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Exclusive: Obama pulls plug on $32,000 meeting with electric car advocate
June 3, 2013, 5:21 p.m. by Jim Motavalli
Paul Scott sells Nissan Leafs for a living. He put up his retirement savings for a few minutes with the president to talk about electric cars and climate change. But now the Democratic National Committee has returned his check, citing the media attention.
Can the electric car change the world? [Infographic]
June 1, 2013, 9:17 a.m.
Buyers have been slow to purchase electric cars, and cities slower still to support them. What can be done?
Tesla dramatically expands charging locations, making NY to LA trip possible
May 30, 2013, 4:41 p.m. by Jim Motavalli
The Model S-only network will enable not only coast-to-coast electric rides, but 20-minute charges. CEO Elon Musk is ramping up the timetable and putting the chargers on steroids.
The Porsche 918 Spyder: An electrified bat out of hell
May 17, 2013, 1:46 p.m. by Jim Motavalli
Move over Tesla, here comes a plug-in hybrid capable of 211 mph and zero to 125 mph in less than eight seconds. They're talking about 78 mpg, but not when the big V-8 is really roaring.
Tesla on a roll, selling more electric cars than anyone else
May 9, 2013, 10:05 p.m. by Jim Motavalli
Tesla made its first profit in the first quarter of 2013, and it's selling more plug-in cars than GM or Nissan. The stock is soaring, and Consumer Reports is raving.
Tesla posts profit, gets unbelievably high scores from Consumer Reports
May 9, 2013, 11:53 a.m. by Melissa Hincha-Ownby
The electric vehicle automaker posted its first ever quarterly profit and earned 99 out of 100 points from the consumer rating magazine.
Taxi! New York explores plug-in cabs
April 22, 2013, 5:24 p.m. by Jim Motavalli
Mayor Bloomberg wants an all-green fleet — like San Francisco — but that effort has been stymied by a lawsuit. So the 6 Nissan Leaf taxis introduced on Earth Day are a pilot program, but that might lead to greater things ahead.
Electric cars too expensive? Try renting the battery pack instead of buying it
April 16, 2013, 11:26 a.m. by Jim Motavalli
European electric car buyers have been getting lease options, and so will Americans who go for the new version of the Smart Electric Drive.
Hyundai debuts E4U urban mobility vehicle in Seoul
April 10, 2013, 12:09 p.m. by Melissa Hincha-Ownby
The hit of the Seoul Motor Show may be Hyundai’s egg-shaped take on personal mobility, the E4U.


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There is no end to free fall of rupee that has dropped to a new all-time low amid higher import payments and worries about the outlook for the country’s external sector. Reportedly, the rupee closed at 177.43 to the dollar. The local unit has weakened 11.21 percent so far this fiscal year. There are a number of reasons for the present fall. Experts believe that the rupee was enjoying artificial hike and it was overvalued in the past. It is also being argued that the fall has come after the tightening of monetary policy by the IMF and the depreciation has been allowed under the instructions of the IMF. Precisely, we are losing value of our money and the situation demands effective positioning of our finances to navigate through these rough waters.
It is believed that depreciation of rupee can give a boost to exports, which is deemed crucial to keep products competitive in the global markets. But this positive trend is only short term as it cannot bring overall stability to the country’s economy. There are two opposing views about the depreciation of currency. Exporters believe that devaluation of Pakistani currency is necessary for increasing exports while policy makers oppose this trend on the ground that it only jacks up inflation rate in the country. According to them it is not a substitute to the economic growth.
At present our country is struggling to increase its exports. Another problem for Pakistani economy is that it is heavily dependent on imports for even basic commodities. The depreciation of Pak rupee raises import costs and ultimately brings more inflation. Secondly the debt servicing cost of foreign debt also becomes very high for the nation. Thus, depreciation of Pak rupee is not without risks. From essential commodities to the glamorous gadgets, the depreciating rupee hurts in many ways. Continuing rupee fall makes crude oil, fertilisers, medicines etc. costlier.
The real way to maintain a balance is to increase productivity and focus on subsidies on selective export items besides controlling imports to live within the means the nation can afford. In this regard, the government can abolish GST on certain export items for making them affordable in the international markets. The government needs to focus on the management of resources and keep a balance in export and import sectors.

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Why Kolkata is witnessing a surge in demand for fish
Fish has suddenly turned steamier in the West Bengal capital, thanks to the unfolding of a carcass meat racket.
Business has jumped 40% in Kolkata’s fish market over the past week despite a 10-15% surge in prices, even as restaurants known for their meat dishes said their businesses were hit by the controversy.
“There has been at least a 60% slump in overall demand for meat dishes,” said Noor Islam, who manages the business at Lazeez, a chain of restaurants run by Shiraz, famed for its mutton biryani.
Utpal Basu, who owns the iconic Dilkhusha Restaurant on the College Street in north Kolkata, concurred with view. “More and more people are opting for fish items like fish fry and fish chop now,” he said.
Around 20 tonnes of animal carcasses treated with formalin, a solution used for preserving biological specimens, were seized from a cold storage in central Kolkata in the past week. The meat was allegedly sourced from dumping grounds in the city’s outskirts and was being passed off as chicken or mutton to restaurants. Police have arrested nine people, including the kingpin of the racket, but meat eaters are still cautious.
Chicken sellers said their business had taken a 30% dent. But that hasn’t hurt the prices of chicken in the retail market, which sellers attributed to higher feed cost. Fish stakes a bigger claim on the Bengali platter as the mercury soars. But, this time, it’s bigger than usual.
“Summer sees a hike in fish prices because of reduced supply from ponds and lakes. Despite that prices have gone up by 15% after the rotten meat scare. Overall, the demand for fish has increased by around 40%,” said Syed Anwar Maqsood, secretary of the Fish Importers’ Association.
Vendors at the Maniktala market, which is one of the city’s biggest fish markets in the city, said people were opting for various types of fish now.
“A customer would usually buy two or three types of fish. Over the past week, we have seen customers buying up to four varieties. While prices of the smaller fish varieties have almost doubled, prices of bigger fish like bekti and catla have jumped Rs 100-150 per kg,” said Bablu Das, joint secretary of the Maniktala Market Association.
Vendors at the 150-year-old Hatibagan Market in North Kolkata said buying chicken from them is safe as live chickens are slaughtered at the stalls in front of the customer. What remains risky is buying frozen meat from department stores and online markets, they said. “Eating out is dicey,” said Ranjan Roy, general secretary of the Hatibagan Market Association, “because we do not know what meat we’re being served.”
Department stores, however, said the controversy had not affected their clientele. At a state-run agency that sells meat, sales have in fact jumped as people are surer about the quality of products.
“We have witnessed a surge in sales at our stores after the racket was busted. People have become more aware and are asking us where we source the meat from,” said Gouri Shankar Koner, managing director at Haringhata Meat, which is owned by the West Bengal Livestock Development Corporation.
Stating that footfalls in the non-vegetarian section of Spencer’s department stores, run by the RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group, remained the same, business head of the eastern region Kaushik Ganguly said the store procured meat only from suppliers approved by the national food regulator.
Big restaurant chains and eatery brands also chose to lay off the controversy, with most of them boasting of customer loyalty. “There’s no impact of the incident on our customers,” claimed an executive at 6 Ballygunge Place.
An official of Oh! Calcutta also claimed that business remains usual. Marques like Subway and McDonald’s, too, claimed no noticeable impact on their order books. While the controversy has laid bare the murky underbelly of the meat business, it has also created a frenzy in social media with rumours about various reputed restaurants serving rotten meat.
Soon after its name featured as one of the buyers of animal carcass, Lazeez initiated legal action against those who allegedly dragged its name into the issue. “We have lodged a complaint with the cyber cell of the Kolkata Police,” said Islam, the general manager at Lazeez. “The livestock supplied to us is slaughtered at our own meat processing unit. So, there’s no question of controversy here.”
Mohammed Halim, the operations manager at Shiraz Golden Restaurant, said the issue has not been able to unnerve their customers’ loyalty. “We operate a live kitchen inside our restaurant which allows customers to observe the entire cooking procedure, hence maintaining transparency and building confidence among patrons about the quality of our food,” said Goutam Paul, partner at Darao Pathik-Bor, a restaurant based out of North Kolkata.
Bengalis are known to have a finer sense of delicacies. If Bengalis can spot whether a fish is stale or fresh at a whisker then why did it take so long to identify whether they’re eating the right meat or not? The question is blowing in the Web.


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Source: GlobalData, Pharma Intelligence Center, Drugs Database.
Epilepsy is a brain disorder characterised by spontaneously occurring and recurrent seizures with a prevalent population of 5.7 million in 2016 and expected to rise to 6 million in 2026.
According to GlobalData, sales of anti-epileptic drugs totalled $6.1bn in 2016 across the EU5, Japan and US markets. The sales of anti-epileptic drugs are expected to rise to $7.5bn by 2026 at a Compound Annual Growth Rate of 2.1% across the 7 major markets. The US will remain the leading market throughout the ten year forecast period with estimated sales of $5.9bn in 2026.
The Epilepsy market has been dominated in the past by a handful of drugs including the most recent UCB’s Keppra and GSK’s Lamicta. However main drivers of the forecast and growth of sales will be due to the launch of rare orphan disease drugs currently in the late-stage pipeline including Epidiolex and Fenfluramine which are expected to be approved for Lennox-Gastaut syndrome and Dravet syndrome.
However with the growth of a market comes competition and already existing branded drugs such as Sabril and Vimpat will face patent expirations, which will see cheaper generic soaring through the market and impacting the sales of branded drugs.


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Are Farmer Markets Cheaper
Do Farmers Markets Save You Money?
With nearly 5,300 farmers markets scattered around the country, there's no shortage of luscious fruits and vegetables. So here's a question for the frugal shopper: Are farmers markets cheaper than grocery stores or does buying farm-fresh produce bite into your budget?
Unfortunately, there's no hard and fast answer. Two recent studies concluded that consumers may get a better deal by shopping at a farmers market, especially on organic produce. Anecdotal evidence supplied by people we know, however, suggests that buying local may cost a bit more, but the quality and variety is often superior.
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A report from the Northeast Organic Farming Association of Vermont (PDF) (an organization that promotes local agriculture) priced out a standard basket of eggs and produce -- blueberries, corn, peppers, string beans, squash, tomatoes, head lettuce, and potatoes -- purchased from farmers markets and compared the numbers with the cost of the same items at local grocery stores.
This study found that five of the 14 products tracked were cheaper at farmers markets, while three cost just about the same. Grocery stores offered two items, eggs and potatoes, at considerably cheaper prices. The researchers speculate that this reflects economies of scale.
The study also compared organic produce from both sources, and here the advantage was considerably on the side of the farmers markets. Only organic potatoes were cheaper at the grocery stores. One example is particularly revealing: The average price for a pound of organic cut-leaf lettuce at the farmers' market was $4 while the same lettuce at nearby grocery stores sold for as much as $12.77 a pound. In some instances, organic produce at the farmers markets cost even less than non-organic produce at the grocery stores.
Another study, done in Iowa in 2009 by the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture's Marketing and Food Systems Initiative (a supporter of local agriculture), compared the price at peak season of a basket of locally grown vegetables for sale at farmers markets to the same vegetables from non-local sources for sale at the local grocery store. The basket, which included zucchini, summer squash, cucumbers, string beans, cabbage, sweet onions, tomatoes, and sweet corn, sold for $1.25 a pound at the farmers markets compared with $1.39 a pound at a local grocery store, such as the Walmart Supercenter.
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Certainly, there are factors neither study considered. What is the price difference at the tail end of the growing season, for example? Or the dollar value of rewards toward premiums such as gasoline discounts that grocery stores give out in return for purchases? How do you account for units of measure? Some farmers markets require buying in bulk to get a good price, and farmers markets, to our knowledge, don't offer extreme couponing (or couponing of any kind, for that matter).
Nevertheless, from what we hear, even consumers who are sure that a farmers market basket carries a higher price tag than an identical haul from the local grocery often say they don't mind spending a few extra dollars. The season is short and the just-picked freshness is a treat that's hard to resist.


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When Sycamore Brewing announced it would be the new home of South End’s original Food Truck Friday, it immediately started to ruffle some feathers.
Law enforcement was concerned about the volume of people expected. Neighboring property owners were worried about being overrun by people looking to park cars.
That’s why Sycamore just announced that they will be scaling back.
The original plan was to close down the parking lot for about a dozen food trucks, with about half of them being regulars and the other half rotating. “It really started with the most earnest and honest of intentions,” brewery owner Justin Brigham said.
Now, the plan is to have four trucks lined up on the taproom side, with the parking remaining open. Sycamore will still bring out the Munich-style biergarten tables they purchased. Overall, the atmosphere will be more intimate than originally planned, Justin said. He wants it to be an homage to what Food Truck Friday in South End used to be.
He’s also planning to pump up the other new Friday food truck rallies in the area, including the one at Unknown Brewing to try to thin the crowd.
Justin said he understands some of the food trucks who were lined up for his rallies are going to be mad.
The good news: The beer truck will still be in business.
It’s a refurbished fire truck and it’s almost ready to go, Justin says.
The first Food Truck Friday at Sycamore will be this coming Friday (3/11).
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Jordan's CPI inflation increased to 7.1% y/y in May from 6.0% the month before, state news agency Petra reported on June 10, citing a statement from the stats office DoS. The latter has yet to publish an official breakdown by sector. Higher fresh produce, transport and fuel prices remained the main growth engine of CPI in Jordan. Food prices account for 36.6% of the inflation basket.
In monthly terms, the CPI reportedly shrank 0.9% m/m compared with a 0.1% contraction in April.
In Jan-May, CPI inflation averaged 7.0% y/y, well up from 3.9% the year before. Jordan’s CPI inflation will quicken to 5.9% in 2013 from 4.8% a year earlier, the IMF said in its latest April World Economic Outlook.
Jordan’s government has already lifted fuel subsidies and will very soon hike electricity prices by an average of 14%, according to earlier reports. These factors will likely boost inflationary pressure in the near term but the one-off price increase will gradually fade throughout H2 as the market absorbs the initial price shock.
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Gorillaz will visit Philadelphia for the 2nd time in just over a year when The Now Now Tour 2018 hits Wells Fargo Center on October 11th.
Everybody's favorite cartoon band just announced their new album will be out on June 29th and they're taking the show on the road. Tickets go on sale NEXT Friday, June 8th @ 12 noon, with a presale on Thursday, June 7th starting at 10am. Check back early Thursday morning for the password & link you'll need to access the presale, I'll have it for you then....orrrr....win tickets before you can buy them with us - register here!
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Customers of EDC Wholesale are invited to benefit from discounts on major brands from the Holland-based wholesaler during the special ‘October Deals’, designed to help customers prepare for the upcoming shopping season.
Special offers are available at EDC Wholesale throughout October on top-selling brands.
Customers can benefit from an extra 10 percent discount on several brands including the popular XR Brands, Satisfyer, PJUR, Rocks-Off, and Strap-On-Me.
“For the second year in a row, the biggest industry trade shows are canceled where we meet our customers in person and introduce them to the newest brands and products,” says Andre Visser, sales director at EDC Wholesale. “That is why we have set up the second edition of the October Deals to allow retail customers to stock up and prepare for Single’s day, Black Friday, Cyber Monday, and of course the buzzing Christmas season.”
For more information about the October Deals, please visit www.one-dc.com or contact email@example.com.
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Parks and Resorts segment
The Walt Disney Company’s (DIS) parks and resorts are doing extremely well in the United States. The company is continuing to add new attractions. Last year, it announced that it’s looking to add two more cruise ships to its fleet, taking the number to six. However, it doesn’t expect them to be operational until 2021–2023.
Disney has also introduced three-tier pricing at its US theme parks to increase revenue. It said in its fiscal 2016 earnings call that it has seen such high occupancy at its hotels in Orlando and California that it’s thinking about building more hotels at both sites. However, it made no new announcements in its fiscal 4Q16 earnings call.
As you can see in the above graph, Disney Parks and Resorts accounted for 31.0% of the company’s total revenues of $55.6 billion in fiscal 2016.
Last year, Disney opened its Disneyland theme park in Shanghai, China (FXI). The company stated in its fiscal 4Q16 earnings call that it expects Shanghai Disneyland to be close to profitable in fiscal 2017.
Disney said that Shanghai Disneyland had 4.0 million visitors in the first four months after its launch. But it didn’t provide any annual guidance for the number of visitors to the theme park. Considering the rising visitors, it could be inferred that there’s a possibility that Shanghai Disneyland could attract around 10.0 million visitors in its first year of operation.
Consumer Products and Interactive Media
Disney (DIS) said in its fiscal 4Q16 earnings call that in fiscal 1Q17, it expects operating income for Disney Consumer Products and Interactive Media to fall year-over-year about 20.0%. The fall is due to a difficult comparison in licensing its Star Wars and Frozen merchandise and licensing its Star Wars Battlefront game in fiscal 1Q16.


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Mac nut farm will change in ways beyond its new name
Hawaii’s largest grower of macadamia nuts is undergoing major changes, including a new name and the emergence of a majority shareholder.
ML Macadamia Orchards LP is now Royal Hawaiian Orchards.
Meanwhile, Fred Ebrahimi, head of Wyoming-based Crescent River LLC, has purchased the interest of Leap Tide Capital Management and now owns a little more than 50 percent of the outstanding limited partnership shares.
According to U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filings, Ebrahimi acquired 625,938 shares at $3.75 each on Sept. 28. On that day, the company’s stock price closed at $4 per share, the highest it has been in at least six months. It closed at $3.90 per share earlier this week.
Ebrahimi is best known as the former CEO and co-owner of Quark, a privately owned software company.
Wanda Abel, a partner at Davis Graham & Stubbs, which represents Ebrahimi’s investment firm, told PBN that her Denver law firm had no comment on the purchase. A message left with Jan Loeb, president and director of Leap Tide Capital Management, a privately owned Maryland-based investment firm, was not returned.
Dennis Simonis, president and CEO of Royal Hawaiian Orchards, told PBN in an email that there is no way of knowing whether the transaction will have a positive or negative effect on the company or its other shareholders. But he did say that the company’s new strategy, which includes unveiling a line of retail products under the new name, already is having a positive impact on the stock price.
“[We will be] holding some corporate public relations events within the next 30 days announcing our product launch,” Simonis said. “[It’s] very exciting stuff.”
Duane Shimogawa covers energy, real estate and economic development for Pacific Business News.
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EV battery demand has a slow start to the decade, with 2020 shipments 14% lower than in 2019. But by 2030 demand grows almost 14-fold to 1,755GWh. Manufacturers have announced plans totaling 1,769TWh of annual capacity planned by 2025. China still dominates, but capacity is growing in other regions.
There are developments suggest that battery prices will drop faster than even the Bloomberg NEF forecast. $100/kWh could happen this year or next. Prices could reach $30-40 per kWh by 2030. There are also analysis where there could be 6 Terawatt hours per year of battery production in 2030 instead of 2.5 Terawatt hours per year. 3 THh/year for electric cars would mean 30 million electric cars. More batteries and cheaper batteries mean the electrification of transportation and the world will happen faster.
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China’s rocket makes a splash
China successfully delivered another piece of its Tiangong space station to orbit recently. The lab module will provide crew members with space and short-term living quarters. It will also be the main entry/exit point for extravehicular activities. The other result of this milestone is some rocket debris in the Indian Ocean. The country used one of its Long March 5B rockets to launch its module into orbit. But as soon as it had done the job, it was swiftly discarded.
Which meant roughly twenty tonnes of rocket came hurtling back to Earth. Some of it was burned up on reentry and the rest splashed down in the Indian Ocean. While a little unsettling, it did make for a pretty spectacle. China is a little behind when it comes to its rockets. The Long March 5B rockets it uses can’t be reused, which causes concern every time the country launches one. Although no one was harmed this time, NASA Administrator Bill Nelson had some strong thoughts about China’s lack of transparency.
Nike updates Training Club with more accessible workouts
Nike has updated its fitness app to better serve people with disabilities. The apparel brand has introduced adaptive workout sessions to its Training Club app for people with and without disabilities. The set consists of seven sessions which range from yoga to upper-body workouts using dumbbells. This is in addition to the program it offers for pregnant women. The workouts are led by Amy Bream, a Nike limb loss athlete. Users are also nudged in the right direction by an adaptive training-focused physiotherapist.
While this is a good first step for Nike, there’s still more to do. Apple, for example, introduced workouts for seniors last year and also offers wheelchair workout tracking with the Apple Watch. We’re hoping Nike is just getting warmed up with its adaptive workouts.
Twitter’s pain is starting to show
You might’ve heard of Twitter Blue by now, the $3/m (R50/m) subscription service that gives subscribers a few extra features. Well, that’s about to get slightly more expensive for the handful of people that opt to pay more for Twitter and still have ads. Luckily for South Africans, the price of Twitter Blue remains at R0.00 because it is only available in a few countries (SA isn’t one of them) despite having launched over a year ago. An extra $2 isn’t that much but when you aren’t getting anything in return, it is a lot harder to justify.
This is the latest development in the ongoing decline of the social media platform. Since Musk asked to buy the company for way more than it was worth at the time, to noping out of that decision, the platform is starting to feel some additional pressure.
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Spotify adds a social streaming Friends Mix playlist
Spotify recently announced a new algorithmic playlist for everyone so we can all celebrate International Friendship day… which was apparently on 30 July. If you missed that, don’t feel bad. Your friends probably forgot as well. The playlist functions similarly to the algorithmic offerings you already use like Release Radar and Discover Weekly. But this one also contains what your Spotify friends are listening to. It sounds similar to collaborative playlists feature except it does all the work for you. How well it’ll work depends on you and your friends’ music tastes.
Spotify also released a similar feature called Blend last year. That’s slightly different in that you pick one specific friend and it makes a once-off playlist based on what you are both listening to at the time. The feature started rolling out on 30 July so it might take some time before it appears for you. But don’t expect it to if you don’t have any friends.
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Jon Favreau reveals details for new Star Wars TV series The Mandalorian
The live action series will be set between Return of the Jedi and The Force Awakens
Jon Favreau has announced the first details for his Star Wars TV series, which is set to debut on Disney's new streaming service.
Taking to Instagram, the Lion King director revealed that the series will be called The Mandalorian, and will be set between the end of the original trilogy and the start of The Force Awakens.
The story will follow a "lone gunfighter in the outer reaches of the galaxy", before the events of Star Wars Episode VII.
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"After the stories of Jango and Boba Fett, another warrior emerges in the Star Wars universe," the post reads. "The Mandalorian is set after the fall of the empire and before the emergence of the First Order. We follow the travails of a lone gunfighter in the outer reaches of the galaxy far from the authority of the New Republic..."
It is as yet unknown who will play the protagonist in the new series – or when it will be released. Disney's streaming service is set to launch in 2019.
The Mandalorian will be the first live action TV series in the Star Wars universe. It will likely go into production whenever Favreau wraps up his live-action, Donald Glover & Beyoncé-led reboot of The Lion King.


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Adult Industry News
Mon, Jun 30 2014 04:30pm PDT
Williams Trading Co. has announced its first-ever Big 3 Super Sale of adult industry’s heavy hitters, Pipedream, Nasstoys and CalExotics.
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Forbidden Fruits Films has announced an upcoming “twisted” feature-length erotic thriller from director Harry Sparks entitled, “Call Me Mother.”
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Adult-centric Radio Temptation has announced the launch of Britney Amber's radio program, "The Britney Amber Show," which debuts tomorrow at 7 p.m. PST.
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Beginning tomorrow, it will be against the law in Colorado to post intimate photos of a former lover as a means of revenge or harassment.
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As an increasing number of consumers turn to keyboard-scarce mobile devices for more than making phone calls, voices are replacing fingers as a navigational tool.
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True Love Films has announced thre release of "Yoga for Lovers: A How To Guide for Amazing Sex" directed by Jim Powers.
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Private has announced a July 3 release for “Pussy Harvest,” a hardcore gonzo title dedicated to celebrating the season’s bounty.
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Paxum has announced a new business relationship with Jasmin and Live Jasmin, which have chosen to add Paxum Global eWallet as an available payment option for both webcam performers and studios.
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A new study, “Narcissism & Internet Pornography Use,” found that participants who scored high on measures of narcissism watched more porn — and the more narcissistic they were, the more porn they watched.
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Pipedream is no stranger to the mainstream spotlight, with products featured on network TV shows like CBS’ “Two and a Half Men,” MTV’s “Real World,” FX's “Sons of Anarchy,” and Bravo’s “Flipping Out.” Now the manufacturer has stepped up to the big screen in “Think Like a Man Too


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The ONC, in collaboration with OCR, launched the Digital Privacy Notice Challenge. The challenge calls for online model notices of privacy practices that are compelling, readable, and understandable by patients.
Welltok raised $22.1 million in Series C funding led by New Enterprise Associates (NEA) with new participation from IBM and Qualcomm Ventures’ life fund portfolio. This is IBM’s first direct investment from the recently formed Watson Group, and supports its partnership with Welltok to build a new application that draws upon Watson’s big data abilities.
Keas expanded their customer base, signing Target and Safeway among others, and enhanced their wellness platform with individualized health programs for employees based on biometric and Health Risk Assessment (HRA) analysis.
AliveCor was granted over-the-counter (OTC) clearance by the FDA for its smartphone-enabled, single-channel ECG (electrocardiogram) recorder device. Up until now the AliveCor device has only been available to physicians and other medical professionals.
Partners HealthCare at Home will use technology from Philips to monitor newly discharged patients at home. The first 200 home monitors were installed in less than two weeks with Partners using its own network to install the monitors and provide training to ensure clinical and patient adoption.
Google announced its cloud platform will now be HIPAA-friendly and will support business associate agreements going forward. This announcement further integrates cloud application developers using Google’s cloud platform into the health care industry.


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After more than a year after the launch of Google Panda and after it is completed in the next update, April 24, Google announced a new change to its algorithm immediately renamed Google Penguin. And Google Penguin is another potential meted out to all the sites that make use of over-optimization of pages and looking to build their network in an unnatural links.
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Many of you are aware that there are many sites that offer the ability to watch videos on-line of all kinds, but downloading is not as simple, or rather you have to have a little 'familiarity with various open source tools like Firefox and its extensions.
Maybe a little muted given the important appointment with the launch of the iPad Mini, Apple has also introduced un'inatteso upgrade of its tablet PC, it is not a real new release of the New iPad but not the improvements introduced are of little consequence.
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The Saab was once said to be a car for the ‘intelligentsia’ by Top Gear, but sadly the Swedish manufacturer died a death. Fortunately one of its better creations, the 9-3, will live on.
The Turkish government is currently working towards having a “national vehicle” to showcase its production and development facilities. It will be built from parts manufactured in the country using the electric 9-3 as a basis.
Turkey has been working with the National Electric Vehicle Sweden (NEVS) ─ the firm that bought the bankrupted manufacturer from General Motors in 2012 ─ to create the car.
While this means the 9-3 is technically back, it won’t be in name. Science, industry and technology minister for Turkey, Fikri Isik, explained to a TV news channel:
“We bought Saab 9-3’s intellectual property rights, but not its name. The brand of the car will be a Turkish brand; it will not be Saab. We will develop the technology in Turkey. A minimum of 85% of the car parts will be produced in Turkey.”
Officials are said to have revealed three prototypes of the unnamed car, which will build upon the Saab 9-3 Electric’s specs so a range of around 120 miles and a 0-62mph sprint in 10 seconds. A 2020 arrival in showrooms is expected.
Saab started out life developing military hardware for the Swedish airforce and diversified into cars a year before World War 2 came to a close. It quickly became a brand recognised for its leftfield creations.
Sadly a number of mistakes made by General Motors, which owned a considerable stake at the time, failed buyouts and the canning of a few key models sealed its fate.


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Ignition Entertainment today released an XBLA and PC update for summer blockbuster Blacklight: Tango Down. The patch adds several new features and addresses spawn issues, round times, matchmaking and several other issues as detailed in the update list, which can be downloaded via the ftp site below.
In addition, the update also resets the time limit for the trial version of the game, allowing everyone to experience all the new features for themselves, including players who previously downloaded the trial version. The update goes live today for XBLA and PC users, and will be included in the PlayStation Network release set to launch within the next few weeks. The PC update also includes the addition of Steam updates for players with Steam accounts.
“The entire team took fan feedback and critique to heart and constructed the update to specifically address their concerns,” said Jared Gerritzen, Lead Designer at Zombie Studios. “As one of the summer’s top XBLA downloads, we’re really happy with the way fans have been enjoying the game, and we’ll continue to make sure players are having the best online experience possible.”
“What we have always tried to do from the outset with Tango Down is rewrite the rules for DLG’s,” added Marcus Beer, PR Director for UTV Ignition Entertainment. “By listening to player feedback and releasing this second free update, we are showing our commitment to gamers that we will continue to support and improve the game, which is not something that often happens with downloadable games.”
Players who were once frustrated by spawn campers will find relief as the update includes an increased spawn invincibility time to prevent enemies from making easy kills. Additionally, the update improves matchmaking times as it brings gamers into the action faster than ever before. These, in addition to dozens of additional fixes, give fans a deeper, richer and more streamlined experience with the summer’s best-selling XBLA shooter which sold over 100,000 copies in its first 3 weeks on release.
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T-Mobile has unveiled the T-Mobile G1 – the first phone to run on Android, Google's open source mobile phone software platform - that will be available exclusively from T-Mobile in the UK in November this year.
The T-Mobile G1 has full touch-screen functionality and a QWERTY keyboard. It's specially optimised for accessing the internet on your phone, in the words of HTC's Peter Chou, offering an "internet experience that people can use and enjoy."
The T-Mobile G1 is also the first phone to provide access to Android Market, where, like the App Store for the iPhone, "customers can find and download unique applications to expand and further customise their phone to fit their lifestyle."
The T-Mobile G1 is described as a premium, easy-to-use device with email, IM and mobile messaging capabilities. As another option for accessing the device, the T-Mobile G1 has a trackball for what's claimed to be more precise, one-handed navigation.
There's one-click contextual search, a full HTML internet browser with tap to zoom, built-in support 3G (HSDPA) network as well as Wi-Fi, with the ability to "seamlessly" transfer between 3G and accessible Wi-Fi networks.
Described as "nimble and powerful" by Chou, the G1 is complete with Google Maps including a compass mode, gets a rich HTML email client, which syncs your email, calendar and contacts from Gmail as well as most other POP3 or IMAP mail services and it offers a 3-megapixel camera with photo-sharing capabilities.
Google co-founder Sergey Brin, appearing at the New York launch event said: "As a computer geek I'm excited to have a phone I can play with and modify."
In the UK, the T-Mobile G1 will be available in white and black for free on price plans from £40 a month, which the company says will include unlimited mobile internet browsing. In the States the handset will cost $179, $20 less than the 8GB iPhone.
T-Mobile customers can register for more details at www.t-mobile.co.uk/tmobileg1.


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Hearthstone Patch Adds Deck Recipes, More Deck Slots
The latest Hearthstone patch has been released, and with it deck recipes have been added to the digital CCG. These deck suggestions provide new players with guidelines they can use to build fully formed competitive constructed decks.
In addition, the patch will grant players an extra nine deck slots, bringing the total up to a healthy 18. Blizzard has also promised a smarter “Suggest a Card” feature in the Collection Manager to make deckbuilding a breeze.
Of course, the patch also addresses some performance bugs in the game as well as adding a few UI upgrades, including a new Paladin hero available through a World of Warcraft promotion and three new card backs. The full list of notes is available here.
Hearthstone’s next expansion, Whisper of the Old Gods, is now available for pre-purchase. You can take a look at some of the cards coming in that expansion here.
Fans have been clamoring for extra deck slots since day one, so it's nice to see them finally double in quantity. Deck recipes sound like a good way to get new players acquainted with deck construction, which is typically one of the steepest learning curves when picking up a new CCG. It's been a big week for Hearthstone, but so far it's been nothing but good news.


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Facebook’s Trending Topics Test Moves From Mobile To Desktop
Facebook has expanded a “trending topics” test from its mobile site to the desktop.
As the Wall Street Journal is reporting, and Facebook is confirming, a small number of Facebook users are now seeing the new content block next to the News Feed when they’re using Facebook’s website. The content block lists five trending topics and has a “See More” link.
Facebook tells the WSJ that the test is “only available to a small percentage of US users and it is still in the early stages of development.”
It’s similar to the trending topics test on mobile that Facebook began about three weeks ago.
With both tests, Facebook is looking for ways to take advantage — and encourage adoption — of the new hashtag support that it rolled out in June. Since then, reaction has been mixed. One study has shown that major brands were quick to use hashtags on Facebook, but a separate study suggested that doing so didn’t help increase engagement rates.
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* RIM Q3 EPS $1.74 vs consensus $1.65
* Revenue of $5.5 billion, vs consensus $5.4 billion
* Ships 14.2 mln BlackBerrys, adds 5.1 mln subscribers (In U.S. dollars)
TORONTO, Dec 16 (Reuters) - BlackBerry maker Research In Motion’s RIM.TO net profit jumped 45 percent in its fiscal third quarter, boosted by strong sales of its flagship Torch smartphone and deeper adoption worldwide.
The Canadian company on Thursday reported net profit of $911.1 million, or $1.74 per share, on revenue of $5.49 billion, it said in a statement released after the market closed.
Analysts had, on average, expected earnings of $1.65 per share and revenue of $5.4 billion, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.
RIM said it shipped 14.2 million BlackBerry smartphones in the three months ending Nov. 27 and added 5.1 million net new subscribers, meeting expectations. (Reporting by Alastair Sharp; editing by Janet Guttsman)


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New vegan French brasserie L’Eau de Vie is set to open in Baltimore during spring 2018. The restaurant will take over a vacant ground-floor lot previously occupied by a non-vegan eatery Agora Bar and Grill after the property—co-owned by vegan actor Woody Harrelson—undergoes its transformation from a boutique hotel into a 13-unit apartment building. Founder Elena Johnson—who owns local catering company Nourrie Cuisine—hopes the restaurant will be a welcome option for local vegans who usually travel to Washington, DC to find similar fare. “I want to be able to serve fresh food to people when they want it,” Johnson said. The 85-seater eatery (with room for eight more tables on an outdoor porch) will feature a juice bar, high-end cocktails, coffee, pastries, breakfast items, lunch sandwiches and wraps, and seasonal dinner entrées using ingredients sourced from local farms. “I want to show people you can eat really well but also have it be really delicious.”
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Cybersecurity researchers from Trend Micro have discovered a worrying supply chain attack in which millions of Android devices are infected with infostealer malware before they even make it out of the factory.
The affected device are mostly budget smartphones, but the attack also spilled into smartwatches, smart TVs, and other smart devices.
Senior Trend Micro researcher Fyodor Yarochkin, and his colleague Zhengyu Dong recently spoke about this issue at the conference in Singapore, noting the root of the problem stems from brutal competition among original equipment manufacturers.
As it turns out, smartphone makers aren’t making all of the components. Firmware, for example, is being built by a third-party firmware supplier. However, as the price of mobile phone firmware kept dropping, the providers ended up being unable to charge money for their products.
Hence, Yarochkin explained, the products started coming with a little unwanted extra in the form of “silent plugins”. Trend Micro found “dozens” of firmware images looking for malicious software, and 80 different plugins. Some plugins were part of a wider “business model”, the researchers said, were sold on dark web forums, and even marketed on mainstream social media platforms and blogs.
These plugins are capable of stealing sensitive information from the device, steal SMS messages, take control of social media accounts, use the devices for ad and click fraud, abuse the traffic (opens in new tab), the list goes on. One of the more serious problems, The Register stressed, is a plugin that allows the buyer to take full control of a device for up to five minutes, and use it as an “exit node”.
Trend Micro says the data suggests that close to nine million devices worldwide are affected by this supply chain attack, the majority of which are located in Southeast Asia and Eastern Europe. The researchers didn’t want to name the perpetrators, but they did mention China a few times, the publication concluded.
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International retail companies are planning to invest around €1 billion in Romania this year to expand their business in the country, a report in the Romania Insider suggests.
The expansion plan includes the launch of 400 new stores as well as investments in new logistics centres, online sales, and digitisation of business.
Schwarz Group-owned Kaufland and Lidl are likely to spend a combined amount of over €0.5 billion this year in expanding their business in the country, the report said.
Lidl has secured an investment budget of over €200 million for building its network in the country this year, where it also plans to hire an additional 1,000 people.
Elsewhere, Kaufland has obtained a budget of €300 million for growing its operations in the country.
Romania generates sales amounting to €12 billion from around 3,000 hypermarkets, supermarkets, discount stores and other retail formats that operate in the country, according to estimates by the financial daily, Ziarul Financiar.
Small format retailers, Profi and Mega Image, are also expected to add more stores to their networks this year, the report added.
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The World Bank (WB), in its Global Economic Prospects report, ratified its March projection that Bolivia's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) will have economic growth of 4.7 per cent this year. The outlook is based on the assumption of moderate progress in distributing vaccines in most Latin American countries, fewer restrictions on movement, positive spillovers from advanced economies, and increased commodity prices.
Between January and April, family remittances from abroad reached a value of 449.9 million dollars, an amount 42.1 per cent higher than that recorded in the same period of 2020. Both years are not comparable due to the variation in the behaviour of the pandemic. The BCB report indicates that the resources come mainly from Spain, Chile, the United States, Argentina and Brazil.
Petrobras Bolivia's bank accounts have frozen by order of the agro-environmental court of Entre Ríos (Tarija) since April 14. Petrobras informed that it could not make any pending payments due to the freezing of its accounts due to the precautionary measure. Judge Hesse set the payment of $61.1 million as payment for using the Baldivieso Vacaflor family's land in the first instance of the trial.
Figures from the National Statistics Institute (INE) and prepared by IBCE reveal that in four months of this year, $594 million worth of food exported, 49% more than 2020 in value, and 11% more in volume imports reached $164 million. Sales of non-traditional products, 80% of which are foodstuffs, exceed those of hydrocarbons.
The National Chamber of Industry (CNI) estimated that between 2020 and 2021, the smuggling of mass consumer products would increase by 10%. As a result, approximately 80,000 jobs are at risk due to the impact on the national industry. Source: Página Siete


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Marvel and NECA (The National Entertainment Collectibles Association, Inc.) are partnering up to produce merchandise for the All-Winners Squad which will be a "a group of lesser-known heroes, villains (and some all-out odd balls)" who want to make a name for themselves.
Members of the All-Winners Squad have not been named, but Doop and Squirrel Girl have been hinted at.
There will be a San Diego Comic Con press conference for this, scheduled on Friday, July 13th at 5:30pm (PST).
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DALLAS — Aftershock London unveiled its first U.S. store Friday with a goal of opening 15 to 20 units in major cities over the next four years.
“I feel confident we can find a place here,” said Imran Sheikh, U.S. managing director and a 50-percent partner in the American expansion. “We plan to launch e-commerce within two weeks of opening the store.”
Owned and operated by Hiro and Radhika Harjani, the 20-year-old London company known for party frocks also plans to add 20 to 25 stores in the Middle East via a deal with The Apparel Group and has signed Al Hokair Group to roll the brand out in central Asia, Sheikh noted. Aftershock currently owns about 10 stores and has about 35 franchisees, he added.
“Hiro loves the U.S. and has been looking to open here for a long time,” said Sheikh, whose background is in investment and real estate.
Aftershock London marries the lavish embellishment of the Harjanis’ native India with Western style, specializing in shimmering cocktail and formal attire rounded out with contemporary day dresses, sportswear, knitwear and a little bridal. The company manufactures in India, Indonesia and China, and most dresses range from $140 to $650 with accessories and shoes starting at $75.
“We’re trying to go after a multigenerational approach to high school and college girls and also their mothers with slightly more sophisticated designs,” Sheikh noted. “It’s value driven. It’s bang for your buck.”
Initially he considered introducing the brand in New York or California.
“But when we looked at occupancy costs as a percent of sales, surprisingly Dallas and Houston both came out ahead,” Sheikh said. “The Texas economy is something like 16th in the world, and it’s tax friendly to business. It’s somewhere we can start without pressures like $350,000 rent in New York.”
Decorated in soft neutral hues of beige, gold-tinged mushroom and cream, the 1,850-square foot store sits below the new University Park Library at the Plaza at Preston Center, an open-air complex that also houses Tootsies, Calypso and about 40 shops, eateries and services.
“It’s more than just a business,” said Sheikh, who is relocating here with his wife and two-year-old twins. “It’s something that drives us as a family.”
Aftershock, which wholesales to retailers including House of Fraser, sold to U.S. stores from 2004 to 2008, Sheikh noted.


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BIRMINGHAM, Alabama -- A former office administrator for the U.S. Small Business Administration office in Birmingham was indicted by a federal grand jury today on wire fraud and theft of government funds charges, federal authorities announced.
Anneva Johns, 51, of Moody was charged in a nine-count indictment filed in U.S. District Court with wire fraud and theft of government funds, according to a statement from U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance and Small Business Administration Inspector General Peggy E. Gustafson.
Johns was the administrative officer for the Small Business Administration in Birmingham, according to the statement. The statement, citing the indictment, between 2007 and January 2011, Johns improperly and fraudulently used government credit cards and fraudulently claimed travel expenses to embezzle about $49,612 in Small Business Administration funds.
"Government employees and officials should be forewarned that if they violate the law and the public trust in order to line their own pockets, they will be prosecuted," Vance said.


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Could Apple retake top spot among portable computer makers in 2012?
It's a difficult question for some analysts to answer. Is the iPad a new class of device or is it a version of an ultra-portable notebook? How you group the iPad makes a huge difference to those professionals trying to assess the impact of the iPad on the notebook computer market.
If you group the iPad into the computer category, Apple could bump HP out of the top spot and become the world's largest notebook vendor. Apple is projected to ship 40 million tablets and 15 million MacBook notebooks in 2011. Combined, these two products produce a total shipment volume of
75 55 million units in the next few years. HP is expected to ship 50 million notebooks in 2011 and beyond, a number that is far less than Apple. The volume of iPad shipments is predicted to skyrocket to 60 million in 2012 and could firmly entrench Apple as the #1 PC maker globally.
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Images of the Huawei Ascend W2, Huawei’s flagship Windows Phone 8 device, have surfaced online, showcasing the looks of the high-end smartphone.
When Windows Phone 8 was announced, Huawei was one of the first companies listed that would launch a Windows Phone 8 powered device along with Samsung, HTC and Nokia.
The big three have already showcased and launched their respective Windows Phone 8 powered devices. Better later than never though, now images of the Huawei Ascend W2 have leaked online.
Winp.cn indicates that the smartphone will have an 8MP rear camera with dual LED flash, apart from a front facing camera. Other speculation suggests that the smartphone will have a 4.5-inch display, dual-core processor and will support 4G LTE connectivity.
In the past, we have heard rumours that Huawei would launch the W1, which would be powered by Windows Phone 8 in October 2012, but that hasn't happened. We suspect that both the device will be unveiled at CES in January 2013 or at the Mobile World Congress 2013 in February.
Samsung was the first to announce a Windows Phone 8 powered smartphone, the Ativ S, closely followed by Nokia who showed off the Lumia 920 which is their flagship Windows Phone 8 device along with the mid range Lumia 820. HTC has also shown off the HTC Windows Phone 8X and the Windows Phone 8S that are powered by WP8.
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BMW, Adidas Use Olympics To Increase Their Brand Awareness
BMW and adidas were able to use the London Games "to increase their brand awareness," according to MARKENARTIKEL MAGAZIN. The two companies "received the second- and third-most mentions, respectively, in the German speaking social web sphere." This is the finding of online analyzing tool Web-Analyzer.com from Valuscope, which searches the web for mentions. The London Olympics have a three-tier sponsoring system: Worldwide Olympic partners, London 2012 Olympic partners and London 2012 Olympic supporters, which "showcases how much sponsors support and contribute to the Games." London 2012 Olympic partners BMW and adidas proved that "you don't have to be a top-tier sponsor to increase your brand awareness." The car manufacturer and sportswear manufacturer "received 50,000 and 23,000 mentions, respectively, since the Opening Ceremony on July 27." The only sponsor that received more mentions is worldwide Olympic partner Samsung with 80,000 (MARKENARTIKEL-MAGAZIN.de, 8/10).
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Worried that wearing one of those Google Glass contraptions will make you look uncool? Well, worry no more; Microsoft has a similar device in the works. I'm sure that will look much more dignified.
Yes, according to the Wall Street Journal, Microsoft is "testing prototypes for Web-connected eyewear similar to Google Glass." The paper was tipped off by someone "familiar" with the project, who added that Microsoft has "asked several component makers in Asia" to supply parts for the prototypes. Those parts reportedly include cameras and "other key components."
Unfortunately, there's no definite word on whether the prototypes might make it out to the public. The WSJ says its source simply "cautioned the device may never reach mass production."
I suppose it makes sense for Microsoft to be toying with something similar to Google Glass internally. Call me old-fashioned, but I still don't see the appeal of wearing a smartphone-like device on your face all the time—and of having to use your voice to operate it. I don't know if society at large is ready for that level of geekiness, either.
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GoCatch takes on Uber with launch of GoCar
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Taxi app platform GoCatch has launched its own ridesharing service, GoCar, to compete directly with Uber.
GoCatch CEO Ned Moorfield said the launch of GoCar is in response to the reforms the NSW government made to the point to point transport industry at the end of last year, which saw ridesharing services such as Uber recognised as a legal service.
“We’ve been in this point to point transport market since we launched in 2011 but we’ve gone about doing that via taxi drivers. But with the changing regulations in Australia, it’s serving a whole new path to the market that we have not been able to go into previously, and it’s actually a fairly straightforward adoption of the existing platform to roll this out,” he said.


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Maverick China Research Releases 2011-2012 Mobile Payment in China Report
While licenses played a critical role in clarifying the government’s intent for the sector, the last few years have also seen a number of other key developments related to m-payment. Vastly improved smartphones, along with the recent popularity of iPads and other tablets, have made the experience of shopping through such devices more compelling than ever. Contactless payments have become a commonplace transaction method, as millions of commuters use transportation cards on subways and buses in their daily commute. The growth of e-commerce and online payment has created a massive user base that is comfortable with electronic purchases and payments.
Maverick China managing director Dave Carini said, “When we released our first major report on m-payment in China in 2006, we noted that despite no shortage of optimism and investment, China simply wasn’t ready for mobile payments. Even as online payment, bankcard usage, and other forms of e-payment flourished in subsequent years, we kept to that position.
“Heading into 2012, however, it is clear the situation has changed. While many familiar obstacles to development remain — inconvenience for users, security concerns, and lack of product choice, to name a few — we are cautiously optimistic about the prospects for China’s m-payment market.”
The report also contains expanded coverage contactless payments (NFC), the evolving market for mobile apps in China, and forecasts of m-payment growth and major trends through 2015. More information about the report, including the table of contents and list of figures, is available on the Maverick China Research website at www.maverickchina.com/mobilepayment2012.
Mobile Payment in China: 2011-2012 Edition was undertaken in partnership with Wirecard AG, a leading provider of electronic payment and risk management services.
About Maverick China Research
Maverick China Research is the leading provider of market research and strategy in China’s e-commerce and electronic payment sectors. In addition to our regularly published market reports, we also conduct customized research projects and provide market entry services for clients seeking opportunities in China. Areas of focus include mobile payment, online payment, prepaid products, credit and debit cards, remittances, and contactless payments. Typical projects include feasibility studies, partner searches, due diligence, and long-term sector tracking.
To request more information about this report or learn more about Maverick China Research, please visit www.maverickchina.com or contact Boaz Rottenberg at firstname.lastname@example.org.


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Growth also spurs sales of larger units
When Sea-Doo launched the Spark more than two years ago, the primary goal of introducing a value-priced, lightweight PWC to the market was to increase personal watercraft sales industry wide.
Though it’s likely other factors have also led the PWC segment to year-over-year increases each month since July 2013, there’s no doubt that the Spark is playing its part. In 2015, the second full year of Spark availability, sales of those units grew 35 percent.
“The watercraft business is doing well overall in the U.S. 2015 was a great year,” said Louis Levesque, vice president of Global Marketing and Customer Experience for BRP. “On our side, we also did very well from a market share standpoint. But also … Spark is resparking the industry, no doubt about it.”
The appeal of the Spark has always been its price point, which currently starts at $5,199, 35 percent more affordable than any other PWC on the market. But Sea-Doo also emphasizes its easy tow-ability, as Spark is 45 percent lighter than its competitors. Levesque said he was recently in Australia, where it’s currently PWC season, and he ran into a man who had towed a Spark to the boat launch using a smaller car. While the man said the price was one of the factors that led him to purchase the Spark, he was also impressed with how easy it is to tow and store.
“There’s a lot of people that are looking at the watercraft business as ‘This seems so cool, great for family fun. It would be fun to be on the water with this.’ And now with Spark, it is possible and more accessible than ever before,” Levesque said.
The Spark is reaching its key demographic, which was originally slated for 25-35 year olds, however Levesque pointed out that Sea-Doo is seeing a wide variety of buyers. Grandparents who have waterfront property are buying them, for example, as a way to encourage their children and grandchildren to visit.
“Dealers see new customers walking in, people they haven’t seen before. And it means those people are getting into the powersports industry, and they are buying Spark,” Levesque reported.
Spark buyers are also frequently buying more than one unit, and some even visit a dealership with the intention of buying a Spark, but they walk out with a larger, higher price point Sea-Doo.
“Some won’t buy Spark at the end of their journey because they find out, ‘You know what, maybe I want more horsepower. Maybe I want more space.’ So they find the best unit for them, and the dealer helps them out to do this, so it’s good for the dealer,” Levesque said.
Sea-Doo and its dealers are also starting to see Spark buyers return for service, and the early Spark adopters are beginning to trade up for newer, larger units.
“We have to bring more new types of buyers into our stores, and Spark is doing that very well. And that’s also right now why we’re seeing the industry growing,” Levesque said.
Though Spark has been a large success for Sea-Doo over the past couple years, the rest of the lineup has also been performing well. Lineup sales, which include everything but Spark, also saw an increase in 2015, Levesque said.
For the 2016 season, Sea-Doo is looking forward to seeing its new RXT-X 300 and RXP-X 300 models, featuring the new 300-hp Rotax 1630 ACE engine, on the water.
“There’s still a lot of enthusiasts in the watercraft business, and they’re looking for an adrenaline rush, which is good, so this new watercraft, with also the Ergolock seat, is very different than what we had and what’s out there from the competition. And this, so far, has been a win,” Levesque said.
In places like Australia, where the new units have already been in use, the performance of the Rotax 1630 ACE has exceeded expectations, he reported.
“It’s too soon to tell how it’s going to perform in terms of retail sales, but I can tell you we have a lot of traffic on our website, a lot of traffic at our boat shows, and usually those types of enthusiast units are sold earlier in the season because those guys are thinking about it even in the winter, and those people usually go to the boat shows, so we’ve seen those people a lot in our booths.”
With those two new performance models in the lineup, along with three new Spark colors, an updated second generation iBR and updates throughout the lineup, Sea-Doo is looking forward to the year to come.
“We’re expecting a great year this year, and on top of it, the U.S. economy is doing well so far, so hopefully it will stay that way for the whole year. So I think it will be a great summer for all of us, for dealers and BRP,” Levesque said. “So far all the signs are pretty positive.”


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Indiaâ€™s first e-tail school supplies store AllSchoolStuff.com has been awarded the Best Digital Start Up of the Year at the third edition of the Indian Digital Media Awards, 2012 organised by exchange4media Group
Online PR News – 19-April-2012 – New Delhi – New Delhi, April 18, 2012: Indiaâ€™s first e-tail school supplies store AllSchoolStuff.com has been awarded the Best Digital Start Up of the Year at the third edition of the Indian Digital Media Awards, 2012 organised by exchange4media Group. The objective of the Indian Digital Media Awards 2012 is to recognise, celebrate and encourage the work being done in the ever-growing advertising and marketing communications activity in the digital media space, specifically internet, mobile, gaming, social media and the blogosphere.
The exchange4media India Digital Media Awards (IDMA) 2012 honoured 97 top creations and innovations of the Indian digital industry at a glittering ceremony in Mumbai yesterday. The awards were presented by Vserv.mobi and co-sponsored by Microsoft Advertising and Communicate2. An eminent panel of 22 jurors was jointly led by Shashi Sinha, CEO of Lodestar UM and Mahendra Swarup, Chief Mentor, Smile Interactive Group and included leading advertising, online, media planning, marketing and retail gurus.
AllSchoolStuff.com is a new retail concept in the area of educational & school supplies for the benefit of parents and schools, in a category hitherto dominated by the unorganized sector and aims to make a difference to the Indian consumer retail space.
On winning the Award, Manoj Chandra, Founder and CEO of AllSchoolstuff.com said, â€œOur single largest priority to focus upon is to continue to grow the brand, acquire a significant consumer base and customer satisfaction. We expect social media to be a huge driver for our business. Our social community is developing very well and we see large number of parents joining us to know more about Allschoolstuffâ€™s vast range of educational supplies and new and innovative products. AllSchoolStuff will be Indiaâ€™s largest retail brand in the School & Educational Supplies space in the near future.
AllSchoolStuff.com is founded by two senior professionals from retail and ecommerce background:
a) Manoj Chandra A marketing professional with over 2 decades of experience in
building strong brands and exposure to consumer products, services, retailing & logistics industries. In his last employment, Manoj was the key member of the Bata India management team, which led the turnaround of Bata to make it one of the most admired retail brands in India today.
b) Ankur Dinesh Garg An IIT graduate with over a decade of experience in internet
technologies and ecommerce businesses. Was a founder member of a software company, which powered the software behind some of Indiaâ€™s largest e-businesses.
The Company operates its own warehouse and supply chain system and has partnered with the best in class logistics partners to ensure consumers have the best shopping experience and ensure on time deliveries for complete customer satisfaction.


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Hidden Camera and Straw Purchases at Gun Shows
By Jaewon Kang
Sales of firearms at gun shows remain one of the main issues in the national gun debate. The approximately 5,000 gun shows each year across the country make up a large component of gun commerce and play a controversial role in the discussion. Some experts say gun shows are one of the leading sources of illegally diverted guns, while others argue only a small percentage of criminals obtain firearms from gun shows.
Under federal law, licensed firearm dealers must conduct a background check on potential buyers, using a national database. However, private sellers — those other than federally licensed dealers — aren’t required under federal law to run background checks or keep a record of transactions, though some states, like California, are more stringent.
Critics say the federal private seller exemption creates a loophole. They claim unrecorded transactions conducted by some sellers at gun shows make it easier for people prohibited from legally possessing firearms to obtain them. But that is disputed by others, who say those loopholes don’t really exist, that gun shows are monitored by law enforcement.
One researcher tried to sort this out on his own. With a small video camera on his shirt button and a recorder in his pants, Garen Wintemute, director of Violence Prevention Research Program at the University of California, Davis, secretly documented transactions at gun shows across the country. He learned that many firearms travel covertly at gun shows through a practice called straw purchases.
Straw purchases occur when someone knowingly buys a firearm on behalf of another person who is prohibited from legally obtaining a gun. From 1996 to 1998, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives found that about 46 percent of illegal firearms trafficking involved straw purchases.
Wintemute also saw that straw purchases happened less frequently in California, which has some of the strictest gun show policies in the country. California doesn’t treat private transactions any differently from retail transactions. All sales must still go through licensed dealers, said Samuel Hoover, staff attorney at Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence. Private sellers at California gun shows must run background checks on potential buyers through federally licensed dealers, who use databases from the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the state. But states all differ in their private sale regulations. Nevada, for instance, currently doesn’t have private sale requirements or gun show regulations, Hoover added.
PBS NewsHour correspondent Spencer Michels — while reporting a story on illegal guns and their owners — talked with Wintemute about a straw purchase he witnessed at a gun show in Florida seven years ago.
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The 49-year-old overtakes the Google Brin co-founder in the Bloomberg chart. But there are those who warn about the exuberance of tech companies: “It’s a bubble”
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The 49-year-old entrepreneur owns about a fifth of Tesla shares which makes up an important bulk of his wealth. The price of the shares of the electric car manufacturer has grown by 269% this year. At the beginning of July Tesla became the car brand with the highest share value in the world, even surpassing Toyota: the capitalization reached the amount of 207.2 billion dollars. From 1st January 2020 to Friday 10th July, according to the index Bloomberg, Musk’s assets grew by 43 billion: only Bezos did better than him with an increase of 74.5 billion. However, Musk’s wealth also accounts for the majority of the ownership of SpaceX, the spaceflight company founded in 2002, a year before Tesla.
Watch out for the bubble
So technology like Eldorado? The manager and former manager of hedge funds Mike Novogratz, during an interview on television with Bloomberg, warned about the performance of hi-tech companies: “There is an irrational exuberance. The economy is slowing down, we are going back and forth from Covid and yet the technology market is making new highs every day. This is a speculative bubble. “
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Ericsson’s second quarter 2014 results explained.
At a mobile money conference held recently in Johannesburg, Rajiv Bhatia, Ericsson head of mobile commerce sales EMEA, stated that airtime could be used as an incentive to drive the uptake and usage of mobile money services in countries where its growth has been sluggish.
with data traffic doubling year-on-year between 2013 and 2015. By 2019 there will be 930 million mobile subscriptions and more than 550million smartphones.
By 2017, 3G technology will outstrip 2G to become the region’s dominant form of mobile connection. Ericsson predicts 930 million mobile subscriptions in Sub-Saharan Africa by the end of 2019, with 557m smartphone and 710m broadband subscriptions.
Hear President and CEO Hans Vestberg comment on Ericsson's financial results for the second quarter of 2014.
Ericsson's Key Event Experience has been implemented for the first time in Brazil by Telefonica | Vivo.
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MANHASSET, N.Y. Emerging thin-film electronics applications will generate $15.5 billion in revenue by 2011, according to a report from industry consulting firm NanoMarkets.
NanoMarkets (Glen Allen, Va.) expects thin-film display applications (excluding LCD displays) will reach $7.3 billion by 2011. But the firm also expects significant revenue to come from a ramp-up in the use of thin-film electronics for photovoltaics, batteries, sensors, information storage and lighting.
Firms such as Sanyo, Sharp and Seagate, as well as start-ups such as Konarka and Innovalight are investing in thin-film technology, said NanoMarkets.
Keying the growth of thin-film electronics is a generation of new materials such as conductive polymers, high-k and low-k materials, silicon inks and carbon nanotube pastes. New production modalities such as printed electronics and atomic layer deposition are also contributing to creating the new thin-film electronics.
For instance, NanoMarkets noted some display manufacturers expect to see thin-film transistors printed with nanoparticulate silver inks to replace traditional ITO backplanes. Thin-film batteries and photovoltaic cells also promise new ways of powering mobile electronics and smart packaging, the firm reports.
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Synthetic Drugs Causing More Emergency Room Visits Than the Real Thing
Synthetic drugs come with many names and just as many man-made chemicals, not all of which are safe for human consumption. As is proven in the multitude of emergency room visits, some of them contain chemicals that are toxic.
Fake marijuana continues to make its rounds, despite being made illegal in most states and despite causing injury to those who ingest it. Most of the products on the market are dried herbs that are sprayed with chemicals to produce a marijuana-like high when smoked. Many users believe they are smoking something natural, even though one of the most widely used names for the drug is "synthetic marijuana." They also believe they are smoking something that is legal. These misconceptions about the drug aren’t doing anything to lessen its popularity among America’s youths.
K2 is a popular synthetic cannabis product being sold. The synthetic drug is also called Spice, Black Mamba, Zohai, Bombay Blue and Genie.
By some accounts, nearly 12,000 people were admitted to the emergency room in 2010 because of synthetic cannabis usage. Most of the patients admitted were between the ages of 12 and 29. These people are ingesting heavy metals and plastics, which could also have long-term affects.
Synthetic marijuana is relatively new, so the long-term effects are not yet known. However, it’s already been established that some people who take the drug in large doses have fallen into psychotic episodes.
While states are amending their laws to include synthetic cannabis, which has kept it out of convenience stores and smoke shops, many users are still able to purchase it online, which is leading to more calls to the American Association of Poison Control Centers (AAPCC). The AAPCC reported that it received nearly 7,000 calls regarding the drug.


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MangaGamer Is Holding a Merchandise and Hardcopy Sale
Get physical copies of games, wallscrolls, and more during MangaGamer’s Merch and Hardcopy Sale.
MangaGamer Joins Steam's Visual Novel Fest 2023
MangaGamer has taken part in the recent Steam Visual Novel Fest, offering over 35 of their titles at reduced prices.
MangaGamer Summer Sale 2023 is Now Underway
MangaGamer has started their summer sale for 2023, featuring over 70 titles at reduced prices until the sale's end on July 13th.
MangaGamer’s Siblings Day Sale Has Begun
MangaGamer’s Sibling Day Sale, a commemorative sale for titles centered on loving brothers and sisters, is now underway until April 16th.
MangaGamer’s You & Me Sale Has Begun
MangaGamer's You & Me Sale, a sale centered around games featuring a single love interest, is now underway until February 27th.
MangaGamer’s Valentine Day’s Sale 2023 Is Now Underway
MangaGamer has launched their annual Valentine’s Day Sale for 2023, offering over 50 games and visual novels at reduced prices for the next week.
Humble Bundle Launches Their NSFW Week Sale
Humble Bundle has started their NSFW Week sale in tandem with their ongoing New Year’s Sale, bringing up to 90 adult games available for reduced prices.
MangaGamer’s 2022 Winter Sale Has Begun
It’s almost Christmas time, so it's time to treat yourself or others to something special during MangaGamer’s 2022 Winter Sale.
MangaGamer Autumn 2022 Sale Is Here
Celebrate the coming end of autumn with MangaGamer’s seasonal sale by browsing offers of 70 discounted games alongside music videos and OSTs.
NSFW Weekend Sale on GOG Is Underway
In commemoration of Kagura Games' titles being added to GOG's store, the website has launched a NSFW Weekend Sale for a number of adult games on their platform.


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Pew: Half of all Americans now use social networks
Six years ago just 5% of all Americans said they used social sites such as LinkedIn or Facebook. New usage data from Pew Internet reveals just how ingrained social media has become in the day to day lives of many.
Pew Internet's latest figures on the use of social media by Americans reveal that, for the first time, 50% of all American adults (not just those that say they are online) use social sites.
Among younger American Internet users frequency of social networking use has remained constant over the past year rising from 60% to 61%. However, Boomers have upped their social media use considerably in the last year rising 60% (from 20% to 32%).
"The graying of social networking sites continues, but the oldest users are still far less likely to be making regular use of these tools," said Mary Madden, Senior Research Specialist and co-author of the report. "While seniors are testing the waters, many Baby Boomers are beginning to make a trip to the social media pool part of their daily routine."
When respondents to Pew's survey were asked to describe their social networking experiences using just one word the responses were, on the whole, positive. While a few were gushing in their praise of social networking using words such as "astounding", "necessity" and "empowering" the most common response was "good" along with "fun", "interesting", "great" and "convenient".
Despite the obvious benefits of social media to day to day life there are some who believe long term and sustained use can cause problems, particularly among younger users.
The National Center on Addition and Substance Abuse at Columbia University has recently released the findings of a survey that suggest American teens that use Facebook and other social media sites are five times more likely to use tobacco, three times more likely to use alcohol and twice as likely to use cannabis.
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WPO (World Packaging Organization) will hold its 101st meeting October 22-26, 2018, organized by its local member CEPI (China National Export Commodities Packaging Research Institute), in Jinan, China. The organization expects about 35 members, representing 30 countries including Australia, Austria, Brazil, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Finland, Indonesia, Kenya, Lebanon, Nigeria, South Africa, Turkey, U.K. and the U.S.
Members will have the chance to participate in a series of relevant and interesting meetings and events. Besides the official WPO Board Meeting (October 25), part of the program includes the WorldStar Judging Process (October 24) and a National Packaging Conference (October 23).
"As the World Packaging Organization, we have the responsibility of discussing strategic matters to sustain growth of this industry and to keep our mission alive: 'Better quality of life through better packaging for more people,’” stated Pierre Pienaar, WPO president. According to Piennaar, one of the current discussions in the packaging world is about the role of packaging in reducing food waste and poverty, and how packaging education programs can be a powerful tool to achieve these goals.
“WPO has in its DNA the responsibility of educating professionals and industries of the relevance of packaging, from a technical and technological point of view, as well as from a marketing perspective,” added Pienaar. One of the main tools WPO uses to achieve this goal is the Packaging Education Programs carried out in many countries, especially developing countries. Besides the huge number of packaging professional trained in the last five years, other significant results of these efforts can be seen in the packaging projects that enter WorldStar Awards, also organized by WPO. Entries for the 2019 edition will be judged in Jinan.
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Monster is adapting its job search functionality to social networking with BeKnown, an app that lets users set up a professional network on Facebook.
BeKnown, set to go live on Monday, will let Monster users import their data to Facebook and set up professional networks there as well. Matthew Mund, global vice president of product for Monster, reasons that since Facebook has around 700 million members, most people are on it already. “This is the path of least resistance,” Mund says. “You can manage your professional identity and your social identity in one place.” BeKnown will also be targeted at


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Now in its 9th year, there are 20 different categories manufacturers can enter, in the only awards where Dads test out toys with their kids.
This year, the Dads Choice Awards 2021 is set to be bigger and better than ever. The organisers have spent the last few months recruiting even more super testers, who they say are raring to go, to put the latest toys, puzzles, games and apps through their paces.
Entries are now open and the closing date is Friday 24th September. The winners will be announced on 15th November.
The awards are dedicated to Dads and their children, and the Dad’s Choice super testers are on a mission to find out what makes a fantastic toy. They spend weeks putting the entries through their paces, and only those that meet the critical standards of the Dad testers and their children will win a coveted award. Every entry will be matched to a Dad’s Choice tester with children of the right age and evaluated on its creativity, fun factor, value for money and whether it lives up to the hype on the box.
David Ross, founder of Dads Choice Awards commented: “Last year we were blown away by the incredible standard of entries. Our Dads Choice super testers couldn’t wait to get started. In an age where children spend hours online consuming content, we want to prove that it’s a range of toys, apps and vehicles that make our kids happy. We know there are some fantastic choices this year and cannot wait to see the entries for 2021. Over the last nine years we’ve grown and top brands have supported our mission – Dads love playing with their kids.”
Winning products will be promoted via a PR campaign which is included in the admin fee of the entry. Last year’s winners featured across toy trade press and national newspapers.
The Dads Choice Awards 2021 are open to any toy, game, puzzle, App or electronic device which meets the category criteria. Toys must be available to purchase in the UK and available for sale before December 31st 2021, and suitable for children aged 0 to 16 years. In each category there are three potential awards: Winner, Highly Commended and Commended. Winners will be able to include the logos in their marketing, box packaging and other promotional activities free of charge.
There are 20 categories to choose from and manufacturers can enter as many products as they like, providing they meet the criteria. A small fee is charged for each entry to cover administration costs. The categories are detailed on the website.
Entries can be made online at www.dadschoiceawards.co.uk


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As the debate over the neutrality of the internet intensifies, some of the leading technology companies have joined forces to urge for regulations that allow for a free internet in the US.
A letter has been signed by chief executives of companies like Google, Facebook, Twitter, Mozilla, eBay, Flickr, Skype and Sony Electronics to name a few and sent to the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
In the document, the technology companies have explained their rationale behind the need for an open internet and mentioned “An open Internet fuels a competitive and efficient marketplace, where consumers make the ultimate choices about which products succeed and which fail. This allows businesses of all sizes, from the smallest startup to corporations, to compete, yielding maximum economic growth.”
In their efforts to keep the internet open and free, these companies have tried to emphasise the fact that an open internet has allowed the United States to attain leadership in the technology sector and hence it is vital that it remains free for retaining their competitive advantage.
It must be noted that many groups - mainly telecommunication firms - have opposed the idea of a free internet and the FCC has got representations from congressmen and members of House of Representatives who have advocated against an open internet sans regulations.
A free and open internet is the way forward but then someone has to pay for maintaining and rehauling the infrastructure. Telecommunications companies will maintain that they must be allowed to continue charging higher prices because they need to constantly upgrading their networks to keep up with the exponential rise in bandwidth consumption.


text: For millions of people on lockdown, Amazon has become a lifeline. But workers there say their lives are at risk. On Monday, workers at an Amazon distribution center on Staten Island staged a mass walk-out to protest working conditions they say are unsafe. Today, Chris Smalls, the assistant manager who organized the walk-out, was fired by the tech giant. Amazon said it was for allegedly breaking quarantine, not getting rid of a troublemaker.


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Why the rush? Because the rate at which Bugatti is building the Chiron, approximately 70 cars per year, means all 500 planned examples will have been completed around 2024.
While one might assume the successor will simply be a faster, more powerful car, Bugatti boss Wolfgang Dürheimer says the decision has not yet been made on the type of car and that a sedan envisioned by 2009’s Galibier 16C concept was still possible.
"The 4-door car is not dead," Dürheimer told Automotive News at last week’s 2017 Frankfurt Motor Show.
He also revealed that Bugatti is unlikely to have more than one model line, so if a sedan is approved it will be the sole model on sale at the brand which today is recognized for world-beating sports cars.
Dürheimer also revealed that the longer any decision can be delayed the better as advancements in battery technology are accelerating so rapidly. He explained that all options are on the table for Bugatti’s next car also in the area of powertrain, be it internal combustion only, hybrid or pure electric. Performance, of course, will be at the top of the list of criteria, since this is the “ultimate” expectation of Bugatti’s customers, Dürheimer added.