jamf Cloud, naturally this is a deeper conversation, but again, I'll get to that soon. In the meantime, you can read more about Jamf Pro here and Jamf Cloud here.


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Most of the convincing evidence on the benefits of CBD comes from civilian testimonials rather than scientific experiments. Many would like to see more studies on CBD happen, but the government has restricted its testing for a long time.
Testimonials often show that people have found success with CBD when they found it nowhere else. Unfortunately, CBD testimonials aren’t considered official proof of its benefits.
A Testimonial in the Spotlight
CBD testimonials have frequently become news stories, like Wired magazine’s July, 2015 article, “Boy, Interrupted”. It details one father’s turn to CBD after all other attempts to ease his son’s seizures ended without success.
In this case, the boy in question, Sam, was having up to 100 seizures a day. He and his family had spent seven years visiting hospitals and neurologists, with little success at stopping the seizures. At the end of their rope, Sam’s family decided to try something they’d heard might help but was, at the time, almost impossible to get- CBD.
The big problem: Sam was unable to get the CBD pills in the States. His family had to wade through red tape, spend thousands of dollars, and eventually travel outside the U.S. just for him to try them. The family uprooted and went to London’s Great Ormond Street Hospital, where doctors had set up CBD pills made specifically for Sam.
The day before his CBD treatment started, Sam had 68 seizures. The very next day it was already down to 10. At the time the original article was written, he was “between zero and five seizures a day,” and “living like a normal boy.” (Vogelstein, Wired). What incredible results.
Stories like this sound almost too good to be true, yet there are many articles and testimonials like this one online that have similar sentiments. They certainly make a great case for more research on the potential of CBD. As the Wired article notes:
“About 1 percent of the US population has epilepsy, and about a third of that 1 percent has epilepsy that can’t be cured by medication…[that’s] 1 million Americans with uncontrolled seizures.” – Wired.com
It’s startling to consider that CBD could be so helpful for so many people. Access to CBD is wider since the Wired article was originally written, but government testing is still restricted. Maybe restrictions will be lifted one day. Until then, CBD will have to remain an unofficial aid.
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The trio of bustling cities are among the most expensive places to live, according to a report by the Economist Intelligence Unit’s Worldwide Cost of Living study released this week. The survey compared the cost of 138 items in around 130 cities globally to draw the data.
The COVID-19 crisis has caused currencies to fluctuate, weakening the U.S. dollar and bolstering Western European and North Asian currencies, shifting prices for materials and services, Upasana Dutt, head of Worldwide Cost of Living at the Economic Intelligence Unit said in the report. That means locales in the Americas, Eastern Europe and Africa have gotten cheaper since the pandemic began in March.
“The pandemic has transformed consumer behavior, as lockdowns and trends such as working from home have increased the prices of consumer electronics and meal-at-home kits have taken the place of restaurant dining for middle-class families,” Dutt said in a statement.
The survey also notes that the cost of tangible goods like personal care items, some food and drinks and entertainment items like electronics has increased worldwide.
Singapore placed fourth on the list of most expensive cities, followed by Osaka and Tel Aviv tied for fifth.
In the States, meanwhile, New York City and Los Angeles ranked among the priciest places to live. And across the country, the median cost of single-family homes are on the rise, jumping to $313,500 in the third quarter, a 12% increase compared with the price last year, according to a separate report from the National Association of Realtors.
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Car that runs 200km - this is the mileage clocked by the FTO1 car developed by a group of students in Government Engineering College, Barton Hill.
51% buyers of used cars go for petrol models: Survey MARUTI SUZUKI is the most searched brand by customers looking to buy used vehicles, according to data collated by auto portal CarTrade.com, which claims over 3.8 million unique customers visits per month.
Perhaps for the first time, petrol in India costs more than the superior jet fuel (ATF) used in aeroplanes.
A spurt in demand for petrol after a sharp 20 per cent decrease in prices led to its shortage in Pakistan and the crisis will be resolved within a week, Petroleum Minister said.
In the car segment, the share of petrol models has expanded to the highest in five years at 62%. The price difference between diesel and petrol is Rs 10-11.
The innovation will help the company de-risk itself from the vagaries of market and save costs in the long run.
Petrol for common man costs more than the Aviation used in planes, Congress said while seeking to paint the Modi govt as anti-poor.
The India's largest car maker is banking on factors like lower fuel prices and the likely softening of interest rates to offset the impact of increase in vehicle prices.


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Many folks store their whole lives on their smartphone, including photos, contact info, messages, and personal info, so it's important that your smartphone is protected against malicious attacks. Unlike previous year, Google has not showed up any early developer preview of Android 8.0, and the only official tease is of the "Oreo" naming, which to is far from confirmation.
Notification channels: Notification channels are new app-defined categories for notification content, which lets developers give their users "fine-grained control" over notifications, writes Burke. Under this new feature on Android O, users will be able to block or change how the channels function individually. The Android parent has taken a different route when it comes to naming products in comparison with the likes of Samsung and Apple. Google compares these apps to password managers; it sounds like it'll be an improved way to manage all the info you get exhausted of having to enter over and over again. Android users can also tap a little arrow at the side to unearth a bunch more shortcuts, covering location-based tidbits such as nearby restaurants and bars, or tools such as Google Translate, games, and an internet speed test.
The beta version of "O" is now available for selected devices such as the Nexus 5X, Nexus 6P, Nexus Player, Pixel C tablet, Pixel and Pixel XL.
Picture in Picture is another headline feature. "Picture in Picture (PIP) display is now available on phones and tablets, so users can continue watching a video while they're answering a chat or hailing a auto", reads an excerpt from Burke's blog post.
Other features worth mentioning include a picture-in-picture mode for phones (the feature came to tablets last year), "adaptive" app icons that should look native to multiple phone launchers, better keyboard navigation for devices like Chromebooks and support for autofill apps.
Donald Trump Jr just had the worst response to the Westminster attack
On Wednesday, two people died, a police officer was stabbed, and dozens of people were badly mangled after a man attacked the British Parliament.
Listening to music through wired headphones on Android is fine.
The Pixel C handset gets some big changes with this update. Android O supports wide color gamut for apps, so high quality wide-gamut displays can be put to good use. By turning its app into both a search tool and an app launcher, Google has organized its robust web toolkit into a simplified, tappable interface. There's a lot to look forward to including the next batch of Pixels.
As of now this is only a guess that Google might be bringing forward the support for more themes with the gen-next Android OS.
As of now, these seven features are all that we know about and while they are definitely going to excite Android fans, they're by no means the only new things in Android O. We will keep you posted on the latest updates as and when we get them.
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Japan's consumer electronics group Matsushita said it would introduce Blu-ray DVD players in Europe in the autumn of 2006, and set targets for sales of flat TVs and digital still cameras.
Matsuhita, which sells its products under the Panasonic and JVC brands, did not set a price for Blu-ray players.
European president Joachim Reinhart also said Panasonic aimed to sell 1 million plasma flat TVs as well as 800,000 LCD flat televisions in Europe in 2006. Globally, it aims for a 40 percent market share in plasma TVs this year.
In digital still cameras, Panasonic targets a 10 percent market share in 2006, both in Europe and worldwide. The company has been a relatively late entrant into the digital still camera market. It targets to sell 3 million digital cameras in 2006 in Europe, up from just over 1 million in 2005. (Reuters)
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A multiplayer game, especially a first person shooter is never complete unless it is available on every platform. Titanfall 2 will be arriving on Xbox One, PC and PS4 without a doubt, according to a tweet by Respawn CEO Vince Zampella.
Talking in depth about the things that went with Microsoft and Respawn, Zampella opened up to a fan who wanted to know if a new game is under construction. A lot of them are excited because it has so much potential which was limited by the exclusivity.
“Being a new company, Respawn couldn’t afford to go big at once. We had to keep it small so that we could actually complete the game and ship it,” said Zampella.
He clarified that they were a really small team fighting against mighty publishers and limiting their market is the only way to come out of it successfully. Titanfall 2 will be multi-platform and will definitely get launched on the Playstation 4 console.
While this is known a couple of months ago that the next Titanfall is going to be available on all consoles and PCs, the news comes right from Vince Zampella, the head of Respawn Games.
They are probably gearing up to showcase the title at E3 2016. We still have a lot of months to go but there’s DICE’s Star Wars Battlefront to keep us busy right?


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Red Nexus 5 just a dream or reality? Google announced the newest Nexus smartphone in the series, Nexus 5, last year along with the latest version of Android 4.4 Kitkat. The phone was announced in Black, and it is now available in White too, at Google Play store and through retail stores all over the world.
This week a couple of rumours has hit the Internet, pointing towards Google and LG looking to diversify the color option of the Nexus 5. However the first batch of Nexus 5 press images, which purports the smartphone in a few new colors have already been classified as “a ridiculous Photoshop job,” while the second photograph, displays a red Nexus 5, which look a lot more credible, but still, we are not certain if this is real or just another hoax.
Would you be looking to buy a Red, Yellow, Green, Purple or even a Blue Nexus 5, if it were for real?
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- Apple is apparently going to ditch the Lightning port on iPhone next year.
- An incredibly reliable insider says 2023 could see USB-C come to the iPhone.
- Ming-Chi Kuo says this would speed up charging and data transfer.
A shocking revelation from a reliable insider claims the iPhone 15 will abandon the Lightning port in favor of USB-C.
Ming-Chi Kuo took to Twitter today stating:
Kuo claims that Apple "will abandon Lightning port and switch to USB-C port" with the iPhone 15, set to be released in its usual window in 2023. Kuo says this would improve data transfer and charging speeds, "but the final spec details still depend on iOS support."
Kuo says that existing USB-C suppliers stand to benefit from the move over the next two years "thanks to vast orders from iPhones and accessories' adoption of USB-C ports."
The USB-C iPhone was thought to be a dream lost to time, with Apple's best iPhone, the iPhone 13, sticking with Lightning despite Apple adopting USB-C across all of its other products including its best iPads.
If Kuo is correct it could be the biggest transformation for iPhone since the adoption of Lightning, and bring an end to the misery of having to hold on to multiple chargers because of the differing standards.
The EU is also planning to mandate USB-C charging across all devices including mobile phones in the near future, however, it was thought that this would prove irrelevant to Apple, with the company choosing a portless iPhone over USB-C.
As noted, Kuo says the 2023 iPhone will adopt this, so iPhone 14 looks set to be the last year of Lightning on the iPhone, if Kuo's prediction comes to pass.
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We always keep hearing stuff like this every year. Apple could have replaced that crappy lightning port last year, Apple still has time to get rid of that lightning port for the iPhone 14 models. If Apple truly cared about the environment, then Apple would replace their useless lightning port over to USB-C instead, especially since all of Apple's other devices use USB-C. Plus USB-C brings a lot more advantages to the table than that crappy proprietary lightning crap. Don't forget people, Apple has been saying and doing two different things, and please don't forget that Apple is expecting to replace their iPhones less than 9 years from now, and see their iPhones being replaced with their AR glasses. Just like Apple rumours that they are working on a foldable type iPhones. Apple could have come out with a Flip type iPhone already, but doesn't want to. Its not like the tech isn't ready today. Its been ready for years, especially since Samsung is going to be releasing their 4th versions of their Flip type foldables, and their 2 in 1 foldables, like their Z Fold 4. Actions speak louder than words, and Apple's actions on their lightning ports, speaks volumes.
What does “the environment” have to do with any of this? How is a cable better/worse for “the environment” than another cable?
If Apple truly cared about the environment, then Apple could remove all cables from the iPhones as well, especially if the iPhones came with a USB-C port instead of using Apple's crappy proprietary lightning ports. We already know that Apple has gone with USB-C ports on all of their iPads, and Macs. So Apples own customers could use and share the same USB-C chargers on a USB-C iPhone. Even the EU is going after Apple for not putting USB-C on their iPhones. But it all comes down to money. Especially since Apple makes more money by keeping their proprietary lightning crap going instead. So yeah, it is BS when Apple talks about saving the environment.
So, to recap. A USB-C cable is better for “the environment” than a lightning cable. 🙄 Um, OK. That makes no sense at all. A cable is a cable is a cable. The connector on each end makes no difference.
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Sales of new single-family houses in May 2012 were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 369,000, according to estimates released jointly today by the U.S. Census Bureau and the Department of Housing and Urban Development. This is 19.8 percent above the May 2011 estimate of 308,000.
Sales were also up 7.6 percent compared to April 2012 numbers, marking the highest pace since April 2010.
The median sales price of new homes sold in May 2012 was $234,500; the average sales price was $273,900.
The seasonally adjusted estimate of new houses for sale at the end of May was 145,000 — a supply of 4.7 months at the current sales rate.
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By Tammie Carlisle, Head of Hospitality, Milestone Inc., and a member of the HSMAI Marketing Advisory Board.
Search engine optimization is a critical strategy in ensuring visitors find your organization’s site and have a user-friendly experience once they get there. Entity search takes this a step further beyond keyword optimization to focus more on the context around search terms. How are marketers in hospitality using these tools to manage and grow their channels?
The HSMAI Marketing Advisory Board recently dove into this topic. Many group members found that, amid the pandemic, SEO functions within their teams were disrupted due to staff cuts or people being recruited by other companies. Some have hired agencies to fulfill this need, while others are focused on finding permanent, in-house talent or ramping up SEO training for their teams that are still in place.
“When I started my position a little over a year ago, the corporate team was cut pretty lean, and then my digital team was getting recruited out and leaving the industry,” one advisory board member said. “After six months of looking, I got someone in an SEO-specific role, but — and maybe this has to do with what our industry pays — it’s hard to keep them in their seat long. So, now we’re using an agency for SEO and digital paid media.”
Despite some of the challenges related to talent, many group members are moving forward with their SEO strategies and exploring how it plays into content development.
“We’re spending a lot on content creation to support our SEO efforts,” one member said. “We’ve done well with paid media, and we’ve been able to reduce some of those costs by being able to drive over index on some of these pages that weren’t getting any organic traffic.”
Another member said, “We’ve engaged a new SEO agency, and we’re looking at making some changes in list management services, trying to do some more automation and maybe even integration into our website, which I think would help with managing a lot of content as well as boost our organic presence.”
“In terms of content,” another explained, “we’re driving toward two KPIs. The first is reducing our ad costs and the other is driving inspiration. We’re focused on trying to get people back into traveling and inspiring them to take that trip or vacation they’ve been putting off.”
Related to content, one advisory board member said, “I pulled my SEO and PR agency together because they are helping us get visibility, and there’s all this content out there. I see some nice synergy there, so it’s not just SEO in a silo.”
The group also discussed how zero click search — or queries that show up on the results page — impact SEO strategy.
“What we’re seeing is that it’s still driving a lot of traffic when you have a good SEO strategy. It’s better to be there and have someone get the information and maybe not click right then, than it is to not be there at all.”
Another advisory board member offered, “Zero-click search is mostly informational, as opposed to somebody looking for inspiration or where they should stay — questions like, how much is parking or how far is it to the airport, etc. You need to optimize for that because that sets the breadcrumbs, for either building the relationship with visitors if they’ve already booked with you, or for them to book directly with you once they’re ready.”
Other key insights from this conversation include the following:
- “When it comes to entity search, helping the search engine understand entities on your website (an entity is a person, place, or thing) and the connections between those entities and the property, it’s more likely you’ll see an increase in traffic and visibility to a website. We’re seeing a shift from just focusing on keywords to more topical themes and entities. Also, with voice search becoming more prominent, it has created more of an ask for questions in search. We’ve gone from the days of Ask Jeeves to two-word search on a mobile phone, back to these long-tail search terms.”
- “SEO is certainly important, and the conversations I’m having with my clients in the travel space revolve around figuring out how they can enhance their SEO strategies because CPCs are increasing so much this year as demand starts coming back, and we’re all fighting over the same leisure traveler.”
- “I think we’re seeing more ads against a lot of our branded terms than we saw probably a year or two ago. We’re seeing a lot more paid space on average and a lot heavier competition. I think that’s partly driven by ad budgets coming back and Google likely identifying that and opening up the market a little bit more.”
- “SEO is a focus for us, but as a management company, we don’t have a lot of control over the technical SEO or the structure of the site, so a lot of our focus is on functional, high-quality content. We’re also focusing on understanding some of the related questions for traffic drivers to our site and building a little bit more of that style of content to answer those questions.”


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Ferragamo Celebrates the Launch of ATTIMO at Le Bain
Last Wednesday (June 30)–Ferragamo, hosted a special party to celebrate the launch of their new pillar fragrance, ATTIMO, at the newly opened Le Bain situated poolside at The Standard hotel Rooftop. With already amazing views of the New York City skyline, the swanky hotspot was temporarily transformed to suit the night celebrations. The pool was drained and replaced with a garden of flowers/roses that closely matched the fragrance bottle. And, in the rooftop, event designer Bronson van Wyck, added a makeshift “photo-studio,” where famed party photographer Patrick McMullan captured lucky guests in their own “instant” ATTMO moments. Attendees sipped on specialty cocktails,enjoyed smalls bites, and danced to the tunes of TFR favorite DJ Kiss who was on the turntable till the party ended.
Giovanna Ferragamo, chatted and mingled with the scores of VIP guests, which included some industry heavy-weights. Notable attendees include, ATTIMO campaign model Dree Hemingway, Gaia Repossi, Fabiola Beracasa, Chiara Clemente, Lady Alice St Clair Erskine, Lorenza Gentile, Sebastian Stan, Jessica Szohr, Agyness Deyn, Stavros Niarchos, Topper Mortimer, Dan Abrams, among others. We spotted an apparently carefree Derek Blasberg fresh of his YSL scandal, seemingly having a grand time. Infamous and perpetual party-crasher Priyantha Silva, managed to infiltrate the gathering but like a bad Russian spy – his true identity was quickly discovered and was promptly escorted out by the beefy security guards. However, lucky attendees who were invited continued with their party uninterrupted way past the end time.
The new Ferragamo scent, ATTIMO, aimed at younger demographic, will be available purchases on July 23 at Salvatore Ferragamo boutiques and Bloomingdales stores. Expect ATTIMO to hit stores nationwide in mid September.
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Founding partner of Genii Capital Gerard Lopez, who has been installed as the non-executive chairman of the board, said: “RUF is a fantastic brand with a loyal customer base and a global brand name. Today the brand is also connected to younger generations through its appearance in number one selling driver computer games, opening the potential to new buyers across the world.”
Well known for such models as the narrow-bodied, lightweight 469 hp (350 kW CTR Yellowbird and 559 kW (750 hp) CTR 3, RUF is a manufacturer in its own right, Lopez hinted that the company will be débuting a production version of its V8 conversion at this year’s Geneva Motor Show. Previously seen in the RGT-8 prototype, the RUF-designed lightweight 4.5-litre 90° 8-cylinder engine develops 410 kW (550 bhp) and 500 Nm of torque.
“It will soon be 50 years since I started to share my vision on a truly unique platform in automotive history; the Porsche 911. I see a very exciting future in which we will be assisted by Gerard Lopez. I have been proud to see Gerard grow from an RUF-fascinated kid into a client – and first of all a friend – over more than 20 years and am very much looking forward to having him as a partner in RUF Automobile GmbH.” said Alois Ruf.


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Tuesday's pre-construction auction underscores the recent demand for upscale downtown housing in Knoxville.
Any participant or spectator at Tuesday's Candy Factory Condos Auction may think the demand now is much greater than the supply of downtown housing. Our research shows there are few condos left unsold on the market here. Developers are finding a growing market of folks who now want to move downtown.
Condo construction is helping revitalize downtown Knoxville. Many of these older buildings, some with historic designations, are now finding new life after years of sitting empty.
"It's coming more into its own, and there just seems to be a tremendous demand for it downtown," realtor Sharon Bailey said.
That demand led candy factory condo developers to hold what is believed to be the first-ever predevelopment residential property auction in Knoxville.
"Downtowns have been the heartbeat of our communities for ever, and we kind of forgot that," developer Jon Kinsey said.
Now, among this group of bidders are new downtown condo owners.
"The same thing in real estate, location, i mean it's all about location," Bailey said.
Just within the central business district, condos include nearly 20 at the Burwell Building, four-dozen at the Candy Factory, 14 at the Crown Court Condos, twice that number at the Fire Street Lofts, more than a dozen at the gallery lofts on Gay Street above the Mast General Store, 40 at the Holston, 8 at the Jackson Atelier Lofts, and more than 30 undeveloped units at the Penney's Building. These 200 condos don't take into account the dozens planned for Knoxville's South Waterfront, but how much does it cost, and who can afford it?
"in one respect, seem like this is higher than you'd expect," developer Wayne Blasius said.
The gallery lofts developer says prices outside our region are
"Our prices here are anywhere from about $40 to over $100 per square foot cheaper than our regional competitors," Blasius said.
That lower pricing may continue driving the housing demand in downtown Knoxville.
"It's on a roll, and it's snowballing, and it's going to get bigger and bigger and bigger," Kinsey said.
Developers say in addition to living so close to restaurants, entertainment and cultural outlets, downtown condo owners who also work here can cut fuel costs. They don't have to drive as often. Another drawing card seems to be the uniqueness downtown living offers, as opposed to living in another look-alike subdivision.


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NERD Focus™, a leading focus beverage aimed at assisting in energy production and concentration, is teaming up with up-and-coming NASCAR driver Natalie Decker ahead of the Henry 180 Xfinity race. Eagle River, WI native and newest NERD Focus™ sponsor, Decker will be back on her home turf as she races in the Henry 180 Xfinity Series Race on July 3 at Road America in Elkhart Lake, WI. The race will start at 2:30pm ET and fans can watch the non-stop action broadcasted live on NBC. Decker has been an avid NERD Focus™ consumer for several months, drinking the beverage to help assist with an energy and focus boost when she needs it most. Since she herself uses the brand, the sponsorship in this race felt very fitting for Decker.
“As a professional driver, energy and focus are crucial in getting you across the finish line as quickly as possible,” said Natalie Decker. “NERD™ approached me several months back about trying their brand, and I was instantly intrigued with the boost I felt and how refreshing the taste was. I’ve personally been enjoying the brand for several months and feel confident in having them be a part of my team through this sponsorship.”
NERD Focus™, the original “Think Drink”, will sponsor Decker in the Henry 180 Xfinity Series this holiday weekend. NERD Focus™ is formulated with nootropics, adaptogens and vitamins aimed to help consumers increase clarity and concentration, boost memory and cognition and support overall brain health. The sponsorship presence brings the energy drink to the forefront of the exciting sport of NASCAR and the roaring, one-of-a-kind experience that races bring. Natalie’s Chevrolet Camaro racecar, number 23, will sport NERD Focus™ graphics and she will be wearing a branded fire suit in the driver’s seat. The 22-year-old Wisconsin native is already well on her way towards becoming one of the top young drivers in the NASCAR scene.
“We are so excited to see Natalie NERD-ed out for a big race out in front of her home state fans,” said Howard Davner, CEO of Beverage USA, the parent company to NERD Focus™. “There’s always something special about a homecoming and we’re thrilled to be along for the ride with her!”
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With Stranger, Planetary Assault Systems, Mumdance & Sunil Sharpe all announced for Higher Vision, it’s looking like one of the heaviest hitting lineups that’s going to hit the country this Summer. Said techno heavyweights are joined on the lineup by house legend John Digweed as well as Route 94 and Sam Paganini along with electro legend Vitalic.
Their most recent announcement serves to bolster the techno aspect of their lineup even more as they have just added Clergy front man Cleric to the upcoming roster. The UK producer is one of the most respected rising techno artists, whose sound is unmissable with huge tracks such as ‘2nd Limit’ and ‘Sigmund’.
The timing of the announcement couldn’t be any better as he is just coming off the release of a brand new EP on Slam’s legendary Soma record label today. The EP is his second appearance on the Scottish label, with his last offering being a huge success featuring tracks like ‘Dualistic Soul’ and ‘Getting Nowhere’.
This follows his collaborative EP with Setaoc Mass on his own imprint Clergy, which has featured plenty of material from Cleric himself, as well as EPs with Dax J and Reflec, both of whom are close collaborators with the man in question.
Cleric’s addition strengthens an already diverse lineup and makes the festival even more exciting than it was already shaping up to be. After massive shows with Research and Techno & Cans in both Hangar and 39/40 it’s fair to say that he has become quite a favourite with the Irish crowd over the past few years.
Higher Vision’s second installment will take place on the 30th of June in the new location of Navan Racecourse, you can get your hands on tickets via their Facebook page here.
As always, you can keep up to date with the latest updates from the magazine in our Facebook group here.


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BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) — Tops Monopoly game has been going on for the past decade, but recently something happened for the very first time.
A winner paid the car they won forward.
Mary Bisson and her husband Terrance were shopping as they normally do when they opened their rip-it-and win ticket and discovered they had won a car.
Mary says after talking it over with her husband, they decided they both had cars they liked and didn’t need another.
But they knew someone who did.
The pair had been volunteering at the Western New York Peace Center since the ‘80s and recently met a new employee there — Silver Light.
Knowing she had been on public transportation for the past decade, they reached out to see if she would be interested.
Today, Light has a check for $25,000 that she plans to spend towards a Nissan Leaf, or other fully electric car.
She says the kind of generosity that the Bisson’s showed her can only be repaid with continuing to be generous to others and to the environment.


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Compile Heart have been on a bit of a roll as they’ve been presenting new material at Dengeki Game Fes 2018. The most recent game announcement on the list came in the form of a new addition to the Neptunia series with Brave Neptune. The news was revealed via a livestream, which included a trailer that we’ve included below. There weren’t a lot of details given out about it, but the one big factor in all this is that the game is being made by Quebec developer Artisan Studios who you may know their work from Zodiac: Orcanon Odyssey.
The announcement is so new there isn’t even word if we’ll see the game in 2018. However, there’s a little glimmer of hope as there’s supposed to be an article on the game happening in the April 26th issue of Dengeki PlayStation. But most likely we’ll probably only get screenshots and a little bit of story information out of that article when it finally arrives. Best guess is that we’ll get a proper reveal later this year, if not at E3 in June then most likely at Tokyo Games Show in September. For now, look forward to seeing Megadimension Neptunia VIIR, which is set for a North American and European release sometime in the Spring of 2018.
- Brave Neptune Gets a Nintendo Switch Release Date
- Sorcery Saga: Curse of the Great Curry God is Coming to PC
- YouTube Channel “Super Best Friends” Ending After Internal Issues - December 16, 2018
- Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition Welcomes a New Fighter with Kage - December 16, 2018
- Electronic Arts Releases a New Anthem Trailer With a Hint of Story - December 16, 2018
- Tetsuya Nomura Issues Twitter Statement on Kingdom Hearts III Leak - December 16, 2018
- Macaulay Culkin Visits the Angry Video Game Nerd for Christmas - December 16, 2018


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Apparently the advent of 3D printing technology is scary enough that before we’re even able to print out a new pair of shoes, patent trolls Intellectual Ventures have secured a patent that might prevent the use of 3D printing technology for making really fun stuff like cars, or zeppelins.
MIT’s Technology Review blog has taken a look at the patent and finds that it is a weirdly comprehensive attempt to enforce digital rights management (DRM) for items no one ever knew might need such protection:
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The government of Germany is urging citizens to stop using Internet Explorer–at least until a security hole you could drive a Volkswagen through is fixed. But who goes back to IE once they’ve switched, even for a couple of days? [Reuters]
If you must patent troll, it’s important to get a few basic technological details correct. GitHub and Rackspace are different entities. [Wired]
It’s official–tech companies including Amazon, Yahoo, and Facebook are joining forces to form The Internet Association, their very own lobbying shop. [TNW]
Do not shell out $1,600 on eBay just to have the iPhone 5 a few days early. That would make you a chump. [CNET]
A visit to the Ace Hotel: “‘I’m just trying to figure out who those people are and do they have jobs,’ said Chip Morrow, a lawyer from Memphis, staying at the hotel while trying a prescription drug case. ‘I mean, I see laptops everywhere but I can’t figure out what everybody’s doing.'” [Marketplace]
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Seems like just about everyone’s had it up to here with patent trolls, up to and including certain members of the U.S. House of Representatives. Ars Technica reports that Oregonian Democrat Peter DeFazio has introduced a bill torturously named “Saving High-Tech Innovators from Egregious Legal Disputes” Act, designed to put a stop to the most blatant instances.
You can call it the SHEILD Act. No, it does not come with either Samuel L. Jackson or an Agent Coulson. Sorry.
Patent trolls–or, as a new study drolly dubs them, “non-practicing entities”–have a business model that’s simple, elegant, and dastardly: Buy broad patents and start suing companies that could conceivably be infringing upon them. And the costs are adding up to a nice chunk of change: Two researchers estimate the costs at no fewer than $29 billion, reports Ars Technica.
Plus, that’s just direct costs for things like lawyer bills and licensing fees. A previous study by the same pair put indirect costs at the stratospheric tab of $83 billion.
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App engineers are just like the original sheet music creators…or something. [Wall Street Journal]
San Francisco-based flirting app Skout shut down its forum for 13-17 year olds following a spate of child rapes linked to the app. Question: How did anyone think a location-based flirting app for 13 year olds was a good idea in the first place? [The New York Times]
Patent trolls had an app removed from the iTunes store. Seems like a pretty typical move–except that the app was a speech-to-text tool used by a mute little girl to communicate with her parents. Good going, assholes. [Hacker News]
But here’s an app you won’t miss: RIP Ping. [AllThingsD]
Meet your 2012 Thiel Fellows. These kids are probably too smart for their own good. [VentureBeat]
Hey Birchbox subscribers, don’t feel bad if you get some men’s products in your package this month. It’s just a teaser for Birchbox Man and is in no way shape or form a cruel reminder that you’re single. [TechCrunch]
And who cares if you’re single anyway? Etsy is making a major effort to hire more female engineers. Perhaps Hacker School is more your style? [AllThingsD]
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Man, is there anything worse than getting mugged on payday? Just last week, Etsy announced a $40 million Series F with investors including Union Square Ventures and Accel Partners, a round that’ll help the company go global. But Unified Messaging Solutions–a subsidiary of the patent pitbulls over at Acacia Research Corporation–has other plans. GigaOm reports that firm has just filed a lawsuit accusing Etsy of infringing its patents on “methods for storing, delivering and managing messages.”
Sure it has, Unified Messaging Solutions. Sure it has.
Say the term “patent” aloud, and the guttural “ughs” erupting from the throats of open source fans everywhere will keel you over sideways. Say the term “patent troll,” and you’ll automatically feel their collective scorn tunneling deep into your heart. But open source lovers do have a point.
Patent trolls–people who buy up patents for absurdly broad ideas and then sue companies who infringe upon them–are the kind of people who stifle innovation and inhibit the tech industry from properly exploring its creative side. They also claim to own things that should belong to the general public–like emoticons, for instance.
If there was ever a question about the absurdity of Intellectual Ventures and the patent protection racket it’s running, the recent news that IV is suing Motorola Mobility, over patents related to Google’s Android OS, settles things once and for all.
President Obama signed a bill on Friday that was supposed to be a sweeping reform of America’s badly broken patent system. But the legislation that went into effect won’t do much to change the landscape, currently dominated by large corporations and IP Read More
Ever since Jay Walker founded Walker Digital in 1994, the company has made its fortune by spinning ideas like Priceline out into companies. But in a profile today, the Wall Street Journal reports that Mr. Walker’s new money-making strategy seems to be filing lawsuits.
Last year, the Stamford, Connecticut-based company put its patent portfolio up for auction. But although a bid was made for $135 million for ideas like “managing identities and connecting with friends online” (circa 1996) it didn’t meet Mr. Walker’s minimum.
So instead, he resorted to teaming up with IP Navigation Group, which describes itself as a “patent monetization” firm. As FOSS Patents recently pointed out, others describe the IP Navigation Group and its affiliates a little differently. Law.com, for example, says owner Erich Spangenberg runs one of the “largest, and most litigious, patent-holding companies” and recommends a “sue first, ask questions later” approach.


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US regulators have approved the strictest-ever rules on internet providers, who in turn pledged to battle the new restrictions.
A judge says he has ordered the suspension of the globally popular instant messaging system WhatsApp across Brazil because it has alleg...
Fresh off a $532.9 million jury win against Apple, Smartflash LLC is again suing the tech giant.
Facebook users who don't fit any of the 58 gender identity options offered by the social media giant are now being given a rather big 5...
Vodafone India has challenged the decision of Trai to lower termination charges for fixed-line and mobile calls in Supreme Court.
Google said it will allow some Google Play users to see advertisements for apps in the coming weeks.
Apple could use about 746 metric tonnes of gold in an year to produce 1 million units of Apple Watch Edition every month.
Motorola had announced the second-generation Moto E smartphone in two variants -- one featuring 4G LTE support, while the other compati...
In a statement issued Lenovo said it had restored its site to normal operations after several hours.
Google Inc has launched an initiative to make smartphones running its Android software more appealing to corporations.
Indian Railways' plans to introduce Wi-Fi facility in 400 category B stations across the country, and SMS alerts as part of the 2015-16...
Samsung is battling to get criminal charges quashed in dispute over screen size.
The company tweeted through its official India handle that the Mi 4 16GB will be available on Flipkart without the need to register for...
For India Post, the explosive growth in e-commerce has offered a fresh lease of life and given it the luxury of dreaming big.
Scientists are testing the speed for 5G service for the first time, and it may be available sooner than you thought.
BlackBerry is working with Google to enable its software to manage and secure some of Google's Android devices.
Micromax has bought a 'significant minority stake' in a local analytics company and is close to investing in a Silicon Valley-based sta...
Bengaluru has emerged as a major global hub of engineers trained in Hadoop — an open-source software framework for the data vertical.
Senior Republicans conceded on Tuesday that the gruelling fight with President Barack Obama over the regulation of internet service app...
The Internet Users Associations has condemned Google's decision as an attack on freedom of expression.
Industry body Nasscom estimates the information technology sector to create 30,000, or 13%, less jobs in fiscal 2016 compared with this...
Samsung Electronics will freeze employee salaries this year for the first time since 2009
Infosys and Wipro are now looking to diversify their bets and increasing their focus on building capabilities inhouse.
Tech giant IBM today said it has signed an agreement with IT services major Tech Mahindra to build a platform for the development of cl...
Apple is looking for a music journalist to write for iTunes, musically.com reports.
Online marketplace Snapdeal has brought on board Jeyandran Venugopal to map out its future technology roadmap.
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BENTONVILLE, Ark. — Wal-Mart Stores Inc. eked out a rare gain in an important sales measurement in the third quarter as it reported profits that beat Wall Street expectations Thursday.
But the world’s largest retailer issued a fourth-quarter profit outlook that missed Wall Street expectations because of expected fierce holiday discounting. The quarter also marked two full years of traffic declines at U.S. Wal-Mart stores.
Wal-Mart is a barometer of consumer spending and its challenges reflect the struggles of its low-income shoppers, who are being squeezed by stagnant wages and reduced government food stamps. It’s also facing fierce competition from online king Amazon.com, dollar stores and grocers.
The company is also wrestling with its own mistakes, like problems in its fresh produce area and not restocking items on shelves fast enough.
Last month, Wal-Mart told investors it was addressing the problems at Wal-Mart U.S. stores, which account for 60 percent of the company’s revenue.
At the same time, it is scaling back its expansion plans for its supercenters next year and stepping up investments of its online operations.
To win its share of its holiday dollars, Wal-Mart announced an aggressive holiday plan that includes free shipping on the top 100 items and price cuts on 20,000 items. Starting Friday, Wal-Mart will start to match its online prices with Amazon.
“Being the price leader is an ongoing priority for us and a commitment to our business,” said Doug McMillon, who took over as CEO in February. “And with every year, that is even more important during the holiday season.”
He added that while he’s encouraged by the sales increase at its Wal-Mart stores, he’s still not satisfied with the performance.
“We need to continue to improve the customer experience, both in our stores and online, to deliver stronger sales growth and strength our bottom line performance,” McMillon said in a transcript of a prerecorded call to investors.
Wal-Mart reported earnings of $3.71 billion, or $1.15 per share, for the three months that ended Oct. 31.
The company, which is based in Bentonville, Arkansas, posted revenue of $119 billion in the period, beating Wall Street forecasts. Analysts expected $118.35 billion, according to Zacks.
Wal-Mart’s U.S. discount division posted a 0.5 percent increase in revenue at stores open at least a year. That was the first increase in seven quarters.
Its smaller Neighborhood Markets, which cater to shoppers looking for more convenience and offer groceries, fresh produce and beauty items, had a 5.5 percent increase in revenue at stores open at least a year.
Wal-Mart said that it expects fourth-quarter earnings per share to range between $1.46 and $1.56, which includes the negative impact of closing underperforming stores in Japan. Analysts had expected $1.57 per share.
The company expects full-year earnings to be $4.92 to $5.02 per share. Analysts had expected $4.99, according to FactSet.
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Ford attaches great importance to the field of developers, not only in the Asia Pacific region and Africa to start the APP Developer Program (Ford Software Development Program), but also Sensor to provide the necessary software AppLink to GENIVI Alliance, becoming the first open source program of the American car company , Hoping to enrich its car infotainment system.
Ford Motor Company said he was not a car company, but a technology company. Soon the car will be able to monitor the health of the human body, even when the driver is sick or sleep when he can take over the automatic driving car. The carmaker is even developing 'car ambulance', using some medical sensors to enable doctors to remotely monitor patients. At present, the initial model of the automotive system Speed Sensor has been tested in India, hope that the sensor can be well applied to consumer cars. Health diagnosis will be a new element in the car lifestyle, tested in the Indian Ford, the use of automotive electronic equipment for basic diagnosis, and feedback to the medical center. The car will become a mobile ambulance device with wheels, meanwhile, the company says the health sensor will apply to the daily driving model and also think of how to deal with the different conditions of the situation.
Researchers test the car sensor system to show the driver when the seizures need to enter the safe driving mode or stop. In addition, Ford has developed smart sensors for built-in sensors, steering Throttle Position Sensor wheels and seat belts. The infrared sensor on the steering wheel can monitor the driver's palm temperature changes, and a downward infrared sensor mounted on the hand brake lever can measure the temperature inside the vehicle, thus effectively changing the driver's body temperature. There is also a sensor implanted seat for assessing the patient's breathing frequency.
Sakhalan also hinted that the company is developing an autopilot car, but the next decade is unlikely to be available in large quantities. The concept of automatic driving car is what many people expect, Ford has been studying for many years, now has adaptive cruise control, automatic parking function, the future will continue to introduce more automatic function. It is expected that the real autopilot will be available ten years later.
Hope that in the future, you can call an unmanned car, safely carrying you to any place you want to go. This unmanned car will be intuitive to take the fastest path, to avoid Pressure Switch the construction section, paid tolls, parking, all of its own to. In the traffic jam period, your car will be asked to pass the rate (so that you can arrive on time destination.


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From the moment they released their new single “Dynamite,” BTS was always headed toward a huge first-frame sales figure, but few could have predicted the group’s latest offering would end up performing as well as it has...and the song’s massive sales count is only further highlighted by its comparison to the rest of the bestselling tunes in the U.S. this week.
“Dynamite” arrives as the bestselling single in the U.S. this frame by an enormous margin. The tune, which sees the South Korean septet performing entirely in English for the first time in their career (at least on one of their own cuts) will debut at No. 1 on Billboard’s Digital Song Sales chart tomorrow (when the list refreshes) with just slightly more than 265,000 copies sold.
That figure is not just enough to secure BTS the top spot on the sales-focused chart, it’s actually more units than every other title on that ranking...combined.
According to data provided by Nielsen Music, “Dynamite” outsold the rest of the top 50 bestselling songs in the U.S. this week, the entirety of the Digital Song Sales ranking, combined. Melding all sales of the 49 other tracks that sold enough copies to land somewhere on the list of the bestselling tunes in America throughout the past seven days, the cumulative total comes just just under 250,000 units. That’s a fairly low sum for that many popular cuts, but sales are dwindling all the time, and there aren’t many high-profile new releases this time around (aside from BTS, that is).
“Dynamite” outsold all 49 of those tunes combined with well over 10,000 units to spare.
Perhaps most impressive is the song’s performance compared to the No. 2 title this frame, Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion’s “WAP.” That former chart-topper sold another 25,000 copies this past period, which is enough to put it in second place, though it’s fairly low. “Dynamite” outsold that smash more than 10 times over this time around.
Until this frame, “WAP” held the record for the largest one-week sales sum of 2020, an honor it earned just two periods back. The all-female No. 1 debut launched with 125,000 copies sold, a figure BTS more than doubled with their new single.


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iPad Air 3 Release Date, News, & Update: Apple Table Confirmed Last Model Under 'Air' Line? Impressive Specs, Features & Price Details
It's been a great year for Apple as they launched several new flagship devices this year, including their new premium handsets iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus, the new Macbook, to much acclaimed success. However, it's been noticeably silent on the tablet front, which is currently being dominated by Microsoft's Surface Pro 4, which was why the news of an upcoming iPad Air 3 came as a welcome surprise for most Apple fans and enthusiasts.
However, reports suggested that the iPad Air 3 will be the last Air tablet that Apple will be releasing as the Cupertino giant allegedly mulls over the possibility of killing the Air brand, laptops and all. Given this, what can they expect from the upcoming new Apple tablet? Here's everything you need to know about Apple's iPad Air 3: specifications and features, new upgrades, price details, release dates and more.
Specifications and features
The iPad Air 3 being the possible swan song for Apple's Air line, it's only plausible for Apple enthusiasts to expect better specs for the device. However, Macworld reported that it being a tablet, it isn't very reasonable to expect that specs can go any higher than they currently are.
As far as tablets go, it said, Apple's tablet specs are already at their peak, given the level of performance and duties one would normally ascribe to from a tablet. Besides, Apple also has its Pro line of tablets, which would inevitably cause a headache among Apple's designers as they try to figure out which one to improve specs. So, when should fans expect iPad Air 3?
Given this, it's also not unreasonable to think that Apple may have arrived at the dead end for its tablet spectrum--hence, rumors that the iPad Air 3 may be the last of its line. It's expected to launch in March 2017 given Apple's historical launch dates.


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Lego has revealed its newest toy: the Lego Technic Jeep Wrangler. At last, the iconic 4x4 joins the plastic brick Land Rover Defender in Lego’s lineup.
Unlike the 2,753-piece Lego Defender, though, this Jeep Wrangler Rubicon is only a 665-piece set. Not that it’s a bad thing, because it actually makes this Lego Wrangler an easier build. In fact, it’s recommended for Lego fans aged nine and up, so if you still don’t know what to get for your young nieces and nephews this holiday season, this might be a good option.
Besides, this Lego is still a pretty cool toy despite the relatively few parts. It has a button-operated front steering and an axle-articulation suspension on top of the rugged tires that’ll allow the tiny 4x4 to do a bit of off-roading.
There are also fold-down rear seats inside the cabin. Naturally, there’s that signature Jeep grille up front, too. It comes in a bright yellow colorway with a handful of black accents all around.
“The Jeep Wrangler is an icon in the off-road world. The Rubicon has a lot of the iconic details loved by 4x4 fans the world over, so it was important to me to pack as many of the authentic, powerful features of the real vehicle into the Lego Technic replica,” said Lego Technic designer Lars Thygesen. “I hope Lego fans and vehicle lovers enjoy all aspects including the suspension, winch, and open-air design that we developed alongside the talented Jeep design team.”
“With an 80-year legacy that reaches around the world, our owners, fans and followers have quite literally grown up with us,” said Jeep Brand global president Christian Meunier. “Our partnership with the LEGO Group gives our enthusiasts another inclusive opportunity to share the passion they have for the Jeep Wrangler, a global automotive icon that represents fun, freedom, and unbridled adventure.”
The Lego Technic Jeep Wrangler retails for £44.99 (about P2,900) in the UK and $49.99 (around P2,400) in the US. Would you get one if it were available here in the Philippines?


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Audi considering electric car venture with China's FAW: Automobilwoche
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - German premium brand Audi is in talks with long-term partner FAW Group [SASACJ.UL] about creating a second joint venture to build electric cars on its PPE platform in China, Germany's Automobilwoche reported on Saturday.
Audi and FAW have a Chinese joint venture to build combustion-engined cars in the northeastern city of Changchun and the southern city of Foshan.
An Audi spokeswoman declined to comment on the report.
(Reporting by Edward Taylor; editing by Jason Neely)
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The only major studio to convert to HD DVD exclusivity, Paramount has announced that it aready has more than 30 titles prepared for the format in 2008.
In a peculiar partnership, video game publisher Electronic Arts and energy giant BP have teamed up to bring issues of electricity and pollution to a new SimCity game.
Nintendo has launched a new firmware update for the Wii, adding amonth aother things support for USB keyboard input.
Fulfilling the wishes of countless fans of the Nintendo fighting series, Sonic the Hedgehog will be a playable character in an online-capable Super Smash Bros Brawl.
Valve announced today that the long-awaited The Orange Box is now available on the content delivery platform Steam.
Nintendo has announced more details about its upcoming "Wii Ware" service, including more ambitious support than previously expected.
Sony Computer Entertainment Japan announced today that it will launch a new PS3 later this year with a 40 GB hard drive, which will also be available in ceramic white.
After an unbelievably successful run for Burger King last year, Toyota is trying its hand in the "advergame" business with the release of "Yaris".
Rockstar was able to get a toned down version of Manhunt 2 through the ESRB, but it is having a more difficult time getting approval in the UK.
Chicago (IL) – The Atari 2600, considered by many the origin of the modern game console market, is celebrating its 30th birthday this month.
A scale replica of a Star Wars X-Wing fighter disintegrated in mid-flight after being launched in Plaster City, California.
An entirely new PS3 hardware is apparently on its way to to retailers in time for the holiday season.
The recently redesigned version of the PSP has already sold 580,000 units in Japan, more than the same amount in the same time frame for the original PSP.
Sony has taken the PS3's digital download capability to a platform no other console has tried yet - video tutorials.
US retailers have begun listing yet another version of the Xbox 360, a special low-cost bundle for casual gamers.
The newest feature to enter the realm of high definition video is the ability to go shopping online, directly from an HD DVD player.
Midway has announced that Unreal Tournament 3, originally set to be its killer PS3 app for the holiday season, may not make it out this year after all.
Nintendo has introduced a new product that slips over the Wii for users to have a better grip on it, and existing Wii owners can apply to get up to four for free.
Ontario (CA) – Basic car maintenance like changing your oil and rotating tires may seem easy to grease monkeys, but to many people it’s as mysterious and complicated as brain surgery. Now, there’s a video podcast called “Fuel Time” that promises to show basic car fixes, all without embarrassing yourself.
Ontario (CA) - Imagine being able to ask the Ninja from Ask a Ninja not just one question but a whole bunch of questions all at once! TGDaily.com was given a chance to do just that at the 3rd Annual Podcasting and New Media Expo in Ontario, California this past weekend. Even better, we lived to tell about it.


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General Motors Corp., Detroit, is introducing two reward credit cards, a new standard GM Card and an all-new GM Platinum Card in a continuation with Household Bank, Chicago, and MasterCard International, Purchase, N.Y. An estimated $20 million media push breaks Friday night on national TV during March Madness college basketball playoffs and continues through May. The ads are only for the Platinum card, which will let members accrue more redemption dollars faster than the current card. The creative, also including national print and Internet banners, is the first from Mullen
, Wenham, Mass. The shop has done strategy work on the account since 1997. The tag is "What are you charging toward?" Mullen also worked on a direct mailing that goes to 16 million prospects next week and a Web site arriving Friday at gmcard.com. GM launched the original card in 1992 and last advertised it on national TV in 1994. Membership peaked in '97 with 12 million cardholders, slid to 7 million last year and is now at 6 million.
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Do not adjust your screen. Atari have confirmed they are set to release a new video game console. This is not a drill.
Atari CEO Fred Chesnais is keen to make his mark on the once-leading digital entertainment company. Recently, the man who took Atari out of bankruptcy in 2013 seems to have shifted the joystick away from the mobile horizons that saved its backside and back to the good old wood-paneled box of wonder. Murmurs had arisen concerning Atari’s decision to re-enter the console market in the weeks preceding E3 2017, however it wasn’t until an interview with Gamesbeat that Chesnais finally lifted the lid on the industry-Godfather’s fabled return. The so-called AtariBox is stark without any details at the moment, but that doesn’t mean we can’t play out our greatest resurrection fantasies and retro gaming memories.
While the design hasn’t been finalised, the AtariBox was featured in a small…
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MPD: Man Steals U of M Student's Wallet, Buys Guitar
MPD: Man steals U of M student's wallet, buys guitar
MEMPHIS, TN (WMC) -
A Bartlett man is facing identity theft and fraud charges Friday after investigators said he used a University of Memphis student's bank card to steal money and buy a guitar.
Investigators believe 27-year-old Jeremy Haag took the victim's wallet April 6 after it was left inside a room at the University Center on campus.
According to a police report, Haag spent $13.95 on two purchases at Kroger on Poplar Avenue and North Cleveland Street, before withdrawing $240 from the student's bank account with the stolen driver's license.
Investigators also said Haag used the victim's card to buy a $381 guitar before pawning it at a nearby Midtown pawn shop.
Haag is charged with identity theft, five counts of fraudulent use of a credit/debit card under $500, and theft of property under $500. A hearing in his case is expected Wednesday.
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Managers don't want an employee showing up at a company function on Second Life as a green spiky animal or wearing barely-there club attire. So analysts at Gartner Inc. recently recommended that as more companies conduct business in virtual worlds, employers should establish ground rules regarding employee avatars.
Gartner predicted that by the end of 2013, 70% of companies will have set behavior guidelines and dress codes for employees who use the remotely controlled online characters in business settings.
"We advise establishing codes of behavior that apply in any circumstance when an employee is acting as a company representative, whether in a real or virtual environment," Gartner analyst James Lundy said in a statement. For example, whatever rules apply to Web activities such as blogging can be extended to cover virtual worlds, except that visual environments also require a dress code.
To avoid problems with employees mixing their personal and professional virtual lives, companies should suggest that employees use one avatar for work interactions and a different one for personal activities, Gartner said.
Amanda Van Nuys, head of enterprise marketing at Linden Lab, which operates Second Life, agreed about the need for separate work and personal avatars.
"If virtual work is to be taken seriously, then our avatars need to look -- and act -- as professional as we do in a physical workplace," she said in a blog post.


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Takata will, by agreement with the NHTSA, recall another 35m-40m airbags by 2019
Takata said in a statement it had agreed to initiate future expanded recalls covering all non-desiccated frontal airbag inflators containing phase-stabilised ammonium nitrate (PSAN) in the US not covered by previous recalls. The estimated tally is 35m-40m.
The details were set out in an amendment to the 3 November, 2015 consent order with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).
"Takata is not aware of any ruptures, in the field or in testing, in the inflator products in vehicles that would be covered by this new order, nor is Takata aware of any new data or scientific analysis that suggests any substantial risk with respect to such vehicles. Nonetheless, the company has agreed to accept and support the expanded recalls respecting Takata's and NHTSA's shared interest towards future safety and restoring public confidence. All vehicles in which field or testing ruptures have occurred are already subject to previous recalls in the US," the supplier said.
Takata said research and analysis by several independent engineering organisations hds supported its own previously reported findings that certain inflator ruptures are caused by a combination of long-term exposure to high heat, absolute humidity and temperature cycling. With these expanded recalls, all non-desiccated frontal inflators will be under recall in the US. The vast majority of the frontal inflators Takata produces today contain desiccant, a drying agent that acts as a mitigant against these environmental effects. Manufacturing variability may also pay a role in the inflator failures, and certain vehicle models have been shown to have a much higher incident rate than others.
Shigehisa Takada, chairman and CEO of Takata, said, "This agreement with NHTSA is consistent with our desire to work with regulators and our automaker customers to develop long-term, orderly solutions to these important safety issues, and we are gratified that the NHTSA administrator has recognised the company's cooperation. Our actions, including the expansion of product recalls to cover all non-desiccated frontal inflator models, demonstrate our total commitment to safety and our intention to be part of the solution and to restore the confidence of the driving public."
Takada continued: "We will continue to dedicate significant resources to maximise recall completion rates, including through our 'get the word out' campaign and by working closely with NHTSA and our automaker customers on new and innovative solutions to reach consumers. Takata is committed to supporting all actions that advance vehicle safety."
Based on the terms of the consent order amendment, Takata will be filing defect information reports (DIRs) for all non-desiccated frontal airbag inflators not currently under recall in five stages, according to model years and the geographic regions where the vehicles are registered, focusing first on older vehicles in regions of high heat and absolute humidity. All non-desiccated frontal passenger PSAN inflators will be under recall by 31 December, 2019.
Takata estimated there would be approximately 35-40m airbag inflators covered by these new DIRs, primarily passenger-side inflators. Almost all driver-side non-desiccated frontal airbag inflators are already under recall. The first DIR, which will be filed on 16 May, 2016, will cover approximately 14m inflators. The expanded recalls also include certain non-desiccated frontal airbag inflators which have been provided as replacement parts in the past.
Takata said it had been in close consultation with NHTSA regarding the severe challenges it will face in supplying replacement parts for the expanded recalls. "It has been determined that such issues will be further discussed and resolved through the coordinated remedy programme together with NHTSA and the vehicle manufacturers. Takata will continue to offer its best effort and cooperation towards the smooth implementation of the expanded recalls."
To date, Takata has produced more than 14m airbag replacement kits in North America alone, significantly more than the approximately 8m inflators that have been returned to the supplier as part of current US safety campaigns.
"Takata strongly urges all consumers to check NHTSA'S www.safercar.gov website regularly and contact their dealers immediately if their vehicle is subject to a recall," the statement concluded.
Karl Brauer, senior analyst for Kelley Blue Book, said: "The scope of the recall far exceeds any previous automotive defect and likely will take years to fully address. Affected consumers can expect a wait time from a few months to a few years, a troubling timeframe given the potentially deadly nature of these airbags. It's hard to imagine Takata surviving this recall, but if the company fails it will only lengthen the time it takes to resolve this issue."


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GVC and Amaya Gamble On bwin.party; 888 Lines Up Rival Bid
Online gambling giant, bwinparty digital entertainment, looks set to be taken over after 888 Holdings confirmed it has put in a bid thought to be £1 billion. However, the Gibraltar-based company will have to fight it out with GVC Holdings and PokerStars’ owner Amaya Gaming who have teamed up to launch a rival bid.
888 confirmed on Monday that it has put in a bid for bwinparty and this saw the shares in the latter soar by more than 10% at one stage before setting 8.6% up at 108p. The size of the potential transaction, which will be a combination of cash and 888 shares, requires at least 59% of 888’s shareholders have to vote in favour of the takeover and it believed this has already been done.
You may recall that it was 888 who were targeted in a takeover bid by William Hill earlier this year, with the proposed £720 million takeover being rejected by a member of the Shaked family, which co-founded 888 and is a majority shareholder.
888 won’t have it all their own way because AIM-listed company GVC Holdings and Amaya Gaming have teamed up to launch a rival bid.
The plans currently being drawn up suggest GVC would own the majority of the company and would buy bwinparty outright and Amaya would then have the option to subsequently purchase the poker operations.
It is thought that GVC would put its own management team in this new company and will then restructure bwinparty’s assets over the next two years.
GVC is no stranger to joint takeover ventures having joined forces with William Hill to purchase Sportingbet. That deal saw William Hill acquire Sportingbet’s Spanish and Australian businesses and GVC took on assets in countries that are classified as being “grey markets,” riskier markets because regulations are not as clearly defined and an area that a large percentage of bwinparty’s revenue is generated.
GVC, 888 and bwinparty have each released statements to the stock exchange confirming that press speculation is indeed true, as they are bound to do under the laws of being a public limited company in the UK.
Interesting times are ahead.
What are your thoughts of the potential takeover? Is this a positive move for the online poker world? Let us know in the comments box below.