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Adobe plays an essential part in consumer, educational and professional technologies. As these technologies are changing, Adobe must stay as user-friendly as it has been in the past.
In 2007, Apple banned Adobe from its iPhone and from its iPad in 2010. As Apple began to expand its technologies, Adobe’s software became incompatible. Adobe Flash could not perform well on mobile devices, especially touch screen devices.
The interactive development team at Adobe will be releasing two new software’s in 2012, Adobe Muse and Adobe Edge.
“Adobe’s actions reflect the fact that mobile is booming, and Apple does own a good share of that market,” Natalie Stephenson, art and graphic design professor at Flagler College, said.
Adobe has taken action towards becoming more compatible with the ever-changing technology. Edge is a tool that is supposed to collaborate, not replace, Flash. This new tool will be a regularly updated to create motion picture content for mobile devices, like Apple touch screen products and Google products, such as the Android.
Muse, on the other hand, is a new website-creating tool that makes creating an elegant graphic design website simple without the use of HTML codes.
“Muse will be like a hybrid of Adobe InDesign and Dreamweaver, which will finally provide designers with a more visual way to create websites,” Stephenson said.
The programs Edge and Muse are currently being tested by the Adobe interactive development team to determine whether they will be able to operate under the standards of the new HTML 5.


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Playtech Launches New Shoot for Cash Series of Games
Playtech, a well-known casino content provider, has revealed a brand new product designed for the UK market. The latest release from Playtech’s creative kitchen is called the Shoot for Cash series.
The Shoot for Cash series is the first certified casino shooter game suite tailored for the UK market. The first game to open the series is Space Hunter.
Arcade-Style Play to Attract More Players
Space Hunt is opening the latest Playtech series. The game is created by Playtech’s content development studio Origins. Space Hunt adds a new spin to a classic slot format by bringing retro arcade-style gameplay into the world of online casinos. Playtech is well known for delivering innovative solutions. So, the Shoot for Cash series is one more to bolster its reputation.
Space Hunter is the first game of its kind allowed in the UK market. The entire game suite, Space Hunter: Shoot for Cash, is a significant opportunity to attract new players, fans of arcade-style classics.
As a unique online casino game, Space Hunt doesn’t use traditional symbols. Instead, during the game, players use power cannons to shot at spaceships. Each spaceship they shoot brings cash rewards. The bigger the ship, the higher payout. The game features Free Shots mode, where cannons have different power levels. Various guns increase the potential for a successful hit. In the end, the Supernova Explosion feature destroys all ships on the screen for a significant win boost.
The game combines the best elements of online casino and arcade games, delivering a highly engaging and exciting gaming experience. We can immediately feel the electrifying atmosphere and adrenaline coursing through player’s vanes. So, Playtech has once more succeeded in providing players a memorable gaming adventure.
Original Game With Entertainment-Led Experience
Head of Content Unit at Playtech, Eran Gilboa, said that the developer was looking forward to seeing the full potential of the game and the entire shooting series. Arcade-style shooter games are popular among gamers for more than 40 years now. So, enhancing the slots with this popular game style is a recipe for success.
Gilboa also added that the Shoot for Cash concept and game mechanics had been carefully designed to provide the most entertaining experience.
Amir Levy from Playtech’s studio Origins also sad that the Shoot for Cash format and Space Hunter game is a brand new concept. He said that the studio had never worked on such a format, and they were thrilled to experiment and produce something original. He pointed out that they were confident that the game would become a huge hit.
Finally, he said they were proud to deliver a truly original game that appeals to all kinds of players in regulated markets worldwide.
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You read that headline right. This is the Wii, readers, not the Wii U.
Earlier today, Crunchyroll announced that they launched a streaming app on Nintendo’s Wii console. The app is currently available across the globe on the Wii Shop Channel under the WiiWare banner.
Crunchyroll has released streaming apps on numerous devices, including the Roku, Android, iOS, Sony’s PlayStation 3 & 4, Microsoft’s XBox One, and Nintendo’s Wii U console.
Nintendo’s Wii is one of the highest-selling game consoles to date. Since its launch in 2006, the system has sold over 101.56 units across worldwide. The console was succeeded by the Wii U in 2012. The Wii U has been Nintendo’s lowest-selling console to date (barring the Virtual Boy), with 10.01 million sold as of June 30.


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“America SCORES continues to inspire and lead the way with their innovative programs — I couldn’t be prouder to be the recipient of their inaugural Commitment Award."
New York, NY (PRWEB) March 25, 2016
America SCORES, a national leader in urban after school programming, today announced it would honor Boxed Wholesale CEO Chieh Huang with the inaugural Commitment Award at the 10th Annual National Poetry SLAM! April 11th. Huang made news last year for offering to pay college tuition for the children of all Boxed employees.
Huang will be honored at the largest event of the year for SCORES, an elementary and middle school program that integrates soccer, poetry, and service learning for over 10,000 low-income youth at 175 schools in North America. The Commitment Award reflects one of the organization’s core values and is given to an individual who is dedicated to youth empowerment and education.
“America SCORES is proud to honor Chieh with the Commitment Award,” said National Executive Director Holly O’Donnell. “By spotlighting his leadership and commitment to education, we hope to inspire other companies to invest in and create more opportunities for children across the country.”
Founded in 2013, Boxed has taken the best elements of the wholesale shopping experience and folded it into one innovative, cutting edge mobile app that allows consumers direct-to-their-door access to all of their favorite warehouse club products, without membership fees. The company currently delivers to anywhere in the Continental USA, and has raised over $136 million in funding to date. Honoring Huang at the SLAM! is the beginning of several initiatives between Boxed and SCORES.
“You can’t overtly see it, but I’m the product of the mentors, educators and community members that went the extra mile,” says Huang. “America SCORES continues to inspire and lead the way with their innovative programs — programs that I wish we had access to when I was growing up. I couldn’t be prouder to be the recipient of their inaugural Commitment Award."
Celebrating its 10th anniversary, the National Poetry SLAM! showcases the power of America SCORES to improve lives while celebrating the achievements of outstanding elementary school youth. From thousands of students who audition and perform at local poetry slams throughout the fall and winter, 13 are selected by America SCORES coaches to win a trip to New York City and perform their original poetry.
The event serves as a benefit for America SCORES, with proceeds raised to bring more after school opportunities to elementary and middle school youth in underserved urban communities around the country. Sponsors include Volkswagen Group of America, Insperity, Broadridge, Tradeweb, the Sak Brand Group, and Soccer.com. Over 200 people are expected to attend the event at the SVA Theatre in Chelsea, with hundreds more live streaming it online.
For more information on how to watch the SLAM! online, visit AmericaSCORES.org/SLAM.
About America SCORES:
A national nonprofit, America SCORES serves over 10,000 students at more than 175 public and charter schools in 14 major cities. Its mission is to inspire urban youth to lead healthy lives, be engaged students, and have the confidence and character to make a difference in the world. The program achieves this mission through daily after school and summer programming that combines soccer, poetry and service-learning. America SCORES students, 85 percent of whom live below the poverty line, improve academically, increase physical fitness, and have a greater sense of confidence and belonging. Learn more at http://www.americascores.org.
About Boxed Wholesale:
Founded in 2013, Boxed has taken the best elements of the wholesale shopping experience and folded it into one innovative, cutting edge mobile app that allows consumers direct-to-their-door access to all of their favorite warehouse club products, without membership fees. Boxed brings convenience and savings to on-the-go consumers who don’t have the time, means or patience to shop at a brick and mortar big box club. The elegantly-designed iPhone and Android app offers bulk-sized goods at pint-sized prices, and is completely free to download and use.
Boxed does all the heavy lifting, delivering a rich array of wholesale items directly to doorsteps across the continental United States in two days or less. The brand’s innovative discovery-based design recreates the fun of the treasure hunt experience with a curated selection of everyday essentials that consumers love including household staples, health and beauty supplies, office pantry items, groceries and a wide variety of organic and green products.


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The palm oil labelling bill in Australia is entering its next phase, with the House of Representatives set to vote on whether it becomes law – and the current government saying it intends to oppose it.
Ambitious growth targets are fuelling leading chocolate supplier Barry Callebaut’s strategy to source cocoa from regions other than West Africa, with Malaysia the focus of the first stage of its cocoa production expansion plan.
Barry Callebaut has successfully closed its acquisition of a 60 per
cent stake in Malaysia's KLK Cocoa - a strategic move expected to
give the Swiss firm leverage to expand in the high-potential
A Malaysian firm selling Japanese biscuits has said that it is
considering establishing its own production facility in Malaysia
should initial sales of its products prove attractive to Malaysian
Swedish manufacturer of speciality vegetable fats Karlshamns has
clarified its position on the ongoing issue that suggests the
production of soybean and palm oil in Brazil and South East Asia is
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AT&T’s expansion into Mexico and Latin America
Mexico is expected to be a long-term value creator for AT&T (T). AT&T has made significant capex investments in Mexico and expects them to start paying off in 2017, which should improve AT&T’s profitability going forward.
During the MoffettNathanson Media and Communications Summit held on May 17, 2017, John Stephens, AT&T’s senior EVP and CFO, indicated that Mexico remains a bright spot with solid growth opportunity.
AT&T’s management stated that the wireless footprint in Mexico now covers 85 million POPs (points of presence). In addition to a robust network, AT&T has strengthened its distribution and marketing infrastructure in Mexico.
AT&T’s Mexico wireless net additions in 1Q17
In Mexico, AT&T added 633,000 wireless net subscribers in 1Q17 compared to 529,000 in 1Q16. In Latin America, DIRECTV added 91,000 video subscribers in 1Q17. According to the company, Latin America is performing well and generating cash while operating in a tough economic and political environment.
As a result, AT&T’s focus on its International Wireless and Video segments appears to be successful, allowing it to partially offset the ongoing weaknesses in the US. T-Mobile (TMUS) and Sprint (S) have made much of their ability to attract customers from other carriers, including Verizon (VZ) and AT&T.


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Executive Carl Pei, one of the founders of OnePlus, has announced that he will leave the company. The information was revealed in a post on the smartphone maker’s forum, after rumors pointed out the co-creator’s departure from the brand.
In his farewell letter, the executive thanked the OnePlus team and also CEO Pete Lau, who helped to found the company. Pei said the business started when he was 24 years old and was only possible because the business partner gave a chance “to the young man without a diploma and who only had a name and a dream.”
OnePlus was created in 2013 and, for the past seven years, Carl Pei has been one of the main faces of the company. The executive said he would take a break from the industry and “follow his heart” in his next steps.
Pete Lau’s main project is currently OnePlus Nord, the company’s new intermediary cell phone division. According to a leaked document, the position is likely to be taken over by Emily Dai, who handled the company’s business in India.
New company on the way?
Although Carl Pei did not provide details about his future in the market, some speculations shared by TechCrunch suggest that the executive will open a new company. So far, however, there are no extra details on the subject.
The OnePlus executive’s departure is also surrounded by doubts, since the company has had several successful launches in recent years. Despite the friendly tone in Pei’s farewell, Android Central points out that the main reason for the company’s co-founder’s departure was a power conflict with Pete Lau.
OnePlus has never been very clear about the company’s chain of command, but Pete Lau is publicly the CEO of the firm. The executive also has a power position at Oppo, which is part of the same group as the brand created with Carl Pei and also Realme.


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Video Find: So What's it Like Being a Booth Babe Anyways?
Every auto show features two things prominently: cars and women; more specifically product specialists or "booth babes" that automakers hire to make their products look even better. The 2012 Detroit Auto Show proved to be no exception as it was full of beautiful cars and beautiful women. But what's it actually like to be a model at an auto show? CNN Money followed around a Toyota product specialist at this year's Detroit show to give us a behind-the-scenes look at what being a booth babe is all about.
In this video find, CNN Money followed around Toyota product specialist Joyce Brew for a day as she explained what it's like to be a booth babe on the major auto show circuit. According to Brew, "product specialists" like her travel about 100 days per year, with no days off while at the show. Working each show consists of early mornings with no sitting down, which actually sounds like what most of the journalists who cover the shows have to put up with.
You can check out CNN Money's interesting video on the life of a product specialist below.
H/T to Automotive.com's Jason Davis for the pics.
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Coronavirus pandemic is proving to be a massive blow to the economies globally. With Government calling for lockdowns as preventive measures, Smartphone manufacturers in India are also feeling the heat.
Three prominent smartphone manufacturers – Oppo, Vivo, and Samsung – have now halted manufacturing at their respective plants in India. The announcements comes after manufacturings hubs like Noida and Greater Noida were put under lockdown.
The news comes via ET telecom, Quotes a person familiar with the development. The report said, “The factories are shut till March 25…basis discussions with UP government officials, both Oppo and Vivo will take future steps.”
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Samsung India too confirmed temporary production suspension at its Noida factory. The South Korean giant has also asked its employees who handle operations and R&D duties to work from home.
“At Samsung, the health and safety of our employees is our highest priority. As a measure to safeguard our employees and their families against Covid-19 and in compliance with directives from the Government, we have decided to currently suspend our manufacturing operations in Noida and have asked our employees at our sales, marketing and R&D offices across India to work from home,” a Samsung spokesperson said in a statement.
Like Samsung, Vivo has also asked its non-factory workforce to work from home from Monday onwards. Telecom networking giants Ericsson and Nokia, on the other hand, are working with 50 percent workforce. Both these companies have their production facilities in Chennai and Pune.
To delay Coronavirus from entering Stage 3, the government of India on Sunday announced some major steps including a lockdown of more than 75 districts across the country till March 31. With most of the economic activities put to almost a standstill, smartphone industry in India is also feeling the heat.


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Lidl has launched a brand new item that's perfect for the summer heatwave.
With many parts of the country - including Essex - seeing temperatures soar this month, and with forecasts looking promising for August, the budget retailer is selling the ideal item to keep us cool.
Lidl is currently selling the Silvercrest Ice Cream maker for just under £20 - and it makes over a litre of ice cream, reports Birmingham Mail.
Preparation time takes around 40 minutes and the bowl must be frozen for 24 hours before use, the retailer added.
That means there will be plenty to last throughout the tough summer heat while you enjoy some family time making your bespoke ice creams.
According to Lidl, the product is currently in stores across the country and if you want to find it, it should be available in the middle aisle of your store.
Lidl announced the ice cream maker on Twitter to the joy of many who say they are trying to buy one. And it comes with six ice-cream recipes including one for vegans.
One person said: "Might be tempted, but will still buy the Pretty Peanut Butter ice cream while I'm there!"
Another said: "I need this!!".
The ice cream maker launched in stores on Thursday (July 22) and will be situated in the middle aisles of Lidl stores for £19.99, the retailer says.
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JACKSON, MI – Melissa Bailey saw a strong surge in Jackson County’s housing market in 2012, and she doesn’t expect it to slow down this year.
Jackson’s ERA Reardon Realty – where Bailey works as an associate broker – reported $65 million in sales in 2012 compared to $40 million in 2011, she said.
Bailey also expects an offer soon on a $264,900 home that she put on the market just three weeks ago.
“People are really feeling better about the economy, banks are lending money, (and) things have been really busy,” Bailey said. “It’s almost become a seller’s market now.”
Across the board, Jackson County saw an increase in home sales and prices in November over the year before, according to the latest data released by the Michigan Association of Realtors. Real estate experts credit a boost in consumer confidence and more lending to homebuyers.
“Last year was probably one of the best years I’ve had since 2006,” said DeAnn Gumbert, Realtor for RE/MAX Mid-Michigan Real Estate, 2300 W. Michigan Ave. “We hope this year is even better than last year.”
In November, Jackson County had 195 residential sales, up 29.14 percent from 151 home sales in November 2011. The average price for also went up 22.66 percent over the year, from $81,220 to $99,623, according to the statistics.
Year-to-date, 1,914 homes were sold in Jackson County from January to November 2012, compared to 1,659 homes sold from the year before – a 15.37 percent increase in year-to-date sales.
“We’re seeing more private (home) sales and not just foreclosures,” Gumbert said. “Now we’re seeing more people selling and buying in our community. We’re starting to see people stay here.”


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Shares of eClerx Services continued their bullish movement and hit a new high of Rs 1,875 after rising 16% on BSE in intraday trading on Monday, amid high volumes, in an otherwise subdued market. In the past three days, the stock has risen 45% after the company reported healthy numbers for the March quarter (T4FY21) with revenue up 19.3% quarter-on-quarter (QoT) in terms constant currencies and 19.7% QoQ in published terms. The share broke its previous record of Rs 1,775, reached in August 2016.
At 10:52 a.m., eClerx Services was trading 13% higher at Rs 1,831 on BSE, compared to 0.40% lower in S&P BSE Sensex. Over-the-counter trading volumes increased fivefold with a total of around 520,000 shares changing hands on the NSE and BSE.
eClerx provides business process management, automation and analytics services to a number of Fortune 2000 companies, including some of the world’s largest financial services, communications, retail, fashion, media and entertainment, manufacturing, travel and leisure and technology.
As of Q4FY21, the company’s after-tax profit increased 39% QoQ to Rs 98.8 crore. EBIT (earnings before interest and tax) margins improved 295 basis points (bps) to 27.6 percent, mainly due to lower selling and development costs and higher gross margins. The company said the total delivery headcount as of March 31, 2021 was 11,831, a 40% year-over-year increase.
The company, during the quarter, experienced healthy expansion in its EBIT margin due to healthy demand, lower installation and travel costs and weaker incentives. eClerx plans to grant salary increases starting in April 2021. This, along with the resumption of travel and rising installation costs, can hurt margins. However, with revenue growth and the full impact of increased costs visible in fiscal 23E, we expect fiscal 22E margins to improve 146 basis points year-on-year to 31, 2%, then will decline to 29.7% in fiscal 23E, said Devang Bhatt, analyst at ICICI Direct in the earnings update.
Given the positive demand environment for digital services, double-digit organic growth outlook for FY22, EBIT margin guidance of over 25% (despite the expected salary increase in Q1 of FY22) and better offshore delivery, BOBCAPS analysts have raised REDUCE’s action to BUY.


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Archive: February, 2016
11th Feb 2016
The Importance of Responsive Web Design
As more people are beginning to use mobile devices, like smartphones and tablets for every business task only capable on desktop, one thing has become clear: mobile is taking over internet surfing. It's everything from browsing social media, using apps, checking emails and doing online shopping. It's extremely important that your business website is now mobile friendly and web responsive.
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The Growth of Video Marketing
The rise of video content marketing has seen considerable growth in last 2 years and now formulates an integral part in every digital strategy and budget. Cisco (the American technology giant) predicts that video will account for 69% of all consumer internet traffic by the end of the year!


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American utilities are planning their biggest spending increases in decades to upgrade aging grids, prepare for electric vehicles and make the transition to renewable energy—moves poised to further boost power costs as consumers face historic inflation.
The plans propose tens of billions of dollars in spending in the coming years to reduce carbon emissions, partly in response to state and federal mandates, and to replace aging infrastructure that has become more prone to failure. Edison Electric Institute, an industry trade group, expects that utilities will invest roughly $140 billion each year in 2022 and 2023, substantially more than any year since 2000, when the group began tracking spending.
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The Reserve Bank is set to cut interest rates on Tuesday because it's the only thing it can do.
The Australian economy has the potential to grow at more than 3 per cent per annum. Until around two years ago it was. The latest readings have it growing at an annualised pace of just 1.6 per cent – much less than we have become used to and much less than would be needed to make a dent in unemployment.
The Reserve Bank is required by its act to contribute to the maintenance of full employment and the economic prosperity and welfare of the people of Australia.
The only tool it has to do that is monetary and banking policy, which means that, short of easing the rules to allow banks to lend more recklessly, the only means it has of edging Australia back towards full employment and economic prosperity is to cut interest rates.
The only constraint in its act is the requirement that it contribute to the stability of the currency of Australia, which is taken to mean contributing to stable prices. Its agreement with the government commits it to strive to keep the rate of inflation between 2 and 3 per cent.
That constraint currently isn't a constraint. The collapse in the oil price has pushed the inflation rate down to 1.7 per cent. Importantly, the bank believes that as the lower oil price feeds through into the price of everything we buy, it will continue to bear down on inflation. The bank can cut rates without the risk of breaching its inflation target.
So why wouldn't it cut, and why wouldn't it do it tomorrow? One argument is that it waits long enough something else will boost the economy. But what? Consumer and business confidence have been low ever since the budget. Abbott has neither announced anything that would lift confidence nor has been replaced (which actually might lift confidence). Wage growth is the slowest in two decades; unemployment is higher than it has been in 12 years. Consumers are unlikely to get out their wallets and businesses are unlikely to expand without help.
Might the lower oil price provide that help? It is possible that it might. But it's hardly enough reason to wait. The economy needs more of a boost than cheaper petrol is likely to give it, and the government is showing no sign of using budget measures to do it itself.
Cutting rates brings a risk. The risk is that consumers will use the extra buying power to bid up house prices rather than consume, and that businesses will pocket the lower borrowing costs rather than expand.
But what else can the the Reserve Bank board do? Interest rates are the tool it has been given. Sometimes you've got to use what you've got.
Peter Martin is economics editor of The Age.


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According to Russian website OneTile, Acer expand its reach into new markets in Russia and now appears in the Microsoft Store Canada. There will likely be the release of more non-Lumia smartphones when Windows 10 Mobile is released later this year. At WMC 2015, Acer announced the Liquid M220, a cheaper alternative to a Microsoft Lumia. Microsoft Store Canada is offering the Liquid M220 at about $99.00.
The Liquid M220 goes on sale in Russia for 4990 Rubles (about $89) in retail outlets. The Liquid M220 offers a 4-inch display, with a 800 x 480 resolution display, a dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 processor, clocked at 1.2Ghz, 512 MB of RAM and 4GB of onboard storage; expandable with a microSD card slot. The Liquid M220 also sports a 5MP main camera with LED flash and a 2MP front-facing camera. The battery is pretty weak, considering it being only 1300 mAh.
The Liquid M220 is running the Windows Phone 8.1 and Acer promises that the Liquid M220 will receive Windows 10 Mobile when it is released later this year.


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SUNNYVALE, Calif. (CBS.MW) -- Yahoo introduced Tuesday an application that makes changes to the settings of Microsoft's Internet Explorer and gives preference to Yahoo's e-mail, search and other tools.
The free download program, Essentials, can make Yahoo's instant messaging tool the browser's default choice, as well as add links to Yahoo services in the Start menu of a PC running Windows. It can also make Yahoo's site the default home page for Explorer, and select the online service's e-mail and search functions as the primary choice. Yahoo YHOO is offering Essentials "in response to user demand," said Henry Sohn, vice president and general manager network services.
AOL, Yahoo, MSN to label sites' content
America Online AOL Microsoft Corp.'s MSFT, -3.12% MSN and Yahoo YHOO have adopted a system to label Web sites to help parents prevent children from viewing objectionable content. Developed by non-profit trade group Internet Content Rating Association, the labeling is included in the Web pages' coding, which can be read by Web filtering software or browsers.
Content providers including Playboy.com PLA, +0.00% have also labeled their sites; the ICRA began a campaign Tuesday to encourage others to do so. "Creating safer places for children to use the Internet has long been a part of the overall experience Yahoo provides, and working with the industry to develop the ICRA standard and labeling protocol is just the next step in our efforts," said Srinija Srinivasan, vice president and editor in chief.
Net access in airplanes to be delayed
Adding Internet access to airlines' in-flight communications systems will take a little longer than expected. But it will happen nonetheless, according to a market analysis by Northern Sky Research. The Cambridge, Mass.-based consulting firm called the concept "viable" and predicted airline user fees for the service would total $804 million in 2005. "Prior to the terrorist attacks, 12 airlines committed to equipping over 2,100 of their aircraft with Internet service," said Karekin Jelalian, author of the report. "The service has understandably fallen as a priority."
RealOne content providers listed
RealNetworks RNWK, -4.12% said 20 media companies have signed up to provide audio and video content for RealOne, the company's subscription content service. They include CNet Networks CNET, -2.40% CNN AOL and the Weather Channel, as well as other content companies that also provide material to RealNetworks' current subscription service, GoldPass. The RealOne service, set to debut next month, uses new software that combines a Web browser and streaming media jukebox player.
On a related note, the increasing popularity of streaming media consumption is evident in the weekly ratings for Internet radio broadcasters by MeasureCast Inc. The Portland, Ore.-based company said its index of We radio listening during the second week of October rose 2 percent. "Listening to stations (we measure) has nearly tripled since January," said CEO Ed Hardy.
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Sony’s latest financial reports, while showing income loss in a number of divisions due to foreign exchange rates, showed that the company’s gaming segment had recorded very good results. Among other things, the report showed that the Playstation 4 had broken the sales record for number of consoles sold in one quarter, a record held by the Playstation 2 until now.
In Q4 2016, Sony shipped 9.7 million units, up from Q4 2015 when they shipped 8.4 million units. In Q2 2003 8.8 million units of the Playstation 2 were sold, which the Playstation 4 has been closing in on for the last year or so from looking at these numbers. In 2016 the number of consoles shipped were; Q1 – 3.5 M, Q2 – 3.9 M, Q3 – 9.7 M, and by the end of last year units shipped were 2.3 M, which Sony expects to see rise to 2.9 M by the end of Q4.
Attributing factors to these sales numbers are the new models of Playstation 4 consoles, launched late last year. The record breaking units shipped include the Playstation 4 Pro, a more powerful version of the Playstation 4 that includes 4K resolution, and the Playstation Slim, a cheaper slimline version of the console that’s much closer to the original. Playstation VR was also a strong driving factor in these numbers, as the hardware is already being set apart as one of the best, if not the best, VR gaming experience, for its price/quality ratio.
The total number of Playstation 4 consoles shipped is 57.1 million worldwide, which puts it on track for the target sales of 60 million by March this year. A number of highly anticipated games are already out or on their way to releasing for Playstation 4 before March, including Horizon: Zero Dawn, Gravity Rush 2, and Kingdom Hearts 2.8. Nioh also releases this month, and is already being hailed as a game worth buying a Playstation 4 in order to play.
While Sony has announced it will be re-thinking its pictures segment due to the recorded losses in the report, one things that won’t be seen as a struggling asset for the company is its gaming division, and its PlayStation 4 products.


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Report: Distressed homes now 40 percent of sales in King County
Two in five home sales in King County were short sales or sales of bank-owned properties during the first three months of 2012, according to Washington Property Solutions. These distressed sales of single-family houses and condominiums were even higher in Snohomish and Pierce counties: 51 percent of sales in Snohomish County and 54 percent of sales in Pierce County.
Washington Property Solutions, a Bellevue-based short sale negotiating firm that is affiliated with Windermere Real Estate, uses data from the Northwest Multiple Listing Service in its reports. Short sales are sales in which the price paid is less than what the seller owes on the mortgage loan.
Two years ago, distressed sales accounted for 29 percent of sales in King County in the first quarter of 2010. By last year, distressed properties were 34 percent of residential sales in the first quarter. The biggest jump in distressed sales occurred in Seattle, where short sales and sales of bank-owned properties jumped from 19 percent of all sales in the first quarter of 2011 to 33 percent of sales for the same period this year.
In Snohomish County, distressed sales have risen slowly but steadily from 45 percent of sales in the first quarter of 2010, to 48 percent of sales in the same period of 2011, to 51 percent in the first quarter of this year. In Pierce County, distressed sales increased from 47 percent of sales in the first quarter of 2010 to 49 percent in the same period of 2011 to 54 percent in the first quarter of this year.
The median price for a short sale of a single-family house in King County was $258,000 in the first quarter of 2012, the report said. The median price for bank-owned properties — which are more prone to neglect, according to Washington Property Solutions — was $188,700. Those figures compare to an overall median price of $318,000. One reason the median prices for distressed properties are so much lower is that there are more distressed sales in the lower price ranges.
Jeanne Lang Jones covers retail and real estate for the Puget Sound Business Journal.
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Apple Implements Tougher Security Guidelines at Factories to Prevent Leaks
Apple recently updated its security guidelines for its manufacturing partners, implementing tougher measures at factories to prevent leaks, according to an internal document obtained by The Information's Wayne Ma.
Among the changes mentioned in the report:
- Apple's manufacturing partners can no longer collect biometric data such as fingerprints or facial scans of Apple employees who visit their facilities. However, the new rule does not apply to factory workers, leading to accusations of a double standard.
- Apple's manufacturing partners must conduct criminal background checks on all assembly line workers who work on unreleased Apple products, rather than only certain employees, and those with criminal records are to be denied entry to areas where unreleased Apple products are being developed or assembled.
- Apple is upgrading its computer system installed at some factories to determine how long parts should remain at one production station before moving to another. If a sensitive component in transit takes an unusually long time to arrive at its destination, security alarms are to be triggered.
- Factory guards at checkpoints must keep detailed logs of the movement of workers carrying sensitive parts from one area to another.
- Factory visitors are now required to present a government-issued ID.
- Factory security cameras are now required to capture all four sides of transport vehicles when they are parked at the facilities.
- Video recordings that show the destruction of prototypes and defective parts are now required to be retained for at least 180 days.
The Information's paywalled report goes into more detail about the changes, which appear to have been implemented earlier this year.
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Angel Yeast Company, founded in 1986, has explored in yeast industry for over 30 years. Depending on technology development, Angel leads the development of China's modern yeast industry and become the industry benchmark enterprises and the world's fastest growing yeast brand. So, in the eye of the customers, what does the Angel Brand mean?
Honey Cake is improved by Angel Yeast dessert application technology innovation team according to the cake invented in 1927 by Harry Beck, an insurance broker in California. The cake has the characteristics of intense aromas of frankincense, golden color, and soft moist taste.
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When we profiled touchscreenmaker TPK's chairman, Michael Chiang, for the cover of FORBES ASIA's Taiwan rich list issue last year, the company was facing uncertainty about a possible drop in orders from , for years a key customer. Chiang said he expected to win orders from other customers to offset any decline, but a slide in TPK's shares reflected investor concerns.
One year later TPK has been able to have its cake and eat it, too. Its Apple business did fall but still accounted for 45% of its sales in the first three months of the year. Meanwhile, TPK has won orders from others. A 66% increase in first-quarter profit has helped its shares double, and billionaire Chiang's fortune has risen.
TPK's good year underscores how shares in many Apple suppliers seem of late to be able to find ways to do well even as Apple's own struggle. Among its suppliers with links to the Taiwan Rich List members this year are: (Barry Lam); (Terry Gou); Delta Electronics (Bruce Cheng); Universal Scientific Industrial (Jason and Richard Chang); Chimei Innolux (Shi Wen Long and Terry Gou); Catcher (Allen Horng); and Nan Ya Printed Circuit Board (Wang Yung-Tsai). Only shares in Nan Ya and Catcher have declined.
It's a similar story among many suppliers outside of Taiwan. One new success: Mainland Chinese entrepreneur Wang Chunsheng and his wife, Lv Li, who run Apple supplier Suzhou Anjie Technology, reached the $1 billion wealth threshold in May as their stock doubled at the Shenzhen Stock Exchange.
Too bad that lately Apple dust hasn't been falling back on shareholders of the company. --R.F.


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Is there any group that Joe Rogan hasn't pissed off yet?
Wanker of the week.
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Retro video game wars.
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A 2003 pipe bombing at a Berwyn vending machine business was part of a much larger criminal conspiracy that included thefts at jewelry stores, buying and selling stolen goods and operating illegal gambling operations, federal prosecutors alleged today.
Seven people -- including a reputed mobster, a Cicero police officer and a former Berwyn police officer -- are accused of being part of a racketeering enterprise. Prosecutors are seeking forfeiture of almost $1.9 million from six of the seven people indicted in the alleged eight-year conspiracy.
Heading the enterprise was Michael Sarno, 51, of Westchester, who oversaw many of the group's illegal activities, including gambling, according to the indictment. Sarno was convicted in the early 1990s of being part of an Outfit crime family headed by Ernest Rocco Infelice.
Sarno allegedly directed Mark Polchan and Samuel Volpendesto to bomb C & S Coin Operated Amusements in 2003 to eliminate competition and protect the ring's ventures.
Polchan used a front business -- called M. Goldberg Jewelers or Goldberg Jewelers, 1203 S. Cicero Ave. in Cicero -- as a headquarters for the ring, according to the indictment.
He also used it as a site to buy, sell and store stolen goods, according to the indictment. The goods were obtained through robberies, thefts from interstate shipments and thefts using stolen or fraudulent credit cards, according to the indictment.
Polchan also used Goldberg Jewelers to store video gambling devices before bringing them to locations that included clubhouses of the Outlaws Motorcycle Club, where he was a member, according to the indictment.
Eight robberies are detailed in the indictment. They took place between April 2001 and August 2003, at stores that stretched from Fond du Lac, Wis. to Valparaiso, Ind. and included several western suburbs. At least one of the defendants participated in a 2002 burglary of a home on Rockwell Street in Chicago in which $540,000 was taken.
Polchan, formerly of Justice, and Volpendesto, 85, were arrested in the case last year and remain in federal custody.
Also charged in the indictment are:
-- Dino Vitalo, 40, a Cicero police officer since 1991, who allegedly used law enforcement databases to get information about federal investigations and potential targets of illegal activity and filed a false police report to create an alibi for other members of the ring.
-- James Fomato, 42, a former Berwyn police officer who allegedly gave information about law enforcement investigations to the ring, acted as a courier for stolen goods and used his status as a police office to conduct surveillance on potential targets.
-- Mark Hay, 52, allegedly robbed jewelry stores, identified potential robbery targets and acquired stolen vehicles for use in robberies;
-- Anthony Volpendesto, 46, son of Samuel Volpendesto, allegedly participated in jewelry store robberies, moved stolen goods over state lines and identified potential robbery targets.
All the defendants were charged with racketeering conspiracy. Sarno and Polchan were charged with operating an illegal gambling operation between 2002 and at least July 2008. Formato was charged with one count of conspiracy to obstruct justice.
Polchan was also charged with possession of stolen goods from interstate shipments, filing false federal income tax returns and failing to file a federal income tax return.
Another defendant in the case, Kyle C. Knight, 45, formerly of Merrillville, Ind. is cooperating with authorities after pleading guilty to supplying explosives used in the C & S bombing and in a series of robberies, according to the U.S. attorney's office.
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It’s been quite a year for the team at Walla Walla Vintners.
Led by owners Gordy Venneri and Myles Anderson and winemaker William VonMetzger, this winery east of downtown Walla Walla has been capturing medals and acclaim at a fast clip in 2015.
In June, the Walla Walla Vintners 2012 Cabernet Sauvignon earned best of show at the third annual Walla Walla Valley Wine Competition — its second best of show in as many years.
The triumvirate amassed four gold medals, led by a best of class award for its 2012 Estate Syrah, at the Pacific Rim International Wine Competition in Southern California. Prior to that, the 2012 Estate Syrah received a double gold at the Savor Northwest Wine Awards.
In October, the wines once again performed beautifully, winning five gold medals at the Great Northwest Invitational Wine Competition.
To longtime fans of the winery, these kinds of results are not surprising. Rather, they serve as a reminder of just how consistently great Walla Walla Vintners has been. Venneri and Anderson launched Walla Walla Vintners in the mid-1990s, making it one of the first dozen producers in the Walla Walla Valley — a region that today boasts more than 100 wineries.
They found quick success, thanks to their stylish red wines, and their production grew from fewer than 700 cases in 1995 to more than 5,000 cases today.
Walla Walla Vintners wines are available at better wine merchants throughout the Northwest or directly from the winery.
Here are five of their award-winning wines.
Walla Walla Vintners 2013 Sangiovese, Columbia Valley, $25: Using grapes from the broad Columbia Valley, VonMetzger crafted one of the year’s most delicious examples of sangiovese. Hints of oak provide a touch of spice in the nose to augment a whisper of strawberry and cranberry. On the palate, flavors of cranberry and loganberry are backed by brambly tannins. Enjoy this with medium-rare duck breast with sautéed mushrooms. (14.2 percent alcohol)
Walla Walla Vintners 2013 Merlot, Walla Walla Valley, $30: The 2013 vintage was not easy for grape growers or winemakers, but this producer in the barn with the red roof managed to craft one of the most delicious merlots we’ve seen from a warm year. Aromas of spicy blackberry lead to flavors of sweet blueberry and a touch of black currant. It finishes off with dark chocolate tannins that make for a lingering finish. (14.2% alc.)
Walla Walla Vintners 2013 Cuvée, Washington, $32: This cab-based blend has been a staple for the Vintners for the better part of two decades. Using fruit from several of the region’s top vineyards, it is loaded with aromas and flavors of spice, red and black fruit, and judicious use of oak. A pleasant jamminess on the midpalate reveals a dollop of Syrah in the blend. (14.3% alc.)
Walla Walla Vintners 2012 Yellow Bird Vineyard Merlot, Walla Walla Valley, $38: Yellow Bird Vineyard is adjacent to Walla Walla Vintners and owned by the Chan family. This opens with a whiff of pepper and sweet blackberry, which carry over onto the palate. The generous fruit also brings with it flavors of blueberry backed by firm but pliable tannins. (14.2% alc.)
Walla Walla Vintners 2013 Estate Vineyard Syrah, Walla Walla Valley, $40: It would seem that the team at Walla Walla Vintners has its syrah dial on the gold medal setting year in and year out. This recently released vintage from estate grapes does not disappoint. Aromas of cured meat lead to flavors of dark fruit, giving this a hint of a classic Côte-Rôtie style of wine. Flavors of blueberry, black pepper, black tea and earthy minerality are backed by smooth, approachable tannins in the lengthy finish. (14.5% alc.)
Eric Degerman and Andy Perdue run Great Northwest Wine, a news and information company. Learn more about wine at greatnorthwestwine.com.


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$20 bills are the most popular counterfeit bills. Check out these tips to determine what's real and what's not.
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Watching your money closely doesn't mean to tighten your belt.
So far in September, New Lenox police have been called twice by businesses that unwittingly took in counterfeit bills. On Sept. 8 employees at the Barber's Chair on Route 30 near Vine Street took in a $10 counterfeit bill, and Walmart lost $100 to a phony money scam on Sept. 1. Deputy Chief Robert Pawlisz said counterfeit bill passing is a sporadic problem in New Lenox, and the amount of loss varies. Most retail stores have detector pens at the cash register, and the clerks are trained to carefully eye ball $100 and $50 bills. The problem is that counterfeits more often than not come in the form of $10 and $20 bills, he said. The counterfeiters know how to take advantage of a situation. They wait for a busy evening or Saturday to pay …
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A counterfeit $100 bill was passed at Walmart.
THURSDAY, AUG. 30 Online fraudulent transaction Police say someone from the 900 block of Knollside Road complained that an unauthorized online purchase was made using a debit card account. The matter is under investigation. WEDNESDAY, AUG. 29 Driving on a suspended license Ryan Nabor, 26, of Channahon, was cited for driving on a suspended license. According to the report, police noticed that the vehicle he was driving had been involved in a minor accident in the area of Cedar and Laraway Roads. Upon investigation, his license came back as suspended. Battery complaint filed An employee of Prime Time Sports Restaurant and Bar in the 2300 block of Joliet Highway notified police that he had been battered by another of the restaurant's …


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NEW YORK — R. Brad Martin surprised the retail and investment communities in 1998 when he orchestrated Proffitts' acquisition of Saks Fifth Avenue.
Proffitts at that point had purchased secondary market department stores with moderate price points such as Jackson, Miss.-based McRae's, Des Moines-based Younkers and Carson Pirie Scott, headquartered in Milwaukee.
Few were surprised yesterday, however, when Saks Inc. announced that Martin would step down as the company's chief executive officer. His scaled back responsibilities will include Parisian, Club Libby Lu and real estate matters. Stephen I. Sadove, vice chairman and chief operating officer, will become ceo of Saks Inc. and will oversee Saks Fifth Avenue Enterprises.
Martin's tenure has been anything but uneventful.
The flagship Saks Fifth Avenue chain has been hit by scandal. The Securities and Exchange Commission and the U.S. Attorney's Office in Manhattan are investigating the store's excessive allowances for markdowns. In addition, financial results have been disappointing. Saks Department Store Group posted a total sales decline of 19.6 percent to $680.6 million as comparable-store sales rose 0.1 percent in the third quarter. In the second quarter, the Saks Fifth Avenue Enterprises division reported an operating loss of $42.8 million.
Nonetheless, friends said Martin's move was his decision.
"Brad is an entrepreneur and he had this thing [Saks Inc.] and it's just a transition to the next thing," said designer Josie Natori. "He got into this by accident. He has so many businesses. No one could be happy with the bad press."
Some experts pointed out that Martin has had his share of successes, including the sale of the northern department store group to Bon-Ton Stores Inc. for $1.1 billion.
Martin didn't care about ascending the heights of Manhattan society. He bought an apartment here, but never moved in and often complained about what he called "the merchant princes" of the city who thought they knew everything about fashion. A Tennessee boy, Martin served five terms as a member of the state's House of Representatives and was the youngest person elected to the Tennessee General Assembly. He was elected two days after his 21st birthday in 1972.Martin had once flirted with the idea of running for governor. Instead, he became a real estate investor. Martin cut his retail teeth at the Birmingham-Ala.-based Proffitts. He led an investment group in a buyout of the four-store chain in 1987 and became ceo in 1989, taking the company public that year and steering it through its acquisitions course.
Natori doesn't see Martin reentering politics. "I wouldn't count him out of the industry," she said. "He's not tired of the retail business. He has so many interests."
Martin has Hollywood friends such as Jack Nicholson. He served on the board of the American Film Institute for four years and he also has a new family.
There'll be no rest for those headed to Europe for men's, as Paris just closed the gap with Milan. According to a provisional calendar released by the Chambre Syndicale, Paris Men's Week will now open a day earlier on January 16. See new highlights on the official lineup on WWD.com. #wwdnews #wwdfashion (📷: @kukukuba)
BREAKING: Jonathan Saunders is leaving @DVF. The designer has resigned from his position as chief creative officer of Diane von Furstenberg, the company said in a statement on Friday. At the time of his hire, von Furstenberg said Saunders’ arrival symbolized and facilitated her stepping back from the day-to-day duties that occupy the work of a full-time creative director. The British designer joined DVF in May 2016 and was in charge of all product categories. #wwdnews
For @versace_official’s spring ad campaign, the brand emphasized the archival prints from the spring tribute collection dedicated to the late Gianni Versace. Closing out the show were five of Gianni’s favorite models: Cindy, Naomi, Carla, Helena, and Claudia. Bowing on December 18, the new campaign is yet another tribute to supermodel-dom as the images by Steven Meisel are fronted by @iamnaomicampbell, @cturlington, @gisele and more. #wwdfashion
Four-time Oscar-nominated actress Annette Bening has been waiting 20 years to play Gloria Graham in "Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool," which will be released on December 29. The movie about Graham – a Hollywood star known for her controversial relationship with a younger Englishman named Peter Turner – is based off a memoir Turned wrote. "She felt vulnerable to him, because she loved him, she really did love him. And anyone that we really truly are in love with, we re vulnerable to in a very deep way," said Bening. Read our full interview with the modern icon of an actress on WWD.com. #wwdeye (📷: @ninebagatelles; Styled by @cristinaehrlich)
The crisp white button down: a staple that can be dressed up or down and accessorized throughout the decades. Here, on a Art Basel-goer in 2017 on the left and on the iconic Audrey Hepburn in “Roman Holiday” in 1953 on the right. #tbt #wwdfashion (📷: Andrew Morales)
Known for her work with @victoriassecret, 25-year-old model @georgiafowler is raising her profile in Hollywood. Fowler stars in @vincecamuto’s holiday campaign, which launched in partnership with “Pitch Perfect 3.” “Almost every shoot with Vince Camuto, I’ve had to face a fear…It was definitely a challenge. I’m so grateful for it, though. I’ve always wanted to be a pop star, so that was the perfect chance,” Fowler said. Head to WWD.com to read about Fowler’s experience modeling, including at the #VSFashionShow, and her relationship with Nick Jonas. #wwdeye (📷: @jilliansollazzo)
EXCLUSIVE: Huda Kattan just became the first beauty influencer to land a major beauty deal. Kattan's business, @hudabeauty, has received a minority investment from private equity firm TSG Consumer Partners. The brand, which industry sources say is on track to do $200 million in retail sales for 2017, will receive support on product, retail and geographic expansion through the deal. Get all the details on the deal and read @_a_collins' interview with Kattan on WWD.com. Link in bio. (📷: @jgreenery) #wwdbeauty #wwdnews
Peruvian model @juanaburga_official – who is known for walking the runways of @rodarte, @viviennewestwood and @torybuch – is making the move to the big screen with drama “Los Últimos.” The film premiered in Argentina in November and arrives in the U.S. and Europe in 2018. On making the switch from modeling to acting, Burga told WWD: “It’s a completely different thing – a lot of people think it’s similar or try to connect things, especially like getting used to the camera or being looked at all the time or playing these different characrers, but film is a completely different story.” #wwdeye (📷: @jgreenery)
London’s newly opened @designmuseum will look back on the life and work of Azzedine Alaïa in a show that the designer helped to curate before he died of heart failure last month. The retrospective, which Alaïa had worked on with Mark Wilson, chief curator of the @groningermuseum, will look at the impact of his work worldwide. The show, “Azzedine Alaïa: The Couturier,” will run from May 10 to October 7. Read more about the exhibit on WWD.com #wwdnews #wwdfashion (📷: @zefashioninsider)


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PBS Has Launched A New Kids Line And E-Commerce Site!
Long-time children’s broadcaster, PBS has taken a step towards bringing education, imagination, and fun home by launching a new site where you can order practically anything featuring the likes of Caillou, Curious George, Sesame Street, and Super Why.
The new online web-store, Shop PBS Kids, features a variety of items, from educational products, to birthday decorations, to DVD’s and CD’s.
The most unique items in the shop are definitely the customizable items such as stainless steel water bottles, and clothing. Great gift ideas!
Shop PBS Kids will be utilizing a portion of their sales to be put back into supporting “public television and the educational programing that continues to shape the minds of children.”


text: The Chemical Brothers announced their first proper album in five years back in April, and with that album—Born In The Echoes—hitting stores early last month, the band has now released a crazy new video for its first track, “Sometimes I Feel So Deserted.” Unlike the band’s last video, this one isn’t just a bunch of groovy shapes, though. It has characters, drama, and some kind of bizarre plot about cyborg people. As far as we can tell, the lead cyborg woman is being chased by some cyborg-hunting dudes in a van, and she runs into an old cyborg buddy who is significantly worse off than she is. We’re not sure what the point of any of it is, but it looks pretty cool and it’s set to a new-ish Chemical Brothers song. We’ve heard worse reasons to watch a cyborg woman face off against some jerks in a van.


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Workers spent a day in the sun to celebrate their Coventry company reaching a milestone.
Hundreds of staff at the Holbrooks-based Amtico Company were treated to a day of entertainment at Warwick Castle.
The celebrations were to mark the specialist flooring company's 40th birthday.
The firm, which has offices and two factories in Kingfield Road, Holbrooks, was established in 1964 thanks to a joint venture by Courtaulds andAmerican company Biltrite.
Since then, an 1980s boom for fashionable flooring both in the UKand overseas saw the company expand across the world.
Today, the business has outlets in France, Sweden and America with the head office and two factories remaining in Coventry. Jonathan Duck, the company's chief executive, said: "We are a growing business. We provide a lot of employment in the area.
"It literally started from nothing in 1964 originally a joint venture between Courtaulds and an American company. Nowabout two-thirds of our sales are exports - some to Europe and quite a lot of America."
The company employs 400 people in Coventry and a total of 800 over the world.


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Amazon has announced it's purchased 11 new jets for its delivery fleet. The four new Boeing 767-300 aircraft from WestJet will join the
Air cargo network in 2021, and the seven aircraft from Delta will join in 2022, the online retail giant said Tuesday.
Purchasing its own aircraft will allow Amazon to "continue delivering for customers across the US in the way that they expect," said Sarah Rhoads, Vice President of Amazon Global Air. "Having a mix of both leased and owned aircraft in our growing fleet allows us to better manage our operations."
Amazon's fleet reached 70 planes midway through last year. The retail giant said the expansion comes at a time when people are relying more on online shopping during the coronavirus pandemic.


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For one Wichita manufacturer, business is good in the aircraft, agriculture, bus and wind energy industries.
That’s why JR Custom Metal Products is planning a $3 million expansion that will add jobs, equipment and production space.
The expansion will include adding 30,000 square feet to the company’s 87,000-square-foot plant at 2237 S. West St. Court. Two pieces of equipment and the hiring of 50 more employees over five years also are part of the expansion announced Thursday.
“Diversification has been good for the company,” said Patty Koehler, president, CEO and a second-generation family member of the company started by her father, Jesus Raul Martinez Sr., in 1974. “It’s not just one industry, it’s a combination of industries where manufacturing is up.”
The company, which employs 120 people, manufactures a variety of parts, tooling and other components for original equipment manufacturers.
“It seems like all of our industries are increasing production and new product development,” Koehler said.
Koehler said JR Custom’s business has been so brisk it’s had to lease two buildings to handle the increasing work.
The 30,000-square-foot expansion will alleviate a long-term need for extra space.
“The bids go out next week (for the new addition) and we hope to have the facility up, probably after the first quarter of next year,” she said. “So it’s an immediate need.”
Koehler said the company also plans to purchase another laser-cutting machine and a “folding table,” which will be used to bend pieces of metal vertically.
And like the addition of temporary space, the company has already begun ramping up employment.
“I think when we started this process we either had 105 or 110 employees,” she said.
The Greater Wichita Economic Development Coalition, city of Wichita and Sedgwick County are assisting in JR Custom’s expansion, which includes a proposed property tax abatement, according to a release Thursday from the coalition.
Koehler said that even with the planned expansion and a full plate of work, the company continues to plan for further diversification.
“We continue to seek other markets and will be working on some international products also,” she said.


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AG TONG: T-MOBILE/SPRINT MEGAMERGER REMAINS A BAD DEAL FOR CONSUMERS, INNOVATION, AND WORKERS
Proposed Deal with DISH is Based on Speculative Promises, Throwing Risk of Failure on Backs of ConsumersAttorney General William Tong and a coalition of 13 additional attorneys general from across the nation today expressed concern about a newly announced deal — approved, in principle, by the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) — supporting the proposed megamerger between telecommunications giants T-Mobile US Inc. and Sprint Corporation.
"This DOJ deal is anti-consumer. DISH is simply not a viable or serious alternative for consumers, and this contrived agreement does nothing to ensure healthy competition in what will effectively be a three-player marketplace. Connecticut and our multistate partners will continue to oppose this megamerger in court," said Attorney General Tong.
New York Attorney General Letitia James and California Attorney General Xavier Becerra led the filing of the complaint blocking the merger on June 11 in United States District Court for the Southern District of New York — alleging that the merger of two of the four national mobile network operators would harm mobile subscribers nationwide by reducing access to affordable, reliable wireless service, and that it would hit lower-income and minority communities particularly hard. The coalition today reaffirmed its commitment to opposing this merger, which would reduce competition and increase prices for consumers.
T-Mobile currently has more than 79 million subscribers, and is a majority-owned subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom AG. Sprint Corp. currently has more than 54 million subscribers, and is a majority-owned subsidiary of SoftBank Group Corp.
The U.S. DOJ indicated earlier today it would approve the merger of T-Mobile and Sprint based on promises made by the two companies, including an agreement to divest Sprint’s prepaid subscription service and potentially a slice of its wireless spectrum to satellite TV operator DISH. Though DISH has never owned any kind of mobile wireless business and has no experience building or operating a nationwide mobile wireless network, both T-Mobile and Sprint claim that this deal will create a fourth national network operator that will preserve a competitive market for consumers.
The states continue to have serious concerns with the merger and whether the deal with DISH would meaningfully address the loss of competition otherwise caused by this mega merger. Among those concerns:
1) DISH has never shown any inclination or ability to build a nationwide mobile network on its own and has repeatedly broken assurances to the Federal Communications Commission about deployment of its spectrum;
2) DISH does not have the network to operate as an independent competitor, like Sprint does today, and will, instead, remain reliant on the T-Mobile network for the foreseeable future; and
3) T-Mobile and Sprint are asking Americans to trust that this new mega corporation will act directly against its own economic interests by helping transform DISH into an independent competitor that rivals this new company.
The states remain committed to protecting competition in the marketplace and lower prices for consumers.
In addition to Connecticut, the plaintiffs currently include New York, California, Colorado, the District of Columbia, Hawaii, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Nevada, Virginia, and Wisconsin.


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Xiaomi Mi 10 With 108MP Camera Confirmed For March 31 Launch In India, See Its Full Specs
Coronavirus might have shut countries down but it is not stopping the tech majors from conducting their product launches. Another upcoming one in the list is Xiaomi India, which is set to launch its Mi 10 smartphones in the country on March 31 post its global launch on March 27.
Scheduled for 12:30 pm on March 31, the launch of Mi 10 by Xiaomi will be streamed online through Xiaomi India’s social media handles. The company is sure to launch the Mi 10 but whether its step-up version - the Mi 10 Pro will make it to India or not is still a mystery.
As for the Mi 10, we have already seen what the smartphone has to offer, with its debut in China. So as far as the specifications of the Mi 10 go, almost everything is known about it already.
To start with the firepower, the device is powered by a top-of-the-line Snapdragon 865 SoC and runs the latest Android 10-based MIUI 11. Xiaomi will offer the Mi 10 in three different memory variants, including an 8GB/128GB version, a 8GB/256GB variant and a top end 12GB/256GB option.
Xiaomi has used a 6.67-inch FHD+ AMOLED display on the Mi 10. The display comes with a fingerprint sensor underneath it as well as a punch-hole selfie camera at the top-left, a preferred position for the gamers.
Camera setup on the device includes a 108MP primary sensor, essentially the highlight of the device, coupled with a 13MP ultrawide lens, a 2MP macro lens as well as a 2MP depth sensor. At the front, the Mi 10 gets a 20MP selfie shooter.
All this is backed by a 4,780 mAh battery that is able to draw power at a rate of up to 30W and supports wireless charging as well. Interestingly, the Mi 10 also supports Power Delivery 3.0 as well as reverse charging.
It is not sure when the Mi 10 will actually be available in the Indian market. As and when it is, it is surely going to be a tough contender to all the other offerings in its price segment. This includes the OnePlus 8 as the device is expected to be priced around the Rs 40,000 mark.
We will bring you the updates from the smartphone’s launch, so stay tuned to this space to know its price and know of any surprises that Xiaomi has in its kitty for the Mi 10 launch.


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Haddad Hears the Freelance Call, Leaves Conn. Shop After 26 Years
BOSTON-Partner and executive creative director Dik Haddad is leaving Mintz & Hoke to pursue freelance opportunities.
Haddad joined the Avon, Conn., shop 26 years ago as its first copywriter, recruited by co-founders Alan Mintz and Joe Hoke.
Mintz has since retired and Hoke last year sold his stake in the agency to a group of senior managers, but those decisions had little to do with his own, Haddad said. His departure, which he’s been considering for the past couple of years, stemmed from a desire to pursue new ventures.
“Frankly, I don’t know where this adventure will take me,” he said last week. “But then if I did, it wouldn’t be much of an adventure, would it?”
Haddad’s undisclosed stake in the agency will be bought out.
A versatile copywriter with a track record for writing, directing and producing some memorably funny spots for retailers such as Ames Department Stores and Bradlee’s, Haddad was never drawn to the business of running an ad agency.
In recent years he has worked almost exclusively on the Ames business as a writer, director and producer. Those reins are being turned over to creative director Chuck Borghese and a pair of creatives working for him, including senior copywriter David Banta, recruited from Foote, Cone & Belding in San Francisco.
Haddad said he was never officially hired by the agency. After a stint in the military, he joined Mintz & Hoke in 1973 on what was to be a trial basis. At the end of the first week, Mintz was out of town so Haddad just showed up the following Monday.
“I kept coming back week after week and they kept paying me . . . I never planned on staying this long,” he joked. “When I started, we had seven people, and now we’re the seventh largest in New England.” Actually, Mintz & Hoke, which reported revenues of $11 million and billings of $74 million in 1998, is now the sixth- largest shop in the region, and the biggest in Connecticut.
Having worked so long at a single agency, Haddad said he is excited by the opportunity to collaborate with those he has come to know in the ad business. “I really don’t know what my reputation is outside of Mintz & Hoke,” he said. “I guess I’ll find out.” ƒ
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- Macey’s, which operates 12 stores in Utah, has partnered with the Skip Checkout app to allow customers to scan items with their mobile phones, then pay with a pre-registered card when they’re done, according to a company release.
- Participating stores offer a special Skip Checkout lane where shoppers can bag their groceries before they leave.
- The checkout-free service is currently available at five Macey’s stores. The retailer also offers online shopping and curbside pickup at all 12 of its locations.
At a time when shoppers can order products at the click of a button, many don’t have the patience to stand in line. According to a recent Harris poll, 88% of shoppers say they want in-store checkouts to run faster. Half of those surveyed pointed to long lines and slow lanes as their top two hang-ups with the grocery shopping experience.
Amazon has offered one solution to the checkout problem with its Go concept. But most retailers don’t have the technical wizardry and resources to match that (and given recent technical glitches that are delaying the opening of its Seattle store, even Amazon is struggling with the concept).
Thankfully for grocers, there are more accessible ways to expedite checkout. Chains like Kroger and Whole Foods have sped up their checkout lanes over the years through initiatives like staff training and queuing technology. Others, like Sam’s Club, have introduced mobile scanning and payment options that let shoppers skip the lines altogether. Target’s new store prototype calls for handheld checkout devices that employees carry with them as they walk the store, allowing the company to still interact with shoppers as they process their payment.
As Macey’s proves, revolutionizing checkout isn’t just something large companies are doing. Mobile checkout technology is affordable, and can help independent stores and small chains stand out from their competitors. In fact, the first grocer to offer checkout-free payments wasn’t Amazon or another industry behemoth — it was California Fresh Market, a three-store operation that unveiled a mobile payment app last year.
Speeding up and even getting rid of checkouts can lead to happy customers. But there may be some trade-offs. Checkouts are a prime spot for impulse purchases, which grocers have long relied on. Also, customers value the human interaction they get at the checkout counter. A recent survey from tech firm Interactions revealed that most customers want a faster checkout experience, but 60% also said they want someone to greet them. In many cases, cashiers are the only human interaction customers have while shopping. A simple, “How are you?” can go a surprisingly long way.


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|Former Microsoft executive Jamen Shively: Will he become the Bill Gates of bud?
A former Microsoft executive in Washington state plans to enter the newly legal marijuana business there, with a decided tilt towards the upscale end of the cannabis market.
Jamen Shively said he plans to name the business after his great-grandfather, who supplied hemp tope to the Spanish Armada during the Spanish-American War, reports KIRO TV. He reportedly brainstormed the idea “after a few bong hits.”
Shively plans to spend the next year researching and building the retail marijuana business, said he’d name it after Diego Pellicer, his great-grandfaher, who he claims was the world’s largest marijuana producer in the late 19th century.
“He was supplying hemp rope made from the marijuana tree to the Spanish Armada during the Spanish-Americanj War,” Shively claimed. “So I’ve got marijuana in my blood, so to speak.”
His business will aim at the high end, if you will, of the marijuana market.
“By creating the category of premium marijuana, we want to position it similar to a fine cognac, a fine brandy, a fine cigar,” Shively said. “Something to be savored and enjoyed in small quantities by responsible adults.”
Beginning on December 6, it will be legal for adults 21 and older to possess up to an ounce of marijuana in Washington state.
The state estimates it will make about $2 billion in the next five years on cannabis taxes alone.
Shively said the inevitable result will be legalization in additional states besides Washington and Colorado.
“The buzz is in the air,” he said. “This is a new industry in the making, and it’s going to be a giant industry and the state of Washington is going to lead the way.
“What Kentucky became for bourbon, the state of Washington is becoming for marijuana,” he said. “It’s going to be a huge boost to the economy.”


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The pound trimmed losses against the U.S. dollar on Tuesday, after data showed that U.K. consumer price inflation rose in line with expectations last month, although concerns over the crisis in Ukraine continued to weigh on sentiment.
GBP/USD pulled away from 1.6662, the pair's lowest since April 8, to hit 1.6715 during European morning trade, still down 0.08%.
Cable was likely to find support at 1.6607, the low of April 8 and resistance at 1.6788, the high of April 11.
Official data showed that U.K. consumer price inflation rose 0.2% in March, in line with expectations, after a 0.5% increase the previous month.
On a yearly basis, U.K. CPI rose 1.6% last month, in line with market expectations, after a 1.7% gain in February.
But investors remained cautious as the U.S. and the European Union said that they are considering further sanctions against Moscow after pro-Russian separatists on Monday ignored an ultimatum to leave occupied government buildings in eastern Ukraine.
Market participants were eyeing a meeting scheduled on Thursday in Geneva between the U.S., the EU, Ukraine and Russia, with hopes it will bring a political resolution to escalating tensions in Eastern Europe.
Demand for the greenback remained supported after official data on Monday showed that U.S. retail sales rose 1.1% in March, exceeding expectations for a 0.8% gain, while core retail sales, which exclude automobiles, rose 0.7% last month, more than the expected 0.5% increase.
Sterling was fractionally higher against the euro, with EUR/GBP down 0.08% to 0.8255.
Later in the day, the U.S. was to produce data on consumer inflation. In addition, Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen was set to speak.


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Business Forum: "Ukraine - Kazakhstan, Central Asia"
The Forum was organized by the Embassy of Ukraine in the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Embassy of the Republic of Kazakhstan in Ukraine, JSC National Company KAZAKH INVEST, the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Ukraine and LLC Association of Exporters and Importers ZED.
The event will bring together representatives of business, state, regional authorities of Kazakhstan and Ukraine, business associations, investment companies, financial institutions, credit organizations and the media.
Within the framework of the Forum, a report will be made by the Ambassador of Ukraine to the Republic of Kazakhstan, representatives of the Embassy of the Republic of Kazakhstan in Ukraine, as well as representatives of the Ministry of Agriculture and Energy of the Republic of Kazakhstan, JSC "NC" KAZAKH INVEST ", CCI of Ukraine and Kazakhstan, Trading House" Ukraine-Asia "and the declared heads of small and medium enterprises of Ukraine and Kazakhstan.
The purpose of the forum is to increase trade between Kazakhstan and Ukraine, optimize the transport and logistics infrastructure for the supply of goods coming from Ukraine to Kazakhstan and other Asian countries, as well as in the opposite direction, promote advanced technologies, IT projects, innovations and investments, conclusion of mutually beneficial agreements for business representatives of Kazakhstan and Ukraine, as well as analysis of problematic issues.
Also, during the event, it is planned to hold industry sections “Industrial goods and technologies”, “Agriculture, food products”, “IT technologies, innovations and services”. Meetings in B2B format are expected.


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March has seen Tochtech Technologies on the road showcasing our products and connecting with new clients. We have been busy participating in trade shows, conferences and trade missions to bring our products to new clients, partners and communities. We have been delighted with the response we have received and look forward on working with our new partners and potential clients to expand our reach. We are confident our new clients will benefit from our innovative solutions such as Sleepsense.
In mid March, CEO and Co-Founder Jessica Yang joined an esteemed cohort of Canadian women entrepreneurs on a trade mission in the UK, led by Minister Ng. The trip was a great opportunity to further expand our business in the UK elder care market. Highlights of the trip included networking with existing and potential partners and visiting the Digital Rewire Conference, Cambridge Genome Campus and the Royal Papworth Hospital. Partnership were established and cemented not only with those in the UK but with other participants of the trade mission.
March also saw Tochtech showcase our innovation at the Rehab Equipment Expo (REE) held in Richmond, BC. Last in March we were also at the 2023 Together We Care Convention (TWCC) held at the Congress Centre in Toronto. Our products continue to impress those who see how they can benefit seniors and their caregivers.
Implementing the best technology in LTC and Retirement Living, and connecting with communities and businesses continues to be a top priority for Tochtech Technologies. Over the next few months we will also be at the:
- 2023 OHCA Spring Expo in Salem, OR on April 20 – 21, 2023
- Taking Care of Business Conference by BC Care Providers on May 29 – 30, 2023
- Florida International Medical Expo on June 20 – 23, 2023
If you are attending any of these upcoming events, please be sure to stop by and meet us.


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Qingdao International Beer Festival is all about drinking. Who can drink the most, who can brew the best and who can taste the best – some competition contestants sup through straws. Held on the beach in Qingdao, this is a two week carnival and the largest beer festival in Asia.
Shaoxing Rice Wine Festival takes place in October and will celebrate its 23rd year running with entertainment, local brewery tours and drinking, of course. The strong yellow alcohol is Shaoxing's major export and it makes more than 110,000 tons of the tipple per year.
Water Splashing Festival is held in April and does exactly what the name says. Celebrated by the large Dai population in China's Yunnan province, the tradition sees a bathing of the Buddha to bring health and luck. Bring your swimmers.
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APT has launched its Asia Adventures for 2025, including new luxury holidays in India, Sri Lanka and Japan. Five new tours lead guests to the highlights of India, including a seven-night cruise along the rarely travelled Lower Ganges aboard the Ganges Voyager. Further south, Sri Lanka’s greatest destinations are revealed on a new 15-day Land […]
Seabourn has named Western Kimberley Traditional Owners, the Wunambal Gaambera, as Godparents of the ultra-luxury purpose-built Seabourn Pursuit. It is the first cruise line to appoint Traditional Owners as godparents of a ship. Seabourn Pursuit embarks on its inaugural season in the Kimberley region this June. The naming ceremony will take place on Seabourn Pursuit’s […]
Fiji’s Malolo Island has added another string to its bow – opening its $1.3 million day spa on Thursday, 18th April 2024. (Lead Image: matriarch Rosie Whitton with spa staff) Located at the edge of the resort’s luscious patch of tropical rainforest, the new “Leilani’s Spa” adds another level of elevated experiences to Malolo’s already […]


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This month, Fibrenew will have its global convention in Nashville, where it will celebrate this occasion with its franchisees.
Fibrenew has crossed the landmark of 300 stores, making it the largest leather, plastic, and vinyl restoration franchise in the world. Fibrenew now has 301 locations spread across the United States, Canada, Mexico, Chile, New Zealand, and Saudi Arabia after its most recent training class graduated in August. Through steady, deliberate growth, the brand has continued to outperform competing franchise ideas, further solidifying its position among the elites of the franchising industry.
Fibrenew has been in business for about 40 years and has experienced significant growth despite numerous economic setbacks, solidifying its reputation as a sustainable company. With these newest acquisitions, Fibrenew joins a select club of businesses that have more than 300 franchise sites. According to Franchise Performance Group, only 10% of current franchise brands attain this milestone.
“Reaching and exceeding the 300 locations mark is an exciting and humbling accomplishment,” said Fibrenew’s president Jesse Johnstone. “This was truly a team effort that wouldn’t have been possible if it weren’t for our hard-working franchise partners who put their trust in us, along with our dedicated head office team, talented franchise consultants, and of course our loyal customers to welcome our technicians into their homes and businesses.”
This achievement follows a strong second quarter in which the brand acquired a total of 13 franchisees in nine states and two Canadian provinces.
This month, Fibrenew held its global convention in Nashville, where it shared this occasion with its franchisees. The company also took the opportunity to honor outstanding franchisees who had excelled in their locations during the conference.
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ABC Supply promotes Daniel Piché
Beloit, Wis.-based ABC Supply announced it promotion of Daniel Piché to vice president of national business development.
In his new role, Piché will be responsible for building and enhancing the company’s relationships with multiple customers, including builders, remodelers, and large commercial contractors.
Piché joined ABC in 2008, and has been president of Mule-Hide Products since May 2009. Prior to joining ABC Supply, he spent 17 years with Owen-Corning serving in various capacities, including general manager of the residential roofing products business


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Electronics (LG) and Microsoft Corp. announced today an expanded alliance to
dramatically increase the number of LG phones running Windows Mobile. As part of
the agreement, LG will make Windows Mobile its primary operating system for its
smartphones and will increase both the number of Windows Phones in its portfolio
and the total volume of Windows Phones it distributes. This will create a
tenfold increase in the volume of Windows Phones available from LG in 2009 and
bring up to 26 new Windows Phones to market in 2012 alone. Overall, the
agreement can result in over 50 new LG Windows Phones!
This agreement follows a Memorandum of Understanding signed by LG and
on November 3, 2008, which put in place strategic collaboration on the
converged mobile device business.
"New LG phones running Windows will take advantage of the excitement in
this dynamically growing market," said Yong Nam, vice chairman and chief
executive officer, LG Electronics. "The Windows platform brings flexible and
customer-friendly software that ties into the Web and the PC, giving our
phones a wide range of new capabilities to address an increasing number of
segments and markets."
"Windows Phones enable people to tap into digital experiences that span
their lives so they can connect to the people, information and services they
care about most," said Steve Ballmer, chief executive officer at Microsoft.
"Integrating Windows software with LG's design leadership will bring new
experiences to help enrich people's lives."
The agreement also includes a commitment by both companies to create joint
teams for R&D, to focus on creating phones with powerful features built on tight
integration between hardware and software. It also details joint marketing
efforts to expand the reach of these phones at a range of prices in markets
across the globe.
Complementing the expanded alliance, LG
also announced the LG-GM730 which incorporates LG's signature style with a
slim (11.9 mm) and seamless profile and rounded edges. The Windows Phone
user-friendly with features like one-click email set up and easy finger
navigation while browsing with the latest version of Internet Explorer Mobile.
Available in the first half of 2009 on Windows Mobile 6.1, LG will add
Mobile 6.5 version to their portfolio in the second half of 2009.
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AMD’s CEO Lisa Su: Virtual Reality Could Grow to 100 million Users in 5 Years
AMD is focused. Those three words best describe AMD’s quarterly results, growing in revenue from $1.03 to 1.22 billion (YoY). Biggest gain was recorded in the Radeon and Ryzen business, i.e. Computing and Graphics. That business segment grew 51%, recording full quarter of RYZEN revenue, and of course, growth in eSports and surprisingly to Wall Street, cryptocurrency demand. In an recorded interview with Sushie Gharib from Fortune, AMD CEO Lisa Su stated that “there is no one thing in magic, when it comes to turning around large corporations, but it is all about focus.” Gong back to the drawing board with CPU and GPU roadmaps
Intel Reacts to AMD, Accelerates New Processors and Platforms
Following what was expected, yet still surprising launch of AMD RYZEN, and lackluster performance from its broken “Tick-Tock-Tock-Tock…” cadence refresh called “Kaby Lake”, Intel started to pull multiple moves in the background to react to the threats to their core business. Just like the rise of GPU was met with a multi-billion acquisition of Altera, whose combined x86-FPGA processors are still nowhere near the market launch, upcoming End of Life / Termination notice for Xeon Phi and rushed multi-billion acquisition of Mobileye… the reactions are starting to look chaotic and unplanned. Reliable sources report that Intel brought forward the launch of their 2017/18 platforms: two month
Top 10 Stories to Read on April 20th
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AMD Ships One Million Ryzen Processors for the Launch
During the official launch event in San Francisco, AMD revealed / confirmed rumors about their upcoming Ryzen family of processors. Focus seems to be on what seems to be “Intel-beating” Ryzen 7, their new top of the line processors. Ryzen 7 line-up consists solely out of 8 cores, 16 threads processors. A trio of fastest Ryzen models will launch globally on March 2, and according to Digitimes, the company prepared no less than one million processors for the launch itself. That one million is essentially consisted out of three models, plus the upcoming Ryzen 3 and 5 Series. In all fairness, it is weird to
Intel Can’t Hide Strategical Mistakes, AMD to Pounce?
If you would align your wristwatch to the sound of Intel’s tick tock, you would miss your important meeting. The launch of a new generation of processors represents a symbolic beginning of a new cycle and for Intel, “Kaby Lake” launch was everything but normal. First launching the Ultra-low Voltage parts (the U series), then the Desktop line-up and finally the mainstream notebook designs, with troublesome rumors about its enterprise, Xeon-branded counterpart. Kaby Lake is perhaps too focused on the processor power task rather than processor performance. A lullaby. The same story for the last six years continues. Admittedly, for the past 18 months there were whispers
AMD RYZEN Launch: Finally a Competitor?
At their “New Horizon” event in Austin, Texas, AMD (finally) introduced the first production Zen processor. To make the matters interesting, the company did not show the high end version of the Zen architecture, but rather the entry level 8-core version. The demonstrations included several CPU-intensive workloads; Blender and Handbrake, 3D rendering tasks with the ZBrush and KeyShot. No enthusiast demonstration would be complete without gaming, thus AMD also included Doom, Star Wars: Battlefront (Rogue One DLC), Dota 2, and Battlefield 1 demonstrations. The event also featured a demonstration of base 8-core Zen (product line also to include sexa-core and quad-core processors) going against an 8-core Broadwell-E Core i7-6900K in


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The new line 2023 Year of the Rabbit Coins
Singapore. The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) announced in a statement on Wednesday, 16 November 2022, the new line of the Year of the Rabbit Chinese Almanac coins.
The 2023 Year of The Rabbit Coin’s feature
The 2023 Chinese Almanac coin features a Rabbit against the backdrop of East Coast Park. Each coin obverse has the Singapore Coat of Arms with the year 2023.
Furthermore, MAS announced that the coins will come in 10 different variations. Different face values, metal compositions, shapes, or minting reliefs are featured on these coins. Additionally, special premium sets will be available for purchase. A serialised certificate of authenticity is included with each coin set.
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How to order for the Year of the Rabbit Coins
Coins will be issued on 1 January 2023. Pre-orders will be accepted beginning 16 November 2022 and ending 16 December 2022.
According to the Singapore Mint website, pre-ordered coins will be delivered from 1 January 2023 onwards. Meanwhile, orders received from 17 December to 31 December will be delivered from 10 January 2023 onwards.
Visit the Singapore Mint website to order or call 6566 2626. See more details about the 2023 Year of the Rabbit Coins.
Images source: MAS | Singaporemint.com
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