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SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --
- Five years after launching SYNC® with Microsoft, Ford has delivered more than 5 million vehicles with the award-winning connectivity system
- SYNC's success based on open, flexible and agnostic Microsoft platform and vision for mobile connectivity being a growing consumer trend
- Ford and Microsoft look to the future for next phase of the connected car experience to be based on intelligence through fusion of cloud computing and sensor data
Five years ago, Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F) and Microsoft came together to launch the benchmark for in-vehicle connectivity systems with the introduction of SYNC. Today at the GigaOM Roadmap Conference, Ford CTO Paul Mascarenas and Microsoft Windows Embedded General Manager Kevin Dallas announced the 5-millionth vehicle equipped with SYNC has been sold and they shared their joint vision for continued leadership in development of the connected car.
"SYNC has helped us evolve as an automaker, to think and act more like a technology company, with a new level of openness and access that has forever changed how we look at our business and respond to our customers," said Paul Mascarenas, chief technical officer and vice president, Ford Research and Innovation. "Ultimately, SYNC embodies what Ford is all about: going further to transform innovative ideas into products that are affordable, attainable and valuable to millions of people."
When Ford and Microsoft first initiated the collaboration in 2005, the engineering teams recognized that mobile electronics were quickly becoming an increasingly important part of people's lives as cell phones and digital media players. Considering how quickly mobile device usage had grown in just the previous few years, the development team decided a new development approach was needed going forward.
Click here to view a video about the origins of SYNC: http://youtu.be/CGP9j9iYzww
"Thanks to our partner Microsoft and their expertise, we have turned the car into a platform with extensive opportunities for developers to work with us to continue to add value through new features delivered at the speed consumers now expect," continued Mascarenas. "With more than 1 billion smartphones now in service around the world, we expect mobile connectivity will continue to be the foundational element of our strategy going forward."
"We've worked with Ford on SYNC right from the start," said Kevin Dallas, general manager of Windows Embedded, Microsoft Corp. "Taking a platform approach enabled us to move quickly and deliver an innovative solution unlike any in the industry while providing us the flexibility to continue to deliver new features and improvements to Ford customers."
While cars and trucks typically stay on the road for more than 10 years on average, people often replace their consumer electronics every couple of years to keep pace with the latest advances in technology.
The SYNC development team created an architecture based on the Windows Embedded Automotive platform that took advantage of open protocols like USB and Bluetooth® to enable virtually any device to be connected for media playback and communications. That decision turned out to be more prescient than anyone on the team could have imagined.
When SYNC was first announced on Jan. 7, 2007 at the International CES, the presentation featured the iPod, Motorola RAZR flip-phone and Palm TREO smartphone. Just two days later, Apple began a mobile phone revolution and the beginning of the app economy with the announcement of the original iPhone. When customers began driving the first car available with SYNC, the 2008 Focus, in fall of that year, most were using SYNC to make hands-free calls using their feature phones and play back music from iPods with simple voice commands powered by Nuance voice recognition technology.
Five years on, there are smartphones powered by a diverse range of platforms including iOS, Android, Blackberry and Windows Phone mobile operating systems. With ample on-board storage, processing power that rivals desktop computers from five years ago and fast wireless data connections, these phones still work with those original SYNC-equipped vehicles. They also power new capabilities like AppLink™, 911 Assist®, Vehicle Health Report and SYNC Services, a cloud-based service network including traffic reports, turn-by-turn directions, business search, news and sports scores and movie listings.
"Now, it's clear that building an open, upgradable connectivity platform has been key to the success of SYNC because it has allowed us to stay relevant to the consumer," said Mascarenas. "With SYNC, Ford vehicles are no longer stuck with the technology built in at the factory, they can keep pace with the latest consumer trends through simple software updates."
With 5 million SYNC-equipped vehicles on the road and the system just beginning to launch in Europe and Asia, Ford and Microsoft, along with Nuance, are always working on new enhancements that will keep customers on the leading edge of in-car technology. Ford was ranked first in ABI Research's OEM connected automotive infotainment Competitive Assessment, with high ratings for implementation, innovation, and price.
"At Microsoft, we're now focused on how data and connectivity can turn devices into intelligent systems that enable insight-driven action," said Dallas. "In the vehicle, this means the ability to connect to more data from more sources and use it to help the driver. Together with Ford, we're helping them turn the connected vehicle into an intelligent vehicle."
Cloud connectivity, on-board sensors and data access are key components for creating this kind of intelligent vehicle experience. Other advances, such as natural language processing and machine learning, could help SYNC provide a more natural interaction between car and driver, enabling a driving experience that's more personalized, convenient and safe.
"The car is a rich source of real-time data and when combined with the processing power available in the cloud, it could become the smartest device you will ever own," adds Mascarenas.
About Ford Motor Company
Ford Motor Company, a global automotive industry leader based in Dearborn, Mich., manufactures or distributes automobiles across six continents. With about 172,000 employees and 65 plants worldwide, the company's automotive brands include Ford and Lincoln. The company provides financial services through Ford Motor Credit Company. For more information regarding Ford and its products worldwide, please visit http://corporate.ford.com.
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Going up: EasyJet is trialling entertainment on board, as well as making improvements to its automatic bag drops
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Yes it is happening! It will definitely be a live event with strict Covid protocols in place. Also stands must be simple shell scheme design – no parties or Destination Presentations etc.
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David Thompson: IBTM Event Director commented; “After creating our successful virtual show for the 2020 edition of IBTM World, we are looking forward to bringing the events industry together in Barcelona this year for our first in-person IBTM World since 2019, providing the industry with the tools it needs to thrive in the next chapter in meetings and events.”
IBTM report a great deal of enthusiasm from Exhibitors and Hosted Buyers to attend a live face-to-face event. 1600 Companies are expected to exhibit together with 1600 pre-qualified buyers.
68% of the buyers will be from UK & Europe and 11% from North America.
While there’s huge demand for face-to-face events, it’s clear the there is a long-term place for high-quality virtual online meetings.
Following the success of IBTM Virtual in December 2020 the event will again be held from 14 – 15 December 2021.
This will enable Exhibitors and buyers who are not able to travel to Barcelona to meet and network.
The cost will be Euro3000 per booth with 30 pre-scheduled meeting slots per booth.
On average Exhibitors held 25 Meetings at our last Virtual event (IBTM Wired). Many buyers who are attending IBTM World: Barcelona have also indicated that they will be attending IBTM World: Online as well.
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Brent Koning, FIFA Competitive Gaming Commissioner had this to say on the news: “We are excited to be welcoming the Gfinity Spring Cup into the EA SPORTS FIFA 18 Global Series.
“As we continue to engage millions of FIFA players in the community, and attract viewers from all around the world, this year will be truly special as we continue on the Road to the FIFA eWorld Cup 2018.”
Registration is open now and single elimination tournaments for Xbox One and PlayStation 4 start on Sunday 15th April and will run every Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday until Sunday 29th April 2018. After this date, the eight players with the most G Points (which are earned by playing and winning matches) for each platform will be invited to the Gfinity FIFA 18 US Spring Cup Live Finals over the May 12th weekend. They’ll battle it out for a share of the $30,000 (£) prize pool, a place in the Global Series Playoffs and a chance to compete at the FIFA eWorld Cup 2018.
Neville Upton, CEO of Gfinity commented: “We couldn’t be more excited to be partnering with EA SPORTS for our maiden event in the United States. The US has massively embraced both football and FIFA over the past few years and we hope to see the winners of the Gfinity Spring Cup go all the way at the FIFA eWorld Cup 2018.”
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Esports Insider says: We’ve some official FIFA action on our turf in the UK this weekend with the Manchester FUT 18 Champions Cup, and there’s a packed out agenda for pro FIFA players (and would be pros) in the months leading up to August. Congratulations to Gfinity and we look forward to seeing which venue is chosen in the States. With the MLS’ commitment to FIFA esports we’re expecting one of the best stadiums…trip to Orlando anyone?
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Facebook is set to lay its Gifts service to rest in August
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Gifts is to be replaced by Facebook’s new Buy feature
Facebook Gifts was launched in 2012 and was moderately popular among the social network’s users. Gifts and the Buy Button will serve a similar purpose that makes the existence of both services somewhat redundant. Facebook favors the new Buy feature because of its flexibility. The Buy feature may help Facebook further engage mobile consumers as well, as it will be easier to use from a mobile device, allowing Facebook to establish a stronger presence in mobile commerce.
Buy feature may be a less invasive way to engage users
The Buy feature could be a better way for Facebook to make money than the Gifts service was. The Buy feature is not only for users, of course, and will also cater to businesses using the social network. Businesses will be able to implant their own offers on advertisements shown throughout Facebook, allowing users to buy whatever is being offered with the click of a button. The company sees this as a less invasive way to encourage commerce activity without having to accost its users with notifications through its Gifts service.
Mobile focus continues to prove lucrative for the social network
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Relictum Ecosystem will take part in the largest offline forum called Blockchain Life 2021 — Autumn, which will be held on October 26-27 in Moscow.
Relictum Ecosystem is an ecosystem of global projects that solves the problems of the economy’s real sector using blockchain technology. One of its aims is to show the capabilities of the blockchain industry. This strong community of 180 countries is an opportunity to find creative solutions for your business.
The project team will share unique information about the vector of the project’s further development as well as the possibilities of introducing ecosystem products into any field of activity: from the implementation of private ideas to full-scale interaction with business processes of any level.
A few words about Blockchain Life 2021 — Autumn
At the forum, blockchain developers, traders, business owners, miners, government officials, business owners, and leading industry experts will share their experience and useful information on the most relevant topics, including:
- Market in 2021. Growth reasons and forecast for 2022.
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Exciting workshops, a networking zone, a job fair from leading international companies and much more await you at the forum.
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Health Canada’s proposed changes to the regulation of Natural Health Products (NHPs) have provoked controversy because they have clear and troubling potential outcomes. The proposed changes will see many NHPs, which range from supplements and vitamins to herbal products and traditional remedies, regulated in the same manner and according to the same standards as drugs. This will result in many of the products which 77% of Canadians incorporate into their health and wellness practices, losing their licenses and even disappearing from store shelves, and those that remain will likely increase in price. This likely outcome has disturbing implications for the diversity of health and wellness practices in Canada, as well as Canadians’ freedom of choice regarding their own health. Health Canada’s purported reasoning for making changes to how NHPs are regulated is additionally problematic.
Based on a single consumer survey which found that consumers feel uninformed about a variety of self care products, including cosmetics, NHPs, and over the counter medication, Health Canada has decided to revise what it means to make a “health claim”. Under the current system of licensing and oversight, the level of supporting evidence required for licensing is determined based on the particular claims, intended uses, and overall risk of the particular product in question. This approach recognizes the unique and varied characteristics of NHPs, as well as their low risk nature. Health Canada believes that consumers do not understand the nature or scope of the claims made by manufacturers of NHPs, and therefore cannot understand or evaluate the different degrees of evidence required to support different types of claims under the current licensing system. They propose to replace the current, nuanced and inclusive system with a one-size-fits-all approach to health and wellness in which a product either makes “health claims”, which require the same evidence and testing as drugs, or simple “claims” which are considered too insignificant to require any oversight.
This change is based on a redefinition of what it means to make a “health claim”. Under the new system, Health Canada will only assess and license claims for treatment, prevention, and diagnosis of disease or conditions. Non-restorative structure function claims, non-specific health claims, and generalized health claims will be reclassified simply as “claims”. For example, a product that “promotes bone health” will be judged to be simply making a claim, not a health claim, and thus not be eligible for oversight or licensing by Health Canada. Products which are deemed to be making a health claim will be subject to the the same standard of evidence and testing as drugs, which will result in higher costs for manufacturers, increasing prices for consumers. Products which are only recognized as making a claim, which will likely include the vast majority of NHPs, will be forced to include a disclaimer on the label stating that Health Canada has not reviewed the claims or statements made by the manufacturer.
Health Canada’s response to supposed concerns about uninformed consumers and health literacy is not to make information more accessible or visible. Instead they are opting to simplify how the diverse and broad range of NHPs are regulated in a way that reinforces a binary between serious health products that make “health claims” and are “like drugs”, and natural products that merely make “claims” and lack legitimating oversight. Disclaimers on labels will deter consumers from considering NHPs as options, they will not prompt them to do further research. Currently, consumers use a product’s Natural Product Number (NPN) to look up the details of the product’s claims and evidence submitted to Health Canada. The new system will remove that source of information entirely because most products will be unlicensed, and therefore will not have to submit the level of evidence currently considered appropriate to their level of claims.
Improving health literacy and creating informed consumers is a worthy goal, but simplifying existing information is counterproductive. Consumers should be encouraged to access trustworthy information and be trusted to interpret it for themselves. By creating a more rigid standard and understanding of what it means to make a “health claim”, Health Canada is simply attempting to discredit the types of claims made by NHPs and limit consumers’ options. If this really is Health Canada’s response to a lack of health literacy and allegedly uninformed consumers, then it reveals a disturbingly paternalistic attitude towards individuals and their right to make personal choices regarding their own health and wellness.


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Chick-fil-A Franchise News
Browse the latest corporate news from Chick-fil-A.
A new frosted treat will take the limelight this Spring, as Chick-fil-A® introduces Frosted Key Lime at restaurants nationwide starting Monday, March 18.
Chick-fil-A® is increasing its investment in educational scholarships for restaurant Team Members in 2019, awarding $15.3 million to more than 6,000 deserving Team Members across the country.
Chick-fil-A is now an official associate partner of the 119th Army- Navy Game presented by USAA.
Chick-fil-A® customers no longer need to leave their homes to enjoy the Original Chicken Sandwich and other favorite menu items.
Chick-fil-A® is giving away free eight-count Chick-fil-A Nuggets to guests who create or sign into their Chick-fil-A One™ account with the Chick-fil-A Mobile App.
Starting today, Chick-fil-A® is introducing five new menu and catering options nationwide just in time for the back-to-school season.
Get your cow costumes ready -Chick-fil-A is celebrating its 14th annual Cow Appreciation Day on Tuesday, July 10.
Mark your calendars: Chick-fil-A is celebrating its 14th annual Cow Appreciation Day on Tuesday, July 10, 2018.
Chick-fil-A® is sweetening the menu during the "The Summer of Peach" with two seasonal menu items rolling out nationwide today.
Chick-fil-A® is awarding more than 5,700 Team Members $14.5 million in scholarships.
Chick-fil-A and CBU Online Collaborate to Offer Tuition Discounts and Other Educational Benefits for Chick-fil-A Team Members
CBU Online is pleased to announce the partnership with Chick-fil-A.
Just five months after opening its largest restaurant in the country in Manhattan, Chick-fil-A has increased its New York City footprint with the opening of a second location in the heart of Midtown at West 46th Street and 6th Avenue.
In an industry dominated by french fries as side items, Chick-fil-A® will soon be one of the first fast food restaurants in the industry to add “superfoods” like kale and Broccolini®, to its menu.
Hillsboro native Brian Hogan has been named franchise owner of the new Chick- fil-A restaurant in the Tanasbourne neighborhood of Hillsboro, Ore.
Local resident and entrepreneur Brian Davis has been named franchise owner of the new Chick-fil-A restaurant in Clackamas, Ore.
After much anticipation, New York City's first Chick-fil-A® restaurant will open Saturday, Oct. 3 at the corner of West 37th Street and 6th Avenue in Midtown's Garment District.
Concessions International (CI) announced today that it will open a Chick-fil-A at the Denver International Airport in mid-2016.
The Chick-fil-A® Foundation honored the 25 recipients of its inaugural True Inspiration Awards during an awards ceremony featuring Grammy Award winning hip-hop artist Lecrae and actress Kim Williams-Paisley on Friday, Sept. 4 at Atlanta's Fox...
Atlanta-based Chick-fil-A, Inc. announced today the grand opening date and local franchise owner of its first freestanding restaurant in New York City.
Chick-fil-A® is making one of its healthiest menu items even more nutritious. Today, the company introduces a new Greek Yogurt Parfait at its 1,900-plus restaurants nationwide.
Customers at Chick-fil-A have been buzzing about the company's new cold-brew iced coffee, especially during the record-breaking heat wave much of the country has been enduring this summer.
It’s time to break out the spots and cow bells for Chick-fil-A®’s 11th annual Cow Appreciation Day event on Tuesday, July 14.
Today Chick-fil-A® joins fellow restaurants around the country in celebration of "National Fried Chicken Day." The day celebrates one of the nation's most beloved Southern entrees and the people and restaurants around the nation who serve it.
Chick-fil-A® is issuing a cattle call! Mark your calendar for the 11th annual Cow Appreciation Day on Tuesday, July 14, 2015.
Chick-fil-A® Announces Bellevue, Tacoma Grand Opening Dates and Partnerships with Washington Food Suppliers
Atlanta-based Chick-fil-A, Inc. announced today the grand opening dates of its first three restaurants in the Puget Sound area, as well as several food sourcing partnerships with Washington farmers, growers and bakers.
Chick-fil-A® introduces its newest menu item, Frosted Lemonade, at restaurants nationwide today. The refreshing treat combines two of the fast food restaurant’s most beloved offerings, fresh-squeezed lemonade and its signature Icedream®.
Regardless of Punxsutawney Phil's forecast about the duration of winter, customers can wake up Monday morning to free coffee at Chick-fil-A.
The first-ever New Year's Six bowl matchup will see (9) Ole Miss take on Big 12 Co-Champion (6) TCU in the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl as announced by the College Football Playoff Selection Committee today.
Chick-fil-A® is introducing a new lineup of grilled chicken entrees that will give the chain one of the most nutritious and expansive grilled menus across the quick-service industry.
Chocolate enthusiasts and coffee drinkers are invited to escape the summer heat and re "treat" to Chick-fil-A beginning Aug. 5, as the company launches its newest limited-time flavor milkshake, Mocha Cookies & Cream.
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This article is written to enlighten you about the Top 10 Most Visited Websites in Nepal. Both Nepali and Globally popular websites are listed here.
The popularity of a website may be estimated by looking at its Alexa rating in various nations. As a result, we are investigating the top websites in Nepal according to Alexa rankings in 2022. The popularity of a website is gauged by its Alexa rank. With an Alexa Rank of 1, which is the most popular website, it ranks the popularity of millions of websites.
Alexa Rank is an excellent KPI for benchmarking and competitive analysis since it shows how a website is performing in relation to all other websites. While comparing a website’s performance to that of others using Alexa rankings is a useful tool, Alexa’s data is not always reliable in absolute terms. Over the years, a number of specialists have attempted to compare the data from Alexa with Google Analytics and discovered that the data from Alexa was drastically inaccurate.
In light of these details, let’s investigate the top Nepali websites according to Alexa rankings.
Top 10 most visited Websites in Nepal
The most used search engine worldwide is Google. Google is without a doubt the most popular website in practically every nation, including Nepal.
The most widely used social media in Nepal is Facebook. As the most popular social media network in Nepal, Facebook is ranked Second on the country’s top websites.
The biggest video streaming site in the world is YouTube, a product of Google. Since Internet connections are now more widely available, YouTube’s popularity in Nepal has grown over time. YouTube is therefore ranked third among the top websites in Nepal.
Surprisingly, Onlinekhabar has surpassed Facebook, the most popular social networking site, to take third place. The first online news publication in Nepal is called OnlineKhabar. It is also Nepal’s most visited website.
A website for internet news media is Ratopati. It began in 2014 through an internet news publication. According to the Alexa ranking, it is ranked fifth among the top websites in Nepal.
Another website for online news media is KhabarHub.com. A digital media division of the private media company Pavilion Media Group is called Khabarhub Media News Center. constructed in 2017. On the list of the top websites in Nepal, it comes in at number six.
Another well-known national-level news website from Nepal is called Setopati.com. According to Alexa rankings, it comes in at number 7 on the list of top websites in Nepal.
Popular TV station News24Nepal also has a news and media website. For a show named Sidha Kura Janata Sanga, News24Nepal is also well-known on YouTube. The Top Nepali YouTube Channels list based on subscriber count also includes News24Nepal.
One of the most widely used smartphone apps in Nepal for the Hindu/Nepali calendar is called Hamropatro. The website for the same application is hamropatro.com.
A gateway for Calendars, Date converters, Panchanga, Nepali news, forex, share market prices, vegetable prices, gold/silver prices, and other services can be thought of as Hamropatro.
The biggest and most well-known national daily newspaper has an online version called eKantipur. It is owned by Kantipur Media Group. online media outlets operated by Kantipur Media Group. One of the top Nepali Facebook pages is eKantipur. It also has a YouTube channel, which is among the most popular in Nepal and has a large subscriber base.
Other Popular Websites in Nepal


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Nike pulls shoe after Kaepernick’s criticism
Kaepernick said the Air Max 1 Quick Strike Fourth of July, as the shoe was called, would be “an offensive symbol because of its connection to an era of slavery,” according to a tweet from The Wall Street Journal, the first to report on the cancellation.
Nike released multiple statements Tuesday about its decision. The first statement indicated that the company decided against releasing the shoe because “it featured an old version of the American flag.”
Later in the day, Nike said, “We regularly make business decisions to withdraw initiatives, products and services. NIKE made the decision to halt distribution of the Air Max 1 Quick Strike Fourth of July based on concerns that it could unintentionally offend and detract from the nation’s patriotic holiday.”
Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey was angered by Nike’s decision, saying that “words cannot express my disappointment” in one of several tweets. He went to tweet that Nike “has bowed to the current onslaught of political correctness and historical revisionism.”
Ducey further said he would withdraw state support for a Nike facility proposed for the Phoenix suburb of Goodyear, Ariz. The $184 million plant would have employed more than 500 people, according to the New York Times.
Nike asked retailers to send back the shoes with the U.S. flag on them, according to the Wall Street Journal. The company has unveiled an Air Max 1 shoe in red, white and blue, which “updates the legendary design with patriotic colors.”
The original U.S. flag, which included 13 stars along with 13 red and white stripes, was designed by seamstress Betsy Ross upon being commissioned by George Washington in 1776.
Lisa Moulder, the director of the Betsy Ross House in Philadelphia, said, “People just see it as a symbol of early America and the founding of our nation. In Betsy’s time, the flag was strictly utilitarian, a military tool.”
Molder said the Betsy Ross House draws more than 1,000 visitors a day.


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Don't-Miss Printer Stories
The popular printing app can now take full advantage of some of iPhone OS 3.2's new features to make printing from your iPad even easier.
Google has released details of a project to let Chrome OS users print documents to any printer from any application.
Printer makers strong recommend you use inks specifically designed for their hardware. But third-party supplies cost a lot less. Can you save money on ink without losing too much on print quality? Lab director James Galbraith puts one third-party ink cartridge to the test.
Canon Printer Drivers 2.3 for Mac OS X v10.6 promises the latest Canon printing and scanning software for Snow Leopard.
HP settles with inkjet vendors for selling products that allegedly violated patents.
The printer driver updates, released this week, containing the latest printing software for Snow Leopard users with hardware from Samsung and Brother, respectively.
Epson has announced global support for its open-source development kit, the ESC/P-R library, including Apple iPhone and Google Android integration.
Canon has unveiled four new inkjet printers. Three of the new printers are multifunction devices, while the fourth is a inkjet photo printer.
The conventional wisdom about printers -- "inkjets are no good at text," for example, or "multifunctions can't do photos" -- isn't always true. James Galbraith separates a few printer myths from printer realities.
Version 2.2 of the OS X 10.6-compatible printer drivers for both Lexmark and Epson printers can be downloaded at Apple's Website.
Epson has released an iPhone app that allows photo printing via a Wi-Fi connection. The Epson iPrint lets users send photos stored on the phone to any network-capable Epson printer.
Macworld's editors present all 23 winners of the annual Macworld Editor's Choice Awards.
If you plan on ordering a custom printed photo book, calendar, t-shirt, puzzle, or other gift, these are the ordering deadlines for this holiday season.
We nominated, we debated, and then we whittled the list down to these: the 23 best Mac products of the year.
Macs weren't the only hardware to come out of Cupertino before the iPod and iPhone came along. For nearly two decades, Apple offered its own line of printers as well. Here's a look back at some of the more memorable models.


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Apparently nu-metal band Korn was “inspired” by Haze so much that they composed and performed a song just for it. The track, titled “Haze”, will be launched to radio and video next month to coincide with the release of the game. It will also be available for purchase via online music download sites.
“Gaming for me is a religion and Haze is the shit!” said Jonathan Davis. “I had to come up with a track that can hit up that kind of rush I get from the game and I think we really rocked it!”
The game is set to launch next month exclusively on PS3.


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I'd have to disagree. Probably going to see eBay drop below $50 before the week is out. I just don't see this going to $75 anytime soon. The build-up last year from $30 to over $50 was smoke and mirrors based on skewed mobile figures and increased fees on sellers, namely fees charged on the shipping portion of a transaction. As for mobile users, eBay likes to tout the numbers as new customers. It's not, it's people accessing the web via phone or tablet instead of their desktop PC.
Not to mention, Paypal is about to face a slew of challengers for online payment as well as mobile payments. In fact, one of the founders of Paypal has launched the mobile payments company Affirm.


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Davido explained why he Ignores Diamonds wristwatch
OBO disclose why he purchased a plain gold wristwatch
Davido educates fans on why they should invest in plain gold watches and not diamonds.
The talented Nigerian superstar David Adedeji Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, who is also the C.E.O of DMW has finally explained his decision to invest in Plain Jane Wristwatches.
Recall, in 2021, Davido disclosed to the world that he had quit purchasing diamond-encrusted watches (sorry Icebox) after a plain Jane watch – Patek Philippe – sold for double the price he paid in 2020.
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He admitted that the loss had an impact on him, and as a result, he decided to purchase more Plain Jane watches rather than diamonds.
OBO used his Instagram story to educate his followers on why they should invest in simple gold watches rather than diamond watches.
He posted a photo of his plain rose gold Patek Philippe and the price growth of the wristwatch.
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Recall, mp3bullet.ng reported that the music star revealed how he has chosen to spend the new year and what he has chosen as his motto for the new year 2022.


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2021 Foton Tunland bound for Australia with promise of 5-star ANCAP
Foton is preparing itself to dive headlong into the hyper-competitive dual-cab market come 2021, at which point the company will have a high-tech new model.
The next-generation Foton Tunland ute is gearing up for an Australian launch, as the Chinese giant begins localised testing later this year.
The Tunland, which is Foton’s entry into the very competitive Australian dual-cab market, will be completely replaced with an all-new model in the second quarter of 2021. It's expected to come with all the latest safety technologies, and achieve a five-star ANCAP rating.
Talking to CarAdvice at the launch of its new truck range and the facelifted Tunland, general manager Robert Zhang confirmed the company won’t be putting too much emphasis on the current (just updated) model, instead taking 18 months to better prepare for the launch of its all-new model, whilst concentrating on the truck business.
“In this market, you have to win everything, you can’t lose out on any safety features,” Zhang said.
There’s a good chance the new Tunland will remain dual-cab only, with Zhang admitting margins for single-cab models are too slim to make a business case.
“The single cab we brought in two years ago, but the cost-effectiveness is a real problem, [there are] no margins. We might not bring the single cabs in, this is yet to be decided at the factory.”
Meanwhile, the warranty (currently three years/100,000km) will also improve.
“Next-gen might be changed to four or five years according to common practice in the country. We definitely need to plan for the next-gen, make it full of safety features, [five-star] ANCAP rating, this segment is very competitive, if you cannot do good, then you do nothing.”
The current Tunland uses a Cummins 2.8-litre turbo diesel engine with BorgWarner, Dana, Bosch and ZF components, making it a European-powered ute built in China. The next-generation will likely follow a similar design and engineering philosophy, but will be an all new model.
Foton plans to use its truck business to gain the margins it needs to subsidise its entry into the very competitive ute segment. The company currently has 22 dealers around Australia but is planning to expand that to 30 dealers by end of 2019, and 40 dealers by 2020.
It's the largest Chinese truck manufacturer, with over 300,000 sales in 2018 – plus another 60,000 in overseas markets. The company is mostly owned by the Chinese government, was founded in 1996 and currently employs roughly 40,000 workers.


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O2 parent Telefonica has launched a new unit devoted to reselling real-time data on the movements of its users around high streets and cities – all anonymised, of course
O2 parent company Telefonica on Tuesday launched a division that will be analyse and sell real-time mobile network data, beginning with data gathered by tracking the movements of users in high streets and around cities.
The launch of the Dynamic Insights division makes Telefonica the latest to turn its attention to “Big Data”, mining the vast amounts of information it gathers on its customers for insights that can be turned into saleable products. In Telefonica’s case the big data in question will come from its mobile networks as well as machine-to-machine data, the company said.
Dynamic Insights’ first product, Smart Steps, will focus on understanding what factors influence people visiting a particular location at a given time.
For instance, Telefonica will be able to work with high-street retailers to help them better target customers using location and demographic data, the company said. While the data in question doesn’t include details on individual customers, Telefonica is nevertheless able to supply precise age, gender and financial information via its customers’ contracts, and all this in real-time.
Another application could be working with town councils to, for instance, measure how many and what type of people visit the high street after the introduction of free car parking, farmers’ markets or late-night shopping, Telefonica said.
Future products could focus on fraud protection and technology for managing the movement of people around ‘smart cities’, including traffic management, Telefonica said.
The company is working with German market research company GfK to launch products initially in the UK, Germany and Brazil.
Telefonica highlighted the potential for such data-mining products for making radical social and economic changes.
“Big data is one of the key building blocks of the digital economy,” said Telefonica Digital chief commercial officer Stephen Shurrock in a statement. “Approached in a smart and responsible way it has the potential to transform every part of business and society.”
Analyst firm Ovum noted that similar products are being developed by US telco Verizon and by Vodafone in the UK, but on a less ambitious scale – for instance, Vodafone sells subscriber location data to GPS navigation service provider TomTom.
Green noted that Dynamic Insights fits in with a general trend for telecommunications companies, which are searching for new sources of revenue as they see a decline in income from calling and texting services.
In another new front for the company, Telefonica in July signed deals with Facebook, Google, Microsoft and RIM to offer mobile payments for real and virtual goods.
The arrangement means that when users make Facebook payments or pay for apps on the Google Play, Windows Phone Marketplace and BlackBerry App World online stores, they will get charged on their phone bill.
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Shearer’s Foods, a snack maker backed by Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, is exploring a sale that could fetch about $3 billion including debt, according to people with knowledge of the matter.
(Bloomberg) — Shearer’s Foods, a snack maker backed by Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, is exploring a sale that could fetch about $3 billion including debt, according to people with knowledge of the matter.
The company is working with a financial adviser on the potential transaction, the people said, asking not to be identified discussing private information. The company generates more than $250 million a year in earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization, the people said.
A final decision on pursuing a sale hasn’t been made and the pension fund could still decide to keep the asset, the people added.
A representative for Ontario Teachers’ declined to comment. A spokesperson for Shearer’s didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.
The Massilion, Ohio-based company, founded in the early 1990s, manufactures and distributes potato chips, cheese puffs, cookies and crackers. It owns about a dozen production facilities in the US.
Ontario Teachers’ acquired a majority stake in the snack-maker in 2015 at an undisclosed price, according to a statement at the time. Private equity firm Wind Point Partners retained a small interest.
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A young man came for dinner this week. He was a stranger; no, make that a recent acquaintance. He was recently arrived from India and told me that it wasn’t easy integrating into Vancouver
A growing number of Canadians are identifying themselves as having no religious affiliation, although more than two-thirds of the country’s population says they’re Christian
India’s going to have to wait for its first Playboy bunnies. The tourist hotspot of Goa refused permission for the country’s first Playboy club
This German supercar was engulfed by flames during an Indian car show.
For millions of South Asians around the world, November brings the Indian new year and Diwali, honouring the triumph of light over dark
Oops! “Sikhism is a religion that originated about 500 years ago in Italy [sic].”
When I encountered the funeral pyre, I had been in India now for more than a week; and, to this point, my visit had been one of personal firsts
Fiat, which recently split with its distribution partner in India, is open to bringing all of its vehicle brands to the country to ramp up lacklustre market share
Arrival of global car manufacturers drives region's economic growth
India’s capital city is a study in contrasts. While the dilapidated buildings and sidewalks may be crumbling, look closer and you can see evidence of New Delhi’s former glory.
Whether you’re planning on buying a new iPad soon or are just looking for something different for your current iPad, this list will help you sort through the hundreds of thousands of apps Apple has to offer
Microsoft Corp. is preparing to launch a smartwatch within the next few weeks that will passively track a user’s heart rate and work across different mobile platforms, Forbes reported on Sunday
Starbucks Corp. is introducing its first order-ahead mobile application this year in Portland, Oregon, in a bid to speed up service and boost sales


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More than half of the $33.8 million will be allocated in this financial year.
"Global demand for movies, TV shows and games continues to skyrocket and we are ensuring Victoria is ready to capture our share of that huge market," said Minister for Creative Industries and Assistant Treasurer Danny Pearson.
"This will support thousands of jobs in an industry that's been hit hard by the pandemic – and create a pipeline of work for the future."
The Interactive Games and Entertainment Association welcomed the news, but called for federal support.
"The Victorian state government has reaped the rewards of supporting the video games industry, with Victoria being home to the majority of game developers in Australia" said CEO Ron Curry.
Examples include the support given to The Arcade – Australia's first collaborative working space for game developers – and the Melbourne International Games Week held each October.
"This boost in funding ensures that the tremendous contribution that Victoria's games sector makes to the state's cultural, social and economic landscape will increase and pave the way for the rest of Australia to follow. With numerous international games studios looking to establish bases around the world, the attraction fund is an important step in making sure they consider Victoria a real and viable option.
"However, despite the Victorian Government's visionary policies announced today, which come on the heel of the South Australian Government's introduction of Australia's first ever game development rebate only a few months ago, Australia has a long way to go to meet the incentives provided to games studios in other countries like Canada and the UK.
"We again ask the Australian Government to do its part by providing a federal tax offset for game development, just like it does to the rest of the screen production industry, and to restore Screen Australia's previous game development fund. It is only through federal, state and territory screen policies working together that we can exponentially grow the local game development industry and attract the hundreds of millions of dollars, if not billions of dollars, that is waiting to be invested in Australia.
"Australia has the ability to create a $1 billion industry in game development, providing much needed export revenue and the creation of 10,000 new highly-skilled and innovation focused full-time jobs. We are seeing Australian states like Victoria take advantage of this growth industry and it's time for the federal government to step in and reap the rewards for Australia."


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Dan Schulman, PayPal’s president, has confirmed Facebook’s cryptocurrency Libra will launch in early 2020, while also confirming the firm is part of the new project.
According to a report published by Brazilian newspaper Valor, Schulman noted he believes the Libra will be a stable and inclusive option for the financial system, as blockchain technology can help include more people in it.
Speaking to the news outlet he noted PayPal has to work according to regulators’ demands, and that the firm spend “hundreds of millions of dollars” in compliance and risk management once he took over as president. He added:
When they approached us about the libra, it was clear to me that the idea of potentially using blockchain opens an avenue to reinforce our mission to serve the unbanked.
Schulman further added over two billion people are currently living outside of the financial system, and that the figure doesn’t include those who aren’t getting proper financial services. Per the news outlet, 70 million people in the U.S. alone spend around 10% of their available income on financial services such as ATM withdrawals, transactions, and more.
Per the PayPal executive, last year Americans spent over $140 billion this way. This means that using cryptocurrencies could see those who need the funds keep them, instead of spending them in these services.
Facebook’s Libra has been touted as a cryptocurrency that could be used within the social network’s ecosystem – which includes Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram – to provide its nearly two billion users with financial services.
PayPal’s managing director for Brazil and Mexico, Federico Schumacher, was also quoted as saying the Libra could see cryptocurrencies be used as a payment method, instead of as an investment. He stated:
We’ve seen technology-rich cryptocurrencies be used as an investment, rather than as a currency
Notably some claim Bitcoin, the flagship cryptocurrency, was created to be used as cash, as a payment method, while others see it as a store of value that’s meant to be “gold 2.0.” This led to a scaling debate, that ultimately led to the creation of Bitcoin Cash.
As CryptoGlobe recently covered Facebook’s Libra may be about to face competition, as Walmart recently filed a patent for a Libra-like stablecoin that could be used within its stores.


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Bahrain’s Gulf International Bank (GIB) has launched what is claimed to be the Gulf’s first Shariah-compliant digital banking service.
Meem, which officially launched in Bahrain on Monday, is designed to allow customers to manage their accounts and conduct transactions via a mobile app or an online banking portal.
For any issues, customers can contact bank staff via a video contact centre, email, web chat and social media.
GIB launched a similar service in Saudi Arabia in 2015 under plans for the previously wholesale focussed financial institution to diversify. This followed a Saudi government bailout after it suffered $757m of losses in 2007.
“Meem offers convenient and straightforward banking for digital customers that rely on technology and appreciate the benefits of banking anywhere anytime,” said GIB group CEO Abdulaziz Al-Helaissi.
“We aim to continue staying at the forefront of digital banking in the region by delivering innovative solutions to support the needs of our customers.”
GIB is owned by the six GCC governments, with Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund holding 97.2 per cent of its shares.
In June, the firm obtained a conventional retail banking licence in Bahrain as the precursor to launching the digital service.
It eventually plans to roll out Meem across the wider GCC.


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June 18 (Reuters) - The following are the top stories in the Financial Times. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.
20 billion-pound-a-year funding boost for NHS branded a 'missed opportunity' on.ft.com/2JYnOmZ
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'No deal' Brexit would cost UK households £1,000 a year on.ft.com/2K1LHtM
British Prime Minister Theresa May said on Sunday that funding for the National Health Service (NHS) is to increase by 20 billion pounds ($26.5 billion) a year in real terms by 2023-24 but experts immediately attacked the settlement as a missed opportunity to put the NHS on a sustainable footing.
British consumers and businesses made more debit card transactions than cash payments for the first time in 2017 thanks to the growing popularity of contactless payments, according to data released by industry group UK Finance on Monday.
UK households could see a 1,000 pounds rise in annual cost under a “no deal” Brexit scenario, where all imported goods from the EU were subject to World Trade Organization tariffs, according to study by consultants Oliver Wyman. ($1 = 0.7535 pounds) (Compiled by Bengaluru newsroom)


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U.S. stocks fell, giving the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index its first weekly drop in more than a month, as investors speculated the Federal Reserve may raise interest rates sooner than estimated after retail sales climbed at the fastest pace in four months.
The S&P 500 fell 0.6 percent to 1,985.56 at 4 p.m. Friday in New York.
“Today’s retail sales and consumer confidence data fall into the argument of those who believe the Fed lift-off date may come sooner,” Mark Luschini, chief investment strategist at Philadelphia-based Janney Montgomery Scott LLC, said. “The worry is if the Fed has to lift rates sooner rather than later, there’s the question of when, but also what the trajectory of interest-rate increases will be and if it will undermine this sanguine picture of equities as the only game in town.”
The 0.6 percent gain in retail sales matched the median forecast of 82 economists surveyed by Bloomberg and followed a 0.3 percent increase the prior month that was stronger than previously reported, Commerce Department figures showed today in Washington. Eleven of 13 major categories showed advances, led by auto dealers and building material stores.
The Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan preliminary consumer sentiment index rose to 84.6 in September from 82.5 the month before. The median estimate in a Bloomberg survey of economists projected an increase to 83.3.
The Fed is assessing the strength of the economy as it winds down a bond-buying program and considers raising rates. The central bank, which meets Sept. 16-17, has said that its benchmark rate will stay low for a “considerable time” after it completes the monthly bond purchases.
The S&P 500 has declined 1.1 percent this week on concern the Fed may raise interest rates sooner than forecast. The index closed at a record on Sept. 5, after rallying for five straight weeks, the longest winning streak this year. The gauge hasn’t posted a four-day string of losses in all of 2014, and the last time it fell more than 10 percent was three years ago.
The benchmark gauge is trading at 16.6 times the projected earnings of its members, near the 16.8 multiple reached on Sept. 5 that was the highest valuation since the end of 2009, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
All of the 10 main industries in the S&P 500 declined today. Energy shares tumbled 1.5 percent, extending a decline this week to 3.8 percent as crude prices have tumbled on concern that global oil demand is slowing.
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Move your marketing budgets and discretionary spend for the next iPhone or any new Apple products to the fall at the earliest. Apple's chief executive Tim Cook essentially said as much as he vigorously defended the company on its latest earnings call, and shared his frustration with Apple’s declining market value in the stock market, which has wiped out 27 percent of its total value in the last year.
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Nearly 20 percent of what the Pew Internet and Life Project calls “non-Internet users” don’t go online because they can’t afford it, with nearly half of those who don’t have home access citing fiscal reasons. Pew also found that more than a third of Internet users mostly go online through a mobile device, with “cell mostly” rates twice as high among blacks and Latinos as they are for whites.
Once a cash-strapped household gets wired and “triple-played” in every room, the next big challenge is finding the extra money to keep up with the bytes. Not only is there the monthly usage bill (plus taxes), bloated by channel bundles and service providers now charging extra for faster Internet, there is the added pressure of buying the latest tablet, laptop and HDTV to meet new demand and memory speeds. Poorer families, feeling the new squeeze, are avoiding the extra electronic layers of the latest digital fad as best they can, opting for a smartphone-centered life when the flat-screen sale doesn’t stretch far enough. But how much good does that do us in the long run?
Charles D. Ellison is a veteran political strategist and frequent contributor to The Root. He is also Washington correspondent for the Philadelphia Tribune and chief political correspondent for Uptown magazine. You can reach him via Twitter.


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CardFlight aims to make in-person purchases easier by enabling merchants to accept swiped card payments within their own mobile apps.
"We're not saying that e-commerce is a bad market but most payments still occur in real life," says Derek Webster, founder and CEO of CardFlight. "Retail commerce is still a massive opportunity."
A typical use case would be integrating payment into an app that checks in conference attendees at the door. Event staff could take a payment without switching to a payment-specific app.
CardFlight casts itself as "only a part of an all-in-one solution," as opposed to the mobile card readers that work only with dedicated payment apps, Webster says.
The New York-based startup offers a mobile card reader, a software development kit (SDK) and an application programming interface (API). These allow developers to create a secure way to accept payments within their apps while ensuring the flow matches the rest of the app's functionality, Webster says. CardFlight works on most iOS and Android devices.
CardFlight also announced a partnership with Stripe, which provides tools to developers to allow them to accept payments. The companies let developers use their Stripe accounts in applications that work with CardFlight.
The partnership "allows a person without a merchant account to sign up for a Stripe accounts and be immediately linked to CardFlight," Webster says.
CardFlight also processes payments through First Data, WorldPay, TSYS and others.
CardFlight is currently in private beta and speaking to event ticketing, customer relationship management and charity fund-raising companies about the product, says Webster.
While Square revolutionized the payments space when it launched its mobile card-reader in 2010, the market has become saturated with similar products, including those like CardFlight that add capabilities beyond simple payment acceptance.


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FREMONT — With Tesla Motors planning to move into the shuttered NUMMI auto plant, Fremont can stake claim to being a leading center for green technology.
But it looks increasingly unlikely that the city also will stake claim to baseball’s green and gold.
Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk tantalized Fremont stadium boosters Thursday, saying the company didn’t foresee any conflict between its planned operations at the NUMMI plant and Fremont’s proposal to bring the Oakland A’s to a nearby parcel owned by New United Motor Manufacturing Inc.
But A’s co-owner Lew Wolff said Friday that a Fremont stadium plan isn’t viable, even with Tesla’s support.
“We can’t finance a ballpark in Fremont without the ability to sell residential entitlements,” he said, referring to team’s original Fremont stadium proposal that included development rights for 3,150 housing units.
Wolff doesn’t envision the market bearing the magnitude of new housing needed to help pay for a Fremont stadium.
“I think we missed our chance,” he said. “We need to be in an established downtown.”
Fremont officials nevertheless were ecstatic to learn that Tesla and Toyota had struck a deal to get assembly lines rolling again at the south Fremont auto plant, which closed in April, putting 4,700 employees out of work.
Not only will the city once again have an operating auto plant, but Tesla made clear that, unlike NUMMI, it will not oppose major development near the plant.
“It sounds like the best of both worlds,” Mayor Bob Wasserman said.
The agreement between the two auto companies allows NUMMI — a former partnership between Toyota and General Motors — to sell about 170 vacant acres north of the plant.
Musk said that Tesla wouldn’t oppose offices, stores or even a baseball stadium so long as the company had unimpeded access to the nearby rail corridor.
Tesla’s arrival in Fremont comes as several of the city’s green technology companies, including solar panel makers Solyndra and Solaria, have begun expanding.
“When I look at the number of firms that we have, and I look at Solyndra and Tesla, I’m beginning to think that we’re the national focal point for green technology,” City Manager Fred Diaz said.
Earlier this year, Fremont received a federal loan to study redeveloping the NUMMI site and adjacent land, which have easy access to two freeways and a BART station scheduled to open in 2014.
The city is postponing meeting with prospective consultants until it learns more about Tesla’s and Toyota’s plans for the property, said Lori Taylor, the city’s director of economic development.
With Tesla on board, Wasserman envisioned the surrounding land having fewer shopping outlets and more manufacturing plants.
“Tesla is going to need suppliers just like NUMMI did,” he said. “Maybe we can amass some of those instead of them being spread all over the region.”
Meanwhile, the A’s still are awaiting permission from Major League Baseball to move to downtown San Jose.
Fremont Councilmember Anu Natarajan was surprised to hear that Wolff didn’t think a Fremont stadium was viable without the housing component.
“To me, that’s just an excuse not to look at Fremont,” she said. “I think there are other ways to do it.”
Contact Matthew Artz at 510-353-7002.


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Summit Hardscaping based in Fort Collins, Colorado, isn’t large by any means, but its current staff of employees has allowed Dave Doyle, president of the company, to move out of the field and become more of an owner.
Cara Doyle, vice president of Summit and Dave’s wife, says the hiring of Justin Temple, their operations manager, was particularly important.
“For years, we struggled with me not having to do everything,” Dave says. “So, having them on board, they’re often reminding me they don’t need my help, which has been my dream for a long, long time to be able to oversee and not be such a critical part of production.”
While Dave has traditionally handled the design work, he says they are considering bringing on a designer full time to further allow him to focus on the ownership side of things.
“We’re truly seeing (ownership matters) are more important than we thought,” Dave says. “It’s not just making the absolute decisions. It’s seeing ahead, job costing, things like that. So, I need to get myself a little bit away from the design side of things.”
Keys to success
Yet Summit would not have seen double digit growth for a number of years and survived the recession if it wasn’t doing something right.
Dave credits his company’s success to a number of factors, including selecting a specialty and finding the right customers.
Aside from keeping his employees happy by selecting jobs he knows they would like to work, Dave says it’s important to enjoy the journey yourself.
“It can be stressful trying to connect all the dots sometimes,” Dave says. “We realized that it’s kind of like first world problems, if you will. The problems that exist are really not that big of a deal. That’s part of why we enjoy this industry so much because you’re beautifying somebody’s problems that can always be overcome.”
Some advice that Dave says he’d give himself if he was starting all over is to find his niche earlier on.
“I’d probably say specialize more and do something and do it well and be known for that,” he says.
While Dave encourages others to find what they want to specialize in quickly, he acknowledges you can still learn a great deal from trial and error. He believes that the industry is headed towards more specialization as a whole as business continues to pick up.
After finding the right services for your business, Dave says it is equally important to find the right customers.
“When we’re being interviewed for a project by a customer, we feel like, in turn, we’re doing the same thing to them because we really have to have that relationship, and so we see red flags,” Dave says.
He says their company has a green light, yellow light, red light system for leads. A green light customer is one they definitely need to go forward with, while a yellow light client is one that still needs feeling out. A red light customer would be a project that is immediately not suited for Summit.
Dave says he is a very instinctive person and can usually tell if a project or person is going to be trouble.
“I think identifying that relationship in the beginning has been a good key for us and then, of course, that lines up with the budget and the return side of things and keeping our employees happy,” Dave says. “I think the employee side is very, very big and then just getting the right customers and seeking those out, I think that’s our key.”
The couple also attends the GIE+EXPO in Louisville, Kentucky, every few years to learn about the new products and innovations, as well as to enjoy the camaraderie.
“You start to really recognize that you’re not alone in the industry, that we’re all faced with a lot of the very same things and same decisions over and over, but I think it’s just confirming for us when you start seeing other people struggling with the same thing,” Dave says. “You really get a snapshot of just about everything in the industry.”
The last piece of advice is to stay creative. The Doyles achieve this through a number of methods. Cara says they will travel sometimes to get ideas and Dave says he gets inspired by seeing other’s work.
“Staying really balanced, I think, is important,” he says. “Not getting too burnt out and then just staying active with regards to GIE, with seeing other publications, with seeing other Instagram posts and seeing what other people are doing really stirs the imagination. Some of the things that people are coming up with, I wonder where they are coming up with it, so I feel like I’m constantly pushed to do better and better things.”
Utilizing social media
Speaking of social media, Summit credits a majority of its leads to social media, with word of mouth from customers and vendors coming second.
Cara says the company is very Instagram-heavy and their Instagram posts are shared on Facebook as well. They also use Pinterest to create design boards for clients, and sometimes clients will share their Pinterest boards to express their preferences and what they’re looking for without words.
“I love Instagram because it’s so quick and very visual and allows me to see what other contractors are doing, what trends are happening and it allows a lot of our clients to really see what we’re doing,” Cara says. “It takes a lot longer to sit down and get specific photos and get the website updated. Whereas on Instagram, I’ll post this afternoon what we did at Della Terra and it’s up instantly. People get to see that.”
Dave says they are also active on Yelp and the Better Business Bureau, gaining both leads and reviews from the sites.
“A lot of people really have a lot of faith in the Better Business Bureau,” Dave says. “We try to balance that out, so we have current reviews on all our different platforms, but that way we’re up to date on each of those. And then we also know we get instant feedback that way, too.”
Summit also has a blog on its website that Cara handles, and although she hasn’t been able to post recently, she hopes as they get some additional staff she will be freed up to write at least one a month.
“Honestly, I would love to do it every other week,” Cara says. “I mean, I’ve got a whole notebook of ideas.”
Cara says some of the topics would cover recently completed projects, landscaping trends and solutions for common problems such as drainage.
“I mean, those are common issues that we need to have the answers for, so it will come up on a search engine a little bit quicker,” Cara says.
Dave says they often hear from people that they have a great website and he thinks it is a very good site as well.
“But again, that’s related back to us having the right employees in place; that’s allowing some of the pressure to come off of me, which in turn is coming off of Cara, who ends up being at the bottom of the to-do list, if you will,” he says. “She’s our backup plan for just about everything.”


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The 2010 ING New York City Marathon, scheduled for Sunday, Nov. 7, is already breaking records: Applications for this year's race were up 20%, to 119,000, and the event is expected to raise $26 million for charity, the highest ever for the marathon, according to New York Road Runners.
To reach these new peaks, NYRR made some unprecedented changes to this year's race, embracing technology and community networking. For the first time, organizers opened electronic registration for the 2010 event the day after the 2009 marathon; runners used to have to wait until January for the ceremonial opening of the registration website. The NYRR also launched an initiative to focus on small nonprofit organizations. And of course, there's the inevitable iPad app. Call it Marathon 2.0.
The results were dramatic. The number of charitable organizations piggybacking on the world's largest marathon has more than doubled from the previous year. And nearly 20,000 would-be runners signed up in the first week.
Interest in this year's marathon crushed last year's all-time record of 100,000 applicants. (Because of the constraints of the 26.2-mile course, the race is capped at about 40,000 runners.)
“We were blown away,” says Mary Wittenberg, NYRR chief executive. “A lightbulb went off.”
All of that adds up to good news for NYRR, which has managed to recruit new corporate sponsors, even in a tight economy. NYRR's operating budget surged to $50 million this year, up from $47 million in 2008.
For the nonprofit NYRR, each application brings in an $11 processing fee—plus popularity points to show potential sponsors. New corporate backers include India-based Tata Consultancy Services, consumer products company Unilever, automaker Nissan North America (which replaced Toyota) and sandwich franchise Subway, whose spokesman, Jared Fogle, is running the marathon this year.


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DANVILLE — Ruler Discount Foods, a subsidiary of Kroger Foods, is opening a store in a vacant building at the corner of East Main and Griffin streets, according to city officials.
Chris Milliken, planning and zoning manager with the city of Danville, said the 25,000-square-foot building at 102 N. Griffin St. is currently vacant and formerly housed the Save-A-Lot grocery store that moved to the northeast side of town in the Holiday Square site at Bowman Avenue and Voorhees Street.
Milliken said Wes Burres owns the building and is leasing it to Ruler Foods. The small shopping complex also includes a Dollar General store and another vacant space that was formerly a CVS store.
Milliken said the company will be renovating the building, and the store could be open in three to four months. He said some Community Development Block Grant funding, which are federal dollars the city receives annually, is being used in the project. He said the project qualified based on the fact that the store will be creating and retaining jobs in the city, but he did not know how many workers the company is planning to hire.
Vicki Haugen with Vermilion Advantage said she could not comment on the project.
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