text: When Apple announced that it was dropping the price of the iPhone by $200, some jumped for joy and immediately headed out to their nearest Apple store. For others--early adopters who had already purchased Apple's gadget--the price drop was nothing short of a slap in the face. Some were satisfied when Steve Jobs said that these loyal customers would be provided a $100 credit toward their next Apple purchase, but many felt the credit didn't suffice. One of these unhappy shoppers has to the tune of $1 million dollars.It's unclear how the litigant, Dongmei Li, plans to justify a million dollars in damages over a $200 price drop, but Li's argument is that "the price reduction injured early purchasers like herself because they cannot resell the product for the same profit as those who bought the cell phone following the price cut," according to CNN's account. So I guess that comes out to $200 in actual losses and $999,800 in pain and suffering. Frivolous lawsuits are nothing new; some have even won in court. Readers may recall how a a 70 year-old woman was awarded a $2.7 million dollar judgment after spilling scalding hot McDonalds coffee on herself. Of course, she did receive 3rd-degree burns over 6 percent of her body and to the best of my knowledge Li only suffered through the embarrassment of spending more money than she would've had she waited patiently. Perhaps she'll soon file a suit against CNN for bringing attention to her petty suit. I know I'd deal with far more harassment about suing Apple than I would for paying too much for my chic cell phone. Everyone knows that technology drops in price over time. Sure, it's not every day that a gadget's price is slashed by 40 percent in only two months, but companies are generally allowed to set their own prices and to change them at will. If six months had transpired before the Apple lowered the price of the iPhone would Li still be suing? What if a year had gone by? While those early adopters that got burned when Apple dropped its price might be tempted to root for Li, it's actually everyone else who would suffer should she be successful in court. If lowering prices were made illegal, just think about how much more you'd pay for everything. Older model computers would still be just as expensive as the latest offerings, shopping malls would have to abandon sales events and even the local grocery store would be prohibited having a special on canned corn. Sure, Li would be a million dollars richer but how much poorer would you be? I wouldn't worry to much about it though -- I've got a suspicion Dongmei Li doesn't have a chance in hell of winning this one.


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Last year, a few people asked why we always ran info about the yearly NYU Design Show but not about other design shows for other schools. Well, we said, it was because NYU sends us the information. We encouraged others to send in information about their school's design show.
So guess what? NYU was the only school to send in anything again this year. And for that we applaud their efforts. This year, six set designers, six costume designers, two set and costume designers, four lighting designers, and two set and film designers will be featured at the annual show. The opening reception will be held Tuesday, May 6, 2003, 5-8pm, at the Tisch School of the Arts, Department of Design for Stage and Film, 721 Broadway (between Waverly and Washington Place), third floor. Admission is free and open to the public. In addition to the opening reception, there will be a session with the graduating students present, on Saturday, May 10, 2-5pm. The show will be open daily May 7-14, noon-8pm. For more information, call 212-998-1950.

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Alan Millican describes the state of some the video rental industry as a "death of a thousand cuts."
He cites challenges brought on by large rental chains, Web-based rental companies like Netflix and the growth of sites like YouTube as chipping away at the share of the market of stores such as his.
To help combat the increasing competition, Mr. Millican's 15-year-old Brainerd Road store Marquee Movies recently became part of the Video Hut network of stores.
"All of the small things have cut into growth, but there is still room for success," Mr. Millican said. "It's not as easy as it was, and it may be best for people to work together rather than independently."
The switch from Marquee Movies to Video Hut become official in April. To transition from the old store to the new came with a $25,000 investment from Mr. Millican. He totally gutted the store and replaced carpet, shelving and signage inside and outside the store.
He also added a new computer system that allows customers to trade their movies more easily and better tracks the types of movies the store's customers want.
But customers will not see a difference when it comes to movie selection, Mr. Millican said. The store still offers about 20,000 different titles for rent.
More businesses like Mr. Millican's are looking for ways to combine resources, said Sean Bersell, vice president of the Entertainment Merchants Association based in Encino, Calif.
"It's a challenging time for independent video stores," Mr. Bersell said.
The industry grew initially in the eighties and nineties because of owners like Mr. Millican, he said. As they begna to face stiff compeition from Blockbuster and then Netflix, the store owners began to look for ways to survive, he said.
He said he has seen them band together into buying groups in order to buy product or become part of networks like Video Hut.
"This is another manifestation of that type of joining up with others to get the benefit," Mr. Bersell said. "It's one way independent video stores can try to survive."
Across the country, there are 12 owners of 35 to 40 Video Hut stores. Mr. Millican said Video Hut plans to continue opening stores around the country, and together they all benefit from increased buying power.
"There could be definite advantages for business merging," said Bruce Hutchinson, an economics professor at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. "It's an economy of scale."


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An nameless reader quotes a record from The Guardian: Amazon has threatened to move jobs out of its hometown of Seattle after the town council introduced a new tax to take a look at to deal with the homelessness disaster. The international’s second-biggest corporate has warned that the “hostile” tax, which can rate corporations $275 in line with employee a yr to fund homelessness outreach services and products and inexpensive housing, “forces us to question our growth here.”
Amazon, which is Seattle’s best non-public sector employer with greater than 40,000 group of workers within the town, had halted development paintings on a 17-storey place of job tower in protest in opposition to the tax. Pressure from Amazon and different giant employers, together with Starbucks and Expedia, had pressured councillors to scale back the tax from an preliminary proposal of $500 in line with employee. The tax will most effective impact corporations making income of greater than $20 million-a-year. The tax is anticipated to lift between $45 million and $49 million a yr, of which about $10 million would come from Amazon. The corporate stated it might restart development paintings at the tower however might sublease any other new place of job block to scale back its tax invoice.


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Editor's Note: This story has been updated as of June 21, 2017, when CEO Travis Kalanick resigned. The New York Times reported on June 21 that five of Uber's major investors demanded Kalanick step down. Original story follows…
Our readers are anxiously waiting to invest in Uber stock, as the ride-hailing service could climb to a $100 billion valuation before its IPO.
That's why we've made a guide for the Uber IPO date that answers the most common questions investors have about Uber stock.
We'll provide you with everything you need to know about Uber, as well as advice from Money Morning Director of Tech & Venture Capital Research Michael A. Robinson about investing in IPOs.
Let's start with the most common question we receive about Uber…
How Does Uber Work?
In terms of transportation, Uber operates like a taxi service. Drivers pick people up who need a ride.
Where Uber differs from other transportation services, though, is that Uber classifies itself as a technology platform. Instead of calling Uber for a ride, everything is done through its app on smartphones.
Also, Uber does not own any vehicles, and its drivers are independent contractors.
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When you first use the Uber app, it asks where you want to be picked up. Then, the user selects their destination. An Uber driver will see someone in their area has requested a ride, and if they are available, they can accept your request.
Before the ride begins, users can estimate how much the ride will cost on Uber's website through its fare estimator.
The app will notify you how far away your Uber driver is, and provide the name of the driver, vehicle type, and license plate.
When the ride is over, the transaction is complete. The cost of the ride is charged to the payment method selected by the rider for their Uber account.
The app will then ask you to rate your driver from one to five stars. Drivers will also be asked to rate the riders, so Uber can use the feedback to monitor and improve its services.
That's how Uber works.
But who founded Uber and how did they come up with the idea?
Who Is the Founder of Uber?
Uber was founded in 2009 by Garrett Camp and Travis Kalanick. It was originally called UberCab.
But this was not the first tech endeavor for these founders.
Camp co-founded StumbleUpon, a web search engine for content, in 2002. EBay Inc. (Nasdaq: EBAY) purchased StumbleUpon in 2007 for $75 million, but Camp and other investors bought back the company in 2009.
Kalanick created Red Swoosh in 2001, a peer-to-peer file-sharing company. Red Swoosh allowed users to transfer and share large files like videos and music.
It was acquired for $19 million in 2007.
According to its website, the idea for Uber was formed on a snowy evening in Paris in 2008.
Camp and Kalanick had difficulty getting a ride, and they wanted to create a way for people to just tap a button and hail a ride.
Mixing technology with transportation service has clearly been effective. But Uber's not the only ride-hailing app in the marketplace.
And this competition could weigh down the Uber stock price…
Who Are Uber's Competitors?
Right now, Uber's main competitor in the United States is Lyft.
Lyft launched in 2012, and its drivers are known for the signature pink mustache on the front of their dashboard.
Just like Uber, Lyft users use a smartphone app to request a ride. Rates vary by city, type of ride, and the current demand for rides.
According to Zacks, Lyft is available in roughly 220 cities nationwide.
Lyft has a smaller valuation ($5.5 billion) than Uber ($66 billion, but more on that later) as of January, but it has major backers.
In January, General Motors Co. (NYSE: GM) announced it would invest $500 million in Lyft. Saudi Prince Al-Waleed invested $104.9 million in Lyft in December 2015, and Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. (NYSE:BABA) also invested in Lyft for an undisclosed amount back in 2014.
In foreign markets, Uber's biggest competitor was Didi Chuxing.
Didi Dache and Kuaidi Dache, formerly China's two biggest ride-hailing services, merged in 2015 to form Didi Chuxing. According to Zacks, the recently formed entity has 87% of the market share in China for hailing private vehicles.
Uber tried to compete in China, but the 45 cities it was available in was no much for Didi Chuxing's operations in over 400 cities.
According to The New York Times, Uber spent billions of dollars from 2014 to 2016 trying to attract more drivers by paying subsidies.
Ultimately, Uber couldn't afford the spending race. On Aug. 1, Uber announced it was selling its brand, business, and data to Didi Chuxing, according to Bloomberg. In return, Didi agreed to invest $1 billion in Uber's global company.
It's important that Uber shareholders understand the marketplace is competitive, and that could affect the profitability of Uber.
But as Uber continues to grow, when will it finally decide to go public?
When Will Uber Go Public?
CEO Travis Kalanick has been vague on an official Uber IPO date.
According to Business Insider, he said in June that it will be in the next one to 10 years. Kalanick also went on to say that Uber would delay its IPO as late as humanly possible.
Kalanick wants to make Uber as valuable as possible for its current investors and employees who own Uber stock before going public.
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But Uber will eventually need an IPO to raise money. According to Bloomberg, Uber lost a total of $1.27 billion in the first six months of 2016.
Uber will also need the money to battle Lyft and grow in emerging markets.
And before its IPO debut, investors have been asking us exactly how much Uber is worth…
How Much Is Uber Worth?
As of January 2016, Uber has a valuation of $66 billion, according to CNBC. But according to Bloomberg, Uber has lost at least $4 billion since its inception.
So why is Uber valued at $66 billion?
The biggest reason is Uber's rapid revenue growth.
In 2014, Uber recorded $2.93 billion in bookings. Just in Q2 2016, Uber generated $5 billion in bookings. That's a 70% increase from its full-year figure in 2014.
And net revenue has also skyrocketed.
For all of 2014, Uber recorded $495.3 million in revenue. For Q2, revenue was $1.1 billion. That's an increase of 122% from its full-year figure in 2014.
And Uber is clearly not a passing trend…
According to data from cloud-based travel and expense report management system Certify, total paid car rides for business people exponentially increased from Q1 2014 to Q1 2015.
Only 9% of business people used an Uber when seeking a ride in Q1 2014, but that number jumped to 29% in Q1 2015.
Because Uber is still growing, it's spending a lot of money to attract more drivers and customers. But as its presence grows, it can cut down on marketing expenses.
Uber will also start to save money in China after the Didi Chuxing buyout.
So when Uber does go public, what is the stock symbol investors can expect to buy Uber under?
What Is the Uber Stock Symbol?
Right now, Uber does not have a stock symbol.
There is an ETF that trades under UBR called ProShares Ultra MSCI Brazil Capped (NYSE Arca: UBR), so Uber will be unable to use that stock symbol.
To make the stock symbol easily identifiable, Uber will most likely use UBER or something closely related.
Once the Uber stock symbol is revealed, investors will race out to try and buy Uber stock.
Here is how you can buy Uber stock…
How Do I Buy Uber Stock?
Unfortunately, retail investors will not be able to purchase Uber stock at the same price as large investors and institutions.
You see, there will be two prices on the day of the Uber stock debut. The first price is the IPO offering price only large institutions and wealthy investors can invest in before Uber stock is traded to the public.
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Recently, wealthy investors were able to purchase shares of the tech company Twilio Inc. (NYSE: TWLO) for $15 per share before retail investors could purchase TWLO stock.
When TWLO stock was available to retail investors on June 23, it opened at $23.99 per share.
If you want to buy Uber stock, you will have to use a broker or an online trading platform to buy shares on the day of the Uber IPO. But it will likely be at a higher opening price than the "IPO price" that's offered to institutional investors.
This leads us to the most important question investors will ask themselves when the Uber IPO date is announced: "Should I buy Uber stock?"


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Executives at venture-backed companies need to know what drives their investors, and that’s harder to decipher these days.
It’s especially true for start-ups with seed-stage financing, says Michael Skok, a partner at Boston-area venture firm North Bridge Venture Partners. A new class of angel and early-seed investors as well venture firms are all looking to invest in early rounds, but in subsequent financings they often have different expectations about the amount of work required, he said during a panel discussion Thursday at the MIT Sloan CFO Summit in Newton, Mass.
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Police evacuate area near shopping center for suspicious item investigation
TUCSON, Ariz. (KOLD News 13) - The Tucson Police Department is investigating a suspicious item at a midtown shopping center.
Police say the area near the Fry’s at East Grant and North Swan roads was evacuated as a precaution on Friday afternoon, Dec. 3.
The TPD EOD team was dispatched to the scene to investigate the item.
There is no estimated time for when the area will reopen.
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News Marketing Canada inks online couponing partnership with Rexall
TORONTO — News Marketing Canada, the company behind the SmartSource brand of consumer savings products and services, has signed an exclusive agreement with Canadian pharmacy retailer Rexall to provide instant, print-at-home online coupons on Rexall.ca, the company has announced.
Rexall’s website will feature coupons from the SmartSource.ca Online Coupon Network, as well as Rexall-exclusive coupons for a wide variety of grocery and drug brands. Coupons are available on rexall.ca, effective immediately.
"We are thrilled to have Rexall join our SmartSource.ca Online Savings Network," stated Adam North, SVP of News Marketing Canada. "We have been longtime partners with Rexall through our in-store advertising and promotions, and we’re looking forward to expanding this partnership into the online sphere."
SmartSource’s technology allows Canadian shoppers to select the coupons they want online and instantly print them at home. In just over a year since its launch, SmartSource.ca has grown into one of Canada’s leading destinations for savings, with more than 2 million coupons printed to date. SmartSource.com, its US equivalent, has been in operation for more than 10 years.
"It’s important to Rexall to make the shopping experience easier through new programs and services," added Jennifer Zedic, director of advertising and marketing at Rexall. "Our customers appreciate the added convenience and value of bringing online savings to Rexall.ca and we’re pleased to be working with News Marketing Canada to make this new coupon site possible."
Giant-Landover signs statement of support for National Guard, reserve
WASHINGTON — The head of Ahold USA’s Giant-Landover banner has pledged the supermarket chain’s support for the Department of Defense’s Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve.
Giant-Landover, officially Giant Food of Landover, Md., said president Anthony Hucker signed a statement of support for National Guard and reserve employees at the Brentwood Giant Food in Washington, accompanied by ESGR District of Columbia chairman George Alexander. Established in 1972, the ESGR develops and maintains employer support for the Guard and Reserve service.
"Supportive employers such as Giant Food are critical to maintaining the readiness and strength of the nation’s Guard and Reserve units and allow guardsmen and reservists the opportunity to serve our country more effectively and with greater peace of mind," Alexander said. "By signing this statement of support, Giant sends a clear message they stand committed to their military employees and recognize the integrity, global perspective and proven leadership they bring to the workplace."
The signing coincided during Giant’s Military Appreciation Month, which started March 1, which includes a hiring initiative aimed at members of the military and support for the USO of Metropolitan Washington and USO Delaware.
HRG to present CE session at Mutual Drug Spring CE Forum
WAUKESHA, Wis. — Hamacher Resource Group has been invited to present a continuing education session, “Bottom Line Performance: Opportunities and Actions,” at the Mutual Drug Spring CE Forum on April 7 in Raleigh, N.C., the company announced today.
Dave Wendland, HRG VP and member of the ownership team, will present the two-hour session, which will cover a variety of practical, low-cost techniques that can have a dramatic effect on a drug store’s profitability.
The goal of the session is to help pharmacists develop a new view of the financial aspects of their operation and understand essential elements that can affect overall pharmacy profitability. Wendland stated, “I’m excited to incorporate timely information into the session from the HDMA-sponsored research report, Independent Pharmacy Shoppers: Who, What, and Why? that we completed in January. We discovered where else independent pharmacy shoppers go for their OTC and personal care items and why; and it revealed differences between pharmacist and shopper perceptions of independents’ strengths. What we learned about independents’ competitive advantages and threats will inform multiple learning objectives in the session.”
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"Entrepreneurship empowers everyone. But it is more than just a message; it’s a MOVEMENT!"
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I'm really looking forward to see what Startup Canada can do. Founded by indefatigable entrepreneur Victoria Lennox, the association is bringing together entrepreneurs and support groups to celebrate and promote the power of entrepreneurship - and clear away some the barriers that prevent entrepreneurs from flourishing in Canada.Lennox has signed up an amazing roster of supporters, sponsors, provincial ambassadors, contributors, patrons and governors. The founding chairman is Ottawa-based Adam Chowaniec, founder of Tundra Semiconductor and former president or CEO of a host of Canadian technology companies, and one of the developers (several millennia ago) of the Amiga personal computer.
Patrons include Heather Reisman of Indigo, former Dragon W. Brett Wilson, Canada Goose’s Dani Reiss, and James Temerty, chairman of Northland Power, Canada’s entrepreneur of the year in 2010.
The support from the corporate sector has been a bit disappointing. Microsoft and Gowlings are in as platinum sponsors, but the gold and silver sponsor categories are still sadly vacant. Where are the banks, brokers, wireless carriers, insurers, suppliers, couriers, automakers and real-estate companies who have made so much money from this sector for so long?Startup Canada has done its homework. Look at all the community partners, from Accelerate Okanagan to Newfoundland’s Genesis Centre, who have already joined the crusade: http://www.startupcan.ca/who-is-involved/community-partners/
Startup Canada is planning a national launch tour to focus all Canadians on the power of entrepreneurship. It kicks off in Halifax on March 19 and winds up in B.C. in September. More details here: http://www.startupcan.ca/tour/
The tour will culminate in creation of a white paper on entrepreneurship to be delivered to the Prime Minister Stephen Harper. We'll see how that works out.In the meantime, it’s empowering to see such widespread entrepreneurial passions focusing on entrepreneurship itself in this country. I think this is the start of something big.
Disclosure: I’m signed on as an “external advisor” to Startup Canada. Not sure what that means yet, but I know it will be great.


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Cosmetica Italia, the national association of cosmetics companies, participates in Cosmoprof Asia once again in 2014. Taking place from 12 to 14 November, the trade fair at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre celebrates its 19th edition.
The second most important kermesse in the world after Cosmoprof Worldwide Bologna, this Hong Kong event — which comes after Cosmoprof North America (Las Vegas, 13/15 July 2014) — reaffirms its role as a privileged platform for businesses in Asia with a 81,500 square meter exhibition area and 2,350 exhibitors from 42 countries around the world. Over the years, Cosmoprof Asia has strengthened its role as a can’t-miss event on the international agenda: over 64,000 visitors are expected.
Indeed, the Italian industry is placing increasing emphasis on internationalisation processes; the constant increase in export in 2013 stands as proof of this. The Italian cosmetics exported are worth a value of over 3,180 million euros with an 11% increase.
In the top 10 countries interested in Italian export we have the positive standings of the United Arab Emirates (+26%) and the United Kingdom (+23%).
Instead, Hong Kong remains the number one end market for export in central western Asia, worth 110 million euros (+8.8% over the previous year).
Of these, over 53 million euros are linked to alcohol-based perfume products and 49 million euros to products for body care. With a lower sales volume (over 4 million euros), yet interesting in terms of their dynamics, hair care products sales increased by over 40% over the past year.
In collaboration with Promos, special agency of the Milan Chamber of Commerce, Cosmetica Italia organises an Italian group participation in pavilions 1E, 3G and 5G to highlight the excellence of Italian cosmetics companies and their international competitiveness, and promotes some communication activities to support all 96 Italian companies that are exhibiting at the trade fair, 50 of which are Cosmetica Italia members.
Tuesday, November 11, at 6:00 p.m. the Welcome Cocktail Reception will precede the inauguration of the fair: Cosmetica Italia, BolognaFiere and Cosmoprof Bologna will celebrate the strategic importance of the Hong Kong market and the value of the Italian cosmetics industry together with the press, local businesses and Italian exhibitors. During the event Fabio Rossello, president of Cosmetica Italia, will present a focus on successful trends in the Italian cosmetics industry.
«Being part of this exclusive trade show is further proof of the association’s support for the industry’s entire production chain to uphold made in Italy products as outstanding in terms of manufacture and professionalism. Italian companies – says Fabio Rossello, president of Cosmetica Italia – are distinguishing themselves more and more on international markets for the high quality standard of their products: entrepreneurs are constantly engaged in making innovative products that are safe for the consumer. Emphasis on sustainability, both in developing the packaging and the product, is yet another characteristic trait of the industry».


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99% of all malware logs were generated by a single threat using UDP Many network administrators are unaware of what applications on their networks
One of Malaysia’s most successful tech-related exports has made its mark on the global stage and has an annual event that is on the calendar of some of the world’s leading researchers and experts in the subject.
Following the disclosure by online marketplace eBay this week that hackers had gained access to the personal data of customers, offers to sell the data have surfaced with a sample of 10,000 Malaysian accounts as proof, but the company denied this information was authentic.
AccessData has launched InSight Platform in Singapore, an advanced cybersecurity solution aimed at enabling enterprises to adeptly eradicate and resolve the rapidly accelerating volume of cyber-attacks and data incidents.
With the Heartbleed bug being touted as 'the biggest security threat the Internet has ever faced' to date, organisations around the world are racing to patch their systems and secure sensitive information from potential attack. In Malaysia, the situation is being monitored by the relevant government agencies with local companies urged to act fast. Gabey Goh reports.
Finnish software security solutions vendor Codenomicon, has discovered a serious Internet vulnerability dubbed ‘Heartbleed’ which potentially allows attackers to steal private encryption keys, session cookies & passwords.
WatchGuard Technologies’ Scott Robertson takes a closer look at what the industry knows so far about the Target data breach, and what we can learn from someone else’s painful experience.
Anticipating an exploding demand in the region for cyber-security solutions, BAE Systems Applied Intelligence, the cyber-security arm of British multinational defence, security and aerospace company BAE Systems, is aggressively expanding its footprint in the region.
Search queries involving Malaysian domain names were poisoned this morning, leading visitors to temporary sites with a message from what appears to be a hacker protesting against the treatment of Bangladeshi workers in the country.
Large enterprises are increasingly paying more attention and pouring more money into cyber-security, but not all companies have the resources to do the same, especially SMEs, which is why Sophos introduced its security-as-a-service offering, writes Gabey Goh.


text: "E-commerce is 10 years old, but it is still in its infancy," eBay CEO John Donahoe said in a wide-ranging, hour-long interview last week. The four-year eBay veteran, who was named to succeed Meg Whitman as CEO in January 2008, has been on a 20-month mission to turn around the Silicon Valley icon, which popularized online auctions for millions of people worldwide. His efforts recently resulted in the first quarterly revenue increase at eBay in a year. E-commerce accounts for only 5% of all retail sales but will soar to 15% to 20% in five years, as more consumers conduct transactions via mobile phones and the Internet, Donahoe says. EBay anticipates more than $500 million in mobile-based application revenue this year, mostly through the iPhone. The eBay app has been downloaded more than 5 million times.


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It’s no secret that Apple Pay is the future of paying for items in-store and online. Although brick-and-mortar and traditional retail stores are dying off, it is still a good time to be a retailer today. The industry is just in the process of making a big change.
There are still some big-name retailers and stores today that still do not accept Apple Pay, despite the fact that the service has been available since 2014.
With that said, here are some of the top retailers and stores that need to begin to accept Apple Pay in 2018.
- Target: Yes, the company does accept it on their iOS app but they do not accept it in their stores. The company has recently made their own payment service (similar to Walmart), which available to use in their app while in their stores. However, adding a payment option like Apple Pay couldn’t hurt either.
- HyVee: This midwest grocery store chain still does not accept Apple Pay, despite the 2016 rumors that they were going to begin to accept it. Local competitors like Fareway accept it.
- Shopko: I guess I should not expect much from a company whose self-checkout still has pictures of the GameBoy Color on it, but this is 2018 and I expect it big retailers like Shopko.
- Barnes and Noble: If Barnes and Noble wants to stay in business over the next few years, they’re going to have to adapt and integrate Apple Pay into their stores. Barnes and Noble does bring in the wealthy and middle-class consumers so it may not be a bad idea to get this in their stores. It should also be said that their competitor, Books-A-Million, integrated Apple Pay in their stores just this past summer.
- FYE (For Your Entertainment): To be honest, when I am back home, I shop here pretty frequently. It’s a great place to get discounted DVDs and CDs. Even though the company is technically an electronics retailer, they still do not accept Apple Pay in their stores.
If anything for any of these retailers, it would be a great way to show consumers that they are adjusting to the times and are encouraging consumers to use Apple Pay and other NFC payment services. It keeps your credit/debit cards safe and is incredibly convenient.
I do hope that at least half of these retailers begin to accept Apple Pay this year because I would shop their stores more and that Apple Pay is a way of life and with the society that we live in today where credit/debit cards are getting hacked left-and-right, Apple Pay is the best way to protect the customer from having to deal with that.


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Friday, May 29, 2015
ECLF Third International Conference
The 3rd International Conference of the European Cycle Logistics Federation 2015 will be held in San Sebastian/Donostia, Spain and will bring together key players concerned with decarbonising deliveries in urban area, exploring the challenges faced by municipalities and logistics companies in delivering goods and services in heavily populated areas, whilst creating town and cites that are better places to live.
The conference will run over three days from 15 to 17 October 2015
Several speakers from the Netherlands will present at the ECLF Conference; Susanne Balm, Sjors van Duren, Arne Melse, and Ton Daggers.
Check out the website for more information.


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After releasing the critically acclaimed Ori and the Blind Forest last year, we listened to our community’s feedback and created an even more feature-rich Definitive Edition for digital release earlier this Spring. We’re humbled by the reception Definitive Edition has received on both Xbox One and PC, and wanted to make sure fans everywhere can experience the game.
Following its digital debut, we’re excited to announce that Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition will also hit store shelves very soon. In partnership with stores across the US, the critically-acclaimed Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition for Xbox One will be available on June 14, 2016 for $19.99.
Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition is already packed with additional content that includes new areas, more story sequences, multiple difficulty modes, and much more. But as a special bonus, the US retail version will include a CD of the award-winning original soundtrack, a digital copy of the original game, Behind the Scenes videos chronicling the making of the game, and much more!
“Since we released Ori and the Blind Forest, we’ve received many mails, tweets and requests from fans asking for a boxed retail release, so we’re extremely pleased to finally make everyone’s wish come true,” said Thomas Mahler, CEO of Moon Studios. “We hope that all of you will be pleased with what we’ve put together for this retail release of Ori and the Blind Forest Definitive Edition. We can’t wait to finally see Ori and the Blind Forest on shelves and we once again want to thank all of our fans and everyone who supported Moon and Ori over the last few years – we’re deeply humbled and appreciative. Thank you so much!”
And for those who enjoy playing Ori on PC, Microsoft Studios and Moon Studios are happy to announce a partnership with Nordic Games to bring the Steam version of Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition to retail on June 14, 2016, where two different editions (Standard Edition for $19.99 and Limited Edition for $29.99) will be available in stores globally.
“My colleagues and I at Nordic Games were Ori fans from the very beginning”, said Reinhard Pollice, Business and Product Development Director at Nordic Games. “There is a fundamental connection with platformers in our team. Combine this with the unique art style, the gripping atmosphere, and the immaculate gameplay of Ori and the Blind Forest, and you’ll see our team drooling all over this amazing game. In more formal words: We are more than happy to work together with Microsoft Studios and Moon Studios and publish this gem of a game in its PC retail version and give it the physical representation it deserves.”
So if you missed it the first time around or were simply waiting for it to come out as a retail release, now’s your chance to see why Ori and the Blind Forest has won over 30 industry awards – don’t miss this very special, one-of-a-kind game!
For more information about the retail version of Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition, check out the Nordic Games Press Release.


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Tencent, the Chinese gaming and social media giant , will distribute the majority of its JD.com stock in order to pay a $16.4 billion dividend. This is expected to weaken its links to the e-commerce firm and raising worries about its ambitions for other holdings.
The decision by the company was made at a time as Beijing has a major regulatory campaign on technology companies, focusing on their international expansion plans and domestic market power consolidation.
Tencent announced on Thursday that it will transfer HK$127.69 billion ($16.37 billion) of its JD.com stock to shareholders, reducing Tencent’s position in China’s second-largest e-commerce company to 2.3 percent from approximately 17 percent today and handing Walmart the title of JD.com’s largest shareholder.
WeChat’s owner, who initially invested in JD.com in 2014, said the divestment was the perfect time because the e-commerce company had reached a point where it could self-finance its growth.
Tencent’s proposed $5.3 billion combination of the nation’s top two videogame streaming platforms was halted by Chinese regulators this year, and the company was compelled to stop exclusive music copyright deals. WeChat was also found to have illegally shared user data.
The company is one of a small group of tech behemoths that control China’s internet landscape and have typically blocked competitors’ links and services from being shared on their platforms.
“This seems to be a continuation of the concept of bringing down the walled gardens and increasing competition among the tech giants by weakening partnerships, exclusivity and other arrangements which weaken competitive pressures,” Mio Kato, a LightStream Research analyst who publishes on Smartkarma said of the JD.com stake transfer.
“It could have implications for things like the payments market where Tencent’s relationships with Pinduoduo and JD have helped it maintain some competitiveness with Alipay,” he said.
In Hong Kong trade on Thursday, JD.com shares fell 11.2 per cent at one point, the largest daily percentage drop since its launch in the city in June 2020, before concluding with a 7.0 per cent loss. Tencent, Asia’s most valuable publicly traded corporation, saw its stock rise 4.2 percent. Although Tencent Executive Director and President Martin Lau will stand down from JD.com’s board of directors immediately, the businesses announced their commercial connection would continue, including an ongoing strategic collaboration agreement.
Tencent stockholders who are eligible will receive one JD.com share for every 21 shares they own.
Tencent’s portfolio of listed investments, which included shares in e-commerce startup Pinduoduo, food delivery provider Meituan, video platform Kuaishou, automaker Tesla, and streaming service Spotify as of Sept. 30, was valued at $185 billion.
The sale of JD.com makes both commercial and political sense, according to Alex Au, managing director of Hong Kong-based hedge firm Alphalex Capital Management.
“There might be other divestments on their way as Tencent heeds the antitrust call while shareholders ask to own those interests in minority stakes themselves,” he said.
Tencent has no intentions to quit its other investments, according to reports citing a source with knowledge of the situation. When questioned if Pinduoduo and Meituan are as well-developed as JD.com, the guy stated that they are not.
Tesla, Netamble, Snapchat, Spotify, and Sea are among the international companies in which the Chinese internet behemoth has invested.
“Going abroad is one of Tencent’s most important strategies in the future,” a CITIC Securities research note said on Thursday. “The possibility of selling overseas high-quality technology and internet assets is small.”
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Have you ever heard bad news that is also mixed with some potential good news, too? That could be what's happening with a furniture chain in Illinois that has announced they are declaring bankruptcy and will be closing stores, but there might be a silver lining at the end of it for Illinois, too.
A class action lawsuit against Walmart over weighted groceries and bagged fruit that was filed in 2022 has resulted in a $45 million settlement from the company. If you believe you've been impacted, you can submit a claim for a cash payout, but you've only got a little over a month to get it done.
So we've been hearing for months and months about the upcoming dual emergence of two broods of cicadas that will bring billions, if not a trillion cicadas to the surface and into our lives. We keep hearing that it will happen "this spring," but many of us would like the prediction to be a bit more specific. Here's what the cicada experts have to say about the timing of the cicada emergence.


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Canadian shoe designer George Sully has launched the first-ever interactive Canadian Black Designer Index. Black Designers of Canada strives to highlight and celebrate Black designers, eliminating excuses for exclusion and providing a voice for designers in the Black community who have faced ignorance or systemic prejudices in the fashion industry. Sully recognizes the prolonged wait. “The last thing I thought is that I’d be making history by doing something that’s such a no-brainer. An index of Canadian Black designers should have never been such a far-fetched idea in the first place.” The index promises to amplify Black designers in all areas, and calls on members of the public to submit their favourite Black designers to be featured.
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Vehicle registrations – a proxy for retail sales – rose 9% to 1,818,647 units last month on healthy customer demand in the run-up to the festive season. The Federation of Automobile Dealers Association (FADA) is cautiously optimistic of momentum sustaining on the back of new vehicle launches and early signs of revival in rural markets. However, it cautioned the risk from insufficient monsoon rains could fuel inflation and impact consumer demand.
Data compiled by the FADA show that while passenger vehicle registrations went up 6.53% from a year earlier to 315,153 units, those of two-wheelers increased by 6.29% to 1,254,444 units and commercial vehicles by 3.23% to 75,294 units.
FADA president Manish Raj Singhania said vehicle registrations indicated steady growth across the segment compared with last year. “When compared against pre-Covid benchmarks, auto retail sector indicated a modest 0.8% improvement, led by two-wheelers recouping lost ground,” Singhania said.
Despite an increase in sales of two-wheelers last month, consumer sentiments remained ambivalent impacting conversion rates and intensifying competition among key players. Inventory of two-wheelers in the channel currently stands at 23-25 days.
In the passenger vehicle segment, easing of supplies, and promotional schemes extended by carmakers, helped maintain a positive demand momentum. “Despite such advances, supply chain bottlenecks persist, particularly in timely deliveries. The market has responded favourably to the introduction of new hybrid and CNG models; however, a constrained product range in popular segments, such as mid-size SUVs, continues to limit overall potential,” Singhania said.
Inventory of PVs now ranges from 58-63 days. “It is alarming that inventory levels have exceeded a 60-day supply for the first time, even before the onset of the Navratri-Diwali festivities – a trend that necessitates vigilant monitoring by PV OEMs,” he said. In the commercial vehicle segment, despite headwinds such as sluggish cargo movement, verticals like cement, iron ore, and coal exhibited robust demand.
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Now as we've talked about, the pandemics affected so much, it's changed how we work as well, but what about ditching the five-day week and instead working just four days.
Today sees the start of what's thought to be the world's biggest ever trial of a four-day working week.
Over the next six months, academics here in the UK and the US will monitor around 70 companies, to see if it's possible to drop a day and still be as productive.
Experts will be watching closely to see if it could even boost the economy as Emma Simpson reports.
Instead of working a five day week how about pouring it all into four, we're talking a hundred percent of pay for eighty percent of the hours.
This small brewery is about to try. - Well we're a simple business we have to produce and package the same amount of beer every week, that we do now, that's our challenge.
这家小啤酒厂打算尝试一下。 - 我们的生意很简单，每周都要生产和包装同样数量的啤酒，我们现在所做的，是我们的挑战。
The pandemic has already given us a taste of flexible working, this boss believes it's time for a new approach.
There's a real sense of this is the way we do things because this is the way we do things, and people don't rethink things, they don't think about what's necessary, and this is a chance for us to do something positive with that.
Staff are keen to make it work. - How are you going to be more productive? - Just being quicker being more, if I know I've got to get stuff done in four days time, i'll so enjoy that extra day I think that'll be a good incentive.
员工们渴望让四天工作制发挥作用。 - 你怎样才能更有效率？ - 去做得更快，做得更多，如果我知道我必须在4天内完成任务，我会很享受这额外的一天，我认为这将是一个很好的激励。
British workers do some of the longest hours in Europe, and we're also nothing like as productive as we should be, could we perform better if we do fewer ours? that's what this big trial is trying to find out.
Around 70 firms are taking part, this recruitment company in Exeter started in January, Fiona uses her day off to get chores done, so she can enjoy the weekend.
If you're happier outside of work, you're happier in work, and there is the productiveness there.
Josh likes golf but the big thing is child care. - Most of the time I spend with my young daughter, so again which frees up a lot of money for nursery fees which is always helpful.
乔希喜欢打高尔夫，但重要的是照顾孩子。 - 大部分时间我都和我的小女儿在一起，这样就能省下很多育儿费，这总是很有帮助的。
It's all about productivity, the boss Simon started a four-day week for a better work-life balance, and says profits are actually up.
Interestingly across the board all of our inputs have gone up and quite simply everyone's doing more in less time. - People are burning out.
有趣的是，我们所有的投入都增加了，很简单，每个人都在更短的时间内做更多的事情。 - 人们目前已精疲力竭。
Here's the professor leading the research for this global four-day week project, but how realistic is it?
You can be 100 product as productive in 80 of the time in many workplaces, it's also about the whole economics of this.
So that you might become 10 more productive but that your company is also saving on healthcare costs on hiring new people, so that they come out ahead in the end.
Packing the work into four days is a tall order, but this brewery hopes it will deliver a better way to work. Emma Simpson BBC News.


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Emirates has announced that it will introduce its premium economy seats on two routes to India from October this year.
Starting October 29, the carrier’s newly-retrofitted A380 aircraft will operate via a daily nonstop service to both Mumbai and Bengaluru.
Emirates introduced its superjumbo on the Dubai-Mumbai route back in 2014 and to Bengaluru in October last year.
It initiated a US$2 billion retrofitting project towards the end of last year which will be completed by 2025. The carrier has prioritized the retrofitting of 67 earmarked A380 after which it will focus on 53 777s. Overall, it will refurbish 728 first class suites, upgrade more than 5,000 business class seats and install 4,000 of the airline’s new premium economy seats.
In addition to the premium economy cabin, the retrofitted aircraft feature enhanced upgrades and refreshed interiors across all its other cabin classes too.
Travellers flying on the Dubai-Mumbai route can book Emirates’ premium economy seats on EK500/501, while customers flying between Dubai and Bengaluru can book their flights on EK568/569.
The schedule of these flights is below:
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Premium economy already features on flights to nine destinations globally, including US points New York JFK, San Francisco and Houston, in addition to London Heathrow, Sydney, Auckland, Christchurch, Melbourne and Singapore.
Premium economy cabins will also debut to Los Angeles in July, taking the number of routes offering the product to 12 by the end of 2023.
Emirates launched its services to India in October 1985, from Dubai to Delhi and Mumbai.
Since then, it has grown its India operations to serve a total of nine destinations across the country including Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Kochi, Kolkata, Mumbai, and Thiruvananthapuram.
In an exclusive interview with Business Traveller at the Arabian Travel Market earlier this year, Adnan Kazim, chief commercial officer for Emirates Airline, said that the airline expects a total of 29 aircraft to be fitted with the premium economy cabin by the end of summer this year.


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Good Morning!! As we enter a new week, let’s take a look at the latest trending startup news insights.
Beauty and personal care company The Good Glamm Group, which owns the MyGlamm brand, has acquired celebrity and influencer talent management network MissMalini Entertainment in a cash and stock deal. Read More.
Unique, a video calls platform that uses AI to teach sales teams how to improve their pitches, has closed a $6 million seed round from a bunch of angel investors. Read More.
Harley-Davidson's electric motorcycle brand, LiveWire, will be spun off as a separate publicly-traded company next year. Read More.
Flipkart said that it has started offering groceries as a category on its five-month-old social commerce platform Shopsy. Read More.
Kalendar AI, a San Francisco-based startup that’s been building on top of GPT-3‘s language model developing a SaaS for automating lead generation and sales outreach to make it easier for companies to get initial meetings with prospective customers. Read More
The List joins the social commerce movement with a new app connecting consumers with global luxury brands and retailers to offer a personalized discovery and shopping experience. Read More.
Indian Edtech giant Byju’s, the nation’s most valuable startup, is in talks to go public in the U.S. by merging with a blank check company led by Churchill Capital, a person familiar with the matter said. Read More.
Beauty and personal care e-commerce platform Purplle has acquired cosmetics and skincare brand, Faces Canada. Both the companies are backed by Sequoia Capital. Read More.
ICON CEO Jason Ballard discusses the company's plans to 3D print a 100 home community in Austin, but is the technology really a solution to the housing crisis? Read More.
A new investment fund from Polygon and Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian could help speed up that process, however. Read More.
Coinbase is working on tools to let people access the metaverse—a loosely-defined term that describes an emerging digital world where we work, live, play, and shop. Read More.
Kotak Securities will acquire 7.5% stake in Entroq Technologies for INR 3 Cr. Entroq is a financial technology startup, focused on providing a short-curated financial news platform and a social community (Circles) for early-stage investors and millennials. Read More.
Now their company, Sanas, is testing out artificial intelligence-powered software that aims to eliminate miscommunication by changing people's accents in real-time. Read More.
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New research from Experian shows that 45% of people would buy a car simply because they wanted to be able to 'drive something new or different'.
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The Freight Transport Association (FTA) has awarded its inaugural Van Excellence Lifetime Contribution Award to industry stalwart Gary Whittam.
BCA has announced its plans for a major new operation in the West Midlands, with potential to around 200 new job opportunities in the region.
BCA has announced that it has acquired the automotive video imagery specialist; Autos On Show, and Tradeouts - an automotive sales technology company.
Manheim is to stage fortnightly commercial vehicle sales at its Shotts auction centre from the end of October.
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Jeremy MacBean of IT Weapons says it's critical that marketing and sales team are aligned at organizations, and offers tips on how to do that. Published March 14, 2018.
Toshiba unveils its dynaEdge AR Smart glasses, promising a new vision for the workplace. Published March 12, 2018.
New developments were announced for Alexa for Business at Enterprise Connect in Florida. Published March 13, 2018.


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I just got back from a trip to PlayStation’s North American headquarters where I had the chance to be one of the first people to play Gran Turismo 7 on the PSVR2, and I’m here to tell you all about it.
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“Design a car that takes its inspiration from 80’s liveries. But it’s not that simple…”
Ubisoft has announced the third installment of its multi-vehicle-type racing game series The Crew will be called The Crew Motorfest, and is on the slate for a launch later in 2023.
Competition Company has announced that its new racing sim, Rennsport, has missed a second scheduled milestone on its approach to a late-2023 launch, with its closed beta phase once again postponed.
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“While Alonso has left Alpine to drive the green car for 2023, it doesn’t mean we cannot take it out for a hot lap. Lift-off oversteer can be your friend.”
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For the fourth event in a row, a team of sim racers has beaten professional racing drivers at the showpiece Race of Champions (ROC) — this time going one step further and winning an entire knockout match against the pros.
An announcement on the PlayStation Blog Japan has revealed that Gran Turismo 7 will be one of the games available in a special PlayStation VR2 event in Tokyo next month.
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January may be in the closing stretches, but Winter has returned for another round in Forza Horizon 4. Through the blizzards and the snow drifts, everyone at the UK festival continues to battle through the elements in order to seek out the latest events.
Playground Games has previewed the next Series of Forza Horizon 5 — Japanese Automotive — in its latest Let’s Go stream, revealing what people will be doing, building, and winning when it gets underway on February 2.
New Forza Motorsport Details Revealed: 500 Cars, 20 Locations, Ray Tracing, But Still No Release Date
Today’s Xbox & Bethesda Developer_Direct showcase has revealed more details about the upcoming Forza Motorsport game — although one important piece of information was curiously absent: a release date.
Although Playground Games has yet to announce the Forza Horizon 5 Series 17 update, it’s already confirmed that Series 18 will feature a tribute to the late Ken Block.
Quirky rally title art of rally is now available as a physical, boxed title for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, and Nintendo Switch owners, with some cool bonuses for buyers of either the base version or Collector’s Edition.
The next Forza Monthly — the first of the year — is set for this Thursday, January 26, and it looks to pack information for both Forza Motorsport and Forza Horizon 5.


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China to cut tariffs on consumer goods
China will further reduce tariffs on consumer goods, including food and infant formula, in the third cut since 2015.
Effective next month, the average import tax on some food, health products, medicine, daily chemicals, clothing, footwear, and other products will drop to 7.7 percent from 17.3 percent, the Ministry of Finance (MOF) said Friday in an online statement.
Some types of baby milk powder and diapers will have zero tariffs, according to an MOF list. Woolen overcoats and some seafood will also see substantial drops in tax rates.
A total of 187 products will be covered.
The statement said the reduction focuses on quality and certain products that cannot be produced at home, allowing for more consumer choice and prompt upgrades of the domestic supply system.
The government has been encouraging imports of consumer goods to meet increasing domestic demand.
Tariffs of nearly 300 types of articles of everyday use have gone down during the past two years. Fiscal and financial measures have also been rolled out to stimulate imports.


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Rentmeester filed a lawsuit against Nike 30 years later, accusing the brand in January 2015 of copying his original image of Jordan in order to create the Jumpman logo. The complaint, filed in Oregon district court, traced how Nike allegedly borrowed Rentmeester’s image of the flying Jordan from Life and created its own version that in turn birthed the famous logo of Jordan’s silhouette that’s adorned billions of dollars worth of sneakers.
Nike took interest in the photo of Jordan from the Life Olympic issue early on, according to Rentmeester’s lawsuit. Peter Moore, Nike’s creative director who was instrumental in the Air Jordan deal, facilitated a payment to Rentmeester of $150 in order to grant Nike limited use of two transparencies of the photo in August 1984. Nike was allowed, per the invoice, to use the images “for slide presentation only, no layouts or any other duplication.”
After obtaining the transparencies from the photographer, Nike made a similar image, replacing Jordan’s New Balances with sneakers from his signature line and replacing the Chapel Hill backdrop with Chicago’s skyline. Jordan has nearly the same pose in the Rentmeester original and the Nike version, his left arm extended and legs scissored out.
Rentmeester reached out to Nike when the brand used its Jordan image in promotional materials around the launch of the Air Jordan line circa 1985. “Nike initially refused to speak with Mr. Rentmeester regarding the issue,” the 2015 lawsuit says, “and only responded to his repeated requests when Mr. Rentmeester threatened litigation.” The brand paid Rentmeester $15,000 in March 1985 for a limited license to use its version of the Jordan image for two years.
Rentmeester’s lawsuit contended that Nike wilfully infringed upon his copyrighted images of Jordan by exceeding the scope of their original agreement. It accused Nike of ripping off his work to create the Jumpman logo, a world-famous brand mark that shows Jordan in a pose similar to the one Rentmeester instructed him to do for the Life photo shoot in 1984. The lawsuit was ultimately unsuccessful; it was dismissed in June 2015, and the Supreme Court rejected an appeal in 2019.


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Credit Marvel Warns Of Increase In Scam Credit Repair Companies After One Fraud Steals 5 Million Dollars
CreditMarvel.com has published advice on how to avoid scam credit repair companies after one man managed to steal over 300 identities and five million dollars from vulnerable people.
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San Francisco, CA -- October 20, 2015 (FPRC) -- Bad credit affects millions of people all over the world, and has created a legacy of trouble and problems for those struggling to relieve their debt. One of the most efficient ways individuals can recover their credit score is to enlist the services of a reputable credit repair company. Finding one is becoming increasingly difficult however, as Credit Marvel reports of an increase in scam companies looking to steal people's information and get them into even more debt through identity fraud.
The website has cited the latest high profile case in which one individual successfully managed to steal more than 300 identities, including those of children, to take out loans worth more than five million dollars, with the money disappearing and the individuals involved being burdened with the debt.
Credit Marvel has therefore created a new guide outlining the primary ways in which individuals can vet and identify fraudulent credit repair companies and report them to the authorities, as well as preventing themselves from falling into that trap.
A spokesperson for Credit Marvel explained, "We created this guide because we want our readers to be aware of the dangers as well as the opportunities when it comes to credit repair companies. Our website helps people identify reputable credit repair companies with competitive terms that we have individually reviewed and ranked according to how much they can help individuals in need. Cases like that of Donald Lonnell Batiste showed us that we also need to identify not only those doing a great job, but those planning to exploit vulnerable individuals. In this way our readership is as prepared as it can be for what's out there, and can make the right decisions first time."
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Don Marsh, former CEO of Marsh Supermarkets, testified in his defense on Feb. 7 in response to accusations that he “engaged in fraudulent and deceitful behavior while serving as the chairman of CEO of the company” and diverted “company funds to finance his extravagant lifestyle,” court documents show.
The civil trial in the U.S. District Court, Southern District of Indiana, got under way on Feb. 4. The grocery company is seeking $7 million in reimbursements while the former CEO is countersuing, seeking more than $2 million in severance pay he says the chain still owes him. Marsh had been at the helm of the company for 38 years before it was sold to Sun Capital Partners in 2006.
Marsh Supermarkets alleges that Marsh used more than $3 million in company funds to pay personal expenses via an “e-voucher” system and “spent tens of thousands of dollars in ‘petty cash’ belonging to the company without providing any documentation,” the lawsuit states. That is in addition to using the company’s jet and e-vouchers for “hundreds of trips, most of which were personal trips or vacations, including an estimated 350 trips outside of the company’s geographic region from 2000 to 2006.”
Sun Capital Partners terminated him “without cause” in 2006.
The Indianapolis Business Journal reports that among those personal expenses were $1,000 for two pairs of boots for a hunting trip guide and the guide’s girlfriend; $5,960 for four Indianapolis Colts season tickets; use of the corporate plane to fly to the Dominican Republic with three female employees, one of their sisters and his driver on a trip that included a $325 dinner and a $295 round of golf and rent for a mistress’s New York apartment.
Marsh acknowledged his extramarital affairs, but testified that private jet trips he took to visit his mistresses were business related. Marsh’s attorneys contend that they were within the boundaries of his employment contract because he was promoting the company and staying on top of food retailing trends.
Ermal Marsh, Don Marsh’s father, founded the company in 1931. In 1953, when the chain had 16 stores, Marsh Supermarkets became a publicly held company. In August 1959, Ermal Marsh died in a plane crash. His brother, Estel Marsh, took over as president and in 1968 was elected chairman of the board. That is when the then 30-year-old Don Marsh stepped into the role of president of the company. He was named CEO in 1980.
The company now operates 64 Marsh Supermarkets, and three O’Malia’s Food Markets in Indiana and Ohio, and manages 26 MainStreet Market locations.
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Today the Sydney Morning Herald: Good Weekend magazine reports – Meal or Medicine?
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Melissa Sweet, “Meal or Medicine?”, 17 Mar 2007
“Eating fish could prevent heart disease. Then again, it might not. It depends on who you listen to. With the media and marketplace awash with claims and counterclaims about the health benefits of food, it’s never been harder trying to work out what’s best to eat.”
The article suggests that consumers are confused about the health benefits and health risks of food. People have no idea what they should and shouldn’t be eating; what is improving their health and what could be potentially exposing them to disease and obesity. The article warns that this could get worse with Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) soon to allow companies to put a greater range of health claims on their products such as “may reduce the risk of bowl cancer” and “helps to prevent osteoporosis”. However other health organisations are worried that adding more health claims to products would further confuse the public and would also reduce the appeal of fresh fruits and vegetables which would be unable to use health claims because they are largely unpackaged
So what is the solution. One might say to increase regulation on health claims; to stop “Brunchtime Bars” from being labeled “high in fibre” or “low GI” or “may help protect against lymphoma”.
SMH advertisement for McDonald’s new ‘tick approved’ meals
“Tastes good. Better for you. Now you can feel better about enjoying the great taste of McDonald’s when you choose one of our nine Tick Approved Meals.”
I found it interesting that this McDonald’s advertisement was featured in Good Weekend just a few pages after this article. So here is a health claim for you: “Better for you.”. The copy suggests that these ‘tick approved’ meals contain 45% ‘less salt’ and are ‘virtually trans-fat free’. Yay.
Think of the fruit and vegetable section of Woolworths or Coles. The products are generic; you have no idea who grew it, how and where. You can’t choose products from suppliers who don’t use pesticides or from regions that produce superior quality because you have no way of distinguishing between products. What does a consumer know about the products they buy in the fresh fruit and vegetable section of their supermarket? Nothing…
How can mere – trans-fat free, salt free, preservative free, hormone free, vitamin and mineral enriched – fruits and vegetables compete. They don’t have packaging to carry ‘health claims’ nor do they have the marketing budget of McDonald’s to tell people how much “Better for you” they are.
The solution. Brand it all. Put a name on every last apple, orange and kiwifruit and every last pumpkin, onion and leek. Split the produce section of the supermarket up and sell it like shelf space. Consumer would have to choose between producers, and producers would have to advertise and differentiate. We would see advertising on television for this producer and that producer showing images of their farm and their fresher, healthier produce. Truly healthy food would suddenly have a voice in the marketplace. Apples would be marketed to kids as ‘action-packed’ and salad would be advertised to office workers as ‘light, quick and simple’. The sales of fruit and vegetables would rise and people around the country would drop a few kilograms.


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Netflix has introduced a new type of content that lets viewers get involved in the storyline by choosing what happens next.The technology is coming to Netflix’s Puss in Boots kids show, introducing them to a non-linear story in which pivotal moments are chosen by the kid (or adult!)The idea isn’t dissimilar to the “Choose Your Own Adventure Book” series that used to be popular.We first heard word about this interactive content back in March, when a leak led to confirmation from Netflix that a test of sorts was underway.Now that test has apparently snowballed into an actual product, which Netflix introduced earlier today.The company explains that during an episode’s progression, the viewer will be prompted to choose which direction the story takes.
The Finnish Nokia was interested in getting into hälsoteknikbranschen gossiped the company already last year when they bought the French hälsobolaget Withings, now runs the however, the line out and occupy the whole of the Withings activity within their own brand.Which means that the products from now on will be adorned with the Nokia name.“Nokia's global expansion in digital health is based on Nokia's outstanding history of quality, reliability and trust.These are the building blocks all of which are essential to succeed in the healthcare industry,“ said Brad Rodrigues, interim president of Nokia Technologies, in a press release.at the same time as Nokia announced that the Withings is now becoming a part of the company took the opportunity also to launch a series of new products.Including a connected scale and a compact blood pressure monitor, products all will work in symbiosis with hälsoappen Nokia Health Mate.
Microsoft recently released an all-new Surface Laptop running Windows 10 S out of the box -- an OS that only runs apps downloaded from the Windows Store.This makes the Surface Laptop an expensive competitor to Google's Chromebook, although more affordable Windows 10 S laptops from HP, Acer, and others are expected by the end of the year.As an extra incentive for early buyers, Microsoft is offering free Windows 10 Pro upgrades for Surface Laptop users until the end of the year, after which the upgrades will cost $50.Though Microsoft had said this upgrade would be a one-way street (citing security concerns), it seems that they have changed their stance.It's now possible for Surface Laptop owners to revert back to Windows 10 S from a Pro upgrade.Unfortunately, that's easier said than done.
Breakit avslöjade på tisdagsmorgonen att det blir Daniel Sonesson som tar över posten som vd för SUP46 efter Jessica Stark.Sonesson är idag ansvarig för marknadsutvecklingen på Schibstedtägda Blocket Jobb, och berättar att han har en stor passion för entreprenörskap och tech."Det är ganska fascinerande med SUP46 att det är både entreprenörskap, techdelen och affärsutvecklingen de står inför", säger Sonesson.Han beskriver SUP46 som en fantastisk plats som på kort tid blivit ett momentum som gjort skillnad, och understryker att han själv har en genuin tro på de små- och medelstora företagens möjlighet att bana väg för tillväxt och nya jobb."Det är en avgörande del som kommer att hjälpa nya bolag att växa, det är där de nya jobben kommer att skapas", säger Sonesson om sin nya arbetsplats.Han är fortsatt ansvarig för Blocket Jobbs affärsutveckling och kliver in på SUP46 efter sommaren, men något exakt datum är ännu inte satt.
Det finns två orsaker till att din arbetsgivare vill att du gör det enligt John Reed på it-bemmaningsföretaget Robert Half Technology – att se till att de anställda sätter av tid för att utvärdera hur de presterar och att hjälpa cheferna att få en känsla av om den anställde förstår sin egen betydelse på arbetsplatsen.– Du bör titta tillbaka på året som gått och berätta för din chef vad du har gjort och vad du vill fokusera på.Men hur går det egentligen till när man ska bedöma sin egen insats tillsammans med chefen?Det råder Ford Myers, författare till boken Get the job you want, even when no one's hiring.– På så sätt blir förväntningarna verkliga och påtagliga, säger John Reed.Att koppla dina prestationer till affären är avgörande för att självutvärderingen ska vara meningsfull, särskilt om företaget använder den även vid lönesättningen och bonusar.
A coffee shop in Roanoke, Virginia put a "clever" sign outside that said:"Small coffee, please" - $3"Hello, one small coffee please" - $1.75one writer admonished her readers."You’ll always be rewarded for good behavior, and now in some places, you might even save a little bit of cash."Are you one of those foolish businesses that think it's funny to criticize, make fun of, lecture or patronize your customers?
Yirendai, China’s largest peer-to-peer lending platform, is looking to raise its profile even higher, with an expanded product offering, the company’s chief executive Fang Yihan has told the South China Morning Post, shrugging off any worries about a regulation-induced slowdown in the industry.The company is majority owned by CreditEase, one of China’s largest fintechs, specialising in small business and consumer lending as well as wealth management for high net worth investors.Despite many in the P2P industry fearing the stricter regime ahead, Fan however is rather more“Last year was the year of regulation, and at Yirendai we are happy that this has finally happened.The benefits to peer to peer platforms of official recognition, however, come with a price, with companies having to pay for these additional compliance costs, which will have an effect on investor returns.Double digit returns for investors were commonplace last year, but will become harder to find.
The Government has been dealt a blow in its bid to force WhatsApp and other tech companies to hand over terror suspects' encrypted messages by EU proposals.The plans would also impose obligations on tech companies that do not currently apply encryption to messages to do so.The proposals would be a major setback to Theresa May’s election pledge that terrorists should have no “safe space” to conspire online, and threatens existing security legislation that requires companies to remove encryption where possible.Smartphone apps including WhatsApp and Telegram electronically seal messages using end-to-end encryption, meaning that governments and even the companies themselves cannot read them.The proposals, from MEPs on the European Parliament’s Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs Committee, have been tabled as amendments to draft EU privacy legislation."Member states shall not impose any obligations on electronic communications service providers that would result in the weakening of the security and encryption of their networks and services.”
The UK has been subject to three high-profile terror attacks in 2017.Across the Westminster, Manchester, and London Bridge attacks, 35 people lost their lives.In the wake of all the incidents, UK government ministers have accused social networks of not doing enough to combat extremist material.Prime minister Theresa May has announced tech companies who don't deal with terrorism related material may be fined under a new law she is planning."In the wake of recent terror attacks, people have questioned the role of tech companies in fighting terrorism online," a blog post on Facebook by Monika Bickert, the director of global policy management and Brian Fishman, counterterrorism policy manager, starts."When someone tries to upload a terrorist photo or video, our systems look for whether the image matches a known terrorism photo or video," the Facebook employees write.
The latest Google Maps beta v9.55 adds support for notification channels if you’re using a device running Android O.The functionality will obviously be coming to all devices when the O release arrives later this year and when the regular Maps app is updated in Google Play.It also looks like Maps will soon let you download entire country maps for offline use.If you install the beta on an Android O device, you’ll see almost 30 notification channels laid out for your prioritizing pleasure.You can customize their importance, sound and vibration settings, add app badges and set override abilities for Do Not Disturb mode.You’ve also got full control over the general notification types you get from Maps in the app’s settings.
Arab Spring meant ka-ching for merchants of deathA year-long investigation has uncovered evidence that British armaments conglomerate BAE Systems has been selling internet surveillance equipment to Middle Eastern regimes with questionable human rights records.BAE has its fingers in many pies, including the online sphere, and in 2011 it bought Danish firm ETI and added it to its Systems Applied Intelligence division.You could follow people around.One of the first customers for the Evident software before the ETI acquisition was the Tunisian government, which was then run by the now-ousted President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali."ETI installed it and engineers came for training sessions," he explained.
For the past three years, Brianna Wu's been barraged with hate.Wu, who co-founded indie game development studio Giant Spacekat, became the target of a legion of mostly anonymous internet trolls during GamerGate -- the name given to a 2014 campaign that directed hate against an indie game developer named Zoë Quinn and people, like Wu, who spoke out about what was happening to her.While GamerGate wasn't an inciting event for this type of behavior online, it was a step toward an age where you may find yourself at the receiving end of intense hatred for expressing a view that makes some group of trolls mad."If you look throughout history, there's a really interesting phenomenon that [happens] when you push women too far and we decide to put an end to it," Wu said.GamerGate was the first really high-profile test case of this.When the FBI completely, absolutely failed to do anything about GamerGate, it's not a coincidence that the very next year, we saw the rise of the "Alt-Right" and [then candidate Donald] Trump's playbook.
the Atlassian Stack is the name of a package with most of the products from Atlassian.focusing on the really big customers.the price list starts at 1 000 users for one year, for the neat sum of 186 875 dollars, about 1,63 million.The discounted price for 10 000 users in one year is 809 225 dollars, approximately seven million.In the academic world, one will come away with half the price.So, it is about many users, and the hefty price tags.
Sysadmins should already have purged WINS from their Microsoft Windows Server environments – but if they haven't, there's a new reason to take it for one last walk out behind the shed.Fortinet's Honggang Ren says a WINS Server remote memory corruption vulnerability in the MS-proprietary name server isn't going to get fixed, because Redmond would rather it weren't used at all.Customers should have already replaced WINS with DNS.Ren writes that the malformed WINS packets are all that's needed to trigger the bug.“This vulnerability exists because Windows Server doesn’t properly deal with multiple pending WINS-Replication sessions,” the post states.If there are more than three such sessions, the list pointers become corrupted because “the same buffer is deallocated to the list pool multiple times.”
Alienware has long been a well-known manufacturer of high-performance and expensive consoles, but the company has, perhaps surprisingly, never before had any real Alienware-accessories.until now.the Company now presents its first proper keyboards and mice, AW558 Advanced, AW568 Advanced, AW768 Pro and AW598 Elite.All four products come with design similar to the one that characterised the alienware's previous computers; complete with led light and sharp edges.the Mice are priced at $ 50 for AW 557 Advanced or 90 dollars for AW598 Elite in the Swedish price, we're talking probably about 500 and 900 sek.Mice have the same specifications as the more expensive variant will come with interchangeable grips, adjustable height, and a maximum dpi of five, rather than three.
If there was any doubt about whether the connected era has arrived, new research from Cable.co.uk has confirmed we’re leaving the analogue age behind.Exactly 50% of those who were still deciding whether or not to vote said there would be a better chance of them doing so if they could go online to do it.64% of those in the 35-44 age range said an online system would make them more likely to vote, and perhaps surprisingly, the introduction of online voting would make the least impact on 18 to 24 year-olds, with only 31% of all respondents in this age group saying it would make them more likely.“Makes sense, but it’s nevertheless somewhat shocking that so many with no plans to vote would do so if it saved them a short trip to the nearest polling station.The key question is whether such a system can be adopted in a way that is beyond the potential interference from hackers.”Labour losing out is also supported by another bit of research from Captify, which found that Labour’s Jeremy Corbyn was the most searched political leader online in the UK, accounting for 50.27% of all searches.
p Almost a fifth of companies in the marketing and advertising sector would go out of business if they were to be hit by a fine for non-compliance of the new GDPR legislation.The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) comes into force in less than one year and covers everything from a consumer’s ‘right to be forgotten’ to data breach notification and accountability.At the heart of the reform in how companies must handle customer data is a fine, standing at €20m or 4% of an company's global revenue, if they are found to be falling foul.But, in a survey of 187 marketing and advertising companies conducted by YouGov on behalf of law firm Irwin Mitchel, 70% said they wouldn't be certain of their ability to detect a data breach.Meanwhile, just 37% said they would be equipped to deal with it in the required timescale of three days.This will not fill client-side marketers with confidence.
For the third day in a row plagued british airline British Airways of the problems with their global it systems.It has not only done to people without their luggage, but resulted in cancellations and more or less that they were forced to set up the entire business for a day, writes news agency Reuters.Something that may stand the company dearly.To close everything down in 24 hours means, according to Stephen Furlong from analyst firm Davy, about 335 million in reduced turnover and 44.7 million in lost profits.Add that to the total that the company has to pay in compensation to travelers who don't get home in time.It was last Saturday that the problems started.
p Intel's fast but tiny Compute Card pushes the limit on what small PCs can do, and may enable new, more powerful IoT products.The specifications of several Intel Compute Cards have been leaked, giving us our first look at what the interior hardware of the super-slim, fully-functioning PCs will be like.Along with a selection of differently specced processors, they all come with 4GB of RAM and up to 128GB of onboard PCI Express, solid-state (SSD) storage.Taking micro-computing in a more powerful direction than the Rasbperry Pi and its contemporaries, Intel’s Compute Cards are designed as a spiritual successor to the Compute Stick.Slim and entirely self-contained, they’re designed to offer powerful, fully capable computing functions for modular systems.In the future, upgrading your laptop or smart appliance could be as simple as removing the old card and plugging in the new.
p Jupiter has fascinated sky-gazers for millennia but it wasn’t until we sent probes to the planet that scientists began to unravel its deepest secrets.Now, new scientific data from Juno, the most recent spacecraft to rendezvous with the gas giant, shows that Jupiter has many more secrets still.The recent results depict Jupiter as a highly complex and chaotic world, according to NASA, featuring cyclones the size of Earth and a surprisingly powerful magnetic field.The data was gathered during a few orbits around the planet, in which the probe came within just 2,600 miles of the top cloud layer, the closest any human-made hardware had ever passed.“We knew, going in, that Jupiter would throw us some curves,” Scott Bolton, Juno principal investigator, said in a statement.“But now that we are here we are finding that Jupiter can throw the heat, as well as knuckleballs and sliders.


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Disappointment is high as it’s emerged mobile bank van services may be kept from rural town centres as Royal Bank of Scotland branches close.
The Huntly branch disappeared this week and there are plans to shut the Turriff RBS branch in just ten days time.
Some customers and campaigners had held out a hope, albeit small, that the closures could be delayed or bank bosses persuaded to change their minds.
Those hopes have been dashed and now customers are worried because it has become clear the banking vans that are the proposed replacement for local branches may be able to park in some town centres due to parking restrictions.
Councillors for the areas have expressed their disappointment in the company and voiced concerns for elderly populations.
Huntly councillor Moira Ingleby said: “Obviously the closure of any facility in Huntly is extremely sad and it’s going to impact on the lives of a lot of people.
“I’m very disappointed that this is going to happen, especially as we are trying very hard to improve the square and retail services in the area as part of the regeneration.
“Banks are a vital part of Huntly as our demographic is mostly older people who don’t all have access to mobile or online banking.
“Everyone is disappointed and I’m saddened by the news that more are closing.”
Fellow Huntly councillor Gwyneth Petrie said it was now time for campaigners to turn their attention to improving the replacement service.
She said: “It’s unlikely that anyone is going to change their minds so I think we will have to push for a better service.
“Currently the plan for the mobile van is for it to come to Market Muir, which is outside of the town.
“There are options in the centre where they could have located it, now it’s going to be in a busy car park where people are going to have to queue with cars turning round.”
The Turriff RBS branch is due to close on June 26.
Turriff councillor Alastair Forsyth said: “Obviously I’m disappointed the bank has taken this decision after the extensive campaign to halt the closures in Aberdeenshire.
“I wish the Branch staff every success in the future and thank them for their years of dedicated service to the Turriff and District Community.
“What I wish for now is that mobile services will be strengthened so that customers will still be offered good services after the branch closes.
“The banks may be saying that its clear people are using their mobile banking but there’s still people who rely on these services.”


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A couple of new images have recently appeared on the Internet that show us something what appears to be LED Flash components for the long-anticipated 4.7-inch and 5.5-inch iPhone 6. The leaked photos prove the rumor, which suggests that the guys from Cupertino are planning to unveil both handsets at the same time. The release of the smaller handset will take place on September 9th, however, I don't know whether the larger device will be unveiled at the same media event.
A new image, which shows us something very similar to the new iPhone 6 speaker assembly has recently appeared on the Internet. The image has been shared by a Far East parts supplier alongside some other images that depict other components for the long-anticipated handset.
Several new images that show Apple's iPhone 5 compared to what appears to be a long-anticipated iPhone 6 have been recently shared by yaya888.
It is Sunday today, which means I should tell you about the most interesting posts of the past seven days. Let's take a look at them.
Alongside the updated Lightning cable with reversible USB connector, which has been recently spotted online, the guys from Cupertino may be planning to release a new charger. An image that proves such a rumor has surfaced on a Chinese social network Weibo. You can take a look at this photo below.
Several new images appeared on the Internet on Friday that show us both 4.7-inch and 5.5-inch iPhone 6 models. It should be noted that these are not actual photos of the handsets, but something like the prototype renderings. What is interesting about the smartphones shown on these renderings is that both of them feature protruding camera lenses and all-aluminum rear panels. Moreover, there is a chart near the two devices, which shows us sizes of the long-anticipated gadgets. You'd better take a look yourself.
Several images showing something what appears to be a back panel for the 5.5-inch iPhone 6 have been spotted online today. The photos have been first published on Evasi0njailbreak. The panel looks just like the panel for the 4.7-inch handset and features the same cutout for the new Apple logo, new antenna breaks and the holes for camera and LED flash. The only notable difference is the size of today’s back shell.
According to the latest report from 9to5Mac reporter Mark Gurman and an image posted to Instagram by the firm called Feld & Volk, Apple’s next-generation iPhone models with 4.7-inch and 5.5-inch displays may get screen resolutions of 1472 x 828 pixels. While earlier it was reported that the new handsets will boast of the resolution of 1704 x 960 pixels, the aforementioned reporter managed to find some other proofs that confirm the new resolution. The proofs have been found in the latest Xcode 6 beta.
Several new images have recently appeared on the Internet that show us something very similar to the partially assembled iPhone 6. The images have been shared by a luxury modified iPhone seller called Feld & Volk. They are available below.
The week has come to an end, which means it is high time I told you about the most interesting posts of the past seven days. If you’re ready to read, let’s begin.
Following yesterday’s leaked images showing the interior parts for the next-generation iPhones with 4.7-inch and 5.5-inch displays, two more photos surfaced on the Internet today, which once again prove that the smaller handset will get a 1.810 mAh battery.
Today a new report appeared online that suggests that the next-generation 5.5-inch iPhone 6 will be nicknamed as the iPhone 6L. Apart from this interesting piece of information, several new images surfaced online that show us a bunch of leaked parts for Apple’s smartphone. These parts include a larger battery (I mentioned it in the previous post), a logic board and, of course, a front panel.
Several new images appeared on two different websites yesterday that show something what appears to be new batteries for the upcoming 4.7-inch and 5.5-inch iPhone 6 models.
New photos from Dianxinshouji suggest that Apple may ship its next-generation 4.7-inch and 5.5-inch iPhones with brand new Lightning cables that feature reversible USB connectors. Looks like the guys from Cupertino managed to solve the problem with a cable, which never fits the USB slot from the first time. And that’s another reason to buy an iPhone 6 this fall.
A bunch of images showing something what appears to be a genuine iPhone 6 smuggled out of Foxconn appeared on the Internet earlier today. The device shown below looks pretty much the same as the iPhone 5s, however, it can boast of several noticeable improvements that include a larger screen and a new back panel. The design of the handset goes in line with all the previous rumors and reports. Still, there is no way to check the legitimacy of the photos, so I suggest you to take them with a few pinches of salt.


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Strategic Council Online: A university professor says US President Donald Trump has disclosed the secret dispute with China and wants fundamental changes to occur in past trends. “The Chinese are trying to make the American side exhausted and allured by making some retreats and offering them the olive branch. If the person standing on the other side is Trump, a man who is interested in showoff and media coverage this kind of playing is likely to be favored by the Chinese.
Tag: Economic war
Strategic Council Online: An international relations professor said with the decline in America’s hegemony in international system, the geopolitical competition will return to Europe. He added it was likely to see past competitions revived between Germany and Britain, and Germany and France in a not too distant future.
Strategic Council Online: A strategic affairs expert says a new round of tariff war between Europe and the United States appears to have been shaped. He added that a series of issues has made trade disputes between the two sides more complex, especially if Trump puts into effect his threat to significantly raise car import and parts tariffs from Europe to the United States it would be like a bomb that would completely change the bilateral trade relations.
Strategic Council Online: The most important cooperation potentials of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) and the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) are: RCEP’s significant contribution to the global economy, the common interests of certain member states of both organizations in trade and economic war with the United States, and RCEP’s open doors to admit other economic organizations.
Strategic Council Online: If China reduces its investments and deposits in the United States it will inflict great losses on Washington; therefore, before this happens, Trump will be forced to make a compromise with China.
Ismail Bashari – China Affairs Expert
Strategic Council Online: A university lecturer on international relations says although German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s visit to China apparently portrays a picture of limited economic and political cooperation between the two countries, nonetheless, the event reveals that behind the scene, the world’s two big economic powers with their economic potential have declared an unannounced war against US President Donald Trump’s trade war. The negotiations held and the agreements reached between Berlin and Beijing too point to this very point.
Strategic Council Online: The trade war between China and the United States has been turned into a full-fledged dispute over the past several months; in recent weeks, the two sides have done everything in their power to push through the trenches to advance in this economic war.
Hamideh Safamanesh -International Relations Researcher
Strategic Council Online: Commenting on the US economy, a top expert on strategic issues, citing Washington’s 27 per cent budget deficit, said: “There is a significant risk to the US economy, and the important thing is that an outlook for a recession in the US economy has been created. And this has caused whispers of a recession not only in America but also in some European countries.”
Strategic Council Online: China-US trade war has become one of the most important issues in international relations over the past two years and has experienced numerous ups and downs including imposing mutual tariffs on imported goods and the on and off-trade negotiations between the two countries.
Assadollah Kaveh – China Affairs Expert
Strategic Council Online: Washington’s trade war with certain countries, particularly with China was the most important issue that cast a shadow on the G20 Summit in Osaka, Japan.
Tahmores Gholami – American Affairs Expert