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Gamious, a small Dutch game developer, is thrilled with the development progress ofTurmoil on Steam’s Early Access. The game has gone through a myriad of visual and content updates, based on community feedback. It has inspired Gamious to make lots of gameplay improvements, including new underground resources like gas and diamonds, a metagame, adding in-game statistics, bribes and kickbacks, special effects and music. In total, 14 updates have been pushed live in the last 22 weeks.
Since its debut on June 5th the game has sold almost 20,000 copies at a $9.99 sticker price with a very positive user rating of 89%.
The studio today released a new video showing the visual progress of Turmoil, starting with the very first playable prototype right through to its current state with a completely overhauled user interface and brand new animations.
“We truly feel like Turmoil is an example of how, when done right, Early Access can make a tremendous difference for small development studios” said Jos Bouman, Creative Director. “Community feedback has deeply impacted and shaped our vision for the game, while the revenue has given us the assurance to safely go all-in on Turmoil. Much of this would not have been possible otherwise.”
Turmoil is planned to be released in the first half of 2016 and will continuously be updated until that time. Gamious is working on an evolving story line, a stock buying system and new mining mechanics.


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Et tu, Village Inn?
Hot on the heels of the abrupt bankruptcy and closings of several Bar Louie locations in the state, Village Inn is shuttering more of its locations amid financial troubles of its own.
On Monday, Jan. 27, the owner of Village Inn (as well as other chains not found in Colorado), American Blue Ribbon, filed for bankruptcy protection. That's what happens when your earnings are flatter than a pancake for several years in a row. In 2018, the company lost $11 million followed by losing $7 million in 2019.
In addition to filing, six more restaurants were closed down in Colorado, as well as several others across the nation. They follow two that closed last year in Colorado Springs and Longmont, which means that a fourth of all Village Inn locations in the state have been shuttered. The location that recently closed are:
- 921 S. Havana St., Aurora
- 1190 E. First Ave., Broomfield
- 207 W. Wolfensberger Road, Castle Rock
- 12622 W. Ken Caryl Ave., Littleton
- 315 N E Colorado 105, Monument
- 4775 Kipling St., Wheat Ridge
Do we have to say goodbye to the pie? Hopefully, not. Courtesy of Village Inn (Facebook).
According to a press release, American Blue Ribbon said that the closures and financial troubles are related to growing competition from new dining concepts, ad spending by other restaurants, and growing competition from grocers. Rising labor costs, which have been the final straw for so many other Colorado eateries, was also an issue.
There's no word on whether more Village Inn's will fall, but according to the press release, the chain may have hope yet.
"The company believes a reorganization will facilitate the company’s Village Inn and Bakers Square restaurant brands evolution to a healthy core of restaurants and support an approach to the brands that is most beneficial for all stakeholders. As part of the reorganization, the company will explore a variety of strategic and structural initiatives to best position the company for success in the future," American Blue Ribbon said in the press release.
Interestingly, this is the second time Village Inn, which was founded in Colorado, has gone through bankruptcy. The first time, under a different parent company, happened in 2008. Will it be able to rise from the ashes of bankruptcy this time around? We'll have to wait and see, but you may want to go and eat your favorite meals there while you still can.

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India's largest telco Bharti Airtel has closed its network to incoming text messages from subscribers of two rival operators, Aircel and Reliance Communications.
Airtel executives said it was forced to do this after the two companies started flooding its network with "free spam messages", according to an article Monday in the Economic Times.
"They [Aircel and Reliance] are sending free SMS to our networks, which, in turn, is impacting the quality of service on our network and, therefore, the quality of service to our own customers," an Airtel spokesperson said in the report.
However, both telcos deny the allegations and claim Airtel's move was a pressure tactic just ahead of the festive holiday Diwali to force them to pay more for SMS termination charges.
"The timing of this step on the eve of Diwali reflects Bharti's blatant disregard for the interests of millions of customers and is another instance of abuse of market position by Bharti," a Reliance spokesperson said in the report.
Reliance also slammed the company for undertaking the move unilaterally without consulting regulators, but Airtel defended itself saying "allowing any misuse of our network would compromise the quality of service for our own customers during the festival season".
According to Aircel, it had been asked by Airtel to sign a bilateral interconnect agreement, which said 10 paise (US$0.0018) per SMS will be charged to a non-Airtel customer--an issue that has dragged on since Nov. 2011.
"We are resisting this as the cost for our customers would go up significantly," the Aircel spokesperson noted in the report.
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GM, CAW reach tentative agreement on new labor pact
Deal adds, preserves 1,750 jobs, as well as future Impala output, union says
The Canadian Auto Workers reached a tentative labor agreement with General Motors that the union said will secure new investment, preserve jobs and delay the shutdown of a major assembly line.
The settlement covering wages and benefits for about 8,200 workers followed a day of back-and-forth negotiations between the union and the U.S. automaker.
"In today's economy, in today's market share, it meets our goals," CAW President Ken Lewenza said following a marathon 30-hour bargaining session.
Rank-and-file approval of the contract would ensure continued production of such Canadian-built vehicles as the Chevrolet Equinox, Camaro and Impala.
In addition to the Chevrolet models, GM builds the GMC Terrain, Buick Regal and Cadillac XTS in Canada.
The union said the proposed four-year deal will add or maintain 1,750 jobs -- a key objective of CAW officials during labor talks this year with Detroit automakers.
GM has pledged to invest C$675 million in Canada over the life of the agreement, CAW officials said.
Lewenza said GM has agreed to add a third shift on the flex line at its Oshawa, Ontario, assembly plant early next year, which will create or maintain 900 jobs.
In June, GM announced plans to shutter the line in 2013, affecting about 2,000 jobs.
The line currently builds the Impala, which will be redesigned next year and assembled at GM's Detroit-Hamtramck plant.
CAW officials said GM has agreed to build the all-new Impala in Oshawa, as well.
Under the pact, Lewenza said GM will build the next-generation Impala on one shift, employing about 750 workers. Production could be increased to two shifts in 2014, he added.
The union said GM also will add or maintain another 100 jobs as part of new investments planned at its St. Catharines, Ontario, engine and powertrain manufacturing operations.
But Lewenza told journalists his biggest disappointment during the GM negotiations was that the union wasn't able to secure output of a new vehicle.
"When you're in market share decline, you can't win a product," he said.
The union represents about 21,000 workers at Ford, GM and Chrysler. Canada accounts for about 16% of all the light-vehicles the three automakers assemble in North America.
But the strong Canadian dollar and concessions the automakers secured a year ago from the UAW have undermined the competitiveness of Canada as a manufacturing base.
Lewenza said the GM pact should help maintain the automaker's fixed costs at current levels and put the union in a competitive position to win future investments.
"That was our goal," Lewenza said.
GM, which received financial support from the Canadian and Ontario governments as part of its 2009 bailout, suggested the deal addressed its competitive needs against an unfavorable macro-economic climate.
"This set of talks with our labor partner have been candid and constructive, reflecting the challenges facing Canadian manufacturers," David Wenner, general director of labor relations for GM of Canada, said in a statement.
The company declined to comment further on specifics in the plan, pending a ratification vote.
The union reached a tentative labor pact with Ford Motor Co. on Monday that it is using as a pattern for deals with GM and Chrysler.
The Ford agreement mostly eliminates cost-of-living raises for workers and retirees. Ford agreed to create about 600 jobs, including a partial third shift at a vehicle-assembly plant in Oakville, Ontario, the union said.
Ford workers will receive C$2,000 ($2,046) lump-sum payments annually in later years, in lieu of raises, and a C$3,000 ratification bonus upon approval of the deal.
The union said cost-of-living adjustments would be suspended until June 2016.
Voting on the Ford deal is scheduled for this weekend and the results are expected late Sunday, the union says.
Chrysler negotiations continue
Negotiations between the CAW and Chrysler Group LLC are continuing.
Chrysler is the smallest of Detroit's automakers but has one of the largest active payrolls and manufacturing footprints in Canada, where it builds minivans and large sedans.
Lewenza on Thursday warned the union would provide strike notice against Chrysler if a deal can't be reached.
"To the Chrysler workers we represent in Canada: Be patient. I hope the patterns established will give Chrysler the confidence," Lewenza said. "We're not fearful of providing a strike notice. If Chrysler is going to resist that pattern we may have to use that tool."
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Block Entertainment rapper Yung Joc has been tapped to star in a new national ad campaign promoting Rockport's Established 1971 collection.
Launching in the Spring of 2007 in select magazines, the print ads also features R&B singer Lyfe Jennings, actor Wood Harris and MTV television personality, Coltrane Curtis.
"I'm pleased to be in a position to help market and introduce a new and fresh product such as Rockport's [Established 1971] urban line," Yung Joc told AllHipHop.com.
The ad campaign was shot in Miami and features each celebrity representing different styles of dress.
"We identified four, dynamic entrepreneurs sharing Rockport's passion for innovation and self-expression," said Curtis Charles, Rockport senior vice president of sales. "The Established 1971 collection is about individualism and authentic flavor and style. "
In addition to the ad campaign, each celebrity will participate in special Established 1971 events that will take place in various local markets throughout the United States.
Rockport, which is a company within the adidas Group, manufactures, designs, distributes and markets footwear, apparel and accessories for men, women and children worldwide.


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ONE OF A KIND. After three and a half years, The Macallan’s striking new distillery and visitor experience opens its doors to the public
The Macallan’s new distillery (photo by Ian Gavan)
The Easter Elchies estate in Speyside, Scotland, has been home to The Macallan since 1824. Now, it is also home to the prestigious brand’s new and unique distillery. For one, the structure is quite striking and visually distinct thanks to its undulating timber roof, which has been described one of the most complicated structures of its kind in the world. It also holds the distinction of being the first distillery in Speyside, which is a famous whisky producing region, to be designed by an internationally acclaimed architect, in this case Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners, who have also created Heathrow Airport’s Terminal 5 and The Centre Pompidou in Paris.
It’s also interesting to note that the architecture cuts into the slope of the countryside. Besides making the distillery appear even more aesthetically pleasing, it actually helps minimalize its visual impact on the surrounding landscape. All in all, the distillery beautifully reimagines the rustic appeal of ancient Scottish hills.
The distinctive roof of the new distillery (photo by Ian Gavan)
Construction of the distillery (photo by Mark Power, Magnum Photos)
“The new distillery and visitor experience is outstanding, it’s like nothing else I’ve ever seen,” said The Macallan’s Managing Director Scott McCroskie. “It will give us an unbelievable asset at the heart of the macallan brand that will serve us well for years to come.”
The entire project was first announced back in 2012, while building began in December 2014. Turning the ambitious design into reality was Elgin-based Robertson Construction. The stills of the new distillery, which, by the way, started operating in December last year, were crafted by Scottish coppersmiths Forsyths. They have actually been making The Macallan’s distinctive stills—described as “curiously small”—since the 1950s.
The so-called “curiously small” stills (photo by Ian Gavan)
Finally, early this month, the visitor experience opened its doors to the public.
Today, the new distillery will allow The Macallan to ramp up production by approximately a third when required. This will certainly come as welcome news for fans of the brand and whisky connoisseurs all over the world. “‘This is an exciting occasion for Edrington and The Macallan,” said Ian Curle, Chief Executive of Edrington. “The unsurpassed quality of The Macallan is in high demand and we face the future confidently with this new distillery. It’s an authentic, abiding, ambitious investment that will match consumer expectations for generations to come.”
The Macallan Bar (photo by Ian Gavan)
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In December, the member states of the EU approved the European Commission’s Small Business Act (SBA), the EC’s plan to unburden Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs) from the mountain of red-tape which currently afflicts them.
Key to the SBA was the introduction of a new corporate vehicle, known as the European Private Company or Societas Privata Europaea (SPE). The proposal has yet to be ratified but is expected to receive the green-light from the European Parliament in the spring, with SPEs being rolled out in 2010.
One of the reasons behind the creation of the vehicle is to encourage Europe’s SMEs to take part in the single market. Currently, only 8% of SMEs engage in cross-border trade and just 5% have subsidiaries or joint ventures abroad – considering that such companies make up 99% of businesses in the EU, this is a massive shortfall.
There is an additional reason, which is to distinguish between large companies and SMEs. Under current regulation and legislation small to medium-sized outfits are subject to a similar level of bureaucracy as large organisations. Larger companies will still be able to enjoy the SPE however – so long as they aren’t publicly listed – and could prove attractive to cross-border groups, allowing them to simplify their structure and duplicate it for all of their EU subsidiaries.
Ease of use
The overarching goal of the introduction of the SPE is to make life easier for companies to operate outside of their home nation. SPE’s will have the same management structure no matter where they are located in the EU, enabling such businesses to reduce the costs associated with setting up different companies in numerous states.
The use of the SPE is open both new and existing companies. The SPE will also have no restrictions in the method of formation – it can be established by one or more founders, individuals or companies, and will require a capital requirement on formation of just €1. The marks a change from the traditional approach to company formation, where usually a high minimum capital is asked for as a means of creditor protection. The EC is arguing that in reality creditors are more concerned with a company’s assets and its cash flow than it’s paid in capital.
Current cross-border regulations demand that companies have shareholders from different EU member states or show evidence of cross-border activity. Under the proposed SPE Statute, this requirement is abolished. This will make it far easier for European SME’s to engage in activities outside home borders, and will be able to tap into the single-market from its inception.
The SPE Statute would take legal primacy in the running of an SPE over national company law. Such regulations will include all the basics such as formation, company shares, capital requirement and organisation. National law, as well as existing EU legislation, only comes into play when there are issues relating to labour and tax laws, accounting, insolvency and contractual rights and obligations of its shareholders (other than those dealt with in the company’s articles of association), as well as employee rights.
Part of the rationale behind the idea of the SPE was to avoid trying to harmonise all the differing and, in many cases, out-dated legislation governing SME’s in the member states. By offering up a uniform model, the Commission has saved itself a lot of unnecessary hard work.
Back to the future
Considering the idea of a European company was first floated 30 years ago and then revived in 2000, if we do see an SPE just two years after the EC unveiled its proposal, it will be a major breakthrough. Private equity will no doubt wait until others embark on the enterprise before adopting the form for any of its portfolio companies, but the benefits, particularly in regards to cross-border activity are clear to see.
In a note on the subject, UK aw firm SJ Berwin called the proposal “innovative, and blends the better part of national, cultural and legal norms to create a flexible structure which is likely to be most attractive to businesses operating in countries with relatively less developed company laws of their own, or those whose corporate law is outdated and inflexible.”
One concern is the flexibility of the SPE. This will require member states to undertake a review and probably a reform of their existing regulations to allow such a flexible structure to exist. This should not be an insurmountable obstacle, and noises emanating from those close to the legislative process are positive.


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Xbox Cloud Gaming is coming everywhere, including to the PC and iOS via browser integration. No matter what your device are, you can enjoy Xbox games anywhere.
The Xbox strategy of being everywhere and anywhere is starting to pay off. Xbox Cloud Gaming will bring Xbox games in almost every platform except the Sony Playstation. It will even allow players to enjoy the games even in low-spec systems.
Xbox to stream via browser integration
Microsoft has always planned to expand most of its cloud offerings. Xbox made it clear that they want not only to improve their first-party options but have a presence as a third-party everywhere.
With the arrival of Xbox Cloud and Game Pass gaming on PC and iOS, the entire platform should work wonders. The system will be available via browser integration, which is perfect for platforms such as the iOS.
For players, as long as they have an Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscription, players can stream from the cloud. They can use it on every iOS, Android, Xbox or Windows 10 PC.
In an announcement on Xbox Wire, Xbox Cloud head Catherine Gluckstein posted the momentous event.
“At Xbox, our mission is simple: bring the joy and community of gaming to everyone on the planet,” said Gluckstein. “To achieve that, we aspire to empower everyone to play the games you want, with the people you want, anywhere you want.
“We are creating a future that combines the gaming heritage of Xbox and the power of Azure. A future where we bring high fidelity, immersive games to the 3 billion players around the world. Now we’re taking a big step forward to reaching that vision: Starting today, Xbox Cloud Gaming is available to all Xbox Game Pass Ultimate members with Windows 10 PCs and Apple phones and tablets, via browser, across 22 countries.”
Xbox Cloud doesn’t need high specs
So far, Xbox Cloud Gaming should be a great experience. The spec requirements are not too high, with minimum requirements between 10 to 25 Mbps of internet. The gameplay won’t be too different with playing on an actual Xbox Series X.
In fact, XCloud players will actually play on custom Xbox Series X hardware. Microsoft data centers have Xbox Series X hardware connected to them. This allows players to play not only on the latest console but the most powerful one too.
For now, Xbox Cloud Gaming will have an upper limit of 1080p resolution on 60fps. This should not be much of a problem, considering those who will use XCloud will be those on mobile or on low-spec devices.
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The watermelon production has been growing for years in the greenhouses of Almeria. In the more than 9,500 hectares that the Government of Andalusia had registered in the province last season, the production amounted to almost 550,000 tons, according to the "Final report of the 2020/21 season of the protected horticultural sector in Almería", prepared by the Prices and Markets Observatory. This entailed an increase of 12% over the figures of the previous season.
However, unusually cold and rainy weather in Europe prevented this increase in the production from being accompanied with an increase in consumption. In fact, the significant mismatch between supply and demand had a decisive impact on prices, to the point that the Association of Organizations of Fruit and Vegetable Producers of Almeria (Coexphal) was forced to throw away more than 150,000 kilos of melons and watermelons that were suitable for consumption.
Watermelons are an essential product for Almeria's agricultural sector. The province, which is the first in Europe to produce watermelons each season, accounts for almost half of the total national production and drives Spain to the leadership of world exports of this product. The big question arising at this time, when the new season is starting with the planting of seedlings in greenhouses, is whether the consequences of last season will mark the decisions of export-oriented growers this year.
José Blanco Céspedes, general manager of Grupo Cristalplant.
"Given the development of last year's campaign, in general this campaign has started with much skepticism. There is no joy among producers due to the current situation, marked by the low profitability of farms, not only because of low marketing prices, but also because of a general increase in the cost of inputs. At times like, producers switch to safer crops, such as zucchini, while waiting for more propitious times," says José Blanco Céspedes, general manager of Grupo Cristalplant.
"As for watermelons, for now we have observed that the low yields situation has not set a trend in terms of the campaign moving towards earlier dates," says José, recalling that last season, watermelon plantations had later harvests. "There continues to be a shift towards seedless varieties, both white and black. The mini varieties have not been in great demand so far and we don't know if this will change during the campaign."
Grupo Cristalplant owns seedbeds strategically spread out across different locations in Almería (El Ejido, San Agustín, Las Norias de Daza, Níjar or Campohermoso), from where it supplies a wide range of seedlings each season that will eventually yield some of Almería's top fruit and vegetable products for export. And operations are not limited to Almería. The Group has a total of 13 delegations distributed between Almeria, Granada and Seville.
"We are a very active company in this sense. We aim to position ourselves in all those areas that are leaders in agriculture, most often due to the eagerness to learn new techniques and new ways of producing that we then try to incorporate and adapt to our natural environment with the idea of striving for greater differentiation.
"Grupo Cristalplant has closed the 2020/21 campaign with a production volume close to 200 million seedlings, and although the work is still mostly carried out manually, we are committed to R&D, always looking for improvements in the quality of the product, as well as on making a better use and optimization of our resources that will result in lower costs."
"In our group we are always on the lookout for possible new business opportunities, both in our main branch of activity and in the other activities that make up what is now our company. Let's not forget that Grupo Cristalplant is not just involved in breeding, but in all sectors linked to agriculture in the region, including irrigation, integrated control, supplies or ornamental plants. In fact, there will be news soon," says José Blanco.
For more information:
José Blanco Céspedes
Paraje La Cumbre s/n
04717 San Agustín, El Ejido, Almería. Spain
Tel.: +34 950 565 032


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Draft programme of R&I Days 2020 published
The European Commission has published the draft programme of the European Research and Innovation Days 2020, taking place online on 22-24 September. In the light of the COVID-19 crisis, this year's Research and Innovation Days will be a fully virtual event.
The European Research and Innovation Days is the European Commission’s annual flagship event, bringing together policymakers, researchers, entrepreneurs and citizens to debate current EU research and innovation issues. In a crucial year, following an unprecedented global crisis, just ahead of the launch of Horizon Europe and an enhanced European Research Area, the event will focus on discussing how research and innovation will benefit the future of Europe.
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Fitted cap purveyors Estate LA will celebrate the launch of their Downtown Denver pop-up store with a “Real Tree Camo” exclusive. The cap will feature a tree camo print with vibrant orange flaps becoming the first Estate LA cap of its kind to be sold to the public. Retail will be $45 while the opening party will take place this Saturday November 15th from 8pm-12pm at Family Affair in Denver, Colorado. Along with the exclusive cap dropping on Sunday the 16th, the store will offer several special releases and collabo’s only available at Family Affair. The pop-up store will remain open until December 31st, 2008.
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Supplement Use By Youth For Sports Performance Improvement
I found a news article a few days ago about the usage of nutritional supplements by kids. The article discusses a study that was originally published earlier this year. It focused on the use of supplements by children and adolescents for the purpose of improving sports performance. So what do I think about all of this?
So what are my thoughts on the study? I decided to put my them on video. Here they are:
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Google to Hold Android Event Oct. 29; New Nexus Phones Expected
A new version of Android and new phones are expected at Google's event.
Oct. 18, 2012 — -- The October tech bonanza continues.
As expected, Google will hold an event on Oct. 29, at which it is expected to show off the next version of Android, called Key Lime Pie, and announce at least one, and perhaps several, new devices.
Last year Google released its Galaxy Nexus phone in partnership with Samsung. Now it is expected to release a new Nexus phone in partnership with LG. Photos of the new Nexus have popped up on technology websites over the past few weeks. It is rumored to have a quad-core processor, 2GB of RAM, and a large HD display.
Other sites have also reported that there might be a Sony Nexus device released as well. The Wall Street Journal reported in May that Google was working with multiple partners on the Nexus lineup. There are also rumors that Google has plans to drop the price of its Nexus 7 tablet to $99.
The event, which will be held in New York City, will coincide with Microsoft's Windows Phone 8 launch event, which is being held in San Francisco on the same day. The week before, Microsoft will release Windows 8 for computers and tablets and Apple is expected to release the so-called iPad Mini tablet.
ABC News will be at the Google event, which starts at 10:00 a.m. ET on the 29th. Stay tuned for our coverage live from the ground.
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Adweek writes in a new report that Apple has restructured its relationship with longstanding partner of TBWA Media Arts Lab to focus more on digital advertising and advertising locally designed content. At the same time, the company cut down on the big global campaigns.
An employee at TBWA tells Adweek Agency is about to rearrange the organization to "be able to keep pace with how people consume media and content".
What it does include reduced resources to translate and localize campaigns, but increased resources for digital, data analysis, and social platforms. Local departments such as London and Tokyo has been instructed to focus on developing their own material that is more suited for these markets.
One example of the new local initiative is "Shot on iPhone" campaign , which has received several local versions that appear only on certain markets. Below a carnival-inspired advertising from Brazil, created by Lew'Lara TBWA in São Paulo.


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Tech holiday gift guide
By Ronnie Gill Take one tablet and call us in the morning. The question is, which tablet do you take? In tech's own version of Tablet Wars, Apple recently announced the release of two new versions of iPad on the same day that Microsoft introduced Surface Pro 2 and Nokia the Lumia 2520. And let's not forget about the Google Nexus 7, released a couple of months back. Here's a look at some of the latest in the sizzling tablet market, as well as other state-of-the-art electronic gadgets and gizmos for the techies on your holiday gift list.


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According to Intel CMO Karen Walker, B2B buyer behaviour has changed “drastically” over the past five years. The differences between a consumer’s and business buyer’s path to purchase used to be considerable – but with everything now moving online, that gap is beginning to shrink.
A recent study by Gartner found only 17% of a business buyer’s time is now spent meeting with suppliers. While over a quarter of their time (27%) is allocated to independent online research.
For Walker, this means B2B is becoming a “really exciting” place for marketers, as the role marketing can play in a firm’s go-to-market strategy becomes “much bigger”.
“Marketing has changed more in the last five years than it has in the last 25 years in the B2B space,” she tells Marketing Week.
“What we’re finding is that people are taking their Sunday night shopping experience and bringing it into their Monday work day, and doing the exact same things.”
Marketing therefore has a much broader role to play in using all elements of the marketing mix to reach business buyers online and guide them through their purchasing journey until they need to speak to a human, while also creating a great buying experience, Walker says.
In fact, she no longer thinks about “sales” and “marketing” in the path to purchase, but about “digital” and “humans”.
“In the consumer world, if they have to talk to a human that means something’s gone wrong. But in the business world, it means: ‘I’ve done all the research, I’ve done all the analysis, I’ve got A, B and C I need to choose from… I’m well informed and educated, but I need to sit down and have a really deep conversation with a human who’s an expert’,” she explains.
The fun in B2B
A chemistry graduate, Walker chose not to go into pharmaceuticals post-university, instead joining tech business HP when it still had only around 150 UK employees. In the more than 30 years since then she has held both B2B and B2C marketing roles, both at HP and in her 10 years at Cisco Systems.
At Intel, Walker gets to walk both lines. Although the semiconductor and computer tech business sells primarily to computer system manufacturers, and not to end-users, reaching and engaging consumers with its brand is still a big part of its strategy. How Intel is ‘reigniting’ its brand as it preps for ‘massive growth’
B2B marketing often gets side-lined next to its B2C counterpart, viewed as less glamorous, less relevant and less interesting. But Walker’s passion for B2B is evident, as she cites its variety, complexity and accountability as part of what she thinks makes B2B marketing “really fun”.
“There’s much more variety and you actually think about the whole marketing mix, [from] events to demand generation,” she explains.
Many B2B companies, particularly in tech, go to market as an “ecosystem” of partners rather than as a sole brand, she adds, which adds a uniqueness and complexity to marketing’s role.
“You’re actually playing a much bigger role. You’re igniting a whole ecosystem around you,” Walker says. “So [in B2B] you get to do the big brand play, the big product play, you get to do everything from partner and sales enablement to co-marketing with partners.”
Embrace the technology and the data. It’s really becoming a data driven function, which is a little different from the past.
Karen Walker, Intel
Most B2B marketers are also held “accountable” for the demand pipelines they create and how they convert to revenue with their own pipeline goals, Walker claims.
“There’s a much harder connection between the top of funnel brand and demand generation, in my experience,” she explains.
“I just think it’s more interesting. It’s a little more complex, but I think that makes it more of a challenge, and you are exercising more of your marketing muscles, frankly.”
Advice for junior marketers
In March, Intel announced plans to invest up to €80bn (£67.8bn) over the next 10 years to build up Europe’s supply chain for semiconductor chips. As part of this growth journey, the business expects to create more than 5,000 internal jobs.
As it heads towards this recruitment drive, the business is “reigniting” its brand to attract a younger demographic of employee. That includes younger marketers, something Walker says she is “really excited” about.
Asked what advice she would give marketers looking to kickstart a career in B2B, Walker says for the most part, the “fundamentals” remain the same as B2C: “Know thy customer more than anything else”.
The leaps made forward in data and tech over recent years have made it even more imperative that marketers act as the voice of the customer, she explains. Whereas in the “old days” a B2B company’s strategy might have been informed by a salesperson’s conversation with a major client, in which the client said ‘X’, now marketers can say: “We listened to 10 million visitors to our website in the last three months and they actually said ‘Y'”.Why B2B is the new marketing career destination of choice
“You are the customers’ advocate, because you get to listen to them and hear what they’re thinking and what they’re talking about and what they’re talking to each other about. That’s really powerful,” Walker says.
“Embrace the technology and the data. It’s really becoming a data driven function, which is a little different from the past.”
Plus, with the purchasing journey now digitalised, many traditional B2C techniques are now prevalent in B2B, Walker adds. Personas, for example, offer B2B marketers the “fun” of thinking from a human standpoint, while bringing it into a business context.
Ultimately, Walker advises marketers to “just jump in” to B2B. “It’s really challenging, it’s a little bit more complex… but it’s really fun. That’s what I want to get across,” she concludes.


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Copenhagen Fashion Week has gone 'phygital', part physical part digital, this time due to Covid 19 restrictions in Denmark. Despite the restrictions, one thing hasn't changed is the urgency for fashion brands to come with sustainable ideas and action plans for the existing climate crisis.
Cecilia Thorsmark, CEO of CFW, stresses the fact that now many brands have realized during the pandemic that there is an urgent need to bring sustainability in-frame and without it, our system is distorted. She says as a need of the hour, our objectives for fashion week are highly encouraged and there is a need for brands to not only use fashion weeks for showcasing collections but also to showcase sustainable designs and circular models. The 3-years sustainability action plan has already been launched in 2020 January by CFW, which has a weighted point system, which will show the brands' green efforts. It will be going ahead in setting a more ambitious target for 2023 and will be releasing soon its baseline scores.
Rikke Baumgarten and Helle Hestehave, founders of Baum und Pferdgarten say CFW can play a vital role in setting a global agenda. They have made commitments for 2024. The CFW 2023 action plan includes 17 minimum requirements that brands will have to meet such as having at least 50% certified, organic, upcycled or recycled textiles in all collections, only sustainable packaging and many more. Thorsmark keenly believes that fashion weeks can bring global impact and other fashion weeks should also use such platforms to bring awareness.
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Alcatel Claims Thinnest Smartphone Title
Alcatel One Touch today announced three new phones, including what the company claims is the world's thinnest smartphone, plus a smartphone using the new quad-core chipset from MediaTek. All are GSM/HSPA models.
- Idol Ultra: At just 6.45 mm thin - the world's thinnest, according to Alcatel - this phone still packs in a 4.7-inch HD OLED display, 8-megapixel camera, and 1.2 GHz dual-core processor. It runs Android 4.1. The Idol Ultra is not currently slated for U.S. release due to FCC regulations, according to an Alcatel spokesperson.
- Idol: An ultra-light smartphone weighing in at 3.88 ounces and 8.15 mm thin. Features are similar to the Idol Ultra, including dual-core 1.2 GHz processor, 4.7-inch qHD IPS LCD display, and 8-megapixel camera. It also runs Android 4.1. The Idol is planned for U.S. release in the third quarter of 2013.
- Scribe HD: A phone for those who want a 5-inch screen, the Scribe HD also sports the new MediaTek MT6589 1.2 GHz quad-core chipset, plus an 8-megapixel camera, 4G data, and it runs Android Jelly Bean. The Scribe HD may come to the U.S. in mid-2013.
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Samsung today announced its lineup of flagship phones for 2022: the Galaxy S22 series. The top-end S22 Ultra sees the biggest changes as it essentially absorbs Samsung's Note series with an integrated S Pen stylus and a more Note-like shape and design, instead of the Contour Cut design of the other models.
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Apple has revealed the iPhone 14 series, with new features, improved specs, and new size options. In place of a Mini option, the iPhone 14 will come in the same 6.1-inch and 6.7-inch screen size options as the Pro models.
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Alcatel today announced four new affordable phones in its 1- and 3-series. While they are mostly similar to least year's models, all have significantly larger batteries.
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Samsung today officially unveiled its Galaxy S21 series of flagship phones for 2021. All three models sport a distinctive new "Contour Cut Camera" design where the metal frame extends around one corner to surround the rear cameras.
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Sony has been rather good as of late with keeping everyone in the loop on their upgrade process to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. They however made a change to the list yesterday removing the Xperia Play or PlayStation Phone. Sony later confirmed that the device will not see the OS upgrade stating,
A consistent and stable experience, particularly with gaming, cannot be guaranteed for this smartphone on Ice Cream Sandwich… in this instance the ICS upgrade would have compromised stability.Advertisement
This has to be bad news for many who were told by Sony that their entire 2011 Smartphone lineup would receive the upgrade to ICS. The rest of the list should be seeing their upgrades around the end of June, so this is bad news for some and good news for others.


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McGraw-Hill Companies named to sustainability indexes
The McGraw-Hill Companies announced it has
been named to the Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes (DJSI) in
recognition of the Corporation’s commitment to superior sustainable
development in its business operations. McGraw-Hill has been
recognized as a sustainability leader by both the DJSI World
Index and DJSI North America Index.
Launched in 1999, the Dow Jones Indexes together with SAM, an
investment boutique focused exclusively on sustainability investing,
review companies annually on a range of issues including corporate
governance, environmental policy, climate strategy, supply chain
standards and labor practices. Only ten percent of the world’s
largest corporations are selected for the DJSI World Index.
In 2009, McGraw-Hill underscored its commitment to enhancing
the economic, social and environmental well-being of the communities
it serves through several initiatives, which have led to:
- Reducing the consumption of printing paper by a third in
2009 as compared to 2008. In addition, 30 percent of the office
paper used in 2009 had recycled content.
- Use of 100 percent corrugated recycled paper and plastic
shrink wrap for all packaging within the United States.
- Cutting the number of total shipping cartons used from
2.59 million in 2008 to 2.37 million in 2009.
The corporation’s commitment to corporate social responsibility
was also recently spotlighted by being listed on the FTSE4 Good
Index Series, and the company has been ranked highly on Newsweek’s
Green Rankings Index and Corporate Responsibility Magazine’s
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You have probably heard about – and may even know – people who refused to buy VWs and Mercedes-Benzes because of the dealings of those companies with the government of national socialist Germany during the years the national socialists ran Germany. Well, how about cars made under the auspices of the Chinese Communist Party?
Word has just leached out that Elon Musk will be importing a Chinese executive to oversee the new Tesla plant in Austin, Texas. His name is Tom Zhu and The Street says the Texas gig may be just a stepping stone to his next gig as the future CEO of Tesla.
Some might say this is comparable to having someone like Martin Bormann – a high official of the national socialist government of Germany – oversee a VW plant in America.
It’s worse, arguably – because there weren’t any VW (or other German) automobile plants in America while the national socialists were in power in Germany. By the time there were, the national socialists hadn’t been in control of Germany for decades. Buying a VW or Benz or Audi years after the national socialists had been removed from power did not empower national socialists.
But what about buying a Tesla built by a company that not only has direct ties to China but has a senior executive who is an emissary-agent of the Chinese Communist Party?
No one becomes a senior executive in China who is not approved by the Chinese Communist Party, which controls everything in China.
Put more bluntly, it means that Zhu does what he is told by the Chinese Communist Party.
Zhu previously oversaw the building of Tesla’s so-called “Supercharger” network of “fast” electric car chargers in Shanghai. His new, possibly stepping-stone gig in Texas will be to “ramp up” the Giga Texas factory where the Tesla Model Y and – supposedly – Cybertruck – will be built.
All of this is interesting on a number of levels, the most obvious being that China is very interested in controlling American transportation. Just as it effectively controls American communications, via the smartphones that are almost all made in China. Ever wonder what the Chinese Communist Party may have had embedded in the phone you’re carrying around? The one that can be used to track and control you – as they do with smartphones in China?
It is established that the app Tik Tok many Americans have on their phones is a Chinese-developed/Chinese-owned data-mining/propaganda-propagation tool that does what the Chinese Communist Party tells it to do.
Controlling Americans will be greatly facilitated by getting Americans into electric cars – and not just those made by Tesla. All electric cars depend upon components largely made in China and so under the control of the Chinese Communist Party. Which means the Chinese Communist Party has an effective controlling stake in American electric car production, too.
That is the lever the Chinese Communist Party will use to get American car companies to do what the Chinese Communist Party wants them to do – to Americans.
Just as the money controlled by the Chinese Communist Party exerts a controlling influence over American entertainment. Viz, Tom Cruise – a massively rich movie star – who was obliged to kowtow to the Chinese Communist Party by removing the “offensive” patch depicting the flag of Taiwan from his aviator jacket in the recently released sequel to the classic Top Gun movie of the ’80s. The latter was filmed before the Chinese Communist Party gained leverage over Hollywood.
The Chinese Communist Party also wields immense leverage over American professional athletics. Viz, the kowtowing of the National Basketball Association to the Chinese Communist Party’s umbrage over “offensive” Tweets made by former Houston Rockets General Manage Daryl Morey about “standing with Hong Kong.”
Better sit down. Good doggie!
The New York Post – one of the few practitioners of journalism remaining in America – observed the following in an article earlier this year:
“Nets owner Joe Tsai, the executive vice chairman of Chinese firm Alibaba, has 53.5 percent of his wealth tied to China. Other owners named with big business in China included the Heat’s Micky Arison, the Grizzlies’ Robert Pera, the Sixers’ Josh Harris and the Rockets’ Tilman Fertitta. Michael Jordan, who owns the Hornets, also has an enormous brand in China through his affiliation with Nike’s Jordan Brand.”
This is how the Chinese Communist Party has acquired a controlling interest in America. And Tesla is a kind of American subsidiary of the Chinese Communist Party. One that will perhaps shortly be headed in America by a representative of the Chinese Communist Party.
Martin Bormann, phone home.
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“La Reina”: the new virtual store in the process of testing which will be sold at CUP
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Text: Cuba Newsroom 360
From the social networks of the regional administration of the Caribbean chain of stores in the province of Villa Clara, it was known about the testing phase of a new virtual store, which will allow the purchase of food and toilet sets in Cuban pesos and will introduce new payment facilities to customers.
La Reina is the name of this virtual platform, taking the name of the store located at the intersection of Máximo Gómez and Independencia (Boulevard) streets in Santa Clara, which has remained closed since the start of the “cash order” and stores in CUP have been left without supplies.
But La Reina will not sell in MLC but in Cuban Pesos (CUP), according to Cadena Caribe managers, the new establishment will particularly favor e-commerce users.
A Facebook post from Villa Clara’s official Tiendas Caribe profile reads: “Our #tiendavirtual in CUP is currently in the testing phase. It will soon be available to all customers registered on the #ENZONA payment gateway.” In this sense you can buy sets of food, drinks, cleaning and household items; Always with the national currency.
Managers explain, according to a note from the Cuban guide: “Now it is very simple. The cashier issues a piece of paper containing the QR of your purchase and you just have to scan in the online payment option”, thus with the new cash register they plan to introduce, which is optimized for convenience stores TRD, as it has an Android operating system, integrates online payment by Transfermovil into its solution.
CUP’s new online purchase store contacts announced, in a Facebook post, tel: 42-200931, email: [email protected] And from the web: lareina.enzona.net. Its address is Calle Independencia No. 45 between Lorda and Máximo Gómez, Santa Clara, Cuba.


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The UAE has recently grown rice on a farm in Sharjah in a first-of-a-kind research project. The pilot stage of this project has produced a positive yield of 763 kg per 1,000 square metres, launched by the United Arab Ministry of Climate Change and the Environment (MoCCAE) along with the Rural Development Administration of the Republic of Korea and United Arab Emirates University (UAEU).
This pioneering project has the potential to shape agriculture's future, according to MoCCAE, as it can be replicated in other arid areas. There is currently a second phase of the rice project, while the country is also investigating ways to grow other crops, such as coffee and wheat.
The UAE has developed a two-pronged approach to advancing food security and satisfying its internal demand throughout a coronavirus pandemic ranging from increased local food production to explore ways to diversify food import sources.
While it is not easy to sustainably grow food in deserts, rapid developments in agriculture in the US have been driven by technological and scientific innovations in recent years.
His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, has stressed the importance of using state-of-the-art agriculture technology on the basis of sustainability, quality and competitiveness. In order to overcome problems in agriculture, especially food production and management, he called for innovative solutions.
As part of their R&D efforts, the International Biosaline Agriculture Center (ICBA), a Dubai Academic City-based non-profit agricultural research centre, has taken a number of initiatives to help the UAE to improve food and nutrition security, water safety, and environmental sustainable development.
"We also need to focus on crop diversification, which I think is essential for sustainable food production and healthy diets not only for the UAE but also for other countries, in addition to technology such as vertical agriculture," explains Dr Elouafi.
In the last two decades, ICBA has been a leading supporter of agrobiodiversity and crop diversification. Climatic and resource-efficient crops, for instance quinoa, perl millet, sorghum and Salicornia have been introduced.
"These plants are nutritional and heat, drought and salinity resilient and therefore suited to the environment of the UAE. We also introduced a number of salt-loving drillings that produce more fruit than some traditional grasses, in order to conserve the resources of freshwater in the UAE and ensure the feed safety too.
The UAE-based Desert Control has been used to build a water-resistant network in the soil profile with the patented LNC (liquid nano clay) blend — sprayed straight on to dry sandy soils.
"This has a major effect on the use of valuable water resources. The global farming industry currently absorbs 75 per cent of the world's freshwater reserves, which are not sustainable," says Atle Idland, GM and Managing Director, Mid-Eastern Desert Control. "LNC can reduce that by up to 50% and simultaneously increase crop yields."
He also adds that the early adoption of new, sustainable technologies, along with education and knowledge sharing, is key to addressing the challenges in the food production segment in the UAE.


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[Funding Alert] Veri5Digital raises $2 million in Series A round from Khosla Ventures
Veri5Digital, previously known as Aadhaar Bridge, has clocked over two million on boardings a month for customers ranging from ecommerce companies to banking corporations.
Veri5Digital, the Bengaluru-based identity verification and user on-boarding company, has raised $2 million in its Series A round. California-based VC firm Khosla Ventures participated in the round. The VC firm manages over $5 billion in its assets.
Veri5Digital was started by Saru Tumuluri in 2016, as an entrepreneur in residence (EIR) at Khosla Labs, in an attempt to build identity technology around Aadhaar’s digital signatures, KYC, and video KYCs. The company solves issues around KYC and identity using deep tech like Artificial Intelligence (AI).
The company will utilise this capital to scale its identity solutions for the Indian market and also build new identity and Digital India related products and services. Additionally, the company is set to launch its identity related products in the US and Asia markets.
Veri5Digital provides identity and other IndiaStack solutions like enterprise SaaS platform, with plug-n-play SDKs and APIs.
With a revamped brand identity and an expanded suite of products, the startup is attempting to meet the needs of the $20 billion digital identity industry globally.
Vinod Khosla, Founder of Khosla Ventures, said,
“Identity is a key underlying infrastructure that drives digital transactions globally. It is possible to not only deliver high assurance identity verification, but also maintain the privacy of every individual. Veri5Digital has built innovative AI solutions around KYC and authentication, which address the online, digital identity needs of companies globally."
Speaking on the funding, CEO Saru Tumuluri said,
“The new digital service economies, be it P2P services like Ola/OYO, ecommerce companies like Amazon/Flipkart delivering goods, or job sites like Teamlease/Quess all have a common challenge - how does one build trust between strangers, like a delivery boy and a customer at home, in a digital economy?"
A recent McKinsey report says that the identity management domain is growing at 20 percent y-o-y. Veri5Digital competes with Yoti and eMudhra. In India, the startup works with five digital identities - PAN, Aadhaar, driving license, passport, and voter ID.
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Facebook (FB) has begun phasing out its three-year-old photo syncing feature, a reflection of how consumer habits have shifted around smartphones.
The feature, introduced in 2012, allowed users to activate the automatic upload of photos that they had taken using their mobile phones to a private album on Facebook. There, a user could review them and choose to share them or remove them.
It was a handy feature at a time when many people still primarily uploaded photos using desktop computers. That has changed, of course, as smartphone adoption has increased and faster 4G/LTE wireless connections have become more prevalent.
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Facebook first notified users in December that it would begin to halt support for the feature.
There are ways to recover images that were processed using the feature. Facebook says previously synchronized photos can be moved to its new Moments app, where they can be viewed, downloaded, or deleted. The photos can also be downloaded as a collection in the form of a zip file or deleted directly within a Facebook profile page.


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China offers to ramp up U.S. imports: Bloomberg
China has offered to go on a six-year buying spree to ramp up imports from the United States in order to reconfigure the relation between the two countries, Bloomberg reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter.
By raising annual goods imports from the United States by a combined value of more than $1 trillion, China would seek to reduce its trade surplus, which last year stood at $323 billion, to zero by 2024, one of the people told Bloomberg. https://bloom.bg/2RBsiEL
If U.S. President Donald Trump is re-elected next year, the trade gap would close by the end of his second term.
Halfway through a 90-day truce in the U.S.-China trade war agreed to on Dec. 1 when Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping met at the G20 summit in Argentina, there have been few details provided of any progress made.
Data on Monday showed China`s exports unexpectedly fell the most in two years in December and imports also contracted, pointing to further weakness in the world`s second-largest economy in 2019 and deteriorating global demand.
The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday that U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin discussed lifting some or all tariffs imposed on Chinese imports and suggested offering a tariff rollback during trade discussions scheduled for Jan. 30.
But Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer has resisted the idea, and the proposal had not yet been introduced to Trump, according to the Journal.
Chinese Vice Premier Liu He will visit the United States on Jan. 30 and 31 for the latest round of trade talks aimed at resolving the bitter trade dispute between the world`s two largest economies. The Trump administration is scheduled to increase tariffs on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods to 25 percent on March 2 from 10 percent.
The Trump administration has urged China to take steps to protect U.S. intellectual property, end policies that force American companies to turn over technology to a Chinese partner, allow more market access for U.S. businesses and reduce other non-tariff barriers to American products.
China has repeatedly played down complaints about intellectual property abuses, and has rejected accusations that foreign companies face forced technology transfers.
Wall Street`s main indexes were on track for their fourth week of gains on Friday, led by technology and industrial stocks, amid hopes that the U.S.-China traded war would finally come to an end.
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A few months in the past, Samsung launched the Galaxy M21 smartphone in India. Now, it appears to be like like the corporate is making ready to launch the Galaxy M21 Prime Version within the Indian market. On Saturday, MySmartPrice noticed the itemizing of the Samsung Galaxy M21 Prime Version on Google Play Supported Units and Bureau of Indian Requirements (BIS). The assist web page of the Galaxy M21 Prime Version has additionally gone reside on the official Samsung India web site. Whereas the listings don’t reveal the Galaxy M21 Prime Version specs, they do reveal the mannequin variety of the smartphone.
Galaxy M21 Prime Version noticed on Google Play Supported Units, BIS, and Samsung web site
Samsung Galaxy M21 Prime Version
The Galaxy M21 Prime Version moniker was noticed on Google Play Supported Units, confirming the existence of the machine. Furthermore, a Samsung smartphone with mannequin quantity SM-M215G/DS was noticed on the Bureau of Indian Requirements (BIS) certification platform. This machine is anticipated to be the Galaxy M21 Prime Version that was noticed on Google’s platform. The assist web page for a similar mannequin quantity has additionally gone reside on Samsung India’s official web site, which confirms that the cellphone exists and that it’s going to launch in India.
The Prime Version smartphones from Samsung are normally unique to Amazon (to go together with the Amazon Prime moniker of the e-commerce web site) with the identical specs as their non-Prime Version counterparts. So, the Galaxy M21 Prime Version specs could possibly be just like that of the Galaxy M21. However that’s simply our hypothesis. Beneath are the Galaxy M21 specs in your reference.
Samsung Galaxy M21 specs
The Samsung Galaxy M21 incorporates a 6.4-inch Tremendous AMOLED show with a full-HD+ decision, 60Hz refresh fee, and Corning Gorilla Glass 3 safety. The cellphone has three rear cameras, a 48MP major sensor, an 8MP ultrawide digital camera, and a 5MP sensor. The selfies are taken care of by a 20MP digital camera. The machine additionally has a rear-mounted fingerprint scanner.
Powering the Galaxy M21 is the Exynos 9611 SoC. The cellphone runs on the Android 11 OS with One UI 3.1 Core customized pores and skin. The machine is out there in 4GB+64GB and 6GB+128GB configurations. The handset packs a 4,000mAh battery with 15W charging. Connectivity choices embrace Wi-Fi ac, Bluetooth v5.0, a USB Kind-C port, and a 3.5mm audio jack. The Samsung Galaxy M21 Prime Version has been noticed on Google Play Supported Units, BIS, and Samsung India web site, suggesting an imminent India launch.
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Nissan Tracks Test-Driving Journalists with GPS
“What could possibly go wrong?” We weren’t at the Nissan 360 planning meeting, but we’re pretty sure at some point someone said this in response to the idea of letting hundreds of international journalists loose on the streets of Southern California in Nissans as part of its one-month media blitz. Luckily, nothing did go wrong, thanks to a suite of technology tools that not only enhanced the live event experience for attendees, it helped the Nissan team sleep at night, too.
Each guest was provided a Samsung Note II with the pre-installed Nissan 360 custom app that featured vehicle information and content, a reservation system for vehicle test drives and turn-by-turn GPS-enabled driving routes (there were seven unique drive courses, from an off-road course to a high-speed racetrack). Each participants’ device, once triggered inside the vehicle, would act as a GPS tracking device so if a car went off-course, the team could track it down. Nissan’s team could also easily push vehicle-specific content (images, text, video), embargoed press releases and daily agenda notifications through the app.
More than 300 vehicles and displays were tagged with RFID “Tap Here” stickers that triggered content such as stories, spec sheets and photos that guests could transfer into their virtual briefcase and access later through the Nissan 360 portal, a tool that organized the content assets and eliminated the need for paper signage and brochures.
The data generated from all of the technologies revealed that there were more than 12,000 vehicle drives, 3,600 taps of RFID stickers on vehicles and displays and more than 3,000 “pushes” of content from the application to the portal.


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Besan ki barfi and Mysore pak are passé; changing food trends, international exposure, modern influences on Indian food cultures, and the constant demand for being innovative and interesting have given birth to gourmet mithais — luxury sweets that not only entice the taste buds, but also promise to use healthier sugar alternatives, as well as display novelty in use of ingredients.
While Indian mithais are a “cuisine” in themselves, points out chef Sanjyot Keer, founder of Your Food Lab, new-age versions of mithais like ‘Tiramisu Barfi‘, ‘Gulkhand Pedas’, ‘Kaapi Pak’ (coffee-infused Mysore Pak), and ‘Rasmalai-stuffed in Ghevar tart with saffron-flavoured creamsweets’ have caught the fancy of today’s consumers, he adds. “Our halwais, by prepping some delicious sweet spread, are making the market for gourmet tick like never before,” he told indianexpress.com.
According to a 2022-food trends report from Godrej, 50 per cent of food experts see gourmet mithai to be in demand. According to the report, the driving force behind this new-age mithais is the goal to revive the passion for traditional sweets and add Indian mithai to the global and innovative dessert menu. Rushina Munshaw Ghildiyal, curating editor of the Godrej Foods Trends Report 2022 – Collector’s Edition, in a press statement, says the rise can be attributed to the fact that India has had a rich repertoire of ingredients that our skilled confectioners transformed into legendary offerings.
“I see a league of new mithaiwalas juxtaposing unusual flavours, couturesque design, and a new global vocabulary with time honoured traditions that are driving a resurgence of pride in India’s rich mithai heritage,” said Ghildiyal, stressing that as “the festival season starts, not only will mithai with healthier claims be in demand, but gourmet mithai – mithai reimagined by the new age designer mithaiwalla — will see more demand from people”.
Tracing the rise and interest
The world of mithai has always been traditional in its flavours and approach and seldom has gone through any form of evolution, says chef Jerson Fernandes, director of Culinary, Novotel Mumbai Juhu Beach. “While Western pastry and sweets became the obvious choice for every celebration including birthdays and graduations, mithai only saw a link with festivals,” he adds.
There is a variety of traditional sweets in India (Source: Getty Images/Thinkstock)
Agreeing, Chef Krishna Reddy, The Autumn Leaf Bistro, Goa, says traditional mithai businesses “haven’t created an original success in, at least, the last 70 years or more, with the exception of a few ‘fusion’ goods like chocolate barfi and ladoos that are marketed as a concession to modern desires, despite a silent yet bold uprising of the mithai revolution.”
“A number of luxury mithai makers in India, while imbibing traditions and discovering new flavours, have come to look at the mithai space with a different lens, giving us a gamut of innovative and interesting mithais. Modern mithai makers have reimagined sweets to make them a part of our everyday lives,” Fernandes, who has experimented with creations like champagne ladoos, Nutella cham cham, Dulce de leche pedas, gulkhan pedas, Ferrero Rocher ladoos, red velvet malai sandwich, Toblerone barfi, and Gianduja milk cake, tells indianexpress.com.
Such has been the interest that “basic sweets” like besan ladoo, khoya barfi, kaju katli et al have now been taken up “a notch higher by introducing variants” like 24-carat gold varq Pistachio Ladoo, Caramel Pedha, and Besan Truffle. Agrees Kunal Mutha, Founder, Only Earth, and calls the rise of the “steadily growing” gourmet mithai movement a “big thing”. “It will bring back old memories while completely surprising you. It’s a celebration of the variety of Indian sweets while embracing traditions and learning about new flavours presented across in innovative formats,” Mutha tells indianexpress.com.
What’s helping them find their niche?
Catering to evolved taste buds, modern mithai producers have “revamped sweets”. But it is not just the variety and inventiveness of gourmet sweets that is making these bite-sized offering such a hit, it is also their “amazing ingredient research, plating, and presentation that they can bring back long-forgotten memories and traditions,” says Mutha.
Rising to the occasion, many home-bakers and health-food entrepreneurs are also offering sugar-free, naturally sweetened options for individuals who want to celebrate without losing track of calories. Fernandes notes that “being 100 per cent vegetarian and handmade”, even the boxes in which the mithai is packed are made using biodegradable materials and are recyclable, making them completely environment-friendly. “Most sellers offer luxurious mithai gifting options. Personalised packaging, customised sweet selection, and home delivery are just a few of the things on offer,” Fernandes says.
Why the need?
Know your desserts (Source: Pixabay)
“Healthy and vegan desserts are made with nutritious components including fruits, seeds, and nuts. In addition to being light on your stomach and good for health, they can lessen your risk of developing chronic pain diseases including diabetes, cancer, heart disease, and others. The concept of a healthier dessert may also help you feel a little more satisfied,” Mutha notes while sharing that oats, almond, and coconut milk are “excellent dairy substitutes” for many gourmet sweet varieties
Many gourmet mithais/desserts include a fusion/twist on traditional preparations, too. “The twist can be either in terms of flavour or the use of alternatives (healthier) ingredients like dates or apples or using Erythritol (zero calories), or Monk Fruit (zero calories). The traditional Indian mithais are mainly made with refined flour along with huge amounts of sugar and unhealthy fats like dalda and margarine which are very high in fat content,” Sandu, who prepares sugar-free chocolate modaks, almond date balls made without refined sugar and low on fat or sugar-free/gluten-free cookies or sugar-free/diabetic free chocolates, says. Experts from the nutrition field urge that whether traditional or gourmet, people need to closely monitor the increasing sweetness and the growing use of added sugars and non-nutritive sweeteners.
What would you choose?
Choosing one over the other boils down to how one perceives “gourmet”, according to Chef Keer. “Indian sweets have their own flair and intricacy involved to prepare them. Closely watch how a ghewar is made, it’s such a technique-based mithai. First the light, crisp base which has a mesh with so many layers is created and then the reduced milk is topped with nuts, and a silver leaf — which is a delight,” he says, adding that “there is an audience for everything”.
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“People who can spend are turning towards gourmet versions in the name of ‘grande’ celebrations, while others keep it simple with traditional mithais,” says Keer.
After all, most gourmet mithai range from Rs 8,000 a kilo and go up to Rs 50,000 for a kilo, says Fernandes.
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JULY 20 I ST. LOUIS MUSIC I PARTNERSHIP
SLM Distributes Suzuki in the Americas
St. Louis Music (SLM) recently became the exclusive distributor of the Nagoya Suzuki violin line in North, Central and South America. Effective immediately, all sales of the Japanese instruments throughout the Americas will be arranged through SLM.
"It was just last year when we secured the honor of distributing these fine instruments in the United States, so we are pleased to be further trusted to bring them to more players throughout the western hemisphere," said Jim Eaton, vice president of SLM. "Key is our ability to invest in inventory, and we have already made a substantial commitment in stocking Nagoya Suzuki products here in our St. Louis warehouse."
According to Eaton, the central shipping location; advanced logistics capabilities; and experience of the SLM management, sales staff and shop personnel influenced the decision.
"Our efforts to promote Suzuki string instruments is a major priority of St. Louis Music," Eaton said. "The quality and the name are well-known to educators everywhere, and we're pleased to do business with old friends."


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Our website is totally dedicated to the after Thanksgiving holiday season in the United States and we've assembled a helpful retailer price list online
Dallas, Texas (PRWEB) November 29, 2013
Specialty retailers that help to grow niche markets are one resource that consumers use to find unadvertised discounts for products. A new Black Friday deals website has launched at http://bestgiftsforxmas.com to supply doorbuster deals from retailers for U.S. holiday shoppers.
"Our website is totally dedicated to the after Thanksgiving holiday season in the United States and we've assembled a helpful retailer price list online," said a team member at the BestGiftsforXmas.com website.
The doorbuster deals that are published on the company resource online pertain to online-only retailers that have presented sales information in advance. Some companies like Amazon rarely announce pricing before the beginning of the largest shopping day of the year.
"Some companies rely on coupon codes or email blasts to keep consumers informed of daily price deals or other markdowns that could be helpful to a person who prefers online shopping," said a rep for the BestGiftsforXmas.com company.
One way that this company is using that is different from most retailers is the immediate updates to the consumer price guides online. Unlike published lists that can be out of data due to one-time only sales programs, the holiday shopping data now found online is updated in real time by company staff.
"Our website uses technology that allows updates to be made immediately as they are received through our third party sources to educate consumers about what retailers are advertising price drops," the rep included.
The BestGiftsforXmas.com resource is scheduled to produce daily markdowns for the public until the close of the year on December 31st. The hundreds of retailers that are surveyed daily by the company staff have helped form the basis of all sales pricing listed online.
The BestGiftsforXmas.com company has launched its official website online during the 2013 holiday season to be a leading consumer resource to find discounts and other pricing information. This company has a staff who research the top global retailers online that are discounting a range of products. The BestGiftsforXmas.com company resource is expected to continue its publishing efforts for price guides, special reports and last-minute postings online for Internet shoppers. All publications that are released by this company include links to third party retailers.


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Sugar Britches brings sweet treats to downtown Rockton
ROCKTON — Homemade chocolates, caramels and other handcrafted treats are coming to an old-fashioned candy store in downtown Rockton.
Sugar Britches, which started selling candy in 2014 at various events and joined the lineup at Rockford City Market this year, will open a storefront at 115 W. Main St. in downtown Rockton. The grand opening is scheduled to take place on Dec. 5 during the annual Rockton Christmas Walk.
Owner Jodi May said she loves the small-town charm of downtown Rockton, but felt something was missing from the area.
"The intent all along was to open a candy store in downtown Rockton," said May, who is also a Village of Rockton trustee. "I love the area and I want something in the downtown that's going to stay there."
The store will feature locally-made, handcrafted chocolates, peanut brittle and salted caramels as well as "all the candies that you remember from your childhood," including Mary Jane, Root Beer Barrels and other old-fashioned treats, May said.
Sugar Britches adds to the variety of Rockton's downtown business landscape, said Tricia Diduch, the village's planning and development administrator.
"Residents and visitors regularly comment to village officials that they would like to see an increase in retail options, so Sugar Britches is nothing but a positive addition to our downtown," Diduch said.
Sugar Britches officially opens from noon to 10 p.m. Dec. 5. Prospective customers can visit the store's website sugarbritches.co and learn how to become a "founding member."


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Adulterated alcohol in Costa Rica: What you need to know today
As another week ends, we’re recapping the latest in the public-health alert and response to methanol-tainted alcohol that is suspected to have killed at least 20 people in Costa Rica.
The basics: Costa Rica’s Health Ministry issued a sanitary alert on July 10 warning that liquor served under several brands may have been tainted with methanol, which can be deadly if ingested in significant quantities.
What is being done?: The Health Ministry has taken the following liquor brands off the shelves in Costa Rica: Guaro Gran Apache; Aguardiente Estrella Roja; Guaro Montano; Aguardiente Barón Rojo; Aguardiente Timbuka; Aguardiente Sachetto; and Aguardiente Molotov. Do not drink alcohol sold under those brands, and report to the Health Ministry (firstname.lastname@example.org) if you see them being sold anywhere in Costa Rica before the sanitary alert is lifted.
Who is impacted by this?: Everyone in Costa Rica should avoid the affected brands. The U.S. Embassy issued a statement saying it is monitoring the situation and remains in contact with Costa Rican authorities. However, the U.S. Embassy said Tuesday it is “not aware of any U.S. citizen illness or death due to consuming adulterated alcohol in Costa Rica.”
The Health Ministry said methanol poisoning has primarily affected “people with chronic alcohol problems.”
Cartago is the province with the most deaths (5), followed by San José and Limón (four each).
What’s new this week?: On Monday, the Health Ministry updated to 20 the number of people they suspect to have died of methanol poisoning.
Two days later, on Wednesday, officials raided the distributors Pinares de Heredia, located in San Isidro de Coronado. There they seized wines and liquors that were “unregistered or had expired registrations,” according to the Health Ministry. Samples were sent for analysis, and nationwide operations similar to Wednesday’s search will continue.
As of Wednesday, any establishment found to be selling the aforementioned brands will have its liquor license suspended. In addition, any business that refuses inspections will have its liquor license suspended.
At least 38,000 bottles of liquor have been confiscated so far, the Health Ministry says.
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Inflation is one of those things that sneaks up on you. At first, you notice a few cents here and there, but it doesn’t seem like a big deal. Then, over a few months, you notice you’re getting tighter on money and feeling the sting a little bit.
Looking back on a year, you begin getting a real headache when you go over your bills and realize a big chunk of your money simply disappeared into thin air, compared to the year before. That’s exactly what’s happening in Biden’s America.
High Prices, Low Wages
It’s a tale as old as time: high prices, low wages. The difference this time is you throw in a government and media-created pandemic with shutdowns and wrecked businesses, plus a horrific vaccine mandate in some states.
That’s a recipe that adds up to people with severely cut hours, lost jobs, failing businesses, and stressful, divisive times. In the middle of all that, you have a supply chain collapse and shipping containers backed up at our ports.
The cost of everything is getting outrageous and it’s taken until now to really notice just how high some prices are.
Even those who’ve managed to keep their jobs, complied with vaccine/mask rules, and jumped through all Biden’s hoops are now getting hit by something far more basic: high prices at the pump, at the grocery store, and everywhere else.
American families are already being squeezed by surging inflation.
But if Democrats’ pass their 3.5 trillion tax & spending spree, it will get worse.
The costs of groceries, gas & other goods folks rely on everyday will skyrocket even higher. https://t.co/uwD5FC3RaS
— Rob Portman (@senrobportman) October 6, 2021
How Much Has Inflation Gone Up?
Inflation went up 5.3% in August 2021 compared to August 2020. People are reporting spending an average of $50 or so more per week on groceries for their family; they’re especially noting the sting on meat and similar products.
Many restaurants are failing because of the vaccine mandate, but it’s also because people don’t have as much money to spend on things that aren’t necessities. The price of food from the supermarket is already more than high enough without throwing in tips and markups at the restaurant.
Inflation is the inevitable result of a decreased supply and huge spending from the Biden regime. The result is a downward economic cycle that’s eventually going to catch up with us and crash this economy.
We can’t say nobody warned us. President Trump repeatedly sounded the alarm and said Biden would be a complete disaster for the United States.
Joe Biden’s inflation has given working Americans a 5.4% pay cut this year.
— Senator Michael Rulli (@michaelrulli) September 30, 2021
The inflation we’re experiencing is equivalent to a 5.4% pay cut for each American. Families are struggling; gas, rent, and food are taking a huge chunk out of the ability of working people to provide even the basics.
This is the highest inflation has been in three decades. People are spiraling into debt and anxious about future uncertainty. This country is on the edge of something truly menacing and dark. This is no drill; this is a real economic disaster on the horizon.


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Google’s Chrome 57
Rejoice Chrome-lovers! The Chromium team presents to you; Google Chrome 57. But before we get into detail – why is it such a great deal? Google’s chrome browser is no doubt the most popular compared to the rest of web browsers. Boasting over half of all internet users, the company has ensured that comprehensive research is done to satisfy the massive number of browsers. This is done through regular releases to ensure that user experience is always improved.
There are three upgrades that stand out in Chrome 57;
- Power consumption improvements
- “Save for Later” feature (Chrome for iOS)
- Better graphics
Power consumption improvements
A lot of reviews have pointed a finger at previous chrome versions for battery hogging. This caused a major uproar in the internet world that Microsoft publicly criticized the browser for its high power consumption which in turn affected battery performance. Compared to other browsers, Chrome allocates more processing power to the background tabs.
It is for this reason that Chrome 57 has ensured that devoted power to the background tabs is limited to 1% CPU consumption. Remember that this limit does not apply to minimized tabs in case you are streaming music or video. With the new throttling mechanism in place, experts argue that this will lead to 25% fewer busy background tabs.
“Save for Later” feature
For iOS users, Chrome 57 has an offline reading feature. Most experts see this as a delayed tactic from Google to counter iOS native Safari browser which already has a feature similar to this. All you need to do is tap the “share” icon situated in the top right corner of the browser to add the page to your reading list. You then select “Read Later” to view the content later without internet connection.
Not many Android users would see this as convenient as it should because this is a feature already within the platform where a user clicks the “Download” icon under Menu drop-down to save the offline pages.
Chrome 57 includes better graphics than what we used to get on Chrome. According to the Chromium team, the latest version is on point in terms of visual processing power. The browser supports WebGL 2.0 meaning that speed, texture, and animation are top notch. For mobile versions of chrome, WebGL has not yet penetrated the technology, but for desktops, this is an improvement that has molded the gaming world thanks to 3D graphics. This is a feature that was witnessed before in Opera and Firefox but the fact that Chrome now has this visual capability has caused a major buzz in the internet world.
Although most internet users particularly business owners see this release by Google as a nonissue, it is important to know and understand the effectiveness of working with the best browsers. A recent study shows that in this day and age a massive fraction of business transactions is done within browsers. With the new Media Session API in Chrome 57, users can now customize and respond to user input on the lock screen and notifications. How you browse matters and this is why you need to remain relevant by exploring the latest release by Chrome. For more content including tips on tech matters, contact our team of professionals today!


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Another components supplier is closing down in the Eastern Cape, leaving more than 150 workers jobless as its contract with Volkswagen SA (VWSA) has been terminated.
Stateline Pressed Metal, which has branches in Port Elizabeth and Queenstown, used to supply Polo components to VWSA.
VWSA, after seeing Stateline had financial problems and that it might not continue supplying, decided to terminate the contract and look elsewhere for the parts.
The National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa), the union that represents the motor industry, confirmed this week that section 189 notices, which indicate the details of restructuring and potential job losses, had already been issued to Stateline’s employees.
VWSA spokesperson Matt Gennrich said: “Stateline is in effect bankrupt, and while we may assist in the short term, there is no long-term assistance available or additional business from VWSA.”
Stateline was started in 1983 and employs 154 people at its two branches.
Numsa spokesperson Phakamile Hlubi confirmed that a section 189 notice had been issued to Stateline’s employees.
Numsa has accused VWSA of terminating the Stateline contract to instead procure goods from a Pretoria-based German manufacturer.
However, Gennrich has denied this, saying: “No contract has been awarded yet to a new supplier.”
Late last year, General Motors exited South Africa.
A study conducted by Numsa on the impact on the auto industry caused by General Motors’ exit revealed that about 961 workers from various small companies that did business with the company were retrenched.


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