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Deep Silver has tried in the past to explain just what separates Dead Island: Epidemic from the other games in the rapidly-growing MOBA genre. But for those still scratching their heads over what exactly a "ZOMBA" even is, the publisher is helping out with a new gameplay video for their free-to-play PC romp.
The latest video shows off the series' recognizable zombie types, as well as players wielding a variety of weapons through a standard WASD control scheme. It also highlights the game's various cooperative game types, as well as its competitive mode that sees two teams of humans attempting to off each other, while also braving the zombie menace.
To get an overview of what Dead Island: Epidemic has to offer, watch the video below. Closed beta sign-ups are currently available through the Dead Island Episode homepage.
Ozzie Mejia posted a new article, Dead Island: Epidemic gameplay video explains just what a ZOMBA is.
So how does this "ZOMBA" thing work? Deep Silver is here to explain it to you with a new gameplay video for Dead Island: Epidemic.


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We are pleased to announce the promotion of Katherine Johnson to director of brand strategy.
In the role, Katherine will work directly with agency executives and serve as the high-level brand planner and marketing strategist for all clients, as well as assist with brand messaging on a daily basis. She will also play a critical role in internal business growth, marketing, and employee initiatives.
Katherine started with us in August of 2017 as a senior account manager, bringing a diverse resume of experience in marketing and communications across a variety of industries, including hospitality, entertainment and healthcare.
Stoltz President Jaime Ekman said the promotion was well-deserved and hard-earned.
“Promoting Katherine to director of brand strategy formalizes a role she’s been filling for many months now,” Ekman said. “Katherine’s ability to identify a brand’s unique place in the market, and distill their messaging into simple, powerful words is a gift, and one that we’re lucky to offer our clients.”
Johnson is a University of Idaho Vandal and has worked in the Boise area for nearly a decade. She’s a proud Idahoan and pours that passion into growing Idaho brands. Read more about her here.


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As Vietnam joined the World Trade Organization in 2006, cleaner industrial production has challenged domestic enterprises, which are seeking to improve their competitiveness.
The competitiveness is not only affected by product prices and quality, but also by factors relating to corporate attitudes towards social issues and the environment. Access to cleaner production will be a tool and an opportunity for Vietnam’s industrial sector to sharpen its competitiveness.
Environmental pollution is a pressing issue, particularly in river basins, industrial zones, urban areas and craft villages, while more complex cases of violations of laws on environmental protection are reported. In Vietnam, nearly 4,000 bases, including 1,500 craft villages and 200 industrial zones, are seriously damaging the environment. The discharge of untreated waste water and emission remain uncontrolled, affecting business climate and lives of people in adjacent areas. Therefore, the application cleaner industrial production is necessary.
To cope with the situation, The Prime Minister has issued Decision 1419/QD-TTG on the “Cleaner Production in Industry Strategy until 2020”, which aims to raise awareness of 90% industrial bases about the benefits of clean production.
According to the strategy which was recently approved by the Prime Minister, the widespread application clean production will help effectively use natural resources, fuels, and materials, while minimizing emission, protecting the environment and people’s health and ensuring sustainable development.
By 2020, 50% of industrial bases will apply cleaner production, saving between 8-13% of consumption of energy, fuel and materials; 90% of medium and large enterprises will establish a body to oversee cleaner production; 90% of Departments for Industry and Trade will have competent personnel to give guidelines on cleaner production for enterprises.
More support for cleaner production in industry
Five projects will be carried out from now until 2020 to enhance awareness and capacity; operate the database and a website; improve a network of organizations supporting clean production; finalize financial policies for cleaner industrial production.
In addition, the strategy requires that cleaner production should be integrated with industrial development strategies and plans. A network to certify the application of cleaner production for enterprises should be established on a voluntary basis.
The linkage between research institutes, colleges and industrial production bases should be strengthened to help transfer and apply cleaner technology.
The State provides credit support for projects on cleaner production in industry; encourages individual and organizations to invest in environmentally-friendly technology.
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This week SDL announced the release of Digital Experience Accelerator (DXA) 2.0, after already making available two “Community Technology Preview” releases last year. Among several other changes, DXA 2.0 introduces the DXA Model Service, a Content Delivery microservice supporting the R2 data model. The new release is another milestone towards fully merging DD4T and DXA, as announced at Tridion Developer Summit in 2016.
All I want for Christmas is… a new release of DD4T! Today a new version of DD4T is released by the community. Continue reading
The next SDL Web (Tridion) Benelux User Group meeting will take place on September 14 at Trivident in Amsterdam. Exactly 1 year after the meetup at Tahzoo (now EPAM) in Delft it’s time again to meet fellow developers, get inspired and get your questions answered. Speakers will be announced soon. Dinner and drinks will be provided by Trivident.


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A new inexpensive hotel will open in Kansai International Airport in March 2017 in the style of a capsule hotel.
Guests to the tentatively named First Cabin Kansai Airport in the Aeroplaza complex near terminal 1 building can stay in mini booth-type rooms, designed for passengers hoping to get a few hours’ rest before a flight. A stay will cost as little as ¥5,000 per person.
From the look of the initially released images, First Cabin has chosen a design for the reception and lounge that presents a modern take on a classically Japanese aesthetic. Although the guest rooms are more like cubicles, the model of the hotel is very similar to that of capsule hotels, which are making a comeback.
Kansai Airport, or KIX, has been operating 24 hours a day since a second runway opened in 2007, and passengers will benefit from using the inexpensive rest facility ahead of flights departing late at night or early in the morning.
The Tokyo-based operator plans to set up 153 “cabins” and a large communal bath. It will use space previously used by Hotel Nikko for meeting rooms on the land-strapped airport, which is built on an artificial island.
Long the lonely retreat of the desperate or intrepid budget traveler, capsule hotels were almost driven to extinction in recent times by the onset of cheaper options such as all-night internet cafes with shower facilities.
But instead of fading into redundancy, capsule hotels fought back, trading on their fame and unique concept. And so luxury and designer capsules were born, most notable the 9 Hours franchise that today has a branch in Narita Airport.
Capsule hotels are also associated mostly with male guests, though some would have female-only floors. To capture the new, chic demographic, the hotels are now paying more attention to women guests. A new, upmarket capsule hotel exclusively for women opened in Shibuya earlier this year.


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Palletways Bristol has invested £8,000 in five new electric pump trucks as demand for tail lift deliveries continues to grow. The firm, which is owned by Palletways, said the new pump trucks, supplied by SHS Handling, would help drive down the risk of accidents and reduce driver fatigue. General manager Paul Evans said: “Tail-lift deliveries can be physically demanding for drivers and this new equipment will assist them with their day-to-day activities.” The vehicles are semi-electric, which helps reduce driver […]
Palletways has struck a major logistics support deal with Rochford Garden Machinery. The pallet network will deliver goods on behalf of the garden machinery distributor to garden centres and retailers across the country.
Palletways Fulfilment, the warehousing arm of the pallet network, has won a contract with OrganiCulture, a distributor and retailer of organic products from Italy.


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The Board of Directors of Guinness Nigeria Plc. has appointed Mr. John Musunga as its Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer.
In a Notice to the Nigerian Exchange Limited on Tuesday, the Board said the appointment will take effect from 1st of November 2022.
Musunga’s appointment followed the retirement of the current MD/CEO, Mr. Baker Magunda from Diageo Plc after over 23 years of service.
Magunda’s resignation from the Board of Guinness Nigeria Plc takes effect from 31st October 2022.
The new MD/CEO, Musunga, is the current Managing Director, Kenya Breweries Limited, a subsidiary of EABL.
The new MD brings to the Board extensive experience in business transformation within the consumer goods industry, having previously held leadership roles across Commercial, Sales and Marketing positions in GlaxoSmithKline Plc within Sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, and Eastern Europe.
Musunga joined Diageo in March 2021.
The Board is optimistic that the leadership of the company would be further strengthened through Musunga’s invaluable experience and passion in developing strong talent and in driving overall business transformation through sustainable growth and delivery of value to stakeholders.
Magunda, who until his resignation served as the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of the company, was appointed to the Board of Guinness Nigeria Plc in July 2018.
The company said: “Magunda has been a truly valuable leader in Diageo and Guinness Nigeria who has led and inspired a remarkable turnaround in the fortunes of Guinness Nigeria evidenced most recently by the Company’s recent phenomenal 2022 audited results.
“The Board of Guinness Nigeria expresses its appreciation to Mr. Magunda for his service, his strong and passionate leadership, strategic focus and contribution to the growth and success of the company and wishes him all the best in his future endeavours.”


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The Alaska International Airport System has the most liberalized air cargo transfer rights in the United States. Air carriers can create new opportunities for global cargo logistics and integrated alliance partner networks by taking advantage of expanded cargo transfer rights at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport (ANC). As of January 2004, a new law permits air cargo to or from a foreign country to be transferred to another airline in Alaska without being considered to have broken its international journey.
In 1996, the USDOT (USDOT Docket OST 96-1600) granted Anchorage International Airport the following expanded air cargo transfer rights:
In 1999 the USDOT, in the matter of Expanded Air Services at Alaska International Airports, expanded transfer rights further by:
As of January 2004, a new initiative was approved in the U.S. to expand air cargo transfer rights at ANC to their logical conclusion. The new law allows the carriage of international origin or destination cargo on foreign air carrier aircraft between Alaska and other points in the US in the course of continuing international transportation. These expanded air cargo transfer rights will allow air carriers utilizing Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport to:
Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport offers unmatched access to the world’s markets. For air carriers ANC is less than nine hours by air from 90 percent of the industrialized world. Its liberalized air cargo transfer rights and location allow for both cost and operational efficiencies not available elsewhere. Air carriers can achieve efficiencies by locating their aircraft operations centers at this strategic location. For manufacturers and 3PLs there are numerous global logistics efficiencies inherent in an Anchorage location. Anchorage is a suitable location for central customer service and repair hubs; final product assembly, packaging, testing, and distribution operations; and international warehousing and distribution of highvalue, time-sensitive products
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Sitting in a small room, 250 km from Pune in the heart of rural Maharashtra, farmer Satish Jagtap swears by the daily price and weather updates that he gets from Nokia’s new MajhaNokia service. It saves him time and money. But can he rely on those numbers? “I trust the brand. Nokia is the Hero Honda of mobile phones, reliable. I bought their mobile phone because of this service.”
A thousand kilometres away, Aircel is launching its mobile services in Delhi. Sandip Das, CEO of parent Maxis Cellular, is clear about focus on service. Aircel’s TV promo features Indian cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni using his handset to do deals on Yahoo and MakeMyTrip. Dhoni never puts the handset to his ear. “Offering reliable data services is how we will distinguish ourselves from the pack,” says Das.
Concurs D. Shivakumar, MD, Nokia India, which controls about 65 per cent of the handsets market here. “It does not matter if the service does not make too much money, it helps me put my product in the consumer’s hand.” Across India, the mobile revolution is passé by now and is just a matter of tracking the millions. (By the time you will be reading this, the number of mobile subscribers in India will have crossed 400 million, making it the world’s second-largest market.) But this very growth has put the fear of commoditisation into the hearts of the players. They need a differentiator. That differentiator is services.
Sending an SMS to a special number or downloading callertunes. Accessing e-mail or Googling with your phone. All these are termed services.
Voice will certainly remain the main revenue generator for operators, who are expected to earn a total of Rs 1,50,000 crore in 2008-09. Of this, services or non-voice revenues—SMSes, data subscriptions, caller ring-back tones et al—will fetch “only” around Rs 10,000 crore. Yet, services will be the driver by which handset vendors and operators will try and rise to the top of a very cloudy mixture.
Rural raga, urban pop
Nokia’s MeraNokia (Majha Nokia in Marathi) is actually a Nokia Life Tools (NLT) application coded into the 2300 and 2323 handsets being used in the pilot. Farmers and villagers pay around Rs 2 per day, every 10 days, for the latest on crop pricing, weather, farming tips, among other things. All this is freely available on the net for those with PCs and Internet access. For the farmers, the mobile is the PC.
Jagtap, a cereal farmer with a large landholding, explains that paying Rs 2 a day makes sense for him: “It saves me the hassle of making three, four, five phone calls that cost more, and occasionally even a bus journey. The prices are accurate …. But having health tips would be a nice touch.”
Jawahar Kantilal, Nokia’s Head for Emerging Market Services, is extremely bullish about these services. “The urban population is well represented in services, usually around the entertainment area,” says Kantilal. “The fastest growing market across India, Africa, China and Asia was in rural or non-urban areas and these subscribers needed unique services.”
He says entertainment is not the first concern of the rural consumer. The rural user wants to know: can the device help him in his livelihood?
“That is what we aimed at,” says Kantilal, who led the push for NLT. He says the Maharashtra pilot can be easily taken global, particularly in the next major growth area for mobility—sub-Saharan Africa. “People want…the device to improve their quality of life,” he says. And it isn’t just in rural areas that services are taking off. Ashok Thapa, a Delhi taxi-driver from Nepal who has spent the last decade in India, wonders why the mobile phone can’t be used for elections “just like how they vote in the singing contests on TV.” A liftman in a commercial building shows off his latest Samsung handset, which comes with the soundtrack of Aamir Khan’s Ghajini.
The mobile phone has moved from being a simple communication tool to an all-round entertainment and information device thanks to such services. “People will pay for a service which they find convenient and one that adds value to their device,” says Anshul Gupta, Principal Research Analyst for Mobiles at Gartner.
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CAEXPO gathering highlights role of businesses and operators in RCEP yields
Liu Ning, Party chief of Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, delivers welcome remarks at the 2nd RCEP Economic and Trade Cooperation Business Summit and Furthering RCEP Implementation Forum on Sept 16. [PHOTO PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY]
The business community needs to play a bigger role in the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, or RCEP, to ensure bemefits from high-quality implementation of the world's biggest free trade pact.
"The RCEP agreement would only be able to deliver its promised gains if businesses and economic operators utilize the agreement," said ASEAN Secretary-General Lim Jock Hoi.
Lim said the benefits of the RCEP go much beyond tariffs as it covers streamlined rules and disciplines, as well as mechanisms for transparency and technical consultations.
Gao Yunlong, vice-chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference National Committee, shared these views. "Businesses are an important force for carrying out the RCEP. Their active participation is the key to the high-quality implementation of the RCEP," he said.
Lim and Gao were speaking at the 2nd RCEP Economic and Trade Cooperation Business Summit and Furthering RCEP Implementation Forum, which was held on Sept 16 on the sidelines of the 19th China-ASEAN Expo in Nanning, South China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region.
The RCEP which entered into force this year, comprises the 10 members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, or ASEAN, and its five trading partners, China, Japan, South Korea, Australia and New Zealand.
Gao, who is also chairman of the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce, said the free trade pact has brought tangible benefits.
For example, in the first seven months of this year, China's trade with other RCEP members rose 7.5 percent year-on-year, accounting 30 percent of China's total foreign trade.
In a welcome speech, Liu Ning, Party chief of Guangxi, said the entry into force of the RCEP was a concrete move to implement the Global Development Initiative and promote sustainable development in the Asia-Pacific region.
Liu said he hopes the forum can help promote regional economic cooperation and integration and contribute to the building of the Asia-Pacific free trade area.
Lim said the connectivity provided by RCEP will attract investment companies based in non-RCEP countries.
The agreement also includes elements which support businesses, particularly micro, small and medium-sized enterprises, to expand their markets in the region.
Representatives jointly launch the Nanning Initiative on high-quality RCEP implementation by the business community for higher level regional economic integration at the 2nd RCEP Economic and Trade Cooperation Business Summit and Furthering RCEP Implementation Forum on Sept 16. [PHOTO PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY]
Members of the RCEP represent around 30 percent of the global GDP, 28 percent of the global trade, and 32.5 percent of the global investment, said Chhuon Dara, minister attached to the Prime Minister and secretary of state of the Ministry of Commerce of Cambodia, the chair of the ten-nation ASEAN bloc this year.
RCEP is not just a free trade agreement, but also a driver for regional economic recovery from the pandemic and an effective instrument for strengthening economics and trade, as well as offering room for political harmony among the members involved, said Chhuon.
Clare Fearnley, New Zealand Ambassador to China, said the reduction and removal of tariffs, new investment possibilities and new markets are important elements of the RCEP for all members.
"For New Zealand, we also see the areas of services as where big gains will be made, as well as through addressing non-tariff barriers," said Fearnley, noting the country looks forward to continued close cooperation with China and other RCEP members of the World Trade Organization.
Attended by over 300 delegates from governments, businesses, and academics, the summit held discussions on the high-quality implementation of the RCEP.
Li Yanqiang, president of the Beibu Gulf Port Group, said the RCEP had caused logistics demand to increase drastically, making the port more open and prosperous.
Between January and August, the port handled over 189,000 twenty-foot equivalent unit containers to RCEP countries, a year-on-year increase of 35 percent, said Li.
The summit also witnessed the launch of a Nanning Initiative by 40 business organizations from regional countries aimed at enhancing the implementation of RCEP to create higher level regional economic integration.


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ToneMedia Launches Today, Ad Targeting Gets Smarter With First Platform to Leverage Music to Identify Consumer Purchasing Decisions
Uses Musical Content to Determine Buying Interests of 55 Million Americans and Gives Advertisers a Highly Targeted Tool to Reach the Right Audience
NEW YORK, NY, Feb 01, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- ToneMedia made its debut today, bringing a revolutionary new advertising platform to market which connects music preferences with consumer buying habits. A spin-off of ToneFuse, the largest ringtone marketer in the world, ToneMedia is a digital media company focused on huge consumer scale and deep proprietary targeting, built around the most searched category on the web: music content and lyrics. Working with more than 100 online music content and lyric publishers, ToneMedia reaches 120 million global consumers and 55 million consumers in the US every month. ToneMedia has developed an exclusive platform offering tools, services, technology and data capture that these publishers plug into. In return ToneMedia has access to the participating publishers' browsers to post targeted content and advertising on any specific webpage -- whether it's a site with Led Zeppelin lyrics or a hip-hop blog.
With ToneMedia, advertisers can target consumers in a smarter fashion that is not intrusive and is dozens of times more effective than traditional online advertising.
Using proprietary ToneTargeting technology, ToneMedia analyzes and monetizes music content by matching consumer buying behavior and purchasing patterns to musical interests. ToneMedia tracks and stores the consumer interests and behaviors associated with each unique artist, genre or song. Using ToneTargeting, ToneMedia's four million daily visitors are served targeted ads on the webpage they are viewing based on the music they are looking up on that given day. ToneMedia delivers premium, high impact Flex ad units that support full-page takeover, page washouts, video, pushdown, social connect and rich customizations -- with an average click-through rate of three percent, much higher than the current industry average.
Some examples of music preferences correlated to buying habits discovered by ToneMedia include: Lady Gaga fans are 48 percent more likely to shop for personal technology online than the average ToneMedia visitor, while Adele fans are 89 percent more likely to consider travel to Australia. Blake Shelton fans are 148 percent more likely to be in the market for wedding or engagement products and Lil Wayne fans are 400 percent more likely to purchase a BlackBerry mobile device.
"Music and lyrics have been the number one searched category as tracked by Google since 2004, and we have built ToneMedia around this highly trafficked online behavior," said ToneMedia Founder and CEO Val Katayev. "Using our proprietary data and ToneTargeting technology, we are able to carefully pinpoint the right consumers for the right brands, while providing it during a very engaging and entertaining experience. One recent campaign for a major web destination delivered a click-through rate that was 588 percent over the industry average of 0.09 percent. Our keen understanding of data and consumer interests -- as well as the music and lyric space -- are the building blocks of a great business."
"At Deep Focus, we are always looking for the next great innovations in marketing and advertising, and ToneMedia is taking an inventive and smart approach to connecting with consumers," said Ian Schafer, CEO and Founder of Deep Focus. "ToneMedia is leveraging thousands of pieces of content to reach the right people in the right mindsets, and they are doing it with music, which we have consistently identified as one of the most personal forms of self-expression and self-identification."
Advertisers can now benefit from reaching their exact customer by purchasing a segment -- such as cat owners or IT professionals -- or access to all of a particular artist's pages, to promote an upcoming concert tour for example. ToneMedia has already conducted successful campaigns with leading brands while in stealth mode, and is now making its platform available to all in-house marketing departments and communications and advertising agencies.
"The idea of being able to bring both scale and deep targeting to over four million people a day is exciting," said Andy Blacker, chief strategy officer of ToneMedia, who joins the company after years with Screenvision, Discovery Communications and AOL. "In the same way Facebook is able to understand how to market to you based on personal, shared information -- music content preference is also a key indicator of your consumer DNA and behavior. With ToneTargeting powering everything we do, we are able to take the guesswork out of selling services and products to the right audience each and every day."
ToneMedia connects leading advertisers with consumers through the power of music content and lyrics. Using its proprietary data analytics, targeted content is delivered to consumers who visit ToneMedia sites through the most searched category on the web -- music and lyrics. Through its 100-plus content publishers, ToneMedia reaches 55 million unique monthly visitors in the US and engages with more music fans than Yahoo!, People.com and Pandora, including 40 percent of all 18-34 year olds. Covering all musical interests and genres, ToneMedia analyzes and monetizes music content by matching buying behavior to musical tastes. To make this connection, ToneMedia taps into its comprehensive database of active brand consumers and examines their habits across the digital landscape to deliver the most targeted, compelling content. For more information, please visit tonemedia.com.


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MUMBAI: Lodestar, the media division of FCB Ulka, and Universal McCann, McCann Erickson's media arm, have decided to merge their operations in India. Both Lodestar and Universal McCann belong to the Interpublic Group of Companies (IPG). A formal announcement will be made on Thursday by Nicolas Brien, president and CEO, Universal McCann. Post-merger, the combined entity, which will be called Lodestar Universal, will house 155 people across six offices, which will catapult it into the same league as Madison, currently the second-largest media agency in the country.
August 31, 2015 |
MUMBAI: Sterlite Technologies has created a venture fund to invest in startups in the digital media, entertainment and education space as the non-resident Indian (NRI) billionaire Anil Agarwalowned company looks to capture the rapid growth in internet and smartphone penetration. Sterlite Technologies, which until some time ago only made telecommunications cables, got into the business of building and maintaining telecom networks only last year.The latest strategy enables the telecom firm to move a step forward by also attempting to get a foothold into the digital media space.
May 18, 2015 |
NEW DELHI: Digital media and consumer internet firm TO THE NEW Ventures is in talks with potential strategic and financial investors to raise about Rs 315 crore ($50 million) to expand its flagship brands across South-East Asia. The Singapore and India-based company, which owns a string of digital and e-commerce properties including online fashion brand American Swan and digital video unit Famebox, expects to close the funding by September. "In today's world, the line between financial and strategic investors has blurred, with private equity players bringing a lot of expertise and learning as well," said Puneet Johar , co-founder and chief executive.
September 28, 2015
By: Pradeep Chopra When I heard about Digital Marketing, I was so excited to leverage it to fulfill my dream of creating a billion dollar business. Case studies of ever increasing number of startups, which are using the power of Social Media, Search, Email and Mobile marketing to acquire millions of visitors and users were so inspiring. The most important challenge of acquiring customers for our venture seemed to have been solved. Without wasting any time, I jumped onto digital media and started investing time on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Google.
October 8, 2012 |
When Mumbai-based brothers Samir and Chetan Asher launched Tonic Media, a digital media agency , in 2007, the plan was to tap the nascent media space. They not only cut the mustard in a quickly saturating market, but in the past five years, have managed to service over 200 clients across 18 countries. The duo's backgrounds fuelled their entrepreneurial ambition. Chetan, 32, a bachelor in commerce from Mumbai University , spent nearly five years with EnableM.com, the company that ran Indbazaar.com (disbanded two years ago)
December 18, 2007 |
NEW DELHI: US-based Velocity Interactive Group, which funds digital media and communication companies, has invested in NDTV Networks and IndiaTV, according to information available on the company's website. However, the company did not reveal the amount of investments in these two leading domestic media companies. "In India, the firm has invested in two of the most prolific media concerns-- NDTV Networks and IndiaTV," the company said. Velocity Interactive Group, which would provide financing for early stage and growth companies, was formed following the merger of digital media firm Velocity, venture capital firm ComVentures and its few venture investors.
February 23, 2012 |
GURGAON: Learning from mistakes made globally in digital marketing, food and beverage major PepsiCo is adopting innovative methods in India to tap the potential of social media for building brand equity and increase sales. "India is a unique place and market. There have been a lot of mistakes made around the world in terms of digital marketing. India does not have to make the same mistakes," PepsiCo Beverages (Global Head Digital) Shiv Singh told PTI at the Ad Tech summit on digital marketing here.
April 14, 2014 |
NEW DELHI: When Parachute hair oil maker Marico decided to relaunch Set Wet styling gel after acquiring the brand from Reckitt Benckiser , it restricted this to the online space for three months to gauge consumer feedback. "It was the first time we launched a product online, it gave us instant feedback and key insights," said Marico executive vice president and business head Sameer Satpathy. "Whether it's brands targeted at youth or at farmers, research tells us that digital platforms are being accessed by consumers far more frequently than even television in some cases.
May 12, 2015 |
MUMBAI: Foreign and local investment banks are setting up dedicated teams to cater to the growing needs of the buzzing e-commerce companies. In the recent times,London-based bank Investec,Kotak Mahindra Capital,Axis Capital,Edelweiss Financial Services, Motilal Oswal Financial Services and Equirus Capital have started focusing on the e-commerce business.While some of these banks have hired people to head the digital media vertical,others are adding...
June 9, 2012 |
BANGALORE: Manish Vij , founder of digital media network Tyroo, is on the fund raising path and is looking to raise $10 million in venture and institutional funding for Tyroo and newly launched mobile media distribution and analytics platform, SeventyNine. "We are profitable but plan to raise funds to scale up faster," said Vij, who declined to reveal the names of investors he is in talks with for the funding. Earlier this year Vij's Vun Network and Harish Bahl's Smile Group formed a joint venture, Smile Vun Group (SVG)


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Flight Center poll reveals strong support for vaccine passports
A new poll released this week by Flight Center Travel Group (FCTG) found that more than 80% of those polled support a vaccination passport as a means of getting the country to travel again.
The pent-up demand for a return to face-to-face meetings prompted the FCTG survey, which drew 1,750 responses on LinkedIn channels from four of the company’s brands, including FCM, Corporate Traveler, Flight Center Business Travel and Internship and Filter.
Less than 10% of those questioned were against the idea of ââintroducing a vaccination passport. The poll builds on market research conducted by YouGov earlier this year, which polled business and leisure travelers in 17 countries and found a similar result, with 79% of Australians in favor. In this research, travelers to Indonesia (86) and India (85%) ranked first in favor of a vaccine passport for visitors to carry.
“Businesses large and small are the backbone of Australia’s economy and it is clear that overwhelmingly people want a form of business travel vaccination passport to really pick up,” said James Kavanagh, Director General of Flight Center Travel Group for Australia.
âWe know that there is a huge pent-up demand for business travel and that the desire to have face-to-face meetings is increasing day by day. Virtual meetings always have their place and serve a purpose, but nothing beats this human interaction at the corporate level and on a daily basis.
âTravel is essential for businesses of all sizes looking to gain and retain new business, and for retaining their staff. What they want most is to be sure they are traveling if their staff have done the right thing by getting the vaccine. “
Kavanagh said the results showed support was higher for a vaccine passport to allow international travel, with little or no support for its use on domestic travel.
âYou just have to look at other countries around the world to see how business travel volumes come back when you are vaccinated or have some form of vaccination passport,â he added.


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Traditional retailers, including Target, will be able to maintain their success going forward as the consumer landscape shifts to digital, one analyst told CNBC on Wednesday.
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Volvo Cars invests in Breathe Battery for next-gen, software-enabled fast charging
Swedish automaker Volvo Cars has partnered up with Breathe Battery Technologies (Breathe) to secure the latest version of Breathe's patented, algorithm-enabled charging software for use in its next generation fully-electric cars. The group's corporate venture capital arm Volvo Cars Tech Fund will also invest in the London-based start-up.
By integrating Breathe's software in Volvo Cars' in-house developed battery management platform to optimize and improve the performance of its charging technology, the automaker believes that it can offer its customers faster charging times and an enhanced overall driving and charging experience.
The car maker claims that the new technology will reduce the time its e-cars takes to recharge their batteries, from 10 to 80 per cent charging state (SoC) by as much as 30 per cent, while maintaining the same energy density and range.
Also, the charging time improvements will last across the full battery life cycle without impacting the battery's health status, Volvo Cars adds.
"The investment and commercial partnership with Breathe helps us address a familiar pain point for electric car customers and makes our charging performance even more competitive," says Ann-Sofie Ekberg, CEO of the Volvo Cars Tech Fund.
"Faster charging times, in the range where customers typically fast charge, represent a major step in the right direction as we continue to boost electric mobility and make it available to more people", he added. Breathe's software uses adaptive charging to control the battery in real-time, resulting in significantly shorter charging times.
Using algorithms, the software manages the charging process in line with the battery's health to deliver the best driver experience while avoiding the risk of lithium plating, which can harm the battery's performance and lifespan.
"We're very pleased with this investment and sourcing agreement with Volvo Cars and support their exciting journey towards full electrification," says Dr Ian Campbell, CEO of Breathe Battery Technologies.
"Deploying our technology at scale on Volvo's next generation EV platform opens doors to innovative car designs and performance improvements. We share a profound passion for electric mobility, and convenient, fast charging is one of the cornerstone enablers for the future we strive towards", he added.
For Volvo Cars, the technology achieves significant improvements in charging without the need to change battery pack design or battery materials, while also being hardware-compatible to the brand's upcoming EVs.


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Marvel: Future Revolution is an open-world RPG for mobile
Netmarble has announced Marvel: Future Revolution, a new mobile game based on the superhero brand.
Future Revolution will be an open-world RPG starring a large cast of Marvel heroes and villains. The title does not have a release date, and Netmarble did not say how its monetization will work. Netmarble has a strong relationship with Marvel thanks to the hit mobile game Marvel: Future Fight. That action-RPG has reached over 70 million players since launching in 2015. With the similar name, Future Revolution is looking to be something of a successor to Future Fight. Marc Sumerak, a write for Marvel Comics, will be working on the game’s story. The plot has “numerous Earths converging across all dimensions to form an entirely-new ‘Primary Earth.'” You know, normal Marvel stuff. Based in South Korea, Netmarble is also behind the Lineage franchise, which includes popular multiplayer RPGs for PC and mobile.


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Uber is expected to pull in about $125 million in revenue this year, higher than expected, AllThingsD reports.
San Francisco-based Uber was founded in 2009 with a black car service and it has spread to 35 cities and added services that include SUVs, minicabs and private cars driven by people who are not licensed professional drivers.
Uber are starting to have a destabilising effect on Taxi trades all over America as well as Europe. Milan, Paris and Rome have all recently seen Taxi drivers striking over unfair competition from unlicensed drivers.
London is a huge target which some would say, is the jewel in the crown. But, instead of looking to what's happening on two continents as a wake up call, the capitals drivers seem to be uninterested and are sleepwalking into oblivion.
In early 2012, Taxi leaks warned about the start up of mobile apps in London, third party set ups such as Ubi cars and Minicabit were advertising all over he media and on-line as "Taxi suppliers".
As third parties, they were/are unlicensed, LTPH said they couldn't do anything to shut them down.
Taxi Leaks has always felt LTPH didn't do enough, but without any back up from the United Trade Group, they probably felt no need to pursue the case. The predicted onslaught came from UberX in April last year and has now escalated to a dangerous level.
Read the article below from SFGate, to see the devastation Uber and UberX have bought, to a once great trade in San Fransico.
Nearly everyone who's tried to catch a cab on a Saturday night in San Francisco or summon a ride downtown from the Sunset knows that the city's taxi system has been badly stressed for years. And now, with the influx of unregulated competition from Uber, Lyft, Sidecar and other transportation network companies, the cab business is beginning to crumble.
Taxi companies are having trouble filling shifts, veteran drivers are bailing out and going to work for the app-based ride services, and people interested in hauling folks around the city for a living are heading to the upstart startups instead of the cab companies.
"Every cab company I know of is having a huge problem filling shifts - including mine," said Hansu Kim, owner of DeSoto Cab Co.
Kim estimates that a quarter to a third of all taxi-driving shifts are going unfilled. "I couldn't possibly begin to quantify it," said Christiane Hayashi, the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency's director of taxis and accessible services. "The taxi companies don't even know. But what I can see is a serious problem related to driver shortage."
But business is apparently booming for the new ride services, which have thousands of cars on the streets and are on a hiring spree, with billboards and online ads enticing drivers with promises of making up to $40 an hour and setting their own schedules.
How many new cars are for hire is impossible to determine because the companies aren't required to report the numbers or names of the drivers or vehicles they put on the streets - and they aren't talking about the details.
Taxi drivers, who have been taking photos of license plates of ride service cars, estimate the number at 3,000. Some industry observers think that number may be closer to 5,000 - and growing as the new ride services engage in lively recruiting campaigns.
"They've flooded the streets with too much supply," said Trevor Johnson, a taxi driver and a director of the San Francisco Cab Drivers Association. "It's already the Wild West out there. Go down Polk Street on Saturday at 10 p.m. and every car out there is for hire. It's gridlock."
San Francisco's Municipal Transportation Agency, which oversees all things transportation-related, including taxis, would like to regulate the ride services - and the cab industry has repeatedly called on it and the Police Department to do so. But the state Public Utilities Commission, which regulates passenger carriers such as limousines and buses, has asserted jurisdiction, and cleared the road for the services to continue.
After a series of hearings, the commission last fall issued regulations requiring each company to obtain a license from the PUC, conduct criminal background checks and establish driver training programs, have zero-tolerance drug and alcohol policies, and conduct 19-point vehicle inspections. They also must have a minimum $1 million worth of insurance for each driver and vehicle, on top of a driver's personal insurance. That minimum is more than what's required of taxi and limo companies. But there's also been confusion and concern over when drivers are covered and whether their personal policies cover them.
Before new drivers can get behind the wheel of a taxi, they have to go through a four-day private taxi school plus a single day of MTA training.
Taxi drivers and cab company owners have a long history of not getting along, but they're united in their opposition to the newcomers. They say the PUC regulations are minimal, essentially allowing anyone to haul passengers for money in their personal cars with a minimum of rules and red tape. That makes it easier for ride services to hire drivers, they say.
"Who wants to go through the process of getting a license and going through training when you can just get a couple of apps and start picking up people in your 1999 Mazda?" Kim says.
While the new ride services are battering the taxi industry, they're a boon for folks just wanting to get a ride around town - even to longtime taxi aficionados like Lee Houskeeper, a publicist who doesn't own a car and considers himself friends with Luxor Cab Co. owner John Lazar.
Houskeeper, who takes cab rides daily, said he became a convert to UberX, one of the new mobile phone services, after Lazar installed an app on his phone and asked him to check out the competition. Houskeeper said it's usually easier, cheaper and speedier to summon a ride with Uber.


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A Juniper Research study showed that blockchainBlockchain
is a continuous and sequential block chain of information (digital linked list). When building a blockchain, copies of related blocks are simultaneously stored on multiple computers.Details technology can reduce the cost of $31 billion in food production.
The study found that distributed ledger technology combined with the Internet of Things (IoT) metrics can significantly reduce seller costs by simplifying regulatory compliance by offering more efficient product deliveries and lowering fraud. By replacing lengthy procedures with automated smart-contracts, blockchain and IoT provide cost reduction, risk reduction and supply chain transparency. Juniper Research recommends that blockchain providers seek IoT partnerships to engage stakeholders in the food market.
By combining innovative technologies, the food industry can save up to $31 billion in five years, the latest cryptocurrency news reports. The scientist and author of the study, Morgan Kimmich, said that “supply chain optimization can be achieved through data transparency, avoiding paperwork. A single, consistent platform that provides clear tracking of the supply chain, saves resources and time, and solves the problem of fraud.”
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Retail Announcement: Landry’s Restaurants
Pay With Mobie at Landry’s Locations Nationwide
We are thrilled to confirm that the rumors are true. You will be able to pay using the Mobie App at Landry’s locations across the United States as a part of our mobie beta app launch.
We selected Landry’s to be a beta launch retailer because of their widespread presence and diverse offerings across the country. With every cuisine type imaginable, and restaurants at every price point, Landry’s is the perfect dining addition to the Mobie App payment functionality.
About Landry’s: Landry’s, Inc., is an American, privately owned, multi-brand dining, hospitality, entertainment, and gaming corporation headquartered in Houston, Texas. Landry’s, Inc. owns and operates more than 600 restaurants, hotels, casinos, and entertainment destinations in 35 states and the District of Columbia
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Just when it seems safe to say that the business comings and goings have been covered for a while, new developments present themselves in bunches. Some of these businesses have been mentioned before, but there is a new detail or two. Then, there are a couple that have been covered locally elsewhere that I’ll mention and one of those is pretty exciting, though a bit dangerous, for a bibliophile.
|S and W Grand in Better Days – Will they return?|
The year started with three closures all of which were significant in their own way. Regas, probably the oldest restaurant in Knoxville, closed on North Gay. Arby’s, which is fast food, yes, but which had been downtown for decades – and how many restaurants can say that – closed it’s doors. Then, of course, the one that seemed to surprise everyone the most and the one with the highest profile in the downtown resurgence, the S and W Grand announced they would at least take a hiatus. Not a very good start to the year – and yes I know some of this was technically the end of last year, but it felt like the start to the new one.
|Outside Seating at New Nama|
|Interior at New Nama, 500 Block of Gay Street|
When last we tuned in, Nama was looking toward moving from the 100 block to the 500 block of Gay Street, just beside the Regal Movie Theater. I posted a photograph of the sign as it was hoisted from the truck. The latest development is that the signs are not only in place, but the outside dining area and the inside look virtually ready to open. I’m guessing this might be the next significant opening we see. Also, in that same post, a reader stated that a new restaurant is ready to take the place of Nama as soon as the old site is vacant. This will make two new restaurants on the 100 block with the addition of Harry’s Deli.
We’re still waiting on Blue Coast Burrito at the northwest corner of Market Square. The outside looks great, but inside still has a way to go. Meanwhile, the Lunchbox recently announced a move from the First Tennessee towers to a location on the 500 block of Market Street, across from Krutch Park. It’s pretty exciting to see new businesses spread from Gay Street and the square. I’m seeing this as competition for the Market Square Kitchen and I’m wondering about its future. When the new owners announced their renovation plans for the Hotel Saint Oliver recently, they indicated that they planned a stronger presence on Market Square. Two restaurants currently occupy space in that building on the ground level facing Market Square: The Market Square Kitchen and Shono’s. Will one or both of them go to give the Hotel frontage on Market Square?
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It is quite a bit of an irony that some particular food that serve as a major chops in a specific country, could be a taboo in another nation. This may be as a result of the standards that each country has set regarding the quality, substances or the way foods are packaged and even religious significant.
In the below list you will read about some really interesting food items that are completely banned in some countries.
contains Vitamin D and other proteins, while it is also very popular
all over the world. However, Australia and New Zealand while trying to
reduce pollution have joined forces and decided to ban the sale and the
consumption of salmon that is farm-raised.
read this correctly, chewing gum is banned completely in Singapore.
This may come as a shock to many people all over the world, but in
Singapore, this is considered normal since they are more than obsessed
with cleanliness and they thought that the best way to keep their
country clean was to ban chewing gum. If you ever visit Singapore don’t
eat any chewing gum since you might risk going to jail for up to two
years and also pay a fine of $1000.
cuisine is enjoyed all over the world, however, if you’re in California
you’re not allowed to eat this delicacy – goose liver – since it has
been banned. The reason for this was the inhumane treatment that
livestock endures while they are alive. The poor animals are fed through
tubes so that their livers are enlarged. California isn’t the only
country to have banned Foie gras since countries like Germany, Italy,
Denmark, India, Norway, Finland, Poland, and many other countries have
decided to keep this delicacy away from their tables.
milk is completely off-limits for the US consumers and has been so for
quite a long time now, thirty years to be more exact. The CDC (Center
for Disease Control and Prevention) and The AMA (American Medical
Association) have given a red light to consuming unpasteurized milk
because it may contain foodborne illness. It is interesting to note that
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Government figures show consumer prices index increased 0.3% in July
Inflation on the Isle of Man increased to 2.1% last month.
The latest Government figures show the Consumer Prices Index rose 0.3% over the course of July, up from 1.8% in June.
Education, transport and culture have all seen increases over the last 12 months, with the other travel costs category jumping up by almost 25%.
Subscriptions to the internet have increased by 12.5% while postage has risen by almost a tenth.
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Schnucks grocery stores are celebrating their 75th anniversary this year.
They are using the occassion to start a campaign to feed the hungry. Together with Operation Food Search in the St. Louis area, the grocer will provide red barrels in stores where customers can donate food. They will only accept non-perishable foods. Schnucks plans to suggest items that food pantries need the most.
The campaign will encompass all of its stores in Missouri, Illinois, Iowa and in Wisconsin.]]>
The Des Peres Schnucks is issuing a recall on fresh ground beef.
The beef was sold at the store on Manchester road. Employees found a metal clip in the meat grinder. The ground beef was sold on Wednesday, January, 15, with a sell-by date of January 16, 2014.
Any customers who bought the meat before 7 p.m. Wednesday should return it to the store for a full refund or exchange. For more information, contact Schnucks Consumer Affairs at 314-994-4400.
You could call it the Schnuck's shuffle.
The youngest of the Schnuck brothers is getting ready to take over the family business.
Fifty-five year old Todd Schnuck has been COO of Schnuck's Supermarkets since 2009. The grocery chain's current chief executive, 63 year old Scott Schnuck, says its time for new leadership.
Scott Schnuck will take over as chairman when his older brother, 65 year old Craig Schnuck retires in March, but says he'll stick around until fall to help his younger brother Todd transition into the role of president and CEO.
The company also announced Thursday that former Aldi and Walmart executive Anthony Hucker will assume the role of COO.
A settlement may be near in the class action lawsuit against Schnucks supermarkets stemming from a security breach that compromised more than 2 million customer credit and debit cards. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the judge will decide in the coming weeks if the deal Schnucks has agreed to is satisfactory.
But an attorney pursuing a federal lawsuit over the matter is asking the court to throw out the settlement, claiming it's unfair because proper discover hasn't been done and the full scope of the damages to Schnucks customers isn't known. Attorney's involved in the local case deny that.
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Gawker summarizes KFC new marketing strategy:
The introduction of the ‘double down’ sandwich, a horrific looking pile of fat, cheese, gristle and something resembling a winged creature marks a new low in the American fast food market. While the country battles a severe obesity epidemic , KFC is doing its bit to ensure those with the least access to healthy foods are now able to buy food products guaranteed to shorten their life span. Great work Colonel.
Ben Cohen is the editor and founder of The Daily Banter. He lives in Washington DC where he does podcasts, teaches Martial Arts, and tries to be a good father. He would be extremely disturbed if you took him too seriously.


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SAN MIGUEL Corp. (SMC) will distribute some 5,000 liters of excess pasteurized carabao milk to around 5,000 beneficiaries in six cities and provinces in Luzon, as part of the company’s efforts to help dairy farmers recover their financial losses.
In a statement on Tuesday, SMC President and Chief Operating Officer Ramon S. Ang said that together with the Philippine Carabao Center, the company will buy excess milk from farmers of the Nueva Ecija Federation of Dairy Carabao Cooperative.
After the purchase, they will form a joint feeding program that will distribute the milk to vulnerable children, elderly, and frontliners in Pampanga, Bulacan, Navotas, Manila, Malabon, Cavite, Quezon City, San Juan, and Mandaluyong.
“With this initiative, which the Department of Agriculture helped bring about, we are targeting to provide up to 1,000 liters of carabao milk per area. We will donate this specifically for the benefit of children and the elderly in poor communities,” Mr. Ang said.
Meanwhile, SMC has brought the technical expertise of its packaging arm, San Miguel Yamamura Packaging Corp., to the milk distribution project.
SMC said the limited farmer access to markets during the two-month quarantine period resulted in product spoilage.
In response to the spoilage problem, the packaging unit will provide research and development assistance to the Philippine Carabao Center on developing ways to extend the shelf-life of carabao milk.
“Ideally, we would like to see them be able to extend their products’ shelf life to at least three to six months,” Mr. Ang said, adding that doing so would eliminate the center’s spoilage and allow tie-ups to boost the industry.
Mr. Ang said that a possible beneficiary of the packaging research is a partnership with the Department of Education on a milk feeding program for public school children.
“With extended shelf life, the milk can also be transported and distributed throughout the country, giving carabao farmers a wider market, and even higher output and livelihood,” Mr. Ang said. — R. M. D. Ochave


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Jack Rivkin, chief investment officer at Altegris Advisors, discusses reports that the board of Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) is getting ready to name Satya Nadella, executive vice president of Cloud and Enterprise, to replace Steve Ballmer as chief executive officer. He says it will help the software giant shift its focus from consumer to enterprise products and services. He also discusses recent earnings reports and new developments at Amazon and Google. Rivkin speaks with Bloomberg's Kathleen Hays and Vonnie Quinn on Bloomberg Radio's "The Hays Advantage."
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Check the R5 Release Dates page for the latest release dates. (Dates go up to December 2010)
The Soloist – January 12th 2010
Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard – January 14th 2010
Avatar – January 14th 2010
Shrink – January 21st 2010
The Final Destination – January 26th 2010
Smokin’ Aces 2: Assassins’ Ball – January 26th 2010
City Island – January 26th 2010
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel – January 28th 2010
The Stepfather – January 28th 2010
This Is It – January 2010
The Informant! – February 2nd 2010
500 Days of Summer – February 4th 2010
Whiteout – February 9th 2010
The Time Traveler’s Wife – February 9th 2010
Couples Retreat – February 11th 2010
The Invention of Lying – February 16th 2010
The Informant! – February 16th 2010 (Second Date)
Amelia – February 18th 2010
Into the Blue 2: The Reef – February 18th 2010
Wrong Turn 3: Left for Dead – February 18th 2010
Cirque du Freak: The Vampire’s Assistant – February 23rd 2010
The Blind Side – February 23rd 2010
Tooth Fairy – February 25th 2010 (Second Date)
Free Willy: Escape from Pirate’s Cove – March 2nd 2010
A Christmas Carol – March 4th 2010
The Invention Of Lying – March 2nd 2010 (Second Date)
Fantastic Mr. Fox – March 4th 2010
The Marine 2 – March 4th 2010
Ninja Assassin – March 9th 2010
Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief – March 11th 2010
Where the Wild Things Are – March 23rd 2010
Surviving Evil – March 25th 2010
The Cabin in the Woods – March 25th 2010
Sherlock Holmes – March 30th 2010
The Wolfman – March 2010
April 2010 Paranormal Activity – April 6th 2010
Fantastic Mr. Fox – April 14th 2010 (Second Date)
It’s Complicated – April 20th 2010
Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel – April 25th 2010 (Second Date)
May 2010 Preacher’s Kid – May 4th 2010
Date Night – May 6th 2010
Valentine’s Day – May 15th 2010
Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps – May 20th 2010
A source has told BGR that they have solid info about Apple’s upcoming tablet. It has been widely reported recentlythat the size of the tablet is 10 inches but the source, who is very connected, says there is also a 7 inch model.
There connection said there is definitely a 7 inch Apple Tablet, that will be announced in January. There might be a 10 inch model too but there source had no information on that.
The Financial Times also believes the announcement for the Apple Tablet will come in January. The WSJ points to a March release date.
Orange & Tesco Mobile are soon to be joined by Vodafone as one the iPhone carriers in the UK. They have announced that the iPhone will be on their networking starting January 14th.
The plans start at £30 a month for 24 months, with additional handset charges ranging from £59 (iPhone 3G 8GB) to £239 (3GS 32GB). However, if you sign onto a £35 a month contract for 24 months the 8GB iPhone 3G is free.
Unlike Orange, O2 and Tesco Mobile; Vodafone don’t appear to be offering a Pay As You Go option for its customers.
There has been some concerns whether or not the network would be able to handle the major increase in traffic, but Guy Laurence, chief executive of Vodafone UK, says the company has been preparing for the launch for over a year, strengthening their infrastructure for the release.
We recently saw evidence that the iPhone OS 4.0 is in testing, as shown by web site logs. However this week the newOSseems to be undergoing more testing, as one iPhone developer has since noted a single instance of the iPhone OS 4.0 being used in their Pinch Media Analytics.
The testing may correspond with reports of the new iPhone 4G being tested. Apple is expected to release this new hardware in the late summer months of 2010.
AppleInsider have noticed that The Moscone Center Calendar lists a “Corporate Event” from June 28th to July 2nd2010. Previous Apple events have been listed in the same name and the conference is usually used to introduce new iPhone models.
If the new iPhone is released in June/July then it would keep to the usual iPhone release cycle and would seem to fit the same release pattern of when the new iPhone model is tested. As the iPhone 3GS was tested 8 months prior to release and a reference to the iPhone3,1 has been found recently so this would fit the same pattern.
ZodTTD today released his N64 emulator for the iPhone 3GS and iPod Touch 3G, a while before expected. A 14-year-old developer had begun work on a N64 emulator, slated for release in Spring but ZodTTD beat him to it.
It is a port of mupen64plus along with Ari64’s ARM Dynarec, and Adventus / Orkin’s OpenGLES GPU. Since the graphics processing unit (GPU) code is written with the OpenGL ES 2.0 specification, it limits the devices able to be used to the iPhone 3gs and iPod Touch 3rd Gen as of the current Apple lineup.
The current version sports:
Support for the Wii Remote via Bluetooth;
Emulation dynarec fast CPU;
Emulation of sound;
Download the ROM of games from the same;
Using Open GL libraries | ES 2.0;
Supports ROM:. N64 and. Z64 and archives. Zip and. Gz
It’s possible that Apple could be testing the iPhone OS version 3.1.3 and version 4.0, which we assume would run on the new iPhone3,1 device being currently tested. The rumours have come from server logs showing the new versions of the OS.
The BoyGeniusReport found evidence of two new user agents in their log files. The first, iPhone OS 3.1.3 would be a minor bug fix. The second, iPhone OS 4.0 would be a significant upgrade to the operating system.
The user agents could be faked, but it’s likely by now that Apple are testing these versions of the OS.
Recently we have had news of the ‘iPhone3,1’ being spotted in logs hinting towards an upcoming iPhone release but Eldar Murtazin, editor in chief of Mobile Review has recently tweeted:
“Foxconn received order for next generation iphone”
Fozconn work for Apple on iPods, Macs and iPhones and so if Apple keep to their mid-year cycle, then we should be seeing a new iPhone model next year which will be a major jump. Nothing else is really known yet but over the next few months we should find out more about the mysterious device.
As I spoke about before, Tesco said how they were hoping to release the iPhone 3GS before Christmas. Now the date has been set for December 14th, just in time for Christmas. Tesco gave some further details on their offerings of the iPhone. It has free unlimited 3G (fair use policy applies) and BT Openzone WiFi access, which is free for a year to Pay As You Go customers and for the life of your contract if your on Pay Monthly, the same as O2 offers.
The cheapest contract is £20 per month for their one-year contract, but that gets you only £60 calls and texts allowance and you have to pay £320 for the 16GB device itself. They also offer an unlimited calls and texts plan for £60 per month, cheaper than what Orange offer. Last of all they offer half-price calling to your favourite five numbers. The Pay As You Go costs will be the same as what O2 and Orange offer.
A N64 Emulator is the works for the iPhone 3GS and 3rd generation iPod Touch. The emulator called 3G4 has been created by a 14-year-old boy. This could be the first native N64 emulator for the iPhone, however ZodTTD has been working on an emulator for some time, but unfortunately we haven’t heard any news in a long time.
There are of course the usual problems with any project in development such as “duplicate button registers, delay of presses, and crashes when heavy gameplay occurs. ”
The emulator has an expected release of Spring 2010, according to the developer.
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Anis Kalsekar Director, R&D-Rasasi Perfumes receiving the award
Rasasi perfumes, one of the leading names in the regional retail landscape offering an exquisite range of fragrances, has announced the winning of Attar al Mohabba - "My Favourite Perfume of the Year" under the Arabian Fragrance Female category at the 2nd FIFI awards 2011, held in Dubai. Rasasi's participation is its first and has managed to grab a prominent award.
Commenting on the award, Mr. Anis Kalsekar- Director, R&D-Rasasi Perfumes said:" We are honoured and proud at Rasasi to receive such an award which proves our deep and continuous commitment in offering the finest products that cater to our discerning customers. This award is another motive for us to seek better innovations and new challenges in this aromatic industry. Rasasi has once again proved that we are seeking perfection in whatever we do and offer; therefore this award came as a result of our extensive efforts to keep our customers happy and maintain our acclaimed image. We would like to thank all the ones that voted for us, from admirers to our loyal customer base".
The event was held yesterday in Dubai's Ritz Carlton and was attended by an eminent jury in addition to many high profile perfume lovers across the UAE.


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Since Telapost broke the news of “Top Stories” in desktop search I have received emails from journalists, publishers, and news organizations all over Russia, the Ukraine, Pakistan and Italy. Their complaint is always the same: their (Google News approved) website is not displaying in the Top Stories carousel.
Ref: Google replaced ‘In the News’ box with ‘Top Stories’ on desktop.
The major change occurred around November 23, 3016, at least in the United States, but I am hearing that Google News websites lost their carousel even earlier in 2016.
The sites are still in Google News; if you click on “news” in Google search, you still see the news articles.
Of course, this results in a drastic reduction in organic search traffic and click through rates.
Top Stories is no longer just for Google News
On January 6, 2017 I also noted that top stores is no longer only for Google News sites. This was an alarming discovery, if you ask me.
Common problems with Google News sites
- Lots of news sites are upgrading to HTTPS which will cause problems.
- Sites with poor advertising on them or too many ads above the fold can lose their Google News status.
- I have heard that Google News sites utilizing AMP get more exposure in 2017, but this still doesn’t explain everything.
But this does not explain why some Google News approved websites are not showing in the Top Stories carousel.
It may have something to do with a new “top stories” algorithm based on how hot a topic is or potential organic search traffic. If a topic isn’t “newsworthy” there may be NO carousel.
This is just a theory.
In the meantime, webmasters can submit tickets to Google in their news console for assistance.
If you have suffered from this problem or know the solution please comment below.
- What Happened to ChicagoNow.com? - August 30, 2022
- The December 2021 Google Local Pack Algorithm Update - December 17, 2021
- Map Displaying to the Right of the Local Pack in Google Test in July 2021 - July 30, 2021
It is confirmed that Top Stories algorithm and inclusion is different to the Google News. They are possibly using AI… I dont really understand why upgrading to HTTPS is going to cause problems… Do you mean it is going to cause problems when the transition is happening on Search Engine end?
Oops, I should have been more clear. HTTPS is fine for news sites, although there can be issues during the migration which can cause problems with content making it to Google News. To be honest, I’m not usre where I was going with that.
I DO however have a lot more insight on this and the Top Stories algorithm. I will post a comment here with a link to that article once I get it up. To make a long story short- most people, prior to November 2016, were used to just sticking up articles which would show up in the “Google News” section. This is no longer the case for “Top Stories”. I have told about a dozen publishers the problem – their content just isn’t newsworthy. They pretty much hate hearing that and move on in denial. lol. If you break something newsworthy though you can be in Top Stories. This site has been in Top Stories on multiple occasions now & I’m not in Google News.. More to come on that shortly…


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PETALING JAYA: Malaysia’s manufacturing sales rose 4.5% in December 2020 to RM124.6 billion compared to the previous year, according to the latest figures by the Department of Statistics.
On a month-on-month basis, sales value rose 3.9%.
“The year-on-year increase in December 2020 was driven by transport equipment & other manufactured products (20.5%), food, beverages & tobacco products (7.9%) and electrical & electronics products (4.2%),” said the chief statistician Datuk Seri Mohd Uzir Mahidin in a statement.
He observed the total employees engaged by the sector fell 2% to 2.2 million persons in December last year from 2.24 million persons in December 2019.
According to the department, the month also saw a 0.8% or RM59.7 million decrease in salaries & wages paid to RM7.77 billion compared to December 2019.
Simultaneously, it reported the sales value per employee in December rose by 6.7% to record RM56,644 as compared with the same month in 2019 with an average salaries & wages per employee of RM3,533.
In Q4’20, the manufacturing sector’s sales value grew 3% to RM366.4 billion compared to the same quarter of the previous year, driven by transport equipment & other manufactured products (15%), food, beverages & tobacco products (9%) and electrical & electronics products (4.3%).
The quarter also saw the number of employees and salaries & wages drop 2% and 1.2% respectively.
Overall, the manufacturing sector’s sales value for 2020 declined 2.1% to RM1.34 trillion as compared to 2019, while the number of employees engaged during the period declined by 2% to 2.2 million persons and salaries & wages paid fell by 1.1% to RM87.2 billion.
The statistics department revealed sales value per employee during the reference period contracted by 0.2% to record RM612,324.


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Posted Aug. 5, 2013
The Iowa Pork Producers Association will be selling thousands of pork chops and educating consumers on modern pork production practices during the 2013 Iowa State Fair.
IPPA staff is anticipating brisk business at the Iowa Pork Tent and Pork Chop on a Stick™ concessions. This is the 33nd year for the Pork Tent and while the menu hasn’t changed, fairgoers will notice slightly higher prices on all items except the Chop on a Stick.
The Pork Tent and Chop shops are open daily from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.
The farrowing display will return to the Animal Learning Center with eight sows giving birth during the fair. FFA students will be on hand to visit with consumers about pork production. A miniature model barn will be displayed and signage and messaging will be posted throughout the building.
In the Agriculture Building, IPPA will partner with the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship and other commodity groups to help educate fairgoers about modern farming and production practices. A new semi-tractor simulator will explain how food gets from the farm to the plate. Pork samples will be provided on select days and a cooler display will provide additional information.
A mini hog barn will again be part of the Little Hands on the Farm exhibit to show consumers how most hogs are raised today. Children’s activities also will be provided.
A miniature model barn and messaging will be set up in the swine barn this year and a totem pole depicting swine growth will be displayed.
IPPA will utilize the services of more than 1,000 volunteers from county pork groups, national pork organizations and allied businesses at its concessions and exhibits.
The state fair is being held Aug. 8-18 in Des Moines.


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The term “artificial intelligence” may be relatively new to some industries. But compared with peers in other verticals, most large financial institutions are old hands at the use of AI or machine learning, particularly for weeding out potential fraud risk in credit lending.
However, as AI has become “smarter” and fraudsters are becoming more pervasive and wily, financial service institutions (FSIs) and their service providers are beginning to find new ways to utilize AI for tracking down and reducing potential fraud in various transactions and areas.
“The greater use of AI simply proves the point that our traditional defenses are failing to protect us against bad actors,” said Adrian Talapan, co-founder and CEO at Fee Navigator, a service provider that works with FSIs and their merchant-customers. “It is the behavioral model of user interactions that now rules across industries, and AI is really good at learning normal behaviors and discrepancies.”
Fee Navigator uses AI in its service, to instantly analyze merchant statements, for acquiring side banks and their business customers.
Other emerging financial technology companies (or fintechs) and cybersecurity units from more established financial vendors are boasting about the integration of AI and machine learning in their offerings. Cases in point: Kount, an e-commerce fraud mitigation platform now owned by Equifax, utilizes AI in weeding out potential fraud for its FSI customers at online account-opening and login, to making payments and reviewing disputed transactions.
Recent fintech startup Resistant AI, as its name would indicate, makes broad use of artificial intelligence in its FSI fraud-fighting tools, which are aimed at finding potential risk in credit scoring models, payment systems and onboarding new customers. (Incidentally, the two-year-old Prague-based Resistant AI late last month closed $16.6 million in Series A funding, signaling the investment community’s growing commitment to AI for fraud detection.) As of late October, the Czech Republic-based financial tech vendor had reportedly signed up more than 30 customers, including global banks, insurance companies and fintechs.
“Machine learning, a subfield of AI, has become increasingly valuable in the fraud prevention space,” said Daniel Holmes, director for solutions consulting at LexisNexis Risk Solutions. “Machine learning helps banks and other online businesses look at their historic data at scale to determine what the key risk signals are within fraudulent transactions. These learnings can then be reapplied for future fraud prevention endeavors.”
Indeed, since AI-based systems can “learn” from their experiences and mistakes, these tools can make a powerful and even game-changing impact in how effectively and quickly FSIs can pinpoint and stop various types of fraudulent behavior — even if there are subtle differences.
“For example, it helps banks to understand what is normal for their customer, then allows them to compare the current event to that historic baseline in real-time, flagging any potential anomalies for investigation,” Holmes said. Since this is all conducted by the system “quickly and passively... [it happens] without interruption to the user experience.”
More recently, banks have discovered that machine learning can help them understand their customers at an overall consumer level, Holmes continued, “not just as a cardholder or a digital banking user.
“Using machine learning to remove channel silos and look at your customer as a collective entity helps banks maximize the use of the vast data they hold on their customers,” Holmes added, "driving optimal value from these assets when it comes to keeping them safe from cybercriminals.”


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Originally published on Broadsheet.
“We opened Prior in March – Friday the 13th specifically,” says owner Ahmed Mekawy, laughing.
You know what happened next. Government restrictions rolled in on March 23, but Prior stayed open for takeaway coffee and sandwiches. Now, Mekawy is eager to unleash the cafe – in its intended state – to Thornbury and beyond.
Read the entire piece here.
Featured image: Kate Shanasy.


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Steel industry calls for unity
A strong message of cooperation and unity was sent from Made in Steel industry conference and exhibition in Southern Europe that opened on 15 May 2019 in Milan, Italy.
Slowing steel demand (compared to 2018 trends); regional market segmentation (fostered by tariffs and global protectionism) and a climate of general uncertainty in the industry are challenging the Italian and the European steel industry, after two years of renewed optimism and good performance. To overcome current difficulties, strong cooperation within the value chain is needed, involving producers and distributors in their respective areas of responsibility. This was the gist of the opening address of the eighth edition of the Made in Steel three-day conference and exhibition.
“Knowledge, cross-fertilisation and cooperation have been part and parcel of Siderweb since the steel community was created. We should go back to what unites us within the value chain, rather than highlighting what divides us,” said Emanuele Morandi, President and CEO of Made in Steel, in his opening remarks. “Business models are changing and nothing is still the same, but people should remain at the very heart of the market.”
“The Lombardy region is willing to support you with the measures you need, to help the industry overcome the challenges from globalisation, to keep our ‘humanity’ in new markets,” said Alessandro Mattinzoli, councillor for Economic Development for the Lombardy Region. “Politics must be engaged in active listening and evolving, sitting at discussion tables with the general public and the world of business.”
Representatives from the steel value chain echoed the call for closer cooperation to meet the challenges facing the steel industry.
“Future global and geo-political challenges call for a more comprehensive approach to overcome together the difficulties from the economic conjuncture,” added Riccardo Benso, President of Assofermet. “I am thinking specifically about the trade war which is affecting our markets. Tackling problems together will be really exciting.”
The afternoon conference - 'Steel vision: a global perspective' - hosted key players in the manufacturing and distribution value chain such as Matthieu Jehl, CEO of ArcelorMittal Italia and Fernando Espada, President of Eurometal.
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