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Though Odisha produces 3.95 lakh metric tons of onions every year against its requirement of 2.97 lakh metric tons, agriculture minister Pradeep Kumar Maharathy said people face shortage as farmers sell their produce to traders due to lack of cold storages.
Stating that the Odisha onions were being procured by traders from Chhattishgarh and Madhya Pradesh, Maharathy said steps would be taken through the Mission to create cold storages for farmers. As many as 300 cold storages were required to keep onions within the state.
Maharathy said officials engaged in market intelligence have been asked to keep a vigil on the hoarding of onion and potato and also informed that the potato procurement rate has slowed down due to the floods in West Bengal.
In the mean time, the state cooperation department has taken a decision to set up additional ten cold storages through Regional Cooperative Marketing Societies (RCMS).
Onion, which was selling at Rs 20 per kg barely a week ago, had spiralled to Rs 40 a kg now. "Higher price at the source markets is the reason behind increase in price of onion in the state," local traders pointed out adding the current rates would in likelihood continue till the new crop arrived in the market. PTI


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NEW YORK (CBS.MW) -- It was a pretty good Thursday morning for a retailer called Tuesday Morning, but it was an incredible day for Internet service provider Log On America.
Log On America loax shares were priced at $10, hit the market at 29 11/16 -- the first price that most investors were able to buy the stock -- and rose an additional 5 5/16 by the close of trading. That was good for a first-day gain of 250 percent above the offering price
Providence, R.I.-based Log On America is only the latest successful IPO from an Internet service provider. Others include Internet America geek, Prodigy Communications prgy, Pacific Internet pcntf and Flashnet Communications ".
Log On America sold 2.2 million shares in the offering, well above original expectations that called for a 2 million share offering at $7 to $8 each. The regional ISP, which focuses on business customers, does not appear to say how many subscribers they have in the prospectus. The company generated 1998 sales of $759,878, compared to $351,560 in the year-ago period.
Meanwhile, Tuesday Morning TUES, -2.68% closed its first day of trading 13 percent above its offering price.
The retailer, which sells closeout home furnishings and gifts at prices well under the regular retail price in 354 stores, sold 5.5 million shares at $15, the low end of the expected range, while pre-IPO investors sold another 1.1 million shares. Merrill Lynch was the lead underwriter.
Unlike other retailers, the company's stores open and close several times a year, with each opening marking a sales event that lasts between four to six weeks. According to the prospectus, the company has built a mailing list of 4.8 million customers.
The company, which recorded sales of $396 million last year and income of $13.2 million, plans to build 35 new stores this year and 40 more in 2000.
AremisSoft AREM, +0.00% was the worst performer of the day, closing flat at its offering price.
The software developer sold 3.5 million shares at $5 each, raising much less than the London-company estimated in its initial IPO filing in late January. The company first expected to sell 3.5 million shares at $11 to $13 with ABN Amro acting as lead underwriter. ABN Amro was then replaced by Cruttendon Roth. Since then, the terms of the IPO have been changed several times.

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The future of Saab lies in China. National Electric Vehicle Sweden (NEVS), which inherited the Saab brand in 2012, and has been laboring like a mythical Nordic hero to bring it back to life as an EV, has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with the giant Chinese automaker Dongfeng Motor Corporation.
Dongfeng will help NEVS to bring its new energy vehicles into mass production, and to set up dealer and supplier networks. The two companies have already started working together on vehicle development projects.
“Through this cooperation, NEVS will be able to create industrial synergies, share the development costs, expand the supplier bases and increase the overall competitiveness for our own future products,” said NEVS President Mattias Bergman.
Dongfeng, the third-largest of China’s state-owned automakers, has strategic partnerships and joint ventures with several international car manufacturers, including Volvo, PSA, Renault/Nissan, Honda and Kia. In 2012, it acquired T engineering, a Saab spin-off.
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now has become a social innovation theme, a society at the same time, in many city governments are actively helping entrepreneurs realize the dream of entrepreneurship, recently held in Jiangsu Province, a youth entrepreneurship that open up a fresh outlook.
"in order to achieve more to achieve the entrepreneurial dream of entrepreneurs, we reduce the threshold for entrepreneurship, do not accept any deposit, the greater profit space for entrepreneurs, want to start supporting a number of ordinary people become the best distributor." Communist Youth League entrepreneurship in China Jiangsu Province Service Center Guizhou Moutai group, deputy director of the general manager, said Guo Lei.
"this is a strategic transformation of Moutai group, in the low-end wine, launch a small bottle of million yuan venture helping the project, only 10 thousand yuan venture capital, no deposit and agency fees, and we attract people is not only the national liquor brand Moutai, more is to return it." Guo Lei said, Moutai is the only entrepreneurial activities to help return mechanism of the wine industry, so that the majority of entrepreneurs can not participate in any pressure."
it is reported that since 2013, Moutai group in Hunan, Hubei, Liaoning, Guangdong, Zhejiang provinces launched the "entrepreneurial China Moutai business alliance League", has now formed a more mature business model. The country launched a total of 100 thousand entrepreneurs helping projects in Jiangsu, we have a few thousand, the number is considerable. We in the future recruitment of the vast numbers of young people to participate, will conduct professional training, at the same time, we will also recruit individual businesses to join, there are two hundred thousand County dealers access to funds, two-year contract expires will return the rebate of 10%, the township dealer access funds for thirty thousand." Guo Lei said.


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Jani, 10, has been awarded with $10,000 (approximately 33.4 million UGX) after he found a security flaw in popular image-sharing social network platform; Instagram, making him the youngest ever recipient of the firm’s “bug bounty” prize.
According to Android Authority, “Jani found an exploit or simply a bug in Instagram that allowed him to delete any comment that he wanted to on the popular image sharing social site.”
Facebook Inc. routinely pays cash bounties to users; researchers, hackers, entrepreneurs, who can reveal security flaws in any of their platforms, including Instagram, Whatsapp, Messenger.
Since the program’s launch in 2011, Facebook has paid out over $4.3 million in bug bounties.
Many companies including; Microsoft Corp., Google Inc., Uber, Tesla who offer these bounty programs to users; researchers, hackers, entrepreneurs, to share flaws with the company, rather than selling them on the black market.


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Whenever a new CEO takes over any company, there’s plenty of hyperbole about approaching evolving markets, understanding the shifting needs of customers and redefining the company’s role in the industry. But this time it’s different. This time it’s not hyperbole. It’s reality. Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA)’s President and CEO John O’Leary takes the reins at a time when electric trucks are no longer a question of “What if,” but one of “How many do you want?” Holistic sustainability is a talking point with legs for fleets across the country. Heavy-duty truck demand is at near-record levels with no end in sight when supply chain issues challenge nearly every company in every sector.
It’s a precarious time in trucking, but also a time filled with innovation and industrious evolution of trucking equipment and solutions. For DTNA it’s also a time of reinvention. Last year saw the company shift its focus (and internal structure) from brand to application. This year, the company will go even further as Daimler Trucks will separate its business from Mercedes-Benz.
I caught up with O’Leary just shy of his 100-day mark as DTNA’s CEO. These were the top three takeaways.
1. The electric truck long game
The excitement for electric trucks is a double-edged sword. It’s necessary for building orders and gaining fleet interest, but it can quickly spin into something it’s not: an immediately world-altering technology.
“Sometimes when you have conversations with people about battery electric trucks, it turns into this almost all-or-nothing decision. As if the expectation is that in the next three or four years, everything is going to be electric. It’s not going to happen that way; it’s going to take a long period of time,” O’Leary said. “There’s still plenty of room for internal combustion engines for many years. That’s why we’re still highly interested in medium-duty with our partnership with Cummins. On the heavy-duty side, we have an amazing product there with our Detroit DD13 and DD15 engines.
“For us, it’s not an either-or thing. It’s both,” he continued. “You have to have the existing product because that’s what customers want. A truck is just a tool to make money with, and so we’re providing these tools to customers. If a guy wants a wrench, you don’t hand him a screwdriver.”
Right now, it’s still early days in electric truck development that is still eclipsed by diesel demand. O’Leary noted that continued electric truck development will be driven by customer demand.
What about hydrogen electric fuel truck development? Daimler Trucks AG (DTNA’s parent company led by Martin Daum) and Volvo Group, two staunch competitors in the market, came together to create a joint venture to develop hydrogen fuel cells for commercial use. Where does O’Leary see this play out?
“I would say hydrogen, right now, is more of a European concept in terms of the investment that’s being made by the industry players. I don’t mean just the OEMs, but also… some of the other companies over there. They see that as a real pathway forward,” he said. “I think, ultimately, hydrogen fuel-cell will come to the U.S. I think for long-haul, it makes a lot of sense just in terms of the energy density that hydrogen has versus battery-electric. Ultimately that will come, but I think it’s going to be slower. Again, as long as you have diesel products that can cover thousands of miles, there’s no real need for hydrogen right away. But again, it will ultimately come over time. I have no doubt about that.”
2. Defining Daimler Trucks in the overall market
O’Leary doubled down on the importance of vocational applications to DTNA. Last fall’s Western Star 49X was just the first product launched under the OEM’s application-focused market approach. And there’s more to come.
“Historically, we had tried for a long time to convince people that it’s great that we’re an on-highway powerhouse, but we can also build a great vocational truck,” O’Leary said. “They saw us as purely a long-haul, over-the-road company. So we said, ‘Look, we have to find a better way; build a better mousetrap.’
“That means that we seriously invest [in vocational products]; the only way we can do it is to change our focus and dedicate resources,” he said. “It’s not on-highway people masquerading that they know a little bit about vocational. It means going out and hiring people, in some cases from competitors, that are super intelligent about the vocational market and bring that knowledge and that experience and those customer relationships. And then that goes into the product design.
“We’re not taking an on-highway product, adding more chrome and a different suspension, and calling it a vocational. The Western Star 49X was vocational from the ground up.”
That strategy echoes O’Leary’s broader focus on purpose-built equipment driven by customer needs.
“It’s about having conversations with customers, and it starts with listening,” he said. “You have to listen and not just try to bury them with cool new products that some engineer thinks are brilliant, but they’re not practical in use. You have to listen to what the customer wants, and then, as an organization, you have to respond accordingly.”
3. It’s as much about the people as it is the equipment
There’s been a huge shake up in the DTNA leadership ranks with announcements of promotions and position changes happening almost weekly. O’Leary noted that it reflects DTNA’s focus to increase its leadership capability.
“We have a lot of people in this company that we’ve just hired in recent years, and they deserve just amazing leadership,” he said. “The people that we now have in our operating committee have that level of capability. We’ve had a great run since 2010, and we want to keep that going.”
That momentum will carry into Daimler Trucks’ spin-off from Mercedes-Benz to become its own business entity, and potentially provide more autonomy to develop trucking products and solutions. But the impact will be felt first and foremost globally within the organization, as O’Leary explained:
“Daimler is this massive multinational global corporation that’s basically run by Mercedes-Benz car people; a tremendous passenger car company with a huge amount of history and success, but as a truck group ended up spending a lot of energy and a lot of momentum on just explaining to passenger car people what’s different about the truck industry versus cars. What’s different about the customer profile? Why should we invest where we need to? Why is it different from the thought process that they would use for investments for passenger cars? And so on. It’s a bigger deal in Europe, quite honestly, because then they get into things like systems that people are using for both cars and trucks at the dealerships and within the company and the way people are compensated.”
Context: In Europe, the dealership that’s selling the Class 8 Mercedes-Benz Actros (the MB equivalent to our Freightliner Cascadia) is also selling the S-Class; whereas here, we obviously have different dealerships for trucks and cars.
“For us in North America, it’s not so big of a deal, but it certainly helps,” O’Leary said. “We’ll take all of the help we can get in terms of having even a bigger opportunity to be laser-focused on our customers and our product.”


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Hammerhead Raises $4.2M
Hammerhead, creator of the Karoo cycling computer, has raised $4.2m in seed funding led by Primary Ventures and KB Partners, with participation from Courtside Ventures, Maveron, Drummond Road Capital, Robin Thurston, MapMyFitness cofounder, and Andy Ording, CEO of Zipp.
Founded in 2013, the New York-based startup began its journey by creating a hammer-shaped smartphone-connected navigation device for bicycle handlebars that worked by flashing LEDs at turns. The product was discontinued and replaced by Karoo – a cycling computer featuring a large color touchscreen and keyboard that supports navigation and training.
The device, which goes for $399, runs on a regularly updated Android-based operating system called Karoo OS, and the company plans on launching its own app store that will allow third-party software to run on the device.
“The next major innovation in cycling will take place in software. Great software has always been a focus at Hammerhead. The bicycle of the future will be intelligent and data-driven. It will guide riders to the safest roads and best trails. It will facilitate the right workouts to achieve an athlete’s fitness goals. It will speak to a world of connected sensors and it will facilitate smart fleet management for bikeshare.” – Pieter Morgan, Hammerhead CEO.
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TTK Healthcare to sell human pharma biz to Bharat Serums
Chennai-based TTK Healthcare is set to sell its human pharma division to Mumbai-based Bharat Serums and Vaccines (BSV) for Rs 805 crore. The board of TTK Healthcare approved the sale on Monday as a going concern on a slump sale basis, according to a BSE filing.
Mumbai: Chennai-based TTK Healthcare is set to sell its human pharma division to Mumbai-based Bharat Serums and Vaccines (BSV) for Rs 805 crore. The board of TTK Healthcare approved the sale on Monday as a going concern on a slump sale basis, according to a BSE filing.
The TTK Healthcare scrip hit a 52-week high of Rs 970 on Monday and closed nearly 8% up on the BSE. Pursuant to the approval, definitive agreements have been concluded with a special purpose vehicle, BSV Pharma, of which Miransa (an affiliate of Advent International) and Bharat Serums and Vaccines are shareholders. Once the transaction is completed, TTK Healthcare will hold 26% stake, and others the remaining. The financial structure of the deal is still being worked out.
“Definitive agreements have been concluded with BSV Pharma and Miransa (an affiliate of Advent lnternational), with the closing of the transaction contemplated thereunder being subject to the approval of the shareholders by means of a postal ballot process..”, the filing said.
The revenue of the division for FY21 was around Rs 160 crore — which makes up 25% of total turnover of the company. The company will receive 74% of the consideration by way of cash, and the balance through equity shares, each on transfer of the undertaking.
TTK Healthcare has several business divisions like consumer products, personal products, foods, medical devices, animal welfare products, prescription-based human pharmaceuticals, formulations, etc. The core competence of the company relates to various divisions other than human pharma formulations, and it intends to invest in and expand those businesses, the filing added.
“Therefore, the board decided to hive-off the division for a consideration that is considered attractive and use the proceeds in such areas where core competency is present and for the benefit of all stakeholders”, it said.
Delhi Police on Thursday filed an FIR for cyber terrorism and extortion to begin probing the hacking of AIIMS servers by foreign-based players. Multiple probe agencies have been roped in to recover the systems. This is the most significant ransomware cyber attack on a reputed medical institution in recent times.
For the first time since the beginning of the pandemic in early 2020, a majority of Americans dying from Covid were at least partially vaccinated, according to the new analysis of federal and state data.


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"We have restructured and significantly reduced our commercial operation and will no longer be promoting opioids to prescribers", representatives of Purdue Pharma said in a statement to Bloomberg Friday evening.
The company slashed more than half of its current sales force, alerting staff to the changes in a letter earlier this week.
Pain-pill giant Purdue Pharma LP will stop promoting its opioid drugs to doctors, a retreat after years of criticism that the company's aggressive sales efforts helped lay the foundation of the US addiction crisis.
In 2010 Purdue reformulated OxyContin to make it harder to crush and stopped selling the original form of the drug.
Purdue Pharmaceuticals, the maker of the powerful painkiller OxyContin, said on Saturday it will stop marketing opioid drugs to physicians following a slew of lawsuits against the company over the opioid epidemic, The Hill reports.
Doctors who want information on opioids will now need to contact the company's medical affairs department.
Larry Nassar transferred to federal prison for child pornography sentence
Raisman, a three-time Olympic gold medal victor , revealed in November she was abused by Nassar during the 2012 London Games. The Committee also sent a letter to Michigan State University informing it of an investigation.
Its sales representatives will now focus on Symproic, a drug for treating opioid-induced constipation, and other potential non-opioid products, Purdue said.
"Overall, the impact will be small because the genie is out of the bottle", he said of the opioid manufacturer's decision. "Millions of Americans are now opioid-addicted because the campaign that Purdue and other opioid manufacturers used to increase prescribing worked well". That is approximately $1 billion less than its all-time high in 2013.
Dozens of lawsuits across the country allege Purdue Pharma launched a fraudulent marketing scheme to boost sales of OxyContin in the late 1990s that downplayed the risks for addiction from pain medication. Users soon learned that they could bypass its time-release function by crushing the pills and snorting or injecting them. But the drug continued to rack up blockbuster sales. Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall filed a lawsuit on Tuesday accusing Purdue of deceptively marketing prescription opioids. The drug maker noted an 18 percent uptick in sales from nurses and physician assistants between 2014 to 2015.
Up to one in four people who received prescriptions for opioid drugs such as OxyContin struggle with opioid addiction, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says.
The National Institute on Drug Abuse reported that opioid pain reliever prescriptions escalated from 76 million in 1991 to almost 207 million in 2013.
The move comes as opioid addiction continues to take a devastating toll on large swathes of the United States.


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We don’t know a great deal of about internet dating apps. We satisfied my better half years previously, well before online, and antique way—in school. But I realize those that have used all of them, were content with these people, have found her wife through all of them, posses amusing articles about using them and the consumers these people fulfilled through these people. We even comprehend about swiping right and left.
I am sure discover different programs contingent the erotic orientation, erectile choices, whether you’re interested in a long-lasting union or simply just a hook up. Also, I composed carefully to the ideas as soon as Ashley Madison experienced their notorious facts violation. However the recent tales in the news about internet dating programs forced me to be sure that individuals who are utilizing going out with programs are aware FlirtyMature bezpЕ‚atna aplikacja of just how her info is getting used.
It is apparent that after some body opts to utilize an online dating app, they should incorporate a lot of sensitive information therefore, the app’s calculations can appropriately accommodate these with others that could be of great curiosity. I also know that many of us just who need dating applications you should never believe their personal data are being revealed, were purchased or used to profile all of them.
Based on numerous news reports posts this week, the most well-liked matchmaking apps include precisely tracking users and exposing exceptionally particular and delicate individual details to third parties, so there is allegations that monitoring and submitting violates convenience rules.
One example is, this York hours (Times), citing a current review published by way of the Norwegian customers Council, said on January 15th that widely used a relationship apps is disclosing “dating choices and accurate location to marketing employers” as “Grindr, the world’s most popular gay romance app, given user-tracking regulations and also the app’s term to over a dozen agencies, essentially marking those with the company’s sexual alignment.” Another declaration would be that OkCupid contributed “ethnicity and answers to particular account questions—like ‘have a person made use of psychedelic medicines?’ to an enterprise that helps employers tailor marketing and advertising communications to people.” Based on the era, they found out that “the OkCupid website had just recently placed a summary of over 300 advertising and statistics ‘partners’ with which it could display people’ information.”
As soon as these romance software communicate this sensitive records with advertising and marketing providers, those enterprises are free to communicate they with lots of more organizations, which in essence means that this exceptionally fragile facts is generally contributed better beyond defining meant because of the owner, and is also used to account all of them.
Responding this expansion of vulnerable expertise, recently Forbruker Radet filed a problem in Oslo against Grindr and five more technology corporations alleging infringement on the GDPR.
The 25-page issue records in detail the tracking potential of Grindr and other apps, and supplies an in depth and really intriguing story on the reports spreading between Grindr and Twitter’s MoPub, and MoPub’s writing with the data with AppNexus and OpenX. Whether you have not heard of before these lenders, i would recommend you read the criticism. Truly a detailed and straightforward to master sordid track of exactly how information that is personal is revealed in information places and also the accurate qualities which these info deposits subsequently can aggregated information and identify an individual with keywords and phrases including “social community, homosexual, bi, bi-curious, chat, online dating, nearby….”
When you look at the U.S., a coalition of buyers advocacy people has transferred letters to U.S. regulators, with Ca attorneys universal, seeking examinations into these techniques, to determine whether they break status or federal rules. Utilizing the California Consumer privateness take action now essentially by January very first, it’s going to be fascinating to find out if the California AG produces top honors.


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T1 expands Twitch streaming alliance in multi-year deal
T1 expands Twitch streaming alliance in multi-year deal By – August 5, 2020
T1 Entertainment & Sports , the joint venture established between SK Telecom and Comcast Spectacor, announced today that it has signed an expanded streaming deal with Twitch .
The exclusive multi-year agreement, which previously focused solely on T1’s League of Legends team, will now apply to all of the organisation’s players and content creators.Image credit: T1 Sports & Entertainment
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T1 Entertainment & Sports has announced a spate of major deals so far in 2020, beginning with an exclusive apparel partnership with Nike back in January.
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T1 Entertainment & Sports also invested in esports analytics startup Mobalytics in May, and signed a new three-year deal with League of Legends player Lee “Faker” Sang-hyeok in February that gives the popular pro part ownership of the team.He will take a leadership role with T1 once his playing career ends.
Esports Insider says: T1 is an enormous name in esports, so it’s no surprise to see the organisation expand its alliance with Twitch and keep all of its players and creators on the top streaming platform..


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The UnC0ver group benefited from an iOS imperfection patched in January in its latest device allowing developers and also other lovers to hack right into their very own devices. Cyberpunks behind previous iPhone jailbreak devices have released a jailbreak upgrade based on a just recently discovered and patched iPhone susceptability. According to apple iphone jailbreakers at UnC0ver, the device allows customers to take complete control over unpatched iPhones.
The jailbreak– which UnC0ver said works on iOS variations 11.0 to 14.3– makes use of the kernel susceptability CVE-2021-1782, one of 3 iOS problems for which Apple released an emergency upgrade, iOS 14.4, last month. At the time the firm said the vulnerabilities potentially were being exploited in the wild. With the release of 14.4, a variety of gadgets already will have been updated, which implies the jailbreak won’t function. Nonetheless, any individual with a gadget running 14.3 or earlier version of iOS can utilize the device to hack right into their apple iphone, according to UnC0ver.
UnC0ver shared its discovery on Twitter, introducing UnC0ver v6 .0.0, after one of the group’s members, Pwn20wnd, who put out several teaser tweets concerning the impending arrival of the jailbreak tool before its launch. ” Tweet your device design as well as why you will certainly be jailbreaking your device on iOS 14 with the hashtag #unc 0ver!” Pwn20wnd tweeted on Feb. 27 before releasing the tool, with various other lovers resembling the call to spread out the news.
Just what is a Jailbreak Tool? Jailbreak tools are software application that make use of vulnerabilities in iOS to allow customers root gain access to as well as full control of their tool. Jailbreaking bypasses DRM restrictions, enabling customers to run unapproved and also custom software program in addition to make other tweaks to iOS. Apple’s iOS and other OSes for its products are notoriously closed-source, which has bugged developers that such as to peer under the hood and play with the code on their devices.
The firm traditionally has pointed out security factors for not allowing its individuals play with the proprietary code for iOS. Jailbreaks like the ones unC0ver has actually ended up being infamous for launching have actually become popular means for iOS developers and users to hack right into their own devices to make custom-made modifications to their devices, and are normally consulted with excitement from iPhone aficionados. ” It’s terrific to see #unc 0ver after such a long wait for a iOS 14 jailbreak on newer devices.
even much better that it was a full shock!” tweeted Jamie Diocesan, jailbreak-for-ios-15.web.app a software application designer and self-proclaimed iOS hacker. However, some lovers whined that they wish they ‘d had prior caution that a jailbreak was mosting likely to be launched, due to the fact that their tools had actually already updated to iOS 14.4 therefore the tool was provided ineffective to them. ” Well … A little direct would’ve been appreciated,” tweeted David Davidson, and also iPhone customer in Israel, in feedback to Bishop.


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Brexit uncertainty, tariffs and exchange rate volatility are continuing to hold back the UK’s exporters, according to a new survey conducted by Bibby Financial Services (BFS) and the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC).
1,140 internationally active UK businesses were polled and uncertainty around Brexit was considered the top barrier to export by 47% of businesses, followed closely by specific concerns around tariffs (35%) and exchange rate volatility (33%).
Administrative requirements or regulation and a lack of free trade agreements, both of which could be connected to Brexit, also scored highly at 30% and 23%. Only 7% said they are not facing significant barriers to exportin.
Businesses are also facing issues in relation to stockpiling, payments and the transportation of goods. Over the past 12 months:
- around a third (31%) of businesses reported that they had increased the volume of inventory held;
- 15% reported that it already takes longer to transport goods to and/or from overseas, even before the UK’s exit from the European Union; and
- and almost a third (29%) reported that it takes longer to get paid by customers.
The uncertainty around Brexit is also affecting businesses who are currently operating solely within the UK but who could be exporting, with 31% saying Brexit is their top barrier to exporting. Only 7% of these domestic businesses are expecting to start exporting or importing within the next 3 years, with only 17% saying they are not facing any barriers to international trade at present.
Edward Winterton, UK Chief Executive, Bibby Financial Services, added:
“Chronic uncertainty resulting from Brexit is undoubtedly stifling international trade amongst UK SMEs. Importers and exporters are in limbo, and many are postponing investment decisions, while they await further information. Many others are focusing resources on ensuring they’re prepared to deal with the potential impacts of a no-deal scenario.
“SMEs are telling us that they need clarity over the detail, and it’s imperative that the Government looks to provide this as soon as possible to enable businesses to trade with confidence, both domestically and internationally.”


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Cosentino Group, the Spain-based producer and distributor of innovative surfaces for architecture and design, held its annual “Cosentino 100” convention in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, for its leading partners and customers across North America. This year’s event, hosted from January 31 to February 4, marked Cosentino’s biggest “Cosentino 100” yet, drawing 340 attendees representing 126 fabricators and Cosentino customers from the U.S. and Canada.
This year’s theme was “Breakthrough,” an initiative challenging conference attendees to go further than ever before. In addition to presenting the main strategies for Cosentino in 2017, the conference also served as the perfect platform to showcase the brand’s latest product innovations—such as the Silestone Eternal Collection and new colors for Dekton—which have already been well received at recent trade shows in Orlando, Toronto and Las Vegas, and celebrate Cosentino as the 2016 recipient of Home Depot’s Supplier of the Year Award. The first day of “Cosentino 100" also included a presentation of Silestone’s new advertising campaign, “Tops on Top,” endorsed by American supermodel and entrepreneur Cindy Crawford.


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Bharti Wal-Mart's plan to open its first cash-and-carry store in the country at Amritsar tomorrow has been postponed due to law and order problem in Punjab following violence sparked by the attack on a Sikh temple in Vienna, Austria.
"Due to the suspension of commercial activity in Amritsar, the Bharti Wal-Mart store opening has been delayed. We will open the store as soon as it (commercial activity) resumes," a Bharti Wal-Mart spokesman said.
Bharti Wal-Mart Pvt Ltd, the 50:50 joint venture between Bharti Enterprises Ltd and the US-based Wal-Mart Stores Inc, had planned to open 10-15 cash-and-carry stores in India by 2015. The company had last year announced that its wholesale stores would be opened under the brand name of 'BestPrice Modern Wholesale' and each store would have a size of 50,000-1,00,000 square feet.
An official at Bharti Wal-Mart, the joint venture of the American retailer and India's Bharti Enterprises, said she could not say when the launch would now happen.
"It's too early to say when. We just have to wait and watch," Arti Singh, vice president for corporate affairs, said. "Hopefully the situation will settle down quickly and we'll launch soon."
India's fragmented $500-billion retail industry is seen rising to more than $800 billion by 2013, but less than 5 per cent of the market is in the hands of modern retailers.
Wal-Mart, the world's largest retailer by sales, and many of its largest competitors long have coveted access to India, whose retail industry made up almost entirely of mom-and-pop shops. Indian rules don't allow multiple-brand retailers such as Wal-Mart to sell directly to consumers, but they can run wholesale operations and provide back-end support to Indian retailers.
The joint venture with Bharti was announced in 2006, but ran into opposition from the Left parties amid fears it might hurt the livelihoods of millions of small shop owners. However, with the Left no longer able to influence decisions after the recent election, the plans of other retailers like Carrefour SA, Marks & Spencer Group PLC and Tesco PLC to open shop in India have got a boost.


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At their AGM which was held on Friday 24th July Limerick Market Trustees appointed Mícheál Ó Laoide of Mercury Consulting as Chairman, and Órlaith Borthwick of Limerick Chamber, as the incoming secretary. The Trustees thanked outgoing Chairman Michael Sheehan for his contribution over the past four years. The Trustees also extended unanimous appreciation to David….
Have you heard? Ireland was crowned a ‘Best in Travel’ destination by Lonely Planet for 2015! Listing the top 10 recommended countries to visit this year, Ireland was awarded the prestigious title by the travel bible thanks to our scenic, traditional villages and cosmopolitan, contemporary cities!
Robert McNamara, reporter from the Irish Examiner asked readers to share their favourite hidden gems in the Treaty city and the Milk Market has been included in the list. How would you spend a day in Limerick? Read Full Article »
Travel back in time to the glory days of 19th century Vienna with a magical mix of music and song. A Vienna awash with opulent parties and glittering ballrooms filled with dancers whirling deliriously, revelling in a new phenomenon called the waltz. While Josef Lanner transformed the peasant dance, the Strauss family soon captured a….
Nathan Carter Live at the Milk Market Friday 1st May 2015. Tickets available from Dolans » Date / Fri, 1st May 2015 Venue / Live At The Big Top Price / €25.00 Doors / 7:00 pm Nathan Carter is back in Limerick as part of Riverfest on Friday May the First. Nathan Carter’s album ‘Where….
St. Patrick’s Day non-alcohol celebration of food, crafts, music and much more. Tuesday 17th March 2015 at the Milk Market 10:00am to 4:00pm. Free entry to the St Patrick’s Day Celebration at the Milk Market, all are welcome.
Congratulations to Jill Holmes of Country Choice @ Limerick Milk Market who won Student Chef of the Year
This is an over 18’s event. Ireland’s best-kept secret Walking on Cars announce their biggest headline show in Limerick Live At The Big Top. They recently celebrated the release of their second single Always Be With You.The follow-up to Hand In Hand – an Irish iTunes chart topper which led to support from Radio 1….


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TOLEDO, OH (WTOL) - Your water is safe to drink.
If you look at the water quality dashboard it shows the water here in Toledo is safe to drink.
We are in clear, and the water is "non-detect" for microcystin, but if you look in stores you might think something else. Some shelves completely wiped clean.
The Collins Park Water Treatment Plant and City of Toledo are treating the water just as normal hence the clear reading on the dashboard.
However, Wednesday at Walt Churchill's Market in Perrysburg people were taking what they call extra precaution buying a bit more water than normal.
If you look out at Lake Erie or even the Maumee River, you'll find much less algae than the past few days. The water dashboard shows a clear reading, but those at Churchill's decided to add water to their grocery list.
"You know, I'm hearing rumors and there's green, to look at it just doesn't look great, so I was a good girl scout and I thought I would be ready," said Bonnie Danford, a south Toledo resident.
"In case we do need it to use if we can't use the regular water readily," said Robert Robida, a Perrysburg resident. "We just want it there in case we do need it for brushing our teeth and maybe for cooking things like that."
Brad has a one-year-old at home and said he's weary of the dashboard's reading for his family's sake and plus, they will drink the water eventually no matter what.
"I really don't have a lot of trust in the local government, so got to be careful," said Brad Schoen, a Perrysburg resident buying extra water.
Several shoppers said they only bought a little more than normal because it's best to be prepared so they don't repeat what happened in 2014.
"Just to be ready, just in case because unlike last time when it gets sold out right away and then you have to drive far away to get water," said Kate Simcox, who bought her water while one break from her job. "I'd rather be prepared then have to pay gas money than water money."
Shoppers are hopeful they won't need their extra water, and that the dashboard will remain in the clear.
Again the city's water quality dashboard shows the water is safe to drink, if you want to check the status of the water you can visit the City of Toledo's website.


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New screenshots for Dark Souls 3: The Ringed City, the second and final bit of DLC for the game, are now out, showcasing eerie locations, and what looks to be a menacing dragon. Ashes of Ariandel, the first bit of DLC for the game, was considered by many to be disappointing- however, from these screenshots, it looks like The Ringed City may end up making up for that.
“The Ringed City, Dark Souls 3’s second and final DLC, will be released on March 28th, 2017,” Bandai Namco said in the press release accompanying these new screens, also confirming when players will be able to get their hands on this new content.
You can check out these new screens for yourself below. Dark Souls 3: The Ringed City will be out later this month for PS4, Xbox One, and PC. Will you be getting it? Make sure to let us know in the comments.


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Most economists and pundits describe the cannabis industry as an emerging market. By default, this means there will be growing pains as expansion, contraction, and mergers occur.
All three dynamics create unique challenges.
For this post, we’ll address industry contraction. Undeniable signs of a downturn have garnered news coverage. Recent articles by Marijuana Business Daily and The Motley Fool address nationwide layoffs.
More layoffs likely, but so are acquisition opportunities.
Several experts, however, said the trend of layoffs isn’t cause for concern but simply a reminder that careful financial calculation remains necessary.
Marijuana Business Daily
U.S. cannabis jobs are being lost predominately as result of high taxes.
This means cannabis companies have no choice but to align their work force to match up with the currently challenging conditions throughout North America.
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Bottom line large, well-funded cannabis firms are squeezing out smaller (mom and pop) operators. Options for the 'little guys' are limited. Fight the onslaught of legal and illegal competition or develop an exit strategy.
Regardless of the situation — expansion, contraction or merger — a multi-pronged action plan is required to survive what many view as a temporary market correction.
Canna-Consulting is a cannabis consultancy that offers management consulting and capital introduction services.


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Hackers stole the personal data of 57 million customers and drivers from Uber Technologies Inc., a massive breach that the company concealed for more than a year. This week, the ride-hailing company ousted Joe Sullivan, chief security officer, and one of his deputies for their roles in keeping the hack under wraps. Compromised data from the October 2016 attack included names, email addresses and phone numbers of 50 million Uber riders around the world, the company told Bloomberg on Tuesday. The personal information of about 7 million drivers were accessed as well, including some 600,000 U.S. driver’s license numbers. No Social Security numbers, trip location details or other data were taken, Uber said.
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New Sony figures reveal scale of PlayStation dominance
74 million PS2 sold in less than four years.
The staggering scale of Sony's total global dominance of this generation of games consoles was underlined today with the consumer electronics giant releasing its latest set of official figures for both incarnations of the PlayStation.
The latest set of figures reveal that the PS2 has topped 74 million sales across the world, with North America leading the way with 32.2 million, Europe/PAL with 25.9 million and Japan on its own accounting for some 17.9 million. UK sales alone are thought to be approaching 7.5 million alone - a staggering achievement for Sony.
The mighty PSone also continues to sell at its impulse price, with a total of 100.9 million sold since it launched in Japan 10 years ago, with North American sales at 40.2million, Europe/PAL with 39.8 million and Japan with 20.9 million.
With the recently released remodelled, slimmed-down PlayStation 2 already proving to be a huge hit with consumers, Sony could already hit the 100 million total in time for the PlayStation 3's release in about 18 month's time.


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Kiss The Frog and Universal Music set out to bolster sales for the 25th Anniversary box set of Phantom Of The Opera
As Phantom Of The Opera celebrates 25 glorious years at Her Majesty’s Theatre, Kiss The Frog in collaboration with Universal Music have set out to bolster sales with various digital campaigns to promote the beautiful new box set which includes a swag of amazing material.
There’s no doubt that this worldwide phenomena has withstood the test of time, and it’s only fitting that to celebrate its 25th anniversary there has been a release of official blu-ray, DVD, CD, a glorious box set, all capped off with 3 sell out performances at The Royal Albert Hall.
The box set is absolutely beautiful, containing a limited edition 4-CD and 1 DVD set celebrating the 25th anniversary of the show’s London opening. Containing the original recording of The Phantom of the Opera and its 2010 sequel, Love Never Dies, packaged in a collector’s once-only design, and with the added bonus of a captivating hour-long DVD including original music videos, rare interviews and performance footage, the collection tells the complete story of the world’s greatest entertainment phenomenon.
We worked with Universal once again to create a number of campaigns to showcase this amazing box set over the past month, including a newly launched on-going microsite highlighting the 160-page hardback book which forms part of the box set and also a number of mailers earlier on in the month to coincide with the live performance and release of the media.
Launched today, check out the new microsite here. As time goes on, more and more pages will be added to the online book.


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March Against Monsanto, Part II
Milt Harwick of GMO-Free PA, Lehigh Valley Chapter, talks about the DARK Bill at last Saturday's March Against Monsanto in Centre Square:
"There's a bill in Congress proposed by Mike Pompeo of Kansas, where he wants to make it illegal for states to require GMO labeling. And as part of that, there's 20 states that have legislation in some form for GE (genetically engineered) labeling because the Federal Government's not doing their job; they're really letting the people down. And so this is a counter attempt on the part of the Federal Government, which should be taking care of labeling to begin with, to kind of put the kabash on what states are trying to do. So we term it 'The DARK Act,' which is 'Deny Americans the Right to Know,' so it's an acronym for that. It would make state attempts to require GMO labeling illegal. Vermont's already passed a law; the Governor's signed it. So if that act passes, it would inundate Vermont's law. It would also stipulate that a company can't be sued for using the term 'natural' on their food if it has GMO ingredients. And it would also stipulate that the Federal Government has the exclusive rights for labeling related to GMO and that it's on a voluntary basis. We already have a voluntary basis; nobody's saying that you can't label your products that they have GMO ingredients. We already have that. But it's all an attempt to fight against the labeling requirements. But, there is a counter bill being proposed that was submitted March of this year by (Oregon Representative Peter) DeFazio that does the opposite, that says we have a right to know what's in our food. I'm just blown away by the fact that our government is putting poisons in our food. The World Health Organization, about two weeks ago, reported that glyphosate, the key ingredient in (the pesticide) RoundUp is a probable carcinogen. Glyphosate is a key ingredient in Monsanto's GMO RoundUp-resistant fruit. Do you know how that works? What they do is they modify the DNA in the seed and they actually insert glyphosate into the DNA, and it's a shotgun approach. It's not like they know exactly where it's going in the DNA; it's just blasted and it goes in there somewhere. As the plant grows--let's say it's corn--it produces leaves, it produces corn, it produces glyphosate. It's a chemical factory. We have to do something about it.
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Devices supporting Apple products have existed since the September release of the iPhone X; we tested three popular models from Mophie, Belkin, and RavPower in late October (spoiler alert: the RavPower Alpha Series Fast Charger blew away the competition). Over the past few months, Apple engineers have been testing the charging mat by using it as their charger at the office, the report said. Moments earlier, Apple unveiled had the first iPhones that supported wireless charging, including the iPhone X, iPhone 8 Plus, and iPhone 8.
Apple originally stated that the AirPower would be released sometime in 2018, but it didn't give an exact date. Different device requires different amounts of power, and the pad needs a method to detect which device is where - and then to supply the correct amount of power only to devices sitting in that specific location.
Apple did not immediately respond to PCMag's request for comment.
1st confirmed death after Ethiopia rally blast
However, the prime minister's chief of staff, Fitsum Arega, later tweeted that no deaths had yet been reported. Unconfirmed reports by local media and Reuters said that the explosion was caused by a grenade.
Apple's chief designer Jony Ive has long said his eventual goal for the iPhone is for it to be a single piece of glass, but there are obvious technological hurdles that come with such a design. Apple is said to be using custom charging technology as well as Qi wireless charging technology in the pad. Hopefully such a powerful friend on the production line will help Apple make good on its "2018" release window.
The firm considered removing the current charging system on the iPhone X, but they decided against it, as wireless charging is still slower than traditional charging.
Unlike existing wireless chargers, however, AirPower was to be something different. Our April 2018 patent report noted that "While there are several methods that safeguard against heating up an object accidentally on the charging pad like vehicle keys, PowerbyProxi's invention provides their own based on an inductive power transmitter comprising at least one power transmitting coil configured to generate an inductive power transfer (IPT) field, and an object detection (OD) system configured to detect the presence of an object based on a change in energy decay or change in resonant frequency of a resonant circuit integrated with or coupled to the transmitting coil".
Sophie Turner and Maisie Williams slay at Kit Harington's wedding
No wedding date has been announced yet but we can't wait to see how awesome everyone is sure to look when it does happen. The couple met on the HBO hit series in 2012, where they played on-screen couple Jon Snow and Ygritte.
The AirPower charger should bolster this business - when it finally arrives.
Apple faced similar issues with the HomePod smart speaker, which was released this year, about six months after the device was first announced. So it looks like there's added excitement to Apple's next launch event. Is it time for Apple to remove the Lightning connector from the iPhone?
Launching AirPower in September would mark a year since it was announced.
XXXTentacion's Girlfriend Pregnant With the Late Rapper's Child
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Nestlé, the global leader in food and beverage production, who has successfully been conducting business in Serbia for 15 years named the new CEO of Nestlé Serbia. The current CEO Marian Marinov – who will remain as Head of Finance and Control for SEE Markets – will be succeeded by Marjana Davidović.
Marjana Davidović garnered a huge experience in Nestlé by massively contributing to the rise of the sales sector. She began her career at Nestlé in 2007 as a Manager for Sales Development, moving to the position of Director of Sales in 2013. Her excellent results recommended her for the position of CEO for NESCAFÉ in Nestlé Poland.
“It is both an honor and a pleasure to be the head of one of the most successful and best companies in the world. Nestlé Serbia has ambitious plans and goals, and we will all try to achieve them. I would like to thank Mr. Marinov for his extraordinary results. The level of work and success has been elevated to very high levels, but here at Nestlé, we love challenges and we are constantly trying to raise the bar“, said Marjana Davidović.
The new CEO of Nestlé Serbia has assumed the position on 1 November. As some of her main goals, she emphasized achieving full market potential, continued growth in all segments, additional adjustment to the current situation, as well as a new round of help for companies greatly impacted by the outbreak of COVID-19.
Marjana is a mechanical engineer, married, and has two children.


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Donald Trump says on Twitter that Bernie Sanders is selling out by endorsing Hillary Clinton for president.
Golden State Warriors star Andre Iguodala to spearhead the three-day event seeking to link NBA players with Silicon Valley tech companies for potential opportunities.
The new organization, the first of its kind for Uber, represents the interests of 35,000 New York drivers.
A complaint with the FCC accuses the "Uncarrier" of adding unauthorized charges to customer bills and deceptive advertising practices.
CNN explains the State of the Union address in terms a "Moonrise Kingdom" audience would appreciate. Because both parties can agree the Capitol needs more monogrammed vintage luggage.
The ordinance gives workers for ride-hailing companies the ability to bargain for better pay and other benefits. Both Uber and Lyft have opposed giving their drivers the right to create unions.
The company's toolmaking division investigates new technology to reduce waste and complexity while speeding up overall production.
The search giant responds to EU claims it abused its search dominance, saying regulators failed to consider the impact of rivals like Amazon and eBay.
A breach revealed last week affected more people and grabbed more personal information than previously announced, the American Federation of Government Employees said Thursday.
From CNET Magazine: Password protection is so last century. Take a look at the future of security.


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Alphabet - Google earnings Q2 2018
Alphabet, Google's parent company, has just published its Q2 2018 financials. The headlining story of this release is that the market was surprised by Google acheiving far stronger ad sales than expected. Thus Alphabet shares have been up as much as 5 per cent in afterhours trading. You can read through the full earnings release here (PDF).
Alphabet reported revenues of $32.7 billion, up 26 per cent versus the second quarter of 2017. In terms of income, it made $3.2 billion in net income for the quarter, which works out to $4.54 a share, down from $5.01 a share a year ago. Without the approx $5 billion EU fine, Alphabet would have reported earnings of $11.75 a share. Analysts had expected $9.64 a share without consideration of the EU fine (which Alphabet is appealing against).
Google brings in the vast majority of Alphabet revenues, actually its 'Othe Bets' are loss making right now. However we don't get to see the various segments of the business in these financials. We don't see advertising sources such as Mobile, Search and YouTube split up. Non-ad revenue for Google includes things like subscription fees, cloud computing fees, Play Store income, and the Google Home and Pixel devices.
Android platform stats
If you have an Android device you might be interested in the latest platform version distribution stats. Google supplies and updates this info for developers every month or so. If you check the table below you can quickly see that the newest versions of Android, 8.1 Oreo, is only on approx 2 per cent of devices. This version first arrived in March this year. Android Oreo 8.0 first arrived for the general public in August last year. Together version 8.0 and 8.1 of Android make up 12.1 per cent of Android devices currently in active use (tallied by the Play Store during the week ending 23rd July 2018).
Google also shared a pie chart which makes it easy to see that the majority of Android devices are running Marshmallow (2015) and Nougat (2016).


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Hotel Bookings … in Space! Hotels.com Sets its Sights for the Stars
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This week, Hotels.com announced that it wants to be the first online travel site to offer future hotel bookings in space. Customers can visit the company’s new booking page — www.onesmallstepforhotels.com — where they may be eventually able to make vacation plans for space and book reservations, when the hotels eventually exist.
According to Hotels.com, the call for space properties is only the start of what the new site offers. “We’re calling all interstellar travel daydreamers who’ve ever wondered what the entire #HotelLife experience may look like when it takes a a zero-gravity turn, from check-in to the stay itself, all at a hotel in space,” it says. “The site design renderings include space-suit hotel robes with moon-boot slippers, artificial intelligent concierges, a meteor mini-bar, robot bellhops, an epic room service spread that even Neil Armstrong couldn’t have dreamed up and more.”
For now, Hotels.com plans to reward travelers who are ready to escape to the stars despite the fact that they will have to continue living on Earth. “If you can prove you have one of the eight planets in your legal first, middle or last name [lookin’ at you, Venus Williams!], you can be among 20 galactic travelers to receive a $250 Hotels.com gift card to be used toward a future hotel stay,” the company says, noting that for now, the gift cards apply to properties on Earth.
According to Vice President of Global Brand Josh Belkin, the conditions of 2020 inspired Hotels.com to extend its offering to outer space. “This announcement is our hope to encourage and move forward the concept of space tourism, while revving up excitement for that aspect for the travel industry that is sure to come sometime in the near future,” he stated.


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Affiliate of Visual China Group Acquires Assets of Corbis Images
Corbis and Visual China Group (“VCG”; Shenzhen Stock Exchange:000681.SZ) today jointly announced that Unity Glory International Ltd. (“Unity Glory”), an affiliate of VCG owned by VCG’s major shareholders, has acquired the assets and brands of Corbis’ Images division, one of the world’s leading image archives and content licensing businesses. VCG is China’s leading visual communications and new media company and among the largest businesses in the image industry worldwide. Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed.
Under the terms of the agreement, Unity Glory will own and manage the images and motion archives, names and trademarks associated with the Corbis Images, Corbis Motion and Veer licensing brands.
Amy Jun Liang, Chief Executive Officer of VCG, said, “Corbis is a world-leading and widely esteemed brand in the image industry, and we are thrilled to add this treasure-house of valuable image assets to our premium brand portfolios. The transaction strengthens our dominant position in China’s image industry, enhances our core competence in the global high-end image market, and marks a significant milestone on our journey of globalization. As one of the most well-established companies in the industry, we work to capture the evolving demand for visual communications around the world with first-class visual content, unparalleled customer experience, and in collaboration with our extensive network of partners.”
For Corbis, the sale of Corbis Images accelerates the company’s transformation into an entertainment advertising business with a particular focus on product integration, providing global brands and media agencies with end-to-end access to film, TV, OTT, digital and celebrity product placement opportunities. Through its Corbis Entertainment division, it launched the Branded Entertainment Network (BEN) two years ago, bringing technology, search, planning and analytics to product integration, making product placement opportunities seamless, efficient and effective as well as driving unprecedented scale on a global basis.
Following the sale of its image assets to Unity Glory, Corbis Entertainment will be rebranded in the coming months, and BEN and the other businesses within the division will operate under the new brand name, reflecting the company’s focus on entertainment advertising.
“Corbis is thriving and growing rapidly as we pursue our strategy in entertainment advertising through our Branded Entertainment Network (BEN),” said Gary Shenk, Chief Executive Officer of Corbis. “We are pleased to have completed the sale of Corbis Images to Unity Glory. We are confident that Unity Glory and VCG will further develop that business in China and other parts of the world and wish them well going forward. It is clear that the advertising landscape is changing rapidly and we have tremendous opportunities for even more rapid growth as we advance product integration through our Branded Entertainment Network (BEN) platform and other entertainment advertising businesses.”
In addition to BEN, the rebranded Corbis Entertainment will continue to provide rights representation for celebrities and iconic personalities, as well as operate its market-leading celebrity content business. Corbis Entertainment’s roster of represented iconic personalities includes: Albert Einstein, Steve McQueen, Marvin Gaye, Bruce Lee, Thomas Edison, Muhammad Ali, Sophia Loren and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. among others.
VCG’s Ms. Liang added, “We wish Corbis Entertainment well on their future development, and look forward to exploring future partnership opportunities with them in China as they grow their BEN and celebrity content businesses.”
Corbis was represented by Allen & Company LLC in the sale of Corbis Images.
About Visual China Group Ltd.
Visual China Group (“VCG” or “the Group”) is a leading visual communications and new media business in China, and among the largest image licensing companies in the world. VCG owns and manages China’s largest premium digital visual content platform, and is the first destination of choice for creative and media professionals to purchase and manage such content in China. Through its online licensing and copyright distribution platform VCG.com, the Group offers products including still imagery, videos, music, multimedia and other digital content to approximately 15,000 advertisers, media outlets, businesses and other organizations in China. It also operates China’s largest and most popular branded online communities for designers and photographers. The Group further connects consumers and businesses with its capabilities in licensing and advertising across multiple sectors. Through Tungstar.com, the Group provides premium entertainment content and integrated marketing solutions to media agencies, advertisers, film-makers, producers and celebrities. Through a strategic entry into tourism, education and other sectors of high relevance to visual communications, the Group also leverages its core competence to capture the strong consumer demand for visual content.
Founded in 2000, VCG was the first company in China to license image and distribute copyrights through propriety online platforms, and has grown into a well-recognized player in the industry. In 2014, VCG was listed on the main board of the Shenzhen Stock Exchange (000681.SZ) and commands one of the industry’s largest market capitalizations. The Group has over 600 employees, with subsidiaries in major cities in Greater China including Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Hong Kong and Taiwan.
About Corbis Entertainment
Corbis Entertainment connects global brands to consumers through the power of entertainment. Our core competencies include product integration, entertainment public relations, music licensing and partnerships, rights clearances and representation, talent seeding and negotiation.
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Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited (TSE: 4502) (“Takeda”) and TiGenix NV (Euronext Brussels and NASDAQ: TIG) (“TiGenix”) today announced that the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) of the European Medicines Agency (EMA), in conjunction with the Committee for Advanced Therapies (CAT), has adopted a positive opinion recommending a marketing authorization (MA) for investigational compound Cx601 (darvadstrocel). Cx601 is expected to be indicated for the treatment of complex perianal fistulas in adult patients with non-active/mildly active luminal Crohn’s disease, when fistulas have shown an inadequate response to at least one conventional or biologic therapy.2 This recommendation marks the first allogeneic stem cell therapy to receive a positive CHMP opinion in Europe. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/201712
Bitcoin Romania and Twispay Announce Integration Partnership Providing Users with the Ability to Purchase Bitcoin with Bank Cards15.12.2017 12:21 | Pressemelding
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Upon Conclusion of the Fourth Annual Forum for Promoting Peace in Muslim Societies, Scholars and Intellectuals Visit the Louvre Abu Dhabi Museum15.12.2017 11:38 | Pressemelding
A high-level delegation of dignitaries, scholars and intellectuals participating in the fourth annual Forum for Promoting Peace in Muslim Societies, visited the Louvre Abu Dhabi museum. The delegation was headed by H.E Mustafa Ceric, former Grand Mufti of Bosnia; alongside Sheikh Mohammad Mukhtar Ould Imbala, Head of Mauritania’s Fatwa & Grievances Supreme Council; H.E Amar Mirghani Hussein, Sudanese Minister of (religious) Guidance and Endowments; and H.E Salho Jay, Imam of the Juma Masjid in South Africa. The Forum was held in Abu Dhabi from 11-13 December 2017, with the participation of more than 700 scholars, intellectuals and religious dignitaries from around the world. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20171215005255/en/ Group Photo of the Scholars and Intellectuals during their visit to the L
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The social media giant Facebook has made the decision to hire two former Coinbase employees to work in compliance. Interestingly, one of these veterans is expected to be involved in the tech firm’s very own blockchain initiative.
Introducing the Two Hires
According to the official report, one of these is none other than Jeff Cartwright, who left the crypto exchange in March after serving nearly five years at the U.S-based company. He worked there in a good number of compliance roles. He joined the social media firm as a policy and compliance manager, which his LinkedIn profile states.
The profile, however, does not specify his exact involvement in Facebook, let alone the latter’s blockchain projects. These projects will reportedly include a secretive plan designed to develop a price-stable digital currency.
In an interview, Cartwright explained that, as of this moment, he has no plans of discussing the new role. Even the social media giant’s spokesperson named Elka Looks said the same thing and claimed that the company is not going to comment on its personnel.
Mikheil Moucharrafie, on the other hand, is also joining the tech company. Like Cartwright, he also left Coinbase but only a month after. He worked there for more than three years. He is expected to take the compliance officer seat for the blockchain tech at the company.
The two new hires’ legal and regulatory chops are certainly going to provide value to Facebook. This is most especially the case since the company’s digital currency plans have started to gain traction in Washington.
Just recently, the country’s Senate Banking Committee published an open letter addressed to the social media giant’s founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg. The latter basically asks the executive to provide more details about the company’s upcoming crypto project. More importantly, the committee wants Zuckerberg and his team to share details concerning consumer privacy.
As of press time, the crypto initiative from Facebook has been kept under wraps, except for the fact that it is dubbed Libra. The tech giant quietly started developing a blockchain research team sometime last year. It is being spearheaded by David Marcus, who, interestingly, is the vice president and former board member of Coinbase.
The company has also posted a number of job listings for the above-mentioned team. Since then, a few notable figures in the crypto industry has joined the project, one of which is the digital currency economist Christian Catalini.


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It’s not news to anyone that companies are plagued by cyberattacks. Hence it’s easy to see why SMEs have focussed on ways to counter the problem of phishing, why VCs are injecting more capital into cybersecurity startups and why bigger firms are acquiring new ventures like there was no tomorrow.
The latest of these deals just happened when Mimecast, a data security company, announced the acquisition of Solebit, a software development startup, for $88m. Not only will this deal ensure Mimecast to get better technological abilities but customers will be able to get rid of the need for signatures and sandboxes, a security mechanism that separate untrusted programs from the rest of the system.
Founded by graduates of the Israel Defense Forces in 2014, Solebit aims to detect zero-day malware and unknown threats embedded in data files and external URLs. By using this technology, content in emails is scanned in real time as it enters clients’ system and determines whether it’s infected. The deal builds on the Mimecast’s purchase of Ataata in July. Ataata developed a cloud-based platform that enabled companies to train employees on how to recognise and avoid cyber threats.
Mimecast’s effort to beef up its security capabilities comes amid an escalation in email-based attacks. In a research done by Mimecast, 90% of 800 companies surveyed, have seen the amount of phishing attacks increase over the past 12 months. Moreover, government figures released in April 2018 show that four in ten businesses have been casualties of cybercrime in the past year. Given the rising threat of cyber attacks, it’s even more vital to have a security system in place.
Commenting on the epidemic of cyber hacks, Peter Bauer, CEO of Mimecast said: “Security methods like signature-based antivirus and sandbox detonation are too limited when it comes to today’s most advanced threats. It’s time for a more capable, efficient and durable approach.”
Even in the wake of the General Data Protection Regulation being enforced since May, companies such as Carphone Warehouse, Yahoo, NHS and Uber have been falling into the abyss of data breach affecting millions of people. Hence it’s time companies took cyber security more seriously and be prepared for laptop-wielding larcenists.


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The finance minister has proposed a national budget of Tk568,000 crore for the FY2020-21, biggest in the country's history
The government aims to keep inflation limited to 5.4% in the coming 2020-21 financial year, amid a global economy that is badly shaken because of the Covid-19 pandemic.
“Our GDP grew consistently at an increasing rate in the last decade. We achieved a GDP growth of 8.15% in the FY2018-19, the highest among the countries in Asia,” Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal said while presenting the proposed budget for the next fiscal in parliament on Thursday.
“Strong domestic demand has been the main driver of our growth. However, due to the fall in exports and lower than expected growth in remittances as a result of long and sustained worldwide lockdowns arising from the impact of Covid-19, the GDP growth rate of the current fiscal year has been revised downward at 5.2%.
“However, in view of the post-Covid-19 recovery, the growth rate is projected at 8.2% for FY 2020-21 in line with the long-term plans. We expect that inflation will be 5.4% during the period,” he said.
The minister made the remarks while tabling a national budget of Tk568,000 crore for the FY2020-21, biggest in the country's history, in a bid to drive the government's efforts to salvage the economy battered by the Covid-19 epidemic and safeguard public health.
The proposed plan is 13% higher over the revised outlay for the outgoing fiscal year and is 8.56% higher than the main budget for FY2020.
Without foreign grants, the budget deficit will widen to a record Tk190,000 crore or 6% of the gross domestic product (GDP).
According to the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS), the monthly inflation rate, calculated on the basis of a consumer price index (CPD), dropped to 5.35% in May 2020 from 5.96% in the prior month. It was the lowest inflation rate since December 2018.
The food inflation rates declined in the last month to 5.09% in May from 5.91% in April.
Non-food inflation stood at 5.75% in the past month which was 6.04% in April.
The inflation rates for rural and urban areas were 5.65% and 4.81%, below April's figures of 6.08% and 5.73%, respectively, according to BBS.
In January 2020, the inflation rate was 5.75%, which was 5.46% in February and 5.48% in March.


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Thursday 7 February 2019
Gelatissimo has partnered with the McGrath Foundation to create a limited-edition flavour that will make a difference this February. For every scoop sold of the new Deluxe Range flavour, Ruby Love, 50 cents will go directly to the McGrath Foundation and its McGrath Breast Care Nurses, who provide invaluable physical, psychological and emotional support for free to families experiencing breast cancer across Australia.
Made fresh in-store, Ruby Love is a delicious pink gelato made with seedless raspberries, fragrant rosewater, locally-baked meringues and a ruby chocolate swirl. The exciting pink swirl is made with Callebaut’s revolutionary Ruby Chocolate, the fourth variant of chocolate after dark, milk and white, released in 2017. A must try for chocolate lovers, the unique chocolate is characteristically pink in colour and has a fresh and fruity berry flavour unlike any other chocolate.
“We are delighted to be partnering with Gelatissimo on the launch of this delicious new pink gelato!” says McGrath Foundation CEO, Holly Masters. “Over 18,000 women and 150 men receive a breast cancer diagnosis every year. Our vision is that every one of those people has access to a McGrath Breast Care Nurse for free, a vision we can’t achieve without the support of partners such as Gelatissimo.”
This extra special flavour is available in all 46 stores across Australia throughout the month of February while stocks last. Images are available here.


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You’re probably familiar with the frustrations of a mobile app that won’t load quickly while you’re driving down a highway, or a phone that loses connection when your train dips too far underground. But while we’re busy taking our iPhones and unlimited data for granted, a lot of the world is still struggling to get online.
Google has increasingly recognized that its Southeast Asian market is poles apart from its Western one — there, the internet is still a novelty. Today, the company announced that it is setting up a new engineering team in Singapore to zero in on problems unique to the region. This latest addition joins the engineering hubs in Mountain View in the United States, Sydney in Australia, and Hyderabad in India.
The gap between the modern and developed world is starkly illustrated by Singapore and its neighbors. The city-state of Singapore is as modern as it gets — a hyper-connected, business-driven metropolis. But its surrounding region is plagued with weaknesses; from cheap devices to low speed internet to language barriers, the internet is not friendly to the people of nearby Indonesia, Philippines, and India.
"To get closer to the next billion users coming online."
By setting up shop in Singapore, Google wants "to get closer to the next billion users coming online and to develop products that will work for them," according to Caesar Sengupta, VP of the Next Billion Users Team at the company. Google has already increased accessibility, such as providing free high-speed Wi-Fi in India and enabling Google Maps and YouTube for offline use, but now it has to ensure ease of usage. Earlier this week, Google’s parent company, Alphabet, reached a deal with the Indonesian and Sri Lankan governments to go forward with Project Loon.
By leveraging on the talent of the region, Google will aim to address issues that hit closest to home. In fact it recently acquired an engineering startup, Pie.co, to kickstart its presence in Singapore. The tech giant is looking to train up to 100,000 Indonesian developers to focus especially on native language content development. To do so, they will work with local universities, conduct mentor-led study groups, and also translate Google’s own free Udacity courses into Bahasa.


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Alberta, Canada. – August 9, 2022 – Ordr, the creator of the simple-to-use app that lets people order food directly from their stadium seat, today announced their latest integration partnership with SpotOn, one of the fastest-growing software and payment companies with comprehensive, cloud-based technology for businesses of all types and sizes.
“As a leader in sports hospitality technology, we’re committed to giving our clients the flexibility and freedom to operate the way they want to operate,” said RJ Horsley, COO of SpotOn. “Our top priority is helping our clients deliver an unforgettable fan experience, including ordering and paying for food and drinks right from their seats. This integration with Ordr is another way we’re delivering an even better experience for our clients and their fans.”
SpotOn is trusted by the majority of major league sports stadiums, including the homes of the Arizona Diamondbacks, New York Yankees, and Los Angeles Dodgers. The company’s seamless point-of-sale hardware and enterprise software also power a growing number of minor league stadiums and other entertainment venues. The partnership between Ordr and SpotOn will kick off in the MiLB with the Gwinnett Stripers.
“Partnering with SpotOn is an important step for Ordr as we look to strengthen our relationships with our sports and entertainment partners. Our goal to help every fan feel like a VIP without missing a moment of action requires smooth and efficient execution,” said Scott Wain, VP of Sales & Strategy of Ordr. “This integration will allow operators to process mobile orders seamlessly from their existing POS, saving countless hours post game consolidating and reconciling sales and inventories across multiple platforms. That’s a big win for both fans and operators.”
Ordr is an incredibly convenient, simple-to-use app that lets your customers order food, beverage, and team merchandise right from their seats, turning every seat in the stadium into a point of sale. Fans place their orders from their phone in advance from the selected concession or team store and choose in-seat delivery or express pick up. No waiting in line. No missing the action. To learn more about how Ordr can help streamline your customer experience in stadiums, visit www.ordr.io.
SpotOn is one of the fastest-growing software and payment companies with comprehensive, cloud-based technology for businesses of all types and sizes. Known for its rapid innovation and personalized support, SpotOn offers an end-to-end software and payment platform to streamline operations, improve the customer experience, and increase profit. From seamless and efficient point-of-sale systems to integrated management solutions built for the fast-growing enterprise, SpotOn builds technology that “works the way you work”, and backs it up with a 24/7 team of experts who make sure it always does—with fairness, flexibility, and a personal touch. SpotOn has 2,000 employees, including one of the strongest product and technology teams in the combined software & payments industry. For more information, visit www.spoton.com.
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Former foes Google (GOOG) and Verizon (VZ) are close to linking up in a wide-reaching search deal that would make Google the default engine on Verizon Wireless phones, and eventually on Verizon's Web portal and FiOS TV service, the WSJ reports.
One interesting part of the pact: Verizon eventually wants to put a search bar on the home screen of its phones -- a smart move, we think.
Why does this matter? Some 17 million mobile subscribers use mobile search, according to comScore M:Metrics. That's a pathetic 7% of the U.S. mobile market -- which means some 93% of mobile subscribers aren't using mobile search. Why not? In part because carriers have made it so hard to find. In most cases, if you want to search for something, you have to boot up the mobile Web, then find your way to Google -- especially annoying without a QWERTY keyboard -- then enter a search.
By building a Google bar into the home screen of phones, Verizon will help make up for years of terrible mobile user interfaces, and could easily juice its subscribers' mobile Web and search usage. That means more potential search revenue, which is important for both Verizon and Google, and more potential data service revenue if more subscribers sign up for monthly mobile Internet access plans.
Missing from the deal: Any sign that Verizon will sign on to Google's Open Handset Alliance or sell phones running its new Android operating system. So far, Google only has the support of the two smaller nationwide wireless carriers, Sprint Nextel and T-Mobile. Adding Verizon to the mix -- currently the no. 2 cellphone carrier in the U.S., but once its acquisition of Alltel closes, the biggest -- would be a big deal.
Meanwhile, any handshake is big progress between the companies, which have spent much of the last three years feuding -- in public, at least -- over telecom policy. Last year, they brawled over whether the FCC should be allowed to force winning bidders in its wireless spectrum auction to maintain "open" networks that could be used by any wireless gadgets or any software apps. Google won that skirmish, and Verizon eventually won the chunk of spectrum with "open access" requirements for nearly $5 billion.
Before that, the companies fought over "net neutrality" policy -- whether a service provider like Verizon could be able to charge a Web content company like Google extra for priority access to its pipes. "The network builders are spending a fortune constructing and maintaining the networks that Google intends to ride on with nothing but cheap servers," Verizon legal exec John Thorne said in 2006. "It is enjoying a free lunch that should, by any rational account, be the lunch of the facilities providers."
Verizon: Don't Blame Us For Your Flaky iPhone!
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Brakes Group, a leading supplier to the food service sector in the UK, Ireland, France and Sweden, has signed a seven years supply contract worth over £200m with Mitchells & Butlers, the UK’s leading restaurant and pub company. Brakes will deliver a single multi-temperature service for all food and consumables products to Mitchells & Butlers’ 1600 restaurants and pubs.
The logistics solution will support Mitchells & Butlers’ growth strategy enabling a significant increase in the size of its estate of leading food brands and growth in individual outlet like-for-like sales.
With an annual turnover of about £2.6b, Brakes Group comprises a family of specialist businesses, which are able to deliver everything the caterer needs, including the group’s own brand ranges developed specifically for chefs. Brakes Group family of specialist businesses includes: M&J Seafood; Pauleys (fresh produce); Prime Meats (the speciality butcher); La Boulangerie (bread and patisserie specialist) and Wild Harvest (supplying fine food for chefs).
In November, Compass Group UK & Ireland, which is part of Compass Group, the world’s leading food service company, awarded the UK’s largest ever catering distribution contract to Brakes. The groundbreaking agreement will commence in 2012 and means Brakes will be responsible for delivering over £300m worth of goods every year to 5,500 Compass sites across the UK. The contract is for a minimum of seven years and was signed following a competitive tender process. The agreement followed an extensive two year strategic review by Compass of its supply chain.


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Now that WiFi is largely ubiquitous, it's power that's the limiting factor in keeping us online. Battery tech has not progressed much in decades, but charging technology has, to the point where a phone can be charged "wirelessly." London-based startup Chargifi harnesses wireless charging to give people power when they need a top up.
Wireless charging uses electromagnetic induction coil in a surface, and a secondary coil in the device it is charging, to power the battery and charge the phone. This means not all phones are compatible due to lack of the secondary coil, but for those with a compatible device it is a quick, easy way to charge a phone. This includes Samsung's Galaxy S8 and S8+, LG's G6 and G6+, the old-but-still-popular Google Nexus devices and some Microsoft/Nokia Lumia Windows Phones.
Chargifi's business is a platform which enables wireless charging solutions to be installed in many locations around the world. This includes hotels, restaurants, cafes, co-working spaces, universities and colleges and more. A venue interested in utilizing Chargifi's technology contacts the startup, and the two work together to see how wireless charging pads could be installed. This information is filled out in the Chargifi Installer app and the transmitters are installed under surfaces such as tables or desks.
A table with Chargifi technology embedded into it. Note the phone charging at the back of the table.
The startup was founded by Dan Bladen and Charlie Cannell in 2013. Bladen had been traveling in 2012 and realised that to stay connected with friends and family back home, he needed power. He was prioritising where to go and what to do based on where he could get power. Thus Chargifi, the solution, was born. Four years later, it is now active in 18 countries around the world and has started generating revenue.
Investors include Intel Capital, global startup incubator Techstars and Brett Akker, one of Chargifi's non-executive directors alongside co-founder Charlie Cannell. Chargifi also joined Techstars 2015 R/GA Accelerator, which focuses on hardware and IoT startups. This was based in New York City for 15 weeks, and gave the young startup "insight on how to scale Chargifi to become a world-changing technology company," according to co-founder and CEO Dan Bladen.
Left: Dan Bladen, co-founder and CEO. Right: Charlie Cannell, co-founder and non-executive director.
Because the customer will likely be using their phone while charging, it's a great opportunity for venues to engage with their customers. Using the Chargifi app SDK, notifications can also be pushed to customers as they enter the hotel, cafe, restaurant or any other venue that has Chargifi wireless charging stations installed.
It's obvious why Chargifi is an attractive proposition to many small, independent businesses that see a large millennial crowd in their customers. This crowd will almost certainly need power at some point during the day, giving the business or venue an ideal opportunity to sell them a coffee, meal or other such item.


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Canon R5 has proven to be an amazing camera. But sadly, it has also proven to have overheating issues. In one of his previous videos, Dan Watson used the R5 side by side with the Sony a7S, and overheating was only one of the aspects he compared. In his latest video, he has addressed this problem specifically. So, when the Canon R5 and the Sony a7S shoot side by side, which one will overheat faster? Let’s watch and see.
That Canon R5 has overheating issues is now a well-known fact. Still, the demand seems to be so high, that Canon is forced to delay the shipping of its new camera. Or is it really because of the high demand? According to the latest reports, the delays are expected precisely because of the overheating issues.
Up until now, most of the overheating hyperbole has been hypothetical. It’s based on documentation that Canon has released. But how closely does it represent the real world? Well, the fact that Canon has apparently patented an active cooling EF to RF adapter should be a big clue. But if you needed some real-world evidence, check this out.
Johnnie Behiri over at Cinema5D recently used the Canon EOS R6 for a couple of days shooting in Japan to produce a short film as part of his review of the camera. It was a pre-production unit, and perhaps there have been some changes to the final production camera, but this assessment does not look good at all.
There’s been a lot of talk about Canon’s new EOS R5 and EOS R6 cameras overheating since their announcement and people took a closer look at the documentation. But it seems that Canon might be doing something to address it.
Canon Rumors reports that Canon is planning to release several new EF to RF adapters this year and a Canon patent discovered by the folks at Canon News suggests that one of them might have an active cooling solution to address the overheating concerns in their new mirrorless cameras.
There’s been a lot of chatter and speculation lately about the potential overheating issues with the new Canon EOS R5. Given that very few people even have one in their hands, it’s difficult to know for sure exactly how it will perform in the real world, although Canon has now confirmed the times mentioned in Max Yurev’s video, and also extended the table to include other shooting modes.
While some of the overheating modes had already been released, there were still questions to be answered. The biggie that most people wanted to know was how well does it handle 4K 120fps footage and how long can you keep shooting it for? Well, Canon has now answered.
Well, we were all waiting for the other shoe to drop on the Canon EOS R5. 8K RAW video for under $4,000? There had to be a catch, right? Well, it looks like, yeah, there probably is. According to Canon’s documentation for the EOS R5, it’s potentially going to suffer from some pretty drastic overheating issues, even when shooting 4K.
In this video, Max Yuryev goes over the video recording specs in the Canon documentation and calls out Canon and EOS R5 reviewers for not bringing this to more peoples attention during all the announcements and talk yesterday about the new camera. And it looks like it’ll be even worse than the overheating issues Sony used to suffer from.
Users of the Fujifilm X100V have been complaining about the camera automatically shutting down due to overheating. With the latest firmware update, Fujifilm has found a pretty unusual solution to solve this problem. Basically, you can now set the temperature limit yourself, so your camera will shut down at a temperature higher than standard.
Overheating is a common issue for some photographers and filmmakers (especially filmmakers). Certain brands have been pretty notorious for it, while others seem to handle things just fine. In this video, Gene Nagata (AKA Potato Jet) throws a bunch of different DSLR, mirrorless, cinema and action cameras into an incubator at their maximum claimed operational temperature (40°C or 104°F) to see just how long it takes for them to overheat and shut down.
With a title like “The Truth about Sony”, I thought this video was just going to be more fanboy hate, but I was convinced to watch it and was quite surprised. Matt Granger is a pretty notorious Nikon die-hard, so you can understand my initial reaction. But in the video, he takes a good look at the issues that Sony has had over the years of its mirrorless camera development and how it’s overcome almost all of them.
Overheating wasn’t much of an issue for cameras at one point. Sure, long exposures might build up some noise on CCD sensors. It did a bit with my D100 bodies for anything 4 seconds or longer. But it wasn’t a consistent problem when shooting stills. Then cameras got video, which leaves our sensors exposed and on for much longer periods of time. To the point where some cameras now are notorious for overheating.
One such camera is the Panasonic GF7. Industrial designer, Eric Strebel has been facing this problem with his GF7. He’d regularly receive an error stating “Camera overheating, please allow it to cool down”. Being an engineer, he designed a solution. In essence, that meant strapping a great big heatsink to the back of it. This video shows us how the build came together.