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NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- Executives at ICOM, a global network of independent ad agencies, were surveyed by Ad Age about the top digital trends and issues facing their markets in 2010. Among the findings: Facebook and Twitter rule the world (except in China and Spain), but digital budgets are still small and, in some countries, mostly reserved for the bravest of marketers. Oh, and don't insult the monarch in Malaysia.
"The prospect of Google leaving China because of censorship requirements is the most important news in China this year. As one of the biggest search engines in China, Google has many users in bigger cities, most with a higher education. We expect that Baidu, the No. 1 local search engine, would be happy to see Google go. Baidu has been accused of basing rankings on how much money it is paid, and netizens in China are not happy about Google leaving.
"Google's departure is still pending as discussions with the government continue. In January, Google updated its logo with a traditional Chinese window paper cutout design to celebrate the Chinese New Year. According to the instant-messaging site Tencent's web survey, as of Feb. 11, some 9,457 users think Google knows Chinese users better than Baidu, while 9,426 think Baidu does better. The online voting is still going on.
"In China, Facebook, Twitter and YouTube are blocked. Tudou and Ku6 [video-sharing websites], Tencent [instant messaging] and Kaixin [social networking] are doing well. Many marketers are making use of these digital tools. One thing these successful sites have in common is that they are all 'Chinese' versions."
"Internet infrastructure development has been very aggressive, especially in rural areas; the cost of subscriptions is becoming cheaper; high-speed access is gaining greater penetration.
"Even if the users have other accounts at local sites, they still use Facebook as their anchor. The internet has already reached over 25 million users. If we add cellphone internet access, the user population is up to 140 million. ...This is in part because of cheap handsets with Facebook and Messenger access. There is not a great deal of confidence that the internet will help build a sustainable business yet. ...On the other hand, this creates an opportunity for the more innovative marketers. There is not much SEO and SEM understanding to justify internet marketing efforts, and management is not yet willing to devote much of the budget to this medium. However, there are some efforts just starting."
"Digital media is more frequently included in our communications plans, especially when we target the younger consumer. But it currently stands at only 0.5%-1% of total advertising spending.
"There are only a few websites popular among advertisers, mainly Facebook [used primarily for its viral properties] and Star Online [news]. A number of websites have been blocked by the Malaysian Communication and Multimedia Commission, a regulatory body, because of political sensitivities, and bloggers can be prosecuted [the latest being an incident in which a blogger wrote derogatory remarks against one of our monarchs]."
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"We forecast inroads of digital books and e-zines as local print publishers adopt the concept and use new business models to survive the downward trend of print.
"Close to 80% of 13-to-29-year-olds are active internet users. In the Philippines, 60.5% of internet users upload videos to a video-sharing website, 90.3% read blogs, 65.8% start their own blog, 45.2% subscribe to an RSS feed and 61.8% download podcasts.
"Amid this landscape, advertisers are waiting for monitoring of internet ads, [but] research companies are waiting for net advertising to hit critical mass."
"Marketers see social media as the new magic tool, especially considering that we are still experiencing an economic recession and social media is basically free of charge. However, the majority of marketers seem to treat the internet as a traditional media channel rather than take advantage of its interactive capabilities. ... Orkut is the most popular social network in Estonia at the moment [26% of the population use it regularly]. Twitter is used by 6% and Facebook by 12%. Facebook is the fastest growing. In the spring of 2009, the number of Facebook users was only 40,000, and by the end of 2010, it is predicted that 300,000 or even 400,000 of Estonia's population of 1.3 million will be on Facebook. Most major brands have a Facebook page."
"There was growth in digital advertising in Germany compared to big declines in offline media last year. One phenomenon is relatively slow growth of active participants in social online media compared to other countries in Europe. On the other hand, we see successful online platforms of quite a lot of print media brands and special interest in online formats. Mobile is currently a big topic, though, from our point of view, most advertisers are not really sure how to use it. There is a lot of trial and a lot of errors."
"In Spain, Tuenti, an invitation-only private social networking website, is very popular. With the under-17-year-olds, it is more popular than Facebook. Because of the invitation aspect, kids think that they cannot be left out. A public visitor counter works like a popularity thermometer, and teenagers change and improve their page to attract visits. In Spain, everybody who's anybody advertises in social networks, and 'community manager' is the most-sought job in the field. One site that is getting very popular is Spotify, a music-based site. Companies such as Coca-Cola and others are offering free subscriptions to the site to their clients."
"For B-to-C companies, Facebook is definitely the leading site because of the various options for creating brand awareness and communication. For B-to-B companies, Xing, a Swiss business networking site, and LinkedIn are widely used."
"The Turkish internet population has one of the highest levels of participation in social networking and video viewing. Facebook is the third most-visited website in Turkey after Google and Microsoft. Twitter has also seen very strong growth over the last couple of months and is quickly being adopted as a promotional vehicle by brands and celebrities.
"Middle and lower-middle-class housewives have started to use the internet more every day. The blogs and sites on home decor and with recipes are getting enormous hits daily, and the owners of blogs targeting those women are becoming new targets for many marketers as they become opinion leaders.
"There is much growth opportunity for e-commerce because only 7% of the online population is buying today.
"We are seeing strong growth in digital marketing from the fast-moving consumer goods sector in particular, experimenting with online marketing initiatives, lots of social media marketing and trial of online coupons."
"Applications for social networks are getting a lot of attention in Brazil. Two popular ones are a game called 'Colheita Feliz' ['Happy Harvest'] and BuddyPoke, which encourages social interaction. The most-used social networking site in Brazil is Orkut, which is owned and operated by Google.
"Marketers are using digital more and more. For example, T.G.I. Friday's is trying to strengthen its brand in Brazil in a program partnering with Nestl�. To highlight its debut at social networking [using Orkut, Twitter, Facebook and YouTube] and to launch a new milkshake flavor -- chocolate with coconut -- T.G.I. Friday's offered free milkshakes for the first 1,000 people to sign up as its followers on Twitter. That happened within two hours and was considered a great success."
Socializing in the virtual gardenThe divide between real and virtual worlds has become smaller for millions of Japanese flocking to social networks started by Gree, DeNA and Mixi. The sites started out like Facebook -- a way to let friends connect online -- but have morphed into social-gaming empires featuring pastimes such as digital gardening. Unsurprisingly, given the advanced nature of Japan's mobile-phone industry, the vast majority of users access the social-networking sites by phone rather than computers. More than 100 million of Japan's total 114 million mobile phone subscriptions are 3G, making it easy for developers to offer advanced apps.
Two of the hottest games for Japanese users involve digital gardening. Gree's Hakoniwa, which means miniature garden, and Mixi's Sunshine Bokujo, or "Sunshine Ranch," let players own and tend to a garden or farm. They can also sell the crops they grow to get new types of plants for their gardens, communicate with other mobile farmers, watch their gardens grow and take care of others' plants.
Social-networking sites "have moved to develop communal activities that replicate a growing trend in recent years for people to be more interested in gardening and farming, a sort of return to agriculture in a small way that is relaxing and practical," said Tokyo-based Dave McCaughan, senior VP-director of strategic planning, Asia/Pacific at McCann WorldGroup. The games are also profitable. Japan's top three social networks generate more than $1 billion in revenue annually, mostly through sales of virtual goods in mobile games.
Advertisers, too, are joining the games. Nissin, for instance, created an eco-campaign to market its instant noodles tied into Gree's Tsuri Star fishing game. Players fished cans from the river and ocean to win virtual prizes.
Digital gardening and fishing are just two of the quirky genres of games attracting millions of Japanese to social networks. Users can also excavate ancient artifacts, flirt with women at a hostess bar, control a cat that has superpowers, and throw chalk at sleepy students in a classroom.
Twitter is its own top trending topicDespite lagging most countries in broadband penetration, Brazilians are among the world's most-avid internet users, and 79% of those users hang out on social networks, according to Aegis Group's AgenciaClick. They spend an average of 44 hours a month online.
Portuguese has become the second most-tweeted language on Twitter after English. This is the year marketers are taking social media, especially Twitter, seriously. Ad agencies are rushing to hire social-network experts, who are rapidly becoming celebrities. And companies use mass media to launch products with the goal of achieving trending-topic status on Twitter.
At Carnival, beer marketer Nova Schin launched a line extension to its Devassa brand called Devassa Bem Loura (Bem Loura is Portuguese for a very blonde girl). Nova Schin spread the word Bem Misteriosa on Twitter, along with a website and teaser TV spot. The website featured a keyhole that grew as people tweeted #bemmisteriosa, finally revealing Paris Hilton, a celebrity guest at Carnival.
Big Tudou about online video growthTelevision is still king in China's ad world, raking in the majority of China's $88 billion in ad expenditure, but even broadcasters are eyeing opportunities in online video.
China's booming online-video industry started with sites such as Youku.com and Tudou.com. Now portals and social-media sites have started their own video services to attract viewers and advertisers. Leading online search giant Baidu.com, for instance, has set up a division to provide ad-supported copyrighted video content including movies, TV series, sporting events and animation.
"As China's internet industry evolves, we have seen increasing demand for high-quality video content on our search platform," said Ren Xuyang, Baidu VP-marketing and business development.
China had 338 million internet users in June 2009 and 222 million online video viewers, according to the China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC), making it the world's-largest internet market. Broadcasters such as China Central Television (CCTV) and Hunan TV recently set up online video sites in partnership with AdChina, which operates the largest online ad network in China. China's online advertising market size grew 21.2% in 2009 to $3.02 billion, according to iResearch. Multinational marketers such as Procter & Gamble Co., Nestle, Unilever, L'Or�al and PepsiCo love online-video sites because spots that run online are more likely to reach affluent, urban young adults, the target market for most western brands.
Flirting with giant mobile possibilitiesMobile marketing is likely to be the next digital discipline to break out in Argentina, where there are cellphones galore. In fact, penetration is 120%, according to telecom research company Telecompaper, with more than 40 million cellphones for Argentina's 37 million fast-talking inhabitants. And about 30% of those phones are smartphones, which allow more sophisticated use of mobile marketing.
Until now, privacy rules that don't let marketers send messages to subscribers without their permission, and service providers' own concerns about bombarding customers with ads, have limited mobile marketing mostly to basic text-messaging efforts.
But a few isolated examples have worked well. For instance, local band Babas�nicos launched its album "Mucho" through an agreement with cellphone service provider Personal Mobile and Motorola. Buyers of the Motorokr got to download the new album free on their phones for a month before its release.
Devising new online media measurementsOnline video is the hot topic for European marketers and agencies, and the search is on for a way to maximize its potential, both commercially and culturally. According to the Internet Advertising Bureau in the U.K., 95% of video viewed online is still short-form stuff.
Nielsen has teamed up with UKOM (U.K. Online Measurement Company) to create an industry-agreed audience measurement and planning system for online media, which means that advertisers can now use the same targeted reach and frequency measures as they do with TV. This will be the year that planning tools, improved measurement and more-advanced targeting options change the rules for online-video advertising.
Marketers need to extend their campaigns into online video to achieve genuine reach, or at least that's what media owners are hoping. In the U.K., Project Canvas, backed by the BBC; commercial channels ITV and Channel 4; and telecommunications group BT; among others, will launch a set-top box later this year that is connected to broadband, bringing IPTV to the living room. The system will let viewers access the participating broadcasters' video-on-demand offerings, as well as provide access to internet content on TV screens. Project Canvas has said it will spend almost $80 million on advertising and brand development in the first four years, as it fights to establish first-mover advantage.
Across mainland Europe, a group of French and German broadcasters called HbbTV (Hybrid Broadcast Broadband TV) is planning a similar, but pan-European, launch. The challenge for both HbbTV and Project Canvas is to keep down the cost of the boxes and to find a way around bandwidth bottlenecks -- and sell it to advertisers.
Mobile could pick up broadband slackAs one of the few major markets where the newspaper business isn't shrinking, India's ad spending is dominated by TV and print advertising, with 45% and 42% of ad expenditure respectively; digital advertising captures a miniscule 2%, according to Pitch-Madison Ad Outlook.
Digital advertising is forecast to grow this year from just under $100 million to almost $150 million, much faster than the 13% overall increase in ad spending projected for all Indian media. But the lack of measurement tools for digital media holds advertisers back from investing a significant portion of their budgets. The internet is still usually accessed from computers rather than phones, although connections are slow and India has fewer than 8 million broadband subscribers for a population of over one billion. People tend to go online at work, and traffic drops sharply on weekends.
That offers a lot of potential growth for cellphones, owned by fewer than half of India's population.


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In Europe and North America, we throw away around half of our food. Yet even in nations with scores of hungry and malnourished people, there are staggering levels of food waste. India alone wastes $14 billion of agricultural produce every year because it lacks the infrastructure to bring harvests to market without spoiling. I know this because I’ve been reading Tristram Stuart’s book Waste: Uncovering the Global Food Scandal, an enlightening, well-researched and passionately argued exploration into how the world’s surplus food mountains are an environmental liability — and a great opportunity.
When we talk I begin by asking him if there was a particular event that got him interested in food waste. “When I was 15 I got some pigs and I wanted to raise them in the most environmentally friendly way possible,” he says. That meant collecting scraps from his school kitchens, unsold bread from the local baker and potatoes from a farmer who gave away any spuds that were the wrong size or shape to adhere to retailers’ fussy cosmetic standards.
“I realized that I was turning landfill back into food,” he says. “And that the surplus food I was being given was perfectly fit for human consumption.” He also realized that he was merely scraping the surface of what was a huge problem, an idea that was further compounded by local supermarkets' refusal to discuss their food waste.
Close to 20 years on and things have improved, Stuart says, but supermarkets still don’t publish figures for their food waste. Their reasons are usually twofold, he says. One is that this is “commercially sensitive data” which their competitors could learn too much from. The other reason is that they simply don’t want a much savvier, more knowledgeable public to know. Yet the net result of such findings being published would only be positive, Stuart says. “If supermarkets started publishing how much food they wasted, they would start competing with each other to waste less.” In the same way, if supermarkets learned from each other’s results, they would reach these targets faster and more effectively.
One way to reduce food waste almost instantly, and painlessly, Stuart says, would be to divert it to feed pigs and chickens. He believes that the U.K.’s pig and chicken farms are a major and untapped resource and that instead of (or in addition to) spending lots of money on anaerobic digestion plants, we should be “recycling our food waste as swill.” An EU ban on feeding waste food to livestock (instituted after the outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in 2001) prevents this currently, but even with the ban in place, Stuart says, there are still some foods that can be fed to livestock. He gives me an example: One of the major sandwich suppliers to U.K. retail giant Marks & Spencer was throwing away 13,000 slices of bread a day (four slices per loaf — both crusts and the slice inside the crust) until last year when a proactive environmental manager decided to start sending it to anaerobic digestion plants instead. In April this year the bread waste was diverted once more, this time to feed livestock. What makes this story even more compelling is how economically viable the move turned out to be. Instead of costing M&S $98.4 a ton to send it to an anaerobic digestion plant, they are now making $37.7 a ton by selling it to farmers, saving them $163,930 a year. “It’s a no-brainer,” Stuart says loudly.
Another no-brainer, it seems, is the impact of cheap food. The wealthier we have become in the West, the less of our disposable income we spend on food (about 9 percent in the UK versus 85 percent in Pakistan, for instance). Somewhat counterintuitively perhaps, Stuart believes that the solution is not necessarily raising the price of food, but rather educating people that food production causes a third of our global carbon emissions and, quite simply, is too good to waste: “We should be teaching our kids to grow food.”
If a fiscal incentive were introduced, it should be “to make wasting food more expensive, rather than food itself.” And, on a related note, to ensure that the all-powerful supermarket chains also bear the cost and problem of food waste, instead of simply pushing it up the supply chain. Retail giants are expert at making forecast orders of suppliers in advance and then dropping the order by half on the day itself, for example. “The suppliers have clauses in their contracts stating that they can’t sell to anyone else,” Stuart says. Plus, the goods may already be wrapped in the retailers’ packaging. Since the supermarket is paying only for the actual order, instead of the forecast one, it does not lose any money and has no incentive to reduce waste.
With the world already producing more than twice the amount of food we actually consume, Stuart thinks it is madness to deforest more of the globe to feed the billion people going hungry. We should feed them from what we already have.
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Tuesday, September 03 07:49:48
Fruit and vegetable distributor Total Produce has reported higher half yearly revenues and pre-tax profits for the six months to the end of June on the back of its overseas expansion drive.
Total Produce said its revenues rose by 18.8pc to E1.7 billion, while adjusted pre-tax profits increased by 13.7pc to E28.2m. The company said its interim dividend increased by 7.5pc to 0.6095 cent per share.
During the six month period, the company expanded into the North American market with a deal to buy 65pc of the Oppenheimer Group. Total will initially buy 35pc of the firm with a commitment to buy another 30pc in 2017.
In its results statement, the company said that trading conditions are satisfactory and so it is revising upwards its full year earnings target into the upper half of the range between 8 to 8.80 cent per share according to RTE News.


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If you are using an older phone and you are wired on WhatsApp, you need a phone upgrade urgently. WhatsApp has announced it will stop working on millions of phones from 31 December, as they have reached their lifespan.
That means users on a variety of older handsets could end up losing access to the messaging app.
Facebook-owned WhatsApp has confirmed via its support page that it will stop supporting these devices on December 31, 2019.
The company says that any phone running the Windows Mobile operating system will not be supported after this date.
However, that’s not all. Any iPhone running software older than iOS 7 will no longer be supported and neither will any Android device with version 2.3.7 installed.
The iOS and Android blocks won’t happen this month but will take place on February 1, 2020.
WhatsApp says that anyone using these older phones can no longer create new accounts or reverify existing accounts.
‘Because we no longer actively develop for these operating systems, some features might stop functioning at any time,’ the company said in a blog post announcing the cut-off dates.
WhatsApp regularly stops support for older devices, forcing users to keep up to date if they want to continue using the app.
Here are all the dates that WhatsApp stopped working on older phone systems.
June 30, 2017 – Nokia Symbian S60
December 31, 2017 – BlackBerry OS and BlackBerry 10
December 31, 2018 – Nokia S40
December 31, 2019 – Windows Phone OS
February 1, 2020 – iOS 7 and Android 2.3.7
GOOGLE OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCES ANDROID 11 FOR ANDROID TV
A few weeks ago, Google officially released its latest system, Android 11 for smartphones. Today, the company announced that Android 11 will now be available for Android TVs. However, the Android 11 for TV is not a direct copy of Android 11 for smartphones. There are some features that are exclusive to the large screen. According to Google, it will partner with multiple OEMs and Android 11 on TV will be available in a few months. However, those who already have the ADT-3 Developer Kit can get the update today.
This system for Android TVs will retain most of the basic features of the Android 11 for smartphones. This system will come with better memory management and one-time permissions for secure workability. Google also did more work on privacy features to reduce the system’s vulnerability.
In addition, the Android 11 for Android TVs will come with an “Auto Low Latency Mode and low latency media decoding”. This system will also bring a new Tuner Framework with updated Media CAS support. Furthermore, this system will support gamepads, a feature that will be important for Stadia on the TV. Developers of Android TV apps can seamlessly test their apps with Google’s “test harness mode for Android TV”.
According to Google, the Android 11 system allows better control over TV functions. The company said the “…new framework functionality for managing System LEDs and physical microphone mute buttons also facilitate integrations for far-field microphone enabled devices”.
Google Chrome prepares new tab groups feature that creates groups automatically
Months after announcing it, Google finally rolled out tab groups widely in the past couple of weeks. Now, an improvement could be coming to Chrome’s tab group feature — the ability to recreate them automatically.
In the latest Chrome Canary release, a new flag is present that describes a feature Google is working on. That flag, titled “tab groups auto create,” is one that has had us scratching our heads since it popped onto our radar earlier this week.
Google’s description, too, unfortunately doesn’t help matters. the company simply explains that the feature “automatically creates groups for users, if tab groups are enabled” in Chrome. What does that mean? We’re not entirely sure, but there are a few possibilities!
For one, Google might be able to remember tab groups from a previous session and drop them into a group when opened. Alternatively, Google could intelligently create groups based on similar types of tabs. At this point, it’s all up in the air. We can say pretty confidently, however, that this feature is not live in the latest Canary release.
Facebook Is Apparently Adding Instagram Stories to Its Key Application
Facebook has built it no key that it would like to entwine Instagram into its principal blue app as a great deal as possible (to some Instagram users’ chagrin.) Its most recent experiment evidently requires placing Instagram stories right on Facebook.
In accordance to a report in the Verge, some Facebook customers have lately started looking at Instagram stories in their Fb story feeds. A Fb representative apparently verified the news to Matt Navarra, a social media marketplace commentator and advisor, and stated that it was a restricted examination. The representative added that Facebook would be listening to feedback from its group on the prospective new characteristic.
In a screenshot posted by a Twitter consumer and Navarra on Friday, Fb seemingly points out that not just anyone can view an Instagram story on Facebook. In get to do so, consumers have to website link their Instagram accounts to Facebook and have this viewing placing turned on. Fb states that men and women who don’t abide by a user on Instagram will not be ready to see that user’s tales.
Fb also purportedly pressured that even however tales will be in two sites, users’ overall practical experience would not improve. That is mainly because people will nevertheless essentially be sharing their tales with the similar persons on Facebook and Instagram. In addition, Instagram stories on Facebook (which will have a pink and orange circle) will surface with a user’s Instagram take care of. And even though the tales will be seen on Fb, end users will see all tale sights and replies on Instagram.
In new many years, Facebook has labored to convey all of its popular apps, which involve WhatsApp and Instagram, nearer with each other. Very last thirty day period, Facebook released a new exam working experience on Instagram messaging for some users. The new experience up-to-date the look of Instagram immediate messages and promoted the likelihood of chatting with individuals who use Fb.
Who knows, possibly in the foreseeable future we won’t have an application named Instagram or Fb. We’ll just have a person giant purple and blue app, owned by Facebook, that does almost everything.
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In the arid area of Kambiti, Murang’a County a retired juakali artisan has beaten all odds and ventured into the lucrative, but less travelled road of apiculture (bee farming) and is reaping huge returns.
Samuel Kimani aged 76, set up his apiary 12 years ago after retiring from his work in Nairobi and relocating to his native land in Kambiti.
He narrated to KNA at his farm that he purchased 10 beehives, stocked them with bees and set up his apiary about 30 meters from his homestead in his four- acre piece of land.
His late father kept bees albeit for honey to make his traditional liquor and this motivated Kimani to venture into commercial beekeeping. The startup cost him an estimated Sh. 100,000.
“I chose the Kenya Top Bar Hives (KTBH) and purchased 10 of them at Sh. 3500 each” noted Kimani adding that a KTBH is ideal as it comes with a brood box and a honey super as compared to traditional beehives which do not hold or yield much.
He then bought benches at Sh.65000 and set up his apiary.
Twelve years later, Kimani’s apiary under the succulent mango trees that decorate his whole farm is home to 50 beehives, 45 of which are occupied.
The beehives are made out of cypress and pine timber and serve as a permanent home for bees as they have no scent that would repel broods from living inside.
“Each hive produces between 10-12kgs of honey per harvest and to get good profits, honey harvesting is done annually” expounded Kimani
Markedly, bees spend around six months to make brooder and another six months to make super.
While the father of six hopes to harvest up to 100kg of honey next year, he divulged that his last harvest in October yielded 70 Kgs which he filtered and sold at Sh. 900 per Kg.
“I pack in containers and sell my honey in 250gms at Sh. 250, 500gms at Sh. 400, while 1kg costs Sh.900” he disclosed, noting that there is a gap in the local market that he has not managed to exploit.
He contracts a professional honey harvester to extract the honey at Sh.2, 000 after which he filters using a strainer.
Kimani discourages traditional methods of harvesting noting that combs and broods are cut off during harvesting, destroying a generation of bees within a hives colony such that colonies end up spending most of their time and energy rebuilding combs and replacing broods, thus remaining at a redevelopment phase at the expense of honey production.
The proceeds Kimani gets from beekeeping has sustained his family so far and is in the process of building rental houses in his farm.
He notes that a beekeeping enterprise is easy to manage as it requires less labor and anyone with land and some capital can venture into it.
“Make water available in the compound for the bees and watch out for pests as bees are at risk of vacating a hive if they are invaded by pests like ants,” he stressed
In a bid to enhance the environment through pollination, his farm is filled with vegetation and trees. Kimani plans to expand his apiary to accommodate the hives that hang on trees in his farm.
Raw honey straight from the beehive is known to provide a range of health benefits as it contains healthful bee pollen, bee propolis and plenty of antioxidants.
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As it stands right now, individual states are free to prohibit or practice gambling of their borders while significant rules and limits are placed on interstate and this activity. In recent years, online gaming has seen harsher rules. With the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006 (UIEGA), it was not explicitly banned but rather it was online financial transactions that were outlawed. This meant that online financial transactions from gambling service providers were now illegal which led to numerous offshore gambling operators excluding US buyers from their services.
Existing in this legitimate grey area, it is no more a concern of if online gambling will enter the US market but when as well as perhaps how. As just lately as this month, three states own legalized online gambling and intend to begin offering bets by the end of this year. Naturally, a gaming company in Las Vegas known as Ultimate Gaming was the first to offer online poker but for now restricting it to sole players in Nevada. New Jersey and Delaware have also legalized online gambling and so far ten other states are thinking about legalizing it in a few form or another.
Frank Fahrenkopf, president of the American Games Association has explained that “Unless you will find a federal bill passed, we are going to have the greatest expansion of legalized gambling in the usa. I don’t think that’s what anyone intended, but it is what we’re witnessing.” This poses lots of questions not to mention concerns for most existing commercial casinos together with American policy makers. Will lawful online gambling mean fewer individuals in brick and mortar casinos? Will this create a new way to obtain revenue at the state and national level? Think about taxes and regulations? A rise in gamblers?
Many people including Arnie Wexler, ex – chairman of New Jersey’s Council On Compulsive Gambling has got voiced concern that with the good this could do to create income and revenue for particular states there may be problems with a rise in compulsive gambling. There’ ronaldototo regarding social media marketing in the US as some places like Zynga have previously begun taking real-money bets.
Taking in mind the questions and concerns, many resort casinos are already making strategies to extend into online gambling to check their physical casinos. Geoffrey Stewart, general supervisor of Caesars INTERNET POKER has said “Like any business, you’re always looking for what is the next distribution channel.”


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GMO apples have passed the FDA and USDA reviewing process making GMO apples that don’t turn brown, the most recent GMO to be certified by the FDA and USDA. The FDA is responsible for making sure that the GMO crops are safe to eat for people and animals.The USDA is in charge of making sure that all GMOs are regulated as they are sold.
A GMO or genetically modified organism is a organism that has had its DNA modified in some way by genetically engineering the organism’s DNA usually giving it a desired trait from a different organism.
To genetically engineer a organism it would mean to make a modification of the trait of a organism and manipulating the genetic material (genes).
Scientists have created a GMO pig as well as a mouse that glow in the dark from inserting jellyfish DNA that makes them glow in the dark.
This is called genetically engineering, genetically engineering in this case would be taking the gene of a jellyfish that produces bioluminescence and inserting the gene in the pig and mouse allowing them to glow in the dark. The purpose of doing this experiment was to test if they could turn cancer cells in mice and pigs into fat cells turning them green from the jellyfish DNA.
GMOs typically come in the form of Corn, Cotton, Potatoes, Papaya, Squash, Canola and Alfalfa. The reason these ten GMO crops are the most common is because they are the most commonly sold at supermarkets and have passed the FDA and USDA review, they are not the only GMOs being sold at markets but are the most common as today.
All GMO crops are made specifically to get a trait to either make the crop healthier, to make taste better or for the crop to survive better when growing. A example of this would to get a trait of a crop thats makes bugs go away and not eat the plant and taking that gene and genetically engineering the second crop to have that gene as well there for you have made a new GMO.
GMO’s in out current state are actually reducing money prices in the food industry. The reason is because all Gmos are more efficient for producing the plants product which would mean for the GMO plant that it is less expensive to make and keep making The plant compared to non GMO plants.In fact Gmos have helped to produce more GMO corn and soybeans making them go cheaper and cheaper as time goes on. Gmos plants like corn have been specifically made to be bug repellent causing them to produce more corn and too reduce the chance of disease also reducing prices for treatment.
For twenty years that Gmos have been sold not once have they made anyone sick or die form a GMO.Many people say that Gmos are not safe for you because they are made in a lab.For a GMO too be sold to the public that would have had too been approved by the FDA and USDA, if they have not been approved they could be bad for you and if sold that would mean it was illegally sold.
Gmos are safe for the environment and even beneficial for farmers by saving land as well as not using as many resources that non GMO plants use being beneficial for the environment and for farmers or anyone growing a GMO. Gmos can also be beneficial because a lot of them have a trait that allows them to cope with stress levels when they have no water giving them the ability to survive a lot longer than non GMO plants with the desired trait.GMOs help farmers with basic work like not using money to spray too weeds too go away because GMOs can grow in the left over organic matter from the weeds.
There has never been a GMO in a animal produced resource like milk before after a animal has eaten a GMO.The reason is would be because all animals that eat Gmos They are eating the DNA and protein and are digesting both of these things making sure that the is digested and has broken down the DNA and protein causing the animal too not produce their product with a GMO trait inside of the product. Many scientists have done constant tests on the product too see if there’s any GMO DNA inside of the product but every test has been negative ensuring that there is no GMO DNA inside of the product.
The process of making a GMO is too isolate the desired trait of the organism and too insert it into a new genome and them too shoot the seed with a gene gun shooting the DNA in metal particles. A genome is a set of chromosomes in each multicellular organism.A gene gun is a plastic gun that will shoot metal particles with DNA coated on them delivering them to the nucleus of the plant or seed.
Gmos are genetically modified organisms. A GMO is specifically made to help survive in the environment it lives in by giving it a trait by inserting the trait DNA into the plants seed producing a GMO plant with reproducible seeds. When a GMO seed is created it is put into many tests before being planted and being sold to the public for safety reasons and too test for mutation. Gmos are very beneficial because they are not using very much water, by having a gene put into them that has drought tolerance causing farmers to not use as much water while growing crops.As well as saving money because Gmos are making better crops like disease resistance causing people to buy the produced resource by the GMO. And saving money by people not having to go to the hospital to get cured.
Up to 70% of US food has some sort of genetic engineering to it. There is currently 10 GMOs being sold in grocery stores.The reason is is because all GMO foods need to go through the FDA and USDA review process. Genetically modifying organisms is different than cross breeding. Cross breeding is mating two different organisms to make a hybrid. Genetically modifying organisms is altering the organisms DNA in some way.
GMOs are helpful for farmers.Their is a trait for Gmos that makes the GMO bug resistant.This helps farmers be able to produce their product and make more money. Most farmers use GMO seeds.GMOs cause farmers better resource production. The reason is because the GMO crops have genes specifically chosen for the GMO too be able to survive easier in its environment.


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In this week’s Tuesday Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL), the company unveiled a new MacBook Pro, it revealed that it bid to acquire Tesla six years ago and Health Canada has given the business approval to roll out an ECG app.
Here’s what you should know as we head into Tuesday’s action:
New MacBook Pro: The tech giant said that it will be releasing new 13- and 15-inch MacBook Pro models that include Intel’s 8th and 9th-generation processors. The high-end models will have eight cores for the first time. Apple added that the new MacBook Pro offers a performance that is two times faster than a quad-core MacBook Pro, as well as 40% more performance than a 6-core MacBook Pro.
Tesla Buyout Bid: Apple reportedly made a “serious bid” for Tesla around 2013 which would’ve cost the company roughly $240 per share, according to Craig Irwin, a senior analyst at investment firm Roth Capital Partners. He said he has “complete confidence” in this information, but is unsure if the bid reached a “formal paperwork stage.”
ECG App: Furthermore, the tech business revealed that Health Canada has given the green light for an ECG app with irregular heart rhythm notifications on the Apple Watch Series 4. Both features are likely to make their debut north of the border in the near future.
AAPL stock is up about 2.3% on Tuesday following the news.
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Memory market "skyrocketing" foam is about to burst in 2019
recently, the American Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) announced that, led by the strong growth of memory, the global semiconductor sales in May 2017 reached US $31.9 billion, up 1.9% compared with the previous month; Compared with the same period last year, it soared to 22.6%, and the annual growth rate reached a new high since September 2010. The annual growth rate of all major markets in the world reached more than 15%
the increase in the price of storage components means that the original flash manufacturers, such as Samsung, Hynix, Toshiba and micron, have benefited a lot from the increase in the price of NAND flash memory and DRAM memory
among them, Meguiar has turned losses into profits. According to the second quarter financial report released by micron, the company achieved a revenue of $4.65 billion in the quarter, up 58% year-on-year. The net profit reached US $894million, compared with us $180million in the first quarter and a net loss of US $97million in the same period last year
as the leader of storage components, Samsung is making a lot of money
on the 9th of this month, Samsung Electronics officially released the revenue guidelines for the second quarter of 2017. The data showed that the sales volume in the second quarter was about 60trillion won (about 353billion yuan), and the operating profit was 14trillion won (about 82.4 billion yuan), an increase of 72% compared with 8.14 trillion won (about 47.9 billion yuan) in the same period last year, creating its highest single quarter sales and profit record
in the second quarter, the revenue of Samsung Semiconductor business has also surpassed Intel, becoming the largest semiconductor manufacturer in the world by revenue
although the market believes that the reason for the sharp rise in memory is simply the imbalance between supply and demand, some people in the industry say that this round of price rise is not entirely determined by market supply and demand, nor does it rule out the possibility that some nandflash suppliers deliberately do it - it is difficult to say whether this is a "tacit" price rise by some Japanese and Korean suppliers
but recently, according to the Korean national report, Gartner predicted that Samsung Electronics would lose many of the gains it has made this year. For example, although the global semiconductor sales of steel strand exceeded US $400billion for the first time this year, the prosperity will disappear by 2019According to Gartner's analysis, although Samsung Electronics currently enjoys business opportunities, due to the characteristics of the semiconductor industry, the supply of future companies will increase in the future, resulting in lower prices and lower operating profits. All enterprises are investing in the semiconductor industry on a large scale, so a cycle of supply exceeding demand and supply exceeding demand is forming. Let's learn about the standard configuration
gart under high temperature (>200 ℃), Andrew Norwood, vice president of tner research, speculated that "enterprises invest a lot in the storage market, but will lose these profits again. It is speculated that the memory market foam will burst in 2019 as storage suppliers increase new supply. This also means that Samsung Electronics will lose many of the gains it has made in storage semiconductors this year"
for the super prosperity of semiconductors this year, Norwood, vice president of Norwood, said that "the lack of storage has led to the prosperity of the whole market. The weight of this new material from wood pulp is only one fifth of that of steel. Memory manufacturers have raised the prices of DRAM and NAND, and at the same time, their sales and earnings have also increased.
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Hundreds of millions of people are stuck in cities around China during this Lunar New Year holiday, as coronavirus restrictions put a halt to a travel season that is usually the world’s largest annual migration. Instead, they are going to the movies — and powering a blowout resurgence at the box office.
“Detective Chinatown 3,” the latest installment in a long-running buddy cop series, raked in an estimated $397 million over three days, according to Maoyan, which tracks ticket sales in the country. That set a world record for the largest opening weekend in a single market. The previous record-holder, “Avengers: Endgame,” took in $357 million in its weekend opening in the United States and Canada in 2019.
The strong showing was a forceful reminder of the power of the Chinese consumer. While the Chinese economy has come roaring back as the country has largely tamed the coronavirus, shoppers and moviegoers have been slower to open their wallets.


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It’s a big month for Louisville beverage developer David Dafoe. His downtown business, Flavorman, located at 809 S. Eighth St., has been highlighted in Fortune Magazine as #84 of the 100 fastest-growing urban businesses in America and #7 in its industry. And Friday, BeatBox, a product his company helped develop will be featured on the ABC television show “Shark Tank.”
Flavored-wine makers BeatBox of Texas enlisted the beverage architects at Dafoe’s Louisville-based drink development company to create four flavors of their unique mixed drinks, packaged in neon-colored boxes resembling the popular beat boxes.
UPDATE: After making their pitch on the show, the co-founders Justin Fenchel, Aimy Steadman, and Brad Schultz entered the Shark Tank looking for $250,000 in exchange for 10% equity in their company. They walked out with a $1-million deal with investor Mark Cuban, who traded the funds for a one-third share of the company. The investment and newly established partnership is set to help the company expand to nationwide distribution.
“You guys don’t sell wine, you sell fun.” – Mark Cuban to BeatBox co-founders, Justin, Aimy, and Brad.
It just goes to show that a great idea for a beverage, when perfectly executed, can have an even better payoff.
A version of this story appeared on WHAS11: The Buzz by Kirby Adams.


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Starting this year, Samsung's Tizen app store is no longer accessible, both to new and existing users. Last year in June, the company closed registrations and made the store available only to existing users and they could only get previously downloaded apps.
After December 31, 2021, however, the Tizen app store is permanently closed. So in case you are using a Samsung Z series smartphone, it might be time to switch over to Android or iOS. The last Samsung Z4 phone running Tizen OS was released back in 2017 so it was kind of an expected turn of events.
It seems like the company is dropping its Tizen project after this year's Galaxy Watch4 series is running on Google's Wear OS and all future Galaxy watches will do the same.
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We are pleased to announce the release of Tizen Studio version 4.5.1
This release includes some new features to improve the performance of Tizen Studio IDE and its tools.
• Log4J binaries updated for critical vulnerability.
For more information about the new features and bug fixes, see Release Notes.
To download Tizen Studio, visit https://developer.tizen.org/development/tizen-studio/download.
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Samsung Partners With Netflix To Bring Iconic Style and Innovative Technology to the Second Season of Emily in ParisBy STF News
Samsung Electronics today announced the latest development in its ongoing partnership with streaming giant, Netflix, to herald the release of the second season of its hit-show, Emily in Paris, produced by MTV Entertainment Studios. The Emmy-nominated show, renowned for its 21st century celebration of iconic Parisian style, has collaborated with Samsung to showcase world-class premium technology to fans of the series.
In the first season, the beautiful setting and quintessentially Parisian characters gave viewers an insight into French style and culture and are some of the driving forces behind the show’s success. This sense of escapism was created and elevated by the global cast, including the iconic character of Sylvie Grateau. Played by Samsung ambassador Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu, Sylvie acts as lead protagonist Emily’s boss, and the CMO of luxury marketing agency Savoir. Sylvie’s character embodies true stylish authority; great at her job, powerful, commanding and effortlessly chic, she became one of the most widely recognized and loved characters from the show’s debut season. In season two, to make sure she keeps on top of her personal and professional life, Sylvie has chosen the stylish and snappy Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 5G to keep Emily and the rest of the agency on their toes.
But Sylvie is not the only one to benefit from the style and glamour of the Galaxy Z Flip 5G. To launch the second season, Samsung and Netflix will bring iconic style and innovative technology to fans of Emily in Paris through an integrated campaign; featuring offline ads, social and influencer content, and a TikTok filter that provides a new way for fans to enjoy the show, through the lens of the iconic Galaxy Z Flip 5G. The filter will allow fans to “flip the script” and become the lead character in their own Emily in Paris animated poster. The stunning Galaxy Z Flip 5G will unfold in front of the user, putting them front and center before the iconic Eiffel Tower. TikTok users* can try out the Flip the Script TikTok Effect on the platform as of 28th of December.
Benjamin Braun, Samsung CMO for Europe, said, “At Samsung, we are always at the forefront of creativity and innovation. We are excited to partner with Netflix for the second season of one of their biggest shows, Emily in Paris, and to see Sylvie wielding the iconic Galaxy Z Flip 5G fits the personality of the device perfectly. We’re looking forward to developing this partnership further and deeper in the future.”
Samsung’s latest line of premium products are set to push the boundaries of innovation for fans of Emily in Paris, showcasing the brands’ ability for combining style with flagship innovation and craftmanship. Some of the Samsung products include:
The Galaxy Z Flip 5G: A premium and innovative foldable phone developed for trend-setters and multi-taskers who want to easily flip between capturing the perfect selfie and sending out a series of emails, or catch-up on the latest episode on the go.
The Galaxy Watch3: A fashionable and functional wearable that enables you to track all your wellness metrics with a flip of your wrist, turning your daily walk into a dazzling catwalk. The Serif: A one-of-a-kind television that blends iconic design and startling picture to transform every show or film into the ultimate viewing experience, as if you’re walking through the Musée D’Orsay yourself.
The Sero: The revolutionary Sero TV is a world-first design, enabling you to seamlessly flip between horizontal and vertical content so you can watch Netflix and mobile social content with ease.
The Bespoke Cube: A compact and multi-functional refrigerator solution that can easily be placed anywhere in the home, keeping everything from wine to cosmetics fresh for longer. The Bespoke Fridge Freezer: The iconic modular refrigerator solution that allows you to welcome personalization and innovative technology into your home.
Emily in Paris season 2 will be available to watch on Netflix on the 22nd of December.
* TikTok filter will be available in the UK, Germany, France Italy and Spain from Dec 28th ’21 to 26 Feb ’22.
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Samsung has announced it is creating a cloud gaming service which would compete with Google Stadia, Nvidia GeForce NOW, and Xbox Game Pass.
In the last few years, cloud gaming has gone from a pipedream to a crowded market, with competitors like Amazon, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Nvidia, and Sony all competing for the attention of gamers everywhere. Even Nintendo, often intentionally trailing behind in new technologies, has allowed a few cloud-powered titles onto the Nintendo Switch, including Control and Kingdom Hearts.
The latest competitor in the cloud gaming space is Samsung, via The Verge, as announced during the company’s developer conference. Specifically, Samsung is launching a “Cloud Game Platform” which aims to leverage Samsung’s Tizen platform for smart TVs to offer a “seamless, immersive gaming experience.”
Very little else was shared during the developer conference in way of details about the platform, such as what controller players would be able to use, when Samsung’s Cloud Game Platform would launch, or how much it would cost. In a separate interview, Samsung’s Ju-Hyun Choi said that the goal of the service is “allowing users to play the latest games on their Samsung Smart TV.” From this, it seems clear there aren’t any immediate plans to bring this service to Samsung’s phones or other devices.
One thing that stands out in the interview is how Samsung intends to develop this cloud streaming service. Samsung says they are “working closely with [their] current service partners,” which could suggest that rather than develop their own streaming technology, Samsung may simply use a partner company’s streaming offering.
As The Verge points out, the last time Samsung tried to offer a cloud gaming service, in 2012, they worked with Gaikai to create a streaming app for their high-end TVs. Now, nearly ten years later, Stadia is one of the bigger players in the game streaming market, and Google has begun to offer Stadia’s streaming tech to companies like AT&T.
While it’s far too early to say with any certainty, there’s a distinct possibility that Samsung’s new Cloud Game Platform could be powered by Stadia, but that’s purely speculation at this point. We’ll simply need to wait for the company to share more details, perhaps over the coming months.
Alongside improvements to Bixby, SmartThings, and Samsung Knox, Samsung also announced improvements to Tizen OS for smart TVs. During the ongoing Samsung Developer Conference 2021, the South Korean firm said it wants to consolidate its leadership in the TV segment with more intelligent software and deeper integration with its other services.
Improved video calling, Samsung Health, and gaming on Tizen-powered smart TVs
Keeping its ‘Screens Everywhere, Screen For All’ vision in mind, the company is introducing newer experiences to Tizen OS for smart TVs. Samsung has developed a better video calling experience on TVs in partnership with Google via AI-enabled focus and zoom features. Samsung Health can now use a webcam attached to a Tizen-powered smart TV to track user movements and provide real-time feedback during workouts.
Samsung’s mid-range and high-end smart TVs already have various gaming-related features, including AMD FreeSync Premium, a 120Hz refresh rate, auto low-latency mode, and Game Bar. For an even better gaming experience, the company is bringing automated settings for low latency and HDR10+ calibration.
Tizen For Business is a new platform for managing interactive digital signage displays
For businesses, the South Korean firm will soon launch the Tizen For Business platform. It supports interactive e-boards in schools, kiosks at malls, and displays at airports, restaurants, stores, and subways. It will offer easy-to-use display management portals that businesses can use for real-time monitoring and remotely controlling screens. It also allows quickly applying settings to multiple devices with just one touch.
Tizen is already the world’s biggest smart TV platform, and with the upcoming improvements, it will have more depth in its arsenal to compete with Amazon’s Fire TV, Google’s Android TV, and LG’s webOS platforms.


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Oneplus is the unique Chinese smartphone brand, because it only releases one or two models per year, different from other brands. In China, its stock is not as large as other brands, such as Xiaomi, Huawei, OPPO, VIVO and other ones. But it is very popular and famous in other countries, since Oneplus 3 sold well, Oneplus 5 has also sold well. Oneplus 5 has been released for several months, whether in specs or word of mouths, it is the top one, recently, Oneplus 5T photos have been leaked, adopting bezel-less screen, whether in colors, specs, and appearance, it will be over Samsung Galaxy S8.
And Oneplus 5T will not only change in design,but also all difference, it has added bezel-less screen, and it will be released soon to compete with Samsung Galaxy Note 8, Huawei Mate 10, and iPhone 8. And its slogan is ‘Never Settle up’, and this Oneplus 5T will be the upgraded version of Oneplus 5 in specs.
It is said that Oneplus 5T will cancel the front fingerprint scanner, adopting full screen design, powered by Snapdragon 836, RAM 6GB/8GB, using dual rear camera, it will bring a new Oneplus style. As for its released date, will it be released before Huawei, Samsung, and iPhone 8, etc? Just depend on its production and design.


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INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — From fried mozzarella sticks in a grilled cheese to a light, fruity drink, the finalists for this year’s Indiana State Fair signature food are diverse.
One of the five finalists will be named the fair’s signature food, and the public gets to vote on it.
For this year’s fight to be named signature food of the Indiana State Fair, the five entrants had to deconstruct then reconstruct familiar fair grub. It’s in honor of the rebuilt coliseum.
One of those foods competing is the fruit twister shakeup. It’s the brain child of Goodwin Family Products.
“Well regular lemonade would just have lemons. But this has oranges, strawberries and pineapples added to it. So it’s a nice reconstructed, deconstructed item for the fair,” Tony Goodwin said.
Another entrant is the Cheeseburger Basket on a Stick. Barto’s Candy & Concessions is behind it.
“By taking the potato, the ground beef, the cheddar cheese flour and bread crumbs, deep frying it, putting it on a stick, we have represented the bun, the bun, the cheeseburger and the french fry,” John Barto said.
There’s also the Mac Daddy, Gobble Gooble’s homemade macaroni topped with pulled BBQ turkey, Urick Concessions’ twist on the funnel cake and the American Dairy Association’s Colossal Grilled Cheese Sandwich, which includes three columns of breaded mozzarella between two slices of American cheese grilled on sourdough bread, accompanied by a salted chocolate caramel milkshake.
All of it was unveiled to six judges Wednesday, including Kevin Freeman of WFMS and Indiana State Fair Queen Alyssa Garnett.
“A lot of the food is, I wrote down, you can walk around with it.,” says Freeman.
“Yes exactly! Food on a stick. It’s mobile,” says Garnett.
The judges only get to taste the food, but they aren’t picking out the winner — Hoosiers are. Voting starts Monday and runs through July 6. The one that gets the most votes will be named the fair’s signature food. It gets special promotion and recognition.
But all five of the foods will be available for purchase at this year’s fair, which runs Aug. 1-17.
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Sterling falls as traders bet Bank of England will take further action to propel economy to 'escape velocity'
Sterling steadied today after falls against the dollar and the euro yesterday as traders bet the Bank of England will take further action to propel the economy to ‘escape velocity’.
Official figures showed gross domestic product grew by 0.6 per cent in the second quarter of the year – double the 0.3 per cent expansion clocked up between January and March.
But the pound tumbled after the report was published at 9.30am amid disappointment that growth was not even stronger.
It fuelled speculation the Bank, under new governor Mark Carney, will do more to drive the recovery in the coming months – a move which could devalue the currency.
The Canadian will use the August inflation report to outline how he plans to use ‘forward guidance’ to convince businesses and households that interest rates will stay low for some time to come.
Analysts also refuse to rule out more quantitative easing despite all nine members of the monetary policy committee voting against another round three weeks ago.
Sterling steadied today, remaining pretty much unchanged at $1.5385.
Britain remains trapped in the longest downturn for a century, with output still 3.3 per cent below its pre-recession peak, making the UK the worst performing economy in the G7 apart from Italy.
Carney has said he wants to get the economy up to ‘escape velocity’ during his five years.
Although Carney has never defined what ‘escape velocity’ is, it is thought it means a rate of recovery that allows the economy to escape from its five-year slump and where interest rates can return to more normal levels.
The pound fell as low as $1.5267 and €1.1569 before clawing back some of its losses.
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EVBox introduces modular EV fast charging station to the USA
EVBox will introduce its fast charging station, EVBox Troniq Modular, to the North American market at CES 2023 in Las Vegas (January 5th – 8th, 2023).
The station is part of EVBox’s flexible and scalable product portfolio, with power capacity of up to 240kW.
This DC fast charging station is already in service across the European market. The company will assemble EVBox Troniq Modular for the US market at its Libertyville, Illinois, facility, where it also assembles its award-winning AC commercial charging station EVBox Iqon.
Modular fast-charging solution coming to North America
EVBox Troniq Modular can charge up to two cars at the same time. It has smart charging features, which allow for power distribution via Dynamic & Cluster Load Balancing, enabling energy optimisation on site. The smart charging technology of this station makes it ideal for business, as it maximises charging operation revenue. This makes the EVBox Troniq Modular a powerhouse in serving the growing demand for EV infrastructure and increased operations.
EVBox expands its DC assembly at facility
EVBox will assemble the EVBox Troniq Modular stations for North American customers at its Libertyville, Illinois, facility, where the company has been in operation since 2020. EVBox is aiming to start shipping to customers in the second half of 2023.
The company is dedicated to establishing a local supply chain that is compliant with the Buy America Act. Starting in 2023, the centre will expand its capabilities and also support DC charging assembly and testing. Through its USA production, EVBox will be closer to its partners and customers.
“EVBox will assemble the EVBox Troniq Modular stations for North American customers at its Libertyville, Illinois, facility, where the company has been in operation since 2020. The product is slated to start shipping in the second half of 2023. EVBox is dedicated to establishing a local supply chain that is compliant with the applicable Buy America requirements. Starting in 2023, the Libertyville, Illinois facility will expand its capabilities to support DC charging assembly and testing. Through US assembly and testing, EVBox will be closer to its partners and customers”, James Fox, SVP North America at EVBox.
Meet EVBox at CES 2023
In line with the commitments for electrification of mobility shared by the Biden-Harris administration, EVBox is presenting its flexible and adaptable solution that can support and facilitate the expansion of green transportation.
During CES 2023, EVBox’s CEO Remco Samuels, together with the Senior Vice President of North America, James Fox, will officially introduce the EVBox Troniq Modular to the North American market. At the event, attendees get a first look at the station and learn more about the concept and technology behind the EVBox Iqon and EVBox Troniq Modular stations.


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A number of Australian firms have chosen the nation as a destination for investment, with the impact of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic causing a supply chain diversification, thus leading to a number of traditional markets being replaced.
LOGOS, an Australian business operating in the logistic real estate sector,
has recently invested in Vietnam.
A favourable investment location for Australian enterprises
As a businessman with decades of experience in maintaining trade and investment relations with Australia, Nguyen Quoc Cuong, general director of USIS, says that the country is increasingly being considered as a preferable destination for Australian businesses to expand their operations into. Indeed, the nation is rapidly surpassing many other locations that are Australia’s longtime partners in the ASEAN region as well as in Asia.
“Recently, Vietnam has captured a lot of attention after having achieved outstanding results in pandemic prevention and control. Over the past few months, my business has continuously conducted and trade exchanges online with Australian businesses and partners," Cuong adds.
David John Whitehead, vice president of the Australian Chamber of Commerce in Vietnam (AusCham), states that numerous Australian firms have been negatively affected by COVID-19. Due to their struggles to survive, many have been forced to restructure in order to become more centralised, whilst also making plans to diversify supply chains, especially in Asia.
In this context, the country is being increasingly viewed as an attractive investment destination for Australian firms. This comes after both sides announced in 2017 that they will strive to elevate their bilateral relationship to the level of a strategic partnership, therefore demonstrating the development and diverse bilateral relationship between the two countries. This can serve as an important foundation for many Australian businesses, especially those that possess strong financial resources, smart management, and advanced technology in order to take advantage of trade and investment promotion occurring locally.
Furthermore, a number of new enterprises from Australia will appear in the Vietnamese market as a means of increasing the global value chain, whilst also providing high-tech services in the electronics and technology sectors, especially in terms of education and service, the AusCham representative states.
Abundant opportunities for local firms
Trent Iliffe, CEO of LOGOS, a business that operates in the logistic real estate sector throughout the Asia-Pacific region, notes that his company has only recently entered the Vietnamese market.
The firm has therefore established a joint venture in the nation with the aim of penetrating the domestic market. Indeed, a major focus has been placed on Ho Chi Minh City, Hanoi, and Da Nang, with initial capital for this joint venture standing at approximately US$350 million.
Moving to the country marks an important step in LOGOS’s regional growth strategy that is ultimately driven by customer demand, according to Iliffe.
Meanwhile, Austal Shipbuilding Company continued to expand its operations in the nation in May through the successful launch of the A.P.T. James ferry at a shipyard located in Ba Ria - Vung Tau.
David Singleton, managing director of Austal, believes this first ferry was a great achievement, with Austal Vietnam starting construction on its next project with a 41-mile-long high-speed catamaran ferry.
Moreover, Austal's capacity has risen with the addition of a shipyard in Vietnam, with the business also having aluminum and steel shipbuilding factories in the United States, the Philippines, and China.
According to experts, Australian firms have greatly benefited from their trading ties with China in recent years, although trade and investment between Australia and ASEAN marks an increasingly positive opportunity. Therefore, it is up to Australian businesses to identify the potential in countries within the ASEAN region, including Vietnam, to further strengthen trade and investment co-operation.
In the opposite direction, the present also marks a good time for domestic businesses and entrepreneurs to invest in Australia. For example, August saw USIS Company and its partners implement two projects relating to the installation of solar panels for households and a solar farm project at an industrial park, both of which required investment in Australia's Queensland region, at the same time.
According to a USIS representative, investment projects in the solar energy sector have flexible capital ranging from AUD400,000 to hundreds of millions of AUD, depending on the various needs and capacity of investors.
The projects enjoy stable revenue and profitability due to the Government's incentive policies placed on renewable energy. In addition, along with ensuring the safety of investment capital, domestic enterprises and business people also benefit from the immigration programme in Australia, as well as the expansion of trade and investment activities, the USIS representative notes.
Most notably, two-way trade between both sides has grown steadily in recent years. In 2018, two-way trade reached approximately US$7.8 billion and US$7.732 billion in 2019. At present, investment in Vietnam appears strong, with roughly 500 projects and more than US$2 billion in investment capital. Indeed, both sides have agreed to develop a strategy for enhanced economic co-operation with the aim of becoming each other's top 10 trading partners.
- Australian industrial real estate company invested 350 million USD into Vietnam
- Australian firm to invest $350 mln in Vietnam logistics real estate
- Australian logistics firm LOGOS establishes US$350-million venture in Vietnam
- Fresh Vietnamese longan on sale in Australian market
- Australian consumers taste Vietnamese durian
- Haul of fresh Vietnamese longans enter Australian market
- Australian Group announced to pour 350 million USD to establish joint venture industrial real estate in Vietnam
- UK ready to leave EU on “Australian terms”
- Golf’s 2020 Australian Open postponed because of coronavirus
- LOGOS plans to pour $400 million in Vietnam


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Tesla and Chinese EV makers value these low-cost EV batteries a lot
Electric vehicles often differ based on different battery technologies. American automaker Tesla has been setting the trend for years. According to Yang Jie at the wall street journal, “Cheaper battery technology championed by Tesla Inc. Elon Musk dominated the world’s biggest car market last year. »
The batteries are lithium-iron-phosphate batteries, often referred to as LFP batteries. WSJ‘s Jie reports, “One of the strongest advocates is Tesla’s Mr. Musk, who said finding enough nickel at a reasonable cost is a major production concern.
“Our intention with this pack is for the product experience to be roughly equivalent between nickel and iron,” Musk said. wrote on Twitter last August to a customer who was offered the delivery of a Tesla earlier if he chose the LFP option. “I would personally go slightly for the iron pack as it wants to be charged at 100% while nickel prefers ~90%,” Musk said in the Twitter post.
“Tesla first used LFP batteries for its China-made Model 3 in 2020. Last October, the company announced that it would expand the use of iron-based batteries to all of its standard-range cars. China’s Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., the world’s largest maker of electric vehicle batteries, is supplying Tesla with LFP batteries,” notes WSJ.
Meanwhile, “other Chinese EV brands are also becoming heavy LFP users.” In fact, Chinese EV brands have wholeheartedly embraced LFP, “not only because of the cost, but also because the batteries are less likely to catch fire,” resulting in a better safety profile, according to WSJ. In turn, the adoption of the LFP in China has been rapid.
The numbers tell the story. “Batteries using lithium iron phosphate or LFP technology accounted for 57% of China’s total vehicle battery production in 2021, up from less than half the previous year. LFP batteries have taken the lead in China because they use relatively cheap iron in the battery cathode instead of more expensive metals such as nickel,” Jie reports.
Although Tesla’s switch to LFP batteries has spread to Chinese EV brands, mainstream automakers (in Europe in America) have lagged behind. It has been reported that “they generally haven’t gone as far as Tesla and the Chinese manufacturers to bring the technology into mass production.”
Originally published on EVANNEX.
Editor’s Note: CleanTechnica’s Max Holland predicted and explained why LFP batteries would play an important role in Tesla’s future ahead of Battery Day in September 2020.
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It’s hard not to pay attention to SEGA’s official Sonic the Hedgehog social media channels when it looks like the poor bloke running it is having a meltdown every day. In today’s episode of Meme Watch, we see the Sonic Tumblr account drop some crazy clues regarding a game that SEGA may (or may not) be making. Continue reading Meme Watch: Sega is Making a Game, Probably About Sonic
For those who aren’t connected to the Twitterverse, you will have missed the rather spectacular recent awakening of the account, which gained a new level of sentience this year. In among it’s now self-awareness of the sizable collection of Sonic the Hedgehog internet memes, the account also called out several big name commentators and competitors this year, including Nintendo, and was temporarily taken over by Doctor Eggman for a day (although we’re sure we’ve heard that voice somewhere else before). Needless to say this has caused several internet-breaking moments, so much so it has caught the attention of many media outlets.
The account has even received an endorsement from Sonic the Hedgehog creator Naoto Oshima:
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As many of you will already know the Cloisters, a floor of independent shops below Friars Square Shopping Centre, was recently closed to make way for the storeroom of some multinational clothes company. Thankfully Dead Universe Comics survived, along with the return of Network New and the key cutters. The entrance is only now via the doors opposite the bus station. The even better news though is that the shop will soon be moving upstairs into the main Friars Square Shopping Centre, near the bridge to the car park.
Above is a photo of a very proud looking owner Ian outside the new store – well done mate


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A recent report published by Citi group investment bank predicted ten technologies that will change the world and the way in which companies do business. Analysts looked at a variety of different sectors including IT, entertainment and manufacturing. Some of the technologies included report have been around for a while but have been included as they are set to undergo improvements or become significantly cheaper, making them accessible to a much wider consumer base. Other technologies featured are completely new inventions. Let’s take a look at which technologies made the list:
Falling prices and improvements in 3-D printing software mean Citi bank have predicted 3-D printing is set for rapid growth and the market could double by 2019 reaching £4 billion. 3-D printing allows you to print a solid object from a digital model. Layers of material are laid on top of each other; this process is then repeated to create a 3-D model.
The price of 3-D printers has dropped significantly in recent years making them much more accessible. Citi bank suggested that in future up to 50% of jet engine parts could be manufactured by 3-D printers.
Electronic cigarettes are battery powered vaping devices. They work by heating a water-based nicotine e-liquid inside the device. The e-liquid is heated until it is vaporised. The vapour is then inhaled and exhaled by users. E-cigarette devices are not affected by the UK smoking ban and can be legally smoked indoors. Citi bank estimated a 50% annual growth in the electronic cigarette market. The BBC predicted 1 million people in the UK will be using e-cigarettes by the end of the year but face new restrictions. Here’s a video of Katherine Heigl and Letterman sharing an e-Cigarette
Research into genetic makeup plays an important role in the diagnosis and management of hereditary diseases. There are three main areas where this technology is currently being used; cancer screening, pre-natal testing and diagnostics to determine how safe a type of therapy is for an individual. Personalised medicine uses genetic research to tailor medicine and treatment to an individual patient. It involves looking at the genetic makeup before treatment. Sales of genomics and personalised medicine are predicted to increase to £1.3 billion by 2015.
This technology allows users to make payments through their tablet device or mobile phone. You can also authorise payments to be taken. Mobile payment technology is already big in Japan and a number of other emerging markets across the world. With over six billion phone subscriptions taken out across the world – mobile payments present a potentially huge global market.
Energy Exploration Technology
Subsea exploration and horizontal drilling technology are some of the energy exploration technologies which are allowing oil and gas companies access to areas which were previously unobtainable and expand the supply of fossil fuels. Subsea exploration equipment has a predicted increased worth £64 billion per year over the next ten years.
Compressed Natural Gas Vehicles
Switching from oil to compressed natural gas vehicles is becoming increasingly common in cities across the world including the Middle East which has been one of the first to embrace the switch – converting buses and taxis.
There has been a sharp increase in the number of people streaming TV shows and film. The way in which we view entertainment is changing. Companies such as Netflix allow you to stream video direct to your TV. Traditional viewing through a TV has seen ratings decline by 1.2% since 2010, over the same period subscriptions to Netflix grew by 70%. Increased internet speeds and mobile technology makes this a market predicted to see continued growth and expansion.
Software Delivery Technology
Internet based software delivery technology has seen an increase of 26% in the market in 2012. It means customers can access software without having to visit a store to purchase – software includes Google apps and Microsoft 365.
Software Defined Networking
SDN technology makes it easier for network administrators to manage computer network services and means they no longer have to manually configure hardware. It means administrators can program a central control without needing physical access to the hardware devices. It is predicted to grow from £230 million in 2013 to £2.4 billion in 2016.
The cost of installing solar panels has fallen considerably over the past few years. Solar panels convert sunlight into electricity which can be used to power your home or business. Forecasters have predicted solar power will represent 13% of all total global investment in power and receive £830 billion between now and 2035.


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Job-center-eastbourne, tania barradas store manager at the terminus road shop was one of the reported 2 500 who recovered their jobs in the uk. The under ground theatre closed until further notice in june 2018 after the licence of the previous operator eastbourne arts centre charitable trust was discontinued due to safeguarding concerns, his behaviour continued in such places as terminus road and eastbourne job centre plus in full view of families and children "that is not acceptable and jailing him sends the right message that we. "his behaviour continued in such places as terminus road and eastbourne job centre plus in full view of families and children "that is not acceptable and jailing him sends the right message that we, eastbourne england: east sussex; united kingdom median salary by degree major subject.
A new 85m retail and leisure extension has launched in eastbourne and is primed to create a further 570 jobs the extension forms part of formerly known as the eastbourne arndale centre which has, eastbourne england ap reigning wimbledon champion angelique kerber will face karolina pliskova for the eastbourne title after semifinal opponent ons jabeur withdrew with a right ankle injury on. Eastbourne united kingdom "going back as a defending champion it will be a special moment stepping onto centre court again "i'm feeling good i'm playing good at the moment and hopefully i can, work is underway to build eastbourne's new shopping centre which is due to open in the run up to christmas next year the existing centre the arndale will become the beacon the 85m extension.
Courtesy: edwards those scientific customers are very much front and centre for reinhard player in the edwards innovation ecosystem is its product company in eastbourne uk which specializes in, jobs galore are available as new stores prepare to open in a shopping centre's 85 million extension later this year eastbourne arndale centre will hold its first ever jobs fair on june.
East sussex county council which owns the theatre has not renewed the lease of the eastbourne arts centre charitable trust and has instead offered the venue out to tender all future events are


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Although the end of the program was announced on Thursday this week, Telnova has indicated its intention to continue this initiative. / Courtesy
Approximately 30 companies increased their sales levels through the INnovaLab Innovation Lab, implemented and funded by Grupo Ternova and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
“This partnership has successfully fostered innovation and growth for Salvadoran companies, resulting in exceptional results of over $3 million in revenue and over 106 new jobs,” Grupo Ternova announced this Thursday. CEO Rodrigo Tona said, indicating that sales targets will be achieved. It was over 50%.
This activity was developed within the framework of the program “Strengthening the capabilities, human and technical resources of MSMEs and start-ups”. The effort involved an investment of $1.2 million, of which $598,000 was funded by USAID and Ternova, with $700,000 matched in matching contributions from participating organizations and businesses.
Business intelligence services company Pensertrust is also a beneficiary. His CEO at Pensertrust, Paul Barrenecea, assured them that they had built connections and become references within the program.
The company was able to generate approximately $750,000 in sales through business management tools and innovations.
Over 2 years.
INnovaLab was founded in 2020 by Ternova, USAID, and the Salvadoran Industrialists Association (ASI). The company’s training program did not begin until May 2022. This includes an 18-month work plan to develop marketing, digital capabilities, workshops and mentoring.
Willian Duncan, US Ambassador to El Salvador, recalled that small and medium-sized businesses are a fundamental part of the business engine, so the program focused on promoting sales and employment growth.
ASI Director-General Jorge Arriaza pointed out that the key to the country’s development is private and public investment to create new jobs and growth.
Along similar lines, Arriaza noted that the industrial sector is recovering after reporting four consecutive quarters of contraction in economic activity and declines in employment. He said positive developments in external markets would lead to an improved outlook.
In this sector, ASI estimates that exports will reach $8 billion by the end of 2023. Ariaza outlined this increase as shipments could pick up in October and November.


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Get ready, trainers. A new Pokémon adventure is just on the horizon.
Back in June of last year, Nintendo revealed that the beloved 1999 Nintendo 64 classic game Pokémon Snap was coming to Nintendo Switch. Fans found themselves in a flurry of excitement and nostalgia over the New Pokémon Snap trailer, which teased gameplay that’s similar to the original title.
After months and months of anticipation, the release date for New Pokémon Snap has finally been announced — April 30! Pre-orders have now begun, so make sure to reserve your digital or physical copy of the game today.
A new trailer was released alongside the announcement. Watch it below.
Some additional information about New Pokémon Snap was also shared today. In this game, trainers will be exploring the beaches, jungles, and deserts of the Lental region, where you may find some Pokémon and vegetation glowing from the region-specific Illumina phenomenon. Players will report to Professor Mirror and his research assistant Rita.
What other exciting new things are on the horizon for the 25th anniversary of Pokémon this year? Stay tuned!


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Square Enix has shut the book on Gun Loco, halting development on the oddly charming, urban vinyl inspired multiplayer shooter completely. Rest in pieces, little vinyl guys.
Square Enix is sharing another exclusive Gun Loco video to whet the appetite. After the total whackjob named Nuts last time, this week it’s someone who still fits the Loco concept, but maybe has a little more going on upstairs. Meet Maddox.
When you think Square-Enix’s Japan studios, do you think violent shooter with people wearing oversized rabbit heads? Gun Loco, a 2011 disc-based Xbox 360 exclusive fits that bill. The game’s website launches on Wednesday, so this might be a Gamescom thing.


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Upay offers lowest cash out charge at ATM
Upay, subsidiary of United Commercial Bank, providing mobile financial services offers the lowest cash charge for withdrawing money from ATM which Tk. 8 for withdrawal of Tk. 1,000. The charge is inclusive of tax and VAT.
The upay customers will be able to withdraw money at more than 500 ATMs of the UCB across the country by using their upay app The upay app is available to download from google play store by clicking the link cutt.ly/upay.
upay, the MFS subsidiary of UCB launched its operation on March 17, 2021, covering all the districts and upzillas in Bangladesh, said a press release on Tuesday.
Sydul Haque Khandaker, Managing Director of upay said, “upay has already established its footprint in the MFS sector within a short time by offering the lowest fee for most of the MFS services including ATM cash withdrawal.”
Sydul Khandaker said, upay also offered the lowest cash out charge in the market for withdrawal of money at agent point which is 1.4 percent or Tk. 14 per Tk. 1000, which is the lowest in the market for customers who use USSD code for transactions.
‘upay’ products include mobile transaction, utility bill payment, merchant payment, inward remittance, airtime recharge, and disbursement of salary and various government social safety net allowances.
Besides, upay offers some unique services exclusively available for upay customers, including payment of traffic prosecution fines, Indian visa fee payment, and gas (prepaid) bill payment. All types of bill payments are free of charge.
Built on state-of-the-art blockchain technology, the upay platform also ensures a greater sense of security and confidence to customers.


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Hyundai to axe its Tau NA V8 – next-gen Genesis G90 could get turbo and all-electric powertrains instead – paultan.org
Hyundai Motor Group will discontinue its 5.0 litre Tau naturally-aspirated GDi V8 engine, according to a report by South Korea’s Daum. As a result, the next-generation Genesis G90, which is expected to be unveiled later this year, will not be offered with a V8, in a move that is similar to the latest Kia K9.
On the current, first-generation G90, the Tau V8 is rated to deliver as much as 425 PS (419 hp) and 520 Nm of torque, with drive going to the rear wheels via an eight-speed automatic transmission, or with a HTRAC all-wheel drive system, to all four wheels.
The report tips the Smartstream G 3.5 litre twin-turbo V6 from the GV80 and GV70 to be the new top-level powertrain to replace the Tau V8. In the SUVs, the V6 mill outputs 380 PS (375 hp) and 530 Nm, with the option of rear- or all-wheel drive – an eight-speed auto is standard.
Aside from a downsized engine, the all-new G90 is also said to be offered with an all-electric powertrain. Considering the carmaker has already revealed the Electrified G80 in April, this is certainly a possibility. The zero-emission version of the G80 offers up to 500 km of range on a single charge and supports fast charging up to 350 kW, with a dual-motor setup providing a 0-96 km/h (0-60 mph) time of just 4.9 seconds.
Spyshots of the forthcoming G90 suggest the model will sport a revised profile and redesigned grille, while retaining the dual-tier headlamps and taillights of current Genesis models. A more luxurious interior is also part of the upgrades, along with new technologies like a rear-wheel steering system as well as improved safety and driver assistance systems.
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