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The Kids Edition tablets have always been a pretty important part of Amazon’s lineup, but that’s getting turned up to 11 with today’s announcements. Not only did Amazon announce some refreshed regular Fire tablets, but they revealed a Kindle Kids Edition and Fire HD 10 Kids Edition, and announced that FreeTime will be coming to […]
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Google Assistant is one of Google’s biggest focuses right now, which is pretty evident if you’ve seen how many Google Assistant compatible devices have been announced at CES this year. But to really grow and permeate every connected device around a home, Google’s going to need to tackle the smaller gadgets, too. Google Assistant Connect […]
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In some Facebook postings over the weekend, Vic Gundotra shared his opinion about the state of smartphone photography and it is sure to rankle Android fans. Gundotra, who is mainly credited with the Google+ social network although he also played a big part in evangelizing Android, opined on the how well smartphones compare to traditional […]
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Software management company Movimento has unveiled a new ‘On-The-Air’ automotive platform at the TU-Automotive event in Detroit. We spoke with Movimento CTO Mahbubul Alam about what the platform can do and the future of the software-defined car.
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The fitness industry is booming. According to a report by Deloitte and Europe Active, there are 60 million fitness club members in Europe. In terms of revenue, the European health and fitness market accounted for EUR 26.6 billion in 2017.
Experts agree that the reason for the increase is the trend towards a healthier lifestyle. And this has been seen visible at the trade show for fitness, health and wellness: FIBO, taking place in Germany.
With over 1.100 exhibitors from 44 countries and this year’s 145.000 visitors coming to Cologne, it is one of the largest fitness trade shows worldwide. Naturally, startups popping up in the industry need to be at FIBO to present their product. And we have summarized some of the most interesting ones.
Insects To Feed Your Muscles
Visitors get tips at FIBO on how to eat properly during or after their training. There is a special area for cooking and selling dietary supplements, which has become more popular in recent years. The focus is on proteins in particular, which are available as powder, bars or drinks.
Insects are a widely proclaimed source of protein, amino acids and vitamin B12. Timo Bäcker, founder and CEO of Swarm Nutrition, on the market since 2017, uses crickets to produce his protein bars. The company has been working with a small farmer from Thailand, who breeds the animals, processes them into powder and sends it to Germany. The bars come in three flavours Red Berries, Chia Hazelnut and Raw Cacao. The demand from retailers such as Rewe and Edeka proves Bäcker right.
Another interesting source of protein comes from the Hamburg startup Joybräu. Founded in 2016 by Erik Dimter and Tristan Brümmer, the company sells protein beer. The 0.33-l bottle contains 21g of protein instead of alkohol. It is vegan, comes in two flavours (original and grapefruit) and costs 2.69 EUR. Since its launch 500.000 bottles have already been sold, mainly to Rewe, Edeka and the fitness studio chain Fitness First. The startups has even won this year’s FIBO Innovation Award.
Gamification Will Motivate You Just Like a Personal Trainer
Another big trend this year: Gamification. We all know that being member of a fitness club doesn’t necessarily mean we will workout regularly. In order to motivate people to stay active, startups are coming up with gamification concepts. Sports scientist and game designers at startup Sphery have partnered to develop ExerCube. While you are working out in a type of cube playing with what’s on the screen, your physical and cognitive skills should improve according to the company. The workout is adapted according to your abilities and progress.
Or you can just hop on a treadmill from Runbeat that will guide you through a virtual forest. You can even set up running competitions and train with your friends side by side.
Another winner of this year’s FIBO Innovation Award included the virtual training assistant “Elias” from Facefore, which shows the potential studio member the training effects using VR in the first consultation. The idea is that Elias will help fitness studios to win gym members, which is getting harder with increased competition and competitive pricing.
Gathering Training Data
AI is quite a buzz word in the tech industry these days. However, in order to use something like machine learning, you need to gather a lot of data. This is what the fitness industry is trying to do.
Whether it’s your body composition that can be scanned in 3D and shows data like muscles, body fat, Body Mass Index (BMI) or waist-hip-ratio or smart training equipment that measures your performance, the data acquired can be used to motivate or personalize a workout.
Bodygee is such a body analytics startup that wants to disrupt the market for body measurement currently dominated by Bioelectric Impedance Analysis (BIA) scales. Fitness clubs can use the 3D scanner and accompanied software to measure and show customers the training effect and motivate them to keep going. The visualization comes as a photorealistic 3D avatar and can even be shared with friends via social media. In the future the company wants to use machine learning to tell you exactly which workout is best for you.
If you want to gather workout data and measure your performance, there is Solo by startup Heavy Kinematic Machines. The company pairs sensors with training equipment to track how much you lift, the repetitions made, time and movement. You even get a personal trainer to assist you with your performance or you can be old school and analyze the training data with a real coach.
Fitness Tech is on the rise
The importance of sport is reflected not only in the popularity of trade shows like the FIBO, but also in a rapidly growing SportsTech market: There are now over 1,500 SportsTech startups in Europe, and investments have risen steadily in recent years, reaching about 364 million euros in 2018 in the European market. And fitness startups play a major role in this uprise. Need an example? Four out of the top five investment rounds in 2018 are connected with the fitness industry, following the overall societal trend towards better health and wellbeing.
For more details see our European SportsTech Reports 2019.
It’s exciting times to be part of this industry.

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Irelandstapleton.com Wins Gold at 2021 AVA Digital Awards
We are thrilled to announce that irelandstapleton.com, a website we designed and developed for Colorado-based law firm Ireland Stapleton, captured Gold at the 2021 AVA Digital Awards in the Websites, Legal Services category.
“We have received many compliments from clients and lawyers at other firms about our new website, so I’m not surprised that it caught the attention of the judges (although I am delighted that it won Gold),” says Jessica Jaramillo, the firm’s marketing director. “Thanks again to everyone for your hard work on making this project a success.”See the Case Study
An international design competition, the AVA Digital Awards honor the creative convergence of digital arts, technology, and information. To take home Gold, irelandstapleton.com had to impress senior-level judges from the Association of Marketing and Communication Professionals (AMCP). Judges selected work that serves as an exemplar for its industry.
“I am pleased that our new website has been recognized by the design community. It has certainly helped our firm to stay connected with clients and community during these unusual times,” says the firm’s Managing Director Erica Tarpey. “We will continue to use our website to serve our audiences and provide value.”
“Having a great website creates significant competitive advantages for law firms,” notes Rob Foley, Chief Digital Officer of fSquared Marketing. “This has only become more true during the past year and a half. I’m proud of our team’s work and pleased to know that this website has helped the firm to connect with its audiences.”
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JPMorgan To Launch Cryptocurrency Exposure Basket With 11 'Bitcoin Stocks' Including MicroStrategy And Square
JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) is planning to launch a new product that will give investors exposure to cryptocurrency through eleven Bitcoin proxy stocks.
What Happened: According to a filing with the SEC, the new product is a debt instrument titled JPMorgan’s Cryptocurrency Exposure Basket (Mar 2021), which contains an “unequally weighted” basket of reference stocks that either own cryptocurrency or operate business linked to it.
The debt instrument allocates 20% to MicroStrategy Incorporated (NASDAQ: MSTR) and 18% to Square Inc (NYSE: SQ) – two companies that declared their Bitcoin investments early on.
Cryptocurrency mining company Riot Blockchain Inc (NASDAQ: RIOT) and cryptocurrency mining chip manufacturer NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ: NVDA) were also given a sizable allocation of 15% each.
Together these stocks make up about 68% of the Basket, noted the bank n in the prospectus.
“We expect that generally the market value of your notes and your payment at maturity will depend to a greater extent on the performance of these four Reference Stocks.”
Other portfolio stocks included Paypal Holdings Inc (NASDAQ: PYPL), Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMD), and Silvergate Capital Corp (NYSE: SI).
Notably, Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) that holds over $1.5 billion worth of Bitcoin, is not on JPMorgan's list.
Why It Matters: A few weeks ago, strategists from JPMorgan endorsed a one percent allocation towards cryptocurrency in a note to clients.
The analysts said that such an allocation would serve as a hedge against inflation in traditional asset classes like stocks, bonds, and commodities.
Whether or not this was done as a precursor to launching more crypto-centric products, the underlying fact is that the Wall Street giant has officially made a U-turn on its previous stance on cryptocurrencies.
In 2017, JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon went on record to say that he would fire any trader that buys or sells Bitcoin in a second
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The Centre has rubbished reports that it would provide Rs 50,000 to each ration card holder under the Rashtriya Sikshit Berojgar Yojana.
"No such scheme has been launched by the central government", the Press Information Bureau (PIB) said in a tweet.
Under the 'Rashtriya Shikshit Berojgar Yojana' scheme, the Centre government will help all ration card holders with Rs 50,000, claimed a website rsby.org. The website sought personal information for registration and claimed that the scheme was for the first 40,000 applicants. After that, an amount of Rs 50,000 will be transferred to the applicant's bank account.


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The Centre on Thursday approved bids placed through a global tender for onions floated by state-run MMTC, paving the way for import of 1,000 tonnes of the commodity from Pakistan and China.
As the bids received were only for a tenth of the overall tender amount, the government has decided to float a fresh tender of 10,000 tonnes. “We will keep on floating tenders to import onions till the time the targeted 10,000 tonnes is reached,” said Additional Agriculture Secretary Avinash K Srivastava.
The commodity, to be sourced at Rs 45 a kg, would start arriving from September 10.
A decision on the matter was taken at a meeting of the Price Stabilisation Fund Monitoring Committee, headed by Agriculture Secretary Siraj Hussain. Consumer Affairs Secretary C Viswanath, along with senior MMTC and Small Farmers’ Agribusiness Consortium (SFAC) officials, were also present at the meeting.
MMTC, which last week floated a tender for 10,000 tonnes of onion import, received only one bid from a Singapore-based company, for 1,000 tonnes. The approved bidder has been asked to source onions from Egypt, China, Pakistan, as well as various other countries. The imported onions would be supplied to state governments, after ascertaining their requirements.
The government has approved the tender for 1,000 tonnes of onions at a time when wholesale prices at Lasalgaon in Maharashtra, Asia’s largest onion market, have declined through the past two days to Rs 48 a kg, owing to improved supplies. This followed several measures by the government, including curbs on export.
It is believed the supply of imported onions would boost supply and help bring down retail prices further. As of now, the prices are ruling at about Rs 80 a kg across the country
Through the past few weeks, onion prices in retail and wholesale markets had shot up due to an estimated fall of 500,000 tonnes in production in the 2014-15 crop year. The likely fall in this year’s production, owing to low rains in key growing areas, also contributed to the price rise.


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Signs, including financial results, point to Bridgestone/Firestone turnaround
Bridgestone Corp. is set to release strong first-half 2002 financial results for itself and its Bridgestone/Firestone Americas Holding Inc. (BFAH) subsidiary on Friday.
According to a BFAH spokesperson, the results will be positive. At a recent Bridgestone/Firestone tire dealer event, Shu Ishibashi, president of Bridgestone/Firestone North American Consumer Tire Sales Group, said Bridgestone brand sales are up 30% over the same period last year, while Firestone sales have stabilized.
Also, the company recently introduced the Bridgestone Dueler A/T Revo, a premium on/off-road SUV and light truck tire (www.mtdealer.com first previewed the tire on June 12). It will replace the Dueler A/T as the "best" tire in its "good-better-best" on/off-road tire tier. The A/T will move to the "better" slot, with the Firestone Wilderness A/T now the "good" tire.
The Dueler A/T Revo features the company's UNI-T AQII technology, which helps the tire keep its wet and dry performance characteristics even as it wears. It is available in 27 P-metric and LT sizes.


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CryptoRefills announced the expansion of its network of partners in Italy allowing to pay with bitcoin.
These include, among others:
In fact, the company has added 900 new global brands and stores to its catalogue, more than 50 of which are specifically dedicated to the Italian market.
For example, the prepaid cards purchased on CryptoRefills will make it possible to make bitcoin and cryptocurrency purchases at the main supermarket chains in Italy.
Bitcoin payments with LN
CryptoRefills also allows immediate payments through Lightning Network, without commission.
Overall, the offer for Italy is expanded with 120 new brands and stores, where it is possible to make payments in bitcoin, litecoin and dash, via website or Android app.
Initially, the platform was designed to allow topping up phone credit and buying credits for digital content using bitcoin, litecoin and dash, but the CryptoRefills offer has been greatly expanded.
Now the catalogue offers payments for phone credit top-ups, consoles and videogames, apps and streaming video and music, premium TV subscriptions, travel, tourism, wellness, e-commerce, shopping and retail, supermarkets and grocery stores, gasoline, software and services.
The objective of CryptoRefills is to act as a catalyst for the transformation of the payment industry through the use of the blockchain, promoting the mass adoption of this technology, with a presence in over 150 countries.
In fact, the mission, for the fintech startup that has offices in Amsterdam, Milan, and Istanbul, is to allow users all over the world to pay for everyday purchases with bitcoin and cryptocurrencies.


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SPRINGDALE, ARK. — Actions by Tyson Foods, Inc. in the past year position the company for long-term growth, but unanticipated challenges, including a fire at a beef processing plant and grain market volatility, hindered results in the recent quarter. While earnings and sales fell short of analysts’ estimates, shares of Tyson Foods trading on the New York Stock Exchange on Nov. 12 closed at $88.88, up 7.4% from the day before and up 68% since the beginning of the year.
“A significant part of our focus in fiscal 2019 was on building for the future,” said Noel W. White, chief executive officer of Tyson Foods, during a Nov. 12 earnings call. “As a result, we’re optimistic about fiscal ‘20 results as we drive for constant improvement. Currently, we expect to meet or exceed our long-term target of high-single-digit adjusted earnings-per-share growth. We also continue to drive innovation, deliver on our customer promise and meet global consumer expectations. We’ll do this while controlling costs and increasing efficiencies.”
Management’s view of fiscal 2020 remains obscured by several factors, including the timing and magnitude of impacts of African swine fever and continuing developments in U.S. trade negotiations.
“The positive impacts we anticipate from African swine fever are still hard to quantify, but here’s what we do know: It’s likely to improve export markets and change protein consumption dynamics for a number of years,” Mr. White said. “We’re well positioned to benefit from A.S.F., but our long-term success is not dependent on A.S.F. or any other one-time events. Tyson Foods is a strong company with a sound strategy and a unique, diversified business model.”
One way the company is diversifying its portfolio is through the introduction of alternative proteins. Launched earlier this year, Tyson Foods’ plant-based Raised & Rooted brand is now available in more than 7,000 retail outlets and has expanded into food service, Mr. White said.
“We have a deliberate go-to-market strategy for alternative protein products,” Mr. White said. “They must taste good, and they must be healthier alternatives to other products already in the marketplace. In 2020, we (will) continue to expand with new products in both the retail frozen and fresh space as well as in food service. Alternative protein projections remain strong, and we’re well positioned to lead in this growing space.”
For the fiscal year ended Sept. 28, net income attributable to Tyson Foods totaled $2,022 million, equal to $5.67 per share on the common stock, down 33% from $3,024 million, or $8.44 per share, from the year before. Profitability was negatively affected by expenses related to the plant fire, increased operating costs, impairment charges associated with divestitures and mark-to-market derivative losses.
Sales of $42,405 million increased 6% from prior-year sales of $40,052 million. Higher sales volume from chicken-related acquisitions and increased pricing of beef and prepared foods products were contributing factors.
Fourth-quarter net income declined 31% to $369 million, equal to $1.03 per share, down from $537 million, or $1.50, in the comparable period. Sales for the quarter advanced 9% to $10,884 million from $9,999 million in the year-ago quarter.
During the earnings call, Mr. White detailed some of the accomplishments Tyson Foods achieved during the fiscal year.
“We expanded our global business with operations in Asia and Europe,” he said. “We continued to innovate our iconic brands, which outpaced the industry. We launched alternative protein products into the marketplace. We’re improving efficiencies by opening new distribution centers. We’re positioning ourselves for the future by integrating our business through a new enterprise technology platform. We continue to invest in advanced analytics as well as the development of automation and robotics with a new technology center here in Northwest Arkansas.”
Additionally, he said, the company continues to move forward with plans to grow its value-added fresh meats business. Recently, Tyson Foods broke ground on a new facility in Eagle Mountain City, Utah.
“The plant will convert fresh beef and pork into steaks, chops, roast and ground beef for grocery meat cases,” Mr. White said. “This additional production will allow us to increase our already growing value-added fresh meat sales. Our growth is enabled by an ongoing financial fitness mindset. We are more focused than ever to drive out costs across the enterprise to enable future investments.”


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Hospira, the Lake Forest-based maker of injectable and biotechnology drugs, reported fourth-quarter and full-year 2014 earnings Thursday.
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The City of Tulsa intends to sell all furniture and furnishings in the former City Hall and three other office buildings by public auction auction.
Interested parties will be able to inspect the merchandise Jan. 17 and 20, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the following locations: 200 Civic Center, 111 S. Hartford Ave., 411 S. Frankfort and 1712 S. Phoenix.
All furniture in these four buildings will be auctioned beginning Wednesday, Jan. 21, at 10 a.m. by Texas-based company Joe Pippin Auctioneers.
The items will be sold by video at the Tulsa Convention Center. Online bidding will also be available prior to the on-site auction. Online bidding ends Tuesday, Jan. 20 at 5 p.m.


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Thomson holds firm on Dreamliner launch comms plan despite safety scares
Thomson, which is set to be the first UK operator to fly Boeing's new Dreamliner this spring, is planning to stick to its current launch comms strategy despite recent media coverage of safety scares.
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We told you about the redesigned Nissan Titan and its Cummins V8 twin-turbo engine. Now see how those twin turbos work courtesy of this video from Nissan.
No longer just for the Left Coast, GM will sell the Chevrolet Spark EV in Maryland, where demand is partly drive by its powertrain that is built there.
The 2015 Ford Expedition’s ControlTrac four-wheel drive is the way four-wheel drive should be — especially if you have to drive in the Blizzard of 2015.
In the 2015 Jeep Cherokee Trailhawk, you know you are in for some technology in the world of hardcore off-roading when you see the Selec-Terrain dial.
Last time we got to test a Lexus CT200h, I fell in love with the smallest Lexus in the lineup. So did it charm me that much at second glance? Well, mostly.
Despite unseasonably warm temps, the area just south of Montreal still had enough white stuff on side roads to test the Jeep Active Drive Lock system.
A surefire sign I’m an automotive oddball: I was more excited to test the Nissan NV200 cargo van than I have been about a test car in a long time.
Ram Trucks made like Chef Emeril Lagasse recently by “kickin’ it up a notch” with a new Ram EcoDiesel HFE model said to get 29 MPG highway.
Honda will build a fuel cell vehicle (FCV) of its own, and VTEC engines are gonna get boosted, yo. So said Honda at North American International Auto Show.
Would you give up on the Lotus underpinnings of the Tesla Roadster as it ages? No, you’d just upgrade the drivetrain and aerodynamics, as Tesla is doing.
A study by UMTRI says fuel efficiency is on the way up as motorization is on the way down. Where are we headed in the future?
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The 75th edition of one of the most prestigious film festivals globally has us all hooked to our screens. Held in France, the event kicked off ever so powerfully on May 17th with the biggest names in the world walking the red carpet. Bollywood celebrities including Deepika Padukone, Tamannah Bhatia, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and many more were spotted making stellar statements. And among many of them was Indian actress Pooja Hegde who made her red carpet debut on the second day in a dreamy and jaw-dropping outfit. The actress has been dropping some beautiful fashion moments from the event but her red carpet attire has our hearts.
The actress adorned a breath-taking strapless number which featured intricate feather detailing all over it. She looked absolutely dreamy in a white feather gown as she made her debut at the Cannes Film Festival. The actress adorned a gown by Maison Geyanna Youness and was styled by celebrity stylist Akshay Tyagi. Her attire featured an accentuated sweetheart neckline and the elaborated flare added that dramatic effect to the look. She opted for a minimal and sleek jewellery look and her choice for tied tresses complemented her ensemble.
Pooja Hegde and her fashion choices have always been appealing and right before her debut at the red carpet, the actress definitely was having her fashion moment in Cannes. In yet another stunning attire, the actress was seen donning a printed silhouette as she made a striking statement. She adorned a strapless white printed dress and layered it up with a cape with a long train which amped up the style factor. She added a pop of colour to her attire in electric blue heels.
Pooja Hegde made her stylish Cannes debut but also made stellar fashion statements. This is not the first time that the actress made us awestruck with her fashion choices. Be it her ethnic looks or trendy contemporary style, the diva makes sure to leave us all stunned with her sartorial picks!


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Basic Motors has signed a offer with a Massachusetts Institute of Technologies spinout for joint enhancement of upcoming-technology electrical auto batteries that are predicted to lower the price of the technological know-how by 60%.
The tie-up with Singapore-based SolidEnergy Techniques, which was established by MIT grad Qichao Hu, is centered on new battery chemistry to minimize the dimensions of the batteries even though growing an EV’s array. That then can help decreased the charge of the autos.
As part of the deal, GM and SolidEnergy Systems strategy to establish a prototype production line in Woburn, Massachusetts, for a “high-potential, pre-generation battery by 2023.”
GM formerly announced the next-generation of its EV batteries and platform, known as Ultium, would cut down expenses for present day EVs, these as the Chevrolet Bolt EV, by 60% by mid-decade.
“The Ultium system was essentially intended and built with transform like this in head,” Kent Helfrich, GM’s govt director of global electrification and battery methods, explained to CNBC. “We know battery technological know-how variations really rapidly … so we had to create that variety of flexibility and bandwidth into our system.”
Officers declined to launch monetary particulars of the tie-up. GM’s undertaking cash arm originally invested an undisclosed quantity in SolidEnergy Programs in 2015.
The new batteries characteristic lithium metal rather of lithium-ion like modern EVs use. The swap improvements the chemistry of the battery to help increased power density and longer vary from a related-sized battery or comparable vary with a more compact battery.
Preliminary prototype batteries have already accomplished 150,000 simulated test miles at investigation and progress labs at GM’s World Technical Middle in Warren, Michigan, according to the automaker.
General Motors discovered its all-new modular system and battery procedure, Ultium, on March 4, 2020 at its Tech Heart campus in Warren, Michigan.
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Even more development of the upcoming batteries arrives in advance of the automaker releasing EVS with its very first-generation of Ultium battery cells later on this calendar year starting with the GMC Hummer EV for $112,595.
The Hummer is element of GM’s prepare to launch 30 new or redesigned EVs as a result of 2025 under a $27 billion investment in electric and autonomous vehicles. GM also not long ago declared designs to completely market electric powered automobiles by 2035.
GM’s announcement will come a day after a new report from Cairn Energy Investigation Advisors that stated EV chief Tesla is expected to continue on obtaining the most affordable costs in the EV sector by the finish of this ten years, with GM closing the gap.
Helfrich declined to exclusively focus on those findings, but he reported GM designs “to innovate faster than everyone in the space” and be “the world’s best lover in terms of establishing methods that are likely to electrify the automotive market.”


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Taiwan Lifts 11-Year Ban on Food Imports from Five Japanese PrefecturesEconomy Politics Society
Following the disaster at Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant caused by the Great East Japan Earthquake in March 2011, restrictions on the imports of Japanese food products were introduced in 55 countries and regions. Over the past decade most of those restrictions were relaxed or eliminated, but some remain, particularly in East Asia. However, Taiwan recently decided to lift its ban on imports of food products from Fukushima and four other prefectures that has been in place for 11 years.
On February 8, 2022, the Taiwanese authorities announced the lifting of the ban, with the exception of certain items such as mushrooms. The decision, which is expected to be implemented in late February, is thought to have been prompted by the desire to resolve pending trade questions with Japan in relation to Taiwan joining the Trans-Pacific Partnership, following its application in September 2021.
Taiwan had maintained an import ban on all foodstuffs from Fukushima, Ibaraki, Tochigi, Gunma, and Chiba Prefectures, with the exception of alcoholic beverages, and also required certifications of origin for products from other prefectures in Japan. The debate over lifting the ban on Japanese imports gained momentum following the voting down of a referendum on December 18, 2020, that had called for a ban on the imports of pork from the United States and other countries that make use of fattening agents.
According to the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries, 55 countries and regions introduced import restrictions after the nuclear disaster. Most of the import restrictions have been eased or eliminated over the past 10 years, but there are still some negative feelings toward Japanese food products, particularly in East Asia.
Four Countries/Regions Maintaining Import Bans and Products Targeted
|China||Fukushima, Miyagi, Ibaraki, Tochigi, Gunma, Saitama, Chiba, Tokyo, Nagano, Niigata||All food products (except rice from Niigata Prefecture), animal feed|
|South Korea||Fukushima, Aomori, Iwate, Miyagi, Ibaraki, Tochigi, Gunma, Chiba||All marine products|
|Fukushima||Spinach, plums, yuzu, chestnuts, kiwifruit, etc.|
|Hong Kong||Fukushima||Vegetables, fruit, milk, milk beverages, powdered milk|
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By admin on Saturday, August 19th, 2023 in .
It’s a part of a routine for many of us, our plates are stuffed with food and when unable to finish, the leftovers are easily scraped off into the bin. On many occasions, after large meals, the leftover food is thrown away. It’s a common practice for many of the households without conceptualizing the magnitude of global food waste. The problem is bigger than we think. We are all responsible for wasting food. And there is a war on food waste in many countries. The amount of food lost and wasted every year is equal to more than half of the world’s annual cereal crop.
If taken seriously food waste is a national issue. Pakistan is a resourceful country the amount of food produced here can be sufficient for feeding the population, but lack of resources for food management and its distribution is the main problem. The food items include major commodities such as wheat, rice, and sugar besides different vegetables and fruits. On the Global Hunger Index out of 118 developing countries, Pakistan is ranked at 107. To add more to these alarming statistics, it is estimated that 40% of food produced in Pakistan is wasted.
It’s a good sign that food banks are being set across the country, which tries to reach out the hunger struck population. They collect the surplus food from various places and provide to the needy people. This food after collection goes through quality assurance and after being sorted out is packed in small packages to be distributed.
Many NGOs are working for this cause, to utilize extra cooked food and give it to people who cannot afford a proper meal. This practice is conducted worldwide. A similar organization started this work in Pakistan. In Karachi, the Robin Hood Army commenced its activities in February 2015. Since its commencement, it has fed millions in Karachi. Areas for food distribution are identified through scouting. The campaign is run by volunteers who are working professionals, students which also include school children.
In Karachi, more than 25 local eateries are contributing their leftover food for charity. In a detailed conversation with the representative of Robin Hood army Karachi, I was informed about the names of these restaurants but disclosing their names would not be fair. Many restaurants have their own policy for leftover food instead of throwing it away; they simply feed the poor on their own. Such deeds are not high lightened in the media. But people should be encouraged for such practices.
There is a war on food waste in many countries, like in France where the supermarkets have been banned from throwing away unsold food and restaurants must provide doggy bags when asked. By taking remarkable steps, France has a secure top spot among the countries in food sustainability. France is the first country to introduce specific food waste legislation and loses only 1.8% of its total food production each year. By 2015 plans it further plans to reduce it to half.
Food sustainability is something which is being considered in the government’s agenda across the world. It is unethical and immoral to waste food resources when hundreds of millions of people remain hungry all across the world. We shouldn’t be relying on government, organizations, NGOs, food banks who work for reducing food waste. There is a need to adopt and promote a lifestyle that encourages sustainability for food resources and generate awareness for food waste reduction.
Planning, preparing and storing food on an individual level can contribute to reducing food waste on a household level. Be mindful of old ingredients and leftovers you need to consume at first. By doing this you will waste less and may even find a new favorite dish by utilizing leftovers. Refrain from impulse buying your food items. When most of the items are kept neglected in refrigerators and ultimately discarded ending in bins. By making small changes in how you shop for, prepare, and store food, you can not only save time but also money.
In 2012, the Food Network channel premiered a cooking show featuring the world’s renowned chefs ‘The Big Waste’. The main feature of this cooking show was that the chefs who were competing in pairs to prepare a gourmet banquet meal used food which was only intended for the landfill. That episode drew attention to the issue of food waste.
If you can’t reduce wasted food, divert it from landfills. Landfill waste emits CO2 and methane, both of which are hazardous to the environment. Safe and untouched food can be donated to help those in need. Just look at the food wasted at weddings in Pakistan in particular. Together, this food can feed millions of people who go hungry. You can donate excess food to the Robin Hood Army, who will surely collect and provide for the needy.


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Austin, TX—Whole Foods Market Inc. will now feature animal welfare ratings on meat products in all of its stores. The rating system, created by the nonprofit Global Animal Partnership (GAP), is designed to let shoppers learn more about how animals are treated by a manufacturer.
A genetically modified (GM) strain of alfalfa, engineered to survive the application of Roundup herbicide, has been fully deregulated by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). In a separate move one week later, USDA allowed farmers to plant GM sugar beets while it finishes working on an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for that crop.
Packaging for many ground or chopped meat and poultry products will now feature nutrition facts panels, according to a new rule established by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). Forty of the most common cuts of meat, as well as whole, raw meat and poultry products will be required to present this information on a label, or have the nutrition facts available at the point-of-purchase. The rule is to become effective on Jan. 1, 2012.
Washington, D.C.—The Food Safety Modernization Act, since WholeFoods last updated its status in January, has been signed into law by President Barack Obama. But, the new year has brought some challenges to the implementation of the new law’s measures. The Act, which broadens the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) power to regulate food safety, has an uncertain future in terms of funding.
New York, NY—The United Nations (UN) Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has further increased existing concern over world food supply and prices by announcing alarming predictions for the near future. FAO chief economist Abdolreza Abbassian summarized the situation in a widely-circulated statement, saying ,“We are entering danger territory.”
Brattleboro, VT—A jointly sponsored study by the Organic Trade Association (OTA) and KIWI magazine found that U.S. families are enjoying organic food in greater quantities and in a broader range of categories. Some 41% of parents reported buying more organic food than in the previous year, and over three-quarters of U.S. households were found to use some organic products.
A federal judge has deemed the continued planting of genetically modified (GM) sugar beets, supplied solely by Monsanto, to be in violation of a previous court order, and ruled that the current GM crop should be plowed under. U.S. District Court Judge Jeffrey White of San Francisco ruled that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) had permitted Monsanto to plant the beets despite a previous ruling by him requiring that USDA complete an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) on the beets before planting.


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September 2, 2002 |
MUMBAI: Tata Consultancy Services and Intel Corporation have announced the setting up of an e-business solution lab to focus on building practices on Intel architecture platform for worldwide enterprise customers. "It will bring in proven research, development and delivery capabilities in line with the strategic focus of the e-business lab, which is to be in Mumbai," TCS CEO S Ramadorai said in a statement here on Monday. Intel Corporation CEO Craig Barrett said companies required...
January 24, 2010 |
VADODARA: US giant Intel Corporation is working on reducing cost of computers so that more people can make use of the wonder machine, a top official of the company said here on Sunday. Ajay Bhatt, fellow at Intel Corporation and co- inventor of USB told PTI, "About one billion out of a total of a six billion people across the world have been using computers. Now we are targeting the remaining 5 billion people and want to provide computers to them at a lower cost and we have been...
January 8, 2004 |
SANTA CLARA: Intel Corporation in December appointed Raj Yavatkar, 45, one of four new Intel Fellows. He is director of IXA software architecture in the Intel Communications Group. Intel Fellows represent one of the highest levels of technical achievement within the company. They are selected for technical leadership and outstanding contributions to the company and the industry. Yavatkar joined Intel in 1995 and is responsible for defining the software for tools and applications...
May 14, 2004 |
NEW DELHI: Intel India has joined hands with the Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIT) at Bangalore and Roorkee to set up the first PlanetLab test-bed in India. A virtual laboratory to develop Internet services, Planetlab test bed is a globally distributed test bed for developing, deploying and accessing planetary-scale network services, an Intel statement said. Intel and the research institutes will investigate the performance of the protocols, the statement added.
May 24, 2006 |
MUMBAI: Intel Capital, the venture capital investment arm of the Intel Corporation, has invested a part of its $250 million India technology fund in Chennai-based IT firm -- Real Image Technologies. Real Image specialises in digital media technologies for film, video, audio animation industry. "We will continue to invest in Indian IT firms, as we are getting huge returns from India and the IT market here is really booming. We are looking for investments in the area of chip design,...


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Special duty on hot-rolled thick sheets, hot-rolled coils, rebar and pipes are among the most painful for Ukrainian steelmakers
The administration of US President Joe Biden is considering suspending tariffs on steel imports from Ukraine. This was reported by Bloomberg, citing its own sources in the White House.
According to the source, the revision of the current 25%-tariffs is an “act of solidarity” with Ukraine, which is suffering from the consequences of the invasion of the Russian Federation.
In addition, the move to suspend the duties is not imminent and President Joe Biden hasn’t been presented with the proposal. The matter is only studied.
Special duties on Ukrainian metal products, hot-rolled steel sheets, hot-rolled coils, rebar and pipes are among the most painful for Ukraine. In total, the losses for the Ukrainian economy from trade barriers imposed on foreign markets are estimated at 3.3-3.5 million tons of metal products, or about $3 billion in export earnings.
On April 27, United Kingdom announced the early abolition of all import tariffs and quotas on Ukrainian products. Shortly afterwards, the European Commission issued an official proposal to suspend the collection of import duties on all Ukrainian exports for one year.
GMK Center emphasizes that the war in Ukraine intensified protectionism effects in the world. Even good market conditions do not lead to the abolition of trade restrictions: In 9M 2021, with favorable market situation, 13 new trade barriers were introduced, while the previous tariffs and duties were not abolished.
“Given the long-term nature of the trade policy, lifting or easing of the anti-dumping measures following such review is unlikely. For example, the anti-dumping measures introduced back in 1984 are still in place in the USA, GMK Center’s “Trade Restrictions on the Steel Markets” report reads.
You can read the study at the link.


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Since Trump was elected he has consistently taken credit for every positive trading session in the stock market. He also claimed that if Hillary Clinton had been elected as president:
“Stocks would be down 50%.”
Over recent months there have been numerous occasions where the stock market has deteriorated, these can mostly be drawn back to Trump’s trade war with China. Trump’s consistent insistence that applying tariffs to goods that Americans pay for is a positive thing. Trump desperation to get back some degree of positivity into the market reached a new low recently, when he claimed that he had struck an “incredible” deal with Beijing.
Once it became clear that there was no substance to Trump’s claim, stocks dropped dangerously, with the Dow ending the week down having wiped out its yearly gains.
JPMorgan described Trump’s claims as:
“If not completely fabricated then grossly exaggerated with reality.”
Instead of realizing his own actions and claims had caused the volatility, Trump remains convinced that it is the product of the Federal Reserve’s plan to raise the benchmark interest rate.
Experts say that the Fed is doing “exactly what it should be doing, which is to prevent overheating and boom-bust type conditions in the future.
American companies that import products are paying record amounts in customs duties as more tariffs imposed by the Trump administration take effect.
amount of tariffs being paid by U.S. importers has doubled since May, including
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(SPOT.ph) Flying to Davao this April? Be sure to drop by a Krispy Kreme shop there because the doughnut chain is launching a special new flavor exclusive to the city: The Malagos Chocolate Doughnut.
The new doughnuts will be glazed with chocolate from Malagos Chocolate, a single-origin local chocolate brand. In an interview with SunStar Davao, Krispy Kreme Local Relations Officer for Mindanao, Princess Payag shares that the Malagos Chocolate Doughnut will be one of a planned series of regionalized doughnut flavors, though it isn't the first. In December 2015, Krispy Kreme launched the Double Chocolate Strawberry Cake in Baguio, a chocolate doughnut topped with fresh Baguio strawberries. The Malagos Chocolate Doughnut is set to launch in April, just in time for summer!
The Krispy Kreme Malagos Chocolate Doughnut will be available at Krispy Kreme SM Ecoland, Davao; GMall Davao, SM Lanang Premier, Davao.


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Ukraine introduces a special import duty on cut roses for three years. In the first year its amount will be 56%, in the second—44.8% and in the third—35.84%. At the same time, the duty does not depend on the country of origin and export.
This decision has been made by the Interdepartmental Commission on International Trade. It will enter into force 30 days after publication, according to the newspaper Uryadovyi Kurier.
The duty does not apply to the import of roses from about 60 countries, including Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Switzerland, Montenegro, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Angola, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Cambodia and others.
Uryadovyi Kurier notes that the company Askania-Flora has initiated an investigation into the import of roses. It was carried out from May 2020 and it covered the period 2017—2020. During this time, the import of roses to Ukraine increased by more than 71%, the share of import compared to production—by 72%, consumption—by 40%. At the same time, despite an increase in apparent consumption by over 20%, production decreased by 26.3%, sales by 25.3%, exports by 79%, and prices were much lower than the cost price, despite the fact that it increased by 23%.
The report also says that during the investigation, import prices were lower than the cost of Ukrainian roses, and the difference between them during this time increased by 22.6% and 33.7%, respectively.
The roses greenhouse complex Askania-Flora is the largest producer of roses in Ukraine. It is part of the Ascania group of companies that includes 12 companies, and began its work in 2000. Valerii Horban is the founder and CEO of Askania-Flora.
As for flower import and export, in winter and spring the share of imported flowers in Ukraine is about 82%, in summer—48%, while of Ukrainian flowers—52%. Ukraine exports roses to Poland, Belarus, and the Netherlands.
Context. Earlier, Askania-Flora told about the extermination of most of the roses due to quarantine restrictions in Ukraine and falling demand. According to the company's commercial director Viktor Fedorenko, the sales market of Askania-Flora is concentrated in Ukraine for more than 90%, but now it has decreased to a minimum, and the shipments of roses have decreased several times. He stated this in a commentary to the news agency Interfax-Ukraine.


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WAYNE, NJ Hankook Tire Co. has signed on to be a sponsor and the exclusive tire supplier for Corsa Motorsports. Corsa will compete in the 2008 American Le Mans Series (ALMS) in the GT2 Class.
ALMS is the premier road racing competition in North America. According to Hankook, the sponsorship within the series will be a showcase for Hankook performance tire technology and is the logical next step in the marketing and brand-building efforts to position Hankook as a market-driven technology-focused global brand.
“For Hankook, this is about showcasing our technology on the premier stage of road racing,” said Bill Bainbridge, director of brand communication for Hankook Tire America Corp. “We are as devoted to winning on race day as Corsa Motorsports.”
“Our agreement with Hankook puts us back in the game with a partner who is fully committed to putting the most competitive car out there,” said Steve Pruitt, team principal, Corsa Motorsports. “We have some of the most technologically advanced cars on the track; we want to transfer that technology to the asphalt to put us in the best position to make it to Le Mans.”
The No. 48 Corsa Motorsports Ferrari F430 LMGT will begin the 2008 campaign in the GT2 class for the 2008 ALMS season with Hankook Tires on March 15 at the Mobile 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring in Sebring, Fla.
“Hankook has been a wonderful partner in our IMSA Lites category and not only will they continue in that role but we welcome them with open arms as they step up into the American Le Mans Series ultra competitive GT2 Class,” said Scott Atherton, president and CEO of ALMS. “There’s no more relevant motorsports test for manufacturers and that certainly goes for tire manufacturers then developing and proving the technology, quality and durability than in the GT categories of the ALMS. I want to congratulate and thank Hankook for their great past investment and especially for this new initiative in our series.”
For more information, visit: www.hankooktireusa.com.


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It isn’t every year that we get an all-new generation of the Chevrolet Corvette. That anticipation is adding to the excitement surrounding the North American International Auto Show. which begins January 13th. NAIAS 2013 is shaping up to be a huge event.
Each year the Detroit show gets thousands of journalists from across the country and internationally. This concentration of media and the amount of debuts makes it the world’s largest auto show. Not only that though, but this year the show is playing host to a lot of significant debuts. Out of all of them, the C7 has been much anticipated by the automotive press and fans alike.
Like every new Corvette launch, there have been a lot of rumors surrounding it. We can tell you this – radical changes (like a mid-engined orientation) aren’t in the works. After years on the market, the C6 is getting stale. Chevy is excited about the C7 and is playing up the introduction with a lot of teaser videos.
What they didn’t plan for though, was a leaked drawing of the car’s front end on a GM service website. Given that it is two-dimensional and just a basic outline, it doesn’t give a whole lot away. We will take what we can get though – The new front end looks a lot more shapely and exotic.
What the current car is lacking is styling drama. For instance, the front end is too generic for our liking. One of the constant criticisms of the Corvette has been its interior. The Corvette’s sub-par interior is well known in the industry. The current model, introduced in 2006, tried to fix things but it didn’t go nearly far enough. The C6 was developed during a different era of GM product planning. GM’s interiors today are nothing like their interiors back in 2006.
To emphasize this, Chevy has released a teaser focusing on the craftsmanship of the C7’s interior. Given what we have seen of GM’s latest interiors and the fact that the Corvette is a flagship of sorts for the company, we expect nothing less than a stunner. Stay tuned for more details on the C7 Corvette as they emerge over the next few weeks.


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Regent orders a third Explorer class ship
REGENT Seven Seas Cruises is set to add has placed an order for a third Explorer class ship, set to join the fleet in late 2023.
The 750-passenger vessel will be built by Italy’s Fincantieri S.p.A. and will be a sister ship to Seven Seas Explorer and Seven Seas Splendor.
It will be Regent’s sixth all-suite vessel, with the cruise line promising it will “continue to set the standard for defining elegance at sea”.
Details about the new addition’s itineraries, suites, restaurants, amenities and onboard experiences will be revealed leading up to her 2023 debut and voyages for her inaugural season will go on sale in 2021.
“We are excited to build on the spectacular success of Seven Seas Explorer and Seven Seas Splendor as we embark on bringing to life a new vessel that will set an even higher benchmark for elegance, luxury and style,” said Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings President and CEO Frank Del Rio.
“This new ship further strengthens our Company’s robust yet measured growth profile with vessels now on order for all three of our award-winning brands, enabling us to expand our presence globally, further diversify our product offerings and continue to drive shareholder returns.”


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PC giant Dell is facing a fine in Australia over what authorities say were misleading advertising practices.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) says that it will be docking the PC maker $10m AUS (around $6.5m USD) for misleading users about the charges for monitors.
Specifically, the ACCC charges that Dell Australia told its customers that if they bundled an external monitor with their desktop or notebook purchase they would receive a discount.
In reality, the monitors were not being sold at a discount and in fact were being offered at a premium in some cases.
"Dell Australia admitted that it overstated the discounts customers received as monitors were not sold for the strikethrough price for most of the relevant time," the ACCC said.
"In many cases, consumers paid more than if they had purchased the monitor as a standalone product."
The case dates back to 2022, when the ACCC first took notice of the way Dell was advertising its hardware add-on options to customers who were looking to buy a laptop, desktop, or notebook PC.
The monitors in question were not bargain pieces of hardware, either. The ACCC presents one example in which the "discounted" item was a high-end Alienware gaming monitor costing $955 AUS.
According to the authorities, Dell was making claims such as having a percentage off or getting a "total savings" when in fact the customers were not getting any savings over purchasing the monitor on its own.
This lead to a federal court case that eventually concluded with the Australian branch of Dell admitting to being less than truthful with customers about the discounts they were getting with their monitor bundles.
A June court ruling concluded that the PC maker had presented "false and misleading representations" about its prices and ordered Dell to issue refunds to those who would go through the process of making a claim.
"This outcome sends a strong message to businesses that making false representations about prices or inflating discounts is a serious breach of consumer law and will attract substantial penalties," ACCC Commissioner Liza Carver said of the fine.
"We took this action against Dell Australia because consumers rely on accurate information about prices and discounts to make purchasing decisions."


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Apple to announce the iPhone 7 in early September
Apple is gearing up to announce its new line-up of phones and tablets for 2016. While we already knew almost everything about the new smartphones, we had no information on when they would be available for purchase. Now thanks to the popular Internet leaker @evleaks, we have information that the iPhone 7 launch will be on September 16. This is the day the new models will go on sale, while Apple will most likely announce them a week earlier – on September 9 – during a press-conference.
Apple will announce the iPhone 7 and the iPhone 7 Plus without major changes and many new features compared with the iPhone6s.
However, the new models are rumored to have bigger batteries, improved cameras, faster processors, and more RAM (for the Plus version). The devices will also have re-positioned antenna bands and at least 32GB of internal storage (the previous model had 16GB). It’s almost certain that Apple will ship the iPhone 7 with a free jack adapter to connect your headphones, because the smartphones won’t have a 3.5mm audio port.
In other news, we learn that Apple is preparing a successor to the 12.9-inch iPad Pro. Photos from China revealed an early prototype of the tablet that is expected to include a faster CPU, better camera and some other improvements. Apple may announce both the iPad Pro 2 and a thinner MacBook Pro in September, along with the iPhone 7.


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A FLAVOUR of the catwalks of Milan and Paris is coming to the Capital during a week-long fashion extravaganza.
Edinburgh Fashion Week will get under way on Saturday, March 7, with a two-day launch event featuring shows, workshops and tutorials in a specially built indoor hub on The Mound.
The biggest names in designer gear are taking part, along with high-street retailers such as John Lewis, Gap, River Island and Next.
Fashion fans will be able to snap up bargains as shops slash prices and hold giveaways. Business leaders are also keen to see the Capital’s economy as a whole reap the benefits, with those attending set to get the cash tills ringing in bars and restaurants.
The Evening News told last month how more people were flocking to the city centre as part of the This Is Edinburgh campaign, which is behind Fashion Week.
Andy Neal, chief executive of city centre marketing body Essential Edinburgh, said: “A recent public survey by This Is Edinburgh found that 66.8 per cent of people were more likely to visit the city centre than they were this time last year, with Edinburgh’s vibrant shopping scene cited as one of the key reasons. Over the last 12 months, we’ve also seen a steady rise in city centre footfall and retail sales, all of which are incredibly encouraging.
“That said, we are definitely not resting on our laurels and Edinburgh Fashion Week is about maintaining momentum and promoting the wonderful local independent, designer and high-street shops available on our doorstep. Edinburgh is an incredibly stylish city and Edinburgh Fashion Week will offer something for all tastes, ages and budgets.”
The Mound will be transformed during the opening weekend as it hosts a packed programme of free fashion shows, informal workshops and expert tutorials. Personal shopper and fashion writer Laura Russell, from the Satisfashion website, will be leading some tutorials.
She said: “Edinburgh’s retailers have so much to offer, the launch event will be the ideal opportunity to get people out of their comfort zone, challenge their perceptions and pleasantly surprise them with some exciting fashion finds and refreshing new season looks.
“I’m looking forward to trying to capture that quintessential Edinburgh style, mixing higher-end items with one-off pieces from independent stores, or bargains from the high street.”


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Seeks to better understand consumers
By Matthew Spieler
Volume 26/Number 26; May 13/20, 2013
Hicksville, N.Y.—Understanding the consumer is something the industry constantly tackles. This summer, Flooring America will take the effort directly to its members’ stores as part of its Where Friends Send Friends Mobile Marketing Tour.
Phase one kicked off May 18 and will run through July 13. Frank Chiera, Flooring America’s vice president of marketing and advertising, told FCNews the company will visit 10 cities across nine states as part of the first leg of what will eventually cover the entire U.S.
Logging over 10,000 miles, the mobile tour will make stops in Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Florida, Missouri, Indiana, Illinois and Texas. He said the goal is to speak with 10 to 15 consumers at each stop who have recently made or are in the process of making a flooring purchase. And, it won’t be just a cameraman and someone with a microphone doing the interviews. There will be at least one high-level Flooring America executive at each stop to hear first-hand what consumers are saying.
Chiera himself will be at six of the stops to “support and assist the stores. For the first leg, we focused primarily east of the Mississippi. We’ll make our way to the West Coast and the rest of the country as the year goes on.”
The idea is to get consumers’ thoughts on their buying processes and, more importantly, their experiences of making purchases at Flooring America stores.
“We felt testimonials and referrals are great tools,” he said, “but what if we can interview people instead and capture it all on video? We can then use real-life customers instead of actors in our marketing campaigns—both nationally and at the local level. This is an opportunity to learn what real customers are saying about us.”
He noted each store on the tour was responsible for finding customers to interview, and those who are participating are doing so of their own accord. “They are not getting compensation; there is no quid pro quo. These are consumers who want to share their experiences about why they bought from a locally owned store and why they bought from us over the competition or the big boxes.”
The goal for this phase is to gather about 150 interviews of which sound bites will be used for Flooring America’s Voice of the Customer campaign.
Flooring America will actually start producing marketing spots while on tour but will unveil the whole campaign at its summer convention. “This will essentially be the next step in what we presented at the last convention,” Chiera explained. Besides posting the videos on YouTube and the Flooring America website, members will be able to link them to their own sites, and spots will be made in which businesses can add their local tags. “We’ll also be able to break up the sound bites by subject—installation, community, service, etc.—so we and our members can really focus in on specific areas if desired.”
What is going to make the tour more interesting than originally expected, he noted, is what members are doing in anticipation of the tour. “Many are turning the stops into full-fledged events. For instance, some are holding private sales and some are tying into local charities; they are making this an even bigger event and rallying around it to generate sales.”
To learn more about the Where Friends Send Friends Mobile Marketing Tour, call Flooring America at 888.5646.706.


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President Joe Biden delivering an American employment plan address in the South Court Auditorium in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on April 7, 2021.
Demetrius Freeman | The Washington Post | Getty Images
President Joe Biden on Sunday declared the deal between two Korean battery manufacturers a victory for US efforts to build a strong electric vehicle supply chain to create clean energy jobs and mitigate climate change.
The settlement of a trade secret dispute between LG Energy Solution and SK Innovation Co. enables two Georgia plants to advance their plans to manufacture lithium-ion batteries for Ford and Volkswagen.
The companies agreed to cease litigation in the US and South Korea and not pursue any further lawsuits for a decade. SK Innovation is also paying LG Energy Solution $ 1.8 billion in cash and royalties.
The deal came ahead of the Biden government deadline on Sunday evening to reverse a decision by the U.S. International Trade Commission unless the battery makers reached an agreement.
The deal is a huge win for the administration, which recently unveiled a comprehensive infrastructure plan that includes spending $ 174 billion to boost the electric vehicle market and move away from gas-powered cars.
“We need a strong, diversified and resilient supply chain for electric vehicle batteries in the US so that we can meet the growing global demand for these vehicles and components – create well-paying jobs here at home and lay the foundations for the jobs of tomorrow.” “Said Biden in a statement.
The president’s proposal calls for the installation of at least 500,000 charging stations across the country by 2030, incentives for Americans to buy electric vehicles, and money to convert factories and improve domestic material supplies.
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Failure to resolve the dispute may have cost thousands of jobs in Georgia and threatened the country’s EV market, which accounts for around 2% of new car sales.
The ITC ruled in February that SK Innovation had stolen trade secrets related to EV batteries and ordered the US to stop the company from importing supplies to build batteries.
SK Innovation threatened to close its $ 2.6 billion Georgia facility, which is under construction and could employ 2,600 people unless the ITC decision is overridden.
If no agreement was reached, the Biden administration may have had to override the ITC to allow SK Innovation to build the facility. Otherwise, Volkswagen and Ford would have had to find new battery suppliers, a task that could have delayed model release and thwarted their ability to meet rising demand for electric vehicles.
“Today’s agreement is a positive step in that direction that will bring welcome relief to workers in Georgia and new opportunities for workers across the country,” said Biden.
Jong Hyun Kim, CEO of LG Energy Solution and Jun Kim, CEO of SK Innovation, said in a joint statement that the companies “would compete amicably for the future of the US and South Korean electric vehicle battery industries.” “”
“We are determined to work together to support the Biden government’s climate change agenda and develop a resilient US supply chain,” they said.


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The Trump administration, distracted by different important things, has apparently forgotten that it’s mad at Huawei. If this appears unusual to you, it’s in all probability as a result of we’ve all gotten used to listening to the federal government go on and on about how the Chinese language telecommunications firm is a threat to U.S. national security. However alas, these feedback apparently don’t matter a lot anymore, as a result of the U.S. authorities is letting American firms promote sure gadgets to Huawei once more.
In keeping with Reuters report, Qualcomm obtained a license from the U.S. Division of Commerce to promote 4G cell phone chips to Huawei on Friday. In August, the Trump administration delivered what some known as a “lethal blow” to Huawei by banning any firm, not simply American firms, from promoting the Chinese language tech big gadgets developed or produced with U.S. know-how and software program with out getting a license. Contemplating that U.S. firms dominate chip manufacturing and chip design software program, the transfer primarily aimed to chop off Huawei’s entry to chips.
Nonetheless, in latest months, the Trump administration has reportedly began allowed a rising variety of firms to promote parts to Huawei, per the Financial Times, so long as these are usually not used for its 5G enterprise. Moreover Qualcomm, the checklist consists of Samsung (OLED shows) and Intel (processors for its cloud computing enterprise). It additionally purportedly consists of Sony (smartphone digital camera chips), the Occasions reported.
Qualcomm informed Reuters that it had obtained a license to promote Huawei numerous merchandise. The corporate revealed that it additionally had different license functions pending with the U.S. authorities.
“We obtained a license for a variety of merchandise, which incorporates some 4G merchandise,” an organization spokeswoman informed Reuters.
Gizmodo has reached out to Qualcomm to verify the report. We’ll be certain to replace this weblog if we hear again.
The spokeswoman declined to touch upon the particular 4G merchandise the corporate had obtained authorization to promote, in keeping with Reuters, however stated that they had been associated to cellular units. Huawei was a significant customer for Qualcomm till final 12 months, when the Trump administration added it to a authorities blacklist, referred to as the Entity Listing, which banned exports to the Chinese language firm with no license.
Qualcomm stated that this brought on Huawei to focus extra on its home market and on promoting units that didn’t function Qualcomm chips, the Wall Street Journal reported.
Huawei’s cellular division has been one of many firm’s hardest hit by U.S. sanctions. In August, Richard Yu, president of the corporate’s shopper unit, stated Huawei had “no chips and no provide” for smartphone manufacturing. U.S. sanctions have additionally prevented Huawei from manufacturing its personal high-end chips, or Kirin chips, which it designs in-house.
The latest license approvals by the Trump administration, which is presently obsessive about imaginary voter fraud, might sign a shift in luck for the corporate’s smartphone arm. Huawei’s shopper enterprise makes up greater than half of its income, per the Occasions.
The U.S. authorities has lengthy argued that Huawei is a risk to the nation’s nationwide safety as a result of its merchandise might be used to spy on Individuals on the behest of the Chinese language authorities, but it surely has by no means offered any proof. (That sounds familiar). Huawei has denied that its merchandise might be used for spying.


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In January, the number of registered new cars in the European Union amounted to 1 million 196 thousand units, which is 4.6% less than in January 2018. The message of the European Automobile Manufacturers' Association (ACEA) states that sales in the EU market had been declining for the past 5 months, due to changes introduced on September 1 in the standards for determining fuel consumption for cars. The September drop in sales was a record 23.5%. In January of this year, a decrease in demand was observed in most countries of the European Union. At the same time, the largest decline was noted in Spain - by 8%, and in Italy - by 7.5%. Countries such as Denmark, Greece, Hungary and others showed the growth of car sales. The most significant increase in the indicator by 49% was reported by Lithuania.
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Anchors don ugly Christmas sweaters: Whose was the worst?
Ugly Holiday Sweaters Inspiring New Trends
This holiday season, look bad while you do good. Tipsy Elves will donate $2 to Stand Up To Cancer for every sweater sold on Tipsyelves.com from November 15 – December 31, 2013. Minimum guaranteed donation of $25,000 and a maximum donation of $100,000.
Tipsy Elves reached out to us last week. They claimed to have the most visually offensive Christmas sweaters on the market. Well, hot damn, they weren't lying. Not only are their sweaters ugly, they are just the right amount of inappropriate.
The ridiculous Christmas sweater tradition has now made a full 180. It started earnestly enough, maybe in the late 1970s, with fashion sense-challenged moms and dads (and their forcefully-commanded kids) wearing these hideous all-wool, no-cool monstrosities around the holidays. Now?
It's officially Holiday Week! As we countdown the mad rush to 2012, we're anticipating celebrations galore—from cocktail soirees to family gatherings—that don't necessarily require but would certainly benefit from festive attire.
Looking to put the fun back in that office Christmas party? Why not show up sporting one of these hip, humorous, novelty Holiday Sweaters from ultra-cool seasonal shop Tipsy Elves.
Tipsy Elves, the brainchild of Evan Mendelsohn and Nicklaus Morton, college buddies from San Diego, is set to roll out two lines of "ugly Christmas sweaters" for the 2011 holiday season.
An exciting cultural movement is moving out from behind closed doors, challenging the notion of "cool", redefining street attitude, and transgressing the age barrier. A little left of center, even in a world defined by "Occupy Wall St", the Tipsy Elves have started courting your grandma, and this is one badass love affair you're going to be inspired by.
To the winner go the Christmas Snuggies: Zach "Hula" Hartley and Asher Nolan from Team Hurley. Mark Pontius from Foster the People and Chris Clark from Shaper's Studios surfing on behalf of Liquid Tribe won Best Dressed.
The Stokes Me Surf Contest winners with the Best Dressed winners at Surf Expo’s Industry Party at Typhoon Lagoon.


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We’ve seen a big improve in demand for less common cannabinoids like CBN and CBG. CBN, quick for cannabinol, can create a stress-free and calm sensation for its users to improve and deepen sleep. CBG mixed with vitamin B12 can improve vitality, focus and clarity. Consumers are demanding security from their merchandise and manufacturers.
From keto diets to mud baths to the boob cream Berlant received moments earlier than our Zoom dialog, the multibillion-dollar trade has seemingly taken over the world. The acquisitions occurring within the public area are solely a fraction of P&G’s modernization strategy. In 2021, the conglomerate moved a lot of its North American media enterprise in-house, including media planning duties. R&D and Active Cosmetics Division will discover the event of latest applied sciences and tele-diagnosis solutions for dermatology and skincare. Digital-meets-physical customized product sampling integrates digital try-on and shade matching for a full circle product discovery expertise.
Here, in honor of Black Business Month, the Vanity Fair team has assembled 19 companies which may be making waves, from a doctor-backed skin-care line with a Hollywood fan club to a fashion-favorite make-up brand. Over the previous yr and a half, we’ve seen Brother Vellies founder and activist Aurora James launch the 15 Percent Pledge, a nonprofit that encourages retailers to inventory Black-owned manufacturers in proportion to population knowledge. Thirteen Lune arose as a web-based hub for Black- and brown-led beauty traces . At the same time, destinations like Ulta and Nordstrom have made a concerted push to expand their lineup and reimagine the buying experience to raised serve any and all. The shade formulas that manufacturers are releasing at present are a world away from the older iterations of “clean” make-up. The days of unreliable pigments and runny foundations are over, and today’s shoppers can take pleasure in nice merchandise which are additionally good for the setting.
Brands like Poppi and Ruby are offered at mainstream supermarkets like Whole Foods; Erewhon, the California market chain, is an investor in Barcode. Women’s Health participates in varied affiliate internet marketing packages, which means we may get paid commissions on editorially chosen merchandise purchased via our hyperlinks to retailer websites. People have been nudging me to begin out a beauty or life-style model for a while. Telling me, “You’re not somebody who simply talks, you’re somebody who actually leads by example. This is definitely the life that you follow.” But I all the time felt like I wasn’t ready.


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(Available in Spanish on Real Wire)
Strategic Partnership Provides Seamless, Automated and Real-Time Security Controls for Enterprises in Europe, Asia Pacific, Latin America and Beyond
MUNICH and SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 25, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — tyntec, a global cloud communications provider, and Averon, developer of the world’s first fully automated security solution, today announced their strategic technology partnership. Leveraging tyntec’s extensive wireless carrier connectivity, the partnership will drive a global rollout for Averon’s Direct Autonomous Authentication® (DAA®). Averon’s technology provides instant, frictionless authentication, making it the easiest, fastest and most secure identity verification solution on the market. tyntec, which provides many of the world’s leading internet companies and global enterprises with multifactor authentication services, will enable direct, international, wireless carrier connections for the DAA launch.
The average cost of data breaches is continually rising, and experts maintain that threat actors behind these breaches are increasingly aggressive. In 2018, data breaches compromised more than 2.5 billion records in the United Statesalone. According to the Ponemon Institute, this equates to US$370 billion in business losses. This landscape prompted a growing need for multifactor authentication controls. However, implementing tighter security is often complicated and frequently leads to a negative customer experience. Together, tyntec and Averon are changing this dynamic, introducing DAA to provide tighter security through a back-end, two-factor authentication cycle that occurs without the need for SMS or user actions.
“While myriad authentication solutions have come and gone, user impact and experience have remained stagnant in recent years,” said Thorsten Trapp, CTO at tyntec. “Today’s security threats are moving too quickly for reactive measures, making seamless, real-time authentication an absolute necessity. Through our partnership with Averon, we look forward to delivering secure, effective, multifactor authentication solutions that also enable enterprises to offer a positive and streamlined user experience.”
Today, Averon provides the only fully automated mobile authentication solution designed to replace complicated legacy methods, including SMS, app downloads and email codes. Using the mobile SIM as the source of trust, it eliminates password hacks and provides a completely frictionless cycle, requiring no user action. The solution can authenticate mobile phones, PC and tablet devices, manage role-based cloud access, secure mobile payments and instantly detect fraud at checkout.
“A lot of businesses struggle to balance effective security and authentication protocols with elegant user experience,” said Wendell Brown, CEO at Averon. “Companies understand the risks they face, from sophisticated threat actors to an increasingly complex connected economy. Until now, they have been forced to choose between ‘ideal usability’ and ‘ideal security.’ Averon’s technology changes that, and with tyntec, we are bringing a new option that provides the best of both worlds: the strongest authentication with the easiest use.”
Building on tyntec’s leadership in global multifactor authentication services, Averon will now have distribution across mobile carrier networks around the globe. tyntec will be the exclusive provider of network signaling data for Averon outside the United States, in regions including EMEA, Latin America and APAC.
Averon is an award-winning, turnkey API solution that confirms user identity in real-time via mobile carrier network data. Its DAA solution seamlessly integrates to decrease friction and increase security in mobile payments, blockchain transactions, credit card purchases and more. Averon’s DAA requires zero installations and no end-user involvement, working invisibly in the background for an easier, faster and more secure user experience. For more information, please visit www.averon.com
tyntec is a global cloud communications provider enabling businesses to communicate with their customers, workforce and machines. tyntec has built its global connectivity from the ground up and developed cloud APIs on top to provide the full advantage of cloud communications on a global scale. Building on its carrier-grade connectivity, tyntec continues to advance how today’s enterprises utilize the universal services of messaging, voice, phone numbers and authentication to connect and perform transactions with people around the world. For more information, please visit www.tyntec.com
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A new boutique gym is offering a one-stop shop for Sherwood Park fitness enthusiasts.
Located at Unit 104 118 Provincial Avenue in the Westana Village, a 3,400 square foot empty warehouse has been given a new lease on life, and in turn, will change lives for others in terms of fitness and well-being.
Opened this month, Raise the Bar has a mix of one-on-one personal training, nutrition, and a large variety of group fitness classes which are broken down into three categories; 1) strength and conditioning (mobility and core, and HIIT-style classes), 2) Olympic-style lifting (focusing on technical lifts such as snatches, cleans, and overhead squats), and 3) mindful movement (barre, pilates, reformer, alignment-based yoga, meditation, and stretch and reset).
“We wanted to have a one-stop shop for people to go to for all of their fitness needs,” explained Raise the Bar co-owner, Kara Bell. “We wanted our clients to find a sense of balance. We want them to know that high-intensity isn’t always the way. We wanted to give them a good variety based on their body needs in that moment or that day. Maybe a low-impact class is better to rehab an injury or if they have a lack of energy, compared to a day where they’re feeling great and they want to do a high-intensity class.”
The classes are spread out over two modern-style levels, which include a lounge and coffee area near the reception, dressing rooms (including wheelchair accessible areas), and a 1,250 square foot gym studio with tons of equipment such as assault bikes, a skier, climbing ropes, weights, and a rig for pull-ups.
“I know that it’s new, but it feels like I’ve been here forever. It already feels like home. It feels like this is exactly where I’m supposed to be,” said co-owner Joanna Kissick.
Combined, the pair has 17 years in the local fitness industry. Their professional journey together began while working at Infinite Fitness in Edmonton, then they reconnected and carried on at the Park’s Exist Fitness for the past three years. Then, they decided to take the leap and open their own gym. That process started in May 2018 and as the space began to transform with construction starting in November until January, their dream of running their own business became a reality. They opened their doors to clients, as well as some newcomers through free classes, on Jan. 7.
“It’s crazy. It doesn’t even feel real,” Bell said. “The clients keep saying it feels like they’re home and that feels so good. Just everything about this space is what they wanted, which is cool because we nailed that.”
Both hope the new gym will be an outlet for inspiration and a way for clients to build relationships with one another in order to build a tight-knit community.
“Obviously, we’ve always been very pro-female, not that we’re not pro-male, but we want to empower more women and make them feel the way we feel when we lift, to feel strong,” said Kissick. “Body image is such a tough thing for many people and we want to help people realize that it’s not just about the way you look, but about how you feel. There’s more to it than just having a six-pack.”
While they’re quickly learning the ins and outs of long days as business owners, they wouldn’t trade a moment of it for anything.
“I go home feeling so full and happy because I know we’re changing people’s lives,” noted Bell.
Raise the Bar plans to hold their grand opening in early February.
For more information on classes and pricing can be found through their website; raisethebarsp.ca.


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Logitech G along with several partners launched a brand new Adaptive Esports competition over the weekend looking to have regular events.
Logitech G announced this week that they have formed a new partnership with NASCAR driver and avid fan, Bubba Wallace.
Logitech G has debuted a brand new set of audio devices today with the release of the G333 Gaming Earphones.
Logitech G unveiled a brand new wireless gaming mouse this week as they now have the Pro X Superlight in their roster.
This morning, Logitech G unveiled the G923 Racing Wheel and Pedals, giving you a new racing experience from your own home.
This week, Logitech G revealed a brand new gaming mouse for the public to get their hands on with the G203 Lightsync.
Logitech had three new product reveals this week as the company showed off a few new products related to the iPad.
Logitech G announced this week they're looking to bring you closer to in-game audio with a brand new partnership with Embody.
Logitech has announced this morning that they've formed a new partnership with Herman Miller to create a new line of furniture for gamers.
Logitech revealed a brand new webcam model this week as they have released the Logitech StreamCam, specifically designed for streamers.
Logitech G unveiled a brand new set of accessories for the Xbox Adaptive Controller, as they are now providing the Adaptive Gaming Kit.
Logitech introduced a new product this morning as they unveiled the new G604 Lightspeed Wireless Gaming Mouse to the public.
This week, Logitech introduced players to two new gaming keyboards from their Lightech G line, with the G915 and the G815.
During E3 this year, one of the first appointments we had was running over to Logitech's meeting room to see what new Logitech G gear was being made.


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Diamonds are forever. Identity theft? That's three to seven years in prison.
An NYPD officer is in trouble with the law after investigators said she used a dead man's credit card to buy a $3,200 diamond ring online last July.
Ymmacula Pierre, a three-year veteran of the force, on Tuesday pleaded not guilty to charges of criminal possession of stolen property, identity theft and official misconduct charges, according to NBC New York.
Prosecutors said the disgraced officer was on duty when she was called to an East 14th Street apartment to perform a wellness check on Ken Sanden last July. Sanden, a 65-year-old architect, hadn't shown up to work. Pierre arrived to find him dead.
According to the New York Daily News:
[Pierre] used his Samsung Galaxy phone to contact his niece, and vouchered some of his property, including his Mastercard, prosecutors said. She also allegedly jotted down Sanden’s credit card and email information for herself.
Records show the card was used to purchase a $3,200 diamond ring from Zales two days later.
Pierre was arrested Tuesday following a monthslong investigation.
Under New York law, basic identify theft is a misdemeanor. The charges get more serious as the amount of money lost in the crime increases. First-degree identity theft, the most serious degree, occurs when the total amount spent, credit used, or financial loss caused by the theft exceeds $2,000. It's punishable by three to seven years in prison, plus a fine that can be be up to double the defendant's gain from commission of the theft, or $5,000, whichever is greater.


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However, now they are saying it needs a little more time before it is consumer ready per a statement they recently made to TechCrunch. The much awaited smart speaker was originally set to be released in United States by December 2017, but will now be available in U.S., U.K. and Australia by early 2018.
The HomePod speaker is Apple's response to the already available selection of voice assistant devices, such as Amazon's Echo's and other speakers that support Alexa, Harman Kardon's Invoke speaker with Microsoft's Cortana built-in, and Google's Home speakers. According to Apple Inc.'s statement on Friday, the new product will not be launching during the festival season.
The Apple Homepod will be available in two colors: black and white. But voice control is created to work only with Apple Music, the company's $10 a month subscription service. Amazon's smart speakers have been quite popular since the release of the original Echo 2015.
Announced at Apple Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) this year, the cylindrical smart speaker features a seven-speaker array of tweeters, a four-inch subwoofer and a six-microphone array.
While the speakers may be class apart, Apple may fall short of providing good assistance with Siri.
'Justice League's Rotten Tomatoes Score Has Finally Been Released
Generally, the closer the reviews are published to the movie's release date, the lower the score, according to a Mashable report. For many DC movie fans, Rotten Tomatoes scores have been a particular source of fascination and criticism.
France says Saudi coalition must boost aid efforts to Yemen
But the coalition has made little progress, and the rebels still control much of northern Yemen, including the capital, Sanaa. On one side of the conflict, Houthi rebels who deposed a Saudi-allied government.
Pence Denies Knowledge Of Donald Trump Jr. Contacts With Wikileaks
The messages form part of an ongoing congressional probe into possible ties between Trump's campaign and Russian Federation . A person familiar with that meeting said the private Twitter messages were discussed.
Apple has had a history of winning the hearts of its customers by the sheer weight of its superior technology and value-for-money products in the past and one can expect the HomePod also to create similar ripples in the home speaker segment.
And at that the time, Apple had said it was planning to ship HomePod to the US, UK and Australia by December this year. Although developers can make apps for Siri and HomePod, they're now limited to building things like lists, notes, and messaging.
Note that the "early 2018" date is a somewhat ambiguous date.
A United Kingdom price for the device is still to be confirmed, but it will be priced at $349 in the U.S. - significantly higher than both the Echo and Google Home.
Google Home had sold 7 million devices, grabbing a 27 percent market share. The issue is not about the company missing out on the 2017 holiday sales with Apple HomePod.


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Apple fights ruling to ban iPhone 6 sales in China
Cupertino’s campaign to woo crucial Asian market could be setback
Apple is fighting a ruling that could potentially see its iPhone 6 and 6 Plus banned in China.
The Chinese intellectual property office ruled that Apple and its Chinese distributor and retailer, Zhongfu Telecom, infringed the patent of Baili Electronics, which is suing Apple over the exterior design of its 100C smartphone, Forbes reports.
In the ruling, the Chinese intellectual property office stated: "Apple's iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus have minor differences from Baili's 100C. The differences are so tiny that the average customer could not notice. So, this case falls into the patent rights protection category."
Apple has reportedly appealed against the ruling in the Beijing Intellectual Property Court.
IT Pro has contacted Apple for comment on the situation, but at the time of writing had not received a reply.
Apple has placed a lot of attention on China in the last six months in an attempt to woo the nation's consumers, and expand its market.
It has invested $1 billion in Uber's Chinese equivalent, Didi Chuxing, and integrated popular Chinese social networking services, such as WeChat and Weibo. Apple CEO Tim Cook also visited Beijing in May to meet with Chinese start-ups, and praised the government's policies on fostering innovation.
The company has also made special adaptations to its own suite of apps and services for the Chinese market, including adding Chinese instruments to GarageBand earlier this year, and, during their WWDC press briefing, announcing that the iOS 10 keyboard will have native support for Chinese characters.
Even as the Cupertino company has attempted to navigate the country's strict stance on western business, it has already faced troubles. In April, the China authorities blocked Apple's iBooks and iTunes Movies stores as part of a ruling preventing citizens from accessing overseas media.
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