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The Cherokee Nation is officially kicking off the 68th Cherokee national holiday with the launch of a redesigned Cherokee national holiday website where the public can register to watch holiday events online and compete for prizes.
The online portal of content for the Cherokee national holiday is available at holiday.cherokee.org. Events that will be broadcast online include the annual Cherokee art show, a virtual tour of the tribe’s heirloom garden, cultural demonstrations, traditional food and games, live genealogy including a question-answer session, the annual Holiday quilt show, Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr.’s annual State of the Nation address and much more.
The tribe is also hosting a virtual powwow and a virtual car show through the redeveloped holiday site, and both will incorporate social elements allowing competitors to submit their own videos and compete for prizes. The holiday website will also showcase T-shirts and other memorabilia for sale, along with digital souvenirs to download.
“Though we are going to miss the in-person fellowship that traditionally accompanies the Cherokee national holiday, we are happy to showcase the Cherokee people, our language, our culture and our traditions online for all the world to see,” Hoskin said. “Providing this content in an online format is the safe and responsible thing to do to protect our communities, including those who are among the most vulnerable to the effects of COVID-19: our Cherokee speakers. While this year is unlike any other we have faced as Cherokee people, I am confident we will have a great time celebrating online, while also looking forward to a return to our in-person holiday gatherings in 2021.”
The tribe is also planning to host drive-in movie nights Sept. 3-5, and a drive-in fireworks show Sept. 6.
The drive-in movie nights are presented by the Cherokee Nation Film Office and will be held at One Fire Field near the Cherokee Nation complex in Tahlequah, with attendees remaining in their vehicles during the event. Each drive-in movie night will be limited to 300 vehicles. Tickets are free and will be available at holiday.cherokee.org.
The drive-in fireworks event will also allow attendees to remain in their vehicles for a show that takes place at the Cherokee Springs Plaza in Tahlequah on Sept. 6.
“Each and every year, over 100,000 people visit Cherokee County, Okla., for the Cherokee national holiday, so it is no surprise that the economic impact of the Cherokee national holiday is very significant to Cherokee vendors and artisans who participate,” said Austin Patton, Cherokee national holiday coordinator. “To help mitigate the impact on those Cherokee vendors and artisans, we are developing a new online Native American artisans peer-to-peer marketplace called Spider Market. We’re excited about this new marketplace and the possibilities it will be providing to artisans not only this year, but in the coming years as well.”
Once the new marketplace is launched online, the public can visit the website and find authentic arts and crafts made by Cherokee artisans. The release of the new online marketplace will also accompany the launch of the Cherokee Nation Spider Gallery’s redeveloped website. Details and links to both websites will be announced soon.
The Cherokee national holiday commemorates the signing of the Cherokee Nation Constitution in 1839, which re-established the tribe’s government in Indian Territory after forced removal from the Cherokees’ original homelands in the Southeast.
The theme for the 68th Cherokee national holiday is “We the People of the Cherokee Nation: Celebrating Tribal Sovereignty.”
Learn more on the holiday website at holiday.cherokee.org and follow along on social media with #CherokeeHoliday2020. The Cherokee Nation is on Facebook at Facebook.com/TheCherokeeNation, on Twitter @CherokeeNation and on Instagram @TheCherokeeNation.
KXMX News Staff
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The Cannabist wrote earlier this year
Cannabis and coffee, together.
It was only a matter of time before somebody brought new meaning to the popular stoner rite of passage “wake and bake.” And it makes perfect sense that such a creation is coming out of coffee-crazy Washington state, which will soon start the legal sale of recreational marijuana in the coming month or two.
Adam Stites of Longview, Wash., is that creative entrepreneurial genius. His cold-brewed coffee creation, Legal, comes packaged in a Stumptown-styled 11.5-ounce bottle and is infused with 20 milligrams of activated THC. Of Legal’s two coffees, one is black and the other has cream and sugar; There are also three infused sodas to pad the line, including pomegranate and lemon ginger. Bottles will likely retail between $9-$11, according to theHuffington Post.

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There are a number of factors to consider in building a client roster. Here are some tips for picking clients to support long-term agency growth.
This is not another piece about the glass ceiling. It’s about what women in PR can do right now to improve their odds of getting to the top.
A new business model is afoot that threatens not only objectivity in reporting and publishing, but also opportunities for earned media. Where is the line drawn to ensure news media is still delivering objective content?
PR needs to turn up its creative cap, invest in some Kevlar vests, and evolve to overcome the hostile environment of dominant pay-to-play.
There are numerous benefits to being familiar with what company owns which media outlet, including establishing contacts and multiplying your PR reach.
Brands that aren’t leveraging digital opportunities are giving away business to their competitors.
It’s the job of every PR practitioner to understand their client’s risk environment and operate accordingly.
PR News celebrated the winners and honorable mentions of its 2014 Nonprofit PR Awards at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. on Feb. 26, 2014.
It takes work to maintain a good relationship with a PR agency and get the results you desire. Here are some tips for keeping things on an even keel.


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In 2011, Lydia Leith, a 26-year-old graphic designer based in London, capitalized on our collective exhaustion of Royal Wedding mania with her “Royal Wedding Sick Bags.” The graphic pieces came with the tag line, “Keep this handy on April 29, 2011,” and the tchotchke became one of the most popular swag pieces related to Prince William and Kate Middleton’s nuptials. (You may remember that tea bags, books, iPhone apps, and even a royal wedding refrigerator were also sold in the run-up to the wedding.)
A year and a half later, Leith has introduced “Royal Morning Sickness” bags to help us handle the forthcoming obsession with Middleton’s pregnancy. The royal baby went viral online immediately after the Palace’s official announcement on Monday, and the Washington Post notes that, in this social media age, Will and Kate’s child will become the most blogged, Tweeted and photographed royal in history. There’s a pink and blue version of the bag (for those already betting on the baby’s sex), and the designer is offering a free royal-themed bookmark with each order, so buyers can read while they wait for the baby’s arrival. And since we don’t exactly how far Middleton is along, the bookmark may very well come in as handy as the barf bag itself.


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BOSTON – In celebration of National Robotics Week, April 6-14, 2019, MassRobotics said it will host a series of statewide open houses at “innovative robotics organizations shaping the new Massachusetts technology landscape,” as part of the state’s robotics cluster of companies.
“Massachusetts is a global hub of robot technology development and innovation,” said Tom Ryden, executive director of MassRobotics. “As part of RoboWeek, we hope to increase the public awareness of the importance of the robotics industry in Massachusetts, and its tremendous impact on the future by providing an inside look into some of the area’s robotics companies. These events are ideal for investors, those looking to advance their careers in robotics, government officials invested in the Commonwealth’s technology and innovation industry, and businesses interested in collaborating with these smart companies.”
Behind-the-scenes tours, events
Starting on Monday, April 8 and running through Friday, April 12, people can receive behind-the-scenes tours at the following Massachusetts robotics companies. Pre-registration is required, visit this site to sign up for a particular tour or event.
- iRobot (Bedford) – Tour the Cool Stuff Museum and Family Innovation Lab, learn about the company and see a demo of a robot in action.
- 6 River Systems (Waltham) — Learn about Chuck, a collaborative mobile robot, and how the company is building fulfillment solutions for the warehouses of tomorrow.
- DunkWorks (Woods Hole) — Part of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution’s Center for Marine Robotics, see how DunkWorks is accelerating the path of technology to the ocean.
- Piaggio Fast Forward (Boston) — Meet gita, the sustainable, mobile-carrier that follows people on the go while transporting up to 45 pounds and learn about the company’s vision of a sustainable mobility ecology with healthy lifestyles and social connectivity available to all.
- Symbotic (Wilmington) – Learn how to simplify material handling from manufacturer to store shelf with the combination of proprietary software and mathematics.
- Artaic (Boston) – Discover how Artaic is using robotic technology to customize, design and fabricate award-winning mosaics for projects of any size.
- FLIR Unmanned Ground Systems – As the world’s leading provider of battle-tested Unmanned Ground Vehicles, get an inside look at how these robots help keep troops, first responders and the public safe.
- UMass Lowell NERVE and iHub – As part of the monthly Mass Innovation Nights event series, network with members of the local innovation community and view presentations by local startups and entrepreneurs.
- MassRobotics (Boston) – Meet the masterminds behind the innovation hub for robotics and connected devices. Get a deep dive in how our programming is nurturing the next generation of talent and promoting economic growth.
For a list of the National Robotics Week national events, visit the group’s website here.
MassRobotics is the result of the collective work of a group of engineers, rocket scientists and entrepreneurs with a shared vision to create a strong, vibrant robotics and IoT ecosystem in Massachusetts. MassRobotics’ mission is to help create and scale the next generation of successful robotics and connected devices companies by providing entrepreneurs and innovative robotics/automation startups with the workspace and resources they need to develop, prototype, test and commercialize their products and solutions. See www.massrobotics.org for details.


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It's horses for courses today at York racecourse - quite literally.
The hospitality team - along with set designer Bruce Emery and local food campaigner Jennifer Middleton - have created an "Edible Ebor Equine" as part of the Welcome to Yorkshire Ebor Festival, which begins today.
The life-size horse is constructed entirely out of Yorkshire produce, and is accompanied by a Grand Départ bicycle made of Yorkshire rhubarb.
It's to celebrate the Tour de France, which will start at York Racecourse on Sunday July 6 next year.
Standing nearly six feet high, or 16 hands, the sculptures are made from over 100 Yorkshire Puddings, baked on site, four crates of Wakefield rhubarb, 40 crates of South Yorkshire Savoy cabbage, three sacks of Vale of York carrots, a heaped basket of radishes from near Doncaster, 20 punnets of Stourton Grange strawberries, four crates of mushrooms from Thirsk and two huge sacks of freshly-harvested Wistow wheat and barley.
The unusual sculptures were also commissioned to celebrate Yorkshire produce over the four-day festival.
– Nick Fazackerley, Director of York Racecourse Hospitality
“We wanted to make this year’s installation a reflection on the excitement the county is feeling about hosting the Tour de France, so we decided we’d combine horsepower and pedal power in a Yorkshire food fest—so we decided to make a cycle out of that iconic Yorkshire ingredient, rhubarb.
“York Racecourse Hospitality is renowned for its use of local produce, and this year we’ve established our own herb garden at the course—tended by our head chef, David Fearnley and the racecourse Head Gardener Zac Rafferty—you can’t get more local than that.
“Using local produce on such a large scale is challenging. It’s a colossal task to keep the racegoers fed and watered on such a huge scale. The week regularly attracts 90,000 racegoers. We’re proud to be able to say that we know where our ingredients come from and our commitment to local sourcing has impressive economic implications. The beef used for these next four days alone is equivalent to the annual beef production from an average sized Yorkshire farm.
“Yorkshire is famously called the larder of Britain, creating a work of art out of local produce pays homage to all the producers and farmers that make Yorkshire what it is, Britain’s biggest and most delicious county.”


text: Predictably there are those already sneering at the Prime Minister’s ambition to complete a Free Trade Agreement with the European Union by the end of the implementation period and establish an independent trade policy for the United Kingdom. They cite the length of time it has taken for previous FTAs to be negotiated (especially with the EU) as their precedent. They still live in the hope of creating sufficient uncertainty to make British people change their minds about leaving the European Union. Talking to voters up and down the country, there seems to be overwhelming evidence that the British public want to make Brexit happen – but we can be sure that even if the Government is given a resounding majority then this campaign will continue unabated. Leaving aside their motives, mainly that they don’t want Brexit to happen at all, they should pay more attention to the details already outlined between the UK and the EU before they make their over-pessimistic pronouncements. Most Free Trade Agreements seek to remove tariffs and related barriers in order to facilitate and expedite trade in goods, a process that can be lengthy if particularly protectionist barriers have to be dismantled. Months, if not years, are spent trying to understand the details of the prospective trading partners regulatory and legal systems before detailed discussions are put in place on how to dismantle them. This is not the case in relation to the UK and the European Union. Not only do we have a tariff- and quota-free environment today, but the Political Declaration that sets out the roadmap to the future relationship specifically states that “a free trade agreement (should) ensure no tariffs, fees, charges or quantitative restrictions across all sectors”. In other words, we are already beginning our negotiation on trade in goods where others conclude theirs. It is self-evident that this is likely to dramatically reduce the amount of time required for any agreement. Of course, the European Union present a tariff-free approach as a concession to the United Kingdom when it is self-evidently nothing of the sort as, with a huge trade surplus with the UK, the EU will be anxious to ensure that their exports do not become less competitive as a result of the imposition of any tariffs, fees or quotas. The vast bulk of the future discussions will be around the issue of regulatory alignment and access to the Single Market. Clearly, any concept of “dynamic alignment” will be completely out of the question as it would require the United Kingdom to automatically import any changes in the EU rules without us having a say on drawing them up. This would make a mockery of leaving the EU and “taking control”. Then there is the nature of alignment itself and it is an argument that mirrors the wider debate about global trade policy. At the WTO summit in Buenos Aires, it became extremely clear that while the EU saw the creation of a level playing field in trade as being underpinned by identical regulations (what the EU has traditionally called harmonisation), the rest of the world wants to see an expansion of the concept of equivalence. This essentially means ensuring that standards and outcomes are similar but without rigid rules on how this should come about. It will be a similar debate between Britain and the EU. The concept of equivalence is a much more conservative approach and allows the market to determine more efficient routes to the same outcome rather than a predetermined and highly legalistic approach. Of course, the EU will resist British attempts to push the concept of equivalence as it would set a precedent for others trading with the EU market and diminish the power of EU lawmakers in setting global trading rules – but it would be very much in line with global trends and what appears to be the likely direction of the overwhelming number of global trading partners. In other words, this will be a very different trade negotiation from anything that has gone before, where the obstacles are much more about politics than technical trade issues. This does not mean that they will be easy, but it is only a matter of months since we were told that the EU could not agree to any changes in the Withdrawal Agreement that did not include the Irish backstop and here we are without it. As we leave the EU, Britain must ensure that we continue to have good access to the European market which still represents 44% of Britain’s exports of goods and services while at the same time leaving us free to expand our market access into the faster growing parts of the world economy. This is not an impossible task, but will require us to understand the trends in global trade and commerce more widely rather than obsess about the continuity of what has been a highly prescriptive relationship on trade over the past four decades.


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Alibaba (NYSE:BABA) shares climbed more than 3% in pre-market trading Thursday and highlighted a slate of gains among Chinese Internet stocks that rallied in the wake of Beijing easing back on its "Zero-COVID" policy.
China began implementing 10 changes to its COVID-19 protocols on Wednesday that included ending citywide lockdowns, requiring pharmacies to remain open and not close at will, and expanding efforts to vaccinate elderly citizens. The policy changes come following multiple protests around China over its hardcore anti-COVID efforts that have included "closed loop" environments around some of the country's massive tech-manufacturing plants such as that of Apple's (NASDAQ:AAPL) iPhone-making partner, Foxconn.
On Thursday, Foxconn said it was scrapping its "closed loop" practices, which included restricting workers to their company living quarters and factory areas, at its facility in Zhengzhou, China.
Along with Alibaba (BABA), notable gains came from Baidu (BIDU), up more than 4%; NetEase (NTES), which rose 4.5%; Pinduoduo (PDD), which edged up by 3%; Tencent Holdings (OTCPK:TCEHY), Weibo (WB), up by almost 5%; JD.com (NASDAQ:JD), which rose more than 2%, and Bilibili (NASDAQ:BILI), up by almost 9%.
Thursday's COVID-affiliated gains were on the heels of a decline in many Chinese tech stocks that was tied to caution resulting from a report that showed shrinking imports and exports in China during November.


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What's new in CylanceGUARD
What's new in the September 2023 update
New interactive Dashboard screen: The new Dashboard screen is now generally available in the
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What's new in the December 2022 update
New interactive Dashboard screen (preview): The Dashboard screen in the CylanceGUARD portal has a new interactive layout that visually displays the types of alerts that were escalated in your organization, as well as top threats by alert type or target. The new screen is currently available as a beta preview of the upcoming dashboard features. During the preview and until the general release, you can switch between the original and new dashboard screens.
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This week, Epic Games’ lawsuit against Apple should get a lot of talk. The publisher of Fortnite criticizes the tech giant for its 30% billing on the App Store during each transaction. It is precisely for this reason that Humble Bundle has decided to sue Valve, the publisher of Steam.
The American firm accuses the giant in the sale of PC video games of anti-competitive practices: ” Valve is abusing its market power to ensure that publishers have no choice but to sell most of their video games on the Steam Store, where they are subject to the 30% fee set by Valve. “.
“Publishers are reluctant to go through the Humble Bundle”
In his argument that our colleagues from The Verge, Humble Bundle estimates that Valve controls about 75% of the entire PC video game market, with $ 6 billion in revenue. An amount obtained only thanks to this 30% withholding applied to each transaction.
In detail, Humble Bundle considers itself a victim of Valve’s practices. The company also explains that “ publishers have become increasingly reluctant to participate in Humble Bundle events, decreasing the quantity and quality of products available to customers “. They fear that buyers will resell their keys on other merchant sites, which would then expose them to prosecution.
Among the other arguments put forward to try to prove the harm to competition, we find the idea that no company has succeeded in breaking into the market, including Epic Games which promises developers a much better share. In addition, Steam would prevent publishers from selling their games for less elsewhere. Finally, giants like EA and Microsoft have decided to resell their games on Steam, which would tend to demonstrate the power of the platform vis-à-vis its rivals.
As of yet, Valve has yet to respond to these accusations. One can imagine, however, that the company has taken note of it and will respond to it in due course.


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Whaleback Extends Unified Communications Mobility to Tablets, Smartphones
With the integration of the Bria 3 softphone, Whaleback's CrystalBlue customers can use tablets, smartphones and laptops to conduct business anywhere.Whaleback Managed Services, a specialist in managed business services, announced it is extending its unified communications mobility capability within its CrystalBlue Cloud-based Managed Voice Services to tablets and smartphones, by leveraging the Bria 3 softphone from long-standing partner CounterPath, a provider of desktop and mobile voice over IP (VOIP) software products and solutions. With the integration of the Bria 3 softphone, Whaleback's CrystalBlue customers can use tablets, smartphones and laptops to conduct business from wherever they are. Users will be able to send and receive calls from anywhere in the office, even where cell reception is poor; return calls while on the road or away from the office, using their office Caller ID; and avoid international cell phone fees, taking advantage of free WiFi wherever they are.
"We continue to reap the rewards of our long-standing partnership with CounterPath, the world's best-of-breed softphone provider, adding new mobility that makes business communications for our customers simpler and more convenient," said Karil Reibold, CEO and president at Whaleback. "Bria 3's ability to operate on any tablet, smartphone or laptop will allow CrystalBlue customers to gain maximum productivity, enabling a workforce that is more mobile, dynamic and able to connect wherever they are-at the office, job site, home, hotel room, field office or on the road."


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Earlier this week, Android co-creator Andy Rubin took the wraps off his stealth hardware startup Essential and unveiled a cohort of hardware products namely Essential PH-1 smartphone, an intelligent smart home speaker, and a 360-degree camera accessory. But, the company is already finding itself caught in legal trouble with regards to its bold moniker — Essential Products.
First spotted by Android Police, U.S headquartered case and accessory maker Spigen has accused Andy Rubin’s ambitious hardware efforts of infringing on their ‘Essential’ trademark. It seems that Spigen already holds a trademark for the said term and was looking to introduce a broad range of products under the same — battery packs, chargers, and Bluetooth headphones among other products.
In a letter addressed to Rubin’s company, Spigen further adds that the consumer may get confused about who a said product belongs to, thus, hurting their position in the market. Also, the report mentions that Rubin may have already been aware of this incoming infringement lawsuit (or maybe not!?) because his hardware company wasn’t provided with a trademark for Essential Products.
Spigen is said to have registered a trademark for the Essential moniker way back in August of last year. It was granted the same as an International Class 9 mark, the category which relates to both computers and scientific devices, including smartphones and accessories. However, Rubin’s attempt to trademark the said term was refused multiple times, possibly because of the fears of it likely causing a confusion with Spigen’s product lineup.
But, the company still marketed its brand as well as products, which I must say look stunning, with the Essential moniker and is now staring at a ‘cease and desist letter’ sent by the case maker. With regards to the said letter, an Essential spokesperson has sent the following statement to Android Police:
Threat letters are commonplace in our sector. While it’s Spigen’s prerogative to make assertions, Essential believes they are without merit and will respond appropriately.
There is currently no additional info on the lawsuit except for the fact that Spigen is not going to easily let go of this case and will continue to drill Rubin’s new hardware setup. And it is not like he is planning to give up on the brand name he and his team have worked exceptionally hard to get out in this competitive market. Spigen already has some products with the Essential moniker in the market and now there’s no going back. They may have to settle or hash it out in court in the coming weeks.


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Google has accepted purchase Fitbit for $2.1 billion in a relocation providing the United States tech giant an entry into the wearable innovation space, the two business announced Friday.
The relocation includes Google looking for to broaden beyond its core business of online search into hardware, and with Fitbit struggling against competitors including Apple.
” We have actually built a trusted brand that supports more than 28 million active users around the globe who count on our products to live a healthier, more active life,” Fitbit co-founder and chief executive James Park stated in a statement by the two companies announcing the deal.
” Google is an ideal partner to advance our objective. Fitbit will have the ability to speed up development in the wearables category, scale much faster, and make health a lot more accessible to everyone. I could not be more fired up for what lies ahead.”
Rick Osterloh, Google senior vice president for gadgets and services, said the offer for the wearable tech pioneer is one “bringing together the very best hardware, software and AI, to build wearables to assist even more individuals all over the world.”
While Fitbit was among the first to promote physical fitness bands, it has lost ground recently to competitors.
A survey by research company IDC for the second quarter of 2019 discovered Fitbit in fourth location in a market led by China’s Xiaomi leading the worldwide market, followed by Apple– that makes the leading smartwarch– and Chinese-based Huawei.
Fitbit has actually presented its own smartwatch in 2017 however it has actually failed to keep pace with the Apple Watch.
Google, which deals with pressure from regulators around the globe over its supremacy of web search, has been improving its hardware offerings, including a line of Pixel smartphones and tablets, together with connected speakers.


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UAE-based Carrefour has opened a new store at the world’s busiest international airport, DXB . Located in the arrivals area of DXB’s Terminal 3, the 24-hour store was inaugurated on 4th May.
“As a brand famous for welcoming the people of the UAE at its stores for the last 25 years, we are thrilled to be greeting travelers as they arrive at DXB. The new Carrefour store in Terminal 3 will offer a superior range of quality products to serve international jet-setters and residents waiting to welcome their loved ones home,” said Bernardo Perloiro, Chief Operating Officer of Carrefour at Majid Al Futtaim Retail.
The 436 square-meter Carrefour store will offer over 3,000 items including delicious snacks, hot beverages, and everything one could possibly need to recover after a long flight. There will be a dedicated area for food-to-go, with ready-to-eat delicacies such as salads, sushi and sandwiches made fresh each day as well as a dining section for those looking to sit down and relax.
“As the primary gateway to Dubai, Terminal 3 arrivals at DXB is an incredibly important part of our airport, and for many of our guests, it is their first taste of Dubai and the UAE. When we were redesigning the arrivals area, we carefully selected service and hospitality partners who shared this vision. We are delighted to work alongside Majid Al Futtaim, and to welcome Carrefour to the DXB family. At Dubai Airports, we are heavily focused on responding to travellers’ needs through meaningful products and services, and we look forward to this new concept appealing to both inbound visitors and returning residents alike,” said Eugene Barry, Dubai Airports’ Executive Vice President – Commercial.
Responding to Dubai International’s advanced digital efficiencies, Carrefour is equipping the new store with the very latest technology such as self-checkout, Electronic Shelf Labels, Smart checkout, and Mobile Scan&Go to enhance traffic flow. This will offer an unmatched customer experience for travelers, providing a warm, Dubai welcome as they arrive at Terminal 3.
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UAE-based grocery retail chain, Grandiose has opened its first hypermarket in Abu
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Locally owned supermarket Spinneys celebrates 60 years of doing business in the
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The Organic Farmers’ Market is back in Bay Avenue for its 12th
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This new wine-focused restaurant from the owners who also operate Avec Bistro is in the space that was formerly Boxwood.
Las Canarias opens in Lower Mount Royal and Native Tongues Taqueria launches a new brunch menu.
A new microbrewery tasting room opens in Inglewood, Red's Diner opens its third location in Kensington and YYC Hot Chocolate Fest begins with more than 80 drink offerings.
Chef Duncan Ly opens Foreign Concept in the Beltline, Provision opens in Boxwood's former space and a new local online company is delivering grocery orders to downtown homes and workplaces.
This year, Calgary will get its first poke shop, cat café and Simons clothing store.
Whether you're craving French, Italian or Asian cuisine, there are tons of new eateries to try.
You'll find The Guild in the southeast corner of the Hudson's Bay downtown and it's got a meaty menu. Think brisket, bison, burgers and more.
If you're looking for a great new spot to watch a Flames game, head to this restaurant and brewery on 17th Avenue S.W.
Visit this restaurant for classic French dishes such as moules frites, escargot and chicken liver pate.
Rosso Coffee Roasters and Phil & Sebastian open new coffee shop locations, Brasserie Kensington introduces a high tea service and a cocktail bar with a secret entrance is now located in the Devenish Building.
A new brewery celebrates its grand opening in Inglewood, The Mission launches its new winter menu and Plowshare Artisan Diner comes to downtown Calgary.
Chef Duncan Ly's latest venture highlights classic Asian flavours with upscale, modern twists.
Mill Street Brewery opens its first Western Canadian brew pub, more than 20 new eateries open in the new International Terminal at the airport and Mealshare has officially served one million meals.
Mill Street's first Western Canadian brew pub serves a mix of its classic craft brews and some new Calgary-exclusive beers.
Calgary's historic Deane House now features a completely renovated interior and a local, seasonal menu.
A French-inspired patisserie and cafe opens in the Beltline, Janice Beaton opens a new cheese and wine bar and Restaurants for Change gives back on Oct. 19th
The city's newest ice cream shop is serving up Thai rolled ice cream.
A rolled ice cream shop opens in Chinatown, Earls.67 debuts its new two-level glass atrium and Oktobertfest returns to Calgary.
Mango Mania serves up pillowy baos and mango-inspired drinks in Crescent Heights.
The city's second Nando's location opens on 17th Ave. S.W., Village Ice Cream hosts an ice cream bike tour and LunchBoxPass launches in Calgary


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VALVE WILL CREATE ITS OWN CAREFULLY MANAGED PC ECOSYSTEM
“Valve has stayed mostly quiet about its plans to enter the hardware business, but in aninterview with Kotaku at last night’s Video Game Awards, Gabe Newell confirmed the company’s plans to sell its own living room PC that could compete with next-generation consoles from Sony and Microsoft. The biggest revelation is that Valve seems set to release its own complete hardware and software solution. When we first reported that the company was working on a “Steam Box” back in March, it appeared that Valve was working on prototype that would establish a baseline for hardware manufacturers, but it wasn’t clear if the company would sell its own product or simply release the designs to others. Newell’s comments to Kotaku provide a much clearer picture of what’s happening; Newell says that he expects companies to start selling PCs designed for the living room next year — which Kotaku says could have Steam preloaded — and that Valve will create its own distinct package.
Newell suggests that the company will create its own carefully managed PC ecosystem that’s distinct from the one offered by other hardware partners — a possibility that our own Sean Hollister exposed after looking at the company’s comments and actions in recent years, including its aversion to Windows 8, its recent embrace of Linux, and its existing push into the living room with Big Picture Mode. Newell tells Kotaku that “our hardware will be a very controlled environment,” and that some people will want a “turnkey” solution for their living room.
As a digital distribution platform, Steam is wildly successful, with more than five million concurrent users on any given day and over 50 million users in total (by comparison, Xbox Live has more than 40 million users). But Valve doesn’t reap any income from the sale of hardware that runs its platform or the software it hosts, and the company doesn’t control Windows, which is the most popular platform among computers running Steam.
Newell stopped short of saying that the company was building a Linux-based Steam OS, but he reportedly says that the next step for the company’s living room operation is to enable Big Picture on Steam for Linux. From there, the timeline is still pretty murky — we only know that Newell expects some hardware to show up sometime next year — but Valve’s intent to compete in the living room in a big way is no longer a secret.”
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Turnover up at Easynet, but no profit for two years
Revenue growth and not profitability remains Internet and telecoms group Easynet's most important short-term aim.
Chairman and chief executive David Rowe said today that corporate demand for its Internet services made UK operations highly profitable. But shareholders should not expect the group to post a full-year profit for at least two years, as funds would be ploughed back to finance further expansion.
He was reporting an 80% increase in turnover to £12.8 million in the six months to 30 June, and retained profits of £252,000, versus a £495,000 loss. The figures reflect the new-share-issue funded 100% acquisition of Easynet France.
Rowe said investment in Spanish, Italian and Swiss markets in the second half would push Easynet back into the red by the year end.
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Toyota Motor Co. will recall about 550,000 vehicles – most of them in the U.S. – due to problems that could make the Lexus and Toyota models difficult to steer.
The announcement comes as the latest setback to an automaker that had hoped to end 2011 in full turnaround mode after a lengthy safety and quality scandal followed by sharp production cutbacks due to Japan’s March 11 earthquake and tsunami. But the latest recall instead comes as Toyota is scaling back production at factories around the world due to flooding in Thailand which has left it short of critical parts.
Production problems and consequent inventory shortages resulted in a sharp, 18.5% decline in Toyota’s earnings for the July – September quarter, the maker announced yesterday. (For more on that story, Click Here.)
The latest recall brings to 14 million the number of vehicles Toyota has recalled worldwide since it revealed the first of several callbacks for so-called unintended acceleration in October 2009. The new problem involves a wide range of products, from the Toyota Camry sedan and Sienna minivan to the Lexus RX400h hybrid – more than 80% of which were sold in the U.S.


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The talk of the last day has clearly been the new $2 “convenience fee” that Verizon plans to charge customers who pay their bill each month via credit or debit card over the phone or online starting January 15. While there are plenty of options out there that can get your around this fee, we couldn’t help but wonder how the majority of you currently pay your bill each month. Are you paying with a card online or over the phone and are subject to this new charge? Do you use autopay? Anyone using snail mail? Let us know.
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Major phone manufacturer Nokia suffered a data breach more than six years ago that led cybercriminals to demand a ransom of a few million dollars. Alarmingly, the criminals stumbled across the mobile Symbian operating system's encryption key, and threatened to make the source code public. Nokia quickly paid the ransom.
Coordinating with the Finnish police, Nokia officials made the drop in central Finland, but authorities lost track of the criminals. It's a felony blackmail case that is years old, but police haven't said if they have new leads in the investigation.
Following a drop in Symbian dominance, Nokia later switched to Microsoft Windows Phone OS - and the U.S. based company purchased the Finnish handset manufacturer in early 2014 for $7.6 billion.
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So on Nov. 17, 2015, Marcello and his 20-year-old daughter Gabriella opened Becco Crispy Chicken at 31 George Dye Road. It is in the Pizza Grill Plaza, which is convenient since Mandreucci owns Pizza-Grill.com a few doors down.
“My dad is always thinking. He’s very ambitious,” said Gabriella, who manages Pizza-Grill.com. “In this area we didn’t see anything like this, so he just came up with it. There are pizzerias everywhere, they’re on every corner. But in our area, we don’t really have a good place for this kind of food.”
Becco—which is Italian for beak—offers an array of chicken dinners, both fried and grilled, along with chicken fingers, buffalo tenders and wings ranging from Buffalo, BBQ or garlic parmesan. A rotisserie chicken option is in the works. Also on the menu are shrimp, fish & chips, clam strips, chili, ribs and a variety of sandwiches, which have been extremely popular so far. Side orders include fried mushrooms, waffle rings, different styles of potatoes, fried zucchini, corn nuggets and corn bread.
The recipes come from a variety of sources, as Marcello and Gabriella did their homework, talking to people who worked at eateries like Chicken Holiday. They took the information, and developed their own style, using meats that are all fresh. Nothing is frozen.
“Food is very important to us, he will not serve anyone anything that he will not eat himself,” Gabriella said. “We cooked chicken for months before we found exactly what we wanted to do.”
The restaurant is open Tuesday through Sunday, from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. You can eat in, take out or get delivery.
Mandreucci said traffic has been steady from the start. A few tweaks were made at the suggestion of customers, and the feedback has been positive.
Mandreucci already has a solid track record, as Pizza-Grill.com is in its 11th year of operation. Gabriella, who attends Mercer County Community College with plans on getting into restaurant management, began working there six years ago while a freshman at Robbinsville High School. She started out answering phones, but quickly discovered the restaurant business was for her.
“It became such a passion,” she said. “I love making people happy, and that they love our food and love what we do. Without our customers, we’re nothing, especially in a small business.”
Gabriella is the only one of Marcello’s three children to show an interest in the restaurant business. Father and daughter planned on a joint venture when she finished school. But a year ago, when space opened up, Marcello decided to go into business with his ambitious daughter.
“I was very nervous having all this schoolwork and working full time,” Gabriella said. “But we balanced it very well, and I just did it.”
She is now a proud business owner of an establishment the father-daughter team hopes will expand.
“We’re hoping to one day be a franchise,” Gabriella said.
“This is the first link of the chain,” Marcello added with a grin.
One thing is certain, Marcello has taken on a partner whose attitude is as fresh as the chickens she serves.
“You can go anywhere and if the owner isn’t as involved as my dad and I are, you’re not going to get a good product,” Gabriella said. “Ingredients matter. But I really believe (quality) comes from the passion of the owner. Every person who comes in is the most important to us.”
Becco Crispy Chicken is located at 31 George Dye Road in Hamilton. Phone: (609) 981-7199. Web: beccochicken.com.


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ON 5 May, an article titled ‘Should Edgars pay back Namibians’ appeared on the Oshili24 website.
The article claimed that following the South Africa’s National Consumer Tribunal ruling that the Edcon Group/Edgars club fee is unlawful, and in contravention of the South African National Credit Act, the Namibian Competition Commission (NaCC) will this week consider if there is a need to review whether Edgars has been unlawfully charging its credit customers in Namibia.
The article further proceeds to claim that the NaCC’s Director of Restrictive Business Practices, Ashley Tjipitua, will this week dwell on the aforementioned matter.
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As part of a proactive push into AI legislation and regulation, the European Commission is considering new civil liability laws for products that contain AI. This would be a mistake, as the EU’s existing product liability rules are sufficient and comprehensive. The proposed changes would make it more difficult to develop and bring to market new AI-enabled products, harming the European tech ecosystem.
In 1985, the EU created a product liability framework in the form of the Product Liability Directive (PLD). Widely considered a success, it strikes a finely tuned balance that protects consumers from harm without unduly burdening producers with spurious tort claims. The PLD holds producers strictly liable for injury and damage caused by faulty products. Member states supplement the PLD through national tort and contract laws. The resulting European framework for product liability is robust and forward-looking: the PLD is a technology-agnostic approach that, in combination with national liability laws, works across a wide range of contexts, including products that barely existed in 1985, like personal computers. As late as 2018, the Commission found that the PLD enhances consumer protection, innovation, and product safety.
In October 2020, the European Parliament adopted a proposal to update the PLD. Legislators are concerned that the PLD, which applies to products but not services, is ill-suited to digital technologies. MEPs called on the Commission to create a new and separate civil liability regime for AI, with strict liability and mandatory insurance for operators of “high-risk” AI systems. This proposal is a solution in search of a problem, which would have a chilling effect on companies hoping to offer or acquire innovative AI-powered products in Europe.
The PLD already covers products that incorporate software, including AI. A report from the Commission’s Expert Group on Liability and New Technologies found that a new EU civil liability regime for AI is unnecessary since “the harmful effects of the operation of emerging digital technologies can be compensated under existing laws on damages in contract and in tort in each Member State.” Consumers can make claims under the PLD against manufacturers whose products cause damage due to software problems. At the same time, member states provide remedies under national contract law for situations where a product does not work as intended or agreed.
The EU’s priority should be to encourage widely available and cost-effective insurance for products that contain AI. Suppliers and vendors, especially SME’s, rely on insurance to help them pay damages for defective products. For start-ups, insurance provides reputational benefits (since they need to meet basic due diligence requirements before they can be insured) and financial protection in the event of claims. European insurers are developing new insurance products for AI-powered systems on a sector-specific basis. The report by the Commission’s Expert Group makes it clear the insurance market will adapt existing coverage or devise new products for different types of AI-systems in various sectors. Onerous new civil liability rules would burden the EU’s already-struggling tech industry further, harming innovation by impairing the development and adoption of cutting-edge AI in Europe.
Policymakers could introduce additional guidance suggesting manufacturers track software updates to physical goods, which would help determine which version was in use when a defect occurred. The usage data generated by digital devices should be stored securely and, in the event of a liability dispute, made accessible to users, producers, and insurers to establish whether harms occurred due to a product defect, misuse, or third-party intervention (e.g. upgrades or repairs).
Establishing a new civil liability regime for AI, however, is counterproductive. New AI-powered products whose risk profile is not fully understood could end up uninsurable, which would make it harder to bring products to market. Where insurance for such products does exist, premiums would likely be driven up. All this makes it more difficult for firms to launch AI-enabled products in Europe. Moreover, it could make suppliers liable for damage related to uses over which they have no control (e.g. malicious use) or cannot foresee.
Changing the EU’s liability framework before the first cases of AI-incurred damages even occur is likely to bring about unintended consequences. Evidence is needed in the form of court cases where parties are unable to obtain appropriate redress under the existing framework. Real-life damage caused by AI-enabled systems, dealt with by national laws and the PLD in the first instance, will offer more clarity over what liability reforms, if any, are warranted.
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The Mona project will be the start of a second, or even third, brand for Xpeng, which will be predominantly aimed at general customers but also corporate customers, Xpeng's CEO said.
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After announcing a deal with Chinese ride-hailing giant Didi Global, Xpeng (NYSE: XPEV) chairman and CEO He Xiaopeng said its new brand code-named Mona is the start of more brands to come.
The Mona project will be the start of Xpeng's second, or even third, brand, which will be predominantly for consumers, but also for corporate customers, Mr. He said in a communication session after the deal was announced, according to local media outlet Sina Tech.
Mr. He is very optimistic about the competitiveness of the Mona model and believes that annual sales are expected to exceed 100,000 units, or well above that.
The A-class market is going to have a very large space that can amplify the scale and value of automotive intelligence, he said.
The primary SKU (Stock Keeping Unit) of the Mona model will offer high-level autonomous driving capabilities, with a few SKUs targeting shared mobility, he said.
Through the partnership with Didi, Xpeng aims to build hot-selling models in the RMB 150,000 ($20,595) class and introduce NGP functionality, he said.
Didi has previously been developing the Mona model and it will use many of the capabilities of Xpeng's SEPA 2.0 architecture, Mr. He said, adding that Xpeng will build on Didi's development to complete the development, mass production, and sales of the Mona model.
Earlier today, Xpeng announced that it signed a deal with Didi, agreeing to acquire the assets of the latter's EV development business, with plans to launch a new EV brand under the project code name Mona in 2024.
The project's first model will be an A-class smart electric model to be launched in 2024, and the new model and brand will be differentiated from Xpeng-branded products and the main brand, the company said.
Xpeng's agreement with Didi will establish a performance incentive mechanism based on volume production of Mona and volume targets achieved by Didi, which will be entitled to receive share-based incentives.
In this incentive structure, Xpeng has set two performance target period milestones, both with a maximum number of 180,000 eligible new vehicle deliveries.
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GPT-4, the much anticipated new large language AI model from ChatGPT-maker OpenAI, could be released next week according to Microsoft Germany’s CTO. The model is likely to be exponentially more powerful than its predecessor, opening up new enterprise use cases for generative AI.
Microsoft has been a partner of OpenAI since 2019 when it invested $1bn in the company, and it upped its stake by several billion dollars in the AI lab in January, following the success of ChatGPT, the AI-powered chatbot which has taken the internet by storm in recent months.
Rumours about GPT-4 and its capabilities have been swirling for some time, though OpenAI CEO Sam Altman attempted to play down what the system would be able to do in an interview earlier this year, when he said it was likely to “leave people disappointed”.
GPT-4 to be released next week?
Speaking at an event in Germany, Andreas Braun, CTO at Microsoft Germany, said the system’s arrival was imminent.
“We will introduce GPT-4 next week, there we will have multi-modal models that will offer completely different possibilities – for example videos,” said Braun in comments first reported by German media outlet Heise.
A multi-modal LLM is capable of drawing information from a variety of types of sources. This could open up the possibility of it taking information from videos and images it finds on the internet. GPT-3.5, OpenAI’s current LLM, is purely text-based.
Microsoft itself has been experimenting with multi-modal AI models already, and earlier this month released details of Kosmos-1, a model which can draw on data from text and images.
Tech Monitor has contacted OpenAI for comment.
ChatGPT released on Microsoft Azure
MSFT launched an expanded suite of AI tools, the Azure OpenAI Service, earlier this year, and at the time said ChatGPT would be added at a later date. It is now available in preview mode.
“Developers can integrate custom AI-powered experiences directly into their own applications, including enhancing existing bots to handle unexpected questions, recapping call centre conversations to enable faster customer support resolutions, creating new ad copy with personalized offers, automating claims processing, and more,” said Eric Boyd, corporate vice president for AI platforms at Microsoft.
Azure customers can already access a variety of other OpenAI services, including the Dall-E 2 image creator, and Codex, an automatic code generator for software developers.
Earlier this week, Microsoft also announced it was infusing its cloud-based Dynamics 365 CRM and ERP systems with artificial intelligence from OpenAI.


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Verizon giving subscribers free year of Disney+
Verizon will give select customers a free year of Disney+ when it launched this November.
- The bundle will be available to Verizon wireless unlimited customers and new Fios and 5G home internet customers.
- Customers who took advantage of Disney’s early bird offers and are also eligible under Verizon’s offer will even be taken care of — any pre-orders will be “paused” until the free year expires.
- Verizon Disney+ subscriptions will be eligible for viewing on any platform, not just Verizon connected mobile devices.
- The agreement means that Disney+ will be able to instantly gain millions of subscribers.
- Disney+ is presumably hoping that a portion of subscribers stick around after the first year — and pay.


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Change is in the air for the design industry this month—several organizations have elected new board members, while a number of firms welcomed new members and promoted from within. Architecture, design and strategy firm Nelson Worldwide has announced Blaik Ritchie as the firm’s vice president and mixed-use business leader. Read more here.


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Amphetamines, anabolic steroids, banned slimming preparations and illegal erectile stimulants of all shapes and sizes: dozens of illegal shipments of medicines and doping agents sent through the post have been confiscated by customs officers and by Swissmedic and Antidoping Switzerland personnel.
A total of 115 countries participated in this year's "PANGEA VIII" week of action to combat illegal trading in medicines online. Every year drug shipments are systematically checked over a period of one week in connection with Operation PANGEA. At airports and mail distribution centres, the authorities worldwide checked 149’623 suspicious packages between 9 and 16 June. They confiscated 50’068 packages and ordered the closure of 2414 illegal websites. House searches were also conducted and arrests made.
In Switzerland the authorities checked almost 600 packages containing medicines. Swiss customs officers and employees of Swissmedic and Antidoping Switzerland confiscated 56 packages containing especially harmful medicines and 10 packages with banned doping agents. The recipients of the released shipments received an information letter with the following warnings: Tablets and capsules of unknown origin may contain too many or too few active ingredients, or no active ingredients at all. In the worst-case scenario, counterfeit medicines can contain toxic constituents that pose major risks to health.
On the whole,the authorities recorded fewer imports of illegal preparations into Switzerland this year. Those responsible attribute this to the success of the awareness-raising campaigns. However, the procedural costs of at least 300 Swiss francs also appear to have had a deterrent effect on buyers.
But the operation does not just involve the interception of packages. Swissmedic is also active in combating website offerings. Illegal mail-order dealers abroad are reported to the authorities in the respective countries, which then challenge the offenders locally. Swissmedic also takes action against Swiss companies that host the websites of illegal dealers. Thus, for example, the domain names for several hundred websites were withdrawn from a registration company based in Switzerland, thereby halting its operations. However, some suppliers are now switching to social media channels. In connection with PANGEA VIII, Swissmedic managed to arrange the closure of a Facebook account that was offering illegal slimming preparations.
|Operation PANGEA is the leading international campaign for combating the illicit trade in medicines. Its aim is to halt shipments of this kind and to close down websites associated with the distribution of illegal and unsafe medicines. The focus is on the three main components of illegal online trading: internet service providers, payment systems and delivery services.
Operation PANGEA VIII took place from 9 to 16 June 2015 in collaboration with Interpol, the World Customs Organization (WCO), national drug monitoring authorities, the Permanent Forum of International Pharmaceutical Crime (PFIPC) and the Pharmaceutical Security Institute (PSI), with additional input from various online payment processors, LegitScript and Google.


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Price range 2021 and what it means for small enterprise
Originally written by Timothy Adler on Small Business
Rishi Sunak is set to extend furlough and other Covid support for small business in next month’s Budget 2021 on March 3.
The chancellor is almost certain to also extend the current business rates suspension for many small businesses, while setting the scene for an online sales tax all retailers may have to pay later in the year.
In July it was revealed that the Treasury was considering a 2 per cent online sales tax to raise £2bn a year, giving physical shops an advantage when it comes to purchases made instore.
>See also: SME owners hold £1.2bn of personal liabilities linked to Covid-19 loans
Recent polling by Kekst CNC found that an online sales tax would be the most popular way of recouping some of the costs of the Covid crisis: 56 per cent of voters want online retailers to pay more tax.
One idea is that small businesses that sell online could offset their business rates against the online sales tax, giving high street shops a boost.
Meanwhile, 18 companies and organisations including Waterstones have urged Sunak to introduce a digital sales tax while reducing business rates.
Business rates are assessed every few years and based on rent levels from two years earlier, with the outcome of the next assessment scheduled for 2023. The current rate is 50 per cent of market rent, which Vivienne King, chief executive at lobby group Shopkeepers’ Campaign, told the Financial Times made it the largest fixed cost paid by UK retailers.
Reducing business rates would “level the playing field” between bricks-and-mortar shops and online retailers, the signatories said, as the coronavirus pandemic accelerates the already growing popularity of internet shopping.
>See also: Local authorities blame government for slow release of Covid-19 grants
Excluding food, the proportion of retail sales made online jumped from 31 per cent to 46 per cent last year, according to data from the British Retail Consortium and KPMG.
Online-only retailers currently pay a lower tax rate than physical small businesses, something which the signatories have also asked Sunak to consider.
The chancellor will also unveil a series of policies designed to show “the benefits of Brexit”, according to the Sunday Times. The Budget will form part of six days of announcements on Britain’s post-Covid crisis future.
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LION DANCE BLESSES NEW SHOW APARTMENTS
By hrbrsd | Tuesday, February 19, 2013, 10:51
A traditional Chinese Lion blessed the opening of two brand new show apartments at Crest Nicholson's Harbourside development.
Paralympic sprinter Ben Rushgrove helps open Crest Nicholson's new show apartments at Harbourside Bristol with Chinese Lion Dance a
With the Chinese in the middle of their New Year celebrations, the colourful troupe wound its way through the development before entering the new sales and marketing suite where the Lion plucked a traditional lettuce which was hanging above the main door.
It is now hoped that the blessing will bring plenty of good fortune to the latest phase which is called Invicta.
In addition to the Lion Dance, visitors to the new marketing suite were able to meet Paralympic sprinter Ben Rushgrove who had brought along his medals for them to see.
Susan Young, sales and marketing director at Crest said: "With it being so close to the Chinese New Year it seemed appropriate to have a traditional Lion bless the new show apartments and marketing suite.
"It was great to celebrate the opening of the apartments with such a fabulous event and it certainly attracted a lot of interest from those keen to take a look at what we've got on offer, so seems to have brought us plenty of luck already.
"Those thinking of buying will also be interested to know that 2013 is the year of the snake with ancient wisdom saying that a snake in the house is a good omen. So if there was ever a good time to buy now is it!"
The two oversized, two-bedroom apartments showcase why the development is proving so popular to discerning house hunters wanting to live near to Bristol's historic floating harbour while giving a real flavour of the lifestyle many people now enjoy.
Featuring the very latest in mix of the latest colours, fabrics and furniture it is hoped they will help provide inspiration for house hunters looking to decorate their new home.
Susan added: "Both new show apartments highlight some of the latest interior designs and will give buyers some great ideas as to how they can use current trends in their own homes here at Harbourside.
"They also provide a real glimpse of what life would be like at the development."
Comprising 170 one, two and three-bedroom high-end apartments plus a number of one-bedroom studios, the variety of different styles and property sizes at Invicta has already attracted a lot of interest including first time buyers who will be able to take advantage of the First Buy shared equity scheme!
Once complete it will include an important pedestrian link called Millennium Promenade. Running from the Millennium Square to the Harbour Inlet it will complete the famous Brunel Mile and incorporate a rich ecological landscape with views across to the ss Great Britain.
For further information please call Senior Sales Manager Lynda Hillberg on 0117 908 8888 or visit www.harbourside.co.uk. Located on Cathedral Walk just off Anchor Road the marketing suite is open daily from 10 am to 5pm.
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President Barack Obama is speaking out about the use of so-called "deepfake" technology to create videos that appear to show him cursing and saying things he would not say - at least not publicly.
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A creepy new app is gaining in popularity on social media. The app allows users to superimpose a star's face on a porn actor's body. The technology has privacy implications for consumers everywhere.


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Stocks and Securities
U.S. stocks futures are poised to open higher this morning after closing the week strong in light of the July Employment Situation report. The week closed by pushing the S&P 500 higher 0.5%, Dow Jones Industrial Average 0.5%, and Nasdaq by 0.1%, as the Russell 2000 stumbled lower by 0.5%.
Most of the positive momentum could be attributed to Apple (AAPL) – the first $1 trillion company – posted a $11.5 billion profit for the three months ending in June, up 32% from the same period a year ago. Apple (AAPL) revenue increased 17% to $53.3 billion, a new record for its fiscal third quarter. The jump comes despite flattening iPhone unit sales. Apple (AAPL) sold 41.3 million iPhones during the three months ending in June, little changed from the 41 million it sold in the same period a year ago.
We continue with our earnings narrative as S&P 500 higher 13 points (0.46%), Dow Jones Industrial Average higher 136 points (0.54%), and Nasdaq up by 9 points (0.12%), as the Russell 2000 lower by 8.73 points (-0.52%). Looking to U.S. Treasuries climbed higher on Friday, which sent yields lower. The result was the 10-yr yield dropping three basis points to 2.95%. The U.S Dollar Index finished just below the 13-month high of $95.
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We would be foolish to ignore the news of Tesla (TSLA) earnings and how it shocked Wall Street and investors alike. On Thursday, investors saw shares of Tesla (TSLA) soar more than 15%. The combination of reaffirmation of guidance, higher than expected revenues and an apology from the from the Tesla (TSLA) CEO, Elon Musk, helped investors look over the larger than expected loss of $3.06.
This coming week, investors could expect to see Tesla (TSLA) 10-Q filing which will contain various data points that will surely become talking points for investors and analysts alike. Expect an update from rating agency or two as well as they work to re-evaluate the future value of Tesla (TSLA).
When is the best time to buy Tesla (TSLA)? See below.
West Texas Intermediate crude (WTI) for September delivery on the New York Mercantile Exchange up $0.92, or 1.34% or at $69.41 a barrel. September Brent crude up $0.75 at $73.96 a barrel.
We continue to remain bullish on our Oil outlook, as most economic data indicates a decline in overall inventories, thus higher oil prices are to be expected in the second half of 2018.
Blockchain and Cryptocurrency
The price of both Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) continues to slide today, as Bitcoin (BTC) is again trading under $7000. Bitcoin (BTC) price down 0.88% to $6980 and Ethereum (ETH) down 0.13% trading at $407. Market capitalization decreased to $253 USD. This 24 hour volume of $11.1B is lower yesterday. BTC dominance of 47.4% is up about 0.3% compared to yesterday.
Read our recent post consisting of Technical Analysis for Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), Bitcoin Cash (BCC), Cardano (ADA), Stellar (XLM), Digibyte (DGB), NEO (NEO), EOS (EOS), and Nucleus.Vision (NCASH).
It is hard to imagine this continued slide despite the renewed slew of positive momentum for the space. It appears that corporations are beginning to see the potential of cryptocurrencies and are making moves to in attempt to accept and incorporate cryptocurrencies into their business models.
For instance, Starbucks (SBUX) stated that they have partnered with Microsoft which will allow for customers to pay for Frappuccinos with Bitcoin (BTC). This partnership, which also includes ICE, is a platform called Bakkt which will allow for customers to pay for for their coffee with Bitcoin (BTC). Starbucks (SBUX) had to clarify that they are not “accepting digital assets at Starbucks. Rather the exchange will convert digital assets like Bitcoin into US dollars, which can be used at Starbucks.”
That’s not all, it appears that the NFL Players Association has acquired a minority stake in a blockchain company called SportsCastr. SportCastr allows for anyone to become colour commentators. Thus, this partnership will allow for active and former NFL players will use SportsCastr to provide live commentary across a wide range of professional and collegiate sports, share personal insights, and more.
We will continue to watch this space for now as things continue to develop.
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We hate to brag but we nailed our ETFs plays for last week. Our hot streak continued last week. With notables such as DRN (+8.6%) and INDL +3.5% (+12.2% since our recommendation). Additionally, BRZU +5.67% (+14% since our recommendation) and DRN +10% from our buy zone.
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And the latest industry data shows that 94% of malware was delivered by email, demonstrating what Wavelink says is the crucial importance of securing this business-critical function.
In fact, email scams cost Australian businesses more than $60 million in 2018 according to Scamwatch.
Ilan Rubin, managing director, Wavelink, said, “These attacks are both sophisticated and hard to detect, as they rely to a large extent on human error. The more protections organisations can put in place to secure email, the less likely they will be to fall victim to email-related cyberattacks.”
The company says email has been caught up in the move to cloud, which makes sense considering the high storage requirements and relative maturity of email – however, this means that, sometimes, email security is getting lost in the shuffle.
Wavelink says organisations need to reassess their email security architecture, with key areas that need to be addressed including:
- Attachment-based advanced threats: in these threats, users are tricked into clicking onto an attachment such as a fake invoice. Once launched, the attachment delivers malware into the network. Businesses require solutions that offer network sandboxing, and content disarm and reconstruction services.
- URL-based threats: users are tricked into clicking onto a link that takes them to a spoof website where they’re told to enter their credentials. Once they do that, the cybercriminals have their username and password, which they can then use to access further parts of the network or essential accounts such as business banking or other mission-critical applications. Businesses need URL rewriting and time-of-click analysis, and web isolation services
- Social engineering threats: cybercriminals are becoming increasingly good at impersonating colleagues and managers, instructing staff members to do things like purchase iTunes gift cards, change the payment details for key invoices, or transfer large sums of money to other accounts. Because the email seems so authentic, users often fall for them. To avoid this, businesses can benefit from display name spoof detection, domain-based message authentication, reporting and conformance on inbound email, lookalike domain detection, and anomaly detection.
“Organisations shouldn’t necessarily avoid moving their email infrastructure to the cloud. Instead, they just need to ensure that they’ve put the right protections in place to avoid falling victim to these scams and hacks,” said Rubin.
“It’s important to note that protecting against cyberthreats involves creating a series of rules that will need to be fine-tuned; and as a result users may notice some effects on performance. However, this is the price that organisations need to pay to avoid letting the cybercriminals win. It’s a constant battle in which some false positives are far preferable to the alternative, which is a data breach or compromised system.”


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Like all industries, big tech has felt the strain under the weight of the COVID-19 pandemic. Earlier this week, it emerged Microsoft has been more robust than most and is the only company now holding a trillion-dollar value. Today, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said the company is better placed than most to emerge from the viral outbreak in a good shape.
“We have a great balance sheet, we are a very diverse business, we have a mix of annuity, non-annuity, that is also stronger than even the last time we even went into the financial crisis. I feel confident we'll come out of this, frankly, pretty strong.”
Of course, it goes without saying that a company the size of Microsoft is better placed than most to weather the COVID-19 storm. But even amongst the elite corporations, Redmond's diversity in products and foothold in productivity set it apart.
For example, millions of organizations that use Microsoft service on premises may be closed, but many of their employees are working at home and using Microsoft services.
“If this was a previous generation of data centre architectures or software architectures, I don't think we would have been able to deal with this crisis as effectively as we have been able to,” Nadella said.
One of the benefits for Microsoft is its hardware business are a small portion of its revenue drivers. Xbox and Surface will likely be harmed by the COVID-19 outbreak but they don't dent Microsoft's bottom end substantially.
“On the supply side we are getting back on rails,” Nadella told CNBC's Jon Fortt when discussing the company's ability to launch new Surface products and the Xbox Series X this year.
“I think the government is doing the right thing, which is, they're focused on the employees who are most impacted and the industries that are most impacted, and small businesses,” Nadella said. “Because those are the parts of the economy that are bearing the burden of this quarantine and staying at home.”


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CHENNAI: In yet another Amma brand initiative, Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Friday announced the sale of Amma Cement at a concessionary rate to people in the lower and middle income groups, who are affected by the spurt in the price.
Already, the AIADMK government is implementing many welfare initiatives like Amma Unavagams, Amma Mineral Water, Amma Salt, Amma Seeds and Amma Pharmacies.
Expressing confidence that the Amma Cement scheme would lessen the burden of people in constructing houses, the Chief Minister said in a statement here that under the new scheme, two lakh metric tonnes of cement would be procured every month from private players in Tamil Nadu and would be sold at a concessionary rate of `190 per bag.
The cement would be sold through the 220 godowns of the Tamil Nadu Civil Supplies Corporation and 250 warehouses of the Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Department located in corporations, municipalities, town panchayats and panchayat unions.
The product would also be sold through District Supply and Marketing Societies which can stock 400 bags at a time.
The sale would be regulated by the federation of self-help groups at the panchayat level to be selected by district collectors, the CM said.
For constructing 100 sqft, 50 bags of cement can be bought at a reduced rate, while a maximum of 750 bags can be availed of under the scheme for constructing 1,500 sqft. For repairing or renovating a house, 10 to 100 bags of cement would be provided at a concessionary rate, the Chief Minister added. Those who wish to avail of this scheme should produce the approved plan of the building. More: P6


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Splatoon has been a hit even bigger than Nintendo must have anticipated. There has been an influx of new Splatoon merchandise recently, and now we have even more to throw on the pile.
Nintendo of Japan announced today that they will be releasing sets of Splatoon themed playing cards. They will come in three varieties: Fashion, Weapons, and Standard. All three feature art of the Squid Sisters, Jelonzo, Spyke, and more.
No word yet on if these fishy cards will cross the Pacific Ocean, but for the sake of our freshness, hopefully they will find their way here.


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Posted: November 12, 2012 By Talia Baiocchi
Balance in wine, as most of us describe it, is the harmony of fruit, acid, tannins and alcohol, such that no one component is all elbow, so to speak. Sounds agreeable, but the word balance—and what it implies in the modern wine world—has become a more complex and symbolic topic than that description suggests. And generalizing what balance means in wine, whether via degrees alcohol or grams of residual sugar, has become risky business.
The word balance in California, for example, has come to symbolize a movement toward restraint and lower alcohol levels, particularly in Pinot Noir. Rajat Parr, one of the wine world's most respected sommeliers and the beverage director at the Michael Mina Group, has earned three Wine Spectator Grand Awards for his wine lists. He has also become infamous for refusing to sell Pinot Noir that clocks in over 14 percent alcohol at RN74 in San Francisco and has started an organization called In Pursuit of Balance, along with Jasmine Hirsch, of Hirsch Winery in Sonoma. It's composed of producers making Pinot Noir and Chardonnay who are advocates for balance, which they believe is achieved at lower alcohol levels (though the percentage is not precisely defined).
Posted: November 7, 2012 By Tim Fish
Winemakers in Northern California are finally catching their breath as harvest 2012 winds to a finish. In the mood to kick back, and perhaps celebrate a little, winemakers Adam Lee of Siduri and Mike Officer of Carlisle had a long lunch last week at Stark's Steakhouse in Sonoma County and let me tag along.
Posted: September 26, 2012 By Tim Fish
An honest value is something you appreciate when you grow up in a blue-collar house like I did. Dad always joked that Mom had "Champagne taste on beer money," which was partially right. She didn't believe in settling for something inferior even if she wasn't spending a lot of money.
That's one reason I've always had a soft spot for wineries like Pedroncelli. It's owned by an old Italian family that has been in Sonoma County for four generations. They grow their own grapes and, without a lot of fuss, make wine that people can afford to drink every day. While many of California's Italian winemaking families have taken their businesses upscale or have sold to large companies, the Pedroncellis have stayed the course.
Posted: August 29, 2012 By Tim Fish
My grandparents owned a corner grocery store back in Indiana when I was growing up and my grandfather Sam was an old-fashioned butcher, cutting meat by hand on a wood butcher block table. Every Monday, a new side of beef arrived and he would painstakingly whittle it down to the various roasts and cuts and grind his own hamburger.
If there were any leftover steaks by noon Sunday--yes, he worked 6½ days a week--he would call my dad and say, “Light the grill!” That didn’t happen a lot, but somehow he managed to always have leftovers on Labor Day Weekend. So when I was 7 or 8, I was accustomed to eating good and incredibly fresh steak. The fact that my dad tended to cook the life out of them is another blog post altogether.
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Posted: June 13, 2012 By Tim Fish
How can you not like a wine region called Rockpile? The name alone brings up all sorts of images, of prehistoric-style rugged countrysides or chain gangs busting stones in the godforsaken sun. The reality of the place is not all that different from that. Rockpile is a rustic landscape and a distinctive place that makes equally distinctive red wines, particularly Zinfandel and Syrah. Some of the wineries that make wine from the region's fruit include Carol Shelton, JC Cellars, Seghesio, St. Francis and Valdez Family.
That day, people were practically crawling across the Meadowood lawn like it was the sandy Mojave in search of something cool and refreshing. And all they could find was Napa Cabernet Sauvignon. Warm Napa Cabernet Sauvignon. They could have raised $100,000 on a single chilled bottle of rosé that day. I would have chipped in.
Posted: May 30, 2012 By Tim Fish
Zinfandel has gotten more expensive in recent years, there's no arguing that. Zin vines will crank out buckets of wishy-washy juice if you let them, but it takes effort and time and money to make great Zin.
That's particularly true with the 2010 and 2011 vintages, in which Zin makers faced every plague but locust. Good Zins from those vintages selling for less than $15 or $20 a bottle will be few and far. In my annual report, "Zinfandel Elegance" in the June 30 issue of Wine Spectator, I was so concerned about the challenges and quality of those vintages that I didn't give readers enough good advice on value.
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Posted: April 9, 2012 By Tim Fish
One of California's best sweet spots for great old-vine Zinfandel is a remote little valley in western Russian River not far from Forestville. The best-known vineyard there is Jackass Hill, which was first planted in 1889 and is notably bottled by Martinelli Winery.
Just down the hill, and once part of the original Giuseppe Martinelli ranch, is the 18-acre Martinelli Road Vineyard. It's not nearly as well known as Jackass Hill, but Turley bottled it under the Rancho Burro designation for many years, and Mike Officer at Carlisle launched a single-vineyard Martinelli Road in 2009, which I rated 94 points on Wine Spectator's 100-point scale. Last week, the McWilliams family of Arista Winery purchased the vineyard for an undisclosed sum. It sounds like the vineyard is in good hands.
Posted: April 4, 2012 By Tim Fish
Back in the mid 1990s, there were three kings of California Zinfandel, the Three Rs we called them: Ravenswood, Ridge and Rosenblum. The snotty young punk in Zintown was Turley. Fast-forward almost 20 years and things have sure changed. The Three Rs continue to make fine Zinfandels—Ridge most frequently—but only Turley is on top of its game."
That's my takeaway after tasting through the winery's most-recent releases. I've been drinking Turley since the first vintage, 1993, and, taken as a group, these are some of the best Zinfandels that Turley has made. The group included 2009s from the winery's top single vineyards as well as early-release 2010 from its value-oriented blends.
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Wine Spectator associate editor Tim Fish attended the Zinfandel Advocates & Producers (ZAP) Festival in San Francisco this past weekend. It was an opportunity for him to get a first impression of the difficult 2010 vintage, as well as taste more wines from the outstanding 2009 vintage. Here are his notes from the festival and scores for his top 10 favorite wines.
Posted: January 11, 2012 By Tim Fish
Winemaker Jeff Cohn was the man behind Rosenblum’s stellar Zinfandels during that winery’s heyday, so when he launched his own winery, JC Cellars, he focused almost exclusively on Syrah and other Rhône varietals.
“I wanted some separation,” says Cohn, who launched his winery with his wife, Alexandra, in 1996 and departed Rosenblum in 2006. “But I missed Zin, and I feel like the water has cleared enough that I can do what I want to do.”
The sluggish sales of California Rhône wines played a role no doubt, but I’ve always thought Cohn had a gift for Zin, so I’m glad to see him returning to his roots. And his new releases from the 2009 vintage certainly prove the point.
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Square Enix and Bigpoint Team Up
Square Enix and Bigpoint have announced they are teaming up for a new game, which is already well into development within Square Enix. The game will be distributed on the Bigpoint portal.
While no final details about the game have been released, it has been revealed the game will focus heavily on social gameplay as well as encouraging user content. More information should be announced within the next few weeks, and the game itself is expected to be released within the next six months. Additional information can be accessed on the Bigpoint Facebook page.
Bigpoint also publishes Battlestar Galactica Online and Dark Orbit.
Square Enix and Bigpoint Team Up For Exciting New Project
San Francisco – April 5, 2012 – The online game provider Bigpoint and Square Enix Ltd., the publisher of SQUARE ENIX® interactive entertainment products in Europe and across PAL territories have teamed up on an exciting new project.
The new game, which is already well into development at Square Enix, will be exclusively published and marketed by Bigpoint in Europe and North America. The title will be distributed on the Bigpoint.com portal, as well as by other media partners. Focusing heavily on social gameplay and encouraging user generated content, the game will be unveiled in the near future.
“We’re very excited to have teamed up with Bigpoint who are leaders in browser gaming,” said Phil Rogers, CEO Square Enix Europe. “This is the start of both an exciting new project and a strong relationship.”
“We are so excited to have the opportunity to work with Square Enix. The combination of Square Enix’s long-standing experience in providing digital entertainment and Bigpoint’s expertise in developing browser games promises to yield quite the exciting new game,” said Heiko Hubertz, CEO and founder of Bigpoint.
More detailed information about the game will be made public within the next few weeks. In the next six months, the game should be available and fully playable on the Bigpoint portal as well (http://www.bigpoint.com/). In the meantime, fans can access additional information about the game on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/BigpointGames/).
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Is the music business in the bull`s-eye again?
As Recording Industry Association of America President Stanley Gortikov put it recently: There`s a record-business ``assassination`` in the making. A villain is poised outside the music industry door, ready to ``invade our borders`` and ``trample on and exploit`` the pop world.
What is this dread new scourge? Is it the Washington Wives, eager to sticker (and perhaps) censor nasty rock bands? Is it a vile new rock drug? Rampaging counterfeiters? Could it be killer bees?
Not a chance. The bad guy is Digital Audio Tape, a Japanese audio innovation that has been billed -- by no less than Popular Science -- as ``the recording system of the future.`` And what`s DAT? It`s like a compact disc (which we thought was already the system of the future), but you can record with it as well, just like a blank audio cassette.
Of course, that recording feature -- which could make it possible to use DAT as a home-taping vehicle -- is what has industry bigwigs up in arms. Even though DATs won`t be introduced in the United States until (at the earliest) sometime late next year, key industry figures, such as the RIAA`s Gortikov, already have been sounding the alarm.
Gortikov has charged that DAT would ``jeopardize musical opportunities, limit musical careers, heighten musical risks ... and stifle musical sales.`` And what is the RIAA doing about this threat? It has been considering a massive public relations initiative that would seek legislation forcing manufacturers to equip DAT players with ``copy-code`` chips to prevent prerecorded tapes or CDs from being copied onto DAT.
Other proposed plans would include:
--A ``full-blown`` news conference where industry leaders would ``call upon Congress to act.``
--Meetings with editorial writers of the ``major publications in key cities`` across America.


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4 Mobile App Developments to Rule 2020
To be in line with the rising customer demands, the mobile app industry in Europe keeps on refining itself by bringing the required changes in the app development process.
FREMONT, CA: In the past few years, mobile devices have evolved from being just a means of communication into a highly important business tool. It is discovered that a European spends an average of three hours each day on mobile devices. This trend points out the importance of mobile application development in business. Below are the most promising mobile app development trends that are going to dominate in 2020.
• Chatbot Integration
Chatbots are expected to highly take over various communication aspects in the mobile app world during the course of the year. This is part of the need to have real-time interaction between the service providers and customers. This technology pacifies the need for customers to have human-to-human interaction. Today, the top European companies are making a profit partly because of customer engagement, and chatbots are anticipated to add momentum to this.
• Cloud-based Mobile Apps
Cloud technology helps organisations to store huge amounts of data. This technology, when combined with mobile apps, boosts the storage capabilities of mobile applications and increases productivity. Besides, most of the mobile applications with vast databases use cloud service as their cloud computing backup. This trend will boom in the coming years.
• Cross-Platform Mobile App Development
Cross-platform mobile app development is a prevalent trend in Europe. It is the development of applications that can run on multiple mobile platforms. This reduces the time-to-market and development cost of the organisations and helps brands win in the competition. This trend is expected to go mainstream in 2020.
As the use of mobile applications increases in the market, developers will boost the security feature. In recent times, there have been cases where hackers have manipulated apps. This has adversely affected the companies and created mistrust among users. So in the coming years, app developers will be more careful to integrate enhanced security in their mobile apps.
With all the trends stated above, it is crystal clear the year is set to have major highlights when it comes to mobile application development.
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Bedminster is to become home to 90 decorated bugs that will form a trail through the BS3 postcode. The display is part of the Mary Portas Pilot to reinvigorate local shopping areas.
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Engaging the C-suite with branded content
Senior executives are hungry for quality branded content - but rarely get what they want.
Some 71% of C-suite executives reckon most branded content is boring, expected and repetitive according to a unique study of reading habits in the boardroom carried out by Raconteur. The report also shows that brands who can get it right can win a valuable new audience.
Freddie Ossberg, founder and CEO of Raconteur says: “It’s not just what you say, it’s how you say it.”
“Too many brands are going for the forgettable middle, where you don’t develop an opinion on anything, you’re just trying to play it safe.”
Raconteur’s survey of 500 executives across the UK and Europe, The elusive C-suite: content that cuts through, provides insights into how and when senior business leaders consume content; how to create content that gets read; and how to distribute it so that it finds the right audience.
Research from Edelman and LinkedIn shows the power of branded content done right: around 50% of senior executives said that a company’s thought leadership directly led them to award business to that firm.
A 2015 study said that there are 4.6 billion pieces of content produced daily, and that figure can only have risen since. This blizzard of messages means users are trying every trick in the book to insulate themselves from all but their most-trusted sources, including spam filters, ad blockers and developing new ways of skimming and sampling content.
“People filter more quickly than ever before, they’re more intense in that process,” says Joshua Graff, UK Country Manager & VP EMEA of LinkedIn. But he says that when business people find content that is useful, they will spend their valuable time to read or watch it - properly.
“People are reading long-form content” says Graff. “There are nine million CEOs on LinkedIn today, and they are reading content that’s on average 1,000 words… that’s taking them longer than 5 minutes.”
Misha Jessel-Kenyon is Head of Digital Publishing at Raconteur
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NatGeo app for Turkey
May 24, 2013
Turkish cable platform Teledunya has partnered with Nat Geo sister business Fox International Channels (FIC) to launch the NatGeo Play app, which carries full streamed episodes of series such as Doomsday Preppers and Mega Factories.
The deal marks the PC and iPad app’s debut in the country. All videos included in the iPad version feature AirPlay technology, aloowing them be played on television screens via Apple TV.