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Google to Spend $600 Million for New Datacenter
January 20, 2007 5:57 AM
North Carolina is home to a new massive server farm facility for Google
Google announced this week that it will be
investing roughly $600 million USD
in building a new data center facility in North Carolina. The new facility will hold server farms that Google will use in its next generation of search and database-intensive applications,
particularly its new "Similarity Engine,"
which removes redundancy in its crawls and results delivery.
Officials at Google indicated that the new facility will hold slightly over 200 employees, most of whom will be network and server specialists. Google's primary research and development facility will still remain in California. Google also has another facility in Arizona, which it had been working on last year.
The state of North Carolina is definitely pleased with Google's announcement, but Google did not just decide to open its doors in North Carolina on a whim. Earlier this year the
state put forward roughly $4.8 million
as part of an incentives package for Google. The incentives package can grow up to $100 million if Google decides to stay in the region.
According to North Carolina state governor Mike Easley, the state is jumping at the opportunity to work with Google because there have been lots of employment layoffs in the state this past year. "This company will provide hundreds of good-paying, knowledge-based jobs that North Carolinas citizens want. It will help reinvigorate an area hard hit by the loss of furniture and textile jobs with 21st century opportunities," said Easley.
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VW and Ford establish van/EV partnership
Volkswagen AG and Ford Motor Company have will partner in the production of light commercial vehicles after announcing the first formal agreements in “a broad alliance”. The alliance does not involve cross-ownership between the two companies.
Volkswagen CEO Dr. Herbert Diess and Ford CEO Jim Hackett confirmed that the companies intend to develop commercial vans and medium-sized pickups for global markets beginning as early as 2022. The companies estimate the commercial van and pickup cooperation will yield improved annual pre-tax operating results, starting in 2023.
In addition, Volkswagen and Ford have signed a memorandum of understanding to investigate collaboration on autonomous vehicles, mobility services and electric vehicles and have started to explore opportunities. Both companies also said they were open to considering additional vehicle programs in the future. The teams will continue working through details in the coming months.
“Over time, this alliance will help both companies create value and meet the needs of our customers and society,” Hackett said. “It will not only drive significant efficiencies and help both companies improve their fitness, but also gives us the opportunity to collaborate on shaping the next era of mobility.”
Diess added: “Volkswagen and Ford will harness our collective resources, innovation capabilities and complementary market positions to even better serve millions of customers around the world. At the same time, the alliance will be a cornerstone for our drive to improve competitiveness.”
The alliance will be governed by a joint committee. This committee will be led by Hackett and Diess and will include senior executives from both companies.
The companies’ collective light commercial vehicle volumes from 2018 totalled approximately 1.2 million units globally.
Through the alliance, Ford will engineer and build medium-sized pickups for both companies which are expected to go to market as early as 2022. For both parties, Ford intends to engineer and build larger commercial vans for European customers, and Volkswagen intends to develop and build a city van.

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Apple instructed the Worldwide Alliance of Theatrical Stage Workers (IATSE) that its Apple TV Plus streaming platform had fewer than 20 million subscribers, which allowed it to pay decrease charges to IATSE employees than greater streaming platforms, CNBC reported.
Apple has by no means publicly launched subscriber numbers for its streaming community, which launched in November of 2019. However Apple TV Plus has fewer unique reveals than bigger, extra established streaming rivals like Netflix, which said in August it had 209 million subscribers.
“Employees on sure ‘new media’ streaming initiatives receives a commission much less, even on productions with budgets that rival or exceed these of historically launched blockbusters,” in line with a press launch IATSE posted on Tuesday. The discharge didn’t point out any streaming platform by title, however a spokesman instructed CNBC that Apple claimed beneath 20 million subscribers within the US and Canada as of July 1st.
The union is making ready for a attainable strike after negotiations with manufacturing firms have stalled, saying within the launch that “the explosion of streaming mixed with the pandemic has elevated and aggravated working circumstances, bringing 60,000 behind-the-scenes employees coated by these contracts to a breaking level.”
Apple TV Plus has a number of big-budget reveals on its roster, together with The Morning Present, which stars Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon, and Ted Lasso, its shock hit comedy about an American teaching an English soccer membership. Ted Lasso had a big showing at the Emmys final week, taking awards for Excellent Comedy, Lead Actor in a Comedy for star Jason Sudeikis, and supporting appearing awards for Brett Goldstein and Hannah Waddingham.
The Morning Present reportedly costs Apple $15 million per episode, and lots of of Ted Lasso’s writers and stars have reportedly negotiated extra profitable contracts for the present’s third season. Apple stated in July that it had a web revenue of $21.7 billion on $81.43 billion in revenue in its third quarter of 2021.
Apple and IATSE didn’t instantly reply to requests for remark from The Verge on Saturday. An Apple spokesperson instructed CNBC that it pays charges akin to main streaming providers.


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A campaign has been launched to save one of Rome's most atmospheric cafes from being closed down, amid fears that centuries-old restaurants and family-run businesses in the capital are being replaced by garish burger bars, kebab outlets and trinket shops.
The Caffè della Pace, the epitome of an Italian cafe with its ivy-clad walls and cobbled, outdoor seating, has been used in many television commercials and films, including most recently Woody Allen's movie To Rome With Love, where it featured in a scene with Alec Baldwin.
Established in 1891 and located just a few paces from Rome’s famous Piazza Navona, it has drawn celebrities such as Robert de Niro, Madonna, Sophia Loren, Monica Bellucci and Rupert Everett, as well as artists, writers and film directors such as Fellini.
But it is now under threat of closure – the owners of the building, the Teutonic Pontifical Institute of Santa Maria dell’Anima, a German Catholic foundation, plan to evict all the current tenants and turn it into a hotel.
Alessio Serafini, 24, a member of the family that has run the cafe since the 1960s, said: “We’re hoping to collect 50,000 signatures protesting against the closure, which we will send to Rome council. We’ve even written to Pope Francis. We’ve tried to negotiate with the pontifical institute but they won’t listen to us.”
A heritage association has launched a campaign for the cafe to remain open, appealing directly to Giorgio Napolitano, Italy’s president.
Closing the “historic” institution would be a grave loss for Rome, said Giulio Anticoli, the president of the National Confederation of Artisans.
The staff of the cafe have set up an online appeal, on the website change.org, calling for it to remain open, while Ignazio Marino, the mayor of Rome, has called it a “retreat for Romans and tourists alike in the Eternal City” that must be saved.
The threat to the cafe, which serves up coffee and pastries in the morning and prosecco and cocktails by night, comes amid growing alarm in Rome over the closure of traditional business owned by the same families for generations.
Barely a week goes by without a bookshop, picture-framing business or leather-making workshop being shuttered to be replaced by garishly-lit convenience stores and homogenous souvenir outlets selling a vast array of cheap tat, from plastic models of the Colosseum to plastic gladiator swords and key rings bearing pictures of Pope Francis.
In Trastevere, one of the most traditional and picturesque quarters of the city, artists’ workshops have been replaced by open-fronted niches filled with beeping vending machines selling beer and pre-packaged sandwiches.
There were 670 such traditional shops and workshops a decade ago but now there are just 422, according to the National Confederation of Artisans.
Small businesses, including tailors, goldsmiths and ceramic makers have been forced out by exorbitant rates and the effects of the worst recession since the Second World War.
Carpenters and leather makers in the historic centre of Rome have been particularly hard hit – their numbers are down by 56 per cent and 52 per cent respectively.
As artisanal shops dwindle, there has been an explosion in the number of takeaway pizza outlets, kebab shops, which have increased from less than 50 a decade ago to more than 150.
“The historic centre is becoming a vast open-air fast food area,” said Mr Anticoli.
“Businesses that have nothing to do with the traditions of Rome, like shops selling low-quality souvenirs, are sprouting like mushrooms.”


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Furia Rubel recently celebrated the 15th anniversary of its founding with an exciting rebranding and the launch of a new website. We took this chance to sit down with Philadelphia-area journalists to talk about how the marketing and public relations industry has evolved over the years and what’s new at Furia Rubel.
- Philadelphia Business Journal’s Kenneth Hilario interviewed agency founder and CEO Gina Rubel about the company’s growth over 15 years. In the article, Rubel explains that the agency’s revenue has grown from about $50,000 to more than $1.23 million in 2016. Rubel explained the reasoning behind rebranding as an effort to communicate value to clients: “To compete in an increasingly crowded market, we knew that we had to differentiate ourselves and develop a more representative brand to demonstrate our value to current and prospective clients.”
- David Campbell from the Bucks County Herald spoke with Rubel about her personal journey with her “business baby” and how the team at Furia Rubel works best with its clients. Rubel said “We’re here to help drive their success. Our whole focus is about looking at the business objectives and putting together strategies that will meet those objectives.”
- The Langhorne Times’ editor Samantha Bambino talked to Rubel about the evolution of the agency’s new brand. Rubel explained that the brand started as “kitschy and fun” to match the laid-back, comfortable feel she wished to portray. As the agency evolved, Rubel realized in that it was time to listen to her audience—the agency’s clients, who were saying that the old brand did not reflect the sophistication of Furia Rubel’s work. “It’s an entire brand born out of what clients have to say,” Rubel told Bambino. The agency’s brand now reflects the dynamic and engaging communications agency whose work helps to drive its clients’ business success.
Thank you to the journalists and publications for helping to tell Furia Rubel’s story.


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4” iPhone – iPhone SE
There’s clearly a lot of Apple’s customer base that have felt neglected or ignored since the decision to move to 4.7” and 5.5” displays. In the last year, Apple have sold 30 million 4” iPhones despite them housing yesterday’s technology – the iPhone 5S, the 5C etc. But now, in an attempt to win over those customers Apple have introduced the iPhone SE. It brings the 4” model bang up to date with the latest technology, which is exactly what those with smaller hands have wanted. For all intents and purposes, it’s a smaller version of the 6S, minus 3D touch, housed in a slightly modified 5S body.
The line-up now looks like this:
This is another savvy move from Apple from a business perspective, akin to the financial rewards of dropping the 32GB storage configuration of iPhones.
The iPhone SE replaces the 5C and 5S models at the lower end of the range but sporting almost the same specs as the flagships models. The iPhone 5C was a failed experiment in response to the overwhelming demand from the public for a lower cost iPhone, housing iPhone 5 components – which were already a year out of date – in a plastic body.
When Apple announced the 5C, it felt like they knew they were missing out on the low end smartphone market – the largest volume segment – but were just clutching at straws. The 5C always felt misplaced and doomed to fail (and that has proved to be the case), but worse, it dragged Apple’s premium brand image down.
Apple now know for certain that the premium reputation and standing of their products is not something that should be diluted, and with the iPhone SE that concern has been addressed quite emphatically.


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Comic Fiesta 2016 – This year, Comic Fiesta 2016 were presented by AirAsia X as the Main Sponsor of the event that everybody had been waiting for every single year. Visitors was able to stand a chance at winning a free flight ticket to Japan by vising their booth.
“We received very positive response from our participation as prize sponsor last year. This year, we are happy to return as a main sponsor and we look forward to engage with all the cosplayers, comic and animation fans and join in the creative energy by everyone.”
– Benyamin Ismail, Chief Executive Officer of AirAsia X Berhad
AirAsia X was offering a special discount for flight tickets to Japan from only RM 349 in-line with Comic Fiesta 2016 theme of manga and cosplays!
Pretty sure everybody knows Grab, our very own homegrown ride-hailing app or rather formally known as MyTeksi. Their presence has increased to over 6 countries across SEA for the past years and had been one of the very successful Malaysian startup in the tech industry.
Grab as one of the Gold Sponsors for Comic Fiesta 2016, decided to celebrate their drivers together with the support of Maple Comics to publish their very own comic book. The comics are loosely inspired by stories shared by drivers and it showcases our local talent.
The nine stories book collection, Driving Malaysia has featured the wonderful illustrations from cartoonists such as Max Loh, Pokcik Fingernailz, Michelle Lee and Azwanjjai. The Country Manager of Grab Malaysia has committed into launching a long term program “Ride the Arts” in order to further promote our local artists to the public.
Grab has introduced four specially art-wrapped CommiCar which was based on their published comic Driving Malaysia. During Comic Fiesta 2016, the first 200 lucky passengers were given the chance to actually ride in their CommiCar and even be given a free copy of Driving Malaysia.
Driving Malaysia will be available for RM20 in selected bookshops like Kinokuniya, MPH, Times, Borders, Silverfish Books, Kedai Fixi, Kedai Lejen, Kedai Buku 1Malaysia as well as on the Maple Comics website at www.maplecomics.com.my.
For more information about the ‘Ride The Art’ campaign and the book, Driving Malaysia,
please log onto http://grb.to/ridetheart.
Virtual Reality Scene
VR has definitely picked up out of the niche market in recent years. Especially with the new Sony PSVR and HTC Vive, more and more average consumers or gamers are able to get their hands on this brand new newly commercialized technology.
Over at Armageddon’s booth, they were featuring the Gaming G Series lines together with HTC Vive as well.
This year at Comic Fiesta 2016, PWTC, we can certainly see some VR action going on together with the usual random online mobile games promo booths. It has been a wild 2016 and it was kind of expected that everything would follow the 2016 trends 🙂


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A further number of dairy co-ops have set their January 2023 milk price.
Carbery and Dairygold have become the latest to do so this afternoon (Friday) on the back of statements from Lakeland Dairies and Kerry Group earlier this week, as reported by That’s Farming.
Carbery has reduced its milk price for January by 4c/L, a statement from the processor to this publication reads.
If this decision is replicated across the four West Cork co-ops, Bandon, Barryroe, Drinagh and Lisavaird, this will result in an average price for January of 52.8c/L, inclusive of VAT, and 0.5cpl Somatic Cell Count (SCC) bonus.
A spokesperson outlined that this decision is taken in view of the current dairy market performance.
Carbery has stated that it will continue to monitor global markets closely.
Meanwhile, Dairygold has reduced the January quoted milk price by 6.0c/L to 52.0c/L, based on standard constituents of 3.3% protein and 3.6% butterfat, inclusive of sustainability and quality bonuses and VAT.
In addition, it will pay the January early calving bonus of 3.15c/L, including VAT on milk supplied in January, in accordance with milk quality criteria.
Therefore, milk supplied in January that qualifies for the early calving bonus will have a quoted milk price of 55.15c/L.
The January milk price equates to an average January farm gate milk price of 64.2c/L, based on average January milk solids achieved by Dairygold milk suppliers.
The quoted milk price for January based on EU standard constituents of 3.4% Protein and 4.2% Butterfat is 56.7c/L.
A company spokesperson commented that “dairy market prices have weakened considerably in recent months, caused by an increase in global milk supplies and reduced demand driven by higher inflation”.
“Weakened dairy market conditions will continue to impact milk price over the coming months.”
“The Dairygold board will continue to monitor markets closely and review milk price on a month-by-month basis,” the spokesperson confirmed to this farming news publication.


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Nearly US$17 billion has been invested in insurtech companies since the beginning of 2017, according to FinTech Global. The InsurTech100 is an annual list of the world’s most innovative solution providers addressing digital transformation challenges and opportunities within insurance as selected by a panel of analysts and industry experts.
FinTech Global director Richard Sachar commented: “Established insurance companies need to be aware of the latest innovation in the market in order to remain competitive in the market post-Covid-19, which is heavily focused on digital distribution and increased use of customer data.
“The InsurTech100 list helps senior management filter through all the vendors in the market by highlighting the leading companies in sectors such as underwriting, pricing, IoT devices, customer experience and data & analytics.”
Travel insurtech Blink named on the list
Among others, insurtech Blink was named for the second year in a row. Commenting on the announcement, Blink’s Co-Founder and CEO Paul Prendergast said: “This is a great day for all of us in Blink Parametric. I see the wealth of InsurTech innovation driving change in our industry at an extraordinary pace right now, so to be selected and recognised from over 1,200 companies is a huge honour. This recognition motivates us to keep doing what we do best: prioritising the delivery of superior service experiences with simple, intuitive, online products that solve real problems, not only for the insured, but for insurers too.”
Blink successfully launched Blink Travel in 2016. It launched Blink Parametric in 2020, offering a full suite of parametric insurance solutions, and in April, the company launched Blink Luggage. Prendergast said: “Although travel is very tough right now and everyone is dealing with personal and business difficulties, we are bullish and continue to invest to allow our partners to innovate at speed.”


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Adverts for major US corporations like General Electrical and home enhancement shopping chain Lowe’s are showing up, often without their knowledge, on internet hookup sites, underscoring advertisers’ trouble in managing their communications that are digital.
The chaste ads from corporate America appear alongside highly user that is explicit along with advertisements for lingerie or online hotel space scheduling services like HotelTonight, that has been recently purchased by Airbnb.
They could be entirely on apps like Bumble and Grindr which enable users to follow dating and sex that is casual run under stipulations much like those of other technology leaders.
Companies might wish to avoid associating casual sexвЂ”or to their products they could merely think the context is mismatched with promoting items like aircraft machines and fuel turbines, in accordance with advertising professionals. 続きを読む “US corporations promote on hookup web web internet sites unknowingly”


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Where Does GoPro Go From Here?
Posted on Apr 29, 2015 by Alex Fice
It’s been a big week for GoPro with their impressive first quarter results and news of the acquisition of a ten year old French VR company, Kolor, who specialise in virtual reality and spherical media. The buy-out comes just a month after Facebook bought Oculus VR and their Rift technology. But all the positive news has a slightly bitter after taste for GoPro because although the company’s revenue has increased by 54% to $363.1 million and gross margin are 45.1% compared to 40.9% in the first quarter of 2014, the money markets are down on the share price.
GoPros set-up for VR shooting will now use Kolor software to knit the footage or stills together.
Tech analyst Scott Budman applauds the revenue but wonders if the numbers and the share price might attract other attention: “The numbers are healthy so I’m sure there are buyers out there with serious offers on the table”. The company has also announced that higher international sales have boosted their numbers with more than half of their net revenues coming from outside the US.
One reason for the downwards share price curve (around 4%) is actually the decline in downloads of their App (2.6 million times this quarter as opposed to 2.8 the previous quarter) but another is perhaps the impression that GoPro are hitting the ceiling on the technology their cameras can offer now 4K has been reached. With the Kolor buy-out the company may be headed towards the service sector. They already have a healthy channel on XBOX One.
Kolor’s solutions enable users to combine multiple photographs or videos to produce high-resolution panoramic or spherical content that can be enjoyed on mobile devices, the web or in a virtual reality environment. The market is huge even though the available hardware choices at the moment only include Oculus and Samsung Gear VR. One thing GoPro does not have a problem with is producing content and their users will be ready to produce video for this new market possibly for ‘paid for’ services like Sports events, teaching and even Doctor’s appointments.
Another point in GoPro’s favour is their lack of a real competitor. Most big camera manufacturers have their token action camera and UK company Drift Innovation after a promising start seems to be fading. The consensus is that GoPro need to invest in more mobile applications to arrest the share price dip and also ward off unwanted suitors to remain as dynamic as they have been.


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Hankook Tire, the nation’s largest car tire maker, confirmed Tuesday that it is considering a bid to take over Halla Visteon Climate Control Corp. in collaboration with Hahn & Company, a local private equity firm.
“It is true that the company is in talks with Hahn & Company to make an equity investment in the car parts maker in an effort to expand its business domains,’’ said Lee Joo-hak, a spokesperson of the tire maker.
Industry watchers forecast that Hankook Tire is expected to secure a 30 percent stake in HVCC, but the company official said details of the investment has yet to be decided.
HVCC, which was taken over by German supplier Viesteon in 2012, is a leading automotive thermal management solution provider. Its key customers include world leading auto giants, General Motors, Ford Motor, Tesla Motors, BMW Group and Mercedes-Benz. It operates 35 plants in North and South America, Europe and Asia.
Hankook Tire, founded in 1941, has grown into the world’s seventh largest tire maker, posting 7.07 trillion won ($6.5 billion) in sales last year. Despite the business success, however, the company has sought business diversification beyond its core tire business in the face of market saturation.
The company has been looking for alternative income sources for the past few years, concerned about its dependency on the tire business. As of 2014, more than 90 percent of the company’s sales come from the tire business.
In a bid to expand its business, Hankook Tire also joined a bid to acquire KT Rental, the nation’s biggest car rental service provider, last month. The company is seeking the deal for synergies between a car rental business and its mainstay tire-making business.
Source : http://www.koreaherald.com/


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Canada is well behind its global peers in taking the reform of competition laws seriously, but this may be about to change: the most recent federal budget gave notice of a broad consultation on the Competition Act, the cornerstone law that governs the terms of free and fair competition.
The Competition Act protects individuals and businesses from abuse at the hands of powerful economic actors, whether that abuse is in the form of cartel conduct, monopolistic and deceptive practices, or harmful mergers. And harm needs to be thought of broadly — for example, the harms caused when a major telecommunications company in a market with limited competition goes down, such as Canada recently experienced with the Rogers outage in early July.
Sadly, Canada is increasingly an outlier among partners such as the United States, the United Kingdom, the European Union and Australia. These jurisdictions have not only conducted in-depth studies and consultations about the fitness of their competition laws for today’s digital economy but are also now advancing legislative and regulatory actions to bring their laws and enforcement capacity up to speed. Although initially motivated by the rise of a select few firms in digital markets, these studies have allowed these players to re-evaluate the thinking and assumptions guiding competition law in all sectors of their economies.
For its part, Canada’s competition law remains very much a product of the era in which it was enacted in 1985, nearly 40 years ago. Although seeking to achieve multiple purposes, Canada’s competition law favours an outdated view of efficiency. It allows for mergers that harm consumers in exchange for economies of scale seen four decades ago as important for a thinly populated trading nation. As Canada’s economy becomes increasingly digital and less bounded by geography, law rooted in this kind of thinking will be increasingly out of step.
In anticipation of this consultation, CIGI recently hosted a series of talks bringing together speakers with different perspectives on competition, including Canada’s Commissioner of Competition Matthew Boswell, international competition and privacy practitioners, and leading Canadian academics and advocates.
Three points from CIGI’s Competition Policy Series events should be taken to heart in the government’s pending consultation.
First, this conversation must bring in a diverse set of voices beyond the expert legal and economic communities that have dominated the field thus far. Although discussions around competition may seem at first glance complex and esoteric, decisions about competition have outcomes that directly affect Canadians, such as the choice of goods and services available to them, the prices they pay and the wages they take home. Indeed, as Matthew Boswell has noted, competition benefits all citizens. While there is certainly a role for expert opinion, the government’s consultation on the Competition Act is an opportunity for policy makers to hear from individuals and businesses from all areas of the economy about both the benefits of competition and the harms caused by anti-competitive conduct.
Second, competition law should be seen as one lever in a more holistic approach to the policy challenges brought about by digital markets, rather than as a domain isolated from other policy areas. We must recognize that factors such as privacy are intertwined with competition, so the law can and should incorporate such factors into its analysis.
The government’s consultation should reflect this reality and investigate opportunities for increased collaboration and coordination among seemingly disparate regulators, both domestically and abroad.
Finally, although our own legal and economic context is unique, there is much we can learn from the challenges faced, and addressed, by our peer nations. Jurisdictions such as the European Union have recognized and moved to address issues similar to those we encounter in Canada, including lengthy competition cases that delay resolution of competitive harms, and uncertainty around the effectiveness of the tools used to address those harms. By building on these lessons, Canada can make up for lost time and more rapidly create an effective set of laws suited to our current context, while still incorporating what our global peers have learned.
In its most recent Budget Implementation Act, Canada’s federal government took important, targeted steps in addressing long-standing gaps in the country’s competition law, including the ability of employers to agree to fix the wages of employees, and anemic fines for monopolistic and deceptive conduct. The coming consultation is an occasion Canada can use to lay a strong foundation for bold and more far-reaching reform of its competition law.
But to best use that moment, it must give all citizens an opportunity to contribute their perspectives on an issue that affects them daily.
This article first appeared on iPolitics.


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Nest users will soon be able to set their thermostat through Alexa, the voice assistant of Amazon.
In a blog post, Matt Rogers, founder of Nest and head of Engineering, said that the first official collaboration between Nest and Amazon's Alexa is launching in a few weeks. The integration will allow Nest users to give out commands to Alexa when they need to turn the temperature up or down.
According to Rogers, one of the commands that users can give would be "Alexa, set my bedroom thermostat to 68 degrees." However, Rogers added that Alexa is also capable of learning new skills. In other words, users will be able to give out other useful commands in the near future that will include saying "Alexa, tell the thermostat that I'm too hot."
When Amazon launched Alexa, it was initially limited to 13 skills. These include playing Amazon Music, setting timers and telling the weather. However, Alexa's list of skills eventually grew with the help of third-party developers. Currently, there are more than 300 third-party skills that are available on Alexa.
There is also the potential to ask Alexa about the current humidity and temperature levels. Furthermore, Nest users can tell Alexa that they are leaving the room, probably as a way to halt any further setting on the temperature.
Rogers added that the collaboration will allow Amazon Fire TV and Amazon Echo to connect with the Nest Learning Thermostat.
Amazon recently announced two new devices that work similar to Echo and are also powered by its Alexa voice assistant. Dubbed Amazon Tap and Echo Dot, these new devices are arguably smaller and cheaper than the Echo.
With these new devices, it would be safe to assume that Amazon wants Alexa to be more than just an innovative way for users to manipulate their speakers and other household devices. Users can actually take advantage of Alexa as their voice-powered command center where they can easily connect with their devices.
"If you have an IFTTT system in place, you have more options," says Rogers. "Nest and Alexa already have over 50 recipes that allow you to turn on the fan or just say 'good morning' to turn up the heat. Alexa will even listen if you have a Vivint home automation system."


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Xiaomi soon will face a big threat as HMD Global is launching its bestselling Nokia X6 in the country on August 21. The company will launch Nokia X6 as Nokia 6.1 Plus in the country in the same price range, challenging Mi A2 directly.
The much-awaited Nokia X6 might be finally making its way into the Indian subcontinent after a long wait. The first notched Nokia smartphone has been unveiled globally, and soon the smartphone will launch in the country as well.
After Apple, top Android smartphone makers have blatantly copied the display notch on their flagships. From OnePlus 6 to Huawei P20 Pro all have a notch.
June looks to be a busy month as there are a number of upcoming smartphones that are eagerly awaited. Among them are Xiaomi's flagship, the Mi 8, their Android One smartphone, the Mi A2 and the selfie expert Redmi Y2. Apple will also…
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The Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada (IIROC) is shifting to virtual conferences this fall.
Citing public health concerns, the industry SRO said that it will not be holding any in-person conferences, and will instead offer a series of shorter, virtual events to examine subjects such as its regulatory agenda, enforcement issues and lessons learned from the pandemic.
The virtual conferences will be provided for free, and continuing education (CE) credits will be available, IIROC said.
“These virtual conferences will allow industry participants from across the country to participate together in pan-Canadian sessions for the first time in IIROC’s history,” it said.
IIROC said that it will consider offering a combination of both live and virtual events in 2021.


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According to Vietnam Essential Oil Association, the import and export turnover of cosmetic products in the South-East Asian country has been increased rapidly from US$ 3 billion in 2016 to US$ 6 billion in 2017.
Checking the origin of cosmetic products in Vietnam is still inadequate, so there has been widespread existence of counterfeit cosmetics, poor quality and prohibited chemicals. Many unlicensed businesses also produce cosmetics.
Therefore, the formation of prestigious products and brands being friendly to the health of consumers in Vietnam is very necessary.
It is known that more than 200 manufacturers of cosmetics will introduce and showcase their products in district 7, Ho Chi Minh City in June 2018.


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Spring might not be in the air just yet, but rest assured, it’s on its way. Soon the maple sap will flow and the annual harvest of this sweet Canadian treat will be underway. This maple carrot muffin recipe offers just one idea to incorporate the rich flavour of maple into your baking.
As we reported in last month’s edition of Bakers Journal, California’s walnut industry is booming. The state’s walnut harvest, which accounts for approximately three-quarters of global production, is expected to increase by 19 per cent over last year’s harvest. The United States’ National Agricultural Statistics Services predicts a total harvest of 510,000 short tonnes for the 2010 growing season. In other words, there’s no shortage of walnuts in the world.
June 16, 2010 – Submitted by Horizon Milling, this recipe contains 27 per cent less sodium than an equivalent cake made with the standard Robin Hood carrot muffin base.
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McLaren chief, Zak Brown, has said that the new deal for Renault to supply them with engines is not a short term fix and believes the deal will propel them back to the front of the grid. The deal between the two marques is expected to last until the introduction of the new engine formula in 2021 at the very shortest and will replace the so far disappointing Honda engines who have powered McLaren since 2015.
McLaren, who in two and a half years with Honda are yet to score a podium or make any real significant gains on the other car's engines, were said to be fed up with Honda's lack of improvement and failure to move up the grid, with Fernando Alonso especially said to have lost faith with Honda and needed a new engine to be persuaded to stay with the team, and with Mercedes and Ferrari unwilling to supply them it had to be Renault.
Brown said this when asked about the longevity of the deal: "No, this is not a short-term fix, at the end of the day, no-one knows yet what the engine rules are in 2021, so I think it's hard for anybody to look beyond 2020, because we don't know what '21 looks like.
"We think we've got a long-term partnership, the foundation for it. Renault's got a great history in the sport, won a lot of championships with Red Bull, won a lot of championships themselves, so we're very happy where we are. We think that we'll be very competitive together."
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IBM (NYSE: IBM) announced today that Tupperware Australia, one of the world’s leading brands in home preparation, storage and serving products, has upgraded to IBM POWER7 technology in time for this year’s hectic Christmas sales rush.
The new systems support Tupperware’s web ordering system for more than 6,000 of its sales force, as well as its browser-based TupperNet system for 32 Australian and New Zealand distributors. The TupperNet system handles key business applications such as order processing, stock control, accounts and reporting. Crucially, it will accommodate the company’s frenetic peak sales periods leading up to Christmas and Mother’s Day, as well as anticipated future business growth.
With the rapid increase in business and sales force using the web ordering system to place orders, Tupperware realized it required more processing power and capacity to underpin its expansion. The increased demand on its web-based business applications also required a robust infrastructure capable of providing high levels of availability and performance.
With the help of IBM technology solution provider Advent One, Tupperware chose two IBM Power 750 servers, including one for disaster recovery, and six IBM System x3550 servers to handle the increased workload and capacity needs of its two web-based business applications. The upgrade of its WebSphere Application Server, which supports both web-based ordering systems, as well as the IBM i operating system to version 6.1, enabled its applications to run more efficiently and transactions to be processed faster. In addition, the company implemented IBM iCluster High Availability software to facilitate a smooth, rapid transition from the previous system to the new environment.
In the past three years, the number of Tupperware’s sales force in Australia and New Zealand using the online ordering application has jumped from 1,850 to over 6,000. As a result, retail transactions on the company’s web ordering system increased 40 percent to 75 percent, which placed increased workload pressure on Tupperware’s infrastructure. More than 850,000 orders have been processed through the web ordering system alone so far this year.
With the new POWER7 systems, Tupperware can process twice the number of web orders each day and reliably handle more of its sales force, providing increased functionality without any degradation in performance. The company can offer around-the-clock service across three time zones to customers in Australia and New Zealand with confidence, even during the busiest sales periods.
Con Sardellis, IT Operations Manager for Tupperware, said he appreciated the quick, easy migration from the existing system to the new IBM POWER7 systems. “It was all completed in a couple of hours with barely any disruption to our operations,” he said. “This business cannot afford any significant outage. With the support of IBM and Advent One, the migration to the Power 750 was painless.”
Gary Zuccala, Client Consultant, Advent One, said, “Performance is better, processing and response times are faster. Back-up times have halved so uptime has significantly improved. We have complete confidence that the new technology meets and surpasses Tupperware’s expectations and builds on our close, longstanding relationship.”
Con Sardellis said, “For more than 50 years Tupperware has been synonymous with quality products of the highest standard. When it came to selecting future-proofed, business-critical technology for our business, IBM was a perfect fit.”
“IBM is delighted that Tupperware is taking advantage of IBM’s three-year US $3 billion investment in POWER7 systems,” said Raj Thakur, Business Unit Executive, Systems & Technology Group, IBM Australia and New Zealand. “POWER7 systems are designed with innovative workload-optimizing technologies to not only better manage traditional applications, but also the demands of emerging applications.”
The new server environment also enabled Tupperware to reduce rack space and power consumption in its data center. The implementation was completed in October 2010.


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Stanton-Masten was president and CEO of the Everett Area Chamber of Commerce from 2001 to 2011 and served on the Washington Chamber of Commerce Executives board of directors for the past six years. She was board chairman between 2011 and 2012.
Since January, Stanton-Masten has resumed management of her own consultancy, Stanton-Masten Consulting.
“Tourism is a $16 billion industry, responsible for more than 150,000 jobs in Washington State,” Stanton-Masten said in a statement. “While building upon the successes of the WTA over the past year, we’ll be aggressively working to establish a long-term and sustainable funding model for statewide tourism marketing and promotion in the future.”
The WTA was formed in March 2011 as an effort to preserve Washington’s tourism industry after the Washington State Tourism office announced its closure for June 2011. In July 2011, the WTA became the official tourism marketing organization in the state.
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The State Bank of Viet Nam (SBV) is completing a legal framework to boost the development of digital banking and Fintech. Viet Nam’s Fintech market is estimated to worth US$9 billion in 2020, making it ASEAN’s fourth-largest market. SBV Governor Le Minh Hung made that statement at a videoconference on investment opportunities in Viet Nam in the post-COVID-19 period. Fintech, or financial technology, means the use of technology to deliver financial services and products to consumers. The rapid rise of the Fintech market in Viet Nam is made possible in no small part by the Vietnamese government’s remarkable efforts in tailoring regulations to increase banking penetration from 59% to 70% in 2017, and to shift to a non-cash payment economy with a target cash to total liquidity ratio of less than 10% by 2020. Other favorable conditions that are spurring the development of the Fintech market in Viet Nam are its vibrant e-commerce sector, which had 35.4 million users with an average spending of US$62 in 2017, and which is predicted to reach 42 million users with an average e-commerce spending of US$96 by 2021. According to Pham Xuan Hoe, deputy director of the Banking Strategy Institute, Viet Nam’s Fintech… Read full this story
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The United Progressive Alliance (UPA) is acoalition of center-left political parties in India, formed after the2004 General Election. The single largest party in the UPA is the Indian National Congress, whose president Sonia Gandhi is also the chairperson of the UPA. Subsequently the Prime Minister of India, Manmohan Singh, and the Council of Minister sare drawn from members of the UPA.
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The fact that inflation has been an area of concern for some years now is well known, but exactly what goods and services have seen prices rise most sharply? School fees, a CSO study shows, have seen the most dramatic spike over the tenure of the UPA, up 433% between March 2004 and March 2013. The chart topper is quite ironic given the much-talked about Right to Education law enacted by the UPA. The CSO study tracks rural retail prices and shows that school fees were Rs more »


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Labrinth and Mistajam to support Dizzee Rascal at Snowbombing 2012
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The area will also play host to the Eristoff Black Room – “an exclusive destination where bespoke signature drinks will be created, inspired by the artists’ from the line up.”
Example, The Vaccines, DJ Shadow, Booka Shade, Fatboy Slim and Wretch 32 are among the other names confirmed for the Snowbombing line-up, with the festival set to take place in Mayrhofen, Austria from 9-14 April.
There will be DJ sets from the likes of Chase & Status, Sub Focus, Zane Lowe and Knife Party, with Skream, Andy C, Crookers, Tensnake, DJ Yoda, High Contrast and the Jungle Brothers all set to appear as well.
The Eristoff mobile app, which can be viewed on all smartphones and tablet devices, is now available to download from www.snowbombing.mobi. The app can be saved to your home screen and once you’ve visited the site for the first time the full schedule of parties will be available on your phone offline,


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Vendor brings joy to those at Barn Festival
HASTINGS, Neb. (KSNB) - The annual fall Barn Festival has officially come to a close in Hastings.
Visitors and vendors have came from across the county and the globe to experience the event. You can find anything from clothing to home décor at Barn Fest, and one popular vendor is Barefoot in the Barn.
Owner Butch Bailey sells metal jack-o’-laterns and home defense concealment boxes. But for Butch, it’s about more than making money.
“I love seeing smiles on people’s faces and coming out here I get a lot of satisfaction out of seeing the smiles I put on with the stuff I make,” said Bailey. “It’s very satisfying in life. It’s not always about the money.””
Bailey is from McPherson, KS and for the past five years he has been at every Barn Fest. His success allowed him to retire from his 23-year career in law enforcement. He said one visitor comes to Barn Fest to browse and buy some of his work.
“A lady said she drove from Colorado, she just picked a piece up now, and she said she’s been coming here for years and she comes back here to see my stuff and that really makes me feel good, you know,” said Bailey. “Just, she’s like I don’t come back to buy anything I like looking at stuff but I come back to buy your stuffs.”
He said those kind of reactions are what it’s all about. Adding the concealed boxes he makes doesn’t come with a lock.
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This expansion comes at the back of the government’s data localisation push and the pace at which enterprises are taking in digital transformation journey.
Cloud and data centre service provider NTT Com-Netmagic Solutions is planning to open three new data centres in the coming months.
While one of them is already under construction in Mumbai, two others will come up in Chennai and Navi Mumbai.
This expansion comes at the back of the government’s data localisation push and the pace at which enterprises are taking the digital transformation journey.
Speaking to Moneycontrol, Sharad Sanghi, Managing Director and CEO, said “The data centre in Mumbai is already under construction and will be operational by June 2020.” The company is looking at Chennai and Navi Mumbai for setting up two more data centres, he added.
The company so far has set up nine centres across Mumbai, Bengaluru, Chennai and Noida, and is growing at a CAGR of 30 percent.
According to Sanghi, this demand is a result of the government's push for data localisation across sectors. “If you look at it, the rules are calling for payment providers firms’ data to be stored India,” he pointed out.
In a circular last year, the Reserve Bank of India has mandated that all payment firms should store their data in India. Companies such as Whatsapp have made arrangements to store the data for its payment service in the country.
India is also coming up with a data privacy and protection bill and draft e-commerce policy that enforces the storage of critical data within the country. In addition, in the last two years enterprises, both IT and non-IT, have migrated to cloud and adopted newer technologies such as AI and IoT. This has also increased the demand for data centres in the country.
According to reports, the data centre market in India is growing at a CAGR of 11.4 percent. The market is projected to grow from $1 billion in 2018 to $1.5 billion by 2022. Sanghi said, “In fact, amidst the general slowdown, data centres business has grown and many are looking to get into this business,” he added.
In the last two years, several global companies are setting up data centres in India. Oracle is looking to launch a data centre by this calendar year. According to reports, Colt Data Centre Services is planning to invest around $300 million.
As far as NTT Com-Netmagic is concerned,NTT , the parent company, has so far invested over Rs 2,700 crore for datacenters in India from 2014 to 2018, and there would be more investments coming in for its upcoming hyperscale datacenters.
The company's data centre business is also its largest revenue generator, accounting for about 45-50 percent of its total revenue. Its other businesses, which includes managed cloud services, account for about 30-35 percent, and network services at about 20 percent.Though the market is growing at the rapid pace, there are challenges. While there is demand, the data centre market continues to be concentrated in Mumbai due to demand and also because of its uninterrupted power supply. “That is one of the major challenges. In other parts of India, power is not reliable enough,” he added.Get access to India's fastest growing financial subscriptions service Moneycontrol Pro for as little as Rs 599 for first year. Use the code "GETPRO". Moneycontrol Pro offers you all the information you need for wealth creation including actionable investment ideas, independent research and insights & analysis For more information, check out the Moneycontrol website or mobile app.


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“Analyst Brian White of Cantor Fitzgerald is currently on a tour of technology suppliers in China and Taiwan. For day two, he met with an LCD panel maker, a display technology supplier, a component maker, and an LCD TV vendor in Taipei,” Neil Hughes reports for AppleInsider. “In his meetings, White was told by a leading display technology supplier that while the overall tablet market is softening, big things are expected from Apple’s fifth-generation iPad.”
“White’s sources made no mention of a second-generation iPad mini, leading the analyst to speculate that the device may not launch this month,” Hughes reports. “He expects the next iPad mini to sport a Retina display using Sharp’s IGZO technology.”
“Apple’s iPad refresh may be able to once again capitalize on a weakening PC market, as the supply chain indicated to White that notebook sales are soft,” Hughes reports. “Sales of traditional PCs have been slumping as consumers have instead opted to buy tablets, with Apple’s iPad lineup carrying the lion’s share of the market.”
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Seven members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations have said they will participate in talks on a new economic framework for the Indo-Pacific, known as IPEF.
Officials in these countries are currently evaluating the potential merits of IPEF.
The Philippines’ new president, Ferdinand Marcos Jr., told a press conference on Monday that he would value the new framework. Marcos said the Philippines is deeply involved in the launch of IPEF and sees itself as an important member as it wants to open up the country’s economy as much as possible.
Vietnam expressed a more cautious view.
Its Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh attended the online meeting on Monday and said his country would continue discussions with ASEAN members and relevant countries to clarify cooperation to make the framework effective. He said he will ask IPEF to bring substantial benefits to ASEAN countries, including his own.
An expert on ASEAN issues, former ISEAS fellow guest Supalak Ganjanakhundee, told NHK the region needed something to counterbalance China’s growing economic and political influence. He said the framework “is still vague, but anyway, it’s the ASEAN style: join first and negotiate later.”
IPEF’s functions do not include reducing tariffs, even if ASEAN countries want to increase their exports to the United States. Instead, the United States focused on other aspects of cooperation before the framework was launched. These include clean energy and supply chain resilience.
The expert said the IPEF could help some big countries, but it could alienate smaller ones. ASEAN members can try to gauge how much the framework can actually help their respective economies.


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LAS VEGAS --- As its wireless competitors have done recently with non-owned premium OTT platforms, AT&T will bundle its forthcoming owned-HBO Max service in packages for its wireless customers.
Speaking at the Citi 2020 Global TMT West Conference on Wednesday during the Consumer Electronics Show, John Stephens, senior executive vp/chief financial officer of AT&T, said:
“I kind of look at my competitors on the wireless side and see one of them bundling Netflix [T-Mobile] and you see another one bundling Disney [Verizon] and I get that... I actually smile because it reinforces our thought processes on HBO Max.”
Unlike T-Mobile and Verizon, of course, AT&T owns both a premium TV digital service, HBO Max (through its WarnerMedia unit) and broadband/mobile services.
For some time now, T-Mobile has been offering free Netflix to its broadband/wireless customers who have two or more mobile lines. Verizon recently struck a promotion deal in November in offering a free initial year of Disney+ to its customers. The latter helped Disney+ launch with 10 million-plus subscribers.
Stephens said: “We'll have HBO Max coming out, and we'll have tremendous packages for our wireless customers to bundle with those,” but did not provide details.
AT&T has said it is making an initial TV/movie content production investment of $1.5 billion to $2 billion for HBO Max.
AT&T has already said it will offer HBO Max to around 10 million existing HBO subscribers on AT&T distribution platforms at no additional charge. HBO Max launches in May 2020 at $14.99 a month.


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China’s Road to Dominance: How it Plans to Leave Japan in the Dust as the World’s Top Car Exporter
According to the report, China is quickly closing the gap with Japan in terms of car sales. In the June quarter alone, there was an average shortfall of around 70,000 vehicles per month, significantly less than the almost 171,000 shortfall recorded during the same period last year. This shows a positive trend for China’s automotive industry and highlights its potential for continued growth.
According to economists at Moody’s, China is poised to surpass Japan by the end of this year, marking a significant development in the global rankings. Japan has held onto this coveted position since 2019. The rapid pace of China’s growth is a testament to its impressive progress and potential for future success.
Moody’s economists have confidently stated that China is poised to surpass Japan on the global ranking by the end of this year. This prediction marks a significant shift in the longstanding position that Japan has held since 2019.
According to a recent report from the credit ratings agency, China has been making significant advancements in the car industry. Despite the challenges of the pandemic, China managed to surpass both South Korea and Germany, emerging as the second-largest car exporter. This impressive feat has certainly caught everyone’s attention and showcases China’s growing influence in the global automotive market.
China’s electric vehicle (EV) industry has witnessed remarkable growth in the first half of 2023. EV export receipts have doubled compared to the same period last year, showcasing China’s dominance in this market. In contrast, Japan and Thailand are still struggling to rebound from the impact of the pandemic, as their overall auto exports, including both traditional vehicles and EVs, have not yet reached pre-pandemic levels. This further highlights China’s strong position as a global leader in the EV sector.
China has undeniably established itself as a dominant force in lithium-ion battery cell production. This advantage has not gone unnoticed, with Moody’s recognizing it as a significant factor that contributes to the competitive edge of Chinese car manufacturers in terms of producing electric vehicles at lower costs.


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Media company Jungle Creations is the latest publisher building its own products. It’s now seeing encouraging results: In November, it made $1 million (£900,000) selling personalized socks featuring people’s pets.
And it’s not stopping at socks.
The socks are part of Lovimals, a product line of bags, towels, mugs and socks that come with bespoke illustrations of buyers’ pets. Animal lovers can buy a pair of socks for £24 ($26.57).
The publisher, which makes content across six media brands on social media, said it was an opportunity to capitalize on people’s obsession with their pets.
Jungle Creations owes much of its growth to Facebook. Its flagship brand, VT, had close to a billion views on Facebook in November, according to Tubular Labs. But over the last year, it’s been looking beyond the social network and online ads to drive revenue, launching offline ventures like a bar and delivery-only restaurants, featuring popular recipes from social media.
“We want to make sure that people can experience our brands offline, we want to deepen that relationship,” said CEO Jamie Bolding.
Building these products, which it began thinking about in the summer, is a way for Jungle to prove it has the content-creation and marketing chops to stand out from the reams of other direct-to-consumer brands coursing through Facebook and Instagram feeds. The five people working on creating content for Lovimals shoot hundreds of different creative for different targeting options. Instagram Stories is its most effective sales channel for conversion, said Bolding, adding that 35 percent of sales for Lovimals are made through Instagram, 70 percent of which is from Instagram Stories.
“We’re taking what we know — how to garner huge views and conversion organically — and applying that to paid,” he said. “As platforms mature and more content flocks to the feed they become more pay-to-play, and the algorithm benefits more organic style-content in the paid space. Encouraging organic engagement on Facebook and Instagram drives down CPMs.”
About 85 percent of Lovimals’ marketing spend is going on Facebook and Instagram. Social media has cut out the middlemen for brands and publishers selling their wares. Saturation has led some DTC brands to avoid social media for more traditional types of advertising. Equally, building lasting brands on social is being questioned — slipper brand Mahabis recently went into administration — but striking on popular but seasonal social trends makes sense if there’s margin to be made.
The company’s also selling other products: 60 percent of the sales are for the socks, and the average basket price is £42 ($53.65). It plans to launch people-themed personalized products in time for Valentine’s Day plus some other half a dozen e-commerce product lines over the next year, depending on popular social media trends. If it’s relevant, Jungle will attach a new product to a current media brand, a second cookbook related to food-based channel Twisted — with 283 million Facebook views in November, per Tubular — will launch this year. Or launch it from scratch, like Lovimals.
November would have been a busy month ahead of Christmas, and sales dipped when Jungle halted marketing spend mid-December, but Bolding is confident February will reach the $1 million mark again. The company said it expects to make £10 million ($11 million) from e-commerce this year from a projection of £26 million ($28.8 million) in total revenue. In 2018, it made £16 million ($17.7 million) in revenue, 25 percent from e-commerce, (including affiliate deals and product extensions like the Twisted cookbook), the rest from advertising.
In October, 50 percent of publishers polled by Digiday said they expect revenues from e-commerce to grow in 2019, 5 percent said it would decrease. It’s an increasingly crowded space that relies on combinations of scale and an authoritative brand. Beyond selling products, diversifying publishers are building product labs to create products themselves or with advertisers, partly to prove that their media brands and creative content studios are capable of driving sales for clients. The rationale is they have access to potential customers, audience insight, content creation and marketing abilities. Bolding said Jungle is in discussions with clients but couldn’t divulge any details.
“Most publishers I meet are actively talking about how to do this now, but not everyone has worked out how,” said Dan Wood, head of partnerships at Mediacom. “The more frequent conversation is about licensing, but more progressive publishers are talking about it.”
Eight people work in Jungle’s e-commerce division, five creating content and three on operations to deal with suppliers, distribution and customer service, mostly new skills to the business, which currently stands at 140 globally.
“There’s a low barrier to entry in e-commerce, the development in platforms and off the shelf tech means we can take advantage of that,” said Bolding, adding that Lovimals launched as an experiment. No doubt selling a pair of novelty socks is one thing, partnering with established brands with valuable equity would require more due diligence. “This is the lowest barrier-to-entry stuff; it’s fun, quick and fairly easy.” He added, “This is the first stage before we develop more serious products.”
Image: courtesy of Lovimals via Facebook.
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Taxi segment to drive ComfortDelGro’s 2022 profit higher: analyst
UOB Kay Hian expects CD’s taxi business to post a 149% YoY increase in operating profit.
With taxi ridership seeing growing demand amidst eased restrictions, UOB Kay Hian said ComfortDelGro’s (CD) transport business will likely drive the company’s full-year profit higher in 2022.
In a report, the analyst said it expects CD’s taxi segment to post a 149% YoY increase in operating profit to S$46m, assuming that the average utilised fleet for the year is at 8,300 and the daily rental rate is at $90.
Given the expected huge increase in CD’s transport segment and the expansion of its bus services in Australia, UOB Kay Hian increased its 2022-24 profit after taxation and minority interests (PATMI) by 2% to 3%.
“For every 100 increase/drop in utilised taxis from 8,300, it would increase/decrease our 2022 PATMI forecast and target price by 0.8% and S$0.01 respectively,” the analyst said.
To assure improvement of its taxi business, UOB kay Hian said CD should increase and extend incentives for their tax drivers.
The analyst said CD has been “largely unsuccessful in attracting new drivers or getting taxi drivers to return as many drivers have exited the industry completely.”
UOB Kay Hian added that most taxi drivers also jumped to CD’s ride-hailing competitors like Grab and Go-Jek due to their lower daily rental rates and greater incentives.
“Grab’s and Go-Jek’s cheaper daily rental rates make it easier and quicker for drivers to break even, a vital factor most drivers consider,” the analyst said.


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Google began taking pre-orders for the Android One Moto X4 on Project Fi after the phone’s debut last month. Now the company has shared an update on the Android One Moto X4’s status, and it’s not great news.
Google says that a “production delay” has pushed back the ship date for the Android One Moto X4 on Project Fi. Many pre-order customers have received this message from Google along with a new estimated ship date of between October 18th and October 25th, a delay of a week or two.
There’s no word on exactly what the “production delay” affecting the Android One Moto X4 is.
Pre-order customers that are planning on trading in a device with their pre-order will still have a full 30 days to send their old phone after the delivery of their Android One Moto X4.
It’s always disappointing when a new phone is delayed, and I’m sure customers that pre-ordered this Android One Moto X4 are bummed. While these delays are huge, they do mean that it’ll be at least a few extra days before some pre-order customers get their shiny new phone. Here’s to hoping that Google’s got this mysterious “production delay” under control now.


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It’s all in the name when it comes to Subaru’s flagship vehicle, the Outback.
Something very special is coming to Adelaide BMW this Saturday…. the first ever M2 Coupe.
An emergency trip to the dentist drives the theme of this latest review of a pigeon-pair of sedans out of the Subaru stable, the Liberty Premium and Liberty 3.6R.
In a growing SUV market, this family man stands out from the crowd!
Winding back the clock can be a good thing. Toyota, whether or not they meant to do it, have done a good thing.


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New Delhi, Dec 15 () The country's exports
dipped 8.74 per cent to USD 23.52 billion in November on account of contraction in shipments of key sectors like petroleum, engineering, chemicals and gems and jewellery, official data showed on Tuesday. Trade deficit
during the month narrowed to USD 9.87 billion as imports
too declined by 13.32 per cent to USD 33.39 billion, the data showed.
During April-November 2020-21, exports dropped by 17.76 per cent to USD 173.66 billion, while imports contracted by 33.55 per cent to USD 215.69 billion.
Trade deficit stood at USD 42 billion for the first eight months of the fiscal as compared to USD 113.42 billion in the same period last year.
Oil imports in November dropped by 43.36 per cent to USD 6.27 billion.


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For those who run an NVIDIA graphics card on a Windows 8 installation, fear not, a set of WHQL-certified NVIDIA GeForce drivers are set to be released soon. Best of all, these drivers are set to be Windows 8 certified as well. This comes just in time for the release of Windows 8 Release Preview.
“The new Windows 8 WHQL-certified GeForce R302 drivers will be available for download early next week from GeForce.com (Note: R302 drivers will be Windows 8 only. Other Windows operating systems will continue to use R300 drivers),” NVIDIA stated. These new drivers will suport all features that comes with the new Windows Display Driver Model (WDDM 1.2) and support 3D Vision and 3DTV Play. These drivers will be labeled as GeForce R302 and will be available early next week.


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KUCHING: The government’s decision to reinstate inter-state travel is another step in the right direction towards economic recovery, opines Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (Unimas) economic lecturer Dr Afiza Abu Bakar.
She said the decision was taken to find a compromise between boosting the economy and ensuring public health and safety.
She added that the move would be beneficial to the economy as a whole, and particularly to the distribution and retail sectors.
“Such a step would also assist in reviving the tourism sector and accelerating economic recovery.
“This will increase business, social and leisure travel, aligning with the government’s goal of increasing domestic tourism.”
Having said that, Afiza noted that it was still difficult to tell whether the economy would recover quickly.
“In order to keep track of the number of positive cases, we must follow them throughout the next several months.
“Additionally, allowing inter-state travel may have an impact on the figures and this is what we need to monitor closely before deciding on the momentum of the economic recovery from inter-state travel.”
While significant progress had been made towards ensuring safe inter-state travel, she admitted that the situation was far from over, adding that administration, coordination and digitisation of inter-state travel-related risk-reduction measures, such as testing, tracking, and vaccination certificates, were critical to promoting safe travel and preparing for economic recovery once circumstances permit.
“Allowing inter-state travel is a brave initiative. However, if we want to further allow inter-state travel, we must likewise be prepared to receive passengers at the borders or airports.
“In addition, computerised methods of border management are required. It is only through modern digital border technology, which is integrated between airlines and government agencies, that we will be able to meet the challenges of Covid-19.
“This technology will allow us to respond quickly to changing events or circumstances and to check and monitor a traveller’s security status when they check-in.”
Afiza also opined that the people must embrace new digital methods of functioning at the border in order to increase the people’s trust while also keeping the virus spread under control.


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E-commerce merchants can now trade approximately 40 cryptocurrencies through the global payment platform Nuvei.
According to the announcement, merchants who work with a payment service provider can use a variety of cryptocurrencies to send and receive payments in 200 countries, including high-performance Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH), and lesser known cryptocurrencies such as Reddcoin and Bitcoin Gold. And even Dogecoin is highly volatile (DOGE).
Nuvei clients can use Ripple (XRP) despite recent legal issues regarding the asset and its subsequent removal from major exchanges.
Commenting on the launch, Philip Fire, CEO and President of Nuvei, described the company’s support for cryptocurrencies as “empowering our customers, large and small, with convenient payments and greater opportunities to participate in the global market.”
The announcement also claims that crypto transactions will provide “enhanced security, privacy and safety” for Nuvei users over traditional payment methods. However, many Nuvei-backed cryptocurrencies have been attacked by 51% in the past.
Nuvei handled nearly $ 14 billion from vendors in the fourth quarter of 2020, and the company processed $ 43 billion through 2020.
Nuvei’s announcement comes amid increasing competition between traditional payment providers in the crypto sector.
On March 29, Visa announced a pilot program that allowed all of its partners to use the Ethereum blockchain to settle financial transactions. The solution uses USDC to clean up transactions.
Paypal announced late last year that it would start offering users cryptocurrency services, including the ability to buy and trade them.
On March 22nd, the US online shopping app Buyaladdin announced that it would begin accepting BTC and ETH in many malls in South Korea.


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GM launches in-house Li-ion battery production for Spark EV
Brownstown, Mich., plant will build battery system for 2015 Chevrolet Spark EV sub-compact
DETROIT—General Motors Co. (GM) is bringing all of its electric vehicle battery building in-house, launching production of the lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery packs for the 2015 Chevrolet Spark EV at a plant in Michigan.
According to the automaker, production of the Li-ion packs for the Spark EV will take place at its battery assembly plant in Brownstown, Mich., south of Detroit.
The plant recently received a US$65-million makeover to support next-generation electric vehicle battery production as part of a larger US$449-million investment in GM’s Michigan operations.
The Spark EV battery system is built on a dedicated line at the Brownstown plant using 192 Li-ion cells produced by LG Chem Ltd. at its facility in Holland, Mich.
The line also builds battery packs for the Chevrolet Volt, Opel Ampera and Cadillac ELR.
The GM-built battery system has an overall storage capacity of 19 kWh.
“Our successful working relationship with LG Chem has allowed us to deliver a new battery system for the Spark EV that helps us to better leverage our economies of scale,” executive director of GM global transmission and electrification engineering Larry Nitz said in a statement.
What’s more, the new battery pack for the 2015 Spark EV is lighter than than the one used in the 2014 model, according to GM.
With a total system weight of 474 lbs., the battery pack is 86 lbs. lighter than the system found in the 2014 Spark EV.
A GM spokesperson said the previous model year’s battery pack was built by a third-party supplier in the United States.
Changes in battery design will not affect the Spark’s miles per gallon equivalent (MPGe) performance or electric driving range compared to the 2014 model, the automaker said.
Electric range will remain at a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)-rated 82 miles, or 132 kilometres, and MPGe will remain at 119.
The Spark EV is currently only sold in California and Oregon.
GM’s 479,000-sq.ft. Brownstown plant is a landfill-free facility.
Mass production started there in October 2010, making it the first high-volume Li-ion battery manufacturing site in the U.S. operated by a major automaker.


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Risk of last-minute cancellation ‘chaos’ as UK holidaymakers hoard bookings
Consumers are booking stays at two or more hotels offering fully flexible cancellation, industry says
Many UK holidaymakers are booking stays at two or more hotels with a view to cancelling all but one at the 11th hour, prompting fears among accommodation businesses of last-minute cancellation “chaos”.
Avvio, a hotel technology provider, said its data showed that UK hotel cancellation rates were running at “scarily low” levels as consumers – some of whom would ideally like to travel abroad – hedged their bets and hoarded bookings.
Source: Business – The Guardian


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Tag Archives: sony
Sony has released a brand new live action TV spot for InFamous: Second Son on PS4. It shows an army of people surrounding the main character, then shows him launching himself into the air to strike down a mini earthquake.
Sony has wrapped up a deal to sell their Tokyo buildings for $156 million today. More details and information can be found here. Thanks Anti for the tip!
InFamous: Second Son brand director Ken Schramm has told Videogamer that Sucker Punch will not be releasing a demo for the title for the their game.
Ubisoft and Sony have worked out an exclusive deal for the PS3 and PS4 versionsof Watch Dogs. Players on the PS3 and PS4 will receive one hour of extra content on Sony’s platforms. Consumers will also have the option of a Watch Dogs PS4 or PS3 bundle on May 27th. Get the pack in shots below.
Square Enix has uploaded a brand new TV commercial for Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD Remaster. Check it out past the link.
Sony has uploaded two brand new gameplay clips of Guacamelee! Super Turbo Championship Edition on PS4. Check out both of them below.
Big news guys. Jack Tretton will step down as President and CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment by April 1st. Sony Network Entertainment International EVP COO Shawn Layden will be the new CEO and President taking Tretton’s place. Tretton issued a statement on the change below.
With InFamous Second Son going gold, Sucker Punch has begun to develop DLC for the title. Sucker Punch developer Nate Fox has confirmed that additional DLC is in the works. In an interview with PSSite, Fox outs the DLC news.
Sony shows off what PlayStation Plus members can look forward to in March across the PS4, PS Vita, and PS3. There are some pretty good games like Tomb Raider and Dead Nation.
XSEED has confirmed on their Facebook page that they have “no plans” to localized Valhalla Knights 3 Gold for the PS Vita. The multiplayer PS Vita RPG received some really bizarre Japanese promos last month. PS Vita owners can pick up Toukiden instead. Via: VG247, Source: Siliconera
Sony has released some brand new trailers for the DLC maps in Killzone Shadow Fall on PS4. Watch them below.
Sony has updated the PSN stores across the PS Vita, PS3, and PS4 with a variety of new titles. South Park: The Stick of Truth and Hatsune Miku Project Diva f lead the way. Get the full update over at the PS Blog EU. Thanks Anti!
The Uncharted series creative director and writer Amy Hennig has resigned from her position with Naughty dog after serving ten years.
Sony has released a brand new story trailer for Freedom Wars on the PS Vita. The game is looking quite good. Check out this trailer below.
Killzone Shadow Fall’s single-player campaign is native 1080p at all times, but it seems the multiplayer is not. According Eurogamer, the multiplayer portion of the game runs at 960×1080. More details can be found here and here. Thanks ddd64ds for the tip!
SEGA has released a brand new launch trailer for Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA f on the PS Vita. Check it out below.
Sony has announced that the PS4 has sold more than 6 million units worldwide, with 370,000 units sold so far in Japan since launching on February 22nd. **Update** Anti wanted me to note that the press release says “Number of retail sales to consumers is estimated by SCEI. PS4 sales data in Japan collected 2/22/2014 –3/2/2014. PS4 sales data in North America, Europe and Latin America collected 11/15/2013 – 3/1/2014, and in Asia collected 11/29/2013 –3/1/2014.”
FEZ has been announced for the PS3, PS Vita, and PS4. The PS Blog US says the game will be released on March 25th on PSN. More details and information can be viewed on the PS Blog. Thanks Emufred for the tip!
Freedom Wars is one of the more notable titles hitting the PS Vita this year in Japan. The game’s producer Junichi Yoshizawa has revealed the game has been in development for over three years.
Sony and Guerrilla Games have announced that Killzone Shadow Fall’s multiplayer will be free for one week starting on March 4th. So that means anybody with a PS4, internet connection, and a copy of Killzone Shadow Fall can take advantage of the free multiplayer modes tomorrow, and running through the March 11th. . Via: VG247, Source: Killzone Blog
The PlayStation Blogcast has revealed some of the upcoming content coming to the PlayStation Network this Tuesday in North America. The headliner seems to be Dead Nation: Apocalypse Edition which is free with PS Plus on PS4. Get the full list below.
Games. it from Italy is claiming that Sony is planning to release an Uncharted Collection for the PS4 in 2014. All the details and games can be found past the link.
Naughty Dog is currently finishing up the last piece of DLC for The Last of Us and has detailed what the DLC will include. Players can expect new maps, skins, and skills for multiplayer, along with a brand new single-player difficulty mode.
WSJ is reporting that Sony is planning to sell their old Tokyo Headquarters and surrounding buildings due to their struggling consumer electronics business. The reported sale of the building will go for $146.5 million or 15 billion yen. More details and information can be found at WSJ. Thanks Anti.
Tecmo Koei has released a brand new launch trailer for Atelier Escha & Logy: Alchemists of the Dusk Sky. Check it out below.
Tecmo Koei has released a brand new graphics comparison of Dynasty Warriors 8: Xtreme Legend Complete Edition on the PS3 and PS4. See the four-minute video below.
Sony has unveiled the PlayStation Plus ‘free games’ lineup for March across all of their platforms. See the video below.
A rumor broke out that Natural Doctrine has been delayed to April, and Kadokawa Games has confirmed just that. The Sony platform exclusive will now release this April, instead of March 19th like planned. Kadokawa Games stated that the delay was in order to improve the multiplayer for the game. Via: Gaming Everything, Famitsu, Source: N-Doctrine, Thanks Anti for the tip!
Sony and Ready at Dawn have released a brand new behind-the-scenes look into The Order: 1886. Check it out past the link.


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Locally Made Otts Poppy Seed Dressing
WEBB CITY, MO.--- Farmers from around the Joplin area are now selling nearly all summer produce items. That includes sweet corn, tomatoes, melons, mushrooms and even lettuce. The farmer's market features other locally-made products, one of them being Otts Poppy Seed Dressing.
People sampled the famous dressing using cantaloup. Employees of the Otts company explained the various fruits and vegetables that should be paired with the dressing. Sales Manager Stacey Larson says this is the company's first time at the farmer's market and they are making it known they are a Missouri-made product.
"We are a family owned business and that we're right here locally. When you're buying products, when your think of dressings, that you think of local. Also, when you look at the grocery stores as well," said Stacey Larsen, Sales Manager at Otts.
Larson says they will continue to participate in the farmer's market if there are recipes that can use their products.


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A long-term AI research project led by Facebook, known as Ego4D, will help in the development of computer vision and AI technologies that help users interact with the world from a first-person perspective.
This will be achieved through a “massive-scale egocentric video dataset” which, according to researchers, “includes 3,025 hours of daily life activity video spanning hundreds of scenarios (household, outdoor, workplace, leisure, etc.) captured by 855 unique camera wearers.”
While the company says that “next-generation AI will need to learn from videos that show the world from the center of the action,” it stated its belief that AI, which understands the world from this “egocentric perspective,” could help make “immersive glasses” such as augmented reality (AR) glasses and virtual reality (VR) headsets as useful as smartphones.
Although Tech news site The Verge expressed concern about the apparent lack of privacy safeguards in the Ego4D project, Facebook assured that such safeguards would be implemented in the development of applications.
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IMC bid to relocate dairies fails
AFTER FOUR years of locking horns with cattle owners, the Indore Municipal Corporation (IMC) has finally ceded defeat in the battle to relocate dairies to the City outskirts.india Updated: Sep 14, 2006 13:56 IST
AFTER FOUR years of locking horns with cattle owners, the Indore Municipal Corporation (IMC) has finally ceded defeat in the battle to relocate dairies to the City outskirts.
Despairing of being able to persuade them to shift out of the City centre, the Corporation has decided to cancel plots allotted to cattle owners in Gwala Colony - the area designated for resettling dairies.
The cancellation will be carried out in a phased manner with over 130 allotments to be revoked in the first instalment. Simultaneously, the Corporation has stepped up pressure by launching an intensive campaign to round up cows and buffaloes found loitering in the streets.
More than 50 strays were rounded up on the night intervening Monday and Tuesday although the campaign could not be carried out on Tuesday as the administration was busy defusing the tension in Toda.
It may be recalled that dairy owners were allotted plots for Rs 1 lakh at Gwala Colony near Chhota Bangadda by the Corporation in a bid to encourage relocation.
Quick to take advantage of the offer over 150 dairy owners took possession of the land after paying anywhere between Rs 12-15,000. However, instead of relocating their businesses to the site they rented out the plots after constructing sheds and rooms.
When IMC began pressing for payment the dairy owners simply ignored the demands. Peeved, the Corporation recently issued a final notice warning that the allotment would be cancelled if they didn’t cough up the remaining Rs 90,000.
Faced with this ultimatum a contingent of cattle owners did turn up at the IMC headquarters. Although not with cash or cheques, as the IMC had hoped, but a long list of excuses stating why they could not make the payments.
Finally losing patience with the intransigent owners the IMC administration decided to cancel the allotments. “Formal orders for the cancellation of plots at Gwala Colony are likely to be issued within a day or two,” admitted a senior IMC official.
First Published: Sep 14, 2006 13:56 IST


text: I just can't help notice that there is a lot of negative press in the same exact way that there was around the iPod and iPhone launches. When the iPod launched, people scoffed at the hard-drive size, the software required, the connection capabilities, and the fact that nobody really wanted MP3 players. The iPod was a breakout hit that revolutionized the MP3 market. When the iPhone launched, people scoffed at the touch interface, the lack of a physical keyboard (sound familiar?), that it 'couldn't do anything my smartphone can't, the lack of Flash (sound familiar?), multitask, or the cost. The iPhone was a breakout hit that revolutionized not just the smartphone market, but the entire way people thought about portable computing. The iPad has been announced, people are scoffing at the interface, the lack of a physical keyboard, the lack of flash, multitasking, and the cost. With Apple's track record, do you think they know something about their target audience, and will the iPad follow the trend and revolutionize the market? I think it's deja vu over again, and the cynics just have short memories of what happened about the last scoffed Apple devices. I think the iPad will be at least as revolutionary as those devices, but instead of revolutionizing an existing market, it'll create an entire new one. Yes, I'm buying one for the record, if that weren't obvious.


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Vivo is coming back with its next NEX smartphone very soon. This smartphone is going to be called the Vivo NEX 3 and will succeed the Vivo NEX. Vivo has now confirmed that it will launch the Vivo NEX 3 on September 16 for the global market. The India launch timeline of the Vivo NEX 3 is yet to be revealed by the company. For now, there's no confirmation whether the smartphone will even hit the Indian stores or not. Ahead of the launch the full specs sheet of the Vivo NEX 3 has been leaked.
We have been hearing about the upcoming Vivo NEX 3 and its seamless "Waterfall screen" for a long time now. A new leak re-confirms that the Vivo NEX 3 will come with Waterfall display that will offer a screen resolution of 2256 x 1080 pixels and offer 99.6 per cent screen-to-body ratio. The NEX 3 will be the first smartphone from the Chinese smartphone manufacturer to come with such a display. Alongside the Vivo NEX 3, the company is also set to launch a 5G version of the Vivo NEX 3 called the Vivo NEX 3 on the slated date -- Sept 16.
Vivo NEX 3 leaked specs
All-in-all the Vivo NEX 3 will be a big upgrade over its predecessor. The leak suggests that the Vivo NEX 3 will come with a 6.89-inch display that offers a screen resolution of 2256 x 1080 pixels and 99.6 per cent screen-to-body ratio. The leaked specs sheet further reveals that the Vivo NEX 3 will come with 16MP selfie camera and triple camera setup on the back panel. On the rear panel, the Vivo NEX 3 will come with a primary 64MP sensor, secondary 13MP sensor and third is a 13MP sensor. On the hardware front, the Vivo NEX 3 will be powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 Plus. This will be the first smartphone from Vivo to come with Snapdragon 855 Plus.
The leak further suggests that the Vivo NEX 3 will come with up to 12GB RAM and up to 512GB of internal storage. All-in-all the Vivo NEX 3 will come in two RAM versions -- 8GB and 12GB and three storage versions -- 128GB, 256GB and 512GB. The smartphone is said to sport 4500mAh battery setup bundled with 44W fast charging support. The phone will include 3.5m headphone jack, USB Type C port in-display fingerprint sensor, NFC support, Glass body, among other things. The Vivo NEX 3 will come with 4G support. The Vivo NEX 3 5G will be the 5G version of the smartphone.