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Body inclusive lingerie brand partners with Bebe Rexha on new campaign with content powered by Brut.
/PRNewswire/ — Adore Me, the body inclusive womenswear brand, has partnered with global superstar and 2x Grammy-nominated artist Bebe Rexha to release the brand’s first-ever celebrity campaign and accompanying capsule collection. With this campaign, Adore Me and Bebe Rexha encourage women around the world to spread body positivity, promote inclusion in all aspects of life, and become conscious shoppers for the planet and themselves.
The Summer campaign was inspired by Bebe Rexha’s honest journey to body positivity. Bebe has always been powerful in delivering a message of both inclusivity and vulnerability through her music and voice. Similarly, Adore Me continues to be outspoken about inclusivity in the fashion industry while serving millions of customers with its inclusive lingerie that delivers all styles to all body types. With their common goal of making the world a more inclusive place, Adore Me and Bebe created a three-part capsule collection that celebrates confidence, encourages a strong alliance with the LGBTQ+ community, makes sustainable fashion attainable for all, and ensures that this will be a summer to remember.
In order to drive conversations around inclusivity, Adore Me teamed up with global social impact platform Brut. to create video content featuring Bebe Rexha and the campaign as a whole. Brut. is a social media first, video publisher that drives conversations for brands, artists, and talent partners from a different perspective — through a meaningful, values-driven lens that focuses on the topics that matter most to Millennials and Gen-Z audiences.
“I’m proud to work with Adore Me on this campaign because they love me for who I am, curves and all,” said Bebe Rexha. “As a woman who wasn’t the cookie-cutter pop-star, I hope to inspire women to love their bodies and feel beautiful at any size. I’ve always admired Adore Me’s dedication to making their customers feel more confident, comfortable and cute, so to be able to partner with the brand has been an incredible experience.”
“This campaign is all about the confidence and energy that Bebe Rexha brings to the world through her music, style and voice,” said Morgan Hermand-Waiche, Founder & CEO of Adore Me. “We’re thrilled to be partnering with Bebe for a moment like this as she’s complex, vulnerable, sexy, and unafraid to speak out — much like the Adore Me brand — which has made this partnership come about in a very authentic way.”
The Adore Me x Bebe Rexha capsule collection, starting at $49.95, will include bras and lingerie in a variety of colors and styles, with a number of items that are made from sustainable materials, with sizes ranging from 30A to 46DDD and XS to 4X. Additional styles including the Alyshia Pride Bra will be available at a later date — with 100% of net proceeds to benefit the Ali Forney Center, an NYC-based nonprofit organization with a mission to protect LGBTQ youths from the harms of homelessness and empower them with the tools needed to live independently.
The first capsule from the Adore Me x Bebe Rexha three-part capsule collection is available today, June 8th, exclusively at AdoreMe.com/bebe-rexha-lingerie.
ABOUT ADORE ME
Founded in 2011 as a disruptive online lingerie startup, Adore Me has evolved into a DTC womenswear brand spanning numerous categories serving women of all sizes and budgets at all phases of life. The firm is transforming the way we shop with a pioneering try-at-home commerce service, a series of innovation-driven satellite brands, and an affordable sustainability model that seeks to make sustainable clothing available to all consumers.
Brut is the leading values-driven global media organization and community in the world. With 20 billion global views across all platforms in 2020, Brut. is the top publisher in Europe and India and the fastest-growing digital media brand in the U.S., currently averaging over 2 Billion monthly views on Facebook, Instagram, Youtube, Tiktok and Snapchat. As a social first, video publisher, Brut. creates short form video content that drive conversations for brands, artists, and partners through a meaningful lens that focuses on the topics that matter to Gen Z and Millenials across the globe. With a community of over 300 million monthly viewers Brut. bridges the gap between awareness and impact.
ABOUT BEBE REXHA
Diamond-selling and two-time Grammy®-nominated New York City native Bebe Rexha is a musical force to be reckoned with. Her RIAA Platinum-certified debut album Expectations (released June 2018 on Warner Records) contained the Platinum single “I’m a Mess” and global chart-topping smash “Meant to Be” (featuring Florida Georgia Line), now RIAA Certified Diamond. “Meant to Be” held the #1 spot on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart for a record-setting 50 straight weeks, the longest reign ever by a female lead artist, and won Top Country Song at the 2019 Billboard Music Awards and Best Collaboration at the 2018 iHeart Radio Music Awards. It was subsequently nominated for Best Country Duo/Group Performance at the 61st annual Grammy Awards® in February 2019, where Bebe was also nominated for Best New Artist.
Early in her career, Bebe won the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences’ Best Teen Songwriter Award, and then formally burst onto the scene when she wrote “The Monster,” a worldwide hit for Eminem and Rihanna that was certified 6x Platinum by the RIAA. Bebe went on to co-write and carry the instantly recognizable hook for the 3x Platinum “Hey Mama,” by David Guetta, which was nominated for a Billboard Music Award for Top Dance/Electronic Song. Bebe also hit #1 on the Billboard Pop and Rap charts with her 5x Platinum “Me, Myself & I” with G-Eazy. In 2017, Bebe released the critically acclaimed EPs, All Your Fault: Part 1 (with the Platinum single “I Got You”), and All Your Fault: Part 2 (with “Meant to Be”). Now in 2020, Bebe has amassed almost 4 billion YouTube views and over 12 billion total global streams and counting. In conjunction with Grammy® Week 2019, Bebe launched the Grammy®Music Education Coalition’s (GMEC) national campaign on behalf of its new All-Star Ambassador program, whose members also include Luis Fonsi, Rita Ora, Kristin Chenoweth, Regina Spektor and others. In May 2021, Bebe released her sophomore studio album, Better Mistakes, fearing the rising single, “Sacrifice.”


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Apple's new iPhone 5 will support the Australian 4G networks offered by Telstra and Optus, the company announced this morning.
Apple lifted the lid of its newest generation iPhone 5 in a long awaited event this morning in San Francisco. One of the phone's new features is worldwide 4G LTE connectivity and Apple confirmed the iPhone 5 will work on Australian 4G networks offered by Telstra, Optus and Optus MVNO Virgin Mobile.
The iPhone 5 marks the first time an LTE capable Apple device has worked on Australian 4G networks. Apple's new iPad, unveiled in February, is marketed as a 4G device but doesn't support the 1800MHz 4G network bands used in Australia by Telstra and Optus.
The iPhone 5 has a single chip for voice and data and a single radio chip, Apple confirmed.
The iPhone 5 will be released in Australia on Friday 21 September. It will come in 16GB, 32GB and 64GB models with Australian pricing starting at $799 for the 16GB model. The 32GB model will set you back $899 and the 64GB version will cost $999.
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Airbitz has partnered with iceCUBED-X, a secure exchange platform that provides buying and selling of Bitcoin and Litecoin for South African Rand and Nigerian Naira.
The deal allows users in South Africa to tap the “Buy Bitcoin” button inside their Airbitz app, head to the iceCUBED-X exchange and buy bitcoins and load up their Airbitz account with Bitcoin.
Gareth Grobler, CEO of iceCUBED-X, had this to say about the collaboration with Airbitz:“I have come across enough bitcoin companies, wallets and pretty much anything else you can think of in the bitcoin space, to know that Airbitz is one of the most reputable, ethical, and simply “likeable” companies around. Paul heads up a team of Silicon Valley’s best, which is why I am happy to personally recommend the Airbitz app to all our customers at iceCUBED-X.” – Gareth Grobler, Founder & CEO, ICE³X.
Part of the Airbitz mission includes supporting bitcoin adoption in the parts of the world that can benefit the most from censorship-resistent transactions. iceCUBED-X is providing a fantastic service making bitcoin more accessible to Nigerians and South Africans.
The Airbitz wallet is a secure, encrypted, and backed up Bitcoin wallet which you can set up in just seconds to send or receive bitcoin, anywhere in the world. Users can send or receive bitcoin in seconds using QR Code, Email or SMS, NFC (Near Field Communication) or BLE (Bluetooth Low Energy).


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Google announced on Wednesday that it will soon add generative artificial intelligence capabilities to search results, a day after Microsoft unveiled plans to integrate responses similar to those produced by the ChatGPT chatbot into its Bing search engine.
Adding generative AI — which creates text or visual responses like a human — to online searches would allow Google to retain users on its platform, providing personalized answers to user questions and protecting its business by selling advertising space.
Google said generative AI will allow users to interact with information in “entirely new ways”.
“It can help a baker collaborate with a customer on a cake design, or a toy maker dream up a new creation,” Google senior vice president Prabhakar Raghavan said at an event in Paris.
“As we continue to bring generative AI technologies into our products, the only limit to research will be your imagination.”
Google on Monday unveiled its “Bard” chatbot service, eyeing the risk that ChatGPT could change the way users search for information on the internet, which would hurt its advertising sales business.
Bard is only available to a few “trusted external partners”, but the launch has already run into problems as Google’s own online advertisement showed the chatbot providing inaccurate responses.
Microsoft-backed San Francisco-based OpenAI opened its ChatGPT chatbot to free public testing in November. The tool gained popularity within days and Microsoft now plans to use the technology to power its Bing search engine.
Analysts have raised concerns that an integration with Bing could alienate users from Google’s search engine, which generated more than $100 billion in revenue last year. The advertising business is Alphabet’s biggest revenue generator, accounting for about 80% of the company’s annual revenue.
Microsoft expects that every percentage point of share it gains will bring in $2 billion in search advertising revenue.
The battle for artificial intelligence is heating up as the European Union prepares to regulate the technology through its own AI Act.
In addition to searches, Google also introduced several improvements to Maps, internal views, image search and translation — all using artificial intelligence capabilities in some way.
“AI is also making it much more natural to understand and explore the real world,” said Raghavan.
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Lenovo still hasn’t announced a launch date for its new flagship called Z6 Pro, but the company just revealed what its retail box would look like. It posted pictures of the packaging on Weibo, and honestly, it looks like a normal smartphone box with some fancy design elements.
Lenovo Z6 Pro retail box
According to Lenovo, both the actual phone and the pictured package have been designed by the team behind the torch that carried the Olympic flame back at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Lenovo said the box is designed in such way to excite you about the smartphone on the inside, which should “arrive soon”.
The company is already teasing its Hyper Video feature in a series of videos, reuploaded by Sparrows News. It will have Super Night View and Super Steady Shot, and according to some rumors, will produce 100 MP images. Other specs suggest Snapdragon 855 with a 5G modem and an UD fingerprint scanner.


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Most NBR member subscribers in a recent poll are unconvinced by options NBR ONLINE has put forward to turn Moa around.
Member subscribers were asked to pick from six ways management could turn the craft beer business around after a difficult week where shares plunged to their lowest.
On Wednesday Moa was labelled “unappealing” by Forsyth Barr due to disappointing sales, a shrinking cash pile and slow growth in offshore markets.
Pioneer Capital, which owns 24% of the company, and The Business Bakery, on 23%, have provided Moa with a letter of commitment to provide financial support
By Thursday shares plunged to almost a third of its listing price. The NZX-listed stock touched a record low of 40c, well below its $1.25 listing price.
Of six options, most poll participants – 31% – felt nothing could be done to turn the craft beer business turnaround.
The next biggest proportion – 16% - said more money from major shareholders was needed.
A smaller number, 14%, suggested a board refresh was needed.
Three other options, the proposed brewery expansion, a rebrand, and better flavours all picked up 13% of participants’ votes.
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YouTube‘s TrueView skippable ads have taken off since their launch five years ago today. Many of the top global brands ran TrueView ads in 2014, when the number of advertisers grew 45 percent from the previous comparable year. Google’s video-sharing platform is celebrating its fifth anniversary by looking back at some of the most iconic ads from when it all started in 2010.
1. DC Shoes
A company that specializes in footwear for active sports, DC Shoes shot this commercial at a Parisian track with banks as steep as 51 degrees, double the incline of the standard NASCAR track. Prior to shooting, racecar driver Ken Block didn’t know what kind of driving physics to expect. Block didn’t have any problems, but people watched all seven-and-a-half minutes of the ad to make sure – the video has been viewed more than 58 million times.
2. Old Spice
In February 2010, the name Isaiah Mustafa became synonymous with The Old Spice Guy. Amassing more than 50 million views, “The Man Your Man Could Smell Like” was so popular that Old Spice filmed follow-up videos, in which Mustafa addressed celebrities who tweeted about the ad, such as Alyssa Milano and Rose McGowan.
3. Red Bull
Red Bull is held in high regard for its visually stunning marketing. The energy drink brand brought an Austrian skydiver up to the stratosphere in one memorable campaign that people are still talking about three years later. Before “Stratos,” there was “Way Back Home,” in which 35 million people watched Scottish cyclist Danny MacAskill ride through Scotland across castle walls, down hills, on sea rocks, and over cliffs.
4. Old Spice
“Does your man look like me? No. Can he smell like me?” Mustafa asked in another follow-up to his wildly popular Old Spice ad. Over the course of 30 seconds, The Old Spice Guy log rolled in a lake, sanded a kitchen counter, and posed shirtless on a motorcycle, demonstrating the manliness of a guy who smells like Old Spice. Though only half as popular as the original video, “Questions” was still viewed nearly 25 million times.
A relatively unknown whiteout company from the U.K., Tipp-Ex made a splash on YouTube with this clever, profane ad. After spotting a bear by his campsite, a man pulls out his gun before the video stops, inviting users to click on, “Shoot the bear” or “Don’t shoot the bear.” If you opted for the latter, the hunter whites out the word “shoot” and invited you to type in different verbs. More than 21 million people watched the original ad, which spawned sequels involving kissing, playing football with, and drinking beer with the bear.
Five years later, video ads have gotten so popular that brands are seeing a 42 percent increase in views. To celebrate the success, YouTube is introducing “cards” for TrueView in-stream ads, a feature which will make video ads a more engaging and interactive experience for viewers across all screens. Through Cards, users will be able to create pop-up annotations, which can detail more information about things like merchandise, fundraising, playlists, and associated websites.
Later this month, Google will relaunch its Google Preferred, which gives YouTube advertisers extra metrics about the performance of their videos. Additionally, Google and YouTube will be present at the Digitas NewFront marketplace on April 29.
Google sparked a small firestorm last week as reports surfaced that its intelligent assistant device Google Home delivered an unsolicited advertisement to unsuspecting owners.
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Web push notifications are an interesting addition to the marketing mix. To help you understand what they mean for you, we've put together a guide with everything you need to know.


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Shay’s Jewelers completed its move from 3301 Lorna Road, Suite 1, in The Village on Lorna Mall to the former Diamond World location at 1676 Montgomery Highway, Suite 103-C, in the Patton Chapel Plaza Mall. 205-978-5880
Hoover resident Janet Arledge opened a pool hall called Ax House Billiard in 7,000 square feet of the northernmost part of the Hoover Court Mall at 1901 Hoover Court, Suite B. The site was once home to a gun store called All-American Outdoors and, before that, Tidmore Flags. The hall has 10 new Diamond pool tables, and Arledge said she plans to have two to four dart stations and a small bar. The hall has league pool games and pool tables for anyone who wants to come and play on time. 205-407-4005
Otoro hibachi opened as a Japanese restaurant in the former location of Sanpeggio Pizza at 3435 South Shades Crest Road. 205-637-0835
General computing, a Baton Rouge-based information technology company, opened an office in The Offices at 3000 Riverchase at 3000 Galleria Circle, Suite 1550. A grand opening took place on July 29. 205-413-4454
Lots of wine, a boutique for wines, craft beers, houseplants and vintage decorations, on July 8 celebrated the dedication of its new store at 1650 Montgomery Highway. 205-874-9463
Ben Williams and his silent partner and brother, Zac Williams, opened Whiskey Foxtrot Burger Dive in the former 2,700 square foot Jubilee Joe’s Cajun and Seafood Restaurant on Lake Crest Plaza at 2341 John Hawkins Parkway, Suite 119, July 20. The restaurant specializes in burgers, hot dogs, beer and whiskey. 205-536-6172
Square 1 Nutrition recently opened at 5291 Valleydale Road, Suite 119. The smoothie and juice bar offers heavy teas, meal replacements and healthy shots. 205-789-2278
Taziki founder Keith Richards recently opened GRK Street at 5291 Valleydale Road, a new quick and relaxed restaurant inspired by the fast-paced food found on the streets of downtown Athens. 205-383-3193
Ryu Japanese Steakhouse and Sushi Bar, 2760 John Hawkins Parkway, Suite 108, is preparing to open in the former location of Japanese Restaurant Yuki at 2760 John Hawkins Parkway, Suite 108, in the Colonial Promenade Hoover Mall.
Montclair Restaurants plans to set up a Taco Bell restaurant with drive-thru at 1553 Montgomery Highway. The site was once home to a Blockbuster video store and later a flooring store. The plan is to demolish this building and build a new restaurant.
Chicken Scratch Holdings plans to open its fourth Zaxby’s Restaurant in Hoover on 0.73 acres at 2071 Patton Chapel Road, next to the Walmart Neighborhood Market. The restaurant will have dual-lane drive-thru and outdoor seating only, with a maximum of 16 outdoor seating and 20 parking spaces. The plan is to open the restaurant in the first quarter of 2022, said Russell Pate, one of the owners. Chicken Scratch Holdings has a total of nine Zaxby’s restaurants in the Birmingham area. The others in Hoover can be found on John Hawkins Parkway, in The Village at Lee Branch, and on Valleydale Road near Caldwell Mill Road.
ATI physical therapy, 1539 Montgomery Highway, plans to open a new location in 2,250 square feet of space in the Hoover Crossings Mall at 1539 Montgomery Highway.
IRA Holdings and Lorna Road Properties (with John Beard as a managing member) plan to open a used car dealership called Birmingham luxury engines at 2970, chemin Lorna. The property has had several uses in the past including a car dealership, home health care business, and college. It includes approximately 19,900 square feet of office and parking space spread over 3.9 acres. 205-729-6961
The Goldfish swimming school plans to open in a vacant space next to Target at 5549 Grove Boulevard in The Grove Mall. It is a national company that teaches children from 4 months to 12 years old to swim in indoor and heated swimming pools. According to the company’s website, the Goldfish Swim School has 140 locations in 34 states, Washington, DC and Ontario, Canada.
Removals and renovations
Jack’s family restaurant plans to demolish its restaurant at 3429 Lorna Road and rebuild it in the same location with a new design similar to downtown Homewood. 205-822-9870
Revere control systems plans to move its corporate headquarters and other offices to 12 buildings along Rocky Ridge Road near Interstate 65 to a 15-acre site that once housed a Winn-Dixie grocery store at 5201 Princeton Way, near the The intersection of John Hawkins Parkway and Interstate 459. Construction was scheduled to begin in August and take about a year, according to information the company provided to the City of Hoover. On August 2, Hoover City Council approved a tax break of $ 580,000 to keep the business in Hoover and fill the long-vacant retail space. 205-824-0004
Wellness massage in Birmingham on August 16, moved their Hoover Massage Studio from 3081 Lorna Road to the Awtrey Building at 5330 Stadium Trace Parkway, Suite 335. 205-293-0630
Down Syndrome Alabama in July, his office moved from Vestavia Hills to Suite 1500 in The Offices at 3000 Riverchase, the office tower next to the Riverchase Galleria. 205-988-0810
Sunny Acuwell Massage Therapy, 3726 Lorna Road in the River Oaks Village Mall, is under new ownership. 205-587-6337
News and Achievements
Highland College, 1701 Lee Branch Lane, received a donation of $ 20 million from Hobby Lobby founder and CEO David Green and the Green family, which will fully fund the first of the institution’s two residences. Highlands College officials opened the living room in July. Plans call for a five-story facility with more than 68,000 square feet and 126 rooms for 252 students. Completion is scheduled for late 2022. Students will move in shortly thereafter. Thanks to a donation from the Green family, Highlands College will build the residence debt free. Highlands College is a two-year private institution that is expected to offer a four-year program within a few years. Its strategic plan foresees a growth of 1,000 students by 2029 with a vision for all students to graduate debt-free. A new 70-acre campus in Birmingham’s Grandview district, which will open later this year, includes a student center, 19 learning studios, eight hands-on ministry training labs, several collaborative areas, restaurants , cafe, library, fitness and recreation center. facilities, a versatile auditorium and the latest audiovisual technologies. 205-731-7339
Belk, based in Charlotte, promoted Nir Patel from President and Chief Merchandising Officer to CEO, replacing Lisa Harper, who had been CEO since July 2016. Patel joined Belk in 2016 as Executive Vice President and was promoted to the role Director of Merchandising in 2018 and President in 2020. Prior to joining Belk, he was Senior Vice President at Kohl’s, Vice President at Land’s End and worked for Abercrombie & Fitch, Target and Gap. Belk also promoted Don Hendricks from COO to President and hired Chris Kolbe as Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer. Harper is now Executive Chairman of the Board of Belk. 205-987-4200
Kimberly Jackson of Alabama Power Co. and Tyler Lipe of Regions have joined the board of directors of the Hoover Region Chamber of Commerce. 205-988-5672
Nail Touch & Glow and Spa, 1021 Brock’s Gap Parkway in The Village at Brock’s Gap, celebrates its first anniversary in September. 205-821-1182
Mills Pharmacy, 758 Shades Mountain Plaza, and its 13 venues in the Birmingham area celebrated the opening of the first venue in August. 205-823-9500
Cinaholic, the gourmet cinnamon bun bakery located at 270 Doug Baker Boulevard, Suite 300, in the village of Lee Branch, celebrates its first anniversary in September. Customers can personalize their creations with sweets made from scratch. 205-573-6166


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Microsoft is planning to release its own all-in-one PC with its Surface brand by fall of this year. This is according to Digitimes, which refers to a claim from suppliers and industry sources.
“The Surface AIO PC is apparently an alternative for Microsoft’s second-generation Surface Book, which will be delayed to the first half of 2017 instead of the original schedule set in the second half of 2016 due to delayed shipments of Intel’s Kaby Lake CPUs, said the sources.”
As Microsoft has not said anything about the subject, it´s better to take this rumor with a grain of salt.
Microsoft´s Surface Strategy so far
The Microsoft Surface brand was never advertised as the ultimate desktop experience, or at the very least not yet. If not obvious from its current lineup of 2-in-1 models, the company itself even ostensibly insists on calling the Surface Book a “digital clipboard“.
The brand primarily hinges (pun intended) on its touch access-based integrated media experience, with a particular optimization for stylus-based input, external data verification, and seamless transformability.
Despite this, the rumor may not be completely dismissed, after all. Trends in the all-in-one PC market have since reflected the now prevalence of mobile devices in the tech industry. As such, it has adapted to integrate similar features on a number of recent products. Models such as the Dell XP 18 and the HP Envy Recline also feature touch input, accessibility, and transformability features that are not far, and are even considerably similar, to what the Surface brand have been improving.
So, will we have an all-in-one Surface PC in the next few months? It might just be worth the wait.


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Faye Harcourt has left her role as head of marketing at Nickelodeon to become vice president, marketing at Vice’s TV network Viceland in the UK.
The brand said her arrival "signals the continued growth of the network's international offering and expanding UK presence", following its launch in September 2016.
Harcourt will oversee the consumer, affiliate and trade brand and marketing strategies across the network's multiple platforms, with a focus on both linear and digital.
She will lead on creative executions for Viceland on and off air, as well as implement strategy for the nationwide roll-out of brand and marketing activations. These include globally distributed shows such as Gaycation and initiatives such as Weed Week, alongside the UK-produced Needles & Pins and Hate Thy Neighbour.
CJ Fahey, general manager at Viceland International, said: "We're excited to welcome Faye to the Viceland team. Her experience across UK television, particularly with youth focused networks, will be a great addition to the channel as we continue to invest heavily in our growth in the UK."
Harcourt, a judge on The Drum Marketing Awards panel, is set to join the Viceland team on 1 May.
Prior to Nickelodeon, Harcourt was previously global marketing director for NBC Universal. She has also held positions at the likes of Syfy, Universal Channel and Movies24.
Last month Shane Smith, co-founder and chief executive of Vice, revealed the media company has struck eight partnerships with mobile providers worldwide including Vodafone, Verizon and AbemaTV to take Viceland content to mobile-first audiences.


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More Trouble in China: Court Rules in Fa
As if Apple doesn’t have enough trouble in China with the spotlight being thrown on Foxconn and other manufacturers, a lower Chinese court has now ruled that the company’s iPad should be pulled from shelves over an ongoing trademark dispute with a display company there.
Time Techland is reporting that the Intermediate People’s Court in Huizhou, China “has ruled on Friday that distributors should stop selling iPads” in the country, according to Xie Xianghui, a lawyer for Shenzhen-based Proview Technology, who claims to hold the trademark on the tablet’s name in mainland China.
Apple claims the trademark case is still pending in mainland China, having appealed to the High Court in Guangdong, the southern province where the lower court ruling was made. For their part, Proview is not backing down, “requesting commercial authorities in 40 cities to block iPad sales,” which could have a severe impact on Apple’s ambitious plans in the country.
“We bought Proview’s worldwide rights to the iPad trademark in 10 different countries several years ago,” explains Apple spokeswoman Carolyn Wu. “Proview refuses to honor their agreement with Apple in China and a Hong Kong court has sided with Apple in this matter.”
In a letter to Proview chairman Rowell Yang from Apple’s Beijing-based attorneys King & Wood, the company accuses Proview of breaching “principles of good faith and fair dealing” as well as making “false and misleading” statements.
Proview International Holdings first registered the iPad trademark in China way back in 2001, where it was “used for a computer described as an ‘Internet Personal Access Device’ that employed touch panel technology.” Apple purchased the iPad name from a Proview affiliate in Taiwan back in 2009 for a mere $55,000, but a ruling from a mainland China court back in December claims Proview “is not bound by that sale.”
One thing’s for certain: The iPad trademark dispute in China is likely to get uglier before it gets better, with Proview no doubt feeling foolish for selling the iPad name trademark for so cheap before they knew what it would be used for. A court document from a ruling in Hong Kong shows that the company “demanded $10 million for the iPad name in China” after the dispute flared up, so it may take a big payment to make this headache go away.
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After a successful West Africa voyage this year, G Adventures has extended its 2014 trip up the coast of West Africa adding new ports.
The 32-day cruise on MS Expedition will depart next April and visit 14 countries, stopping in 16 ports, including the new ports of Dakhla in the Western Sahara; Fuerteventura in the Canary Islands and Agadir in Morocco. The trip starts in Cape Town and ends in Marrakech, featuring South African wine tastings, daily lectures from experts and visits to museums and castles, such as Elmira Castle and Cape Coast Castle in Ghana.
Rates start at $16,999 pp and include 29 nights on board the ship; all onboard meals; two hotel nights with breakfast in Cape Town and Marrakech; airport transfers; shore excursions; sightseeing; lectures and wine tastings. For more information, call (800) 708-7761 or visit gadventures.com.


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Japan govt upgrades view of industrial production in January
[TOKYO] Japan's government upgraded its view of industrial production and left unchanged its overall economic assessment of moderate recovery as the economy rebounds from a surprise recession last year.
The government's monthly economic report comes amid lingering concerns that a recent collapse in oil prices and other commodities may be a sign that the global economy is weakening.
The report also follows the Bank of Japan's decision to keep its quantitative easing unchanged even though the decline in oil prices will delay meeting its 2 per cent inflation target. "The Japanese economy is in a moderate recovery, while weakness can be seen in private consumption and some other areas," the Cabinet Office said in its report for January, issued on Friday.
It left the overall view unchanged for the third straight month.
Industrial production is recovering, the report said, reflecting manufacturers' bullish forecasts for increased production in December and January.
That marked an upgrade from last month, when the government said industrial production was bottoming out.
The government said it expects oil prices, which have declined by about half since June last year, to help Japan's economy grow as this lowers fuel costs for companies and increases purchasing power for households.
The BOJ sharply cut its inflation forecast on Wednesday but did not expand its quantitative easing, arguing that lower oil prices will help the economy grow faster in the long term.
The Cabinet Office raised its assessment of the housing market, saying it is stabilising. Housing starts and apartment sales plunged last year after the government raised the nationwide sales tax in April.
The government raised the sales tax to raise money for welfare and healthcare spending. The increase helped push the economy into recession last year as consumer spending temporarily slowed.
Many economists say Japan's economy is already growing again due to a recovery in consumption and exports.


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Fort Lauderdale-based Tippy, a disruptive, digital tipping application for the salon and spa industries, announced it has closed $1.65 million in Series B funding, bringing its total funding to $3.15 million. Tippy launched in the salon industry in early December and is operating in 60 salons across the country. The focus of the business is increasing tips for service professionals and allowing tips to be deposited directly into their personal bank accounts by the next day.
Since the launch in December, stylists are seeing an increase in tips of 30%-50% from their customers. The Tippy mobile app is now available in the app stores, and the salon-based customer-facing terminal.
“We believe in developing the skills and abilities of salon professionals, which fundamentally aligns with Tippy’s mission and vision,” said Tippy Board Member Pat Parenty. “We couldn’t be more excited about the leadership position Tippy is taking within the industry, and look forward to an exciting 2019.”
The funding comes at a time when the company has completed both its partnership acquisitions and a successful beta. The proceeds raised will now support its nationwide rollout.
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Could a scorched earth approach towards Facebook’s Libra pave the way for the rise of Bitcoin and other decentralized cryptocurrencies?
In the late winter of 1944 and through to the early months of 1945, as most of Europe lay a smoldering wreck and as Hitler’s Third Reich withdrew from all its formerly occupied territories to make a last stand in Berlin, Hitler ordered a “scorched earth” withdrawal — the people of Germany were deemed no longer worthy of the benefits of infrastructure and industrialization and everything was to be destroyed in the wake of the Third Reich’s retreat.
Even Albert Speer, an architect of the murderous Nazi regime deemed this a step too far. But the loyal sycophants and brainwashed remnants of what was once dubbed the “thousand-year Reich,” carried out their Fuhrer’s orders right to the bitter end — destroying anything of value that could be left for the invading Allied forces encircling German cities and overrunning industrial heartlands.
As the Third Reich withdrew from ever-increasing expanses of German land, it destroyed railroads, blew up factories and bridges and basically left the Allied forces with a barren, burning wasteland, in what can only be described of as an act of sheer desperation, malice, and evil.
Yet as Facebook’s plan to pioneer its own cryptocurrency Libra, faces unparalleled opposition in Washington, onlooking technology companies, some of whom may also be secretly contemplating their own push into proprietary cryptocurrencies may be watching the proceedings on Capitol Hill as a portent of the success or failure of such initiatives.
Sauce For The Goose Is Sauce For The Gander
On Tuesday, U.S. Democratic and Republican lawmakers, in a rare demonstration of bipartisanship amidst increasingly divisive political rhetoric, grilled Facebook’s representative on the social media giant’s less than stellar track record with personal data, arguing that the firm’s poor handling of digital data, put it in a poor position to handle its own digital currency.
One senator even described Facebook’s plan as “delusional” and “crazy.”
Democratic senator Sherrod Brown, the ranking member of the powerful Senate Banking Committee said in his opening remarks,
“Facebook has demonstrated through scandal after scandal that it doesn’t deserve our trust.”
“We’d be crazy to give them a chance to let them experiment with people’s bank accounts.”
Facing the wrath of the U.S. Senate, David Marcus, Facebook’s top executive overseeing the Libra project, testified on issues ranging from how Facebook’s cryptocurrency could affect global monetary policy, to how customer data would be handled.
Marcus, who was president of PayPal, one of the world’s first digital payment providers, from 2012 to 2014, tried to assuage concerns from a frosty and at times hostile, senate hearing, promising that Facebook would not begin offering Libra until regulatory issues were addressed, but stopped short of saying the company would be abandoning the plan altogether, should regulatory approvals not be obtained.
But what could turn out to be a roadblock for Facebook’s cryptocurrency ambitions, may end up providing Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies an unexpected, but a welcome boost.
The Enemy of My Enemy
For one, if Facebook’s cryptocurrency ambitions are thwarted, other large technology companies may either put their digital currency ambitions on the back burner or instead, abandon a push into the sector altogether.
Unlike initial coin offerings (ICOs), which pledged to build out an ecosystem with demand for digital tokens being driven by the value of their soon-to-be-built platforms, there are many tech companies which already have an existing platform, for which a proprietary digital currency would make absolute sense.
One need only look to retail giant Amazon for the most obvious digital currency use case.
From powering digital content consumption to buying every conceivable product on the planet — an Amazon digital currency would have an Amazonian impact, not just on financial markets, but on how we view the concept of currency altogether.
And as technology companies become increasingly dominant and our lives become increasingly digital, it’s only natural that tech companies expand their product and service offerings to other areas that form the fabric of modern living — the most obvious of which is our interaction with currency.
But as Facebook has demonstrated, that path to dominance in other more regulated spaces — particularly in the issuance of currency — is not a clear or a smooth one.
To be sure, even if it wasn’t Facebook petitioning lawmakers to allow it to issue its own digital currency, politicians would not likely take kindly to other tech companies considering such a push either.
Whether it was Google or Amazon, Apple or Microsoft, companies with the global ecosystem and user bases of such companies hold significant influence, particularly if they were to issue their own currency.
One of the biggest revenue streams of any government is seigniorage and one of the greatest privileges is the issuance of its own coinage — a power that no government would be eager to see undermined.
Even more so when Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency has the potential to supplant other currencies, thanks to its global reach and influence.
But the effect of lawmakers push to stop tech companies from encroaching upon their exclusive powers of currency issuance — a “scorched earth” approach that has the potential to dampen the digital currency ambitions of other tech companies — may provide an unexpected opportunity for cryptocurrencies instead.
Given the decentralized nature of most cryptocurrencies, particularly Bitcoin, it is far more challenging for central governments to find a single node of weakness to put an end to the existence of such a currency — there are no “Bitcoin staffers” to subpoena to Capitol Hill or to grill before the Senate and the House.
There are no central servers and shutting down the mining rigs which secure the Bitcoin network in one jurisdiction, merely means that another jurisdiction’s servers fill in the gaps.
And even U.S. representative Patrick McHenry conceded as much when speaking to CNBC’s Squawk Box,
“I think there’s no capacity to kill Bitcoin. Even the Chinese, with their firewall and their extreme intervention in their society could not kill Bitcoin.”
The concession is significant, especially when you consider that the Chinese were able to control and effectively censor the internet within their own borders, yet have thus far been relatively constrained in their ability to weed out Bitcoin.
That comment alone, according to some analysts, was enough to send Bitcoin back above US$10,000, after plunging below the psychologically-important barrier just weeks earlier.
And it may not just be central governments’ inability to stamp out Bitcoin that causes Bitcoin and its brethren to proliferate.
As governments become distracted by tech companies like Facebook, making a push into issuing their own cryptocurrencies, decentralized cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin have the opportunity to grow relatively unabated and unscathed and perhaps fueling the very thing which lawmakers are most wary of when it comes to cryptocurrencies — the facilitation of money laundering and criminal activities.
While profit-driven technology companies cannot be reasonably expected to police themselves, the focus on low-hanging fruit by regulators — targeting companies that can be targeted, will leave them flatfooted, if and when cryptocurrencies supersede centrally-issued digital currencies.
Against that backdrop, instead of trying to stop Facebook’s cryptocurrency ambitions, it may actually make more sense for fiscal and monetary stability for lawmakers to more actively pursue the means and tools to more effectively police decentralized cryptocurrencies, to prevent their use in financial crimes.
To be sure, it’s not even necessarily clear if Washington can effectively stop Facebook’s digital currency ambitions.
Headquartered in Switzerland, Washington may be able to ban U.S. users from accessing and using Facebook’s digital currency, but trying to stop other country’s users from doing so may be far more challenging.
To be sure, Washington could use the substantial threat of sanctions, or denial of access to New York’s banking facilities, to put pressure on other governments to stop Facebook from using its Libra digital currency in their jurisdictions — but such moves are not without consequence.
Other governments may resent Washington’s political overreach and the realization that global over-reliance on the dollar as the world’s reserve currency, may cause them to consider the embrace of a currency which no one effectively controls — something like Bitcoin.
For all intents and purposes, Hitler’s “scorched earth” policy in the dying days of the Third Reich did little more than add to the misery of an already-suffering German people.
Instead, it made the Soviet Union even more resolute in exacting revenge on the German people and brutal in its occupation of what eventually became East Germany.
Halting Facebook’s push towards issuing its own digital currency may have the same “scorched earth” effect on similar ambitions by other tech giants — leaving the landscape open for other contenders such as Bitcoin to fill that vacuum.
Written by Patrick Tan on Medium for Altcoin Magazine
Patrick Tan is CEO of Novum Global Technologies, a cryptocurrency quantitative trading firm. Trading up to 100,000 times a day the way only an algorithm could.


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(Bloomberg) -- AT&T Inc.’s emerging devices president, who oversees the carrier’s relationship with Apple Inc., said tablet computers costing as much as $1,000 might soon make many laptops obsolete.
“You’re going to see those 10-inch pieces of glass become full-on computers,” Glenn Lurie said in an interview this month in Atlanta. He said he expects there to be a variety of tablet computers costing $300 to $1,000 in the next five years. The Apple iPad ranges in price from $499 to $829.
AT&T may draw more revenue by compelling new and existing customers to buy tablet computers that will complement their smartphones. The carrier is the exclusive data-service provider for the iPad, which has sold more than 3 million units since its April 3 introduction.
Sales of tablet devices probably will grow to 23 percent of the U.S. computer market by 2015, from about 6 percent this year and less than 1 percent in 2009, said Sarah Rotman Epps, an analyst at Forrester Research Inc. in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
“Starting in 2012, tablets will outsell netbooks, and by 2014, more consumers will use tablets than will use netbooks,” Epps, referring to the smaller, less powerful laptop-style computers, said in a report this month.


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Michelin-starred chef Tom Kerridge has released a tasty five-course menu for kids.
The 47-year-old developed the "Tiny Tasting Menu" to help parents develop their children's taste buds.
It will be available on a first-come first-served basis from Tom's restaurants in London and Manchester on November 17.
The five-course feast was developed by the culinary mastermind himself who partnered with Uber Eats.
It comes after a nationwide poll of 1,000 parents showed that 84% of mums and dads struggle to get their kids to try new foods.
Just 24% of parents of children aged 6-14 would describe their kids as adventurous eaters.
Meanwhile, 12% even admitted their children just simply won't eat vegetables.
In fact, 20% of parents said their children preferred pre-packaged food over freshly made despite their best culinary efforts.
And despite the pandemic meaning families spend more time together, only 43% of parents say they don't spend one meal a day at a table with their children.
However, it has been found that some areas in the UK will see children enjoying more extensive dishes.
London kids are twice as likely to eat blue cheese versus the national average, with 23% eating prawns in their normal diet.
Tom said: "I was surprised to see how few children are adventurous when it comes to trying new foods.
"So I wanted to create a menu that will hopefully help parents introduce them to try new flavours.
"Eating together as a family is so important, and it's even more meaningful when the kids can feel grown up by eating the same things as mum and dad.
"While we normally think of tasting menus as being really expensive, we wanted to offer this for free so that parents with all budgets can try these delicious dishes with their children."
Toussaint Wattinne, General Manager of Uber Eats, UK and Ireland, said: "Tom's menu is absolutely sensational, and we hope it will help parents to fight one of their biggest battles: getting the kids to try new foods.
"We're expecting the Tiny Tasting Menu to be hugely popular, as it taps into two trends we've seen on the app since lockdown: a greater variety of delicious food becoming available on Uber Eats, as well as an increase in people ordering meals for the whole family to enjoy."
The full menu includes:
- Puffed Pork Rind and Gherkin Ketchup
- Berkswell Blue and Truffle "Cheese Toastie"
- Cured Salmon, Avruga Caviar and Spinach Tart
- Pulled BBQ Beef Brisket with Smoked Mashed Potato, Salted Anchovies and Caper Butter served with Wilted Sprout Tops
- Mandarin and Vanilla Trifle


text: Nintendo, a Japanese multinational video game company, has released its quarterly earnings for April-June. While considering the slow period where revenue and profit are both down compared to last year, the figures would normally be strong. However, it’s not surprising given that the company was then riding a surge in demand during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic for video games. Besides, they had just released the mega-hit Animal Crossing: New Horizons. Switch hardware sales, by comparison, were down by 21.7% to 4.45 million units. On the other hand, its software sales have decreased by 10.2% to 45.29 million units. Also Read : Nintendo Launched New Switch OLED Gaming Console with 7-inch OLED Display To date, the company has sold 89.04 million Switch consoles; for comparison, the PS5 just hit 10 million. While operating profit was 119.6 billion yen ($1.09 billion), revenue decreased 9.9% to 322.6 billion yen ($2.94 billion) which is a 17.3% decline year-on-year. Unlike last year, when Nintendo sold more than 10 million copies of Animal Crossing, this year there weren’t any blockbuster Switch titles to bank on. New Pokémon Snap sold 2.07 million copies outside Japan which is published by The Pokémon Company and Mario Golf: Super Rush sold 1.34 million. Meanwhile, Animal Crossing added an extra 1.26 million copies and have now sold nearly 34 million copies worldwide. In this current quarter, Nintendo’s biggest release was The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword HD. Besides, next quarter, with the launch of the new OLED model, the company can expect an increase in sales of the Switch hardware. Nintendo’s slate for that all-important holiday includes Mario Party Superstars, Metroid Dread, WarioWare: Get It Together, and remakes of Pokémon Diamond and Pearl.


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A local advocacy group formed by business people and professionals with a connection to marijuana on Wednesday named itself Celebrate Cannabis.
The not-for-profit organization, a 501(c)(6) trade association, has a mission to unify the legal cannabis community and “educate the public about cannabis and shine a light on the positive impact this industry is having on Central Oregon,” according to a news release.
Its founding board members include Jennifer Clifton, a Bend attorney who specializes in cannabis business law; Hunter Neubauer, co-owner of Oregrown, a marijuana producer, processor and retailer; Chris Telfer, a certified public accountant, Oregon Lottery commissioner and former state senator from Bend; Gary Bracelin, co-owner of Tokyo Starfish, a Bend marijuana retailer; Judy Campbell of Campbell Consulting Group, a Bend public relations firm; and Jack Robson, of High Desert Pure, a processing company that specializes in cannabis oil.
Celebrate Cannabis set two goals: to create partnerships with local law enforcement and to provide information about regulations, safe use of cannabis by adults, new product innovation and other topics.
Clifton said Wednesday she’d contacted the Oregon Liquor Control Commission, Deschutes County District Attorney John Hummel and others to express interest in some form of cooperation. She said Hummel and an OLCC representative returned encouraging responses.
An acknowledged problem with over-production of marijuana in Oregon is lowering retail prices for marijuana but also fueling the black market.
“We think there’s a solution, and we think that we can work together with local law enforcement and local government, the OLCC and the (Oregon Health Authority) to help eliminate the illegal market,” Clifton said.
She anticipates a membership of 50 to 60 people directly involved in cannabis businesses or providing it services, such as lawyers, accountants and engineers. She said Celebrate Cannabis, still in the formative stage, must hear from its membership and from consultants with expertise in cannabis and law enforcement before fielding concrete proposals.
Deschutes County Sheriff Shane Nelson said he welcomes an industry group whose goals include enforcement of existing laws on marijuana.
“Any organization that’s going to form to allow law enforcement access to these grows to ensure they’re complying with local and state law will be a huge help. I’m very concerned with the overproduction of marijuana,” Nelson said Wednesday.
The OLCC has too few inspectors for the job at hand, 23 agents for 1,200 marijuana grows and retail shops across the state, he said.
“Look, I’m not trying to create an issue with existing marijuana businesses or marijuana grows,” he said. “I want the existing businesses and grows to follow the rules and also have a successful enforcement arm in place to ensure those rules are followed.”
Nelson, like Patti Adair, chairwoman of the Deschutes County Republican Party, opposes any new marijuana farms in the unincorporated part of the county. Adair said she’s concerned with the impact of marijuana on livability, with children’s access to cannabis and with reports of individuals driving under the influence of marijuana. Plus, she said, the burgeoning cannabis industry may drain local resources, such as water.
“There are people from Florida and Tennessee, people from all over the country coming here,” Adair said. “Are they really thinking of keeping Oregon as clean and unpolluted as possible?”
Clifton said that, unlike other states where marijuana is legal in some form, Oregon provides a level playing field. Supply and demand is the normal evolution of any industry, she said.
“Our market is a free market. I have a lot of clients that are generally farmers and are now expanding their crops into cannabis and/or hemp; it was accessible to them,” she said. “There will be winners and losers as there are in any industry. It’s not for the government to decide; it should be left to consumers.”


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Chrysler UAW Members Voting on Contract
DETROIT (AP) _ Ratification voting is under way for 63,000 Chrysler Corp. workers on a three-year contract with the United Auto Workers union.
The voting period opened Wednesday and results must be reported to the UAW’s headquarters in Detroit by Nov. 18. The union said it would not issue partial results.
Balloting at one of Chrysler’s most profitable factories, a minivan assembly plant in St. Louis, won’t be held until Nov. 17, however, a union official said Thursday.
A special part of the UAW-Chrysler contract deals just with the minivan plant, and officials said more time was needed to give details to the workers. Under the special provision, workers would change from two production shifts to three.
Officials expect Chrysler workers nationwide to ratify the pact and close the final chapter of this year’s UAW-Big Three negotiations.
UAW contracts with General Motors Corp. and Ford Motor Co. were ratified by ratios of better than 4-to-1. Terms of the Chrysler-UAW contract are essentially the same as the contracts the union signed last month with GM and Ford.
In all, more than 450,000 active auto workers are covered by UAW-negotiated agreements with the Big Three.
The St. Louis factory is one of two Chrysler plants making one of its most profitable vehicles. The other is in Windsor, Ontario.
Chrysler, which as recently as the mid-1980s sold more minivans than all other automakers combined, needs the extra supply to fight off competitors eating away at its share of the popular segment of the U.S. vehicle market.
An increase in minivan sales also would prop up Chrysler’s slumping profits. Last week, the No. 3 automaker reported it lost $214 million in the third quarter, and there has been speculation among Wall Street analysts that the company may end 1990 in the red.
There are about 3,500 union members at the St. Louis II minivan factory.
″We just got the (contract) highlights out to the people today,″ Ray Ramsey, financial secretary of UAW Local 110 at the St. Louis II plant, said Thursday. ″This weekend is just too short a notice.″
The contract would change scheduling at the plant from a two-shift operation to three shifts in July 1991 with the company having an option of adding two nine-hour shifts on Saturdays.
Elsewhere, the voting process appeared to go smoothly.
″Most of the stewards say it’s flying good down here,″ Richard McDonaugh, president of UAW Local 1183 at Chrysler’s Newark, Del., assembly plant, said Thursday. His local plans to vote next week.


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Last update for Hollow Knight will come out August 23
Last update for Hollow Knight will come out August 23 ⚡⚡⚡ Esports and gaming news, analytics, reviews on WePlay! The latest news on WePlay!
Judging by the trailer released a few days ago, the incredible metroidvania Hollow Knight will get new and last update on August 23. It’s worth noting the update will be completely free, just as all its previous DLCs.
Devs pointed out that the update will be the biggest in the history of the game. We will see new bosses, soundtrack, quests and NPCs. At the same time, the publisher will release a new OST album which was used in all 4 expansions.
Music for Hollow Knight was written and composed by a young but already accomplished composer Charles Larkin. What’s interesting, he did that absolutely free of charge. Isn’t that a reason to support his album at Bandcamp, iTunes and Spotify? Steam users can purchase the album for $4.99.
Mind you, the game is evenly and highly praised by both players and critics.
For instance, Destructoid gave the game 10/10 rating thinking “It isn't perfect, since nothing is, but came as close as you could get in a given genre. The new leader to beat”. While PC Gamer magazine rated it 92 out of 100 calling Hollow Knight the new classic of the metroidvania genre. The game also won “The Best Platformer” nomination in 2017.


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The Best Restaurants in Boston with 100+ Hours of Free WiFi
Fort lauderdale is a city where many locals have long-held opinions on what the best restaurants in the country should be, and many have been frustrated that there hasn’t been a definitive list of the best in Boston.
While that is changing, the city’s restaurant scene is still mired in controversy and that’s causing some restaurant owners to take a stand.
One of those owners, Patrick Kibler, has set up a website called Fort lauders.com, which he says will provide a definitive guide to the citys best restaurants.
“We will be providing a comprehensive list of all the best Boston restaurants,” Kiblin said.
The site is currently up and running, with listings of over 1,000 restaurants and an interactive map that allows users to explore the neighborhoods they frequent, their hours of operation, and even which eateries have been around for years.
“If you go to the website, you’ll see we’re going to be covering the best of Fort lauderville,” Kivler said.
“We’re going take the best and best restaurants and put them in a ranking.”
The site also lists all the local breweries, and while Fort lauderrally doesn’t offer an online menu, there is a separate list of beer selections that includes a selection of the city s brews.
“It’s going to have everything you need to know to enjoy Fort laudera, from the brewery, to the menu, to how to order, to where to eat,” Kivell said.
Fort lauderdalians dining out at Fort laudercard is the same as the restaurants in Boston, but the difference is that Fort lauderdales own the restaurants, so they can control what they serve.
Kivlley said the site will be updated daily to reflect the latest dining trends.
“I think it’s important that we have a good food and beer scene, so we can attract the top chefs and restaurants,” he said.
The site is expected to be up for a couple of months.
“The thing I’m really excited about is that we can be able to show that Fort applauderdale has a great culinary scene,” Kavlley added.
Kivlcy also said that Fort mexico cercas are a new place to eat in the city, but it also has a reputation for being “salty.”
“We have to keep the reputation of Fort applaudera alive,” he added.
While the site may be the first step toward providing a definitive listing of the most important restaurants in Fort lauderna, Kivlor said it’s still early days for Fort laudertales best.
“As of now, it’s not even the top 100 restaurants,” said Kivling.
“It’s not a definitive ranking.
We’re going through this process.
I think it’ll be a couple years from now.”
The Fort lauderval is a long time coming.
As a small business owner, Kiblley has been working hard to get the site online for some time.
He has been involved in several campaigns to get Fort lauderballes site to launch, including one that was launched in April 2016, but that didn’t work out because of the website’s slow roll-out.


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A new colorway of the adidas Ultra Boost Uncaged has surfaced. The colorway sports a black/white Primeknit upper. White accents can be found on the sock liner, Boost midsole, outsole, and TPU heel counter. Laces matching the upper complete the new rendition of the coveted model. Are you feeling these Uncaged Ultra Boost?
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(CNN NEWSOURCE) — A favorite appetizer gets a chance to shine on Monday. June 22 is National Onion Rings Day!
The batter-dipped, deep-fried treat is not only enjoyed in the U.S., but also the U.K., Ireland, Australia and parts of Asia.
The exact origin of onion rings aren’t known but a recipe for them is in John Mollard’s cookbook that came out in 1802.
In the 1960s, A&W restaurant got the honor of making onion rings popular in fast food establishments.


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Canadian electric vehicle fleet operators and drivers are set to benefit from the convenience of using one card or app to access chargers from several of North America’s largest networks
Greenlots, ChargePoint, EV Connect and FLO have now enabled roaming across their networks of 54,000 chargers in Canada and the United States, with more companies expected to join in the near future.
This means that electric vehicle (EV) owners no longer need an account or a membership with each of these providers to charge their vehicles at public stations — think malls, workplaces or on the roadside. It’s similar to how bank card holders can get money from any ATM, but without any additional service fees.
Providers say this type of seamless experience will help accelerate the switch to electric.
“Roaming agreements are a tangible way to improve EV drivers’ experience and break down barriers to widespread adoption, which ultimately encourages more people to switch to electric vehicles,” FLO’s chief product officer Nathan Yang said in a statement.
According to a recent poll by KPMG, half of those planning to buy a vehicle but not an EV cited lack of charging infrastructure as a factor in their decision. “Roaming is a really critical piece in our transition,” says Suzanne Goldberg, ChargePoint’s director of policy for Canada, in an interview with Electric Autonomy Canada.
“Our mission is to ensure that all people and goods can move on electric. We get there by putting the driver first.”
It’s also a critical piece in the transition of the country’s commercial fleets like delivery vehicles.
“Knowing that the fleet driver can use one card, one network and one ecosystem to charge in their depot and then around town no matter where they are, makes it easier for fleet managers [to make that move],” Goldberg adds.
An incentive for businesses
For companies that have or are thinking of installing chargers on-premise, the roaming partnerships represent a good business opportunity.
“It makes it easier to find a charging station, which will increase their utilisation and ultimately benefit the individual that has invested in the charging equipment,” Goldberg says.
While in most cases charging rates are set by the individual station owner, the agreement will provide more visibility on pricing and allow consumers to better pick and choose where and how they want to charge. For instance, if they’re only planning on making a quick stop, they can use their home provider’s app to find a station with fast charge capabilities on another participating network.
Plug and Charge convenience
Electrify Canada, a partnership between Volkswagen Group and Electrify America, also recently introduced an update that will make seamless charging more available to Canadians across its fast charging network: Plug and Charge.
Owners of the 2021 Porsche Taycan equipped with this feature can now register with the manufacturer online when they purchase their vehicles, add a payment method and charge at any Electrify Canada site without pulling out their wallets or smartphones. The charger communicates directly with the vehicle to “identify, authenticate and authorize and bill the customer’s registered account for the charging session,” explains a statement by the company.
The plug and charge approach is used by Tesla across its Supercharging network and is one of the reasons that manufacturer’s charging experience is highly regarded.
“It takes almost no time to start the charge. You just plug it in and walk away,” says Mike Moran, head of communications for both Electrify Canada and Americain an interview with Electric Autonomy Canada. “It further streamlines the charging process.”
Electrify Canada announced this week they are expanding in a major way. The company, increased its commitment to build 32 Canadian charging locations to more than 100 by 2025. With the new stations, Electrify Canada will operate in nine provinces.
More partnerships to come
Moran also says the company, which owns and operates direct current or DC fast chargers with charging speeds up to 350kW, plans to unveil plug and charge partnerships with other car manufacturers later this year. Though no passenger vehicle can currently charge at 350kW (the Taycan is the fastest on the market at 270 kW), Electrify Canada’s fast charging capabilities allow it to future-proof its system.
“[Fast] public charging extends the useability of your electric vehicle for people who don’t have access to a personal charging point or who need a charge on the road,” Moran adds.
Software at the heart of developments
In the case of both roaming and plug and charge, software is the key that enables charging developments. “It’s the glue,” Goldberg says. “When we talk about seamless charging, we’re referring to that software piece.”
Moran, too, credits Electrify Canada’s software team for helping to make plug and charge a reality with the Taycan but also credits the automakers.
“You’re hearing announcements every day. We’re all trying to make it as convenient as possible to travel across the country and from province to province in an EV. That’s what’s so exciting about the e-mobility industry: the technology is coming at us fairly rapidly.”


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New $200 Million Effort Aims To Address ‘Food Deserts’ in California
On Wednesday, first lady Michelle Obama is expected to announce a $200 million initiative that aims to lure grocery stores into areas of California that have been deemed "food deserts," the Los Angeles Times reports.
About 4.4 million Californians live in areas with limited or no access to healthful food options, according to an analysis by the not-for-profit group Social Compact.
The initiative comes even as a recent study by the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill found that grocery store availability does not necessarily mean that consumers make more healthful choices.
Details of the Initiative
The initiative -- called the California FreshWorks Fund -- is the result of a joint effort by the California Endowment and a team of grocery industry groups, Wall Street banks and health care organizations.
Organizers say the goal is to provide financing at or below market rates to help grocers establish stores in underserved areas, giving residents more healthful, affordable food options. The initiative alsoÂ aims to help combat childhood obesity, according to the Times.
Large and small grocery stores will be eligible to receive loans, and projects could include:
- Expanding existing retail space;
- Installing new equipmentÂ such asÂ refrigerated displays; and
- Developing new distribution models, like mobile produce trucks, to bring healthful foods into underserved neighborhoods (Huffstutter, Los Angeles Times, 7/20).


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Sweden@Zambia entrepreneurship forum next month
BUSINESS| Oct. 6, 2013, 12:23 p.m.
On 19th of November 2013, the Swedish Embassy in collaboration with the Swedish Institute, will kick off a three-day entrepreneurship forum at Mulungushi International Conference Centre in Lusaka. The aim of this forum is to highlight the role of entrepreneurship towards sustainable national economic development and offer a platform for connections and collaboration between various Zambian and Swedish actors with a particular focus on ICT, women and sustainability. The forum will comprise interactive panel conversations, work-labs with business facilitators and cultural elements.
To ensure countrywide participation in the event, the Swedish Embassy is looking for 20 young entrepreneurs from 10 provinces of Zambia, to be awarded sponsorships to attend the event.
The awards include free attendance in the event, transport fare to and from Lusaka, accommodation for duration of the forum, meals and local travel to and from the conference venue.
Information about the event as well as an application form for sponsored participation can be downloaded online via the following websites:
- Zambia Information and Communication Technology Authority (ZICTA) website @ www.zicta.zm; and
- Zambia Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ZACCI) website @ www.zambiachamber.org
Applicants without access to the internet can visit the ZACCI head offices located in the Lusaka Showgrounds as well as its provincial offices for hard copies of an application form. Applicants for sponsorship are required to fill in an application form, and submit it either: online application to http://www.zicta.zm/Sweden@Zambia, via email to email@example.com or by posting the application to P.O. Box 30844 for ZACCI head office. Applicants outside Lusaka are urged to drop their applications at their nearest ZACCI provincial offices.
The deadline for receiving application for sponsored attendance is 9 October 2013 and participation is strictly by invitation.
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IFA 2015: Second generation of Moto 360 smartwatch includes huge customisation options and special activity-focused edition
Motorola has taken the wraps off its latest version of the Moto 360 smartwatch, including an all-new model designed specifically for sport fanatics.
The Lenovo-owned company took to the stage at IFA 2015 in Berlin to reveal a range of new designs for the second generation Moto 360, as well as a completely new model.
And we may yet see more to come from Motorola, if rumours of another completely new Moto 360 wearable coming next week ring true.
First released in September 2014, the original Moto 360 won a lot of fans for its elegant design as one of the first properly round-face wearable devices, as well as its tight integration with Android.
The company has now looked to target individual markets with its latest device, revealing case designs with lugs specifically tailored for men and women, polished bezels in a range of new styles, and the ability to quickly swap between leather and metal bands in a matter of seconds thanks to new quick-release bands.
Inside, the new Moto 360 (pictured above) benefits from tight integration with Android Wear, meaning it will get to enjoy a huge number of specifically-designed wearable apps, and sync up with a user’s Android smartphone to display notifications on their wrist. The device is also Wi-Fi enabled, meaning it will be able to stay connected even if out of Bluetooth range.
There’s also a hugely improved battery life, which doubles that of the original device to now last up to two days without the need for recharging, and
The Moto 360 will be available the UK from later this month, with prices starting at £229 but varying depending on design and range, and you’ll also be able to use Motorola’s Moto Maker tool to customise your device however you want it.
Targeted at fitness fans, the Moto 360 Sport (pictured right) looks to do away with the need to carry a phone with you when you exercise to get the most out of activity tracking. Featuring a built-in GPS and heart sensor, the device also lets you store and play music directly from it, and has a battery life of up to two full days without the need to charge.
With a strong silicone build featuring a special UV coating that moves moisture away from the device, the Moto 360 Sport comes with a new AnyLight hybrid display that lets you see the screen clearly, even in direct sunlight.
However it isn’t fully waterproof, coming with IP67 dust and water resistant rating, meaning it shouldn’t be used for activities such as swimming or diving, which is a shame.
There’s no news on a release date yet, but it should arrive later this year and cost around £200.
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Bringing technology core to NVIDIA’s strength
Managing Director, South Asia,
A leader in visual computing for over last 20 years, NVIDIA has gradually transformed the PC visual productivity tool into a tool of creativity expression and discovery. Visual Computing, according to Vishal Dhupar, is where science and art come together and help people realize their passion for creativity. “This is exactly the same promise that we deliver here in India. It is estimated that around 5 billion screens will be high definition by 2016. And what we want to bring is life to the screens,” he says.
NVIDIA has recently unveiled its Quadro K6000 GPU that is an ultimate expression of its expertise in professional graphics. “It was introduced at our flagship seminar and is the most powerful graphics card known to mankind. It serves the market extremely well. For artists in the Animation and VFX market, the graphics card will allow them to interact with large data sets,” explains Dhupar. Effectively, it is magic to the artists as they are converting their vision from impossibility to possibility.
NVIDIA concentrates on two segments of the market – the consumer market and the professional market. In the consumer market space, the company has been very well known from the gaming industry perspective. GeForce has become a Brand Recall here. But looking from a closer perspective, gaming has become much larger than Desktop Gaming. “We are talking about powering the Cloud; we are talking about end-user devices that help people play games when they are relaxing at home or are on the move. Overall, from a gaming market perspective, we bring in all the gaming experiences a gamer wants on his/her device. We use a platform which is open and can be used by any gaming enthusiast,” Dhupar observes.
The second market NVIDIA caters to is the professional visualization market where people typically use engineering workstations to convert their vision into reality. This market is across multiple verticals – manufacturing, Media & Entertainment, Education, Research, etc. Furthermore, the power of the GPU is harnessed in the areas like Research and Discovery, serving the market for high-performance computing and Analytics which is a Big Data part. Finally, at the bottom of the pyramid and around the edges are the Mobility devices – be it the tablets, smartphones that are connected to realize the graphics experience. Even cars, for that matter, are getting connected nowadays.
It’s all a Channel Play
Channel and Partnerships is in NVIDIA's DNA. It is the only mechanism through which they can reach every nook and corner of the marketplace and bind them with their customers. "We marry these two strengths – our rich technology and our partners and the outcome is always in the interest of our customers – best experience delivered to our customers through the best interface," Dhupar says.
India being a large nation, people are spread across multiple regions. It is here that Partners’ contribution comes in as they are the ones who understand customer’s requirements, know how to service them, how to translate their requirement into a need and finally convert that need into an effective buying. NVIDIA, on its part, runs multiple partner programmes both on the consumer and the professional side. For its GeForce business, they have a programme called Elite Partner Programme, where NVIDIA equips their partners to sell the right technology, by reaching out to 35 different cities. Multiple partners converge to meet consumer requirements and understand NVIDIA's technology to give their customers the right experience on the gaming part. The other programme is a high-end programme catering to high-end gamers, called the GTS Champions Programme. "They have the entire paraphernalia with them to take care of the consumer’s requirement," explains Dhupar. On the professional side, there is a programme running called the Quadro Preferred Partner Programme. Between these programmes is their basic framework of channel partners who work with NVIDIA, their requirements taken care of while ensuring that these partners put their best foot forward each time.
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Women in their forties and fifties are more likely to be the main earners in their household, with the power to spend and invest, says Andréa Childs.
On a recent catch-up with friends, we covered the following topics: the yoga range at aldi (the £5.99 racerback bra is a thing of beauty); scoring a discounted Dualit toaster online (classic luxe for less), and whether the savings on said toaster justified buying a pair of Ejing Zhang earrings from Net-a-Porter (answer: it would be rude not to).
While my friends and I all earn different amounts, it would be wrong to define us as “the spender”, “the saver” and “the smart shopper”. Depending on our mood and our bank balances, we could be all of the above.
“Midlife women today are asset-rich. they’re often the first generation to go to university and hold executive jobs, and they’re inheriting from the baby boomers before them,” claims Rebecca Rhodes, founder of marketing agency superHuman. “We’re running countries, media companies and banks. It’s no surprise this up-for-it attitude filters back to our home life.”
Clare Francis, director of savings and investments at Barclays Smart Investor, says women tend to be the CEO of the household. “Women are managing the day-to-day finances – everything from paying the monthly bills to booking family holidays,” she explains.
“We’re experts at both shopping and making savings. but we also feel there are things worth treating ourselves to, particularly if we’ve cut back in other areas. We work hard and spend our money wisely, so a facial or new handbag feels like a reward.”
How we spend our money
This isn’t about being wealthy; it’s about identity and attitude. Fashion label JD Williams calls us “Midsters”; women aged 45+ living a “vibrant phase of life full of new possibilities”. according to its report, a third of us have always worked, without taking a career break, and the same number see ourselves as the main breadwinner in our household.
We’ve earned the right to spend our money as we like, and we’re old enough to know that wasn’t always the case. Until the Sex Discrimination Act came into force in 1975, banks could refuse to give women mortgages without a male guarantor. And as late as 1980, we could be turned down for credit without a man’s name on the loan agreement.
Now, as those mortgages are being paid off and our spending power increases as our children leave home, we’re relishing our economic clout. Names such as Jaguar, Nars and Not your Daughter’s Jeans are chasing our custom, but too many stores are missing a trick when it comes to targeting our cash. Consumer forecaster the Futurist identies “affluent Midults” as a key demographic and warns that brands ignore us at their peril.
Its latest Global overview states, “the affluent Midult is about to take centre stage as the most dominant generational subculture of our time and redefine ‘middle-aged’. This group consists of savvy, sceptical and self-reliant females between 35 and 55 years of age. according to new data, the afluent Midult has more spending power than any other generation.” That definition may be above my pay grade, but I do recognise myself in the description by Jossie Ellis, head of growth for personal finance app, Money Dashboard.
“Having looked at over three million transactions from users, we can see that women in their midlife (40 to 65) are at the peak of their spending powers,” she says. “In fact, they’re shelling out a larger proportion of their income across every category, than at any other time in their lives.”
Whatever our income, it seems women are metaphorically holding the purse strings. or in the real world, setting up direct debits, doing the online grocery shop and booking a spa break.
"Self-gifting” is a phenomenon embraced by our generation (we spend more on treats for ourselves than women aged 18 to 34). but the concept has morphed from spending on stuff, to investing in our self-care. That spa break? We deserve it.
Investing in our future
Maybe it’s the influence of Deborah Meaden, Kelly Hoppen, Oprah Winfrey or any of the other fearless financial role models on TV, but we’re learning the thrill not just of spending money but investing it too. (When Oprah bought a 10% stake in Weight Watchers, the price of shares leapt. Her $43.5 million investment is now worth more than $400 million.)
It turns out, we’re pretty damn good at it, with female investors typically outperforming their male counterparts and the FtsE100 index. “Over a three-year period, our female members achieved average annual returns 1.8% higher than the men,” agrees Barclays’ Claire Francis.
If we’re not buying into existing businesses, we’re starting our own or generating a second income (86% of sellers on Etsy, for example, are women). “Midlife women don’t want to move straight from the day job into retirement. We have a wealth of experience and have built up savings that we’re ready to invest,” says Maike Currie from Fidelity International.
We have cash, confidence and experience, and it’s time the world woke up to our economic power.
I think it’s time for another brunch with friends. on the agenda, starting our own stocks and shares investment club, what we’ll be “gifting” ourselves this Christmas and whether Lidl’s award-winning sparkling wine is really as good as everyone says it is. Who holds the purse strings? We do.
Written by Andréa Childs.
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We've seen some pretty incredible methods out there for memorializing the dead, but one of the most amazing examples comes from an elite funeral service offering the ultimate in memorial bling: for a hefty price (anywhere from $5000 to $40,000), they will transform their clients' dead bodies into genuine precious gems.
Founded in Switzerland by Rinaldo Willy, the company Algordanza specializes in the production of synthetic “memorial diamonds,” which are fashioned by high-tech processes from the ashes of the dead.
In an interview with Vice.com, Willy says the idea came to him ten years ago, when he read an article on the creation of synthetic diamonds from organic ashes. He contacted the article's author, who owned some of the machines used in the process, and they soon went into business together. Today the company processes up to 850 bodies per year in facilities like the one shown here:
“I loved the idea of dead people becoming something you can touch and enjoy the sight of,” Willy explains. “I also like the fact that a diamond remains, can be kept and passed down from generation to generation.”
The conversion, which combines physical and chemical processes with extreme temperatures, can take several months to complete. The finished product can be as large as 4 carats uncut. According to Willy, the size, color and purity of the diamond depends on several factors, including whether the deceased had dentures or prosthetic limbs, or if they took certain medications.


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Margaret Cho Officially Joins Fashion Police as New Co-HostLatest
It’s been a long ten months since Kelly Osbourne and Kathy Griffin exited Fashion Police following Giuliana Rancic’s offensive remarks regarding Zendaya’s hair at the Oscars. Since then, the panel has included Rancic, Melissa Rivers, Brad Goreski and a rotating roster of celebrity guest judges. One of those special guests included Margaret Cho, who is now set to officially join the fashion talk show as a new co-host when it returns to E! next month.
Cho’s first round as their new member will be on January 11, when the gang will judge the outfits seen on the previous evening’s Golden Globes red carpet. “I love joining the crew of Fashion Police,” Cho said in a statement, according to the Hollywood Reporter. “To me it feels like family. although I am not quite a fashionista, I would love to look at it like I am changing it up — Fashion Police: Special Victims Unit. It makes me happiest to spend time with Melissa, and when I see her laugh at my joke, I feel like Joan [Rivers] is smiling, somewhere.”
Cho is also set to star in a new Amazon series called Highland, in which she plays a version of herself who has to move in with her pot dispensary-running family following a court-ordered rehab, Indiewire reports.
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Rural Insurer, NFU Mutual, warn that criminal gangs have been targeting low to mid value tractors for export to Africa in particular.
A typical trend is emerging where Tractors are stolen from Farms, loaded onto Lorries then shipped abroad to developing countries. Less state of the art tractors are being targeted as they can be done up and repaired with basic tools and less engineering experience. These include all manufacturers, with stolen Deutz-Fahr, Ford, Massey Ferguson and John Deere small and medium-sized tractors recently detected on the Continent.
NFU Mutual’s vehicle security expert Clive Harris, who works closely with port police stated:
“The sudden increase in farm vehicle theft is extremely concerning. In the past we have recovered vehicles from Poland, Cyprus and all over Africa as the market is so strong for stolen tractors, but at the moment they are just completely disappearing.”
The insurer advises that Farmers have their tractors CESAR marked and fit immobilisers and tracking devices to help recover vehicles should they be targeted.
Tim Price, rural affairs spokesman at NFU Mutual, described the theft of tractors ranging from £3,000-15,000 in value as an “emerging trend’, advising, “It’s also well worth locking up tractors in sheds whenever possible – and at the very least parking them out of view from public roads,”
Rural theft cost an estimated £42.3m in 2012 – an annual fall of 19.7% year on year.
The above is not legal advice; it is intended to provide information of general interest about current legal issues.


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