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WILMINGTON, Del. — Oct. 27, 2021 — As the pharmaceutical industry continues to evolve – introducing increasingly complex drugs, unique delivery modes and new dosage forms – the Pharma Solutions division of IFF is dedicated to helping formulators and manufacturers evolve alongside it. With extensive expertise and the industry’s broadest portfolio, including brands like Avicel® and METHOCEL™, IFF continues to strengthen its commitment to helping customers solve every-day challenges and bringing novel products to the pharmaceutical market, which were on recent display at AAPS PharmSci 360.
For decades, IFF’s products and researchers have helped formulators develop robust and stable delivery forms, whether that is in tablets, capsules, multiparticulates, or liquid suspensions. This year at PharmaSci360, formulators were able to see IFF’s most recent research including:
At PharmSci 360, IFF also showcased excipient solutions, including: strategies for increasing consistency in powder rheology, an essential element of continuous manufacturing; improving protein stability in pharmaceuticals to avoid undesirable immunogenic responses and loss of efficacy; using microcrystalline cellulose as an effective protective barrier during compaction of extended release multi-unit particulate systems; enhancing suspension stability; modifying API release in hydrophilic matrix tablets.
Further underscoring IFF’s dedication to pharmaceutical science, Susan Jordan, Technical Fellow, Pharma Solutions, IFF, received The AAPS Journal High Impact Article Award during the event, for her contribution to the recently published paper, “Interfacial Stress in the Development of Biologics: Fundamental Understanding, Current Practice, and Future Perspective.”
“From identifying how to modify drug release in capsules or tablets to introducing new surfactant technologies for emerging biologic drugs – we’re working to help customers solve daily challenges while also partnering with them for future challenges in drug delivery,” said Shrikant Khot, Vice President, Global R&D, Pharma Solutions, IFF. “It’s our goal to utilize our polymer and formulation expertise to continue to be a trusted supplier to our customers, so they can move confidently through the ever-evolving pharma space.”
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Vice President Leni Robredo on Monday backed the passage into law of the Unemployment Insurance Bill that will create an unemployment insurance system to protect Filipinos who have lost their jobs due to the coronavirus pandemic.
In a video message uploaded on her official Facebook page, Robredo said she supports House Bill 7028, which is authored by Marikina Representative Stella Quimbo.
“The effects of this pandemic is clear. Many businesses were forced to shut their doors, and many were forced to lose their jobs,” Robredo said.
A recent Social Weather Stations (SWS) survey showed the rise in the country’s unemployment rate to 45.5 percent, with 27.3 million Filipinos out of work in July due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Under the proposed program, employees who were displaced will receive unemployment benefits for at least three months.
This will provide “even partial income for the newly unemployed, and extend counseling, re-training, and job matching for them,” she said.
She cited a report from the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) that said more than half of the country’s micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) closed down because of the pandemic.
Robredo said this should push the government to provide funds for wage subsidies that will enable MSMEs to keep their employees.
“We should also strengthen LGUs so they can support small businesses—establish credit mitigation services, to guide them in finding loans, in creating business plans, and in managing their finances to prevent them from closing up shop,” she added.
Furthermore, Robredo batted for MSMEs to have an online presence.
The lady official said that most small and community-based businesses will have a hard time setting up digital payment systems since even the opening of bank accounts is difficult for them.
She added, “assistance should be provided so as many people as possible sign up for digital modes of payment.”
“If we can accomplish these things, we can maintain the flow of our economy while protecting buyers and consumers from the threat of COVID-19.”
But to do these things, Robredo said that the Bayanihan 2 budget is not enough. She lamented that the country is still dependent on a pre-COVID budget even while the challenges have changed.
“Only the government can extend a lifeline to the economy; only government has the resources and machinery to do things at a significant enough scale. The government must spend more, spend efficiently, and spend quickly, with the utmost sense of urgency, as if our economic survival depends on it—because it does,” she stressed.

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MOSCOW - Russian car sales are expected to grow 12 percent next year, the Association of European Businesses (AEB) said, down from around 30 percent in 2011 but maintaining a recovery that should bring the market to the cusp of pre-crisis levels.
The AEB said it expects Russians to buy 2.8 million cars in 2012, compared with 2.9 million in 2008. It upgraded its forecast for 2011 to 2.55 million from 2.45 million.
"The indications are for continued growth but not at the rate seen in 2011 or 2010. We see a slowdown but not stagnation," said David Thomas, chairman of AEB's autos committee and the head of Volvo cars in Russia.
"There are lots of questions on the economic climate but they have been there since the summer and we are yet to see a slowdown in that time. For (Russian) consumer confidence it has so far been part of the background," he added.
Russia was on course to overtake Germany as Europe's biggest car market before the financial crisis, but a collapse in demand as credit dried up caused sales to halve in 2009.
A return to economic growth and a government-sponsored scrappage scheme delivered a steady market recovery in 2010 and 2011, while many industry company directors have long-predicted a return to pre-crisis sales levels of 2.9 million in 2012.
Carmakers including Ford, General Motors, Fiat and Renault are among the foreign players betting on fast growth in the Russian market to offset slowing sales in western Europe.
Executives at Renault, which owns 25 percent of state-controlled Lada-maker AvtoVAZ , and Ford have predicted the market could reach 4 million by mid-decade -- but that was before the euro zone debt crisis began to torment global markets.
"The forecast for 2012 is bullish -- it assumes that everything will be OK and economic growth will continue. If the oil price falls and the crisis is severe, growth could be anything from 0 to 10 percent," said Vladimir Bespalov, autos analyst at VTB Capital.
27% rise in October
The AEB upgrade was based on a 27 percent rise in October sales year-on-year, broadly in line with a 26 percent rise in September.
"The 27 percent increase for the month of October shows the stabilizing trend for the final quarter of 2011," Thomas said.
Sales of the Lada, which had a 34 percent market share in 2010, fell 3 percent year-on-year in October while foreign brands such as Renault rose. See PDF download above for Russian October sales by brand and group.
The Lada was the biggest beneficiary of the state scrappage scheme, which has now ended, while customers are waiting for the imminent launch its Granta model.
"The scrappage scheme is over so the cheapest cars are going down. Lada sales are unlikely to grow next year," Bespalov said.
Russian year-to-date sales came in at 2.16 million, up 43 percent from the same period in 2010 and above the 1.9 million sold in the whole of that year.
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Microsoft's much awaited mobile phone operating system has just been signed off and released to manufactures, for the handset makers to start testing and readying for the arrival on their devices later on in the year.
The Windows Phone team announced in a blog post they've just reached this milestone in the development of the platform, where the OS is now with the companies responsible for the hardware in which the final version of the OS will be rolled out upon.
Mobile phone makers will now start testing this final build of the mobile phone OS on their hardware, just as they have done since every build was passed to them - only now the platform is complete and is ready for the launch around November time.
Microsoft has already been testing the OS on a reported 10,000 devices, with over 8,500,000 hours of testing already logged. MS has also had thousands of software companies and early adopters testing out Windows Phone 7 to arrive at the stage.
Their last milestone was announced when they reached the Technical Preview, where they met with the press and aired the OS in its near complete stage.
Windows Phone 7 is now ready to roll, where mobile phone manufactures such as LG, HTC and Samsung will be announcing their handsets any time soon.
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Brokers and insurers can sell traditional products, but they may also sell marketplace plans that offer customers subsidies.
1. Don’t wait until the last minute to look for a plan.
2. Look beyond the premium when figuring potential costs.
3. Check provider networks.
4. Estimate your income carefully.
5. Don’t be fooled by lookalike websites.
As the October launch of the state health insurance marketplaces approaches, parents have many questions about covering their children. Consumer columnist Michelle Andrews answers their questions.
The US Food and Drug Administration has changed the labeling on long-acting opioids, such as OxyContin, in an effort to limit the use of these drugs to patients with severe refractory pain. Here’s is the Consumer Update from the FDA released today.
The FDA explains what the “gluten-free” label means in this Consumer Update
Consumer columnist Michelle Andrews answers readers’ questions about buying coverage through the new health insurance exchanges.
Consumer columnist Michelle Andrews answers readers’ questions about coverage subsidies for families under the Affordable Care Act, filling the gaps in Medicare coverage and laws governing health plans in companies that conduct business in more than one state.
Caffeine is being added to jelly beans, marshmallows, sunflower seeds and other snacks for its stimulant effect. An instant oatmeal on the market boasts that one serving has as much caffeine as a cup of coffee. One brand of gum is like having four cups of coffee in your pocket.
This week the FDA launches its Patient Network website through which the agency says it seeks to engage patients and consumers as partners, and encourage them to share ideas and concerns about the medical product development process.
In its 3-year history, the Affordable Care Act has made big strides in expanding coverage, reducing costs for patients, and improving safety and quality of care. While plenty of work remains, it’s exciting to see how far we’ve come.
If you’re a lover of chocolate milk, but want to watch your weight, you might reach for the carton labeled “reduced calorie.” But dairy manufacturers would rather that the carton simply say “chocolate milk.”
The “transdermal” system delivers the migraine drug sumatriptan through the skin from a patch that can be wrapped around a patient’s upper arm or thigh.
A growing number of doctors have begun holding group appointments — seeing up to a dozen patients with similar medical concerns all at once. Advocates say such visits allow doctors to treat more patients, spend more time with them, increase appointment availability and improve health outcomes.
If your child is taking more than one medication at the same time, there could be dangerous health consequences if those medicines have the same active ingredient, warns the US Food and Drug Administration.
Bogus product! Danger! Health fraud alert! — You’ll never see these warnings on health products, but that’s what you ought to be thinking when you see claims like “miracle cure,” “revolutionary scientific breakthrough,” or “alternative to drugs or surgery.”


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Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Report: Online Search Terms Reflect Financial Turmoil
A study of online search terms, released this week by comScore, is finding that the turmoil in the financial market is not only taking its toll on consumer's pocketbooks, but also their online search behavior. According to the report, based on December 2008 search data, there has been a huge increase in online searches for such terms as "coupons", "unemployment", "bankruptcy", and "foreclosure". The report, which compared the total number of searches for the terms between December 2007 and December 2008, found that there was an increase of 206% in people searching for the term "unemployment", a 156% increase in people searching on the term "bankruptcy", and 247^ increase in people looking for the term "unemployment benefits" year to year. comScore is a firm that tracks online web traffic and ecommerce.


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Cunard names new UK sales chief
Cunard has appointed Tom Mahoney as new Director of UK Sales.
Mahoney is currently Cunard’s Director of Strategic Planning and takes up his new role on 31 January 2021.
He will be responsible for the UK distribution strategy covering all channels, including all aspects of UK travel agent and on board sales
Mahoney reports to Cunard Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Angus Struthers.
“Tom has built a highly successful track record as an integral part of Cunard’s senior commercial team and is warmly welcomed into the Director of UK Sales role. Tom will lead the Sales team at a crucial and exciting time, as the brand significantly grows,” Struthers said.
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With over 10.3 million players in the first week, FIFA 23 had the biggest launch in the franchise history. Imagine how many players were frustrated by that Ultimate Pack with players of no more than 85 overall? That’s actually kind of sad… Anyway.
The fans’ response was “nothing short of incredible”, according to the company. FIFA 23 brings some new features to the franchise’s titles, such as some specific changes in gameplay, the inclusion of new women’s professional leagues, the crossplay capability, and the addition of Hypermotion2 technology. According to EA, this tech provides even more animations for the players.
In addition, the company also promises to release updates with the game modes for both Men’s World Cup in Qatar and the Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.
In the new title, you can also play as the famous AFC Richmond team and the characters from the Apple TV series, Ted Lasso – which is actually a neat and fresh way to enjoy the in-game career mode.
The franchise’s biggest launch also marks EA Sports’ latest release holding FIFA brand naming rights. Back in March, it was announced that FIFA would be renamed EA Sports FC.
According to EA, the goal (pun intended) “is to create the largest and most impactful football club in the world, at the epicenter of football fandom.” It has undoubtedly been a tremendous and bittersweet ending for FIFA as we know it.
But not as sad as getting awful players from an Ultimate Team pack. Just saying.


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The proposal for a one-time $ARB grant to fund the Arbitrum Odyssey 2.0, an initiative aimed at boosting engagement in the Arbitrum ecosystem, has been generally well-received, despite some concerns about the specifics of the proposal, such as the NFT Badge threshold and the proposed funding amount. The initiative, which includes an $ARB airdrop and requires users to secure at least 11/12 NFT Badges, could attract new users, increase chain activity, and potentially be repeated to showcase new protocols and maintain active involvement within the ecosystem.
The discussion revolves around the proposal of a one-time $ARB grant to fund the Arbitrum Odyssey 2.0, an ecosystem initiative led by a coalition of various Arbitrum DeFi protocols. The initiative, proposed by 0xAC, aims to stimulate engagement throughout the Arbitrum ecosystem by endorsing an $ARB airdrop, which could dramatically increase user engagement in the Odyssey 2.01. The Odyssey 2.0 is a collaborative initiative designed to attract new users and mobilize the existing user base within the Arbitrum ecosystem, thereby increasing chain activity1.
The proposal also seeks an $ARB grant of 900K $ARB tokens to amplify engagement further1. Eligibility for the $ARB airdrop requires users to secure at least 11/12 NFT Badges, which are minted upon completion of quest campaigns1. The $ARB grant will be distributed with the rest of the committed rewards to users who have collected at least 90% of the Odyssey 2.0 NFT Badges1.
The community reaction to the proposal is generally positive, with users like 0xNSE and Krst expressing support for the initiative3,5. However, there are also concerns and questions raised by users such as Db_DefiEdge, Axlvaz_SEEDLATAM.eth, and Michigan_Blockchain regarding the specifics of the proposal, including the significance of the NFT Badge threshold, the participation of certain protocols, and the proposed funding amount2,7,9.
The proposal is seen as a positive move as it aims to stimulate engagement and activity within the Arbitrum ecosystem. The Odyssey 2.0 initiative could attract new users, mobilize the existing user base, and increase chain activity1. The proposed $ARB airdrop could also dramatically increase user engagement in the Odyssey 2.01. If successful, the Odyssey 2.0 could be repeated, showcasing new, innovative protocols to the community and encouraging both developers and users to maintain their active involvement within the Arbitrum ecosystem1.
Some community members have raised concerns about the specifics of the proposal. Db_DefiEdge questioned the significance of securing 11/12 NFT Badges for eligibility in the $ARB airdrop2. Axlvaz_SEEDLATAM.eth expressed concerns about the participation of Alchemix, which currently has no vaults available in Arbitrum, and the proposed $900K funding, which they believe is low given the number of protocols and their size7. Michigan_Blockchain suggested re-running or extending the program, possibly with a larger grant to encourage more participation9. They also proposed reducing the requirement of collecting 11/12 badges to 66% or 8/12 to encourage wider participation10.
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JULY 15, 1996
Goodyear and Stewart
THE new Stewart Grand Prix team has yet to conclude an agreement with a Formula 1 tire manufacturer and the word on the street at Silverstone was that Jackie Stewart's new operation has not been able to conclude a deal with Goodyear.
Stewart will want a Goodyear deal, so that the team can find out where it stands in relation to other operations, but would like to get a special arrangement with Goodyear to keep costs to a minimum. Goodyear has already signed deals with most of the top F1 teams and is only waiting for Benetton to decide. It does not need Stewart.
Stewart will not want to sign up with Bridgestone as the Japanese tiremaker is making no secret of its desire to center its program around Arrows - which is now owned by Tom Walkinshaw, a fellow countryman of Stewart. The two men do not get on and the concept of Jackie using tires designed for Tom's cars is unlikely. It is therefore expected that Jackie will lower his demands to Goodyear and will probably end up as a Goodyear paying customer.
Stewart is soon expected to announce that it has signed Dane Jan Magnussen for 1997. David Sears, Magnussen's manager, says that Jan will definitely be in F1 next year but refuses to say with which team this will be. Sears will not keep Jan at McLaren for another year unless there are guarantees that Magnussen will get to race.


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Designed for the independent film “Jinn,” the Firebreather Camaro was unveiled at the Autorama custom car show in Detroit.
The Firebreather shows what a Pontiac Firebird could have resembled. If you like it, there’s good news, as 50 units of this car are currently available for purchase at a starting price of $60,000.
“When we unveiled the FireBreather concept at the Detroit AutoRama earlier this year, enthusiasts clamored for a street version of the movie car,” said George Huisman, president of Classic Design Concepts. “[FireBreather is] the first movie car to be conceived and designed with the intent of bringing the experience home to the car enthusiast.”
For $85,000, you get a black Camaro SS with an Eibach package, custom wheels and tires and a tuned exhaust.
For $60,000, buyers get a V6 Camaro decked out in the same fashion, with better fuel economy and less grunt.
German automaker BMW might consider building a second plant in North America to manufacture its quick-selling 3 Series.
“We will decide this in the next months,” Harald Krueger, BMW’s production chief, said in an interview in an internal publication for staff obtained by Bloomberg ...


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Carol Williams, Laing O’Rourke’s head of procurement for Europe, has been appointed to the board of the Supply Chain Sustainability School.
The Supply Chain Sustainability School seeks to upskill those working within, or aspiring to work within, the built environment sector. The board members provide governance through nine elected partner representatives with Shaun McCarthy OBE as the independent chair.
The board is responsible for the fiscal governance and strategic direction of the school. When required, the board will consult expert advisers on matters such as training, media and communications and legal services.
Shaun McCarthy said: “I am delighted to welcome Carol to the board. Procurement expertise is critical to the Supply Chain Sustainability School and Carol’s deep experience from a variety of sectors will help to bring a fresh perspective to our work. This coupled with her undoubted passion for sustainability makes me feel confident that she will make a great contribution to our world class collaboration.”
Williams said: “I’m honoured to join the board of the Supply Chain Sustainability School and look forward to playing my part in establishing it as a centre of excellence for developing supply chains who can deliver a sustainable built environment.
“While I joined Laing O’Rourke last year, the company has partnered with the school since 2014 during which time we have internally increased awareness of sustainability issues, upskilled our supply chain and played an instrumental role in the development of the offsite leadership group.
“I look forward to continuing that support and am passionate about driving for progress towards a more sustainable industry.”
Outlining her hopes for the coming year, Williams said: “We will continue to collaborate with client partners within the school to understand key sustainability priorities, adopt the use of the carbon measurement tool, and e-learning modules, whilst also working in partnership to create new modules.”
There are currently 190 Laing O’Rourke employees who are active members of the Supply Chain Sustainability School.


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11 June 2012 | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau
KEEEN wins Greenovation product award
Mr Watson Ariyaphuttarat, founder and industry pioneer, chief industrial ecologist of Hi-Grimm with the award
Singapore: KEEEN, which was developed through a joint research by Hi-Grimm Environmental and Research and BIOTEC, won the gold award for "Bioremediation Agent developed to Greenovation Product" at the 23rd International Invention, Innovation and Technology Exhibition (ITEX 2012) in Kuala Lumpurr, Malaysia. KEEEN was also honored with the Best Invention in Biotechnology from Japan and the Best Invention in Environment from China.
ITEX is an annual exhibition organized by the Malaysian Invention and Design Society, bringing together the latest inventions and innovations by universities, research institutions, individual inventors and corporations from ASEAN, Asia and Europe. ITEX 2012 showcased over 800 new inventions, innovation and technology at the event.
The innovative product was developed by a team of scientists led by Dr Somkiet Techkarnjanaruk to screen local oildegrading bacteria for commercial bioremediation products. It was launched in 2010 and since then has been servicing various industries, such as petrochemical industry, automobile industry, food industry, hotels and hospitals. Mr Watson Ariyaphuttarat, founder and industry pioneer, chief industrial ecologist of Hi-Grimm said, "This innovation was developed in response to the industrial sector's demand to resolve the industrial waste treatment efficiently and environmental friendly."
"Our partnership with Hi-Grimm is a good example of collaboration between public and private sectors, complementing our scientific expertise with the company's acumen in product development to meet market demand," said Dr Kanyawim Kirtikara, executive director, BIOTEC.
Mr Watson added that being in the NSTDA Business Incubation Program also played an important role in KEEEN's accomplishment. Established in 2010, NSTDA Business Incubation Center (BIC) provides helpful environment and facilities to nurture and groom new technopreneurs.


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Steve Jobs - destroyer of mobile phone companies?- link (via)
Apple’s competitors, by contrast, find the prospect of the iPhone terrifying.
‘The entire fucking Western world hopes that it’s a case of imperial overstretch,’ says the CEO of one of the planet’s largest comms companies. ‘But everybody is quietly saying, er, what if people want to buy a $500 phone?
What if, er, people have been waiting for a device that does all these things? What if this thing works as advertised? I mean, my God, what then?”


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Renault India has voluntarily
recalled 50,000 units of its best selling model Kwid from the Indian market to
do a “pre-emptive and voluntary inspection” of the car’s fuel system and to add
a hose clip. The recall is applicable to only those cars that have been
manufactured uptil May 18, 2016 and pertains to the 800cc model. The company
had launched the 800cc Kwid in September 2015 and has since become a major hit
in the small car segment.
In August 2016 the company had
launched the 1000cc Kwid which is expected to be followed soon by an automatic
version of this car. Renault India manufactures its cars in India under the
Renault Nissan Alliance at the Oragadam, near Chennai.
Apart from the Kwid recall,
around 930 units of the redi-GO cars too are being recalled by Nissan India.
India does not have a mandatory recall policy for the vehicle industry and all the recalls that have been announced
in the recent past are done so based on a code introduced in July 2012 by the
Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM). Around 2.2 million recalls
have been effected since this code came into being.
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Greaves Retail, India's leading fuel-agnostic mobility solutions provider and a unit of Greaves Cotton Limited, has announced the launch of its complete range of e-rickshaw batteries under the brand '...
Kia India is now offering an electric sunroof in its Sonet Smartstream G1.2 HTK+ variant. The model will be available at Rs 9.76 lakh. Sonet has already more than 3.3 lakh customers in last three year...


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Chisholm Hunter Holdings Limited witnessed a modest rise in turnover during its financial year ending March 2018.
During the financial year, 2017-18 sales increased by 1.58% to £36.6m.
Operating profit dropped by 8% to £2.5 million, although this was hit by a negative exchange rate swing of around £250,000 over 2017, without which profits would have been roughly flat over the prior year.
Profit for the financial year before taxation ended on £1.7m .
According to the reported filed with Companies House, the Board is “satisfied” with the performance in the year and remains positive about the longer term growth prospects.
Chisholm Hunter director, Harry Brown, states: “The retail brands remain strong in the marketplace. The sales growth achieved in 2017/18 arose from existing stores. This is expected to continue in the immediate future. The company intends to continue the successful expansion of the geographical coverage of its store portfolio.”
Chisholm Hunter ended the year with 24 showrooms, the same number as in 2017, but the number of staff has dropped from 291 to 268 over the year.
“Investment will continue in people, product and property to ensure that customers continue to be provided with an exceptional jewellery and watch buying experience,” Brown adds.
Since this financial year Chisholm Hunter has invested heavily in new stores.
In December 2018 the retailer revealed had invested £2.5 million in the expansion and refurbishment of its Glasgow flagship and the opening of a double-sized store in Bluewater.
Bluewater is now described as one of Chisholm Hunter’s most prestigious stores thanks to a £1.5 million investment that has moved a former store that was not in a triple-A location to a prime spot in the shopping centre and a showroom that is double the size of the previous one.
An additional £1 million was spent refurbishing and expanding Chisholm Hunter’s original Argyll Arcade, Glasgow, flagship.


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Consumer Electronics Show highlights touch-free technology to improve the home, kitchen, bathroom
Keeping up with the pandemic, technology that lets you keep your hands to yourself was all the rage in products debuted at the Consumer Electronics Show this year.
The idea behind contactless technology is simple: the fewer things you touch, the less likely you are to ingest germs or even the coronavirus.
Many manufacturers are banking on this trend and know that people want a touchless function for almost everything.
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Doorbell cameras already exist, but the no-contact feature will ring when a visitor or postman is on your door mat.
A refrigerator that can be opened by voice command was also presented.
The bathroom is also becoming non-contact, and homes can finally get hands-free toilets.
“This toilet they are working on is due out in March, $ 600, up to $ 1000, and it really comes down to if you stop using your toilet instead of touching the handle, just wave me the hand and it is rinsed. ” said CNET’s Connie Guglielmo.
Another large product line were UV lights. You can find UV light in things like water dispensers, including handheld versions.
Another thing you might like is a new way to stay safe and keep in touch at the same time.
Mask phones are masks with earphones and a built-in microphone that you can use to take calls on the go and still follow mask rules at the airport or in the grocery store. The mask costs $ 50.
Manufacturers say this type of innovation will drive sales well beyond the pandemic.
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How many millions of Atom SOC chips will sell for GoogleTV units?
googletv boxes from logitech and sony googletv's all using the intel atom SOC processor has been announced to come out this fall - gonna be big sellers, will be the new must have toy by the american households and eventually the EU and other countries globally!
how many millions of atom tv chips will be sold in 2012 followed by tens of millions of Atom chips in 2013 on as googletv ramps up and continues to go global>... millions of these lil gems!
Good time to be Long google, logitech, sony and Intel heading into fall...
With Sony and Google on board, must be something that can really take off. Although Intel will do very well with selling Atom chips, the demand on servers will grow well beyond expectations due to video over the internet.


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Oz legit downloads fail, and fail again
The complacency, the expense
Analysis Australian lawyer, academic researcher and music industry commentator Alex Malik presents the first of a two part look at the Australian market for digital downloads. His research has found that while IFPI are spinning the success of authorised downloads, the reality shows that at least in Australia, there are substantial gaps in available repertoire and a heavily protected market controlled by the majors. He can be contacted at Alex.Malik@student.uts.edu.au.
If you examine the behaviour of the international recording industry in relation to so-called internet piracy, you can classify its behaviour in one of three ways:
1. A campaign of civil proceedings (and where possible criminal proceedings) against individuals and companies they claim are involved in unauthorised downloading,
Here are some examples of record industry proceedings against: • P2P services like Grokster (in the US), Kazaa (in Canada, the US, the Netherlands, and Australia), and other services, • ISPs like Comcen and Swiftel (in Oz) and against international ISPs which dare to refuse to divulge the personal details of their clients, and • Individuals (in the US, Canada, the UK and other jurisidctions).
2. An education campaign aimed at discouraging individuals from downloading sound recordings from websites and services that they have not licensed.
- Press releases and other PR activities,
- The publication of content on IFPI and IFPI-affiliated websites
- Television, radio and newspaper advertisements featuring recording artists decrying "illegal downloading"
- Subtle messages in Awards shows!
3. A campaign designed to encourage music consumers to source their digital music files only from so-called authorised sites.
IFPI, the body that represents the worldwide recording industry recently proclaimed that “the legitimate digital music industry is expanding fast globally (and) single track downloads in the top four online markets in 2005 have more than tripled in the last year.” Strangely enough ,this press release also found its way onto some of its member websites. (For example – the Canadian version is here.)
It is apparent that IFPI view legitimate sites as websites where consumers can purchase licensed digital downloads of sound recordings, with a share of the revenue going to record companies. IFPI reports more than 300 legitimate websites around the world offe digital downloads to consumers. IFPI even publishes a list of approved sites on its por-music website – does this mean any site not on this list is a pirate site? (... another question for another time!)
So the legitimate digital music industry is booming. Excellent! Let us investigate this claim from an Australian perspective.
Australia is one of the world’s top 10 markets for recorded music by size, and is the source of international recording artists such as Kylie Minogue, Natalie Imbruglia, Catherine Britt, Ben Lee, Keith Urban, Jet, the Vines and Delta Goodrem. Yet in Australia, there are only three companies that offer downloads to consumers – HMV/Ninemsn, Telstra’s Bigpond Music and Destra (through a series of other companies such as Sanity).
Why are there only three major Australian services, when there are so many more international services? There is no definitive answer to this question, but it appears that Australian record companies have simply refused to support other services. Australian record companies appear to cling stubbornly to traditional business models. They accept that they can make more money by having consumers purchase physical CDs, rather than digital downloads. They hope that consumers will return to the CD purchasing habit … but why would they when digital downloads have proven to be so easy and popular for young Australians?
Out of iTunes
The best known licensed site in the international market place is iTunes.
Some of you may like or dislike iTunes, but few Australians have ever experienced iTunes despite the booming sales of iPods. This is because despite all of the hype, hysteria and promise, the iTunes download site continues to be unavailable to most Australian consumers. Despite the self- proclaimed importance of the Australian recording industry, Australia is not one of the first 19 countries to have an iTunes operation. Aside from countries like the US and UK, Australia has been beaten to the service by countries such as Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Switzerland. Australian consumers can’t even access the US iTunes site without a US-issued credit card. In effect Australian consumers have been locked out of iTunes.
Why are Australians missing out on iTunes, when Australian consumers can access Amazon to purchase books from the US, and can view US based webcasts?
There has been a great deal of speculation on this point. Irrespective of the answer, it appears that the worldwide recording industry has artificially divided the world up into different markets so they can regulate new music releases and price downloads differently in each market, thereby maximising profits in each market. It sounds a lot like the ill-fated DVD zoning which as I recall cleverly zoned Australian DVDs as Zone 4, along with South America!
The inability of Australians to access iTunes in the US and other markets works as a prohibition on the parallel importation of digital downloads. Economic theory suggests that this prohibition may act as a price support mechanism, resulting in Australian consumers paying a higher price for digital downloads. In reality, this differential pricing in the digital music market already exists. iTunes and other US services typically charge US99 cents each (although Walmart charges less). So US consumers pay $1.30 per download (converting to Australian currency), compared to the standard Australia price of $1.89 per digital download.
This type of differential pricing would not exist if there was a single worldwide market for digital downloads. And yet Australian bricks and mortar CD retailers can import CDs from the US or elsewhere if they wish to do so. There have even been Federal Court cases about parallel imports involving Australia’s competition regulator, the ACCC! (Here is an example.
The inability of Australians to access iTunes in the US and other markets has had a number of other economic and social effects. The unavailability of iTunes imposes a significant brake on the use by Australians of internet shopping to acquire digital music downloads. Further, Australians have reduced choice of digital downloads. This breeds an environment of complacency for Australia digital download providers, who arguably have a lower market profile than their overseas based counterparts.
In any event, ARIA and its members (including the four “majors”) have made money from the bricks and mortar business of selling CDs (or cassettes, or vinyl in the past). It’s been a successful business model which has made record companies substantial amounts of money in the past. However, much of today’s youth have grown up with the experience of downloading music from the internet, rather than buying CDs. This has resulted in a substantial amount of illegal activity, as young music consumers download music without the permission of copyright holders. However, rather than embracing this model and looking towards the future, Australian record companies seem to be busy holding back the years. ®
Tomorrow, in part 2 of “Oz legit downloads fail and fail again” Alex Malik looks at how Australian consumers can’t purchase digital downloads of many of their favourite songs … leaving them with very little choice.


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The latest Dragon Ball manga will be based on the upcoming RPG Dragon Ball Project Fusion for Nintendo 3DS, and today’s issue of Shueisha’s Saikyo Jump has confirmed that it will debut in the mag’s May issue, due to be published on April 1st. In January, V Jump announced that the Bandai Namco game will be released this year, and gave readers the teaser: “The emergency plan starts now. You will create your own Fusion Warrior!”
An image (above) was also placed alongside the news in V Jump, showing Goku and Broly about to achieve fusion. The magazine is currently running a character design competition based on the combining power, and the winning design showing two fused Dragon Ball characters will be awarded with an appearance in the finished game when it’s released.


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This has sent the Taiwan-based smartphone maker’s stock tumbling downward Monday as troubles deepen amidst a wave of departures from senior staff and falling sales.
Prosecutors in Taipei confirmed that Thomas Chien, product design vice president, Wu Chien-Hung, the director of research and development and Justin Huang, the design and innovation senior manager had all been arrested last Friday.
Chien-Hung and Chien remained in custody, but Huang had been released after posting bail, said a spokesperson for the prosecutor’s office.
The three have been accused of making fee claims that were false for over $334,000. There were not any further details relating to the allegations. The arrests came following a complaint HTC filed last month that accused the three of disseminating trade secrets.
HTC would not comment on the arrest except to say its operations were running normally and would not be impacted by the arrests. Chien-Huang a Chien were unable to be reached, while Huang was not available for comment.
Reports by the media cited police as saying the three executives had been planning to use stolen technology to create a new design company for mobile technology aiming it toward vendors in China.
HTC shares fell by almost 6.4%, versus a broader market drop for the day of only 0.2%.
HTC has been rocked by feuding within its ranks and exits by executives. It is positioned in the smartphone market’s high end that is near saturation. HTC’s market share has fallen to less than 5% from close to 25% only five years ago.
Currently the price of stock at HTC is at a low of 8 years and the company warned it could experience its first quarterly operating loss this quarter.


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The Samsung Galaxy A30 is getting a new firmware update . The A305FDDU2ASE5 update weighs in at 459 MB and features minor improvements to the camera alongside improved third-party app compatibility and the latest June security patch.
Galaxy A30 users will now have the ability to record slow-motion videos, which was previously unavailable. The other major addition is the improved compatibility with third-party apps with Telegram being highlighted.
The new update is being pushed out in India, Thailand and Malaysias with a larger roll-out expected in the coming weeks.


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the developer productivity platform company, today announced Connections, a major new feature that gives app developers access to building blocks that enable them to build and scale ecommerce apps in a fraction of the time, at a fraction of the cost. The first Connection, aimed at developers building Shopify apps, is generally available today, with more Connections to be added in the coming months.
“With Connections, developers can now skip the laborious task of building their own integrations to ecommerce APIs. Rather than getting bogged down with weeks of menial, boilerplate work, Gadget developers can instantly connect to any of the 1.7 million Shopify stores, without any code,” said Harry Brundage, co-founder and CEO of Gadget.
Last year, Shopify, the biggest ecommerce platform in the U.S., saw its partner ecosystem generate $32 billion in revenue which is up 45% from the year prior. As ecommerce continues to grow rapidly and more brands expand online, businesses are increasingly finding that they can no longer simply rely on out-of-the-box functionality from ecommerce providers like Shopify.
In order to stand out and offer their buyers the best purchase experiences, brands are spending more time and money on building ecommerce applications that customize their storefront and the functionality that powers them. However, building ecommerce software presents a unique set of challenges that needs to be navigated carefully.
In addition to the myriad of technologies and APIs required to build a good app, developers also need to take ecommerce-specific challenges into account, such as performance and scalability, data storage requirements and additional security concerns that come into effect when handling financial transactions.
Gadget solves this by arming developers with a bundle of all the tools needed to get the job done quickly and cost-effectively in one place and Connections come with built-in best practices. Developers can now skip weeks of tedious boilerplate work and connect their apps to ecommerce platforms with just a few clicks, granting them instant API access to millions of online stores across a variety of ecommerce platforms.
“Using Gadget Connections is at least 4-5x faster than setting up an app manually. Time that would normally go into making the project performant, secure and scalable is saved,” said Simon Barnes, Technical Director and Partner at Made and Bound. Gadget is designed for scale, allowing developers to go live with their applications with confidence, knowing that it can handle any volume of data from day one.
Gadget, founded by former technical executives at Shopify, is a developer productivity company that helps rid ecommerce developers of endless boilerplate and busywork so that they can build better software, faster. The complete serverless stack lets ecommerce developers seamlessly blend their code with Gadget’s custom-building blocks, and with its highly integrated experience, Gadget gives ecommerce developers their time back so they can focus on the highest value work. The company is backed by Sequoia Capital and Bessemer Venture Partners. For more.


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The team behind Bolton Market has been named the best in the country by industry experts.
Bolton Council staff were this week awarded the prestigious Market Team of the Year award by the National Association of British Market Authorities (NABMA).
The presentation took place at the centenary gala dinner during NABMA’s annual conference in Stratford-upon-Avon.
Judges praised the small team behind the success of Bolton Market for their enthusiasm, innovation and engagement.
Not only has the market bucked the national trend by achieving a 92% occupancy rate, but the team have been at the forefront of innovations around energy use and recycling.
As well as working to increase footfall on market days the team goes the extra mile to organise and facilitate a number of events in the borough.
Their vital contribution to the Bolton Food and Drink Festival sees them source, select, and support the traders at what has become of the UK’s largest outdoor markets
The team at Bolton Market is also responsible for the regular Teenage Markets in Victoria Square.
Designed to encourage young entrepreneurs and give them experience of market trading, the event has grown to become the biggest organised youth market in the North West.
The market recently opened a permanent gallery to showcase artwork by students at Bolton Sixth Form College.
This recognition is just the latest in a series of awards for Bolton Market, which includes NABMA’s Best Food Market prize in 2017 and Best Market Attraction for the 2018 food festival.
Graham Wilson, Chief Executive of NABMA, said:
“There are market teams that year after year provide excellent results and do not rest on their laurels and this year's winner, Bolton’s market team, demonstrated these qualities in large measure.
“They work hard to show that markets have a high profile and ensure the successful delivery of a range of different objectives including what has become the famous Bolton Food and Drink Festival.”
This is well-deserved recognition for a team that works flat out to make sure Bolton has a market we can all be proud of.
Bolton Council’s Executive Cabinet Member for Environmental Services Delivery, Cllr Adele Warren, said:
“This is well-deserved recognition for a team that works flat out to make sure Bolton has a market we can all be proud of.
“The team plays a crucial role in events like the Bolton Food and Drink Festival which this year brought in 400,000 visitors to the town centre.
“But this award also recognises the everyday work which ensures shoppers can access fresh, healthy produce at reasonable prices in a welcoming atmosphere.”
Bolton Market is open every Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday from 9am to 5pm.


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Instagram, which is in the social media giant Facebook has signed a decision that is closely related to many users.
Over the past few months, a blow to the Windows 10 Mobile operating system which had been left to die by Microsoft, came from the Instagram wing.
He explained the phones that will cut the Instagram support. After the decision, the end of the road appeared on the phones installed with Windows 10 Mobile for Instagram.
Instagram version released for Windows 10 Mobile farewell with the latest update of 30.1569.12133.0.
Due to the decision, people using this phone will no longer be able to download Instagram via Microsoft's store.


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Square Enix has announced that series staple, Hawkeye is joining the Avengers team in an update that’s coming next month, along with the Next-Gen upgrades for the game.
Clint Barton, the original Hawkeye and mentor of Kate Bishop, will have similar skill sets to their current playable Hawkeye with the key difference being him able to wield a sword along with his archery abilities. He will be in the game as part of the game’s new storyline, Future Imperfect.
Along with that, the next gen versions of the game will release alongside Clint’s storyline. The PS5 and Xbox Series X version will be support 4K resolution while the Series S will go upwards to 1440P.
This update for Square Enix’s Avengers will go live on March 18.


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There are several ways to look at the Tri-Cities retail real estate landscape. And they are as much about the evolution of retail as they are about the brick and mortar inventory.
1 – The Tri-Cities – like the rest of the nation – is over-retailed. The U.S. has a higher per capita percentage of commercial real estate devoted to retail when compared to other developed nations. The retail apocalypse is disrupting that.
2 – There’s a glut of vacant retail space. It’s requiring Realtors and landlords to press their repurposing ideas to fill some of the slack. At the same time, there’s some new retail construction.
3 – While some retailers maneuver for location, the new reality is the customer is now the point of sale. They no longer need a store to learn about or buy products. Retailers who create relevancy to today’s customers are doing OK. Those who are still trying to sell products via yesteryear’s model are struggling.
4 – While many retailers are consolidating stores or relocating in a quest for cheaper rent and a market sweet spot, retail sales and sales tax collections are up. A comparison of the Nov. 2009 to Nov. 2019 retail sales tax collections shows a 38.8% increase in the three-county Johnson City Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) Collections in the four-county Kingsport-Bristol MSA are up 36.1%.
Commenting on the local retail inventory situation, one commercial practitioner lamented it’s the worst he’s ever seen. While that’s not a universal observation, others say the market is not what they expected considering the state of the local economy and consumer confidence.
Last year there were 37 local retail-commercial sales and a combined 65 retail-commercial and shopping center lease transactions, according to the Northeast Tennessee Association of Realtors (NETAR) Commercial Multiple Listing Service (CMLS).
During January, retail sales and lease transactions were half of what they were during January last year. Total commercial sales equaled last year’s sales while lease transactions were down 62%. Of course, those are only for CMLS listings. Commercial real estate has several national venues.
At the end of January, there were 93 retail-commercial and shopping center listings for the Johnson City MSA. The total in Kingsport-Bristol was 85 listings.
The property class with the most transactions was vacant land sales. It also dominated local listing – 137 in the Johnson City metro area and 59 in Kingsport-Bristol.
NETAR’s CMLS page features transactions and listings as well as the full listings inventory by Johnson City, Jonesborough, Kingsport, Kingsport, and Bristol https://www.netarcmls.us/
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“Stock Market Update” is a regular column published in the Michigan Cannabis Industries report. Authored by Ken Harrell, the column evaluates issues and opportunities in the cannabis stock market.
Click HERE to read the first installment of Ken’s monthly piece, titled ‘High Times Could Yield High Results,’ which appeared in the September 2018 issue of The Report.
Click HERE to read ‘Stock Wars: The Cannabis Strikes Back’ from Ken. He talks about the rise, fall and resurgence of cannabis investments and this appeared in our October issue of The Report.
Click HERE to read Ken’s take on the emergent North American cannabis stock market outlook with ‘Cash-In with Canadian & American Cannabis: The Time is Now’. This article appeared in the November 2018 issue of The Report.
Click HERE to read Ken’s recap of 2018’s cannabis marketplace titled, ‘Pot Stock Winners and Losers of 2018.’ The column was printed in the December 2018 issue.
Catch ‘Millennial Money in the Stock Market’ by clicking HERE. It’s Ken writing in the January/February 2019 edition of The Report.
ABOUT KEN HARRELL
The stock market offers a huge value to entrepreneurs who have money to invest but can not figure out which cannabis stocks have value and which have none. Small business IPOs are more commonplace, too, and businesses in the cannabis sector have gone public and sold shares to raise capital, while the companies manage their business and their employees efficiently using tools like the best payroll software you can find online. Ken Harrell, a stock market guru with the Bullish Institute in Detroit, analyzes which stock opportunities are duds and which are winners.
Ken has been a featured speaker at conferences in the past, including the Michigan Cannabis Business Development Group’s ‘Outlook for 2019’ Conference at the Lansing Radisson Hotel on December 2, 2018.
Your Business In Lockdown: Using The Time Wisely. There is no doubt we’re living through strange times with lots of change in a short period of time. It’s difficult to tell what the next three to six months will hold or what the impact will be on business’ moving forward. It can be easy to make a knee jerk reaction in such circumstances without really thinking through what the best course of action is. We encourage you to spend a bit of time in the research and planning before making any major shifts.
If you’re a product-based business, your clients are going to want to know if you are still open and if you are offering delivery. Many cafes and restaurants have set up a delivery service which is an excellent way to support the community and continue to generate revenue. You can also offer reduced rates to existing and past clients during this time. Remember that everyone is in this together and a little flexibility can go a long way in maintaining relationships, and you can use specialists for improve your business as well, for example a specialist GDPR consultant could be really useful to protect the data of your business. For bricks and mortar businesses, the government has declared that only essential services may stay open.


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Congressman Bilirakis Meets with Local Travel Leaders to Discuss Economy
Today, Congressman Gus M. Bilirakis (R-FL), brought together travel and tourism industry leaders, as well as businesses directly impacted by the industry, for a roundtable event at Saddlebrook Resort in Wesley Chapel. At this event, local travel leaders, including the U.S. Travel Association, Tampa International Airport, Saddlebrook Resort, Visit Tampa Bay, Pasco County Office of Tourism, Central Pasco Chamber of Commerce, Pasco County International Tourism Committee, Dade City Chamber of Commerce, Zephyrhills Chamber of Commerce, West Pasco Chamber of Commerce, Holiday Inn Express & Suites, and New Hampton Inn & Suites, thanked Congressman Bilirakis for his support of the JOLT Act and discussed the importance of international and domestic travel to the region?s economy.
Travel is one of the largest industries in the United States, employing more than 14 million Americans nationwide and more than one million people in Florida alone. Travel-friendly legislation, such as the JOLT Act, will open up international travel opportunities to the United States ? adding to the nearly $130 billion already generated from international travel in the United States in 2012 ? and creating more jobs for Americans.
America?s travel industry has been critical to fueling our nation?s economic recovery. Job gains in the travel sector have outpaced other areas of the economy, totaling 14.6 million jobs as of 2011, and $200.9 billion in travel-generated payroll for those employed directly by the U.S. travel industry. Increasing travel to the United States is one of the most effective forms of economic stimulus ? injecting billions into the U.S. economy and creating millions of new jobs here at home.
To learn more about the meeting, check out this Tampa Bay Times article.


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Google wouldn't be aiming to eliminate advertising altogether, but a side-benefit for consumers might be the institution of more user-friendly acceptability standards for ads - if you turn off your ad blocker for a second, you'll find it's gotten pretty bad out there.
The Chrome browser now accounts for a large portion of web-browsing globally, so switching on ad-filters within it could give Google more control over the ad-blocking situation, industry observers say.
Google experimented with generating income without showing display and banner ads on publisher sites in the United States.
While ad-blockers may be the most popular extensions for Chrome on the desktop or your Chromebook, the Android app has been left out of the picture. According to the WSJ, the ads that don't make the cut would be from a list of ad types as defined by the Coalition for Better Ads, which it helped create. This would give Google control over the ad-blocking market, the ad industry as a whole, and even over its competitors, which offer numerous "unacceptable ad" formats the coalition is targeting. Additionally, unlike AdBlock, Chrome's plugin may not take all ads from a site, but just keep them unobtrusive to the user, thus still generating revenue and giving the user a positive experience.
Bundling an ad-blocker into Chrome would be a big move by Google. That could mean any ads that include video ads automatically rolling with sound on or the "prestitial ads" that pop-up with a countdown before you can access the page could be blocked by Google's new browser tool. As a result, advertising on Google's search engine and some of the other ads it powers are allowed to pass through Adblock Plus's filters. In those cases, companies like Google may have to pay to get their ads exempted from the filters, something it could do for free with its own solution. To beat the ad blockers, Google must become an ad blocker.
For almost four decades, Arnel Pineda has always wanted to meet Journey's original frontman Steve Perry . While Neil Young was supposed to induct Pearl Jam into the Rock Hall, he will be unable to do so.
In the run-up to the summit, Chinese op-eds iterated that the trade deficit doesn't indicate only loss for the US. Trump asked Xi for ideas on how to proceed, but held out the possibility of unilateral action.
A supplementary charge sheet was filed against eight persons but not the 13 who were discharged for plotting the demolition. More importantly, the apex court said that there will be a day-to-day hearing in the case in the Lucknow trial court.
We're allowed to choose our religious beliefs as our consciences dictate and worship accordingly without government interference. The Supreme Court asked parties for their views on whether the Governor's announcement affects the case.
The decision will also be communicated to the oil supplying companies soon, he said almost 20,000 outlets will be closed on the holiday. "All these days we have been functioning paying workers double wages", he said.
One proposal they are looking at deserves our attention too because our corporate tax rate is among the highest in the region. Here, they would wait in line - just as they would at the DMV - to pay, in cash, the taxes the government claimed they owed.
A win in election will also enable her to set her own policy agenda rather than be bound by that on which Mr. May said the election was to allow the government to strive forward with "unity" in Brexit negotiations.
When loading Google Earth (only available for Chrome and Android mobile for now) you'll see the old version of it. Now the new Google Earth has been made available on all desktops, Chrome; and Android as it rolls out this week.
The hot new couple, who have been dating for a little more than two months, even put together an egg hunt for their kids. The source added , "J.Lo and A-Rod were sitting next to each other at the table watching and having a great time".
Police have warned that any physical or psychological intimidation is illegal, while President Joko Widodo has called for calm. Basuki, universally known by his nickname Ahok, is a double minority; not just Christian but ethnic Chinese.
Germany, host to some 4 million Turks, said it was up to Erdogan himself to heal the rifts that the vote had exposed. Previously, he'd promised to "revisit" the European relationship once the referendum was out of the way.
North Korea will regularly test missiles
He added that Japan needed to apply pressure on Pyongyang to "seriously respond to a dialogue" with the global community. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi repeated China's line that the crisis could only be resolved by diplomacy.


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In a year of cancelled racing trade shows, a bold new concept was executed to near-perfection, and the Nov. 30-Dec. 4 Online Race Industry Week was embraced by a worldwide audience, attracting attendees from 110 countries.
“It was a huge hit with the global racing industry,” said Francisque Savinien, producer of Online Race Industry Week and founder of EPARTRADE, the digital sourcing platform for the worldwide racing industry. “Wonderful comments of appreciation and encouragement are pouring in from virtually every segment of the racing industry, and from across the United States and the world.”
Working in partnership to produce Online Race Industry Week, EPARTRADE and RACER produced 55 hours of live content via Zoom events, with 150 speakers. The theme that emerged was the spirit and passion of the racing industry as a whole as it has risen as a unified force to meet the challenges of a year of pandemic.
Plans are developing and are already well along as the industry looks to fully seize new opportunities to be presented in 2021.
“The discussions throughout Online Race Industry Week reminded everyone in the industry that we are connected by a shared passion, and that together we can do anything we put our minds to because we are racers and we are in it to win it,” said Paul Pfanner, founder of RACER. “This was a campfire for the culture of racing. And we all gathered around this campfire and realized, ‘We’re going to be OK. We’re going to come out of this strong.'”
Online Race Industry Week provided the racing industry with its all-important annual opportunity to shop and buy racing technology being introduced for 2021 on the EPARTRADE digital sourcing platform. Hundreds of racing industry suppliers have upgraded to Pro Accounts on EPARTRADE, where they can share photos and information about new racing products and popular racing products, as well as technical videos, technical papers and more.
“We’d like to thank each and every one of our sponsors. They believe in this platform, and you can see all of their racing products on EPARTRADE,” said Judy Kean, co-producer of Online Race Industry Week and co-founder of EPARTRADE. “Thank you for supporting this week and what we’re doing. It’s a new way of doing business. And if you haven’t registered for EPARTRADE, please do. It’s a revolutionary way to SmartSource racing technology.”
As well as major presenting sponsors and sponsors, industry leaders including Roger Penske, Bryan Herta, Antron Brown, Ron Capps, Linda Vaughn, Chip Ganassi and Bobby Rahal were featured in in-depth interviews conducted by RACER founder Paul Pfanner.
Both the head of Ford racing, Mark Rushbrook, and General Motors racing, Jim Campbell, also were featured in separate 50-minute interviews explaining where the OEM racing programs are positioned currently, and potential plans for the future.
More than a dozen sanctioning body executives participated in panel discussions, as did AERA and British racing trade group MIA.
The core of Online Race Industry Week was racing technology, with webinars organized by racing industry suppliers showcasing hundreds of racing industry suppliers from around the world.
“It felt very much like a trade show experience, without the expenses of air travel and hotels. Plus, you didn’t have to leave your racing business or your race shop for several days to attend,” said John Kilroy, chief of content and audience development for EPARTRADE. “There were major racing industry news announcements during Online Race Industry Week. And there were many moments throughout the week’s technical webinars where attendees discovered a golden nugget of information that can be used in 2021 to go faster, reduce overhead or boost sales and profitability for a racing business.”
Technical webinars were hosted by Jeff Hammond, one of the all-time great NASCAR crew chiefs, and his co-host Brad Gillie from SiriusXM ch 90, Late Shift 7:00-10:00; Joe Castello, WFO Radio, Kilroy and Pfanner.
For a full list of presenters and sponsors, click here. Recordings of all Online Race Industry Week webinars will be made available soon.


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More than a year into the Covid-19 pandemic where volatility, complexity, and uncertainty reached an all-time high, a brand’s ability to get attention, be remembered, and be an educational resource has become more imperative than ever. That, in conjunction with consumers wanting their buying power to reflect their personal values, has placed extreme pressure on brands to get it right.
Acronym’s CMO & Managing Director, Mike Grehan joined SAP’s former CMO, Alicia Tillman and current Senior Director of Global Branding, Dennis Thomas in Bonnie D. Graham’s podcast, Changing the Game with Digital Engagement to discuss Brand Marketing in a Post-Pandemic World.
- What role does branding play in the buyer’s journey and has that changed since the pandemic began?
- What could or should companies do to better reflect the social climate or should they not engage in that conversation?
- What other impacts will the pandemic have on the future of branding?
Watch this conversation and let us know your thoughts in the comments!


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We haven’t done a post on BlackBerry for a while, probably because there’s been no news to report recently. Today however there’s some good news coming from the struggling Canadian phone manufacturer. In its fourth fiscal quarter the company only lost $423 million, which may not sound that great but in comparison to the colossal $4.4bn loss in the previous quarter they are doing pretty well.
This news gave BlackBerry stock price a 6% boost in pre-market trading, which should restore some faith and give a bit of hope to existing shareholders. The company is still loosing money at quite a rate though, so I can’t see it bringing in any new investors any time soon.
If you’re wondering where they are getting any money from, well it’s not handsets. They only sold 3.4 million handsets this quarter, with only 1.1 million of those being BlackBerry 10 devices, the other 2.3 million being on the antique BlackBerry 7 OS. The company is actually financing itself through services which made up for 56% of the companies revenue this quarter.
This is all good news of course, but what do BlackBerry plan on doing now to help stem this flow of cash out of the company and start making BlackBerry a big name in the game again. Well according to CEO John Chen, the future lies in high-end keyboard smartphones and making more money from BBM. This shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone, considering the keyboard is one of the main things that people actually like about BlackBerry devices and BBM is still being used by millions of people around the world.
As far as I can see, the next big step for BlackBerry is going to be to release version 11 of its OS, 10 has been about as well received as Windows 8, with users either deciding to go for an older version or just change to a different system.
As we’ve found out, no one can possibly predict what the future holds for BlackBerry, but this is a good sign that recovery lays around the corner.


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This week, we watched an NBA game in virtual reality, a number of tech companies reported earnings, and we went hands-on with the OnePlus X Android phone. These are our best stories.
1. The OnePlus X Android phone was announced officially at an event in London. Drew Olanoff goes hands on with the new $249 smartphone.
2. In a new feature update, Snapchat introduced slow mo, fast forward and rewind video filters.
3. Walgreens said won’t be going forward with any plans to open up more Theranos Wellness Centers until it can “understand the truth,” behind recent questioning of the blood work startup’s tech. Theranos has been under scrutiny after allegations from the Wall Street Journal.
4. Several tech companies reported earnings this week. Apple continued at a good clip in iPhone 6 and 6s sales during its fourth fiscal quarter 2015, hitting 48 million units sold (despite fluctuations in the Chinese stock market, Apple still managed to have an outstanding quarter in China). Twitter shares tanked 8%, and Microsoft jumped 6% on profit after an FQ1 revenue beat. Alphabet jumped 9% after hours after reporting revenue of $18.68 billion. You can find full TechCrunch coverage of earnings here.
5. Josh Constine wrote about the different types of information both Facebook and Google have on users, and how the two companies both have huge but very different opportunities when it comes to building a personal assistant.
6. European Parliament voted that Edward Snowden should be granted asylum in Europe on the grounds that he is a “defender of human rights.” While this doesn’t mean he will be granted asylum, the vote symbolizes Snowden’s support abroad.
7. In a crushing blow to the tech industry and privacy advocates, the Senate passed the controversial Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA). Cat Zakrezewski breaks it down.
8. ADP dropped the defamation lawsuit it held against its rapidly growing competitor Zenefits.
9. Cisco acquired Lancope, a company that is focusing on behavior analytics to detect malicious activity on corporate networks, in a $452.5 million cash and equity deal.
10. NBA fans who have a Samsung Gear VR headset were able to watch the Golden State Warriors game live in VR. Drew Olanoff wrote about what its like to watch a live NBA game in virtual reality, and concludes that while the experience was cool, the camera placement was wonky and multitasking was impossible. Don’t sell off your season tickets yet, fans.
11. Google and ASUS announced that they’re working together on a new version of OnHub router. It will cost $219.99 and has new feature called “Wave Control,” which lets you speed up your Wi-Fi for a specific device by waving your hand over the top of it.
12. Microsoft unveiled its Arrow launcher for Android phone customization.
13. The Wall Street Journal reported that Chrome OS, the “cloud” operating system that Google introduced for laptops, and Android, the operating system on phones and tablets, may become one.


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Bidding at the annual Fasig-Tipton thoroughbred yearling sales almost without exception starts low and advances in small increments, so imagine the shock when an alleged buyer’s $1 million offer opened and closed a sale.
Later in last Tuesday night’s program, the auctioneer announced the filly believed to have been purchased would be re-offered for sale. “Hip No. 151 was caught up in some nonsense earlier through no fault of her own,” he said.
The auctioneer explained that the original hip No. 151 that drew the seven-figure bid would be re-offered as hip No. 202 because the bidder didn’t establish proper credit.
Seems the bidder signed the name “Josh Mann” on the sales slip, but then refused to cover the purchase price. Instead, he cursed inquiring officials and disappeared in a nearby parking lot.
“He apparently took excessive advantage of Saratoga liquid,” the auctioneer explained to those in attendance. It was clear to everyone in our circle that he wasn’t referring to Saratoga’s famed mineral waters.
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“Potter” stars to greet fans at Harrods for UK “Deathly Hallows – Part 2” DVD/Blu-ray release
To celebrate the release of the Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 Blu-ray and DVD in the UK on December 2, Warner Home Video, hmv and The Harry Potter Shop at Harrods are delivering a pre-Christmas treat for UK Harry Potter fans.
On December 1 from 5:30 p.m., fans will get the chance to meet some of the stars of the Harry Potter film series as they make a special appearance at The Harry Potter Shop at Harrods (adjacent to the nearby hmv concession).
The actors including Warwick Davis (Professor Flitwick and Griphook), James and Oliver Phelps (Fred and George Weasley) and Jessie Cave (Lavender Brown) will all be on hand to meet and greet fans.
The Complete Eight-Film Collection will also be released on Blu-ray and DVD and is also available exclusively to The Harry Potter Shop at Harrods as a Limited Edition Elder Wand Chest.
The queue will be limited to 300 people and wristbands will be issued from 10 a.m. on the day of the event at The Harry Potter Shop at Harrods.
Additionally, hmv will be opening up to 150 of its stores around the country especially early at 7:00 a.m. on day of release, December 2.


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PALO ALTO, Calif., March 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Moomoo, the next-generation one-stop digital financial service platform headquartered in Silicon Valley, announced its official launch in Australia, providing secure, professional-grade online share trading to Australian investors. This marks the third international market where Moomoo operates, after its successful launch in Singapore in 2021 and the United States in 2018.
Australian individual investors can use moomoo app to trade stocks and ETFs listed on Australian and US markets, and will be able to access Hong Kong SAR, Singapore, and China A-share markets in the future. Moomoo differentiates itself with intelligent analysis tools, real-time in-depth market data and financial information from leading media agencies such as Dow Jones and Benzinga.
Another unique feature of moomoo is its online community of global users. Enabling ‘social investing’, the online interactive community lets users support and learn from one another, sharing investing ideas and insights about stocks. Everyone, from beginners to seasoned investors can learn investment strategies and share their investment experience with other users around the world. For users who seek structured learning experiences, there are also a lot of educational courses published on moomoo as well.
“Today marks moomoo’s first anniversary in the Singapore market and the third anniversary of the listing of moomoo’s parent company on Nasdaq,” Andrew Rogan, moomoo’s Marketing Head in Australia, said. “On this special occasion, we’re happy to announce our launch in Australia. We hope to bring moomoo’s advanced features, which have already been validated in the US and Singapore, to every investor in Australia. Our vision is to help all investors with different experience levels improve trading skills, optimize investment strategies and take control of their wealth creation.”
“With one of the highest percentages of direct share ownership in the world, Australia is full of passionate, knowledge-hungry investors wanting greater control over their own wealth creation. According to the ASX investor research report, in 2020, Australia had more than 9 million individual investors, most of whom are young. That number is expected to go beyond 10 million in 2022. At the same time, with the rise of the internet and the opening-up of the financial industry, more and more young Australians are entering the investment market, creating an urgent need for a sophisticated yet customer-friendly online investment platform. Moomoo’s launch in Australia meets this need with its award-winning trading app”.
Currently, moomoo has already developed highly competitive capabilities and market experience from its operations in the US and Singapore. In the US, moomoo is a leading investment platform that is widely recognized by American investors. Moomoo has been named by Benzinga as “The 2021 Best for Active Traders” for its excellent product experience and services. In the first three months since its launch in Singapore, moomoo has gained over 220,000 registered clients, among which 100,000 were paying clients. Moreover, both client quantity and quality are increasing steadily.
| Link to the study: https://www2.asx.com.au/AustralianInvestorStudy.
Moomoo is a next-generation one-stop digital financial service platform created by Moomoo Inc., a fintech company based in Palo Alto, California.
Moomoo integrates trading, market data, social networking with advanced features, such as AI-powered analytics and anomaly detection functions. It supports free online account-opening and provides access to the trading of stocks and ETFs in multiple global markets such as the United States, Hong Kong SAR, Singapore, and Australia. Moomoo and its brand affiliates also offer rich investor education content and an interactive online community with 17 million users in more than 200 countries globally.
Moomoo’s parent company is the Nasdaq-listed fintech company Futu Holdings Limited, which is headquartered in Hong Kong. Futu is also the largest brokerage in Hong Kong. On March 8, 2019, Futu was listed on the Nasdaq (symbol: FUTU).
For more information, please visit the moomoo official website at www.moomoo.com.
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Indonesia’s Salim Group is planning a major foray into e-commerce this year in partnership with South Korea’s Lotte.
Indo Lotte Makmur, a 50-50 JV by the two conglomerates, will launch the iLotte online shopping platform as soon as July, putting US$88 million into the project initially. The service will be geared primarily toward women in their 20s and 30s, and feature name-brand cosmetics sold in South Korea as well as offerings from Lotte’s online mall.
A robust infrastructure built up over the course of years will let Salim achieve economies of scale for the e-commerce business, says Indo Lotte CFO Dani Sumarsono, who is overseeing online business at Indonesia’s largest conglomerate.
“E-commerce is not only about digital technology but about moving physical products,” he says. “We have been investing in infrastructure for a long time.”
Indo Lotte president, a former executive at Lotte’s e-commerce business in South Korea, says Salim has a lot of infrastructure, while Lotte can bring know-how and technology.
Indonesia’s e-commerce market is expected to grow to $46 billion in 2025 from just $1.7 billion a decade earlier, according to research by Google and Singapore’s Temasek Holdings. Under this scenario, Indonesia would make up more than half of the total Southeast Asian e-commerce market and would follow China and India as the third-largest national market in Asia, excluding Japan. A doubling of internet users, from 92 million to 215 million, is seen as the driver of this expansion.
With chronic congestion of its major cities and a lack of basic infrastructure on its islands, Indonesia is an expensive market to service. Logistics costs are 27 per cent of GDP, compared with 20 per cent in Thailand and 13 per cent in Malaysia, according to the World Bank.
However, Salim’s 13,000-plus Indomaret convenience stores across Indonesia can be used as places to pay for and pick up goods ordered online. Meanwhile, a shipping unit that delivers instant noodles made by group member Indofood Sukses Makmur to more than 30,000 small towns nationwide can help bolster efficiency.
Salim has also created a JV with Tokyo-based startup Liquid to explore payments using fingerprint authentication, with credit-card ownership of less than one in every 10 adults in Indonesia. Liquid’s system allowing pre-registered shoppers to pay via fingerprint scanner has been deployed at Japanese convenience stores. The JV will test the system for 500,000 Salim employees initially and targets commercial application within the year.
Meanwhile, another Indonesian conglomerate, Lippo Group, is developing an electronic payment service for use on MatahariMall.com, which Lippo launched in 2015.


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Foreshadowing a possible rise in iPad sales and shipments thanks in part to the new iPad Pro, a new report from analysts Consumer Intelligence Research Partners (CIRP) has found that the iPad mini range -- consisting of the iPad mini 2 and iPad mini 4, both of which are currently sold by Apple -- now account for nearly half (47 percent) of all iPad sales. The survey found that the latest iPad Pro already accounted for 12 percent of sales, while the iPad Air 2 remains the single best-selling model.
New ClamCase owner Incipio has announced the first new iPad Bluetooth keyboard cases made since the company took over its rival last year, including three models for the iPad Air 2 and a new model for the iPad Pro, along with one for the iPad mini 4. Most models include keyboard backlighting, wth one model featuring a rear OLED screen for notifications while the case is closed, and the one for the iPad Pro including a storage slot for the optional Apple Pencil drawing stylus.
Apple's iPad remains one of the most accessible personal computing devices ever made. Young, or old, there has never been a more intuitive way for people to engage with technology. When it was first revealed, the naysayers dismissed it as just a "big iPhone," which it is in some ways. However, what they failed to appreciate was that the larger screen real estate, combined with Apple's chip making and software prowess, gave it much more desktop-like capabilities. Even in its more-condensed mini form factor, the iPad remains a great example of powerful technology made simple, and accessible. The iPad mini 4, is no exception as we discover in our our full review .
We love our iPad mini around here. They're the perfect combination of portable and functional, giving us the extra screen space without becoming too unwieldy to manage when we're out and about. The iPad mini, however, poses a problem. With being so portable, we've come to realize that it's prone to experiencing just as much as we are, including nasty bumps, bruises, and even the occasional fall. Griffin seeks to make life a little less harsh on the iPad mini with the super sturdy Survivor CrossGrip iPad mini case.
Despite being on the list of devices that will be compatible with the forthcoming iOS 9, Apple on Friday quietly removed the original iPad mini from its online store, leaving only the second- and third-generation devices for sale as new. The company is still offering the original 7.9-inch device, but only as a refurbished unit now (starting at $209, $40 off its most recent retail price). The first-gen iPad mini was introduced in 2012.
Typo, stymied from selling any smartphone keyboards by a court order of its copying of BlackBerry's keyboard design, has struck out in a different direction with a completely new product: a Typo Keyboard case for the iPad Air and Air 2, with a forthcoming version made for the iPad mini line. While Typo is legally barred from making any further smartphone keyboards, it is specifically allowed in its court settlement to make products for devices with 7.9-inch screens or larger -- the exact size of the iPad mini.
JetBlue has announced that, starting next week, passengers will be able to pay for items such as food and beverages in-flight using Apple Pay. Items range from amenities like headsets and food items, to upgrading to a premium seat. The service will begin with cross-country flights between New York and California, then expand to other routes. Flight attendants will use Apple's iPad mini, which will be specially encased to take credit cards as well.
STM Bags has announced the release of its new Dux case for iPad, along with versions for the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus. Described as offering "rugged" protection from drops and general wear and tear, the Dux case consists of a rubberized bracket and polycarbonate exterior. Its clear back allows for customizing the appearance of the device, or letting the back of the iPhone or iPad remain visible. The Dux for iPad (priced at $50) features sizes designed for iPad Air 2, iPad Air, iPad 2 through 4, iPad mini, as well as mini 2 and 3, and is available in blue, red, and black. Dux for iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus (priced at $30) are available in black and red.
AT&T has announced the Modio, a case that adds LTE support to otherwise Wi-Fi-only iPad models. Initially, the only version will be available for the iPad mini (all generations), but an edition for the iPad Air and Air 2 is promised down the road. AT&T has yet to set prices or launch dates for either option, however.
Apple has launched a new Christmas-themed TV ad, "The Song" (below). Much like last year's "Misunderstood," the spot focuses on lifestyle branding rather than directly promoting Apple products. Its story has a girl discovering a record given from her grandmother to her grandfather in 1952, featuring the grandmother singing "Love is Here to Stay." The girl then uses a MacBook to help her learn and record a duet over the old recording; she leaves an iPad mini with a note attached for her grandmother to find.
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TestFlight updated for iOS, watchOS
Apple on Thursday updated its developer-oriented TestFlight software to version 1.3.2 for compatibility with apps being developed for iOS 9.3 watchOS 2.2, along with the usual "stability and performance improvements." Some developers, however, are still reporting some issues loading beta apps onto the watchOS 2.2 beta. The latest beta for developers was released on Monday, and is available through the App Store or Apple's developer portal. [3.60MB] http://apple.co/1PQ64pF
CBS: No recent streaming conversations with Apple
CBS CEO Les Moonves has made remarks, casting doubt on a launch of Apple's live streaming television service. In interviews this week, the executive said regarding negotiations with Apple that "we had conversations awhile back, and we haven't had recent conversations with them," adding that "the phone is always ringing" regarding similar services, but not with Apple on the line. http://cnnmon.ie/1PptJM6
Complex date setting bug crashes 64-bit iOS device
A serious bug has been spotted with iOS devices running iOS 8 or newer, with a 64-bit processor. If a user disables auto-check time, and manually sets the date of a device back to as far as it will go, then again to January 1, 1970, and finally rebooting, the iPhone is crashed, perhaps terminally. The bug affects the iPhone 5s and newer devices, running a processor from the A7 and up. Theories abound as to the cause of the crash, but the most credible seems to be a clock set to less than an arbitrary "zero" date, causing all manners of routines relying on the time setting to fail during startup. http://bit.ly/1TV6psS
Weber buys iDevices' iGrill, Kitchen Thermometer
Cooking gear manufacturer Weber is purchasing iOS accessory manufacturer iDevices iGrill and Kitchen Thermometer lines. As part of the purchase, Weber is working in parallel with iDevices to roll out a new version of the products, and associated apps, this spring. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. CEO of iDevices Chris Allen said that the transition will allow the company to "focus even more heavily on becoming a leader in the home automation market." http://bit.ly/1PFk3uZ
Vevo music video app launched for Apple TV
Vevo today announced its new native tvOS app for the fourth generation Apple TV. The new app allows users Siri Remote navigation for discovery of top videos by genre, or to search for individual artists and videos. Playlists generated on another device sync between all the iterations of the app. http://apple.co/1PFhxEU
HydraDock team unveils USB 3.1 Type C Roadie
KickShark, the team that brought the HydraDock desktop USB-C dock to market, has launched a Kickstarter project for The Roadie -- a USB 3.1 Type C standard-compliant pocket hub for the 12 inch Apple MacBook and other compatible devices. The Roadie occupies the same footprint on a desk as a credit card, with a short USB-C male cable on one end for connecting to a 12 inch MacBook, and a female USB-C port on the other end for plugging in a MacBook power adapter. One side has an RJ45 jack for gigabit Ethernet, and an HDCP-compliant HDMI jack that handles up to 4K displays. KickShark promises shipment of all products within four weeks of campaign completion. The "early bird" offer for the hub is a $69 commitment, with a $79 commitment for a Roadie after 500 backers have pledged. http://kck.st/1o6knw5
HBO Now has 800,000 subscribers
The CEO of HBO, Richard Plepler has confirmed that the online streaming HBO service, HBO Now, has 800,000 subscribers. When criticized for the seemingly low number, Plepler noted that the still nascent service was bound to Apple exclusivity during the fifth season of Game of Thrones. Plepler declared during the Time Warner quarterly earnings conference call marketing for the online-only offering would be enhanced in 2016. While HBO Now's critics are slamming the low numbers, the service must also compete against itself on cable, in addition to Netflix and other streaming services. http://on.recode.net/1QWoLHe


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Fantasee Lighting will host TechFest 2008, its third annual lighting expo, on Friday, April 11 and Saturday, April 12. The lighting, rigging, and special effects show includes product displays and demonstrations, as well as educational seminars and console training. All events are free.
Representatives from more than 20 suppliers and manufacturers will take part. Featured vendors include:
* Altman Lighting
* ETC (Electronic Theatre Controls)
* Avolites America
* Doug Fleenor of Doug Fleenor Design
* Apollo Design
* Robert Juliat
* And more
• Friday, April 11, 11am – 8pm
• Saturday, April 12, 10am – 6 pm
On Saturday, Fantasee will offer a complimentary BBQ lunch for attendees.
Educational seminars and console training by industry professionals will be offered both days to give first-hand experience on the equipment and expand knowledge of products and techniques.
The seminars and training are free and offered on a first-come, first serve basis. Topics include:
* DL2 Capabilities
* Theatrical rigging
* Careers in Lighting
* DMX Basics and Beyond
* And more
All events will take place at the Fantasee warehouse in Van Buren Township, Michigan.