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Google has now announced a new Android TV device called the ADT-3.
The Android TV dongle is not expected to be available to the general public.
Along with the new Android TV device, Google also provided an update on Android 10 for Android TV.
ADT-3 is Google's Android TV device you can’t buy
While this is the newest Android TV device to be announced, it is not one designed for everyone. As is typically the case with ADT-branded devices, the ADT-3 is specifically designed with developers in mind.
In this sense, it is a device that’s not expected to go on sale to the general public. Instead, it will only be available to developers who need the device to help prepare for and work on Android 10 for Android TV.
Google has confirmed the ADT-3 will be available for developers to purchase “in the coming months” through an OEM partner.
As to be expected, the ADT-3 is designed to work with and run on Android 10, the latest version of Android.
This is a dongle type of device which makes it a little different to most other Android TV devices. It is also a rather generic looking device. For example, the dongle section is just a small black box. In addition, the remote simply consists of basic navigation controls, including a dedicated Google Assistant button.
In terms of the specs, the ADT-3 comes loaded with 2GB of DDR3 memory and a quad-core A5 processor. The device also supports 4K, HDR, and HDMI 2.1.
New developer hardware is quite telling
The ADT-3 arrives not long after the previous Android TV developer device. The ADT-2 was only announced in 2018 and although most devices get an update each year, the same is not true of Android TV developer devices.
For example, the original ADT-1 arrived back in 2014 when Google first announced Android TV. Therefore it took the best part of four years for the original model to get updated. This is compared to the one year it has now taken for this latest version to come through.
One of the likely reasons for this is Android 10 itself. Google also announced Android 10 for Android TV today and the ADT-3 appears to be designed with Android 10 in mind.
Some features, like Project Mainline, are fundamental features of Android 10. However, some of them are designed for use with newer hardware. In other words, they are not as compatible with existing devices. This is likely one of the reasons why Google has opted to release a new Android TV developer device so soon as some of those Android 10 features will likely require hardware that wasn't included with the previous model.
It also may be an indication that Android 10, or at least all of its features and improvements, might not play so nicely with existing Android TV devices.


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The toll that's being exacted on tire manufacturers took down another player yesterday, when Bridgestone (OTC BB: BRDCY.PK), the Japanese maker of its eponymous line of tires along with the well-known Firestone brand, reported that its profits fell 68% because of the rising cost of raw materials.
In recent days, American tire makers Goodyear
Bridgestone also faces some concerns particular to itself. Last year, it had received a one-time influx of $730 million from a pension-related reimbursement that boosted profits, but plant closures in the U.S. this year hit the company with a $137 million charge. And last month, it said it would try to remove from the road the remaining tires related to the disastrous Firestone debacle, in which the tires were implicated in the deaths and injuries of hundreds of people in 2000. The problem ended the company's decades-old U.S. relationship with Ford
Tires get flatter
The worsening outlook for tire makers also flattened one manufacturer's plans to go public, as Italian manufacturer Pirelli canceled plans to raise $1 billion last month. That put into question the conglomerate's ability to remain profitable; it had hoped to use the proceeds from the sale to buy out an Italian telecom company that it already has a 58% stake in. It ultimately sold a 39% stake in its tire division to a group of bankers with the provision that it can buy back the shares if it doesn't go public.
German tire maker Continental seemingly has defied the pressures of other manufacturers; it expects 2006 sales and earnings to exceed last year's mark, though the company realizes more than 60% of its revenues from operations other than tires. Even so, however, it announced an 18% decline in second-quarter profits. The company said the second half of the year should be better since, seasonally, it is a stronger time for sales.
Considering the turmoil that oil, rubber, and other commodity costs have played with tire makers recently, it may seem I was a little premature a few months ago in saying the industry was one that investors should consider. Yet the fact remains that while profits have been harder to find than a tread on a bald tire, sales have generally been robust, with most manufacturers reporting double-digit increases. Many tire makers are closing down their least profitable businesses and focusing on the segments where they can get the best blowout results.
Yet not everyone is profitable in the same areas. For example, Continental reported that its light-truck tire division was particularly scored by rising costs, with that segment's profits falling by 27% from last year even as sales increased by nearly 8%. Bridgestone, on the other hand, saw only a slight decrease in sales. Overall, the industry experienced about a 7% reduction in such sales.
Conversely, Michelin (OTC BB: MGDDF.PK) said heavy-truck tire sales jumped nearly 9% in the first half, while the Rubber Manufacturers Association predicts a modest 5% increase in commercial-truck tires for the year. Goodyear is exiting some of its private-label tire business altogether, and Chinese imports are much cheaper at all levels -- their sales have increased 47% over last year.
Which tires to pump
I find Goodyear, even with its more challenging financial picture, to be a good bet because it has restructured itself to essentially do one thing: build tires, and only the more profitable ones at that.
I think these companies are in an attractive position for investors, because each plays to its strengths. And for investors with the courage to invest when an industry is on the skids, it may mean greater profits for their portfolios down the road.
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Hurricane Dorian cruise update: Extended vacation for some; delayed, canceled trips for others
Cruise lines are scrambling to stay out of the path of Hurricane Dorian – which blasted across the Bahamas on Sunday as a Category 5 with 185 mph winds – and navigate port closures, resulting in extended cruises for some travelers and delayed trips, itinerary changes and shortened trips for others.
The Port of Miami, a major Florida cruise port, on Sunday said the port is closed until further notice. Port Canaveral, a popular cruise departure spot 45 miles east of Orlando, closed late Saturday.
Further changes are possible given the storm's unpredictable path so travelers should check their cruise line's website regularly.
Among the latest updates, as of 2:30 p.m. ET Monday:
Norwegian Cruise Line
Norwegian Breakaway: The Aug. 25 sailing, which was scheduled to arrive on Sunday, is now due to conclude in New Orleans on Tuesday after the closure of Port Miami. The seven-day cruise initially set to depart Sunday and later delayed until Wednesday now has been canceled.
Norwegian Sun: The Aug. 29 sailing canceled its scheduled return to Port Canaveral on Labor Day and will instead conclude in New Orleans on Tuesday. The Sun's scheduled Monday departure from Port Canaveral has also been canceled.
Carnival Cruise Line
In addition to Port Canaveral and Miami, Carnival is also taking precautions elsewhere as Hurricane Dorian is expected to touch other states on the East Coast. The cruise line announced Monday it is monitoring weather conditions in Jacksonville, Florida, and Charleston, South Carolina.
Carnival Liberty: The Monday sailing from Port Canaveral has been canceled and guests will receive a refund.
Carnival Elation: The Monday sailing from Port Canaveral has been delayed until Friday and will be shortened. The ports of call will be determined by the weather.
Carnival Horizon: The Monday sailing from Miami will be shortened to a three-day sailing departing on Wednesday.
Royal Caribbean Cruise Line
The cruise line's last update was Sunday night, with the next update due at 6 p.m. Monday. Among a long lineup of changes announced:
Allure of the Seas: The Aug. 24 sailing has been extended until Wednesday, with extra stops in Honduras and Mexico. The Sunday sailing has been shortened and now will be a four-night cruise departing Wednesday.
Harmony of the Seas: The Aug. 25 sailing has been extended until Wednesday, with an added stops in Cozumel and extra nights at sea. The planned Sunday sailing will now depart on Wednesday and be shortened.
Symphony of the Seas: The Aug. 31 sailing has been extended and is now scheduled to return on Wednesday. The cruise line skipped a Bahamas spot and added two sea days and a stop in Costa Maya, Mexico. The 3 Tuesday sailing will now depart Wednesday, with the cruise line skipping a sea day.
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Disney Dream: After initially delaying its Monday sailing, Disney announced the cruise is canceled.


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This week's edition of Digital City happens right in the middle of E3 week. Guest Scott Alexander joins the crew while Dan's out west as we break down Microsoft and wonder what Sony and Nintendo have in store.
To make up for a lackluster 2014, we're expecting tablets in 2015 to bring it up a notch.
The Rosetta spacecraft's mass spectrometers have been sniffing out the various aromas of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko.
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What if you could use 3D-printing technology to build a fully habitable base on the moon? The European Space Agency is trying to make that a reality.
Carnegie Mellon University showed off their newest creation this week: a robot with six incredibly articulate and stable legs. Even a hard shove by a human leg can't stop this thing, but we'll tell you why this kind of robot could be great for search and rescue.
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EU proposal could require Netflix, Amazon Prime to produce local content
When in Rome, Netflix as the Romans do.
But what may pose a challenge for Netflix and other streaming services is that under the draft proposal any EU member state can ask streaming services to invest in local productions.
“We appreciate the Commission’s objective to have European production flourish, however the proposed measures won’t actually achieve that,” said Netflix in a statement released Wednesday.
“Netflix can at the moment cherry pick the best of international television.”
Netflix noted in the statement that it has committed “hundreds of millions of euros” to investing in European productions. The company has several partnerships with European broadcasters such as the BBC and made several acquisitions at the Cannes Film Festival. Netflix series are in the works in Spain, Italy, and Germany, and the company said it was actively looking for other projects.
Marseille, the Netflix-only French television show starring Gérard Depardieu debuted on the streaming service earlier this month and is the first Netflix original created in Europe. The political thriller has been met with critical acclaim and is drawing comparisons to House of Cards. The Crown, which tells the story of a young Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Phillip, will be released in November.
But according to legislators, the online video services aren’t contributing nearly as much to fostering European culture as they could be.”The way we watch TV or videos may have changed, but our values don’t. With these new rules, we will uphold media pluralism, the independence of audiovisual regulators and will make sure incitement to hatred will have no room on video-sharing platforms. We also want to ensure a level-playing field, responsible behaviour, trust and fairness in the online platforms environment… today’s Communication sets out our vision for that,” said Günther H. Oettinger, commissioner for the Digital Economy and Society in a statement.
According to the European Commission, streaming services invest less than 1 percent of their revenues to local content, compared to 20 percent offered up by European TV broadcasters. Local content would also need to be featured more heavily on the viewer’s screens.
Dan Cryan, senior director of broadband media at London-based IHS Technology, said that the goal of the draft rule is to level the playing field between the streaming services and TV broadcasters by requiring the former to produce more original European content, not just any European content.
“Netflix can at the moment cherry pick the best of international television,” Cryan told the Daily Dot. He said this puts European TV broadcasters at a major disadvantage: Netflix in Europe, as is the case domestically, often beats local television to the punch when offering premium television. The first run of Better Call Saul in the United Kingdom, for example, is available on Netflix but not on local television.
“The television business, broadly understood, remains a highly local business and subject to local regulation in a lot of countries,” said Cryan. For example, European TV broadcasters are required to dedicate half of their viewing time to local works in addition to spending 20 percent of their revenue on original content.
“Audiences tend to like local content. Netflix—when it launches in a major market—makes a point of acquiring rights to key local assets. But this is less true inevitably in markets which are less of a strategic priority,” said Cryan.
In the case of “less strategic” markets, Netflix offers an “international” catalog that consists mainly of titles from the U.S. and U.K. In short, content that plays well with a global audience. When Netflix launched in 130 countries earlier this year, it shifted from tailoring its offerings to local viewers to satisfying its newly global audience with a crowd-pleasing, Hollywood-centric catalog.
“If you’re going to launch everywhere, there’s not much data you need,” Netflix Chief Product Officer Neil Hunt told Bloomberg back in January.
Cryan cautioned that there was still plenty of “ambiguity” left in the draft rule. It’s unclear how Amazon would change under the rule; the company offers streaming video for rent and purchase, in addition to a separate, smaller catalog of streaming video offerings under Amazon Prime. It’s also unknown whether local content requirements will apply to all of Europe, or on a per-country basis. For example, will we soon be seeing Netflix Original series produced in Latvia?
Cryan said that if Netflix can achieve the 20 percent revenue requirement from one or two countries, that would be a very different scenario than if it was required to commit 20 percent of revenue to each EU member country.
“British television scales very well on an international level, and Scandinavian horror, or Nordic noir, is a genre on its own. But can we say the same for Latvia?” said Cryan.
Amrita Khalid is a technology and politics reporter who specializes in breaking down complex issues into practical, useful terms. A former contributor to CQ, a Congressional news and analysis site, she's currently a master's candidate in international relations at the University of Leeds.


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Absa dials up the digital as banking's year of disruption dawns
Absa has introduced several digital products to keep up with changing consumer trends, but competition is set to become a lot fiercer as new entrants in the banking sector make their debut.
From the company's ChatBanking product to its Apple Watch offering - and a recently improved banking app that offers home loans, forex and vehicle finance - a better digital banking offering is part of Absa's strategy to grow its market share in retail and business banking since its separation from Barclays.
Last year, Absa extended ChatBanking to WhatsApp (from an initial Twitter and Facebook Messenger platform) to allow its customers to make payments to existing beneficiaries, check balances and buy prepaid airtime and electricity.
But Jan Meintjies, a portfolio manager at Denker Capital, said "the adoption of ChatBanking has not made a meaningful impact. They've experimented with a lot of things including ChatBanking and the Apple Watch app but they have not seen mainstream adoption. Banks like Absa have a large capital base and a substantial client base. They can react to the changes [in terms of digital banking] by experimenting with different products with their already existing client base. They have to be on their toes to make sure they don't fall behind."
Aupa Monyatsi, Absa's managing executive of the virtual channels RBB division, said the bank has seen "good uptake" on ChatBanking on WhatsApp.
"The key drivers of usage are quick payments, balance inquiry and prepaid services such as airtime, electricity, etcetera."
Absa has recently improved its online banking app, making it more "seamless" and "truly paperless" and is launching a new feature that will provide a "slicker way" for customers to switch beneficiaries, he said.
Other traditional banks have also worked on expanding their customer service by adding more digital services. However, with three digital banks making their debut this year, the South African banking sector is likely to face a shake-up.
For the first time in 20 years, three new banks - Discovery Bank, Tyme Bank and Bank Zero - will enter the sector. They will come bearing promises of digital services at low cost, which will keep the likes of FNB, Absa, Standard Bank, Nedbank and Capitec on their toes.
As branchless banks, new entrants will be able to minimise operational costs and so offer lower banking fees.
But low costs alone will not be enough to guarantee success.
Despite the attractiveness of low fees, analysts say brand legacy will play a role in how the new banks will compete against traditional banks that have managed to build credibility.
Neelash Hansjee, a portfolio manager at Old Mutual Financial Services Fund, said: "It's still tough as big banks are established brands that have been embracing and implementing technology over the years to defend their customers. Banks are built on trust and it will take time for the new banks to build trust with the public and potential customers."
Harry Botha, a banking analyst at Avior Capital, said: "Some of the new banks are unheard of [such as] Tyme Bank or Bank Zero. Discovery Bank is a bit different, they do have a brand and people do relate to them. Tyme Bank should have the advantage with the distribution, it's more of a mass-market type of offering so it will over time probably have more customers than Discovery."
Tyme Bank, which began operating at the beginning of the year, was initially a subsidiary of the Commonwealth Bank of Australia. Last year, Patrice Motsepe's African Rainbow Capital acquired full control of the digital bank, which is setting up about 750 points at various Pick n Pay and Boxer stores across SA. These will allow customers to set up their bank accounts and make free transactions at Pick n Pay stores.
Tyme has a no-documentation process when opening an account.
There are no set monthly fees, and free and low-cost transactions. Customers can pay as little as R2 for transactions when using other outlets.
Bank Zero is bringing less-traditional tools to the table to encourage a culture of good financial behaviour.
Headed by former FNB CEO Michael Jordaan, Bank Zero is a smartphone-enabled bank that also has a banking card,
"It will offer all the normal expected [services and products], but also new banking functionality for businesses and consumers and attack high banking fees," Jordaan said.
The mutual bank, which is expected to launch in mid-2019, will cater particularly for "businesses who are a neglected group from a banking perspective" and those users who are "used to Facebook, Instagram and Twitter, which all offer great features without huge fees", he said.
Smartphones will be the primary method of distribution for Bank Zero, with a card to swipe and draw cash at ATMs as well as in stores.
"Fees in SA are much too high and there is still a lot of room for improvement," he said.
On establishing the bank's market share, Jordaan said the bank does not intend to spend huge amounts on marketing. "The focus will be on substance," he said.
Bank Zero will undergo beta testing and will be accessible in mid-2019 based on the success of the testing.
Discovery Bank, due to launch next month, will be based around the Vitality Money app that will reward customers - with discounts on, for example, flights, Uber and retail - for good financial behaviour.
Discovery Bank is likely to have a head start because of Discovery's well-established customer base, Botha said...


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Expected to be announced in the coming months, Samsung’s new Galaxy S4 flagship will certainly be available via all major US mobile carriers.
Just like the S III, the US-bound S4 should have model numbers different from the model number of the international version (believed to be GT-i9500). This being said, it looks like AT&T’s Galaxy S4 has been identified as the Samsung SGH-i337.
The SGH-i337 appears over at Samsung Mobile’s official website (.xml file). According to the info found there, the handset features Android Jelly Bean, and a 1920 x 1080 pixels display. Since AT&T’s S III is known as the SGH-i747, and it wouldn’t make sense for the carrier to launch more than one 1080p Samsung handset this year, the SGH-i337 most likely is its version of the new S4. But, of course, this remains to be confirmed.
Unfortunately, it’s not clear if what we’re seeing above is the 7 inch version of the Tab 3 (reportedly cancelled anyway), or the 10.1 inch one. But MWC 2013 is set to debut in less than a month, and at least one of Sammy’s new tablets will be officially unveiled there. So the mystery won’t last long.
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RJR Nabisco Inc. today announced the sale of five of its European food businesses to BSN, France's largest food company, for $2.5 billion.
RJR Nabisco, which was taken private in a huge $24.53 billion buyout in February, said the sale of these cookie and snack businesses was part of a plan it had agreed upon with its banks to cut its debt by $5.5 billion.
For BSN, whose products include Dannon yogurt, Evian mineral water and Kronenbourg beer, the purchase is part of its aggressive strategy to become a giant in Europe's food and beverage market to compete better when Europe's internal trade barriers fall in 1992. Over 20 Companies Acquired
Today's move was the biggest acquisition to date by Paris-based BSN, whose main rivals in Europe are Unilever N.V. and the Nestle S.A., and would make it Europe's top cookie producer. In the last two years, it has acquired more than 20 companies with sales totaling more than $3 billion.
The operations sold by RJR Nabisco, which is moving its headquarters to New York from Atlanta, had operating income of $137 million on sales of $1.2 billion last year. The five operations are the Belin Group, a French cookie and pastry producer; Saiwa, a cookie and snack business in Italy; the British business operations of Nabisco Brands, and two other British companies, Walker's Crisps and Smith's Crisps, which make potato chips.Continue reading the main story
Louis V. Gerstner Jr., RJR Nabisco's chairman and chief executive, said, ''The sale represents an important step toward achieving our goal of reducing the company's overall debt.''
RJR officials said they put the five businesses on the auction block three weeks ago and were planning to receive offers on Wednesday, June 7. They instead announced the BSN deal today. Mr. Gerstner said other companies had expressed interest but no other formal bids had been made.
''BSN made a pre-emptive bid,'' Mr. Gerstner said in a telephone interview. ''What made us willing to go ahead was they were willing to bid for all the businesses, they were willing to close the transaction so quickly and they came within our price range.''
Mr. Gerstner said this was the first phase of a plan to reduce his company's $25 billion in debt by $5.5 billion by July 1990. He said his company had not yet decided on the next businesses it would sell.
''This gets us off to a real fine start on this process,'' he said.
In 1988, BSN had net income of $326.7 million on revenues of $6.3 billion. BSN is the world leader in dairy products because of its strength in the yogurt business, and is also one of Europe's largest beer companies and pasta makers. With its Evian and Badoit brands, it is neck and neck with Perrier to be No. 1 worldwide in mineral water. It is France's No. 3 champagne company, with its Pommery and Lanson brands.
BSN was formed in 1966 when two small bottle makers merged. In the next two decades, it diversified into food as a logical complement to its bottle and jar production. Concentration in Europe
''BSN has been pursuing a strategy of concentrating on Europe in preparation for the integrated European market,'' of 1992, said Erick Boutchnei, an analyst with Patrick du Bouzet S.A., a Paris-based stockbrokerage. ''These acquisitions help them expand into markets where they are not as strong as they would like.''
Pierre Benaich, an investor relations official at BSN, said his company was eager to buy the RJR operations because BSN, which is strong in cookies, has long wanted to expand into the cracker market.
''This also furthers our goal of strengthening our position in Great Britain,'' Mr. Benaich said. ''The British are the world's biggest biscuit eaters.''
Industry analysts said BSN should be able to use its strong distribution network in Europe to expand sales onto the Continent of some RJR Nabisco cookies and crackers that had been largely limited to Britain.
''BSN has a handicap in terms of size compared to its two big competitors, Unilever and Nestle,'' said Mr. Boutchnei, the analyst. ''That is why it has to be so agressive on the acquisition front.''
Under the acquisition campaign of its 70-year-old chairman, Antoine Riboud, BSN has recently bought Lea & Perrins in the United States, the maker of Worcestershire sauce; the Saratoga mineral water company in the United States, and Scharffenberger Cellars, a California producer of sparkling wines. Last year, it also merged its Kronenbourg brewery operation with the Maes Group, one of Belgium's leading brewers. Antitrust Problems Possible
BSN officials said today's acquisitions would make it Europe's top cookie producer, in front of United Biscuits. Analysts said, however, that BSN could run into antitrust problems in France with the acquisitions because it has about one-third of France's cookie market. The acquisition of Belin from RJR Nabisco could push BSN's market share to near 50 percent, analysts said.
Mr. Gerstner of RJR said that today's sale did not mean his company was abandoning Europe. He said RJR Nabisco was still strong in the cigarette market, was maintaining its Del Monte operations in Europe and still had cookie operations in Spain and Sweden.
Analysts said Allied-Lyons and United Biscuits, both of Britain, and Bahlsen of West Germany, had also been expected to be bidders for the RJR Nabisco operations.Continue reading the main story


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KUCHING, Oct 29: Sarawak Pay will be rebranded to allow it to be used globally, starting next month, revealed Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg.
He said Sarawak Pay will be rebranded as ‘S Pay’, which could mean either ‘Sarawak Pay’ or ‘Smart Pay’ as it would collaborate with Union Pay to enable it to be used worldwide.
“Starting next month ‘S Pay’ can be used anywhere — as long as they accept Union Pay, they will accept Sarawak Pay.
“We want our mobile payment (system) to be global in nature, that’s not just confined to Sarawak only. That’s why we will use ‘S Pay’ just like Gojek,” Abang Johari told the media after attending the “GLC Leaders’ Dialogue with Temasek Holdings Singapore” event at Sarawak Centre of Performance Excellence (SCOPE) here today.
He reiterated that the state government has decided to use ‘S Pay’ which will be similar to Visa cards.
“We have asked people to study it, people who are expert in marketing,” he said, adding that currently, there are over 100,000 Sarawak Pay users.
On the business dialogue, the Chief Minister said Sarawak must tap its modern agriculture sector that is based on Internet of Things (IoT).
“The future of the food industry is going to be very bright. When we promoted ‘smart algaculture’ two years ago, it was timely because it is organic. Then we can sell these products with premium prices, as they are free from chemicals. That’s our direction (in agriculture),” he said, adding that Sarawak has exported both tilapia and furniture to Singapore in recent months.
Abang Johari pointed out that modern agriculture has huge market potential and that it could propel Sarawak towards excelling in the sector.
“Now even the federal government is doing it. But we are the first to embark on it,” he said.
He stressed that with the setting up of the Sarawak Trade and Tourism Office in Singapore (Statos), a few months ago, Sarawak has increased it collaboration in bilateral ties with Singapore and that augurs well for trade and investment.
Temasek Holdings Singapore was represented by its managing director for Institutional Relations, Sustainability and Stewardship Group Chua Eu Jin and its director of Institutional Relations, Sustainability and Stewardship Group Law Heng Dean. — DayakDaily


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Angry Birds jumps a dimension onto the 3DS
Developers confirm the breakout hit is coming to the 3DS.
Perhaps the greatest success on the Apple App Store is now on its way to the Nintendo 3DS. The developer has posted on Twitter that Angry Birds will be heading to the 3D console, as well as the Wii in the near future. The WiiWare version was already revealed a while back as was a DSiWare version.
With the release of the 3DS so close now, it makes sense to switch it up to the new platform. That is of course unless its coming to retail, but we dont think people will buy Angry Birds at full price when its cheaper on every other platform its already on.
Nintendo has still not disclosed its plans for “3DSWare”, if thats even the name they will give it. The Nintendo 3DS eShop wont be available at launch, but we think whenever it does launch, Angry Birds will be there.


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Since the launch of the Ddu Global Promotion Plan, Ddu has succeeded in helping users do international product promotions without leaving home and has matched thousands of orders, rapidly gaining popularity in the medical trade industry. The upcoming exhibitions of Ddu’s Global Promotion Plan include Thailand, Vietnam, Azerbaijan and Argentina!
The National Hospitalist Conference will be held in Santa Fe, New Mexico at the Eldorado Hotel & Spa on September 8-10, 2017. The National Hospitalist Conference is designed to provide physicians, physician assistants, and nurse practitioners with information and skills to improve the care of their hospitalized patients.
The 15th International Show for Products, Equipment and Services for the Healthcare Sector(Expo Medical) will be held at Centro Costa Salguero, Buenos Aires, Argentina from September 27 to September 29, 2017. As the leading global pharmaceutical and medical device B2B online platform, Ddu is going to attend the exhibition along with the products of high priority members and commits itself to the development of the South American medical trade market.
Pediatric Neurology 2017 will focus on the latest and exodus innovations in all areas of Pediatric neurology research which offers exclusive opportunity for investigators across the globe to meet, network, and perceive new scientific innovations. This year's annual congress highlights the theme, "Channelizing the novel ideas for treating Pediatric Neurological Disorders" which reflects the innovative progress in Pediatric Neurology research.
The 13th Health Asia & Pharma Asia International Exhibition & Conferences (Pharma Asia) was held at the Karachi Expo Center from August 22nd to August 24th 2017. As the leading global pharmaceutical and medical device B2B online platform, Ddu attended the exhibition introducing their new cross-border medical trade online method to Pakistan.
The 2017 CPhI Korea was grandly held at the Convention Center Grand Ball Room, Seoul, South Korea from August 22nd to August 24th. Ddu, the leading global pharmaceutical and medical device B2B online platform, attended the exhibition where their management concept and service method proved why they are a leader in their field.
The 27th Florida International Medical Exhibition (FIME) was grandly held in Orlando, USA from August 8th to August 10th, 2017. As the leading global pharmaceutical and medical device B2B online platform, Ddu, attended the exhibition along with products of high priority members, becoming one of the most popular brands at FIME.
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FlexShopper: Flexible Payment Solutions
FlexShopper offers alternative payment solutions for non-prime consumers, allowing them greater freedom to shop the branded goods they need and desire, from appliances and consumer electronics to furniture and auto tires.
Already a leader in lease-to-own, the firm is expanding its offering through a partnership with TAB Bank, and the subsequent launch of a new lending product called FlexLending. The solution bestows a broader spectrum of US consumers with greater choice in how to finance their purchases, and helps retailers increase their sales with this core consumer base.
“We're really excited to be able to serve more consumers and partner with new retailers as a result of this collaboration,” says Kelly Arduz, Vice President of Marketing at FlexShopper. “We've had significant success in the lease-to-own space and sought to broaden our verticals beyond just durable goods, which in turn enables us to serve more consumers and partner with more retailers. TAB Bank has expertise in originating consumer loans, and FlexShopper specializes in marketing non-prime payment solutions to consumers and retailers.”
FlexShopper is moving to meet market demand and adapt to best serve consumers, allowing them to shop how and where they choose. “Point of sale finance with retailers has been a growing industry,” Arduz says. “And through our partnership with TAB, we've taken advantage of a significant opportunity in the Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) space that ultimately benefits all parties.”
FlexShopper’s partnership with TAB Bank is “a synergy of expertise,” Arduz says, a symbiotic relationship combining the incisive capabilities of both organisations.
“We’re coupling our abilities,” Arduz continues. “We can now solicit additional retailers and expand into states where installment loans are preferred over lease-to-own, and a customer who previously signed a lease for tires with FlexShopper can now get their car serviced or repaired through installment loans with our new product FlexLending, thanks to our partnership with TAB.”
A relatively “fresh” working relationship, FlexShopper has “yet to scratch the surface” in expanding its reach to new consumers and retailers with TAB- or how the new lending product will aid consumers most impacted by COVID-19. But as the pandemic continues to affect the fundamentals of retail, and the trend for digital shopping continues to surge, Arduz says its new service will meet the demands of modern consumers and continue FlexShoppers mission of flexible, affordable purchasing.
“We've seen that the pandemic has accelerated digital and online channels, and we have our sights set on taking advantage of that,” Arduz says. “It has always been our focus and we are well positioned to capitalise on this. It all goes back to our mission of helping consumers get what they want when they want, and that vision is the same for FlexLending, thanks to our relationship with TAB Bank.”
Dell to sell cloud-based iPaaS Boomi in US$4bn deal
Global investment firm Francisco Partners and private equity platform TPG Capital have entered into an agreement with Dell Technologies to acquire cloud-based integration platform as a service provider Boomi in a cash deal valued at US$4bn. The deal is expected to complete this year.
“Boomi has flourished as part of Dell Technologies, growing exponentially since we acquired them in 2010. This proposed transaction positions Boomi for its next phase of growth and is the right move for both companies, our shared customers and partners,” said Jeff Clarke, vice chairman and chief operating officer of Dell Technologies.
“For us, we're focused on fuelling growth by continuing to modernise our core infrastructure and PC businesses and expanding in high-priority areas including hybrid and private cloud, edge, telecom and APEX. All designed to help organisations thrive in the do-from-anywhere economy.”
Dell’s Boomi sell-off follows VMware spin-off
This announcement comes just two weeks after Dell said it would spin-off its 81% equity ownership of VMware to form two standalone companies. This would result in an expected US$9.3bn cash dividend payment to Dell, which says it will use those funds to pay down debt.
When Dell acquired Boomi in 2010 for an undisclosed fee, Boomi offered the industry’s only pure SaaS application integration platform, powered by its revolutionary AtomSphere technology. Dell saw Boomi as addressing one of the top barriers to cloud adoption at that time, which was managing and integrating cloud-based applications with existing applications and databases.
Now, Boomi has more than 15,000 customers globally and is still seen as a leader when it comes to organisations connecting applications, processes and people across a range of locations and devices – a process that can take weeks rather than months.
“I am incredibly proud that through innovation, passion and relentless execution, the Boomi team has created a unified platform for the modern-day hybrid IT landscape that thousands of customers worldwide depend on to digitally transform their business,” said Chris McNabb, chief executive officer of Boomi.
“By partnering with two tier-one investment firms like Francisco Partners and TPG, we can accelerate our ability for our customers to use data to drive competitive advantage. In this next phase of growth, Boomi will be in a position of strength to further advance our innovation and market trajectory while delivering even more value to our customers.”
Francisco Partners has invested in more than 300 technology companies since its launch 20 years ago and has more than US$25bn in assets under management.
“The ability to integrate and connect data and workflows across any combination of applications or domains is a critical business capability, and we strongly believe that Boomi is well positioned to help companies of all sizes turn data into their most valuable asset,” said Dipanjan Deb, co-founder and chief executive officer, and Brian Decker, partner, at Francisco Partners
Nehal Raj, partner, and Art Heidrich, principal, at TPG Capital added: “The need for automation and data integration across applications has never been greater. Boomi's cloud-native platform enables enterprises to streamline business processes and is essential for driving digital transformation.”


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Volkswagen Punch Dub
Volkswagen of America has used the 2010 Super Bowl to popularize “Punch Dub”, an update on the classic Punch Buggy game, designed to increase model awareness and familiarity by reminding consumers of all the Volkswagens on the road. The “Punch Dub” campaign is based on the classic game that kids used to play back in the original Beetle’s heyday called “Punch Buggy” (or “Slug Bug”), where the first person to see a Beetle would yell,”Punch Bug” and playfully slug his or her friend. Punch Dub (as in VEE Dub) was launched with a 30 second commercial in the third quarter of the Super Bowl XLIV, with a cameo appearance by actor and comedian Tracy Morgan and performer Stevie Wonder.
Volkswagen has developed an online campaign around the creator of the original game, Charlie “Sluggy” Patterson. Sluggy has his own blog, www.sluggy.posterous.com, Twitter stream, and a series of videos on YouTube.
Click on the Vimeo videos below to play the Sluggy interview, Sluggy on the rules, Sluggy and his blog, Sluggy and his Punch Dub map.
Punch Dub Online
Punch Dub was launched on Facebook on Super Bowl SUnday, encouraging people to engage with the entire Volkswagen product family with virtual slugs to friends and family. (www.facebook.com/vw) will launch on Super Bowl Sunday and will engage people with the entire Volkswagen product family and encourage people to dole out virtual “slugs” to friends and family. An online guide helps players develop and hone their punching techniques. The more friends you punch, the better your chances are of winning a weekly prize (6-month leases on specific vehicles listed online) and the Grand Prize: a new Volkswagen CC.
The Slug campaign was developed at Deutsch, Los Angeles, with Volkswagen of America VP of marketing Tim Ellis, by chief creative officer Eric Hirshberg, group creative directors Michael Bryce and Eric Springer, creative director Josh Rose, associate creative director/art director Barry Goldberg, associate creative director/copywriter Rob Goldenberg, associate creative directors/copywriters Avery Carroll, Jim DiPiazza, associate creative director/art director John Davis, senior digital copywriter Jason Wolske, senior digital art director Todd Swaim, director of integrated production, senior producer/music supervisor Marisa Wasser, associate producer David Weaver, interactive executive producer Matthew Pollock, interactive producer Greg Hamper.
“Volkswagen is one of the most beloved brands in this country, but people have a misperception that it only sell cars for the young. We needed to find a way to let people know that Volkswagen makes thirteen different models, in a way that still felt right for the brand,” said Eric Hirshberg, CEO/Chief Creative Officer of Deutsch LA. “Changing the game of ‘Punch Bug’ to the game of ‘Punch Dub’ and making it about all Volkswagen is the perfect way to do that. It tells you something nobody knows in a way that everyone can relate to.”
“Punch Dub is a fun, engaging way to reintroduce Volkswagen and its growing product family to millions of Americans during one of the most watched television events of the year, the Super Bowl,” said Tim Ellis, Vice President of Marketing, Volkswagen of America. “The campaign is a modern twist on a classic game that has been played on America’s highways for generations and will help consumers gain a new perspective on the breadth of our vehicle offerings, quality, performance and value.”
Filming was shot by director Frank Todaro via Moxie Pictures with director of photography Sal Tatino (Punch Dub) and director of photography Adam Beckman (Sluggy Patterson), executive producer Robert Fernandez, executive producers Lizzie Schwartz and Roger Zorovich, producer Laura Heflin.
Editor for Punch Dub was Russell Icke at The Whitehouse Post with assistant editor Amanda Dunlap and producer Justin Kumpata. Online editor was Wren Waters. COlorist was Mike Pethal at Company 3. Audio post was produced at Eleven Sound by sound engineer Jeff Payne. Motion graphics were produced at Roger, Los Angeles, by creative director Vasil Hnatiuk and executive producer Sarah Cole.
Music for Punch Dub is “Two Weeks”, a track from Grizzly Bear album Veckatimest, Warp Records.
Editors for Sluggy Patterson were Corky Devault and Joanna Manning at The Whitehouse Post with assistant editor Amanda Dunlap and producer Justin Kumpata. Post production was done at Therapy, Santa Monica, by online editor Craig Price and sound mixer Quinn Messmer. Colorist was Mike Pethal at Company 3.
Music for Sluggy Patterson was composed by MC Rae Brian Todd at Django Sound.
Tagged: Adam Beckman, Avery Carroll, Barry Goldberg, Company 3, Deutsch, Eric Hirshberg, Eric Springer, Frank Todaro, Jim DiPiazza, John Davis, Josh Rose, Michael Bryce, Moxie Pictures, Rob Goldenberg, Roger, Salvatore Totino, Therapy Studios, Whitehouse Post, Wren Waters


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BTC’s sideways adjustment continued–the price rushed higher on the evening of March 18, reaching a high of $60,128, but it began to fall back on the morning of the 19th. Most mainstream cryptocurrencies have retraced with the decline of BTC, and there are fewer short-term strong currencies.
In terms of news, Morgan Stanley said this week that it will open the authority of three Bitcoin funds to buy Bitcoin, and customers may invest as early as next month. Morgan Stanley believes that Bitcoin is suitable for investors with at least $2 million in assets and strong risk tolerance, and limits Bitcoin investment to 2.5% of the client’s total net asset value. Although Morgan Stanley is targeting the wealthy Americans to invest in Bitcoin, it mainly diverts users’ funds to the Bitcoin market, which is also a tangible positive for the crypto sphere.
In terms of activity, investors’ enthusiasm for trading increased during the short-term BTC fluctuations, which was related to price changes. In terms of price, BTC once again fell below the $60,000 mark, the number of active addresses rose to 1.19 million, and the number of new addresses increased to 600,000, which was the best performance since the end of February. This shows that even in the high sideways phase, BTC may confirm a breakthrough in the near future.
In terms of mainstream cryptocurrencies, there are fewer transaction currencies, most of the hot currencies have fallen back, and have not rebounded to a new high. BSV strengthened in the short-term, from the short-term 10-day moving average to the long-term 120-day moving average, there were signs of divergence after bonding, indicating a supplementary signal for popular mainstream currencies.
DISCLAIMER: The analysis of cryptocurrencies in real-time should be taken for informational purposes only, and in no case should it be taken as an investment signal. Every investment and trading move involves risk. You should conduct your own research when making a decision.
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As conditioned as they are to a tight focus on success, corporate finance executives might be better off if they paid more heed to failure.
In fact, one of the most important roles finance can play is defining the criteria for abandoning investments, according to David Axson, a business consultant and co-founder of The Hackett Group. “The concept of failure is alien to Americans,” says Axson, a Briton who has lived in the United States for 20 years. But with the current hypervolatility of markets and other economic indicators likely to be long lasting, companies must be ready to pull the plug if a project’s business case becomes moot.
Axson says Toshiba showed “great courage” in 2008 when, after a $2 billion investment, it gave up its battle with Sony and other electronics manufacturers that backed the Blu-ray high-definition video format. In a well-known example of the opposite, disastrous behavior, Sony kept pouring money into the Betamax videocassette recording format for more than a decade after it became clear in the late 1970s that JVC’s VHS format had won that war.
Abandonment criteria for investments are “the equivalent of a stop-loss limit for your shareholders,” says Axson, who presented in New York last week at the 2010 Corporate Performance Management Conference, hosted by CFO. But many companies fail to set such parameters, and even those that do often convince themselves to keep a failed project going and that “things will turn around,” he says.
Investments are not the only thing finance executives should consider letting go in a volatile environment. For one, preparing a typical annual budget makes little sense, contends Axson. “It completely mystifies me why companies still have the same number of line items in their budgets for December as they do for January,” he says. “Is the predictability equivalent? You’re deluding yourself.” Instead, there could be budgets for each month in the first quarter with 15 to 20 lines of detail, and quarterly budgets for the rest of the year with far fewer line items.
“If you lay out a plan to sell x nine months from now and that number has no basis in reality, and your people start entering into purchase agreements based on their confidence in that number, there’s a big risk that you will miss your target,” says Axson.
Prioritizing risks and opportunities is another area where the conventional mind-set may no longer apply. Axson tells of one client, a company in Western Europe, that invests worldwide according to three criteria: GDP growth, market size, and political risk. Until recently the company assessed those factors every other year; now it does so quarterly. Similarly, last year McDonald’s began updating its restaurant-opening plans in the United Kingdom every two weeks, based on unemployment data for individual postal codes, instead of twice annually as before.
“We’re not going back to the stable, predictable view of the future that we lived with for 40 or 50 years after World War II,” says Axson. With commodity prices, investment returns, real estate values, consumer spending, exchange rates, and employment all in constant flux, company management must adapt its practices with regard to resource allocation, budgets, and investment priorities. “That’s the reality of the world we live in,” he says.


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Automated IT management, designed to allow businesses more time to concentrate on their customers, is the main focus of new Tivoli software released by IBM.
Featuring new identity and storage resource management products, IBM claims the new software closes the gap between business aims and IT processes through an autonomic computing model that reduces the need for manual intervention.
"For most businesses, information is the most important thing because you cannot run without it," said Steve Burke, regional manager, Tivoli Software, IBM Australia and New Zealand. "We [Tivoli] are about efficiency and business continuity, achieved by making advances up the curve of intelligent management."
New products in the range include Identity Manager, which IBM believes will reduce IT costs and increase security by automating access rights to applications and resources. There is also a privacy manager designed to automate privacy enforcement across e-business and allow companies to deliver tailored customer applications that comply with privacy regulations and corporate privacy policies.
Burke estimated the recent acquisition of identity management outfit Access360 had saved Tivoli two years in development time and will allow it to integrate with more than 70 software vendor products. "We know our customers have a diverse range of products and we have to be able to support them," he said.
He also highlighted another acquisition within the past month, storage resource management firm TrelliSoft, and said it was critical to the delivery of new storage management software. IBM claims this software can proactively deliver information, resolve problems, detect and prevent space allocation problems and prioritise application recovery.
"Integrated with our storage management technology, it can sort through data and, for example, remove anything stored by people no longer working within the organisation," Burke said.
The software features include advanced reporting and information gathering on virtually any storage hardware device in the network and chargeback capabilities, allowing customers to track storage use by department or volume.
Training on the new software will be available for all IBM channel partners.


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It has been reported that the Singapore Police Force (SPF) has arrested an 18-year old man in relation to the case. The company has retrieved their van and the $2,000 reward has been given away.
What went down:
Just last night, at 10:15 pm, a Nissan NV350 van (GBD6425Z) belonging to My Digital Lock Pte Ltd was stolen from Northpoint BIzhub.
The company's CCTV footage showed 2 suspects hacking the vehicle and driving away from where it was parked in Yishun. A police report has been lodged.
The owners are offering a $2,000 reward for finding the suspects. If you have seen the van recently or have any information on the suspects, please contact the company through their phone number (9067 7990) or on their official Facebook page.
We hope that My Digital Lock is able to retrieve its van soon.


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Equitas Holdings to start small finance bank operations from Sept 5
Equitas Holdings, which has received licence from Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to start a small finance bank (SFB), on Friday said it will commence the business from September 5.
Chennai-based Equitas Holdings had received the Small Finance Bank licence from the Reserve Bank in July.
In a filing to the BSE on Friday, the company said its board has fixed September 5 to commence its small finance business.
"The company has obtained a certificate of registration from RBI dated September 1, 2016, registering the company as a non-deposit taking systematically important core investment company in order to meet the requirements laid down by RBI while granting approval to the company to establish a small finance bank," it said.
The company hopes to start operations with a network of around 400 branches, which would be established through the year.
The company also said that in accordance with the Scheme of Amalgamation approved by the High Court of Madras, Equitas Micro Finance Limited (EMFL) and Equitas Housing Finance Limited (EHFL) have merged with Equitas Finance Limited (EFL) effective on September 2, 2016.
Besides, the Registrar of Companies has approved the change of name of Equitas Finance Ltd to Equitas Small Finance Bank as on September 2, it added.
The stock of the company closed 0.56% higher at Rs 179.85 on BSE.
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China Eastern Airlines is reinstating its non-stop flights between Shanghai, China’s commercial nerve center, and Brisbane. Service will take off on 31 October.
This decision marks China Eastern’s commitment to Queensland and responds to tourism demand between China and Australia. While China Eastern is the second Chinese airline to commit to Queensland, it will be the first to launch flights.
A Promising Forecast for Queensland’s Tourism
With the introduction of this route, China would reclaim its position as Queensland’s leading source of tourists by 2024. Furthermore, these flights could contribute $314 million to Queensland’s visitor economy over three years, potentially supporting over 1,270 jobs.
Gert-Jan de Graaff, Chief Executive Officer of Brisbane Airport Corporation, said, “This is another sign Queensland’s Chinese tourism market is set to roar back to life. We are delighted to welcome Shanghai back to the BNE destination map. Shanghai is China’s largest city and a commercial hub, making it a key city for business and leisure travel.”
Boosting Queensland’s Economy and Employment
China Eastern Airlines’ decision to fly to Brisbane will play a significant role in Queensland’s economy. With a potential influx of tourists from mainland China, locales such as the Gold Coast, Brisbane, and North Queensland could see substantial economic benefits.
Speaking of the alliance between China Eastern Airlines, the Queensland Government, and Brisbane Airport, China Eastern Airlines Oceania General Manager, Mr. Jim Young said, “Our non-stop flight to and from Brisbane will further substantiate Shanghai as an exceptional hub for both business and leisure travelers to destinations across China and beyond on a global scale.”
Queensland Good to Go
This collaboration is the 26th international connection established through the Attracting Aviation Investment Fund, an initiative the Queensland Government and airports co-founded.
Tourism Minister Stirling Hinchliffe commented on this positive development, recognizing the eagerness of Chinese travelers to experience Queensland’s exceptional lifestyle and iconic tourist destinations. “The message potential visitors hear in China from Tourism and Events Queensland’s (TEQ) tourism marketing is Queensland is Good to Go. We see that reflected in strong Queensland holiday bookings from Guangzhou and new tourism opportunities for visitors to fly directly from China’s biggest city, Shanghai. Rekindling Chinese travelers’ love of Queensland’s iconic tourism experiences is critical to TEQ’s industry Blueprint for building an $11 billion international visitor economy by the 2032 Games.”
Shanghai: The Epicentre of Travel
Shanghai isn’t just China’s largest city but a colossal commercial hub. This makes it a sought-after destination for business and leisure travel. From its central hub at Shanghai’s Pudong Airport, China Eastern offers seamless connections to 80 destinations within China and 46 destinations around the world.
China Eastern Flights to Brisbane: the Details
China Eastern’s Brisbane flights will operate through a code-share with Qantas.
- Flights depart Brisbane every Wednesday / Friday / Sunday at 11:10 a.m.
- Flights depart Shanghai every Tuesday / Thursday and Saturday at 9:00 p.m. Beijing time.
- The service switches to daily for peak season starting 8 December.
Brisbane’s Growing Allure
The Brisbane Economic Development Agency has also rallied behind this venture, amplifying its efforts to promote Brisbane in China.
Brisbane Lord Mayor Adrian Schrinner said, “Brisbane just keeps getting better. Our growing reputation as a safe and exciting destination means visitors worldwide are eager to explore our incredible city. This deal will see an entirely new generation of Chinese travelers discover Brisbane’s retail, restaurant, tourism, and entertainment precincts. This will help create jobs and opportunities for local residents.”


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The future is here, and it has incredibly good eyesight.
Ahead of next week’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Toyota has unveiled the newest iteration of its self-driving test vehicle. Dubbed “Platform 3.0” by the automaker, the test vehicle – a Lexus LS 600hL – is equipped with Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR), radar, and camera arrays.
According to Luminar, the California-based manufacturer responsible for the LIDAR system, Platform 3.0 now has a 200-meter range around a 360-degree perimeter, making it more powerful than the system designed by Luminar’s competitor Velodyne. The upgraded LIDAR system has led Toyota to praise Platform 3.0 as “one of the most perceptive automated driving test cars on the road.”
For the moment, self-driving cars still appear to be a little ways away from becoming a viable means of transportation for the average consumer. A recent article from the Washington Post put the price tag for the kind of LIDAR system that allows for total driverless capabilities around $75,000, far beyond what the average consumer is willing – or able – to spend.
However, as the technology itself continues to evolve, the costs associated with its implementation will lower. And given Platform 3.0’s increased range, it’s only a matter of time before the benefits offered by self-driving cars outweigh those costs. And for those of you concerned about personal safety, Platform 3.0 portends a future where you’re never truly alone, because your car will be watching you. Silently. Waiting for an opportunity to strike.
Production of Platform 3.0 vehicles will begin this spring; I, for one, welcome our self-driving robot overlords.
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When Will The Next Galaxy Phone Come Out – Some leaks from KT suggest that Samsung may announce the Galaxy S23 series on January 5. Subscribers can pre-order the smartphones on December 23 and get the Galaxy Buds 2 Pro for their efforts.
Although there have been many leaks and details about the Galaxy S23 series, there have been no rumors about their tentative release date. If the latest shipments are anything to go by, one can expect Samsung to unveil its 2023 flagship sometime between January and February. However, new information suggests that one can get their hands on the brand new Galaxy S23.
When Will The Next Galaxy Phone Come Out
The website OreXda has published what appears to be promotional material from KT, South Korea’s second largest network provider. One could say that it preceded the Galaxy S23 and Galaxy S23+ from December 23rd, with the launch scheduled for January 5th. Early adopters will get the Galaxy Buds 2 Pro for free. Interestingly, the Galaxy S23 Ultra, the most powerful smartphone of the lot, was missing from the post.
Samsung Galaxy Unpacked Event (2021): Every Announcement
The rumored Galaxy S23 pre-order date suggests that Samsung will unveil the trio of smartphones on January 5. It’s quite early, even for Samsung, which recently moved from March to January/February. Samsung might have a chance to change its plans this time, as Qualcomm also plans to unveil its Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chip in November. Plus, there’s no Exynos to worry about at this point, unless Samsung’s top management has its way.
However, in the absence of the Galaxy S23 Ultra in the post, eagle-eyed Twitter users noticed something unusual with photos of the Galaxy S23 and Galaxy S23+ shown in the post. The sides don’t line up very well, and the camera model looks very different from what was announced. Therefore, one should take the above information with skepticism and wait for Samsung, or at least a more prominent one, to reveal more about the date of the Galaxy S23.
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Samsung Galaxy Note 10+: Long Term Review After Nearly Using For A Year
Every year the usual suspects, especially Samsung and Apple, release new features for their phones, such as watches.
It’s a tradition we all know and look forward to – the new year equals new Samsung Galaxy S phones, new iPhone 15 series, and more…
And those annual phone upgrades are usually considered modest, focusing mostly on product upgrades and camera features, as well as getting the latest innovations. Any major innovation, such as a new design, is usually rare, especially when the brand already has a successful formula.
But 2023 could be anything but a “traditional” year. In fact, there is a good chance that this could be an exciting year for us tech lovers; one where everything began to change, and the world began to change to something completely new.
Want To Preorder Samsung’s Next Galaxy S22 Sight Unseen? You Can
Something as big as the first iPhone was for the technology industry. Something that could change the way we use the internet. Moreover, add our virtual reality to our digital.
In fact, a certain Cupertino company has been working on a secret project for a few years – Apple’s AR glasses – and 2023 could finally be where we see the fruits of all that research and development.
The S23 Ultra is in stores now. Get $750 in instant trade-ins, plus a $100 Samsung credit with your purchase. The phone starts at $199.99 with a qualifying trade-in from AT&T or T-Mobile.
You can now get the Galaxy S23 Plus on sale from Samsung for around $700. Save even more if you go with T-Mobile or AT&T.
The Galaxy A73 Could Be Samsung’s Phone To Watch Out For In 2022
Go with T-Mobile or AT&T right away and you’ll pay nothing for the vanilla S23 with 256GB of storage (with qualifying trades). The Verizon version starts at $59.99 with trade-ins. Or choose the unlocked model and save $159.99 after sales credit.
According to industry expert Mark Gurman, Apple’s main focus this year is its augmented reality display (or glass, we’ll soon find out). That means no iPad Pro update this year – apparently it’s been pushed to next year. Gurman says that the 2023 upgrade to all other iPad models will be straightforward.
Of course, this certainly leads us to believe that the 2023 iPhone series might go under the radar, at least compared to last year’s iPhone 14 Pro and Pro Max, which had the new Dynamic Island feature to make the most of it. . the people are very, very happy.
Expected in September this year, the upcoming iPhone 15 series may include an iPhone 15 Ultra model to replace the Pro Max. At the moment, we do not know for sure if this is the name that has been changed to match the name of the Galaxy S23 Ultra, or if this phone will get a new design, which has never been seen in an iPhone before.
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Some of the other big news about this year’s iPhones is that they finally get a USB Type-C port, unlike Lightning, according to EU regulations, and not Apple’s best heart. This has been widely confirmed by the aforementioned Mark Gurman, as well as another reliable person, Ming-Chi Kuo, and others, so it seems safe. So it’s a relief for those of us who have to constantly compete for a Lightning cable, where all our other devices (including MacBooks and iPads) have been using USB Type-C for some time. Thank you, EU!
Additionally, all iPhones are said to now get the Dynamic Island feature, which was last reserved only for the more expensive Pro models, but it makes sense. Of course, you’ll get the latest Apple features even if you buy the premium iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus models now. Good stuff!
But aside from all that, with the usual hiccups in the processor and camera departments, it’s not a good story for Apple’s 2023 phones.
In recent days, there have been rumors that the iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max could be more expensive, perhaps $100 more than their starting prices. And this is far from encouraging news in times of economic uncertainty and uncertainty… You know, times like this.
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The number of people between 18 and 24 either starting a small business or freelancing almost doubled in the past 12 months, according to our survey of micro and small business owners.
The figures revealed that the 18-24 year old demographic was the fastest growing age group on PeoplePerHour , with a 97% rise in new micro and small business owners registering on the website in the past year. The range of businesses they were running was wide and varied, but the top three sectors in terms of numbers were internet-based businesses, apps and retail.
As part of the survey, we asked small business owners across all age demographics how they felt about running a business, especially in the current climate. More than two thirds (70%) said it was not easy and that the next six months would be make or break. When asked what they would do if the business failed, almost half had the 'if at first you don't succeed' attitude, and said they would start another business.
It seems that being your own boss really does lift the spirit, however hard it gets or stressful it can be. Because, when business owners were asked how they felt about being their own boss, almost nine out of ten (87%), said they were happy or very happy with being in control of their own destiny. And more than half (54%) of those surveyed said they were never or unlikely to consider working for someone else again.
Asked why they started a business in the first place, a third (33%) of those business owners questioned said they started working for themselves for a better work life balance, more than a quarter (26%) wanted to pursue a hobby or passion, while 14% said it was because they were unable to find full-time employment.
On growing the business, when business owners were asked if they were looking to grow or consolidate over the next 12 months, the majority (78%) said they were keen to grow despite the adverse economic conditions.
The barriers to starting a business have never been lower, and this could be one of the main reasons we're seeing such a big rise in the younger generation choosing to take the self employment route earlier on in their careers.
The key to this growing trend of new small business owners, not just amongst 18-24 year olds, but across generations, is how easy and cheap it is now to set up a business and build a client base from scratch. The emergence of online platforms like PeoplePerHour that provide access to a global pool of potential customers, just a mouse click away, as well as providing easy access to experts, means starting your own business is not as daunting as it once was.
Research shows that despite the stresses and money worries that are often associated with starting and growing a business, the rewards and overall satisfaction that people get from being their own boss, clearly helps overcome many of the obstacles standing in their way. The dream of being an entrepreneur is no longer just that.


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The US government is under pressure to probe a currently unknown company for allegedly violating the country’s trade sanctions with Iran in the same way Chinese vendor ZTE admitted to doing so in March.
ZTE agreed to pay fines of up to $1.2 billion to settle a case launched by the US government in early 2016 covering breaches of laws restricting the sale of technology products to Iran.
Following the settlement, the spotlight turned to a ZTE document released in 2011 stating an unidentified company also evaded the same US export controls.
The company, referred to as “F7” in the document, remains unknown, but US Republican lawmakers are now pushing for an investigation, Bloomberg reported.
Several members of the US Congress reportedly wrote to Commerce secretary Wilbur Ross, urging the government to unmask the company.
Indeed, after ZTE pleaded guilty to breaching the US rules, Ross insisted any companies found in breach of export control laws would “suffer the harshest of consequences”.
The letter calling for the investigation also highlighted the fact several news reports drew comparisons between the F7 description and Huawei, ZTE’s rival and the largest Chinese network equipment company, after the document was released.
In 2016, The New York Times (NYT) reported ZTE’s document stated F7 tried to buy an American company in 2010 called 3Leaf – the same year Huawei agreed to buy assets from 3Leaf. The vendor subsequently dropped the bid in 2011 due to government opposition.
The NYT also noted F7 had a joint venture with digital security firm Symantec. Huawei, again, had a similar venture with the company in place until 2012.
Huawei said in an emailed statement to Bloomberg it had: “no comment on this issue. Huawei complies with all applicable laws and regulations where it operates, including the applicable export control and sanction laws and regulations of UN, US and EU”.
The Chinese vendor is of course is no stranger to scrutiny by the US government. The company was subpoenaed to turn over information relating to the export of US technology to Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan and Syria in 2016.
Huawei was also the focus of long running national security concerns in the US in the past.


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Vitamin and supplements maker Jamieson Wellness Inc. of Toronto has filed a preliminary prospectus to go public, less than three years after private equity giant CCMP Capital Advisors bought the 95-year-old company for $300 million.
The offering also comes less than a year after reports that CCMP cancelled an auction of Jamieson, Canada’s number one purveyor of branded natural health products with an estimated 25 per cent market share in the categories in which it competes, according to a Globe and Mail article. Jamieson stated it has a market share of more than 40 per cent in Canada of sales of vitamins B, C, D and E, and a 31-per-cent share of the vitamin A market, according to the preliminary prospectus filed with regulators on Friday.
Jamieson sales have been growing at an average pace of 6.7 per cent over the past decade, reaching $248 million last year – up 8.7 per cent on the year – well ahead of the annualized four-per-cent growth rate for the US$25-billion North American vitamin, mineral and supplement industry, the news report says.
The company has made three acquisitions since the CCMP buyout, which put its pro-forma revenues at around the $300-million mark, and the company is aiming to increase revenues to more than $400-million by 2021 on the strength of new products and expansion into other markets, primarily China.
Jamieson currently sells 60 products in China and hopes to increase that by another 50 by 2020. Jamieson’s sales in China increased by 283 per cent from 2014 to 2016. The company sells its products in 40 countries, although Canada is its main market.
Jamieson did not disclose in the initial offering the pricing or number of shares to be offered, saying those figures have yet to be determined.


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The U.S. Congress should press for privacy protections and more information about surveillance programs at the U.S. National Security Agency, some technology and civil liberties activists said Friday.
A U.K. regulatory group is giving Google 35 days to delete what remains of the data collected by its Street View cars in the U.K., and is using the threat of legal action to compel the company to comply.
The U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) can retain communications of U.S. citizens or residents potentially indefinitely if those communications are encrypted, according to a newly leaked secret government document.
So much for trying to be nice. Yahoo's latest bid to lift itself from the tech also-ran swamp with an email recycling initiative has been criticized for potential security threats to dormant users. To try and calm down the pitchfork-wielding crowd, t...
The U.S. government is one of the largest customers of data analytics from tech firms, and the National Security Agency has recruited a top security officer from Facebook, according to a report in the New York Times.
LinkedIn's domain name was temporarily redirected to a third-party server Thursday, which resulted in a service outage and potentially put user accounts at risk of compromise.
Web content filtering company Netsweeper has supplied its products to Pakistan, even as some top IT companies have refused to supply gear for a controversial filtering project, a Canadian research group has disclosed.
France's data protection authority has given Google three months to change the way it handles users' private data, or face legal sanctions.
Security enhancements outweigh potential risks around storing data in US servers as the Houses of Parliament implements its public cloud strategy.
SAP has significantly improved the security of its products over the past few years but many of its customers are negligent with their deployments, which exposes them to potential attacks that could cripple their businesses, according to security res...
A telephone records surveillance program run by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation and National Security Agency raises serious privacy concerns and should be reined in, some U.S. senators said Wednesday.
Microsoft will pay security researchers for finding and reporting vulnerabilities in the preview version of its Internet Explorer 11 (IE 11) browser, for finding novel techniques to bypass exploit mitigations present in Windows 8.1 or later versions ...
Oracle addressed 40 security issues in Java and enabled online certificate revocation checking by default in its scheduled critical patch update for Java on Tuesday.
Google has asked the court overseeing terrorism-related surveillance programs at the U.S. National Security Agency to allow the company to publish information on the number of surveillance requests it receives.
U.S. law enforcement agencies have disrupted more than 50 terrorist plots in the U.S. and other countries with the help of controversial surveillance efforts at the U.S. National Security Agency, government officials said Tuesday.
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Outfit7 recently announced the global launch of its virtual pet game My Talking Tom Friends. Now the game has exceeded 22 million downloads in just 6 days after the global launch.
The game achieved 8 million downloads after the soft launch and further 14 million in the first week after the global launch. It has also received good reviews from critics and users. The game has an average rating of 4.6 on the Play Store and 4.7 on the iOS App Store.
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My Talking Tom Friends has also topped the free Android and iOS app charts in 40 countries within five days of the global launch. In the US, it is in the top 5 games list for iPhone, iPad, and Play Store.
“It’s great to see how many fans worldwide have already embraced the opportunity to join their favorite friends in My Talking Tom Friends,” said Xinyu Qian, CEO of Outfit7. “The team at Outfit7 has created something really special. I’m incredibly proud of them and everything they’ve achieved with this ground-breaking new game.”


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Cartoonist Jeff Smith launched a campaign to raise $20,000 to offset the cost of two new graphic novels.
Columbus cartoonist Jeff Smith used to run a column for fan letters at the back of his popular comic book series Rasl, but as he explored other genres (including a children’s book), that sort of fan interaction waned. “I don’t do comic books anymore, so I don’t have letter columns,” he says. “I don’t have that feedback.”
In early May, however, Smith put his latest project directly in supporters’ hands. To offset the cost of two new graphic novels, he launched a campaign to raise $20,000 on the crowdfunding platform Kickstarter, a natural fit for the self-published artist. He soon realized he had a hit.
“The person who is in charge of publishing at Kickstarter sent us a meme at the 10-minute mark [of the campaign] with a space shuttle taking off,” says Smith. He eventually raised over $250,000 to support publishing the novels, which take place in the same prehistoric universe as his 2013 web comic Tuki.
Smith walked away from the original Tuki a few years later, but during the pandemic, he revived the idea in earnest. “Tuki: Fight for Fire” will publish this summer, with “Tuki: Fight for Family” coming in the fall. Like the web comic, the books unfold during a time when multiple human species coexisted. He was drawn to Kickstarter for the first time to gauge the value of the renewed project and discovered a rabid fan base. Backers could pledge their support by prepurchasing anything from a digital book ($10) to a whole Smith-produced collection ($5,000).
Beyond the financial boost, he appreciates the good old-fashioned fan feedback. “You’re communicating directly with your readers.”


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Windows Phone 7 Connector for Mac reaches 2nd beta
Microsoft has quietly posted beta 2 of Windows Phone 7 Connector for Mac that addresses some of its major bugs. The app primarily tackles music and now fixes playback for the AAC files synced from iTunes that wouldn't play. It can further reverse sync MP3s bought from the WP7 phone, properly sync from remote iTunes installs, and transfers bookmarks, ratings, release dates that were previously left out.
Direct device browsing has been given much more control and lets owners not only manually import individual items from the phone but delete them or preview them.
Other media forms also get improvements. Connector now better handles iPhoto '11 libraries and will organize iPhoto collections by event first and by album only if necessary. The video preparation process has been improved, Microsoft said. Remaining changes bring early support for updating a phone's firmware, faster overall syncing, a new device setup experience and a more graceful handling of when the phone needs to be unlocked with a PIN code.
The app remains free and works with every current WP7 device regardless of the carrier. Microsoft's official download page isn't yet reflecting the update, but using Microsoft AutoUpdate is pushing upgrades for existing users.


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Local Applebee's and IHOP restaurants face an uncertain future following the announcement that over 100 locations will close by the end of the year.
The restaurants' parent company, DineEquity, announced this week that between 105-135 Applebee's Neighborhood Bar and Grill and 20-25 IHOPs will be closing nationwide due to falling sales numbers.
There are 60 Applebee's and 40 IHOP locations in New Jersey, but DineEquity has not yet announced which locations will be closing.
There are two Applebee's in the area, one at 14 Park Rd, Tinton Falls and one at 2301 Route 66, Ocean Township. The closest IHOP is at 2200 Route 66, Neptune.
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