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A new mobile service aimed at teenagers launched this morning with a "cherry-popper starter kit" sim card, encouraging potential customers to "get it on" and "flip around".
But the launch, which comes a week after the Australian Association of National Advertisers released a new ethics code with tougher guidelines against advertising that may sexualise children, has angered campaign groups.
A spokeswoman for Collective Shout said the names ONEmobile had given to its products were "sleazy". Collective Shout campaigns against excessive objectification and sexualisation in advertising and the media.
"It is unfortunate that when many parents are struggling to protect their children from porn on computer and mobile devices that a telephone company is not only using sexualised language to market mobile phones, but are also promoting musical acts such as Snoop Dogg and Keisha," Collective Shout spokeswoman Melinda Liszewski said.
"Is this really what this mobile company thinks is suitable for a young market?"
Managing director of the mobile company, Zac Swindells, said the names of its mobile packages were developed after extensive market research and just reflected how young people talk to each other.
"The term cherry-popper, it is a common term. It is a common term to describe anything for the first time," he said.
"I do not think it is a lewd or suggestive connotation whatsoever."
The company, ONEmobile, will sponsor the Summadayze festival in January, where Snoop Dogg will perform.
Ms Liszewski said while ONEmobile may consider the brand "cheeky" and "cutting edge" it was socially irresponsible.
"Particularly alarming is the "cherry-popper team." The [promotional] video depicted young promotions staff wearing shirts that said 'cherry-popper.' This is a direct reference to losing virginity."
Mr Swindells said the brand was aimed at people under 25 years and the "cherry-popper" product was just one of many brand names.
Its other products include a "Ninja Thumbs" text message package, "Low Riders" package and "Da Bomb". It has developed an application which allows customers to gift credit to another number, and a press release said this would be suitable for "neglected girl or boyfriends, even potential lovers".
The new advertising code of ethics states "marketing communications should not employ sexual appeal in a manner which is exploitative and degrading of any individual or group of people".
A code on marketing to children states material "must not state or imply that children are sexual beings and that ownership or enjoyment of a product will enhance their sexuality".
ONEmobile is an off-shoot of ispOne, a Melbourne-based carrier which sells managed services to small to medium sized internet providers.
The new retail mobile service is its first foray into the retail market, reselling services on the Optus network.
A slick marketing video released this morning said ONEmobile recognises those under 25 years are fickle and not loyal to brands. Its "cherry-popper" team would be travelling around the country promoting the new brand and encouraging young people to "get it on" with ONEmobile, according to the video.


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Kakao Corp of South Korea recently announced its plan to launch its own blockchain platform. Ground X, the blockchain division of the South Korean giant, revealed the company’s plans on May 13 during Consensus 2019.
According to Ground X’s announcement, the Klaytn mainnet will be unveiled on June 27 and will reportedly be one of the main movers pushing for blockchain adoption in South Korea.
Kakao currently has a 96 percent market share in the technologically-driven Asian country. It has a strong presence in gaming, messaging, content services, mobility and financial services.
The South Korean behemoth previously revealed its intention of developing its own platform back in March. The move was part of Kakao Corp’s new business plan dubbed Kakao 3.0. But previous to that revelation, Kakao already came out with a testnet model of Klaytn in October 2018.
Klaytn was said to concentrate on decentralized apps (Dapps). The company’s developers were reportedly working on about ten international and domestic partners back in October to try out the new ecosystem.
Additional $90M Raise
Kakao has been busy preparing for Klaytn. The company recently renewed its initial coin offering (ICO) in a bid to raise an extra $90 million for the platform. The company had announced in December last year of its plans to try and raise $300 million via Ground X to design a native token.
South Korea’s internet giant is said to also have plans to unveil an integrated crypto wallet in KakaoTalk, its renowned messaging app. According to Fnnews, the wallet will be released on the heels of the Klaytn mainnet.

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After it was found that the Galaxy Nexus had a fairly critical bug it now appears as though the problems will soon be over thanks to a fix...
Google has already begun rolling out it's OTA update for the Samsung Galaxy Nexus volume bug with Android Central reporting that several users have already begun to get the update despite Google's original statement that the update was a week away.
This came after several forums started to feature threads where users were complaining about their Samsung Galaxy Nexus randomly changing the volume of the handset without warning, the issue appeared to sporadically change the phone from being muted to full volume.
The newly released Ice Cream Sandwich handset has been met with widespread praise however just a few days later it appears as though the honeymoon period is over.
Got a brand-new Galaxy Nexus, suffering from volume rocker problems? Let us know via the comments box below...
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Nigerian innovative shared-mobility platform Shuttlers secures $4 million for expansion
Shuttlers, a Nigerian innovative shared-mobility platform, has secured $4 million in funding for expansion.
The funding round was led by Verod-Kepple Africa Ventures, with follow-on investment from VestedWorld, EchoVC Partners, CMC 21 & Alsa, and SheEquity. Founded in 2016, Shuttlers offers a range of shared transportation options, including buses, vans, and cars, with routes that cover major cities and suburbs across Nigeria. Their app-based platform allows users to book rides in real-time, and the company is committed to providing safe, comfortable, and reliable services. The company aims to make transportation more accessible and affordable for all Nigerians.
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THE textile industry is in a dilemma as cotton trade between Pakistan and India has been hit by a rise in border tension; and traders across the border, being uncertain of future developments, are not entering into new deals.
Pakistan’s Cotton Commissioner Khalid Abdullah says a low quantum of trade activity is still taking place. The government has not asked importers to stop buying cotton from India but many of them are not buying on their own as a gesture of national solidarity. However, Indian exporters are refusing to sell at their government’s behest although they would be the losers.
Pakistani spinners are the biggest buyers of Indian fibre. Fewer imports by Pakistan this year could hurt Indian exports, raise their prices and help rival cotton exporters like Brazil, the United States and some African countries. For Pakistan’s industry, buying the raw material from other sources may prove costly owing to long distance freight. In fact, the situation is in a wait-and see mode. Cotton trade between the two countries is worth $822m a year.
Pakistan’s Cotton Commissioner Khalid Abdullah says a low quantum of cotton trade activity is still taking place
Another victim of high political temperature is vegetables. According to Times of India, traders from the Indian state of Gujarat have decided to stop supplying vegetables to Pakistan.
Gujarat used to send 50 trucks having 10 tonnes of vegetables, mainly tomatoes and chilli, to Pakistan via the Wagah border. This is the first time in almost two decades that Gujarat’s exporters have halted the supply of essential vegetables to Pakistan. The commission agents say they will not resume exports till the normalisation of relations.
The suspension in cotton trade comes at a time when Pakistan’s cotton crop has recorded an overall decrease of 15pc over the last year, adding to the industry’s woes. Pakistan, the world’s third-largest cotton consumer, starts importing from September, but this time there has been little activity so far.
In the 2015-16 fiscal year ending on March 31 in India, official trade between the two was $2.6bn with cotton being a major component. However, in the crop year that ended on September 30, Pakistan was India’s biggest cotton buyer after its own crop was hit by drought and whitefly pest. According to an estimate, Pakistan will need to import at least three million bales in 2016-17.
The Cotton Crop Assessment Committee (CCAC), on Oct 7, estimated that the output for 2016-17 stood at 11.039m bales.Participants were informed that the lower output was mainly due to effects of climate change on the crop, besides pests like pink bollworm and whitefly. The crop output in Punjab is estimated at 7.3m bales, with each bale weighing 170 kilograms.The crop size of Sindh is estimated at 3.7m bales.
The representative of growers from Punjab agreed to the assessment whereas the Pakistan Cotton Ginners Association chairman was of the opinion that the crop size in Punjab was about 7.5-8m bales. Cotton sowing has registered a decrease of 21pc in Punjab while it has risen by 2pc in Sindh. The crop size is assessed on the basis of data provided by provincial governments.
Meanwhile, Afghan President’s special envoy and Ambassador to Pakistan, Dr Omar Zakhilwal, has refuted reports that Kabul has shut down the land route for Pakistani trucks going to Central Asian states through its territory. Ashraf Ghani had threatened, last month, to shut Pakistan’s transit route to Central Asian countries if it did not allow Afghan traders to use the Wagah border for trade with India. Pakistani trucks, the envoy says, can deliver transit goods directly to Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan via Afghanistan.
It is interesting to note that in a highly charged political atmosphere, trade in other commodity goods has not been affected. The inward flow of Indian goods into Karachi’s major commodity and grocery markets, in old city areas which form the hub of the country’s wholesale trade, continues uninterrupted without any increase in prices or shortage of goods.
Shopkeepers selling Indian cosmetics and jewellery are doing business as usual because of their smooth flow and easy availability. The war-like situation has not affected their business. Not only is the arrival of goods from India normal, even exports are taking place at the usual pace. Pulses, spices and dried fruits continue to land in Pakistan, with these items not having faced any shortage in the wholesale market so far.
Trade balance between the two countries is in favour of India. In 2015-2016, exports from Pakistan to India dropped to $400m from $415m in 2014-2015. India’s exports to Pakistan surged 27pc to $1.8bn over the same period.
The All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA) Punjab Chairman Aamir Fayyaz says that since now the textile industry has become highly dependent on imported cotton, duties and taxes on import of cotton would make the entire value chain uncompetitive. The situation calls for the withdrawal of 4pc customs duty and 5pc sales tax on the import of cotton. He wants the government to resolve the textile industry’s issues and enable it to undertake investment worth $1bn per annum.
Published in Dawn, Business & Finance weekly, October 17th, 2016


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The only thing under the tree this year is terror.
Artsploitation will deliver the ultimate stocking stuffer with the home video release of the Australian horror film Red Christmas (read our review). Following a theatrical rollout across the United States, Craig Anderson’s feature debut will be available nationwide October 17.
On that date, look for the film on Blu-ray, DVD and Digital HD, including iTunes, Amazon Instant Video, Google Play, Vudu and more.
Genre icon Dee Wallace stars alongside Geoff Morrell, Sarah Bishop, and Janis McGavin.
“A troubled matriarch must defend her family when a mysterious stranger turns up at her secluded country mansion on Christmas day. A day of celebration becomes a night of terror, as the stranger reveals a secret from the family’s past, and threatens to destroy their future.”
The Blu-ray and DVD include a feature-length commentary with Craig Anderson, interviews with Dee Wallace, Gerald Odwyer and Craig Anderson, bloopers and more.
Check out the trailer and release art below.
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"The company weighed all the data it has in front of it and decided to leave behind this difficult year, hoping that by January, the problem will be overcome and the vaccine will be available so that there are no problems," - explained the Company representative.
To the investment cost, which was estimated at € 65 000 000, another 10% was added due to delays and additional projects, he said.
The commercial building projects have been completed to 75%, and by the end of the year, everything will be ready. At the moment, he added, the road network is under construction, with a new public road that will connect the two streets of the area, Griva Digeni, and George Christodoulidis. At the same time, it will also include a roundabout on Larnaca - Nicosia Avenue so that the shopping center has the best possible access for the public.
Also, he stated that 85% of the stores had been rented, including companies that manage well-known brands and stores in Cyprus and two brands that will have a presence in Cyprus for the first time from a European country and the other from the South. Africa.
Among the companies locked in are Rio Cinema and Cyta, while Cablenet, Epic, and Primetel are also expected.
Other tenants are Alphamega supermarket, Costa Coffee, and Starbucks. At an advanced stage, he said, is the discussion with the PHC group about both Pizza Hut and Caffé Nero and Burger King.
The Italian restaurant chain Al Dente, Umami Sushi, and McDonalds also signed a contract. Clothing, footwear, cosmetics, jewelry, and sportswear stores have closed deals, Marks & Spencer, Athlokinisi, Prive Sports, Beautyline, MAC, Inglot, Mango, Stradivarius, Intimissimi, Calzedonia, Tezenis, Chrysanthou Shoes, Hiloebox, Calvin Klein, Sugarfree, Crocodile, Marasil, Jack & Jones, Fox Kids, NYX, Beauty Bar + Travel Stories, Sketchers, Prince Oliver, Mothercare, La Maison, and Gevorest.
The Larnaca shopping center will have 135 stores (120 have already been rented) and 1,500 parking spaces.
The outdoor area will be spread over 72,000 m2 of which 65,000 m2 will occupy the building, will be enriched with 200 trees planted by the company, plus the greenery and the forest surrounds the project.
In total, he noted, the green spaces will amount to 18,000 m2 between which there will be squares and squares, playgrounds, and two fountains while the stigma of the modern building will be the copper, which will cover a large part of it. A bike path was also added.


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Sausage rolls are among the nation's favourite baked goods - and now a popular High Street eatery could be about to launch its own vegan-friendly version.
Animal rights group PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) launched a petition earlier in the year calling on Greggs to sell vegan sausage rolls.
The campaigner’s claim a vegan sausage roll will have benefits to people's health and launched a petition to get then pastry on to the menu.
PETA previously said: “The time has come for Greggs to offer a plant-based version of this on-the-go favourite.”
The petition which had more than 20,000 pledges has now been taken down.
But according to Glasgow Live, it looks as though vegan sausage rolls will be on the menu for 2019.
A leaked photo of an email to PETA has surfaced appearing to confirm the long awaited news.
The alleged email states: “To support you with allergens and the upcoming launch of our vegan sausage roll, we’ve created an Allergen and Vegan Sausage Roll training module.”
It continues: "We're really excited about the launch of the Vegan Sausage Roll as we know you and our customers will be too”


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Supply Chain Digital: 3D Printing: The end of the globalised supply chain?
Supply Chains are governed by technology, which dictates the way we manufacture and distribute goods. This new technology, however, may completely remove the market for a globalised supply chain.
The modern supply chain is all about globalisation. Shipping lines, freight forwarders and airlines depend on moving vast quantities of consumer goods on a daily basis, providing Western markets with items manufactured in the Far East.
According to industry experts, however, this could all be about to change. A potential threat to the logistics industry, 3D Printing has the ability to revolutionise production techniques, allowing the use of more automation and thus saving on cost.
Originally developed as an automated method to produce prototypes, 3D Printing builds up layers of material (plastics, ceramics or metal powders) using a computer-aided design to create a three-dimensional product. Able to manufacture items with minimal human assistance, a large number of 3D printers could be a cost-effective way to produce any small product or part without a large workforce -meaning the manufacturer is able to move production closer to the end user at a low cost.
In a White Paper recently released by the industry site Transport Intelligence, John Manners-Bell, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Transport Intelligence and Ken Lyon, CEO of Virtual Partners has created a projection of a potential future with 3D Printers at the centre, looking at how the logistics industry may be sidelined and how it could adapt to sit alongside this new technology. ...


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Steven Wyer learned about reputation management the hard way.
The respected businessman saw his online reputation marred, literally overnight, when two of companies he owned endured litigation. Steven Wyer watched helplessly as misinformation took over search results, leaving him no recourse. Whether the information was true or not was irrelevant, Steven Wyer’s business was irrevocably damaged.
At the time, Steven Wyer had built two impressive businesses out of collecting consumer debt. With clients including General Electric, Chase, and H&R Block, Steven Wyer’s Wyer Creative Communications, Inc. was named the fastest growing company in Middle Tennessee for five years in a row before the litigation changed it all.
“It was shocking that people from the other side of the world asked questions that had nothing to do with the professional relationship I had developed with them,” Steven Wyer reflects. “Both businesses ended up shutting their doors because of information I had no control over.”
The information continued to haunt Steven Wyer in 2006, when he tried to diversify his professional interests. The entire experience showed Steven Wyer now negative information that shows up in search results can impact a person’s business, financial outlook, and even his personal relationships. Steven Wyer is alarmed to see how often such negative information comes from a competing business, an angry former employee, or an unhappy customer in the throes of a bad day.
Because the Internet is unfiltered and unmanaged, Steven Wyer says, there is no way to control such misinformation. People who have worked a lifetime to build a business can have it all wiped away in a matter of hours, with no recourse.
Through his business, ReputationAdvocate.com, Steven Wyer works to help those whose reputations have been marred online. Additionally, Steven Wyer has published a book, Violated Online, that details what can happen when a person’s reputation is attacked. Offering more than fifty tips to prepare for such an attack, Steven Wyer’s book has put him in demand on the speaking circuit, and he now works hard to juggle a thriving business and his work on his next book.
In the book, Steven Wyer details how the very laws that protect our rights to free speech have backfired on us in the internet age. The government will rarely step in when someone has been defamed online, Steven Wyer says, leaving companies and individuals with nowhere to turn. Violated Online arms readers with the tools necessary to survive in the digital age, outlining specific steps everyone can take today to protect against an online attack.
Violated Online is available from Amazon in softcover and e-book format, with downloads available for the Nook, iBook, Kindle, and PDF.


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Not long after Nissan announced a new mobile EV charging vehicle to help out stranded cars, AAA has revealed similar plans for the United States.The move comes as AAA attempts to prepare for the increased number of electric cars on the roads. Starting in August six test units will be deployed across several states, including California, Oregon, Washington, Florida, Tennessee, and Georgia.
"We know electric vehicles are coming and we've got to be ready for them," AAA's Christie Hyde told Bloomberg.
No details yet on what the mobile charging units will look like or who is building them, but that information shouldn't be too far off. AAA is expected to unveil the units to the public at an upcoming press conference in Raleigh this July.


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Supermarket giant Sainsbury's has submitted plans for a new store in Greater Manchester which will create 400 jobs.
Sainsbury's hopes to secure approval from Wigan council for the scheme on the old Millingford Industrial Estate off Bridge Street in Golborne.
The chain said a consultation period with people living in the area before submitting its application yielded nearly 400 written responses, of which more than 90 per cent were in favour of the proposals.
Its regional development executive Michael Morris said it has modified its plans as a result of the feedback received, including provision for a pedestrian crossing over Bridge Street and a larger roundabout with wider approach lanes.
The blueprint also includes landscaping, including diverting Millingford Brook.
He added: “A Sainsbury's in Golborne will provide a significant investment in the area and create hundreds of new jobs for local people.
“We know that some local people already enjoy shopping in our nearby stores. The new Sainsbury's will provide a convenient shopping location so they can shop closer to home and visit other local shops too.
“We have listened to views on how our initial proposals could be improved and the planning application we have submitted reflects this.”
As well as a supermarket, Sainsbury's plans to create a petrol station, in-store café, recycling area, online shopping delivery bay and cash points.
The complex will be built with sustainable features include a biomass boiler for generating renewable energy onsite, and rainwater harvesting.
Meanwhile, the Harvester restaurant chain is creating more than 50 jobs at a new venue in The Printworks complex in Manchester.
The Salad & Grill is due to open on Tuesday, November 8.
Fred Booth, The Printworks' centre director, said: “Harvester is going to be a great addition to The Printworks and really complement our restaurant portfolio, bringing a new dynamic to family dining.


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Wakefield-based Deborah Services (DSL) has taken delivery of 13 new 7.5 tonne trucks from Isuzu Truck. DSL, which provides of a range of services including scaffolding and access, insulation, protective coatings, passive fire protection and temporary roofing systems, will use the replacement trucks in its hire and sales, and contract scaffolding operations. The Isuzu Forward N75.190 4×2 rigids are all fitted with the Easyshift automated transmission and various sizes of flatbed body from Bespoke Bodies and Plant Equipment. All have […]
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The Third Place: Why Virtual Reality Might Transform eCommerce Into Social Spaces
“VR is finally here,” announced Oculus CEO Brendan Iribe in September. Nothing new with this you’d have to agree. But what is uncertain is how it will be predominantly used. Entertainment? film? health, gaming? Online shopping?
As Oculus’s chief scientist Michael Abrash is quoted as saying in The Atlantic today “Once you’ve experienced it, it’s obvious that it’s going to change the world in a big way.”
Social “reality theatre”
Allison Crank, a British film-maker who has just completed her thesis in Contextual Design at Eindhoven has turned her attention to eCommerce (The Reality Theatre)and the possible impact VR will have.
Crank looks at bricks and mortar retail through the prism of sociologists concept of ‘third place” (“inclusively sociable places” ) a concept made popular by sociologist Ray Oldenburg. She writes how with the growth of eCommerce bricks and mortar retail is in danger of becoming obsolete. eCommerce at the moment lacks the social element (for example shopping with friends) and ‘theatre’ present in bricks and mortar retail but with virtual reality (VR) there is now an opportunity for the social aspect (multiplayer online shopping) to be brought into eCommerce and in turn for online retail to become a “third place”.
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Shopping is a public performance whose drama is set at stores—theatres where you can be both performer and spectator. Today, shopping architecture is the most common form of “third places”—spaces for public activities where one can see and be seen—whose settings play an essential role in the staging and shaping of history and culture. However, with the rise of online shopping and cyberspace, today, shops and malls are facing rapid obsolescence.
Earlier this year I wrote a post about how eCommerce is posed to play an important role in VR and mentioned a 2013 paper by Manveer Kaur Mann, a Professor of STEM Education and Professional Studies a Old Dominion University (USA) who outlines the key reasons why online shopping does not have more consumer uptake than it currently has. Mann says its because of the lack of rich visual information (Crank might suggest it’s also because of the lack of the social element). As Mann et al writes:
“…a key barrier to further consumer adoption of online shopping is that lack of rich sensory information in the online environment (Park, Lennon & Stoel, 2005)…this restrains consumers ability to fully evaluate products and increase the risks associated with online shopping.”
As Crank writes shopping is a “public performance” and:
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Stores are theatres where you can be both performer and spectator. What if we designed stores as stages? What if shopping were a script for new stories?


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PARAGOULD, AR (KAIT) - Mission Outreach of Northeast Arkansas in Paragould received a donation Wednesday that will help feed people in need.
They got about 4,000 pounds worth of food from the Rice Depot.
Executive Director of the Mission Jeremy Biggs said most of the food they received was frozen chicken and canned vegetables.
He explained how important their relationship with the organization is for Mission Outreach.
"About 20% of our food comes from Rice Depot," Biggs said. "It's an important partnership and recently they offered us an opportunity to expand that partnership by us taking our equipment down there and loading up food from their Little Rock facility and bringing it back here."
The drive from Paragould to Little Rock isn't a big deal for Biggs and the other workers. Biggs said it is worth the gas money used to make the drive since they get thousands of pounds of food at no cost to them.
He expects the food they received from the Rice Depot to last about 5 to 6 weeks before they get low again.
Even with the donations, there is still a need for items like canned meat, canned fruit and kid-friendly foods at the organization.
Biggs said anyone willing to make a donation can take it to their location on Lake Street.
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GTPL Hathway, one of the country’s largest cable feed providers and the biggest MSO in Gujarat, said it expects media regulator TRAI to make further changes to the TV tariff order introduced in February this year.
Speaking to analysts after announcing the quarterly earnings of the cable feed provider, officials — including MD Aniruddhasinhji Jadega and Head of Strategy Piyush Pankaj — said they did not believe the new tariff regime has achieved its final shape.
“Issues that have been pending due to legal issues, like the 15% broadcaster cap, MRP to the broadcaster, [revenue sharing] between DPO to the LCO.. pushing a-la carte in place of packages…These are changes that are yet to be carried out by the regulatory side and will come in the second or third quarter,” they said in their interaction with analysts.
“These are changes..will come in the second quarter [July-September] or third quarter [October-December].”
The comments come in the wake of ongoing litigation by some cable operators intended to force the telecom regulator to implement some of the clauses of its original legislation introduced in 2017.
TRAI did not try to implement some parts of the tariff order after these were contested in the court.
Among the most crucial of these is the question of who has the right to form ‘channel packages’.
Before the tariff order, the right to form channel packages rested with distribution platforms such as cable networks and DTH operators.
In fact, TRAI’s 2017 tariff order was intended to transfer this right to the consumer, so that people could form their own packages by choosing only the channels they wanted to watch, instead of having to buy the packages designed by their cable or DTH operator.
However, due to a legal challenge to the new regulations by Star India and confusion arising out of pronouncements in the matter by the Madras High Court and the Supreme Court, TRAI chose not to implement some of the key provisions of the new tariff order.
The ‘unimplemented’ bits included an ‘85% clause’ that was crucial to the transfer of ‘packaging power’ from the distribution platforms to the consumer.
The new tariff order — as it ultimately came to be implemented — did result in the taking away of the ‘packaging power’ from distribution platforms like DTH and cable.
However, instead of vesting this power in the hands of the consumer, the implementation transferred it straight into the hands of broadcasters like Star, Zee and Sony.
As a result, consumers — who were earlier forced to subscribe to channel packages created by cable and DTH operators, are now more or less forced to choose between channel packages created by broadcasters.
The situation has also created a massive inconvenience for cable and DTH operators as they ended up being forced to resell broadcasters’ packages whether they liked it or not.
This forced some of the cable and DTH companies to approach various judicial and quasi-judicial forums — including the TDSAT — to seek a full implementation of the 2017 TRAI tariff order.
In their post-results interaction, GTPL officials said the regulator is trying to overcome the problem and increase consumer choice by enabling them to truly pick the channels they want to watch, instead of having to buy packages that contain unnecessary channels.
According to the officials, one of the key areas the regulator is focusing on is the implementation of the 15% rule, which prohibits channel owners from making individual channels super expensive when purchased alone.
According to the 15% rule, the price of a channel — when sold alone — cannot be more than 15% more expensive than when it is sold inside a package.
At present, channels are anywhere from 100% to 300% more expensive when purchased alone, compared to when they are bought as part of a package designed by the channel owner/broadcaster.
Because of this price difference, consumers are forced to buy channel packages that contain unnecessary and ‘junk’ channels, instead of buying just the channels they want. Channel companies use this strategy to force consumers to pay for junk channels that nobody would otherwise bother to watch.
Jadeja said he did not expect their to be further litigation over the implementation of these new changes.
“Whatever will come will come via consultation. I don’t see any legal battles further,” he said.
GTPL officials also said that the reintroduction of the 15% rule will not have much impact on the revenue of cable and DTH companies.
They pointed out that cable and DTH companies get most of their revenue from the ‘network capacity fee’ or NCF, which will be untouched by such a move.
“If 15% or something will come, that’s not going to impact the ARPU at the consumer level or the DPO level,” he said, adding that the key stakeholders are the pay channel broadcasters and the consumers.
GTPL had reported a strong improvement in its revenue and profit margins for the Apr-Jun period due to the introduction of the new tariff order, after seeing some starting trouble in the Jan-Mar quarter.
The company said an average consumer is paying around Rs 250 per month, excluding taxes. Out of this, about Rs 130 is the network charge component, and the remaining is pay channel costs.
Out of the Rs 130 that is collected as network charge, about 70-75% is kept by the local cable operator and the rest is retained by GTPL, the company said.
GTPL also said it is seeing a trend of consumers ‘trading up’ as far as their channels packs are concerned, as they grow more comfortable with the new tariff scheme.


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September 11, 2021
Financial transactions of Community Bank customers will be easier and hassle-free
September 7, 2021
Workers of Pandora Sweaters Ltd., a concern of Renaissance Group who receive salary through bKash, can now purchase daily necessities at affordable price from ‘Sulov Bazaar’ located at the factory premises. In addition to purchasing products through bKash payment, they can also enjoy a 5% cashback till 30th September, 2021.
September 1, 2021
IDLC’s specialized digital savings program designed for bKash app users
August 2, 2021
More than one lakh customers of cable TV operator ‘Bengal Digital’ can now pay their bill through bKash. Subscribers all over the country can enjoy the bill payment service through bKash app without any charge.
July 19, 2021
bKash strengthens its customer care network with launching four new customer care centers in the country’s labor-intensive area Gazipur, Savar and Kalurghat of Chattogram. With these four, bKash is now providing service to its customers from 279 customer care centers, and through hotline number 16247, live chat, support mail, facebook and other channels.
July 15, 2021
Like previous year, many charity organizations have been receiving donations through bKash to help the underprivileged celebrate their Eid festival amid pandemic.
June 26, 2021
Customers of the largest MFS Add Money network of 29 banks, Visa and Mastercard can conveniently add money to their bKash accounts, evading the risk of withdrawing money from bank counter or ATM booth amid the surge in Covid-19 infections.
June 9, 2021
Dhaka Sessions powered by bKash’ has brought flamboyance to the 2nd season of the show which already has set a new trend of presenting live music in Tiny Desk Concert style in the city.


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Aishwarya Rai Bachchan silences critics with latest appearance
Bollywood diva Aishwarya Rai Bachchan's latest photos serve as the most effective response to anyone who ever criticised her for her post-baby weight gain.
According to a Times of India report, the former Miss World made a ravishing appearance at a recent high-profile soiree hosted by Nita Ambani and Mukesh Ambani to mark fashion designer Abu Jani and Sandeep Khosla's 25 years in fashion and the launch of their book 'India Fantastique'.
The visibly slimmer star, who received numerous compliments from those present, simply credited her baby Aradhya for keeping her on toes and helping her shed those extra kilos.
In fact, she was also heard letting everyone know that she intends to get rid of some 9kg over the next couple of months
It was at the same venue a few months ago that the Rai was photographed with a double chin, dressed in what was critics described as a sack.
Meanwhile, Rai has not appeared to be affected by the constant focus on her weight gain. At the 65th Cannes International Film Festival, new mum Ash was quoted as saying: "An actor is in the public eye, there will be opinions.
"I'm very thankful to everyone out there who gives me so much love and so much positivity that the negativity doesn't come in here, it just doesn't touch me at all."
And she joked there's no way she's going on a diet for anyone.
"I think in life it's important to be healthy," she said. "I have always enjoyed my food and I have never been one for strict diets and I'm not taking any recommendations now either!"
This is the 10th year that Rai Bachchan appeared at Cannes as one of L'Oreal's spokespeople.
Mum Ash returned to face the camera nine months after giving birth to Beti B.
Her weight loss is evident in her most recent commercial for Kalyan Jewelers. The diva was also present to inaugurate the 36th branch of the group, where she said: "Like you all know, I have shot for this brand - the commercial and the campaign - after a bit of a break.
"But I haven't felt the time at all.
"It was really wonderful to be here and shooting such a beautiful campaign for such a special brand.
"Kalyan Jewelers, as a brand, will always remain such a special experience and memory for me because this is the first campaign that I have shot after the birth of my beautiful daughter Aradhya."
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Nintendo is most commonly known as the maker of video game systems and games that excite and challenge people of all ages. Brendan Spaar got his first Nintendo system when he was in 2nd grade. It is still in his collection along with the Super Nintendo, Nintendo64, Game Boy and Wii. Most of the games were designed to test skill, reflexes and just plain stamina because playing could go on for hours non-stop.
Along came the Wii and a slight shift in gaming to a more interactive way of playing. No longer were the video game systems looked at as something strictly for kids. The days of being confined to a chair in front of a screen were coming to an end. Even senior citizens could be found using Wii Fit to get moving.
It seems that Nintendo is continuing to push from the gaming area of technology and into the possibly larger health/living area. The newest offerings from the gaming giant will be in the QOL (quality of life) health focused devices. The first one we’ll be seeing is a bedside sensor designed to track sleep, send that info into the cloud and give suggestions for getting more rest.
Nintendo’s president wants to redefine the company’s idea of entertainment. The company was founded in 1889 to make Japanese playing cards so the emphasis has always been on entertainment. It’ll be interesting to see if this new venture proves to be successful. It’s a gamble to go in a new direction but Brendan Spaar hopes they won’t leave the gaming sector in a deep sleep while they pursue this new venture.


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Samsung may not be releasing Galaxy S3 at the Mobile Word Congress that will begin in Barcelona Feb 26.
However, the Korean electronics giant is expected to launch a lot of less-expensive devices which are targeted at the budget-minded buyers.
Here is a list of devices which Samsung might unveil at the MWC.
Galaxy Tab 11.6: According to rumors, Samsung is expected to release a 11.6-inch tablet with a 2560x1600-pixel display resolution.
Though not much information is available on the features of the tab, Galaxy Tab 11.6 is expected to pack a new 2Ghz Core Exynos 5250 dual processor. The latest tablet is expected to feature the 'pen-S.'
Galaxy Ace 2: Samsung will continue its flagship version of Galaxy Ace with its new Ace 2 device. Ace 2 will feature a 3.8-inch WVGA display with 800 x 480 pixels, Samsung's TouchWiz version 3.0 user interface, an 800MHz processor and 768 MB RAM.
The new Ace smartphone will run on Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) and will sport a 5 megapixel front camera with 720p video capture capabilities and a second VGA shooter around front.
The phone will also have a digital music player, 4GB of internal memory, a microSD card slot to expand the phone memory up to 32GB, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, USB version 2.0, A-GPS support and GLONASS.
Samsung Ace 2 supports all four GSM bands plus HSDPA for data at the speed of 14.4 Mbps.
Galaxy Mini 2: Galaxy Mini 2 is another iteration of the existing Samsung Galaxy Mini. The phone will come with a dimension of 109.4 x 58.6 x 11.6 mm and will weigh 105.3 grams.
The phone will sport a 3.27-inches TFT capacitive touchscreen with 480 x 320 pixels resolution. Like Ace 2, this phone will also feature 4 GB storage that can be expanded up to 32 GB via microSD card.
Mini 2 will run on Android OS, 2.3 Gingerbread and will have 800 MHz processor, Adreno 200 GPU along with Qualcomm MSM7227 chipset, 512 MB RAM and a Li-Ion 1300 mAh battery.
The phone will also sport a 3.15 MP back camera, but Samsung this time has not provided a front camera for video calling. For connectivity, Samsung has given Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot features.
Galaxy Ace Plus: Samsung Galaxy Ace Plus will come with a dimension of 114.5 x 62.5 x 11.2 mm and will weigh 115 grams. Ace Plus will sport a 3.65-inch display with 480 x 320 pixels resolutions and Samsung's TouchWiz UI.
Ace Plus will have internal storage of 3 GB that can be expanded up to 32 GB via microSD card. Ace Plus will sport a 5 MP rear-camera but no front camera for video chat.
The camera will have features like geo-tagging, face and smile detection.
The smartphone will run on Android Gingerbread and will have 1 GHz processor, Adreno 200 GPU, Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 chipset and 512 MB RAM. Samsung packs a Li-Ion 1300 mAh standard battery with Ace Plus.
Rumors are rife that Samsung might also launch Samsung Galaxy B, a smartphone with an edge-to-edge screen and a much faster version of Galaxy Nexus.
As the MWC begins Sunday, follow us to grab the latest updates and releases.


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On Thursday, July 8, bitcoin (EXANTE: Bitcoin) accelerated its slide to fall below the $33,500 line. As of press time, the largest cryptocurrency is trading at $33,240.14 (-4.37%), according to Nomics.
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Ether is down by 6.83% to $2,220, while binance coin (BNB) is losing 4.24% at the $319 mark.
FxPro's team of analysts notes it is difficult to say how long this situation will last, since "it is obvious that the miners expelled from China will try to launch their computing power in new territories as soon as possible."
"This is probably one of the reasons why the market is now in the summer calm, as investors want more understanding of what is happening with a single physical metric in relation to the reference cryptocurrency," the analysts added.
Earlier, Visa announced that holders of its crypto-linked cards spent over $1 billion in the first half of 2021. The payment giant added it is partnering with 50 of cryptocurrency platforms on card programs.
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“Following the news earlier this week that Rockstar had reached a $188 million settlement with Cisco, it has now emerged that the NPE has also settled with Google,” Richard Lloyd reports for IAM blog. “According to a court filing in the Eastern District of Texas, the two sides have agreed to a binding term sheet that ‘settles, in principle, all matters in controversy between the two parties.’ This settlement states that agreement was reached on 12th November, the same day as the agreements the NPE reached with Cisco.”
“The news comes amid growing uncertainty over Rockstar’s future. The IAM blog understands that at least some of the five companies that own the NPE are now keen to exit their investment,” Lloyd reports. “They include Apple, which in 2011 contributed $2.6 billion to the total of $4.5 billion the original Rockstar Bidco paid for the Nortel patents the NPE now manages. It is presumed to own the single largest shareholding as a result.”
“The Google and Cisco settlements come amid growing signs that the protracted smartphone wars are drawing to an end. Earlier this year Apple and Google announced that they had agreed to settle all patent litigation between them,” Lloyd reports. “Apple also reached a similar deal with Samsung, covering all cases outside the US.”
Read more in the full article here.
An iPhone with a larger screen option will hurt Samsung immeasurably more than myriad, unending traipses through the legal morass. – MacDailyNews, May 2, 2014
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AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP) _ DaimlerChrysler AG is recalling 417,000 1998 and 1999 Chrysler Cirrus, Dodge Stratus and Plymouth Breeze cars to inspect a brake tube that could be worn by contact with an exhaust clamp.
The automaker said that there have been three reports of the clamp wearing a hole in the right rear brake tube, causing a fluid leak and the loss of some brake capacity. There have been no injuries as a result, DaimlerChrysler said.
In a separate action, the German-American automaker is recalling 3,700 1999 Plymouth Prowlers to repair a dashboard warning light.
The recall is intended to assure the proper function of the brake warning light in the case a hydraulic pressure differential is detected, the company said.
There have been no customer reports of this issue. DaimlerChrysler said car owners will be notified by mail and repairs will be made at no cost to the owners.


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As the world builds out ever larger installations of wind and photo voltaic electrical power techniques, the want is escalating quickly for inexpensive, significant-scale backup methods to offer ability when the sunshine is down and the air is quiet. Today’s lithium-ion batteries are even now also highly-priced for most such applications, and other alternatives these types of as pumped hydro have to have certain topography which is not always available.
Now, scientists at MIT and in other places have created a new form of battery, built solely from ample and inexpensive elements, that could assistance to fill that hole.
The new battery architecture, which utilizes aluminum and sulfur as its two electrode resources, with a molten salt electrolyte in amongst, is explained these days in the journal Character, in a paper by MIT Professor Donald Sadoway, together with 15 other people at MIT and in China, Canada, Kentucky, and Tennessee.
“I preferred to invent something that was superior, a great deal much better, than lithium-ion batteries for smaller-scale stationary storage, and in the end for automotive [uses],” explains Sadoway, who is the John F. Elliott Professor Emeritus of Elements Chemistry.
In addition to currently being expensive, lithium-ion batteries include a flammable electrolyte, producing them a lot less than best for transportation. So, Sadoway started studying the periodic table, searching for cheap, Earth-abundant metals that may possibly be capable to substitute for lithium. The commercially dominant metallic, iron, does not have the correct electrochemical attributes for an efficient battery, he states. But the 2nd-most-ample steel in the market — and truly the most considerable metallic on Earth — is aluminum. “So, I mentioned, perfectly, let’s just make that a bookend. It is gonna be aluminum,” he claims.
Then came choosing what to pair the aluminum with for the other electrode, and what kind of electrolyte to put in in between to carry ions back again and forth through charging and discharging. The lowest priced of all the non-metals is sulfur, so that became the next electrode product. As for the electrolyte, “we were being not going to use the unstable, flammable organic and natural liquids” that have from time to time led to dangerous fires in cars and trucks and other apps of lithium-ion batteries, Sadoway claims. They tried using some polymers but finished up wanting at a variety of molten salts that have somewhat lower melting details — close to the boiling stage of drinking water, as opposed to approximately 1,000 levels Fahrenheit for several salts. “Once you get down to in close proximity to body temperature, it turns into practical” to make batteries that never need particular insulation and anticorrosion actions, he claims.
The 3 ingredients they finished up with are cheap and quickly available — aluminum, no different from the foil at the grocery store sulfur, which is often a waste merchandise from processes these as petroleum refining and broadly offered salts. “The ingredients are low cost, and the issue is risk-free — it can not burn up,” Sadoway states.
In their experiments, the workforce showed that the battery cells could endure hundreds of cycles at extremely high charging rates, with a projected expense for each mobile of about 1-sixth that of equivalent lithium-ion cells. They confirmed that the charging level was hugely dependent on the doing work temperature, with 110 degrees Celsius (230 levels Fahrenheit) demonstrating 25 occasions quicker prices than 25 C (77 F).
Shockingly, the molten salt the crew chose as an electrolyte basically simply because of its low melting stage turned out to have a fortuitous benefit. One particular of the most significant issues in battery reliability is the formation of dendrites, which are slender spikes of metal that develop up on a person electrode and finally increase across to make contact with the other electrode, leading to a quick-circuit and hampering efficiency. But this certain salt, it transpires, is quite great at blocking that malfunction.
The chloro-aluminate salt they selected “essentially retired these runaway dendrites, whilst also enabling for pretty rapid charging,” Sadoway states. “We did experiments at pretty superior charging prices, charging in a lot less than a moment, and we in no way missing cells due to dendrite shorting.”
“It’s funny,” he suggests, because the full concentration was on locating a salt with the most affordable melting issue, but the catenated chloro-aluminates they finished up with turned out to be resistant to the shorting issue. “If we had begun off with striving to prevent dendritic shorting, I’m not certain I would’ve regarded how to go after that,” Sadoway claims. “I guess it was serendipity for us.”
What’s more, the battery needs no external warmth resource to retain its operating temperature. The heat is obviously generated electrochemically by the charging and discharging of the battery. “As you charge, you make warmth, and that retains the salt from freezing. And then, when you discharge, it also generates heat,” Sadoway says. In a common installation used for load-leveling at a solar technology facility, for illustration, “you’d retail outlet energy when the sunshine is shining, and then you’d draw energy following darkish, and you’d do this each individual day. And that demand-idle-discharge-idle is enough to make plenty of warmth to preserve the point at temperature.”
This new battery formulation, he states, would be ideal for installations of about the dimensions required to power a solitary residence or tiny to medium company, generating on the get of a couple of tens of kilowatt-hours of storage potential.
For greater installations, up to utility scale of tens to hundreds of megawatt hours, other technologies could be additional productive, like the liquid metal batteries Sadoway and his learners formulated quite a few years in the past and which shaped the foundation for a spinoff business named Ambri, which hopes to deliver its initial items within the upcoming 12 months. For that invention, Sadoway was not too long ago awarded this year’s European Inventor Award.
The smaller scale of the aluminum-sulfur batteries would also make them practical for uses these as electric powered automobile charging stations, Sadoway suggests. He points out that when electric vehicles develop into popular plenty of on the roads that numerous autos want to cost up at after, as takes place now with gasoline fuel pumps, “if you test to do that with batteries and you want speedy charging, the amperages are just so high that we do not have that volume of amperage in the line that feeds the facility.” So having a battery technique this kind of as this to keep electric power and then release it speedily when desired could eliminate the need to have for putting in expensive new electric power lines to serve these chargers.
The new technological innovation is by now the foundation for a new spinoff firm known as Avanti, which has licensed the patents to the system, co-established by Sadoway and Luis Ortiz ’96 ScD ’00, who was also a co-founder of Ambri. “The very first buy of business for the enterprise is to reveal that it performs at scale,” Sadoway states, and then issue it to a sequence of anxiety tests, which include operating by hundreds of charging cycles.
Would a battery dependent on sulfur operate the possibility of developing the foul odors related with some kinds of sulfur? Not a possibility, Sadoway claims. “The rotten-egg odor is in the gas, hydrogen sulfide. This is elemental sulfur, and it is going to be enclosed within the cells.” If you were being to check out to open up up a lithium-ion mobile in your kitchen area, he states (and you should never check out this at household!), “the dampness in the air would respond and you’d start building all sorts of foul gases as perfectly. These are respectable concerns, but the battery is sealed, it’s not an open vessel. So I would not be involved about that.”
The investigate staff bundled members from Peking College, Yunnan University and the Wuhan College of Engineering, in China the College of Louisville, in Kentucky the University of Waterloo, in Canada Argonne Nationwide Laboratory, in Illinois and MIT. The function was supported by the MIT Electricity Initiative, the MIT Deshpande Centre for Technological Innovation, and ENN Team.


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2023 Yamaha R15 V4, MT-15 V 2.0, and FZ-X India launch soon
Yamaha Motor India recently posted a teaser on its social media handles, hinting at the probable launch of its 2023 R15 V4, MT-15 V2.0, and FZ-X in India. The short teaser video has disclosed details about a YouTube live on its official channel scheduled on 13 February, 11:30 AM. These updated models are likely to benefit from new colour schemes and a handful of additional features, along with BS6 2.0-compliant engines.
2023 Yamaha R15 V4: New TFT dash, LED blinkers, and new colours
The most significant highlight of the upcoming 2023 R15 V4 is likely to be a new colour TFT instrument console with Bluetooth connectivity. Not only will it show the odometer, rev counter, fuel gauge, and gear position indicator, but will also display a trip meter, quick shifter and traction control signs, phone battery level indicator, and digital clock, among others. Another important change could be in the form of all four LED indicators as standard. Meanwhile, the 2023 R15 V4 is expected to be available in the new colour schemes. In fact, it is believed that the motorcycle will benefit from the Aggressive Grey paint job offered on the newly launched R15 in Indonesia.
The refreshed R15 V4 is likely to retain the same 155cc, liquid-cooled, single-cylinder motor delivering 18.4PS and 14.2Nm of torque. Notably, Yamaha is said to update the engine to meet BS6 stage 2 norms. Interestingly, the new Indonesia-spec R15 makes an additional 1PS (19.3PS) than the India-spec model, while the torque output is rated at 14.7Nm.
2023 Yamaha MT-15 V2.0: LED indicators and dual-channel ABS
The upcoming 2023 MT-15 V2.0 will comply with BS6 stage 2 norms, as a leaked RTO document has already confirmed the news. However, the key highlight of the updated streetfighter is expected to be LED blinkers and dual-channel ABS as standard. Notably, the on-sale MT-15 V2.0 is available with a halogen indicator, whereas LED units are offered as an optional extra. Additionally, it comes with a single-channel ABS.
Moreover, Yamaha is likely to offer a few new paint options with the 2023 MT-15 V2.0. Powering the updated naked motorcycle would probably be the same 18.4PS and 14.1Nm of torque.
2023 Yamaha FZ-X: Refreshed design and new colours
The upcoming 2023 Yamaha FZ-X has already been spotted at a dealership. While the neo-retro style bike retains its overall design, a new version with a windscreen, a Himalayan-style metal frame, and a front fender positioned below the headlight could be on the cards. In addition, the spy shots also revealed golden rims on the motorcycle, like the R15 V4. Given that, for the 2023 model year, Yamaha may offer two distinctive versions of the FZ-X.
The BS6 stage 2-compliant Yamaha FZ-X is expected to be powered by the same 149cc, single-cylinder, air-cooled motor that makes 12.4PS and 13.3Nm of torque as the outgoing model. Currently, this engine comes mated to a five-speed gearbox.
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For its first move into the world of AI smart speakers, Google did a commendable job with Google Home. The feature-set for Home was fairly packed at launch, and since then, helpful new features have either been added or been promised to debut at some point in the future. Google Home also looks rather sleek and modern from a hardware point of view, but if you’re someone who’s a fan of retro designs, there wasn’t a lot to like there.
Thankfully, with a bit of technical know-how and patience, it’s possible to get a Google Home-like product in as retro of a getup as they come — a 1986 Radio Shack intercom.
A guy named Martin Mander uploaded a video to YouTube this past week showing off a Google-styled intercom speaker that can bring up the Google Assistant for a command by pressing its main speaker button. Mander managed to put all of this together with a Raspberry Pie, Google’s Artificial Intelligence Yourself kit that came bundled with issue 57 of the MagiPi magazine, and the intercom body itself (of course).
When Mander presses the main button on the intercom, a circular LED light shines in the upper-left corner to indicate that the Google Assistant is listening. Once Mander asks the Assistant something, it goes on to answer him exactly like what you’d find with the Google Home.
This whole project took Mander about a month doing some work here and there, and while it’s something that not all of our readers will be up tackling, the end result is seriously impressive. We doubt that the successor to the current Google Home will resemble a design anywhere near these lines, but hey, it doesn’t hurt to dream, right?
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Build 9860 of Windows 10 adds new notifications capabilities via the Action Center, as well as the ability to sign up for more frequent build updates.
The people are speaking! Users of the Windows 10 Technical Preview can suggest and vote for desired features. Here are the features getting the most thumbs-up right now.
Linux 3.17 is out, and most of the new features are designed to make your hardware play nice with the open-source operating system.
The current preview is all about making businesses happy, but Microsoft hasn’t forgotten about the user on the street. Look for news about Cortana, Internet Explorer and more, probably at the Consumer Electronics Show.
ARM's mbed OS will be free for use on ARM chips when it's released next year.
At this point, Microsoft's next OS is literally a work in progress. But some of the changes in UI are available to view, and they're both lovely and productive.
The Start menu. Cortana. Virtual desktop support! Windows 9 is expected to be officially revealed at a Microsoft event on September 30 and leaks are springing everywhere.
The latest Windows 9 leaks show a lot of Linux-looking new features. But if Windows is stealing the best from Linux, virtual desktops and a central notification center should only be the beginning.
The new Windows is coming, and it looks a lot more like Windows.


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Online fashion retailer ASOS has announced the appointment of Mathew Dunn to the role of chief financial officer (CFO) and to the main board of the company.
Dunn will take up his roles in the spring of 2019 on a date to be announced in due course.
He has held a variety of senior management positions, including at SABMiller and most recently as chief financial officer of Britvic.
Nick Beighton, ASOS CEO, said: “I’m looking forward to working with Mathew. He brings us a totally relevant mix of operational experience together with a history of implementing and overseeing finance systems at an international level.”
Dunn added: “I’m very much looking forward to working with the ASOS team. I’m motivated by their ambitious plans to realise the significant potential still ahead for the company.”


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US’s labour market came alive in June as employers reportedly added the most jobs in 8 months after two-month of cutbacks.
Employers added 287,000 jobs to payrolls in June, exceeding economists forecast of 180,000, the Labor Department reported on Friday.
The jobless rate climbed to 4.9 percent from 4.7 percent in May, while wages surged 0.1 percent less than the 0.2 percent forecast.
In May, the economy added just 38,000 jobs, forcing the Federal Reserve to hold off on interest rate hike, and monitor increase in unemployment claims, low consumer spending and weak retail sales.
While this report showed significant improvement in the job market, it is uncertain to what degree global risks will impact it. Perhaps this explained why U.K. economic data remain positive in June, even after the Brexit point to weak economy going forward.
But on a quarterly basis, the labour market remains moderate at 147,000, down from almost 200,000 in the first quarter of the year.
“If your based your analysis on quarterly average and smooth these numbers out — employment conditions are improving, but there’s no question there’s, to some extent, a slowdown in the improvement,” said Hugh Johnson, chairman at Hugh Johnson Advisors LLC in Albany, New York, whose forecast for payrolls was the closest in the Bloomberg survey. “That’s to be expected when you reach what I would argue is full employment.”


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Rumours, leaks and people’s imagination are what fill the gaps between new phones being announced these days. Not a week goes by without speculation about a forthcoming Samsung device. The rumours surrounding the metallic Galaxy F or Galaxy Alpha have been kicking around for a while now and some leaked pictures over at SamMobile show what it’s going to look like and also what it looks like next to a Galaxy S5.
In my opinion it seems that the Galaxy Alpha is going to be an odd device that doesn’t really fit in with the current portfolio, a few details about the upcoming phone also leave me a little confused. Firstly is the size of the thing, manufacturers make smaller phones to lower prices or to target a certain demographic of people who like small devices made from premium materials. The Samsung Galaxy Alpha is rumoured to have a 4.7″ screen, which scenario for lowering the screen size do you think is happening here? Especially as the next iPhone is rumoured to be 4.7″. Secondly the choice of materials shown doesn’t exactly scream premium at me, yes it looks better quality than the S5 but it’s nowhere near as premium looking as that little phone it seems to be copying. Which leads to my third concern, if this is really what Samsung release as the Galaxy Alpha and Apple release what has been leaked for the 4.7″ iPhone 6 they are going to look very similar. Is it a coincidence? Have Samsung really tried to copy the iPhone again? Is there going to be another big law suit?
Anyway back to the rumoured information about the Galaxy Alpha it apparently will have a 32GB non expandable internal memory, a Nano SIM slot and a fingerprint scanner. There also will apparently be an LTE-A variant of the Alpha as well.
Only time will tell whether or not this latest leak is real. Samsung obviously have something up their sleeves, whether they will have repercussions for actually releasing such a device is another matter. Rumours are that there will be another unpacked event in August.
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Test drive 700-horsepower Porsche crashedNovember 14, 2019
During a test drive of a Porsche 911 GT2 RS sports coupe, a potential buyer had an accident involving four more cars. At the moment, the police are checking the situation, the driver called the cause of brake failure.
One and a half kilometers from the Porsche dealership, an accident occurred involving a Porsche 911 GT2 RS coupe and four cars. The accident occurred in the city of Cardiff, UK. At the wheel of a sports car was a potential buyer who took the vehicle for a test drive.
All five cars received minor damage, and there were no casualties at all. The driver of the Porsche called the cause of the accident – a failure of the brake system. The police are currently investigating the circumstances of the incident.
Under the hood of the Porsche 911 GT2 RS is a 3.8-liter turbocharged 6-boxer engine. The sports car is also equipped with a seven-speed robotic gearbox with two clutches and a rear-wheel drive system. Acceleration from 0 to 100 km / h takes only 2.8 seconds, and the maximum speed reaches 340 km / h.
This model of the German company has already been discontinued, its latest copies sold in the UK from 207 thousand pounds.
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- Atelier G-Power has modernized the BMW M5
- Spotted a prototype of the updated crossover Jaguar E-Pace 2021
- Tuners from Manhart unveil Mini JCW GP in iconic green


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Gas Nozzle Narratives
Southeast supply crisis varies from city to city, station to station
GOLDBORO, N.C. -- For every retailer and jobber in the Southeast, there is a varying story of the struggle they have faced in light of the gasoline shortages affecting the region. For every story of improved supply, there is one of panic buying. For every word that a pipeline is now flowing with petroleum, there is another, it seems, of a pipeline still sucked dry.
John Strickland Jr., president of Wayne Oil Co. and Hasty Mart Stores, Goldsboro, N.C., has been sending his transport fleet extra far to get product. He has been filling the regular tanks with premium if it is all that is available. [image-nocss] And he is not holding his breath that the gasoline crisis in the Southeast will subside any time soon.
"Just reading the tea leaves.… it won't be like it was 60 days ago for probably another 90 days. And that's just the limitations of the infrastructure of the system," Strickland told CSP Daily News yesterday. "That pipe is only so big; you're not going to put more through it, particularly if you don't have it to put in there in the first place."
Wayne Oil, with 15 company-operated stores and 45 dealer sites within a 150-mile radius of Goldsboro, is lucky enough to have its own transportation company, helping to maintain at least some gasoline at each location. "We are only getting a certain amount of product available to us from our provider-partners because they don't have it. We are making 'milk runs' to each location to drop off as much as we can—but not too much—to carry us to the next allocation period," Strickland said.
Eastern North Carolina, where Wayne Oil is located, is fairing much better than regions farther from the coast. Strickland points to school districts that have closed because there is not enough gasoline for bus service. "There are some municipalities that are saying if something catches on fire, we cannot guarantee [the fire department will have] the fuel to get there," he said.
Strickland said his company has fared better than some of his local competitors because Wayne Oil has attempted to ration the amount of gasoline each store receives daily. "We've been able to manage through it, but we've squeaked by on most occasions," he said. "I'm afraid, as good of a job as we have done, we are really getting close to falling off the beam."
Wayne Oil's margins have shrunk due to increased runs—with partial runs once a day to each store compared to the typical full load every two to three days—and longer distances to obtain gasoline from coastal barges. "Where we generally run 20 miles to the terminal, we're going to Norfolk, Va., and Wilmington, N.C., now to pick up product," he said. "That disrupts our whole supply chain, and it goes downhill from there."
And while retail costs might curtail demand a bit, Strickland is doubtful it would solve the shortage. "In the aggregate it will, but in the micro I don't know that it would," he said. "I think there is a relationship between how scarce the product is relative to what people would be willing to pay in certain geographies."
Yet smaller chains such as Wayne Oil may experience more pain than larger retailers with conceivably more buying power. Officials with Atlanta-based RaceTrac, for instance, believe the situation to be "short lived and expect gasoline supply to return to normal in the next few weeks."
Phil Gura, general counsel and vice president of RaceTrac's legal department, told CSP Daily News, "We have worked diligently with our gasoline suppliers and common carriers to purchase and distribute as much product as we possibly can, given the current challenging circumstances."
And despite the buying resources of a chain like RaceTrac, which supplies its company-operated network of 250 RaceTrac sites and an additional chain of 275 independent operators flying the RaceWay flag, it did experience outages over the past couple of weeks at sites throughout the Southeast.
"Gasoline has been in short supply since Hurricane Ike, [which] had a material impact on the industry, shutting down both refineries and pipelines," Gura said. "Because the effects of Ike followed closely on the heels of Hurricane Gustav—which impacted Louisiana refineries [a couple of weeks before]—and took place just as RVP (Reid vapor pressure) conversions were starting, we had the makings of a perfect storm."
Inventories were lower than normal because refineries had to convert product formulations to meet seasonal, government requirements. So the hurricanes, both the resulting damage and the preemptory shutdowns, combined to put stress on supply beyond what most had expected.
"At RaceTrac, we have certainly felt the effects of this shortage," Gura said. "[However], based on feedback we have received from our customers and the local media, [our] efforts have been acknowledged and appreciated."
For more on RaceTrac and its low-price, high-value formula, see the October issue of CSP magazine.Photos by Leita Cowart.


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08 Aug NASCAR Heat Evolution to Feature 40 Online Players
Sony’s PlayStation Blog broke the news today that NASCAR Heat Evolution would feature 40 online players. This is a huge milestone because for the first time ever on a console or NASCAR game, 40 people can race online together. While Sony was the first to announce this exciting news, 40 player races will also be available on Xbox One and Steam. Check out the story on the PlayStation Blog written by Sean Wilson, Executive Producer of NASCAR Heat Evolution, for more details.
For more information on online multiplayer and the other game modes in NASCAR Heat Evolution, check out the third developer diary in our YouTube series.


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Apple’s WWDC 2022 dominated the headlines this week with updates big and small. We got a brand new Macbook Air 2022 and a brand new 13-inch MacBook Pro 2022 to go with it. More importantly, Messages can now be edited or even deleted after sending, which people have wanted since the dawn of Messages. But there are some smaller updates that were not part of the keynote that deserve attention, like Nintendo Switch controllers being supported on iOS 16.
App developer Riley Testut discovered the feature on June 6, and according to Testut, Apple did not cut corners. Not only does iOS 16 natively support the Nintendo Switch Joy-Cons, but it allows users to use either a single Joy-Con or a pair of Joy-Cons.
Gamers can get their friends in on the fun too, as iOS 16 supports using the pair of Joy-Cons as two separate controllers, just like on the Nintendo Switch. There is even the ability to toggle between using the Joy-Cons as a single controller or two separate controllers by holding the screenshot and home buttons down simultaneously for a few seconds. This feature was later confirmed by Apple engineering manager Nat Brown.
!!! iOS 16 natively supports Nintendo Switch Pro Controllers!!Can confirm they work perfectly with Delta 😍 pic.twitter.com/p8u1sdjvTtJune 6, 2022
For Nintendo Switch gamers that prefer the Pro controllers, don’t worry. It seems you can use those with your iPhone too as long as you are running iOS 16.
While it is impossible to tell from the tweets which iPhone Riley is using, so far there is no reason to believe that a phone running iOS 16 will be unable to support the Nintendo Switch controller of your choosing. But if you are worried, Apple does have the iPhone 13 mini, iPhone 13, iPhone 13 Pro and iPhone 13 Pro Max to choose from right now, all of which will support iOS 16.
This is not the only improvement for gamers coming to iOS 16. It was also announced during WWDC 2022 that Face ID will work in landscape mode. This means gamers will not have to switch to vertical orientation to use Apple’s biometric security tech while using their favorite Bluetooth controller to game.


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Toshiba pre-announces next-gen Nvidia mobile GPU
GeForce Go 7900 GS available now, apparently
Nvidia hasn't announced its GeForce Go 7900 GS mobile GPU yet, but Toshiba yesterday said it has begun shipping a gaming-oriented notebook which delivers "state-of-the-art graphics" thanks to the new chip, 256MB of graphics memory and a 17in TruBrite display.
The Centrino-branded Satellite P105-S921 is powered by a 1.83GHz Intel Core Duo T2400 backed up with 1GB of dual-channel DDR2 SDRAM. It's got a 160GB Serial ATA hard drive and a dual-layer DVD±R/RW optical drive. Toshiba has built in a pair of Harman Kardon stereo speakers and a "customisable dual-mode touch pad that can provide one-tap short cuts to launch e-mail, internet browser and other programs".
The unit has a five-in-one memory card reader, four USB 2.0 ports, a Firewire connector, 10/100Mbps Ethernet, 56Kbps modem, S-video TV output, a DVI-D port, and mic and headphone 3.5mm sockets - the latter doubles up as an S/PDIF digital optical port.
Toshiba's pre-announcement comes a week after Samsung inadvertently unveiled Intel's upcoming Core Duo T2700 processor - a CPU the chip giant has yet to announce in public.
The $2000 laptop measures 38.8 x 27 x 3.5cm and is available now in the US from "select resellers", Toshiba said. ®


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Remember the new Ford Ranger pickup truck? Of course you do. You probably clicked on this article to drop “Why don’t they sell it in America?” into the comments. One of the reasons I’ve heard is “it’s too close in size to the F-150” but you never really see both trucks in the same place. Now you can.
About two years ago Ford executive Raj Nair said the 3.5 liter turbo V6-powered 2017 Ford Raptor would have 450 horsepower. Over the weekend some dealer documents made their way onto forums and Facebook chats confirming the same, along with torque and towing figures.
General Motors is giving the Chevrolet Colorado an entirely new V6 gasoline engine with cylinder deactivation and an eight-speed transmission for 2017. Apparently the idea is to give the truck better performance and economy, which sounds great. But GM’s estimated new 0-60 mph and MPG figures? “Essentially [a]…
Hardcore truck people probably don’t think of the 2017 Honda Ridgeline as a “real truck,” but I just towed a classic Ford Mustang over the Appalachians with one. So why aren’t there more trucks in the U.S. built on a unibody platform like the Ridgeline? I talked to engineers at Honda and Toyota to find out, and now…
If you made a napkin doodle of what your beater truck would look like as a dune-jumping hero, and then actually built said truck, you might be a redneck. I mean, an industrious and experimental engineer! Check this hilarious heap out and then we can discuss its actual merits.
The freshly redesigned 2017 Nissan Titan and its heavier-duty sister the Titan XD are supposed to revive the automaker’s relevance in the truck market. Now we know where these trucks will be positioned, and contrary to some speculation, it’s not the “absolutely cheapest” slot.
The Super Duty Ford F-250, F-350 and F-450 pickups are for pulling big boats, horses and construction equipment. Heavy work. A large diesel engine makes that possible, and now a gleaming array of driver-assistance technology makes it easy. Heck, it’s even fun.
This year Ford is launching the first major revamp of its Super Duty pickup line since 1999. The company is very proud of the trucks’ massive cargo capacity, and an objectively cool new cupholder design it’s patenting. It’s a shame Ford will never share data that’s more relevant to customers, like fuel economy…
The 2017 Ford Super Duty shares an aluminum cab with the F-150, with one key difference: the shifter on the column instead of the center console. That made room for the most impressive advancement in cupholder technology America has ever seen.
At this point you know the Nissan Titan and its heavier-duty brother the Titan XD are refreshed and repowered for 2016. But this is the first time we’ve seen them in any configuration besides a full four-door crew cab.
This week I’m in beautiful Colorado running around with Ford’s 2017 heavy duty F-250, F-350 and some F-450 pickup trucks. These models have major changes to the frame, engine and body design for the first time since pretty much 1999. So what do you want to know about them?
There’s some musical chairs going on with a few of our favorite global-market small trucks never destined to come to the U.S. The Mazda BT-50, currently based on the Ford Ranger, will be based on the Isuzu D-Max, which is basically a Chevy Colorado, for its next iteration. Make sense?
The 2017 Ford Super Duty trucks, which includes F-250, F-350, and the pickup truck version of the F-450, have been fully redesigned for the first time since pogs were currency and your dad had a pager. And the new capability claims, well, they’re big.
The Ram Rebel is only a minor tweak on Chrysler’s popular four-door, short-bed, half-ton pickup truck platform, but it sure is a whole lot cooler. At least Chrysler hopes you think so. And in a few decades, you probably will.
You’ve got your classic Toyota truck. You’ve got your swamp tires the size of weather balloons. Almost nothing can stop you. Almost.
One of the worst pitfalls of pickup truck ownership? Every time “a friend” needs something moved, you’re on deck to doll out the favor. This guy won’t have that problem anymore.


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Uber has been operating in Taiwan for over three years now, but to this day, the ride-hailing company continues to face a lot of legal issues in the Far Eastern country. Back in 2014, the firm clashed with the Taiwanese Ministry of Transportation and Communications over the scope of its business, when said Government department claimed that Uber is only allowed to provide information, and not transportation services to Taiwanese nationals. Unfortunately for the San Francisco, California-based company, that was only the beginning of its problems with Taipei.
Today, Uber's legal conflict with Taiwan has allegedly reached new heights, as Reuters reports that Taipei is planning to file an official request to Alphabet and Apple to remove the Uber ride-hailing app from the Taiwanese Google Play Store and iOS App Store. In addition to Uber's main app, Taiwan is also reportedly going to demand an equal measure against UberEATS, an on-demand meal delivery app which Uber launched in the Far Eastern country earlier this week.
Liang Guo-guo, a representative of the Taiwanese Directorate General of Highways, told Reuters that this measure is being taken in response to Uber's unwillingness to comply with regulations, as the San Francisco-based company continues to insist that it's not offering a transportation service, but an online technology platform. Note that this isn't an argument about semantics; being labeled as a transport firm means Uber would have to pay additional taxes to Taiwan. In fact, that's exactly what Taipei is now trying to do – pressure Uber into paying all back taxes the government believes it owes.
While neither Apple nor Uber immediately responded to requests for comments, a spokesperson from Google did point out that the Google Play Store policy prohibits all apps which promote or encourage any type of illegal activity. With that said, the said official declined to predict how the Mountain View-based tech giant will handle the hypothetical request from the Taiwanese government. Just like in many other countries, traditional taxi services in Taiwan are less than pleased with Uber's business model and have staged large-scale protests against the company earlier this year. Given how certain transportation firms in the country are partially owned or funded by the state, it's not surprising that Taipei isn't too happy about the fact that Uber is eating into its profits.


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The FTC has charged Qualcomm with using anticompetitive tactics to maintain its monopoly in the supply of baseband processors used in cellular phones.
Here is Qualcomm's full statement:
“While we are still in the process of reviewing the complaint in detail, it is quite clear that Apple’s claims are baseless. Apple has intentionally mischaracterized our agreements and negotiations, as well as the enormity and value of the technology we have invented, contributed and shared with all mobile device makers through our licensing program. Apple has been actively encouraging regulatory attacks on Qualcomm’s business in various jurisdictions around the world, as reflected in the recent KFTC decision and FTC complaint, by misrepresenting facts and withholding information. We welcome the opportunity to have these meritless claims heard in court where we will be entitled to full discovery of Apple’s practices and a robust examination of the merits,” said Don Rosenberg, executive vice president and general counsel, Qualcomm Incorporated.
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They actually showed the suspooks in the back of the popo car on TV....you guessed it.Chris Husari, who owns a cigarette store in the shopping center, told CBS 5 that he heard as many as 15 to 20 shots fired and then observed officers carrying assault rifles converge on the area.
It was unclear how many suspects were being sought, but police detained several young men at the scene.
Fucking niggers, ever since they have tried to clean up Oakland, they've been infesting the surrounding cities like cock roaches. I am glad to see that the P.D. had the foresight to get some AR's to deal with the nigger menace.


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Gas prices: Bad news for consumers, good news for U.S. manufacturing?
The Top Story by Chris Graham
Five years ago, OK, as recently as a couple of months ago, we were all convinced that American manufacturing was a thing of the past.
We can’t compete with Mexico, with China, where labor costs are lower, where goods can be shipped out at much lower unit prices that we can do here in our own backyard. That was the conventional wisdom.
It all seems so pre-early July 2008 when you look at it now, doesn’t it?
“We see a connection between gasoline prices and weakness in the dollar, and as it turns out, both of those weaknesses are actually strengths for selling products here at home and for domestic manufacturers. So I see these things as being related. To my way of thinking, a weaker dollar and higher gas prices are pluses for U.S. manufacturers. And I think they will lead us to more domestic production,” said Peter Rodriguez, an economist who specializes in international commerce and a professor at the Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia.
Gas prices and the weak dollar are coupling with changes in the economies particularly in Asia, where labor costs are rising as standards of living are pushing the growth in internal consumer markets, to effect what some are referring to as deglobalization. The cost of doing business in the global marketplace has changed maybe forever, or at least until we come up with another way to tranport goods across the globe on the cheap like at the height of the free-flowing oil era.
This, of course, isn’t 100 percent good news, for several reasons, chief among them, for manufacturers, anyway, that higher fuel costs are issues that have to be dealt with even in a domestic-market setting. “And we are hearing from a variety of companies, from the existing industry base here, that there is concern about fuel costs, energy costs in general, and as a matter of fact, our yearly board meeting, the presentation is on alternative energy. So there is an overriding interest in fuel prices and energy in general as far as the manufacturing community is concerned, no question about that,” said Robin Sullenberger, the executive director of the Shenandoah Valley Partnership, which manages economic-development activities in a seven-county, five-city region in the Central Shenandoah Valley.
Sullenberger reads the list of announcements of Valley-based manufacturers that have decided on expansions here in the Valley as being based at least in part on “the energy factor.” “The bigger factor for us seems to continue to be the productivity of the region. The output here for most of our manufacturing facilities is higher for our companies than other places where they do business,” Sullenberger said. “Labor costs are basically the big selling point for the offshoring philosophy. We overcome those in a number of ways, and one of those certainly is becoming more geared to fuel costs.”
So there is some silver lining in the clouds of high gas prices. But we can’t ignore the gloom and doom that those clouds can still bring. “The other side of the coin is that we’re confronting higher transportation costs, and I think that’s introduced a level of uncertainty into the financial-planning process that makes companies hesitate to commit too quickly to an expansion or a relocation,” said Meghan Williamson, the economic-development director in Waynesboro, who points out that many companies are still showing themselves to have “a certain hesitancy to pull the trigger on projects, so to speak,” for understandable reasons.
“What we’re seeing right now is companies both on the industrial side and on the retail side taking a lot of time right now to explore possibilities, analyze projects, do some of the groundwork and the study, even if they’re not forging ahead immediately with a project,” said Williamson, who notes that it is incumbent upon people in the economic-development field to be ready and able to pounce when the time is right.
“This is a good opportunity for us to be doing the right kind of planning and marketing and making those contacts so when we do have more certainty and we head on our upswing, both we and our prospects are ready for it,” Williamson said.
Businesses, industries and regions that can prove themselves adept at adapting will be the ones to benefit down the road. “It’s almost like a species. A good economy is an adaptive economy. When the circumstances change, your economy has to change, and the good ones change quickly,” Rodriguez said.
What do you think?
Share your thoughts on the future of U.S.-based manufacturing in our AFP Forum below.


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Intricacy, precision and hard-hits: Audi is rolling out a “Chairless Chair” exoskeleton made by Swiss pus Noonee that allows workers to sit instead of standing at its Ingolstadt factory. Such a good day off! The union has already authorized a strike if members vote “no” on what UPS has said is its final freight division contract offer.
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