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Mystery shrouds Tether and its links to biggest Bitcoin exchange.
“You try to sell $1 million of U.S. dollar tether, the price crashes to zero,
Bitcoin Nfc Payment In addition to QR codes, the digital yuan app might also use NFC, allowing people to pay
30/01/2018 · Tether, for example, wobbles by around 2%, with buy orders for the token exceeding $1 during major bitcoin slumps, and dipping below $1 this weekend as the Friedman news broke. Whether Tether competitors can overcome these objectives remains to be seen. Given the uncertainty the Tether imbroglio has sown, any successive stablecoin will need to take great pains to ensure that its.
7 Aug 2019.
Coin Metrics says accounts hold $1 million or more of coin. Controversial.
Mystery Shrouds Tether And Its Links To Biggest Bitcoin Exchange.
Bitcoin, the biggest cryptocurrency by market value, tumbled 10 percent on Tuesday. It fell another 3.2 percent to $9,766.41 as of 9:19 a.m. in Hong Kong, according to composite pricing on Bloomberg. The virtual currency hasn’t closed below $10,000 since November. See also: Mystery shrouds Tether and its links to Bitcoin exchange
Bitcoin tumbled 11 percent to $9,986.92 at 1:54 p.m. in New York. The virtual currency hasn’t closed below $10,000 since November, according to.
5 Dec 2017.
Among the many mysteries at the heart of the cryptocurrency market are these: Does $1 billion of a digital token known as tether really exist?
For so long as people believe 1 USDT is worth 1 USD, and that 1 USD has an agreed measure of purchasing power, tether will maintain its peg and its near total dominance of.
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Tether, one of the leading stablecoin cryptocurrencies, is said to be.
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France's Culture Minister Fleur Pellerin. Photo: AFP
Culture Minister Fleur Pellerin on Tuesday slapped “national treasure” designations on three objects among some 200 lots that are due to go under the hammer in Paris on September 29th, the US-based auction house said, confirming a report by the newspaper Le Figaro.
The items are: a household accounts book for the Chateau of Amboise, a Loire Valley residence favoured by France's royals in the 15th and 16th
centuries; a painting of the 17th-century king Louis XIII; and a portrait of the duchess of Orleans.
The order means those items will not be auctioned and cannot leave France. The government has 30 months to find the money to buy them for the state's collection.
Sotheby's auction of other royal items owned by the Orleans family will still go ahead, however. Among the lots on offer are various precious paintings, a piece of a cloak worn by the 13th-century king Louis IX, and a 17th-century drawing book with sketches inside made by Louis XIV as a boy.
The family, which forms one of several lines of pretenders to France's abolished throne, aim to raise five million euros ($5.6 million) from the
sale, which will go towards paying hefty inheritance taxes.
The family have already carried out three other auctions since 1999 for the same end, which raised an aggregate five million euros.


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DESPITE the very high level of inflation seen over the last year, the economic outlook is still quite strong as 2023 begins.
While lay-offs in the technology sector have raised concerns, Joe Robbins of Careerwise Recruitment feels those are not reflective of the overall health of the local and national jobs market.
“We’re still effectively at full employment. We’re still finding it very hard to find people at all levels. I think we’re very lucky that we have a very diverse economy.
“The technology companies are down right now and they’re letting a lot of people go, but if these people can migrate into the medical device/pharma-type companies then there are loads of opportunities still. It’s very buoyant right now.”
While inflation is very high, in many cases workers have seen their incomes rise significantly. “Because it’s such a competitive economy the wages have increased. It’s a messy environment as well, people might have two or three opportunites to change to other companies, especially in the medical device/engineering space, but the current company won’t want them to go, so they have to pay more.”
He feels that inflation is likely to fall in 2023, while the economy will remain very buoyant.
“I think it’s actually going to become stronger. China has now opened up again and the supply chains have already improved, so that’s going to bring down the prices of commodities and everything else.
“The weather has been very good and oil prices have come down, while the Government has helped with the electricity subsidy as well.
“I’d be very confident about the future, a lot of medical device/pharma companies are hiring strongly and there are new companies coming in.
“The technology companies had to let people go, they had too many people on the books and there is room for those people to move into other areas.”
Margaret O’Brien of Ennis Chamber said that retailers in the town had quite a good Christmas.
“I rang around about Christmas and in terms of retail, it was difficult in the run-up to Christmas because you had really bad ice two weeks out and literally people were coming into town during the time there was a thaw and that was only about two hours every day.
“The retailers were very worried at that time, but afterwards they were very happy with it. There was a good atmosphere and people were very positive.
“They said it was quiet enough straight after Christmas, but they were very happy with how Christmas went, they said it was really evident people wanted to shop local.”
At the moment she says that there is a mood of caution.
“I think everybody is really cautious. The fact that there is a chance that energy cost supports will be extended, that will help.
“I think in Ennis there are an awful lot of questions. People are wondering what will happen in the town, when is the URDF-funded project on O’Connell Street really kicking off, will that be extended further?”
However she said that members are a bit more hopeful than she had expected them to be, as 2023 begins.
Owen Ryan has been a journalist with the Clare Champion since 2007, having previously worked for a number of other regional titles in Limerick, Galway and Cork.


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Heartbreaking journey after dogs, farmers slaughter roos
KANGAROOS are pinching cows' grass and outraging farmers across Australia, according to a local wildlife carer.
Horizon's Kangaroo Sanctuary wildlife carers Garry and Denise McLean said humans and dogs were the biggest threat to the extinction of the kangaroo.
"Humans and domestic dogs are kangaroos' biggest enemy," he said.
"Kangaroos eat grass and cows eat grass and farmers shoot kangaroos because they eat the grass from the cows.
"My theory is meat is bad for you. The government wants more and more cows and the problem is we've done a free trade agreement with China and we'll sell China a lot of meat so the cattle industry is getting bigger and bigger.
"So there's a lot of Australians not looking after native animals."
Mr McLean said Agnes Water was a good place for kangaroos because of the lack of farming and threats to their species.
At the sanctuary, the kangaroos roam free with the house not off limits and the ocean as their only fence.
The McLeans dedicated more than a decade of their lives caring for orphaned joeys with round the clock care.
With about nine joeys currently living in the house with them, Mr McLean said they received orphaned joeys whose mothers had been killed by cars.
"We get babies from about 500g up to 2kg," he said.
"The smaller they are, the more chance they have of survival because mum's pouch protects them more."
Mr McLean said they spent from 6am until midnight every day caring for the joeys who required full time care until they were 18 months old.
"It's pretty full on," he said.
"A while back we were doing 56 bottles a day, like 20 hours a day.
"They all have different bottles at different times of the day. The bigger ones have four bottles a day and the big big ones have two bottles a day."
And it is not just feeding that kangaroos require. The constant cleaning of their man made pouches and toilet training keeps the wildlife carers busy.
Mr McLean said when they had a lot of joeys in care, they go through $1000 in toilet paper.
"When we have babies, we toilet them on our lap," he said. "When they're in mum's pouch, she opens the pouch and licks colita and stimulates the baby to go.
"We give them a bottle on our lap and we stimulate them with toilet paper. They do a poo and wee and it keep pouches clean."
Raising the kangaroos with donations from visitors, Mr McLean said it was an expensive and time consuming job.
The passionate carers said they run 'kangaroo experiences' where people could hand feed the kangaroos and joeys.
"We've raised well over 150 kangaroos ... every day there's different kangaroos here," he said.


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Producers in Argentina are expecting a better harvest this year as they look to a new government to spur more exports.
Aug. 9, 2019
The trade deal will eliminate tariffs on both Mercosur and E.U. exports and creates the world's largest bloc of olive oil consumers and producers.
Jul. 9, 2019
Improving quality is the best way to improve Argentina's international standing, said small and large-scale producers in a documentary video produced by Olive Oil Times that debuted today.
May. 29, 2019
The agricultural company Solfrut is renovating its existing olive oil production plant. The new one will have a state-of-the-art mill and see its storage capacity increase to 4,000 tons.
Jan. 30, 2018
Olive oil sales in Mendoza doubled this year, mostly to Brazil, Canada, Chile, the United States, Mexico and Spain.
Nov. 21, 2017
The Minister for Planning and Industry in La Rioja said that the provincial government had already been in talks with seven other provinces in both Argentina and Chile about making headway on the project.
Nov. 10, 2017
Recent floods have mostly spared Argentina's olive plantations as producers and exporters remain upbeat about the sector's potential.
Aug. 16, 2017
The leading American olive oil producer is sourcing oils from South America in its continuing pursuit of market share.
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This year's competition, which will be held the end of August at the Hotel Internacional in Mendoza, Argentina, will feature the participation of 21 countries and over 400 extra virgin olive oils.
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Cultivation in Cuyo is expected to grow 40 percent, but half of this green gold will never make it to store shelves. There are simply not enough workers to harvest the olives.
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"Producers will gain access to technical assistance in the field and at the pilot plant with the aim of improving the quality of their products." - Flavio Fama, National University of Catamarca
Mar. 16, 2011
The situation has only gotten bleaker for Argentina’s flailing olive oil industry, which finds itself in a financial predicament driven by stagnant prices and rising production costs.
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President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner has pledged federal government help to Argentina's battered olive oil industry following layoffs in the Catamarca region.


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Discuss a potential Spotify HiFi launch hit the features this week, yet it appears to be the music streaming goliath needs to zero in on another element for Google Wear gadgets: offline tuning in.
In a feature discourse at the new Google I/O engineer meeting, Spotify’s item lead for vehicles and wearables uncovered designs to permit the organization’s 350 million clients to download music to their Google Wear smartwatch.
YouTube circled back to a comparable declaration. The organization’s YouTube Music application is additionally due to get an update that will allow about 35 million clients to download tracks straightforwardly to their Wear OS watch.
Apple Watch clients have delighted in offline listening by means of Apple Music for quite a long time yet Apple Watch doesn’t as of now support offline Spotify playback.
At this point, Spotify hasn’t said when new the offline listening feature will be accessible – just that the new Spotify application has been “rebuilt from the ground up for Wear”. YouTube Music is because of land on Wear OS gadgets “later this year”.
The declarations came as a component of a significant redesign of Google’s hailing Wear OS. The most recent form of the product was created in association with Samsung and cases improved execution (applications open 30% quicker, clearly) and a smooth client experience dependent on Samsung’s famous Tizen OS.


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A recent survey revealed that 24% of pet owning couples in California found that they are prioritizing their pet parenthood over having (human) children.
The survey, conducted by Innovet Pet (a pet supply producer) compiled data from 3,800 pet owners across the country, also found that California pet owners would take 3 unpaid days off of work to care for a sick/injured pet and that over half of Californians prioritize their pets' diets over their own.
Surprisingly, the study also revealed that Californians are not the most passionate pet owners in America. Pet owners in Pennsylvania would take up to 6 unpaid days off to care for a pet and 56% of young couples in Louisiana would prefer to parent pets over babies.
To see how responses differed across the country, check out this interactive map.


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The 3DS has gotten a lot of flak since its trouble-ridden launch this past March. Those seven months have been something of a roller coaster ride for the system, and especially for its early adopters. Given that the 3DS had some serious issues - most notably a hefty price tag, a dismal battery life and a meager software library - a lot of this heat is understandable, and even warranted.
I don't think the lack of games was the main problem. In fact it was one of many problems
The 3DS was just not very well planned out overall, the added second analouge stick for example prooves that...it looks stupid and cheap. Something like that should of been there from the start.........lets not forget the ridiculous launch price.
Nintendo are not perfect and people really have got to stop defending them and call them out when they do something wrong. I mean the ONM made it look like Nintendo were being generous to the fans and that's why they lowered the price and gave out the 10 free downloadable games.........but we all know the real reason.
Wow a positive nintendo article from ign..............have pigs started flying? Either way its nice to see.
The 3ds is doing very very well now. Better than the ds did in terms of games, sales of both hardware and software at the same point (fact)
dragon quest, ff, monster hunter, mario are all landing on the system soon amongst other things. Then take cover.
Nintendo has a real shot at that 16 million fiscal target which would be higher in the first fiscal year than pretty much any nintendo system ever
Yea all Nintendo is doomed articles need to be postponed for now. Once we're in January we can start analysing things properly.
If the holiday sales are dissapointing then yea you can say they're in trouble but if not, then it's back to business as usual.
It all begins with Super Mario 3D Land releasing this thursday in Japan. Lets wait and see


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Chinese search engine Baidu's (NASDAQ:BIDU) name comes from a Song dynasty poem that tells of exhaustively searching for a lover during a chaotic festival, only to finally turn around to find her in a dim light. For Baidu, it seems more and more users are turning to competitors to search for lovers, among their other searches. The historical top dog's position is eroding, and this could very well be Baidu's biggest threat.
Baidu's crumbling dominance in China
Baidu always draws comparisons to Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL), but whereas Google has a seemingly indestructible moat, Baidu is much more assailable. For those of us under Google's market share, we aren't used to turnover in Internet services. Many of the battles were already fought when the Internet was just starting out, with the latest big disruption outside of mobile being Google Chrome's introduction as a browser.
This isn't all Baidu's fault, but simply the dynamic user market in which it operates. Whereas in 2012 more than 80% of Americans used the Internet, only 42% of Chinese used the Internet. Higher Internet penetration forces the competition to steal share as opposed to just grab new users as they come online. The Chinese market right now is much more friendly to new entrants because it's much easier to grab a new Internet user as opposed to one who is accustomed to a different service. Just how easy?
Baidu had 71% of Chinese search market share at the beginning of 2013. In May, that number was 60% according to CNZZ. On the other hand, Qihoo 360 Technology's (UNKNOWN:QIHU.DL) search share climbed from 10% to 25% during that time, with a search engine they debuted in the summer of 2012. Qihoo has a plan to reach 35% market share by the end of this year.
Compared to the stagnant American market, Google's market share has hovered around 67% for years, trading single-digit variances with competitors.
How Baidu or Qihoo will win
The obvious strategy for either company will be to grab on to mobile users. Qihoo's main mobile offering is something Americans are unfamiliar with -- mobile security software. A total of 538 million smartphone users had Qihoo's security software in March, compared to 275 million the previous year. Qihoo also has an Android app store, 360 Personal Assistant, with 400 million users.
Baidu recently reported 160 million daily active search users and 190 million monthly active map users. It also bought 91 Wireless, a mobile app store, last year for $1.9 billion.
These numbers just show the playing field is very level, especially because there are so many new smartphone customers in the coming years. In 2014, Gartner expects 440 million smartphones to be sold in China to end the year at over 1 billion total mobile phones. Grabbing the new customers will be even more important than converting those who already own mobile devices.
The threat to Baidu
As it fights an underdog, it seems that any share Baidu loses will weigh on its stock. Qihoo, meanwhile, demonstrates just how dynamic a young Internet industry can be, and could capitalize on the growth in these next few years to solidify its position among China's tech titans.


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Apple Could Look To Beat Recession Risk By Shipping iPhone 14 Earlier, Says Analyst
Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL) may ship its iPhone 14 models earlier than it had shipped the previous iterations, said analyst Ming-Chi Kuo.
What Happened: The Taiwan-based noted Apple analyst said on Twitter that the “announcement/shipping” date could be earlier than iPhone 13 and iPhone 12 models and this could be one of the “one of the reasons why Apple offered a positive outlook for [the the 2022 third quarter] from the last earnings call.”
Kuo shared a Bloomberg piece by Mark Gurman, which said, citing people familiar with the matter, that Apple is aiming to hold the launch event for the iPhone 14 models on Sept. 7.
(2/2)— 郭明錤 (Ming-Chi Kuo) (@mingchikuo) August 18, 2022
The global recession risk is still growing and unpredictable, so announcing/shipping the iPhone as soon as possible may minimize the impact of recession risk on demand.
“The global recession risk is still growing and unpredictable, so announcing/shipping the iPhone as soon as possible may minimize the impact of recession risk on demand,” wrote Kuo on Twitter.
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Why It Matters: The iPhone 13 was launched on Sept. 14, 2021, while the iPhone 12 was released on Oct. 13, 2020.
Kuo said last week that the upcoming models would cost more and expects the new series average selling price to rise by nearly 15% in comparison to the iPhone 13 series to between $1,000 and $1,050.
The rising geopolitical tensions between China and Taiwan currently don’t have an impact on the supply of the iPhone 14, according to Kuo.
Price Action: On Thursday, Apple shares closed 0.2% lower to $174.15 in the regular session, according to data from Benzinga Pro.
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Part game, part interactive television show, The Walking Dead: Last Mile is a massively interactive live event set on a remote Alaskan coast. Participants around the globe will be immersed in an all-new The Walking Dead story which will unfold minute-by-minute, day-by-day, week-by-week.
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IGN Expo 2022: Everything Announced at the Summer of Gaming Showcase
Jun 10, 2022 - IGN Expo has concluded for yet another year. Here's everything that was inside.


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Xbox announced a new partnership with Adidas to unveil their first console-inspired sneaker in honor of the 20th anniversary of the game console. This limited edition Adidas Originals by Xbox sneaker boasts translucent green accents inspired by the special edition release of the original Xbox console for the launch of Halo: Combat Evolved in 2001, which was also the first-ever generation of gaming at Microsoft. Read more for a video and additional information.
The launch of this sneaker kicks off their “Always Played In. Never Played Out” program, which celebrates popular eras of play over the last 20-years. These two companies decided to create a trailer for the program that appears to be filmed and edited just like a skate video from 2001, following a group of friends as they skate through their day in the Xbox 20th Forum Tech sneakers. Unfortunately, these apparently can only be won in upcoming giveaways, but that may change if the response is overwhelmingly positive.
- Fueled by the revolutionary AMD Ryzen 5000 H-Series mobile processor, this IdeaPad gaming laptop delivers the wins. With 6 ultra-responsive cores, it's the new standard for gaming performance in innovative, thin, and light laptops
- 15.6" FHD (1920 x 1080) IPS display with NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 GPU to supercharge your favorite games. Slingshot your gaming visuals with 120Hz refresh rate for tear-free gaming
- 8GB 3200 MHz DDR4 RAM memory and 256GB M.2 PCIe SSD storage
- Connectivity: RJ45 Ethernet, 2x2 WiFi 802.11 ax, Bluetooth 5.0; 720p HD webcam and microphone array with privacy shutter; HDMI, USB-C
- 2 x 2W speakers with Nahimic Audio for Gamers; spacious gaming keyboard with white backlight
Thank you to our community for making Xbox the best place to play with family and friends across the globe. We’re excited to continue celebrating our 20th anniversary in partnership with you and adidas!,” said Microsoft in a press release.


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In the 117th Congress, Congress passed, and President Biden signed into law H.R. 3076, the Postal Service Reform Act of 2022, which codified the agency’s mission and helped to stabilize its finances. It allows six-day delivery, an integrated delivery network for mail and packages (separating these functions could have cost up to $15 billion), and performance targets and reviews of accounting for direct and indirect costs. It also requires semi-annual reports on finances and operations and a “dashboard” on service performance.
Now it is up to the USPS to take advantage of this new law and get its costs under control. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy’s 10-year plan, including $34 billion for “self-help” cost reductions, is intended to move the USPS in the right direction. But two years into the implementation of this plan, results have fallen woefully short. Indeed, the USPS appears to be moving in the wrong direction.


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Xueli Cherie and Lin Shanshan Sunny have been fined evading taxes. Taobao.
China’s tax authorities have punished two top livestreamers, Xueli Cherie and Lin Shanshan Sunny, for tax evasion and fined them 66 million yuan ($10.34 million) and 28 million yuan ($4.38 million) respectively.
Their influencer incubation company, Chenfan Group, in which Xueli is chairwoman and Lin Shanshan is chief marketing officer, has more than 350 influencers and livestreamers on its books, and operates more than 30 direct-to-consumer brands. During last year’s Single Day shopping event, its total GMV was more than 3.1 billion yuan ($485.9 million) This year, the company also received tens of millions of dollars in Series B and B + rounds of financing.
With the rapid growth of social commerce in China, industry insiders believe that regulation of the livestreaming industry is also on the agenda.
French cosmetics giant L’Oréal is offering shopping vouchers to some Chinese customers to settle a dispute over discounts that drew the ire of the country’s top two livestreaming sales stars, the pair said.


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British Study Shows Effectiveness of Virtual Care
Joii app users more often than not sought assistance with low-risk pet health issues.
Vet-AI, the developer of a British veterinary telemedicine app, has calculated that more than 80% of the consultations were manageable by remote means and that few cases resulted in an adverse event. Based on 38,449 remote consultations completed during the pandemic, the report showed the value of veterinary telemedicine, said Vet-AI co-founder and certified veterinary […]
Rarebreed Partners Gets a Second Cash Infusion
The owner of 33 veterinary hospitals is planning further growth.
Rarebreed Veterinary Partners, a network of 33 clinics scattered across the Northeastern United States, has raised an undisclosed amount of money to support the acquisition of more practices. The private equity firms Halle Capital Management and Trilantic North America, which purchased minority stakes in Rarebreed in September 2020, invested additional sums during the latest financing […]
Walmart Adds Another In-House Pet Food Brand
Pure Balance PRO+ is promoted as “veterinarian formulated” and “super premium.”
Walmart has launched a “veterinarian formulated” pet food line, Pure Balance PRO+, for dogs and cats, complementing the 9-year-old Pure Balance brand. The nine new diets, which Walmart promotes as “super premium,” are made with either chicken, turkey or salmon as the first ingredient. “The super-premium formulation is made with natural ingredients, plus added vitamins, […]
University Researcher Wins Bustad Award
Dr. Jason Coe is the AVMA’s Companion Animal Veterinarian of the Year. Dr. Jeff Boehm and Valerie Fenstermaker also are honored.
Ontario Veterinary College professor Jason Coe, DVM, Ph.D., has been named the 2021 Bustad Companion Animal Veterinarian of the Year, one of the profession’s highest honors. Dr. Coe was among three recipients of annual awards administered by the American Veterinary Medical Association. The two others were Jeff Boehm, DVM, DACAW, the CEO of The Marine […]
Pet Releaf Unveils Veterinary-Exclusive Supplement
Hemp-based Sentesa is intended to support a dog’s health and healing.
Pet Releaf has released Sentesa, a veterinary line of hemp-based supplements formulated to manage a dog’s inflammatory response, discomfort, calmness, joint flexibility and mobility. Sentesa capsules contain cannabidiol (CBD), beta-caryophyllene and caprylic acid, a triglyceride. The Denver company reported that Sentesa was “developed by veterinarians, exclusively for veterinarians.” “We knew from our veterinary partners that […]
New From Elanco Animal Health: Credelio Cat
The oral flea and tick fighter contains the active ingredient lotilaner.
Elanco Animal Health has launched a feline version of Credelio, a chewable tablet formulated to kill fleas and protect against ticks. Credelio Cat (lotilaner) arrives four years after the release of the beef-flavored Credelio (lotilaner) tablet for dogs. The feline variety has a vanilla and yeast scent that Elanco stated appeals to cats fussy about […]
Pet Insurance Sees Another Year of Double-Digit Growth
More than 3.1 million dogs and cats were covered in 2020 as the U.S. market hit $1.99 billion.
U.S. pet owners spent just shy of $2 billion in 2020 on pet health insurance, a 27.5% one-year increase and an all-time record. Rick Faucher, the North American Pet Health Insurance Association’s board president, called the sales figure a sign of a maturing, 41-year-old U.S. industry. “With only a fraction of the potential market realized, […]
SPCA Challenges California Telemedicine Law
The animal welfare group wants to loosen restrictions on veterinarians.
The San Francisco Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals is suing over California’s veterinary telemedicine law, saying the constraints are bad for pets and their owners. “By limiting telemedicine, this law is restricting equitable access to animal care among California’s diverse people and geographic regions,” said Brandy Kuentzel, the San Francisco SPCA’s general […]
CAPC Predicts Wider Spread of Parasitic Diseases
Growing numbers of pets are at risk of contracting heartworm, Lyme, ehrlichiosis and anaplasmosis.
Pets can run, but they can’t hide from mosquitoes and ticks, the vectors for several preventable diseases. The Companion Animal Parasite Council reported in its annual forecast that the risk of heartworm disease, Lyme disease and two other tick-borne illnesses is higher than usual in many areas of the United States in 2021. The nonprofit […]
Small Door Veterinary Raises $20 Million for Expansion
The members-only practice anticipates constructing 24 more hospitals by 2025.
A New York City veterinary clinic that charges a membership fee ranging from $8 to $89 a month has raised $20 million to finance the opening of 24 additional clinics by 2025. Small Door Veterinary is a 1-year-old concierge practice in Manhattan’s West Village that offers an around-the-clock telemedicine service and in-clinic features such as […]


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Buttery’s Floor Covering has been chosen as this week’s Surviving the Hard Times series in recognition of more than four decades of service to Middlesboro and the surrounding area.
Donald Buttery opened Buttery’s Floor Covering in 1971. The store carries a full line of floor coverings and serves Kentucky, Tennessee and Virginia.
“We sell laminate, hardwood, tile, carpet, vinyl,” listed Buttery. “Anything for floors, we do it.”
The store has been so successful throughout the years, that it has had to relocate four times since opening. Buttery’s has always remained true to Middlesboro and each relocation has been within the city. The numerous relocations all came as a direct result of the need for expansion to meet customer needs and demands.
Buttery’s Floor Covering is currently located in downtown Middlesboro at 1817 Cumberland Ave. and despite losing $275,000 from the flood of 2011, Buttery is continuing to run his shop at its current location in downtown.
Although business has declined at times over the past 42 years, Buttery credits his success to the loyalty of his customers.
“(We have) a whole lot of repeat customers,” said Buttery. “Third and fourth time repeats.”
This was evidenced by one of the customers in the shop on Friday.
Anita Miller, of Middlesboro, has purchased flooring supplies from Buttery’s on so many occasions, she has lost count.
“Counting the times at the old stores, lets see,” mused Miller. “At least ten.”
Buttery currently employs four workers in his shop, including his son, and works with approximately ten subcontractors.
For questions about specific flooring needs, Buttery can be reached at 248-4049.
To nominate a long-standing locally owned business to be featured in Surviving the Hard Times, contact Reina Parker Cunningham at firstname.lastname@example.org or by phone at 606-248-1010, ext. 205.


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It looks as if the likes of Leverage and Bosch:Legacy will not be streaming on IMDb TV as planned. But fans of both these shows and the slate of other original programming shouldn’t worry too much. The scheduling plans haven’t changed but the name of the platform is going through a change of identity.
From 27th April, IMDb TV (which has tripled monthly active users in the last two years) will be known as Amazon Freevee, a rebranding meant to better represent the status of the platform as a free-to-view (though ad-supported) platform.
“Over the past two years, we have seen tremendous growth for our AVOD service and are committed to bringing our audiences premium, free-to-consumer content. We’re looking forward to building on this momentum with an increasing slate of inventive and broadly appealing originals, and are excited to establish Freevee as the premier AVOD service with content audiences crave,” ” said Jennifer Salke, head of Amazon Studios.
Technically this isn’t the first name-change for the company – it launched as Freedive in January 2019 but it has increased its output with several key dramas and shows (such as the ones above). However some people are still unaware they can get the free platform via Amazon (which doesn’t require an Amazon Prime subscription, only a valid Amazon account) so the new name should clarify that more clearly and raise its profile. Nor will it come as a huge shock to UK viewers, where the service already had a successful launch under the Freevee banner last September. The further international roll-out of the Freevee brand will start in Germany.


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Apple will fund its campus headquarters via a five-year, $30 billion investment plan and will pay the US government $38 billion from its foreign pot of cash, that now stands at more than $250 billion....
West Sussex-based start-up Sees.ai will conduct trials at three locations in the UK
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"If the free market were a baseball game, Google positioned itself as the pitcher, the batter and the umpire"
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After Recall Subaru, BRZ/Scion FR-S Keep Grenading Engines
Even after a 2019 recall and class-action lawsuit valve springs continue to break. Toyota and Subaru are still scratching their collective heads over what could be causing catastrophic failures. Over 400,000 Subaru BRZ and Scion FR-S cars powered by the Subaru 2.0-liter boxer engine would stall from breaking valve springs.
There have been reports of fixed cars having catastrophic engine failures
Then, after the recall, there were reports of fixed cars having catastrophic engine failures. It was happening (and continues from what we understand) within the first few thousand miles after the recall fix. This led to the class-action lawsuit filed last year. The Drive notes that they continue to get a steady stream of emails from owners experiencing blown engines. So, what’s going on?
The response from dealerships confronted with answering for their recall fixes resulting in blown engines is mixed. Some deny the fix had anything to do with lunched engines. Others offer discounts on labor and parts to rebuild the engine. But owners still have to shell out a fair chunk of change.
The class-action lawsuit is being reviewed by the Easter District of Pennsylvania, where it was filed
As the class-action lawsuit is being reviewed by the Easter District of Pennsylvania, where it was filed, everyone involved has to wait for it to proceed. Owners are warned to keep all records, invoices, and correspondence related to their issues and interactions with dealers. As for the recall itself, a Subaru spokesperson told The Drive that about 75% of the affected vehicles have had the recommended repairs.
As for the allegations in the class-action lawsuit, a Subaru spokesperson stated, “Subaru strongly disagrees with the allegations made in the lawsuit and we have filed with Toyota a Joint Motion to Dismiss Plaintiff’s Consolidated Amended Complaint.” A Toyota spokesperson told The Drive, “The safety and security of our customers is a top priority. Toyota encourages customers to have the remedy for any open safety recall completed. A customer can see if their vehicle is involved in a safety recall by visiting Toyota.com/repair or nhtsa.gov/recalls. Enter the Vehicle Identification Number or license plate information. Regarding this lawsuit, we’ll respond to the allegations in the appropriate forum.”


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12:54AM | Tuesday, 1 December 2015 | Make yours a good company for women by creating an environment where they feel safe, welcomed and empowered to be their best selves.
9:14PM | Tuesday, 1 September 2015 | Cyan Ta'eed's recently become one of the most sought-after women on the speaker circuit, especially for tech and entrepreneurial events.
8:37PM | Friday, 14 August 2015 | Apple CEO Tim Cook says “there is a lot more work to be done” after the company released its diversity report for this year.
7:27PM | Thursday, 16 July 2015 | Envato, which has over four million users, has been intermittently offline across the last two weeks, including for three hours last Friday and one hour on Sunday.
11:56AM | Wednesday, 19 November 2014 | Envato co-founder Collis Ta’eed says he didn’t realise venture capital was an option when looking at ways to grow the business in its early days.
Envato becomes the first Australian startup to release its diversity figures, encourages others to do the same9:33PM | Thursday, 4 September 2014 | Envato has become the first Australian tech startup to release comprehensive workforce diversity figures.
8:18PM | Tuesday, 12 August 2014 | ThemeForest, owned by Melbourne-based tech company Envato, is now among the top 100 websites in the world in terms of traffic, according to the latest Alexa rankings.


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VTubers are dominating Twitch, and a cereal mascot is hoping to take advantage of that trend. Kellogg’s is working with the Amazon-owned live streaming platform to launch a channel hosted by Tony the Tiger.
Tony, who has been selling Frosted Flakes for seven decades, will host his first Twitch stream on August 19. The animated tiger will be joined by several human creators, including Chrissy Costanza, Big Cheese, and GoldGlove. Together, they’ll play “a popular battle royale game.” That could be anything from Fortnite to Apex Legends to Garena Free Fire, but my money’s on Fall Guys. Tony will reveal his game of choice on his Twitch hub between 5 and 7 PM ET on the 19th.
The broadcast will be titled “Tony the Tiger’s Gr-r-reat Cereal Bowl of Gr-r-reatness.” If you’re keeping track at home, that’s two grrreats (three if you count the headline), and the stream hasn’t even begun yet.
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Kellogg’s told Adweek that Frosted Flakes is the “first brand globally to work with Twitch to transform a brand mascot into an interactive VTuber.” To create the virtual character and his streaming setup, Kellogg’s worked with the Brand Partnership Studio, an in-house team at Twitch. Tony’s Twitch backstory includes a number of details that fit a cereal mascot. For example, his PC will be cooled by milk. I don’t know if that’s the image I want when I look at a gaming rig, but it definitely fits Tony’s identity.
VTubers have had a big year in 2022, and it’s not surprising that brands are looking to latch onto the trend. On platforms like Twitch, VTubers can have malleable personalities that can shift to meet a sponsor’s needs. Lil Miquela, a virtual character who is often seen in the metaverse, recently landed a partnership with Pacsun.
In a statement, Kellogg All Family Cereal Director of Brand Marketing Sadie Garcia discussed Twitch’s potential as a tool for sponsored content. “Kellogg’s Frosted Flakes and Tony the Tiger are always looking for ways to connect with lifelong fans and the next generation of cereal lovers, whether that’s through releasing new fun flavors of Kellogg’s Frosted Flakes or by showing up in new places,” she said. “Twitch is a growing service with more than 31 million average daily visitors, giving Tony and Kellogg’s Frosted Flakes a chance to connect with new audiences and engage unlike we’ve ever done before with a fun and innovative gaming experience.”
As Tony acclimates himself on Twitch, we’ll get to see how the platform’s community reacts to a fully-branded VTuber. Depending on how this experiment goes, Tony’s turn on Twitch could be either forgettable or grrroundbreaking.


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When Phyllis Salowe-Kaye learned that the brand new Jersey Condition Money Council (NJSIC) had invested 50 mil condition pension dollars having a personal collateral corporation that used a few of the financing to buy a predatory pay-day bank, she experienced brand new proverbial rooftop. The new long time government movie director of the latest Jersey Resident Action (NJCA) rapidly developed a powerful coalition away from individual coverage and you may civil-rights advocates and you will first started implementing stress on the percentage to offer their stake in the agency. Pay day credit is illegal inside the Nj and you may she thought the new accessibility state bucks purchasing a pay-day lender, at the least, a violation out of ethics and you may conflict interesting towards fee.
Towards , almost 10 weeks following NJCA’s first inquiry, the state capital percentage launched at the their monthly fulfilling this had signed divestiture away from JLL Lovers, the non-public collateral firm that ordered Adept Bucks Display. Adept got prior to already been fined $5 billion and you may bought to repay consumers another $5 million of the Individual Economic Safety Bureau (CFPB),and this receive Ace’s credit and you can collection practices as predatory.
“Sure, yes, sure,” said Salowe-Kaye, when asked about the new CFPB’s conclusions and you can further governing to your Ace, “That’s why it [pay check loan providers] try unlawful inside New jersey.”
“We were unhappy which took up to January,” she additional. “We might possess enjoyed to have viewed so it happens sooner.”
Those types of one to helped regarding push with the commission’s divestment was Bruce Davis, monetary couch to your NAACP state section, the brand new Reverends Dr. DeForest Soaries and you will Errol Cooper regarding First Baptist Chapel off Lincoln Landscapes, and you can Reva Promote, chair of your New jersey Black colored Issues Appointment.
According to NJCA, twelve mil People in america are sucked inside because of the easy money one to payday loans bring, charging her or him $seven billion during the interest rates and fees. An average of, payday loans carry an excellent 391 per cent annual percentage rate (APR) and they are directed generally to people out-of color, army professionals, and you can seniors.
Beverly Brownish-Ruggia, a community coordinator that have NJCA, aided kickstart the process of formally asking for your payment start divestment procedures which have JLL. “The initial strategies was to get in touch with the state, donate to speak, contact the advocates and do even more lookup concerning relationships between the retirement loans and you may Ace Bucks Show,” Brown-Ruggia said.
A quick payday loan, because laid out because of the CFPB with the their webpages, try an effective “temporary mortgage, generally having $five-hundred otherwise shorter, which is normally due on your own next pay day
On further data on relationships within percentage and JLL, Brown-Ruggia learned that, despite the CFPB ruling facing Adept, the latest commission planned on throwing way more state currency towards the JLL. “Within fulfilling where i ordered right up all of our requires for divestment we including pointed out that, when you look at the , brand new council had approved a proposal for another $150 mil financial support,” Brown-Ruggia recalled.
When he remaining the new fulfilling in which the divestment is established, Tom Byrne, chairman of one’s NJSIC, sounded such as for instance men who had been just willing to feel placing the latest divestment promotion trailing him. The guy approved the commission’s duty in order to comply with the fresh new coalition’s requires, inspite of the economic implications to possess state retirement benefits, as well as for JLL People.
Regrettably, as a result of the highest will set you back, people same anybody find themselves taking out fully pay day loan to blow right back established cash advance, undertaking a recurring financial obligation cycle you to definitely lawmakers and civil rights organizations argue should be illegal
“Whatever you divested try a business that is illegal to help you carry out in Nj-new jersey,” Byrnes told you. “I really don’t envision JLL try too happier, however, we made a decision that we think was at the brand new better personal rules attract. They’ve been business people and they have understand when they make certain purchases it grab providers risks.”


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Tinder is bringing back “Swipe Night,” its interactive in-app event that allows its users another way to break the ice besides just matching and chatting. After the first season’s “choose your own adventure” apocalyptic storyline brought in over 20 million users, Tinder said it would introduce a new installment, this time featuring a “whodunit” murder mystery. That event, “Swipe Night: Killer Weekend,” will kick off starting on November 7th at 6 PM, the company announced this morning.
The Swipe Night experience will take place live, right inside the app. Tinder will send a push notification inviting all of its users to participate in the event. The company says that as the Swipe Night mystery unfolds, users will face moral dilemmas and practical choices, with only seven seconds to decide on their next moves.
“Tinder is so iconic in the way that it’s created today that it’s scary to do something different,” Miller says. “They’ve experienced Tinder in a very specific way over the last eight years. Do people want this?”
Globally, 20 million Tinder users participated in first iteration of Swipe Night and saw a 26% increase in matches.
“One of the big learnings for us is that there was a lot of demand for shared experiences on Tinder, even on a global scale,” Miller says.
At the end of each week, participants are asked to choose their suspect and they’ll be paired with another user who chose a different suspect in a “Fast Chat” experience (where users can chat without matching), in order to discuss their thoughts, analyze clues and solve the mystery together. These pairings will be algorithmic, based on the user’s profile preferences where they’ve indicated who they’re looking for in terms of factors like age, gender, distance and others. But their choice of a different suspect is meant to help facilitate a conversation — something that’s been tricky on online dating apps, where users often struggle with opening lines.
The company believes this type of low-pressure chat will make it easier for users to test out their compatibility before matching and provides a better overall experience than sending a message to someone in the app, which they might not see until the next day. And by playing a game together, users may be able to be more authentic as they describe their thoughts and choices.
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The last six months were full of exciting Blaston announcements. Resolution Games kicked off its first professional esports season with VR Master League, added weapon attachments to enhance play style customization, introduced the Blaston Spectator app for livestreamers and broadcasters, and even collaborated with Fast Travel Games to bring Apex Construct’s Cyber Bow to the game.
Now, to further its efforts to support Blaston’s VR esports community, Resolution Games has announced its inaugural Blaston Championship 2022.
The tournament is set to kick off on August 1st, and it offers a total prize pool of $10,000 USD. All players of the VR dueling shooter from North America and Europe can come join the fun and earn their way to the Finals in November by competing in ranked mode.
“In hosting our first-ever Blaston Championship, we’re opening up the world of professional esports competition to everybody,” says Tommy Palm, founder and CEO of Resolution Games. “This tournament is designed to find the very best players across nearly the entire Blaston community, and the search starts in August as we open up the first qualifying period. Good luck, blasters!”
In addition to the tournament, Resolution Games has also announced a new content update, called Glow Up. The update gives players looking to customize their arsenal access to all-new attachments for a variety of weapons, including the Raptor Ellipse, Lance Nate, Hammer Ellipse, Nova Helix, and Vector.
The Glow Up update also introduces two new avatars, six new avatar skins, and a new legendary version of Lyxx that players can wear into the arena, making it the single-biggest style update for Blaston to date.
For more information about the tournament and the new update, please visit https://www.resolutiongames.com/blaston.


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Taiwanese electronics maker HTC has released a new generation of blockchain smartphone Exodus 1S, in which Bitcoin full node launch feature is available.
The device was presented on Saturday at the Lightning Conference in Berlin. The company said that the new product is the first smartphone on which to run the full Bitcoin node.
“Complete nodes are the most important componentthe sustainability of the Bitcoin network, and we are opening up the possibility for anyone to manage their own node, ”said Phil Chen, CEO of decentralization, HTC.
The new smartphone went on sale at a price of € 219Euro ($ 244), which is about a third of the cost of the previous generation Exodus 1. HTC opened sales at a conference in Berlin through the Lightning payment network.
The device enables usersinstall a 400 GB SD card, which allows the smartphone to handle the processing of a large amount of data necessary to store the full Bitcoin registry. The current blockchain size is 250 GB.
The company recommends users to connect toWi-Fi and to the charger when working with a full host. The smartphone also has a built-in hardware wallet for the safe storage of cryptocurrencies. By default, the smartphone comes with 4 GB of RAM and 63 GB of memory and runs on Android Oreo 8.1
“We provide tools for access to universal basic financing and functions that allow us to be our own banker,” Chen said.
The smartphone will be available in 27 countries in Europe and the Middle East, including Germany, Greece, Saudi Arabia and the UAE. Currently, a blockchain smartphone is not planned for sale in the United States.
HTC Exodus Added Support In SeptemberBitcoin Cash, and in May, the option of swaps between cryptocurrencies was also added. Previously, there was information that a decentralized Brave browser will be installed in the Exodus blockchain smartphone.


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Sept. 2, 2015 By Michael Florio
The owners of a popular Jackson Heights Himalayan restaurant have opened a second location on Northern Blvd.
Dawa Lhamo and Chime Tendha, owners of the highly-acclaimed Tibetan/Himalayan restaurant Phayul (located at 37-65 74th Street), opened Phayul Himalayan Restaurant at 89-17 Northern Blvd on Saturday.
The two restaurants offer the same menu, although there are some additional items at the Northern Blvd location, such as a variety of sushi rolls and noodles not offered at Phayul.
The couple decided to open the new location so they could serve more customers. Lhamo said customers come to eat at the 74th Street restaurant and often have to wait for a table.
“A lot of people come to eat there [Phayul] and it is very small,” she said.
Phayul only has five tables and can seat up to 20 people, Lhamo said. The new restaurant is more spacious and can seat up to 40 people.
The Northern Blvd location has a larger kitchen, which has allowed Tendha, who is also the head chef, to add more items to the menu.
Lhamo said they were also drawn to the location since they live just two blocks away, and have noticed that there is a need for a Tibetan and Himalayan restaurant near where they live.
“There is no Tibetan food over here,” Lhamo said.
Lhamo said customers have slowly been trickling in to the new restaurant, but she is hopeful that business will pick up once the word that Phayul has opened a second location gets out.
“I just hope the neighborhood likes it,” she said. “All the food is very fresh and prepared after it is ordered.”
The location was formerly Ru Yi Northern Restaurant.
Phayul Himalayan Restaurant is open from 11 am to 11 pm, seven days a week.


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NBC Universal has announced plans to offer many of its TV shows for free download to PCs for a week following their initial broadcasts. The service will come with several restrictions. Downloaded TV shows will only be viewable on Windows-based PCs, and will expire after seven days; users also won't be able to fast-forward through commercials, or transfer them to disk or another computer. NBC eventually plans to let consumers pay a fee for downloads that could be kept permanently, and transferred to devices like the iPod. The company is also gearing up to launch Hulu, its online video distribution joint venture with News Corp., which will also offer its TV programs, along with movies and video from other partners, for free on a streaming, ad-supported distribution network.
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UC Capital, a joint venture of investment firms Netherlands-based Urdaneta Capital and India’s Capvent has launched a €150 million Lions Growth Fund that will invest in small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Europe.
The fund is set to invest in 10-12 companies in the industrial regions of Northern Italy, Spain, France and Southern Germany in the next four years, UC Capital said in a statement. It will target infrastructure (solar, construction, utilities and energy), manufacturing, advanced materials, automotive and healthcare companies that seek to improve standards of living in Asia.
UC Capital said European SMEs are facing a growth challenge due to stagnant economies in Europe. It would use Indian manufacturing synergies and access to other Asian markets to transform their business prospects.
It said it would also co-invest in minority positions in attractive European companies focused on growth.
Varun Sood, co-founder of UC Capital and Capvent told Private Equity International that the idea for the fund is to employ a manufacturing as well as a market strategy out of Asia. “We are proposing to our companies to take advantage of ‘Make in India’, an initiative by the government to encourage companies to manufacture their products out of India. We will be using India as a springboard and leverage on the technologies and management skills from European companies that have existed for many years, as well as the relationships they have, to get customers.”
Capvent, which operates in India, China and Europe, has invested over €1.2 billion in various private equity strategies, initially as fund of funds investor and then from 2003 as direct investor in Asia. It manages the Capvent Asia Consumer Fund, a 2012-vintage vehicle that raised $75 million. Sood took the company through its early stages of growth in Asia before moving to Europe to set up UC Capital.
That fund had recently exited its investment in Chinese online education company Tsingda eEdu Corporation and had generated return multiple of 2.9x and an internal rate of return of 32 percent, as reported by PEI.
Urdaneta Capital is a venture capital firm focused on restructuring European SMEs in the industrial and automotive sectors. It is based in Amsterdam, Netherlands with additional offices in Pune, India; and Barcelona, Spain.


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The 14th Edition of the Xerox Rochester International Jazz Festival (XRIJF) wrapped up on Saturday, June 27 after nine days of 320+ shows, including 90+ free concerts at 19 venues with 1,500+ artists. In addition to listening to some great music, the in-plant executives in attendance had the opportunity to attend a Xerox educational session where they could learn how to “Amp Up their In-Plant.”
The session opened with a keynote speech from Barb Pellow, Group Director at InfoTrends. She shared her perspective on what it will take to reinvent in-plant operations in today’s environment. Pellow stated, “Nearly every industry is undergoing a major transformation that is being driven by new and emerging technologies. None has been more heavily impacted than the printing industry, and this is only exacerbating the challenges that in-plant managers face today. The key is to disrupt the status quo long before there is a need to do so.” According to Pellow, successful in-plants must build a vision, retool their services, reinvent their customer bases, expand their sphere of influence, properly position their new offerings, invest in operational excellence, and instill a culture of innovation. Read more »
Last week’s announcement that the print edition of Newsweek magazine would cease at the end of 2012 shined a spotlight on the digital disruption that has accelerated business transformation for traditional publishers. It’s not like magazine publishers have their head in the sand; for over a decade, they have been forging ahead in a digital direction, trying a variety of strategies and tactics to grow their digital audience, increase online ad revenue, and monetize their content. Nevertheless, the sheer velocity of transformation in the last few years has forced magazine publishers of all sizes (and media companies in general) to be much more agile and innovative.
Magazines clearly remain an attractive outlet for advertisers, especially as digital channels attract new audiences and provide engaging andÂ measurableÂ advertising experiences. To that point, the Association of Magazine Media (MPA) recently released research conducted by Kantar Media highlighting that the number of brands advertising in magazine media–including print, web, and tablet channels–grew from just over 9,500 in the first half of 2010 to almost 15,000 in the first half of 2012. Advertisers value magazine media, especially as it extends to more interactive, data-rich channels. Read more »
Print service providers, like many other businesses, are being impacted by mobile technology. Smartphones and tablets are now an integral part of peoples’ daily lives; the pervasiveness of mobile technology continues to influence the “consumerization” of business, and the printing industry is not immune to this trend. Customers increasingly request access to services via their mobile devices, and internal business and production operations are going mobile, as well. Ultimately, the role of mobile technology is going to be increasingly important in business–and not just when it comes to marketing services.
InfoTrends wanted to uncover how print service providers are tailoring their services and operations to be more mobile-friendly. In our most recent annual software investment study, we asked 179 print provider respondents about their adoption and uses of mobile technology within their companies, finding that while adoption is still relatively low, it is poised for growth in the next year.
Quick response (QR) codes have come a long way from their invention in 1994 by Denso Wave company.Â The QR code originated as a tool for tracking automotive manufacturing parts in Japan, and has risen to prominence in marketing and advertising campaigns in 2011. The ability for QR codes to be read on mobile devices has helped with increasing its popularity in today’s tech-savvy society. Consumers, marketers, and print service providers are beginning to become more aware of this technology by adopting it into their existing operations. As consumers, we often times see QR codes in many areas of our daily lives.Â The codes can be seen on our monthly statements encouraging customers to take action, in printed magazines to deliver further information, and on retail packaging for brands that want to engage with customers.
A recurring theme at drupa 2012 is that many of the planned digital devices are intended as B2-format offset press replacements. This is puzzling positioning. Is there really a need for digital stand-ins for very efficient offset presses? The digital market, need I remind you, is built on values well beyond mere quick turnaround and cost-effective short runs. Production digital print is best leveraged when it facilitates full process automation, electronic collation, variable data, and the use of the digital printer as a virtual document archive. Designs that lack duplexing or use traditional offset feed and delivery systems miss out on some of the most basic digital print advantages.
According to an article on channelpartner.de, Samsung is launching their first inkjet printers this week; although they will have Samsung’s own design and features they will use Kodak’s inkjet technology. Channelpartner.de received the news from the retail community, which is claiming that the Samsung consumer inkjet devices have already hit the shelves. Read more »
I’ve always been an avid reader, but I don’t always find as much time as I’d like to sit back and read a good book. Last week, I took a relaxing vacation and rediscovered my love of literature.
Years ago, I recall a rather forward-thinking teacher telling my sixth grade class that people would someday do all of their reading on computers.
“I don’t like that idea,” my friend instantly objected. “You can’t curl up with a computer!” Of course, my classmate was quite right at the time–the computers of yesteryear were big, noisy, and barely transportable. Those computers had to be placed on a desk or table, and they also required access to an electrical outlet. Read more »
While on vacation over the holidays, I visited the Barnes & Noble store in downtown Boston at Kenmore Square (you know, where the Citgo sign is). The first thing I usually do when I visit a massive bookstore chain is to check out the magazine racks, which are still piled high with many interesting titles. Even though stores like Barnes & Noble and Borders are large entities, they still manage to cater to many different special interests and topics, which is often best displayed in the magazine racks at these stores. Smaller, boutique magazine publications sometimes end up being sold at these stores, especially when a store is in close proximity to a college (or in this case, many colleges). While there are many general colleges in the Boston area, there is also the New England School of Photography (a.k.a. NESOP, also in Kenmore Square) and the Massachusetts College of Art and Design (a.k.a. MassArt).
With all that in mind, I shouldn’t have been surprised to find a copy of JPG Magazineamongst some of the other art magazines even though I was. I had heard about JPG about a year ago. In case you’re not familiar with the magazine, it’s fueled by user-generated content and collaboration. Photographers submit their photos on the magazine’s website, the website’s community votes on the best ones, and those top-rated photos get published in the next issue of the magazine. It’s a great platform for bringing the Web and print together. Read more »


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Thursday, July 28, 2016
In highly competitive industries like consumer goods, being the best at serving customers is a key to success. Yet most companies find it difficult to predict demand and get caught scrambling to react when actual orders don’t match the forecast. E2open white paper, Demand planning white paper, inventory management, Order fullfillment.
Wednesday, July 27, 2016
It’s been 36 days since Great Britain, the world’s 5th largest economy, voluntarily withdrew from the world community. Now that the sound and fury surrounding the surprise result has abated, what can the world expect?
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Tuesday, July 26, 2016
The IATA-FIATA Air Cargo Program (IFACP) moves decision-making on the rules governing the airline-forwarder relationship away from an airline-led conference to a governance body jointly managed by forwarders and airlines.
Extreme wet or dry conditions can affect buildings, machinery, data centers, transportation networks, supply chains, people and sales.
Monday, July 25, 2016
The nation's supply chain managers U.S. businesses in many regions should start preparing now for the increased, extreme rainfall that a changing climate will almost certainly deliver.
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Grade point average and leadership aren’t the only benchmarks for successful undergraduate hires. The best companies spend years getting to know candidates.
Friday, July 22, 2016
The largest public companies in the U.S. chose to go even further into debt in 2015 instead of driving cash out of their businesses by improving how they collect from customers, pay suppliers, and manage inventory
Thursday, July 21, 2016
In keeping with ocean cargo industry trend, ZIM Integrated Shipping Services is the latest to implement the INTTRA eVGM Service. SOLAS Regulations, SOLAS INTTRA compliance 2016, Ocean Cargo Regulations.
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Tuesday, July 19, 2016
Curious about what a supply chain certification really means for your career? Here’s your answer.
Monday, July 18, 2016
As forecasted in Logistics Management recently, ocean cargo container carriers Hapag-Lloyd AG and United Arab Shipping Company S.A.G. (UASC) have agreed to merge.


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A brand new settlement between long-term business companions, Ecotourism Australia and the Queensland Tourism Trade Council will see the cross-recognition of one another’s certification packages.
Ecotourism Australia (EA) certifies Australian nature-based tourism operators and locations by means of its ECO, Respecting our Tradition, Local weather Motion and vacation spot certification packages. Queensland Tourism Trade Council (QTIC) certifies Queensland-based tourism companies by means of the nationwide High quality Tourism Accreditation program.
The brand new settlement will see Ecotourism Australia’s over 200 licensed operators in Queensland obtain all advantages of the High quality Tourism Accreditation program (QTAB).
These advantages embody licencing to make use of the nationally recognised High quality Tourism Accreditation branding, entry to their very own ReviewPro on-line status administration dashboard and automated eligibility for the Queensland Tourism Awards. Operators can even solely be charged one, unchanged charge and be topic to a single, triennial audit.
Chair of Ecotourism Australia, Dr Claire Ellis, praised the settlement, saying it was a logical evolution of the organisations’ long-standing relationship and famous “our business depends on robust partnerships and now, greater than ever earlier than, it is important we work collectively for the advantage of our operators and the business extra broadly. This is not going to solely make companies stronger and save them cash however allow ourselves and QTIC to supply extra built-in assist as we work in direction of the sustainable restoration of our business.”
Ecotourism Australia Chief Government, Rod Hillman enthused “that is an instance of a partnership the business has been searching for the place tour companies now have a ‘one cease store’ for his or her certification, at a major low cost. Offering complimentary QTAB certification to all Queensland primarily based EA certifications brings the numerous advantages of each packages collectively and offers a seamless entry to the Tourism Awards and entry to ReviewPro.”
Shane O’Reilly, QTIC Chair and Managing Director of O’Reilly’s Rainforest Retreat, an Ecotourism Australia Corridor of Fame entrant, mentioned that the settlement was a strong reflection of how each organisations give attention to their members, their future sustainability and viability and interact them in methods to make their members extra strong, and extra resilient.
“Whereas this may finally strengthen each EA and QTIC as properly, it’s (the organisations’) give attention to their members reasonably than themselves which makes this sharing of advantages such a particular initiative. Tourism companies want this sort of initiative and grounded assist and I encourage others within the political enviornment to take discover.”
Picture: QTIC Chief Government Daniel Gschwind and EA Chief Government Rod Hillman with the signed settlement
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Sales turned out to be significantly worse than analysts’ expectations. The company noted that the slower growth is associated with the return of many customers to offline purchases.
Amazon shares plunged 7.5% postmarket on July 30 to $ 3,599.92, according to NASDAQ. The reason for the fall was the reporting for the second quarter of 2021 – the technology giant for the first time in the past three years did not meet analysts’ expectations for revenue growth.
Over the past quarter, net sales in Amazon grew by 27%, reaching $ 113.08 billion. Analysts surveyed by the Refinitiv service expected more significant growth – up to $ 115.2 billion. grew by 44%.
The slowdown in growth is due to the fact that the excitement around online stores began to gradually subside. Amazon.com grew in popularity during quarantine and self-isolation – people were forced to shop online. In the second quarter of 2020, revenue growth jumped to 40% from 20% a year earlier. However, after vaccination, many return to old habits, writes Bloomberg .
Amazon’s revenues from online stores rose 16% to $ 53.2 billion. The previous quarter, growth was 41%. In a conference call on quarterly results, Amazon CFO Brian Olsavsky said revenue growth will continue to slow as the economy opens up and sales stabilize, compared with too much growth at the start of the pandemic.
In the third quarter, Amazon expects sales of $ 106 billion to $ 112 billion, a 10-16% increase over the same period last year, but well below the consensus estimate of $ 119.2 billion.
On the contrary, net profit in the last quarter exceeded market expectations. It rose 48.6% to $ 7.8 billion, or $ 15.4 per share. Analysts expected growth to $ 12.3 per share.
What else did Amazon’s reporting show?
- operating income grew from $ 5.8 billion in the second quarter of 2020 to $ 7.7 billion;
- free cash flow (FCF) decreased by 62%, to $ 12.15 billion;
- operating costs increased 27% to $ 105.4 billion. According to Brian Olsavsky, the company’s costs will continue to rise as Amazon ramps up capacity and hires employees to meet demand, which has grown sharply over the past two years.


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It is, in fact, fourth biggest launch ever for a Pokemon game in the UK, beating last year’s Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl.
The latest weekly charts for physical video game sales in the UK are in (via GamesIndustry), and it was a big week for sales in the region last week.
The new RPG, in fact, sold so much that it account for nearly half of all retail game sales in the UK for the week.
Pokemon Legends: Arceus topped the charts, unsurprisingly, and as we reported recently, enjoyed a massive launch.
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Jonathan Lee Riches is out of prison and promising to “flood the universe with more lawsuits.”
If you don’t know what that means, find that search box up there and punch Jonathan Riches into it. It would take me too long to link everything…and we’ve only scratched the surface here!
Here’s one of his most recent cases…which has already been denied.
In a May 25 U.S. District Court filing–typed now that he’s out of the can–Riches sought to intervene in a lawsuit filed by Kim Kardashian against The Gap. Along with claiming to have lost
his virginity to the reality TV personality, Riches recalled taking erotic photos of Kardashian while she modeled $2311.23 worth of Gap merchandise he purchased with a stolen credit card.
Interestingly, I think Riches realizes on some level just how nuts he is and is now trying to take advantage of it. He has opened up a couple of Facebook pages devoted to his litigiousness and is attempting to finance it through the sale of a Michael Jordan rookie card he owns.
If he were to earn $800 from the card’s sale, Riches noted, that would allow him to purchase “1800 stamps to send lawsuits out.”
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Several rumors have continuously pointed out that Apple will be releasing three new iPhone models possibly during the month of September. Their names according to numerous reports are the iPhone 8 (also known as iPhone X, or the iPhone Edition), iPhone 7s, and iPhone 7s Plus. While you guys might be aware of how many variants are going to be announced this year, perhaps this latest report may shed light on additional information that might not have occurred to you.
Advanced Cameras, Flat OLED Panel and Curved Glass Said to Be Part of the New iPhone
Some reports have stated that the iPhone 8 will have a curved OLED sheet. However, a new report published by Mark Gunman and Min-Jeong Lee on Bloomberg states the following about Apple’s plans for the future.
“Apple is preparing three iPhones for launch as soon as this fall, including upgraded versions of the current two iPhone models and a new top-of-the-line handset with an overhauled look, according to people familiar with the matter. For the redesigned phone, Apple is testing a new type of screen, curved glass and stainless steel materials, and more advanced cameras, the people said. Those anxiously awaiting the redesigned iPhone, however, may have to wait because supply constraints could mean the device isn't readily available until one or two months after the typical fall introduction.”
Keep in mind that the report says nothing about a curved OLED panel, but a flat display that will take up a large portion of the smartphone’s front side. What will be curved is the glass on the back and front of the phone. The glass material is going to be used in order to allow wireless charging for the radically changed iPhone 8.
Removal of the 3.5mm headphone jack will need something in return and this is probably going to be the only substitute available to allow the user to charge and listen to media on their mobile device. One reason why Apple might not opt for a curved OLED panel is due to supply constraints.
Do you prefer this report related to the design of the iPhone 8 or do you prefer something different? Let us know your thoughts down in the comments.


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Price: Estimated $400,000
Engine: 3.5-liter twin turbo V6
Horsepower: 600+ hp
Top Speed: TBD
Transmission: 7-speed dual-clutch automatic
This year, American muscle car enthusiasts everywhere were reunited with an old flame: the Ford GT. The GT re-entered the spotlight at the 2015 North American International Auto Show in January, but the car’s debut was more than just a reintroduction. Held in the heart of the American automotive industry and the car manufacturer’s hometown of Detroit, Michigan, the 2016 Ford GT made its first public appearance and reclaimed its old stomping ground in one fell swoop.
“…the most powerful EcoBoost engine Ford has ever created.”
Sure to be the start of a modern supercar era for the automaker, Ford plans to show off the 2016 GT’s American grit at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, a famously grueling race known to challenge even the most skilled drivers and advanced supercars. The 2016 GT revival is forged with a twin turbo V6 EcoBoost engine that yields more than 600 horsepower, making it the most powerful EcoBoost engine Ford has ever created. Ford employed the use of lightweight materials to capitalize on the car’s performance, using carbon fiber to construct the passenger cell and body panels and aluminum in the front and rear subframes. – From the 2016 Exotic Car Buyers Guide
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PM MODI LAUNCHES NEW SCHEME TO BOOST MSME SECTOR
Two programmes were introduced by the prime minister on Thursday, 14th july 2022 to aid in the expansion of the micro, small, and medium-sized businesses (MSME) market. Raising and Accelerating MSME Performance, or RAMP plan, would be executed in conjunction with World Bank with an investment of 6,000 crore over five years with the goal of expanding implementation capability and coverage of MSME registration in states.
The CBFTE programme, which stands for “Capacity Building of First-Time MSME Exporters,” intends to incentivize MSMEs to provide goods and services of high international standards for the worldwide market. According to a formal statement, this will increase the participation of Indian MSMEs in the global value chain and assist them in realising their export potential.
The government claims that the programmes will support the “Aatmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan” by fostering innovation, encouraging ideation, incubating new businesses, and promoting entrepreneurship through the creation of quality standards, the improvement of practises and procedures, the expansion of market access, the use of technological tools, and the adoption of “Industry 4.0” to make MSMEs competitive and self-sufficient.
The Prime Minister also unveiled new components of the “Prime Minister’s Employment Generation Programme” (PMEGP), which would help the MSME sector grow, during the launch ceremony. Additionally, he digitally transmitted aid to PMEGP recipients for 2022–2023. Speaking at the programme, Modi said that “Aatmanirbhar Bharat” will be greatly aided by the efforts of MSMEs. He emphasised the need of a robust MSME sector in India for raising exports and expanding the market reach of Indian goods.
He also added that our administration is making decisions and new policies with your skill and the enormous potential of this industry in mind. He said that the government’s earlier initiatives and the Thursday-launched activities are related to the quality and promotion of MSME . According to him, the government has boosted the funding allotted for the MSME sector by more than 650 percent over the past eight years in an effort to improve it.
The Prime Minister stated that the MSME sector is essential for creating jobs because it employs more than 11 crore people. The government made the choice to protect small businesses throughout the epidemic and offer them fresh life.
He used a study to support his claim that the Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme’s advantages had helped to save roughly 1.5 crore jobs.
Modi urged MSMEs to register on the GeM site, noting that they now have a solid platform through GeM to provide goods and services to the government. The government, according to the prime minister, is taking steps to support MSME export growth. He said that “Pradhanmantri Rozgar Srijan Karykram” underwent a redesign after 2014 since it failed to meet its objectives from 2008 to 2012. According to him, the initiative has generated over 40 lakh employment since 2014.
According to him, these businesses received a margin money subsidy total Rs. 14,000 crores during this time.
It is important that the government of a country understand the pulse points of the economy such that proper steps can be taken for motivating them and improving their performance. The Government of India’s new step through this scheme would help the Indian economy and MSME players in the same.
In India, any business or enterprise that falls under the category of micro, small, or medium-sized enterprises (MSME) can apply for MSME registration. The eligibility criteria for MSME registration are based on the investment made in plant and machinery or equipment for manufacturing or service enterprises. MSME registration offers several benefits to businesses, such as easy access to credit, tax exemptions, and government subsidies, among others.
To get your business registered under MSME, you can seek the assistance of Kanakkupillai, a one-stop destination for all your business registration needs. With its team of expert professionals, Kanakkupillai offers a hassle-free MSME registration process that takes care of all the necessary documentation and compliance requirements.
So, if you are looking to register your business under MSME, get in touch with Kanakkupillai today and give your business the boost it deserves!


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Gardening news (bees): Home Depot and BJ's to require neonic labeling on plants
Interesting controversy that's developing around neonic pesticides and bees and colony collapse disorder.
I get the Grower Talks newsletter and here is editor Chris Beytes' take on the latest news:
Depot, BJ’s Wholesale to require neonic labeling
I haven’t been able to get official word from Home Depot or any of its suppliers about this, but Reuters apparently has more clout: The wire service is reporting that Home Depot has decided to require livegoods vendors to label any plants treated with neonicotinoid (“neonic”) pesticides.
According to the Reuters report as published online in Scientific American (and since then picked up by numerous outlets), Ron Jarvis, vice president of merchandising/sustainability, says the label requirement will start by the fourth quarter of this year. At the same time, BJ’s Wholesale Club, which has more than 200 locations along the East Coast, said they will be asking vendors to label neonics-treated plants by the end of 2014.
The move comes after much negative publicity from a press release by an activist group that tested a handful of plants purchased at big box stores and found traces of neonics in them. They dubbed the plants “bee killers” and began targeting these retailers, calling for a ban of the sale of any plants treated with the pesticides. At first, Home Depot chose to side with the EPA, which has not called for a ban on the chemicals. But apparently there’s been enough negative publicity that Depot (and BJ’s) has chosen this next step.
I’ve been told Lowe’s is evaluating their next move as well. I suspect they will do the same, unless they don’t want to appear to be copying the competition.
I’m not surprised. Science doesn’t stand a chance against the emotional appeals of vocal activists. Bees are cute, chemicals are bad. Growers will have to switch away from their neonics pesticides, meaning one less tool in the rotation--and maybe moving backwards to older chemistries. Or consumers will just have to accept some aphids and leafminers.
Of course, even Reuters, which I consider to be a fairly even-handed news source, shows its bias in the following two sentences:
Scientists, consumer groups, beekeepers and others say bee deaths are linked to the neonic pesticides. But Monsanto, Bayer and other agrichemical companies say a mix of factors such as mites are killing the bees.
In other words, progressive thinkers know the bee deaths are caused by neonics. It’s only the evil chemical companies that are defending them. And yet any thoughtful, objective study of what’s available online will tell you that the Monsanto and Bayer stance is exactly correct--it’s a mix of factors, with neonics being just one of them.
Read the full item HERE.
So what will growers do? I don’t know yet, but I’ll be asking. I doubt any will opt to stick a “treated with neonics” label on their plants--you might as well say they may cause leprosy.
At the same time, the real cause of bee decline continues, as does the use of neonics on millions of acres of agricultural crops around the world. If neonics do play a role in bee decline, eliminating them from garden plants will have as much impact on the situation as trying to cool Hell with an ice cube.
By the way, if you think this doesn’t affect you because you don’t sell to the chains, think again: How can independent garden centers sell bee-killing plants when the chains don’t?


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Nintendo announced not too long ago that they would be releasing the Nintendo NX come March 2017. This is slightly later than many had expected, which was a release this year, but we guess Nintendo is still working things out. However according to Wedbush Securities analyst Michael Pachter, Nintendo could very well miss that date as well.
According to Pachter, he claims that Nintendo might not be anywhere near ready. He suggests that if Nintendo was ready with the NX, they’d at least have something to show for it during E3. That being said, it should be noted that while Nintendo did not show off anything during E3, the company later stated that details of the NX will be revealed this fall.
Pachter suggests that if the fall reports do come true, then he believes that Nintendo will probably make its March 2017 deadline, otherwise he is pessimistic that the NX could be released as promised. The analyst goes on to offer his predictions regarding Sony’s PS4 Neo console, which he thinks will be launched in 2017 as well.
This contradicts an earlier rumor that suggested that Sony might beat Microsoft to the market by releasing their console this year, but Pachter believes that a March-summer 2017 timeframe is more realistic. Of course this should be taken with a grain of salt since these are just the opinions of an analyst and not actual facts released by Nintendo, but perhaps they could be worth keeping an eye on anyway.


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Is Africa the Dark Continent when it comes to the advertising industry? On the contrary, says Alan Edgar, Regional Creative Director, Ogilvy Africa and one of regional judges for African and Middle Eastern categories at this year's Loeries. It's alive and vibrant, but in dire need of world-class tertiary training institutions to tap into that potential.
By Staff Reporter 21 Sep 2013 14:25
Y&R is committed to having 20 agencies on the African continent by 2015. Leading the charge to achieve this is Yossi Schwartz, chairman of Y&R South Africa.
By Danette Breitenbach 5 Sep 2013 05:42
In 2012, the Pay TV market became a great deal more competitive but with DStv Multichoice having acquired most of the existing exciting content, the challenge has been for challengers to come up with different content. This week saw one of the challengers (Zuku TV) sell one of the series it has commissioned - Tales from the Bush Larder - to Fox International.
30 Jan 2013 11:45
After impressing African consumers with stylish mobile phones, tablet computers, and flat screen TV sets, Samsung, a global consumer electronics company has set its eyes on lucrative IT infrastructure deals with governments in Africa - in its quest for more growth on the continent.
By Walter Wafula 26 Nov 2012 12:22
Nation Television (NTV) is the savviest user of global social media networks in Uganda according to Top Corporate Brand on Social Media 2012, an online survey by HiPio.com, a social entertainment website in the country.
By Walter Wafula 9 Nov 2012 10:41
MetropolitanRepublic, a newcomer in Uganda's advertising industry became the first local agency to win an award at this year's Loeries in September. MetropolitanRepublic won bronze for their 2012 MTN Uganda campaign, titled David Dumba, which was aimed at promoting SIM card registration in the country. Alex Rukundo, the managing director MRU speaks about the award and the value that intimacy brings to advertising business.
By Walter Wafula 15 Oct 2012 10:25
It is estimated that by the end of 2012, there will be 735 million mobile subscribers in Africa. By 2014, the smart phone will be the main gadget that will be used to access the internet. What does this mean?
By Carole Kimutai: @CaroleKimutai 31 Aug 2012 13:06
Day 3 of the 14th Pan African Media Research Organisation (PAMRO) and All Africa Media Research Conference that ended on Wednesday, 29 August 2012, in Kampala, Uganda included a session that explored ways to measure ROI on social media.
By Carole Kimutai: @CaroleKimutai 31 Aug 2012 12:04
Looks like Season II of the London 2012 Olympics is taking shape in Uganda with big, small, popular and almost forgotten brands taking part in the 'Olympics brand championship.'
By Walter Wafula 16 Aug 2012 11:06
The 14th PAMRO All Africa Media Research Conference, under the theme "From Local to Global: Media Research in a Developing World", will take place from 26-29 August 2012 in Munyonyo, Lake Victoria, Uganda at the Speke Resort & Conference Centre.
27 Jul 2012 10:17
LONDON, UK: Video streaming will be the next big wave of online content use in Africa. There are still considerable network challenges but... the level of existing use shows that once these issues are resolved, the volume of users will be in the millions. Russell Southwood spoke to the biggest player in the market, Google's YouTube. Elijah Kitaka explained how it sees the potential of video streaming being realised.
By Russell Southwood 16 Jul 2012 12:45
Many companies in Africa are embracing social media to reach their online customers like elsewhere in the world. Moses Serugo, an arts journalist, social media marketer and proprietor of Kampalaone.com spoke to Bizcommunity about the benefits of social media marketing in Uganda.
By Walter Wafula 12 Jul 2012 11:12
Strategic brand and communication design consultancy, the HKLM Group, has taken a step towards cementing its position as sub-Saharan Africa's leading brand consultancy with the opening of its new Nairobi office recently.
22 Jun 2012 10:55
By bringing together the media research industry across African borders, the Pan African Media Research Organisation (PAMRO) aims to produce harmonised, compatible and comprehensive audience measurement data for the entire continent. By promoting media research in Africa, PAMRO aims to assist in uncovering the opportunities that exist for growth and development in all African countries. One of PAMRO's key vehicles for bringing people together from around the continent is its annual conference, the PAMRO All Africa Media Research Conference.
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