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E Ink Holdings Inc (元太科技), the world’s No. 1 supplier of e-paper displays, yesterday said that revenue this year would be little changed from last year’s NT$15.2 billion (US$494 million), as growing uptake of electronic shelf labels and e-notebooks would offset a slump in e-reader demand.
E-reader customers this year are adjusting their product portfolios to changing demand, but the rough transition is cutting demand for e-paper displays, the Hsinchu-based company said.
E Ink supplies e-paper displays for Amazon.com Inc’s and Rakuten Kobo Inc’s e-readers. E-paper displays used in e-readers and e-notebooks made up 70 percent of E Ink’s total revenue in the first half of this year.
“We still believe e-readers are a business with consistent growth. This year is an exception. Next year, the e-reader market will resume high-speed growth as experienced over the past few years,” E Ink president Johnson Lee (李政昊) said at an investors’ conference.
To reach its revenue goal, E Ink has to achieve a combined revenue of NT$8.69 billion in the third and fourth quarters, after making NT$6.51 billion in the first half of the year, and the company counts on rapidly growing demand for its electronic shelf labels and e-notebooks to support revenue growth.
“The use of electronic shelf labels is spreading to [major] retailers from grocery stores,” Lee said.
For the first time, “the consumption of e-paper displays will surpass that of e-readers this year in square-meter terms,” Lee said.
“We are optimistic about the electronic shelf labels’ growth rate,” Lee said, declining to answer an analyst’s question about the 20 to 30 percent annual growth previously forecast by E Ink.
China sales would see robust growth this year, despite slower store expansion by an Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (阿里巴巴)-funded Chinese supermarket chain, E Ink said.
Chinese retailers last year followed their peers in the US and Europe in adopting electronic shelf labels, E Ink said.
E-paper displays used in electronic shelf labels made up about 17 percent of the company’s total revenue last year.
The company also expects to see annual growth in shipments of e-notebooks in China, as some local governments have restricted schools from using tablets out of concern for children’s eyesight.
With new colored e-paper displays to be available by the end of this year, E Ink said it expects e-notebooks to be a new growth driver next year.
The company expects gross margin to rebound in the second half of this year, bringing its full-year gross margin close to last year’s 41.32 percent, it said.
Royalty income, an important contributor to the firm’s profits, this year would be flat from last year’s NT$2.6 billion, E Ink said.
Softbank Group Corp plans to keep a stake in the chip designer Arm Ltd, even if it sells a partial interest to Nvidia Corp, the Nikkei reported. The companies are negotiating terms, the newspaper reported, citing sources. Softbank might take a stake in Nvidia after it buys Arm, the report said. Nvidia and Arm might also merge through a share swap, and Softbank would become a major shareholder in the combined company, it said. The two parties aim to reach a deal in the next few weeks, the sources said, asking not to be identified because the information is private. Nvidia is the
END TO SPECULATION: The hotel’s management contract has been extended, despite reports that it wanted to end its alliance with Hyatt Hotels over a deal with Riant Capital Singapore-based Hong Leong Hotel Development Ltd (豐隆大飯店股份) yesterday said it has extended a management contract to ensure the continued presence of the Grand Hyatt brand in Taipei, ending rumors that the two sides were parting ways. “We are pleased Hyatt is able to come to terms on the extension of the management contract of Grand Hyatt Taipei,” said Kwek Leng Beng (郭令明), executive chairman of City Developments Ltd (城市發展) and Millennium & Copthorne Hotels Ltd (千禧國敦酒店). Hong Leong Hotel Development is a subsidiary of Millennium, and both fall under the Hong Leong Group (豐隆集團). The Grand Hyatt Taipei (台北君悅大飯店), owned and built by
Gold surged to a fresh record on Friday, fueled by US dollar weakness and low interest rates, while silver headed for its best month since 1979. Spot bullion is up more than 10 percent this month, as US real yields lingered near record lows. While the ferocity of rallies in gold and silver cooled in the middle of the week, most market watchers predict there might be more gains ahead. Both metals have added about 30 percent this year, with gold and silver exchange-traded funds boosting holdings to a record, as concern about the fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic fuels demand for
MOVING FROM CHINA? The article did not name the company, but Foxconn, Wistron and Pegatron were among firms chosen for a production-linked incentive plan in India An Apple Inc vendor is looking at shifting six production lines to India from China, which could result in US$5 billion of iPhone exports from the South Asian nation, the Times of India reported, citing people familiar with the matter who it did not identify. The establishment of the facility would create about 55,000 jobs over about a year, the newspaper reported, not naming the Apple vendor. It would also cater to the domestic market and expand operations to include tablets and laptops, the newspaper reported. Samsung Electronics Co and Apple’s assembly partners are among 22 companies that have pledged 110 billion


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Alongside discussions taking place at APEC Economic Leaders’ Meetings this week, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is organizing ‘Thailand BCG Exhibition’ from now to November 19 at the Queen Sirikit National Convention Center.
Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha presided over the opening ceremony of the Exhibition. The event aims to promote the Bio-Circular-Green (BCG) concept by showcasing how the public and private sectors have successfully applied the BCG economic model.
It also highlights best practices and concrete examples of the BCG model in action.
Thailand BCG Exhibition consists of three parts. The first presents the BCG concept and its success stories in agriculture and industry, while showcasing goods and products under the ‘BCG Heroes’ campaign. The second part makes the case for ‘Expo 2028 Phuket’ which aspired to address the global dialogue on sustainability. Finally, the third part exhibits the efforts and success of the Thai private sector in promoting sustainable business practices.
The BCG model is Thailand’s national strategy and the overarching theme of APEC 2022 as encapsulated by “Open. Connect. Balance.” Thailand wishes to highlight the BCG concept as a core strategy for sustainable and inclusive growth in the Asia-Pacific, one that addresses challenges and works to meet UN Sustainable Development Goals. (NNT)

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Petaling Jaya (5 August 2016) — Vivo Malaysia is honor to invite the media to a relaxing movie night at the The Media Appreciation Night to appreciate their efforts and support to vivo since the launch of vivo V3Max. Due to the great support from media, vivo has increase its brand exposure and sales of V3Max in Malaysia. Without the media support, vivo could not achieve such glory.
Vivo is now ranked among the world top 5 smartphones manufacturer according to International Data Corporation (IDC) Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker. IDC regarded vivo’s fast growth as one of the biggest catalysts for change in the worldwide smartphone market in early 2016, with the brand shipping 14.3m units in the period — a year-on-year increase of 123.8% — achieving 4.3% of global market share.
The hot-selling V3Max provides users with “Faster than Faster” operation with 4G RAM, dual-engine fast charging, and 0.2 second fingerprint unlocking. Different from other smartphones, vivo takes pride in being the first mobile brand in the world to introduce the Hi-Fi (High-fidelity) into its smartphones. V3Max with professional Hi-Fi chip and dual chip audio decoding program provide users the ultimate audio experience.
Vivo has engaged with multiple advertisement medium such as cinema nationwide and billboard. Vivo will continue to develop more advertising campaigns for greater brand exposure the public attention.
To reward the public for their support, vivo will continue to have series of giveaway events and promotions conducting at both online and offline platform such as Facebook, Instagrarn as well as roadshows. So, stay tune to their upcoming news and keeps their eyes on vivo official Facebook page here.


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Used to be, a fever meant your already unhappy, uncomfortable infant was subjected to a rectal temperature check. Now pharmacy shelves are lined with gadgets that promise an accurate reading with the mere swipe of a wand...Physicians, however, aren't
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With release of Windows 10, networks are only 10 Tips
Microsoft hires network of 40 terabytes to distribute the Windows update over the world.
Thousands of computers around the world have Windows 7 or Windows 8.1 installed. Now imagine offer for free a new system and correcting design flaws and appeals to both Windows 7 users as of 8? Even better, for free?
Well, that's what Microsoft has done and is putting in all the tests CDN network that distributes the new Windows 10 that will update the previous systems.
Internal sources of the company are saying that Microsoft has reserved about 40 terabytes of data speed that can travel on your Windows distribution network 10. And since the day July 28, 2015, at 13:00 ET, Microsoft was already reporting a consumption of more than 10 Tbps, and not all regions of the world (America, Asia, Africa, Asia, etc) were upgrading.
For comparison we have Apple events are known by high network usage peaks around the world, at about 8 Tbps, which means that the deployment of Windows 10 could be five times that of any Apple event.
It sure is a massive deployment where Windows 10 is being requested by thousands of machines from today.


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Huffy Corp.’s CEO says the company’s success has been its ability to adapt, evolving from a sewing machine company to a modern bike brand changing to fit an e-commerce world.
Bill Smith, the chief executive of the locally-based bike brand, said only an estimated 15 percent of companies in 2020 will have been in business for 50 years or more, which makes Huffy on pace to be a rarity.
“At 125 years, we’re in the 1 percent league,” Smith said.
The company had its start as Davis Sewing Machine Company but started moving into making bicycles and by 1905 the company was producing 600 bikes per day making it the largest bike maker at that time. For comparison, Smith said in August as Huffy prepared for busy season, it produced 25,000 bikes a day at its factories in Asia.
The company adapted over the years to making what was needed and shedding off those divisions as the market changed. When the automotive sector was getting its start, the company was moving into making oil cans and gas dispensers and has a brass fitting factory on Wyandot Street, which today is the home of Warped Wing Brewing Co.
During World War I and World War II, the company pitched in for the war effort with bicycles and then brass bomb shell casings.
In the 1950s, Huffy made millions in lawnmowers and was one of the first to market in electric lawnmowers, though instead of with a battery, the mowers needed plugged in to an outlet.
“Occasionally we still get calls on our 800 number for lawnmower parts,” Smith said.
Huffy made the first transistor radio bike, though not many have survived and the ones left on Ebay sell for thousands of dollars.
The 1980s was a period of diversification, Smith said, when Huffy shed the lawnmower business, bought a lawn and garden company, a baby products company and an assembly business that made a range of products from bikes to Christmas trees.
In the 1980s, Huffy built bikes that were used by Olympians who won five medals. Those bikes were developed and built in Dayton.
Smith said in 2000, as scooters became a fad, the company produced 2 million of the folding scooters.
“That was a banner year for the company. These things had a wholesale price of $60 a piece so you can do the math on that one. That was an exciting year,” he said.
And now the company is evolving to stay ahead in an e-commerce world, whether that’s starting to sell on Ebay or launching a self-assemble bike that can be ordered online.
Smith said it doesn’t mean the company is less focused on bricks-and-mortar retail, it just means the company is expanding so its selling bikes all the ways people want to buy bikes.
Huffy just opened a store on Ebay last week. Smith said they are also looking at ways to work with mom-and-pop bike dealers, which have the potential to become service shops and distribution centers for all of its e-commerce business.
Next year, Huffy plans to launch an easy-to-assemble bike line that requires no tools for the consumer to put it together. The self-assembly is good for stores but even better for selling online.
The Centerville-based company, which will soon move to Miami Twp. near the Dayton Mall, just launched an e-commerce initiative so it can become a bicycle supplier in China, where most of its products are manufactured.
“So we will use e-commerce as a new marketing vehicle to enter markets where we didn’t have a presence,” Smith said.
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Johnson Matthey has announced plans to spend £200 million expanding its battery material business, as it seeks to tap into the booming global market for electric cars.
The cash will be used to build a factory in the Far East to meet Chinese demand for electric vehicles and beef up its battery research operation in Britain, Robert MacLeod, the company’s chief executive, said.
The factory, which is likely to be in China, will produce about 10,000 tonnes of cathode materials a year, enough for 60,000-70,000 cars.
Shares in the company, which manufactures chemicals, catalysts used in petrol and diesel engines, and active pharmaceutical ingredients, rose by nearly 15 per cent yesterday.
Mr MacLeod said the new plant would generate revenues of £200 million to £300…


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May 11, 2013 |
NEW DELHI: Idea Cellular, the country's fourth largest mobile phone company by subscribers, Friday said that it had upgraded its fibre network using gear supplied by China's Huawei . Idea said it had deployed the country's first 100G DWDM network from Huawei. Idea Cellular will be able to flow more data at faster speeds on this upgraded network which will be beneficial for its data customers on 2G and 3G, leading to better user experience, the company said. This is the second phase of network upgradation for Idea Cellular that had put in place the first phase of a countrywide DWDM network in its optical fibre backbone in 2011.
February 15, 2011 |
SHANGHAI: China's Huawei has refused to back down after a US Congress panel voiced security concerns about the tech giant's acquisition of US computer technology, shunting the issue to President Barack Obama , a report said Tuesday. Huawei said it would suffer "significant damage" to its brand and its reputation if it was forced to go back on the $2 million deal last May in which it acquired computer firm 3Leaf Systems , the Financial Times reported.
June 1, 2010 |
BEIJING: China's telecommunications equipment maker Huawei, whose equipment is under scrutiny of the Indian Home Ministry for security reasons, is reported to have hired an ex-official from the Bush administration as adviser in a bid to make inroads into the US market . John Bellinger, the advisor in question, worked as chief attorney at the State Department and advised the National Security Council under George W Bush,...
October 29, 2012 |
NEW DELHI: Huawei today said it is open for inspection of its facilities by any government, a comment that follows the US House panel warning of cyber espionage threats from two Chinese telecom companies. "We are very open. You can come and inspect (facilities) anywhere you want to go and see. We work with you and you can do whatever testing you want to do," Huawei's Global Cyber Security Officer John Suffolk told PTI. He added that company shares its report with some of the government with which it works to meet regulatory requirements.
May 16, 2009 |
NEW DELHI: State-run telecom giant BSNL has overcome opposition from the Intelligence Bureau (IB) and the defence ministry, winning a permission to award a lucrative contract for telecom equipment to Chinese company Huawei. A government panel, which included representatives from IB and the defence ministry, has endorsed BSNL's position and allowed the company to place orders with Huawei for only southern states as they have no international land borders. ET had reported earlier this week that both IB and the defence ministry had cited security concerns to argue against any Chinese company being given BSNL contracts to provide telecommunication equipment.
December 13, 2013 |
By Muntazir Abbas Plagued with controversies surrounding security, telecom gear giant Huawei's global security chief John Suffolk , in a chat with ETTelecom, reiterated company's stand and said that they have not received a single complaint on security matters from any government worldwide. "We have already demonstrated who we are and what we do. Our policies and processes are transparent. Huawei is quality-driven professional organization and operates in 140 countries and serves one-third of the earth's population.
June 15, 2011 |
BANGALORE: China-based telecom equipment manufacturer Huawei on Tuesday announced the establishment of a product development centre here that will design and develop software and test mobile handsets for the Indian market, where it plans to build the brand in a big way. This centre would take up entire design of the phones, the software that gets inside and end-to-end testing of the products for the Indian market, Director-Sales, Huawei...
April 23, 2013 |
SHENZHEN: Chinese telecom equipment maker Huawei today said it expects a "moderate" growth in revenues from Indian market. "In India, our revenue was almost flat, around $ 1 billion, due to uncertain regulatory environment. It was not only Huawei that was impacted but overall sector had seen the impact," Huawei's Head of International Media Affairs Scott Sykes said at company's global analyst summit here. "This year, we expect a moderate growth," Sykes said.
February 6, 2014 |
NEW DELHI: India has again raised security concerns related to Chinese telecom-equipment maker Huawei Technologies Co , with a minister saying that the company may have hacked into the network of staterun BSNL . "The government has constituted an inter-ministerial team to investigate the matter," Minister of State for Communications and IT Killi Kruparani told the Lok Sabha Wednesday. Huawei denied the allegation. "The company continues to work closely with its customers and governments in India to address any network security issues that may arise in technical and business operations with full compliance with network security norms, regulations and laws," a spokesman said.
October 28, 2013 |
Huawei's global cyber security officer John Suffolk says that concerns raised by the US against the Chinese telecom gear maker has not had a lasting impact as the company's perception in markets like India is changing, albeit slowly. Speaking to ET, he denied all accusations of espionage, adding that 70% of its gear is made from parts manufactured in the US and only 30% is done in China. Excerpts: The US House of Representatives raised concerns of espionage on Chinese vendors like Huawei and ZTE. What's is your view on this?


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Just as Facebook and YouTube are forums for President Obama and the Republicans to push their budget and federal debt agendas, groups like Cato Institute also aim to influence the conversation through digital channels. The libertarian think tank has a lot to learn when it comes to incorporating social media, online ads, and microsites into its more traditional media-focused marketing efforts. So, Cato has been inviting digital media experts to a series of lunchtime educational sessions in the hopes of honing the organization’s new media marketing knowledge and skills.
Recently, Facebook’s associate manager of policy communications, Brooke Oberwetter, along with consultants from New Media Strategies, have swung by Cato’s Washington, D.C. offices, according to George Scoville, manager of new media at Cato, who is arranging the lunch meetings. YouTube content and marketing people have also stopped by for a midday dine and learn session. A consultant from Republican shop Craft is also set to speak at Cato about blogger outreach, said Scoville. Cato, a non-profit public policy research organization has been hosting the lunches since the start of the year.
“I try to bring interesting people to talk about topics,” said Scoville, who believes, “There are a lot of great lessons that organizations in the space we’re in can learn from what commercial brands are doing. Coca-Cola and Dominos are probably two of the best in terms of how they engage their fans online.”
The organization often promotes its books, events, or policy analysis work using Google AdWords; for instance, Cato has been targeting against U.S. Constitution-related keywords to market its “Pocket Constitution.” Yet, as the think tank has extended its presence online, ensuring that its copious archives of research and opinion on topics from free trade to the Arab Spring are well-organized and easily accessible is an increasingly important goal.
“We’re a think tank; we’re sitting on piles of info,” said Scoville. Sometimes surfacing that information is as simple as a tweet with a witty hook. Another way Cato is harnessing its reams of research is through microsites. DownsizingGovernment.org features a department-by-department look at how the federal government spends taxpayer dollars. A recent @CatoInstitute tweet suggested, “As special interests line up at the trough, remember: the deck is stacked against taxpayers,” and linked to an article on the DownsizingGovernment site.
Exposing and distributing its ideas and research – Cato’s main product line, so to speak – has become so demanding that the organization aims to hire a new staff member to assist in making “sure all that we do is formatted and offered in the widest range possible – for Droids, iPhones, Kindles, Nooks, laptops, among many others,” noted Robert Garber, Cato’s director of marketing.
The site is part of the group’s efforts to insert libertarian ideas into discussions about the federal budget and debt. Though Cato ran full-page print ads promoting the DownsizingGovernment site in The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Roll Call, and elsewhere, it hasn’t done much if any paid advertising online to support the site, which is still somewhat in development. The organization expects to do more online marketing of the site in the coming months.
Cato spends around $1,000 per month on Google AdWords ads, and has increased its online ad budget over the years rather than reallocating money from other channels. The group also places ads in political email newsletters, often to promote a book or event, but at this stage, Cato does little online advertising for fundraising efforts.
“When it comes to paid advertising, we generally focus on a specific entity,” Garber told ClickZ. “That’s frequently a book or event or new report, but at times it is a major policy issue,” such as shrinking the federal government, he said.
Continued Garber, “It has been really fascinating and challenging for us to use this particular area as a way of braiding all of our outreach resources together. In addition to the site itself, we conduct informational outreach via Facebook and Twitter, post related podcasts and videos, offer free e-books, place banner ads on related sites, create related Google AdWords campaigns, post items on our YouTube channel, and more. The challenge is to also keep people coming back.”
According to data gathered for the report,‘Communications Infrastructure: The Backbone of Digital,’ 88% of IT professionals and 61% of marketers ranked their company’s current communication infrastructure as 'cutting-edge' or 'good.'
President Trump's digital savvy isn't limited to social media. As it turns out, the Trump Organization owns thousands of domain names, possibly even more than 10,000.
Silicon Valley loves fancy job titles. It’s just something we do, and software and technology lend themselves to it. But it’s not always helpful.
In an often fragmented workplace, where various departments have varying opinions and goals, it can be challenging to get everyone on the same page and make strategy meetings productive.


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(WTRF/ABC News)- Mrs. Butterworth’s is the latest brand to announce plans to reshape their image in the wake of racial protests still happening across the country.
Conagra Brands, the parent company of Mrs. Butterworth’s, announced Wednesday the brand has begun a “complete brand and packaging review” of its syrup products, which critics say feature offensive phrases and imagery.
“The Mrs. Butterworth’s brand, including its syrup packaging, is intended to evoke the images of a loving grandmother,” Conagra said in a statement. “We stand in solidarity with our Black and Brown communities and we can see that our packaging may be interpreted in a way that is wholly inconsistent with our values.”
“We understand that our actions help play an important role in eliminating racial bias and as a result, we have begun a complete brand and packaging review on Mrs. Butterworth’s,” the company said. “It’s heartbreaking and unacceptable that racism and racial injustices exist around the world. We will be part of the solution. Let’s work together to progress toward change.”
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By Christian Zibreg on Jul 9, 2015
Deutsche-Telekom owned T-Mobile on Thursday announced another Un-Carrier move in the form of a brand new service, called ‘Mobile Without Borders’ and available starting July 15 in select Canadian and Mexican markets.
T-Mobile’s U.S. business and individual customers with Simple Choice postpaid and prepaid plans will be able send and receive unlimited phone calls, text messages and use 4G LTE data, to and from Mexico and Canada, at no additional cost. Read More
By Christian Zibreg on Jul 1, 2015
Apple’s next iPhone should double LTE download speeds from a theoretical maximum of 150Mbps on the present-generation iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus up to 300Mbps on the next-generation ‘iPhone 6s’ and ‘iPhone 6s Plus,’ according to a purported logic board leaked by 9to5Mac.
A photo of the alleged ‘iPhone 6s’ logic board shows a chip identified as the MDM9635M module from Qualcomm, part of its ‘Gobi’ modem platform. Read More
By Cody Lee on May 7, 2015
AT&T is pulling back on its throttling efforts against unlimited LTE customers, reports ArsTechnica. The site noticed that the carrier recently changed its policy to say that it will only throttle users with unlimited LTE data plans who have both exceeded 5GB in a billing cycle and are in an area experiencing network congestion.
Previously, AT&T’s policy said that unlimited LTE users could experience slower data speeds after reaching 5GB, with no mention of location. The change comes after customers complained the carrier’s throttling—some reported speeds as slow as 0.5Mbps—was part of its strategy to sway them away from their unlimited plans. Read More
By Jake Smith on Mar 30, 2015
The US International Trade Commission plans to investigate Apple, following two patent complaints from Ericsson, reports PC World.
It regards Apple’s use of an LTE patent for which it had a licensing agreement with Ericsson, up until earlier this year. When the agreement expired, Apple complained that Ericsson asked for too much money for the patent during re-negotiations and sued Ericsson. Ericsson counter-sued saying Apple infringed on the patents and that it had given the Cupertino-based company a fair price. Read More
By Christian Zibreg on Mar 16, 2015
Back in November, carrier T-Mobile USA unveiled Data Stash, a much welcomed deal for subscribers that rolled all unused data over to the next month, for up to a year, while stocking each Data Stash with ten gigabytes of free data.
Monday, the wireless company extended Data Stash to prepaid customers. Just like Data Stash for subscribers, prepaid customers will also get ten gigabytes of free 4G LTE data.
The promotion kicks off March 22. It’s the same deal postpaid customers have been enjoying: any unused data gets automatically put in the virtual Data Stash, where it can be used anytime during that year. Read More
By Christian Zibreg on Jan 16, 2015
Wireless service plans for families are great until you realize that getting out of your contract often yields a huge penalty in the form of early termination fees and other dirty tactics carrier pull to discourage switching.
As announced Friday, Virgin Mobile USA, a prepaid wireless carrier wholly owned by Sprint, just started offering contract-free LTE data sharing plans that permit families to cancel the service if need be without breaking the bank. Read More
By Jake Smith on Jan 14, 2015
Apple is suing Swedish-based Ericsson over LTE wireless technology patents, reports Reuters. Apple claims Ericsson’s patents are not essential to industry cellular standards and that it is demanding excessive royalties for the patents. Read More
By Christian Zibreg on Jan 6, 2015
If you ever wanted to buy a cellular iPad but couldn’t wrap your head around forking out an extra $130 for LTE functionality, AT&T has you covered.
Here at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, the #2 U.S. wireless carrier announced a new case that gives Wi-Fi-only iPads the ability to connect to its high-speed 4G LTE network.
It’s basically a case with an integrated mobile LTE hotspot and it’s available in several editions, including versions for the iPad Air and iPad Air 2, as well as all three generations of the iPad mini. Read More
By Cody Lee on Dec 10, 2014
Apple today announced that cellular versions of the iPad Air 2 and iPad mini 3 will be available in China this week. Wi-Fi only models of the two tablets have been in the country since launch, but the cellular editions had to be approved by China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.
The two new iPads will support TD-LTE and FDD-LTE standards, as well as TD-SCDMA, DC-HSDPA, HSPA+ and other network technology. Prices will begin at 4,488 (RMB) for the 16GB iPad Air 2, 3,788 (RMB) for the 16GB iPad mini 3, and top out at 5,888 (RMB) for the 128GB iPad Air 2. Read More
By Christian Zibreg on Dec 10, 2014
T-Mobile USA, the self-proclaimed “Uncarrier,” on Wednesday launched a new family plan promotion which starts at $100 per month for two lines with unlimited 4G LTE data (2.5GB per line with no sharing required), with an additional $40 per line cost on up to ten people.
Additionally, the Deutsche-Telekom owned carrier is again offering four lines for $100 with ten gigabytes of 4G LTE data. That particular offering used to be available before and has grown to become T-Mobile’s most successful promotion. Read More
By Cody Lee on Nov 3, 2014
In a joint press release today, AT&T and Verizon announced their voice over LTE (or VoLTE) interoperability plans for 2015. The companies say they are working to allow customers from the two carriers to make VoLTE calls between each of their networks.
Engineers from Verizon and AT&T have begun extensive testing in lab environments and then plan on moving to field trials. “This approach ensures customers will have a seamless experience making VoLTE HD Voice calls between networks,” the release said. Read More
By Christian Zibreg on Oct 31, 2014
Just hours after rival AT&T promised to give Mobile Share Value subscribers more data for their money, Verizon Wireless, the nation’s leading mobile operator, replicated AT&T’s move Friday by increasing monthly data allotments on its $80 and $100 More Everything service plans.
Beginning Saturday, November 1, and running for a limited time, the promotion gives both existing and new More Everything subscribers ten and fifteen gigabytes of high-speed 4G LTE data for $80 and $100 per month, respectively. Read More
By Christian Zibreg on Oct 31, 2014
The nation’s second-largest carrier, AT&T, said on Friday that it will be increasing monthly data allotments for two of its Mobile Share Value plans.
Beginning Sunday, November 2, Mobile Share Value customers will get three gigabytes of high-speed 4G LTE data for $40 a month instead of two gigabytes.
In addition, customers on a pricer tier will be treated to six gigabytes for $70 a month instead of four gigabytes like before.
Furthermore, all Mobile Share Value plans now get unlimited international messaging for text, picture and video for no additional cost. Read More
By Jake Smith on Oct 29, 2014
Sprint is expanding its Spark network, what it calls an enhanced version of LTE, to 17 new cities on Wednesday, including Cleveland, Columbus, Denver, Sacramento, and Seattle. The expansion is part of Sprint’s plan to expand Spark coverage to 100 million people by year-end, and as of today, brings the network technology to 46 markets across the country. Read More
By Cody Lee on Oct 1, 2014
It looks like Verizon Wireless won’t be throttling the LTE speeds of remaining unlimited data customers after all. In a statement to The Verge this afternoon, the carrier says it has “decided not to move forward with the planned implementation of network optimization for 4G LTE customers on unlimited plans.”
Verizon announced its plan to throttle LTE for select unlimited data customers in July, as part of its ‘network optimization’ strategy. The decision was met with a large amount of criticism from consumers, as well as FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler, who demanded further explanation for the move from the carrier. Read More
By Christian Zibreg on Oct 1, 2014
Leading United States carriers — Verizon Wireless, AT&T and Sprint — have responded to the release of Apple’s iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus in literally the same manner, by doubling the amount of LTE data included in shared plans albeit on a temporary basis.
AT&T is doubling cellular data on 15GB and higher Mobile Share Value plans through October 31.
Sprint has responded by changing its 32/40/60GB Family Share Pack buckets to 60/80/120GB ones at no additional charge, also valid through October 31.
And arriving late to the party, Verizon is now getting in on the double-data action by increasing the amount of data available to customers who subscribe to its higher-end family plans. The Big Red carrier’s time-limited promotion lasts between tomorrow and — you guessed right — October 31.
Jump past the fold for additional information and the fine print. Read More
By Christian Zibreg on Aug 26, 2014
T-Mobile, the nation’s fourth-largest wireless provider, on Tuesday announced it’s doubling LTE data when you add a tablet to your smartphone plan.
Moreover, the firm said it’s increased the number of lines supported by its family plan accounts to ten.
These changes arrive just as the Deutsche Telekom-owned carrier yesterday unveiled a new $5 per month option quadrupling the amount of high-speed LTE data included in the Simple Starter plan from 512 megabytes to two gigabytes. Read More
By Christian Zibreg on Aug 26, 2014
With precisely two weeks until Apple’s rumored September 9 iPhone 6 announcement, the nation’s leading carrier, Verizon Wireless, Tuesday morning announced the official beginning of nationwide Voice over LTE (VoLTE) technology roll-out. The carrier in May laid out plans to deploy VoLTE using the AMR-wideband standard.
VoLTE uses high-speed 4G LTE data network to carry voice instead of the legacy circuit-switched voice network. Verizon says users can expect to enjoy higher-fidelity voice calls ”in the coming weeks.“
Additionally, the Big Red carrier said the feature will be enabled on supported devices via a software update. Read More
By Christian Zibreg on Aug 25, 2014
Beginning September 3, T-Mobile customers in the United States will be able to boost their Simple Starter plan via an additional $5 per month option giving them a total of two gigabytes of high-speed 4G LTE data.
That’s in addition to unlimited talk and text included in the Simple Starter plan, the nation’s fourth largest wireless carrier said Monday morning.
In other words, in exchange for five bucks on top of your $40 per month Simple Starter charge (for a total of $45 per month), the wireless carrier will quadruple LTE data.
The new option goes into effect on Wednesday, September 3. Read More
By Christian Zibreg on Aug 21, 2014
With precisely nineteen days until the alleged September 9 iPhone 6 unveiling (notably, Apple hasn’t denied the rumor) and three days after refreshing its Family plans, the nation’s third-largest wireless carrier, Sprint, has introduced a potentially disruptive and new unlimited plan.
Specifically, the new plan is offering unlimited talk, text and data in exchange for sixty bucks per month. How cool is that?
Quickly, do the math in your head — that’s $20 less compared to Sprint’s closest competitor T-Mobile. By the way, T-Mobile promptly responded to Sprint’s announcement by promising to treat switchers to a year of free unlimited LTE data.
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Next generation Galaxy J3 devices are going to be available in a couple of colors – gold and gray. We have brought here galleries of both devices here for you.
Next generation Galaxy J3
Samsung launched its first generation Galaxy J3, around six months back, in China and now we are looking for the next generation Galaxy J3. The device has ever since gained popularity across the world, where it finally hit the US market. This Galaxy J3 has again arrived in market with its new version launched in Chain.
Its gold and gray colored versions were recently seen in a leaked batch of official renders, along with SM-J3119 as its model number. Though the exact name of the next generation Galaxy J3 is a mystery, June 18 has being marked as its official launch date through Chinese market.
Samsung Galaxy J3 Gold 2017 Image Gallery
Android 5.1.1 Lollipop being this SM-J3119 model’s operating system will run on 1.2 GHz quad-core processor. Along with 8MP rear camera, this J3’s new version has 5-inch display which is AMOLED. This new SM-J3119 may also come with features like 1080p full HD resolution screen.
With no antenna bands and removable back cover the next generation Galaxy J3’s body has been designed by the conventional plastic material.
Samsung Galaxy J3 Gray 2017 Image Gallery
It remains to be seen as to how Samsung adopts the marketing strategy of this next generation Galaxy J3, it’s been almost kept a secret by the company.


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Alex Jones is famous, or infamous, for his many conspiracy theories, but one of his more bizarre claims is that homosexuality is caused by "chemical warfare" waged by the U.S. government.
“The reason there are so many gay people now is because it’s a chemical warfare operation," Jones said in June 2010 (video below), reports Salon.com. "I have the government documents where they said they’re going to encourage homosexuality with chemicals so people don’t have children."
Jones then examined a fruit drink container and said: "I even catch myself drinking out of these little estrogen mimickers. In fact, it will probably even say if it is lined with it inside the plastic packaging."
Moments later, Jones rips open the fruit juice box and exclaims: "Here's the inside of this juice box. See that thin plastic plastic? It's got it and I'm letting my children drink this. After you’re done drinking your little juices, you’re ready to go out and have a baby. You’re ready to put makeup on, you’re ready to wear a short skirt. You're ready to put together a garden of roses or something.”
According to a NPR report in 2011, many plastic products did release chemicals such as "BPA" that might have acted like the sex hormone estrogen, but there is no evidence that the chemicals turned people gay.
The report adds: "Many plastic products are now marketed as BPA-free, and manufacturers have begun substituting other chemicals whose effects aren't as well known."


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GERMANY: Metro silent over Real exec exit talk
Metro's Real division has been the subject of much speculation of late
Metro Group has declined to comment on reports the CFO and COO of its Real hypermarket chain in Germany are to step down.
According to German publication Lebensmittel Zeitung, Real's COO Roland Neuwald and CFO Hansjörg Gidlewitz are to leave the company's German division.
A spokesperson for the retailer, however, told just-food Metro would not comment on speculation
The German retail giant's Real division has been the subject of much speculation of late. It has repeatedly denied reports it is looking to sell off its Real hypermarket stores outside Germany as part of a restructuring of the business.
In July, Metro said it had received some interest in the international business of Real but added no decision to sell Real's international arm had been made and that there had been "no concrete negotiations".
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Square Enix Confirms Tomb Raider Sequel For Next Gen
We have no idea if Square Enix will be able to pull out of their tailspin. But we do know this:
A next-gen Tomb Raider is on the way.
"I am also excited to reveal that we are well into development on a next-generation Tomb Raider sequel--something you may have heard about recently."
Rogers added that in the future, the company plans to "offer gamers more choice, support more platforms and try new things." ...the unfortunate part about that statement is that it seems Square Enix spent an entire generation "trying new things," and it just hasn't worked out. Then again, maybe the likes of Final Fantasy XV and Kingdom Hearts III will mark a return to Squaresoft greatness...
But at the very least, we're getting another Tomb Raider. And that reboot was so much fun, we can't wait to see the new Lara again.
Related Game(s): Tomb Raider
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Draymond Green bought Andre Iguodala’s new book at airport
Draymond Green and Andre Iguodala have been fixtures during the Golden State Warriors’ dynastic run over the past five seasons. While the two undoubtedly know each other quite well, Green will have the opportunity to learn much more about his teammate a lot better thanks to a recent purchase at an airport, of all places.
While getting ready to board a flight on Thursday night, Green picked up a copy of Iguodala’s new book, titled, “The Sixth Man,” something he shared on Instagram.
“This is major brother! Congrats my dude! Just bought this in the airport…” Green wrote. “Good read for this long flight…”
Green previously offered up about the highest praise possible for Iguodala, saying earlier this month his teammate merits Hall of Fame consideration.
“If the things that people say [actually matter], then how couldn’t he be a Hall of Famer?” Green rhetorically asked reporters, via NBC Sports Bay Area.
As far as the book purchase is concerned, Green is likely in for a really entertaining read, so long as the revelations revealed in its pages are as enlightening in eye-opening as what Iguodala has had to say during media appearances of late.


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You may not own a Huawei device, but I am sure you could find use of its accessories. On its online store, Huawei has a coupon code that takes 40% off of its accessories. This includes a charging cable, a case for the Ascend Mate2, a mini boom box, a car charger, earphones, and portable battery packs.
With the Moto X scheduled to become a relic later this year, Motorola has some devices to get rid of.
To clear out stock, the company is offering a discount on the device through its website. Just add a Moto X of any color/storage size/etc. to your shopping cart, and add the coupon code “MBXISMOT.”
Expansys has fired up a promotion on Google Play Edition devices as part of an apparent effort to clear out some stock. If you don’t mind a device that may be a generation behind the current flagships and have been looking for the experience of a GPE device, this is something you will certainly want to check out.
Well folks, the title says it all.
AT&T will be giving away $50 of Google Play credit to customers who purchase a new phone or tablet (with a new 2 year contract) from now until June 17.
After you purchase a new device, you’ll have to redeem a code. From that point, the code will expire on May 15, 2015. You’ll have to have (or create) a Google Wallet account before you redeem the code, though. The cool thing about the deal is that you can purchase up to 10 new devices and you’ll get the $50 credit on all of them, so you can buy new phones for the whole family.
It is an online only deal though, so make sure you don’t make your orders through the store if you want to take advantage of the deal.
It is summer and companies and carriers are creating all kinds of deals to get through the dog days. Graduations and Father’s Day are the last major sales push before the holiday season. To take advantage of that last wave, Motorola is holding a sale of its own starting June 4 (tomorrow).
From June 4-5, the company is taking $100 off the 32GB Moto X. Normally, the 32GB of Motorola’s flagship costs $449 through many carriers; therefore, this deal brings that price down to $349. The sale begins when the clock hits midnight and Motorola has had some trouble sustaining deals in the past, so get your credit card ready.
Motorola’s Moto G has caught a lot of attention, becoming the company’s best-selling smartphone ever. Now, those who are on Verizon’s prepaid plan can get the device cheaper than ever, at just $49.99 off contract.
When Verizon decided to pick up the Motorola Moto G to offer to their customers, they decided to only make it available via one of their prepaid plans. If a 3G smartphone is sufficient for your needs and you are okay with Verizon, then you may want to jump on this latest deal from Amazon. They are offering the Moto G for only $70.
There is no indication how long this deal will be available, but a check of Verizon indicates you can still get it for a Friday delivery if you order by late Thursday afternoon. Hit the source link if you want to check out the offer or place an order.
With the release of new flagship devices in 2014 like the Samsung Galaxy S 5 and HTC One (M8) it is easy to forget that one of our favorite phones of 2013 was the Motorola Moto X. Packed full of unique features, Motorola is giving potential customers the opportunity to pick one up at a special price this Thursday in celebration of Mother’s Day.
For one day only, starting at 12:01 am Eastern time, you can get a customized Moto X for only $299.99 off contract for the 16GB model. Buyers can also opt for the 32GB model or a Developer Edition for only $324.99. Hit the source link if you are interested in grabbing the very capable Moto X off contract at this special pricing and be sure to bookmark it so you can check back on Thursday to take advantage of this deal.
If you don’t have to have the latest and greatest smartphones, you may want to take advantage of AT&T’s latest deal on Samsung’s Galaxy S 4. The carrier is offering the device completely off-contract for $179 bucks, which is significantly cheaper than its typical $500 – $600 retail price. The catch is that the device is a certified like-new refurbished model, but at less than $200, it’s a hard deal to pass up.
The Galaxy S 4 sports a 1080p screen, 2 GB of RAM, and a Snapdragon 600 processor, so it’s still a pretty competitive phone in 2014. Hit the link below to check out the deal.
The HTC One (M8) was finally announced today, and once the initial fanfare was over, carriers and retailers began announcing their pricing and availability for the device.
Verizon will be offering a ‘buy-one-get-one-free’ deal on the phone, only for customers who sign a new, 2 year contract. The first phone will cost $199.99.
This is a great deal, especially considering the phone was just released today. More sales like this should come from other carriers, but be sure to jump in on it because it isn’t known how long this will last.


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Apple in January launched Smart Battery Cases designed for the iPhone XS, XS Max, and iPhone XR. The Smart Battery Cases are designed to add additional battery life to Apple's newest iPhones. Read More »
216 Days Ago Apple on Tuesday released new Smart Battery Cases for the iPhone XS, XS Max, and XR, offering a convenient but expensive way for iPhone users to get additional battery life.
218 Days Ago Apple has launched the Smart Battery Case for the iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max and the iPhone XR. The Smart Battery Case is similar to the one the company launched several years ago for the iPhone 6 and the iPhone 6s, but with a few key improvements.
218 Days Ago Apple has launched new Smart Battery Cases for the iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max, and iPhone XR, offering both protection from bumps and additional battery life in one.
218 Days Ago Yay, Apple finally released official battery cases for the iPhone XR and iPhone XS! Boo, they cost $130 each. Seriously, pause for a moment to think about that...
218 Days Ago The year has only just begun, and Apple's first product releases are...Smart Battery Cases for the iPhone XS, XS Max, and XR. Apple quietly introduced the new battery cases, which provide up to twice the amount of battery life for some use cases, for $129 in its online store and through its Apple Store app.
218 Days Ago In a surprise move, Apple has released new Smart Battery Cases for the iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max and iPhone XR. The iPhone XS version of the Smart Battery Case is capable of increasing talk time “up to 33 hours” and internet use “up to 21 hours.” Regarding the iPhone XS Max version of the...
218 Days Ago Rumors suggested late last year that Apple was working on a battery case for the iPhone XS and XR, but the products sort of fell off the radar after weeks went by without no information.


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Earlier this year, The Privacy Advisor reported on the potential clash between the EU General Data Protection Regulation and industry adoption of blockchain technology. More than six months later, the GDPR is in effect and blockchain prevalence continues to grow. (For more on some of blockchain's basics, check out this Privacy Tech primer on blockchain.)
That's why it makes sense that the French data protection authority, the CNIL, has published first-of-its-kind guidance on the burgeoning technology. Following the release last month of its French-only blog post and report, the CNIL published English versions of the blog and report this week.
In a phone conversation with Privacy Tech, the CNIL's Guilda Rostama and Amandine Jambert said the agency started receiving questions about whether and how organizations could use blockchain in a GDPR-compliant way. Rostama, who serves as legal counsel at the CNIL, said the agency talked with stakeholders from the public and private sectors, organizations in the banking and health sectors, startups and other large companies.
The guidance offers a range of advice, from simple definitions and basic properties of blockchain to more specific advice on considering who the controller is, data protection by design, risk management and other potential security solutions.
Some big takeaways up front: Organizations should carefully determine whether they need blockchain in the first place, particularly a public one; if you choose to go forward, practice data minimization when registering data on a blockchain; and the CNIL considers participants in the blockchain as data controllers (more on that below).
Rostama and Jambert are part of a team of engineers and policy wonks who have worked with stakeholders to offer up this early advice. "We are lucky to have engineers to explain blockchain to us so we could tackle the issues," said Rostama.
"Blockchain is such a buzzword, " said Jambert, who has an engineering and computer science background and serves as an IT specialist at the CNIL. "Though it's a nice word, people aren't always clear about what blockchain can bring them and how it would be implemented." Notably, she said, companies think they may need the tech when they really don't, meaning that a careful assessment of whether it's necessary must be considered up front. Really, it's good data protection by design.
"Though it's a nice word, people aren't always clear about what blockchain can bring them and how it would be implemented."
Rostama also explained that they took a technology-neutral approach to blockchain. Like cloud computing, it is a technology on which data can be processed, not an end in itself, or, as the report characterizes it, blockchain "is not a data processing operation with its own purpose."
In other words, she said: "The GDPR is tech neutral ... we took its principles and applied them to use-case scenarios."
The CNIL classified blockchain into three categories: public, permissioned, and "private." The former classification is perhaps the most well-known. Bitcoin and other popular cryptocurrencies tend to operate on public blockchains, where transactions are transparent to the public. This is the riskiest type of blockchain, according to the CNIL. Permissioned blockchains are emerging in industry sectors, and contain more restrictive rules about who can participate, observe and validate transactions. Finally, the CNIL considers private blockchains as traditional distributed databases that have less applicability to GDPR compliance.
The agency also recognizes that not all blockchain projects involve personal data processing, but they do classify two categories of personal data: participants' and miners' identifiers, as well as additional data contained within a given transaction - for example, a diploma or property deed, the CNIL notes.
"Using this distinction," the CNIL noted in its report, "the usual GDPR analysis applies: identification of the data controller, enforcement of rights, implementation of appropriate safeguards, security obligations, etc."
In identifying the data controller, the CNIL "observes that participants, who have the right to write on the chain and who decide to send data for validation by the miners, can be considered data controllers." More specifically, a participant is a data controller when the person is relaying the data on behalf of a professional or commercial activity and when the participant is a legal person registering data on a blockchain.
Rostoma offered an example: "Say a notary records a client's property deed on a blockchain, that means the notary is the data controller."
Rostoma offered an example: "Say a notary records a client's property deed on a blockchain, that means the notary is the data controller." The report offers other examples of when someone becomes a data controller. In the financial services sector, the CNIL said, "if a bank enters its clients' data onto a blockchain as part of its client management processing, it is a data controller." But, a person buying and selling Bitcoin on their own behalf, would not be considered a controller.
That is not to say that all blockchain actors are considered data controllers. Miners, those who validate transactions on the chain, are not included, though they may be considered data processors. Also, people not related to a commercial or professional activity but who enter personal data on a blockchain would be exempt pursuant to the "purely personal or household activity" exclusion in Article 2 of the GDPR. The CNIL report also offers guidance on determining joint controllers and identifying data processors.
Blockchain does offer potential solutions for data portability and tracking consent, but, because of its immutable nature, can be problematic for data erasure. Jambert said, however, there are some technical solutions that could be applied here, which is further detailed in the CNIL report.
Really, determining whether to implement a blockchain technology is about risk management and conducting a data protection impact assessment. Though it is a buzzword, blockchain may not always be the best solution for data processing. The CNIL warns that using it for cross-border data transfers "can be particularly problematic, especially in the case of public blockchains." If an organization does decide to go with a blockchain solution, the CNIL recommends data minimization.
Rostama described this guidance as a "preliminary thought," that it "won't be a solution to everything," but that, ultimately, its about reducing risk. "We want to push stakeholders to think about asking the right questions before using blockchain."
"Publishing something as early as possible was important so people can come to us," Jambert said.
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Beyond Meat products have been pulled from Canadian Tim Hortons restaurants.
The famous Canadian coffee chain was serving both a Beyond Burger and a Beyond Meat breakfast sandwich at almost 4,000 locations before rolling them back to Ontario and British Columbia only. Now, Tim Hortons has gotten rid of the products completely.
I don’t think the blame lies on Beyond Meat. What Tim Hortons offered was garbage. It was a veg sausage patty and a piece of lettuce between bread. Zero sauce or anything. Was dry and meh https://t.co/Um40x5kjgv
— Sophia Banks (@sophiaphotos) January 29, 2020
This rollback is a pretty rare setback for Beyond Meat, which is currently being served at Carl’s Jr., Hardee’s, and Dunkin’ Donuts in the United States, and has expanded at Subway in Canada.
“We introduced Beyond Meat as a limited time offer,” Tim Hortons explains in a statement, according to National Post. “We are always listening to our guests and testing new products that align to our core menu offerings. We may offer Beyond Meat again in the future.”


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The recovery may be slow and measured elsewhere, but a new research report from Colliers International shows that top tier retail corridors around the world are seeing huge spikes in rental rates.
Colliers researchers estimate that in more than half of the 129 top global retail locations it surveyed rents posted year-over-year increases. Four of the world's top 10 retail destinations experienced rental increases of more than 30 percent, including New York's Madison Avenue, where average rents went up 39.7 percent since 2011, to $989 per sq. ft.
What's more, the make-up of the top 10 retail streets might be undergoing a significant tranformation, as this year three of the 10 streets are in Asia, specifically Hong Kong. In fact, Colliers ranked Hong Kong's Queens Road Central and Canton Road as the second and third most expensive retail streets in the world, at $1,831 per sq. ft. The only street that ranked higher was New York's Fifth Avenue, with rents of $2,633 per sq. ft.
In fact, Hong Kong's retail market is now the world's most expensive, according to a new report from CBRE. In the first quarter, retail rents in the city averaged $3,864 per sq. ft., higher than New York's average rent of $2,475 per sq. ft. Sydney came in third as the world's most expensive city for retail, with average rent of $1,112 per sq. ft., according to CBRE research.


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SAN FRANCISCO, CA — Communists have jumped into the food delivery service scene with the new company "Red Apron", which will deliver empty boxes to your home and then kill you.
"We are so excited to bring the best that Communist cuisine has to offer right to your doorstep," said founder Justin Castro. "You can order steak, seafood, anything you want! No matter what you choose, we guarantee you will end up going hungry and being dragged away to the gulag or lined up against the wall."
Mr. Castro said he was inspired to start "Red Apron" after hearing so many Americans praise the incredible riches of Communist Cuba. "It fills me with joy to hear Americans want to experience a little slice of Communist life," he said as he loaded his pistol. "We here at Red Apron allow everyone to get a taste of what total equality is really like. You pay for the basic subscription, you starve, and go to the Gulag. Do you want a premium subscription? Starvation and gulag. Let's go spread some equality, boys!"
Though unorthodox, the new company has thus far received universally outstanding reviews. "I am very happy with my empty box from Red Apron," said local man Ronald Binford. "Communist food is so, so delicious. Also, there are zero COVID cases in China and Taiwan isn't a country. The fact that I have a pistol aimed at my head right now has absolutely nothing to do with the very true words coming out of my mouth."
Mr. Castro is reportedly planning to also start a communist landscaping crew, where they come to install cameras to monitor everything you do and then burn down your home.
Kyle Mann was just minding his own business, when- BOOP! A wild Gender Fairy appeared!


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Social media plays a part in advertising
Viral marketing is taking over the advertising world as companies like Game Plan invade the social networking scenes through online and offline affairs.
Tim Hayden, CEO of Game Plan marketing agency and Texas State alumnus, spoke today about how sites such as Twitter and Facebook are being used in joint with live events to advertise products.
“[Consumer] behavior is changing,” Hayden said in the filled classroom lined with rows of desks. “Audiences are no longer listening, they are talking.”
The advent of online networking and mobile devices was a turning point for consumerism in the U.S., according to Hayden.
New technology enabled people to focus on what they want when they wanted to, and this has become a hurdle for some companies, said Hayden. Putting forth effort into bridging the gap between live events and online social media has helped Game Plan jump ahead.
One campaign described by Hayden involved Justin Timberlake’s 2007 FutureSex/LoveShow world tour. Game Plan worked with Dell in creating the “Dell Lounge” which surrounded the stage. There, audience members would order drinks in cups marked with the Dell logo.
Text message campaigns were sent out to concert goers with the enticing prize of a new notebook computer. At the same time, booths were set up in the entry ways with computers and TVs allowing anyone passing by to play video games, all sponsored by Dell.
The effects of all these were enhanced further by the fact that people were snapping photos with their camera phones inadvertently capturing the Dell logos and posting them online on their Facebook and Myspace pages.
At a South by South West after party, Game Plan employed the Dell lounge again, but with help from famed blogger Perez Hilton.
The party was styled along the walls with updates from Twitter that included anything about the events at the party. When artist Kanye West showed up tweets from the audience shot through the roof effectively bringing Dell more attention.
Hayden added that the mobile markets are the new frontier, and that these new technologies are offering “tighter, warmer relationships.” By using devices in such a manner, people “are being themselves through any of the tools.”
At the end of the presentation, Hayden made the point that word of mouth is more powerful than any advertisement.
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khaskhabar.com : Wednesday, March 29, 2023 4:43 PM
New Delhi. Global smartphone brand Motorola on Wednesday announced the launch of its new affordable smartphone in the country that features a 6.5-inch IPS LCD display with 90Hz refresh rate.
The company said in a statement that the price of the new Moto G13 is Rs 9,999 for the 4 GB RAM + 128 GB storage variant and Rs 9,499 for the 4 GB RAM + 64 GB storage variant.
The device comes in two colors – Matte Charcoal and Lavender Blue and will go on sale starting April 5 across Flipkart, Motorola.in and leading retail stores.
“The smartphone sports an acrylic glass (PMMA) body and features an ultra-thin and premium design,” it added.
The new phone is powered by the MediaTek Helio G85 processor for better performance, comes with a 50MP Quad Pixel camera system, allowing users to capture detailed photos, and also houses an 8MP front camera.
Additionally, the phone is equipped with two large stereo speakers tuned by Dolby Atmos, which deliver an immersive audio experience, the company said.
Also, the new device comes with a 5000mAh battery.(IANS)
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ISSAQUAH, Wash. — Workers for Iran's airline and embassy in Japan will have to go somewhere else for their big packages of paper towels.
Costco Wholesale Corp. said it found and canceled four employees of the Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Japan and two employees of Iran Air in the United Kingdom who had business memberships with the club retailer. The embassy employees spent about $5,497 at the store, while the Iran Air members didn't spend any money, for a total profit of less than $168.
"The Company does not intend to continue these activities," a quarterly regulatory filing read. The disclosure was made under the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012.
Of the club retailer's 627 stores around the world, 24 are in the United Kingdom, while 15 are in Japan.


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HMNL begins 30-day free service in Nigeria
Hyundai Motors Nigeria Limited (HMNL) has announced a comprehensive 30-day discounted service campaign, beginning from Wednesday 1, November 2017 for owners and fleet managers of Hyundai cars including Hyundai commercial vehicles.
The campaign which is tagged ‘Before service clinic’ is an initiative of HMNL aimed at helping customers rediscover the value of their Hyundai vehicles and appreciate the commitment of the dealership to the brand.
The 30-day ‘before service clinic’ is also intended to help customers’ tune-up their vehicles to avoid undue cessations that could result in unplanned cost implications before the yuletide.
Announcing the scheme in Lagos, Head of After Sales, HMNL, Srinivas Jayaram, said up to 50 per cent discount on body parts and 15 per cent discount on body repair and mechanical labour charges would be permitted on applicable services during the campaign.
He explained that the 25–point-checkup initiative in designed to reassure customers and offer additional values such as free diagnosis and inspection; free labour charge on oil and filter replacements, free air-conditioning checks and free quotation with flexible option to repair or replace parts only valid till December 31st.
Customers would in addition be granted special prices on upholstery cleaning, engine steam wash, wheel alignment and balancing as well as body wax, the HMNL head of after sales revealed.
Knowing fully well that the dealership understands the evolving needs and preferences of Hyundai, Jayaram said: “We have retrained our service technicians in multiple auto repair disciplines and acquaint them extensively in Hyundai cutting-edge and ever changing technology and we are proud to say, we have some of the best technicians that are trained to handle complex auto repair jobs.”
He said the obligation of HMNL is to make ownership of Hyundai vehicles an enjoyable experience recognizing the importance of excellence both in quality of its vehicles and in after sales service.
Meanwhile, the wholly subsidiary of Stallion Motors has said the service campaign, which is, entirely applicable to 2014 and earlier Hyundai models are to be fixed at designated Hyundai Motors Nigeria Limited service centers in Lagos; Abuja and Port-Harcourt, as well as Hyundai Commercial Vehicle garage.


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The 2018 report Health on the High Street: Running on empty followed on from a 2015 study into the health of the UK’s high streets.
The report analysed 70 of the UK’s major towns and cities to determine which had the unhealthiest high street, based on the number of payday lenders, bookmakers, tanning salons and fast-food outlets versus outlets considered healthy.
Outlets considered good for people included leisure centres, health services, libraries and museums, art galleries, and pubs – due to their encouragement of social interaction.
In the report’s Richter scale of health, pubs and bars, cafés and coffee shops, and leisure centres were considered the outlets most conducive to social interaction.
Moreover, pubs and bars were considered as good for mental wellbeing as pharmacies, libraries, vape shops, cafés and coffee shops, convenience stores and tanning shops.
Vape shops were considered healthier businesses, due to their role in discouraging smoking, though the RSPH added that the "precise long-term effects of vaping are unknown".
Least healthy high street
According to findings, Grimsby has the least healthy high street in the UK, followed by Walsall and Blackpool respectively, while Edinburgh, Canterbury and Taunton boasted the healthiest outlets.
London’s high streets were not considered in the report because they were ranked separately in the city.
High street health
The UK's 10 unhealthiest high streets are:
The UK's 10 healthiest high streets are:
- Brighton & Hove
Investigating high street decline
The report also examined the changing nature of the UK’s high streets, which it found were now increasingly dominated by cafés, coffee shops, convenience stores, off licences, vape shops and abandoned premises.
According to the RSPH, there were 4,000 more fast-food shops and 1,000 more vape shops in 2017 than in 2014, while the number of coffee shops has increased by 31% to around 22,000.
Moreover, according to RSPH figures, on average 18 pubs per week closed between 2014 and 2017, however, as reported by The Morning Advertiser, a study by the Local Government Information Unit and the Portman Group in October 2018 revealed that 92% of councils believe that the night-time economy can prevent the decline of high street retail.
Is your high street running on #empty? Our new report #HOTHS explores the impact of empty shops on Britain's #highstreets - with more than half having over 10% of shops standing empty #HOTHShttps://t.co/JTgUsH3qbMpic.twitter.com/Zfu4kBavpq— RSPH (@R_S_P_H) November 2, 2018
Need to redress imbalance
RSPH chief executive Shirley Cramer said: "When our time and money are converted into a loss at the bookmaker, a tan from a sunbed, a high-cost loan or a bucket of fried chicken, the high street is enabling and supporting poor health behaviours.
"Our Health on the High Street rankings illustrate how unhealthy businesses concentrate in areas that already experience higher levels of deprivation, obesity and lower life expectancy.
"Reshaping these high streets to be more health-promoting could serve as a tool to help redress this imbalance."
Recommendations for pubs
The report, which highlighted the importance as pubs as ‘third places’ – a neutral, public place away from the home (first) and the workplace (second) hosting “regular, voluntary, informal, and happily anticipated gatherings” – made several recommendations on how pubs can become healthier.
- Minimum unit pricing for alcohol to be implemented across all four nations of the UK, following its introduction in Scotland in 2018
- Mandatory display of food hygiene ratings in England and Scotland
- The Government to follow through on its stated plans to legislate on mandatory calorie labelling for the out-of-home sector
- Industry and all businesses selling food on the high street to reduce the calories in their products
- Local authorities, planning authorities and developers to encourage the development of ‘third places’ in town centres
The full report can be found here.


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Days after Donald Trump was elected the 45th POTUS on November 8, 2016, Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto started to openly counter Trump’s projects notably the renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and the building of a wall on the US-Mexico border.
Confident in his ability “to achieve a prosperous, inclusive Mexico,” Nieto had previously taken his country’s active participation in APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation) – of which the United States is a member – as proof of its commitment to the multilateral trading system. Nieto advocated the Asia-Pacific economies should work at further facilitating trade through the conclusion of the Doha Round within the framework of the World Trade Organization (WTO) and at creating conditions to achieve high sustainable, inclusive economic growth.
As a consequence of Trump’s first moves as President including ordering an “impassable physical barrier” to be built along the US border, Mexico will prioritize developing more advanced trade partnerships with its neighbors, the European Union (EU), China and Australia. “Neither aggressive nor submissive,” Nieto said, Mexico will diversify its trade. US goods and services trade with Mexico totaled an estimated 583.6 billion dollars in 2015.


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Telecom giant CenturyLink Tuesday said it is bringing on two new executives following the close of its $34 billion Level 3 Communications takeover at the end of 2017.
Gaurav Chand, the former global senior vice president, marketing infrastructure solutions group for Dell EMC, is joining CenturyLink as the carrier's executive vice president of marketing. Shaun Andrews has been named executive vice president, product management for CenturyLink, having most recently served as senior vice president, IP and real-time communications for Level 3.
Chand and Andrews will report to CenturyLink President and Chief Operating Officer Jeff Storey.
Prior to the close of CenturyLink's Level 3 acquisition, the carrier made a slew of leadership changes. For one, Storey, who formerly led Level 3 as CEO, will step in as CenturyLink's CEO following the retirement of current Chairman and CEO Glen Post in January 2019.
In September, John DeLozier, CenturyLink's vice president of the Channel Alliance program, told CRN that at he would be splitting the role of channel chief with Level 3's vice president of indirect sales, Garrett Gee, at the start of 2018.
DeLozier is now serving as vice president, indirect strategic partnerships and alliances for CenturyLink. DeLozier is responsible for the company's top 25 strategic partners globally, which includes its community of master agent partners. Gee is now responsible for execution in the field, including sales within CenturyLink's territories.
CenturyLink in June also named the presidents of each of the five business units that make up the new company, which included a mix of Level 3 and existing CenturyLink executives.
In his new role with CenturyLink, Chand is responsible for marketing strategy, marketing communications, brand and customer experience. He's also being tasked with development of the company's digital transformation strategy and the company's digital interaction with customers, including buying services, obtaining support and using automated services for provisioning, according to the Monroe, La.-based carrier.
Andrews, a telecom veteran with more than two decades of experience, will focus on CenturyLink's go-to market strategy, pricing, product management and product marketing. Before his role with Level 3, Andrews held several senior-level product and business development and management roles with business communications provider IntelePeer, WilTel Communications before it was bought by Level 3, and SBC Communications before it became AT&T.
CenturyLink's Level 3 deal has made the combined carrier the second largest fiber provider in the U.S. following AT&T. CenturyLink today reaches over 350 metropolitan areas with more than 100,000 fiber-lit buildings. Moving forward this year, the combined company expects to earn about 75 percent of its core revenue from enterprise customers.


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PCIe 7.0 and its 4x bandwidth gains are now one step closer
PCIe 7.0 is on track to release in 2025, with version 0.5 of the standard becoming available to PCI-SIG members
PCI-SIG has just released version 0.5 of their upcoming PCIe 7.0 standard. This new PCI Express standard promises a 2x bandwidth boost over PCIe 6.0, and a whooping 4x bandwidth boost over PCIe 5.0. This paves the way to faster networking solutions, faster SSDs, stronger AI accelerators, and stronger graphics cards. On top of that, PCI Express 7.0 also aims to boost power efficiency.
The PCIe 7.0 standard is due to release in 2025, creating an upgrade path users of the PCI Express standard. Below are some of the improvements that PCIe 7.0 will feature.
- Delivering 128 GT/s raw bit rate and up to 512 GB/s bi-directionally via x16 configuration
- Utilizing PAM4 (Pulse Amplitude Modulation with 4 levels) signaling
- Focusing on the channel parameters and reach
- Continuing to deliver low-latency and high-reliability targets
- Improving power efficiency
- Maintaining backwards compatibility with all previous generations of PCIe technology
How powerful is PCIe 7.0?
Every iteration of the PCIe standard promises a 2x boost in available bandwidth. PCIe 4.0 is 2x faster than PCIe 3.0, PCIe 5.0 is 2x faster than PCIe 4.0, and PCIe 6.0 is 2x faster than PCIe 5.0. As you can guess, PCI Express version 7.0 will be two times faster than version 6.0.
With this upcoming version of the PCIe standard, 512 GB/s of bi-directional bandwidth should be available through a standard 16x PCIe configuration. With an 8x boost over version 4.0, this new standard will be able to deliver the same bandwidth as a 16x 4.0 config with a new 2x 7.0 configuration.
This new PCIe standard will enable the creation of M.2 SSDs that can deliver sequential read speeds of 50+GB/s. That’s insane! It will also make high-speed networking a lot more commonplace, with PCI-SIG stating that this new PCIe standard will be also useful for AI/Machine Learning, hyperscalers, quantum computing, and more.
Do we really need PCI Express 7.0?
The PC industry needs the PCI Express standard to continue evolving. If the PCI Express standard keeps moving forward, manufacturers will not need to invest in proprietary standards as they seek additional bandwidth. This ensures that PCIe remains relevant well into the future, and that backwards compatibility can be maintained for PC hardware. The time delay between PCIe 3.0 and PCIe 4.0 almost caused the PC market to fragment. Since then PCI-SIG has been committed to delivering a new PCIe standard ever three years.
Another benefit of PCIe 7.0, and other future versions of PCIe, is that it allows hardware manufacturers to do more with less. A single PCIe 7.0 lane can offer users the same bandwidth as sixteen PCIe 3.0 lanes! Another benefit is that increased PCIe efficiency helps all users, not just those that need maximised performance.
Every three years, PCI-SIG hopes to continue doubling the bandwidth offered by PCI Express. PCIe 7.0 is the latest target for PCI-SIGâs hardware roadmap. Next up is PCIe 8.0, and it should offer users 1TB/s of bandwidth over x16 lanes!
You can join the discussion on PCIe 7.0 on the OC3D Forums.


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Turn Technologies recently announced an identity verification and mass payments platform through its Turn API. The identity verification platform searches more than 100 billion records across 10,000 databases in less than 10 seconds. Same day, mass payments are connected to 400 million US accounts.
The most popular API in our directory, the Google Maps API, has been called anti-competitive in France because its basic version is free. A new app built on the AngelList API lets you slice and dice startups by location and market. Plus: genealogy programmers converge, Stripe adds webhooks and 11 new APIs.
Facebook added a new feature to its Facebook Credits API that allows developers to download reports regarding payments in their Facebook applications. The payment reports are generated daily by Facebook. Up until now, developers had been receiving payment reports via email.


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Multi-channel network Maker Studios is quickly making a name for itself. Now as it further aligns with Disney and has named a dedicated head of licensing, even bigger things are on the horizon.
Nickelodeon is planning "The SpongeBob Musical," which will feature original songs from musical greats including Steven Tyler, John Legend and Cyndi Lauper.
The LEGO Group has partnered with Disguise to create children’s Halloween costumes, role play items and accessories based on LEGO characters.
After opening a temporary Hummingmint Café in Copenhagen, which features the newly created fawn character, Sanrio is sending the concept to Japan.
The China Animation Licensing Industry has named Tove Jansson's Moomin brand as one of Top 10 International Brands in China.
C3 Entertainment has brokered a new direct-to-retail agreement with Calendar Holdings to produce trivia games and puzzles for "The Three Stooges" brand.
Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment has given a sneak peek of new levels in the upcoming "LEGO Dimensions" video game that will feature "The Simpsons."
Irreverent Internet sensation Grumpy Cat will be the first-ever cat to be immortalized as a wax figure at Madame Tussauds.
Kidrobot is planning to add three new vinyl figures to its "The Simpsons" range this year–Bart Grin, Homer Grin and a second Bart figure.
Disney Interactive has partnered with Gameloft for "Disney Magic Kingdoms," which will let players build their own theme park.
King Features has brokered a deal on behalf of its classic character brand Betty Boop that will bring the starlet to Korea to promote a range of cosmetics.
The entire Peanuts gang is now available at German retailer Butlers in a line of home accessories.
Peavey Electronics has added a line musical instruments and accessories featuring Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy to their repertoire.
Viacom International Media Networks has appointed Ananey as its new consumer products agent in Israel.
Aardman Animations has released a new Shaun the Sheep game app in which players must launch themselves onto a wobbling stack of sheep to reach an unguarded plate of doughnuts.
Even in a non-movie year, business is flourishing for Warner Bros. Consumer Products EMEA, and the company has a huge amount of new content in the pipeline.
Making its BLE debut, Dreamchaser is introducing Woozle & Pip for international licensing.
Warner Bros. Consumer Products EMEA recognized its top licensees last night at the second annual Golden Bunny Awards.
Authentic Brands Group has teamed for a second time with Pulse Evolution, this time to produce a virtually animated Marilyn Monroe.
Walt Disney Animation Studios has announced plans for a new animated film, Moana, which is scheduled to hit theaters in late 2016.
British animation company Smallfilms and its licensing agent Coolabi have launched the first official licensed Bagpuss game app.
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Zift Solutions, a leading provider of channel marketing and management solutions, has launched a fully integrated software platform that automates the spectrum of activities required for sales, marketing, and operational processes. Zift Channel as a Service (CHaaS) integrates all of the multiple and traditionally disparate applications modern channel organizations require. As a result, suppliers can […]
BrainSell, a reseller of CRM, ERP and marketing automation software, has added Act-On Software to its offerings. BrainSell is already a reseller for a number of marketing automation solutions, including Pardot, Salesfusion and HubSpot. The announcement comes shortly after BrainSell launched a new web site that includes a comparison tool, which is designed to help users compare marketing […]
By Dion Picco, Sr. Director, Product Marketing, Progress Tired, headache, can’t focus? These are all symptoms that plague channel marketers around the world every day. If you’re experiencing any of these, you might be in a losing battle with your organization’s data. Ignore the symptoms at your own peril, as they will only get worse! […]
Marketo recently added sales process and personnel agency MarketStar and call marketing automation vendor RingRevenue to its LaunchPoint partner program. MarketStar will also provide Marketo with skilled personnel who “understand the science of nurturing and who have the knowledge to invest in iterative improvements and adjustments over time,” said Vaughn Aust, VP of Digital Marketing […]
In February 2013, Kaspersky Lab announced a variety of enhancements and additions to its partner program, spotlighting a stronger focus on new rewards and lead generation strategies. During a follow-up interview, Chris Doggett, SVP of Corporate Sales, and Gary Mullen, VP of Corporate Marketing, both for Kaspersky Lab North America, discussed how these partner program […]
Tech Data Corporation, a technology distributor and service provider, recently announced the launch of a new reseller marketing program powered by TDAgency, the company’s marketing services agency. ResellerCONNECT was developed to focus on the marketing needs of SMB resellers, while still tackling the goals of top technology vendors.
Sales and marketing alignment has been an ongoing struggle for B2B organizations. With the hope of creating better collaboration and shared intelligence between Sales and Marketing teams, many organizations have deployed new tools and tactics to build a shared approach to revenue generation. Alignment has proven even more complex for organizations that operate in the […]


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During a year that saw New York Fashion Week go almost completely digital, crowned sweatpants king, and had those who once flocked to sample sales instead stockpiling pajamas amid a global pandemic, the questions arise: Will full street style looks ever re-emerge? Will anyone feel like getting dressed up for shows again? Will photographers still congregate outside? While it’s hard to predict exactly what street style or dressing up will look like moving forward, fashion has always been cyclical, and the industry seems primed for a return to a new era of individuality and focus on personal style in 2021 according to photographers and insiders alike.
“I always thought that street style was really exciting,” says Chloe King, Bergdorf Goodman's digital fashion lead, of her initial take on what would become an industry-wide and pop-culture phenomenon. “It was refreshing to see how people were styling pieces from previous collections. For me, that was almost more exciting than what came down the runway, because it was reinterpretations by people with careers that I really respected.”
When King first gained an interest in street style, around a decade and some change ago, photographers such as Scott Schuman, Tamu McPherson, and the late Bill Cunningham were capturing how models, editors, and buyers dressed not just for the industry’s biannual stretch of shows, but also for themselves. Looks were largely, if not completely, culled from personal wardrobes, and at most a more dressed-up version of what one would wear to the office. “It certainly seemed more natural than it does now,” King says. As time (and Instagram) would tell, Fashion Month dressing soon became much more exaggerated.
“Things were very over-the-top,” says photographer Ashley Gallerani of when she started shooting shows a few years ago. “This was the peacock era [of] feathers and rhinestones and glitter.” While some of these looks made for great street style moments — many of them immortalized in online photo galleries and coffee table books — they’ve at times lacked the authenticity that both Gallerani and Zeng are after when they shoot.
“Sometimes I’ll see people in three to four different outfits a day,” photographer Nicky Zeng says. “They’re wearing what they think people will like instead of what they like.” In these cases, they’re likely wearing pieces loaned or gifted by brands as well, which aren’t always reflective of their personal style.
If eschewing It-pieces in favor of what you genuinely love is what we can expect from street style in the future, then King has long been ahead of the curve. “I first started attending shows during that minimal normcore moment [around 2013] and that’s obviously not me,” she says. “I was pretty self-conscious about wearing eight prints or a giant Comme des Garçons tent coat while everyone else was wearing beige, but it’s who I am.” That approach is one Zeng appreciates. “It’s important to be yourselves and wear what suits you,” she says. I like to see people looking comfortable; I like a mix of brands, or even no brands.”
Though the fashion shows and events that street style photographers have shot over the years are on pause at the moment, Gallerani has noticed some trends that she anticipates spotting when they resume.
“There’s been this really interesting mix of loungewear with streetwear,” she says, “especially if you look at everyone in Copenhagen right now. People are wearing joggers and heels, or really nice knit pants and tops with sneakers. I think [in the future] we’ll see a mix of pieces that are super functional and comfortable, but still cool when someone puts their own twist on them with a cool jacket or handbag.” Whereas some may lean into comfort, others are likely to resume a dressing ritual that they’ve missed.”
“I think there’s a real itch to get dressed up,” King says. “In the beginning [of the pandemic] people were like, ‘it’s so nice to wear sweatpants… I’m cleaning out my closet… I don’t need as much.’ But I think for people who love clothes and really understand the work that goes into creating these collections, they definitely miss that celebratory, ceremonial part of gearing up for Fashion Week. But I do hope they’ll be a shift away from gifted dressing and towards an expression of individuality.”
King also hopes that in light of recent events, people will be more intentional about what they wear. “With COVID came financial hardship, an overdue racial reckoning, and discussions of fashion's contribution to the environmental crisis,” she says. “Being more thoughtful and strategic going forward is essential.” Noting that street style presents opportunities to articulate political statements, give exposure to underrepresented brands, and convey the importance of sustainability, she urges her industry peers to keep that in mind when shows resume: “What better endorsement of who you are and what you stand for than what you choose to put on your body?"


text: TweetEmail At EVO 2017, Square Enix announced that later this Summer it will be holding a closed Beta for its upcoming 3 vs 3 Fighting Game Dissidia Final Fantasy NT. Everyone who was in attendance during the EVO Finals was given an access key for the Beta, while those who didn’t attend and want to be part of the Beta need to sign up at the official Dissidia website for a chance to be selected. Just confirmed: Dissidia Final Fantasy NT is getting a Closed Beta this summer! Register for a chance to get in: https://t.co/l30AJXjhlo pic.twitter.com/IpwuQRRono — PlayStation (@PlayStation) July 17, 2017 Developed by Tecmo Koei, Dissidia Final Fantasy NT is being developed exclusively for the PlayStation 4 and ill be released in 2018. The game features characters from the entire Final Fantasy series including Noctis from Final Fantasy XV, Ramza from Final Fantasy Tactics and Ace from Final Fantasy Type-0.


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McDonald's May Cut This Beloved Menu Fixture For Good
McDonald's, despite being a fast-food icon, has seen its fair share of changes lately because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Dining in still isn't an option at many of the 14.428 locations across the country — forcing the brand to adapt to drive-thru only (the process has gotten this much faster).
Perhaps the biggest change has to do with the food McDonald's is serving. They recently announced the return of seven menu items that were part of about 100 taken off the list to achieve quicker service. The list of foods coming back includes three desserts, two Quarter Pounder options, the Bacon McDouble, and hot tea.
Not on the list? Salads. Yep, your choices for a vitamin-rich and veggie-packed option are now lower than ever. Also not on the list? All-day breakfast. And it might never be on the list again.
Recently the National Owners Association, a group of about 80% of franchised locations, voted "no" to bringing back McDonald's breakfast all day. That could mean no Sausage McGriddles for lunch or Hotcakes for dinner. They said the streamlined operations with a small menu are beneficial for customer satisfaction and getting them in and out faster — which is the top priority of the brand, according to Restaurant Business.
"The limited menu and ease of operations are allowing our teams to focus on providing blazing fast service," Blake Casper, the National Owners Association chairman said about potentially bringing breakfast back all day. McDonald's breakfast all day was a beneficial change when it was introduced in 2015. Sales rose and new items were about to be introduced before stay-at-home orders were issued.
Two new sandwich options, the Crispy Chicken and the Deluxe Crispy Chicken were being tested earlier this year. Be on the lookout for those soon, at one of the 95% of locations that have reopened, and get all new restaurant news by signing up for our newsletter!
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