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Expo Organizers Pleased With Buzz & Turnout; 280 Exhibitors
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Show organizers are very pleased with the exhibitor and attendance turnout at this years Max Expo, with a better than expected number of exhibitors already committed to returning to the 'City by the Bay' in January of 2006, a company spokesman said Friday.
"The response as had been more than positive from the majority of exhibitors to this years show," said Mike Sponseller, press spokesman for show IDG World Expo. "At the rate we're going, we're months ahead of schedule compared to bookings at this same time last year. We are presently surprised by that early response."
Another good sign: 280 exhibitors showed the wares at this years show compared to 260 in 2004.
Unlike 2004, when exhibitors were in two halls, north and south, IDG World Expo put all its 280 companies in the south hall, paring down the width of the isles by a fraction. Mr. Sponseller said the public didn't seem to mind the smaller walk ways.
As for attendance, Mr. Sponseller said final, audited numbers will not be known for a few months, but that the company is "comfortably forecasting" a rise in turnout.
"We had 32,409 people at the show last year," Mr. Sponseller said. "We feel good that we'll exceed that number when we get final results."
Mr. Sponseller said Apple's positive press and the multitude of news products has helped to increase attendance and awareness. "It doesn't hurt that Apple has gotten lots of press this week," he said.
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Oppo recently filed a patent for what can only be described as the most stylish smartphone of all time. See 3D renders here.
Smartphone manufacturer OPPO is planning to launch a special edition Find X2 phone and Watch lineup, which will be based around MOBA (Multiplayer Online Battle Arena) title League of Legends.
A patent for the Oppo Reno Flip’s folding mechanism was filed with the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) back in February 2020.
OPPO announced its expansion to the South African market.
Oppo is now experimenting with a clamshell design and plans to incorporate a flexible screen on the exterior of the foldable phone. Here’s what we know.
Oppo is reportedly working on a LiFi enabled phone after a smartphone patent and LiFi utility patent was approved in July.
2020 is shaping up to be a promising year for Oppo. Apart from innovative phone designs, the company will also be releasing its first Oppo smartwatch soon.
Oppo is still tight-lipped about what they’re packing into the phone. The images of the ‘waterfall screen’ are definitely intriguing.
Oppo unveiled its new Reno series in April of this year, equipped with an oblique pop-up camera and fingerprint sensor. Based on these patent documents, we can expect a slew of new devices soon.


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OCALA, Fla. (CBS Tampa) — A teenage mother is accused of ditching her 1-year-old son at a Florida Walmart after trying to steal merchandise from the store.
Ocala authorities arrested Allison Niemeyer, 19, and her sister Laura Niemeyer, 22, for the Friday incident.
The Gainesville Sun reports a Walmart store officer found the two stuffing more than $50 in merchandise into a diaper bag. When the loss prevention officer confronted the sisters, they ran into a parking lot into an awaiting van, leaving the little boy behind.
The paper reports the sisters were taken into custody Saturday outside of a dance club.
Central Florida News 13 reports that both sisters were charged with felony child neglect and retail theft. Allison Niemeyer was also currently under house arrest until 2021 for a 2010 robbery.
The child is currently in custody of the Department of Children and Families.


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Truphone launches low-cost option for BlackBerry phones
posted by PhoneArena Team / Oct 29, 2008, 10:55 AM
When one dials an international extension, Truphone detects the number and offers the option of connecting via its program. Once the user chooses to do so, Truphone dials into a local server, and from there, it calls the international number and merges it with the local call, thus using your local minutes. Of course, you do have to pay Truphone per minute as well, but it is significantly cheaper than a carrier's international calling prices.
The software is available for download at Truphone's website, or at Handango's online store.
source: Truphone via SlashPhone
I wish I could tell customers about this, but alas, I doubt VZW would be happ about that...lol
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nice program but CDMA Nokia's have had this for a long time now, it's called the calling card feature, where u just edit a calling card info in the phone n make calls through that. and looking at the rates you're better off using a calling card...
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MANCHESTER, UK & CONCORD, Mass. USA, May 22, 2017 –Nanoco Group plc (LSE: NANO), a world leader in the development and manufacture of cadmium-free quantum dots and other nanomaterials, and Kyulux Inc., a world leader in developing and delivering the next generation of organic light emitting diode (OLED) technologytoday announced the signing of a collaboration and joint development agreement.
Under the agreement, Nanoco’s heavy metal free quantum dots (CFQD quantum dots) will be combined with Kyulux’s Hyperflourescent ‘thermally activated delayed fluorescence’ (“TADF”) technology to create future generation hybrid OLED / QLED display technology with superior qualities to existing products in the display market.
In addition to offering a high degree of brightness and pure color, the combination of technologies means the displays will be cost effective for manufacturers and highly energy efficient for consumers.
“We are excited by the potential of this partnership, which brings together two global leaders in their fields,” said Nanoco’s Chief Executive Officer Michael Edelman. “By combining the best of quantum dot technology with the best of new generation OLED technology, we will bring world-class display technology to market. We have great confidence in our ability to deliver our current technology to the display market as planned. Innovation is core to Nanoco and this partnership complements our existing strategy to deliver cutting edge technology to the display market without increasing our cash burn.”
“Kyulux is delighted to collaborate with Nanoco on this project, which will produce a vast improvement in display technology,” said Christopher Savoie, Chief Executive Officer of Kyulux Inc. “As well as enhancing brightness and color, our next generation of display devices will be both cost effective and highly energy efficient. This will offer a technology breakthrough, particularly in the manufacture of ultra-high definition large screen devices.”
Under the terms of the agreement, Nanoco and Kyulux will jointly develop and market this future display technology.
Kyulux is a leader in developing and delivering the next generation of organic light emitting diode (OLED) technology, TADF. Kyulux develops and sells TADF and Hyperfluoresence based OLED materials and solutions to manufacturers in the display and lighting industries.
Founded in 2015, the Company currently owns or has exclusive, co-exclusive or sole license rights to a large TADF intellectual property portfolio developed over the past seven years at Kyushu University and its industrial partners. Kyulux also enjoys a license to cutting-edge deep learning–based artificial intelligence technology for chemical discovery developed at Harvard University.
Kyulux’s cofounder and the inventor of TADF technology, Prof. Chihaya Adachi, is widely viewed as the top global researcher in OLED technology, having been a key author and inventor in all previous generations of OLED materials that are now used everyday by consumers across the globe.
Based in Fukuoka, Japan, with an advanced research and development center in Boston, Massachusetts. For further information please visit: www.kyulux.com
Nanoco (LSE: NANO) harnesses the power of nano-technology to create a brighter, more sustainable future. Based on breakthrough science, Nanoco’s proprietary manufacturing process enables the large-scale production of its cadmium-free CFQD® quantum dots for multiple applications:
- LCD display, where Nanoco’s CFQD® quantum dots give consumers peace of mind to enjoy next-generation color performance and energy efficiency without allowing toxic chemicals into their homes.
- Lighting, where Nanoco’s CFQD® quantum dots are used in horticulture to safely speed plant growth.
- Healthcare, where Nanoco’s CFQD® quantum dots are opening new, potentially life saving uses in bio-imaging.
- Solar, where Nanoco’s CFQD® quantum dots are incorporated into printable solar inks for future thin, highly efficient and low cost solar cells.
Nanoco has non-exclusive manufacturing and marketing licensing agreements in display with The Dow Chemical Company, Merck KGaA of Germany, and Wah Hong Industrial Corporation of Taiwan. Through these partners and its own production facilities in Runcorn, UK, Nanoco is creating the world’s largest manufacturing ecosystem for cadmium-free quantum dots.
Nanoco was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Manchester, UK, with a US subsidiary, Nanoco Inc., in Concord, MA. Nanoco continues to build out a world-class, patent-protected IP portfolio generated both by its own innovation engine, as well as through acquisition.
Nanoco is listed on the main market of the London Stock Exchange and trades under the ticker symbol NANO. For further information please visit:


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The Samsung Illusion wasn’t good enough for your Verizon-bound fantasies? If not, then Pocketnow has another taste for you, this time geared towards a high-end device. Well, actually, it was a high-end device when the original Galaxy S hit the scene, but not many people would probably call this device a high-end phone anymore.
That’s right, what you’re looking at may look familiar, because it’s the Samsung Epic 4G which launched for Sprint way back in the day. In essence, we’re looking at a Samsung Fascinate (the Galaxy S variant that launched for Verizon), but with the physical keyboard that was attached to the Epic 4G. Obviously, as this one’s heading to Verizon, it will pack 4G LTE-connectivity.
But, we’ve got to agree with the other confused faces out there. While the Fascinate is indeed retired at this point, and there needs to be a new device to replace it, is this really what customers will be given? The same phone with a hardware keyboard, and 4G LTE-connectivity? It seems to us that folks would rather wait for the DROID Bionic, or Vigor, rather than pick this one up. But we could be wrong.


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Star Wars Battlefront 2 had the most viewed trailer on YouTube during E3 and was the most viewed game of the show as well, according to YouTube.
The Super Mario Odyssey trailer came in second place as with 5.5 million views, compared to Battlefront 2’s nearly 8.7 million, despite not hitting until days after most other game announcements had rolled out.
To determine the games with the most YouTube views across the board during E3, YouTube tracked all videos related to the title, including trailers, gameplay, media coverage and fan-reaction videos. The company didn’t track titles where the E3 announcement primarily involved add-ons, upgrades or release on a new platform, according to YouTube.
Here’s YouTube’s full ranking of most viewed games of the show:
- Star Wars Battlefront 2
- Assassin’s Creed Origins
- FIFA 18
- Call of Duty: World War II
- God of War
- Super Mario Odyssey
- Marvel’s Spider-Man
- Need for Speed Payback
- Dragon Ball Fighter Z
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Today, you can get an unlocked OnePlus 9 phone for just under $500 — that's $230 in savings and its lowest price ever
Intel's upcoming Arc Alchemist line of GPUs is fast approaching, and a leaked copy of the specs and pricing has hit the internet at breakneck speeds.
Microsoft is expected to have had plans to ship a low-cost version of its Surface Duo 2, as an eBay listing showed images of the now-canceled foldable.
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Denmark is banning Chromebooks in schools after officials in the Helsingør municipality were ordered to undergo a data risk assessment regarding how Google processes personal data.
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"There will be perhaps 30 IPOs, worth around $36 billion in total. This is our forecast," said Dmitry Snesar, who co-leads the Global Banking in Russia department.
However he said that the figures will depend on the market, and the companies involved will be related to infrastructure, metallurgy, mining, consumer goods and banking.
Snesar said the IPOs are expected no earlier than the second quarter of 2008, when loan rates level off on world markets.
"We do not expect any deals in the first quarter of 2008 for objective reasons. We believe the vast majority will take place in the second and third quarters of next year," he said.
He ruled out that Russia might be faced with a systemic crisis of IPOs. "There will be no all-out IPO crisis in Russia. On the contrary, we will see companies from new sectors [launch IPOs], such as infrastructure, logistics, and others," Snesar said.
According to Ernst & Young, Russia tops the list of European countries in terms of IPO-attracted funds in 2007, rated third throughout the world after the U.S. and China. World IPOs totaled $88 billion, with 531 share placements on global stock exchanges in April-June.


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In an announcement to gamers, 2K stated that The Darkness II would no longer be getting released as planned in the fall. It is now scheduled for a February 7, 2012 release in North America and February 10 everywhere else.
The Darkness I and II are both based on the comic book series by Top Cow. It follows mob hitman Jackie Estacado, possessed by a demonic entitiy that gives him dark powers (as if a demonic entity would give any other kind). He conquers those powers, using them to take over the crime family controlled by his uncle.
The Darkness II will be available for PC, PS3 and Xbox 360.


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Report: Volkswagen to Stop Focus on Growth, End Empire-Building
Automaker plans to streamline its manufacturing and brand portfolio
In an effort to help dig itself out of its emissions cheating scandal, the Volkswagen Group will reportedly review its portfolio and likely sell off some of its assets. Automotive News reports that the Volkswagen Group's CEO, Matthias Mueller, is reviewing the company's current strategies, which includes backing away from growth, move into car-sharing ventures, and putting more focus on the development of EVs.
In addition, the 12 brands under the Volkswagen Group along with side businesses will be reviewed to help the company navigate out of the largest crisis in its history. Component manufacturing will be consolidated into one division that builds parts for all Volkswagen Group brands, according to AN's sources. The new unit would employ around 70,000 workers at over two dozen locations across the globe. Mueller revealed his plans to the supervisory board of the Volkswagen Group on Tuesday, and will brief the media on the matter this coming Thursday.
Arndt Ellinghorst, an analyst based in London working for Evercore ISI, told AN that there's more happening at Volkswagen than most may think because of the emissions cheating scandal. Shares of Volkswagen's stock in Frankfurt have increased by 40 percent since October 2015 when it was at its lowest after the emissions cheating scandal was revealed.
During the Volkswagen Group's empire-building era, which was just before the emissions scandal hit, the company had acquired heavy duty truck manufacturer Scania, Ducati, and Porsche. AN also states that the focus on growth and the group's rigid and centralized structure led to low profits for the Volkswagen brand itself. Additionally, the namesake brand itself struggled to keep with changes in the auto industry. The automaker faces another deadline in the U.S. next week regarding a fix for the diesel-powered vehicles with cheat devices. It has set aside $18.2 billion to pay for fines and expenses that it has incurred from the emissions cheating scandal.
For 2015, the company reported revenue of about 14.6 billion Euros or around $18.4 billion at today's exchange rates from selling off some of its assets, including joint ventures with Chinese companies. However, one of AN's sources said that selling Volkswagen's components unit is currently not in the cards. The automaker was one of the pioneers of pooling together manufacturing resources and sharing platforms across all of the group brands, which also includes Bentley, Audi, Skoda, and Seat.
Some of Volkswagen Group's noncore assets could be sold since it's likely that the company could announce that it will review its brand portfolio, according to people familiar with the matter. So far there haven't been any decisions made as to which divisions will be sold off, but the list could include Ducati, MAN Diesel & Turbo, and the propulsion company MAN Renk. Scania may also be part of that list along with the rest of the truck manufacturing entities currently under Volkswagen Group's umbrella.
According to Richard Hilgert, an analyst for Morningstar, selling the truck operations of MAN and Scania may be well timed because of the high demand for commercial vehicles in Europe. Meanwhile, Ducati's image as a well-respected motorcycle brand may make it a highly desirable asset and could lead to it selling for a large sum. Selling off parts of Volkswagen, however, is a sensitive topic because unions and the German state of Lower Saxony -- which is the second largest shareholder of the Volkswagen Group -- want the company to stay large and aren't keen on seeing it shrink.
Volkswagen's massive growth was the work of Ferdinand Piech, Martin Winterkorn's predecessor who later served as the company's chairman. Piech left during a management shakeup while Winterkorn followed suit after the emissions cheating scandal hit the company. Mueller, the current CEO, was the former boss of Porsche.
Source: Automotive News (Subscription required)


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Sub-Sahara ‘ready for next m-commerce step’
VALUE ADDED SERVICES| Aug. 29, 2012, 2:37 p.m.
In a new report from its ConsumerLab, Ericsson maps out the potential of transformation within m-commerce across the region of sub-Saharan Africa.
Based on in-depth, extensive interviews with mobile phone users in Ghana, South Africa, and Tanzania, the report has four key findings: that consumers are constantly looking for new ways to improve their personal budgets; the speed and convenience of m-commerce points to great potential in the market; current behaviors and social structures indicate that the use of mobile payment services will expand; and that consumers need more information about the functionality and security of m-commerce transactions.
Consumers tell Ericsson researchers that they use mobile payment services for person-to-person transfers and purchasing airtime on their mobile subscriptions, and that they like the convenience of accessing money everywhere and at anytime, regardless of service hours. In Tanzania, for example, 38% of subscribers send money person-to-person over the mobile phone.
Another conclusion of the report is that people who use m-commerce keep little separation between private and business accounts. "Many consumers are entirely self-employed and are prompted to make transfers from private accounts for business purposes, so they gain experience with m-commerce," says Anders Erlandsson, Senior Advisor, Ericsson ConsumerLab.
Experience leads to greater trust, and the report finds that 44% of non-users of m-commerce are very worried about the integrity of their account information in case of theft or loss of their phones. "Face-to-face introductions, when an agent meets consumer, are crucial," says Erlandsson. "Just as personal access to a bank leads to higher acceptance of more abstract bank services, trust in mobile services also grows with personal experiences, rather than merely through advertising."
The report gives some insight into how household finances are traditionally handled and guidance for telecom operators in launching services that consumers will like and use. Where men and women share a household, men are generally expected to be breadwinners and women responsible for household finances.
A 45-year old man in Tanzania says: "If we are out of money and we have to buy something, my wife will usually solve it somehow. I don't know how she does it, women always have their ways."
Users put a high value on easy access to their money, Erlandsson continues: "Network reliability is another important factor, where concerns have to be addressed. For example, if you lose connectivity, you cannot access your money.
"Operators are reliable and technologically adept, providing a service that is personal and available to everybody. There is a window of opportunity in mobile money services for operators who already have an established relationship with consumers, because they have wide presence also in rural areas," he concluded.
Ericsson ConsumerLab gains its knowledge through a global consumer research program based on interviews with 100,000 individuals each year, in more than 40 countries and 15 megacities - statistically representing the views of 1.1 billion people. Both quantitative and qualitative methods are used, and hundreds of hours are spent with consumers from different cultures.
Ericsson m-commerce has a global focus on accelerating access and interconnection between the m-commerce ecosystem and the existing financial world.
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Health First revealed that a data breach that affected its online application vendor, may have compromised the personal data of around 42,000 customers. The firm claimed that the data breached included customers’ Social Security Numbers, addresses and dates of birth.
However, the healthcare organization claims that no medical information was compromised in the breach. The data breach occurred between February and May in 2018. The attack was made possible when a small number of employees received phishing emails. These bogus emails made a way for attackers who could obtain access to customers’ sensitive data.
"Based on a forensic review, it is believed that a limited number of emails were viewed and the criminals did not appear interested in obtaining personal data but focused on continuing their phishing scam," said Matthew Gerrel, senior vice president of consumer and retail services at Health First, Florida Today reported.
As a precautionary measure, Health First notified the customers potentially affected by the breach. The healthcare organization said that it is doing its best to protect the data from future attacks. It has blocked access to the affected email accounts and changed the passwords as well.
"Once we learned of the event, we blocked the unauthorized access and changed the passwords of the impacted employees’ email accounts. We are initiating new security measures to prevent a similar event from happening again," said Gerrel.
Health First is also offering free identity protection services to the impacted customers, for a year.
"We apologize for this breach and assure our customers we are doing all we can to protect their health and information. However, as some accounts contained Protected Health Information we have notified the potentially impacted customers" Health First said.


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Antilia is the 400,000-square-foot home of Mukesh Ambani, who is the Chairman of Reliance Industries. The building comprises of a temple, 50-person theater, three helipads, garden terraces, ballroom, and guest suites.(Reuters)
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Heavenly Star Bra by Victoria’s Secret: $12,500,000 (Rs 93,54,06,250 crore)()
Victoria Secret's fantasy bra created a record in 2000. The bra features 1200 pink sapphires with a 90-carat emerald.()
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Steiff’s Louis Vuitton Bear: $182,550 (Rs 1.3 crore)
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Just after Burberry’s nice third quarter results prompted a rash of headlines (including in this paper) about positive returns “easing [the industry’s] China slowdown fears,” especially when combined with similar happy stories from Swatch and Tiffany, today we came down to earth with a bump courtesy of Richemont. In their third quarter trading statement, things looked not so rosy in China. In fact, they looked pretty doldrum-like. Read more
Whoopee: the very fun holiday game of “Who’s Going to Buy Who Next Year?” has officially begun with a launch entry from Bernstein Research, an arm of AllianceBernstein. And what are they thinking? Watches. Watches and jewellery galore. Read more
The analysts are not happy. Chairman Yves-André Istel’s statement at the Richemont earnings report today that “No disposals are under consideration at this time or for the foreseeable future.” has been met with grim reaction in the city, which was hoping that Johan Rupert’s sabbatical, and the new leadership of co-CEOS Bernard Fornas and Richard Lepeuwould opt for a rationalisation of the Group, where the fashion brands – Chloe, Alfred Dunhill, Lancel, Shanghai Tang, Alaia – have always seemed an anomaly. Clearly, there’s something of a perception gap here between internal and external players. Why? Read more
The announcement that came along with Richemont’s 2012 annual results this morning that chairman Johan Rupert (left), is taking a year off from running the world’s second biggest luxury company starting this September is by far, to me at least, the most interesting part of the statement. For a man who has built the largest watch and jewellery Group to take a year off at age 62 – which, let’s face is not so old — at a time when the exponential growth trajectory of the luxury sector has started to slow is a little, well, surprising. And leads to all sorts of interesting speculation.
Ledbury Research is releasing its latest Luxury Market Insights report, which includes a CEO Outlook study tomorrow, and guess what? Those chief execs aren’t totally convinced the Chinese consumer demand for luxury, which has been slowing, will zoom back, despite what they often say.
Earlier today I wrote about the odd idea that came to me after reading Bain’s 11th Luxury Goods Market report, but now I’d like to simply list a few more notable — and surprising — conclusions from that exciting document, including facts on outlet shopping, Gen Z, and a new Chinese consumer segment. Read more
This has been a good week for Richemont’s fashion brands. Tonight a Chloe retrospective opens at the Palais de Tokyo, and last weekend Lady Gaga gave a shout-out in front of millions of fans at the Stade de France to the designer Azzedine Alaia, calling him a genius. You know what that means: sales! Read more
Take that, PPR! You’re not the only luxury player on the block that’s recognised the potential of “sports lifestyle” brands (though you may be the only one with an entire division, and strategy, dedicated to the sector). Compagnie Financiere Richemont, the Swiss luxury group that is normally known for its watch and jewellery expertise – they own Cartier, Van Cleef & Arpels, Piaget, Jaeger LeCoutre, and so on – just announced it has acquired US-based high-end casual clothing/golf brand Peter Millar. The move raises so many interesting questions! Read more
Last May, Johan Rupert, Richemont’s chairman, issued what is still my favourite quote on the subject of China and luxury, the implication of which was: China is a volcano, and it’s gonna blow. But when? This is, numerous luxury brand H1 results now in, the question bedevilling analysts, investors, and the brands themselves. Read more
Here’s a tip: go poke through the applications for ICANN’s new top-level domain name program – you know, the one that will allow companies to have their own .whatever denomination, instead of just .com or .org or .fr. It makes for fascinating reading. You’d think this would get luxury and fashion all a-lather, given their obsession with brand control and intellectual property protection and all that, but it seems not.


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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The much-anticipated new additions to the iPhone family were quickly overshadowed by Apple’s fourth generation Watch, aptly named Series 4. An already established leader in technology wearables, the new Apple Watch Series 4 has accelerated Apple’s long march into the health and wellness space with the announcements of its new capabilities.
Speaking at the Special Event, Apple’s Chief Operating Officer, Jeff Williams, described the new Apple Watch as an intelligent guardian for your health.
Williams highlighted a number of key features including the watch’s improved accelerometer and gyroscope which can detect when a user is falling and call emergency services if required.
“Fall detection is a feature that we hope you never need but it’s really nice to know it’s there” Mr Williams said.
As reported in Wired Magazine, “the feature that received the most applause was the electrocardiogram (ECG) using the new ECG app”.
Partnering with cardiologist and President of the American Heart Association, Ivor Benjamin, Apple was able to introduce an industry-first consumer wearable that boasts the built-in ECG. Through the new ECG app, users can opt to receive a heart rhythm classification within 30 seconds and a notification if an irregular heart rhythm is detected.
Users can export the data captured by the watch’s electrical heart rate sensor into a PDF report to be shared with health professionals for further analysis.
As consumer data continues to dominate the conversation around health in the United States and Australia, Apple’s latest achievement will likely herald a further shirt toward patient-centred care.
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Suspects are seen knocking the door of one residence to make sure no one is home before breaking in, and can be heard talking about what to take and telling each other to hurry up.
Authorities say a man has been booked in connection with the theft of nearly 500-feet of copper wire.
Each year, millions of Americans get lured by promises of prizes and unbeatable bargains only to get swindled into some of the county’s top identity-theft scams.
Identity theft can leave you with financial difficulties, mounds of paperwork and even fraudulent criminal charges. Protect your data to reduce your chances of becoming a victim.
Identity theft is terrible, no matter whom it happens to, but it seems even more offensive when it’s carried out against a child. Keep watch for these signs that your child has been the victim of identity theft.
The Federal Trade Commission reports that the occurrence rate for identity theft incidents is high, and it doesn’t look like that trend will change anytime soon.
Many Americans like to believe that identity theft won’t happen to them, but the staggering statistics from the Bureau of Justice Statistics prove otherwise.
The homeowner told CBS2’s Tom Wait he’s stunned by the brazen nature of the crime.
A woman was caught on a surveillance camera on Wednesday night digging plants up from a local business, placing them in a shopping cart, and walking away.
The victim, who wished only to be identified as James, says he discovered an identified woman had swiped a UPS package from his front porch while he was home Tuesday after watching back home security video.
A Hesperia woman came home from a vacation last week to find her apartment had been ransacked.
Authorities Monday were investigating a topless thief who tried to steal merchandise from a San Gabriel Valley mall.
Police say the man cut a window screen and climbed through the victim’s window.
A woman was caught on video stealing mail and packages from a secure condominium complex in West Hollywood.
“There’s not a day that goes by that I don’t think about her,” says Karen Brown about her daughter.


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The T-Mobile G2 is a great phone that would, no doubt, make a fantastic Christmas gift. But up until now, we haven't been treated to many deals on the device (with the exception of Amazon Wireless' Black Friday sale) - obviously not something holiday shoppers are enthusiastic about. That ends today, however, as T-Mobile itself has just trimmed the G2's price tag by $150, making the final price $49.99 on a new two-year contract.
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When it comes to Tegra 2-powered Android tablets, the Notion Ink Adam, the Viewsonic G, and Motorola's upcoming Honeycomb tablet are all the rage, but a small company called Stream TV would like to remind you that it's got a dual-core tablet of its own. Indeed, Stream TV is now shipping its eLocity A7 tablet, complete with a 7-inch display, Android 2.2 Froyo, and of course, the aforementioned nVidia Tegra 2 processor.
Motorola's Honeycomb tablet has certainly been receiving a lot of attention as of late - more attention, perhaps, than has ever been paid to a device whose name has yet to be publicized. Nonetheless, the pieces of the puzzle are finally coming together - Engadget has scored seven pictures of the 10-inch slate:
Unfortunately, some of the shots appear to have been taken by Mr. Blurrycam himself - in fact, the graininess is so bad in some images that it's nearly impossible to discern what is being conveyed.
Froyo for AT&T's version of the Dell Streak has certainly been long in the making - and it looks like it AT&T still isn't ready to release it - but users who simply can't wait any longer now have an option, albeit an unofficial one.
CyanogenMod 6.1 Alpha has just been ported over to the 5-inch tabletphone, and while the experience is said to be imperfect as it stands, WiFi, Bluetooth, 3G, and hardware acceleration are reportedly all in working order.
You could say December 7th ended with a bang - after a day crammed full of Gingerbread goodness, Andy Rubin came on stage at D: Dive Into Mobile to tease a next-gen Honeycomb tablet. Unfortunately, Google's VP of Engineering didn't give us a very in-depth look, so most of us were left hungry for more.
And more we have - in addition to the picture you're seeing above, Taiwanese forum member goldenstone provided us with the following specs:
32 GB EMMC storage as well as a microSD card slot
NVIDIA Tegra 2 T20 dual-core CPU with 3D performance re-optimization
5 MP rear camera
2 MP front-facing cam
Oh, and Motorola's got something hidden up its sleeve for those of you still bickering over which size is best - there will be both seven and ten-inch editions of the device.
While loyal commenters on the Notion Ink blog got the chance to pre-order this morning, the rest of us have been deprived of the privilege until now. Well, you can stop holding your breath now, for the Indian company has just let the rest of the world in on its pre-order page for the 10-inch tablet. The prices have remained the same, but let's recap them anyways:
- LCD Wi-Fi version: $375.33 (down from $399.99)
- LCD Wi-Fi+3G version: $425.33 (down from $449.99)
- Pixel Qi (transflective display) WiFi version: $499.45
- Pixel Qi (transflective display) WiFi +3G version: $549.99
Unfortunately, all four models are said to be shipping in "6 to 8 weeks," and the fact that the shipping fee is a flat rate of $50, no matter where you ship it to, is starting to make us suspicious.
Customers of the HTC EVO 4G as well as the Samsung Epic 4G may be "interested to know" that they can call the law offices of Scott A. Bursor at 646-504-7781 to confirm that they have indeed been charged the $10/month fee.
While free Android phones are nothing new, it's a rare day when we see the gift coming directly from the carrier itself, especially on the device's launch day. However, that's exactly what US Cellular is doing with the Optimus U - come December 13th, the carrier will be touting the latest entry in the Optimus One series of phones for exactly $0.00 after an $80 mail-in-rebate and on a new two-year contract.
While the announcement everyone was expecting Andy Rubin to make at today's D: Dive Into Mobile conference was already made earlier today, the head of Android operations still had a few things hidden up his sleeves, not the least of which was a dual-core Motorola tablet:
If that didn't catch your attention, consider this: the man himself said that it will run Honeycomb, will feature video chat, and will be powered by a "dual-core 3D NVIDIA processor." Additionally, Engadget, whose editor-in-chief was sitting at the event, noticed that the tablet has no buttons at all, for better or for worse.


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The UK automotive sector has secured £13.3million worth of government-backed funding, creating nearly 1,000 new jobs.
Announced by Business Secretary Vince Cable, the Advanced Manufacturing Supply Chain Initiative (AMSCI) contribution adds to the £32.2million of industry contributions already in the kitty.
AMSCI, the government-run funding competition, is designed to improve the global competitiveness of UK advanced manufacturing supply chains.
The Long Term Advanced Supply Chain (LTASC) project will provide funding for a four-year programme of support for research and development, skills training and capital investment among 38 UK suppliers.
The programme aims to boost the international competitiveness of UK automotive suppliers using an innovative approach to addressing Quality, Cost, Delivery (QCD), R&D capability, management and employee development.
“The UK has a thriving UK automotive industry but we must continue to grow and develop our supply base.”
Mike Hawes, SMMT
Many aspects of the programme will be delivered by SMMT Industry Forum, which supports manufacturing companies in the UK and abroad in delivering maximum operational performance.
Mike Hawes, Chief Executive of the SMMT, said: “The UK has a thriving UK automotive industry but we must continue to grow and develop our supply base.
“This SMMT-driven programme will allow the supply chain to increase skills, R&D capability and manufacturing facilities, and will make UK-based companies more successful in competing for both local and overseas business.”


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Airgo Networks, whose MIMO antenna technology pioneered a new generation of Wi-Fi gear with dramatically improved range and throughput, Wednesday announced a new product line it says will match data speeds of standard ethernet.
Airgo’s True MIMO Gen3 with ACE products — which range from Wi-Fi chip sets to reference designs, firmware, and software — will enable wireless networking equipment with a theoretical maximum speed of 240 megabits per second, or more than 4.5 times the theoretical 54-mbps speed of 802.11 a and 802.11g Wi-Fi networks, Airgo president and chief executive Greg Raleigh says.
That will translate to real-world throughput, at close range, of about 115 mbps, or about three times the speed of today’s fastest MIMO-enhanced 802.11g networks and more than five times the speed of non-MIMO 802.11g networks, Raleigh says. (In PC World tests, real-world speeds for today’s MIMO networks were considerably slower than the 40mbps or so assumed by Airgo, in part because Airgo’s numbers estimate performance on an unsecured network, and we test with security activated.)
Stream that digital content?
At its fastest real-world speed, a network based on Airgo’s True MIMO Gen3 with ACE products will be faster than one based on conventional ethernet, which tops out at 100mbps, Raleigh says. (Gigabit-ethernet is still uncommon in home networks.)
“Up until now consumers have always asked the question, ‘Why should I go wireless?'” Raleigh says. “The question now is, ‘Why should I go wired?'”
Analyst Bob Wheeler of The Linley Group in Mountain View, California, says he believes Airgo’s new line will enable streaming of high-definition video in most homes and small businesses. “That’s where the higher data rates come into play,” he says.
Death to Homeplug?
The technology could well deal a death blow to the coming HomePlug AV products for powerline networking, Wheeler says. The HomePlug AV standard, which calls for speeds of up to 200mbps, was only ratified a few weeks ago, and products have yet to appear, but backers of the technology (including Intel) see it as the best choice for streaming video.
Among other things, it doesn’t get slower as it has to cover more ground, which is a problem with Wi-Fi. However Raleigh says a Gen3-based network could still achieve speeds of about 38mbps — more than enough for HD video — when data is transmitted across four large rooms, and Wheeler says very few homes are large enough to require more robust technology.
However, Wheeler doesn’t believe Gen3 with ACE will find much acceptance in the corporate world. “They will not adopt it until it’s an industry standard, and that won’t happen until 2007,” he said. An IEEE committee is currently hammering out specifications for an 802.11n Wi-Fi standard that is expected to include the spatial multiplexing technology that Airgo pioneered.
Behind the scenes
Airgo does not actually market Wi-Fi gear to consumers. Rather, it designs the chip sets, and creates reference designs, firmware, and software for companies who manufacture and market networking equipment. Belkin’s popular Wireless Pre-N and Linksys’ Wireless-G with SRX products are based on Airgo’s original True MIMO technology.
The new Gen3 with ACE line attains its superior speeds through a combination of improved signal processing that results in a denser signal, and the adaptive channel expansion (or ACE) technology from which the product line draws part of its name. Raleigh describes ACE as a Wi-Fi friendly manner of transmitting over two of 802.11g Wi-Fi’s three non-overlapping channels to increase bandwidth and thereby speed up data throughput.
A number of Wi-Fi vendors already use technology called channel bonding to speed up their networks by transmitting over all three non-overlapping channels, but this can interrupt service on nearby Wi-Fi networks that are left with no unused channels. Raleigh says ACE at least only uses two channels (leaving the third one free for a neighbor), and only does so after ensuring that no other network needs the second channel.
No network equipment vendors have announced Gen3-based products, but Raleigh says he expects to see the first shipping products by the end of this year. Routers and adapters will appear first, but Raleigh says Airgo is indeed talking to consumer electronics manufacturers about putting the technology into digital entertainment products for networked homes. “This is the key that unlocks the digital home,” he says.


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The U.S. is facing its own brand of retail issues, due to the trade war between the U.S. and China.
CGTN’s Jim Spellman reports.
As the holiday shopping season gets underway, U.S. consumers are facing higher retail prices on some items, as the effects of the ongoing U.S.-China trade dispute are being felt.
“Potentially the impact of the tariffs could be bad,” Jonathan Gold of the National Retail Federation said. “As those tariffs go up we are going to see more and more of these products with a tariff on it. Consumers are going to start seeing an impact.”
Over the summer, U.S. President Donald Trump placed a 25 percent tariff on $50 billion worth of Chinese goods. In September, he hit another $200 billion worth of Chinese goods with a 10 percent tariff.
“Unfortunately with the tariff policy we have in place now, simple basics like T-shirts and underwear still have a pretty high tariffs and that hurts lower-income consumers the hardest,” Gold said.
Higher prices for basic necessities means some consumers will have less money for holiday purchases, ultimately threatening U.S. jobs.
“When products cost more, people buy less of it. When people buy less of it, there’s less demand. That means there’s fewer people that would be employed getting that product into the marketplace. So based on existing and the proposed tariffs that are out there, several hundred thousand jobs will be lost in the U.S. economy,” Gary Shapiro, CEO of the Consumer Technology Association said.
Trump has threatened more tariffs – vowing to increase the current 10 percent level on the $200 billion worth of Chinese goods – to 25 percent on January first — and threatening new tariffs on all remaining Chinese imports. This staggered approach will limit the pinch holiday shoppers feel, but retailers… especially small businesses… will feel the pain.
“When you get to 25 percent companies are not going to be able to absorb that cost. It’s going to be a pretty big hit. When you look at the retail industry as a whole, profit margins range from 2 to 3 percent so not very big and especially for the small and medium-size guys,” Gold said.
President Trump will sit down with Chinese President Xi Jinping while both are in Argentina for the upcoming G20 summit. Prospects for a trade deal are anything but clear – but shoppers here in the U.S. will no doubt have a much happier holiday season – if the two leaders can bridge their differences.


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The people have spoken – which games are the publisher’s best?
Does this expansion meet the expectations of Forza loyalists as well as rally racing purists?
What revved up the racing fans this year?
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Is Turn 10’s Forza spin-off a new horizon for the series, or a dead-end?
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ANDREWS - Shoppers in Andrews now officially have a new place to eat, workout or get a tan.
On Saturday, merchants at a new shopping strip held their grand opening, located near Avenue G and Main Street.
The building includes a fitness center, tanning salon, a Subway and Corporal Ray's Coffee Shop.
Merchants say it's just an added plus to have more places to buy goods and services in Andrews.
Merchants say so far business has been good.


text: TGT Dongguan and Beijing Chibo TGT joined hands to co-organise “Financial Innovation & Data Centre Security Seminar 2016” on 1 to 3 June at Pullman Dongguan Forum Hotel. More than 60 senior executives from financial sector, data service providers and IT companies around China took part in the Seminar. Technical Expert of Beijing Chibo TGT shared his insights on innovative development of payment gateway and application solutions in the internet+ era. Mr Jiang Yang Han, Assistant General Manager of TGT Dongguan, introduced the cutting edge infrastructure of the Data Centre as well as its products and services. Mr Jiang also presented his successful experience in operation and maintenance of data security. A visit to the Data Centre was conducted after the Seminar, which enabled visitors to understand more about the one-stop data management service. It served as a solid foundation to promote and develop financial products and data centre business.


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ATLANTA, April 21, 2014 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Eidé Magazine, an award-winning, high-fashion and lifestyle magazine spanning the Southern region of the U.S., launches its print Spring 2014 issue at Barnes & Noble retailers nationwide. Filling an essential niche in the marketplace, Eidé Magazine offers a highly curated editorial exploration into the Southern aesthetic with a focus on designers, locations and stories within the South.
Recently, Eidé landed on Whole Foods Market newsstands throughout the Southeast to celebrated fanfare and Southern-wide exposure, but has now taken the next step to distribute on a nationwide level with six, coveted, high-end issues per year. "This is a huge step forward for Eidé and our unique vision," says Tova Gelfond, founder and Editor-in-Chief of Eidé Magazine. "There are plenty of fashion magazines out there, but we fill an unserved niche in the industry – one that presents world culture, fashion and trends, but with a Southern aesthetic and personality."
Eidé's charismatic reporting and graphic appeal has garnered loyal following due to long-format storytelling and soft, high-end fashion editorials — with Southern emphasis. "Eidé Magazine aims to serve as inspiration for the fashion and design style that spans the region," Gelfond says. "There are so many incredible artists, fashion designers and personalities coming out of the South that are influencing our culture on a national level, and no one is telling these stories beyond just a city-level."
Features and departments in Eidé Magazine include:
- Profiles on Southern fashion and accessory designers.
- Long-format fashion and beauty editorials shot in-house and on-location.
- Highly stylized food recipes.
- Food and beverage trends and changes.
- Insight into the lives of up-and-coming Southern tastemakers.
- Dinner parties and entertaining.
- Personal essays by Southern writers.
- Life hacks and how-tos.
- Celebrity interviews and editorials.
- Architectural design trends.
- Art exhibitions and their influences.
While Eidé Magazine produces six print editions a year, new content is updated daily on www.eidemagazine.com. Eide's Spring edition, the "CURIOUS Issue" can be purchased for $6.99. For a full list of distribution locations please visit http://www.eidemagazine.com/distribution-locations/.
ABOUT EIDÉ MAGAZINE
Eidé Magazine and EideMagazine.com are products of Enlightenmint Media Group, LLC. Eidé Magazine was founded in November of 2011 by Tova Gelfond as an online platform designed to discuss the impact of fashion, culture and society throughout the Southern region. Due to the styling, storytelling and innovation of the content, the publication's online readership requested that the magazine be printed. Avi Gelfond (Tova's brother) joined the magazine in April of 2012 as Art Director to transition the publication into a print platform, and the two work passionately to bring their vision, "World Culture, Southern Style," to life. Eidé is based in Atlanta, Ga., and has amassed a talented group of young professionals, writers, photographers and stylists committed to its vision of telling stories that no one else has, and delivering them to their readers in a way that is digestible, savvy and useful, and now, with its mass distribution, more easily accessible.
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Ever since Poco announced its plans to become an independent brand, its fans were excited for the launch of the much-awaited Poco F1 successor. It went on to announce Poco X2 which is essentially a Redmi K30 rebranded version which left Poco F1 fan slightly disappointed. But as per a new report, it seems like Poco F2 is finally getting closer to an official release.
As per XDA folks, Redmi K30 Pro is the smartphone that will be released as a rebranded Poco smartphone. The exact model number is unknown but is speculated to be the Poco F2. The report is based on MIUI 11 source code spotted by kacskrz, an XDA Junior Member. The code was specifically spotted in the MIUI 11 beta camera app.
The Redmi K30 Pro has a codename "lmi" but the folks spotted another device code "lmiin". It is expected to be an Indian variant of the smartphone. The camera app code further showed that photos clicked with the phone will have a "Shot with Poco" watermark by default. This suggests that the Indian launch of the phone will be under the Poco brand.
It is worth mentioning that these are only speculations for the time being. There is no surety if this will actually turn out to be true or even if it does, then the phone will be named Poco F2. We will suggest you take this information with a pinch of salt until more credible proof emerge.


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JK Shin, head of Samsung Mobile Communications, confirmed that Samsung will officially be announcing the Galaxy S III mini at an event in Germany tomorrow. The rendering of the “mini” Android has leaked online and for what’s being considered a smaller device, Samsung is packing it with a decent spec sheet:
Model number is reportedly GT-I8190, comes with a 4-inch Super AMOLED Display (resolution of 800×480), runs Android OS 4.1 Jelly Bean, 1GHz dual-core processor, 1GB RAM, 16GB of internal storage, 5MP camera, front-facing camera, DLNA, NFC, a 1,500mAh battery, and has overall dimensions of 121.55 x 62.95 x 9.85 mm.
There’s absolutely no confirmation that the Samsung Galaxy S III mini will be coming to Canada. According to Mobile Geeks, they believe this will cost 399 euros when it’s officially released. More will be revealed tomorrow.
Update: A real-life pic has surfaced online that show exactly how the device will look. As expected, a smaller GS III.
Source: MobileGeeks & GSMHelpDesk
Via: Engadget & TheVerge


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More and more companies are looking to go global, however many are still using outdated strategies. For growth-minded businesses, expanding into new countries and navigating international markets is a key aim. This can be a daunting task and success often rides on adopting the right approach.
A report published today (27 February 2020) by SDL, a global leader in content management and language translation software and services, reveals the majority of brands are still missing out on the human touch of a localised, digital-first globalisation strategy, instead focusing their efforts on deploying a local sales team when entering new markets.
The pursuit of “going global”
It is undeniable that “going global” is the objective for many businesses. Responses to SDL’s “Digital-First Globalisation Strategies” research showed that 80 per cent of companies surveyed have global expansion plans over the next two to three years. Often driven by ambitious executive leadership, companies aspiring for global growth are seeking to move into multiple different countries – approximately a third of companies are planning to expand into up to three countries, whilst another 30 per cent plan to expand into up to as many as six countries. For such an entrepreneurial yet challenging mission, it is important that businesses have the most productive plan of action.
Sales representatives over digital-first strategies
Many companies are still using traditional methods to expand internationally. Two thirds of respondents in the report prioritised deploying local sales representation as their growth technique. These companies rely on their local sales representatives to find new customers through the conventional methods of business directory searches, client referrals, and cold calls. However, this may not be the best method to capture new leads in a digital age when the majority of potential customers are online.
Thomas Labarthe, Chief Revenue Officer at SDL, emphasised that, “in a digital world, improving customer experience and reach through relevant, culturally nuanced, and localised content, wherever the customer is located, is critical to business success.”
Plenty of businesses do see the benefits of a digital-first globalisation strategy – which is considered less risky in terms of execution – yet they still do not rank it as their top strategy. Whilst there is value put on content, and companies understand it can lead to better customer satisfaction and retention, contribute to better customer experience, and increase brand consistency and revenue, companies are choosing to “stick with what they know” by focusing their attention on local sales representatives.
Labarthe warned that by not implementing a digital-first strategy, “companies risk losing the huge benefits of using personalised content in the customers’ own language to build up their sales pipeline in new markets”.
More content, more languages, less time
Digital-first approaches clearly bring great benefits but they can also come with their own hurdles. There is more content, more languages, and less time. Enterprises seeking to go global are increasing content production, translating their content into more languages, and translating more content faster.
The report found that 40 per cent of respondents believe content volumes will increase by more than 30 per cent in the next two years. Handling this amount of content can be challenging enough, but this is further compounded by the need to translate the content into numerous different languages. Companies are producing external digital content in 15 languages on average, and up to 21 languages for larger companies who have revenues between $500 million – $1 billion.
To further complicate matters, companies are expected to translate their content quickly and accurately. Approximately 40 per cent of a company’s content is expected to be translated within 24 hours and the demand for turnaround times is even higher for the legal, advertising, and marketing sectors.
How should companies deal with this dilemma? “By investing in machine translation and automation technologies, alongside services that enable nuanced content,” says Labarthe. To ensure global companies are maximising the impact of their contact on a global scale, companies need to find ways to rapidly translate and personalise content. Human-first approaches are unlikely to match the speed companies desire, and so employing intelligent technologies may be the way forward.
If companies are able to deliver personalised content across multiple languages to any device, they are likely to capture the attention of new and potential customers. A global growth strategy that recognises the importance of the customer experience, and ensures content is tailored for the right platform and region, is likely to convert clicks to success.


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Next-gen Toyota Innova Crysta will more likely make its global premiere in the latter half of this year with a number of changes inside and out
The Innova has been in production since 2004 in the international markets and is currently in its second generation. In India, the MPV stood in place as a more premium alternative of the Qualis upon its market debut. The latest generation Innova Crysta is based on the IMV platform as the Fortuner full-size SUV and Hilux pickup truck and it was introduced in 2016 locally.
The premium MPV is also known as Kijang Innova in Indonesia. The Innova Crysta has been the market leader with utter dominance in India and a minor update was given in late 2020. The test mule of what looks to be the third generation Innova came up on the internet a few days ago and here we have a rendering showcasing the possible updates.
The heavily updated Toyota Innova Crysta is expected to make its global debut in the second half of this year before reaching markets like Indonesia and India as the 2023 model. It could be based on the same architecture or switch to the modular TNGA-B but no official details are known yet. It must be noted that the fenders and doors could be shared with the existing model.
The rendering shows the presence of a redesigned wraparound LED tail lamp unit while the tailgate has also been tweaked with the bumper featuring updates as well. The test prototype was shod on a set of 18-inch dark chrome alloy wheels found in the Lexus vehicles. The third-gen Innova may also have bigger proportions than the outgoing model.
Media reports suggest that Toyota could opt for a hybrid powertrain as it will have to stick by the more stringent emission norms. It will be interesting to see if the rumoured hybrid tech would make its way to India or not. The front fascia of the 2023 Toyota Innova Crysta is expected to get evolutionary visual updates.
Toyota is developing a new midsize SUV in partnership with Maruti Suzuki and it will go on sale later this year. The facelifted Glanza and the new Urban Cruiser are also in the works. The former is said to be launched in late March 2022 while the latter could be introduced by the middle of this year.
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General Motors unveiled ambitious plans to assemble lithium-ion batteries in Michigan, which may require more federal loans later in the year if the U.S. auto market doesn’t improve. The battery factory will be opened somewhere near Detroit, will employ more than 100 people.
GM also announced the creation of a 31,000 square foot battery lab, the largest in the country run by an automaker, which will also create new jobs. No one would say exactly how many jobs would be created just yet.
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Cardboard packaging made from recycled newspapers contains toxic chemicals, known as mineral oils, which contaminate food products, Swiss researchers have found. As a result leading food manufacturers are in a rush to chance their packaging amid concerns of health issues.
Well known cereal brand Jordans has already stopped using recycled cardboard and several of its competitors like Kellogg's and Weetabix have said they are taking steps to reduce the amount of mineral oil in their packaging, the BBC reported yesterday.
Is there reason to worry?
According to the study, exposure to mineral oils has been linked to inflammation of internal organs and cancer. The scientists found quantities of mineral oils between 10 and 100 times above the agreed limit in popular foods like cereals, pasta and rice that had cartons made from recycled cardboard.
Should we be ditching our morning ritual of Crunchy Nut and say no to recycled cardboard packaging and demand food manufacturers use only newly harvested trees? Errr... No.
Today though UK food safety watchdog Food Standards Agency (FSA) insists there is no safety risk from recycled cardboard boxes, and the study did conclude that if you eat a balanced and varied diet you won't have much need to worry.
So unless you eat the cardboard as well and have a very limited diet of products that are packaged in recycled cardboard, you can continue to enjoy your bowls of cereal and pasta. Also think about the poor trees; no need to cut down more trees than necessary.
What do you think? Should food manufacturers stop using recycled cardboard packaging, or is it all a bit of an overreaction?


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The new tangle-free Focus packs its own Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 processor, uses a high-resolution AMOLED display and claims to offer "6-degrees-of freedom" (6DoF) tracking, so you don't need to set up sensors when using the headset. Despite this, HTC says it'll still offer similar features to the higher-end Vive ($599.00 at Amazon.com).
Other features include the ability to link with other HTC headsets for social interaction, according to an Engadget report. That could be a really cool feature, allowing for interactive multiplayer games or even making remote meetings more real.


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The sales are over, Cyber week is wrapping up, and we can get back to the standard Gaming News formula. And by that I mean news about games that are coming out, updates to games, and important snippets you should know about. Not just those silly sales like an Xbox 36o with three games for $250. No one would care to buy that. Oh wait.. apparently hundreds of thousands of people did.
A new Humble Bundle featuring THQ games was bestowed upon us. Including big name games like Darksiders and Saints Row: The Third, the bundle strays away from the indie roots of the Humble Bundle, but has garnered impressive sales for THQ, which is in the middle of deep financial woes.
An image from a hacked Wii U console seems to suggest an upcoming Nintendo title starring the green dinosaur Yoshi. Entitled Yoshi’s Land Wii U, the game is purely rumor but should nonetheless get gamers excited for a new Mario-styled game for the system.
Nintendo confirmed the upcoming revamped Wii system called the Wii Mini. Though currently only scheduled for sale in Canada, the system will be a smaller version of the company’s super successful and now last generation Wii, with no GameCube support and no online outlet.
First-person shooter Bioshock Infinite will no longer be supporting any form of multiplayer mode. Series creator Ken Levine stated on Twitter that the upcoming title would featuring “no multi”, which comes off of Bioshock 2’s inclusion of multiplayer deathmatches.
Mario creator Shigeru Miyamoto apparently told the Paper Mario: Sticker Star team that their 3DS exclusive RPG didn’t need to have a story so long as it featured plenty of Mario characters. Interestingly, the choice to not focus on story was decided after a Club Nintendo poll in which less than 1% of gamers reported enjoying the story for the last game in the series, the Wii’s Super Paper Mario.
Stay calm, PSY fans. The Korean singers video for the song “Gangam Style” is now the most viewed video on YouTube, and it’s also the newest DLC made available for Harmonix’s Dance Central 3.
Sony puslished a patent for a new controller that appears to combine the standard Dualshock 3 gamepad with the PS Move controller. On top of that, the new controller can apparently be split in two, so you hold one half in each hand. No word from Sony on this one, and no information on whether it is coming for the PS3, PS4, or something entirely new (if anything at all).


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Melissa Ede says she will not change her thrifty ways just because she has won £4m.
The former taxi driver won the huge amount on a scratchcard on December 30 last year.
Since then, she has revealed to the Mail a few of her big purchases, including a new home, which costs around £500,000, an engagement ring for her fiancée and some cosmetic work on her face.
She previously revealed she has also bought a "run-around" car for £5,000 but plans to buy another car once she has moved into her new home.
However, keeping her feet firmly on the ground, Melissa is not one to flash the cash about on daily necessities and even buys supermarket branded toilet roll.
"We wipe our backsides on it and flush it down the toilet," she said.
"You can get 12 for £2.
"They [another toilet brand] are £3 for four rolls. You get a bigger roll and they are thicker. Your finger doesn't go through it but that is what soap and water is for."
And Melissa says she doesn't spend a fortune on clothes either.
"I still shop at Matalan and Rachel shops at JD Sports and is walking about like the Adidas king," she joked. "I've told Rachel to kerb the spending because I need more money to spend on my face.
"It's there for everybody to see. It's going to be a work of art."
But on a more serious note, she admitted the couple genuinely do look out for bargains.
"Me and Rachel was out this morning and went to see if any charity shops were open," she said. I suspect it's because that is how I have always lived.
"I don't want to waste money.
"Everybody is expecting me to completely blow this money and I'm not going to do it.
"Why should money change me? I don't want to be left with nothing.
"£4m is a lot of money but if I'm stupid crazy with it, it's going to go. The toaster blew up and I paid £5.99 for an Asda toaster.
"It toasts bread. It works, it does the job.
"We tried to buy Asda branded cat food but the cats didn't like it."
The Mail revealed last month how much Melissa Ede spent on her fiancée for Valentine's Day.
Although she took her fiancée for a meal, the presents she bought her came in at less than £25.
Rachel's presents from Melissa:
- £1 cardboard bag
- £6.99 Disney Princess towel
- £1.29 Disney Princess flannel
- 2 x £2.99 disposable coverall suits
- £1.99 rainbow duster
- 20p malted milk biscuits (out of date)
- £2.49 two-in-one Microfibre car wash mitt (I don't have a car)
- £3 Inflatable crown (that Rachel bought)
Speaking to the Mail about the engagement ring she bought her fiancée, Melissa said while the cost of the ring was not extortionate in terms of her new £4m fortune, it was well above the £50 she could have afforded before she won.
Melissa had planned to give Rachel the ring at the Valentine's meal but gave her it early.
"It’s real diamonds," she said. "It’s half a carat.
"I've got everything really now haven't I? I've got a beautiful fiancée, a beautiful home to move into and the freedom to do whatever we want. I have so much to look forward to."
Melissa also revealed last month how she had spent around £3,000 so far on improving her face, which she says has since increased to around a total of £3,300.
The sale of the home she had been planning to move into has now fallen through so Melissa is in the process of buying another home, also around the same value of half-a-million pound.
Melissa has also made donations to some fundraising causes and carried out charity work with her fiancée.
"I can't help everybody," she said. "A little amount to a few is better than a big amount to one."
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Things are not looking good for Samsung right about now. According to USA TODAY the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 phones will be banned from all airline flights due to many incidents. If you haven’t heard there has been somewhat of a trend almost of these phones exploding or overheating. Yes folks “exploding”. There has been a report of over 100 incidents of the devices overheating and sometimes injuring owners. Since September 15 of this year, Samsung has received 96 U.S reports of batteries in the devices overheating, including 23 new reports since the phone was recalled for inspection. There have been 13 reports of burns and 47 reports of property damage associated with the phones.
The Federal Aviation Administration previously pleaded with travelers not to turn on the phones, pack them in checked luggage or charge them during a flight. Back on October 5 a flight had to be evacuated because a Samsung phone smoke and popped during boarding of a southwest Airlines flight. This is not a good time to be associated with Samsung especially if you’re a stockholder with the company. The company estimates the recalling of the phones when incidents first started occurring will cost it $5.3 Billion. The reason for the ban is because it is seen as a flight risk and all passengers on board are a priority. I hope Samsung gets it together, although I’m an I Phone user I’ve always been a fan of their TV’s. Hopefully it’s only just the phone and not with any of their other products. The ban officially starts Saturday October 15.


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Jobs Growth Slowed In March
The unemployment rate in the U.S. fell to its lowest level, 4.5%, since the Great Recession, while average wages increased five cents, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics monthly employment report for March. These improvements came despite a dramatic slowdown in jobs growth from the first two months of the year. The economy added 98,000 non-farm payroll jobs in March following two months during which gains exceeded 200,000 per month. The BLS also revised down by 38,000 the total gains for January and March. Still, the monthly average over the past three months was 178,000, slightly higher than the current consensus forecast from Blue Chip Economic Indicators economists for monthly jobs growth in 2017.
In spite of the disappointing top-line jobs growth number, the data indicates that the labor market remains strong, and appears to be nearing full employment. The decline in the unemployment rate came as the labor force participation rate and the employment-to-population ratio remained constant. And the gain in average hourly earnings continues a trend with wages up 2.7% during the past 12 months, well ahead of the inflation rate.
Most of the employment gains for March were in professional and business services, which added 56,000 jobs. All the goods producing sectors—mining, construction and manufacturing—posted small increases with 28,000 new jobs created overall. But retail trade lost a surprising 29,700 jobs and leisure and hospitality, which includes foodservice, added only 9,000 new jobs in March, a pronounced slowdown.
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