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BinaryX, a leading Web3 gaming platform, has officially announced the launch of its first Initial Game Offering (IGO) for the year 2024, introducing the 404 token to the gaming and blockchain community.
The move marks a significant milestone in the platform’s ongoing efforts to innovate and expand its ecosystem within the rapidly evolving Web3 space.
Exclusive whitelist access for BNX Token holders
In a bid to reward its loyal community and ensure fair access to the IGO, BinaryX has outlined a whitelist process for BNX token holders. Specifically, holders of the AIHero game BNX token, as well as on-chain holders possessing a minimum of 1000 BNX per address, will be automatically included in the whitelist.
The inclusion is based on a snapshot taken before March, highlighting the platform’s commitment to acknowledging and rewarding its steadfast supporters. The allocation for each whitelisted participant will be directly proportional to the amount of BNX held, thereby incentivizing larger holdings with greater access to the 404 token IGO.
Strategic allocation and pricing of 404 Tokens
The total supply of 404 tokens designated for the IGO is set at 40,000. In a move to ensure liquidity and market stability from the onset, 10% of these tokens will be allocated for adding initial liquidity to the market. The remaining 90% will be available for purchase during the IGO at a competitive price of 0.05 BNB per token. The pricing strategy is designed to make the 404 token accessible to a broad audience, fostering widespread participation and engagement within the BinaryX ecosystem.
Following the IGO, the introduction of Project Matthew, a space construction game, will offer an additional layer of utility and excitement for 404 token holders. These holders will have the unique opportunity to exchange their tokens for exclusive blind boxes within the game. The feature not only enhances the value proposition of the 404 token but also integrates it deeply into the gameplay experience, offering players tangible rewards and incentives to engage with the BinaryX platform and its offerings.
BinaryX: Pioneering Innovation in Web3 Gaming
The launch of the 404 token through its first IGO of 2024 underscores BinaryX’s position as a pioneer in the Web3 gaming sector. By seamlessly blending blockchain technology with immersive gaming experiences, BinaryX continues to push the boundaries of what is possible in the digital entertainment landscape. The platform’s strategic focus on rewarding its community, coupled with its innovative approach to game development and token utility, sets a precedent for the future of blockchain gaming.
As BinaryX moves forward with its ambitious plans for the 404 token and beyond, the Web3 gaming platform is poised to captivate and engage a global audience of gamers and blockchain enthusiasts alike. With a clear vision and a robust ecosystem, BinaryX is on a trajectory to redefine the intersection of gaming and blockchain, offering a new realm of possibilities for players and developers.
BinaryX’s introduction of the 404 token signifies a significant leap in integrating blockchain with gaming, showcasing their commitment to innovation and community engagement. The strategic launch promises to enhance the gaming experience through exclusive rewards and access, positioning BinaryX at the forefront of the evolving Web3 gaming landscape. It underscores a bright future for the fusion of gaming and blockchain, opening up new avenues for gamers and blockchain enthusiasts worldwide.


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Toyota Kirloskar Motor (TKM) has initiated sale of genuine spare parts online.
The Japanese manufacturer launched toyotapartsconnect as a pilot project, and currently ships parts to Bengaluru. However, it gradually plans to expand to other parts of the country as well and has marked a target of 2016.
Initially, prospective customers can buy close to 400 Toyota genuine spare parts such as brake pads, clutch plates, wiper blades, oil filters, air filters and many more. The website also features around 30 Toyota genuine accessories.
"We have a total of one million customers in India and our primary aim is to make them satisfied and loyal. Our new initiative of making spare parts available online is aimed at making it easier for them," Shekar Viswanathan, Vice-Chairman and Whole Time Director of TKM, told PTI.
The delivery model will be localised and when a customer purchases parts, the company's dealerships will take care of delivering them, he added.
The new website will sell spare parts for all the cars by TKM selling in India that include the Etios Liva, Etios, Etios Cross, Innova, Corolla Altis, Fortuner, Camry, Prius, Land Cruiser Prado and the Land Cruiser 200. Spares parts for the once popular Qualis are also available for purchase.
With the launch of the website, Toyota will be able to attract more customers with the easy procurement of the spare parts, which is otherwise a tedious job for many.

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Audio visuals company fills US gap thanks to Invest NI
A County Londonderry company is developing export sales of its audio-visual media server platform into Europe and the US with the help of Invest NI.
Digital Future Solutions, based at the University of Ulster Science Research Park in Coleraine, developed a multizone system to distribute and source movies, audio and other media types to every room of the home or office. Users can then access and view their media via TVs, hifi, PCs, mobile phones, iPods and other devices.
Des Gartland, Invest NI’s North West regional office manager in Derry, announced the assistance, which was granted through the growth accelerator programme (GAP).
He said Digital Future Solutions was at the “leading-edge” of technology which was having a growing impact on people at home and at work.
"GAP support enables this entrepreneurial company to access funding quickly that can be used to bring this exciting and innovative technology to market faster.
“It has already received very positive feedback on the product from its participation in key trade shows.”
He said the company had a clear strategy for increasing European sales from 5% to 20% of turnover by 2009 and that the company was an excellent example of innovation-led business.
David Perry, managing director of Digital Future Solutions, who set up the business in 2003, said: "We appreciate the encouragement and support that is being provided by Invest NI towards the development and marketing of our multizone media server.
"The market in which we are operating is at an early stage in its development. The UK, for example, is currently worth around £30m per annum. This and other global markets are projected to grow strongly and to require more technical and sophisticated solutions. We are very well positioned to add further value to our existing technology and to provide the advanced solutions that the market will demand.”
Mr Perry, a computer systems developer, worked in capital markets in Japan and London. He returned to Northern Ireland in 2003 to develop a high-tech and affordable digital home entertainment solution.
The company employs five people in Coleraine in the development of digital technology systems.


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Elon Musk has topped the Forbes 400 2023 listing of the richest of us in The US, which turned into revealed on Tuesday.
As Statista’s Anna Fleck experiences, the 52-300 and sixty 5 days-faded Tesla and SpaceX cofounder turned into reported to have a fetch charge amounting to $251 billion, as of September 8.
Musk has some $90 billion additional than the second richest particular person in america, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos (59), who owns $161 billion. Rounding off the tip 5 are software in depth Oracle founder Larry Ellison (79) with $158 billion, Berkshire Hathaway’s Warren Buffett (93) with $121 billion and Google’s Larry Web web page (50) with $114 billion.
Whereas a gender divide peaceful exists amongst the U.S.’ wealthiest, with the primary of the nation’s richest girls folks coming in 14th location on the listing, females are peaceful making extraordinarily excessive figures.
Walmart’s Alice Walton (73) tops the women folks’s roundup, with a fetch charge of $66.5 billion in 2023. She is adopted by Julia Koch (61) of Koch Industries with $59.8 billion, who alongside her three youthful of us inherited a 42 p.c stake from her dreary husband, David. Jacqueline Mars (83), who owns an estimated one-third of the sweet, meals and pet care firm Mars, then ranks third location for richest girls folks and nineteenth location for richest Folks with $38.9 billion.
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Per Forbes, the tip 400 wealthiest of us within the U.S. are charge a blended $4.5 trillion.
Of those, the tip 20 are charge roughly $1.9 trillion altogether. Analysts spotlight that these 20 are 30 p.c richer than they have been one 300 and sixty 5 days prior to now.


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Are beverages the key to greater consumer participation in cannabis?
As cannabis becomes available to more and more people through gradual legalisation, does the beverage represent the most familiar and easiest delivery system to new consumers? New Food’s Joshua Minchin finds out.
More and more US states are legalising cannabis for adult use. The direction of travel is clear on this side of the Atlantic, but even in Europe (ie, Germany), we are seeing large strides towards legal adult use.
Whilst there are many in these newly legalised markets that have been consuming cannabis illicitly for some time, like every new legal market, there are also plenty of consumers who have never experienced such things. With this in mind, for newbies, the industry can seem quite a daunting one. Wandering into a Coloradan or Californian dispensary, you are met with an incredible variety of products and strains, which without significant knowledge can be very difficult to navigate.
A familiar bridge
Enter the beverage. As Jake Bullock, CEO and Founder of Cann, revealed during his keynote speech at Cannabis Products Exchange 2022 (CPX 22), beverage is one of the fastest growing sectors within the cannabis industry. While it may not be as big a market as the flower or vape markets, it is a space within the cannabis industry that is becoming impossible to ignore.
It could yet play a bigger role still, especially when those new markets begin to come online and bring with them large populations that are perhaps not as well versed with cannabis consumption as more mature markets in California or Colorado. For those people, entering a dispensary and seeing flower and inhalables abound might well be intimidating, but, as Cresco Labs’ Stephanie Gorecki put it: “Most people know how to eat and drink”.
The truth is many that dip their toe into the cannabis reservoir are in fact regular consumers of alcohol – drinking a few bottles, cans or glasses during an evening is not a new delivery system for them. Microdosing (low levels of THC, under 5mg and often between 1 to 2.5mg) is not new for consumers when current recreational “drugs” are considered. Coffee, after all, is a delivery system for caffeine, just as a 330ml bottle of beer is a delivery system for 4.5 percent ABV alcohol.
That’s the market Bullock is trying to reach with Cann. As he describes it, the firm’s goal is not to attract cannabis smokers from their joints, but rather alcohol drinkers from their beers.
There is a growing sober-curious movement, and a significant portion of the cannabis consumer market is ‘Cali-sober”, ie, not alcohol drinkers but cannabis consumers. Bullock foresees a scenario in the future where cannabis-infused beverages are available at social occasions just as alcoholic drinks are. Indeed, he claims that some Los Angeles house parties already cater for this, as stated: “You’ll find a cooler full of cannabis beverages”.
Barriers to the market
However, the US cannabis market is bottlenecked significantly by the way in which product can be sold, ie, in dispensaries. THC beverages cannot be sold at your local Walmart or Whole Foods along with Coca-Cola, Coors Light or Nescafé. Instead, the only route to consumers is through bud tenders – the people that sell products from dispensaries. Yet there is a fear that budtenders, who are often experienced cannabis users themselves, will not give as much credence to relatively low THC products than they do to the more traditional, high dose formats, such as flower and even gummies.
Travis Tharp, CEO and President of Keef (one of the US’ largest cannabis beverages by market share), recognised that. His company’s ethos is to get into a new market early and be part of the conversation, no matter how turbulent the early stages may be.
Tharp also revealed that Keef made a conscious decision to stay at the 10mg THC mark, rather than delve into the microdose space like so many have. “We want to appeal to the canna-curious,” Tharp said at CPX 22, “but first you have to take care of the canna-connoisseurs.” It’s an interesting school of thought, and perhaps it is the secret to Keef’s success. In a market with just one route to consumers, you have to ensure that route (the budtenders) is open.
There are logistical hurdles that can stop beverages taking their place in the dispensary line-up too. Some state regulations make it very difficult for retailers to stock beverages. Colorado, for example, has recently passed a law requiring inventory to be locked away in a safe every night. That task is arduous enough each evening if you sell small packets of gummies and flower, but carrying cases of heavy cans to and fro each day is understandably perhaps not an attractive proposition for many budtenders. The other consideration for dispensary operators is just sheer real estate. One could argue that it’s not unreasonable – when a significant majority of their clients are experienced cannabis users – that many dispensaries want to fill their stores with products that provide maximum THC per square foot.
Rapid growth and excitement
Despite the trials and tribulations, the cannabis beverage category is an exciting one to be involved in. It’s one of the fastest growing sectors, with Jessica Lukas of BDSA telling the CPX22 audience that it had registered 63 percent year on year growth in 2021. That is considerable, as is the statistic that 45 percent of cannabis ‘acceptors’ (ie, those that consume or are open to consuming) would consider edibles as a cannabis delivery format, whereas just 23 percent would consider inhalables.
If, or even when, federal legislation comes, there will be many who will be looking for their first cannabis experience (or at least the first in a long time), and it appears that it’ll be beverages that will provide the most familiar delivery system to them. Will Bullock see his vision of cannabis beverages and alcoholic drinks side by side at a function or bar? Who knows, but it is definitely a sector to keep your eye on.


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“We’re looking, of course, at ways to extract payments from the consumers of our news — micro-payments, subscriptions, memberships, licensing, even voluntary donations,” Bill Keller, executive editor of The Times, said last week.
Online newspaper publishers traditionally have wanted us to give them our credit card information so they can charge recurring subscription fees. Or they want us to give them our credit card information so they can charge us $3.75 or some such fee to view individual articles. They’re no different from every other online vendors, who don’t want to pay another middleman to help them handle transactions.
Do consumers object to paying for online content, as many fear, or perhaps do consumers just view giving out their credit card information all the time as both inconvenient and likely to increase their exposure to the risk of identity theft?
The New York Times cites a report by Piper Jaffray, a market research firm, saying it expects consumers to spend $13 billion on downloads to their cellphones in 2012, up from $2.8 billion this year.
The report called Apple’s popular iPhone application store “a tipping point in consumer consumption” over phones.
Apple’s payment model strongly resembles that of the phone industry. A consumer enters his credit card data once, and all subsequent downloads are automatically charged to that account.
By making the process convenient, Apple has been able to sell software applications that, accessed through a computer, would be free. LiveStrong’s calorie-counter app, for example, is free online but a version of it costs $2.99 in the iPhone App store.
Amazon.com offers a similar shopping experience for all types of products. I find myself shopping online increasingly at iTunes or Amazon.com or not at all.
The article notes that there is research confirming that consumers are less likely to buy something depending on the number of steps they must take to pay.


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If garden fashion is your bag, then the Chelsea show is the place to look, whether it’s for plants, gadgets or design ideas. Here are some of the trends revealed at the show, which finishes today. Expect to see some of these latest additions in a catwalk garden near you.
Only as good as their software and the ease with which they operate, but the new crop of robotic lawnmowers will be a boon to the millions of people who hate cutting the lawn. You’d have to hate mowing an awful lot though — these are retailing at more than £1,000.
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Holiday hiring: Target, UPS and Kohl's are some of the companies hiring seasonal workers
It's the season for holiday hiring.
As retailers prepare for the busy holiday shopping season, they are announcing seasonal job opportunities.
On Tuesday, Target announced it would be hiring more than 130,000 seasonal workers and will host hiring events at every store. The events are Oct. 11-13 and Nov. 2-3 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. local time. There also are openings at distribution centers.
“It’s critical we build the right team across our stores and supply chain to deliver an exceptional holiday experience for our guests during the busiest time of the year,” said Melissa Kremer, Target chief human resources officer, in a statement.
Retailers aren't the only businesses looking for seasonal help.
UPS announced Monday that it expects to hire about 100,000 seasonal employees “to support the anticipated annual increase in package volume that will begin in November and continue through January 2020.”
“We expect another record peak season this year, with daily package deliveries nearly doubling compared to our average of 20 million per day,” said Jim Barber, UPS chief operating officer, in a news release.
Here's who is hiring and how to apply:
• Amazon: The online giant has begun hiring "tens of thousands" of seasonal workers for the upcoming holiday season, the company announced. Learn more at http://www.amazondelivers.jobs. The company also is hiring for 30,000 jobs and holding Career Day events Sept. 17 in Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Seattle, Nashville, Tennessee and Arlington, Virginia. Learn more about these jobs at https://amazon.jobs.
•Kohl's: The Wisconsin-based retailer announced its seasonal hiring plans in July and noted that "needs are determined on an individual store basis." Available positions are posted at KohlsCareers.com/OurJobs. You can also text APPLY to 24508 to find and apply for open positions.
This story will be updated with additional hiring announcements.
Follow USA TODAY reporter Kelly Tyko on Twitter: @KellyTyko


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TORONTO – The Canadian dollar moved lower Wednesday morning amid declining commodity prices while traders looked to fresh readings on the U.S. economy.
The loonie slipped 0.04 of a cent to 101.2 cents US amid other data showing Canada’s industrial produce price index was down 0.5 per cent in July compared with June. Statistics Canada said the decline was mainly attributable to chemical products and motor vehicles and other transportation equipment.
The agency also said the Raw Materials Price Index rose 0.9 per cent, largely because of higher prices for mineral fuels and vegetable products.
In the U.S., the second revision to second quarter gross domestic product growth showed the U.S. economy grew at an annualized rate of 1.7 per cent, up from the original estimate of 1.5 per cent.
The Federal Reserve releases its so-called Beige Book mid-afternoon Wednesday. It is hoped the Fed’s latest regional economic survey will supply clues as to whether the U.S. economy has weakened to a point where the central bank would launch another round of stimulus.
Traders looked ahead to a key speech Friday by Fed chairman Ben Bernanke at the Fed’s annual retreat at Jackson Hole, Wyo. Expectations for another round of economic stimulus have risen over the past couple of weeks after the minutes from the Fed’s last interest rate meeting Aug. 1 showed more members wanting to see the central bank take more action to revive the economy.
And then last Friday, the Wall Street Journal reported that Bernanke had written a Republican lawmaker to say there is more the Fed could do to help the economy.
But those expectations have taken place against a background of steadily improving economic data, including better than expected job creation numbers, improved retail sales and more indications of an improving housing sector.
There was some dismay Tuesday over data showing slipping consumer confidence in the summer prompted by employment worries.
Still, there are doubts Bernanke would commit to more stimulus ahead of important data next week, including the latest snapshot of the manufacturing sector and the August non-farm payrolls report at the end of the week. The Fed holds its next interest rate announcement Sept. 13.
Crude prices were lower after finance ministers from the world’s leading industrialized economies called on oil producers to increase output and said they stood ready to ask the International Energy Agency to release strategic reserves.
A statement released by the Group of Seven finance ministers said the ministers were concerned about the impact of rising oil prices on the global economy and were prepared to act. The October crude contract on the New York Mercantile Exchange was down 62 cents to US$95.71 a barrel.
Copper prices also stepped back, down for a fourth session as September copper dropped three cents to US$3.43.
Bullion lost $1.90 to US$1,667.80 an ounce.


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NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve's conditions for raising interest rates could be met by the end of 2022, Cleveland Fed Bank President Loretta Mester said on Friday, adding that she expects inflation to come back down to the central bank's target next year.
"I think we'll see progress in the labor market and progress on inflation coming back down," Mester said during a virtual panel organized by the Shadow Open Market Committee, repeating an outlook she shared last week.
Mester said she expects inflation will start to come back down once supply side and pent-up demand factors ease, forecasting inflation will be above 2% in 2022 and 2023.
Projections the Fed released after its September meeting https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/fed-likely-open-bond-buying-taper-door-hedge-outlook-2021-09-22 showed that policymakers are evenly split on when they expect rates to increase, with nine of the 18 Fed officials projecting they may need to start raising rates in 2022.
Mester said she expects inflation expectations to remain well anchored, but that officials may need to respond if inflation stayed elevated and medium to long-term inflation expectations continued to rise.
Mester will have a vote on the Fed's policy-setting committee in 2022.
(Reporting by Jonnelle Marte; Editing by Andrea Ricci)
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Over the last week or so listings in our segment of the market have been going through a bit of a change. I'm not sure if the total listings in SFHs with suites have gone up (I haven't counted sales yet), but I do know that there have been multiple, substantial price changes downward. I also have noticed that quality has gone up. I don't know if this is the work of flippers, but it appears in photos at least, that the places listed in our price range (max $425K) look better kept than they did four months ago.
Another piece of anecdotal evidence: where we used to see places come onto the market at $419K or $424,900, we're now seeing $399K and $405K. Could it be that the tides have turned for agents? Are the RE professionals recommending lower starting prices for quicker sales? I'm guessing so. That small difference isn't much, either to us, or to a Realtor's commission. The quicker they sell a place, the sooner they get paid. After a couple of years of hectic sales, I'm sure the gang used to quick selling are just itching to get that turnover going again.
We've had to literally put the phone down twice this week as a preventative measure against getting sucked into looking and potentially buying something. We've been doing math like crazy lately, but every time we do, we make sure we do the math when that price has come down by $40K not twenty--that's only a 10% drop. Hopefully in the next few months we'll be doing the math on places that have dropped 15%.


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It is feared that just 3,000 England supporters will brave the trip to Ukraine, with concerns over hotel prices, travel plans and financial restrictions resulting from the recession all convincing fans to stay away.
England can usually count on their games at major tournaments being oversubscribed, yet tickets are still available for their three group games at the finals.
The Daily Mirror reports that less than half of the 7,800 allocated tickets at Shakhtar Donetsk's 52,518-capacity Donbass Arena have been sold for the games against France on June 11 and Ukraine on June 19.
England also play Sweden in Kiev on June 15, and according to the Mirror no game will feature more than 3,000 England fans, meaning organisers face risking the embarrassment of seeing empty seats at the prestigious event.
Kevin Miles, a spokesman for the Football Supporters Federation, told the Mirror: “Even the fans who regularly travel are not bothering.
“The practical difficulties of getting there, travelling between the venues, the high cost of accommodation and the economic situation have combined to hit ticket sales.
“The first game, France v England in Donetsk, is the one they are having real problems selling tickets for. The Sweden game is better because that is on a Friday, but overall there will be fewer England fans than at any Euro tournament in recent history.”
UEFA has previously expressed concern over escalating hotel prices in Ukraine but has been unable to reverse the trend ahead of the finals which begin on June 8.


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After its world debut just a few weeks ago at the Tokyo Auto Show, today Lexus gave an audience of media and aftermarket tuners the first look on U.S. soil of the its new LFA supercar. It is undeniably the most expensive Lexus, the company has ever created. The LFA supercar, priced at $375,000 is… Continue Reading...
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For the SEMA Show, Toyota often calls on the Five Axis tuner shop to create wild and wacky Scions or Lexuses, but for the first time the custom fabricators have been called upon to modify a Prius. Actually, Five Axis has built two versions of the 2010 Prius, the first called the Prius Aerius (Latin… Continue Reading...
Ahead of its official debut later today at the 2009 SEMA Show, Toyota has revealed a single photo of its Hot Rod Tundra. Build by Phoenix-based motorcycle shop Sucker Punch Sally’s, the Tundra gets a long list of design cues from the hot rods of the 1950s and ’60s. The Regular Cab 4×2 gets some… Continue Reading...
For the 2009 SEMA Show Mazda is playing it low key, but that doesn’t mean the two vehicles on display are any less cool. Sure there aren’t LCD screens galore, nor is there any 600-hp twin-turbo V8 under the hood, but Mazda’s two modified 3 models are clean and performance oriented – just the way… Continue Reading...
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With the SEMA Show officially starting tomorrow, we were in town early and thought we drop by to see what we might stumble upon. It was hard to miss the tasty Skittles rainbow of convertible Challengers parked out front. Dodge tuner Mr. Norm’s Garage was displaying five of the drop-top Challengers in different colors and… Continue Reading...
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Subaru will showcase three vehicles at the SEMA Show in Las Vegas next week, including one vehicle that owners can replicate, thanks to the company’s Subaru Performance Tuning division. That car is a WRX STI, which has been completely outfitted with a long list of SPT parts straight out of the factory catalog. The car… Continue Reading...
Kia appears to be readying an announcement that for 2010 it will launch a motorsports initiative using the Forte Koup. We just received a brief (very brief) email from Kia Motors America stating that the Korean automaker will, “be accelerating its brand transformation” with an announcement at the SEMA (Specialty Equipment Manufacturers Association) Show next… Continue Reading...
Much like last year, Chevy is planning a display of tricked-out Camaro models for the SEMA Show and one of those vehicles is apparently a Grand Sport model. Chevy hasn’t made any comments other than releasing the video, which shows a few different vehicles, including a lime green Camaro and the dark gray car with… Continue Reading...
Later today Scion is planning to display a selection of its 2009 SEMA Show cars before they hit the convention center floor in Las Vegas next week. But if you can’t wait until later today, let alone next week, we have a sneak peak at just what modifications each car will receive. We already reported… Continue Reading...
Suzuki is hoping to drum up interest in its new Kizashi mid-sized sedan with a quartet of customized versions that will be officially unveiled at the SEMA Show in Las Vegas next week. Suzuki has already released some info on three of the cars built by different tuner shops, while a fourth car, built by… Continue Reading...
HRE wheels has teamed up with Michigan-based Corvette tuner Specter Werkes/Sports to build a seriously impressive ZO6, which will showcase the wheel maker’s new carbon fiber rims. HRE has been working on a line of carbon fiber wheels for quite some time now – even displaying a prototype version at last year’s SEMA Show. The… Continue Reading...
Prior to its official SEMA Show debut, several photos of the Saleen S281 version of the 2010 Mustang have leaked onto the net. With all the controversy surrounding the Saleen brand as of late, it’s no surprise that this pony car won’t be displayed along with the stable of Stangs at Ford’s booth. Then again,… Continue Reading...
Ready to give the Lingenfelter Camaro a run for its money, the team at SpeedFactory will unveil a 440 cubic-inch Dodge Challenger SRT8 with as much as 700-hp. The power increase comes thanks to a supercharger, but that’s not all. The 440 cu.-in. (7.2-liter) engine is a big step up from the already huge 6.1-liter… Continue Reading...
Mid-sized sedans aren’t exactly the type of vehicle that spring to mind when you think of the SEMA Show, but Ford will be presenting three versions of its impressive new family car in Las Vegas next week. Each of the three vehicles represents a different part of the Fusion’s spectrum, with a hybrid offering, a… Continue Reading...
Lincoln has been hard at work refreshing its lineup over the past few years and the luxury arm of Ford has chosen to display three of its newest vehicles at the 2009 SEMA Show: a 2010 MKZ, a 2009 MKS and a 2010 MKT. But before the two luxury sedans and one crossover made their… Continue Reading...
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Microsoft has announced new agreements with Samsung, Dell, TrekStor, QMobile, Pegatron and many more partners, to pre-install Office, Skype and OneDrive onto their Android devices.
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Samsung has a productivity and security suite for Android devices called Knox and the company has announced that they will be including Office 365 in this suite of services.
Samsung has partnered with Blackberry to integrate Blackberry's BES12 security software into Samsung's Android smartphones. What benefits does this bring to both companies?
A security advisory from CERT-In has revealed that Android 4.3 and 4.4 are vulnerable to a critical flaw in the VPN implementation allowing hijackers to transmit secure data to third-party servers.


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Last week we reported that Rebecca Stambanis left Goodby for W+K and while the latter agency wouldn’t comment then, they’re proudly yapping about it now.
Stambanis has officially joined W+K as global planning director on Nike, an ideal fit considering the Aussie native is an athlete who’s participated in Ironman competitions. In a statement, she says, “Sport always has been a huge part of my life, so working on Nike is the perfect fit for me. The work on Nike is often held up as the standard in the industry worldwide, and our challenge is to continue to push that standard and stay relevant. I am looking forward to connecting my passion to strong creative thinking.”
Prior to joining Wieden, Stambanis developed the first digital agency for Clemenger BBDO and spent the past three years at Goodby as deputy head of brand strategy, managing planning efforts for Comcast, Haagen-Dazs and Nintendo.
More: “A Retrospective on Nike’s Greatest Campaigns Becomes a Lesson in PR”


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- Sagada Music Festival posters have become viral online for its cheap rates, good deals, and amazing roster of Filipino talents
- Filipino artists mentioned in the poster reacted strongly to this warning the public that they aren’t part of this
- Netizen has noted some things that prove this festival is a sham
Filipinos have jumped in on the music festival craze as other countries have started it such as L.A.’s Coachella, Singapore’s Laneway Festival, and many more. In the past, there have been festivals like 7107 International Music Festival, Wanderland, Malasimbo, etc.
A few days ago, music lovers nationwide were ecstatic to see a new upcoming music festival. It seemed like the perfect festival because of the ultimate lineup of artists including famous local bands such as Up Dharma Down, Silent Sanctuary, Yolanda Moon, Giniling Festival and even newer indie bands such as Jensen and the Flips, The Ransome Collective, and many more.
It’s supposed to happen on October 22-23 at Sagada, which is a really gorgeous place to hold such a festival. It was such a too good to be true event.
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According to Filipino artists, it isn’t true.
Up Dharma Down, Silent Sanctuary, The Ransom Collective, Sud, and Giniling Festival have all made statements that they are not a part of this said festival. They have also warned the public that they shouldn’t buy from this festival, as it is a sham. The email email@example.com has also been made for people who have already purchased tickets can report to.
Netizen Carlos K Tanada has made a post discrediting the festival and enumerated the reasons proving that it is indeed a scam.
The organizers for Sagada Music Festival are currently abroad and couldn’t be contacted for two weeks now, said Tanada. He also reached out to the LGU in the area regarding this and they said they aren’t aware of the said event.
The email address provided by the poster leads to a “dummy FB account.” He noticed was that they used a prepaid mobile number to communicate with people.
The deals were also unbelievably great because for their early promo rate of P2,500 you can avail of an ALL IN package that includes the entry ticket, roundtrip transportation, a three days and two nights hotel accommodation with breakfast while the regular rate was P5,000. Others have commented on his post that P5,000 isn’t even enough for this kind of a good deal.
Another sketchy thing to note is that the payment method. Only Cebuana Lhuillier or LBC are credited payment methods, which is not the norm in these kinds of festivals.
The poster that they used was also ripped from a poster from a Jazz Festival from Switzerland back in 1974.
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As of the moment, their Facebook page has been taken down already.
If you were scammed from this event, please email firstname.lastname@example.org, contact Cebuana Lhuillier or LBC.
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It’s a great time to be a fan of Alan Wake, especially since Remedy celebrates the 12-year anniversary of the horror movie. While it will certainly take a little time before Alan Wake 2 gets into the hands of fans, the anniversary update video sheds some light on the game and details it’s in the full story.
This game was just a new concept art, which consisted of two environments: an idea from Alan Wake, and also an evil creepy-looking person who is most likely to be a hammer. See below.
However, that is probably all we see for the future. According to Sam Lake, Creative Director, Remedy wants to make sure we provide the best experience possible, the best survival-horror game at Remedy. We don’t want to concentrate our team at the moment, but that will make sure we don’t worry that there’s no further update until after a while.
As for Alan Wake Remastered, it’s already set to hit the Nintendo Switch by the end of the year as a e-shop only release. This followed the release of both PS4/PS5 and X|S. Remedy has confirmed that there’s also an Alan Wake TV show, and the AMC picking up the rights.
You can watch the Alan Wake anniversary video below.


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Lebron James and LA Lakers top NBA merchandise sales
The 37-year-old Lakers forward boasts the top selling jersey so far this season leading the way ahead of Golden State's Steph Curry and Bucks' Giannis.
There is no limits to LeBron James' popularity with, once again the Ohio born forward topping the NBA merchandise rankings for the first half of the 2021-22 season. His Los Angeles Lakers side also top the team listing when it comes to sales via NBA.com with the data relating to sales from 19 October (2021) through to 12 January (2022).
Curry and Giannis complete podium
Golden State Warriors point guard Steph Curry comes second in the shirt sales ranking as do his Warriors team also augmented by Klay Thompson sales with the player recently returning to action with the 31-year-old featuring at ninth position in the overall sales list.
Boosted by their NBA season triumph last season, Milwaukee Bucks power forward Giannis Antetokounmpo clocks in at third place on the ranking of player shirt sales.
Top 10 completed
The remaining players on the Top 10 listing are: Kevin Durant (Brooklyn Nets) in fourth place ahead of Slovenian Luka Doncic (Dallas Mavericks). Boston Celtic's Tatum takes sixth spot ahead of Memphis' Ja Morant. Atlanta's Trae Young, Klay Thompson and Trail Blazer Lillard close the top ten.
The pattern for team sales mirrors that to a point of the player sales with the podium also falling into a Lakers-Warriors-Bucks, one-two-three.


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A Walmart advertising campaign has Twitter users scratchingtheir heads — and wondering if they should be watching their backs. The ad is for funeral potatoes, a moniker which has been called creepy, disturbing and threatening as people across the country try to suss out what, exactly, the dish is.
It’s no mystery to many of us in Idaho and Utah (and parts of the South and Midwest). Funeral potatoes is a cheesy potato casserole, made with hashbrowns or cubed potatoes combined with cheese, cream soup, sour cream and crushed corn flakes or potato chips. It earned the name after the dish was popularized by Mormon Relief Societies as an after-funeral meal staple.
Walmart’s ad featured an “easy to prepare” frozen version of the food from Salt Lake City-based Augason Farms, which calls the dish “potatoes to die for.” The ad appeared on Facebook (often alongside a campaign for earthworm jerky — yuck). Cue mass confusion.
Meanwhile, Idahoans and Utahns have been hard at work educating the internet about the cheesy, potato-y meal that made an appearance on many an Easter table.
The most important thing to note? Nothing beats homemade funeral potatoes, according to those familiar with the dish.


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A major theme of the Trump presidency so far has been the ongoing turmoil with China over trade. The recent tariff raises from the Trump administration, which saw a 10% increase in tax on certain imports from China including apparel and footwear, are one such result of this conflict. Those tariffs have fashion brands, particularly smaller ones like Lafayette 148, concerned for their futures.
“Tariffs on goods imported from China are devastating to small companies like us,” said Deirdre Quinn, CEO and co-founder of Lafayette 148. “They have added millions to our cost of goods that we can only gradually factor into the prices of our collection, if at all. The initial tariffs only affected specific sectors of our collection, [like footwear], so we were able to adjust our assortment to minimize their impact on our retail partners and customers. The recent changes are unbearable because of their scope and suddenness. All the goods that we import from China will be subject to heavy tariffs.”
The most recent round of tariff increases has caused consternation among fashion brands. Rick Helfenbein, president and CEO of the American Apparel & Footwear Association, called them “truly shocking” in a statement immediately following the initial announcement, and brands like Badgley Mischka and organizations like the CFDA have also condemned them.
As the CFDA noted in its response to the tariffs, larger brands and retailers may be able to eat the costs of increased tariffs without the consumer even noticing but smaller brands may have no choice but to pass at least some of the costs on to the consumer, which can hurt their relationship with customers. Lafayette 148 expects its costs per item to double, but for its newest collection, there was no time to factor doubled costs into their product prices.
(After this story was published, a representative from Lafayette 148 said that doubled costs was a misstatement, and that costs will actually go up by between 8% and 15%. The company is still working through how prices will be affected, if at all, by the increase in costs.)
“Luxury retailers carrying numerous brands can expand their offering to include brands that are produced in non-tariffed countries to help control prices,” said David Naumann, vp of retail marketing at retail software company enVista. “As European countries retaliate with corresponding tariff increases on goods exported from the U.S., as is expected [due to the ongoing legal dispute between the U.S. and the EU over Airbus and Boeing], it will also impact the volume of U.S. product orders from Europe and significantly impact the revenues for U.S. brand exports.”
China has become a major market for fashion and is now the largest consumer of luxury goods in the world. Many fashion brands either do business there — by operating their own stores locally or through Chinese retailers — or manufacture there. The tariffs the president announced Aug. 23 were put into effect just a week later, Sept. 1, which Quinn said was nowhere close to enough time for a smaller brand to put any sort of practical plan or safeguard into effect. The impact will also hit women’s brands more than men’s, since nearly twice the amount of women’s clothing comes from China than men’s.
Lafayette 148 was hit particularly hard as a company that specializes in women’s clothes with most of its stores in China (15, compared to only six in the U.S.). While the brand brought in $160 million in revenue in 2017 and has only had sales dip once since it was founded, it’s still small enough that unexpected tariffs can throw a serious wrench in its plans.
“We are always reviewing our sourcing strategy to make sure that we are taking advantage of the most sustainable and efficient vendors who can produce clothing at the quality we demand while balancing that against the value we place on long term relationships,” said Vince Phelan, CFO of Eileen Fisher, another brand that has been hit by tariffs. “We have, though, revisited our sourcing strategy and reliance on vendors in China more quickly than we anticipated because of the increase in tariffs. With the hope of offsetting the financial impact of these increases, we are exploring vendors in different countries with similar and/or more innovative capabilities.”
These rapid changes can also put a strain on the relationship between American brands and the Chinese factories and retailers they work with. Phelan said that in response to tariffs, Eileen Fisher will be sticking with some Chinese factories that have skills that are not easy to find elsewhere while moving some production to other countries.
“The recent tariff increases, which are so wide-ranging and abrupt, make it clear that we need to work with our partners and clients to ensure that they will be there for us, so that we will continue to be there for them,” said Quinn. Lafayette 148 moved all production to China a few years ago and owns its own factory. “Our subsidiary in China produces our collection. They, in turn, work with other partners in China. All of them will have to play a part in our long-term plan. To put it simply, a global crisis calls for a global solution.”
Trump’s latest tariff threat is focused on European luxury brands, threatening the ease with which they can sell in the U.S. which comes with its own set of problems. Namely, tariffs on lower-priced goods leave a bit of room for leeway in terms of where those costs will be made up, while luxury brands do not have that option.
“Unlike the tariffs on commodity goods, tariffs on luxury goods don’t offer U.S. retailers options to source goods from other countries to avoid paying the tariffs,” said Naumann. “Retailers have no choice but to pass the extra costs on to consumers by increasing prices. For brands that compete with products sourced from other countries, this could have a significant impact on revenues. The only potential compensating factor is that many luxury retail consumers are not as price sensitive.”


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A historic Georgian property set in 100 acres of parkland that runs as a small hotel has been sold in a multi-million pound deal.
Mercure Parkside House Hotel in Woughton-on-the-Green, which was marketed with a guide price of £2.6million, has been acquired by Nazim Manji of the Clubhouse Group for an undisclosed sum.
The 49-bedroom hotel also runs as a wedding and function venue, and has five substantial conference rooms.
Stewart Harkness, associate director at Christie + Co who sold the hotel, said: “This opportunity came about at the perfect time for The Clubhouse Group, following the huge success in revamping the Mercure Abbey Hill Hotel, which we sold to Nazim in 2012.
“The Parkside currently ranks as one of the best-loved wedding venues in Milton Keynes and we are confident the hotel will continue to prosper and progress under the new ownership.”


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iHEAR Medical announced plans to launch new subscription plans designed to make advanced hearing technology more affordable and accessible for the many Americans suffering from untreated hearing loss. According to iHEAR, consumers will be able to subscribe to advanced hearing aids and optional wireless services on a pay-as-you-go model or at a low monthly fee. iHEAR’s subscription hearing solutions will help to allow consumers to personalize their hearing experience to suit their budget and individual needs.
“iHEAR’s patented service model lowers the entry point and saves consumers money by providing opportunities to subscribe to a combination of devices and services that addresses individual hearing needs and budget,” said John Luna, CEO of iHEAR Medical. “Consumers will have the flexibility to adjust their subscription as their needs change.”
iHEAR will launch its subscription service in conjunction with mobile apps for wireless programming of its next-generation hearing device featuring Internet of Things (IoT) connectivity.
iHEAR’s subscription devices and services will be offered through its proprietary web-based platform, which offers end-to-end solutions from home hearing screening to self-programming and remote professional support of hearing devices. iHEAR hearing aids, including the iHEARhd, iHEARmax, and Eva by iHEAR. iHEAR’s hearing solutions platform also includes the iHEARtest, reportedly the “only FDA-cleared” home hearing screener, which allows consumers to assess their hearing ability and obtain a Hearing Number with a recommendation for potential hearing aid use based on World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines.
For more information on iHEAR, visit: http://www.ihearmedical.com
For more information on the iHEARtest, visit: http://www.ihearmedical.com/ihear-test/
Source: iHEAR Medical


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NEW YORK — For 147 years, Goldman Sachs has been best known as a secretive, Wall Street dealmaker with the ear of the White House. It helps big institutions and billionaires bet on the markets and large corporations raise money.
What it hasn’t done — until now — is work closely with the average American.
Now, the elite New York bank is jumping into the world of retail banking, launching GS Bank to offer high-yield online savings accounts for those with as little as $1. The investment bank is also serving up retirement savings accounts. It won’t be long, too, before consumers can ask mighty Goldman Sachs, which requires clients to have at least $10 million for its wealth-management services, for a loan of a few thousand dollars to fix a roof or get rid of high-interest credit cards.
The move is a stark example of the changes the financial world has undertaken since the 2008 financial crisis. New regulations have made consumer banking an attractive market for Goldman — and a potentially profitable one.
To be successful, Goldman will have to contend not only with a crowded field of big-name banks, community institutions and credit unions, but with new technology upstarts leveraging the power of mobile phones and the Internet. And it will likely have to shake the public perception that it helped cause the financial crisis and shirked distressed homeowners in the process. Goldman Sachs has repeatedly defended its conduct, insisting that it did not mislead investors. But Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders often mentions the firm when lamenting Wall Street greed, and Goldman has been hit with billions in fines and penalties for alleged misdeeds in the era leading up to the financial crisis.
“If there was ever a test of whether or not the stigma . . . of Wall Street’s too-big-to-fail banks has faded, it would be Goldman Sachs,” said Dennis Kelleher, president of Better Markets, a financial markets public interest group.
Since the crisis, Goldman has attempted to pull back the veil to be more transparent and show the public how what it does benefits the economy. It has started a Twitter account and even hosts biweekly podcasts. It has been making efforts to engage with the public more, Goldman officials have said.
Its move into retail banking is in part a response to the 2010 financial reform legislation, known as Dodd-Frank, that is helping to shape a significant — and largely unnoticed — transformation of the U.S. banking sector. Competition has squeezed hundreds out of small and mid-tier banks out of the market, and the survivors have fortified their balance sheets, holding onto more cash and borrowing less.
But regulators aren’t satisfied, and there is a growing call for the big banks to be broken apart, forcing financial industry executives to continue to adapt.
For Goldman, the pressure is hitting as sluggish markets and new regulations have stung some of its most historically profitable areas, including trading. The bank reported a 57 percent drop in first-quarter profits and is still smaller, in terms of total assets, than it was before the financial crisis.
Now, it has launched a broad effort to diversify into new markets. “We look at that platform [retail banking] as a basis for building new businesses that will contribute to the growth of the firm,” said Stephen Scherr, Goldman chief strategy officer.
That effort has started with the Goldman Sachs savings account, which comes with few perks but offers competitive rates that industry experts say could attract customers. The account has a 1.05 percent yield, while a one-year certificate of deposit has a 1 percent return. Both are stingy by historical standards but are much higher than what most banks are offering. (A savings account at Bank of America and Wells Fargo, for example, earns about 0.01 percent, according to Bankrate.)
But Goldman’s status as a newbie to this part of the financial industry also shows. Checking accounts may be coming soon, but Goldman no has plans for a physical bank branch and currently lacks the millennial calling card: a mobile app. Still, Goldman says it has seen intense interest in the savings accounts, a business it bought from GE Capital Bank earlier this year.
“It’s pretty heartening to us . . . the extent to which consumers are open to engaging with Goldman Sachs as an institution for their business, and it is our ambition to see to it that we keep and attract customers,” Scherr said. “We will be successful only to the extent that our product offering is competitive and their experience is a good one.”
Goldman’s Main Street charm offensive will continue later this year when it plans to launch an online-lending project. The bank hasn’t discussed how big the loans could be, but it expects to be able to offer competitive rates.
The bank is also getting into the retirement business. In March, it purchased Honest Dollar, an Austin-based start-up that helps employees set up individual retirement accounts. With a mobile app, an employee can quickly set up an account, starting by taking a picture of their driver’s license, Goldman says.
These new businesses will require a cultural change, industry experts say. Goldman has a well-honed playbook when it comes to pleasing the uber-wealthy, but the everyday headaches of dealing with Main Street will be new.
“Investing the funds of someone with $10 million or $20 million is very different than someone with a small savings account,” said David Becher, an associate professor of finance at the Drexel University LeBow College of Business.
Goldman’s entry into the consumer banking world dates back to a fateful decision in 2008. Then the bank and its rival, Morgan Stanley, were investment banks, exempt from many of the regulatory hurdles faced by traditional retail banks. But in the early days of the crisis, Goldman and Morgan Stanley found themselves in a funding crunch and in need of government help. To get it, they became bank holding companies.
“If you are a bank holding company and the government is going to be on the hook for you, they want to make sure you have enough cash to deal with any crisis that comes along,” Becher said.
Now, under stricter government oversight, Goldman and the rest of the banking sector must convince regulators that if faced with another cash crunch, they will have enough money set aside to operate without taxpayer help. In judging whether banks are living up to those standards, regulators even rate where banks are getting their funds and view money from retail banking — savings and checking accounts — most favorably.
Those funds, up to $250,000, are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., and customers are less likely to withdraw their money in a panic if there is a crisis. That makes them more “sticky” during tough times and has made this sector more attractive to Goldman Sachs, which has traditionally depended on short-term loans now discouraged by regulators.
“Capital is so precious,” said Ken Leon, global research director at S&P Global Market Intelligence. “Goldman Sachs’s balance sheet can no longer be leveraged like it was in 2008.”
Goldman Sachs could also deploy those retail banking assets — the money consumers have set aside in savings accounts — to help fund other parts of its business. Otherwise, Goldman could use consumers’ savings to make loans to companies or to use for the bank’s other traditional businesses, industry experts say.
“The money doesn’t sit there. They are pooled savings, and they are going to be deploying that money,” said Kelleher from Better Markets. “That is the whole concept of banking.”
An earlier version of this story incorrectly identified David Becher. He is an associate professor of finance at the Drexel University LeBow College of Business. This story has been updated.


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Reworking an iconic sneaker.
Co-founder of the fashion brand 1017 ALYX 9SM, Matthew Williams has shared images of the brands latest collaboration with Nike.
Releasing two new iterations of the American sportswear company’s signature Air Force 1 sneaker, the shoe combines ALYX’s rollercoaster buckle in the design, using it at the front of the shoe to clasp together a leather band that wraps around the top of the mid-top sneaker.
Coming in either black or white, keep posted for more information about when this sneaker is releasing. For now, see the photos shared by Williams below.
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Maybe the most noticeable feeling in Apple’s latest product unveiling – that sense that a Mac notebook launch brings real excitement again. “I sense something. A presence I’ve not felt since…” This is available to order now and ship next week, so I think some of your credit cards beat me to even writing this […]Read more
Apple promised something special – and modular – at the pro desktop level, and they’re delivering something ambitious. Welcome the return of big metal desktops with tons of PCI slots and maxed-out power supplies. And if you missed Macs that look like cheese graters, you also get your wish.
If you’ve been waiting for a revision of Apple’s MacBook Pro, it’s here. And Apple gives its users some significantly improved CPU performance, among other features. That’s not making Mac buying decisions much easier, though.
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In an effort to "punish" ABC News for their coverage of Toyota's safety problems, dealers in five southeast states have pulled their commercials off local ABC TV affiliates, the network reported Monday on their Web site.
Instead, dealers moved their commercials to non-ABC stations in the same markets, "as punishment for the reporting," an ABC station manger said.
The shift was due to "excessive stories on the Toyota issues," the ad agency representing the 173 dealers told ABC affiliates last week, the network reported.
Brian Ross, ABC's chief investigative correspondent, and ABC News started reporting on the "runaway Toyotas" last November — several months before the rash of recalls by the company.
Toyota has already recalled more than 7 million cars for repairs in the U.S. and other countries over a sticky accelerator and floor mats that can get caught in the gas pedal.


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New Phoon Huat Store Opening In Bukit Panjang Plaza
Westies have had a lot to rejoice recently, like new bubble tea stores finally making their way to their ‘hood.
Now, famous bakeware shop Phoon Huat is on its way to the west to bless post-circuit bakers.
A new store is opening on Thursday, 23 Jul at Bukit Panjang Plaza.
Phoon Huat finally arrived in the west at Bukit Panjang Plaza
Gone will be the days of lugging heavy flour a long way back from central, or worrying if the butter you just bought will have melted by the time you make it home.
We’re sure seasoned bakers living in the west would be familiar with those pains.
Look out for the new Phoon Huat store that will be at Bukit Panjang Plaza.
Prior to this, the only stores in the west were at Buona Vista and Clementi.
Phoon Huat At The Star Vista
This makes this new opening oh-so-sweet. Well, you get the essence of it.
Netizens greatly anticipate the new store
Netizens took to Phoon Huat’s Facebook post to express their excitement at the new outlet opening.
They were thankful for the location of the new store.
This netizen expressed in Mandarin how she has been waiting on this for a long time and was looking forward to the opening.
Look forward to satisfying your baking cravings and show your support for the new store at Bukit Panjang Plaza come 23 Jul.
More Phoon Huat stores opening in the west
Westies are ambitious and will not be easily appeased, many throwing hints at Phoon Huat to open more stores in the west.
Well, westies will be glad to hear that another Phoon Huat store will also be opening at Westgate soon.
Looks like bakers will have less excuses to put off baking that cake your friend has been pestering you for.
Stay home & bake away
With Covid-19 still lurking in our midst, it might be wise for circuit bakers to continue investing in their baking adventures.
We hope Phoon Huat’s new outlet in the west brings greater convenience in your baking journey.
Where else do you think Phoon Huat’s next store should be at? Let us know in the comments down below.


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Food delivery aggregators should not be charging 35% commission fees during a global pandemic that has forced restaurants to shut their doors, according to Krush Brands CEO Ian Ohan.
Speaking on Caterer’s Working Through Lockdown video series via Zoom, Ohan said that aggregators “should be making concessions” while the coronavirus crisis is ongoing and the fact they are refusing to do so is “completely unacceptable” and “abhorrent behaviour”.
Krush Brands, which operates the likes of Freedom Pizza, has always had its own in-house delivery platform to avoid using third party aggregators and Ohan has been unimpressed by the way they have behaved during current situation.
“What’s even worse is they are quite disingenuous in suggesting they are saviours for restaurants when really the restaurants receive no benefits whatsoever,” said Ohan. “They’re asked for discounts, they’re being charged rates… what they are after is the customer. They’re trying to pretend they’re helping the restaurant and they are really not.”
Ohan told Caterer that restaurants looking to get into delivery need to treat it with the utmost importance and recommended they follow Krush Brands example in having their own platform.
He said: “This is a vital and critical piece of our business, this is a strategically important piece of our business, so we decided to build our own platform. For us it’s important to own the value chain because any business that allows another party between itself and the customer experience, I think that’s extremely dangerous. I believe my job’s not done until the food is in their hands.”
You can view the rest of Caterer’s Working Through Lockdown video series on our YouTube channel here.


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Oslo, Norway and Luanda, Angola — November 30, 2010 Unitel, leading mobile operator in Angola, and Opera Software have signed an agreement that allows Unitel customers quicker access to the Internet from their mobile phones. Opera Mini is a mobile web browser available for more than 3000 mobile phone models. It is easy to install […]
Opera spreads the love to Android mobile phone users. Opera Mini 5.1 is now available for phones built on the Android platform, offering better browsing performance and improved user experience. With over 61 million users worldwide, Opera Mini is the world’s most popular browser for mobile phones, allowing much faster browsing speeds, while keeping the […]
Oslo, Norway — May 28, 2010 — More than 2.6 million people used Opera Mini on their iPhones, in the two weeks following April’s mid-month launch. This surge in new Opera Mini users reshaped both the top 10 countries and the top handsets for mobile Web usage, according to Opera’s State of the Mobile Web […]
Newest State of the Mobile Web report profiles aggregate operator data in top 10 countries. Opera today released its newest State of the Mobile Web report. The report provides information on the top global trends affecting the mobile Web.
In June 2005, Mobile Africa published an article in which Mr. Tayo Ajakaye raised issues (and some very valid ones too) about the quality of value added services being provided by GSM network operators (see: Value Added Services: Who Uses Them? I followed that article with a rejoinder, RE: Value Added Services: Who Uses Them?, […]
Opera Software uncovers exponential growth in Africa’s mobile Web usage in its latest State of the Mobile Web report. Published today, this September 2008 study focuses on the African continent, where Web browsing on the mobile phone far exceeds traditional desktop-computer surfing. Fast facts The use of Opera Mini in Africa increased by 180 percent […]


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First large-scale “black box” study will test the accuracy of computer and mobile phone forensics.
Digital forensics experts often extract data from computers and mobile phones that may contain evidence of a crime. Now, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will conduct the first large-scale study to measure how well those experts do their job. But rather than testing the proficiency of individual experts, the study aims to measure the performance of the digital forensics community overall.
In this study, to be conducted online, participants will examine simulated digital evidence, then answer questions that might arise in a real criminal investigation. The exercise should take about two hours, and participation is voluntary. Enrollment is now open, and the online test will be available for approximately three months.
“We want to understand the state of the practice,” said Barbara Guttman, leader of NIST’s digital forensics research program. “Can experts produce accurate and reliable information when examining data from a digital device?”
Related content: Burn, drown, or smash your phone: Forensics can extract data anyway


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An influx of big new musicals, including Groundhog Day, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Anastasia and Bandstand, has cash registers on Broadway are ringing off the charts, with almost every available theater booked and crowds lining up to see shows.
Broadway’s newest venue, the rehabbed Hudson Theatre, has had a smashing start with the Jake Gyllenhaal-Annaleigh Ashford revival of Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s Sunday in the Park With George. The very limited run at the house, which is run by the Ambassador Theatre Group, had sales of $1.2 million last week, 9 percent above the listed gross potential at the 962-seat house, with the average ducat selling for $156.46.
Several other shows were demonstrating the seller’s market for hits in Week 46 of the 2016-17 season. Hamilton, at the Nederlander Organization’s Richard Rodgers, was again the top-selling show, with sales of $3 million, an average price of $276.99 and hitting 2.5 percent above potential. The Bette Midler-led revival of Hello, Dolly!, at the Shubert Organization’s namesake house, continues to soar, at $2 million for seven performances, nearly 19 percent above potential, with an average price of $193.17. Waitress, at the Nederlanders’ Brooks Atkinson, welcomed score author Sara Bareilles into the lead role and oh boy is that paying off — with $1.2 million in sales, 19 percent above potential with an average price of $149.21.
Dear Evan Hansen, at the Shuberts’ Music Box, sold $1.2 million in tickets, also above potential. Perennial best seller The Lion King, Disney’s gift to the Nederlanders at the Minskoff, hit $2 million, a whisker above top gross potential, with an average ticket price of $153.46.
Total sales for 40 shows, according to the trade group Broadway League, were $35.2 million, surpassing last week’s $34.5 million and stomping last year’s $26.9 million. Overall average ticket price was $110.01, about the same as Week 45.


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The Lagos state Government under the leadership of Governor Babajide Sanwolu, has signed the Value Added Tax (VAT) bill into law in the state.
The controversial VAT bill was signed into law following the a High Court ruling which favoured Rivers state and others to start the collection and management of VAT in their various states as against the FIRS collection.
Speaking on what prompted the VAT decision, Governor Wike noted that Rivers state can no longer be sharing its VAT with states that take pleasure in destroying alcohol, the highest VAT revenue stream.
Following suit in passing the controversial Value Added Tax (VAT) to law, is the Lagos state Governor, Babajide Sanwolu.
This passing of the Lagos state VAT law was made public by the HC Information & Strategy, Gbenga Omotoso, who noted that the Governor signed the “bill for a law to impose and charge VAT on certain goods and services” at about 11:45am on Friday, following his return from an official trip to Abuja.
The VAT bill has now officially become a law in Rivers and Lagos state.


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Virtual influencers have almost three times more engagement rate than real influencers, according to HypeAuditor’s report of the most popular virtual influencers. That finding may produce an eyebrow-raising or two considering the fact that half a million active human influencers are operating on Instagram—compared to just a few hundred virtual influencers on the same platform.
With full reign to make them look real, act however they want and promote any product or message, brands could find virtual influencers more appealing than their human counterparts. Brands like KFC, Yoox, Calvin Klein and Balmain have already gone against the grain to work with designers and start-ups to create digital influencers via computer-generated imagery (CGI) for themselves.
“That’s why brands like working with avatars—they don’t have to do 100 takes. Social media, to date, has largely been the domain of real humans being fake. But avatars are a future of storytelling,” Alexis Ohanian, co-founder of Reddit, told The New York Times.
On the top spot of HypeAuditor’s roundup, a majority of which are from the US is “Lil Miquela,” the CGI-born beauty and lifestyle influencer who boasts 1.8 million followers and a 1.97 percent engagement rate. In 2016, media studio Brud debuted Miquela, who calls herself a “robot” in her Instagram bio and has since turned her into a popular YouTuber and musician. Her first music video on YouTube amassed 2.6 million views, and her song, “Automatic” is also available to stream on Spotify, Apple Music and SoundCloud. She landed the cover of Elle Mexico and even teamed with Samsung to promote the company’s Galaxy S10 phone in a sponsored Instagram post, among various other brands including Prada and Calvin Klein.
In 2018, Balmain introduced three digital models for the fashion label’s pre-fall 2018 collection campaign. Photographer Cameron-James Wilson helped Olivier Rousteing, the brand’s founder, bring the models to life on screen. A “virtual army” of ambassadors aligns with Rousteing’s goal to bridge the gap between fashion and technology. Last year, Rousteing created a virtual reality experience and headset called “My City of Lights,” to showcase his creative process.
Virtual influencers are starting to find their way into the strategies of quick-service restaurants too. In April, KFC launched a campaign featuring Colonel Sanders as a CGI influencer. From April 8-22, virtual Sanders took over KFC’s Instagram through a variety of posts that highlighted his lifestyle including sponsored posts promoting brand partners such as Dr. Pepper, Casper and TurboTax. A spoof on the modern-day influencer, the CGI Sanders was the brand’s opportunity to “poke a little fun at the advertising world.”
It may take a while before a majority of marketers get on board with pixelated influencers given consumers crave authenticity, the one quality virtual influencers inherently lack. Eighty-two percent of those in the US trust recommendations from people they know and 58 percent of consumers said being authentic is a very important trait for influencers to have. The question then arises: if a majority of the data out there supports human connections as powerful marketing tools, where’s the value in utilizing a manufactured figure to form connections with consumers?
The short answer is millennials and Gen Z. Virtual influencers present brands an opportunity to reach these younger, digital-savvy audiences as 32 percent of virtual influencers’ core audience are women 18-24 years old, and 11 percent include those between 13 and 17 years old. Additionally, some brands are seeing a boost in social media presence thanks to their virtual influencer of choice. For example, Yoox created a CGI influencer of its own and named her Daisy. Since Daisy’s takeover of the Yoox Instagram account, the online fashion retailer has seen an “incredible upsurge” in the number of followers and its engagement rate.


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A major Arab newspaper praises first lady Melania Trump for her fashion choices while in Saudi Arabia. (Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images)
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First lady Melania Trump received rave reviews by a major Saudi Arabian newspaper on Sunday for her fashion choices while in the Islamic country.
According to CNN, Arab News circulated a special English edition of its newspaper and praised Trump for her "classy and conservative" fashion choices on Saturday. With a story about Trump's fashion, Arab News included a picture of Trump in a black jumpsuit that she wore as she and President Donald Trump disembarked Air Force One in Riyadh on Saturday.
The newspaper praised Trump's clothing because it resembled the abaya — a black, robe-like dress that almost every Saudi woman is required to wear in public — and because the jumpsuit respected the country's "modest" dress code.
The headline on the story read, "Classy and conservative: US First Lady Melania Trump praised for ‘elegantly respectful’ KSA look."
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Melania Trump landed in the Saudi capital of Riyadh wearing a Stella McCartney jumpsuit adorned with a statement belt, which was the most eye-catching feature of the all-black overall.
The stretch cady jumpsuit — with wide-leg silhouette, keyhole cut-out at the bust, and cuffed sleeves — caught the attention of many international media outlets and was admired by Saudis who appreciated the modest, yet classy look of the first lady
The story said that women in Saudi Arabia were trying to mimic Trump's style by wearing "Melania-style" abayas, and included the social media posting of a woman in her abaya mimicking Trump.
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Trump's decision to not wear a "hijab" on her trip also made international headlines Saturday. In most Arab nations, women are required by law to hide their hair with a hijab, which just covers the hair, or a niqab, which covers the hair and entire face except for an opening for eyes, while in public.
Ivanka Trump, who is accompanying her father on his international trip, also chose not to wear the hijab, but did wear long pants and sleeves in accordance with Saudi Arabia's strict dress code.
Saturday marked the first day of President Trump's first foreign trip as president. After Saudi Arabia, Trump is slated to make stops in Israel, Italy and Belgium on the 9-day trip.
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Never Again: Culinary Colonisation: Fast Food and Big Pharma in India
Indian food is famous the world over. But ever since India's neoliberal transformation in the 1990s, an ever-growing invasion of big food corporations poses a threat to the country's deep-rooted food culture and public health.
As junk foods increase in availability, so too do food related illnesses like diabetes. And now, multinational pharmaceutical companies are capitalising on loose regulation to profit from India's increasing market of sick people.
redfish explores how neoliberalism is at the core of India's developing health crisis.
Radha Holla, a campaigner and writer, told redfish that "globalisation has devalued a lot of our products. [It] has brought in a whole lot of new products which are replacing our traditional foods… And where the rich are concerned, there's so much emphasis on creating status symbols which people are supposed to meet. And that includes: McDonald's, KFC."
Dr. Mira Shiva, founder of the All India Drug Action Network, says of the impact of massive food corporations moving into India: "You see a lot of processed food by the big companies just flooding, with trans fats, too much sugar, too much salt and in those non-biodegradable plastic packets. The ecological cost of it is not counted. The social cost of it is not counted. The public health cost of it is not counted. Most of the food processing industry are basically increasing increasing ill health."
Sickness is being capitalised on by pharmaceutical companies like Cipla, the largest in the country. Redfish found these companies involved in the running of 'health camps' that are seen by many as alternatives to the overcrowded public hospitals.
Amitava Guha, who worked in the pharmaceutical industry for 40 years and now works at the Centre of Indian Trade Unions, says: 'See health camps are basically organised by the companies pharmaceutical companies. They will give free medicine, they'll also pay for pathological testing of the patients. But then finally it will give you a result of prescribing their own drugs."


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EA’s Frostbite Reveals Hair-Raising Next-Gen Rendering (VIDEO)
Next-gen gaming is becoming much more of a reality as of late, with companies such as Sony and Google openly discussing their major plans for the foreseeable future. While there’s plenty to stir excitement on the hardware side of things, the software side appears to be brewing up some equally impressive aspirations, namely, the gorgeous hair-rendering recently shown off in EA’s Frostbite engine.
Posting to their blog, Electronic Arts showcased some stunning new functionality of their proprietary engine: the ability to replicate even the most luxurious of locks in real-time. Demonstrated in the video below, several breakthroughs in Fostbite’s 3D hair technology can be seen in all their cascading glory, depicting dynamic tweaks to “smoothness parameters,” “volume preservation,” and “artificial colouring.”
“Our purpose is to produce a step change in real-time hair and reach results close to movie and offline rendering,” EA revealed. “Starting last year, a small group of frostbite physics and rendering engineers have been working on pushing this technology forward, and, while we still have quite a lot of work ahead of us, we’re proud of what we achieved. This wouldn’t have been possible without the help of a few amazing Criterion content creators whose assets and constant feedback drove us forward.”
As for what else EA has in store for this mesmerizing tech, it’s teased that a greater depth of the Frostbite team’s efforts will be shown off “in the coming months,” further outlining its flowing hair physics and advanced rendering techniques. Finishing on a decidedly high note, the post showed off just how extreme these do’s can get, revealing what happens when ramping volume preservation values “up to 11.” Seen below, the result is one that would make any 80s hair metal band proud.
What do you think? Are you hypnotized by all this glorious Frostbite hair-rendering? Do you think these realistic locks could be introduced in time for EA’s next Dragon Age game? Let us know in the comments below and be sure to follow Don’t Feed the Gamers on Twitter and Facebook to be informed of the latest gaming and entertainment news 24 hours a day! For more headlines recently featured on DFTG, check out these next few news stories:
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Security company Bluebox has found a potentially major flaw in the Android operating system that affects 99% of all Androids users. Although the company has deemed the risk theoretical at this point, it is still unnerving for Android users given the amount of personal information we now move through out mobile devices. According to Zdnet.com:
“Researchers from Bluebox Security claim to have discovered a vulnerability in Android’s security model that could allow attackers to convert 99 percent of all applications into a trojan.
According to Bluebox Security CTO Jeff Forristal, who made a very high-level post on the company’s blog on how the vulnerability works, applications could be modified to do things like steal data or connect to a botnet and go completely unnoticed by the app store, phone, and end user…This vulnerability, around at least since the release of Android 1.6, could affect any Android phone released in the last four years — or nearly 900 million devices.”
Wow! That’s potentially a billion devices at risk. While this is theoretical, if executed the effects could be far-reaching throughout the Android experience as reported by computerworld.com:
“Depending on the type of application, a hacker can exploit the vulnerability for anything from data theft to creation of a mobile botnet.
The vulnerability can also be exploited to gain full system access if the attacker modifies and distributes an app originally developed by the device manufacturer that’s signed with the platform key — the key that manufacturers use to sign the device firmware.”
Now before you throw your Android device into the trash, as we said this is only theoretical, and there’s been no reported incidents related to the flaw.
As stated by techcrunch.com:
” While 99% of Android phones being technically vulnerable to app hackers is a tough stat to ignore, it’s worth emphasizing that just because such a flaw (apparently) exists it doesn’t mean it has or will be widely exploited — especially as, in this instance, it has been flagged to Google prior to being made public. And Google is presumably hard at work on a fix.”
The problem though is that one of Android’s biggest strengths becomes its biggest weakness in this scenario. Most people love Android because it is open format and you are free to customize as you wish and third party applications are easier to get. As a result of this, however, Android users are more likely to be affected by malware because this scenario can only be executed from said 3rd party apps, not from the Google Play store. So this isn’t currently a problem, but be sure to update you Google OS, and keep away from 3rd party apps.


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August 19, 2016
Net Class 8 truck orders fell once again in July, showing no signs of recovery in what is usually the weakest month for demand, according to ACT Research.
August 3, 2016
Daimler Trucks North America plans to lay off an additional 115 workers at its Gastonia, N.C., components and logistics facility.
It looks like July was another off month for Class 8 truck orders as industry analysts are predicting some of the lowest numbers since 2010.
July 18, 2016
Volvo Trucks will lay off around 300 more employees later this year due to weaker truck demand in 2016, according to a report in The Roanoke Times.
July 6, 2016
Class 8 truck order numbers have hit their lowest point in at least four years, with demand remaining depressed so far in 2016.
June 21, 2016
A decline in orders of Class 5-7 trucks in May points to "some moderate slowing" in a truck market that has shown strength since late 2013, according to ACT Research.
June 19, 2016
A "capacity imbalance" continued to affect the North American Class 8 tractor market, reflected in May North American commercial truck order numbers as reported by ACT Research.
June 6, 2016
DTNA has announced a workforce reduction across its North American production facilities, laying off about 1,240 workers in response to sustained reductions in truck orders.
June 3, 2016
Both heavy- and medium-duty truck orders are projected to have a subdued May, according to preliminary numbers from ACT Research and FTR.
May 19, 2016
ACT Research characterized truck orders in April as "more of the same," as Class 8 orders fell 16% from the previous month and 39% compared to last year.
May 4, 2016
Class 8 truck orders are projected to fall for the fourth month in a row, highlighting a weaker freight environment in the trucking industry, according to preliminary numbers from ACT Research and FTR.
April 5, 2016
Class 8 truck orders are projected to fall once again in March, down as much as 12% compared to February, according to the latest numbers from ACT Research and FTR.
March 22, 2016
Class 8 truck orders in February were down 42% year-over-year while medium–duty orders were at the highest level in over a year.
March 3, 2016
Class 8 truck orders were down as demand fell slightly compared to January, according to the early February numbers from ACT Research and FTR.
February 3, 2016
January was a tough month for truck manufacturers as Class 8 truck orders were down 35% compared to the previous month, according to a preliminary report from ACT Research.
February 2, 2016
Iowa-based flatbed carrier TMC Transportation has ordered 1,500 Peterbilt Model 579s as part of a multi-year agreement.
January 20, 2016
The Class 8 sleeper segment saw its best sales and production numbers in history in 2015, according to the latest numbers from ACT Research.
January 6, 2016
Class 8 truck orders rebounded while Class 5-7 orders remained strong in December, according to preliminary numbers from ACT Research and FTR.
December 21, 2015
Orders of medium-duty vehicles logged another healthy month in November and appear ready for "continued modest growth" in 2016, an ACT Research analyst has predicted.
December 11, 2015
After an up and down year of sales and a new one on the horizon, all of the major truck manufacturers are showcasing their visions for the future.
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The GameStick is a new portable console that runs the android operating system. It is a very small stick, similar to that of a USB stick, with a HDMI connection so it can plug straight in to your HD TV. The stick can be stored inside of it’s specially made Bluetooth controller to keep it safe and compact. The GameStick will also work with other Bluetooth controllers.
GameStick´s purpose-built game store will be powered by PlayJam´s built-for-TV technology enabling users to browse, download content and interact with the wider GameStick community.
The campaign to fund the production of GameStick, which is set to ship in April 2013, closed on Friday with pledges coming in right up to the last second finishing at 648% of the original target with a total of $648k. Those that missed out on the Kickstarter campaign will be able to pre-order via the GameStick website at www.gamestick.tv.
Anthony Johnson, CMO, PlayJam said “We are overwhelmed, excited, grateful, thrilled and everything in between. The campaign has been an incredible success with support from thousands of backers worldwide but this is just the beginning. The feedback from the Kickstarter community has been invaluable in shaping the final product and we will continue to seek input from those that supported us to ensure continued innovation ahead of a global retail launch.”
Throughout the campaign the team responded to thousands of comments and suggestions from Kickstarter backers that saw the product evolve in real-time as the team scrambled to incorporate a number of requested features from additional memory capacity to support for peripheral hardware via a docking station.
GameStick, described as ‘The Most Portable TV games Console Ever Created’ has been hailed by many supporters as the console to disrupt the games industry. The device has gathered high profile supporters throughout the campaign such as; Jason Kingsley, (Founder of Rebellion), Jason Bradbury (Gadget Show host) Jermaine Dupri (Record producer) and Shaquille O’Neal (Basketball Legend).
You can download a SDK for the new device at www.gamestick.tv and start developing for a new consoling experience.


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Over the past few months, people who own or lease a 2022 Ford Explorer SUV have lodged formal complaints about troublesome powertrain issues that do not seem to have an obvious explanation or solution. Although Ford Motor Company has announced three separate safety recall campaigns, many customers continue to experience recurring powertrain and engine problems.
One driver of a 2022 Ford Explorer SUV shared that their vehicle fails to respond when the driver shifts into reverse, taking up to five seconds to catch up. In the meantime, the car rolls forward, increasing the risk of collision while the driver must wait for the car to move backward. Other customers have stated that they took their vehicles to the dealership to obtain the recommended recall repair, but the replacement parts were unavailable. For now, frustrated Ford customers continue to wait for lasting solutions to these concerning issues.
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