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Mulberry Italian Ristorante won't be opening a sister restaurant in Snyder after all.
"We're not doing it," said Joe Jerge, a Mulberry owner. "I'm really disappointed."
Asked what happened to negotiations with the space's leaseholder, Jerge declined to comment.
Announced in August, the new Mulberry was originally set to open at 4548 Main St., the former Squire on Main space.
Its logo was etched onto the window facing Main Street, but the restaurant behind it never came together.
Mulberry still wants to open a second location, but isn't currently looking at properties, Jerge said.
The original Mulberry, 64 Jackson Ave., Lackawanna, opened in 2005. It became a regional attraction after television food personality Guy Fieri visited in 2010.
Authentic Chinese expands: Peking Quick One has taken over the space next door in its Tonawanda plaza.
The original room at 359 Somerville Ave. was frequently full at dinnertime.
The authentic Chinese restaurant has drawn a steady stream of Chinese students and families at the University at Buffalo, as well as growing crowds of locals, since 2010.
It fits 50 comfortably now, about twice the crowd. Customers still help themselves to water, tea, soft drinks and free spicy cabbage salad from the refrigerator while waiting for orders to be delivered to their table.
Most tables consult the specials menu, posted on a whiteboard sheet, before ordering.
Hot chili chicken ($11.95) is one of the more popular dishes, on every other table. It's nubs of chicken fried crunchy in a spicy coat, then stir-fried again in a sandstorm of more spices, dried chiles, scallions and more.
The cucumbers ($5.95) remain a must. Smashed and marinated with garlic, cilantro, sesame oil, and chile flakes, they're a cooling influence.
Crispy duck ($13.95) is roasted poultry that's been tossed in spiced flour and fried to a crisp. The hacked segments, bone-in, make for some worthwhile nibbling.
Hours: 11 a.m.-10 p.m. seven days. Phone: 381-8730.
High-tech Asian downtown: A high-tech restaurant offering all-you can-eat Asian cuisines with table service and cocktails is coming to the corner of Elmwood and Chippewa.
Waves restaurant will replace Papaya at 118 W. Chippewa St., on the first floor of the Hampton Inn building.
It's a project by Michael Nguyen, owner of Niagara Street's Pho Lantern, and Philip Vu, Nguyen's uncle.
"This is a new restaurant concept for Buffalo, with all of the latest restaurant technology," Nguyen said.
Popular Japanese, Thai and Vietnamese dishes will be listed on digital tablets given to each table. Customers can scroll through pictures and descriptions, then click on the dishes they want, sending the order to the kitchen.
Servers will bring the dishes to the table, along with drinks and other needs. There will be a full bar.
Food will be available by dish, like most restaurants. It will also be available with all-you-can-eat options, priced at about $19 for lunch and $29 for dinner, Nguyen said. "This is not a buffet-style restaurant," he said, "but a fine-dining, all-you-can-eat restaurant."
Pad Thai, sushi and pho Vietnamese beef noodle soup will be on offer, as part of a best-hits menu from Thailand, Japan and Vietnam.
The 120-seat restaurant is being extensively remodeled, adding an ocean theme, Nguyen said. "We're repainting, redoing the floors, walls and carpet," he said. "It's going to be a brand new restaurant."
The partners are planning on a soft opening in May.
BlackBird to Black Rock: BlackBird Cider Works has built its business into a midsize cider producer since opening in 2011.
Now the Niagara County cidermaker is moving to bolster its profile in the Western New York marketplace by opening a cider hall and production facility in Black Rock.
BlackBird plans to open a 4,000 square foot cider-focused bar and patio at 155 Chandler St., the former Linde Air building. It's also opening a barrel aging and small-batch brewing facility for its New York State-based products.
"We're going to have access to the space in May, and hope to be open in June," said Scott Donovan, BlackBird president.
Ciders, based on BlackBird's own apples and other New York State fruit, has been sold at its founding Barker site since 2011, Donovan said. "We're part of the Niagara Wine Trail, but we're kind of out in the middle of nowhere," he said.
But as a medium-sized producer now, distributed in six states, Donovan had plans for more.
BlackBird Black Rock will be like a beer garden, but for cider, Donovan said. "It'll have that rustic kind of feel to it, and a big patio, with three doors open to the outside."
Donovan plans to install bocce courts, he said, and start a bocce league.
Food plans are modest, short of a full restaurant. "When we go to Chandler Street, my plan is to collaborate with some of the food trucks," he said. "We're hoping to get a basic permit and do charcuterie boards, things like that, cheese boards and maybe some sandwiches."
The hall will have walls of displays exploring the intersection of agriculture and Buffalo, Donovan said. "We want to make it educational, about Buffalo's role in agricultural products," he said. For instance, "different walls about how apples are grown, and how cider is made."
More Amherst pho: A new Asian restaurant has opened in an Amherst development near the University at Buffalo's North Campus.
Pho 54, 1280 Sweet Home Road, is named after the Vietnamese beef noodle soup called pho, but the menu is broader, including a strong Thai lineup.
Owner Chanpheng Souvannaseng opened the place in mid-February. His restaurant seats about 50 people.
Appetizers include banh mi, the Vietnamese submarine sandwiches ($6), and chicken satay ($6), grilled skewers with peanut sauce.
Pho, the beef noodle soup, also comes in chicken and vegetarian varieties ($10-$20). Stir-fried noodle dishes ($9-$18) and seafood dishes ($16-$19) are also available.
Soups include Thai coconut chicken soup ($5.50), Vietnamese sweet-and-sour soup ($5.50) with shrimp or chicken, and Japanese miso soup ($4). Salads include a Laotian-style salad of minced beef or chicken, with herbs and sticky rice ($10), and Thai beef salad ($12).
There's rice plates and fried rice ($9-$15), vermicelli bowls topped with grilled pork, shrimp or other proteins ($12-$16), and Thai curries ($9-$18). There's also a lineup of sushi rolls ($7-$12).
The menu is viewable at pho54buf.com.
Hours: 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Sunday through Thursday, 11 a.m.-11 p.m. Friday, Saturday. Phone: 428-5269.
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Mistakenly or deliberate, Samsung just “announced” the existence of its Galaxy Buds Plus, the upgrade to its current true wireless earbuds.
The discovery was made on Tuesday, surprisingly, through a companion app published on the Apple App Store. The current Galaxy Buds don’t have a companion app.
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Technical details of the Buds Plus remains unknown, but we’d imagine Samsung would want to focus on noise cancellation and microphone performance: two big criticisms of the current Buds.
We probably don’t have to wait too long though. Samsung will likely reveal the Buds Plus at its Unpacked 2020 event on 11 February. And if it really wants to tease its audience, at MWC just over two weeks from now.
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Chief minister Vijay Rupani yesterday introduced the Gujarat Industrial Coverage 2020 that goals to supply almost ₹40,000 crore as subsidies to industries within the subsequent 5 years. It’s going to assist lease out authorities land to industrialists, and provide incentives to non-public industrial parks and models aspiring to relocate due to the pandemic, particularly from China.
“Gujarat welcomes all these industrial models who’re planning to shift from China and different nations as a result of pandemic. We’ll determine on a case-to-case foundation. Now we have already held 4 assembly with Japan, three conferences with United States, one every with Germany and UK on this regard,” Rupani mentioned whereas saying the coverage.
The Gujarat authorities is but to take a call of internet hosting the biannual Vibrant Gujarat summit in January subsequent 12 months as a result of pandemic scenario. Nevertheless, the brand new coverage offers for appointment of devoted ‘relationship managers’ by the Industrial Extension Bureau (iNDEXTb) that hosts the summit. These managers are supposed to be the one level of contacts for buyers.
Gujarat Industrial Coverage 2015 got here to an finish on December 31, 2019. The federal government had prolonged it as much as the discharge of a brand new coverage or December 31, 2020, whichever is earlier.
“The success of the final coverage will be gauged from the truth that Gujarat stands first when it comes to variety of Industrial Entrepreneurship Memorandum (IEM) filed for 2019. That is 51 per cent of all IEMs filed in India and the proposed funding promised for Gujarat is USD 49 billion,” mentioned Rupani, who additionally citied excessive international direct funding inflows and low unemployment charges whereas crediting the outdated coverage.
The brand new coverage additionally offers a median annual outlay of ₹eight,000 crore, meant to supply incentives to industries. Rupani additionally mentioned Gujarat will grow to be the primary state to ‘delink incentives’ from state items and companies tax (SGST) underneath the brand new coverage, based on Indian media reviews.
The brand new coverage, which pushes for ‘Aatmanirbhar Gujarat’, for the primary time will present help by as much as 65 per cent of the price of buying international patented applied sciences by micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs). Nevertheless, the utmost help will likely be as much as ₹50 lakh.
For start-ups, the brand new coverage will increase the seed help from ₹20 lakh to ₹30 lakh. It additionally offers elevated sustenance allowance and extra fiscal help.
The coverage additionally offers incentives to non-public builders for organising personal industrial parks within the state. The inducement will likely be 25 per cent of mounted capital funding as much as ₹30 crore. In case of tribal talukas, the coverage will help organising of business parks at 50 per cent of mounted capital funding as much as ₹30 crore.
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Chief minister Vijay Rupani yesterday introduced the Gujarat Industrial Coverage 2020 that goals to supply almost ₹40,000 crore as subsidies to industries within the subsequent 5 years.It’s going to assist lease out authorities land to industrialists, and provide incentives to non-public industrial parks and models aspiring to relocate due to the pandemic, particularly from China.


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Google has removed the ability to book Uber cabs directly from Google Maps. The app now shows a fare estimate and an “open app” option to be able to book a cab. The company removed the feature quietly, without any explanation. It removed the feature from iOS last year and now has removed it from Android.
Google made a fuss about it when it originally launched in January 2017. The app offered full native integration with Uber: users were able to enter a location, identify their route, then check different Uber prices and request a ride — without ever leaving the Maps app. Now, users can only identify their route and get a ballpark fare estimate on the Google Maps App. To actually hail a cab, they have to open the Uber app.
Googles support states that “you can no longer book Uber rides directly in Google Maps.” Uber has previously been criticized for location-tracking of passengers even after the ride was over and customers closed the app on their phones.
Google recently invested in Lyft, earlier in Uber
In October 2017, Google’s venture capital arm CapitalG invested $1 billion USD in Lyft, Uber’s primary rival in the US. The feature that allowed direct booking for Uber via Google Maps was introduced in the beginning of 2017. Also, a partner at CapitalG became a board member at Lyft. With a billion dollars on the line, Google may have pulled out the feature to remove the edge it offered Lyft’s competitor.
Note that, Google also put money into Uber, way back in 2013. It pumped the then-nascent cab service with $258 million, the investment was seen as a massive success as Uber grew rapidly after that. The Next Web points out that there’s a bit of bad blood between Google and Uber, primarily due to the Waymo IP theft case, which was finally settled in February after a protracted court battle.
PhonePe allows direct Ola bookings
Meanwhile, in India, Uber has been relegated to the same position as Ola on Google Maps with the removal of the feature. It is worth pointing out that the direct-booking for Uber on Google Maps was not a smooth ride. Uber on Google Maps did not work unless the customer had an international credit card registered with Uber.
Last week, Flipkart-backed PhonePe introduced a tie-up with Ola where users can book an Ola cab without leaving the PhonePe. The app also introduced Autopay, which allows automatic fare deductions from the customer’s PhonePe account after setting up initial payment instructions.
PhonePe also allows booking of buses without leaving the PhonePe app, and also has a tie-up with Mumbai Metro.


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Electrical Vehicle (EV) market is expected to witness a gigantic transformation in coming years. Experts believe that stricter emission norms, reducing battery prices and increased awareness would ultimately lead towards increased adoption of electric vehicles in India. Market insiders are expecting a double digit growth (annually) in sales of EV till 2020. However, one concern is also brewing up in the industry related to auto parts suppliers business. One recent report published by a renowned consulting firm EY has predicted that this massive transformational shift from ICE (Internal Combustion Engine) vehicles to EV can severely impact the business of existing automobile parts suppliers and small players.
The report further revealed that- big players who are into the component supply businesses may adapt this dramatic change and survive, but small firms could get hit the hardest due to this disruption. Moreover, this transformation can severely impact automotive value chain including distribution, aftermarket support, ownership models, manufacturing systems and technology at large.
Electric vehicles are simpler to build and require only 20 moving parts to complete its manufacturing while a vehicle based on ICE engine needs 2,000 moving components to complete its production. This scenario itself shows how much less components a manufacture will require crafting an automobile based on electricity. As a result, it impacts the businesses of component manufacturers and suppliers to a large extent. “The existing suppliers will also have to face stiff competition from the new entrants in the industry such as battery producers and technology companies,” EY stated in its statement.
Further, after sales and service businesses may also witness a sharp decline in terms of their revenue, once this electric vehicle concept gets rolls-out on a full-fledged mode. However, many newer opportunities would get emerge in post ICE scenario i.e. of manufacturing components like battery, motors, microprocessors and controllers.
On a larger note, many stakeholders are seeing the roll-out of electric vehicles road map as a stepping stone towards crafting an eco-friendly transportation infrastructure in India but there are some genuine aspects where one has to put their attention into. “One of such issue is to make the availability and accessibility of recharge stations at different corners of the country at shorter distances. Absence of such vital EV supply chain in the country could hinder the growth of electric vehicles in India,” added the report.


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A recent Federal Trade Commission suit challenging statements made during a U-Haul quarterly conference call with securities analysts should raise red flags with company executives and their general counsels about potential antitrust liability.
The FTC announced a consent agreement with U-Haul International, Inc. and its parent, AMERCO, last month, resolving charges that U-Haul engaged in "unfair methods of competition" in violation of Section 5 of the FTC Act by calling on Avis Budget Group, its closest competitor, to raise prices. The FTC action is subject to public comment until July 9, after which the Commission is expected to issue its complaint and final order.
The FTC's allegations against U-Haul
The specifics of the FTC U-Haul allegations are instructive.
According to the FTC, price competition was forcing U-Haul, the largest consumer truck rental company in the United States, to lower its rates for one-way truck rentals. The FTC alleges that, aware of the situation, U-Haul's CEO made statements during an earnings conference call suggesting that U-Haul would raise its rates and would maintain those rates so long as Budget did not respond in a way that would take away market share.
During opening remarks on the analyst call, U-Haul's CEO said only that the company was making efforts "to show price leadership." However, when asked for additional information, the CEO discussed the pricing signals he was sending to the company's competitors in greater detail: "as I talked about earlier, me trying to get us to exercise price leadership every time we get what we consider to be an opportunity, it's another indicator to them as to, hey, don't throw the money away. Price at cost at least."
He then went further, advising that U-Haul would wait longer, for the competition to respond, saying, "if they perceive that we'll let them come up a little bit, I remain optimistic they'll come up, and it has a profound affect on us." He then specifically suggested, according to the FTC's interpretation, that U-Haul would keep its rates unchanged so long as Budget would raise its rates to within 3 to 5 percent of U-Haul's: "it's not that hard in the economy to justify 3 or 5% with service in my belief. Now you have to really do it, but I believe we have it and I believe we can really do it. And so that's where I'm driving my people who are delivering the product. I'm not driving them hard on match, match, match."
Public and private invitations to collude
The FTC complaint alleges an "invitation-to-collude," charging that a solicitation to a competitor to fix prices or divide markets is itself a violation of the FTC Act even if it does not lead to any agreement. Most such cases have been based on private invitations—which if accepted would have amounted to criminal price fixing. The DOJ has even brought mail and wire fraud cases against such conduct.
In one infamous case, the President of American Airlines, Robert Crandall, called the President of Braniff, who taped the call and turned it over to the government. Crandall bluntly proposed, "raise your goddamn fares twenty percent [and] I'll raise mine the next morning." He added, "you'll make more money and I will too." The Justice Department challenged that conduct as attempted monopolization, albeit a "shared" monopoly, based on the companies' combined market share.
Since the early 1990s, the FTC has challenged similar private invitations under the FTC Act, regardless of market structure. FTC officials have argued that such suits should deter price fixing, and not to bring such cases would give price-fixers a "free bite at the apple" since if an invitation is accepted, the resulting agreement might never be detected.
The FTC action against U-Haul is significant because it is not based on a private telephone call or clandestine meeting with a competitor, but rather on public statements to stock market analysts, which were recorded and widely distributed.
The FTC has brought one similar case, in 2006, against Valassis Communications, Inc., a leading producer of freestanding newspaper inserts, for detailing its strategy to increase market prices in opening an earnings call. The U-Haul case goes even further because the challenged comments were made in response to analyst questions.
The fact that an invitation is made in a public forum does not immunize the communication, although FTC officials have in the past recognized that public companies have a legitimate interest in communicating with investors about financial results and business strategies.
The FTC's concern with public invitations is that they may facilitate collusion by disclosing the solicitor's intentions and preferences even if an agreement can not be proven. Thus, they should be of greatest concern in concentrated markets, and the FTC alleges that U-Haul and the target of its invitation, Budget, together account for 70 percent of one-way truck rentals in the United States. On the other hand, the Commission has said it need not show market power in order to bring a case. Thus, firms should be cautious of what may be said during analyst calls, even in less concentrated markets.
Notably, the FTC order against U-Haul has a proviso to allow public disclosure as required by the federal securities laws. And the FTC has also said that it "would likely not interfere" with a public communication that is required by the securities laws. Still, a respondent might be able to argue in a future case that a similar antitrust challenge is precluded by the securities laws given the risk of conflicting duties. Most companies, however, will not want to chance becoming the target of the FTC's next enforcement action.
The U-Haul action should cause public company general counsel to review prepared statements for conference calls and draft answers to possible analyst questions with an eye for antitrust as well as securities issues, and to advise top executives:
- not to use quarterly earnings calls or other presentations to investors to communicate to competitors;
- to focus on the company's actions and use caution when talking about competitors' actions or industry actions;
- to be cautious when talking about future pricing and output; and
- that analyst calls are monitored and transcripts scrutinized by antitrust enforcers as well as securities regulators and plaintiffs' attorneys.
The FTC press release announcing this action and its proposed complaint and order are available at http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2010/06/uhaul.shtm.


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Apple recently filed a patent with the US Patent and Trademark Office. It describes a new feature that will protect the information on the iPhone or iPad display from prying eyes. The key element required for the new option to work will be special glasses. With their help, device owners will be able to view information on the screen without any problems. For everyone else, the image on the display should be blurry.
Alas, the patent does not contain information on how the new technology will work specifically. It is possible that the function of viewing hidden content will become one of the chips of Apple’s mixed reality glasses. According to rumors, the latter may come out in the next few years.
In this case, all issues related to transferring data from iPhone to glasses will be removed. In the past, some sources have reported that Apple’s first AR/VR device can only be paired with a smartphone. Without the iPhone, its capabilities will be greatly reduced.
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NEW DELHI: Telecom equipment maker Huawei
launched its much-awaited tablet
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' offering cloud services to strengthen its product portfolio in India.
The company, which has just 6-7 devices in its portfolio as of now, is also looking at expanding its product range aggressively in the next few months.
"We launched our devices earlier this year and by December-end, we should have 10-odd devices. India is a very important market for us and we are aggressively expanding our product-line in India. Next year, the plan is to have 20-30 devices in our portfolio," Huawei Marketing Director (Devices) Anand Narang told PTI.
The company is also looking at strengthening its retail presence and expects to have 10,000 outlets across more than 50 cities.
To cash in on the burgeoning tablet PC market
in India, Huawei has launched MediaPad, a seven-inch Android 3.2
Honeycomb-based tablet. Powered by Qualcomm
's dual-core 1.2GHz processor, MediaPad features a 1.3 megapixel front facing camera and 5MP rear camera. It is priced at Rs 28,359.
"The market for tablet PCs is huge. We expect to sell 5,000 units in the first month and gradually ramping it up as there is a huge potential in the market here," Narang said.
Experts have forecast that market for Indian tablet PC, which is smaller in size and has PC-like functionalities, will grow to a million units in volume in the next 12 months.
The Indian market is flooded with tablets and consumers have the option of choosing tablet PCs at various price points.
While the bigger brands like Apple's iPad and Research in Motions's PlayBook are priced above Rs 25,000, devices from the likes of Olive and Spice are available at much lower costs.
Huawei has also launched two handsets based on Cloud+ service under which users will get 16 GB cloud disk for storage.
The phones also offer richer messaging features with Message+, an application developed by Huawei's Indian team, to share texts, pictures, videos and voice notes; Phone Finder to locate, back-up and lock the device; and Cloud Gallery for easy viewing and sharing of pictures.
Huawei Sonic is priced at Rs 9,210, while Ideos X3 is priced at Rs 10,229. Both handsets are powered by Android 2.3 Gingerbread operating system.
Huawei Sonic has a 3.5-inch multi-touch HVGA display, 512 MB on-board storage and 20 GB additional storage (4GB bundled micro SD card and 16GB cloud net drive), while Ideos offers X3 features dual camera (3.2MP and VGA) and 3.2-inch screen.
"In our consumer interactions, we found that while smartphones being better than feature phones, still have limitations. That is where our Cloud+ service offering 16 GB Net drive, integrated social phonebook, richer messaging and phone finder services will make our cloudphones smarter than the existing smartphones," Huawei Sales Director Devices P Sanjeev said.


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Is FreedomPop worth considering? Sure, but only if you’re keenly aware of the service’s hidden costs and gotchas.
Here’s how to run the numbers to see if you can get a good monthly deal on the T-Mobile iPhone.
It would be awesome to see disruption of the big wireless carriers, and there are some great reasons for Google to lead the way. Just don’t hold your breath for it
I have no idea how profitable a camera with a data plan will be. But either way, it’s bad for innovation.
AT&T is slowly allowing more iPhone and iPad owners to use FaceTime for video chat over its network, but many users will remain shut out for the time being.
Want to have more than one smartphone at your disposal? Here’s how to swap SIM cards and keep costs down.
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While the biggest wireless carriers seem hellbent on taking data away, T-Mobile is reversing course and bringing unlimited data back.
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Hyundai has revealed a new large front-wheel drive luxury sedan, dubbed AG for now, at the 2014 Busan Motor Show.
The company isn’t saying much about the new sedan except to say that its “front-wheel drive flagship sedan will offer quiet and sophisticated driving comfort, while adopting a series of advanced convenience features”. Unlike the smaller Grandeur/Azera, the AG features styling from the “Fluidic Sculpture 2.0” playbook that graces, if that’s the word, the new Sonata.
Given it’s front-wheel drive roots, it’s likely that the AG will feature V6s from the Grandeur/Azera. Currently the Grandeur is available with either a 3-litre V6 (199kW/266hp; 310Nm/229 lb-ft) or a 3.3-litre V6 (216kW/290hp; 346Nm/255 lb-ft). The 2.4-litre 4-cylinder (148kW/198hp; 250Nm/184 lb-ft) is also available on the Korea-market Azera.
Right now the car is branded AG, but it’s likely that this is just the car’s model code. A more catchy name is likely when the car is released in the Korean market in the second half of 2014. It’s unknown, at this stage, whether the AG will be released in other markets.


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As employee burnout reaches a pandemic-induced fever pitch, more companies are desperately looking for ways to keep staff productive and happy with perks like Summer Fridays, fitness programs, and getting creative with remote work by partnering with local coffee and bike shops. One company has decided to give U.S. employees a paid week off. Read more below.
- Marketing tech company Kinesso is taking the idea of Summer Friday a step further, offering employees a summer break to combat burnout.
- Emergency measures and adaptations among publishers’ ad sellers led to a new normal this year. It will soon face off against new advertiser uncertainties.
- In a nutshell, AMM is an agreement individual advertisers could sign with Facebook to get access to granular data (view-through and click-through conversions) on their ads via their mobile measurement partner.
- While videos need to be a creator’s own original work, videos do not need to be exclusive to YouTube Shorts in order to be eligible to receive payment.
- B/R Kicks initially began with a focus on sneakers but has since expanded out to sports lifestyle in order to bring new, non-endemic advertisers into the mix.


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Sometimes being an alumnus from London’s esteemed Fashion University; Central Saint Martin can jumpstart your career as a designer. For Gaurav Gupta it has proved to be much more. The Indian designer who graduated from the popular fashion school is now the only Indian designer to be featured in a documentary by the British government.
“As part of the Olympic Games being held in London this year, the UK government will be showcasing snapshots from the lives of people who have been associated with the country in a significant capacity and are now influencing the global scenario in their respective fields of work,” explains Gupta.
The filming of the documentary started during Gupta’s Autumn Winter 2012 show at Wills India Lifestyle Week. “The process of filming was quite exciting, nostalgic and livening. The team filmed the pre-show preparations, the backstage nerves, the general feeling around the show and my reactions,” he says.
Other Indians to be featured in the documentary include Manoj Badale (co-founder of IPL team Rajasthan Royals), international cricketer Mushtaq Ahmed and Olympic gold-medalist Steve Redgrave.
While those attending the Olympics can watch the documentary at the stadiums and various screens across London all throughout July and August, others can watch it online at the various British government websites.
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China Huawei's first Windows Phone 8 device, rumoured as the Ascend W1, is expected to be announced this month, and compete with existing Windows Phone 8 manufacturers like Samsung, HTC and Nokia come November.
When Windows Phone 8 was announced, Microsoft said that four handset manufacturers would launch devices when the OS would launch – Samsung, HTC, Nokia and Huawei. We have already seen Windows Phone 8 devices unveiled from three of the manufacturers with Huawei being the only one left to announce their devices.
According to a Chinese website, winp.cn, Huawei is set to announce its WP8 smartphone line-up on Sept. 25. It is also rumoured that the company will announce two Android powered smartphones along with the WP8 device. The Android smartphones expected are the Ascend P2 and the Ascend D2.
No details about the specifications of the Ascend W1 are known but we can expect it to have a dual core processor, support for NFC along with microSD card support.
HTC, in the meanwhile, unveiled two Windows Phone 8 devices – the 8X and the 8S. You can read the details of the two devices here.
Nokia also showed off the Lumia 920, which is its flagship Windows Phone 8 device, and the Lumia 820, which is its mid range Windows Phone 8 device. You can take a close look at the specifications of the two smartphones here.
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Review of sweatshops no relief as Boohoo shares tumble again
Shares in Boohoo fell sharply again yesterday after the online retailer said that it had hired a top lawyer to lead an independent review into allegations of modern slavery in its supply chain.
More than £2 billion has now been wiped off the value of the company this week since The Sunday Times published an investigation into a factory in Leicester, which revealed that workers handling its Nasty Gal brand were being paid £3.50 an hour and were operating in unsafe conditions while the city was in lockdown.
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In 2013, when Markus Villig was just 19 years old and having just graduated from high school, he had two choices: focus on his studies or grow his business.
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Millions of illnesses and more than 1,000 deaths every year in the U.S. are attributable to foodborne illness caused by known pathogens, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Conventional methods to screen food to find sickness-causing microbes can take as long as 24 hours, which is often too slow to efficiently catch tainted products before they hit store shelves. Faster methods exist, but have limitations. Magnetic resonance, for example, can detect extremely low levels of bacteria, but loses its effectiveness at higher bacteria concentrations. Fluorescence is the opposite.
Tuhina Banerjee, Santimukul Santra and colleagues wanted to see if they could combine the two techniques to make a better detector.
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Nvidia owners with an SLI setup who have dreamed of running multiple monitors have been left in the cold for quite some time now. Stretching your real estate out onto a second monitor forced GeForce owners to disable SLI and reconfigure settings from scratch each time. This could take up several minutes and in some extreme cases, even a reboot. ATI owners on the other hand have had the ability to run crossfire on multi monitors for quite some time now and even Nvidia’s Quadro lineup has a fix in place. The day of reckoning is at hand however for GeForce owners and the wait for a fix may soon be over. According to leaked drivers which were previewed by VR-Zone an update from Nvidia may put the issue to bed once and for all. Screen shots and even a download link to the driver shows SLI multi monitor support in action.
Version 180.10 which Nvidia dubs “Big Bang II” could be rolling out soon and these drivers show that significant progress has been made on the issue. The site currently only offers the 64 bit version and this “leaked” copy features a few limitations which are important to know. Currently only clone mode is available for the second monitor, and 3D applications will match the resolutions on both displays regardless of compatibility. Additionally, these features come with roughly a 5% performance hit acording to 3DMark. Additional program specific conflicts are also being discussed in forums, and Nvidia (understandably) isn’t saying much.
The company has not confirmed the authenticity of these drivers or given any official release date on “Big Bang II”. The suggested launch date of September has obviously come and gone and ForceWare version 178.24 debuted just last week. Since driver releases are traditionally a minimum of one month apart, I highly doubt we will see anything new before late November or sometime in December at the earliest.
Nvidia's latest videocard release takes aim at the graphics professional rather than the hardcore gamer with its new Quadro CX GPU. The new card comes just in time for those planning on jumping onto Adobe's Creative Suite 4, as the Quadro CX has been designed with the suite in mind, which Nvidia claims will give uses the "ability to create rich, stunning content in a faster, smoother, and more interactive way."
The Quadro CX comes with 1.5GB of GDDR3 memory on a 384-bit memory interface capable of 76.8GB/sec of memory bandwidth. Dual Link DVI comes standard, as well as support for OpenGL 2.1, Shader Model 4.0, and DirectX 10.
The customized GPU allows Photoshop CS4 to offload real-time image rotation, zooming, and panning, as well as instantaneous view changes. But such goodies won't come cheap. MSRP has been set to $2000. Ouch!
Nvidia scored a much needed win for its mobile graphics with the release of the 9400M GPU, which Apple has chosen to use in its refreshed MacBook line. Apple CEO Steve Jobs gave credit to the 9400M for offering better performance in the new MacBooks, ultimately leading the company to choose Nvidia over Intel.
One could argue that vendor confidence in Nvidia had been more than a little rattled after it came to light that the company's 8M series might have a more serious design flaw than initially thought. What started off as a bad batch of GPUs quickly turned into speculation that the problem could be widespread among Nvidia's silicon, affecting not only mobile parts but desktop solutions as well. But Apple could be just what Nvidia needs to turn this perception around.
Here's a formula to help boost sales: Take something popular - for example, The Dark Knight - and then apply it to something completely unrelated, like videocards. Of course, copyright concerns could come into play, so be sure and design a character or logo that resembles nothing from which it was borrowed (in this case, steer clear of Batman).
Perhaps we're being too cynical and maybe Asus isn't a fan of DC's comic hero gone big screen. In any event, Asus' new Dark Knight series of videocards will inevitably conjure up thoughts of Christian Bale in his most recent role as Batman, but the new GPUs have no association to arguably the best super hero movie to date. Instead, the "self-designed" Dark Knight branded cards will come with a special heatsink the company claims ups the cooling performance ante while keeping noise levels down.
"The ASUS designed EAH4870 DK and EN9800GTX+ DK Series come equipped with the specially designed Dark Knight Fansink," Asus wrote in a press release. "This innovative fansink is equipped with 4 heatpipes and a large heatsink surface area; and is made of aluminum alloy to deliver extreme cooling while retaining operating levels at only 32dB—almost imperceptible in a quiet room—catering to users who require maximum cooling without excessive fan rotation noise."
The new cards also come with a handful of technologies and buzzwords aimed at attracting the overclocking crowd. These include an EMI shield, DIP spring chokes, LF PAK MOS, and all-solid Japanese capacitors. Put together, Asus claims end users can expect a 9 percent performance improvement while gaming. Utility belt not included.
When it comes time to shop for a videocard, most people are concerned about the pixel pushing power and how well a new GPU can handle Crysis. Yet others are more concerned with a videocard's ability to fit into a home theater PC setup, both physically and functionally. Some GPUs are even sought after for their ability to fold proteins, but apparently there's another use emerging, one with malicious intent.
According to Global Secure Systems, a Russian firm used Nvidia GPUs to break through WPA and WPA2 encryption. Assuming the report is accurate, the implications are nothing less than frightening, as GSS claims the brute force attack managed to accelerate WiFi 'password recovery' times by up to 10,000 percent.
"This breakthrough in brute force decryption of WiFi signals by Elcomsoft confirms our observations that firms can no longer rely on standards-based security to protect their data," noted David Hobson, managing director of GSS. "As a result, we now advise clients using WiFi in their offices to move on up to a VPM encryption system as well."
But even moving to a VPN may not be enough, as many VPNs use AES encryption just like WPA2. And by throwing videocards into the mix (it remains unclear which specific Nvidia GPUs were utilized), accessibility quickly becomes a growing concern.
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Hear that noise? It's the sound of DirectX 10 (and 10.1) failing to make much of an impact on the PC gaming scene. The slow adoption of DX10 can't be blamed on a lack of hype or anticipation, and gamers might need to prepare themselves for round 2. ATI, stil the only videocard manufacturer to offer DX10.1 compliant silicon, is casting an eye towards 2009 and telling whoever will listen that DirectX 11 is on the horizon.
Currently showing off next-generation technologies at Ceatec, ATI said it expects to launch DX11 GPUs within the next 12-14 months. It's far too early to tell what impact that will having on the gaming community, but on the plus side, DX11 is expected to raise the bar in terms of GPGPU functions and multithreading, as well as bringing support for hardware tessellation for the first time.
ATI also says its on track to release GPUs based on a 40nm manufacturing process, though the company stopped short of offering a specific time frame.
Nvidia has a new videcoard driver available for download, and for you poor saps on dial-up, it will come as a double-edged sword. On the one hand, the 86.9MB download checks in at more than the twice the size of previously released drivers. But added bulk brings PhysX acceleration to the table for owners of Nvidia's GeForce 8, 9, and 200 series of videocards outfitted with a minimum of 256MB of video memory.
If you're anxious to see what potential lies in PhysX support, Nvidia offers a free GeForce Power Pack containing several demos, a full game (Warmonger), an Unreal Tournament 3 mod, and more.
The new driver also contains the usual assortment 3D application compatibility fixes, along with purported performance boosts in a handful of games. For example, Nvidia says single-GPU gamers can expect a 15 percent increase in Bioshock (DX10), 11 percent in Assassin's Creed (DX10), and 15 percent in Call of Duty 4, among other titles.
With Intel bracing itself for the discrete GPU market with its upcoming Larrabee chip, Nvidia and AMD are expected to make an earnest attempt at luring millions of users of integrated graphics with their low-end discrete graphics solutions – quid pro quo. ATI/AMD has launched its low-end offerings HD 4350 and HD 4550 with integrated graphics’ users in sight. The new GPUs are priced between $40 and $55.
The cards are based on AMD’s 55 nm 4800 series architecture and are claimed to hold an edge over Nvidia’s low-end 9400 series. Both the GPUs have 80 stream processors and are clocked at 600 MHz. The HD 4550 will come with either 256 MB or 512 MB GDDR3 memory. On the other hand, HD 4350 will only be available with 256 MB of DDR2. The GPUs are only going to consume 20 watts of power, which is 2/5 of the appetite for power of Nvidia’s 9400 series.
Do you know the difference between a 9800 GTX and GTX+? How about an 8800 GTS 1st and 2nd generation? Well if you’re confused don’t worry, your not alone. Now finally after many years of dazzling and confusing customers, Nvidia is looking to make some permanent changes to help deal with the dizzying array of identifiers. The company is hoping that by years end it will have better control over card’s surnames in an attempt to give users a clear idea of the performance they can expect. Using this approach the GTX term would be reserved for the highest-end gaming cards with GS and GT being reserved for mainstream boards. Last but not least, gamers on a budget will be able to choose from a clearly labeled G series. This is clearly a follow up to the Radeon’s addition of the HD line and with any luck will help users figure out what kind of performance they can expect from a given card without scouring the web for comparisons. Rumor has it the 9400 GT will also be rebranded as the G100, and the 9500 GT through 9800 GT will become the GT120 to GT150 series.
I think you’ll agree these changes are long overdue.
There’s no secret that GPUs have some extreme muscle behind them, and a team of researchers at Michigan Technological University are harnessing this power to better understand the most complicated of real-life systems.
The project, lead by Roshan D’Souza is supercharging agent-based modeling, a powerful and computationally massive forecasting technique, with the goal of modeling complex biological systems such as the human immune response to the tuberculosis bacterium.
Mikola Lysenko, the computer science student that wrote the software demonstrated the ability of the program. A demo showing an impressive swarm of bright green immune cells surrounding and containing yellow tuberculosis bacterium was the product of millions of real-time calculations. D’Souza claims “I've been asked if we ran this on a supercomputer or if it's a movie.”
D’Souza’s only real concern is being able to do more with the technology, “We can do it much bigger,” he says. He hopes to model how a tuberculosis bacterium infection could spread from the lung to a patient’s lymphatic system, blood and vital organs.
Agent-based modeling is something that will be used to revolutionize medical research. Dr. Gary An, a surgeon specializing in trauma and critical care at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine is pioneering its use. He’s doing so by modeling another matter of life and death, sepsis. These infections, which consist of billions of agents (including cells and bacteria), have had too complex of a model to map – until now.
While admittedly most of us will need our own supercomputer to decipher the medical jargon used to simply describe the actions of the GPU powered agent-based modeling, there’s no doubt that the results will be astonishing. And it appears that they’re not the only ones taking advantage of this supreme power.


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Avnet, Zarlink ink distribution deal Product News 12/31/2007 Post a comment Avnet Electronics Marketing and Zarlink Semiconductor have entered into a global distribution agreement that allows the distributor to sell Zarlink's optical and telecommunications products.
Selco expands value-added services Product News 12/31/2007 Post a comment Selco Products has expanded its value-added services department to meet OEM demand for fully assembled, ready-to-install customized thermal components in a variety of configurations.
Terrestrial digital radio goes mobile Product News 12/31/2007 Post a comment At the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, HD Radio developer iBiquity will show new features for the terrestrial digital radio format, such as an iTunes "tagging" feature that makes it easier to purchase music, while touting low-power chip support and reference designs tailored to move the HD Radio platform into portable devices.
Headers meet RoHS reflow processes Product News 12/28/2007 Post a comment Molex Inc. has introduced its Mini-Fit RTC (RoHS Temperature Capable) headers, aimed at mid-range power applications that require high-density and current-carrying capability.
NTIA approves Philips converter boxes for coupon program Product News 12/26/2007 Post a comment Philips announced today that the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has approved three set-top digital-to-analog converter boxes to its list of coupon-eligible tuners. The three new converter boxes are marketed under the Magnavox and Philco brands.
As data rates begin to move beyond 25 Gbps channels, new problems arise. Getting to 50 Gbps channels might not be possible with the traditional NRZ (2-level) signaling. PAM4 lets data rates double with only a small increase in channel bandwidth by sending two bits per symbol. But, it brings new measurement and analysis problems. Signal integrity sage Ransom Stephens will explain how PAM4 differs from NRZ and what to expect in design, measurement, and signal analysis.
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The podcaster said that either cryptocurrencies will disappear over time, or they will give us a better way to live our lives.
Podcaster Joe Rogan interviewed Adam Curry on January 8 on his podcast, The Joe Rogan Experience, and said he has “a lot of hope” in cryptocurrencies, but mostly Bitcoin.
“What we’re seeing now is is it going to fall apart completely or are we going to use this as an opportunity to fix the world and find a better way to live our lives.”
Said Joe Rogan after mentioning that he sees Bitcoin and Ethereum as the two main projects. He also said he still doesn’t understand much about the subject.
Podcast guest Adam Curry, an internet entrepreneur, explained the difference between altcoins and bitcoin and that he only invests in bitcoin because of its scarcity of 21 million units.
“It cannot be inflated and you cannot say the same for Ethereum,” said the 57-year-old.
In the interview with Adam Curry in episode number 1,760 from their podcast, they also discussed issues related to the metaverse and its scope, discussing the possibilities and strength that the NFTs will have in this medium.
The 2021 top 1 podcast presenter on spotfy believes that companies will be able to launch their own NFTs, where customers will need to use them to buy their products.
“Apple could easily do that. It’s almost like another version of stocks or something.”
This view of the presenter is interesting, because in 2021 the attitude towards NFTs was completely different, going so far as to comment that NFT makes no sense and was just a hustle for cryptocurrencies.
Adam Curry also made his comments regarding the NFTs and the metaverse, believing that at some point in the future, big institutions and governments will rule everything.
We know that both presenter Joe Rogan and Adam Curry are public figures who change their minds a lot, especially Joe Rogan who has his vision turned to go against the “politically correct“. This concludes that what is said in your podcast is not always taken seriously.
However, this market is showing its strength and we will have new chapters of technological evolution in this segment. Tech giants embracing the sector, as well as traditional industries adapting to the market.
The metaverse shows its strength mainly when companies like Samsung and events like the Australian Open, adhere to this digital medium.


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The changing purchasing habits of Chinese consumers have also driven the luxury price rises. Over the past few years, Chinese consumers have increasingly travelled to Europe to buy goods, because of the savings they can make on tax.
Price rises have reflected this habit, with goods in Europe rising by more than those in mainland China. Luxury goods in Paris saw annual price rises of 4.2 percent between 2012 and year-to-date 2014, for example, while products in Shanghai rose by only 1.6 percent.
As a result of price hikes in Europe, the savings Chinese could gain from shopping abroad had fallen to 26 percent by March 2014, down from 35 percent in July 2012.
Mixed views on price rise gains
While higher prices will improve some brands' margins and revenue, analysts are unconvinced that every brand will reap the benefits.
Rahul Sharma, managing director of Neev Capital, warned that price hikes had already proved detrimental to certain upmarket brands.
"Every year it is fair to say that the sector has pricing power and it flexes it. The key thing I would say is that they have had really big price increases since 2009, and for some brands, like Mulberry, it has blown up," he told CNBC in a phone interview. "Not every brand can keep increasing prices. Some have the brand equity."
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France's Hermes has been one of the most aggressive brands in hiking its prices, along with Louis Vuitton, known for its iconic "LV" print. They have been followed by Richemont and Gucci.
"The likes of high-end brands such as Hermes and Chanel have no price resistance and consumers lap it up. The jury is still out on brands like Gucci," said Sharma.
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In terms of products, handbag prices rose 6 percent year-on-year between 2012 and year-to-date 2014. Jewellery prices rose 4.5 percent in the same period.
Experts said the rise in prices was as much about retaining brands' exclusivity as driving margins.
"We do see companies pushing prices up to reclaim that exclusivity," Anusha Couttigane, fashion consultant at Conlumino, told CNCB in a phone interview.


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The country of Georgia has been hammered by a massive cyberattack that disrupted access to at least 2,000 government, news media and court websites, with many homepages replaced with a photograph of the country's former president, according to news reports.
It's one thing to know your attackers. It's another to emulate some of their techniques so you can improve your own enterprise defenses. Craig Harber, CTO of Fidelis Cybersecurity, is an advocate of this "think like an attacker" defensive strategy.
Two new security incidents demonstrate how easily millions of customer records can be exposed. Researchers found an unsecured database containing records of customers of Adobe Creative Cloud. And Italy's UniCredit bank announced a "data incident" that exposed a file containing customer records.
Big data analytics and search tools give organizations the ability to analyze information faster than ever before. But too many organizations deactivate security controls built into Elasticsearch, Amazon S3 buckets and MongoDB when they deploy, leaving their data exposed, says Elastic's James Spiteri.
Agile environments benefit from development platforms and open-source software, but that also raises the risks of attacks seeded in those supply chains, says Chet Wisniewski of Sophos, who describes steps that organizations can take to mitigate the risks.
Some 42 apps that were available in the Google Play store had been delivering adware to Android devices for about a year, according to the security firm ESET. In the 12-month period starting in July 2018, these apps were downloaded about 8 million times to Android devices around the world, the researchers say.
Johannesburg has been hit with a ransomware attack that is crippling municipal services. City Power, an electric utility owned by the city that was hit by a similar attack in July - also was affected by the latest attack.
Democratic lawmakers are urging the U.S. Federal Trade Commission to open an investigation into whether Amazon violated federal law by failing to the prevent Capital One's devastating data breach. Amazon dismissed the request as "baseless and a publicity attempt from opportunistic politicians."
The "Raccoon" infostealer, first spotted in the wild earlier this year, is rapidly gaining in popularity on underground forums due to its low cost and ability to steal a wide range of data, including credit card numbers and cryptocurrency wallets, according to a new analysis from Cybereason.
The latest edition of the ISMG Security Report analyzes how the Russian hacking group Turla has been coopting Iranian hacking tools. Plus: Avast's CCleaner hit by second attack; sizing up draft regulations for the California Consumer Protection Act.
The use of new standards can help strengthen cybersecurity risk management of medical devices at the Department of Veterans Affairs as well as other healthcare organizations, says Anura Fernando of UL, which recently completed a study with the VA examining gaps in medical device cybersecurity approaches.
Spanish authorities say they've arrested three individuals on charges of running a large-scale business email compromise scheme that targeted a dozen companies around the world to steal about $11 million.
A U.S. Congressional committee on Wednesday peppered Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg with tough questions about the company's plans for a cryptocurrency called Libra, raising concerns about privacy issues as well as potential use of the currency for money laundering or to finance deals for illegal drugs and weapons.
The National Cyber Security Center, the U.K.'s national computer emergency response team, investigated 658 serious cybersecurity incidents in a 12-month period and supported nearly 900 victim organizations - most of whom learned they had fallen victim after being alerted by the center.
A Texas resident has been sentenced to 12 years in federal prison for hacking into the Los Angeles Superior Court computer system and sending out approximately 2 million phishing emails to steal hundreds of credit and payment card numbers.


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The auction, the first of its kind, will see the sale of the right to catch 72 000 tons of horse mackerel and 11 000 tons of hake.
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People have been anticipating the release of Microsoft Surface Pro 5. But until now, there’s no official announcement for the exact date. In June last year, there were speculations that the device was going to be released in the spring of 2017. It looked like it had something to do with the company waiting for Intel’s Kaby Lake processor’s availability. They prefer this because it will draw less power and save battery life.
The latest buzz is that the Surface Pro 5 is going to be launched in the first quarter of 2017, most likely by the end of March. Furthermore, the device will have a 4K UHD touchscreen and magnetic charging stylus, per Gsmarena.com. Pegatron Technology is the manufacturer of the new Surface Pro 5 for Microsoft. Retail price reportedly starts at $899. However, that amount may not get you the 4K screen. You can expect that to the higher model which costs about $1,599 USD.
The Surface Pro 5 is expected to have a maximum SSD storage of 512GB. Other enhancements also include the USB Type-C and Thunderbolt 3 ports, per yibada.com. Users may also recall that four years ago, Microsoft had filed a patent for their fingerprint scanning through the PixelSense display. Right now there are speculations of the company not upgrading to 4K display but just upgrading the screen on the device by adding fingerprint sensor onto it.
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Meanwhile, Microsoft is also expected to launch Windows 10 Redstone 2 in spring 2017 and Redstone 3 in the fall of the same year. Users expect Redstone 3 to deliver a much better user experience across all devices that are running on Windows 10. This will include support for HoloLens VR device, per Phone Arena.
The Microsoft Surface Pro 5 is expected to come with Windows 10 Redstone 3 update. This may be an indication that the device’s release date may set in October 2017. If it comes with Redstone 2, then the release may be earlier, which is March 2017.
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According to the British Retail Consortium (BRC) overall shop prices have fallen for the fifth consecutive month.
This though may not seem evident to the everyday shopper as they go to the supermarket for their weekly shop because food inflation is increasing – and that's what we generally buy the most often.
Overall shop prices fell by 0.2 percent in September according to BRC data, slightly less than August's 0.5 percent fall.
But when looking at food prices the picture is very different. Food inflation in September was 2.9 percent, a 0.4 percent rise on August's 2.5 percent.
Non food items dropped in price by 2 percent in September compared to a 2.3 percent fall in August.
On an annual basis the BRC Shop Price Index shows a small overall price deflation on 0.2% which, says the BRC, '…remains significantly below the official rate of inflation, the CPI. Barring any shocks to the supply chain, we expect shop prices to remain fairly stable in the medium term.' A point to note is that the CPI and SPI do not measure the same data.
Some examples of non-food price deflation in September are clothing & footwear dropping by 8.9 percent, Electricals falling by 3.5 percent and Furniture & floor coverings by 2.3 percent. Although health & beauty products went up by 1.2%, DIY & gardening rose by 1 percent and books, stationery & home entertainment went up by 0.4 percent.
Overall then the items that you have to buy to live (and live tolerably) appear to be rising and those that you can put off are falling – not surprising when money is tight for everyone.
Helen Dickinson, British Retail Consortium Director General, said:
"For the fifth month in a row our data shows that prices in the shops fell last month. Deflation in September was driven by non-food items and in fact, we've only seen one month since January 2012 which has been inflationary for non-food.
"Retailers have used deep discounts and promotions particularly in audio and visual equipment and men's and children's clothing. This is further evidence of the continuing pressure on margins across the sector.
"In food, inflation remains below trend, but was slightly higher in September than in August. Ambient food, rather than fresh, showed the more significant increases in prices. While there was a slowing of inflation in bread and cereals, this was off-set by rising inflation in non-alcoholic beverages and sugar, jam and chocolate."
Mike Watkins, Head of Retailer and Business Insight, Nielsen, said:
"There are some inflationary cost pressures in the food supply chain that had an impact on the small upward movement in shop price inflation in September. However promotional savings and the use of coupons continue and this is helping shoppers to budget and seek out the best deals. With consumers still uncertain about when and where to spend, we expect competition for discretionary spend to intensify in both food and non-food retailing, as we head towards the end of the year."


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The News: Model9 continues its dynamic growth and solution completeness by announcing further updates to its partnership with AWS last week at a packed AWS re:Invent. For more details on what was announced check out the Press Release here.
Model9 Partners with AWS to Drive Hybrid Cloud and Simplify Large-Scale Mainframe Data Movement
Analyst Take: I had the opportunity to grab time with Gil Peleg the Founder and CEO of Model9 last week at a packed AWS re:Invent and get some insight into the fast growth trajectory that the company is on and dig into the details of what the company has in store for the partnership with AWS and ultimately other hyperscalers.
Model9, whose mission is to be the market-leading cloud data management mainframe software company has been on an upward growth trajectory over the last couple of years. The company has moved beyond the early stages of bringing a product to market and has now matured to the point where the company has inked a series of relationships with key storage hardware vendors to build out a robust ecosystem of partners.
The announcement at re:Invent last week marks another point on the maturity curve of this software vendor. While the relationship with AWS is not new, the key takeaway for me was the depth of the engineering effort that has gone into the collaboration. Peleg was detailed in his description of the considerable joint R&D work that has gone into the latest announcements. Peleg was keen to stress that the collaboration extends far beyond the traditional procurement-driven approach where an ISV puts its software in the AWS marketplace so AWS customers can consume the solution by drawing down AWS credits.
Model9 and AWS Partner To Drive Hybrid Cloud
Model9 announced that its Cloud Data Platform will be used as a key building block of AWS’ mainframe modernization solution. The design point is to simplify and accelerate mainframe modernization initiatives by making it easier to get mainframe data from on-premises to the cloud for various scenarios, including backup and cyber resilience.
IBM claims that mainframes still store and create roughly 80% of the world’s corporate data. This huge trove of data includes both active data from applications still running on mainframes, as well as decades of historical data kept for regulatory compliance, archival, and data protection.
As organizations look to embrace the benefits of hybrid multi-cloud, the ability to move data between locations, cloud and on and off-premises is a key barrier. The Model9 File Transfer solution addresses a major challenge holding back mainframe modernization initiatives by enabling the efficient and secure movement of mainframe data to the cloud from the on-premises storage systems it is currently on.
The Model9 File Transfer solution enables enterprises to move their mainframe data into Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) and as a result leverage additional AWS services such as Amazon Athena or Amazon QuickSight to augment their mainframe environment The solution is underpinned by Model9’s patented data transfer technology, the new Model9 FileTransfer solution for AWS Mainframe Modernization will allow customers to deliver mainframe data to AWS at scale, improving operational security, data management overhead and drastically reducing the operating costs associated with managing mainframe data.
Looking Ahead for Model9
The IT landscape is rapidly evolving to one where hybrid multi-cloud is becoming the default operating model, and the mainframe is no different. As cloud models become more mature and secure a key issue remains: how to get data from point A to point B and ensure the process is both efficient and secure. Model9 is rapidly emerging as a key player in solving for this, and how mainframe customers can fully embrace a hybrid cloud approach to the most mission-critical data in their estate.
This latest announcement by Model9 further speaks to the company’s evolution to become the default choice for mainframe customers looking to move mainframe data to the public cloud.
I was impressed by Peleg’s pragmatic approach to the whole charged debate around mainframe modernization that is largely being driven by hyper-scale providers such as AWS. While the focus of this press release was unsurprisingly migration-focused, Peleg shared with me that the team at Model9 firmly remain mainframe fans and see large customers adopting the company’s technology to support a variety of use cases including deploying a ‘Cyber Vault’ approach to secure mainframe data, as well as storing the third copy of data in the public cloud. I expect this pragmatism to serve the company well in the quarters ahead.
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Aemetis, Inc.’s Chairman and CEO, Eric McAfee, speaks at Advanced Biofuels Markets Conference
CUPERTINO, Calif. – November 5, 2012 – Aemetis, Inc. (OTCPK: AMTX), an industrial biotechnology company producing advanced fuels and renewable chemicals, announced today the release of the presentation given by Aemetis Chairman and CEO, Eric McAfee, at the Advanced Biofuels Markets Conference in San Francisco, California on October 29, 2012.
The Advanced Biofuels Markets Conference brought together CEOs to discuss the challenges and developments with leaders from across the advanced biofuel value chain to push the industry forward in scaling into the $800 billion OECD oil market. Delegates heard invaluable insights on the race for scale, securing investment, partnering, perfecting feedstock economics and the logistics of integrated supply chain delivery networks.
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|A Yamaha Viet Nam advertisement on a bus in Ha Noi. — VNS Photo Truong Vi
HA NOI (VNS) — Vietnamese advertising companies needed to be more professional with an improved attitude to customer services so they could compete with international firms.
This opinion was voiced by Do Kim Dung, director of the Viet Nam Advertising Research and Training Institute.
Viet Nam is considered a potential market for the advertising industry, shown by the presence of six leading global advertising and communications groups – WPP, Ominicom, Dentsu, Publicis, Interpublic and Havas.
However, with about 5,000 advertising companies, Viet Nam's advertising industry is losing out in the domestic market due to the presence of these international giants.
While foreign companies usually draw up advertising strategies for customers and earn 10-15 per cent of contract value, domestic companies play the roles of outsourcers or advertising service providers.
Moreover, when an international advertising company enters the Vietnamese market, it usually brings heavyweight clients with it who already operate here.
At an industry workshop held last week by the Dien dan doanh nghiep (Business Forum) and Tien Phong (Vanguard) newspapers, Dung said that while foreign companies were successful because of their strategic thinking, domestic firms just thought about " following the right direction", or in other words, they worked for bigger companies. Dung said that domestic advertising companies were unaware of the need to improve and create their own value to make clients come to them.
In future, advertisers needed to put the task of gaining consumers' trust in front of everything else, including market share.
He added that until now, most companies just concentrated on satisfying clients' requirements, and instead of working together, domestic advertisers competed closely with each other.
The competition has become tougher over the last few years after the economic crisis forced many enterprises to cut advertising budgets.
According to the Viet Nam Advertising Association, domestic advertising revenue had increased on an average of 40 per cent each year, but growth was becoming slower and slower.
Last year, the revenue reached nearly US$1 billion, just one sixth or one seventh compared to neighbouring countries like Indonesia and Thailand.
In Viet Nam, newspaper advertising accounts for about 1 per cent, magazines 7 per cent, TV 78 per cent, internet 9 per cent and outdoor advertising 4 per cent.
However, last year, newspaper advertising revenue dropped sharply, falling 1.3 per cent while other media fared much better.
This has left many newspapers struggling to survive because of reduced revenues.
President of the association Dinh Quang Ngu said that communication forms were constantly changing and modernising with integrated advanced technologies.
Newspaper advertising dropped because it was seen as simple, uninteractive and less attractive than the alternatives, he said, adding that it was a common trend around the world.
Vice chairman of the Viet Nam IB Communications Group Phan Le Khoi said that advertising should be part of an enterprise's marketing strategy, and in tough economic times, they should find alternative, cheaper means without losing effectiveness, such as social networks or TVC [Televicentro] Online. — VNS


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Uber’s longtime battle cry has been that it’s an app, not a transportation company—despite connecting travelers with drivers. It’s the argument it’s used to avoid pesky things like regulation.
But, if it walks like a truck, and talks like a truck…
The EU’s highest court (the European Court of Justice) called shenanigans and rejected Uber’s view of itself, ruling that it should, in fact, be regulated as a transportation company. It won’t necessarily kneecap Uber’s footing in Europe, but does force the company to bear the weight of regulation, like the rest of us.
“This ruling will not change things in most EU countries where we already operate under transportation law,” Uber said in a statement, sticking to its traditional defense of “who, us?”
The case was originally brought to court by a Barcelona-based taxi association against Uber’s more-inexpensive service, UberPop, which allowed drivers without a taxi license to use their personal vehicles to pick up passengers. Some good news for Uber: the judgement won’t directly domino into the other disputes it’s facing over how it treats its drivers. That’s a whole other can of unregulated worms.


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Spare no effort to bring down the cost of power
| November 18th 2021
Expensive power has dissuaded investors from setting shop in Kenya. Others have packed and left the country due to the high cost of power. The result has been loss of job opportunities.
Countries such as Ethiopia and Egypt have benefited at our expense due to their cheap power.
Millions of Kenyan households too have no choice but to contend with the high cost of power. Considering that electricity is a necessity, they have at times had to forego something else – sometimes an essential – to pay the higher bills.
The impact of high cost of power for a household does not end with their paying higher electricity bills. They have to pay more for consumer goods.
Expensive power invariably results in high cost of production and hence expensive consumer goods.
The problems at Kenya Power are both managerial and structural. Corruption has been rife at the power distributor, a situation that has directly contributed to the high cost of power today. Other than the much-talked about power purchase agreements, where it appears Kenya Power did not negotiate adequately, there have been numerous reports of substandard equipment acquired by the firm at a high cost but which have barely been of service to the company.
There are also numerous instances where Kenya Power employees have colluded with customers to fleece the company. This results in what is referred to as commercial system losses, where through tampering with the systems, the consumers pay much lower than they are consuming. This has grown over time to the extent that system losses stood at 23 per cent in the year to June 2021 – meaning that for every 100 units KPLC buys from the power producers, it only sells 77 units. It recovers some of these losses from consumers.
The government has started cleaning up Kenya Power and even promised a 33 per cent reduction in the cost of power by December.
That’s good, but it should not stop there. It should put in place measures to ensure the reduction is sustainable and that the country won’t go back to the current exorbitant rates.
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Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled light fixtures and return them to the place of purchase to obtain a free replacement fixture and a $50 voucher, or contact the firm to schedule a free home repair.
The firm has received two reports of defective fixtures which resulted in the home's Arc Fault Circuit Interrupter (AFCI) tripping. No injuries have been reported to the firm.
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is charged with protecting the public from unreasonable risk of injury or death associated with the use of thousands of types of consumer products. Deaths, injuries, and property damage from consumer product-related incidents cost the nation more than $1 trillion annually. CPSC's work to ensure the safety of consumer products has contributed to a decline in the rate of injuries associated with consumer products over the past 50 years.
Federal law prohibits any person from selling products subject to a Commission ordered recall or a voluntary recall undertaken in consultation with the CPSC.


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BURLINGTON — Burlington-based law firm Downs Rachlin Martin has filed a class action law suit against Volkswagen companies in the U.S. and Germany following revelations the automaker made some diesel cars with software designed to evade emissions tests.
The firm announced Wednesday that it had filed the suit in Chittenden Superior Court on behalf of Charlotte resident Robert Turnau. The lawsuit seeks damages that owners of Volkswagen’s diesel cars have suffered “as a result of the company’s falsification of emissions testing equipment.”
Tristram Coffin, the state’s former U.S. attorney, will lead DRM’s litigation team. He said Vermonters purchased Volkswagen’s diesel cars thinking it was better for the environment.
“Vermonters who bought these cars were led to believe that not only were they taking advantage of clean-burning low sulfur diesel being used in a very efficient diesel engine, but also that the car’s emissions profile was better than gasoline-powered cars and met or exceeded all federal standards,” Coffin said in a statement. “It turns out to be a hoax. Now, these owners face lost value, unknown repairs, the disruption of a massive recall, and the substantial cost and hassle of owning a lemon because of a decision they made when they tried to do the right thing for the environment.”
The company has admitted to federal officials that it installed software in cars that would intentionally provide false information to technicians during emissions tests. The software was installed in up to 11 million vehicles worldwide.
The suit filed Wednesday alleges that the companies violated Vermont’s Consumer Protection Act by knowingly selling cars that would fail to meet emissions standards if properly tested. It also alleges the company intentionally designed and installed software that would change the way the engine performed only when it was being tested.
“[U]pon reentering the United States diesel automobile market in 2008, Volkswagen touted its new diesel engine as a landmark development in clean diesel. This was done at autoshows and through company promotions,” the suit states. “Despite making these representations, Volkswagen knew or should have known, that in fact, far from being particularly clean-running, environmentally friendly and efficient, the engines, on information and belief, actually produced higher level emissions than permissible in many jurisdictions and under federal standards, and included a mechanism in the engine operating system that would sense when the car was being tested for emissions and then recalibrate the engine emissions and/or readout in a manner that would meet emissions standards.”
The issue has become a full-scale scandal for Volkswagen. CEO Martin Winterkorn resigned Wednesday.
“I am shocked by the events of the past few days. Above all, I am stunned that misconduct on such a scale was possible in the Volkswagen Group,” he said in a statement. “As CEO I accept responsibility for the irregularities that have been found in diesel engines and have therefore requested the Supervisory Board to agree on terminating my function as CEO of the Volkswagen Group. I am doing this in the interests of the company even though I am not aware of any wrong doing on my part.”
DRM said in a release Wednesday that Vermonters who purchased or owned a diesel-powered Volkswagen Jetta, Golf, Passat or Audi A3 automobile with model years from 2008 to the present could be part of the suit. Thousands of Vermonters could end up being part of the suit.
“Although the precise number of such individuals is currently unknown, Plaintiff believes the number of members in the Class is, at a minimum, hundreds if not thousands throughout the State of Vermont,” the suit states.
According to DRM, buyers paid a higher price for the vehicles compared to gasoline powered vehicles, in part, because of the company’s claims about lower emissions. The value of the cars is now lower “because of the deception, and owners face unknown challenges in bringing the cars into compliance with federal regulations.”
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