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iQOO is expected to launch the iQOO Z7 series of new phones later in March. The official poster shows that the smartphone will have dual rear cameras, and the main camera will be equipped with OIS (Optical Image Stabilization). Now iQOO has released a new teaser showing the front display design of the iQOO Z7.
The iQOO Z7 phone will be equipped with a U-shaped water drop screen, and its predecessor Z6 is equipped with a V-shaped water drop screen. The official preheating said that it will bring better camera photography functions.
iQOO officials have not yet detailed the configuration specifications of the Z7. It is reported that the Z7 series 5G smartphones will be equipped with Snapdragon 695 chips and Snapdragon 782G chips.
Additionally, the screenshots reveal that the phone will launch with “full loads of features.” It is expected that iQOO will also have certain exchange offers and bank cashback when the phone is launched.
iQOO India CEO Nipun Marya previously teased that the iQOO Z7 phone is coming soon. The outline clearly shows the huge vertical dual camera on the back with dual LED flash. A 50MP main camera sensor with OIS (optical image stabilization) support will be included. In addition, the phone will also have a teal color option.
The iQOO Z7 series phones have recently passed the 3C certification of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. The iQOO Z7 (Note: Model V2270A) supports 120W fast charging, and the iQOO Z7x (Note: Model V2272A) supports 80W fast charging. Weibo blogger @Digital questioning station broke the news that iQOO Z7 uses a 120W + 5000mAh dual-cell solution and is positioned at a price of 1,000 CNY. In addition, iQOO Z7x is an 80W + 6000mAh solution.


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Love him or hate him, there's. Charismatic visionary or arrogant autocrat, El Jobs delights and infuriates at every turn. Now he's quit Apple, we take a look at what he'll do next, and what the technology world will do without him.
Podcasteers Andy, Luke and Rich ponder how Steve will fill his retirement: a round of golf with Bono? Finally doing up the spare room? And of the, are they Jobs-worthy or jobsworths?
There was some other news too, so we debate the latest skirmishes in the smart phone wars, toast the 20th birthday of this World Wide Web thingy -- we hear it's going to be big -- and rummage through the bargain bins for an HP TouchPad or HP Pre.
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- And the most popular story on CNET UK this week is the -- is webOS the new vinyl?
It was a bumper week for new gadgets, from smart phones to cameras. We've picked our favourite new bits of kit -- but which will our inscrutable arbiter of tech taste, Judgement Damian, choose as a post-GCSE result treat for his little sister Judgement Debbie?
Preview: IFA fever!
Next week is IFA, the annual European consumer technology trade show in Berlin. It's an opportunity for tech companies to get together and show off their new stuff for the rest of the year, and CNET UK are heading out there -- we'll be bringing you hands-on previews and first impressions of the coolest stuff from the show floor. We've had a sneak preview of much of the new tech over the last week, but there'll still be plenty of surprises.
There'll be loads of cool stuff on CNET UK -- even more than usual, that is -- so keep an eye on Crave and on our previews and of course the boys on the ground in Berlin will be posting some of the wackier sights on our Facebook page.
Speaking of which, we also tackle your questions and comments in our feedback section, as we find out your thoughts about dodgy puns and running over your phone with your car. Happy listening!

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The East African Community is comprised of Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan. Kenya is one of the major and fast growing economies of this growing community. Now, in a deal struck on May 5, 2022, by the Partner States of the EAC, the Common External Tariff (CET) for imports entering the bloc has been raised by up to 35 per cent from July 1, 2022.
This means that from July 1, imports of commodities entering Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Uganda, and Tanzania now cost more.
However, the move by the EAC has shocked the UK as it will have negative implications for its exports of many commodities. This comes at a time when the entire continent of Europe including Britain is moving towards economic recession.
However, this move of EAC is also expected to generate more employment opportunities, secure the progressive growth and competitiveness of the manufacturing sector from the switch to local production. The need for such a deal became more urgent to deal with negative effects of Russia-Ukraine conflict on Africa.
“Once implemented, it shall spur the growth of various manufacturing sectors in Kenya, including Food and Beverage; Leather and Footwear; Timber, Wood & Furniture; Energy, Electrical & Electronics; Automotive; Textile and Apparels; Plastic & Rubber; Metal and Allied; and Paper and Paper board.”said Phyllis Wakiaga, CEO Kenya Association of Manufacturers
It was further stated that it will result in better productivity, the creation of job opportunities, increased revenue and regional prosperity.
However, such a deal has not been favourable for Britain and now it demands exemption. The new levy affects a tax band of products that includes iron and steel, edible oils, furniture, leather products, and fresh-cut flowers.
Other products on the raised CET tax band include fruits, nuts, sugar and confectionery, coffee, tea, spices, head gears, ceramic products and paints.
The UK wants Kenya not to apply the CET levies on its products, based on its EPA with Kenya. But UK is not aware that Ruto has vowed to keep his country’s welfare his utmost priority.
Kenya signed the EPA with the UK on December 8, 2020, before it was ratified by the UK Parliament on March 5, 2021, and by the Kenya National Assembly on March 9, 2021. UK has demanded that Kenya abide by the provisions of an Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) signed between the two nations, but Ruto believes in Kenya first and therefore has decided not to budge.
Kenya wants to boost its economy and safeguard its economic interests. The levy is imposed on imported finished products from non-member States in a strategy to stimulate local industry and production. This move is deemed to be one of the many steps to self-sufficiency being taken by the continent and reducing its dependency on west.
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Ford (NYSE: F) stock continued its upward climb today, reaching a 20-year high and a $100 billion market cap on big hopes for the all-electric F-150 Lightning and plans to lead the industry in battery production capacity by 2025.
After Ford posted a 140% return in 2021 (beating Tesla, which was up 50%), Blue oval stock rose by nearly another 4% today to just over $25 per share, matching a 20-plus-year high as excitement grows about the company’s electric vehicle road map and a seemingly insatiable market demand for the new F-150 Lightning pickup that means the truck is basically “sold out forever.”
It’s not just the Lightning that’s “charging up” Ford’s stock (sorry). The Mustang Mach-E is also in high demand, as are the tough-looking Ford Bronco and affordable, high-MPG Ford Maverick hybrid pickup. The all-electric e-Transit commercial van, too, has found an audience, leading a number of Wall Street analysts to believe there is more upside ahead.
“Ford’s product line-up is the best in decades,” says benchmark analyst Mike Ward, as quoted by Forbes. “Markets in North America, Europe, and China, are positioned to accelerate over the next 3-5 years, and we believe Ford is positioned to generate record levels of profitability.”
Other analysts are singing Ford’s praises, as well.
While there are many OEMs developing and commercializing a range of EVs today,Ford brought to market a product (Mustang Mach-E) that consumers viewed as a truly viable competitor to the Tesla Model Y. Quickly following that, Ford is bringing to market the F-150 Lightning at a sub $40k price point right out of the gate.
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The electric push won’t end there. Ford has serious ambitions when it comes to the EV market, with plans to emerge as the number two player in the space behind Tesla in the next two years – and then, challenge the company for the number one spot.
Getting from here to there
The demand for Ford’s electric vehicles seems to be there for the near term, at least. But as the company’s ambitions grow, so will its need for batteries to power those EVs. To that end, Ford has committed to spending the next 24 months building up its global capacity to produce enough batteries for 600,000 BEVs.
If Ford’s PR is to be believed, the blue oval will have the biggest battery manufacturing capacity in the US by 2025.


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Hey Target lovers, buckle up!
Because some target stores are now offering a drive-up service at their stores. Shoppers can now stay in their car and pick up their purchases.
Orders are placed on the target mobile app and are ready for pick up within two hours.
The service began in Minneapolis last fall and has expanded to Florida and Texas.
Target says it hopes to expand the service to one-thousand more stores by the end of this year, nation wide.


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Officials at Kia are convinced that the private hire sector can play a key role in the launch of their next challenger to the Vauxhall Vectra and Ford Mondeo.
As a result, they are poised to offer ‘unique’ levels of support to operators as part of plans to roll out the new Magentis saloon range this summer.
Managing director Paul Williams said: ‘We recognise that our products need greater exposure to the public and believe that taxi and minicab operators offer the perfect platform for this. We are going to pursue both markets in an aggressive manner and want to support them in ways that have never been tried before.’
Speaking at the launch of the new four-door saloon range in Spain, Williams revealed that Kia was in negotiation with companies providing funding services to the sector and said it was also planning to organise competitions for operators that will offer cars as prizes.
He said: ‘As well as being in touch with the travelling public, these drivers do a lot of work to support good causes in their local communities. Much of this goes unnoticed and we are keen to help bring it to the fore.
‘We will reveal our plans closer to the launch of the car, but the reason why we want to help these drivers is our belief that they are unsung heroes who often operate in areas where the public transport is lacking. They deserve a little support.
‘But in return, we think they could well turn out to be ambassadors for Kia. Our research has shown these drivers tend to be most enthusiastic about the merits of the cars they use to earn their living – their testimonials are priceless and could well lead to the extra sales we’re seeking,’ Williams added.


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In the very near future, Best Buy Corporation – the world’s largest retail corporation – in 2020 will begin to use a new, unique shopping experience. All Best Buy stores will feature a mobile web-based ordering system through a proprietary mobile device. Instead of walking along with your purchases, like you would at a store, you’ll walk with them in store and pick up the goods on-the-spot.
The Future of Best Buy in 2022 as we move into a hyper-localized online presence, on top of offering a personal shopping experience. We’ll also offer greater physical storage and access. While the store does look more akin to a mall, the goal of the Future of Buy will be to deliver the best experience possible in terms of convenience and ease of service.
With Best Buy’s move into an on-demand online lifestyle, it is moving into its future role as the go-to chain for all consumer electronics, home appliances, electronics, and automotive. It has already become an “online-only” store. In fact, last year it had 12% of sales in that category of “most in-demand in-between” products and it now accounts for 50% of sales in the industry.
The store has been very slow to go live, but if a few more cities and states jump on board, it will get on the list of store-to-shopping network, leading us all to a future that would be more like a store to a mall. The Future of Buy is not the future of brick and mortar stores.
I’ve been spending all my free time writing about Best Buy’s future in its various forms of online service. I even went so far as to write this in an article in TechRepublic (The Future of Best Buys Mobile Website for its “World’s Largest Business”). This future is the future of stores like Best Buy, Wal-Mart, Target, TJMaxx, and Amazon.
Ive been going back and digging through my archives for a future to Best Buy in that it was its own brand in the future. Ive been researching this brand through the future looking backwards. With Best Buys move into the future, this would be the first time that a retailer ever has done this. Ive found that by doing research, you can actually read a lot of things about the brand in its history and even through the present and future.
Today Best Buy is the fourth largest retail brand. With its move into the future, it also will be the first ever retailer to be the subject of a future book.
This is the most important blog ever. I’ve never seen such a large group of bloggizers before! Ive had the very same questions all day.


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For better or worse, tourists are representing their country when they travel abroad. A new survey looked at the bad behavior of tourists and which countries they are most likely to come from.
Travel is all about trying new things, having exciting experiences and making memories; however, at the same time, tourists are also representing their country for better or worse.
A survey by Triposo asked 700 respondents from 62 countries about the behavior of tourists. The travel site’s survey covered things like travel etiquette, manners, drunken misbehavior and fraternization.
Tourists have let alcohol get the better of them — 60% admitted to some sort of alcohol-fueled adventure with 11% ending in injury for themselves or someone else. Some other unsavory drunken public behavior:
• 20% urinated in public
• 10% vomited in public
• 5% admitted to public nudity
More than 20% have stolen, even if it was just from the hotel (like a towel), but some of the misbehavior was even more illegal. For instance, 6% have smuggled contraband and 15% have bought or sold drugs. And while less than 2% have been arrested, 10% reported being held at the border.
Business Insider published the top 10 worst-behaved tourists and broke down why they are viewed as such, based on Triposo’s survey. While some of the answers might surprise you, it’s likely that the country with the worst-behaved tourists (according to respondents) won’t come as any shock.
Carnival parade in Rio de Janeiro
While respondents already feel that Brazilians are naughty, Business Insider expects that will only get worse during World Cup season.
Octavio Frias Bridge in Brooklin, Sao Paulo, Brazil. Copyright RobertoZimme | Wikipedia.org
Carnivale in Venice. Frank Kovalchek | Wikipedia.org
Apparently, Italian tourists have a solid reputation for being rude and lewd while they’re traveling abroad.
Shopping at Milan’s Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II. MarkusMark | Wikipedia.org
Stade de France during a rugby match. Wikipedia.org.
Respondents claimed that French tourists are the most likely to engage in rude or scandalous behaviors.
Harbor at Nice. Wikipedia.org.
Holi celebrations in Pushkar, Rajasthan. Wikipedia.org.
A close race with Italy and France, Indian tourists came out ahead (or behind?) as being worse behaved when they travel.
Connaught Palace in Dehli. Wikipedia.org.
Not only are Germans poor tourists, but they also rank high when it comes to travel-related complaints.
Dresden. Copyright Mylius.
Rugby final. Attribution MDM | Wikipedia.org.
Australians travel a lot, according to Business Insider. “At any given time, a large proportion of Australians are out and about traveling abroad, which might explain their performance on this top-ten list.”
Royal Exhibition Building in Melbourne. Diliff | Wikipedia.org.
Torch Festival in southwest China. Copyright English.Sina.com.
As the most populous country in the world, perhaps China is a victim to sheer numbers. Business Insider questions whether Chinese tourists are actually ill behaved or if there are just more of them, perhaps making them more noticeable.
St. Basil Cathedral in Moscow.
While overall survey respondents say that Russians are difficult and drunk travelers, they might be hardest on themselves. According to the survey, 42% of Russians named their country’s citizens the worst tourists.
An earlier World Economic Forum survey also named Russia as one of the least-welcoming countries to tourists.
Hockey in Medeu. A.Burgermeister | Wikipedia.org.
2. United Kingdom
Although the British came in second, they had a third of the votes that the number one country did. Still, the British are well known for their “bawdy bar behavior,” according to Business Insider.
Buchanan Street in Glasgow, Scotland.
1. United States
South by Southwest Festival in Austin, Texas. Copyright Statesman.
The stereotype, according to Business Insider, is that Americans are loud, rude and fat and 33% of Triposo’s respondents agreed.
Even Americans believe that they’re fellow countrymen and women are the worst tourists, according to 44% of American respondents. And this is nothing new. Last year a LivingSocial survey also placed Americans as the worst tourists.


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India’s Future Retail has said recently that a Singapore authority’s order in its dispute with Amazon is not constitutional or permissible under Indian law and not binding on Amazon.
Amazon won an injunction from the arbitrator to stop Future Retail’s deal to sell its retail assets to Reliance for 3.4 billion dollars, quarreling that Reliance had dishonored certain pre-existing agreements it had with Amazon.
Both Future Retail and Reliance have said in news releases later that they wanted to press on with the deal with no delays, setting the stage for a confrontation between the Indian firms and Amazon.
The Future Retail told Indian exchanges that any attempt on the part of the popular e-commerce website, Amazon to implement the order, will be resisted.
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Future Retail’s filing arrives it was reported that the e-commerce giant had separately grumbled to India’s markets regulator claiming that Reliance had misled shareholders by inaccurately saying it was obeying with its predetermined obligations, asking for a postponement of the deal’s regulatory review.
The Future Retail has also said that it had fulfilled all regulatory necessities and advised the market regulator and the ISEs to continue to review its deal with Reliance for consent.
The dispute centers around Future Retail’s verdict in August to sell its retail, wholesale, and some other businesses to the Indian company, Reliance for 3.38 billion dollars even including debt.
Amazon has argued that a distinct 2019 deal it had with a Future unit had sections saying that Reliance couldn’t sell its retail assets to anyone on a “restricted persons” list counting any companies from Reliance’s group.
The deal stated any disagreements would be adjudicated under Singapore International Arbitration Centre rules.


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Introduced in 1999, the Insight offered an E.P.A. rating of 70/61 on highway and city streets. In 2006, the little two-seater still offers the best estimated mileage numbers. Despite it's fuel savings, the Insight didn't fair well in sales over its production run. It offered no trunk with an uncomfortable suspension set-up riding atop hard, narrow tires to Americans paying an average of just $1.39 per gallon for gasoline. The Insight, in turn, never seemed to break out of its niche role as a utilitarian mode of transportation for extreme treehuggers.
Honda estimates that since 1999, the total sales of the Insight will be roughly 18,000. It's a pretty modest number when compared to Toyota's Prius which was introduced in Japan in 1997 and then exported to Europe and North America in 2000. Just this last April, the Prius passed the half million mark.
Honda, however, was able to pave a path for the recent surge of high mileage, alternative-power cars in the U.S. by introducing the word hybrid to the American automotive scene and offering an insight into future possibilities.
Honda's baby hybrid will surely be considered a classic in the years to come.
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The United States has always been a hotbed of gambling activity, with casinos and sports betting sites popping up all over the country. But now, with the rise of online gambling platforms, it looks like the future of casino gaming in America is going to be even more exciting. In this blog post, we’ll explore some of the possibilities that gambling operators like the Play Amo casino could bring to American players.
What the Future Holds for American Gambling
According to the American Gaming Association, the total number of people playing online casino games in the U.S. is projected to nearly double by 2021, with about 15 million gamblers taking part in real money gaming. This would make gambling even more accessible and convenient than ever before, as players will no longer have to go to a physical establishment or betting shop to place their bets.
Online casinos will also give players access to a much larger selection of games, including slots, table games, video poker and more. This will make it easier for players to find the type of game they want to try, be it a high-stakes adventure or something more low-key. The variety of online games also means that players can gamble for free, which is great for gamers who want to try out a game before investing real money.
The Impact of Technology on Online Gambling
As technology continues to evolve, the gaming industry is sure to follow suit. It’s likely that players will be able to access more sophisticated gaming experiences, with improved graphics and immersive soundtracks.
In fact, the American gambler can expect the following changes:
The Legalisation of Online Casinos in the U.S.
The legal landscape surrounding online casino gambling in the United States is still quite murky. Presently, only three states (New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware) have legalised online casino gambling for their residents, with other states such as New York and Michigan considering similar legislation. The hope is that more states will follow suit soon so that players from all across America can enjoy the convenience and excitement in playing real money casino games on their computers or mobile devices.
The Rise of Cryptocurrency Gambling
Another trend that’s likely to become more popular in 2021 is cryptocurrency-based gambling platforms. These are websites where players can use Casino Currencies like Bitcoin or Ethereum to make deposits and withdrawals into their accounts securely and quickly without having to worry about traditional banking methods or government regulations. This type of gambling offers greater security than traditional methods and also allows players to remain anonymous while playing their favourite games – something that many gamblers find appealing!
Live Dealer Technology
Finally, one technology that’s becoming increasingly popular at online casinos is live dealer technology. This enables gamblers to interact with real dealers via video streaming as if they were at a land-based gambling house – but from the comfort of their own homes! Live dealers help add an extra layer of realism and excitement to online gaming by creating a more immersive experience for players who want a taste of what it’s like to try at a real-life casino without ever having to leave their home.
As you can see, there are plenty of interesting developments happening in the world of online casino gambling in America right now – both legally and technologically speaking – which should make it an even better experience for U.S.-based gamblers than ever before! From greater accessibility due to state legalisation efforts, to new payment options such as cryptocurrencies, to immersive technologies like live dealer tables – there’s plenty for American gamblers to look forward to in 2024


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Real estate market overview, Ukraine, H2 2020
- From the start of 2020 Ukraine’s economy slowed down with real GDP contracting for the first time since 2016 amid the COVID-19 outbreak and nationwide lockdown. Despite the COVID-19 quarantine measures, jump in unemployment and economic recession during the year, retail sales increased by 7.8% yoy during 11 months of 2020.
- The worldwide slowdown due to COVID-19 affected occupier demand on the office property market in Kyiv during 2020. As a result, primary vacancy increased from 6.5% in December 2019 to 11.7% at the end of 2020, while prime office rents decreased by over 10% during the year.
- The year 2020 turned to be particularly challenging for the retail property market globally and in Ukraine. Nevertheless, new supply in major cities of Ukraine in 2020 amounted to around 113,500 sq m GLA with more shopping centres scheduled for commissioning in 2021-2022 including over 420,000 sq m GLA in Kyiv. Also, several international retailers entered Ukraine, and a number of local operators demonstrated positive performance.
- New supply in the warehousing and logistics property sector in the Greater Kyiv area exceeded 85,000 sq m in 2020, which is the largest annual new supply since 2014. After reaching record low level of 0.8% in 2019, vacancy slightly increased and remained at around 2-3% during 2020, while rents remained generally stable.
- In 2020, total volume of secondary investment transactions on the commercial property market in Ukraine reached around USD 153 million, which accounted for only 41% and 47% of the figures in 2019 and 2018 respectively, but was on a par with 2017 and significantly exceeded the annual indicators reported during 2013-2016. Due to the lockdown and general uncertainty caused by COVID-19, since mid-March investment activity in Ukraine slowed down with a number of transactions put on hold.


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Hammerhead has announced that riders utilising Di2 integration are to lose access to a small subset of features, at Shimano’s request.
The update will remove on-screen battery status and shifter mode data, front and rear derailleur indications, and Karoo screen control via the Di2 hood buttons from Shimano Di2 drivetrains, said the cycling technology company.
“Here at Hammerhead, we are committed to constantly improving in ways that benefit riders,” said a Hammerhead statement. “With each update and integration, we chart an intentional path of continuous improvement.
“Unfortunately, we don’t always have the ability to supply every product integration we want for our riders. At the request of Shimano, effective with next Thursday’s software update on June 2nd, riders who utilised Di2 integration will lose access to a small subset of features.”
All other Karoo 2 functionality will continue to work for Shimano riders – Hammerhead said it is this small subset of Di2 features that Shimano has withdrawn permissions for until it is able to forge a new agreement.
Hammerhead was recently acquired by SRAM, with the company joining SRAM’s portfolio of brands in a transaction completed on 30th December 2021. SRAM said it saw ‘tremendous potential’ in Hammerhead after the award-winning cycling GPS computer, the Karoo 2, hit the market in late 2020.
Read more: The Electric Bike Shop’s Iwan Jones: “Our customers are absolutely at the heart of our business processes”
On the acquisition, SRAM CEO Ken Lousberg said: “The brand fit is seamless, and they are driven by the same principles as SRAM, which is innovation that improves the cycling experience. We are excited at what the future holds.”
Pieter Morgan, CEO and co-founder of Hammerhead, said: “Hammerhead has always been focused on building the world’s best cycling computer. Joining the SRAM portfolio allows us to innovate and expand even more rapidly, and ultimately deliver a better riding experience for cyclists.”


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Probably how every classic car lover would like to go.
Over his lifetime, it’s estimated that Phil Deegan owned 150 cars, and his home in Mankato, Minnesota is said to have always displayed an assortment of classic cars and trucks. So it makes total sense that after Deegan passed away on July 14, 2020, his funeral procession would be a rolling tribute to the automotive enthusiast. At the funeral service, a group of classic cars and trucks lined the church’s parking, and this was followed by a procession of classic vehicles to the cemetery including a 1964-66 Chevy C10 that carried his coffin in the cargo bed.
In a video report from KEYC News, Deegan’s son Dan said that his father “loved anything with wheels on it and anything with a motor in it,” while his obituary


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Nufarm will close its manufacturing operations at Calgary in Canada, with its expanded Chicago facility to provide for the region.
The company will maintain its distribution locations in Canada, as well as all sales, marketing and customer facing operations.
The company expects the closure to deliver a permanent annualised EBIT improvement of $3.3 million, with a one off restructuring cost of $9.5 million.
Managing director and CEO Greg Hunt said the savings are part of the performance improvement program announced in February, in which the company is committed to deliver a $116 million net EBIT benefit by FY2018.
The expanded Chicago facility has a new start of the art seed treatment operation and full retooling of the herbicide facility.


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Pizza Fusion recently announced their pursuit of independent, third-party organic restaurant certification for all their restaurants upon receiving certification at their Fort Lauderdale, Florida location.
Quality Assurance International (QAI), the third-party certifier conducting Pizza Fusion’s certifications, verifies the strict standards set forth by the USDA’s National Organic Program via on-site inspections to validate the use of organic ingredients and menu selections with consistency and integrity in the certification process. To date, Pizza Fusion Fort Lauderdale is one of only four restaurants in the U.S. to receive Organic Restaurant Certification.
“The Organic Trade Association sees this move as exciting news. Organic certification is a big step for foodservice operations and helps meet increasing consumer interest in accessing certified organic products where they shop and where they eat,” says David Gagnon, interim executive director for the Organic Trade Association.


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“First, at the moment VAT on hospitality and tourism is charged at 20 percent.
“I’ve decided for the next six months to cut VAT on food, accommodation and attractions.
“Eat-in or hot takeaway food from restaurants, cafes and pubs, accommodation in hotels, BnBs, campsites and caravan sites, attractions like cinemas, theme parks and zoos – all these and more will see VAT reduced from next Wednesday until January 12 from 20 percent to five percent.
“This is a £4billion catalyst for the hospitality and tourism sectors benefitting over 150,000 businesses and consumers everywhere, all helping to protect 2.4 billion jobs.”
READ MORE: Rishi Sunak gives 50 percent discount to EVERY Briton to eat out in August


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Munich/Pforzheim, June 28, 2023 – Power2Drive Europe 2023 provided a picture of tomorrow’s mobility and its role in future smart energy systems. 260 exhibitors showcased their products and innovations at the international exhibition for charging infrastructure and e-mobility. In total, around 400 suppliers presented their e-mobility technologies, all under the umbrella of The smarter E Europe 2023. There was enormous interest: More than 106,000 visitors from 166 countries caught up on the latest mobility solutions at Power2Drive Europe 2023 and its parallel exhibitions. For next year, from June 19–21, 2024, the exhibition area of Power2Drive Europe will grow by over 80 percent.
Electromobility is thriving across Europe – now the need for a widespread charging infrastructure in the public as well as semi-private and private realms is becoming all the more urgent. In less than seven years, the amount of today’s installed charging points need to grow sevenfold in order to meet the European Union’s goal (2030: 3.5 million). Companies presented essential elements of the mobility transition such as charging solutions, mobility services and electric vehicles at Power2Drive Europe 2023.
Jasmina Bunic, Head of eMobility Schneider Electric for the German-speaking regions: “Power2Drive Europe is an essential part of our event calendar. For three intensive days, trade visitors, potential customers, new and old contacts meet up to discuss the industry’s innovations. Experiencing the passion for electromobility – that’s what Power2Drive Europe is all about.”
Sector coupling: Photovoltaics for charging infrastructure, car batteries as flexible storage devices
Power2Drive Europe 2023 has also highlighted that the world of mobility is part of a system of tightly knit sectors: The key to our mobile lives is the smart combination of photovoltaics (PV), storage and e-mobility. Sector coupling is already being practiced when parking lots are equipped with charging stations supplied directly by a PV installation on the parking lot’s canopy – this concept contributes both to the energy and the mobility transition. What’s more, the role of electric vehicles as mobile energy storage systems is growing: E-cars can supply electricity to homes and offices (Vehicle2Home, Vehicle2Building) as well as stabilize the public power grid (Vehicle2Grid). In the future, using car batteries as flexible storage systems in a smart grid will be a crucial factor in guaranteeing a stable energy supply and a cost-effective way of achieving climate targets. Visitors at Power2Drive Europe 2023 were able to discover innovations in bidirectional charging at Wallbox Charger’s live demos, for instance.
Marcus Fendt, Managing Director at The Mobility House: “Power2Drive Europe is becoming more and more important to us as the years go by. It is evolving into the leading product exhibition in Europe for charging electric cars. There is nowhere else that we can meet so many customers and partners. As a technology company, and in the face of the accelerating dynamic of smart charging and Vehicle2Grid technology, we thrive on exchanging knowledge and ideas. This kind of networking is necessary to make the energy transition a success, to make quick progress.”
The Outdoor Area was a big hit: Trade visitors got the chance to take e-vehicles from renowned manufacturers for a spin. Companies such as Skoda, Lucid and Nissan offered visitors the opportunity to get behind the wheel for a first-hand e-car driving experience. Fleet managers who are in a position to contribute to reducing the carbon emissions of municipalities and companies by electrifying their fleets, and many a visitor of the parallel energy exhibitions learned about the benefits of e-vehicles, from motorcycles to commercial vehicles.
Debut: Power2Drive AWARD honors outstanding innovations
This year, the Power2Drive Europe exhibition also celebrated the debut of its AWARD, which recognizes innovators from the area of electromobility and charging infrastructure. This year’s winners include Hive Power with their Software-as-a-Service platform FLEXO Smart Charge, paXos Consulting & Engineering with their charging plug Cool-Load Megawatt and TWAICE Technologies with their software solution Mobility In-life Battery Health Analytics. The fact that e-mobility is becoming a crucial part in the entire smart energy system was also reflected by the fact that some Power2Drive Europe exhibitors were honored with awards from one of the parallel energy exhibitions: For instance, Wallbox Charger received the The smarter E AWARD for its energy management system, SIRIUS. The Mobility House was bestowed the EM-Power AWARD for its ChargePilot, an energy management system for optimized charging.
Power2Drive Europe Conference highlights the challenges of international competition
At the successful Power2Drive Europe Conference on June 13–14, 2023, experts presented market trends, analyses and research findings as well as innovative projects in the areas of e-mobility and charging systems. The attendees agreed that users of e-mobility – whether they own one vehicle or an entire fleet – will contribute to a sustainable energy supply as prosumers, while also reaping benefits for themselves. The conference attendees see China’s speed of innovation as a motivating challenge that Europe needs to keep up with. “The transformation towards electromobility is no longer a phenomenon of the future – it is already happening. China is at the forefront of innovation while Europe sets the standards”, Heiko Seitz, PwC Global eMobility Leader, stated. Experts see some great potential in the electrification of commercial vehicles in Europe.
As part of Europe’s largest platform for the energy industry, The smarter E Europe, the next Power2Drive Europe event, as well as the accompanying Intersolar Europe, ees Europe and EM-Power Europe exhibitions, will be taking place at Messe München from June 19–21, 2024.


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Snapchat, now Snap Inc., has just made their Spectacles available online. Previously, the devices were exclusively sold at randomly placed Snapbots, essentially posh vending machines.
Now, you don’t have to stand in line for hours to grab a pair, just head to Spectacles.com and select your color of choice. This maneuver comes just weeks before Snap’s initial public offering on NASDAQ, doubtlessly as part of a plan to enhance the company’s look for investors. Additionally, Snap’s CEO has openly positioned the company as a “camera company,” which is markedly different than most people’s understanding of it as a messaging app.


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Prince George's County Launches Mobile Grocery StorePrince George's County officials announced the expansion of the Curbside Groceries Initiative -- a new mobile grocery store aimed to provide affordable groceries.
M&T Bank Will Donate $200K To Maryland Food Bank, Capital Area Food Bank To Help During Coronavirus PandemicM&T Bank will contribute $200,000 to the Maryland Food Bank and Capital Area Food Bank to help them buy and distribute food to those impacted by the coronavirus outbreak and related economic crisis throughout Maryland and Greater Washington area.
Coronavirus Latest: State Will Invest Additional $4 Million To Local Food Banks, Gov. Hogan SaysGov. Larry Hogan announced Friday that the state is investing an additional $4 million to the Maryland Food Bank and the Capital Area Food Bank amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Capital Area Food Bank To Open New FacilityThe Capital Area Food Bank is opening a new $37 million distribution center in Washington that's the size of two football fields.


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KIEV, February 13. /TASS/. Ukraine has submitted a request to the World Trade Organization (WTO) to create an expert group within its complaint against Russia over transit restrictions dispute, press service of the country’s Economic Development Ministry reported Monday.
"Last year the Economic Development Ministry started the dispute settlement process within the WTO regarding the mentioned restrictions. Since Russia was not ready to settle the dispute at the first stage and failed to assume measures on lifting unjustified, discriminatory and economically inconvenient transit restrictions, the Ukrainian side proceeded with the case hearing as a matter of course and submitted a request to the WTO on creation of a group of experts in order to start the next stage of the consideration of the case on the merits," the Ministry said.
According to the report, Kiev is "currently collecting data for the next claim covering numerous bans and restrictions on imports of Ukrainian goods to Russia."
Starting January 1, 2016 the free trade zone regime between Ukraine and the European Union came into force. This forced Russia to assume measures aimed at mitigating risks for the country’s economy, the Foreign Ministry said, and suspended the free trade zone agreement with Ukraine. Thus, prior to the suspension of the free trade zone regime, all Ukrainian goods, excluding sugar, were delivered to Russia free of duties. Zeroing customs rates for European goods imported to Ukraine could move the flow of those goods to the Russian Federation.
Due to suspension of the free trade agreement between Ukraine and Russia President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on measures to ensure the country’s economic safety and national interests on transshipments from Ukraine to Kazakhstan via Russia. On July 1, 2016, President Putin amended the decree and extended its applicability to shipments to Kyrgyzstan. The document was extended until December 31, 2017.


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Will there be no more — to quote Robin Leach — “champagne wishes and caviar dreams” for social media influencers during the COVID-19 era?
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But York University expert Mangala Rao-D’Sa says influencers have had to pivot in the time of a global pandemic.
“There are still the influencers out there who are posting their beautiful landscape shots or well-lit fashion editorial photos,” said Rao-D’Sa, an instructor in York’s Digital Marketing certificate program.
“But the ones that are pivoting are (moving) to how they are trying to meet the community needs and being an effective part of the community by showcasing various charitable organizations, as well as how they’re trying to give back.”
We caught up with Rao-D’Sa from her home.
Some people think the coronavirus could be the demise of influencers. What do you think?
I actually think that the influencers are going to profit coming out of coronavirus. Influencers produce a lot of aspirational content and really showcase living their best life and creating that feeling of fear of missing out (FOMO). So, coming out of the coronavirus as brands look to emerge themselves from being closed or not having top-of-mind awareness, they’re going to be looking to partner with influencers to help bring back their community.
Is the fact that everyone is stuck at home influencing their content?
Safety and basic needs are what people are very much thinking about, so they don’t want to be looking at people standing in front of a gorgeous cliff in a perfectly curated outfit or jetting off to the Hamptons. They want to see people at home, being their authentic self and how they’re managing (to get) through it.
Are brands still using influencers during this time?
They’re very much still a piece of their advertising — to make sure their brands stay top-of-mind. You know brands like Walmart, Target, Lulu Lemon, they’re still going to use huge influencers to talk about their products. They’re just showcasing them in a different way.
What other trends are you seeing with the brands themselves during COVID-19?
Brands like Bacardi, that shifted their production, that’s how they’re very much pivoting in terms of how they’re responding to COVID to produce ethanol for hand sanitizers. And giving back to the community, whether it’s a call to action for PPE, or delivering meals, or mobilizing communities to deliver groceries. You’ve got brands also donating money.


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Amstrad lures Britannia
Amstrad has signed up Britannia Music as the first advertiser on its new e-mail telephone, kicking off its plan to make the product a money spinner - by renting out space on its screens.
Britannia will sell CDs, videos and DVDs over the e-mailer, which Amstrad launched two weeks ago. A trial shipment of phones sold out within three days and bulk deliveries will begin in the first week of May, Amstrad said.
Amstrad aims to sell one million phones within two years, recouping the money it loses from pricing the product below cost by selling ads and taking a share of e-mail call revenue.
The launch of the £79.99 phone triggered the start of a slide in Amstrad's share price after disappointing investors who had expected a more revolutionary product. The stock was down 1% at 253 1/2p on Friday.
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SOLIHULL residents are being invited to show off their ‘bags of talent’ in a competition in aid of a local children’s charity.
As part of The Children’s Air Ambulance’s ‘Handbag Amnesty’ event, local people are being encouraged to create an eye-catching window display for the charity’s Kings Heath and Solihull shops this autumn.
The design competition will see two lucky winners given the chance to create their own unique window displays – using unwanted handbags donated by fellow residents.
Store manager, Denise Bates from the Solihull store said staff were excited to see the creative ideas of local students and aspiring fashionistas.
She added: “This is no easy task – competition entrants will have to think of something creative and original to make the window really stand out.
“The winning design will not only take pride of place on the high street, but also help us raise vital funds for critically ill children.
“Everyone can get involved, whether that’s submitting a window design or simply donating a handbag this Autumn.”
The Children’s Air Ambulance – based at Coventry Airport – provides transfers for critically ill children across the country in the charity’s one-of-a-kind helicopter.
To enter the competition, people must submit a creative sketch, design or drawing of how they would present the Handbag Amnesty window display, alongside their name, contact details and short description of why they would love this special opportunity to email@example.com
The competition closes on Friday, October 23, with the winner announced on Monday, October 26.
Applicants must be free to design the window display on Sunday, November 1.
Handbag donations are also welcome and can be made at the Kings Heath and Solihull shops from 9am to 5pm on weekdays and 10am to 4pm on weekends.


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An anonymous reader writes "Google Glass is now becoming more widely available, but developers are only just starting to tap into the augmented reality specs' potential for gaming. A new report looks at some of the early experiments with the tech — leading the charge is indie developer Mind Pirate, the first studio to release a mobile game simultaneously on iPhone and Google Glass — will others get on board though? Will the explosion in popularity of virtual reality headsets help or hinder it? It's still a wild wild west.
The potential of wearables will only be realised through thoughtful integration of hardware and software” says Mind Pirate CEO Shawn Hardin. Right now, “much of the mature infrastructure of the mobile arena” is missing in the world of wearables. The “myriad of unique sensor and hardware configurations atop increasingly diverse operating systems” makes it particularly difficult for developers to get started.""Link to Original Source


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Speaking at Tesla's AI Day event, Tesla CEO Elon Musk unveiled a humanoid robot called the Tesla Bot that works on the similar AI used by Tesla's vehicle. It is designed to eliminate repetitive, dangerous, boring tasks. Tesla Bot is 173 centimeters tall, weighs 57 kilograms, and has 40 electromechanical actuators powering its body. Its head is kitted out with the autopilot cameras used by Tesla's vehicles to sense the surroundings and contain a screen to display information. A working prototype of it will be ready next year. Later on, Musk said that the Robot is still in development. Automation will make physical work a choice later on, which will have significant implications for the economy and require universal basic info as government policy. Tesla announced an AI-optimised custom chip called D1, which it uses to make a supercomputer called Dojo. This machine is expected to deal with tremendous camera and sensor information measures from Tesla cars and train the neural networks behind Tesla's self-driving technology. After the presentation, a question was raised "This AI robot also be used as a weapon?" Musk replied, "What we're trying to do here at Tesla is make useful AI that people love and is ... unequivocally good."
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English sportscar brand Lotus has officially entered India today with its first model being the all-electric Eletre SUV. Priced from Rs 2.55 crore, the Eletre is now the most powerful and most expensive electric SUV in the country. It is also the first model that marked the beginning of Lotus' transition into an electric-only performance car brand.BTTV's Chetan Bhutani shows the details of the car.
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The Facebook founder and his wife, Priscilla Chan, are donating the money to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The company acquired Atlas in 2013 from Microsoft. Now, that service will be able to deliver more targeted ads using Facebook’s data.
“So now there’s some dormant Facebook account out there, and it’s just me and the Zuck.”
Facebook is updating its ranking algorithm to determine which stories are more important in a given moment than others.
Yes, Facebook Addiction is a real thing.
Facebook’s recent earnings results were a blowout, but the growth rate of its daily active users is dropping. That’s why its plan to bring the internet to the developing world is as much about its business as it is about philanthropy.
The company’s shares have now nearly doubled their IPO price.
Mobile advertising now represents 62% of the company’s total advertising revenue. The company reported its second-quarter earnings today.
Mark Zuckerberg is coming under fire again after it was revealed that Facebook manipulated the News Feeds of just under 700,000 users in the name of a science experiment to determine if online emotions were contagious. Anger among users at the perceived privacy violation spread quickly.
Just remember, life is not a race. It only feels that way.
Facebook rolled out an update to the iPad versions of its app, which will include a slot at the bottom right that shows popular games and content. Facebook says ads will eventually show up.
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It’s a push to get higher-quality apps on the platform, and also ensure that users know what apps are doing with their data, according to platform product manager Eddie O’Neil.
CEO Mark Zuckerberg is now preaching stability for Facebook’s platform, as the massive land grab for developers accelerates.
The company reported its first-quarter earnings Wednesday. Facebook has emerged as a dominant force in mobile advertising in just a few short years.
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One surprise in Facebook’s last earnings call was that Groups now has a half billion users, without its own mobile app. One of the application’s lead product managers talks about its rapid growth.
More than half of Facebook’s advertising revenue comes from mobile advertising. And it’s a big reason the company beat earnings expectations today.
As part of its 25th anniversary celebration this year, the news outlet is trying to pick the top CEOs for a program called “CNBC First 25.” The25 CEOs will be chosen with the help of an advisory board from a list of 200 nominees.
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After Facebook’s Snapchat clone was a dud, it tried to buy the original for $3 billion only to have the offer turned down. CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s next challenge will be figuring out what apps his company is actually capable of cloning — and which ones he needs to buy.
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Shares of Twitter will begin trading Thursday. Here’s a breakdown of how the road to its public market debut compares to Facebook’s last year.
Just after delivering a blowout earnings report, Facebook’s stock was up more than 15% in extended trading. Then, CFO David Ebersman said some things on a phone call.


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Brandon Mairs is a San Francisco-based entrepreneur with plans to introduce two cutting-edge new phones to the market in the next two years. The first, pictured above, is ultra-slim with wireless charging technology and its own operating system. The second, Mairs is only calling 'sci-fi status.' arubixs
The UpTake: Mobile phones haven't progressed enough for DIY aficionado Brandon Mairs, so he set out this fall to design a set of phones with their own unique operating system to challenge everyone in the market today.
Visit Brandon Mairs’s home in San Francisco, and you’ll see among the dozens of items he’s made by hand a wood-and-leather bed frame and headboard, and a once convertible Porsche with a hard-top roof.
The serial entrepreneur calls himself a "DIY guy" who is always "obsessively making everything he owns."
And that helps to explain why the founder of arubixs is so bullishly going after the mobile device industry with two products—the One-by-One, an ultra-slim, wireless-charging phone with its own operating system coming in January; and in 2015, a second phone so out there he’ll only describe it as "sci-fi status."
“It’s so far different that I think it may be ahead of its time,” says the Palo Alto native, who plans to spend 2014 rolling out the One-by-One and testing the out-there concept with consumers.
But no matter what the tests say, Mairs plans to bring both devices to market. “The only way to get viable data would be to actually launch,” he says.
Arubixs came out of Mairs’s own frustration earlier this year building an app that he hoped would look and work the same on iOS and Android. It would aggregate tasks, social networking, news and sports scores into one activity stream, with the most recent content at the top. It worked great on Android, but not so great on iOS.
“It was silly to me to have one application that is really kickass and the other one not as cool,” he says. His solution was to build a whole new operating system that could make Java or iOS apps look and function equally well.
And because most mobile manufacturers are already aligned with Google, Apple or Microsoft, he’d have to also find an unaffiliated device manufacturer to partner with. When a deal with a Chinese company fell through and he couldn’t find anyone else to partner with, he started tinkering. In taking apart phones and putting different components together, he landed on a prototype for the One-by-One and ideas for an even more progressive device.
"It's what I consider a smart device," he says. "I think it will help people learn more and quicker."
DIY seems to run in the blood of the 20-something San Francisco State University drop-out. He's been working on cars since age 13, and during college, in part to test out a business plan he wrote for class, he started a company manufacturing carbon fiber parts (spoilers and aerodynamic features) for high-end sports cars. His plan was always to learn the ropes of manufacturing and business-building, in order to start other companies and make a bigger impact on the world.
"If I started my own composites company, it would give me the experience and resources to develop stuff a lot more advanced than making parts for sports cars," he says. Two years later in 2010, after he'd secured intellectual property for a light-weight composite not before seen in the market, he sold the company.
He then started a consulting business called SKY Strategic, helping young companies set up manufacturing operations and develop marketing strategies. It was during that time, that he got involved in San Francisco's technology community and saw the opportunity to build software.
And that brings us to three months ago, when Mairs about-faced on the app to focus on the new operating system and a pair of devices that could transform the mobile phone industry. His goal is to make them cheaper and more energy efficient than others on the market, and with a screen and functionality drastically different than the icon-based, left-to-right scrolling Google and Apple phones. The first phone would mostly compete on price; the second, on functionality.
"Phones are just becoming so freaking identical to each other," Mairs says. "The only thing that is going to disrupt the market unless new manufacturer comes out is price wars. The technology is not evolving enough for anyone to see massive differences in devices.”
Mairs says he'll soon close a seed round of angel investment. He'll manufacture and assemble the devices in California, first through a vendor relationship and then through his own operation. He's hired sales people to begin talks with wireless carriers.
But not everyone has been confident in his fast timeline. A co-founder left the team recently and told him he'd be lucky to have his sci-fi device out in 2015.
His response? An expletive, and then, "Full speed ahead."
"I think people are ready for some change. They're ready to see something crazy," he says.
Laura Baverman is a business journalist newly relocated to Raleigh, North Carolina. Before her move, Laura spent nearly four years tracking Cincinnati's growing technology and startup scene for the Cincinnati Enquirer.
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The tech mogul Barry Diller was one in every of the primary billionaires to experiment with digital journalism within the 2000s, teaming up with longtime editor Tina Brown to start out The Each day Beast, a scrappy tabloid for the budding online era.
Now, Mr. Diller’s 14-year run as owner of the web muckraker could also be coming to an end.
IAC, the holding company founded by Mr. Diller that owns digital properties including People, Higher Homes and Gardens and Southern Living, has hired the advisory firm Whisper Advisors to explore the sale of The Each day Beast, in response to two individuals with knowledge of the choice.
The sale process is within the early stages, the people said, and it might not end in a deal. The worth The Each day Beast might command in a sale shouldn’t be clear.
An IAC spokeswoman declined to comment.
The Each day Beast has had journalistic successes, churning out scoops on the media industry and political and national security issues over time. Last yr, it broke the news that Herschel Walker, the Republican nominee for Senate in Georgia, was the daddy of kids he had not previously mentioned publicly.
However it hasn’t achieved the financial success of a few of Mr. Diller’s other investments. The positioning has been a small a part of Mr. Diller’s sprawling digital empire, operating independently of his other publishing brands, with its own chief executive and management team.
Like other digital-media corporations, The Each day Beast has turned to digital subscriptions to grow its business in recent times. The corporate charges $4.99 a month for unlimited access to its coverage, while offering an advertising-supported crossword puzzle five times every week. It also takes a cut of online sales for products that it recommends on Scouted, a piece of the location dedicated to web shopping.
It might be an inopportune time to explore a sale for Mr. Diller, whose record in digital media has included successful spinoffs of the dating conglomerate Match Group, the travel business Expedia and the video service Vimeo. Media stocks have fallen sharply over the past yr amid a broader market swoon, as skittish investors grew wary of the promoting and video-streaming businesses.
The Each day Beast’s aggressive reporting has also made it an occasional goal of lawsuits, which could complicate a sale. In 2020, the previous editorial director of Gawker sued The Each day Beast after the location published an article about Gawker’s tumultuous relaunch. The Each day Beast has said its article was accurate, and the lawsuit remains to be working its way through court.
Despite its relatively small staff — it has a newsroom of fewer than 100 journalists — The Each day Beast attracts a large audience. The positioning drew about 15 million visitors in November, in response to Comscore, a measurement firm.
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New Look’s dire financial situation has been laid bare in its latest annual report, where it recorded a sharp fall in sales and a swing to loss.
For the full year period ending March 24, New Look booked an underlying operating loss of £74.3 million compared to last year’s profit of £97.6 million, which was also down from £174.7 million the year prior.
Meanwhile, New Look’s UK sales plunged 11.7 per cent on a like-for-like basis, and website sales plummeted 19 per cent.
However, third party ecommerce sales fared better with a 15.5 per cent uptick in sales, although New Look brand like-for-like sales still tumbled 11.4 per cent.
As a result, New Look’s group-wide revenue fell 7.3 per cent to £1.34 billion for the year.
On the other hand, adjusted EBITDA came in at a loss of £10.7 million, although the retailer said this included a £34.2 million bill incurred from one-off costs.
The full-year results come after a tumultuous year for the fashion chain, which climaxed when it launched a CVA in March.
New Look, which is closing stores and cutting jobs as part of its CVA, said it has made “significant progress” on its CVA proceedings and that this would be reflected in next year’s results.
“Last year was undoubtedly very difficult for New Look, with a well-documented combination of external and self-inflicted issues impacting our performance,” executive chairman Alistair McGeorge said.
“Since November, we have focused on making the necessary changes to get the company back on track and reconnect with our customers.
“Our turnaround plan is now well underway, and we have already made substantial operational improvements to help stabilise the business, reduce our fixed cost base and put us in a better position to drive future full price sales.
“We have started the new financial year with a much cleaner stock position and are now seeing green shoots emerge.
“We still have more work to do to restore long-term profitability, but I am confident we are now better placed to achieve this than we were when I returned to the business over six months ago.
“Trading conditions will remain tough in the year ahead, but further operational efficiencies and a resolute focus on our core strengths and heartland customer will help to ensure we remain on the right track.”


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No, Pepsi Isn’t Really Getting into Smartphones
Designing a handset used to be a big deal. Some serious research, development and money went into each new cellular device. Hardware, software and sourcing were all challenges. Then came months of testing and complex certification procedures.
That was then. Now, it appears you can slap a logo on a cookie-cutter device and you’re in the phone business. It’s not quite that simple, but it’s getting close.
Reuters is reporting that soft drink maker Pepsi will indirectly enter the Chinese Android phone market through licensing deals with a local manufacturer. A story on MobiPicker points to a rather vanilla Android phone: a 5.5-inch 1080p display, 1.7 GHz processor, 16GB internal storage, a 13-megapixel rear and a five-megapixel front camera. There might be Pepsi-themed backgrounds, but the software appears to otherwise be stock Android. MobiPicker says the phone, the Pepsi P1, will be priced at about $205.
Of course, this isn’t about Pepsi diversifying into a new industry but rather about the company using its recognizable name. Brand consultancy firm Interbrand says the Pepsi logo is currently ranked as the 24th most valuable in the world, at about $20 billion. The company’s colours and fonts are well known in China and across the globe.
There aren’t details on the licensing deal but, for Pepsi, it’s a way to keep its logo visible in more places. Each time the user checks their phone, they’re selling a drink.
This isn’t unprecedented — we’ve seen similar licensing deals from fashion labels, consumer brands and even electronics makers. There are Alcatel and Philips smartphones, and there have been deals with Ferrari, Jeep, Kodak and Levi’s. Brands provide an emotional attachment for buyers.
Pepsi isn’t getting into the smartphone business even though there will soon be a Pepsi Android phone. It’s just as Pepsi isn’t in the apparel business despite plenty of Pepsi t-shirts around. It’s a matter of licensing to utilize corporate goodwill. The Android smartphone industry, it seems, is the new t-shirt market.
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Analysts forecast that Business First Bancshares, Inc. (NASDAQ:BFST) will post $0.58 earnings per share for the current fiscal quarter, Zacks reports. Two analysts have made estimates for Business First Bancshares’ earnings, with the lowest EPS estimate coming in at $0.56 and the highest estimate coming in at $0.61. Business First Bancshares posted earnings per share of $0.37 during the same quarter last year, which indicates a positive year over year growth rate of 56.8%. The firm is expected to report its next earnings results on Tuesday, April 27th.
According to Zacks, analysts expect that Business First Bancshares will report full-year earnings of $2.01 per share for the current year, with EPS estimates ranging from $1.75 to $2.21. For the next fiscal year, analysts forecast that the firm will post earnings of $1.98 per share, with EPS estimates ranging from $1.80 to $2.41. Zacks’ earnings per share calculations are a mean average based on a survey of analysts that follow Business First Bancshares.
Business First Bancshares (NASDAQ:BFST) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Sunday, January 24th. The company reported $0.68 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.50 by $0.18. Business First Bancshares had a return on equity of 8.71% and a net margin of 14.98%. The business had revenue of $49.13 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $41.37 million.
Shares of BFST traded down $0.06 during midday trading on Wednesday, reaching $23.09. 13,237 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 37,462. Business First Bancshares has a 52 week low of $10.00 and a 52 week high of $24.95. The company has a current ratio of 0.98, a quick ratio of 0.98 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.37. The company’s 50 day moving average is $23.75 and its two-hundred day moving average is $20.73. The company has a market capitalization of $479.93 million, a P/E ratio of 17.41 and a beta of 0.87.
The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Sunday, February 28th. Stockholders of record on Monday, February 15th were issued a $0.10 dividend. This represents a $0.40 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.73%. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, February 11th. Business First Bancshares’s dividend payout ratio is presently 22.22%.
In other news, EVP Alicia Robertson sold 8,630 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, February 17th. The stock was sold at an average price of $21.89, for a total value of $188,910.70. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through this link. Also, insider Warren Mcdonald sold 2,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, March 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $23.25, for a total value of $46,500.00. 7.60% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.
A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the business. BlackRock Inc. grew its holdings in Business First Bancshares by 11.6% in the fourth quarter. BlackRock Inc. now owns 1,073,615 shares of the company’s stock valued at $21,859,000 after purchasing an additional 111,346 shares during the period. State Street Corp grew its holdings in Business First Bancshares by 9.4% in the third quarter. State Street Corp now owns 236,116 shares of the company’s stock valued at $3,542,000 after purchasing an additional 20,201 shares during the period. JPMorgan Chase & Co. grew its holdings in Business First Bancshares by 30.3% in the fourth quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 146,745 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,988,000 after purchasing an additional 34,105 shares during the period. Mendon Capital Advisors Corp grew its holdings in Business First Bancshares by 64.2% in the fourth quarter. Mendon Capital Advisors Corp now owns 115,891 shares of the company’s stock valued at $2,360,000 after purchasing an additional 45,300 shares during the period. Finally, Bank of New York Mellon Corp lifted its position in shares of Business First Bancshares by 27.0% in the fourth quarter. Bank of New York Mellon Corp now owns 94,886 shares of the company’s stock valued at $1,932,000 after acquiring an additional 20,186 shares in the last quarter. 28.27% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.
Business First Bancshares Company Profile
Business First Bancshares, Inc operates as the bank holding company for b1BANK that provides various banking products and services. It offers various deposit products and services, including a range of checking, demand, money market, time, and savings accounts, as well as certificates of deposit; and remote deposit capture and direct deposit services.
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Looking for more evidence that China is set to take over from the U.S. as Apple’s biggest market?
According to a report from the Chinese-language news outlet Tencent, Foxconn is currently buying 50,000-60,000 second-hand iPhones per day through worldwide channels, and then selling these on to the Chinese market.
Roughly 80 percent of the iPhones are said to sell through stores in Hong Kong.
The report notes that second-hand iPhones are a good business to be in due to the high profit margins involved, and suggests that Foxconn is currently looking to set up a more official second-hand iPhone transaction ecosystem in China, since some people have been trying to boost profits by refurbishing older iPhones using second-rate components.
The suggested figure of 50,000-60,000 iPhone units per day is certainly big, although even at the top end it only translates to 21 million units per year. Given that some reports suggested that the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus pre-orders in China were more or less on par with the total 10 million iPhone sales worldwide in their opening weekend, perhaps an extra 21 million in twelve months really isn’t that much after all.
Recently, a new trade-in program was launched in China, whereby Foxconn was reported to be buying up older iPhone handsets to refurbish and resell.
Meanwhile, a separate interesting report from the Wall Street Journal claims that Foxconn is trying to get into the medical sensor industry by teaming with the Palo Alt-based Varian Medical Systems to get the rights to sell radiation-treatment devices in China.


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Empire Co. Ltd. reported its second-quarter profit and sales rose compared with a year ago as it announced plans to expand its Voila online grocery service to Alberta.
The company behind the Sobeys grocery store chain says it will launch Voila curbside pickup service in Alberta next year before starting home delivery service from a new customer fulfilment centre to be built in Calgary in 2023.
"We are now ready and well positioned to take the next meaningful step forward in our plans to win the e-commerce battle in Canada," said Michael Medline, Empire's president and CEO.
The announcement came as Empire reported a profit of $161.4 million or 60 cents per share for the quarter ended Oct. 31, missing analysts' expectations.
Analysts on average had expected a profit of 65 cents per share for the quarter and $6.93 billion in sales, according to financial data firm Refinitiv.
The second-quarter result compared with a profit of $154.6 million or 57 cents per share a year earlier when the results were boosted by unusually large property disposals by Crombie Real Estate Investment Trust that added six cents per share.
Sales in the quarter totalled nearly $6.98 billion, up from nearly $6.44 billion in the same quarter last year. Same-store sales, a key metric for retailers, were up 7.3 per cent. Excluding fuel, same-store sales were up 8.7 per cent.
The COVID-19 pandemic has upended the operations of retailers, which have invested more resources into health and safety for employees, and in some cases have offered pay raises to workers.
On a call with analysts Thursday, Medline said the company was taking steps to prepare for reduced capacity in its stores this winter, by adding outdoor structures and heaters to shelter customers waiting in lines outside and by offering virtual queuing technology to streamline the process.
Sobeys said in November that it was bringing back pay premiums for employees in cities that have seen new lockdown restrictions due to COVID-19, after offering raises earlier in the year.
Sobeys also said in October that it was committed to negotiating with vendors about fees, after groups complained about other major food retailers like Loblaw Companies Ltd. and Walmart Canada unilaterally hiking fees on suppliers. Food retailers charge their suppliers fees to cover costs such as marketing and distribution.
Empire's planned e-commerce expansion in Alberta comes as online grocery sales in Canada continue to grow, although at a slower pace than at the start of the pandemic, the company said in a news release.
Empire's e-commerce business saw growth of 241 per cent in the second quarter compared to the prior year, as a second wave of virus cases led to new lockdown measures in many parts of the country.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Dec. 10, 2020.
Companies in this story: (TSX:EMP.A)
Jon Victor, The Canadian Press


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The ad campaign could almost write itself. A couple stands under a threatening sky and the woman holds up her phone -- but not to send a text message or call her friends. "You can play music on your cell phone," the voiceover says somberly, "or take pictures, play games, even make phone calls -- and now you can detect lightning."
While that campaign might still be some future fantasy of mobile phone marketing execs, the idea behind it is now owned in a patent by leading cell phone maker Nokia.
Measuring the electromagnetic noise created by lightning, new phones from Nokia might someday not only be able to detect lightning, but also be able to determine how far away a recent lightning strike occurred. This would be done by detecting the electromagnetic signal in both the phone's channel and in another channel, such as FM radio, RFID, Wi-Fi, or Bluetooth.
Lightning bolts generate frequencies as low as 10 Hz and as high as 5 GHz, with a peak around 500 Hz. The device described in the Nokia patent could actually be any mobile radio-frequency device with "at least two communication channels or frequency bands, whereby at least one of which is normally a telecom channel/frequency range."
Nokia's patent notes that lightning strikes can actually occur when there are no visible clouds indicating a thunderstorm. While anyone could benefit from any amount of advance knowledge and location of a strike, Nokia said the most benefit could be to outdoor workers whose livelihoods and, often, lives depend on knowing the weather.
The patent notes that, on the high end, meteorological and single-band radio-frequency detectors are large and require a specific orientation, making them not well suited for mobile devices. On the low end, Nokia said in the patent, there are existing portable detectors that are susceptible to human-generated electromagnetic signals and, especially near cities or highways, are prone to false alarms.
Beginning of Sensor-Phone?
Gartner analyst Todd Kort said he didn't think a lightning-detection capability in a cell phone "would give much of a competitive advantage, unless you happen to live in an area where there is a lot of lightning."
While calling it an "interesting application," he said he didn't think it would help Nokia sell phones. He also noted that there might be other ways to provide lightning detection, perhaps with more accurate or detailed information, such as a weather service like weather.com providing "lightning alerts" to location-sensing phones.
Kort also noted that there are at least dozens of different sensors being developed to make the cell phone, already a kind of electronic "Swiss Army Knife," into more of a mobile safety detector for a variety of dangers.
"It wouldn't shock me," he said, "if, in 10 or 20 years from now, these kinds of sensors become common." A sensor that uses Bluetooth communication, for example, could alert a pacemaker owner of a problem with the life-critical device.


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While most banks and financial institutions cower in fear of recession and inflation, Bitcoin stands tall as the value for BTC rises. From a drop of $4,000 about two weeks back to its present price value of $13,000, Bitcoin has many reasons to smile. Crypto analysts and financial researches have made Bitcoin price predictions that shows Bitcoin BTC soaring to the $30,000 mark. While it seems an impossible fit, the rising trend of Bitcoin price value may make this not just wishful thinking. The stable nature of the BTC, even in the face of the financial storm that has made other cryptocurrencies wobble seems to attract more investors.
During an interview with cryptoanalysts and financial gurus, from our Bitcoin news today and Bitcoin price prediction, the $100,000 mark was a feasible target for the price of Bitcoin BTC by 2021. This Bitcoin price prediction came about from studying the patterns that have occurred previously. With the halving event coming up in 2020, analysts believe that the event will further push the price of BTC until it gets to $100,000 for Bitcoin BTC. Crypto analysts believe that the present fiscal policy being implemented by developed countries could aid in Bitcoin’s hope of achieving what naysayers deem impossible.
Bitcoin News Today – Bitcoin Price Prediction – Bitcoin Latest Update – Going Where No Other Cryptocurrency Has Gone
Bitcoin News Today learned that Morgan Creek founder, in an interview with Bloxlive TV hinted that Bitcoin price could well ascend beyond the $100,000 level formerly predicted for it. While this may seem even more fantastic than usual, the Morgan Creek founder based his assumption on the hope that Bitcoin would become more valuable than gold.
With the rise in awareness of cryptocurrency and the surge in investments by financial institutions, that Bitcoin price prediction may not be so absurd. The Morgan Creek founder believes that the value of gold will depreciate as more people divert to digital currency in the near future. He also postulated that since digital currency and Bitcoin, in particular, is easy to transact and transport than gold, it made sense that digital currency would likely replace gold.
Most crypto analysts believe that the government of some countries would inevitably help boost the reliance on digital currency and Bitcoin as well. This would happen due to the implementation of policies that would see the value of tradition currency dwindle. People would have no reason than to flock to digital currency to maintain economic relevance.
Bitcoin (BTC) Price Today – BTC / USD
Past records show a pattern that anytime Bitcoin BTC rises beyond the $10,000 mark, it continues to soar and pass the $20,000 level. If this trend is to be believed, then the present $13,000 mark that Bitcoin BTC currently holds will only be a stepping stone to higher heights. It would mean that Bitcoin would be able to go the distance as believed by cryptocurrency enthusiasts.
As there are a fixed number of Bitcoin in the market, 21 million Bitcoin token, financial researchers believe that this will drive up the price of Bitcoin BTC. To further drive the demand up, some of Bitcoin tokens are lost and can never be mined. This means that a scarcity of Bitcoin tokens is inevitable.


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The Dutch market regulator has warned gambling providers against an irresponsible “tidal wave” of advertising during the upcoming football World Cup in Qatar.
In a letter to license holders, the Kansspelautoriteit (Ksa) reminded operators of a recent appeal by Minister Franc Weerwind for them to moderate advertising around the tournament.
It said a total ban on untargeted advertising for high-risk games of chance is in the works, but the ban does not yet apply during the World Cup.
“The image of the gambling sector and individual gambling companies is not very good,” wrote René Jansen, chairman of the Ksa. “The bombardment of advertising after the opening of the legal market did not help.”
“Some form of advertising is necessary to draw attention to the legal offer. But gambling companies need to realize that another tidal wave of advertising is counterproductive.”
The Netherlands legalised gambling from October last year. In June this year, it moved to restrict advertising placing a ban on the use of celebrities in gambling ads.
The ban covers all people who enjoy some kind of public game, including former professional football players, influencers and models.
The statement from the Ksa points out that not all types of online gambling are permitted. For example, there is no bet on who will receive a yellow card or the first corner.
The Ksa said it would immediately take enforcement action over any violations.
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Digital banking on the rise in Asia, report says
MANILA, Philippines–Digital banking continues to gain significant ground in Asia, where nearly 700 million consumers were found to be using this platform regularly, given the rapid increase in Internet and smartphone adoption.
In a report entitled “Digital Banking in Asia: What do consumers really want?” multinational management consulting firm McKinsey and Co. pointed out that in developed Asian markets, Internet banking was nearly universal and smartphone banking had grown more than threefold since 2011.
In emerging Asian markets such as the Philippines, the trend was similarly dynamic, with about a quarter of consumers using computers and smartphones for their banking needs.
“The rise of digital banking in Asia has been anticipated for many years, but several factors have combined recently to accelerate this trend. Among the most important changes is the presence of a much stronger ecosystem to enable digital banking, which includes the rapid increase in Internet and smartphone adoption and growth in e-commerce, resulting in the demand for digital banking moving from early adopters to a broad range of customers,” said the report’s co-authors Sonia Barquin and Vinayak HV.
For this report, McKinsey conducted a survey from July to September 2014, during which the group polled about 16,000 financial consumers across 13 markets in Asia—including the Philippines—regarding their banking habits.
Developed Asia comprised six economies namely Australia (where 700 respondents were polled); Hong Kong (750 respondents); Japan (750 respondents); Singapore (750 respondents); South Korea (750 respondents); and Taiwan (800 respondents).
Emerging Asia, meanwhile, was composed of China (3,500 respondents); India (4,000 respondents); Indonesia (1,100 respondents); Malaysia (700 respondents); the Philippines (700 respondents); Thailand (750 respondents); and Vietnam (700 respondents).
Of the markets reviewed by McKinsey, the Philippines had the lowest digital banking penetration at only 13 percent in 2014. In contrast, South Korea and Australia posted the highest penetration at 96 percent, followed by Singapore at 94 percent, Hong Kong at 93 percent and Taiwan at 83 percent.
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LCBO LAUNCHES A TIME TO SPREAD CHEER CAMPAIGN
Annual holiday fundraising campaign returns December 1 to support the health and well-being of children and families
December 1, 2020 – Toronto – Beginning today, LCBO is rolling out its annual fundraising campaign for Ontario’s four children’s hospitals, this year titled A Time to Spread Cheer. Customers may choose to donate $2, $5 or $10 alongside their purchase, in stores and online at LCBO.com. Fundraising efforts will support Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO), Children’s Health Foundation, McMaster Children’s Hospital Foundation, and SickKids Foundation.
Donations from LCBO’s holiday fundraising campaign help improve the lives of children and their families across Ontario. This year, customer donations will fund vital hospital upgrades, help purchase new equipment, support a range of specialized treatments and ground-breaking research, and help young patients feel emotionally supported and less alone during COVID-19.
A Time to Spread Cheer campaign launches in all LCBO retail locations with promotion on digital channels and official social media platforms. Last year’s campaign raised over $6 million.
For LCBO store hours and updates and information related to a safe shopping experience during
COVID-19, please visit LCBO.com
The LCBO reminds customers to enjoy our products responsibly and return empty beverage alcohol containers (large and small glass bottles, PET plastic, Tetra Pak cartons, bag-in-box and cans) to The Beer Store for a full deposit refund.
For images and interview requests, please contact the LCBO Press Office.
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This year's theme is "the art of success" as we seek to explore how each of these impressive individuals have gotten to where they are today.
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Mike DelPrete found that iBuyers' business models differ from traditional home flippers. He also suggested iBuyers can profit from staying in their lanes.
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Reaching out and establishing connections is remarkably important, especially for small businesses and startups. Here are some approaches to keep in mind.
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Oakland has seen a 47 percent jump in homelessness- one of the largest surges of any California city. Residents and business owners are frustrated that elected officials aren't doing more to combat the problem.
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Nazzario Pozzi has resigned from his position as chief commercial officer of Italian leather furniture major Natuzzi. The post Pozzi resigns from Natuzzi appeared first on Furniture Today.
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Parallels Desktop 15 for Mac was launched two weeks back on 16th August 2019 in Singapore. It brings support for macOS Catalina (10.15) and provides supports DirectX 11, 10 and 9 on Apple Metal API for improved graphics.
There are four main focus areas with Parallels Desktop 15:
Parallels Desktop 14 for Mac was launched two days ago on 21st August 2018, just in time for macOS Mojave which is coming next month.
Parallels 14 is macOS Mojave ready. It supports Dark Mode and Quick Actions on Quick Look for Windows files. Support for additional Mojave features are in development and will be released alongside Mojave.
Parallels Desktop 13 for Mac was launched yesterday.
It brings support for MacBook Pro Touch Bar, macOS High Sierra, and upcoming Windows 10 features, such as the People Bar.
Parallels Desktop 12 for Mac is now available.
It supports the new Windows 10 Anniversary Update, and is ready for the upcoming macOS Sierra update.
The Acronis True Image Cloud & True Image 2016 was launched more than three months ago and last week, Acronis released a major update to them featuring these five new features.
The updates are based on input from customers who told Acronis that the two most common data protection problems that families face today are damaged or lost devices, and running out of disk space on their devices.
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Google unveiled it’s biggest change to its logo for the first time in 16 years! The design is flatter and the font used is now Sans-Serif. I think the logo now looks younger, brighter, and more cheerful.
The blue “g” logo has also been replaced with a four-color “G” to match the new logo.
Acronis True Image Cloud
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Parallels Desktop 11 for Mac is now available and it supports Windows 10 integration with Cortana.
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